The New Paper, 20 April 1991

Microfilm: NL17501
Total Pages: 43
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    13 1 the new paper Nikon SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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    Lock icon AUSSIE ROAR
    94 1 Ladies and gentlemen the Australian road show is here. Abbas Saad (above right), Alistair Edwards, Craig Foster (above left), Warren Spink all soccer stars from Down Under who wow Singapore fans in two Malaysia Cup warm-up matches here. Not just with their turns and twists but with their
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Cool-headed Iraqi
      66 2 IRAQ HOLDS TALKS WITH KURDISH REBELS /Page 14 Anything for a shelter In their hour of stress, Iraqi refugees have to keep a cool head on their shoulders and eyes on the lookout for material to use in building shelters. This woman is carrying a discarded air-conditioner housing
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      Upstairs and downstairs in a daily 'war'
      389 2  -  By Dave Ang SPLASHING water and banging floors, ceilings and doors appear to have become part of the daily "war" between two families in a HDB block in the Kim Keat Road area. The Liang family living on the 11th floor has made
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      TWO SIDES OF A QUARREL
      47 2 I couldn't stand it (the banging) anymore. So I splashed water into his flat. He sprayed us back with a water hose! Mr Liang How can 1 stop the hanging if I didn't even do it in the first place? Mr Lai
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      Lock icon Gunmen make her a widow, again
      221 2 AP. A WOMAN in Northern Ireland, whose husband was slain by Protestant extremists in the early *****, has been widowed again by Protestant gunmen. The Ulster Freedom Fighters an outlawed Protestant paramilitary group said their gunmen had shot and killed 41-year-old John O'Hara on
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      Lock icon Advert mystery unveiled
      345 3  -  BY Ken Jalleh Jr NOW you know. The mystery ads which you've been wondering about were signs of a good time, leading up to one Sunday in June when you will be invited to jaywalk, gyrate or gelek gelek your way to athletic glory, in your underwear.
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      SMALL STEP, GIANT LEAP?
      164 3 THE New Paper Big Walk promises to be like another historic walk on another globe: It will be one small step for Singaporeans, but a giant leap for Singapore. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, which is organising the Walk, announced yesterday that the event is likely
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      102 2 BENEFICIAL FULLY GUARANTEED! WEIGHT LOSS INCH LOSS PROGRAMMES Sandra lost a total of 36" WK after taking W up the I Beneficial's 1 body con- FT, I touring MHk programme in just six "3 i ih W\ visits. Her N I j waist line is now 26" from V A
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      27 2 HOTLINEPLUS TO share a point of view, call Hotline Plus at 734-7711. or write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Rd, S pore 0923.
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      'S'pore cheapest Asian city'
      119 4 HOT STORY SINGAPORE is the cheapest among nine Asian cities surveyed by the Japanese National Tourist Organisation (JNTO). Singapore's price index (70) was lowest among the Asian cities in the annual travel cost survey. In all, 22 cities worldwide were surveyed. Singapore emerged fourth cheapest, behind
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      FEWER VISITORS
      58 4 TOURIST arrivals to Singapore declined in -January for the first time in five years because of the Gulf war. There were 432,286 arrivals in January, a drop of 0.3 per cent over the same month last year, according to figures released by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board yesterday.
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      Potluck
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Sword of honour
        79 4 A HAND-FORGED Temasek Sword was presented to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last night by Commissioner of Police Goh Yong Hong. The sword was made by world-renowned swordsmith Wilkinson. Only senior police officers are authorised to possess such swords. This is the first time that it is
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        Salvation Army HQ
        67 4 THE Salvation Army headquarters has been sold to the Cockpit Hotel for $20 million. The headquarters, housed in the Clemenceau Avenue building for 51 years, will be relocated in Changi temporarily. The money from the sale of the building, a national monument, will be used to finance
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        CPI up 3.8 %
        81 4 CPI up 3.8 INFLATION continued to eat into the pockets of Singaporeans last month as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8 per cent compared with the same month a year ago. The CPI, however, fell half a per cent between February and March, the Department of Statistics said yesterday.
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        Neil Bush off lightly
        102 4 THE US government has let off lightly President George Bush's son, Neil, 3ft, for his part in a loans scandal. Federal regulators merely imposed sanctions on Bush for the failure of a Colorado bank that played a major role in the savings and loan scandal. They
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        Drug busts
        108 4 SINGAPORE police yesterday arrested a 57-year-old Dutch woman and seized 2.1 kg of heroin. She is the first female Caucasian to be nabbed for drug trafficking here. The woman, identified only as a company director, was arrested in a Orchard Road hotel room. The heroin is worth $2.1
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        Lock icon Bounty for sale
        78 4 Blighted ship: The replica of C-aptaign Bligh 'a famous ship, the Uounty, due* not live up to its name. The 42-m,400-totuie repbca was built in 1979 by film maker Dtno de luiurentis for the movie. The Bounty. But financial problems mode him sell it for $4 05
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      HEADLINERS
      97 4 The Straits Times: Gorbachev fails to gain from Tokyo visit. Business Times: S'pore is cheapest Asian city for tourist: survey. Lianhe Zaobao: Illegal parking fines up; fines for other parking violations also up. Berita Harian: Plans to set up refugee camps hampered. SBC morning news: The United States has
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      95 4 FATIGUE! NEED TO RELAX? COME VISIT OUR FITNESS CENTRE. i j jwHimiliig poof end poot*tid( bat Take a dip or «»ort< on your tan at our 0001 complete wrti poo SKJe ba r W -itA.. Sauna'Stoamtoath v!^ For mat tetany refreshing experience *1* ««l** 'tM JH It ((>*<• \i Enpenenced
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      35 5 «=^Q Hyundai Elantrq it defies conventional j IhMdngl J? HYunom :::„r:; KOMOCO auto rte ltd ?ss aiexandra road Singapore 03)sth 4/sBBBB open i days a week 9 30aaa to 7pm. Cars that make sense. 1
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Diabetic boy's Rainbow of hope
      499 6 The first camp for seriously-ill children in Singapore will be on from June 7 to 9. Rory Barker, 11, who suffers from diabetes, talks to TAN LI MEI about what he hopes to gain from Camp Rainbow PARENTS who would like their children to join
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      CAMP RAINBOW
      187 6 CAMP Rainbow is Singapore's first camping project for seriously-ill children from the age of seven to early teens. Jointly organised by the 10 Rotaract Clubs in Singapore, and supported by Loy Chin Associates, the public relations agency for the project, the camp will be held at the National
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      How youths can turn 'green'
      493 7 Do you know how to be "green"? If not, here are some pointers from Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's Ambassador at Large, and world famous conservationist, Professor David Bellamy. COLIN CHEONG talks to the two men after a press conference on SBC's Earth Day special THERE
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      Stiffer fines for illegal parking
      149 7 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Board will he increasing fines for illegal parking from May 2 (see chart). Half-hourly parking will also be extended to all LIRA and HDB carparks outside the Restricted Zone as well as after 5 pm in the Restricted
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      Rascals' offer backfires
      348 8  -  Rascals was officially opened last Wednesday although it has been operating since March Cover charges: $22 week days; $28 weekends By Lee Seow Ting A NEW nightclub's offer to waive cover charge for models and flight attendants who patronise the club appears to have backfired. Of 12
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      NO
      19 8 T A hey are actually using us to attract more customers. It is downright degrading. Model iossie Lim.
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      YES
      18 8 T X here's no harm going for it if it is for free. SIA stewardess Angela Koh
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      GLOSSARY
      154 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. lambast: To scold or denounce severely. infidelity: The act of being unfaithful to the person to whom you are married or wilh whom you are having a relationship. legitimacy:
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      Man threatens to stab lover
      208 9  -  By Charmaine Chan A JOBLESS man threatened to stab his lover to death after she ignored his request to return his clothes and jewellery. Vijayadasa s/o Kombala Vithange Marthenis, 37, smelled of alcohol when he threatened Miss Lee Tche Kian, 31, a Malaysian, a magistrate's
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      FINED
      21 9 VIJAYADASA s/o Kombala Vithange Marthenis, 37, was fined $1,000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of intimidating Miss Lee.
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      Lock icon 40 buses stuck in traffic tangle
      110 9 A FALLEN tree, left, caused a massive three-hour traffic tangle along Whitley Road yesterday afternoon. At least 40 SBS buses were stuck in the jam. Some commuters were seen getting down from the buses to walk out of the jam. No one was injured.
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      Beauties not aware of aim
      498 10 WHAT are neighbourhood beauties supposed to do? It seems not many of the contestants for the Miss Singapore Constituency 1991 title are clear about this. They are not quite aware that the aim of the contest is to create a pool of community workers from
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      LITTLE BACKING FOR CONTEST
      78 10 MOST grassroots leaders, including MPs, do not support the Miss Singapore Constituency 1991 contest. They feel that it is fine to select a beauty to represent each constituency, but such a contest must be organised by the grassroots organisations rather than an outside private body. Also,
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      Hollywood stars for charity
      117 10 SEVERAL Hollyw(K>d stars will he in town next week to tee off for charity They include Margaux Hemingway, Khrystyne Haje, Foster Brooks and Joyce Dewitt. Others invited include Lee Majors, Erik Estrada, Adam West and George Peppard. They will attend a charity dinner at the Hyatt
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      126 7 Jpr bigger fines for parking offences •No coupon Of insufficient coupons $5 $20 $25 $8 $30 $40 0 Invalid coupon $5 $20 $30 $40 Coupon no) dearly displayed $5 $20 $25 $8 $30 $40 Tearing ahead ol lime $20 $25 $30 $40 Tearing same time on multiple coupons $20 $25
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      125 7 Genghis Can Win You Over... j Genghis Khan Barbecue rules the Poolside PAKiU Patio, with a captivating set menu at $20 or two persons. Play chef for the evening and barbecue your food any way you like. This all-conquering taste includes three sizzling meat selections of lamb, chicken, beef, and
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      41 8 Newsstands at Times the Bookshops, Guardian Pharmacy, dl m 7-Eleven stores .tjjSy\ Shell stations. k GO at your jlpP^ 839/*****40 ON SALE BOW A member of the 3» Audit Bureau of Circulation (Australia) and HB Media Circulation Services (S) Pte Ltd
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      87 9 flf FILM PACKS. 1 1 600HS Spectra Between April 1 5 and May 30, you can get a free Polaroid El 2O video tape with every twin purchase of Polaroid Spectra OtV\lal V r 600HS films. Why not make your way to any dealer near you. Offer is valid while
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      152 10 M—II— II Singapore's first and Ej only Chinese language paper for students J Fill in the subscription form below. Make out payment to Singapore Press Moldings. Only cheque and money order payments, duly crossed, are acceptable. Send them to: FRIDAY WEEKLY, P.O. Box 134, Potong Pasir Post Office, Singapore 9135.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Tokyo kids are like tired execs
      337 11 TOKYO kids are busy. So busy that they make appointments in advance to play with friends after school. Over 80 per cent of 600 fifth and sixth graders in a recent survey said they made appointments to play with friends, reports the Asahi news
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      Please, can we have 30 hours?
      129 11 JUST how busy are Tokyo's kids? So busy that one-third of them told surveyors they needed more than 24 hours a day. Indeed, they said they needed days that lasted just under 30 hours. In particular, 53.7 per cent of the children who planned
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      Lock icon Czechoslovakia woos Hongkongers
      100 11 UPI. CZECHOSLOVAKIA plans to woo wealthy Hongkong entrepreneurs worried about their fate when the British Crown colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. News reports in the Czech capital, Prague, say that the national government in Slovakia has passed legislation that would make it easier for Hongkong
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      Lock icon Gorbachev and Roh toast at midnight
      417 12 GORBY fit's only 5.30 pm in Moscow. 9 ROH fYou're a superman. Seeing you look so healthy despite your busy schedule.) Wire services. s I iOUTH Korean President Roh Tae-woo played host to k a midnight caller yesterday Mr Mikhail Gorbachev. The Soviet President
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      Lock icon PLAYING PEACEMAKER
      135 12 Wire services. AS the only superpower that has diplomatic ties with both North and South Korea, the Soviet Union is in the best position to be a peacemaker. The two Koreas, separated since 1945, remain technically at war. They have never signed a peace treaty following the 1950-53
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      Lock icon Father kills kids, then shoots himself
      228 12 UPI. A VIETNAMESE man in Houston, Texas, took pictures of his four children, then lined them up beside a table and shot each one to death before killing himself. The 42-year-old man was said to be distraught after his wife left him. "It's a
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      Lock icon True coincidence for Dances with Wolves character
      226 12 AP. THE character Kevin Costner played in Dances With Wolves was imaginary, or so thought William Blake, the man who created Lt .John Dunbar. But a high school student has discovered a reallife model for the character Kevin Costner played. Kric Freeman of
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      Lock icon 'He cut my hair, I am suing'
      293 13 AP. NEW YORKER Nancy Newcombe says it was the unkindest cut of all when her waist-length locks were snipped to her shoulders without her consent. Ms Newcombe. 23, has charged the man who trimmed her brunette tresses with assault and battery in a
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      HAIR AFFAIR
      58 13 How old is this I child? You mean someone 2'.\ had lift hair cut without her consent? Oscar Blandi of the Pierre Michel beauty salon, who cut Ms Newcombe's hair 1l suffered extreme shock, became nervous and upset, resulting in inability t<» sleep nr eat. Ms Nancy Newcombe,
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      Lock icon COBOL is in Bush's court
      183 13 Reuter. GUESS who's joining computer classes? lIS President CJeorge Bush, that's who! Mr Bush who admitted being baffled by the controls on a videotape machine, pledged on Thursday to learn how to use a computer. "Starting next week, I'll l>egin studying and I want to
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      Lock icon Parcel bomb kills 7
      105 14 Reuter. A PARCEL bomb killed seven people and injured 10 others in Patras, western Greece yesterday. The attack the most serious of some 10 bomb or rocket attacks in Greece this year took place at the office of an air courier service. The victims included five
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      Lock icon Porter's son becomes Anglican head
      109 14 Reuter. A NEW Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rev George Carey, was enthroned yesterday (above). He vowed to lead a missionary Anglican church that would speak for the oppressed and not be afraid of involvement in politics. The new spiritual head of the world's 70 million
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      Lock icon Iraq 'holding talks' with Kurdish rebels
      363 14 MAN IN JAIL FOR RAPING HIS WIFE /Page .'<1 AFP. MEMBERS of Iraq's main Kurdish rebel groups have been holding negotiations with the Iraqi Government in Baghdad since Thursday. '1 his was revealed by a source close to the rebels in Teheran yesterday. The
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      Lock icon US contests Iraqi claim on arsenals
      228 14 AFP. IRAQ says it has 52 Scud missiles, including some tipped with poison gas warheads, and tonnes of other chemical weapons hut no nuclear or biological arms. But the United States has accused Iraq of cheating, saying the Iraqis had underreported the size of
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      181 11 liTSfl SCHOOL |f v OF MUSIC ministries 1y >• wf Yes! It's on next week. FeajV turing international artistes and lecturers, the school is designed to help you upgrade your skills. Come join us for our FREE worship concerts. Plus sign up for our wide variety of Part-time courses as
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      35 11 JAPAN'S HOTTEST YOUTH GROUP HIIffIRUGEIIJI i Winner of Best New Artist 25th Golden Arrow Awards 1988 Grand Prize winner of Japan Record Awards 3 No.one albums, 1988,1989 1990 CHECK THEM OUT Available on CDs Cassettes
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      290 13 I I THE NEW PAPER SATURDAY SPECIAL FIRST DIGTTAL ECHO KARAOKE JVUNIHI-FI SYSTEM h W' n* 1. The New Paper is one of the sponsors for the I EPSON Singapore Super Tennis. This event is held I at Tennis HiBfIIHfIBHHHHHIHii I 2. Today. The New Paper I Simple! All you
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      38 15 C C~\ (i; Yll 6m iM®mm p- <•'/.'<• H. ;•/>£• v" v, •"v S\--;7. > .-A 1 "vV s* 1 jSf Df& r H A y>? V' »■«> v -j *V< .1-v Vfc j*- v. v *®L ».r*b s* *^«-s?Sb* ,i -> S-\
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  • SCENE&HEARD
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      Every glam girl's fear
      556 16 FUGLY Women judge themselves by their figure... the slightest weight gain can send them into an orgy of excessive eating Psychologist Jane Ussher IT strikes Elizabeth Taylor and Melanie Griffith. It even happens to SBC veteran Xiang Yun. Many actresses are smitten by a strange disorder
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      Xiang Yun's Fugiy fight
      159 16 WHEN it came to the Fugly Syndrome, Singapore actress Xiang Yun, 28, was luckier. Viral fever came along at just the right time. She gained 7 kg after marrying fellow actor Chen Zhicai. She lost it during the three weeks spent in hospital recovering from the
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      84 17 USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO RULES AM) REGULATIONS: J All TO BE THE FORTHCOMING NEW G'N'R ALBUM 1 E\TR) IS OPEN TO All. YOU CAN SEND IN AS MANY THE ENTRIES STAND TO WIN THE FOLLOWING: 4 prize lwM 8[ j 99/ PRIZE 5300 CASH plus h rR(X)F OF IS PROOf
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  • SCENE&HEARD
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      Kelley's about to be exposed
      381 18 BACKFIRE: Kitty Kelley, the gossip queen and authoress of 'bitchy biographies' about to get a taste of her own medicine The book dishes the dirt on her even more than she does it herself Mr George Carpozio on his book about Kitty Kelly KITTY Kelley
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      Book full of lies, says Reagan
      406 19 FORMER US President Ronald Reagan has broken his silence and lambasted the new book on his wife, Nancy. The book contains "fla grant and absurd falsehoods" and "exceeds the bounds of decency", he says. He denies his wife had an affair with Frank Sinatra.
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      Lock icon EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK
      324 19 NYT BIRTH: The first chapter begins with a copy of Mrs Reagan's birth certificate. "Two entries on Nancy Reagan's birth certificate are accurate her sex and her colour," Ms Kelley writes. "Almost every other item has been invented." Nancy's mother, actress Edith Luckett, divorced Kenneth Robbins,
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      OTHER VICTIMS OF KELLEY'S PEN
      368 19 FRANK Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis are the previous victims of Ms Kelley's poison pen. Her unauthorised biographies make them look like a rich, had lot from a Jackie Collins novel. A sampling of her tales: JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS "Recognising that with •lack
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      Lock icon New beat in town
      699 20  -  PREMIER SHOW: One of the world's top three Bhangra beat groups has flown in from London to perform during the Punjabi New Year festival This (younger) generation in Britain is more interested in Western music. By changing the (traditional Punjabi) music and adding (Western sounds), we
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      THE BHANGRA BEAT MOVEMENT
      93 20 THE Bhangra heal movement ha* made its way from London to Europe, the US, Canada and hack t»» India during the past decade. It has had fans in Singapore for at least three years. Worldwide, Bhangra heat fans number in the thousands. It has als»> crossed
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      240 18 HER WORLD nk®™ PRESENT Wedding Belles VI Join us in this exclusive event featuring a workshop session, a bridal fashion show plus an exhibition of the latest in wedding accessories and services. At the workshop session, you will receive expert advice on: SEE THE LATEST IN FINANCE wedding gowns, the
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Lost tango for this couple
    220 21 IHAVK always enjoyed watching couples do the rock 'n' roll hut I've always enjoyed it more when couples "try" to do it and end up getting tangled up on the floor. Last week 1 had an added treat. Not only did 1 see a couple
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    Play it again, Wendi
    167 21 RKMKMBKR Wendi Koh? Of course you do. She was. lor years the lead singer of the group, Heaven Knows. Wendi quit singing in January to take up a position with Kuropa Pub in International IMa/a and for the last three months she hardly had the time
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    Soccer girl roughs up woman ref
    125 21 THKRK was a nasty little tussle on an Italian soccer pitch last week. Kaffealla Belini, 19, became the first woman referee to be hit during a match when she blew her whistle on a player. Hut the offender was no discourteous male. It was
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    NO WAY OUT
    39 21 TALK about taking chances. This happened in India. A blind man was arrested af ter driving home in a friend's car. He was guided along the way by his passenger who was "too drunk" to drive.
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    Nude dancing for men
    145 21 It's a chance for them to see themselves as they really are...Nude dancing also saves them the cost of laundry Dance studio owner Robert Yahn on nude dancing classes for men A DANCE studio in Manhattan the Robert Yahn Studio offers all-nude exercise classes for men.
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    Jimmy's supreme date
    95 21 IN the many years that he has been around, keyboard maestro Jimmy Chan has tinkled the ivories before many an important guest at the Mandarin Hotel Singapore. But next week in Shanghai, he will have among his audience a person who will surely count as his single
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      331 21 §1 I I g What's the talk of f the town? Who's Irl f [Jlj tj U doing what? And IJ w pfr with whom? Our yr a mjm man about town 1 V tunes you in m 9 Mil ROAO EAT v SHOP RiMjNAM Cane did I I ai
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  • COVER STORY
    • SINGAPORE
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        HIDEAWAYS
        544 22  -  If you look hard enough, there are tiny pockets of Singapore which are extremely delightful when you step in SEE NEXT PAGE/ RESERVOIR OF CALM AT CHANGI PICTURES BY Mohd Ishak By Loh Tuan Lee WRITER Frances H Burnett created a secret garden that entranced me in my childhood
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        Man-made, naturally
        146 22 SILOSO BEACH, SENTOSA SILOSO Beach at Sentoea (shown on Weekender's cover) was just another stretch of rock- strewn shore a few months ago. The sand was grey and neighbouring foliage appeared tattered and tired. But a few thousand cubic metres of fine Indo- nesian sand, of the Golden
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        Casuarina showcase
        262 22 BEACH OFF CHANGI COAST ROAD THE best place to see casuarinas in their full glory must he the stretch of beach beside Changi Coast Road. The dominant vegetation here is casuarinas, rows upon rows of them stretching for more than 2 km. The casuarina is listed in the
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      Lock icon Reservoir of calm at Changi
      266 23 From Previous Page SOUTH END RESERVOIR SOUTH End Reservoir i* a sight to behold, a placid escape from the concrete jungle. However, it is out of bounds to the public. There is no fence or signboard lo prevent entrance to the public, but, as we
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    Yo-yo makes comeback
    628 24  -  ETCETERA By Abhijit Nag WALK the dog. Around the world. Rock the baby. That's the yo-yo nut talking and he is a growing phenomenon in the US. Now, 62 years after Mr Donald F Duncan Sr brought it back from the Philippines, the yo-yo is enjoying an
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    Don't be shy, speak up
    441 24  -  MYWORD Many Singaporeans do not feel comfortable with theatre. No matter how much they sympathise and empathise with what is happening on stage, it remains an alien thing to them By Dave Ang THEATREGOERS in Singapore are generally a silent lot. Try getting a response
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    Lock icon PHOTOFINISH
    47 26 MASKED RIDER: Holy Robin! A young 'un from Batcave in a Singapore bus! This schoolboy has decided to copy Batman and other masked crusaders. After school, it's time to hide his face behind the mask for a heroic showdown with some no-good Joker. Picture/ Mohd Ishak
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      870 27 saturdaytv DOUBLE BILL FEATURE II: DANGEROUS AFFAIRS: QH! MY COPS! THE WILD LIFE THE QUILLER (Channels. (Channel 5, 12.20 am) this comedy is about (Channel 12, 8 pm) i» two Hongkong policemen, CHRISTOPHER Penn, Lea J GEORGE Segal stars as i Fatty and Rig Mouth. Thompson (right), Eric Stoltz Quiller,
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      796 28 sundaytv MOVIE PARADE: MIRACLE LANDING JHHfc ®THIS film, based on a true story, depicts the extraordinary courage of ordinary people who y turned tragedy into a modern miracle. In early 1988, a Hawaiian airliner with 95 people f w on board took off on a routine island hop. Suddenly, I
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      Lock icon Man jailed for raping wife
      267 30 Reuter. A MAN in Britain was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison for raping his wife. The couple were living together at the time of the assault. The court in Winchester, southern England, threw out a defence argument that it was not a crime
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      Lock icon EARLIER CASE
      87 30 Wire services. LAST August, a 37-year-old man was jailed for three years for attempted rape of his estranged wife. A British Appeals Court upheld the conviction and jail sentence last month. The court heard that the man broke into his in-laws' home and attacked his wife when a
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      Lock icon 'I didn't do it'
      150 30 NST. A HOUSEWIFE in Negri Sembilan sobbed as she pleaded not guilty to charges of hurting a teenager with a hammer and pliers. Jamaliah Abdullah, 24, was charged with causing grevious hurt to 17-year-old Zarina Mohamed Nordin. Jamaliah faces a maximum jail term of 20 years
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      39 30 Cool cat: Kermi the swimming cat climbs out of her owner's kitchen sink after taking a dip. Kermi is a rare breed of water-loving cats which originated in southern Europe where the climate is hotter. Picture/ Reuter
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      DEATH WISH
      50 30 I hope the next time she is crossing a street, four blind guys come along driving cars. Singer Frank Sinatra (above) of author Kitty Kelly. In her biography on Nancy Reagan, the author alleges that Sinatra and the former first lady had an affair in the White House
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      Lock icon French cops caught trying to rob carpet shop
      204 30 Reuter. FIVE Lyon policemen were arrested yesterday. They were trying to rob a carpet store with the help of a city fireman, said police. The incident was one more blot on the police record in France's second city, where a gang of
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      837 33 SUNDAYRADIO FM92.4 FM 98.7 6.00 AM Singapore Good Morning 6.00 Race Commentaries and 4 D News on the Hour 6.00 AM Newsbrief, Weather 7.00 News Results 6.00 AM Newsbrief. Summary 605 Contemporary Hits of the 1980s 7.30 Safety Alert 7.00 News 6.00 AM Newsbrief 605 Breakfast Classics —1990 8 00
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      Profound's ready for Derby
      539 37  -  PREVIEWS/ By" The Three Musketeers T IRAINERS Ivan Allan and Choon Beng will between them saddle up 10 of the 14 runners in the Perak Derby on Sunday. Given the records of these two in Cup races it would seem like folly to bet against one
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      Quicksilver all geared to fire
      496 37 WITH almost half the runners in the field under his charge it is odds on that Teh Choon Beng will saddle the winner of the third at Ipoh on Saturday. It would not be a bad idea to box out his four runners for the
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      Lock icon Jahangir moves in fast
      409 38 Reuter. JAHANGIR Khan remained on course to win the British Open for a 10th successive year after inflicting a 9-3, 10-9, 9-0 defeat on Welsh number one Adrian Davies in the third round yesterday. It was far from an easy victory for the Pakistani, who had
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        159 38 AFP. BJORN Borg will face Spain's Jordi Arrese winner of two clay-court tournaments last year in his first match in competition tennis following an eight-year retirement. French actor Alain Delon yesterday drew Arrese's name as Borg's firstround opponent in the Monte Carlo Open, the first major
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        96 38 AFP. SEVEN newcomers have been packed into Pakistan's Europe-bound men's hockey squad with Olympic glory their goal. "This is the first time that such a large number of new players have been included,' Said manager Islahuddin. 'We are trying to regain the title which we lost in
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      103 38 AP. WHEN Chris Evert found out she was pregnant, the first person she told was her husband. The second person was US President George Bush. Evert had just flown back from Europe and visited her doctor the morning she was to have a breakfast meeting with
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      105 38 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER v France: Rennes 1 Marseille 1, Sochaux 0 Monaco 2. SQUASH British Open in London 3rd rd: Jansher Khan (Pak) bt Ross Norman (NZ) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2; Rodney Eyles (Aust) ht Tony Hands (Eng) 4-9, 9-1, 9-7, 9-7; Chris Dittmar (Aust)
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      Lock icon Inspired by Italia '90
      498 39  -  By Bernard Pereira CATHOLIC High Primary is going through a metamorphosis in sport. And it can be attributed largely to the 1990 World Cup soccer tournament. The students had all along been fed on a diet of basketball and table-tennis as well as mini-tennis. Until Italia
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      THE BACKGROUND
      104 39 Last year, 83.39 per cent of Catholic High's PSLE students recorded an A* or A grade for English Language while 85.76 per cent recorded an A* or A grade for Chinese. Its vice-principal, Mrs See Chak Wah, was impressed with the results. But, along with the felicitations came
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      The soccer crush
      233 39 NAJIB Zain, a 10-year-old Primary Four pupil who studies both Mandarin and English as first language, is one of the soccer converts i of Catholic High. He bought his own World Cup soccer gear after watching the month-long tournament live on TV. His favourite player is Lothar
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      Lock icon Goodbye sentiment
      624 40 Old associations will be renewed when Manchester United takes on Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup final. United skipper Bryan Robson considers Wednesday manager Ron Atkinson his mentor. Atkinson himself was the United manager till he was sacked five years ago. But neither factor will influence the final,
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      Problem of plenty
      192 40 MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson has virtually a full set of players to to choose from for tomorrow's final, reports the j British newspaper Today. One player who is definitely out though is luckless Lee Martin, sidelined with a back problem. And, perhaps the only one who
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      Problem of too little
      181 40 SHEFFIELD manager Ron Atkinson has warned his Wembley nov- ices that they will have to be brave if they are to avoid disaster against Manchester United, reports the British newspaper Today. Sheffield Wednesday is making its first Cup final appearance in 25 years. Atkinson fears this
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      Sundram out of Johor match?
      371 41  -  By S Gulam in KUANTAN SEMI-PRO LEAGUE COUNTDOWN V SUNDRAMOORTHY is doubtful for Pahang's opening thriller against Johor on April 27 at the Darulmakmur Stadium in Kuantan. The 24-year-old striker is back in the Republic on reservist training. He started his stint on Wednesday and
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      Lock icon Maradona: I'm quitting
      123 41 Reuter. DIEGO Maradona, banned for 15 months for taking cocaine, is to quit soccer. In a television interview on Thursday, he said: "I've been thinking about it for years. "I don't want any more training camps, I want to start living, take my daughters and my wife
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      Lock icon Taylor drops Robson, six other players
      338 41 ENGLftND TEftM BOMBSHELL Reuter. ENGLAND soccer manager Graham Taylor dropped seven players, including veteran captain Bryan Robson, when he announced his squad yesterday for the European Championship qualifier against Turkey on May 1. Taylor took control after last year's World Cup finals and has
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      327 41 Wire services. DERBY manager Arthur Cox has denied reports that he will leave the English First Division club if it is relegated. A Luton win over Sunderland today will condemn Cox's side to the Second Division after four years in the top flight, regardless of what happens in Derby's
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      Lock icon AUSSIE SIDE-SHOWS
      495 42 It was Waltzing Matilda all the way from Jalan Besar to Bedok Stadium when Australian imports Abbas Saad, Alistair Edwards, Craig Foster and Warren Spink showed their worth in two friendlies. ABDUL SHUKOR watched Johor in action at Bedok while BERNARD PEREIRA took in Singapore's warm up at
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      It's thumbs up for Foster and Spink
      380 42 AT LEAST half of the 3,000 enthralled soccer fans who were at Jalan Besar Stadium last night to watch the friendly match between Singapore and Cosmopolitan United chose to stay on after the match just to applaud Australians Warren Spink and Craig Foster.
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