The Straits Times, 3 February 1991

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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2846 55 CENTS MCI (P) 15/12/90
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    Lock icon Allies pound Iraqi armour
    703 1  -  Asad Latif Threat of full-scale Iraqi assault recedes Bush: Allies won't be lured into premature ground war By Compiled from agency despatches THE threat of a full-scale Iraqi assault on Saudi Arabia appeared to have receded yesterday as allied forces, while refusing to be drawn into
    AP  -  703 words
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    SAF team in Saudi Arabia keeps busy with drills and duties
    655 1  -  Ng Wei Joo By ALL quiet on the Gulf front but by no means idle and, yes, they do miss rice. That was how members of the Singapore Armed Forces medical team in Saudi Arabia described their tour since
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  • Article
    Spore 'will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so'
    366 1 S'pore 'will consider scrapping ISA if KL does so' SINGAPORE will seriously consider abolishing the Internal Security Act if Malaysia were to do so, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Brigadier-General (Res) Lee made this response to seven Malaysian journalists in his office recently when asked why the ISA
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    Lock icon No progress in talks over future shape of Soviet Union
    517 1 MOSCOW Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and republican leaders have failed to overcome their differences over the future shape of the country in talks here, while the explosive issue of price rises also appears to have been left pending. Tass news
    AFP; Reuter; AP  -  517 words
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      8 1 More reports: Pages 4-8 More reports: Page 3
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • Article
      Attitude shaped by training and job experiences
      346 2 WHAT PROFESSIONALS SAY FIFTEEN police officers, lawyers and doctors interviewed by The Sunday Times felt that their attitudes towards rape victims may have been shaped by their job experiences. Police officers and lawyers say the few cases which ended up with the victims
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      Study shows professionals have wrong ideas about rape, victims
      1102 2  -  Sandra Davie NUS study on professionals' attitudes towards rape By SPECIAL REPORT WHAT VICTIMS SAY Seeking redress like 'being raped again' THREE rape victims interviewed by The Sunday Times said the whole process of seeking redress through the law was like
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      Attitude of professionals
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      Lock icon 15 die as planes collide in LA airport disaster
      648 3 LOS ANGELES A broken USAir Boeing airliner lay smouldering yesterday on top of a wrecked commuter plane while firefighters waited to bring out the dead, estimated by airline officials at up to 15 and probably more. The Skywest Fairchild Metroliner commuter
      Reuter; UPI; AP  -  648 words
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      S'pore, KL leaders can have realistic ties, says BG Lee
      467 3 BG Lee's interview with Malaysian journalists 'No difficulty in mutual co-operation' BG Lee (above) SINGAPORE'S new leaders can achieve a practical and realistic relationship with their Malaysian counterparts, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He said he discovered "no
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      Why Spore won't change its racial composition
      388 3 WHAT would happen if the percentage of the Chinese who now make up 75 per cent of Singapore's population were to rise beyond 80 per cent? BG Lee Hsien Loong believes that if this happens English would not be an official language. Nor
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      Gleaner charged with making threat
      181 3 Gleaner charged with making threat A SINGAPOREAN was yesterday charged with criminal intimidation for making an anonymous call to the police warning them to withdraw their men from the American embassy. Ramsingar Rai s/o Satya Deo Rai, 32, a kitchen cleaner, allegedly made the threat when he telephoned the Police
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      Lock icon US denies deal with Moscow on Gulf, Baltics
      118 3 WASHINGTON The State Department has denied that the United States had made a deal with the Soviet Union to guarantee Moscow's continued support for the US Gulf policy in exchange for a US pledge to mute its criticism of Soviet military repression
      AFP  -  118 words
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      290 2 Windy with passinf showers over a few areas in the afternoon TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31mai., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.20 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. TRAVELLERS 1 WEATHER Amsterdam -4 0 C Cloudy Madrid 110 C Rain Athens 15C Goudy MMriU 22 29 C Goudy Auckland
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  • GULF WAR SPECIAL
    • Article
      Lock icon Allies launch new missile, bomb attacks on Basra
      563 4 o\ mi: WARFRONT Other parts of southern Iraq also come under fire NICOSIA US-led allied forces launched new bomb and missile attacks on the Iraqi port city of Basra and other parts of southern Iraq yesterday, with two huge blasts rocking Basra,
      Reuter; AP; AFP; UPI  -  563 words
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      Lock icon Arab allies rout Iraqis
      652 4 The retaking of Khafji Saudis show no lack of will to fight for their homeland This was their battle. We tried to stay out of the picture as much as possible.' A Marine Corps colonel stationed in the area. DHAHRAN For the Saudis, who were stung
      NYT; AP; AFP; Reuter  -  652 words
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      Lock icon Baghdad acknowledges pullout but says it still holds the initiative
      342 4 Defence Ministry warns that force used so far is just 'a drop in the bucket' NICOSIA Iraq has given its own account of the operation at the Saudi border town of Khafji which fell into Iraqi hands last Tuesday and
      Reuter  -  342 words
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      Lock icon US allies and Iraq seem to be fighting two different wars
      717 4 US allies and Iraq seem to be fighting two different wars Saudis playing down Iraqi casualties? MILITARY analysts, noting the low Iraqi casualties In the .14-hour battle far Khaffl, said yesterday that Saudi military officials could have played dawn the ■ambers so as not t« stir up more hostility among
      Reuter; AP; NYT; UPI  -  717 words
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      Lock icon Aircraft drop bombs by mistake near Marine camp
      263 4 I ALLIES HIT AND MISS j EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA Allied aircraft mistakenly dropped a load of cluster bombs on Friday that narrowly missed hitting a Marine camp in an accidental barrage causing no injuries but waking up a lot of troops. A
      UPI; Reuter; AP  -  263 words
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      Lock icon PoWs reveal they were ordered to escape to Iran
      361 4 1 IRAQIS HIDE AND FLEE ABOARD THE USS CURTS A group of 35 captured Iraqi sailors told an interrogator they were ordered to flee to Iran with their boats and wait until the end of the war. The prisoners said a
      AP; UPI; Reuter  -  361 words
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      Lock icon Ground war will begin when time's right: Bush
      586 5 FORT STEWART (Georgia) President George Bush has made it clear that the ground war would begin in the Persian Gulf only if necessary and then only when the allies decided the time was right "not on Saddam Hussein's timetable". Buoyed by a
      UPI; Reuter; AP  -  586 words
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      Lock icon British guns will kick off land battle
      176 5 WITH BRITISH FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA The crash of British artillery will signal the start of an allied ground offensive to drive Iraq from Kuwait, military commanders said. They told reporters on Friday that the 24 155 mm self-propelled howitzers of 40 Field
      Reuter  -  176 words
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      Lock icon Living hell in Baghdad 'but morale high'
      551 5 BEHIND IRAQI LINES Some civilian targets hit but military sites suffered the most damage, say peace activists NICOSIA Allied air attacks have turned life in Baghdad into a living hell but the morale of residents appears unbroken, some Western correspondents who have returned
      Reuter; AP; UPI  -  551 words
    • PRISONERS OF WAR
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        Lock icon Captured pilots should be treated as war criminals: Iraq
        396 5 NICOSIA Iraq has urged that captured American and allied pilots be treated as killers and war criminals because of purported attacks on women and children. A commentary on Baghdad radio on Friday, accusing the pilots of deliberately killing Iraqi civilians, said:
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        Lock icon US servicewomen as much at risk as the men
        285 5 LOS ANGELES News of the possible capture by Iraqi forces of a US sevicewoman in the Gulf has brought home the message that though not engaged in direct combat, servicewomen may be just as vulnerable as servicemen on the warfront. Iraq
        Reuter; AFP  -  285 words
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      Lock icon Baghdad fails to get planes back from Iran
      390 5 NICOSIA The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister flew home empty-handed yesterday after failing to persuade Teheran to return Iraqi combat aircraft flown to Iran since the outbreak of the Gulf war. As Mr Saadoun Hammadi headed home, President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani reiterated
      AP; Reuter; AFP  -  390 words
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      Lock icon Iraq, S. Arabia and Kuwait rapped for human rights record
      227 5 WASHINGTON The US State Department has criticised last year's human rights records in Iraq and three Arab members of the allied coalition Syria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait before the Emirate was invaded by Iraqi forces. Israel's policies in the occupied
      NYT; AFP  -  227 words
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      Lock icon War sharpening differences in Asean
      692 6 US military presence in the region becomes subject of debate KUALA LUMPUR The Gulf war is sharpening differences in South-east Asia between countries like Malaysia and Indonesia which want to reduce the region's dependence on US protection, and other nations that want to maintain an
      Reuter  -  692 words
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      Malays 'unhappy with America's excessive bombardment of Iraq'
      571 6 MALAY Singaporeans accept that the Gulf war is not a holy war, but what they are unhappy with are the excessive bombardment of Iraq by the allied forces and the extent of suffering inflicted on the Iraqi people. This was the general
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      S'poreans urged to avoid creating misunderstandings
      227 6 14 Muslim groups pass resolution on Gulf war FOURTEEN Muslim organisations have called on Singaporeans to avoid making unhealthy statements on the Gulf War which may cause misunderstanding. They said that this misunderstanding could arise when people took sides. In a It-point resolution passed
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    • Other developments in the Gulf
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        Lock icon Moroccan king rejects calls to leave coalition
        372 6 RABAT King Hassan has rejected growing opposition demands for the removal of Moroccan soldiers from Saudi Arabia, warning that such calls would be considered as an attack on the morale of the troops. "I will never permit anyone to criticise the presence of
        AFP; AP  -  372 words
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        Lock icon Soviet cosmonauts get bird's eye view of the war
        132 6 MOSCOW Two Soviet cosmonauts have been watching the Gulf war from front row seats 200 km above the earth in the space station Mir, Soviet television reported on Friday. From their perch, the cosmonauts can clearly see thick black smoke billowing
        AFP  -  132 words
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        Lock icon Top-rating CNN jacks up advertising prices
        94 6 ATLANTA After soaring to the top of the television ratings charts with its coverage of the Gulf war, the Cable News Network (CNN) has decided to sharply increase its advertising rates. The cable channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System Inc announced it was raising
        AFP  -  94 words
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        Lock icon Saddam's spy network among most ruthless
        352 6 NICOSIA Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's intelligence organisation, among the most ruthless in the world, has systematically assassinated his rivals, some with rat poison. The organisation ruthlessly suppresses Iraq's 17 million people, creates a climate of fear and suspicion by encouraging children to spy on
        AP  -  352 words
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        Lock icon Stinging salvos of insults in war of words
        330 6 Stinging salvos of insults in war of words THE United States and it allies may control the skies, but Iraq and its Mother of Battles Radio have given no ground in the Gulfs war of words. The following are some of Iraq's choicest descriptions, along with some from Saudi and
        AP  -  330 words
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        Lock icon Oil slick hits Saudi Arabia coast
        225 6 Oil slick hits Saudi Arabia coast DHAHRAN History's largest oil slick, oozing down from Kuwait, has hit Saudi Arabia's northeast coast, polluting miles of sandy beach, and a second slick, coming from Iraq, has grown dramatically, officials said yesterday. The main slick, 160 km long and carrying the equivalent of
        Reuter  -  225 words
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      Lock icon Can reserves do the job?
      1399 7 US Army support units are doing well in the desert. But combat units have run into serious problems, says US News World Report. THE United States Army, poised to follow the allied air assault into Kuwait and Iraq, depends to an unprecedented degree on an
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      Lock icon Battling for the Arab mind
      2058 8 Defeating Iraq would not end the attacks on America's friends by democracy-minded activists and Islamic fundamentalists, reports Louise Lief. The US continues to ignore a lesson it should have learned in Muslim but non-Arab Iran: the greatest dangers in the Middle East may come from
      US News; World Report  -  2,058 words
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      Iraqi planes fly to Iran, ground forces attack Saudi town
      840 8  - Iraqi planes fly to Iran, ground forces attack Saudi town Agnes Chen By HI IK REVIEW THE Gulf War delivers more surprises in its third week. The major bizarre event: more than 100 Iraqi planes flying to Iran. Military strategists are still trying to fathom why President Saddam Hussein sent
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      Investors get mixed signals from world markets over past week
      360 8 AS THE Gulf war continued, world stock markets gave mixed signals to investors over the past week. Major financial markets continued to be volatile in response to events in the Gulf war and news of the weak US economy. The
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      12 5 Democracy on the rise, to are ethnic conflicts, says US: Page 12
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Mandela hails de Klerk's move but sees obstacles
      435 10 JOHANNESBURG Anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela yesterday welcomed President F. W. de Klerk's plans to repeal all of South Africa's remaining apartheid laws by June but said important obstacles still lay ahead in forging a new constitution. Mr Mandela, deputy president of the
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      Where Mr Lee would really like to go for a holiday
      486 10  -  Sumiko Tan Mr Lee's visit to Mexico By in Cancun CANCUN (Mexico) For someone who has travelled half the world and more, where would Mr Lee Kuan Yew really like to go for a holiday? "I would like to
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      Lock icon Stockholm police seize 4,000 forged etchings
      204 10 Stockholm police seize 4,000 forged etchings STOCKHOLM Police have confiscated 4,000 forged art works of surrealist painters Joan Miro and Salvador Dali and arrested four art dealers in Sweden and Denmark, news reports said yesterday. One curator said that the Miro market could collapse because of the forgeries. The national
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      Lock icon Pakistan quake toll rises to 175
      396 10 MINGORA (Pakistan) Rescue workers in nor h western Pakistan were strug gling by foot yesterday to reach remote mountain vU lages hit by the country's worst earthquake in 17 years Government officials said at least 175 people were killed by the early Friday quake.
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      Lock icon India and China to restore border trade
      374 10 BEIJING India and China agreed yesterday to restore trade along their common border, halted after a bloody war 29 years ago, and pledged to strengthen bilateral ties, officials said. Indian External Affairs Minister Vidya Charan Shukla yesterday met Prime Minister Li Peng and
      AFP  -  374 words
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      Lock icon UN peace plan for Cambodia gets Hanoi's backing
      402 11 HANOI Vietnam gave an important show of support yesterday to a United Nations peace plan for Cambodia that it had partially rejected before, and agreed that France and Indonesia should hold a new meeting of Cambodia's rival factions. But Foreign Minister Nguyen
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      Lock icon Latin American leaders warn of trade blocs if Gatt talks fail
      271 11 DAVOS (Switzerland) Latin American leaders attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum here have made a new plea for a successful conclusion to stalled world trade talks, warning that failure could lead to greater protectionism and hardship.
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Shedding light on photography
        46 11 picture. A young boy and a girl learning about photography with the help of a giant dummy camera at a children's science exhibition in Beijing on Friday. Science and technology is one of the topics of the Four Modernisations of China. Reuter
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        Lock icon Cashier calls forger's Muff
        114 11 LINCOLN (Nebraska) A forger tried to cash a cheque at a hank but, unknown to him, the cashier was the man whose name he was using. Freedom Hunter, 18, was sentenced to six months' jail on Thursday after being found guilty of attempted forgery. Police said
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        Lock icon Bush, Mandela nominated
        104 11 OSLO US President George Bush and South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela were among those proposed for the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize as the deadline for nominations passed on Friday. Mr Vidar Kleppe, of Norway's right-wing Progress Party, said on Friday that he had nominated Mr Bush
        Reuter  -  104 words
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        Lock icon Girl, 8, assaulted over grades
        73 11 JACKSONVILLE (Florida) A Navy petty officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his eight-year-old daughter as punishment for poor grades. If the girl brought home a report card with several Ds on it, the 34-year-old man would assault
        AP  -  73 words
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        Lock icon Chilean govt to shut down German religious colony
        107 11 SANTIAGO The Chilean government announced on Friday that it was shutting down a controversial German religious colony. A government official, Mr Belisario Velasco, said leaders of the Colonia Dignidad colony had "committed serious and repeated infractions of statutes". Left-wing legislators and human-rights
        UPI; Reuter  -  107 words
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        Lock icon Small stocks score big gains
        56 11 NEW YORK Propelled by the momentum in technology issues, smaller stocks continued to score big gains on Friday while blue chips fell. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day at 2,730.69, down 5.7 points. For the week, the Dow rose 71.28 points, for a
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      Lock icon Mum accused of plotting murder to help girl make it to cheer team
      214 12 HOUSTON (Texas) An American mother was so intent on making sure her daughter got a place in a school cheerleading squad that she hired a hit man to kill a competitor's mother, police said on Friday. Police
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      Lock icon Democracy on the rise, so are ethnic conflicts, says US
      597 12 N. Korea, Burma ranked among the most brutal regimes WASHINGTON The United States State Department, presenting its annual report on human rights worldwide, said that democracy was advancing throughout the world, but so were bloody ethnic conflicts. "Totalitarian and authoritarian
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Thatcher for Reagan's party
        178 12 FORMER British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a world figure turned wall flower, is about to return to the public eye in the United States, where die will help old friend Ronald Reagan celebrate his 80th birthday on Wednesday. Some insiders say the Iron Lady is doing
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        Lock icon Thais were Saddams' tailors
        94 12 MR TAWEESAK Wongcharoen and his wife, Malai. are two Thai dressmakers with the dubious honour of having tailored the clothes of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Home in Thailand because of the Gulf crisis, Mr Taweesak told reporters that he had been officially employed in Baghdad's Cultural
        TAN LIAN CHOO  -  94 words
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        Lock icon Colin Powell honoured
        92 12 GENERAL Colin Powell, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been chosen as one of the 10 winners of the annual Horatio Alger awards. Presented for more than 50 years, the awards go to men and women who, like the characters in the stories of
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        Lock icon Actor Yam for Singapore?
        89 12 POPULAR Hongkong movie star Simon Yam Tat Wah, idol of many Thai television viewers, is undecided about whether to adopt Bangkok or Singapore as his hometown once Hongkong returns to Chinese rule in 1997. Yam has bought flats in condominiums in both cities but is seen
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        Lock icon Saionga to 'sell' Philippines
        86 12 INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed Miss Saigon star Lea Salonga, 19, is now the official promoter of Philippine tourism. Under a contract signed with the Department of Tourism, Salonga will be featured in advertisements promoting Philippine tradition and music. She admits she has a special place in her heart
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        Lock icon Bennett turns magazine editor
        65 12 MR WILLIAM Bennett, who recently quit his job as President George Bush's anti-drug czar, is trying his hand at writing and editing for a magazine that shares his conservative thinking. Mr Bennett has become a senior editor at National Review. Besides writing editorials and articles, he
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  • ASEAN
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      A smaller Thai army but bigger role for reservists
      344 14  -  Tan Lian Choo By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thai Army Commander-in-Chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon has said that his goal for the Thai army is to reduce its size and rely more on reservists. Reservists are exempted from conscription once they pass a
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      Lock icon Thai editor quits over derogatory letter row
      123 14 BANGKOK The editor of Matichon, Thailand's leading newspaper which began a voluntary three-day closure on Friday for publishing a derogatory letter on the Buddhist Supreme Patriarch, has resigned. Newspaper officials said Mr Sommai Parijchat tendered his resignation to the executive committee of Matichon
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      Lock icon Bangkok blames US for scaring away tourists
      289 14 BANGKOK A government minister said that tourist arrivals in Thailand had dropped by 30 per cent since the Gulf war began and accused the US of scaring away visitors with warnings that the Land of Smiles faced a guerilla threat. The Thai government
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      Lock icon Ex-banker accused of fraud, graft over Bank Duta's $718m losses
      227 14 Ex-banker accused of fraud, graft over Bank Duta's $7 18m losses JAKARTA A former Indonesian banker was yesterday charged with fraud and corruption in a case connected to the US$42O million (Ss7lB million) losses suffered by Bank Duta last year. If found guilty, Dicky Iskandar, the sole defendant in the
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      Lock icon Jakarta deports 7 Chinese caught with fake passports
      241 14 JAKARTA Indonesian immigration authorities have deported seven ethnic Chinese caught with fake Taiwan and Indonesian passports, an immigration official said. Six people who arrived from Kuala Lumpur on Monday were sent back on the same day after immigration officials found they were
      AFP  -  241 words
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  • MALAYSIA
    • Article
      Kelantan defers Islamic-law move
      329 16 PASIR PUTEH (Kelantan) The PAS-led state government has decided to defer the introduction of Islamic hudud (mandatory) laws in Kelantan, Mentri Besar Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said. PAS, the fundamentalist Islamic party which promised during the October general election to implement the laws, feared
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      Lock icon Umno to consolidate its financial empire with historic $1.2b corporate deal
      213 16 KUALA LUMPUR The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) has moved to consolidate its financial empire with a M51.95 billion (551.24 billion) corporate deal said to be the largest in the country's history. The deal announced yesterday involves the purchase
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      97 16 AS THE horse gallantly makes its exit this coming Lunar New Year, the Chinese will be welcoming the Year of the Goat. But at Sungei Wang Plaza, a shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur, the Goat was not in sight. Instead, the establishment has put up
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    • Article
      Mahathir and Kitingan meet 'over differences
      323 16  - Mahathir and Kitingan meet 'over differences Ping Lin By Writing for The Sunday Times KUALA LUMPUR Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the Prime Minister's Department yesterday for about two hours in what is believed to be an attempt to
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      Lock icon Security guard at US embassy in KL shot by gunman
      234 16 KUALA LUMPUR A security guard at the United States Embassy here was shot in the right shoulder by an unidentified gunman early yesterday. The gunman and an accomplice sped off on a motorcycle. Mr S. Chandran, 28, was rushed to
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      MCA veteran Peng Khoon dies
      207 16 MALAYSIAN Chinese Association veteran Senator Datuk Tan Peng Khoon has died at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur, The Star reported yesterday. Datuk Tan, 66, who joined the MCA in 1949, gave many years of service to the party, the community and the nation.
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      Conmen monitoring too tax officials' transfers 'to solicit funds for welcome dinners'
      281 16 A GROUP of conmen are monitoring transfers of senior tax officials and using this information to solicit donations that run into thousands of dollars, The Malay Mail reported yesterday. Once they know of an impending transfer of a
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  • HOME
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      Married women in the SAF get flexi-work scheme
      520 17  - Married women in the SAF get f lexi-work scheme Sunny Goh Five options available to help military mothers balance work and family life By NOT one, but five choices are available to military mums who want to work flexi-hours. The Singapore Armed Forces is now promoting a more liberal work
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      Flexi-hours work well for two SAF mums
      657 17 A MOTHER of two daughters, aged four years and 10 months, Sergeant Heng Lee Sung would have resigned from her military job if not for the SAF flexi-hours scheme. The birth of her younger daughter. Ai Lin, at the beginning of last year
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      Head of China's State Council calls on PM
      35 17 Mr Luo Gan, Secretary-General of the People's Republic of China State Council, paying a courtesy cal on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana yesterday morning.
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      Married woman jumped to death after taped phone calls exposed her affair
      491 17 AN INSURANCE agent who bought a telephone recording machine to monitor his maid's telephone calls ended up taping his wife's conversation with her lover instead. Mr Lim Kia Choon, 42, confronted his wife with the tape. A few
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      Lock icon Lights... action in Chinatown
      295 18 Lights action in Chinatown Lunar New Year celebrations CHINATOWN came ablaze for the Lunar New Year last night in a kaleidoscope of lights which, strung together, would have encircled five football fields. The Finance Minister and MP for Kreta Ayer Dr Richard Hu yesterday evening flicked the switch that turned
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      Survey shows prices of festive goods differ by up to $15
      263 18 AN ISLAND-WIDE survey during the current festive period has shown that canned abalone of the same brand can vary in price by as much as $15, or about 60 per cent. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) on Friday
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      Land and water floats bring Chinese legends to life at S'pore river
      350 18  -  Cephah Tan By MEET Pigsy, the Monkey God and other Chinese immortals at the Singapore River. These colourful characters will delight visitors at the riverside Lunar New Year celebration, Singapore River Hong Bao '91, from Saturday to Febl7.
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      Students fight exam blues with exercise and music
      539 20  -  Choo Siew Bee By Miss Roslinda Mohd Solihin, 21, a first-year Arts undergraduate: "I read a lot in between studying for the exams, especially Paul Theroux's books. I also listen to classical music and heavy metal." MrChiaChoy Kian, 22, a first-year Arts
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      Lecithin does not improve memory, say pharmacists
      427 20 I WHAT IS LECITHIN? I Lecithin is a fat-like substance produced dally by the liver. It is present in every cell in the body and is needed for their growth and renewal. It is particularly abundant in the brain and nerve cells. ■It
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      Zoo to spend $10m on various projects
      375 20 Koala Exhibit now open THE Singapore Zoological Gardens will spend $10 million on diverse projects this year, its biggest expansion in a single year. These will include a $5.7 million children's world which promises to be the best-ever in Singapore. To be opened
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      Man who hugged and bit woman arrested
      187 20 A 30- YEAR-OLD man was arrested by police on Friday after he hugged a woman and bit her on the neck as she was about to enter a taxi. Police said the suspect, who has a history of mental illness, was sent for
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      Cargo ship sinks
      131 20 A CARGO vessel sank off Singapore in the early hours of Friday morning. All 15 crew members, two of them Singaporeans, were rescued. The Singapore-registered vessel, Jenson, was bound for Sibu, Malaysia on Thursday when it started ro!!ing onto its side. The crew, which includes two Burmese,
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      How weekend car scheme will work for motorists
      898 21 Spot anything newsworthy in your neighbourhood? Or yon may have some views to express. Phone us at 757-87M between 9 am and 5 pm from Monday to Saturday. SINCE changes to the weekend car scheme were announced more than a week ago,
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      Caltex, Shell and Mobil raise price of leaded petrol by 15 cents a litre
      228 21 CALTEX. Shell and Mobil became the latest oil companies to revise their pump prices with effect from midnight tonight in response to the changed tax structure aimed at promoting the use of unleaded petrol. Lake the
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      Jump in number of dengue fever cases in 4 weeks
      328 21 Jump in number of dengue fever cases in 4 weeks THE number of cases of dengue fever and dengue haemmorhagic fever (DHF) increased almost nine-fold in the first four weeks of this year, prompting the Environment Ministry to warn that the fever remains a serious threat. In a press statement
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      Only 192 COEs unused after sharp drop in premiums
      350 21 THE dramatic fall in premiums by as much as $9,000 saw only 192 Certificates of Entitlement expire unused on Jan 31. This was in contrast to the record 706 and 383 COEs which lapsed at the end of December and November.
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      Treat music as part of life, professor tells students
      598 22  -  Koh Joh Ting By A WELL-KNOWN music examiner flew into town last week with this advice for the more than 20,000 music students in Singapore learn music as a part of life and not as a set of rules gleaned from
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      Senior citizens bring back the old Chinatown days
      383 22 OLD Chinatown came back to life at modern Raffles City Shopping Centre yesterday. Twenty senior citizens brought back the days of hair-burning and face-pulling a wrinkle treatment at the Chinatown show. They also demonstrated the art of making a samsui woman's headgear.
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      239 20 iW 3H| m v l V THE NEW TOSHIBA WASHER IS SO QUIET YOUU THINK THE POWER WENT OFF. In fact, our new washing machine isn't just virtually silent it's also the convenience of true one-touch operation (thanks to its state-of-the-art vibration-free. microprocessor control). A generous 4.5kg family-sized capacity. And
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      436 22 ROCK BOTTOM PRICES HIT HOME! Show us proof that you live in the East Coast* of Singapore and we will give you a FREE gift with no purchase required •Mountbatten. Goytang Serai. Serangoon Gardens, Paya Lebar. Changl. Bedok. Chal Chee. Geytang. Aljunied. Tamplnes. Katong. Marine Parade. Slgjap. Euros. Joo Chiat.
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      455 23 Unleaded petrol the fuel of the future? Yes, but not because it is advanced and revolutionary, but because it is here to stay. Mobil has been marketing high quality unleaded petrol in other parts of the world since the 1970'5. **J|^^H Tried and tested, we guarantee that no warranty is
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  • PROFILE
    • The Sunday Times
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        Hold it, officer
        290 24 Hold it, officer THE police ban on electrical firecrackers is likely to strike many as a cop-out, imposed for its own convenience rather than any compelling public good. With the Government encouraging Singapore's various communities to revive and preserve their traditions, one might have thought that these devices would be
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      25 YEARS AGO
      146 24 What The Sunday Times reported on Feb 6, 1966 LONDON Here it is, the first picture of the moon taken on the moon. It shows a bleak, shadowy world dotted with rocks. Russia's Luna 9 appears to be standing on a hillside. The moonscape slants down from
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      CNN's Mr Ted-nacious
      1306 24 TED TURNER, who created the now world-famous Cable News Network, is in his own words a 'bulldog that won't let go' I've got a bunch of flags on my boat, but there ain't no white flags. I don't surrender. That's the story of my life. Mr Turner
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      Time for yesterday's flower children to grow up
      927 25  -  Tan Sai Siong What the peace-loving protesters give up is a Saturday morning or a Sunday afternoon. What the allied soldiers may have to give up is their lives, and that is no picnic. WHERE were the peace-lov-ing protesters when Iraq invaded
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      Are Singaporeans politically mature enough to face facts?
      925 25  -  Bertha Henson The very people who would clamour for in-depth reporting and analysis would, in the next breath, refuse to be quoted on views that appear negative IT IS quite difficult for a newspaper to spearhead discussion in Singapore. Two recent events
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    • Article
      Better to get the facts right
      826 25  -  Asad Latif Muslims in Singapore need not be defensive about their feelings on the Gulf war. But they will do Palestine a disservice if their support for it is associated with indirect support for Iraq. THE discussion over Muslim Singaporeans' response to the Gulf
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      126 25 YEMA PARIS UNE MARQUE DE PERSONNALITE ifi^ijßfckiife Only Yema of France 'H§l KZ I with its truly technological Tfc tUl^^^afo Es superiority can create W^^tWF 1 masterpieces to meec Kf^k^ timely challenges. From the jh fcJvßr Ai^Wi expeditions to the North Pole and Antarctica. To the new French challenge for
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      73 25 While world attention is riveted on the high-tech Numbers at risk war in the Gulf, an old enemy- hunger- threatens ttfcL.J jJam^ In millions the lives of millions next door in Africa SUUtifw A Africa's hunger 1991 w^dH lib^rTa \'l Food aid needed In tonnes '000 rMI i o wl
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Joint-venture lessons
      2471 26 DR GOH KENG SWEE, in the second of two articles, describes how the troubled Cherokee joint-venture managed to stay on course. He also looks at what it takes to do business profitably in China, as experienced by investors in Jiangsu province and related in a book by Professor
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  • SPORT
    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Soviets pull out over visa hitch
        63 27 Soviets pull out over visa hitch Seven top Soviet athletes were forced to withdraw from this weekend's Pearl Assurance national indoor track and field championships at the Royal Air Force base at Cosford because they failed to fill in their visa forms correctly. A Foreign Office spokesman said the forms
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        Spurs deny Gazza move
        59 27 Tottenham Hotspurs have denied that World Cup soccer star Paul Gascoigne will receive a cut of his transfer fee if they have to sell him to ease their debts. Gascoigne has a clause in his contract giving him a percentage if he moves reportedly 50 per
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        Bids for World Cup
        59 27 England. France and Morocco are *he only countries to have made bids to stage the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament, but Fifa (the world controlling body of soccer) said on Friday that they anticipated more applications before next Friday's deadline. France and England have previously staged
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        EC looks to test case
        63 27 The contract case of Belgian soccer player Jean-Marc Bosman will serve as a crucial test on the conflict between rules of professional sports leagues and the European Community's guarantee of free movement, officials said in Brussels on Friday. Outcome of the test case could carry
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        Morceli wins Mile race
        70 27 Noureddine Morceli, a 20--year-old Algerian ranked No. 1 in the world at 1,500 metres, beat three-time defending champion Marcus O'Sullivan, of Ireland, to win the Wanamaker Mile in the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on Friday. Morceli clocked 3:53.50 the second-fastest in the meet history,
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        Call for drug blitz
        58 27 A senior Soviet sports official has called for a crackdown by the International Olympic Committee on athletes taking drugs during training for international competition. "I am convinced that a lot of the athletes take drugs while preparing for international events," said Vasily Gromyko. vice-chairman of the
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        Swiss snatch victory
        54 27 Adrian Knup scored in the 89th minute to give Switzerland a 1-0 victory over the United States national team in the Miami Cup soccer tournament at the Orange Bowl on Friday. Herbert Baumann lofted a corner-kick across the goal and Knup volleyed the ball over the head
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      Long and short of Fifa ban
      996 27 Getting their thermals in a twist-WILFRED YEO uncovers some thoughts on soccer's big strip 'They're very useful when you've stretched and the groin area is a bit sore. The material is about four times thicker than cycling shorts and gets quite hot. I hate
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      Bare truth for thighs again
      387 27 IT IS rumoured that British footballers, imitating their European counterparts, borrowed their wives' tights during a particularly icy winter a decade ago. The macho-image advantage that bare thighs had over the Stanley Matthews era of knee-length shorts had also one shortcoming: the risk of muscle
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      Lock icon Devaraj hat-trick devastates Police
      444 30 Big bonuses help Tiong Bahru to 5-1 win PREMIER LEAGUE Tiong Bahru 5 Police 1 SINGAPORE'S reserve striker D. Devaraj scored a hattrick in Tiong Bahru CSC's 5-1 trouncing of Police Sports Association in a Premier League soccer match at Bedok Stadium yesterday. His feat, accomplished
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      Ishak one of three sent off
      282 30 Balestier 2 Gilbraltar 0 THREE players, among them former Singapore defender Ishak Saad, were sent off in Balestier United s 2-0 win over Gilbraltar Crescent in a Premier League soccer match at the Toa Payoh Stadium last night. Balestier skipper Ishak, who had earlier
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      Tyrwhitt, Jurong, confident
      145 30 Tyrwhitt, Jurong, confident JURONG TOWN FC, who won their first Premier League match in four outings last Saturday when they beat Police 1-0, believe they have turned the corner. But to confirm that their victory over Police was no fluke they will need to beat Tyrwhitt Soccerites in a match
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1320 30 ATHLETICS Milliw Games in New York (US unless stated) Men's Mm: 1 A. Cason 6.6lsec 2 L. Mcßae 6.63 3 D. Council 6.64 Mm hurdles: 1 G. Foster 7.48 2 T. Dees 7.53 3 J. Pierce 7.70. 4Mm: 1 A. McKay 48.38 2 T. Kemp 48.66 3
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      A fan club can put the fun back into Singapore sport
      929 31 EVEN for a non-American football fan, sitting through three hours of live Super Bowl action can be fun. And if what was relayed to our living rooms last Monday morning is the shape of things to come as the
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      Lock icon Liverpool look to Speedie for sparkle against United
      258 31 SOCCER LONDON Scotland striker David Speedie is set to make his Liverpool debut tonight as the English League champions seek to reassert themselves at Manchester United. Liverpool, currently one point behind leaders Arsenal, were top of the League when they lost 3-1
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      Lock icon Leash goalies, says Taylor
      303 31 LONDON England soccer manager Graham Taylor, regarded as an original thinker as far as tactics are concerned, has come up with what many may regard as his most original thought yet changing the role the goalkeeper plays in football. He said in a BBC television interview
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      Lock icon Marseille snatch draw at Bordeaux
      209 31 BORDEAUX Unhappy French First Division pacesetters Marseille, whose players had threatened to go on strike earlier this week, salvaged a 1-1 draw in their League clash at Bordeaux on Friday night thanks to a 75thminute goal by English international Chris Waddle. The Marseille players, who
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      A thrilling finish in store at regatta
      260 31 YACHTING THE Colliers Jardine yachting regatta promises a thrilling finish at the Changi Sailing club this afternoon, with 19 keeled boats surviving Race Is blistering winds off the East Coast yesterday. Winds ranging from 12-18 knots took their toll on the field of
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      PM asks after Dunhill Cup trio
      206 31 GOLF PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong had Singapore's Dunhill Cup fortunes at heart before playing a social round of golf as the guest-of-honpur at the annual Safsa-Safra match at Sembawang Country Club yesterday. Mr Goh, dressed in a yellow tee-shirt and white shorts, asked
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      58 27 The A^tl T 1 4^\ For enquiries Chinese Jade uarvings^^picasccaucheryi^cniicc at 749-1211 Exhibition I Date :28 Jan 4 Feb 1991 W^lk W lime 1 1 am -8 pm daily J^K* j^^BmHfc Venue Orchid Room j| River View Hotel 382 Havelock Road Singapore 0316 Admission Free Organiser Expo Art Int'l Pte
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  • PENANG RACE GUIDE
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      3717 28 Best bet: Poh Hee (Race 1) Best longshot: Wandelli (Race 8) Going: Good RACE 1 1.30 H I RACE 2 2.00 mSM I RACE 3 2.30 I RACE 4 3.00 1. GOOO MASTER (By Steel Pulse) 7. REGAL SABRE (By Western Sym(4 01). phony) (6-0-1). ITH Soo 56 (714. 10/10/8,
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      Proudman gets the nod
      336 28  -  Tan Thean Loon PENANG PREVIEW By RISING sprinters Proudman and Royal Yarn are heading for an exciting clash in the Class 2 Div 3 1,200m event at Penang today. On form, it is hard to separate the two, who should make the safest forecast bet on
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      THE EXPERTS' SELECTIONS
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • Article
      Lock icon Singles trouble for big two
      582 29 Sweden and Austria face uphill tasks after shock opening defeats DAVIS CUP TENNIS PARIS Sweden, finalists in seven of their last eight Davis Cup campaigns, and Austria, last year's semi-finalists, both faced humiliating first round exits from this year's event after losing their opening singles
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      Lock icon Gabriela cruises to final showdown with Martina
      251 29 TOKYO Gabriela Sabatini beat Mary Joe Fernandez in straight sets yesterday to reach the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. The fifth-seeded Argentine, who edged past world No. 1 Steffi Graf in the previous round on Friday, coasted to a 6-3, 6-4
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      Lock icon PUT DOWN THAT STUMP, IT'S JUST NOT CRICKET!
      119 29 THIS is the Incident that shocked the cricket world, with bowler Rashid Patel (right) moving in to attack batsman Raman Lamba (left) with a stomp daring the final of India's domestic Dnleep Trophy between North Zone and West Zone in Jamshedpur, on
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      Lock icon Matthews leads Aussies on
      150 29 PERTH All-rounder Greg Matthews scored an unbeaten 60 yesterday as Australia recovered from an early slump to take a first-innings lead on the second day of the Fifth cricket Test against England. Australia rallied from 113 for four to be all out for 307 a lead
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      Azhar strings up a quartet
      242 29  -  Tan Thean Loon RACING By JOCKEY Azhar Ismail was in terrific form at Penang yesterday, booting home four winners to move up to joint second on the championship table. The dashing Penang rider was bang on target aboard Rugger Hawk, C'est Si Bon 11. Dashwin
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      Lock icon Record day for Lankans
      336 29 TEST CRICKET WELLINGTON New Zealand battled towards overhauling a 323-run first innings deficit against Sri Lanka on the third day of the First Test yesterday. But despite reaching 91-0 at the close, the Kiwis face having to bat out the remaining two days to save the
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      YESTERDAY'S PENANG RESULTS
      2431 29 GOING: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 5 DIV 2 1,700m 10 CHAMMGS 53.5 (65-16) Dans (3) 5 1 1 12 MY WHY 153 (431 69) Lam (9) 1 2 2 8 MEGABUCK 54 (61 16) Chum (2) 3 4 3 4 LOCOMOTION 55 5 (63 14) Razak (7)
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      33 29 I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW February 2 1991 FIRST 8353 SECOND 4889 THIRD 4296 STARTERS 7078 9910 9839 4973 9321 6222 6328 0932 4062 CONSOLATIONS 3408 2715 4472 5037 7250 5982 9734 9237 9036 0258
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  • OBITUARIES
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      315 30 Hoo Soon Guek of Alb«rt Hoo Electrical Trading Ag«: 55 (M«a«d away p«ac«'ully on 2nd Fab 1991. at 8.50 am leaving behind: WHk Kara* Lai KMm ■MH Alex Hoo Albert Hoo OwnNwa in law Theresa Wang Kannlka KhuanKaew Lee Lay Hong Daughter Eileen Hoo Donald Macdonald Grandaont: Wet
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      156 30 MR LOH YOK TIANG (AGE: 76 YRS OLD) catted horn* to to with ma Lord on 2 Fafcrwary 1991. Loavwtg toMnd: WMk Su Jew Kim tMK Loh Jun Choi Loh Jun Sin Oawgnlar. Loh Jun Kheng Htmofiil »«r»ic« at Singapore Caaliol Company, Parlour 401 (Lavandar Str««t) on 3rd
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      322 Acknowledgements
      27 30 me Family 01 The uta MR. TOMMIE ARNOLD BIBERG BRACKEN thank all relatives and friends for their visits, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      324 In Memoriam
      58 30 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THERESA MICHAEL DEPARTED 3.2.84 The blessed memories we have Of her we'll always cherish. And count them tenderly each day Lest for lack of love we perish. Dearly mia*ed by husband and loved one*. A memorial mass will be conducted on 3/2/91 at
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      39 30 WITH DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHY TO MADAM LINDA YU ON THE DEMISE OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND MR. JOHN HUANG (MIS PRESIDENT 1978-1981) FROM: EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SENATE, MEMBERS STAFF OF MARKETING INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
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      135 30 m loving mamory ol LIM BENG CHIN Departed Itth day twelva lumr month IMI Ten years have passed, But memories still last. By: Wife. Son, Daughtar-m-law, Daughters. Sons-in-law, Grandchildren. Grendsofi-in-law. In tovtnQ m#itHHy of DANIEL HEW KONG WAH Departed 3rd Feb SO Of one we will never
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      72 30 In Loving Mamory Of Our Balevad Motnar MRS MARGARET MARY JOSEPH Departed 3/2/1990 Upright and Just In all her ways, loyal and true through all her days, silently suffered, patiently bore, Ood took her home to suffer no more. Dearly mittad by children, brother*, titters, relative* and
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      49 30 MR. RENGABAMY a/0 SAMBABIVAM piiMd away peacefully on 15/2/90 A first year prayer will be held on 5/2/91 (Tuesday) at Bik. 306, Jurong East St. 32. «02-184. Time: 10 am. to 11 am. Please treat this as a personal invitation. Always remembered by. Wife Vljaya Daughter: Meenachl
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      113 30 IST ANNIVERSARY T. RETNASAMY MUDILHIAR D*p«rl»d 16 2.1990 Although one year has passed, Still your memories will stay fresh. Daughter*: R. Saraspathy R. Habtramme SofHn-taw: R.S. Murugayyan Son: R. Krlshnasamy D»ught»f-in-l*w K. Hathl Brorhar T. Uthlrapathy wv ■nucnwQvwn. M. Kalanlthl M. Shantl Prayer* will b« haM al homa
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      687 32 TAY CHENG KHOON and SHIRLYNN HO report on the Dunhill Cup world qualifying golf tournament. Pictures by JERRY SEH. PARAGUAY shone while Singapore's hopes dimmed in the third round of the Dunhill Cup world qualifying tournament at the Bukit course yesterday. Brothers Carlos and
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      312 32 A HIGH tolerance for pain and some brotherly co-opera-tion hurled outsiders Paraguay to the top of the leader-board yesterday, sharing the top spot with overnight pace-setters Italy. Pedro Martinez and Carlos and Angel Franco put the South American country in a strong position for a place
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      678 32 SINGAPORE'S SHOWING THE Singapore team can be forgiven if they think they are passengers on a roller-coaster their erratic scores in the past three days certainly reflect such an up-and-down ride. After putting themselves within four strokes of the qualifying zone, the Republic's team of Bill
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      239 32 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE KIWI ACE: A TALE OF TWO BEARDS WHILE almost everyone else at the Bukit clubhouse was discussing golf yesterday, Richard Dunhill and Frank Nobilo were having an animated discussion on another topic: beards. Mr Dunhill sports a distinguished, white beard. Nobilo, a
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        How much more can we eat?
        1405 2 How much more can we eat? Nobody on the busy food row worries about having more food shops. They believe it would increase the attraction of the stretch as a great food hub. The greater the number of food outlets, the greater the attraction. Statistics suggest that open-front, wind-ventilated coffee-shops
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        Bad times? But the eating goes on
        520 2 HOW fares the overall food scene outside the super-confident enclave of East Coast Road? In view of the Gulf War resulting In less eating out and fewer tourists, there is an estimated drop in business of between 15 and 25 per cent for
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          Clasps and medallions
          128 3 RATHER than ostentatious brand logos, newer style medallions, buckles and clasps look set to take over as style icons for today's discerning chic. Gucci sprouted its new generation medallion, instead of the interlocking Gs, and clasps in the form of a tiny hand on bags, purses and
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          By platinum, I thee wed
          98 3 ATTENTION all brides-to-be: Forget white lace and flouncy promises. The ultimate wedding gown, as touted by Madamoiselle magazine, is made of pure platinum. Everything the fabric, lace, spangles, veil, gloves shimmers with silvery shine. Besides adding skg to a petite frame (it comes only in
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          Nailing in on beauty
          353 3 THE next time you chip one fingernail, especially if it's the eve of an important date, do not chop off all the rest. Woman's World Beauty Centre, The Nail Bar, can "grow" one for you in a jiffy. The small, 27-square-me-tre shop at the Specialist Shopping
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          A sucker born every minute
          167 3 IN THE crazy inside out world of fashion, many bizarre styles have often been passed off as hip. Fashion faithfuls have been known to pay anything from $200 to $600 for a pair of Armani tatters, or Katherine Hamnett's jeans ripped at the knee. What
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          The blush fuss
          185 3 YOU wouldn't believe the lengths to which some cosmetics firms go to sell their wares if the recent press release by Estee Lauder is anything to go by. To introduce a new range of eye and cheek powders, Just Blush, Lauder hauled in a researcher, a philosopher,
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          Bohan's Brit plans
          175 3 FIRST, he was dumped and replaced by Italian maverick Gianfranco Ferre at the House of Dior. Then last year he announced he was going to the ailing House of Hartnell, couturier to the Queen, as creative director. Marc Bohan, 64, the grand seigneur of couture, gone to
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          Eye magic
          122 3 WITH less fanfare, Christian Dior has a launched new range of eyebrow pencifc. The smart thing about them is that each one has a brush inbuilt at one end of the pencil. Tips, tips, tips: Keep your drawing as natural as possible. Use the pencil flat or in
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          Halt couture
          221 3 THE Gulf War and the plunging US dollar are draining Parisian salons of haute couture customers mostly rich Arab princesses and wives of Texan oil magnates. Add to that the fear of recession which is curbing the wild spending sprees of the 1980s. But established foreign labels in
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          Drawstring allure
          79 3 YOU'VE heard of innerwear becoming outerwear for women. Now the men are bringing out their drawstring jammies into the street for summer. Some hunks are even teaming the drawstring pants with golf tops and teeing off in them. Apparently, drawstring allure is the extension of the current softness
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        The day a colonel sat down for lunch and did sit-ups
        714 4 The day a colonel sat down for lunch and did sit-ups Parsi dishes, blending Indian and Persian styles, once inspired a British army man to do sit-ups for seconds, recalls YASMIN DAS in the second of a series on rare Indian cuisines THE Parsis came to India more than a
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        554 4 Dhansak Serves about six 50 g toor dal 25 g Egyptian lentils (masoor dal) 25 g green beans (moong dal), husked 15 g Bengal gram (chana dal) 1 2 kg lamb, cut into cubes 1 small brinjal 1 4-cm square piece of red pumpkin 1 4-cm square piece of
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        THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL
        413 4 A painting for Juliet DOMVS Sheraton Towers: 737-6888 CHEF Gabriel Fratini has not only planned a special menu for Valentine's Day but has also painted watercolours for diners to take home as mementos. His dinner menu features chicken consomme with heart-shaped pasta and a ravioli duet of
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        Goodbye bank, hello grandma
        560 5 MARGARET CHAN meets an ex-banker who threw prestige and title away for the down-to-earth business of running a restaurant, with a little help from grandma's recipes MIDWAY-FOOD MING'S is a mom-and-pop makan place on the upbeat. Grandma rules the kitchen, mom drives the delivery van, son
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        Fried white rice paradise in the West Coast
        528 5  - Fried white rice paradise in the West Coast MICKEY CHIANG LO-FOOD DURING the Lunar New Year holidays, most ethnic Chinese hawkers take a break. Their customers who crave rice can either starve or subsist on more (arggh!) New Year tidbits. But I came across a palatable alternative in the West
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        Facts about the fax
        1313 6 The familiar fax can now arrive in 172 destinations at one touch of a button, in colour or plain paper, S. RANI reports Tin-foil beginnings ALTHOUGH the fax machine is regarded by many people as one of the most useful inventions in recent times, its humble
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        An unsung corner of the Middle Kingdom
        1116 7 Trundling along country roads in search of unspoilt China, DAFFODIL TAN discovers two gems in Yunnan MY FAMILY and I had made two previous visits to China and, having exhausted our enthusiasm for the usual sights of historical and imperial China, we sought
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        Slow coach in China
        528 7 PASSENGERS travelling by bus from Kunming to Dali and Lijiang have a choice of overnight express, the morning deluxe, soft-seat or hard seat. We chose the morning deluxe priced at ff yuan ($8.90) which took us 395 km to the town of Xiaguan, an overnight stop.
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        1680 8 Can your car use unleaded petrol? Check with the agents, owners of some models have been told. SANDI TAN called up these agents for definite answers. MAKE/MOOEL/YEAR UNLEADED? ESHIO!^B^B"~ Malayan Motors ■■■■■■H Tel 473-7755 Mulsanne S Auto (89-90) Yes f^^TBHH Hr""nrform«nc« Motor* 469-8800 315(81-83) No
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        'Go white boy. Go, white boy, go'.
        1174 9 He is pop's reigning sex symbol but what makes Vanilla Ice so hot despite lacklustre rap skills and an inconsistent past? THESE words of encouragement, first coined in an allblack club in Dallas, the United States, are now being echoed at Vanilla Ice
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        Enough hooks to storm the charts
        363 9  -  CHRISTINE TEO WESTERN POP GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT CftC Music Factory (CBS) EXPECT infectious dance music, incorporating hiphop and house. The group, led by rapper Freedom Williams and singer Zelma Davis, performs boisterous chest-pounding numbers. The title song has enough hooks to storm the
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        Dick Lee to the rescue
        439 9  -  LIM SEK ASIAN POP LOVE IN LA Danny Chan (WKA) OTHER than the picture on the cover, taken while Chan was in the US, nothing else reflects the album's title. The songs are the usual fast and slow tunes. Chan writes only one number, about
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        Coming soon: the video supermart
        913 10 To perk up a flagging industry, video shops are turning to attention -grabbers and other services. JUNIPER FOO looks to the future. MiiriaM PICTURE this. A video library that not only rents movies, it sells related items from Batman deodorant to Darkman soap to Roseanne
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        Getting bowled over
        801 11  -  WONG KIM HOH TV WATCH WORDS give a person away, so they say. I think it's true. Over dinner on Wednesday, a colleague, as sweet and as demure as they come, shocked the table when she gushed: "Gee, did you guys see the Super Bowl? My goodness,
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      A little bit quirky, a little bit Nagase
      694 12  -  WONG KIM HOH By MASATOSHI Nagase does not look like a movie star. In fact, he does not even look Japanese. With longer hair, he could pass off as a regular Mat Rock as he sits on the steps outside Clifford Pier.
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      Made in IV — and loo a mar
      1060 12 Made in IV and loo a mar It was a dark and stormy time for the reel world ai rough the gloom. WONG KIM HOH looks at the phenomenon. ONLY crazy people make films in Malaysia, claimed a wit, because the profits are not guaranteed. And for many years, this
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      Wet wafer-thin gown, flat wafer-thin plot
      306 13  -  TOH HAI LEONG AI O3Tn3y CinOfDftS IF attractive women can make up for a wafer-thin plot of seduction and betrayal, then Hong-kong-based Taiwanese director Ho (Erotic Night) Fan's Temptation Summary should appeal. At the centre of this adultsonly erotic comedy is Mondi Yau, an
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      Anything but The Front Page
      349 13  -  BRENDAN BUXTON SWITCHING CHANNELS Coming to Cathay cinemas WHEN TV anchorwoman Leristy Colleran (Kathleen Turner) cracks up, her ex-husband and boss John L. Sullivan (Burt Reynolds) decides it is time for her to take a holiday from Chicago's SNN news. True to romantic form, Leristy
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          Scissors downs missile!
          67 15 ALTHOUGH violence is often featured in Jackie Chan's shows, the gongfu star hates to see the real-life scenarios, according to Nanyang Siang Pau. In fact, he so fervently hopes that the Gulf War will end soon that one night he dreamt he intercepted one of Saddam Hussein's
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          Man's way
          70 15 CHINA Times reports that Hongkong actor Alex Man has refused to propose to Hen Niu and it is not because their relationship is on the rocks. Officials from the HK-TVB station had wanted him to propose to Tien with I,IM roses in a programme, a gimmick Man considers
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          Hidden talent
          134 15 TAIWANESE actresses are putting their talent to good use when they want to avoid taking calls, according to United Daily News. Lin Ching Hsia, for instance, will lower her voice and pretend to be her younger sister. Lu Hsiao Fen prefers to sit by her answering machine and
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          Lost love
          96 15 TAIWANESE singer Wang Hsiao Chin has lost her love of five years. The mysterious disappearance of a brown dog, which has become more of a member of the family than just a pet, has traumatized everyone at home. Her father, in particular, has been dependent on the dog
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        I'm only average, it's okay
        917 15 Singaporean parents would probably not want their kids to emulate cartoon brat Bart Simpson. But he has warned his way into the hearts of many Americans. JANICE SEAH fathoms why. BITE MY TONGUE ENTER Bart Simpson Oik of the Nineties, Icon of the lower-mid-dle class,
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        Beauty for the beast
        908 24 Beauty for the beast Glamorous Darcy LaPier lives the life of the rich and famous in the US. So why is she playing Adrian Urn's wife in the film Medium Rare, asks WONG KIM HOH. IF ADRIAN LIM was alive, he would probably love having stunning Darcy LaPier for a
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      239 1 Plight of the Malay film 12 Can your car take unleaded petrol? Special chart on agents' replies 3 Beauty for the medium 24 Video shops of the future 10 The Simpsons: models of behaviour? Q& Rural China by bus f Facts about fax machines 0 What makes Vanilla Ice so
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      175 4 I rJ^—^^ t^\^ 1 E NT ER NOW 9~^m I_JB_Lj ™L >fl l^^k. r i 10th Dec 1990 17th Feb 1991 \yF^ J is^S'^i^^L Choose the prize of your choice, '^\'^l -^Lm be it a holiday of a lifetime or that lijMft^K electrical appliance that you have wm itf^x^ I
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      251 5 Are you handicapped by your English Are you content with the way errors. How to express your ideas you speak and write? Are you fluently. sure that you are not making The study requires only a mistakes that cause people to little time, and very moderate underrate you? You are
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      160 22 192 Private Apts. For Sale (Dists. 12 20) 4+l rms. 2300 sq.ft. with facilities. F'hold. J62OK Add: #04-09 Bartley Terr. 16 Gamblr Walk. 193 Private Apts. For Sale (Dists. 21 28) Split level. Face pool. Quiet. Good view. $600K MP pg. *****99 194 Private Apts. For Sale (Mixed Dists.) 0.9
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      183 22 201 HUDC Apartments For Sale 18 TAMPINES MAIS, tastefully renovated, ceramic/ rockstone, cabinet. Near MRT Agt. *****88/ *****66 LAKEVKW EST. RESCRVtOR View. Well kept Near amenities For offers above $320K, Mrs. Lau 256-2600 (res.)/ 285 4468 (office) ERA OPEN H'SE. l-4pm. Maisonette 81k. 146 #04-38 Hougang Street 11. Francis pg.
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      200 22 203 HDB Apts. For Sale (Bedok/ Tampines) BEDOK RESERVOM MAM. Blk .721. high fir. Marble fir Well kept PR eligible. Page: *****79, ERA. BEDOK RES. 4-RM. Nicely renovated, cornices, cabinets, grilles, amenities Wynn: *****33 (Mon.) EXEC. MAM. Bedok Reservoir, low fir. Marble fir. Well renovated S23OK GL: *****33 x 82
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      205 22 204 HDB Apt* For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon) 1-RM. SERANOOON N 81k. 107/ 221. all marble, nicely renovated Tel *****55/ *****77 ARA 4-RM. HOUGANG BLK. 413. All ceramic, fully renovated SB9K Please page *****07 agent 4-RM. -S' SERANOOON Blk 328 near central, renovated. SIOSK neg Pg *****00 Sunnyland. S-RM. HOUOANG S
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      1118 23 192 Private Apts. 192 Private Apts. 192 Private Apts. For Sale For Sale For Sale (Diets. 12-20) (Diets. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) Of Luxury I Be Yours For Only*ss,ooo! I^^M^g^B^B^afJ^MH^^ay^ajM^Maj Showf lat Open For Viewing. A new full facility condominium, strategically located off Upper Serangoon Road, awaits you. Avon
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      634 23 216 Shop Spaces For Rent WELL LOCATED HOB snack shop, Ylshun. 2 rms. upstairs. (3000 per month. *****41/ pg: *****30 agt. 217 Shop Spaces Wanted URGENTI SHOP SPACE wanted (rent). Katong/ Joo Chlat/ Changl Rd. 500-3000 sq.ft. Saadon: *****46/ *****60. ERA. 219 Land: Sale/ Wanted EMPTY LANO WANTED (or lease
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      Masthead
      10 1 Lunar New Year Special The Sunday Times, February 3, 1991
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      SPRING
      442 1 T HE world loves being young. H The idea that Spring is the -4^Ah_ season of hope and renewal is surely a universal one. For the Chinese in particular, there is a Lunar New Year saying which, though trite, sums it all up pretty neatly: Chun hui da di.
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        210 1 R E T E N TtON VALUE Capital flow in accordance to the heights of interest and the fundamental axiom of commerce is to buy low and sell high. To the prudent economic man. the new Accord must surely come across as a practical luxury. An investment widely known to
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        1256 2 As the Spring Festival approaches, CHENG SHOONG TAT in London reflects on ethnic consciousness, and why it should never be written off in favour of a yet-to-be forged Singapore culture. Nationality I have grown past hate and bitterness, I see the world as one Yet, though
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        476 3 They may seem like same old hats, but even traditional Chinese auspicious motifs are capable of changing with the times. Lord of the realms: The Chinese have always considered the dragon an auspicious symbol because it is supposed to have the power to bring rain and control
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        Tea and respect
        674 4 Honour thy parents? Serve them tea. KOH SIEW TIN talks to some of the people who still practise the tea ceremony during the Lunar New Year. IT MAY seem like a strange and uncomfortable position to get oneself into these days. But in the old days, it
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        Keeping Spring eternal
        1104 5 Keeping Spring eternal Why are the young so blase about Lunar New Year? JANE CHEW, a mother who used to look forward to the exciting festivities as a child, asks how she can recreate the new years of her childhood for her disinterested daughter. MY CHILDHOOD images of the Lunar
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        1214 6 When the going gets gh... Lunar New Year visiting is no mean feat. It is an art which requires brains, brawn and an extra thick skin, says ONG SOH CHIN, who gears herself up with a survival kit for the occasion. CHRISTMAS and the New Year are barely over. In
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        435 7 BUT seriously, jokes and survival kits aside, there are certain things one must observe during the festive season, to make it a happy experience for all. DON'T forget the Mandarin oranges. In Cantonese, the word is homonymous with the word "gold", so it is good luck
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        211 7 HONOBAO More than 1.000 years ago, parents in China gave their children 100 coins, called ya sui qian, on the eve of the Lunar New Year in the belief that they would live up to 100 years old. The term hongbao was first used during the Qing dynasty in
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        794 8 What do the other ethnic groups do on Lunar New Year's day? KOH SIEW TIN talks to five people outside the Chinese community who enjoy the festive holidays for one reason or another. IT IS probably thanks to the Chinese amah who brought her up that
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        865 9 Looking back at all the New Year celebrations he has lived through in Singapore and London, E. C. GOH figures that the romance and spirit of the Spring Festival have faded. FAMILY, kith and kin: You would think this is what the Chinese Spring Festival is basically all
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        620 4 I Jw C^^ kk^" I En/oy Yu-Sheng mea/ at Ino extra cost peps: 72/2 20/2 on/y) _^^^Tt°" I e 4%1 f^BBBV Bl J VBBBBBv I 8 DAYS AUSTRALIA From $2198 I DISCOVERY BRITISH AIRWm Oep /7/2 10T3. 24/3 I 6/8 DAYS from $1738 14 DAY S NEW ZEALAND/ $3599 BRISBANE/GOLD
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        112 4 HAVE A ROARING START TO THE LUNAR NEW YEAR WITH TRADITIONAL AGIFTS^ V JIVI c^fs t«^ "H Bee Cheng Hiang \mj£J Barbercued Pork Branches 1 1 II 189, Mew Bridge Rood, S'pore 0105 10, Owong Chin Mom Rood. Tel: *****27, *****28 Tel: *****59, *****48, *****60 l .359-1363, Se.ngoon Rood, S'pon
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        200 4 F. Y. I. MANDARIN ORANGES Mandarin oranges symbolise prosperity oecause its Cantonese name kum rhymes with gold. They are given in pairs. Mandarin oranges were imported from Pakistan for the first time in 1963. Previously, the oranges came from China and Taiwan. Swatow oranges from China are popular in Singapore
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        570 5 FESTIVE FARE ik Prancing lions will usher in New Year prosperity at Hotel New Otani. Sample delightful New Year cookies and pastries from w g^ February 10 to 1 7 at level 7. Or our special 'Golden Lotus' Cocktail yß^Jr at $12 a tingling taste sensation available at the River
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