The New Paper, 28 December 1988
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Title Section13 1988-12-28 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1988 ma P) 179/4/ at 50 CENTS13 words
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Advertisement136 1988-12-28 1 1 K 'IkIH wm Hi IWr-jilM' 1 *1 14 WIMmmtt y'wWpPmBwywpBAApPWimMB v 'WnIw ffff j O, RIVAL ACCEPTS DR MI'S OFFER Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, an MP linked to the Council. He said he took up Dr Mahathir's offer on group opposed to Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Dec 15. Former136 words
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Article, Illustration87 1988-12-28 1 A couple burnt to death after their car and a bus burst into flames following a head-on collision in Selangor yesterday. It happened at about 2 pm at the 19 km Karak Highway, said Kuala Lumpur police yesterday. The couple were Mr Hamzah Abu Bakar and MsPictures/ NEW STRAITS TlMES - 87 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article, Illustration214 1988-12-28 2 Wong Sing Yeong - By Wong Sing Yeong YOU can do some festive shopping along"the bank of the Singapore River from Feb 2 to Lunar New Year Day on Feb 6. More than 200 stalls selling Lunar New Year goodies and decorations will open for214 words
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Article112 1988-12-28 2 I More than 200 pasar malam stalls selling Lunar New Year goodies, decorations, calligraphy, art displays and a flower garden selling flowers. Dazzling display of lighted lotus flowers with water fountains floating on the river. Colourful, lighted boats on which live performances are staged. A spectacular112 words
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Article135 1988-12-28 2 MANY workers, including clerks, typists, technicians and nurses will get pay rises of 8.4 per cent next year. A survey done by Hay Management Consultants, covering 19 large firms both in the public and private sectors, discovered this. The public companies included the Monetary135 words
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Article168 1988-12-28 2 ALARMED by dead fish along the shore, the Ministry of the Environment (ENV) is checking to see if the water at Pasir Ris is safe for swimmers. The unusually high number of dead fish stirred complaints by beachcombers and anglers. This led to a newspaper168 words
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Article179 1988-12-28 2 ROMANCE is alive and well in Singapore and you don't have to be young to enjoy it, either. A formal wedding proved that yesterday at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on Highland Road. Mr Cher Poh Chia, who is 75, married179 words
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Article63 1988-12-28 2 NEWLY found evidence indicates a bomb caused last week's crash of a Pan Am jetliner in Scotland, America's NBC-TV reported today. The network says the evidence consists of a suitcase and pieces of wreckage, which are now being studied by British explosives experts. It63 words
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Article, Illustration591 1988-12-28 3 THE bikini turned 46 this year, but the firm that first made it, the Reard company, might close down. Could that mean the bikini is also on its way out? LOH TUAN LEE checks out the beaches and the stores to find out whether Singaporeans are591 words
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Article312 1988-12-28 3 MEDICAL investigators are trying to identify any sexual partners of a Singapore man stricken with Aids and near death. Doctors said the man is down with Kaposi's Sarcoma, a cancer common in Aids cases. It is marked by purplish boils on the skin.312 words
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Advertisement18 1988-12-28 2 AGAIN! Voted the most effective drink A 10,000.000SO>d RedBuU The Power Within prevents fatigue prevents hangover improves concentration18 words
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Miscellaneous34 1988-12-28 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: 7.06 am.34 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article407 1988-12-28 4 Harinder Gill - By Harinder Gill M 1 ANY students are visiting tailors for made-to-measure school uniforms. Students usually buy uniforms off the peg. But those who go to tailors do it for style or because they are too big to fit into ready-made sizes. Pre-university students are407 words
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Article, Illustration176 1988-12-28 4 PUBLIC payphones rang in a record $24.8 million for Telecoms in its last financial year which ended in March. The year before, they brought in $20.4 million. But the clink of those coins will soon be a thing of the past. Telecoms plans to switch176 words
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Article129 1988-12-28 4 THEY stand like sentries, and provide a comfort to travellers far from home. The six public payphone booths within the grounds of the Tanglin Post Office will provide the homesick traveller with a direct line home, even if that's overseas. Planned for convenience, there are129 words
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Article271 1988-12-28 5 H OW much do you spend on petrol each month? Which brand do you use? Do you pay for it the cashless way? These are just some of the questions motorists are being asked in a survey of Singapore's petrol and motor oil markets.271 words
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Article, Illustration318 1988-12-28 5 IN IPOH you can watch a woman strip off her clothes, piece by piece, for 20 cents a throw. Actually, she is just a picture on a personal computer screen. But Ipoh police frown upon it. Three of the computers were seized from two video games318 words
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Article, Illustration453 1988-12-28 6 Geneieve Kwek - By Geneieve Kwek B I IG department stores had a really Merry Christmas this There were lots of J spenders, big ones and little ones. Store executives predict that the jingle of cash registers will carry on until the Lunar New Year in early453 words
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150 1988-12-28 6 LING Ing Quan will spend two months in jail because he came home drunk one night and punched his 80-year-old mother in the face. In court yesterday, Ling pleaded guilty to causing hurt to his mother, Ms Lim Gek Eng, in his150 words
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Advertisement25 1988-12-28 6 Pause For A Clous r He's more well-known A than Eddie Murphy. J Santa Claus grants an exclusive interview. CjO December lOn Sale Now j25 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration400 1988-12-28 8 Irene Hoe - By Irene Hoe E I VEN in affairs of the heart, Mr Richard Tan takes his work to heart. He is very publicly associated with National Day celebrations and the annual Courtesy campaign. And he believes in putting it all into practice in his private400 words
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Article162 1988-12-28 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. cross-section: A representative or typical sample of a group. disarray: Badly organised and in a state of disorder. dominant: More important or noticeable than others of its kind. embargo:162 words
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131 1988-12-28 8 A PRICE hike on chickens by Malaysian farmers could mean that Singaporeans may be paying more for the birds than they have in the past seven years. The farmers gave themselves a 50$ per kilo rise for a Christmas present on Sunday.131 words
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233 1988-12-28 8 Lianhe Zaobao. YOU won't be getting free gifts and gadgets at the gas pumps after the end of this month. That's because four petroleum companies have called a halt to gift promotions. But some companies think the freebies will be back ifLianhe Zaobao. - 233 words
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Advertisement231 1988-12-28 9 77 S>' J f i Ooc)les Oodles of Noodles at /T (SPAGHEni CORNER a fj* The all-new Spaghetti Corner is here! And therefe a whole wide variety of delicious ■V J spaghetti dishes to savour Choose from old J favourites like Spaghetti Bolognese to unique local innovations like Curry Chicken231 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration259 1988-12-28 10 Wire services. A MALAYSIAN independent MP who is linked to the group trying to revive the old Umno, has accepted the offer of a seat on the new Umno's Supreme Council. Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, who represents Johor Baru, said yesterday that heWire services. - 259 words
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146 1988-12-28 10 Wire services. MORE than 250 people are missing after a river ferry, rammed by a cargo ship, sank in Bangladesh. Rescue workers recovered 11 bodies floating on the Dhaleswari river. About 25 people swam to safety, but there was no trace of the remainingWire services. - 146 words
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121 1988-12-28 10 Wire services. INDIAN test cricketer Navjot Singh Siddhu has been charged with beating a man to death after a traffic accident. Police said the incident took place yesterday in Patiala city in Punjab state. Witnesses said a car driven by Mr Gurnam SinghWire services. - 121 words
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Article287 1988-12-28 10 Wire services. THE PLO chief, Mr Yasser Arafat, has rejected the latest Israeli offer of limited self-rule for Palestinians. Mr Arafat yesterday called the offer "an undesired commodity in a stagnated market". He said Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir "should understand that he cannot sell usWire services. - 287 words
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Article, Illustration43 1988-12-28 10 Erupt: Quiet for a century, the Lonquimay volcano has erupted in Chile. The smoke and billowing ash can be aeen for nearly a hundred km. Nearby villages are being evacuated amid warnings that a bigger eruption may follow. Picture/ Afp.Picture/ Afp. - 43 words
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129 1988-12-28 10 IRANIAN troops have killed 27 suspected drug traffickers and arrested nearly 1,000 more in a new crackdown. The Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported yesterday that the killings took place over the past few days in south-east Iran. Most were killed when a special129 words
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Article, Illustration41 1988-12-28 11 Surgery: World famous opera diva Dame Kin Te Kanawa travels by wheelchair to a plane at London's Heathrow airport. The New Zealand born superstar is recovering from surgery to correct a circulatory problem in her legs. Picture/ AfpPicture/ Afp - 41 words
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Article265 1988-12-28 11 Wire services. SRI LANKAN opposition parties are scrambling to form alliances to contest the first parliamentary election in 11 years. A divided opposition lost recently in a presidential vote to the ruling party candidate. The moderate Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) said it was seeking an electoral pactWire services. - 265 words
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192 1988-12-28 11 Wire services. PAKISTAN accused by both the US and India of developing nuclear weapons has appealed for regional measures to keep such arms out of South Asia. "The region cannot wait for the superpowers to disarm before commencing the process ourselves," said ForeignWire services. - 192 words
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244 1988-12-28 11 Wire services. SEX has come to China's cinema and theatres in Canton are selling out. The screening of more modern films is part of a dramatic revision of official Chinese attitudes toward the arts. The country is now retreating from the puritanical codeWire services. - 244 words
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Article42 1988-12-28 11 Wire services. THE US announced today trade sanctions worth $190 million a year against some European food products. Washington said it was reacting to a European Economic Community (EEC) ban on hormone-treated meat imports from the US. Wire services.Wire services. - 42 words
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Article, Illustration889 1988-12-28 12 Rosnah Ahmad - By Rosnah Ahmad PEACE became contagious while surprises and near-miracles took centrestage across much of the world in 1988. The US, for its part, did the unthinkable by talking to the Palestine Liberation Organisation. President Mikhail Gorbachev did the unexpected when he offered sharp cuts889 words
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FOREIGNSTOCKS
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Article, Illustration285 1988-12-28 11 Wire services. WALL Street stocks eased yesterday as a flurry of late selling pulled blue chips lower on one of the quietest trading days of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.25 points to 2,162.68. Declining issues exceeded advances 792 to 546 in listless New YorkWire services. - 285 words
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Article83 1988-12-28 11 Reuter. SHARE prices rallied higher into record territory in early trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. Investors bought a broad range of shares expected to perform well next year, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 78.04 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 30,128.97 in the first 20 minutesReuter. - 83 words
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Article51 1988-12-28 11 FT Industrials Tue (closed) (1,436.20) Dow Jones Average Tue 2,162.68. (2,168.93) ST Industrial Tue 1,036.53 (1,024.82) NST Industrial Tue 1,798.54 (1,784.91) Hongkong Hang Seng Tue Closed (2,656.59) Australian All Ordinaries Tue Closed (1,484.10) Nikkei Stock Average* Tue 30,050.93 (29,686.26) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading51 words
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Article927 1988-12-28 13 DEAR AGGIE HORIZONS Dear Aggie I am 23 and soon to be married. My fiance is 26. He is handsome and very macho and I love him very much. But I've just found out that for several years he has been having an affair with927 words
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Article, Illustration313 1988-12-28 14 Danny Tan - By Danny Tan FOLK music, which was run down in the fast lane of heavy blues, rock and disco in the early 70s, came bouncing back early this year. Just voted Best New Artist by USA Today this month, Tracy Chapman gave a fresh gloss313 words
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Article, Illustration166 1988-12-28 14 BRIAN Wilson's album must be the best comeback recording of the year, and not only for its triumph over personal adversity. The ex-Beach Boy got beached 20 years ago. He had a mental breakdown and became incapable of handling life. His self-titled recording, produced by166 words
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Article, Illustration296 1988-12-28 14 NYT. IN POP music, this year may be one of the most lucrative years ever for the recording business, fuelled in part by the growing popularity of compact discs. Yet despite a few attempts, there was no super performer who reachedNYT. - 296 words
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Miscellaneous1573 1988-12-28 15 Television If Supercarrier (Pilot) 1 na re S Sinppore 88 EXCITING new series inspired Don't miss the gripping conclusion A LOOK back at main events in by the hit movie Top Gun. It features to this riveting mini-series tonight Singapore this year. These include I ace fighter pilots on board1,573 words
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Article, Illustration1043 1988-12-28 16 That Hollywood anthem, "There's no business like showbusJness" still holds tnie today. It's not the safest of careers, but It has made some very rich, very quick. LO TEN YX and VMEN CHIONG report on our home-grown talents who have hit pay dirt In Hongkong...and1,043 words
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Article, Illustration462 1988-12-28 16 PROFILE: LIM KAY TONG LIM Kay Tong is Singapore's leading trailbiazer in the international acting scene. Although he is not yet a well-known figure overseas, his accomplishments are impressive. He is best remembered for his role as the villain in Shanghai Surprise, starring opposite pop462 words
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Article, Illustration298 1988-12-28 18 UPI. M i P IAMI Vice heart-throb Don Johnson is engaged to his former wife. k His spokesman announced it yesterday and said no date has yet been set for his wedding to Melanie Griffith. Dion's publicist, Mr Elliot Mintz, said it was duringUPI. - 298 words
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Article, Illustration191 1988-12-28 18 Lo Tien Yin - [ET SEENLASTNIGHT By Lo Tien Yin LOOKING at the last of the Superbrainstorms last night, one just could not help thinking how high-tech SBC quiz shows have become. Last night, besides contestant Michael Leong's spontaneous and engaging antics, there were animated computer graphics which made the191 words
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Article, Illustration300 1988-12-28 18 Wong Sing Yeong - By Wong Sing Yeong THE 18-year-old beauty who was named Miss Christmas Queen 1988 is not sure whether she is a teenager or a grown woman. "Half-half lah," said Jacqueline Yu, who sat for her A-level last month. "I talk and think like a teenager300 words
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Article, Illustration145 1988-12-28 18 NOW that Agnes Ho's two daughters are grown-up, she can do things she never had much time for before such as taking part in beauty contests. "I married early, so I didn't have the chance to take part in these," said Agnes, oldest contestant in the145 words
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Article, Illustration354 1988-12-28 19 USA Today MOVIE audiences fell in love with a bunny named Roger, caught up with an Australian adventurer and saw what it's like to be a boy trapped in a man's body. They went to the movies in droves and, in the process, the Hollywood cashUSA Today - 354 words
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Article, Illustration339 1988-12-28 19 MOONWALKER (Jade 1) MOONWALKER is a $60 million personal fantasy adventure for Michael Jackson. Dance sequences and special effects are well done. More for teenagers though and, of course, for Michael Jackson fans. Otherwise it can be a bit of a snooze. Times: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9 pm.339 words
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Article, Illustration458 1988-12-28 20 Geraldine Goh - By Geraldine Goh F lIVE promising local musicians between the *ages of 12 and 20 will have a chance to perform under the baton of Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Sir Yehudi, violin virtuoso and world-fa-mous conductor, will lead the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO)458 words
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168 1988-12-28 20 JAN 1 will be a special day for Mandarin drama in Singapore. It will be the birthday of The Singapore Federation of Drama Associations. The federation will be an umbrella body of nine Mandarin drama groups. Its main purpose will be to168 words
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Advertisement85 1988-12-28 19 Enjoy great steak in the heart of Orchard Road and adjourn to The Cellar for great music by one of Singapore's top singing trio-Tony, Terry and Hans. 3 Great Choice at 3 Great Prices 5 COURSE SET DINNER Appetiser Prawn Cocktail Soup Of The Day Choice Of Three Main Course85 words
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Article, Illustration265 1988-12-28 20 Number One. Number One. USA Today. MICHAEL'S TRIBAL SCARS MICHAEL Hutchence: "I have three interesting parallel scars on my chest. They are urban tribal scars which I did about 10 years ago. It was a pact I made with my chums. We got a knife and did them ourselves.Number One.; Number One.; USA Today. - 265 words
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Miscellaneous1456 1988-12-28 24 RADIOGUIDE EMiOH IiWHH'HM EESHHB NOON Newt la Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Good Music, Company and IiOOII Naaidoik nM i.-rhH.t. p„;«„ .u. N OON EarnLktaaiar Liaht and eaav Noon-tune muaical enter- 12J0 Batinett Matters: A weekly IIM XSnm M &fSS2^lL^ y aurvey of the commercial and HTM VfcwvC JannvTio 121,456 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration205 1988-12-28 25 Reuter. I I TALIAN club AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has rejected an approach from Spanish side Barcelona to buy Dutch soccer star Ruud Gullit. Berlusconi told the newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport yesterday that Barcelona's vice-president Juan Gaspart telephoned him recently to ask whether the Italian League championReuter. - 205 words
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Article, Illustration175 1988-12-28 25 AP. WEST German international soccer star Juergen Klinsmann will join Italy's Inter-Milan next summer, the weekly magazine Sport Bild reported yesterday. Klinsmann, 24, will receive an annual salary of $912,000 and a $2.14 million bonus for signing the contract. Inter will pay USs4.2m to the striker's club, Stuttgart,AP. - 175 words
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Article, Illustration310 1988-12-28 26 AFP. N ORWICH regained first place in the English First Division soccer standings when it edged out West Ham 2-1. And it was a moment of inspiration from the man they call "Flash" Gordon that helped the leader to victory. Dale Gordon took full advantage of AllenAFP. - 310 words
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Article132 1988-12-28 26 Wire services. JAPAN'S national soccer team will travel to Iran next month to play the first international match since Fifa lifted a ban imposed because of the Gulf War. The Iranian news agency IRNA said the Japanese would arrive on Jan 17 to play twoWire services. - 132 words
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Article121 1988-12-28 26 AFP. SINGAPORE finished last in the Coke Cup Under-16 soccer tournament in Jakarta. It lost its seventh-placing match 3-1 to Taiwan yesterday. Singapore took the lead through Raja Azman Raja Ahmad in the 13th minute. But second-half goals from Keng Shin Jong (two) and Huang Wen ChengAFP. - 121 words
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Article134 1988-12-28 26 AFP. CHINA'S retired table-tennis champions are leaving the country in search of higher salaries. And this is seriously affecting the future of the sport in China. "You have to give them more money as that would make them willing to stay with the team," China's national coachAFP. - 134 words
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Article, Illustration124 1988-12-28 26 SOCCER SNAPSHORTS AFP JUSTIN Fashanu, the former Norwich City and Nottingham Forest striker, could be making a comeback with Manchester City. Fashanu, 31, started training at Maine Road yesterday to try to prove his fitness. He has been in Los Angeles receiving treatment for anAFP - 124 words
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Article93 1988-12-28 26 AFP. WALSALL has dismissed manager Tommy Coakley and his assistant Gerry Sweeney. The Board, which gave Coakley a vote of confidence last week, held an emergency meeting yesterday and decided to dismiss the two men. It came after Monday's 5-1 home defeat by Oxford Walsall's club record 10thAFP. - 93 words
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Article105 1988-12-28 26 AFP. SOUTHAMPTON'S Northern Ireland international striker Colin Clarke has been told to return to The Dell after finishing a month's loan with Bournemouth. Clarke, who gained his 16th cap against Spain last week, has scored twice since returning to his former club. He scored 35 goals in oneAFP. - 105 words
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Article, Illustration453 1988-12-28 27 Malcolm Bastians - By Malcolm Bastians THE 25 horses under Singapore champion trainer Dr Yeoh Kheng Chye may have a doctor in the stables but he has not used his stethoscope in eight years. "Ever since I began training horses (in 1980), their troubles were the453 words
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Article, Illustration304 1988-12-28 27 Dennis Chia - RACING By Dennis Chia M ALAYSIA and Singapore's brightest hope of success in next month's $370,000 Hongkong Invitation race was dealt a severe blow when champion horse He's Dawan slipped and injured himself at Ipoh yesterday morning. The five-year-old American gelding injured his fetlock joint304 words
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Article129 1988-12-28 27 RIDERS have been engaged for all the six entries from Singapore and Malaysia to the Hongkong Invitation Cup on Jan 29. Letters are believed to have been sent by the Malayan Racing Assocation to Rahmat bin Matsuni, Gary Grylls, Tony Cruz, Leslie Khoo, Terry Lucas129 words
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Article233 1988-12-28 27 TRAINER Teh Choon Beng gets a chance to end his Classic drought when Quick Turn faces the starter in the $150,000 Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup on Sunday. With this year's training honours safely in the bag, success in the Cup race will be the233 words
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Article190 1988-12-28 27 MORNING TRACKWORK SUN Harbor caught the eye in Penang today with an impressive sprint over 600 m on the grass track in 37.7 sec with S Y Leong up. The Rassendyll four-year-old gelding seems to have come right after struggling to find form ever since190 words
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Article, Illustration263 1988-12-28 28 Alfonso Chan - By Alfonso Chan S QUASH is having a little skulduggery of its own with national coach Zainal Abidin on a spying mission in Bahrain. Zainal is now holding coaching clinics in the Gulf country at the invitation of the Asian Squash Federation, which has its headquarters263 words
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Article143 1988-12-28 28 RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL NBA League: Houston 97 Charlotte 95, Miami 111 San Antonio 109, Washington 120 New Jersey 108, Phoenix 111 Los Angeles Lakers 96. HOCKEY National Hockey League: New York 5 New Jersey 1, New York 4 Toronto 3, Pittsburg 4 Hartford 3, Buffalo 2143 words
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Article, Illustration337 1988-12-28 28 Shahiron Sahari - By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE'S Under-20 rugby team will have a chance to emphasise its potential when it plays a visiting English public school team next week. Fresh from its 15-9 win over Thailand two weeks ago, the juniors will now mix337 words
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Article326 1988-12-28 29 S Gulam - By S Gulam G EYLANG West Constituency Sports Club is likely to be banned for five years for p its last-minute withdrawal from the National Football League Division II competition. The ban has been recommended by the NFL/President's Cup competitions committee and will almost certainly326 words
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Article173 1988-12-28 29 NST. KUBU Stadium, Malacca's only venue for Malaysia Cup soccer matches, is undergoing a major facelift The stadium administrators, the Malacca Municipal Council, will spend more than $800,000 for the renovations, which began in November. It is expected to be ready by March. With new facilitiesNST. - 173 words
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Article, Illustration206 1988-12-28 29 NST. NEGRI Sembilan's search for Asean talent at the recent Merdeka tournament drew a blank. Now it is turning its attention to India. The Negri FA will send four officials to the Gandhi Memorial Cup tournament, beginning in Madras on Jan 14, to scoutNST. - 206 words
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Miscellaneous48 1988-12-28 28 TVSPORTS WED I2jj HP" 11 Midweek Sport. THURS 10.20pm: Sports Centre 1988 I'IZJ NBA Finals. FM [77*11 5.55pm: Aerobics Oz style. I.M \l 7.30pm: Sportscene Race *~J Round Britain/ —SBJ Games Climbers Play. 11pm: Sportsview World Sport Special. (2 10.30pm: Gillette World Sport Special. SAT 2.15pm: Italian Soccer.48 words
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Article900 1988-12-28 30 Out About I FRIENDLY SWIMMING MEET. Part of a friendship 1 1 exchange programme between Japan's Niigata Amateur Swimming Association and the People's Assoeiation Youth Swimming Club. The 131-member Japanese delegation will be in Singapore till Dec 30. Open to the public. 9 am to 5 pm. Toa Payoh900 words
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Article18 1988-12-28 30 CENTRESTAGE: Beauty of Teochew opera OUT AND ABOUT: Friendly swimming meet COMING UP: Fandi Cup football18 words
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Article, Illustration135 1988-12-28 30 Kapai-kapai means moths. Ifs the title of a play written by Indonesian dramatist Anfln C Noer. Earlier this year, it was staged In Mandarin by the Practice Performing Ensemble during the Festival of Arts. Today, it returns to the stage In Malay, performed by the Singapore Kemuning Society.135 words
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