The Straits Times, 29 January 1989

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    12 1 The Sunday Times No: 2743 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88 gh ghf
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    Govt to decide on pre-primary programme
    643 1  - Govt to decide on pre-primary programme LIM YEEN FONG Auditor-General wants it scrapped as it is not cost-effective to run for language training only By Pre-primary programme 'not cost-effective' Page 2 THE Education Ministry expects to come to a decision later this year on its pre-primary programme following recommendations by
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    Police nab 87 in island-wide swoop
    363 1 A TWO-PRONG police swoop on bookies, gamblers and gangsters yesterday netted 87 people including a 17-year-old youth and a housewife who were picked up at the Bukit Turf Club and small gambling centres all over the island. Twenty people, including two Malaysians, were arrested
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    SIA among airlines fined for flying illegal migrants
    386 1  -  FABIAN DAWSON By of the foreign L)es« VANCOUVER Singapore Airlines (SLA) is among 25 foreign airlines disputing fines imposed by Canada Immigration for bringing m illegal immigrants. The airlines have refused to pay the fines, describing the claims by Canada Immigration as
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    Chok Tong returns from Malaysia
    59 1 Chok Tong returns from Malaysia FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong returned here yesterday after a three-day official visit to Malaysia. He was m Kuala Lumpur at the invitation of his Malaysian counterpart, Mr Ghafar Baba. During his trip, Mr Goh, who is also Defence Minister, visited the Malaysian
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    Lock icon Blast rocks valley
    58 1 BEIRUT An explosion rocked a border village m the Syriancontrolled Bekaa valley yesterday near a Syrian checkpoint, security and militia sources said. Security sources said there were no reports of casualties but the Christian Voice of Lebanon radio station said the blast was caused by a car
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    Housewife finds key to McDonald's lies in its Big Mac
    180 1 LONDON It was almost a case of lockjaw when a customer chewed on a hamburger at Southend, m Essex, and discovered a bunch of keys. Housewife Natalie O'Rourke, 20, bought her "heavy metal" burger at a McDonald's outlet but it
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    Two thirds of Ampang Jaya voters turn up to cast their ballots
    363 1  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By KUALA LUMPUR About two thirds of the nearly 70,000 voters m Ampang Jaya constituency voted yesterday m a by-election that could determine the future pattern of politics m the country. Sorting of the votes started
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      108 1 FOCUS Bumis who got a boost jT^ As" see it, *f Prime Minister SUNDAY PLUS A revenge turns sour Rise of the black brigade SUPPLEMENT Three against the world 12-page Dunhill Cup golf tourney special TV PLUS f¥ y The empress's new clothes FOCUS Young I ite Editorial ?1 Comics
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      6 1 President praises Muslim leaders Page 14
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      86 1 lltJZßiiiLu&Lt Oven gfc______j~===^=a Monthly $24 x 24 "^jj^*^ Opposing camps friendly and goodwill evident on Polling Day: Page 13 P FASHION APPAREL 1989 f A f M m >. A Lea FASHION APPAREL stripe blouse with cotton mini skirt ttesnv stores at: Scotts Shopping Centre Wisr^a At^a Lucny Plaza Centrepomt
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      687 2 PRESS BILL COLLAPSES: The currently embattled British press has been given an unexpected reprieve with the collapse of a parliamentary Bill aimed at Imposing historic rurbs on its freedom. The move to "'muzzle the media", as it has been described here, failed because of lack of support
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      SPORTS
      128 2 WITHERSPOON WINS: The crowd at Bally's hotel casino m Las Vegas booed after former heavyweight boxing champion Tim Witherspoon won by a split-decision over Larry Alexander m their colourless 10-round clash on Friday. Witherspoon, fighting for the first time m 11 months, hopes to meet Mike Tyson m a
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      Pre-primary programme 'not cost-effective'
      400 2  -  LIM YEEN FONG Schools Council meeting Auditor-General urges ministry to judge programme on five factors Reports by THE Auditor-General m his report on the pre-primary programme m schools said that its future must be determined by five main considerations. They are: WHAT role the State should
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      Parents unhappy over proposal to scrap pre-primary classes
      392 2 Parents unhappy over proposal to scrap pre-primary classes PARENTS who have been happy with the lower fees and longer hours their children spend m pre-primary classes m schools are disappointed by the Auditor-General's recommendation that the existing programme be scrapped. They said these classes give their children a Mandarinspeaking environment
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      Scheme started in 1979 for two purposes
      210 2 PRE-PRIMARY classes were staitod m 1979 for two purposes to help five-year-old children from dialect-speaking homes learn English and Chinese, and to arrest the declining enrolment m Chinese-medium schools. It was initially offered m 67 selected Chinese medium schools and was to have
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      Aim of education 'to bring out the best in every child'
      436 2 Aim of education 'to bring out the best in every child' THE objective of Singapore's education policy remains that of establishing a flexible education system which will bring out the best m every child. Education Minister Dr Tony Tan said yesterday. He added that it would also develop m each
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      Who's who in the council
      192 2 THE ninth Schools Council is made up of the following 26 principals: Miss Nanda Bandara, Raffles Girls' Primary; Mrs Chan Lay Kheng, Fuchun Primary; Mr Chen Shao Chern, Ping Vi Primary; Mr Cheong Heng Yuen, Peicai Secondary; Mrs Dorothy Chew Geok Kheng, Stamford Primary; Mrs
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      Lock icon What price Afghanistan?
      834 3 A look at why Moscow is finally admitting defeat and pulling out its troops from Kabul tEinsia* We had your experience in Vietnam right before our eyes, and we still went in like fools. The only thing we've been able to avoid is having to evacuate the
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      Lock icon Soviet Union sends food and fuel to besieged Kabul
      404 3 KABUL The Soviet Union delivered emergency food and fuel supplies to the besieged Afghan capital yesterday as more countries pondered whether to close their embassies before the Red Army completes its withdrawal from the war-torn country. Soviet planes flew the emergency
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      191 2 Tolerance VIRTUE CAPTURED IN GOLD ■t-JLJ he Year of the Snake is a good year for reflection, planning, consolidation j' and searching answers. It is also a time^ for refinement and artistic progress M^ a time for more gracious living. X w^^^Wjl I^l person born m the Year of the
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      157 2 Showers over a few areas m the late afternoon. TEMP (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today 720 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7. 16 am TRAVELLERS 1 WEATHER \dHalde nuly Los Angeles I/8C dear Amsterdam dctl Madrid -2 12 < I U-.u Athens 3/7 C Ckiudy
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      87 3 HAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Bounty from foreign workers FOREIGN workers flocking to the Republic not only collect valuable dollars for themselves, but have become a good source of revenue for the Government. With the recent hike m the foreign workers' levy, collections this year are expected to be double the
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Lanka cops to compile dossiers on students
      154 4 Lanka cops to compile dossiers on students COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government has ordered police to compile dossiers on students creating disturbances and warned such records would affect their future employment Police have been asked to record the identities of troublemakers, photo- graph and fingerprint them, an Information Department press
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      Lock icon Sihanouk calls for UN conference on Cambodia
      431 4 Sihanouk calls for UN conference on Cambodia BEIJING Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk yesterday called on the United Nations to hold an international conference on the Cambodian conflict. Prince Sihanouk, who heads one of three guerilla groups fighting occupying Vietnamese forces, announced earlier last week that he would not
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      Lock icon Europe can play key role in Mid-East peace, says Arafat
      180 4 Europe can play key role in Mid-East peace, says Arafat MADRID Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Europe could play a key role m seeking a Middle East peace settlement and called on US President George Bush to turn a new page m his country's policy m the region. Mr Arafat,
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      Lock icon A laugh a day may keep chronic illnesses at bay, say researchers
      185 4 CHICAGO A laugh a day might keep the doctor away, according to Swedish researchers. Six women suffering from painful muscle-bone disorders and depression were subject ft 1 to "humour therapy" featuring jokes, books, films and other material unrelated
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      Lock icon Seoul demands return of two fishing boats seized by Pyongyang
      334 4 Seoul demands return of two fishing boats seized by Pyongyang SEOUL South Korea demanded yesterday that North Korea immediately return two of its fishing boats seized by a North Korean patrol boat off the western coast of the Korean peninsula. 'We demand that North Korea stop such inhumane activity and
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      Lock icon Knot a beauty contest
      63 4 Ms Geraldine Friedman (above) of Upper Montclair, New JerI sey, wears a tie that won second place m the Ugliest Tie In America Contest m New York on Friday. The contest was sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission to promote its imported ties. Ms Friedman disDlavs
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      Bill to 'muzzle' British media fails due to lack of support
      564 5  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor I(>M)ON The currently embattled British press has been given an unexpected reprieve with the collapse of a parliamentary Bill aimed at imposing historic curbs on its freedom. The move to 'muzzle the media", as
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      Lock icon Hanoi pledges to continue aiding US on MIA issue
      203 5 Hanoi pledges to continue aiding US on MIA issue WASHINGTON Vietnam has promised the United States it will continue to co-operate with US attempts to obtain an accounting of US servicemen still missing from the Vietnam war, the State Department has said. Vietnam's ambassador to the United Nations. Mr Trinh
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      No takers for place in top UK public school
      190 5  -  ALAN H UBBARD LONDON A coveted place at Harrow, one of Britain's most famous public schools, has been offered free to a needy scholar hut there have rven no takers so far The headmaster believes working-class parents may be too overawed
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      China visit should not be seen as foot-dragging on Soviet ties: Bush
      391 5  - China visit should not be seen as foot-dragging on Soviet ties: Bush ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent Washington President George Bush has said his decision to visit China before meeting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev must not be seen as "foot-dragging" on his part m dealing with the Soviet Union.
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      Lock icon Star Wars shield 'not impregnable'
      187 5 WASHINGTON President George Bush, m a distinct change from his predecessor, said he did not think the Star Wars defence system could provide an impregnable shield against nuclear missile attack. He said this when asked about a comment by Defence Secretary-designate John Tower. Mr Tovvei.
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      US Trade Rep-designate vows to pry open foreign markets
      481 6  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON US Trade Representative-designate Catla Hills has said she will use a "crowbar" if necessary to pry open foreign markets m order to cut America's US$l35 billion (SJ26I billion) trade deficit. Promising that she will
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      Lock icon Blue chips breach 2,300-level
      157 6 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street's blue chips raced confidently past the 2,300-level on Friday for the first time since the 1987 crash m a rally fuelled by President George Bush's support of a lower capital gains tax. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 31.79 points
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      Lock icon Prague and Sofia to slash defence spending
      373 6 Soviet allies plan cuts m troops, tanks, combat aircraft and ships VIENNA Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria have said they would follow other East bloc countries m slashing defence spending. The Czechoslovak Council of State Defence decided to cut spending by 15 per cent. It
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      Lock icon Darkie drops offensive name and logo
      192 6 HONGKONG Hongkong-made Darkie toothpaste has changed its "racially offensive" name and logo showing a toothy black minstrel after 60 years on the market m Asia, a company spokesman said yesterday. "The old name represents offensive racial stereotypj ing," said Ms Mary Quon, the spokesman
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      'Court has power to make Bush, Reagan testify'
      289 6  - 'Court has power to make Bush, Reagan testify' ONG MING SEING Iran-contra case WASHINGTON The judge m the Iran-Contra case has ruled that he has the power to force President George Bush and former President Ronald Reagan to testify at the trial of ex-White House aide Oliver North. But Judge
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      Lock icon Heads for sale
      50 6 AMSTERDAM Police here are investigating an alleged traffic m preserved human heads, a police spokesman said. The case was revealed when two journalists from the KRO television channel were offered five of the relics by traders, who asked for prices of between US$375 (Ss72o) and US$625. AFP
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      Lock icon Aviation pioneer Sopwith, 101, dies
      298 6 LONDON Sir Thomas Sopwith, whose fighter planes helped turn the course of both world wars, died on Friday at his southern English home, aged 101, his family said. Sir Thomas, last survivor of a great generation of air pioneers, spent over half a century at
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      Lock icon 27 babies in Soviet hospital hit by Aids
      436 8 27 babies in Soviet hospital hit by Aids Unsterilised syringes believed to be the cause MOSCOW Twenty-seven babies m a hospital m the capital of a Soviet autonomous republic on the Caspian Sea have been contaminated with the deadly Aids virus, probably through unsterilised syringes, a Soviet daily said. Mr
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      Lock icon US space workers honour Challenger victims
      253 8 US space workers honour Challenger victims CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) Space workers paused on Friday to honour the seven astronauts who died three years ago m the explosion of space shuttle Challenger. Most work came to a halt as the 17,000 employees of the Kennedy Space Centre listened to a brief
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      Lock icon Porn-star MP bares her feelings after failing to get US visa
      156 8 Porn-star MP bares her feelings after failing to get US visa ROME Ms nona Staller, Italy's porn-star parliamentarian known as Cicciolina, bared her breasts m front of the US Consulate on Friday after failing to obtain a visa to perform m San Francisco. As photographers snapped away on Via Yeneto,
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    • PEOPLE
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        Baby Tasneem out of intensive care
        270 8  -  ALAN H UBBARD THIS is the moment of joy the parents of Singapore liver transplant baby Tasneem Babu had been waiting for. This moment when their one-year-old daughter Tasneem, recovering from her second graft was able to leave the intensive care unit at Addenbrooke's
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        Don't ask about ex-hubby, says Anita
        156 8  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM SINGAPORE'S dynamic songbird, Anita Sarawak (left), attracted the media m Jakarta for a different reason when she did a stint earlier this month at the Jakarta Mandarin Oriental. The local journalists seemed more interested m her marriage than m how she
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        Crowning of Indonesian sultan In March'
        158 8  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM after months of uncertainty following the death of Hamengkubuwono IX m October. Indonesia is to have a new sultan to perpetuate the exclusive line of symbolic traditional rulers remaining from the feudal past. Prince Mangkubumi will be crowned possibly m March,
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        Lock icon Ravi Shankar weds a second time
        115 8 RAVI SHANKAR (right), the Indian musician and composer, has married for a second time m a Hindu ceremony m the southern city of Hyderabad, the Press Trust of India reported. Mr Shankar. f/J, recently married Sukanya Rajan. 38, (if London, the news agency said.
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        Tebbit to host own TV show
        105 8  -  ALAN HUBBARD V IRMAN TEBBIT, top British Tory politician and arch critic of aggressive interviewers, is to have his own TV show as an aggressive Interviewn The 57-year-old former Conservative Party chairman, once tipped to take over from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, will grill
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        Hun Sen's wife goes shopping
        109 8  -  TAN LIAN CHOO A TOUCH OF Bangkok opufefl m store for the leader of the Hanoi-backed Cambodian regime, Mr Hun Sen. m town last week on diplomatic business, and his wife, who took the chance to do a bit of shopping Leaving the President Suite
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      10 4 Jakarta to set up diplomatic ties with PLU: Page II
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon 200 armed guerillas pose a security threat in E. Timor
      237 10 200 armed guerillas pose a security threat in E. Timor JAKARTA About 200 armed guerillas are still roaming East Timor, posing security problems to Indonesian forces m the former Portuguese colony, provincial Governor Mario Viegas Carrascalao has said. The leading Kompas daily yesterday quoted Mr Carrascalao as saying that Fretilin
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      Lock icon Aquino awaits Marcos' next move on settling $520m suit
      275 10 Aquino awaits Marcos' next move on settling $520m suit MANILA President Corazon Aquino has said she is still waiting for a clear signal that exiled ruler Ferdinand Marcos really wants to settle a US$26B million (Sss2o million) suit, charging he looted his nations Treasury and defrauded US banks. Mrs Aquino
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      289 10 Filipino bishops denounce fundamentalists Catholics told not to join their prayer meetings MANILA Roman Catholic bishops m the Philippines have denounced fundamentalist groups that have made inroads m the Philippines, telling Catholics to shun their "ecumenical" prayer meetings. The call was made m a statement drafted by 90 members of
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      Lock icon Jakarta to set up formal ties with PLO next month
      113 10 Jakarta to set up formal ties with PLO next month JAKARTA Indonesia will formally establish diplomatic relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) next month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr Ali Alatas said yesterday. The PLO head of political affairs, Mr Farouq Khadoumi, will visit Indonesia next month to jointly announce
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      Philippine university in doctorate scam closed down last July
      209 10 Philippine university in doctorate scam closed down last July BANGKOK The Philippine university that conferred honorary doctorates m political science on several prominent Thai leaders was not only not qualified to grant them, but also does not exist any more, the Bangkok Post reported. The newspaper said a Philippine embassy
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      Lock icon 'It would take Manila 94 years to recover illegal firearms'
      264 10 MANILA It could take years for the military to recover some 189,100 firearms m the hands of criminal syndicates, communist rebels, Muslim separatists and individuals if the effort is not stepped up, a top officer said. Colonel Jose Andaya, chief
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      Lock icon Philippine communists fail to free five kidnapped soldiers
      196 10 TUGEGARAO (Philippines) The scheduled release of five soldiers, kidnapped by communist insurgents last August, failed to take place outside this northern city yesterday amid a continuing military offensive. Congressman Francisco Claver and Governor Lawrence Wacnang were supposed to receive five kidnapped soldiers
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  • ASEAN NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Order sought to put ailing bank under receivership
      433 12 Bank Negara puts into effect rescue package for co-op bank KUALA LUMPUR The government has decided to implement a rescue scheme for the ailing Co-operative Central Bank (CCB) to protect the interest of depositors. To do this, Bank Negara yesterday filed an
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      Lock icon Call to use baht for trade with Indochina
      226 12 BANGKOK The Governor of the Bank of Thailand has proposed using the Thai baht as a regional currency to facilitate trade with the communist countries of Indochina, the Bangkok Post said yesterday. The Post said the Bank of Thailand has also agreed
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      Lock icon Manila congressmen accused of trying to hog coconut exports
      362 12 MANILA Hardly had the dust settled on a scandal involving firearms imports than Philippine congressmen were again facing new charges of wrongdoing allegedly trying to hog the export of coconuts to Taiwan. In just more than a year since its restoration
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      Lock icon Sharp drop in number of leatherback turtles
      224 12 KUALA LUMPUR The number of leatherback turtles nesting at Rantau Abang, Trengganu, has dropped to only 40 last year, compared with an average of 1,800 a year m the *****, said Tan Sri Khir Johari, president of the World Wildlife Fund's Malaysia branch.
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      Lock icon Search for missing S'porean seaman
      208 12 JOHOR BARU The Maritime Rescue Co-ordinating Centre (MRCC) m Port Klang has launched a search for a Singapore ship's officer, feared to have "jumped off" a merchant ship, m the Straits of Malacca on Friday. MRCC's duty officer Mohamad Rodi Shamsusddin said the Singapore authorities
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Malaysia's top judges to get code of ethics
      306 13 Panel to be set up to look into use of Malay m courts KUALA LUMPUR A code of ethics is to be drawn up for Supreme and High Court judges m Malaysia. This will he done by a committee to be set
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      Lock icon Opposing camps friendly and goodwill evident on Polling Day
      304 13 Ampang Jaya by-election KUALA LUMPUR Supporters of Ampang Jaya by-elec-tion candidates have shown that a fight for political representation need not end with ill feelings. The opposing camps agreed that this was a reflection of political maturity. Johor Baru MP Datuk
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      Lock icon Polls have taken place smoothly: Kim Sai
      189 13 Polls have taken place smoothly: Kim Sai KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Datuk Lee Kirn Sai said the Ampang Jaya by-election had progressed smoothly and very democratically without any untoward incident. "The election was very smooth and supporters from both the National Front anc the group trying to
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      Lock icon Petronas signs $227m contract for gas pipelines
      264 13 Petronas signs $227 m contract for gas pipelines KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national oil corporation, Petronas, has signed a M 5325 million (***** million) contract with two consortiums for the supply and delivery of line-pipes for the Peninsular Gas Utilisation Project Phase n (PGU II). The contract for Sector One and
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      Lock icon Extra MAS flights for Lunar New Year
      114 13 KOTA KINABALU Malaysia Airlines will introduce extra flights during the Lunar New Yeai test 'i to cater for an Increased demand for seats. The MAS office here said yesterday that there would be 20 extra flights from Sahah to Peninsular Malaysia. Kuching and
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      Lock icon Mahathir 'set example by having op in Malaysia'
      237 13 Mahathir 'set example by having op in Malaysia' KUALA TRENGGANU Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's willingness to undergo his coronary bypass operation at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital attests to his commitment to practising the "leadership by example concept, Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Yusof
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      Lock icon Officials must be neutral but loyal: Ghafar
      252 13 Officials must be neutral but loyal: Ghafar KUALA LUMPUR Top-ranking administrative officers must have a politically neutral attitude but remain loyal to the government m power, Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said yesterday. This principle, which is now being practised, would be continued and the government would firmly uphold it,
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      Muslim and Hindu bodies among 6 to get hongbao
      296 14 Muslim and Hindu bodies among 6 to get hongbao SIX welfare organisations, including a Muslim orphanage, a Catholic old folks' home and a Hindu mission, last night each received a big hongbao from a Chinese temple. Chee Tong Temple, sited at Hougang Avenue 3, raised $82,000 from the proceeds of
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      Fugitive developer's daughter made a bankrupt
      133 14 BUSINESSWOMAN Oh Leh Yong, daughter of fugitive Oh Choon Woo, a property developer, was declared a bankrupt by the High Court on Friday. Miss Oh owed a judgment debt of $28,960.89 plus interest to the petitioning creditors, G. K. Goh (Stockbrokers) Pte Ltd. Her
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      MP urges Malays to take part in CC activities
      145 14 MP urges Malays to take part in CC activities TAKING part m activities organised by community centres can help develop talent and ability m various fields, Mr Ho Kah Leong said last night. The Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information), also MP for Jurong, made this point when calling on
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      Apology
      77 14 IN THE Sunday Times of Jan 1, we published an article un- der the headline, Tourist fined $700 for using lost credit card. We inadvertently printed Miss Mary Netto's name instead of Miss Lie Soei Fang's. Miss Lie was the Indonesian tourist mentioned m the article. The Sunday Times
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      281 Blockbuster Draw winners
      88 14 A TOTAL of 281 winning tickets were picked yesterday m the third special Blockbuster Draw organised by The New Paper and Shin Mm Daily News. Readers taking part m the draw had to collect six hongbao daily vouchers from either paper, from Monday to Saturday each
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      Shipyard's gift
      35 14 A $12,000 playground set, com- j plete with swings and slides, is J one of Sembawang Shipyard's gifts, worth a total of $20,000, to the Singapore Children's Society Convalescent Home m Semba- wang.
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      Police launch campaign to make 'don't drink and drive' message stick
      279 14 IF YOU drink, don't drive. If you drive, don't drink. This familiar message is nowincorporated into a car sticker to make the point that drinking and driving are a lethal mix. Yesterday, the Traffic Police launched their "anti-drink drive"
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      President praises Muslims for 'spirit of self-help'
      611 14 PRESIDENT Wee Kirn Wee yesterday commended Singapore Muslims for the contributions they have made towards improving the community's well-being and said this spirit of self-help should be further developed. The Government, for its part, would render support to help the community enter the
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      Farmer fined for having crackers
      60 14 AN INDONESIAN farmer who was caught with 96 pieces of firecrackers at the Woodlands checkpoint on Friday was fined $2,000 yesterday. Jopy Wendi, 48, admitted hay- ing three packets of fireworks m his bag. He told the court that he had intended to bring the
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      Children will not be spared in crackdown on firecrackers
      289 14  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By FOUR of the nine people arrested during the first three weeks of the year for possession of firecrackers were below the age of 16. Troubled by this, and bearing m mind the coming Lunar New Year, police have
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      Car sales hit a record last month
      279 15 Car sales hit a record last month CHRISTMAS was the season of "good wheel" and cheer for car dealers, going by Registry of Vehicles figures. December saw the highest sales recorded with 4,135 new cars registered. This was double the average of about 2,000 new cars registered monthly m the
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      Major US medical products firm sets up $l30m plant
      516 15  -  DOREEN SIOW By GROWING demand for medical products m the Asia-Pacif-ic has led Becton Dickinson, a leading American firm that rrrkes disposable syringes, to invest m a $130-million plant here. And the long-term strategy of the Fortune 500 company is to
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      Motorist, 65, fined $400 for injuring SDP chief in crash
      210 15 Motorist, 65, fined $400 for injuring SDP chief in crash A MOTORIST, Tham Poh Kwan, was making a right turn into the railway station from Keppel Road when he cut into the path of a car driven by politician Ling How Doong. Mr Ling, a lawyer and chairman of the
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      Girl, 3, relieved of $400 gold jewellery in public toilet
      141 15 Girl, 3, relieved of $400 gold jewellery in public toilet A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl was relieved of $400 worth of gold jewellery m a public toilet when her mother left her unattended outside a store to do some shopping. The girl was later found by her distraught mother crying outside the
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      Ex-Ka Wah Bank director remanded again
      91 15 FORMER Ka Wah Bank director Low Chang Hian, 44, was yesterday remanded again for another week for investigations. Low, also a former director of Great Pacific Finance Ltd, claimed trial a week ago to five counts of criminal breach of trust of $19.25 million.
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      Five deadly sins of Spore drivers
      848 16  -  JUDITH TAN LESLIE SIM By and THERE are five deadly sins committed by drivers on Singapore highways, according to one traffic expert. They are road-hogging, tailgating, sloppy steering, lane indiscipline, and the "boy racer" mentality. These are just some of the sins which contributed
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      Thumbs-up for seating position and braking but steering gets a D
      427 16 JUDITH TAN, 25, takes to the road to put her skills to the test... YOUNG Singaporeans have been singled out by some insurance companies as one group which is accidentprone. I have always considered myself a careful driver (though
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      Shortage of tables at dinner in aid of children angers guests
      429 16  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK By IT WAS to have been a grand charity dinner m aid of abandoned and missing children. A group of people, who claimed to have paid between $1,000 and $2,000 per table, turned up at the
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      Meals on wheels a hot idea with fast-food chains
      456 17  -  SHARON SIMON Ministry to allow wagons at specific locations if they meet hygiene rules By GOOD old meals on wheels may soon be back. But not hawkers with old-style pushcarts or those riding three-wheelers shouting their wares. Instead, high-tech hawking vans
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      Indian Muslims to discuss National Ideology
      117 17 Indian Muslims to discuss National Ideology THE Indian-Muslim community will gather at the Singapore Conference Hall today to discuss the proposed National Ideology. Views aired at the forum will be presented to First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Trade and Industry Minister and Second Minister for Defence (Services),
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      Swimming meet
      31 17 MR HO Kah Leong, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information), yesterday presented prizes to winners of the Inter-Ministry Swimming Meet at the Civil Service Club m Tessensohn Road.
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      Anthony Garden to be sold to one buyer
      315 17 THE Housing Board's Anthony Garden estate will be sold en bloc under a 99-year lease m the latter half of this year. The flats m the 196-unit estate, located m a prime residential district, will be sold by open public tender, the
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      Charity carnival at Sentosa
      73 17 SENTOSA will play host to 40.000 Housing Board staff and their family members today with the invitation to "come rock the island" the theme for a carnival that includes a sand-castle competition, kite-fly-ing, a treasure hunt and disco. The annual outing is meant to bring together
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      Man jailed for false 'fruit trees' claim
      298 17 A MAN who planted 260 durian and rambutan trees after the cut-off date for resettlement eligibility and got $24,455 m compensation was jailed for eight months yesterday for cheating. Tan Ah Goh, 40, an oddjob worker, admitted he cheated the Resettlement Department of
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      Nanook — big draw for budding artists
      243 18 Nanook big draw for budding artists THE Singapore Zoo's polar bear drew an enthusiastic crowd of budding artists who captured it m drawings during the last school holidays. Yesterday, 78 of them won prizes for their entries m the Draw Nanook Art Competition, organised by the zoo and The Straits
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    • Article
      Experts call for continuous training of workers
      146 18 Experts call for continuous training of workers ASIAN productivity experts have stressed the need for the continuous training of workers to i keep up with rapidly changing technology m the next decade. They also suggested more investments m automation and m the training of older workers to help solve labour
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    • Article
      Easier access sought for 'rare' drugs
      381 18  -  SERENA TOH By THE pharmaceutical industry wants to have a mechanism to bring m "orphan drugs", which are drugs for rare diseases. Orphan drugs are so called because they are not usually wanted. Hence, drug companies do not bring them into Singapore. But some
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    • Article
      Dr Sect calls on pharmaceutical industry to support research
      236 18 DR SEET Ai Mcc asked pharmaceutical companies to support research and development at the 22nd annual dinner and dance of the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries Sapi on Friday. The Minister of State for Education and Community Development appealed to the
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    • Article
      Clerk killed herself when family learnt about her secret love
      240 18 A CLERK who did not want her family to know about her intimate relationship with her boyfriend fell to her death after he told them, a coroner's court heard on Thursday. Kuldeep Kaur, 20, who had on many occasions threatened
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  • FOCUS
    • The Sunday Times VIEW
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        The consumer has a say
        299 19 SOME days ago, Singaporeans awoke to the revolting thought that the ngoh hiang they might have eaten with relish had been made m conditions so filthy as to be unbelieveable m pres-ent-day Singapore. An illegal food-making operation uncovered by the Environment Ministry had been preparing
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      As I see it, Prime Minister
      1290 19 Suave and analytical, DR NOORDIN SOPIEE walks the corridors of power across the Causeway without being m politics He castigates the Malaysian intellectuals for being too busy pursuing the bigger house, the plushier car and the longer holiday DR MOHAMED Noordin Sopiee, born Dec
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      25 YEARS AGO
      120 19 What The Sunday Times reported on Jan 26. 1964 JAKARTA President Soekarno's ceasefire order to his troops on the Borneo border went into effect at one minute past midnight last night. But he told his troops and volunteers m the Borneo jungle "to maintain vigilance and security"
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      112 19 SETRON Win a BMW 316 I I During SETRON WEEK (S*t. Jan 28 Sat Feb 4) shop at HOME APPLIANCES TERMINAL f\ World Trade Centre, No. 1 Maritime Square mm./ 01 -45 to 47, Singapore 0409 1 -~S!!*JS»«J tfi Blk 205 Hougang St. 21. «03-00 Oriental /^T^BKSS^^^^r^ Hougang, Singapore 1953
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
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      Satisfied and invisible, that's the real Singaporean
      993 20  -  Tan Sai Siong He is found m the large bedrock of Singaporeans who have no vocal lobby m Parliament. They are not talented or wealthy enough to grow so conceited as to threaten to become a "time bomb ticking m our midst" with
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      Blessed are the questioning, for theirs is a healthier faith
      879 20  -  Russell Heng The faithful should not take everything m their scriptures as the gospel truth. Faith tempered with a healthy scepticism is a better combination. AS recently as 1982, it was said of young Singaporeans that they may turn out
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      For reason's sake, reveal more
      808 20  -  Kenneth James Ministers like BG Lee are right m saying that arguments against government policies should be 'moderate' and 'modulated. But for a cogent, well-researched response, the Government needs to make available more information. WHEN is input credible and when is it not? Last week,
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      Now for the ultimate reunion dinner
      593 20 TO THE kids, it seems to come around only once m a blue moon, but scientists tell us that the Lunar New Year passes our way every year, irregular as an old Mickey Mouse watch. This year, it has decided to come on Feb
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  • FOCUS/Analysis
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      Life gets easier for Malaysians
      1866 21 They did not come from wealthy families nor did they enjoy a privileged education. But RAPHAEL PURA of the Asian Wall Street Journal finds three rural Malays who, m the way their lives have changed for the better m the past 20 years of the
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        Anonymity: Why wasn't I asked?
        452 21 AS A participant m the "Con-tact-Y" forum broadcast on Jan 15, I read with some interest Janice Scan's commentary on it last week There are two points I would like to comment on. 1. The decision by SBC not to identify the questioners. I find
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        Wok greedy irresponsibility
        174 21 I WRITE on behalf of my friends to express our utter disgust with The Sunday Times for featuring Margaret Chans food article "A wok on the wild side" last week. We have always held Singaporeans m higher regard than their more inhuman counterpart! from Hongkong, whose lives
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        Tea and no sympathy
        60 21 I REFER to your report, "Lots of high spirits when old Rafflesians meet" (Sunday Times, Jan 15). The standard of Singapore's journalism may have gone down the drain. When have shrieking old ladies meeting together for tea become so newsworthy that our national Sunday paper finds
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  • RACING
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      All eyes on TV screen at 3.25
      339 22 Six-a-side challenge race at Sha Tin will be a thriller BEST BET Great Regiment (Race 6) BEST OUTSIDER Georges Quay (Race 8) RACEGOERS will be glued to the television screens at the four turf clubs m Singapore and Malaysia when the Hongkong Invitation
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      361 22 RACE Racing Editor Danny Khoo Lionel Lee Ron Teo Martin Tay i I >_ 7 Astound 1 Asterix 1 Asterix 7 Astound 7 Astound 1 4 Here Comes Duke 7 Astound 7 Astound 3 Mardi Gras 1 Asterix I Asterix 4 Here Comes Duke 3 Mardi
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      TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH CARD
      3648 22 dfds PfMVH 1.45 CLASS 4 DIV B about 1,850m AH^ (Ratings: IV 63-52) (Stakes: $17,000) 1 *****7 Asterlx 51 (S3) Asterix-Read 5 nzg 2.5. Finished 7th of 10 to Calcium C4-E 1200m yielding last week, good run start earlier, coming from near last to finish hd-
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      Kongkong Invitation Cup
      913 22 (to be run at Sha Tin racecourse) ■^HPHpHj 3.25 CLASS 1 I,Boom uXml2^ (Set-weights) (Stakes: HK$l.5 million) Hongkong horses in alpabetical order 1 *****1 Clear City 51 Leung Ng-PM Chu 5 rug. By Bolak; 11 Harts in UK for five wins from ltiOOm to 2250m and six
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      CUP EVE TALK
      267 22  - CUP EVE TALK TAN THEAN LOON \G Trainers made the follow inn romrr!' hu Po-ming (Clear City). niiitinn, and hy (the jockey) told me the horse has a good cfaaa e checked in hi.s last few runs, .'ven when he won the Remy XO Cup. I need luck to win
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      Lock icon Bier's Choice bounces back with first win for new owner
      2461 23 Bier's Choice bounces back with first win for new owner FIRST 9090 SECOND 5808 THIRD 7135 STARTERS 0379 9360 7838 1134 0051 1179 0876 CONSOLATIONS 1549 3356 7173 7834 2085 6773 2994 3458 8652 7286 By OUR RACING TEAM BIER'S CHOKE, a horse won m a beer competition last year,
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      Lock icon Alysheba tipped for top award
      261 23 ARCADIA (California) Alysheba. the four-year-old roll who retired m November as racing's all-time stakes winner, is favoured to be named fvlipse Award Hone of the Year today. Alysheba will receive strong competition for the award from Personal Ensign, a filly who is the fust major
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      Lock icon French trainer suspended
      129 23 PARIS An appeal by leading French racehorse trainer Georges Mikhalides against a 12-month ban will be heard on Feb 6. Mikhalides was suspended and fined 20,000 francs (5J6.650) on Thursday for three incidents involving prohibited substand's found m two of his horses. The horses involved are Anv/e
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      267 24 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM YEO SEOW HUA AGE: 68 passed away peacefully on 28th Jan 1989 leaving behind: BELOVED HUSBAND: Edmund Tan Peng Liang SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Tan Joo Kwang Aw Sau Keng Tan Joo Llat Kelt Glan Tee Tan Joo Chiang Lee Chlew Kham, Rlna DAUGHTER SON-IN-LAW Tan Gwek
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      321 Deaths
      309 24 REV. BROTHER PHILIBERT (a JEAN-PAUL OUIMET AGE: 72 passed away suddenly on 28.01.89 •t the St. Louis Fraternity, m Boys' Town Singapore Leaving behind: Family Members m Canada His colleagues the Brothers of St Gabriel A host of ex-students from Montfort Sec. School, St Gabriel's Secondary and Catholic
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      324 In Memoriam
      150 24 In loving memory Of Tie Mm Look, Frederick Depaited 29 January 1985 Your presf-in c i^ ever near us. Your love remains with us yet, You were the kind of father. Your loved ones will never forget Always remembered by family and loved ones. IN loving mmmory
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      322 Acknowledgements
      56 24 The family of the late YUEN AH CHOO departed 17.1.89. wishes to thank relatives, friends and colleagues for their assistance, kind tendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to DR. S.J. JAYARATNAM. DR CHAN KIN MENG, DR. PANG WEN SUN and nurses of Ward
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      325 Requiems
      56 24 The Family of the late MDM MANGALAM Departed 17.01.89 wiahe* to expreas their heartfelt thank* lo relatives and friend* for their kind attendanca. condolences, wreaths and donation! during their recent bereavement. Athma Santhi Pooja will be held at Sri Sivan Temple at 7.30 p.m. on 01.02.89 Res, tet.
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  • SPORT
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      Rabuan quits Perth trip
      104 24 Rabuan quits Perth trip Malaysia's former Asian Games 100-metre champion Rabuan Pit has become the fourth athlete to withdraw from a four-month training stint m Perth. Rabuan informed the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union a few days ago citing slight injury and family commitments as the reasons. Nordin Jadi, John Petruse
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      Japan fright
      44 24 Japan scrambled to a 60-55 win over Saudi Arabia m the boys' quarter-finals of the Asian Basketball Confederation junior championships m Manila on Friday. In other games, China crushed Iran 103-37, Taiwan defeated South Korea 120-98 and the Philippines downed Iraq 101-79.
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      Delhi venue
      41 24 The inaugural Afro-Asian Games, uniting sportsmen and women from 84 countries m the two continents, will be held m New Delhi m November 1991. About 2,000 competitors are expected to take part m 10 sports yet to be decided.
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      Carson signs
      50 24 Bud Carson, the architect of Pittsburgh's "steel curtain" defence during the late *****, was named on Friday as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, replacing Marty Schottenheimer. It is the first NFL head coaching job for Carson, 57. Schottenheimer has been hired as head coach by Kansas City.
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      Mark leads
      50 24 Mark O'Meara hit a four-un-der-par 68 on Friday to lead the US$l million ($1.92 m) Pebble Beach National golf tournament at the Spyglass Hill club, California. After two rounds, O'Meara is on 134, one stroke ahead of fellow American Dave Stockton, who returned a 70 at Cypress Point.
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      Beth by two
      41 24 American Beth Daniel shot a four-under 68 to take a twostroke lead m the US$3OO,OOO LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Stonebridge club, Baton Roca, Florida. Beth leads compatriot Chris Johnson, who returned 69 to be on 139.
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      Roger beaten
      37 24 Two-time Olympic champion Roger Kingdom was beaten for the second time this season by Arthur Blake m the men's 55m high hurdles at the Kodak invitation indoor track meet at Johnson City, Tennessee, on Friday.
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      Five to sit out
      28 24 East German Olympic women athletics medallists Martina Hellman, Diana Gansky, Heike Drechsler, Sabine John and world champion Sabine Busch will not compete this year.
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      China debut
      48 24 Boxers from the Soviet Union, US, South Korea and nine other nations will take part m the annual President's Cup amateur boxing championship m Jakarta from Feb 13-19. China will make their first appearance since deciding to return to international boxing after years of self-imposed isolation.
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      In the pink
      40 24 John Parrott beat Jimmy White 5-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges Masters m London. A tremendous tussle, which lasted two hours, was eventually decided on the pink m the final frame.
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      Foul too late
      42 24 Spanish basketball champions Barcelona kept their unbeaten record intact m the European Champion Clubs' Cup final pool when the match commissioner over-ruled a foul, saying it came after the final hooter. They beat Dutch opponents Nashua den Bosch 84-83.
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      Uncertain
      53 24 The fate of the new Paris-Mos-cow cycle race still hangs m the balance despite an official decision to open it to some professional riders. Race organisers said on Friday that six countries involved m the event would meet m East Berlin on j Wednesday to decide whether the race
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      Move over Honey, Brits only love lame ducks
      872 24  - Move over Honey, Brits only love lame ducks ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY NEXT weekend, at Caesars Palace m Las Vegas, it is highly probable that Lloyd Honeyghan will make a spectacularly successful defence of his World Boxing Council welterweight title against American Marlon Starling. Back m London town they'll
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      Lock icon Trans-Atlantic kiss
      157 24 FOUNTAIN HILLS (Arizona) Frank Bruno may be 3,200 km away but that did not stop his two-year-old daughter from rushing to a television screen and trying to kiss him on Friday. Bruno, training m Arizona for his Feb 25 title fight against world boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson,
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      Lock icon Witherspoon's victory
      288 24 LAS VEGAS Former heavyweight boxing champion Tim Witherspoon won a disputed split-decision over Larry Alexander m a lacklustre fight on Friday, marred by repeated holding by both fighters. The decision was loudly booed by the crowd at Bally 's hotel casino, which jeered the former two-time champion repeatedly
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      Lock icon Chris 'finally' decides to retire
      190 25 LONDON Chris Evert said she would definitely retire from women's tennis at the end of the year and was considering an international farewell tour, British newspapers reported on Friday. Chris, 34, who has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, said she was concentrating on this
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1443 25 ATHLETICS Kodak Invitational Indoor track ft fit-Id mrft in Tennessee Men 55 Hardies I 1 A Blake 7.o6secs 2 R Kingdom 7.09 IN: I E King 10.45 2 L McNeill 10.46 2M: 1 K Hraunskill 20.98 2 C Long 21.32 4M: 1 A McKay 45.95 2 M
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      Lock icon Pugh doubles doubles
      157 25 MELBOURNE American Jim Pugh completed a rare Australian Open double yesterday, sharing the men's and mixed doubles titles for the second successive year. With the same partners as last year, Pugh won the men's title with fellow American Rick Leach and the mixed with Czech Jana Novotna.
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      Lock icon Lendl is looking to fill a gap
      464 25 MEN'S SINGLES FINAL PREVIEW Ivan Lendl v Miloslav Mecir Live telecast over SBC 12 from 10.55 a.m. MELBOURNE World No. 2 Ivan Lendl is poised to fill m one of the two big gaps m his Grand Slam bag at the Australian Open
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      Lock icon Steffi superb but stifles talk of second Slam
      682 25 AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS MELBOURNE Steffi Graf is threatening to break the mould of women's tennis after claiming her fifth successive Grand Slam title at the Australian Open yesterday. Margaret Court, Billie-Jean King and Martina Navratilova all seemed invincible at different periods over
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      Lock icon Aussies take 177-run lead
      283 25 Aussies take 177-run lead CRICKET SYDNEY Australia, inspired by a 170-1 un fourth wicket partnership between captain Allan Border and David Boon, took a firm grip m the Fourth Test against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday Boon pie<c<l togethei a magnificent 149 and Border 75 as
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    • Article
      A new year marked by the same old problems
      605 27  -  GODFREY ROBERT The Sports Editor says SOME things m Singapore sport never change. This column is back after a month's break and already it feels as if the new year is going to be like the old. Fandi Ahmad goes to
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      Lock icon Millwall aim to shake Liverpool
      300 27 Millwall aim to shake Liverpool ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Millwall expect to have captain Les Briley back m midfield for today's English FA Cup fourth round tie at home to Liverpool m front of an anticipated 24,500 capacity crowd. Briley, 32, sidelined by a two-match suspension, returns to an otherwise unchanged
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      Championship bid backed
      347 27  -  Peter Khoo SNOOKER by DELEGATES of the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council yesterday gave their backing to the Republic's bid to stage the 1989 World Championship m October. This is, however, subject to SBSC being able to find sponsors to fund the event by April. Twenty of
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      From Russia with love
      844 27  -  ROB HUGHES Talk off Soccer THERE is a party at the Baltachas this weekend. Turn left out of the Suffolk country town of Ipswich, follow the road to a secluded lane m the best part of town, and theirs is the handsome detached home at the
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      Ken's five feats
      151 27 SWIMMING by Albert Johnson INFORM Kenneth Yeo broke two more records on the last day of the Singapore Swimming Club's double age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu yesterday. He broke his own meet marks m the 100 metres and 400 m freestyle for boys' 13-14 years finishing the
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      163 27 Inter Milan have been fined 225,000 Swiss franca ($281,000) by Uefa after a series of incidents during their Uefa Cup third round second-leg match against Bayern Munich last December. Bayern were also fined 30,000 Swiss francs. The offences included bad sportsmanship by players and unruly behaviour by spectators.
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      Two loom for Premier lead
      208 27  -  JOE DORAI TIONG BAHRU CSC are poised to take at least an equal share of the lead m the Premier League today when they meet Balestier United at the Queenstown Complex. The late-starters only found the winning touch m their fourth game, beating Singapore Armed
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      Soldiers shoot Tyrwhitt down
      314 27  - Soldiers shoot Tyrwhitt down Joe Dorai SAFSA 2 TYRWHITT 0 By SINGAPORE Armed Forces Sports Association marched to their second straight victory when they beat Tyrwhitt Soccerites 2-0 m the Premier League match at Ang Mo Kio Stadium yesterday. Last Wednesday, Safsa gunned down League leaders Jurong Town FC with
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      Coach Poh Leong keen to stay on
      530 28  -  Joe Dorai SOCCER by COACH Seak Poh Leong is keen to stay with Singapore soccer as Director of Coaching. And he is prepared to double up as national coach if the Football Association of Singapore cannot find a suitable candidate to handle the
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      Bigwigs agree on random drug testing
      581 28 Bigwigs agree on random drug testing THE war against drugs m athletics will take another giant step forward with the introduction of a new rule m September making it mandatory for countries to conduct out-of-competition random testing. The International Amateur Athletic Federation Council, m their first meeting of the year
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      Lost team find winning form
      217 28 RUGBY by J. Rajendran MAJLIS Perbandaran Kuantan could win the Blacks 10-a-side rugby tournament at Farrer Park today if they do not get lost again on their way to the competition venue. Yesterday, they were lost for about three hours trying to find their way
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      Lock icon Council give Nebiolo full support
      496 28 THE International Amateur Athletic Federation Council have expressed full confidence m their president Primo Nebiolo and are satisfied with his reasons for quitting as head of the Italian Athletic Federation (Fidal). Dr Nebiolo said yesterday that he was glad to report that the 23-strong council
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Lorgan sails to two wins
        88 28 Lorgan sails to two wins National boardsailor Lorgan Wong outclassed a record field of 72 competitors to win the opening two races of the Anchor Beer Monsoon regatta at the East Coast Sailing Centre yesterday. But Lorgan, sailing a selfmanufactured Davidson Division 1 board, had to fight hard to keep
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        Murray ahead
        49 28 Australia's lain Murray has a 10-point lead going into the final day of the A5500.000 ($845,000) 12-metre Yachting Challenge after the second day's racing on Sydney Harbour yesterday. But he must beat American Dennis Conner m at least two of today's three 20-point races to ensure victory.
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        Thais on top
        31 28 Malaysia, under new coach Trevor Hartley, were beaten 1-0 by Thailand m the King's Cup soccer competition m Bangkok yesterday. South Korea defeated Indonesia 2-0 m another match.
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        Lead halved
        47 28 Australians Peter Senior and Mike Harwood shot two-un-der-par 71s to maintain the joint lead after the third round of the Asloo,ooo ($169,000) Victorian PGA Championship m Melbourne yesterday. Both are on 209, 10 under, and have a two-shot lead over the rest of the field.
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      153 28 TODAYS EVENTS BOAKDSAILING Anchor Beer Monsoon Open (East Coast Sailing Centre, 11am CYCLING Track Race Sea Games trial (Ang Mo Kio Athletic Centre, 9am). GOLF Japan-Spore Friendship Tour (New Course, 7.30am). HOCKEY Civil Service 6-a--side tournament (LA, 8.30am). ROAD RACE Hi-tech Red Hawk 10km Open c'ship Run (Marina Park, Bam).
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      They're out to sell the ad you can't zap off
      1249 1 They're out to sell the ad you can't zap off ..Even if it does raise some hackles, JUNIPER FOO reports SO YOU think that with your wonderful remote control and other state-of-the-art gadgets, you can zap off any television commercial you do not want to be bothered with? Think again.
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    • CINEMA
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        Lock icon Bedford hurdles over the enemy, himself
        892 2 Bedford hurdles over the enemy, himself MMOST days, the private Robert Redford hates being the public Robert Redford. But one day last year, busloads of New Mexicans came streaming out of nearby villages to cheer the special screenings of his movie, The Milagro Beanfield War, that ended its run here
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        Lock icon The motion-picture mogul's arm extends
        295 2 ROBERT Redford Is shoring up his future m the one area he has always been able to rely on: movies. "Twenty-five years ago I was just an actor trying to ply his trade/ he says. Bat now, even without performing, Redford's film career grows. The
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        Thumbs down for raiders of past art
        412 2  -  TAY YEK KEAK THE NAKED GUN At Show cinemas By NO NEED to look for a twisting, turning plot m this one. The Naked Gun is about a rundown cop with a head of white hair and a habit of smashing into anything
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      • HOLLY WOOD
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          Two veterans tell their life stories
          69 2 TWO more veteran film stars are coming out with autobiographies. Mickey Kooney has signed a contract to write his life story, chronicling his 65 years m show business and eight marriages. Meanwhile, Fay Wray, King Kong's favourite blonde, will celebrate the publication of hers,
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          Coming up next
          68 2 Coming up next BACK to the Future II is coming, starring Michael J. Fn, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson. It is being provisionally scheduled for release around Christmas. Paul Newman will be starring as Louisiana Governor Earl Long m Blaze, a film about his affair with stripper Blaze Starr. Disney
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          All ready for action
          38 2 CHER is set to star m her first action-adventure a rather strange-sounding film called Pin Cushion. It is said to be set m a post-apocalyptic future when America is ravaged by a terrible plague.
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          Lock icon Desperate moves
          86 2 Desperate moves ANXIOUS to boost her wilting career pop superstar Madonna is pleading with the movie makers to let her play Marlene Dietrich's raunchy role of Lola m a remake of the 1930 movie The Blue Angel. Madonna's last two films, Shanghai Surprise and Who's That Girl? were far from
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        When James Bond is an electric shaver sales agent
        465 3 ■IN THE movie Big, Tom Hanks playfully thumps a strategically-placed PepsiCola vending machine with his rolled socks and out pops a Pepsi can. Agent 117 James Bond suavely shaves his dashing chin, and the camera zooms m on the tiny print
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        Lock icon The empress's new clothes
        419 3 SHE is an Italian size 40 (that's a generous medium). She walked into the swanky Glamourette boutique and spent just over $1,000 m 20 minutes on a belt and slinky black trouser number by iconoclastic Paris designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. Joan Chen also likes fine shoes. Two
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        Sitcoms sink, war drama flies and Mexico is maligned
        904 4  -  VAL MACQUEEN ON*TV THEY say television caters to the lowest common denominator, but I don't agree. TV caters to the Lilliputian intellectual strainings of television scriptwriters, who are to the lowest common denominator as is the Dead Sea to the Grampian
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      • LOOK EAST
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          Award in hand, but sights are set further afield
          81 4 CHOW Yuen Fatt was pleasantly surprised when he won the Annual Hongkong Artist Award recently. The Hongkong star, known for his roles m gangster movies, told Asiaweek he plans to do fewer commercial films and concentrate on artistic productions to justify
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          Japan on her mind
          87 4 HAVING established a name for herself m Hongkong, Taiwanese actress Wong Jo Yin Is looking (or greener pastures further east. Her award-winning movie, Chinese Ghost Story, m which she starred with Leslie Cheung, was so well received m Japan that she Is hopeful she will be
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          Banking on a famous face
          42 4 K:hing Hsia has I signed up by a ation m an to play the lead m its serial, The King's Parting 9 his Favourite. producers onfident that Lin, ratings will soar, reports the Singapore daily Lianhe Wanbao.
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          Death on the set
          107 4 DISASTER has struck on the film set for a coming Jackie Chan movie, Miracle, even before the shooting of this action-packed movie started. It was during the building of the set at Shaw studios when one of the workers fell from a height of about six
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          Don't be a bad girl, Anita
          66 4  -  JUDITH TAN CHINA has banned three songs by Hongkong singer-actress Anita Mvi (right) at her coming concert m Guangzhou later this month. The songs Bad Little Girl, Enchanting Lady and Red Lips Burning Flames are said to be suggestive, reports the Hongkong China News
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        Hello kids
        255 7 I WAS very struck by the similarities between the invention of Scrabble (see story on right side of the page) and that of Monopoly featured two weeks ago. Both came into being during the Great Depression m the 1930s and were the inspiration of men who had time
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        Give a bouquet of sweet flowers
        214 7 Disguise some boiled sweets as flowers the next time you want to give an unusual present. It will be suitable for any occasion. You will need: Crepe paper Five boiled sweets Wire Green sticky tape Black felt tiooed Den Pencil r, ™ier Scissors 1.
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        FAMOUS TOYS AND GAMES
        464 7 dfdf WORD games are supposed to help a person to improve his English. But the inventor of one of the most well-known games, Scrabble, never learnt how to spell m spite of being a fan of such games all his life. He was an American architect
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        Young head, ancient heart
        841 16 From precocious schoolgirl to the upper reaches of the pop charts all it took for half-Fijian Tanita Tikaram was a mixture of talent, single-mindedness, luck and no time at all. ADRIAN DEEVOY reports. IN THE Directory of Rock 'n' Roll World Capitals between Basildon and Batley
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        Son of funk man kicks off with hard rock
        252 16  -  ONG SOH CHIN WESTERN POP I By IF MY ANCESTORS COIJLD SEE ME NOW Ivan Neville (Polydor) MUCH has been made of this man's musical lineage his father is funk man Aaron who had a hit m 1967 with Tell it
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        Deep vocals belting out soothing ballads
        92 16  -  LIM SEK ASIAN POP By NEW SONGS AND OLD FAVOI RITES Paula Tsui (Polygram PAULA Tsui, the elegant grand dame of Hongkong pop music, will be holding a series of concerts there during the Chinese New Year season. An excellent time to release some
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        A REVENGE TURNS SOUR
        3612 2 THE PLAYMATES OF A VENGEFUL HEIR THE PREDATORS WAITING IN THE WINGS Young Warwick's effort to privatise his family's company was described as "a cock-up from the beginning, a cock-up m the middle and it will be a cock-up m the end" The tragedy of the
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        BLACK BRIGADE
        1029 3 Rise of the Fashion reporter CATHERINE ONG casts a non-superstitious eye over a far-reaching fad AT A recent Chinese wedding dinner, the bride's mother wore black. So did her sister. And half the other women. If you think that's shocking, brace yourself: Many brides today are showing up
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          Looking beyond the Snake's entry
          105 3 EF anything, Lunar New Year is one time when maior clothing stores go big on chinoiserie. That is, they revive the standard Chinese samfoo and qipao m floral prints and updated cuts But not at John Little's this year. It is bucking the trend m
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          It's a fruit salad mix
          85 3 NOT flre-eaglae red bat lemon and bottle-green mixed with orange, parple and yellow. These are the colours Galeries Lafayette are rooting for this Luar New Year. The Preach department store has produced a range of wrap-over tops, palaao panto and cUugy-knlts with square portrait necklines
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          Detachable decorations
          82 3 You want some fancy touches to your outfit but you would like to remove them after the Lunar New Year visiting? Pregnant v> omen now have this option with the latest maternity styles from Family Affair m Centrepoint. The cotton and linen dresses from Japan come with detachable
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        Beat around the Bush — tips from a past master
        634 4 Beat around the Bush tips from a past master Tell-tale symptoms These are some indications of cancer of the rectum or colon, but only a proper diagnosis will tell whether a person has got it. Loss of appetite. A constant sensation of incomplete stool evacuation. Blood or mucus m the
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        'Few of my friends are able-bodied'
        1093 4  -  Grace Ong She is 23 and has spent nearly half her life paralysed from the waist down after a freak accident. But cooking, sweeping and doing the laundry are everyday chores for her, she tells ANGELINE SONG. WHAT is a nice girl like you
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        Dealing with the cancer that struck a President
        1079 4  -  SHAMINI MURUGAN Two weeks ago, doctors operated on President Wee Kirn Wee for cancer of the rectum. What causes it and what is the recovery rate? reports 4 The worrying trend is that as Singapore becomes more affluent, eating habits change. Fast
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        Enter Shakespeare-san
        767 5 His critics deplore his excesses and liberties with literary translations but audiences love him How to use native roots to make Western plays more appealing to home audiences? Learn a lesson or two from Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa, who talked to CHRISTINE CHAPMAN. YUKIO Ninagawa, Japan's innovative director
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        'I was embarrassed acting'
        162 5 YUKIO Ninagawa was born on Oct 15, 1935, the son of a businessman m Kawaguchl, a town north-west of Tokyo. He wanted to be a painter, but failed the entrance examinations to the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. So he joined the Seihai Theatre
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        Using science to create great violins
        272 5 THE warm brilliance of a Stradivari or Guarneri violin from 18th century Cremona m Italy can be scientifically reproduced. So says Prof Joseph Nagyvary, a Hungarian-born professor of biochemistry at Texas AM University m the United States, who has been making experimental violins for
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        For Hockney, home is where the art is
        637 5  -  GEORDIE GREIG By DAVID Hoekney's celebrity status, recently upped by his hugely successful retrospective m London, is a mantle with which ho feels more and more uncomfortable. He says he would swap the world stage for home, friend ship and privacy. For
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      • ARTS WORLD
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          Spanish suitor woos and wins baron's boon
          132 5 AT LEAST two prime ministers, the directors of several of the world's most illustrious museums and even Britain's Prince Charles are reported to have courted him. So when German industrialist and art collector Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza finally agreed a few weeks ago
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          Rare Buddhist books lost in fire
          100 5 RARE religious books and manuscripts were lost after a fire recently ravaged one of Nepal's largest and oldest Buddhist monasteries the Tyangboche monastery at Khamjung village near Mount Everest. The two-day blaze was put out by police, local people and Everest trekkers, who recovered
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          Pushkin's love letters sold
          75 5 THE Soviet Union recently bought a set of 13 hand-written love letters by the 19th century Russian poet Alexander Pushkin to his wife Natalia Gontcharova before he married her m 1831. The letters, 11 of them m French, will be housed m a major new Pushkin
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          Curtains for Swedish theatre?
          77 5 FAMOUS Olm director Ingmar Bergman, who has retired from the screen to direct plays for Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre, recently said that the theatre is threatened with "deep artistic wounds". The theatre and and Royal Opera, which nurtured the careers of International stars like Greta Garbo
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          Ballet finds home in Birmingham
          75 5 THE Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, the sister company and touring wing of Britain's Royal Ballet, is to make its home m Birmingham, the country's second-largest city, m August next year. The 55-member classical ballet company, based m London for the past 12 years, will move
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    • TIME-OFF
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        A compact for every need
        713 6  -  JOHN LIM dfd By FESTIVE conviviality throws up many opportunities for family shots and candids. Compacts, with their increasing sophistication, but still retaining their ease of use, are very handy on such occasions. Fazed by the wide range available? Your budget is a good guide.
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        Nice to look at but how long will they last?
        686 6  -  HONG LEE TIAM By WHAT a riot at the nurseries! It is that time of the year to bring home a pot or two of "lucky" flowers to usher m the Lunar New Year. Celosia, coxcombs, chrysanthemums, kumquats, cherry blossoms
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        Do you know your foodie roots?
        1730 7 If you are sure you do, quick, identify the pictures that show the reunion dinner favourites of the Hokkiens, Teochews and Cantonese. WONG KIM HOE highlights some intricacies of dialect dining EAT IN THE Chinese take great trouble to start the Lunar New Year
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        China's new 'dragons' jump the Great Wall
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        968 8 Want a really special top bash? MARGARET CHAN trles~ dining close to the clouds. EAT OUT A ROOM at the lop always has a certain appeal, a glamour. Even a flat on top of a Housing Board block has the aura of a
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        229 8 THREE other restaurants with a view are the revolving Red Lantern on Collyer Quay, I the Top of the M at the Mandarin Hotel, and the revolving restaurant atop the Prima flour mills at Keppel Road. All are somewhat cheaper than their high-flying counterparts and
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        787 8 vb^i IF YOU are really interested m shaping up your body and your health, forget calories. What you should really trim from your diet is fat. Calories still count, but fat is the real villain, as American medical experts and nutritionists have discovered. Reducing your
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          210 9 THE Philippines has declared 1989 the year of Fiesta Islands and about a million visitors are expected. Festivals m the Philippines are a mixture of merry-making and religious pageantry. A major festival is held at least once a month. People Power Anniversary: Feb
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          86 9 A TELEPHONE service In London that will give callers the latest Information on ticket availability and prices (or West End performances has gone into service. Hie service, called Theatreland, has a different number for each kind of theatrical production. Plays: fttUJMtt Musicals: MSMStM Comedies:
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          73 9 ANTWERP'S new diamond museum, m the heart of the Belgian city's diamond district, houses displays which show how the gem is formed m the earth, mined and finally transformed m the workshop, reports the International Herald Tribune. The history of Antwerp as a world diamond centre
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        446 10 Location NEW ZEALAND comprises two main islands and a number of smaller islands m the south-west Pacific Ocean. The country has a combined area of 26.9 million hectares, about the size of Japan or the British Isles. Relief The country is 1,600 km long and 450 km wide
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        528 10  -  YEO KIM SENG By Good photos are not gotten by sheer luck. NEW ZEALAND abounds with some of the most spectacular landscapes that have delighted avid photographers. This probably explains why photographer Peter Hufgard, though a West German by birth, has decided to make the country
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        492 11 Steep rise in fees for foreign pupils Higher fees from 1990 for al foreign students, including these students from Tonga, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands and Cook Islands at the English Language Institute, Victoria University of Wefngton. CADEMIC fees II for private forI ooni n students m I^T-^B i^^Bi New Zealand
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        558 11 TAPPING the heat from buried volcanoes is an effective way of producing energy both for electricity and as bulk heat for domestic and industrial use. New Zealand, with its abundance of geothermal acitivity, harnesses this form of non-polluting, renewable energy.
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        1044 12 Down by the river ReveHers wiH be swarming around the Singapore River during the Hongbao Festival soon, but more needs doing to prevent a ghost-town at other times. CHAN WAI KIN points out some detractions AT THE end of Cavenagh Bridge hovering above the Singapore River, there is a police
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      190 3 B^^ M*J~ CENSORSHIP* Is there more to it than the continual Lm^^JU^J hue and cry over sex and violence? M^ MATERIAL GIRL Passions and L A pursuits of Miss Working Girl ft m Tokyo. Plus, her spending i I sprees m Singapore. ANITA, PRIVATELY <H j^jf V,**«4|M SPEAKING* Heart to
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      1633 5 THE SUNDAY TIMES LUNAR NEW YEAR SINGAPORE RIVER HONGBAO SPECIAL '89. From Thursday to Feb 6, stretching from Hong Lim Park via North Canal Road to the Singapore River. Sirtf apore River Pasar Malam. Stalls selling traditional goodies and decorations. 5 pm to midnight There will be an arts and
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      1166 5 YOUR WEEK AHEAD TUESDAY I IfIUIiUAY PUPPET SHOW MOOTY AND FRIENDS. With characters created by local author Jessie Wee who will be telling stories from her books. Wednesday, 7.30 to 8 pm The Adventures of Mooty. a puppet show, will be performed by the Children's Puppet Castle at 8 pm.
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      67 5 CLARENCE SBC 12, 9 pm British comedian Ronnie Barker plays Clarence, a short-sighted removal man in this new six-part British situation comedy (left). THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP Tuesday Premiere, SBC 5, 11.05 pm Based on John Irving's novel. A writer and his feminist mother's efforts to improve the quality
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      158 5 I WEDNESDAY^ *__r^TBrV n__S* aw L/ B_B___j TALES FROM THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius SBC 5, 9.30 pm A three-part drama (above) about a defeated writer who battles his enemies to make a comeback at a film studio. Stars Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Franz and Colin Firth. THE
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      183 8 A brand new issue Jan '89 Jun '89... with lots of parenting tips! 0- -^k Mothers and fathers tell us just how much .wB A a baby throws their Aufl I ives off t)a ance and iililu^vSl how they found their MjM footing again. There re ways to n v
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      Three men against the world
      28 1 Poh Eing Chong, Madasamy Murugiah and Lim Swee Wah are Singapore's representatives. Profiles of them and the Sentosa course on Pages 6 7.
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      Patriotism and prizes pull in the world's best
      452 2 Sources say sponsors spend about $40 million a year to stage the prestigious tournament IN 1965, when patriotism was fast becoming unfashionable, Alfred Dunhill Ltd dressed up their new tournament m the only way golf professionals could not afford to ignore: With
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        Tournament grows from strength to strength
        143 2  - Tournament grows from strength to strength Richard Dunhill By Chairman, Alfred Dunhill of London IT'S a real pleasure to welcome you to the first Dunhill Cup World Qualifying Tournament. Previously we staged area qualifying events, but this is the first that embraces most of the world. Our championship started m
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        Sentosa honoured to be the hosts
        67 2  -  Alan F. C. Choe By Chairman, Sentosa Golf Club SENTOSA Golf Club is honoured to host the Dunhill Cup World Qualifier 1989. For the first time, participants from the European, American and Asia-Pacific zones will compete at the scenic and challenging Sera pong Course
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        Interesting and fair format
        101 2  -  Lee Kim Yew By I President, Sentosa Golf Club I AM delighted that the organisers decided to play the Dunhill Cup World Qualifier 1989 at the Serapong Course, Sentosa Golf Club and I extend a warm welcome to all the participants. Alfred Dunhill Ltd, which have
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        Challenging course for participants
        206 2  -  Cheong Thiam Siew By Captain, Sentosa Golf Club THIS is the first time the organisers of the Dunhill Cup have decided to hold the Qualifying Competition over one course m order to select eight teams to participate m the finals of the Dunhill Cup which will
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      Bumpy drive to St Andrews for Singapore
      898 3 The Asia-Pacific zone is the most balanced of the three competitions with all teams having an even chance of qualifying, reports Tay Cheng Khoon SINGAPORE will be hoping that history does not repeat itself when they tee off m the World qualifying round
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      The teams and players who will be competing at Sentosa
      188 4 dfdf DENMARK Anders Sorensen Steen Tinning Jacob Rasmussen FRANCE Emmanuel Dussart Marc Pendaries Gerry Watine ITALY Alberto Binaghi Emanuele Bolognesi Constantino Rocca HOLLAND Ruud Bos Cess Borst Chris van der Velde SWEDEN Anders Forsbrand Mats Lanner Ove Sellberg WEST GERMANY
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      Three-in-one treat in store for fans
      417 4 First time three tournaments being held m one place, reports Tay Cheng Khoon THREE competitions for the price of one ferry ticket that is what the world qualifying round of the Dunhill Cup offers golf fans at the Serapong course of the Sentosa Golf
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      SENTOSA'S LEADING AMATEUR GOLFER SAMSON GIMSON PICKS THE FOUR MOST DIFFICULT HOLES OF THE TOURNAMENT COURSE
      261 6 SENTOSA'S LEADING AMATEUR GOLFER SAMSON GIMSON PICKS THE FOUR MOST DIFFICULT HOLES OF THE TOURNAMENT COURSE Although this par-four is only 396 metres long, it is usually made tougher by a strong headwind. I would normally take a three-wood and aim it slightly left of the fairway. This not only
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      Lock icon Singapore trio looking for victory at Sentosa
      504 7 The Republic's jteam of Poh Eing Chong, M. Murugiah and Lim Swee Wah face a formidable task when they play the region's best m the qualifiers, reports Tay Cheng Khoon dfdf dfdf dfdf A 33-year-old professional who teaches freelance at both the Tanah
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      THE SERAPONG COURSE THE ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED
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      World's best in top form at last year's final
      761 8 Figures show last year's finalists, including Singapore, finished with an amazing total score of 67-under-par THE Irish can take particular pride m their Dunhill Cup victory last year because statistics showed that they had not only beaten the cream of international
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      When the Irish golfers upset the favourites
      464 10 For last year's champions victory was the biggest thing for Irish golf IT WAS not only Irish eyes that were smiling after last year's Dunhill Cup. Singapore, too, had reasons to be happy. After three unsuccessful attempts, Lim Swee Wah, M. Murugiah and
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      How Singapore chose their team
      243 10 FOR M. Murugiah, Poh Eing Chong and Lim Swee Wah the road to St Andrews started almost a year ago at Warren when they teed off for the first leg of the British Petroleum circuit. Murugiah finished third, Eing Chong seventh and Swee Wah fifth.
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      Dressing for the course
      838 11 YOU don't have to be a champion golfer to dress like one. But don't turn up at the club m a garish outfit and top a drive off the first tee. Brilliantly dressed "rabbits" get no sympathy from onlookers. The truth is that today it is
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      118 1 The final destination St Andrews m Scotland is where qualifiers hope to arrive. A look at the course on Page 12. Leading the E foreign .charge Wiratchant of ifijKKk Thailand packs a very long and accurate drive. Wiratchant, and others like him, UK^B stand m Singapore's VB^B wa y of
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      437 4 v^ SO MUCH SKILL GOES INTO MAKING SURE THE BALL ROLLS IN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE WAY PRO GOLFERS SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO. HOW DO THEY MANAGE IT? Liiii^ HOW CAN YOU DO THE SAME? Let world-class pros like Jack Nicklaus share their winning secrets with you!
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      166 7 Ihere are occasions when a watch becomes more than a timepiece. the dunhill elite. Everything that carries the Dunhill name has to be the best of its kind. It has to have a lasting beauty and be both useful and dependable. To this end the skills of the finest craftsmen
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      542 8 -It ik A Grand Reunion Gather your family for that auspicious Lunar New Year Reunion Dinner. Enjoy anew the warmth of fam/7y togetherness. Savour traditional "Raw Fish" and Cantonese gourmet-cuisine, symbolic of health and prosperity. Exquisitely prepared by our Hong Kong Master Chefs. For an unforgettable evening at Singapore's newest
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      391 10 Dolfour Clubs Fitltbur Game? Laser X 2 "If you're at all serious you to play properly .1 //jB about your game, the very Length 'Lie S/7aft F/ex Ij fffW least you should do is to Op s/ze And all these at WMSUnmM make certain your no extra cost. W'p? jrl
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      138 11 tMEN GOLF SETS: CRANE of Japan 4x9 Graphite Shaft .~O 1 DozcnDS FANTOM Balls $1,700 LADIKS GOLF SETS: /WL Laura Baugh Pro Model i^^fj 4x 9 Putter Steel Shaft j j ■>■ FREE GIFT: 5 1 Set Wood Head Cover > 1/2 Dozen DS FANTOM J IfllflllKr «M^A|^kV J H
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      545 12 This is the world-famous course that every golfer <s^' dreams of playing on one day: The Old Course < NLJ^i/^ at St Andrews m Scotland, the birthplace of the world quabrying competition y j^r^^ r at Sentosa hope to go. 6 ''■•400^^*'* l 1 >*|Hl^^^ BSr^ 17 <?;. bVbV b
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      158 1 TRADITIONS OF PAST NEW YEARS Relatives come m vans, children kneel to pay respects to elders, and everyone drinks longan and red date soup with Peranakan biscuits. The night before, the entire family, from patriarch to toddler, reunites to feast on chicken, duck, fish, lobster and prawns. After the 45-minute
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        30 1 The art of hongbao-giving: A behind-the-scenes view 4 Choice offerings from two women O How mixed race couples j celebrate the Lunar New Year Hongbao spell -i* big bucks t
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        60 1 THE GRAND VSOP COGNAC FROM CAMUS Is it the superior smoothness that makes Camus VSOP so grand, or its fine French heritage? Or perhaps it's because of its expert blending and golden taste. Then again, possibly it is those who ir ii-n /r-^^n /^^^/^-iv 1 a/^ will drink it who
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        Gift-packed cookies
        229 2 SHANGRI-LA Hotel has Chinese cookies in the shape of animals and flowers packed in attractive gift boxes. There are peony cookies for wealth, sesame puffs for good luck, green bird for heavenly blessings, Buddha's Palm for veneration, pear cookies for sweetness and mini-moon-cakes which resemble a spring greeting.
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        Three-coin hongboa
        92 2 •At the Liv Hsiang Lou Restaurant m Tai-Pan Ramada, the host who pays for a table will be given a hongbao with a set of three Mecanese coins which are legal tender m Macau. The 10, 20 and 50 Avos coins are each inscribed with the Chinese characters
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        Leather specials
        182 2 leather goods under three labels are offering Lunar specials if you are m the market for a bag, purse or wallet: Every $120 purchase of products under the Why label from now until Feb 5 will get you a free Why bag. An umbrella will also be given
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        Yu sheng discount
        80 2 There is a surprise for those bom m the Year of the Snake at the Amara Hotel. Every order of yu sheng placed by anyone born m the Year of the Snake at the hotels outlets, which offer the dish, comes with alO per cent discount. The
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        Snake-shaped candies
        64 2 Snake-shaped candies are said to be selling well at Candy House outlets, which offer an assortment of 250 types of fun candies m crazy shapes for $2 per 100 g. For those who are not fans of snakes, the outlets m Parkway Parade, Clementi, Yaohan Orchard, Tangs and
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        Opera treats
        112 2 Lovers of Chinese opera are m for a treat of four excerpts from famous operas, meluding two parts of Madam White Snake. Part I will be performed on Feb 4 and Feb 6at 8 pm. Part n will be performed on the same days at 9 pm. Picking
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        213 2 •*-jk jfat*^ I "n. Is"* 1 0 _^I SS* > THE BUSINESS |B GUIDETO jtt|| J&*- SPFAKIM. :ix _^fl T^. Jacqueline Dunckel mmmma^gg^tt \^*^S^miL J9 4l ff Whether \ou ha\e to *fl 1^ /^^^wYj&^*^j speak on tele\ision or Y L£ Km-^* il radio, chau w conic re rices, lecture Come
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      S-S-snakes alive
      217 3 THE next time children get too sophisticated (or their own good and refuse to count the hongbao money amassed, sit them down for a craft session. These snakes take just 10 minutes each to make. About a dozen unused hongbao packets will do the trick. For a longer
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      400 3 <3Q^ j OME great dishes AA now come with CL sweeter endings, ft j through specialBRfJ ly-concocted desserts four hotels are introduc|P^f 2 ing this season. LzAMEbI A few of them have interesting names, such as the Eight Precious Sweet, which might even arouse the envy of fairies. Some of
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        623 3 1 THE SNAKE Mine is the wisdom of the ages. H I hold the key to the mysteries of life. B Unyielding, inexorable and deep I advance with steady, B unslackened gait, the solid earth beneath me. B I AM THE SNAKE. M I shcr m the Year of the
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      The art of hongbao giving
      525 4 A behind-the-scenes view of mm i^__—- i'iJi v/ r- ike it Or not, the Lunar New Year IS Upon US again. For trainee yS i i/.-p,, jj__ teacher KAREN GOH, Who aISO did the illustrations for thlS StOry, BBBi ■A _j xi_ it is a
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        489 4 1 Fu Kwee Siang i I Dried Pork I i M r~\ Dried Pork jjD Pork Floss H I Delicious gj I Superior quality [l Ideal for p W^- w^ Seasonal gift M s_^ Available at all Fu Kwee Siang dealers. mm^mJU'JlfZy CoW Storage*!^ fs]^ Pu Kwee Siang Foodstatis Re
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      Hokkiens' triumph over odds
      1125 5 SIEW ANG rediscovered her heritage while interviewing her 75-year-old father about the customs and traditions observed by the Hokkiens during the Lunar New Year. Inspired, she and her brothers will once more observe the traditional New Year, as her mother had done, for the benefit of
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      110 5 The many subHokkien dialect groups such as the Engchun or Ankway have different practices. The black joss sticks, for instance, are not available m the shops m Chinatown because Chinatown is predominantly Teochew and Cantonese. The search for the joss sticks took me to Bukit Panjang and Waterloo Street.
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        181 5 BEE CHENG HIANG DRIED PORK A PERFECT GIFT FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR i(^ (^^*x^^pr^ Bee Cheng Hiang dried pork IS we known for lts superior quality Our meats are juicy, tender, fragrant and mouth watering delicious The secret to our success l^^^^As* come from our grilling jfl methods which was
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      Secrets of the paiti cups
      663 6  -  EVELYN YAP By HI Neo, 60, is closely 3S IWI identified with fab- V ulous kueh paiti. 4kW Ed "When tio-tio (uncle) was BF B alive, he loved this dish. So I Tatffcfl! used to prepare it every Chinese New Year and for his birthdays."
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      Yong doufu lures kith and kin
      294 6 ON THE first three days of the Lunar New Year, the Yong family home turns into a "madhouse". But they love it. That is because cousins and aunties inevitably time their visits so that they drop m at lunch or dinner-time, knowing they can
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        539 6 DHj l^lvlilUdlwKraMnUff^ (^Cherry Garden^) A Lunar New Celebration To Remember Open a rinfd Deposit with Hong Lrnng Finance or Singapore Finance, earn BBi^^^^^ .iltr<ti ti\r rales and take home attraitisp gifts, free /'^■•.^BBH^^a^X Vlert from thi» Or select from Maxim* de Paris range of fashion* ear and leather good* KL%U
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      Harking back to past grandeur
      962 7 LUNAR New Years used to be more than just visits, hongbao and barbecued meat and tarts. EVELYN YAP reminisces about the celebrations of better times. I h| HE practice of Lunar New "^S Year traditions is so watered «£eN( down these days that Chinese jw
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        625 7 Mm jk* Orchard l^vi^l The only spot for a grand Lunar New Gong Xi Fa Cai! C !ome ring m the New Year gl.iss of Mandarin Hunch per person, also a tieedish of m the heart of colourful Orchard Road. At the Yu Sheng (per table). 5284-4- per aduk.sl6++ per
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      425 9  - YEO KIM SENG M PICTURES of past Lunar New Years can do more than be a keepsake of good times, as the 16 winners m the recent Sunday Times/ Kodak Photok graphic Competition find out. In fact, four of the winners have won more than one prize each. One LZA%»JB
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        180 9 g§ PHILIPS Bang those drums. Sing out loud. At &j^^E' Smm Lunar New Year, the louder you are, the luckier you'll be. nc at PW*P S we nave exactly M what you need to make a big, but m^flj^BP^ JKk- beautiful racket. A jfetir-.V-' A The Philips Stereo Radio Cassette
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      Fashion mums' picks for kids
      482 10 Three-year-old David steps out with savvy m a navy blue gaberdine blazer teamed with checked green and blue pants. A crisp white polo Tee and a natty bow tie complete his outfit. (Outfit: approximately $150 from Japan). Daphne is aX set to charm m a
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        802 10 (EIGHT TOP SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS TO SERVE YOU BETTER I B. 7 -20 FEB. Jj^^lfl^ Greet the year of the Snake m a For reservations please call: prosperous style with our Prosperity Yu Bedok Sea View Seafood *****73 Shen ilViih'V. with your family or chin Wah Heng Seafood *****67 business associates
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        157 10 Credits: Location: Fragrant Hill Restaurant, Amara Hotel Co-ordinated by: Malini Tambyah and Julia Goh Hair»tyling: Lee Ai Wah of Casey Hair Dressing Photography: Nghai Chee Wah Make-up: Eric Yue fglBM HAITAI I EsCOT KOREAN H^U GINSENG CANDY P Q f LhJ THE MOST POPULAR, *S»P. HAITAI DEUCIOUS, AND SALEABLE. If
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      A celebration for all
      782 11 YOU don't have to be Chinese to celebrate the Chinese New Year and observe the centuries-old traditions. VALLI SUBRAMONY talks to a few mixed-race couples and finds out that where previously all that the Lunar New Year holiday meant to the non-Chinese spouses was a welcome
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        94 11 J» GONG XI JBL FACAI WwSM PROSPERITY wmdrm yu sheng 4fT%fF (Raw Fish) /^m 7/2 to 20/2/89 jA "'^B Begin your new year on an auspicious 4^ 0 note. Toss m your luck as the tradition J^ m goes, with our Prosperity Yu Sheng and Jm savour the succulence and
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        339 11 A tUNAR CZLZ BRATION IN Mr Tfl£ TRADITION -or £Mmo*s jfiw /iJIIPP^^ he M andarin has a proud tradition of hosting %^H Im memorable Lunar New Year celebrations. And tne Year of tne Snake will be no exception. No celeDrations at tne Pin e Court is complete Mmffi^ life H
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      Monster behind New Year?
      655 12  -  ANNE HO By, The Lunar New Year was originally a celebration of good harvest. China at that time was mainly an agricultural society. Even the character "nien" symbolises good harvest. Dr Lee Chok Van >KS 1 M HILE many Chinese m Sin■>sS M^BV gapore celebrate the
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      Light-up on the dot of 5 am
      540 12 A nonya tells EVELYN YAP how New Years used to be celebrated m Seremban. EVERYTHING was geared towards sambut tahun or receiving the New Year, Mrs Song 800 Lat, now 70, recalled. Right on the dot of 5 am, Mr Song would open
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      TRADITIONS AND TABOOS
      935 13  - TRADITIONS AND TABOOS JULIA GOH OLIVIA BRANSON By land <S& H^ ESPITK L^H^y the Chinese peo--3 pie, as a whole, til jfi |j have remained iriHM true to tradition. At Lunar New Year each year, many Chinese observe the customs associated with this occasion. Although m most instances they are
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        467 13 J|& If Lunar 9\[ezu year at !pL §f jjft;* gong xi jA cv M^& Lion Dance Fragrant Hill Sichuan Restaurant will be cjrffl^S Traditional Lion Dance performance featuring closed on sth and 6th February 1989. £^55^ some six lions both Northern and Southern Business will resume on 7th February 1989.^81
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      Hongbao mean big bucks
      925 14 HONGBAO are actually the little white packets you used to get your hospital tablets m, printed red. Oranges, pussy willows and fu turned upside down these are some of the motifs that are m demand every Lunar New Year. EVELYN YAP talks to the "big boys"
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      A stamp of gold
      188 14 HOTSTAMPING basically entails laminating gold designs from a foil onto paper. Since the foils used have a special shine, the gilt on hotstamped hongbao has more brilliance than hongbao with the printed gold motif. So, the hotstamped ones cost slightly more than ordinary ones. Hotstamping companies,
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      Luck for the giver and receiver
      281 14 ■IN the early days m China, gift coins those with holes m the centre were strung together with a red string. There would be 100 of these coins per string, indicating the giver's wish that each recipient v ould live to 100 years old.
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