The Straits Times, 8 May 1988

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    15 1 The Sunday Times No: 2708 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87 cgxz g The Sunday Times
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    Singapore asks US diplomat to leave
    880 1 First Secretary accused of meddling in local politics THE Government yesterday protested to the United States over the behaviour of an American diplomat whom it accused of involvement in domestic politics. It named the man as E. Mason "Hank" Hendrickson, First Secretary (Political) at
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    Seow's sudden interest in politics puzzles Govt
    519 1 A SUDDEN change in lawyer Francis Seow over the past two years has been most puzzling, the Government said yesterday. How did a man who was apolitical all his life suddenly, in his late 50s, become a champion of human rights and opposition
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    US will withdraw diplomat, but it denies charge of improper conduct
    283 1  -  BERTH A HENSON By THE US Government said yesterday it will withdraw diplomat E. Mason "Hank" Hendrickson as requested by the Singapore Government, but maintained that he did not act improperly. It said the activities of the First Secretary
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    Government calls US reply a 'diplomatic fig leaf and says it will prove facts
    217 1 THE Government last night described the United States' response defending E. Mason Hendrickson as a "diplomatic fig leaf" and said it would prove any facts disputed, however discomforting that exercise might be. In a brief statement
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    Lock icon Mum-and-daughter team comes in tops
    144 1 WAS it beauty, brains or that special affinity between mother and daughter that clinched the Mother-Daughter International Pageant title for this bubbly pair? Whatever it was, they were picked by a panel of international judges in Hollywood over five other pairs as the Singapore win-
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      107 1 FOCUS Universities go into business Browsers of Singapore, unite! SUNDAY PLUS 'Arab rage in Israel -Treasures in an Aladdin's cave Haute couture s little secret A classic car restored tv plus How a woman can love the FA Cup final FOCUS TV Listings 6 Editorial 21 Young life 7 Profile
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      7 1 Roh sacks his intelligence chief: Page 4
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      14 1 Text of Uovt's statement and Patrick Se«ng's statutory declaration on Pages 2 and 3
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    AT A GLANCE
    619 2 SIHANOUK THANKS CHIRAC Prince Norodom Sihanouk has sent French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac a letter of thanks for having six officers of the rTince s gueniia army undergo training in r ranee. The letter said. "My son, Prince Ranariddh, has informed me of the very noble and
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    SPORTS
    147 2 SINGAPORE OUT: Singapore's last hope of a place in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group II final disappeared yesterday when Liu Wai Yaw and Melwin Pereira lost their doubles tie to give Hongkong a 3-0 lead. The same pair had lost their singles matches on Friday. Hongkong ace Mark
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Hand of US officials in local
      1397 2 Hendrickson instigated some lawyers to stand against PAP, says Government. Below is IN ITS press statement of April 28, the Government warned that as the General Elections approach, it expects foreign groups to make further attempts to use Singaporeans as proxies to influence the
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      My meeting with a US Embassy official and 'Mr X'
      2677 2 My meeting with a US Embassy official and 'Mr X' Extracts from Patrick Seong's statutory declaration I was very angry over the arrest of the 22 people in May and June '87. I knew a number of the arrestees personally and felt that they had been wrongly accused by the
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      Three encounters with the man from the embassy
      169 2 May 1987: Seong joins a group of Singapore lawyers for a discussion on local politics with "an American official from the Embassy" and another Caucasian man "purportedly from Washington". Jan 1988: Hendrickson calls Seong and asks to meet him to discuss "something".
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      ... and the meddling role he played
      119 2 and the meddling role he played Manipulated Singaporeans Hendrickson was clearly not just collecting information on Singapore politics. He was trying to manipulate and instigate Singaporeans, in order to bring about a particular political outcome. 'Money should not be a problem' When one of Hendrickson's contacts told him that the
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      politics
      680 3 the text of its statement. If they are required to make representations on behalf of their own governments, they are expected to make them to the appropriate official authorities. They are expected not to interfere in the domestic politics of their countries of accreditation, whether by instigating or funding
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      'Forces out to change our values to theirs'
      109 3 'Forces out to change our values to theirs' DR YEO Ning Hong yesterday warned that there were forces seeking to mould Singaporeans to conform to Western values and practices and to "become cardboard imitation of Western societies, aping them in everything they do." "For example, Western media mocked and jeered
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      Lock icon Malaysian groups urge Spore govt to release Seow
      207 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian political parties and social action groups yesterday called on Singapore to free lawyer Francis Seow who is acting for political detainees. Seow was arrested on Friday under a law which allows indefinite detention without trial. The Government said the
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      Marxist plotters a real threat, says MP
      141 3 AN MP yesterday told* grassroots leaders that the Marxist conspirators re-ar-rested last month posed a real threat to Singapore's security. Calling upon the community leaders to disseminate accurate information to Singaporeans, Mr Ng Kah Ting, MP for Punggol, said the Government could not
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      Boot trick lands Thais in tight spot
      328 3  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By WITHIN two hours, immigration officers foiled two separate attempts by six Thais who had overstayed to slip out of the country yesterday. Success No. 1 came when a Ma-laysian-registered Volvo was intercepted at the Woodlands checkpoint at about 3 pm.
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      193 2 Fair eicept for showers over a few areas in the late afternoon. TEMP (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow. 33 max., 25 min SUNSET today 7 06 Dm SUNRISE tomorrow. 6.56 am. TRAVELLERS 1 MATHER Adelaide C L*h Angeles 13 16 C Qoudy AnMUrdam 10 19 C Clear Madrid 916
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Polish strikers appeal for talks as defeat looms
      457 4 GDANSK Mr Lech V'alesa and his dwindling band of strikers appealed for peace talks yesterday as Solidarity seemed headed for a crushing defeat in its latest showdown with Poland's communist government. The six-day-old protest at the Lenin shipyard cradle of Solidarity during
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      Lock icon New currency notes for China
      176 4 New currency notes for China BEIJING The days are numbered for a smiling peasant girl at the wheel of a speeding tractor as China prepares to put new currency notes into circulation. The charming image, backed by a pastoral scene of a flock of sheep, has long graced the one-yuan
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka warns of Aids outbreak in beach areas
      398 4 COLOMBO Sri Lankan authorities have warned about a possible outbreak of Aids around its southern beaches due to increasing male prostitution. Health officials and police say they are alert to the danger because a large number of young men are plunging
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      Lock icon Blast rocks Kuwait office of US car rental company
      126 4 Blast rocks Kuwait office of US car rental company KUWAIT An explosion rocked the offices of the USowned Avis car rental company yesterday morning in downtown Kuwait. Witnesses said at least one person was hurt, but the government said there were no casualties. The Kuwait News Agency quoted an unidentified
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      Lock icon House this for a hat?
      78 4 M fc George Holtor of Prairie Village, Kansas, certainly has a nousetul of ideas when it comes to dressing up for the Kentucky Derby in Louisville today He matches the spires of Churchill Downs with a twin-spired hat that took him two months to make
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      Lock icon 36 feared dead as Norwegian plane crashes near Arctic Circle
      179 4 OSLO All 36 passengers and crew were feared dead after a domestic Norwegian airliner crashed near the Arctic Circle on Friday evening, aviation authorities said here. The four-engine, turbo-prop plane from Wideroe Airlines crashed off the coast of northern Norway
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      Lock icon Short on fuel but three jets land safely
      122 4 7 T hree Northwest Airlines Boeing-747 jumbo jets ran short of fuel while battling strong headwinds on trans-Pacific nights from the United States on Saturday and made unscheduled landings in Japan, aviation officials here said. A Northwest Airlines jumbo jet en route
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      Lock icon Roh sacks chief of intelligence service in reshuffle
      266 4 Roh sacks chief of intelligence service in reshuffle SEOUL South Korean President Roh Tae Woo sacked the chief of the national intelligence service in a Cabinet shuffle officially announced here yesterday, replacing him with a moderate former Justice Minister. Mr Roh appointed former Justice Minister Bae Myung In, 56, director
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      Lock icon Six Sihanouk officers training in France
      469 6 BEIJING Six officers from Prince Norodom Sihanouk's guerilla army are undergoing training in France, according to a letter of thanks from the Cambodian resistance leader to French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac. A copy of the letter, dated April 21, was contained in a photocopied
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      Lock icon '33 Viet soldiers killed by Sihanouk troops in five attacks'
      178 6 '33 Viet soldiers killed by Sihanouk troops in five attacks' BANGKOK Cambodian resistance forces loyal to Prince Norodom Sihanouk killed 33 Vietnamese soldiers in Cambodia from April 15 to May 1, the prince's office here said. The Vietnamese losses were inflicted in five separate attacks by the National Sihanoukist Army
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      Lock icon Two leading Hongkong banks to raise prime lending rate to 7.5% tomorrow
      172 6 HONGKONG Two leading banks here announced yesterday an increase of one percentage point in their prime lending rate from 6.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, effective tomorrow. The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank, the
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      Lock icon Ex-French hostage says he faced mock executions
      252 6 Ex-French hostage says he faced mock executions PARIS One of three French hostages just released in Beirut has told how he was subjected to mock executions by his kidnappers during his three years of captivity. Diplomat Marcel Fontaine, 45, told the commercial radio station Eu-rope-1 on Friday his jailers had
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      Lock icon Mitterrand confident of election victory
      411 6 Mitterrand confident of election victory TOULOUSE (France) The French presidential election campaign ended at midnight on Friday with the favourite, President Francois Mitterrand, confident and relaxed and his challenger, Mr Jacques Chirac, in typical battling mood. Conservative Prime Minister Chirac, who has governed uneasily with the Socialist President since he
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      Lock icon French troops braced for violence in New Caledonia
      177 6 NOUMEA Eight thousand French military men in the South Pacific island chain of New Caledonia braced themselves yesterday for renewed separatist violence in the runup to today's French presidential elections. In the capital of Noumea, riot police patrolled the streets in white
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      Lock icon Call to rethink Soviet anti-alcohol drive
      383 7 MOSCOW The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia >ias called for a reassessment of the Kremlin's anti-alcohol campaign, saying the grumbling it had caused in the Soviet Union was more dangerous than drunkenness. In a front page article, the paper said Soviet citizens were angry at
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    • PEOPLE
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        Politician turns agony aunt
        134 7 THE head of the Japanese Socialist Party writing an agony column? Why not?, asks Miss Takako Doi. According to Asiaweek, the 59-year-old leader sees it as a "good opportunity to learn what Japanese women think and worry about". She is an old hand at confounding entrenched
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        Lock icon Wonder's sellout HK concert
        164 7 Camera Press picture. STEVIE Wonder made his Hongkong debut on Friday with a sellout concert for some 10,000 people, the first of three shows in the British colony. Soberly dressed in a grey suit and white shirt, his hair drawn back into a ponytail, Wonder impressed
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        Cher does a body inventory
        171 7 CHER says that the French magazine story about her plastic surgery is a gross exaggeration. Paris-Match reported she had undergone some US$4O,OOO (S$80,000) worth of cosmetic surgery during the past 20 years but the Oscar winner went through an inventory of her body parts with
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        Elisa goes from song to dance
        163 7 AFTER 15 years in the business. Hongkong songstress Elisa Chan (right) has shown spunk and staying power. Once lead singer for local group The New Top Notes, she went solo after they disbanded. Although singing is her forte, she has also shown herself game
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        Snake catcher cheats death
        144 7 AN AUSTRALIAN snake catcher survived a bite from the world's most venomous land snake the Inland Taipan and vowed to continue his perilous profession. Reuter reports that Mr Joe Bredl, 65, speaking from his hospital bed, said he was bitten on the chest by the rare
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      Reagan raps Regan in public over astrology claims
      672 7  - Reagan raps Regan in public over astrology claims ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has taken the unusual step of publicly criticising a former White House insider. Mr Reagan expressed displeasure with a book written by former chief of staff Donald Regan who claimed that Mrs
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      US doing great but govt is broke, says Shultz
      433 8  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON US Secretary of State George Shultz has said the United States government is broke although the country is "going great". Answering questions at a Foreign Service Day luncheon at the State Department here on
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      Lock icon Big drop in US jobless rate may spell trouble ahead, say economists
      569 8 WASHINGTON The 600,000 Americans who found work last month would doubtless disagree, but some economists are worried that the drop in the nation's jobless rate to a 14-year low of 5.4 per cent spells trouble ahead. The economy's
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      Lock icon Sunstruck beauty:
      100 8 Hie heat is on and for this Miss Universe contestant, it is the fierce Taipei sun, not the competition, mat sne succumbs to. The damsel in distress is 20-year-old Miss Finland, Nina Carita Bjornstrom, who gets several helping hands when she faints during a photo session for the
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      Lock icon Chinese dissident to attend conferences during his first visit to US
      321 8 BEIJING China's most prominent dissident, astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, said yesterday he would be allowed to make his first visit to the United States since he was expelled from the Communist Party a year ago. Mr Fang said he would
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      Lock icon Athletes can have sex and still be in top form, says doctor
      127 8 EAST BERLIN East German athletes can have sex and still be on top of the world, a doctor said. "It is often assumed that top sportsmen must give up sexual activity to devote their strength to improving their
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      Lock icon Row over Bill to reduce abortion time limit in UK
      380 9 LONDON A controversial Bill to reduce Britain's time Omit for abortions from 28 to 18 weeks foundered amid angry scenes in Parliament on Friday. Shouting erupted in the House of Commons as opponents used delaying tactics to ensure that debate
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      Lock icon Hanoi fears baby boom in Dragon Year
      166 9 HANOI Officials in Vietnam are worried that the current Year of the l^ragon may provoke a baby boom as trie mythical animal is considered the best sign in the astrological calendar, a newspaper said. Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) registered 13 per
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      Lock icon Britain sets strict guidelines on brain-cell transplants
      166 9 Britain sets strict guidelines on brain-cell transplants LONDON The British Medical Association has given its approval to brain-cell transplants using tissue from aborted foetuses, but set strict guidelines to guard against abuse. Two operations last month to transplant cells from the brain of an aborted foetus into that of someone
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      Racy UK tabloid cries foul over ruling on language
      623 9  -  ALAN HUBBARD Watchdog rejects complaint on use of four-letter words by upmarket paper By Europe Editor LONDON Playing a decidedly straight bat, Britain's Press Council has rejected a complaint: that the use of four-letter words on the sports pages of the
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      Lock icon Japan and US plan to build super-fast airliner
      166 9 Japan and US plan to build super-fast airliner TOKYO Japan and the United States are expected to jointly develop a supersonic commercial airliner capable of flying between Tokyo and New York in 2V4 hours, a government spokesman said yesterday. Commercial airliners currently fly between the two cities in about 11
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      Lock icon Gorbachev calls for 'new page' in ties with Japan
      390 10 it is abnormal when Japanese-Soviet relations remind one of a drowsy fire which smoulders instead of burning brightly. It is pointless and unproductive to continue trying to prove that we can live without each other. Mr Gorbachev. MOSCOW Soviet leader Mik
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      Lock icon Reagan has done much for bilateral ties, says Zhao
      292 10 BEIJING Sino-American relations are good and US President Ronald Reagan has done much to make them that way, said Chinese Communist Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang. Mr Zhao made the remark at a meeting on Friday with directors of Gannett, a
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      Lock icon Mystery shrouds death of Broadway actor
      265 10 Mystery shrouds death of Broadway actor NEW YORK George Rose, the British song-and-dance man who charmed Broadway audiences for more than a quarter century, has died in mysterious circumstances in the Dominican Republic, friends said on Friday. The death of the 68--year-old Tony Award winner came just two weeks before
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      Lock icon Parents jailed for confining son to bathroom for years
      280 10 Parents jailed for confining son to bathroom for years HOUSTON A seven-year-old boy who was kept virtually a prisoner in a bathroom, possibly for years, was being treated for malnutrition after he had escaped through a window, authorities said. The boy's parents were jailed on charges of injury to a
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      Lock icon Stocks retreat on news of dip in unemployment
      139 10 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street lost ground for the third straight day on Friday following the announcement that unemployment in the United States had hit a 14-year low. The Dow Jones index of blue chip industrials fell 12.76 points in slow
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Sison is Manila's most wanted Red, says TV station
      414 11 Sison is Manila's most wanted Red, says TV station MANILA A former top cojnmunist rebel leader released by President Corazon Aquino from nearly 10 years in prison is among leftist and rigfit-wing leaders wanted by the authorities, the government's television station said yesterday. The station said Jose Maria Sison, who
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      Lock icon Twenty Philippine Reds and 13 soldiers killed in raging battle
      191 11 BACOLOD (Philippines) Twenty communist insurgents and 13 soldiers have been killed in a three-day battle still raging on the central Philippine island of Negros, military spokesmen said yesterday. The fighting between some 500 guerillas of the communist New People's Army
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      Thai opposition unites to challenge Prem in polls
      353 11  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK In a move to oust General Prem. Tinsulanonda from his eight-year premiership, Thai opposition parties have begun to unite on a common front to strengthen their electoral chances. Three small groups, including former premier General
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      Chamlong's new party attracts thousands
      279 11  -  BANGKOK Governor Chamlong Srimuang's new Palang Dharma Party has attracted thousands of members and would-be election candidates, making political pundits here reckon that it might become a new force in Thai politics. Nearly 5,000 people have signed up as members in the yet unregistered party,
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  • ASEAN NEWS.ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Uno fails to dispel Jakarta's dismay over delay in aid
      574 12  -  Yang Razali Kassim By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Japanese Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno wrapped up a two-day visit yesterday without overcoming Indonesian disappointment over Tokyo's apparent foot-dragging on this year's aid to Indonesia. The Indonesians have been expecting Mr Uno to
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      Lock icon Alatas to address UN session on disarmament
      85 12 Alatas to address UN session on disarmament JAKARTA Foreign Minister Ali Alatas will address a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on disarmament starting later this month, it was announced here. Mr Alatas will lead the Indonesian delegation at the four-week session due to start on May 31,
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      Lock icon Aquino to file charges against Marcos and family to block their return
      279 12 MANILA President Corazon Aquino will file criminal charges against deposed president Ferdinand Marcos and his immediate family to keep them out of the country, high-ranking government official said here yesterday. The 15 charges would empower the government to
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      Lock icon Giant fish delicacy:
      79 12 These giant catfish are not waiting in line to De weighed and measured for a fishing competition. Neither is it an attempt to make it to the Guinness Book of Records. The catfish are on display at a Chinese restaurant in Bangkok because the Thais appreciate them.
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      Lock icon 'Think twice before pirating cassettes'
      166 12 'Think twice before pirating cassettes' JAKARTA Indonesian State Secretary Murdiono yesterday warned domestic cassette producers against pirating recordings from Western European countries and the United States. "From now on, think twice before doing it," he said, referring to the still-booming cassette tape piracy business in Indonesia. Mr Murdiono told reporters
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      Defunct MIC branches 'may take five years to be revived'
      303 12 TAIPING The 175 Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) branches declared defunct last month will not be revived in time for this year's state conferences, The Star newspaper quoted party president Datuk S. Samy Vellu as having said. It may take five
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      Lock icon Dengue fever epidemic kills 200 in Java
      156 12 JAKARTA An epidemic of dengue fever has claimed more than 200 lives and afflicted tens of thousands, officials and news reports said yesterday. The infectious disease is spread by mosquitoes and characterised by severe pain and fever. The disease has killed many people
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      Lock icon lata wants security at Bangkok airport boosted
      384 12 lata wants security at Bangkok airport boosted BANGKOK Checks have shown that the international airport here meets minimum international security standards required to prevent aircraft hijackings, a British aviation security expert said yesterday. A Kuwaiti Airways Boeing 747 was hijacked on April 5 while on its way to Kuwait after
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      Bank Negara probes alleged malpractices in insurance firms
      120 12 KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara says it is investigating several insurance companies following complaints of alleged malpractice, according to Malaysia's private television network, TV3, yesterday. Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Jaafar Hussein said he had received many reports about cheating by the insurance
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      Lock icon Haemophiliac is KL's ninth Aids carrier
      235 14 Haemophiliac is KL's ninth Aids carrier KUALA LUMPUR A haemophiliac, one of 27 whose blood samples were tested last week, has been found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids). In a statement issued by the Health Ministry, deputy health director-general Dr Abdullah Abdul Rahman said on Friday that the
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      Lock icon Johor plans tourist attractions not found in S'pore
      171 14 JOHOR BARU The Johor government is actively planning various projects not available in Singapore to attract tourists to the state, State Social and Tourist Development Committee chairman Jimmy Low Boon Hong said yesterday. One of the projects would be a special site
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      Neighbours shun Aids-carrier boy and family
      473 14 Neighbours shun Aids-carrier boy and family Minister blames press reports for their 'mental agony' IPOH A seven-year-old Aids carrier and his family living in Pulau Pangkor have been shunned by the residents, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. It said that even though neighbours have been told doctors have confirmed that
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      Lock icon Public caning may be reintroduced in Malaysian schools
      296 14 Public caning may be reintroduced in Malaysian schools IPOH Public caning, prohibited by the Education Ministry two years ago, may be reintroduced to check the decline in discipline in schools. Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin said the ministry's disciplinary review committee was looking into the matter. He told reporters
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      Lock icon Sack for postmen under probe if found guilty
      76 14 KUALA LUMPUR Three postmen being investigated by the Postal Services Department for non-delivery of letters belonging to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors may be sacked, if found guilty. The department's director of investigations, Mr A. Vasudevan, said yesterday that the investigations have
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      Lock icon Give up posts, dissenters told
      154 14 SHAH ALAM Assemblymen, political leaders and civil servants who disagree with government policies should give up their posts, Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib said on Friday. He said there were two or three political figures in the state who were found to
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      Lock icon Sarawak's poor turn to fish catching from drains
      292 14 Sarawak's poor turn to fish catching from drains picture. MIRI (Sarawak) A hardj species of fish found in monsoon drains is helping cashstrapped people here keep their heads above water. The betuk, a perennial drain dweller, is feeding numerous families living along the Lu-tong-Miri trunk road, who- have been hit
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      Mindef to give singles and the stork a prod
      579 15  -  MAYLEE CHIA By THE single most pressing social problem in Mindef and the armed forces is that 10,600 officers are unmarried, three-quarters of the married ones have no children and 60 per cent of the childless are aged 30 and above,
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      Deutsche Bank takes up big chunk of prime office space
      709 15  -  AGNES WEE By DEUTSCHE Bank's newly opened regional head office in Treasury Building, together with the shift of its Singapore branch office there soon, represents the single biggest lot of office space taken up in the city in the past
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      Man, 78, survives brush with bus
      96 15 Man, 78, survives brush with bus A PEDESTRIAN survived a brush with death on Friday after he fell into the path of an oncoming double-decker bus along Serangoon Road. Mr Krishnan Kalimuthoo, 78, suffered injuries on his right leg and head after being knocked down by the bus. Police said
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      Sidek to attend Hari Raya celebration
      82 15 Sidek to attend Hari Raya celebration THE Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industry), Mr Sidek Saniff, will be the guest of honour at a Hari Raya celebration organised by the Dawoodi Bohra community, a Muslim minority group, at the Jamiyah Islamic Centre in Geylang on May 30. The 500-strong Singapore Shia-Dawoodi
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      Teach children to face challenges, Jaya urges
      141 15 PARENTS should shoulder the main responsibility for building up the next generation of Singaporeans to meet the challenges of the future. The Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Law, Professor S. Jayakumar, who spoke in Tamil, said parents must play a
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      RELC and Australian college to hold English courses
      166 15 THE Regional Language Centre will hold certificate and diploma courses in business English jointly with an Australian college in the last quarter of this year. The courses, run by the RELC's Language Teaching Institute and the Metropolitan Business College (MBC) of Sydney,
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      Illegal lottery: Man fined $25,000
      57 15 A MAN was jailed a day and fined $25,000 yesterday for assisting in operating an illegal 10,000-character lottery. Tay Kim Chwee, 51, pleaded guilty to committing the offence at Jurong Pier Road on Friday. The court heard that about $260 worth of bets were found
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      MP presents Hari Raya gifts of cash and rice to 26 needy residents
      121 15 MP presents Hari Raya gifts of cash and rice to 26 needy residents NEEDY Muslim residents in Bedok Reservoir Road received Hari Raya gifts yesterday. The gifts were distribut- ed by the MP for Eunos, Mr 1 Zulkifli Mohammed, at the Eunos Education Centre in I Block 616, Bedok Reservoir
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      Engineers 'are unromantic and lack social graces'
      603 16  -  SANDRA DAVIE Women polled also fault them for sloppy dressing By SCENE ONE: A well-dressed girl and sloppily attired man enter a restaurant. A waiter pulls out a chair for her, but her bespectacled date rushes forward and plonks himself on the chair,
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      Fight glue-sniffing on the home front, says Dr Tay
      204 16 THE best safeguard against the spread of glue sniffing is the home, where the family can be vigilant and act when a family member begins to behave abnormally. Teachers and members of the public should also be alert to spot students
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      SAF exercises
      114 16 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will hold military exercises in Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kah, Marsiling. Mandai, Sembawang, Wing Loong and Loyang from tomoirow to Sunday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used in the exercises from 7 am to midnight daily. The public is advised not to be
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      UK don for medical symposium
      81 16 UK don for medical symposium A SYMPOSIUM on Extended Spectrum Penicillins in Medical and Surgical Practice will be held at the Marco Polo Hotel's Tanglin Room on Wednesday. The symposium is organised by I^ederle laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid Company, and The Chapter of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine. Singapore
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      Bird singing contest at Bird Park
      107 16 Bird singing contest at Bird Park A NATIONWIDE bird singing contest organised by Bukit Batok Singing Club will be held at the Jurong Bird Park next Sunday. The contest is open to four categories of birds: Oriental white-eye, China thrush, redwhiskered bulbul and the white-rumped sharma. The birds will be
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      Man jumped to his death over unrequited love
      333 16 Man jumped to his death over unrequited love AFTER only two months and three dates, a 29-year-old man fell deeply in love with a clerk. But it was a one-sided love. The man, army sergeant Tan Beng Seng, feeling hurt over his unrequited love, jumped to his death. Evidence led
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      For youths
      47 16 DR ARTHUR BENG, MP for Fengshan. will launch a special Fengshan youth group-National Cadet Corps friendship programme today at 3 pm at the Kallang Sea Training Centre. The programme is to provide opportunities for the youth members to meet and take part in joint activities.
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      Small firms 'need help to be new economic force'
      444 17 Support of govt, trade bodies vital: ASME chief SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be the new source of vitality in Singapore's economic development, but they cannot do it on their own. Mr Daron Liew, chairman of the Association of SMEs
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      Call for feasibility study on proposal for special bank
      409 17  -  SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM By MOFIE discussions are needed on a proposal for a special bank just for small and medium enterprises (SMLIs), says an SME official. The proposal for the SME bank was put forward during the SMfc Development Plan Workshop but
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      Grassroots leaders sold on blood donation drill
      257 17 ABOUT 60 grassroots leaders from various constituencies have viewed an audio-visual show on a blood donation exercise at the Radin Mas community centre a run-up to the coming civil defence emergency blood collection drill. The show on Thursday was to make them more
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      Week in July to honour volunteers for charitable work
      538 17 FOR the first time on such a scale, some 75,000 volunteers from various community and social organisations will be publicly honoured for their charitable work during a nation-wide Volunteers Week in July. Its theme is Volunteers: You're a Star in Someone's
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      MP urges youths to come forward and help the less fortunate
      129 17 THE MP for Changi, Mr Teo Chong Tee, yesterday encouraged more youths to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate. He said the more fortunate and successful Singaporeans, by helping out in the community, can in turn enrich
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      QCCs take the strain off bus-driving and help SBS save money
      307 18 QCCs take the strain off bus-driving and help SBS save money REMEMBER the bus driver with one leg resting on a brick or stool? Or the one who cranes his neck to get a better view of passengers alighting? These scenes will be things of the past when the Singapore
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      Man charged with using bad cheques to cheat
      161 18 A BUSINESSMAN who allegedly issued dishonoured cheques to pay for services and fines was charged yesterday with three counts of cheating the Registrar of Companies and Businesses. Ho Pia Lun, 41, is alleged to have issued cheques for a total of $1,640
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      Lunchtime pursuits
      807 18  -  JOSEPHINE LIM JACQUELINE CHIN How some people take a clean break from work By and FOR the past 18 months or so, shipping company general manager Norman Yeo, 37, has been keeping a lunchtime appointment on the quiet. Almost every weekday, he nips over from his office in
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      Man hurt brother with chopper
      107 18 AN ODD-JOB labourer was fined $1,000 yesterday for hurting his elder brother with a chopper on Lunar New Year's Day. The court was told that Tan Seng Thye, 32, who pleaded guilty, argued with his brother, Mr Tan Seng Huat, 44, also a labourer, over
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      Activities of police cadets help mould character, says Jaya
      292 18 Activities of police cadets help mould character, says Jaya THE many activities of the National Police Cadet Corps have helped to mould the character of cadets and give them a more rounded education. This point was made by Home Affairs Minister Professor S. Jayakumar at the NPCC Day Parade at
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      Japan backs mini-Marshall Plan for Manila but with two conditions
      347 19 JAPAN supports the call for a "mini-Marshall Plan" for the Philippines, but subject to two conditions. The plan must be in the framework of the World Bank assistance programme and must involve the participation of the United States and the
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      Sunday Times wins top prize in colour contest
      196 19 Sunday Times wins top prize in colour contest THE Sunday Times came out with flying colours when it won an international newspaper colour reproduction contest among countries in the Asian, African and Pacific regions. The newspaper won the first prize of US$l,OOO (552,000) in the large offset category in the
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      Aussie engineer gets $670,000 damages for injuries in crash
      383 19 DAMAGES totalling $584,750 were yesterday awarded to an Australian engineer by the High Court, for injuries suffered in a crash with a car along an expressway seven years ago. However, with 6 per cent interest from Jan 19, 1982, on special
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      Orchids grace Singapore pavilion in Japan
      158 19 SINGAPORE orchids are blooming in a special orchid house in the land of the cherry blossoms. Twenty-five more hybrids will arrive on Tuesday to be placed in the Singapore Orchid Pavilion at the Nambo Paradise Botanical Garden, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Mr Lee Yiok Seng,
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      PM attends May Day concert by the SSO
      194 20 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee last night attended a symphonic concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, part of the May Day celebrations of the National Trades Union Congress. Yuhua MP Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, who played host, also welcomed other
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      Woman duped into parting with $12,000 in jewellery
      275 20 A SHOW promoter was swindled of $12,550 worth of jewellery by two men who conned her into joining them in a bogus deal to sell computer products on Tuesday. Police said Madam Quek Boey Jee, 44, had placed a newspaper advertisement to
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      First time SIM will confer degrees
      93 20 First time SIM will confer degrees FOR the first time degreeholders will be among graduates at the Singapore Institute of Management graduation ceremony next Thursday. The first 20 graduates of the Master of Arts in Education (human resource development) programme will be among 440 graduands who will receive their degrees
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      Conman cheated 22 of $62,000
      131 20 Conman cheated 22 of $62,000 A CONFIDENCE trickster who claimed to have connections with senior officers in government departments cheated 22 people of their money after promising to help them get Housing Board flats, shophouses, hawker stalls and driving licences. Using this ruse, Anthony Chan Hian Thee, 38, collected $62,450
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      Video show
      35 20 THE Bukit Merah branch library will screen the video, Face to Face, on May 16 at 1.15 pm in the meeting room. The programme discusses performance problems at the workplace. Admission is free.
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      Widen scope of projects, MP urges youth groups
      458 20 'Render community service within context of nation building' A MEMBER of Parliament yesterday asked whether it is enough for youth groups to confine their community projects to one-day affairs, such as visits to old folks' homes, or whether they should rechart new
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      Barisan to go under the hammer
      407 20  -  CHENG SHOONG TAT By Party to be dissolved and merged with Workers' Party THE 27-year-old Barisan Sosialis will soon be dissolved and merged with the Workers' Party, the third joining of forces in the opposition political scene this year. Announcing this at the WP's
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      Robber takes $13,400 in valuables from businessman
      96 20 Robber takes $13,400 in valuables from businessman A BUSINESSMAN was robbed of his Rolex watch, gold ring and a pen worth a total of $13,400 by a man armed with a chopper at the Fortune Centre carpark on Friday. Police said Mr Neo Oon Loon, 60, was walking towards his
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      Police seek relatives of two dead men
      132 20 Police seek relatives of two dead men POLICE want to contact the relatives and friends of two men who died on Wednesday at the Tan Took Seng Hospital. One of them, Mr Chee Choon Leong, 78, was found lying on the roadside near a hawker centre in Old Airport Road
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      The Sunday Times Selling the taste for Singapore
      314 21 The Sunday Times Selling the taste for Singapore VIEW ONCE upon a time, mothers used to advise their daughters that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Food can do wonders for romance. Times have changed. Few mothers bother with dishing out such advice any more. But
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      159 21 What The Sunday Times reported on May 12, 1963 THE chairman of the PublicUtilities Board, Dr Fong Kim Heng, said today that the Board was using all available ways and means at its disposal to conserve waler. At the same time, he said, the Board was taking
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      A diplomat's diplomat
      1108 21 ALI ALATAS speaks at least four languages and is as self-assured as his Indonesian Foreign Minister predecessor The pride of Indonesia's foreign service corps, Mr Ali Alatas, recently became the nation's first professional diplomat to become Foreign Minister. Hopes are pinned on him to raise Indonesia's international
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      Barriers to browsing should not be tolerated
      849 22  - Barriers to browsing should not be tolerated Russell Heng Like the housewife prodding at a fish before making her purchase, browsers also need to examine what they are buying. They need no excuse for doing what they do. BOOKSELLERS have unleashed what tbey probably felt was damning evidence against the
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      A day to love the family — and to regret having none
      877 22  - A day to love the family and to regret having none Tan Sai Siong tKßZsna* Cynics would credit the firm hold which Mother's Day has taken in ordinary family life to the efforts of wily marketing men. I aver it is equally good for engendering emotions which money cannot buy.
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      Desk-top art cannot replace talent
      938 22  -  Alfred U. Elicierto An artist at work uses his mind, eyes and hands in perfect harmony. If he thinks he can replace the hand with a machine, he is in for a surprise. I'VE seen evangelists and desk-top art evangelists. Of the two, the first
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      My unforgettable passage to India
      475 22 FOR a man who has been told he has a distinctly North Indian accent, it was the tragedy of my life that I had never been to India. Where did that blessed accent come from? My English professors at university who had served in India
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      229 22 ANNIVERSARY Iff COME CELEBRATE WITH US AT YOUH SERVICE lt«3-lt«« From 23 May, treat yourself and your family to three places of interest. A tour to Bedok Waterworks, Senoko Power Station and Kallang Gasworks. A ~^< ~i~_ chance for you and your family to find out mU J*i rnore about
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      Universities go into business
      1288 23 Main pic: Eight years ago, this university ir\ Cambridge, Massachusetts, balked at becoming part owner in a gene-splicing company. Today, it holds a patent for genetically cancer-prone mice developed by Dr Philip Leder Left: Dr Stephen Jacobsen displays his Utah Arm, which has aided 400 amputees.
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      Track Lark ready i for hat-trick
      316 24  -  TAN THEAN LOON Thwaites-trained horse to follow By Our man on the track PENANG Several of trainer Malcolm Thwaites' charges have been winning like nobody's business this season and one to follow suit today should be Track Lark in Race 2. Last weekend, the
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      Lock icon Wife and lawyer visit detained jockey
      151 24 Wife and lawyer visit detained jockey KUALA LUMPUR Madam T. Puveneshvari, wife of Penang jockey R. Rajoo, visited him at the Jalan Bandar Police Station here on Friday. She was accompanied by their three-year-old son, her parents and a lawyer, Mr Darshan Singh. They talked for about two hours and
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      341 24 RACE Racing Editor Tan Thean Loon Frederick Quek Danny Khoo Martin Tay I 2 Supernova 2 Supernova 2 Supernova 2 Supernova 4 Forward Attack 1 1 Gilgit 5 Shanghai Kid 1 Gilgit 3 Lovencare 2 Supernova 4 Forward Attack 1 Gilgit 3 Lovencare 1 Gilgit 1
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      TODAY'S PENANG CARD
      4934 24 MHMHV 2 00 MARA CLASSES 2 and 3 1.200m 1 1143 GUglt 77 Bukit Timah Saddle Club. F P Perelra 2 2 Supernova 75.5 Bukit Timah Saddle Club SF Jtam Ng S 2628 Lovencare 72.5 Iskandar Polo Club CW Mok 4 5 Forward Attack C8 Selangor Polo
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      Lock icon Spiritual Champ inquiry
      2839 25  -  OUR RACING TEAM By Chee and Liew put on the mat PENANG Racing meeting stewards of the Penang Turf Club opened an inquiry into the improved performance of Spiritual Champ, who won Race 5 yesterday after beating only one horse home in a field of 15 last
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      310 25  -  JACK ELLIOTT By^ ADELAIDE Melbourne jockey Chris Barrett, who was in a coma for about 10 days after suffering serious head injuries in a race fall in 1986, yesterday rode his biggest winner since his comeback to race riding. He won the South
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      133 25 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) Goodbye Halo, the only horse to have defeated Kentucky Derby candidate Winning Colours, easily won the I,Boom Kentucky Oaks for three-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs on Friday. She beat joint 4-5 favourite Jeanne Jones by 3'« lengths, with Willa On
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      92 25 Only five not on medication LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) Only five horses in the field of 17 will run in the 2,000m Kentucky Derby without medication. They are Cefis, Brian's Time, Seeking The Gold, Proper Reality and Private Terms. Risen Star, Intensive Command, Din's Dancer, Sea Trek, Winning Colours and Forty Niner
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      250 26 Mdm Sakuntala Born 6 11 40 Died 7.5 M (Of Mk 7M Yiahun Ring Road #08- MM (277«) Leaving behind beloved: Husband: V Rajakrlshnan Son: R. Rajendran OalUflht#f R Oavarey R. Krlshnavenl R. Christmas Davl R. Chltra Daughter-in-law Slta Sona-4n-law: S. Mahallngam N. Valamuthu ■■■oinvf t dtoiiiwi m,
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      242 26 Lee Ah Yong Age: S3 paeee d away peacefully on 65 M Deeply mourned by Wtta: Goh Ah Tee Sona: Lee Kta Hln Lee Kla Song Lee Kla Jiam Lee Kla Tong Daughter*: Lee Kla Loon Lee Ah Moy L all loved ones. Cortege leaving on 10.VM from
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      160 26 In everlasting memory of ALBERT TAN GUAN LEE departed 8.5.85. It Is now 3 years Sorrow has been going deeper and deeper each year You have suddenly departed without leaving words behind We have been fighting back our tears all the time. Sadly miittd by mum, dad,
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      90 26 NEETHAR KAOAN R. POYYAMOZHEE DEPARTED ON 23.4.88 Theepa oil poojal will be held on Bth May 1988 (Sunday) at Slvan Temple, Serangoon Road at 7.00 ptn. Relatives friends, please treat this as a personal Invitation We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone for sharing
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      72 26 324 In Mem oriam IN LOVING MEMORY Or^^^l MRS. MEISKE INDRAWATI KOHAR I Departed Bth May, 1987 I In our home she is fondly remembered, I Sweet Memories cling to her name; I Those who loved her in life sincerely, II Still love her in death just the same. II
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      61 26 In »v»r loving memory of MR. K. PERIAYAH MR. P. MURUGAIYAH Departed 7/4/1971 Departed 8/5/1982 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Inserted by loved ones I in Loving Memory of TAN KAH HENG Departed 8«n May IM7 It's been a year since you were gone, But the memories linger
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      50 26 Family request all relatives and friends of the late MR. RAMAIYYA 9/0 KUMARAPPAN to attend Karumathi Prayer* which will be held at Blk 30t, #oa-12JS, 1, Ang Me Kle en Sunday I/S/M night; followed by I Athma Snanthl Pooja al Sri Srvan Temple en 9/8/M Monday at 7pm.
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      777 26  -  TAY CHENG KHOON TEE TO GREEN CINGAPORE overcame great odds to qualify for the finals of the Dunhill Cup, but they will have to surmount even greater obstacles in their efforts to do well at St Andrews in October. After Lim Swee Wah,
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      Golfers play themselves into contention
      230 26 PROFESSIONAL golfers Lim Swee Wah, Bill Fung and M. Murugiah reaped the fruit of their labour last Sunday when they they helped Singapore qualify for the finals of the Dunhill Cup. The trio scored a dramatic victory over South Korea's team in the qualifying final
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      249 26 Kim ties record and leads PORTSMOUTH American Kim Shipman tied the tournament record score with a sev-en-under-par 65 on Friday to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the LPGA's US$3OO,OOO ($600,000) Crestar Classic golf tournament. Kim started play on the back nine where she birdied the 11th,
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      110 26 VICTORIA Junior College will meet National Junior College in the final of the Schools National A Division girl's tennis tournament. VJC defeated Raffles JC 3-2 while NJC thrashed Anderson JC 4-1 at Kallang yesterday. VJC also made it to the final of the Schools National A Division Girls' squash
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      Lohr in lead after strong winds disrupt play
      275 26 LAS VEGAS American Bob Lohr held the lead on Friday after 36 holes of the weathershortened US$l.4 million ($2.8 million) Las Vegas invitation golf tournament with a tworound, eight-under-par 136 total. Lohr, who finished his second round on Thursday before 100 kph
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      93 26 CHEPSTOW (Wales) Titleholder Mats Lanner crashed out of the European Matchplay Championship here on Friday in the second round. The 27-year-old Swede suffered a shock one-hole defeat at the hands of lowly-ranked Englishman Glenn Ralph, who sank a three-metre putt on the last green to seal his
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      Mr Badminton Kim Fatt dies
      194 26 THE death of Mr Leow Kim Fatt last Friday brought an eventful chapter in Singapore's and Malaysia's badminton history to a close. Mr Leow, 77, affectionately known as Mr Badminton in South-east Asia, was one of the doyens of Singapore badminton, having been involved in
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      A pity snooker is going back to pot
      1072 27  - A pity snooker is going back to pot ALAN HUBBARO /CIRCULATING around the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield during the recent world snooker championship was an advertisement from an American newspaper. It was for powdered urine. For less than US$2O ($4O) you could be sent two samples which are guaranteed drugfree.
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      Gearing up for next year's world amateur meet
      414 27  -  TWENTY-FIVE pocket-size certificates in little green folders were a small but significant sign that Singapore are getting ready early for world snooker. The certificates were presented to 25 newly-qualified referees by Mr Richard Lim, president of the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council
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      Singapore's meek submission
      402 27  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By Hosts Hongkong make it a doubles demolition job for winning 3-0 lead SINGAPORE bowed out of this year's Davis Cup campaign yesterday when Liu Wai Yaw and Melwin Pereira lost 2-6, (M>, 1-6 to Mark Bailey and Andy Brothers at the Jubilee Sports
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      89 27 Hongkong 3 Singapore I Hongkong first) Friday's singles: Mark Bailey bt Liu Wai Yaw 6-1, 6-0, 6-2; Colin Grant bt Melwin Pereira 6-1, 6-0, 6-2. Yesterday's doubles: Bailey and Andy Brothers bt Liu Wai Yaw and Melwin Pereira 6-2, 6-0, 6-1. Other results Taiwan 1 Pakistan 2,
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      China want to shed role of bridesmaids
      629 27  - China want to shed role of bridesmaids HAKIKAT RAI By I CHINA are prepared to shed their neighbourly image and play nasty in sport, that is. One would not be wrong to say that they are tired of playing second fiddle in most Olympics events. They want to be numero
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      364 27 TENNIS WORLDWIDE ROME Argentine favourite Gabriela Sabatini overcame an early slump to triumph over West German Sylvia Hanika 3-6. 6-1, 6-1 and reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open women's tournament on Friday. Gabriela, beaten by world No. 1 Steffi
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      121 27 Final-round KO for Hunt WORLD OPEN SQUASH VALKENSWAARD (Holland) Sweden's Frederick Johnson qualified for the World Open squash tournament when he heat former world No. 1 Geoff Hunt 9-6. 9-3, 9-7 in the final qualifying round on Friday. Other rtwolto: Rory Wall (NZ) bt Paul Gregory (Brit) 10-8. 9-5, 7-9,
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      370 27 ATHLETICS Former Olympic champion Steve Ovett has attacked the British Amateur Athletics Board for deciding to halve annual payments of athletes who compete abroad two days before or four days after the five British meets this season. The 800 metres gold medallist of the 1980 Olympics said the
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      675 29  - Liverpool, Wimbledon a tale of contrasts ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER A NY man offered an indisciplined mongrel does not expect to parade it at Crufts nine months later. The sporting equivalent is Bobby Gould leading out Wimbledon on Saturday to meet the Princess of Wales and then show their
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        247 29 Goalkeeper: BRUCE GROBBELAAR (aged 30): 1.85m, 83kg, Zimbabwe international. Acrobatic, occasional howlers. Estimated annual salary: £85.000 ($318,000). Detached house. Drives Ford Orion. Defenders: STEVE NICOL (26): 1.55, 77kg. Scottish international. Aggressive and has a knack for scoring. £80,000. Detached house. Ford Sapphire. GARY GILLESPIE (27): 1.89m, 81kg. Scottish international.
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        277 29 Goalkeeper: DAVE BEASANT (aged 29): 1.95m, 83kg. Team captain who has played in all divisions with Wimbledon. Prodigious kicker. Estimated annual salary: £30,000 ($112,500). Semi-detached house overlooking Wembley's twin towers. Toyota Corona. Defenders: JOHN SCALES (21): 1.82m, 77kg. Third Division defender until Clive Goodyear injured. Dependable but can he
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      1200 29  -  GODFREY ROBERT COMMENT by SOCCER WORLDWIDE Stopping the exodus across the Causeway will benefit Singapore IF national-reject A. R. J. Mani harbours any hope of playing Malaysia Cup soccer this season, there is only one avenue open to him fight his way back into the
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      725 29 Hick blazes into record books with eighth highest knock in history 405 n.o. LONDON CYickefs new batting sensation, Zimbabweborn Graeme Hick, blazed into the record books on Friday with a massive 405 not out for Worcestershire against Somerset, the highest individual English County score this century. Hick, 21, tore the
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      340 29 Bird named best player by new rating system CHICAGO The National Basketball Association's best player is Boston Celtic's Larry Bird by a slim margin over Michael Jordan, of the Chicago Bulls, according to a new statistical system of rating basketball players. "I know I'm not going to make many friends
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      77 26 MADAM SHEILA FERNANDEZ. AQED 60 YRS. PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 7 5.88 IN N. DELHI. CORMOENOUM In the death announcement of: MADAM =ONG FOMG YOMQ which appeared on Sat. 7.5.88, the grand-daughter 'Lam Wai Mang Tony 1 should be 'Lam Wai Mang'; the grand son-in-law •Mok Chup Chuang' should be
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      26 26 SUNDAY TIMES/COCA-COLA SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MONTH My choice is Reason Name Address Tel: Send to- Sporta Achievement. Sunday Time* 390. Kim Seng Road. Singapore 0923
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      40 27 Gear Up for The Sunciay Times The Sunday Times/ ShinMin 1| "^HL JH^fl^^V WL^^ db^^ .^fl^^^k Shin Min Big Walk 1988 nvp I 1 W^| K 1 B P^^^™B P^^* I Entries close *WIMjH» H on May 31, 1988. ■DTBI»
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    149 30  -  ALBERT JOHNSON THE withdrawal of several European countries from the preOlympic Games water polo qualifying round in Perth from Wednesday has forced the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to re-draw the Group D playoff. The organisers have now changed the format from the original
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    201 30  -  J. RAJENDRAN Picture By CHINESE Swimming Club goalkeeper Goh Choon Huat (red cap) and team-mate Lim Eng Tiong are in the thick of action as they try to prevent Combined Schools A's Huang Renjin from scoring in the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association Open water
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    Andy tops men's qualifiers
    409 30  -  LEE WAI WUN LEE WAI WIJN By Manila trip for winners NEWCOMER Andy Chong hit a purple patch to claim top position among the men's qualifiers for the fourth Jatico Tournament at Pasir Panjang Bowl on Friday. The 27-year-old printer dislodged early leader Jack Wong with
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    132 30 ATHLETICS 10km handicap walk (National Stadium, 7am). Sembawang Tamils Association road run (15 Kee Ann Road. 8.30am). BASKETBALL National League prelim: Asia Electric v Tong Whye (Geylang Indoor Stadium, 8.45pm). CRICKET Dlv 1: SCC v UWC (SCC), SRC v LA (SRC), CSC v JR (CSC), SCRC v Safsa
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    473 30  -  LEE WAI WUN Match ends in deadlock even after five extra-time tie-breakers- By LAST night's National Basketball League match between Min Yi and Ivy House turned into a show of mockery when the teams drew 127-127 despite five periods of extra-time of five minutes each at the
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    371 30 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Chelsea, whose season has been dominated by high-profile squabbles off the pitch and depressing performances on it, were forced into play-offs to preserve their First Division status when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Charlton on the final Saturday of the
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    215 30  -  SINGAPORE'S junior women's hockey team will leave this month for an Australian tour geared towards sharpening their skills for October's Junior World Cup qualifying competition in New Delhi. International Hockey Federation (FTH) coach Frank Murray is making arrangements for the team to
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    442 30  -  JOE DORAI Striker could still be hoping for release to Kelantan By THE absence of striker Razali Rashid from the Singapore soccer team's training sessions for the Malaysia Cup competition for the last two days is causing some concern to assistant coach P.N. Sivaji. Midfielder Salim
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        38 1 f how a woman can survive Cup Final night With our foottel fanatics hefr, you too can sit bach and enK>y the Lh^rpool vs Wimbledon game live on Ch 12 at 9.55 pm this Saturday. See Page 3.
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        860 2 There's no alternative for now, argues RUSSELL HENG in the wake of astonishment at the polished tones of the English-dubbed Samsui Women series IT IS easy to say the obvious and therefore one glib response to SBC's dubbed-in-English Samsui Women (Saturday, Ch 5, 9.45 pm) would
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        797 2 The derring-do of trainee pilots in the Sunday serial prompts LOW MEI ME! to find out what it's really like to be a fighter pilot CAPTAIN Charles Sih swears he is just like the next person. But his jungle green flight suit,
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        384 2  - Priest and soldier in a tale of power and love PHILIP COOREY By VIDEO GUIDE THE MISSION Starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons and Ray Me Anally Directed by Roland Joffe 1186, Goldcrest Video, STY AN EXCELLENT film with a fine script by Robert Bolt. It is a morality play
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        340 3 LINESMEN: The two men, one on each side of the field, who indicate to the referee whether the ball is in or out of the field, and when players are offside (see diagram). Substitute: Two substitute players are allowed during a game. Once substituted, a player
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        454 3  -  THOSE unfortunate enough to be destitute in Beverly Hills have a friend in actress Donna Mills, star of TV's Knots Landing. She spends holidays serving dinner to hungry street people, and works hard to raise money from her Hollywood friends and local government to
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        138 3 A dose look at Condominium Living On May 22, The Sunday JJJ JL-" Times gives readers and nta» il it! "tffb advertisers a supplement they }1 1 fil iS^lB have been waiting for. lr II 11 FjP* Designed for today's lifestyle in condo living •Do condominiums fl l&fi&B^fiiT I "KMf
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        932 4  -  VAL MacQUEEN ON THE BLINK I By ALTHOUGH it has been praised worldwide, and although I covered the first episode a couple of weeks ago, I cannot resist commenting again on David Attenborough's First Eden. The series, which ended here
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        652 4  -  WHERE there's a will there's a way; where there's muck there's brass; and where there's a detective show there's an audience panting to suspend its powers of disbelief. That the standard of plotting is, overall, so appalling probably says more about the voracious viewer
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        260 7 I EXPECT many of you are aware that today is Mother's Day. You may even have cut out Margaret Chan's recipes for breakfast and a three-course lunch from last Sunday's newspaper to cook up a surprise for your mum. But I wonder if you know that making a
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        237 7 HERE is one ornament that you can make without costing you a single cent. I am sure you will have a great time trying your hand at this craft. You will need: One coconut frond Some thread 1. Choose a young coconut frond which
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        407 7 Great Queens MARIA THERESA had a happy childhood as an ordinary princess not destined to be empress. But when no heir to the Austrian throne was born, her father, Charles VI, traded Austrian land for European support for her claim to the throne. As Austrian
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        125 7 Next week: Queen Elizabeth I of England When youve got^ a -brain id catch, we know you wont stay long. That's why Times MRT Orchard is stocked with handy things which you can pick up, pay for and dash out with, in a few minutes. Besides attractive gifts, popular magazines,
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        45 7 Where did potatoes originate? Potatoes originally grew in the highlands of Ecuador and Peru in South America. When the Spanish explorers came to Peru in the 16th century, they found the plant and took it back to Spain, from where it spread all over Europe.
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        214 8 Forthcoming supplements include *y\ Q UpplementS in The Straits Times May 22 Condominium Uvin K The Sunday Times Jane 10 It's Entertainment The Straits Times >) £3 and Tne Sunday times are the 22 Fed. Rep. of Germany The Sunday Times 12 Philippines The Sundav Times Sf v Choice media
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        95 9 HV^B Escape from the HH^ i^^j^ killing fields. \^F A mother's dramatic story It was a living nightmare the regime's sinister 're-education' programme. Her only hope was in her own quick thinking and 9B^F the protecting power of God. An extraordinary testament of courage and faith. HocMer and Stoughton Available
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        5134 12 (g^yTlaT^ i? 73) iibb pjpjl |C.A.T.S.| TLX: R*****3 CLASS FAX: 732-0230 Straight From The Heart A Tribute To Mom From Our Shoppers MOTHERS DAY May 8 198 8 WISMA ATRIA SHOPPING CENTRE to^V our 10 lucky mothers*. j Each mother receives a 100 Yaohan Gift Voucher I plus 2 tickets
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        566 12 2 Eating Out f ffcfU w^^^' I MOTHERS DAY Njjj^B^r Business Hours I 11 30 am lo '000 pm daily 25 1 Tanjong Katong Road (near Dunman Road junction) I Singapore 1 543 Tel: *****98 a *****40 NORTH INDIAN 2 RESTAURANT Boulevard Hoiei TEL: *****79 MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL BUFFET LUNCH
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        710 12 i 2 Eating Out 22 Computer Products/ Services FEW SETS COMMODORE 94 with many accessories for sale. Call 466-9100 Pager 500-1725. LOWEST PRICE FOR all types of diskettes. Call Executive Mktg Services. Mon -Sat Tel: *****00 MTC COLOUR MONITOR L CQA Card with guarantee, price $390 Tel: 473-5397. 23 Musical
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        732 13 25 Pets/ Pet Care THE PROFESSIONAL PET people offers pet taxi services, home bathing St detlcklng, delivery of lAMS pet food *****33 Robert TOY PUPPIES $I*o 2 yrs Bull Terrier. Pomeranians, Pug, ShlhUu, Btchon, Poodles li Persian Kittens. Tree cage. *****12. FEMALE IMPORTED ROTTWEILER. 10 mths.. big bone L suitable
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        732 13 39 TV/ Video/ Hi-fi AUDIO SEARCH D7O MKII. counter point SAII head amp. Oracle Delphi turntable (Modsquad power supply), Cartridges Ooldbud MR Brlere ti Adcom XC MRII, Kenwood DP33O CD player, MIT cable M1330 Shotgun (1.5m. M1330, MH7SO View: Hougang Ave 5. Blk 324. 13- 108 or page *****77 CALL
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        673 13 42 Plumbing/ Electrical 24 HRS. ELECTRICAL Plumbing Service We undertake urgent repairs In pipe leakage, choking, electrical faults Tel: *****88. *****89 Reco Electrical Serv. Co. 44 Stamps/ Coins SELLING AT COST. 1 set of 30 Gold Bank Notes honoring the Independence of Antigua Barbuda $2,670 1 set of 20 proof
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        824 13 55 Garage Sale WEEKEND SALE. CHINESE vases, jars, teapots, figurines, umbrella stands, porcelain stools, ceramic elephants, lamps with custom made lampshade, brasswares, sllkscreen products and many more at 20- 60% discount. 348, Bedok Rd., unit F5l, Bedok Shopping Complex (above mkt.), S 1648 Tel. 440-0058, 10am -6pm EXPAT LEAVING. HOUSEHOLD
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        555 13 57 Rentals VIVA MUSIC ARAM* MUSIC Studio for practice with new equipment only $10.00 per hr. 230 Upper Buklt Timah Road Hock Soon Industrial Complex. »06-03/ 04 Tel *****67/ *****67 58 Wanted BEST OFFER FOU used video, CTV, hl-fl, mlnl-compo, pre/ power amp. Any brand/ cond. Also repair L service.
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        1163 13 92 Domestic Help Available 92 Domestic Help Available SHE MAY NOT BE FILIPINA, BUT SHE'S HANDPICKED BY HUMANA Knglish-speaking Humana Sri Lankan maids and Indonesian maids. Each personally handpicked using professional recruitment techniques to Humana's standards. With successful "match-making", we help you make the best choice. She may not be
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        140 13 92 Domestic Help Available 99 Positions Vacant: Sales rWell established Computer! Form Manufacturer haa vacancies lor: MALE/ FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVES 'O' level education Good command of English Completed N.S Possess own car Experience not necessary as training will be provided Offer basic salary, transport allowance and attractive salea commission. If
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        228 13 100 Positions Vacant: Technical ARCHITECT Architect required to work in Singapore/ Malaysia. Minimum 3 to 4 years' experience. Salary according to experience It registration Apply with resume to S.T. BOX A***** 3SO Kim Seng Road S'pore 0823 101 Positions Vacant: Production We need many Male Female DAILY RATED FACTORY OPERATORS
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        712 13 104 Other Positions Vacant URGENTLY REQUIRED (1) DRIVER (2) EXPERIENCED PACKERS to work at W3 Module 11 a 12 Pasir Paniang Comptea. P»»cr Pen |ang Reed, S'pore 0611. Interested applicants please call *****09 or *****20 Mms Cecttia COMMISSION STYLISTS a Shampoo girls wanted In Ming Court Hotel Tel 737-1133 ext.
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        840 14 131 For Sale BMW t4 BMW 3201 Auto 4-door. pte owner, new tax. expensive accessories, $79,800 neg Dealers welcome *****27 73 BMW 2002. Oood cond $15,000. 9»m-4pm Bt. Batok. 5t. 52, 81k.523 Tel *****62 t2 BMW 5201. fully auto. 1 pte. Owner, full accessories, car like new View: 15-A Shelford
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        894 14 134 For Sato: Datsun/ Nissan t1 DATSUN 120Y. Square lamp. Pte. owner, alrcon., radio cassette, well maintained $17,500 0.n.0. View at: 81k.166 Blshan Street 13, »05-240, S 2057 ta MODEL NISSAN Stanza 1 68GL hatchback. 5-dr., 5-speed, power windows, central lock, alrcon., s/rlms, hl-fl, beautiful cond. $24,900, loan $19,500 *****73
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        942 14 134 For Sato: Datsun/ Nissan 85 NISSAN MARCH 1.0, alrcon hi fl, nice no. plate Downpayment $7500 Tel *****55 tS NISSAN MARCH 1.0 5-speed Full accessories. Tip top cond. $27,900 *****37 Winston 135 For Sato: Toyota ■00 TOYOTA CRESSIDA 2 OGL. f/auto, 1 pte owner, alrcon., s/rlms, hl-fl, power steering/
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        686 14 136 For Sale: Mitsubishi Sl/A/DAVS AGPEATDAYTO TEST Dfi/I/E THE JAPAA/ESE CAP OFTS/EYEA/?. m£A/EW M/rSVB/SM ffILA/V7: s»o»*c>aif \v s > TEL;474Of&&. A C^^€«S Cycle 4 Com °9« lndu*f»«» 1986 Pte Ltd aT^B\ A ~,er^be- tt C»ci* I Cordage G'Ooo WTSUBBMt 135 For Sato: Toyota 85 COROLLA 13 DX cassette Rd tax
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        755 14 136 For Sato: Mitsubishi 137 For Sale: Mazda 7/84 MAZDA 929 hardtop, 4-dr alrcon., s/rlms, hl-fl. Tax 7/88, power steering/ windows, central lock, 2 owners, original cond $47,300, loan arrangeable. *****35. SEE TO BELIEVE! 81. 626 2 owners. Original power windows, central locking, alrcon, radio/ cassette Asking $*****. *****68 12/86
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        636 14 141 For Sale: Other Make* The cost of luxury comes down to earth. ARF $43,468 Stocks available from 2 1st May 1988 onwards HYunoni Cars that make sense ™^"*O«^O AUTO PTE LTD 249 Alexandra Road s.ngaporc t»M TcH~SBBHB Open 7 days a week: 9.30am to 7pm. 138 For Sale: Honda
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        649 14 141 For Sal*: Other Makes 138 For Sal*: Honda 1980 HONDA ACCORO. 1 pte owner. Full accessories. 100% good cond. $*****. Tel: *****58 1980 HONDA CIVIC. 5-door 2nd generation, s/ seats, full accessories. Excellent cond. Tel: *****44 1982 ACCORD. MANUAL. Private owner, alrcon., hl-fl, Up top condition. $*****. 743-5458. Susan.
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        622 14 141 For Sal*: Other Makes 139 For Sale: Daihatsu 79 DAIHATSU CHARADE XTE sspeed. Alrcon. radio cassette, tax 8/88 PARF. $12,800 *****98. •90 CHARADE 1.0. 5-door. alrcon.. beautiful Up top condition. Tel. 284-9605 •90 DAIHATSU CHARADE, manual 1 owners, alrcon, radio cassette, tax 8/*BB. Excellent cond. *****77 •81 NEAR DAIHATSU
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        655 14 141 For Sal*: Other Makes •87, AUDI 90 Manual Fuel Injection. 1 pte. owner Full accessories. Showrm. cond. Under warranty. $85,000. View 70-E, Lor. M. Telok Kurau. 8/87 HYUNDAI STELLA 1.6 Ist class original cond. 1 owner, $39,600 Tel: *****47 Can exchange. 7/90 SUBARU IJDL. 1 owner Accident free, tip
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        652 14 141 For Sal*: Other Makes 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles '77 MAZDA FlOOO Coach van •78 Mazda FlOOO Coach van. '80 Mitsubishi L3OO van. 81 Mitsubishi L3OO van. Alrcond.. radio cassette, s/rlms. Down payment $2400. Loan arrangeable. Tel: 256-4942/ 256-4908 HEAR 79 120V, panel van, power windows, high power cassette,
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        802 15 143 Sale/ Wantad: Motorcycles/ Scooters HONDA 7so F2, 1078 Tip top condition. 2 new tyres Price: $1,800. Tel: *****57 KAWASAKI OPZ4QO FD32S4 $4,400 Yamaha RXZ FE0633 $3,400 Contact Roy. 746-0067 LOOKING. FOR A Honda Spacy Scooter Tel 282-8145, l-spm or Pg 700-7245. Eric. No dealers pis. TZR Its, ORIGINAL red/
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        626 15 173 Accommodation Available Apartmants FAR EAST PLAZA Hotel Style LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS At the lunciion of Scotts Orrhard Road. next to Hyatt Hotel. Advarv* Booking Available 1 4 000 sq tt Hotel Style Looby Swimming Pool. Tennis Court. Squash Court. Billiard Room, gymnasium and many other facilities Self Service Free Launderette
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        973 15 174 Accommodation Available: Rooms QN-STEAD RO FURN. rms for singles/ students $400/ $450 pm Tel: *****83/ *****86 HDB DtSTJ MASTER bedroom for single working ladles. Rent $200. Tel. *****02 LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL (Orchard Rd.) V* day $25. dally $30. monthly $330-$650 Weekly also. *****11 ROOM AT CLEMENTI West St 2
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        1546 15 186 For Sal*: Privaf Apartrwnta OPEN HOUSE HACKMDA, designer's apt. Blk 6. 04-06, renovated. View: 3-6pm., sun Pager *****16 OPEN HOUSE EASTERN Lagoon 1, blk 214, #07-03. l-spm No agent 190 For Safe: HUDC Apartmfita SERANGOON NORTH APT. Tastefully renovated, morning sun. Genuine buyers only. See to offer. Ring. 286-6721
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        4916 15 191 ST. 8 1 241 Tour> 241Tourm 241 Tourm 241 Tour. HUB Apartment* HO CASHI $t rm Corona Blk 109 I >!■ twww—^—^-^— Simple renovation Well kept lJxMJilljAJiXJjliAt-J.'. J-J I 1 1 [>H "-f M B— i B— SF- I^Dj^. Chartered F.!ghr j^U-rj" Offer $688 H o ZoX^^T one amo
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        351 15 303 Birth./ Birthday. DEAREST CATHERSME. HAPPY 21st birthday. Love you always. Your loving brother Sri. 306 Lost LOST SHOWN White Siamese cat. Blue eyes. With a bow tie. Lost around One Tree Hill on 25th April. Please call owner *****81. 306 Found FOUND YOUNO WILL Trained Female Alsatlon Cross In
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        634 16 Brisk trade in Malay delicacies at bazaars A special feature to commemorate the month of Ramadan. Stories by YEO KIM SENG. A PRE-HARI RAYA charity food fair-cum-ba-zaar in the Sultan Mosque area is proving to be a crowd-puller. With bargains that include evergreen Malay favourites and handicrafts from the Asean
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        Hotel's 'break fast' dinners
        128 17 INSTEAD of breaking fast at home, Muslims can now do so with a buffet dinner on weekends at the Royal Holiday Inn Singapore, where they can also adjourn for prayers in special rooms. The "break fast" dinner, which was introduced on April 17, will be available
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        277 17 INTERESTING Hari Rayas of the past are among the highlights of a programme that the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation has planned for festive viewers. One was when Hari Raya and Cninese New Year occurred on the same day and everyone got a five-day
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        413 17 Holiday venture that was on the cards EVERY year, when Hari Raya comes around, enterprising businessmen and women never fail to take advantage of the occasion to make some extra money. Many of them are actually workers who hold full-time jobs. Some are university students. "A few of them have
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        46 17 DUCK BRAND Quality Duck Brand OU is made of the finest mm refined vegetable oil. Si Jfer ""SS) x^ SOON^Hftflfll f^^^^^^t^^^Kr Mums cakes and cookies will always taste so JjXjj* G R\S>* cakes and cookies. Use Daisy Margarine (§l^f*m^^?t l fcSsg LAMA By H V^ f |>^
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        741 17 Boleh saya tolong v anda?) Untuk guru kaunseling, para pelajar dan ANDA TIML\ $12.50 1 li'lLiO Available at all pood bookshop* STP Distributors 2 Jurong Port Road Singapore 2261 Times Publinhing Group $500,000 in eight hours that's how fast Singaporeans plonked down their money to slake their thirst for travel.
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        644 18  -  LOW MEI MEI By TAIWANESE actress Wong Cho Yin is hopping mad someone has doctored the publicity posters for her 1987 movie Miss Hongkong and made her look as if she were half-naked. The original glossies show Wong as a demure beauty queen dressed
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        476 18 SERENA TOH tries to pin down Ann Marie Ruddock, one half of the pop duo Amazulu IT IS the hair that turns heads first. The long, slithering strands of braided locks that snake across her shoulders, reaching past her waist. Ann Marie Ruddock,
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        149 18 Who will be You Nominate HER she can win:- a crystal trophy M_ J V a holiday lor a familj of four in France, including a \isit to \\u M 1 M*^ W^k Benedictine Monastery where Benedictine IX )M is produced. IVOf^^*-—^^B^^^^^^k Salvatore Perragamo leather goods tyYitSs'-D m •Benedictine DOM.
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        71 18 I TUP I UH int On Wednesday, May 11 Business Times will publish its 11th annual Banking, Finance and Insurance Supplement. This bumper 52-pages supplement will be compulsory reading for anyone in or connected with the financial sector of Singapore. Make sure you get your copy by placing your order
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        86 18 TOP OF THE POPS United States 1. (2) Wishing Well Terence Trent D'Arby 6. (3) Devil Inside INXS 2.(1) Where do Broken Hearts Go 7.(9) Prove Your Love Taylor Dayne Whitney Houston 8.(5) Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into 3.(4) Angel Aerosmith My Car Billy Ocean 4.(6) Anything for You
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        2260 1 ARAB RAGE IN ISRAEL We are always Arabs first, then Israelis. But since 1967, a third identity has begun to surface Palestinian. That identity is still third for most of us, but it is growing 7 ANAN SAFADI. anchorman on Israel's Arabic TV Forty years after the founding of the
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        625 2  -  JOSEPH PUTTI By RECENTLY a young man who had completed studies in hotel management in Switzerland came to seek some counselling about his job opportunities. He had put in two years of service in a hotel. He said that one reason he had quit
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        835 2 WITH the emphasis on health and well-being, the popularity of vegetarian food seems to be rising. But it does not mean that more Singaporeans are becoming true vegetarians. The trend towards a vegeta-ble-oriented diet can be seen in the mushrooming of hawker
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        424 2 Listen to what a woman doesn't say A LOT of fuss is made over the importance of Singaporeans learning English as a common language to link the country's different ethnic groups Chinese, Malay, Indian, whatever so they can understand each other and avoid confusion. Fine, but nobody mentions the biggest
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        446 2 Q:One of the girls in my office has a bad habit of reading over my shoulder while I'm writing. She even has the cheek to comment or ask questions about what I've written. Don't you think she's very rude? How can I get her to
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        940 3 EAT OUT A pleasant manager and a posh restaurant with unsnobbish prices impress MARGARET CHAN IF YOU had been a well-heeled citizen in Cleopatra's Egypt, you might have fancied letting your hair down now and then, sipping a pearl-in-wine cocktail while a slave stood nearby,
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        106 3 Sunday LUNCH CHAMPAGNE MENU Fourchettet, The Oriental: *****66. Chefs of I ho Royal Champagne Restaurant in north-east France I present the cuisine of the region with champagne On till May 15. Reservations needed i RUSSIAN PROMOTION The Balalaika Room, York Hotel 737-0511. Prepared by chefs from Moscow. Entertainment by the
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        189 3 WESTERN MENU Harbour Grill, Hilton Hotel 737-2233. Four-course lunch at $45 a person Free pot of violets and a bottle of perfume for mother. GALA BUFFET Mandarin Ballroom, The Mandarin: 737-4411. Local and Western favourites Includes entertainment and lucky draw. $39 50 (adults). $21 (children). HUNAN AND
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        343 4 Som tham (Thai papaya salad) Serves four or five 5 cups coarsely grated green papaya '/2 tbsp chopped garlic Chilli pad i (about five, sliced) 1 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp lemon juice (use green lemons) 2 tsp palm sugar 3 tbsp dried shrimps (washed, soaked, pounded finely) 1
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        143 4 savour delicious thai seafood (ffftft) &IKl3}sft¥}3tt •^JJM CAIRNHILL THAI SEAFOOD RESTAURAMT 15 Cairnhill Road, #07-03 Cairnhill Place, Singapore 0922 Tel: *****66 Business Hours: 11. 30am 10pm doily The best Thai seafood in town prepared in superb Thai style is here to sate your palate. Try our specialities. You'll love every
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        78 6 Wllbe missed if you're not h IP ™<* Family is a specially /^^^^^^JVi •Recreational tailored supplement on: 'J|i9^^^§>lrH^' r programmes organised Living together as one T/2fc re r f eari na cent f r k es o How todS/s family is t to get am, es together different from r^^C#
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        1334 7 The high road to Lang tang Housewife DAFFODIL TAN treks past Nepal's muddy precipices and tjnKiinc[ prayer music to commune witn nature Tur Ing i >. ttepa I ii< .mi wall a nightmare ot loose rubble, aiid sog gy mud. As I slithered up, glasses fogged, guilt gripped me at
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        448 7  -  YOU are snuggling down for a bedtime read after a day touring ruins or picking grapes —"but the hotel's bedside lights are not angled right. Travellers who have thrown aside their books in irritation and snapped off the lights altogether must have dreamt of
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        118 7 Welcome to a stopover in Germany. »j •y"''^!i^iiiiilliLl,3Mt^^^^s^^^BlßsWMPWß BWfca»» «tH i^^r^^K. Wherever you go in Europe, either on business variety of packages with convenient connections, or on holiday, make a stopover in Germany. scenic routes and hotel accommodation. This place we call home gives you everything Post the coupon for
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        Keeping a 15th century slant alive
        379 8  -  UMA MOORTHY WRITING By THE italic hand is so relaxing to write and pleasing to the eye not just for the person who does it but to the reader as well. It was this fact that persuaded Mrs Janet Moor, a trained pharmacist from
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        Tiger 'gods' court Singaporean hearts
        481 8  - Tiger 'gods' court Singaporean hearts MELISSA HENG AT THE ZOO By THE latest stars at the Singapore Zoo, Orissa and Rani, are not just a pair of rare tigers with white coats. They are also gods in disguise acording to traditional Chinese belief. White tigers, admired today for their blue
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        326 8 ■HBhSpSh^^l SEND IN THE CROWNS I M W Wl Are we having one beauty queen too many? jti^ BHBcBgjftHMjPW Exactly one year ago, Singapore played host to 68 Miss Universe hopefuls Sfc)**^ from around the globe. In the 12 months since, we've seen a steady >pg^X^l||fct x 'i Sißfil»67:' iW
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        714 9 l<> the first Australians, I >reamtime held the ,*j& memories sacred to their culture. It was the dream of a new life which brought the early settlers from Europe and later people from all over the world. And the dream of wealth which attracted the prospectors in the Gold Rush.
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        Wooing visitors with food and fruit
        599 10 More than 270,000 Singaporeans visited the country last year. CYNTHIA YEQ looks at the attractions. "Ttuailancl GOLDEN PLACES, SMILING FACES TO GET even more people, including Singaporeans, to visit the country, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to launch several promo tions to
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        Little street markets and posh shopping centres
        633 10 ANYONE who has been to Thailand would agi ee that it is pleasant to shop in the country. You can buy according to your budget from the little street markets to the poshest shopping centres selling the most exquisite jewellery and precious stones.
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        A festival or two almost every month of the year
        775 11 A festival or two almost every month of the year FESTIVALS often reflect a people's way of life. This is especially so in Thailand where they are usually related to religion and agriculture. There is a festival or two almost every month of the year and it takes place not
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        Pristine beaches, good food and clear blue waters
        1199 12 J HOLIDAY in ►uthern Thailand ofrs a combination of >st and relaxation, xxJ food and exciting ghts for the traveller ho wishes to escape om the hustle and istle of city life, e almost pristine scinating caves and clear blue waters for
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        Take a slow boat to Phuket's nearby islands
        349 13 Take a slow boat to Phuket's nearby islands WITH the introduction of more sophisticated boat services, visitors to the islands off Phuket can expect to travel more comfortably this year. A trip to Phi Phi island is now easily accessible by a new service the M/V Ampai Samut, a fully
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        Chiangmai — Flower of the North
        622 13  - Chiangmai Flower of the North CHIANGMAI, the gateway to northern Thailand, is a city typified by ancient temples, beautiful natural scenery, and traditional handicrafts and customs. With a history that spans more than 700 years, Chiangmai has earned a reputation as the storehouse of Thai heritage and culture. Traditional handicrafts
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        Gentle reminders of a glorious past
        470 15 dha images, pillars of ruins and temples are some reminders of the greatness of Sukhothai, Thailand's first *capiLocated 440 km north of Bangkok, Sukhothai, which means Dawn of Happiness, was founded in 1238 by King Ramkhamhaeng During his reign, King Ramkhamhaeng brought Chinese artisans
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        691 15 Getting away from Bangkok EIGHTY-FIVE kilometres north of Bangkok is the old capital of Ayutthaya. In its heyday, this ancient capital of Thailand was a thriving entrepot trade centre. Today, Ayutthaya's ruins are its main attraction, reflecting the grandeur of this once-prosperous city. Apart from the ruins, the Ayutthaya National
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