The New Paper, 3 August 1988

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1 40 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS
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    • 212 1 |f Rari 3 bf Highlights frop Mfch&el's B syrgical $asks*areHb£tter than I stmglasses. Why he loves Elizabeth Taylor and goes out with a j| chimpanzee. S3?£ *d» H0TLINE SIZZLES 1 V 51 \\lCVQI J The New Paper report that 8.8.88 is NOT a lucky day Y\0V casual was bad joss
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    • 91 1 THE GOAL RUSH Unknown striker Sf Aziz Azizan of II kfe Penan 8 i8 «> A hot-shot of the fi f .«..V Malaysia Cup. In what looks like n\ the highest scoring season i; f i ever, Aziz tops dM the field with :X-. five goals so far. ays ifal
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 530 2 ONLY a bunch of eights, geomancers said of 8 August, 1988. The New Paper reported this yesterday. And our HotlinePlus got really hot. Ten of the people who called about one out of four HotlinePlus callers yesterday were angry with the report.
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    • 112 2 FLAG-WAVING season is definitely here. The New Paper printed a picture of flags and laundry on the front page yesterday and at least five of the 45 people who phoned Hotline Plus in the afternoon called to tell us about more flags of note. Several
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    • 42 2 Missing smile: Mona Lisa's vague smile is replaced by a muscular arm—at least in this copy. The mem carrying it photographs tourist faces in the opening. He sets up shop on a Paris bridge. Picture/ Afp
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    • 93 2 FAMILIES of those killed and injured in the Butterworth jetty disaster are suing the Penang Port Commission for damages. The suit charges negligence. Commission chairman Syed Mohamed Aidid said any claims arising from the suit would be settled by the company that insured
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    • 273 2  -  By Cherian George CIGARETTES sold in Singapore are more dangerous to your health than those in the West. They have more tar. The Ministry of Health is looking into the matter. High amounts of tar have been linked to lung cancer. "I suspect
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    • 402 3  -  By Lo Tien Yin Q: WHAT weighs 76 kilograms and floats? A: A balloon with Alan Yap hanging on for dear life. Yap never wanted to go floating off the ground. But he found out that's what happens when two men are holding down a big
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 34 2 The weather WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Showers over many areas from mid-afternoon to early evening. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. Sunset: 7.15 pm today. Sunrise: 7.05 am tomorrow.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 121 4 IT WAS the last goodbye for Kamarula'zlim bin Abdul Rahman and Yahya bin Asim. Eight days after they were in a motorcycle accident together, one attended the other's funeral. The friends, both 23, were riding the motorcycle when it skidded on some oil and
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    • 197 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. Appetizer: A small amount of food or drink taken at the start of a meal to increase the desire for food. Colonialism: The way a stronger country controls a
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    • 322 4  -  By Irene Ng MR LIM Kian Sing was in charge of safety at a PSA terminal. But he gave an order which somehow killed him. Lim, 32, ordered a crane operator to lower a container on the spot where he was standing, a coroner's court heard
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    • 215 4  -  The sweet taste of victory By Harinder Gill SINGAPORE Polytechnic may have squeezed itself into the Guinness Book of World Records. Last month, 365 students from the Polytechnic crammed themselves into a Singapore Bus Service bus. Polytechnic students are close to each other. But for
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    • 186 4  -  By Abdul Hadhi A MAN who stole a Walkman asked the judge for mercy. "I'm getting married soon," he said. "Don't get married," said the judge. "If you commit offences like this, you are not mature enough to be married," said magistrate Daniel Koh. "What
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    • 320 5  -  By Michelle Oh THREE hospitals will get a facelift soon. Plans are afoot to redevelop Kandang Kerbau, Tan Tock Seng and Toa Payoh hospitals so they both serve their users and look good. For the first time, the Public Works Department and Ministry of Health organised
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    • 202 5  -  By Augustine Low THE fiery Singapore Pools dragon float led the procession in a blazing show of lights at Marina Bay last night. But it left in its wake a Sembawang Shipyard float which failed to light up after an earlier collision between
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    • 285 6  - Crime does pay in mags By Thusitha de Silva THE blood-smeared head of a murder victim, slit throats and bullet-riddled bodies are turn-ons for some magazine buyers here. "It is mostly the Thai workers who buy these magazines. They are written in Thai," said Mrs Lau Tong Yan, 26, a
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    • 358 6  -  By Chitra Rajaram ALL quiet on the campus front. But hold it, what's that cooing from the park benches? Nothing but the birds and the bees, and the undergrads working hard at the national effort of getting to know you. Kissing and holding hands is
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    • 143 6 HAVING trouble sleeping? Try night-fishing at the Singapore River. And chances are, you will see Mr Chris Lee, 35, and Mr Jack Koh, 24, casting their lines at 3 am. "We were here since 9.30 last night and come at least four
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    • 117 6 WE all have a few choice things we say we'd like seen done to pesky salesmen. C. Nadarajan, 26, went one step further. He really went and did something. When a persistent ball point pen salesman tried to sell some to Nadarajan in Ang Mo
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 358 8 THEY called him "the Marco Polo of the drug trade" and he was a man of many faces. In various disguises during his worldwide travels, Howard Marks might be a hippie or a yuppie, a playboy or a businessman, a university student even a scruffy
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    • 77 8 Reuter. COMPANIES in the Philippines are in danger of hiring communist rebels. They have been warned by a military spokesman not to take on drivers or messengers without first checking their backgrounds. Lieutenant-Colonel Cris Maralit said seized documents showed that members of leftist
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    • 89 8 Bernama. JAKARTA'S eight million residents have been told to bathe in betel-leaf water to beat dengue fever. Indonesian health officials say that if the betel juice fails to keep mosquitoes away, use eucalyptus oil as a lotion. The government says long research had shown both
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    • 63 8 AFP. AN OPPOSTION party has supported Chatichai Choonhavan's quest to be Thailand's first elected premier. Observers said the move by the opposition Mass Party was a boost for Chatichai at a time when his chances of being named premier seemed to be held up by bickering
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    • 66 8 Wire services. Two teenagers killed the driver of a transit bus in California and wounded three passengers after threatening to slay all 21 people on board. The teens—aged 15 and 17—were charged with murder. Officers said the mass-killing plot was aimed at avenging the death of
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    • 203 9 Oliver Regatta *88 CO-SPONSORED BY The Government has transformed organised by the Singapore Sports starting at 4.00pm between Elgin the Singapore River, a famous Council. We will continue to shoulder Bridge and Cavenagh Bridge. Singapore landmark, into a tourist this responsibility. Again this year, So, come and see Singapore's finest
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 185 10 Wire services. INDIA says it has uncovered a Pakistani plot to kill Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and other officials. Authorities said that the plan was aimed at causing the Gandhi government to fall. Police officers would also have been killed and racial anger fanned.
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    • 189 10 Reuter. SATURATED fat is even more dangerous than scientists thought. Now medical researchers say a diet high in saturated fat may make breast cancer even worse than it normally would be. Canadian researchers said they found evidence linking saturated fat diets and more
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    • 147 10 Reuter BRITISH police say that Irish terrorists have innocent-looking "sleepers" living in places around Britain and Europe who could plant bombs and then fade back into the community around them. Police sources say British security chiefs are worried about this because they fear the
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    • 44 10 Echoes from the past Three Mexican Aztecs, in traditional warrior garb, get ready to fly on a sacred mission to Austria. They want to bring the crown of their famous ancestor, Montezuma. back to Mexico. —Renter Picture/ Reuter Reuter.
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    • 106 10 Reuter THE Pentagon has decided human error caused a US warship to shoot down an Iranian jetliner last month, America's ABC television network reports today. The network said it obtained a Defense Department report showing that computers aboard the ship worked as intended.
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    • 138 10 AP. AN AMERICAN man who said he loved buses so much that he stole 100 of them has been ordered to find another love life for 10 years, or go to prison. Police said Patrick Carl Johnson, 23, of Houston, Texas, would
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 62 15 Liberace-mobile: The owner of this $500,000-Rolls was the late Liberace a former barroom piano player who achieved fame, not to mention money, as a flamboyant performer. Killed by Aids, Liberace loved all that glittered. His Rolls is being shipped from the Liberace Museum in Los Vegas
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    • 80 15 AP. TAIWAN has sacked over 4,000 teachers whose duties included spying on college campuses. An Education Ministry official said the move was aimed at promoting democracy in schools. The spying began 40 years ago. Each public school would appoint one of its teachers to be
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    • 62 15 Reuter. COOKING oil mixed with insecticide has left more than 400 people paralysed and thousands ill in India. Officials in Calcutta said 11 people had so far been arrested in the mass poisoning. The first victims began to appear two weeks ago with new cases
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    • 204 15 AFP. LOVESICKNESS and lack of sex have become the lot of women workers in China's showcase economic zone, says the China Youth Daily. "Their need for love and sex constantly pierces their empty souls," said the newspaper. It reports that the 250,000-strong work force in Shenzan
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    • 132 15 Wire services. PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan today proposed a 10-point plan for dealing with AIDS. Among other things, it bars the Government from firing victims simply because they have AIDS. The plan would set aside $4.4 billion next year for stepped-up research a substantial increase over
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  • STOCKMARKETS
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      249 15 Wire services SHARE prices closed lower on Tuesday as a few special situations and some divi-dend-related trading failed to offset the general lack of buying interest. The Financial Times 30share index closed off 5.1 points at 1,491.4. The Footsie 100-share index closed 6.7 points lower at 1855.5. Volume was
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    • 85 15 Reuter. SHARE prices were mixed in opening trade in Tokyo today. Investors were cautious over the market overheating after rising in seven consecutive sessions, bringing the index to a record close yesterday, brokers said. "People are worried about tighter margin requirements if the market rises too much," a broker
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    • 52 15 FT Industrials Tuesday 1,491.40 (1,496.50) Dm Jmws Avaraga Tuesday 2,131.22 (2,130.51) ST Mistrial Tuesday 1,160.83 (1,160.83) NST IMistriil Tuesday 1,867.58 (1,857.41) Naagkaag Hang Stag Tuesday 2,701.09 (2,703.42) Aastrallaa All Ordiaarias Tuesday 1,623.10 (1,624.00) NHdiai Stack Avaraga Tuesday 28,366.33 (28,326.31) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous
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    • Article, Illustration
      266 15 AFP. THE Dow Jones index of industrial values closed on Tuesday at 2,131.22, up 0.71 points after fluctuating in moderately active trading. The NYSE composite index rose 0.02 to 153.54. Some 167 million shares changed hands compared with 138 million yesterday. Winners and losers were about even: 714
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  • Showtime
    • 321 16  -  By Ambrose Poh AILY YONG is the kind of girl you can take anywhere in a box. She seems to be made of rubber. She can twist her body into all sorts of shapes and put it into all sorts of places. No wonder she is known
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    • 115 16 SPECTACULAR 25-minute burst of fireworks, Aug 13. The same kind was used to celebrate the Thai King's 60th birthday recently. Seven floats will cruise across Marina Bay nightly, from Aug 5 to Aug 14, led by a 40 m-long dragon float Diving displays by the Republic
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    • 247 17  -  By Lo Tien Yin JIMMY Lim, 19, third-year mechanical engineering student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, went on the air recently. But nobody was excited. "My family didn't gather round the radio when I was on," Jimmy said. Being on radio is chicken feed to his family.
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    • 160 17  -  By Brenton Wong PIANISTS and violinists are invited to take part in the Rolex Music Performance Awards 1989. Cash prizes totalling $30,000 will be awarded to the top seven winners. Last year's first prize winners of both sections will be performing with the SSO on
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    • 180 17 FORMER US President Richard Nixon on stage in an opera? Well, almost. Nixon will be portrayed by an actor. The British stage debut will be in Scotland in September. The ex-president is the focus of Nixon in China, an American opera. It was dreamed
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    • 889 18 LAST IN THE SEMES: MICHAEL JACKSON ADMITS HE IS OBSESSED WITH HIS PRIVACY wear 1 sunglasses because I I simply don't like l having to constantly A look people in the eye. M I'VE been accused of being obsessed with my privacy and it's true that I
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1999 19 lelevision Magnum, P.l.— ronx Crossroads Videofashion Monthly IN this fust of a two-part story, students, Vince and Linda. One nlght/he sees Thomas Magnum and John Higgins >w Vince in a gay bar and wonders whether he x la^ st collections by trendsetting take a vacation in London. While jMNh£F W
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  • showtime
    • 887 23 LAST IN THE SERIES: MICHAEL JACKSON ADMITS HE IS OBSESSED WITH HIS PRIVACY I wear sunglasses because I simply d<m7 tike j having ta constantly A laak people in the eye. M I'VE been accused of being obsessed with my privacy and it's true that I am.
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    • 289 24 IHT. A 19th-century courthouse in Sydney: Julie Christie sits tensely in the spectator gallery, waiting for the judge's verdict. The scene is the climax of a four-hour movie for television, Dadah Is Death. It is based on the true story of an
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    • 84 24 AFTER the hanging of Australians Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers on July 7, 1986, 100 more convicted drug traffickers are now in Death Row in Malaysia. Among them is Briton Derrick Gregory. He was found guilty by the Penang High Court on March 6, last
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    • Article, Illustration
      331 25 RAMBO HI (Overseas Theatres/Cathay Cinemas) JOHN Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone, fights to rescue his old friend and mentor, Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna), who is kidnapped by Soviets on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border. FATAL BEAUTY (Orchard) UNDERCOVER cop Detective Rita Rizzoli is on the tough narcotics
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    • 276 25  -  By Sonja Tan SHAPELY Parisian Emmanuelle Seigner has her first starring English role in Roman Polanski's Frantic. She is also the film's saving grace. Harrison Ford handles his serious role with ease, but Emmanuelle sparkles in an otherwise flat movie. When asked about her working with Ford,
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    • 284 26  -  By Adeline Woon SWING, a leading US jazz magazine, reports from Montreaux: "One of the best exponents of jazz piano comes from Singapore." And that person is none other than Jeremy Monteiro. He has just returned from two very successful performances at the Montreaux and
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    • 237 26  -  FIRST NIGHT/CANDY BARS By Adeline Woon ROSES are red and candy is sweet. So three large bouquets of roses welcomed the wholesome Filipino foursome called the "Candy Bars" back to the Hilton Lounge. Flowers continued to be brought onto the stage the whole
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    • 33 23 Jetaway to an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. In The New Paper Jetstream Tour Contest Check out page 37. Back copies on sale at Reception Counter, Times House, Kim Seng Road. UfiuflflUHß
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    • 74 24 Love is the greatest cure! For those who seek insight into other places and times, 'The Physician" goes beyond the sumptuous and corrupt courts of Persia into the realm of the bizarre. The extraordinary detail and circumstances of the protagonist's encounters and his eye for the mysterious makes this piece
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    • 109 24 I Times Handbook of" MODERN POLITICS This book explains, in alphabetical sequence, political terms and ideas like democracy or marxism together with information concerning the world's trouble spots, dealt with under the national heading like Lebanon or Israel. Fuller treatment is given to major countries, especially the superpowers, their constitutions
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 163 27 COMICREUEF Orchard Road/conn Goh Single Slices/Peter Kohisaat WHO KNOWS WHATW/.4 itm k I LliAl tfflllftlH it Cathy Guisewite You skunk! y ou C3(J You worm YO u say rru 6e iowo hours ano "I farnw immto w hoixA I IT-mmF woks ike its 1 u<wt to m nomc 1 V
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 161 28 COMICRELEF Hagar the Horrible/pik Browne amy (Yes.O Afiyu)cK?| (res!) s AllgUSta/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill fjXiifLJ) F*\ Y George the Robot/stephen Stanley inm K vmwy t tmou<«wt vjc w*o pisthy to f\t VQURS [%o SooocfJi-Y rr vjas mo«£ "Too virrv\ a fcAßn<*>ie UAjctwx ttcAcrTUK*:. A Mo»Cg AS SrtSodTW AS P2CTT M§o¥WJ»cAi-
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  • SHOWTIME
    • OVERHEARD
      • 51 29 It's the last applause for actress Feng Shao Mei. Known for bitchy roles such as the songstress Ying Ying in SBC's TV serial, The Last Applause, she has had enough of acting. She now has a nine-to-five job as a public relations officer at the TV
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      • 47 29 Singapore's first musical, Beauty World, which opened to packed audiences during the Arts Festival, is back. Five more "encore" performances will be staged this month on the 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th and 31st. Back again: Five more performances of Beauty World this month.
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      • 71 29 To promote the movie, Diary of A Big Man, Cathay Organisation will bring in leading stars Wong Jo-yin, Sally Yeh and Waise Lee. They will be here from today to Friday. The main star Chow Yun-Fatt could not come because of filming commitments. A meet-the-fans session
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      • 31 29 Bits and Bytes are back, after performing for five days at the Hyatt Hotel in Perth. Fresh from their working holiday, they are now at Brannigan's till Sept 30.
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      • 52 29 Fans of Eric Moo who enjoyed his first TV theme song Kopi-0 will have a chance to hear a second one. Eric will sing the theme song of a new TV serial, Teahouse in Chinatown. Eric Moo: Sings the theme song of new TV serial. Teahouse
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    • 400 29  -  By Vivien Chiong THE night scene in Singapore is dominated largely by Filipina bands. But since July 1, a band from Malaysia has blown across and made everyone sit up. Headwind. That's the name of the talented five-man group. They are now performing nightly at
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    • 219 29 TRACY Huang, Maggie Teng and Ma Ai Nee. Three Singapore singers whose songs are very popular in China. Taiwan-born Tracy is now based in Singapore. But she is still popular back home. Tracy is also one of the many Taiwanese singers idolised in China. A recent
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 1807 31 RADIOGUIDE J Crs NOON Newt In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NO ON Good Music, Company And Mo: NOON Newsdesk A/ 12.05 Lnnchdato: Join Jenny Teo for NOON Easy Listoninf A live programme which pre#- i 2 .j o Country Stories: David Neal W\V ,"»f •> 12.50 Market Report "k« D
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 488 34  -  By! Lim Swee Hong I HAD a nightmare. In it, I saw monstrous fried fishballs speared to ageing cucumber slices. Cocktail sausages stuck 'close to cocktail pineapple cubes for fear of flocks of crawling fried chicken wings. Oily spring rolls patrolled the streets, pelting unsuspecting diners with
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    • 108 34 GOOD news for healthconscious chocolate lovers. Barat tofu chocolates (160-170 calories a bar), which have been in the United States for two years, have hit Singapore. The chocolate is sweetened with natural cane juice. Lactose, found in milk, is not used and so it is also cholesterol-free
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    • 270 34 FREQUENT party-holders showed us how to take the yawn out of a buffet spread. Cocktail sausages: Sausages just don't go with cocktail pineapples. For a time-saving but delicious alternative, "pan-fry cocktail sausages and serve with a choice of mustard and chilli as dip," suggested Mrs
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  • SPORTS
    • 180 35 MORNING TRACKWORK JOCKEY Luke Danis, the newly elected president of the Persatuan Joki-joki (Jockeys Association of Malaysia) has scored the biggest winner of his career. And it comes in the form of his beautiful bride Jamilah Ismail. For the happy couple, wedding bells will ring this
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    • 145 35 Reuter. HUNGARY are goal-hungry. The Hungarian Football Association have introduced a package of sweeping changes to the game in a bid to encourage attacking play. Penalties will now decide the outcome when a match is drawn after 90 minutes. Under the new rules, a winning
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    • Article, Illustration
      259 35 RACING AP. SEVERAL British athletics stars may miss the Seoul Olympic Games. British officials decided yesterday to base selection for the Games on this week's three-day national trials. The first-past-the-post policy has riled many of the nation's top athletes. Among leading athletes in danger of missing the plane
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    • Article, Illustration
      357 35 Wire Services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: ATHLETICS International meet in Monte Carlo Men: 100 m 1 Chidi Imoh (Nig) 10.17 sec 2 Raymond Stewart (Jam) 10.25 3 Denis Mitchell (US) 10.34; 200 m: 1 James Butler (US) 20.42 2 Gilles Queneherve (Fra) 20.44 3 Thomas Jefferson (UKS) 20.52;
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    • 249 36  -  MERLIONCUP THE HURT Stories/ Alfonso Chan SINGAPORE'S Chong Yew Seng was a bitter man last night. He played the best basketball of his life and got jeered. It didn't matter that the fans, if you could call them that, were mostly baying at the four
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    • 112 36 IT WAS an uncomfortable feeling. Singapore was trading point for point with the Chinese Olympic team. Half-time score: China 48 Singapore 47. On resumption, Singapore led twice before China took over. By now the cheers for Singapore had subsided. The American "Singaporeans" were starting to throw funny
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    • 102 36 GEORGIA'S Dynamo Tbilisi paid for their overconfidence, losing 74-75 to the Australia's Brisbane team. They led 43-32 at the break, but squandered it with defensive tactics. When play resumed, Australia dominated. They caught up and then, with two minutes left, trailed by four points. A
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    • 114 36 THE HUMOUR THERE were more laughs than serious basketball between Brewster Heights Packing and Malaysia. The "Applepackers" could have had apples during time out and still won hands down. The star, however, was an insect. Really. When play resumed after half-time, a beetle flew in when the
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