The Straits Times, 2 January 1989

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, JANUARY 2, ISM 50 CENTS MCI (P) 44/12/88
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    Lock icon Indo-Pakistan relations on the mend
    765 1 Breakthrough claimed after Benazir and Rajiv sign agreement ISLAMABAD Pakistan and India declared after signing a pact not to attack each other's nuclear facilities that they are now on the path to peaceful relations. "A momentum for peace has begun," Pakistan's Prime Minister, Ms Benazir
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    Lock icon UN chief honoured
    24 1 BOGOTA UN SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar was named International Man of the Year on Saturday by a Bogota newspaper. AFP
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    Lock icon India soon withdrawing 2 battalions as part of pullout from Sri Lanka
    477 1 COLOMBO India will shortly pull out two battalions of troops as part of a phased withdrawal of its peacekeeping forces from Sri Lanka at the request of the island's Presidentelect Ranasinghe Premadasa, the Indian High Commission announced yesterday.
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    Lock icon Burmese get warning about funeral of Aung San's widow
    391 1 Burmese get warning about funeral of Aung San's widow BANGKOK Burma's military rulers warned the people yesterday not to turn today's funeral of the widow of national hero Aung San into a demonstration, saying this could lead to another round of disturbances. Western diplomats in Rangoon expected the funeral of
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    Lock icon Reagan, Gorbachev hail warming ties
    518 1 Leaders exchange upbeat New Year messages PALM SPRINGS (California) US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, partners in an extraordinary phase of superpower diplomacy, have expressed optimism about a continued warming of relations between the two countries. In an exchange of videotaped New
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    Lock icon Mild Ron and stubborn Mikhail
    116 1 MOSCOW A Soviet couple who named their twins after US President Ronald Reagan and Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev say Ronald is a mild baby but Mikhail is obstinate. "According to the parents, their characters are different. Ronald is more mild and obedient, and Mikhail is
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    Lock icon Boatload of revellers sinks off Rio
    294 1 RIO DE JANEIRO More than 100 New Year revellers were believed to have died when a passenger boat capsized off Copacabana beach just after midnight, a Brazilian coastguard spokesman said yesterday. He said the fully-laden boat had been returning from a trip to watch
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    Lock icon Bangladeshis flee to Iran
    31 1 DHAKA Abject poverty and widespread unemployment have forced up to 10,000 Bangladeshis to take up illegal residence in Iran, Foreign Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said yesterday. Reuter
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      368 2 Tame street party FORTY thousand people along Orchard Road waited for something wonderful to usher in the New Year but all the action was at Raffles City and Marina Mandarin where revellers turned up in full force to boogie in the New Year. The revellers had gone there to
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      218 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE bombing of a Pan American junto Jet Is a reminder that the light against terrorism most go on. There can to no appease ment with those who take innocent lives because It only invites more attacks. The decision not to inform the public of
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      Around the world
      271 2 Split over new flag A COMMITTEE of local and mainland Chinese, charged with selecting a new flag for Hongkong, has found itself confronting the more fundamental issue of defining the territory's identity as it prepares to end almost a century of British rule and become part of
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      283 2 Zola's hopes FORMER world cross-country champion Zola Budd still harbours hope of resurrecting her international career as a British athlete, nearly eight months after leaving her adopted nation to return home to South Africa. The controversial Zola had turned her back on Britain in May after the International Amateur
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      Section Two
      523 2 All about jade A POPULAR belief holds that jade can avert evil. It is also precious as art or ornament. However, many question marks still hang over jade. How can one tell that the jade one buys is the real thing? Na Chih-liang has spent nearly 70 years
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      Around Asean...and Across the Causeway
      166 2 'Thais to buy 2 subs' THE Royal Thai Navy plans to buy two submarines worth about 500 million baht (5*37.5 million) from China this year, according to a press report yesterday. The Nation quoted an unidentified Thai military source as saying that the planned purchase
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      91 2 BE PROUD OF SINGAPORE SINGAPOREANS should be proud that they are Singaporeans and the disgruntled ones should be ashamed of their disloyalty and divided allegiance, says a reader. Many young foreigners have commented that this is the best government in the world; and they wished they were living here
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      246 2 Buyers' Guide SECTION II Classifieds Sect II Bto 10 Notices Sect II 4A 6 Cinema Sect. II 7 Comics Sect. II 1 1 Product Advertiser Section/Paje Bird's mst Guan Sang Co I—3 Bnutiqut Burberrys I 6 Cameras Njkon/Shnro China Cari Tan Chong I Sons C«metic» Lancome/Sogo I—3 E. Arden -'Tang's
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      Lock icon Japan's govt works hard to get people to work less
      561 3 Japan's govt works hard to get people to work less TOKYO Members of Japan's hard-driving work force will face a vexing problem this year: What to do with their Saturdays. Since the reign of Emperor Meiji a century ago, Japan has been the land of the six-day work week, and
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      Lock icon Thousands world-wide celebrate
      731 3 fdctds But death, destruction mar party NEW YORK New Year's revellers gathered happily in places such as London's Trafalgar Square, a Tokyo stadium and New York City's ne-on-lit Times Square, but catastrophe stalked the festivities in Manila. In the Philippines, illegal fireworks set off in the revelries
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      Lock icon We seek justice, not revenge, says Thatcher
      580 3 The Pan Am crash 41 do not think an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth is ever valid. I can understand the anger. We feel the anger very deeply. Mrs Thatcher, in an interview on television. LONDON Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Arafat vows to track down bomber, says report
      250 3 LONDON Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat has vowed to help track down the bomber of Pan American Flight 103 that crashed in Scotland just before Christmas, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper of London reported. An unidentified United States official told the Telegraph
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      Lock icon Arafat opens PLO embassy in Riyadh
      166 3 RIYADH Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat opened a Palestinian embassy in Saudi Arabia yesterday amid hundreds of flag-waving fellow countrymen. Witnesses said Mr Arafat raised the Palestinian flag over the building, a gift from the Saudi government, amid tight security in a
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      Lock icon Transfusion given over patient's 'no'
      188 3 NEW YORK A hospital overrode a Jehovah's Witness' objections to a blood transfusion despite protests that it went against her religion. The hospital at Patchogue in New York state said it was in the patient's best interest. The woman, Mrs Denise Nicoleau, who is in
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      Lock icon PLO to send five-man team as envoys to US
      254 3 LONDON The Palestine Liberation Organisation will form a five-member delegation to serve as roving ambassadors to the United States, the PLO's radio station said. The Voice of Palestine, in a broadcast from Algiers monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation at the
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      Lock icon Train halted
      34 3 MUNICH A runaway train had to be derailed on Saturday after the empty shuttle rocketed through the Bavarian countryside for 2G minutes, passing through 20 street crossings >n its unguided ride. AP
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      Lock icon Monarch suffers bleeding
      86 3 Emperor Hirohito's illness TOKYO Emperor Hirohito suffered heavy bleeding and received an emergency transfusion yesterday, palace officials said but a press release added that there was no cause for alarm. Officials said a huge crowd of well-wishers is likely to visit the palace today as it was
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      Lock icon Vietnam to stop anti-Chinese propaganda broadcasts
      258 4 Vietnam to stop anti-Chinese propaganda broadcasts HANOI Vietnam has decided to stop daily radio broadcasts of anti-Chinese propaganda which began following the Sino-Viet-namese war in 1979, a Vietnamese source said on Saturday. The Chinese-language broadcasts, mainly meant for Chinese troops, were replaced yesterday with a programme aimed at the Chinese
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      Lock icon 30 die in dry dock fire at Chittagong port
      111 4 CHTTTAGONG (Bangladesh) More than 30 people were killed when a fire swept through the dry dock at Chittagong port on Saturday, fire brigade officials said. They said the fire occurred during welding operations on a barge in the dry dock. The
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      Lock icon Trade war looms as EC bans import of hormone-treated US meat
      269 4 BRUSSELS A trade war between the European Community and United States was set to start after the EC implemented a ban on imports of hor-mone-treated meat from midnight on Saturday. Washington has pledged to counter immediately with sanctions against
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      Lock icon Search for new HK flag reveals identity crisis
      561 4 Panel responsible split by clash of ideologies HONGKONG A committee of local and mainland Chinese, charged with selecting a new flag for Hongkong, has found itself confronting the more fundamental issue of defining the territory's identity as it prepares to end almost
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      Lock icon Flag lowered to 'appropriate level' at US embassy in Seoul
      230 4 SEOUL The United States has stopped flying its flag from the top of the US embassy here, lowering the Stars and Stripes to the third floor, an embassy source said on Saturday. "The flag was in fact lowered sometime ago
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      Lock icon 30 % chance of recession in US: Economists
      207 4 30 chance of recession in US: Economists NEW YORK The United States economy stands a 30 per cent chance of undergoing a recession this year and a 50 per cent chance next year, said economists in a survey released on Saturday by Time magazine. It said the forecast is a
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      Lock icon US protests over Bonn firm's alleged role in Libyan chemical plant
      434 4 US protests over Bonn firm's alleged role in Libyan chemical plant WASHINGTON The United States has concluded that a West German company played a central role in the design and construction of a vast chemical plant in Libya, a discovery that has prompted diplomatic protests to the highest levels of
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      Lock icon Kim II Sung wants talks with South
      433 4 TOKYO North Korean President Kim H Sung has called for a conference of political leaders from North and South Korea, the North's official news agency, KCNA, said yesterday. Mr Kim said in a New Year's address that the North would invite the presidents
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      Lock icon Castro meets Papal envoy
      69 4 MEXICO CITY Cuban President Fidel Castro met a Papal envoy on Saturday to discuss the possibility of a visit by Pope John Paul 11, said the official Cuban news agency, Prensa Latina. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray of France said improving relations between Cuba, which is celebrating the
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      Lock icon French actor Montand becomes a father for first time at 67
      250 4 French actor Montand becomes a father for first time at 67 NICE French cinema actor and entertainer Yves Montand, 67, became a father for the first time when his 28-year-old companion Carole Amiel gave birth to a boy here on New Year's Eve. French television reported that the baby, who
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      Lock icon Venezuela to freeze its principal debt payments
      541 6 Slump in oil prices and high interest rates cited as reasons CARACAS President Jaime Lusinchi, denouncing foreign creditors as selfish and unreliable, on Saturday announced Venezuela was suspending principal payments on nearly all of its US$3O.3 billion (SssB billion) foreign debt, the fourth
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      Lock icon Gorbachev urged to fight opponents of glasnost
      275 6 MOSCOW Six intellectuals have urged Mr Mikhail Gorbachev to resist any attempt to curb his commitment to openness in Soviet society and called for replacement of inept or unwilling officials. The six, leading cultural and scientific figures, said in an open letter to
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to give $16 m to bicentennial youth foundation
      140 6 Aussie govt to give $16 m to bicentennial youth foundation ADELAIDE Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially closed a year of bicentennial celebrations on Saturday with an announcement that the federal government would give Aslo million (5J16.3 million) to establish a youth foundation. "The government will be establishing a special legacy
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      Lock icon Births in Japan fell to 90-year low last year
      148 6 TOKYO The number of births hit a record low in Japan last year as fewer couples want children, a Health and Welfare Ministry report said. Some 1.312 million babies were born in Japan last year, the lowest number since 1899 when
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      Lock icon Homemade bomb kills four youths
      250 6 Homemade bomb kills four youths WASHINGTON A pipe bomb exploded in the garage of a Brazilian embassy lawyer early on Saturday, killing her son and three friends who apparently were tinkering with the device, authorities said. The blast blew doors and windows out of the garage and hurled one of
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      Lock icon Canada bans tobacco ads in print media
      258 6 OTTAWA Canada has taken a leading role in fighting tobacco use by imposing a tough new law banning tobacco advertising, but health groups here complain the regulations do not go far enough. From yesterday, Canada's tobacco industry was not permitted to advertise in
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      Lock icon Takeshita: We must regain public trust
      401 6 Resignation of Cabinet ministers TOKYO Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said he is to blame for the resignations of four of his Cabinet ministers, two of them because of links to a political scandal during the last month. "I am solely to blame for four
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      Lock icon US to modify defence laser for attack
      221 6 NEW YORK The Defence Department has decided to modify its most powerful laser so it can fire at old US satellites and its effectiveness as a space weapon can be tested, The New York Times reported yesterday. The White House would have to
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      Lock icon Hop aboard this bus for a cup of coffee in Tokyo
      112 6 UNUSUAL as it may be to see a London double-decker bus in Tokyo, this is one bus to hail if you are thirsty. The double-decker, which lists Piccadilly Circus and Baker Street Station on its "route", is actually a
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      Lock icon Petrol price hike in Nigeria sparks fears of unrest
      341 6 LAGOS Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida announced yesterday a tough new Budget, including a 43 per cent rise in the price of petrol which observers said could spark unrest in the west African state. In a New Year address, General Babangida said
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        114 8 Bodies of ferry disaster victims swept ashore A BEREAVED man rushes towards three bodies on the banks of the Dhaleswari river, 25 km south-west of Dhaka, on Friday. The three were on an overcrowded ferry, which sank after it was rammed in the stern near the central Bangladesh town
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        54 8 puncn inGir Way to leaner figures JAPANESE office worker Yoko Tamura tackles a punching bag daring her "boxercise" workout in Tokyo. The exercise programme was developed by a former boxer as a fun way to lose weight. Now weight-conscious women make up 71 per cent of the participants at
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        64 8 Siamese twins keep house by themselves SIAMESE twins Yvonne (left) and Yvette MeCarther are shown at home in their new apartment in Long Beach, California, early last month. For the first time in their 39 years, the twins moved oat of their mother's home into a place of their
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        84 8 Town that was flattened AN AERIAL view of the Armenian city of Spitak taken on Thursday shows the city almost completely destroyed by the earthquake which ravaged the Soviet republic three weeks ago. Officials say 16,tM people 81 per cent of the town's population were killed. In all, 24,854
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      Lock icon Thai navy to buy two subs from China: Report
      307 9 'Vessels suitable for operations in Gulf of Thailand' BANGKOK The Royal Thai Navy plans to buy two submarines worth about 500 million baht (5537.5 million) from China this year, according to a press report yesterday. The Nation quoted an unidentified Thai
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      Lock icon Indonesian govt faces first environment lawsuit
      263 9 Indonesian govt faces first environment lawsuit JAKARTA A leading Indonesian organisation has filed the first ever environmental lawsuit against the government, according to newspaper reports. The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) filed the lawsuit at the Central Jakarta District Court on Friday, charging the government with allowing a pulp and rayon
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      Lock icon Lottery nothing to do with gambling, say Indonesian officials
      325 9 JAKARTA Indonesians have begun trying their luck in a controversial new lottery which officials insist has nothing to do with gambling, banned since 1981. The new lottery, which started yesterday is dubbed the Philanthropic Donation with Prizes (SDSB). It replaces the
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      Lock icon Oil, gas exports retain key role in Jakarta economy
      337 9 JAKARTA Oil and gas exports will continue to play a major role in the Indonesian economy, President Suharto said in a year-end speech that was televised nationwide. "The influence of oil and gas in our economy remains large. Every dollar less
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      Lock icon Tighter security at Manila airport after hijack threat
      46 9 A PHILIPPINE Marines officer at Manila airport inspecting the passport of a passenger on Friday. Security was tightened at Manila air- port following reports that a Palestinian guerilla group was planning to hijack an Asian airliner. AFP picture.
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      Lock icon Thai princess to set up Aids centre
      117 9 BANGKOK Thailand's Princess Chulabhorn is to set up a centre for Aids research and prevention, Thai newspapers reported. The Princess, daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, described the Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) situation in Thailand as "very dangerous", the Thai language Daily News
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      Lock icon Asia worries Soviets more than Europe says Philippine envoy
      212 9 MANILA The Asian situation worries the Soviet Union more than Europe because of the influence of Japan and China as well as the US ship-based missiles in the region, the Philippine Ambassador to Moscow said in an interview published yesterday. Ambassador
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      Lock icon Thai PM's Hanoi trip hinges on Siddhi's visit
      325 9 Thai PM's Hanoi trip hinges on Siddhi's visit HANOI Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan's visit to Vietnam will depend on the outcome of this month's meeting between Thai Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila and Vietnamese officials, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The Post quoted Mr Kraisak Choonhavan, the
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      Lock icon Police not above law, says chief
      294 10 KUALA KUBU BARU Police personnel are entrusted with the job of enforcing the law and should not assume they are above it, said the Inspector-Gen-eral of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar. "The force will not hesitate to take stern action against any police personnel
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      Lock icon Politicians appointed to Kelantan councils
      185 10 KOTA BARU The Kelantan government has sent appointment letters to the newly appointed presidents of the state's 11 district councils, Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Rastom Ahmad Maher said. Datuk Rastom, the chairman of the local government and housing committee, said the appointments were effective
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      Lock icon RTM revamping shows to foster racial unity
      383 10 Programmes of interest only to one community will be axed KUALA LUMPUR Radio Television Malaysia is revamping its television programmes to more effectively foster racial integration. RTM director-general Jaafar Kamin said the revamp is also aimed at increasing RTM revenue and making the
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      Lock icon Malaysian ferry runs aground off Johor
      318 10 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian ferry carrying 346 passengers and 102 crew members ran aground about 22 nautical miles off southern Johor yesterday, an official from the ship's operators said. Captain Ahmad Soffian, the director and general manager of Perbadanan Nasional Shipping Line (PNSL), said
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      Lock icon Build nation on common value system: MCA chief
      351 10 KUALA LUMPUR The president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik, has called on Malaysians to build a united nation based on a common value system which all can uphold and support. He said the real test of leadership
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      345 10 SEGAMAT The study on the design for the first phase of a project to widen the Johor Causeway will be completed in six months, Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu said. Tenders would be called as soon as the designs are received, he
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      Lock icon MIC to ask for more seats on economic council
      308 10 MIC to ask for more seats on economic council KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Indian Congress president Datuk S. Samy Vellu has said he would meet the Prime Minister to ask for more seats on the consultative council formed to plan a new economic policy after 1990. He said the MIC had
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      71 10 New Umno to publicise charter JOHOR BAKU- New Urnno will distribute copies of its constitution and guidelines on annual general meetings to all branches at the end of the month. The party's secretary-gen-eral, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, said yesterday this was to ensure that standard procedures were followed. Datuk Mohamed, who
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      Orchard Road party eclipsed by others
      651 11  -  FRANCESCA NATHAN EUGENIE LEE By and FORTY thousand people along Orchard Road waited for something wonderful to usher in the New Year but all the action was at Raffles City and Marina Mandarin where revellers turned up in full force to boogie in the
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      A real block-buster of a party
      145 11  -  K F. SEETOH Picture and reoort by THIS young chap gyrating on a makeshift stage expressed the mood of a party that never saw a dull moment. The occasion was the great New Year's Eve bash at Block 55, New Upper Changl Road. When
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        Hotels check visitors
        148 11 THE entrances to Orchard Road hotels were jammed with people not just because of the revelry but also because hotels were screening people who wanted to get in. Room guests and patrons of hotel restaurants and discotheques were checked at the entrances before being allowed in. The
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        Military police help keep peace
        131 11 UNITED States and New Zealand military police were at Orchard Road on New Year's Eve night to ensure that their personnel kept out of trouble. Commander Dennis Davidson of the Royal NZ Navy and officer-in-charge of the NZ Force Headquarters said "There are thousands of
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        Party turns into cold shower for revellers
        335 11  -  SHARON LIM Across the Causeway in a hotel By A RIOTOUS New Year's Day party for several Singaporeans in a Johor Baru hotel turned into a big splash when guests tried to bring down a cluster of balloons attached to a water sprinkler.
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      Dhana's vision for Orchard Mall
      293 11 ONCE the novelty of Orchard Road closures wears off, a new mood may emerge which would attract smaller and somewhat different crowds. Artists may be able to display their paintings on the sidewalks and pass-ers-by would have more room to move about and browse. People
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      Rough games 'good for training leaders'
      367 12 GAMES which pose dangerous challenges are one way of training leaders, says the Minister of State (Community Development), Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon. Mr Ch'ng made the point while giving Singaporeans another reminder about not becoming "couch potatoes". He was speaking at the conclusion of
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      Closure of museum deprives artists of prime display space
      658 12  -  JACQUELINE WONG By SINGAPORE artists, already suffering a shortage of venues to display their works, were handed a severe blow with the closure of the National Museum for restoration works this year. This will deprive the artists of a prime exhibition
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      Pros and cons of alternative sites
      248 12 WHILE artists and art experts interviewed by The Straits Times agreed that no place could match the National Museum as an exhibition centre, they picked four others as the best alternatives. The four are: Singapore Conference Hall: Large size and high ceilings. With extra
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      Mrs Singapore a woman on the move
      339 12 MRS World Singapore 1989 Valarie Carver, 28. is anything but a typical housewife. She juggles marketing jobs at her parents' jewellery shop and husband's business, travels with him everywhere, and passes the household chores to her maid, with her mother chipping in. That
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      Kids lose $2,000 meant for school enrolment
      242 13 Kids lose $2,000 meant for school enrolment IT TOOK the Malaysian parents of three children two years to save $2,000 to enrol their young sons in a Singapore school. But last Wednesday, it took a thief only a "flash" to pocket the money, leaving the children in tears. Student Wee-siek
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      Econ Minimart director bullish about growth
      336 13 Econ Minimart director bullish about growth IF ONE retail outlet can cater to the needs of, say, 1,000 residents in Singapore, there will be great growth potential for Econ Minimart, the provision chain-store, which has already achieved its preliminary target of 150 stores around the island. This is the bullish
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      Language no handicap with Telecoms' home country calls
      157 13 TOURISTS and foreign businessmen of five countries who cannot speak English can now make direct calls to the international operator of their own country. Through this new service, called Home Country Direct Service, available since last Friday callers need only dial a
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      Toll-free calls extended to Japan, Australia
      160 13 Toll-free calls extended to Japan, Australia TELECOMS will extend its international toll-free service to Japan and Australia from today. With this service, companies and individuals in these two countries can call Singapore firms directly without paying for the call charges, Telecoms said. The charges, based on Singapore's IDD rates, are
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      Ship owners urged to sign wage pacts with unions
      421 13 SECOND Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong urged owners of Singa-pore-registered ships last night to sign collective agreements with the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union and the Singapore Organisation of Seamen. He said Singapore is no longer classified as a flag-of-convenience country
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      Courtesy goes out the back door as crowds rush in
      459 14  -  CHAI KIM WAH By A LUNCH-TIME scene in Shenton Way. a lift reaches the ground floor and the door opens to a crush of people waiting outside. You fight your way out as they elbow their way in. Over to
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      Round-the-clock radio station draws favourable response
      978 14  -  HARJINDER KAUR SBC's Perfect 10 blasts in with a Happy New Year By How listeners rated perfect 10 Scoresheet of Straits Times panel of listeners: 10 Perfect 7 to 5 Okay 9 Super 4 to 0 Bleah 8 Good MRS BERN ADETTE TAN, 40,
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      SAF exercises
      148 14 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises from 8 am on Tuesday to midnight on Saturday in the Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kan. Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Wing Loong, Loyang and Tampines training areas. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not to
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    • NEWSFRONT
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        Two beauties off to first Moscow pageant
        111 15  -  KOH BEE ANN TWO REIGNING Misses Singapore will head for Moscow on Jan 17 to take part in the Soviet Union's first ever international beauty pageant Miss Charm International on Jan 22. Miss Singapore/ World Teo Ser Lee, 23, an auditor, and Miss
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        Insurers pay goldsmiths
        83 15 WENG CHEONG Goldsmith and Million Goldsmiths who were robbed last month have been fully reimbursed their $300,000 losses by their insurers. Sterling Knight Private Limited, the underwriting agents for the Overseas Assurance Corporation Limited, paid one claim within a matter of days, and the other in less
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        Sharity post-Xmas sale
        126 15  -  ALPHONSO CHAN BUY ONE get one free, was the sales pitch with which Sharity Elephant jumped on the oandwagon of a post-Christmas Sale. This Christmas Sharityland Souvenir Shop opposite Centrepoint made the offer on Friday evening. The Boys' Brigade volunteers who manned the stall one of four
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        Cook hurt in shop fire
        95 15 A COOK suffered minor burns in an early morning fire in a coffeeshop in River Valley on Saturday. Police said Mr Loy Kang Chai, 58, was in the kitchen of the Loon Seng Restaurant, at the junction of Kellock Road and River Valley Road, when
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        Garbage heap 'unbearable'
        117 15 MOTORBIKE parking lots at a Tampines Housing Board estate are used as a dumping ground for things ranging from food to furniture, and the stench from the rotting heap is unbearable, a resident complained to NewsLine on Saturday. Mr David Chow, 46, said that the stench from
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    • Article
      Hormone-bred beef imports to continue
      284 15 We rely on govt checks on US meat, say food chains RESTAURANTS and supermarkets in Singapore are continuing with imports of growth-hor-mone-bred beef from the United States. This is despite the European Community's move to ban it because of possible health effects from the growth
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      SIA to recruit more foreign pilots despite their linguistic handicap
      370 15  -  MAYLEE CHIA By A SINGAPORE Airlines pilot, who has had a long service with another airline, ended a flight with this announcement to his passengers: "Thank you for flying British Airways". Another had passengers on a recent SIA flight slightly
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      Fight goes on
      596 16 Fight goes on THE bombing of a New York-bound Pan American jumbo jet on Dec 21 is a grim reminder that the fight against terrorism goes on. British and American authorities will no doubt do all they can to apprehend the killers. So far, what the investigators have uncovered is
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
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      A global course for S'pore
      1401 16  - A global course for S'pore KENNETH JAMES h fg gs By of the Economics Desk Some significant developments ON THE blueprint of Future Singapore, the broad strokes of a carefully thought-out economic strategy are clearly outlined. Born as an urgent reaction to the unexpected recession of 1985-86, that strategy now
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      Lock icon Emerging problem of haves and have-nots in Japan
      1371 17  -  SUSAN CHIRA By New York Times TOKYO From the window of an anonymous apartment building in the ''astern suburb of Funabashi, the Japan of Mercedes-Benzes and US$3B million (5583.3 million) Picassos seems far away. In Funabashi, a 44-year-old housewife lives with her
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      China's wildlife may vanish in 40 years, says world body
      595 17 CHINA is no place to be an animal. Most are treated carelessly if not cruelly. Now gourmets and fortune-hunters are devouring China's endangered species. The World Wide Fund for Nature claims that many Chinese animals will vanish within 40 years.
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  • FORUM
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      Be grateful that we are Singaporeans
      470 18 SINGAPOREANS should be proud that they are Singaporeans and the disgruntled ones should be ashamed of their disloyalty and divided allegiance. Many young foreigners have commented that this is the best government in the world and they wished they were living here instead of
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    • Replies
      • Letter
        Why gas meter is outside premises
        126 18 1 REFER to the letter "Gas supply tap should be inside" by Mr Ivan Su (ST, Dec 17). The PUB gas meter is usually located outside the customer's premises to enable reading of the meter, as well as shutting off of the gas supply
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        Trains won't move if leg is caught in door
        123 18 I REFER to the letter "Passenger's leg caught in train doors" (ST, Dec 15) by Mrs Alice Tay. We would like to assure Mrs Tay that there are built-in safety mechanisms to prevent any train from moving if the train doors
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      Three suggestions on how to promote S'pore to world
      564 18 Three suggestions on how to promote S'pore to world AS another year ends, many of us are reviewing our accomplishments and, perhaps, making resolutions for 1989. On behalf of all other foreigners, either working, studying, living, or vacationing here, who are too "busy" to write in, let me express my
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      What is POSB's policy on ICs?
      290 18 I THINK it is time POSB tells its staff to exercise more initiative and discretion when carrying out their duties. I do not encounter any problem with other commercial banks on the matter of identity cards (IC). They do not ask for it during
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      HDB must get help to solve noise problem
      222 18 HDB must get help to solve noise problem I REFER to the reply to the letter "Sleepless nights from expressway noise" from the HDB (ST, Dec 24). Among the many reasons given, the reply mentioned that "in the planning and design of a housing estate, various factors have to be
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon He goes where none has gone before
      2206 19 Durable gelding defies age to win Governor's Gold Cup again after four years FIRST: 5405 SECOND: 9489 THIRD: 3955 STARTERS: 8231, 4957 6580, 3921, 0860, 0793, 6447, 9031. CONSOLATIONS: 2499, 9478, 5155, 1992, 5768, 9990, 6986, 3915, 8532, 0629. By OUR RACING TEAM
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      John gets four days for careless riding
      1130 19 rtr7b try PENANG Jockey A. John was suspended for four race days for careless riding while astride Danny II in Race 3 on Saturday. The Stipendiary Steward's report on that day's races: RACE 1: As the gates opened, Hawkeye II (Lyndon) was hampered
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      Quick Turn taken out on special request
      170 19 Quick Turn taken out on special request PENANG The Penang Turf Club committee acceded to Trainer Teh Choon Beng's special request to have Quick Turn pulled out from the Governor's Gold Cup at the eleventh hour. The gelding was officially described as a course scratching yesterday. Teh made the request
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      10 horses in horror Cup race pile-up
      349 19 SYDNEY Jockey Henry Cameron was yesterday fighting for his life following a multiple race spill involving 10 horses at Inverell, a country track at the extreme north of New South Wales, near the border with Queensland, on Saturday. Cameron, 35, was in critical
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      382 20 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. GOH POH GEOK Age 74 years passed away peacefully on 31.12.88 leaving behind Beloved husband: Tan Chye Hock Sisters: Ng Poh Choo Chew Lucy Son*: Daught»r»-inlaw Tan Keng Chuan Eddie Wee Beng Choo Betty Tan Kheng Seng Charlie Ong Nancy Tan Kheng Klat Johnny Cheng
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      321 Deaths
      132 20 JACK TANG MUN SING Age: 63 departed on 30th December 1968 Body lying at 3, Siglap Road, Mandarin Gardens #03-30 Singapore 1544. Cortege will leave lor mi Vemon Crematorium at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday 3 1 89 TEL: *****42 EE KENG CHUAN AGE: 45 YEARS OLD ha* returned
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      324 In Memoriam
      43 20 In Loving Memory Of MOM TEO SUAN TEE Departed 2-1-88 What is home without a mother' All things this world may send, But when I lost my darling mother, I lost my dearest friend. Always remembered by son and daughter-in-law
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      324 In Memoriam
      156 20 In loving memory of Benedict Allan Tan Hock Kuan Departed: 2.1J7 Gone from our lives one so dear, But In our hearts, forever near. Dearly missed but always remembered by mother, wife (Joanna), children (Michele, Mark, Melissa 4 Marceline), brother* A aiater S> IOVM on#s. In Loving
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      324 in Memoriam
      38 20 MR KOH KONG THIAN Departed 2nd Jan. 1982 In sweet remembrance of dear papa who departed 7 years ago. That unselfish life; It has not died Dearly missed by Dennia, Daniel, Nancy and loved one*.
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      325 Requiems
      122 20 LATE MR P. MUTHUKRISHNAN WIFE: Ramamlrtham SONS: Elangovadlkal Arlvazhagan Nedumaran Kalldhasan DAUGHTER: Thenmozhl Devi SON-IN-LAW: Salhimurthy GRANDCHILDREN: Rajesh Kumar Preveenah Devi Naresh Kumar We wish to uprtti thank* to friends and relatives for their pr«t«nc* at the funeral of Mr P. Muthukriahnan. Atma Sh»nth. Pooiai will ba haM
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  • TIMESPORT
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      Indonesia to make big waves
      95 21 Indonesia to make big waves The Indonesian Swimming Association plan to engage top American and Japanese coaches in preparation for this year's South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur, 1990 Asian Games in Beijing and 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The best swimmers will be given a chance to undergo special training
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      Hare's double
      40 21 Former England rugby union fullback Dusty Hare celebrated being named in the Queen's New Year's honours list by hoisting his world record points total past 7,000 on Saturday. He scored 16 to help Leicester win 39-13 at Nuneaton.
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      Winning spurt
      34 21 US Olympic runner Jeff Atkinson broke from the pack in the final 200 metres to win Saturday's fourth annual 1.6-km Fiesta Bowl Mile through the streets of Phoenix. He clocked 4min 05.205ec.
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      Soviet might
      28 21 The Soviet Union beat Israel's Hapoel Jerusalem 97-90 on Saturday to advance to the semi-fi-nals of the 12th annual World Invitation Club basketball tournament in London.
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      Herrero shot
      31 21 Former French rugby union international Bernard Herrero underwent a groin operation in hospital after being shot and seriously wounded in a brawl on Saturday outside his bar in Toulon.
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      Irish on top
      20 21 Ireland ran in five tries and defeated Italy 31-15 in their first rugby union international on Saturday.
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      Boyd signs up
      32 21 Former Australian rugby league Test forward Les Boyd has signed for British club Warrington for the fourth time. He has recovered after breaking his arm for the second time.
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      Hot and cold
      39 21 US Olympic gold medal winner Bonnie Blair won both her races, but compatriot Dan Jansen, who fell in his Olympic races, took a spill again during the United States National Sprint speed skating championships in Wisconsin.
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      Prized boxer
      26 21 Ghana's Azuma Nelson, World Boxing Council super-feather-weight champion, has been voted national Sportsman of the Year by sports writers for the sixth consecutive time.
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      Helena No. 1
      37 21 Czechoslovak Helena Sukova is top seed in this week's Australian women's hardcourt tennis championships after American defending champion Pam Shriver decided to forego the singles. But Pam is expected to compete in the doubles.
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      Volek decides
      39 21 David Volek scored the tiebreaking goal with 3.36 left as the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Saturday and put together a two-game ice hockey winning streak for the first time since early November.
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      Lomakin stars
      39 21 Andrei Lomakin scored a goal and assisted on three others as Dynamo Riga, a touring team from the Soviet Union, topped the Los Angeles Kings 5-3 in an international hockey exhibition game in Inglewood, California, on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Zola still hopes to run for Britain
      546 21 Zola still hopes to run for Britain ATHLETICS LONDON Zola Budd still harbours hope of resurrecting her international career as a British athlete nearly eight months after leaving her adopted nation to return home to South Africa. The former world cross-country champion turned her back on Britain in May after
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      Lock icon Two Kiwi sportsmen in New Year's Honours list
      334 21 AWARDS LONDON John Kirwan, the New Zealand rugby winger who recently lost his world Test try-scoring record to Australian David Campese, has received some compensation with the award of the MBE in the New Year's Honours. The All Black is one of
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      Lock icon MPs slam Bristow's award
      171 21 LONDON Former world darts champion Eric Bristow crashed out of the British Open here on Saturday as Tory MPs bitterly criticised his MBE award in the New Year's Honours list. Bristow slumped 3-2 to Ray Battye in the eighth round, but refused to attribute his shock
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      Lock icon Ickx is overall leader
      203 21 PARIS-DAKAR RALLY TUMU (Libya) Belgium's Jackie Ickx retained the overall lead in the 11th Paris-Dakar rally at the end of Saturday's third stage, a 425-km time trial, when he was among seven drivers beating the three-hour time limit set by the organisers. Ickx's Peugeot's team-mates Ari
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      Lock icon Goju-ryu to do their bit for NKF
      223 21  - Goju-ryu to do their bit for NKF A. Surendren KARATE By Picture by GET a kick out of giving. That is exactly what the Metropoli- tan YMCA Goju-ryu Karate-do Club aim to do for the National Kidney Foundation. The karate club, who will celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, will
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      Lock icon Bengals out of the Woods
      358 21 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals, behind a relentless rushing attack spearheaded by Ickey Woods, beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-13 on Saturday to earn the right to host next week's American Football Conference final. Woods, a powerful first-year back, gained 126 yards on 23 carries
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      Lock icon Smith wins duel of sharp-shooters
      557 22 Soccer highlights: Arsenal take over lead Inter three points clear of Napoli M Semedo goal sinks Sporting ENGLISH LEAGUE LONDON Arsenal striker Alan Smith won the duel of the English First Division's leading sharp-shooters on Saturday to help the London club end 1988 at the
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      Lock icon DIVISION ONE HIGHLIGHTS
      538 22 Aston Villa Arsenal S: Alan Smith gave Arsenal the perfect start when he headed home a looping cross from midfielder Michael Thomas in the second minute. David Rocastle increased the Gunners' lead when he swooped on a weak clearance from goalkeeper Nigel Spink to drive home in
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      Lock icon Porto close the gap
      262 22 PORTUGUESE LEAGUE LISBON Benfica slumped to their first defeat of the season after an 18-match unbeaten streak and defending champions Porto closed the gap at the top of the Portuguese First Division to two points at the weekend. A last-minute goal by Jose Semedo gave Porto
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      Lock icon BRITISH RESULTS AND UNKNOWN
      1223 22 DIVISION ONE Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 3, Charlton 0 West Ham 0, Derby 0 Millwall 1, Everton 3 Coventry 1, Norwich 0 Middlesbrough 0, Sheffield Wednesday 0 Nottingham Forest 3, Southampton 1 Queens Park Rangers 4, Tottenham 2 Newcastle 0, Wimbledon 4 Luton 0. DIVISION TWO
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      Lock icon Brehme spurs late goal rush for Inter
      416 22 ITALIAN LEAGUE ROME Three second-half goals in 10 minutes gave Internazionale Milan a 3-0 victory over lowly Lecce on Saturday and helped to stretch their lead at the top of the Italian First Division. Inter, now three points ahead of Napoli who went
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      148 22 A LAST-MINUTE goal by striker Lee Kwang Ho helped South Korea edge out Indonesia 3-2 in a hard-fought final of the 17th Asian Schools Under--18 championship in Hongkong on Saturday. South Korea took the lead in the 12th minute through Kim Dong Chui and maintained it throughout the
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      170 22 SPANISH LEAGUE MADRID Hugo Sanchez scored a second-half hat-trick and set up a fourth goal as Real Madrid ended 1988 with a 4-1 win at Espanol on Saturday to consolidate their lead in the Spanish First Division. The Mexican turned the tables for the
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      567 23  -  Joe Dorai Premier League highlights: Jurong win despite loss of captain Police and Tiong Bahru get physical Yugoslavs shine for Balestier BALESTIER UTD 1 SAFSA 0 By BALESTIER United will be out of the top three without their two Yugoslav players, Boris Lucic and Josko Spanjic, in
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      431 23  -  A. Surendren TIONG BAHRU 0 POLICE 0 By THE opening game of the Singapore Pools Premier League was a let-down as Police Sports Association and Tiong Bahru played to a goalless draw at Clementi yesterday. Both sides came up with hard-man tactics to try
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      420 23 Fleming pips Thai for slalom title BOARDSAILING by Peter Khoo AUSTRALIAN teenager Angus Fleming brushed aside the challenge of top Thai sailor Watchara Witchithong to score a thrilling triumph in the Ist Singapore Shortboard Open slalom competition at Changi yesterday. The final was held one hour behind schedule because the
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      Jurong lose Jeffrey but overcome Tyrwhitt
      485 23  -  J. Rajendran JURONG TOWN 2 TYRWHITT 0 By JURONG Town survived the early loss of captain and sweeper Jeffrey Lazaroo to post a 2-0 win over Tyrwhitt Soccerites in their Premier League soccer match before some 1,500 spectators at the Jurong Stadium last night.
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      315 23 CRICKET PERTH Pakistan captain Imran Khan was involved in a finger-wagging exchange with umpire Robin Bailhache as West Indies strode to a sevenwicket win in their World Series Cup cricket match yesterday. West Indies' success extended their 100 per cent winning sequence in the triangular
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      Phua is BAS boss again
      199 23  -  Mahmood Gaznavi BASKETBALL By MR PHUA BAH LEE was re-elected president of the Basketball Association of Singapore at their general meeting at the National Stadium yesterday. In his speech, Mr Phua called on members to have a closer working relationship with the BAS in an
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        96 23 Hana and Cash don't mix well Australia's Hana Mandlikova was upstaged by her former team-mates when she and an ailing Pat Cash lost 2-0 to Czechoslavakia in the final of the inaugural Hopman Cup mixed team tennis event yesterday. Prague-born Hana, granted Australian citizenship a year ago, went down 6-4,
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        Row hearing
        53 23 Kenny Sansom, the former England full-back who recently left Arsenal for Newcastle, has been ordered to appear at a Football Association hearing on Thursday over a row with his old club. He is refusing to pay a fine imposed on him by Arsenal manager George Graham for attacks
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        No pro deal
        43 23 Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies has rejected a £150,000 offer to turn professional with British rugby league champions Widnes. "I want to go on the Lions tour to Australia this year and I want to go on captaining Wales," he said.
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        Even honours
        42 23 The United States and the Soviet Union ended up with even honours in the Sydney-to-Ho-bart yachting race. The US' Longhorn finished late Saturday in 16th place overall, while the Soviets' Veter was the 27th yacht to finish the 630-nautical-mile race.
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      79 22 Singapore Institute >, of Engineering Technologists Continuing Education Program Programmes leading to Electrical Engineering Section B (Corporate Membership) C (Fellowship), and Mechanical Engineering Section B (Corporate Membership Examination* Will commence on Monday, 9th January 1989. Limited Vacancies are still available. Section C (Production) incorporating the EC Part 2 will be
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      41 23 BOARDSAOJNG Ist Singapore Shortboard Open: Speed Crossing (Changi Beach, 11am). SOCCER Friendlies: Scandinavian Vikings v Enebybergs Veterans (1.30pm), Jurong Town Selection v Enebybergs IF (6pm); both at Jurong Stadium. YACHTING SYA Hobie 16 and 470 c'ships (Changi beach lamp-post 150, 10am).
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    Lock icon Progress in reforms but results still poor: Gorbachev
    570 24 Conservative forces resisting change and pace has been sluggish, says Soviet chief MOSCOW Kremlin chief Mikhail Gorbachev has said in his New Year's message to the Soviet people that his programme of reforms had taken decisive steps but had so far failed
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    125 24 TOKYO Japan Air Lines (JAL) is to begin developing a hypersonic transport (HST) plane capable of flying from Tokyo to New York in three hours, the Yomiuri Shimbun said yesterday. The newspaper said JAL will develop both the concept and technology necessary for the super-fast
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    54 24 NICOSIA Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will visit Saudi Arabia on Jan 17, on her first trip abroad since she was elected last month, the Qatar News Agency said yesterday. Ms Bhutto will discuss bilateral, regional and Islrmic issues with Saudi officials, the agency said in
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    Lock icon Girl badly burnt in fire mischief started by pranksters
    429 24  -  SHARON LIM By AN 11-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl lies seriously ill in hospital with extensive burns on her body, the victim of two boys having some fun with fire and industrial spirits. Two other girls were slightly injured after they were engulfed by
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    256 24 MOSCOW Warplanes belonging to the Kabul regime staged bombing raids against guerilla forces across Afghanistan yesterday, apparently violating a unilateral ceasefire declared by President Najibullah. Tass news agency, quoting a military communique released by the Afghan Bakhtar agency, said that successful bombing
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    85 24 PANAMA CITY A third Panamanian opposition leader has been deported to the United States. Christian Democratic leader Ricardo Arias Calderon said on Saturday. Mr Aris de Icaza, a businessman and manager of a chain of radio stations, was picked up by police on Thursday and put on
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    414 24 JERUSALEM Israel yesterday expelled 13 Palestinians accused of helping to lead the year-old uprising against Israeli rule of the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip, security sources said. The 13 were taken by helicopter to Zumriya checkpoint at the northern edge of
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    509 24 Some 'beaten' before being sent away BEIJING Hundreds of Chinese police armed with electric prods and batons stormed a guest house where African students had barricaded themselves, forcing some of them back to their campuses in the city of Nanjing. African
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      A GEM OF A STONE
      181 1 THERE te a mystery about fade. A popular belief holds that a piece I vi JaQO fwWVHVry GUI WefT Wll. If f la also precious as art or ornament. Chinese emperors of yore kept them, housewives today buy them. But many question marks still IftAakjB
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        80 1 COURVOISIER GIFTS OF PROSPERITY .fl Now every precious bottle of Courvoisier you enjoy in our prosperity gift packs* this auspicious New Year M comes with one of the following gifts of I^^SSFWM^jP^ T^ your choice: FieewithCourvoisierVSOP Oven-proof, microwave safe Casserole Bowl Versatile, quality carrier bag mbh^^^^^^B trimmed in leather fc.'i.^'ill
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        Doctor who gives people back their voice
        575 2  -  Hou Yanfeng China's artificial larynx was invented by a doctor who took on the challenge to give throat cancer victims their voice back. Yanfeng reports. "DOCTOR, I want to speak! I want to speak!" Desperately, frantically the words are scrawled on paper. Hysterical
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        Sexuality was focus of most questions
        457 2 Q&A Dr S.M.L. Send your questions to Of S M Lim, c/o The Straits Times, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923 MY OWN interest in sex began at the age of 6, when I came home from kindergaiten one day, and proudly announced: "Today
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        Summary of Dr SML's comments on the most common topics
        864 2 No. of Q: 87. Masturbation is a normal part of human sexuality, male and female, at any age. It does not cause any harm to the body or to one's fertility. Contraception (Dec 5) Hope is not a method. "Being
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        How safe are our eggs?
        699 3 Are local eggs safe from bacterial contamination? Magdalene Lum puts the vital question to nutritionists, the Consumers' Association of Singapore and the Primary Production Department. In the other article she gives the background to the recent uproar over salmonella in British eggs. IMAGINE that you
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        In Britain, the egg controversy continues
        447 3 THE British are concerned about a new strain of salmonella infection, called enteritidis Type Four, which can only be killed by hotter temperatures in cooking. This strain, identified two years ago by the Institute of Environmental Health Officers in Britain, is found only in
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          117 3 When health food is no good for children SOME British paediatricians are concerned about the phenomenon of "Muesli-belt malnutrition" undernourished youngsters fed diet of health tood, such as muesli and skimmed milk. Middle-class children are being given these wrong foods for the best of motives, says Professor Donald Naismith of
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          77 3 A DRUG that helps erase the skin-wrinkling effects of ageing may also block the formation of skin cancer cells, according to a Boston University study. The application of tretinoin, a vitamin A acid derivative, apparently reduces the number and size of skin lesions called actinic keratoses.
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          81 3 EXPERIMENTS with a most dangerous natural poison suggest that it may help treat Aids victims. An American research team is using the powerful ricin toxin, found in castor beans, to attack cells infected by the Aids virus. Using a "magic bullet" approach, researchers attach a
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          89 3 SEATTLE researchers are working on a radioactive substance to relieve a major side-effect of cancer treatment destruction of healthy cells by radiation and chemotherapy. A substance, rhenium, may stop these adverse effects. Doctors are attaching rhenium to antibodies, then injecting them into four people with incurable cancer.
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        Crawford likes it cosy
        816 4 Singer Randy Crawford, who performs at the World Trade Centre tonight, tells Kannan Chandran why she prefers small halls. IN AN industry of assemblyline record companies which insist on their artistes churning out hit singles, Randy Crawford stands apart. Crawford, who performs at the World Trade
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        Gem of a series on top guns and the Mafia
        524 4 Carol Leong previews Blood Ties, a new mini-series which begins on Wednesday. IN THE 16 years following Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), the Mafia has acquired in Hollywood a status between fad and fear. Movie makers hastily sought to
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        The day Sentosa rocked for charity
        477 4  -  Kannan Chandran By CHARITY was cause enough to celebrate the last day of the old year. At Sentosa, singers from both sides of the Causeway converged to let their hair down, parade an incredible array of new sports shoes, sing a few songs and
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        533 4 APPOINTMENTS -V*. PUBUC UTILITIES \*S BORRD I CORRIGENDUM The PUB invites applicants (or the following posts A ENGINEER GRADE IV Electronic/Electrical and Mechanical (Gross Salary: $1,841-4,775 per month) Civil 5 (Gross Salary: $1,610-4.775 per month) Applicants must possess a degree or professional qualification in engineering '> recognised by the Professional
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        338 4 0^ Standard Chartered W STANDARD CHARTERED FINANCE LTD I (Wholly-owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank) I H invites applications for the following positions: H I A) COLLECTION OFFICER I H Requirements: H For Post (A): I H Applicants must possess a University Degree or a Banking H H Diploma with
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        When 'truth' only comes in five colours and 'lamb fat' is tops
        891 5 A gem of a stone A man who spent 70 years with one of the world's finest collections of jade gives some simple tips on how to tell the real stuff from the bogus flooding the market. AN
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        Of arch structures and beamless halls
        414 5 THE arch is the most important part of an ancient stone architecture. Ancient Roman architecture is noted for its arch masonry, some of the most prominent examples being the Pantheon and the porch of the Colosseum. In China, arch masonry can be traced back
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        Superiority in dignity
        112 5  -  China Pictorial THE painting Flower-bedecked Ladies Of The Tang Dynasty (above) is attributed to Zhou Fang, a Tang dynasty (618-907) prefect of Yuezhou and later Xuanzhou. A famous painter, he excelled in portraits, especially of women. The scroll shows noble women strolling in a courtyard. Peony, lotus
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        Warning: The years can be faked
        619 5  -  Lee Siow Mong Wong Hsien Chin jhgf jf g UNDERSTANDING JADE A LAYMAN'S GUIDE By Times Books International/100 pages/$16.50 (hardback) THE title Understanding Jade A Layman's Guide says it all. It gets right down to the basics about jade, beginning with a chapter called
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        256 5 THIS programme is compiled by Rediffnsion and broadcast dai- I o I aob*m ly in Teochew, Hokkien LBI S Ledrn and Cantonese. There Mandarin will also be an English mmwwi translation of the les- mb. The broadcast times over SBC's Radio Four are 9 pm in Teochew and 11.45 pm
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        Flailing in two worlds
        648 6 A famous Indonesian play first staged in Mandarin at last year's Arts Festival has just been done in Malay. Mardiana Abu Bakar reviews the play, and Goh Beng Choo compares it with the Chinese production. LUSTY laughter punctuated Teater Makmal Kemuning's (TMK) Kapai-kapai performance on Dec
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        Choice blend of good acting and traditional symbols
        467 6 IT IS only when presented with a play like Kapai-kapai that one realises how important translation is in helping a Singaporean to appreciate the drama of another ethnic group. That was my first thought when I watched the Malay version of Kapaikapai
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        Terkapai-kapai dalam dua khayalan
        399 6 ABU terlalu miskin dan terlalu tertindas. Dia dan isterinya serta anak-anak mereka sentiasa lapar dan sengsara. Bumbung rumah mereka bukan lagi pelindung daripada kuasa alam. Abu melarikan dirinya daripada azab realiti dengan ber-angan-angan. Dalam alam fantasi Abu, dia adalah putera raja yang memperoleh timbunan harta dan
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        Can a cupak become a gantang?
        547 6  -  Adibah Amin To know Bahasa FATALISM, which current leaders are fighting, is reflected in many Bahasa Malaysia words and phrases. The word nasib is often heard in sighs like: Dah nasib! ("Just my luck!"). Disasters, even man-made ones, are greeted philosophically with: Dah takdir!
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        75 6 Leaving overcrowded Earth, they found a second paradise But even paradise has its nightmares. i "A version of JJ (P/i\(fUW Aliens by F Tl/n\ (ill writers who j h know the "WS Bji iTI difference j i y between HB sc i e n c e k I fiction and
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        98 6 THE RAFFLES TREASURY SECRETS OF THE GRAND OLD lADYOF SINGAPORE ~~jmg\ collector's item, The Raffles Treasury, by \7\ j Andreas Augustin, is the story of Rattles A»l>i Hotei one of the world's most famous An informative ana entertaining walk down Prß I memory lane, it PuTT includes: what the rich
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        360 8 92 Domestic Help Available 1 94 An «•-*<-*«« g-rmant manufacturwr/ axportar in Paya Labar araa *»el>ino qualifiad paraon to aaauma tha poat of: Ar^/^AIIMTAkIT I AV/V/UUNTANT Applicants .hould pratarably be a member of Singapore Arrountants c nH(,, J,,, h mm 3 yeSrl" fx^rtence in manufacturing. nave good interpersonal communication skills
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        1052 9 136 Mitsubishi For Sala 1 OWNER. 7/12 Mitsubishi Tredla 1 6 GLS EX Tax 6/ 89. Power .'.teerlng/ windows, central lock Full accessories. G'teed accident free. Orig cond. See to believe $24,800 Loan $20,000 *****33 7/62 MITSUBISHI LANCER F 12 notchback New paint, aircon radio/ cassette. 2 owners $22 000
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        979 9 143 Othar Makas For Sala •83 MG METRO 1 3 PARK Aircon radio cassette, tax 6/'B9 Good consumption Powerful engine. Cnroslon free $23,000 Pager: 601-3251/ tel: 366-1757 DIPLOMAT USED CARS offers you attractive prices for your used cars We also sell L accept trade in Pg *****49, Allan I OWNER,
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