The New Paper, 27 December 1988

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1 30 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS
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    • 208 1 CHUN'S MEN 'FACING ARREST' Three former ministers of disgraced ex-president Chun Doo-Hwan are barred from leaving the country, says South Korea's national news agency Yonhap. This is a strong signal that they will be arrested this week. Corruption probe continues. Page 2 CABBIE WITH NO CHANGE, JUST ABUSE Yellow-top taxi
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    • 20 1 WORLD 10-13 STOCKS 13 SHOWTIME 14, 20-22 TV GUIDE 15 FOOD 23 RADIO 26 FASTADS/JOBS 27 SPORTS 27-31 MONEYWORDS 31
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 334 2 Wire services. SEVERAL former South Korean Cabinet ministers who served under disgraced expresident Chun Doo-Hwan face likely arrest this week. The national news agency Yonhap reported in Seoul yesterday that three former ministers have been barred from leaving the country. The action is taken as a
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    • 490 2  -  By Lois Ng THE SUN was out over Kallang Park yesterday. And the snow fell as forecast. Unlike last Friday when rain and logistical problems turned the Wonderful Snow Park's opening plans to slush, the news was more j wonderful there during the holidays. A
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    • 324 2 REPORTER'S EXPERIENCE THE snow flakes I expected came from a machine. It was just crushed ice, and it cascaded down my head in chunks. Tat, tat, tat. It pounded my face and shoulders. Wet. Ouch, it nearly went into my
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    • 120 3 Fill! for everyone: This is just a slope of man-made snow and ice at Kallang's Wonderful Snow Park. "This is what snow looks like! That's what Goh Weiliat, 10, (left) seems to be saying to his sister Goh Yenchern, 9. He came dressed for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 34 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over several areas in the late afternoon and early evening. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. Sunset: 7.08 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.05 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 519 4 A WOMAN who tried to pay a $2 fare with a $10 note got no change from a taxi driver, but a lot of abuse instead. He cursed, swore and made the situation as unpleasant as possible for her, said Ms Azizah
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    • 172 4 Business Times. SINGAPORE Refining Company (SRC) is close to sealing a deal to put $100 million into expanding refining capacity at its plants. And a firm called Oiltanking of West Germany has received approval to build tanks on Pulau Seraya. The Public Utilities Board
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    • 198 4  -  By Chua Chin Chye AN ELECTRICIAN blacked out after he had a drink with two women in a Kitchener Road hotel early yesterday morning. He woke up to find himself in a hospital bed at 5 am minus his $900 Rolex watch, a wallet containing $200
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    • 352 4  -  By Ronald Wong LUCK for nurse Lo Chee Yong comes in double doses this is the second time she has won $500 in The New Paper's Moneywords contest. Madam Lo; 42, of Bukit Merah View, made only one mistake. Hers was the nearest correct entry.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 346 6  -  By Ting Mei See XINYAO through karaoke. Now that's a real mouthful. In fact, that's exactly what the organisers of the first National Karaoke Contest are hoping for. They want to get karaoke fans to sing locallycomposed Mandarin songs known as Xinyao. Contestants
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    • 167 6 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. accolade: Praise, honour or an award that is given to someone who is greatly admired. acupuncture: This is the treatment of illnesses or pain by sticking needles into certain
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    • 351 6 Shin Min Daily News. THE Ministry of Environment (ENV) plans to keep tabs on the quality of vegetables imported from southern Malaysia by having tags put on them. Tagging is just one measure the ministry is looking into. Others are specifying a
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    • 229 6 PROVING that where there is a will there is a way, teenagers are queueing up to play video games at the Funan Centre despite a 1983 ban on video arcades. Two computer shops now rent out their terminals. The kids do the rest.
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    • 122 6 A WORKER was saved from drowning in the sea off Marine Parade on Christmas Day. His employer and colleagues rescued Mr Raja s/o Marthai, 32, by passing him a rubber tube. "He's a lucky man," said the employer, cleaning contractor Mr K T Raju, 35,
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    • 400 7 THESE nine golden carp belong to Singapore's new sales force in the United States. Starting next month they'll help promote the country as a global business centre in the US, Singapore's second largest investor. Look for the fish on double-page advertisements in Business
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  • SINGAPORE THIS YEAR
    • 220 8 TOUGH POLITICS The year of the Dragon has turned out to be better than expected for Singaporeans. The New Paper takes a look at some of the highlights how some of the events shaped our lives and touched our hearts. A TOUGH campaign. The People's Action
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    • 136 8 SINGAPOREANS proved they had the swing this year when the largest street party went off with a big bang on August 27. It was Orchard Road like nobody had ever seen it a quarter of a million people turned up and danced in the streets up to
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    • 158 8 1988 was the year the deadly Aids epidemic reached right into the home of the average Singaporean in the form of a government advertising campaign. The five-year campaign started on Nov 25 with a blitz of television, radio and newspaper advertisements. Aids Awareness Fortnight cost $400,000. The message
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    • Article, Illustration
      121 8 THE economy truly bounced back this year with civil servants receiving their highest year en d payout so far of a 2Vi month bonus. The bonus, which was paid this month, is a lump payment comprising a three-quarter month variable month bonus, a three-quarter month one-off bonus and
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      139 8 AFTER several years of empty rooms and low rates, hoteliers were smiling again in 1988. Occupancy soared. It rose to more than 80 per cent in 1987. It was expected to exceed that in 1988. The figures mean that Singapore may need more hotel rooms by 1991. And
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    • 150 8 THE tragic story of little Lee Shu Ze proved that the people of Singapore have big hearts. The six-year-old with the winning smile was suffering from liver cancer. He was given only six months to live when his plight came to the attention of
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    • 120 9 DRUG busts made the headlines again and again. Last month, police made two major drug hauls in two days.. On Nov 3 at Clifford Pier, a Thai sailor tried to smuggle 6.3 kg of heroin which police said had a street value of $6 million. Two days
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    • 92 9 WHO would have thought the words "either/or" could make such an impact? The Cambridge University Local Examinations Syndicate forgot them in the instructions to this year's A level literature paper and threw students (and parents) into a tizzy. It was literally a last-minute bungle "discovered" only in the
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    • 106 9 MRT A WAY OF LIFE TAKE the bus, take the taxi and now, take the train. The Mass Rapid Transit system is definitely part of our way of life after just one year. It started running on Nov 7 1987, but the novelty of riding the train has definitely worn
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    • 161 9 THE stories of Adrian Lim's crimes read like the script of a grisly horror movie. But it was hard news. Lim, 46, practised black magic and worshipped the occult in his HDB flat. He was joined in this by his wife, Tan Mui Choo, 33, and his
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 394 10 Wire services. RIOTING Chinese youths in Nanjing have refuWl to leave the streets until police arrest visiting African students they blame for a campus brawl. Some 5,000 Chinese were reported late last night to have surrounded a hotel where police were guarding the Africans. They
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    • 70 10 Joy: A Burmese woman kisses her returning son, one of 80 student radicals who briefly joined the Karen guerillas after civil riots shook Burma for much of this year. The military regime permitted the students to return with a promise they would not be jailed. Most
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    • 150 10 Wire services. INDIAN troops this morning began patrolling the city of Vijayawada after 19 people died in riots sparked by the murder of a local politician. The Press Trust of India said a 24-hour curfew had been imposed. It will last
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    • 171 10 Wire services. AMERICANS believe that President Ronald Reagan has helped the rich and hurt the poor. Yet a wide majority still believes that, overall, he has served the nation well, according to findings of a national poll released today in New York. Majorities in the Media
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    • 142 10 Wire services. TEENAGE girls in a western US city apparently feel $2 a day is fair pay for avoiding pregnancy. The payments are made under a programme operated in Denver, Colorado, for the past three years. The money is paid to those who
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    • 235 11 Wire services. CHINA has signalled a desire for closer ties with Cuba by sending its first delegation to the Latin American country's national day ceremonies. The Xinhua News Agency said the delegation left Beijing yesterday to attend the Jan 1 celebrations in the Cuban capital. The group,
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    • 188 11 Wire services. SOVIET agencies slow to distribute supplies in earthquake-shattered Armenia will be punished. Officials say the decision to impose sanctions was reached yesterday at a meeting of the Communist Party commission that supervises relief work. The announcement came amid mounting complaints by foreign rescue
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    • 51 11 Vigil: Filipino security forces keep an eye on traffic entering Manila on the 20th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines. The government feared Marxist rebels would mark the event with a major act of terrorism. The day passed without incident. Picture/
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    • 222 11 Wire services. DON'T expect the Soviet press's new openness to go much further. That line was drawn this week by the man in charge of preserving Soviet political beliefs. Mr Vadim Medvedev, in a speech reported by Pravda yesterday, said some state-run publications
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    • 591 12  -  By Jim Heintz AP. FROM the refuse-strewn beaches of the US to the floods that ravaged Bangladesh, nature seemed this year to be delivering a warning to mankind. "1988, in a sense, is the year the Earth spoke back," said US Presi-dent-elect George Bush. "We
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    • 41 13 TOSS: A happy trader at Seoul's stock market tosses a snowstorm of tickets into the air to mark the end of another successful year. The exchange's index has grown by 70 per cent over last year. Picture/ Afp
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    • 68 13 Reuters. THE closely watched Tokyo stock index opened higher on buying of financial issues carried over from Monday, but trading was lacklustre overall, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 78.53 points, or 0.26 percent, to 29,946.54, extending Monday's 181.65-point gain. Financial companies, which are heavily weighted in the
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    • 183 13 Wire services. YOU'VE heard of sending coal to Newcastle and selling iceboxes to the Eskimos in Alaska. Now the European Community is sending olive oil to a country that's swimming in it The European Community (EC) is sending Italian olive oil as emergency food aid
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    • 363 13 Wire services. ISRAEL says its paratroopers have killed three Palestinian commandos believed to be on a mission to seize hostages in Israel. By Israel's account, the shootout occurred last night just inside Lebanon, north of the Israeli-Lebanese border. Israel reported no casualties on its side. But
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    • 208 13 Wire services. ISRAEL may ask the US and the USSR to sponsor a Middle East peace conference. An aide to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir says a preliminary to Soviet participation would be a renewal of diplomatic ties between Israel and the Soviet
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    • 199 13 Wire services. NORTH sea oil production will be slashed by as much as 12 per cent for a period because a massive storage tanker broke its moorings. Oil traders say production could be disrupted for several months. The vessel that broke loose is a 200,000tonne
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    • 108 12 Times Handbook of MODERN POLITICS This book explains, in alphabetical sequence, political terms and ideas like democracy or marxism together with information concerning the world's trouble spots, dealt with under the national heading like Lebanon or Israel. Fuller treatment is given to major countries, especially the superpowers, their constitutions and
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  • Showtime
    • 336 14 THE Emperor packed in audiences of all ages when the movie played in Singapore last year. Their cash and attention confirmed Hollywood's choice of Best Picture of the Year. Bernado Bertolucci's splendid production won an Oscar for best film. The film tracing the life of
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    • 476 14 HARDENED convict, disillusioned cabaret girl and doting mother. Hongkong actress Carol Cheng has played them all this year and played them so well that she must emerge as the most promising if not the brightest star in the Chinese film world. She has indeed
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1476 15 nn i i- v v lelevision s g^SI SCREEN Variety Tonight Super gr», j The War in Kores Tuesday Premiere— -vGEMS W Brainstorm (Last Episode) (8.00 pm, SBC 12) Dream Child TONIGHT sees the climax of printed by Journalist and military f this SBC auiz show Four contes- ML' I'
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  • 787 16 Formula One racing: Last of two parts What would you see from the East Coast Parkway if we did get a premier Grand Prix venue in the 1990s? Reporter ABDUL SHUKOR and Infographics Editor Hkv PETER SULLIVAN pooled their efforts to produce
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  • Showtime
    • Article, Illustration
      437 18  -  See impersonator Denise at The Warehouse By Adeline Woon MADONNA'S in town. Well, sort of. She's actually Denise Vlasis, 24, a Madonna impersonator who is now performing at the Warehouse. Denise has been impersonating Madonna for four years. "I started doing Madonna even before Madonna was Madonna. I
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      257 18 TOKYO POP (Shaw cinemas) UTAKA Tadokoro makes his acting debut in Tokyo Pop as an aspiring rocker, Hiro, who is fascinated with American rock 'n' roll. The movie captures neither the soul of Japanese culture nor the feelings of the gaijin in Japan. It also stars Carrie Hamilton as
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    • 486 19  -  By Adeline Woon THE acting and writing DPP sings too. Eleanor Wong, 26, the deputy public prosecutor, together with Deborah Png, 23, Rupert Ong, 26, and Selwyn Lemos, 26, have formed a singing group, Invasion of Privacy. Eleanor's involvement with music "goes a long way back
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    • 151 19 THE Mrs Singapore/World title provides the incentive for Constance Nonis who intends "to seriously get back into shape." But hubby Mr Simon Koh, 28, an HDB estate officer, said: "I encouraged her to take part just for pure fun." Taking such advice, Constance is having
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    • 162 19  -  O!SEENLASTNIGHT By Ting Mei See EVERY year around Christmas, Lunar New Year or any other big holiday, SBC gives us the same old song and dance routine a variety show from Hollywood, Las Vegas or elsewhere. In such "extravaganzas", old-timers like Dean Martin drag themselves
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    • 590 20  -  Unpredictability will be the theme for SBC's new series for young people, a special TV magazine neither too heavy nor too simple. Forums with straight answers, profiles on ordinary people leading extraordinary lives, and other interesting, odd and wacky features and activities are being prepared
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    • 280 20  -  By Geraldine Goh THEIR re-make of Cecilia, Paul Simon's famous hit of the 70s, in their debut album in the US last year launched Times Two to stardom. But apart from arriving late at a Mandarin Hotel press conference yesterday, the duo don't behave
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 681 21 This is the second part of our extract from the Household Commodities Price Survey conducted by the Consumers Association of Singapore. The first part appeared yesterday in The New Paper. The full survey is published in the Consumer. PRICE ANQMOKIO BEDOK BUKJT TIMAH GEYLANG HOLLAND
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    • 330 21 MICROWAVECOOK MICROWAVING saves time and effort in the kitchen. And to make microwaving easier, here are some useful tips. Pierce meat deeply all over with a fork to ensure even cooking. Prick base of pastry very thoroughly for the same reason. An egg white is
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 344 25  -  Stories S Gulam SOCCER fever in Singapore is still alive. With more thrills and spills like last night's, the National Stadium should be roaring again. If last night's National Players' Shield game was any indication of things to come, Singapore's semi-professional league is certainly headed
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    • 158 25 JURONG Town Football Club still has an ace up its sleeve for the Premier League. It will unleash him when it kicks off on New Year's Day. That player, who has yet to arrive, is likely to be a Dane. So says its team manager
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    • 582 26 HEAUH &Htmss Last week, we spoke of the necessity of stretching before exercise. But some experts say you shouldn't stretch things too far. SHAHIRON SAHARI reports IT has become like a 11th commandment stretch before you set foot on the track. Now, some experts say you can
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    • 167 26 WONDERING what to do on New Year's Eve? Well, if you're fit, and partying and boozing are not your thing, the Nike New Year Eve 5/10 km River Run could just be what the doctor ordered.. The run, organised by MR2S and the Road and Cross-country
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    • Article, Illustration
      316 26 SIMPLY SNOOKER by PETER WATSON FIGURE 1 shows us the different kinds of striking of the cueball which we know. It is time to introduce two other positional skills Top and Side. Top gives you forward spin on the cueball. It will make the white run on
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      175 27 Watch out Arsenal, here comes Liverpool. Arsenal's 3-2 win over Charlton pushed it to the top of the table. But the champion showed that it will be Red-hot on the Gunners' trail with a classic victory over Derby. And, to top it all, outof touch goal-king lan Rush
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    • 228 27 AFP. SPURS manager Terry Venables has told his new goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt that he has to fight for a first-team place. Norwegian Thorstvedt was expected to make his debut against Luton yesterday but Venables kept faith with Bobby Mimms. Said Venables: "Thorstvedt is looking very
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    • 132 27 AFP. MARCO van B as ten has been named Eur o p e a n Footballer of the Year by the weekly magazine France Football. Van Basten has already been named World Footballer of the Year by the magazine World Soccer. The France Football award is
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    • 429 27 AP. Man U 2 Forest 0 RALPH Milne gave United the lead in the 23rd minute. A Mark Hughes thunderbolt was parried by Steve Sutton and Milne crashed the rebound into the net. Hughes got the second goal in the 52nd minute, his 11th
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    • 160 27 Division Two: Brighton 3 Palace 1, Chelsea 3 Ipswich 0, Hull 1 Bradford 1, Leeds 2 Blackburn 0, Leicester 0 Bournemouth 1, Oldham 1 West Brom 3, Shrewsbury 0 Birmingham 0, Stoke 3 Man C 1, Sunderland 1 Barnsley 0, Swindon 1 Plymouth 0, Wal- sail 1 Oxford
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    • 390 28 7 The New Paper's Countdown to the Premier League's kick-off on New Year's Day concludes with the spotlight on Balestier United. It has assembled a star-filled cast and, not surprisingly, has lofty ambitions. S GULAM reports IF you're not brave enough to challenge the odds, put
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    • 98 28 MAJID Ariff is the only professional coach among the seven coaches in the Premier League. According to Balestier United president, S Thavaneson, Majid will be paid a monthly salary for the whole year. He said: "We are very serious about the Premier League. That's why
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    • 249 28 BALESTIER United Recreation Club is eagerly looking forward to 1998. That's the year it will celebrate its centenary. It makes Balestier United RC the oldest club in Singapore. Seems unlikely? Does the name Fathul Karib Football Club ring a bell? Yea, that's right. Fathul Karib,
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    • 466 29  -  By S Gulam FOOTBALL can be a crazy game for someone whose interest lies with badminton, hockey and volleyball. But when one sees the spectator support and the emotions that soccer can evoke, one will understand why S Thavaneson is today convinced it's the most beautiful
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    • 219 29 ...With MALCOLM BASTIANS ZHOU Dynasty, looking even better than when he won last month's $40,000 Kelang Cup race over I,Boom in Kuala Lumpur, was unextended in a 39.65 ec sprint over 600 m in Penang today with Ismail Ismadi astride. The five-year-old English gelding, despite
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    • 203 30 Testament 1 1 1949 classic directed by Jean Cocteau. This surrealistic a dream night give a fresh outlook on life the day. Cocteau describes movie as having "no storyline but a Bl^ Ckan( White 7 Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association celebrates its 25th anniversary with this production of The Phoenix
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