The Straits Times, 3 April 1993

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1993 50 CENTS MITA (P) 527/12/92
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  • 598 1 Clinton stresses need to bolster Yeltsin's reforms ANNAPOLIS (Maryland) US President Bill Clinton has said he will form a "strategic alliance" with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at their weekend summit and that America's best interests lie m acting now to bolster reform. "We must act
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  • 239 1 BLURRED vision? No, your eyesight is not going these are only pictures from photographer Gary Sng's dizzy selection of monochromatic prints. The collection, entitled Black, White and Blurred, is a celebration of movement one of Mr Sng's themes at his two-week exhibition at
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  • 100 1 THE stock market rose to a new high yesterday as investor sentiment brightened, both m Singapore and across the Causeway. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 19.1 points to close at 1,688.16 its highest level since Feb 25 this year, when it peaked at
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  • 274 1 MORGANTOWN (West Virginia) Heart disease researchers said on Thursday that they had identified a new kind of cholesterol that is an even better indication of risk for heart disease than levels of the blood components known as "good" and "bad" cholesterol. Researchers at
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  • 564 1  -  Mary Kwang US has asked China to return to negotiating table, says paper By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG The United States may be forced to intervene m the Sino-British dispute over Hongkong to protect American interests m the territory, according to
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    • 4 1 Full report: Page 46
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    • 316 1 /^JBk ml Mtfj Yeltsin seeks private sector's support: Page 10 'Trade reprisals will only hurt China': Page 10 VpPi ■liiiunn Tann °y s > x w break the ■p rules and wins a co vcted wT Audiophile Award I for sonic excellence. Mt^^U BJwB m Traditionally as a rule, speakers
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 483 2 Demonstrators protest against governments' failure to stem high and rising unemployment BRUSSELS Workers went on strike and took to the streets across the European Community yesterday m a wave of protests at the failure of governments to halt and reverse the steep rise m
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    • IN SUMMARY
      • 61 2 Most shoppers now think twice about taking a trolley out of an NTUC FairPrice supermarket when they realise that they have to leave a deposit beforehand. In fact, many chose not to take the trolley out of the store when faced with the inconvenience of
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      • 40 2 A two way traffic of art between China and Singapore will be created when a travelling exhibition of 60 Singapore artworks goes on a tour of seven Chinese cities next year. Home, Page 26
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      • 32 2 Lord President Tun Abdul Hamid Omar said here yesterday that the judiciary had recommended that the jury system be abolished for murder trials. Malaysia, Page 23
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      • 43 2 The Philippine Congress yesterday agreed to grant President Fidel Ramos additional powers to deal with the country's crippling energy shortage, but stopped short of giving the President all the extra authority he had asked for. Asean, Page 21
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      • 46 2 South Korean President Kirn Young Sam yesterday flexed his muscles by sacking two generals m charge of units linked to previous coups, m the second such military shake-up since he took office m February, a defence ministry spokesman said. World, Page 4
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      • 39 2 Japan, yesterday, called Russia's continued military presence m Asia destabilising and expressed concern over threats from China and North Korea m a diplomatic paper focusing on gloomy post-Cold War developments. World, Page 8
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    • 463 2 A WOMAN lawyer of 25 years' standing, Edna Lim Mei-Ling, was struck off the roll yesterday for grossly improper conduct when she failed to return $7,465.18 of clients' money. A three-judge court, comprising Chief Justice Yong Pung How, Justice Chao Hick
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    • 356 2 WILMINGTON (North Carolina) A .44-caliber bullet was removed from the body of actor Brandon Lee, raising questions about whether hi* death during the filming of an action-adventure movie on Wednesday was accidental. The death was classified initially as an accidental shooting but police
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    • 412 3 Reactors 'can be used for making chemical weapons' UNITED NATIONS Singapore has agreed to block the transshipment to Libya of eight Malaysian-made stainless steel vessels which could potentially be used to make chemical weapons, a Western diplomat said on Thursday. The issue was
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    • 307 3 Familiarity with region's culture gives them the edge, says Mattar MUSLIMS are well-equipped to help Singapore spread its wings overseas as they are familiar with the predominant culture m the region, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Ahmad Mattar said last night. Noting that
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    • 205 3 THE National University of Singapore (NTS) yesterday said that the expulsion of Dr Chee Soon Joan for Improper ase of research funds was not an Isolated Incident. There had been previous cases where university funds, including research funds, were misused, It said In a
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    • 831 3  -  Zuraidah Ibrahim By To surreptitiously record conversations was improper, but to lie about it so blatantly was dishonourable. 1 Dr Vasoo DR S. VASOO yesterday charged that opposition politician Chee Soon Juan was not only dishonest m his use of research funds but had
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 185 3 WEATHER Showers over many areas in the predawn hours and early mominf. TEMP.(C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.11 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. Amsterdam 9/11 C Rain Madrid 5/19 C Cloudy Athens 6/17 C Cloudy Manila 22/34 C Fair Auckland 13/22 C Cloudy
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  • WORLD
    • 551 4 Second military shake-up since February SEOUL South Korean President Kirn Young Sam yesterday flexed his muscles by sacking two generals m charge of units linked to previous coups, m the second such military shake-up since he took office m February, a
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    • 219 4 TOKYO Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa has called for swift parliamentary approval of the ruling party's reform Bills, saying it would be "a source of regret for 100 years to come" if the package is not passed. During a news conference, he expressed confidence
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    • 679 4 'People began to realise the economy would deteriorate unless they shared the pain.' Mr Cho Byung Wook, pubic relations director of the Federation of Korean Industries. SEOUL South Korean unions and employers said yesterday that they had struck an unprecedented
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    • 317 4 BOMBAY Indian police yesterday seized 2.3 tonnes of plastic explosives found hid den m a creek north of Bom bay, a police spokesman said Police said the explosives were seized during a search of the marshy creek m Thane district, 60 km north
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    • 546 6 Governor mobilises EC support for reform moves BRUSSELS Hongkong Governor Chris Patten warned yesterday that China risked endangering its own trade prospects by threatening Britain with trade reprisals because of their dispute over Hongkong. He was speaking here on the second day of
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    • 330 6 WASHINGTON Diplomatic pressure, not trade sanctions, is the best way to bring about changes m China, says the chairman of the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee. Democrat Congressman Lee Hamilton told the Business Coalition for US-China Trade that with
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    • 360 6 BEIJING Beijing yesterday appointed 49 prominent citizens from Hongkong, including a former acting governor, as advisers on the British colony's return to China m 1997. They join a first group of 43 Hongkong advisers who were appointed last year to twoyear terms.
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    • 203 6 BRUSSELS Nato SecretaryGeneral Manfred Woerner yesterday announced that the ambassadors from the 16 alliance nations had agreed to use warplanes to enforce a United Nations no-fly zone over Bosnia at a meeting here. US and allied warplanes are expected to start enforcing
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    • 241 6 PHNOM PENH United Nations peacekeepers m Cambodia came under an hour-long barrage of rocket and gunfire on Thursday night, the fifth attack on them m a week, a UN spokesman said yesterday. In the attack which took place m Siem
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    • 552 8 Tokyo also expresses concern over threats from China, N. Korea TOKYO Japan yesterday called Russia's continued military presence m Asia destabilising and expressed concern over threats from China and North Korea m a diplomatic paper focusing on gloomy post-Cold War developments. The annual
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    • 352 8 US newspapers I dull, difficult to read, says study Call for change m writing style BALTIMORE American newspapers are dull and difficult to read. But different ways of writing news articles could help newspapers attract some of the readers they have lost. That was the conclusion of a major study
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    • 108 8 THK researchers had reporters try four different writing approaches. Traditional: "Pets remain a popular gift despite the advice of animal advocates." Narrative: "Just before Christmas three years ago, I^esly Stevens was forced to play Scrooge. But the result was a better life for Pumpkin, a nine-week-old kitten."
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    • 231 8 HONGKONG A Hongkong newspaper found out the hard way that even China's propagandist official press has a weakness for mischief at least on April Fool's Day. It published a serious report yesterday quoting a mainland daily as saying Beijing would exempt top
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    • 501 9 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton would probably not be able to meet the deadline of May 3 that he has set for sending Congress a detailed plan for reshaping the nations health-care system, administration officials said on Thursday. The delay reduces chances of
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    • 316 9 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has attacked Senate Republicans m a major confrontation which threatens to wreck chances for the passage of his jobs Bill and derail his economic programme. The US$l6.3 billion (Ss27 billion) jobs Bill has been under debate for more
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    • 279 9 WASHINGTON General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday said that military chiefs were trying to find a way to carry out President Bill Clinton's plan to lift a ban on gays m the
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    • 474 10 Appeal made before he leaves for weekend summit with Clinton MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin marshalled support m his battle against conservative lawmakers yesterday, ahead of a weekend summit with his most powerful international ally, US President Bill Clinton. Hours before he
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    • 388 10 SEOUL Pressure was mounting on North Korea yesterday to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. South Korea and Australia condemned its refusal to give nuclear inspectors access to suspected nuclear plants, and Japan said that China must
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    • 19 10 picture. million peanuts in all destined for baseball parks on opening day on Monday. Reuter
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    • 207 10 HANOI A high-powered United States delegation led by former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie is scheduled to arrive m Hanoi today m a new sign that Washington is considering lifting its economic embargo against Vietnam. The delegation includes top aides
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    • 327 10 LONDON The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) apologised yesterday for screening a programme that questioned the conviction of a man for an Irish Republican Army (IRA) killing on the same day as the funeral of a boy blown up
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    • 384 10 Move prompted by their links to World Trade Center blast ISLAMABAD Pakistan has threatened to expel thousands of Arab militants once bankrolled by Washington m its proxy war against Soviet occupation forces m neighbouring Afghanistan. The Arab extremists had come to Pakistan, mostly from
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    • BRIEFS
      • 131 14 HONGKONG The Australian and Canadian broadcast ing corporations signed an agreement yesterday to join forces m radio and television news-gathering. ABC managing director David Hill and CBC president Gerard Veilleux said that the accord would allow each network to air material produced for
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      • 103 14 WASHINGTON Tigers could face extinction m less than a decade unless they are given better protection according to the World Wildlife Fund. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of India's Operation Tiger, the world's biggest species conservation effort, the fund warned that poaching and shrinking
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      • 147 14 BEIJING Despite the dynamic growth of China's television market, Chinese children are not obsessed by TV programmes, according to an official survey. The study, conducted among 3,360 urban children aged six to 17, said strict parental and school control over access to television made children
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      • 142 14 MARHAM AIR FORCE BASE (England) Queen Elizabeth presented the Royal Air Force with a new flag to mark its 75th anniversary on Thursday, the same day as the government announced the latest mission of its long history m Bosnia The celebration at the eastern
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      • 124 14 SEOUL South Korea will demolish a domed building m central Seoul which housed the Japanese colonial govern ment until 1945 and is now used as the national museum according to a government spokesman yesterday. The building, built by the Japanese m 1926 and deliber ately placed
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    • 325 16 LONDON The standard early treatment given to people infected with the virus that causes Aids has been called into serious question after a major study of the ACT drug found that it did not significantly reduce the onset of the disease. AZT, the world's
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    • 415 16 Move part of plan to pull out of unprofitable markets DALLAS American Airlines will lay off 500 pilots, 400 maintenance workers and an unknown number of flight attendants and other employees as part of a plan to pull out of unprofitable
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    • 384 16 Second video-taped-beating trial LOS ANGELES Lawyers for officers charged m the Rodney King beating surprisingly rested the last two defence cases on Thursday, opening the possibility of a swift end to the civil-rights trial, now m its sixth week. Following the
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    • 230 16 Ex-Soviet republics emerging as drug-trade centres WASHINGTON Former Soviet republics have emerged as a major problem m the global fight against drugs, opening new frontiers for smugglers and growers, according to the United States government. In its annual report to the US Congress on the international drug trade, the State
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 690 18  -  David Hoffman Job-hungry Arabs from occupied territories a source of cheap labour By Palestinians coming to Jerusalem pay the US$B taxi fare m the hope of landing a job paying US$25 a day. Many work without permits and receive no benefits. JERUSALEM On a
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    • 544 19  -  Marc Fisher Most voters polled believe graft common among country's politicians By fdhdfgbdfb BERLIN They have catchy names: The Amigo Affair. The Swine Scandal. The Cleaning-Lady Scam. The Stationery Scandal. The Desk Drawer Affair. But while the government corruption cases that have riveted Germany
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  • ASEAN
    • 627 20  -  Tan Lian Choo Promote rights through co-operation and consensus, not confrontation, say 49 states By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Asian nations yesterday urged the advanced countries to stop using the human rights situation of a country as a condition for
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    • 270 20 INDONESIA would risk civil war if it adopted Western hu-man-rights principles which focus on the rights of the individual, a senior parliamentarian has said. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr J. A. Katili,
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    • 205 20 MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday swore into office newly elected leaders of a Muslim autonomous government m the southern Philippines, promising the region more autonomy. Former diplomat Liningding Pangandaman, a Ramos ally, won a landslide victory for governor m last week's elections
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    • 202 20 TOKYO Eighteen Filipino women, who said they were forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War 11, filed a lawsuit here yesterday demanding US$3.l5 million (Sss.l million) m compensation from Japan. They were the first Philippine former "comfort women"
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    • 212 20 Days of coups are over, says Anand HONGKONG Former Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun said yesterday that the Thai military understood that the days of coups were over and that they could not escape the world trend towards democracy. But Mr Anand, speaking m a Cable News Network interview, said
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    • 535 21  -  Reginald Chua But it stops short of giving him all the extra authority he asked for By Manila Correspondent MANILA The Philippine Congress yesterday agreed to grant President Fidel Ramos additional powers to deal with the country's crippling energy shortage,
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    • 449 21 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has decided to hold his ground and ignore the threat of a pullout from his shaky coalition government by a member party, according to political analysts here yesterday. "The government has gone through other crises and
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    • 124 21 BANGKOK A Thai temple has launched a boat for weary Buddhists seeking to escape the pressures of urban life. The boat, named Phodiyan (the way to enlightenment), would offer meditation sessions as it cruised out of the stressful Thai capital along the Chao
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    • 175 21 INDONESIAN Air Force chief Air Marshal Siboen has announced that he will be replaced by his deputy, Major-General Rilo Pambudi, next week. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted Air Marshal Siboen as saying that President Suharto had named Maj-Gen Rilo, cur rently
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 170 22 KUALA LUMPUR A traffic policeman is now unable to move after a simple operation at the Universiti Hospital recently. Mr S. Murugiah, 29, had slipped into a coma during an operation to remove a lump behind his ear. He came out of the coma two
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    • 461 22 Only then will Negri Sembilan approve project SEREMBAN Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Tan Sri Isa Samad has said that the tox-ic-waste-treatment-plant project proposed by the federal government at Bukit Nanas can be built only if the state government is convinced that
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    • 287 22 KUALA LUMPUR A man who breached airport security to become the second stowaway on a Malaysian plane m two weeks has set off alarm bells over the lax security at the country's premier gateway, according to aviation officials yesterday. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) guards
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    • 259 22  -  Sue Green By Writing for The Straits Times MELBOURNE A second man from Kuala Lumpur has died as a result of an accident during Melbourne's Dragon Boat Festival almost three weeks ago. Mr Ravetheran Ganesan, 28, a Malaysia Airlines security officer, died
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    • 464 22  -  Ismail Kassim By KUALA LUMPUR Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday that Malaysia was not alarmed by the reported deployment of three additional submarines by China m the disputed Spratly Islands m the South China Sea.
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    • 150 22 KUALA LUMPUR The Registrar of Societies has issued a notice of deregistration to the opposition Spirit of '46, according to the party's Information Chief, Mr Ahmad Shabery Chik, yesterday. The registrar had given a reason for the deregistration but it was "not a
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    • 474 23 Recommendation to be presented to Law Ministry and Cabinet KUALA LUMPUR Lord President Tun Abdul Hamid Omar said here yesterday that the judiciary had recommended that the jury system be abolished for murder trials. The recommendation, made some time ago, would be
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    • 175 23 NEWSPAPER vendor Mohamed Farok Ibrahim was on his rounds delivering newspapers and thought it was an April Fool's joke when a friend told him that a lorry had crashed into his booth m Jalan Templer, Seremban. Not only did it turn out
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    • 245 23 JOHOR BARU Johor police have uncovered a Filipino callgirl racket operating from the popular Mechinta Nightclub m Jalan Scudai here which is noted for its exotic dances involving foreign artistes. This follows the arrest of 19 Filipinas, who were among 30 foreigners arrested
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    • 540 25  -  Brendan Pereira Dismissals reflect widespread ignorance of disease By It is a question of employers being afraid of being held responsible if any accident happens to someone suffering a seizure.' A neurologist m private practice. THREE jobs m two months but Mr
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    • 212 25 DO NOT shove a spoon or other metal objects into the mouth of someone who is suffering an epileptic seizure. It will result m the person ending up with crooked teeth or even worse, no teeth. Dr Michael Chee, senior registrar at Tan Tock
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    • 304 25 THE photograph of a 300-m image of Jesus Christ appearing m a sandstorm above the Somalian desert has been exposed as a hoax by the Singapore-published newspaper, The Catholic News. Photostat copies of the report and photograph have been circulating among
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    • 425 25 THE NTUC will ask the Labour Minister to consult trade unions before he excludes some workers from the proposed law to raise the minimum retirement age to 60. The call was made by NTUC deputy secretary-general Goh Cbee Wee at
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    • 312 25 Satu seeks action against 'anti-union Northwest' A TRADE union has asked the Government to prosecute Northwest Airlines for indulging m "anti-union" activities The Singapore Air Transport Workers' Union (Satu) said the airline downgraded travel privileges for supervisors and accounts executives after they joined Satu. They will have to make way
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    • 606 26  -  Tan Htueh Yun Travelling exhibition will visit 7 cities next year By 'When China artists come here, they are very proud and they look down on us. So this exhibition is a chance to show them that Singapore is not a
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    • 435 26 A GUARANTEE of "good experienced teachers for my children" that is the main draw of the Chinese Development Assistance Council's (CDAC) tuition programme, say parents. Yesterday, some 1,100 students from low-income families joined the expanded CDAC tuition scheme. According to parents who enrolled
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    • 222 26 A NEW procedure whereby charities apply to the National Council of Social Service for permission to issue tax exempt receipts will cut down on paperwork. It also makes it easier for smaller groups to get permission to issue such receipts. Previously, charities
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    • 448 26 ONE letter to a single company raised $100,000 for the Singapore Red Cross Run for Humanity half from the company and half from the personal contribution of the company's chairman. Mr Ong Soon Kiat, executive chairman of Goldtron Limited, an electronics and
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    • 331 26  -  Kamitah Yusof By TO BUILD or not to build? The saga of the covered carpark at Neptune Court continues. Residents m Neptune Court will thrash out this upgrading plan once again, despite having had two chances to support or oppose it
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    • 94 26 A NEW polyclinic providing a comprehensive range of health care services for all members of the family will open at 10 Woodlands Street 31, on Monday. Woodlands Polyclinic, designed and built at a cost of $6.5 million, will provide services such as maternal and child
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    • 141 26 MR ALASTAIR Goodlad, Britain's Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will be m Singapore for a three-day visit from Monday. During his trip, he will meet Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Lim Boon
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    • 775 28 ABOUT THIS CASE: A carpenter was charged with murdering a woman whose naked body was found m Punggol over two years ago. The prosecution has also suggested that there is a strong likelihood that the victim had been sexually interfered with.
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    • 209 28 From Russia with love and into jail in Singapore A RUSSIAN tried to get to know a woman by molesting her. Yesterday, Vladimir Shazkov, 38, pleaded guilty to outraging the modesty of a 33-year-old purchasing officer on board a bus. Shazkov is a chief engineer from the vessel Slavynsey, which
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    • 227 28 AN UNEM PLOYED man nicknamed Li Xiaolong who stabbed his friend six times m a fight was jailed six years and ordered to be caned 12 strokes on Thursday. Tan Kian Tiong, 24, (right) pleaded guilty to stabbing his
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    • 196 28 A SECRET society member, who questioned a youth about why he had teased a teenaged girl, was stabbed to death shortly after the incident. Mr Goh Toh Kiang, 20, unemployed, was outside a shopping centre m Toa Payoh Central on May 12, 1991, when the 14-year-old
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      • 272 28 A FORMER machine-setter pleaded guilty yesterday to stabbing his colleague's friend m the buttocks and was fined $500. Tan Kee Kiew, 30, a Malaysian, who now works as a photo-album maker, apparently lost his temper and slapped his former colleague, Miss Serene Ong, who had
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      • 206 28 THREE elderly women, one of them aged 81, were robbed of more than $4,000 m cash and valuables by a man while they were using lifts near their Housing Board flats. In one robbery, Muhammad Rizan Buang, 21, (right) swung a wrench at Madam Tan
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      • 149 28 A MAN was yesterday fined a total of 13.000 for Illegal moneylending on two occasions and for committing vandalism by scribbling a debtor's name on the wall of a Housing Board block. On the first occasion, Chan Tay Kee, 26. lent a man $500 and charged him
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    • 533 29 Scheme to build awareness of nation-building values By Dominic Nathan TRAINEE teachers will get a feel of military life and an insight into defence-related issues m a new familiarisation programme to be launched later this year. Second Defence
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    • 218 29 New members: Mr Mohamad Maidin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Information and the Arts; Mrs Lee Phui Mun, principal, Victoria Junior College; Lieutenant-Colonel (Reservist) Dominic Ng, deputy group general manager, Malayan Credit; Mr Ricky Goh, chairman, Duxton Community Centre Management Committee. Outgoing members: Dr Judy
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    • 285 29 SINGAPORE will be giving traditional Asean music a fillip with two new compact disc recordings. The recordings will be based on the traditional music of Singapore and compositions generated during the 2nd Asean Composers Forum on Traditional Music, which will be
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    • 336 29 FHTRH TRYTJT J NTUC Income insurance policy holders can now enjoy discounts at 60,000 establishments around the world with the Income Privilege Card. Launched yesterday, it is the first link-up between a local insurance firm and international discount card organisation Countdown PLC.
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    • 611 30  -  Cherian George By 'The current attention to violence probably came up because we have liberalised, mainly through the film classification system. Anytime you make adjustments, there will be teething problems.' Mr Hsuan Owyang. Most productions still healthy, say consultants TWO independent consultants on television
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    • 210 30 dfhgfgdfbd df AN INDONESIAN educational expert has expressed concern over sex and violence m television programmes broadcast by the increasing number of private stations m the country. The Indonesian Observer yesterday quoted Prof Utami Munandar, of University Indonesia's Psychology Department, as saying that the
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    • 225 30 rtuhtd jtr5hhbtrh BOGOTA Colombians turning on their televisions during certain hours will no longer see the scenes of violence and sex that up to now have been standard fare on three state channels. The nations television industry Is preparing to meet a judge's
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    • 345 30 A SINGAPORE doctor will be among the first to explore an unknown territory m northeast India known as Arunachal Pradesh. Dr Tan Chi Chiu, 33, who is part of a team of six international scientists, will spend three weeks m a
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • 183 30  -  C HPH AH TA N MEMBER of Parliament Choo Wee Khiang, an ardent karaoke fan, will record his favourite Chinese songs on compact disc. Copies of the disc will he given to those who donate money to a fund for the upgt ading
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      • 191 30 AN OFF-DUTY woman officer from the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (Cisco) died after she fell off nor scooter m what police believe may have been a hit-and-run accident on Thursday. Constable Rapiah Soopo, 35, was travelling along Paya Lebar Raid when the accident happened.
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      • 185 30 REAL mice can do what micromice cannot: That is. climb over the walls of a ma/c White mice like the one m the picture above will demonstrate how rodents map out routes m a maze at the finals of the Third Inter-School Micromouse Competition at
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    • 495 31 'I don't like the inconvenience but the system should help NTUC solve its problem.' Housewife Cecilia Low on a deposit for a trolley That's the reaction of many Fair Price customers MOST shoppers now think twice about taking a trolley out
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    • 313 31 GIVING a more corporate polish to grassroots organisations is the aim of the Advanced Certificate Course m Voluntary Community Work. Organised by the National Community Organisations Council and the Ministry of Community Development, the course will cover the basics of human behaviour, group
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  • INSIGHT
    • 2006 32 A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK TV violence has provoked government and public concern here. Cherian George scans the globe for lessons. AN EXPECTED one million Singaporeans tonight will subject their senses to a barrage of flying
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    • 51 32 Violence may spill from the screens to the streets. Television violence may be so frightening that it causes psychological harm. Realistic depictions may shake the viewer's sense of order. Over-exposure may make viewers callous about real-life violence. Television's world of violence and danger may breed Insecurity and
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    • OFF-THE RECORD
      • 120 32 SINGAPORE workers, get ready to have the MRT m your neighbourhood. Not the Mass Rapid Transit or even the mischievous More Road Tax, but the Mass Recruitment Team. When union leaders toss this much recycled acronym around, they are probably talking about union membership numbers rather
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      • 132 32 ANOTHER one on the MRT. but the real McCoy this time. In this column two weeks ago, we reported that Commodore (Res) Teo Chee Hean took the MRT to a function m Tampines instead of driving there so that he would not get
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      • 131 32 MR CHIAM See Tong still conducts his meet -t ho -people sessions m the void deck of Block 106 m Potong Pasir not m a proper walled-in office, but al fresco. Well, almost m open air. Residents who turn up to seek
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      • 74 32 SPIRITS are low m the SDP camp following this week's dismissal of assistant secretary-general Chee Soon Juan from his university teaching post, reports a cadre member. As a show of support, the SDP has opened a book for members to write their best
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      • 124 32 TOWN council newsletters seem to take their educate-and-inform mission quite seriously. A recent issue of the Bishan-Serangoon Town Council news, using no less than its premium first page inside, carries a fount <>f information on the pigeon menace. The feature, together with photographs
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    • 1115 33  -  Leslie Fong THINKING ALOUD THE sacking of failed opposition candidate Chee Soon Juan from his job as a university lecturer has left many people, not all of whom agree with his politics, feeling rather troubled. Perhaps this is to be expected
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    • 576 33  -  Ahmad Os man LABOUR 3fe WATCH Jr IT IS not too far off the mark to say that the impending legislation to raise the retirement age to 60 is causing no great stir among the people it really affects
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      • 660 34 THE West is m no position to give Russia the assistance m amounts it would need to strengthen public support for its economic reform programme. The political and administrative paralysis m Moscow is another problem. Multilateral agencies, like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,
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      • 134 34 "Socialism has been rejected everywhere m the world except Cuba, North Korea and China, and Washington DC." US Republican Senator Phil Gramm, deriding the tax increases m the Clinton administration's economic programme. "Drivers rush because they are eager to go home. But there is no prize for getting home early.
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    • 1336 34 Is advertising good or bad for the accounting industry? This question has arisen from the recent investigations by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants on whether a number of accountants have flouted its advertising rules. Economics Editor Shaun Scow
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    • 316 34 IHI 1.k.i 1 iirolrssiun h. r. Ntart.il looking into lib.-r.tlis inn adxi-rtislim and publlHU rul.-s last MM to bring them In line with practice* In other Commonwealth countries. The new rules were then gazetted and implemented In January this year. Ah a
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    • 481 34 MUCH to my surprise, The Straits Times and other newspapers such as Business Times have been drawn into the fray between 14 accountants and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (Icpas). I was approached about a week ago by one of the accountants concerned,
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    • 237 34 IN SYDNEY, it is not uncommon to see the names or logos of accounting firms such as Coopers Ly brand on ne-on-lit signboards atop high-rise buildings. Almost all the larger firms have naming rights to the buildings they occupy. This, however, is the furthest most accounting firms
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    • 1153 35  -  Koo Tsai Kee By I THE recent debate on the Goods and Services Tax (GST), both within Parliament and without, has focused on an imaginary monster called inflation. Suspicion turned to fear when one MP cautioned that an inflation rate of
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    • 1149 35  -  Tan Sai Siong Look back m wonder PERSONAL VIEW OF THE WEEKS NEW By TO SAY that I almost fell off my chair when I read certain assertions made by Nominated MP Chia Shi Teck m his letter published this week m
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  • FORUM
    • 392 36 Backbenchers know, and Mr Chia should also know, that the Government does not condone corruption or abuse of power, and does not hesitate to take action against any civil servant who is found guilty. More constructive for him to speak
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    • 345 36 Pregnant woman even beaten to vacant seat by another person RECENTLY, while riding the MRT to work, I saw a very ugly side of Singapore. The carriage I just boarded was not particularly full. There were just a handful of poople
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    • 124 36 THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address and home and office telephone numbers. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who decline to give their names. This rule will be waived only m very exceptional circumstances, such
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    • 213 36 YOUR report "Chess champs accept $4m bid" (ST, April 1) says that the £1.7-million (554.14 million) prize fund for the proposed Gary Kasparov-Nigel Short match m London "will be the biggest prize m the history of chess". This
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    • 317 36 I WOULD like to come out m support of Mr Walter Woon's reply against Mr Koo Tsai Kee's criticisms o( the NMP's remarks m the re<*ent Committee of Supply debate as being "ignorant, flippant and impertinent" ("MP Koo's style, aims
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    • 87 36 I HAVE noticed that lorries carrying debris from construction sites do not have a tarpaulin or canvas cover over their loose cargo. Other road users may be hit or obstructed by pieces of debris which fall off these lorries. Motorcyclists, especially, are at risk.
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    • 535 37 KHFJGJGIOJKLPETO-KM,.DEFKG0 FVL[KFHGTRH THE standard of Singapore athletics is 20 years behind that of South-east Asian neighbours Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. This startling observation was made yesterday by former China deputy head coach Qi Zutan, who has been Singapore's national coach for the last 21 months.
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    • 533 37 SINGAPORE'S sprinter Muhamad Hosni Muhamad has been labelled by rival countries as the favourite to win the South-east Asia Games 100 metres gold medal m June. "Hosni is young and strong. I think he will win the gold," said Supanat Ariyomongkol,
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    • 374 37 BADMINTON Asian Men's Team C'ships SINGAPORE qualified for the Division Two final of the Seiko Asian Badminton Men's Team Championships m fine style when it crushed Sri Lanka 5-0 m Hongkong yesterday. The Republic will take on India, which whipped Pakistan 5-0 m
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    • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
      • 153 37 KUALA LUMPUR Former Perak manager Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar who has sought an audience with FA of Malaysia president Sultan Ahmad Shah to request that his three-year ban be lifted is almost certain to be pardoned. But suspended Johor player Roslan Hamid, who has also
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      • 93 37 DEFENDING champion Selangor is likely to find an easy passage to the semi-finals of the Malaysian Hockey Federation Milo-National Under-21 Championship from April 10-18. The three-time champion, vying for a hat-trick after taking the title m 1991 and last year, is drawn m Group A with
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    • 300 37  -  Thomas Koh By ALTHOUGH it finished a narrow second to regional giant Indonesia by just one gold two years ago, the Philippines is not optimistic about doing well at this June's South-east Asia Games. "It will be very hard to maintain our position," said
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    • 653 37 What the two warring parties need is a mediator who can heal the wound before it becomes mortal/ BAD blood, it seems, runs deep. How else can one explain the latest outburst between talented player Lela Zainal
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • 81 37 Wimbledon's controversial footballer Vinnie Jones has been banned "indefinitely" and will miss at least three matches as a result of being late for an English FA disciplinary hearing earlier this week. The midfielder, once described by club chairman Sam Hamman as "mosquito brain", arrived almost
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      • 44 37 Carl Lewis is to put his long jumping aside this year and concentrate exclusively on sprinting, his coach Tom Tellez said, explaining that the constant pounding of I^ewis' body m 14 years of high-calibre long jumping was having an effect.
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    • 254 38 trjtrhgfb tj PHOENIX (Arizona) Nigel Mansell was involved m a frightening aborted landing of his privately-hired Lear jet on his way to this weekend's Valvoline 200 Indycar race at Phoenix, the second event m the Indycar World Series. The world drivers* champion, who switched from Formula
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    • 482 38  -  Thomas Koh North Korea and host will be favourites m Singapore's group, coach reckons SOCCER By SINGAPORE coach P.N. Sivaji has set his sights on a third-place finish at the World Cup qualifying round competition m Qatar which starts on Friday. The Republic has
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    • 491 38  -  THOMAS KOH sdytgrgreygdbf PIONEER Arsenal hopes to live up to its more illustrious British namesake's nickname of the Gunners so that it can shoot down National Football League Division One title favourite Sembawang SC m their clash today at Yishun Stadium (spm). Big-spending Sembawang has
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    • 160 38 SECOND Division club Changi United has received extra striking power m a $25,000 sponsorship from Japanese sporting goods giant Mizuno. Mizuno, the official supplier of footwear to Italian club Juventus, will be issuing Changi United with the same Juventus range of footwear and a complete
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    • 396 38 MOTORCYCLING SHAH ALAM Australian Daryl Heat tie took provisional pole for tomorrow's Malaysian 500 cc motorcycling Grand Prix yesterday, speeding round the circuit just over three tenths of a second faster than hot favourite Kevin Schwantz. Beattie set a blistering time of lmin
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    • 186 38 erytregdfgh BLOUNTSVILLE (Tennessee) American race car driver Alan Kulwicki was killed on Thursday night when his private plane crashed here. He was 38. Five people were aboard the twin-engine plane registered to Kulwicki. Emergency management officials said there appeared to be no survivors on the plane,
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    • 539 39 SOCCER: English FA Cup s-final Sheffield Utd v Sheffield Wed (at Wembley) LONDON Wembley is likely to witness one of the most electric atmospheres m its glorious history when the famous stadium plays host to today's English FA Cup soccer semi-final between Sheffield Wednesday and
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    • 169 39 LONDON The Kngllsh Football Association to to Investigate goalkeeper Mark Hosnl.hs transfer fr*m a Sydney dub to Utl«wh*Nlng Aston V Illr. Kepresentatlxes of the FA, Premier and Football Leagnes sad the playrrs' union (PFA) met vn Thanday amM fears that Ilia hriLe Ptfa
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    • 446 39 EUROPEAN PREVIEW PARIS AC Milan's stuttering form has prompted inevitable talk of crisis as the Italian League leader prepares for today's visit of struggling Napoli. There are signs that the pressure may be getting to Jean-Pierre Papin. The French striker said he would take no
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    • 191 39 LOS ANGELES The huge response to the first phase of 1994 World Cup ticket sales indicates that every match will be a sell-out, Cup chairman Alan Rothenberg said on Thursday. "This initial phase was target ted at the members of our United States soccer
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 166 39 Dutch striker Marco van Basten, who has not played since an ankle operation last December, will miss his country's World Cup clash with England later this month. Van Basten 's Italian club AC Milan yesterday ruled out a new operation but
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      • 103 39 The Barnet soccer soap opera took a new twist on Thursday when manager Barry Fry left the club to become boss of First Division Southend. Fry's eventful 12-year spell m charge of the minor league side he guided into the Football League came just 24
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      • 62 39 Players of French First Division club Toulon said on Thursday they had called off their strike threat after receiving assur ances they would be paid m the next few days. The players had threatened not to take the field for yester days scheduled league match
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    • 199 39 ROMK Argentine striker Claudio Caniggia has protested his innocence after reports he tested positive for cocaine following an Italian league match last month. Cup finalist AS Roma issued a statement late on Thursday saying one of its players had tested positive m a preliminary
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    • 157 39 OSLO Norway's soccerplaying chess grandmaster Simen Agdestein has quit the game with a knee injury and will now concentrate on chess. Agdestein, 25, decided to hang np his soccer boots because his knee still harts after three operations. "It's over/ he said. "It's not healthy
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    • 431 41  -  Tay Cheng Khoon It had the right to nominate Swe Chew, Kian Kee and Fung, says adviser GOLF By THE management committee of the Professional Golfers' Association of Singapore has the right to nominate the Republic's team to the Alfred Dunhill Cup world qualifier m Taiwan
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    • 284 41  -  Mahmood Gaznavi CRICKET By THE lack of a penetrative bowling attack may prove once again to be Singapore's undoing when it faces host Perak m a Carlsberg Malaysian Cricket Association interstate match today. The Republic, which failed to dismiss both its opponents
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    • 509 41 BASKETBALL: NBA NEW YORK The New York Knicks ran its home winning streak to 15 m a row as star centre Patrick Ewing scored 30 points to lead the team to a 91-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers m a National Basketball
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    • 1074 41 BADMINTON Men's Asian team o'shlp Op A: China S Japan I (Liv Jun bt Kuzuhiro Shimogami 15-7 15-2, Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong bt Koji Miya Fumihiko Machida 15-12 15-8. Wan Zhengwen bt Hideaki Motoyama 15-5 15-2, Zheng Yumin Huang Zhanzhong bt Takuya Katayama/Yuzo Kubota 15-8 15-6, Deng Xiaoiian
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    • 273 41 TENNIS HILTON HEAD (South Carolina) Sabine Hack, of Germany, upset two seeded players m one day at the U*****,000 ($1.2 million) Family Circle Magazine Cup tennis tournament as several seeds were forced to play twice on Thursday. The unseeded Hack won
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 92 41 American world-record hold ers Jenny Thompson and Anita Nail scored victories at the US Spring Long-Course national swimming championships and Lithuania's Raimundas Ma/uolis also turned m an impressive performance m Nashville on Thursday Thompson won the women's 100-metre freestyle easily m V> ivisiv
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      • 59 41 Taiwan will send a 187-mem ber delegation to take part m the First Kast Asian (lames m Shanghai next month, officials from the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee said on Thursday. Its team will compete m bowling, basketball, martial arts, track and field, weight lifting, badminton, gymnastics,
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      • 57 41 British Prime Minister John Major will meet International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch at lOC headquarters m Lausanne on Monday to discuss Manchester's bid to stage the 2000 Summer Games. lie has given his full backing to the northern English city. The other bidding cities
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      • 64 41 Four Test newcomers Mirh.iH Slater. Matthew Hayden. Wayne Holdsworth and Bren don Julian were named yes tcnlay m Australia's 17-man cricket squad to defend the Ashes m England this year. The four youngsters were chosen at the expense of some of Australia's most experi
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      • 56 41 Belgian Eric Vanderaerden hold on to his overall lead m a 14-km time trial to win the De Panne three-day cycling race m his country for the fifth time on Thursday. Vanderaerden. who won the event four successive times from 1986. finished eight seconds clear of Dutch
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    • 82 37 TODAYS EVENTS BADMINTON Milo-Sports Tolo Cup selection trials for under-12 boys (SBA Hall, 10am). CKIf'KKT MA Dlv 2 k.o.: CSC v SRC (CSC), UWC Sat XI v CSC III (UWC) both at 2.30pm. IIIH KKV HASH A 6-a-slde (Police Academy, 8.30am). SHF Ladies g-a-slde carnival (Delta Stadium, 8pm). SOMKK NFL
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      415 40 HOE SIEW ENG Age: 75 years passed away peacefully on 2nd. April '93 leaving behind loved ones to mourn for her. Beloved Husband: Sim York Hua Sons: Daughters-ln-Law: Michael Sim Cheng Chuan Albert Sim Ec Sing Tan Thiam Choo Bernard Sim Cheng Sun Lily Yip Meng Yoke Jimmy Sim
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    • 416 40 Mdm Soh Yah Hoe Age: 79 years passed away peacefully on 2 April 1 993 HUSBAND. Lim Chcc Seng SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Lim Chwec Pin Tan Ah Suan Lim Chye Hin Tan Annie Lim Lian Hin Wong Choon Fah Lim Lye Hin Foo Shu Ching
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    • 60 40 The Family of The Late PETER KWOK SIEW WENG Departed on 28/3/93 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Fr Fosslon. Fr. Terence. Fr Ho. Church of Christ The King Choir. Peter Wong, prayer groups. St. Ignatius Meditation Oroup. relatives, friends colleagues for their prayers, condolenres.
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    • 191 40 The Family of the Late WONG LAI KIN Departed 27/3/93 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleques for their kind condolences, attendance, wreaths. donations assistance during their recent i bereavement. Also special thanks to Prof. Woo Keng Thye, i Doctors Nurses of i
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    • 52 40 With Deepest Sympathy And Condolence to MR MRS LIM CHEE TECK AND FAMILY On The Demise Of His Beloved Father MR LIM CHENG TANG FROM: MDM TANG 00 MR MRS GOH KHAY PHEOW MR MRS CHUA JOON KAI MR MRS TAN KAY KWEE MR MRS TAN
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    • 194 40 reytregre MRS LILY POH nee SEET TAM NEO, LILY Departed 3rd April, 1 992 Today recalls sad memories. Of a dear mother gone to rest. And the ones who think of her today Arc the ones who love her best. Sadly missed, fondly remembered
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      63 40 With Deepest Sympathy And Condolences To The Family Of The Late LILLIAN GRACE ARRAIS From Adopted Grandchildren Mark Fong. Rui Sequiera. Kevin Rajah. William Fernandez. Derek Lauchengco. Gerard and Waller Hendncks ami Andrea Avril Ong With Deepest Sympathie* and Heartelt Condolence* To The Family Of The Late CONSTABLE
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      97 40 The Family Of The Late S. SUGANDHI Departed on 19.3.93 withe* to eapress their heartfelt thank* to Mr. Choo Wee Khiing (MP for Jin. Besar GRC). Director PA, Chairman. Member* Staff of Kallang CC. CO. RSM Officers A Men of 21SA. Officer*. WO* ft Specialid* of Arty Unit*.
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    • 38 40 With Deepest Sympathies Condolences to Our Chairman Mr Andrew Lim Chee Seng On the Demise of His Beloved Father MR LIM CHENG TANG From the directors and staff of AUTOMOBILE (PTE) LTD
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    • 71 40 K. S. MANIAM CHELLAMMA Departed 03.04.1981 Departed 14.03.1969 Always remembered by: Sons, Daughters, Sons-ln-Law Daughters-in-law 1) Mr Mrs Somayah Saratha children 2) Mr Mrs Jaganathan children 3) Mr Mrs Asaok Theanmon children 4) Mdm. S. Dcvi (Late Mrs Mahadevan) sons 5)
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    • 90 40 HYTRH TRHR R Mr Kangesan s/o Kailasapillay wishes to invite all relatives and friends to the Anthiyeshdi Prayers of their beloved husband/father Date sth April "93 (Monday) Time 7.30pm Venue 15 Elliot Walk, Singapore 1545 Dinner will be served after prayers. 11 Please treat
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      33 40 In Loving Memory Of JOHN CHOO KIM TECK Departed: 3 April 1978 lII^ MMOfJ kl .1- MM tmi.iy m the liiuir h* Alway* rimimbind by beloved wife, children A grandchildren
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      31 40 In lov.ng Memory O1 MDM LEU AH KIAT Departed 3/4/tt mil i .trt- >«'\i v i\f- vW ill -r\rr Alway* remembered by children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren loved onet i
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      42 40 KARUPAYA so NALLAVAN (Departed 15 3W) Prayer will be held at Btk 52 Toa Payoh. Lorong 5. 02-44 Singapore 1231 on 34 93 at 700 a.m. Pteate treat this at a personal invitation Lovingly remembered by wife, children and relative*. TEL: *****04
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    • 421 41 The following must be produced: 1) ORIGINAL DEATH CERTIFICATE 2) IDENTITY CARD OF PERSON PLACING THE ANNOUNCEMENT Mon Fri 9.00 am to 5.00pm Sat /Sun /Pub. Hoi 9.00 am to 2.00pm After 5.00pm till 11. 00pm (Mon-Fri). After 2.00pm till 11. 00pm (Sat /Sun/Pub. Hol). Only DEATH NOTICE m standard
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 485 42 BOXING LONDON The flamboyant Don King faces an unusual problem as he promotes Lennox Lewis' first defence of his World Boxing Council heavyweight title m Las Vegas next month. There is not enough hype to satisfy the burly ringmaster of the boxing
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    • 276 42 INDIANAPOLIS Mike Tyson is learning about Islam m a prison study group but has no plans to convert to the religion, his teacher and lawyer say. Muhammad Siddeeq, a teacher m the Indianapolis public schools and a Muslim, said he had heard reports
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    • 334 42  -  RACING By Tan Thean Loon ONLY 16 horses, headed by Singapore Derby winners Brixton Town and Peak Of Perfection X, have been entered for the Perak Derby on Sunday week. It looks like all will be handicapped m the 2,400 m Ipoh event, irrespective of
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    • 337 42 PENANG Debut winner Pete's Joy did an impressive winding-up gallop yesterday and looks set to capture the Class 3 Div 1,200 m 4 event (Race 6) tomorrow. With his winning jockey David Ow Yang astride, the four-year-old Australian-bred by Solar Storm, despite being kept on a
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    • 105 42 Rides Ist 2nd 3rd Placing* for last 10 rid«« 1 Oo 127 15 12 9 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 01 2 Marzuki 64 12 3 4 ********** 3 Clapperton 52 10 9 8 ********** 4 Woodworth 55 10 3 4 ********** 5 1 Azhar
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    • 55 42 Ist 2nd 3rd Ist 2nd 3rd O'Hara 16 10 11 jH« 8 3 8 13 11 7 BAng 7 10 10 Teh 11 U 9 YF Lee 7 7 6 KLChon* 10 7 5 West 7 6 6 Thwaites 10 4 4 Ismail 7 6 3 8 11
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    • 643 42 2.15 RACE 1 C 5 D 4 1200 m 1 Tr^n(ll) •Seah 57 I Riviera 111 (3) Sivan 56 I Ada Mas (4) SY Leong 55.5 4 Fa Lv Ton* Hoi II f 6) Wan 55 5 Go Again (8) *Sharrol 55
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    • 200 42  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS APPRENTICE Poobalan Rangasamy, who made his debut at Penang last week, is a product of the riding boy scheme instituted at Bukit Timah two years ago. According to an instructor there, the 43kg apprentice started from scratch "and was very green"
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    • 2438 42 CttMS DW2 1.200 m Ratinp V 98 91 Stakes $20,000 1 *****- Fortune Kid 1 (3ag ZafirOwner) J Unr 57 2 -30-0- War Star 6 (6nzg Goh-A ft E) Join 57 3 *****6 NatifMy Boy 2 (sag Jaafar Good Boy) Asofan 56.5
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    • 297 42  -  Grand National ENGLISH RACING LIVERPOOL Jockey Mark Pitman walked the frosty Aintree racecourse before breakfast time yesterday and ended his Grand National teaser by deserting one of the favourites. He has opted for 1991 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Garrison Savannah m today's big race m preference to
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    • 221 42 PENANG John Brink, one of the three foreign trainers to be granted a licence recently, will be the first among the trio to make a 'nit on the local circuit. The 37-year-old American, who will be training most of Music Stable's horses, is based
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  • MONEY
    • 468 43 Employment, construction and manufacturing reports show slower revival WASHINGTON A series of now reports on jobs, building ami manufacturing gave fresh evidence that the American economy has slowed down from its rapid year-end acceleration. The unemployment rate held steady m March at 7
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    • 189 43 HONGKONG Hongkong government consultants recommended yesterday a new rail link between a container port In Hongkong and the Chinese network. Announcing the launching of a consultation exercise on railway development up to 2111, Transport Secretary Michael Leung said the new HK$2.3-billion (Ss4Bt-mlllion) line would
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    • 144 43 TOKYO Japan's high-pro-file current account surplus surged to US$ll.Bl billion (5J18.9 billion) m February from U5510.94 a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The February surplus m the current account of the balance of payments the broadest measure of trade m goods
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    • 218 43 HO CHI MINH CITY A beer and soft drink war is brewing m Vietnam, with US heavyweights Coca-Cola and Pepsi suiting up to join dozens of foreign and local beverage companies slugging it out for the local market. Fourteen
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    • 318 43 4 European airlines plan full merger by 1997 AMSTERDAM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said yesterday that it and three other medi-um-sized European carriers plan to merge by 1997, creating Europe's biggest airline. "January 1, 1997, is the target date for a full merger," KLM spokesman Hans Leijte said. He said
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 74 43 TOKYO The US dollar tumbled to another record low against the yen yesterday under continued selling pressure despite reported intervention by Japan's central bank. It finished the week at 114.00 yen, down 0.54 yen from Thursday's close the previous low and its lowest finish
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      • 83 43 BANGKOK Siam Cement Co Ltd, feeling the impart of a downturn m the Thai construction industry, said it had no plans to launch major new investment projects this year. Siam Cement president Chumpol Nalamlieng told a news conference the company would instead focus its capital
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      • 92 43 PARIS IBM Europe has begun cutting nearly 10,000 jobs and told four plants m Britain, France, Spain and Sweden to trim their losses over the next 12 months, an IBM Europe spokesmen said on Thursday. They are among measures by US-based International Business Machines Corp
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      • 88 43 TOKYO Some 20 Japanese companies will form a joint venture later this month to join Motorola Inc's US$3.5-bil-lion (555.7-billion) dollar global telecommunication "Iridium" project, a report said yesterday. The consortium including DDI Corp, a long-distance telephone carrier, Sony Corp, and Kyocera Corp, a major shareholder of
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      • 84 43 TOKYO Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd has decided to shut down a plant and streamline two others while shelving plans for a new 20-billion yen <S$2HO- million) computer facility, a spokesman said yesterday. The troubled communications equipment maker will close the 65-year-old Tokyo plant,
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      • 69 43 HONGKONG Canada's MTC Electronic Technologies Co Ltd said yesterday it had signed a joint venture agreement with a Chinese company to form a firm engaging m telecommunications services and manufacturing. The agreement to form a joint-venture company was signed between MTC, and China Satellite Launching,
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    • 368 44 Conquas will give recognition to high quality private sector developments: Minister ALL new buildings built by private developers on land bought from the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Board will now be assessed under Conquas, an evaluation system which
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    • 288 44 THE economic difficulties m the United States are "almost irrelevant to Singapore" said leading US economist Dr Lacy Hunt yesterday. This is because Singapore is excellently positioned as a conduit to the booming Chinese economy. As a result, events m China are now more
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    • 147 44 THE Federation of Merchants' Association (FMA) will leave on a study mission to Japan and Taiwan on Monday to find out how small retailers there compete with big supermarkets. FMA chairman, Mr Tang Chong Meng, said officials from the Housing Board,
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    • 237 44 HITACHI Zosen Singapore Ltd (HZS) has set up a joint venture company with a Shanghai group aimed at tapping investment openings m China. The venture company, Shen Sing Marine Services Pte Ltd, will act as an investment vehicle for projects
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    • 357 44  -  Tan Sung By SOME 100 participants turned up at an investment seminar on Chongqing City yesterday, reflecting the interest of local businessmen m China's inner cities. In a lively question and answer session, participants, from a cross section of local industries,
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    • 337 44  -  Elaine Tan By AT LEAST $223-million worth of business over the next two years is expected to be generated by the Baucon Asia construction exhibition, participants estimated. This is over and above contracts already secured at the four-day
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    • 280 44 LAOS is expected to implement soon major measures to boost foreign investment, Mr Jerome Donovan, resident legal adviser to the Laotian government, said yesterday. Its legal priorities to encourage foreign investors include the arbitration decree, and laws on bankruptcy and secured
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    • 187 44 REPRESENTATIVES from seven Korean companies will meet their Singapore counterparts on Monday to explore business opportunities. The Koreans are with a nine-member business mission which begins its threeday visit here from today. They are led by Mr Hong Dae Eui, the
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
      • 204 45 FRENZIED and bullish trading on the Kuala Lumpur -Stock Exchange set three records yesterday. The KLSE Composite Index closed at a new high for this year at 651.45, 1.89 points above the previous high of 649.56 set just the day before. The NST Industrial
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      • 129 45 STOCKS ended sharply higher yesterday on widespread expectations that the government's planned economic stimulus package will kickstart the economy. But profit-taking ahead of the weekend pushed prices off earlier peaks. Turnover ballooned to an estimated 1.5 billion shares, the highest since 1.63 billion on Nov 29, 1989. The 225-share
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      • 97 45 SHARE prices ended almost unchanged yesterday m thin trading that is expected to last through the Easter holidays to around mid-month. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 4.44 points to 6,404.44. Mr Alex Tang, head of research and marketing at Dao Heng Securities, said: "Early m the morning, negative
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      • 48 45 AFTER a jittery start to the day, Australian stocks rallied to their highest close m 10 months on futures-related trading and positive economic news. Investors were soothed by Treasurer John Dawkins' statement that dividend imputation arrangements are safe and by his commitment to re- ERYREYTR HRTH Reuter
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      • 103 45 STOCKS ended mixed on Thursday, after sell programs all but erased a 17-point lead m the Dow Jones Average. Blue chips outperformed the broader market for almost the entire session, until the sell programs took over late m the day. The Dow rose 4.33 points to 3,439.44. Declines
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      • 43 45 SHARE prices edged lower on Thursday. The key FT-SE 100-share Index remained virtually unchanged, dropping 0.3 of a point to 2,878.4. The FT 30-share Index fell 2.4 points to 2,223.2. Volume dropped to 676.7 million shares from 821.6 million on Wednesday. AP
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      • 35 45 STOCKS closed mixed m fairly active one-session trade yesterday, bringing the Jakarta Composite Index 1.05 points down to 310.08. Brokers said profit-taking dominated the market after the exchange let suspended shares resume trading. Reuter
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    • 146 45 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency ■■rtvoo u*n US dollar 1.6223 1.6406 Sterling pound 2.4622 2.5249 Australian dollar 1.1129 1.1465 Canadian dollar 1.2758 1.3053 NZ dollar 0.8442 0.8737 EC unit 2.0081 Singapore dollar* to 100 unit* ol foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.2337 14.8467 Belgian franc
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    • 26 45 Opm dm USJ/DM 1.5927 1.5892 USJ/Yen 113.90 113.95 USJ/SJ ***** 1.6304 US$/HK* ***** 7 7315 AJ/USJ 0.6939 ***** C/USI 1.5275 ***** Source: Astley Pearce
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    • 51 45 Crafc pat* tl (MS/torm) Apr Itfhitd pahn oil (IBS/teMH) MDMnOI Apr 410 (seller; May 395 (seder) Kin 380 (seller) lul/Aug/Sep 370 (seller) MM Apr 432.50 (seller) May 417.50 (seller) Jun 405 (seller) Jul/Aug;Sep 387.50 (seller) RBO Stearin Apr 345 (seller) May 342.50 (seller) Crude stearin Neutralised unquoted palm
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    • 456 45 Friday April 2 HK$ X M Bus 10.40 unch Ka Wah kit HMgs Ltd 1.83 tK5^l 0M uncn Keck Seng Inv 2.90 +0.02 AWed Oversea 0.68 -0.01 Kumagal HK 8.60 -0.10 Amoy Properties 7.40 -0.20 L Crawford A 1 12.80 -0.10 Asia Sac kit 1.43 -0.02 Lai Sun D
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    • 100 45 Contract date: 2/4/93 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MIH 6 MIH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US* 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2 6/4/93 A$ 4'/. 4% IM 4% 4% 3'/» 6/4/93 W$ 6'/i 6'/i 6'/. 6'/» 6 4% 6/4/93 ■STG SV» 5Vi s'/* 5 4%
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    • 31 45 CRUDE PRODUCOR PRICES SBS"-"-* SSrS 88=28 SSSS s 000 a- KMW HSFO 00 1890 W-10/881 wi m refo +150 _j M MOO 89Q Timing of cargoes. Prices as at 5.15c-. 2/4/93.
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    • 402 45 Friday Aprfl 2 VEM Mitsukoshi 860 +26 Ajinomoto 1290 40 Mitsumi Elec 1480 30 Akai Electric 475 -4 Morinaga 552 -16 Amada 1140 +50 Murata Mtg 2570 +80 Asahi Chem Ind 620 +13 Nee 965 -14 Asahi Glass 1050 unch Ngk Insulators 1110 -10 Bank of Tokyo 1270 +10
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    • 285 45 HPOIMIB Savings 2 lVb IV4 1% 1% 2Vi IVi Fixed deposit 1 month 2 2 2 1% 2 2 3 months 2V* 2% 2/4 2 2'/ 4 2v« 6 months 2'/i 2'/« 2Vi 2/4 2'/» 2V4 12 months 2 3 /4 2% 2% 2V4 2% 2% LOAN RATES
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    • 604 45 Pr lay Ap'2 "3 urmsn pound Op«i tyh Low Sett Est Vol Jun93 *****8 1 5250 Sep ***** Dec ***** Mar 94 1 5012 Act Vol (Thus): Three. Open M (Thus) 74. Deutschemark (US dollar Oeutschem.tri i Open Kfh Low Sett Est Vol km 93 0 6218 0
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    • 331 45 HUOOer futures (Prices traded on NEAT Jt lpm Apr 2 1993 RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kf Open Month Mfh Low Sett Vot Interest Apr 93 0 0 0 0 0 May 134.25 133.75 134 00 350 8750 Jun 136.00 135.75 ***** 1100 5925 lul ***** ***** 137.25
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    • 112 45 SINGAPORE Physical (SJ) Fri Hwt Mobaf *****-1 7840 *****-***** 100 gm 1778-1803 1776-1801 50 gm 891-906 890-905 ?0 gm 355-366 354-365 5 gm 89-97 89-97 1 gm 18-26 18-25 Buion coins (SS/u) Spore bullion coin 568-574 568-574 Canadian maple leaf 568—574 568-574 Australian nugget 569-575 568-574 OUB fold
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    • 13 45 Closing pr.c. (MS/kilo) 11 r.n $14 29 OIU) Turnover 26 2 tonnes)
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    • 26 45 Closing prlc«a <US$/troy 01) Fri Ihu,, Singapore 3% 397 3 87 3 88 New York 3 91 3 92 3 89 3 90 Source Rothschild
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    • 14 45 (Official ck>«ir>fl quotation UM/MT) 3 «*«»tM 1150 USOS lias 1149 Sett(«n*nt im lX5
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    • 38 46 HIGH LOW Straits Times Industrials 1992/93 High 1688.16 (2/4/93) 1992/93 Low 1310.95 (18/8/92) All time High 1688.16 (2/4/93) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) 1992/93 High 1398.09 (2/4/93) 1992/93 Low 1122.50 (18/8/92) All-time High 1435.43 (16/7/90) Alt-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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    • 3334 46 I INDUSTRIAL AMP COMMERCIAL Tr«n-»:Mon D.f April 2. 1993 -STL. s-a +or a h^^ -a s ..rwsoc .is 00 +8 r 'j; rj «a 213 153 #lsAmcot25c 183 xo -13 2737 197 187 7 5 13 5 500 9 200 80 I s Amtek Eng 20c 180
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    • 34 46 Nat Steel 50c 4,564,000 EML 10c 2,914.000 Amcol 25c 2,737,000 Roth Inds 50c 2,292,000 UIC 2,106,000 PELS 50c 2,089,000 EML Wt96 1,816,000 PCI 25c 1,768,000 PELS Wt 1,666,000 City Dcv 50c 1,309,000
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    • 42 46 Sector Volume Value Industrials 3.933 m 4.266 m Finance 9 218 m 8.021 m Hotels 864,000 689 920 Properties 2.830 m 2.035 m Loan Stocks 174,000 207,930 Plantations 95,000 73 580 Mining 81,000 112 980 Total 17.195 m 15.407 m
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    • 453 46  -  Gerry de Silva market report By THE Singapore stock market rose strongly on heavy trading yesterday, pushing the key Straits Times Industrials Index to a new record high. The 30-share ST Index finished at 1,688.16 after a rise of 19.1 points.
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    • 77 46 Total Market Fri Tfan Industrials 100 040 m 61 839 m Finance 46 240 m 30 926 m Hoteh 10 7% m 5 359 m Properties ***** m 15 349 m loans Stocks ***** m 9 633 m Plantations 6957 m 3 053 m Mining 425,000 92.000 Total
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    • 64 46 dm* SI Industrie 1688 16 +1910 ST Finance 3012 56 +513 ST Hotels 1065 88 +21$ SI Properties 792 55 881 fl^T* 10 I**1 1398W f l«>3 6THGA 753 25 3 39 BTOB/0S +49 +45 Bl CAW ***** +34 BT 08V +*****90 +*****0 OeSCPfhde. 478 48 M 85 OCBC
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    • 317 46 Manager's price* for OUB hwwtment Mfi Prudwtifi April 3a 5 Union GioW Faad 07% OB3Si*» Prrfir* M|d f»nd 1 OS 11? Umm Spore fund l oib. l (ftSid fi,,^, lut Umon btmt f und I 1 0*> 1 14Sid HUM Bwitwtra angaport im irust u*o» Go* Fa«d 033-03%
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    • 386 47  -  Gerry de Silva Singapore firm to establish network there under Choice franchise By CDL Hotels International is L."I teaming up with US-based Choice Hotels International Inc for business forays into China and Hongkong. The Hong Leong-controlled group aims to set up
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    • 310 47 JOHN Hancock Life Assurance will use its new corporate identity to help double its market share m the next five years. It also hopes to "leverage" off the strength of its US parent, John Hancock Financial Services, and further expand its
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    • 188 47 SIME Singapore Ltd has reduced its stake m Changi International Logistics Centre (CILC) from 30 per cent to 22 per cent through the sale of 800,000 CILC shares to Asia Pacific Logistics Services (APLS). APLS, a subsidiary of government-linked Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (Stic), bought
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    • 296 47  -  Tan Chee Wai By HAW Par Trading Pte Ltd's Aviation Division hopes to clinch sales for two Astra corporate jet-planes this year and another three m 1994. Such sales, if they materialise, could gross the Haw Par Brothers International Ltd
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    • 285 47  -  Ann Williams By Ng, told The Straits Times that Silk Air's planned expansion for 1993 includes extending its network to Laos, and Manado, Pekanbaru, Padsng and Pontianak m Indonesia. She said its twice-weekly direct flights to Xiamen, will depart Changi at
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    • 560 47 QI INTEND to Apply tor housing loan of $3SMM tram a bank. The bank requires me to be covered by life Insurance, with the bank m the legal owner of the policy. How can this be arranged?
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    • 247 47 THE Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) has put up for sale one of the two sites re-possessed from Moroccan businessman Elyamani Khamis two years ago. SDC took back the two land parcels one slated for the development of a "food village"
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    • 192 47 GOLDTRON Ltd has announced that it will place out an additional 19.8 million new shares at $1.33 each to investors through stockbroker Smith New Court. The share price represents a discount of 5 per cent to the last transacted price of $1.40 yesterday. The
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 81 47 KUALA LUMPUR Hong Leong CYedit Bhd (HIXT) yester day proposed to acquire 22,286,000 Ban Hin I^e Bank shares, or 20 per cent of its paid-up capital, from subsidiary Zalik Bhd. HLC will pay M 598,058,400 (5561, 776,792) m cash for the purchase, or M 54.40
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      • 57 47 KUALA LUMPUR Guinness Anchor Bhd reported a slightly lower pre-tax profit of M 5100.58 million (5962.8 million) for last year. Turnover, however, rose to nearly 7 per cent to M 5562.05 million. Directors have recommended a final dividend of 11 sen a share, making a
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      • 68 47 KUALA LUMPUR Proceeds of MJ17.653 million (5511.02 million) from the recent disposal of landed properties by Gentinggi Group will be used to settle debts owing by the group to Genting Bhd. The disposal of the land m Genting Highlands was by Gentinggi's subsidiaries Genas
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      • 63 47 KUALA LUMPUR KFC Holdings Bhd has described its recent acquisition of 10.34 per cent m Leong Hup Holdings as a step towards the setting up "a strategic alliance". KFCH director Datuk Mohamad Sarit Haji Yusoh told newsmen yesterday that the whole idea of the equity linkage
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      • 74 47 INNO-PACIFIC has appointed Haji Shahrani bin Haji Abd ullah and Datuk Mohamed bin Hashim as new directors of the group with effect from yesterday. Haji Shahrani is the group managing director of Shapadu while Datuk Hashim is an adviser and consultant to various international companies
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      • 57 47 MR CHANG Ching Chuan has acquired 14.158 million shares m Alliance Technology and Development Ltd when his general offer of $1 cash per share closed yesterday. A statement by Mr Chang's merchant bank Morgan Grenfell (Asia) said together with 14.876 million shares Mr Chang already holds,
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      • 79 47 GUTHRIE GTS Ltd has announced that it has fulfilled the intended usage of the net proceeds arising from its rights issue m January this year. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Guthrie said it had used the net proceeds of $42.4 million to
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    • 477 48  -  Chan Hwa Loon The Straits Times interview with S. Dhanabalan Singapore will be involved m any move that will mean greater access to markets By THE Asean countries would lose their credibility if the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) fails and
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    • 226 48  -  CHAN HWA LOON THE liberalisation and growth of the Chinese market is not a zero-sum game and would not be at the expense of other areas such as the Growth Triangle, said Trade and Industry Minister S. Dhanabalan.
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    • 23 48 NEW YORK The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 12.7 points to 3,426.74 after the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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    • 362 48  -  Chan Sim Meng By THE Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (Icpas) is looking into whether it should liberalise its advertising rules. A committee within Icpas has been reviewing its restrictions on advertising and publicity since last December and a report is expected
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    • 395 48  - Error in Hongkong index causes confusion, losses on Simex Ann Williams Chan Sim Meng By and A MISTAKE m the calculation of the MSCI Index on its third trading day led to confusion and losses for some traders on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange. Mr Ang Swee Tian, Simex president,
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  • Life
    • 5 1 Life SATURDAY APRIL 3, 1993
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      • 1973 2 IN ALL seriousness, you could say it was a Kiss from a Prince that rejuvenated Tom Jones' career. It all started when Jones decided to cover the song by The Purple One for his live shows. "I thought it was a good song to do on stage,"
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      • 296 2 Q: HOW do you get Into your tight trousers? A: (Laughs) I was wearing tight trousers m the early days because they were the style, only I wore them tighter! I've changed with the times. My trousers are bigger now because it's the fashion today. And
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    • Leisure
      • 93 3 AARON KWOK (rigi.t) is facing a beauty hairzard he has been asked to shave his head bald to play a monk m a swordfighting film. Although he has not yet said "yes", his fans have already written to the producer to protest. He might
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      • 119 3 Short Takes Norman Yam VAN MEI CLUB, the Hongkong-based club formed by former Miss Asia Pacific participants, is having trouble keeping its image squeaky clean. Ewong Yung Hung (left), one of its members, appeared nude m a skin flick recently the third Miss Asia
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      • 93 3 PARIS-BASED singer Teresa Teng (right), once rumoured to have had an affair with a woman director m Hongkong, has flipped for a man 10 years her junior. Her new romance came to light last week when the 39-year-old singer returned home to Taipei with him. The
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      • 148 3 SCANDALS never cease when you have someone like Nina Li Chi (left) around. The actress-turned-property agent, whose name is intimately linked to Jet Li (inset), is still insisting that they are just "very good friends" "I have many good friends m showbusiness. and he is
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      • 113 3 MADELINE ZHU (right) and Cherie Lim have been ordered not to cut their hair short not for a year at least. The SBC actresses, who are renewing their advertising contract with Kao shampoo this month, say they will be paid a four-figure sum. Not much, compared to
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      • 155 3 A TIGER from Nepal will take centrestage m a period farce to be shot m Tang Dynasty City m Jurong later this month. This comedy, financed by Hongkong producer Raymond Wong, will spoof the ti-ger-killing segment m the ancient Chinese classic, Water Margin. It boasts
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      • 606 4  -  T. K. Sabapathy Art THE RITE OF SILENCE: AN EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS, PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND INSTALLATIONS By Goh Ec Choo and Chi Ching I National Museum Art Gallery 9 am 5 pm THE RITE OF SILENCE, a two-part installation, proposes that art can function as
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        474 4  -  Ong soh CHin Movies Almost only for Mcl Gibson fans. FOREVER YOUNG At Jade 1, Shaw cinemas and Yishun 10 THERE seems to be an unwritten rule that Mcl Gibson's romantic interests always come to an untimely end. In Mad Max and Lethal Weapon, his wives were dead
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      • 291 4 ytioytjytj Scream Of Stone has been rated R(A). Hill Of No Return has been rated R(A). An additional screening of The Peach Blossom Land will replace Immaculate Conception which was pulled out earlier. The screening will be at the Jubilee Hall on April 18 at 9.15
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        621 6 A new four-hour autobiographical film on Frank Sinatra turns all the juicy gossip into fact, including the singer's alleged mobster links. ALEXIUS PEREIRA reports. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL films have to do more than just tell a person's life story. They also have to find a face to play the part.
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      • 575 6  -  Ng Sek Chow Art SPATIAL KEYBOARD OPUS 4 By Gwek-Neo Bure-Soh National Museum Art Gallery 9 am 5.30 pm "EVEN the fish can play the piano, ha, ha, ha." On one level, that is precisely what Gwek-Neo Bure-Soh's performance piece, Spatial Keyboard Opus
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      • 407 7  -  PHAN MING YEN A MUSIC video of deejay Chris Ho and singer Christina Ong's song, Save Sex, has been banned by the Board of Film Censors. A spokesman for the BFC said that the board had consulted the Film Advisory Panel and followed its recommendation to
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      • 558 7  -  ONG SOH CHIN THE Oscar-winning movie, The Crying Game, is going to be screened at the Singapore International Film Festival this month. The independent Irish movie directed by Neil Jordan, is now among the year's most phenomenal box-office successes m the United States. Currently it
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        1154 10 After walking the Great Wall m 1987, China adventurer WILLIAM LINDESAY turned his feet recently to the Long March which he retraced as a biographical journey following Mao Zedong from cradle to mausoleum. Outdoors THE Book Of Lists ranked the late Chairman Mao Zedong of China as the world's
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    • Books
      • 672 8  -  Mary Rose Gasmier Photography BIRDS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE By Morten Strange and Allen Jeyarajasingam Suntree/258 pages/ $32 Comprehensive, colourful guide for bird lovers A RARE Chinese egret had flown into town. Determined to catch its grace and beauty on film,
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      • 591 8 IDA BACHTIAR SIR EDMUND HILLARY waxes lyrical about "the butterflies and the birds" roosting m the "quiet, restful" forest of Pulau Übin. Then he laughs unabashedly when admitting that he has not actually been there yet. Okay, so the first man to conquer Mount
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      • 921 9  -  Koh Buck Song Twelve Pacific short stories of discrimination and cultural conflict. Short Stories RIM OF FIRE: STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC RIM Edited by Trevor Carolan Vmtage/319 pages/ 17.90 In the next century, when the Pacific Rim nations ride the crest of an expected economic
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      • 512 9  -  Koh Buck Song IT LOOKS as if the hoax short story for the Golden Point award will remain a mystery for a while yet. The story was originally selected for the top prize m the English section of the Singapore Press Holdings/National Arts Council writing competition. Discovered to be
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      • 198 9 NG SEE KIONG, 26, national serviceman, whose short story won the Golden Point Award m the Chinese section: GENERALLY, I like to read detective stories for leisure. I like Agatha Christie because her words are simple and precise. Now, I'm m the middle of Charlotte Bronte's Jane
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      • 702 12  -  Usha Jesudasan Well-researched case studies on the need to wean Third World farmers off growing narcotics. Current Affairs WHY PEOPLE GROW DRUGS: NARCOTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD By Michael L. Smith, et al Panos Institute/ 122 pages/$ 19.90 IT IS very sad, but
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      • The News On This Day...
        • 112 12 THE Botanical Gardens Report for 1892 shows receipts amounting to $10,420 against an outlay of $9,971 A spokesman for the gardens noted that the number of visitors has been growing steadily, and that the moonlight band performances have proven highly attractive. The zoological and botanical collections have
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          156 12 TWO Afghans were charged m the second court with importing into the Colony small quantities of chandu and opium. Both men have just come from India and pleaded that they were ignorant of the existing regulations. The opium and chandu that they had m their possession was
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        • 127 12 AT THE annual general meeting of the Child Welfare Society of Singa pore, the president, Dr C.J. Wilson, said that there are not many commercial companies which, m these hard times, can call a meeting of shareholders and produce so satisfactory a report as this society's. He
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        • 85 12 A SINGAPORE lawyer and raring enthusiast, Mr Victor J. Mendis. yesterday warned Legislature Councillors m Malaya that it would be "utter folly, disastrous and demoralising" to legalise off-the-course bookmaking "Just think of the far-reaching effect on young lives and the inevitable trail of misery and crime if
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      • 748 13  -  Ho Laina Children's Books A HOME IN THE SKY Landmark/ 23 pages/ $4. 90 A FRIEND IN NEED Landmark/ 32 pages/ $4. 90 By Jessie Wee Illustrations by Lee Kowling Two books portraying Singapore life at its simplest that children can identify with Illustration from A Friend
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      • 787 13  - Money mad in '80s New York Claire Tham Smart and entertaining story set m era of rampant Wall Street corruption and stock market bull run Novel BRIGHTNESS FALLS By Jay Mclnerney Vintage/416 pages/$ 15.90 BRIGHTNESS FALLS is Jay Mclnerney's elegy to freewheeling '80s New York before the "big discount of
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      • 621 18 RHRHG HGN TH TRHT5 KJOUDFHGKLREM NRGBRHTR5H their hands, swinging the cutlass?" one character asks. This is the conundrum facing today's Caribbean islanders: Should they pursue their futures as foreigners or stubbornly remain m a land they love that does not offer them work? THE new breed of Caribbean
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        437 18 p ILLUSIONS OF TRIUMPH by Mohamed Heikal (Font ana 457 pages 18.90) ILLUSIONS OF TRIUMPH challenges the conventional view that the Gulf war was a crushing victory for international cooperation over a brutal dictator. Mohamed Heikal traces the background to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and describes the
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      • 576 70 I As the leading MNC m our field, we are also making inroads to serve I I the fast-expanding Asia Pacific Region. We need committed I professionals with vision, drive and determination to be a part of I I this expansion programme. If you think you have the talents we're
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      • 478 72 1 I I *£2ks»L? lnto has built oadorsn 'P position m the S fggiffiSfeh' 0 semiconductor industry by determination and '^^f^Wu ndin 9 top-notch self-starters who will grow *ym£mjmj? witn us usin 9 their ingenuity and talents. OPENING THE DOOR TO MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES SPECIALIST Qualification* and oxportoncm Applications must
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      • 195 72 We are a major packaging manufacturing company. To fill a vacancy for the post of PERSONNEL OFFICER I we wish to invite suitably qualified candidates to apply. In this I position, the successful candidate will assist the Human Resource I Manager m all aspects of personnel management, training and I
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      • 872 73 111 ITKI METRO I 1 1 Metro invites suitable qualified applicants for I I the position of:--1 I THE JOB: Blf Thls P° sit on reports directly to the Director of Merchandise. The p y successful candidate is responsible for planning, developing and B H co ordinatin 9 the overall
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      • 729 73 WALK-IN INTERVIEW The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore which is responsible for maintaining and managing Changi Airport, the World's Best Airport, invites you to join us as: TECHNICAL OFFICERS (CIVIL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL) Entry requirements Gross starting pay Technician Diploma In $1 133pm Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering $1 271pm (With
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      • 787 73 SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION I invites applications for the posts of I *ENG Cameraman I The Job I To undertake all aspects of location shooting indepen- I dently or as directed, for a wide variety of TV Programme I productions using video equipment. I Pre-requisites I At least 3 GCE 'O*
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      • 1254 75 I Hl^^^^^B QC CHEMIST -Systems H VjA Responsibilities: JHA Responsible for the development and maintenance of information management systems m the laboratory which can be integrated with K^BBB systems m production, materials/inventory, sales and finance Manage and improve quality systems with *****02 certification as the ultimate goal |B B^IH Take
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      • 1275 76 PROPERTY OFFICER Assist the Centre Manager m the maintenance and management of properties assigned. .^^^^P^^^^P^^^ Ensure all building services are m good working condition and all statutory requirements are complied with Organise the staff on site to achieve the maintenance/housekeeping standard expectod by building owner. fllfl^ffY*rtn Supervise, check and monitor
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      • 637 77 PLAN YOUR CAREER WITH THE I FUTURE IN MIND t zi t^m i $8881 *^j®sss&t IHI^ BPj w i^Kjflj Bit* I 3 f The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore's planning and conservation authority. To achieve our mission of making Singapore a tropical city of excellence with its own distinctive
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      • 851 77 ARCO Chemical (Singapore) Re. Ltd. We are a leading multi-national chemical company with operations m Asia, Europe and United States. Our main products include Propylene Oxide and Derivatives, Styrenics, Tertiary Butyl Alcohol and Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether, the octane enhancer for gasoline. ARCO Chemical Singapore services over 10 countries including
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      • 414 78 IT DEVELOP IT. CREfflLJir AT THOMSON, i c&wm etec&onfcs companies *t &c wikl y Wa have vacancies lor the folowtfig posions: SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ENGi N E E R (Mechanical) The Job: Design and develop m&mcsi systemsfparts from oonceplutf stage for TV products and provide maximum support fer tmpternentaijon qf design
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      • 622 79 mmmsBamBBmBBSSBBKm Behind every Success Story Behind every Philips product fP "5!^^ fc _^B is a team ol dedicated people BBMB[^l^^^Bpj^^^^*^H who excel m what they do Iho E7/>IIA W work with the knowledge thai V OBM^ i\Mk J M l<^ kf backing them is a company ft y<2^ V*J wr
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      • 929 79 Move m the leagues of world-class technology u/jf h 4to i Texas wnn Instruments RELIABILITY ENGINEER Location: Bendemeer The incumbent will be responsible for monitoring the reliability performance of Tl MOS Memory products. He/She will drive device and package improvements based on performance data, analyse and model the reliability performance
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      • 605 80 I JBjSST Steamers Maritime I Holdings Limited H amaaaa^mWWw (A member of the Keppel Group) I invites graduating Engineers from local and foreign universities I and polytechnics to join us as I MANAGEMENT TRAINEES I We offer a comprehensive range of services such as liner I shipping, shipping agencies, ship
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      • 609 81 Genesis is a young, dynamic and innovative telecommunications company that is committed to setting revolutionary trends m our industry. Our cordless phones based on crystal clear communication give us a clear international lead m the global marketplace. Our environment here is encouraging. Our technology challenges you. And our people are
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      • 957 81 We are part of a well -established Japanese group of ■^■X companies engaged m precision engineering, plastic JJJk molding, precision mold fabrication as well as connector assembly. ■■■Kr To cope with new developments and continual HHMt expansion, we are looking for dynamic and selfJB^R motivated personnel to be part of
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      • 623 81 OT National mSm Semiconductor 0 2O6ene ocvi tuaat (uUua6le aAAet to <%un fieofUe National Semiconductor, a world leader m the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits, invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the following positions: PRODUCT/TEST ENGINEER Degree m Electronic/Electrical Engineering Minimum 1 year's experience m semiconductor testing Plan
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      • 654 82 GE Plastics, a leader m engineering plastics is looking for suitably qualified people for the following positions of: MARKETING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (ASEAN) Candidates should possess a degree m Polymers Technology or Chemical Engineering with at least 5 years sales/marketing experience m the plastics/ petrochemical industry. His /Her responsibilities, among other
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      • 677 82 *r Nat Steel Electronics Nat Steel Electronics Pte Ltd is one of the leading PCBA manufacturers with operations m Singapore; Penang, Malaysia and Batam, Indonesia. We are reputed for our expertise and quality m the assembly and testing ofPCBs for the electronics industry. To meet our expansionary needs, we invite
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      • 694 82 Opportunities! J at Honeywell Aerospace ...where your career begins p Honeywell Aerospace Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell Inc the I p world-class leader m the avionics industry, is looking for suitably qualified individuals to I J 2p join our expanding team. I I I INVENTORY CONTROLLER/ I I
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      • 587 83 Three million have given us their stamp of approval J^'(^y^^ We're awaiting yours In the new world of networked computing; Lotus takes the global lead m creating f\ communication products that enable people #1 I fJlt^ to work together irrespective of any physical barriers. i The Lotus cc:Mail; and the
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      • 449 83 rSi CHALLENGING CAREERS ESM AWAIT YOU AT JARDINES Jardine Transport Services Singapore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Jardine Matheson Group, one of the largest conglomerates of highest repute m the Asia Pacific region As an organisation, we believe strongly m rewarding and developing our people We now invite dynamic
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      • 623 84 p A Career Investment jj For The Future. p m vy you aye r^ e d rive initiative, a good sense of responsibility and a commitment to excel, we are prepared to offer you the challenges to match your qualities. We have exciting opportunities for you as: §J TEST EQUIPMENT
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      • 539 84 SyH T E C SUNTEC CITY DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD Tomorrow is here today. At Suntec City. The largest and most exciting commercial development m Singapore. Suntec City will bring to us a world-class convention exhibition centre, 5 state-of-the-art office towers, a major upscale retail facility, an International Businessmen's Club together
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      • 499 84 For a company's that's always improving and HB^ BB seeking breakthroughs LaJ I I#\ f K B J I m Cathode Ray Tube I I I I r^^^aW I technology to bring about a better future WE'RE COMMITTED equally committed I O ACHIEVING A individuals to succeed 11 17 TTI?
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      • 1515 85 An air of freedom, a sense of purpose and achievement beyond imagination. At Hewlett-Packard, you odiiAji oysidiis rrouucuuii supervisors v£/\ Jtrigixieer JVl3iiui3cturiri2 < hi m/nwcHt Ellgineer/PrOJeCt Location: Depot Road Location: Depot Road Engineer where freedom of ideas is Marmttor (Please specify area of interest) The Requirements: encouraged and individual it.M11
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