The New Paper, 28 October 1988

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  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1988 MCI (l») 179/4/tt 50 CENTS
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    • 232 1 I Robin is dead, and J uH people phoning our 1 ii Ifulfl A pi hotline are glad. One I [j calls him a "little 1& M brat." Says another: R "It's as as k] Singapore's rj the Malaysia Cup." L'A f A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN FEAR Something sinister
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  • 53 1 Free at last: Eskimos who fought for j- 0 ree w hales from Arctic ice, j ve f arewe n p a ts to one leaving trap. Now the whales head for open ocean r a nd the Japanese promise not to eat them. Page
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 354 2  -  By Ronald Wong and Thusitha De Silva WITH flames dying down, it looks today like the Pulau Merlimau fire was a disaster turned into a triumph. Courage, sweat and smooth teamwork between the Fire Service, Armed Forces, Civil Defence and other key agencies are getting credit
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    • 386 2  -  By Ronald Wong DANGER seems to keep stalking one family in Geylang. Car dealer Lew Keh Lam has been the target of an armed extortion attempt. Strangers have threatened his children. No less than seven guard dogs protect the Lew home. Now his son has been
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    • 367 2  -  Day trippers Union members pay $1 on weekdays and $1.50 on weekends and holidays to use the facilities; non-members pay $2 and $2.50 respectively. By Ambrose Poh SHE plays with her two children in the sand pit. Her husband is washing his Toyota Cressida.
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    • 266 3  -  Storie* Ng Wan Chinc TIMES have never been better for Sembawang Shipyard, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Sunday with an Open Day. By the end of this month, it will have docked and berthed between 22 and 24 ships. The workers are being kept
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    • 293 3 WORKERS at the shipyard used to work about 12 hours a day. Now they are there longer. They know they have to finish their jobs as quickly and as smoothly as possible. They are not complaining. "We provide round-the clock service and we are committed
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    • 50 2 k#T K^4 •WMtjiSCXiiiI fAtaiANBUKM' I I I Luncl? at SsB.Bo I I Dinner at Ss9.Bo+ I I at Ss3.Bo+ per glass I H Sentosa Swing Mysterious Bali I Hello Baguio I I Langkawi Romance I I Phuket Temptation IMF tern CDANI I I lf%S CENTRAL I JML 22 Cavenagh Road
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 23 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook today from noon to midnight: Hazy. Maximum temperature: 30 degrees. Sunset today: 6.55 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.52 am.
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    • 32 3 Robi/iive? Readers I flP In recent years, Supergirl and Flash been killed on the job late to save his sidekick 7717 V~U. T (far right). j m /c j IHHh93SXk9HIHHIIHHi39 out Why.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 711 4  -  By Paul Zach ROBIN is dead. But he can't rest in peace. Those who called HotlinePlus yesterday pounded more nails in his coffin lid. Like comic book readers in the United States, most Singapore fans voted to kill Batman's buddy. Nine readers gave him the
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    • 394 4 BORIC acid sometimes used illegally to preserve foods has emerged as a possible culprit in 14 poisoning deaths in Malaysia. The strongest indication came yesterday when city officials in Ipoh, capital of Perak, announced they would revoke licences of food manufacturers and hawkers found
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    • 96 4 A FEW words in an announcement by 20 banks agreeing to negotiate with a union has thrown the dispute into a new spin. Mr Victor Lau, general secretary of the Singapore Bank Employees Union, said yesterday the banks must not set any
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    • 159 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. appease: If a person tries to appease the spirits, he does something to please them so that they will not be angry with him or harm him. cholesterol: Cholesterol
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    • 327 6 A FUND was launched last night for needy students at the Singapore Polytechnic. Riding piggyback on that official launching was a thought. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education, who also cut the ribbon opening the polytechnic's Graduates' Guild
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    • 362 6  -  By Loh Tuan Lee HE STUDIED hard and got a degree but now he has run into his most painful handicap nobody wants to hire an engineer who cannot hear or talk. "Most of the companies do not like to employ me because of my
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    • 295 6 MR CHE Sin Quee should just go ahead and be an engineer, if that's what he wants. He'd show that the deaf "can do the job just as well". Singapore's Ambassador to the United States, Mr Tommy Koh, said this last night when told
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    • 401 6  -  By Angeline Song SHE dreamt of becoming Miss Singapore. But there was a problem: She's married. So Mrs Judy Koh-Chng Lee Lian, 20, did the next best thing. She has entered this year's Mrs Singapore contest. "This is the very first time that I
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    • 361 7 Pizza delivery men are no ordinary breed. Come rain or shine, dodging dogs, they run all over the island delivering pizzas to you seven days a week. And mind you, the pizzas have to be warm, reports HARJINDER KAUR. A PIZZA delivery man has to
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    • 139 8 TOMORROW is your fourth and last chance to win Fuji Quicksnaps, New Paper T-shirts, or even a trip to Phuket. The New Paper-Fuji Quicksnap Contest has been running every Saturday since Oct 8. It ends tomorrow. Each Saturday, readers simply have to
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    • 161 8 THE Singapore Democratic Party will delay its boycott of NTUC FairPrice supermarkets. It will also shorten the boycott period by half. This was announced yesterday by its secretary-general, Mr Chiam See Tong. The party needed more time to prepare for it, he said. Mr Chiam,
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    • 285 8  -  By Trudy Lim MARCH is the cruellest month for students under stress. That's when the 0- and A-level examination results come out. And from past experience, it's also the month the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) receives the most calls. Many are from frustrated young school leavers.
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    • 190 8 NEWSPAPER reports of the recent Bukit Batok blast have led several depressed people to consider killing themselves in a similar way, according to the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS). Ms Maureen Fung, SOS director, said: "There were a number of people who said they found
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 431 9 Powered up to 1000 watts, the Hitachi compact vacuum cleaner CV-2500 and CV-2600 boast a comprehensive list of features thats guaranteed to ease your From a large dust capacity of 4.5 litres to an extra-powerful suction nozzle with an WE automatic cord rewind, Hitachi leads the way in household amenities.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 296 10 Wire services. THE largest party in Malaysia's ruling coalition opens its first convention today seeking to prove its claim to speak for all Malays. "We have more than a million members despite attempts to undermine our recruitment drive," said Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, secretary-general of the
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    • 180 10 Wire services. SINGAPORE'S Foreign Minister, Mr Wong Kan Seng, planned to meet in Jakarta today with his Indonesian counterpart, Mr Ali Alatas, for talks on relations between the two countries. The talks will also touch on Cambodia and other regional issues, said a
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    • 44 10 Smash: Israeli jet-fighters needed only minutes to raze this Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon. Palestinian strongholds like this one in southern Lebanon have been the target of Israeli revenge following a bomb attack on its soldiers last week. Picture/ Ap
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    • 198 10 Wire services. JAPAN promises that two whales freed from Alaskan pack ice tfon't be harpooned by its whalers. The announcement came yesterday as the Japanese who generally view whales as a food rather than as an endangered species puzzled over the massive operation to
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    • 169 10 Wire services. WEST GERMANY has arrested 13 Palestinians believed to be plotting a terrorist attack in the European country. They were jailed during a nationwide raid which began on Wednesday, said Chief Prosecutor Jochen Ruhland in Duesseldorf yesterday. Police indicated more arrests would be made.
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    • 21 10 7v V v ■JBBBEfcjwBMBBBIBBULJBBWdEBL— ■—i^K—«——JBBB**' y Danny Glover I Scott Glenn I Kevin Costner I Kevin Kline (Lethal Weapon) (No WajOut)
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  • STOCKS
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      250 11 Wire services. AFTER an initial fall, shares rose sharply yesterday on the London Stock Exchange following announcement of a substantial narrowing in the British current account deficit in September. The trade data also boosted sterling and allayed fears of another rise in British interest rates in the short-term. However,
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    • 80 11 Reuter. SHARE prices were mixed in opening trade today after a drop in Wall Street prices overnight, but the market should pick up later in the day, brokers said. The Nikkei index firmed 0.68 points to 27,723.60 after the first 10 minutes of trade. The leading risers were oil,
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    • 54 11 FT Industrials Thu 1,502.60 (1,503.20) Dow Jones Average i Thu 2,140.83 (2,165.18) ST Industrial Thu 1,040.10 (1,043.22) NST Industrial Thu 1,730.64 (1,730.01) Hongkong Hang Seng Thu 2,617.25 (2,610.62) c Australian All Ordinaries Thu 1,583.60 (1,581.80) o Nikkei Stock Average Thu 27,722.92 (27,620.60) Figures in brackets refer to those of
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    • Article, Illustration
      277 11 Wire services. BEARS remained dominant on Wall Street yesterday with share prices falling across the board. The Dow Jones average of 30 leading industrials slumped 24.35 points to close at 2,140.83 in active trading. The drop was the sharpest since Oct 12, when the Dow fell 30 points.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 344 12 Wire services. MOSCOW has sent a new bomber and fighter jet to Afghanistan and beefed-up airfield defences with more powerful artillery, says the rebels' chief. "The reinforcements have created a dangerous military development," said Mr Burhanuddin Rabbani, chairman of the Afghan mujahideen alliance. He pointed out that
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    • 52 12 Hunger: A Sudanese girl prepares a meal with water weeds gathered from the Nile. Her family will have the weeds for lunch, dinner and maybe for all their meals in the next few weeks. Recent floodings have led to food shortages in this southern town of Juba.
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    • 121 12 Wire services. THE Kremlin says no more than 12 political prisoners will be freed by the year's end. Western experts say this is only 5 percent of an estimated 240 people imprisoned for political or religious beliefs in Soviet jails. "I'm confirming the news
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    • 166 12 Wire services. A JUDGE in New York has ruled that Mr Ferdinand Marcos need not appear right away in court but that his wife must show up next Monday to answer criminal charges. The couple was charged in New York last Friday with stealing
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    • 115 12 Wire services. PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino says she will not run for a second term. "No, I am not," President Aquino said when asked if she was thinking of running for office again when her term ends in 1992. "This is my one and only
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    • 150 12 Wire services. THE Australian state of New South Wales plans to introduce laws against racial criticism, Premier Nick Greiner said in Sydney yesterday. The penalty for more serious cases of racially motivated abuse could be six months jail and a fine of $1,640,
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    • 205 13 Wire services. THE World Health Organisation says at least five million people have already been infected with Aids and another three million will have the virus by 1998. "We know that of all those infected about half will develop the disease Aids during a
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    • 69 13 Unlikely trio: 'm still in charge," thunders the Great Communicator as he looms large over the two men who seek to succeed him Republican Mr George Bush (right) and Democrat Mr Michael Dukakis. The comic scene will be seen on British TV in a coming episode
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    • 152 13 Wire services. THE Malaysian-made Proton Saga is making a good name for itself in foreign auto circles. Now on display at the international motor show in Birmingham, England, the Saga has won two gold awards and one silver. The Proton 1.5 GLS
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    • 189 13 Wire services. THE week-long truce between the Sri Lankan government and Marxist rebels has now been extended for another week until Nov 6. The announcement by Colombo followed two hours of talks between President Junius Jayewardene and representatives of seven opposition parties.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 171 13 Ghosts And Ghouls Stalk The Night j At The Mystery And what a chance to meet up with Lady Luck on Halloween Night! So have a good time any night this month at the Mystery Disco And great prizes await you on Halloween Night, October 31st. When you could walk
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 560 14 Presented by Jebsen Jessen CS) Pte. Ltd. Sole Distributor of SOILOGEN's range of quality detergent products in Singapore. prizes including trips, appliances and products to win. Clean-up some big pr izes. Take home SOILOGEN quality detergents and win. LOOK FOR ENTRY TOKENS ON THESE PACKS. to sky biobact stream M
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 329 15 IF you are what you eat, a new book might just explain some of the antics rock stars get to on and off the stage. Rock 'n' Roll Cuisine, a book by Robin Le Mesurier and Peggy-Sue Honeyman Scott is a compilation of the
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    • Article, Illustration
      369 15  -  By Lim Swee Hong Surf 'n' turf specials IT'S easy to forget cholesterol levels in November with the many meat and lobster promotions available. Furama Hotel: You can have as many cuts of meat as you wish during their "on the wagon" promotion at Tiffany Coffee House. A choice
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    • 88 15 I rUIM Ideal For I Alt Celebrations! i» Im. mLmmSSmSS^^/Kk^B^StSSBa^KKM Sumptuous fare Bl Great Va/ue JE Every Connoisseur's praise Excellent food Indeed most popular by WzMmKKJBr choice Hongkong Dian Xin and a la carte available at lunch. Enjoy the serenade of music and song, at no extra charge, while you
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  • Showtime
    • 406 16  -  By Vivien Chiong TICKETS for the Polygram 20th Anniversary Concert are only half sold but the show's main star, singing idol Alan Tarn, is cool. When he arrived at Changi Airport last night, the Hongkong star said: "The tickets are not selling well? I don't
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    • 223 16 TWO groups one a Swiss-based jazz band, the other a homegrown fusion group called Flame of the Forest played across the street from each other last night. It cost at least $5 to get into the concert at the Singapore Conference Hall by the George Gruntz
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    • 191 16  -  FIRST NIGHT/ By Wong Sing Yeong THEY played with such skill, style and humour that local jazz fans whistled and applauded throughout the three-hour show before, after and during the music. The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band has a reputation as big
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    • 326 17  -  FIRST NIGHT/ By Adeline Woon THE founder and artistic director of the Siberian Cossacks, Mr Mikhail Godenko, likes his women blonde. They make for neater lines in his choreography, he explained through interpreter Ms Tatiana Litvinova. And that probably explains the curious fact about
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • spotlight
    • 886 18 Malaysian town makes it to the glamour scene Malacca. Last month it was Jane Seymour in Penang shooting Keys to Freedom. Now, it's an entire street in Malacca that is being brought back in time for a period drama set in the *****. The New Paper
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    • 373 18 THE producer, Chan Hung Kai, 42, is a veteran broadcaster. Some may even remember him in villainous roles in the Cantonese soap operas of the *****. But he's still best known for his work on TV. Chan has worked in most of the TV
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1992 19 televisions Bv 1 I SCREEN M Furthest North P I Sportscene: Aussie Rules Friday at the Movies GEMS W (9.30pm,SBC 12) Football Norwood vs Port Captain Blood A. W rip' Adelaide (Second Semi-final) (10.35 pm, SBC 5) f SIR Ranulph Fiennes, onn 101 ly -j known to his friends as
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 113 20 y '1^ l ISiauASHi. vJ|f§ j. Nmm: Bryan Adams Fa«ily: Born in Canada, 'Vp^m to a British oailitary family. He was ,T'»» I expected to have an career too, htf.'-r fefM r spurned the rifle forthe H band: Secaad band: Prism. Together with drummer I Jim Vallance, he began songs
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  • spotlight
    • 887 23 Upother Malaysian town makes it to the glamour scene Malacca. Last month it was Jane Seymour in Penang shooting Keys to Freedom. Now, it's an entire street in Malacca that is being brought back in time for a period drama set in the *****. The New
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    • 372 23 THE producer, Chan Hung Kai, 42, is a veteran broadcaster. Some may even remember him in villainous roles in the Cantonese soap operas of the *****. But he's still best known for his work on TV. Chan has worked in most of the TV
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 406 24 NYT w p ALT Disney movie songs are evergreens. Since the 1937 release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hollywood's first full-length animated feature, every generation has had an opportunity to enter this magical kingdom at an impressionable age, as the film has been
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    • 229 24  -  PREVIEW/ By Griselda Griselda Loo THE rise and fall of Nazi Germany is woven into the lives of two families in a new German drama series, Fathers and Sons. Both families are old friends. The Bernheims are a Jewish family of
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    • 306 25  -  By Griselda Loo GET into the act! Go as Captain Hook, Shakespeare's Juliet, Cleopatra or even an empress in a Chinese opera to your next fancy dress party. Well, since it's not something you would wear every day, you can easily borrow these exotic outfits from
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    • 124 25 SAIL into the party as Cleopatra on the arm of Julius Caesar. Better still, rope in other escorts as your adoring slaves for the night. Costumes, makeup and accessories are available at Act 3 Fun Costumes. Cleopatra's white dress, pea-cock-feathered headgear and bangles cost $25 a
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    • 462 29  -  By Sonja Tan WHAT do sexy young actresses do when their skin becomes less than silky, perhaps even wrinkly and their figure less than perfect, in places even sagging? We 11... some have face lifts, chin tucks and stomach tucks, like Elizabeth Taylor and Cher
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    • Article, Illustration
      304 29 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 troop's morale. Time: 11 am, 1.30,
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 82 24 I CASTING ASIAN WOMEN FOR LEADING ROLE IN WORLD PREMIERE OF N ew Musical From Alain Boublil m mr (y) And Claude-Michel Schonberg, The lm/1 Creators Ot Les Miserables. Seeking JLtA -A. kJ Asian Women, Aged 18-25, With Strong, Pure Singing Voices For A 1 \J| IF 1 Leading Role
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 233 27 COMICREUEF Orchard Road/coim Goh Single Kohisaat Ion tdur SRC.... II I f would mo* m wij I Tumt is ir, chimin? ~jE3\ llNonrs me scnttm MSSION! COUlblTRETHe NE*T WHET'S SE6MFNTOp U 1 Ku ;u, t- WHAT ON&RlhlEfc SdAlfT R0RIH6 /ofUHE ?ERFtC.T/VWTCH" I wlf 3 1 UMAT TCARID eXfRE55lOMS! T r
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 169 28 Do you find the thought of being interviewed somewhat daunting? Do you have sleepless nights before the interview? TT__._ ffl. T) HAW IA KO nuw iUDv aMißp D Mackenzie Davey P McDonnell Illustrated by Peter Kneebone This book offers some useful hints to help you prepare for an interview. It
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 149 29 mdifl E! The Natural The Beauty of India awaits you Come West to Bombay bustling metropolis, financial hub and India's Hollywood Come West to Aurangabad the seat of Mughal architecture The wondrous cave paintings at Ajanta/Ellora still beautiful, through the ravages of time Visit Ahmedabad. where Mahatma Gandhi built his
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  • SHOPTALK
    • 706 30  -  WEEKENDBROWSER By Josephine Ng DAIMARU, the department store at Liang Court, celebrates its fifth anniversary tomorrow with bargains galore for women. Example: More than 50 per cent discount on mix and match Urban Casual blouse-and-skirt suits. Blouses are available in blue and green and the skirts in
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    • 180 30 NYT FIRST there were throwaway pens, razors and cigarette lighters. Now, let's hear it for throwaway perfume. A line of inexpensive perfumes in small, spillproof bottles for men and women is about to hit America. It's already done well in Europe. Called BiC No. 1,
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    • 141 30  -  By Lim Phay-ling IT'S still eight weeks to Christmas, but Les Must de Cartier has already unveiled its Christmas gift ideas. The French designer house recently staged its press preview at the Hilton International complete with fluffy fake snow, Christmas cookies and Christmas carols
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 1788 31 RADIOGUIDE NOON News in Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Music, Company and Wo: NOON Nowsdosk Ky\y\Z 12.05 Lunchdato: Join Anita Hari A lunchtime musical treat to 12.30 Country Stylo: David Allan j "vJl Chandra for an entertaining af- NOON Easy Listening keep you entertained. takes you into the world
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 244 32 H If jH IF 41 j^H 111 A large I PttWx 4% group of I I T 437,000 potential I E who said they would I I 1 iS I ITSJ read' The New Paper. I I SiSJ (Prelaunch Survey, November 1987). I Recruit effectively withTiast Ads' Our Appointments Classified
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  • TRAVELNOTES
    • 373 34  -  By Lim Phay-ling G t O TO Hongkong and get away from it all. Now, that can't be right, can it? It is. Hongkong isn't all hustle and bustle. It has over 200 outlying islands. The nearest is Lamma, just 45 minutes away by ferry. The fare
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    • Article, Illustration
      403 34  -  By David Brazil MALAYSIA TOURS HAVEN'T booked your end-of-year holidav yet? Can't get air tickets? Then try "Golden Malaysia", a new consortium of five Singapore tour agencies. Every day, from Nov 15 to Dec 31, eight new Mercedes high-deck air-conditioned coaches with video and toilet will leave for different
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 230 35 EUROPE KICKOFF: ENGLAND Reuter. DAVE Stringer and Terry Venables, the managers of Norwich and Tottenham, are both looking at life in English soccer's First Division from unfamiliar angles this weekend. Norwich, never one of the best-known names in the sport, prepares for tomorrow's League tie with
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    • 267 35 MATCH OF THE WEEKEND: JUVENTUS v AC MILAN ITALY, SPAIN, WEST GERMANY, FRANCE Reuter. ITALIAN First Division soccer champion AC Milan faces a mighty task on Sunday. It travels to Turin for a crunch clash with a resurgent Juventus. Dutch star Ruud Gullit heads a host
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    • 175 35 Reuter, AFP. FORMER England star Bobby Charlton failed for a second time yesterday to win election to the English Football League management committee. Charlton, now a Manchester United director, lost his first bid for a place on the committee earlier this year. He appeared certain to
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    • 258 35 RACING ...with DENNIS CHIfl HEART'S Delight, promoted to the top class after his win in the Wilayah Silver Bowl Stakes in August, will give up-and-coming sprinter Libran Star a run for his money this week. He underlined his chances with a sparkling gallop on a good track
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    • 101 35 RACE 1: Class 1 Div 4 1200 m (2.00pm): Constant Surprise, Go Fred Go. RACE 2: Class 3 Div B 1200 m (2.30pm): Gentle Breeze. RACE 3: Class 1 Div 3 1200 m (3.00pm): Yutoi 111, Gasing. RACE 4: Class 3 Div A 1200 m (3.30pm): Green Lantern, Greenback.
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  • SPORTS
    • 392 36  -  PAUL CHAMBERLIN v MALCOLM ALLEN Stories, Alfonso Chan Firepower between two Americans in Singapore! But don't take cover. It's only Malcolm "Mr X" Allen trying to gun down Paul Chamberlin in the semi-finals of the Carlsberg Singapore Men's Open tennis championships at the Padang today.
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    • 123 36 ZEESHAN Ali and Mark Ferreira are among the younger crop of players who hold India's Davis Cup future in their hands. The two showed good team-work yesterday to reach the doubles semi-finals, defeating the talented pair of Joseph Russell and Andrew Sproule 6-4, 6-7 (10-8), 6-1.
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    • 181 36 S. WIBOWO v STEVE GUY TINTUS Wibow os *s fairy-tale romance with the Carlsberg Singapore Men's Open may have ended by the time you read this. After beating Miguel Dungo of the United States 6-2. 7-5 yesterday, Tintus was asking the tournament organisers how
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    • 101 36 COURT ASIDES ZEESHAN Ali's father, Akhtar, used to be Malaysia and Singapore's tennis coach back in the late 50s and early 60s. Akhtar was also India's squash champion. Mark Ferreira's father, Mike, used to be world amateur billiards champion in the late 70s. Most of the
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    • 286 37  -  Stories/ Alfonso Chan T HE Republic will still retain the Singapore Open as a grasscourt tennis competition even though the Asian Challenger circuit takes shape from next year. Singapore's grasscourt competition has been pledged as a continuing event by the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association president
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    • 209 37 Home delivery of a tennis champion TINTUS Wibowo's wife, Susanna Anggarkusuma, is a national player who has taken part in tournaments in Singapore. She gave birth to a son two months ago. And guess who delivered the baby. None other than the Indonesian Tennis Association's committee member Dr. Eddy Katimansah.
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    • 418 37 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: GOLF Volvo Masters men's tournament in Valderrama, Spain Ist rds: 68 Sandy Lyle (Brit), Severiano Ballesteros (Spa). 71 Roger Chapman (Brit), Ove Sellberg (Swe). 72 Sam Torrance (Brit), Peter Baker (Brit). 73 Michael Allen (US), Denis Durnian (Brit), Howard Clark (Brit), Mark
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  • MALAYSIACUP
    • 341 38 He's doubtful for Merlion Cup Fandi will play tonight with ankles numbed by pain-killing jabs, reports S. GULAM in Kuala Lumpur Fandi ahmad, the Malaysia Cup top scorer, has been surviving on pain-killing jabs. Injuries to both ankles from leading Kuala Lumpur's charge in the Malaysia Cup
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    • 357 38 THE confidence and poise has disappeared in the Kuala Lumpur camp. Instead, fear and tension has set in as the League champion battles to retain the Cup. And not without reason. The players know they have to overcome several factors if they are to
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    • 237 38 ZAINAL ABIDIN has more than one reason to continue his scoring act tonight. He wants to sustain his new-found relationship with the Klang Valley fans by leading Selangor to the final, and to prove to the national selectors that he's still the best goalpoacher in the
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    • 192 39  -  By Abdul Shukor FORGET the dragon. As far as Sarawakians are concerned, this is the Year of the Cat. A year which has brought them recognition, respect and revenue. Success in the Malaysia Cup is, for the million or so Sarawakians, a victory. A victory which
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