The New Paper, 21 March 1992

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  • 15 1 the new paper SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1992 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS the new~ paper
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    • 71 1 N EVER AOMN An attractive, 22-year-old personnel officer who tried committing suicide by swallowing pills now sees the folly of it all. She tried to kill herself after breaking up with her boyfriend. But he never came back. *7 would never try killing myself again. What would be the point
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  • 41 1 I weellid edition 1 Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong's (right) favourite dish is niang doufu (yong tau foo). In the name of healthy living, what do other MPs eat? Pages 3 and 6. Picture, PKTIR
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 88 2 THIS Taiwanese advertisement has been pulled out after protests from customers. The ad spoofs the famous Tiananmen Square photograph (above). Instead of a man. a woman carrying grocery bags faces a tank. The caption, splashed in blood red, reads "Wellcome Supermart declares war on high prices".
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    • 309 2 Wire services. IRAQ has agreed to destroy its Scud missile equipment and disclose all its arms programmes, the United Nations announced this morning. The move is likely to head off a military confrontation with the US and its Gulf War allies for now.
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    • 199 2 Reuter. EQUIPMENT: Iraq said it would allow destruction of equipment used to make Scud missiles at four different sites. Baghdad had previously said much of the equipment could be converted to civilian use. Iraq fired similar Scud missiles into Israel and Saudi Arabia during
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      330 3 Occupation: Minister of Stale (Health) and MP for Tampines (iRC Age: r><). Height: l.">2 in. Weight: kg. Sport: Brisk walks for about 45 minutes, twice to three times a week. Hawker favourites: Laksa, hut ordered sparingly. All-time favourite: Smoked salmon. Favourite thirst quencher: Coffee. Regular thirst quencher:
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    • 120 2 SATURDAY SPECIAL Six Motioncraft Mountain Bikes worth a total of $5.000./Page 33 Leisure Index Weekender: Pages 21 to 36 Saturday TV: Pages 20 Sunday TV: Pages 37 Saturday Radio, Comics: Pages 38 39 Sunday Radio: Pages 40 Heard or seen anything? Call f| i 1 m HoHim Him j If-Wf
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 301 4 HOT STORY IF you live in an HDB flat, you could benefit faster from the current upgrading programme without having to pay much more money. That is, if some new proposals are accepted. Here are the new proposals announced by Mr Lim Hng Kiang, the Minister of State
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    • 62 4 Q there be public discussion on the design? What will the design symbolise? Will it symbolise a multi-cultural, forward-looking modern Singapore? Or an elegance that is derived from foreign models? Mr Tay Kheng Soon (right), a leading architect, asking for more details about a bigger Singapore
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    • 71 4 The Straits Times: Li Peng: Faster, deeper reform. Business Times: YHS posts worst results ever with $1.4 m net loss. Lianhe Zaobao: China to expedite its economic reforms Berita Harian: New standardised Malav pronunciation to be taught in 199'{. SBC: Iraq has bowed to pressures from the UN Security
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 82 4 THE amount of CPF savings Singaporeans must leave in their accounts when they make their withdrawals at 55 will be raised from $32,700 to $33,800 on April 1 The minimum sum for a married couple, both CPF members, will also be raised from $49,1001<> $50,700. The monthly amount
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      • 63 4 THE opposition Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and a consumer lobby group have criticised businessmen and bureaucrats who "exploit" their connections with President Suharto's family. They criticised a private company's move to double the TV licence fee. The company owned partly by Mr Suharto's eldest son. Sir Sigit Harjojudanto,
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      • 61 4 MALAYSIA'S Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan is unhappy about Singapore's curbs on Malaysian cars. He sees it as a move not allowing Malaysians to commute to Singapore in Malaysian-registered vehicles. Describing it as a selfish move, he said Singapore should have
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    • 106 4 CHINA'S Premier Li Peng yesterday called for faster and deeper economic reform and warned that political change and unrest would not be tolerated. He was speaking at the opening of the Fifth Session of the seventh National People's Congress (NPC). The annual meeting is
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 266 6 FROM PAGE 3 FAVOURITE foods of MPs span a long menu from fish porridge to steamed peanuts. A dietitian in private practice, who did not want to he named, had this to sav about some of their choices: FISH PORRIDGE: Fish is healthier than meat and porridge is
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    • 103 6 iWe are what we eat and what we do. 9 Deputy Prime Minister Mr Ong Teng Cheong (above) Occupation: Deputy Prime Minister. Secre-tary-General (National Trade Union Congress), and MP for Toa Pavoh (iRT Age: 66 Height: 1.74 m Weight: 64.8 kg Sport: Jogs about 2 km two
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      107 6 regularly and moderately. Never overeat or go on a starvation diet as this will cause the body to break down. Daily exercise is also important. I do a lot of footwork, especially now when I walk about Bukit Merah to know my new constituency better. Senior Minister
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  • 49 7 True love. If you re looking for a loving partner to share your life with, remember this. Somewhere, someone is waiting for you. All you have to do is to go out and find that special person. Only you can make true love happen
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    • 367 8  -  By Jeyathesan and Simran Kaur A CLUB for graduates may buy or lease land in New Zealand, Perth, or London as part of an ambitious $32 million expansion programme. Chalets in Changi and a fourth clubhouse are also on the cards. But so is a possible
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    • 249 8 EIGHT members of the National University of Singapore Society approve of plans to build a new clubhouse and chalets in Singapore, Indonesia and Batam. They also had no objections to increasing entrance fees for new members. But they feel an overseas clubhouse will benefit only a
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    • 182 8 Ptrxmakan tradition comes alive daily at Luna Coffee House. A lip- smacking selection of authentic Nonya creations conceived to satisfy 7n even the most discerning Bibis and 'w \A V Babas! Our Nonya Buffet Lunch, a Luna Coffee House specialty, is a <\\ r guaranteed hit with those in search
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      448 9  -  By Irene Ng "SLAM the door." That's what wisdom tells you when a stranger peers in. You've read of thieves getting in this way. But it won't be so straight-forward now, with an amended HDB Bill passed yesterday. It is intended to help HDB carry out its upgrading
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      10 9 TALKING POINTS OF THE HOUSE AS SEEN BY HUP
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    • SNIPPETS
      • 53 9 A RECORD 17,300 people with O levels have applied for 10,000 polytechnic places this year. So we need a fourth polytechnic. Xanyang Polytechnic will start with full-time courses in engineering, business management, information technology and health sciences. Singapore needs 30,000 information technology (IT) professionals by 2000. It onlv
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      • 60 9 Indonesia started it. Brunei has done it. Malaysia and Singapore are doing it gradually. "It" is teaching standard Malay or Sebutan Baku in which words are pronounced as spelt. Mr Sidek Saniff, Minister of State (Education), said primary schools will start next year, secondary schools in 1994. But
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    • 137 9 YOUR money, your property and your privacy are safe from prying eyes if you are not dealing in illegal drugs. Third parties, even agencies of foreign governments, won't be allowed to pry into bank or property records simply because they suspect someone of trallicking. Only after offenders
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    • 92 9 Pick your choice this g i Hari Raya before slips away. 1 Vipin's shipment »of new carpets \hi are here finally. Hurry and choose M from this new shipment fflj which offers a wider V |9 range with the best selection, The latest designs n jjX) contort with no jffi
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 431 10  -  dV Dave Ang POLICE have turned to a specialist to help Neighbourhood Police Post officers communicate better with the elderly. The move is part of the efforts of the force to spread the crime prevention message to the older generation. The specialist, Dr
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    • 91 10 Be wary of strangers who ask for money or valuables. Check with your family members first before handing money or valuables over to strangers. Make sure your grille gates, doors and windows are always properly locked. Check who is at the door through the door-viewer before
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    • 71 10 Check the identity of anyone who claims to be a government official by asking for his identification pass or calling the government department concerned. Do not enter the lift with strangers. Be ready to walk out in case someone rushes in. Do not carry too much cash or
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    • 58 10 1 TO create an awareness among the elderly about how to protect themselves, j The population in Singapore is ageing. I By the year 2030, almost one in three persons will be aged 60 and above, comj pared with about one in 10 now. This I makes awareness
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    • 57 10 Crimes committed against the elderly have dropped 1990 1991 Robbery 115 Snatch theft 139 97 Theft from persons 162 135 Cheating 71 53 IB l&ffil REPLICA AAA I SH0P 30%. All Brass items r *aa|lBfcf[ (figurines, lamps, table-bases, WMm$ artifacts, ornaments) 81 East Coast Road (NexttoTay Ban Cuan Shopping Center)
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 690 12 Last month, The Straits Times reported that about 15 Singaporeans show signs of suicidal behaviour or try to take their own lives every day. TANG WAI YIN talked to a young woman who tried to kill herself and is glad she did not succeed
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    • 164 12 •How and why she tried to kill herself: Mv father died when I was very young and my mother was always busy with her business. I've felt a huge empty space inside me as long as I can remember. My boyfriend filled that empty place. He promised to
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    • 75 12 ATTEMPTED suicide is a crime. The maximum penalty is one year's jail, or a fine (unspecified), or both. However, police spokesman ASF Tan Beng Hock said that officers always took a positive approach when dealing with attempted suicide cases. "We take a sympathetic and non-authoritative approach. We
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    • 68 12 i Withdrawal from family. friends and social contacts. Loss of interest in job I and all aspects of life. Loss of appetite and sleep. Increased use of drugs or consumption of alcohol. PcrtOll is tense, de- pressed, restless and anx- J ious. Person expresses a de- i sire
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    • 77 12 Offer friendship. Make the person know that you care. Talk about the person's suicidal feelings. Your willingness to discuss them will show that you do not condemn him. Work together with i the person to find other ways of coping with his I problems. I Encourage the
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    • 336 13 Better service and more staff. That's what you can expect from the new social service council. OVIDIA LIM speaks to Dr Robert Loh, the first president of the newly-named National Council of Social Service T HE Singapore Council of Social Service has a new name and a
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    • 120 13 MR Ee Peng Liang (right), whose name has been synony mous with the Com- munity Chest, will be cutting down on his involvement in community work to spend more time with his family. In a recent interview with The Straits Times, Mr Ke, 78, said that
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    • 83 13 MANAGEMENT consultants Coopers Lybrand who conducted a study on restructuring recommended that the fund-raising and fund disbursement functions of the Singapore Council of Social Service (SCSS) be split up. The SCSS was renamed the NCSS in The National Council of Social Service Bill
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    • 397 14  -  Anyone who promotes or conducts any private 'ottery without a valid pemut can pe fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to six months, or both. Any person who provides any public entertainment without a valid licence can pe fined up to $5,000. \u
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    • 147 14 THIRTY-THREE jackpot and horse-racing video machines were seized when police raided the four football clubs on Thursday. Officers from ent ral Police divisional headquarters, led by DSP Amarjeet Singh, raided the clubs at (iolden Mile Complex and Chinatown Plaza. The raids were conducted with the help of five
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    • 144 13 BQUT is one of Australia's largest universities. It offers a Foundation Program which prepares students for undergraduate courses in Arts, Business, Computing, Education, Engineering, Health, Law, and Science. Success in this program guarantees entry into an undergraduate course. QUT has 23 000 students (including 1 000 from overseas), studying internationally
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    • 318 15 AND TO THINK THEIR MOTHERS ALWAYS TOLD THEM NOTTO IE: NICE TO STRANGERS. I it /A I TA*I t)M vE MOF THE V| AM TOUR'ST GUIDE OF THt V| AR Rt TAH SAiIS ASSISTANT OF THE VEAR WAITER OF THE. Vf AM LIM KWANO HIN CAROL JOV DRAGON Nf NR
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  • 373 16 WORLDTODAY A MILKSHAKE saved pop legend Elton •John from drugs and booze. Two years ago, he went into an ice cream parlour in Georgia where he met Mr Hugh Williams. They soon became lovers. Mr Williams owns a franchise on Atlanta's Baskin Robbins ice-cream parlour. Atlanta is
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    • 42 16 You can always tell when a man's wearing wrangler. Wrangler Jeans When you want to stand out from the rest. Now available in a range of fits baggy, close or just comfortable, each in a variety of washes to suit the individual.
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    • 69 16 Seetop a mens i, tennis at Kallang A South-east Asia's biggest professional tournament PRIZE MONEY OF mirk $425,000 UP FOR GRABS! J| MARCH 30 APRIL 5 MONDAY TO FRIDAY 4:00 PMiK S SATURDAY SUNDAY 5:00 PMj|»f M TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Forum The Shopping Mall 11? Scotts Shopping Centre Raffles
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    • 109 17 IHOLARSHIP FOR THE AQT&I 9 111 I The British-American Tobacco Company (S) Ltd is once again offering a 111 S scholarship award with the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music 1 fl I B The scholarship is for Singaporeans who wish to pursue a course of study I I H
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 10 18 Word Rosnah Ahmad Graphics Hot Soon Ming
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    • 307 18 Wire services. BUCKINGHAM Palace was forced yesterday to make an embarrassing apology to Prince Andrew's estranged wife, the Duchess of York. On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth's press secretary, \lr Charles Anson, had unleashed a scathing attack at a private palace briefing on the Duchess of York,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 285 19 Reuter. A ONE-DAY summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States ended yesterday with its members signing 17 agreements. But its two most important members, Russia and Ukraine, argued bitterly and did not resolve issues on dividing former Soviet property and on military policy. The
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    • 82 19 Wire services. IN AGREEMENT: To pay the former Soviet Union's debt of $142 billion. Except for Ukraine and Azerbaijan, other CIS states agree on the need for a peacekeeping force. IN DISAGREEMENT: Ukraine still rejects the idea of a unified army for all 11 states. On how to
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    • 149 19 AP TWO robbers taunted cashiers with the words, "Remember me?" as they robbed a bank for the second time in six weeks. Bank cashiers told police that the robbers were the same men who stormed into the bank in Connecticut, US, last month and made
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    • 81 20 A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF BUSINESS TRENDS Fortune frowns on forex dealers Where's the new life In an old area? 1 The rags to riches to rags trade India's underground banking network Full marks for ribbon maker The 'X' factor in a successful MNC t mm Hong Leong's Hillview hopes Real
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 833 20 saturdaytv NIGHT OF THE HUNTER SEMERAH PADI THE SUN NEVER (Channel 5, 10.30 pm) (Channel 5, 4 pm) RISES AGAIN plays one.^' predicament when his daughter is ZHIXIONG (Liang Xiusheng), a He is Harry, a dangerous conman iBB cau Kht in adultery, a sin young doctor, falls in love with
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  • WEEKENDER
    • 68 21 War is Hell. Ask the Kuwaitis. They know. For seven months, they were under the yoke of oppression imposed by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. But a year has gone by since the Gulf War ended. How is the nation faring? Have the people recovered from the
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 752 22 STILL MISSING: A year after the Gulf War ended, more than 1,000 Kuwaitis are still missing or held in Iraq. KEN JALLEH Jr talks to one grieving mother in Kuwait City IN an area of the world accustomed to uncertainty, predicament is often prefaced with blind faith.
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      • 353 23 FROM PAGE 22: WAITING FOR ADNAAN FIVE members of Madam Fakria's family were squeezed with 25 others into a cell somewhere in Iraq. The cell was about the size of an HDB bedroom. "There was no space to move. We couldn't stretch our legs when we slept. There
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      • 238 23 THERE are 1,077 Kuwaitis still missing or held in Iraq, said the Kuwaiti National Committee for Missing People and POWs. The number includes 53 children under 10. The youngest is six. Of these, 546 had been seen in Iraq. The rest have disappeared. After Kuwait's
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 245 24 IT'S HERE AT LAST! i 4m i? it. IV 'LJ YES, this is the shortest distance road run ever to be organised in Singapore. ORGANISED especially for Y0U.... he rs^'mer tJC^IZ* The IPPT Runner if The TAF (Trim Fit) club members jOTII You have l)een neglected and deprived of participation
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      • 600 25 PEACE-TIME REFUGEES: The Kuwaitis were the ones who suffered when Iraq invaded their nation. Now, it's the foreign maids who are the new victims of war in Kuwait. KEN JALLEH Jr reports LITA, the Filipino lady who looks after my home, was advised to think
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      • 340 25 IF sentiments are to he doused under a cold shower of statistics, the cases of rape and heatings would seem isolated. It has, said a Kuwaiti Information Ministry spokesman, been blown out of proportion. He was reacting to reports of the beatings and rape
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      • 358 25 ON the night of Jan 9, 1 Filipina Salbazion Deaziz's employer crept into her room, locked the door and kissed her cheek. He then worked his way downwards, said Deaziz, 21. "I was I scared. I started crying. Then he raped me." Deaziz came to Kuwait
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 236 26 IT'S HERE AT LAST! YES, (his is the shortest distance road run ever to be organised in Singapore. ORGANISED especially for YOU.... The Firsl-Timer /S Runner i The TAF (Trim Fit) club members S KTl You have l)een neglected and deprived of participation in lOKm Runs -rEr Wt y S
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 601 27 PEACE-TIME REFUGEES: The Kuwaitis were the ones who suffered when Iraq invaded their nation. Now, it's the foreign maids who are the new victims of war in Kuwait. KEN JALLEH Jr reports LITA, the Filipino lady who looks after my home, was advised to think
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      • 340 27 IF sentiments are to be doused under a cold shower of statistics, the cases of rape and beatings would seem isolated. It has, said a Kuwaiti Information Ministry spokesman, been blown out of proportion. He was reacting to reports of the beatings and rape
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      • 355 27 Amena Sarapy, 15, had bruises on her head, face and back. Her employer, she said, hit her with his hand. "When I got sick I wasn't allowed to see a doctor. Sarapy, the youngest in a family of four, escaped in early December. "I was too
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      • Article, Illustration
        124 28 BATTLE SCARS: The battle-scarred Kuwait City is on the mend physically. But here and there, the charred shells of once-luxurious buildings stand as stark reminders of the senseless destruction inflicted by Saddam Hussein's troops. #Simon Kai Snow in the desert: .4 child sparying foam from an aerosol can
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      • 1099 29 OASIS OF OPULENCE: Much that money can buy or restore has been made good in Kuwait. But is everything fine and well in this wonderland of wealth? asks KEN JALLEH Jr "It is... not enough just to improve the standard of living or the
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      • 147 29 The Government has so far written off l*Sss billion (SsB.'2s billion) in consumer loans, $25 billion in bank loans and is now thinking of writing off $465 million in electricity and water bills. Kuwaitis who can prove their citizenship are guaranteed government jobs after graduating. Government
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    • 52 28 We could have used this (the Gulf War aftermath) to change our lifestyle but as long as there is money, nothing will change. Arrogance will still be there. They have forgotten the lessons from the war. Mr Ghanim Najar. head of the Kuwait Association to Defend War Victims L ESSIBiV
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 578 31  -  KUWAITIS AT THEIR WORST: Reports by one courageous American journalist of the rape and ill-treatment of maids in Kuwait has angered many Kuwaitis who think that money can buy anything, including a human life By Ken Jalleh Jr A WALL hiding the American Embassy across
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      • Article, Illustration
        678 32 BACK ON STAGE: Singer Wendi Koh, formerly of the group Heaven Knows, left the spotlight two years ago. But she's now back on stage again. LOH TUAN LEE talks to the singer who wouldn't and couldn't quit F< )H two year*. *lu' did .ill t he "n .lit"
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      • 239 32 AMKKASIA v\<<> together by the And in Musical agency a "Fast meets West hand. W end i is t he only Asian J and the only woman in the group. The other member* are Americans who have done stints in Singapore. Mashor Shawn Letts plays the
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      • 48 32 Name: Wendi Koh Age: 25 Marital status: Single, no steady boyfriend Height: 1.64 m Weight: 49 kg Music career: Started as part-time singer and performer at IT -Joined Heaven Knows as lead singer at 18: with the group for four years -Joined Amerasia two weeks ago
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      • 277 33 JULIA Rais has quit the Malaysian movie scene. The 21-year-old model-turned-actress beauty has gone to England to live with her mother. When she visited Kuala Lumpur recently, Julia apologised to her fans for not continuing her acting career. She asked them not to
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      • 97 33 JULIA Rias made her movie debut in 1989 in the film, Hati Bukan Kristal (Heart is not a Crystal), in which she actec as a cub reporter. She won the Most Promising Star award at the Malaysian Film Festival last year for that role. After that film,
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      • 849 34 HOW COME LAH: He say he got new album, he say maybe new book. But when I ask how long come out, his face got funny look. Why U So Like Dat, OVIDIA LIM asks Siva Choy "I TOOK 15 years before I recorded my
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      • 114 34 NOW ADAYS, Siva Choy is busy shuttling between Singapore and Perth every two months on audio-visual projects, i He moved to Perth in Australia (he holds an Australian permanent residency) be- cause he wanted to concentrate on his mu- sic. His wife. Ilsa Sharp, runs an
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    • 100 33 Would you like to meet Jackie Chan... I JACK #li 1 STUiSfTS I I jsggggflt k. I i ct T 6^Sr^.H'»«^ w,,k 1 ;=i"==?r££-~ l \vHili < ...and write about it? H| 2H> VIVIEN CHIONG DID. At The New Paper, our journalists meet all sorts of people every day. But
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  • 268 36 WE'VE often heard that Singaporeans are an unappreciative lot. They will visit a nightspot. watch the act hut, when it's done. there's hardly any applause. Instead, they will swivel on their bar stools, sip their drinks and wait for the next number. A silent crowd can be
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  • 53 36 HOW time flies. Zouk, the "disco, pub, wine bar and what-have-you", turns one tomorrow. If you're lucky enough to have received an invitation for Zouk's birthday bash, be there at 10 pm. Aside from getting to view a special performance by Maizurah, I understand the drinks are
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  • 132 36 A PERSON by the name of David i Ng is one happy fella. By sheer luck I of the lips, he was the lucky person to down Europa Changi's 2.5 millionth mug of beer. t Europa rewarded him with a $15,000 membership to the Marina
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    46 37 WHEELING AND DEALING: Not quite your average car salesman, this street vendor in a Kuwait residential area has thought of an ingenious way to be a neighbourhood sundry store without the hassles of rent. And there's no need for parking coupons, too! Picture Simon Ker
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    • 953 38 Sunday tv PLACES IN THE HEART PUSS IN BOOTS SALLY an Oscar her —MHI^ performance widow in the Depression who r tries to keep her cottonfields going with (he help 'J9 Of a black farmhand (Danny Glover). Friendships ijjLt j develop, love affirmed and toil made bearable V jm PI
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    • 594 43 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ 2600 Education/ Instruction Instruction Instruction Instruction \||gß Shorthand-Typewriting Duties §S| Hj Office Organisation Secretarial Procedures I Communication (Use of English) A N Structure of Business H OL'R LCCI PSC RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! Gain the Lnique Privileges of SSTC lst place i 9BO 1983
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    • 883 44 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Profession! Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive 1 (A) CASHIER (C) SHIFT COMPUTER go for .Trr:i~" operator K, Must be in a sound financial position $14,600 $16,000 Requirements: Without ns
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    • 409 45 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ 2700 Professional/ Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts Executive Appts a i typist Requirements. Entry Salary Per Annum UU rUK Typewriting speed of 40 words per minute AND nri_lC 3 0 level passes including I iIC English Language $8,900 GCE 3 M level passes
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    • 174 46 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment Tips from Vivian to protect the environment. f v SO 1 THIN* /ic>»l\ J Wwftolo x M«> AWtsV r vn r TO I___ sV |\i" I I I L)J) SAMfweo.. 1 j?.x<ai[ M I AT&T cares
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    • 758 47 '01 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment 2701 Employment ■Kv' Learn The IYIECH AINICS JV Of Aircraft JL iyiAEMXENANCE. T» A11M1717 TRAINING AND -5< M I A RAIISIE DEVELOPMENT ARTISANS People arc our most important asset and we HEr 1* umi iiiit/MFtm't recruit the best and help
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    • 352 48 2701 Employment 2701 Employment TRAINEE TECHNICIANS Male completed N.S PC Knowledge preferred No experience required, training provided JUNIOR SECRETARY Female Chinese Age must be above 20 GCE 'N' or 'O' Level Must be able to type &do business correspondance PC Knowledge preferred, Wordstar WRITE or WALK IN: Asia Data (S)
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 532 49  -  PREVIEW/ By The Three The Three Musketeers s [TART the day on a winning note with Arabian Son II in opening race at Ipoh tof day. The Charlie Head trained gelding is cherry ripe for victory after making a promising debut in Singapore in January.
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    • 191 49 Reuter. WORLD champion Ayrton Senna was carried from his car after crashing during opening qualifying yesterday for tomorrow's Mexican Grand Prix. Senna, whose McLaren slewed across the circuit and into the perimeter wall as he came out of a corner on his flying lap, was trapped
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    • 206 49 Reuter. TOP seed Jansher Khan crushed Australia's world number six Brett Martin 15-11, 15-7, 15-9 in the German Open squash quarter-finals in Cologne yesterday. Martin started brightly and led 6-4 in the opening game. But he was never again in serious contention as the Pakistani reproduced the
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    • 466 50  -  ROLEX MASTERS GOLF By Brian Miller IT'S never over until the last hall is played. Darren Barnes, the first-round leader in the Rolex Masters, knows the score and he's not going to let yesterday's showing dampen his enthusiasm to win this year's title. Barnes was the toast
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    • 521 51 Saturday ■ksPOTUGH^fll Toh Choon Meng is hardly bothered by the contract controversy. He's just happy to be in the national soccer squad. ABDUL SHUKOR finds out what makes him tick HE is the happiest person in the national team now training under Czech coach Milous Kvacek. He
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    • 484 52 Singapore's footballers were dismayed when they landed at Noalimba Recreation Centre in Perth yesterday. They were not happy with the facilities. But they will not be moving out. S GULAM says why THE Lions are staying put at the Noalimba Recreation Centre in Perth. Never mind
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    • 207 52 AFP, Reuter. SWEDISH international Anders Limpar has been recalled to the Arsenal squad for its home game against leader Leeds tomorrow. The little winger was surprisingly left out of last week's 2-0 win at West Ham, which extended the champion's unbeaten run to seven matches. Now he
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    • 264 52 Wire services. ARMED bandits raided the villa of German captain Lothar Matthaeus on Thursday night and stole valuables including the player's 1990 "Golden Ball" award. Police said Swiss television entertainer Lolita Morena, the pregnant companion of the player, was alone in the villa, when four robbers, with guns, broke
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    • 199 50 w It Takes A Great Sport Bf To Know One We're proud to sponsor the return of the Korting Club of Singapore's Go-Kart racing. We're involved in motor sports all around the world and now, as well as the popular Motocross, we're bringing this exciting sport to Singapore. It's as
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  • 377 53 Reuter. AN off-form -Jim Courier lost his world number one ranking when he fell to Michael Chang in the semi-finals of the $4.6 million Lipton International Players Championships at Key Biscayne. Florida, yesterday. Courier, the tournament's defending champion, needed to reach the final to retain his
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