The New Paper, 31 January 1992

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  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1992 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 408 2  -  BY Lois Ng YOl' may not have noticed it. Rut cinema prices are creeping up. The hikes started last year. Another round of increases took place just a few days ago. Patrons must pay 50 cents to a dollar more depending on the cinema and type
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    • 93 2 CINEMAS charge 50 cents more when R(A) movies are screened. Hence, duplexes which have been charging $4 charge $4.50 and bigger halls charging $3.50 (stalls) and $4.50 (circle) charge $4 and $5. But some cinemas are charging R(A) prices for PG movies: Majestic cinema showing Ghost Killer (PG)
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    • 341 2 THE marriage of disgraced British legal chief Sir Allan Green is over. Sir Allan resigned as Director of Public Prosecutions in October last year after police saw him talking to a prostitute in a red-light district near London's King's Cross station. His wife
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    • 403 3 Hawkers at Newton Food Centre and the Satay Club are now wearing name tags. This_Environment Ministry ride was imposed this month to help customers identify hawkers_ especially those who overcharge and harass customers. R VIJAYA and EILEEN TEO report NINE out of 10 hawkers interviewed at
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    • 137 3 NINE out of 10 custom- I ers said the name tags are a good idea. But a Swedish tourist, marine biologist Ullika Stenfelt, 32, said: "I don't think any tourist will bother making a complaint. You're going to be around for only two or three days." Site co-ordinator
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    • 38 3 Our mother sold us but we still love her j Two teenage girls were sold into prostitution by their mother in Thailand because she wanted money to buy buffaloes. Reporter ()VIDIA I I\l and I IM go to
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 92 4 FROM this year, you have until April 15 to submit your income tax return. The old deadline was Feb 21. It has been extended because some workers cannot net their IK 8A forms from their employers on time. The IK 8A form gives the total salary of the
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    • 80 4 PUNGGOI/S seafood restaurants and boatels, which were supposed to close today, are likely to get a reprieve. Cheng San GRC MP, Dr Michael Lim, said he is still waiting for an official reply but added that an extension is likely. But it is not confirmed how much longer they
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    • 155 4 L hot A tSTORY A CHINESE entertainment will get its own channel on pay TV, Lianhe Zaobao reports this morning. It will replace the sports and entertainment channel, one of the three pay TV channels scheduled to begin broadcasting this year. The
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    • 74 4 THREE pay TV channels are due to be launched this year. Subscription cost: You will have to pay a fee to watch these channels. Hence the name "pay TV". The subscription fees have not been announced. How pay TV works: The channels are broadcast on ultra-high frequency (UHF) bands.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 90 4 TWO Malaysian students have died of Aids, taking the country's Aids death toll to 30. Five students are being treated for Aids. They are between nine and 30 years old, Berita Harian Malaysia yesterday quoted Deputy Health Minister Mohd Farid Ariffin as saying. In Hongkong, Aids cases have
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      • 49 4 POSBank has cut its interest rates again the fourth in five months. The new rates for savings accounts are: Up to $100,000 3 per cent (down half a percentage point) Over $100,000 2.25 per cent (down a quarter percentage point) The new rates take effect from tomorrow.
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      • 45 4 KING Fahd of Saudi Arabia has threatened to crack down on Muslim fundamentalists if they challenge government policies. The fundamentalists called off a protest rally after a warning that security forces were on the "highest alert" to arrest all involved, Saudi officials said.
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    • 411 4 HhHI 11 Kl Turn the hobby you love jE B into a rewarding career jafl If you love music, you can The music you'll play V build a secure future with includes Marches, Anthems. Bpß the Singapore Armed Forces. Folk Music, Jazz, the lassies, even Rock n Roll' B* f
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 366 5  -  By S Gulam TWO soccer spectators admitted in court yesterday that they were guilty of disorderly behaviour at a Premier League football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium. But District Judge Alfonso Ang rejected the pleas of guilt from Lim Teck Meng, 20, unemployed,
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    • 23 5 A PERSON convicted of disorderly behaviour in any public place can be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned up to a month.
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    • 205 6  -  By! Suresh Nair TWO veteran drug officers are expected to be charged with misconduct next month. They are alleged to have suppressed a damaging confidential report on a junior an-ti-drug officer. (See report below right.) Sources said the two men have been served with sum-
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    • 52 6 A -JUNIOR anti-drug officer allegedly destroyed evidence to he used against two women arrested for involvement in drug activities. The two women later alleged that they had sex with the junior officer. Two veteran officers were asked to investigate. But their confidential report allegedly failed t«» disclose all
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 321 8 Last week, the Chinese language weekly newspaper, Friday Weekly, reported that the latest rage among some teenagers is the "brotherhood game" a phenomenon which first appeared in the 7Os R VIJAYA speaks to 10 students to find out what they feel about it TEENAGRRS are adopting their
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    • 139 8 TEEN "adoptions" happen for several reasons. Someone plays the role of father or mother in a school play. They do it so well that the role stays. Or personality types get labelled. For example, a nag becomes the mother-in-law; a mature character is called grandad or
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 222 10 NOT everyone is thrilled with the idea of adopting friends as relatives. Twelve of the 20 teenagers interviewed did not have such "families". Said Ruth Lim, 16: "It's so childish. It's like playing 'ma-sak-masak' (Malay for make-believe cooking). "I'm too old for that kind of
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    • 368 11 A MODEL has complained to the police that an organiser of a beauty contest asked her to strip during a private interview. He allegedly promised her a prize in exchange for sex but she refused the offer, the Chinese-language Shin Min Daily News reported
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    • 97 12 Introducing new tours and choice dates for the June holidays I 112 KEN-AIR 1992 *>TRAVEL LAUNCH J IT'S THE TIME to 1 1 1' IffiS!* June holidays to America, Europe, Australia, f'/J I J MSi- n-'i NewZea,andandAsia \i] !m ITS THE ONLY TIME you willSiA\/f as much on Ken-Air tours
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  • 362 13  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Ng Wan Ching A MOTHER threw her three-year-old daughter from the second storey of the family shophouse at Dunlop Street last night to save her from a fire. But little Shahaan Fatimah fell safely into waiting arms below. Shahaan and her parents had
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 210 14 Wire services. IRISH Prime Minister Charles Haughey has announced that he will step down next week. The decision results from a scandal over the tapping of telephones belonging to two journalists in 1982. Mr Haughey was accused of being involved in the scandal. In a
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    • 224 14 WE QUIT Wire services. THE president of the French Red Cross and three top civil servants resigned yesterday following a public outcry over the admission of a radical Palestinian leader to a Red Cross hospital in Paris. George Habash, who was being treated for a stroke,
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    • 191 15 ii h b^p 1 THE TRIUMPH APPEAL 4 Jan-29Feb'92 Charming prizes for beautiful people Triumph appeals to the woman in you. And now, it's even more You stand to win: appealing with our charming prizes in The Triumph Appeal l s j 12D Ken-Air Europe tour for 2 promotion. 2nd
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    • 241 16 v < tf -F- b ayp I i B i Bz. 1 i BoP 1 I m EK4FaRE I KJp STRIKES I ■sSL BACK 1 F DAILY. ff -C'tV r. Watch out. full battalion of over a thousand horses. MK i ,*j R The Imperial Army is a mean and
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 362 17 Two trials opened in the US yesterday. Both are expected to grip Americans over the next few weeks. In Indianapolis, boxer Mike Tyson is being tried for rape, while in Milwaukee, a jury will decide whether serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he
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    • 191 17 AFP. JEFFREY Dahmer, a dismissed chocolate factory worker, killed to fulfill his homosexual desires, said defence attorney Gerald Boyle. A 14-member jury began hearing opening arguments on whether Dahmer was sane when he strangled and mutilated 15 young males from 1979 and performed sex acts
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    • 777 18 LIZ LARRY Life Together Elizabeth Taylor turns 60 next month and says she feels great about it'. She'll celebrate her birthday with her 40-year-old construction worker husband, Larry Fortensky. In their first interview together, Liz and Larry talked to Life magazine about their marriage^Here are excerpts LIZ ON TURNING 60
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    • 93 17 I Pick your choice I I before it slips away i 1 this Lunar New 1 Hari Baya^^^gß {P from this new shipment [a the name that spells quality cflrpcto.V^^j^ jjffi /gt\ 'VZPI/V COMPANY (PTE jjgj vBftEVS4 Arab Street, Singapore 0719 B Branch: Blk 1, Joo Chiat Road. #02-1013 Joo
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    • 132 18 Escalate your romance on Valentine's Day at the Slide into the aura of love with romantic candlelight u ji dinners and live through a spellbinding Valentine's night! jjj /mj ■Sfc Come for a romantic rendezvous. We'll create a chain of W|P>j *jf K loving moments that you and your valentine
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    • 73 19 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING PERFECT BEIJING MANDARIN? Our instructors are all native speakers of Mandarin from China. We provide courses for children from ages 3-10 and adults. All courses commence between 14 to 18 Feb '92. Limited seats only. For further information, please call: TEL: *****10, *****23 I Heile
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    • 271 19 Nonya Buffet Lunch at only $12+ Singapore's famous Nonya Buftet Lunch is at the Bayview Inn Savour our Sambal (antong, Bakwan Kepiting, Otak Olak. Babi Panggang, Buakeluak Avam, Itek Sioh, Buboh Terigu and many more 'IT' 1 I' all l''i <'"l\> I High Tea at only $9.50+ Featuring more than
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    • 269 20 1 (iFT PXQURtIC^ fRIDAY- Catch up with the world's top sporting events every week on Friday Weekly Singapore's first and only Chinese-language weekly for students. Friday Weekly will also dazzle you with the latest and hottest on all your heart-throb movie and singing stars. And we're kicking up a roar
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 207 21 Reuter. THE US military will end or reduce operations at 83 more military installations in Europe. It will also take home 17,000 troops from those sites, mostly in Germany, the Defence Department announced yesterday. It was the biggest reduction in the overseas military announced
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    • 94 21 Reuter. GERMAN warships intercepted a German-registered freighter carrying arms to the Middle East illegally, the Defence Ministry said in Bonn yesterday. A spokesman said the warships, in the Mediterranean and under orders from Chancellor Helmut Kohl's office, told the freighter Godewind to change course to
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    • 243 21 AP A FIREFIGHTER who quit his job after winning millions of dollars in a lottery, only to find easy street a dull place, will get his job back. Officials said yesterday that Mr Bill Watson will start at the bottom of the pole along with
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    • Article, Illustration
      544 22  -  BY Ng Wan Ching HIS heart stopped for five minutes. Then came three years of darkness, as he lay in a coma. Karly last year, Mr Nahar Azmi Mahmood, then 25, opened his eyes. Doctors had told his parents that his chances of survival were slim and suggested
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    • 304 22 MR Nahar Azmi U9ed to complain of fever in the early hours of the morning in 1988. But it always subsided during the day. His father then checked him into Mt Alvernia Hospital for five days for a complete examination. Nothing
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    • 94 22 MENINGITIS is an inflammation of the membranes of the spinal cord or brain. The symptoms are irregular fever, loss of appetite, constipation, intense headache, intolerance to light and sound, contracted pupils, delirium, convulsions and coma. The type of meningitis Mr Nahar Azmi has is caused by a virus.
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    • 1063 23 fridaytv BURIED ALIVE MfcL. 1 FRIDAY BACKGROUND I' CHINATOWN (Channel 5, 10.45 pm) (Channel 5, 9.30 pm) (Channel 12,8 pm) CLINT (Tim Matheson) returns TONIGHT'S programme looks JACK Nicholson stars as Jake to his childhood town in Texas at the Fourth Asean summit held yBA jßjp* ttes a private eye
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    • 430 24 BBBHSnOuc*«*«lß^**- 7 *htTni' 7 tT -^Mi^MHPHi^Hl^^»^*Bßßl®4-^^Fv<!!l-*vl"<. «''l v r*'!V>' <£ Valentine's Day 14 February. A lovely day for a love note to your Valentine, in Valentine's Lovelines in The Straits Times Classified/The New Paper Fas tads. For ever on record. Undeniable evidence of your love and regard. And for the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 55 25 Shot down?: Azerbaijanis stand over what remains of a helicopter which their Government says was shot down by a heat-seeking missile fired by Armenian militants. All 40 people in the helicopter, including women and children, died. It was flying from the Azeri town of Agdam to a
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    • 218 25 AP. A MAN crippled after taking a once-popular food supplement settled his $123 million case against its Japanese drug maker yesterday. In 1987, Mr Randy Simmons of Wichita was a healthy accountant with his own business. He began taking the nowbanned L-tryptophan
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    • 189 25 A Dynamic Comeback! tXPO and The Boys Band Starting tonight, the hilarious XJK) returns to Singapore. Every night at Europa East Coast, Gino and gang will have you chuckling gleefully and calling for more with their AJJ wicked humour and their fantastic song and fiSH 'q'v dance performances! In addition,
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    • 120 25 THE RIGHT TIME I I Pierre Cardin watches, valued at $1150 each can be yours when you place a love note in The Straits Times Classified or The New Paper Fastads on 14 February. Six pairs of this Swiss made, bi-coloured bracelet quartz watches plus other fabulous prizes are to
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  • Article, Illustration
    465 26  -  THE MOVIES PAGE Showtime By Vivien Chiong THIS is not a trick mathematics question. Pit two Jackie Chans against two Anita Muis, throw in Chow Yun Fatt and Carol Cheng together what do you get? Double vision? No, a Lunar New Year box-office battle. Call it sheer coincidence,
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  • THEMOVIESPAGE
    • 175 27 SAVIOUR OF THE SOUL (PG) Starring: Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Kenny Bee, Aaron Kwok Where: Monday midnight at Shaw cinemas Story: Anita Mui's role was deemed too meaty in this film that underwent eight script revisions. The final version split her role
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    • 185 27 NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T Starring: Chow Yun Fatt, Carol Cheng, Carina Lau Where: Tonight midnight at Cathay 1, Kreta Ayer People's Story: This film is aptly titled. It suffers from terrible dubbing. Obviously done in Taiwan, the characters speak Mandarin and crude Hokkien.
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    • 272 27 FIGHT BACKJTO SCHOOL II (PC) Starring: Stephen Chow, Ng Man-tat, Sharla Cheung Man. Where: Saturday midnight Shaw cinemas. Story: In this sequel, Stephen Chow goes undercover to protect the children of diplomats studying at an international school. Terrorists are planning to take over the school. With Ng
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  • THEMOVIESPAGE
    • 396 29 A number of English movies will be playing in town over the Lunar New Year season. LOIS NG looks at three of them MOBSTERS(PG) Starring: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard (Irieco and Costas Mandylor. Where: Tomorrow midnight at Jade 1 and Chinatown 2.
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    • 365 30 A few days ago, cinema ticket prices were quietly increased. Do cinema-goers realise they are now paying more? How do they feel about it? EILEEN TEO finds out THE New Paper conducted a straw poll of 18 people at Cathay, Orchard and Marina cinemas. All
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    • 142 29 CAREER i CHOICE 4 f< YOUR RIGHT CHOICE "CAREER CHOICE", a special career guide in The New Paper, The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao will be published on 27 February, 3 March and 6 March respectively. This career feature, timed with the release of GCE 'O' and 'A' level results
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    • 146 29 (The New Paper/Citizen Promotion 'My Favourite Watch' I ■RESULTS.I Our heartiest congratulations to the 25 winners of one pair of Citizen Watches each. (Gents model: AC7794-51E Ladies model: EA3414-50E) I Angela Lye Fengping *****78Z Benjamin Chen Xiang Long *****74H Chan Geok Huat *****24Z Chew Siew Lau *****658 Choo Hayley *****96G
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    • 192 30 F 3 c= rF 3 t =TR »=i| JIJMSEOUL GARDEN n) KORE. I y RES U K I N "L Cosy private rooms at no extra charge. J" LUNCH DINNER n Adult $11.50 $13.50 n ri Child 6.50 8.50 pi U (Below 10 years) U A la carte menu of
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    • 126 30 ia -1 I A MMV A Afl Jk ID t> LIVE lISI I DATE 21 FEBRUARY 1992 (FRI) TIME 8 PM VENUE SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM PR ICE 100, $75, $60, $40 HOTLINE BOOKINGS: 348 5555 FAX: 440 6784 Tickets arc available at Forum The Shopping Mall. Scotts Shopping Centre. Rattles
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  • 172 31 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. ambience: The ambience of a place is a particular character or quality which it >ef rns to have. boggles: H your mind at something, you find it difficult to
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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    • 323 31 rRIDAYRADIO" FM 90.5 FM92.4 News on the Hour HOOH New tn Brkt 12.03 PM Popular Classics 12.05 Lunchdate with Rom Tan I 00 News and Weather Forecast Musk and a Lunchtime Quit 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Feminine Flair with Olive Saw 145 Midday Market Report For Working Women and
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    • 375 32 FRIDAYRADIO NOON Brian Richmond Presents 88.9 (cont'd) NOON Newsdesk 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey 12 30 PM OH the Shelf 1.00 News 12 45 Folk in Britain 1.10 Brian Richmond Presents 1 00 World News L C nt d) 109 Twenty Four Hours C nn J P er 1-30 world Business
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    • 182 32 I COMICRELIEF I Cathy /Cathy Guisewite A WOfIWN GETS TO AN A&E fl WANT TO HAVE VOU FOR n\<T [THAT BUTTER'S GOING TO GO N SOmETIOIES WHERE SHE FINALLY REALtJCS FRIEND, mom. THERE'S WO RI&HT TO YOUR THIGHS DEAR. j J' MOTHER JUST HOW SILLY IT IS TO 8E AT
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    • 399 35 2701 Employment 2701 Employment FRENCH COLLECTION J I PARIS I FEMALE SALES PROMOTERS (for Sundays only) 2* Working hours: 11.30 a.m to 8.30 p.m. Working in .i leading Departmental Store (Orchard Koad) For immediate interview, please call at: B1-59 Katong Shopping Centre Or tel: *****22 PART TIME INSTRUCTOR (MALE/ FEMALE)
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    • 187 35 2701 Employment ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (Female) NV O" Level Some typing knowledge Experience not necessary Temporary 3 mlhs Apply personally: Blk. 1013. Geylang Eat! Ave. 3. uO2-124 (Ne>t to Paya Lebar MRT) General Transport Co. requires CLASS 3 LORRY DRIVERS Salary $800 per month Tel: *****17 ■J LITTLE SISTERS OF S
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    • 287 35 Sign up for the first ever Valentine's treasure hunt. Imagine romping through a circuit of nature parks with your Valentine, getting lost (but not losing your love for each other). It's great fun. And it might even bring hack memories of courting days when you used to park yourselves intimately
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  • SPORTS
    • 440 36 Reuter. WORLD No. 1 lan Woosnam was taken to hospital suffering from dehydration after completing the first round of the Asian Classic golf tournament in Bangkok yesterday. The lead was taken by Woosnam's fellow-Briton Steven Richardson who equalled the course record of nine-under 63 after teeing
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    • 93 36 SINGAPORE'S Samson Gimson stood tall in Bangkok when he fired a sizzling five-under par 67 in the $1.6 million Johnnie Walker golf Classic yesterday. Samson, 27, fired six birdies on the par-72 course. His only blemish came when he bogeyed the par-four 18th. Also on
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    • 114 36 AP. First round scores: (British and Irish unless stated): 63 Steven Richardson 65 Seve Ballesteros (Spa), Mats Lanner (Swe) 66 lan Palmer (SA), Adam Hunter 67 Phillip Price, Hideki Kase (Jap), Bernhard Langer (Ger), Peter Senior (Aust), Mike McLean, Ronan Rafferty, Samson Gimson (Sin), lan Spencer 68
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    • 299 36 AFP. MORE than two months after his retirement from professional basketball because of the Aids virus, Magic Johnson is starting to sound interested in playing again. "The only thing that would keep me from playing is myself," Johnson said yesterday. "If I want to
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    • 89 36 AP. ATLANTA Hawks star Dominique Wilkins should be back in action next season, his surgeon said yesterday. The All-Star forward underwent surgery for a torn right Achilles' tendon yesterday and, according to his doctor, it went fine. "It looks good and it looks like it ought to
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    • 910 37 These are hard times in Australia. The recession has eaten into the very core of the country. Only one thing has proved recession-proof sports. The just-concluded Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne was proof of that. And, as the sport-loving Australians thronged the National Tennis
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    • EUROPE KICKOFF: SPAIN, HOLLAND, ITALY
      • 278 38 Wire services. DUTCH coach Leo Beenhakker is back at Real Madrid's helm midway through the season. The move is in a bid to help the club stave off the challenge from defending champion FC Barcelona. Real's executive board this week fired Yugoslav Radomir Antic, who coached the team
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        289 38 Wire services. FRANK Farina's move to Leeds United has fallen through. The Italian-based Australian international is now wanted by Leeds' neighbour Sheffield Wednesday, whose manager Trevor Francis is having talks with the 27-year-old Bari striker. SECOND Division Middlesbrough is keen on signing Sheffield United's former England winger, Brian Marwood,
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      • 279 38 Reuter. ITALY'S Inter-Milan, seemingly in crisis only last week following the resignation of coach Corrado Orrico, goes into Sunday's home game against AS Roma on the crest of a wave. Three away points in just four days under new coach Luis Suarez have breathed fresh life
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    • 139 39 Reuter, AFP. MARCO Gabbiadini signed for Second Division Derby County in a £1.2 million ($3.48 m) move £600,000 ($1.74 m) less than Crystal Palace paid for him four months ago. First Division Palace paid Sunderland £1.8 million ($5.32 m) for Gabbiadini but the 24-year-old striker managed just
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    • 458 40 After beating Arsenal 2-0 on Wednesday, Liverpool is on the verge of doing what it does best and that is, chasing the League title. Will it catch the leaders? History says yes WEEKEND TIES Arsenal v Man U, Palace v Coventry, Leeds v Notts C, Liverpool v Chelsea,
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    • 260 40 In the last 10 seasons, Liverpool has never finished lower than second. It was champion six times, runner-up the other four Two months ago, Liverpool trailed United by 16 points. The gap now is only eight points Liverpool has yet to play leader Manchester United and second-placed
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    • 128 41 HAS soccer coach Robin Chan been moonlighting in badminton circles and not told any of us about it? This surely seems the case, according to a report in Malaysian newspaper The Star. The paper, in a story on the coming Asian Badminton Confederation Championships, quoted the Singapore Badminton
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    • 302 41  -  THE HOTSHOTS 6 Abdullah Noor (Tiong Bahru). Goran Paulic (Balestier) 5 Azmi Abdullah (Gilbraltar). Zlatko Vidan (Geylang). Rafi All fTiong Bahru) 4 Rahim Tahir (Police). Nodin Kalil (Balestier), D Devaraj (Tiong Bahru), Jim Reeves (Tyrwhitt). Martin Vana (Tiong Bahru) 3 Marko Kraljevic (Balestier)
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    • 57 41 Total number of goals scored in 1990: 24 Total number of matches played in 1990: 18 Topscorer in 1990 Premier League: 10 goals Total number of goals scored in 1991: 20 Total number of matches played in 1991: 18 Topscorer in 1991 Premier League: 10 goals
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    • 347 41  -  FOCUS: NFL DIVISIONS ONE, TWO WHO PLAYS WHO Saturday: Div One: Bukit Merah v Jurong Town (Jurong). Sembawang vs Admiralty (Yio Chu Kang. Div Two: Wellington v Mountbatten (Toa Payoh). Telok Kurau vs Pioneer Arsenal (Hougang Sunday: Div One: Tampi nes Rovers vs South Avenue
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    • 381 42  -  Incidents during the last two Premier League matches prompt the Football Association of Singapore into issuing a warning to fans, players and club officials. The penalty will be heavy, it says By S Gulam THE Football Association of Singapore has threatened to come down hard on errant
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    • 249 42 AP. THE secretary-general of Asia's governing body for soccer said yesterday it planned to impose heavier fines and longer suspensions for rough play and indiscipline in tournaments it sanctions. Asian Football Confederation Secretary General Peter Vellapan gave no details on
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