The Straits Times, 25 January 1987

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    'Vote MPs by team' system proposed
    611 1  - 'Vote MPs by team' system proposed AHMAD OSMAN By A RADICAL proposal to change the way people elect their MPs was made last night by backbencher Lim Boon Heng to stimulate public discussion. In simple terms, this is how it should work: The boundaries of town councils should be defined
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    More opium from Golden Triangle this year: Khun Sa
    428 1  - More opium from Golden Triangle this year: Khun Sa ALBERT RAMALINGAM Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Khun Sa, one of the world's most notorious drug warlords, warned in a rare interview in a jungle hideout that there would be a 50 per cent rise in opium output from the Golden Triangle this
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    Lock icon Paralysed man allowed to starve to death
    217 1 GRAND JUNCTION (Colorado) A 34-year-old paralysed man has begun the first two days of legally starving himself to death. Mr Hector Rodas, who was kept alive in Hilltop Rehabilitation Hospital, petitioned a court here to permit him to die a'ter the hospital refused
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    Stolen TCs case: Ex-national footballer charged
    182 1 Stolen TCs case: Ex-national footballer charged FORMER national footballer Lim Tien Jit alias Tony, 36, is the last man to be charged with attempting to dispose of US$2 million (about 554.3 million) of stolen traveller's cheques in a conspiracy with five others. Lim, better known as Rocky in football circles,
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    Lock icon Thousands join in the revelry down by the river
    358 1  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By A GOOD mix of bargain stalls, hot snacks, Chinese opera singers and brightly-lit floats drew thousands to the Singapore River Hong Bao fair last night. The riverside was packed with serious shoppers and casual sight-seers who had to
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    Lock icon Number plates to point out drunk drivers
    70 1 Number plates to point out drunk drivers MOSCOW Police in the Soviet Baltic Republic of Estonia are offering drunk drivers an alternative punishment to losing their licences they maycarry shame plates identifying them as a danger to themselves and others. But the Communist Youth daily Komsomolskaya Pravda reported yesterday that
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    SAF man killed and five missing in copter crash
    176 1 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force man was killed and five others were missing yesterday after an RSAF helicopter crashed in Brunei in bad weather. Two more Singapore servicemen, who had been aboard the helicopter, were found by rescuers and flown
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      131 1 DIAMONDS Think Quality First Q tSF\. ocria Jewellers Shangri-la Hotel Tel: *****89 FOCUS v aa M Li x Wa W ill' i'i n__P r i____!^ Independent schools the British lesson mmm W 1 a .^~v Pick your Picture of the Year SPORTS Superbowl Special SUNOAY PLUS Rabbits have their say
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      25 1 Proposal does not affect one-man-one- vote system: Page IS o Face to face with opium warlord: Page 21 Private schools the British lesson: Pages 2-3
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      AT A GLANCE
      602 2 RECORD SELL-OFF ON WALL STREET: Wall Street's seemingly relentless climb turned on Friday into a panic sell-off. Stock prices soared and plunged wildly over 100 points in the largest trading volume in market history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average the key 30-share index which had posted a
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      SPORTS
      232 2 RULING TAKES FUN OUT OF SPORT: Clean sport is like sanitised sex it's all in the mind. Yet we've always been led to believe that a sportsperson is clean until proven dirty, writes KEN JALLEH JR. Back in the old days of Olympia, when half-naked men competed for a
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      Lock icon How UK private schools produce half of Oxbridge students
      905 2 Independent schools (Part One) the British lesson PEOPLE with vision and a free hand are two of the elements of education excellence which Education Minister Dr Tony Tan and a team of principals and ministry officials found on their visit to
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        Strong-minded men and women in charge
        172 2 EDUCATION Minister Dr Tony Tan, who met the heads of all six schools, called them men and women of "strong personality whose influence permeates throughout the school". He was impressed at the way they managed to "touch" their teachers with ideals and enthusiasm. They
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        Handpicked teachers know what's needed
        192 2 THE staff is often handpicked by the headmaster usually like-minded teachers who can translate his aims and philosophies into action. Most heads say this is one of the biggest perks in running an independent school. "It is a colossal advantage because I know the sort
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        Students go through rigorous entry tests
        191 2 BY CAREFUL selection, the schools ensure that they take in only students who match an expected level of ability. All six schools have rigorous entry tests, which include written tests as well as interviews. Said Perse school head Miss MA. Bateman: "We believe in
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      Lock icon Bold idea to take school into the future
      435 3 The headmaster with 'double vision' WH-TGIFT School headmaster David Raeburn has what you might call double vision. Whenever he looks across the idyllic grounds of the school in Croydon near London, where he has been head for 16 years, he sees past
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      Money from teacher's own pocket for etching studio
      348 3 Instructor who gives 'think art' lessons ART teacher Mark Cheverton s mission in school is to teach his charges not just to paint and draw, but more important, to think. His students at the Edinburgh Academy don't just get art lessons; they
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      Rush is on for Lunar New Year goodies
      296 3  -  K. F. SEETOH Picture by PEDESTRIAN traffic on this gaily decorated bridge over New Bridge Road It picking up, along with sales of traditional Lunar New Year goods. The Mg rush for holiday decorations and foods began last night as crowds flocked
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      Air link to Indonesia tourist spots proposed
      278 3 A VISITING Indonesian tourism official has suggested setting up a network of air links between Singapore and a host of new holiday spots in Indonesia. The two countries agreed yesterday to study the proposal, which could result in package tours linking Singapore with
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      197 2 UP TO 1 pm Cloudy with occasional showers. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 28 mar. 23 min SUNSET today: 7.19 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 7.15 am TRAVELLERS' HEATHER Adelaide 19 28 C Fair Ixtndon 4 7 C Fog Amsterdam 15C Cloudy Lh Angeles 1/8 C Cloudy Athens 5 12
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      57 3 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Hello, world SINGAPORE made 15.7 million telephone calls in 1985 to places outside of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. That is a little more than six calls for every man, woman and child. B^fl I When average person -Jk called abroad m\*^K Basic data The Telecommunication
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      8 3 NEXT WEEK: A look at tffie American experience
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Indian troops on red alert along Pakistan border
      486 4 NEW DELHI INDIAN troops and tanks yesterday advanced to the Pakistan border along Punjab state and took up forward positions to confront a buildup of Pakistani forces on the frontier, official sources said. An Indian Defence Ministry spokesman, accusing Pakistan of continued
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      Lock icon Foreign investments in China drop sharply
      315 4 BEIJING FOREIGN investment in China fell by almost 50 per cent last year, as investors continue to be hindered by the country's foreign exchange shortage, bloated bureaucracy and high cost of doing business. Figures released on Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations
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      Lock icon Chinese get on academic freedom
      409 4 Chinese get on academic freedom BEIJING China, seeking to keep the confidence of the country's intellectuals, yesterday promised that a campaign against "bourgeois liberalism" would not affect freedom of academic debate. The official Guangming daily, one of the newspapers most vocal in criticising "bourgeois liberalism", said in a front-page commentary
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      Lock icon US and Japan want G-5 talks on ways to stabilise currency rates
      246 4 TOKYO The United States and Japan will press for an early meeting of the powerful Group of Five (G-5) Finance Ministers to seek ways to stabilise currency rates. Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, interviewed yesterday upon his return
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      Lock icon World urged to pressure S. Africa
      179 4 NEW DELHI Leaders of nine non-aligned nations yesterday urged the world to impose comprehensive sanctions on South Africa and warned of bloodshed if apartheid did not end. "The Pretoria regime must be removed and removed now," said Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who inaugurated
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      Lock icon Soviet leaders to meet next week to thrash out problems
      168 4 Soviet leaders to meet next week to thrash out problems MOSCOW Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has announced that the Communist Party hierarchy will begin a meeting on Tuesday to discuss how it could help solve the nation's problems. The announcement was reported by Tass, the official Soviet news agency, yesterday.
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      Lock icon Aids scare sends condom shares up
      112 4 Aids scare sends condom shares up TOKYO Share prices soared this week for Japanese companies that make condoms and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome testing equipment, following the death of a Kobe prostitute from the disease. Okamoto, the country's leading condom manufacturer, saw the price of Its stock hit 688 yen
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      Lock icon Japan outlines guidelines on defence budget
      316 5 Japan outlines guidelines on defence budget TOKYO Japan has decided that its future defence budget will grow in line with military requirements rather than economic growth, although the budget will still be subject to a ceiling. Government officials said the new policy was adopted at a Cabinet meeting here yesterday.
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      Lock icon Anti-nuke protest
      26 5 Anti-nuke protest LONDON Hundreds of antinuclear protesters staged a sixhour demonstration on Friday outside the British Ministry of Defence. Police said 191 people were arrested. AP
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      Lock icon Paid — with 100,000 coins
      174 5 Paid with 100,000 coins NEW YORK Patrick Jackson's penny- wise attempt to pay his wife's legal fees with 100,000 one-cent coins has been upheld by a judge at Newport, Rhode Island, who nonetheless is trying to discourage "coppercats". Family court judge John Fuyat Jr ruled on Thursday that Jackson complied
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      Lock icon Four teenage girls died in massacre
      115 5 SYDNEY Four teenage girls, three of them sisters, died on Friday night in a shotgun massacre at a house in a plush northern Sydney suburb. Friends climbed into the house in West Pymble through an open window yesterday morning and found the girls, each
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      Lock icon This one takes the cake
      77 5 IT WONT be easy te eat It, let alone bake it. Bat German bakers did Jut that In their bid to build the tallest cake In the wertd. The cake was unveiled on Friday at the International Bakery Fair In Hamburg. West Germany. Judges were
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      Lock icon Australia looking more to Asia than Europe
      476 5 MELBOURNE The sprawling continent of Australia, which sometimes used to think of itself as a satellite of Britain, is increasingly shifting from a European heritage to a future linked with Asia. Australians are more likely than ever before to learn Asian languages, eat
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      Lock icon Two S. Korean cops charged
      207 5 SEOUL Two South Korean police officers were yesterday formally charged with torturing a student activist to death, but dissidents and human rights campaigners still went ahead with preparations for protests against alleged police brutality. Lt Cho Han-Gyong, 38, and Sgt Kang Jin-Gyu, 30, are accused
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      Lock icon Flavoured 'air' to beat the bulge
      196 6 Flavoured 'air' to beat the bulge WASHINGTON Unwilling American "belly growers", perennially in search of miracles to curb the unrelenting upswing of their bathroom scale, are now putting their hopes on the dietary virtues of flavoured air. In three weeks, they have swiped off tens of thousands of pen-sized bottles
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      Lock icon Seals train for underwater rescue
      290 6 NEW YORK A marine institute has taught three harbour seals te retrieve guns, tools and ether objects, and is training them to locate drowning victim- and deliver extra air tanks to divers under water. lhe male and two female mammals who had been found beached
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      Lock icon One million vie for 10,000 visas to US
      325 6 WASHINGTON The State Department has been swamped with more than one million applications from foreigners vying for the 10,000 immigration visas that America is offering without the usual tough entry requirements. As of the opening of business on Friday morning, State Department
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      Lock icon Congress asked to approve $42bfor foreign aid
      274 6 Congress asked to approve $42bfor foreign aid WASHINGTON US Secretary of State George Shultz has appealed to Congress to approve his request for US$l9.6 billion (Ss42 billion) in aid and other foreign spending which he said was needed to maintain American influence abroad. Mr Shultz told the Senate Budget Committee
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      Lock icon Wild ride up and down on Wall Street shares
      390 6 NEW YORK Wall Street's seemingly relentless climb turned on Friday into a panic sell-off. Stock prices soared and plunged wildly over 100 points in the largest trading volume in market history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average the key 30-share index which
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      Lock icon Mulroney accused of trying to scuttle probe
      289 6 OTTAWA Opposition leaders charged that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was trying to scuttle a criminal investigation into a former Cabinet Minister and his alleged ties to a scandal-taint-ed US$2.9 million (556.2 million) land deal involving a Swiss company. In Parliament on Friday, Mr
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      Lock icon Tory chief sues Guardian for libel
      148 7 Tory chief sues Guardian for libel LONDON Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit is issuing a libel writ against The Guardian for alleging that he said nobody with a conscience would vote for the ruling Conservatives. The party said on Friday that Mr Norman Tebbit had begun legal proceedings against the
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      Lock icon Sun to pay for publishing Philip's letter
      126 7 LONDON Britain's top-sell-ing daily, The Sun, has acknowledged a "flagrant breach of copyright" by publishing a private letter from Prince Philip about his son Edward's decision to leave the elite Royal Marines. The newspaper agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to a charity
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      Lock icon Spanish students and police clash at protest march
      310 7 MADRID A 15-year-old girl was shot and wounded, and at least two dozen other people were injured on Friday in violent clashes with police during a march by high school students protesting against Spain's education policy. Residents described the clashes as the
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      Lock icon EC threatens tit for tat
      222 7 PARIS The European Community will react blow for blow in the event of a trade war with the United States, EC Commission President Jacques Delors said in a radio broadcast here on the eve of crucial talks to avert a damaging agricultural trade war. Negotiators
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      Lock icon 'Another two W. Germans taken hostage'
      331 9 'Another two W. Germans taken hostage' BONN Bonn's hostage problem deepened on Friday following reports that another two Germans had been kidnapped. At the same time, official sources in Bonn said the government was considering prosecuting Lebanese terrorist suspect Mohammad Ali Hamadei before extraditing him to the United States so
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      Lock icon Telephone engineers call strike
      68 9 LONDON British telephone company engineers on Friday called for an indefinite strike starting at midnight tonight. The walkout was announced after the management of British Telecoms rejected an ultimatum from the National Communications Union. The union demanded that more than 100,000 engineers suspended, locked out or
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      Lock icon Bond tells new 007: Get a good lawyer
      169 9 Bond tells new 007: Get a good lawyer LONDON Veteran James Bond actor Sean Connery has offered advice to new recruit Timothy Dalton: Get a good lawyer. "I didn't have a good lawyer. I was too trusting," said Mr Connery, a veteran of seven 007 films that made him a
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      Plan for prisoners to get choice of no-smoking cells
      79 9 Plan for prisoners to get choice of no-smoking cells LONDON Prisoners in British Jails may be able to opt for either smoking or nonsmoking cells under new plans being drawn up by the Home Office. Mr David Mellor, Minister of State in the Home Office, told the House of Commons:
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      Lock icon US likely to allow sale off new baldness drug
      208 9 WASHINGTON United States' Drug Safety Agency staff documents indicate a controversial baldness drug be approved for marketing though its effect is limited. Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff reviews of the baldness drug, Rogaine, made by Upjohn Co, have concluded
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      Lock icon Van Gogh set to break price record
      302 9 Van Gogh set to break price record LONDON One of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings a depiction of sunflowers will be put on sale in March by Christie's. It is expected to break the world record auction price of more than US$ll million (5523.54 million), a Christie's spokesman said.
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      Lock icon TV debate boosts Greens' chances
      253 9 BONN A voter survey showed the anti-Nato environmentalist Greens Party might have received a big lastminute boost for today's parliamentary elections, thanks to a raucous televised candidates' debate on Thursday night. A Bild newspaper poll carried out within hours of the debate showed the Greens
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      Lock icon Reagan warns Iran not to step up Gulf war
      379 10 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has condemned Iran's offensive in its war with Iraa, and declared that the United States regards the expansion of the fighting as a "major threat" to its interests in the Gulf. In a written statement on Friday,
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      Lock icon Iranians seize key camp near Basra
      365 10 TEHERAN Iranian forces overran a tactical base of the Iraqi army's Hth division yesterday as they pushed on with their offensive east of Basra, after Teheran dismissed a peace offer from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the national news agency Irna reported. It said the
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      Lock icon Getting rid of dirt between fingers
      59 10 A MADRID street sweeper had to do a rather unusual job one day cleaning between these large fingers. Three giant- con- crete-covered styrofoam fingers were lining the sidewalk in front of a Chilean art and culture exhibition held in Madrid. Predictably called Hands- the
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      Lock icon Record seeker to kiss for a cause
      239 10 Record seeker to kiss for a cause TORONTO An advocate for the city's hungry, who last year sat for 150 hours in a bathtub of pork and beans, said he plans to set a world record by kissing 5,000 women in eight hours on St Valentine's Day. "I might even
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      Lock icon Arms probe to include new US-Iran contacts
      358 10 WASHINGTON A special Senate committee will expand its probe of the Iran-Contra affair to include contacts with Iran that continued after the secret arms deals were revealed. Meanwhile, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said President Ronald Reagan is angry that some White House
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      Lock icon CIA got cut-price missiles for Teheran
      193 10 CIA got cut-price missiles for Teheran WASHINGTON The Defence Department undercharged the CIA US$2.5 million (555.25 million) for 2,008 anti-tank missiles subsequently shipped to Iran in what was "an honest mistake", the Army Inspec-tor-General said on Friday. The missiles were sold to Iran last year as part of the administration's
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      Lock icon Don't rush to toilet warning
      53 10 NEW YORK City authorities have warned New Yorkers to avoid a massive rush to bathrooms during half-time or at the end of today's Super Bowl football game Temporary drops in water pressure might occur, affecting toilets on upper floors of high-rise buildings, said department spokeswoman
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      Lock icon Friendly 'breathalyser'
      51 10 BEFORE their breath can run foul of the law, merrymakers in this restaurant in Illinois can opt for a friendlier test. Donna demonstrates a machine installed re- cently which gives visual and verbal read-outs of breath alcohol levels. The machine was designed by Rodger Gerber of Chicago. AP
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      Lock icon US blizzard kills nine
      152 10 WASHINGTON A man due to be flown to Texas for a heart transplant operation died when a blizzard sweeping the eastern seaboard of the United States shut two nearby airports on Thursday. The man died at the University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester, unable to leave
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      Lock icon Ministers told to master computers
      79 10 OUAGADOUGOU Capt Thomas Sankara, the Burkina Faso leader, has ordered his Cabinet ministers to school again, this time to study computer science. An official statement said on Friday that Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta and one of the world's poorest nations, should master
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Filipino leftists call for demos against killings
      475 11 MANILA THE death toll from Thursday's bloody shooting near the presidential palace rose to 15 yesterday, as left-wing activists called for a nation-wide demonstration to protest against the killings. President Corazon Aquino, in a speech yesterday in the central city of Tacloban, said
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      Lock icon Mother-in-law and three others jailed for Briton's murder
      204 11 BANGKOK FOUR Thais, including the victim's mother-in-law, have been jailed for up to 33 years for murdering a British engineer in southern Thailand, police said yesterday. Somporn Sappasert, moth-er-in-law of the murdered man, her son Som, and two others were sentenced to
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      Indonesian businessmen want govt to cut red tape
      371 11 JAKARTA MORE pressure has been put on the Indonesian bureaucracy to de-regulate and improve efficiency in the economy, according to the Jakarta Post newspaper. It reported on Friday that new demands for a faster pace of de-regulation started early this month. The
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      Lock icon Sukarno's fund: MP says 'sorry' to Subandrio
      296 11 Sukarno's fund: MP says 'sorry' to Subandrio JAKARTA An Indonesian MP has apologised for alleging that a jailed former foreign minister was trying to pocket part of a US$l6 billion (Ss34 billion) state fund raised by former President Sukarno. Retired Brig-Gen Suhardiman said on Friday that he wished to apologise
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Don't pressure the big borrowers, says MCA
      319 12 Don't pressure the big borrowers, says MCA KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association does not want depositors of the troubled deposit-taking co-operatives to exert pressure on the big borrowers to repay their loans. MCA Deputy President Datuk Lee Kim Sai said this yesterday when asked whether the party would act
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      Lock icon The big names may be published soon
      148 12 KUALA LUMPUR The names of the big borrowers of the troubled deposit-taking cooperatives may soon be released to the press. The list of names is being prepared by the receivers appointed for 23 of the 24 co-op-eratives suspended by Bank Negara last year.
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      Lock icon From a Christmas to a hong bao tree
      105 12 HAVE you ever seen a hong bao tree? Well, If yon have never, here's your chance. It is at Pcrtama Complex in Koala Lampor. The tree was actually pot op for Christmas. Bat since the season has just ended, and not wanting
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      Daim points to mild recovery off the economy
      309 12 Daim points to mild recovery off the economy KUALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said the current economic situation in Malaysia pointed to a mild recovery this year, the Malaysian Business Times reported. It quoted him as saying on Friday that the implementation of several government projects worth about $_2
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      MAS report on air pact 'sent to ministry'
      299 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Airline System has completed a detailed study of the air services agreement between Malaysia and Singapore and has submitted a report to the Transport Ministry, according to The Star. The newspaper quoted MAS managing director Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul
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      Lock icon Azian's a recording artiste at 11
      159 12 Azian's a recording artiste at 11 AN 11- YEAR-OLD has fulfilled her dream of becoming a recording star. Bintang RTM 1986 finalist Azian Mazwan Sapuwan (right), a Standard Six pupil at Sultan Sulaiman Primary School, Kuala Trengganu, is now WEA Records' youngest recording artiste with a twoyear contract. She stole
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      Lock icon Don't challenge Dr M, party members told
      172 12 BATU PAHAT- Umno President Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad should not be challenged at the party's general assembly elections in April so that party unity could be maintained, said Johore Umno Youth leader Abu Bakar Dewa. He said Dr Mahathir's leadership was still
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      Lock icon Umno ethics committee probes 16 complaints
      133 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Ethics Committee has receiv* J 16 complaints of unethical practices among party members in their bid to win posts in the branches, divisions and Supreme Council of the party. The complaints have come from Umno members in the Federal Territory,
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      Lock icon Explain whipping to the public: Prof Aziz
      201 12 Explain whipping to the public: Prof Aziz KUALA LUMPUR Royal Prof Ungku Abdul Aziz has urged the government to explain to the public the definition of whipping before it imposes such a punishment on Muslims found guilty of adultery or drinking liquor. "Unless this is done, Muslim society will forever
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      Lock icon Respect the Tunku's views, says Chong Eu
      140 12 Respect the Tunku's views, says Chong Eu PENANG Chief Minister Dr Lim Chong Eu said Tunku Abdul Rahman's views on whipping for Muslims who commit adultery or drink liquor should be held with great respect and given due consideration. "Whatever the Tunku says has always been, to his mind, in
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      Proposed changes won't affect one-man-one-vote, says MP
      904 13  -  AHMAD OSMAN By If you want to have an opposition, then the opposition should have the possibility of being credible to the extent that it could develop into an alternative Government. Mr Lim (left)- MR LLM Boon Heng. MP for Kebun Baru, made
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      Ministry confirms US asked for aid for Nicaraguan rebels
      72 13 THE Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday that the United States government had, in 1965, asked if Singapore could provide communication equipment to the rebels in Nicaragua. A ministry official added that "nothing materialised from the enquiry." The confirmation came after the New
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      $150,000 firecrackers found in 'toy' crates
      184 13 $150,000 firecrackers found in 'toy' crates CUSTOMS officers ancovered about $15t,Mt worth of firecrackers In three containers whose contents were falsely declared as toys. The discovery was made during a routine check at the Pasir Panjang wharves at 1.3t am yesterday. Officer Commanding Kwok Slew Quan, 52, of the Customs
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      Peter Tierney takes over Jasper Supermarket
      191 13 JASPER Supermarket has been taken over by Mr Peter Tierney of Tierney 's Trading. The deal, wh.ch took six weeks to negotiare, was completed on Friday. The store at the corner of Bukit Timah and Farrer roads is now called Tierney 's Gourmet Food.
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      AT & T joins scheme to help local firms
      378 13  - AT T joins scheme to help local firms IVAN LIM By ANOTHER multinational company has joined a government scheme to help feeder companies here upgrade their operations, and get a bigger slice of the $25-billion-a-year market in supplies and services to the MNCs in Singapore. So far, small and mediumsized
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      Education ministers see continuing close links
      125 13 SOUTH-EAST Asian education ministers are confident that co-operation in education, science and culture among countries in the region will continue. During the 22nd Conference of South-east Asian Ministers of Education Council, which ended yesterday, this year's training and research plans and projects were approved.
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      One-stop service at NUH makes the wait for surgery easier
      450 14  - One-stop service at NUH makes the wait for surgery easier KONG SOOK CHIN By THE National University Hospital has a new, one-stop service that will make the hospital experience less of an ordeal. The hospital has about 800 surgery patients a month. The NUH's innovative Central Testing unit does away
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      Armed forces chief urges more officers to form Wits
      186 14 NOT enough officers are coming forward to help form work improvement teams (Wits) in the army. Speaking at Army Wits Day at the SAF Training Institute in Jurong yesterday, the Chief of General Staff, Major General Winston Choo, described this as
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      The day I slid down a cliff
      508 14  -  MICHAEL LIM By Safra to teach rappelling to members, wives and girlfriends "NEXT," rasped Staff Sergeant Samy Kumar of the commandos. With pounding heart and a prayer on my lips, I trod gingerly to the edge of the cliff and turned to face
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      Police reservists have to do 13 years' service
      315 14 POLICE reservist service has been extended from 10 to 13 years, in line with that of the Singapore Civil Defence Force and Singapore Armed Forces. This was announced yesterday by Police Commissioner Goh Yong Hong at the Police Academy in Thomson Road.
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      New traffic system opens at Bukit Batok Flyover
      285 14 A NEW traffic system was implemented yesterday when the Bukit Batok Flyover was opened. At 4 pm, the Public Works Department removed the last set of traffic lights along the Pan Island Expressway at the Bukit Batok Street 22 junction. This means
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      Boys' Town head to leave after 40 years
      283 14  - Boys' Town head to leave after 40 years AUDREY PERERA By BOYS' Town's Brother Vincent, who has spent 40 years giving care and shelter to needy boys, will be bidding goodbye to the Bukit Timah centre. The big-hearted man, who has looked after thousands of boys over the years, has
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      First a scolding, then it's hero's treatment for six
      607 15  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By SEX plucky boys, who risked their lives on Monday to save four girls from drowning, won praises all round after they were scolded by their parents. Concerned that their children could have been hurt or killed, the boys'
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      Tourist jailed for cashing stolen traveller's cheques
      302 15 Tourist jailed for cashing stolen traveller's cheques AN ASSISTANT money changer, who had unknowingly cashed stolen traveller's cheques for a tourist, was not fooled the second time round when the same man came calling. The tourist, Surinder Singh, 40, an agriculturalist from India, had bought a passport belonging to one
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      Nanyang Girls to show lion-dancing skills
      131 15 A GROUP of girls will pit their skills against the boys in a three-day lion dance competition beginning today at the Orchard Road mall in front of Wisma Atria. The girls are members of the Nanyang Girls' High School Lion Dance Troupe, one of
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      Unorthodox sex can lower body's defences — study
      487 15  - Unorthodox sex can lower body's defences study KONG SOOK CHIN By A STUDY of 100 transsexuals here has shown that those who engage in a certain sexual practice are highly susceptible to all kinds of infections including Aids. Three of the transsexuals in the study group were found to be
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      Try your hand at picking the Picture of the Year
      649 16 Try your hand at picking the Picture of the Year -JAN 4 rut MAHCB JUNE mmmmmwmwmwwmmmwmmm** a JULY AUG w SIEPT OCT ajjjjjjSajjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjr* *nov WHICH of these 10 pictures was last year's Picture of the Year? Nine of them one a series of three were chosen Picture of the Month
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      Association of theatre groups suggested
      384 18 Association of theatre groups suggested AN ASSOCIATION of theatre groups would be a boon to the development of professional theatre in Singapore, a visiting American dramatist said yesterday. Mr John Lion, a Pulitzer Prize-winning director, said such an association could help the groups solve administrative problems and share facilities and
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      Lawyers view SBC tape on hearings
      89 18 MEMBERS of the Law Society yesterday viewed the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's full vid-eo-tape recordings of the Select Committee's hearings on amendments to the Legal Profession Act. SBC had telecast edited versions of the hearings when the Committee met last October. Yesterday's screening at the
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      A-level drama 'good' but no big rush expected
      503 18  -  AUDREY PERERA By SOME school principals and teachers welcome the idea of offering drama as an A-level course in schools here, but they do not foresee a rush of pupils signing up. None of them has seen the tentative syllabus submitted to
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      Lock icon 1,500 buckets laid to rest
      328 18 SINGAPORE'S last nightsoil bucket reached the end of the road yesterday. It was laid to rest with 1,500 other buckets which have outlived their usefulness. And the relief was not nightsoil carrier Tan Kim Wah's alone as he happily bade goodbye to an unsavoury job
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      Youth who stole from 20 cabs in 3 days jailed
      247 18 Youth who stole from 20 cabs in 3 days jailed A YOUTH kept himself busy getting in and out of 20 cabs on three consecutive nights not as a fare but as a thief. Mohamed Sarib bin Abdul Aziz, 19, broke into the parked taxis in Bedok between Jan 13
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      664 14 BUY NOW SAVE PRICES WILL RISE 29 JAN '87. I Due rising costs of oversea suppliers. P p NEW! CHINESE NEW YEAR Hyyono D#droomo PBEPOD awaided d i I I I jqjpß rIKA uULU M M P ta^wanm tupam nam rtngm ma Mm MM A I fl Th#f>'_ OOfr %>
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      14 17 Blare out in The Straits Times Classifieds for the sale of your stereo equipment.
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    • The Sunday Times VIEW
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        The psychology of the herd
        312 19 FINANCIAL pundits recommend a remarkable book as being me greatest guide for stock market investors. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Krauts, written in 1841 146 years ago by someone long forgotten. The book may be about Germans, but the relevant point is that
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        25 YEARS AGO
        125 19 What The Sunday Times reported on Jan 28, 1962 DELEGATES from the People's Action Party of Singapore walked out of the Malaysian Socialist Conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, when they were refused permission to explain why their working papers should be adopted for discussion. Before they walked
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      Man of action on the quiet
      1218 19 Businessman of the Year Lim Chin Beng talks about the importance of thinking big 4 Mr Lim Chin Beng's chief asset is a quiet, unassuming personality that gets big and small things done in the most profitable and m productive manner. LM CHIN BENG
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      458 19 Good kJeas keep coming up Tripte treats fiom SHarpi lift iym jlors ______l Wr* __T l^rW; _____1 __l H v Pf _____i I 5P^". _B f^ _^__B__F"^^f_K________l^^^^^^3*a_^^ ____i E_r r i i^i -*n 'm l- ______r 9ak J___r tAwf MMmUmWj^ fcN__r > *^^S __fc*___l_H _^_k^^^^^^^^ JamM _i K jki _^___r
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      The A, B, and maybe C of profit sharing
      886 20  -  Patrick Daniel I have blue eyes, so maybe I'm naive (but) how do you expect your staff to accept and understand company policies if you do not have the courtesy, the intelligence to tell them what's happening to your m company?
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      A tumble from high places sends friends scattering
      930 20  -  Tan Sai Siong Rare indeed is the altruistic hand of friendship m extended to someone who has taken a tumble, especially when he is suspected of having run foul of the law. It is so easy to rationalise away such a stance
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    • LETTERS
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        Are people polled a fair sample?
        452 20 Are people polled a fair sample? I WOULD like to thank Ho Chin Beng's Singapore Snapshot for highlighting what Singaporeans think are effective ways of making people smoke less (Sunday Times, Jan 11). It's a refreshing departure from the traditional statistical data gathered from established sources, especially the Statistics Department.
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        Intangibles suntan machine can't offer
        209 20 Intangibles suntan machine can't offer AS AN avid sun-worshipper, I was concerned about the article on the indoor suntan machine (Sunday Times, Jan 18). What is the purpose of the sun in these days of high-tech? Why should anyone turn to man-made ultra-violet rays when we have an excess of
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      Loonar New Year through Alex's eyes
      586 20 ghgfhgh fgh MY name is Alex. My Uncle Mac calls me Smart Alex because my IQ is 152.67. What am I doing here? Well, Uncle Mac has this hare-brained idea about the coming Loonar Year of the Rabbit. He thinks that you good people
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      Lock icon A date with an opium warlord
      2006 21 A date with an opium warlord Khun Sa (left) tries to portray himself as a Shan patriot but is, in fact, the only warlord in the mountainous Burmese frontier region who runs an opium trafficking operation. ALBERT RAMAUNGAM, our Bangkok correspondent, was taken with other journalists across the Thai border
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  • RACING
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      Winner if he jumps cleanly
      336 22 American-bred gelding has regained his early form By TONTO, our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR Spectacular Win won his first three races in a row at the tailend of the 1985 season and early last year and has failed to greet the judge again.
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      How Now should repeat KL success
      206 22  - How Now should repeat KL success LUCKY LEO By HOW NOW, who stormec' home second to Auctioneer II over the Bukit Timah 1,400m last month, will take a lot of beating in Race 7 today. The five-year-old son of Imperial Prince came from second last at the home turn to
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      MUDLARKS
      105 22 RACE 2: Rio Blanco. As You Like It, Tiba Tiba 11, Trois Cent Special. RACE 3: Zinzara. Sovereign Flyer. Nagajaya, My Tempio, Falcon 11. Profound RACE 4: Flying Finn 11, Right Tempo, Pingat Mas 11, Flaming Arrow. Pukawa, Six Clubs RACE 5: Happiness 11. You Are Special, Triton, Deer
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      389 22 RACE RACING ED TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN 7 Biscay Bombtr 7 Biscay Bomber 7 Biscay Bomber 5 Jonnicgo 7 Biscay Bomber 2 Love Bandit 8 Major Dee 3 Win-Em-All 3 Win-Em-All 4 LMacho 3 Win -Km All 4 L'Macho 7 Biscay Bomber 1 Bujang Senang
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      Two top mounts for new apprentice
      131 22 KUALA LUMPUR Another new apprentice, T. Asogan, makes his debut today, and it is an auspicious start. Both his mounts last-start winner Purple Rain (Race 5) and Land Of Fire (Race 6) are engaged in the two Class 1 Div 1 races. Purple Rain
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      TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR CARD
      5191 22 FORECAST: GOOD jm m W mmuumm m\ 1 45 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV A 1,200m BifJ__j___BJ| (3, 4 5 year oldt) (Stake*: $11,000) 1 B***6 Bnjaag S«-n_nn 57 Happy Bachelor-E Breukelen 5 irg same (1200m). By Tap On Wood; flashed home 6th of 11 to Noblero restricted
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      Gallant Kiwi, 9, retired
      277 23  -  JACK ELLIOTT Lupton decides ailing Melbourne Cup winner has had enough By WELLINGTON The great New Zealand stayer, nine-year-old Kiwi, has run his last race, his owner-trainer, Ewen "Snowy" Lupton, announced yesterday. Kiwi, who won the 1983 Melbourne Cup, has developed a serious cold. Lupton said
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      Victory upturned
      2919 23  -  OUR RACING TEAM By FIRST *****5 SECOND *****7 THIRD *****3 STARTERS *****4 *****5 *****8 *****6 *****6 *****0 *****3 *****4 *****6 CONSOLATIONS *****6 *****7 *****8 *****5 *****8 *****3 *****0 *****4 *****5 *****7 Procu's gallops right away from rivals Jeffersons, second past the post by 3 1 lengths, gets Race
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      My Judy takes $420,000 race for juveniles
      132 23 My Judy takes $420,000 race for juveniles PERTH My Judy, ridden by Craig Wake, came from near last in the straight to win the AttOO.OOO (about *****.000) Sunspeed Stakes for two-year-olds at Ascot racecourse here yesterday. Jockey Michael Clarke, who won last year's Melbourne Cup on At Talaq, had the
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      582 23 MR HEE QUEE NJAN Ag»9o paeeeel away _M_> on 24th January I**?, leaelng MMM. ■■!■»■< WArn M— May Uan Bona: Dinhtara In It Robert Hee Leong Kwee Lan Johnny Hee Delia Suantio Dr William Hee Dr Evelyn Shlh Daughter*-. Sena In law. Lucy Hee
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      182 Acknowledgements
      45 23 The family of the late MDM CLARA TENG SIEW LU AN wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, clergies, friends, especially Drs. Diiio Tan. Y.P. Chia. Rov. Father Wood, prayer group* lor thoir prayer*, donations, wreaths and condolence* during then recent bereavement.
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      184 In Memoriam
      91 23 MCROY ONG WILL MENG Departed 25th Jan. 00 Broken is tho family circle. Our dear one has passed away. Of one we will never forget. His absence to us Is a sorrow. His loss we will always regret. Roy. "What's forever for." Forever loved and remembered by
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      320 23 2ND ANNIVERSARY MR. MARUDU KUNABINOAM (VEERAYA) DEPARTED 13-1-IMS Sadly missed and always remembered by Wife. Sons. Daughters. Sons-in-law. Daugh-ter-in-law. Grandchildren and Loved Ones Theveaam will ba h*kl en Sunday 25th Jan. 87 al Apt. Blh__o2. Ang Me Kie Ave.* OS- 1672, from 10.00am lo 2.00pm. PLEASE TREAT
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      Sealing it with a hiss
      672 24 FROM THE SIDELINES, KEN JALLEH Jr SAYS THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION'S LATEST RULING HAS TAKEN THE FUN OUT OF SPORT CLEAN sport is like sanitised sex it's all in the mind. Yet we've always been led to believe that a sportsper son is clean until
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      Press-ing home a point
      1016 24  -  ROB HUGHES Another exclusive that's just not conclusive QH, to be in England now that winter is here. Each new year we get a short, sharp shock of Siberian snowfall, we lose 90 per cent of our outdoor sports, and the back pages go berserk. Tis
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      Lock icon Classy Ardiles rules the roost
      887 24 SPOTLIGHT ON TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS MIDFIELD MARVEL ON ARDILES Ardiles is an excep- ■> tional fellow. He is tremendously fit end very skilful and full of ability. He is a big influence on younger players. But I don't know what we shell do come the end
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      Lock icon Hill rejects new contract with Luton
      378 24 Hill rejects new contract with Luton gh gfhg gfh fgh LONDON Former England midfielder Ricky Hill looks likely to have started a transfer stampede by rejecting a new contract with First Division Luton. The skilful 27-year-old, who is valued at around £500,000 ($1.6 million), has turned down a two-year agreement
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        Deadline postponed
        80 24 The English Football League have been given a reprieve by the British government in their push for membership cards for supporters. The government had demanded cards to be introduced by next season at all 92 clubs to reduce hooliganism even further and had threatened legislation to that effect,
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        Part-time coach
        44 24 Don Howe, the English national team's coach, has joined Third Division Bristol Rovers on a part-time basis. It is Howe's first job in club football since he resigned ai Arsenal manager last March, but England will still have first claim on him.
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        Out of favour
        93 24 Lawrie McMenemy is reported to be on the brink of quitting Second Division strugglers Sunderland, following a barrage of recent criticism which has hurt him and his family. The one-time Southampton boss, who is the highest-paid football manager in Britain at £200.000 ($640,000) a year, has always
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        41 24 The nightmare for the New Zealand youth team continued at Mt. Smart on Friday when they drew 0-0 with Fiji in the Oceania qualifying round of the Junior World Cup. Other re_i.lt- Ai._f.oli -r., n AkP AFP AP Reuter
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        On the sidelines
        49 24 David Preece, the luckless midfielder of English First Division club Luton Town, is facing his second two-month spell on the sidelines this season. He went to hospital on Friday for a knee operation, following a breakdown in training after just one appearance since a two-month lay-off.
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        European opposition
        63 24 World champions Argentina may face West German club Cologne in Hamburg during their short European tour in March. Argentina are due to play Roma in Rome on March 19 in their first match since winning the World Cup and are awaiting confirmation of another game in Italy. But
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        Sporting gesture
        89 24 Keith Burkinshaw, the man who guided English side Tottenham Hotspur to the Uefa Cup in 1984, looks poised to become boss at Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon. The 51-year-old Englishman, who recently returned from a two-year spell in Bahrain, is to travel to Portugal this week to watch Sporting's
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      Lock icon Maradona plays against advice
      117 24 TOKYO Diego Maradona made a surprise return to action yesterday when he turned out for a South American team against a Japan Selection in a charity match in aid of the world's deprived children. The Argentine World Cup-winning captain was advised not to play after injuring
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      Lock icon Stevens' tackle was not intentional, says Robson
      166 24 LONDON England manager Bobby Robson has cleared Everton right-back Gary Stevens of any blame for breaking the leg of Liverpool's Jim Beglin. Robson, who was at Goodison on Wednesday during the Littlewood's Cup quarter-final match which Liverpool won 1-0 with an lan Rush
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      Lock icon Liverpool pull out of Statham deal
      148 24 LONDON Defender Derek Statham's £250,000 ($800,000) dream move to Liverpool became a nightmare on Friday when the League champions pulled out of the deal on medical grounds. "We have been notified by Liverpool that they are not proceeding with the transfer on medical grounds.
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      Jansher fails to impress the king
      1382 25 %Jm 'Junior upstart must first prove himself JAHANGIR KHAN, the name that evokes fear in the hearts of many of the world's top squash players, had been unbeaten for five-and-a-half years until that fateful day last November when he lost to New Zealander Ross
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      Little consolation for Singapore's boys
      529 25  -  TAY CHENG KHOON KARACHI Singapore charged into the valley of death when they took on Pakistan in the semi-finals of the Asian Junior boys squash championships here yesterday. THe Republic's valiant trio, completely outgunned, lost all their matches and will now play Hongkong 3-0 losers
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      Top seed Liz toppled
      142 25 MARLOW (England) Australian Liz Irving failed to justify her position as top seed in the British Under-23 women's squash Open here on Friday when she was beaten in the final by England's Lucy Sou t ter. Moreover, the 21-year-old Queenslander, surprisingly seeded ahead of world No.
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      Twitty, Jones share one-shot lead
      277 25 ON THE GOLF SCENE SCOTTSDALE (US) Howard Twitty and Steve Jones were on Friday tied for the half-way lead at the Phoenix Open golf tournament with totals of nine-under-par 133. Corey Pavin, winner of the Bob Hope Classic last week, was one stroke back at
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      Three for President's Cup
      259 25  -  HAKIKAT RAI BOXING SCENE Tong Chye, Loke Ragu selected By A THREE-YEAR absence may have slowed his reflexes a little, but Ng Tong Chye is back where he likes being most trading punches in the ring. Tong Chye. along with Peter Loke and M. Ragu, will
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        392 25 Millions of dollars spent over the years to claim yachting's most prestigious prize FREMANTLE In the America's Cup. there is no second. In 1851, captain John Stevens, in his schooner America, beat 17 British yachts in a challenge race around the Isle of Wight and, as
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        Tony, Yeok Keong clinch Lark title
        65 25 TONY TAN, with crew Tan Yeok Kcong, clinched the last two races of the Lark Championship to emerge overall winners at Changi yesterday. With winds averaging 19 knots and mild currents, handling the boats was a breeze bot none conld match the dynamic dno.
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        Lock icon Cup showdown rated even
        76 25 FREIHANTLE The America's Cop clash between Kookaburra in and Stars and Stripes Is rated evenBookmakers rated the challenger at 85.4 points and the defender at 89. Meanwhile, Ben Lcxcen, who designed all of Alan Bond's 12-metre America's Cup boats and creator of the winged keel, plans
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        Fourth win for Davis
        57 25 WORLD No. 1 snooker player Steve Davis clinched his sixmatoh challenge against teenage prospect Stephen Hendry with his fourth successive victory at Inverness, Scotland, on Thursday. The Englishman routed the 18--year-old Hendry 8-1 to win another -4,000 ($13,080) and the £6,000 bonus for overall victory to
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        Dr Oon is SLTA boss
        103 25 DR Desmond Oon, head (information and research) of the Singapore Sports Council, was elected president of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association at their annual meeting at the National Stadium Theatrette on Thursday. Dr Ong Leong Boon, who had been at the helm for the past
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        Pasqual is president
        50 25 GEORGE Pasqual has been elected president of Tampines Rovers Sports Club. Other office-bearers: Loh Yin Min (vice-president). Cajetan De Silva (secretary). Andrew Ho (asst secretary team manager). Laurence Gomes (treasurer). Justin Morais (asst treasurer technical adviser). Nelson Nadarajan Committee: Philip Chan. Joel Morais. Michael Loh, Terence Gomes.
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        Orlando's welter title
        31 25 VENEZUELAN Orlando Orozco won the Junior World Boxing Commission welterweight title with a points decision over Kai Siong, of Indonesia, at the National Stadium in Jakarta on Friday.
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        Dundee trains Hearns
        36 25 ANGELO Dundee, the legendary American boxing trainer, will use his expert knowledge to help Britain's Dennis Andries overcome Thomas Hearns in their World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title fight in Detroit on March 7.
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        160 25 COMMONWEALTH Games silver medallist Mike McKenzie, of Australia, scored a commanding victory in the one-kilometre freestyle on the first day of the Golden Cup swimming meet in Strasbourg. France, on Friday. Results of National Basketball Association games played on Friday: Boston Celtics 126 Atlanta Hawks 106, Seattle Supersonics
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      272 26 When women cry foul on Super Bowl Night... NEW YORK Today's Super Bowl of professional football could bring out the worst in a marriage, say some experts in family violence. Rana Lee, community education assistant at Marin Abused Women's Services in the San Francisco Bay area, says her informal research
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      Bowled over by a Super showdown
      1164 26  - Bowled over by a Super showdown ALAN HUBBARD Always on Sunday THE United States virtually comes te a halt today (tomorrow morning in Singapore) when the top gridiron teams, the New York Giants aad the Denver Broncos meet in Superbowl XXI. Here, Alan Hubbard presents a personal view of what
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      WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LINE UP ON THE GRIDIRON
      504 26 Understand the jargon Blitz: An all-out charge by the defence to tackle the quarterback before he can pass. Down: Any play by the team in possession. Huddle: A brief meeting of the offence to talk through the next play. Pattern: A
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      Lock icon Broncos will be up to their tricks against Giants' power
      485 26 Broncos will be up to their tricks against Giants' power PASADENA Denver coach Dan Reeves has plenty of tricks in store for the New York Giants in the 21st Super Bowl today, and the Broncos will need all the magic they can muster to overcome the odds stacked against them.
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      Lock icon Traffic control will be biggest headache
      72 26 PASADENA Security personnel for Super Bowl XXI are wal "hing for everything from terrorism to skydivers, but authorities say the biggest challenge may bv traffic control at the Rose Bowl. In addition to three police helicopters on patrol, there will be 50 Pasadena policemen,
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      A question mark over Joo Bong
      375 27  -  J. RAJENDRAN By m Konica Cup Korean's entry in doubt after injury mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmwmmmmm^sssswmmm^m^mm^mm^mfmm THE GROUPINGS A SOUTH Korean cloud of uncertainty hung over the draw for the Konica Cup Asian Badminton Invitation championships yesterday. The big question mark is whether Korean ace Park Joo
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      Lock icon Kok Keong stuns Icuk
      394 27 Malaysian ousts top seed for third giant-killing act OSAKA Unseeded giant-killer Foo Kok Keong, of Malaysia, produced a major upset at the Japan Open badminton Grand Prix on Friday when he beat World Cup champion Icuk Sugiarto, of Indonesia, 15-12, 18-13 in the men's singles quarter-finals.
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      On target again
      213 27 HARITH AZMAN LIM (centre) had every reason to wear his best smile at the presentation ceremony for December's Sunday Times Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month award. After all it is not every day that a 16-year-old schoolboy is honoured for reaching the pinnacle of sporting glory
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      Punggol skip senior k.o. replay
      228 27  - Punggol skip senior k.o. replay H AKIK AT R AI PUNGGOL CSC kept their word and did not turn up for the replay of their senior knockout hockey semi-final against Khalsa at Farrer Park yesterday. The Tournament Committee of the Singapore Hockey Association will now have to decide what course
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      Jeffrey strikes the right note in final
      133 27 Jeffrey strikes the right note in final JEFFREY HOH, a national junior squat: member, came out tops in the Youth Bowler of the Month tournament final at Striker's Bowl yesterday. He scored 2,167 pinfalls (including 7C bonus points for wins) in the 11 game round-robin competition involving 12 finalists. Another
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      Little Alvin wins in a good time
      289 27 ALVIN TAN won the 50 metres freestyle for 10-year-old boys with an impressive time of 32.035ec at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's single age-group meet at Amber Road yesterday. Res-Its Be'ys attn tree I nder 8: 1 Tan Ren Feng 37 90 2
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      Sporting Sunday
      90 27 BOWLING Roll In The R_hr.it tournev final (Plaza Bowl, 10am) Khonile Hi Roller tourney: Qualifying rounds (Jurong Bowl, 7pm). RIGBY Cathay Pacific SRI k.o toorney: Winners' pool final: SCC v Police (Padang, spm) SOCCER NFL Div One: Farrer Park DM v Kaki Bukit (Toa Payoh). Ayer Rajah v
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      184 26 P_Y_T_i ty*mpM _t________r I LAST year the Super Bowl drew a US television audience of 127 million aad was broadcast to 59 countries. A National Football League spokesman says he expects both figures to be higher this time. Timesport writer JANICE SEAH will be among the lucky few In Singapore
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      167 27 i\_teactew_h_riNtata m Am mm 9m mm'^Jr^mmm >^_i^'^^M__ ~^m Mm i^B m *^W __L i __*< A^^^t/Am^^ "_k _r x'_ k _^_T^v down Orchard Road, leading a three -hour the lucky ones. extravaganza, starting 9.00am Sunday February 1. At the dispersal area, Eri, The SchoolmatesN^J/ It will be the morning not
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      Lock icon Boris has big problems, says ex-coach
      333 28 FRANKFURT Guenther Bosch, who quit as Boris Becker's coach after the world No. 2's shock defeat in the Australian Open this week, arrived here on Friday saying he had not slept since making the decision. Bosch, met by the media, said his decision to
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      Lock icon Welcome home, Hana
      557 28 Beating Martina is like beating a legend. It's a great welcome for me to win a Grand Slam title in Australia, where I have applied for citizenship. I almost killed myself when I was 5-3 up and 30-love and lost that game. But I kept fighting and
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      England first to give Windies triple shame
      248 28 CRICKET ADELAIDE England became the first country to beat the West Indies in three successive limit-ed-over matches in the World Series Cup yesterday. After being sent in, England managed a healthy 252 for six and, in reply, the West Indies were humbled for
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      Doubles win a singles omen for Edberg
      415 28 MELBOURNE Top seeds Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd yesterday became the first Swedes to win the Australian Open men's doubles title when they beat Australians Peter Doohan and Laurie Warder in the final. The Swedish Davis Cup pair won 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
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      Lock icon Lion Rett tested but not tamed
      329 28  -  J. RAJENDRAN RUGBY UNION By IT was by no means a roaring success but, all the same, Lion Red's meagre victory over Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association was enough to see them through to the Singapore Rugby Union Division Two fi._al at the Padang
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        Elbow earns Jeffrey sack
        249 28  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE'S oldest national player Jeffrey Lazaroo suffered a lapse in maturity yesterday when he was sacked in the NFL Division One game at the Toa Payoh Stadium between Changi CSC and Police. The 29-year-old Changi veteran was sent off by referee P. Balakrishnan
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        It's victory-or-bust for FP United
        187 28  -  JOE DORAI FARRER PARK UNITED, beaten in their past three matches, will be on a victory-or-bust mission today when they meet newly-promoted Kaki Bukit in the NFL Division One match at Toa Payoh Stadium at 4.45 pm. Another defeat will be a big blow to
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        BRITISH SOCCER
        198 28 LONDON League leaders Arsenal suffered their first defeat in 23 games when they were beaten 20 by Manchester United in a violent clash at Old -.afford yesterday. The two smallest men on the field, Gordon Strachan and Terry Gibson, scored the goals DIVISION ONE Coventry 1 West Ham
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        A peep into six private schools
        526 2  - A peep into six private schools IRENE HOE TV PREVIEW Independent Schools Some British Examples Today, Ch 5, 9 30 pm By INDEPENDENT Schools: Some British Examples offers a rosy prospectus for private schools in Britain. The half-hour SBC documentary gives viewers a peep into six schools Leys, Whitgift, Perse,
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        Illusionist 'conquers' the Great Wall
        387 2 THEY call him the greatest magician of our time, and his impressive credits certainly bear this out. In 1982, David Copperfield made a seven-tonne jet vanish into thin air. The following year, he made the Statue of Liberty disappear before the eyes of astonished New
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        Leslie loses to Alan — by a nose
        347 2  - Leslie loses to Alan by a nose JULIE TAN LOOK EAST ALAN Tarn and Anita Mui reaffirmed their positions as the kingpins of Hongkong pop last Sunday at TVB's Top 10 Song Awards. For the third year running, Alan was voted the Most Popular Male Performer. But Hongkong sources said
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        Triple treat for pop fans
        537 2  -  PHILIP CHEAH TV PREVIEW By LETT no one, and I mean no one, drag you away from the TV set this Tuesday. Very few of us have the money to make it to America to watch Bruce Springsteen and, at the rate his shows i
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        Sumptuous visuals nut a rambling plot
        524 3  -  SUMIKO TAN TAI-PAN Coming to Cathay Starring Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton, Tim Gumee and Russell Wong Directed by Daryl Duke By TITTERING, tottering females overrun Tal-Pan. a movie that's definitely not for fervent feminists. This picturesque romantic adventure is set in Hongkong,
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        Screen veteran left out in the cold returns with winning performance
        536 3  -  JULIE TAN By "THE quality of films represents the quality of society. And it's really sad that the Hongkong film industry has got precious little to show apart from its vampire and slapstick comedies." Disgruntled comments from an idealistic
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        Something amiss when Murphy turns life-saver
        443 3  -  PHILIP CHEAH THE GOLDEN CHILD At Lido, Changi, Savoy Starring Eddie Murphy and Charlotte Lewis Directed by Michael Ritchie By HAVE you ever wondered why Elddie Murphy is so big? You get to see his mug on TV, hear that mug talking on records
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        Actor's death revives Aids scare for Springsteen's wife
        439 3 HOLLYWOOD THE wife of rock star Bruce Springsteen was at the centre of an Aids Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) stir recently after the death of Dynasty actor Paul Keenan. Julianne Phillips, 26, shared a passionate kiss with Keenan two years ago in
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        Hello kids
        246 4 HOORAY! Chinese New Year is coming round again That there'll be lots to eat and many hong bao (red packets) to collect must be foremost on your mind. I don't know of any child who doesn't look forward to getting a hong bao, though a tender-hearted one may
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        Home-made crackers are just as fiery
        346 4 YEARS ago, the Lunar New Year always started with a bang. Animals shivered, babies cried and parents had nervous breakdowns thinking of the possible injuries from carelessly-handled firecrackers. Today, crackers are banned and the Lunar New Year is much quieter. But many still decorate
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        MEN AT WAR
        455 4 gh fghgh fghf THE Ming dynasty, (AD 1368 1644), one of the longest and most stable Chinese dynasties, was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, ruler of Ming who won a naval victory against the Han at Boyang Lake in 1363. China has seen numerous military campaigns, including many
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        1087 13 Hit series that gave parenthood a new dignity The Cosby Show (which returned to our screens last Friday) and its lead star were voted Best Series and TV Personality respectively in the recent Sunday Times Entertainment Poll. DONNA BRITT-GIBSON takes a closer look at television'sbiggest success story. WARD CLEAVER did
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        Where to be seen, in the right company
        849 14 Planning to hit the new nightspots over the Lunar New Year? Tongue in cheek, ALFRED ZHU trots down to five of the most popular and tells you what to expect. RUMOURS 3rd level, Forum Galleria UNDENIABLY the liveliesl disco in town at
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        Harmony prevails in this labour of love
        753 14  -  LIM SEK POP REVIEW By THE ONESIMUS PRINCIPLE Various Artistes (WEA) THIS is a labour of love and nowhere is it more obvious than the immaculate care taken in the overall musical presentation and vocal performance. Sydney Tan, the brain behind this gospel
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      507 2 WARNING NOTICE "It's A Mod, Mod, Mod World" copyright reserved The above film is protected by copyright in Singapore under the United Kingdom Copyright Act 1911 OPENS TODAY AT 15 THEATRES JUBILEE/TOA PAYOH/ MANDARIN/ EMPRESS HOLLTWOOD DALIT/UWACU GALA FLAZA HAPPY/PRIMCE/ORIEMTAL/LIBERTY WOODLANDS/PRESIDENT M I 1 5. 3 1 5. 7 1
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      181 2 The second part of the documentary. Independent Schools: Some American Examples, will be shown on Saturday at 7.30pm on Ch 5. C BY POPULAR DEMAND! 6 .j CATHAY: OPEMS TOMORROW X ;I "GRIPPING A HUGELY ENJOYABLE FILM" \____k __i ___r SI men- ■iMiKnni 2J£SLSBSL'i TODAY MORNIN. SHAW j «ji KRETA
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      273 7 Forthcoming supplements include _^p^ January 25 Lunar New Year II The Sunday Times March B Wine And Dine The Sunday Times ___B___l____J 18W 25 Indian Republic Day The Sunday Times 22 Banßladesh Independent-*--_^fl ffl lio Hei tUw Flsh The Sti-aits Times Dav The Sunday Times _^|C mmTmf > Natton **>
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        301 3 THE Teochew noodles served at Sin Kian Hin Mushroom and Bak Cho Mee stalls on Lavender Street and Kitchener Road are certainly worth every cent you pay. For $5, you get your choice of noodles plus one or two slices of aba lone, two or
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        825 5  -  KHNG EU MENG By THE betel nut-chewing neneks could not have guessed a century or more ago that their brass betel nut sets would end up as museum exhibits today. These sets and other once commonly used brass objects such as pots, kettles, trays, jewellery
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        601 6 MESSAGE K. Sankaran Nair High Commissioner I AM happy that the Sunday Times has given me this opportunity to give a message on the auspicious occasion of the 37th anniversary of India's Republic Day, which is on 26th January, 1967. The Constitution that we adopted on
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        432 6 SINGAPORE companies have been invited to exhibit products of Indian origin at an Indian Trade Fair to be held at the World Trade Centre in April. This is the second time that India will be holding this exhibition, which is organised by the Trade
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        635 7 4 Encouraged by its success so far, India now plans to stop up its existing level of engineering exports to 60 billion rupees (about Sslo billion) by m 1990. INDIA has become a viable trading partner, both in developed and developing countries, according
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        414 7 MORE Singaporean businessmen are travelling to India. This is the result of the Trade Development Board opening its office in Bombay last year. "This and the increase in flights by both Singapore Airlines and Air India recently augur well for travel by Singaporeans to India," said Mr
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      143 3 CRYSTAL COURT RESTAURANT I Chinese Swimming Club New Sport Complex /Sk 21. Amber Road. Singapore 1543 fl 1^ B|ilßSßStß______B^ I r_f _r^_^______________-_-_S <j^\ H From 20/1/87 till 12/2/87 Proudly presents its specialty tt Prosperity Raw Fish ii 1 8/- per order Kou are also welcome to enjoy our JBo) prosperity
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      88 6 Congratulations Best Wishes to the Government and People of India on the occasion of their Republic Day SBMCE WITH SECURITY For all classes of general insurance business NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Bth Storey. GMG Building. 108 Robinson Road, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****11 THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. GMG Building,
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      208 7 Useful addresses for businessmen THE Indian High Commission in Singapore receives at least 10 enquiries a day from businessmen who want to know whom to contact in order to do business with India. The High Commission has provided the following list of the more common boards and agencies which businessmen
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    • SHOPPING
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        638 2  - The thrill off last-minute shopping MARA FERNANDEZ By IF THERE'S one thing that can be said about last-minute shopping, it is that it somehow puts you in the festive mood. Though time and again you may hear your friends or relatives expressing their dislike for crowds, those who do get
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        Hamper dos and don'ts
        499 2  -  SANDRA DAVIE BUYING someone a hamper is not as simple as one might think it to be. There are certain guidelines which you should observe when you choose a hamper, said Miss Cynthia Yeo who owns a shop selling flowers and hampers. First, remember that the
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        458 2 TheZabbn TheJtMtfSWM.. 9 From Jan 28 to Feb 12, The Amara Hotel > will be a hutch of activities with lion dances and demonstrations on finger-painting, sealcarving and calligraphy and lots of delightful New Year goodies. Jan 29 ll am HiS j[ Watch lively lions prance at the entrance f
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        189 2 fr^j%4_^_» bfl lftuffj >31 __P_r Ik" Jlmaster brand >lb^Ps v_ KNIFE BRAND Cooking Oil //If il has been reliable for generations. jAafaf !i V _F T y Makes good cooks better- f "-----_____>' food more tasty. Available at provision shops and leading supermarkets. I I "I 'liar __U_____2_!S rf _#___B________l__V
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        144 2 I k fßgjl Herald in the Chinese New Year at Pin Hsiang Restaurant To rejoice the coming new year, we've lined up a host of authentic Chinese cuisines specially prepared to mark this occasion. And they include the good- luck dishes such as: LONG MA JING SHEN (Pan Fried Prawn
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    • BUSINESS
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        When the season spells boom for some
        657 3  -  SANDRA DAVIE By TO MANY Chinese businessmen, the festive season is a welcome break when they can close shop and rejoice with their families, relatives and friends. Other Singaporean businessmen who do not take part in the festivities also look forward to the
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        Spring cleaning gets the professional touch
        590 3 IF YOU are a busy couple or family who find it hard to get down to spring cleaning your home for Lunar New Year, professional cleaners are waiting in the wings to do your every bidding. They can come in a full force of
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        344 3 Spring-time at the Orchard heralds in the Lunar New Year, x A^ he Orchard Hotel presents two mouthwatering ones in breezy comfort. Our chefs at Cascade menus to welcome the Chinese New Year Garden have prepared a splendid New Year A special ala <*arte menu is _^*\_*^o m vour f-^y
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        368 4 FOR the Chinese, a new year generally means everything new. From giving the house a spring cleaning, right down to getting some new clothes for the family. What to wear, where to buy, how much to spend here are a few suggestions. Picture 1
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        957 4  - The gi nd family get-together JACQUELINE WONG By Besides the dressing up and the feasting this i ties with family and frien he time to renew EATING out in style for the reunion dinner is one thing that hasn't gone out of fashion. Even though some businessmen and entrepreneurs might
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        in the rabbit with music
        290 5 New Year with your favourite stars. OH looks at the choice of tapes. START tl Let Sarah Cl Teng, Alam tertain you. And if you crackers and and clangin dances to we big bang. That's the i produced by cording comi from the recc to
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        443 4 Ifl ______l l__. _________d I m\\mW ________________H______l _____P^__ mm\ W\\ AmmW^m\ _______________L_B^___. _l__________l m ---.fl -_-k. I mAmm m\ _-H ____Rl K_ I __________1 _ifl H At the Crown Prince we believe there's only one $480 and $580 set menus (70cl bottle). Each table will receive a welcome way to
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    • TRADITION
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        'Plucking the greens'
        606 6  -  RICHARD NG By "PLUCKING the greens" is a ritual long associated with the Lion Dance. Dancers shrouded in the long lion costume would climb up a ladder, performing acrobatic stunts in the process, with the aim of "gobbling up" a sprig of lettuce tied to a red
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        Keeping in touch with old ways
        626 7 Such traditions as having a reunion dinner, visiting the temple and looking up relatives are how Singaporeans will usher in the Year of the Rabbit, reports DANNY TAN. 4 There is always lots of food to eat wherever we go. As my mother-in-law's family
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        Spending New Year away from home
        479 7  -  JUDY TAN By THERE'S nothing like a long weekend to awaken the travel bug in Singaporeans. In recent years, travel firms say, more and more Singaporeans are spending Lunar New Year away from home. This time round, the lure is even stronger because of
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        Free parking zones
        225 7 Free parking zones WHEN you go visiting during the Lunar New Year holidays, remember that not all car parks in Housing Board estates are covered by the free parking scheme. As at Jan 16, 61 constituencies are covered by the free parking on Sundays and public holidays scheme. Even in
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        Lock icon Celebrations on the 15th day
        519 8  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By Bl FOR the past six years, Mdm T. Chin, her husband and their two children have held a garden party on the 15th day of the first lunar month, a day popularly called Chap Goh Meh (Yuan Xiao), and also known as
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        Where old practices still play an important role
        827 8  -  SANDRA DAVIE By IF YOU come across a house with two red bubble-gum-sized balls of dougn (kueh ee) stuck on the front doors and with a bright red bunting, it's likely to be the home of a Peranakan getting ready for New
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        679 6 Whore you can have your reunion dinner Pleco/dete Menus Price Teul Hang VMege 10-courae set menu Reetourant, Complimentary bottle of $538+ Tho Aeie Motel Honneaay XO TW Feb 28 Complimentary bottle of Paradis $748+ Honneaay Long Aeng 9-course set menu includes $300+ Sichuan Roolouront, welcome dish of "nian gao' $388+
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        85 6 'Sf China Patau* ty jr Restaurant I Chinese New\_ar I Prosperity Banquet I fr •Fa Cai Yu Sheng Mini "Fo Tiao Qiang Roasted Suckling Pig Steamed Live Seabass £_> Boiled Live Prawns Vegetarian Delight -3f Fried "Ee Mian WJ9\ Four Flavour Dumplings New Year Dessert Only $328 for V\ j*
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        415 8 J^^^^^^^^^^^^^Kl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mmmmW B Start the Year of the Rabbit *^H HI on the right footing... H at the Mandarin Singapore! H __H l______W ____M__B3MBb m W^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M January 28 to February 12 January 28 fl K served m W^m^R^^^^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^m Start the .I_____H_SrP. Prosperity Yu Sheng prepared don't miss the traditional stan to
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