The New Paper, 13 October 1988

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  • 15 1 the new paper THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988 MO (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS the new paper
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 136 1 SQUASH fe PLAYERS BEWARE The International Squash Rackets Federation moves to slam those who use drugs to win. It's the first time that Singapore and the rest of squash world faces large-scale dope testing in championships /Page 32 No hands: Cigarettes being tested for their tar levels. HIGH-TAR CIGS Department
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    • 36 1 KEDAH'S BRITISH BOOST Malaysia's new national coach, Englishman Richard Bate, gives Kedah a kick of confidence. He picks eight of its players for internajjtftiid duty. But Jeffrey hfiw says Singapore still has slight advantage. Page 35
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 281 2  -  By C Shantheni FINALISTS in this year's Miss India/Singapore beauty contest will not appear in swimsuits. At least not in the flesh. The only glimpse audiences and judges will get of shapely legs will be via a slide show. Judges will view slides
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    • 67 2 JUST so you'll know the "No smoking" signs in lifts are not just requests, they now must inform you that the fine for the offence is $500. The Ministry of the Environment has notified managements of private and public buildings that they are
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    • 54 2 IN OUR story on MRT fares yesterday, we reported that the ride from Yio Chu Kang to Lakeside will cost $1.40. It should be $1.30. But the top fare is, as reported, $1.40. This fare will apply when the remaining stations on this Phase II line are opened by
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    • 370 2  -  By Karen Goh BAN cigarettes with high tar and nicotine levels, says the Department of Scientific Services (DSS). And make all brands of cigarettes sold here list their tar and nicotine levels on the packet. The DSS, a department of the Health Ministry,
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    • 124 2 Step 1: Cigarettes are first kept in a conditioning cabinet for at least 48 hours to reach the right temperature and humidity for testing. Step 2: A smoking machine smokes the cigarettes at the same rate as a smoker. The machine can smoke 20 different brands
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    • 430 3  -  Stories/1 Loh Tuan Lee l I AST month Singaporeans ate their way through 4,000 Hawaiian Eksotika papayas. But if they did so with visions of grass skirts and surfboards, they may be in for a let-down. The Eksotika, an extrasweet fruit with bright orange flesh, actually
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    • 144 3 VITA Tenggara's pride and joy, the Hawaiian Eksotika, is a cross between the Hawaiian Solo papaya and the Malaysian Supang variety. It was born in the laboratories of Mardi, the Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute, a Malaysian governmentsponsored agriculture research body. Vita Tenggara has
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    • 53 3 SINGAPOREANS eat more temperate fruits such as apples and oranges than tropical fruits such as bananas and papayas. Last year, we ate 45,205 tonnes of oranges and 31,091 tonnes of apples, said the Primary Production Department. The next most popular items are bananas (30,258 tonnes) and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 23 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook today from noon to midnight: Fair. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Sunset today: 6.53 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.48 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 296 4  -  Stories/ Chua Chin Chye THE WINDS that recently brought down trees and capsized a boat about halfway between Singapore and Batam Island before dawn on Monday may come again soon. Weathermen are forecasting more of the showers and strong winds that you have had for the past
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    • 215 4 STORMS can form in two main ways when: A BODY of cold air collides with a body of warm air; A BODY of warm air rises due to the uneven heating of the earth. When cold air sweeps under warm air, the warm air is pushed
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    • 291 4 THESE 14 Indonesian men stood out from the other passengers at the Finger Pier jetty yesterday. They were taking the ferry to Batam, but none had any luggage. All they carried were memories of the five hours they spent clinging to the bottom of their
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    • 183 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. biographer: A biographer is a person who writes an account of someone else's life. contemporaries: A person's contemporaries are the people who live at the same time as he.
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    • 63 4 POLICE would like to contact a Chinese couple who were robbed of cash and a gold chain between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm on Oct 3 at Guilin Park, Bukit Batok East Ave 5. The police have arrested three youths. The couple should contact the
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    • 210 5  -  By Irene Hoe STACK them up and they'll tower seven times higher than the Westin Stamford, which at 226.1 m is the world's tallest hotel. Or if you prefer, you could lay them end to end and you would be able to pave a road to
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    • 223 5 THE four-part whopper has its fans and critics. Most of the 12 people polled said they liked separate home and business listings. Ms Janet Teo, a secretary at the Hyatt Regency, said: "It's more convenient and takes up less space. I only use the business
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    • 330 6  -  By Augustine Low T i HIS IS the London taxi that will be seen on 'the streets of Singapore if a proposal by a committee to help the disabled is taken up. The taxi, called the Metrocab, is designed to allow disabled passengers to
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    • 146 6 IT WAS row, row, row your boat at the sixth VITB Sea Sports Meet yesterday. But there was no question of doing it "gently". It was all sweat and strain as 151 VITB boys and girls put their backs into trying to
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    • 360 6 THIRTY Asean journalists and information officials visiting Singapore have learnt as much about their fellow delegates as they have about the republic. Delegates interviewed felt the Filipino journalists asked the most questions when given a chance. Mr Rosli Hurmin, 39, a
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  • 231 7  -  By Thusitha de Silva HEAVY rain yesterday flooded several basement shops in Lucky Plaza. When Mr Paul Chow, 29, opened his Dive Asia shop at 10.30 am, he found the floor covered by about 1 cm of water. "It's the rain," said Mr Chow. "The water
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 317 8  -  By Ronald Wong THREE poodle puppies passed the night with police when their owner forgot them after a fire in her flat. Madam Foong Fong Kuen went home at 9.10 last night to find that Are had gutted a bedroom and blackened her living
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    • 275 8  - The major runs —with heart By Geneieve Kwek There's a special reason why Major Larry Quah Chai Koon, 40, of the Republic of Singapore Navy is running 36 km for Heartstrings this Saturday. A visit to the Tampines Home for the intellectually disabled made him want to do just that
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    • 213 8  -  By Irene Hoe THEY came prepared to be asked to give to the Community Chest. Instead, about 120 employees of Singapore Press Holdings were given a poem and a song yesterday when the company launched the Share programme in aid of the Chest. Mr Tham
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    • 155 8 RAFFLES Ayenue between Temasek Avenue and Connaught Drive will be closed to traffic late tomorrow and on Saturday night for the Heartstrings Variety Show. Tomorrow, it will be closed from 7pm to midnight for the rehearsal, on Saturday from 8.30 to 11.30 pm for the show
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    • 386 9  -  By Vivien Chiong TWO newly-weds flew off at 1.10 am this morning, for a holiday, and not with their spouses. But that's no scandal. The two were among 40 winners of The New Paper-Jetstream Tour Contest, which left this morning for Kagoshima in Japan. They will
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    • 232 9 MISS Mok Pui Keng has two firsts to her name. She's the first woman to be elected president of a major Singapore union at its launch. She's also the first person to lead the 1,800-strong Singapore Press Holdings Employees' Union. She was elected president yesterday.
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    • 187 9 XtME Gallery A DECADE DEVOTED TO ART I ■rffWHMff K il"T' N I Times are changing. Art is changing. And so have we.... After almost a decade on Orchard Road, we have moved into a high-focus locale, the OUB Centre at Raffles Place, in the very heart of Singapore. Our
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 254 10 Wire services. IMMIGRATION officers in all Australian embassies in South-east Asia were told yesterday to tighten checks on applicants for visitors' visas. The move came after the exposure of an international immigration racket. Ms Sue Kirby, Assistant Secretary of the Federal Immigration and Ethnic
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    • 44 10 High-school students at Upper Darby present America'» Meat Preaident, Mr Ronald Reagan, with a report card during hia viait then. Mr Reagan ia in Pennayhmnia to drum up support for Vice-Preaident George Buah, the Republican pretudenLud candidate. Picture/ Afp
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    • 45 10 Grief: A Sri Lankan woman weeps over the bullet-riddled bodies of her son and daughter in the North-Centred village of Ullukulama. The two were among 45 civilians either shot or hacked during a massacre by suspected Tamil rebels on Monday. Picture/ Afp
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    • 244 10 Wire services. PAKISTAN and the Soviet Union plan to hold talks on the setting up of a representative government in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan announced the agreement yesterday on his return to Islamabad from New York. He was the head of the Pakistani
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    • 186 10 Wire services. THE Philippine government may delay filing charges against ex-President Ferdinand Marcos until the United States decides whether to prosecute him. This is to prevent Mr Marcos escaping his indictment abroad, said Mr Mateo Caparas yesterday in Manila. Mr Caparas heads the Presidential
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    • 106 10 Malay Mail. POLICE in Kuala Lumpur have arrested one of two youths sought over the murder of a pregnant housewife last month. A police party picked up the suspect in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya, at about 10 yesterday morning. A police spokesman said the
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    • 393 11 Wire services. FOR the first time since boat people began fleeing communist Vietnam, about 350 can return with the promise that they won't be mistreated. The refugees from Hongkong will leave about 27,000 fellow refugees behind barbed wire under the agreement reached in London yesterday
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    • 289 11 Wire services. THE new reforms announced in Algeria amount to a race against time as fresh violence flares in the Kabyle region. Yesterday, President Chadli Bendjedid lifted a state of siege in Algiers and said a referendum would be held on Nov 3 over the appointment
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    • 202 11 Wire services. AN OPPONENT of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed said yesterday that the Prime Minister wants a snap election at the snap of his fingers and a snap for him to win. And if he doesn't win, emergency rule could result, said former Deputy
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  • WORLDTODAY/STOCKS
    • 399 12 Wire services. THE alleged laundering of more than $64.9 million in illegal drug profits by a Luxembourg bank shows how hard it is to keep tabs on banks with widespread international operations. The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) has been charged by
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    • 50 12 Only history: Once the rich and famous flocked to this wreck. But for now, it doesn't even merit a second look. This Palace of Festival, in Cannes on the French Riviera, has been torn down to make way for a brand new palace. Picture/ Ap
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    • 205 12 Wire services. AS ANTIDOTES to Japan's high-pressure, hard-drinking and insomniac urban life, companies are preparing to market "medical foods". "The next consumer priority will be healthiness," a report from one of Tokyo's major securities house said. "We believe that therapeutic foods will serve as a barometer
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    • Article, Illustration
      252 12 AFP. SHARE prices fell across the board on the London Stock Exchange today because of concern over major US and British economic indicators due out later this week and Wall Street's poor opening. The Financial Times 30share index dropped 15.3 points to 1,471.9 at the close. Some 394.4 million
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    • 77 12 Reuter. SHARE prices fell sharply in opening trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today after the Dow posted its biggest loss in almost two months, brokers said. The Nikkei index was down 150.33 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 27,259.04 after 10 minutes of trade. Decliners were led by
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    • 50 12 FT Industrials Wed 1,471.9 (1,487.20 Dow Jones Average Wed 2,126.24 (2,156.47 ST Industrial Wed 1,004.18 (1,018.54 NST Industrial Wed 1,684.15 (1,697.71 Hongkong Hang Seng Wed 2,551.86 (2,571.61 Australian All Ordinaries Wed 1,543.80 (1,543.20 Nikkei Stock Average Wed 27,409.37 (27,469.60) Figurw in brackets refer to thoac of theprevioui trading day
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    • Article, Illustration
      278 12 Wire services. WALL Street shares suffered their biggest losses in almost two months yesterday. Prices plunged after a big drop in the dollar that reflected the financial markets' anxiety over the US August trade report due to appear today. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 30.23 points to
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 780 13 THOSE who have been to Spain will have memories of a varied cuisine. From Andalusia in the moist, humid north to Catalonia and the Costa Brava along the Mediterranean south, the cuisine is as varied as the people and scenery. Spain's national character has been
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    • 228 13  -  By Brenton Wong EATING cold-water fish like sardines, salmon and rainbow trout may help prevent heart attacks. The Sept 22 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (TNEJM) says that some of the fatty acids found in cold-water fish lower the risk of another
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    • 51 13 THE NEW PAPER- 111 I —FUJICOLOR j FUJI I Qwekmp I CONTEST Week 1 Results The answer is 0 A 100 Fuji Quicksnaps and 20 'The New Paper" T-shirts have been won! Congratulations to the winners. All winners will be notified by post. Look out for Week 2's Contest this
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  • Showtime
    • 404 14 NYT. A NEW film titled Imagine: John Lennon has captured the different but interesting facets of the late singer. In contrast to Albert Goldman's hard-hit-ting but fascinating biography, the film paints a cleaner though somewhat superficial picture of Lennon. The pop star's violent temper
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    • 264 14 Y 'OKO Ono remains "a New Yorker at heart", but will divide her time between New York and Europe in future, said her spokesman. The spokesman, Elliot Mintz, made his comments after the New York Post reported that Ono and her son
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    • 480 15  -  By Lo Tien Yin Y i OU only see them for 30 seconds; the longest lasts merely 57 seconds. These are the colourful graphics and animation you see at the start of each locally produced TV programme. But the sharp sweet introductions take about two
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    • 90 15 LATELY graphic artist Mr See Chong Hoe has been calculating more than drawing. Lines, circles, arcs and all have to be expressed mathematically so that they can be programmed into the computer. "However, we need to do some basic sketches first," he said. With the graphic
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    • 375 15  -  REVIEW/ By Griselda Loo DRIPPING with jewels, one of America's most sensational heiress, Barbara Hutton, should have led a fairy tale life. But the "princess" was very unhappy and lonely. Her story is told in Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story,
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  • 632 16  -  By Yusman Ahmad OF THE FOREIGN DESK CHINA'S Year of the Dragon threatens to become the Year of the Great Disappointment. Newspapers daily bare the vast nation's struggle to balance the promise of a more modern society with culture and traditions rooted in centuries
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  • 102 16 —riiTriu-»Ji'-rM—rn—TiissmrriiTgM icgsiiasjuavsiu—'unTiuasiiT— n »tii —11 i-rn icm t CHINA'S new leaders have unleashed the forces of change upon an ancient land with results very difficult to predict When much of mankind was still Stone Age, the Chinese were a cultured people. For centuries, China showed the way
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  • 77 16 Mr Deng Xiaoping has revived the family farm and encouraged free markets and private enterprise. Personal income has tripled in the country, doubled in the cities. Now one-fourth of urban households have colour TV, one-tenth have refrigerators. China is experimenting with stock markets, shareholding, land auctions and private
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  • 71 16 Soaring inflation has caused price reform to be put on hold. Costs of basic foods, such as meat A and potatoes, are increasing sharply. Consumer v prices in June went up 19 per cent over the same month the year before. It's the highest inflation rate ever reported
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  • 72 16 w p&t'f y The population today tops 1.08 If billion about all its resources can accommodate. And the number grows by 2 million yearly. Critics say China's one-child, one-family policy 1 r* that includes abortion is too rigid and the well-off can find ways around it. Crime
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  • 91 16 Chinese authors are now allowed to dissect the nation's social upheaval. Two Chinese films showing the impoverished countryside have won international prizes. But there is steady pressure on the artists to rein in their impulses. The education system has been getting steady budget increases. A compulsory education
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1707 17 1616V*****1 EE 1-lf.fxllJ SCREEN M Feature Special Sports Centre: 1988 NBA Reapn on Reagan GEMS W Staying Playoffs Boston Celtics The All-American JOHN Travolta reprises his role as Tony in this sequel to FIRST in a three-part series on 1977's huge box-office success, rhcthw r 0 u;« t u fl
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 101 18 Steven H»iii: Los Angeles HH Marital states: actress Kelly Children: One Started acting: One Fai war occupation: International protective operations world figures v he 'ryjpfix iTi flfctjffijfe* ***** JK?M shooting 4«h\ \9.lv vviS^!3tisdriSiSK@^l^r* tBSES* .^ssh^^Kv** >• ■r Picture/ Warner Brothers y 4 BTHE CRIMEFIGHTER: Steven Seagal holds a sixth-degree black
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  • 632 21  -  By Yusman Ahmad OF THE FOREIGN DESK CHINA'S Year of the Dragon threatens to become the Year of the Great Disappointment. Newspapers daily bare the vast nation's struggle to balance the promise of a more modern society with culture and traditions rooted in centuries
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  • 104 21 ma CHINA'S new leaders have unleashed the forces of change H upon an ancient land with results very difficult to predict I When much of mankind was still Stone Age, the Chinese I were a cultured people. For centuries, China showed the way in mathematics, science and
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  • 79 21 i =J Mr Deng Xiaoping has revived the family farm and encouraged free markets and private enterprise. Personal income has tripled in the country, doubled in the cities. Now one-fourth of urban households have colour TV, one-tenth have refrigerators. China is experimenting with stock markets, shareholding, land auctions
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  • 76 21 Soaring inflation has caused price reform to be j put on hold. Costs of basic foods, such as meat A r and potatoes, are increasing sharply. Consumer V7I prices in June went up 19 per cent over the same JT* month the year before. It's the highest inflation
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  • 74 21 -jPj jt The population today tops 1.08 billion about all its resources RM can accommodate. And the number ypV X grows by 2 million yearly. Critics say Wm f China's one-child, one-family policy W; that includes abortion is too rigid and the W well-off can find ways
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  • 91 21 Chinese authors are now allowed to dissect the nation's social upheaval. Two Chinese films showing the impoverished countryside have won international prizes. But there is steady pressure on the artists to rein in their impulses. The education system has been getting steady budget increases. A compulsory education
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 394 22  - Lai —a maker of the stars By Hope Barrett OUR HONGKONG REPORTER MICHAEL Lai taught Anita Mui the mpjuiing of cool, Jackie Chan how to carry a tune, and those who have worked with him the importance of appearing unattached. "Don't let the press know you have a steady girlfriend
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      259 22  -  By Danny Tan BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY MUSIC SOUNDTRACK (WARNER BROTHERS) This is a killer soundtrack album. Where else can you find Prince, New Order and Donald Fagen appearing on the same record? The best tracks are New Order's True Faith and Bryan Ferry's Kiss and Tell. Cuts above
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  • FASHIONTODAY
    • 481 23  -  Heshe, Singapore's home-grown fashion company, made news last week when it announced plans to market itself in the US and Britain and to sell shares to the public. But on home ground, it still has problems being accepted as a trendy store Stories/ Josephine Ng
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    • 181 23 HESHE is reaching its "saturation point" in Singapore. But it won't change its policy of selling only in successful shopping centres. "We are not branching into housing estates because the retail shops there do not have much fashion content and they attract a different
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    • 269 23 STAND-BY for a television breakthrough from six of Singapore's best clothes designers. A series of 10 half-hour video clips featuring young fashion talents is being «ade by Ogy's Production, a Malaysian film production company. And the Singapore designers chosen are Mr David Wang, Mr
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 262 24 LA Times SALLY Field, Shirley Maclaine, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis and Daryl Hannah are the Steel Magnolias. This is a film based on the play of the same name by Robert Hailing. Harling's play was very well received when it opened last year in New York.
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    • 178 24 CAVE OF DESIRE (Plaza cinema) HWANG YU SAN'S exceptional film traces a doomed love affair between a medical student and a stunning married woman shunned by her husband for infertility. Time: 9.15 pm only. RITE OF PASSAGE (OR DUST IN THE WIND) (Plaza cinema) HOU HSIAO HSIEN'S poetic statement
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    • 245 25  -  FIRST NIGHT/ By Adeline Woon H I OW much fun you get at the theatre depends on how much hair you can let down. The Stage Club' 9 melodrama extravaganza, The Face on the Barroom Floor, demands you let yourself go and cheer or jeer at
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    • 79 25 ON Saturday, Heartstrings 88, the biggest fund-raising show for Community Chest, will take place at Marina Square. We invite you to sing along with top talents in Singapore who are joining hands to bring joy to the less fortunate. The song The World's a Brighter
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    • 220 25 1. When there seems to be no way aheadj They'll raise their heads to smile insteadj For what passion life has shown J There's hope to be toldj Maybe luck has not been on their sidej But they'll hold their heads up highj When there
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    • 97 25 A MANHUNT is on. The search for Singapore's Male Model of the Eighties has started. Entry forms for Manhunt '89 are available at all Santoni outlets, Maurice Lacroix watch dealers, Masculine Skin Care Salon at Forum Galleria, Peter Guys Hair Salon at Parklane Shopping
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    • Article, Illustration
      220 25 NO TICKET TO HIDE BRITISH pop magazine Number One reports that Terence Trent D'Arby's proudest possession is his Harley Davidson motorcycle. But there's one snag. D'Arby can't ride it because he doesn't have a licence. FLUSTERED FATHER BRUCE Willis is now a proud new father. But the National Enquirer
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 387 31 AFP. ENGLISH minnows Scarborough and Scunthorpe won their Cup spurs with shock wins over Portsmouth and Chelsea in the second round of the Littlewoods soccer Cup yesterday. Fourth Division Scarborough demolished Second Division promotion hopeful Portsmouth 3-1. It was rightly optimistic after holding Pompey 2-2 in the first
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    • 256 31 UPI, Reuter. FORMER Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson said yesterday he will become Spanish club Atletico Madrid's coach in a two-year deal worth $1.8 million. Atkinson, 49, will fly to Madrid later today to finalise the deal. Atletico will pay West Bromwich Albion $252,000 in compensation for
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    • 283 31 RACING... ...by DENNIS CHIA I RESTRICTED Terms horse, Home Made, has improved since his only start in July and can give a bold showing in Penang tomorrow. He displayed good form in his winding up gallop when he went as well as Class Two
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    • 97 31 HOST France won the European Under-21 soccer championship yesterday when it overpowered Greece 3-0 in the second leg of the final in Besancon. With the win, France secured a 3-0 aggregate triumph. Midfielder Franck Sauzee was the French hero, scoring after seven and 55 minutes to
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    • 91 31 SPARKS of magic from Diego Maradona were not enough to lift Argentina to victory against Spain in a friendly in Seville yesterday. The team drew 1-1. After a furious first half, the game petered out after the interval. Emilio Butragueno opened the scoring in the seventh
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    • 93 31 Reuter. TWO first-half goals by Geovani led Brazil to a 2-1 victory over Belgium in a freindly in Antwerp. Skipper Geovani opened the scoring after 24 minutes with a devastating free-kick that skimmed in off a post. Joao Paulo ripped the Belgian defence open again seven
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  • SPORTS
    • 366 32 There haven't been any Ben Johnsons in squash, but the ISRF isn't taking any chances. And Singapore will be the first to do large scale doping tests during the World Championships next year. ALFONSO CHAN has the story SQUASH players be warned: Don't try drugs!
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    • 58 32 WHAT THEY SAY SINGAPORE Squash Rackets Association secretary Haridas Nair (right), who attended the meeting: "This shows that squash players do not fall beyond or outside the shadow of suspicion where drugs in sport are concerned. "Squash must have its safeguards against any would-be cheaters in the
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    • 57 32 INTERNATIONAL Squash Players Association executive director Roger Eady: "We want squash to keep itself ahead of other more established sports where drugs is concerned. "With legislation, and the tests so sensitive, players would be foolish to resort to drugs. All of the professional players with ISP
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    • 63 32 SINGAPORE national coach Zainal Abidin (right): "I don't think good squash players need to use drugs. You can run for two or more hours but it needs skill and killing shots to win the game. "Maybe those players who might take drugs are those easily influenced.
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    • 77 32 SINGAPORE squash professional Peter Hill (left): "I think everyone in squash is clean. "Squash players don't need bulky muscles like weightlifters nor do they need to calm down their heart-beat like billiard players do. "It's not like the 100-metre sprint where you need power. "You need
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    • 96 32 ELSEWHERE 1 Reuter. FRANCE yesterday announced a government bill tightening rules on the use of body-building drugs and stimulants in sports. Government spokesman Claude Evin said the bill backed up current legislation banning the use of drugs at or before sports competitions. It was designed to combat
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    • 90 32 AFP, Reuter. FORMER Miami University athletics trainer Patrick Jacobs was put on three years probation yesterday for his part in an anabolic steroids trafficking network. Jacobs is one of 34 people charged in connection with the network, said to have been led by British athlete David Jenkins. He
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    • 101 32 AFP. USE of anabolic steroids was "prevalent" at Ben Johnson's athletic club, according to fellow international sprinter Andrew Mowatt. Mowatt trained with John- son in 1986 at the Mazda Optimist Club which is run by the disgraced sprinter's trainer Charlie Francis. Mowatt, 24, did not name the
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  • MALAYSIACUP
    • 323 33  -  QUARTER FINALS, FIRST LEG: JOHOR v SARAWAK (Larkin) By Abdul Shukor A COUPLE of goals tomorrow and Johor is on its way to the Malaysia Cup semi-finals. At least, that is what Johor Football Association secretary Mustafa Said feels. "We need to score
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    • 322 33  -  QUARTER FINALS, FIRST LEG: PENANG v KUALA LUMPUR (City Stadium) By Shahiron Sahari Kuala lumpur's quarter-final clash against host Penang tomorrow at City Stadium will see the return of national star midfielder Lim Teong Kim, for one half, at least. Teong Kim, who made
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    • 101 33 THE FAS Fan Club is organising a tour for fans to watch Singapore play Kedah in the second-leg quarter-fi-nal on Tuesday. The group leaves on Saturday for a two-night stay in Haadyai and Songkhla. The fare is $150 for members and $155 (non-mem-bers). Call the FAS
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    • 559 33 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL European Club: Men's Korac Cup: Ist rd, Ist leg: Olympiakos (Gre) 91 Gornik (Pol) 76 (45-29), TTL Bamberg (WG) 118 Sambasket Massagno (Swit) 87, Panathinaikos (Gre) 85 Hapoel Holon (Isr) 65, Reglenerin (Aus) 96 Kulubu Istanbul (Tur) 96-130, Racing Club Paris
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    • 340 34  -  Kedah has mapped out a long-term strategy geared towards winning the Cup by 1990, but it could be earlier says coach Ahmad Shafie. Will Singapore stand in the way of its plans? Jeffrey Low SINGAPORE will be just a minor irritant along the way not a major
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    • 346 34 ONE goal each yesterday. One goal each tomorrow. If scoring goals during matches can be as effortlessly done as in training, than Singapore will go down 3-0 tomorrow to Kedah. Kedah's front three of Norazam Ishak, Hussin Jaafar and Romli Ghani completed the team's last training
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    • 447 35  -  On the eve of their big first-leg quarter-final clash against Singapore, Kedah gets a boost when eight of its players are made prospective internationals. Jeffrey Low KEDAH'S confidence has been boosted by an Englishman who knows nothing about Malaysian soccer. And that spells danger to
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    • 219 35 AHMAD SABRI, Kedah'b skipper and international goalkeeper, could easily pass off as a shrewd tactician if what he said yesterday were to be taken seriously. Contrary to majority opinion, he insists that Singapore's weak point is its defence, including opposite number David Lee. Never mind
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    • 254 35  -  By S.gulam T PATHMANATHAN will lead Singapore against Kedah in tomorrow's Malaysia Cup first-leg quarter-final at the National Stadium. Coach Seak Poh Leong did not confirm it directly, but hinted strongly that Pathmanathan will return to the first XI. "I want to field the best
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    • 798 36 ►French Film FESim r~X MURDER 'I'M Kn J iKR r Le Solitaire is about a cop's long, lonely hunt for his partner's murderer. With English subtitles. Jade Theatre One. 9.15 pm. Tickets at $5 available at the door before the show. FAMILY DRAMA. A man
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    • 14 36 FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: Murder FOOD: Australian steak COMING UP: Japanese Film Festival
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    • 103 36 THE Middle Road Show. It may not sonnd glamorous, but this show's guest list reads like the Who's Who of Singapore's top artistes Jacintna, Mark Chan. Robert Fernando, Clement Cnow, The Onesimus Principle and Angeline Kong to name a few. As a bonus, Jaafar Sidek bin
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