The New Paper, 27 December 1991

Microfilm: NL17787
Total Pages: 51
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    15 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS the new paper
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      52 1 MWBiBBBBBFSBI ■gfcMgijj MM i m| |1 i >r-»■ jB^ I BB IWiSr* 1 II L l !'i'N"iJ. i -|,i 11'VIMMMM PRICE DISPUTE BREAKS OUT Russia and Ukraine, the two most powerful states in the former Soviet Union, disagree over price reforms/ Page 14 POLICE RAID COCKFIGHT PIT 1 V S"l»
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    83 1 Martha Mary (above), 1, was offered for adoption by her parents in Fujian, China. Two families here took her in turn and then gave her up. The reason: She is riddled with health problems. But a third couple now wants her, saying she's a "gift from heaven
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    Lock icon MY THREE WIVES
    359 2 THENEWSTODAY THINGS come in threes for Malaysian politician Mokhtar Samad. He has three wives who live in separate houses with almost exactly the same furnishings. He bought each of his wives a car costing about 5533,000. He also set up three separate businesses for them to run.
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      215 2 Heard O' seer J anything? Coll Hotfiiw Plus i 734-7711 No Telecom cnofae for caliSI I Fa* *****75 Of write to: Th« N»w H Paper 390 <im Seng tl Rd. Singapore Eskimos and omega-3 V Jfs J J >A Considerable research was done sincc 1969 to isolate the components in
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      628 3 Mighty mini. Half in size but with power equal to larger H H jajm MX-70 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER 4 Built in amplifier "Learning" CSRP (COMFI LINK Suum-Related Presetting) Mr mixing Surround sound 7 Band electronic SEA graphic equalizer 6 Pre-programmed equalizations, I user-created equalization Full-fkinction remote control with
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      How to be good sports
      214 4 HOT STORY Very strong/ Strong Squash, water polo, bodybuilding, traditional boat race, football, softball, fencing, yachting, wushu, swiming, golf Average/ Weak Table tennis, bowling, taekwondo, billiards, shooting, karate, cycling, boxing, badminton, gymnastics, judo, weightlifting. Weak/ Very weak Athletics, basketball, sepak takraw, volleyball, archery, diving, tennis.
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      HEADLINERS
      81 4 The Straits Times: Russian flag goes up at Kremlin as Gorbachev quits. Business Times: Keppel in talks to build Indian facility: paper. Lianhe Zaobao: Gorbachev's era ends. Berita Harian: Gorbachev resigns as Soviet President. SBC morning news: President Bush says it would be easier to deal with the Commonwealth
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Yang coming
        52 4 CHINA'S President Yang Shangkun will pay a state visit to Singapore from Jan 7 to 10, diplomatic sources said yesterday. President Yang, 84, will be the first Chinese head of state to come to Singapore. He will then visit Malaysia until Jan 14. He visited Thailand and Indonesia
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        Stray dogs shot
        50 4 TEN stray dogs in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve have been shot by Primary Production Department (PPD) officers. The PPD exercise on Tuesday followed a Straits Times report on Monday. A PPD spokesman said they will search for more stray dogs there in the next few days.
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        ‘Soldiers shot 50’
        76 4 AN Indonesian probe team said yesterday that soldiers had shot, without command, into a crowd at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili on Nov 12 and killed 50 people, instead of the earlier official figure of 19. The National Investigative Commission (KPN) said in its preliminary report,
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        Thai poll in March
        39 4 THAILAND will hold general elections on March 22, reported The Nation newspaper. The Cabinet chose March 22, which falls during the summer vacation, because school and university facilities were needed to set up polling stations.
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        New site for club
        59 4 WARREN Golf Club has been offered a 36-ha site at Kranji to build an alternative nine-hole golf course. The offer was made by the Land Office, which gave notice earlier that it might repossess the club's present nine-hole course at Folkestone Road soon. Warren had earlier
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        Weekly banned
        55 4 A MALAYSIAN weekly newspaper, Mingguan Waktu, has had its licence revoked for allegedly "fabricating stories and printing lies". The six-week old Bahasa Malaysia weekly had alleged in its maiden issue that the 10 years of Malaysia under the Mahathir administration had been a failure, said Deputy Home Minister
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon A gift from Heaven
      495 5  -  BABY NOBODY WANTED By Helen Chang BABY Martha Mary suffers from a heart murmur, a bloated stomach from malnutrition, frequent diarrhoea, deformed bones, and a rare blood disease that can cause mental retardation. And she throws tantrums. Two foster families gave her up. The third saw
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      ADOPTION PROCEDURE
      149 5 A couple files a petition with the Attorney-General (AG) and furnishes the baby's birth certificate and natural parents' letter of consent. The AG agrees to act as guardian during the adoption proceedings, if the petition is in order. A copy of his consent is filed. The baby lives
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Baby needs calcium dose daily
      300 6 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE 1 MARTHA Mary arrived at the Tays' home on Sept 12. The Tays say that since the baby started staying with them, her health has improved greatly. A doctor's report states that she is much more active than before, and her blood
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      She helps to nab robbers
      356 7  -  By Michelle Lee TAXI radio despatcher Lim Poo has helped to nab three robbers in her eight years on the job. Her latest victory in the war against crime was on Dec 16. Taxi driver Sim Eng Leng, 51, was robbed at knife-point and called
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      HOW SHE HELPED
      184 7 WHEN Ms Lim heard Mr Sim shout that he was being robbed, she called all the taxi drivers nearby to hurry there. One driver confirmed that he was on his way. Still she continued to send out calls to the others. She also called the police and
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      JAIL AND CANING
      38 7 TEO Boon Hee (right), who had a previous conviction for voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon, was yesterday sentenced to five years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane.The sentence was backdated to Dec 18.
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      First mountain biking track
      268 8  -  By June Kong SINGAPORE is expected to get its first mountain biking track in March. It is the brainchild of Mr Jimmy Gui, assistant Boys' Brigade secretary. He sees mountain biking as the perfect alternative to hiking. Said Mr Gui: "Hiking summarises everything we teach the
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      57 9 P 0 S T CHRISTMAS .SAL E Stiiiw greetings from Metre. We're still celebrating wMi reduced prices at all our stores. You'M find reductions of jf£.J£ I < I p J Q up to 50% on just about everything. So why not put more joy into your festive season and
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      Falling plaster in flats
      386 10  -  ANOTHER CASE OF LEAKING CEILINGS By R Vijaya WATER is seeping through the roof of another block of HDB flats. There are now mouldy patches and peeling plaster on the ceilings of six flats in Block 306, Jurong East Street 32. The leakage started last month.
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      Hunt for mastermind
      344 11  -  By Suresh Nair POLICE raided an illegal cockfighting arena in Sembawang yesterday. Detectives from Ang Mo Kio and Jurong police divisional headquarters swooped down on the site after The New Paper reported yesterday that gamblers have been going there to watch bloody cockfights. Officers from the Criminal
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      A home for ‘cardboard’ man
      361 12  -  MCD SAYS DO you know of anyone who needs food, proper clothing, or shelter? The Ministry of Community Development has a 24-hour toll-free telephone service for you to report such needy cases. But the ministry "will only help those who are truly in need of
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      76 12 It's just an introduction. The rest is up to you. I We all need introductions to help us get along in life. In business. To get better service. Even to get a good mechanic an introduction is always useful. So why not_an introduction to someone who miglalbe able to i
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Gorby: I have big plans
      500 13 Wire services. TWENTY-FOUR hours after his grim resignation on television, citizen Mikhail Gorbachev bounced back yesterday, declaring that he had "big plans". Relaxed and smiling, the former president of the former Soviet Union strode confidently into a farewell reception given by his staff at a
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      Lock icon Anti-nuke pacts easier now: Bush
      238 14 Reuter. US President George Bush says the collapse of the Soviet Union has made it easier to reach accords on nuclear weapons, even though more leaders would have a say in their control. Mr Bush said at a White House news conference that he also
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      Lock icon Reform plan irks Ukraine
      345 14 UPI. A DISPUTE between the two most powerful republics in the new Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) emerged yesterday. Leading government figures in the Ukraine have begun publicly airing a disagreement with Russia over economic policies and timing of across-the-board price hikes now set for next
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      Lock icon Woman for top job
      220 15 AP A BUSINESSWOMAN has been nominated as the new US Secretary of Commerce. US President George Bush named Ms Barbara Franklin, 51, as his nominee, at a press conference in Washington yesterday. He said the Republican Party activist "has been a determined advocate of free and
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      Lock icon TASTY TOWER?
      63 16 SwMt success: This pure sugar replica of London's Tower Bridge is a whooper. It's 9.7 m long. 2.4 m wide and 3.6 m high. And it weighs 800 kg. It all adds up to what confectioner C Ramachandran claims is the world's biggest "sugar construction". It was on
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      China to tighten grip on minorities
      284 16 China has three areas that could cause considerable ethnic tension or where tension already exists: Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. CHINA is moving to strengthen control over its 55 minority groups to ensure "long-term security". Beijing apparently fears ethnic unrest will break out at
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      Lock icon Record-high gain on Wall St
      193 17 Wire services. WALL Street stocks jumped to record highs in New York yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 31.98 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 3,082.96. The previous record close was 3,077.15, set on Oct 18. Stock prices have been rising since last
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      Lock icon Tory boss may have let slip election date
      149 17 AFP. TORY party boss Chris Patten may have let slip the best kept secret in British politics when he said he hoped the general election would be held at the end of May. Mr Patten, chairman of the ruling Conservative Party, told
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      Lock icon Yugoslavia may be carved up
      209 18 AP. THERE are plans to create a smaller Yugoslavia, the Serb-dominated federal presidency announced in Belgrade yesterday. The new federation will consist of the largest republic of Serbia, its ally Montenegro and autonomous Serbian enclaves within Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, said Mr Branko Kostic, who is
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      Rajiv murder: Indian cops in KL for probe
      267 18  -  By Ravindra Kumar REPORTING FROM INDIA A SPECIAL police team from India is in Malaysia. Its task: To track down persons believed to be involved in the assassination of former Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi. The team is from India's Central Bureau of
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      113 13 Iheawibiiwosvi I YOUTH EXPRESSION j| I CHARITY CONCERT I Iff F*E«A*T*U*R«I*N*G p| Hjafc I® Rima Rasif The Ka-Booms Gerard Keasberry Fiesta jgl |p!| Love Hunter Rock'n Soul AWOL Rock Bell g|| fill Osland Farid Ali and The Pacific Rim Robert Fernando |j| Ali Ahmad Rap from JRNY |j|| m Date
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      224 14 I wM fm Pm. I A A.WJ Wt v^&wA 11 WkWLWA If fiv^l /Vever T/i a *JLS A/TVjcaoe 10 ir /JtS&J t£ f f CIMAmkMCNUH. 7Vna^i /<i* IS® /\Z y\ whh every Guinneaa Book of rfx J<lr Records 1991 purchased at our Come celebrate our let Anniversary I u rSh
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      400 15 HiIIIHMIIITiHMM Cafe Aladdin Level 3 Galaxy Poolside Level 5 Non Djners Countdown '92 1. Candlelight Dinner Gala International Buffet Dance at the Galaxy Poolside! Price $45.00++(adults) Dinner and Dance Price :1 st drink charge at $20.00++ (children Price $55.00++(adults) $30.00+ under 12 years) $34.00++(children Time Dancing tor NonTime :6.30pm 12.00
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      21 15 We Will Miss You Freddie But Your Voice Music Still Lives on CPCS ,0> yw w ESU tcpmtv} wOBOn COP 7»7»71I
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      81 16 Yea, you heve seen Breakout "CT" j You have heard the exciting thunder of At The Turf Now, experience the Splendour of The Derby Tonight A new hangout for all friendly people to drink, dance and sing-a-long to the nosta, 9' c music of the Rocking JOin 111 I Or
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      43 19 EH 80/e Trussardi's Final Clearance Sale. Our prices have been further reduced. The Shopping Mall #01-44, 583 Orchard Road, Singapore Everything must go at Forum The Shopping Mall. Businesswear, Leisurewear, Leathergoods and accessories. Sale ends 30th December 1991. Opening Hours: Ham Bpm (Mon-Sun)
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      43 20 The New Paper/Coca-Cola NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Promotion SEE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 'LIVE IN CONCERT Get FREE tickets to this sensational eventl Catch the concert live' in Singapore! Details in The New Paper today and tomorrow. DONT MISS IT! jjjjjj^jj^j
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      752 20 fridaytv 1 frfffffiifff* WALTER Matthau (right, with THIS programme rounds up THIS 25-episode drama reflects Dinah Manoff) is Herb Tucker, a significant events in Singapore ijgP[ on how a few young people who Hollywood writer whose scripts this year. It captures the many y**l fail their examinations regain are always
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    LEON’S FUN & FURY
    388 21  - LEON’S FUN FURY iTHE MpViES PAGEI Showtime By Vivien Chiong SOME kiss and tell. Some kiss and then forget. Reigning Hongkong idol Leon Lai Ming, 25, is one of those who forget. He had passionate kissing scenes with actress Vivian Chow in Fruit Punch and the current movie, Fun and
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    Clean-cut guy, ideal woman
    384 22  -  THEMOVIESPAGE By Vivien Chiong LEON Lai is a schoolgirl's dreamboat. Vivian Chow is a single man's model woman. Together, they make a perfect match. They are the latest ideal couple of the silver screen. Fun and Fury director Frankie Chan stumbled on the pair quite by
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      103 22 j 1991: THE BIG WRAP-UP I I They dared. And we will remember 1991 for the precedents they set. We salute the faces and events that helped shape the D D Jx j~X*=-~ #m Singapore scene —in a BIG way. n I t/ W~ jMv Class of '91: The year's
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Webber’s ex-wife in his show
      247 23 BRITISH actress Sarah Brightman may have lost her man, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, to a royal family relative, but she has won the part of Rpse in the West End production of his musical, Aspects of Love. She agreed to take on the part after
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      Hear ye, their true voices
      497 24  -  I SHOW INFO I WHAT: The Future is Mine. WHO: Chew Chor Meng, Terence Cao, Kwan Teik Hooi, Michelle Chia, Cherie Lim. WHERE: SBC 8. WHEN: Dec 27, 6.45 pm. Story: On young people who have to face up to the realities of life after
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      29 23 s with GWORMA i Q It's New Year! A time <x for A i 4. Make it speci^With /JT California Pistachios, the happy nuts. Happiness In A Nutshell I
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      51 24 fSltt^KL.- y///AyAy J|& B*^«^Tr>Vx// pp Presenting the latest look in rugged HIL-^'''^PT up* >flr S style from Lee Rawhide. Lace-ups or 3n rang 6 colours gk Durable, comfortable, rugged. Get a pair BPWW 1/ v and take a walk on the wild side. m |fc V yjP n "THMii ■ftS
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    Tangled triangle
    268 25 THEMOVIESPAGE ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY (PG) Starring: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin Where: Saturday midnight at Picturehouse Story: Adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel about an unfaithful husband. Set in 1949 in New York City, Herman Broder (Ron Silver) has a torrid affair with Masha (Lena Olin).
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      113 25 MB PI Fr,da > Weekly EBfli H| I Singapore's first and only Jflal Ifjfl Chinese-language paper for students I— Entertainment BSE Going out of their ways El AietrttoonW gSSSL ij t For a few intimate details like Kifl your idofs birthday, lookout for "Friday your special and colourful star calender.
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      127 25 t J Ul wmj? tm C»D\5>|( the SCANdAL ,Gj Truly a class of her own. Cat Cody has talents that go beyond singing. She's a professional dancer and together with The Scandal, they form a dynamic band that's full of energy. Cat Cody The Scandal takes centrestage tonight A and
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    GLOSSARY
    155 26 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. atrocities: Atrocities are actions that are shocking because they are very cruel, and are often done during a war. eradicate: To eradicate something means to destroy it completely. futuristic:
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      115 26 COMICRELIEF School DdZ6 /Koh Cheng Eng HiSO J' for Singapore cartoonists '*y*VdxS l ~~7 n Tok Guru /Sofiyan Yahya n rAN'T STAN04.II SOOM \N£ VA/»LL<j OH,LoOK at -THIS AS I VUAS SAVIN&., > B£ -TOTALLY L£"rrc«....TH£7 A«E "DOM'T "VOu UUST SUSii&i Calvin and Hobbes/Bin Watterson OUNCT A VCK0C< AT T\€
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      265 26 FRIDAYRADIO FM90.5 FM 92.4 News on the Hour 12.09 Ml ImcMate"JtfcLvj>*•*£■ 100 Itainm*WuttarNnat Musk and a LucitiM Quiz q rroncy Firtlirf* RltM 2 05 I IS Classics (cMt'd) hLwmIws 1.45 Midday Marfcst Raport 2.15 Kitchaa Talk with Dorothy Tan 2.00 Profra«aa 2.45 Famiatos Flair (caat'd) 2.02 Aftaraaaa Caacart 3.05 Hair
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      350 27 FRIDAYRADIO NOON Brian Richmond Presents FM 88.9 coflt d NOON Newsdesk 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey jj.jo pm Off the Shelf 12.45 Aries Cold Rediffusion's Daily 12>45 Folk in Britain Luck, Draw 100 World News 110 Brian Richmond Presents 109 Twwrty Foyr (celt'd) 1.30 World Business Report 2.00 Chinese Opera 140
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      160 27 COMICRELEF Cathy/Cathy Guisewite W«w WO /wE ATE 50 WE'D t WIN WO WWE SPENT SO ME 1 E/IT TO STOP SHOPPING..7I foN THE MIGHT SiOfc, WE'tli WC EAT J SPENDING WE SPEWO [J WOULDN'T BE SHOP TO STOP E/TTING... I GONE AUWST FOUR HOURS TWn I 1 CtWRLEWE. SO«UGH TEAWTEO
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      34 28 Pick up a 6-cans pack now Enter the KSHrISV and win stylish Watches, Leather Bags, Esprit Vouchers, Seasons Ice Lemon Tea. Hurry! Promotion ends 5 Jan 1992! Details are available on the 6-cans pack.
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      87 28 PART-TIME model and actress Michelle Chia is the youngest of the local celebrities to have gone to Hongkong for a shot at stardom. A former child star, Michelle, 16, has 10 years of acting experience. She has appeared in more than 20 serials. The SBC drama serials in which Michelle
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      50 32 Factfile I. Age: 27 Height 1.75 m Weight 67kg Position: Defender Occupation: Storekeeper with Mitsubishi Electronic Former clubs: None Year joined present club: 1982 Singapore debut: 1986-87 Singapore intermediate team Favourite player: Bryan Robson Favourite team: IT M AR AVI NTH AN Captain, Gilbraltar i Crescent l
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      483 33 THE CAPTAIN SPEAKS The Premier League Countdown continues with a run through Gilbraltar FC. Sixth in this season's championship, this is one team that wants to prove that it cannot be written off. Captain TM Aravinthan tries to convince BERNARD PEREIRA that his young side
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      436 34 AP. AFP. MA N CHESTER United paid a heavy price for its 6-3 win over Oldham last night. Captain Bryan Robson was ruled out of Sunday's away match against Leeds United. He aggravated an old calf strain. Said United manager Alex Ferguson: "He's going to be
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      131 34 AFP. ANDY Gray of Crystal Palace could be on the verge of a £1.5 million ($4.5 m) exchange involving Chelsea duo Dennis Wise and Vinny Jones. Palace manager Steve Coppell is said to have offered Gray in a bid to land former England winger Wise. Jones would be the
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      165 34 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER Div 2 England: Barnsley 0 Port Vale 0, Bristol City 1 Swindon 1, Cambridge 1 Plymouth 1, Derby County 0 Grimsby 0, Ipswich 2 Charlton 0, Leicester 2 Brighton 1, Millwall 0 Watford 4, Newcastle 0 Middlesbrough 1, Oxford 0 Southend
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      277 35  -  By T Jeyathesan REDHILL Rangers has decided to sign former Kelantan goalkeeper Radun Sandro for next season's Premier League. A verbal agreement was reached between all parties after a training session at Clementi stadium yesterday. Said Sandro: "I agreed to sign after talking to the manager and
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      313 34 2701 Employment Sole Agent for Interior finishes In Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei requires: SALES EXECUTIVES a Hardworking with initiative a Oood contacts with architects and designers perferable a Possess own vehicle an advantage We offer very attractive remuneration package Interested applicants please call JCSSIC for appointment or send In full
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      225 34 2701 Employment SENIOR SALES PROMOTER for exclusive boutique o Few years sales experience o Able to speak Japanese o Oood working hours Interested, pis. call 2800 4 for interview Arts A Crafts Co. requires 1) JUNIOR SECRETARY 2) MARKETING EXECUTIVE Interested applicants to call T«l: 235-9336 for appointment J CHINESE
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      263 34 2701 Employment RETAIL SALES ASSISTANTS required a Female a Age 20 to 30 a Pleasant personality a Must speak good English a Experience in leather goods an advantage a Pay 3700 commissions. Working hours: 10am. to 7 pm Sundays off. Call Sarah at 2Z7947S URGENTLY REQUIRED BOOKEEPER Minimum OCE O'
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      518 36 Leeds squanders-3-1 lead LEEDS United fell back in the English LEEDS soccer First Division race last night after surrendering a 3-1 lead against the Saints. S'HAMPTON Iain Dowie scored a last-gasp equaliser in the 89th minute and the draw at Elland jp R° a d Manchester United two points c^ear
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      289 36 Team will miss Hill THE Singapore men squash team may be without its South-east Asia Games gold medallist HE*' when it goes to the 6th Asian Squash Champion- U ships in Peshawar, Pakistan Hi next month. The Republic's top player, j 4^ Peter Hill, is doubtful for I I the
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      144 37 I say... did 1991 leave you breathless? At home, the issues they were It sure did to some of us. So this is an talking about from boardrooms to l-witness account of the way we were, W A coffeeshops. Abroad, the faces that the way we saw it, at home
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    809 38 1991 was the year that Singaporeans found out that they too were part of the story whether it was about the General Election, R-rated movies or time-based telephone charges. IRENE HOE reviews the talking points of the year witness THIS story was all over Singapore. Even if you
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      695 40 Sight Sound R-ratod movies and Telecom's move to charge subscribers for local calls turned out to be two hot subjects in coffeeshops and boardrooms alike. IRENE HOE had her ear to the ground THE MOVIES went to the polls this year. So did the telephone. The General Election brought these
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      DIRTY LINEN
      130 41 CLARENCE THOMAS HIS nomination to the US Supreme Court was supposed to be the highlight of his career. It turned out to be the nightmare of his life. During confirmation hearings before a Senate panel, a woman law professor accused Judge Thomas. 43, of sexual harassment. The three-day
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      147 41 MAGIC JOHNSON He got Aids from a woman and helped put the killer disease back in the spotlight. On Nov 8. American basketball legend Earvin Magic Johnson (above), 32, said he had tested positive for the Aids virus and was quitting the game. Johnson, who admitted to sleeping around
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      271 41 RAJIV GANDHI HE was smiling one minute, blown to pieces the next. Such was the tragic end of India's former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi (right), 45. Mr Gandhi was killed by a woman suicide bomber at an election rally on May 21. She was believed to be a member
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      270 42 NORENSHAH SAHARI looks back at some quotable quotes of the year and does a double take With this clearance, I believe we can achieve much more here. July 18: Elyamani Khamis at a celebration at the Khameleon, Marina Village. Investigations into his financial affairs had just
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      487 43 The plight of two children suffering from rare diseases moved Singaporeans in 1991. AUGUSTINE PANG tells of the outpouring of love for Ng Poh Peng, a baby with a shin disease, below, and ANGELINE SONG reports on how their generosity has helped Mazni binti Zainhuddin,
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      484 43 SIX-YEAR-OLD Mazni binti Zainudin not only smiles a lot more these days, she also goes out to play. Mazni suffers from thalassemia major, a rare blood disease. Her mother, Madam Massarimah binti Masjum, said: "She used to be so weak she spent most of the
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      WHAT!
      495 44 AFTER the Gulf War, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. Then they tried to dump Gorbachev. The battle to force Iraq out of Kuwait in January and the August coup attempt against the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, are to me the year's two biggest upheavals. They changed
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      Best on the menu
      13 45 A selection of the funniest Potluck cartoons this year
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      This was also the year of the three Ss...
      369 46 WHAT is Imelda Marcos without her size-eight shoes? She left home without them in 1986 when a people's revolt in the Philippines overthrew the Marcos dynasty. We and the former beauty queen could not stop talking about the 1,000-odd pairs of
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      We reach the people who make your future happen
      51 46 Job hunting? Doesn't it make sense to look in the same place the employers are advertising? That is why it makea sense to look in today's Straits Times Appointment Section, for the most opportunities of finding the job you are looking
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      213 46 HOW do you explain your ministry's failure to carry out its duties? You don't. Just offer your apologies, which is what former Japanese finance minister Ryutaro Hashimoto did. The debonair minister was in the hot seat in mid-year following a series of financial scandals which rocked Japan. On a
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      Aspects of love
      165 47 Sex, lies and video-rape In a year of wars, economic blues and coups, people like Hongkong businessman Chin Chi Ming provided some comic relief TO all the girls he had tricked into bed before, Hongkong businessman Chin Chi Ming (left) had this to say: They would strip
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      In and out and in and out...
      150 47 HE loves her. He loves her not. We all wonder whether they are really in love. A year after his divorce with wife Ivana became final, US tycoon Donald Trump had yet to decide what to do with his "other woman", model Maria
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      148 47 IN June, Thais found out that General Sunthorn Kongsompong had a constant companion, Ms Ampaphan Arunmuang. Gen Sunthorn is the leader of the military junta which seized power in February. His domestic affairs came to light after his wife, Madam Khunying Orachorn, unsuccessfully filed a
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      Flash and floods
      90 48 The winds of destruction swept through Bangladesh and the Philippines. In April, 25,000 people died when a cyclone ravaged Bangladesh. In November, typhoon Thelma hit the central Philippine province of Leyte, lulling about 7,000 In ruins: A Filipino couple in front of their thatched home which collapsed
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      Ashes and ashes
      98 49 Mount Pinatubo achieved what many politicians had been trying for years to get the Americans out of the Philippines. The volcano caused such widespread damage to Clark Air Base that the US was forced to abandon it Long walk home: A Filipino boy wades through knee-deep volcanic
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      So long, farewell
      469 50 Dear Mr Gorbachev YOUR days in power are over. But you are still my hero, even if a far-from-perfect one. Before you became Communist Party chief in 1985,1 had only one image of the Soviets the KGB secret service. I once met a Soviet journalist in Singapore
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      302 42 THE NEW PAPER/AIWA 'I WITNESS PROMOTION' KNOW 1991 AND WIN AIWA PRIZES! AIWA CA-15 I Ql. What was the major world event which erupted I HOW TO ENTER I ai J U Y wW 1 1 Simply answer a few questions based on I 02. Name the volcano which erupted
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