The New Paper, 28 January 1992

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  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1992 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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    • 126 1 1 0 wgmgmmam mmmmmm ftl HA Ip I j! II II Ml MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS flg A shocking picture of a pretty Singapore teenager who is reduced to skin and bones emerges at a court hearing probing her death. Court pictures show Sharifah Ruzina's twig-like legs and arms
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 424 2  -  By Abdul Shukor W I Y HERE is Haron Mundir? According to his friends and athletic officials, the controversial national athlete has gone to Malaysia to work and train. Haron, 28, is said to have been in Kuala Lumpur since November last year. He was banned from
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    • 80 2 IN April 1989, Haron was selected for a five-week training stint in Japan sponsored by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association. But five days later, he returned to Singapore citing food and training problems there. An SAAA disciplinary committee fouvd him guilty and imposed an 18-month ban
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    • 229 2 THE two boys who heard about Haron Mundir living in Kuala Lumpur are Iwan Iskandar and Firdhouse Hassan, two junior Singapore athletes, both 16 and studying at Anderson JC. Said Iwan: "We met Nur Herman Majid, the Malaysian champion hurdler, last December. "Firdhouse and I
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    • 261 2 AFP. A MAN who spent six years wrongly believing he had Aids after a medical test is suing French medical institutions for at least $800,000, his lawyer said. According to lawyer Sophie Bottai. Mr .Jean-Luc Michallat was wrongly told after a 1985 examination at the
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    • 497 3 During the Asean summit, the wives of the delegates have their own separate programme. This morning, more than 25 Asean women VIPs were scheduled to visit the Tang Dynasty Village, afterli tour of the Singapore Botanical Gardens. ANGELINE SONG previews the programme at the Village BY
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    • 47 3 Girl guides: At a photo-shoot yesterday, Michelle Ong. 27, (third from left) said: "We've been reading up on the Tang Dynasty." The others picked to show the IPs around this morning (from left): Tricia Low. 22, Annie Seow. 20. and Xlaggie Tan. 18.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 260 4 FEWER students who were teenage gangsters are returning to crime, thanks to a massive effort by the police. The police action involves counselling 300 students connected with gangland activities. Only 3 per cent of those counselled by the Criminal Investigation Department for fighting, rioting and extortion last
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    • 51 4 FUN FOR KIDS MICKEY Mouse may set up shop in Thailand. Walt Disney executives are in Thailand to study whether they can build a giant amusement park, a Thai official said yesterday. Malaysia is being considered as an alternative site for the new Disneyland, The Bangkok Post
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    • 76 4 The Straits Times: Asean calls for clear directions Business Times: Asean Free Trade Area gets ringing endorsement Lianhe Zaobao: Six leaders at summit agree that Asean should strengthen economic cooperation to realise Afta objective Berita Harian: Asean resolves to boost economic cooperation SBC morning news: The Israeli government has
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 59 4 The UTUSAN Melayu Group wants to operate Malaysia's second private TV station. The publishing, advertising and insurance group has submitted an application, Malaysian Business Times reported. It is believed that two other companies have sent in their bids as well. One is said to be cable radio
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      • 70 4 THE occupancy rate of hotels in Singapore may rise to 81.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year. This was stated bv the Singapore Hotel Association. The occupancy rate was 70.7 per cent in the same period last year. The SHA cited the Visit Asean Year
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      • 63 4 SOME Tamils based in Malaysia and Singapore may have given "dirert support" to the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Indian investigators said. They are believed to have provided money, weapons and other logistic support to the killers, the Press Trust of India reported. India's Special Investigating
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      • 97 4 THAILAND is reviving a plan to build a massive land-bridge across the Isthmus of Kra, said a Malaysian newspaper. The Star yesterday quoted Dr Savit Bhotiwihok, an adviser to Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun, as saying that he would submit a detailed plan to the Thai
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      • 97 4 MORE junior supervisors and executives can now join trade unions made up of rank-and-file workers. A set of guidelines issued by the Labour Ministry yesterday made it clear that most junior managers were free "in normal circumstances" to sign up as members of the 83 existing unions.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 522 6 Seventeen year-old Sharifah Ruzina bte Syed Mahamad was skin and bones when she died on Nov 1, 1987. Was she starved to death or was she suffering from an eating disorder? The coroner's court left the question open yesterday because of insufficient evidence. The
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    • 329 6 THE girl who died of starvation was yesterday described by her mother to be a bin eater. Madam Pamela Majorif Bakar, the mother of 17-year-old Sharifah Huzina bte Syed Mahamad, admitted to confining Sharifah but denied torturing or ill-treating her. The family always ate
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    • 92 6 DEATH was due to broncho-pneumo-nia, which could have been caused by neglect or self-imposed starvation, said Dr Tan "Forced starvation can be a feature of child abuse or neglect," he said. However, he noted that Sharifah's sores and scars could have result from malnutrition white the
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    • 59 6 THE postmortem revealed three major findj ings: Her thinness: She was very thin and severely undernourished, with almost completely no fat. Injuries: She had mulI tiple sores on her body j with some small, linear 1 and circular scars. She also had bruises. All the injuries were surface,
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 555 8 Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday welcomed Asean leaders to the Fourth Summit. The Heads of Government, including Mr Goh, then made their opening speeches. IRENE NG reports BRUNEI Sultan Hassanal WHAT we urgently need is fair and free trade, not barriers or any other form
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    • 175 8 MR GOH CHOK TONG. 50, made a splash in the regional scene when he mooted the concept of a Growth Triangle in 1989. An economist by training, he has been described as having a technocrat's grasp of issues. MR ANAND PANYARACHUN, 60, is a strong supporter of liberalised trade.
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    • 207 8 AFTER today, Marina Square will have to get used to normal life again. Today, the Fourth Asean Summit wraps up and its VVIP and merely VIP cast heads home this evening, leaving the Marina Mandarin and the Oriental to recover from a surfeit of motorcades
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 274 9 KANDANG Kerbau Hospital is encouraging patients to donate blood for their own use later. The hospital's latest in-house newsletter, Special Delivery, described the procedure as "the safe and easy way" in its front-page article. The benefits listed include: Removing the risk of contracting
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    • 205 9 AUTOLOGOUS blood transfusion came to public attention here in December 1989, with a newspaper advertisement for a private blood bank. It claimed that people could be protected against Aids and other blood-borne diseases. The advertisement, by the Autologous Blood Bank Singapore (ABBS), said that other diseases covered
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    • 185 9 OTHER bodily materials can also be moved around. In the US, there have been clinical trials of autologous bone marrow transplants. In such transplants, a portion of a patient's bone marrow is removed and stored while she undergoes high doses of chemotherapy to kill her cancer. After chemotherapy,
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    • 455 10  -  By Michelle Lee A ITFOl T FO in Singapore? Last week, excited people called The New Paper saying that they had sighted UFOs (unidentified flying objects) on the Singapore skyline. Nothing so exciting, however. It was just the very powerful spotlights of
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    • 492 11  -  By Dominic Nathan A CAR chase and a confrontation with an armed housebreaker ended with the return of stolen property to President Wee Kim Wee's son but only after the culprit had bargained for his release. The President's son, Mr Bill Wee, a 55-year-old businessman said how
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 306 12 AP. RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin has abruptly cancelled his appointments for two days and left Moscow. His chief spokesman, Pavel Voshchanov, gave no reason for the cancellations, but said there would be a statement later today. His action came as a surprise for three reasons: The
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    • 231 12 AP. September 1989: The Soviet newspaper Pravda reprints an Italian newspaper report alleging that Mr Yeltsin drank heavily during a nine-city tour of the US. He called the report "garbage" and said he was under the influence of jet lag, not liquor. Mr Yeltsin, was a legislative
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    • 125 12 Reuter. FORMER Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia's plane was seized yesterday by about 40 of his supporters after mysteriously flying into Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Russian television said that the protesters occupied the aircraft and launched what they said was a hunger strike. It was in protest against
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    • 232 12 AP. A MAN, accused of setting a fire that killed five children in a town house, was trying to cover up a burglary. He also knew the children were inside. "He knew they were there, yes," said Lt William Fletcher, commander of the police
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    • 447 13 Wire services. A WOMAN who claims to have had an affair with US Democratic Party presidential favourite Bill Clinton has released about 10 minutes of taped telephone conversations that she says could prove their relationship. Ms Gennifer Flowers, a former state employee of
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    • 223 13 Reuter. ALLEGATIONS of extramarital sex, like those dogging Mr Bill Clinton, have a long tradition among aspirants to the White House, and many of them have been true. Mr Clinton, Democratic governor of Arkansas, and his wife, Hillary, admitted on Sunday night that their marriage
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    • 481 14 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is being tried for rape in Indianapolis in the US. The trial, which with jury selection, is expected to last three weeks. BOXER Mike Tyson was greeted with cheers and applause when he arrived at the courthouse
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    • 141 14 Reuter. THE state of Indiana has brought in a special prosecutor for the case. He is Mr Greg Garrison, 44, who had been a prosecutor for 18 years before entering private legal practice. Mr Garrison will be up against Mr Vincent Fuller. 60, a senior partner in
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    • 245 14 NOT since 1943 has an American celebrity of Tyson's standing been accused of so serious a charge as rape. In that year, actor Errol Flynn was tried for the alleged rape of two teenagers. He was found innocent. For Tyson, a conviction will bring
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1020 17 tuesdaytv THE EDUCATION HOT TOPIC BERNADO BERTOLUCCI AND KILLING (Channel 8, 10.30 pm) *&§2f' I (Channel 12, 8 pm) <lj jfl OF EDMUND PERRY aCsk T THREE weeks ago, President J THIS programme looks at the /Phannpl S Q nm\ >M *Si Wee Kim Wee announced that a !< €SSS&L-
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  • Showtime
    • 484 18 WARREN Beatty became a father for the first time recently at age 54. But the sex symbol, reputed for his way with women, had prepared for a baby as long as 15 years ago. The star didn't lack female attention throughout his 30-year career. He started early, keeping
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    • 463 19  -  By Anuar Othman THE face is Chinese. So is the surname. But actress Nancie Foo is a leading lady in Malay drama. You may think that because of her race, the Malaysian star must have problems landing parts in Malay productions. After all, how
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    • 302 19 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS(I96I) His movie debut in this story <>t two teens in 1929 Kansas. "Lucky break I learned how to make a movie the first time out. With the very best. Elia Kazan." BONNIE AND CLYDE
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    • 381 20  -  By Lo Tien Yin REPORTING FROM HONGKONG FOR more than eight years, Hongkong actor-director Philip Chan was battling thugs as a CII) officer. Two weeks ago, he found himself back in another battle with the outlaws. This time, as chairman of the Hongkong Director's
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 127 21 COMICRELIEF ALSO CAN Showcase For Singapore Cartoonists PUNS By IAN ANG r r I UtHASFAUEN?) _Yr HEATEXHAUSTION Tok Guru /Sofiyan Yahya \NHAT -DOES TOK IIHE CAN EXO«C\S£ GETTING Rip||\NHtCH PLAINS •DO FOR A LIVIMG? HAUNTE© HOMES, 0 f £Vi L SPIRITS... !tLc| VEP \WELL y LIKE" hAAKE CHASMS TAXES most
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    • 242 24 2701 Employment 2701 Employment Swiss company invites application (or the post of: GCE 'O' or 'A' level Ability to handle full set of accounts Computer literate 5 day week Salary will commensurates with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates pis call *****66 or write to The General Manager Blk 1023, Yishun
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    • 278 24 2701 Employment I L. We invite you for the following positions A) Receptionist cum Clerk (Mln SHOO) OCE O'/ 'N' level Able to work weekends puhlir holidays B) Security Guard (Min. SHOO i J Possess class II driving licence Able to speak and write simple English C) Male Changing Room
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    • 154 24 I 2701 Employment An established expanding Civil ii Structural Engrg firm Invites applications for the following additional personnel 1) SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEERS 2) STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS 3) STRUCTURAL DETAILERS I 4) JUNIOR SECRETARY S) RECEPTIONIST Attractive salary will be offered to the successful candidates Apply with resume, present expected salary together
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    • 284 25 2701 Employment I A Manufacturing Company in Marsiting require* I m ACCOUNTS CLERKS i i set o( accounts A i 1 training wiU he provided n II Interested please call i 3655 2 8 8 WEN'S PLACE 11.i1.tl Caterer at Woodlands 1. GENERAL CLERK (Full-time) School leavers welcome 2. KITCHEN
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  • SPORTS
    • 197 26 AP. THERE is no medical reason to prevent Magic •Johnson from playing in the Olympics, an official of the International Olympic Committee said yesterday. Johnson, who retired from the Los Angeles Lakers in November after testing positive for the Aids virus, has said he wants
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    • 203 26 Reuter. ICE hockey, Canada's national pastime, is Car more dangerous for necks and spinal columns than any other North American sport, a new study said yesterday. Canadian players suffer neck and spinal injuries four times more often than Americans playing football
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    • 276 26 AFP. A FORMER World Cup table-tennis champion, now holding a British passport, has been prevented from playing in the Olympic Games. Chen Xinhua, also twice a member of Chinese world title-winning table-tennis teams, was vetoed from playing by China, his country of origin. Chen would
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    • 449 27 The dust has hardly settled on Melbourne's Flinders Park courts where the Australian Open only recently ended but already 28 of the world's top women players are assembled for the Toray Pan Pacific Open. Among them is Martina Navratilova. She is in Tokyo with a mighty mission.
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    • 117 27 AP. AMERICAN teenager Jennifer Capriati, (left) who was mobbed by fans when she arrived in Hongkong yesterday, had the same fans cheering when she beat Argentina's Gabriela Sabatani 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-4) in an exhibition match later in the day. The 15-vear-old Capriati, who lost
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    • 248 27 Wire Services. CLAUDE Le Roy, French coach of Senegal's national soccer team, paid the inevitable penalty for failure in the African Nations' Cup. He was fired. Le Roy was relieved of his duties bv the Minister for Youth and Sport. Host Senegal was knocked out in the quarter-finals. ASTON
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    • 306 28 Reuter. ENGLAND'S Paul Gascoigne was yesterday effectively ruled out of the European Championship Finals by his club Tottenham Hotspur. The mid field soccer star, bound for Italian club Lazio in a L 5 million ($14.5 m) deal in May, has been told his knee injury would continue
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    • 352 28 FA CUP FOURTH ROUND: MAN U 0 S'AMPTON 0 AFP. MANCHESTER United's Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel saved his team yesterday. The Dane earned the FA Cup favourite a fourth-round home replay on Feb 5 with a breathtaking performance. United may have come closest to breaking the
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    • 556 29 Singapore's soccer referees, who have recently been under fire from fans and club officials for some controversial decisions in Premier League matches, have come up with an idea that they believe could help resolve the problem once and for all. The referees want all matches recorded
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    • 130 29 HAVING matches videotaped has its advantages. Besides helping to educate and improve the standards of refereeing, its other advantages are: ACTS of violence and other forms of misbehaviour by players, officials or fans on the pitch can be noted and action taken. BOOKABLE offences, including the feigning of
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    • 250 29 JAN 19 Referee Shihab Bahari was criticised for his handling of the Gilbraltar Crescent-Geylang International match at National Stadium. Gilbraltar Crescent accused the referee of favouring Geylang's Malek Awab when he flashed the yellow card although he was alleged to have abused Shihab. In that light,
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    • 87 29 WHILE the idea is sound, difficulties may arise. Some of these are: FUNDS are limited. COMPETENT cameraman who is not likely to miss much of the action on the pitch is hard to find. FEES quoted by a professional may be too high and out of the budget.
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    • 252 30  -  Stories/, Abdul Shukor CROATIAN footballers in Singapore and Malaysia are planning to play a charity match to raise funds for their compatriots back home. The match, against the Singapore national team, is to be held after the first round of the Premier League. This was disclosed
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    • 329 30 BEWARE, Redhill defenders...last season's Premier League top-scorer Zlatko Vidan wants to score more. Vidan wants to pile up the goals to become the first player to be top-scorer in three consecutive years. "I believe I can do it," said Vidan. "The League gets tougher each year
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