The Straits Times, 25 March 1990

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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2801 55 CENTS MCI (P) 169/12/89
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    Lock icon Soviet tanks roll into Lithuanian capital
    632 1 MARCH 25, 1990 "It is a war of nerves, psychological pressure, and humiliation of the Lithuanian people." "We felt we were really m an occupied country. A foreign army arrives and we do not know what it will do." Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis Kremlin
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    Lock icon Labor heading for a narrow victory, says Hawke after closely-fought poll
    580 1 SYDNEY Prime Minister Bob Hawke said his Labor government was heading for victory by a narrow margin m yesterday's general election and. claimed the right to form a caretaker administration. He said Labor could not finalise its position because
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    Dr Tay: Neighbourhood schools are catching up with top ones
    564 1  -  Tan Ee Sze By NEIGHBOURHOOD schools are getting better and are fast catching up with the top schools. These schools which serve new towns and housing estates have achieved striking improvements m their O level pass rates. Compared to 1982,
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    Lock icon US warns Soviets that use of force is bound to backfire
    441 1 WASHINGTON The United States has warned the Soviet Union that any use of force m Lithuania "is bound to backfire" and has protested against the expulsion of two US diplomats from Vilnius. "Any attempt to coerce or intimidate or
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      AT A GLANCE
      574 2 S'POREANS NO' TO LAMBADA: Local disco-goers are giving the Lambada a wide miss, even though DJs are pushing the suggestive and sensuous new dance. Among other things, conservative Singaporeans find the dance "too provocative" and "too embarrassing" to do. Home, Page 17 NEW HOLIDAY SPOTS: Singaporeans are
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      More Singaporeans take to renting cars for weekends
      697 2  -  Sandra Davie By MORE Singaporeans, both families and singles, are renting cars for the weekends. Five car rental firms told The Sunday Times that since last December, there has been a 30 to 50 per cent jump m the number of Singaporeans
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      Cultural months 'unite S'poreans'
      428 2 ETHNIC-based activities, such as the cultural months now being held, do not divide the nation. Instead, they bring multi-racial and multicultural Singaporeans closer together. Environment Minister Dr Ahmad Mattar said this at the closing ceremony of the Malay Cultural Month last night. Speaking to a packed
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      'Our diversity will be a source of strength'
      123 2 I do not think Chinese or Indian Singaporeans will become better off if Malay Singaporeans become less Malay and stop practising their silat or composing their pantuns. In the same way, I do not believe Singaporeans from the minority communities will benefit
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      Lock icon Founder of Wang Laboratories dies of cancer
      318 2 Founder of Wang Laboratories dies of cancer BOSTON An Wang, the slight, Chinese-born engineer whose development of a major computer firm was a classic American success story, died yesterday at the Massachusetts General Hospital after a long fight against cancer. He was 70 years old. "He was operated on originally
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      Lock icon Breakthrough in US-Japan trade talks
      654 3 Breakthrough in US- Japan trade talks Both sides have reached agreement on sale of supercomputers WASHINGTON American negotiators have reported the first breakthrough m a host of contentious trade disputes with Japan an agreement designed to open the Japanese market to American-made supercomputers. Officials at the US Trade Office said
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      Lock icon Violent incident mars Pantai Merdeka election
      353 3 SUNGEI PETANI About 35 Nationa. Front supporters were roughed up on their way to party headquarters during the Pantai Merdeka state by-election yesterday. The incident was one of two incidents which marred the otherwise orderly polling for the Kedah state seat. Polling was brisk
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      Lock icon Peter Sung visits Mauritius
      74 3 Peter Sung visits Mauritius PORT LOUIS (Mauritius) Singapore's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and National Development, Mr Peter Sung, began a four-day visit to Mauritius yesterday, during which he will meet several of the Indian Ocean islands' ministers. Mr Sung, who arrived m Mauritius on Friday after attending Namibia's
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      Lock icon Suharto gives co-ops 10% of shares from own firm
      190 3 JAKARTA President Suharto yesterday gave co-oper-atives 10 per cent of shares m a tea company owned by his own foundations, backing up his call for businessmen to share their wealth with all Indonesians. He distributed shares worth 383 million rupiahs (*****,700)
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      7 businessmen duped by offers of fake royal title
      456 3  -  Ben Davidson By FIVE men duped seven Singaporean businessmen into paying them a total of $36,000 after making them believe that the Crown Prince of Johor had decided to confer the title of Setia Mahkota Johor on them. When the victims
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      61 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Student enrolment ratio A decade ago every fifth child of school-going age was not enrolled m a school. However, during the 1980s student enrolment m schools picked up and the proportion of children staying away from school is now one m 16. I By Narandra
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      190 2 Showers over several areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.13 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.07 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Amsterdam 6 10 C Cloudy Madrid t C Athens 10, 26 C Clear Manila 2034 C Clear Auckland 13 20 C Clear
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      8 3 Japan-US ties: Is divorce an option? Page 25
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thatcher vows to retain unpopular economic policies
      430 4 PM defiant despite big by-election defeat LONDON British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has defiantly insisted that she will not back down from her unpopular economic policies despite a crushing defeat by the opposition Labour Party m a key parliamentary by-election. Labour turned m
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      Lock icon Church leaders condemn US plan to burn nerve gas at Pacific atoll
      334 4 MAJURO (Marshall Islands) Protestant and Catholic church leaders m the Pacific yesterday condemned a US Army plan to bring its entire European stockpile of nerve gas to a Pacific atoll for destruction. The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)
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      Lock icon Exxon Valdez captain ordered to clean up beaches
      323 4 ANCHORAGE (Alaska) The fired captain of the Exxon supertanker that caused the worst oil spill m US history was given a suspended sentence on Friday but was ordered to spend 1,000 hours cleaning up Alaskan beaches fouled by the spill and to
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      Lock icon The castle the 'poor' nuns bought
      82 4 THIS is the La Rochette castle m Pessan, southern France, that was bought by eight Belgian nuns. The eight from the Poor Clares order sold their convent m Bruges, Belgium, and fled to the castle m a Mercedes early this month. They also bought
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      Lock icon Japanese choose branded goods for quality and design
      222 4 TOKYO A government survey has found that Japanese consumers' preference for brand-name products reflects their desire for high quality and top design. Most respondents to a survey by the Fair Trade Commission said "quality" was the main reason they chose a certain
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      Lock icon Four-year wait for British settlement rights
      146 4 LONDON Commonwealth citizens with a British grandparent face a four-year wait for the right to settle m Britain under new regulations announced here on Friday by Home Secretary David Wa^ dington. "The new rules provide for the initial admission to be for a period
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      Lock icon SIA to join Delta's frequent-flyer programme
      131 4 ATLANTA Delta Air Lines Inc said Singapore Airlines is joining its frequent-flyer programme, effective May 15. Members of Delta's fre-quent-flyer programme travelling on SIA will receive actual-mileage credit for fullfare economy-class travel. The business class will earn 125 per cent and first class, 150
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      Lock icon Foreigners 'using Islam to create unrest in Xinjiang'
      507 6 BEIJBSJG Leaders of China's vast and sensitive frontier region of Xinjiang yesterday accused foreign activists of using Islam to whip up unrest there, even smuggling propaganda across the border m copies of the Quran. Separatists m the mostly Muslim north-west region, which
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      Lock icon Qian's visit 'a step forward in Sino-Indian ties'
      411 6 NEW DELHI Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen left for home yesterday, saying he felt his four-day visit here had led to forward movement m Sino-Indian relations, cool since their 1962 war. "We hope our relations will continue to grow and the process
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      Lock icon Two hurt in emergency evacuation from plane
      179 6 TOKYO Two passengers were seriously injured during emergency evacuation from a Tristar airliner which sprang fuel leaks after a rough landing at Tokyo's Narita airport yesterday, police said. The injuries were caused by strong winds which violently shook the escape chutes used to
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      Lock icon South Korea to join naval exercise
      190 6 SEOUL South Korea will take part for the first time m joint naval exercise among Pacific rim nations led by the United States, the Defence Ministry here announced yesterday. Two South Korean Navy destroyers with 340 crew members aboard left for the Pacific yesterday
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      Lock icon We will work with US for peace in southern Africa, says Shev
      403 6 HARARE Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze declared yesterday the Soviet Union will do all it can to help peace initiatives m southern Africa and said US Secretary of State James Baker had told him Washington would do the
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      Lock icon Castro won't discard his trademark uniform
      157 6 HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro has rejected a jibe by US Vice-President Dan Quayle about him always wearing military dress and said he would continue to don his olive-green uniform. "These are my clothes and I'm going to carry on wearing them," Dr Castro
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      Lock icon M-E leaders join Gaddafi in Libya's anniversary celebrations
      315 6 M-E leaders join Gaddafi in Libya's anniversary celebrations TUNIS The leaders of Egypt, Syria and Sudan gathered m Libya yesterday m what amounted to a show of solidarity with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi m his confrontation with the West over the chemical plant at Rabta. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt*
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      Lock icon Taiwan crowds battle police over gas leaks
      228 6 TAIPEI Riot police battled crowds of Taiwanese protest- ers m the southern port of Kaohsiung after chlorine gas leaks from a waste-water treatment plant sent hundreds of people gasping to hospital. Police yesterday said about 10 people were injured when a two-day protest
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      Lock icon Peres says he can form new govt
      216 6 Peres says he can form new govt JERUSALEM Labour Party chief Shimon Peres yesterday said he was "optimistic" he could form a new Israeli government, even if it did not represent a broad-based administration. But Mr Peres said he might not be able to succeed m his task by Wednesday,
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      Lock icon Mongolian govt accused of breaking democracy pledges
      525 7 ULAN BATOR A day after Mongolia's Communist Party formally abolished its guaranteed monopoly on power, opposition groups accused the government of cheating on promises of democracy and said they would hold more mass protests to demand the dissolution of Parliament. The opposition groups
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      Lock icon Soviets curb air ticket sales to stem Jewish emigration
      286 7 MOSCOW The Soviet Union has closed down one of the main routes for Jews emigrating to Israel, halting Aeroflot ticket sales to Budapest. An announcement on Soviet television said on Friday that Aeroflot, the national airline, would no longer issue tickets
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      Lock icon CDU chairman 'ready to head first non-communist E. German govt'
      226 7 BERLIN Mr Lothar de Maiziere, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which won the parliamentary elections last Sunday, has declared his readiness to head East Germany's first freely chosen and non-communist government. "De Maiziere said he is willing to
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      Lock icon Romania promises Hungarian minority greater access to education and television
      346 7 BUCHAREST Romania has promised its restless Hungarian minority greater access to education and television m their own language m an effort to defuse ethnic tension. Prime Minister Petre Roman told ethnic Hungarian leaders from Transylvania that the Education Ministry would
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      Lock icon Troops move into Kosovo after clashes
      232 7 Troops move into Kosovo after clashes BELGRADE Army troops yesterday moved through several towns In Yugoslavia's Kosovo province after two days of ethnic clashes over a mystery illness •fflWing only ethnic Albanians, Belgrade Radio said. "Troop movements have been noticed... Because of the deteriorating situation m the province," it said.
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      Lock icon India pulls the last of its troops out of Sri Lanka
      486 8 2,000 men leave for home m five ships TRINCOMALEE (Sri Lanka) Five Indian ships steamed out of Sri Lanka's eastern Trincomalee port yesterday, carrying the last Indian troops from the island. Two thousand men, the last of an original
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      Lock icon Walled City of vice now a tourist draw
      388 8 HONGKONG The notorious Walled City, once the domain of prostitutes, opium addicts and fugitives, is attracting a new breed of people these days. Tourists and students now wind their way through the dark alleyways, curious to view one of the world's strangest
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      Lock icon Foreigners buying up more NZ farms
      195 8 WELLINGTON Sales of New Zealand farms to foreign buyers nearly quadrupled last year, with about half the properties going to Australians. Figures issued yesterday by the Overseas Investment Commission, which authorises property sales to overseas buyers, show that approved applications went up from 24
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      Tax move by S'pore a threat to HK, says paper
      339 8 SINGAPORE'S latest cuts m corporate-tax rates pose a serious threat to Hongkong's position as an international financial centre, a Hongkong newspaper has said. The Hua Qiao Ri Bao, m an editorial last week, focused on Singapore's new concessionary tax rate
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      Lock icon Vatican unveils restored ceiling masterpiece by Michelangelo
      274 8 VATICAN CITY The Vatican has unveiled a multi-mil-lion-dollar restoration, paid for by a Japanese television network, of one of the world's greatest art treasures, the ceiling Michelangelo painted for the Sistine Chapel. For the first time m hundreds of years visitors will see
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      Lock icon Contra rebels agree to plan to disband their forces by April 20
      189 8 TEGUCIGALPA Nicaragua's Contra rebels have agreed to a plan to disband their forces by April 20, removing a major obstacle to the peaceful transfer of power from the left-wing Sandinistas to a newly-elected, US-backed government. Under the agreement,
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      Lock icon Western firms search for top-flight Japanese execs
      615 9 While Japanese executives who join Western companies can earn four times more than they can working for Japanese concerns not to mention getting spectacular perquisites most are unwilling to give up the stability and job security they enjoy m Japan. NEW YORK American
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        Lock icon Dow-n despite Friday's gain
        69 9 NEW YORK Stocks rose slightly on Friday after the rebound m Tokyo, with the Dow Jones industrial average advancing 8.56 points, to 2,704.28, m slow trading. It was the first increase m the Dow since Monday, and the week ended with a decline of 36.94 points.
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        Lock icon Blade found in biscuits
        76 9 TORONTO A Canadian distributor said on Friday it was recalling a brand of American-made biscuits after an 11--year-old girl found part of a knife blade m a box of them. The animal-shaped biscuits are made m Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Dairy State Foods Incorporated and distributed m
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        Lock icon Nike statue to be restored
        124 9 picture. BERLIN The triumphal statue on East Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, which was vandalised on New Year's Eve, was removed on Friday for a year of restoration work. Hundreds of people watched workers dismantle the 6.3--tonne copper statue of the victory goddess Nike from the
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        Lock icon Sofia and Seoul set up ties
        60 9 SOFIA Bulgaria and South Korea have established diplomatic ties and agreed to begin economic and technical co-operation, the state BTA news agency reported on Friday. South Korean Foreign Minister Choi Ho Joong and his Bulgarian counterpart, Mr Boiko Dimitrov, also pledged to encourage investments
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        Lock icon Gang preyed on tourists
        82 9 MOSCOW Police have arrested 14 members of a gang which robbed Soviet and foreign tourists upon their arrival at Moscow's international airport. Tass news agency reported on Friday. Police found 70,000 roubles m cash and personal effects when they arrested 12 men and two young women,
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        Lock icon Emergency in Lima
        93 9 LIMA The Peruvian government put Lima and its suburbs under a 30-day state of emergency on Friday after suspected leftist guerillas killed a candidate for Congress barely two weeks before national elections. A government statement also said all police had been ordered to return to their barracks,
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      Lock icon Soon: Wines that are low in alcohol but not in flavour
      201 9 Soon: Wines that are low in alcohol but not in flavour SYDNEY Wine buffs worried about getting nabbed for drunk-driving could soon have the perfect solution. Australian researchers said on Friday they had perfected a method to reduce the alcohol content of wines without altering their flavour or bouquet. Dr
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      Lock icon Whooping cough vaccine 'safe for use'
      337 9 CHICAGO A vaccine commonly administered to youngsters five times by their fif tK birthday does not increase the risk of epilepsy and other neurological problems, researchers say. Previous reports indicated a possible link between one component of the Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine and such disorders. "Our
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      Lock icon European Parliament team to look into ties with Hanoi
      133 9 PORT MORESBY The European Parliament (EP) is sending a three-man mission to Vietnam today to look into possible ties and consider development projects, a member said here yesterday. The mission, led by EP Vice-President Wilfred Telkamper, a West German Green, will
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      Lock icon Live puppy forced out from python
      68 9 JOHANNESBURG A farmer and his wife forced a 3-m--long python to regurgitate a seven-day-old puppy after they heard yelping from the reptile's belly. The snake had slithered into a kennel and gulped down three puppies. Hennie and Magda Botha shook the snake's head, forced
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      Lock icon Duchess of York gives birth to another baby girl
      220 10 LONDON Britain's Duchess of York, popularly known as Fergie, gave birth to a baby girl on Friday a sister for 19-month-old Princess Beatrice. The flame-haired duchess and her 3.2 kg daughter were both doing well, Buckingham Palace said. Husband Prince Andrew
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      China's 'sandbag babies'
      894 10 Millions of babies along the Yellow River are tied up m bags of sand and left alone most of the day. And they are kept that way until they are more than a year old. Louise Branson reports 0n... Practice convenient, produces obedient children, say parents It
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      Lock icon Body of journalist hanged 'for spying' arrives in London
      251 10 LONDON The body of Farzad Bazoft, the journalist hanged on spying charges m Iraq on March 15, arrived here on Friday, authorities at London's Heathrow Airport said. The body was flown m on a regular Iraqi Airways flight m a simple
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    • PEOPLE
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        HK honour for I. M. Pei
        106 10  -  RENOWNED architect I. M. Pei, who used to live m Hongkong when he was a child, recently received an honorary degree from the British colony's Hongkong University for his contribution to architecture. The man who designed Hongkong's tallest building, the new Bank of China
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        Princess causes stir in Laos
        151 10  -  THAI Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, on a recent visit to neighbouring Laos, reportedly brought tears to elderly Laotians who were reminded of bygone days pre-dating Laotian socialism. Several Laotian onlookers, excited at Princess Maha Chakri's visit because they had never seen a royal personnage m
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        Lock icon Sumo champ sets a record
        194 10 AT 34 years and 122 kg, Chiyonofuji is on his way to becoming the greatest sumo wrestler of all time. In the process, he has probably become the most famous man m Japan. On March 17, Chiyonofuji scored his I,oooth victory, unprecedented m sumo wrestling,
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        Manila tycoon sues columnist
        113 10  -  MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Jaime Zobel is suing columnist Hilarion Henares for 240 million pesos (Ss24 million) damages for allegedly picturing him as greedy, ruthless and anti-Filipino. Mr Zobel, whose family owns the Makati financial centre, says he is suffering from mental anguish because of what he calls malicious
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        Lock icon Hurt's ex-girlfriend appeals
        129 10 AN EX-GIRLFRIEND of actor William Hurt is appealing against a decision that she and Hurt did not have a common-law marriage. "Hurt told her, 'We're more married than married people. We're married m the eyes of God'," Mr Richard Golub, the lawyer for Ms Sandra Jennings, 33,
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        Lock icon Pryor warded for chest pain
        105 10 ACTOR-COMEDIAN Richard Pryor is being treated m an Australian hospital after suffering a mild heart attack, doctors said m Brisbane yesterday. Pryor was admitted to Wesley Hospital four days ago after complaining of chest pain while vacationing on the famed Gold Coast strip of north-eastern
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge displays three 'Viet soldiers captured in Cambodia'
      510 12 Viets sent reinforcements 'In February, the Vietnamese sent many reinforcements to Battambang, and have mounted operations against us on many occasions this month.' Khiner Rouge General Vat Thim. BANGKOK Khmer Rouge guerillas have shown reporters three men they say are Vietnamese
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      Lock icon Curfew-violating dogs to be shot
      195 12 JAKARTA Provincial authorities m Lampung, m southern Sumatra, have decreed a strict curfew for the local canine population, with those found on the streets past U pm to be shot on the spot. The English-language daily Jakarta Post said the authorities introduced the measure to
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      Lock icon Ramos and Mahathir discussed Asean arms production
      266 12 MANILA Philippine Defence Secretary General Fidel Ramos said here on Friday that he discussed the joint development of defence industries among Asean nations during a recent meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Returning from a defence conference held m
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      Lock icon Thailand wracked by graft charges and govt infighting
      565 12 12 held as police break up student rally calling for democracy BANGKOK Alleged corruption and infighting m the governing coalition and controversy over the possible entry of the army chief into the Cabinet have created another period of instability m Thai politics.
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      Lock icon Mahathir in Thailand for talks on boosting economic co-operation
      498 12 PATTAYA The Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, arrived here yesterday for two days of talks with his Thai counterpart, General Chatichai Choonhavan, aimed at boosting economic co-opera-tion. Or Mahathir and his 25-man delegation were met on arrival at
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      Lock icon 45 prospective jurors picked
      156 12 Imelda's fraud trial NEW YORK The first week of jury selection m the fraud trial of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos and Saudi financier Adnan Khashoggi ended on Friday with the judge having chosen 45 potential jurors. The prospective jurors, selected from a pool of
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      Lock icon Woman 'killed by crocs' reports to police
      272 12 Woman 'killed by crocs' reports to police BANGKOK A woman identified as having committed suicide by jumping into a crocodile pond near here has reported to Thai police, saying that it was a case of mistaken identity, officials said yesterday. Police said Miss Chaba Yoothon, 18, turned up at a
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Malays in Malaysia 'must retain political power'
      373 15 Survival at stake if they fail, says minister citing 'problems' Spore Malays face MALAYS m Malaysia must have political power to ensure their survival m future, Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said. He was quoted by Sin Chew Jit Poh as saying that
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      Spore's pig auction system 'not in keeping with market'
      426 15 THE Malaysian government is of the view that market prices for pigs are not reflected m the electronic pig auction system introduced by Singapore on March 1. This was stated by Malaysia's Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Mr Ong Tin Kirn, according
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      19.6% bumiputra equity still unsatisfactory: Najib
      222 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bumiputras should not get carried away with the 19.6-per cent stake m corporate equity achieved so far under the New Economic Policy (NEP), Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. Going by the 19.6-per cent figure, the level
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      Toll fee at second link likely to be M$2'
      181 15 THE toll that drivers of vehicles would have to pay for using the proposed second link between Singapore and Johor is likely to be Ms 2 (5J1.40) double that charged at the existing Causeway between the two countries. The figure was
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      220 15 KUALA LUMPUR The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has sent a congratulatory message to Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev who was elected President of the Soviet Union earlier this month. The Agong said m his message that Malaysia had long enjoyed friendly and cordial relations with
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      Opposition warned of govt action over use of foreign funds
      461 15 PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that he will take action against the three main opposition parties m Malaysia if there was evidence to show that the parties received foreign funds to discredit the government. He was
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      Lock icon New Chinese-based political party launched in Sabah
      195 15 KOTA KINABALU A new Chinese-based political party called the United Action Party (UAP) was launched m Sabah yesterday. About 2,000 people attended the launching of the new party, which pledged to fulfill the aspirations of the people m Sabah. Its secretary-general, Datuk Lim
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      PM Lee 'has succeeded in preventing political ageing'
      421 15 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has succeeded m rejuvenating the Cabinet m the Republic by replacing members of the Old Guard with younger politicians, an article m the Nanyang Siang Pau newspaper said. By introducing new blood, Mr Lee prevented Singapore
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  • HOME
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      Supply-and-demand moderating role of govt welcomed
      642 16  -  Francesca Nathan More land for hotels: Some reactions By THE Government's move to release four plots of land for hotel development has predictably met with differing reactions from the various sectors of the tourist industry. Some hoteliers contacted yesterday were worried that the creation
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      Horse paintings by famed Chinese artist Xu Beihong go on display
      244 16 NOW you don't have to trot all the way to China to view the famous horse paintings by the late Xv Beihong. Sixty original art pieces by Mr Xv, who died m 1953 at the age of 58, are
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      Jail and cane for robber who was armed with broken light tube
      244 16  -  Julia Goh By A MAN who used a broken fluorescent tube to hold up a couple and then robbed them m Marine Parade was jailed for four years and given 12 strokes of the cane by a district
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      S'poreans shun the Lambada
      497 17  -  Elaine Tan No amount of coaxing can get them to do the dance By LOCAL disco-goers are giving the Lambada a wide miss, even though DJs are pushing the suggestive and sensuous new dance. The Lambada, the hottest dance craze to hit the United States and
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      Woman hawker tied and robbed outside lift
      141 17 AN elderly woman hawker on her way to work at 4 am was robbed of $2,530 m cash and jewellery. Madam Woo Choy Ying, 53, was waiting for the lift at the seventh-level of Block 52 m Kent Road on Friday when a
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      Roads to close tonight for procession
      93 17 TRAFFIC ALERT SEVERAL roads m the Serangoon area will be closed to traffic tonight for an Indian procession m conjunction with the Indian Cultural Month. The roads, which will be closed from 6.30 pm till 10 pm are: Clive Street (between Campbell Lane and
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      Two killed in separate excavator incidents
      148 17 TWO WORKERS died m separate incidents involving excavators on Friday. A driver died after he was pinned down by an excavator which he was parking on top of a trailer. Police said Mr Wong Kee War, 27, a Malaysian, was found under the excavator
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      Film director calls for better technical facilities
      233 17 SINGAPORE should have better technical facilities if it is to really develop as a society that appreciates film. This was the view of Mr Tony Palmer, director of The Children, who is one of the celebrities here for the Singapore International Film Festival.
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      Case 1: Man slashed wife while police were interviewing her
      430 18  -  Julia Goh Case 2: Hotel cleaner hit wife By POLICE had to break into a Oat to subdue a man who attacked his wife with a knife while the officers were interviewing her through the locked grille gate of her
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      Travel to China, Europe dearer so Singaporeans eye other places
      598 18  -  Victor Er By SINGAPOREANS are turning away from some of their favourite holiday spots, such as China and Europe, because of rising travel costs. A check with 10 travel agents showed that relatively cheaper destinations, such as the United States
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      S'pore picked as lata regional training centre
      315 18  -  Chua Chong Jin By SINGAPORE has been picked by the International Air Transport Association as its Asia-Pacific regional training centre. More than 25 per cent of its training courses this year will be held here. So far, lata's courses have mostly been held
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      Woman fined $1,000 and banned a year for drunk driving
      315 18 A WOMAN lost control of her car at a slope and caused it to roll backwards, hitting a station wagon twice, a traffic court heard. Chang Joo Noi, 24, a private student, was fined $1,000 on Thursday and banned from
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      Seletar Expressway opens direct link with city for Yishun residents
      389 18 RESIDENTS of Yishun now have a direct link to the city with the opening the $76-mil-lion Seletar Expressway yesterday. From 4.30 pm, traffic started flowing along the 5-km long Phase I of the Seletar Expressway. This joins Yio Chu Kang
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      SAF EXERCISES
      99 18 SAF EXERCISES THE Singapore Armed Forces will hold military exercises m Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Loyang, Tampines, Tuas, Upper Jurong, Jalan Bahar, Kranji and Seletar from Bam tomorrow to noon on Saturday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The public is advised not to be alarmed.
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      Howe: How I persuaded a young civil servant to stay on
      658 20  -  Sumiko Tan The man who gave others 'once m a lifetime' chance is honoured By Treat rewards like bonus if by chance some recognition was accorded for good work done or some honours or awards were conferred, they could
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      Diner pays $10,000 for jewel of a bikini
      210 20 Gala show raises funds for children's charities THIS tantalising bikini, encrusted with semi-precious stones, may have raised temperatures a little among diners at a fashion show cum dinner on Friday night. But when the aptly named "Jewel of the Crown" came up
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      Businesses get renewed call to sponsor sculptures
      332 20 MORE BUSINESSES should step forward to sponsor sculptures m public places. This call was made by Mr Wong Kan Seng, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Community Development, yesterday. "Monumental works of sculpture installed outdoors are costly. Therefore, corporate support is critical if
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      Man posed as foreign journalist and lied for free stay at hotels
      355 20  -  Elena Cheng By A MAN gave false particulars and lied that he was a New Straits Times journalist before he, his lover and their 2 '/2 -month-old baby checked into a hotel, a district court heard Benjamin Muhammad
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      Japanese bowled over by 'Mad Chinaman' Dick Lee
      645 21  -  Ong Soh Chin By HOMEGROWN talent Dick Lee is enjoying remarkable success m Japan. Since his Mad Chinaman album was released there on compact disc format m January, it has sold about 12,000 copies so far. It is currently selling at an
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      Driving tester jailed 8 months for corruption
      291 21 A DRIVING tester, attached to the Traffic Police, was sentenced to eight months' jail by a district court yesterday after he was convicted of a corruption charge. Teo Sim Hock, 41, was found guilty of accepting a $700 bribe from a driving instructor
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      139 21 Come and see Mickey, Minnie and V \^T^ 1 Donald and all your Disney friends V^ l/\ M:;9^^*m 'live' m person at Walt Disney's World U I m on lce Tickets are selling fast. But great seats ■j^^^> > l *T* are still available. Buy your tickets V Wm^L J
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      656 22 APPCMNTMENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION OFFICE 12 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD SINGAPORE 0207 WALK-IN INTERVIEW For the post of Duration: Two months from April to May 1990 Job Function: To interview households and record information m census schedules (training will be provided) Qualifications: With at least 3 credits at GCE 'O' Level
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      159 22 NOTICES MOVED /^/amara HOE CHIANG ROAD^^^J^^^ ENGGOR ST I SAN FORD I I BUILDING A NEW IMAGE AND A CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR OUR MAIN OFFICES (With effect from 26th March 1990) To serve you better, we are relocating our office to The Amarathe heart of the Central Business District
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  • PROFILE
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      The Sunday Times VIEW Time to revive savings habit
      306 23 ALL the signs suggest that inflation is going to be a greater problem this year than it has been for some time. A buoyant economy has meant tight labour and higher wages. Rents are also on the rise, because property prices
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      25 YEARS AGO
      141 23 What The Straits Times reported on March 26, 1965 COLOMBO, Thurs. Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's only woman Prime Minister, finally resigned today. After the defeat of her government m Monday's general election, she had hoped to form a coalition to remain m power, but today she
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      The last E. German premier?
      1127 23 The tumultuous events m the country have thrown up a most unlikely soft-spoken, shy, reluctant candidate fa the top post Suddenly, a soft-spoken musician turned lawyer may become the next and last Prime Minister of East Germany. The unexpected rise to the top of Conservative
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      S'poreans must get first crack at Telecom shares
      949 24  -  Tan Sai Siong Even if like the first lot of small investors of British Telecom, many take their profit and run, at least the profit will go to Singaporeans, not foreigners SINGAPORE Telecom was called "a national asset" m Parliament last week,
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      Mercy killing: drafting better laws is the answer
      915 24  -  Tan Tarn How Although the potentia! for abuse is great ~.nd frightening, it is one thing to recognise that a law is open to abuse and quite another to reject the law for this reason "I WON'T have you bumping me off!"
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      Birth rates should go up with new perks
      808 24  -  Narendra Aggarwal m a nutshell, the tax rebates will go a long way towards offsetting the costs of starting a family, and it seems natural that many young people will be encouraged to seriously think of marriage as a result FIGURES just
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      How birds keep cool in this drought
      446 24 MACAW THE current drought really put the thirst m everyone's throat. It was on everyone's lips. Dry, cracked lips, I mean. Everyone was complaining about it, even Mohideen, the sole proprietor of Mohideen's Sarabat Stall. "Tsk, not enough glasses, not enough tables and
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  • KUALA LUMPUR RACE GUIDE
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      Ryujin set to take Sultan's crown
      5808 26  -  Malcolm Bastians PREVIEW By KUALA LUMPUR The un-der-rated Ryujin, who almost pulled off an upset m the recent $250,000 Lion City Cup (1,200 m), is set to go one better m his second classic attempt this afternoon. The former South Australian galloper has several
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  • RACING
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      Feu Vert goes off to pasture
      437 27  -  TAN THEAN LOON Circuit's leading stakes winner joins fellow Allan star St Gallen on the deletion list By FEU VERT, the record stakes winner on the Singapore- Malaysia circuit, has earned a well-deserved rest. Trainer Ivan Allan and owners George Teo and Doris Shaw,
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      YESTERDAY'S KL RACE RESULTS
      2009 27 RACE 1 RES TERMS DIV 2 1,200m 4 TCH PROUD 54 (21 7) Rahman (8) 2 2 1 6 GLORY AHEAD 53.5 (45-12) KW Tan (6) 3 3 2 9 MR ITOENDENT 52 (11-5) Aziz (5) 1 1 3 5 TRUMPS II 54 (80-17) Oo (7)
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      Apprentice a winner at first ride in race
      384 27  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW March 24 1990 FIRST 3669 SECOND 6191 THIRD 6644 STARTERS 5428 9768 9418 6052 3680 0420 8471 2247 0448 9880 9541 CONSOLATIONS 9754 1840 0794 7638 6297 1871 5800 9653 0022 0918 XL ROUND-UP APPRENTICE Sim Beng
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      A 'gift' horse in Year of the Horse
      335 27  -  DANNY KHOO WHAT better prize than to win a horse m the Year Of The Golden Horse? Wong Hee Tai, 32, would not argue with that. His entry m the Beck's Bier competition was picked from over 20,900 entries at Marina Square
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1297 27 BADMINTON French Open Men's singles 3rd rd: Foo Kok Keong (Mai) bt Pierre Pelupessy (Hoi) 15-6 15-6, Steve Baddeley (Eng) bt Kirn Hak Kyun (SK) 15-12 5-15 15-9, Rashid Sidek (Mai) bt Steve Butler (Eng) 15-2 15-2, Sompol Kukasemkij (Thai) bt Ahn Jae Chang (SK) 154) 15-4.
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      53 27 NEXT DRAW No. 437/90 1111 II Monday, 26 March 1990 DRAW VENUE: Singapore Pools (Pte) Ltd 10 Anson Road #03-13/26 I ntemational Plaza Singapore 0207 Draw No. 437/90 Group I Prize $300,000 (MINIMUM GUARANTEED AMOUNT) Group II Prize $48,000. Pick up your Toto tickets Now! Ask for Quick Pick And
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon World Cup refs get their orders
      644 28 Fifa tell officials to send off any player guilty of violent conduct SOCCER ZURICH Violent play will be punished severely by referees at the World Cup finals. The tackle from behind was effectively barred as the International Football Federation (Fifa) ordered officials to send
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      Balestier are third — thanks to sub Tahir
      425 28  - Balestier are third thanks to sub Tahir Joe Dorai SOCCER By SUBSTITUTE Tahlr Bujang can rightfully claim a percentage of the $10,000 cash Balestier United won yesterday for finishing third m the Premier League competition with a 3-2 win over Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association at Toa Payoh Stadium. It
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      Lock icon Thai pair can now join Kelantan
      201 28 KUALA LUMPUR Kelantan Football Association have resolved their problems with Bangkok Bank Sports Club and win get the services of their two Bank employees Boonphoh Praphut and Anan Phangsaen for the Semi Pro League. KFA secretary Syed Ahmad Kuning will be m the Thai
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      Lock icon Dutch coach plans injunction
      279 28 AMSTERDAM Beleagured Dutch soccer coach Thijs Übregts is planning an injunction against the Dutch soccer association (KNVB) if they attempt to sack him before the World Cup finals, a KNVB spokesman said yesterday. "If the players refuse to agree to him continuing as coach he is
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      560 28 A POTENTIALLY divisive club versus country row m French football was averted on Friday when Bordeaux agreed, under protest, to release three of their players selected (or next week's friendly international against Hungary m Budapest. Club president Claude Bez, currently holidaying m Guadeloupe, gave the go-ahead by telephone
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      Lock icon AC in draw they did not want
      314 28 ROME West German champions Bayern Munich were the opponents holders AC Milan least wanted for next month's European Cup semi-finals. The Italians were paired with Bayern m Friday's draw m Geneva of the three European club soccer championships. They meet at San Siro
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      Lock icon Barnes set for a double
      197 28 LONDON Uvwpnl winger John Bmbm Is ea eearse to make history by Mag voted Player of the Year by the English Professional Footballers' jlsssffistlssj (PFA) tar a The "hgtrrril forward, winner «f the award Im IMB, Is year*! prise whleh will be aaimiMß here ob
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      Omar shines as he outpoints Jagdew
      313 28 BOXING OMAR ALI, of Johor, showed his class when he outpointed Singapore's light-welter-weight champion Jagdew Singh, of the Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association, m the open division special contest at the Singapore Novices and A ll- Affiliates Open boxing championships at Tanah Merah Community
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      Lock icon Jager, Biondi in big splash
      245 28 SWIMMING NASHVILLE (Tennessee) Olympians Tom Jager and Matt Biondi broke the American record m the 50-yard freestyle at the United States Short Course Swimming Nationals on Friday. Jager, 24, trailing after the turn, made up ground m the final 25 yards to win the event
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      Lock icon Agassi's rematch wish granted
      611 29 American to clash with Sweden's Edberg m IPC final TENNIS KEY BISCAYNE Fifthseed Andre Agassi, of the United States, dropped the first set but roared back to overwhelm compatriot Jay Berger to advance to the final of the U552.55 million ($4.74 m) International Players' Championships. The
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      Lock icon Korean crunch at French Open
      284 29 BADMINTON PARIS South Korea sent their opponents spinning m the French Open badminton championships. They made sure of the women's title by taking an four semi-final places on Friday and look set to repeat their All-England sweep of the doubles. Chung Bun Hwa will play
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      Lock icon Logic hits 98 as Windies struggle against England
      439 29 CRICKET PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad) England seamers Devon Malcolm, Gladstone Small and Angus Fraser exploited helpful conditions to send West Indies tumbling on the opening day of the Third cricket Test at Queen's Park Oval on Friday. West Indies, who slumped to
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      Lock icon This Curry's too hot for Knicks
      466 29 BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) Dell Curry hit 10 of 14 shots and scored 24 points, including three clutch shots m the final minutes, as the Charlotte Hornets beat New York Knicks 106-93 on Friday, sending the Knicks to their fifth consecutive loss m the
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      Lock icon Canadians storm into final
      248 29 SNOOKER ENGLAND Canada thrashed Australia 5-1 to reach the final of the World Snooker Cap for the fifth time m 11 attempts. Captain Cliff Thorburn was the only Canadian player to drop a frame on Friday as the 1982 winners produced another solid performance. Bob Chaperon,
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      Lock icon Record-breaker Hadlee decides to tour England
      407 29 WELLINGTON Richard Hadlee and New Zealand captain John Wright have ended weeks of speculation by declaring their availability for New Zealand's cricket tour of England, starting m May. Hadlee, the only player to have taken 400 Test wickets, said on the eve of his
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        No bail for ex-boxing champ Marsh
        76 29 Former world boxing champion Terry Marsh has been ordered held without bail on charges of trying to murder his ex-manager. Marsh, who held the International Boxing Federation light-welterweight title until illness forced his retirement two years ago, has been m custody since January m
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        Players to get make-up pay
        133 29 Rugby union players can now be compensated for loss of earnings m home internationals but the sport's governing body has deferred a decision on payments for activities associated with the game. In a statement on Friday after this week's annual meeting, the IRFB said players
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        Six-week ban for scrum half
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        Doubts over Games sites
        55 29 International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch is to meet -Sp*"*"h Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez m a bid to speed up work on the 1992 Olympics. There have been growing rumours that preparations are well behind schedule and there are fears that not all the sites
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        Gaston wins Catalan Week
        48 29 Spain's Inaki Gaston won the Catalan cycling week on Friday, with Dutchman Matthieu Hermans sprinting to victory m the fifth and last stage. Faced with an iron control exercised by Gaston's teammates, his closest rivals gave up the fight on the hilly 154--km stage.
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        Umpires on boycott
        131 29 Major league baseball umpires said on Friday that they would not work during spring training to protest at the way games were rescheduled after the owners' lockout of the players ended. Exhibition games are to start tomorrow and opening day is April 9. The owners' lockout delayed
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        Miami may lose Marino
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        $37m deal for football star
        82 29 Buffalo's star quarterback Jim Kelly has become football's highest paid player and Chicago Bull's Neal Anderson the top-paid running back m the National Football League. The 30-year-old Kelly's US$2O million ($37.2 m), sev-en-year deal will begin after next season when he completes the final year
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        McCrory has swollen liver
        55 29 Glenn McCrory did not only suffer damaged pride when he lost his International Boxing Federation cruiserweight crown to American Jeff Lampkin at Gateshead on Thursday night. The 25-year-old Englishman learnt that his liver was severely swollen as a result of Lampkin's thundering left hook, which ended
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      Woman darter Jaime official world No. 3
      397 30  -  Shirlynn Ho DARTS By IT HAS been officially confirmed Singapore's top woman darter Jaime Koh is world N0.3. The official world rankings after the 1969 season shows the Singaporean's name two notches up from her previous year-end position. According to Lam Yin Koi,
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      548 30 MOTOR RACING SAO PAULO Ayrton Senna claimed provisional pole position for today's Brazilian Grand Prix with another blistering demonstration of his special driving skills during Friday's opening qualifying session on his home-town circuit. The Brazilian clocked the fastest time of lmin 17.7695 ec midway through
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      Lock icon Rainey fastest in practice for Japanese Grand Prix
      189 30 MOTOR CYCLING SUZUKA Wayne Rainey headed fellow-American Kevin Schwantz m the final practic6 for today's season-opening Japanese 500 cc motorcycle Grand Prix. Yamaha rider Rainey, run-ner-up to Schwantz last year, yesterday clocked the fastest time of 2min 09.5895 ec, inside the track
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      Choice of cars for 'ace' Lin
      233 30 GOLF LIN CHING SHWEAI has a difficult bat nappy decMea to he take the Nlasaa Ceflre «r •pt tar the Nissan MHKT "C 8", m he Is popularly tam L wMw4iW wita thai ace on the 15th tele daring yesterday's Keppel Charity Open at
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      Lock icon Minnesota, Loyola in finals
      198 30 BASKETBALL NEW YORK Loyola Marymount survived a slowdown and Minnesota finished fast on Friday night to reach their first NCAA regional basketball finals. Georgia Tech and UNLV, teams who have been there before, also reached the final eight with tense, tight victories. Kenny Anderson saved Georgia
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      Lock icon Million Dollar Challenge a publicity gimmick: Official
      496 31 Million Dollar Challenge a publicity gimmick: Official GOLF KUALA LUMPUR The YSL Million Dollar Challenge for a hole-in-one at the second hole of Saujana's Palm Course has been described by certain quarters as a milliondollar gimmick that blatantly contravenes the rules governing amateur golf. Edmund Yong, a member of the
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      Lock icon Hoch battles pain to lead
      370 31 MEN'S GOLF ORLANDO (Florida) Scott Hoch, playing despite tendinitis m his left hand, shot a four-under-par 68 on Friday to take the second-round lead m the Nestle invitation golf tournament. Hoch had five birdies and a bogey despite "mis-hitting the ball all over the place"
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      Lock icon Ayako's charge falls short
      295 31 WOMEN'S GOLF PHOENIX (Arizona) Japan's Ayako Okamoto played error-free golf for 15 holes here on Friday, but back-to-back bogeys down the stretch cost her a chance to share the lead at the midway point of the US$5OO,OOO Turquoise Classic. Ayako, who has been nursing a sore
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      Name of the fans' game is having famous names
      1063 31 'Agreed that the Normans, Lyles, Faldos, Olazabals and Ballesteros's are beyond our budget. But is it now time that the Singapore Open, which has grown tremendously m stature and size from when Frank Phillips won the inaugural tournament m 1961 (and
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      Call for bigger exposure of junior players
      468 31  -  Shirlynn Ho SQUASH By A BROADER base, exposure at international tournaments and the formation of an intermediate national squad could help Singapore maintain the high standard m squash. That was the consensus of the squash fraternity after the Singapore Sports Council/Singapore Squash Rackets
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      Yazid and Bell swing game Johor's way
      450 31  -  J. Rajendran CRICKET By A 98-RUN third-wicket stand between Yazid Imran and Steven Bell propelled Johor to a convincing victory over Singapore m their Malaysian Cricket Association interstate match at Balestier Road yesterday. Johor won by a superior run rate 5.21 compared to
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      385 30 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MAUREEN GOH SIEW LENG SOm alu FK)V. IV9O Passed away peacefully on 23rd March W Leaving behind her beloved AlTin Leong Kwal Hln Och Boon Chaw Gerald Leong Ql Jun Vtncent Leong Kwal Chor Mdm Wang Ol Hang Betty Ho Mvft— i Ofrtcfc Uon«_ Corttf* wUI
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      322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements
      110 30 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements The Family Of The Late MR. LIM PECK YANG Departed 20th Mar. 1990 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths, donations and assistance during their recent bereavement. Tlw lamily of lat* ALAMELU AMMAL
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      32 30 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With Deepest Condolences And Sympathies To the Family of Our Managing Partner Mr. Ivan Koh on the Demise of his father KOH CHWEE CHEE From: Chuan Kirn Electric
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      57 30 Tha family ol tha lata ROSA QIOV ANNA CONStQUERE wishes to thank Rev. Frs. Alfred Chan and Johnson Fernandez and members of The Holy Family Church, Sisten Dolores and Josephine, Sr. Gerard and the Sisters of the Poor and all relatives, friends and colleagues for their assistance, condolences,
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      32S Requiems
      50 30 ATHMA SNANTI MOM The femfly ol the Ma MAH ALINGOAM S/0 KOL AND AY Departed: 25/2/90 The family Invites all friends and relatives for the Athma Shantl Pooja on Monday (28.3.00) at the Sri Slvan Temple, 387 Serangoon Road at 7pm. Please treat this as a personal Invitation.
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      324 In Memoriam
      110 30 KRISHNA PILLA CHELLPPAN PILLAI Departed on 26/3/89 "Time changes many things beyond control It expectations But the memory of the dear one will always remain the same." Sadly milted and always rvffnvfiiDwrwa oy ■■itiiij inu iwvvw I IN MEMORIAM G. BACKIAM i Departed: 29.0189 Always remembered by
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Lock icon Cool wins for Anthony, Li Lian
      776 32  -  Tay Cheng Khoon But Josephine and Vernon provide hotter action m third-place clashes ASCOT SQUASH By THE Championship Court had the air-conditioning and the big names. But fans who braved the warm outside courts, where the third-place matches were held, witnessed better action on
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      Singapore bid to sign two South Koreans
      403 32  -  Joe Dorai SOCCER By SINGAPORE have made a bid for the services of at least two South Korean World Cup squad members m an effort to strengthen their line-up for the Semi-Pro Division One soccer competition starting on May 4. The Football Association
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      Patty moves into the lead
      272 32 BOWLING SINGAPORE'S Patty Hor grabbed the lead m the Queen's bowling championships at Kallang yesterday when she finished the first block of 12 games with a 2,360 total. Gail Martinez is m second spot after scoring 2,328 with Katherine Lee third on 2,292. Two pins
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      Indonesia's Maya sets the pace
      222 32 SWIMMING KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia's Mays Masita Nasution bagged three golds while Malaysian Magdallne Goh rewrote two meet records on the first day of the Asean In-ter-club age-group swimming championship for the Sanya Samakl challenge trophy at the Cheras Swimming Stadium on Friday. Maya, younger sister
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      Lock icon Frankie's winning formula
      192 32 GOLF JAKARTA Frankie Minoza, of the Philippines, kept his cool yesterday to run out a three-stroke winner of the US$l2O,OOO ($223,200) Indonesian Open which he first won m 1986. Minoza, four strokes ahead of the field overnight on 204 and runner-up m this tournament last year, played
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Moroccan wins world crown
        85 32 Moroccan wins world crown Morocco's Khalid Skah held off two Kenyans m the final stretch to win the men's title at the World Cross-Country Championships m Aix les Bains, France, yesterday. Skah clocked 34 mm 21 sec for the 12km, with Kenya's Moses Tanui and Julius Korir within metres of
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        Crunch time
        70 32 Malaysians Foo Kok Keong and Rashid Sidek will meet m today's men's singles final of the French Open Badminton Championships m Paris. Bomlta Mea'a ■eari-Oaato: Foo Kok Keong (Mai) bt Steve Baddeley (Eng) 15-3 154, Rashid Sidek (Mai) bt Sompol Kukasemku (Thai) 154 15-11. W«nea'a ■wi Hwang Hye
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        Crowned
        50 32 Malaysia's national badminton champion Foo Kok Keong, last year's World Cup run-ner-up, and rhythmic gymnast Faiznur Miskin, the 15--year-old winner of five gold medals at the Sea Games, won the Selangor Sportsman and Sportswoman 1989 awards yesterday. They received M 55,000 ($3,450) hi cash and a challenge trophy each.
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        North on top
        62 32 Northern Ireland reached the final of the World Snooker Cup for the first time by routing the Republic 5-2 m Bournemouth, England, on Friday night. They play Canadain m the final. Scares (Northern Ireland uimes flnt): Dennis Taylor bt Paddy Browne 2-0, Tommy Murphy lost to Eugene
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        Spun out
        55 32 Queensland's chances of winning the Sheffield Shield cricket competition for the first time were destroyed by New South Wales spinners Greg Matthews and Adrian Tucker on the second day of the final m Sydney yesterday. After dismissing NSW for 360, Queensland were reduced to 91-8 with Matthews and
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        Wales lose
        18 32 Ireland beat Wales 14-8 m rugby union's Five Nations Championship wooden spoon clash m Dublin yesterday.
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      45 32 TODAY'S EVENTS! ATHLETICS SNOC Schools relay (Fairer Park, 1.30pm). BOWLING 9th Queens c'ships (Kallang Bowl, 2pm). CRICKET MCA Inter-State League: Singapore v Johor (Balestier Rd, 10.30 am). SCA Div 2: SRC v SCA (SRC), SCRC v CSC (SCRC), UWC v IA (UWC) All at 1.20pm.
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      7 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, March 25,1990
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      With an eye to Drean Worlds
      1142 1  -  Lim Seng Tforir The most revealing parks are ones m youngj, developing countries. These tend to be very ethnic. past JUNIPER FOO discovers that theme parks are all these and much mare. A sign of the times, a measure of a country's wealth, a
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        When three parks ruled Singapore's night life
        543 2 REMEMBER the days when an amusement park was the place to be rather than Marina Square? Few under 35 will recall the times when the Worlds ruled Singapore's entertainment. But retiree Koh Peng Huat, 74, fondly does. He held his wedding m Great
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        Myths come alive again
        287 2 NEARLY two years and $80 million later, a rejuvenated 53-year-old Haw Par Villa possibly the world's only Chinese mythological theme park will make a comeback m September. Here's what to expect. The park will be five times its original 1.9-ha size. A 2,000-seat open-air amphitheatre will
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    • SCENE
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        Finding films that are fit for a festival
        1051 3 FROM Taiwan's Banana Paradise to Japan's Zazie to France's Nocturne Indien, this year's third Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) is a right royal spread. Movies from the thoughtful to the titillating are among the choice 50 showing at the Plaza cinema for
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        Pssst! Did you see that?
        475 4  - Pssst! Did you see that? KEN JALLEH JR ON*TV VIRGINITY. Uninhibited teenage lust. Cohabitation. Commitment. Pre-marital sex. Now that I have your undivided attention, let's talk TV; which is not altogether unrelated to sex since TV, too, seeks reaction, selling immediate gratification to its voyeurs. While one can sometimes be
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      • Look east
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          Simon fleshes out new role
          53 4 FINICKY about being appropriately dressed, Hongkong star Simon Yam added a few frills to his wardrobe for his current movie, Male Prostitutes. The ex-model bought numerous Dairs of skimpy underpants to flesh out his role. The garments reportedly cost between $40 to $50 each, reports
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          Love hurts
          92 4 JIMMY Qlqin is clearly out of touch with news of the entertainment world and with girlfriend Wong Jo Yin. Asked to comment on what his actress-lover told reporters about their cooled relationship, Ql was shocked to find ont that she had spoken about it But later, he admitted
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          Secret romance
          89 4 AGE is catching up with Japanese superstar Hideki Saijo. So is romance. Saijo, 35, is reported to have flipped over an actress 12 years his senior. The two apparently fell m love while filming a soap opera a few months ago, reports Lianhe Wanbao. Given that Saijo's love
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          Fan attack
          46 4 HACKEN Lee found himself ambushed by his fans In Sydney and Us face smothered with kisses. Commenting on his experiences Down Under, the Hongkong singer pronounced that he prefers Hongkong girls to Aussie ones whom he considers plump, Shinmin Daily News of Malaysia reports.
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          Death of a car
          77 4 MAY Lo is m mourning over the demise of her new car. The "death" took place on the first day of filming for her latest movie, Story of the West Link. While on the set, the Hongkong actress heard a loud crash. It turned out that
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          Bogus beauty
          66 4 MISS Hongkong Monica Chan has discovered the latest fake Bangkok is ottering. Asked to officiate the opening of a shop m the City of Angels, she turned up to find a pretty Chinese girl masquerading as her. To add to the nightmare, the bogus beaaty was interviewed by
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        Fury ends a fairy tale
        533 7 GH ONCE upon a time, m the land of Harlequin romances, Oliver (Michael Douglas) met Barbara (Kathleen Turner) at an antique auction, where they predictably fell m love. In true fairy-tale fashion, courtship led to marriage, two children and, m time, a swank mansion and
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        Lock icon Oscars can be tough acts to follow
        559 7 THE Oscars are just 24 hours away, (it will be telecast on Tuesday, SBC 5 at 10.30 pm) but are the hopefuls m the supporting categories thinking it through? Let them be warned of the perils of winning. Has anyone talked to Timothy
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    • Bangladesh
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        A pledge for greater prosperity
        642 13 A special feature to mark the National and Independence Day of Bangladesh on March 26 MESSAGE Mr Hussain Muhammad Ershad President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh A better image 'Internationally, Bangladesh now enjoys a position of greater prestige and respect. Our contribution and efforts
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        457 13 MESSAGE Mr Anisul Islam Mahmud Foreign Minister ON THE occasion of the 19th anniversary of the independence of Bangladesh, I extend my heartiest congratulations to all fellow Bangladeshis. We recall with deep gratitude the gallant sons of our soil and the valiant freedom fighters who laid down their lives for
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        362 13 MESSAGE Brig (Rtd) Gyasuddin Ahmed Chowdhury 8.8. High Commissioner ON this auspicious occasion of the 19th independence and National Day of Bangladesh, I would like to pay homage to those martyrs who made their supreme sacrifices for an independent country. I would like to join ail Bangladeshis at home and
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        839 13 Admiration for Singapore 'We m Bangladesh have watched with great admiration the socio-economic development of Singapore over the years, making it the model of success m the region, which has been possible with the dynamic and far-sighted leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.' The creation of the upazilla (sub-district)
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        BRIEF FACTS
        420 14 LOCATION The People's Republic of Bangladesh, bounded by India on three sides, is a deltaic <f>lain of about 144,000 sq km formed by the Ganges- Brahmaputra-Meghna river system. The country is covered with a network of rivers and canals forming a maze of interconnecting channels. CLIMATE The country
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        Lock icon Five-year plan to meet technological needs
        328 14 WITH the launching of the Fourth Five-Year Plan m July this year, Bangladesh is geared to make a breakthrough to self-sustained development, and achieve a better future for its people. The major objectives of the plan are to alleviate poverty, offer a stabilised political
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        History's legacy enchants visitors
        465 15 ENDOWED with enchanting scenic beauty, mighty rivers, sunny beaches, historical relics and colourful tribal life, Bangladesh offers much to its visitors. A mixture of old and new, Dhaka, the capital, was founded m 1608 as the seat of the Imperial Mughal Viceroys of Bengal. Some of
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        Govt implements measures to control flood menace
        539 16 ABOUT 1,200 people died and over 25 million people lost their homes after monsoon floods struck Bangladesh m late August and early September 1988, causing extensive damage. The rains, which poured from the Himalayan foothills, caused rivers to burst their banks and the
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        Emphasis shifts to foreign and private investments
        1015 17  -  A.X.M. MOSHARRAF HOSSAIN By The role of the government is to provide support and assistance to the private sector, with less official interference, m industrial development, by simplifying the sanctioning and licensing procedures, as well as offering a comprehensive incentive package. To provide
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        A perfect 10 after 20 years
        751 22 After two decades of struggles and allegiance to her musical roots, Bonnie Raitt won the most Grammys this year with her 10th album EVERYTHING has a price. Even forgiveness. Multiple Grammywinner Bonnie Raitt certainly did not expect recognition this year after having toiled m
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        A Romeo for the 90s
        440 22  -  ONGSOHCHIN LIM SEX CHINESE POP BY BEST OF (Polygram) DECLARATION Of LOVE (EMI) Chi Ching WANG CHIEH may dominate the Chinese pop-music market but folk-rock balladeer Chi Ching, who extended Taiwanese taste beyond musical mush, is the name to watch m the 90s. Chi has
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      869 1 1 WONDERWORKS: Hire- <A IMga^nJi of dramas, some of which ••u3Bfc«^!fl are award-winning. It debuts |h Wi*j';- \m ft with the story of the impact ||nO^* '^^^m made by a bomb-scarred HflL ->f A Japanese woman on her 8( x^mI American host family. Stars E v^;^l Sosan Blakely and Tamlyn
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      237 16 I CONGRATULATIONS I Best Wishes H to the Government People of the 9 People's Republic of Bangladesh on their Independence Day I Thakral I Brothers w I (PTE) LTD 1 Colombo Court, #08-17/25 Singapore 0617. Tel: *****92 (12 lines), Telex: RS ***** THAKRAL i Fax: *****95/*****95 Congratulations Best Wishes to
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      19 1 SUNDAY PLUS Cover Story Style Consumer Mind Body Food Spectrum Travel Supplement Habitat The Sunday Times, March 25, 1990
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        692 1 hjh JOHN REARDON bt^^uß ift ANNIVERSARY r^ OUR PS- SPECIALS Chan Brothers Travel H^ H HB» B I W I V W I AMERICA ffigfe EUROPE %^^W^^^^^MNEW^^ 4US7/?4L/A|M AMERICA WONDERS jg^ 4r EUROPEAN DELIGHT^-^ i Jl^ ZEALA ND* I O^ o^4 MS Li 12 DAYSs32Bfffrom $2888 16 DAYS from J^429<r
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      Escape from Vietnam
      1531 2 DAWN m Ha Long Bay, and the mist clears to reveal the indistinct shapes of hundreds of tall crags, sheer as icebergs, rising from the water. The Vietnamese call this glacier-shaped formation the eighth wonder of the world: three tourist hotels overlook the bay. Here, m a
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      The waves of fugitives to Hongkong
      242 2 1979: 200,000 people left Vietnam. At a United Nations conference m Geneva it was decided that all refugees could remain m their country of arrival, pending resettlement. By the end of 1979, 80,000 boat people had arrived m Hongkong. 1989 1987: A total of
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        174 2 WE CAN ONLY SELL ERNO LASZLO SKINCARE TO ERNO LASZLO MEMBERS: PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ANALYZED BY A SPECIALIST AND ASSIGNED A SPECIFIC RITUAL OF PRODUCTS IT'S WE'DLOVETOSELL YOU ERNO LASZLO WHY WE GET THE RESULTS WE DO SKINCARE AND HOW WE PROTECT OUR ENVIABLE REPUTAT.ON BUT WE JU S
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    • STYLE
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        BEYOND BLACK & WHITE
        402 3 BEYOND BLACK WHITE Why follow the dress code and be mistaken fa a waiter? Dare to mix and match, says STEVE THK) TED UP (above): Paisley tie knotted against a striped suit m muted tones of grey and brown. SuH ($1,550), shirt ($240) and tie ($139) from Louis Feraud at
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          Luxe looms large, Wee looks weary
          301 3 THE models floated m on clouds of luxury, raw silk and pink lipstick. Thomas Wee floated m on a cloud of fatigue. The man was looking visibly tired and seemed to have lost weight. Putting together a new boutique one as big as Luxe
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          Material moves
          70 3 IT SEEMS polyester is no more the pariah of the couture world. Synthetic fabrics, no longer the stiff, clammy stuff of drip-dry fashion, have come Into their own. Top designers In Europe and America are making use of them to unprecedented degrees m their spring lines. Norma Kamali
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          Bright baths
          83 3  -  JANICE SEAH CONDEMN your boring, beige loofah to the doldrums. Today's bathing beauties surround themselves with new sea sponges whose crayonbrilliant colours make them look like they've just been plucked from the Great Barrier Reef. Plain soaps are washed out too: Sudsy potions these days are pretty and
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    • CONSUMER
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        Too old to master the computer? Never
        924 4 JANICE SEAH finds a group of older people who refuse to be left behind m this age of information technology Now that I've learnt how to use it, m my heart I feel younger and best of all, I can hold my own
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        Why must we be slaves to trinkets?
        340 4  -  SHARON GOH My Pet Peeve By OF COURSE, clothes maketh a man. But my pet peeve is that many people seem to think that accessories maketh a person m the fashion and beauty business. From all the people I met be it at
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    • MIND & BODY
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        Lean, mean and hungry machines
        444 5  - Lean, mean and hungry machines Vana By WHEN Tweedle Dum was born, I asked the father to buy six bottles (or feeding, the minimum specified m a book. Breast-feeding was planned to last one month. After the first week, there were plans to shelve it. Firstly, it was rather painful,
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        Boy genius sees the world as his stage
        956 5 LEE SIEW HUA catches up with a young man m a hurry to come up with the Theory of Everything GENIUSES are said to be frighteningly obsessive. And although Edward Teo will not class himself with the discoverers of the world, not
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        212 5 For a headstart m life read CAREERS Career and education take up more than a third of our lives. Oj^r-p. Maybe even more than half our lives y t"r- /3O How to attain a fruitful career path? What m jL'm J» .TO education to pursue? Redd CAREFRS, the fejQ|J 'S^^r^T
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        88 5 This is the last Mind and Body page. Readers of The Compleat Woman column will be pleased to know that it will be retained m a new forthcoming page Family which will focus on the problems and joys of family life. I BETTER 1 LIVING I BEGINS WITHA 1 UAAAP
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        164 5 LIN LI CHOP .vi^^^^^^^M BPs B "Before 1 wrap up the programme, I would like to pick the three lucky winners m our Homeviewers' Draw." KB Hr wiy 9 "Well, that's all we have for you tonight but we'll be back next week." BHP^?*'^~^^^hH u My job looks easy but
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          Fast food for baby
          103 6 INSTANT porridge for baby on those days when the maid is off or the mother-in-law has no time to fix the meal. That is Nestle Junior Rice Porridge, meant for babies who are at least six months old. The label on the package says it contains
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          Ovenly ginger
          64 6 ENGUSH-style biscuits with plenty of ginger. Traditionally baked. So says the label right across Mrs Kipptax's biscuits. The see-through wrapping gives you a glimpse of what is m the packet. Five of the flavours, among them chocolate chip, cherry-almond, and stem ginger, cost $2.15 for a 15t-g pack.
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          Instant pizza
          117 6 FTVE minutes to mix and 15 minutes to bake. Pizza Na pole tana from Barilla, an Italian pasta brand, is even faster than calling a pizza home delivery service. Barilla's Pizza Napoietana is a pizza mix which comes with a tin of chopped tomatoes, a packet of oregano,
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        Dried up, but full of flavour
        969 6 LEE GEOK 801 tells how a handful of raisins, sultanas or a host of other dried fruits can lift a dish or add zap to a boring breakfast EAT IN A BERIANI without raisins is a poor sort of beriani indeed. The sweetness of
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        Recipes
        407 6 Country-baked spare ribs Serves four ■1.5 kg pork spare ribs cup pitted prunes 3 A cup water Vi sliced onion 1 clove garlic, sliced 1 tsp salt Dash of pepper Pinch of ginger V/i Tbs cider vinegar Vt Tbs honey Buy ribs as a whole unchopped rack. Wash, pat
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        Feast of the Dark Ages
        416 6 GOING MEDIEVAL Brasserie Tatler, Marina Mandarin: 338-3388 IF KNIGHTS m armour and counts and countesses are your cup of lager, head for this promotion, which features not only food but a festival of all things German during the time of the Dark Ages. Recommended items
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        112 6 The revealing truth behind our baked beans. richer^ m flavour', M^ lift A sauce rich j n "'•■*>^ l^' /low m fat P rotein O SSft^AwM^ r =53^*35*^6 J content Sodium 350^^^*^^ ~^f g^gOORNFUOUR). SALT. FOOD ACID Now you know how nutritious our baked beans are. Being high m dietary
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        191 6 §^t 4 Third y^^V Anniversary w /Km!* s^ w k jSr \l\iOr^ A *Enjoy your lunch or dinner -i£a T between 28 March and 15 April 'J* tfljW 1990 and you will get a free** i A Aj voucher which is equivalent to JbJk *"^r)^ ""tf l^ e amount total
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        21 6 HALL OF FAME Jerry Hall's swimsuits hit town m a wave of glory and splendour. GO MARCH: ON SALE NOW ■f*
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        Mightier than the pen
        1019 7 An engineering professor has some points to make about the humble pencil, reports LEWIS LORD THERE once was a time when Professor Henry Petroski regarded the pencil as, well, just a pencil. He used it a lot, but what he knew about it would not blunt
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        Flying harbinger of the future: US plane with no tail
        603 7 Flying harbinger of the future: US plane with no tail "WHEN that thing sweeps back," says the pilot who flew the first test model of the Beech Starship, a revolutionary American plane, "you feel you're about to go Warp 3," an extremely high speed from the futuristic television programme Star
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        96 7 v^^^| He^**^^^ --^^rfß^i v IB? 1 Jjty7 I What's luxurious, succulent and delicious? Tjy Abalone... but only m the skilful hands of abalone masterchef, > ><*„, >Mr Yeung Koon Vat restaurant owner and one of the top ten chefs m Hong Kong. Experience the abalone m the grandest of style,
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        50 7 2° <^v m"— "^^^aut 9 O THE GAY WORLD EXHIBITION CENTRE XOn 1 i^ sal I fir mr^^l «ici. npflkapi «*#J^ k -I ■ill I ifrTr *m\ BH|HHjH9| I Opposite (Jeytang Ljorong 3) I Z-Qqkte from now to I*4-90 Time 12 noon to 10 pm H^ /Organiser S.A.ptclto fi *****43
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        The sleeper wakes up
        2231 8 GODFREY SMITH of The London Sunday Times visits this East European country and finds a nation poised to fight for its former status as the elegant centre of Western culture SHE WAS perhaps just on the wrong side of 40; svelte, smart and sexy. He was
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          Country diary of an English spring
          122 9 A NEW brochure Springtime m Britain highlights some of the season's joys awaiting travellers: from glorious gardens to arts festivals, from gambolling lambs to Hot Cross Buns. As well as sections on shopping, activity holidays, heritage and entertainment, there are useful tips such as
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          Fly me to a room
          77 9 GEKWEE is offering free twinnsharing accommodation m London when yon hny a return airline ticket on Cathay Pacific Airways at $2,482. Yon get either five nights at the Burns Park In Kensington, four nights at the London Forum or three nights at the Bamada off
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          No snow to ski on
          72 9 A LACK of snow m European ski resorts earlier this year has left the ski industry facing losses of more that US$2 billion (553.76 billion) and would-be skiers having to make do with hiking, tennis and hang-gliding. The popular Tyrol and Salzburg regions m Austria,
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      • TRAVELLERS' TALES
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          Travel bug used as a marketing tool
          981 10  -  EVELYN YAP By SINGAPOREANS are one of the most avid travellers In the world with one in three going abroad each year. The local voyager has also become more mature and demanding in the choice of destinations. Last year, more Singaporeans headed for
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          Where one of the perks is jetting round the world
          775 10 MORE employers are dangling the "see-the-world" carrot to get staff to work harder, sell more, or just to stay m the company. The top insurance achievers, best salesmen and most loyal factory workers are being rewarded with holidays abroad. Such
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        More destinations planned to lure the tourist dollar
        729 11 SINGAPOREANS are looking to destinations, other than Disneyland and Mount Fiji, to put their tourist dollar. One of the tours gaining popularity is Sri Lanka now that the political situation there has stabilised. Travel agents, like Euro tours and Travel, are gearing
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        Postcard islands in the sun
        74 12 So you have seen it all, heard it all, felt it all and just want to get away. No more tour buses, early wake-up calls or three-minute sight-seeing at places of interest. If the Eiffel Tower and Space Mountain have lost their lure, Evelyn Yap
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        Seychelles: The original Garden of Eden
        451 12 TOURISTS, yes. Beatniks, no, says the government of Seychelles which limits the number of hotel rooms to 4,000. Considering the fact that Seychelles is an archipelago of over 100 islands, 4,000 visitors a year means the islands are kept as unspoilt as can be.
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        Pulau Seribu: A thousand surprises
        149 12 Pulau Seribu: A thousand surprises THE next time you are m Jakarta, don't come straight home. Head for Pulau Seribu, already a favourite spot with Japanese tourists, which accounts for the Japanese restaurant at the Pulau Seribu Marine Resort. Pulau Seribu, which means "a thousand islands", is a cluster of
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        Mauritius: Nostalgia is in the air
        336 12 MAURITIUS is the other destination, apart from Penang, where you can harp back to the Singapore of 20 years ago, according to Ms Christina Wong, Sales and Marketing Executive of Air Mauritius, who goes there three times a year. Depending on where you go,
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        The gems of Thailand
        416 13 JANSOM THARA could be the only resort m South-east Asia that services its guests with natural mineral water from the springs of south Thailand. Situated m the Ranong province, there is accommodation at the 200-room Hot Spa Health Resort and the 60-room Jansom Thara Resort which
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        Rediscover the magic of Langkawi and Pangkor
        341 13 TRAVEL agents say Singaporeans have been giving Langkawi and Pangkor a miss until now. Newer hotels have increased the charm of kampung life on the islands. Ungkawi is a group of 99 islands called the "Land of Legends" because of the folklore which
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        119 8 BKcSii^9Hl Mil H^3 HP^ .H| .-it-'-v.-'.iy^i^ B.'*8 .jU -y /> J .'i"4 :^^^'»fr ■illP |^B- ;^^^^^^y^^^mW^?^^S^^tS^Wm^ EnBB hSPE^IBiIB I Iv M^L^i^VL. I-*" HJ HP B v-^* 1 B .~Ai— \^JM^9BSJSSHhB In just over two-and-a-half hours, you can be worlds away. On the tranquil culture for a lot less than you
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        20 9 l^l^B^B^H Hfif^^H B^B^^BT X "jP^W^H t all from the luxury of 3all Garuda Indonesia m da Indonesia rr\ \an^lrrwT\^ unit
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        466 11 Travel fair will feature more than holidays SHEEP-SHEARING demonstrations, appearances by Hongkong's TV stars and Miss Macau these will be the highlights of the Natas Travel Fair '90 at the World Trade Centre next weekend. The Australian Tourist Commission, one of the national tourist organisations taking part, will be flying
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        472 11 SILJAUNEJ THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SCANDINAVIA TOUR (SUMMER) SANTA CLAUS TOUR (WINTER) ■■^■■■■■■^■IMH SAILING DAILY FINLAND §M SWEDEN Ep-»«as_S 0N B OARO 5SS**" FACILITIES P^J^_^^B*^!Tr7« _^___J-__S cabins with private **^--i ;lliJ_w«««"* l '*""^______«BMM*~~~*"'** 111 restaurants ...^MS^^^Bf""*"** **"?""jf_!!ll*' l>^ -1 1 nightclub, disco, casinc .■sis f-y-*-o.'T m* m, \,,'tk, Vilffl/i*,"- sauna, swimming
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        208 12 SEE THE TREASURES OF JAPAN AT A PRICE YOU'LL APPRECIATE. k\" m- |VvSsBM 9 1 Ik. v^M mS^/M I JAPAN DELUXE THE AIRLINE PACKAGE (Adult $2,699. Child $2,160.) 11 days Japan/Korea tour. Hokkaido, Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Seoul. Departures every Tuesday. Stay m top hotels like Sapporo Fuji Hotel,
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        456 13 NO OTHER AIRLINE GIVES THE WORLD AIR LANKA'S TASTE OF PARADISE. Ou B ST N S itUKS Oiik Rhythms Oi Liii. 3B B "^^m^^ <^-^^^b I^BBi^^^^^^B ■'-~®ffi^^--3p^H ir-^B EJI BB BIJHS ET it J Our High Tkf.s q ur Glitti;kino Nigiitlipk JB' You could visit the four comers of the
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        A fivefoot way off life
        294 14 A fivefoot way off life In the second of a two-part series on good and bad architecture, CHAN WAI KIN continues his discussion on the effective use of space with three examples. This wrap-up also marks the end of our Habitat pages which will make way for other pages m
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        All eyes on the stage
        209 14 A BUILDING can make or break an environment. I am not referring to the structure itself but to its positioning and how it relates to its locality. Take the example of the outdoor stage m Hong Lim Green m the Chinatown area. The most interesting
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        The vanishing wobbly balcony
        187 14 IT IS a popular belief that the more interesting things m life are often associated with "sin". This is, to some extent, true m architecture. Rigid, unbending rules occasionally restrict creativity and produce standard designs lacking m innovation. The much-photographed extension balcony m Trengganu Street illustrates
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        336 14 ATime For Heroes I In the conquest of outer space, pres- HHRB^ C^*"* SUCh 3 WatCh C Uld USed by sures are awesome and survival factors are jfc j^, \j French and Russian astronauts for the critical. Men have no time for ordinary H F\ JL»" ,J| jfcjj| 1 liTk^
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