The New Paper, 2 August 1988

Microfilm: NL16640
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    13 1 the new paper TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 1988 <■>> 179/4/sa 50 CENTS the new* paper
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      91 1 8.8.88 is not a lucky day Never mind it sounds like "luck, luck, luck, luck" in Cantonese. All the hopes that many Singaporeans pin on this date may be wasted. Feng shui men say it's just a bunch of eights and a day of 'bad moods*./ Page 2 time LJ
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      92 1 Moonwalk, Michael he started singing in a KBflHBJD 1 club at the age of five. never forgotten." FIND YOUR TRUE LOVE FOR $30 SDS starts computer dating service today./Page 5 Crime wave hits kids Thieves are preying on Singapore's children. In 26 cases this year, they have snatched jewellery from
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      20 1 World's tallest woman at 2.3 metres f* a t vL <. f W? i f r I I A f f
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      8-8-88: What's in a date?
      269 2  -  By Lim Swee Hong THE date 8-8-88 is just a bunch of eights and not especially lucky, geomancers said. Their revelation is startling. For months, the day has been touted as the day for people to celebrate happy occasions like marriage, new businesses and birthdays.
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      Some pick it for luck, some for a lark
      187 2 NOT everyone who chose the day 8-8-88 for a celebration did it for luck. Some did it just for a lark, because the coincidence of eights comes only once a century, and it looks nice. Like Mdm Kong Ah Hoi, a
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      Lock icon Neglect may have caused jetty tragedy, say experts
      316 2 THE BUTTERWORTH jetty collapse may have been caused by neglect of critical work needed to keep the structure in top condition. That, at least, is the opinion of structural engineers familiar with the jetty. They were quoted to this effect by Bernama,
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      4 S'poreans slightly hurt
      81 2 FATE was kind to a group of Singaporeans travelling to Penang. A Lianhe Zaobao report says 16 Buddhists from the Republic used the ferry at Butterworth five hours before the disaster occurred. They learned of the tragedy only after returning to the mainland. Their group was
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      Outcry over pig organs for human transplants
      133 2 BRITISH animal rights groups are protesting against efforts to use pig organs for human transplants. "It is a horror fantasy," said one group. "Gross abuse of animal life," said another. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection appealed to the government of
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      Lock icon Giant back on her feet
      407 3  -  Walking tall again soon By Trudy Lim I T SOUNDS like a tall tale a giant woman in the remote Indonesian region of Kalimantan trying to lumber back to her feet after years of lying on her back. But it is true. Ms Mulia, 30,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      33 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Showers over many areas in the early afternoon. Maximum temperature: 30.2 degrees. Minimum: 25 degrees. Sunset: 7.16 pm today. Sunrise: 7.05 am tomorrow.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      A long, long $2.40 case
      234 4  -  By Abdul Hadhi JAMILIAH binte Yusof tried the patience of the court for the 12th and last time yesterday. Jamiliah, 88; waft charged with stealing a $2.40 tube of metal polish in November 1986. She has been asking the court to put off hearing her
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      Such a hassle for group tours at Dover
      386 4  -  By Michelle Oh SOME Singaporeans visiting England on group tours have found that they face tough questions from immigration officials, especially at Dover after crossing over from Calais or Boulogne. At least one bank officer was grilled for about half an hour.
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      GLOSSARY
      232 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. Alluring: Charming. Something which is alluring is very attractive to people in a tempting way. Aptitude: Talent or ability. Someone with an aptitude for something is able to learn
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      For closer look at the bears, even underwater
      150 4  -  By Angeline Song GET really close to some polar bears. Visitors to the Singapore Zoological Gardens will be able to do just that when some changes to the bears' home are completed in November. Then, said Mr Vijayakumar, a zoological supervisor, "the
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      Meet Rubiah — zookeeper's job ‘suits me just fine’
      91 4 Meet Rubiah zookeeper's job ‘suits me just fine’ THE ONLY female zookeeper at the Singapore Zoo, Rubiah Ismail, 21, loves her job despite the minor problems. For example, her foot was once bitten by an otter. She often ends her work day dirty and smelly. And she does a lot
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      Have a date with your perfect mate
      288 5  -  By Joe Nathan E VER dreamt of a perfect mate imagined her cherry lips, her doe eyes, her smooth [complexion, her slim legs, her Enough imagining, but hold that dream, because the Social Development Section needs to know precisely what you are looking
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      Lock icon The real thing, but nothing...
      104 5  -  By Geneieve Kwek NO ONE had to drink these 10,000 cans of Classic and Diet coke. And no, they did not come from the lot that fell off a lorry at Jurong last Thursday. The cans and the 'poles' are "the real thin&'\They are new
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      Lock icon Collision at Tampines
      123 5 NOBODY can recall what exactly happened. The screech of brakes, smash, crash and jolt all happened within the blink of an eye. A taxi and a mini-bus collided early this morning at Tampines Street 91 beside East View Primary School. The taxi driver, Mr Tan Yu Seng,
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      Woman jumped from flat to end worries
      142 5 A HOUSEWIFE worried herself to death, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Madam Soo Siu Ten, 58, ended it all by jumping out of her flat on May 28. She worried a lot, the court heard. It was on her mind that her eldest
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      Lock icon Nurses’ day, so where are the flowers?
      272 6  -  By Chitra Rajaram NURSES' DAY was celebrated for the first time in Singapore hospitals yesterday. But for many doctors and patients, it was just another day. "No, I've never heard of such a day," said Mrs Zamrud Adis, 40, a housewife who was
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      The parades I remember
      374 6 Always there: David has helped organise all 23 National Day Parades. PRESIDENTS change. Parade commanders change. The place may be different. But one man is always there. And Joe David knows he will be on duty on Aug 9. David, Deputy Director of the Education Ministry's
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      S'poreans call about National Day
      245 6 FIFTY-SEVEN people called yesterday, many with National Day on their mind. One caller suggested that a huge birthday cake be cut to celebrate Singapore's 23rd year of independence. It could be done during the National Day parade at National Stadium on Aug 9, he added.
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      311 7 an*! BEFORE YOU BUYA MULTI-ROOM AIRCON, ASK YOUR DEALER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION: "CAN IT COOL MORE THAN 2 ROOMS AT THE SAME TIME?" DAI KIN Chances are he'll say yes. If he's a Daikin dealer Because only Daikin Econair has a compressor that lets you cool up to two, three,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Romeo and Janet look ahead
      334 8  -  He goes technical and she chooses a course which will teach her grooming and home skills By Harinder Gill ROMEO likes woodworking, so he will join a technical course at the Vocational and Industrial Training Board next year. Let's not get technical, says his girlfriend
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      $20 a head, cabbies’ open secret
      150 8  -  By Augustine Low TAXI drivers welcome it. The Singapore Hotel Association frowns upon it. And the Registry of Vehicles calls it an "open secret." That is, the practice of some hotels giving cash to taxi drivers for bringing them guests. Miss Teo Poh Kheam,
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      Bare necks, no thanks to thieves
      344 8  -  By Ng Wan Ching MANY parents have stopped letting their children wear amulets to protect them. The parents would rather do this than have their children face the snatch thieves. "My husband and I took our children to a temple to be blessed. Then
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      Varsity’s house of horror
      207 8  -  By Loh Tuan Lee UNDERGRADS will offer a touch of horror at the National University of Singapore this Saturday. They will use a real coffin, with light and sound effects, in their Horror House, part of the entertainment at the NUS Open Day. The students hold
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon US base in S'pore?
      257 9 Wire services. THE chief of America's Pacific forces says the US is more convinced than ever that it could if needed move its Philippines bases to Singapore, Thailand or elsewhere in Asia. Admiral Ronald J. Hays says the Mariana Islands and Guam could also serve as
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      Lock icon Minnie's New Wardrobe
      70 9 A happy 60th: As the saying goes, when in Japan do what the Japanese do ...wear a kimino. Putting aside her favourite frock, Minnie Mouse wears a kimono as she tours the recently opened Tokyo Disneyland with a Japanese friend. About 2.5 million people are expected to
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      Lock icon Death in a drip slip
      138 9 Wire services. CHINESE hospitals can be bad for your health. A Chinese nurse has been arrested for causing a patient's death by accidentally giving her a drip feed containing tractor fuel. The Legal Daily reported today that the 26-year-old patient entered the hospital in Anhui
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      Lock icon Afghan refugees still flee to Pakistan
      134 9 Wire services. Despite the pullout of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, the flood of Afghan refugees across the border into Pakistan shows no sign of slowing. More than 25,000 crossed the mountains in recent weeks because of fighting between rebels and Afghan government troops. Pakistan
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      Lock icon Official: Vaccine is clean
      122 9 Bernama. MALAYSIAN officials want to quash rumours that a vaccine used to prevent rubella contains dog tissues considered unclean by Muslims. One official Source in Kuala Lumpur is spreading the word that the rumour began among vaccine producers in an attempt to ruin the business of
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      Lock icon Viets who fled can return
      179 10 Wire services. VIETNAM says it is ready to take back refugees who fled the country. United Nations officials said in Geneva that the country would try to resettle elsewhere any returning refugee who did not want to remain in Vietnam. This marks a major policy
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      Lock icon A mother's prayer
      58 10 CrOSS-fire deaths: The seven-year-old war between government soldiers and rebels in Nicaragua continues to claim lives of the innocent. A mother prays for her son's safety during a recent rallv outside the offices of Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo. The cardinal is acting as a go-between during
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      Lock icon Growing ost-rich
      168 10 Wire services. SOUTH AFRICA'S racial problems have given American farmers a new cash crop the big birds called ostriches. Under a 1986 law, America can no longer import ostriches or ostrich products from South Africa. The measure was passed in an attempt to punish the county for its
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      Lock icon Rat riddle on a VIP plane
      70 10 Reuter. AIR INDIA wants to know how a rat got aboard a plane it supplied for President Ramaswamy Venkataraman's recent trip to Moscow. The rat was spotted when the VlP's plane arrived back in New Delhi last month from Tashkent, last stop on his
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      Lock icon Burma risks chaos
      238 11 Wire services. MORE blood may spill in Burma under the new leadership of President Sein Lwin. That warning was sounded yesterday by a spokesman for a London-based Burmese dissident group. "There is going to be chaos there," said Mr Max McGrath of the Committee for the Restoration
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      Lock icon Dog that bit off more than it could chew
      70 11 AFP. A SOUTH African police dog named Rex tried to bite off more than he could chew when he tackled a suspect. The four-year-old animal ended up in a vet clinic after the man bit him on the ear and gave
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      Lock icon The war of protest that never ends
      88 11 IRA strikes again: After a four-year pause, the Irish Republican Army has taken its separatist war into mainland Britain again. One soldier was killed and 10 others were injured when a bomb exploded at a British army barracks in north London yesterday. Here
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      Lock icon Probers blinded in China
      119 11 UPI. A PROBE of an illegal jewellery scheme in a Chinese village has left 24 local officials blind and deaf. The men were injured after sulphuric acid was thrown at them by angry villagers in the southern Guangdong province in south China. The officials had earlier
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      Lock icon Wanted: 2 warlords
      94 11 Reuter. ATOP Burmese drug warlord is worth $54,000 to Thai police. They offered the money for information leading to the arI rest of Ma Ching-ring. He was sentenced to death in 1979 for pushing drugs. The Bangkok Post newspa- per said another drug war- lord, Khun Sa,
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  • STOCKMARKETS
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      Lock icon London
      266 10 AFP. SHARE prices ended higher on the London Stock Exchange on Monday amid renewed takeover activity, market sources said. The Financial Times Stock Exchange 30 index was up 7.8 points, at 1496.5. Trading was relatively quiet with 381 million shares changing hands in 24,482 deals, against Friday's 30,846. Shares
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      Lock icon Tokyo
      83 10 Reuter. SHARE prices in Tokyo rose slightly in opening trade, but failed to reach new highs, as a higher Wall Street overnight and no new negative factors encouraged investors, brokers said. "The market has been full of energy and this won't change. Currency rates have been moving in a
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      INDICES/Clcsing
      52 10 FT Industrials Monday 1,496.50 (1,488.70) Daw Jonas Average Monday 2,130.51 (2,128.73) ST Industrial Monday 1,162.63 (1,143.41) NST Industrial Monday 1,857.41 (1,844.57) a Hongkong Hang Song Monday 12,703.42 (2,678.92) Australian All Ordinaries Monday 1,624.00 (1,611.00) Nikkei Stock Average Monday 28,326.31 (28,199.94) PifurM in bracket* refer to those of the previous
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      Lock icon New York
      261 10 AP. THE stock market managed to hold onto recent gains Monday despite sporadic bouts of profit-taking. Stock prices seesawed slightly after a mixed opening but the market ultimately remained firm. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 1.78 to 2,130.51. Gainers outpaced losers by about 11 to
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      140 11 R O M A N C E Castlemame $1550 FREE 2 side-tables BRASS BEDS 1 Brass beds from DAT-CO are TUBEFSJ manufactured to an exacting standard. Our unique, specifically designed coating has been scientiJfically proven to give exceptional. yK t jMKjB unequalled tarnish resistance. An extra polishing on all brass
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      211 13 HisGO DOWN RIVER KISO i hii -p f lii ii I J -r If i Li i R/DB O/VA BULLET TRAIN ALL EXPENSES PAID PLUS 40,000 YEN SHOPPING MONEY IN THE NEW PAPER-JETSTREAM TOUR CONTEST, EVERY WEEK. The New Paper-Jetstream Tour Contest takes off on Wednesday July 27, for ten
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  • Showtime
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      Boom time for Indian video shops
      359 14  -  By C. Shantheni INDIAN video libraries here are doing great. There were just five of them six years ago. Today, there are more than 30. Business is good simply because there are no cinemas in Singapore screening Tamil or Hindi movies, said Mr Jaswinder
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      Ramayana a hit here too
      286 14 FOR the past four months, Singaporeans have been making a beeline for the video shops clamouring for the latest episode of Ramayana. Already 11 episodes have been packaged in video form and these tapes have, since April, been selling like "hotcakes". In India, the series
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      Lock icon A man’s woman – Linda's successes
      377 15 A man’s woman Linda's successes BM Features. S IZZLING, sexy, green-eyed, blonde Linda Kozlowski could never be mistaken for a man... Yet she admits: "Believe it or not, I'm an Honorary Bloke. And that's about the greatest compliment any girl gets in Australia." Linda plays journalist Sue Charlton in Crocodile
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      QUICKTAKES
      373 15  -  By Sonja Tan NO WAY OUT (Prince 2) TOM Farrell, a naval officer is transferred to the staff of the Secretary of Defence. His duty is to liaise with the (MA. He is asked to investigate the murder of a Washington socialite with some powerful friends. Stars Sean Young
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      Lock icon Sister stars
      410 16  -  By Wong Sing Yeong LIKE Joan and Jackie Collins, they are famous sisters. Hu Shufen and Shuxian, Yang Lina and Libing, Lin Liyun and Lizhu are all SBC actresses. "My younger brothers never tell friends where we work," said Shuxian, a former clerk. "They don't like to be
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    • SEEINGSTARS
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        Frilly thrills for sexy male stars at concerts
        78 16 THE latest craze at concerts is to throw underwear at sexy male singers. On a recent tour, Bros (right) received frilly knickers enough to fill a few drawers. A British pop magazine reported that George Michael was bruised by a padded bra
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        Wierd AI thinks he's a clone
        60 16 WEIRD Al (right) makes jokes with other people's hits. He made his own version of Beat It with Eat It. Now he's recording Fat, a parody of Bad. His album, Even Worse, contains hilarious covers such as La Bamba (La Sagna) and Tiffany's I
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        Lock icon Elizabeth under heavy fire
        56 16 Fresh weekly. BOTH Elizabeth Lee (right) and Lee Ching represented Hongkong at the Miss Wonderland International Contest in Taiwan. Lee Ching later gracefully withdrew. Elizabeth didn't win the contest. She later turned down an offer to represent Hongkong at the Miss All-Nations in Thailand. Guess it's
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      SBC's budding Spielbergs
      224 17 A RECORD 174 people applied for the third SBC assistant producer course. But only 36 were chosen to attend the two-month class which began last Wednesday. "I want to be as big as Spielberg," said IM Keong, 22, "And I fel dream can coiAe tr®&. Al just
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      Lock icon Bunnies hop on in Asia
      422 17 USA Today. A MERICANS will soon have to go to Japan or the Philippines to patronise a Playboy club. Last Friday, the final Playboy Club in the US closed its doors. "I really think the attitudes have changed in society," said Mr Jeff Collar, manager
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      MY EARLY DAYS
      566 18 WHEN people ask me about my earliest days with the Jackson 5, I usually say that I was so little when we began to work on our music, I really don't remember much about it. Most people remember everything that happened to them but I was only
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      Mother: Crippled by polic but full of love
      354 18 MY first memories jp£ my Mom are of her holding me, arict singing songs like i You Are My I S u n 8 h i n e land Cotton Fields. 1 She often ■J to me, my brothers and sister. Even
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      84 17 PRE-STOCK TAKING SALE A m v I > |H6^9P^E7 .5 Y|(| 1 'Wf* .Jr 4* w 4 Chandeliers, Designers' lamps virtually everything is marked down at prices that helps keep your budget intact and make way for our latest collection We aren't tak ng an-/ chances, so if you're looking
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      36 18 Jetaway to an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. In The New Paper- Jetstream lour Contest Check out page 37. J Back copies on sale at Reception Counter; j yjg 11Tailtll Times House, Kim Seng Road.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      1837 19 Televisions Mam screen M Variety Tonight In Search Of The Trojan Hunter Playing gems W Romeo's Tune War The Singer Of (sbcs, 9.45 P m) j0~"i (SBC 5, 8.00 pm) Tales 12, 8.00 pm) HUNTER (Fred Dryer) and McCall HOMER, poet and super (Stefanie Kramer) are back for another P
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  • showtime
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      MY EARLY DAYS
      535 21 WHEN people ask me about my earliest days with the Jackson 5, I usually say that I was so little when we began to work on our music, I really don't remember much about it. Most people remember everything that happened to them but I was only
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      Mother: Crippled by polio but full of love
      351 21 MY first memories ft my Mom are of her holding me, aiul singing songs like You Are My [Sunshine I and Cotton Fields. She often iJ sang to me, my brothers and sister. Even though she lived in Indiana for some time,
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      Warm response to debut show
      249 22  -  By Pauline Tan T i HK trio l(H>ked lonely out there on stage at The Lounge in Crown Prince Hotel. Could it have been because the room was not even half filled? Or was it first night jitters for the group called Front Page? YVilliam
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      Bits of music
      292 22  -  By Adeline Woon J AZZ fusion can fade into the background like elevator music. That's what Bits and Bytes had to face on their opening night at Brannigan's. You can't blame anybody, really. Nobody in the alcoves sees the band. They're all busy with their own parties.
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      Singing star of the Pageant
      196 22 GIG I LOH is launching a three-pronged attack on Singapore, Hongkong and Japan. This Sunday, she will sing at the semi-finals of the Miss Hongkong Pageant. The other two guests are Hongkong's Maria Cordera and top Korean male artiste Chao Rong Fai. Come Oct 3,
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      Lock icon It's like going home to the office
      289 23  -  By LIM PHAY-LING IKEA, the Swedish furniture company, has branched into the office decor business. It launches Ikea Contract today. In this new venture, the company will mix its trademark simple, knockdown home furniture with its existing range of office furniture. The idea
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      YOUR FINDS
      121 23 SHOPPERS, tell us about your finds. It can be anything a new way of cleaning dishes, a shop where you can just honk for service or just another way to keep those specs from slipping. If you are a retailer, we will be glad to hear of the
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      SHOPPINGBUG
      271 23  -  By LIM PHAY-LING FUJI FROM 9 < EACH SNAPPED in Ang Mo Kio colour film processing for only 9t per 3R-size print. Welling Photo Studio and Wedding Gowns Centre at Block 728 in Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 (tel. M56-9398) sports the Kodak logo on its sign, uses Fuji
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      35 21 Jetaway to an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. In The New Paper Jetstream lour Contest Check out page 37. Back copies on sale at IJL Reception Counter, ||y}{frfSlßml Times House, Kim Seng Road. uMlsdMlpSi
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      132 25 COMICREUEF Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat «.v CdtHy/Cathy Guisewite I don't mind living with Mom except the i thought i heard Y not when xßvMfr says HCu. set riv hc just 3ns Twou have] j/t i coulon't luvi Htm ex cuse 'boys will be boys' doesn't cut IRVING SAW HE'O EXACT-
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      171 26 Your Practical guides on health related topics— NEW COPING WITH series Coping with' books provide practical advice and information on health-related topics The books can be used when coping with day-to-day difficulties as well as giving background information on a specific subject Emphasis is on self-help, where appropriate, and sources
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      183 26 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrib l6/Dik Browne 0crrl$\)tmep. JUST III sJO T&DKMOW—my UFB Amount? ThB COfZNER J OFTBN OM MoW r t t SMART "n\& 1 AlIgUSt3/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill r n I AM, IF Z'VO&Nt CUR A (WS^fSSJ 0 George the Robot/stephen Stanley "ToU-Rt U)acY .WHAT At*T viUST vftHO fl
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  • FOODNOTES
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      Fibre to fight cancer
      323 27  -  Cancer of the intestine will be a major killer of Singaporeans by the year 2000. Doctors say it is caused by a reduced intake of fibre. Yet, fibre is one of the easiest foods to introduce int6^our""dIet~ By D. Shanmugam CANCER of the large intestine is
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      Recipes
      284 27 BARLEY AND CHICKEN CASSEROLE: 250 gm cooked chicken, shredded 200 gm pearl barley, washed and drained 800 ml chicken stock 2 tbsp oil 1 onion, chopped finely 200 gm button mushrooms, sliced 1/4 tsp ground black pepper enough salt chopped parsley/ coriander leaves METHOD: 1. Heat oil in pan.
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      FOODWISE
      204 27  -  A must for every kitchen By Lawrence Low FORGET about bad-breath worries after eating onions. This spicy vegetable is something no kitchen can be without. The onion, like the leek and garlic, belongs to the lily family. It came from the eastern Mediterranean and West Asian areas. Grown since
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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      1530 29 RADIOGUDE J EE3MB A* C*S NOON New* In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Musk. Company And Ma: NOON Newsdesh O* A y 12.05 Laachdate: Thomas Jacob spins NOOM E *V Keap in tune de ight,, r WUh th 8 12 30 Strings: See Air Haves. gHy XL""" T k
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      197 30 large I group of I 437,000 potential I who said they would I read' The New Paper. I (Prelaunch Survey, November 1987). I Recruit effectively withTast Ads' Our Appointments Classified Section The New Paper, Singapore's newest nFTTTTPPIIpWTM English weekday noon taoloid, delivering informative and easy-reading news in a colourful and
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      512 31 THE APPOINTMENTS CLASSIFIED SECTION FASTads APPOINTMENTS CLASSIFIED 730-5393 737-1166 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday to Friday: 9am to spm (3:3opm deadline for next day) Saturday: B:3oam to 2.00pm (10:30 am deadline for Monday) Public Holiday: 9am to Ipm (for publication day after next) RATE: $6.30 per column cm. (Minimum lcm x 2col)
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      390 31 SANYO we are a leading manufacturer of nome appliances, we invite applications for tne following positions: WAREHOUSE MANAGER (MALE) Minimum 5 years of similar experience Good knowledge of Warehousing and Material Resource Planning Tertiary qualification in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering 35 years and above Ability to handle predominantly male employees of various
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  • SPORTS
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      350 32  -  HEALTH& Fitness I By C. Shantheni FOR most of us, just imagining swimming 3.8km, cycling 180km and running 42.2km at one go is painful enough. But for Kenneth Keng, the first Singaporean to complete the Bud Light Ironman triathlon world championship in Hawaii in 1986 and who
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      Four more steps to the brocade
      334 32 STEPS 1-4, published last Tuesday, must be done in sequence until Step 8, without rest in between. These exercises are called "baduanjin", an eight-piece "brocade" designed for mornings and evenings. Daily practice will clear up the "jingluo" system channels of the nervous system. But
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      Lock icon Cruyff clanger
      263 33 SOCCER UPI. JOHANN Cruyffs managerial career is in danmr. Spanish soccer may bar Holland's Cfap club Barcelona this season becaus& he lacks the proper papers. The National Coaches Committee says Cruyff does not have thres years of experience managing a Fifsft Division team, a condition required by the
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      Lock icon The winning goal that turns to gold
      164 33 UPI. IT was a schoolboy's dream-come-true. A 19-year-old reserve who earns just $12 a week, scored the only goal to give his team the Sao Paulo State soccer title. "I wanted to shout but my head was spinning, my throat was choked," centre-forward
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      773 33 Wire Services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: ATHLETICS World Junior Championships in Canada Men: 1,500m: 1 Wilfred Kirochi (Ken) 3:46.52 2 Nourredine Morceli, (Alg) 3:46.93 3 Fermin Cacho Ruiz (Spa) 3:47.31. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 William Chemitie (Ken) 8:41.61 2 Matthew Birir (Ken) 844.54 3 Arto Kuusisto (Fin) 8:46.42. High
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      73 33 Reuter. EAST Germany's Katarina Witt has men on her mind. She believes her first relationships with men helped her put more passion and soul into her medal-win-ning figure-skating routines. The champion said this greater maturity assisted her in dancing such roles as the seductive Carmen. "After my
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  • MERLIONCUP
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      Cast a long shadow
      303 34  -  stories/ Alfonso Chan FIVE years ago, Bob Goodman gave up his dream of playing professional basketball to work as a salesman in California. Last night was his first competitive game since he played for San Dipgo University in the National Collegiate Amateur Association League. And yet,
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      Imports save Malaysia from Soviet drubbing
      203 34 THE MALAYSIANS were not quite a 1 mismatch against the Dynamo Tbilisi team from Georgia in their Merlion Cup match at the Geylang Indoor Stadium last night. Dynamo won 87-78. Close, but the fight from the Malaysians mostly belonged to their two professional imports,
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      Lock icon Singapore stand tall against more fancied Yugoslavs
      235 34 YUGOSLAVIA'S Smelt Olympia almost came to blows with Singapore's players in their frustration to win their Merlion Cup basketball match at Geylang Indoor Stadium last night. There were occasional scuffles between Peter Vilfan and Radisav Curcic of Smelt and Singapore's A 1 Beal,
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS
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      Sugar and spice
      253 35 All sugar and spice and everything nice? Add spirit and grit, going by performances from CHIJ and Catholic JC girls in the Schools National judo championships yesterday. KEN JALLEH Jr. has the stories. THEY were the loudest and the proudest. "Don't forgot our coach. We have to
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      Hobble, bubble, toil and..?
      160 35 THREE minutes must have seemed like three hours for Carolyn Kan. She was flushed from wrestling with an opponent who just wouldn't stay down. And when she did, she came down hard on Carolyn's left ankle. So Carolyn, already weak-kneed from exhaustion, hobbled on one leg.
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      So much to gain on triple strain
      185 35 WHEN your school has a 12-year winning streak to keep, you fight. Never mind the pain. Bettina Pillay Khoo Li Fern had her elbow pulled halfway out of her socket last week. She also strained her back during training, and her wrist yesterday.
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      349 35 The New Paper Jetstream lour Contest Chedk out The Story with this m &Wm an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. Every day there are stories marked with a tick in The New Paper. But only one of these ticks is inside a double border. rr* Look for this special
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    555 36 MALAYSIA CUP Goalkeepers are remembered more for their mistakes than their acrobatics. Last year's heroes in the Malaysia Cup are now the villains, S. GULAM reports. WHEN goal-poachers strike form, the goalkeepers get nightmares. This is what's happening to five of the top goalkeepers in the Malaysia
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon End of the draw jinx?
      268 37  -  wfflsrar By S. S. Gulam p ATCHES of brilliance. That's how coach Seak Poh Leong summed up Singapore 's performance against Indonesia in a friendly at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. "It's right up there, in their minds. If want to play, they can be
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      Lock icon Dollah trains on with Selangor
      211 37 NST. The plot in the Dollah Salleh Affair took another twist when the banned Johor striker trained with Selangor at Lake Gardens yesterday. Johor's suspension states he can't play, train or hold office with any team at all levels of the game. And the Football
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      Lock icon Silent revolt breeds poor football in Perlis
      384 37 NST. WHAT has been happening in Perlis nobody knows. No one seems to ask why, and no one seems to bother at least openly. Clearly, there is unhappiness in the team that last year shocked pundits by reaching the quarter-finals. The first question
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      913 38 TUESDAY ►Gallery GERMAN TECHNOLOGY. Posters with text explaining the advances made in science and technology in 19th century Germany. Free. Goethe-lnstitut. 10.30 am 7.30 pm. OLD MALAY COINS. Rare collection of pre-colonial Malay goJd coins and animal-shaped tin ingots that were used as money in the
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      19 38 OUT AND ABOUT: A romantic twilight cruise FOOD: Durian temptations ►COMING UP: Design a mascot, win $4,000
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      FUN TIME FOR THE YOUNG
      93 38 What's the history behind the colourful lion dance?Your kids can get to know their roots better through fun activities organised by the National Museum. Officers will explain about the lion dance and the way ang kulit. At the spice corner, children can pound different spices
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      39 38 ]y TOMORROW: HERBAL SOUPS TO GET YOU THROUGH THE WEEK GO August: Out Now! This month, we're into CRIME, EXPAT MEN, ADVENTUROUS LAWYERS, 4 MACHO HANG-UPS, GREAT-LOOKING WOMEN and RICE. How's that for a mixed diet? GO GET IT.
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