The Straits Times, 9 April 1989

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  • 388 1 Soviets may h«v« lost a key experimental ve»»el Page 3 OSLO A Soviet nuclear-pow-ered attack submarine caught fire and sank m the Norwegian Sea, killing at leaat 12 crew members, but Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said yesterday there was no risk of
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  • 305 1 S'pore army and police chiefs get Tan Sri title Johor top award for Mahathir Page 10 ftoport: SALIM OSMAN Pictures TAN BUAN ANN SINGAPORE'S top soldier and police officer were among 15 people who received honours from Malaysia's Yang di-Per-tuan Agong on the occasion his 57th birthday yesterday. The Singapore
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  • 284 1 THERE is no trilateral defence relationship among Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Goh Chok Tong has said. "Singapore maintains close bilateral defence relations with all Asean countries. We will build upon these ties to promote mutual
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  • 241 1  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Soviet television viewers will get their first glimpse of the Singapore Girl this week as Singapore Airlines prepares for its first comnv»reial break into the Soviet Union. SIA advertisements are part of an historic package of
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  • 608 1  - $18.5 m medical research centre to be set up Gillian Pow Cheng By Project will pave way for local breakthroughs m medicine MEDICAL history will be made when Singapore establishes its first full-fledged clinical research centre to pave the way for locally-inspired findings and breakthroughs m medicine. And the first
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      643 2 SOVIETS CURB UNREST: Soviet troops and tanks surrounded the main square and velevision station yesterday m the Georgian capital of Tbilisi m an effort to end protests after nearly a week of ethnic unrest, an activist said. Ms Irina Sarishvili, a spokesman for the National Democratic Party
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    • 133 2 HALFWAY LEADERS: Nick Faldo and Lee Trevino were the halfway leaders m the 1989 Masters golf championship m Augusta. Georgia, on Friday after surviving strong winds which victimised many players, among them, defending champion Sandy Lyle. Trevino complained of aching bones after shooting a two-over -par 74 to share
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    • 198 2  -  CHUA CHONG JIN Report by Hasan* We no longer want to be known as a school that is good m every subject except Chinese. To do well m all subjects and then get a poor grade for Chinese is incongruous. Associate Professor Lawrence
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    • 356 2 Programme gives Chinese a new status wertwert THE extension of a programme to make Chinese the First Language (CIA) to more students is among the steps ACS has taken to shed its "strong m English, weak m Chinese" image. Other measures: The use of Chinese materials for some pas-toral-care lessons
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    • 350 2 Tapping professional expertise to improve English wertwert CHINESE HIGH is beefing up the status of English among its students by tapping professional expertise to plan its curriculum and using excerpts from English and American classics for comprehension lessons Like ACS, Chinese High had been stereotyped m the past. The public
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    • 548 3 Sinking of Soviet submarine OSLO The Soviet navy may have lost more than a submarine m the deep Arctic waters off Norway. Several Western intelligence and defence experts say the vessel that sank on Friday after a fire on board was almost
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    • 197 3 THE submarine accident which occurred on Friday north of Norway was the most recent m a series of mishaps involving Soviet naval vessels. The following is a list of previous accidents involving Soviet nuclear-powered submarines: ApriJ ifTt According to the Pentagon, a submarine disappeared off the
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    • 547 3 HANOI Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach has urged that military aid to the Cambodian resistance end simultaneously with thr pullout of Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, Vietnamese press reports said yesterday. He made the call m a letter to his Indonesian counterpart, Mr Ali
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    • 282 3 Alert at Sydney airport as jumbo's wing rips on landing SYDNEY A United Airlines Boeing 747 jumbo )et sparked an emergency at Sydney International Airport yesterday when its landing gear pierced a wing during touchdown. According to eyewitnesses, the right wing appeared to dip suddenly as the aircraft landed but
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    • 536 4 WINDHOEK Last-ditch talks between high-level South African. Cuban and Angolan officials trying to save the United Nations timetable for Namibian independence were suspended after only 10 minutes yesterday, shortly after South Africa declared the plan had been effectively suspended The talks, held
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    • 304 4 PORT-AU-PRINCE Presidential guardsmen m Haiti appeared yesterday to have dislodged rebel troops from city barracks after heavy fighting which caused many civilian casualties. Sources close to the military said members of the Presidential Guard, Haiti's strongest military unit, attacked the headquarters of the Dessalines
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    • 98 4 They say mother's milk is best, but wnen mai raus, improvise. At least have something that will let baby feel like he's drinking mother's milk. The result is Korean inventor Park In Ho's "bosomed" milk bottle. Mr Park took a normal bottle and fitted it
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    • 130 4 ISLAMABAD Pakistan lodged a strong protest with the Afghan government yesterday after a Soviet-supplied Scud missile landed inside Pakistan. The Pakistani government said it also held Moscow responsible for the consequences and called it a "brazen act of provocation". It handed the protest
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    • 310 4 Population control not doing well, admits Deng BEIJING Chinas senior leader Deng Xiaoping said yesterday that the country had not done well m controlling its population, creating a major obstacle to economic development. Mr Deng, who is 84. said: "We have too many people and we did not do a
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    • 282 4 SAN FRANCISCO A Chinese dissident who organised a petition calling for an amnesty for political prisoners has arrived m the United States after government officials put him on a plane out of China. "It is kind of up m the air what my
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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    • 51 3 STATISTICS THATSHAP^H^OUNTR^^^^ The population at the end of last year stood at 2.67 million up by 39,100 people since December 1987 How its ethnic profile looked m recent years: i*v I I ending Population Chinese Malay Indian Others I 1984 ?54 mil Base te U CftptrtffMnt el SMKbcs "l MNMI
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 270 5 Soviet troops, tanks m Georgia to stop unrest Protesters want independence from Soviet Union MOSCOW Soviet troops and tanks surrounded the main 9quare and television station yesterday m the Georgian capital of Tbilisi m an effort to end protests after nearly a week of ethnic unrest, an activist said. Ms
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    • 346 5 GENEVA Trade negotiators from more than 100 countries have reached an agreement m principle on agricultural subsidies that appeared to unblock world trade-freeing talks, officials said. Informal talks on Friday resolved remaining disputes on European Community farm subsidies and the issue
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    • 48 5 game killers SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN (Argentina) Masked, gun-totting "moralistic commandos" on Friday sprayed two video games parlours with bullets, killing oat passer-by and wounding three others, polk p said Police believed the attacks were carried out by "moralistic commandos", vigilantes opposed to elec- tronk- gam?s UPI
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    • 350 5 Sacked Khomeini heir appeals to hometown folks to stop riots NICOSIA The official Iranian news agency, Irna, said on Friday that Ayatollah Hussein AH Monta zeri wrote to the people of his hometown asking them to stop violent riots that were reported to have followed his firing as Ayatollah Ruhollah
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    • 180 5 Presses roll for last time in Fleet Street l/JNDON London's legendary "Street of Fame, or, Shame" ceased to be so on Friday when the Daily Express, its last major daily paper, went to press for the last time. The popular right-wing tabloid, owned by the United Newspapers group, will end
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    • 362 6 The Iran-Contra trial WASHINGTON Asserting that he was just a "pawn m a chess game played by giants", dismissed White House aide Oliver North admitted m court that he lied to Congress and altered key Iran-Con tra documents. North testified on Friday
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    • 204 6 NEW YORK Michael Milken, former head of Drexel Burnham Lambert Ino's high-yield junk bond department, pleaded not guilty on Friday to a government indictment that charged him with turning the investment banking house into a racketeering enterprise. Milken entered his plea m a courtroom
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    • PEOPLE
      • 318 6  -  A BEAI TIFI L Singapore-bom actress will bare all or nearly all m a new six-part blockbuster which starts on British TV screens tonight. But it is 25-year-old Khym Lam's sensitive acting, not sensuous stripping, which is likely to make her an international star for
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      • 104 6  -  TALL, 19-year-old Yonlada Ronghanam, recently crowned Miss Thailand 1989, has strong views about the lack of spirituality of people m Bangkok. She won the recent beauty pageant when she impressed the judges with her answer to the question on how Bangkok differed today from
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      • 108 6  -  SINGAPORE soccer star Fandi Ahmad, who now plays for the Federal Territory, is to star m a film entitled Nasib Seorang Hamba (A Servant s Lot). The film will be produced by Multiripta Productions of Kuala Lumpur. Together with two other popular footballers. Malek
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      • 94 6  -  MIRIAM Santiago, the fiesty Commissioner on Immigration, has received a new death threat, this time from the Japanese Yakuza gang, she said. The woman who said she "eats death threats for breakfast" shrugged them off. She thought she incurred the ire of the Yakuza when
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      • 111 6  -  TEN-YEAR-OLD Taiwanese schoolgirl Su Zining is setting her sights on the 1992 Olympics m Spain She was the overall champion m the women's section of the B>km. second Zhong King Cup road race m Taiwan last month, long-distance runner But the Taiwan sports ministry refused
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    • 190 7  - Car ad with saucy 'optional extra' surprises readers ALAN HUBB ARD. «y turope tailor LONDON Bosses of a Japanese car firm based m Britain almost choked m embarrassment when they looked at an advertisement for their product m a provincial newspaper here. For the ad, which featured Superman, had been
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    • 124 7 Dow Jones NEW YORK WaU Stiwt stocks edged above the 2,300 level on Friday, boosted by a positive reaction to the US March employment data and by solid gains by high-technology firms The Dow Jones industrial average rote 12.83 points to 2.304 80 For the week
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    • 566 7 Move aimed at cutting dependence on US, say Miti officials TOKYO Japan wants to initiate an annual conference of regional trade ministers so as to create broader ties among Asia-Pacific nations, according to a report m the Japan Economic Journal. Officials of Japan's Ministry
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    • 331 7 OTTAWA An armed man hijacked a US-bound Greyhound bus near Montreal on Friday, forced the driver to take him to Ottawa and held several hostages at gunpoint outside Parliament for six hours before surrendering to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The unidentified gunman surrendered peacefully m
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    • 219 6 IN ML AUSTRALIA EXHIBITION Organised by the Australian Trade Commission, thi> Exhibition bnn^s together representatives from Australia's leading Universities, CO I leges ot Advanced tducatum, Insnnitesot Technology, Business Matriculant >n C rfle^vs 10 provide advice to students and parents. Individual information seminars will be held during the Exhibtion. AUSTRALIAN HIGH
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 444 8 Meeting sets common standards for use by South-east Asian nations HONGKONG A UN-sponsored meeting of delegates from 13 countries ended here yesterday after moving towards a tough new strategy to deter more Vietnamese from becoming refugee* "We've got the framework which would be
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    • 229 8 Takeshita 'to set out policy on Asean ties during Jakarta visit' TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita is expected to announce a new policy to strengthen ties with Asean when he visits Jakarta next month, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. The policy, dubbed the "Takeshita doctrine". will be contained
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    • 345 8 Burmese refugees given deadline to leave Thailand BANGKOK Thai officials have given Burmese refugees, who fled into Thailand last month to escape fighting m Burma, until tomorrow to return home or be "putted out", a Thai official said. District chief Poonchai Niem-wattana, contacted m the Thai-Burmese border town of Mac
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    • 181 8 Marcos is bleeding internally, says Imelda HONOLULU Former Philippine leader Ferdinand Marco* is bleeding internally and has rereived blood transfusions for the past four days, hit wife said on Friday, a day after US prosecutors con ceded he was too 111 to stand trial. Mrs Imelda Marcos saM he had
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    • 259 8 MANILA President Corazon Aquino said she regrets her government's human rights record is viewed as no better than her predecessor's, but what matters is that "we have restored democracy". Presidential spokesman Teodoro Benigno told reporters on Friday that Mrs Aquino made
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 326 10 Objective is to reach consensus acceptable to all races, says Ghafar BENTONG (Pahang) The government is prepared to give the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC) sufficient time to reach a consensus so that everyone will be happy with the post--1990 economic policies, Deputy
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    • 436 10 Top Umno leaders welcome PAS' willingness to discuss Malay unity KUALA LUMPUR Two Umno vice-presidents have welcomed moves by any group, including the Islamic party PAS, to hold talks on Malay unity and the country's future. Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that the question of which side should initiate such
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    • 136 10 Wanted: A milder word for 'tax' JASIN (Malacca) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ghalar Baba is to propose to the Cabinet that the word "tax" be replaced by another term that is not so painful to the ear. He said that "tax" not only sounded harsh but also connoted compulsion, and
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    • 178 10 KUALA LUMPUR A mother of five has become the first fatal victim of a road accident m the Karak Highway tunnel since it opened 10 years ago. Madam Habibah Haris, 52, died instantly when her car was sandwiched between a lorry and a
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    • 350 10 MAS stepping up expansion plan with Boeing deal KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines is stepping up its modernisation and expansion pian with the impending purchase of a new scries of Boeing 737 aircraft m the largest -ever deal made by the national carrier. MAS managing director Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman
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    • 82 10 PRIME Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad being conferred the Johor state's highest award, the Darjah Kerabat Yang Amat Mulia Pangkat Pertama, by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong yesterday. The Malaysian King also conferred on Brunei's Finance Minister, Prince Haji Je- fri Bolkiah. the Darjah Seri
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 413 11 40 pay $500 each for a banquet fit for emperors FORTY connoisseurs dined m imperial style last Friday on food served to tickle the jaded tastebuds of Chinese emperors more than 200 years ago. From the Chinese orchestra to the maids dressed m colourful embroidered Qing costumes, from the striking
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    • 630 11  - Three questions to ensure you eat right SERENA TON Nutrition Week By BEFORE settling down to a hearty meal. Singaporeans should ask themselves three questions. And if the answer is "yes" to all three, they can take heart that the repast is safe and nourishing. Diet experts consulted by The
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    • 591 11 There are also instances where mothers spend their time ferrying pre-schoolers from place to place for their numerous lessons. Are formal lessons, ballet, piano, violin lessons etc etc good for the very young children? Who really benefits from all this rushing around and
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    • 323 12 He orders teenager jailed and caned A JUDGE yesterday rejected recommendations for probation and reformative training for a youth and sentenced Soh Meng Chye, 19, to eight years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane. The recommendations were made by the probation officer
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    • 403 12 AN ALLIANCE m the medical treatment of children was launched yesterday with the first of a series of lectures. The )oint programme by the Ministry of Health and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, began with lectures focusing on updates
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    • 168 12 Muslims can pay tithes at Muis collection centres from April 16 MUSLIMS here can start paying their religious tithes to the Muslim Religious Council when collection centres open on April 16. They can also make cashless payments by crossed cheque, money order or postal order to the council, said the
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    • 65 12 TOP boat rower* from Singapore will compete m Sydney lor the fourth time m the Australian International Dragon Boat Festival from April 13 to 18. The team of 24 rowers are from the Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force, Singapore Civil Defence Force and the People's
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    • 248 12 THE Ministry of Defence (Mindef) headquarters will move from its colonial-style home at Tanglin to an ultramodern complex at Bukit Gombak this month. The 160-hectare complex is dominated by a seven-storey V-shaped block with a bold blue fibre glass
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    • 364 13 VOLUNTEERS can sign up at the VSC exhibition area at Marina Square from 1 pm to 10.30 pm today. Application forms are also available at all police stations or at the Police Academy, Thomson Road. Singaporeans and permanent residents between 18 and 45 with
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    • 152 13 Martial feats a crowd pleaser wertwertwert INSPECTOR Peter Chong. 48. enthralled the crowd with his feats The sixth-dan karate black belt jumped on two trays of eggs without breaking (hem then, with a swing of his fists, broke a stark of bricks. Next, hundreds held their breath as Insp Chong
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    • 149 13 wertwert WHEN Corporal Angela Ong. 25, talks about her two-year involvement with the Boys' Gub, her face lights up. She has a great time. When she takes the boys out to Sembawang on fishing trips, they vie with one another to teach her the
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    • 168 13 wertwert FOR Assistant Superintendent Harry Lee, 41, the VSC is a "personal challenge" where he values the experience of dealing with tough characters. Once, when he went to arrest a man who did not turn up m court to answer a traffic charge,
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    • 129 13 Reports from Friday's Parliament sitting PARLIAMENT approved on Friday a sum of $1,681,200 for salaries of the President's personal staff. The increase of almost $200,000 is due to a revision m civil service salaries and higher provision for medical subsidy for staff undergoing treatment m
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    • 141 13 PARLIAMENT approved on Friday the increase m the Speaker's basic salary from $17,400 to $28,100 a month. However, if he performs his job part-time his salary will be $11,240 a month. This amount is up from $9,500 a month previously. Like his predecessor, Dr Yeoh Ghim
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    • More questions and answers
      • 92 13 A TOTAL of 84 per cent of Chinese children born here last year had Hanyu pinyin names included m their birth certificates. The percentages for those born m 1996 and 1967 were 84 per cent and 85 per cent respectively, said Home Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar,
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      • 52 13 THE flood alleviation programme for the Tantong Katong area, begun m July last year, is expected to be completed by the end of 1991. Environment Minister Ahmad Mattar said. Replying to Mr Choo Wee Khiang (Marine Parade GRC). Dr Mattar said the scheme would substantially alleviate flooding m
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      • 128 13 THE Education Ministry will consider extending financial assistance to primary and secondary school pupils from families with monthly incomes of up to $600 if there is a need Senior Minister of State Education) Tay Eng Soon told Mr Othman bin Haron Eusofe (Marine Parade GRC) that
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      • 37 13 THE reconstruction of Montgomery Bridge at Serangoon Road, which started m October 1987. is expected to be completed by July this year. Environment Minister Ahmad Mat tar told Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir).
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      • 221 13 THE Defence Ministry policy requiring Singapore Armed Forces reservists to renew their international passports annually will be reviewed m a year or two. Second Defence Minister (Services) Lee Hsien Loong said the matter was recently reviewed and Mindef decided to stick to the present policy for now
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      • 112 13 THE Housing Board will review the redevelopment schedule of vacated Housing Board blocks, affected by relocation, around Strathmore Avenue m d^ueenstown. The blocks were originally scheduled to be redeveloped m the middle of next year, but National Development Minister S Dhanabalan said the HDB would see
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    • 383 14 OUB joining 2 other banks in offering help to employers of foreign maids OVERSEAS Union Bank has announced a new financing package for those who employ foreign maids, offering them a banker's guarantee for the security bond required by the authorities here. Under its Guarantee-for-Foreign Maids package, OUB will issue
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    • 398 14  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By Computerised alert system being tested at six sites MOTORISTS can soon expect quicker flood warnings over the radio to avoid inundated areas. This will happen once a computerised flood alert system, now being tested by the Environment Ministry at six
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    • 569 14  -  KOH BEE ANN By LATEST results from three surveys of radio listeners show that SBC's new Perfect 10 station has overtaken Ba tarn's Zoo 101.6 m popularity among Singapore listeners. A spokesman for Singapore Broadcasting Corporation said the most recent survey
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    • 140 14 A MAN who was painting a lamp-post m Pandan Crescent was fatally injured when he fell from a crane Mr Lim Chit EJeow. 28. and another unidentified worker were painting a lamp-post m Pandan Crescent when the incident occurred last Monday at about 2
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    • 384 16 Successful SPCA appeal delights pet owners HDB reprieve for big dogs RESIDENTS who can now keep their licensed mongrel or big dog m Housing Board flats applauded the relaxation of the non-toy dog rule. Their dogs were spared when the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) successfully
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    • 208 16 A MALAY youth cultural group. Perwanit, wants to get more Malays involved m community centres and residents' committees. Perwanit president Is maon Haji All said yesterday that the group will work closely with the People's Association to work out a strategy to
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    • 897 16  -  K. F. TANG By A bulldog-terrier parentage THE pit bull was originally bred by crossing bulldogs with English terriers, possibly fox terriers, m the mining communities of Staffordshire m England. The purpose was to produce a dog especially adept at fighting
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    • 347 16 NUS team helps factory tone down 'disco' din THE machines m a factory created such a din that workers had to shout into each other's ears to be heard just like people do m discotheques. Indeed, a check by a National I'niversity of Singapore research team m 1987 revealed that
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    • 97 16 A 28-YEAR-OLD Malaysian was on Thursday chaiged with the murder of Hameed bin Omar and remanded at the Criminal Investigation Department Krishnamoothy s o Subramaniam allegedly murdered Hameed. 30, m February 1967 m Silat Road while he was with eight others His rase will be
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    • 160 15 FROM NOW ON, WERE TURNING THE ALARM ddDAND LEAVING OUR DOOR UN ORCHARD ROAD 7 DAYS AWEEK. UOB Group introduces full-service banking, 7 days a week m House, opposite the Somerset MRT Station). The full range of banking Orchard Road. At the United Overseas Bank Group, we understand services we
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    • 410 16 Give your child a gift for life The ability to learn is born within us Babies Jj^fj" I r^^^^Z^ learn to walk and talk j\>r<>*L w,thout torma. teach.ng J^^^^^\^ Sometimes, though, the Q*cs >|^rtPr<r~) desire and the facility for yJO^- J learning seem to S^rr^r/x^^^n^ disappear during school days Children
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    • The Sunday Times VIEW
      • 337 17 THERE is a line from an English poem which says: "Come grow old with me, the best is yet to be". For a small group of elderly people who quietly choose to do away with themselves every year, old age is anything but the
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    • 138 17 Wtutt The Straits Times loported on April 9, 1964 SINGAPORE The Hous ing and Development Board has further relaxed the re« illations governing its sale of flats "m the light of experience, information and public reaction", to enable more people m the lower and middle income groups
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    • 1285 17 Tories look uneasily over their shoulders at the wild card of British politics. DR DAVID OWEN fcKZEia* I will never turn Tory. I would never join a party with a Cabinet including the Foreign Secretary that is so dictated to by the
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    • 202 17 <^^ Furniture Shew World Trade Centre Hall 2 1 ~9 April 1989 55 ii can Thc i °p f rm ««re ¥J^T"i and furnishing exhibitors are all wnere i2noontoiopm srr^rjrrars r^4"», O« i4~ 1 1^ /^^k r» range of goods are simply arresting. UtJdU 111 Ll 1 IHJIXIiiS What more!
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 931 18 1 Tan Sai Siong Qingming outings can evoke that comfortable sense of belonging most people need Participants are usually bonded not by pure camaraderie, but by blood and are, as the Chinese would say, as close 'as hands and feet. II IS
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    • 873 18 I Tan Tarn How There is no 'safe' level of lead which the body can tolerate without harm. Studies increasingly suggest that even an iota will take its toll. THERE is much less lead m the air today than m 1980 but
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    • 776 18 I Kenneth James There are courses and there are courses. Perhaps those which help workers to rise above their self-imposed limitations will give management the greatest pay-oft m the more human face that such an approach promises to give to business. THESE days, "personnel
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    • 453 18 WHEN Rani. Rahim. Runme and I drove up to Mohideen s sarabat stall the other day, the veteran tea and coffee drinkers there were having a fierce debate. "So I submit that Minfong Ho's letter to the press has great merit." declared Rantting
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    • 42 18 Our Heartiest Congratulations Best Wishes to Dr Klaus Liebscher, Chief Executive of Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank AG (GZB- Vienna, Austria), our shareholder, who has been nominated as the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Singapore m Austria DG BANK-GZB (Asia) Limited, Singapore Merchant Bankers
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  • FOCUS/ Analysis
    • 2530 19 Poland Hungary Strange bedfellows have emerged communism yoked to democracy m common cause. In this Soviet-inspired climate, Eastern bloc members have struck out from behind the Soviet shadow. Poland and Hungary are two m the vanguard to unshackle themselves. The US News World Report sums up
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  • RACING
    • 396 20  -  TAN THEAN LOON By our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR Man* Tmkm D (Race 1) looks the best of trainer Michael Ho's three inform runners here today. The three-year-old gelding is on the comeback trail judging by his blistering finish last Sunday. He
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    • 74 20 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Ri versa nds 111, Wings Of Fortune, Tour Of Duty. RACE 2: Indomitable, Barbette, Dinky Doy. RACE S: Yuno When. Don't Trust George. Bold Encounter. Dreamer. Grey Javelin. Windu Karya 11. Alacaro. Great Regiment RACE 4:
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    • 5435 20 Best bet: BATMAN (Race 6) Best outsider: PIPES OF PAN (Race 5) Going forecast: YIELDING QApr -f 2 00pm CLASS 4 DIVISION G: 1,200 m HMVyU I RATINGS IV 72-50 STAKES $13,250 1 *****7 MNGS OF FORTUNE 51.5 (7?) lia CaiM Breukelen 4ag 3 Five
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    • 209 20  -  RON TEO By DREAMER, who found one to beat last time out, can be safely followed m Race 3 for Class 1 Div 1 horses over the Kuala Lumpur 1,600 m today. Last month, the seven-year-old was neglected m the betting but came with a late
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    • 270 20 Rmcm Fr»d«nck Ou«k T.n Th«n Loon Uonel L»« Danny Khoo Ron T#o 3MMMTAHU 3MMMTAMU 3 MM* TAHU 3 MAMA TAHU 4 PMICEIT LAD 1 4 PWCELY LAD 7 CASABf UA 1 WWGS Of FORTUNE 4 PRWCELY LAO 3 MAMA TAHU 6MKRSANDS 4 PfNNCELY LAD 7 CASABfLLA
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    • 437 21  -  FAN THEAN LOON By English-bred gelding makes it five wins m six starts KUALA LUMPUR C«riatkimm Call passed his first test m the top class without raising a sweat m Race 2, the main sprint (or Class 1 Div 1 horses, yesterday.
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    • 93 21 LIVERPOOL Little Polveir. a 28-1 outsider ridden by Jimmy Frost, gave trainer Toby Balding his second Grand National at Aintree yesterday. Frost, having his first ride m the world's most famous steeplechase, won the 7.2-km race by seven lengths from the 1986 winner West Tip with a half-length
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    • 30 21 FIRST 3781 SECOND 8247 THIRD 9516 STARTERS 0128 9205 3293 1338 7603 9743 1640 7983 8595 1540 CONSOLATIONS 7780 9678 6757 2722 6050 2430 2150 1217 3766 9210
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    • 194 21 KUALA LUMPUR The day's races opened with the biggest upset when rank outsider Raise Y»«r Glass 111 cantered home by 4 lengths over 1,200 m m Race 1. It was a maiden win for both horse and rider, apprentice P. Johari, who was
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    • 322 21 Owner: Many factors decide winners L LETTER IN RESPONSE to the proposed ban on trackwatchers (ST. April 7), as an owner, I wish to state that the Malayan Racing Association conduct race meetings on behalf of the Malaysian and Singapore totalisator boards. The success of these meetings depends on the
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    • 1873 21 RACE 1 CLASS 4 DIV F 1,200 m 8 UW TOW CUB 150 5 c 41(577-80) PWmW (3) 2 1 1 3 STMFTMK 55(8015) »Tm (6) 3 3 2 10 f1(MW0N4«5(*****) A Hand 4 4 4 3 6 NMMOUCS?ScSI(4SIO) TMWm (8) 9 5 4 7 IW«L LEWD
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    • 445 21 APPOINTMENTS MAGAZINE EDITOR I W^»« b r 0 h^r 8 aditorial bureau chief m Singapore Tha idaal candidate will have the following qualifications •trong English language editorial skMs Enguah language reporting/writing experience femMertty with the local computer industry a technical background managerial experience abiNty to make a long-term commitment The
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  • Festival of Tennis Supplement
    • 706 22  -  SHIRLYNN MO By ANOTHER festival is coming to town. We had the International Film Festival. Then a science and medical festival. And now, a tennis festival! Two whole weeks of it! Who wants to see people hit a yellow ball across the net?
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    • 427 22  - SLTA's dream of complex may become reality LEE WAI WUN By A CHAMPIONSHIP complex for tennis In Singa pore this ho long been the ultimate dream of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association. And it may not be an impossible one. after all. Although the Republic have hosted several men's and
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    • 242 23 KNOWN as the man with the big serve, Kevin Curren has used it with great effect to win 24 doubles and four single* titles. Coming to Singapore m peak form, the world No. 21 is the top seed m the Epson Super Grand Prix tournament.
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    • 206 23 SECOND seed Amos Mansdorf, of Israel, won two Nabisco Grand Prix titles last year. He won m Auckland then triumphed m the Paris Indoor Open m October. In Auckland, he beat India's Ramesh Krishnan m the final and won the aces competition. Said Mansdorf,
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    • 182 23 AFFECTIONATELY known as "Fltzy". John Fitzgerald was on a comeback trail for most of 1987 after surgery on his right shoulder. The 28-year-old Australian, however, started last year on a bright note when he won his first tournament m four years, beating the Soviet Unior's Andrei
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    • 238 23 WELL-LIKED for her unassuming manner off the court and her steely determination on it. the 26-year-old Australian has always given her best for tennis fans m Singapore. Winning her first singles m style with back-to-back victories m Singapore and Taipei m 1987 Anne was put
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    • 183 23 BELINDA CORD WELL, the second seed, is New Zealand's sole flag-bearer m the tournament's main draw. The 23-year-old left-hander has achieved remarkable progress m the past few months, leaping 25 placet from No. 62, at the end of last year, to No. 37. Among her career
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    • 205 23 THIRD seed Ann Henricksson is from the state of Minnesota and has shown that she has a trick or two up her sleeve. Last year, she upset the form books twice when she bundled out two No. 6 seeds m separate tournaments beating Hesther Witvoet
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    • 719 24 3HIRLYNN HO takes a look at the Singapore tennis scene A QUICK look at Singapore's tennis calendar shows that there is something for everyone from the social player to the pro a situation that the hardworking Singapore Lawn Tennis Association has been working towards for
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    • 432 24 Tips from Team Borg Grand Prix Challenge TENNIS BALL A WELL TANNED man entered the tennis court attired m expensive tennis gear and shoes, carrying a huge tournament bag. as if he s preparing for the Wimbledon. He opened this thermobag and out came at least six tennis rackets. He
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    • 381 24 Let's put in our bit to make it a great Festival WHEN Belgium's Ann Devries changed her sweat-soaked shirt m front of everyone two years ago. most fans did not know where, as the saying goes, "to put their faces". Not because they did not want to look but because
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    • 486 25  -  LEE WAI WUN By GRAEME PLUM, the pleasantly plump boss of Australian Sports Marketing, and his tall moustachioed side-kick. Bob Gordon, are not exactly your ideal Crocodile Dundee-type heroes. But they are no less rugged, and capable. Come hell or high water, the promoters from
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    • 148 25 MANAGING director Graeme Plum established ASM m Melbourne m November 1978 as consultants to companies seeking to use sport as a marketing and sales tool. His first big break into topline tennis was m 1979. when Tennis Australia, the national body, appointed
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    • 480 25 Call for more exchange of expertise LIKE the arrival of spring to a child, April's Festival of Tennis promises to be any fan's delight. But just how much has Singapore tennis benefited from Australian Sports Marketing's tournaments here over the past three years? Superb entertainment, yes. And incentive to aspiring
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    • 845 26  -  LEE WAI WUN explains the structure of major profess>onal tournaments m the world GRAND SLAM, Grand Prix, Challenger, Satellite... the work) of international tennis can be thoroughly confusing to even a keen player. And just when you thought Singapore must be the only country with
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    • 406 26 MEN'S professional tennis is In a mess today. The week of Nov 29-Dec 4 last year was the dimax of long-standing political battles between players and officialdom. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) unhappy with the Men's Tennis Council (MTC). who conduct the
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    • 520 26 Players' list for DHL Sln*aporr Women's Open main draw (world singles rankings as at March 27): Anne M inter (Aust, ranking No. 33); Belinda Cordwell (NZ, 37); Anne Hobbs (Brit, special ranking); Ann Henricksson (US, 55); Sandra Wasserman (Bel. 61); Monique Javer (Brit, 77); Louise Allen (US, 88);
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    • 444 22 Plans for an international competition centre take off Page 22 Epson Super GP tournament director's "coup" Page 23 L^fc I Top seed y^ i the big I) serve *>< P«9» 23 Aw Team Borg programmes are boost to tennis development Page 24 How ASM brought world-class tournaments to Singapore Page
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 221 23 SHIRLYNN HO profiles the leading seeds m the DHL Singapore Women's Open and Epson Singapore Super Tennis Men's Grand Prix WHY WE SEE EYE TO EYE J||k^ JH ■H^^ WITH EACH OTHER fr "IHI i^ W [P^ jjPl Surprising as it may seem, the qua- 00 ll L V lities
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    • 68 24 I H 0 I I PRESENTS TEAM BORG GRAND PRIX CHALLENGE comPAa <J volvo OFFICIAL COMPUTER OFFICIAL HOTEL OFFICIAL CAR /tef»r OFFICIAL TENNIS BALL OFFICIAL \Z OFFICIAL Q 1' I WE ARE GOOD CITIZENS OP TENNIS WE SUPPORT THE TEAM BORG GRAND PRIX CHALLENGE ALBERT HONG LUM CHANG BBDG S.I.C.C.
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    • 37 25 Q El I M£ENROE 1 19 ■II W^ 'El ■■I APRIL 12. 1989 Lj EL#m j^^nJß WORLD TRADE CENTRE V 9 BWI^H GATE OPENS AT 5.30 PM IBI!^mH% Presented by volvo COMPAQ. y(w*>s I r*IAJO <s Obeer
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    • 113 27 SENTOSA HprEC PROGRESSIVE 12.5 KM RUN All partK.'i(«*nts get to take part n a lucky dPM I Date/Time Divisions i Sat 20 May GO pm Men s lunior liw yrs urnkf i I Start 'Finish Men I Open |20 W yffaj New Ferry Terminal Men s Veteran |4O 49m Distance
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  • SPORT
    • 721 27 MASTERS GOLF Final round wi be shown over SBC 12 m a delayed telecast tomorrow at 10pm AUGUSTA (Georgia) Nick Faldo and Lee Trevino emerged as the halfway leaden of the 1989 Masters golf championship on Friday after they survived strong winds which victimised many player*,
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    • 148 27 LA MOVE (Jersey) Honesty cost Welshman David Llewellyn the outright lead m the Jersey Open golf championship on Friday. A double-bogey six caused by an incident with a bunker rake meant he finished with a second round three-under-par 69 for a share of the lead on 139 with
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    • 428 27 SANDY LYLE became only the fourth player m Masters history to (ail to make the cut the year after winning the title. He was m pretty good company m that category, however. Jack Nicklaus missed the cut m 1967. after he successfully defended m 1966. and Seve Ballesteros
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    • 725 27 Only the monkeys go bananas on Asian circuit TAY CHENfi KHOON TEE TO GREEN LU HSI-CHUEN, the Taiwanese golfer who once reigned on the Asian circuit, had a verbal battle with a "spectator" m the recent Malaysian Open at the Ayer Keroh Country Club m Malacca. As Hsi-chuen was about
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    • 384 27 (Americans unless stated) 141 Lee Trevino 67 74. Nick Faldc (Brit) 68 73 143 Seve Ballesieros (Spn) 71 72, Ben Crenshaw 71 72, Scott Hoch 69 74. Mike Reid 72 71. Ken Green 74 144 Tom Kite 72 72 14* Curtis Strange 74 71. Tom Wation 72 73.
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    • 277 27 BASKETBALL CHICAGO Michael Jordan and other US pFofrsrtnmi basketball stars can take their •oaring act to the Barcelona Olympics m 1992 became of a ruling on Friday by the sport governing body that opened the Games to professionals. But there is some doubt
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    • 363 28 WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS DORTMUND (West Germany) European champion Mikael Appelgren and Olympic silver medallist Kirn Xi Tack failed to cope with unexpected handicaps m the third round of the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles on Friday. Draughts from Westfalenhalle's air-conditioning
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    • 170 28 DORTMUND Olympic and outgoing world silver medallists Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorac failed to survive beyond the second round of the men's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships on Friday. The Yugoslav pair, seeded second, lost m three games to qualifiers Xie Chaojie and
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    • 174 28 DORTMUND In the wake of what is becoming referred to at the World Championships here m the "Jiang affair", the umpires have protested at the International Table Tennis Federation's handling of the incident. A petition with more than 130 signatures was handed into ITTF president Ichiro
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    • 1270 28 BADMINTON later es— tttaeaey iHrumril tad NMi: Marine Parade 3 Hong Kah Ontral 0. Geylang Weit 4 Tampine* East 1 BASEBALL Atnrtiraa l^agae: Cleveland 4 New York 2. Detroit 10 Milwaukee 3. MinnesoU 8 Baltimore 3. Kansas City 9 Boston 8, Toronto 10 Texas 9, California 2
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    • 91 29 ABC team event postponed The Asian Badminton Confederation have postponed their biennial team championships m Shanghai this month to allow them time to find a new sponsor for the event, the ABC secretary-general said on Friday. Charoen Wattanasin said they decided to postpone the event to Dec 18-23 after their
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    • 56 29 The Pulau Pinang Amateur Athletic Association will respect the decision of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. the Youth and Sports Minister, to hold the South-east Asia Games marathon event m Kuala Lumpur instead of Penang as originally scheduled. Datuk Najib said all track and field events should
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    • 62 29 New York state will appeal against the March 28 decision m which a New York court took the America's Cup, yachting's premier prize, from the San Diego Yacht Club and handed it to New Zealand. A spokesman for State Attorney General Robert Abrams said a new race
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    • 49 29 Two Bulgarian athletes have been banned for life after being positively dope tested m a random test last month. They are Senka Asenova, 21, a bronze medallist m the 75kg category at the first women's world weightlifiting championships m the US, and 16-year-old long jumper Krun Ivanov.
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    • 53 29 Japanese Grand Prix winner Kevin Schwantz snatched pole position from fellow-American Wayne Rainey yesterday to set the stage for a gripping duel m the Australian 500 cc motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island. Australia, today. Schwantz was the only rider to break lmin 35sec around the fast 4.45
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    • 53 29 A woman identified as Lisa Clayton filed a paternity suit against New York Mets baseball star Darryl Strawberry m Missouri on Friday. Lisa's attorney Stuart Cofman said the baby his client claims was fathered by Strawberry was less than a year old. Lisa is seeking US$ll,6OO per month
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    • 52 29 Thomas Gioiosa, 31. a former room-mate reportedly linked to the Pete Rose gambling probe was released on Friday on US$2O,OOO surety bail pending his April 17 arraignment m Ohio on cocaine conspiracy and tax evasion charges. Rose, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, is under investigation by the baseball
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    • 46 29 Norway, a C-Pool team only three years ago, drew 1-1- with France on Friday m a A-Pool competition and qualified for next year's A pool World Ice Hockey Championships for the first time m 25 years. Italy beat Denmark M m another sixth-round match.
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    • 57 29 Former world cycling champion Stephen Roche snatched victory by one second on the final day of the Tour of the Basque country m Spain on Friday. Back m form after m Jury, the Irishman jumped from seventh place after winning the second part of the last stage, a
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    • 50 29 Briton Billy Hardy is to travel to Italy for the second time m seven months to challenge Italian Vincenzo Belcastro for his European bantamweight boxing title. The May 7 rematch Belcastro outpointed Hardy to retain his title last November would again be staged m Belcastro's home town of Fuscaldo.
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    • 28 29 Welsh rugby union selector Rod Morgan died m hospital m Cardiff after collapsing at Thursday's meeting of the World Rugby Union general committee. He waa 59.
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    • 262 29 DAVIS CUP TENNIS VIENNA Austria's Horst Skoff upset former world No. 1 Mats Wilander m a six-hour thriller marred by a rowdy home crowd to level at 1-1 against Sweden m their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final on Friday. Skoff, ranked 35th m the world,
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    • 256 29 SINGAPORE bowed out of this year's Davis Cup campaign when Bangladesh took an unassailable 3-0 lead m their Asia-Oceania Group II tie m Dhaka yesterday. All hope for the Republic, who had iost the two singles on Friday, vanished when Sunny Liv and Melwin Pereira were beaten
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    • 307 29  -  Tay Cheng Khoon SCHOOLS BADMINTON By MONTFORT and St Patrick's School qualified for the semi-finals of the Schools National B Division badminton tournament when they won their final group matches at the River Valley Community Centre yesterday. Montfort finished top of the group
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    • 902 29  -  ALAN HUBBARD fwwvyv M WMy I NOTHING sells like nostalgia, they'll tell you m bookshops and at box offices. That is why there will not be a seat left at Singapore's World Trade Centre on Wednesday when Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe contest the best of three
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    • 289 29 Anne is top seed DHL SINGAPORE OPEN ANNE MINTER, ranked 33rd m the world, has been made the top seed (or the DHL Singapore Open women's tennis championship at Kallang this week. The second seed is Belinda Cordwell (No. 37) while defending champion Monique Javer (No. 77) is seeded fifth.
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    • 355 31 SNOOKER LIM KOON GUAN avenged his RPM National snooker championship semi-final defeat by Benjamin Lvi when he beat the four-time national champion 2-0 to win the On Cue 89 tournament yesterday. Koon Cuan. who lost 0-5 to Benjamin on Tuesday after his favourite rue was
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    • 141 31 NAPLES Napoli's Diego Maradona has been ruled out of today's vital Italian League soccer match at defending champions AC Milan because of a thigh strain. The Argentine star interrupted a three-week injury break last Wednesday to boost Napoli to a 2-0 Uefa Cup semi-final first-leg victory
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    • 135 31 SOCCER EXCEPT for two players, all the others invited to join the national soccer squad were present at the first full training session at Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday to prepare for three major competitions this >ear New national coach Jita Singh praised the players'
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    • 241 31 THE English League, who had hoped to make a profit of more than a LI million ($3.28 m) from their centenary last season, nave ended up losing nearly L 200.000. The only real financial success of the League's 100 th birthday was the game between the Football League
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    • 787 31  -  Albert Johnson SWIMMING by TAN V MENG reconfirmed his status as a butterfly specialist when he rewrote his 100 metres national Under-17 record on the first day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's national age-group championships at Amber Road yesterday. V Meng.
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    • 229 31 CRICKET BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) A magnificent unbeaten 93 by San jay Manjrekar m only his third Test innings was largely responsible (or a fine fightback by India against the West Indies on Friday. India were 281-7 at stumps on the first day of
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  • OBITUARIES
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      276 28 MR. VICTOII WSJ KHYI MWO AOC HVM Pass** sway peaeslawy at tiih on s 4 IMB aasl* i*Meae4 kv WHac Otana Scow Chlew Neo Nelson Wee Chuen Kiat Benny Wee Chuen Slong awy tpmm m Sl M i,in Caeat neat. NrW Mo Ml Tel M4MI MRS. CHIA KIM
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    • 92 28 The lamMy e< me let* MR LIE Hit VOMO wMms to •ipre«« Nwlr ayprnte lt«« to all r*lali** s Hi9mi» and CtfMttAAWAtt (of tf^eif f onrtftJanr a»ai «MMMam. wreaths sssflawee and llandanc* dynrtg thair racanl MOM WONG NG AN YEW wishes to express their appreciation and heartfelt thanks
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      194 28 tn ioviofl nwmon a* MR. 8. R AJENDREN •OffK 4/5/1953 Dip aril i. 9/4/ 1«75 It h*» b««n 14 years tine* you pttrtMl from us Tat w« wait for your knock at Uw door but In vain We think of you day Ir nlfht wondering why you
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      50 28 IN EVCMtOVtMG MEMORY OF TAN LAY SIN Departed »-4-«« (20 yra. Rest In peace, dear loving father. Twenty long years have passed away; You are gone, but still are living In the hearts of those who stay. Oaarty mlessd by wit« ton*. daughters daughters-in-law. sons-in-law and grandchll-
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      70 28 ATMSSA SMAKTI KKVIAI TIM taMftr Mm tas» MOM. a ttVAOAM oepavtatf as tawfc me withei to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends, colleagues for their kind condolence, assistance, attendance, donations L wreath* during their recent bereavement af 11J t^ l ptaiafa wsM fe^st t^s^hrf tumtef t/4/t*
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    • 903 32 ROB HUGHES previews tonight's Littlewoods Cup soccer final between Luton and Nottingham Forest. The match will be telecast live on SBC 12 at 10.30pm. It will be preceded by a preview, at 10.05. WHO dares wins. It is ironic that one team (or tonight's Uttlewoods Cup
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    • 133 32 TOKYO Taiwan's top women golfer Tv Ai-yu and two Japanese players scored holes-in-one to set a Japanese women's golf tour record of three aces m a round yesterday. Ai-yu, the five-times top money-earner on the Japanese tour, and tournament leader Yuko Moriguehi registered their first career aces
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    • 387 32 LONDON Manager Brian Hough leads his Nottingham Forest team out at Wembley today for the first showpiece of the English soccer season with a Cup treble m his sights. Forest, already through to the Simod Cup final against Ever ton,
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      • 156 32 Arsenal kept their three-point lead at the top of the English First Division soccer league yesterday thanks to a 2-0 home win over Everton, the goals coming from Lee Dixon and Niall Quinn But second-placed Liverpool kept up the pressure by thrashing Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 at Anfield.
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      • 31 32 The Rome drug-testing laboratory that examined urine samples provided two years ago by Ben Johnson at the World Championships hat been suspended (or failing to meet Olympic anti-doplng standards.
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      • 40 32 South Korea scorched to a six-stroke victory over defending champions Australia m the Queen Sirikit Cup women's amateur golf championship m Auckland. Singapore finished seventh with Kee Bee Khim carding 77, Serene Poh 78 and Aminah Haron 83.
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      • 34 32 Jeff Fenech, of Australia, retained his World Boxing Council featherweight crown yesterday with a unanimous points win over Mexican Marcos Villasana m a 12-round bout m Melbourne and then announced big retirement.
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    • 173 1 TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE a snatch from One Moment m Time, the 1966 Olympic theme tune performed by Whitney Houston, molds and music by John Berts and Albert Hammond SOCCER LITTLEWOOD6 TROPHY FINAL. Nottingham Forest, hoping to pick up two titles, meets defending champions Luton who have a new striker for
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        • 39 2 Killer turns keyboard queen THEY are saying that Andy Robinson, who played the psychotic killer m Dirty Harry, has been signed to play I Jberace m a movie about the life and times of the queen of the keyboard.
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        • 27 2 Caine in musical venture MICHAEL Calaeta with AarM SpeUlagU fluuK«k Pl.t* ralUtoa(Ss4 mllltoa) H«(m«« The MaafeaL Tke nkmw b Mtedaled to *pea later 4Mb year la Laaaaa.
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        • 47 2 WALT Disney Studios are planning sequels to their three big hit movies of last year. We will be getting Three Men And A Little Lady, Good Morning, Chicago, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit n. There is even talk of a Mary Poppins sequel.
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        • 41 2 BY H«llyw«*d standards a marriage that has laoted If yean Is w»rth celebrating. That Is why Krneat torgstee ud Us wife plaa to be re-married by the captal* «f their endue ship Sea Geddem, •If the c*ast «f Stagapore.
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        • 35 2 His salad dressing, spaghetti sauce and popcorn have raised around £44 million for Paul and now his very own old-fashioned roadside virgin lemonade. "It's so named because it restores your virginity," says Newman.
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        • 35 2 MEMBERS of the National Stuttering Project picketed the Metro^Goldwyn-Mayer studios m Los Angeles recently to protest the "cruel and destructive" portrayal of a stutterer m the film A Fish Called Wanda
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      • 944 2 Inclined to be different Rather than bare his chest like other Hollywood hunks, Kevin Kline, who just picked up the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, prefers to tackle more off-beat roles. OSCAR-WINNER Kevin Kline would hate to be the one giving things away about himself. Despite the sort of good
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      • 486 2  -  TAY YEK KEAK OVERBOARD Coming to Orchard By AMNESIA can be a wonderfully liberating disorder. In its most innocuous form, it can become the basis of a catchy movie; while its most useful effect is that it allows one the excuse of forgetting, for the moment,
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      • 271 2 WINNING an Oscar boosts an actor's career but does little for the value of his or her autograph, which is tied more to supply than to stardom. Jimmy Stewart gladly signs his name, making it worth little. Some ink from the reclusive Greta
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      • 452 2  -  KEN JALLEH JR. CHILD'S PLAY Corning to Capitol and two oth«r Shaw Cinemos »y CHUCKY is a cherubic knee-high Terminator with blue eyes and a talent for Hitchkokian knife nightmares. For Glenn Close's knife act m the bathtub scene m Fatal Attraction, see Chuck
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      • 585 3 A revolutionary returns to Broadway BROADWAY the most eagerly anticipated Broadway show since Phantom Of The Opera finally opened m February at the Imperial Theatre m New York. The musical effectively signals master choreographer Jerome Robbins' return to Broadway after 25 years, mostly spent running the New York City Ballet.
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      • 368 4  - When love's first passions fade away BHAMINI MURUGAN VIOtO UPDATE I mm ABOUT LAST NIGHT surrtng B«b L*we, Demi Ma«re, James Belushi and Elisabeth PerklH Directed by Kdward Zwtek YldMvan. IIM DEMI Moore wants more than Hut a one-night fling. Rob l»we is not ready (or a serious tie-up (sounds
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      • 794 4 VAL MACQUEEN ON*TV FROM its clever blending of old black-and-white photos with Cershwinesque piano music over the opening credits, I deduced that Tftttlager't (Wednesday, SBC 5.9.30 pm) was going to be light, sophisticated and elegant. In other words, like a second marriage, a
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        • 77 4 He's a fighter not a lover IT IS hard to believe that a handsome actor like Andy Lav would shy away from a kissing scene with a beautiful co-star. Indeed, the Hongkong star says that he finds kissing and bedroom scenes frightening, reports the Singapore daily, the I.ianho Zaobao. Said
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        • 87 4 HINGING haa opened op a whole mw avcaae for actor Ng Tol Yoag, who has a contract with lIK-TVR and will he leavta* for Taiwan tomorrow to cheek oot tke manic aeene there, aayi the IJajihe Zmlhui. Ng's rise In the Hongkong scene has toe* rather
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        • 66 4 WELL-ENDOWED Taiwanea* singer. I-tn Yu Li, has set certain standards m her homeland. Indeed, so envious of Lan are they, that almost every flat-chested Taiwanese housewife is trying to have her bosom enlarged, reports the Shin Mm Daily News. They now consider a chest measurement of 32 too
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        • 68 4 WHRN Mked IT Hoaftkofiß stan will ever be the name calibre m their Cbiaa eaari— top H«a{ikaafc arUr Chew Yaea Fait, He gay* Cbiaa'a aetora are oMre realistic wfcea It eeoies to p«rtrayiag a rale, reperta tin Shin Mia Dally Neva. The *mr said: "Hon K
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      • 854 7 Looking at her now, it is impossible to imagine that top singer Gloria Estefan used to be fat and shy and led a sheltered existence until she discovered husband Emio and the Miami Sound Machine THERE were no Miami Beach barbecues, no suger-candy kisses, no
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      • 253 17 THE other day I met an Knglish lady over 60 years old, who has lived m Singapore (or at least half of her life. She is a very interesting person to talk to because she has seen so many things happen and has the gift of spinning a
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      • 235 17 Lifting up a glass of water is easy until you cast a magic spell on it. It would be a good idea to practise the trick before trying it out on your friends. You will need: A hardback book An empty plastic glass
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      • 466 17 wertwertwert THE play opens with King Henry V of England discussing his claim to the French throne with the Archbishop of Canterbury. King Henry asks: "May I with right and conscience make this claim?" His conclusion that he can, irritates the Dauphin, the eldest son of the French
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      • 143 18 Barry Mam and Cynthia INI (centre) with Carole Kfaf: You've lost That LovtV Feefcit. Saturday NfM At Tho Movies. We've Gotta Get Out Of Thrs Place fMR Mn, LJRMm MOOT, Brian IHUM and Ed* Holand: Martha And Th« Van «Jelas Heat Wm, Tin Four Tops 1 Roach
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    • 1014 14 I|7 Mazda For Sal* •CO H MAZDA 901 24. 1 owner, auts. Tip top cond $***** ono 33-1-4666 Mr Maharajah. *****66. sas*O)(34hrs.> MAEDA 888. SEPT 1983 model b door, full accessories, new paintwork $33,990 on o Tel 4819*45 Pager *****J3 •HO 11 MAZDA 323 5-kpeed Nosthback. excellent condition $I*l*o Loan
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    • 980 14 140 Suzuki For Sala OCT 83 SUZUKI 800. Ist owner alrcond. hl-fl. well maintained $18X100 Tel *****04/ pg. *****06 QUICK SALS. 2ND owner 4/12 Buxuki 800 Tax 10/89, alrcon/ stereo Appt *****77 No dealers SUZUKI BTATIONWAOON 11/81. 2nd owner Alrcon radio cassette Well maintained 446-9666 n/t4 BASIS s-oa, Blaupunkt radio
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    • 781 14 DMT.N) JCBrVOM MUI l^nd approilmau 2249) JITJ sq ft Freehold 4*l badrooma *f oajiuity a Orchard Road •7MK Mccl %o 9970K ONNan testa «m< D storey aemi-d with spacious rooms/ atuicned. renovaUd kitchen, morning aun. Near ■oaanNasa, wjry wofl ■>f"»»«trttit i.und area 3400. built In 21M ■VsihoU Selling at 9MSK
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    • 2032 1 Image. The word works its magic on legions of women m Singapore. The consequence a booming cosmetics business and an ever-growing pot of gold added to by big-spending tourists. CATHERINE ONG reports. Secretary Ireae Ctal, U, a LaacMDe cmme&ta la f tar yean aatf cenei thaw
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      • 29 1 How a lipstick costs $25 Manufacturer's cost $6.24 Packaging and freight Advertising and promotion Research and development Raw material Agent's add-on ■^^H $10.44 Overheads Advertisng promotion Profit Retailer's mark-up
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      • 890 2 Jogging is being overtaken by plain walking as the ideal exercise. ALAN FRANKS of The Times of London explains why running is considered passe. Apart from tho physical benefits, there is also the less wall-known but increasingly recognised value of walking as mantal tharapy
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      • 527 2 Up to my eyeball in frames, frames, frames wertwertwet NEWS FLASH: The whole world is not really fuzzy after all. This exclusive report comes to you from a man who has just obtained a new pair of spectacles. The numbers on approaching buses, the legs on approaching young women 10,
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      • 716 3 Sentosa m 10 days' time comes alive with a fashion spectacular, CATHERINE ONG reports CATCH a ferry to see a spectacular Italian designer fashion show at Sentosa's imposing musical fountain. Will anyone do it? It is not on a weekend but on a Wednesday. Still, the show
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    • FOOD
      • 878 4 CAT OUT 1 Sunday treats for kids at two hotels turned out to be just as delicious for adults, discovers MARGARET CHAN THERE'S money m kids a truism well borne out on Sundays at the Hyatt Regency and the Carlton Hotel. Perhaps, that explains
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        • 129 4 Natural vanilla flavour FOR the purist, there is now natural vanilla extract at Cold Storage Centrepoint and Katong: McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract. $2 65 for a 29 ml bottle. The flavouring we know as vanilla essence is actually an artificial chemical substitute called vanillin. 1 he artificial stuff does not
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        • 119 4 LOOK out for Instant twya he** milk powder In tfVWiMt garnets. The label an the bo i say» Gold (up and the brand hi Mout Klephant Hugh produced In China. It* glossy packaging gives It an an-Chi«e*e look. A ease of learning fr»m the West? The
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        • 87 4 SODIUM benzoate cair.e into the news during last year's hh shee fun (rat's tail noodles) poisoning canes m Ipoh. This preservative is commonly used to stop mould-formation m soya sauce and oyster sauce. One factory now bottles both dark and light soy sauce without this preservative. The
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      • 361 4 New lunch option*. Tan* Court, Dyaasty Hotel: OPTIONS. That's the name of the game at Tang Court. You have the option to order from the Cantonese specialities a la carte menu. Or dianxin anybody? There are also three set menus if you are not sure what
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      • 1059 5 VALERIE TREVOR discovers the same romance which enthralled the Great White Rajah to make his home m Borneo MENTION a holiday m Malaysia and friends immediately think you are going to Tioman or Penang or some other welltrodden destination. But (or those who caught a glimpse
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        • 121 5 A LONDON travel agency Is providing Indian cuisine and Indian videos for those who sign up for its coach tours m Europe. On the 12-day Maharaja Holidays, Indian chefs m mobile kitchens accompany tourists to all destinations and prepare vegetarian and non- vegetarian
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        • 67 5 HEATHROW Airport's tr«U«y strength lum been brought np to S.2H with the addition of 2,Ht l«gg»ge trolleys. Besides Heathrow's own staff (In grey Mid Mac unlfornw) who will kelp psjMßgen wfet are dtaaMed, eMerly op trmvrlUnn with y«ug children, a new Skycap wrviee will offer p*rtor*ge
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        • 103 5 TAKING a seat m an aircraft's non-smoking section will not necessarily protect you from the effects of smoke, according to research reported ir the Journal of the American Medical Association. Exposure to nicotine depends more on the type of aircraft ventilation than on where one sits.
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      • 1214 6 Trowel- wielding students and housewives pit themselves against heat and dirt to recover buried clues to a 100-year-old Chinese enclave. AGNES CHEN goes to the Duxton Hill dig It was hard to tell an artifact from a plant root A STONE'S thro* from bustling Food
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      • 973 7 Let's face it, eating is one of the great pleasures of life. And here m Singapore, 6 You re oul shopping, you fed thirsty with such a wonderful variety of food to choose from, we Ye luckier than most. 4 order a large oW I Yet recently, doctors have become
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      • 711 8  -  WINSTON LEE wertwertwert By AT LONG last, the motorist has an inkling of how the Government intends to tackle traffic congestion, following last months parliamentary statement. The Communications and Information Minister has confirmed the Government is now m favour of charging for road
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      • 661 9 GOPAL Baratham s unpublished novel. A Candle Or The Sun. will probably never be read because it is too good. A compelling novel, competently crafted, it was completed at the end of 1985 and awaits a publisher to this day. A Candle or
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      • 242 9 Why has local writing m English remained parochial? Publishers and authors tell T. SASITHARAN what rules their instincts r^H I W I ALL THE BEST. V^l T^M I HUB fl mTm m B L3BtsP"^ *^^S^ options for the single working woman m the 90s. P^^v-^HL l^H j K^ II A
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