The Straits Times, 10 February 1997

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • Article
    Car-sharing co-op to start at two estates
    767 1  - Car-sharing co-op to start at two estates Leong Chan Teik Members pay to drive when they need a car By MEMBERS will book a car by calling the cooperative. The booking will be keyed into a computer and transmitted to an electronic box where the car keys are kept. The
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    Lock icon OPEN-AIR HARI RAYA PRAYERS:
    93 1 For nearly 2,000 Muslims, Hari Raya Puasa began yesterday with prayers at an open field at Pasir Ris Street 51. Many were dressed m traditional Malay baju m bright colours such as red, green and yellow. Among those present was Mr Ahmad Mohamed Magad, an MP
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    Lock icon Teenaged maths whiz earns his extra marks
    411 1 It kept nagging at me. I was pretty sure I was right/ NEW YORK Teenager Colin Rizzio considered himself a numbers whiz, but this time he thought he might have gone too far. He believed he had the right answer to a mathematics
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    Lock icon Drop in new cases, but soil disease killed 19 last year
    496 1  -  Dominic Nathan By THE mysterious and deadly soil disease, melioidosis, continues to infect and kill people here. There were 70 new cases and 19 deaths last year. An Environment Ministry spokesman said last week that, since 1989, there had
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Aussie PM to visit China, S'pore
      503 2 Aim to have good relationship: Howard CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday he would visit China and Singapore next month to strengthen ties, particularly those with Beijing, which have been strained during the past year. Mr Howard, who will be m Singapore
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      Lock icon Man kills six during family reunion in NZ
      363 2 WELLINGTON A man suspected of killing six people and wounding five others m a shooting rampage at a remote New Zealand hamlet appeared before a special court yesterday. Stephen Anderson, 22, of Wellington, was charged with one count of murder at the
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      Lock icon Mum locks daughter up — for 40 years
      322 2 Mum locks daughter up for 40 years LA CORUNA (Spain) Social workers visiting an elderly woman suffering from senile dementia discovered her 44-year-old daughter m a cramped underground hideout where her mother locked her up 40 years ago. The workers were alerted on Friday when they heard strange sounds coming
      AFP  -  322 words
    • Article
      What it should have been
      92 2 IN OUR report yesterday headlined "7 per cent growth last year due to better fourth quarter", we reported Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as saying that ties with the United States were improving, with both sides recog- nising that they had more to gain
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      Lock icon New halfway house for Indian drug addicts opens next year
      586 3  -  Braema Mathi Many have forgotten how valuable their lives are. They have been pushed away by their families and Mends.' Mr Shanmugam. By THE first half-way house for Indian drug addicts will open its doors m Sembawang to 35 residents
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      Lock icon G7 bid to stabilise currency markets
      653 3 They will try to halt rise m US dollar While the dollar's rise has been good for the EU higher exports and growth it left the yen on the weak side, posing a potential risk to Japan's financial system. The dollar traded on Friday
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      3 boys hurt by own 'rocket'
      300 3 SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Chiew Wu Xian spent his hongbao money buying fireworks and was hurt m the eyes on Saturday evening when his attempt at building his own "rocket" went up m smoke. He had filled a tin can with incendiary powder scraped off some sparklers
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Special homes for aged growing in New Jersey
      454 4 Trend among the elderly is to stay near families NEW YORK With the nations ninth largest population of residents 65 and older, New Jersey is becoming a magnet for the development of specialised housing for the elderly. Developers are starting or planning
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      Lock icon Housing the senior citizens
      346 4  -  G.CHANDRADAS Here's a look at the different types of housing m New Jersey that offer the elderly a transition from independence to assisted living to nursing care. Project: The Senior Campus Living of Baltimore complex m Monmouth County. Fees: Entry fees which are refundable fully upon
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      Lock icon Shivering with health
      55 4 picture. A TEACHER pouring cold water over a child at a kindergarten m the Ukraine city of Donetsk as other children shiver m the snow and await their turn on Thursday. Russian naturalist Porfiri Ivanov recommended cold showers as part of a health improvement system he invented
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      NY to monitor probationers at high-tech ATM kiosks
      303 4 NEW YORK Some New York City criminals serving probation will no longer have to check m with their probation officers from next month, the Christian Science Monitor reported. Under a controversial new programme, they will place their palms on a electronic kiosk,
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      Lock icon Male infertility tied to women marrying later, says report
      164 4 LONDON British researchers are investigating whether rising male infertility is linked to the trend for women to wait until they are older to have children, according to the Sunday Times. It said preliminary studies showed that men whose mothers waited to
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      Lock icon Second Aussie politician under probe over expenses
      306 6 Second Aussie politician under probe over expenses CANBERRA A second Australian politician is being investigated by police over possible misuse of his parliamentary expense account, Australian Prime Minister John Howard; said yesterday. He said Mr Michael Cobb, a parliamentarian m the town of Broken Hill, was being investigated over his
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      Lock icon Clinton releases $282m in Internet link-up plan
      372 6 Clinton releases $282 m in Internet link-up plan WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, saying significant progress is being made m linking US schools to the Internet, have released the first installment of US$2OO million (Ss2B2 million) m grants for computer equipment and training. Joining Mr Clinton on
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      Lock icon Australia wants youth work-for-dole schemes
      618 6 Two countries come to grips with unemployment Young people could take part in up to 30 pilot projects which are planned by Canberra Under the projects being considered, young people could be asked to meet and greet new visitors to Australia or help community groups
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      Lock icon Germany: Finance chief in bid to calm jobless fears
      370 6 BERLIN German financial leaders have moved to quell fears that surging unemployment rates threaten Germany's chances of meeting European economic and monetary (EMU) budgetary criteria, saying the jobless problem was grave but not insurmountable. After a meeting of finance ministers and
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      Lock icon Biting the bullet
      37 6 picture. NEW YORK police dog Apollo modelling a bulletproof vest m New York City on Friday. The vests, which are being tested on three of the city's dogs, can withstand a 9-mm bullet. Reuter
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon IRAQI EXECUTIONS
        53 6 Several high-ranking officers were executed after an abortive coup against President Saddam Hussein, a Shi'ite opposition group said yesterday. They belonged to Mr Saddam's special protection units and the Republican Guards, said the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution m Iraq, naming six officers who it said had
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        Lock icon ASSASSIN RUMOUR
        65 6 An exchange of gunfire near Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal AI-Ganzuri's residence on Saturday sparked a report that he had been attacked. The Middle East Broadcasting Centre said gunmen had opened Fire on his car but did not hit him. An Interior Ministry spokesman denied the report and linked
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        Lock icon CONDOM IN PIE
        57 6 A restaurant chain sued by a Florida man who claimed to have found a used condom m his sweet-potato pie last March said it would settle his suit out of court. Mr Dalvin Stokes had demanded damages of more than US$l5,OOO (552 1,280) from Morrison's Restaurant. Details
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        Lock icon NAVAL PURCHASE
        44 6 ndia is buying several high-speed Dvora naval craft from Israel, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday. The vessels are equipped with sophisticated weapons and surveillance systems, and would be used both by the Indian naw and Coast Guard, it said. AFP
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        Lock icon ASSAD'S COMA
        63 6 Syrian President Hafez al-Assad was m a coma for two weeks after losing consciousness last December, the Sunday Times reported. He was brought out of the coma by Russian doctors after his own medical advisers "panicked". The official Sana news agency had reported on Jan 7 that Mr
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        Lock icon BOMBERS JAILED
        53 6 Three white right-wing extremists who tried to disrupt South Africa's historic 1994 elections with bombings were jailed by a Johannesburg court on Friday, local media reported on Saturday. Cliff Barnard and Abraham Myburgh received 50 years each and Jan de Wet 25 years for the bombings which killed
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        Lock icon IRISH MARCH
        63 6 Hundreds of Protestants marched noisily past a Roman Catholic Church m Northern Ireland on Saturday night m a protest that highlighted fresh communal tension since the IRA ended a peace honeymoon one year ago. The march, the biggest m a 23-week picket of the church m Harryville, underlined
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        Lock icon Ecuador crisis ends as Vice-President takes over the helm
        585 8 ButArteaga's rule is expected to be short-lived QUITO (Ecuador) Ms Rosalia Arteaga, the Vice-President under ousted leader Abdala Bucaram, was named interim President of Ecuador early yesterday, ending a threeday political crisis m the South American country. Ms Arteaga, a 41-year-old
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        Lock icon HANDY ART
        57 8 A Bangladeshi girl displaying her hands with henna designs m Dhaka on Saturday ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan which was celebrateayesterday Muslim Bangladesh. Henna is popular among the women m this South Asian country and is
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        Lock icon Pakistan's Sharif to take power on Feb 17'
        201 8 ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Prime Ministerelect Nawaz Sharif has said he would probably take power on Feb 17 and promised there would be less politics and more work under his new government. Mr Sharif, a former Prime Minister whose Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party
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        Lock icon Expose on Milosevic and wife a best-seller in Serbia
        434 8 Expose on Milosevic and wife a best-seller in Serbia THE best-seller m Serbia these days is not a manual on how to get a man nor the story of a celebrity trial. At private bookstores and street-corner kiosks, the book that has captured the attention of Serbs is a new
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Reagan chipper at 86
        102 9 Celebrates birthday with cookies and children's choir LOS ANGELES Former United States President Ronald Reagan (above) celebrated his 86th birthday last week by getting a box of Girl Scout cookies and listening to a childrens' choir at his Los Angeles office. 9 He appeared healthy and
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        Lock icon Wrong lane all the way
        104 9 DRIEBERGEN (Netherlands) A confused German man drove 30 km on the wrong lane of a highway between the Netherlands and Germany, until his car broke down and another driver hit him. Dutch police said there was heavy fog when the 30-year-old man, who also suffers
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        Lock icon Probation for Fergie theft
        138 9 NEW YORK An airport baggage handler has been sentenced to four years' probation for stealing a necklace and a bracelet worth U*****,000 (*****,000) from the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson. Brooklyn Judge Raymond Dearie told Gilbert Terrero (above) that for the first three years of his
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        Meanwhile...
        172 9 Meanwhile ENVOY'S BODY RETURNED: The body of US Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman was returned to Washington on Saturday from Paris, where she died on Wednesday of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 76. TOWARDS SAINTHOOD: The long process of beatifying Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a defender of civic and
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      Lock icon Albright gets Bush's backing for a bipartisan US foreign policy
      519 10 r 3 hope that Congress Pwl do what* s right on a bipartisan basis m tefrns of proper levels of arguments that we ought to cut back on spending for foreign af&urs I think is very sls>rt-sighted. We do that
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      Lock icon Zaire rebels smash counter-offensive
      517 10  -  CHOO BEE YIAN Govt under threat as guerillas seize key towns KIGALI (Rwanda) Rebel forces m eastern Zaire have achieved major territorial gains m the past week and now, for the first time, appear to threaten the government of one of Africa's largest nations. UN officials,
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      Lock icon All-African military force plan revised
      195 10 WASHINGTON Nearly six months after proposing the creation of an all-African military force to intervene m Africa's trouble spots, a chastened Clinton administration revised the plan to meet African demands for more decision-making power. Since President Bill Clinton approved the original plan, several crises have
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      Lock icon Iraq faces $45b pay-out in Gulf War environmental claims
      257 10 GENEVA Nine countries, including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, have filed US$32 billion (Ss4s billion) m claims against Iraq for environmental damage caused during the Gulf War, according to the UN. Baghdad's troops are alleged to have discharged millions of barrels of
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Amnesty in Taiwan sparks surrender of hundreds of gangsters
      785 12  -  Lee San Chouy But it's to affect power of triads' By Taiwan Correspondent 'Of course, we would rather believe that they are sincere about turning over a new leaf. But all the same, we will continue to keep an eye on
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      Lock icon Holiday fun in Seoul
      59 12 SOUTH Korean children playing a game at the Kyongbok Palace m central Seoul on Thursday, a day before the country's biggest New Year Day festivity. All the nations banks, companies and markets were closed for the holidays and tens of thousands of people living m cities
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      Lock icon US worried about Tokyo's financial woes
      367 12 Shaky banking system, rise m trade surplus could hurt world economy BERLIN The United States has voiced concern over Japan's fragile economy and banking system and said it would keep close watch on developments there for potential fallout on the rest of the world.
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      Lock icon Adulation of Kim Jong II at fever pitch
      158 12 SEOUL Official adulation of North Korea's reclusive leader Kirn Jong II has reached fever pitch a week ahead of his 55th birthday on Feb 16. Seoul analysts saw the flood of praise as tending to confirm speculation that Mr Kirn will this
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      Democrats likely to win seats in HK polls'
      702 13  -  Wang Hui Ling Election rules won't favour members of Provisional Legislature, says its president By Hongkong Correspondent Mrs Fan says the Democrats: Have a high public profile An "election machinery far exceeding that of any other political parties" THE PRESIDENT of Hongkong's
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      Lock icon Japan to dismantle chemical weapons
      153 13 Japan to dismantle chemical weapons TOKYO The Japanese government plans to build a plant m north-eastern China to dismantle chemical weapons left behind by Japanese troops at the end of World War 11, a press report said yesterday. Japan plans to complete the plant dv March 2001, said the Ninon
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      Lock icon Tokyo professor blames China for 1937 war
      199 13 TOKYO A Japanese professor wrote a research paper recently asserting that a 1937 clash that led directly to the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945 was most likely sparked by the inadvertent firing by low-rank-ing Chinese troops. The conclusion drawn by Chiba University professor Ikuhiko
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      Giving thanks for British citizenship offer
      137 13 MEMBERS of Hongkong's Hindu community praying and offering thanks at a gathering yesterday at a Hindu temple. Hongkong's ethnic minorities, numbering about 8,000 people, welcomed Britain's change of heart last week with the offering of full British citizenship to them, a move which allays
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      Beijing targets 1,000 public toilets in bid to spruce up capital's image
      501 13  -  Mary Kwang ?y uninauorresponaent BEIJING Beijing's municipal authorities have launched the third year of their "Lavatory Revolution" with a plan to flush and deodorise 1,000 public toilets m the capital by year-end* .ii« The effort is part of
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      Taiwan cross-strait-talks body 'may lose top officials'
      564 13  -  Theresa Tan Reports by Thinking binge to relieve talks pressure' TAIWANESE negotiators went on a drinking binge in Beijing to relieve themselves of the enormous pressure during talks with China over cross-strait issues. Former Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) official Ouyang Shen-en, now living
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        MORE ARMS PURCHASES
        74 13 China's war games during Taiwan's presidential election last year saw the island buying United States' military equipment worth U*****.86 million (Ss6so million), making it one of the biggest buyers of US arms, reported Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News yesterday. A US Defence Department congressional report said that
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        Lock icon AIR CRASH
        92 13 A US military jet fighter with two pilots on board crashed into the sea off South Korea's western coast yesterday, a maritime police spokesman said. The two pilots were missing after their F-18 crashed into the sea 3 km off Chollipo Beach m the central province of South
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        FOR TRIAL MARRIAGES
        59 13 About one m four Chinese youths approve of trial marriages, according to a survey carried out by the Beijing-based polling company Zero Point, reported Lianhe Wanbao yesterday. The poll covered people aged above 18 m four major Chinese cities: Beijing m the north, Shanghai m the east,
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        Lock icon RELIGIOUS CRACKDOWN
        67 13 The government of China's remote westernmost Xinjiang region cracked down on Muslim-led separatist activities last month, according to the official Xinjiang Daily obtained m Beijing yesterday. Separatism and illegal religious activity would be the main targets this year of law enforcers m Xinjiang, said Mr Abdulahat Abdurixit, chairman
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        Lock icon ON SAFE GROUND
        80 13 \nAir India jumbo jet returned to Japan yesterday after the pilot noticed damage to the flap on the left wing two hours into a flight to New Delhi from Tokyo, an airport official said. The plane, carrying 402 passengers and crew, had already burst two tyres on
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        Lock icon FOR THE PEOPLE
        67 13 The municipal government of Tianjin m north China planned to do 20 practical things for the people this year, with an increase m the income of both urban and rural residents topping the list. The People's Daily reported yesterday that other plans included providing jobs for 170,000
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • REGIONALFILE
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        Lock icon GOVT-REBEL TALKS
        90 14 Government and communist rebel negotiators m the Philippines may complete talks on ending a 28-year Marxist insurgency m the country by June, President Fidel Ramos saia yesterday. He expressed hope, m a statement, that "the momentum of talks would be sustained until a final peace settlement is attained".
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        54 14 A Japanese diplomat m Indonesia has been found dead m his apartment m South Jakarta, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said m Tokyo yesterday. Mr Takanori Watanabe, 28, sent to Jakarta last June as cultural attache, was found dead by a maid on Friday, a ministry spokesman said.
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        73 14 The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority have warned people not to eat or handle raw beef after anthrax a disease caused by bacteria found m cattle and sheep killed one person and infected 150 others leaving 11 hospitalised, news reports said yesterday. The alert was issued after the death on
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        Lock icon TRADERS FREED
        54 14 Two kidnapped ethnic Chinese-Filipino traders were released on Saturday after relatives paid a 500,000 peso (5526,920) ransom to their captors, radio reports m Manila quoting the Philippine police said yesterday. Mr Kok Ko and his son, Edward, had been kidnapped by unidentified men m Manila's commercial district of
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        70 14 British and Japanese World War II veterans met on Saturday for the first time on Myanmar soil to reconcile their former enmity and honour their dead; diplomatic sources m Yangon said. Five British and 25 Japanese war veterans came to pay respects to Japanese war dead at
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        57 14 Cambodia's Second Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday visited the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Phnom Malai, distributing polio vaccine to children. The visit was Hun Sen's first to the north-western mountain village since he announced last August the split m the rebel movement which led to
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        Lock icon HOUSING PRIORITY
        63 14 The Philippines' National Housing Authority (NHA) said on Saturday that families living m "danger zones" would be given priority m the government's socialised housing programme. NHA general manager Marciano Pineda said some 1.2 million houses would be built under a five-year programme to benefit families m "danger zones"
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      Ramos slams court for blocking Renong deal
      446 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent But President will honour ruling on Manila Hotel PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos has lashed out at an "intrusive" Supreme Court, saying that it had "given the outmoded and failed economic theory of protectionism a new lease on life" by
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      Lock icon Migrants blamed for clashes in West Kalimantan
      416 14 PONTIANAK (Indonesia) Dayak groups m Indonesia's West Kalimantan province are marking their homes with war signs as they blame an influx of migrants for violence m the past month. "The Dayaks have been marginalised by the migrant influx. Clashes such as the ones
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    • Article
      Indonesians working in S. Arabia as prostitutes
      157 14 JAKARTA Many Indonesian teenagers have been sent to work m Saudi Arabia as prostitutes, said State Minister of Women's Affairs Mien Sugandhi. "Their number is not m the tens, but has already reached the hundreds," an Antara report published m The Jakarta Post
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      Lock icon Khun Sa ill, but his business is thriving: Aide
      278 14 BANGKOK Former drug, warlord Khun Sa, living m Myanmar under the supervision of its military rulers, has been struck by partial paralysis, but his business empire m the country is thriving, an aide has said. The former opium king of the
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      Lock icon Cordial ties among races vital: Mahathir
      656 15 Malaysian Premier warns against complacency and threat to peace and prosperity With peace, we are able to live happily and exercise our religious observance without any obstacle. On the other hand, we know that m countries where there is no effort to foster good
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      Lock icon Use approved text of sermons, mosques in Kelantan told
      182 15 KOTA BARU Kelantan police advised mosque officials to read out only the text of sermons prepared by the Kelantan Islamic Religious Council (Maik) m yesterday's Hari Raya prayers. State deputy police chief SAC II Nordin Zakaria said this was because certain
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      Lock icon Extra flights despite MAS' pilot shortage
      348 15 KUALA LUMPUR Despite reports that Malaysia Airlines Bhd is facing a shortage of pilots, the airline group has not cancelled any flights and has even put up additional flights during the dual festive season of Hari Raya Puasa and Chinese New Year. MAS senior
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      Lock icon 21 killed in road accidents on eve of Hari Raya
      330 15 KUALA LUMPUR Twenty-one road deaths were reported on Saturday the eve of Hari Raya and second day of Chinese New Year as traffic accidents dropped marginally for the second consecutive day. This compared to 22 deaths reported on Friday. Federal
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      Lock icon Reward offered for hijacked tanker
      162 15 KUALA LUMPUR The International Maritime Bureau "(1MB) has issued a special alert for the hijacked tanker fSuci and a reward of up to M 5250,000 (*****,250) is being r offered by Hull Underwriters information leading to its arrest. Hijacked by armed pirates B off the
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      Lock icon Highway food stalls told not to sell chewing gum
      266 15 KUALA LUMPUR Stall operators at rest areas along the North-South Expressway have been told by Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus) not to sell chewing gum to the public. A Plus spokesman said the move was to prevent indiscriminate littering of used
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        Lock icon SHIP RAMS JETTY
        49 15 A cargo ship has rammed into the oil jefty at the West Port bulk terminal while docking m Port Klang, causing extensive damage. A Malaysian Rescue Coordinating Centre spokesman said yesterday that Friday's incident involved the 3,643-tonne Myanmar-registered M.V. China Glory. No casualties were reported. Bernama
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        Lock icon FACTORY WALL COLLAPSE
        55 15 Two Indonesian labourers were killed and five injured when a brick wall collapsed on them at a biscuit factory at Jalan Skudai, Johor Baru, on Friday night. A district police spokesman said that the seven were expanding floor space for additional machinery at Britannia Brands when the
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        Lock icon WATER TAXIS FOR PENANG
        67 15 The Penang government plans to introduce water taxis soon as an additional tourist attraction m the state, State Executive Councillor for tourism Datuk Kee Phaik Cheen said m Penang yesterday. The Penang branch of the National Malay Chamber of Commerce had been entrusted to conduct a
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        Lock icon INFORMERS KILLED
        84 15 Two Malaysians found dead m a luxury Melbourne apartment m March last year were executed after drug bosses learned they were to become informers for the police drug squad, a police source told Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun newspaper. In a front page report yesterday, the newspaper quoted the
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        Lock icon HIGHER ALLOWANCE
        68 15 The Public Services Department (PSD) is examining a request by the civil services union, Cuepacs, for an increase m housing allowance to Ms23o (Ssl3O) from the current Ms9o and Msllo respectively for support group and management staff. Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday that
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        Lock icon ILLEGALS DETAINED
        51 15 Immigration officers at the Malacca Harbourmaster's jetty have prevented 51 illegal immigrants from leaving the country for Hari Raya since a crackdown began on Jan 23. State Immigration Department director Che Mamat Abdullah said the detainees comprised 30 men and 21 women, all aged between 25 and 45.
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      Lock icon After month of fasting, Muslims celebrate
      366 18 Hari Raya celebrations At the mosques Many start off festivities with morning prayers 1 live m Toa Payoh, but it's a tradition for my family to come here and worship during this time/ Madam Norlizah Ibrahim, 47, a housewife, who was waiting tor her
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      Lock icon A perfect festive gift for couple — a new baby
      132 18 A perfect festive gift for couple a new baby At the hospital MADAM Nishat Begam Abdullah was m labour for 20 hours, but when her baby girl arrived, she was the perfect Hari Raya Puasa gift. Her 5.7-kg baby, born at 6.28 am, was the first Muslim baby born at
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      Family members gather to ask for forgiveness
      295 18 At home IT WAS an emotional morning at the Mohammed household yesterday, when the three generations of family members gathered at their parents' home m Yishun to ask for forgiveness. The patriarch of the family, Mr Mohammed Haji Hassan, 58, who works as
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      Lock icon Three siblings get Education Ministry long-service awards
      400 20 All In the family TUESDAY night dinner conversations at the Tan household usually turn to one subject education. This is because three of the six siblings have made a career out of it a fact brought home when the three each received a
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      Court 'should not be bogged down by technicalities'
      605 20  -  Lim Li Hsien Assess evidence of sexual offence first: CJL By A COURT should not be bogged down by legal technicalities m a case involving a sexual offence. Instead it should look at all the evidence first, assess the strengths, then ask
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      What happened in trolley pusher's case
      322 20 TANG Kin Seng, 64, a trolley pusher, appealed against his conviction for molesting a 27-year-old Indonesian maid m a Tampines Housing Board lift. At the time of the offence, the maid had been m Singapore only a few days, having arrived on Feb 18,
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      Corroboration not needed in every case: CJ
      433 20 What's important "..in a trial for sexual J offences, what is important is that the evidence is weighed carefully, always bearing in mind the relevant aspects of human nature and behaviour. It would be wrong to be bogged down by technicalities, especially when
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      Lock icon CAAS wants study on airport hotel
      657 21  -  Rav Dhaliwal If found feasible, it will be located near Terminal 3 By The idea of an airport hotel was considered in 1990, before Terminal 2 opened in late 1991. But the CAAS decided to shelve it, partly because there was no suitable site
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      Customer the main reason for ISO certification
      354 21 The ISO 9000 series standards are a system of guidelines for suppliers of any kind of products who want to improve organisational systems or improve existing quality systems. They help establish consistent quality practices that cross international borders by employing common terms. ACCORDING
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      Poly students' machine helps disabled woman exercise
      408 21 IT WAS after a business trip to the United States m 1990 that Madam Margaret Lim "discovered a weakness m her legs. She was diagnosed as having a rare disorder, Syringomyelia. There was excessive fluid m her spine, which affected the nerves to
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      Education plans: More computers, degrees, and less rote-learning
      739 22 The classroom of the future will look different computers will sit on tables, next to pen and paper, teachers will be 'classroom managers' and students will be able to bring books into examinations. Education has been identified as one of the Governments
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      99 22 Teg Chee Hean w Minister for Education Assignment: To make education system even better, focusing on creativity, IT, national education. JIMBO ALBANO Tony TatP*- 1 Deputy Prime Minister Assignment: Oversees the two universities. To make them world-class. Aline Wong Senior Minister of State Assignment: Oversees teacher training and
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      Education a vital priority for many
      249 22 EDUCATION appears to be at the top of the agenda for many countries. The reason: it is now recognised widely that m an increasingly global world, jobs, capital and investments will flow to countries which have the best educated and most skilled workforce. In
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      Lock icon Catch and cook your own dinner here at lagoon
      556 22  -  Yasmeen Hameed By YOU can catch and cook your own seafood dinner at the East Coast Park Lagoon now. The popular 10-acre lagoon has been turned into a fishing and crab-catching area, with rows of 60 barbecue pits lined up along
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      Lock icon The big Chinatown clean-up
      255 23 WITH the Chinese New Year festive bazaar over, the big Chinatown clean-up began m earnest over the weekend. The annual bazaar lining Pagoda Street and Temple Street m Chinatown left m its trail mountains of cardboard boxes, empty wooden crates and piles of rotting pussy willow.
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      Some new flu viruses 'seem to be from China'
      491 23  -  Indrani Nadarajah Eise of viruses linked to forming practices there ttBME of the newest flu viruses appear to have come from Chil na, say British scientists. 1 But this does not mean that Sfingaporeans who travel there are at greater risk
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      Best cure for flu: Lots of rest, fluids
      232 23 THE common cold is caused by at least 100 1 known viruses, but there are still many others that have not been categorised. In about 40 per cent of common colds, the virus cannot be identified, said Associate Professor Goh Lee Gan,
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      Lay to rest ghosts from past
      699 24 Lay to rest ghosts from past i FRENCH President Jacques Chirac's visit to Mos- cow highlighted the controversy that surrounds i plans to invite Poland, Hungary and the Czech Re- public to become members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). In fact, his claim that he was optimistic about
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    QUOTES
    75 24 "There is no doubt that the civil trial has put the name on the lips of people all over America." —Bruno Magli spokesman Mary Loving, acknowledging that sales of the expensive Italian shoes have jumped since they became a key piece of evidence m the O.J. Simpson trials. "I
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      India's arms industry needs restructuring
      1476 24 Struggling Why India's arms industry has failed to be self-sufficient and to satisfy the demands of the country's armed forces: Lack of resources: for instance, the Defence Research and Development Organisation is funded by less than 5 per cent of the defence budget Domination of
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      Doubts begin to grow over regional trade agreements
      858 24  -  Peter Passell By I The New York Times WHEN efforts to liberalise world trade stalled m the early 1980s, Washington turned its attention to opening trade on a regional basis. That produced the North American Free Trade Agreement and a dozen similar
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        HK system in jeopardy?
        123 25 From an editorial m Ming Pao Daily News, an independent paper m Hongkong: WHEN Hongkong returns to Chinese rule on July 1, Hongkong-mainland relations will be essentially different from what they are. Will China-owned businesses m the territory start behaving differently as well? When "one country,
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        School's role in IT drive
        128 25 From an editorial m The New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur: IN MALAYSIA'S move towards the information technology era, it is essential that sufficiently powerful machinery be set up to propel the whole nation towards this goal. Education being the main source of energy of the
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        Protect Taiwan police
        140 25 From a commentary m United Daily News, a mass-circulation and pro-unification daily m Taiwan: IT IS true that Taiwan's police do not enjoy a very good reputation. Still, corrupt and irresponsible cops are just a minority. We need police to protect our lives and property, and they
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        Call to preserve unity
        142 25 From an editorial m The Indonesian Observer, an English-language daily published from Jakarta: THE nation and unity is at stake. After a series of riots and violence during the past three months m Situbondo, West Kalimantan, Tasikmalaya and Pasar Tanah Abang, the historic West Java town
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        Stop illegal immigrants
        141 25 Prom a letter m Hongkong's Yazhou Zhoukan, an international Chinese news weekly magazine: AS A Japanese, I admire the many Chinese students I know m Tokyo who study by day and work at night to support themselves and pay for their tuition fees. With Japan's economy at
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        Graft breeds unrest
        126 25 From a commentary m Ming Pao Daily News, an independent paper m Hongkong: IN A recent closed-door speech, China's Public Security Minister Tao Siju proposed "using police force discreetly", criticising some local officials for resorting to suppression whenever the people petitioned or demonstrated. The Chinese Communist Party
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        Keep traffic flowing
        167 25 From an editorial m the Malaysia Business Times: KUALA LUMPUR must have an efficient public transport system which flows with little hindrance. The introduction of the light rail transit (LRT) system and the commuter train are moves m the correct direction. For the city's bus and taxi
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        Build up civil service
        146 25 Prom a reader's letter m The Journalist, a political weekly m Taiwan: TAIWAN Governor James Soong, whose resignation issue had dragged on for nearly a month, drew public attention again when he made an impassioned speech at a recent meeting of the provincial government. While making
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      Dutch create Europe's tiger economy
      1366 25  -  Sarah Helm A reformed welfare system and flexible workforce are helping the Netherlands soaii By I he independent IN A glass box beside a new concrete flyover, a young woman m denim sits at a desk with a plastic sphinx for company. A speaker pipes
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      Sterilise stray cats to cut number
      319 26 (Sovemment, people must work together for effective programme t|&E abundance of stray cats m Singapt& has some people labelling them as rets". However, many are not aware < Itheir plight. They suffer all kinds of physical abuse from people. They get hit by cars
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      Plight of the elderly
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      Old people living alone need to be monitored
      308 26 This monitoring gadget needs to be issued only to ambulatory senior citizens and is to be surrendered to the police post when its wearer quits the flat or leaves it for any long period. MANY a time an elderly citizen, living alone,
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        Sungei Kadut's jams need tackling
        270 26 IT IS good to hear that the Land Transport Authority has developed a White Paper on Land Transport and that a multi-pronged approach is needed to solve our increasing traffic woes. However, m certain circumstances it is difficult to understand the logic, or rather the
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        One-hand driving cannot be safe
        219 26 I REFER to Mr Timothy Yong Wei Hsien's letter "Not logical to ban drivers from smoking" (ST, Feb 1). I fail to see the logic he used m distinguishing the dangers of using one nand to drive while chatting on a mobile phone from leaving
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        Time to check 'fool-proof' door device on trains
        98 26 I REFER to the response from Singapore MRT, "Passengers should take care getting on or off trains" (ST, Jan 31). It is the same reply time and again whenever someone complains about a passenger being caught by MRT doors: "All the "4
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      Experience helps, but Jakarta Games a tough assignment
      810 28 THE biennial South-east A3ia Games will be held m October. j Timesport continues its focus on the preparation of our Jakarta-bound athletes with a look at the bowling fraternity today. At the 1995 Games m Thailand, the golden haul was five. S.
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      Young still fired up
      249 28 A DOZEN South-east Asia Games gold medals later, bowling queen Grace Young still insists that the hunger and desire to win more has never been stronger. Said the three-time Sportswoman of the Year: "I want to be out there. There is no question about my love
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      Lock icon World record by George
      58 28 ATHLETICS SYDNEY Australia's Emma George broke her own pole vault world record at the Victoria state track and field championships. She cleared 4.50 metres on Saturday to add five centimetres to the mark she set m Japan last July. It was the eighth time George had
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      S-League transfer rule details out tomorrow
      449 28  -  S. Murali SOCCER By THE S-League will release details on the rules regarding transfer of local and foreign players tomorrow. This was disclosed by SLeague technical committee chairman R. Palakrishnan yesterday. Some clubs had earlier complained that there had been no word from the
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      80 28 South Korean Jang Jung (left) arrived in Singapore last night and was greeted by Geylang United s new captain Kadir Yahaya, dressed in traditional Malay garb. The 34-year-old defender, who played for the Lions in the Malaysia Cup in 1994, teased Kadir by pulling at his goatee. Jang,
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      199 28 Rookie Bryant wins NBA Slam Dunk crown NBA BASKETBALL CLEVELAND Rookie Kobe Bryant, who leaped from high school into the National Basketball Association, soared to a commanding triumph at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday. The Los Angeles Lakers guard jumped into the air, passed the ball between his
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        104 28 THE Football Association of Singapore will reiterate the SLeague's reasons for the rejection of goalkeeper Sandro Ra dun to Fifa tomorrow. This follows a letter from Fifa asking for an investigation into Radun's situation after the player had appealed to the world body. Radun,
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        Foreign player registration
        79 28 SEND m your applications for registration of foreign players early or risk having them left out. That was the message given to all clubs m a recent letter from the League, reminding clubs that player registration must be m by Saturday and that there will be no
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      942 28 ATHLETICS Tokyo Marathon (Japanese unless stated): 1 Koji Shimizu 2hr lOmin 9sec 2 Takahiro Hattori 2:10:21 3 Shinji Kawashima 2:11:13 4 Hiromi Taniguchi 2:11:26 5 Osmiro Silva (Bra) 2:11:58. GOLF Honda Classic m Bangkok (final rd): 268 Tiger Woods 70 64 66 68 278 Mo Joong Kyung
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      Lock icon A stroll in the woods for Tiger
      375 28 GOLF BANGKOK Tiger Woods made a triumphant return to his mother's homeland by winning the US$3OO,OOO ($420,000) Asian Honda Classic at the Thai Country Club yesterday. The American shot a finalround four-under-par 68 for a 20-under total of 268 and was embraced on
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      Lock icon Alker lands Aussie Open title as Grady collapses
      372 28 ADELAIDE New Zealander Steve Alker captured his second Australasian Tour title of the season after a spectacular collapse by leader Wayne Grady on the penultimate hole of the A5300,000 (*****,000) South Australian Golf Open here yesterday. Alker, who won the Queensland Open
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      Lock icon Bogey-free Blake forges ahead
      265 28 SAN DIEGO Jay Don Blake, whose only PGA Tour triumph came here six years ago, fired a six-under-par 66 on Saturday to snatch a twostroke lead entering the final round of the Buick Invitational. Blake's bogey-free day at Torrey Pines south course was the best of
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      Lock icon Boetsch prevents French Davis Cup whitewash
      282 29 TENNIS SYDNEY Arnaud Boetsch salvaged a small amount of pride for beaten Davis Cup holder France yesterday when he defeated Patrick Rafter to prevent a whitewash by Australia m their World Group first-round tie. Boetsch downed Rafter 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) m the final
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      Lock icon Pankratov takes revenge with world record
      437 29 Wouda also shines m Paris meeting SWIMMING 'It was programmed like that. With those three records, I make history.' Pankratov (above) on his three world records m quick succession. PARIS Russian swimming star Denis Pankratov, denied two world records because of a dope test
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      Lock icon NZ in trouble despite rain
      262 29 CRICKET 'WELLINGTON England "needs to take six wickets on the final day today to win the "Second cricket Test against Pj New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. At stumps on the fourth day yesterday, New Zealand was r< i2s-4, with play shortened by morning drizzle
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  • OBITUARIES
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      295 29 850 Deaths 850 Deaths WONG TUCK SIN Age: 62 pasted away peacefully on 8/2/97. Sadly misted by: Wife: Sin Hwee Chey Mother: Chow Mvi Kwi Sons- Daughters-in-law: Wong Wee Meng, Joseph Tan Guek Meng, Amelia VVOily run vj uqi -7 Daughters: Son-in-law: Wong Mci Leng Major Wong Siew Wye Wong
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      80 29 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MARIE THERESE FONG AH NOY Departed 1-2-97 sincerely thank Fathers Anthony, Joachim Kang, Paul Goh. Vincent Chee Paul Yeo, Carmelite Sisters, Doctors Nurses of Alex. Hosp., Hospice, Prayer Groups, Colleagues, Relatives and Friends for their kind assistance, attendances, prayers and contributions during our
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      41 29 Out Dearest Mother YEO GEK HUAY Departed 4 yrs today Sadly misMd along life's way Quietly remembered everyday No longer m our llvm to share But m our hearts you're always there. Deeply missed by all loved ones,
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      135 29 Ist ANNIVERSARY SUBRAMANIAM s/o ALAGUMALAI DEPARTED 24-1-96 THALAI THEVASAM will be held on 11-2-97 from 9.00 am to 12.00n00n at Blk. 21, Bedok South, Aye. 1, #15-43. Spore 1646. Tel: *****68 Please treat this as a personal Invitation. Always remembered by wife, children loved ones. RENGASAMY PARVATHI
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      364 29 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths TEOPIANH AGE: 101 was called Home to be with the Lord on 8.2.97. Sadly missed and remembered by all loved ones. (Wife: Ng Chea, deceased) SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: DAUGHTERS: SONS-IN-LAW: (Teo Teck Hoe, deceased) Tan Gek Eng Teo Kirn Huay Koh Kirn Sia
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      252 29 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam In Loving Remembrance Of Ang Sok Loo Sally Departed: 10th February 1996 Her weary hours and days of pain, Her sleepless nights are past. Her ever patient frame Has found sweet rest at last. We who love her
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon 'Prince' Naseem now 'King' of featherweights
      427 30 'Prince' Naseem now 'King of featherweights Briton beats IBF champ to unify two titles BOXING LONDON Britain's "Prince" Naseem Hamed stopped American Tom "Boom Boom" Johnson m the eighth round of a scheduled 12 round contest to unify two featherweight world boxing titles on Saturday. American referee Rudy Battle stopped
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      Lock icon McCall insists bizarre behaviour in the ring was part of fight strategy
      359 30 LAS VEGAS Oliver McCall, who appeared to suffer a nervous breakdown m the middle of his World Boxing Council heavyweight title fight with Briton Lennox Lewis last Friday, insisted on Saturday that his bizarre behaviour m the ring
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      Lock icon The Commander ready for NSF Challenge Cup
      530 30 RACING XL trackwork KUALA LUMPUR The Commander wound up his preparation for today's National Stud Farm Challenge Cup (Race 6) with a fluent gallop on Saturday. Taken out by race-jockey Wan Teck Moon, the six-year-old Australian-bred gelding easily beat last-start winner Successful Partners
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      340 30 Rangers on course for ninth straight crown EUROPEAN SOCCER GLASGpW Rangers continued on its seemingly inexora- 3 ble path towards a ninth sue- *J cessive Scottish soccer championship as goals from Gordon Dune, Jorg Albertz and Brian Laudrup gave it a comfortable 3-0 win at Dunfermline on Saturday. Rangers has
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      2440 30 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Res Terms 1,400m (SC) Stakes $20,000 1 4 Dazzling Scholar 7 (3nzg J Ho-Lek Racing) *Tehc2'/2 57 2 2 Evergreen Laurel 11 (3nzgBAng-Pleasure) Saimee 57 3 576- Frank's Knight 1 0 (3ac P Lee-Mdm CY See) Ravi 57 4 -8- Golden Imperial
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      Lock icon Clipsal poised to tap demand in region's emerging markets
      1294 31 Clipsal, Asia's second largest supplier of electrical wiring accessories and one of the world's top 10 wiring accessories manufacturers, is expecting robust growth. The company's executive chairman Victor Lo speaks to PATRICK TAN about the firm's strong points. This is part
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      Lock icon Enron submits $14b power plan to India
      331 31 Enron submits $14b power plan to India NEW DELHI US energy giant Enron Corp has submitted a US$lO billion <Ssl4 billion) proposal to the Indian government to build power plants able to generate a total 10,000 megawatts of electricity, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said yesterday. The proposal was
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      CORPORATE REVIEW
      804 31 Net earnings are In Singapore dollar* unless othetwise stated. TV: This rear, LV: Last year, r\- Final. I: Interim, P: Preliminary, L: Loss, TE Tax Exempt*!, N: Net, NY* Not Yet AvattaWe, In KlaUyslan ringgtt&sen,#:lnUSs,?:lnyen r t:lnAs,@:lnHKs,!:lnp«so,t:lnm«ioiiguUdM«,(a):A<liustodfcr scrip issues, |b|: Period of 3 mths, (c): Period of 6
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      Lock icon Virgin train bid right on track
      145 31 LONDON The British government declared Virgin Group Ltd its preferred bidder for a franchise to run Intercity West Coast Trains for the next 15 years. The news brings Mr Richard Branson's company close to its second successful bid to operate a British passenger train
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      Kian Ann earnings 'to grow by 17.3% and 16.9% in next 2 years'
      573 31  -  Tan Li Eng Compiled by EH KIAN Ann Engineering's attributable earnings will grow over the next two years by about 17.3 per cent and 16.9 per cent, according to a "conservative" estimate given by DBS Investment Research.
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    • OBITUARIES
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        182 31 850 Deaths 850 Deaths SEBASTIAN PIERRE Age: 86 called Home to be with the Lord on 8 Feb 97. Wife: Theresa Pierre Daughter: Mary Pierre Body lying at void deck between Blks 1 2, Toa Payoh, Lor 7. Tel: *****25. Cortege will leave at 1.45pm on 10/2/97 (Mon) for Mass
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        86 31 MEHINDER SINGH DHILLON V: SALEMPUR D: ROPAD passed away peacefully on 3/2/97. Sadly missed by loved ones. Path Da BHOG on Tuesday 11/2/97 at Khalsa Dharmak Sabha. 18 Niven Road. Singapore *****5 from 4-6 pm. For more information call *****77 LEE SAI Age: 81 passed away peacefully on
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      Lock icon US fund managers seek direct Asia investment
      223 31 HONGKONG The recent Asian tour by US fund managers representing US$234 billion (Ss33o billion) m assets and including the California Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS) managed to get Hongkong fund managers all worked up. "CaIPERS has this innate ability of raising everybody's blood
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      Thai property market 'needs quick solutions'
      444 31  -  Edward Tang By Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK The Thai property market, which was jolted last week by the default m interest payment on an overseas loan by a local developer, is m need of quick remedial actions from the government before the situation worsens, analysts
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      Lock icon Manila property prices seen rising to record high
      345 31 MANILA Land prices m Manila's main business district will probably rise to records this year as the economy gathers steam, property consultant Richard Ellis Ltd said. The consultant forecast that a lot m Makati, home to many of the Philippines' blue-chip companies,
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      56 32 Cents Oriental Hldgs 1260 140 12.5 CreativeT2sc 1920 90 4.9 M Banking 1650 90 5.8 JMH US$O.25 400.... 630 45 7.7 GE Life 2480 60 2.5 Asia Pacific 830 40 5.1 DCB Hldgs 570 40 7.5 DCB Hldgs Wt99 272 35 14.8 Auric Pac 50c 222
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      51 32 WEEK'S TOP RISES Cents BerjayaLWt99 202 20.2 34 BerjayaLCULS 164 19.7 27 Auric Pac 50c 222 18.1 34 DCBHIdgsWt99 272 14.8 35 HKLRFWt97I2O3 48 14.3 6 Lien Hoe TSR97 160 14.3 20 SMB United 10c 42 13.5 5 Oriental Hldgs 1260 12.5 140 HKLandRFWt97 109 12.4 12 LiangHuatlOc 65 12.1
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      48 32 Cents OCBC Foreign 1810 110 5.7 F&N 1310 60 4.4 TACBHO2OO 665 40 5.7 KeppelCWt97 500 40 7.4 KeppelCHSW9 230 35 13.2 B Sembawang 2990 30 1.0 C&C 1520 30 1.9 DBS Foreign 1920 30 1.5 KeppelCorpn 1110 30 2.6 SIA2OO 710 30 4.1
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      49 32 WEEK'S TOP FALLS Centi BZW-SIAFWt97 14.5 21.6 4 IPCCorpnsc 48 14.3 8 KeppelCHSW97 230 13.2 35 KeppelCWt97 500 7.4 40 IGBCorpnTSR 82.5 6.3 5.5 Noel Gifts 10c 50 5.7 3 OCBC Foreign 1810 5.7 110 TACBUO2OO 665 5.7 40 Eastern Pub 10c 42 5.6 2.5 ANAHotels 340 5.0 18
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      Lock icon Microsoft to phase out Windows NT for PowerPC Chip
      551 32 REDMOND (Washington) Microsoft Corp, m another blow to Apple Computer Inc, said it plans to phase out development of its Windows NT operating system for computers using the PowerPC chip. Microsoft's action follows the decisions by International Business Machines Corp and
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      Bourse transactions cross $10b in January
      507 32  -  Jean Chia By THE "January effect" recurred on the local stock market last month as institutional investors and initial public offering punters helped push the value of transactions past the $10-billion mark. A combined $9.9 billion worth of trades were done on the mainboard
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      GIC takes strategic 8.4% stake in preference shares of Aussie firm
      468 32 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has taken a strategic 8.4 per cent stake m the preference shares of Village Roadshow Ltd, the Australian company that co-owns the Golden Village cinema chain here with Hongkong's Golden Harvest. Village
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      UOB Building in Xiamen voted city's second best
      195 32  -  Mary Kwang By China Correspondent THE United Overseas Bank Building m Xiamen has been voted the second best building m China's only special economic zone (SEZ) m Fujian province. It was runner-up behind the new Number 3 Terminal of Xiamen's Gaoqi International
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! MONDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1997
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      Lock icon Pick an eyebrow
      66 1 Eyebrow tattooing was a big thing several years back. Today, beauticians report a rise m women seeking repair jobs for tattooed brows that are too dark or which have turned green, grey or brown. Magdalene Lum reports on Page Three. Picture by Sketches of tattooed eyebrows at
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        Lock icon The men who can make it big this year
        867 2 Producers can choose either popular television performers or young newcomers with notable film roles but it is hard to predict the big names of the future If he takes care of himself, he'll do fantastically/ director Jerry Zaks on Leonardo DiCaprio
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        Lock icon Dancing manhunters and beauty queens have it and flaunt it
        481 2  -  RAV DHALIWAL FIVE Manhunt '96 contestants have joined hands with three beauty queens to form a dance troupe to perform at The Zoo, a Marina South disco-cum-pub. The group, called Just For Kicks, comprises Manhunt '96 winner Mr Kevin Khoo,
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        Love still very big — and now for something a little different
        647 4  - Love still very big and now for something a little different REBECCALIM panish pop group Michael Learns To Rock is coming this way with some more mature subjects If you like political statements m songs, then Michael Learns To Rock is not your kind of band.' Mikkel Lentz, guitarist CALL
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        Lock icon Fox goes from TV to movies and back to TV again
        470 4 SEVEN years after his hit sitcom Family Ties wrapped up, Michael J. Fox has made a triumphant return to TV with his new sit-com, Spin City. In the new comedy series, the small actor with the big screen presence
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        Lock icon Barbie stall top toy in US
        360 4 SOME of the biggest moneymaking movie franchises m history will be wheeled out again this summer, and toy makers are counting on them to reel m big sales. Toys based on the Star Wars trilogy and sequels to Jurassic Park and Batman are expected
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        Lock icon When Dumb and Dumber go on a crime spree
        802 5 Steven Raines, a Florida fool who allegedly robbed two banks m West Palm Beach, went to a restaurant, ordered a drink and blew his cover by counting his loot at the bar. SOME criminals deserve the phrase "evil genius", but fortunately
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        Lock icon Mia settles score with Allen in her new book
        521 5 MIA FARROW once asked Woody Allen whether he was going to her son Fletcher's sixth-grade graduation. Fletcher had been the one child Allen seemed to have a healthy relationship with, and he had invited Allen weeks before. "I'll have to think
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        Museums shed stuffy image with high-tech guides
        628 7  -  JANET HO 'We are the only museum m South-east Asia with such a comprehensive overview of regional art on screen.' Singapore Art Museum's public programmes executive, Ms Wong Tzu y on its new aids for visitors SO YOU think that going to the
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        515 7 T\m market for CD-ROM titles, games or reference works on compact discs, is slow m catching on and will remain largely unprofitable for some years, experts told the Milia multi-media trade show last week. "The number of CD titles published is still
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        Lock icon Repair, removal of tattooed eyebrows on the rise
        1263 3 PICK AN EYEBROW SEVEN years ago, housewife Wendy Wong walked into a beauty salon m Jurong and came out with horror eyebrows. She had gone to get her eyebrows tattooed as they were too light and short. She came out looking worse
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        How trend started
        356 3 THE trend for eyebrow-tat-tooing is said to have originated m Japan and Taiwan, and caught on here o\*r 10 years ago. v > Ms Lilian Wong, principal of Jin Jin Professional Facial Treatment Slimnfting Centre at People's Park Centre, said a Japanese.tattoo artiste started the <*a c
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        107 4 THE HOUSE OF LIM m§i MM^Jfrjt J\ THE SAME VISION AND SAYIN6 ift SJHE iTtiE OF THEQUEN rjj PEANUTS < MY PITCMER'5 MOUND MAY FORTY TO N0THIN6, TWENTY AND TMAT GREAT/I DON'T BE COVEREP WITH SNOW, BUT TO NOTHING PIPTY-THREE TO 6AME WHEN YOU/ REMEMBER THE MEMORIES ARE STILL HERE..
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        97 4 GARFIELD THER^dON. HAVE THE |WHV,GARFIEU?,THI6 NO, IT'S I (COOKIE OPIE LICKEP J 16 60 UNLIKE VOlT/ Vq\ NOT WIZARD OF ID ANDY CAPP ©1997MGN X'tO &*u»f*>>^A OIST BV SYNDICATION INTERNATIONAL **>w »^O<^B NORTH AMERICA SYNOICATE I RIGHT". f^l •<T^«^r.7!X ii EXCEPrycxj KVEBEEN 1 HAVEN^TBEENX A.KJ^S^ 6 A /I'M A NJeMPLCVED
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        Joy and charity as fasting ends
        758 6  -  SHAIK KADIR Hari Raya Puasa is an occasion for forgiving and thanksgiving, as well as bringing the family and community closer together CONTRARY to what many may perceive, Hari Raya Puasa or Aidilfltri, which was celebrated yesterday, is not a Muslim new year. It
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        694 6  -  Malay Folktales ONCE, a huge giant came and made his home m a big forest. He was a ferocious being who preyed indiscriminately on all the animals living m the neighbourhood. As a result, panic spread among the inhabitants of the forest and drove them
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        Rhyme without reason, but it sounds good
        1383 6  -  Li Lien Fung Bamboo Green Nevertheless, the total effect of these series of nonsensical words is melodious and memorable. TONG-YAO, meaning "children's song" is not merely a mjrsery rhyme. In fact it used to be taken seriously m Chinese history. Whenever someone aspired
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        502 12 72 Musical Instruments MUSIC LODGE. #02-106 IMM Bldg. Used grand/ upright piano for sale. Rental, tuning available. Used piano wanted. Tel. *****78 YAMAHA WS SYNTHESIZER. Only 3 mths. old. Under guarantee. Free sound disks. Urgent sale. Pg: *****077/ tel: *****281. CLEARING USED PIANO. $500 up, m good cond., while stock
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        202 13 239 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal FOO HUA TRANSPORT 15ft. to 30ft. box lorry. $100-$250. Hse./ office removal. *****78 24 hrs. GLOBAL REMOVAL Experienced m house/ office/ piano removal disposal service. Call *****55. HONG TECK TRANSPORT 26 ft. Box lorry h'se/ off. removal free quote *****80/ *****661 24 hrs. HUAT SOON
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        950 13 310 Daihatsu For Sale TELY AUTO. *****26 wishes all clients business associates a Happy New Year Selamat Hari Raya. We specialise m used cars. *****83 GOLDEN VIEW Credit Pte Ltd wishes all clients business associates, Gong Xi Fa Cai '88 Charade 1.0 COE 2007 for sale. 8 UNITS '88/ '87/
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        617 13 325 Mercedes For Sale 325 Mercedes For Sale HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR AND SELAMAT HARI RAYA PUASA HIN LUNG CREDIT PTE LTD 3 Hoy Fatt Road TEL: 472 2222/ 9727 2222 E2OO $240K E230 $250K High Features 5 speed Auto 4Airbags Front electric seats with memory x 2 Electrically adjustable
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        672 13 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rent SHORT/ LONG TERM. Furn. studio opp. Orchard MRT, shpg. $2K to $3.6K *****739 agt. STUDIO NEAR ORCHARD/ MRT. For expat. F/furn. Maid svc. Aircon. $2.3 K. 235-5060/ 9317-6627. WE WISH ALL our clients a Happy New Yearl Call Foster Realty: *****00. Rental
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        684 13 420 Houses For Rent BUNGALOW 7+l BDRMS. 1 Lucky Hgts. Built-in: 6000 sq.ft. $6500. Pg. *****501 Chomes D.lO LEEDON PARK Vicinity. V storey bunglw. 5 rms. Big patiw gdn. Pool. LS *****028/ *****88 D.lO MAGNIFICENT 2 STOREY bunglw. Cosy 6+l pool. 21,00% 7500 sq.ft. $38K. Uoyd 9-*****4S D.lO WATTEN RISE.
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        2104 14 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale D.lB EASTERN LAGOON 2 Studio, V, hold, pool view, privacy unit full facilities, beach, airport, shpgy food/ mkt. *****285 ERA D.IB HAWAII TOWER. 3+l. Tenanted. Newly refurbished. Quiet surrounding. Full facilities. 2300 sq.ft. F'hold. $2.1 M. 9413-0018 D.lB THE ATRIA. 1345 sq.ft.
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        504 14 504 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) j GONG XI FA CHAI HOUGANG! Exec. mais. 446-corner 200% desiger's decor future MRT, Punggol pk can contra 8 T 604-corner, high fir. 1302 sq.ft., spacious, future MRT, Hougang Pt., contra 3 'NG' 678-High fir., lift level Xinmin sch., shops,
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        653 15 Basra sr aasra|' g ~Ba&ra aaswa Basra -Basra The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) Lim Chu Kang y/ 518 f^^ fO^v 1 f \S^ Bukit Paniang v^ngMo^y dfk '^s j /7V L s\j\ K iS. 1 JT V Pasir Ris/Changi 1 l^sl^mshan^-X/ r^\ 2 I 4 V) #84
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        35 15 514 HDB Apt* For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! Call Texan Associates for your property needs. Tel: *****01 DYNAMIC REALTY WISHES all clients a Happy Lunar New Year. Office will resume on 13/2/97
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        304 15 514 HDB Ants For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) BRAND NEW 8 ROOM 'I' TAMPINES STREET. 32. Next to MRT. Newly renovated. Ceramic, cornices and rockstone throughout. Built-in kitchen cabinets. 4 bedrooms. 1 living room. 1 dining room. 1 balcony. Approximately 127 square metres. All races eligible. Only S3BBK Benjamin *****00 Sol*
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        1927 15 538 Shop Spree For Sale HDB SHOP. KALLANG Bahru Sale/ rent. Face main rd./ carpaii Supermkt./ food ctr. *****172 DW HONG UM 2ND fir. approx. 660 sq.ft. Renovated, f/Bircon. for assignment. 9-*****03 Ginza. PEARL'S CTR. MINS to MRT. Good facing, tenanted. 334 sq.ft. $560K neg. Jason 9494-8898 ERA PEOPLE'S PARK
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        472 16 587 Where To Stay 'STAY KM A tastefully furn. Quaint Prewar Hotel for Lunar Holiday at '$78 nett. per night C/w continental breakfast complimentary cof!fee/ tea throughout. Call at 12 'Parak Rd. Spore *****3. Tel. 1 *****72/ Fax *****19 'PfRTH HOLIDAYS APTS. fully •equipped, central location. Tel: '*****17 Fax: *****25.
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        145 16 606 Professional/ 606 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions IF YOU SPEAK READ JAPANESE REGISTER WITH US NOWIII 630 Sales Positions Publishing co. requires Advertising Sals* Manager* and Salsa Executive* Bilingual m English and Mandarin Experience m advertising sales Basic $1500 $3500 p/mth Tel: *****38 424 Telok Siangan Road BOX REPUES:
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        196 16 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Japanese Lounge ARABESQUE, requires: B Salary: From $2500ji Weekday-$2B per hour weekend-s3operhour grwi) to toh^s^ra^! I Salary: From Ur I Salary: From $1000-$" All applicants please bring along passport size photo. Walk-in interview only on 13, 14, 15 Feb between 4.30pm-7pm at 1 Setegie Road.
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        1225 16 721 Language Courses JAPANESE AT BEGINNER 1 JLPT 1/ 2/ 3& 4 levels. Pyaess I Japanese Language School. Call r 535 4229 or visit us at: 20 Malacca a Street #06-00 Malacca Centre. Tel: *****29 (Next to Raffles Place MRT Station OUB Centre) c SEC.I/2 START TRAINING now- f for
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        290 16 736 Tuition aSSESSSSSSESSSSS STUDENTS CARE/ ENRICHMENT programmes. Eng./ Mandarin for adults (individual or group) at various estates. Tel: *****13. WE HAVE A pool of well experienced, reliable dedicated tutors from reputable tertiary institutions. For quality results, Pg: *****540. A/ E/ C Maths by experienced exteacher m central/ west areas. Reasonable
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        731 16 fftaaMantia/ ftopwNM for Sakl Property Financing Insurance 432 Open Houses/ Show Units 433 DOl- 08 City South-West Houses Sale 440 DOl- 08 City South-West Re Apts -Sate 441 009 10 Orchard Tanglin Holland Houses Sate 445 DO9- 10 Orchard Tanglin Holland Re Apts Sale 446 01 U 21 Newton /Bt
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        31 16 I i You never 3 knowi just what you'll find m The j Straits Times Classified^ Mm 1 ■■Ml (and at a big bargain)! j I a*^ A T 6 I
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        359 17 The Straits Times TIMES CONFERENCES EXHIBITIONS invites suitably qualified applicants to fill the following position of: The successful candidate is to market all events developed for our conference and exhibition business. Requirements A university degree. Some sales/marketing experience would be advantageous. Good communication skills and ability to perform well under
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        272 17 Bayerische Landesbank I IQ^MMH Private Banking (Asia Pacific) I As a result of business expansion, we are looking for tigfaU two dynamic ACCOUNT RELATIONSHIP MANAGERS to fTrfP^^l^B j°' n our team highly experienced professionals to market aHaflnfcHglttn the Bank's Private Banking services to high networth clients PWwoi!»!^^fflSi n c s
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        1140 17 NOTICE OF DISCHARGE BY CERTIFICATE OF THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE UNDER SECTION 125(3) OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) NOTICE is hereby given that the bankrupts named below have been issued a Certificate of the Official Assignee discharging them from bankruptcy. Bankruptcy No Name NRIC/PP No. 1. B 355/57 Gho Thian
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        685 17 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) TAKE NOTICE THAT: (a) Bankruptcy Order were made against the following person on the 31 day of January 1997. MCV*M MM! MUCNO. ANREM 1958/% Daniel Das *****739/ B 319 Ang Mo K.o Aye I #09-1507 SE *****9 1946/% FookKimMin *****054YZ 619 Hougang Aye 8 #08-304 SE.YW6I9
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        313 18 tr IkrDJKixLULiS I LOVE CALLS Chijmes Hall (formerly CHIJ), Victoria Street. Wed Thu: 8 pm. Fri: 9 pm. Action Theatre presents Ovidia Yu's rorjnantic comedy about a sentimental radio DJ, who plays cupid on and off the air for her old friend and a romantic stranger. Stars Sheila Wyatt, Karen
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        360 18 ets: $6. $8 from Wisma Atria information counter and the NUS Centre for the Arts (tel: 772-2493). CONTEMPORARY POP MUSIC World Trade Centre Amphitheatre. Fri: 7 pm. Pop and rock music by The Natural Elements. Free. SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Victoria Concert Hall. Fri Sat: 8.15 pm. Lim Yau conducts a
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        408 18 WORDS: POETRY AND THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH RELC's Dahlia Room, Orange Grove Road. Thu: 6 7.30 pm. The Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics organises a talk by Professor Helen Wilcox, a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's Department of English Language and Literature. Free. MASTERING YOUR PROFESSIONAL IMAGE
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        848 18 uted by SAP volunteers and slotting it into the donation boxes or mailing it back to the SAP. YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH CENTRE Next to Somerset MRT station. Daily except public holidays: noon 8 pm. A place to meet, relax, hang out, read up on the latest
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        649 19 Television Channels 6.00 AM AM Singapore (Breakfast show) 9.00 The Magic School Bus (Cartoon) o Bobby's World (Cartoon) 10.00 The Flintstones (Cartoon) 1 0.30 The Underdog Show (Cartoon) 11.00 Zorro (Adventure) nr 1A .30 Great Chefs Of Hawaii (Instructional) 12.00 NOON News 5 Today 1 2.10 PM Holiday Movie I
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        542 19 1 00 AM Oh My Combu (Animated drama): Combu helps his classmate to operate a food stall in'the night market. 1 .30 Fashion On Air (Variety) 2^oo Home Shopping 3 00 Emperor Tang Tal Zong (Drama/episode 32 of 54/r) 3^o Do Re Mi (Variety) 4 45 Egg Vs Rock (Game
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        461 20  -  Susan Tsang Ernst's masterpiece predates the Surrealism movement of the '20s but contains many of the symbolic elements associated with it At The Gallery SO FAR, more than 45,000 people have seen this painting, Landscape, at the Masterpieces From The Guggenheim exhibition, which ends
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