The Straits Times, 2 February 1998

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 60 CENTS MTTA(P) 114/12/97
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  • Article
    More seek court action against family violence
    602 1  -  Braema Mathi Numbers double after changes to Women's Charter By Helping families 'Allofushavea passion for the job and would like to see things improve for the families and children/ Ms Khatijah Dawood, a senior court counsellor. THE number of people applying for court
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    Lock icon Counsellor went home to abusive husband
    463 1 1 was broken-up inside. I could not sleep and woke up m the night screaming' Madam Jamila Mustaffa. AS A counsellor, Madam Jamila Mustaffa helped women who were battered by their husbands but she herself went home to a violent husband. She explained the
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    Lock icon New banking rules as Suharto vows all out effort
    628 1 JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday imposed a raft of new controls on banks, putting ceilings on foreign exchange deposits and liabilities and ordering the institutions to conduct full reviews of their positions as President Suharto vowed to make all-out efforts to restore trust
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    Lock icon 8 die in van crash, festive death toll rises to 203
    358 1 SEREMBAN The death toU on Malaysian roads during the current festive season rose sharply over the weekend when eight people were burnt to death when their van skidded and crashed into the divider near the Serem-ban-Port Dickson toll plaza
    Bernama; AFP; The Star  -  358 words
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon US military raids will not destroy Iraq, says Cohen
      584 2 The United States does not want to be m the position, nor do any of our allies, to say: "Let's just devastate Iraq". We do not have as a goal the toppling of Saddam Hussein.' Defence Secretary William Cohen. WASHINGTON Defence
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      Lock icon China's defence chief for visit to Japan
      483 2 Trip is a sign of new Sino- Japan ties TOKYO China's defence minister is arriving m Japan this week, the first such visit m 14 years and a sign of what analysts said was a thawing m relations between Tokyo and Bering. 1
      Reuters  -  483 words
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      Lock icon Celebrating with dance
      45 2 LIGHT-FOOTED and nimble dancers from the Bukit Batok Community Centre performed the "Happy Bear Dance", a traditional Chinese dance. The dance was part of several performances put up to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Marina Square. Picture by ENRIQUE SORIANO
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      Mobile phone driving cases up
      590 3  -  Karamjit Kaur By We do not want to wait for a tragedy to happen before we do something about the problem. If the trend continues, we may have to consider more stringent penalties/ —Assistant Superintendent of Police Alan Samuel. Tougher penalties being studied MORE than
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      Good Samaritan cabby hit by police car dies
      304 3 Seletar Expressway accident CABBY Ng Yew Soon (right), who was hit by a police car after he had stopped on the Seletar Expressway to help an injured motorist on Friday, died yesterday afternoon without regaining consciousness. Mr Ng, 40, had suffered serious
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      Lock icon The press under pressure
      113 3 A FORMER Thai journalist (left), who had been laid off from a leading Thai business newspaper, sketching a picture for a client yesterday, during a fair called "Reporter to seller" for former journalists. The Thai Reporter Association of Thailand held the fairatMah Boonkrong, m central Bangkok,
      AFP  -  113 words
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      Lock icon US check on Boeing plants finds violations
      221 3 SEATTLE A federal inspection of Boeing Co assembly plants triggered by the crash of a Silk Air 737-300 jet aircraft m December has found nearly a dozen violations of production procedures, the Seattle Post-InteUi-gencer has reported. A special team of Federal Aviation Administration
      Reuters  -  221 words
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      94 2 4* How's your new year shaping up? I EH Bn 'Tis the season to be. ..we11. ..a MB^^ on y I^® tn ne ca or es an(l contains little over- indulgent on the food protein components found m natural front, shall we say? May we v^lb foods. And just like
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      145 3 I Wipe them all out! Sashimi! Sushi! Tempura! Chawanmushi! Tonkatsu and many other Japanese delicacies you can find on our extensive buffet spread! Prices at $20.50* for adults and HC V $12.50* for children are so good, we're sure to be bombarded from 2-28 February between PARK -~JT~ 6.30 pm
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Knight-to-be Arthur C. Clarke confesses to sex with young boys
      302 4 LONDON Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke yesterday confessed m a newspaper interview to a life of paedophilia, as Prince Charles prepared to knight him during an official visit to Sri Lanka. Mr Clarke, 80, who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey
      AFP  -  302 words
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      Lock icon Britain's very own pin-up guys
      88 4 picture. FOUR members of the public all game to be secured by shackles to a billboard m London on Friday as cable and satellite channel, Challenge TV, unveils its plans to broadcast a new all-Brit-ish version of the cult Japanese game show, Endurance UK. In
      AFP  -  88 words
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      Biggest bonus payoffs for Wall Street traders
      713 4 If s never enough "The numbers are absurd at bonus time. Instead of getting a somebody gets US$B5O,OOO (Ssl.s million) and they get mad or envious. If s never enough.... If s a little bit like distributing food on a Mr Manny Fink,
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      Security system designed to give car thieves a rude shock
      376 4 LONDON The temptation to steal a car with an electrifying performance might prove a little too much for some car thieves. A device which can send 50,000 volts through a car steering wheel and along the grasping fingers of a
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      Lock icon Tory MP's daughter a high-class prostitute
      180 4 LONDON The 19-year-oM daughter of a senior Conservative MP was yesterday revealed as a high-class prostitute. In extensive reports, the News of the World said that it had discovered that Caroline Boswell, daughter of trade and industry spokesman Tim Boswell, was charging up to
      AFP  -  180 words
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      Lock icon Democrats fear rout from Clinton sex scandal
      523 6 Voters punish parties for the sins of their leaders. Voters who want to hit Clinton will have to take a swing at the party because the President won't be on the ballot.' Party strategist Brian Lunde. Their supporters may not show up at
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      Lock icon White House forms unit to fight bad press over allegations
      447 6 DAMAGE CONTROL WASHINGTON The White House has set up an operation at the Democratic National Committee to counter negative publicity about US President Bill Clinton from the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal. White House communications director Ann Lewis said former White
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      Lock icon Clinton announces new $11b plan to tackle global wanning
      238 6 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton, warning of floods, drought and rising seas, has announced plans to combat global warming through US$6.3 billion (Ssll billion) m spending and tax breaks for home owners, car buyers and businesses. The series of proposals, disclosed m
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Former PM, future Mayor?
        118 7 LONDON Britain's former Conservative Prime Minister John Major (above) is under growing pressure to stand as the official Tory candidate for the post of elected Mayor of London, according to a Times report. Mr Major is said by one of his closest advisers to be "persuadable",
        AFP  -  118 words
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        Lock icon Schumacher-formula revives race fan from coma
        115 7 MADONNA DI CAMPIGLJO (Italy) A recording of the voice of former Formula One motor-racing world champion Michael Schumacher has helped a devoted Italian fan emerge from a coma. But he was reluctant to claim credit, saying: "In general terms it helped the parents. It
        Reuters  -  115 words
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        Lock icon Only a 'love match' will do for Spanish prince
        379 7 MADRID Prince Felipe de Bourbon (above), heir to the Spanish throne, wants his marriage to be a "love match". In an interview broadcast on Spanish television on Friday for his 30th birthday, he said his marriage would be the result of
        AFP  -  379 words
    • Article
      UK army to woo minorities with skullcaps, turbans
      460 7 LONDON The British Army is to issue regulation skullcaps for Jewish soldiers and military-standard Sikh underpants m an attempt to appeal more to members of ethnic minorities. The revolution m dress code, to be accompanied by the introduction of kosher field rations
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      US' latest 'smart' bombs deadlier and more accurate
      581 8 No room for escape Defence Department specialists and the weapons-making industry believe that while they could previously drive a smart weapon (above) down a smokestack, they now can deliver that same weapon to a specific room. WASHINGTON The televised images of a
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      Lock icon Annan to propose expanded oil deal for Iraq
      198 8 Annan to propose expanded oil deal for Iraq UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants to expand the oil-for-food programme with Iraq to US$5 billion (SsB.B bil Lion) from US$2 billion, for each six-month period, diplomats said. He was expected to make this recommendation on the year-old deal m a
      AFP  -  198 words
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      Lock icon New crew join outgoing team aboard Mir
      347 8 KOROLYOV (Russia) The Russian spaceship Soyuz TM--27 has docked successfully with the Mir space station m automatic mode and three new cosmonauts have joined the present trio m orbit. "We congratulate you with a perfect docking," a Mission Control officer told the six
      Reuters; AFP  -  347 words
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      Court rules that test-tube baby is 'nobody's child'
      266 8 NEW YORK A blue-eyed infant known as "nobody's child" has no parents because she was conceived m an infertility clinic and born to a surrogate mother, a Californian court has decided. The case of two-year-old Jaycee Buzzanca has created a legal storm
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      Lock icon LARGEST BOUQUET
      52 9 picture. A giant bouquet, measuring 4 m m height by 2.5 m and dubbed the largest m the world, sitting m the Trocadero Gardens m Paris on Saturday. It was made by students of the Paris florist school to mark the opening of a professional show m the
      AFP  -  52 words
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      Lock icon Free opium — one of many ways to win Indian polls
      467 9 Free opium one of many ways to win Indian polls Election issues as varied as number of voters BARMER (India) India's Hindu nationalists say the country's coming polls are all about stable government. The Congress party pinpoints the growing threat of religious extremism. Mr Chatu Ram, a 59-year-old from the
      AFP  -  467 words
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      Lock icon 300 Tamil Tigers killed in pre-dawn attack in Sri Lanka
      370 9 COLOMBO Heavy fighting raged m northern Sri Lanka yesterday as Tamil Tiger rebels attacked army front lines, killing 20 soldiers but suffering the loss of 300 of their own men, the Defence Ministry said. Guerillas from the Liberation Tigers of
      AFP; Reuters  -  370 words
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      Lock icon Balloon on course to circle globe after leak fixed
      214 9 Balloon on course to circle globe after leak fixed GENEVA Three European balloonists aiming to become the first to circle the globe non-stop clipped confidently towards Turkey on Saturday, as they picked up speed after fixing an air leak m their cabin. Mission control for the voyage of the Breitling
      Reuters  -  214 words
    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon Lebanese tanks hunt down radical cleric
        87 9 THE Lebanese army, using tanks (left), launched a massive manhunt for fiery cleric Sheikh Sobhi Tufaili after clashes with his supporters m which at least 50 were killed or wounded. Troops sealed off his home village of Britel m eastern Lebanon after routing his
        AFP  -  87 words
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        Lock icon EDITOR SENTENCED
        65 9 An influential former editor of the Englishlanguage dairy Iran News, Morteza Firouzi, was sentenced to death for spying for a country m the Far East, the Iranian newspaper Ghods reported on Saturday. The conservative newspaper also hinted that Firouzi's death penalty "would probably be commuted". In the announcement
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        Lock icon SEEKING UN SEAT
        67 9 c world's smallest republic, Nauru, is to seek United Nations membership, a statement released yesterday said. The statement, from the Nauru consul m Melbourne, quoted from a speech by President Kinza Clodumar on Saturday marking the 30th anniversary of independence. Nauru, just south of the equator m
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        Lock icon IRA SEIZURE
        78 9 The British army m Northern Ireland said on Saturday that it was investigating reports that classified intelligence documents, manuals, slides and computer disks covering military operations m the province had been seized by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). If confirmed, the seizure of the material by the IRA,
        AFP  -  78 words
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        Lock icon HANDGUN BAN
        69 9 total ban on private ownership of handguns came into effect m Britain at midnight yesterday. A one-month amnesty for weapons of .22 calibre and below which have not yet been handed m also began yesterday. The ban was initiated m the wake of the 1996 massacre at Dublane
        AFP  -  69 words
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        Lock icon ASYLUM SEEKER
        81 9 A man who hijacked a Nicaraguan passenger plane to Costa Rica on Saturday asked authorities there for political asylum after freeing all 21 people onboard unharmed, officials said. Nicaraguan national Alwin Swing Moses, 35, had the two pilots divert the Atlantic Airlines plane carrying 19 passengers to Puerto
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        Lock icon NIGHTCLUB DEATH
        72 9 A crew member from a United States naval vessel was stabbed to death during a nightclub brawl m Brisbane yesterday, police said. The 34-year-old man was one of a group of 20 to 30 sailors on shore leave from the USS Blue Ridge. Five were involved m the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Okinawa governor backs anti-US mayoral candidate
      415 10 Move threatens heliport project TOKYO The governor of Japan's southernmost Okinawa prefecture yesterday expressed his support for a mayoral candidate who has vowed to block a controversial US heliport project. Mr Masahide Ota's show of support for mayor candidate Yoshikazu Tamaki threatens Prime Minister
      AFP  -  415 words
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      Lock icon DRILL BREAK
      55 10 picture. People's Liberation Army soldiers taking a break during their marching drills near China's Forbidden City m Beijing yesterday. China, following the precedence of many of the world's national powers, has decided to reduce greatly its reliance on conventional forces m the next decade by focusing on a
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      Lock icon US human rights report distorted, says China
      155 10 BEIJING China yesterdayhit out at a US government report criticising Beijing's hu-man-rights record, saying it was only an excuse to meddle m its internal affairs. Washington had "made irresponsible remarks about China's human-rights situation, wilfully distorted the truth and made unwarranted charges the
      Reuters  -  155 words
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      Lock icon 9 ministers 'to be replaced' in Taiwan Cabinet reshuffle
      289 10 TAIPEI The Taiwanese government is to reshuffle its Cabinet soon, with nine ministers expected to be replaced, it was reported yesterday. The proposed shake-up, believed to have been decided during the Chinese New Year holidays, is due to be approved on
      AFP  -  289 words
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      Lock icon Japan's press spare Hashimoto but make much ado about Clinton scandal
      425 10 TOKYO The media frenzy over US President Bill Clinton's alleged sex scan dal has contrasted sharply with the muted coverage given by Japan's major dailies to a controversial relationship involving its own chief executive. Only uninhibited weekly magazines have
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      Lock icon China seeks return of troop carrier seized by HK
      308 11 HONGKONG China's stateowned arms dealer is appealing for the return of an armoured troop carrier seized by Customs officials m Hongkong, according to a government spokesman. China North Industries (Norinco) has lodged a petition with Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa
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      Lock icon Hongkong to resume import of chickens from China
      560 11 Hongkong to resume import of chickens from China Bird flu scare Govt insists Imported birds would be isolated pending test results at the border crossing point. One option was to ask lorry drivers to park at the wholesale market pending the result of tests. Wholesalers resist Wholesalers said that none
      AFP  -  560 words
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      Lock icon Communist Party grows in popularity
      504 11 Membership hits historic high as more college students apply to join BEIJING In an era of business deals and fervent consumerism, when the Masters of Business Administration is hot among graduating seniors, more and more of the better college students are still yearning to join
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      Lock icon A roaring good time
      75 11 VISITORS passing through a giant tiger gateway (above) into a Shanghai park on Saturday during the Chinese New Year holidays. Thousands of people flocked to parks during festivities to herald m the Year of the Tiger. In Beijing, performers from northeastern Liaoning province (left) taking a
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        Lock icon BOMB HOAX
        60 11 A Garuda Indonesia passenger aircraft bound for Osaka returned to Jakarta an hour after take off yesterday following a bomb scare, airline officials said. An official at Kansai International Airport m Osaka m western Japan said three passengers were slightly injured m an emergency evacuation of the plane
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        Lock icon POETS NABBED
        90 11 Four anti-establishment poets were arrested m south-west China as they were prepar ing to launch an unofficial review aimed at boostirg literary freedom, a human rights organisation said yesterday. The poets Ma Zhe, 38, Wu Ruohai, 35, Xiong Jinren, 32, and Ma Qiang, 28 were arrested last Monday
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        COPS LAID OFF
        53 11 About 100 incompetent cops were laid o. T from the police force m Shanghai last year, Hong kongs Ming Pao reported yesterday. According to the report, discipline within the public security system m the metropolitan city improved last year after a set of guidelines for police management
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        Lock icon GURKHA APPEAL
        77 11 The British Legion yesterday backed a bid by Nepalese Gurkhas who had served m the army m Hongkong to gain permanent residency m the territory. The Gurkha ex-Servicemen's Association has written to Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa asking that Gurkha ex-servi-cemen be allowed to return to live here
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        Lock icon GREAT ICE WALL
        72 11 Ice sculptors m the frozen north-east city of Harbin have built a massive replica of the Great Wall of China stretching almost a kilometre long, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The replica standing 23 m high at some points, is the main showpiece of the 24th
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        Lock icon 14 EXECUTED
        41 11 Fourteen people were executed m northern Hebei province last month, said the Hebei Daily, which was received m Beijing yesterday. The 14 were executed on Jan 20 and 21. The daily did not specify the charges against them. AFP
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Big question in Philippines: Should Imelda be pardoned?
      429 13  - Big question in Philippines: Should Imelda be pardoned? Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent Politicians m war of words over 'special treatment' MANILA Filipino politicians sniped at each other over the weekend on the possibility of a presidential pardon for Imelda Marcos should an appeal against her conviction for graft last
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      Lock icon Bishops want ex-First Lady jailed for wrongs
      338 13 Bishops want ex-First Lady jailed for wrongs THE CHURCH MANILA Philippine bishops want Mrs Imelda Marcos to go to jail following a Supreme Court decision which upheld a corruption ruling against the former First Lady, a report said yesterday. 'She should spend time m jail," Archbishop Orlando Quevedo was quoted
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      Thailand plans overland route to southern China
      455 13 Project expected to boost tourism KUNMING Thai tourism officials hope to pioneer an overland route to southern China m a move expected to boost the number of Chinese visitors and benefit tourism throughout the region. Speaking to reporters during a trail-blazing motor caravan
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      Lock icon Ranariddh weakened by defection of top party members
      352 14 JPHNOM PENH Support for ■(deposed Cambodian Co-Pre-pbiier Prince Norodom Ranariddh nose-dived yesterday as *two senior members of his Funcinpec party split to form new parties, taking at least 11 members of Parliament with them. In addition, the Democratic National Union Movement (DNUM)
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      Lock icon Land-mine danger rising in Cambodia despite pact
      482 14 Cheap to make, costly to dismantle Land mines are often described as the poor man's bomb as they are very cheap to make, costing as little as US$3 (Sss) each. But removing the concealed explosive devices can be an expensive exercise it costs
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      Lock icon Come on, make my day
      66 14 picture. THESE handcuffs would not be enough to bring m the 58 Thai suspects arrested for rioting. The suspects, together with about 3,000 other workers at Thai Summit Auto Parts Co, tried to set fire to their suburban Bangkok plant late last month after the
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      Lock icon Aussie granny saves bears from Cambodian soup pots
      201 14 PERTH Chefs m Cambodia will have to look elsewhere for certain ingredients after an Australian grandmother rescued three endangered SouthEast Asian sun bears bound for their cooking pots, a report here said yesterday. Animal lover Mary Hutton saved the bears m Cambodia
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    • REGIONALFILE
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        Lock icon 60 HELD
        57 14 Five Americans and a French woman were among 60 people arrested at a bible meeting m Vientiane by Laotian police, a United States embassy spokesman said yesterday. Police stormed the meeting, which was being held m a private home late on Friday, and arrested the entire group. The
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        Lock icon DEATH ROW
        58 14 Thirty-five people were sentenced to death m the Philippines m January, increasing the number of inmates on death row to 568, a senator who monitors the cases said yesterday. The death row contained 308 convicted rapists, 145 of whom raped their own children under the age of 12,
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        DRUG PLAN
        54 14 Thailand's Education Ministry is pushing to implement an anti-drug policy m schools nationwide and a proposal would go before the Cabinet for approval this month. Drug abuse has become more widespread among students as new forms of stimulants are introduced more quickly than teachers can learn about them,
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        IN DEBT
        53 14 Overpurchase of drugs and medical devices has left 90 major hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health debt-ridden, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. "Some hospitals purchase the same drugs with different brand names every time there is a change of hospital administrator, for personal benefits," the paper quoted
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        TWO CAUGHT
        71 14 Two supermarket security guards m Bangkok who blackmailed customers by accusing them of shoplifting were arrested with the help of a victim who reported them to the police, the Sunday Nation reported. The guards confronted Ms Wantanee Panitchakul early last month and accused her of stealing stationery. They
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        Lock icon FAKED DEATH
        55 14 :a Japanese man was arrested m the Philippines for allegedly faking his wife's death, a Manila newspaper reported yesterday. Akio Maeda was arrested on Friday m Cebu City for allegedly faking the death of his Filipina wife to collect thousands of dollars m insurance money, the Philippine Star
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      Lock icon Malaysians fork out more money for essential food items
      662 16 'Although the ministry will monitor the prices of essential goods closely, it will be very difficult to control prices of processed or cooked food, which are set by the outlets according to ingredients used/ Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister
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      Dept to probe beggar 'rich enough to send son to medical college'
      283 16 SEREMBAN The state Welfare Department will look into claims by several people that a vagrant who begs at church and temple entrances here has managed to send his 24-year-old son to a renowned medical college m India. State
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      Lock icon Anwar to make rare working trip to Japan next week
      429 16 KUALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is to make a rare visit to Japan next week to discuss the economic cri sis m Asia and bilateral education ties, officials said yesterday. The officials said Datuk Anwar, who is
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      231 16 PENANG Two young sisters who lost contact with their mother two years ago are hoping to see her again. Gloria Vasuntra Alex, 15, and Carmelia, 10, said their mother, Victoria Irene Singham, 34, left Penang m 1996. She used to send them pictures and money
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        Lock icon DIED AT 100
        46 16 Umno veteran Tan Sri Haji Anuar Abdul Malik died at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital m Johor Baru on Saturday. He was 100. Tan Sri Haji Anuar, a founder member of Umno, leaves his wife Saodah Abdullah, 78, six children and 18 grandchildren. Bernama
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        WATER CHANNEL
        60 16 Penang state is considering a proposal to build a multi-billion ringgit channel between Perak's Rui river and Kedah's Muda river to top up water supply to Penang, The Sunday Star reported. State Public Infrastructure, Transportation and Telecommunications Committee chairman Datuk Dr Hilmi Han Yahya said if the project
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        43 16 metered taxi-fare system, delayed by opposition from taxi drivers and owners, was implemented m Penang yesterday. Taxi drivers had argued that they could not make money if they used meters, and that locals were not used to the system. NST
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        Lock icon MAKING RAIN
        59 16 Cloud-seeding operations to bring rain over drought-stricken areas m Miri, Sarawak, began yesterday with the deployment ofthree Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Caribou aircraft. Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr George Chan said that if the operations failed to induce rain, Miri residents might have to obtain water
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        58 16 managements should provide land for workers to grow vegetables and rear cattle to boost food production m the country, Works Minister and MIC President Datuk Sen S. Samy Vellu said yesterday. He said estate workers could grow vegetables and rear cattle to contribute towards increasing food production,
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        Lock icon FATAL SHOOT-OUT
        56 16 A police officer and two men who were believed to be members of a triad were killed m a shoot-out at Kampung Changkat Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai Selatan, on Saturday night. The triad suspects died on the spot while Corporal Kanurulzaman Musa. 36, who was shot m the
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        YOUNG POPULATION
        52 16 More than half of all Malaysians 12.69 million out of 20.9 million are under the age of 29, according to the Statistics Department. In the middle of last year, there were 122,000 Malaysians who were above the age of 80 while 2.66 million were below four, The Sunday
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        89 16 The number of bankruptcies is expected to increase m the country for various reasons, such as involvement m the share market, according to Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Abang Abu Bakar Mustapha. Some other reasons were inability to repay business loans and settle credit-card debts as
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    Accident victim was model family man
    501 17  -  Braema Mathi MAN WHO WAS KILLf D BY POLICE CAR We did everything together. We went to work together, we came back together. We were very close. And he was such a good father/ Mr Chionh's wife, Madam Sally Sim. By He and wife
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    80 17 The National University of Singapore's first arts festival was launched yesterday evening with a concert by the NUS Chinese Orchestra at Victoria Concert Hall, led by Mr Lum Van Sing, its principal conductor. The eight-week festival, which aims to highlight the talents of the university's undergraduates,
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    Flat burgled while family goes on holiday
    174 17 A FAMILY that went away over the Chinese New Year holiday came home to find its apartment ransacked and $3,500 m cash and valuables stolen. Burglars entered the family's HUDC flat m Block 133, Serangoon North Avenue 1, after breaking the lock on
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    No budget cut for essential health, environment services
    349 17 HEALTH and Environment Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday that essential public services under his two portfolios will not be affected by any budget cutbacks. At a grassroots event at Chua Chu Kang, he was asked how his two ministr es would
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    446 18 US VISA FEE UP: Starting this month, visa fees for tourists, students and business travellers to the United States will more than double from $40 to $85. The American Embassy said that fees will be subject to exchange rate fluctuations. It added that that the best way to
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    Lock icon New laser surgery technique fires new hope for heart patients
    537 18  -  Allison Lim By A NEW type of laser surgery offers hope to an increasing number of heart patients who cannot be helped by conventional ways of widening hardened and clogged arteries. Heart surgeons m Singapore have begun using it to
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    Govt bullied opposition last year, says US report
    410 18 Go vt bullied opposition last year, says US report THE United States' State Department has said m its latest report on human rights worldwide that the Singapore Government generally respected the rights of its citizens last year, but increased its bullying of opposition politicians. "The Government stepped up its intimidation
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    Lock icon People are her second career
    638 19 Volunteers at the new Community Development Council national helpline have unearthed new problems and perspectives on their fellow Singaporeans. Jason Leow reports. HELPLINE THE CDC national helpline at 1800-*****34 takes all kinds of calls. It was set up by the nine Community Development Councils under
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    Even a silly call can at times be cry for help
    438 19 'A lot of social problems which were submerged have now been dredged up by the helpline. It has invited all sorts of people with problems to come forward/ Volunteer Willie Ha NO PHONE CALL is too absurd for Community
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    800 youngsters under probation observing 10 pm – 6 am curfew
    396 20  - 800 youngsters under probation observing 10 pm 6 am curfew Lim Seng Jin peports by fcIORE than 800 young people m Singapore have to be home even earlier than Cinderella by 10 pm every day of the week. And they have to remain indoors till 6 am. !>But they tolerate
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    Lock icon 10,000 flock to new Hindu temple
    370 20 THE festive mood m Commonwealth Drive yesterday came not from the Chinese New Year or Hari Raya Puasa celebrations, but from the opening of the new Sri Muneeswaran Temple. About 10,000 devotees, decked m fine clothes and jewellery, showed up for the consecration ceremony
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      Used time to slim down
      358 20 Full-time national serviceman since Dec 26 last year. His offence: Rioting. He and his friends were drinking m a pub when they got into a fight with another group of youths. Probation: 18 months, from Dec 17, 1996, to June 16 this year. Curfew: 10
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      Thankful for the chance
      304 20 Student of the Institute of Technical Education, taking a mechanical servicing course His offence: Stealing cash, bottles of perfume, a Singapore restricted passport and a POSBank passbook from two cars on June 21, 1996, with the help of accomplices. Police investigations revealed they had stolen motorcycles
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      Now, she tops her class
      304 20 Junior college student Her offence: Being a member of an unlawful assembly. She was m the girls' toilet of her secondary school with six friends when they beat up another girl who had challenged them to a fight. Probation: 12 months from Nov 12, 1996
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    Lock icon Five CCs close and users make the move to other nearby centres
    688 21  -  Joanne Lee By WHERE THEY'RE MOVING TO Brickworks CC (opened m 1982): Former users have moved to Queenstown CC and Bukit Merah CC. Delta CC (1982): Moved to Tanglin CC and Kirn Seng CC. Jalan Kayu CC (1982):
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    Flexible benefits schemes 'may be the way in the future'
    628 21 FLEXIBLE benefits programmes, which allow employees to "pick and choose" company benefits according to their needs, appear to be the way to go, said human resource consultants here. The Singapore Armed Forces announced its plan recently to introduce such a
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      Corruption in Pakistan
      661 22 THE revelations of the Bhuttos' corruption, reprinted yesterday m The Sunday Review, are staggering: a US$2OO million (***** million) kickback for a fighter-jet deal; millions of dollars from a Swiss company hired to curb custom fraud m Pakistan; US$lO million from a gold bullion dealer given I
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    82 22 "For many of the political and economic systems I operative today, the greatest challenge is still that of I combining freedom and social justice, freedom and solidarity, so that no one is relegated to a position of inferiority." "Surely Iraq must know that it will not pay to attack I
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      HK tackles shortcomings in its education sytem
      1294 22 Territory responds to changing needs 4 One of our biggest problems with education is with the teachers' union, which doesn't seem to be trying to enhance their knowledge. f Key problems: Improving curriculum and staff structure Hongkong's chief executive Tung Chee Hwa has
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      IT WORKS IN SINGAPORE
      89 22 st Nicholas Girls students showing their Hongkong visitors the school's computer laboratory. Professor Frederick Leung of the University of Hongkong, who came to Singapore to study the use of IT m schools, says the approach m Singapore is much better. "You have a pilot project m
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      Spiralling deflation the real enemy today
      885 22  -  Robert Reich By Global contraction A large, uncoordinated global contraction is under way. Consider the big picture: an East Asia of toppling currencies and bank insolvency; rising unemployment m Latin America's largest economy and falling real wages throughout the region; stagnation and unemployment m
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      Counting the costs of tolerance
      1090 23  -  Tan Sai Siong By BY THE WAY Associate Professor Walter Woon, Singapore's ambassa-dor-designate to Germany, talked enthusiastically m a recent interview about that country's tolerance and alternative lifestyles, adding that the Germans could teach us a lot about being creative and tolerant at the same
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        Not right to expect US to help Thailand
        195 23 Prom a commentary m the Bangkok Post: Anti- American sentiment is growing as Thailand continues to suffer its worst economic downturn m modern history. Prominent senators such as Mr Meechai Ruchupan and Mr Suthee Singhasaneh have criticised Washington openly for failing to
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        Heavy returns now on rubber and palm oil
        169 23 From an editorial m the Malaysian Business Times: When Malaysia embarked on its massive industrialisation programme m 1976, little did we know that commodities such as palm oil, rubber and tin would become the economic saviour 20 years later. These cheap substances
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        Chinese and Americans are different
        130 23 From a letter m the Hongkong edition of China Dairy, a pro-Beijing paper. The Zuoxian Power plant m Shandong province organised a group honeymoon trip last year for its 36 newly-weds to the coastal city of Qingdao. An American expert from the United States Fosterwheeler
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        Privatise Chinese Petroleum Corporation
        130 23 From a reader's letter m Taiwan's United Daily News, a mass-circulation and pro-unification dairy: It is a surprise to read m the press that Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) employees will get more than two months worth of bonuses this year for their good work. But what
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        Rise in Taiwan's child abuse cases
        135 23 From a reader's letter m Taiwan's China Times, a mass-circulation and pro-unification paper There has been a rise m the incidence of child abuse m Taiwan and m as many as 60 per cent of the cases reported last year, the culprits are either
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        Freeze top civil servants' salaries
        155 23 From an editorial m Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News, an independent paper The financial storm has left Hongkong's economy m turmoil. It is time the Hongkong government did something to show it is sincere about sharing weal and woe with the people. One thing it
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      Cab firms should retook training programmes
      154 24 I AGREE fully with Mr Edmund Khoo Kirn Hock's comments on the attitude of our taxi drivers (ST, Jan 31). I think many of your readers have had bad experiences with them too. Perhaps taxi companies tike Comfort and City Cab should look at
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      ... but this cabbie's fine
      110 24 but this cabbie's fine I REFER to the letter "Kind cabby was ready to give free ride" (ST, Jan 22) and thank Ms Eliza Kwek Mvi Boon for bringing our attention to what our cabby, Mr Tan Kirn Heng, did for her. We are pleased that one of our drivers
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      CPF investments: More prudent to cut one's losses before they mount
      677 24 What also surprises me is the lack of any pro-active measures that the CPF Board could have taken to help members 'enhance their old-age savings'. It could have made arrangements to provide research material to the National Library so
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      Allow payment of bills through ATMs
      214 24 THERE have been recent letters m this page about the problems of using Giro and cheques. Each of these payment methods has its disadvantages. It is not correct to say that all one has to do is to apply for payment by Giro and
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      Problem over 'stolen' car, but police were helpful
      500 24 I thank the police officers for going beyond their call of duty m such a difficult situation. I AM a senior citizen from Malaysia. My wife and I, both pensioners, arrived at the Tuas checkpoint on Jan 26 at 10.15 am. We
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      Human factor to blame for processing delays
      157 24 A COMMON factor for the length of time taken to refund and transfer CPF monies is the human one or rather the lack of it and not information technology or computers. The computer takes seconds to perform a transaction. It is the human
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      Lock icon Korda ends 12-year waiting game
      853 25 Australian Open tennis championships m Melbourne QUOTES I Tve been waiting for this moment for a long time. I didn't believe it could happen. Before the final, it was the worst 72 hours of my life. Yesterday I had an upset stomach. I was so
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      Lock icon Hingis undisputed leader of Generation X
      532 25 MARTINA HINGIS celebrated her Australian Open triumph by watching the movie "Titanic" and it will take a disaster of similar proportions to knock her off course this year. A special private showing of the blockbuster was organised for Hingis and some friends at a
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      Dutch striker in Singapore, thanks to problems back home
      268 25  -  SOCCER Joe Dorai By DUTCH striker Arie Smit's ongoing disagreement with his club back home could land the S-League with its first Dutch import Owing to his problems with Dutch club Zwolle's management, the 23-year-old is prepared to break his existing
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      Lock icon Pollock bowls to Test career-best
      243 25 CRICKET ADELAIDE Shaun Pollock tore through Australia's batting with a Test career-best seven for 78 to put South Africa on top m the Third and final Test at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Pace bowler Pollock sent Australia tumbling from 197 for two to 327 for
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      694 25 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 103 Charlotte 83, Cleveland 90 Detroit 88, Phoenix Orlando 94, Houston 102 PhiladelShia 86, Denver 110 Dallas 98, New ersey 116 Vancouver 106. CRICKET Third day of 3rd and final Test m Adelaide: South Africa 517 (B. McMillan 87 no., G. Kirsten 77, W.
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      Lock icon Venus scores in mixed doubles
      297 25 SOME fans had wanted teen star Venus Williams to pull off an upset m singles at the Australian Open, but her first major triumph came instead m mixed doubles, which she won yesterday with fellow-Ameri-can Justin Gimelstob. The unseeded pair, who needed a wild card
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      Lock icon I shall return but don't know when, says Graf
      171 25 BONN Former German world No. 1 Steffi Graf said on Saturday she still planned to return to competitive tennis even though pain m her knee had forced her to drop out of the Pan Pacific Open m Tokyo. She was quoted
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      Lock icon Leicester in first win at Old Trafford for 25 years
      634 26 SOCCER English Premier League LONDON Manchester United and Leicester City have vastly differing ambitions this season. While United manager Alex Ferguson's sights are set on winning the European Cup, the English title and the FA Cup, Leicester manager Martin O'Neill
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      Cottee breaks his duck
      200 26 LONDON Leicester goal hero Tony Cottee broke his Old Trafford duck after 15 years, reports Soccernet. The former West Ham and Everton striker has never scored before at Manchester United until his strike after 27 minutes gave the Foxes a shock win. "I have been trying
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      TABLE
      285 26 MATCH STATS I A:senal 3 (Dennis Bergkamp 62nd minute, Tony Adams 67th, Nicholas Aneika 67th) Southampton 0. Attendance: 38,056. Bolton 1 (Scott Sellars 22nd) Coventry 5 (Noel Whelan 25th, Darren Huckerby 57th, 65th, Dion Dublin 73rd, 79th). 25,000. Chelsea 2 (G. Vialli 23rd, Mark Hughes 47th). Barnsley 0. 34.442
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      Lock icon Fan arrested for knocking linesman unconscious
      338 26 He should never be allowed again to watch a football game m England m his lifetime.' Portsmouth manager Alan Ball on the violent fan. LONDON A linesman was knocked unconscious for five minutes and taken to hospital after being attacked by a fan at
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      Lock icon Top rivals Liverpool, Blackburn battle to drab draw
      516 26 LONDON The match which was dubbed the game of the weekend ended up with a drab scoreline as Liverpool and Blackburn drew 0-0 at Anfield. The result left both clubs with 45 points and four points behind leader Manchester United, which slumped
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      Lock icon Elber strikes in record 11 sec
      359 26 EUROPEAN ROUND-UP BONN Brazilian Giovane Elber scored m a recordbreaking 11 seconds to spark Bayern Munich to a 3-0 win over bottom club Hamburg on Saturday. The victory moved Bayern to within two points of leader Kaiserslautern as the Bundesliga got back into swing
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      337 27  -  Tan Thean Loon RACING ROUND-UP 3y JUGAH GAGAH, one of the three three-year-olds trainer John Brink is targeting for the first leg of the Tiger Beer Triple Challenge next month, signalled his chances by keeping an unbeaten record at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Ridden
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      395 27 GOLF PERTH Denmark's Thomas Bjorn survived a thrilling final round to win only his second pro tournament, the U*****,000 ($1.64 million) Heineken Classic here yesterday. Ahead of lan Woosnam by just one stroke going into the final hole, Bjorn had
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      636 27 Nuggets ends 11-game home losing streak m battle of worst teams NBA BASKETBALL PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia 76ers has started off hot and finished with a flurry m recent National Basketball Association games. But for some unexplained reason, the Sixers goes into a state of suspended animation
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      438 27 PEBBLE BEACH (California) The rain relented at Pebble Beach on Saturday, and terrific golf took over. Tom Watson, on a storied course where he holds some of his fondest memories, played a vintage round that moved him into a tie
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      324 27 SWIMMING NAGANO (Japan) Thirteen vials of human growth hormone found m a Chinese swimmer's luggage at Sydney airport last month must have been for sale, Dr Jacques Rogge, vice-chairman of the International Olympic Committee medical commission, said yesterday. He added it would have been pointless
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        76 27 TERRY VENABLES was offered an Olympic carrot to remain Australia's soccer coach yesterday and indicated he was willing to lead the Socceroos to the 2002 World Cup if an agreement could be reached. "I'll be happy to stay on as Socceroo coach if we can reach an
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        48 27 THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee yesterday decided to add the women's modern pentathlon to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. It also agreed to revive the Star-class yachting event at the Sydney Games m a turnaround from its former decision to eliminate it from the Olympics
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        50 27 AMERICAN William Joppy regained his World Boxing Association middleweight title m Tampa. Florida, on Saturday by outpointing Dominican Julio Cesar Green. Joppv avenged the only defeat of his pro career, dominating the bout with his speed and precision. Green had taken the title from him last August.
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      807 27 RACEI CLASS 4 1,200 m 8 LONGFIBRE 53 5 (7-6) Au (4) 1 1 1 10 LUCKY CARO 51.5 (71-20) John (1) 3 3 2 6 BOLD SUCCESS 54 (25-10) Kway (3) 4 4 3 1 GOLDEN SPARKS 57 (35-1 2) Yin (5) 2 2
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      935 27 RACE 1: Lucky Caro jumped awkwardly. Go Snap was slow into stride. At the 600 m, Srimenanti Star was awkward when racing right on the inside of Bold Success. RACE 2: While m the barrier, King Laju became fractious, throwing his head
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      33 27 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Feb 1 1998 FIRST 6292 SECOND 8446 THIRD •8810 STARTERS 6242 7334 4854 1336 2113 2768 7808 0893 2206 9179 CONSOLATIONS 9844 5596 6546 9035 1576 1369 1518 7158 3004 4176
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      28 29 RenongBhd50c 18,564,000 SingTel 15c 12,507,000 TACBt***** 10,327,000 Rekapacific Bh 10,101,000 UOB Foreign 7,522,000 MBfCapital 7,296,000 Keppel Land50c 6,816,000 DBS Land 6,734,000 CityDev50c 6,461,000 Promet 5,380,000
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      49 29 TottlMarket Won Tim Industrials *****m 44 573m Finance 25.547m 16.062m Hotels 2.842m 1.784m Properties 27 131m 15 436m Loans Stocks 11.021m 6 753m Plantations 3.600m 1.521m Mining 923,000 450,000 Total volume 156.914m 86.579m Total value in S$ 260.849m 171.043m Sesdaq volume 4.948m 2.477m Nasdaq volume Nil Nil
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      257 29 BUSMESS LOANS local Enterprise finance Scheme (LEFS) and Local Enterpnse France Overseas Scheme (LEFSO) loans are avaiable from 30 banks and finance rouses Export -acfcxTtg 1 year Sit* Domesoc Factoring 1 year 6-.' Equpment and Factory loans up to 4 years 6 Equpnent and Factory loans 4— lo
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        767 29 CONFIDENCE RETURNING Investors will feel more confident about bargain-hunting for bombed-out stocks m the weeks leading to the corporate results reporting season.' Fraser Securities. Property and electronics shares Svill lead recovery PENT-UP action from investors sidelined by last week's three-day holiday and a splash of
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      573 29 FOCUS ON NEW YORK We now think things aren't as bad as we once thought. What's happening is we're returning toaperiodof normalcy m profits.' Bane One money manager Michael Weiner. NEW YORK Two weeks ago, stock averages were m the red for the
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        299 29 THE Thai stock market rocketed up 17.1 per cent last week, mainly m response to the freeing up of foreign currency trading rules by the central bank, dealers said. Investors keen to boost their exposure on the once crippled Thai market
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        270 29 Indonesian shares could get a boost this week as the government phases m promised reforms under an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), dealers said last week. The market rose 7.8 per cent over the shortened three-day trading week to Wednesday before closing for the Eid festival which
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        214 29 Hongkong stocks are set to rise when the market reopens today after the Chinese New Year holiday, on top of gains made m a shortened week. The key Hang Seng Index rose 332.16 points, or 3.7 per cent, to finish at 9,252.36 last Tuesday, the last day of trading
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        221 29 Japanese share prices are expected to hold firm m the coming week on expectations that the government is ready to launch additional economic measures, brokers said. "There is expectation that the government is going to introduce further economic measures m February, m addition to one-time two trillion yen (5525.8
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        173 29 Malaysian stocks are expected to trade sideways m the coming days amid fears of rising interest rates after gaining 2 per cent m a holidayshortened week, analysts said. "Concerns of a possible rise m interest rates will push retail players to the sidelines," an analyst with an international
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        137 29 The reopening of Asian markets after the Chinese New Year would send Australian share prices plummeting if talk of bankruptcies and economic meltdown continued, brokers said on Friday. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the AllOrdinaries Index, rose 33.4 points, or 1.2 per cent, over a shortened trading week
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        171 29 The London market rose to recoitl heights last week, on the wings of Wall Street, bk speculation m numerous sectors and a more favourable interest rate outlook, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index finished at a record high of 5,458.5, or 5.35 per cent, higher than at the close
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      414 30 SmithKline-Glaxo merger Glaxo says agreement may take many weeks NEW YORK A record-set-ting merger of British drug giants SmithKline Beecham and Glaxo Wellcome, if consummated, is seen by Wall Street analysts as likely to incite a mating dance among other major pharmaceutical companies. ,The
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      548 30 GENEVA A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has ruled formally that the United States has no case against Japan m a major row over access to the Japanese photofilm market, informed sources said on Friday. They said the 500-page final
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        98 30 General Motors Corp was expected to take a 50 per cent stake m South Korea's Daewoo Motor, a Seoul newspaper said yesterday. "The two companies have reached an agreement m principle to set up new cooperation," the leading Chosun Ilbo newspaper quoted Daewoo Motor chairman Kirn Tae Gou
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        93 30 A former Citicorp private banker m New York who handled wealthy Mexican clients was charged on Friday with defrauding the bank of more than US$lO million (5517.5 million). Carlos Gomez, 39, arranged two US$5-million loans m 1993, one under a false name and a second without the consent
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        Lock icon DAIMLER-BENZ ON ASIA
        63 30 Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's largest industrial company, said on Friday it appointed two management board members to oversee its planned expansion m Asia. Mr Kurt Lauk, head of Mercedes-Benz's commercial vehicles division, will oversee expansion m China and South Korea while Mr Dieter Zetsche, head of sales and
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      Lock icon Proposal to free up Internet name registration
      218 30 Proposal to free up Internet name registration WASHINGTON The Com merce Department said on Friday it was recommending that Internet name registration be open to competition, and be overseen by a new nonprofit group. The proposal, put together by President Bill Clinton's Internet policy adviser Ira Maga ziner. also recommends
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      Asian crisis 'mainly about bad banking'
      871 31  -  Elaine Tan By What we have actually seen is something both more complex and more drastic: collapses m domestic asset markets, widespread bank failures, bankruptcies on the part of many firms, and what looks likely to be a much more severe real downturn than
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        Lock icon NO DEVALUATION OF YUAN
        156 31 Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing told investors and business leaders with interests m China that his country would not devalue the renminbi, or yuan. Speaking at a panel during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, he said: "We will not depreciate the renminbi." The Chinese
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        Lock icon PRIORITY FOR BAHT STABILITY
        192 31 Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said he thought a bah t exchange rate of around 50 to the US dollar would be acceptable but ruled out any prospect that interest rates would fall soon. "At the moment we are looking for some stability for the
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        Lock icon EUROPE COULD LEAD GROWTH
        151 31 French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn said European economies will likely lead global growth this year, as the crisis m South-east Asia has a bigger impact outside the European region. Mr Strauss-Kahn, speaking at a panel at the 28th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, echoed
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      Lock icon 'Windfall chances' seen in S-E Asia
      392 31 DAVOS (Switzerland) Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) chief executive Goeran Lindahl said the Swiss-Swedish engineering company will exploit "windfall opportunities m South-east Asia after currencies across the region tumbled. At the 28th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, he said ABB will continue to
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      Goldman Sachs' picks for 1998
      569 31  - Goldman Sachs picks for 1998 Colin Tan Compiled by GOLDMAN Sachs believes that there are many excellent Asian firms trading at large discounts to global comparables m the wake of the regional financial turmoil. Goldman Sachs director Keith Baum said: "Notwithstanding our continued cautious outlook for the Asian region overall,
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      Thailand optimistic on debt roll-over by EU banks, says PM
      378 31 BANGKOK Thailand said yesterday it was optimistic that banks m the European Union (EU) would roll over their portion of its corporate debt as it struggled through its worst economic crisis m decades. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai told reporters that
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      Lock icon Yamaichi to lay off 2,000, shut branches
      184 31 TOKYO Yamaichi Securities Co, the failed Japanese brokerage, will dismiss 1,990 employees, or about 23 per cent of its workforce, and close 19 branches m Japan over the weekend, Nikkei English News reported on Friday. Tokyo-based Yamaichi, once Japan's fourth-largest securities firm, will
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      50 32 Cents SPH Foreign 2230 70 3.2 SlAForeign 1120 30 2.8 SPH 1600 30 1.9 TACBUO2OO 79 23 42.3 DBS Foreign 1100 20 1.9 Sea View 500 20 4.2 Gentingssoc 430 20 4.9 OUE 286 18 6.7 Inch Motor 50c 176 16 10.0 DBS 800 15 1.9
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      731 32  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By They can fetch about $160 m currently MAINBOARD-LISTED First Capital Corporation is seeking buyers for three of its marginal freehold industrial and commercial properties including A-Z Building and Kovan Centre m a move to ease its cashflow, say sources.
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      423 32 MANILA Debilitated South-east Asian economies hope to start using their own currencies for intra-regional transactions within the first quarter this year to cope with the worsening financial crisis, officials here said yesterday. However, analysts doubted the proposed measure would do much to reduce
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      Lock icon WTO warns against protectionism towards Asia
      290 32 DAVOS (Switzerland) Countries must not revert to protectionist trade measures to support local industry m the face of cheaper exports from Asia, said World Trade Organisation director-general Renato Ruggiero. Speaking at the 28th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum here, he called upon
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      667 32  -  Tan Li Eng By THE World Bank is studying ways to moderate foreign currency flows m the light of instability m Asian financial markets, said president James Wolfensohn yesterday. The study is spearheaded by World Bank chief economist Professor Joseph
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      8 1 The Straits Times Life! MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1998
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      Weaver of fantasies
      52 1 Weaver of fantasies Her last outing was m Alien Resurrection. Now m The Ice Storm, the 48-year-old Sigourney Weaver plays a jaded, sultry adulteress, a role which may get her an Oscar nomination. She is both movie star and serious actress. See Page Two. Sigourney Weaver with Ice Storm director
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      1619 2 Sigourney weaves in many opposing guises IT WOULD be too easy, perhaps even trite, to call actress Sigourney Weaver, whose latest movie Ice Storm has just opened, a woman of many parts, although m many ways, she is. So, think of her instead as the sum of her contradictions. If
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      Chow Yun Fat heralds new Asian face in film
      904 4 Chow Yun Fat heralds new Asian face in film Chinese superstar gets top billing m new Hollywood movies, which is a milestone m the way Western pop culture accepts the geo-political changes that have taken place KOH BUCK SONG ON MONDAY HONGKONG actor Chow Yun Fat looks like he will
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      448 4 THE White House is hardly the only workplace m which romance between a powerful executive and a junior employee is the subject of speculation. President Bill Clinton has denied a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. But corporate America is
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      Lock icon Facing up to mix-ups across cultures
      638 4 WHAT started Dr Tang Siu Wa wo Lie ring was an incident m Changchun, China, more than two years ago. Dr Tang, chairman of the department of psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine, was visiting pharmaceutical factories, and the Chinese plant managers greeted
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      Lock icon Net gain in flood of recycled celebrity sex jokes on Clinton
      532 4 IT HAS been a little over a week (is that all?) since the news broke about President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Ms Monica Lewinsky, and the jokes are raining down like seltzer water m a Three Stooges movie.
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      Lock icon Comedy of a woman looking for sperm
      1135 5 This child of Singapore theatre is now grown up and ready to be a mother, even if It is just m play. Nora Samosir talks to Elizabeth A. Kakten NORA SAMOSIR is all grown-up and ready to be a mother. The thirty-something actress
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      Lock icon Elvis Presley 'alive' on stage
      715 5 IN MARCH, Elvis Presley will bring a 2 ■> -hour show to New York's Radio City Music Hall for three nights, backed by his original touring cast J. D. Sumner the Stamps, the Sweet Inspirations, the TCB Band led by guitarist James Burton and a
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      150 5 POP singer Toni Braxton has filed for bankruptcy protection m Los Angeles. The Grammy-winning R B artiste's Madame Ashlee Inc, Princess Ashlee Inc and Lady Ashlee Inc also filed for Chapter 7 under the US Bankruptcy Code. The move comes just eight weeks after Braxton
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      442 5 NORA SAMOSIR had an idea: "Just on a whim, I actually asked my GP," she says. The unmarried director wanted a child. She discovered that a single woman is not entitled to the sperm of an unknown donor, by Singapore law. She began to think. It led
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      106 5 SHAW ORGANISATION is giving out free tickets to a preview of A Thousand Acres to the first 90 Life! readers who can answer the following question correctly: The storyline of the novel is based on Shakespeare's King Lear. True or False? Readers should fax their answers to Shaw
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      544 6 Paul Simon musical in troubled waters on Broadway It's like watching a mortally wounded animal. You're only sorry that it has to suffer and there's nothing you can do about it.' Ben Brantley, The New York Times PAUL SIMON'S US$ll-mil-lion (Ssl9 million) musical The Capeman, based on a 50s double
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      299 6 NO WONDER Courtney Love pushed to get the documentary Kurt And Courtney pulled from the Sundance Film Festival; it implicates her m husband Kurt Cobain's 1994 death, officially ruled a suicide. The film, directed by Nick Broomfield, was instead screened as part
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      Lock icon Keepers of treasured music
      644 7 Naxi elders realise the value of their ancient cultural traditions and share their heritage with a new generation of performers THREE "olds" aptly describes the ancient, complicated music performed and preserved by the Naxi ethnic community which is densely concentrated m Yunnan province m southwestern China.
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      281 7 Malay Sayings THERE is hope m life. Even the dumbest of people can be taught or trained to master a certain skill. Hence, there is no reason to give up. In fact, children as young as two are being taught the importance of trying and
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      800 7 CAUTIOUS optimism may be warranted for the Indonesian movie industry this year following the production of several relatively good films last year. Noted director Garin Nugroho is among those feeling upbeat, despite the currency crisis. "True, there were only a
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      622 7 TO BREAK UP A SUPERSTITIOUS CUSTOM A LONG time ago, the elders and government officials m a district called Ye conspired with witches and proposed an annual marriage to the God of the River. They forced the people to contribute money for the occasion, saying that
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      827 6 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rent FERNHILL APT. 1600 sq.ft. 2+l rm. F/furn. F/aircon. F/renovated. Please contact: 222-9867 HOLLAND MANS. SPACIOUS apt. overlooking pool. Full facilities. Immed. *****974/ *****803 LEEDON HGTS. PENTHSE. Stl+ loft, roof gdn. Well renovated, $7000. Hope 9-*****66/ 9-*****23 LERMIT LODGE. NEAR Botanic Gdn. P/furn.
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      536 8 BEST IN TAMPINES/ SIMEI Tampines 4 A' BLK 911/ 437 508 5 T BLK. 872 APT BLK. 310/ 315, 495E Simei 5 T BLK. 109 OWNERS SELLING/ CO-BROKE WELCOME 9511-1786 ORION f™M''ii:i:i*;| PROVEN jtftfe TRACK £tj records UP DEEN BELOW VALUATION! NO cash 5 A' Blk. 268. Tampines St. 21.
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        493 1 |_CAXS. 606 Professional/ 606 Professional Executive Positions Executive Positions An International Merchant Bank has vacancies for: SENIOR CLERK Age 24 below. Bilingual m English Mandarin. Mm. 'A' level. Good interpersonal skills. Mm. 2 to 3 yrs Banking Experience. Salary $1,500. ACCOUNTANT Age below 38. Bilingual m English Mandarin. Mm. 3
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        236 2 612 IT Positions POWERPOINT SPECIAUST $320/ week Now till end April, town. Provide admin support to Mktg Mgr/prepare presentation material. Female Chinese preferred. SYSTEMS SUPPORT $280/ week 6 mths 1 yr contract, Changi. Trouble shooting, networking, desktop setup. Deg/Dip m IT. Knowledge of LAN Win 95. *****20 TatnplnesTelePBflc«ol-06 i Ac
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        278 2 615 Lecturing/ Teaching j 615 Lecturing/ Teaching Positions j Positions ALTRON Education Group seeks dynamic and self motivated individuals, m the following positions: Diploma or higher qualification m computer studies i Strong interest m computer software such as Microsoft products, AutoCAD and ACCPAC Plus Good interpersonal communication and presentation skiiis
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        159 2 PART-TIME ENGLISH LANGUAGE LECTURERS Caucasians only Great interest experienced m teaching At least a B.A. degree Interested please call 3333-229/ 9742-8513 STUDENT CARE IN Hougang requires Teacher. No experience needed. Call 383-1239 618 Tutoring Positions ATTN. FEMALE TUTORS for immediate assignments, dial *****25/ *****87/ *****35 'A' Si ABOVE tutors required
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        510 2 An establishad jewellery company mvitef application lor I jfl Age 28 beiow I Diploma/Degree m Graphic Design I Creative Portfolio is a must I Mm 2 yrs experience m advertising or design field W A strong flair for dosigpfy&ckagtng concept If J Well-versed m Pageroaker, Freehand Photoshop L Independent and-witfi
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        670 3 r— Hi 1 V. Mala* Product Distribution Network i invites applicants for the post of SALES EXECUTIVE Experienced m communication equipment sales Own car advantage Proven sales record required Salary, commission profit sharing Please call *****77 for an interview appt. or fan rwunw to: *****77 mugaamamam tammm JOIN OUR TEAM!
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        440 3 PART/ FULL TIME Female sales asst. needed for Gift items at Tdkashimaya. Call *****96 after Ipm. SALES ASSTS. REQUIRED. Walk-in interview: CD/ VCD Shop. Lucky Plaza #01-52. SALES EXEC. BASIC transport $2000. Sell ice Starbucks coffee to shops etc. Own car. *****20 SALES JOBS SI2K-S3K commission. Degree/ Dip/ IT V
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        740 3 i Your Career Starts Here Due to rapid expansion, our client, a market leader m the service industry is looking for a dynamic team of: CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (15 positions Tai Seng, Clementi, Tg. Pagar) Monthly salary up to $1.4K Allowance Diploma/ "A7 "O' Level Age 20 -45 Good communication
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        997 3 Accounts Assts [Raffies Place, $1^0041,600] Remittance/Bills Asst [Raffles Place, $1,300-11,700] Knowledge m full set of a/cs an advtg Mm. GCE '0' levei/Fresh Dip holders GCE 'OTA' level Chinese with mm. Iyr a/cs exp. Chinese with good PC skills working exp. Admin Assts [Town, $1^0041,600] Senior Uansoffic«r[Raffiw Place, $3,000] GCE 'OVA'
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        700 3 An established software development company has vacancies for DATA ENTRY CLERKS ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS o Applicants should have knowledge of Word Excel, able to understand Chinese Walk m interview between 2pm to 6pm (week day) at 108 Middle Road, #0404, Bright Chambers (opposite Inter-Continental Hotel at Bugis), Singapore *****7 ORCHARD RD.
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        610 4 Nat Steel Electrons one of the world's leading Electronics contract manufodurer wilr|Of^Mxsi<»|i| Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Mexico. Pue|o 4m\ f expansion, we have an immediate vacancy for* Logistics /li" Supervisor I ss^^^',l] Supervise and manage B&«- «w~ warehouse and shipping \^.r\jt»*" v\ activities ®*-°'f 1 lA GCE 'O'
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