The New Paper, 19 September 1988

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  • 15 1 the new paper MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 MO (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS the new paper
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    • 123 1 I WOMAN I WHO'S I GOV IT All! I On Itcatiofl with H Jane Seymour in LH Penang. She finds M diamonds t] in the E*j bottom |W| of a glass. HBHr -1 a A >j^H^MHpBMH|(WWW!f iMfti ttWfc" ft < ti > fi'flh'ih*1ifMl OLYMPTCM^WTS Americans seem to be sinking. /Page
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  • 45 1 Danger cargo: Freighter loaded with poisonous cargo of cyanide rolls on side as it is being loaded. Port Authority says don't panic. Ship is secure against a wharf. Chemists on scene are guarding against leaks. /Page 2 Picture/Jonathan Choo
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 377 2  -  By Irene Ng A SHIP carrying poisonous sodium cyanide tilted over on its side in Singapore harbour yesterday but nobody pushed any panic buttons. The Caribbean ship, listing 45 degrees, cannot tilt any further because its starboard (right, for all landlubbers) side is resting
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    • 144 2 DEAR Mister, Mrs, Ms, Madam, Minister, as the case may be From today, The New Paper will address you throughout our stories by proper titles. Since we launched on July 26, we have tried for an informal style, using Mr, Ms, etc on first mention
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    • 165 2 MALAY leaders spoke up over the weekend on Mr Goh Chok Tong's statement about the community's support for the People's Action Party. On Sept 10, the PAP's assistant secretary-general said that the party felt many Malays did not vote for it in the Sept
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    • 405 2  -  By Cheng Shoong Tat in CHENGDU. CHINA TWO prominent figures in Chinese history were on Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew's mind when he began his tour of Chengdu's attractions yesterday. A third one was not as prominent but prompted Mrs Lee to
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    • 159 2 The Prime Minister has noted a new Chinese attitude towards war. He called it a "fundamental change" when he spoke to Singapore reporters in Beijing on Saturday. The Chinese are now saying there will be no peace and progress if there is "disorder under the
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    • 294 3  -  By Chow Wai Fong A BABYSITTING service in a shopping place is such a good idea that a couple once left the Ikea store forgetting to take their child home. This was one of the things Ikea store decorations manager Sunny Boey remembered about the service,
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    • 304 3  -  By Ambrose Poh THE Chang family do not lock their front gate with a chain and padlock. But when they came home on Saturday night, it was locked. Sensing something wrong, they rushed in and found a bedroom ransacked. Thieves had stolen
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    • 25 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook for mittent slight rain, clearing Singapore from noon to mid- in the late afternoon. Maxinight: Overcast with inter- mum 28 degrees.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 407 4  -  By Chitra Rajaram BREAST cancer is on the rise in Singapore. And what is worrying doctors is more and more younger women are getting it. One reason is the cancer is not detected early enough because women do not go for regular checkups. To
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    • 238 4 A NEW cancer virus is striking Singapore women in their early 20s but they don't know about it. This strain of virus attacks the cervix, but there are no symptoms. It strikes those who started having sex early and had many sexual partners. There
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    • 466 4  - Beyond 65 'not age, but attitude' By Lois Ng THREE score and 10, the Bible says. Many not only live beyond that, but refuse to wind down. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 65 last Friday, has given notice that he is not retiring. He is in distinguished company. Sir Run
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    • 225 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. Attributes: If a person attributes a quality to someone, he is saying that that person has the quality- Connoisseur: A food connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about
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    • 119 4 ACTING Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that this year is the best ever for Singapore's economy. So, he said, we can expect extra bonuses at year's end. Highlights of the year thus far were recovering from the economic recession, a
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    • 407 5 The taxi below looks like it is ready to fall apart, but it chugs along on Pulau Übin thanks to the skill and resourcefulness of one man. MR Peter Neo works in Singapore's taxi graveyard on Pulau Übin. He resurrects cars. "I used my brain and
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    • 443 6 LIKE sharks out for the kill, touts lurk near the waters of Clifford Pier. Their wares this time are not watches or coffins but the harbour cruises. The touts circle their prey usually unsuspecting tourists as soon as they step out of the taxi.
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    • 264 6 IT WAS long past midnight and Miss Alice Tan Yen Lin, 21, was worried. Her father, Mr Tan Hong Joo, 46, a taxi driver, had been working the 5 pm to midnight shift and had not come home. At about 11 am on
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    • 373 6 THEY were raw recruits when they began. Twelve months later 120 young men have turned into fit, disciplined and confident officers in the SAF. The men became fullfledged second lieutenants at a commissioning parade over the weekend at the SAF Training Institute (SAFTI)
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    • 105 6 PICKPOCKETS strike an average of six Singaporeans every day. Last year, 1,983 people lost their money or valuables to the sneaky thieves. This is the sad story that has been revealed by police records. The Chinese-language daily newspaper, Zaobao, said that the sneaky thieves most
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    • 362 7  -  By Augustine Low FOR the Lim family, hell was their old home in a squatter site in Ternbeling Road, off Joo Chiat Road. "All we had was a zinc roof. When it rained, we got wet and shivered the whole night. And the drain next
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    • 197 8  -  By Chitra Rajaram PREGNANT you might get, but it's very unlikely you'll get Aids if you use the condoms available in Singapore. Doctors say leaky condoms do not make it much easier to get Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) or other sexually transmitted diseases
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    • 196 8  -  By Ng Wan Ching "VIGILANTE" justice early today meant that a man accused of pretending to be a Vigilante Corps member got arrested with eleven of his friends. Police gave this account: First, a man got caught trying to walk
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    • 202 8 SOUTH Korean seaman Kim Jin Choi, 17, was asked to clean the wheelhouse bridge of his ship on Saturday morning. It was his last job. He was found unconscious on the deck at 11 that morning. The captain had him sent to the National University
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 477 10 Two coups, two countries, two new leaders. Both Burma and Haiti, half a world apart, are again shaken by military takeovers. In Burmajthe reaf power remains for the moment behind-the-scenes. In Haiti, a Duvalier loyalist shoots his way to the top. COUP IN
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    • 228 10 COUP IN HAITI ANOTHER coup halfway around the world in the Caribbean state of Haiti threatens to restore the violent rule that made the Duvalier name a symbol of repression. The takeover brings to power Brig-Gen Prosper Avril, one-time friend and ally of
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    • 490 10  -  By William L. Chaze FOREIGN EDITOR POISON gas is the poor man's nuclear weapon. It is cheap. A tiny drop no bigger than a pinhead can kill. It can silently wipe out an entire army. Like an atomic bomb, it can kill every living
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    • 58 11 Bottoms up: The world's largest beer festival is back wetting the whistles of thousands of merrymakers. Officials in Munich hope the two-week celebration of Germany's national drink will attract six million people. Here a waitress tries to serve as many as possible at one
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    • 184 11 Wire services. THE main Tamil rebel group in Sri Lanka has welcomed a five-day ceasefire announced by India. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said yesterday the temporary truce showed India realised the futility of a military approach to the conflict between the Tamils and
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    • 185 11 Wire Services. THE good times ended quickly for Soviet protesters. After a period of relative tolerance, the Kremlin has decided to crack down hard on those who take part in anti-government protests. A tough new line was adopted in a decree circulated yesterday. It is the
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    • 247 11 Wire services. YOUNG Pakistani officers were behind the plane crash that killed President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, says an American magazine. US News and World Report says the American Central Intelligence Agency believes the officers were directly involved in sabotage that downed the C-130 military plane
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    • 232 11 Wire services. THE US and Syria main power brokers in troubled Lebanon have agreed on a candidate for the country's postponed presidential polls. Analysts believe the agreement foreshadows better times ahead for Lebanon, which has teetered on the brink of anarchy for the past three
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    • 268 12 Wire services. THE Greens, a leftist party aligned mostly with environmental causes across Europe, has won its first seats in Sweden's parliament. The elections yesterday returned to power the Social Democrats, whose margin in parliament was left intact. But the Greens managed to pick up
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    • Article, Illustration
      47 12 Death machine: It's just your ordinary father-and-son outing. Dad Kelly Arnold shows his son, Jason, one of the world's deadliest rifles at a convention of would-be soldiers of fortune in Ims Vegas, Nevada. Son Jason is already wearing a pint-sized suit of camouflage. Picture/ Ap
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    • 163 12 Wire services. ISRAELI officials have denied published reports that the Jewish state is ready to loft a spy satellite. Both the British magazine Flight and America's Time magazine have reported that the satellite would be used to spy on neighbouring Arab states. If true,
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    • 236 12 Wire services. VIETNAM has as much as said it opposes a Soviet plan to withdraw forces from Cam Ranh Bay if America will do the same in the Philippines. The Kremlin offer was made last week by Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, who said it would promote
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    • 34 12 Comfortable! Just a man and his bird. The man, topped by his pet, was among the thousands listening to Pope John Paul's final mass in Maputo, Mozambique. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 154 12 Wire services MORE than 50,000 Yugoslavians from the republic of Montenegro have taken to the streets, protesting the oppression of Serb and Montegrin minorities. The demonstrations are highly unusual for socialist Yugoslavia, which normally does not permit such protests. The ethnic protests are similar to
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    • 143 12 Wire services. A FILIPINO naval officer who accused Malaysia of annexing six Philippine islands has been relieved of duty. A military spokesman said Navy Commodore Juanito Cortez has been relieved of his post as commander of naval forces in the southern island of
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    • 45 12 Reuter SHARE prices were higher in opening trade due to stable currency and interest rates, and to a lack of negative news over the weekend, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 136.62 points to 28,003.00 in the first 10 minutes of trade. J
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  • 391 13  -  THE NEW PAPER SPECIAL SEOUL BEAT Ken Jalleh Jr MORE than a hundred people played musical chairs in a sardine can to hear the world's fastest man say I want my mummy. She holds the key, said Ben Johnson, adding that his mother Gloria will be
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  • 51 14 SEOULPICK Yanmei (left) held off a atroag American threat to win the gold medal in the women's platform diving event Soviet Stunner! Irina Shilova, of the Soviet Union, is all smiles after winning the Seoul Olympics' first gold medal in the women's air rifle event. Pictures/
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  • SEOULBEAT
    • 510 15  -  By Ken Jalleh Jr NEWSMEN made the news themselves yesterday when a group of angry Hongkong and Chinese journalists charged at a top Korean official during a press conference. They claimed that a lady sportscaster was molested by Korean Press and Broadcasting Support Manager Suh Sang-Kyu. Mr
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    • 306 15 INDIA'S HOCKEY MISFORTUNE UPI. PARGET Singh, who plays left-back for India's hockey team, pointed to the artificial grass pitch at the Songnam Stadium and sighed. "That's the main reason India is no longer the best hockey nation in the world," he said. Not because of
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    • 322 15 PAKISTAN'S HOCKEY FORTUNE 1 UPI. PAKISTAN is the new force to reckon with in men's hockey. Its new, young team defending the Olympic title won in Los Angeles, is seeded fifth. Even though there are only two artificial pitches in Pakistan, its players have constantly
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    • 373 16 NYT. JANET Evans and Matt Biondi swam well and said they felt comfortable. Troy Dalbey did what he had to do. Otherwise, the United States had a shaky day as the swimming competition began at the Olympic Parks 50-me-tre indoor pool. The American men had
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    • 357 16 THE Americans have reasonable hopes of getting almost every swimmer into a championship final, Richard Quick, the US head coach, said as he played down the day's disappointments. "I think they were a little nervous," he said. "I think we'll learn from it. I thought
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    • 666 17  -  THESEOULSHAMATEURS By Ken Jalleh, Jr THE only monkeys to be found here at the Olympic Games are at the zoo and, as Ben Johnson would have us believe, in the Press Village. The monkeys at the zoo perform for peanuts. They are a dying
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  • Article, Illustration
    415 18  -  THE NEW PAPER SPECIAL SEOUL BEAT Ken Jalleh Jr SEVDALIN Marinov is a puny Bulgarian weighing only 51.85 kg. But puny or not, he could lift me by the scruff of my collar and I'm no lightweight. Suffice to say, what he did lift was far heavier than what
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1488 19 SCREEN MCine Showcase r EMS m A eWe T A nS with Wang Chung W QUEENIE'S Uncle Morgan is (*10 00 pm SBC 12) (10.30 pm, SBC 5) fired when his. affair with a lady out SET in Italy during World J FEATURING the concert performance Moreover, Queenie is accused
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    • 323 19 IBSH BSSB9 10.30 pm Pop Club 000 Live At The Ritz With Wang Chung: See Screen Gems. 69 11.35 Crime Story Fatal Crossroads: Torello is served with a subpoena to testify as a defence witness for Ray Luca. Abrams is furious when he learns that his free legal advice to
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  • Article, Illustration
    85 20 Holder of three world records, American swimmer Janet Evans wonders at her own achievements. Says she, "It does boggle my mind at what I've done." Name: Janet Evans Birthplace: Placentia, California Age: 16 Nickname: Wean Machine Weight: 47.6 kg Height: 1.65 m Favourite food: Hamburgers,- French fries and
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    415 23  -  THE NEW PAPER SPECIAL SEOUL BEAT Ken Jalleh Jr SEVDALIN Marinov is a puny Bulgarian weighing only 51.85 kg. But puny or not, he could lift me by the scruff of my collar and I'm no lightweight. Suffice to say, what he did lift was far heavier than what
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  • SEOULBEAT
    • 400 24 Reuter. IT'S TOUGH training for your team's first Olympic basketball game when your country has only a single indoor court to play on. But the Central African Republic team shrugged off their training handicap to win its debut Olympic match with a flourish, beating host
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    • 240 24 UPI. AMERICAN sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner says her make-up, fancy costumes and accessories on the track are not intended to kick off a fashion revolution among other female athletes. "It's not that I am trying to change anyone or change the sport," she said. "It's just something I enjoy
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  • SPORTS
    • 523 25 SPANISH LEAGUE DUTCH LEAGUE Reuter. Reuter, AFP. CHAMPION Real Madrid, still failing to find the magic of last season, suffered another setback yesterday when it drew 2-2 at home with Real Sociedad. It was the third successive draw for Real. Real, with West German midfielder Bernd
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    • 124 25 Wire services. ARSENAL midfielder Paul Davis faces a likely disrepute charge from the English FA for breaking an opponent's jaw during a 2-2 draw with Southampton on Saturday. Television film clearly showed England hopeful Davis throw a punch at Southampton midfielder Glen Cockerill
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    • 307 25  -  RftCINC ...with DENNIS CHIA AURIC Stable's Iron Man is a top-flight sprinter in the making. He put up a star performance at Ipoh over the weekend. Drawn widest in barrier 14, he shot out like a bullet and never surrendered his lead, clocking 1
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    • 457 25 Wire Services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BOXING Oriental-Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight title fight in Japan: Fujio Ozaki (Jap) bt Robert Azumah (Indo) k.o. in ninth round. CRICKET English Sunday League Cup at Edgbaston: Lancashire bt Worcestershire by 52 runs. Lanes 201-5 inns closed (T. Jesty 59, M. Watkinson
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  • MALAYSIACUP
    • 390 26 S By S. Gulam ALIM MOIN was delirious, esctatic and wild all rolled into one. J He didn't know where to 'start, when to start and how to start. He was simply drowned in the joy of scoring a goal that left his team-mates, opponents and
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    • 180 27  -  By S. Gulam NEGRI SEMBILAN team manager M. S. Maniam was stunned by the scoreline. "I'm shocked. We came here with high expectations. We thought we could bring home at least a point. What a great disappointment it turned out to be," said Maniam. "I
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    • 435 28  -  Jeffrey Low ALL the style, all the flair, all the arrogance. At last Singapore knows the meaning of stalking. Of preying and scoring with such venom that an epidemic of goals had to break out. The most exciting thing about last night's big win was that it was
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 1159 29 RADIOGUIDE Our World (Radio 1, 2.05 pm) 4 3 HOST Belinda Yeo features Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and his recent LP release; the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind; and Christopher Friend, who talks about the mobile operating theatre. The songs spun for you are When Will You
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    • 450 29 NOON Newsdesk 12.30 Sportsworld: Paddy Feeny your host brings you the latest news from the sports arena in Seoul, Korea. 12.45 Reflections: Time Tor some meditative thoughts on the importance of religion in one's life. 12.SO Waveguide 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary. 1.30 Nature Notebook 1.45 Recording
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 492 32  -  By Brian Miller N I p OT as "hype" as the 1984 Los Angeles games. Not as spectacular as the 1980 event in Moscow. Not as lavish as Munich in 1972. These were just some of the comments of Singaporeans who watched the opening ceremony
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    • 391 32 IT'S the show that has set America all abuzz with excitement. Fans and baby boomers can't stop talking about it, according to USA Today. Thirtysomething, the hit ABC series about the ups and downs of a group of mid-30ish friends, has also charmed the critics. Not
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    • 526 33  -  By Hope Barrett OUR HONGKONG REPORTER S I I HOOTING has begun for the I film, Kickboxer. In Hong- kong from Hollywood for the I film is Belgian karate-cham-f pion, Mr Jean-Claude Van Damme, who has been exciting film-goers with his debut performance in Bloodsport. World champion
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    • 216 33 UPI BRITISH movie-maker Mr David Puttnam, who lost his job as chairman of Colombia Pictures after only a year, plans to launch a new series of feature films. He has international backing from Warner Brothers, British Satellite Broadcasting and Fujisankei Communications of Japan. Mr Puttnam,
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    • Article, Illustration
      153 33  -  By SONJA Tan and Toh Hai Leong. THE PRESIDIO (Lido/Changi) AN action-thriller about mismatched lawmen busting the baddies. Stars Sean Connery and Mark Harmon. Lido: 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15 pm. Changi: 11 am, 1.30, 4, 7, 9.15 pm. NO MAN'S LAND (Prince 1) CHARLIE Sheen stars as
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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  • SHOWTIME
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      527 36 STORIES/ SONJA TAN SITTING serenely by the pool at the Ferringhi Beach Hotel in Penang, wearing a bright flowery multi-coloured sarong, it's hard to imagine that just the day before Jane Seymour was tracking through the jungles of Sabah, picking leeches off her legs and cuddling orangutans. Seymour
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    • 454 36 JANE Seymour has written a book called Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living. It is yet to be released in Singapore. Interviewed on location in Penang, she gave some tips from her new book. The trick she said is to put some
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 607 37 HAVING trouble putting on weight sounds like a dieter's idea of paradise. But it's hell for people who are very thin and don't want to be. Here are some healthy tips from Best, a British woman's magazine, on gaining weight. Eat more foods high
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    • 281 37  - Ice dream ice-cream minus the fat By Lim Swee Hong IT sounds too good to be true, eating ice-cream without worrying about putting on weight. But the makers of Tofutti claim this tofu-based dessert is made without milk, sugar and preservatives, and virtually no fats. They also say it's choles-terol-free
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