The New Paper, 23 February 1989

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  • 12 1 the new paper THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1989 MCI (P| 179/4/88 50 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 106 1 SURPRISE! SURPRISE! V Nanxing (right)! Survey finds V more Singaporeans voted for Huang Wenyong./Page 22 I GRAMMY WINNERS 5 /Page 11 v v SINGAPORE TODAY RIPPED OFF Vandals target Alfa Romeos. At least 400 of these luxury cars lose their colourful bonnet and boot logos in a year. "Some people
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  • 62 1 Lee Chwee Lim (left) talks about the shock and pain of being castrated by a woman. And about life now. It happened last DecemberHe still suffers pain every morning. "I don't think much about girls n0w...1 want to be a normal person again. A man's life
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  • 31 1 found snuggled among bungalows on some of our millionaire rows. And some of these kampung residents are rich as their fancier neighbours. PkW David Tan
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 600 2  -  TWOJ^ONTHSago^a bya woman with a pair of scissors. The woman surrendered to police. The victim, now out of hospital, talks to The New Paper about that fateful day and his life now. He spoke mainly in Hokkien and also in English.
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    • 67 2 The Star. A THIRD multi-million terminal to handle Malaysian domestic flights will soon be built at the Subang airport in Kuala Lumpur. The $70 million terminal will be erected at the present cargo building next to Terminal One. This terminal handles domestic and international flights. Malaysia's
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    • 114 2 Wire services. PRESIDENt George Bush said this morning that America intends to remain a force in Asian affairs. "We don't ever want to neglect our friends—We are a Pacific power and this visit will demonstrate we intend to stay a Pacific power," said the
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    • 231 2 Wire services. FORMER members of the Beatles pop group have filed a copyright suit against Apple Computer Inc. It claims the US firm wrongly marketed musical synthesisers under the Apple name, their lawyers said in London yesterday. A synthesiser uses computer technology to produce music, is
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    • 525 3  -  Stories/ Harinder Gill ONE million dollars is nothing for some kampung dwellers. At least not for Mr Ong Chin Chye, 53, who lives in a zinc-roofed, wood-walled house in a village off Trevose Crescent, Bukit Timah. He has four married brothers also living there. The family
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    • 269 3 ACCORDING to two urban sociologists from the National University of Singapore, it is common for developing countries to have slums near or in wealthy housing estates. Dr Chua Beng Huat said: "In the Philippines slums are next to expensive houses in urbanised areas. In fact,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 30 2 the Weather THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 32 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. Sunset: 7.20 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.15 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 476 4  -  By Chitra Rajaram AT least 400 Alfa Romeo cars have been hit by vandals in Singapore during the past year. These destroyers are ripping away the colourful little logos that gleam from the front and rear of Alfas. This is the third type of apparent
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    • 69 4 Lianhe Wanbao. FROM Saturday, senior citizens visiting the zoo will only have to pay $2.50, half the entrance fee for adults. The present fee is $3.25. The number of visitors to the zoo has been increasing constantly since 1980, and in 1987 and 1988, there
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    • 285 4 A CLUB for people to learn folk dancing has been set up by the Ministry of Community Development. The aim is to promote folk and social dancing among Singaporeans and turn HDB estates into lively dancing grounds. The RC
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    • 275 5 T HE food centre at Cairnhill Place was called the Karaoke Food Centre because it was planned for it to become Singapore's first karaoke food centre. It isn't. But it's still a first the first food centre to provide live music. The place opened last
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    • 330 5 THERE are fewer jungles for Singapore Scouts to scout around, camp and trek in. So, fewer and fewer boys are joining the movement. They also do not get enough grants, making it an expensive pursuit. And there is little publicity about it, so boys are not
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    • 258 6 O-LEVEL school leavers who are thinking of further technical studies, can take heart from a survey carried out by the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB). In a survey in March last year of 678 VITB graduates, more than 90 per cent of them
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    • 442 6 THE high employment rates of VITB graduates have meant a number of job success stories. Bebby Ng, 22. Mr Ng draws one of the highest salaries among these graduates. He was a 1986 student from McNair Vocational Institute with a pass in the National Trades Certificate
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    • 64 6 THE VITB will be holding open house at its training institutes today and tomorrow, 9 am to 4.30 pm. Students, school-leavers and parents are welcome to view the facilities and the training offered. The institutes are Ang Mo Kio Vocational, Baharuddin Vocational, Bedok Vocational, Bukit Merah Vocational,
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    • 333 6 FOR the first time in 22 years as a policeman, Corporal Benny Goh fired a shot in a real-life situation. That has made him a hero in his children's eyes, he said. Today, Cpl Goh, 41, received a high commendation certificate from the Commissioner
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    • 201 6 FOOT patrols, bicycle patrols, scooter patrols and desk duties are all part of a day's job for police officers stationed at neighbourhood police posts. "During the evening, officers conduct house visits to familiarise themselves with the neighbourhood and the residents," said a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 491 7 gfl Turn the hobby you lone vS PH into a rewarding career WA If you love music, you can build a secure FURTHER YOUR MUSICAL future with the Singapore Armed Forces. TRAINING 4 irtiivT Tur rorATinM nr You're trained by internal and external JUIiM lrlL CKIiAIIUIN Ur instructors, and encouraged
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 597 8  -  By Ronald Wong MOST of the motorists who wait in noparking areas said stopping there for "just a few minutes" did not cause much danger. Most of them also said they were in a hurry. Some of them had driven someone else there and felt they
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    • 119 8 Picture 1: At 10.15 am a car was spotted parked illegally along Telegraph Street That car could have caused an accident if another vehicle turned in from Robinson Road and rammed into its back. Picture 2: At about 11.30 am a car was
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    • 177 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. abound: Exist in large numbers. cherubic face: A face that looks like an angel's, innocent and sweet. ideology: A set of beliefs. inflatable: That which expands when filled with
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    • 274 8  -  By Geneieve Kwek THERE will be no cigarette ads on The Amazing FM: Zoo, 101.6 radio station. "We would like to join hands with the Singapore government to discourage smoking," said the station's programme director, Mr Jonathan Jabson. Mr Jabson, 30, known to
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 41 9 Tuning in: Rest and protest are no strange bedfellows for this Kalapo Indian from Altamira, Brazil. He was among thousands of tribesmen taking part in a protest against the planned building of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 289 9 Wire services. A NEW law in China says Aids tests may be ordered for any Chinese who may have been exposed. The law also says people with Aids may be held under quarantine to make sure they don't spread the deadly disease. Most of those deemed
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    • 178 9 Bernama. THE notorious man-eating crocodile known as "Bujang Senang" is at it again in Sarawak. Police say that fisherman Brian Anak Tunging was attacked by a crocodile while fishing at the mouth of the Antek river in Teluk Tarisan three days ago. His mutilated body
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    • 149 9 Wire services. NO more short haircuts for Dutch army recruits. No more spit and polish. They can sport earrings if they want to, wear hair clean down to their tailbone. Scores of military regulations to keep soldiers looking, er, uniform were scrapped yesterday by the
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    • 79 9 Wire services. MALAYSIA'S Home Ministry says Bangladesh men are wedding Malaysians solely to become permanent residents. Deputy Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said in Seremban yesterday that the men come to Malaysia as contract workers. When their work permit begins to run out, they marry
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    • 51 10 Never too young: A placard almost as big as the protester in New Delhi says it all victims of the Bhopal gas leak disaster in India are unhappy with a settlement offer. India and Union Carbide recently agreed to nearly $940 million for victims. Picture/
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    • 314 10 Wire services. THE latest peace talks on Cambodia were useful even though no concrete results were achieved. That view was expressed yesterday by foreign ministers from Singapore and Vietnam after a meeting. Vietnam's Mr Nguyen Co Thach met Mr Wong Kan Seng iii Singapore during a brief
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    • 156 10 Wire services. CRACKS that could cause derailment have been found in Japan's high-speed bullet trains. The defect is the most serious discovered since the trains began running in 1964. Japan's railway industry has taken pride in the fact that there have been no passenger
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    • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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        278 10 Wire services. PERSISTENT concern about inflation and the course of worldwide interest rates, combined with a weak early performance on Wall Street, drove London share prices sharply lower yesterday. In addition, further declines in the level of the British pound against the West German mark was taken to mean
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      • 107 10 Reuter. ON the Tokyo Stock Exchange share prices opened mixed on confused sentiment after sharply lower Wall Street prices overnight and a tightening of margin transactions which takes effect today. The Nikkei index firmed 17.61 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 32,329.54 in the first 10 minutes of trade.
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      • 51 10 FT Industrials Wed 1,673.70 (1,696.00) Dow Jones Average Wed 2,283.93 (2,326.43) ST Industrial Wed 1,138.75 (1,131.53) NST Industrial Wed 1,973.08 (1,962.78) Hongkong Hang Song Wed 3,161.56 (3,150.64) Australian All Ordinaries Wed 1,492.30 (1,481.40) Nikkei Stock Avorago Wed 32,311.93 (31,980.08) Figures in brackets refer to thoee of the previous trading
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      • Article, Illustration
        285 10 Wire services. SHARE prices tumbled on Wall Street yesterday following publication of U S Government statistics showing inflation in January was at its highest level in two years. Amid fears that interest rates would increase further, investors rushed the market with sell orders. The Dow Jones average of
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    • 140 11 Wire services. SI NGER-song writer Tracy Chapman has won her first Grammy award. She won for her debut album while singer Bobby McFerrin won best pop male vocal performance for his hit single, Don't Worry, Be Happy. Jazz singer Anita Baker claimed two rhythm and blues
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    • 381 11  -  By Ravindra Kumar INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's reading of the political winds has prompted him to stick to a December date for elections in the world's most populous democracy. Mr Gandhi confirmed the date yesterday amid widespread speculation that he would call for
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    • Article, Illustration
      37 11 Test of skills: Indian security forces take time off from patrolling borders for a camel polo match. The game is part of the annual three day desert festival at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 136 11 Wire services. PRIME Minister Ciriaco De Mita has lost the leadership of Italy's Christian Democrats. The election yesterday severely undermined his power and made the coalition government's future look shaky. At the end of a five-day congress in Rome of Italy's biggest party, Mr De Mita
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    • 82 11 Wire services. MANILA has agreed to sell four New York buildings that it says Ferdinand Marcos bought with money stolen from the Philippines. Real estate sources say the sale should bring about $800 million. The buildings include three skyscrapers and a shopping mall. Ownership has been
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    • 113 11 Wire services. A NEW YORK lawmaker has attacked a US college as a "centre for carnal knowledge" after it held an event billed as a "condom dance". The dance was held at the.State University of New York at Albany, which is supported by
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  • FASHIONTODAY
    • 413 12 C» ifHwtir BRENTON WONG MMM: LYNN ASISI Accessories: From BOUTIQUE BIJOUX at CENTREPOINT and other selected outlets NYT. S ILVER seems to be as good as gold these days maybe fetter. At least that's the case among those with a passion for fashion. In the
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    • 243 12 USA Today MOVE over Calvin. Edwin's here. It's showing up on famous and trendy bodies from coast to coast, including Huey Lewis, Heather Locklear even Lauren Bacall. In other words, these are hot pants. "Everybody wants them because they fit perfectly," says Mr Simon Wizman,
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 355 13  -  By Lim Swee Hong w rHO said canned food is boring? Take a trip to Overseas Emporium in People's Park Complex. You will see canned food most other supermarkets would be afraid to sell. Take the snake soup ($1.75), made from "three kinds of snake meat,
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    • 157 13 FOR those who are not game to try canned snake soup, put it to creative use: Tha harassed Leave them on the kitchen shelf to shock nosey par-ents-in-law who are sure you are starving their precious son or daughter. The extra-defiant Open a can, empty half the
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    • 200 13 NYT. THE computer is moving into vending machines. Computerised coffee machines now grind coffee beans and brew the beverage on the spot, producing manufacturers say something better than the often-maligned liquid commonly dispensed from such machines. Vending machine operators will also benefit. The computers will enable
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Showtime
    • 522 14  -  Does your son look like the cute character on the right? Is your birthday on March 13? If the answer is yes to any or both of the two questions, read this and the bottom story Stories/ Vivien Chiong D I i OES your
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    • 243 14 IF your birthday falls on March 13, you can celebrate it with SBC drama artists Ye Sumei and Zheng Wanling. The two actresses play a pair of girls born on the same day but lead very different lives in a
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1824 15 lelevision J About Men About Men.. J\nd The 1989 Grammy Awards Mk TWO episodes tonight: THIS programme deaJs with men's Grammy Awards ceremony held at the I ■Fogbound relationship with their children. The Shrine Auditorium in Loe Angeles this Kathleen Quinlan plays Karen, y traditional roles of father and morning
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  • spotlight
    • 1102 16 IT HAD to come. Even a small family car now costs more than the family home. At the low end of the scale, you have to pay more than $40,000 before you can drive away today in a new IOOOcc Daihatsu Charade or
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    • 874 16 CASES IN POINT OWNERS of cars that are less than five years old seem to have good reason to believe that in Singapore a car surely cannot be a depreciating asset. Here are some examples: CASE 1: Mr and Mrs A paid $29,000 for a new
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 217 18 Wire services. T r HE Rolling Stones plan to record their first album in three years and may go back on the road. The band's battling leaders, guitarist Keith Richards and singer Mick Jagger, had been pursuing solo careers lately. But they apparently smoothed over
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    • 204 18 YOU could have seen tonight's Grammy Awards live this morning if the event did not take place at 10 am Singapore time. The telecast was delayed till prime time at 9.30 pm to "maximise the viewership", said Ms Karen Ng, SBC's chief programme publicity
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    • 169 18 ACTOR Tom Selleck recently cheered a small group of loyal fans who had braved freezing temperatures, waiting to catch a glimpse the star outside a jail where he was working on a film. "Hello, hello, nice to see you all," Selleck said, as he leaned
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    • 236 18 Wire services. LIZA Minnelli, Ben Vereen and a cast of stars have brought their talents together to record the song For You, Armenia and make a television special to help earthquake Victims In Soviet Armenia. Most of the profit will be given to the Armenian Relief
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    • 260 19  -  By Adeline Woon SHENTON Way arts buffs who head towards the Shell Theatrette every Friday at lunchtime will now have to trek down to Orchard Road for their weekly dosage. The regular Friday lunchtime cultural performances at the theatrette are moving
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    • 391 19  -  By Lim Kuan Chiang SINGAPORE'S Valarie Carver aims to knock 'em out in the Mrs of the World beauty pageant in Las Vegas next month. When the Mrs Singapore 89 takes to the stage at the famed Flamingo Hilton Hotel on March 13,
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    • Article, Illustration
      171 19 TWINS (Changi 2, Prince 1, Republic 2) ARNOLD Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins! Barely watchable. Times: Changi 2 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15 pm. Prince 1 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15 pm. Republic 2 1.30, 3.30, 7, 9 pm. RED SCORPION (Capitol) MUSCLEMAN Dolph Lundgren stars
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    • 342 20 HOLD the crown, Li Nanxing is not yet the king of SBC actors. At least that's what a survey by Acorn Marketing and Research Consultants showed. Acorn is an independent private research firm. The survey was conducted last November and December among 1,104
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    • 42 20 Nuag Weayeng: 13 per cent of votes. Regarded as mature-looking, cute, macho or handsome. U Nanxing: a per cent Lees popular than Wenyong even among those m the 15 to 29 age group. ZkM Hfrti; 4 per cent
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    • 19 20 Zeag Huifen: 12 per cent. Xlaag Yun: 11 per cent ChM Xiuhuan: 3 per cent
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    • 154 20  -  18EENLASTNJGHT By Wong Sing Yeong VIEWERS seldom realise the pains producers take to avoid time warps in TV serials. A Long Way Home, on SBC 8 last night, was set in Singapore before World War 11, so no skyscraper could be seen in
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    • 435 20 TEN crocodiles will lurk among school children, in the play, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. But their parents need not worry because the creatures are only plastic inflatables. The play is one of the many items in the United World
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1491 21 RADIOGUIDE EEEOB EH3IHH Iif'VII'IVB liwmanaitffl HHIi NOON News in Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON News hi Brief and Weaker Be- NOON Coed Music, Company and Me: NOON Newsdesk 12.05 Lunchdate: Listen to a selection NOON Easy Listening: Light instru- Enjoy your lunch break with s 12.30 Society Today: A weekly
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 215 24  -  By Shahiron Saharj SCOTTISH World Cup fullback Gavin Hastings begins his recovery from a groin injury by gracing the Singapore Cricket Club Rugby Sevens tournament at the Padang this weekend. Hastings, who will play for the Richard Ellis company for whom he works, has already
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    • 168 24 RACING... with MALCOLM BASTIANS AMERICAN-bred horses aie making a second invasion on the local tracks. They came in a flood last year, horses like Saratoga Six, who rewrote the record books for successive win (seven in a row) and Saratoga Special, taking trainer Malcolm Thwaites to second
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    • 78 24 ON PARADE, still searching for the elusive win after four starts, cantered three rounds on sand today at Penang to build up stamina for a Class 4 1,400 m race on Saturday. Gallops: Ace Of Clubs (Terry Lucas) even time, Cruzados (Junaidi) also not out
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    • 96 24 RACE 1: Restricted Terms B 1,200 m: Winning Edge, Acmom. RACE 2: Restricted Terms 1,700 m: Luv. RACE 3: Class 4 Div D 1,400 m: Danzadancer, Bachelor Boy, Star Of Venice, Princely Lad, De Pretender. RACE 4: Class 5 Div B 1,700 m: Lucky Happiness, Speed On Wings, Manmanabab,
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    • Article, Illustration
      288 25 AFP, Reuter. ITTnTJM MANCHESTER United scrambled into the FA Cup ■HAMM quarter-finals yesterday after an error by Bournemouth midfielder Sean O'Driscoll presented it with a 1-0 fifth round replay win. United's Scottish striker Brian McClair grabbed what proved to be the winner after just 19 minutes
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    • 230 25 Reuter. A SECOND-HALF goal from captain Giuseppe Bergomi earned Italy a 1-0 win against Denmark in an international soccer friendly marred by fouls and bookings yesterday. The Internazionale defender scored 16 minutes into the second half when he used his thigh to brush in the ball
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    • 332 25 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON Konica Cup lat rd Men's singles: Eddy Kurniawan (Indo) bt Jin Feng (Chi) 15-4, 15-4; Zhao Jian Hua (Chi) bt Shinji Matauura (Jap) 15-9,15-3; Foo Kok Leong (Mai) bt Surachai Makkasasithorn (Thai) 15-4, 8-15, 15-3; Liua Pongob (Indo) bt Vimal Kumar
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    • 297 25 Wire services. \A/r\Di n ARGENTIWORLD NA scraped YOUTH through to the I CUP quarter-finals of the World Youth Soccer Cup from Group D despite being beaten 1-0 by 10-man Iraq yesterday. It qualified on goal difference because Spain surprisingly lost 4-2 to Norway. A second
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    • 19 25 Portugal v Colombia (Riyadh) USSR v Nigeria (Dammam) Brazil v Argentina (Jeddah) Iraq v US (Taif)
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    • 45 25 Group A: Saudi Arabia 3 Portugal 0, Nigeria 1 Czechoslovakia 1. Group B: Soviet Union 3 Colombia 1, Syria 3 Costa Rica 1. Group C: Brazil 3 US 1, E Germany 3 Mali 0. Group D: Norway 3 Spain 2, Iraq 1 Argentina 0.
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    • 229 25 Wire services. ANDRZEJ Rudy, one of Poland's top players before he defected to the West last November, has joined West German First Division club Cologne. The 23-year-old international midfielder, who failed to return home from Italy after travelling to Milan with the Polish squad for a soccer friendly, trained
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    • 388 26  -  Stories/ Alfonso Chan I T'S a weary trudge from Court 2 to the concrete terraces behind the official stands at the Singapore Badminton Hall, but Hamid Khan made it after what seemed like a mile's walk past the hooting crowd. He sat no, sank down,
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    • 347 26 WHAT do tennis and badminton players have in common? A Walkman. Even a young Chinese girl like Hu Ning carries one, plugging into it soon after a game. Although the rosy-cheeked, 17-year-old lost to Han Aiping in her Group 1 singles match of the Konica
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    • 284 26 The ugly side of sport from the terraces THE ugly crowd is at it again. Certain sections at the Singapore Badminton Hall cheering for their favourite players in the Konica Cup badminton championships tend to overdo it. Maybe it's just opening night. There were 27 matches in all on tour
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    • 340 27  -  By S Gulam SINGAPORE'S bid to qualify for the 1990 World Cup could get a timely boost with the return of two former internationals. Former international strikers Razali Rashid and Tay Peng Kee are to be included in the new national squad to be announced
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    • 256 27  -  By Shahiron Sahari LAST night was an unusual one in the Premier League. All the past and present national strikers actually scored. At the Toa Payoh Stadium, Geylang International beat Tiong Bahru 4-3, with Tiong Bahru's national striker Abdullah Noor scoring a hattrick, and ex-nationals
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    • 308 27  -  By Abdul Shukor THE PRESIDENT'S CUP will now be short of romance with the 3-0 defeat of Ang Mo Kio to Jurong Town at Jurong Stadium last night. The third round fixture, played in front of 241 people, was an anti-climax to the pre-match expectations
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    • 326 28  -  Stories/ T R Ramakrishnan TOO much of a good thing can be bad. Stephan Beinz, the No 5 seed at the Tiger Beer tennis tournament, learnt it the hard way yesterday. Set up, break up in the second, he was riding high against New Zealander Troy
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    • 326 28 MEET Mr Cool India's Mark Ferreira. With a racket on court, and a guitar off it. Dead serious playing one, alive and joking playing the other. "I'm having fun...l'm playing without a care. Maybe, that's why I'm winning," eighth seeded Mark said after his quick win
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