The Straits Times, 31 January 1998

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1998 60 CENTS MTTA(P) 114/12/97
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    Lock icon Debt accord gives Korean won and stocks a fillip
    746 1 Closure of 10 banks fails to dampen markets SEOUL South Korean markets rebounded strongly yesterday on the back of a deal struck m New York to refinance the country's short-term debt, but the spectre of rising unemployment and corporate failures loomed
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    Lock icon Police car kills man hurt in earlier crash
    438 1  -  David Miller By A MOTORIST who survived one accident yesterday morning, was killed minutes later when he was run over by a police car which was responding to the first crash. The man, Mr Chionh Kok Hwa, 44, was trapped under the
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    Lock icon Hell rider at only 3 years old
    96 1 Hell rider at only 3 years old BUENOS AIRES Argentine police threw the book at Renzo Cistari when they caught him driving an all-terrain vehicle. He had no insurance, no registration plates and he was only three years old. Local television and newspapers reported on Thursday that traffic police stopped
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    Lock icon Time is running out, Albright warns Baghdad
    569 1 US-Iraq showdown looms as talks make little headway MADRID Washington appeared to be edging closer to a showdown with Baghdad yesterday, with United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warning that efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to the Iraqi weapons crisis had
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Tokyo puts ex-prosecutor at head of scandal-hit Finance Ministry
      527 2  -  Kwan Weng Kin sy Japan Correspondent TpKYO Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto yesterday picked Mr Hikaru Matsunaga, a former prosecutor, as his new Finance Wnister, m a bid to introduce drastic reforms to the scandalrjjden Ministry of Finance and tttbring errant bureaucrats
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      Lock icon ERP device: Workshops can charge for extras, says LTA
      612 2  -  Karamjit Kaur By COMPLAINT The LTA should make it very clear what is free and what is not, instead of leaving us m the dark.' Property executive Leong Yew Seng, who had to pay $35 to have the wires of the
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      Indonesian students in Singapore feel the pinch
      582 3  -  S. Tsering Bhalla Regional economic crisis *My mother used to send money on time, but this year she has been late m sending it I know things have become very expensive for us and I have a feeling I may have to leave
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      Lock icon Indonesians skipping daily brew as coffee prices rise
      261 3 JAKARTA Rising coffee prices are forcing some shops to stop selling the drink because neither they nor their customers can afford it anymore, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. In one town, the East Java province centre of Bojonegoro, the retail
      AFP  -  261 words
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      Lock icon Should I join the prayers too?
      73 3 THREE-year-old Muhammad Faqih looks on m wonder as his father, Mr Mohammad Shahri, and more than 1,500 other Muslims gathered early yesterday to pray at the void decks of the Housing Board flats m Pasir Ris Drive 1. Prayer mats were also placed between
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      538 3 Trends This month's publication THIS month's Trends, m today's Business Times, features articles on: Thailand's economic outlook. Myanmar as an issue m European Union- Asean relations. February 1998 watershed for Indonesia. Trends is a publication of the Institute of South-east Asian studies. Draw strength from Ramadan, Suharto tells Muslims: Page
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Judge rules out use of intern case in Jones suit
      535 4 Some good news for the White House amid the gloom over the President's alleged affairs LITTLE ROCK (Arkansas) President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with a White House intern cannot be allowed as evidence m the sexual-harassment lawsuit filed against him
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      Lock icon I was present when Clinton called intern, says ex-aide
      502 4 1 firmly believe that, speaking about Monica, she is not a stalker, she was invited, she did not embellish. The truth is sensational enough. I firmly believe that the truth will be her friend as the facts come to light/ Ms
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      Lock icon Record seven in 10 say Clinton's doing fine
      289 4 WASHINGTON A record 73 per cent of Americans approve of the job President Bill Clinton is doing, despite a swirling sex-and-lies scandal rocking the White House, according to a CBS poll released on Thursday. The survey, taken following his State of the
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      Lock icon Lewinsky's battle for immunity Mts snag
      475 4 Talks with independent counsel's stafffail to make headway WASHINGTON Ms Monica Lewinsky, 24, the woman at the centre of the White House sex scandal, appeared to have reached a dead end on Thursday m her bid to gain immunity from prosecution. "With regard to
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      Lock icon President's Mend charged in funds probe
      175 4 WASHINGTON The first indictment m the Justice Department's probe of alleged fund-raising abuses m President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign was unsealed on Thursday, naming the President's friend, Yah Ling "Charlie" Trie. The 15-count indictment charges the former Little Rock restaurateur, and a business
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      Lock icon A step back into history...
      60 4 A step back into history THIS is a footprint of a carnivorous, two-legged dinosaur, thought to have lived about 175 million years ago. The footprints were found by a local hunter clofe to Fatima, Portugal, last October. They were kept secret until now. The footprints were found near what has
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      Lock icon Alcohol-linked attacks the major cause of facial injuries in Britain
      240 6 LONDON Alcohol-related assaults are the major cause of serious facial injuries m young adults, British surgeons have said. A national study showed that 15- to 25-year-olds had the highest rate of injuries to the face and most of them were
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    • MEDICALNOTES
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        Lock icon On the horizon: Human-embiyo clones for research
        123 6 LONDON Human-embryo clones for therapeutic research could be created m laboratories m Britain within a few years, experts advising the British government on cloning said on Thursday. But the experts, who began intensive consultations on cloning, drew a sharp distinction between cloning a
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        Lock icon Blood may hold clue to winter depression
        156 6 NEW HAVEN (Connecticut) The clues to understanding why millions of people become depressed during winter may be found m their blood, a Yale University scientist has said. Most previous studies on seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, focused on the brain and how light
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        Found: Gene that causes extreme baldness
        83 6 WASHINGTON US and Pakistani researchers have identified a gene associated with one of the most extreme forms of baldness, according to a study published m the journal Science yesterday. Scientists from New York's Columbia University and Islamabad's Quaid-I-Azam University found the gene m a
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      Lock icon Swedish girls cutting themselves In bid to find their identities'
      357 6 STOCKHOLM Giris are cutting their arms and legs m order to feel pain and control their bodies m a new phenomenon currently being studied by child and youth psychiatrists, according to a Swedish expert. The new phenomenon, which first appeared
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      Lock icon Hepatitis C, the next big health threat
      432 6 Deaths from liver disease 'set to triple' m next 20 years, taking more lives than Aids LONDON Medical experts believe cases of hepatitis C have reached epidemic proportions and predict the lingering liver disease will kill more people than Aids over the next
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      Lock icon 100-car pile-ups on foggy Belgian and Dutch roads
      178 8 BRUSSELS Excessive speed m thick fog caused road accidents involving about 200 cars m Belgium and the Netherlands on Thursday morning. In south-western Belgium near the French border, eight people died and several were injured, including two critically m a 100- vehicle
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      Lock icon US tobacco firms seek immunity from future lawsuits
      478 8 US tobacco firms seek immunity from future lawsuits Execs admit nicotine causes harm and is addictive WASHINGTON US tobacco executives, portraying themselves as corporate citizens eager to protect teenagers from cigarettes they now admit are dangerous, have pressed Congress to give their companies immunity from future lawsuits. The House Commerce
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      Lock icon Smoking ban in California bars may go
      102 8 Smoking ban in California bars may go ANGELES California lawmakers are moving to lift a ban on smoking inside the state's 35,000 bars less than one month after the law went into effect. On Wednesday, the state Assembly voted 42-24 to suspend the law the only one of its kind
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        63 8 British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on Thursday the opening of a new judicial inquiry into the killings of 14 unarmed Catholic civilrights marchers by British soldiers m Northern Ireland on Jan 30, 1972. The event, dubbed "Bloody Sunday", has become a focus of Roman Catholic rage m
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        Lock icon DRUG USERS
        57 8 There are more than 2.5 million illegal drug users m Russia, the daily Nezivisimaya reported on Thursday, quoting a top Russian Interior Ministry official. Mr Viktor Shushako v. deputy head of the ministry's Department on Illegal Drug Use, said about 500,000 Russians used illegal drugs regularly, while at
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        LIVING LONGER
        71 8 The good news for Germans is that they are now living longer than ever. The bad news is that they are getting increasingly lonely. Government figures released m Bonn noted that by 2030, 36 per cent of the population would be aged 60 or over, compared to 20
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        Lock icon BURIED ALIVE
        65 8 At least 3 1 people died after an avalanche caused by heavy rains obliterated part of a remote town m Peru's southern Andes, local officials and witnesses said on Thursday. A river burst its banks near Choco. some 650 km south-east of Lima, late on Wednesday, setting off
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        Lock icon 5,000 FLEE
        58 8 Around 5,000 Algerians had fled their country to escape the daily conflict, UN refugee-agency chief Sadako Ogata told reporters m Strasbourg on Thursday. The agency was following the situation m Algeria with much concern, said Mrs Ogata. She was m Strasbourg for a Council of Europe debate on
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        Lock icon HEADING HOME
        47 8 The US space shuttle Endeavour left the orbiting Russian space station Mir on Thursday after a five-day joint mission, US space agency Nasa said. During the joint mission, the two crews transferred more than 3.5 tonnes of material from the shuttle to the station. AFP
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        Lock icon BABY RACKET
        56 8 A senior official at a maternity hospital m Moscow went on trial on Thursday on charges of selling newborn babies, Russian NTV television reported. It said Ruslan Kara gulin, the No 2 at the Chekino maternity hospital m Tula, 300 km south of Moscow, was accused of selling
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      Lock icon Banker 'earned $144m' last year... that's $213 a minute
      169 12 Banker 'earned $144m' last year that's $213 a minute 1 DNDON A British corporate financier i writing for Japanese bank Nomura Interna--1 tonal m London earned £40 million (Ssl 14 i lillion) m salary and bonuses last year, a i •wspaper has reported. Mr Guy Hands, 38, earned £110,000 a
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      Lock icon Welcome to the billion-dollar charity club
      406 12 Welcome to the billion-dollar charity club Bill Gates to match and even top CNN chiefs gift to UN NEW YORK Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates has said m an interview that he expects to match or top the US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) donation offered to the United Nations last year
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Venice honours for Loren and Connery
        93 12 VENICE Italian screen siren Sophia Loren and Scan Connery (above), the Scot universally hailed as one of the finest James Bonds, will receive Golden Lion awards honouring their careers at the Venice Film Festival. The prestigious festival m September will also honour veteran Polish
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        Lock icon Spielberg and Crichton cleared of plagiarism
        120 12 LOS ANGELES US movie director Steven Spielberg, whose company Amblin produced the 19% box-office smash Twister, and best-selling author Michael Crichton, who wrote its screenplay, were acquitted of plagiarism after a trial m Missouri, a newspaper said on Thursday. A St Louis jury on
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        Lock icon Spanish royal family to get first grandchild
        97 12 MADRID The Spanish royal family announced on Thursday that Princess Elena (above), second m line to the throne, is expecting her first child m August Elena is the eldest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, and this will be their first
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        Lock icon Bobbitt back in back on charges of punching mother
        114 12 MAN ASS AS (Virginia) Lorena Bobbitt, who sliced off her husband's penis four years ago, was back m court on Thursday facing charges she punched her mother during an argument m the family's Virginia home. Bobbitt, 27, who has gone by
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        112 12 Meanwhile 'ARSONIST UNDER HOUSE ARREST: An Israeli court ordered former lawmaker and businessman Shmuel Flatto-Sharon confined to house arrest on Thursday for allegedly setting fire to works of art m order to collect insurance payments. DEATH-ROW WOMAN APPEALS: Lawyers for condemned killer Karla Faye Tucker asked the US Supreme Court
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        58 12 It is no longer possible to wave a finger and attract votes. Personalities are no longer able to win elections. It's very difficult to win an election by someone else's coat tails/ Mr Pran Chopra, from New Delhi's Centre of Policy Research, on why the Indian Congress party's reliance on
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      Lock icon Blair rejects media calls to sack Cook over mistress row
      378 11 LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has signalled that he would not yield to media demands that he move Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to a new post because of a controversy over his mistress. "The Prime Minister's view is that
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      Lock icon 15 nations sign pact to build space station
      377 11 'Space research has come through various periods This is a period of the triumph of common sense and pooling of resources for the sake of all humanity/ —Mr Yuri Kopte v, director-general of the Russian Space Agency. WASHINGTON The United States, Russia
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      Lock icon WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE
      48 11 picture. A resident of the Australian outback town of Katherine watching his furniture float py m nis flooded living room on Wednesday. Record flood waters caused the Katherine River m the Northern Territory to burst its banks. A state of emergency has been declared. AFP
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      Lock icon Giant Antarctic ice sheet breaking up
      190 11 LONDON A giant Antarctic ice sheet more than 160 km across is breaking up because of a rapid rise m temperature, British scientists have warned The sheet was so large it could disrupt the Gulf Stream, the warm current of water which flowed north
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Taipei's efforts to raise world profile Agoing nowhere'
      492 14 Taipe i's efforts to raise world profile Agoing nowhere' African state is latest to recognise Beijing Who's left Remaining Taiwan allies include: B Panama I Guatemala Haiti The Vatican BEIJING China said yesMrday that the switch m diplomatic recognition to Beying by the Central African Republic showed that Taiwan's efforts
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      Lock icon 3 die as HK bus flips over on flyover
      157 14 HONGKONG Three people died and 54 were injured after a double-decker bus crashed and flipped on its side on a busy Hongkong flyover yesterday, police said. Some passengers were thrown onto the road as the bus crashed onto its side at
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      Jiang confident of reaching accord with Taiwan
      277 14 BEIJING Chinese President Jiang Zemin is hopeful that Beijing can break the deadlock over Taiwan and that exchange of visits at the highest level could take place towards the end of the year. He said that once talks had begun between both sides,
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      Chinese illegals pay more to sneak into HK by sea
      273 14 Chinese illegals pay more to sneak into HK by sea HONGKONG Smugglers have tripled their prices for bringing mainlanders into Hongkong because they fear that new marine boundaries will make the trade more dangerous, according to a report. Among post-handover boundary changes, an agreement with China means that the mainland
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      Lock icon Biting off more than he can lift?
      61 14 picture. A PERFORMER from China's south-eastern city of Suzhou demonstrates his strength by lifting an 18-kg desk with his teeth at a temple fair m Beijing on Thursday. Temple fairs, held throughout the city as part of New Year celebrations to usher m
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      Lock icon 77 killed in Chinese mine blast
      401 14 Explosion m new shaft where machinery was being installed BEIJING Seventy-seven Chinese miners were killed when a major gas explosion ripped through a new mine shaft m north-east China, officials said yesterday. "The explosion happened at the Wangjiaying mine last Saturday evening and 77
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      Lock icon Wild monkeys target women In Japanese town
      263 16 S§OKYO Residents here are ptpffled as to why wild masque monkeys have attacked *i»omen m a Japanese seaside town. So far 3 1 women have been injured m Ito, about 100 km south-west of Tokyo. The monkeys had been attacking 1 only women
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      Lock icon Homecoming for Japanese who spent decades in N. Korea
      89 16 THEY are Japanese but have been living m North Korea for decades after their marriage. They are among a group of 12 women who touched down on Japanese soil at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Tuesday for a six-day homecoming visit.
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      3,000 China farmers join civil service through open tests
      393 16 IT USED to be that only graduates from scholarly families got to join the Chinese civil service. Not anymore. Now, even the farmer's son stands a fair chance to be among the bureaucratic best. China's recent aggressive search for quality civil
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        Lock icon FEWER HOURS
        66 16 Average Japanese working time fell 28 hours last year to 1,891 hours the first drop below 1,900 since 1990, the Labour Ministry said m a report yesterday. The fall was due to corporate reluctance to pay overtime as the economy stalled, the report said. Except for 19%, average
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        Lock icon BOY STABBED
        75 16 A knife-wielding Chinese man has killed a 12-year-old boy and injured a woman m Hiroshima, western Japan, police said. They said the attacker, identified as Cao Shinun, 35, stabbed himself to death on Thursday after running away from the scene. Cao stabbed the boy m the street m
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        Lock icon MAN FREED
        69 16 The Chinese authorities have released a political dissident involved m the Tiananmen Square demonstrations six years before his sentence ends, a hu-man-rights group said yesterday. Mr Zhang Xiaoxu, 37, was released from Shandong No 3 prison on Jan 22 after serving nine years of a 15-year sen- tence
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        WEEKLY FOLDS
        47 16 About 100 people lost their jobs when Hongkong news magazine Surprise Weekly folded this week. Publisher Leung Tin Wai who had his arm severed m a 19% attack at his office said lack of advertising had prompted Tuesday's closure, reported South China Morning Post yesterday.
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        Lock icon RECORD LOW
        62 16 Support for Hongkong's Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa has hit a record low, according to a survey. Mr Tung polled a 57.7 per cent support rating m the Hongkong University Social Science Research Centre poll published on Thursday. This compares poorly with his 61.3 per cent rating earlier
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        Lock icon PoW DEMAND
        44 16 North Korea yesterday demanded that South Korea repatriate three of its prisoners captured during the 1950-53 Korean War as soon as possible and "without raising any condition or excuse", the North Korean Central News Agency said, quoting the Rodong Sinmun paper. AFP
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      Lock icon Draw strength from Ramadan, Suharto tells Muslims
      475 17  -  Derwin Pereira By m Jakarta He calls on Indonesians to sacrifice amid crisis PRESIDENT Suharto has called on Indonesian Muslims to draw strength from the end of the Ramadan lasting month m facing the country's economic woes. The essence of fasting is that
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      210 17 HONGKONG Indonesia hopes to nearly triple the number of its citizens working here as the economic situation at home worsens, reports said yesterday. "Instead of unemployment it is better for our people to go abroad and work," an Indonesian Consulate spokesman
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      Lock icon MPs loyal to Ranariddh return home
      422 17 PHNOM PENH A group of 24 Cambodians including four senior opposition members of Parliament and their families who fled Cambodia following the ouster of co-pre-mier Pnnce Norodom Ranariddh, arrived here yesterday, ending more than six months of sell-exile abroad. The group, led by Mr
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      Lock icon Canadian tourist killed by peeping Tom
      162 17 BANGKOK A 22 -yearold Canadian tourist was attacked and murdered by a peeping Tom as she showered at an island resort m southern Thailand, reports said yesterday. A ferry operator employed at the Diamond Beach Bungalow Resort on Samet Island reportedly confessed to peeping
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      Thais freeze air force modernisation
      467 18  -  Edward Tana Talks about cancelling US jet purchase deadlocked By Thailand Correspondent l^bflp^is ttJySAkttl BANGKOK The development of the Thai Air Force will be frozen temporarily as its modernisation programme has been crippled by the country's economic woes, said the Thai military chief yesterday. "The
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      266 18 BANGKOK Tourists were not flocking to Thailand despite the prospect of cheaper holidays, dashing hopes that the weaker baht would lead to a tourism bonanza, a report said yesterday. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) figures showed that tourist arrivals m the first 11 months of
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      Lock icon Ban on miniskirts raises ruckus at Thai university
      436 18 They aren't skirting the issue 'The university should concentrate more on what female students have m their brains than m the lower part of their bodies.' A student. 'Female students would be sexually harassed, regardless of whether their skirts are long or
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        49 18 Cashstrapped Thailand provided only half its projected 40 million baht (Ssl.2 million) aid to Myanmar last year, officials said yesterday. They said Thailand's economic crisis meant aid to its neighbour was only slightly more than 20 million baht last year, about half of its forecast commitment. AFP
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        79 18 Indonesian authorities have banned flights into the country by Papua New Guinea airline MBA because it had entered Indonesian airspace without clearance, the Antara news agency said yesterday. MBA had been making weekly return flights between the western PNG town of Daru and the Indonesian town of Merauke
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        57 18 A 10--year-old boy working at a Phnom Penh dump had been crushed to death by a garbage truck, the Cambodia Daily reported yesterday. The unidentified boy, who regularly scavenged at the Stung Meanchey dump on the outskirts of the capital, was killed on Wednesday after he fell while
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        45 18 Six alleged drug traffickers were killed m a shoot-out between a Myanmar military patrol and a narcotics gang m north-eastern Shan state, officials said. A massive 122 kg of heroin and 75 kg of opium were seized m the raid last Sunday. AFP
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        54 18 Muslim rebels m the Philippines yesterday renewed a threat to boycott preliminary peace talks with the government next week amid a new round of fighting. At least one Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebel was seriously injured m a fresh overnight clash at the main rebel base of Camp
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        46 18 An Australian man has been arrested m Bali for allegedly possessing 1.7 kg of cannabis, police said yesterday. Bali police identified the man as David Gilverson, 35, but an Australian official said the surname was incorrect. He declined to provide the man's name. AFP
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  • MALAYSIA
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      439 19 H ■fafe B But problem of retrenchment is not serious, says Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the government would take appropriate action against employers who terminated the services of workers without advance
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      104 19 PETALING JAVA In its efforts to check indiscriminate price increases at retail level, the government has proposed a Recommended Retailer's Price (RRP) for goods which are not controlled items. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said yesterday
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      Lock icon Bored women call emergency fire hotline for chats
      408 19 KUALA LUMPUR The city Fire and Rescue Department's emergency line, 994, is saining popularity for all the wrong reasons and among the wrong people according to the department's analysis of crank calls. Instead of being used strictly to alert firemen of fire
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        46 19 21 M PEOPLE Malaysia's population is nearing 21 million, according to figures released Dy the Department of Statistics. The population stood at 20,997.220 m the middle of last year. The 1997 estimate is based on natural increase only, and does not take migration into account. Berna
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        61 19 The Selangor state government will take back idle agriculture land to maximise land utilisation for food production, Mentri Besar Datuk Abu Hassan Omar said m Shah Alam yesterday. He said that while the state government had taken various steps to increase food production m the state, it aid
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        74 19 Almost all video arcades m Selangor are operating illegally because their licences expired on Dec 31 last year, and only a handful of new licences for arcades classified as "educational" have been issued this year. A State Local Council, Urbanisation and Squatters Committee spokesman said the new licences
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        40 19 Police and firemen talked a 25-year-old man out of jumping off the Penang Bridge on Thursday. The man, who was clad m shorts and a white T-shirt, was whisked to hospital for observation after a 30-minute standoff. NST
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        55 19 The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges (Mapco) has proposed the creation of an education working committee that will look into matters pertaining to higher education with the Education Ministry. Mapco Vice-President Datuk Dr Yahaya Ibrahim said the committee could address issues such as the fields of specialisation needed
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        51 19 Additional infrastructural facilities and special "mind development" programmes will be implemented m the 19 Orang Asli settlements m Kelantan this year. A state Orang Asli Affairs Department spokesman said solar power would be used to supply electricity to the settlements, which were sited away from the national grid.
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      Lock icon Motorist rams into woman and kids
      241 19 Children hurt as argument over parking lot turns ugly KUALA LUMPUR A motorist who rammed into a woman and three children m a fight over a parking lot has angered many Malaysians. Last Sunday, Madam Koo Mci Fong, 32, her two daughters, Yuen Wah,
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      Lock icon Selangor homes may get untreated water
      349 20 Govt expects shortage of processed water SHAH ALAM The Selangor government, facing a potential shortage of treated water this year, is looking into supplying untreated water to households for purposes other than cooking, drinking and bathing. The State Executive Councillor for Infrastructure, Datin Paduka
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      162 20 DUNGUN Police shot dead a man who ran amok alter he killed a Mend who had come to calm him. Mr Mohamad Yassin Saman, 37, was on his way home on Thursday after sending his wife to work m the morning when he saw
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      Malaysian bid to strike out businessman's case fails
      573 21  -  Tan Ooi Boon Minor win for Towkay Neo m KTM land rent-out issue By TOWKAY Neo, the man accused of renting out Malayan Railway (KTM) land here illegally, scored a minor victory m the High Court when he successfully defended a Malaysian
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      Bending over backwards to please
      205 21  -  Denise Tan Story and picture by ABOUT 1,500 spectators fixed their eyes on 10-year-old Wang Jian, amazed as he twisted and contorted his body m many unbelievable ways. It seemed as if he was made of rubber and had no bones m his body. He
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      Lock icon Kukup-bound ferry carrying 160 people runs aground
      136 21 A FERRY with 160 people on board, that was bound for Kukup m West Malaysia, ran aground on the Cyrene Reef north of Pulau Bukom on Thursday. No one was hurt m the accident, which occurred at 4 pm. There were 152 passenfers
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      Chinese New Year crashes: Two die, 3 hurt
      324 21 TWO people died and three others were injured m four accidents on the first two days of the Chinese New Year. Police said that between 7 am on Wednesday and 7 am yesterday, 41 accidents with injuries were reported. But m most
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      Body of man who fell off ship found a week later
      119 21 A 52-YEAR-OLD man fell into the sea off the East Coast and disappeared a week ago. Despite an intensive search, the police could not find any traces of Mr Martin Royston Ess, a ship's boarding officer, until Wednesday, when
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      Man climbs on ledge, but is snatched to safety
      107 21 CIVIL defence officers snatched a man to safety yesterday morning, ending a tense 40-minute standoff at Block 601, Bedok Reservoir Road. Police said the unidentified man climbed onto the ledge after a quarrel with his girlfriend. A resident m the estate,
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      Lock icon 'Give the region a Tiger'
      658 22 As Singapore strives to become a cosmopolitan hub city, companies such as home-grown beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries are setting up a network of operations overseas. Others, such as NTUC Fair Price, are using their networks abroad to bring an ever wider range of foodstuffs
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      Lock icon Fair Price scours world for best buys
      520 22 fg.m.hmm.m.,m.mh/.bmn/.mj/.vm,/, "Today, more than 99 per cent of rice consumed m Singapore comes from Thailand. You can charge buyers 20 to 30 per cent less for similar rice, but they'll still pay for Thai fragrant rice. "Rice is so essential that people have
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      Locality of campus does affect education
      789 23 Locality of campus does affect education Singapore's third university will be built on prime land m or near the Central Business District. But does it matter where your cam pus is? Yes, said students and alumni. The Straits Times asked them what they think of the new campus being modelled
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      A New Year party for China-based S'poreans
      243 23 ABOUT 250 Singaporeans working m China turned up for a Chinese New Year gathering at the Mandarin Hotel yesterday. The ballroom was filled with chatter and easy camaraderie as the Singaporeans, who work m various parts of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou
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      Lock icon Facelift of Siong Lim Temple: First phase over
      1121 24  -  Kao Chen The walls of Siong lim are like abook, with the efforts of the early pioneers richly recorded there/ Professor Lee Chien Lang; a consultant m the restoration. Reports by IT STARTED WITH A DREAM SIONG Lim Temple was founded m
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      The quest for the perfect roof tile
      270 24 WHY would restoring two old buildings covering not more than 1,000 sq m cost $10 million and take 3 M years? "We are determined to do it right," said Madam Chan Jer Luang, who has been involved with the Siong lim restoration project
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      Lock icon Thousands throng Sultan Mosque
      390 25 Hari Raya celebrations And here's something for you THE sound of prayers being recited m Arabic reverberated off the walls m Kampong Glam as thousands streamed into the yellow-domed Sultan Mosque yesterday morning. It was a scene replicated at mosques, Housing Board void decks and open
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      Lock icon First Hari Raya baby at KK here a week early
      135 25 HE IS about a week early, but his arrival could not have been more special for his parents, Sarifah Marican and Suhaimi Ishah, a 38-year-old hardware store employee. Their second child was born on Thursday at 8.16 pm, just about
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      Grandpa waited 3 years for results of history paper
      270 25 Friday Weekly IMAGINE examiners taking three years and eight months to grade one history paper. Incredible? Exactly what Lo Lai King, a Primary 5 student, thought. But that was what his grandfather experienced 55 years ago. The old man sat for
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  • INSIGHT
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      1783 26 From unskilled storeman to would-be wafer-fab technician CANT AFFORD MISTAKES WHEN Mr Wong Liang Kee qualifies as a wafer-fab operator, he will be introduced to the "clean room" at SGS-Thomson Microelectronics. The clean room is a dust-free environment for wafer
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      Workers shy away from training
      436 26 WHY did 13 workers drop out of the training course attended by Mr Wong Liang Kee? According to an interview with NTUC deputy secretary-general Lim Swee Say, they gave these reasons: The training was too arduous; The 12-hour shift work would affect the workers' health;
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        Tiger burning (not so) bright
        70 26 A Chinese New Year card came to The Straits Times Political Desk's mailbag earlier this week from Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Seng Han Thong. It carried this poem: Tiger Year, Tougher Year Together, let us be prepared and ride the Tiger to face the
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        There goes the NSP video
        163 26 AT LEAST one party's plan looks set to be thwarted by a new Bill introduced recently. The National Solidarity Party has been discussing the idea of producing its own video or CD-ROM, which will detail its party history and "things related to political movements", says
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        Would you like to be an archangel?
        104 26 In these belt-tightening days, charity organisations and arts groups must be feeling the pinch, as corporate and other donors dole out the cash more carefully. One theatre company, the Singapore Repertory Theatre, is elevating its well-wishers to a higher plane. like other groups,
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        A4-letterword to remember
        94 26 Now that we are m the midst of the festive season, with feasting and parties galore, it is a good time to remember not to drink and drive. One banner put up by Comfort and the Traffic Police is driving the message home m a quirky way.
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        What change of mindsets?
        110 26 Ever heard of the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"? Well, at the Institute of Policy Studies' annual year-in-review conference last week, journalists were given very clear gu idel ines on what could or could not be reported. Only the presentations
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      Five cheers for the new year, turmoil or no
      1298 27  -  Han Fook Kwang Thinking Aloud ".4 CHINESE farmer had a horse. "One day. the horse jumped over the fence and ran away. Is this good or bad' "The next day, the horse came back, and together with him came a wild
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      Keeping a finger on the pulse of the average S'porean youth
      1239 27 Interview Giving youths a can-do spirit and wider outlook on life that is the mission of new National Youth Council director Goh Chye Boon. Describing himself as an average young Singaporean, the 28-year-old gives Jason Leo w an insight
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      Rules needed to govern the global economy
      581 28  -  Klaus Schwab Claude Smadja By and Interdependence has rendered the notion of economic sovereignty almost obsolete. The need for a minimum consensus platform on the rules of the game is becoming more essential than ever. GENEVA The Asia crisis raises the key question
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      Vietnam's economic programme loses its momentum
      1370 28  -  Melina Nathan By VIETNAM'S Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has pledged that the government will stick to its ambitious 9 per cent growth target for 1998, despite second thoughts from many officials m the ruling Communist Party about economic reform, or doi mqi. Any
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        FOREIGN INVESTMENT
        46 28 Foreign investment last year had plummeted from US$B.6 billion (5515.2 billion) down to US$5.l billion. In addition, there has been a serious decline m the number of projects applying for licences, a fall of 70 per cent against 1996 levels m total worth terms.
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        SMUGGLING
        56 28 Smuggling has risen to record levels despite a government crackdown last August which identified state-owned import-export companies and customs officers supporting smugglers, as well as military warehouses used to hide smuggled goods. Smuggled electronic goods have caused a massive stockpiling of locally produced goods and significant price differences, resulting
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        CURRENCY CRISIS
        37 28 The Asian currency crisis and the downward pressure on the local, non-convertible currency, the dong, is squeezing profits by domestic companies mst as they face a liquidity crunch from the major investors of Asian countries.
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      Economic intelligence in US conies up short
      702 29  -  Kent Harrington TOUGH CALL Why providing sophisticated economic intelligence m Washington is not easy. Senior policymakers involved m crises have little time or patience for long-term views or warnings about what 'might' happen down the road. News capsules and intelligence tidbits packaged m
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      When the Tiger comes, a bigger boom than the last will follow
      1107 29  -  Tan Sai Siong uOok DEick In 'wondtef JL THE Year of the Tiger is with us again, and will remain with us for another 300-plus days. The superstitious among the Chinese, and even the nonChinese, are full of
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        Helping Asia is self-help
        669 28 A POLL reveals that a majority of Americans are against giving financial help to Asia's problem-rid-den economies, but most say that they will consider it if they think the crisis might hurt the US economy. The poll which was taken of a representative sample of American
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      90 28 "What he is offering is peanuts." Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer of troop withdrawal for the West Bank. "Over the past year, no one has done as much as Bill Clinton to honour the traditions of machismo Any president involved m this kind of
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      Allow use of CPF funds for sensible needs
      344 31 Balance The CPF Board is essentially a custodian of our hard-earned savings. There must be a sensible balance struck between present financial needs and retirement needs. A YEAR ago, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan indicated the Government's intention to make the Central
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      Use of Cash Card at library: Give us a choice
      162 31 I WAS at the National Library on Jan 19. My compliments on its new design and very friendly staff. However, these cannot make up for the frustration of having to use the Cash Card to pay for using the copiers!
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      Widen phone bill payment system
      221 31 I REFER to the letters on Giro (ST, Jan 22). I have a suggestion for the banking industry and the Government to consider. One reason that members of the public are still reluctant to accept Giro totally is the fear of allowing an outsider access
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      How exciting to be named Cama too
      182 31 I READ with interest your report on the birth of the world's first cama and the subsequent letter from reader Jeremy Cama on learning of his new namesake. Personally, I think it is very exciting to share a name with a living creature
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      Inconsiderate cabbies a menace on road
      514 31 More vigilance and stringent action needed I WAS driving along Holland Avenue, m the direction of Holland Road, on Jan 24 when a taxi, moving m the opposite direction, suddenly swerved into my lane. It made a sharp turn into the right lane towards
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      Why does HDB insist on using higher rental rate?
      329 31 SHOPHOUSE TENANCY I AM considering taking over the tenancy of an HDB shophouse. This shophouse tenancy agreement has a prevailing rental which is nearly 45 per cent above present market rates $4,200 as compared to $2,900, both figures as supplied by
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      Seatless trains unsafe
      105 31 Seatless trains unsafe THESMRThas introduced some carriages with only standing space but no seats. I understand that it is trying to save costs and make use of every available space to pack m more commuters during peak hours. While taking a seatless train, I observed many children and adults sitting
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Rios tames giant-killer Escude
      666 32 Australian Open tennis championships m Melbourne Fiery Chilean ends Frenchman's run to reach his first Grand Slam final MEN'S ACTION IF ANYONE had to end the improbable run of the engaging young Frenchman Nicolas Escude, it figured to be Marcelo Rios, the tennis tour's resident sourpuss.
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      Lock icon Woodies chase 10th title
      151 32 MELBOURNE Crack Australian pair Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge are bidding for their 10th Grand Slam doubles title m today's Australian Open men's doubles final. The top-ranked Woodies take on the Swedish-Dutch pairing of Jonas Bjorkman and Jacco Eltingh, the fifth seeds. The Woodies have won
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      Lock icon Hingis favourite in final clash
      687 32 WOMEN'S SINGLES FINAL (DELAYED TELECAST, IPM ON PREMIERE 12) WOMEN'S ACTION A$ HER opponent undergoes desperate last-minute intensive treatment for groin and tower back strains, Martina Hingis must surely fancy her chances m todays Australian open women's singles final. Still only 17, Hingis goes inp
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      469 32 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 109 Philadelphia 99 (OT), Milwaukee 115 New York 112 (OT), Orlando 95 Houston 88, Toronto 84 Denver 80, Chicago 100 Portland 87, Seattle 109 Golden State 97, Minnesota 112 Vancouver 106. CRICKET Third and final Test m Adelaide: South Africa 269-4 m 96 overs
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      Lock icon Graf attempts comeback next week
      298 32 FRANKFURT Former world No. 1 Steffi Graf will find herself under the harsh glare of the spotlight m the coming weeks as she ends a frustrating seven months spell sidelined by injury. After three abortive comeback attempts, the German is due to compete m the
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      Lock icon Woosnam's poor day saved by 18th-hole eagle
      509 32 GOLF PERTH lan Woosnam pitched m from 90 yards for an eagle on the last hole to share the lead with playing-partner Bernhard Langer m a compelling climax to the second round of the Heineken Golf Classic here yesterday. Langer had snatched the
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      Lock icon Storm, so only nine holes played
      273 32 PEBBLE BEACH (California) Overnight rain and an early morning hail storm forced PGA and tournament officials to try a unique approach to the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which began on Thursday. They chose, following a four-hour delay, to send players out for only
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      Lock icon PGA Tour facing lose-lose situation against Martin
      398 32 PEBBLE BEACH (California) As Casey Martin's suit against the PGA Tour to allow him to use a golf cart moves closer to its trial date on Monday, two members of the PGA Tour Policy Board say they already know what is going to
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      Thank you, Home, for paying back to society
      604 33 Thank you, Home, for paying back to society OH WHAT fun it is to celebrate one festival after another. We have had Christmas, the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri, all within a hectic short space of 40 days. This joyous season has been a time for giving. Filled
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      Lock icon Ex-Sembawang skipper cleared — but unhappy
      454 33  - Ex-Sembawang skipper cleared but unhappy Santokh Singh SOCCER By Yes, I was told that I can play again but it was only a verbal assurance given by Chris Chan. Nothing is m black and white still.' Aravinthan. T. ARAVINTHAN has been cleared to play football again but the former Sembawang
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      Lock icon Trio give South Africa a strong start
      355 33 CRICKET ADELAIDE Gary Kirsten, Adam Bacher and Hansie Cronje each stroked half-cen-turies to give South Africa an ideal start m their bid to square the series m the Third and final Test against Australia yesterday. Making full use of a docile Adelaide Oval
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      Lock icon Poor pitch forces historic cancellation of Test
      444 33 KINGSTON Trinidad's Queens Park Oval will stage an additional Test between the West Indies and England. This is to compensate for the Sabina Park debacle where the first Test was abandoned because the pitch was too dangerous. Play on Thursday was abandoned after
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      Young Colts will compete at top level in league
      358 33  -  Mahmood Gaznavi By SINGAPORE'S young cricketers will play at the highest level m this year's league competition. Singapore Colts will play m Division One, being the sixth team m the three-round league competition. The 20-strong Colts squad will include 12 Singaporeans
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      Lock icon Proof needed to strip medals
      426 33 DRUGS IN SPORT NAGANO (Japan) East German drug cheats are unlikely to be stripped of their Olympic medals unless another country presents detailed proof of systematic doping m the country or past champions confess, Olympic leaders said here yesterday. International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical chief
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      Lock icon 'Hungray doped athletes' report
      220 33 'Hungray doped athletes' report BUDAPEST Hungarian athletes were given illegal drugs regularly m the 1980s under state orders m a bid to improve their performances, reported the Nepszava newspaper on Thursday. Drugs were a major part of their preparation for the 1984 Olympic Games and took place with full administrative
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      Lock icon Airfield to host an in-form Blackburn
      638 34 Airfield to host an in-f orm Blackburn Liverpool could fall to revitalised Rovers ENGLISH SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES Today's ties: Arsenal v Southampton, Bolton Wanderers v Coventry, Crystal Palace v Leeds United, Chelsea v Barnsley, Derby County v Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers, Manchester United v Leicester, Sheffield Wednesday
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      Speed strikes over transfer delay
      215 34 LONDON Everton skipper Gary Speed went on strike m a dramatic gesture over the hold-up of a £5 million (5514.7 million) move to Newcastle, Soccernet reported yesterday. Speed's transfer request was put on ice after a board meeting and, on Thursday night, he refused to
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      Lock icon D-Day for top Euro clubs
      562 34 European preview Inter, Barca and Real seek to end recent slump m form PARIS Top European soccer teams will have plenty to prove m what is expected to be a critical weekend. Juventus and Bayern Munich will be guarding against complacency as they set about
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
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        Newcastle plans academy
        81 34 NEWCASTLE United said it plans to establish a soccer academy aimed at developing young talent into first-team players. The English Premiership club said it would submit a planning application to local authorities next month to establish the academy at a new site m Waverdale. The club said
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        Hammers-Sinclair deal
        120 34 ENGLISH Premiership's West Ham signed former England Un-der-21 winger Trevor Sinclair on Thursday m a swop with Queens Pane Rangers that takes lain Dowie and Keith Rowland to the First Division soccer club. Sinclair, who joined QPR m 1993 from Blackpool and will be 28 m March, was
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        Spurs rescue for Grodas
        118 34 NORWEGIAN international goalkeeper Frode Grodas will swop one foreign disciplinarian manager for another when he completed a move from Chelsea to Tottenham on Thursday. Grodas, a member of the Chelsea team that beat Middlesbrough m last season's FA Cup final, is set to become Christian Gross'
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        Vogts to stay as coach
        76 34 BERTI VOGTS has decided to remain as Germany's coach after this year's World Cup, regardless of how the team performs, extending his sights to the 2000 European Championship qualification series. "I talked with my family about my future during the winter break," Vogts said m
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        Maradona return likely
        66 34 THE chances of Diego Maradona returning to his former club Napoli are "101 m 100", according to his manager Guillermo Coppola on Thursday. Maradona has been talking publicly about a return to the Italian club, m either a playing or coaching capacity, m order to help out
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      Lock icon Smith scores — but loses benefits
      209 34 Smith scores but loses benefits LONDON Tommy Smith, a former Liverpool FC captain crippled by arthritis, scored when he took part m a veterans' soccer penalty competition at Wembley, but lost his benefits allowance m the process. His exploit, m a warm-up contest for the 1996 FA Cup final between
      AFP  -  209 words
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      156 34 9 Australia's Premier Lounge Suites by McCANN CO. Brighton The name McCANN is world renowned and grade leather, the highest quality materials and synonymous with the finest Australian-made exacting standards of workmanship, the name leather furniture. Made entirely from Premium McCANN is your guarantee of unsurpassed Quality and Comfort for
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      220 34 Operating Hours On Thursday, 5 February 1998 Please note that on Thursday, 5 February 1998, the Club's 4-D branches, off-course betting centres and ACCESS and telephone betting services will be closed at 1.00 pm while the customer service counter at Bukit Timah Racecourse will be closed at 12 noon. SINGAPORE
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon GUIDE TO YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK
      382 35 KUALA LUMPUR Ocean Warrior wrapped up his preparations for his second straight success with a two-round workout yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old gelding was raring to go but was restricted to two rounds of cantering exercise. He pulled up well
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      Tai likely to resume race-riding next month
      190 35 APPRENTICE Brethem Tai, who was involved m a race accident at Penang last month, should be back m the saddle next month. The 21-year-old Singaporean fell from Nifty on Dec 27 shortly after the start of a Class 1 Div l 1,200 m
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      Busuttin buys $200,000 colt with $2 million race in mind
      336 35  -  Danny Khoo RACING By BUKIT TIMAH-BASED trainer Patrick Busuttin has boosted his string with four new acquisitions, including a well-bred yearling by Last Tycoon, at the National Yearling Sale m New Zealand recently. The 43-year-old, who will be back m
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      Lock icon Suspended Osborne 'astonished' at arrest
      432 35 BRITISH RACING LONDON Jumps jockey Jamie Osborne, one of three riders arrested last Tuesday by police probing alleged doping and race-fixing, spoke publicly on Thursday for the first time since his arrest. In a press statement issued by his London lawyers, the 30-year-old Osborne said:
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      Lock icon Jordan leads solid Bull run against Trail Blazers
      613 35 NBA BASKETBALL PORTLAND Michael Jordan scored 29 points and Scottie Pippen added 18, including a pair of key three-pointers, as the Chicago Bulls pulled away for its fourth straight road win, 100-87 over the Portland Trail Blazers, on Thursday. After the Trail
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      LEADING JOCKEYS
      95 35 Rides Ist 2nd 3rd Saimee 50 11 12 2 Loh 51 8 3 2 Ballantyne 36 4 4 4 lAzhar 24 4 3MAu 19 3 2 2 Marzuki 19 3 2 1 John 18 3 12 CAng 13 3 12 Yin 19 3 1LGulas 14 2 4 1
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      LEADING TRAINERS
      78 35 Ist 2nd 3rd Leek 8 10 4 Thwaites 7 3 3 KH Urn 5 1 Kent 4 8 1 BAng 4 5 6 RAng 4 12 F Nathan 3 2 1 Hoy 3-1 Noordin 3 1 Yeo 2 4 2 Ist 2nd 3rd Scow 2 4 1 Ismail
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      TODAYS KUALA LUMPUR RACE GUIDE
      2279 35 GOING FORECAST: GOOfr UifcU Class 41 ,200 m f set B 3 Ratings: 57-47 Stakes $25,000 1 22- Ada Gaya 1 (3ag Brink-Gaya) (1 200 m) Kant 57 2 -4-3-2 Royal Assembly 3 i4nzg Seow-Mylee) i2000m) Saifudin 56.5 3 -000-5 Superquest 9 (4eg D Chua-Owner)
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      360 36 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths KHOO TECK QUEE Age: 85 years Passed away peacefully on the 30th January 1998 leaving behind Wife: Tan Phek Wan SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Hye Tin May Cheong Cnoon Tin Quik Lee Lee Chwee Tin Cynthia Chia Hock Tin DAUGHTERS: SONS-IN-LAW: Hoon GGifm f
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      856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam
      39 36 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam In Everloving Memory Of Our Dearest Parents 3rd Anniversary 2nd Anniversary Chong Chye Boon Yeow Chew Ping Departed: 31 Jan 1995 Departed: 20 June 1996 Always remembered by: Children, Grandchildren and Loved Ones
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      858 Requiems 858 Requiems
      152 36 858 Requiems 858 Requiems ATHMA SHANTHIPOOJA The Family of the late K. RAMASAMY (RAMA) (Son of the lats S. Kanda»amy of P.U.8.) Departed on 16th January 1998 Sadly missed by Mother, Brothers, Sisters, 3rothers-in-law. Sisters-in-law and all loved ones wish to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to Professor Soo
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      267 36 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MARIAN ELIZABETH MISSON NEE RODRIGUES Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 29 Jan 1998 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Bobby J. Misson Sons: Daughters-in-law: Nick Misson Tony Misson Bernadette Nathan Stephen Misson Patricia Lopez Michael Misson Catherine Garnell Donald Misson Karen Aeria Jack Misson Lela Mayki
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      854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences
      37 36 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences Our Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to Mr. Lawrence Bay and family on the demise of their beloved father Bay Pang Kwai From: The Management and Staff of Klenco (S) Pte Ltd
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      856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam
      182 36 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam THALAI THEVASAM Ganesh Muthaiah "You bid me farewell even m your last moment, which brings tears of sorrow for life. Life is no longer the same, for I have lost my greatest love'\.. your everloving wife "Your helping hand was always
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      856 In Memoriam
      133 36 2nd AfMiivtrsAty In Ever Loving Memory of LEOW TECK HENG Depart** 31/1/1996 Never 8 day passed by when we do not think of You Losing You, this pain Like a knife through our hearts Time can never erase this grief from our lives How we long to
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      13 36 "In Memoriam" is for tho lovod ones .cvj^a r&& whom you remember. "7^^^^^^^^
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      28 36 IN LOVING MEMORY Of Lilian Esther Reddy (31 1.68). Remembered by Only Son Arthur Reddy Time takes away the edge of grief Hut memory turns back every leaf.
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  • MONEY
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      Lock icon US economic growth soared to nine-year high in '97
      660 37 US economic growth soared to nine-year high in '97 But expansion will lose steam this year due to Asian turmoil WASHINGTON The US economy boomed ahead at its fastest clip m nine years during 1997, the Commerce Department said yesterday, accompanied by the slowest rate of price rises m more
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      Lock icon Japan's aid for stricken region 'grossly inadequate'
      417 37 'Japan, as the world's second-largest economy, must play a more active and meaningful role m helping to bring Asia out of its current economic crisis. Its efforts to date have been absolutely inadequate.' Ms Barshefsky. WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky described Japanese
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      Lock icon BNP wants Peregrine's UK unit
      177 37 LONDON France's Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) said yesterday it had made a bid for the entire London arm of collapsed Hongkong investment group Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd. A BNP spokesman m London told Reuters the group was also continuing to look at other parts
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      Lock icon NZ outlook rating drop hits markets
      183 37 WELLINGTON Surprise news from credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service that it had revised down its outlook for New Zealand from stable to negative put the skids under the kiwi dollar and debt markets yesterday. Moody's stressed the change was not a ratings review
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      Lock icon Asia 'needs international support' to overcome crisis
      393 37 *I firmly believe that m not too long a time East Asia will resume its place as one of the engines of world growth.' Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai. DAVOS (Switzerland) Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai gave an upbeat outlook for crisis-hit East
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        Soot US Dollar/Japanese Yen
        27 37 OpM Hfgt) Low S«tt EstVo) Mv9S 124 93 124 93 124 33 125 40 1 Vt Vot (Tho> 7 Qpm W (Tho): 129
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        Euroyen — 3-month deposit
        54 37 Euroyen 3-month deposit (100 implied interest rate) Optn High Low S«tt EttVoi Mar 98 ***** 99 035 ***** ***** 3200 Jw> 99)45 99)75 99 J4O ***** 4467 Sep ***** ***** ***** ***** 2685 Dec ***** ***** ***** ***** 5857 Mar 99 ***** ***** ***** ***** 2005 Ad Vol fn*j) *****
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        Nikkei 300
        42 37 Opm High Low Sett EttVoi Spot 254 75 254 75 ***** ****** Mar 98 ***** ***** ***** ***** 2 Jun ***** 0 Sep ***** 0 Dec ***** 0 Mar 99 ***** 0 Act Vol (Thu) 0 Open Int (Thu): *****.
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        35 37 I 1 Spot Indtx on mtrint ctoMd. 0 Srtltnwnt Prie* not available. Open High Low Sett EttVoi Mar 98 ***** ***** ***** ***** 0 Ad Vol (Thu): 1 Open W (Tbu) 75.
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        10-Year Japanese Government Bond
        29 37 10- Year Japanese Government Bond up«n mot low sen Est vql Mar 9B ***** ***** ***** ***** 390 hJun ***** 0 Ad Vo) (Thu) 150 Open Int (Thu) 3138
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        Brant Crude
        30 37 Opto Mgk Low StH EslVtf Wa 38 1660 1660 16 57 16 57 35 tar 1667 0 Itoy »»W 0 Act Vol (Thu) 13S Opwi W (Thu) 656
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        21 37 Open High Low Salt Cst Vol Spot Fee 98 Mar Apr Jui Act Vol (Thu) Open kit (Thu)
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        42 37 Opm High Low Sett EtiVot SPOT *****.09 *****.09 *****.57 ***** 47' Mar 98 *****/ ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Jun ***** 3473 Sep ***** 0 Dec ***** 0 Act Vol (Thu): 1 307 1 Open hit (Thul: 1 *****.
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        71 37 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 mftmd f^mmt rm) Ona M 0 Low Sm EstVoi F«b 98 94*15 94 410 0 Jwt ***** ***** 94 510 ***** 7400 3«c 54 536 94 540 94 520 94 530 6600 OK 94 475 94 480 94 470 94 475 4020 E» ***** ***** *****
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      Lock icon Watch out for financial aftershocks
      511 37 DAVOS The global economy is headed for a roller-coaster of aftershocks from Asia's financial crisis, economists told the start on Thursday of an annual meeting of the world's business elite m this Swiss resort. But political leaders of Germany and Thailand tried to put the
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    • The Straits Times Money
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        TOP RISES (¢): Jan 27
        49 38 TOP RISES Jan 27 BiTa Cants SlAForeign 1120 50 4.7 DBS Foreign 1100 30 2.8 SPH 1600 30 19 SPHForagn 2230 20 0.9 Sea View 500 20 4.2 UOBForeign 640 20 3.2 TACBtIO2OO 79 19 31.7 Spore Land 328 18 5.8 CityDevsoc 535 15 2.9 DBS 800 15 19
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        TOP RISES (%): Jan 27
        48 38 TOP RISES Jan 27 Cents IME2SC 15 87.5 7 Wassail A 20c 27 80.0 12 VanderHWt9B 8 60.0 3 MetroptexWtOO 18 50.0 6 PubßkFß 1.5 50.0 0.5 QAFLtdWt9B 3 50.0 1 UICVW9B 1.5 50.0 0.5 BBRConstnsc 23 35.3 6 TACBUO2OO 79 31.7 19 Apollo Wt99 8.5 30.8 2
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        TOP FALLS (¢): Jan 27
        58 38 TOP FALLS Jan 27 Cent* CreativeT2sc 3080 360 10.5 JCement 460 38 7.6 St Tyres Wto2 8 25 75 8 Delifrance 10c 161 14 8.0 AvimoGrp2Oc 206 10 4 6 Inch Motor 50c 176 8 4.3 Prima 306 8 2 5 Straits Trdg 151 8 5 0 CSAHldgs2oc 60 7
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        TOP FALLS (%): Jan 27
        56 38 TOP FALLS Jan 27 Cents St Tyres WtO2 8 75.8 25 Creative T 25c 3080 10 5 300 CSAHklgs2oc 60 10.4 7 Broadway 20c 13 10.3 15 PalmcoHWtOO M 9.7 1.5 HoWah G Int2sc 26 8.8 2 5 HaiSunHupWO2 11 8.3 1 Delifrance 10c 161 8.0 14 ParkwayWt9B 72 7.7
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        Lock icon S. Korea closes down 10 merchant banks
        685 38 4 more stay suspended pending review The plight of South Korean merchant banks began m the early days of Asia's financial crisis as their emerging market portfolios turned sour and foreign credit lines dried up. SEOUL A day after agreeing on a critical
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        Lock icon World Bank chief to discuss Thai crisis
        253 38 BANGKOK World Bank president James Wolfensohn arrived m Thailand yesterday for a brief visit to discuss the latest developments m the crisis-hit country. He arrived on a three-day visit yesterday afternoon and was due to meet Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda privately m the
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        Lock icon Baht up on currency exchange ruling
        447 38 BANGKOK The Thai baht and stock market leapt yesterday after the central bank said it had removed restrictive measures against currency speculation which led to the creation of a two-tier baht exchange market. "Financial institutions will henceforth be freely able to engage m spot
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! SATURDAY JANUARY 31, 1998
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        1267 2 ELIZABETH A. KAIDEN STILL playing to packed houses, more than five weeks after opening on Dec 18, director James Cameron's Titanic has already grossed almost $3.5 million m Singapore. Official reports say the film, which runs for 3V* hours, cost US$2OO million (SS3SO
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        323 3 WHAT MOVIE-GOERS SAY 'People know it's a true story, and that adds to its ability to strike a chord/ Mr Kenneth Tan, chairman of the Singapore Film Society 'If you get bored with the romance, there's the action to watch, and if you get bored
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        709 4  -  LEONG WENG KAM SINGAPORE-BORN artist Sng Cheng Kiat, 64, is back to show his works here, after going Down Under 18 years ago. The father of Singapore swimmer Junie Sng, an Asian Games gold medalist, and the contemporary of such prominent
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        411 4  -  ONG SOR FERN Leonardo Da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist, one of two exhibitions now on at the museum, closes tomorrow. MANY families took advantage of the Lunar New Year/Hari Raya holiday break to visit the Singapore Art Museum. After all, this is
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        Life's not coming up Roses
        138 5  -  Chin Soo Fang Short Takes LET'S hear it from the men this time. After last month's Roses, Complete With Thorns, which focused on three single women, the Television Corporation of Singapore is moving the spotlight to the men. Its new drama serial, Men At The
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        Stella Chang on men: Buzz off iff you want to
        195 5 Stella Chang on men: Buzz off iff you want to STELLA CHANG CHINGFANG has dropped her trademark soprano singing for more mellow vocals m her new album, Flower. Rain. Night And, it appears, her alleged beau, music producer Cao Junhong, too. "I chose to work with seven different producers instead,"
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        126 5 CHINESE NEW YEAR is Farm Wong's favourite time of the year. Last year, she collected $4,000 worth of red packets. But half of the money was for her birthday. The TCS star, 27, was born on Jan 27, which coincided with
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        Hey Jacky, look who's God of Songs in Taiwan?
        130 5 JACKY CHEUNG may want to change his selfimposed rule of recording only one Mandarin album a year. The God of Songs has lost out to newcomer Ronald Cheng, who topped the Taiwan sales chart last year. The country is now the
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        78 5 SIMON YAM, who finally married Chinese model Qiqi last month, has already found a match for his future child. Said the Hongkong actor: "I have asked Michael Wong and his wife to 'make' a baby son "When my baby daughter arrives about
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        388 5 REALISE YOUR POTENTIAL WITH raiEMASEK ESa POLYTECHNIC These two courses, targeted at working adults, aim at preparing them for new and challenging careers m electronic and manufacturing industries. The Diploma awarded upon completion of the part-time courses is the same as thai awarded for full-time courses. Local universities and many
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        513 8  -  ELISABETH GWEE The favourite room of Mrs Gretchen Liu's bungalow off Thomson Road has Chinese brash paintings on the wall, but veiy^ MRS GRETCHEN LIU may be a pro with words, having penned several books on the history and architecture of Singapore,
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        I picked up needlepoint from
        122 8 yOtlfl§£ The needlepoint pillows (above) remind me of the women m my family, and of my childhood. Mv mother and grandmother used to do needlepoint, and I picked it tip from young. It was my grandmother, who was half-Polish, who influenced my sense of aesthetics
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        122 8 THIS still-life was painted by Thai Ker when he was a student m 1953. He was 16 at the time, and learnt to paint from his father, Liv Kang. We found a lot of his old paintings m my father-in-law's house, but I'm very fond
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        165 8 MOTHER'S desk chair is one of the few pieces of furniture that I brought back from my mother's house m America after her death. She died m 1990, and I went back to clear out her house. It was very hard
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        187 8 I LOVE reading cookbooks. A lot of recipes are too complicated for me to try out, so I just peruse them. I feel that understanding food adds to one's enjoyment of eating it. Most of my cookbooks are
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        164 8 I'VE always been interested m antiques and art history since young. I'm a book person I love to read, so I would read a lot about it. This low antique table was the first antique I ever bought. It's a funny little piece
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      Long layoff yields great new album for Pearl Jam
      1660 9 Sound Bites YIELD Pteari Jam (Epic) ""1/2 AFTER almost two years of cringing at the sound of such cut-rate aberrations as Days Of The New and Seven Mary Three, it is more refreshing than ever to hear the real thing again.
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        100 9 Heatwave for homegrown music HOMEGROWN bands are making waves this week and the gigs are heating up. Some 12 bands, including Audiojane, Clothespeg, Astreal, the Lilac Saints, Sideshow Judy and Livonia will strike up the first beat today m a nine-hour gig from 1 10 pm at the Youth Park
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        105 9 SINGAPORE'S Chinese rockers take over the stage at the Youth Park tomorrow. Lighthouse, Luan Dang, Zexus and Tie Ding will perform from 5.45 8.30 pm. Free. On Friday, another marathon gig takes place when Ngee Ann Polytechnic's radio station, Radio Heatwave, holds its annual gig at
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        76 9 THE Hard Rock Cafe celebrates its eighth birthday this week from tomorrow to next Sunday. Lots of fun and goodies to be found at the outlet m Cuscaden Road. Got a gig to announce? Heard of a new band? Or just want to pass on something
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        104 9 MADONNA'S bras and Bob Marley's guitar are among the items that star-struck bidders can vie for at Christie's auction next week. Officials for the prestigious British-owned Christie's, better-known for its auctions of rare gems and priceless paintings, said those items are among more than 200
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        87 9 r- 11 VU"^«^ l ii2^i^| Ml February is our 'heart month" and you find everything tfßitJC;: AM9^ifi ft yji K& you need to know about heart health m our next issue 11 (~>» s 1 VWi W J^C I V of Joy of Life What's more you could win one
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      404 10 biggest movie ever made, is based on the tragic story of the most famous ship that ever sailed. The vessel broke all the records for size and opulence. But it achieved its legendary status not for its exceptional qualities, but for its disastrous destiny. James Cameron's
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      The last noments
      363 10 The last noments 2 The ship creaks as tl into reverse; the mid have a reverse gear i the roeberg. kprii 16, 2.20am: ft sinks, approximate After the Titanic hit the i passengers went out or trie ice. Most of the first class p. want to go outside in th
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        223 10 THE HOUSE OF LIM GARFIELD ll^fflJ^SJ^p^^^yAJi L-W^ PQREIGMERS ftft ThPTCE NOT, I|h wrim dm. too if i didJhl 1 C what I ilosta I you're gonna have to V jIOCMrtOH DteaSRANDMA? ppn P^ OUR CULTURE i^ o^ HOW TD HOLD APMR-^pp J^v_^l_/ (^ETQKN THE SAUAt' bowlj PEANUTS fAWNKFORMYPftIBN^ p^ l^
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      365 11 Titanic the movi ►The love story The love story of Jack and Rose is the only major part of the movie that is fictional. The ship is seen through their eyes. Cameron says: "By feeling the fear, the loss, the heartbrea ofjack and Rose, we finally can feel for the
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        Pulitzer winner breaks his silence
        161 12 CRABCAKES: A MEMOIR ■y lam ii Mm McPfcfvwi Simon A Schuster/ 281 pages/$28.50 WITH this memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Alan McPherson breaks a 20-year silence. He writes about events and incidents which he recollects and reimagines under the microscope of his deceptively simple and
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        Broken promises lovers make
        123 12 PitOftHSES LOVERS MAKE WHEN fT GETS LATE By Darian Leader FaherAFaber/247pages THIS is a book which psychoanalyses love and lovers. Before you dismiss it as another academic self-help book, however, you should at least read the opening statement: "In scary films, people say 'I'll be right
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        103 12 A clash-of -cultures saga EATING CHINESE FOOD NAKED ByMeiNg Scribner/252 pages/$23.50 YES, this is another American-clash-of-generations/culture novel. But it is nicely written. And the author is a Generation X-er, so the prose is peppy and the problems confronting the protagonist are more typical youth angst m the '90s. Ruby Lee
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        Joys and terrors of teaching
        84 12 THE COURAGE TO TEACH By Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass Publishers/ 199 pages/$38.95 IN THIS rather unusual book, Dr Parker J. Palmer, senior associate of the American Association for Higher Education, seeks to map out the joys and the terrors of teaching. Part self-help manual for
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          50 12 RENOWNED wine columnist Jancis Robinson is m town and she will be m Borders today at 11 am to launch her latest book, Confessions Of A Wine Lover. Ms Robinson will be giving a talk as well as autographing copies of her book at the History section.
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          48 12 THOSE who have no clue how to use the Tampines Regional Library's wealth of new-fangled technical gadgets can get help today. The library's monthly Learning Centre guided tour will start at 2.30 pm. Admission is free. Register at the Learning Centre, level 2.
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          88 12 PARENTS can kill two birds with one stone at Borders tomorrow. There will be a talk by Dr Harold Robers on parenting skills at 1.30 pm, and at 3 pm, Ms Lim Ming Wei will conduct a storytelling and craft session for children. Ms Lim's session
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          108 12 THE top five fictional and non-fictional bestsellers sold at Times bookshops over a seven-day period, ending Tuesday. 1. The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 2. The Partner by John Grisham 3. Sphere by Michael Crichton 4. Politika by Tom Clancy 5. Tr«.a Singapore Ghost Stories Book 9
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        133 12 FIRST LOVE: AN ANTHOLOGY Edited by Paul Bailey J.M. Dent/174 pages/$14.95 J. M. DENT has come up with a whole series of themed anthologies, packaged m nifty little hardcovers. Among the other books m the series are Childhood, Marriage and Journeys. Edited by Booker
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        Lock icon Hughes' poems fail to find poetic justice
        838 12 THE poet Ted Hughes once wrote, referring to his fierce, decades-long refusal to discuss his relationship with Sylvia Plath publicly: "My silence seems to confirm every accusation and fantasy. "I preferred it, on the whole, to allowing myself to be dragged out into
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        Film director takes bow as writer with old works
        768 13  -  Haresh Sharma Despite all the fame and success of the screen, Neil Jordan has repackaged himself Fiction THE COLLECTED FICTION OF NEIL JORDAN Neil Jordan Vintage, 394 pages The Collected Fiction Of Neil Jordan captivates because Jordan understands and empathises with
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        Dream machine with fingertip gear-shifts
        815 13  -  LEOW JU-LEN FORMULA ONE enthusiasts already know this, but the only time an Fl driver's hands ever have to leave the steering wheel during a grand prix is when he wants to wave at the girls m the paddock down the straight, or when he
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        380 13 WHAT has 14 steel tubes and connected at 57 places, forming 21 triangles? The Danish-invented Pedersen bicycle, which connoisseurs praise as the Rolls of the classic cycle world. A Pedersen cyclist, perched straight-backed on a hammock-like saddle, is cushioned from saddle
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        650 14 We're part of the cure. Pfizer is a leading research-based, global health care company that markets innovative products m more than 130 countries worldwide with a business m excess of US$ WB. We are dedicated to improving the quality of life of people around the world and help them enjoy
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        423 16 We are an established food and beverage chain, and are currently expanding if %V. our operations. To meet our needs, we are inviting enthusiastic individuals x^ to join our dynamic team as: £>/ SENIOR SYSTEM ANALYST/ SYSTEM ANALYST V Reporting to the MIS Manager, you must be able to pro-acti
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        499 17 UQBI Asia Pacific Pte Ltd ft ft PGS is a technically focused oil field service company, which primarily acquires, processes and markets 3D and 4D marine seismic data, currently operating 10 ft 'ft survey vessels on a worldwide basis. The PGS group is publicly listed, outside ft ft Oslo, Norway
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        228 17 WE'LL MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU. As one of the leading Diagnostic companies m the Healthcare industry, we are convinced, that only through constant improvement of our quality wll we Ite and increase our market position. We are therefore expanding our Asia-Pacific Marketing team.
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        2391 18 9 J I ±M I jj I"i k m r*M Morton International Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Morton International, Inc., is a US-based world leader m Specialty Chemicals and Salt. As a result of our continued business growth and commitment to the Asia region, we are seeking professionally qualified and
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        539 19 gjkljjh';lk'kjk 4St I SAFRA RESORT COUNTRY CLUB invites applications for the post of: CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER To be responsible for the overall security and safety of the Resorfs premises and to motivate a team of Security Supervisors and Security Officers m dealing with a variety of security and guest relations
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        318 19 In line with our expansion plan, we urgently require "ICOUJjmSAjLESMANAGERT Responsibilities: Develop new prospects service existing customers Overseeing our Rep. Office m the Philippines/Shenzen Sourcing of new suppliers Requirements: Mm. 3 years industries sales experience with one year m supervisory role Mm Diploma m Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing/ Mechatronics Computer literate m
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        466 20 YUNNAN SENTIMENTS Victoria Theatre. Feb 8 9: 8 pm. Presented by Ta Ge Dance Theatre and Yunnan Art Institute. The programme includes Chinese ethnic dance and modern dance. Tickets: $10, $20, $35 from Sistic. Inquiries, call 348-5555. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel. Feb 12 22: 8 pm. A light-hearted
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        568 20 torium: 8 pm. Singer and performer Monrole Kent 111 appears m this much loved portrayal of the musical legend. He is accompanied by an on-stage band of piano, double bass and guitar. Tickets: $20, $30, $40, $60 from Sistic. Call 348-5555/ fax 440-6748. LEONARDO DA VINCI: SCIENTIST-INVENTOR-ARTIST Singapore Art Museum,
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        533 20 7 8.30 pm. Topic includes preventing illness m the newborn and ensuring good health of the baby. Fee: $20 (for four sessions). To register, call 259-6833 ext 27. CYBERSPARKS SURFING INTO RELATIONSHIPS OF A NEW DIMENSION Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Lecture Theatre 26. Feb 7: 9 am 12.30 pm. Seminar targeted
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        988 21 OHANNEL 5 Home (English and Chinese subtitles/parental guidance is advised): About how a previously united family reacts to the extra-marital activities of the father, a semi-retired 60-year-old dentist. They become confifln ennrt nhiar Frh ir atinnah cerned when he gets involved with the young principal of his grand--130 A^ES^ISS dau^
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        1013 24 62 Antiques/ 52 Antiques/ Collectors' Items Collectors' 315 Outram Road #12-03^^^^^^^^ Tan Boon Liat Building _V)_» (next to Concorde Hotel) _fm\ Singapore *****4 Tel: 323-5548 Fax: 323-5750 Business Houn: 1 0cm Spm daily I torn Spm (Sundays and Public noMays) (Moo-Sun) coffee tables, ancestor portraits lOJtom-OJpm ART TREND GALLERY ffyfagnificent
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        599 24 FREE TALkH 4 FEB 98 WED AT 7. 15PM #05-11 A Paragon DENNIS WEE REALTY 735 ***** LORAL SHOP FOR takeover m Catong. Arranger needed for Valsntine. Tel: 440-5569 4ANDPHONE SHOP FOR Take >ver Good investment Will consider all offers. Pg 9-583-9590 .OCKING FOR INVESTMENT? teturns of 4% p/mth Mm
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        775 25 B*A^v_Y^tfl ■^rj^Baß Ba^B^Bß Bh^Bßßb B|jPp^y!Mßß» BB^f^^Bißa vk^^iSeß^S B™^^^ JlLm^^titttflL ■^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^^^^^^^^^^^^^^t^^HM^MH^^MMiMiMMM^HHi^^MMtflßßHßl BHBB^MBBsBIRa^BI 302 AHa For Sale 306 BMW For Sale 316 Honda For Sale SSO.aOO ONLY! 1 owner. End 1 OWNER MID 92 BMW 318., SHUN HENG AUTO./ Shun Heng '89 Alfa 164 30 V 6 auto PARF i auto 4-dr.,
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        456 25 317 Hyundai For Sale JIA LEONG DEALS m tradein cars wishes all Gong Xi Fa Cai/Salam Aidilfitri. Business resume 3/2 MID '91 ELANTRA I.6GLSI manual. 2nd owner. Tax 5/*9 B. S/rims. Orig. like new. $34,800. *****18 MID '93 ELANTRA I.6GLSi. Hifi, s/rims, new interior/ paint/ tax. Well kept, selling cheap
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        260 25 325 Mercedes For Sale MERCEDES SPECIALIST SHUANG Hup wishes all a Happi New Year Selamat Hari Raya. YEW HUP HUAT Trading wishes all clients friends A Happy 8 Prosperous New Year... *****15 51 35,000 ONE owner, 7/'9< Mercedes E2OO auto. Very lov mileage. Accident free. *****33 10T92 BENZ 190E 1.8
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        338 25 328 Nissan For Sale AUTO GALLERY WISHES all customers associates a very Happy New Year. Business resume on 5/2/98, tel. *****13. 1 < CHIN LIAN SENG Motor Trading wishes clients, business assocs. friends a Happy Chinese New Yr.l CHOON BEE MOTOR Ent. wishes all clients a prosperous New Year. Business
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        384 25 336 Renault For Sale 1 OWNER, 4T96 Renault 19RN 1.4, manual, airbag, green, showrm. $63,800, *****88 BKW W7 RENAULT MEGANE 1.6 M. 1 expat owner. $80K. Tel: *****20 (Office) or *****30 (Home) 9/'9l SAVANNA 1.8 auto, 7seater, agent warranty, showrm. condition, $39,800. *****88 BKW '93, 25 BACCARA 2.8 auto. Electric
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        400 25 344 Toyota For Sale 344 Toyota For Sale PROVSELECT TOYOTA Wkrrt onl, tkt Wil It, 1,, l FULL RANGE OF TOYOTA PASSENGER CARS AVAILABLE Includes These Extra Benefits: 108-Point Quality Check 1 -year Comprehensive Warranty 3-Day No Quibble Exchange 1 -Month/1 ,000 km Inspection *****40/*****38 31/33 Leng Kee Road Open
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        481 25 I 347 Volvo For Sale I LATE '93 VOLVO 940GLE 2.0 tur- bo. full leather seats, orig. metallic grey, low mileage, accident-free, 587.8K neg. *****28/ 9-*****55. 1 349 Other Makes For Sale SINO CREDIT PRIVATE Limited wishes everyone Happy Holidays. i Business as usual (From 2 Feb) 351 Classic/ Vintage
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        719 25 383 Vehicles Wanted CALL MURU FOR your valuable car at reasonable price Call 552-2283/ 9-*****65 24-hr i EDMUND MOTOR TRADING i wishes al' clients friends a Hap py Chinese New Yr! Tel *****39 "HAPPY NEW YEAR 1998" We pay high price for all brands* models. Call: 242-8888. anytime MERCEDES WANTED
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        899 26 32S Nissan For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale unvc d new Nissan Presea or Primera for only $105,800 With immediate registration. BB^r > HBr ■Vr HW^ x Kft V\^*BB Welcome die Year of the Tiger wim a new
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        230 26 404 DO9- 10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rent bISbbSiSSSSSbhiSSSSi BAY PROPERTIES PTE. Ltd. wishes Clients, Friends Staff A Happy Prosperous New Yearl BEE HWA CT.. Clemenceau Ct., Farrer Ct., Taman Serasi, River Valley etc, for rent/ sale. 755-4517. DEAR EXPATS, NEW apts for rent from S2K-SISK. We'll find the
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        593 26 .mn./,/,/n,/.,m/, 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rent D.09 UE SQUARE. Brand new. 1200 sq.ft. 2 bdrms. Near city/ Orchard. P/furn. Immed. *****03 JH D.09 UE SQ. Open h'se. 2pm.6pm. #16 fir. 2 rms. Fantastic view/ facilities. DP 9651-1395. D.09 UE SQ. 1163 sq.ft. 2 rms. Beautifully furn. Facilities.
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        870 26 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent NANAK MANSIONS. 128 Meyer Road D.15 Spacious mais. with s/pool, tennis, BBQ, basketball, children playground, badminton, gym facilities avail, for lease. Call *****58/ *****20 or fax. *****83 D.15 MAJESTIC ARTHUR Mans. 4+l. 1650 sq.ft. F/furn. Pool, sauna, tennis. Sea view. Quiet. Mins.
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        812 26 420 Houses For Rent 17C BRIGHT HILL Drive. Thomson View. 3900 sq.ft. Terr. hse. D/storey. Quiet. Safe/ convenient area. $5500 p/mth. Mr Kwan *****344/ *****33 (after 7pm.) CORONATION RD. WEST 2/sto rey detached. Superior master rm. Quality finishes. 4+l. 4500/ 4000 sq.ft. $9k. HB *****70/ 9-*****49 D.ll ORCHID INN Dunearn
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        844 26 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent j < I FARRER RD. 3-RM. approved Newly renovated. Furn./ aircon. TV. 6 mins. to city. *****830 PW j HDB 3-RM 'A' Bukit Batok. Next I to MRT. Newly renovated. F/furn. Lock 1-rm. $900. Call: 5520-100 HDB 4-RM. 'A' Serangocn N Newly renovated. Aircon
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        753 26 426 Rooms For Rent 8280 UPWARDS. ROOMS m all areas mcl master rooms Furn./ unfurn. Near MRT Tel 355-0445 10,000 OVER RMS. m all areas Furn/ unfurn. Tel. *****37/ Pg 9577-6376 Sheik Immed reply 2-RMS. FOR RENT. F/furn. with aircon Immediate No agents Pg 9-598-4853 2-RMS. FOR RENT m Orchard
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        1231 27 wmmmrmmMtKWW&^^ I d. i 6 kewvale I ■U^iIItVMmiMiBBtUHMLM Heritage Jubilee Series /4£x lyOtiri N0 RESTRICTION T0 foreig ners £jjjJi!r[fjMJffiJlflJ Bfo %&'&M^^tfß^^ _^^^^nß»"*^^._ SPJkL, «.s^"*^ i _n?aj!fr^sff B^*^R^*X?SajPßßM^lß^i»^r___»4K»\ JtMLi^^Ru rf* l llfln^>* W"^^ 3Hrtoril f Cerner lnternHHlla*e"forracet v r,..« ISJil' 'f M Brand new luxurious Site Sales W^^H'ffi J?j gjj|£ It-
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        574 27 ■jr j£ .i "^y i ■^'^^^■^Si^^^R^ a^ a W^a(B ■^■.vv-. ■■Kjj-adß^T j J* l IW, """"•"■1 I -S mWRpM'' -sisß&&s3£< I t a "■'■•■■'■'•S ||My«^J»^*H- j >^flf'',S|^ii* 1 ".."■■"'^H wist j c ssfst iTi I ME 1«& mmtrmm PIDEMCO LAND LIMITED, 95 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, #13-01 PIDEMCO CENTRE, SINGAPORE *****7.
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        574 27 492 HDB Apts For Sale (Ang Mo Kio) 8 'I' PT. Blk. designer decor, amenities Pk., windy, fully furnished must view 9-5066-115 SML 8 1' PT. Blk. 439 A. M. Kio. Upgraded, high fir. F/renovated, MRT, contra. Gateway *****673 S-RM. BLK. 622 #10. SISK below. Valued S4OBK. Well kept. Move-in
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        721 27 500 HDB Apts For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ I Bukit Panjang) I BLK. 26 4 'NG' Corner. 3 'NG' I Blk. 2, 3 "A" Teck Whye High ftr Renovated. Pg. *****735 Cfi. EXEC. MAIS. TECK Whye 108 High fir. Marble. Amenities Buyer pg: owner directly at 9-*****16. EXEC. MAIS. Blk
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        4575 28 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 527 HUDC/HDB Apts 527 HUDC/HDB Apts 573 Air Tickets 581 Tours {Bedok/ Chai Chee) i (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai
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        327 28 CHEAP AIRFARES 538-0318. 30 US$B9O, Europe $850, UK $850. Sta Sydney $480, Canada $1060, Perth cry $380, Jakarta $140, HK $375, Pc- 293 nang $210, Japan $580, Bangkok $220, Taipei $500, Manila $460, c China $480, India $680, XL $155 £2( MAS, SQ, CX, QF, etc Misa TA92O T l
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        635 28 INTERNATIONAL CRUISE by ir Aquarius from $199 dep cv 1 Fri Pis contact Linus Travel ***** TA4SO ILL FOR FOCAL Travel at )7728 for Renang, Langkaw jrs etcTABB3 hLL SCAN TOURS Tel: (7733 for Hong Kong, Indonesia China. TA6IS C HOLIDAYS- GET the best es for hotel, air tickets tours
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        799 29 606 ProfessioMV 606 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions German Manufacturer of Machine Components has immediate vacancies for the following positions for their rapidly growing Regional Offtce:SECRETARY Technical Sales Environment with Basic Accounting Knowledge GCE 07 A' levels and above MS Word/ Excel Age: 25-30 TECHNICAL SALES COORDINATOR Responsible for order
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        1004 29 630 Sales Positions 630 Sales Positions 630 Sales Positions WEITKAUER SINGAPORE PTE LTD R ioo% subsidiary of UJeitnauer Holdinv. Switzerland, UJeitnauer Singapore Pte Ltd. a rapidly v'ouiinv multinational company m Retail h Distribution located at Chanvi flirport, invites suitable qualified candidates for the follouiiiiv positions: Sr CusTQfliEJ^ Service RcPRESEJiTfITiVE fflale/Female.
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        479 29 *i notev ttestauranv M 2 notev ttestauranv Lounge Positions Lounge Positions 7 We are a well established and award winning restaurant looking for a local Executive Chef Pre-requisites: Experience m Mediterranean cuisine 3-4 years' experience working m a fine dining restaurant V Responsible for kitchen management, menu development, staff administration,
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        603 29 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions al^^" I Established Multi-National company seeking for Service Engineer m Singapore branch. Working experience: 5 years hands on experience with Gas/ Chemical Cargo pumps. Either working m a shipyard, as a previous sailing .engineer onboard such vessel or working for a manufacturer for Cargo
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        1314 30 654 Tadmkai rwltiom 664 Tadmical Position* 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions m up here on the 1 0-storey high quay crane, it's easy to see why. Because mine Is 8$ and I'm responsible for verytime. It keeps Singapore on course
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        483 30 689 Other Positions 689 Other Positions r "^1 MINISTRY 3S OF THE ENVIRONMENT requires mrawpuwr ffIBMNMf (Male or Female) Day Every Mon, Wed Fri (except Public Holiday) Time: 9.00 am io 4.00 pm I Place of Interview: Ulu Pandan Refuse Incineration Plant Toh Tuck Aye (*****92) Tel No: 460 9021/2
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