The New Paper, 31 December 1988
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Title Section20 1988-12-31 1 the new paper WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31/ SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1988/89 MCI (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS the new paper20 words
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Advertisement133 1988-12-31 1 PREDAWN FLASH FIRE km-mS I After the fire: A partner in the restaurant, Mr Tan Kwang Chye, 47, examining the damage. EARLY morning flash fire in restaurant rips an extractor fan off the wall. And foodstuff is burned. No explosion, say firemen. Gas leak the cause? Page 2 N0 M0RE133 words
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Advertisement179 1988-12-31 1 HAVE A FABULOUS NEW YEAR! 'All tf ub at The New Paper wish readers a FABULOUS 1989! If 1988 was good for you, may the New Year be even better. If you did not find this year too kind, don't worry, be happy. For this is the last day of179 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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240 1988-12-31 2 Wire services. MOSCOW has joined Singapore in the competition to host Formula One motor racing. Mr Vladimir Konovalov, head of the Soviet Motor Sport Federation, said: "Circular tracks are being designed or built in Moscow, Leningrad, Tallinn, Yaroslavl, Zaporozhye and Togliatti, and couldWire services. - 240 words
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Article, Illustration291 1988-12-31 2 Chua Chin Chye - By Chua Chin Chye A PRE-DAWN flash fire sent a cook scurrying out of his restaurant kitchen today. The kitchen was in a mess. An extractor fan was blasted off the wall, foodstuff like chicken and meat were singed. And the ceiling and walls291 words
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194 1988-12-31 2 AIDS may have claimed its fifth victim in Singapore this week. And its fourth victim in Malaysia died on Christmas Day. An airline leading steward, a Singaporean in his late 30s, who died abroad earlier this week, is suspected of having been194 words
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Article, Illustration584 1988-12-31 3 MS WOO Chai Sai helps her father in the family business, not unlike many other daughters and sons. But in following her father's footsteps, Ms Woo, 22, has become the only woman street cobbler along the row at Raffles Place. Under the glare of the584 words
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Advertisement22 1988-12-31 2 I up toM/M 6 HOURS OF m PEACE FROM MOSQUITOES, ANYWHERE NO N S GREASY SCENTED it Another international product from <%P22 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous32 1988-12-31 2 The Weather THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. Sunset: 7.09 pm. Sunrise tomorrow. 7.07 am. i32 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration630 1988-12-31 4 Chitra Rajaram - PEOPLEIN By Chitra Rajaram TASNEEM was Ms Nazeema Babu's first-born and she was a beautiful baby bright, alert, cheerful. It came as a dreadful shock to her mother and father when Tasneem began losing weight and turning an unhealthy yellow. Doctors in India camePictures/ Jonathan Choo - 630 words
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Article, Illustration257 1988-12-31 4 Lianhe Zaobao. TWO South American butterfly specimens which have been lying quietly in the Sentosa insect display unit for six years have suddenly attracted much attention. The reason for their sudden popularity lies in the fact that they have the pattern of figure 89 onLianhe Zaobao. - 257 words
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Article148 1988-12-31 4 ALJUNIED, Tiong Bahru and Potong Pasir town councils were gazetted yesterday. That completes Phase One of the gazetting of a total of nine town councils. They will have to take over the running of their Housing Board estates in six months. Aljunied town council148 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration380 1988-12-31 6 Karen Goh - By Karen Goh c HRISTMAS glitter may blend with Lunar New Year decorations on Orchard Road because yesterday's extension of the Christmas light-up to Jan 19 caught businesses unawares. The Christmas Sharityland lights were supposed to have been taken down on Jan 2. But yesterday380 words
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285 1988-12-31 6 SINGAPORE'S seventh Parliament will sit on Jan 9, an extraordinary Government Gazette announced yesterday. The first business will be the election of the Speaker, Mr Tan Soo Khoon, at 2.30 pm. He is an MP of Brickworks Group Representation Constituency285 words
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Article271 1988-12-31 6 GOVERNMENT workers are not likely to get a 2 V 2 -months' bonus again next year, unless business does a lot better than expected. This year's high growth rate of 10.9 per cent is considered likely to taper off next year. A lower growth rate271 words
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127 1988-12-31 6 10.9 per cent economic growth in 1988 highest annual growth this decade. All sectors except financial and business services did better. Slowdown in financial and business services sector mainly because of lower stock trading volumes. Construction sector recovering. It contracted by only 4.5 per cent this127 words
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Article115 1988-12-31 6 IT'S OFF to Paris and the first meeting between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Asian newly-in-dustrialising countries (Nics) for five or six Singaporean officials. Sources say the meeting will be held on Jan 24 and 25. Members of the delegation115 words
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179 1988-12-31 8 IN A red-hot, jealous rage, he poured boiling oil on his ex-wife's thighs. Yesterday, a district court fined him $2,000. In sentencing him, District Judge Tan Seek Sam noted that Mazlan bin Noordin, 33, has had custody of his two children, aged179 words
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Article77 1988-12-31 8 PEOPLE born in 1934 can withdraw their Central Provident Fund savings from Tuesday, 1989's first working day. Or they can take their savings out anytime during the year. And they will draw interest until the application is approved. That's what a CPF statement said yesterday.77 words
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Article79 1988-12-31 8 THE Ministry of the Environment gave Pasir Ris beach the OK yesterday. The sea there is safe to swim in. The level of pollutants was found to be "low and within acceptable limits" a ministry statement said. There were fears last week that the79 words
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Article, Illustration418 1988-12-31 8 Loh Tuan Lee - By Loh Tuan Lee w HEN NTUC Fair Price started collecting used textbooks six years ago to give them away to those in need, it was meant only to bring smiles to students' faces. But the move brought frowns to facesPictures/ Jonathan Choo - 418 words
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317 1988-12-31 9 Geneieve Kwek - By Geneieve Kwek T WO hundred young adults, students and professionals from the Indian community will meet today. Their main concern: The survival of the Tamil language in Singapore. The day-long gathering will take place at the National University of Singapore. The occasion317 words
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168 1988-12-31 9 NOW that the Singapore Tamil Youths' Club has turned 30, it is concentrating on preserving the Tamil identity. A new executive committee of 17 professionals, teachers, undergraduates and some civil servants said the club intends to look closely at the state of the168 words
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Article70 1988-12-31 9 FARMER Yeo Teck Heng, 29, was charged yesterday with trafficking in 434.05 gm of heroin. He entered no plea, and his case will be mentioned next Friday. The charge alleged that the drug in two plastic packets was found in his car's air filter at the70 words
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Article169 1988-12-31 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. adroitly: Quickly and skilfully. balky: Disagreeable and refusing to act as directed. blustoring: Loud and boastful. dexterity: Skill of using the hands to do something well. diagnosed: To discover169 words
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Article, Illustration408 1988-12-31 9 THE torches are ready to carve up four vintage airplanes at Sentosa. "We got the green light to start on Dec 27. But Sentosa's people did not allow it," said Mr Lim Teck Hui, 43, manager of Aik Hong Hardware. "In fact, we have408 words
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Miscellaneous67 1988-12-31 7 ■■■■■■■nr"! ON LOOKING INTO MY FILOFAXI WAS A TRIFLE PERPLEXED THAT MORNINO BLOOD APPEARS TO BE THINNING ON THE GROUND IF YOU CANT" COUNT ON YOUR RELATIVES 1988- THE YEAR THEY KISSED HOUSE THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN... PARTIES GOODBYE ELEVATORS NEVER LET YOU DOWN HT LOBBYINO67 words
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Miscellaneous14 1988-12-31 7 PUT OPERATION DRA (OISTANCE RELATIVES ANONYMOUS) INTO ACTION WHAT A HOMELESS LOT WE'VE BECOME14 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration400 1988-12-31 10 Wire services. YUGOSLAVIA'S Prime Minister and his entire cabinet have quit amid charges they have mishandled the economy. Mr Branko Mikulic, 60, was the first premier to step down since the communists took power after World War 11. The move represented a furtherWire services. - 400 words
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Article111 1988-12-31 10 Wire services. MERCEDES-BENZ has paid a record $38 million fine for failing to meet US fuel-economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in Washington that the fuel-wasters were 1986-model luxury cars. It was the biggest fine the government had ever collected for gas-guzzlingWire services. - 111 words
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191 1988-12-31 10 Wire services. THE US has rejected Libya's offer to permit the inspection of a factory that Washington claims produces chemical weapons. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered to permit the inspection by a panel of international experts, including some from the US. A USWire services. - 191 words
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Article, Illustration69 1988-12-31 10 Tiger, tiger burning white: Sitarra, one of only three snow white tigers known to exist in the world and the only one to have given birth in captivity, stands proudly behind her three newborn cubs. The cubs are being held by the American performersPicture/ Ap. - 69 words
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284 1988-12-31 10 Wire Services. THE Moscow-backed Afghan Government has announced that beginning tomorrow it will observe its own ceasefire with the rebels. It called upon the rebels to observe the ceasefire. Radio Kabul said yesterday that the government saw the move as a first step towardWire Services. - 284 words
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Article, Illustration1035 1988-12-31 11 William L Chaze - THE Soviet leader has spent the year getting rid of Kremlin foes, remaking the economy and talking peace with Asia and the West. But can he be trusted? Byl William L Chaze A S A NEW Year dawns, the world is trying to1,035 words
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Article, Illustration425 1988-12-31 12 Wire services. FORMER Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's son-in-law Yuri Churbanov has been sentenced to 12 years in a labour camp for taking bribes. The sentence yesterday sent an important political message: That under President Mikhail S Gorbachev, no one is above the law. Churbanov, 52,Wire services.; Picture/ Afp. - 425 words
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183 1988-12-31 12 Wire services. FERDINAND Marcos has been rushed back to a Honolulu hospital with heart trouble. An aide said Marcos was so ill that a Roman Catholic priest gave the ex-Philip-pine strong man the last rites. It was the second time this month that MarcosWire services. - 183 words
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187 1988-12-31 12 Wire services. TALKS between Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and Rajiv Gandhi of India have achieved progress, say official sources in Pakistan. They expect the two to sign three historic agreements later today, including a pledge not to attack each other's nuclear installations. TheWire services. - 187 words
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Article, Illustration46 1988-12-31 12 Unbottled passions: Police in New Delhi beat back demonstrators protesting a price increase by two state-run dairies. The dairies, which sell to about a million customers daily, raised the price of milk by 16 cents a litre yesterday, triggering several demonstrations. Picture/ Afp.Picture/ Afp. - 46 words
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Article, Illustration221 1988-12-31 12 Wire services. A US court has ordered President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush to testify at the trial of former White House aide Oliver North. North faces criminal charges stemming from the IranContra affair the sale of US weapons to Iran to finance rebel operations inWire services. - 221 words
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203 1988-12-31 12 Wire services. INDONESIAN President Suharto says the actions of death squads in an anti-crime campaign in the early 1980s were justified, Antara news agency reports. "Those mean people (criminals) had acted beyond any sense of humanity It was natural that we should take firmWire services. - 203 words
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Article154 1988-12-31 13 Wire services. A PLO spokesman has ruled out a truce in the uprising against Israeli rule of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. "No one in the PLO Executive Committee or in any of the organisations will accept a truce," said Mr JamilWire services. - 154 words
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Article90 1988-12-31 13 Wire services. A BONE fragment accepted by the Vatican as a relic of St Jude, one of Christ's 12 disciples, has been stolen. It was taken from a gold cross in a Roman Catholic church in Santa Clara, California. The fragment of the Saint ofWire services. - 90 words
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Article, Illustration338 1988-12-31 13 Wire services. TWO French sisters aged seven and six, released after they had been held captive in Lebanon for 13 months, have begun a new life in France. But their mother remains in jail there. The Libyan news agency Jana carried a statementWire services.; Picture/ Afp - 338 words
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FOREIGNSTOCKS
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Article, Illustration277 1988-12-31 13 Wire services. SHARE prices on the London Stock Exchange ended the final trading session of the year lower in quiet, patchy dealings yesterday, as participants decided to reap some profits after a series of recent gains on the market. Traders said several of the leading stocks which had postedWire services. - 277 words
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Article48 1988-12-31 13 FT Industrials Fri 1,455.30 (1463.10) Dow Jones Average Fri 2,168.57 (2,182.68) ST Industrial Fri 1,038.62 (1,044.20) NST Industrial Fri 1,814.27 (1,815.62) Hongkong Hang Seng 2,687.44 (2,692.40) Australian All Ordinaries 1,487.40 (1,485.80) Nikkei Stock Average Closed (30,159.00) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading day48 words
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Article, Illustration279 1988-12-31 13 Wire services. ON Wall Street the stock market turned in a mixed performance yesterday as blue-chip issues sank, failing to sustain a run at a post-Oc-tober 1987 crash closing high and fading as the last session of the year drew to an end. Nonetheless, the market managed toWire services. - 279 words
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Showtime
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Article, Illustration324 1988-12-31 14 Adeline Woon - By Adeline Woon GREAT balls of fire! Looking back at local entertainment in 1988 proves to be a trip down memory lane. You don't need Stock, Aitken and Waterman's rhythm boxes to make it to the top. The winning formula could well lie in what your324 words
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Article, Illustration268 1988-12-31 14 ON radio, The Pet Shop Boys and their synthetic-disco music might have got an airing now and then, but yesterday's oldies are making it big in the charts. Phil Collins' version of the Mindbenders' hit, A Groovy Kind of Love, made it to the top of268 words
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Miscellaneous1261 1988-12-31 15 RADIOGUIDE ffjfg&sf im hbi summon aAIAA^J\/v NOON News in Bri«f (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON On Track: Ross Tucker plays NOON Newsdesk r ic rra i2.so*zni»«i hmuZul 1.10 ißttrkiM chart-toppers from London. issues in Britain. If 1,30 Souß<l of th B Great sounds (Programmes in English) j Newj 1.00 World News1,261 words
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Article2396 1988-12-31 16 SATURDAY Out&About FREE—STYLE Here's 1 r I your chance to make your 1 own kind of music. Orchard Road is closed to traffic so round up your friends, bring your ghetto blasters, pop some champagne bottle corks and be meny. Perhaps you could top2,396 words
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Article, Illustration188 1988-12-31 16 THIS concert is about life, about charity and about musicians pooling their talent for a good cause. The Kidney Foundation is in the midst of an ambitious drive to raise $5 million to help kidney patients who cannot afford treatment. Forty musicians have responded to their call.188 words
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Article, Illustration136 1988-12-31 16 VTA GALLERY: Tay Bak Koi, Choy Moo Kheong and Thiang Kiang How will show 22 of their works. 3rd floor, Hilton Hotel. Their paintings are on sale for $650 to $4,000. If/T NIGHTLIGHTS: Gingerbread (above) get into the groove at East Coast Recreaction Centre. First drink $25. V77C136 words
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Article, Illustration203 1988-12-31 16 THE New Year roars in with a lion dance per- formed by the Lin Ji Pugilistic Arts School. 1 It's happening at the \Hotel New Otani along with a full programme of fun. There will be a demonstration of tea tarek the special way203 words
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Advertisement130 1988-12-31 17 USE THIS TO PROGRAMME YOUR Buy a 30-minuce National VHSC tape at Sentosa Ferty 111 111 Terminal and we'll lend you a Movie Camera for two hours. gj jjij| iHMllffllUMMlßllllillll "^^jjjj^jjjSßjSSjjjlC^ This offer is available on December -gmm t <\Jc n>nr*.l.H tunci*tprinting 1-7 1 10 I -I A t IP130 words
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Miscellaneous1655 1988-12-31 17 i, TFTTT I Televisions S| screen/ Holiday Feature Special I-' Wekanne 89 (Live) PeC al A (12.30 pm, SBC 5) TELECAST live from Raffles (6.05 pm, SBC 5) City, this SBC variety special will A 1938 classic not to be missed by cm- sassy comedy, usher in the Year of1,655 words
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Advertisement173 1988-12-31 18 I USE THIS TO PROGRAMME YOUR I National H75 Hi-Fi VCR gives you sound power with remarkable Hill NATIONAL VCRs. realism. Ideal for stereo broadcast or simulcast TV programmes and tapes like 111 II Ifl I ivn Iff ITIITI 111 lIHII If II 111 l being ill the cinema or173 words
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Miscellaneous1857 1988-12-31 18 Television Q9B SCREEN M Holiday Night Movie I MnH Film Focus Holiday Matinee GEMS W Perry Mason: The Case of the The Boat Goodbye Supermom m Scandalous Scoundrel lu (10.30 pm, SBC 12) (2.50 pm, SBC 5) (9.30 pm, SBC 5) IK -*W DUBBED in English, this is the VALERIE1,857 words
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Article2390 1988-12-31 21 SATURDAY Out&About [~~P( FREE—STYLE. Here's j r j your chance to make your own kind of music. Orchard Road is closed to traffic so round up your friends, bring your ghetto blasters, pop some champagne bottle corks and be merry. Perhaps you could top2,390 words
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Article, Illustration188 1988-12-31 21 THIS concert is about life, about charity and about musicians pooling their talent for a good cause. The Kidney Foundation is in the midst of an ambitious drive to raise $5 million to help kidney patients who cannot afford treatment. Forty musicians have responded to their call.188 words
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Article, Illustration135 1988-12-31 21 GALLERY: Tay Bak Koi, Choy Moo Kheong and Thiang Klang How will show 22 of their works. 3rd floor, Hilton Hotel. Their paintings are on sale for $650 to $4,000. [f/T NIGHTLIGHTS: Gingerbread (above) get into the groove at East Coast Recreaction Centre. First drink $25. [7/T OUT135 words
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Article, Illustration205 1988-12-31 21 I THE New Year roars in 1 with a lion dance per- formed by the Lin Ji Pugilistic Arts School. f It's happening at the \Hotel New Otani along with a full programme of fun. There will be a demonstration of tea tarek the205 words
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Miscellaneous1648 1988-12-31 22 RADIOGUIDE tMJUH EMUS FT!—! 6.00 an News in Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) 12 am dine In the New Year A Link- 6.00«« Breakfast Club: A host of 6.00 am Maws in Brief 605 On Air Wake up to lovely melo- 6.00 News in Brief "P with Radio Ito usher in1,648 words
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SHOWTIME
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Article, Illustration400 1988-12-31 23 Lim Kuan Chiang - By Lim Kuan Chiang B EAUTY queens and babies do go together. Just ask Mrs of the World/Singapore '88 Koh Li Peng, who is also Mrs Rundstedt Krusemann. The highlight of Li Peng's reign as the most beautiful married woman in Singapore was probably the birth400 words
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189 1988-12-31 23 SIXTEEN finalists will take to the catwalk to vie for the Mrs of the World/Singapore '89 title at the Mandarin Hotel tonight. This is the second Mrs of the World/Singapore contest to be held and is organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions. The189 words
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Article, Illustration274 1988-12-31 23 Terry Tan. National Enquirer. USA Today. Smash Hits. JERRY HALL IN TEARS JERRY Hall, Mick Jagger's girlfriend, had a hard time emoting in her first Broadway play, Bus Stop, in the role made famous by Marilyn Monroe. There she was staring out of the stage window in tears afterTerry Tan.; National Enquirer.; USA Today.; Smash Hits. - 274 words
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SHOWTIME
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Article, Illustration711 1988-12-31 24 Brian Miller - By Brian Miller THE first time I met Vincent Ayathuray he had a glass of beer in his hand, an unlit cigarette between his fingers and a smile that stretched from ear to ear. It was in a place called Anywhere and,711 words
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Article, Illustration328 1988-12-31 24 Matthew the New Mandarins back in town SINGAPORE'S very own singing cowboy Matthew Tan is back in town. And, for those who missed his Nashville drawl and country sounds, the good news is Matthew and his New Mandarins are here for at least a year. They will be performing at328 words
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Article, Illustration377 1988-12-31 25 Lo Tien Yin - By Lo Tien Yin Remember that very romantic moment at the Golden Horse Awards ceremony in Taipei last month? Hongkong actor Alex Man had just been named winner. And he surprised everyone at the ceremony when he kissed actress Tien Niu and publicly thanked377 words
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238 1988-12-31 25 Lim Sek - SATURDAY SOUNDS By Lim Sek I DONT believe in Top 10 lists but here are several 1988 releases which I will definitely treasure right into 1989. Batia, Time and Tide (CBS). She's what high fashion music is all about. Enya, Watermark (WEA). Extraordinary238 words
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Article, Illustration572 1988-12-31 26 NYT. BEAUTIFUL Michelle Pfeiffer stood alone in a darkened studio beside Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. For at least the 20th time, recording the soundtrack for a new movie, she sang the song, More Than You Know. The voice of the actress, perhaps bestNYT. - 572 words
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Article, Illustration222 1988-12-31 26 WILLOW (Cathay) A FANTASY adventure, Willow unfortunately has too much of the same for anyone who has seen other films by George Lucas. Otherwise, it's well produced and designed. Willow Ufgood, a dwarf, undertakes the task of getting baby Elora Danan out of evil Queen Bavmorda's grasp. COMING TO222 words
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Article, Illustration230 1988-12-31 26 IN its January 1989 issue, Life magazine looks back at the past year and comes up with these celebrities, among others, as the embodiment of 1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner, 28, who "hit the track scene like fireworks, won three races and became the sensation of the230 words
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Advertisement735 1988-12-31 25 [ySgfll MiRMnMyNMfi 3plusl BLOCKBUSTER HOW TOWIN! Here's how you can be eligible for each of the Hong Bao Special Draws and automatically the Blockbuster Grand Draw 1 Clip and collect 6 Hong Bao Daily Vouchers, Monday through Saturday, and attach them (if mailed) to your TOTO ticket/s For each entry,735 words
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NOWMATTERS
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Article, Illustration436 1988-12-31 27 A BATTLE is being fought with banners at Raffles Institution. The school's clubs, numbering more than 40, are recruiting members among the new secondary one students. And the clubs are facing competition from the school administration itself which is "muscling in" with requirements of436 words
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Article, Illustration358 1988-12-31 27 Loh Tuan Lee - AMATTEROFOPINION By Loh Tuan Lee Norazhar bin Mohd All, 16, waiting for O-level results "Not to smoke. I have tried to stop, but it was only for three days. But now I'm down from 15 cigarettes a day to six a day. I'm going to358 words
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Article, Illustration538 1988-12-31 28 Dear Aggie - By Dear Aggie B EING an agony aunt makes me feel useful. I have learnt not to let the letters get me down. The serious, the sad and the heartbreaking I deal with as soon as possible. The funny and the hilarious, I smile538 words
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Article, Illustration217 1988-12-31 28 A BIT of Ngee Ann Polytechnic went underground today. Staff payslips, press advertisements, computer chips and photographs were some of the 100 items in a time capsule planted outside the polytechnic's library. The gleaming, stainless steel time capsule was buried this217 words
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Advertisement109 1988-12-31 28 A Good Book for a Good Start T T wt _r\ <r£g_ H Times 500 Chinese Words for Children rti?QUiß has ***** specially designed for n%— Pre-Primary and Primary 1& 2 pupils. 1 Attractively illustrated, the 500 entries I with hanyu pinyin in the book are I Lm ■TDE familiar109 words
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Miscellaneous194 1988-12-31 29 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/pik Browne LATELY XVg gEEM SO Y MAgl N0... f 7 Z J^ T FoaserUi that helsa IT X I MOT V g6 p V A*AK» uevs OF THW6S HELPEP V V I'VrQ^/^C I HAVE TO CO AllgUStd/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill v mw IWANAArfIte givee). [W W€W194 words
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Miscellaneous139 1988-12-31 30 COMICRELIEF Orchard Road/conn Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat iCTTS 7 frof-ToR (wn M&.uw... lITCO'X -mii iem —_v Cathy/Cathy Guisewite 1 j TALKHfc AaofT f Wftt 1 IST ttALLY? IfWtt 50 1 ITS MOT 50 V^ RE S° 11/ I MNT ID K REtMCAR- was engaged once...for two weeks. It was MOT139 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration229 1988-12-31 31 Dennis Chia - By Dennis Chia CHAMPION Hongkong jockey Tony Cruz is in two minds about his ride in next month's $370,000 Hong Kong Invitation Cup race. He watched Singapore trainer Ivan Allan's Colonial Chief and Grand Illusion train clockwise this morning at Bukit Timah with ridingPicture/ Sam Yeo - 229 words
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Article226 1988-12-31 31 RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: AUTO RALLY Paris-Dakar rally after 2 special stgs: 1 Jacky Ickx (Bel) Peugeot 2hrs 23min 53secs 2 Ari Vatanen (Fin) Peugeot 2.36:51 3 Guy Frequelin (Fra) Peugeot 2.40:04 4 Patrick Tambay (Fra) Mitsubishi 3.01:22 5 Pierre Lartigue (Fra) Mitsubishi 3.02:12. BASKETBALL NBA League: Washington226 words
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Article102 1988-12-31 31 AFP. TOP-SEEDED CaschoSlovakia staged a stirring comeback to defeat Sweden 2-1 in the first semi-fi-nal of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth yesterday. The Czechs clinched a place in Sunday's final when 23-year-old Helena Sukova defeated Caterina Lindqvist 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding women's singlesAFP. - 102 words
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SPORTS/RACING
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Article, Illustration403 1988-12-31 32 T HE connections of Quick Turn were probably surprised to find the American gelding coming close to winning over 1,200 m last week. In the event he was mowed down by Mill Trip's scorching run from the back of the field. But over tomorrow's 2,200 m Cup distance403 words
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Article, Illustration542 1988-12-31 32 NANO NANO II did us proud with a seven lengths victory last week. But we do not think the handsome Irish horse and visiting jockey Allan MacKay will repeat the performance in today's opening race. There are three other last start winners in the field542 words
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Article, Illustration901 1988-12-31 33 The recent government call to encourage the young to go for rougher sports seems to beg the question: Should parents’ idea of sport as a mere recreational pastime be changed to accommodate the concept of professionalism in sport? JEFFREY LOW comments. MONEY doesn't talk901 words
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130 1988-12-31 33 Reuter. ENGLAND'S Gary Lineker, fully recovered from the flu, should be in the Barcelona line-up this weekend when the No. 2 side plays Ron Atkinson's third-ranked Atletico Madrid. Lineker missed Barcelona's 3-2 defeat at Athletic Bilbao two weeks ago but officials sayReuter. - 130 words
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146 1988-12-31 33 NST. TANG Xianhu, dubbed "The Thing" when he made a name as a player in the Sixties, has been given the top job in Indonesian badminton. Tang, 46, has been assigned to whip up the Indonesian singles challenge for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona,NST. - 146 words
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Article, Illustration155 1988-12-31 34 WHAT it means: The Sports Excellence Assistance Programme means more money for deserving sportsmen, women and teams. Up to $7,000 a year for individuals, and $50,000 for teams so they can devote more time to their quest for excellence; More money for National Sports Associations, so they155 words
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Article, Illustration604 1988-12-31 34 We need champions as role models in our midst who can foster a national identity Eng Liang T AN ENG LIANG is a 51-year-old boy who also happens to be academician, exMinister of State, policymaker, executive, businessman, achiever, scholar, sports fan, sports star,604 words
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Article, Illustration427 1988-12-31 35 Eng Liang the player No. Dr Tan is not our Sportsman of the Year because we favour administration over athleticism. His Seap scheme is good enough reason. It is for excellence from one who has experienced the true meaning of the word ANOTHER scribe from another427 words
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337 1988-12-31 35 Eng Liang the policy-maker NO MONEY, no sport. So say Singapore sportspeople, bred on bread and butter priorities, who crave the carrot but never the stick. So Dr Tan Eng Liang and his team at the Singapore Sports Council thought up the Sports Excellence Assistance337 words
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