The New Paper, 11 August 1988

Microfilm: NL16640
Total Pages: 34
1 36 The New Paper
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Chatting up the President again
      88 2 MEETING the President of Singapore is a rare occasion for many. Meeting him more than once is a real honour, especially if you are a guest at his official home. Architect Chng Beng Guan had this honour at the Istana last night. He is chairman
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      Don't delay the party
      178 2 The New Paper says... We're in the mood FRASER and Neave said this morning the Orchard Road party would be resumed on Aug 20 if the authorities gave clearance. DANNY TAN reports: The place they have in mind is the stretch from MRT Park to the
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      Sorry
      44 2 IN OUR paper yesterday, the colour pictures of Singapore football team captain T. Pathmanathan and of soccer player Razali Saad were transposed. The official list of Long Service Medal recipients had an error. Mr Gan Mai Muai is the recipient, not Mrs Gan.
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      Switch to cardphones by 1991
      200 2 TELECOMS wants to replace payphones with cardphones island-wide. Some welcomed the move. A few considered it as bad as a crank call. But all had ideas on how to make it work. "The cards must be sold everywhere, like parking coupons," said Mr Wong Ming
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      Lock icon Animal crackers! Cat causes illness galore
      148 2 Wire services. AN OUTBREAK of pneumonia and other illness among a dozen poker players in Canada is blamed on a cat that gave birth near their card table. Researchers believe the cat carried germs that cause Q fever, and she shed large amounts of
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      Lock icon This fish costs at least $10,000
      396 3  -  By Loh Tuan Lee HE paid $85,000 for nine fishes, to be flown all the way from Japan to Singapore. Fish lover and importer Bertie Chan took the risk because he says koi enthusiasts are increasing in number. He is confident of finding buyers
      Pictures/ CHOO ChWEE HUA  -  396 words
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    • Miscellaneous
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      32 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Showers over many areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 29 degrees. Minimum: 26 degrees. Sunset today: 7.14 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.05 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Some tips from other parents
      627 4  -  GLOSSARY THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. Aggressive: Forceful. Someone who is aggressive in his work wants very much to succeed, and behaves in a forceful way without really caring about
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      Peel-away glass gets the job done for robbers
      244 4  -  By Ambrose Poh SHATTERPROOF glass in a goldsmith's shop did not stop four robbers yesterday afternoon. First they tried to smash the display cases with iron rods. When that did not wor* they coolly produced parangs and knives, cut through the sealant
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      S'pore can pay, decides UN agency
      133 4 SINGAPORE is about to officially become a grownup country in the eyes of the United Nations and it won't be cheap. As of January, the UN Development Programme will change Singapore's status. Instead of being a country that gets aid, it will be- come
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      An engineering feat
      278 6  -  MR Che Sin Quee is deaf and dumb. He was the first mute to graduate from a tertiary institution in Singapore. And now he is a civil engineer. We caught up with him when he returned after graduating from a British university. By Harinder Gill CHE, 24,
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      Glass Hotel sold for $99m to Hilton hotelier
      130 6 THE GLASS Hotel, a Havelock Road landmark, will be sold to the family company of hotel owner Ong Beng Seng for $99.25 million. Business Times reported today that Avant Hotels International (AHI) offered about $3 million more than the Hong Leong group.
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      Careless Whisper — by phone
      393 6 Careless Whisper by phone MR Jack Lee, 23, is not about to turn singer. But yesterday, he performed in public at Metro Marina. Lee, who cheerfully told The New Paper he was jobless, sang Careless Whisper over the videophone. He did it at the request of recording artist Thomas Teo,
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      Lock icon Oh, about 20 truckloads
      193 7 That was a supervisor's estimate of the amount of rubbish left behind after the National Day parade. Yes, stadium crowds do leave a lot to be picked up after soccer matches or Labour Day rallies, as reporter LO TIEN YIN finds out. THE bags of rubbish
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      Slashed his son, says he's sorry
      221 7 MANY parents feel an urge to whack a disobedient child but fortunately only a few of them actually do it. Mr Wong Kam Fei's big problem is that since he suffered brain damage in a motorcycle crash 10 years ago he cannot control that
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      Boy fleeing fight killed
      253 7  -  By Chua Chin Chye A 9-YEAR-OLD school boy fleeing from a fight in a market place darted into Alexandra Road and was run down by a car. Goh Lye Soon died in a hospital shortly after he was hit yesterday at about 3.45 pm. It was
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      Light sleeper saves brother's life
      106 7 A LIGHT sleeper helped save his brother's life yesterday. It was 3 am, and the 27-year-old student woke when he heard noises from the kitchen of their home, at Sea Avenue, off Marine Parade Road. He went in and saw his brother lying on the
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      'Like magic'—this $500 note scam
      300 8  -  By Ng Wan Ching AT 8 pm on Monday, a time and date which reads Ave eights, luck was on the side of two thieves. By sleight of hand, the men hoodwinked a salesgirl into parting with $200. They walked into the Puma Boutique in
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      Warning on infection from contact lenses
      308 8  -  By Chitra Rajaram TOO many people are not looking clearly before they leap into wearing contact lenses. More than 80 people come to the Singapore General Hospital here every month, suffering from contact lens-related eye infections, a doctor said. And at the National University
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    • Article
      DIFFERENT TYPES OF LENSES
      174 8 Hard Lent: Small plastic disc that covers only the centre of the eye. Recommended by doctors because it is very sensitive and the wearer can feel any irritation in the eye immediately. It may be worn 12 hours a day. Soft Lens: A plastic disc that
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      Lock icon Now the party moves out
      351 9  -  By Augustine Low THE party's over. But the dates are just beginning for these young people. The seven were brought together for the National Day Parade by the People's Association Social Development Section (SDS). All of them are members of the SDS which is the
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      Thief's passion for joyrides
      110 9 ZAKARIAH Supati, 18, admitted to a court yesterday that he had stolen three motorcycles. He said he did it to satisfy his passion for joyrides. He took the motorcycles "without the permission of their owners'* last October. Together with a friend, Nordin Buang, he stole motorcycles
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      89 6 TheNewPaperJetstreamTour Contest Top 4 prize winners: M* Lee Lai Chee I/C: *****55A Mr Low Bak Hin I/C: *****97G Mr William PJ_ Ho I/C: *****781 Mr Raymond Lee Cheo Eng I/C: *****63Z Answers to Contest Week No. 2: 1 Aug Buyers say "no to big pants" 2 Aug Romeo and Janet
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      287 8 THE NEW PAPER METRO l( i PRESENT V >^o^ri NV&*" k rMEIRO T* MARINA NOW! Brian Miller (above) talking to Ricky Poon, a 28-year-okJ SBC actress Chen Bifeng (above) talking to teenager -C«/ technician. Cecilia Lee. s/ Ricky: I like betting and I read The New Paper's racing Cecilia: How
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Splash dance! ASEAN ASIDES
      316 10  -  By Trudy Lim A YOUNG man, wild-eyed, gallops like a horse. A bridle of safety pins pierces his ears and cheeks. But he is not just horsing around. He performs a traditional Indonesian dance called kuda kepang. In an era of rapid social change throughout Asia,
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      Lock icon Mahathir's test in Johor Baru poll
      207 10 Malay Mail. THE stage is set in Johor Baru for the first head-to-head contest between the outlawed Umno party and the party of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed. New Umno aligned with Dr. Mahathir named teacher Haji Mas'ud Abdul Rohman as its parliamentary candidate for
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      Lock icon All for love at a dog: Shocks to stop barking
      46 10 Wmmrmm •w nAifi tWi mm «Aannr •SwarifaT'ift pm mm i mm+mm rip rn TW lliwirln My Nm NidtWMN. pppVHl Um of IIM aim UmM f»W LW 4qp p* «f »>»» Um tW* hart b«» m dl* iS^wS^fcgMW
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      Lock icon Discovery passes the super test
      223 11 Wire services. THE US space shuttle Discovery is now classified as "a very good bird," almost ready for a rocket to boost it into space flight. Discovery passed tough pre-flight tests at Cape Canaveral's space center yesterday. It may be flown in September or October,
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      Lock icon Breakfast with a blonde
      58 11 Cmrrn Hotel receptionist Mylee Cunningham could not have asked for a more unusual start to her day a tiger as her first guest Sasha, a young Bengal tiger, was working the Sydney hotel as a kind of press agent. He was used as a prop in
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      Lock icon Troubled waters calmer now: Manila
      276 11 Wire services. MANILA says Malaysia has smoothed ruffled relations with the Philippines by freeing 48 Filipino fishermen. The fishermen were jailed in April on charges of illegal fishing. One died in custody, outraging officials in Manila. A Malaysian court found that the fishermen could not
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      Lock icon Preparing for the rebels
      47 11 Camouflage: in an attempt to build Army morale, Philippines President Corazon Aquino has promised a tough new offensive against leftist rebels. Here Filipino commandos black their faces for night- manoeuvres. They are undergoing intensified training in Quezon province, southeast of Manila. Picture/ REUTER
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      Lock icon S. Korea agrees to talks with North
      158 11 -Wire services. SOUTH KOREA'S National Assembly has accepted a North Korean proposal for talks the first since contact between the two Koreas was broken off in 1985. The meeting of parliamentary leaders would be held in Panmunjom this month. Diplomats say South Korea
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      Sex for sale: More male prostitutes on the rise
      141 11 TRANSVESTITES working as whores have become tough competition for women in the same business. This odd turn of events was outlined in a report on sexual minorities by the UN Subcommittee on Human Rights. More and more men are willing to
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      Lock icon Police accused of torture
      222 12 Amnesty says Indians abuse powers r r Wire services. INDIAN police and security forces have been accused of unlawfully torturing, killing and jailing thousands of people. The charges were made yesterday by Amnesty International, a Lon-don-based human-rights group that monitors police work around the world. Amnesty
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      Lock icon Granny, get your gun
      91 12 True Grit Anyone who tries to mem with Peggy Miller, 78, of Detroit, is in for a rude shock. A robber who tried to clean out this restaurant owner's cash register learned that the hard way. When he pulled a gun on one of Miller's employees,
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      Lock icon Over 3 billion Asians now
      117 12 Wire services. ASIA'S population has topped three billion. A report by a 19-nation group said baby number three billion was born at 8.47 am yesterday. Asia is the world's most populous region with seven babies born every second. Its people make up 60 per cent
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      Lock icon Chinese milked by crooked traders
      115 12 Wire services. CHINESE traders are boosting profits by adding urine, lime and even acid to milk they sell, a Beijing newspaper says. The Legal Daily reports the practice was uncovered by health officials who tested 163 samples of milk sold in Kunming, capital of Yunnan
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      Lock icon Gowned dip in Gaza beach
      51 12 Cover-up: Bikinis and swimsuits are out for these Muslim Arab women. The Islamic religion calls on its women to be properly dressed at all times. Here, the women, wearing traditional gowns, take a dip in the cool waters of a Gaza beach in the Mediterranean.
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      Lock icon Monster in Chinese lake?
      167 12 Wire services. SCIENTISTS are searching for a horse-eating monster in a remote lake in north-western China. "For years domestic animals have mysteriously disappeared in the lake/' says the official Xinhua news agency in a report. "Locals believe there may be monsters." Chinese scientists are using hovercrafts,
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  • STOCKMARKETS/WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon LONDON
      283 13 Wire services. SHARE prices skidded sharply lower in jittery trading on the London stock exchange on Wednesday as the market was shaken by declines in New York and Tokyo on the possibility of additional interest rate hikes. The Financial Times 30share index was off 19.0 points at 1,482.1 at
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      87 13 Reuter. SHARE prices eased moderately in opening trade in Tokyo on Thursday after a 45-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial average overnight, brokers said. The market is closely watching Wall Street, expecting a general downward move, but there are no grave worries, said an analyst. The Nikkei index
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      INDICES/Closing
      61 13 FT ladmtriato Wednesday 1,482.10 (1,601.10) u Dow loMft Amag t W#dn«d«y L 034.14 2.079.13) o ST UrtittrtAl Wednesday 1.147.96 klnaed) NST Industrial Wednesday 1,867.10 (1.878.17) o Hongfcoag Hang Sang Wednwday 2.579,38 (2334.04) o Australia* All Ordlaaritt Wednrwlny IKII 50 (1.667,20) a Nlkkal Stock Amaga Wedneaday 27,654 K7 (28.170 36)
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      309 13 Wire ser- SHARE prices plunged on the New York stock exchange on Wednesday, in the wake of Tuesday's half-point hike in the US interest rate to 6.5 per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 44.99 points, at 2,034.14 the first time it has closed below 2,050
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      Lock icon Rampage goes on in Rangoon
      218 13 Wire services. THE Burmese capital of Rangoon now looks like a war front. Thousands of Burmese clashed with government troops yesterday, hurling stones, fire-bombs and firing guns. They beheaded three security police as crowds cheered and chanted for more killings. The rampage marked the third
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      Lock icon Region's officers in UN force
      123 13 Wire services. MILITARY officers from Malaysia and Indonesia will join those from 22 other nations on a United Nations observer force that will patrol the Iran-Iraq border. A cease-fire in the Gulf war is scheduled to take effect on Aug 20, ending an eight-year conflict
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  • Showtime
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      $3 is all you pay to see a star
      360 14  -  Stories/ Vivien Chiong THREE dollars that's what you pay to see a movie star in the flesh nowadays. The latest trend is for cinema organisations to invite movie stars to appear at theatres as an added draw. Last week saw three
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      Trip here did Sharla good
      301 14 SHARLA Cheung Man was an unknown before her trip to Singapore last week. The 21-year-old Shanghai-born actress had two earlier movies to her credit, Magic Crystal and Romancing The Star. But in both movies, she I had a mere supporting part and was 'overshadowed by
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      Lock icon Real Stylo, these Mylos
      256 15  -  By Brenton Wong CATCHY local name, The Stylo-Mylos. They are an a capella quintet, singing in unaccompanied harmony. The group is made up of musical veterans Dick Lee, Jacintha Abisheganaden, Babes Conde and new faces Jimmy Jap and Hanson Lim. "Dick and I go back a
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      That Goldfinger girl is all set to come back
      218 15 S HE was a Bond girl with ash blonde hair who made it in gold. Back in 1964, Shirley Eaton starred in Goldfinger as a 24-carat, naked corpse. Now 50, and with hair flecked with silver, Shirley is ready to make
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      QUICKTAKES
      173 15  -  By Sonja Tan LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (Orchard) AN old idea, but it succeeds. Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron act as father and son who switch identities. What they do with each other's life provides the laughs. The movie to watch if you want to relax. Times: 11 am,
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      Energy going West in search of the big-time
      387 22  -  By Vivien Chiong LIKE a newly-charged battery, singer Douglas Oliveiro bursts onto the stage and electrifies everyone. Including an impressed British show promoter who will take him and his band home. The man is Darryl Patton. He was the show promoter of
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    • SEEINGSTARS
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        Liz and S'pore buys
        49 22  -  By Adeline Woon VISITORS to Elizabeth Taylor's bathroom can view some souvenirs bought from her visit to Singapore with Malcolm Forbes some months back. They are three antique lavender jade lions, costing about $375,000, in her huge sunken bathtub. Elizabeth: Has Singapore souvenirs on show.
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        Sinead's lift date
        33 22 SAYS skinhead singer Sinead O'Connor: "If I were stuck in a lift with Michael Jackson I'd swallow cyanide immediately." Sinud: wni swallow cyanide if stuck in lift with Michael Jackson.
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        Loud Salt and Pepa
        47 22 CHERYL James and Sandy Denton are Salt and Pepa, the pop duo. Both are 20. They met at Queens Borough College where one college friend remembers them as "the loudest girls in the class." I guess it does help when you're into rapping.
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      The tales these producers tell!
      310 22  -  By Lo Tien Yin AN assistant producer's job is full of problems but these two, who are training to become one, don't mind the hassle. "Life as an assistant producer is full of nitty-gritty. But I like these problems," said Miss Teng Bee Lian, 27,
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      Lock icon The truth—in body language FIRSTNIGHT
      284 23  -  BY Adeline Woon IT'S TRUE. You can communicate without language. And you cannot always communicate with language either. The play Mama Looking For Her Cat testifies to that. The play turns all notions of language upside down. The two characters who communicate best with each
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      Chasing a dream
      210 23  -  By Lo Tien Yin COMING soon to Singapore, A China Dream. The Shanghai People's Cultural Theatre will be bringing us the drama of a Chinese girl chasing her dream in America. Lasers will be used to depict time shifts and the move from reality to a dream
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      885 16 What Some Say Of The Plan discusses the proposal to —f* I PROPOSAL I FOR AGAINST/RESERVATIONS increase the President's 1 E powers It is h maior chancre vlSi IB > I J/fStm. p bghßtf the Government will be more cautious about how it spends the country's The Government has so
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      1690 17 Television screen FeatureHH FfeePrelences Natioral Geographic fiy (Last Episode) Treasures From The Past (SBC 5, 10.30 pm) PAMELA (Judy Loe) and Jackie SEVERAL historical objects are Wj|9R^IMHK (Susie Blake) fmd that Malcolm restored in this special documentary. THIS production proves that the (Roger Rees) and Clive (Eamon Included is a
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      852 16 What Some Say Of The Plan JtuAMWttA rJk.it&H- v -.vr*discusses the proposal to I PROPOSAL FOR AGAINST/RESERVATIONS 1 increase the President's powers it is h maior Ht 5L_ 2m\- BF the Gpvernment will be more cautious about how it spends the country's The Government has so far done a good
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  • FOOTNOTES
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      Lock icon No shop talk at the tuck shops
      280 24 THE OUB Centre at Raffles Place houses the Singapore Stock Exchange. But lunchtime talk in its basement seems not to be of money, as ALFONSO CHAN finds out. IN the basement, the women come and go, talking of food and where to go.
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      Chicken Tikka A DISH TO TRY
      225 24 THE dish "tandoori chicken" is associated with hours of marinating and cooking in the tandoor, a charcoal-fired clay oven. Tandoori began as the cuisine of the famous Moghul emperors. But you can cook a tandoori dish in the kitchen, in less than half an
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      Pouring the right oil into the frying pan FOOD WISE
      237 24  -  By Lawrence Low OIL strikes fear in the heart of the dieter. Yet it is vital to almost any kind of cooking. Oil moves the mayonnaise, smooths over the salads and creates the crisp in fried foods. Some oils may
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      1331 25 RADIOGUDE -»Wmd ■wimK-mi:! tr— MOOM BrM (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Music, Company And Ma: NwrXtlh "irffii£SMK£ lu, sS£r mer, George Benson, Flock Of news in the market report. J l Mlf f J, he J? U t re,eaBeB "Vf Seagulls, Asia, Christopher 12.50 Market Report 12 15 T,il# War
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      189 28 KVWr 437,000 potential I who said they would I read' The New Paper. I :1 (Prelaunch Survey, November 1987). I Recruit effectively withTast Ads Our Appointments Classified Section The New Paper, Singapore's newest fTTTTPVVTWnpPj English weekday noon tabloid, delivering informative and easy-reading RMmpplM news in a colourful and comfortable n
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      264 29 APPOINTMENTS /rsr S JURONG COUNTRY CLUB Vh PTE LTD invites applications for the following positions ACCOUNTS CLERK Applicant should possess GCE "O" levels with credits in English and Mathematics Preference will be given to those with book-keeping knowledge and some data entry experience on the PCs ADMINISTRATION CLERK Applicant should
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      286 29 APPOINTMENTS PK Step right in for $2001 iwe Cash I Singapore ladies I who join us I Special offer valid while vacancies last. today we'll tell you more!" FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS You should be above 16 yean old; able to do scope work clean room assignments; work one of the
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  • SPORTS
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      Lesson in defeat
      324 31 EAST ASIA JUNIOR TEAM SQUASH: SHAHIRON SAHARI REPORTS FROM KL SINGAPORE learnt a lesson in their 3-0 defeat by favourites Malaysia, according to their team manager. "All things considered, it would be unfair to expect more than what they gave the boys are still learning," said Hubert
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      'Why I lost'
      421 31 COURT ASIDES "I SHOULD have won that first game, it would have made all the difference" said Singapore's top player. In the end, Malaysia's Lim Kim Jim won 10-9, 9-2, 9-0. Would that first set really have changed the picture? "I was leading 5-1, and had service
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      Lock icon SCORECARD
      331 31 Wire Services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASEBALL American League: Milwaukee 3 Boston 2, Toronto 6 New York 3, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 3, Baltimore 4 Kansas 2, Texas 6 Detroit 2, Seattle 4 California 1, Oakland 8 Chicago L National League: Chicago 6 New York 4, Pittsburgh 10 Montreal
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      Lock icon Jay is Malaysia's great squash hope
      155 31 JAY Lim has been called a magician with the racket. And when the legendary Jonah Barrington saw the Malaysian playing in a competition in Malacca three years ago, he felt Jay was one of the best Under-12 players in the world. Jay is still
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      He's Dawan the one
      131 31 RACING HE'S Dawan's reign looks set to be extended to the second leg of the Rothmans International 100 Triple Crown at Penang next week Judging by the entries, only 10 other horses are willing to battle against him. The classy sprinter not only captured the first
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    322 32  -  SCHOOLSPORTS By Judy Khaw W ATER wing 9. That's what these girls seem to have when they take the plunge. The underwater pirouettes, legs in the air. The human carousel, half submerged, half afloat. Breath-taking. Not to mention an angel popping out of the water, propped up by
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      165 33 UPI. CANADIAN Ben Johnson, the world's fastest human, said yesterday that he won't be waiting until the Seoul Olympics to try and better his 100 metres world record. Johnson, the 100 m world champion from the 9.83-sec world mark he set last August in Rome, will
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      World No. 2 Opie to play here
      193 33  -  By Alfonso Chan LISA Opie, the World's No. 2 women's squash player, will make her debut in the Anchor Beer championship at the West Coast Recreation Centre from Sept 5-10. She leads a strong field of 11 women professionals to the tournment. Last
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      Injury robs Gerard of track glory
      129 33 GERARD SUM, one of Singapore's medal prospects at the coming Asean Schools' Track and Field championship, is out of the squad. The 18-year-old suffered a torn ligament on his right ankle during a rugby match two weeks ago. "I was shattered at first. I
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      66 33 Reuter. A GROUNDSWELL of British public support is keeping alive Sebastian Coe's slender hopes of chasing a third Olympic title in Seoul next month. Britain's popular press and public alike have rallied around Coe who was controversially left out of the nation's Olympic squad by the
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      397 33 The New Paper Jetstream Tour Contest Chedk out The Story with this 13 &Wm an all expense paid Adventure in Japan. Every day, there are stories marked with a tick The New Paper. But only ong of these ticks is inside a double border raf Look for the tick with
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    271 34 MALAYSIACUP S OCCER Fever comes in many forms. Some are noisy, some volatile; some violent, and some just wild fun. But all are definitely partisan, no matter where you go. Last weekend, way up north in Kedah and Perlis, the New Paper's Malaysia Cup coverage team
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      THAT $50,000 QUESTION
      387 35  -  may mean a bill for the FAS Fandi Ahmad could cost $220,000 Format: Nine teams in Div I, eight in Transfers Minimum: $20,000. Div Matches on a home and away Maximum: $100,000 a player basis. By S. GULAM F THE Football Association of Singapore was to bring
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      I'm a scorer, not a skipper: Fandi
      244 35 THE pressure of being skipper and scorer has proven too much for Fandi Ahmad he has given up his captain's armband. After leading Cup-holders Kuala Lumpur for three Malaysia Cup ties, Fandi last week asked to be relieved of his duties. Though stunned
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      PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS
      143 35 ■Format: Bottom three teams in Div I to be relegated, while top three in Div ID to be promoted. For the quarter-finals: Top five teams from Div I and the top three from Div II enter quarter-finals. Or The top six teams from Div 1 and the top
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      A switch in time for Sunday?
      280 35  -  By S. Gulam THE calls for changes in the Singapore soccer team have not fallen on deaf ears, afterall. Judging from last night's two-hour training session at Jalan Besar Stadium, at least three reserves could be in contention for Sunday's game against Sarawak. In
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      56 35 ELSEWHERE MALACCA 1 KL 4 NST. THIS was one homecoming Hashim Marman loved but Malacca hated. Hashim, who was born in Malacca 25, scored a hat-trick against his former team. The other goal for KL was a "gift" from Malacca defender Anuar Ghani.
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      954 36 MARINA CENTRE HARMONICAS IN HARMONY. Members of The National Transport Workers Union will play 30 popular Mandarin songs. Area D. 6 pm 7 pm. VARIETY 8HOW. Senior citizens from eight community centres and the People's Association get together to perform the waltz. Cantonese opera and sing
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      17 36 COMING UP: Play on family ties FILMS: A German suspense thriller FOOD: Exotic Polynesian fare
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      HEWOOS WITH HIS MUSIC
      112 36 If you don't know Rob Goodwin, vou stolid. He's 11is ons who wrote the musical score for the Battle of Britain and Pores 10 from Nnrarone. Today, he will conduct the Singapore Symphonic Orchestra and they will piny the i soundtrack from nories r.[ like High
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