The New Paper, 28 February 1992

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1 51 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1992 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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  • 215 1 RECEIVE \z llfl 2 E FEB 1992 H V-A «*»>•». t r M r' w *J md? v• x FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 112 1992 MITA (P) 13/4/91 SO CENTS IN SHOWER ROOM Tracy JB^"J says she quit. A j cheerful Tracy says: Jm J
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  • 45 1 SBC dismisses actress for lack of discipline. But Tracy says she quit. A cheerful Tracy says: "Freedom at last... There are lots of things I want to do." What are her hopes and plans? Pages 16 and 33 Picture/ CHOO CHWEE HUA
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 444 2  -  By Michelle Lee HE had just come out of the public swimming pool shower and was drying his hair when a camera flashlight popped. Startled, Mr Chua Chin Mao, 25, turned around and saw a man walking away
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    • 130 2 IN February 1990, a 30-year-old man was getting dressed in a men's shower room when a naked teenager came in and masturbated in front of him. Mr Ong Poh Soon, 46, supervisor at Toa Payoh swimming pool, said: "The man got annoyed and came out
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    • 18 2 LEISURE INDEX Showtime: Pages 29 to 34 Pin-up: Page 36 TV: Page 28 Radio, comics: Pages 35, 37
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    • 34 2 Heard or seen j anything? Call i i Hotline Plus j 734-7711 No Telecom j > charge for calls. J Fax *****75 < Or write to: The New H Paper 390 Kim Seng M Rd, Singapore
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

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    • 221 3 H& flHv Our Army is regarded by many as one of the best run organisations Regardless of vocation, be it Combat, Service or Technical, all I~T 7 7 7 J To find out more about a career in the Army, please complete this coupon and in Singapore. Specialists are trained
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 303 4 Superpower rivalry may be a thing of the past but security is still a key concern in the Asia-Pacific region. One major worry: North Korea m THE United States is still committed to the security of the Asia-Pacific region, Mr James Lilley said yesterday. He
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    • 40 4 Nuclear arms: Pyongyang is believed to have the capability to make nuclcar weapons Military might: The North Korean army is one million strong. It has 780 fighter planes and bombers, 3,500 tanks, and more than 240 missiles.
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    • 97 4 SIX ideologically diverse nations have begun talks to develop a remote corner of North-east Asia into a Hongkong-style trading centre. China, Russia, Japan, North and South Korea, and Mongolia are attending the talks in Seoul to develop the remote Tumen River delta. The talks will
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 56 4 TAIPEI will pour in more money to boost its influence in Hongkong before China takes over the territory in 1997. Taiwan's Prime Minister Hau Pei-tsun said this yesterday after the Cabinet-level Mainland Affairs Council released a set of policies towards "internationalising and liberalising" Hongkong. Taiwan's investment in Hongkong
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      • 80 4 YOU can eat and drink at shopping malls and underpasses linked to MRT stations from Sunday. But food and drinks will still be banned at ticket concourses, station platform levels, and in the trains. The MKT authorities warned that the policy will be reviewed if the relaxed
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      • 53 4 MALAYSIA has dropped plans to set up a colony for Aids victims and carriers of the virus. The government is instead considering setting up a hospital in Selangor for terminally-ill Aids and cancer patients, said Health Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai. About 35 people have died of
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 71 4 The Straits Times: Telecom to split into two Business Times: Businesses hope for fiscal giveaways in Budget Lianhe Zaobao: Govt to stop running pre-primary classes from next year Berita Harian: Bill to seize drug pushers' property introduced SBC morning news: Germany and Czechoslovakia have signed a treaty of co-operation
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    • 341 6  -  By Shahiran Sahaki TALK about taking a leisurely walk. Mr Tay Kim Wah cannot help but go slow when he walks his pet, Pak Kua. Fak Kua, you see, is a tortoise. The male tortoise lives in a temple on Hindoo Road. Mr Tay, a retiree, is
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    • Article, Illustration
      176 6 BY tortoise standards, 32-year-old Pak Kua is still a spry youngster. The average tortoise lives longer than all other creatures with backbones including man. Many live to be well over 100. Scientists also say the tortoise has been on earth longer than man, having existed for more than
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  • 395 7  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Yaw Yan Chong A 52-YEAR-OLD general worker was robbed, battered, stripped naked, then left to die behind the squash courts in Kampong Java Park. The body of Mr Chua Chwee Chia was found there last Friday. He died in hospital yesterday.
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    • 15 7 Toke your pick from The New Paper Fastads today. PiU /jßS&ris The Employment Classified Section
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    • 166 8 Get your latest copy of the Bookworm Fantasy Comic Annual at any Milano Restaurant and you can own a Bookworm Rainbow School Bag for a craZy 90<t! Due to popular demand, the Leap Year Special Promotion will be extended to Bth Mar 1992. Ridiculous offer valid only while stocks last!
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  • 483 9 Three quarters of the people who break the no-smoking rules do so at billiard halls and bowling alleys. A new law says the management must stop customers from smoking. If they don't, the managers, not just the smokers, could be fined up to $1,000. SHAHIRAN SAHARI
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • 268 10 AIDS SEX Jail them! YOU are HIV-infected and you know it. But you have sex with someone who doesn't know. You didn't tell that person your secret before sex. Or you donated blood here, or did something which could give someone else Aids. In all cases, you could be fined
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    • 55 10 HIV-infected patients can use Medisave to pay in part for an expensive drug they need. The drug zidovudine, commonly known as AZT, is thought to delay the onset of full-blown Aids. Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said patients can use up to $300 a month from their own
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    • 178 10 PARLIAMENT TEAM/ Irene Hoe, Helen Chang and Yaw Yan Chong ANOTHER front in the war against drugs has been opened up. A new Bill makes it against the law to use drug money to buy assets, in other words, to launder drug
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    • 161 10 DRUG traffickers who launder money here may soon find investigators cracking down hard on them. Crime busters are to set up a new Assets Seizure I'nit in the Central Narcotics Bureau to trace, freeze and confiscate drug-dealing gains, said a source. When passed, the
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    • OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
      • 46 10 TAXPAYERS must return their income tax forms by April 15 every year from next year. They'll also get assessment notices bv ordinary mail instead of registered mail, unless they ask for it. Some are usually not home to take delivery of registered letters.
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      • 49 10 Chinese Singaporeans should be able to donate money to the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) through a Central Provident Fund check-off system. Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang said he'd support a system similar to the Malay-Muslim organisation Mendaki and the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda).
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      • 34 10 TEENAGERS who turn 16 can join trade unions. The Employment Act allows them to take any job when they are 16. Previously, they had to be 18 to join a union.
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      • 41 10 A NEW bill provides for Singapore Telecom to be split into two companies, one for telecommunications and the other for postal services. Telecom will go private by year's end. Shares will be sold to the public later this year.
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      • 48 10 Location, location, location. That may be the key to future carpark fees in a Government review. Season parking rates are now about the same all over. But the current review will look at demand inside and outside the central area, and open and covered carparks.
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      • 41 10 SOME old HDB blocks may get lift landings on every floor, just like in new blocks, and external ramps. When old estates are redone, they will have more facilities for old people, such as more landscaped areas.
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      • 51 10 FOREIGN lawyers will be able to represent clients in arbitration cases in Singapore after all. The law was changed because it is important that Singapore be competitive in the arbitration business and business people be able to use lawyers of their choice without having to go elsewhere for
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      • 35 10 THE Government says the pilot Preparatory Year Programme has succeeded and will be phased out. Instead, the Government will help upgrade private kindergartens and focus on formal education from Primary 1.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 46 12 Fourteen Singaporeans tell HELEN CHANG what they would like to see in the Government Budget. Many said: Cut personal and corporate taxes to stimulate the economy, spend more money on health and education. Help working mothers. Help manufacturers to help Mother Nature
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    • 270 13  -  By Elaine Tan A LEAK in the cargo hold of a British Airways flight from London yesterday sparked a scare. But it turned out to be a false alarm after experts went on board the aircraft to check for a radiation leak. The aircraft was
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    • 343 14  -  By Dave Ang AN afternoon fishing trip at Jurong Lake turned into a nightmare for a schoolboy yesterday. He saw a woman drown. The body was found at about 7 pm, more than four hours after he saw her struggling in the water. Lim Yong
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    • 366 15  -  By Michelle Lee A CLERGYMAN who was once called the "best director" of a welfare group was jailed for 16 months for misusing money from the organisation. The Rev Newman Tew Kah Hock, 44, admitted taking nearly $344,000 from all 13 groups in
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    • 148 15 THE Rev Newman Tew Kah Hock wrote a passionate confession after he found he could not repay the money. Here are excerpts from his Jan 13 letter to Dr Lee Soo Ann, chairman of the Presbyterian Welfare Services (PWS) management committee: "I am sorry to tell you that
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    • 417 16  -  By Vivien Chiong ACTRESS Tracy (iao has been sacked. SHC said yesterday she was dismissed on disciplinary grounds. The sacking takes effect immediately. The actress, however, said she quit she had asked for her contract with SBC to be ended. Tracy's sacking follows discussions over disciplinary
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    • 48 16 T A here are lots of things I want to do... take up a course in business studies... learn how to drive. I will never step into showbusiness again Actress Tracy Gao, on life after SBC LOTS OF THINGS I WANT TO 00 /PAGE 33
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    • 71 15 5S The search is on for the best singing groups in Singapore I Take up the challenge! i HHi The National Community Singing Competition Open to singing groups from all private and public organisations Details and entry forms available at the HHHH Ministry of Information the Arts, 460 Alexandra Road.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 283 18 A PREGNANT housewife in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, was jailed for four years yesterday for brutally hurting a women and her two children last year. Jamaliah Abdullah, now five months pregnant, was found guilty of abusing the family who lived with her at a military
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    • 175 18 Reuter. THE US is exploiting humanitarian aid to force Israel to change its national policy, said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir yesterday. Mr Shamir had previously refused to comment on US conditions for $16.4 billion worth of housing loan guarantees. The conditions come smack amid the
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    • 357 19 UPI. A I N apartment caretaker was found handcuffed, blindfolded, gagged and naked on a young woman's bed and hauled off to jail. Police in St Paul, United States, suspect John Dawson entered the flat and tied himself up to have sex with the
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    • 186 19 Reuter. A FRENCH judge has issued arrest warrants against four Palestinian gunmen over a 1988 ship attack that killed nine tourists. The four men of the Abu Nidal group were charged with murder and attempted murder in the attack on the Greek ship,
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    • 96 19 Reuter. A CANADIAN judge has been ticked oft for stealing two antique brass doorknobs from a courthouse door. But he keeps his job. The Canadian Judicial Council ruled that it was a "stupid thing to do" but decided not to remove -Justice Irving Goldenberg from his
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    • 173 20 AFP. IRAQI opposition groups will hold a congress next month to form a national council and unified command structure to overthrow President Saddam Hussein. It will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ayatollah Mohammad Baqr Hakim, head of the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in
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    • 77 18 The Empress Place Museum Presents Two World-Class Exhibitions for 1992 c Gems of Chinese Art The Silk Road Treasures of Tang Don t miss the chance to see the collection ot \LO one of the world's top private an collectors Let us take you on The Silk Mr T.T. Tsui
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    • 145 19 fetfiV/l specia^ 8-29 March 1992 Presented by NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL Opening Event at the Liang Court Atrium on 8 March 92 at 3 pm. Admission is free. Tickets from $3 to $10 and festival handbills are available now at the Central Booking Ofrice (Victoria Theatre). Centrepoint Information Counter, Tangs Superstore
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    • 187 19 HARMONY AND PRECISION SOUVERAN ROLLERBALL SERIES I i h I A V it I il 1 I I: I Wl X f: A Vfe 1 WKral IK/* I y% V m l m:l H UHH m mk i hS JasLfl J E \A ■LI S»' I Ik 1 \Vv \ifi«\m|
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 288 20 4 jjjjj The Army really docs have a lot of impressive hardware. But to make these hardware work, we'll need a lot of hardworking and disciplined men and women. If you're looking for a job that promises training as well as a rewarding career, then consider joining the Army. We
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    • 425 20 The Thames Group of Schools is a subsidiary of Thames Consultants Pte Ltd (Singapore London Malaysia) DAVK CHOSG MScflnt'l Mktg) MBA HonFABE FBIM Executive Director ■"'V THAMES *>*** u» (u*«i n i A'.j s v?:*V Admission is now open for the following courses: CCE 'A' Levels (Commerce Stream) Full time
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 264 22 Wire services. US presidential candidate Bill Clinton bitterly accused the Rev Jesse Jackson of "back-stabbing" after a report said the black civil rights leader had decided to back a Democratic rival. The report turned out to be false. Rev Jackson was insulted. And Mr
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    • 93 22 Reuter. GERMAN sports goods maker Adidas said yesterday that it planned to continue sponsoring sports in the former Soviet Union and denied that it had broken a contract. The contract with the Soviet Union's sports organisation, Sovintersport, had become null and void in January because
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    • 257 23 GCE "0" Level School Leavers t NOW MORE COURSES AND MORE PLACES at the Singapore Polytechnic The Singapore Polytechnic, the pioneer in technologist training with 38 years' experience, 56,000 successful graduates and more new training facilities, has the largest number of diploma courses to offer you. This year, the Singapore
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 134 24 Reuter. THE Italian porn star who became a parliamentarian has changed her mind and will stand in the general elections even though this may lead to her divorce. Ms Ilona Staller, popularly known as Cicciolina (Little Cuddly One), said last December she would
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    • 281 24 THE Nationalist government fled to Taiwan after losing a civil war to the communists in 1949. The government still bans official contacts with Beijing- Wire services. TWO years after she entered into an arranged marriage, Chinese mainlander Lo Qingfeng will finally get
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    • 163 25 1182 m Ist Time In Asia National Ballroom Dance Champions From |U|in| VI 47 Countries Around The World VIIIHI II Competing Together Who Will Be The Next World Champion? flflAlEllß Saturday Singapore Indoor Stadium 6 pm to 11 pm nTminiinn Ticke,s At sB s4 And $2 mURIIUnII Avai,ab,e From SISTIC
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  • Article, Illustration
    650 26 spotlight See a plane fly backwards, or get really close to a tank-killer. Tomorrow and on Sunday, people who head for the Asian Aerospace '92 in Changi can experience these and more. IVAN PJ LIM suggests a route to take at the exhibition, while OVIDIA LIM offers tips
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    • 42 27 "T ('check it out) h watch t/> collection M| CM Available at all leading department stores and watch dealers. SOLE AGENT: CRYSTAL TIME (S| PTE LTD TM 1991 Twentieth Century Fo* Film Corporation AH Rights Reserved Licensed by Megacept International Pie Ltd
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 530 27 fridaytv WHATEVER HAPPENED T0... I I VARIETY TONIGHT BUDGET SPEECH (Channel 5, 10.45 pm) (Channel 8, 8.30 pm) (Channel 12, 3.30 pm) ROBERT Auldrich's classic 1962 TAIWANESE star Sky Wu LIVE telecast from film, Whatever Happened to Baby (right) will sing his latest Parliament. •lane starring Joan Crawford, set dm.
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    • 201 27 NOON News 12.15 PM Live Telecast of Friday Prayers and opening ceremony of Masjid Al Taqwa Tainan Tun Dr Ismail 2.05 Pentas Jumaat Bara (Drama) 3.30 Al Wafa Al Azim Arab drama 4.00 Sinar Zaman 4.30 Alice in Wonderland 4.42 Azan Asar: Prayer call. 4.45 Alice in Wonderland (cont'd) 5.00
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  • 460 28 The date: Nov 22, 1963 The big story: US President John F Kennedy is assassinated What happened: Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for JFK's murder. Oswald is himself later mysteriously assassinated The year: 1992 The big movie: JFK What happened: The movie stirs up a
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  • THEMOVIESPAGE
    • 413 29 WOULD YOU SEE THIS MOVIE? OLIVER Stone's film, JFK, touched off a wave of controversy and accusations even before it was released in the United States in December. The three-hour film was cowritten by Stone. It was based on events surrounding the assassination of President •John
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    • 216 30 DANCES WITH THE DRAGON Where: Midnight at Changi 1 and Prince 2 Starring: Andy Lau, Cheung Mun, Deannie Yip, N| Man Tat Story: A fairy-tale comedy in which a rich man looks for his true love and finds it in a poor girl who
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 395 32 FROM PAGE 16 "FREEDOM at last," were the first words actress Tracy Gao uttered when asked about the premature end to her acting career with SBC. Despite the way things have turned out, Tracy sounded cheerful. "There are lots of things I want
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    • 300 33 THE newest girl to laugh all the way to the bank is Britain's Patsy Kensit. Her comedy, Blame It on the Bellboy, is the first in her three-film package for Walt I Disney Productions. It recently opened in the US. Kensit will star with big
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  • 177 34 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. contention: Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion. flippant: If people are flippant or say something flippant, what they say
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 115 34 COMICRELIEF Comic Dianxin /Simply Bo Chap CAN Singapore fi /)nj Cartoonists Tok Guru /Sofiyan Yahya T>IDVOU KNOW) ll THEV AftE USED TO MAKE 1 IIMAV6C I SH0UO> MANy TWO>mONAU MEDKIME ANt> START COOK.|MG-^ v6&me!u6SHA« AftE ALSO -deuc iousy MfeOlClNAU ■=>: \r Calvin and Hobbes/eu Watterson I SEE foU W\TW GO
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    • 222 34 FRIDAYRADIO BAVAIJ! FM 90.5 FM 92.4 News on the Hour noon 12.03 PM Popular Classics 12.05 PM Lunchdate with Rose Tan 1.00 News and Weather Forecast Music and a Lunchtime Qui/ ~A 205 Feminine Flair with Olive Saw "J Currency xchange Ra e For Working Women and 1.15 Popular Classics
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  • Article, Illustration
    100 35 NATALIE Cole, daughter of the late Nat King Cole, roped in three awards at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards with her album, Unforgettable. She won awards for Record and Album of the Year and also for Best Traditional Pop Performance. The album, Unforgettable, went on to win four
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    • 385 36 FRIDAYRADIO 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey FM 88,9 1.00 News NOON World News 1.10 Spice of Life The Final hour 12.30 Off the Shelf 2.00 Chinese Opera 12.45 Folk in Britain 5.00 American Hotwax with Chris Ho 1.00 World News 7.00 News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours >7.10 Goodtime Gold 1.30 World Business
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    • 154 36 COMICRELIEF Cathy /Cathy Guisewite |E AT HALf A POUND I I TsTRIP TO UNDERWEAR UNDER 73 P />\ TIJRN off E SuR Of CHOCOLATE... GLARING FLUORESCENT UOHT. K l/EILLANCE CAMERAS. I OON'T 1 1 SQUASH WINTER-WHITE 80DV JlrA r? \S) THINK tRE W,LL 6E INTO TINV PALE PWK CORSET. ARv
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    • 472 37 yTu r weekly guiJe lounges and discos J -J t 1 I j i =J I 1 •>>. *t v. XtfP v 4 ■> 1 jfv iSl9tf STffQtf TlffS CAFE A PUB 'fA Happy hours from 4.00pm to 9.00pm 50% discount on all house-pouring brands during Happy hours Free parking
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    • 299 39 E-HHnP. lIMHHMHRRHII Av Mm Hi THE EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFIED SECTION wc us 533*3 class. *****30|| 2002 Food/ 2002 Food/ 2002 Food/ 2002 Food/ Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment TRADEWIN KTV TTi KARAOKE LOUNGE nrr--130-134 Tanjong Pagar Road (0208) Tel: *****79/*****35 I ALLSON HOTEL SINGAPORE I 101 Victoria St, Ground Floor, Queen Street
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    • 433 39 2100 Personal Services/ 2100 Personal Services/ 2100 Personal Services/ Products Products Products jjA X'perience a different feeling from our J A mainland explore the 'secrets' of the underwater kingdom. Atiant,Coons Get Away From Dive In With Atlantis D#,,,n,,10n 6-8 Toman Leisure "1 snC®/. Mar Island j urn 6-11 Sipadan. Leisure.
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    • 198 40 2100 Personal Service#/ 2100 Personal Services/ 2100 Personal Services/ 2100 Personal Services/ I Products Products Products Products i THE FABULOUS 'CHALLENGER' FROM PACIFIC CYCLES FULL CRO MO FRAME MADE FROM 4130 TUBING SHIMANO GROUPSET WITH OVER BAR SHIFTERS ALLOY RIMS RITCHEY GRIPS ATTRACTIVE WHITE/ PURPLE FINISH GEL SADDLE METAL CAGE
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    • 112 40 _The Material Girl Bodysuits, jfr Gaiter Belts, j G-st rings, etc from f KHV 55.90 to $159 \> I DISCOUNT STOREWIDE L|^J« All I Mon. Fri. 10am 7 pm After Office Mrs by appt. only Saturday: 10am 6pm *03-58, Tanalin Shopping Centre Tel. 235-9493 mmm i WAREHOUSE HIFI PTE LTD
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    • 343 40 I 2200 Business Services/ 2200 Business Services/ Products Products I The goal of this seminar is to provide parti- I cipants with an insight into the Nature of I Commodity Futures Markets, the Mecha- I nisms of Commodity Trading and the I Behaviour of Commodity Futures Price. I Date 29-02-92
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    • 105 40 2200 Business Services/ Products 1 Get a COMPUTER System with free Course below OR enrol only for the ij special course. (Homh to repair f f> my own J computer? j You'll learn S 1. To dismantle and asserrbte PC 8 2. Trouble-shooting 2 3. How to wwrabeXT to 8
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    • 538 41 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ Instruction Instruction Instruction Instruction w o|»r 1992 LCCI-PSC One-year Training package includes .jßLt'.., I Shorthand-Typewriting Duties I Office Organisation Secretarial Procedures I Communication (Use of English) H Structure of Business H OUR LCCI PSC RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! mlp f lst P
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    • 157 41 2701 Employment An Airconditioning Co requires: PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR Diploma' NTC in mechanical engineering or experience in airconditioning ventilation system Knowledge of project, estimation and site works Possess class 3 driving licence Interested applicants please write in with full resume, expected salary and contact no to AIKO ENGINEERING PTE LTD Blk
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    • 276 41 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ Inatruction Inatruction Your Stepping Stone To a Successful Career Your best choicc of a further education is at Stamford where we'll help you to be better qualified for a successful career. We have the faculty, the educational/recreational facilities (inclusive of a football field, tennis courts, etc)
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    • 294 41 2701 Employment Well-established company in Bukit Timah area requires: ACCOUNTS CLERK CCE O level (credits in Maths, English) Experience preferable, but not essential Willing to learn Able to start work immediately IVe offer 5-day week 6 attractive lalary 6 benefits. Interested please CALL 467 3866 "J CAREER OPPORTUNITY As representative
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    • 273 42 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment WALK-IN INTERVIEW 29 February 1992 (Saturday) 1 March 1992 (Sunday) 9.30 am to 4.30 pm for A OPERATIONS ASSISTANTS (Male) Gross salary $890 Applicants should possess at least 3 GCE 'O' level passes or 4 GCE 'N' level credits and be able to work
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    • 129 42 Contracting Co. Require* SEMI SKILLED SKILLED ELECTRICIANS Permanent residents, and Singaporeans only Interested pis call 468-3096 or call personally at 36 Holland Grove Road. S. 1027. Opp. Henry Pk. A Raffles Girl Primary Sch. SBS no 7, 61. 75. 10S, 165. Ml. DRAUGHTSMAN Required male or female. Experienced In structural
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    • 348 42 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment ■OH PART-TIME BANQUET WAITERS AND WAITRESSES Those in full-time employment who are looking for extra income, here's a golden opportunity to work at two of the top hotels in Singapore. We need part-time waiters and waitresses to work in our banqueting department. You can
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    • 131 42 established Co. I immediate vacancies for I With or without I experience B B Age below 50 j 'Training provided j 'Mm. Pr.6 I I With PC knowledge an advantage 'f We offer attractive I salary and fringe I I benefits. J j Pis call personally at: 1200 Depot Road
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    • 248 42 2701 Employment Required urgently FEMALE CLERICAL ASSISTANTS Proficient In typing at 40 w.p.m. both on electronic typewriter and WordPerfect Experience In central filing Can commence work Immediately LORRY/ DELIVERY DRIVERS Holders of class 4 driving licence Ability to handle Htab crane and forkllft preferred Please call for appointment *****66 Mrs.
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    • 288 43 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 0 II »S ftL 1 IB Hi IWil If) UK IT 51 KIAH JOO CM FACTORY (S) PH. LTD, PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT LORRY DRIVERS FORKLIFT DRIVERS STORE KEEPER GENERAL WORKERS PRODUCTION WORKERS PRINTING DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT PRINTERS APPRENTICES PLATE MAKERS (PCBOIG MACHINE) 28 30 GUL AVENUE JURONG TOWN,
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    • 301 43 2701 Employment 2701 Employment A local contractor firm urgently requires suitable candidates to fill the following positions: 1) MECHANICAL FOREMAN Diploma/ITC/VITB/GCE 'O' levels Minimum 3 years site experience Knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic installation and amusement rides will be an advantage 2) ELECTRICAL FOREMAN Diploma/ITC/VITB/GCE 'O' levels Minimum 3 years
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    • 312 43 2701 Employment 2701 Employment WJ RECRUITMENT MANAGER Wk 11 Career Advancement to higher management W position. V 2) Flexible working hours only five working-days. g 3 No experience needed, training provided. 4] Willing to learn and work hara Contact: Jonathan Lye Raphael Chong. J *****15/214 A European manufacturing concern requires:
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    • 179 43 An established optical company requires: 1) DESPATCH RIDERS 2) TECHNICIANS 3) OPERATORS Interested applicants, please call: Viaitech Pte Ltd 54 Kallang Bahru #02-14 Kallang Baain Ind Estate Spore 1233 Tel: 297-2044 AOMIN. ASSISTANT OCE O' or N" level Able to type Pleasant personality. Previous working experience useful but not essential.
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    • 263 43 2701 Employment A company speculating In sign boards requires GENERAL CLERK OCE OV N' Level Bilingual In English and Mandarin Able to type and tender correspondence Without experience and school leavers may apply Interested applicants please come personally to Blk 1002. #01-09 Aljumsd Ave. 5, S port 1438 Tel *****48
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    • 321 44 2701 Employment MOOELB ASPIRING MODELS WANTED A new modelling L (rooming agency (opening March 1902) Is conducting auditions on: Friday (28th Feb Saturday (29th Feb Monday (2nd Mar.) Time: 12 noon 7pm. Selected personnel will b« given basic free court#* (no too* required) ft potuble assignments Please bring along personal
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    • 248 44 2701 Employment Transport Equipment Suppliers In Jurong area requires: FEMALE SALES CO-ORDINATOR Possess own vehicle. Salary approx $1200 to $1500 per month. Transport allowance extra Interested parties, please reply with resume to Teban Garden P O Bo« 0651 Singapore 9160 Urgently Required: ENGLISH TYPIST (Male/ Female) FEMALE RECEPTIONIST DELIVERY DRIVER
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    • 258 44 2701 Employment Computronic* Airconditloning (S) Pie Ltd requires AIRCON TECHNICIANS/ PIPE FITTERS Interested applicants, please WALK-IN for an Interview at Blk 5050. #01-1031 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2 Singpor* 2056 Tel: *****55 Established company In Eunos area requires: CHINESE/ INDIAN MALE LORRY DRIVER Knowledge of S'pore roads At least
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    • 247 44 2701 Employment Photographic Lab urgently requires: DESPATCH RIDERS ROBERTLAM COLOR S3 Kim Ktll Road #03-01 Mun Hem Bldg (off Balestier Rd) S 1232 2 REAL ESTATE J AGENTS required. 5 Possess driving licence 5 4 car. i Training provided. L, REQUIRED OFFICE CLEANERS In Jurong area 5-day week 830 a
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    • 69 44 1 2701 Employment Ti SENIOR CLERK CUM JR. SECRETARY. OCE O' level Abel to work Independently. Interested applicants pis. call: *****38 for appl. J Showroom In Orchard Road requires: INDOOR SALESIRLS Immediately OCE 'O' level Pleasant appreance Able to work Independently Interested, call *****18. ft. Thomson Road Mobil Service Station
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    • 84 44 2701 Employment Urgently Required: INDOOR SALESMEN SALESGIRLS Experienced In audio or camera sales Basic salary from $800 $1,000 commission approx $300 $900 Interested please come for a walk-In Interview anyday after 12 noon at: #0158 People's Park Complex (neit to Mac Donalds Restn.) Well established Tranportatlon, Container Depot Warehousing Co
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    • 132 44 2800 Announcements Greyish Whit*/ Black Male Dog weiring pink dog collar with red laaah was loat at Rosy Square, Eaal Coaal Road on 24/11/91. Everslnce he's gone, we've been trying all ways means to find him For he has been a part of our lives for 4 years (since Its
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  • SPORTS
    • 345 45 Golfers from Taiwan have always fared well in the Singapore Open. And going by the first-round performances at the Bukit course yesterday, things will be no different in this year's Open, reports BRIAN MILLER ON a day when playing conditions could be described as ideal, the foreign
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    • 62 45 LAST year's champion Jack Kay (above, with his wife-cum-caddie Christie) did not make the best of starts yesterday. The 27-year-old Canadian faltered on the front nine and turned with a three-over par 38. He picked up momentum on the back nine and his closing
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    • 270 45 IF someone from outside the Taiwanese brigade is to rock the leader board, the list of contenders should include Carlos Espinosa of Mexico, Australia's Terry Gale and, of course, first round leaders Ken Mattiace and Perry Moss, both from the US. Espinosa, winner of last
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      196 46 Reuter. TOP seed Stefan Edberg saw his campaign to win the World Indoor tennis tournament in Rotterdam grind to an unexpected halt in the second round yesterday. He lost in two sets to Dutchman Jan Siemerink. The Swede, who is trying to win back the world No 1
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    • 206 46 Reuter. ENGLAND'S national champion Peter Marshall toppled fifth-seeded Australian Chris Robertson to reach the last eight in the Spanish Open squash championship in Madrid yesterday. The 20-year-old Marshall, ranked 14th in the world, won 15-13, 15-17, 15-4, 15-3. Only a week ago, Robertson had beaten
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    • 814 47 Many Malaysian state teams are unaware that football's governing body, Fifa, has a ban on players' agents. This was reported by the Malaysian newspaper, The Malay Mail, on Wednesday. What is the situation in Singapore? The New checks with the Football Association of Singapore and local clubs.
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    • 208 47  -  Stories Suresh Nair FOR the first time five of Singapore's top soccer referees have been invited to officiate in Malaysia's Semi-Pro League, starting in May. But it comes with a condition: Pass the Cooper's Test. Last year, only two M Kunalan and M Maniam
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    • 155 47 IT will cost three dollars more to hire a soccer referee to officiate in the Central Business District. The Football Association of Singapore has decided to impose the extra levy for all matches played in the mornings and evenings of weekdays and in the mornings on Saturdays.
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    • EUROPE KICKOFF
      • 262 48 Reuter. ITALIAN LEAGUE: AC Milan will be hoping for a more positive contribution from Dutch international striker Marco van Basten this weekend. A bizarre Italian Cup incident on Wednesday saw him being substituted after just 24 minutes. Van Basten's brief sojourn on the pitch was because
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      • 214 48 Reuter. Spain: League leader Real Madrid must win to restore flagging confidence. It is just one point clear of champion Barcelona at the top of the table after four successive away defeats. But it meets Sporting Gijon tomorrow without Romanian midfielder Georghe Hagi who has a leg muscle
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      • 300 48 EUROPE KICKOFF: ENGLAND AFP. FOR Eric Cantona, tomorrow may be his last chance to come good for title-chaser Leeds. The French striker has struggled to adjust to the demands of the English game and, with Lee Chapman ready to return after breaking his wrist, time may
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    • 187 48 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SNOOKER British Open q-finals: Jimmy White (Eng) bt Terry Griffiths (Wales) 5-3; James Wattana (Thai) bt Doug Mountjoy (Wales) 5-3. SQUASH Spanish Open in Madrid, 2nd rd: Mark McLean (Scot) bt Hansi Wiens (Ger) 15-7, 15-6, 15-11; Rodney Eyles (Aust) bt Ross
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    • 34 46 I a n W'- M B" I S PLUS! Celebrity photographer Herb Ritts, Leon Lai in concert, Joan Chens exclusive I wedding footage, Peter Ustinov, The Stage Club, Hollywood's big cutbacks, Action Theatre's D
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    • 106 48 mm TOI winner saiwgf wflfo |The Straits Times p— —J War ii mi— >■ www 4W>«iT*»t»rrf 1 :i'r r"f —.".J-^—T";; :T TO© §MQ@ Tto@© W©@[% ©wgffgdg© i^KlOta If you've been away for a period of time, isn't it assuring to know that you can still keep up to date with
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  • SCHOOL SPORTS
    • 70 49 Zarinah Abdullah's departure to the pro ranks two years ago left a big void in schools' badminton. But today, Anglican High's B Girls, the Schools' National defending champion, is beginning to fill the void. Its stars are Ng Siew Leng, Heng Hui Hiang and Mavis
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    • 230 49 IN study-oriented Anglican High, it is not easy to find someone as serious about sport as Mavis Loh Chin Yee. She may trail her opponent by 10 points but she will fight every inch of the way in an attempt to turn the tables.
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    • 285 50  -  Stories/ Bernard Pereira BY her own admission, Ng Siew Leng is not a shuttler not by choice. "I wanted to get into a uniformed group. But my brother told me there would be endless marching. So I dropped it," the 15-year-old Sec
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    • 255 50 B AND C DIVISIONS B Boys: An-glo-Chinese School B Boys have qualified for the South Zone final. They beat Bendemeer 5-0 in the semi-finals. ACS meets St Joseph's Institution in the final at SBH on Tuesday (1.30pm) C Boys: ACS is
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    • 217 49 SCHOOL SPORTS QUIZ. Read TNP'S School Sports pages and win 1. Only original entries, cut out from The New Paper, I A/L c I $500 worth of Hummel sportswear vouchers are valid. I Question Who was Singapore s youngest i each month. All you do is answer one question 2
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