The New Paper, 4 August 1994

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  • 15 1 the new paper THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994 MITA (P) 233/04/94 50 CENTS the new paper
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    • 54 1 lnOW H dangers. j sj. I-t They shattered J QJ v/JL her life. Pages 6,8 1 Teo Chee Wee, 18 Daniel Goh Soon Par, 19 He rml J' He did ygSj e did 1 Law Poh Heng, 18 Yam Lee Boon, 18 !Ang Chee Yong, 18 Henry Tan Aik Hwa,
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 76 2 THE Just Do It Competition closes this Saturday. No nominee can have represented Singapore in any sport. Tell us in no more than 100 words why he or she should win. Up to six nominees will win a $2,000 Nike voucher each. Those who nominated them can
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    • 365 2 INDIA'S FINANCIAL SCANDAL Source: Reuter OPPOSITION parties in India threatened to organise street demonstrations as the Government shrugged off the alleged involvement of ministers in the country's biggest financial scandal. Last week, the ruling Congress party rejected the findings of a parliamentary committee that had pulled up
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    • 141 2 INDIAN Communist leader Indrajit Gupta calls it the "grandfather of all scams". Finance Minister Manmohan Singh says he was framed. The stock market scam of 1992 continues to simmer. That was the year of the great boom in India stock markets. The income-tax authorities discovered that it
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    • 210 2 AFP MICHAEL Fay, the American teenager caned in Singapore, exploded with pent-up anger last month from the punishment, his father said yesterday. "What poured out of Mike was incredible. It was Singapore... Mike thought I'm putting him back in prison," said Mr George Fay
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    • 282 2 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 31 34 Comics: Pages 29 30 TV: Page 28 Romantic CoCCection A 4-volumc set containing instrumental renditions of classic songs, played by masters of the instruments. Brings out the romance In your soul. Perfect for when the lights arc dim. PANPIPE PIANO GUITAR HARP Volume 1
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 142 4 HOT STORIES SINGAPOREANS have the highest average net worth in Asia, according to a survey by the Far Eastern Economic Review of 3,000 subscribers in 10 countries. The poll focused on the lifestyles and attitudes of affluent, executive level workers in the Asia Pacific. The average net
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    • 21 4 THE Straits Times Industrials Index fell 0.15 points to 2266.98 at 9.11 this morning from yesterday's close of 2267.13.
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    • 31 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.95 points to end at 3.796.22 after a rally stalled at 3.811.44. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 295 million shares.
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    • 24 4 WATCH THE US dollar opened at 100.01 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange market this morning, down 0.32 yen from the previous day's finish.
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    • 90 4 The Straits Times: Clinton's fast-track trade mov< blocked Business Times: Orchard Parade, Wing Tai pay $218 m for Tien Wah site Lianhe Zaobao: Cham Tao Soon: NTU may send 5-10% of undergrads in any year for overseas industrial attachment Berita Harian: Singapore now an official member of Muslim regional
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 80 4 SINGAPOREANS overseas can watch this year's National Day parade live on personal computers. Technet, a research network set up by the National Science and Technology Board in 1991, will relay the event on the global web of networks, Internet. Singaporeans in some universities in Australia, the US,
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      • 81 4 PROPERTY heavyweights Ng Teng Fong (Orchard Parade Holdings) and Wing Tai Holdings will jointly pay $218 million for a large piece of land in Bukit Timah belonging to Tien Wah Press. There is a possibility that they may also go after Rothmans Industries of Singapore and
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      • 73 4 A Labour Ministry spokesman, on the recruitment of workers from non-traditional sources (NTS) such as the Philippines. Retailers are only allowed to hire Malaysians to solve their acute labour shortage. Q proliferation of NTS workers will give rise to even more social problems and should be avoided. Employers will also
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      • 76 4 THE Gatt treaty was approved by the Senate Financial committee in the US on Tuesday. But the approval, a boost for world trade, came at a price. The committee left out a vital provision. It allows a president to negotiate a trade agreement and submit it to Congress
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      • 80 4 ASIA faces three urgent security threats in North Korea, Cambodia and the South China Sea, said US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Winston Lord, in Bangkok. "In the wake of the Cold War we have a more stable situation around the
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 281 5  -  By Trudy Lim THE parents watched as the four children chased one another round the airport. "They are so active, but boys should be tough," said one mother. "I just hope the little one remains healthy." Madam Sumiyati Ach Sarbini was watching her two boys
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    • 155 5 FOR six-year-old Taufiq and his family, it was a dream come true. His father, Mr Noor Mohd Salleh, a mechanic, captured all the highlights on a portable video camera borrowed from his brother. "It was fun, I went on the little cars, and the carousel,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 620 6  -  By Yaw Yan Chong AN eighteen-year-old girl takes a chance and dates a teen she barely knows. Suddenly she finds herself in the company of six teenage boys. The boys secretly spike her drink. Then she is brutally gang-raped at
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      89 6 Teo Chee Wee, 18: Six years and eight strokes for rape and for spiking Amy's drinks with the intent to rape her. Goh Soon Par, Daniel, 19: Four years and six strokes for rape. Law Poh Heng, 18: Four years and six strokes for rape. Yam Lee Boon,
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    • 212 6 AMY told the court that she smokes and drinks regularly. She said she often drinks beer with friends at parties and at home. "At times, I do not drink even once, other times I drink several times a month," she told the court. She had been drunk "many
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    • 204 6 AMY was in a state of shock after the attack. She did she not call the police immediately. Amy told the court: "I did not think of that at the time. I only thought of what I was to do. I thought whether or not I should
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  • 412 8  -  SINGAPORETCOAY By Jennifer Tan A WARNING from a friend that unfortunately went unheeded led to tragedy. "Amy" had told her best friend, "Cheryl", that she had a date with a guy the next day. Cheryl warned Amy against going as she barely knew the teen.
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    • 429 9 < HOW TO WIN TICKETS MEET ANDY LAU IN PERSON 2 x Ist Prize: A pair of SslBo Concert Tickets each a chance to meet name address tel. no./NRIC no. to Pepsi/Andy Lau Concerts, PO Box 2484, Andy Lau in person. Robinson Road Post Officers) 9044 by 30 August 1994.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 369 10  -  By Ginnie Teo FAMILIES of tourists killed in accidents in Batam can get $10,000 each under an insurance plan by the Batam Tourist Promotion Board. It also pays $10,000 for permanent injuries and $3,000 for hospitalisation. The little-known policy was introduced in 1992. Yesterday, a
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    • 137 10 IT was probably the most expensive bus ride that businessman Tan Choon Leng, 44, had ever taken. The 30-minute journey cost him $110,000 in cash. He boarded SBS bus service No 145 from Arab Street at about 11.45 am last Saturday. He told the police
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    • 414 11  -  By Woon Wui Tek THE passenger lift took them to where it had never gone before. And it kept them there for more than four hours. The ride began at around 8.15 am at the Institute of Technical Education (MacPherson) Campus One at Circuit
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    • 212 11 IT was what the professionals call a "man-trapped" situation one that usually requires only two lift repairmen. But the incident at ITE (Macpherson) Campus One sucked in 12. Mr K H Loo, GEC's customer service manager, explained that "man-trapped" cases are lift malfunctions
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    • 529 12 A former Singaporean now living in South Africa, lost contact with his family here 43 years ago. Apart from a chancemeeting in 1974, each thought the other dead. Then, thanks to a Singapore reporter visiting South Africa, things changed. OVIDIA LIM reports SOUTH African
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    • 54 12 IN Cape Town, Mr Rahman fell in love and married South African Joey Pearce, 44, a maid. The couple have been together for more than 10 years, said Mr Rahman, now a South African citizen. They live in a terrace house with Ms Pearce's son from a previous marriage,
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    • 388 13 THE Singapore family of Mr Abdul Rahman Muhammad is raising the air fare for a reunion. However, they have not decided whether to fly to Cape Town or to fly Mr Abdul Rahman to Singapore. Mr Ismail Mohd, 41, who is married to one of
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    • 109 13 IT was a story that almost did not happen. Berita Harian journalist Rujok Pandi told The New Paper that he and photographer Mazlan Badron who were in South Africa for a week on assignment had put off meeting Mr Abdul Rahman Muhammad because of a tight schedule. But
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    • 379 14 A python caused an uproar when it slithered into a school early Monday morning. But it was even more unsettling for the python. With the help of a zookeeper and a zoology technologist, IVY ONG "talks" to the python MONTY the python was
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    • 99 14 PYTHONS like Monty are not poisonous. But this doesn't mean they are harmless. They kill their prey by coiling round them till they suffocate and then swallowing them. Cautioned Sergeant Lim Cheow Guan, who was part of the team that caught Monty: "Treat all snakes as dangerous.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 399 17 Mr Jim G«lpi, 47, businessman All this talk of match-fixing has not produced a shred of evidence over the last 20 years, of fixed soccer matches in Singapore. Has anyone considered that the bookies may have developed a successful system of "handicapping" a Singapore soccer
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    • 115 17 Mr James R, 27, senior sales representative I refer to your report on the suspension of a student for alleged involvement in theft (The New Paper, July 30). I would like to ask the principal of Katong Convent, Mrs Karen Oei, if: She had any physical
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    • 103 18 AS expected, chicken rice winged in a clear winner of the Favourite Local Dish Award. But this was not just any neighbourhood hawker stall chicken rice. This came from the kitchen of Mandarin Hotel. Readers of The New Paper voted for their favourite dishes. The contest
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    • 369 18  -  By Lois Ng JEALOUS and envious. In a nutshell, these were the reactions of readers to my meeting Hollywood star Kevin Oostner. "I'm jealous of you," a caller said a line echoed by several others. There were prank calls from men. But it was
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 371 20 AP A TEENAGER was charged in New York with the murder of a four-year-old boy. The accused, Eric Smith, 14, was described by police as a methodical killer who lured his little victim into the wood and killed him in the most brutal way. But
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    • 219 20 AP A MAN shot an hour earlier by a firing squad in Nigeria, rose to his feet, cried for water and said he was going to heaven before police threw him onto a lorry load of corpses and drove away. The failed execution of
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    • 303 21 It's that crazy season in Asia where some countries are suffering from rising temperatures and others are grappling with rising waters Source: Wire services. MOTHER Nature is playing weather games in Asia again. Japan and South Korea are baking under record temperatures. Drenching rains are causing
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    • 794 22 THK Chinese economy has amazed the world with its recent double digit growth year after year. It grew at 13.4 per cent last year. But the mandarins in Beijing are anxious because the high growth has been accompanied by high inflation. Inflation in the 35
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    • 356 23 Reuter. BANGLADESHI author Taslima Nasrin has spoken bitterly of being persecuted for her feminist views. She also accused the Government of using Islam for its own political ends. Ms Nasrin, 32, made the accusations in a British television interview recorded before her surrender yesterday.
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    • 81 23 MS Taslima Nasrin, a doctor turned writer, went into hiding on June 4 after her arrest was ordered for allegedly insulting Muslim sensitivities in an interview with an Indian newspaper. The Statesman newspaper quoted her as saying Islam's holy book, the Koran, should be "revised thoroughly". Ms
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    • 449 24 The Israeli Knesset (Parliament) yesterday approved a historic agreement officially ending 46 years of war with Jordan. As a symbol of the new peace between the two countries, King Hussein piloted his jet through Israeli air space for the first time on a return trip
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    • 351 25 OTHER CASES Mar 93: Dr David Gunn, an abortion doctor, was killed at a clinic. Jul 93: Dr George Tiller, also an abortion doctor, was severely wounded. TWO murders and a bombing of an abortion clinic last week have forced the US authorities to send guards
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    • 153 24 The New Paper Saturday Special July 23,1994 RESULTS Congratulations to the following readers who each won seven '1 kind' watches worth $210: Shaikh Mahmud *****75 E C K Lim *****02 Z Rafie Bin Noor *****67 J Doris Tan Kim Nco *****92 I Rozlan Samadi *****56 J Jessie Ng Bcc Kwang
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  • sports
    • 860 26 Sport just isn 7 what it used to be: Man against the boundaries of physical achievement. Now, it's big business. So big that even political heavyweights want a slice of the pie. Be it presidents or the underworld, everyone's riding piggyback on the most unifying factor
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    • 252 26 POLITICS injected its venom into USA '94 in the form of a telephone call. The call was for Francisco Maturana, coach of the much-maligned Colombian team. The voice on the other end told him to drop midfielder Gabriel Gomez, and play Herman Gaviria in his
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    • 368 29 I miine I In English Number Horoscopes (Daily) 8450 The LEO Man; Win Prizes.' Entertainment News 8451 Juu Vfw j Of Ellen Barkin. Prince. Madonna. Slw ester Stallone. \icole Kidman. Tim Mien. Kcifer S\therland dt Joan Collins Ghost Story 8452 Black Magic; Win Prizes' Children's Funland 8453 Madonna s Confessions
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    • 219 29 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Biii watterson 1| W HA\IE A REASM ■I 1 u Cathy/Cathy Guisewite "NATURE PUTS IT ALL IN PER- [SUDOENLS, THE LITTLE DAILS 1 fwOU'RE 3UST A MICROSCOPIC ...HOLDIN6 "7" WHAT DO SOU SPECTWE DOESN'T IT, CATOS? STRESSES SEEM SO iNSI&NIfI- SPtC-K IN THE. ECOSYSTEM, A TEENS, MEAN
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  • Showtime
    • 336 30 Theatre companies are dying to shake their snobbish image. CAROL LEONG finds out what's the mama-drama problem behind this simple wish that's getting some of them so hot under the collar. SOME local theatre companies are going "touring". No, not to Edinburgh, Scotland for their famous
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    • 440 31 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE AND NOW, THE SNAG: MONEY "IT all boils down to money," moans Alvin Tan. "Nobody is willing to sponsor." Alvin is restaging Off Centre, playing at the Drama Centre till Sunday. He's hoping the play will attract a sponsor to give
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    • 177 31 MANY Singaporeans think they are not "arty" or "intellectual" enough to like theatre. So they never go. By going to Bishan, theatre companies hope that the average TV-addicted dad or shopping mall-crazy sister will see that theatre isn't
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    • Article, Illustration
      142 32 DONALD Duck, who turns 60 this year, needed new outfits to wow a fresh generation of fans for his latest cartoon series, Duck Daze. So, he got Giorgio Armani, dresser of stars such as Kric Clapton and George Michael. Until now, Donald has worn only the blue, double-breasted
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      53 32 ACTRESS Elizabeth Hurley flew more than 19,000 km to her old home in Los Angeles to fetch her pet, Nico. Britain's Today newspaper reported the alsatian would join Liz and boyfriend Hugh Grant, star of Four Weddings and a Funeral, back in London. Hurley: Never leaves home
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    • 59 32 THK sitcom queen has been called many names, reports Entertainment Weekly, but the ex-Mrs Barr former domestic goddess and soon-to-be former Mrs Arnold, just wants to be known as plain old Roseanne But why stop there? Why not go the whole hog like the-former-singer-Prince -now-extraordinary-symbol, and get a
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    • 98 32 THREE decades after their first headline tour across America, the Rolling Stones are rolling on, reports USA Today. The 40-city tour started on Monday. The raucous, retrosounding Voodoo Lounge, the band's 22nd studio album, is No 6 on the Billboard chart after premiering last week in the
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    • 167 33 HONGKONG actor Kenneth Tsang Kong, the Prince Charming of 60s' black-and-white Cantonese films, registered his marriage i here in Singapore this week. His wife is ex-Hongkong actress -liao Jiao. The couple are now full-time employees with SBC. Kenneth. 59. joined the TV station as a drama
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    • 107 33 THANKS to Pepsi, Andy Lau's fans have more than they bargained for they attend his concerts at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sept 9 and 10. Those who buy $180 and $90 tickets can exchange their counterfoils for souvenirs such as Andy Lau phone cards, T-shirts and
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    • 148 33 No plans to marry yet HONGKONG singer Alex To is in no hurry to find a girlfriend after his separation from comedienne Sandra Ng. He said in an interview: "It's still too early to think about marriage. I'm still a hit immature now. I'd like to stretch the years of
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    • 248 35 um^iH A N N I V El SIR Y m (wf*L year, AVS Technologies, lea Clarke Quay Singapore The Raffles Company, Courts Mammoth aI f Superstore, Cwee Croup and Specialists' i I I Shopping Centre will be sending birthday I J wishes to the nation in a big way with
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    • 1084 36 s^lf 2191 Personal Services/ 2191 Personal Services/ 2191 Personal Services/ Products Products Products Remote controlled model helicopters and airplanes is an exciting and thrilling hobby f Airplane Combo set airplane making class to From $299 up start soon, limited vacancies, 1 Helicopter Combo set 80 hun From $890 up V
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    • 552 37 2250 Business Services/ 2250 Business Services/ 2250 Business Services/ 2250 Business Services/ Products Products Products Products Sole Importer Distributor CH€KO IMP6X Singapore 10, Alison Road #18-09 International Plaza, Singapore 0207. Fax: *****79 7~"| :V Offer last till August 14 /fl A I'«\l«nl tdfimiU j |h| f .r > AU.P. $00
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    • 139 37 2670 Education/ 2670 Education/ Instruction Instruction THE SAF YACHT CLUB conducts the PSA PLEASURE CRAFT LICENCE COURSE EVERY WEEKEND COURSE STARTS ON Saturday from 2 pm to 5 pm and ends on Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. COURSE FEES $120 for members and $195 for non-members. Mandarin classes
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    • 447 38 2710 Professional/ J 2710 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions 71 T HALL SIN HOLDINGS PTE LTD Member of Hall Rich Financial Group We are a well-established consultancy brokerage i financial institution We invite career-minded results-oriented females to join our dynamic fund consultation team We have vacancies for i j r
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    • 281 38 2723 Health Care Positions DENTAL SURGERY ASSISTANTS j 1 required at 1 1 i Jin. Besar Plaza i j for office hours J i i Able to speak Chinese I I j Full or part-time Salary based on I i experience I Tel. *****21 2725 Teaching/ Tutorial Positions I TRAINED/
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    • 393 38 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions I m •89 Singapore Press Holdings We invite applications for the following post: SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (Marketing Administrative Department) DUTIES: The person will be reporting to the head of department in the Marketing Division and her duties include: Providingclericalandadministrativesupport Liaison with advertising
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    • 665 39 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Position* Clerical Positions An International Japanese Freight Company Invites suitable candidate tc Join our fast growing co. A) CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPORTS (3 vacancies) Min. requirements: Min. 5 O' levels (credit In English) Fresh GCE A' graduates welcome Positive attitude with good telephone etiquette PC literate
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    • 270 39 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions GCE 'O' or 'A' Level with LCCI Intermediate Accounting Able to handle full set of accounts Knowledge of ACCPAC preferred but not essential Plaaaa CALL MS. EUNICE at *****33 or WRITE-IN to:FAR EAST REFRIGERATION PTE LTD 291 293 Jalan Besar, S pore
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    • 302 40 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions JUNIOR SECRET AMY required by established company. Candidates must be familiar with PC. fax and other office equipment Must have a pleasant disposition and ability to communicate effectively Salary and productive incentive commission for right candidate. For interview appointment please call *****66 X 17 M Required
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    • 614 40 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions jhw If a future in retailing is your vision and aspiration, this is ■#7 OUr Ml We have immediate vacancies for suitable candidates to ■n|!|& join our first Kmart Store in Marina Square and our second P!store to
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    • 495 41 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sale* Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions j 2740 Sales Positions lift- sTo R E "raMWORK. ENCOURAGEMENT. DEDICATION." It's very inspiring. When you see your colleagues, from the most junior to the management level, helping and encouraging each other
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    • 646 42 2740 Sale* Positions 2740 Sales Positions 2740 Sales Positions C\ CHIVOOfI inTEGRE CO. (S) PTE. LTD. J J We have immediate vacancies for: j 1 MUM I s ■TyirninnM GCE 'O* or 'N' level GCE 'O' or 'N' level 'J Able lo type Able to type W Computer literate Age
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    • 626 42 2740 Sales Positions I FULL/ PART-TIME CHINESE SALES ASST. required by Video library. #03-83, Far East Plaza. 11 1 1 ii i i i BHmMIiMmH i i Required For LEADING WATCH!! dealer i i With attractive salary i i ii i i i i i i 1 1 1 I
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    • 275 43 2745 Technical Positions An established eonsullniK firm requires SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL) Decree Diploma holder with minimum 3 years experience Good in building services, design and supervision PROJECT ENGINEERS (MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL) Diploma holder or person with good design and supervision experience Interested applicants please write in with full resume. present
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    • 324 43 2750 Production 2750 Production Positions Positions 1) SILKSCREEN PRINTER Experienced Male' female 2) GENERAL WORKER 5-day week, aircon. environment. Walk-In Interview Blk. 52 Kallang Bahru #03-05/ 6 Kallang Basin Ind. Est Singapore 1233 Tel: *****41 2758 Store/ Inventory 2758 Store/ Inventory Positions Positions Store Persons You will be experienced in
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    • 47 43 The Maharajah Group of Restaurants Is actively recruiting part time/ full time 1) CAPTAINS 2) WAITERS/ WAITRESSES 3. KITCHEN HELPER/ DISHWASHERS Walk-in inltrview will be held on 4th Aug. 1994 between 10»m -6pm. Ask lor Bob or Douglas at: 25 Cuppage Terrace Cuppage Road Singapore 0922 I
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    • 121 43 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Newly established Lounge requires: PMM All applicants please bring alona passport size photo WalK-in interview only on 4, 5 6 August between spm-9pm at 200 Middle Road fBl-00 Prime Centre, Singapore 0718. I* Japanese Lounge ARABESQUE, requires: Salary: From $2500-***** Weekday-525 per hour Weekend-S3O per
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    • 263 43 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions A Japanese Restaurant urgently requires Part-time: i I 11 00am to 3 30pm or I 5 30pm to 11 00pm With experience Singaporeans only Interested applicants, please Tel: 732 0672 2770 Security Positions BIABSUSIU KRiry^s Primary/Secondary 1 if education i t completed NS. Experience in
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    • 311 44 2790 Part-Time/ Temp 2790 Part-Time/ Temp Positions Positions AIM (in Kip in »rc has wide business interests, serving various industries aiul |H employs more ilian I,Sot) employees. Am .i I trow n Itoveri I'le l.ul, Allll's eountry organisation m Singapore. seeks cU'ilic a(«.*il personnel i<> apply tor the following (Mtsilion:
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  • SPORTS
    • 663 45 Nearly a year after winning his first major golf tournament, Paul Azinger has an even bigger triumph to his credit he's apparently beaten cancer. Eight months after being diagnosed with lymphoma of the right shoulder blade, an ailment that forced him to leave the PGA
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    • 626 46 Singapore finished the first day of the Asean Schools track and field championships with one gold and five bronze medals. But there were more tears than cheers for the host as BERNARD PEREIRA finds out ASEAN SCHOOLS ATHLETICS GIRLS' 4x400m RELAY 1st: Thailand 2nd: Malaysia 3rd:
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    • 316 46 BOYS' 800 m Ist: C Veeramani (Singapore) 2nd: Nipol Panteat (Thai) 3rd: Dicky Gunawan (Indo) Veera has opted out of the Asian Junior championships in Jakarta next month because of his 0-level examinations. Today, he will be out to win his second gold medal in
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    • 213 47 Reuter. Dutch club psv Eindhoven fought off challenges from Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus to sign 17-year-old Brazilian international striker Ronaldo (right) from Cruzeiro yesterday. Cruzeiro chairman Cesar Masci said PSV paid 10.8 million guilders ($6 million) for Ronaldo, who was a member of Brazil's World
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    • 167 47 AP. ITALIAN midfielder Roberto Baggio, whose missed penalty kick gave Brazil the World Cup last month, has called for the elimination of shootouts to decide tied games. He suggested that the soccer authorities use replays three or four days later to determine decisive World Cup games. Baggio
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    • 348 47 AP. HE is the wunderkind of Brazilian soccer, a world champion at 17, a scoring talent compared to Pele. Now, Ronaldo is no longer Brazilian club Cruzeiro's. He belongs to PSV Eindhoven. "We had to swallow it. There was no way Cruzeiro could pay what
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    • 330 47 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON World Cup in Vietnam men's singles: Ist rd: Heryanto Arbi (Ina) bt Tomas Johansson (Swe) 15-7, 15-11; Joko Suprianto (Ina) bt Sompol Kukasemkij (Thai) 15-8, 15-9; Park Sung-woo (SK) bt Rashid Sidek (Ma!) 15-7, 15-9; Yu Lizhi (Chn) bt Poul-Er-ik Hoyer-Larsen
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    • 418 48 SUSPENDED KELANTAN DEFENDER REGRETS Zamri was suspended for eight matches and fined M 55,000 ($2,900) by the FAM Disciplinary Board for kicking Selangor midfielder Zolst Bucs in their match on June 19 at Merdeka Stadium. The Malay Mail. THE mental anguish of being unable to
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    • 157 48 ENGLISH SOCCER UPDATE AFP. FALLEN giants Liverpool has received a £9 million ($2O million) boost as it attempts to recapture lost glories. The four-time European champion has raised the money through a rights issue. With the new Premiership season less than three weeks away, manager Roy Evans has
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    • 194 48 Wire services. LEEDS United has received written confirmation from the Department of Employment that South African striker Philomen Masinga has been granted a work permit. The decision could open the way for more South African footballers to join English clubs. Leeds has agreed to a fee of £275,000
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    • 384 48 FAM PREMIER LEAGUE '94 Support the Lions in this year's FAM Premier League/ Malaysia Cup Tournament Yes! Follow the Lions and cheer them on' Watch them play See them score those winning goals and win attractive prizes for yourself' All you have to do is pick the correct answers to
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    • 66 49 mI 7 1T T i LB f i ilMHil irM ••<.'.• I•' 1* J '•> :*1 ">•- In yet another world-class nothing short of remarkable, performance, Kevin Schwantz formidable and heroic. rode his way to victory; the i Indeed, it is an achievement twenty-fifth in his career. In p f
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  • SINGAPORE 7 SABAH 0 Gerard Mojiliu (own goal, 8th min), Fandi Ahmad (24th), Abbas Saad (51st, 70th, 85th), Malek Awab (61st), Lee Man Hon (78th) 1994 M-LEAGUE
    • 641 50 Welcome back to the column that looks deeper than others. Yes, four pairs of expert eyes observing the Lions at play. From today, they depart from their past practice of offering comments individually. The new perspective is a combined focussing of views on players
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    • 326 50 OBSERVER A It was a great pleasure reading the news about CPIB's probe. It's about time the whole subject of match-fixing comes into the open so that the fans do not have to feel cheated when they come to the stadium. I only hope this is not the
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    619 51 The World Basketball Championships start today in Toronto, Canada AFP. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL'S right arm has a tattoo image of his hand grabbing the globe plus an inscription saying "The World Is Mine". Look out, world. Shaq is here to collect. The 2.1 m centre leads Dream Team II into
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