The Straits Times, 20 August 1989

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    11 1 The Sunday Times No: 2771 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88 gjghj
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    Lock icon A million feet in Swing Street
    389 1  -  JULIA GOH We have the best port in the world. We have the best airport in the world. Tonight, we have the best party in the world. Tonight, we show the world we don't just work hard, we play hard! Let's swing it, Singapore!
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  • Article
    Foolish to try to change racial mix, says Dhana
    600 1 Foolish to try to change racial mix, says Dhana 'One dominant race good for Singapore' SINGAPORE'S current population mix has served it well and it would be foolish to try and change it, National Development Minister S. Dhanabalan said yesterday. Speaking at the Kallang Community Centre's National Day celebration last
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    PM addresses N-Day Rally
    79 1 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew will be addressing the National Day Rally at the Kallang Theatre tonight. He will be speaking in Malay, Mandarin and English. The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will present live coverage of the speech at 8 pm over Channels 5 and 8 and
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    Parliament
    17 1 PARLIAMENT will sit on Thursday, Aug 31, at 12.30 pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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      63 1 IDaiwal I More reports: Pgs 20, 21 HOT OFF THE PRESSES: Everything that happened at the biggest street party of the year. (let your Swing Special for only 50 cents at these places from noon today: Times The Bookshop, 7-Eleven stores, MRT stations, bus interchanges, selected outlets and newsstands. And
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      17 1 Competition for talent in Asia will heat up: P. Chiam hits out at immigration policy: P. 12
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      162 1 UNCOMPROMISING I wSSl^^^^F KULtj a BLAUPUNKT BOSCH Group It's a small point. But it makes a world of difference. No m. 11 ti 1 it you have reall) been up then? 01 enables \<>u to i<t .ill the shot you have jusi haveonl) taken youi shots 11 1 Hollywood taken
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      634 2 INQUIRING YOUTHS: Recent social and political issues here seem to have captured the attention of Singapore youth, judging from the many questions they asked at a seminar yesterday. This they did at a National Day Seminar organised by Youth Challenge, which was attended by about 700 youth
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      How Dr Seet came to Singapore thanks to open policy
      180 2 How Dr Seet came to Singapore thanks to open policy DR Seet Ai Mee, the Minister of State for Community Development and Education, gave a personal slant to the issue of the Government's new immigration policy at a National Day dinner at the Bukit Gombak Community Centre last night. She
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      Competition for talent in Asia will heat up: Dr Tay
      535 2 'Greater mobility of such people in response to market demands and pulls' THERE will be growing competition, not only for markets and investments, but also for skilled and talented people as economies in Asia develop, Dr Tay Eng Soon the
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      Lock icon Australian Embassy in Beijing sheltered dissident singer
      435 2 Australian Embassy in Beijing sheltered dissident singer BEIJING The Australian Embassy in Beijing revealed yesterday that it had given refuge to a dissident Chinese pop star for 10 weeks but that nobody else on the run from the authorities was sheltering in the compound. It had been widely rumoured that
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      Lock icon Bomb planted in Indian bus explodes, killing 15
      148 2 NEW DELHI A bomb planted in the luggage rack of a passenger bus exploded as the vehicle entered a north Indian town on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30, police said. The victims of the bomb blast, which occurred
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      'S'pore's economic base will broaden with HK entrepreneurs
      296 2 'S'pore's economic base will broaden with HK entrepreneurs SINGAPORE'S economic base and potential will be broadened if it can attract Hongkong entrepreneurs to settle here, Dr Augustine Tan said last night. Speaking at a National Day dinner at Whampoa Community Centre, the MP for Whampoa said that although the economy
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      Lock icon Japan Socialists will endorse US-Japan Treaty, say major papers
      507 2 Japan Socialists will endorse US-Japan Treaty, say major papers TOKYO In a move to form a coalition to topple the ruling party, the Japan Socialist Party will endorse the US-Japan Security Treaty and promise to maintain Japan's armed forces, major newspapers reported yesterday. The new Japan Socialist policies, which represent
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      Lock icon Iran hangs traffickers
      33 2 NICOSIA Iran executed 79 drug dealers yesterday including two women, the Iranian news agency Ima reported. The executions took place in the Iranian capital Teheran and 21 provincial cities. Reuter
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      Lock icon Solidarity PM to herald new political era for Poland
      561 3 Solidarity PM to herald new political era for Poland Kiszczak's resignation accepted WARSAW After 45 years of Communist rule, Poland ushered in a new political era yesterday with President Wojciech Jaruzelski proposing Solidarity editor Tadeusz Mazowiecki as the next Prime Minister. According to the official news agency PAP, Gen Jaruzelski
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      Lock icon Sihanouk makes abrupt turnaround on power-sharing proposal
      287 3 PARIS Only a day after indicating he was agreeable to a French proposal on pow-er-sharing in Cambodia, Prince Norodom Sihanouk rejected its essence, according to a document made available here. Under the proposal, outlined on Thursday, the resistance leader and Mr Hun Sen,
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      Lock icon Ex-'Kentucky Chicken King' Loo, 56, dies of cancer in US
      321 3 Ex-'Kentucky Chicken King' Loo, 56, dies of cancer in US KUALA LUMPUR Millionaire Loo Cheng Ghee, the former owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in Malaysia and Singapore, died of cancer in the US last Sunday He was 56. Family members who confirmed his death refused to give other details
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      65 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Shrinking farmland Just 10 years ago, one-sixth of Singapore was farmland. In 1978, licensed farms, excluding rubber and coconut plantations, took up 16 per cent of land. By last year their share had gone down to 3 per cent. SB) km km sq km gg
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      191 2 Showers in several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. TEPP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.12 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.03 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Amsterdam 12 24 C Clear Madrid 19/33 C Clear Athens 22/35 C Clear Manila 25/30 C Rain Auckland
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Rafsanjani drops hardline Interior Minister
      399 4 Rafsanjani drops hardline Interior Minister NICOSIA Iranian President AH Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ignored a plea by a majority of parliamentary deputies to retain anti-Western hardline Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi in his Cabinet. The Iranian news agency Irna said Mr Mohtashemi, regarded as the leading Islamic purist within the
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      Lock icon Roh wins by-election test of support
      268 4 SEOUL A candidate from South Korea's ruling party has won a big victory in a fiercely contested by-election that was seen as a test of public support for President Roh Tae Woo's 18-month rule. Election officials said yesterday that a former deputy prime minister,
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      Lock icon 45 killed in Sri Lanka in day of violent political clashes
      293 4 COLOMBO At least 45 people were killed in Sri Lanka in a day of some of the worst political violence the country has seen, official sources said. Thirty-five people were shot dead in Sinhalese-populated southern areas on Friday and
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      Lock icon 2 m Hungarians strike over planned hike in meat price
      225 4 BUDAPEST About two million workers staged a warning strike of 30 to 60 minutes' duration on Friday to protest against planned increases in the price of certain meats, Hungarian radio reported. The increases were expected to go into effect tomorrow.
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      AZT 'delays onset of Aids significantly'
      534 5  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent But lIS study says it must be used early for full benefit WASHINGTON The United States government has released a major study that shows the most positive results so far in the war against the deadly disease Aids.
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      Anti-Lee feelings simmer in Taiwan assembly: Paper
      312 5 Anti-Lee feelings simmer in Taiwan assembly: Paper EVEN though Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui had assured senior delegates of the National Assembly that retirement was entirely up to them, an "anti-Lee" undercurrent seems to prevail in the National Assembly, said the China Times newspaper in Taiwan. The Nationalist Party met on
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      Lock icon Voyager 2 picks up radio signals from Neptune
      82 5 Voyager 2 picks up radio signals from Neptune PASADENA (California) Tho Voyager 2 space probe has detected intense radio emissions from Neptune, indicating the planet has a magnetic field, US space scientists said on Friday. The discovery, made by a team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory here, increases the chances
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        Lock icon Index up for seventh week
        52 5 NEW YORK Stocks advanced on Friday in continued subdued trading, with the Dow Jones industrial average tacking on 8.34 points to close at 2,687.97. For the week, the Dow eked out a gain of 3.98 points. It was the seventh consecutive weekly gain for the
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      Lock icon Britain and Argentina to start talks on Oct 17
      183 5 Britain and Argentina to start talks on Oct 1 7 UNITED NATIONS Britain and Argentina have agreed to set aside their rival claims over the Falkland Islands and start substantive talks on restoring diplomatic relations in Madrid on Oct 17. Ties between the two countries were severed at the start
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      Lock icon Presidential poll candidate killed in Colombia
      367 6 Presidential poll candidate killed in Colombia Drug cartel believed responsible for shooting BOGOTA Colombia's leading presidential candidate was shot and fatally wounded on Friday, the day President Virgilio Barco went on television to announce severe measures to combat the country's powerful drug barons. Mr Luis Carlos Galan, a campaigner against
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      Lock icon Man kills wife after six-hour ordeal
      232 6 STOCKTON (California) A man just out of jail for child abuse held his wife and eight children hostage for more than six hours, terrorising them by playing Russian roulette, before killing the woman and himself, police said. The children, between one and 13 years
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    • PEOPLE
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        Heath to make music in S'pore
        188 6  -  ALAN HUBBARD THE MUSICALLY-INCLINED former British prime minister Edward Heath (right), 73, who has been striking a discordant note with his Tory successor Margaret Thatcher for over a decade, brings his conductor's baton to Singapore for a fund-raising concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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        Sondheim made Oxford professor
        102 6  -  ALAN HUBBARD AMERICAN lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim has been appointed the first visiting professor of drama and music at Britain's Oxford University in an attempt to revitalise student interest in the theatre. Mr Sondheim, 59, who wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, will take
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        20 years of Filipino wit and song
        89 6  -  ABBY TAN THE APO HIKING SOCIETY, the Philippines' most durable singing group, celebrated its 20 years in show-business with a sell-out concert in a sports stadium. The trio Danny Javier, Bong Garovillo and Jim Paredes is known for its catchy and witty political
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        Philippine Speaker goes croc hunting
        76 6  -  ABBY TAN SPEAKER Ramon Mitra (left) led a party of journalists to a crocodile hunting party in Surigao, north Mindanao after reports that a 9.1-metre-long reptile had been terrorising residents of a seaside village. He boasted he used to catch the big crocs in Palawan
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      Lock icon Edgy Phnom Penh prepares to resist Khmer Rouge
      497 7 Edgy Phnom Penh prepares to resist Khmer Rouge PHNOM PENH It is a measure of the uncertainty about the future here that officials in the Phnom Penh regime and ruling party have drawn up contingency plans for underground resistance should the Khmer Rouge succeed in returning to power in Cambodia,
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      Thai officials Yap UN team for too much sightseeing'
      375 7 Thai officials Yap UN team for too much sightseeing' International Conference on Cambodia THAI Foreign Ministry sources have criticised the United Nations fact-finding team for doing too much sightseeing in Cambodia, The Bangkok Post reported. Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila has privately expressed disappointment at the statements by the team that
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      Lock icon 'Arrested' minister shows up for funeral
      216 7 BEIJING Defence Minister Qin Jiwei, reported in the West to have been under arrest, was shown on state television yesterday attending a funeral service for a veteran revolutionary. Mr Qin was among senior leaders, including Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin and hardline Premier Li
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      Lock icon Li Peng calls for greater China-Japan contacts
      256 7 Li Peng calls for greater China- Japan contacts BEIJING Premier Li Peng has called for the expansion of Sino-Japa-nese relations, saying the move would benefit iiol only Beijing and Tokyo but Asia and the whole world. Mr Li invited Japanese from all walks of life tc visit China and called
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      Cancer-stricken Deng 'may only live till November'
      264 7 Cancer-stricken Deng 'may only live till November' THE condition of China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, stricken with cancer, is worsening, and doctors think he may only live till November, the Shin Min Daily News yesterday quoted diplomats in Bangkok as saying. According to the paper, the diplomats said that even
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      Lock icon S. Korean airliner flies to China for first time
      159 7 S. Korean airliner flies to China for first time SEOUL The first South Korean airliner to fly to China arrived in Shanghai yesterday. Transportation Ministry officials said. They said a chartered Korean Air Lines Boeing 727 took off from Kimpo airport in Seoul with 148 passengers, including athletes taking part
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      Lock icon 48 killed in mine blast
      48 7 BEIJING Forty-eight miners were killed in a gas explosion in two adjoining coal mines in northern China this week, the China Daily said yesterday. The newspaper said the explosion ripped through the mines, one of them run by the military, in Datone. Reuter
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      405 7 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 Part Or have you some souvenir or memento that tells an
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Aquino places judicial officials on probation
      299 8 Speed up handling of criminal cases or be fired, she warns MANILA President Corazon Aquino has threatened to fire her Justice Secretary, placed the Justice Department on "probation" and said she was also studying the performance of other departments. Mrs Aquino, in a statement
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      CPM guerillas in Thailand expected to surrender in few months, says report
      282 8 ALL 1,250 guerillas of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) still in hiding in the jungles of southern Thailand are expected to surrender to Thai a thorities within a few months, a Thai negotiator has told The Nation
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      Lock icon Bandung institute's rector condemns student protest against minister
      256 8 JAKARTA Indonesia's prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology has harshly criticised a recent student demonstration in the West Java city of Bandung. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the institute's rector, Mr Bana Kartasamita, said he was "shamed by the attitude and
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      Thailand not reviving nuclear plant project: Chatichai
      202 8 Thailand not reviving nuclear plant project: Chatichai PRIME Minister Chatichai Choonhavan has denied that Thailand was trying to revive a project to build a nuclear power plant to cope with the country's future energy demands. He said a nuclear plant was not necessary for the country which has an abundant
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      Reactions to Singapore statement on US bases
      164 9 The announcement that Singapore was prepared to allow the United States tc set up some military facilities in the Republic was made on Aug 4 by the Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo. He told Parliament that
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      Lock icon Nine-year phase-out for US bases proposed
      320 9 MANILA A Filipino congressman has filed a Bill recommending a nine-year phase-out of American military bases in the Philippines. The transition period would give the US time to relocate its forces to Guam, Saipan, Singapore and other places, said Mr Jose de Venecia, a
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      S'pore offer could create rift within Asean, warns Kukrit
      276 9 FORMER Thai Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj has voiced his opposition to Singapore's offer, warning that it could create a rift within Asean, the Bangkok Post reported on Friday. He said a rift could be opened up because Asean was committed to
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      Jakarta paper raps 'assertion of sovereign right'
      268 9 AN INDONESIAN newspaper yesterday criticised Singapore's assertion of its sovereign right to offer military facilities to American forces. The English-language Indonesian Observer said in an editorial that while it appreciated Singapore's state-craft, economic growth and other achievements, "we find it hard to swallow
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      Golkar MP urges govt to press for more details
      286 9 Golkar MP urges govt to press for more details JAKARTA A Member of Parliament from the ruling Golkar party has urged his government to press for details of the kind of military facilities Singapore wanted to offer to the United States. Indonesia should seek clarification over whether Singapore would offer
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      Thai army will step into politics 'only for sake of security'
      517 9 Thai army will step into politics 'only for sake of security' Nation is democratic only in form: Chavalit aide THE Thai army will only interfere in the politics of the country if national security warrants its intervention, the Bangkok Post quoted an aide of Army Commander-in-Chief General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh as
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      Top Thai officials to map out strategy to control spread of Aids
      251 9 THE Thai government, worried about the worsening Aids problem in the country, has said that top officials would meet soon to map out a strategy to control the spread of the disease. The Bangkok Post quoted Public Health
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Boom awaits Johor end of proposed Spore link
      380 10 SEGAMAT (Johor) Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday said the Johor end of the proposed second link with Singapore would be developed with new industries, tourist and other economic projects. Speaking to reporters after opening the Segamat Umno division delegates'
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      Lock icon Local property investors who wait and see will lose out to foreigners: Daim
      200 10 KUALA LUMPUR The wait-and-see attitude of local investors will only lead to foreigners snapping up more prime property in the country, Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday. And foreigners, who generally have more financial resources, would only
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      Lock icon Varsity lecturer suspended for bias, against non-bumiputras
      252 10 Varsity lecturer suspended for bias, against non-bumiputras KUALA LUMPUR The University of Malaya has suspended an associate professor and prohibited him from entering the campus for discriminating against non-bumiputra students. According to the university's vice-chancellor, Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, the senior lecturer in the Malay Studies Department refused to teach
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      Lock icon KL 'willing to study proposals to make defence equipment'
      220 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government is prepared to consider proposals by local manufacturers to produce defence equipment, Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. But the manufacturers must commit themselves to such ventures and not just be agents for foreign defence
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      Tussle for leadership cost Umno $365m
      285 10 KUALA LUMPUR Umno suffered a loss of Mssoo million (***** million) including properties like the Umno headquarters building as a result of the tussle for the party leadership in 1967, Umno deputy president Ghafar Baba said yesterday. Addressing a Petaling Jaya Umno divisional meeting,
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      Lock icon MIC calls for govt plan to end poverty
      224 10 SHAH ALAM (Selangor) The Malaysian Indian Congress yesterday urged the government to create a national development policy aimed at eradicating poverty in the country. Party president Datuk Seri S. Sarny Vellu said the new policy should consider "society as a human resource
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      Lock icon Musa named CHOGM envoy
      99 10 KUALA LUMPUR Former deputy prime minister Datuk Musa Hitam and former foreign affairs minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie have been appointed special envoys by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad to meet Commonwealth leaders who" have yet to respond to the invitation to attend the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Chiam: HK migrants may steal skilled jobs
      387 12  -  SUMIKO TAN By SDP chief also has reservations on Spore's offer of facilities to US THE influx of foreigners who will enter Singapore under the Government's new liberal immigration policy might adversely affect the livelihood of skilled Singapore workers, Singapore Democratic Party leader
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      Factory worker gets jail and cane for molesting girl, 3
      139 12 Factory worker gets jail and cane for molesting girl, 3 A FACTORY worker was yesterday sentenced to three years' jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a three-year-old girl in a public toilet at a market. A district court heard that Nagarajan Su bra mania m, 31, used
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      President Wee stretches visit to chat with Red Cross Home folk
      266 12 President Wee stretches visit to chat with Red Cross Home folk PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee was scheduled to spend one hour officially opening the Red Cross Home for the Disabled yesterday but so deeply engrossed did he become talking to residents and their relatives that his visit eventually stretched to
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      Youth leaders inquire into government policies
      524 12 National Day Seminar National songs and immigration laws two issues brought up RECENT social and political issues here seem to have captured the attention of Singapore youth, judging from the many questions they asked at a seminar yesterday. This they did at a National
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      Be all-rounded — how young S'poreans can cope with a changing world
      388 12 Be all-rounded how young S'poreans can cope with a changing world YOUNG Singaporeans were told yesterday that their best bet in coping with a changing world and uncertain future is to be "all-rounded Singaporeans". This means being good at whatever they do best and at the same time, having the
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      Money changer stabbed and robbed of $2,190
      143 14 Money changer stabbed and robbed of $2,190 A 56-YEAR-OLD money changer was stabbed and robbed of M53,000 (552,190) at Sembawang Shopping Centre on Friday. Mr Amir Bacha Mohammad Ismail told police four men approached his counter at about 9.15 pm on the pretext of changing some money. While Mr Amir
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      Muis may employ religious teachers for drug inmates
      488 14 THE Islamic Religious Council (Muis) may engage full-time religious instructors to teach and counsel Malay/ Muslim inmates at drug rehabilitation centres, president of Muis, Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, said yesterday. This was just one example of the total approach that the Malay community
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      Aluminium handrail along MRT track stolen
      315 14  -  RAV DHALIWAL By SINGAPORE MRT officials are stumped over the recent theft of more than 100 metres of aluminium handrail on the viaduct which crosses Seletar Reservoir. The thieves had painstakingly unscrewed the handrail section by section before making off with them. Each section
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      Sellers of private property can buy HDB resale flats immediately
      173 14 Sellers of private property can buy HDB resale flats immediately PEOPLE who have sold their private residential properties can now buy HDB or HUDC resale flats on the open market immediately. They do not have to wait 30 months a requirement previously in force before acquiring their flat. This is
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      Ngee Ann sets up liaison network with schools
      271 14 Ngee Ann sets up liaison network with schools LINKS this is the network, the latest in Ngee Ann Polytechnic's efforts, to reach out to secondary schools in Singapore. The polytechnic yesterday launched Links, or Liaison Network with Schools, under which one Ngee Ann lecturer will be attached to each of
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      Govt reviewing plan for Orchard Road
      419 18  -  GERRY DE SILVA By THE Government is reviewing the planning strategy for the entire Orchard Road area to study the extent of commercial developments that will be permitted in residential areas around it. The review is being carried out by the Chief Planner, and
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      14 MPs for Aipo meeting in Manila
      160 18 14 MPs for Aipo meeting in Manila FOURTEEN Members of Parliament will be attending the 10th Working Committee and General Assembly of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Organisation in Manila from tomorrow until Aug 26. The delegation will be •ed by Deputy Speaker Abdullah Tarmugi, the MP for Siglap. Other members in
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      GPC rejects criticism of Hindu board
      251 18 THE Government Parliamentary Committee for Education has rejected criticism from the Hindu Advisory Board that its reasons for wanting Religious Knowledge to be scrapped as a compulsory subject contradicts its proposal to make it an optional subject. The GPC had recommended the switch in
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      Businessman jailed 4IA years for cheating credit card firms of $1 m
      629 18  - Businessman jailed 4I A years for cheating credit card firms of $1 m ELENA CHONG By A BUSINESSMAN who cheated credit card companies of almost $1 million in five months by submitting false charge slips for purchases which were never made was yesterday jailed 4'/2 years for fraud. District judge
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      3 boys caught again for illegal hawking
      181 18 3 boys caught again for illegal hawking THREE boys have been caught by officers from the Environment Ministry for persistently hawking illegally following a report in The Straits Times two weeks ago. Several shoppers contacted The Straits Times Newsline to complain about being pestered by children at Joo Chiat Complex
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      S'pore to host Asean talks on airport development
      93 18 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is hosting a two-day meeting, starting tomorrow with Asean airport authorities to promote regional airport development. The Bth Asean International Airports Association meeting will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It will be opened by
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      Bunting vandal jailed
      88 18 A MAN who set On to National Day bunting along Hendemeer Road was sentenced to six months' jail and six strokes of the cane yesterday for vandalism. Labourer Ho Say Whatt, 41, admitted vandalising the colourful bunting hanging on six lamp posts at about 4.40 am on
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        Little dancing dynamos
        151 20 SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Sharon Avshalon stole many hearts last night when she boogied away in her luminous green Swing outfit. Wearing her tight midriff top and skirt specially bought by her mother for the street party, tiny Sharon wriggled, twisted and swirled to the delight of others who stopped
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        Hotting it up with 'cool'
        251 20 These were really cool guys (above) until the party got hot. Dressed in leather jackets and pants, gloves, hats, studs, and even boots, they were ready to groove the night away. Warm gear for a sultry night. Some of their names are equally cool too.
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      Lock icon Electric swingout
      778 20  -  K. F. TANG Report by Orchard Rd engulfed in a sea of live-wire boogieing ORCHARD ROAD from Forum Galleria to Meridien Hotel became "Swing Street" last night as 500,000 revellers engulfed it to party from dusk to early morn. The mood of electric excitement was sustained throughout the
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      YOUNG PIZZAZZ
      59 21 Only six, but swinging a flag-waving, hip-swaying Lee Jun Xiang, 6, letting the rhythm get to him. Three's a company mechanic Jimmy Wong, 31, making it al in the famly with wife Sophia, 30, and 2 1 /2-year-old son, Reuben. Never too young to boogie seven-year-old Azri bin
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      Riding high on wave of revelry
      50 21 Going overboard skateboarders and their fellow revelers in high spirits and partying mood. Hand-standing ovation a daring young man breakdancing to the beat and the applause of his appreciative audience. Action Kne a chain of youths having a food time doing the "elephant walk"
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        Give baby love room to bloom
        313 23 SOME parents' anxiety hit a high note the other day when they heard messages on the radio which unabashedly declared their senders' love for another, because these were sent by listeners as young as children in upper primary school. These parents felt that Singapore
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      25 YEARS AGO
      130 23 What The Straits Times reported on Aug 25, 1964 WASHINGTON Administration officials have moved to counter unfavourable reaction to a Central Intelligence Agency document indicating that victory may not be possible in South Vietnam. The report said: "The counter-guerilla effort continues to flounder, partly because of the
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      Who needs fancy pants?
      1204 23 Honesty is the best policy. So renowned American architect PAUL RUDOLPH will only say he loves our Benjamin Sheares Bridge The influence of Paul Rudolph, widely regarded as the foremost American architect of the 1950s and 60s, is being debated today. Admired as an old maestro
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      Bright clays are ahead, says the Owl to the people
      955 24  -  Tan Sai Siong The new rules on immigration and the retrofitting of HDB estates would put a solid plank of additional growth averaging 2.5 per cent under the 4 to 6 per cent already forecast A FRIEND of mine the
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      China's salvation could lie with the NIEs in Asia
      911 24  -  Mike Yeong For Beijing, Asian countries, particularly the newly industrialising economies, could act as a sieve through which Western technology and know-how would continue to filter into China but minus Western bourgeois values CHINA, in the aftermath of the bloody crackdown
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      Send hard cases to a Devil's Island
      731 24  -  Ruth Limmer Why pay for the upkeep of lawless, violent people? Banish them to a cold, distant, uninhabited colony for criminals. ENOUGH statistics, okay? Let's just agree that crime, justice, jails, rehabilitation all present mind-boggling problems. Fine, now let's move ahead. We can
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      The foggiest idea at the beach
      607 24 WHEN the two Wong brothers in my office rented a holiday chalet at East Coast Park for the weekend, they naturally invited their parents and six siblings to share it with them. It was a touching gesture, and it proved to be a very
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      390 24 Buy your exotic fish at the post office. Special Stamp Issue Ad H Bfl Date of Issue: 6 Sep 89 (Wed) |R^3 Bfl Ifl Stamp Denominations. 1 5c, 30c. 75c $1 f jBB BB BB This special stamp issue takes you 1 EHRIrfl SB B^Bfl underwater, as it were, to
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      To MBA or not to MBA?
      2048 25 Singaporean executives, like their counterparts in the West, especially the United States, scramble for the magic letters "MBA" as a passport to the top of the corporate ladder. What exactly does a manager study through a Masters in Business Administration course and how influential
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      SINGAPORE LIFE Theodore Nonis
      4 25 SINGAPORE LIFE Theodore Nonis
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      RK can continue, but as optional subject
      588 25 LETTERS I Religious knowledge IN your recent report (GPC's reasons for scrapping religious knowledge not at odds with its proposal, The Sunday Times, Aug 11) about the public-dialogue session covering the teaching of RK in our schools, Mr Sat Pal Khattar, from the
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      Lock icon Iron Man has strong claims
      305 26  -  Ron Teo By SINGAPORE PREVIEW LAST-START winner Iron Man, who is vying for a berth in the $100,000 Pesta Sukan Cup next Sunday, can be backed with confidence in Race 6 at Bukit Timah this afternoon. Three weeks ago at Penang, the four-year-old New Zealand
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      MUDLARKS
      61 26 RACE 1: Indomitable. RACE 2: Pearl's Bay, African Boy, Silent Knight. RACE 3: River Jordan, Toppan Show. RACE 4: Americo 11, Khaluiz, Ruby Kid, Toshin. RACE 5: Ma-Cherie. RACE C: Gasing, Iron Man. RACE 8: Dragon Year 111, Shatin Lad, Smooth As Silk, O'Darling, Entertainment XI, Bestest. RACE t:
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      329 26 lace Frederick Quek Ron Teo Ten Thean Loon Denny Khoo Martin Tey 3M__TABtE 3MNMTAB_ 9 SKYER TONGUE 6 S EMULOUS I BMJNN6 1 7 ASTERtX 1 BALDING 4 LUCKY VENTURE 3 INOOMITABLE 4 LUCKY VENTURE 4 LUCKY VENTURE 6 S EABULOUS 3 fNOOMITABLE 4 S_f»«__U 7
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      TODAY'S SINGAPORE RACE CARD
      5838 26 Best bet: KHALUIZ (Race 4) Best outsider: SMOOTH AS SILK (Race 8) Going forecast YIELDING DAPC "I 145pm CLASS 4 DIVISION B: 1,200m short course nMvC I RATINGS IV 73-57 STAKES $20,500 1 29 BALDING 57 (73) VeluOwner 4ag +4.5 (1200m). Trailed home 9th of 11
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      Ismadi resumes a winner
      351 27 SINGAPORE ROUND-UP I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Aug 19th 1989 FIRST 9092 SECOND 1806 THIRD 3159 STARTERS 3821 3540 5642 3730 8674 2627 1710 7138 5443 6961 CONSOLATIONS 5835 1688 9103 8358 0612 3061 9810 2301 4382 3200 JOCKEY Ismadi Ismail celebrated his return to the saddle after
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      Nasir gets three days
      51 27 APPRENTICE T. Nasir was suspended three race days effective from tomorrow for careless riding yesterday. The stewards ruled that approaching the 400m in Race 9 he permitted Ribbons For Us to shift in when not sufficiently clear of Eastern Collection, causing horses who were following to
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      YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE RACE RESULTS
      2746 27 RACE 1 CLASS 4 DIV G 1,200m 5 TRYMEBEST ■52 (16 5) I Azhar (3) 1 1 1 8 COLOUR MY WINGS 48 5 (*****) M Gopal (7) 3 3 2 2 BOSS* 55.5 (33 10) M Mchtawa (4) 2 2 3 6 TOP GUNS 50.5
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      983 27 ATHLETICB Berlin Grand Prix Men's IMm Ist oeriea: 1 Lee McNeil (US) 10.37 2 Bruni Surin (Can). 2nd series: 1 I^eroy Burrell (US) 10.08 2 Linford Christie (Brit) lltm hurdles: 1 Roger Kingdom (US) 13.02 2 Colin Jackson (Brit). 2Mm: 1 Robson da Silva (Bra) 20 28
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      Underdogs reckon rivals barking up the wrong tee
      467 28  - Underdogs reckon rivals barking up the wrong tee GOLF By Tay Cheng Khoon THE Singapore quartet are eagerly waiting for the Games golf championships to tee off at the Saujana Country Club on Wednesday. They are straining at the leash, waiting to bite back at the opposing teams who have
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      Carrying Samson's Weight
      57 28 Samson Glmson should be shouldering the major responsibility for Singapore in the Sea Games golf tournament starting on Wednesday, it was therefore a welcome change for him when someone else carried his weight at The Mall yesterday. The elephant ride was part of a Thai exhibition for
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      1991 hosts Manila to spend almost $12m
      167 28  -  THE Philippines expect to spend about US$6 million (about $12m) when they host the next Sea Games in 1991. Manila was confirmed as the venue by the Sea Games Federation Council when they met at the Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday. Governor Jose Sering,
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      Malaysia expect 50 golds
      270 28  -  J. RAJENDRAN By MALAYSIA'S chef -de-mission Kamalul Ariffin expects his country to win at least 50 gold medals, with ace swimmer Nurul Huda Abdullah leading the way with the biggest haul. The Malaysians, who won 36 gold medals in Jakarta two years ago, are banking on
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      GAMES SNIPPETS
      362 28 COMPUTERS, like humans, are not infallible least of all the one at the main press centre. The machine does not have Malaysian Golden Girl Nurul Huda Abdullah on its list of swimmers, while her compatriot Jason Khoo appears twice. As it turned out, the Brisbane-based Nurul has arrived
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      A mighty meet that has stood the test of time
      534 28  - A mighty meet that has stood the test of time Godfrey Robert kjhkk THERE have been several hiccoughs since the South-east Asia Games (then the South-east Asia Peninsular Games) was inaugurated in Bangkok on Dec 12, 1959. The novel idea of bringing together the sporting populations of South-east Asian nations
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      Tall order for Wing Cheok
      274 28  -  J. RAJENDRAN BADMINTON LAU WING CHEOK has been given a tough task in the first round of the badminton singles competition Thailand's Surachai Makkasasithorn. On form, the going will not be easy for the Singaporean. Surachai staged a remarkable comeback to beat Hamid Khan who
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        Fifa ban Chile as hosts
        110 29 Fifa ban Chile as hosts The International Football Federation have slapped an indefinite ban on Chile's national stadium in Santiago from staging any international soccer matches following incidents in last Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Brazil. Fifa also said that Chile's World Cup home tie against Venezuela next Sunday must
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        Offensive plan
        53 29 Venezuela national coach Carlos Moreno says his squad have "nothing to lose" and will try to surprise Brazil with an offensive game in their World Cup qualifying match at Sao Paolo today. "If we play defensively we will certainly lose by at least 5-0. So we will pressure
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        'Clean' clause
        49 29 Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson's possible showdown in a US$l million 100-metre race after Johnson's ban for steroid use expires in September next year can only take place if it was proven beyond doubt that Johnson no longer used drugs, Lewis' manager Joe Douglas said on Friday.
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        Broken ribs
        26 29 Glasgow Rangers manager Graeme Souness cracked three of his ribs when he collided with former Aston Villa player Neale Cooper during training on Friday.
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        Inquiry
        32 29 Britain's Amateur Athletic Association on Friday ordered an independent inquiry into allegations by Steve Ovett that he was offered money to run against Sebastian Coe in the AAA championships last weekend.
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        Gooch OK
        27 29 England batsman Graham Gooch confirmed on Friday that he would be available for the Sixth and final Test against Australia at The Oval next week.
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        Thai wonder
        37 29 James Wattana, an unranked 19-year-old from Thailand, caused a major upset in the Asian Open snooker championships in Bangkok on Friday when he beat Britain's world No. 6 Mike Hallett 6-3 in the first round.
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        Star traded
        33 29 Flamboyant Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who led the Bears to a Super Bowl victory in 1986, was traded to the San Diego Chargers on Friday for a 1990 draft choice.
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        Only one spot
        36 29 Spanish clubs gained a fourth berth in next year's Uefa Cup European soccer tournament while England retained only one spot due to their clubs' continued ban from continental competition, Uefa said on Friday.
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        US in final
        31 29 The United States gained a berth in the final of the world polo championships in West Berlin on goal difference with a 6-6 draw agaiast Chile on Friday.
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        Cyclist dies
        33 29 Dutch cyclist Bert Oosterboack has died at the age of 32 after a heart attack. Oosterbosch captained the Dutch amateur quartet to the world 10U km time trial title in 1978.
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        Manager fired
        36 29 Dallas Green, manager of American baseball team New York Yankees, was fired in the first year of a two-year contract on Friday and replaced by Bucky Dent for the i cat of the season.
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        Plan scrapped
        37 29 Holland has temporarily scrapped an identity card system designed to control soccer violence after fans rioted and local authorities warned they could not implement. The plan turned into a fiasco after its launch last weekend.
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      Players kick the first own-goal of season
      922 29  -  Alan Hubbard khkk khkk WELL, they have kicked off the new season, but even before the first whistle had been blown and the first "Wot, me ref?" uttered in disbelief, the funny old game had demonstrated its unique propensity for kicking itself in
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      Lock icon Gilbert ousts Chang in marathon battle
      394 29 FOREIGN TENNIS CINCINNATI Brad Gilbert beat French Open champion Michael Chang in a marathon quarter-final match on Friday that was halted three times by rain. Chang, the fourth seed, fell to the fifth-seeded Gilbert 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in a 2hr 55min match that
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      Lock icon Langer grabs lead
      244 29 FOREIGN GOLF MALMO (Sweden) Bernhard linger edged towards his second Ruropean golf tour victory of the season and automatic Ryder Cup selection with a six-birdie second round of 66 in the PLM Open at Bokskogen on Friday. The 31-year-old West German, who wants automatic selection to the
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        Lock icon Arturo's dream realised
        328 31 PROFILE: Arturo Barrios WEST BERLIN A boyhood dream came true for Arturo Barrios on Friday when he became the first Mexican to break a world track record. "I had always had a dream about breaking a record," Barrios said after smashing the world 10,000 metres record. "Tonight
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        Lock icon Gillingham equals 200m breaststroke mark
        506 31 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS BONN Olympic silver medallist Nick Gillingham equalled the world 200 metres breaststroke record on Friday to give Britain their second world mark of the European swimming championships. Gillingham clocked 2min 12.905ec to match the mark set in Los Angeles on Aug 3
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        Lock icon Barrios shatters 10,000m record
        428 31 Barrios shatters 10,000m record ATHLETICS WEST BERLIN Arturo Barrios, of Mexico, setting a blistering pace early in the race, smashed the men's 10,000 metres world record with a time of 27min 08.235ec at the ISTAF Mobil Grand Prix meet on Friday. Barrios slashed more than five seconds off the mark
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      Lock icon Jeannie's home win
      164 31 CYCLING LYON (France) Jeannie Longo landed the first gold medal for the host nation at the world track cycling championships on Friday when she won the women's 3 km individual pursuit title. The Frenchwoman won a close and exciting final against East Germany's Petra Rossner by just
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      Lock icon Janet's jolly jaunt
      161 31 PAN PACIFIC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TOKYO Olympic champion and world record-holder Janet Evans slowed down after a torrid first half but still won the women's 400 metres freestyle in a meet record time at the Pan Pacific swimming championships yesterday. The 17-year-old Californian clocked 4 min 04.53 sec,
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      Republic's boys will battle for pride
      316 31  - Republic's boys will battle for pride Joe Dorai By ASIAN SCHOOLS SOCCER SINGAPORE, who have virtually no hope of reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Schools soccer tournament, are determined to win tonight's match against Thailand at Jalan Besar Stadium at Bpm for pride and prestige. The Republic's team, faced
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      105 31 GROUP A P W D L F A Pts Thailand 3 3 0 0 12 0 6 S. Korea 3 2 0 19 2 4 Spore 3 2 0 18 5 4 Macau 4 10 3 3 7 2 Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 19 0 GROUP B
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      109 30 CHAN KEE TONG 8.8.M. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KING'S SHOE MANUFACTURING PTE. LTD. AGE: 74 passed away peacefully on 18-8-89, 6:05 p.m. leaving behind: WIFE: Llm Alk Chai SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Chan Sen Fock, Jimmy Ong Poh Choo, Ivy Chan Sen Meng Ong Mun Yong Chan Slan
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      322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements
      170 30 f Ths tawHty of Ww laf MOM. LOOK YUEN THONCJ Ago: 81 Departed: 17-8-«« wishes to express their heartfelt thanks a appreciation to all relatives, friends a colleagues tor their kind attendance, assistance. condolences, donations A wreaths during thair recent > berssvsmsnl J Tho family of
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      75 30 rWith deepest sympathies A condolences to the family of the late MISS TAN CHEK WEE P.P.A i Who pasted away on 18 August 1989 i From: Directorate Members A Staff of Public L Works Department. Sadly missed by friends A colleagues. The Executive Chairman Hie Straits
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      95 30 ATHMA SANTHI POOJA GOVINDASAMY ARUMUGAM NAIDU Departed 10.8 89 Karumathi Prayers will be hold on 20.8.89 at Blk. 62 Circuit Road #01-2M and Athma Santhi Poo, a will bo hold at Sri Srinivaaa Perumal Temple. Serangoon Road at 11am. on 21.8.89. ATHMA SHANTI POOJA MDM. V. AGAVALLI Departed
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      637 30 m With deepest sympathies and condolences to T the former Senior Minister (PMO) MP for Kampong Glam I MR. S. RAJARATNAM on the demise of his heloved wife MRS. PIROSKA RAJARATNAM who passed away on 18th August 1989 FROM £v.
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      288 30 In Eva* Loving Mamory of MR. K.V. MATHEWB Departed 20 Aug. M Daarly mltsad by balovad wilt. Cfworvfi, granocnitaran wn wna on#a, Mamortal aanrtca at Church of Our Lady, B*mbawang at Spm today. Ood chooses a time for everything A time to plant a
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      402 32 TENNIS AUSTRALIA'S Russell Barlow not only earned US$lO,OOO ($19,500) when won the Hon-da-Kah Singapore men's Open tennis final yesterday, he also gained revt nge against compatriot Neil Borwick. Barlow, who won 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-3 at the Singapore Island Country Club, had been beaten in straight
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      SEA GAMES XV KUALA LUMPUR 1989
      95 32 SEA GAMES XV KUALA LUMPUR 1989 THE 15th South-east Asia Games open In Kuala Lumpur today in the colourful cauldron of the Merdeka Stadium. From tomorrow, the competition in 24 sports begins with athletics. The Straits Times will be there to catch the action in words and pictures. Timesport's team
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      Golden Grandma out for hat-trick
      254 32  -  Wilfred Yeo PROFILE by KUALA LUMPUR Anyone meeting Malaysia's Golden Grandmother Pearly Chong for the first time goes away with a lasting impression or a souvenir. Or both. The lasting impression is that of a friendly bowling champion and the souvenir is an equally durable
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      Keglers kick off war with medal forecasts
      336 32  -  Wilfred Yeo BOWLING By KUALA LUMPUR The war of words is on at the Kent Bow!, where the Sea Games bowling events will begin on Tuesday. The verbal battle started yesterday when the Filipinas, who arrived here the day before, laid claim to
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      Japan stint for four fighters
      207 32  -  Joe Dorai BOXING by FOUR top Singapore boxers will be sent to Japan for training later this year, a boxing promoter announced yesterday. Dunoo's Promotion, who are organising two World Boxing Council title fights at the World Trade Centre on Saturday, believe Singapore boxers have
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      Laos back in Games fold after 16 years
      386 32  - Laos back in Games fold after 16 years Peter Khoo FOCUS ON LAOS by KUALA LUMPUR Laos' decision to take part in the 15th South-east Asia Games after a 16-year break will probably be permanent. The head of the Laotian delegation, Mr Thongsavath Praseuth, said they decided to take part
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        119 32 United crush champions Mai Chester United gave their new owner, property developer Michael Knighton, an immediate return on his £20 million (s6lm) investment yesterday by crushing Division One champions Arsenal 4-1 at Old Trafford on the first day of the new English League soccer season. Last season's runners-up Liverpool had
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        Germans win
        30 32 West Germany retained the Junior World Cup hockey title after beating Australia 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out in Ipoh last night. The teams were 1-1 after extra time.
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        26 32 Kuala Lumpur emerged Group Two champions in the President's Cup soccer competition in Kota Kinabalu when they beat Singapore 2-0 at Likas Stadium.
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      239 32 DYNAX -joooL The world's most intelligent, most ueative autofbcus QDfIRTQI lf\lC SPORTSUNE today will give yon the results of the Asian Schools soccer matches. The early match results will be available by B.3tpm and the scores of the later games may be obtained after 19.30pm. The results of the Singapore
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      134 32 TODAY'S EVENTS I ATHLETICS Mobil Marathon 25km Progressive Run (National Stadium West Entrance, 6.30am). CRICKET Dlv 1: IA v SCC (IA), SCC n v SCRC (SCC) Both at 10.30am. Dlv 2: SGS V TT (SCRC, 1.30pm). MOTOR SPORT Castrol Pesta Sukan Motorcross championships (Loyang Ave, 9am). RUGBY SRC U-23 third-place:
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      8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, August 20, 1989
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      When sex mixes with politics
      1381 1 Christine Keeler (right), whose affair with a British Cabinet Minister is the subject of a current film, Scandal, is one of many women whose charms have ended political careers. Could a Profumo affair occur in Singapore? And how woulcl the average voter react to a
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        Caught in the flesh
        1243 2  -  JACQUELINE WONG By THE most memorable sex scandals over the past 25 years have had the same ingredient: big-name customers who thought they could get away with their indiscretions until they were found out. However, the politicians involved did not pack more sex appeal than other
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        790 3 Around the world with Mehtaand his men What is it like moving the 106-strong New York PNlharmonic from concert haH to concert hall, from country to country? JUMPER FOO calls orchestra manager Allison Vulgamore in New York to find out. The Director ZUBIN Mehta, 52. music director of the New
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          227 3  -  LIM SEK By FRIENDS FOREVER Priscilla Chan (Polygram) IT took Chan six bumpy years to get to where she is today. When she started, her over-enthu-siastic stage image was jeered at by the crowds, who were keener on Anita Mui until Dancing Street in 1986. In the midst
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          213 3  -  ONG SOH CHIN By WATERFRONT Waterfront (Polydor) CHRIS Duffy and Phil Cilia are from Cardiff, Wales. Along with Bros, they will be opening for America's favourite teen, Debbie Gibson, on ner American tour this year. Their debut album has spawned the hit Cry, a jaunty number that unfortunately
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        80 3 TOP OF THE POPS Britain 1.(1) Swing th« Mood live Bunny and the 6.(16) Losing My Mind Liza Minetd Mastermixes 7.(25) Blam* Hon tt» Boogte Big Fun 2.(2) Fronch Klm Lil Louis 8(15) You'r* History Shakespear's Sister 3.(3) Wouldn't Chang* Thing Kyhe Minopie 9 (23) Do tho Right Thing Redhead
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        709 4  -  KEN JALLEH JR ON*TV IT is past the witching hour in this, the month of the hungry ghosts and the writer is chewing his nails raw to the core, his mind a mirror of the blank computer screen before him. His cholesterol count generated by
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        274 7 DO YOU often complain about how boring life is or how unexciting things are? Do you constantly want things to happen to you? I suspect television contributes to this feeling of boredom. We compare the exciting events on TV with our daily lives. We go to school or
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        INGRID KRISTIANSEN:Norwegian marathon runner
        635 7 Women champions SHE is sometimes called the "running housewife" but she shows that competitive sports and motherhood can be combined successfully. She holds various records for distance running, including the fastest time for the women's marathon. She aims to bring this time to below 2 hrs
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        A beady crab
        492 7 There are lots of uses for beads. You can sew them on your blouse, pencil case or shoes. You can also string them together to make an ornament. Tie the crab to a safety pin and pin it to your schoolbag or tie it to a present.
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        Just the place for film
        717 16 Here to scout the region, American film-maker Peter Wang tells JACQUELINE WONG why Singapore can become a regional tinsel town SINGAPORE is opening more than cinema doors for American film-maker Peter Wang. The critically-acclaimed director of A Great Wall and Laser Man was in town
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        Sweet and sour history of a good-time girl
        434 16  -  TAY YEK KEAK By SCANDAL At Lido and Changi 2 TRUTH can be stranger than a soap opera. Back in the early days of the *****, Britain's Minister of War John Profumo (Jack to all his friends) would visit, in the stealth
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          Better late than never
          170 16 BEACH Boy Brian Wilson had two passions when he was a senior at Hawthorne High School: sports and music. In fact, he earned a monogrammed sweater for outstanding achievement in baseball. But in US high schools, sports-minded boys can only keep this recognition if they keep
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          Singing raisin
          105 16 MICHAEL Jackson loves those California Raisins characters, so when they asked him to be in their next commercial, he agreed. Now there's a raisin that moonwalks, sings in a falsetto and has a glittering glove. His name is Michael Raisin. Michael Raisin sings I Heard It Through the
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          Different drums
          71 16 BINGO Starr, who's in the middle of his US tour, is also in the middle of a lawsuit with producer Chips Mo man over a few dram rolls. Chips, who produced an album Starr recorded IV% years ago, wants to release the LP, bat Starr says that he
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          79 16 MILLIONAIRE Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, 46, is locked in battle with Cheers star Kirsty Alley, 31, over which of them is to become the Lord (or Lady) of Gigha a tiny 1,414-hectare island off the coast of Scotland which has just 180 inhabitants. Alley has just declared she
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          Falsie megatop
          97 16 BETTE Davis has finally resolved the mystery of why her one-time rival Joan Crawford's shape varied from one scene to another In the classic movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. "She had three sets of falsies" says Bette, sweetly. 'They were small, medium and large, and for the
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        159 4  -  Well, here he is Don Reeder, and the woman better known to readers of his Spectator column as TLILW (The Lady I Live With). With 36 years of journalism under his belt, Don, 60, has been an editor worth more than his weight in gold. Hired as
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        717 5  -  LEE GEOK BOI By hjkhjk THEY come in various hues, some pretty, some revolting. But only a child could possibly appreciate the instant jellies and puddings that have flooded the supermarket shelves. Moaned taste panelist Jenny Chak at the end of our session: "My
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        821 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI Just a handful of nuts will turn plain rice into a festive dish, thicken soup, and make an excellent meat substitute, raves kkhk Nuts keep better in the fridge, and taste richer if toasted first THESE days, I buy my walnuts and almonds
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          80 6 PRATA for breakfast and you don't even have to wake op early to get your supply of this Indian bread for the family. This hot favourite now comes frozen in packs of 11. Kart's Home Recipe Roti Prata (S3.M) is produced in Malaysia and imported by Cold Storage.
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        1058 7 A palace fit for the workers An office version of Louis XlV's palace at Versailles has taken shape in the shadow of its inspiration. PAUL GOLDBERGER describes the spectacular architectural experience. The complex, the most elaborate suburban corporate headquarters in Europe, makes every modern suburban office building look like a
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        552 7  -  PHILIP MOTHA By khjk THE reduction in property taxes for commercial and industrial premises as well as for residential property from July next year may seem like good news but it is not necessarily so. For what is popularly referred to as business property
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          579 8  -  GODFREY ROBERT takes a walk down Memory Lane THE Olympic spirit of "not to win but to participate" was best demonstrated when the Singapore National Olympic Council last month accepted all 345 nominations from national associations to make up the Republic's contingent to the XVth
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          220 8 KUALA LUMPUR South-east Asian nations must come up with a common strategy to produce champions who can make an impact in high level competitions like the Asian Games and Olympics, Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said here recently. He made
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          608 9  -  PETER KHOO By Nurul, Mardi, Nordin and Co. ready to be the stars again REEL-LIFE heroes Indiana Jones and James Bond look set to take a back seat to real-life heroes when the South-east Asia Games' sports events open in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. As Malaysia's 16.5
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          178 10  -  ANG PENG SIONG ANG Peng Siong, Singapore's best known male swimmer of the eighties, does not believe he is over the hill in a sport where 26 is considered old. All the same, Peng Siong faces an uphill task in the Sea Games swimming arena
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          166 10  -  JACK WONG JACK Wong firmly believes that he is one of the top practitioners of his sport. Those who think he is talking nonsense will be the ones looking rather foolish when they take him on in the alley... bowling alley, I mean. The lanes have become
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          140 10  -  J. Rajendran By Going for gold that is the aim of these six Singapore sportsmen, on whose broad shoulders lie the Republic's main hopes for a good showing In the XVth South-east Asia Games in Koala Lumpur. And gold is the colour so familiar to the
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          157 10  -  FATHOLOMEIN ALI ONE sure bet for a gold medal in the Sea Games is Singapore's Fatholomein Ali, a bodybuilder who hits peak form everytime there is a major competition. He is the only bodybuilder to have won the Asian crown seven times, and except for 1981 when
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          151 10  -  HO YEN CHYE HEFTY Ho Yen Chye, who weighs 130 kilogrammes, is anything but a fat hope for a gold medal in the Sea Games judo competition. Singapore's biggest competitor at the Games recently returned from a month-long training trip to Japan, and is now well within
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          184 10  -  DAVID LIM WINNING is certainly nothing new to David Lim Singapore's chief harvester of gold medals in the Sea Games in recent years. The three-time Sportsman of the Year collected six gold medals from the pool in the 1985 Games and five in the
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          162 10  -  SAMSON GIMSON HE is what you might call a tower of strength, and like the lengendary folk hero whose name he carries, Samson Gimson too appears to have been built to shoulder heavy burdens. He stands 1.83 metres tall and weighs 90 kilogrammes, and right now
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          Malaysia geared up to put the show on the road
          633 11 THE 15th edition of the Southeast Asia Games will be the biggest since the biennial event took off as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in 1959 thanks to last-min-ute confirmations from Vietnam and Laos making it a nine-nation affair. This
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        1521 12 Is there respite from the tropical heat beyond Cameron Highlands and Fraser's Hill? LEE 6EOK 801 gives the thumbs up for some cool, lofty alternatives Visitors to Tana Toraja can get to see the unique Toraja tombs over which life-size effigies keep watch. TAKE to the hills
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  • The Sunday Times
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    • SWING SINGAPORE 89 SPECIAL EDITION
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        JUST MAGIC!
        142 1 IT WAS bigger, it was better and it was beautiful. Over 500,000 people the most ever assembled in one place in the nation's history and about twice last year's surprising turnout delivered that ringing verdict for last night's second Swing Singapore celebration. Delighted people of all ages, races
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    • ACTI READY' 6pm-8pm STEADY...
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        THE CONCEPT
        154 2 Wf HAT a marvelous bash it was! Music, dancing, comedy, surprises, glitz and pizzazz they were alfthere in last night's second version of an exuberant street celebration that brought out Singaporeans' wildest partying instincts. Here is every chapter the READY, STEADY phase in the preliminaries and early going,
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        BLAST-OFF!
        485 2 THE party people were ready long before the party was. All afternoon, eager throngs poured into the Orchard Road area and built up steadily, straining at the barricades. By 6 pm more than an hour before the official kickoff of Singapore's 24th birthday bash, they were all set to
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          Hot stuff
          37 2 "This year's Swing Singapore is really hot. You can see the youngsters are really letting out their emotions. Wish we had functions like these when I was in my teens!" Mr Terence Lim, 30, technician
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          National joy
          33 2 "Mother will never allow me to go to discos. But she said Swing Singapore can, because it's different a national celebration!" Lin Cuiping. 14, Secondary Two student at Bowen Secondary School
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          Big squeeze
          38 2 "i nad a great time. The mood was fantastic. But we need more breathing space. The organisers for next year's party should consider giving us 2 longer stretch of road." Mrs Shahida Sheik, 34, a housewife
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        LET'S DANCE
        80 8 WHO says 500,000 people packed into one street leaves little room for dancing? Even as the crowd grew in size, the flow of human bodies created little gaps. And close to the midnight hour, in front of Wisma Atria, Mr Ng Hong Ngiap, 22, found enough space to
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        BOOM TOWN
        421 8 hkhk BOOM boom boom. Scream scream scream. It was 9 o'clock, and the Swing Singapore party was really swinging. Hollering was the order of the night to sing, to cheer or merely to communicate to the person standing six inches away as huge speakers belched out a disco
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          Congrats!
          37 8 "The party is absolutely fantastic. My congratulations to Singapore. It's very well organised and the crowds are very disciplined. I've never seen such a beautiful party in all my life. Mr Farouk Khan, a Pakistani tourist
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          Gone missing
          47 8 "I'm ready to party, but there is just no space to dance. I came with nine friends and I've lost eight of them in the crowd. Perhaps they should extend the road closure to Plaza Singapura next year." Mr Jalalludin Juki, 21, an NS officer
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          Fantastic!
          38 8 "IT'S fantastic! <4 When I looked down at the crowd fix>m the cherry picker where I was performing, I wished that I was down on the road with them." Mr Robert Fernando, 30, pub manager of Cheers
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        ANY WHICH WAY
        49 16 There was the boogie, the jive, the twist...and the bangra which was what a 16-year-old Pakistani student (right) holidaying in Singapore wowed the swingers with last night. The bangra, said the student, who did not want to be identified, is a traditional dance in his country.
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        BODY HEAT
        394 16 LONG past midnight and the party was still going strong. Sweaty bodies pushed against other equally sweaty bodies, but nobody complained. The revellers just loved it all: the beat, the heat, everything. And when the DJs asked if they were tired, the ever-energetic crowd shouted a resounding "NO!".
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          Short holiday
          35 16 MR William Tan was in Malaysia but cut short his holiday to be back for Swing Singapore. "I did not want to miss this party because I missed the last one," he explained
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          TV moves
          23 16 "We watched the moves on television, and now we are putting it into practice." Pang Tze Siang, 18, a national serviceman
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          Ne'er say die
          29 16 "Well, I can't dance, but I can at least feel the beat." Christopher Zadi, who attended the party despite having broken fingers and a fractured arm.
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        HOMEWARD
        542 22 1 LOG BOOK I IT was the most amazing performance of the evening the way the police, army and cleaners cleared Orchard Road after the Swing Singapore party as if they had waved a collective magic wand. Right up to the 2 am closing time, thousands of people kept
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          Stranded
          37 22 "It's all your fault for spending too much time in the 100, and then we had to look for the others who were missing. Now we've missed the train." Kent Quek, 16, chiding a fellow student
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          Too busy
          43 22 4jA "WE were too busy enjoying ourselves to think of going home. And when we finally did think of it. the last bus had already gone. So we have to sleep here." Wong Meu Chew, 16, near the Somerset MRT Station.
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          Quite safe
          41 22 "Oh, it is quite safe, you know. Singaporeans are friendly and nice. Anyway, I know a bit of tae-kwan-do. And my brother is with me." Jaslin Wong, 15. a Malaysian who planned to spend the night on the street.
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        THE REVERSION
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    • PEOPLE WATCH
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        Swing out sisters
        97 3 JENNIFER Ng, (fourth from left) who helps her mother with her chicken rice stall, was at the party with about 40 friends. Jennifer, 17, and a few good "sister" friends were doing their own version of the Orchard Swing. She said: Orchard Swing is very nice. But
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        Kick, rattle and roll
        43 3 YVONNE Aw, (right) 13, and Debbie Koh, 12, both Secondary 1 students at Dunearn Secondary School were caught partying hard. Debbie said: "I'm not scared of being molested. They won't dare to chee ko (molest) me I'll kick them!"
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        Reaching out
        41 3 TIME out to give this young man a gentle pat on the £ead...and BG Yeo reaches out to make contact with Singapore's future To his left is Mr Steven Goh, the Second Vice-Chairman ol the Swing Singapore Executive Committee.
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        Caught on film
        88 5 brought along her uncle's video camera. The moment the road was closed to traffic, these friends created their own private space just outside Wisma Atria by forming a large circle. "This may be a very public party, but it is also our special get-together," Dominque said. FOR
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        Keep on dancing
        118 5 These party animals from Braddell Secondary School moved from one conventional indoor disco to a huge and very unconventional outdoor dance. (From left) Imtiaz Ahmad, 15; Steven Sim, 16; Sam Yang, 15; and Vince Shee, 16, spent their afternoon at a tea dance at Bubbles in Grange
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        Sexy is special
        75 5 Jasmine Chew, 14, (left) and her friend Priscilla, 16, both felt that to dress sexy is to be special. "We also wore short skirts last year and nothing happened," Jasmine recalled. "Wearing real short skirts will make us look sexy, and it also helps us to keep
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        Tied to keep track
        109 5 BELTS, shoe-laces, scarve and even handkerchiefs came in handy for merry-makers who were afraid that they would lose track of one another. Bedok View Secondary's Sam Ngeow Siong Choy, 17, (right) and his schoolmates tied themselves together using their waist-pouches. "We don't want to be separated
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          Scary wave
          31 5 "I think this year the mood is much better, though I think the human wave is quite frightening as we were literally squeezed out" Jenny Ng, 17, a student
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          Motley bunch
          54 5 "In a party like this, people don't worry so much about face or image. People don't come to impress, to show off their clothes. Everybody is spontaneous. And that is why you see your friends for who they are funny, crazy or just plain mischievous.' Michael Chua, 17,
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          Swing space
          43 5 "We are really enjoying ourselves tonight This year is better and more fun because we have the space to move to the beat. And since we all like to dance, this is just great" Esther Tay 16, a Secondary 4 student
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        Hamming and jiving it up
        68 9 Hamming it up with his crutch, Mr Andrew Hee from the Handicaps Welfare Association partners Miss Sandy Khim, 21. a polytechnic student. Obviously not a man content just to watch others party, Mr Wee said: "My mother will be shocked, but we disabled like to
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        Hot Hulk
        46 9 Swing Singapore even had its own Incredible Hulk! It was shirt-off time for muscleman Mohd Rashid, 23. His sweat-soaked T-shirt was tied around his waist as he danced the night away with partner Kartinah Osman, 21, a production operator. He roared: "Wah, it's hot!"
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        Prime mover
        58 9 Pretty Cindy Lin, 15, of Christ Church Secondary' School, drew admiring glances with her colourful party dress. But Cindy, there with some for her friends, fought shy of The Straits Times camera. She and her friends were too busy moving to the pulsating music. However, officers atop the
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          Sweat hop
          50 9 "I feel damned ■^B hot. Look at me. I'm all soaked in sweat. We are very satisfied. I like the disco lights they're better this year. The singer and deejay are fun. I like the fast tunes they play." A carpark cashier who calls himself Mike Jackson Prakas.
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          Thrilling time
          39 9 "I'm just overwhelmed. I stood up there on the stage at the Swing Centre, and I was just totally overwhelmed when I looked out at the crowd I'm thrilled with tonight's party." Ms Jeanette Joseph, radio producer/presenter
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          Small wonder
          54 9 It was only a ■^B quick step from hotel tea dances to Swing Singapore for little Alex Chen, five. Dancing in front of onlookers did not unnerve him one bit. His mother Madam Jessie Goh said: "I love dancing, and he picks it up naturally. We go to
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        Lost in love
        39 10 Oblivious to the din and the crowds, quality inspector Zulkifli Abdul Wahab, 21, and his gal, Fifi Ismail, 18, are caught up in a world of their own. "It's lovely," he says of their time together.
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        Giving his Max
        38 10 Boogie to the Max... disc jockey Max Don, perched atop his cherry-picker's cabin, urges the crowd. "The music is put together to vary the pace so that the dancing could go on forever..." he said.
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        Disco kids jive to the beat
        61 10 The party is open to all, young and old alike, and these children are whooping it up. Cheered on by their proud parents, they have a fabulous time grooving to the disco beat. And for those who turn up for the mega party without
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        Hoofing it up the CC way
        130 11 Senior citizens showed the youngsters a few lessons on Swing Street last night. At left, retiree Lim Soo Poh, 63, goes through his qigong routine to the beat of Break the Chains of Love. "Disco from China," he said with an impish smile. Student
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        Standing tall
        69 11 Standing head and shoulders above the rest, South African tourist Willem Visagie needs no help to see over the crowds. Mr Visagie, 42, who stands 2 m tall, is the managing director of a cold storage company. He is in Singapore for a two-day visit. "I have never
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        Quick-stepping in line
        29 11 More than 20 men motorcyclists and their women friends, who are from Bedok, dancing over their line of crash helmets in the middle of the road.
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        Back to orderly masses
        36 14 Homeward bound: Orderly Singaporeans lining up for the midnight train at the Orchard MRT station. Showing the way: A soldier holding up a placard to guide party-goers to the Orchard MRT station.
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        Strutting their stuff
        35 14 A lift for the spirits: A young man helping his friend get a clear view of the crowds. Woman in red: Hotel cashier Juliana Kassim, 23, is set to party all night.
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          Clean fun
          30 14 "This is fun. At home, we only have a foot race with 30,000 people crammed in a street. And here, no alcohol, no problem." Tony, 29, from Australia
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          Clear vision
          34 14 "I like to wear my glasses. I wear them all the time, except when I'm indoors. I can see quite clearly with them on now." Mr Tony Ng, 20, a construction worker
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          No racial bars
          24 14 "It's fun mixing with all races here: Malays, Indians and Chinese." Jos Lew Wan Wan, 16, a Serangoon Secondary School pupil
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        At work, and play
        151 17 Waving bottles of mineral water in their hands, the vendors at a stall at Centrepoint sing and dance to boost their sales. "This is killing two birds with one stone we get to dance and enjoy the party as well as sell our drinks because we
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        Heart to heart
        85 17 Cool Cat Clement Chow takes centre-stage, watched by a large crowd and someone very special to him wife Wendy. Mrs Chow, 27, had a vantage point on the 11th storey of Dynasty Hotel. Clement, 28, had specially arranged a night's stay in a hotel room for her
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        Down but not out
        28 17 Unflagging spirits: Broken fingers and a fractured arm suffered in a fall did not stop student Christopher Zadi, 16, from going to the Swing.
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          Special feel
          48 17 "The atmosphere is fantastic and the place is ftm. Coming down here with the family makes the occasion even more special. All we did was iust walk around. We looked at the people dancing and those just sitting around and chatting." Miss Ng Wai Quin. 25
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          Action lady
          45 17 "I work at Wisma Atria. It is hard for me not to come for the party. I can hear the music from my office. So I dashed here straight after work to be in the thick of the action." Miss Junainah Mohd, 16
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          Good idea
          33 17 "Discoing is the same all over the world... (Swing Singapore is) a good idea." Mr Marian, 27, a tourist from Poland who was with two friends, Anna, 28, and Irek, 24
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        Granny grooves to the swing of things
        117 18 Grandmother Madam Karn Ah Peng, 83, was there with nine members of her three-tier family. But she was not one to stand and watch while the rest were happily "swinging" away. Oblivious to all around her, Madam Karn joined in gamely, doing the
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        It's snooze-time
        14 18 ■In peaceful slumber a nine-year-old poppet catching some shut-eye outside Tangs Superstore.
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        Carried away
        17 18 A shoulder to spy on revellers getting a vantage view of the party in progress.
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        Hair, there and everywhere
        44 19 Hair, there and everywhere REACHING as far as her legs, the crowning glory of 17-year-old Masmani Ahmad came in handy in leading her friends through the crowds. This long-haired maiden took it all in her stride as friends tugged good-naturedly at her jet-black locks.
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        You've got to hand it to them
        112 20 "Hand in hand we stand," sang the crowd. And they did just that, all the swingers who were still around at 1.45 am along the stretch from Specialist Centre to Orchard Plaza. The mood was electrifying. And infectious too. Singaporeans, tourists, friends or
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        Quick-draw kid
        47 20 CANDID CARTOONS While revellers were partying down at Swing Street, cartoonist Tan Jwee Peng was there looking out for the different species of party animals putting pen to persona. Here is a series of tongue-in-cheek cartoons on some of the characters at the mega party.
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        Screamin' time
        135 23 Screamin time Law student Caroline Fernandez, 21, had not one, but two parties to go to Swing Singapore and the NUS Law Ball. She had a "wild time" at the street party from 7 pm to 10 pm in her black sweater, pants and high-heeled shoes. Then off she rushed
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        Dawn walk
        135 23 Ten secondary schoolboys walked from the Somerset MRT Station to Marina Bay to wait for the first bus to Bedok. While the group was hanging around outside the station, their self-appointed leader, Rao Shangcai, 17, said: "We prefer to walk to Marina than to stay in Orchard Road
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        Still partying
        77 23 For some sailors from the Seychelles Islands, the Singapore Swing did not end when it ended. Mr Alexei Elizabeth, 41, said: "My pals and I want to continue to dance. We don't know where to go, but if there is a place, we'll find it." He was seen
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        Night of misses
        93 23 This was the first time these two teenage sisters stayed out so late and without their parents' knowledge. "Hopefully, we'll get home before our parents wake up and find us gone. Otherwise, we'll be in trouble. The latest we ever went out was only after 10 pm,"
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        Time for chow
        72 23 Singapore Armed Forces personnel, journalists covering Swing Singapore, police officers and others taking a well-deserved break after the hard work. To replenish their energy, they tucked into porridge, beehoon and other goodies offered at the Press Centre, courtesy of Safra, after the party ended. Then, it was
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    • ANATOMY OF A MEGA PARTY
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        Beat by beat guide
        691 4 HERE it is a beat by beat guide to yesterday's bash. Follow the crowd as it swelled on the mall more than an hour before the party, through the main event, and until the very last MRT trains left Orchard Station at 3 am. 6.00 pm
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        Through 13 pairs of eyes
        25 6 Gang get-together with ail members of The DMC Kids together at last, the group is all ready set to party.
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        Friendly arm-to-arm combat
        342 6 YOUNG but certainly not restless. Full of wholesome energy, 13 young people are tracked down as they met at 5 pm, partied, rested, re-charged and dived back into Swing Singapore 11. Reporter ONG SOH CHIN, 22, trendily dressed for the occasion, kept pace with the group to
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        Engulfed by a sweaty mass
        300 15 BY the time the party proper started at 7.50 pm, our crew of eager-beavers was at the stretch of Orchard Itoad in front of the Paragon and experiencing serious "sauna conditions". It was close encounters of the turned-off kind as we were marooned in a
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        12 o'clock high and dry
        516 21 EVER tried looking for a friend when 500,000 people are about? This was the midnight misadventure for my young companions and I when we made our way down to the Orchard MRT station where we were supposed to meet a friend, Joyce. Forming a human
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        ZZZZZZZZs
        378 24 Reporter ONG SOH CHIN comes to the end of her 10-hour assignment: ORCHARD MRT station, where we planned to ride to City Hall next, was mercifully less packed than it had been earlier. But the best part once on the train was being able to soak in the air-conditioning,
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    • SARTORIALLY YOURS
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        Friends for one night
        47 12 Just for the night, Batman and his arch-enemy, The Joker, were friends. These four friends were among those who showed up in Batgear. The Burger King out Orchard Plaza gave souvenirs to anyone who came dressed as Batman, the Joker or Batman's girlfriend.
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        Birds of a feather
        17 12 These five friends, all of whom hail from Kota Tinggi, came dressed identically.
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        Lighting up the night
        18 12 Ong Slew Peng, 7, drew stares because of her headgear, which gave off light.
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        Using his head
        17 12 Mr K. W. Leong used his hat to wave to everyone he came across.
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        Dressed to thri
        13 12 Mr Joshua Garren and Miss S Sim chose formal weai
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        Move over, Michael ll
        39 13 Move over, Michael ll Move over, Michael Jackson, here come the Black Stallions Sayed Rajak was dressed in patriotic red and white, but admitted that he looked more like a clown than the flag. s Stephanie ear. outlet in
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        The Glimmer Twins
        21 13 Shanthini Shree and K. Saroja, both students fged 20, both hats worth $40 each especially for the party.
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        Monkeying around
        19 13 With his gorilla mask, this guy was easily the ugliest around. Not that he minded, of course.
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