The New Paper, 15 June 1993

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    15 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1993 MITA (P) 035/04/93 50 CENTS the new paper
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      45 1 ■>|MDE-&-StEK ■gVTRAGEDY Eleven-year-old girl slips off wet ledge and falls 15 storeys while playing hide-and-seek. "She thought I was going to catch her/' says nn|| her cousin/ Page 11 1 K<onica TEAR-KWONDO Page 23 .:>C' st y~* o CHOSEN OFFICIAL FILM XVII SEA GAMES Kdntaa
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Mendaki chief returning to SPH
      320 2 MENDAKI'S chief executive officer, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, will return to the Singapore Press Holdings on Oct 1. However, he will continue to be on Mendaki's board and remain president of Muis, the Islamic Religious Council. Mr Zainul, 45, told The New Paper this morning: "The
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      Lock icon Human rights—which side is more right?
      364 2 Human rights —which side is more right? Wire services. INDONESIA says no country can be judge and jury in defence of human rights. But the US vows to keep the pressure on countries which violate human rights, while United Nations chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali has declared that the international community has
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      117 2 DANGEROUS Michael Jackson in concert (Aug 29,30) W -J Four pages on the Concert ot the Year. Graphics, insights, interviews, issues all packed into Pages 37,38, 39,40 Heard or seen anything? Call §1Z [01 A HoUinePtus |JV|W]9 1800-734-7711 II ■I|J I mm No Telecom jdafjv charge for cads. Rax*****7S Singapore
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      301 3 THE GETAWAY i FROM THE POWER The power fo smite every mote of dust in your home (and make mincemeat of every \i\ mite too)! The power to automatically adjust its suction to suit dust intensity and surface Iff type (plus a super-efficient 5-filter system for super-clean air). The power
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Drug rings avoiding Singapore
      144 4 HOT STORY BIG-TIME international drug syndicates now avoid sending their couriers through Singapore because many of them have been arrested here. Previously, couriers flew from Thailand to Singapore and then changed flights to final destinations in Europe and the US. Now, couriers moving out of the
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      TWO MAIN CHALLENGES
      98 4 THE Central Narcotics Bureau wants to curb the high number of relapse cases among hardcore drug addicts and to look into ways to beef up its drug prevention programme. Although the relapse rate fell for the second successive year, it was still high (70.3 per cent for
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Child abuse: 2 jailed
        85 4 THE mother and grandmother of a three-year-old girl have been jailed for child abuse. The child, Siva Latha Vijan, was burnt and scalded because they thought she brought the family bad luck. The mother, Davi Ramasamy, 25, (above) and grandmother, Mariyaee Rethinam, 50, pleaded guilty to
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        Open verdict on deacon
        69 4 THE coroner has recorded an open verdict on a priest-to-be who drowned last year. Deacon Bruno Constantine, 32, drowned off the East Coast Park beach last June 27. He had gone there for a swim a day after he appeared in court on a molest charge.
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        New US tactics
        67 4 THE United States is developing new tactics to stem the tide of illegal Chinese immigrants. The measures include wiretaps and forfeiture laws to seize money and property obtained through smuggling. Penalties for smuggling immigrants will be stiffened, too, rising to perhaps a maximum of 20 years in
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        Resignations accepted
        108 4 MORGAN Grenfell Asia Holdings, its chairman and four other directors formally parted company yesterday. Month-long talks to settle management differences have failed. The London-based parent, Morgan Grenfell pic, accepted their resignations yesterday. The five, comprising chairman Ng Soo Peng, managing director Hsieh Fu Hua and directors David Ding,
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        ‘Open-sky’ risk
        79 4 MALAYSIA'S social and political order will be put at risk if the "open-sky" policy for satellite television reception is allowed, said Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat. He said some Asian countries which had allowed free access to satellite TV networks now realised that it had done more harm
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        Pakistanis cleared
        47 4 PAKISTANIS serving as peacekeepers did not fire at Somali demonstrators, according to a United Nations probe. Fourteen Somalis were killed and 23 wounded during the Sunday incident. The probe found that gunmen other than Pakistani UN troops fired on dispersing Somali civilians during the massacre
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      HEADLINERS
      88 4 The Straits Times: Assembly gives Sihanouk full powers Business Times: HK and Singapore funds fuel KL stockmarket surge Lianhe Zaobao: Li Peng tells Mahathir that China supports Malaysia's proposal to set up the East Asian Economic Caucus Berita Harian: Sihanouk confirmed as head of state SBC morning news: One
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      111 4 Here's a legitimate reason for our regulars to drop in a little earlier in the day high tea. (As if they really need an excuse) With oodles of noodles, sandwiches and good old local favourites Window putu mayam to choose from, we've something to suit every taste. Which has our
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    Lock icon GREEN CHALLENGE
    370 5 THENEWSTODAY THE courses at the yet-to-be-opened Laguna National Golf and Country Club are already making golfers nervous. The fairways have more humps than a motocross track. While they look scenic, these mounds will make it harder for golfers to get good "lies". (This is the position of the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Warning over ‘trial’ maids
      341 6  -  By Woon Wui Tek MAID agencies and employers face severe penalties if they are caught illegally placing or using maids "on trial". This tough reminder comes from the Ministry of Labour in a recent circular. The maids involved are those returned to agencies by their employers
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      HDB roofs get ‘light’ touch
      180 7  -  By Siti Rohanah Koid THE roofs of two new HDB blocks at Redhill Close have been mistaken for solar panels, but are just a flashy new architectural design. A spokesperson for Tanjong Pagar Town Council said they were the latest type of roofs designed by
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      Courting couple robbed at park
      447 8  -  By Augustine Pang IT was supposed to be a romantic rendezvous at a scenic park outside the Japanese Garden. But when Mr Tan Kok Wan, 29, took his girlfriend to the park, around midnight last Aug 17, they was confronted by four robbers. Mr Tan's
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      Gang leader still on the run
      427 9 Four men smuggled guns into Singapore and pulled off a daring $1.4 million goldsmith robbery in Parkway Parade in February, 1990. Three were arrested and given life terms by the High Court. The fourth, their ringleader, escaped. YAW YAN CHONG details the facts surrounding
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      Singapore’s 10 most wanted
      406 10 Yesterday, the police released the latest Wanted list of Singapore's top 10 criminals. YAW YAN CHQNG profiles nine of them. (The most wanted man, Tay Yang Hock, is profiled on the previous page) Sim Chong Kim alias Ah Guan, 34, is wanted in a case of
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      Hide-and-seek turned into game of death
      432 11  -  By Yaw Yan Chong AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl fell 15 floors and died while playing hide-and-seek in Kallang yesterday. The girl, Noor Zarina, a Primary Five pupil at Towner Primary School, slipped while climbing over a balcony wall onto a 15th-floor parapet. She was playing
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      Mixed views on English nanny
      333 12 A Singaporean couple have tried to recruit a nanny from England so that their children can learn English from a native speaker. They say it is their way of preparing the children for the future. SITI ROHANAH KOID asks some parents and language experts for
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      EXPERTS SCOFF AT ENGLISH NANNY IDEA
      239 12 LANGUAGE experts here scoffed at the idea of hiring a tutor from England to teach children "correct" English. Dr P B Nayar, an English Language lecturer at the National University of Singapore, said there were many speakers of "proper" English in Singapore. "It's a
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      249 6 THAI LM3H FARE NTUC PASIR RIS RESORT 16 to 27 June Think you've tried all the Thai Food Promotions around? Well, think again because the Mangrove Cafe at NTUC Pasir Ris Resort is having an exciting Thai Food Promotion with a big difference the first ever Thai HAWKER Food Promotion!
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      154 6 J |w the "king on the cake" awaits you It j 1 L. Furama (jZ) ring that special man of the house down to Furama Hotel for a memorable time Sumptuous International Buffet for r l ll $18.00++/$22.00++ per adult VuramaCThlace Two specially prepared set menus. O *2T H T
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      180 7 Come on down to Subway and check these out: Happy Hours 6pm 9pm. No cover charge. $3++ for all standard drinks and beer. Mon Sat. On Saturday, opens from 7pm to 3am. 'LIVEWIRE' the hottest band plays Top 40 and rock hits from 9pm. RWAY Plaza Hotel VJ yn/ SINGAPORE
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      196 9 I VM |H FATHER'S DAY 20 JUNE (SUNDAY) ALL DAY MAK A N /(4A& /(it* oMrrhuuw MiuMirhuM' Lm*2 Lm*2 NONfcA BUFFET LUNCH HIGH TEA 1 1,30 AM TO 2.30PM 3.00PM TO 5.00PM ADULT $21.00 AOULT $1 2.00 CHILD $14.00*+ CHILD 7.50 MAGIC SHOW AT I.OOPM MAGIC SHOW AT 3.30PM KINTA-MANI
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      119 10 This Father's Day, help Dad slip in and out easier. From now until 20th June, Toscano is offering a special Father's Day deal that'll make life easier for Dad. For just $250 spent on Toscano products (on one receipt), you can get a free gift package worth $118 consisting of
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      247 11 For just $19.50 at our new At And treat yourself to endless I Executive Bonanza (JC PflflCC helpings of smoked Lunch, you can VQU fO£*k Ollt salmon man B oes savour a delectable I with shrimps capso much less combination of one sicum, spicy topshells for more a la carte
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      277 12 SpecialWfeats for Fathers... 20 June 1993 COSY CORNER MOON PAVIUON Buffet Lunch CHINESE RESTAURANT Featuring a fabulous spread of Special Set Menu Prawn and Mango Cocktail, A 10-course feast that includes Braised Beef "Italian Style", Roast Pi-Pah Duck, Dried Chicken Teriyaki, Thai Dry Scallops with Asparagus, Prawn Curry and an
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Fake parts used in planes
      234 13 AFP. AT least 15 airline companies worldwide have unknowingly used unsafe counterfeit parts in their jet engines. It was not known if the parts have caused air accidents, US newspaper Newsday reported yesterday. But questions have been raised in a 1989 crash off Denmark, which
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      Pretty premier
      28 13 w have the prettiest Prime Minister in the world. An editorial in the Hurriyet newspaper commenting on Turkey's first woman prime minister-designate, Ms Tansu Ciller, 47.
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      Lock icon Parts ‘copied in workshop’
      117 13 AFP. AN engine parts distributor has been charged with selling counterfeit jet components. Gary Shafer, from New York, is accused of making 700 copies of the bearings spacer, complete with the official stamp. He allegedly bought a sec-ond-hand Pratt and Whitney engine, and copied the parts
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      Lock icon US: Aideed’s a thug
      244 14 AFP. THE United States yesterday called Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed a "thug"- and blamed him for the recent violence in the east African country. State Department spokesman Joe Snyder said Aideed "was disrupting United Nations operations" and seeking "to foment further disruption" in Somalia. Aideed
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      507 15 Punch in this number. There. You've just programmed Singapore's first G-Code VCR to record tonight's movie*. For actual G-Code programme codes, please refer to the TV lilting in the New Paper or Video Guide. No more fumbling with remote controls! No more times to channel selection, recording date and anything
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Thai PM’s private life in spotlight
      391 16 Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's five-party coalition survived an opposition attempt to topple it on Saturday. However, Mr Chuan's personal life continues to be the talk of the town THAI Premier Chuan Leekpai, 54, admits that he has a young son. But he also
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      Lock icon China’s elite long-life teams
      303 17 AFP. THE health of China's top leaders may be state secrets but one thing is known: Special health teams help to ensure their longevity. Such teams were introduced by the late Premier Zhou Enlai after the People's Republic of China was set up in 1949. The
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      Lock icon Imelda: I’ll sue if my jewels sold
      222 17 Reuter. AUCTION my jewels and I will take you to court was Imelda Marcos' angry message to the Philippine Government yesterday. The former first lady also accused the administration of making it difficult for her to bury her late husband, former Philippine president
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      Lock icon ‘No money no abortion’ doc jailed
      327 18 AP. A DOCTOR blamed for a botched abortion that resulted in a baby being born with only one arm was yesterday sentenced to at least 10 years in jail. Dr Abu Hayat, 64, was convicted in New York on Feb 22 of illegal abortion
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      Lock icon Reporter’s question annoys Clinton
      261 18 AFP. AN angry President Bill Clinton abruptly ended a press conference yesterday after a reporter asked him about his political problems. The question unanswered was asked by ABC TV network's Brit Hume after Mr Clinton announced that he was nominating Federal Appeals Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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      226 17 I > Y BMr Bl_ tb B niMßr *%iJMIR PKia BNhVQhI J ./lOfeiSi rf? 1 BFI rj. B. £JL O K, Af jeAfc al|Bp> jgl^N At The Concorde Hotel, that's where you'll find Thai swimmers stretching for great Thai food. You can enjoy the same spicy, delicious Thai food with
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      102 19 TO '.^*$P^ 77 like eternity like heaven like wood Ij Taekwondo exponent Wong Jing Exclusive: Thai soccer Filipino swim sensation Eric Buhain J Chlng's four-year wait ends in superstar Piyapong Pue-On comes In last In the 200m IM. "The gold. "At last, I have it. This Is talks about his
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  • SEA GAMES
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      Agony of defeat and silence of victory
      533 20 CHOY Yeen Onn is a little puss of a sore loser whose preferred choice of headline after losing Sunday's wushu gold would be What It Should Have Been. What it should have been, in the Malaysian's view, would be Choy Yeen Onn, gold,
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      3 BIG WORRIES
      335 20  -  SOCCER SHOWDOWN: SINGAPORE NEEDS AT LEAST A DRAW AGAINST VIETNAM --m,- By S Gulam THE Lions are still licking the wounds of their battle against the Indonesians. Fandi Ahmad could not sprint yesterday. V Sundramoorthy appears to be restrained by his hamstring injury. Kadir Yahaya is also
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      THE HOSNI FAILURE
      131 21 SAAA REACTION: Major Tan Lye Soon, team manager "I am very disappointed with Hosni. He didn't prepare sufficiently for this event. And I knew it wasn't going to be enough. His times didn't improve since he clocked 10.3s last year. In fact his form dipped all the
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      Lock icon GOLDEN MOMENTS
      215 22 V Bowler Alice Tay was on the ball for Singapore yesterday. In her last five deliveries, she registered four strikes in a row to snatch gold in the women's singles event. Page 28 The Singapore women's 4x100m freestyle relay team had fans singing Majullah Singapura in the stands
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      Lock icon Blame the system
      367 21 COACH C KUNALAN SINGAPORE should not have won the men's 100 m final, even if it could. So says ex-SEA Games champion C Kunalan after watching Muhammad Hosni finish sixth in 10.665. In his most hard-hitting comment, the normally quiet and mild-mannered 50-year-old blasted the "Singapore system".
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      ‘I feel like quitting’
      280 21 MOHD HOSNI MUHAMMAD Hosni felt like quitting athletics after the men's 100 m final at the National Stadium yesterday. The 21-year-old sprinter was disappointed at coming in sixth in the race. He was even more disappointed with his time of 10.665. Said Hosni: "I felt I
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  • SEA GAMES
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      Golden sacrifice
      348 23  -  Stories/ S Gulam NO job, no money, no fun. But lots of pain and plenty of sacrifice. That's Wong Jing Ching's story on his four-year pursuit for the gold. The chase ended last night. Wong (below) defeated Malaysian Wong Ching Beng 5-3 to win Singapore's first taekwondo gold
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      Lock icon Golden dream
      297 23 IT was a dream come true for Wong Liang Ming. And for once it is not a tired cliche. She actually dreamt of victory one night, a few weeks ago. After delivering Singapore's second gold in taekwondo with a victory in the flyweight category, she said: "I had
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      JOS GETS THE GLORY
      629 24 ALL ARE WINNERS BUT I WAS always made to understand that it took four to swim a relay. One had to start the race. One had to swim the second leg. Another was responsible for the third changeover and there always had to be a fourth
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      ‘Jealousy’ and a wife gets socked
      328 24  -  By S Gulam JEALOUSY led to a brawl between two Indonesian weightlifting coaches at Tampines Sports Hall yesterday. Neither coach was hurt, but one their wives was apparently socked on the temple. "He's jealous of me," said Indonesian national weightlifting coach A R Irwandy
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      Lock icon Chiang Ling justifies selection
      440 25  -  Stories/ Brenda Chia SWIMMER Ng Chiang Ling proved that belief in herself was more important than anybody else's opinion. Controversy brewed recently on her selection over compatriot Lui Oi Leng who had a faster 100 m time. But yesterday Ng was crucial to Singapore's 4xloom win.
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      May’s golden miss
      195 25 SHE missed becoming the second girl after Joscelin Yeo to bring home an individual swimming gold medal after 10 years. May Ooi, 17, swimming in lane six in the 400 m free was blind-sighted and misjudged her placing during the swim yesterday. Said May, who was clearly
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      Lock icon TRIPLE CROWN
      467 26  -  MARDI'S One race, two sprinters, three titles. That, in essence, sums up the men's 100 m race yesterday. For Indonesia's Mardi Lestari (left), it wa# sweet success as he captured the coveted Century Sprint for the third time. But the race was a bitter blow for Singapore's golden
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      BOWLED OUT
      266 27  -  By Bernard Pereira THE men's bowling camp at Victor's Superbowl at 12.30pm yesterday resembled a house in mourning. Hardly anyone among the six in the team could be seen flashing a smile. They had just emerged from behind closed doors of a container parked outside the bowling alley.
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      Lock icon Gutsy Alice saves the day for bowlers
      579 27  -  By Brian Miller YOU want to talk about guts? Talk to Alice Tay. You want to talk about coping with pressure? Ask Alice. You want to talk about nerves. Again, talk to Alice. Because yesterday at Victor's Superbowl, Alice was a picture of
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      Lock icon NOW IT’S WOO-SHU
      354 28  -  They're wushu warriors. But, off the court, romance has brought together recently-crowned gold-medallists Picasso Tan and Chiew Hui Yan Stories/^ Wong Sing Yeong THEY achieved what Indonesia's Allan Budi Kusuma and Susi Susanti did in badminton at the Barcelona Olympics a romantic couple who each picked up
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      The wushu spirit of humility and harmony
      326 28 THE Japanese called it bushido, the code of the samurai. The Chinese called it the spirit of wushu. It is a spirit of humility and harmony practised by the Chinese pugilist. That spirit was both dead and alive at the Yio Chu Kang
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      Lock icon For Piyapong’s pleasure
      860 29 Thai soccer superstar Piyapong Pue-On breaks his silence at last. After refusing to be interviewed by anyone but the Thai media since arriving here 10 days ago, the 32-year-old top-scorer opens up to JEFFREY LOW in an exclusive interview about his life in the fast lane. FOR
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  • SEA GAMES
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      DAY 3 RESULTS
      2106 31 ATHLETICS Finals: M en: 10()m: 1 Mardi Lestari (Indon) 10.465 ec 2 Khadik Mohamad Juntasi (Indon) 10.52 3 Niti Pivapan (Thai) 10.56 4 Albert Go (Phi) 10.65 5 Hamkah Mohd Afik (Sin) 10.65 6 Muhamad llosni (Sin) 10.66 7 Kriengkrai Narom (Thai) 10.73 8 Suhairi Salem (Mai)
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      DAY 4 WHAT'S ON
      625 32 ARCHERY Gloucester Archery Range 9 am: Women's 30m, 50m (qualifiers) 2 pm: Men's 30m, 50m (qualifiers) ATHLETICS National Stadium 7 am: Women's 10km Walk (finals) 9 am: Heptathlon (100 m hurdles, high jump) 1 pm: Men s pole vault finals 2 pm: Women's javelin finals 2.05
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      Lock icon DOUSED
      525 33  -  THE NEW PAPER SEA (AMES SPECIAL By J Rajendran WHILE the spotlight shone on Singapore's Joscelin Yeo for the second consecutive day, Eric Buhain, the most bemedalled athlete of the last Games, sat quietly in the shadows. His mind was probably preoccupied with trying to make sense of the
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      DANGEROUSLY, KALLANG
      183 36 Dates: Aug 29, 30 Time: 7.45 pm-10 pm Total number of tickets available: 90,000. 70 per cent of them are $65 tickets. Priority sales (American Express cardholders): June 16-July 15 Public sales: July 16 onwards Ticketing: Sistic tel 348-5555 Promoters: Lushington Entertainments/Sun vie Productions Presenter Pepsi Cola International
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      CAN HE PULL IN 90,000?
      571 37 When 90,000 tickets to the Michael Jackson concerts hit the counters, who will be in the queue? Especially since the last two major concerts at the National Stadium David Bowie's Serious show in 1983 and Deep Purple's concert two years ago attracted a total of
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      INDOORS OR OUTDOORS?
      279 37 MICHAEL Jackson is great, but what about the venue? National Stadium is not a favourite with all. Some people have reservations about the weather, the acoustics and the chance of bad weather. But to true-blue rock concertgoers, an open stadium is THE place. YES! "It's a good
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      Capital attraction
      473 38  -  PAUL ZACH BY the time Michael Jackson materialises at the National Stadium in August, even his biggest fans may be crying, "Please stop! We HAVE had enough!" Pepsi, the pop king's tour sponsor, plans to hit us with a publicity blitz that could turn us all wacko or
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      Birthday surprise for Jacko
      429 38 MICHAEL Jackson will turn 35 when he is in Singapore. So will there be a birthday bash on Aug 29, the day he was born? "We are trying to work out something but we haven't thought of what yet. But it'll be a big thing and
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      68 39 Eleven-year-old student Stanley Ng won two tickets to watch Michael Jackson's Dangerous concert in Tokyo last December. He gave the tickets to his mother, Madam Ng Ser Hong, who had never heard Jacko's music, and his brother Norman. They tell us
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      EVEN MY MOTHER LIKED HIS CONCERT
      367 39 NORMAN Ng, 18, student at La Salle College: "My mother and I and 10 other Singaporeans were there at 4.40 pm. Michael Jackson's concert was to begin at 6.30 pm. "I had my camera in a bag, but as we entered to the stadium,
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      ‘I CAN WAIT TO SEE HIS SHOW’
      154 39 Stanley, 11, Primary 5 student at Bendemeer Primary School. He spoke in a mixture of Mandarin and English: "I wanted to go and watch Michael Jackson but I didn't mind letting my mother go instead. "I'm still young and have plenty of chances
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      ‘NICE TO HEAR’
      224 39 Housewife, Madam Ng Ser Hong, 40, who spoke in Mandarin: "I knew who Michael Jackson was from television and my three sons before I went to Tokyo to watch his Dangerous concert. "It was my youngest son, Stanley, who won the tickets to Tokyo. I didn't allow
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      254 44 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions ATLAS PAPER L PRODUCTS PTE LTD requires e SALES CLERK e GENERAL CLERK e RECEPTIONIST/ TELEPHONE OPERATOR Secondary educaUon With/ without experience Able to type 5 days work Salary negotiable a Preferably staying district 22 Interested applicants are requested to call Mr. Chan at *****16 or
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      108 44 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions f FUKUSHOKUKANV 18.8. Club CARRY-ALL I 9 (A) ASST. RETAIL EXECUTIVE I I Min GCE 'O' level I Preferably with class 3 driving licence I Id.) STOREKEEPER J (Work in Jurong East) L H Preferably with class 3 driving licence I <Q SALES PROMOTER
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      588 45 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions An European Company is looking for to market their latest product. The right applicant will earn about $23,000.00 to $48,000.00 a year. Age between 18 33 years old Minimum 'N' Level qualification Jr Pleasant personality Driving licence an advantage /fILVV Guaranteed
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      306 45 2745 Technical Positions 2745 Technical Position* "ASIA'S ONE STOP FOUNDATION SHOP" A fast growing foreign-owned company with benefits that include 14 days leave, medical dental, group hospitalisation insurance, personal Insurance, yearend bonuses, etc. urgently require: SERVICE MANAGER To be in charge of a team of Service Engineers working throughout the
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      196 45 2745 Technical Positions Construction Co. requires SITE AGENT Diploma In Bldg. Construction Minimum 5 years experience QUANTITY SURVEYOR Diploma in Building/ quantity surveying or degree holder. 3-5 yrs. relevant experience. Interested candidates please call *****03 for appointment. 2750 Production Position* J Ang Mo Klo Printing Co. urgenUy requires: MALE KORD
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      225 45 s 2775 Driver/Delivery s Despatch Positions DELIVERY ASSISTANT urgently required by Japanese firm to work in Jurong area. Interested applicants, please come for WALK-IN-INTERVIEW at: 585 North Bridge Rd #11-13 Blanco Court Singapore 0718 Tel: 298 4788 Conatruction Co. at Punggol requires: S CHINESE LORRY DRIVER (Clasa 4 driving licence)
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      281 46 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions I Plaza Hotel SINGAPORE A top 50 publicly listed company, the Plaza Hotel is an established superior deluxe class hold. SENIOR WAITERS I WAITRESSES WAITERS I WAITRESSES (Coffee House I Banquet I Room Service I Karaoke I Chinese Restaurant) 16
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      132 46 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions OPERA CAFE requires Experienced 1) JR. CAPTAINS ($850.-$950.) 2) ASSISTANT COOKS ($9OO. $1000.) 3) DISHWASHER CUM CLEANER ($650.- $700.) Walk-ln-lntervlew Monday to Saturday 3pm. to 6pm. 40 Boat Quay Singapore 0104 Tel: *****70 Malaysians are welcome 2790 Part-Time/Temp 2790 Part-Time/
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      595 46 2790 Part-Time/ Temp 2790 Part-Time/ Temp Positions Position* l~ ATTENTION! I I FULL/PART-TIMERS WANTED! J Earn up to $2000 or more per month Flexible working hrs (2-3 hre) No experience required as training and guidance will be provided. Earn extra income in your free time in Futures Trading. Potential income
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      356 48 SPURS CRISIS Reuter. TERRY Venables lost his bid to stay on as chief executive of English Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur yesterday. The move angered fans and players, who had backed him in a bitter wrangle with club owner Alan Sugar. A High Court judge
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      Lock icon SOCCERLINE
      363 48 Wire services. NOTTINGHAM Forest is blocking Roy Keane's transfer until it gets a British record transfer fee of £5 million ($l2 million). The Irish Republic midfielder is putting the expected announcement of a move to Blackburn Rovers on hold until his country's World Cup qualifying game in Lithuania tomorrow.
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      Agassi’s record low
      186 49 ANDRE Agassi became the lowest seeded men's defending champion in Wimbledon history. But he was fortunate enough to be seeded five places above his current world ranking of 13. Wimbledon officials on Monday installed the injuryplagued Agassi as the No 8 seed as he is defending champion.
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      THE SEEDS
      150 49 MEN 1 Pete Sampras (US) 2 Stefan Edberg (Swe) 3 Jim Courier (US) 4 Boris Becker (Ger) 5 Goran Ivanisevic (Croat) 6 Michael Stich (Ger) 7 Ivan Lendl (US) 8 Andre Agassi (US) 9 Richard Krajicek (Hoi) 10 Andrei Medvedev (Ukr) 11 Petr Korda (Cze) 12 Michael Chang
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      215 49 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: CRICKET Tour match: Gloucestershire v Australia No play on final day due to rain. Match Drawn. Scores: Gloucester 211. Australia 400. SOCCER World Cup Asian Zone Group A qualifiers in Chengdu, China: Iraq 4 Jordan 0, Yemen 3 Pakistan 0. TENNIS Manchester
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    300 51  -  By Abdul Shukor SHE proved two points after winning the accolade as the region's fastest woman sprinter. Lydia de Vega-Mercado showed her critics once again she is not only a great sprinter but still the undisputed track queen of the Philippines. The 28-year-ola mother braved three false-starts
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      266 51 The swimmers again lead Singapore's )-<|i gold-medal chase. The w \ili\ New Paper the Vf|j official paper of the Games captures the fMT highpoints in the H 16-page pullout special FffiH /Pages 19-34 LOSE WEIGHT INCHES THE EASY WAY... mn si JUSTIKEME! "I married young. My eldest son is 18
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