The New Paper, 18 July 1992

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1 51 The New Paper
  • 15 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1992 MITA (P) 75/4/92 50 CENTS the new paper
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    • 47 1 nPm Ku"/ I y 9 I I 1 I J 1 r T SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1992 MITA(P) 75/4/92 50 CENTS j| |T|J lP I ill K MM //*ree after a she by two of a Margaret Drive flat. HBBBMB /Page CRASH IN MALACCA STRAITS B *S?'
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  • 65 1 Soccer striker Michal Vana undergoes X-ray and is declared fit to travel to Sarawak today. But he may not be fielded if his gastric flu does not improve. Coach P N Sivaji says Vana's chances of playing are "50-50"./ Page 49 Worried: General manager Patrick
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 284 2 TWO oil tankers collided and both caught fire in the Straits of Malacca last night The accident took place about 40 km off the coast of Johor, the United States Navy said this morning. "There is one reported death aboard the Radwan, US Navy Commander Jim
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    • 156 2 AP. THE US Supreme Court this morning rejected the plea of a woman trying to regain possession of French abortion pills seized from her by customs officials. The officials seized the early abortion pills, RU486, when Ms Leona Benten arrived at New York's
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    • 362 2 AFP. THE two children of a Malaysian prince allegedly kidnapped by him from his ex-wife in Australia are now in Malaysia, the prince's mother confirmed yesterday. The prince's current wife said earlier the children were in Malaysia, but police in Kuala Lumpur refused to comment,
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      372 3  -  By Michelle Ang RUSSIAN leaders like Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev have been spotted at a shop at the Change Alley Aerial Plaza. They are there in the form of wooden figurines found one within the other, Russian-doll style. The current leader, Mr Yeltsin, opens up to reveal
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    • 69 2 Saturday Special SIX $500 gift vouchers and ten $200 gift vouchers for sports gear, sponsored by World of Sports /Page 30 Leisure Index Weekender: Pages 21 to 36 TV: Pages 19 20 Radio, Comics: Pages 37 to 39 1 Heard or seen anything? Call Hottin# Plus i 734-7711 No Telecom
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 208 4 HOT STORY IF a lawyer skips with the deposit paid by a house buyer, who bears the loss the buyer or the seller? The seller, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The issue arose from a case in which a lawyer misused nearly $30,000
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    • 80 4 BUYERS withdrew nearly $1.5 billion from their Central Provident Fund accounts in the first five months of this year, up 25 per cent from the same period last vear. The figures released yesterday show that the residential property market has picked up. But rentals could fall in
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    • 115 4 IF you have a child under eight in the front seat, make sure he is securely fastened to a restraint. Police started enforcing the child restraint law on Thursday. The penalty for flouting the law: A $120 fine and three demerit points. The law came
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      2 4  -  Danh
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    • 76 4 The Straits Times: RI plans to open $35m boarding school in '95 Business Times: Sembawang ropes in two foreign govt-linked firms Lianhe Zaobao: Polls show Clinton leads Bush by 23% after Perot's withdrawal Berita Harian: Egypt, Israel plan summit on Monday SBC morning news: The three warring sides from
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 115 4 RAFFLES Institution plans to open a $35-million boarding school next to its Bishan premises in 1995. RI will be the first to set up such a school since the Government announced plans in 1990 for a network of boarding schools to enable Singaporean children to grow up
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      • 110 4 DBS Bank has cut its prime lending rate by V\ -percentage point to 5.25 per cent the lowest level since 1988. The new rate, effective from today, is the second cut in five weeks. The prime rate is the interest a bank's favoured customers have to pay
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      • 109 4 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said talks with Singapore should not be clouded by emotions. He spoke on two issues, The Star newspaper reported yesterday: Sea boundaries: Talks to establish a clear-cut sea boundary should be conducted on the basis of law. Whoever
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      • 75 4 PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and new Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin are planning to hold a meeting on Monday, Egyptian Government sources have said. Egypt welcomed Israel's announcement that it had frozen new contracts for settlement-building in occupied Arab land. An Egyptian spokesman said an invitation had
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 333 6  -  By Yaw Yan Chong A 13-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl has told police that she was raped in a flat in Margaret Drive on Monday. Three teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were arrested in connection with the report. They were released on police bail after being ques-
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    • 93 6 UNDER the Penal Code, anyone who has sex with a girl under 14, with or without her consent, is considered as having raped her. Under the Women's Charter, anyone who has sex with a girl under 16, with or without her con- sent, can be jailed. One possible
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    • 61 6 UNDER the Penal Code, anyone convicted of raping a girl under 14, with or without her consent, can be jailed not less than eight years and up to 20 years and sentenced to caning not less than 12 strokes. Under the Women's Charter, the jail term is not more
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    • 150 6 iOOK'92 m Be in the PINK, and WIN! For the first time in Singapore, introducing the Pageant that is a true measure of mettle The Miss Mr Healthy Look Singapore 1992 Participants in the event will be rewarded not just for their looks, but also for a good sense of
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 316 8  -  By Angeline Song PLEASE let my friend go. He's innocent. This was a motorcycle thief's plea before a judge yesterday. Tan Say Ghee, 29, had just admitted stealing a grey Yamaha motorcycle worth $800 on Dec 17 two years ago. Tan's friend, Manickam Pillai s/o
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    • 100 8 TAN Say Ghee and Manickam Pillai s/o Latchaman Pillai were charged with stealing a motorcycle at a district court yesterday. Two further charges of attempting to steal a motorcycle headlamp, and pliers, gloves and cassette tapes from a van were also brought against Tan. These were taken into consideration.
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    • 415 9 There is no shortage of public telephones in Singapore. Recent figures say Singaporeans are also among the most avid buyers of handphones about three in every 100 people own handphones in Singapore. Why? TANG WAI YIN finds out THERE is about one public pay phone to
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    • 111 9 MR Paul Chua, in his 30s, owner of a fashion house, does not see handphones as status symbols. He said he bought his Motorola handphone, which cost him more than $4,000 for convenience. "I'm on the move all the time and I need to be contactable. My handphone
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    • 438 10  -  By Irene Ng MALAY parents are queuing up for a prograname designed to teach them how to give their children a headstart. To date, 650 parents have registered for the Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE) programme organised by a Malay self-help group. The programme
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    • 146 10 PARENTS can pick from among the 11 modules in the ECFE education programme at their own pace. The modules cover topics such as early childhood development to an enriching family life. It would take parents about a year to complete the education cycle, said Mr Alami Musa,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 472 12 On Tuesday, The New Paper reported that a player from a small club was hospitalised after being severely injured in a soccer match. The club he plays for did not insure him. SURESH NAIR finds out why many clubs don't provide insurance cover for their
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    • 84 12 NATIONAL players in the Semi-Pro League are insured for $100,000. The Football Association of Singapore has a personal accident policy that covers national squad members around the clock. FAS executive secretary Steven Tan said: "Even when the national squad players are not playing soccer, they're covered." The better
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  • 427 14 I am only a driver. be able to afford the bill. And I don't think I have enough even in my Medisave account to pay for it. Mr Hassan bin Abdullah, father of injured footballer Mazlan SINGAPORETODAY THE Singapore Sports Council is likely to
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    • 159 14 FIRST EVER award for mgjSEAN OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP COURSE J A first Outdoor Leadership Course for ASEAN Youths. A special 24-day Outward Bound 'Expedition Challenge' Course which is designed to enhance character development and leadership skills for ASEAN Youth Leaders. /M. All-expenses-paid Training Award will be given to challenge-seeking Singaporeans between
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 296 15 Freed Five kids locked up for four years AFP POLICE in Washington have rescued five children who had been locked in an apartment by their mother for four years. The three boys and two girls, whose ages range from seven months to nine years, were dirty, disoriented and unable to
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    • 77 15 AFP JAPANESE police are questioning a junior high school teacher who allegedly gave electric shocks to students who did not do well in school tests. The unnamed 28-year-old teacher is from Kiku Junior High School in Kitakyushu, an industrial city in southern Japan, police said. The teacher allegedly
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    • 150 16 Wire services. TWO French soldiers serving with the United Nations have been reported killed in a land-mine explosion in Croatia. The Croatian news agency, Hina, said the two Frenchmen were killed yesterday near the Adriatic port of Zadar, west of what was once Yugoslavia. The
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    • 422 16 UPI. ABOUT 6,000 refugees from war-torn Bosnia-Herze-govina were locked aboard two hot, filthy trains for 24 hours yesterday. The trains were stranded near the Croatia-Slovenia border. Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia are all former members of the Yugoslav federation. The Serbian minority in Bosnia and Croatia
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    • 262 17 AP. POLICE in New Orleans have solved the mystery of the kissing couple and the empty parking meters. Police had earlier videotaped a couple walking along a street in the US city. The couple appeared to embrace passionately every few metres when in fact
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    • 208 17 Wire services. US Vice-President Dan Quayle has accused the Democratic Party of being copycats. He said Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton and his runningmate, Mr A1 Gore, were trying to use the Republican philosophy to change their image at the Democratic National Convention. "I was impressed
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    • 292 18 AFP INDONESIA received pledges of development aid totalling $8.1 billion in Paris yesterday. The aid comes from the World Bank's newly-created Consultative Group for Indonesia (CGI) which ended its first session yesterday. The aid is for the financial year up to March 1993. The total
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    • 137 18 Reuter A BRITISH clerk who was forced to give up her job because she also worked as a prostitute lost her legal claim alleging unfair dismissal. By day, Ms Kerry Young, 24 worked as a counter clerk for a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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    • 188 18 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition HOME BROUGHT CLOSER Problem, Blemished or Oily Skin? Use the KAYS Vitamin E cleanser. This special soap is pure vegetable oil based with natural glycerine and uses the healing properties of Vitamin E with no excessive sulphur to clear up your complexion, as it
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 876 19 saturdaytv FENOMENA VIOLATION OF TRUST VAMPIRE BUSTER (Channel 5,3..45 pm) (Channel 5, 10.30 pm) (Channel 8, 1.35 am) THE story revolves around a JUSTIN, whose parents are linil dying young .woman's search for u divorced, becomes utterly ZHENG Zeshi stars as a fearless inner peace. Isabella returns to I vlk
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    • 969 20 m Sunday tv V**" v I steals away I from her official duties -'^j^W^M I I < jB JP** g -j WW' )9bM. Jr V L I jfl PPk^PI^B J 40 I* J IITVr a vnCjiHvWf JM of getting a good scoop; ,ftJ j rn.li \^E li' iuw stars Gregory
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 1059 22 JANEY'S WOES: Janey married her first love at 23. The marriage ended in the divorce courts after her husband of eight months confessed to an affair. She recounts the trauma of adultery to C SHANTHENI I GOT married when I was 23. Within a year, I
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        339 23 REGRET NOW: A professional in his mid-40s tells how he betrayed his wife and regretted MONDAY: Miss A. Tuesday: Miss B. Wednesday: Miss C. Friday: Miss D. Saturday: Miss E. A woman a day. Well, not quite, but almost. Nothing shocking, you say? How about the fact that
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      • 314 23 MR Harmon Singh, a private investigator for 12 years, has handled many adultery cases. This is one unusual case he remembers well because it was the children who hired his services: "There was this time when I was hired by three children to
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      • 553 24  -  By C Shantheni THERE'S one thing that scares the adulterer more than the wrath of the partner they cheat on the long lens of a private investigator. "When a woman suspects her husband is having a fling, most will first try to ignore it. It is
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      • 161 24 PRIVATE investigator Mr WD Anthony who runs his own firm, disagrees that men are more unforgiving when it comes to adultery. He said: "I know of a number of men who are more than willing to forgive. These are men who have shed tears. And
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      • 255 24 CLIENTS hire private investigators for three reasons, said Mr Harmon Singh. To confirm their suspicions. "Suspicion is one thing but reality another. Women generally have a sixth sense and they know if something is wrong. "But I have had men who hired me saying: 'I know my
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      • 401 25  -  By C Shantheni ADULTERY is often not the real cause of a marriage breaking up, said a counsellor. "Very often it is a symptom of something else that has gone wrong," said Ms Florence Lim, a counsellor at Parentline, a hotline and counselling centre. She
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      • 226 25 "IT'S a myth that more men than women stray in marriages," said Ms Lim. She said Parentline gets about the same number of calls from men and women about adultery. "It's a 50-50 situation." She also disagreed that a man was more unforgiving if he found out about
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      • 396 25 ADULTERY is a key factor in an increasing number of divorces, counsellors and lawyers said in a recent report in The Straits Times. Although adultery was cited as the reason for only 6 per cent of the non-Muslim cases in 1990, lawyers say this
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      • 45 25 Parentline: 289-8811 HELP: 748-5777 SOS: 221 4444 Counselling and Care Centre: 337-7748 Aware Helpline: 293-1011 (weekdavs: 7 pm to 10 pm) Hotline 800: 291-9000 (weekdays: 10 am to 9 pm). For Mandarin-speaking children and adults who need counselling for family, marital and other problems
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      • 50 25 THE latest figures show that 3,474 divorce petitions were filed last year up 124 from 1990. Most of these couples were aged between 25 and 34. In 1990, 3,634 divorces and annulments were granted or an average of 10 marital breakups daily. Most of them were nonMuslim couples.
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  • 8 DAYS TO GO
    • Article, Illustration
      1328 26 THE American men's has ketball team heads for the Barcelona Olympics as one of the hottest goldmedal favourites ever. In fact, their opponents have conceded that they are playing for silver or bronze. "Nobody's going to beat that feam," says Drazen Petrovic, who led Yugoslavia to a silver
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    • 254 26 IT was a strange sight. There was the hero worship and adulation; but not among the fans. Instead those asking for an autograph or a picture were from the opposing teams. Players who know they were in for the slaughter, but whose biggest dream was
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    • 169 26 LITHUANIA and Croatia should provide the toughest opposition for the US. Lithuania, led by Sarunas Marciulionis who plays in the NBA, cruised through the European qualifying tournament with an 11-0 record. "Lithuania is the best in Europe because they've got a guy like Marciulionis," said German player Hansi Gnad. "But
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    • SCENE&HEARD
      • 668 27 SCENE HEARD WITH MICHELLE PFEIFFER THE REAL PFEIFFER: Michelle Pfeiffer has always insisted she is not gorgeous. Now she has finally managed to hide her face on screen behind the Catwoman mask in Batman Returns but only to play her most sexy role ever. In an
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      • 377 28 SCENE HEARD WITH MICHELLE PFEIFFER YOU started out playing bimbo roles on TV in shows like Fantasy Island. How was that? "I used to call my agent crying, 'They're putting me in a hot pants again!' Was it nerve-racking singing in The Fabulous Baker Boys, especially as
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      • 94 28 MICHELLE Pfeiffer was born on April 28, 1958. She left school in 1975 without good grades and had a number of jobs. She spent a year studying to be a court reporter before trying modelling. In 1977, she enrolled for acting, singing and dancing classes. A year
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      • 298 29 MALAYSIAN singer and former model Rina Khan says she feels more secure now, after settling down with longtime beau Jasmani Ooi in May. "Now there's someone taking care of me and supporting me and my career," said Rina, who has a five-year-old daughter from
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    • 287 29 THE NEW PAPER SATURDAY SPECIAL iSoThe--WORLD OF AND WIN $5,000 WORTH OF GIFT VOUCHERS FOR SPORTS GEAR! top 6 prizes S7ffsTir7SlSH~i MESSSSEISBSSnBSSMM i ■nMUftm 10 CONSOLATION PRIZES 1. Name one of the World of Sports outlets: It's easy- to win. Just answer the questions on the ENTRY COUPON, cut out
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    • 558 30 *1I EF f j USKB llri Qgg lljfaKlfißKl P' ■&&>:?' %z*A 'vv "»■>.,., NEWS MARKETS Qif] of Rights leads Viets may catch up with i>.. JjMeißiaaißMgatsaLiaei Business Times harnesses both local and regional news, presenting analyses vital tor reservations to world-famous performances; exotic getaways at deluxe hotels and resorts in
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    • SCENE&HEARD
      • 744 31 BITTER TARGETS: Hongkong's four "heavenly kings" Leon Lai, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau don't have supreme powers. They found themselves the target of criticism and unwanted attention recently. VIVIEN CHIONG reports HONGKONG'S four "heavenly kings" want to come down to earth. Leon Lai,
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      • 398 32  -  By Vivien Chiong MOST Chinese would agree that the four most beautiful women in Chinese history were Wang Chaojun, Diao Chan, Chen Yuan Yuan and Xi Shi. Incidentally the four beauties, bom in different periods, were responsible for the fall of the ruling dynasty of their days.
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      • 510 32 TITLES FOR FREE IN the spirit of showbiz coronation, reporter VIVIEN CHIONG too decides to dub various personalities: HONGKONG The Buxom Brigade: Qualification: At least a 91-cm bustline. It's difficult to keep them at arm's length. You see them emerging from corners even before
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  • 207 33 HAS age got anything to do with the quality of a performance? I never thought it did. If you're good, you're good. It doesn't matter if you're 16 or 66. So, it was rather surprising to hear people throw up some rather unsavoury remarks
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  • 297 33 THEY said it wouldn't last. It has. They said it was a fad. It sure isn't. Today, everybody's doing it. The maid next door does it loudly. The doe-eyed stewardess prefers to do it in private. The broker is into the
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  • 129 33 ELTON John is sure firing up things here in Singapore. For the last couple of days, his lookalike, Elton •Jack, has been bringing the house down at Tornado. But that's not all. The spin-offs continue and today there's a pub in Far East Plaza that is
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    • 128 33 tm g What's the talk of A A I I ffrf the town? Who's /WWlUUlj doing what And I f If with whom? Our Jfc If V man about town tunes you in Ir Cheapest in Town ,i 0§ St -L in S'pore In A Hawkw Centra I"l*iCf T<TfJ T>l~
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  • 173 34 Oistein Kristiansen, 26, who provides these scenes of Singapore life, hails from Norway. He is a full-time illustrator. He also entertains in nightclubs, discos and conventions. Hard-hat rock: This is heavy metal music of a different kind. If you have a percussive ear, head straight for
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  • 202 36 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. ethereal: Something that is ethereal is so light and delicate that it seems almost supernatural. imbibing: If you are imbibing in alcohol, you are drinking it. infidelity: Infidelity is
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    • 957 41 the new paper 2100 Personal Services/ Products 2100 Personal Services/ Products 2002 Food/ Entertainment 20C2 Food/ Entertainment 7" 2100 Personal Services/ Products 2701 Employment Public Service Commission—^ Singapore Citizens are invited to apply for the following appointments: (A) CLERICAL OFFICER GRADEB (i) 3 GCE 0 level passes including either English
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    • 285 45  -  PREVIEW/ By The Three Musketeers LOCAL jockey Larry Francis can salute the judges on Salute For Me in Race Five at Penang today. The four-year-old gelding was heavily backed in his debut at Singapore in May and attempted to make all the running before going down
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    • 205 45 Reuter. NICOLE Provis led a fired-up Australia to a Federation Cup victory over third-seeded Czechoslovakia yesterday to earn her team a semi-final clash against defending champion Spain. Provis first beat Jana Novotna 7-5, 6-0 in her singles match and then teamed up with Rennae Stubbs
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    • 119 45 AP. RUSSIAN qualifier Andrei Medvedev upset top seed Stefan Ed berg of Sweden, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Grand Prix tennis championship yesterday. Edberg joined an impressive list of topranked players ousted from the Stuttgart clay courts tourney so far. These include Michael
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    • 498 46 Reuter. NICK Faldo gave every indication he could run away with his third British Open title by setting a championship record for the first 36 holes at Muirfield yesterday. The World No 2, who could regain top spot as Fred Couples missed the cut, caught fire
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    • 157 46 (British and Irish unless stated): 130 Nick Faldo 66,64 1 33 John Cook (US) 66,67, Gordon Brand Jnr 65.68 134 Steve Pate (US) 64,70 135 Ray Floyd (US) 64,71, Donnie Hammond (US) 70,65, Ernie Els (SA) 66.69 137 Tom Purtzer (US) 68,69, Jose Maria Olazabal
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    • 251 46 Reuter. JACK Nicklaus walked off the Muirfield golf course and out of the British Open to a standing ovation yesterday but then declared: "Unless I start getting competitive this could be my last Open." The 52-year-old threetimes winner slumped to a 73 for a two-round total
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      185 47 Wire services. GERMAN international striker-luergen Klinsmann is set to move from Inter-Milan to Paris Saint Germain and should sign for the French club on Monday. "There are only a few details left to settle and in the absence of any disaster he'll be in Paris on Monday afternoon to
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    • 509 47  -  S Gulam MICHAL Vana is doubtful. So is Terry Pathmanathan. But while they are expected to recover in time for tomorrow's match against Sarawak, many more with "injured" spirits may not. Confidence, if there is any still left, has hit rock bottom following the failure to
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      303 48  -  Stories/ S Gulam MICHAL Vana received medical clearance late last night to travel with the Singapore team to Kuching. But the decision to field him against Sarawak will be taken only tomorrow, probably two hours before kick-off. At the moment, according to coach P N Sivaji, Vana's chances of
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    • 243 48 SARAWAK'S Bujang Senangs (easy-going bachelors) are confident of beating Singapore at Kuching Stadium tomorrow. Said coach Alan Vest: "We know the Lions are desperate for points. We know too that they will come at us hard. "We expect a tough fight. Probably
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