The New Paper, 24 October 1988

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  • 17 1 the new paper MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1988 MO (P) 179/4/ M 50 CENTS fU e t10\y» paper
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    • 234 1 STYLE OrrWHEELS i """"■VK9ESHMK0) |> —n It's a fashion parade on wheels when 170 cyclists turn out for the V 100 km race on Changi's coastal road to help the National Kidney Foundation. Their B do to win big jackpot jjBFSy JiMr 1 IS JXmLH iks to spell some HHnV^^Bd^BfigsS,
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  • 46 1 Street battles: South Korean students clash with riot police at rally demanding the release of political prisoners. The protests grow out of reports of torture at military-run labour camps. Militants want prosecution of former President Chun Doo-Hwan. Page 9 Picture/ AFP
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 320 2  -  By Ambrose Poh BROKEN-HEARTED Walter Koh, 56, paused at the brink, said a few prayers and jumped from Cavenagh Bridge into the green and murky Singapore River on Sunday. He was a victim not of love but of football. Kedah striker Hussin
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    • 263 2 Wire services. MORE than 450 years after Copernicus proved the earth revolves around the sun, millions of adult Americans haven't gotten the word. "It's a fairly dire situation/' said Mr Jon Miller, director of the Public Opinion Laboratory at Northern Illinois University. He
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    • 74 2 Wire services. CHINA has promised foreign businesses that contracts will be honoured despite plans to slash domestic spending and close hundreds of Chinese companies. The pledge has been made separately in recent days by Premier Li Peng, Vice Premier Tian Jiyun, Trade Minister Zheng Tuobin and
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    • 208 2 Wire services. THE Himalayan car rally, run each year through the world's tallest mountain range, is one of the most demanding races in the world and the most dangerous. This year, with the race barely under way, there has been another fatality. Photographer Vikas Vats died
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    • 68 2 Wire services. AUTHORITIES in Thailand today were investigating the shooting deaths of two women tourists from Britain and Ireland. The British Foreign Office in London identified the victims as Ms Helen Gregory, 24, and Ms Louise O'Reilly, 25. A spokesman said they were on holiday when
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    • 435 3  -  So what is a cyclist's Sunday best? Here are some regulars and casuals on parade By Harjinder Kaur Harjinder Kaur ELECTRIC blue tights, rainbow T-shirts, red and white helmets, glowing pink and yellow streaks on faces... it was a rare fashion parade on two wheels.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 23 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook today from noon to midnight: Cloudy. Maximum temperature: 30 degrees. Sunset today: 6.51 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.46 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 486 4  -  By Augustine Low and Thusitha de Silva Augustine Low and Thusitha de Silva FOOD and homosexuals don't mix. That's the policy of at least two hotels which strictly forbid homosexual employees from handling food. The public relations manager of Furama Hotel, Miss Debbie
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    • 183 4 CURIOUS to know what vocational institutes offer their students? You are invited to take a walk through their workshops and classrooms or listen to lectures by vocational institute teachers on such topics as the basic skills training and pre-vocational training. Six of these
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    • 361 4  - You can be funny too learn from the masters By Michelle Oh Michelle Oh NO one is born funny, not even Bob Hope. He's funny because he learnt how to be funny. And if you want to be funny, you should learn from such masters, said the speaker at a
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    • 236 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. aftermath: The aftermath of independence is the situation or condition that exists as a result of it. climaxes: If a show climaxes with the appearance of a famous person,
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    • 129 4 A BOWL of hot wonton soup cost a woman hawker $500. And it was her own soup! The problem wasn't the soup, but the service. She threw it on a fellow hawker after an argument about a washing space last Sept 26. The court fined
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    • 369 5  -  Stories Loh Tuan Lee Loh Tuan Lee KING vultures swooped overhead, so close the audience could feel the rush of air from their wings. To city dwellers who seldom see nature close up, the flight of birds so close overhead was the most thrilling part of
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    • 175 5 THE great-horned owls use screeching cries that bounce off their disk-shaped faces to get a fix on their prey at night. Naturally, such suggestions as Screech and Scream came up at an owl-naming competition organised by the Jurong Bird Park last month. Other ideas were Horny
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    • 201 5  -  By Brenton Wong Brenton Wong CHRISTOPHER Columbus and Queen Isabella graced Clifford Pier last Saturday evening. Well, not really. They were actors, wearing period costumes, for the launch of a range of watches named after the Spanish explorer. The designer, Mr Philippe Charriol, 45,
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    • 382 6  -  By Lo Tien Yin Lo Tien Yin SING young, sing xinyao. Xinyao songs reflect the spirit of youth and is now a staple in music for the young Singaporean, many feel. "Xinyao is the Singaporean's music. Each time I listen to xinyao I feel
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    • 178 6 Bill leads to fight and death A BAR bill led to a bloody battle between Secret society members and the stabbing death of one man. The violent fight outside the bar was staged with knives, parangs, stools and poles. At least two other men were stabbed. Six suspects between 18
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    • 119 6 A TEENAGE tout tried to make a few dollars selling fake watches, but a judge fined him $150 for trying to sell one to a plainclothes policeman. Lee Hoi Meng, 17, pleaded guilty last month when his partner, Kua Kian, 21, also pleaded guilty to creating a
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    • 377 6 SOME singles who do not qualify for public housing have been very vocal recently about their plight. They want to buy HDB homes. National Development Minister S Dhanabalan last night explained why the HDB cannot change its policy. He was speaking at
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    • 129 6 A BIGGER world demand for an anti-ulcer drug made by the Glaxo Group has made it decide to expand its plant in Jurong. The British-based firm announced yesterday that it was investing $70 million more in the plant. The Glaxochem plant in Jurong, set up
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    • 492 7  -  By Abdul Hadhi Abdul Hadhi D I OCTORS are not allowed to advertise. But people fear the planned point-rating system for doctors will open the door to a form of advertising. A member of the executive council of the Singapore Medical Association announced on Saturday that
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    • 462 7 A NEW school was signed into existence on Saturday. It will train specialists in telecommunications software. The school, the Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS), will start with 50 students in January 1990. The institute is a joint project between the leading United States-based telecommunications
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    • 199 7 SINGAPORE the cordless telephone capital of the world? That's the word from AT&T which makes them at its consumer products factory in the Kampung Übi industrial estate. "Singapore is becoming the high-technology cordless telephone manufacturing capital of the world," said AT&T's Mr Victor
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    • 130 7 MORE and more, computers will do the teaching in Singapore. More than 60 computer programs to aid learning have been developed by the Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, said Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education). And more such programs, especially in mathematics,
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    • 54 7 A HEART attack may have caused the death of a man when his car hit a parked van on Saturday. Police said they could see no injuries on Mr Wong Weng Chock, 57, after the accident on Robinson Road. Any witnesses should call Sergeant Khoo Kim Hock of
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 307 9 Wire services. SOUTH Korea's National Assembly has uncovered evidence of both graft and torture during the eight-year rule of ex-President Chun Doo-Hwan. The wrongdoing was reported by witnesses who testified during 20 days of Assembly hearings. Former newspaper owner Hong Tae-Gon testified that military
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    • 41 9 Homeward: Two Seoul children, intent only on play-time, bicycle past helmeted policemen bracing for yet another riot m the capital. A short time later, security forces clashed with hundreds of protesters on the same street. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 134 9 Wire services. SRI LANKA'S Buddhist leadership has urged the government to dissolve Parliament and hold early general elections. The nation's four leading Buddhist monks said the moves would help end political unrest in the island nation. The statement came as Election Commissioner Chandrananda
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    • 180 9 Wire services. AFGHANS in a southern province seized by guerillas are said to be suffering from cholera and a severe lack of food. Resistance forces have appealed to the outside for food and medical supplies for the people of Kandahar inceCholera is a water-borne disease
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    • 142 9 Wire services. The wife of Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis is mad at Republican Vice President George Bush. Mrs Kitty Dukakis, whose husband and Mr Bush are running for president, says the vice president has made "vicious and false claims". Mr Bush leads Mr Dukakis by
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    • 246 9 Wire services. AMERICA'S action against Mr Ferdinand Marcos spares Manila the risk of political unrest that might follow his return to his homeland for a criminal trial. Mr Marcos was indicted last Friday in New York on charges that he and his
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    • 268 10 Wire services. WEST German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrives in Moscow today for a four-day visit seen by the Kremlin ad a chance to improve ties with Western Europe. The West German leader is slated to hold three rounds of talks with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The Communist
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    • 40 10 Slain: Three Arab gunmen lie dead in an army base in south Lebanon. They were among six people killed by suspected Israeli commandos thought to be retaliating for a suicide car-bomb attack on Israeli troops. Picture/ Afp
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    • 242 10 Wire services. THE head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have added a new twist to the Middle East diplomatic scene. The surprise came when Mr Yasser Arafat indicated over the weekend that he would take Egyptian advice and back
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    • 118 10 Wire services. A SHARK hunt is on for a man-eater who tore apart a Kenyan navy diver and an 11-year-old swimmer at the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Africa. Experts believe the shark entered the safe harbour in the wake of US and French
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    • Article, Illustration
      38 10 Smashed: The inter-American highway that runs through much of North and South America comes to a sudden halt in Costa Rica. The road was severed by a massive mudslide caused by Hurricane Joan. Picture/ Afp
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    • 187 10 Wire Services. "RICH socialism" is the elusive goal of a new constitution being drafted in Yugoslavia, blending the country's system with Western models. Parliament over the weekend adopted a plan to change the 1974 Constitution, a keystone of Marshal Tito's heritage. It will be revised before
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    • 345 11 Wire services. THE most powerful of China's corrupt officials are viewed as unlikely to fall victim to the latest anti-corrup-tion drive launched by Beijing. Western analysts expect the government to avoid at all costs revelations of misdeeds amongst the upper levels of the Communist Party. "I
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    • 48 11 Fallen: Two British veterans of the Essex Regiment search tombstones at El Alamein, Egypt, for the names of fallen comrades. The epic and savage battle at El Alamein, one of the turning points of World War 11, was fought 46 years ago. Picture/ Afp
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 11 Grab: An Indian policeman tames a protester by pulling his hair during a demonstration against the 2,800 km Himalayan Car Rally in New Delhi. The protesters claimed authorities were wasting public money by holding the rally. Picture/ Afp
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    • 224 11 Wire services. VIETNAM has blamed Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for the failure of a recent meeting on the Cambodian conflict. The Nhan Dan daily, organ of the Vietnamese Communist Party, said the Oct 17-19 meeting in Jakarta had not given the "desired results"
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    • 170 11 Wire services. THE Soviet Union has joined rescue efforts to save the lives of two grey whales trapped in ice in the Arctic Ocean. Earlier attempts by an ice-breaking barge and a US National Guard helicopter had no luck in dislodging the ice. The
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    • 152 11 Wire services. MALAYSIAN health officials probing the poison deaths of 11 children have asked rice-noodle factories in Kampar, Perak, to halt production for a week. The officials say they want to test the noodles, known as loh see fun, for the poison that has killed
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    • 325 12 Wire services. SAUDI Arabia and Kuwait are using oil as both carrot and stick to win better relations with Iran. After backing Iraq during its eight-year war with Iran, northern Gulf states now seek more balance in ties with the region's two military giants. But
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    • 215 12 Wire services. IRAN has proposed a new formula to reverse the slide in world oil prices. Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh says his country has offered a new production formula in key Opec talks in Madrid. Opec ministers have been meeting in the Spanish capital
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    • 97 12 Wire services. POLISH leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski has suggested that the outlawed Solidarity trade union might be made legal again. He has also warned that force would be used to put down political unrest. The official news agency PAP quoted Gen Jaruzelski as saying yesterday that trade-union
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    • 41 12 Reuter. SHARE prices were slightly lower in opening trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today as profit-taking continued, brokers said. The Nikkei index was down 37.82 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 27,300.75 after 10 minutes of trade. Reuter.
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  • FASHIONTODAY
    • 302 13  -  By Brenton Wong Brenton Wong T ■lES are not only for guys. A tie can be a useful and unusual accessory, if you just use your imagination. These days, you can get ties in every shape, size and colour. All you have to do
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    • 376 13 N O wonder buying ties for a man is difficult for a woman. Even for a man, it's tricky. Partly because a tie is one place he gets to exercise his fashion individuality. And partly because men "read" each other's ties.
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  • Showtime
    • 454 14  -  By Wong Sing Yeong Wong Sing Yeong t HERE is such a thing as a great way to fly. Everyone on board was having fun. Even stewardess Wong Pai Kuen found time to be photographed with celebrities and played a game called tombola.
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    • 369 15  -  By Adeline Woon Adeline Woon IT'S a Friday night at the Warehouse Disco down by the Singapore River but cries of "Gooood Moooorning Vietnam!" echoed round. The greetings weren't too terribly out of place as it was the finals of the Good Morning Vietnam
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    • Article, Illustration
      435 15  -  By Danny Tan Danny Tan DANGEROUS AGE BAD COMPANY (ATLANTIC) YUCK! This new record by Bad Company sounds like it's been out in the sun too long the music is so limp. What happened to the old gutsy band which gave four-piece rock and roll a good name? Now
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  • spotlight
    • 786 16 SINGAPORE is about to make the most important sales pitch of its life. And more than 1,000 top people are waiting to hear it. What they think of it will influence this country's fortunes at least till the next century. What their companies
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    • 355 16 Shell's Mr Robert de Vos, Manufacturing Coordinator for Oil and Gas, is a speaker on the European panel. Coordinators like Mr de Vos report to a committee of eight managing directors, the very top of the hierarchy of one of the world's largest companies.
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    • 360 16  -  By Trudy Lim IT WAS like a pot-luck dinner. Singapore's large industrial and business family chipped in, each supplying a special dish, and in five months, a banquet was served. Various agencies and institutions have worked together for local seminars and workshops, but this is the first
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    • 776 19 SINGAPORE is about to make the most important sales pitch of its life. And more than 1,000 top people are waiting to hear it. What they think of it will influence this country's fortunes at least till the next century. What their companies
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    • 355 19 Shell's Mr Robert de Vos, Manufacturing Coordinator for Oil and Gas, is a speaker on the European panel. Coordinators like Mr de Vos report to a committee of eight managing directors, the very top of the hierarchy of one of the world's largest companies.
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    • 360 19  -  By Trudy Lim IT WAS like a pot-luck dinner. Singapore's large industrial and business family chipped in, each supplying a special dish, and in five months, a banquet was served. Various agencies and institutions have worked together for local seminars and workshops, but this is the first
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1628 17 ry\ j SCREEN Cine Showcase Debate 88 (Final) The World Dance GEMS W On Our Merry Way (7.25 pm, SBC 12) Championship SINGAPORE Polytechnic (10.25 pm, SBC 12) Mi, National University of Singapore in EXCITING footwork from 33 of I tonight's final to debate the motion: the world's best modern
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 345 22  -  REVIEW/ Griselda Loo G REAT dancing, music and lots of colour and I glitz Singapore's newest musical had it all. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat looked so festive we felt like we had gate-crashed a school party. It's a Biblical story of Joseph set
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    • 615 23  -  By Lo Tien Yin T HE audience cheered wildly, and xinyao singer Eric Moo bowed his head as tears of joy welled in his eyes. This was just a little of the drama that took place last night at the Kallang Theatre. It was
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    • 219 24 T HIRTY awards were presented at the inaugural Taiwanese Golden Dragon Award ceremony on Friday. Some categories had two winners while others had only one. Gongfu star Jackie Chan, who was named the Best Movie Artiste along with Andy Lau, took home only the
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    • 48 24 Best Movie Artiste: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau Best TV Artiste: Alex Man, Karina Lau Best Singing Actress: Anita Mui Most Promising Movie Newcomer: Sharla Cheung Man Best TV Compere: Lydia Sum Best Martial Arts Direction: Samo Hung Most Promising New Singing Actress: Maria Cordero
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    • 48 24 Best Movie Artiste: Shi Feng, Ge Xiang Ting Best TV Artiste: Lin Zhai Pei, Ma Zhi Qin Best Singing Actor: Da Xiao Bai He, Ye Qi Tian Most Promising New Singing Actress: Donna Chiu Best TV Compere: Zhao Shu Hai Community Service: Sun Yue
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    • Article, Illustration
      268 24 GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (Orchard) MOVIEGOERS will not be disappointed by Good Morning Vietnam. Thanks to Robin Williams, who plays fast-talking army deejay Adrian Cronauer quite perfectly. The year is 1965 and Cronauer delivers rapid-fire jokes in between shrewd impersonations to raise the American troops' morale. Times: 11.15 am, 1.30,
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  • 1180 25  -  FOOTNOTES Be a clever consumer. It's a Case of shopping around, then maybe taking the case up. The latest survey of supermarkets by the Consumers Association shows there can be wide differences in prices charged for different reasons By Lim Swee Hong w I ATCH
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      261 29 Reuter. WEST German sports authorities plan to begin random drug tests during training with disqualification of athletes who refuse, officials said yesterday. Testing for banned performanceenhancing drugs during training is expected to become mandatory next month. West German sports officials called for more anti-drug measures after Canadian sprinter
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    • 114 29 AP. FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks is attending bar-tending school, learning to mix drinks and punches instead of throwing them. "Serving drinks can be the hardest thing. They've got a lot of drinks out there," Spinks said. "Weird drinks.
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    • 101 29 AFP. SIX people, including the president and national coach, have been sacked by the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation. This follows an investigation into the doping of Andor Szany who lost his 100 kg Seoul Olympic Games silver medal after he proved positive. Along with president Zol- tan Nagy
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    • 396 29 RACING... with DENNIS CHI A VETERAN jockey A. Wadi was all smiles when he brought Mikamillion II back to scales at Penang yesterday. The Brondesbury three-year-old Australian gelding had just provided the jockey with his first winner of the year when capturing the Restricted Terms
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    • 97 29 JOCKEY Mark K.C. Woon has lodged an appeal against the six-month suspension which was imposed by the stewards of the Penang Turf Club. He submitted his letter of appeal yesterday together with his deposit of $780. Woon has also asked for a stay of execution of his suspension.
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    • 138 29 THE Penang Turf Club is proving to be a happy hunting ground for first season trainer K. Velayutham. The jockey-turned trainer has saddled three winners so far, and all at Penang. He tasted success as a trainer for the first time when Out Fox won
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  • SPORTS
    • 202 30 Return of Maradona Reuter. Diego Maradona scored twice and set up three goals as Napoli blitzed Pescara 8-2 in the Italian League yesterday. The win also featured a hat-trick from Andrea Carnevale, two goals from Brazilian striker Careca and one from his compatriot Alemao. The result put Napoli
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    • 234 30 AFP, Reuter. STRIKER Ally McCoist s goal two minutes from the end gave the Glasgow Rangers the Scottish League Cup for the third year running with a 3-2 win over Aberdeen yesterday. The match looked set to go into extra time when McCoist, who had
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    • 210 30 Reuter. PAULO Futre crashed in a free-kick from 25 metres out in. the 17th minute and sparked off Atletico Madrid's 3-1 win over Elche in the Spanish First Division yesterday. Atletico, who beat Espanol 6-1 last weekend, put on a show of attacking play in the
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    • 455 30 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON Danish Open finals Men's singles: Poul-Erik Hoyer (Den) bt Zhang Quingwu (C) 15-9, 18-16; Doubles: Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi (C) bt Razif and Jalani Sidek (Mai) 15-6, 8-15, 15-4. Women's singles: Li Lingwei (C) bt Han Aiping (C) 11-7, 11-7;
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    • 206 31 BOWLING'S love-birds made it together yesterday. That's how it was when Tan Wan Che, 40, and Jesmine Ho, 23, won the men's and women's events, respectively, in the 6th Jatico tournament of champions at Jackie's Katong. Wan Che has been Jesmine's coach since she started
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    • 404 31  -  Stories/^ Alfonso Chan TOUGH Benjamin Papell may be tossed out of the Carlsberg Singapore Men's Open tennis tournament, starting today at the Singapore Cricket Club all because of his right foot. The New Yorker endured two hard matches yesterday to qualify for the 32-man main
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    • 108 31 TOP seed Steve Guy, of New Zealand, will not find it easy defending his Carlsberg Singapore Open tennis title at the Padang. A surprise awaits him not from second seed Shane Barr, of Australia, in the bottom-half of the draw but from
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    • 84 31 THE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association will send four local umpires Hassan Ali, Zakariah Talib, Wong Wen Bin and Suradi Ali for an MTC course at Australia's Melbourne Officials' School. If successful, they will be internationally recognised by the Men's International Tennis Council as certified umpires. Next
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  • MALAYSIACUP
    • 411 32  -  By S. Gulam SKIPPER T. Pathmanathan has urged his team-mates not to be drowned by the sorrow of Singapore's Malaysia Cup soccer elimination. "Keep up the spirits. We may have lost one battle, but there are many more to go. If we lose heart now, Singapore
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    • 173 32 NST. SELANGOR team manager Mazlan Harun wants Kuala Lumpur punished for bringing the "game into disrepute." Mazlan claimed that KL tried to "fix" its last preliminary-round Cup match against Pahang on Oct 3 by fielding four reserves.
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