The New Paper, 12 December 1988

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  • 12 1 the new paper MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/8® 50 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 132 1 SUICIDE AnACK DOGS They are the equivalent of World War II kamikaze pilots. But they are not from Japan. They are Israel's latest weapon against Palestinian guerillas. Labradors strapped with explosives set off by remote control. Page 11 /Page 21. IP $300,000 From today, Toto players get EXTRA chances to
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 1 Corazon Veda Africa (right) takes top prize at talentime for Filipino maids. Picture/ DOMINIC WOON
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  • 45 1 Work off art: Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School students bring a touch of scenic Guilin to their second-floor toilet. The mural, a different one on each floor, is "to give some character to the new school". Page 7. Picture/ JOHN TAN
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 391 2 HELP is on the way for Comfort taxi drivers feeling the pinch of the sharp increase in diesel tax. Comfort will pay their road and diesel tax for them in advance. This will then be recovered from the cabbies' weekly instalments. This means each
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    • 211 2 TWO sisters escaped from their burning Housing Board flat in Lengkok Bahru on Saturday. Tini binti Majid, five, was burnt on the right side of her chest. Her younger sister, Zainap binti Majid, four, escaped unhurt. The girls were believed to
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    • 280 2  -  By Chow Wai Fong WHEN a ten-month-old baby wrote to Santa for a make-up set, Santa realised his computer had fallen sick. He called in the doctor who said the computer had frostbite. Rudolph came to the rescue and warmed up the computer
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    • 143 2 Wire services. THE US-based Miniscribe Corp has announced plans to lay off workers in both Singapore and Hongkong. The company, a producer of hard disks for computers, said this in New York over the weekend. It did not say how many workers would be affected.
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    • 70 2 FORMER Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam now says he does not intend to quit politics. The Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao this morning reported his de- nial of a story in the Malaysian tabloid, Mingguan Kota, that he would quit. Datuk Musa
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    • 47 2 A THIRD gold mine has been found in Dungun in the Malaysian state of Trengganu. The new site is 65 km off Kuala Trengganu. About 50 people are already there. The first two areas are in Kampong Rusilah and Kampong Kubang Ikan.
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    • Article, Illustration
      399 3  -  By Ronald Wong CASH registers are ringing merrily in Johor Baru as Singaporean weekend-shoppers flock across the Causeway in pursuit of bargains. Shopkeepers in Holiday Plaza, currently the most popular shopping complex in Johor Baru, reported business increases of up to 40 per cent in October and November. Three
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      220 3 IN WOODLANDS, the tide has turned. Malaysians who used to make quick buying trips there are now shopping at home. Woodlands shopkeepers said sales have dropped between 5 per cent and 50 per cent, depending on the type of goods. The smaller shops selling one or two main
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    • 222 3 THE fall of the Malaysian ringgit is being welcomed by Singaporeans who go over the Causeway to shop. But for Malaysians, it's both good news and bad news. Dm goed news: Malaysian products are better able to compete, both at home and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 33 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook from noon till midnight: Windy with showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 30 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. ~Sunset: 7.00 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.58 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 478 4  -  By Irene Hoe RED tape is the bane of a show promoter's life and the Committee on Performing Arts wants to cut it short. The bottom line for you is that it makes your theatre tickets more expensive. One promoter says he has to shell
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    • 213 4 THE People's Action Party has set up a wing for women to involve them more directly in national affairs. The idea came from First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is also the party's assistant secretary-general. Dr Aline Wong, one of the MPs for
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    • 66 4 THE expanded Youth Wing Committee of the People's Action Party has a new vice-chairman Brigadier-General (Reservist) George Yeo. A new committee secretary was also appointed. He is National University of Singapore lecturer Dr Liang Thow Yick, of the Hong Kah GRC youth wing. Dr Liang
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    • 186 4 THE Health and Environment Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) has been split into two. So, there are now 10 GPCs instead of nine. Also, three new chairmen have been named. Mr Goh Chee Wee heads the Environment GPC. Mr Ng Pock Too takes over as chairman of
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    • 121 4 A NICE new job is open at the National University of Singapore mainly keeping up with 55,000 graduates and letting them know the latest about the old alma mater. The budding Department of Alumni Affairs recently advertised for a director to get things
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    • 58 4 THOSE fighting-kite strings that once plagued the East Coast Park are now stirring complaints at Marina South, according to a Straits Times report. The fighting-kite flyers have moved to the carpark behind the newly opened Superbowl Complex. The kites' sharp, glass-coated strings can cut and are particularly
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    • 470 5  -  By Lois Ng AT the age of four, little Grace Chua Wan Jun has already read 600 books including a children's encyclopaedia. So what does she want for Christmas? You're right...more books. At the nursery school she attends, the other kids are learning the alphabet. Her mother,
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    • 331 5 BOSSES crying out for workers, and experienced ones at that, are in for a smoother year, a Labour Ministry survey shows. A total of 29,400 mostly experienced Singaporeans will be looking for jobs this year and the next. This figure does not include
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    • 128 5 Fewer people without job 9. The jobless rate dropped from 4.7 per cent in June last year to 3.3 per cent in June this year. More people are working. There are 1,281,400 Singaporeans working or actively looking for jobs. The increase in the workforce
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    • 315 6 LET'S get physical, a youth panel recommends. The Committee on Preworking and Working Youth wants to make it a must for students to pass physical fitness tests. University and polytechnic students should be just as fit. So their curriculum should set aside more
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    • 524 6 What is today's youth like? A youth council's report gives a good insight into their likes and dislikes. We asked IRENE HOE to read the recommendations and become a youth for a few hours. Here's the result MY ELDER sister went to university last
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    • 101 6 Anxious Andy: He frets all the time about "getting a suitable job". He criticises the education system, but be really doesn't understand it Scciii* Sally: Sbe'sgota boring job, but she would rather stay in it for "job securityße her own boss? Never! Aimless Amlna: Would rather
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    • 327 7  -  By Karen Goh A SCENE that looks like something from Wordsworth's poetry covers the wall of a school toilet, the brightly-coloured field of flowers a pleasant change from the regular white tiles. This was one of the murals painted by a dozen students of Paya
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    • 133 7 A BAN on the sale of cigarettes to the young in Singapore would be unenforceable, acting Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. So the Government will not enact it. Mr Yeo said the problem was that there were
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    • 187 7 CALLIGRAPHY artists from many countries will converge on Singapore at the end of 1990 for an international show of their art. It's all part of the newly-formed International Calligraphy Communication Centre, which will base its secretariat in Singapore. It was set up yesterday by seven regional
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    • 277 8 COMPUTER data specialists were warned today that they must guard their reputations against damage by hacker attack and virus infections. Mr Tan Chin Nam, chairman of the National Computer Board, said professionals in the business should uphold the highest code of ethics and integrity. His talk was
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    • 83 8 HAWKERS have to serve all customers equally. If they leave Singaporeans waiting to get the tourist dollar, they'll have to answer to the Environment Ministry. That's the word from the ministry following a complaint from local architect Chan Wai Kin, who said a hawker at Newton Circus
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    • 133 8 FIVE people share the $500 prize money in our Moneywords contest 48/88. They each made just two mistakes. So the $5,000 jackpot for an all-correct entry has again not been won. The five who will each be receiving $100 are: Mr Kwok Lock Peng, 60, a
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    • 151 8 MAILBOX: Letters to the Editor I REFER to the report, Time's up for Change Alley (TNP, Dec 3/4). Singapore is a small island with no mountains. One can hardly find natural havens where one can escape from the towering flats. There are no
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    • 108 8 I WAS greatly comforted by the Christian staff in the Intensive Care Unit and members of the church, then strangers to me. Critically ill with kidney failure and knowing that everything physically and medically possible had been done for me, my wife in desperation asked for
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    • 140 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. discreet: To be discreet is to not draw attention to oneself. emphasis: Special force given to words or ideas to show that they are important. interface: The interface between
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 378 9 Wire services. SEVENTY-eight people have been killed in the crash of a Soviet military plane carrying troops to aid earthquake-stricken Armenia. The plane collided with a helicopter yesterday and crashed on approach to Leninakan airport, officials said. Sixty-nine of the victims were young
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    • 154 9 Wire services. A PAKISTAN fighter jet has downed an Afghan civilian aircraft en route to Kabul, killing all 25 on board, Afghanistan's official radio reports. The airliner was shot down on its 150-km journey from the eastern district of Khost to the Afghan capital,
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    • 124 9 Wire services. POLICE in northern China have arrested 10 members of a family suspected of selling mentally ill women into slavery, a newspaper reports. The Shanghai Evening News said the 10 people recently arrested were members of a family of 20 living
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    • 71 9 Wire services. FORMER Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos today was described as in "guarded but stable" condition in a Honolulu hospital. He was admitted on Saturday, suffering from what an aide called "congestive heart failure". That diagnosis has been confirmed by the hospital. But officials in the Philippines continue
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    • 130 9 Wire services. A JAPANESE man paralysed Osaka International Airport for 40 minutes after sneaking into a communications room and smashing electronic gear. Seventeen departures and arrivals were affected after the 26-year-old man locked himself inside the room yesterday and then ran amok. Police
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    • 189 9 Wire services. SOME 45,000 unionists have rallied in Tokyo to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's cabinet. The rally, held yesterday, was sponsored by four private organisations that are opposed to new taxes. The organisations also want a new probe into the Recruit Cosmos
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    • 184 10 Wire services. THE Kremlin says the US need not match planned troop cuts by the Soviet Union. Mr Nikolai Shishlin, speaking for the Communist Party Central Committee, says President Mikhail Gorbachev will move ahead with his cuts regardless of any US response. Mr Shishlin
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    • 289 10 Bernama. FORMER Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Harun Idris confirms he will run as an independent in the expected Ampang Jaya parliamentary by-election. Datuk Harun said although the ruling Barisan N as ion a 1 (National Front) remained strong, he would win as a representative
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    • 133 10 Wire services. AT LEAST 47 people died and 54 others were injured when a building where fireworks were sold exploded in Mexico City today. The blast occurred in the middle of a packed marketplace early this morning. It triggered fires in several
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    • 48 10 New sidekick: When the heat is on —at 21 deg C —Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer would rather stay home. But rain or shine, Santa's show in New Delhi must go on. So Santa turns to the good old elephant for his grand entrance. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 179 10 Wire services. A MAN identifying himself as boxing legend Muhammad Ali is drumming up support in America for projects that could be worth millions to the fighter. But is it Ali? He says no. "Why would a Black Muslim mess with politicians," asked Ali
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    • 212 10 Wire services. SOUTH Korean police have lately used so much tear-gas against student radicals that they are in serious danger of running out of it. The nationally-circulated Chosun Ilbo daily says National Police have about 300,000 rounds left enough to last only a couple of
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    • 92 10 Wire services. SINGAPORE is being promoted over Bali as a year-end holiday spot by many Indonesian tourist operators, says the Jakarta Post. The paper says travel agents are mad at hotel operators on the Indonesian island. Travel agents say hotel operators have given
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    • 45 11 Demand: More than 50 countries have recognised the independent Palestinian state. But two countries that matter— United States and Israel—have yet to follow suit Here, some 2,ooopeople, many in masks, gather in Hamburg to demand recognition by West Germany. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 72 11 Reuter. SHARE prices opened mixed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today with investors waiting for the release of important US economic statistics this week, brokers said. The Nikkei index firmed 32.20 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 29,825.62 points in the first 10 minutes of trade. Advances were led
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    • 335 11 Wire services. DOGS strapped with explosives were sent on suicide missions during Israel's latest raid on Palestinian strongholds in Lebanon. The walking time-bombs were meant to explode inside underground guerilla bunkers. But at least two dogs, believed to be Labradors, were shot dead by
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    • 228 11 Wire services. SOME 3,000 people were jailed in East Timor during President Suharto's visit last month, say Indonesian civilian and military sources. Officials say all but five have been released. Almost all those detained belonged to a religious-mystic sect known by the name of San
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    • 304 11 Wire services FOREIGNERS caught up in a clash between Tibetan nationalists and Chinese police ducked behind vendors' tables and fled down narrow alleys to escape volleys of bullets and tear gas. "People were falling and screaming. I saw people carrying wounded Tibetans
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    • 130 11 Wire services. KING Louis XVI of France beheaded in January 1793 by order of a revolutionary court goes back on trial in Paris today before a jury of television viewers. The trial, featuring actors and real lawyers, is part of a new series on the
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    • 160 11 Wire services. THE American showplace mansion of the late Liberace, once on the market for $5.6 million, sold at auction for $650,000. The estate is located about 3.2 km from the Las Vegas Strip, where Liberace was a headline performer for years. It continues
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  • Showtime
    • 593 12  -  By Geraldine Goh T I HEY looked lovely in their colourful, shimmering and elegant costumes, these dozen Filipino maids who took to the stage at the Kallang Theatre yesterday. They strutted, gesticulated and sang their hearts out at the second Tawag ng Tanghalan Talentime Contest 88,
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    • 188 12 THE top award carried $10,000. The competition was keen. Still Singapore's Mark Chan and Jacintha made a pitch for it in Hongkong last Friday. And lost. Instead two singers from the Philippines walked away with the top prizes worth a total of $16,000 at
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    • 482 13  -  By Danny Tan p i HILIP Glass's latest album Akhnaten is not your ordinary "opera". In it, he peppers three languages Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian freely in the libretto. He fuses all these within chunks of electronic keyboard work. For a man known for producing music
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    • 302 13  -  By Geraldine Goh IF light music is what you're looking for, then Le Rendezvous in Meridien Hotel is the place to go. You'll find a sentimental twosome called Angel and Wendy who'll take you down memory lane with favourites such as Memories, Solitaire, Our Day
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    • Article, Illustration
      251 13  -  By Danny Tan GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP (Bantam Audio) SLIM FOREVER (Bantam Audio) "Everyone lives in the world of their thoughts and those thoughts have energy". This is the introduction to both self-help cassettes. Got a problem sleeping at night? Or maybe it's hard to say no to
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    • 281 14  -  REVIEW/ By Sonja Tan WILLOW is a fantasy adventure with a message. Unfortunately, there is simply too much of the same old stuff for anyone over 16. Producer George Lucas' obvious borrowing spree begins with the Bible. Other sources are Gulliver's Travels, Snow
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    • Article, Illustration
      179 14 MOONWALKER (Shaw cinemas) MOONWALKER is a mul-ti-million dollar personal fantasy adventure for Michael Jackson. Dance sequences and special effects are well done. More for teenagers though and fans. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Orchard) MUST-SEE movie where cartoon characters share top billing with human actors. Bob Hoskins is the human
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    • 388 14  -  By Vivien Chiong WEDDING bells rang for Hongkong TV star Felix Wong and long-time girlfriend Leung Kit Wah last Wednesday. The other woman who was once in the middle of that romance is now in Singapore. But Mimi Kung Che Yan has not gone into
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    • 172 14 HER five children, ranging in age from 16 to 23, say that she looks young and beautiful. That's why they encouraged Mdm Wong Seh Fah to take part in the Mrs Singapore contest. And they are very happy that mum made the finals. And so is hubby
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1582 15 Television [BSBB SCREEN M cine Showcase WeM Being Napoleon and Josephine H H GEMS W Every Breath You Heart Attack A Love Stay H (SBC 12,10.30 pm) (SBC 12,9.35 pm) (SBC 5,9.30 pm) Vl BASED on an original THIS excellent programme looks at NAPOLEON proposes marriage to i |i i
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 462 18  -  By Ting Mei See JOY and relief were clearly written on their faces last night. One got so excited his spectacles flew off his face. They were the team members of Panther Force, champs of the current affairs quiz show Strategy which came to
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    • 362 18  -  HOW TO PRODUCE A GOOD QUIZ PROGRAMME ON TV By Lois Ng IT takes more than just good strategy to package the SBG current affairs quiz show, Strategy, for mass appeal. "One needs the intuitive feel," said Mr Kenneth Liang, executive producer of the
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 174 19 W ■HO says good things don't come free? You can get this colourful, fact-filled cookbook FREE, courtesy of The New Paper and the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation. This 80-page, glossy cookbook has more than 100 recipes. Each recipe is illustrated with a colour photograph.
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    • 245 19 Spicy beef all in 10 minutes Spicy Boot with Onions Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 10 mins Serves four 500 g piece beef fillet (tenderloin) 2 teaspoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 1 tablespoon dry sherry 1 cup beef stock 1 packet quick-cook noodles
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    • 203 19 TRYTHIS A MILKSHAKE from the fast food counter could c ontain nearly 400 calories. If you have a blender, make these delicious and easy lowcalorie shakes yourself. Cut calories by using skimmed milk. This has just 195 calories per 568 ml compared
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 78 20 I KISSING '88 GOODBYE I I THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS I I ni Aflf UIIMOIID I I DRESSING UP WITH WIT AND FLAIR I I SANTA SPEAKS I I ADAM GETS AN EXCLUSIVE I I GAMES PEOPLE PLAT I BORED? TRY BOARD GAMES I THERE'S I SCREEN GEMS
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  • FASHIONTODAY
    • 356 21  -  By Brenton Wong s YDNEY may be 17,000 km 1 from Singapore, but Escada i boutique thought nothing of flying a choreographer here for a fashion show. The boutique has just opened in Delfi Orchard. It's part of a world-wide chain of 60 boutiques for
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    • 293 21 BEAUTY TIPS TIME to clear out the make-up drawer. Throw out the flamboyant purple eye-shadow and green mascara. Get rid of that half-used tube of pale pink lipstick, too. The crucial thing this season is sophisticated, understated makeup. Think tasteful, think discreet, think elegant. Apply make-up
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 1968 24 RADIOGUIDE ffiiUP ESEUBi EMiBH im'jHi'HWt'l |H9^H NOOM News in Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Music, Company and Ma: NOON Nawsdask aVN' 12.0S Lunchdata: Some entertaining NOON Easy Listening: A selection of Noon-time entertainment to 12.30 Through the Looking Glass: \yy musical fare in this lunchtime light instrumental pieces to
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  • SPORTS
    • 157 25 ASIAN CUP SOCCER Reuter. SOUTH Korea crushed Iran 3-0, while Syria converted a second-half penalty to beat Bahrain 1-0. South Korea, top of Group A with maximum points, will face the run-ner-up in Group B either China or holder Saudi Arabia in Wednesday's semi-final. Iran has
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      153 25 WAYNE Clarke scored, and Neville Southall saved as Everton drew 1-1 with champion Liverpool at Anfield yesterday. Clarke drove in a 51st-min-ute spot-kick to cancel out Ray Houghton's goal after 30 minutes. The penalty was given when Trevor Steven was brought down by David Burrows. Liverpool's goal came
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    • 199 25 Wire services. THE number of foreign players allowed per team per game in the Portuguese First Division will be cut to four with effect from Dec 30. And that will include the Brazilians, predominant among the 750 foreigners in the Portuguese League, and who until now have always benefitted
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    • 142 25 AFP. THE FA Cup third-round draw on Saturday pit Arsenal against West Ham for the clash on Jan 7. The draw: Newcastle v Watford, Carlisle v Liverpool, Stoke v Palace, Sutton v Coventry, Hartlepool v Aldershot or Bristol City, Plymouth v Cambridge, West Ham v Arsenal, Crewe v
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    • 114 26 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Reuter. CARMEL Busuttil was the toast of Malta yesterday. He scored a goal in injury time, his second of the match, to earn the Maltese an unexpected 2-2 draw with Hungary in Valletta. Hungary, depleted by suspensions after a major club scandal involving alleged
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    • 117 26 Reuter. STRIKER Dejan Savicevic hit a hat-trick as Yugoslavia crushed Cyprus 4-0 in Belgrade. Yugoslavia went ahead in the 12th minute when Paris SG striker Safet Susie exchanged passes with Savicevic, who blasted the ball on the run past goalkeeper Georg Pantzarias. In the 33rd minute, Stojkovic was
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    • 243 26 Reuter. ITALIAN LEAGUE A DIVING header by Aldo Serena gave lead- er Inter-Milan a precious 1-0 victory over neighbour AC Milan yesterday. The win in front of a 75,500 capacity crowd helped Inter maintain its two-point lead over Napoli, 1-0 winner at Verona. Before Serena struck
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      231 26 Reuter. SPANISH LEAGUE INJURY-HIT Real Madrid made the most of Barcelona's first defeat in seven matches to move back to the top with a 2-0 away win over Cadiz yesterday. Barcelona lost 3-2 away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Real, playing without suspended goalkeeper Francisco Buyo and three
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    • 169 26 Reuter. DUTCH LEAGUE AJAX Amsterdam continued its storming run by crushing Den Bosch 5-1 to move within a point of leader PSV Eindhoven. Ajax, 13th in the table two months ago, moved into second place ahead of Fortuna Sittard, which drew 2-2 draw in Haarlem.
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    • 363 26 RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL NBA League: New York 124 Sacramento 111, Denver 133 Atlanta 130, Detroit 106 Philadelphia 100, LA Lakers 112 Indiana 105, New Jersey 121 Charlotte 112, Chicago 111 Miami 88, Cleveland 102 Dallas 98, Houston 110 Seattle 91, Golden State 109 Washington 102, Utah
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      451 27  -  By SHAHIRON SAHARI and Abdul Shukor HANS Pfisterer, winner of yesterday's Singapore International marathon, ran what he said was a well-judged, even-paced race. "The most difficult part of the race was getting up in the morning," said the West German, who won in 2 hrs 22:49 mins. Among
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    • 277 27  -  By Shahiron Sahari THE officials at the finish line were looking out for a Singaporean which was why Amy Dudley had no tape to breast when she won the local women's section yesterday. "They must have thought I was Bruneian... I've been living there for
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    • 199 27 SQUASH... with ALFONSO CHAN A NEW international squash body The World Squash Promoters' Federation is in the making. Delegates from 15 countries will meet in London today to approve its constitution. Said Haridas Nair, secretary of the Singapore Squash Rackets Association and one of
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    • 503 28 While the Singapore senior soccer team is struggling to find a place in the semi-finals of the Merdeka tournament, the juniors have done the Republic proud by winning the FAM/Milo Under-14 title the first Cup to cross the Causeway after eight years. S GULAM reports FROM
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    • 279 28 THREE cheers for the Singapore Under-14 soccer team. What the national team failed to do in the Malaysia Cup, the juniors achieved at age-group level. They captured the FAM/Milo Under-14 title by beating Selangor 2-0 in the final yesterday at the Bandar Tun Razak Stadium.
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    • 212 28 FOOTBALL Association of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Football Association bigwigs will be holding a "summit" soon to discuss the futures of soccer stars Fandi Ahmad and Malek Awab. Fandi said yesterday he had arranged a meeting between FAS chairman Maj Abbas Abu
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