The Straits Times, 14 February 1991

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1991 50 CENTS MCI (P) 18/12/90
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    Lock icon Iraq: 500 killed in hit on bomb shelter
    834 1 2 allied missiles hit civilians, says Baghdad US: It was a military bunker THE GULF WAR DAY 2« ALLIED bombers carried out a precision-bombing attack on a suspected military bunker m Baghdad yesterday, but Iraqi officials said they hit an air-raid shelter
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    Lock icon Three hurt in parcel bomb explosion at HK hotel
    208 1 HONGKONG Three people were injured when a parcel bomb exploded at a luxury hotel m Hongkong yesterday, but police ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack. "This is purely a criminal investigation. There are no other overtones or political implications
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    Local consortium wins bid to develop CHIJ site
    355 1 A LOCAL consortium led by construction group Low Keng Huat (LKH) has won the tender to develop and restore the former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ). The consortium, which includes Jeweller Je Taime and restaurateur Lei Garden, submitted the second-highest
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    Life!
    77 1 The Lunar New Year dodge list JUST when you think it is safe to have a quiet Lunar New Year, out pops a visitor with a loud-hailer voice who insists on matchmaking you with her neighbourhood provision shop boy. And how about that snooze-inducer who insists on telling you,
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    Lock icon Russian Federation's deputy PM quits, citing anti-reformist plot
    148 1 MOSCOW Mr Gennady Filshin, reformist deputy premier of the Russian Federation, resigned yesterday, saying he was a victim of a campaign to undermine the republic's liberal leadership. The resignation of Mr Filshin, a radical economist closely associated with the now-abandoned "500 days"
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      33 1 Inside I US, Saudi units rain fire on Iraqi positions: Page 4 Non- Aligned Movement to send peace missions to US, Iraq: Page 5 Allies would do well to heed Clauswitz: Page 18
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • IN SUMMARY
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        More schools insuring students
        31 2 Given the rugged nature of some school activities, a number of schools and junior colleges have insured all their students against injuries or accidents. Home, Pago 12
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        Valentine flowers from her to him
        35 2 Giving flowers on Valentine's Day seems to be no longer a man's prerogative. Of 10 women interviewed, seven said yes to romancing their men with flowers. Homo, Pago 15
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        New pre-school move hailed
        31 2 The Education Ministry's move to start a new preparatory programme where pupils can do Malay or Tamil at pre-primary level is well-received by parents. Homo, Pago 16
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        Umno's stumbling block in Sabah
        39 2 Sabah's former Chief Minister, Tun Mustapha Harun, has emerged as the main stumbling block preventing the United Malays National Organisation from achieving its aim of setting up new branches m Sabah. Malaysia, Pago 10
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        Tentative treaty on US bases
        36 2 A tentative treaty on the future of American military bases m the Philippines will be announced on Friday, officials of the Philippine and US negotiating panels said yesterday. Asean, Pago 9
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        US raps China for jailing dissidents
        29 2 Washington has lashed out at Beijing for imposing stiff jail sentences on leaders of the pro-democracy protests m Tiananmen Square. World, Pago 6
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        New members for Khmer council
        31 2 Phnom Penh has submitted names of new delegates to take the place of three members who want to leave Cambodia's Supreme National Council. World, Pago 7
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      Lock icon Gorbachev denies talk of halting perestroika
      491 2 But reforms doomed unless people join forces: Shev MOSCOW President Mikhail Gorbachev has rejected suggestions that he had turned sharply to the right m his policies and virtually halted his perestroika reform programme. "The President became sharp and critical over recent suspicions and inventions
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge cautious over Thai aid plan
      307 2 BANGKOK Thailand's plan to help rebuild Cambodia as a prelude to a political solution received a lukewarm response from the Khmer Rouge here yesterday. Khmer Rouge nominal leader Khieu Samphan said, after a three-hour meeting with Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan, that the
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      Lock icon New anti-missile system to defend US, allies 'may be ready by mid-90s'
      415 2 WASHINGTON The Defence Department could deploy a new anti-missile system to defend the United States and allied forces around the world against short-range attacks by the mid-1990s at a price of about US$9 billion (5515.2 billion), a senior
      AFP; AP  -  415 words
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      Malay Village up for tender with new terms
      591 3  -  Yohanna Abdullah Previous bids were below development cost: HDB By TENDERS are being invited for the Malay Village again but this time, a bigger area and a longer lease are being offered. In making the new call for bids, the Housing Board
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      Fun and fireworks to usher in Year of the Goat
      333 3 Fun and fireworks to usher in Year of the Goat HEAD for the Singapore River for an outdoor Lunar New Year celebration tonight. There will be a 20-minute fireworks display at midnight to usher m the Year of the Goat. The organisers of the Singapore River Hong Bao Special have
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      Lock icon Handshake makes history at Korean armistice talks
      240 3 PANMUNJOM History was made at this border village yesterday representatives of Korean War foes shook hands for the first time ever at the start of armistice talks. US Air Force Major-Gen-eral James Record began his first armistice meeting as chief delegate of the
      AFP; Reuter  -  240 words
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      Brunei bans Islamic group
      229 3  -  Ignatius Stephen By Writing for The Straits Times BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN The Al-Arqam Muslim religious group has been banned from Brunei. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah issued a decree yesterday saying that the foreign group posed a threat to religious harmony there. The group was accused, among other
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      347 2 M^ Vv wi r a^B PRIVATE EYE AnACKED Man he tails beats him up with metal pole PMGOH ON THE GULF WAR APB's Down Underplay TheNZssoom breweiy-to-superrnarkets deal that Ask Pacific Breweries has forged with Bnerley Industries m NZ offers more potential for APB than is obvious at first sight
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      179 3 1 WlnaftlnOf J Showers over several areas m the late afternoon and early evening. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.21 pm: SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. Amsterdam -10/1 C Snow Madrid 4/9 C Gear Athens 8/15 C Goudy Manila 22/32 C Gear Aaekiaad
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  • GULF WAR SPECIAL
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      Lock icon Saddam warms towards Moscow's peace plan
      547 4 AYE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION? Tareq Aziz to meet Gorbachev next Monday No mention of pullout, so US stays cautious BULLS EYE FOR IRAQI SCUD An Israeli emerges dazed, bat safe, from the nibble of his home moments after it was demolished by an Iraqi
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      Lock icon Syrians, Turks will not cut Iraq's water supply—for now
      326 4 Syrians, Turks will not cut Iraq's water supply for now But future developments may warrant a different approach: official CAIRO Turkey and Syria have raised the possibility of using water as a weapon m the war against Iraq, according to a senior Arab government official. A pre-war agreement between Turkey,
      UPI; AP  -  326 words
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      Lock icon Allies map out "killing boxes' for more thorough bombings
      324 4 DHAHRAN (Saudi Arabia) The allied air war is employing new tactics that include dividing Iraq and Kuwait into "killing boxes" to methodically pulverise Iraqi forces. On new US Air Force maps, each box represents an area several kilometres long and wide,
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      Lock icon Russian messages heard on Iraqi radio
      331 4 ARE SOVIET MILITARY ADVISERS HELPING SADDAM? PARIS Allied listening posts m the Gulf have picked op Russian-language communications on Iraqi military radio frequencies, an Indication that Soviet experts may be continuing to help Iraq maintain or repair military equipment supplied by Moscow. In a
      IHT; AFP; AP  -  331 words
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      Lock icon Over 50 oil fires in Kuwait cause massive smoke screen
      271 4 Over 50 oil fires in Kuwait cause massive smoke screen Haze may mask Iraqi movements from allied strikes WASHINGTON More than 50 fires are burning m oil fields across Kuwait, sending up a blanket of thick black smoke that could obscure Iraqi military targets from allied warplanes. US Rear Admiral
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      Lock icon Americans, Saudis join forces in Kuwaiti assault
      631 4 OX I 111 W.I M ROM RIYADH US and Saudi air, naval and land forces have rained fire on Iraqi troops and armour m south-eastern Kuwait m what allied military spokesmen have called the largest combined operation of the Gulf war. Three battalions
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      Lock icon Masked gunmen rob Danish ship in Gulf
      195 4 DUBAI Two masked gunmen boarded a Danish freighter which had previously unloaded military cargo m Saudi Arabia and stole cash and papers yesterday. Captain Henri Staerke Hansen, master of the 1,557-tonne Arktis Sun, was handcuffed to the wheel by the blackclothed, red- masked
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      Lock icon NAM peace missions for US, Iraq
      597 5 miM.OM.ITH IKOM TOY WITH SADDAM OR PLAY BALL WITH HIM For anyone wishing to get his hands on President Saddam Hussein, the "Squish Saddam", a 12.5-cm foam-rubber likeness of the Iraqi leader, may be the answer. The toy, created by Mr Tom Behlmer of
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      LDP appears set to meet Komeito terms over aid
      283 5  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Tokyo Correspondent Komeito has demanded that the US$9 billion should not be raised entirely through tax increases but that it should be financed partly through cuts m defence and other government expenditures. TOKYO Japan's ruling party, the
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      Lock icon US coalition wants CNN out of Iraq
      402 5 Network alleged to have become propagandist for Baghdad WASHINGTON A coalition of conservative US groups, alleging that Cable News Network (CNN) has become a propagandist for Baghdad, has disclosed they are working to get the network and its correspondent, Mr Peter Arnett, removed
      Reuter; NYT  -  402 words
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      Lock icon Germany promises $178 in aid for Egypt
      220 5 CAIRO Germany has announced immediate financial aid for Egypt and promised to help ease its debts as a reward for its role m the US-led Gulf alliance fighting to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher said on Tuesday, after two
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      Lock icon GREENPEACE MEMBER RAPPELS FOR A CAUSE
      69 5 picture A Greenpeace member, protesting against Canada's involvement m the Gulf war, sliding away from police as he rappels down nine storeys of the Royal York Hotel m Toronto. Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mnlroney was making a speech m the hotel when the protester,
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      Lock icon Israel to get 'friend or foe' identification code: Report
      175 5 WASHINGTON The United States has decided to give Israel the "friend or foe" aircraft identification code so that Israeli aircraft can help knock out Iraqi Scud missile launchers, CBS television reported on Tuesday. The US had withheld from Israel the codes
      AFP; Reuter  -  175 words
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      Lock icon Levy, feeling upstaged by Arens, cancels Washington trip
      246 5 JERUSALEM In what his rivals called a fit of political pique, Foreign Minister David Levy has cancelled a scheduled trip to Washington, saying that he believed Defence Minister Moshe Arens had undercut him with his own visit to Washington. Mr Arens returned
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      Lock icon Iraqi troops using Kuwaitis as shields, says ambassador
      211 5 UNITED NATIONS Kuwait's ambassador to the United Nations has said that Iraqi troops are using Kuwaitis as human shields around military installations. Mr Mohammad Abulhasan also said on Tuesday that he had received information from inside Kuwait that Iraq was moving some
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      Lock icon Air war must go on: Britain
      231 5 WASHINGTON British Defence Secretary Tom King has said that there should be a tilt m the balance of military advantage through continued allied pounding of Iraqi positions before major ground battles can begin. Speaking to reporters after meeting President George Bush on Tuesday, he
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Latvia, Estonia to vote on independence
      359 6 Latvia, Estonia to vote on independence MOSCOW Latvia's Parliament has voted to defy the Kremlin and hold a plebiscite on independence on March 3, along with its Baltic neighbour Estonia. The plebiscites will follow an overwhelming vote for secession m Lithuania last Saturday, and the votes m the two northern
      UPI; Reuter  -  359 words
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      Lock icon Japanese students caught napping
      47 6 picture, These uniformed Japanese students conld net keep themselves awake during a ceremony to mark National Foundation Day m Tokyo on Meaday. Net evea the presence of Prime Minister Toshlki Kaifn among the guests could keep them from having their forty winks. AP
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      Lock icon Australia to tap 'refugee markets' for 19,000 overseas academics
      225 6 CANBERRA Australia needs 19,000 overseas academics to improve falling educational standards and will dip into "refugee markets" such as China, Hongkong, Eastern Europe and South Africa, a government report said yesterday. Canberra is considering ways to speed up the intake of
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      US raps China over jailing of dissidents
      640 6  -  Ong Ming Seing Way trial of Beijing protest leaders conducted 'deeply troubling' By Washington Correspondent 'The speed of the verdicts, the limited opportunity afforded defendants to prepare a defence, and the inability of independent observers to attend the trial inevitably raise questions of
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      Lock icon US economy threatened by poor school system: Report
      306 6 When even the best won't do 'Even the best US students do not compare favourably with foreign students.' The Council of Economic Advisers' report. WASHINGTON A secondrate educational system is the most serious long-term problem facing the US economy, President George Bush's
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks early talks with Taipei on unification
      307 6 Beijing seeks early talks with Taipei on unification BEIJING The Chinese Communist Party yesterday called for early talks with Taiwan's Nationalist leaders on reunifying the capitalist island with the mainland. "The two parties nationalist and communist should negotiate at an early date," said a front-page commentary m the official People's
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon No Vulcan birthday treat for 'Mr Spock'
        95 6 VULCAN Mr Spock, the popular alien hero of the Star Trek movie and television series, will not be celebrating his 60th birthday m Vulcan that is, m the farming community of Vulcan, Alberta. Residents of the town of 1,400 about 65 km south-east
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        Lock icon Party's 'democracy' lottery
        51 6 TAIPEI Taiwan's cash-strapped main opposition party hopes to hit the jackpot with a lottery. The Democratic Progressive Party, which is so poor it almost closed its main headquarters last month, announced it will launch a "democracy" lottery on March 1 to raise money, local newspapers reported yesterday.
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        Lock icon A lobster for Diane Keaton
        52 6 picture Actress Diane Kenton to presented with a 11 ye lobster reminiscent of her role m the movie Annie Hall by Hasty Pudding Theatrical*' president Mo Reeen as she was awarded the Hasty Padding Woman of the Year Award m ceremonies at Harvard University ea
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        Lock icon Milk 'good for heart'
        98 6 LONDON Men who drink more than a pint of milk a day are eight times less likely to suffer a heart attack than those who do not drink milk at all, research due to be published m Britain next week shows. Researchers for the 10-year study,
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        Lock icon Bakker to be re-sentenced
        106 6 RICHMOND (Virginia) US television evangelist Jim Bakker's 45--year jail sentence for fraud was overturned on Tuesday on the grounds that the federal judge who sentenced him may have been biased. He will now be resentenced by a different judge. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals
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        Lock icon Falcon Crest locale for sale
        77 6 SAN FRANCISCO The California vineyards and 1.115 sq m mansion used as the setting for the US television series, Falcon Crest, is on the market for US$lB.2 million (Ss3l million). It is the second US prime-time soap-opera locale to go on sale m two months.
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      Lock icon Advice, surprises and choc tricks this Valentine
      525 6 BANGKOK "Condom, don't leave home without it" was the unique St Valentine's Day message for young lovers issued by the Public Health Ministry here yesterday. The ministry, which said the message was part of its anti-Aids campaign, said the romantic atmosphere surrounding St
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      Lock icon US group acts to boost regulation of tobacco industry
      267 6 WASHINGTON The American Heart Association has said it is renewing a campaign to strengthen the US government regulation of the tobacco industry m hopes of discouraging more Americans from smoking. "Tobacco products remain the least regulated consumer products m the US,
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh to replace 3 of its members on Khmer council
      421 7 PHNOM PENH Three Phnom Penh members of the Supreme National Council (SNC) have asked to be replaced on the body grouping the government here with the Cambodian resistance alliance, official sources said. The three Interior Minister General Sin Song,
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      Lock icon Two state witnesses too frightened to testify
      434 7 Winnie Mandela's trial JOHANNESBURG Two witnesses at the kidnap and assault trial of Winnie Mandela refused to give evidence yesterday, saying they were frightened. "I fear for my life," said Barend Mono, 21. "If I proceed to give evidence I don't know what
      Reuter  -  434 words
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      Lock icon Xinjiang raps books advocating Muslim separatism
      231 7 BEIJING Authorities m Xinjiang have launched a campaign against three books said to advocate separatism for the Muslim-dominated region m far-west China, a local report said yesterday. The authorities hinted strongly that the books The Uygurs, Ancient Uygur Literature, and A Brief History of
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      Lock icon Alia maintains tough line while admitting economic crisis
      516 7 VIENNA Albania's communist leader, Mr Ramiz Alia, warned the country's striking students he would not give m to their demands, but admitted that the country was facing an economic crisis, the official ATA news agency said yesterday. In his first major speech
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      Lock icon Tonga calls assembly meeting to legalise passport sales
      396 7 WELLINGTON Tonga's Legislative Assemby has been ordered into an urgent session for Monday m a bid to legalise the sale of passports and citizenships, mainly to Hongkong Chinese, a Tongan government statement said yesterday. Previous statements indicated that Tonga sold US$l4.7 million
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      Lock icon Plane heads back to Japan after bomb threat
      154 7 TOKYO A passenger on a United Airlines Boeing 747 bound for San Francisco, carrying what appeared to be a bomb, has forced the pilot to head back to Japan, Narita airport officials said yesterday. v The American airline's Flight 58, which left
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      Lock icon Dances with Wolves gets 12 Oscar nominations
      431 7 BEVERLY HILLS (California) Kevin Costner's epic Western, Dances with Wolves, collected a leading 12 nominations for the 63rd annual Academy Awards announced yesterday, including best actor, best director and best picture. Director Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy was second with seven nominations, including best
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      Saw Mating warns of external, internal threats
      303 7 RANGOON Burma's military leader has warned that external forces as well as internal forces continued to pose a threat to the country. General Saw Maung's remarks were made shortly before he hosted a state dinner on Tuesday night, attended by some 44 political
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      169 7 Visit the Penguin Parade I this Lunar New Year Come and see these 100 endearing birds "flying" underwater m our Penguin Parade. Watch them live, feed and breed m their natural habitat landscaped with rocks, cliffs, nesting burrows and alcoves just like m the I jt* A IV** j ••feeding
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  • ASEAN
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      Bid for tentative treaty on US bases by Friday
      414 9  -  Abby Tan By Mania Correspondent MANILA A tentative treaty on the future of American military bases m the Philippines will probably be announced tomorrow, officials of the Philippine and United States negotiating panels said yesterday. "We are trying to reach a
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      Lock icon Wheels, not shoulders, for moving house
      64 9 picture. A truck positions itself to unload a wooden house after it was transported from its old site a few kilometres away m the northern Philippines province of Isabela on Monday. Filipinos, who used to carry houses on their shoulders as a tradition of
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      Lock icon Indonesia's Speaker berates MPs for toeing party line
      177 9 JAKARTA The Speaker of Indonesia's Parliament has criticised legislators for not standing up to the government, a newspaper reported yesterday. The pro-government Suara Karya daily quoted Speaker Kharis Suhud as telling a political seminar that Parliament would not find its teeth unless
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      Thai army chief denies he may be replaced
      488 9 Thai army chief denies he may be replaced BANGKOK Thai army chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon has dismissed speculation that he might be removed ut>m his post m a surprise army reshuffle. The army, he said, was not planning to carry out an immediate reshuffle of top military personnel. He was
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      Lock icon Indonesia lodges protest over US warning to visitors
      293 9 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has protested against a United States State Department warning issued to Americans visiting the country, terming it "interference" m the country's domestic affairs, press reports said yesterday. Referring to a conference headed early m the week by Minister
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Mustapha now main obstacle to Umno expansion in Sabah
      782 10  -  Kalimullah Hassan News analysis By 'He has got us in a corner and he knows it. He will exact everything he wants first before making it easy for us to go in.' A senior Umno leader on Tun Mustapha (left). KUALA
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      Johor for registering those working abroad
      294 10 Movements to Spore can be tracked: Official JOHOR BARU Johor is m favour of a proposal by the federal government to make it compulsory for Malaysians working overseas to register themselves with the Ministry of Human Resources. The Star quoted Dr Chua Soi Lek.
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      Lock icon Mahathir: Races must work towards harmony
      366 10 KUALA LUMPUR The need for Malaysians of all races to strengthen mutual understanding and harmony was emphasised by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday m his Lunar New Year message. He said he was confident the Chinese m Malaysia and other Malaysians
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      101 11 To all those who missed out on our membership drive, this is probably the only view of the resort you'll ever see. w__ N >_jt r7 7___E__l BMP a, We'd like to thank all those who signed up for our Phase I membership drive which closed today. To those who
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  • HOME
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      More schools now insure all their students against injuries
      634 12  -  Chua Chong Jin Some even pay the premiums out of school funds By CJIVEN the rugged nature of some school activities, a num ber of schools and junior college, have insured ail their iiudents agaiust injuries or incidents. Schools like Raffles
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      Javelin lessons OK with precautions: Parents
      563 12  -  David Miller By CARRY on with javelin lessons m schools but tighten safety procedures. This was the general reaction of several parents following the death of a student who was impaled by a javelin, after he fell on it, on Tuesday. Ten parents interviewed
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      Man fined $1,500 for ordering dog to attack cop
      310 12  -  Charmaine Chan By A MAN was fined $1,500 yesterday for commanding a dog to attack a policeman five years ago. The dog bit Police Constable Tung Swee Cheong and left two teeth marks on his left arm. Jayaram Rajendaran, 32, was
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      An offence to have, sell or let off firecrackers
      103 12 POLICE are reminding the public that the possession, sale and letting off of firecrackers are serious offences. Anyone convicted of selling, transporting, distributing or importing firecrackers or fireworks is liable to be jailed between six months and two years. He may
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      CCs, clubs closed for the holidays
      53 12 ALL community centres and community clubs will be closed tomorrow and on Saturday for the Lunar New Year. Today, all modern community centres and community clubs will be open from 8.30 am to 4 pm. All other community centres will open from 2 pm
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      Delicacy Row offers festive bargains
      541 12 BARGAIN-CONSCIOUS Singaporeans are giving neighbourhood shops and supermarkets a miss when it comes to buying Lunar New Year goodies like abalone and mushrooms. Reason: Such items cost more at these places. Instead, they are heading for Delicacy Row m North Canal Road where the shops
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      No sighing or sweeping, for good luck's sake
      646 12 bYJJbVJJbbBT _«BBa m m mmmm m w_v S j/ ricW YEAR WHY is it inauspicious to buy shoes during the Lunar New Year? Apparently, the Cantonese word for shoe is similar to the sound a Cantonese makes when he sighs and it
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      Flowers for my handsome valentine
      618 15  -  Sharon Loh More women romancing their men with flowers on Valentine's Day and other special occasions By "I bought them for him as it's our first year of marriage and I wanted to do something special. I thought it would make a change if I
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      Saying it with roses is certainly not cheap this year
      194 15 Saying it with roses is certainly not cheap this year THESE are days of cash and roses for florists. Prices of roses have rocketted by up to 300 per cent. A dozen roses from a shop at Cairnhill will set one back by $85. Another shop m Brighton Crescent is
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      Couples say: We don't mind celebrating early
      467 15  -  Mathew Pereira Skipping reunion dinner is unthinkable, so avoiding a clash of dates is practical By BETTER early than never that is what many of the dewy-eyed couples who decided to celebrate Valentine's Day one day earlier said yesterday. Adjusting your Valentine's Day
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    • Article
      Salesman fined $1,000 for punching customer who asked for a refund
      191 15 A SALESMAN was fined $1,000 yesterday for assaulting a customer who wanted a refund after learning that he needed to buy a $60 battery for a Walkman radio he had bought. Sim Lee Seng, 27, pleaded guilty to punching
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    • Article
      Factory fire: Arson suspected
      177 15 POLICE suspect that arson was behind a fire at a printing factory and an electrical factory m Toa Payoh Industrial Park late Tuesday night. A police spokesman who said this added that the blaze, at Block 11, which took about two hours to bring under control,
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    • Article
      Unleaded petrol: Check with distributors, says motor traders body
      291 15 Unleaded petrol: Check with distributors, says motor traders body (HECK with your distributor if you are still unsure whether your car can use unleaded petrol. This was the advice given by the Motor Traders Association (MTA) yesterday. It said m a statement that the distributor is the best source. Some
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    • NEWSFRONT
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        Amy Yip drop in for a brief visit
        143 15 Amy Yip drop in for a brief visit SOME of the fans of Amy Yip who waited with bated breath at the airport yesterday evening may have been disappointed. For the Hongkong sex bomb turned up m a high-necked, rust-brown dress, keeping her 100-cm prominent assets under wraps. She arrived
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        Hotel says 'thanks' to cabbies
        140 15 it YUU naa proDiems naiung a laxi on iwonaay, n waa probably because cabbies m Singapore were all heading m the direction of the Pan Pacific- Hotel The event an all-day buffet party thrown by the hotel for nearly a thousand taxi-drivers. The hotel said
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      • Article
        40 lawyers admitted to the Bar
        104 15 THE number of lawyers on the roll of the Singapore Supreme Court is fast approaching the 2,000 mark. The latest batch of 40 new lawyers, who were admitted to the Bar yesterday, increased the membership of the Law Society from 1,899 to 1,939 Of
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        Solve a riddle by the river
        145 15 SINGAPORE RIVER HONG BAO SPECIAL ■m a ixjm a naaie to a Chinese proverb and win a prize. This riddle contest at the Singapore River Hong Bao Special '92 shows that Chinese proverbs need not be outdated. One of the favourite riddles which had
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        R & R — on Blakang Mati
        137 15 R R on Blakang Mati CATCH a rare glimpse of military personnel "resting and relaxing" at a pictorial exhibition that opens today at Fort Siloso on Sentosa Island Sixty black and white photographs of the military men who were stationed on Pulau Blakang Mati (now Sentosa) during the 1920s and
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      Parents hail move towards better pre-school education
      647 16  -  Ng Wei Joo Teaching of Malay and Tamil as first languages welcomed By THE Education Ministry's latest moves to improve preschool education have been well received by both Malay and Indian parents. Calling the package timely, most of the 20 parents and educators
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      Publisher withdraws February issue of Beverly
      225 16 Publisher withdraws February issue of Beverly THE publishers of Beverly fashion magazine promised that all copies of its February issue would be removed from store shelves by today. The issue, which featured nude male bodies as "live" statues m a fashion spread, was recalled by Waterich Publishing at the request
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      SAF team in Saudi Arabia sends hongbao to loved ones
      483 16 SEVEN-year-old John Tay is used to receiving hongbao at this time of year, but the one he received last night was special: It came directly from Saudi Arabia. Inside the red packet, young John found two unfamiliar notes: a United
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    • AROUND THE COURTS
      • Article
        Hawker on 'killer-litter' rap
        92 16 A HAWKER was charged on Tuesday with rashly throwing down a BMX bicycle and a fluorescent light cover from a block of flats m Silat Avenue, off Jalan Bukit Merah, on Sunday. Ho Kirn Chew, 34, is said to have thrown the bicycle from the seventh
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      • Article
        Fine for fishing in military area
        90 16 TWO men were each fined $1,000 on Tuesday for fishing m a reservoir m a military live-firing area, off Pasir Laba Road. Canteen helper Ong Kirn Pit, 41, and labourer Lee Kirn Lai, 24, were spotted fishing m the Poyan Reservoir by an army
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      • Article
        Man in debt took own life
        98 16 HOURS before jumping to his death, a labourer told a woman friend that he owed a lot of people money and could not repay the $900 he owed her, a coroner's court heard on Tuesday. Scow Yeow Seng, 47, said to be a frequent
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      • Article
        Two men on drug charges
        88 16 A 21- YEAR-OLD man, Lhn Kang Hooi, was charged on Tuesday with having 4 g of cannabis at the Woodlands checkpoint that day at 12.30 am. His case will be further mentioned on March 26. In another case, Hasheme Salman Harris, 24, a Pakistani school
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      • Article
        Two bus drivers fined
        157 16 TWO school bus drivers were yesterday fined a total of $850 for traffic offences. Lim Poh Song, 42, was fined $350 for knocking down a 10-year-old schoolboy at a zebra crossing m front of Da Qiao Primary School m Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 on Nov
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      Singaporeans welcome live CNN news broadcasts
      640 16  - Singaporeans welcome live CNN news broadcasts Julia Goh By SINGAPORE is hooked on to instant news at least for 12 hours a day. And the move to telecast continuous live Cable News Network (CNN) programmes was not only welcomed by staff of banks and financial institutions, at whom the broadcast
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      72 12 1 FOR THE BEST IN UFE MTAN 20 rWK IN S/NQfIPOM A joyous celebration of Spring, ushering m a bright new year. Isetan wishes one and all "Gong Xi Fa Cai". All our stores will close at 4.30 pm today. We will be closed on Feb 15, 16 17. Business
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
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        Pavlovian reflexes
        638 18 SOON after Soviet troops killed 20 people m a crackdown m Latvia and Lithuania m mid-Janu-ary, President Gorbachev angrily rejected suggestions that he had abandoned his reformist policies and was reverting to the repression of the past. Perestroika, glasnost and democratisation "were and remain eternal values", he told
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      Untitled
      111 18 QUOTES "I know It sounds almost metaphysical, but probably this war is only a test to see if wars are still passible." Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher, on the Gulf war. "Under King Hussein's successor, Jordan might well become an enemy. Under the King, at least m far, it has not."
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      Punchlines
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      Allies would do well to heed Clausewitz
      1029 18  -  Michael Howard By Clausewitz m his book (left) rightly diagnosed that Napoleon owed his victories not only to his military skills, but also the enthusiasm with which the French people supported him. Today 'the people' have come into their own. Mobilising their support
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    • Article
      Strategy to keep Saddam in the dark
      800 18  -  Michael Evans By The Times JOURNALISTS may be frustrated about the management of Gulf war news but no one could accuse the Americans of carrying out a secret war. Almost every move, from the arrival time of reinforcements to the deployment positions of
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    • Article
      When the school matters as much as the As that one scores
      842 18  -  Sia Cheong Yew SECOND LAST WORD By A SPEAKER at an Anglo-Chi-nese School seminar last month highlighted "a worrying trend" concerning his alma mater. ACS old boy Glenn Knight noted that some alumni were sending their children to
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      No Marxist obituary for Vietnam's leaders
      1014 19 The Economist Vietnam's leaders have evidently concluded that the communist ideology's best hope of survival lies m spurning the West and strengthening fraternal solidarity with the other Asian hardliners, China and North Korea. THOSE cheery obituaries last year about communism's demise now seem premature
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      HDB's annual report studded with trivia gems and bits of news
      718 19 Tanßahßah's FEW TOWN Micro-design is the word here. Examples can be found m 'turrets or towers formed by a column of balconies, aluminium decorative panels, traditional basket-weave patterned grilles and fan-shaped louvres'. This is almost poetic. A YEARLY activity
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  • FORUM
    • Letter
      Clear-cut directions on war and peace in Islam
      899 20 Islam forbids the scorched-earth policy and use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and, indeed, all modern weapons that do not discriminate between soldiers and civilians. THE article, "How Islam, Judaism and Christianity view armed conflict" (ST, Feb 5), by Diana Hinds
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    • Letter
      Why the waiting list for SAP schools' preparatory course?
      180 20 I REFER to the report, "Waiting list grows longer for SAP schools' preparatory course" (ST, Feb 6) and Mr Goh Yeoh Ting's letter, "Let more schools run preparatory course" (ST, Feb 9). I share Mr Goh's concern about the long waiting
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    • Letter
      Freehold land owners getting quit rent notices
      123 20 A FEW days ago, I received a notice from the Land Office informing me that I had to pay a certain amount m quit rent. A brochure explaining, among other things, what quit rent is and who had to pay it accompanied the
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    • Letter
      Disastrous to ban S'pore students from going abroad for education
      315 20 IN YOUR article on the recent International Congress on Migration (ST, Feb 8), a speaker was reported as saying that one of the suggestions that had been put forward as a solution to Singapore's emigration problem was that students should
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    • Letter
      Coin-changing machines: Few use them after 6pm
      236 20 Coin-changing machines: Few use them after 6 pm WE REFER to Mr Wong Soon Fatt's letter, "Coin-changing machines at interchange should operate longer hours" (ST, Jan 21). Coin-changing machines at all our interchanges previously operated from 6am to 10 pm. However, about two years ago, there were two night robbery
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      172 20 Business Times APB's Down Under play The NZssoom brewery-to-supermarkets deal that Asia Pacific Breweries has forged with Bnerley Industries m NZ offers more potential for APB than is obvious at first sight. Seiwyn Parker m Auckland, m a special report for Business Times, explains. Market Talk Why many analysts are
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      Spot-on Devaraj sinks Geylang
      765 21  -  Hakikat Rai Tiong Bahru take over at the top Tiong Bahru 2 Geylang 1 By dfkgdfhdfhg kfjgl hngfh 1 heard Tiong Bahru had two Brazilians and I wanted to see them. I was not aware they did not arrive on time for tonight's match.' Bank clerk
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      Memories of good old days
      363 21  -  JOE DORAI B) THE venue was old: Jalan Besar Stadium. And the scene at last night's Premier League soccer match between Tiong Bahru CSC and Geylang International was also like a page out of the past. Just like the good old days m the late
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    • Article
      Abuse of match officials on the rise
      234 21  -  JOE DOR AI ABUSE of match official* is en the fc—l In the National Football League Division One and Two competitions. And the Football Association of Singapore are alarmed at the rate these offences are being committed. Within two month* of the start
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    • Article
      Lock icon Milla denies he refused to play over pay
      320 21 YAOUNDE (Cameroon) Cameroon's World Cup hero Roger Milla denies he refused to play against England last week because the English Football Association declined to pay a £30,000 ($99,000) appearance fee. "Cameroon were robbed," he said on television here. "Cameroon should have been
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    • Article
      Ruled out
      70 21 Filipino professional basketball players will no longer be allowed to don national colours m competitions abroad because their teams at home would suffer financially, a league official confirmed m Manila yesterday. The decision dealt a severe blow to the basketball-crazy nations hopes for at least a silver at
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • Article
        Austrians win Merdeka final
        74 21 Austrian First Division soccer side Admira Wacker won the Merdeka Tournament final m Kuala Lumpur last night, beating China's Olympic team 3-0. The Austrians took control on a wet pitch and picked up prize money of US$2O,OOO ($34,000), half of which will go to their players.
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      SSC: No plans to set up special development fund
      344 21  -  Shirlynn Ho TENNIS By THE Singapore Sports Council have no intention of setting up a special development fund to assist young athletes who have yet to prove themselves on the international scene. Said a SSC spokesman: "We do not have any
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      Davis Cup match is postponed again
      274 21 SINGAPORE'S Davis Cup squad will have to wait at least another three months to play their Asia-Oceania Group II tennis tie against Kuwait. The International Tennis Federation last Saturday decided to postpone all AsiaOceania Group II ties many Arab countries are m this group
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      Lock icon Seven shooting for the stars
      589 22  -  Shirlynn Ho Women archers training hard for Sea Games ARCHERY by They are very enthusiastic and the team spirit is very high. We have planned to send them to various international tournaments.' coach Colin Wee THE national men archers have welcomed a group of seven
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      Lock icon Soviet Union win four golds and overall title
      343 22 BOXING JAKARTA Four boxers from the Soviet Union punched their way to victory taking the overall championship from Thailand, who finished second with three golds, m the President's Cup amateur boxing tournament on Tuesday. The Soviet Union, seventime champions, but defeated last
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    • Article
      Lock icon Doubts lifted
      150 22 NEW YORK The promoters and organisers of the Evander Holyfield-George Foreman world heavyweight title fight have settled a financial dispute lifting doubts that the bout would go ahead at Atlantic City on April 19. Promoters Bob Arum and Dan Duva, and the organiser Donald Trump, announced their agreement
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    • Article
      Lock icon Hill's hope
      168 22 INGLEWOOD (California) Terry Norris did it to Sugar Ray Leonard. Now, Virgil Hill believes he can do it to Thomas Hearns. "I think it's time for Hearns to retire and I'd like to be the one to retire him," Hill said on Monday after watching Hearns stop Kemper
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      Lock icon 'Tyson out in five'
      167 22 hgdfcjh hfhg fgh k TORONTO Donovan "Razor" Rnddack said on Tuesday that his upcoming fight with Mike Tyson is turning personal aad he will knock ent the former heavyweight champion In five rounds. "He's been knocked out before by less experienced opponent* and he's going to
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    • Article
      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      787 22 BASKETBALL NBA: Hornets 100 Mavericks 92, K nicks 114 Pacers 110, Cavaliers 94 Heat 78, Magic 129 Nuggets 122, Suns 99 Lakers 95, Bulls 122 Hawks 113, Spurs 102 Bullets 92, Jazz 113 Rockets 92, Celtics 114 Supersonics 111, Warriors 126 Timberwolves 105, Trail Blazers 121 76ers
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • Article
        Flu forces Aouita to rest
        114 22 Laid low by a heavy cold that returns and gets worse each winter, Morocco's multiple world record-holder Said Aouita has been ordered to sit out the rest of the indoor athletics season. He said m Rabat on Tuesday that he would not be at the
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      • Article
        Stojkovic may return
        76 22 Yugoslav midfielder Dragan Stojkovic, who has missed almost all of the season with a knee injury, could return for Marseille next month m their European Cup soccer quarterfinal clash with Italy's AC Milan. Marseille play the first leg of their quarter-final m Milan on March 6. Stojkovic
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      • Article
        Anurasiri in superb form
        67 22 Superb spin bowling by Don Anurasiri forced the visiting England A cricketers to settle for a thrilling draw m their first international against hosts Sri Lanka A which concluded on Tuesday. Anurasiri, a left-arm spinner, wreaked havoc when England set out to win the match after
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      • Article
        Sri Lanka clear victors
        53 22 Sri Lanka scored their first outright victory of their New Zealand tour on Tuesday with an entertaining seven-wicket win over provincial cricket team Central Districts m a four-day match. After the hosts ended their second innings with 244, Sri Lanka made the 179 runs off 26
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        Marina on drugs
        83 22 European ice-dancing champion Marina Klimova tested positive for testosterone after her gold-medal performance at the European championships last month. The finding was confirmed on Tuesday by International Skating Union general-secre-tary Beat Haesler who said there would be a second test done m Cologne. On Monday, a member
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        Frenchman's dream start
        69 22 Christophe Capelle, of France, who has only recently turned professional, got his new career off to a perfect start when he won the first cycling stage of the Mediterranean Tour m Beziers, France, on Tuesday. Capelle held off the challenge of fellow-Frenchman Laurent Jalabert m a sprint
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        Boost for women pros
        86 22 Prize money on this year's European women's professional golf tour is set to rise. It totals £1.96 million (|6.58m) so far but, with three events to be added, it should work out to more than the £2 million it was worth last year. Said Joe Flanagan,
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      • Article
        Battle for fourth place
        70 22 A battle of black and white is going on for fourth place m the BOC round-the-world solo race, Australian yachtsman David Adams said m Sydney yesterday. Adams's yacht, Innkeeper, was half a nautical mile ahead of the sloop Duracell, skippered by Mike Plant, of the United
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    • Article
      Lock icon Barcelona certain of being ready
      686 23 OLYMPIC GAMES BARCELONA Optimism is as high as the twin tower blocks which dominate the site of Barcelona's new Olympic village that the Catalan capital will be ready and waiting for next year's Olympic Games. "Evt-ything is going ahead on schedule," said Barcelona's socialist mayor
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      Lock icon England collapse and lose again
      362 23 CRICKET WELLINGTON An amazing but familiar England batting collapse allowed New Zealand to snatch an improbable win m the second oneday cricket match yesterday. England lost their last six wickets for just 27 runs, falling nine short of the modest 1% runs posted by New
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      133 21 141 *f ffi OMEI RESTAURANT RENOWN FOR THE BEST SZECHUAN CUISINE Begin the Year of the Goat on a prosperous note with our B And feast on the variety of delectable dishes specially Cj prepared by our 3 experienced Taipei Cheft. 0 Omei Special Steam Fish Turtle Soup m Ciaypot
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      287 22 f NOTICE HHII LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS Toto patrons are kindly informed of the following for Toto Draw No 530/91 only:--1 Toto Sales Sales for Toto Draw No. 530/91 will stop at 12.30 pm on Thursday. 14 February 1991. 2 Toto Draw Toto Draw No. 530/91 of Thursday, 14 February
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      321 Deaths
      198 23 YEO KIM KIAT AGE: 83 DWMd away SMfc on 12/2/81 -nil fi JK__Wlau*> ■ay* ■h *y ovnirto. WMk Tan Ocok Choo (deceased) PaiigMw; May Yeo Cheng Neo (deceased) Son -m- law* Ho Sam Hin mam amamaa DorU Ho Suat Lin Magdalene Ho Suat Ira Orawd a— In law.
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      322 Acknowledgements
      69 23 Th# teflitly of ttw MDM. TAN KAR HI A wishes to express their heartfelt thanks lo all roietfvoe, nionds ana aooociatoo far thoir kind attendance, condoltnc**, donations, raalhs and sssistsncs during THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. CHOW JOON KAM Departed: 9/2/91 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks
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      323 Condolences
      95 23 With daapaat sympathies ft condotsncea to tho family of the kate KAREN ANG LAY KUM who pimd away on 19-241 From: Staff of Toa Payoh Branch Office, Housing a Payatopmant Board. With Daapaat Sympathy To The Family 01 Tho Lata AIK TAJ WEE Who passed away on 12
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      175 23 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam In Loving Memory Of MOTHER BROTHER MDM. TEO CHENG lAN Tj V!I*!^, KHAL Departed: 14/2/90 JOHNNY A/uwya remembered by: Family, Helatiuet and Louea Ones. DR. M. CHOTTA SINGH 20th Anniversary In honoured and treasured memory of the late Dr. M. Chotta Singh Departed 14.2.71
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      In Evsnoving Memory Of Our Beloved
      155 23 In Evsnoving Memory Of Our Beloved M.V. RAJASEGARAN Born 29.11.62 Departed 14.2.08 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf. From Mother, brothers. Our Dearest Dad LEE TOE FOO Departed 14/02/90 You have made known to me the path of life You will fill me
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon Beckenbauer on the shelf at Marseille
      516 24 SOCCER 'With my German character perhaps I was too rigid and stubborn. I tried to impose my ideas. I probably was not flexible enough.' Beckenbauer MARSEILLE (France) Franz Beckenbauer admits he has little to do since handing over the main coaching job at French
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      Lock icon Sampras in comeback win
      295 24 TENNIS PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) A healthy and fit Pete Sampras, playing for the first time m two months, breezed to a 6-2 7-5 victory over Milan Srejber m the second round of the US$l million ($1.69 m) US pro indoor tennis championships on Tuesday. The second seeded
      Reuter  -  295 words
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      Lock icon Jacques Grand Slam aim
      125 24 LONDON Warren Jacques, the Australian sacked as the supremo at British men's tennis en Monday, alms to emerge from a depressing three-and-a-half years by coaching a Grand Slam winner. The outspoken 52-year-old embarked on an Impossible task when he was appointed Britain's international squad director for
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      Manila's best is coming
      305 24  -  Malcolm Bastians RACING By THE best galloper m Manila is likely to be imported into Singapore and Malaysia to see how well he will fare on the Malayan Racing Association circuit. Ipoh-based trainer Malcolm Thwaites has just returned from Manila with hopes of bringing m Sir
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      FOCUS ON NEWCOMERS
      1348 24 BUKIT TIM AH trainer Ivan Allan will introduce two Class 1 newcomers m Elapse and Happy Venture at the Selangor Turf Club February (Tunku Gold Cup) meeting beginning on Saturday. Elapse is classic material. A four-year-old grey American gelding by Sharpen Up out of Bygones, he was
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      Lock icon Edberg moves towards No.1
      291 24 Edberg moves towards No. 1 BRUSSELS ATP STEFAN EDBERG, of Sweden, took a first step towards regaining the world No. 1 spot on Tuesday, trouncing compatriot Magnus Gustafsson 6-0, 6-4 m the first round of the Brussels indoor tennis tournament. Second seed Edberg had already raced to a 64), 4-1
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      Lock icon More Than One in striking form
      166 24 XL TRACKWORK MORE THAN ONE, a shock winner over the Penang 1,200 m a fortnight ago, is ready for his first test m top company on Sunday. With a riding boy astride, the American-bred was paced by stablemate Kestrel m a two-round workout on
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      YESTERDAY'S KL WORKOUTS
      501 24 Horses engaged on Saturday: RACE 1: Stretto trotted two rounds. Southern Dancer (Sairi) cantered one lap. RACE Z: Grand Master (K.C. Ng) cantered and galloped 600 m m 43.2. Murmurs exercised two rounds. She's A Darling II (apprentice Samsir) and Free For Ail (Danis) covered one lap.
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    • THE WHIP HAND
      • Article
        Raining cats, dogs and horses
        226 24 All the placed jockeys m a recent race at Sydney track Randwick weighed m 2kg heavier than their allotted weight. But that was the least of their worries. A fair portion of their excess weight was cleared when they took off their boots and emptied
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        Stipes on wrong stride
        70 24 Perhaps it was the end of a long day, maybe they had seen too many slow starters. Penang stewards "missed the jump" on Saturday when they filed their official report on the last race. It started with: "Choice and Top Secret n were slow into stride."
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        Getting better at the jump
        150 24 While on the subject of tardy starters, one trainer is understood to have taken exception to The Whip repeating a half tongue-in-check proposal last week to introduce a demerit points system for poor beginners. One version would see a trainer fined, then suspended over having
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        Thompson for Macau
        196 24 When Tim Thompson, former Bukit Turf Club general manager and Malayan Racing Association secretary, quit the Singapore-Malaysia scene m July 1989, it was learnt that he was to become the project manager of a new racecourse hi Vancouver. Since then, nobody has heard about him until recently,
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      Lock icon White House hails Fed's bid to cut interest rates
      543 25 But central bank 'could do more to bring recession to speedy end' WASHTNGTON The White House on Tuesday praised recent moves by the Federal Reserve Board to push down interest rates, but suggested the US central bank could be doing more
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      Lock icon Asian NIEs wary of proposed free trade zone in North America
      646 25 HONGKONG Asia's newly industrialising economies and those scrambling to join their ranks view the proposed formation of a US-Canada-Mexi-co free trade zone with some foreboding. "If it involves lower trade barriers (among the three) than presently erected towards the
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      Lock icon Philippine trade gap widens, peso seen sliding
      377 25 Philippine trade gap widens, peso seen sliding MANILA The Philippine trade gap grew by more than 50 per cent last year to reach US$4 billion (Ss6.B billion), the National Statistics Office said m a report yesterday. The report coincided with a forecast by Merrill Lynch, a leading financial and investment
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      Lock icon Taiwan economy likely to grow 6.22% this year*
      285 25 TAIPEI Taiwan is recovering from an economic slowdown and will enjoy annual growth of 6.22 per cent this year, boosted by an easing of inflationary pressure amidst weakening oil prices, economics officials said yesterday. Annual inflation for 1991 would drop to 3.88
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      Lock icon Chinese state firms buying HK property
      390 25 HONGKONG Chinese stateowned firms have rapidly increased their investment m Hongkong's property market since the second half of last year, property consultants said on Tuesday. The main reason for the increase was that Chinese firms were being allowed by Beijing to retain more cash
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      Lock icon BA expects huge losses in fourth quarter
      503 25 LONDON British Airways PLC announced on Tuesday that it would suffer substantial losses m the fourth quarter and face tough market conditions for the next year as a result of the deepening recession and the steep irop m passenger traffic since the beginning
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      Lock icon Philippine Airlines to go ahead with plans to privatise
      309 25 MANILA Manila will go ahead with the privatisation of state-owned Philippine Airlines (PAL) by August despite financial problems spawned by the Gulf crisis, PAL Chair- v man and President Feliciano Belmonte said. The company will offer up to 60 per cent
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      Lock icon Keating rules out rate cuts after inflation surge
      369 25 SYDNEY Treasurer Paul Keating yesterday ruled out interest-rate cuts after the highest quarterly inflation figure m four years boosted Australia's annual rate to 6.9 per cent. The Treasurer predicted that inflation would fall this year despite Bureau of Statistics figures showing that
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      Lock icon Duta banker 'can't be charged with graft'
      191 25 JAKARTA A former banker on trial m connection with Indonesia's biggest banking scandal cannot be charged with corruption because he does not work for the government, one of his lawyers said yesterday. Dicky Iskandar Di Nata, 39, faces corruption and fraud charges m
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Nikkei breaches 25,000 barrier in heavy trade
        188 27 THE Nikkei Stock Average closed above 25,000 points for the first time since Oct 31 last year after stocks absorbed bouts of profit-taking yesterday. The key 225-share Nikkei index rose 204.46 points, or 0.82 per cent to close at 25,139.47. The broader first
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        91 27 SHARE prices here moved erratically to finish slightly higher yesterday as buying offset bouts of profit-taking ahead of the long Lunar New Year holidays. The New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index rose 15 points to 2,948.99. Dealers said the mixed signals from major overseas bourses as well
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        94 27 STOCKS ended firmer yesterday as light but persistent bargain-hunting offset early profit-taking. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 17.66 points to 3,412.66, well above an intraday low of 3,373. "The market is basically still quite bullish," a broker said. "There are no spectacular factors behind buying or selling. The
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        72 27 THE release of higher-than-expected inflation figures wiped out a tentative gain on the Australian share market and sent it to a weaker close yesterday. The All-Ordinaries Index closed 6.7 points lower at 1,378.2. Brokers said the market was probably due for a correction, but its direction was very much
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        LONDON
        58 27 SHARE prices ended lower on London's Stock Exchange on Tuesday, dragged down by a reversal on Wall Street. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share Index fell 14.5 points to close at 2,264.5. The Financial Times 30--share Index closed down 12.6 points at 1,781.1. Volume at 4.30 pm was 582.5 million
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        156 27 THE stock market weakened on Tuesday, marking a cool-ing-off period after vigorous and broad-based gains m recent weeks. The slight loss indicated that the market was consolidating. Prices of stocks that have lagged caught up with the leading advancers m the three-week-old rally. Analysts said investors took profits
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    • AROUND MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
      • Article
        PLUS awards $95m deal
        93 27 PROJEK Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS) has awarded a Mslsl-million (5595.13-million) contract, for the construction of part of the new Klang Valley Expressway, to a joint-venture company set up by Pati Sdn Bhd and T.A.S. Industries. The section between Bukit Lanjan and Jalan Duta, when completed, would link
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        Petronas buys five tankers
        145 27 PETRONAS Marine is acquiring five new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to transport gas to buyers m Japan, Taiwan and South Korea for M 53.879 billion (552.44 billion). The tankers, to be built by Chantiers de L'Atlantique, one of the largest shipyards m Europe, would enable
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        Mezzanine raises funds
        90 27 MEZZANINE Capital (Malaysia), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Temerloh Rubber Estates involved m acquiring and monitoring of long-term equity investments, expects to increase its fund to Ms4o million (5525.2 million) by the end of this year from the present Ms3o million. The Managing Director of Temerloh Rubber,
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      2498 27 Adjultd tor ntw I— u— Par v>u# MSI unl— ottwrwl— «p«cHt»d; P/E ratios ar« not adjufd for currency dffltfnct. RANSACTION DATE: FEBRUARY 13, 1991 1M1 Laat Vo» Day Net High Low Company Sal* ('000) High Low P/E MOUSTRIALS 215 166 AlSB 50c 212 10 501 215 200 51.7
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    • SIMEX FUTURES AND OPTIONS
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        British pound
        23 27 Opw Hfeh Low Sett Est Vol Mar 91 1.9782A ***** ***** W« ***** Obot M (Tan): H. «d M (Tan): Hm.
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        Deutschemark
        32 27 OB ***/Omhdmmt) (teen K|h low S«tt EstVai K* »1 0 6863 0 6863 0 6835 0 6840 110 *m ***** S*» ***** ***** Ofm W (Tan) 445 Ac* Voi (Tun) 121
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        94 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (11$ «M mtrtsl rm> r Open «|h low S«M Est Vd ■v91 9335 93 36 93 34 93 35 3853 km 9346 93 46 9345 93 46 4587 hpt 9335 9335 93.33 9334 1666 •k 9303 9303 93.00 9302 1300 92 9288 9289 9287 92 89 500
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        Euromark — 3-month deposit
        36 27 Euromark 3-month deposit Open Hfch low S«tt Est Vol IkrM 90 856 90 85 km 91 08 itf» 9123 Dk 9128 *r»2 91.41 91.50 S«pt 91.48 Ok 91.48 OpM M (Turn 1528 Act Voi (Tuts): 100
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        Euroyen — 3-month deposit
        55 27 Euroyen 3-month deposit Open Kfh low Sett Est Voi IhfJl 92.18 92.35 9218 9235 1772 tam 9289/ 9302 9288 9302 3520 9288 S«pt 93.33 ***** 9331 93.34 270 Ok 93 39 93.426 93 38 93 40 176 *hf»2 93.408 9345 tm ***** 93.50 S«* 9364 Ok 93.64 Op«i M (Tun):
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        Gold
        27 27 Open High Low Sett Est Vof »prM 369 208 369 20 ***** N 37SM Ort 37t7O 3S200 f* 3tSS0 O$m M (Tm): M. «d «M (Tw):
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        Japanese yen
        31 27 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Nvtl 000/75/ 0007/68 0 *****2 0 00/743 »0 0007/25 Uf» *****11 •k *****08 Mr 000/711 0*» M (Tm): M *ct <M (T«m): ltt
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        Nikkei Stock Average
        40 27 Open High low Sett Est Vol Sprt ***** 95 ***** 80 *****47 ***** 47F«fc 51 248/5 Mv ***** ***** ***** ***** 2183 *****/ *****8 257OOA ***** 136 ***** 264/0 Op«n M (Tim): 6171. Act Voi (Tuts) 339S.
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        Dubai Crude Oil
        23 27 <*cn Hfh Low Sett E$t VoJ Mar 91 (JJJ 15.23 *U 15.23 Opm M (Tuts): M. Act Voi (Tun): W
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        Fuel Oil
        42 27 Sbmi Mti Wet (12/2/91) 112.50 Open Mfh Low Sett Est Vol Mar 91 98 00 98 00 96 00 96 50 670 V 8580A 85.50 1 79.0OA 77.50 77.50 77.50 *m 77.50 Opw M (Tun): 5094. Ad Vol (Tun): 471
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        Eurodollar Options
        95 27 Mar 91 call Mar 91 puts Hfh low Sett Mch low Sell 8975 C 9000 C 9025 309 C 9050 284 C 9075 259 C 9100 234 C 9125 209 C 9150 184 C 9175 159 C 9200 134 C 9225 109 C 9250 85B 85 C 9275
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    • COMMODITIES
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        Rubber
        16 27 Closing prices (cents/kilo) Singapore 144.50 cents March down 0.50 cents Malaysia 229 cents March unchanged
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        Palm oil
        36 27 Crude palm oi (MJ/tonne) February Refined palm oil (USS/tam) RBOPatmOl Mar/Apr 332.50 (seller) RBOOIein Mar 357.50 (seller) Apr/May/June 355 (seller) RBD Stearin Mar 232.50 (seller) Apr 235 (seller) Crude stearin Neutralised unq palm oil
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        Tin
        12 27 Closing price* (M$/kilo) W. Tin 14.63 1 Turnover 50 4 tonnes)
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        Aluminium
        17 27 (Official dosing quotation, USS/MT) Ntd Tuts Cash 1505-1506 unav 3 Months 1537-1538 unav Settlement 1506 unav
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        Cooper Grade A
        26 27 (Offlclar dosing quotation, QBP/MT) Wed Tiki Cash 1219.5 1220.5 unav 3 Months 1217.5 1218.5 uu« Settlement 1220.5 unav Source Outokumpu (SEA) Ptt Ltd
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        Silver
        18 27 Closing priCM (USVtroy 02) Wed Tims Singapore 3.72-3.73 3.72-3.74 Tun Mm New York 3.73-3.74 3.73-3.75 Source: Rothschild
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        Crude & Product Prices
        79 27 Crude Product Prices Denotes timing of cargoes Denotes prices as at 5 33pm on 13/2/91 Source: Telerate. CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$)» WEST TEXAS brtermtdutt Mar +0.11-0.11 22.76-22.81 BRENT BLEND Mar 0 20 0.20 20.40 20.50 DUBAI FATEH Mar 0.35 0.35 15 25 15.35 «*«A$ Mar +0.10 0.10 20.70 20.80
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      HONGKONG
      539 27 Wedr>«»d.y February 13 HKS 1Amoy Properties 4 10 +0.075 Allied Overseas 0.77 unch Asia Sec Int'l 2.075 +0050 Asia Sec War 91 0.118 -0007 Allied TW 0.77 +0.04 Bond Corp Int'l 1.16 +0.03 Bond Corp War 91 0.385 +0 020 Bank of EA 14.30 -2 80 Cavendish 3.95 unch
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      TOKYO
      376 27 >l<wil<l> r«fcr«f» IS YEN Kjinomoto 1530 urtch Mcai 703 +39 *mada 1100 -20 Ksahi Glass 1300 +80 *sahi Kasei 787 -9 Bank of Tokyo 1210 -30 3ndgestone 1100 +50 2anon 1360 +50 Dasio Computer 1073 +80 Citizen 882 -3 I> Nip Print 1530 -10 D Nippon Screen 1350 -20
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      BANK RATES
      334 27 For deposits between $3,000 and $50,000 For deposits between $3,000 and $99,999 For balances up to $100,000. PLEASE CALL RESPECTIVE BANKS FOR DETAILS OCBC OUB U06 DBS TLB POS8 KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 4 4 2V* 3% 3V 4 4h 4 Fixed deposit 1 month 4% 4* AVt
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      HIGH & LOW
      42 28 HIGH LOW Straits Tines Industrials 1991 High 1323.25 (13/2/91) 1991 Low 1149.08 (16/1/91) All time High 1607.12 (27/3/90) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) Business fines Composite 1991 High 1138.63 (13/2/91) 1991 Low 1022.52 (16/1/91) All time High 1435.43 (16/7/90) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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      MOST ACTIVES
      33 28 Keppel Inv Wt 3,445,000 Hotel Prop 3,317,000 NOl 2,544,000 NOL Wt 1,982,000 Amcol 25C 1,938,000 Marco Polo 1,788,000 Hind Hotels 1,620,000 Orchard Parade 1,569,000 FELS Wt 1,293,000 H Plaza 50C 1.108,000
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      TURNOVER (CASH)
      33 28 Sector Volume Value Industrials 918,000 1.045 m Finance 467,000 522,720 Hotels 114,000 153,480 Properties 467,000 452,965 Loan Stocks 543,000 371,760 Plantations 40,000 48,985 Mining 5,000 7,240 Total 2.554 m 2.603 m
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      63 28 Total Market Wed Tim Industrials 31.345 m 41.468 m Finance 13.035 m 12.607 m Hotels 12.256 m 6.322 m Properties 12.939 m 16.524 m Loans Stocks 16.743 m 19.028 m Plantations 2.758 m 3.495 m Mining 623,000 1.040 m Total volume 89.699 m 100.484 m Total value m
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      BT COMPOSITE
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      SES ALL-SHARE
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      2417 28 Or** IMWti Tai la* V<X Day Last Quota Dhr M«l M* lo« Cod. Co«p.«y S*rt or- 000 Htgft Low Buy«f S«Mor Pit 277 152 1000 Acma 185 -t-1 29 165 180 183 185 290 166 1142 Ale* Hldgs 50* 256 200 280 6.0 47.2 246 112 t
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      Hotel stocks take the limelight in quiet trading
      477 28  -  Sharon Lau MARKET REPORT By INVESTORS picked up hotel stocks on the Singapore stock exchange m a day of relatively quiet trading. Dealers said growing optimism over developments m the Gulf helped to focus rotational interest on the hotel sector, which had
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      BONDS, LOANS AND WARRANTS
      897 28 1990/91 T.I La* Vol Day L»« Quo*. Mv DM* High Lew Cod* Company Sato <w 000 Htoh Low •mw SoNor Payabt* 240 78 J 1565CACWI 132 -4 176 136 132 132 134 80 68 1546 Causeway Loan 79 79 80 6 0 Doc 31 68 23
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      SESDAQ
      332 28 Al dares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted far scrip/riftfe. fl Tax-exempted dividend. P/E ratios and fross yiekh of toreifn shares are adjusted for currency dWtwencev Trustee stocks under CPF Approved eTvestment Scheme. J Martin stocks. AfJN is traded m lots of 10 shares
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      247 28 Manager's prices for February 14 c-__«-w- iv» t-_4 angapore lim iniSl The Commerce The Savings Fund 0.99-1.05 Spore Prog Fund 0.44-0 47 Spore Sec Fund 0.77-0.82 Spore Invest Fund 0.83-0.88 Spore Equity Fund 0.55-0.59 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.59-1.67 Mai Prog Fund 0.44-0.47xd Mai Security Fund
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1873 28 Or 1 Mil t.i Uml Vel Day La* Quol. ON N.I Mf» Low Cod* Cmnini Sal« of- 000 High Low Buy»r S*«ar Pit 102 36 1418 COL 2S< (2000) 51 unch 1332 51 49 50* 58 510 0 '030 720 1246 Camay Pac2oe 720 210 0 62 1300
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        SINGAPORE
        148 29 Volume: 89.70 m units 10.78 m) Value: $156.71 m $14.91 m) Indices Feb 12 Feb 13 ST Industrials 1318.84 1323.25 ST Finance 2423.00 2425.52 ST Hotels 954.60 970.40 ST Properties 672.76 678.37 BT Composite 1135.40 1138.63 BTMGA 639.97 644.10 BT 08/ OS +488 +539 BT CADI 8036 -7999 BT
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        INTEREST RATES
        108 29 PRIME RATE Awragt Mm Lendnf Rate: 7% Avenge of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT Contract data: 13/2/91 OHOKT IMTM 3 MTH MTH SMTN 12 HIM CAll VALUE Mi US SV« SV« 5* 5* SV« 5* 19/2/91 AS 10* 10* 10 9H 9V« 9* 19/2/91 «l
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        160 29 SPOT RATES DM V SS MB As/USS £/US$ Optn ***** 128.80 1.7115 7.7920 0.7810 ***** Close ***** 128.82 1.7113 7.7920 0.7875 ***** Source. Astley i Pearce COUNTER RATES MnQspocv doMm to ono unit of foraiQn currency BuymcOD Seftig US doHar 1.6960 1.7180 Sterling pound 3.3671 3.4291 Australian dollar
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        GOLD PRICES
        94 29 SINGAPORE n**«l(SS) Wed Tuts Motor 20.196-20.316 20.138-20.258 100 jm 2.026-2,051 2,020-2.045 50 |m 1.015—1,030 1.012-1.027 20 p 405—416 403-414 5 r 101-111 101-110 1 m 20-29 20-29 Mm com (SS/oi) Spore bufton com 625—641 624-640 Cm*m maple leaf 646-652 645-651 Austratan iwact 647-655 645—653 OW toM opbons USS
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      KL's infrastructure sector heading for boom
      556 29 Broking firm estimates sector to get $19b from govt spending MALAYSIAN companies specialising m construction, telecommunications and trans-port-related activities will benefit from an expected Ms3l billion (5J19.53 billion) m infrastructure spending under the Sixth Malaysia Plan. This boom m implementation of various infrastructural projects
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      Keppel Finance expects to maintain profitability despite fears of slowdown
      298 29 KEPPEL Finance expects its operational profits to be "at least" maintained this year. This is despite fears of an economic slowdown voiced by economists and bankers which will mean more sluggish activities for finance houses m general. Announcing its year-end
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      Director-General of Public Works appointed CIDB head
      225 29 DR TAN Swan Beng, Direc-tor-General of Public Works, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). He succeeds Dr Cham Tao Soon who has been chairman for nearly three years. Dr Cham, who is Nanyang Technological Institute's President,
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      Hai Sun Hup unit to buy vessel from Mitsui
      201 29 SHIPPING group Hai Sun Hup (HSH) is investing m a vessel owned by its substantial shareholder Mitsui OSK Lines. Under an agreement made two days ago, Sinplax Pte Ltd, HSH's subsidiary with a $2 paid-up capital, will pay US$9.5 million (5516.2
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      Firm's $1.8m investment
      114 29 LISTED Singatronics is set to acquire a majority stake m local mould maker Theck Heng Industrial for $1.8 million m cash or at $3 a share. The investment is seen as offering an opportunity for Singatronics to diversify its business and broaden its earnings base. Theck Heng's
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      Chuan Hup names PAP backbencher Tan Cheng Bock non-exec chairman
      520 29 PM Goh gives nod but cautions MPs on guidelines to follow MARINE-BASED Chuan Hup Holdings (CHH) has appointed Parliament backbencher, Dr Tan Cheng Bok. as its new non-executive Chairman. A private medical practitioner, Dr Tan, 50, has been MP for
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      TOP RISES
      36 30 SIA Foreign 1420 +30 OUE 630 +30 PELS 50< 610 +20 FELSWt 235 +17 Kings 207 +16 SPH 800 +15 Semb Shipyard 630 +15 Rothlndss(K 520 +15 Cerebos2sC 274 +14 Singmanne 50C 452 +12
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      44 30 ANA Hotels 200 -30 Asia Pacific 1020 —10 CoW Store SOC 308 —8 DBS 985 -5 F N 775 -5 Isetan 50( 615 -5 Keppel Fin 50( 160 —5 C 4 C 372 —4 J Cement 254 --4 C4C Wt 132 —4
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      New markets 'will lead way to another year of healthy trade'
      578 30  -  Tan Sung Local business leaders agree they must map new strategies for the year By MOVING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL MARKETS "We must venture into new markets which include developing states such as those m the Rio Group and the
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      PSA sets target of handling 6m TEUs this year
      517 30  -  Steven Pak By HAVING just become the first container port m the world to handle more than five million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the Port of Singapore Authority is aiming even higher this year. It has a target of crossing the
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      UE in engineering services venture with Austrian firm
      305 30 UNITED Engineers Ltd has set up an engineering services joint venture with Austrianlisted Waagner-Biro Aktengesellschaft (WB) to tap the potential infrastructural growth m South-east Asia. Under the agreement signed yesterday, UE Waagner-Biro Pte Ltd will have a $5-million authorised capital. UE will
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      Lock icon Bank of England signals cut in rates
      83 30 Bank of England signals cut in rates LONDON The Bank of England signalled a cut m interest rates by one-half percentage point by dropping the overnight lending rate from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent, a bank spokesman said yesterday. "That is a strong signal from the Bank of
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      GEC Singapore to tap larger markets of South-east Asia
      323 30 BRITISH electronics and engineering firm General Electric Company (GEC) Singapore will set up representative offices m Indonesia and Thailand some time this year to seek out market opportunities for its products. These moves are part of the company's long-term plans to
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      Employers to come up with clearer guidelines on status of executives
      324 30 FOLLOWING high-level discussions with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) yesterday, the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) is taking concrete action to come out with proper guidelines to resolve the issue of "bogus executive titles". SNEF President Stephen Lee
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      173 30 Johor not involved in Batam project: Muhyiddin LANGKAWI The Johor government and its subsidiaries are not involved m a joint Singaporean-Indonesian project to develop Batam Island. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin told reporters here yesterday that Johor only agreed to the projects being set up there. "Johor would benefit
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      24 30 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 3.71 points to 2,871.04 after the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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      255 30 HONGKONG giant Jardine Matheson Holdings and other companies m its stable will be listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore from next Wednesday. The four companies Jardine Matheson Holdings, Jardine Strategic Holdings, Mandarin Oriental and Dairy Farm International Holdings will be traded scripless
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        111 1 Hilp FEBRUARY 1991 MOP 'IS9 790 *%M H| M S3 50 WILL YOUR HUSBAND *V GIVE YOU AIDS? TOP JOBS FOR 1991 jj^^M A VICTIM S ANGER jm^^m\\\\\\\\\\ 10 REASONS TO BE JL L A COUPLE J A M^m m \m^m m^ m^ m^^ m NEW J I FROM EUROPE
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        Lock icon They're playing our song
        1183 2 They're playing our song WHEN it comes to love, there are no rules. When it comes to lovers and music, there are no limits to taste. Even the most hardened of macho males will confess to going weak at the knees when a special song is played once you catch
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        687 2  -  ONG SOH CHIN EVERYBODY has a dark side. Everybody has a skeleton hidden somewhere m the cupboard. I am no exception. By day, I am a hardheaded music critic. By night, I unearth England Dan and John Ford Coley, Chicago and Belinda Carlisle and wallow m a
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        937 3 Snooze-inducer You know ah, my neighbour they all like to smoke. Every morning I sit lift go downstairs take bus must smell their smoke. Some more all donwan use unleaded petrol, no wonder last week I go doctor, doctor say my lungs unhealthy and I cough
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        Spreading the largesse
        606 3  -  Mardiana Abu Bakar Care FRIDAY 10.50 am: The smell of fried prawns greets you at the main entrance of the Havelock Road Community Centre. Twenty metres from the main gate, old men and women sit on the steps leading up to the community hall. Some are chattering
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        What rubbish?
        604 3 Calling the leftover religious offerings at the Thaipusam festival filth is unwarranted, says SELVA KUMAR as he replies to M. Nirmala's commentary. I REFER to the commentary written by M. Nirmala (Life!, Feb 7), m which she criticised some aspects of the Thaipusam festival. While I agree with
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        445 3 BESIDES Havelock Road Community Centre, there are 15 other meal centres which provide the needy aged with free meals. The meal service was first started by the Salvation Army m the late '70s. The Committee of the Problems of the Aged under the then Ministry of Social
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        Lock icon Call it puppy love
        963 4 Today being Valentine's Day, we look at some love stories recounted by young people m China. 4 Chinese-style first love is more than a sensation of listlessness, anxiety, weariness and melancholy. A judge for the newspaper contest on tales of first love 4 The first time
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        394 4 SINCE time immemorial, the Tujias have inhabited the fertile land of Changyang and Wufeng, now two Tujia autonomous counties m south-western Hubei province. They have retained their ancient, distinctive marriage and funeral traditions. The younger women wear short gowns decorated with three floral borders, and the
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        Lock icon Hat of wisdom
        130 4 NINE days after a baby is born, he or she will receive gifts from the maternal grandmother. Among them, a hat is a must, at least m the Zhuangzhai rural areas of Caoxian county, Shandong province. The hat, which looks like the cap worn by ancient Chinese
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        Two good things
        704 5 Sriwana, one of Singapore's most active cultural groups, will stage a double-bill next weekend, its first production of the year. YAAKUB RASHID previews. THE proverb that says all good things come m twos will be put to the test next weekend when Sriwana presents its double-bill theatre.
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        607 5 SINTAKSIS BAHAGIAN A: AYAT MAJMUK DAN KOMPLEKS ARAHAN: Sambungkan ayat-ayat tunggal di bawah mi supaya menjadi ayat majmuk atau ayat kompleks dengan menggunakan kata hubung yang sesuai. 1. Doktor-doktor bedah itu sedang berusaha untuk menyelamatkan nyawa anak kecil itu. Kuasa Tuhan mengatasi segala-galanya. 2. Beberapa
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        73 4 The Sayings Of Mencius A I 7 V man can if a man can do great I refuse to do certain I things Xthmpoow/ refuse to =^^^P do certain ff^j^gy^ He will be able /""a>v to do great things I successful later. J I penoo kno*«\ J clearly the path
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        200 5 WELCOME TO *i*Jr^ CENTRE IN JOHOR BAHRU •Swiss Massage •Shiatsu _P •Steam Bath •Faaai •Sauna m \-'4t' •HerbaJ Bath •Gymnasium 9m\ f •Manicure A Pedicure jj* Wishing all our Clienls, ,^s__B^>\i t_l Business Associates J*«K Friends a I "rospcrous Lunar New YearY~* Closed oh 15/02/91 16/02/91 Business as usual oh
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        576 6 Mediaeval romance Romance is back m fashion, and more designers are courting it with their new 'old-fashioned' designs, says KAO FANG PIAU. A NEW age of romanticism is back. Fashion has, once again, taken a trip back m time, bringing with it the colours, styles and silhouettes of an era
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        315 6  -  Dinah Lee Beauty Brains HAVE you ever used a natural sponge and wondered about its origin? Sponges are multi-cellular marine organisms which have a porous skeleton of interlocking bony, needlelike structures. They live m complex colonies, attached to the seabed or to other solid objects, and grow m
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        205 6 rTfr E s T I V lel w fv r\ A I PA MAYFAIR DESIGNS hi IN Ist Floor hkittetoog Plaza ***** Koala Uofar Tefc 241 7630 Lot 150 TW Moll ***** Koala mWfM let 442 4142 FEATURE 10 REASONS TO PAIR OFF It's cosy to be a twosome Sar»-""
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        962 7 NORMAN YAM checks out the fiercely competitive Chinese night scene, where Amy Yip will have to battle a couple of granddads for the Lunar New Year dollar. THE race is on. Nightclubs, live theatres and concert organisers are out for the Lunar New Year dollar with stars brought
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        552 7 MARTIN SHEEN, actor, anti-war activist and occasional jail occupant, is also the reluctant head of a Hollywood dynasty. His three sons and one daughter are all movie stars m their own right, a fact that pleases, surprises and worries Sheen. Sheen, 49, whose films include
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        438 7 W COm... STEP mo A GOURMET'S PfcRMMSe At Movotel Singapore, we settle for nothing less than 18 delicacies m our special Tv Lv Shou" Buffet to tantalise your taste-buds. Why 18? Because it symbolises ongoing prosperity for you. Come and savour our Smoked Oysters, Mixed Mushrooms m Crab Sauce, Chilli
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        2859 11 What's On HONQBAO SPECIAL IBM I FM Stereo FM Stereo Singapore Rhrer ST^ I mHz mHz VHF Or'gln^ by the Singapore Press Holdings. \j MM T^"^» loft frofn 8• m with *>" 6.00 AM Morning Moves with News at 7^ rhe qev-aryvA Totjrist Promotion Board the L__-_L 88 t&jM* WjJ9l
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        74 12 {*TX "fe l^fl|£§^ Wishing You A Happy _^s_lP^^^ll| Prosperous lamar New Year Good Luck iWm Yu Sheng !jmm<> (Raw Fish) < 2iH^ for Lunar New Year v nc* from 16 Februar y l99l *q_ ''.'lAi aw AmrOmm Hr^ a_B_L^i^a^ For reservations mm m** mWm^^ Dinner e.oo pm 11.00 P m
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        781 12 SBC 5 •.$5 AM Opening 6.35 Batman (Cartoon/last episode/r) 7.00 News Update (English, Malay Chi 7.00 Lenny Opportunity Knocks Out nese Tamil) (Drama/stereo): When Lenny returns a wallet 7.30 SOS Animal Breeding (Document* he finds at the hotel, he gets invited to a party ry last episode) for hotel executives.
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        269 12 Television Highlights 8 Lunar New Year Special 1991 (live) (Stereo) (11.15 storeys in the grand opening, a dance-cum-stunts spectacular. pm): In the two-hour show is a skit of special interest, But this is not going to be just an entertaining festive show and all because of a much-publicised behind-the-scenes with
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        519 4 (ffiffiijaffQ Our counters at Lucky Plaza and OUB Centre are closed today. C.A.T.S. will close at 1 .00 pm (1 1.00 am i deadline for tomorrow's publication). Service will resume at -9 am on Saiurday, 1991. QQNQXIFACAt m 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out 1 IS) MAY
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        972 4 30 Musical Instrumants 30 Musical Instruments (3ft YOUNG CHANG PIANO I V3LV Priced from $3,135 I One m five pianos sold m the world is a Young Chang. The distinctive quality accompanied with each piano places it m a class above the rest. Young Chang the piano you can count
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        669 7 NOTICES i^ a^ b a a a INTHEHH.HCOLRT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Corapanlai Winding Lp No. 16 of 1991 la the Matter of tfcc Companies Act, Chapter SO (1990 Edition) AmA laths Matter of INNOFIELD CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby erven that a Petition for
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        850 7 This anmuncement appears as a matter of record onry February 1991 0 CAUSEWAY INVESTMENT LTD (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce the par value of the Company's ordinary shares from $1 .00 to $0.60 each Rights Issue of 23,471 ,963 new ordinary shares of $0.60
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        598 7 I TfeiceMad* I I BRAND I I TAKENOTICEthatCHINANATTONALCEREAI^,OILS&FOODSTTJFFSIMP.&EXP. I CORPN. ("CHINA NATIONAL") of 82 Dong An Men Street, Beijing, China are the registered proprietors of the above-depicted well-known NARCISSUS trade mark m, amongst I other countries, Malaysia and Singapore. I I For the avoidance of doubt, traders and consumers are
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        192 7 Please be informed that with effect from 2nd February 1991 GSS Electronics will be known as GSS ARRAY TECHNOLOGY (S) PTE LTD Our unit 04-05A has changed to: Unit 04-07 Thye Hong Centre 2 Leng Kee Rood Singapore 031 5 Tel: *****77 Fax: *****58 s______S*? &s_—___ ■■■>———»■^ —^—^—_^^—_______~l^— »B»»i^————~— NOTICE
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