The Straits Times, 16 March 1986

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    11 1 The Sunday Times No. 2597 55 CEMTS M.C. (P) No. 189/12/85
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    Lock icon 100 still trapped
    1076 1  -  PHILIP LEE At press time, the toH was one dead ami nine injured By FEVERISH rescue operations continued throughout last night and into this morning to reach the victims still buried under the rubble of the six-sto-rey Hotel New World m Serangoon Road which collapsed like a
    LIM SENG TIONG; MAZLAN BADRON  -  1,076 words
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  • THE HOTEL DISASTER
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      Chok Tong orders commission of inquiry
      558 2 Chok Tong orders commission of inquiry A COMMISSION of Inquiry has boon ordered by First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong into the cause of the collapse. Mr Goh and Home Affairs Minister Professor S. Jayakumar were among the first ministers to arrive at the scone, at 1.35 pm. Both
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      Reports of tremors and cracks, and questions on structure
      664 2 The probable causes ENGINEERS cannot remember a time when a Singapore building collapsed without apparent cause. While they said it is premature to speculate on what could have caused the Hotel New World to fall down, neighbours reported that cracks m
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      Catastrophes of past years in Singapore
      223 2 Catastrophes of past years in Singapore JAN 29, 1I6S: Seven people died when two Sentosa cable cars plunged 55 m into the sea after the derrick of an oil drilling vessel struck the cableway. Fourteen people were rescued a two-year-old boy from the sea and the others from suspended cable
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      Collapse may be world's worst
      174 2 Collapse may be world's worst [THE collapse of the six-storey mew World Hotel could be the nvorst of its kind m recent years, AFP reported. The biggest similar disaster m recent years was the collapse of a seven-storey building at Diyarbakir m southeast Turkey m January 1983 when 84 people
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      Plucked from jaws of death
      906 3 Two high-level teams Ctake charge of rescue operation STORIES BY: Elena Chong. Chun Chin Chye, Rev Dheliwoi, Stalls Danker, LHo Gutierrez, Paul Jacob, S. Kumar, Kong Sook Chin, PhMfcp Lea, Ivan Lim, Lai Yaw Kong* Ronnie Lim, Lim Kwen K wan, Lea Stow Hue, Valeric
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      'We thought we were finished'
      781 4 Survivors tell their story wMRWanW I am very lucky to be alive. I can't remember much. It happened so fast. I was dressing to go out for lunch. I managed somehow to crawl along, and then I was pulled out by people. Mrs Kumaran THE
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      Shock and disbelief at scene of the tragedy
      1154 4 Reactions of relatives and bystanders PEOPLE were just standing and watching m shocked silence after the collapse. About a thousand stood behind the police cordon initially but this swelled to several thousand a few hours after the tragedy. They stood talking quietly
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      Gas IeaK maae news 10 years ago
      214 4 THE Hotel New World, first hit the headlines 10 years ago when gas fumes knocked out 35 guests after a gas leak affected several of the 65 rooms. The hotel, at the junction of Owen Road and Serangoon Road, was then known as
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    • BRIEFS
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        The injured: Who's who
        83 5 ABDUL Hamid bin Mohiden, male, 37. Discharged Jaya Vasudevan, 25, a Madras housewife, discharged. Suma Menon, 17, student, believed to be a Malaysian, warded. P. S. Menon, 60, believed to be a Malaysian, discharged. He is Suma's father. Saraswathy, 53, discharged. Tan Cheow alias Tan Choon,
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        Unlucky number 15
        50 5 "IT'S weird. Fifteen seems to be an unlucky number," said Mr Lee, 40, a bank clerk with the Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB) m Bukit Merah. "There are 15 staff trapped inside the bank and today is the 15th; also, our bank has 15 branches," he said.
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        Close shave for driver
        75 5 DRIVER Toh Pee Yeong, 22, narrowly escaped death yesterday by a mere two minutes. He had walked out of the Industrial and Commercial Bank before the building collapsed. Mr Toh had gone to bank money into his company's account just before 11 am. "I turned back
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        Watchman's children see father buried
        115 5 THE hotel's watchman for five years, Mr Paneijti, 58, is also buried under the rubble with his wife, Mrs Durya. Their two sons, aged 12 and 17, are spending the night with their married sister, having missed death by seconds. Mr Shashi Pater, 38, who
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        100 keep vigil at coffeeshop
        93 5 A CORNER coffeeshor m Serangoon Road was transformed into a meeting point for the families of hose thought to be trapped m he rubble. About 100 people were gathered there by night, waiting for news wnich came m at intervals from the authorities. Tearful relatives
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        Avoid road to facilitate rescue operations
        115 5 THE Traffic f olice have advised the public to avoid the stretch of Serangoon Road between the junction of Serangoon Road and Lavender Street immediately. "This is to facilitate rescue operations at the site of the collapsed building at the Serangoon Road junction to
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        SBS services diverted
        63 5 SBS has announced a diversion of the following services: No. 23, 64, 65, 81, 83, 92, 97, 101, 103, 106, 111, 126, 130, 131, 139, 146 and 198. All services from Selegie Road will turn right into Sungei Road and to Ophir Road, with the exception of
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        Walk-and-jog postponed
        25 5 THE PAP charity walk-and-jog scheduled for this morning has been postponed because of the hotel tragedy. A new date will be announced later.
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      Just like war-torn Lebanon
      1092 5 ■PAUL JACOB at the scene Only Sentosa pamphlets and other items give an inkling it was a hotel A PART of Little India became a little bit of Lebanon yesterday. A six-storey ho lei crumbled m a twisted mess of concrete, TV aerials, window frames and
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      Full alert as rescue copter flies in casualty
      468 5 At the hospital THE 20-minute wait for the rescue helicopter to land at the Singapore General Hospital rooftop helipad was agonisingly long for hospital staff. The hospital had heard earlier that a third casualty was on its way to SGH from Farrer
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      How the events unfolded
      1318 6 11.26 mm: Police received a call from a member of public that Hotel New World m Serangoon Road had collapsed, with people trapped inside. An immediate alert was flashed to all units to be on stand-by. Within minutes, divisional police from Tanglin and Beach Road stations,
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      199 6 CHINA AND THE ASEAN STATES: THE ETHNIC CHINESE DIMENSION Leo Suryadinata This Soc* focuses on Chinas foreign relations with Southeast Asia with special reference to the ethnic and political dimensions It deals with the reactions of Southeast Asian governments especially those of ASEAN to China s foreign policy m general
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Troops seize base, arrest rebel general
      364 8 Sat. Army commandos m Ecuador, watched by thousands of people from hillsides near here, yesterday stormed and recaptured an air force base seized by a renegade general trying to overthrow President Leon Febres Cordero and found the general five hours later hiding m the
      UPI; Reuter  -  364 words
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      Lock icon Violations by Chile govt condemned
      149 8 Violations by Chile govt condemned GENEVA, Sat. For the first time since the 1973 coup m Chile, the United States yesterday joined other delegations at the United Nations Human Rights Commission here m condemning human rights violations by the Santiago government. After 48 hours of hard-nosed negotiations, the delegations unanimously
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      Lock icon We oppose all dictatorships, noclares Reagan
      366 8 We oppose all dictatorships, noclares Reagan Says US is against tyranny of the anti-communist right too WASHINGTON, Sat. In a major policy statement, President Ronald Reagan has stated for the first time that his administration will oppose dictatorships of the anticommunist right as well as the pro-Soviet left. In a
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      Lock icon 50.000 homeless
      21 8 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sat. Heavy seasonal rains have left more than 50,000 people homeless m Brazil's impoverished north-east. AP
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      Lock icon UN chief accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons
      282 8 UN chief accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons UNITED NATIONS, Sat. The UN Secretary-General said yesterday Iraq has used chemical weapons m its war with Iran and strongly condemned the use of such weapons. Javier Perez de Cuellar based his statement on a report by four experts m chemical warfare
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      Lock icon Another record-breaking week
      168 8 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. The biggest meataly decline In US whriiisshi ■rices ever reeerded helped Wall Street stacks te sear to another record high la •ctfve trading yesterday with the Dew Janes Industrial Average sargtag prints to 1,7fe.74 at the cJaac dTa rccard-hreaklag week af In
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      Lock icon An offer to share technology with Soviet Union
      350 8 An offer to share technology with Soviet Union WASHINGTON, Sat. President Ronald Reagan said yesterday he had offered to share with the Soviet Union new technology developed m the United States that would allow both nations to verify compli--8 nee with treaties limiting nuclear testing. He also invited Soviet scientists
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      Shady car dealers turn back mileage
      116 8  - Shady car dealers turn back mileage DONALD HIGGS By London Correspondent LONDON, Sat. Crooked car dealers are winding back the odometers of almost half a million second-hand vehicles a year m Britain, a report from a motorists' pressure group claims. Many are being sold as "low mileage bargains" but are
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      300 8 People who wear can now wear thick, heavy glasses lighter, thinner ones Normal high myopia power lenses are uncomfortable and With Lentilux, even very high power lenses are thin, light, unattractive on the wearer. and attractive. IntroduciiwlgHiDc lenses from Rotoistock Short sighted people can now look —^L^L^L^L^L^- better, see better,
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Mustapha calls for federal intervention
      319 9 Mustapha calls for federal intervention KOTA KINABALU, Sat. Security forces moved to head off further trouble m the Sabah today as former Chief Minister Tun Datu Mustapha Harun called for direct federal intervention. Police have rounded up 706 people, mainly foreigners, for identity checks and are interrogating eight bombing suspects
      AFP; UPI  -  319 words
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      Musa's decision won't create problems: Dr M
      572 9  - Musa's decision won't create problems: Dr M ISMAIL KASSIM «y IPOH, Sat. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that the decision of his deputy Datuk Musa Hi tarn to stay out of the government but to remain as Urnno Deputy President would not create any problems. He
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      An assurance to Chinese on the future of their schools
      261 9  - An assurance to Chinese on the future of their schools ISMAIL KASSIM By IPOH, Saturday PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has assured the Chinese that the National Front administration will study the 1961 Education Act with a view towards banishing their anxieties over the future of Chinese stream
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      Dress code for KL cabbies to shed shabby image
      147 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Taxi drivers m the city will have to wear batik or light brown shirts to project a neater and mere respectable image. 1 5M re c^ to *B«*thepnbUc to sked Its Idea that taxi drivers dress and behave
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      Bombings: Too soon to blame anyone, says Mahathir
      229 9  - Bombings: Too soon to blame anyone, says Mahathir ISMAIL KA3SIM By IPOH, Sat. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that it would not be fair to blame anyone for the recent bombings m Sabah until investigations had been completed. He said: "First, you have to find out
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      Lock icon Death for man with firearm
      70 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The High Court has sentenced to death Mokhtar Mansor alias Mokhtar Commando, 96, of Bachok, Kelantan, under Section 3 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971. Mokhtar was found guilty of firing at police officers with the intention of causing hurt m
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      Lock icon Unemployment pushes up crime rate
      159 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The national crime rate went up 14.5 per cent last year because of increased unemployment and other effects of the economic recession. Deputy CID Director Haji Syed Othman Syed Ali yesterday blamed the increase on the "massive retrenchment of workers throughout the
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      Lock icon Gifted children symposium
      55 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The first national symposium on gifted children will be held at the Putra World Trade Centre here on March 31. The symposium, to be followed by a twoday workshop, is being organised by the University of Malaya's Department of Pedagogy and Educational Psychology and
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Monument to shame of Marcoses
      1247 10  -  ABBY TAN Making sure Filipinos never forget BY Manila Correspondent THE discipline that Filipinos displayed m bringing down the Marcos government dissipated m a mad crush to see Malacanang Palace when the gates opened yesterday to let the public see how the former ruling family
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      Lock icon How Imelda paid for her spending sprees
      408 10 EVEN among Manila's high society, Mrs Imelda Marcos' overseas shopping expeditions were legend. But it is only now that they know just how she paid for these expensive jaunts. Mrs Marcos would buy a million dollars worth of jewellery in the morning and
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      Lock icon Breakaway faction offers to work with Aquino govt
      198 11  - Breakaway faction offers to work with Aquino govt ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent THE previous ruling New Society Movement (KBL) of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos began disintegrating yesterday as a faction broke off to form a new party. It immediately offered to co-operate fully with the government of President Corazon
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      Lock icon Cambodian issue can be solved in political talks, says Bhagat
      308 11 JAKARTA, Sat. Indian Foreign Minister Bali Ram Bhagat said today that India, like Indonesia, believed that the Cambodian issue should be solved peacefully m a political dialogue. Without naming Vietnam, he sal J "all foreign troops should be withdrawn from
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      Lock icon Sugar, the industry on which so many lives rest
      602 11 Rebuilding the shattered Philippine economy HACIENDA LUISITA, is a big sugar estate, a self-contained home to more than 20,000 Filipinos on a vast tract of fertile land. It could be one of any number of plantations functioning around its sugar mill,
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      Lock icon Indonesia pledges 'hands off' — PNG
      129 11 Indonesia pledges 'hands off' PNG JAKARTA, Sat. Indonesia has no plans to launch military intervention m Papua New Guinea, PNG Defence Force chief Tony Hui quoted President Suharto as telling him here today. "Our talks were of great advantage for us," Gen Hui said after his meeting, adding that Mr
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      70 10 W Workshops by Chung Ying Theatre Company Date Time programme Fee W 19 Mar 7.30pm Actors' Workshop $5 I 19/20 Mar 10am Tfeachers* Workshop $10 The above workshops will be held at the Drama Centre. Entry forms are available at the Ministry of Community Development. 4th Floor, A City Hall.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Raja: IT is the way out of economic gloom
      590 12 "IT" IS the way out of the recession, the direction of the future. And yet, lamented Mr S. Rai'aratnam, IT remains so unknown, i A whole chapter m the Economic Committee Report, Chapter 17, was devoted to IT but the mass
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      Babies nobody wants
      504 12  -  SURINDER SINGH ■y BABY John has been m a hosSital ward since he was born 5 months ago. He is deaf, his toes are deformed and he has a heart condition. His mother has given him up for adoption. He is not the only baby whose parents
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      Smooth start to first vehicle mobilisation
      151 12 Smooth start to first vehicle mobilisation first full-scale civilian ■haTele mobilisation exercise off smoothly last night at the Chinese and Japanese Gardens m Jurong. About 2' 2 hours after the ►notices to the vehicle owners were sent out at 5 pm, nearly 60 per cent, or 174 out of the
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      Give blood
      33 12 YOU can donate blood today at Foo Chow Methodist Church m Race Course Road from 9 am until noon and at the Singapore General Hospital from 8.30 am until 12.30 pm.
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      Ex-Manila minister to give lecture
      175 12 A FORMER Philippines Minister of Public Information and member of the National Assembly, Mr Francisco "Kit" Tatad, will deliver a lecture on recent developments m his country. The lecture, titled The Philippines m 1986: Prospects for National Reconciliation and Regional Stability, will be held on
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      Girl clawed by circus tiger
      117 12 A TEENAGE visitor to the Chipperf ields Circus m dementi Road was clawed m the neck by a tiger when she bent to take a closer look at die animal last month. The girl is said to be an American. Confirming the incident on Friday,
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      Children's tales come alive
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      Khoon Choy's odyssey
      113 12 THE Singapore Ambassador to Japan, Mr Lee Khoon Choy, has written a new book an autobiography which relates events he experienced m Singapore and Malaysia. The Personal Odyssey of a' Nanyang Chinese In Search of A Nation, is expected to be published m English by the end
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      Laws attacked for offering foreign maids little protection
      737 13  -  STELLA DANKER By FOREIGN maids working m Singapore haven't got a chance against exploitative employers, say a French priest and two social workers. They want the maids brought under the protective umbrella of the employment laws. They call the maid problem a
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      Jealous wives, exploitative employers and unfamiliarity
      898 13 4 She scolded me when I opened the door (for a visitor), and when I did not go to open the door when the door bell next rang, she got angry too. When I would do something using my own initiative, she would say
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      Free flight home front Seattle
      123 13 SIA is offering holidaying civil servants a free trip home from Seattle on March 25. This is when Singapore Airlines' newest Big Top will fly here from the Boeing factory m Seattle m the United States. The free seats are being offered to Division 1
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      'Adopt a patient' scheme
      60 13 'Adopt a patient' scheme THE National Kidney Foundation has launched an adopt-a-patient scheme. Under the scheme, which started m January, an organisation or a person undertakes to pay the cost of dialysis for a patient for at least a year. The foundation's project manager, Miss Elayne Thong, said on Friday
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      Sunnier days are expected towards the end of month
      234 13 Sunnier days are expected towards the end of month SINGAPORE'S weather has not kept to its usual pattern for March. But the cold, wet weather is not going to last. The weatherman says sunnier days are to be expected towards the end of the month. The Meteorological Service said the
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      Ah Meng re-adopted
      58 13 AH MENG, the Singapore Zoological Gardens' star orangutan, has been adopted for the fourth year running by Hongkong Bank. The bank, which first adopted Ah Meng m 1962, last week renewed the adoption with a $10,000 donation to the zoo. The money will go towards food, medicine,
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      China-travel consortium agrees on 100 tours
      174 14 China-travel consortium agrees on 100 tours A CONSORTIUM formal by eight travel agents has rea< bed an agre^nent with the China Travel Service (CTS) m Jiangsu Province to organise 100 package tours to China between April and October this year Under the agr°ement, CTS will ensure that Singapore tourists will
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      More life-policy holders quit for quick cash
      431 14  -  LEE SIEW HUA By BREADWINNERS and businessmen strapped for cash are turning to their life insurance policies for emergency funds to tide them over the recession. Last year, according to insurance companies and associations, more people surrendered their policies {>r«»maturely to use as
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      Builders told they have 'no choice'
      208 14 THE builrling slump worsened last year, with contracts awarded m both the private and public sectors totalling only $4.2 billion. This is about $1.4 billion less than what had been committed m 1984 and less than half of the $10.3 billion worth of contracts
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      PWD wants to check safety of Id bridges
      225 14 PWD wants to check safety of Id bridges THREE old bridges will be examined by the Public Works Department to see how sturdy they still are. The PWD has invited consultants to put m bids for |an engineering study of Sir Arthur's Bridge m Geylang Road, Crawford Bridge m Crawford
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        Buses can be made safer
        305 15 A FREAK accident is one that happens m the most unexpected manner. The death of 16-year-old student Audrey Yong under the wheels of an SBS bus last week was a horrifying mishap, but it was not a freak accident. The girl was alighting from the
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      25 YEARS AGO
      130 15 What The Sunday Times reported on March 19, 1961 THE Singapore Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, on Saturday night dismissed with contempt allegations that ministers had squandered public money on sightseeing trips overseas. Mr Lee was speaking at a street rally m Lor ong Telok, off
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      Spain's king off democracy
      1277 15 KING JUAN CARLOS has played a major part m helping his country shake off the past 4 The King's conduct during those 20 hours (when army officers tried to stage a coup) forged an awareness among millions of ordinary Spaniards that this Bourbon monarch had irrevocably
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      Even while we take action, the talking must go on
      781 16 ■Edgar Koh 4 Communication between the Government and the people should not suddenly become one-way now that the anti-recession strategy has been formulated. Consensus on what steps to take, indeed, may not al- m ways extend to how they should
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      What a strange priority when friends come before parents
      884 16 ■Tiresias Under peer pressure and swept along by imported Western social trends, we tend to relegate the fag end of our time to those who took care of us and probably care most for us m this world. Perhaps we do
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        Some sexual inhibitions should stay
        769 16 ONE of the objections of many teachers to what is inaccurately described as sex education is precisely the business of "desensitising everything" of which your writer Irene Hoe seems to approve in her article "The right sexual savvy from the right source" (The Sunday Times,
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      Peeled, fried and ripped off
      464 16 B. A. Nanas simply goes over bananas. He likes them beaten into cakes, battered as fritters, whipped into omelettes, and even peeled and plain. "The banana is the King of Fruits," he said one day as he chomped on one. Durian lover that I am,
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      Will it pay to be amecca for the sick?
      1986 17 Will it pay to be amecca for the sick? A group of experts has suggested that our Government promote medical services as a 'priority industry". How well founded is the hope of making Singapore a centre of medical excellence? SUZANNE 001 reports. NO ONE quarrels with the aspiration to make
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  • SPORT
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      Marcos and the Ali-money
      1585 19  -  ALAN HURBARD A novel twist to sport's bestselling thrilla ALWAYS ON SUNDAY There is testimony, too, from ono *> of the actual co-promoters, that tha racantly-dapoaad dictator's handa wara also m tha till, and that soma of tha Marcos millions said to ba saltsd away m
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      Lock icon Kirsten crashes but Misbun makes it
      563 19 THE ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON, Sat. Top-seeded Kirsten Larsen, of Denmark, was bounced out of the All-England badminton championships by Japan's Sumiko Kitada last night. Sumiko spoiled a potential party on Kirsten's 24th birthday by beating the tall Dane 11-7, 11-5 to earn a
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      The ball rolls for the greatest show on earth
      919 19  -  ROB HUGHES It's a Brazilian hat-dance M_«fSMMr *yu INTER is making its last Wm stand m Eastern Europe but, though I'm heading for Budapest today, I still can feel the sap rising. World Cup fever is m the air. For the
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      Lock icon Thierry's scary start
      323 19 TENNIS WORLDWIDE METZ (France), Sat. Top-seeded Thierry Tulasne, of France, recovered from a shaky start to reach the last four of the Lorraine Open at the expense of American Todd Nelson yesterday. Nelson, seeded seventh, raced away with the first set but then won only three games
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  • RACING
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      Sporting trainers
      88 20 Sporting trainers THE "Big Two" among trainers, Teh Choon Beng and Ivan Allan, have sportingly left in Derby "rejects" Tukang Wang and Little Papa in Race 4 today. Only seven horses were entered for the 2,000m event. Chinese Wall and "Iron HOrse" Paititi Gold are not accepting, and if Tukang
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SA
      360 20 RACE RACING ED LUCKY LEO TONTO PEDIGREE MARKSMAN 6 Slick Trick 6 Slick Trick 6 Slick Trick 4 Bliss 6 Slick Trick 1 7 National Flower 13 Greek Banker 2 Done A Deal 6 Slick Trick 12 Gordon's Will Bliss 2 Done A Deal 8 Sound
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      TODAY'S BUKIT CARD
      4092 20 ffff_ l 9n 2.00 CLASS 3 DIV 11,200 m 1,200 m -Lai--*- (Ratings: 94-80) •••••••••■^••^^^■■J (Stakas: $19,500) 1 Vaada II 67 (M) Olympia-Yeoh 4 irg. Skipped last week's engagement; newcomer by Kala Shikari out of Bold Maiden; arrived m November P *ta_ni_ 11 2 10*5** Done A
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      Ocean can swamp them
      247 20  -  LUCKY LEO Teh out to maintain classic stranglehold By our man on the track THE Singapore Derby is trainer Ivan Allan's pet classic, having won it six times m the last 10 years, and today, he aims to break arch rival Teh Choon Beng's current grip
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      PAST 20 WINNERS
      98 20 1966 GRENADIER 60.5 Treveaa 1967 GAMBALANSS Kaai 1968 NOVEMBER SUN 51 BngMn 1969 NOVEMBER SUN 51.5 Bngwe 1970 KEEP GOING 56 Pretty 1971 FOREST JIM 52.5 J. Miller 1972 JUMBO JET 63 Wltoea 1973 SHOWGIRL V 49.5 HarbrMge 1974 DILETTANTE 50 Sag 1975 TIEN AN MUN 52
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      Singapore Derby line-up
      1098 20 W!T mmmm m m W 4 20 CLASS 12,400 m 2,400 m ■_hl_____E__ (Ratings: 176-142) (Stakes: $210,000) 1 6*4116 58 (lit) Chens-Teh 5 nzg -I- .5. By Brigand; carried 57.5 m tune-up last week, finishing 6th of 12 to Steady n after slow start 1400 m heavy;
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      A pity Chinese Wall not entered for Derby
      277 20 A pity Chinese Wall not entered for Derby By THE RACING EDITOR WHAT a pity that Chinese Wall, a smashing 3'/ 2 length winner m the 1 850 m unofficial Singapore Derby trial last Sunday, was not entered for today's cassic. The big race would be a livelier affair with
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      Allan's colt out of Golden Slipper
      340 21  -  JACK ELLIOTT By BIG SWEEP FIRST *****3 SECOND c *****4 THIRD *****0 STARTERS *****8 *****4 *****5 *****0 *****1 *****2 *****0 *****5 *****0 *****0 CONSOLATIONS *****4 *****1 *****2 *****8 *****8 *****9 *****9 *****4 *****4 *****7 SYDNEY, Sat. Cum Laude, owned by Singapore trainer Ivan Allan,
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      Punters 'inside out' over Race 2
      2170 21 Punters 'inside out' over Race 2 Chok Dee triggers false start By OUR RACING TEAM RANK outsiders Secret Believer and Quando Quando 11, finishing down the outside rail, swamped favourite Take-Off right on the line to cause a double-barreled upset m Race 2 at Bukit Timah yesterday. Take-Off appeared to
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      Lock icon Enforced holiday for Khoo after Derby tilt
      262 21 Enforced holiday for Khoo after Derby tilt JOCKEY Leslie Khoo has run foul of the stewards over his handling of Petty Cash last weekend but be Sts the chance to ride his th classic winner on Sheikh n m today's Singapore Derby before a threeday suspension takes effect. The stewards
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      Quartet and roll bet from next weekend
      112 21 TWO aew terms ef betdag the reU bet and Jaartet will be latreaeed frem next weekend, the Hlagspsre Tsrf Clab aaaeaaeed yesterday. The qaartet bet to aa exteaslea ef tierce betdag whereby paaters are reajslred te pick the first fear hsrses la the
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  • OBITUARIES
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      184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam
      64 21 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam MUTHU RETNA DEVI KANAGARATNAM KANAGARATNAM (M.K. RATNAM) Departed: 14/03/86 Departed: 16/03/84 Thoughts of our treasured parents bring tears and loneliness to your children. SONS: DAUGHTERS: If a_l _a I Puvaneaan Tavamalar Shamala Cortege (M.K. Ratnam) leaves 56, Thomson Heights, Singapore 2057
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      183 Condolences
      54 21 oeepeal ayffipewi**/ an_ coodolancea to ttie fenwv of MR. KOH THONQ oi> tiSe recent dimiM o* MOM. HUAN TECK MKNO On 13lh March I$M From: QOM KIM LENG CONSTRUCTION CO. -Mpanrtaoi. Mr. Lee Ah Le* Fo— man: Miss Tan Lee Lee and atari of Tho 8— Contract of
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      184 In Mamoriam
      51 21 S VALLIAMAL a_n Rest m peace, dear loving mother. Nine long years have passed away; You are gone, but still are living In the hearts of those who stay Aha ay a ramamtoacad by Family and lovad onaa. MISS TEO LYE WAH Departed 16/3/84 Deeply miuid and
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      94 21 181 Deaths 181 Deaths _r^^_^^^_r^^^^^^^^T^^**^^^T^^ ■nv|nHß7 or _aar vrsng iSHSf opssiMMC QUIT ac lot I MR. LAM INrOMG Age: 80 Passed away peacefully on Saturday 15.03.86 leaving behind beloved WMa. So© Ho© Chong Los I at^ mmmz l»ihit i#nMV mfwm\ Psmhtei-ki law. Ten Yuet Chun O—ihlsr. Lum Kong Fong tsnjn
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      182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements
      77 21 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements Tho Family Of Tb» _»t» AUDREY YONG PUI Yl Dsported I&3J* mmmmMmm mm. _____> _____B____ a___A ma tlSn i^^wi to vxjpv^^w nmr npanrtn Hsvstst* irb yrvsiTUOO to th» M_* and ototf off To* rwoii ConotHuofftey, tho Piimi pot* Stoft mmt\ rmpmM of St. Httafto's Scttooi* ttto
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      34 21 183 Condolences 183 Condolences With deepest sympathy and condolenceto___, a.^.it. _a me isrniiy or MR.KOH THONG on thß recent demise) of MDM HUAN TECK MENG on 13th march 1888 From: Viksy Industrial Pte Ltd
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      181 Deaths
      21 21 K. GOPALAN Blk 137. Yl.hun Ring Rd MS4ML Paaaad paac*fu»* on IS-3-SS at Tm P-y-n HaasNal. Fun«fal pißasi rfcaj
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      182 Acknowledgements
      25 21 MR. ANTHONY PUKKA** family Is deeply grateful to Fr. Lolseau, relatives friends for all their kind assistance donations during their time of grieve.
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon Salim: I'm no quitter
      1106 22  -  JEFFREY LOW LIFE AFTER SUSPENSION Dropped star in clash with coach Hussein OALIM MOIN is upset, disappointed. He's being called a prima donna by some team officials, and a strain m relationship with national soccer coach Hussein Aljunied has made him all the more dogged m
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      Jita: I'm no traitor
      1634 22  -  JANICE SEAH LIFE AFTER SINGAPORE ithIii Mli «rrrr Pahang paradise for this exile who gets the royal treatment 4Ht'i mad* change* m mm way we play and both aidaa n—d getting used to. He's gone down well ha—a he's accommodating and bocauee we've been producing results,
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      Hussein's happy in the final analysis
      437 22 REVIEW...By JOE DORAI SINGAPORE their coach Hussein Aljunied reckons, will be m the Malaysia Cup soccer final if they continue to play as well as they did m their 1-2 defeat by hosts Trengganu m Kuala Trengganu last Friday. You heard it right. Hussein
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      Lock icon On the way out
      180 22 SOCCER WORLDWIDE Tottenham to give Perryman free transfer LONDON, Sat. Steve Perryman, who has made a club record 859 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, is being given a free transfer by the English First Division side. The decision follows a breakdown m negotiations between the club and
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      Lock icon Hoping to stay in
      194 22 Robson fears surgery > will rule him out of World Cup LONDON, Sat. England captain Bryan Robson feels that if he undergoes an operation now on his injured right shoulder he will "not be physically fit" for the World Cup finals. On arrival here with his
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      Brazil aim to please today
      508 22 BRAZIL, beaten 24) by West Germany on Wednesday, are expected to produce a much improved performance when they meet Hungary m the second World Cup warm-up match of their European tour today. Coach Tele Santana, who said he was not greatly disappointed at their defeat
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      All for one and one for all
      153 23 NO doubts sbeot the ability of the Singapore badminton team te cover the court. The Thomas Cap squad, players and officials alike, tamed up la force te help Lav Wing Cheek celebrate his Sunday Times Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement ef the Month award at
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      Cut is no cinch for fickle Finch
      882 23  -  TEE TO GREEN S HHT OMENS KHSMI 4 The worse I play, the more I want to change. The more I change, the worse I play .-and so it goes on. It'e all m the mind. I believe m myeetf and I m
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      Lock icon Langer and Save top Masters list
      475 23 Langer and Save top Masters list AUGUSTA (Georgia), Sat. Defending champion Bernhard Langer, of West Germany, and two-time winner Seve Ballesteros, of Spain, head list of 15 foreign golfers invited to play m this year's Masters championship. South Africa's Gary Player, the first and only other non-American to win the
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      Pointers to set you on the right lines
      180 23 Pointers to set you on the right lines STEA_ PROIV THE PROS THE business part of the swing is initiated by turning the hips back until the ball buckle is facing the ball again, the point at which Gary Cuilen has reached m this picture. The left heel, which has
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        Krishnan inspires Swift A
        114 23 BWIFT A, spearheaded by defending champion GovinPasamy Krishnan, won the first race of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association-Fraser and Neave road •relay on a new 3.6-kllometre course at the Mount Vernon Gurkha Camp yesterday. 1 The Swift A quartet of Sandra Segaran, S. Ramasamy. P. Pugalenthi
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        Ellen rules Queens' roost
        78 23 LELLEN TJIO, with 1,211 pinfalls, leads the women's Hasten qualifiers m the Queens International competi■ton at Jackie's Orchard. r Doreen Tang is the graded Masters leader with 1,073 pinfalls. lM_Bf sesres Opes: 1 Ellen Tjio 1,211 2 N.rlsa Prateep 1.200 S Gall Martinez 1,151 4 Lily
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        Selvam's super show
        104 23 fc.SELVAM scored a hat-trick to steer Combined _Phools to a 5-0 win over Kampung Chantek m a phgapore Hockey Association Under 21 match at Tanpttn yesterday. Tarlok Singh and K. Sivaraman ac(counted for the other goals. f In a later match. Khalsa were forced to concede a
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        Somerset make it three
        71 23 SOMERSET United registered their third victory when they beat Jubilee Sports Association 2-1 m a National Football League Division Three match at Queenstown Stadium yesterday. Oshsr resetts: Bedok Youth 4 Jaian Sultan 1, Balestier Utd 3 Redhill Rangers 0, Tyrwhitt Soccerites 1 Nee Soon CSC 1,
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        Memorable debut for MRTC
        52 23 DR. STORER led debutants MRTC to the Inter-Min-istry six-a-side cricket title m the day-long competition at Balestier Road yesterday. Raspal Singh Dhot returned the day's best bowling figures of 3-63 while Manohar's 29 runs was the highest. -fa Marts: 1 MRTC t Combined Ministries 3 Ministry
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Top cards trumps for Turner
      548 24 Kissing Kiwi takes five-stroke lead into the last round TAY CHENG KOON ■t the Singapore Open GREG TURNER sank his seventh birdie of the day, raised his cap to acknowledge the crowd and then kissed his brand-new putter. And chances are that this afternoon it
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      Our May dale with Man U
      720 24  - Our May dale with Man U ALAN HURBARD RED DEVILS SET TO PLAY HERE AGAINST SINGAPORE AND •9 MANCHESTER UNITED, the world's favourite soccer team, are set to play m Singapore on Sunday May 11. Terms have already been agreed with the Football Association of Singapore and the Singapore Sports
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      Liverpool close in on Everton
      728 24 BRITISH SOCCER SECOND-HALF goals by Scottish midfielder John Wark and Welshman lan Rush gave Liverpool a 2-1 victory at Southampton today and increased the pressure on English First Division leaders Everton. Liverpool began the afternoon five points behind their great rivals, who meet Chelsea tomorrow,
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      Lock icon Ranatunga lifts Sri Lankan hopes
      364 24 cmctcrr COLOMBO, Sat Arjuna Ranatunga hit an unbeaten 09 and shared a sixth-wicket stand of 80 with Ravi Ratnayeke to give Sri t— -_r_ the upper hand m the Second Test against Pakistan here toThe pair lifted Sri Lanka. 21 without loss overnight, to 248
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      Cheer for Republic in Thomas Cup draw
      515 24 Cheer for Republic in Thomas Cup draw Trti_ draw lor tne momas uup quarter-nnais, announced m London last night, brought heartening news for Singapore, writes Bernard Perelra. The Republic have been drawn, with Malaysia, m the less-difficult Group B and now stand some chance of earning a semi-final berth when
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      Lock icon ALL-ENGLAND LATEST
      106 24 LONDON, Sat. Denmark's Marten Frsst ssa__e_ te asset Malaysia's Mlsbaa Sidek la the All-Eaglaad sssbTS steglri aadstestea flaal far the fifth saecessive year at Wemhtey twdbriri. Frsst, n, the riiaSflu la 1682 aad 1684, eraabed fa-Ma's Prakash PaSafcia- IM, 15-2, while the MaI Myta-a jiilndieil, a Jslat fifth
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      The hcioinc who spun stories that vied for Nobel Prize
      1097 1 She is the amazing woman on whom the coming film Out of Africa is based. Considered one of the 20th century's major authors, Isak Dinesen was more than just a brilliant storyteller. ANG LAY WAH gives an insight into the
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        National Stadium tunes up tar all-Singapore pop
        298 2 IT'S no fashion show but the Let's Rock 86 concert at the National Stadium tonight boasts a giant stage with an extended catwalk stretching right across half the football field. This, says the stage designer, should go some way to whip up rapport
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        699 2 was Jessica Lange's fcrforrnance m the 1982 pm Frances (Tuesday, Th 5, 10.30 pm) which opened movie-goers' eyes to the tragic story of Frances Farmer, a 1930s star. PHHJP COOREY recounts the late actress' troubled career IN the long line of
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        726 3 HXITWOT RUMOURS are flying that Farrah F .wcett is going to have a st .ond baby by Ryan O'Neal by t still has no intention of marrying him. "There will be no wedding until I feel sure he's really ready to settle down and help
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        496 4 Media personality Larry Lai talks candidly to JULIE TAN about his pet peeves as a goggle box viewer. IT'S more like My VCR and Me, actually. Because of time constraints, about 90 per cent of the TV programmes I watch are taped. One
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        446 4 WHEN press magnate Eddy Shah brought out Britain's first colour daily in March, he pushed, almost single-handedly, Fleet Street out of the 19th century. His paper, Today, written, edited and printed entirely by electronic means, all but broke the back of the once-mighty
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        409 7 HRI MATISSE 1869-1958) HE SET out to study law but, instead, became one of the leaders of modern art. The son of a corn merchant, Henri Matisse began to study law when he was 17. Three years later, while recuperating from an appendicitis operation, his mother was said
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        367 7 A pretty picture matte of scraps mtKts always a lot ot scrap material like bottle tops, string, and paper which can be turned into a pretty collage picture. Collage is the art of glueing scraps together to form an interesting pattern. If you frame the results, you will get an
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        260 7 NOW that the school holidays are here, you must be hunting for inexpensive ways to spend your time. Last week, I suggested that you take a walk through some of the old parts of Singapore Today, I have more inexpensive activities for you. All you need is the
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        591 8 PHIL COLLINS walked off m tieless tux and Reebok sneakers with three top Grammys at the recent awards ceremony: Pop Male Vocal, Producer of the Year, and the prestigious Album of the Year award for No Jacket Required. "Dad did pretty good," he beamed
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        816 8 POP REVIEW I mmfUmlSBL j MESSAGES FROM THE HEART Tracy Hnag (UFO) EVERY three years or so, Itacy Huang seems to feel the need to move on. Her last switch from EMI to Polygram proved fruitful, and she enjoyed some of the biggest hits
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        81 8 United Kingdom L(l) Chain 6(11) uJT 0^ 01 5J** < lon Huey Lewis and the Diana Ross 2.(5) Manic Monday 7 (19) (Hon,^ 3(2) uSTmM. SSS? )JUrt Whistle SigueSigue Sputnik (2fJ) H^^my* 4.(3) When the Be Missing an Going Gets Angel Tough, tha Tavares Tough Gat
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        1097 15 Capturing the humanity of a tragic hero Richard Chamberlain, now appearing as Wallenberg m the mini-series about the diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War 11, tells IVOR DAVIS why he considers it his most important role to date He was an expert mimic, especially when talking of
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      31 7 SPOT There are eight things m drawing A missing from drawing B. How many can you find? ANSWERS: 'sdap 'jaipod 'sapt) -dads 'ifX\ MMA joop 'uoqqu 'jaded uo SaUl| i»piAip 33U9J
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      284 9 FIELD OF^/r^&Vll HONOUR I_^_s~ UfjP by Danielle Rockfern y) It began with an illicit love affair Qn the threshold of the twentieth century, as America becomes a world power, the lives of the Strong family are darkened by a feud with the powerful Christmans of California a feud which millionaire
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      Trauma of a heart transplant patient
      4729 1 Last September, Seah Chiang Nee had only months to live. Now a heart transplant the first for a Singaporean has given the 46-year-old former journalist a future. He looks back on the long and agonising battle to survive, a period of his life when
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        Lock icon Carefree chic makes a comeback
        231 3 THE French Connection chain's spring-summer show last month m London was young and lively, an image that will be reinforced by a new advertising campaign being launched this month. "Clothes you can't wait to get into" is the catchline from the Saatchi and Saatchi commercial,
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        Sunday dressing with a new twist
        323 3 Sunday dressing with a new twist CASUAL dressing today has taken on a more polished image. That old pair of shorts and baggy T-shirt or sun-dress is no longer enough when it comes to rest-and-recreation dressing. The new casual style is more pulled together, but should still look effortless. Basics
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        Working at a lifetime of married bliss
        752 3 IS BURNOUT inevitable m even the happiest of marriages, turning dreams of "fulfilment together" to dust? t According to psychologist lAyala Pines, on the average, fevery married couple has exjperienced burnout to some exf However, her research over 10 years with 5,000 American
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        Best friends and lovers
        130 3 AN AMERICAN study of 300 couples married for at least 15 years reveals these characteristics of a long-lasting, happy marriage. Husband and wife genuinely like and respect each other. They consider their spouse to be their best friend and generally would rather he m the company
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          Yew want a favourite third?
          51 4 WHICH came first? The Taiwan porridge or the Taiwan songbird? At any rate, the Taiwan yew char koay (cruller) is third, and can be found at the bah kut teh (pork-rib soup) stall at Scotts Picnic. A foot-long (to the unmet ricated) cruller is 80
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          A regular basket I'll have
          115 4 WOULD you pay one dollar more to eat out of a basket? Go to Beach Food Centre (Beach Road-Purvis Street junction opposite the camp underneath the army surplus boutique!) and ask for clay pot laksa or claypot prawn noodle. No, it's not cooked claypot-style, just
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          Cookie find in Chinatown
          79 4 IF you've driven all the way up to t>»? East Coast for the mini- tai; sa piah (bean paste cake) only to be disappointed (they're sold out five days m seven), I've run to ground one other shop m Singapore that stocks it. Go to New
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          Keluga, beluga
          41 4 CHINESE caviar is apparently now selling like, er, hot fish eggs, m San Francisco. It comes from Amur m Manchuria, out of the keluga sturgeon. This is even larger than the beluga (Russian), which is still the most costly.
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          Coins that'll save dollars
          84 4 ARE you one of those lokehs (tightwads) who worry about guests polishing off your bah kuah (who can blame you, with the barbecued pork slices at $25 a kilo)? Here's how you can still half-impress them. Buy the gold or square coin kind (the name for
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        Briani and dosia, fast food style
        816 4 MARGARET CHAN has lunch at Annapoorna's, where East meets West Annapoorna's Vef etarian -Fast Food Restaurant, 320 -Serangoon Road, #01-28/29 Serangoon Plaza, tel *****63 Fane: Daily, from 8.30 am to 10 pm m> Recommended: Iddly (rice cakes), $1 for three cakes; vadei, $1 for
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        From the soya bean, a milk that's tasty and cholesterol-free
        834 4 HALF a hectare of land given over to soya bean cultivation will supply enough food to keep a man alive for six years. However, the same area used for beef production will produce enough to feed him for only 75
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        Rack builder for stores in Orchard Road
        787 5  - Rack builder for stores in Orchard Road HO CHIN BENG Tha sett-employed j By THE mon? el warn its tail and rubs its face against Toh Peng Teck as bt steps out of the 1978 Homfe pickup. Toh, 48, smiles. Tiny creases appear on his gaunt, suntanned face. He gives
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        A disaster that drove a city mad
        970 5 A disaster that drove a city mad Two earthquakes shook Mexico Cit last year. Today, the survivors still feel the mental shock waves. JOHN CARLIN reports MEXICO City's two recent earthquakes flattened buildings and killed thousands but it is now becoming clear that they also triggered suicides, provoked madness and
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        Lock icon Doctors split over role in childbirth
        449 5 A BRITISH tribunal, now investigating the alleged incompetence of a leading London obstetrician, has sparked a debate m Britain on medical technology m childbirth and a woman's right to choose her method of delivery. The hearings against Dr Wendy Savage, 43, have also caused
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    • SPORT LIGHT
      • Keep ing fit
        • ON THE EXERCI ISE TRACK
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            The Fun in Swimming
            680 6 The Fun in Swimming SOME of us are late starters learning to float and blow bubbles m the pool only m adulthood. Today, however, children learn to crawl m the pool from a very young age. By the time they are m school, they would have owned several swimsuits, goggles,
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            The joy in runing
            826 7 The joy in runing A PARCHED throat, aching feet and gasping breath are the painful symptoms of jogging. Yet many people of all ages rise with the sun to run before going to work or school. Some may prefer the evening air while others get a tan by running in
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            The way to healthy living
            400 6 PHYSICAL fitness is a combination of stamina, suppleness and strength. Stamina gives staying power and endurance to cope with prolonged or heavy exertion. You'll be less likely to suffer from heart disease. Supple-ess or flexibility is needed for movement of your neck, spine and joints.
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          A farm in the heart of the city
          694 8 JOSEPHINE NG tells how 10 women will be staying together for the better m LIFE at a farm inevitably paints a picture of hard work. It means getting up early, plenty of labour but healthy living. Ten women will be going through
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          One way to get ready for the army
          378 8 One way to get ready for the army THE change from schoolboy to soldier overnight is a sobering thought. Many 18-year-olds due for National Service may harbour fears of not being able to run up hills with a back-pack, scale walls, dig trenches and pass physical fitness tests. But you
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          Work-outs for young children
          428 9 ADULTS have their gyms where they sweat it out and tone up their bodies. Children, too, can have their own form of work-outs at three centres. They tumble and fall, but their mothers are there to lead them by the hand. It's not just to help
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          It's all in the song
          493 9 JOSEPHINE NG finds out what inspires the students H THE room may be air-conditioned but the heat is on. Men and women clad m skin-tight leotards or shorts and T-shirts bend, stretch and jump to the beat of the current exercise craze aerobic dance. Anyone
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            One for the road
            92 9 BODY fluids control many functions of the body. The balance of body fluids can be disrupted by perspiration, diarrhoea or vomiting, causing disorders like fatigue or weariness. Pocari says its drink's composition of electrolytes is similar to body fluid and is quickly absorbed into the body.
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            No-exercise slimming
            92 9 SOME of us cannot stick to an exercise programme. Thinking of it makes us feel tired. The Professional Slimming Centre offers an alternative no exercise, drugs, hormone injections or gadgets. Instead, it plans a nutritional programme for you, taking into account your likes and dislikes. You are supervised
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            Still going strong
            113 9 ONE of the oldest clubs that is still keeping fit is the Clark Hatch Physical Fitness Centre at Marco Polo Hotel. It was started m 1979 and today, it has a membership of about 500. Besides advertisements, its staff members write articles on physical fitness for newspapers
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            New fitness club
            136 9 A NEW entrant to the health and recreation business is Recreation 6. It opened m December last year at the Boulevard Hotel. Besides the usual health facilities like a gymnasium, it offers extras like a backgammon lounge where members can also watch videotapes. The club is affiliated
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        Smart updates from a glossy old favourite
        908 10 It can look like leather or teak, is incredibly hardy and is found m some of the best places m town. KHNG EU MENG reports on the new sophisticated image of that well-known decorating material, formica. THE dark grey table top m the
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        Lock icon Jahn designs the world's tallest building
        527 10 BUILD, don't talk. The motto architect Helmut Jahn lives by makes him an uneasy interview subject. "The buildings speak for me," he says, fidget ting with a fat pen lying on his uncluttered desk m his Chicago office. Though he obviously relishes his mission
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      168 2 G«tanw A____Ry slim look. the Is your appetite spoiling Jill j_fl_._^ your diet plan? Just take one «/«_V_i_k Mirapront-N capsule m the KP^__WiT^__J_K morning and keep your appetite under control all day long. £mmn^ mmuwm Mirapront-N is an __CSF^ effective diet aid which you can buy economically. So you can
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      238 3 Study with HALL oxford [j^j] and benefit from 90 years of tutorial experience Since 1894, Wolsey Hall has been providing R^ tuition by correspondence to students ffl world-wide guiding them to success m a wide range of academic, commercial 3'r, and professional i w _i^^^K3 r I examinations. ___H flf
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      133 4 Seafood Buffet at The Cascade Garden jfc» <_* <* V-r _P as On a rich harvest from the°sea prepared m as many ways as there are varieties of seafood. Like hot, steaming Clam Chowder or Yu Biao soups? Prawn, Herring, Salmon, and Shrimp Salads, a variety of cold o dishes
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      263 4 _\re you handicapped r by your English? Are you content with the way errors How to express your ideas you speak and write? Are you fluently. sure that you are not making The study requires only a mistakes that cause people to little time, and very moderate underrate you? You
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      76 5 B_— >^_—_—_— Profile of the self-employed ■^■■■■i How many there are: 101, SOO f^^^^l Their share of the workforce: 8% MLmT^Lm Those who are men: 82% m m m Average age: 43 years Those who never went to school: 20% Went but didn t get O-levels: 60% m Got at
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      689 6 FITNESS CLUB /4n Innovation m American Fitness Club Concept; Recreation 6, the latest amongst international premium fitness clubs is presently located at Basement One of the prestigious Boulevard Hotel. There are 6 general areas of healthy recreational activities. These are Hi-Tech Gymnasium Disco Jazz Aerobic exercises Swimming Sauna Steam bath
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      227 9 ENJOY BETTER HEADPH Would you believe they slimmed down without so much as sweating it out? Or exercising at alt? Honest No exercises. No contortionist poses. No sweat Mor injections and gadgets. BEFORE "ZT f -»t- JMla. 1. _»_J_P**S _T r M fmL *0> /x It ~ip*v -J- _L w
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      Rescue pace stepped up
      737 1 Rescue pace stepped up MRT experts help out m rescue NEARLY 24 hours after a massive operation was started to rescue victims trapped m the rubble of what was once a six-storey hotel, there were fears that not many more could be found alive. As a Sunday dawn broke, weary
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      Bodies identified
      129 1 AT A 10 JO am press eeafereace, officials said the fear bodies recovered were these ef Malaysians, wham they assumed heloaged to the same family. A relative, Mr Peter Mariam, said he identified the fear earlier as these ef Daniel Kamarasamy, 34, his wife (name unknown), his sis-ter-in-law
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    • THE HOTEL DISASTER
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        Heartbreak hotel
        78 2 Heartbreak hotel ANGUISH and uncertainty are etched on their faces. They cling to the hope that their loved ones will be found alive. Friends and helpers try to comfort them, but there is little comfort m the whispered words and warm gestures. They were not alone last night, the relatives
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        Strange twists off fate
        398 3 One who was unlucky, others who escaped tragedy IF SHE had not swapped shifts with her colleague yesterday, Miss Tan Oi Ling would have been up partying the night away. Miss Tan, 19, a receptionist with Hotel New World, was supposed to have been on the
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        Where the crowds thronged
        828 4 SERANGOON ROAD was undoubtedly the destination for everyone last night. Given that it was Saturday night and that the school holidays had started, young and old alike nade a bee-line for the disaster area. While there were those vho were there to help, ;uch as the
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          Red Cross worker comes to aid of rescuers
          76 5 A RED CROSS worker, Miss Lai Lye Khun, who had been at the disaster scene from 3 pm yesterday, attended to two Civil Defence workers at about 3 am. The two were injured while working m the rubble, she said. One was
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          Brisk business at two eating places
          120 5 A RESTAURANT and a coffee house opposite the hotel enjoyed brisk business last night and this morning. Mr Abdul Wahab, who works m Annapoorna's, said his place would be open for 24 hours. Sales more than doubled last night, he added. As late as
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          Crowds flock to area
          47 5 SOME people say that the whole world was out on yesterday evening but the people who thronged the streets m Serangoon were there because it was a sad day. The poorly-lit streets were teeming with people, who seemed to be ceaselessly walking everywhere.
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          Man led away by police
          42 5 POLICE led away a man with shoulder-length hair at about 4.50 am from a side lane next to Serangoon Plaza, opposite the rescue site. Some of the crowd were heard telling friends that he was caught pick-pocketing.
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          Helping each other
          50 5 "YOU MAY see a lot of civil defence reservists standing on the rubble heap, but they are not just idling. They stand-by to help their friends or to pick up smaller pieces of rubble. We are working hard said a CD reservist who declined to be named.
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          Getting into practice
          32 5 "I HAD just completed teaching a group of doctors m trauma management. And was called up to man these battalion aid posts immediately after," said an SAF duty doctor.
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          Japanese pressman rushes from Manila
          104 5 THIRTY journalists representing foreign news agencies are covering the disaster. One correspondent from Kyodo News Service, Mr Shinya Kawashima, rushed from Manila after a call from his Tokyo office at 2.30 m yesterday afternoon. He was told that 600 people were feared dead m a
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        PM to be kept informed of developments — Jaya
        482 5 PM to be kept informed of developments Jaya HOME AFFAIRS Minister S. Jayakumar, who stayed overnight at the scene, said yesterday evening that he would keep the Prime Minister posted of events regularly. Professor Jayakumar said Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who visited the scene yesterday evening, had expressed concern and
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        Halt each time a room is exposed
        502 5 Halt each time a room is exposed Excavator brought m to speed up debris clearance IN THE still of the night, the pace of clearing debris gradually quickened. At 5 am, more than 18 hours after the tragedy, an excavator was attacking the mountain of rubble more vigorously, m contrast
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        Civil Defence Force passes its first real test
        544 6 Civil Defence Force passes its first real test Volunteers respond to the call of duty without having to be summoned IT WAS the first real test for civil defence m Singapore and, by all accounts, the volunteers were not found wanting. They donned their distinctive bright orange and white T-shirts
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        Detectors play big role
        172 6 Detectors play big role SO UND-DETECTION devices played a crucial rale tai the rescue operation yesterday. I The Amertrua _Mii devices, each m bigger ttaaa aa attache case, are [•Mt to amplify sound IMM times. |Tbey were acquired by toe Singapore k Civil Defence Force last year at a f
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        Willing hands to the rescue
        483 7 ORDINARY citizens, eyewitnesses and passers-by were jolted into action when a Saturday afternoon m Serangoon Road became a national disaster. Soon after the dust settled, passers-by began the search for survivors m the flattened remains of the Hotel New World. Among the first on the
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        118 10 Nobody dared crawl into the passages. I went m three times to talk to her. I went m by three different passages. I couldn't get to her, but I could hear her voice. She was crying out, "Uncle, help me, the wall is going to fall". Mr Bonny Wilfred Khalil,
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        Order even as rescuers take a break
        179 11 GROUPS of tired rescuers slept anywhere and everywhere. But even m their exhaustion, there was order. Soldiers laid prostrate on the ground m neat rows on the left side of the corridor at Serangoon Plaza shopping centre, while the civil defence volunteers took
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        Crushed like tin cans
        25 12 Many cars met their fate _ke these. Heave ho and away the rubble goes...al right long work to dear the debris.
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          Customers can bank at 2 other branches
          89 12 THE Industrial and Commercial Bank said yesterday that business previously done at its branch m Lian Aik Building, will now be conducted at two other branches. The bank placed an advertisement m The Sunday Times hours after its Serangoon Road branch office was
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          SBC's live transmissions
          69 12 SBC has set up a microwave link from the road to the 21st storey of President Hotel. This links up with with Telecoms Centre m Exeter Road and then to SBC m Caldecott Hill. The station now has more than four cameras on location, one of which
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          Respite from the rescue
          49 12 ABOUT 60 members of the Civil Defence Force took forty winks along the ground floor of the Serangoon Plaza outside stores such as Poonam Sarees Pte Ltd, Mohamed Mustafa and Samsuddin Company. Some were also found asleep at the back of their Civil Defence vans.
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        'I saw men putting up supports'
        179 12 'I saw men putting up supports' A FEW workers were seen trying to erect supports at the basement car park of Hotel New World on Saturday morning shortly before it collapsed. Mr Lee Wee Siong, 36, a transport company worker, said he was there to meet a guest when he
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        Families keep all-night vigil
        361 14 ABOUT 15 families kept an all-night vigil at the Bee Huat Coffeeshop last night. Ministry of Community Development officials had set up a centre m the coffeeshop at Burmah Road for families whose relatives were believed to have been trapped m the rubble of the collapsed
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        Man misseddeath by three minutes
        226 14 THREE minutes after shop assistant Tay Cheng Ho stepped out of ICB yesterday morning, the hotel collapsed. Mr Tay used te deliver the dally order of mid-morning drinks from Bee Huat Coffeeshop ln Burmah Road to the bank workers. He was half an hour early
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        McDonald's drips in too
        171 14 MCDONALD'S did it all for the country early this morning. The operations manager of McDonald's Restaurants m Singapore, Mr Eddie Tang, called the police command centre just after midnight and offered the services of his crew. The result was 10 of his staff arriving opposite the
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        Gas, fumes or the smell of death?
        718 15 Gas, fumes or the smell of death? The Sunday Times pieces together a diary of the disaster What used to be a hotel catering to tourists from Malaysia, Thaiand and South Asia was reduced to a pancake of stone, steel and debris m a sudden whoosh of air and movement.
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        Ministry sets up centre to liaise with relatives
        158 15 ABOUT 20 officials frori* the Ministry of Community Development were at the scene to give help to relatives of the trapped victims. Mr K. V. Veloo, Director of the Community Welfare Division, said his team had set up an operational centre at
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        Casualty info service
        33 15 A CASUALTY Information Bureau has been set up for people to find out the fate or their relatives or triends who were m the building. Call *****6, *****8 or *****2.
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        Prayers to light a way through the darkness
        135 16 AT ABOUT midnight, two young Buddhist monks sat down m the Esso petrol kiosk next to the former Hotel New World and prayed. A police officer said that they were there for about half an hour. Then they quietly left. He said:
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        67 5 Stories m this edition by Philip Lee, Sunny Wee, Paul Jacob, Ray Dhaliwal, Michael Chiang, Yeo Kirn Seng, Ang Lay Wah, Anna Lee, Lee Siew Hua, Audrey Perera, Suresh Nair, Leong Weng Kam, Valeric Lee, Sumiko Tan, Judy Tan, Mathew Yap, Matilda Gabriel, L.E. Prema, Lim Kwan Kwan, Cephah Tan,
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