The Straits Times, 13 August 1989

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    13 1 The Sunday Times No: 2770 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88 AUGUST 13 1989
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    'S'pore must be free to decide own future'
    460 1 Kan Seng confident neighbours will understand actions FOREIGN Minister Wong Kan Seng said last night that Singapore had a sovereign right to make its own decisions about its future, without interference from others. Commenting for the first time on regional reactions to
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    Lock icon 'Asean should meet if US takes up offer'
    131 1 SUBANG All six Asean countries should meet for talks should the US take up Singapore's offer to host some military facilities, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Abu Hassan Omar said last night. He said the meeting would be "logical" since Asean, in- cluding
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    Govt to bear bulk of cost for upgrading flats: Chok Tong
    409 1 THE Government will spend between $2 and $3 for each dollar contributed by owners of Housing Board flats m the major exercise to upgrade Housing Board estates to the standard of private condominiums. Because of the exercise, said First
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    Lock icon Hostage to a Rio kidnapper's gun
    250 1 RIO DE JANEIRO A tense standoff between police and four kidnappers armed with grenades and holding three hostages m an armoured car stretched into its fourth day on a remote highway m south-cen-tral Brazil, officials said yesterday. The kidnappers, identified as two married couples,
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    Lock icon 0 Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore ar...
    134 1 0 Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore ar VFRONA The famous balcony where Juliet stood calling out for Romeo has been declared unsafe and will be closed to the public for repairs. Council officials m the northern Italian city of Vero- na said on Friday that inspectors had found serious damage to the
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    Decision on RK classes to be known by next month
    553 1  - Decision on RK classes to be known by next month TAN TARN HOW By THE Government will announce its decision on the teaching of religious knowledge m schools by next month Education Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. This would give enough time for changes to be ready for implementation m
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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        FEWER DRUG CASES
        82 2 Figures for the first six months of the year show there were fewer arrests of drug offenders, including addicts, as compared to the same period last year. The monthly average for inhalant-users, too, has dropped. These were disclosed by Mr Poh Geok Ek, Director of the Central
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        MORE OPEN ABOUT CONDOMS
        60 2 Condoms have come out of the closet even women buy them openly now at friendly neighbourhood stores. With the stamp of approval from the Health Ministry, condoms are now prominently displayed and sold near cashier counters where they can be easily seen. They can be found
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        'MASTER' OF BAD BRANDY
        72 2 Police have arrested a man believed to be the "master of adulterated brandy" syndicate in Singapore. The 50-year-old farmer was held during a raid on a wooden house along Neo Tiew Road in Yio Chu Kang yesterday. It is learnt the adulterated brandy, that is, brandy
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        'STOP CORNERING S'PORE'
        114 2 In an interview with the Indonesian daily newspaper, Kompass, the former Indonesian Foreign Minister, Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, has appealed to Asean nations not to "corner Singapore further" over its offer to host some United States military facilities in the Republic. Dr Mochtar said that Asean should refrain
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        PRISON IN A HUFF OVER REPORT
        96 2 Malaysia's prison authorities are fuming over a report in the Malay Mail newspaper that said an inmate of Kajang Prison, Abdullah Ang, was seen at the premises of his family business when he should have been in the prison serving his four-year sentence for
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        CORPORATE FEARS IN JAPAN
        80 2 Leading businessmen are worried that the government's inability to push legislation through Parliament will retard economic growth and exacerbate trade friction. This is the result of a survey by the influential Japan Association of Corporate Executives conducted last month after opposition parties captured a majority in
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        NO BIG PURGE
        61 2 Despite the arrest of thousands of counter-revolutionaries" after the pro-democracy protests in June, there appears to be no signs of a large-scale purge in China. But what is still unclear is whether China's leadership is genuinely moderating its policies to avoid international outrage or simply adopting methods
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        CRACK BREAKING UP FAMILIES
        74 2 a derivative of cocaine is rapidly accelerating the destruction of families in poor urban neighbourhoods in the United States. Mothers are becoming increasingly addicted and children are selling the drug in greater numbers than ever before. The overall picture of the unravelling family emerges in scores
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
      7 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY
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      3 schools of thought emerge at RK forum
      146 2 A TWO-HOUR dialogue session yesterday brought to a close the Government's efforts to find out what Singaporeans think about the teaching of religion m schools. Introduced m 1984 as a compulsory subject for Secondary Three and Four students, Religious Knowledge is being
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      Religious reps want to keep subject within school hours
      227 2 Religious reps want to keep subject within school hours Keep status quo THOSE who came out firmly m support of keeping religion within school hours included Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Christian representatives. Islamic Religious Council (Muis) President Ridzwan Dzafir said Muslim parents and teachers wanted Islamic Religious Knowledge retained' as
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      'Religion has no place in the classroom, it's better to teach civics'
      164 2 Keep religion out SEVERAL participants made it plain that they thought religion had no place m the school curriculum. For many of them, it was better to teach civics. Businesswoman Chong Sun Wah, a single parent, said it
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      One-third want more exposure for students
      289 2 Teach major world religions ALMOST a third of those who spoke up were m favour of exposing students to a wide variety of religions m order to promote greater understanding and tolerance. Ms Angie Chew of the Buddhist Graduate Fellowship said such a course
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      'GPC's reasons for scrapping subject at odds with its proposal'
      257 2 'GPC's reasons for scrapping subject at odds with its proposal' A REPORT on the teaching of Religious Knowledge, by the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education, came under scrutiny by two participants at yesterday's dialogue session. Recommending that compulsory Religious Knowledge be scrapped, it suggested keeping religion as an optional subject,
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      Lock icon Bomb blast
      48 2 LONLX)NDERRY (Northern Ireland) A large bomb exploded yesterday as thousands of Protestants gathered m this city for a parade marking the end of a Roman Catholic siege 300 years ago. No one was injured and no one claimed responsibility for the downtown bombing, police said. AP
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      Lock icon Safe landing
      38 2 NEWARK (New Jersey) A Braniff Airways flight from New York to Florida made a safe emergency landing at Newark International Airport on Friday after a faulty warning light indicated a hydraulics problem, offi- rials said. AP
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      Lock icon Hizbollah's spiritual leader offers to help free Western hostages
      603 2 Hizbollah's spiritual leader offers to help free Western hostages BEIRUT The spiritual mentor of Hizbollah (Party of God) has offered to help free Western hostages m Lebanon if equal efforts are exerted to release Arab prisoners held by Israel. Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah gave a clear message on Friday that
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      Birth decline getting worse, says Cheow Tong
      470 3  - Birth decline getting worse, says Cheow Tong ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By 'Arrival of immigrants will not make up for shortfall' THE Health Ministry's prediction of a sharp drop m the number of babies this year, following the boom crop of Dragon Year babies last year, is coming true, according to Acting
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      Lock icon Gunmen attack UN troops in Namibia for first time
      256 3 WINDHOEK Gunmen have attacked United Nations troops for the first time since they arrived to police Namibia's progress towards independence from South Africa. This prompted the UN on Friday to condemn the assaults as terrorism. A commercial security guard was killed
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      Front confident of victory but disappointed with poor voter turnout
      310 3  - Front confident of victory but disappointed with poor voter turnout KALIMULLAH HASSAN Teruntum by-election By Writing for The Sunday Times KUANTAN The National Front yesterday capped a 12--day campaign m the Teruntum by-election confident of victory. However, it failed m a lastminute effort to get its supporters out m large
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      Lock icon Indian troops accused of killing 50
      421 3 COLOMBO Tamil villagers accused Indian troops of unleashing a three-day reign of terror on a Sri Lankan fishing village, killing at least 50 men, women, and children after six soldiers died m a rebel ambush. But an Indian spokesman dismissed the charge as propaganda.
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      Lock icon Appeals mount as Beirut carnage continues
      494 3 BEIRUT A smog of smoke, ash and dust covered the dead and dying m Beirut yesterday (Saturday) after Syria vowed to step up the battle against rightwing Christians. Security and hospital sources said the toll rose to more than 300 dead or wounded on
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      181 2 Showers over several areas m the late mornin.. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.14 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow. 7.05 am. TRAVEItERS' WEATHER Amsterdam 18 22 C Cloudy Madrid 17 33C Clear Atkena 22/34 C X Manila 24/33 C Cloudy AaekUnd 11/14 C Clear
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  • FORIGN NEWS
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      Japanese execs fear political instability
      315 4  -  PETER HAZELHURST They feel stalemate m Parliament will hamper growth survey By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO A majority of Japanese business executives fear that a deadlock between Japan's Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament will lead to political instability and subsequently to a slowdown m the
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      Lock icon US soldiers detained briefly in Panama
      335 4 Noriega vows to remain m power after marking 6 years of rule PANAMA CITY Panamanian troops briefly detained US soldiers m the latest confrontation between the two military forces, and General Manuel Noriega has reiterated his intentions to remain m power. Yesterday, Gen Noriega
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      Multi-racial S'pore a big challenge for HK emigrants, says paper
      398 4  - Multi-racial S'pore a big challenge for HK emigrants, says paper CATHERINE C. ONG By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG The mul-ti-racial nature of Singapore's society will present one of the biggest challenges for new Hongkong emigrants, according to an article m the leading English daily here. The South China Morning Post, m
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      Lock icon Chess venue
      63 4 GENEVA Next year's world chess championship will be held m the French city of Lyon, the World Chess Federation announced on Friday. The dates of the 1990 championship were not specified. The last world championship was held m December 1987 m Seville, Spain. It ended m a draw
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      Lock icon US jury recommends death for mass killer
      190 4 SANTA ANA (California) A jury has recommended that Randy Kraft, described by prosecutors as perhaps the worst serial killer m US history, die m the gas chamber for the murders of 16 young men between 1972 and 1983. Kraft, 44, a soft-spoken computer
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      Lock icon Aung San Suu Kyi's husband meets envoy
      142 4 BANGKOK British academic Michael Aris, the husband of Burma's leading opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi, met a senior diplomat from the British Embassy m Rangoon yesterday, the envoy said. Mr David Alexander, the head of chancery at the British Embassy m Burma,
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      Lock icon No big purge in China despite arrests
      725 5  -  NICHOLAS KRISTOF By NEWSA NIDFEEW BEIJING China's jails brim with "counter-revolutionaries", and its airwaves are full of calls for greater faith m communism. But so far, the worst fears of the democracy campaigners of early June have not come to pass, and there
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      Lock icon Leader of UN team refuses to sign guest book at memorial
      409 5 Leader of UN team refuses to sign guest book at memorial PHNOM PENH The head of a United Nations fact-finding mission refused to sign the visitors' book at a memorial to Cambodians slaughtered by the former Khmer Rouge regime. Norwegian Lieutenant-General Martin Vadset, touring the recently erected memorial at the
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      Lock icon Taiwan approves visit of Chinese playwright
      171 5 TAIPEI The government yesterday announced it has approved the visit to Taiwan of Mr Wu Zuguang, a famous Chinese playwright who was removed from the Communist Party m 1987 for advocating freedom of expression. Mr Liv Ching-jen, an Education Ministry section chief, said authorities
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      Lock icon Work before continuing studies, Chinese govt tells college grads
      207 5 Work before continuing studies, Chinese govt tells college grads BEIJING The government, m an apparent effort to curb future student unrest, has ordered this year's college graduates to work for one or two years before pursuing postgraduate studies, an official report said yesterday. About 3,500 students planned to start master's
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      Lock icon Li Peng to visit Pakistan in November, says envoy
      130 5 ISLAMABAD Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng will make an official visit to Pakistan m November to further promote bilateral relations, China's ambassador here said. The visit would be the first by Mr Li since the crushing of pro-democracy protests m China
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      Lock icon Woman jailed for abandoning her newborn child in aeroplane toilet
      248 6 REDWOOD CITY (California) A woman who gave birth m an aircraft toilet and then hid the infant girl under the sink before returning to her seat has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The sentence is expected to begin m
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      Lock icon Crack hastening break-up of poor urban families
      602 6 Crack hastening break-up of poor urban families NEW YORK Crack is rapidly accelerating the destruction of families m poor urban neighbourhoods where mothers are becoming increasingly addicted and children are selling the drug m greater numbers than ever before. Although drugs have always brought misery to families affected by their
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    • PEOPLE
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        PM is Aquino's best Asean friend
        179 6  -  ABBY TAN PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino has said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is her favourite Asean friend. "I feel closest to him. He was very helpful," Mrs Aquino said of their recent meeting m Brunei. She spoke on many subjects during a breakfast
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        Thailand's Scientist of the Year
        159 6  -  GRANT PECK WHEN Dr Thavorn Vajrabhaya began his work on plant regeneration through tissue culture over 20 years ago, he met with a lot of scepticism. But his specialisation m somaclonal variation, which allows the discovery of new and valuable plant characteristics, has now led
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        Manglapus' jazzy diplomacy
        76 6  -  ABBY TAN FOREIGN Secretary Raul Manglapus of the Philippines seems to be successful as a jazz diplomat. During his visit to the Soviet Union he played with the Leningrad Dixieland band on the piano such American favourites as Sweet Georgia Brown; When the Saints Go Marching In;
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        Rushdie turns millionaire
        117 6  -  ALAN HUBBARD ALTHOUGH circumstances make it rather difficult for him to enjoy his wealth, Indian-born author Salman Rushdie has just become a millionaire, thanks to the still-booming worldwide sales of his book, The Satanic Verses 1.1 million copies at the last count. The controversial novel, which has
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      Lock icon Kremlin hits out at new Estonian voting law
      404 7 Kremlin hits out at new Estonian voting law Minister shows sympathy far strikers MOSCOW The Kremlin has signalled its sympathy with the protesting Russian minority m Estonia, saying a new voting residency law is unconstitutional and would violate human rights standards. The law, approved by the Estonian majority m the
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      Lock icon Sweden expels Soviet official for spying
      251 7 Sweden expels Soviet official for spying STOCKHOLM Sweden said on Friday that it had expelled a Soviet consular official for industrial espionage. The Foreign Ministry said the man, who worked for the Soviet consular mission m the western port of Gothenburg, had left Sweden. It did not reveal his name
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      Lock icon Index drops 28 points after hitting record high
      158 7 Index drops 28 points after hitting record high Dow Jones NEW YORK After advancing to a record high m the first hour of trading, stocks bounced downward following a precipitous decline m bond prices. Heavy futures-related selling also helped puncture several attempts to rebound. The Dow Jones industrial average ended
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      Lock icon Malaria spreading in many areas and is threat to 2.1 b people
      371 8 Malaria spreading in many areas and is threat to 2.1 b people GENEVA Nearly half the world's population, about 2.1 billion people, is at risk from malaria and the disease has gained ground m many regions, the World Health Organisation has warned. There are more than 100 million new cases
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      Lock icon Break-in at Saudi princess' London home
      126 8 LONDON Thieves beat sophisticated alarm systems to burgle the London home of a member of the Saudi royal family, Britain's domestic news agency, The Press Association, said yesterday. The burglars were understood to have stolen cash and valuables total- ling £1 million (Ss3 million)
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      Lock icon BATMAN HAS HIS WINGS CLIPPED
      58 8 Holy parking ticket! While the comic-book hero probably never has to contend with the law, Batman-enthusiast Mark Perkins is not as lucky. To officer Norma Limond, he is just another offender for having parked his Batmobile m busy Fleet Street m London. The crime-busting replica
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      Lock icon Polish Senate raps 1968 Czech invasion
      540 8 Polish Senate raps 1968 Czech invasion Kremlin anxious over Solidarity's bigger say WARSAW The Solidarity-dominat-ed Polish Senate has condemned the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia m 1968 and asserted that the armed forces of Poland took part against the will of the nation. The unanimous resolution adopted on Friday marked
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Gen Try: An opposition party unlikely to emerge in Indonesia
      433 10 THE Indonesian Armed Forces Commander, General Try Sutrisno, has ruled out the possibility of an opposition party emerging m the country, arguing that such a development would go against the grain of the Indonesian political system. The country would not
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      Lock icon Group wants probe into US link with vigilantes
      187 10 MANILA An association representing thousands of Roman Catholic priests and nuns has asked the US Congress to investigate alleged American involvement m the proliferation of anti-communist vigilantes, the association said m a statement. The Association of Major Religious Superiors m the Philippines,
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      Mochtar urges Asean not to form hasty conclusion
      843 10  -  KAMAL JAFFAR Reactions to Singapore statement on US bases By writing for The Sunday Times The announcement that Singapore was prepared to allow the United States to set up some military facilities m the Republic was made on Aug 4 by the
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      Lock icon Thailand sees no need for a joint regional stand
      411 10 BANGKOK Thailand said yesterday that Singapore's offer to host some US military facilities was a bilateral issue which did not call for a joint regional stand. Foreign Ministry spokesman Jetn Sutcharitkul, who was responding to questions about Malaysia's call to Asean
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      Asean's spirit of unity will be destroyed, says Umno paper
      418 10 SINGAPORE'S offer to host some United States military facilities is contrary to Asean's aim of establishing a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (Zopfan) m the region and would "certainly destroy Asean's spirit of unity", the official organ of the
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      Offer will have far-reaching effects on strategic balance: Sin Chew
      439 10 Offer will have far-reaching effects on strategic balance: Sin Chew IF SINGAPORE'S offer to allow the United States to set up some military facilities m the Republic became a reality, it would have far-reaching implications for the long-term strategic balance m South-east Asia, the Malaysian Chineselanguage newspaper Sin Chew Jit
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      Lock icon MCA iS perturbed, says party president
      118 10 PADANG BESAR (Perlis) The Malaysian Chinese Association is perturbed over reports of Singapore's readiness to allow US facilities m the Republic, party president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. Dr Ling said no Asean mem-ber-country should be involved m activities which were
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Kajang prisoner 'ran business while serving 4-year term'
      467 12 Kajang prisoner 'ran business while serving 4-year term' KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's prison authorities are fuming over a report that a former inmate of Kajang Prison, Abdullah Ang, was seen at the premises of his family business when he should have been m the prison serving his four-year sentence for criminal
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      Lock icon Malaysian Navy to buy more patrol boats for security operations
      177 12 Malaysian Navy to buy more patrol boats for security operations KUALA LUMPUR The Royal Malaysian Navy will be getting more patrol boats for peacetime security duties including operations against illegal fishing by foreigners and combating piracy m Malaysia's territorial waters. Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen announced the new purchases on
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      Ling meets Mahathir over Islamic Bill
      368 12 Rewording of controversial Bill discussed, says report MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has had talks with the president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Dr Ling Liong Sik, and the AttorneyGeneral about the controversy over an Islamic Bill which is being opposed
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      New commercial TV network approved: Paper
      275 12 THE government has given the green light for a new commercial television network m Malaysia, the Malay Mail newspaper reported. It said the network, set up by a group of Malaysian companies and dubbed Channel 4, may begin transmission as early as January. Like
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      Malaysian towns to take on names of flowers
      228 12 SEVERAL towns m Malaysia are to be "nicknamed" after flowers from Oct 1, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The paper quoted the Local Government Director-General, Mr Lim Cheng Tatt, as saying m Kuala Lumpur that the proposed names were agreed on at
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      Lock icon Credit card firms to be supervised by ministry
      210 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Finance Ministry will supervise the operations of credit card firms so that the industry can expand and become more organised, Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin said. The Finance Minister said the operations of these companies were not supervised by any
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      Lock icon Singaporean lawyer charged with CBT
      100 12 Singaporean lawyer charged with CBT KUALA LUMPUR The sessions court yesterday ordered a Singaporean lawyer to make his defence on two counts of criminal breach of trust involving M 5324,809.47 (about *****.800). Judge Puan Zura Yahaya held that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against lawyer Lim Kiap
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      New activities mark camp as turning point for boy
      578 13 j Diary of a camper j Aug 12, 1989 I HE YONGWEI, 15, a Secondary 3 student of Manjusri Secondary School, will always remember the National Camp as a turning point m his life. On Friday, he learnt how to canoe
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      Enthusiastic participants want next year's national camp to be longer
      433 13  - Enthusiastic participants want next year's national camp to be longer CHUA CHONG JIN By MAKE it longer! This was the spontaneous reply from more than 1,000 participants of the first national camp last night when Dr Tay Eng Soon asked if the three-day camp was long enough. Pleased with the
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      Refute speeches that incite racial tensions, urges MP
      238 13 SINGAPOREANS should not let racially inflammatory speeches aimed at undermining racial harmony go unanswered, Dr Ong Chit Chung, MP for Bukit Batok, said last night. Speaking at his constituency's National Day dinner, he referred m particular to Mr Jufrie Mahmood of the
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      Look at tertiary fees proposal positively, Malays urged
      277 13 Look at tertiary fees proposal positively, Malays urged Offer was made m good faith for Malays' benefit: Othman MALAYS should not be too emotional and read too much into Mr Goh Chok Tong's proposal for Mendaki to take over the management of tertiary tuition fees set aside for Malay students.
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      A week more to enter Miss Singapore Tourism contest
      289 13 A week more to enter Miss Singapore Tourism contest TIME is running out for those aspiring to be Singapore's ambassadress to the world. There is barely a week left m which to apply for participation m the Miss Singapore Tourism 1989 pageant and only 10 entries have been received so
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      Drug and inhalant-abuse cases down in first six months
      455 15 DRUG abuse m Singapore is down. Figures for the first six months of the year have shown a drop m the number of drug offenders arrested, as well as the number of addicts detected and arrested. Another plus was the declining
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      You will hear same music anywhere along 2-km stretch
      378 15 You will hear same music anywhere along 2-km stretch THE sound of more than 15 discotheques will throb throughout the length of Singapore's biggest dance floor on Saturday to allow party-goers at this year's Swing Singapore to boogie to their hearts' content. And the 2-km stretch from Forum Galieria to
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      MD robbed of $250,000 in gold after being temporarily blinded
      137 15 A MANAGING director who lost hissight temporarily after having what he believes was pepper thrown m his eyes was then robbed of $250,000 worth of gold. Mr Koh Scow Peng, 63, told police he had just returned from his jewellery
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      Use audio-visual aids more creatively, teachers urged
      342 15 TEACHERS have been urged to use audio-visual aids more selectively and creatively to suit the needs of every student. For instance, they should identify students who are weak m certain areas of a subject and use audio-visual aids to let them self-revise the
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      New area licence booth near Crawford Street
      119 15 New area licence booth near Crawford Street A NEW daily area licence sale booth will be set up near the Crawford Street/Beach Road junction from Tuesday to relieve the congestion at the Rochor booth. From the same date, the booths at New Upper Changi Road and I„?ng Kee Road will
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      Condoms: Out of the closet and onto the counter
      813 18  - Condoms: Out of the closet and onto the counter LYSHA TAN By CONDOMS have come out of the closet even women buy them openly now at friendly neighbourhood stores. With the stamp of approval from the Ministry of Health, stores such as 7Eleven and Cold Storage now display condoms prominently
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      Expensive sago palm good to look at but seeds may be poisonous
      432 18  -  CHAN SUE MENG By A SMALL coconut-like palm is proving popular with landscape artistes, although it is expensive and possibly poisonous. The sago palm, its scientific name Cycas Revoluta, fetches about $400 for a small 60-cm-high specimen. One
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      Youth lied 5 times to cheat girl of $1,580
      239 18 A SICK father needing money for an operation was the line a jobless youth used to cheat a girl five times of a total of $1,580 over a four- week period. And each time Lai Beng Heng, 18, took money from
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      'Master of adulterated brandy' nabbed in raid
      379 19  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Cheap liquor mixed with honey and passed off as top brands By A FARMER, believed to be the "master of adulterated brandy" m Singapore, was arrested yesterday after authorities uncovered a syndicate which mixed cheap brandy with honey and then sold
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      How to tell real from fake
      141 19 SHAKE a bottle of brandy to determine if it is genuine or fake. This tip is from Mr P. Naidu, who is director of Enforcement of the Customs and Excise Department. He said that one should examine the bubbles that form after the bottle
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      Tanjong Pagar display to feature house where PM once lived
      316 19 Tanjong Pagar display to feature house where PM once lived MEMORIES of days gone by will be evoked when Mr Lee Kuan Yew opens a pictorial exhibition tracing the development and transformation of old Tanjong Pagar into a modern district on Tuesday. Among the old photographs, the Prime Minister will
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      Man cheated salesgirl with offer of job in Australia
      206 19 A SALESGIRL had not heard from a casual friend for some time. One day, he phoned, out of the blue, to offer her a hairdressing job m his shop m Australia. A district court heard yesterday that Yeo Hai Choon, 34,
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      Hwa Chong to raise $7 m for rebuilding campus
      142 19 Hwa Chong to raise $7 m for rebuilding campus HWA CHONG Junior College, facing the challenge of raising $7 million to help redevelop its Bukit Timah campus, needs the support of everyone, including former students. Dr Sect Ai Mcc, Minister for Community Development and Education said this at the school's
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      Novelty buttons: Crude, rude or just harmless fun?
      646 20  - Novelty buttons: Crude, rude or just harmless fun? JULIA GOH By NOT only crude but rude that is what some people say of novelty buttons with bawdy messages being seen on jackets and bags m town these days. These "X-rated" buttons with remarks like: "Is that really your face or
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      Two elderly men struck by Legionnaires' disease
      429 20 Both have now recovered from flu-like illness TWO cases of Legionnaires' disease, associated with bad-ly-maintained cooling towers, have been found m Singapore this year. The two victims, both elderly men, were taken to hospital about two months ago and have since recovered. "No
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      Primary 1 registration: Phase 2D begins tomorrow
      711 20 School has already admitted Malay children up to 25% limit of the 1990 Primary One enrolment. M, C and T denote Malay, Chinese and Tamil respectively. Registration for admission to Primary One classes m 1990 Children from one-, two-, or three-child families, and
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      Woman faces charge of bribing two guards
      179 20 Woman faces charge of bribing two guards A WOMAN was yesterday charged with rewarding two security guards at the Bukit Turf Club with $200 because they took no action against her and three men for suspected bookmaking activities. The three men, Lim Swee Huat, 41, Chuah Kai Ku, 47, and
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      844 14 Diamond Jewellery Fair 89 Sunday 13 and Monday 14 August '89 From 10.30 am to 9.00 pm at Hotel New Otani, Phoenix Ballroom (Level 6) Select from an exclusive collection of classical and contemporary designer fashioned and exquisitely crafted diamond-studded jewellery, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones. s__^ Loose
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      707 15 DO YOU HAVE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS THAT GO AS FAR BACK AS 1965? Photos that bring back memories of significant events that ah entries should be have speckled Singapore's past 25 years of sent to: post- independence history? Pictures From The Past Or have you some souvenir or memento that tells
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      158 20 Two days before Chinese New Year f°° y° u wan t I'm not I something to eat?l hungry after all I f^ I that housework. J Pf Actually, A Why don't you 1 I I'm very tired. I take a glass y S I of Yomeishu? 1 BB_i>L Vv__r^ "i
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      125 20 y Hong Kong Seafood Dian Kin Makes its debut! Ol *____**^0' ~m«i~ > to 7 JKI )ur master chef, Mr Ijeung Wai luing from I long Kong's hnoua riverside restaurant is here to put all the l»csi m seafood Dian Kin. Savour Kor yourself and discover how liv- prawn and
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      297 20 A varied group of senior academics and student Counsellors from 14 l'K government funded and J_3ll_lr_ VOUY* C^lTlfH^Y* TOlltlCir-htlOri accredited institutions are (tuning to Singa_x>re to give advice on selecting the most appropriate course and jjl 1 "i >_ T T I-?*' TI related career prospects Willi llßlp trOrn 14:
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        Tax ingenuity of fund managers
        309 21 NOBODY likes paying taxes. So the repeated requests by fund managers for more liberal tax treatment of the gains they make on behalf of savers who entrust them with their money is thoroughly understandable. However, it is another matter altogether when it comes to evaluating
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      25 YEARS AGO
      148 21 What The Straits Times reported on Aug 24, 1964 ACTION will be taken to ban the import of certain British goods into Singapore, and the state government is prepared to extend this prohibition to all British goods, the Finance Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, warned today. This
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      Making a Major move
      1293 21 Touted as Mrs Thatcher's new No. 2, JOHN MAJOR will have to live up to his reputation as a cool operator m a yet unfinished race I THE RIGHT HON JOHN ROY MAJOR was born on March 29, 1943 m Merton, Devon. He is married with
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      When S'poreans prefer not to have their own backyard
      927 22  -  Tan Sai Siong 1 wonder whether people who invested m one small house because of their attachment to land regret it when they see flats rise m value at a rate that defies gravity while the value of their property remains
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      Drop the tertiary fee debate and get on with Mendaki II
      875 22  -  Salim Osman Perhaps a start could be made by well-to-do Malays to begin a drive m aid of the new Mendaki by voluntarily donating the equivalent of the fee subsidy their children enjoy m tertiary institutions THE current debate
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      HK entrepreneurs will create jobs
      762 22  -  Khaw Wei Kang THE Government's decision to relax its immigration policy and widen the doors to attract more Hongkong talent has triggered off heated debate m coffee shops and over dinner tables around the island. The debate has revealed a genuine fear among some Singaporeans
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      After sun, sea and food, what more?
      479 22 RTV EG THE First Assistant Director of the Tourist Promotion Board, Doris Sim, was wailing and beating her chest at Mohideen's Sara bat Stall last week. "Why are you doing this, when tourist arrivals have shot up?" we asked her. "As the FAD
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      China, USSR: a new power balance
      1592 23 As ethnic restiveness grows along the border regions, Moscow will find it expedient to co-operate more with Beijing Glasnost m the USSR. Economic overhaul then clampdown m China. As the face of communism changes, the world superpower balance will have to find a new
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      Lock icon When good intentions led to hell
      848 23  -  MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL By IF the road to hell is paved with good intentions, an episode m man's interaction with nature I recently witnessed may be further evidence that the road to species extinction is composed of the same materials. Disembarking onto the white-sand beach
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      Ten Hugs set to make amends
      291 24  -  Malcolm Bastians Kuala Lumpur preview 8v TEN HUGS m, a beaten favourite at his only start six months ago, has been going great guns m training and looks set to recoup the losses m Race 4 today. At his only start m February, the
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      TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARP
      6017 24 Best bet: TEN HUGS 111 (Race 4) Best outsider NEWBORN KING (Race 6) Going forecast YIELDING DAPC 1 2.00pm RESTRICTED TERMS DIVISION A: 1,200 m nMVvC I STAKES $11,000 1 2 HANK 58.5 Auric-Teh 4 nzg +5. Strongly fancied to make winning debut last week
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      364 24 Race Frederick Quek M Bastians Tan Thean Loon Danny Khoo I Ron T«o 1HAWK 5 PUNCHLINE 1 HANK 1 HAWK 1 HANK 1 9 HE'S DYNAMIGHT 1 HAWK 5 PUNCHLINE 2 AMIGO MORENO 8 ON COMMAND 5 PUNCHLINE 2 AMIGO MORENO 9 HE'S DYNAMIGHT 5 PUNCHLINE
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      Nothing special in Chummy's girls
      536 25 KUALA LUMPUR ROUND-UP THERE were certainly no Chummy's Specials m the first race yesterday but he was graced by the appearance of two of his daughters one won and the other disgraced herself. In a slowly-run five-horse affair, Chummy's Baru hung on to beat the
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      Lock icon Polish Precedent to start favourite
      165 25 FRENCH RACING DEAUVILLE (France) Cash Asmussen's mount Polish Precedent is the likely favourite m the Prix dv Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois at Deauville today. Polish Precedent has looked increasingly impressive m winning each of his five races this season and will not have
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      YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      2567 25 RACE 1 CLASS 5 1,200 m MALAYSIAN MAIDEN STAKES 3 CHUMMY'S BARU 53 c 51.5 (45 11) I Saifudtn (5) 1 1 1 2 BUHGA API 154 (55-14) I Azhar (2) 2 2 2 4 RARITY MUSIC 53 (18-7) V Nathan (3) 4 3 3
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      Dull day despite duo's deeds
      469 26  -  Peter Khoo SINGAPORE OPEN ATHLETICS By IT WAS a disappointing opening day at the 51st Singapore Open track and field championships at Ngee Ann Polytechnic despite two meet records being broken yesterday. The 13-nation field, which included athletes heading for next week's South-east Asia Games
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      Little Linda wins hearts and bronze
      263 26 LINDA CHIN stands barely 1.3 metres tall and weighs only 34 kg. But the 14--year-old managed to steal the limelight from the region's top athletes m the Singapore Open at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic yesterday. The Sarawakian teenager did not win the 1,500 metre
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      Yesterday's results
      446 26 Men IMm: 1 VLsat Watansin (Thai) 10.6 Hisayoshi Yamamoto (Jpn) 10.7 S Chainarong Wangganont (Thai) 10.8. lMtm (local): 1 S. Nesamani (Swift) 4:23.2 I V. Rajendran (Safsa) 4:23.5 S A. Sivakumar (Swift) 4:24.0. SMtm: 1 Danvir Singh (Ind) 15:05.9 1 Syed Ahmad Taha (Safsa) 15:48.5 3 Helmer Aslaksen
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      Lighter load would help Haron to sweeten sour with glory
      831 26  - Lighter load would help Haron to sweeten sour with glory Godfrey Robert TERWFG VD WDGFD B*v^B^* THE whys, wherefores and whats that went into Friday's discussion on athlete Haron Mundir's participation at next week's South-east Asia Games m Kuala Lumpur may never be made public. "I'm not obliged to give
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      674 26 A LEFT-FOOTED rocket by Rumanian star Gheorghe Hagi gave Steaua, of Bucharest, a 2-1 win over Real Madrid m Friday's opening game of the Teresa Herrera exhibition tournament m La Coruna, Spain. Hagi broke open a 1-1 tie m the 71st minute during a rough second half. Madrid's
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        Athletes to fight Aids with ads
        112 27 Athletes to fight Aids with ads West German athletes are to spearhead a national Aids awareness campaign by carrying advertisments for a brand of condom on their vests. The West German Athletics Association will also benefit from the move m a sponsorship deal. Manfred Steinbach, a member of the association
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        Rowing event
        52 27 A rowing regatta will be held during the national canoeing championships at Macßitchie today. Competitors from various water sports clubs and the People's Association will take part. The Singapore Amateur Rowing Association will also demonstrate their rowing Ergometer, a special fitness machine the first one to be introduced
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        Hot Hortencia
        56 27 Brazilian basketball star Hortencia Maccari, who has made headlines for appearing m Brazil's Playboy magazine, led her country to a 116-89 victory over Cuba m Sao Paolo on Friday m an Americas Cup women's basketball semi-final match. All four semi-finalists Brazil, Cuba, Canada and the US, qualified for
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        Back in ring
        46 27 South Korea's former World Boxing Council light-flyweight champion Chang Jung Koo, who retired m November after defending his title a record 15 times, will make a comeback by fighting flyweight Armando Velasco, of Mexico, on Aug 27 m his home city of Pusan.
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        New dates
        51 27 India have shifted the dates of the Nehru Cup cricket tournament to enable the West Indies and World Cup champions Australia to play. The two teams will join England, Pakistan, Sri, Lanka and hosts India m the limited overs tournament from Oct 17-Nov 2 instead of Oct 20-Nov
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        Rehearsal
        39 27 Barcelona's Montjuich stadium, rebuilt to host the 1992 Olympic Games, had its first dress rehearsal on Friday, the opening day of Spain's national athletics championships. The stadium will be officially inaugurated next month for the athletics World Cup.
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        Roche out
        53 27 Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, of Ireland is almost certain to miss the world cycling championships m Chambery, France, later this month. His new team director said although Roche had fully recovered from a thigh injury which forced him out of this year's Tour, he had
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        Up and down
        44 27 Briton Scan Yates lost and then recaptured the Tour of Belgium lead on Friday after losing the first part of the split third stage and suffering a puncture m a 20km time trial. Yates regained the lead from Belgian Johan Bruyneel.
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        Convicted
        34 27 Australian rugby union international Robert Lawton was convicted m Brisbane on Friday on a charge of importing 0.7 gm of hashish, a prohibited drug, mailed home while on a Wallaby tour of Scotland.
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        Strong start
        34 27 Argentina began the defence of their world polo title with a 17-8 victory over Australia m Berlin on Friday, the opening day of the second World Championships. Britain edged out Switzerland 10-9.
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        New manager
        42 27 Former French international Roland Bertranne has agreed to manage a controversial World XV rugby union side due to begin a tour of South Africa m eight days after compatriot Jacques Fouroux, current manager of the national team, turned it down.
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      Vernon leads charge of the juniors
      333 27  -  Tay Cheng Khoon SQUASH By SINGAPORE'S leading juniors, who will be leaving for Hongkong on Wednesday, played above themselves m the finals of the Dunlop Graded squash championships at Kallang yesterday. The youngsters, who will be playing m the East Asia junior championships and
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      Lock icon Edberg recovers to beat dark horse
      378 27 FOREIGN TENNIS INDIANAPOLIS Top seed Stefan Edberg came back from the brink of elimination to defeat little-known American Richard Matuszewski to reach the semi-finals of the U*****,500 ($814,125) US Hardcourt tennis championships on Friday. For the first time this week, Edberg was tested as
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      Sunny and Co outclassed in first round
      308 27 Sunny and Co outclassed in first round SINGAPORE OPEN TENNIS SINGAPORE'S Sunny Liv, Victor Pereira and Hashim Sidek staged a valiant challenge but lost to superior opponents m the Honda-Kan Singapore Men's Open tennis championships yesterday. All three were shown the exit m the first qualifying round of the tournament
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      178 27 Drivers like Hungary track MOTOR RACING BUDAPEST Major changes to the Hungaroring have made it faster but it remains a challenging motor racing circuit, several leading drivers said on Friday. Briton Nigel Mansell, Brazilian Nelson Piquet and Italian Alex Caffi all agreed after Friday's first qualifying session for today's Hungarian
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      Lock icon 'Radar' homes in to go 11-under
      446 28 'Radar' homes in to go 1 1-under PGA OPEN GOLF HAWTHORN WOODS (Illinois) The mysterious absence of wind made for another birdie-filled day at the US PGA Championship on Friday as the players went about the business of solving the challenge of the Kemper Lakes course. Former Masters champion Craig
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      Lock icon Five miss cut at York
      176 28 RYDER CUP YORK— Europe's prospects of a third successive Ryder Cup golf triumph looked far from healthy on Friday after five candidates for next month's biennial clash with the United States missed the cut m the York International. Britons Sam Torrance, Denis Durnian and Christy
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      Lock icon PGA SNIPPETS
      305 28 DAVE RUMMELLS has a good reason to like playing m the PGA Championship. The 31-year-old from lowa finished m a tie for sixth place last year and was only four shots off the pace at Hawthorn Woods on Friday after a second-round 69 that lifted him to seven-under-par.
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      Singapore still in running for Tyson
      280 28  -  LONDON Singapore is still very much "m the frame" as a venue for a Mike Tyson title fight, but if it happens it will not be until early next year. This was disclosed to The Straits Times by TV boss Seth Abraham, the man
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      381 29 Johnson: I will prove I am best sprinter ATHLETICS BONN Ben Johnson intends to prove he is the world's fastest sprinter without using drugs. Johnson, stripped of his Olympic 100 metres gold medal after a positive dope test, also forfeited the world record of 9.79 seconds he set at last
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      Chariots of misfire
      1093 29  -  Alan Hubbard ALWAYS ON SUNDAY Urn "They (Coe and Ovett) are now a couple of athletic antiques whose late, late show is little more than an old pals' act." IT REMAINS one of the sporting scandals of our time that Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, two of
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      Mixed outing for busy Sunny
      134 29 TEAM BORG TENNIS TOP SEED Sunny Liv made it to the men's final of the Team Borg Open singles tennis tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Tan Ah Peng yesterday. Sunny had rushed to the Singapore Tennis Centre from the Singapore Island Country Club
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      Aerospace down SIA for double
      351 29  -  J. Rajendran BUSINESS HOUSES SOCCER By, SINGAPORE Aerospace completed a double m the Singapore Business Houses Football League when they beat Singapore Airlines 2-0 m the Division One final at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Aerospace, holders of the Senior Knockout title, asserted themselves throughout,
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      2146 29 ATHLETICS British trials far the Commonwealth Game* In Birmingham Men's IMm: 1 L. Christie (Eng) 10.16 I M. Adam (Eng) 10.34 3 J. Regis (Eng) 10.39. 118 m hurdles: 1 C. Jackson (Wai) 13.19 2 D. Nelson (Eng) 13.57 3 N. Walker (Wai) 13.80. 3,888 m: 1
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      Rainey bids for pole
      132 29 Rainey bids for pole MOTOR CYCLING ANDERSTORP (Sweden) American Wayne Rainey conjured up a breathtaking performance on his Yamaha m Friday's opening official practice to make an early bid for pole position m the Swedish 500 cc motor cycling Grand Prix today. Rainey, the world championship leader, was nearly a
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      270 29 SNOOKER HONG KONG Scotland s Stephen Hendry was beaten 5-4 by Mike Hallett, of England, m the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open on Friday. Leading 3-0 at one stage, Hallett, ranked sixth m the world, let his advantage slip m the face
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  • OBITUARIES
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      500 28 Wang Wen Fatt Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 11 August 1988 leaving behind beloved Mothsr: Wong Jee Lan Wife: Doris. Ong Foot Yiang Daughter: Rachel, Shu Hui 800: Hong Yeow Brothers: Blsters-ln-law: Wen Fu (deceased) Wang Al Ylng Wen Kwee He Yue Ylng Wen Choon
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      322 Acknowledgements 321 Acknowdgements
      176 28 f The Family Of The Lat* IMR JAMES ONG SWEE KHENG 1 returned home to the Lord on 7 I August 1989. wishes to thank Rev. Kang Ho Soon of Paya Lebar I Methodist Church, Rev. Calvin Chen of MacPher- I son Christian Church, Rev. Daniel
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      227 28 J WITH FOND MEMORIES OF J I MRS. EUNICE WANG WANQ PEI KUAN I Departed 13.8 88 Departed 1 .3.55 j In our home they are fondly remembered, I Sweet memories cling to their names I Those who loved them ln life sincerely 1
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      325 Requiems
      147 28 ATHMA SANTHI POOJA R. LETCHEMY (DEVI) Departed Ist August '89 Karumathl prayers will be held on 14/S/SS et 11.30pm at Blk 108, Jalan Buklt Merah #04-1888 Spora 0318. Tal: 271SSS7 and the Arhma Santhl poo|a will be held at Slvan Temple, Serangoon Road at 7.00pm on IS/8/88. Pleaae
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      45 28 PARAMAIYA S/O PAKIRI SUNDARAJOO AGE: 44 Paeaed away peacefully on 11.8.89 leaving behind wile: Arm! Silvia, daughter: Sheron Sharmlla, Parenta A all loved onea. Cortege leovea Blk 715 Ylehun St. 71 #03-304 B'pore 2778 Cremation at Mount Vernon Crematorium on 13.8.89 at 4.00pm
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      322 Acknowledgements
      114 28 The family of the late WANG WEN FATT (departed 11.8.89) wishes to express their deep appreciation and special thanks to Dr. Y.P. Chia and staff of Oleneagles Dialysis Centre, Spore, and the Drs. and nursing staff of the Renal Centre, NUH and Drs. and nurses of MICU of
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  • The Sunday Times
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      Jack takes lead with 300 game
      377 30  -  Shirlynn Ho SINGAPORE OPEN BOWLING by TIME stood still, everyone stopped bowling and Jack Wong delivered the bowler's dream the elusive perfect game. Whoever thinks that 13 is an unlucky number had better think again because Jack, the Olympic silver medallist m the exhibition
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      Aussies retain title
      286 30 Aussies retain title VETERANS' HOCKEY DEFENDING champions Australia retained their over-40s title when they they beat Singapore 4-1 m the final match of the International Masters hockey tournament at the Padang yesterday. Singapore playing more for pride than position, they would have finished third even if they had won yesterday
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      Beardsley nets winner
      368 30 CHARITY SHIELD: LIVERPOOL 1 ARSENAL 0 LONDON A brilliant goal by Peter Beardsley enabled Football Association Cup champions Liverpool to edge out English League winners Arsenal 1-0 to retain the Charity Shield at the Wembley Stadium yesterday. In a competitive match the curtain-raiser to the English football
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      England plunge further
      233 30 CRICKET NOTTINGHAM Seamers Terry Alderman and Geoff Lawson continued England's torment as Australia wrapped a stranglehold on the Fifth cricket Test at Trent Bridge yesterday. After Alderman had ripped out the first three batsmen for a paltry 14 runs, Lawson struck twice more to leave England tottering
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      Short show by star strikers
      392 30 SOCCER PREVIEW STRIKERS Fandi Ahmad and V. Sundramoorthy will only make brief appearances for Singapore m tonight's friendly soccer match against Trengganu at the National Stadium at 8. Both players, who are with Malaysian teams for the Semi-Pro Division One Malaysia Cup competition, were recalled
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Reid still leads PGA field
        110 30 Reid still leads PGA field Mike Reid, looking for his first major victory, saw his twostroke lead stand up after completion of the second round of the PGA Championship at Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, yesterday. Twenty-four golfers had yet to finish their second rounds when play was suspended for lhr 45min
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        Kenya 1-0
        23 30 Kenya narrowly beat Liberia 1-0 m a World Cup preliminary round qualifying match at the Nyayo National Stadium m Nairobi yesterday.
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        Pakistan win
        32 30 Favourites Pakistan defeated the Soviet Union 4-1 m the fourth Junior World Cup hockey championship m Ipoh yesterday. Other results: South Korea 10 United States 1, England 0 Spain 0.
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        Patrese's pole
        39 30 Italian Riccardo Patrese will start on pole position m today's Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. Patrese's lmin 19.7265 ec clocked on Friday was unbeaten m yesterday's final practice. Brazilian Ayrton Senna, driving a McLar-en-Honda, was second fastest.
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      173 30 TODAYS EVENTS ATHLETICS Singapore Open (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 9am). BOWLING 25th Singapore Open championships: Step-ladder finals (Superßowl, 12 noon). CANOEING National championships (Macßitchie, 9.30 am). CRICKET Div 1. JR v SCC II (SCC), CSC v SCC I (CSC), IA v SRC (IA) all at 10.30 am. Div 2: SGS v
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      7 1 SUNDAY PLUS THE SUNDAY TIES 13 MKOK
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      Operating on the unborn
      2651 1 Operating on the unborn Perhaps the most difficult question facing couples and their doctors: Should a foetus be sacrificed m order to save the others hanging on to life beside it? Little Daniel is alive today because the doctor inserted a tiny catheter into his blocked bladder, where it stayed
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        No selective abortion here so far
        546 2  -  AGNES CHEN By DOCTORS m Singapore have started treating babies that are still m the womb. But no Instance Is known of a multiple pregnancy where a foetus was destroyed to save other foetuses. Doctors have taken blood from a foetus and also Injected
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    • FASHION
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        VEST DRESSED
        639 3 Call it the bartender look, but women today have seized upon yet another garment customarily associated with men. DANIEL GOH traces its beginnings. VESTS are everywhere this season. Teadance girls (and boys) are wearing vests, embellished with Bros buttons, with distressed jeans cut off at the knees. Office
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        570 3  - Balenciaga: Defining the essence of haute couture SUZY MENKES By WHEN the late, great Cristobal Balenciaga was asked to make a ready-to-wear line, his answer was always the same: "I won't prostitute myself." The spare, precise clothes of the reclusive designer not only defined the shape of fashion m the
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    • MIND & BODY
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        Uncovering the quirks that irk
        834 4 Uncovering the quirks that irk Singaporeans and foreigners hold up a mirror to each other. SHAMINI MURUGAN reports on the reflected image AS the saying goes, beauty, or the lack of it, lies m the eye of the beholder. So it comes as no surprise that while Singaporeans may be
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        More help for the diabetic
        594 4 MANY family doctors do not keep the diabetics m their care as healthy as possible, says Dr Charles Clark, a former president of the American Diabetes Association. Recent studies by the association reveal that many doctors do not use the latest m glucose tests, self-moiutoring
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        If we had it all to do over again...
        551 4 If we had it all to do over again... WE will be leaving Singapore soon with many regrets for things we did not get around to doing. If we had the past two years to live over, The Lady I Live With (TLILW) and myself would use the benefit of
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    • ARTS
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        Few jump at chance to own an original
        1031 5 Few jump at chance to own an original Yet prints are the only works by world artists that the less than filthy rich can afford. JOHN de SOUZA explains what a fine print is. IT WAS a Renoir, no less. Not an astoundingly expensive painting by the 19th century French
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        What to look for in a print
        182 5 Knowing something about printmaking techniques screenprint, lithograph, etching and so on helps, as does knowing about the artist (tamed worldwide? m great demand 9). The more tamous the artist, the more valuable the print. Content is important, including colours used, if any. The
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          Lock icon Advice from a businessman
          172 5 CANADIAN entrepreneur Kingsley Ward is a bestselling non-fiction writer m Japan and he does not know why. "I'm a reasonably successful businessman, not Lee lacocca (the Chrysler chief whose business books were a hit)," said the Toronto-based author j of two folksy books on how to
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          SSO different
          119 5 TIRED of the overture-con-certo-symphony concert formula? Well, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Is offering two different evenings of Asian as well as vocal and orchestral fare m the next two weeks. On Wednesday and Saturday, resident conductor Choo Hoey will direct the BSO In two Chinese Music Evenings, featuring
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          Lock icon Ketching up
          83 5 PAUL Warhola, who used to give his youngest brother, the late Andy Warhol, tips on art, is trying his own hand painting a can of Heinz vegetarian baked beans and two nearly identical Heinz ketchup bottles. Warhola, 67, lives on a farm near the city of Pittsburgh m
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        Eat drink and be merry
        763 6 LEE GEOK 801 tells how leftover beer or wine can produce some of the nicest ways to get high on home-cooked dinners EAT IN UNTIL wineries produce smaller bottles of wine, my dishes are going to benefit from the leftovers of orgies which never come
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        Recipes
        567 6 Italian Chicken Stew Serves four 1 1-kg chicken or 4 large legs, cut into pieces 5 large ripe tomatoes 1 Tbs tomato paste j 1 large onion, cubed 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 Tbs olive oil 1 cup leftover wine V- Tbs wine vinegar 1 bay leaf V_ tsp
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        From a century-egg sandwich to a prawn winner
        435 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI DAGWOOD Bumstead, that inveterate raider of the refrigerator, would have been impressed! Some of the sandwich ideas sent m by readers matched his for their multi-layered ambitiousness and offbeat combinations. So perhaps it was appropriate that a male should
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          Savour Deepavali
          98 7 J WANT to serve your friends typical delicacies on Deepavali? There is time before the Festival of Lights m late October to do one of the People's Association's special j cookery courses. Three are on offer at various community centres i Traditional Deepavali Delicacies (Bedok, Brickworks, Kallang, Serangoon
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          Street party
          63 7 WHATEVER the party, Good Pan Restaurants says it can whip it up m a jiffy. It can cordon off the street end at Holland Village and convert this into a Mexican village for an Intimate dinner party for a minimum of 2t, or a company bash for 2ft.
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          More fruit teas
          47 7 FOR the fruit-tea drinker, a new brand from Sri Lanka. The fruit teas are packed by Mlesna (Ceylon) Ltd and they come m two sizes, 50 g ($4) and 100 g ($6.50). Among the flavours are strawberry, blackberry, apple anti lemon. At Daimaru supermarket.
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          Bag 'em
          76 7 A JAPANESE company claims that its new kind of plastic bag keeps vegetables fresh for days. Everfresh bags, It says, let your vegetables breathe without drying them oat or rotting them, unlike a normal plastic bag. They come m three sizes with 11 pieces per bag ($3.21 for
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        Rubbing shoulders with the horsey set
        868 7 Rubbing shoulders with the horsey set The new Bukit Turf Club has cut a proletariat swath through the old elitism. MARG ARET CHAN steps into a formerly exclusive restaurant now open to the public. EAT OUT THE Singapore Turf Club was where they really separated the haves from the have-nots.
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        Dairy delights
        84 7  -  LEE SIEW HUA CHEESY SWISS The Belvedere, Mandarin Hotel: 737-4411 LOTS of cheese dishes, beginning with the classic fondue and raclette melty cheese served with little pickles. The appetiser table has rich variety. Try the surprisingly palatable aspic-trapped pork knuckles and air-dried meats. The Swiss barley soup was
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    • SPOTLIGHT
      • India
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          A special feature to mark India's Independence Day on Aug 15
          830 9 Flag hoisting THE Indian High Commissioner, Mr Y. M. Tiwari, will unfurl the Indian national flag at India House, 31, Grange Road at 8.31 am on Ang 15 to celebrate India's Independence Day. All Indians are invited to attend
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          BRIEF FACTS
          366 9 Geography A subcontinent with a total area of 3.3 million sq km, India is bordered by China, Bhutan, Nepal and the Himalayas to the north, Burma and Bangladesh m the east and Pakistan m the north-west. To the south is Sri Lanka. The capital is New Delhi. Climate
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          Architect of modern India
          687 10 4 Few democratic leaders m world history enjoyed such widespread, spontaneous and well-deserved love of their people, as Nehru did. Yet, when he was at the lowest ebb of his political fortune, his commitment to democracy remained unshaken. rasheeduddin khan pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's
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          India opens its doors to more foreign investments
          648 10 FOREIGN investments m India have more than doubled last year, registering an unprecedented increase of 122.46 per cent over the previous year. Nearly 12,000 foreign collaboration agreements were approved by the Indian government since 1957, amply demonstrating the country's interest m attracting
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          Electronics, telecoms set to reach target
          593 11 THE electronics industry m India is set to reach production target of 100 billion rupees (about Ssl.2 billion) next year. The past four years saw a phenomenal 35 per cent annual growth rate m the industry, with the annual production increasing from 26,600 million
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          Trekking the roof of the world on the Himalayas
          419 11 Trekking the roof of the world on the Himalayas TO FEEL what it is like to be on top of the world, trek the Himalayas. The so-called roof of the world and the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas is one of the chief attractions of a holiday m India.
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      • Indonesia
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          A special feature to mark the 44th anniversary of Indonesia's independence on Aug 17 1989
          1275 12 A special feature to mark the 44th anniversary of Indonesia's independence on Aug 17 1 989 6 In the past, ideology was a source of political tensions and polemics, which succeeded m tearing apart the nations unity. Now, all political parties, as well as mass organisations, confirm their affinity with
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          BRIEF FACTS
          360 12 Geography With about 13,677 islands stretching over 5,120 km, between the mainland of SouthEast Asia and Australia, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago. Its main islands are Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya and Java, which also seats its capital, Jakarta. About 6,000 of the islands are inhabited. Climate
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          Lock icon A flexible and pragmatic foreign policy
          626 13 Indonesia wants to help create a neutral S. E. Asian zone INDONESIA'S foreign policy is rooted m the Preamble of the State Constitution, better known as Indonesia's 1945 Constitution. It states: "Freedom is the right of all nations. Colonialism, therefore, must be abolished from
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          Indonesia opens up to the – international traveller
          392 13 Indonesia opens up to the international traveller BY THE time Jakarta is scheduled to host the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) Mart m April, 1991, a number of new hotels will be ready to receive more than 1,000 travel trade delegates. In 1991, which is also Visit Indonesia Year, two
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    • TRAVEL
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        The rugged soul of frontier Finland
        1114 14 Noise, pollution, crowds. You do not find them m Helsinki, capital of Finland. This little-considered destination for Singaporeans is balmy m summer, with daylight that lasts till 1 1 pm or so. STEVE LOHR of The New York Times reports. FINLAND is a land
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        Best of Finnish crystal, ceramics and clothing for less
        351 14 THE area around Helsinki's Pohjoisesplanadl, which roughly means Northern Boulevard, running from the Swedish Theatre to the harbour, is an ad-hoc marketplace of the best of Finnish design textiles, furniture, clothing, crystal and ceramics at prices much less than they would
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        My nightmare ride on a New Zealand horse
        610 14  -  IRENE NG By EVERYTHING is over now, I thought. I shall never even get to learn windsurfing. This horse bombing blobs of manure is leading me to my death over the rugged, steep cliffs of New Zealand. My body will be flung
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      • Travel news
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          Help for expo travellers
          62 14 NEWLY-OPENED Expotour travel agency specialises m helping businessmen with their travel arrangements to major international trade fairs. Forthcoming expo packages j include the Frankfurt Book Fair m i October and Cebit '90 (on computers) m Hanover next March. Expotour also handles corporate, incentive and special interest
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          Lock icon Unlimited rides
          57 14 I SAN Fraaeiaee has began offering a I pufl for nnllmi ted ride* oa the city's public transportation system, iadadiag the eaWe-ears. The San Fraoeiaeo Mnnldpal Railway Passport is available tor one day at US$6 (Sslf ar three eonsecative days at US$l.. With the pass, dlseaunts are available
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          Cross-country train
          73 14 NEW ZEALAND'S countryside reveals its many faces as the Tranz Alpine Express meanders over the Canterbury Plains, winds its way through gorges of the Waimakariri River, and ascends the Southern Alps before entering South Island's rain forests. The train runs daily between Christchurch and Greymouth. Meals and commentary
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      170 7 MIXED HERITAGE Cafe de Prince, Crown Prince Hotel: 732-1111 Eurasian, Malay, Chinese, Indian and Nonya come together m this buffet. Highlights include Eurasian devil curry, chicken buah keluak, duck stuffed with yam and assam fish. Lunch: $17.50 (adult), $13.50 (child). Dinner too: $19.50 (adult), $13.50 (child). Till Aug 20. GOURMET
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      Instant mix
      1825 1 Some sceptics disavow any effect on bedrock values. But, indirectly, SBC soaps may influence consumption patterns: people may want the same trendy hairstyles, smart clothes and expensive cars they see on the shows. There are others who admit being affected by the stress on family life and duty.
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        850 1 i__rAa_fc7*V__ ii&tu rWS jl M________R-r__i BS _K^_yjß _H______L _l BL I ____a IMi _B» mi'' t ijjß^E_Si__H__i_________ The Three Smles, SBC 8, 3.05 pm: Scholar woos an official's maid THE THREE SMILES. One of the most well-known huangmeidiao (a version of Chinese opera) productions of the familiar story of how
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        712 1 __»______»_»____M»»»_________________^___-i 1 l _PT¥fl'_FPW I _P^fl_l 1 of n8 am to -^FV^-F-FVOf-PVPf^l-i j f'% tfCm^tl _^1 C^J __l __r^^___. pm dai y he 655 P ,ace on I ■-■_> HH-RB-Ul_M--_--OT-_Km^^ I W the banks of the Singapore River. \tfW__H_M______nH___^ 11 WM HTH DRAMA FESTIVAL show that captures the spirit of
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        Have Chinese reading standards dropped?
        382 2  - Have Chinese reading standards dropped? BEYOND the paradox ef a largely English-educated population tuning Ln mainly to Chinese TV programmes are mere figures that point te a complex bilingual situation. Singapore Newspaper Services sells over 3N,IM copies of the English-language Straits Times and over 18t,Mt copies of the Chinese Lianhe
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        What attracts Malays and the Indians
        620 2  - What attracts Malays and the Indians JOHN DE SOUZA By UNLIKE the Chinese, the minorities m Singapore do not seem to be affected by the schizophrenic pull of two linguistic cultures when it comes to television. Malays prefer programmes m Malay. And during holidays, they are even more likely to
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        266 2 P%____l c ipiw| jyp'y t 'i nis tnb^> op J ri P r■r tt^^^^^^B I DOCi I_? f Cr A l iPJ _r4__C\ vl I f Cfl l^t w^_l _BY _k i M W i^^_____Tw __L J_ JH _L 11 't* ~*J Hiaßnkff r iff t i^ili IIMiW rf nl
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        Dracula heads east, rookies hit out
        334 3  - Dracula heads east, rookies hit out TOH HAI LEONG VAMPIRE VS VAMPIRE At Shaw and Overseas Movie cinemas THANK YOU, SIR At Cathay cinemas ■>r ONE is set m China m the 1910s, the other m contemporary Hongkong. But both productions from the British colony entertain with a credible plot,
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        Jerry Lee is Hollywood's hot dog
        251 3  -  USA Today IF you have seen him, you love him. If you have not, you have heard about him. He is Jerry Lee (as m Lewis), and he is this season's top dog. His debut m K-9 (showing at Prince 2 and Changi 2)
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        He's a little bit East, a little bit West
        905 3  -  ONG SOH CHIN By 4 1 am not a Westerner. I am not even a Chinese living m Americal But if I were to write a Chinese song, that m would not be me either. THIS release, he is calling himself
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        When you wish upon a star
        722 3 Come March, Disney characters will skate into town and make every child's fantasy come true, reports JUNIPER FOO GET out your winter woollies! Walt Disney's World on Ice is coming to town next March. The show will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium,
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          Double trouble
          88 3 ARE these superstar tantrums, or what? What would you think about a movie star who threw up m the car on the way to the set, cried once he got to the location, acted like a baby at all times and then urinated on his female co-star? You
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          Doctor's tale
          55 3 ROBIN Williams will co-star with Robert De Nlro ln The Awakening, which will be directed by former Laverne and Shirley star Penny Marshall. The film is based on a true story about a doctor (Williams) and a patient (De Nlro). It will fulfil Penny Marshall's long-time dream to
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          Who's singing?
          127 3 ROGER Daltrey says the reunion of The Who has dashed his solo career forever. "I do not want to be onstage without John and Pete. I have not got the ego," he said. When the group's current tour is over, Daltrey will go back to being a full-time
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          Flying offer
          99 3 AMERICA'S millionaire rocker, Jon Bon Jovi, has pat up for sale the high-wire apparatus he uses ln his act to zoom over his fans. Reason? He has grown toe fat and fears lt cannot take the strain any mere. "I am too lazy to get myself In shape
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          Book 'em, Jack
          128 3 It has been 21 years since Jack Lord, now 61, first said the immortal words "Book him, Dano". And now, the bosses of the giant network American Broadcasting Corporation have offered Lord big money to return to his old Hawaii Five-0 beat. Why? Because reruns of the
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          Top terriers
          37 3 JACK and Russell, the Jack Russell terriers who always accompany actress Stefanle Powers on assignments, have .iow flown across the US so often, the airline MGM Grand Air has enrolled them m their frequent-flier super-class.
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          Lock icon Saucy Sinatra
          83 3 IT seems there is no business like sauce business. Showbiz "biggies" like Paul Newman and Sammy Davis have gone into it. And so has Frank Sinatra. His line of pasta sauces, Artanis ("Sinatra" backwards), will be introduced m limited markets around April next year. "Over the years, I
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        121 3 AUGUST l»89 13 00 MCHP)?7O7W t k J _d__H_ m NATIONAL OUUg^^^^^^^H I Here's looking at you. Singafl Sexually Transmitted^ Diseases Could you have one and WM not know it? I J Learning To Commit Risks and rewards of a ym j long-term relationship W Inside Glen Goei A Singapore
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        Why that TV parade wasn't half as good
        740 4  -  KEN JALLEH JR ON*TV Our critic was there m the parade stadium so he can compare what he saw with the SBC version on tape. THERE is beauty m seeing something once, m a flash, m a scarcely understood blur, m the
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          Busy Bees... and baby, too
          59 4 Busy Bees and baby, too BOYISH Kenny Bee is soon to be a proud dad. The Hongkong singer-actor has happily announced that his wife is pregnant and the baby is due on Feb 23 next year, which incidentally, happens to be Bee's birthday, reports the Lianhe Zaobao. Both parents-to-be are
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          Marching on
          53 4 TAIWANESE singer Zhang Yu-shen, whose Thinking of Yon Everyday was a big hit recently, will bid his fans a temporary good-bye. Zhang, who just graduated from university, will soon be drafted into the army for two years, says the Lianhe Zaobao. That explains why his latest album is
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          Pining for puss
          77 4 ACTRESS Sally Yeh wowed audiences at her debut concert m Hongkong last month, and not just because of her singing. Yeh, who usually fights shy of scanty outfits, surprised fans with glittering creations showing off plunging necklines, says the Movie and TV Weekly. But Yeh was not
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          On bread alone
          64 4 WHILE others may pig out on gourmet food, Taiwanese actress Lv Xiu-ling is more than happy to munch on plain fresh bread. In fact, Lv has been known to go on bread-eating binges that last for days, reports the Lianhe Zaobao. It came as no surprise then,
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          Fat bucks
          51 4 RUMOUR has it that funny-lady Lydia Sum Fei Fei has finally given m to HK-ATV. Sum, who has kept both TV stations m the colony hot on her heels, has signed a two-year contract which will make her the highest-paid artiste m HK-ATV, reports the Shin Mm Daily
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          No shots, please
          74 4 HONGKONG pop-idol Leslie Cheung simply loves inviting friends and reporters over to admire the decor of his house, but they have to fulfil one condition no cameras. This is because many a die-hard fan has discovered where the singer-actor lives simply by scrutinising the publicised shots of
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        3394 5 Ik YOUR WEEK AHEAD y__________________________N_ His mistress tries to help him but what ■■_>»■•_ amm f m_ SWING SINGAPORE '89 PHHWB____^\ he needs ,s the helping hand of MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY |0] H someone who has been through the j __b__m^_^___U_l I same predicament. With English _«_b^_«_^_^_^_^»__»-i cnn_Tc.ryr i I
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        209 6 An Incredible Offer vck Now you can get Akai's 4-head VS-53 for an _#_^s__. VS-53EV incredible $699. With double azimuth crystal ferrite JL wr JL f f /C ELK F 1 DX4 Head s V stem Q uick Response System heads, the VS-53 gives you crystal clear pictures _J N#
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        3242 6 TV PLUS MONDAY C TU.ES.j-AY C_wl__^AlP^ Z) 2.40 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 2.40 PM. JEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 2.40 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRO- 5.50 OPENING
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        Hello kids
        296 7 HOW are you keeping cool these days? The weather has been really hot, hasn't it? Then, when you least expect it, there is a thunderstorm! But these don't seem to happen as often 1 would like them to. Some people are lucky enough to work m air-conditioned surroundings;
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        KEE BEE KHIM: Singapore golfer
        688 7 SHE is known as Singapore's golfing queen or "the queen of the fairway", not a surprising title since she has been winning golfing prizes regularly for many years now. Year m and year out, she is chosen to represent Singapore without having to go through
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        Lacy card for a friend
        255 7 A HOME-MADE card is always more appreciated because the recipient knows you have taken trouble to make it. Make this lacy card and bring a smile to someone. You will need: Card Cutter Lace m two colours Glue Pencil 1. You can make your card
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        Do you know...
        81 7 Why do we turn red when we blush? When we are feeling embarrassed or shy, we often turn red. The cause is the enlargement of the very small blood vessels just under the skin. These tiny blood vessels, called capillaries, become full of blood and because they
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        61 7 i Billy: How much fuel does a pirate I ship need? I Henry: Twenty kilometres to a galle- on? Betty: What is another name for a raisin? John: A worried grape. (Contributed by Veronica of St George's Road.) Customer: How's business? Perfume counter girl: Ah! it has the
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          A special feature to mark the country's National Day on Aug 15
          788 10 Message Mr Kirn Sai-Taick Ambassador ON THE occasion of the 44th Independence Day of the Republic of Korea, I am very happy to take this opportunity to extend my warm greetings to readers of The Sunday Time;. Since
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          BRIEF FACTS
          518 10 Geography The Republic of Korea, commonly known as South Korea, forms the southern part of the Korean Peninsula m eastern Asia. Hills and scenic mountains extend from the length of the east coast, covering about 70 per cent of the land. High mountains descending into the sea create
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          Korean cuisine is more than kimchi
          581 11  -  KOREAN food is still relatively unknown to most Singaporeans. But from the small number of Korean restaurants that have existed here for several years, it must be one that has agreed with those who have tried it. For the uninitiated, Korean food can best
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          Seoul government embarks on plan to raise imports
          589 11 SOUTH Korea's balance of payment surpluses have been a source of trade friction with its foreign partners. The Trade Industry Ministry recently announced the following measures to increase imports: Measures to liberalise Imports. Import restrictions on industrial products will be lifted m
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