The New Paper, 30 August 1991

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    12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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      27 1 WOMEN FOR IN piRD GAME adult card game involving "buying'' jffi and "selling" of women comes under fire. /T\ Monica %M)HI A Super SR Film A, MSGi£2l
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    Lock icon CANED
    53 1 .A, Kuala Lumpur TV shows prison scene Malaysians give the thumbs-up to a recent TV 3 documentary on life in two prisons near Kuala Lumpur. Scenes of convicts being caned for serious offences (above) are also televised. Would such scenes help deter would-be lawbreakers?/Pages 3, 20 and 25. Picture/
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Would you 'buy' women even if it's only a game?
      455 2 Reuter. A CARD game is making many women fume in Japan. Now they want the toy company to recall every single copy of the adult game. The game is Ningen no Kuzu (Human Trash) in which players "buy" and "sell"
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      Any questions for Kris Aquino?
      97 2 KRIS Aquino, daughter of Philippines President Corazon Aquino, will be in Singapore today. She is scheduled to leave at 11.30 pm. Kris is here to promote her first Hongkong film, Happy Ghost 5. Her co-star, Raymond Wong, will also be with her. Filipinos working in
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      Lock icon Convicts caned on TV
      425 3  -  By Lo Tien Yin IN kUALA LUMPUR SCENES of prisoners being caned behind Malaysian prison walls were captured for the first time recently by Malaysian television cameras. The scene at Kajang Prison, near Kuala Lumpur, was broadcast by Malaysia's TV 3 earlier this month. The telecast
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      Thick as a thumb
      309 3 FIVE prisoners are stripped from the waist down, and given pads to protect their kidneys and groins. Then they are tied to a wooden rack by the wrists and ankies. The neck of each prisoner is held down by a warden to stop them from jerking
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      147 2 urn mi] mds WHAT DO YOU THINK? Does this game encourage men to treat women as sex objects? Call us on our Hotline Plus at 734-7711. SORRY CURTIN U job for local artist ist-in-Residence. His residen(TNP, July 15): Mr Sarkasi cy was from February to Said is not the first
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      SAFRA CLUB
      98 4 HOT STORY A $35-MILLION clubhouse has been approved for the proposed Safra Country Club at the East Coast. The two-storey clubhouse, with a floor area of about 15,000 sq m, will include: An amusement room, A 24-lane bowling alley, A children's play area, A billiards saloon, A health
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      HEADLINERS
      68 4 The Straits Times: Gorbachev to retain sweeping powers. Business Times: Brokers in S'pore and M'sia cut fees to get more clients. Lienhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Govt must take tough action against opposition parties which play up racial issues. Berita Marian: Russia, Ukraine sign pact. SBC morning news: Soviet Parliament
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Daim back
        40 4 MALAYSIA'S former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin has been given ministerial status. He will look after Malaysian interests in the northern growth triangle with Thailand and Indonesia and be in charge of the Labuan international offshore financial centre.
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        NUS 'first'
        77 4 NATIONAL University of Singapore scientists have produced what they believe to be the world's first genetically-engineered rats to find out more about diabetes. The Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology worked with a US biotech company, Amylin Corporation, on the project. It is expected to shed new light
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        Four held
        72 4 FOUR youths were arrested yesterday for the murder of a schoolboy at a bus stop along Raffles Avenue in the early hours of Sunday. Two unemployed teenagers, both 16, and ,a student, 17, were arrested at home. The fourth teenager, a 15-year-old student, surrendered himself. More than 10
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        All released
        51 4 CHINA yesterday released its last Vietnamese prisoners from the 1979 border war in a further sign of warming ties between Beijing and Hanoi. The official Xinhua News Agency said 23 prisoners of war and the remains of one were handed to Vietnamese officials at the Friendship Pass border
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        No referendum.
        47 4 SABAH cannot hold a referendum to decide if it should remain in Malaysia. The law does not allow any state to secede, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. A referendum was urged by a Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) MP, Datuk Monggoh Orow.
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        Top honour
        39 4 THAI military chief General Sunthorn Kongsompong received Singapore's highest military award from President Wee Kim Wee at the Istana yesterday. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (Military) for promoting good relations between the two armed forces.
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      126 4 m ENCHANTED EVENINGS fabulous evenings begin at Casuarina, where t fine entertainment is non-stop Unwind with the hefp of our "one for one drinks" special from 6pm 9pm Mondays thru Saturdays Order one drink and get a second one on the house Then swing to the beat of the latest
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      233 5 WHY RATIONAL, PRACTICAL MEN BUY WATCHES CREATED BY LUGGAGE MAKERS. Designer watches usually start out as the family handbag business in Paris. A century or so down the line, a street-smart nephew moves out of the tannery and into the marketing department. Six months later, the place is flooded with
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Me a bimbo? Take THAT!
      447 6 Would you sue a man for calling you a bimbo? An Australian woman did. MICHELLE LEE asked Singapore women how they would react SHE oozes sex appeal. She wears high heels. She has curves like a mountain road. But call her a bimbo, and you
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      Can you sue him if called a bimbo?
      198 7  -  By Michelle Lee s AY a magazine labels you 4 a bimbo*. Would 1 you stand a reasonable chance of winning a i lawsuit in local courts? Yes, said a lawyer. I In Singapore, the test the court would apply is whether
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      'Bimbos are loose, sexy and dumb'
      155 7 I WHO'S A BIMBO? JUST who is a bimbo, anyway? Definitions given in dictionaries differ markedly from those given by some Singaporeans. Penguin pocket dictionary: Person of limited intelligence but high sex appeal. Webster's Third New International Dictionary: A man or fellow, generalised expression
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      Mathematics without tears
      397 8  -  MASTER Mathematics is frorr a Singapore software company. Info Display. The series covers 10 topics from the Primary 6 syllabus. The first module costs $24. Subsequent modules are $19 each. You can buy them from large bookstores. By Morenshah Sahari CHILDREN can now play "computer games" without
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      117 8 Maharani Restaurant Fine Authentic North Indian Cuisine All food is prepared by our chefs direct from Delhi. Besides good food you will also enjoy our cosy ambience and impeccable service. 1 I\l IMiK Restaurant /m Specialities: Tender Tandoori Chickens, scrumptious Samosas, sizzling Sheekh Kebabs, specially prepared by our chefs direct
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      1144 9 WORLD'S FIRST BBE PROFESSIONAL SOUND MIDI SERIES World's Strongest Line-up Karaoke/BBE Z-Midi Series Save Up To $871 Promotion ends 30th Sept. '91 (or while stocks last) Z-D2OOO CD PMPO U1 TZZTZTf***"* PMPO -.X_ T Z-0929 MCD pMp() [~Z-878 MCD pMp 900w :;r; z 7 T &jgpjgj£7oow bwk 700w t ::i:
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    Cash and carry for most students
    374 10 More than 50 per cent of American college students own credit cards and student debts are on the rise, according to reports. Could it happen here? R VIJAYA reports SINGAPORETODAY MOST Singapore college students still reach for cash. For most of them, credit cards
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      359 10 FREDO THE FLINTSTONES f m.' A Alternating f4 New SenMbonai IV. HEATWAVE LONGEST HAPPY HOURS 12pm to Bpm (Monday to Sunday) SWIMWEAR FASHION SHOW Wednesdays at 9 30pm NO COVER CHARGE Live Band starts at 6 30pm fMKXHItM j j»mc W V 19C*mh,KC*ch Singapore 0922 Tel 734 6622 CkilSKtr CBO
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      217 11 only c/f e^tkmofsportc' j~. Head Orion jl J Yonex Graphlex GF 5 Tennis I $1850 FfW BfOwntng S2 552. $i9c/ profes^onaT'" son Racket Graphite Composite, Ll jS; V f<,f ~***>o Ascot Montana Kmees Classic Golf f^ :^Oj|Ml| Breaker x —>. X X /i cieor«ti ps i Shoes leatner «.-w. Mj-,,
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      Now for Gombak and Pandan
      625 12 FOR MOST of the current election campaign. Eunos GRC has been in the limelight. But last night, the limelight expanded to include l'lu Pandan and Bukit Gomhak. Both are seats which previously returned PAP women as MPs. In both, the Singapore Democratic Party is fielding
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      WHAT'S ON WHERE TODAY
      154 12 All rallies/dialogue sessions are between 7 and 10 pm PAP Bukit Merah: Open space in front of Block 115. Bukit Merah Central Ulu Pandan: Carpark No. GN6 enclosed by Blocks 13, 14. 15 and 16. v Ghim Moh Road Eunos GRC: Vacant land opposite Block 902.
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      3 questions to ask yourself when you vote: PM
      273 12  -  By Ken Jalleh Jr. ASK yourself three questions when you cast your vote tomorrow, says Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. I did when I first voted, Mr Goh said at a PAP rally in Bukit Gombak last night. Question 1: Who
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      ELECTION
      328 13 The People's Action Party went on the offensive yesterday by throwing challenges at three people from two Opposition parties TWO days after telling Mr Chiam See Tong to state his stand on the Jufrie affair, the PAP repeated its challenge. "You've got to take sides. You either have to
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      PAP will pull last-minute surprise: Chiam
      315 13 WATCH out for a Polling Day surprise from the People's Action Party, Mr Chiam See Tong said last night. SDP's Secretary-General made a strong appeal to voters to resist a last-minute ploy by the PAP to use the media to swing votes away from
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      Probe into WP candidate
      92 13 DR Tan Bin Seng, the Workers' Party candidate for Changi, is being investigated by the Singapore Medical Council. Dr Tan (left), 39, is said to have "indiscriminately prescribed" sleeping pills to sev- eral patients. The SMC probe follows complaints from the Central Narcotics Bureau made in
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      DRUG KITTENS
      394 14 A young woman from Hongkong was caught carrying more than $5 million worth of drugs in Changi Airport yesterday. Some drug syndicates are using attractive young women to carry drugs for them. YAWIf AN CHONG reports YOUNG, attractive, poor and, in most cases, victims of bad company this
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      107 14 I T I r== Coffee Garden Many well-kept Recipes Are Coming Off Our Chefs' Hats... I [vl-Xv Daily International Buffet Lunch A scrumptiousspread of more than 40 varieties of local and western dishes that promises a delightful gastronomic experience. Drunken Prawns Peking Duck Black Chicken Herbal Soup Fish Fritters Beef
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      80 14 CAR PARK SALE I NCw BRIDGE ROAD < U C > t I I i '.St m H.gh Street i NH Plaza M Funan J 5 o 3 Centre o t L—J I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD I 1 1 I j Colombo Court The Adelphi H TOYS, GAMES, GIFTS, BEDSHEETS,
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      Lock icon $15m for Estefan
      276 15 AP. P I OP singer Gloria Estefan will receive about $15 million in damages from a bus crash which left her with a broken back and forced her to cancel an international concert tour. Ms Estefan, her family and two staff members received the money in a
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      Tracing the drug route
      228 15 I FROM PAGE 14 THE method used by drug syndicates: Young girls are recruited in Hongkong by Thailandbased syndicates, and sent to Bangkok where they stay for a few days to collect the drugs. The cashier, for instance, stayed in Bangkok for four days before coming
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      Lock icon Man given sleeping pills before capture
      369 16 AP. A I MAN held a woman hostage at Bangkok's airport for more than two hours yesterh day, but was overcome by police, who gave him water laced with sleeping pills. Sgt Maj Ek Choojai, the radio communications officer at Don Muang Airport, said
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      Woman fined: She let suspect use son's passport
      200 16  -  By Elena Chong A WOMAN was fined $4,000 yesterday for allowing a man accused of armed robbery to use her son's restricted passport to leave the country. Choo Sai Eng, 53, a housewife, admitted conspiring with Steven Ang Keng Leong, 23, to
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      51 15 Shirts, sports apparel, jackets, pants and others ON SALE FOR 3 DAYS ONLY Available at: Sparkle's shops, #03-215 Marina Square and #01-55/56 Shaw Leisure Gallery Daimaru Sogo Metro Paragon Metro Marina Metro Far East Metro Orchard Metro Lucky Plaza Yaohan Thomson Yaohan Vista Yaohan Katong Temptation Parkway Temptation World Trade
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      62 16 MOVIES RADIO TELEVISION MUSIC FASHION 1 'SHE LOOKS ALTERNATELY LIKE A 1940s SHANGHAINESE SCREEN GODDESS AND A SMALL GIRL BEAUTIFUL AND VERY VERY PLAIN AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS.' PLUS! TRACER WONG. Why she is SBC's career woman. EXCUSE ME,' AIR™VOU X Won 9 Singapore's book world. NATALIE COLE. Her unforgettable moves.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Iraq, Kuwait forces dash over island
      309 17 Wire services. KUWAIT'S Air Force clashed with Iraqi gunboats off the emirate's Bubiyan island this week, Western security sources said yesterday. Iraq denied that its troops had landed men on Bubiyan. The island, long claimed by Baghdad, was occupied by Iraqi troops who invaded
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      Elvis letter nets $13,000
      97 17 A LOVE letter from rock legend Elvis Presley went to a private collector for about $13,000 at a London auction yesterday. Elvis wrote the letter 33 years ago while with the US army in Germany. The letter, dated Oct 28, 1958, was for Mrs Anita Wood
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      Lock icon Gorby powers: Lawmakers change mind
      339 18 Wire services. SOVIET lawmakers, in a confusing turnabout, voted yesterday to lift the sweeping powers that parliament granted to President Mikhail Gorbachev last year. The decision was a blow to Mr Gorbachev, whose position has been greatly weakened following last week's abortive coup. Earlier yesterday,
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      Lock icon Bush, Major to speed up aid
      249 19 Reuter. THE US and Britain have agreed to speed I up a plan to provide food aid and economic knowhow to the Soviet Union. The six-point aid plan was announced after a meeting between President George Bush and British Prime Minister John Major yesterday.
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      Lock icon Kazakhs protest over Russia's border claims
      210 19 AP. KAZAKHS, alarmed that their mighty Russian neighbour wants to renegotiate their long border, demonstrated throughout the Soviet republic yesterday. Russian Vice-President Alexander Rutskoi hurried to the Kazakh capital of Alma Ata to soothe their fears. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who warned that "things
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      45 18 If this is your type of PLAY GROUND We're giving away your type of PRIZES vi' 10, yes 10 Peugeot mountain |ff^J|p| bikes must be won in The New Paper iIMySIFJjM Saturday Special tomorrow, 31 August 1991. So don't forget to get your copy. i
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      132 19 BBQ BUFFET DINNER AT THE POOLSIDE r Have groat fun at our breezy swimming pool feasting on juicy meats and seafood grilled to perfection on BBQ *L. pits, every Friday, Saturday \il and Sunday. C a^c y° ur P* c 'k SrfV.L \V V sut 'h as chicken panggang, V.
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      65 19 |L 4 ki 3 •J w mSI I 3 j 'if Jt j Mt,*l J $91 CHANG EDBERG r H^H ™"IM)L SAMPRAS Come experience 'Hie Clash of the Champs!" Singapore Indoor Stadium September 27 28,1991 7:00 pm Tickets on sale at Centrepoint (Information Counter, Level I) Wisma Atria (Information Counter,
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      Will this deter you?
      468 20  -  By June Kong THE picture showed a man's bare buttocks. Caning had sliced deep rows into the flesh. The shot was filmed by Malaysia's TV 3 but edited out from its television broadcast of prison scenes. We are not displaying the close-up either because, among other
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      Thumbs up from viewers
      251 20 PEOPLE in Malaysia who watched the prison programme on TV3, gave it the thumbs-up. In fact, it raised so much public interest even taxi-drivers and waiters at restaurants spoke up when The New Paper team visited Kuala Lumpur this week. Ms Mazuin Azhary, 17, a student:
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      Door to death
      33 20 Dreaded calm: The hangman's noose lies beyond the door. This scene was as near to capital punishment as the TV camera got. No footage of a death sentence was shot.
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    GLOSSARY
    127 21 THESE) words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. corrosion: The process by which something is gradually destroyed by a chemical such as a strong acid or by i rust. oasis: A small area in a desert where
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      242 21 COMICREIIEF Orchard Road/coim Goh P« er lcechur~H to a lor ft Wave otoe mTI Htoffy lefcfrw'S l v»„ -for (rut,bel .eY-stra t>Tg X do i+ lri (for /ou iiVice. Cathy/cathy Guisewite we PIAWED HURT TO r u)f«e STUDIED EVERS BOOK ON 1r WE ARE MOT fdli TO HAND "1 ENGLISH
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      351 21 FRIDAYRADIO FM 90.5 FM 92.4 News on the Hour NOON Ne s in Brief 12.03 PM Popular Classics 12.05 PM A Lunchdate with Rose Tan 100 News and Weather Forecast Music and Mystery Voice 1.10 Currency Exchange Rates Q u z 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Feminine Flair with Olive
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    ARGUMENTS
    798 22 Issues, issues, issues. Some just keep cropping up on the campaign trail. On Wednesday, The New Paper dealt with a favourite Opposition topic, the rising cost of living. Yesterday, we examined communal politics. Today, we look at an issue new to the election game and one for which the
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      178 22 INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST CONTINUOUS A AUTOFOCUSDINOCULARS MINOLTA f At last, true autofocus binoculars. Thanks to the unique combination of world-famous jf intelligent autofocus system technolosy and precision optics that only Minolta JH jf can offer, these new Autofocus Binoculars easily outperform conventional jB| 4*' TL fSF J WM 0
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      111 23 APT IT linitv ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR MEN! WHY THEY WON T TELL (IET IT NU Whairdresser? us "i love you" Take the trauma out of changing He may be thinking it, but his lips may your looks now be sealed because... Jk DATING the sds man express yourself
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      909 23 fridaytv RUNAWAY WITH THE FRIDAY THE 13TH T~4*% HOME SWEET HOME RICH AND FAMOUS W%r PART 111 (Channel 8> 7 3opm) (Channel 5, 8.30 pm) jjTjll jSPj (Channel 5, 10.45 pm) JIAFENG is busy decorating Hiflflf f% t 1. w her new house. Huimin and tavi/'utv k ■p'vSS j r
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      Will this deter you?
      469 24  -  By June Kong THE picture showed a man's bare buttocks. Caning had sliced deep rows into the flesh. The shot was filmed by Malaysia's TV 3 but edited out from its television broadcast of prison scenes. We are not displaying the close-up either because, among other
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      Thumbs up from viewers
      251 24 PEOPLE in Malaysia who watched the prison programme on TV3, gave it the thumbs-up. In fact, it raised so much public interest even taxi-drivers and waiters at restaurants spoke up when The New Paper team visited Kuala Lumpur this week. Ms Mazuin Azhary, 17, a student:
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      Door to death
      33 24 Dreaded calm: The hangman's noose lies beyond the door. This scene was as near to capital punishment as the TV camera got. No footage of a death sentence was shot.
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      179 25 An Italian IM Rendezvous IS Cafealadd.n. 1 1) Of if B I lflllima^ e ta an a 8 B oes U P at Cafe Aladdin, from j u g ust to '5 September 1991. Sample 1 unlimited servings of Italian specialties for lunch IHi ifllli iflMrwßfV/ anc c nner at
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      380 25 FRIDAYRADIO NOON Brian Richmond Presents FM 88.9 (cont'd) NOON Newsdesk 12.30 PM Sentimental Jaurney 12.30 PM Off the Shelf 1.00 News 12.45 Falk ia Britain 1.10 Brian Richmond Presents 1.00 World Naws (cont'd) 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours 2.00 Chinese Opera j 30 Wofld Business Report 5.00 CoodtimeGoid 1.40 Words af Faith
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      94 25 COMICRELIEF PhippS/Joseph Farris AdaiH/Brian Basset UWBK'. I IT'SNOfWBtEM, I*""*"'" ISKHCANFWUP WHIkTRE [IHERE'SNOWM YOUCfIN RtAULUIOK! mt&Bf ANDBIOWDCKKOMUTHEBCY, .AtltUlN Duffy/Bruce Hammond HOW CAN VOL) STANP WEARING-\ A MOELL, TH\S \T'6 KW PAINT. IS&L SUITONSUCH Al^UtoVPAM,Puffs'? ACTUALLY 1 L_^ I N l George the Robot/stephen Stanley J4V i* CbUkC -rvot T-frs.^'&T n Augusta
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      Fantasia
      445 26  -  THE MOVIES PAGE What: Walt Disney's Fantasia Where: The Picturehouse When: Today until next Thursday I By Paul Zach IT was unquestionably Mickey Mouse's finest hour. It remains Walt Disney's masterpiece. Half a century after Fantasia first awed moviegoers, the movie is still the yardstick by which other works
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      ORIGINAL SPLENDOUR
      88 26 SINGAPORE audiences will see bashful hippo ballerinas and marching brooms as vividly as audiences did in 1940. For the movie's 50th anniversary, archivists in California spent two years restoring the film to its original splendour. Each frame was handcleaned. Dirt and corrosion was scraped off, tears repaired and
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      COMEDY TIME
      521 27 This weekend, three Mandarin comedies will be screened at 40 cinemas. Has that got anything to do with the Polling Day public holiday? VIVIEN CHIONG finds out THE top I 10 comedies this year (grossing between $700,000 and $1.89 million) are: 1. Home Alone. 2. Tricky Brains. 3.
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      A guide to fantastic Fantasia
      313 27 FROM PAGE 27 FANTASIA does not have a single story line. It is a series of eight awesome animated vignettes, each inspired by the well-known piece of classical music that accompanies it. You may have seen some individual segments in various Walt Disney tributes, retrospectives
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      108 27 The first restaurant in S.E. Asia to combine the unique ambience of a countryside fishing pond with sumptuous, fresh seafood. Tourists and locals have been coming to experience the unique ambience, friendly service and fantastic seafood....lobsters, prawns, fresh water fishes, Visitors will be entertained by cultural dance troupe every evening.
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    CARL LEWIS
    93 28 SIX-TIME Olympic champion Carl Lewis is the fastest man in the world. At the lAAF World Championships in Tokyo on Sunday he ran the 100 m final in a dizzing 9.86 seconds. Team-mate Leroy Burrell, the pre-championship favourite, said: "He passed us like we were standing still." This
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  • THEMOVIESPAGE
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      Passion, comedy and adventure
      292 29 ZANDALEE(R) Starring: Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold and Erika Anderson. Where: Capitol and Changi 1 (midnight tonight) Story: Zandalee, (Erika Anderson) is a neglected housewife who starts a passionate af- fair with her husband's best friend (Nicolas Cage) but later regrets it. She tries to break off
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      Kris movie in English, Mandarin
      320 30  -  By Vivien Chiong H HONGKONG movie Happy Ghost 5 will come to Singapore this weekend in two languages. For the first time, a film is being screened in English and Mandarin simultaneously. Happy Ghost 5 stars Kris Aquino, daughter of Philippines President Corazon Aquino. It
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      34 29 I WELCOME I TO SINGAPORE I I <fSPYRO GYRA& >\m£± S I 1 LIVE AT KHAMELEONI 131 AUGUST 3PM AND 7PMI m n 'jfj/t CDs Cassettes by £gjj^ iHH BMG PTE. LTD 35 un
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      43 29 j Cut out this advertisement for 20% discount Miss Lodge Rainbow Lodge Far East Plaza #02-93 Bukit Timah Plaza #01-05 Tel: 732 7682 Tel: 468 6796 Lady Lodge Fashion Lodge Parklane Shopping Mall Thorn ion Plaza 01-28/36 #01-19 Tel: *****38 Tel: 454 6698
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      95 30 ABBA (LOOK-ALIKE) wS MS|pBJORN MH I—| KSAiN |BSI "S.O.S", "Ring Ring", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Mamma Mia", "Money Money", "Dancing Queen"..., Remember these catchy tunes made popular by ABBA? Now is your chance to go on a nostalgic muscial journey back to the seventies. Perform by BJORN AGAIN, an Australian
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      148 30 Come fall in love with our ill if designer-wear from Laura Biagiotti, |p Krizia, Lancetti, and many others at our f I V VI W i i Ti v n^Hv I IV. VI V V I T 1 A w 1 I A Vi Ti 1 I A A v.
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      372 31 800 Food/Entertainment 800 Food/Entertainment 800 Food/Entertainment 800 Food/Entertainment 800 Food/Entertainment 832 Employment 832 Employment f Ts J- 'JTVT JL- 25 TRADFWIN KTV KARAOKE LOUNGE 130-134 Tanjong Pagar Road (0208) ft 3 Tel: *****79/*****35 J BusincMt Hours: Mon Frl(3pm 2.45 am) Sat, Sun A Public Holiday (2pm 2.45 am) TRADEWIN KARAOKE
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      231 31 I §)OKOH RAFFLES I JAPANESE RESTAURANT f 35/36 SEAH STREET B'PORE 0718~1 Buffet Suklyakl, Buffet Shabu Shabu Eat as much as you like Japanese Set Lunch from B++ II Teppanyaki Set Lunch from |15ff tfi id Teppanyaki Set Dinner from $20++ Bu»ir»s» Hourt j LUNCH x 12 noon to 3pm
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      90 31 832 Employment f¥l STRAND HOTEL has vacancies forWAITERS starting salary $650 (2 shifts) WAITRESSES Starting salary MOO (2 shifts) TELEPHONE OPERATOR Starting salary $650 (3 shifts) COOKS (2 shifts) Malaysians are welcome BELLHOP shifts) Male applicants must complete N.S. Call personally for interview from 2pm to spm at I 25
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      174 31 w I I Join America's largest soft serve frozen 1 I yogurt chain.' I I Walk-In-Interviews I I 30th Aug Ist Sept '91 (10am 6pm) I I 100 Beach Road #01-29/30 I I Shaw Towers Tel: 293-6030 I Min. $650 Housewives welcome I I Hourly pay $3-S4 •No experience required
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      437 32 IUI SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE JUNIOR OFFICERS Singapore Prison Service has a team of highly skilled and motivated As a Junior Officer, you are responsible for ensuring the safe care rehabilitative professionals to help law offenders, drug addicts and an d custody of offenders, assisting our senior officers in implementing inhalant
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      413 33 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ 831 Professional/ Executive Appfs Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts ——aj —a—— PCIRSCIE A REWARDING CAREER IN I HELPING OTHERS (AND YOCIRSELF) ENJOY A SECURE FGTGRE "After more than 17 years as
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      131 33 832 Employment 832 Employment L, Established Engineering firm requires the following posts: A. SALES CLERK CUM CO-ORDINATOR Able to type No race preference Able to work independently Salary will commensurate with qualifications experience B. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Able to type Knowledge of PC basic accounting At least 1 year working experience
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      190 33 832 Employment 832 Employment A Leading Offahore Conatruction Company NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION <U, or Its subsidiary have immediate vacanciea tor: 1) ADMIN. ASSISTANT 2) JUNIOR SECRETARY 3) OFFICE CLERKS Knowledge of computers an advantage Able to type well With ambition able to work independently Experience preferable but not essential Please
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      141 33 832 Employment 1) Accounts Asst. LCCI Intermediate/ Higher At least 6 mths relevant experience 2) Customer Relations Officers Some experience in telemarketing Training will be provided 3) Documentation Clerks Some relevant experience Training will be provided 4) Despatch Riders Class 2 licence Company motorbike provided 6 mlhs. 1 year relevant
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      472 34 832 Employment 832 Employment 832 Employment I SIEMENS Siemens is one of the leading multinational investors m Singapore which is firmly established in the Republics high-tech electrical and electronics industry We are undergoing major expansions, and there are more opportunities for you to join us as Costing Clerks/ Costing Assistants
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      457 34 832 Employment 832 Employment Required by an established lounge with full house patronage every night HOSTESSES (High salary, commission, free transport and lodging offered) Work permit applied to Malaysians All races welcome WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (High salary and incentives offered) Experience not necessary tor all positions. Please apply personally daily from
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      296 34 832 Employment i (Reputable Furniture 1 Company requlree I HjtlJpjg'ngyjjH •GCEX* level/ Secondary level Age betow 35 years old and with experience Physically fit and with Class 3 driving licence Able to work long hour* High salary and attractive benefits Call 747 0166 J Engrg Co requires urgently PROJECT SUPERVISOR
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      326 34 832 Employment ASSISTANT I We are a fast-growing company dealing In Open Learning Courses for Exec- utlves and Professional* 5 and we need a energetic 9 and fast-thinking Individ- I ual who Is able to: B 1) Speak and write English well 2) Oet along with people at all levels
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      299 35 832 Employment Well aatabliahed Real Eatate Company urgently requirea a (•male S ADMIN. ASSISTANT/ J CO ORDINATOR a a At least 2 years expert- 5 8 ence in real estat« a Basic knowledge of computer J a Speak fluent English a a Oood telephone skills 8 ability to type Salary
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      321 35 832 Employment Structural Rapair Company requires 1) PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR Diploma or NCOS in Bldg Structural/ Civil Engineering 3to b years site experience 2) FOREMEN/ ASSISTANT FOREMEN VITB or NTC In Bldg Possess Class 3 licence t<» J years site experience in concrete repairs 3) MALE/ FEMALE GENERAL CLERK OCE O'
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      305 35 832 Employment Required urgently A) FEMALE CLERK Min OCE O'or N" level Responsible Pleasant personality Able to start work at short notice Ability to type With/ without experience B) FULL/ PART-TIME FEMALE ACCOUNT CLERK PC Book keeping knowledge 5 days Job Interested applicant, walk-In for an interview at: 314 Talok
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      215 35 832 Employment Ettabiithed Electronic Co. I requires urgently I FEMALE GENERAL I CLERKS I Working S day* week. Interested, please cull call personally #06-05 Sim Lim Tower 9 10 Jin. Besar Established law firm required RECEPTIONIST Immediately Good command of English Able to sprak Malay No experience required Interested applicants,
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      189 35 832 Employment OFFICE CLERK urgently required at East Coast Park office (next to Tennis Ctr.) Answer phone enquiries ti issue BBQ permit Simple easy job No experience required Tel: 542 0414/ 541 1315 Richard Required PRIME MOVER DRIVER With PSA experience Interested pis call at 132 Hillviaw Ave. #01-02 between
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      267 35 871 Education/ 871 Education/ Instruction Instruction i— S) &g. «f ft j NANYANG ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS J T#l: 337 6638 SHORT TERM COURSES FOR ENROLMENT Design 5 Air-brush Techniques. Marker Visual Story Board a Presentation, Graphic Design Its application in advertising. Interior Study. Exhibition Design. Introduction to Interior Perspective
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      71 36 I Everybody's asking the same i question before I lunch time. P j Why not check The New Paper Fastads' |fj Lunch Guide every Monday for the answer. Mg|j You'll find not only a wide variety of local and exotic flavours to savour, but also e« trips to exotic destinations
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Becker, Graf stay cool in the heat
      444 37 Reuter. TOP seeds Boris Becker and Steffi Graf met minimal resistance under oppressive conditions yesterday as they roared into the third round of the US Open tennis championships. With court temperatures in excess of 38 deg C and the humidity miserably uncomfortable, swift
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      Lock icon Game, set and match to Stich
      159 37 Reuter. BORIS Becker may be the world's No 1 tennis player but he is no longer No 1 in the eyes of the German tennis public. The new German hero is Michael Stich, the man who beat him in this year's Wimbledon final. According
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      All-Star cast for SCC Sevens
      237 38  -  By Abdul Shukor A GALAXY of soccer legends will be in Singapore next month. And you can watch them play at the Padang. Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Mike England, Pat Jennings, Roger Hunt, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters and Kevin Keegan will all play in the
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      Lock icon SOCCERLINE
      461 38 Wire services. TOUGH-TACKLING midfielder Vinnie Jones was transferred from Sheffield United to Chelsea for £575,000 ($1.54 million). Jones, 26, will be available to make his Chelsea debut against Luton tomorrow. The transfer was agreed on the day Jones was charged by the Football Association with misconduct and just hours
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      Lock icon Anfield derby the big attraction this weekend
      478 39 Reuter. ENGLAND striker Peter Beardsley will be a star attraction at Liverpool tomorrow but this time the Anfield fans will be hoping he does not score. Beardsley, now with Merseyside rival Everton after the end-of-season clearout at Anfield, will want to show Liverpool
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      Lock icon THE BIG KICKOFF
      344 39 Juventus the favourite ITALY AFP. Jt VENTUS. after its worst season in 15 years, is favourite to win the Italian First Division which begins on Sunday. Giovanni Trapattuni. who has replaced Luigi Maifredi, is the reason for the renewed confidence. The 52-year-old coach has been wrenched back
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      Lock icon It's Juventus, say the stars
      92 39 UPI. JUVENTUS will win next season's Italian First Division title in a sprint finish with AC Milan, according to the crystal ball of Italy's i top psychic. Francesco de Barba, known as the "Wizard of San Remo", also said that Juventus goalkeeper Stefano Tacconi will
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      Lock icon Europeans dominate League
      319 39 SPAIN AP. DEFENDING champion Barcelona looks unbeatable, Real Madrid is in disarray and Atlfctico Madrid has the talent to provide some big surprises. In many ways, Spain's First Division picks up right where it left off when the 38-game season gets under way tomorrow with a match
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      Lock icon O'Brien could end US slump
      425 40 AP. FOR 30 years the United States was unbeatable in the decathlon, and after a decade-long slump America may be on its way back. Leading America, and the world, in the decathlon this year is Dan O'Brien, who yesterday moved into good position to win
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      Lock icon Herbal tea may have contained banned drug
      284 40 AP. DELIS A Floyd of the United States, who was banned for four years after testing positive for amphetamines in the World track and field championships, was shocked to hear of the news. Floyd had returned to Houston earlier this week. Said Stanley
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      Lock icon Lewis leads
      93 40 AP CARL Lewis, fresh after his 100 metre world record, topped qualifiers for the men's long jump with 8.56 metres, the longest jump ever in a qualification round. Randy Williams of the US jumped 8.34 m in the qualififying rounds at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Lewis, who
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      Lock icon GRITTY CHAMPIONS
      304 41 Bubka makes it at the last attempt AP. POLE-VAULTER Sergei Bubka, the once-a-month world record-breaker, said his heel hurt so badly, there was a 50-50 chance he might have finished sixth in Tokyo. "I was quite desperate," the Soviet vaulter said of his final attempt of 5.95 metres
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      Lock icon Close call
      317 41 AP. GREG Foster had always been taught to lean. Run to the tape and lean. See the line and lean. And that's what helped Foster to win his third straight 110-me-tre hurdles title at the World Championships yesterday. Foster and compatriot Jack Pierce finished with identical 13.06-second times.
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      285 38 Jfl -'^^Hfc>^x*^l^^H 200 TICKETS MUST BE VWOT! 4of the world's top tennis players will compete at the Singapore nMMQiBE^S^GEEffIEEESSBr' Indoor Stadium on the 27th tt 28th September in the 199 lSupeitennis i I Challenge. I Michael Chang is a devout Christian and is often involved in bible I Simply answer
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  • SEMI-PROLEAGUE '91
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      FOR SINGAPORE TO QUALIFY
      265 42 Absolute must It must beat KL. Both Singapore and KL will finish with 18 points but Singapore's goal difference is superior. (If Singapore loses or draws, then goodbye Malaysia Cup and KL is through) Even if Singapore wins, it will qualify only if one (or both)
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      Foster skips training again
      266 42  -  SINGAPORE v KL National Stadium Sunday 8.45pm Stories/ S Gulam CRAIG Foster went missing again from training last night. The Australian, Singapore's leading scorer with nine goals, did not tell coach Robin Chan that he would be absent. "Don't ask me where he is. I myself
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      Terengganu can't settle for draw
      435 42 TERENGGANU v PERAK TERENGGANU may now be forced to go for a win over Perak on Sunday because a draw may not guarantee it a berth in the Malaysia Cup. The possibility was pointed out by Steven Tan, the Football Association of Singapore executive secretary,
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