The New Paper, 24 February 1989

Microfilm: NL16686
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  • Title Section
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    12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989 mci (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS
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      181 1 ft EIGHT WILL BE FAST HHf£1 AND BRUTAL' ffiKfli H Hugh McHvaaaey, one of the H world's top boxing writers, pulls no punches in picking Mike Tyson to beat the daylights out of Frank Bruno. ■H Las Vegas bookies have made H Tyson 9-1 odds-on favourite. |3 Fight will be
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      38 1 SAVE $1.15 WITH TODAY'S YAOHAN COUPON /Page 30 'MARIA HERTOGH TO GO TO MALAYSIA' /Page 2 WORLD 9-11 STOCKS 11 TRAVEL 12 FOOD 13 SHOWTIME 14, 20-22 TV GUIDE 15 RADIO 23 FASTADS/JOBS 26 SPORTS 27-31 MONEYWORDS 31
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Maria Hertogh to go to Malaysia
      350 2 M A IX 1 A Heri o g h wliu»e court custody case in the 1950s resulted in riots in Singapore, will be going to Malaysia next month. The Utu- San Malaysia, a Malay newspaper in Malaysia, reported this today as a page one
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    • Article
      Woman waits for maid in vain, agency missing
      356 2  -  By Ng Wan Ching A MAID agency seems to have gone missing. That's what a distressed customer discovered when she went to the agency's premises at the Singapore Shopping Centre (SSC) last week and found an empty room. "I wanted to find
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      Woes of same-sounding name
      310 2 Another problem MADAM Indah is not the only one claiming to have had problems with MadePower. A maid agency with a similar sounding name in Lucky Plaza called Maid-Power Employment Agency has been repeatedly mistaken for Made Power Management Services since July last year. "It's so
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      31 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 23 degrees. Sunset: 7.20 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.15 am. L—
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      It's curtains for Tropicana
      442 3 The Tropicana Entertainment Building opened 20 years ago with the blessing of a Singapore Tourist Promotion Board worried about tourist entertainment. But it will soon vanish into history, overtaken by changing times. Reporter Chua Chin Chye takes an affectionate look at a landmark on its last
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      Her World in Chinese
      232 3 T fc HE Chinese edition of Her World Annual was out on sale yesterday. This is the first time the magazine has been translated into Chinese. The translation, which took three months to complete, was done by Shin Min Daily News journalists. Ms Betty L Khoo,
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    • Article
      Repeat strip show at Johor for some S'poreans
      484 4 T isn't much a stripper can do for an encore. Except put it back on and take it off again. And that's exactly what the girls at a Johor Baru nightclub are going to do for some patrons from Singapore. Eighty Singaporeans
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      Effort award for Kok Hong
      274 4 HE moved audiences during Heartstrings, the Community Chest of Singapore's phone-a-donation show last October. Now, a panel of judges has been moved enough to extend the Guinness Stout Effort Award to cerebral palsy victim Lee Kok Hong. Kok Hong's organ recital was remarkable and touching
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      Pots, pants— how to deal with doggy-poo
      245 4 Pots, pants how to deal with doggy-poo POTS and pants these are one person's fun way to solve the doggy-poo problem. Or one can take the cue from circus helpers who follow the elephants and the horses, and carry a dustpan. Doggy-poo has been in the news lately. The New
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      Anti-Marcos, she made world news
      404 5  -  By Trudy Lim THREE years ago today in the Philippines, a woman told viewers their government television station had been taken by rebels. That woman was Ms Ma-an Hontiveros. The next day President Ferdinand Marcos fled the country, and a new era began in the
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      Total shut-down for Raffles?
      690 6  -  By) Irene Ng THE staff of the grand old dame Raffles Hotel is broken hearted. They may have to pack up and go as early as March every one of them. Workers told The New Paper that this latest news comes as a shock because they
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      'Don't make me cry'
      283 6 Interview with Raffles' manager "DONT make me cry/* pleaded Raffles Hotel strongman, Mr Roberto Pregarz. Mr Pregarz, 49, manager of the hotel, found it hard to talk of leaving the hotel, something which he hopes will not happen. He is flooded with mixed feelings. On the
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      A big surprise of a sweet potato
      296 6  -  Story and picture/ Arnold Tay IMAGINE Mrs Toh Kim Lian's surprise when, clearing her vegetable patch, she came across a root the shape of an umbilical cord. A few healthy tugs on the root brought forth naught. She asked a friend to help
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      Judge, a coin softie
      255 7 JUST like coins, there are two faces to Mr Justice T S Sinnathuray, 58. The first is a stern, weekday one, presented in the courtroom. The other, his weekend face, is soft, especially when with his coins. The High Court judge is one of the most
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      $192,000 paid for coin at auction
      270 7 TOP AID FROM JAPANESS ,SOME people will pay a whole pile of money for just one coin. At a coin auction at the Hotel New Otani yesterday, Japanese collector Mr Yoshiyawa paid US$lOO,OOO ($192,000) for a coin minted during the Yung Hi period (1907-1910)
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      Most beds in C-class wards empty
      403 8 AT the C-class post-natal wards of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital nine out of every 10 beds are lying empty. Medisave is the reason. People can now afford more comforts in hospital, and are choosing to go to the A and B-class wards. So under
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      Beat infertility: Have babies early
      482 8  -  Stories/ Chitra Rajaram NINE out of every 10 infertile Singapore woman suffer from endometriosis a little-known disease that may prevent them from having children. "In 90 per cent of the infertile couples I see, this condition is prevalent," said Professor Christopher Chen, an IVF (in
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      2 tasks before newspaper distributors
      201 8 THE Singapore Newspaper Distributors Association has set itself two main tasks this year. It wants to recruit more members, and start preparing for I 1 D next year's 50th anniversary celebrations, said its adviser and the MP for Braddell Heights, Mr Goh Choon Kang. Mr
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      GLOSSARY
      109 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. avowal: A promise to do something. fodder: Food that is given to animals such as cows and horses. hearth and home: Home and family life. in conjunction with: Refers
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Moderate to lead Afghans in exile
      308 9 Wire services. AFTER weeks of arguing, Afghan rebels elected a moderate as president of their gov-ernment-in-exile. Mr Sibgatullah Mojaddidi edged out a Saudi-back-i ed fundamentalist by a single vote in yesterday's council meeting at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Under a compromise thrashed out earlier, second place
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      Lock icon Notes of anger in Geneva
      32 9 Rights: Horn-blowing Tibetans shatter the morning silence yesterday at the United Nations office in Cteneva. The group protested against alleged Chinese human-rights violations in Tibet. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon Minister dies in air crash
      179 9 Wire services. A GOVERNMENT minister and 10 others were killed in the crash of an Austrian plane that may have been downed by terrorists. A group calling itself the Austrian People's Army claimed responsibility for yesterday's crash in a telephone call to a news agency
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      Lock icon Boat people attack cops in Hongkong
      112 9 Wire services. TWENTY Vietnamese refugees have been charged with attacks on four Hongkong police detectives in a refugee camp. Two of the detectives were slightly injured, police said. The incident occurred last night when the officers arrived at the camp to arrest one of
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      Lock icon Rushdie contacts newspaper
      268 9 Wire services. THE word from author Salman Rushdie is that he is well and working. Mr Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses has touched off a storm of protest in the Muslim world. It regards the novel as an insult to Islam. Iran has offered a reward for
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      Lock icon The world watches Tokyo
      437 10 Wire services. JAPAN bade farewell today to Emperor Hirohito. Emperor Hirohito reigned for 62 years before dying of cancer on Jan 7. He presided over Japan's disastrous entry into World War II and the country's recovery into one of the world's leading economic powers. Last rites
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      Lock icon Protesting to the end
      37 10 Foes: Even in death, Emperor Hirohito has his critics. Japanese who oppose the imperial system protested early today against the elaborate funeral ceremony. The cost is expected to be $152.8 million. Picture/ AFP
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      Lock icon PM Lee in Tokyo
      56 10 Arrival: Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his entourage arrive at their hotel in Tokyo to attend Emperor Hirohito's funeral. Behind Mr Lee sire (from left) Singapore's envoy to Japan, Mr Cheng Tong Fatty Mrs Lee and Mr Peter Sung, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and
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      Lock icon Takeshita plans Asean tour
      109 10 Wire services. JAPANESE Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita plans to tour South-east Asian countries in May. He has also pledged full backing for an international aid programme for the Philippines. He announced his plans yesterday in Tokyo as world leaders gathered for the funeral of Emperor Hirohito.
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      Lock icon PM to hold talks with Bush today
      222 10 Wire services. BOTH US President George Bush and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew used the gathering of world leaders in Tokyo as a chance to engage in personal diplomacy. The two planned meetings with each other as well as with other world leaders
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      Lock icon Weaving pieces of history
      44 11 War legacy The Soviet role in the Afghan conflict will be depicted for yean to come in an unusual form on carpets. Traditional carpetmakers in Afghanistan have begun weaving images of Soviet tanks and gunships into their designs. Picture/ Reuter
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      S'pore and Brunei next
      279 11 for full relations with China SINGAPORE and Brunei will be the next two Asean countries to have full diplomatic relations with China. Indonesia and China's agreement yesterday to normalise relations paved the way for the last two Asean countries to do the same. It was too
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      A place to reduce stress
      139 11 A STRESS-reducing centre in Malaysia may soon be the country's next tourist attraction. The centre will use nondrug treatment such as soothing music and herbal bath to treat stress-prone professionals. It is expected to open this year, probably in Fraser's Hill or Genting Highlands. It
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon LONDON
      249 11 Wire services. SHARE prices closed lower on the London Stock Exchange yesterday as the market succumbed again to fears about rising world interest rates. More signs of weakness in the pound also contributed to the equity market's worries. The Financial Times 30share index closed 13 points down at 1,660.7.
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      TOKYO
      8 11 The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed today.
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      Indices/Closing
      51 11 FT Industrials Thu 1,660.70 (1,673.70) Dow Jones Average Thu 2,289.46 (2,283.93) ST Industrial Thu 1,134.52 (1,138.75) NST Industrial Thu 1,968.75 (1,973.08) Hongkong Hang Seng Thu 3,125.20 (3,161.56) Australian All Ordinaries Thu 1,477.70 (1,492.30) Nikkei Stock Average Thu 32,452.49 (32,311.93) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      Lock icon NEW YORK
      261 11 Wire services. SELECTIVE buying helped end what was an otherwise negative day on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 leading industrials, which tumbled 42.50 points on Wednesday, continued on the downside for most of the session yesterday, but a late rally helped push it up
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  • TRAVELNOTES
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      Lock icon Seeing the world from a bus
      633 12  -  By Karen Goh NEXT time you dread the ride home from Orchard Road to Bedok on SBS Bus No 14, think about Peter Rasmussen, 23, and Pernille Kinnunen, 22. These two young Danes recently got off a bus in Singapore. They had got on
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      COMPASSPOINTS
      312 12  -  By David Brazil BURMA OPENS MAIN FROM April l f Burma is issuing group visas again, after some while off the tourist map. Individual visas on pre-booked tours should also be available from April 1 but, again, the maximum stay allowed will be seven days. A variety of tours
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  • FOODNOTES
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      Surcharge on kids 'not fair'
      505 13  -  By Lim Swee Hong T t HE $25 surcharge for bringing little children to the Chang Jiang Shanghai Restaurant in Goodwood Park Hotel has left some people belly-aching. The hotel is marketing the restaurant as an upmarket place for businessmen, rather than a place for
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      Lock icon Unassuming endive is the new glamour veggie
      555 13 TRYTHIS Reuter. THE unassuming endive, traditional winter fare in Belgium, is being touted as the new glamour vegetable. Belgian growers, out to capture export markets, are promoting the country's favourite vegetable as a gourmet speciality. The cigar-shaped endive chicon to Belgium's French speakers,
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    Lock icon My formula for success — Joan
    694 14 My formula for success Joan Showtime LA Times Syndicate. A CTRESS, designer, producer and now novelist, Joan Collins has raked in the bucks in all these roles. Her latest money-making venture is currently on several bestseller lists. Prime Time is the story of five actresses vying for a coveted television
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      1716 15 rp 1 lelevision aBB i Easy Money The Emergency Room A Sense Friday At The Movies Too <C[3Sk SCREEN M (3pm, SBC 5) gr Of Innocence Scared To Scream J^BK GEMS M MOOTY Capuletti, g T; (9pm, SBC 12) (10.30pm, SBC 5) /#HP| son-in-law to a wealthy M 1 A
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    The Ring Of Rage
    1578 16 sports Mike Tyson, the raging bull of boxing, is expected to knock the daylights out of Frank Bruno in Las Vegas tomorrow (live on Sunday, 11.25 am, Channel 12). HU(jH McILVANNFY, of The London Observer, one of the world's most respected boxing writers, believes it will
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Roy Orbison's most ambitious album
      666 18  -  The late Roy Orbison won his third Grammy yesterday, sharing best country vocal collaboration with country singer KD Lang for their version of Orbison's Crying. She was presented the award by a tearful Barbara Orbison, widow of the rock great who died last year. Here
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      Preeyanuch wants to be an actress
      156 18 PREEYANUCH is part of the Thai beauty threesome that has dominated the international beauty scene this year. Her fellow Thais Porntip Nakhirunkanok, a 20-year-old undergraduate and 17-year-old student Warissara Leeteerakul, became Miss Universe '88 and Miss Asia '88 respectively. She triumphed over 31 other
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      Monteiro deserves recognition
      404 18  -  By Wong Sing Yeong TWENTY years ago, jazz bassist Eldee Young and drummer Redd Holt were sharing the charts with such musical luminaries as Marvin Gaye, Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross And The Supremes. Their instrumental number called Soulful Strut went up to No. 4
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      More new faces for this year's Miss Singapore
      417 19  -  By Ting Mei See YOU won't see many of the same old pretty faces at this year's Miss SingaporeAJniverse contest. In fact 75 per cent of this year's contestants and finalists are new to the beauty contest scene. In previous years about
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      THE PAGEANT ORGANISERS
      113 19 MISS Orient, the firm that holds the franchise for the Miss Singapore/Universe beauty pageant, is as old as the pageant itself. It is 25 years old to be exact. It all started in 1964 when the company, then called Far East Beauty Congress, got the franchise to
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      SEEING STARS
      26 19 DUSTIN REDICES 3*4* UtkmvS^mM tot "^oS& GiWts 3*4* UtkmvS^mM tot "^oS& GiWts jbrfliussMQii SALLY Yth took the feart Female 3*4* UtkmvS^mM tot "^oS& GiWts
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      Film on gorillas is a human drama
      475 20  -  GORILLAS in th# Mitt Shewing at Lido and Chang! 1. REVIEW/ By Wong Sing Yeong GORILLAS in the Mist tries to do for the African mountain gorillas what Cry Freedom does for the oppressed blacks people of South Africa. It tells the true
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      QUICKTAKES
      189 20 ■A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cathay, Marina 1) JAMIE Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and John Cleese are thrown together in a sparkling, witty comedy. Worth catching. Times: Cathay 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pm. Marina 1 1 pm, 3.30, 7, 9 pm. GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Udo, Changi 1)
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      Get the coolest cocktail in town
      111 20 MOVIE fans who were fascinated by Tom Cruise's bottle juggling in the movie Cocktail can have an encore this Saturday. There will be a demonstration of drink mixing at the Marina Square lobby at 3 pm at The Coolest Cocktail Show In Town. This
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      String of surprises at Grammy awards-giving ceremony
      210 20  -  OSEENLASTNIGHT By Wong Sing Yeong THE 31st Grammy Awards Ceremony on SBC 5 last night threw up surprises. The first was that even before an award was handed out, there was a standing ovation for the opening performance by Whitney Houston. We know
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      1521 21 RADIOGUIDE EECni ESmEEiH timiiiifl n3>!T33nsffi!?i EHISHH NOON News In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON News In Brief and Weather Re- NOON Good Music, Company and Mo: NOON Nowsdosk 12.05 Lnnchdato: A selection of music NOON Easy Listening: A selection of pert A musical treat to keep you 12.30 W B
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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      75 22 A circus... on the heels of a war. The Magnificent New Bestseller from The Author of AZTEC in Gary Jennings A spectacle of intriguing cirgtt lore woven into 19th century sodHhistory. From the post war Southkflp thn>ugst the Russia of the Tsaqj^^^ and the Austria of iapsburgs to 1 Available
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      538 24 APPOINTMENTS DO YOU ANBWER WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKB7 At MwulHi, career in life Insurance sales give you many of the attractive benefits of being SELF-EMPLOYED and more extensive training wtth some of the beet methods known to-day, a chance to work wtth PROFESSIONALS in a stimulating, challenging environment, and a generous
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Tyson upstaged
      266 25 AFP. MIKE TYSON and Sugar Ray Leonard were honoured in Las Vegas yesterday as "Co-Boxers of the Year" by the World Boxing Council (WBC), but the unbeaten world heavyweight champion refused to take the spotlight away from one of his childhood idols. "This trophy is more than an
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      Saugatuck is ripe for double
      117 25 RACING... with MALCOLM BASTIANS NEWLY promoted Saugatuck, who won first time out last week in restricted terms, looks like he can complete a double by winning in Class 4 over 1,400 m this Sunday. Canadian rider Kenneth Skinner cantered the young American gelding a round
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      SUNDAY'S SCRATCHINGS
      144 25 RACE 1: Restricted Terms Div A 1,200 m (2pm): Success Express, De Terra, Silver Tongue, Zaman Baru, Won Over, Bendy Lady, Lullaby, Truguts, Another De"RACE 2: Restricted Terms Div C 1,200 m (2.30): Over The Top, One For All, Buoyant, Piatranean, Bright Future 11, Untouchable. RACE S: Class
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      Lock icon SCORELINE
      248 25 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL NBA League: Utah 105 Los Angeles Lakers 79, Denver 109 Dallas 106, Cleveland 130 New Jersey 111, Detroit 106 Portland 94, Chicago 130 Charlotte 102, Philadelphia 139 Miami 108, Golden State 118 San Antonio 107, Boston 99 Sacramento 91. ICE HOCKEY
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      126 25 I TVAS ATHLETIC SHOES UNIQUE THEY'RE PATENTED AIR-FLOW System patented of *****82 and International. AIR-VENT CHARACTERISTICS OF TVAS j SHOES: (L m I Every step circulates fresh air into the J§ foot area and exhausts stale moist air out through the sole. 1. Helps prevent foot odor, athletes foot, bacteria
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS
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      Lock icon Hands up for team spirit
      485 26 [CtRLS' A PIV BASKETBAU THE TEMASEK )C REPORT CARD The Temasek spirit lives on in these girls. Team spirit, that is. Teamwork that has earned them the envy of their rivals, and which has put them at the top in A Division basketball. But can
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      Siew Chern and Siew Yong share same dream
      193 26 SIX girls from last year's winning team form the backbone of this year's Temasek JC team. But the smooth passage of basketball glory in TJC is best exemplified by Koh Siew Yong, who skippers both the college and national youth teams,, and
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  • SPORTS
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      Eddy's delighted after deserving win over Sompol
      274 27 EDDY Kurniawan was in a cheerful mood after winning 18-16, 5-15, 15-7 over Sompol Kukasemkij in their Group 1 match of the Konica Cup at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. He bantered and joked with reporters, an eveready smile on his face.
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      KONICA CUP RESULTS
      168 27 Men's singles: Eddy Kurniawan (Indo) bt Sompol Kukasemkij (Thai) 18-16, 5-15, 15-7; Jin Feng (Chi) bt Ahn Jae Chang (SK) 15-9, 15-7; Zhao Jian Hua (Chi) bt Liu En-Hung (Tai) 15-6, 15-7. Foo Kok Keong (Mai) bt Yeung Yik Kei (HK) 15-4, 15-10; Surachai Makkasasithorn (Thai) bt
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      Top dogs poised for semi-finals
      302 27  -  Stories/i Alfonso Chan THE seedings in each group of the Asian invitation badminton's Konica Cup do not lie. After last night's matches, the top seeds are likely to win their third round-robin matches tonight to go through to the semi-finals tomorrow. Barring any upsets, Eddy
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      Wai Leng misses chance to upset
      163 27 MALAYSIA'B Lee Wai Leng was heading towards victory over China's 17-year-old Hu Ning when she suffered almost the same fate that befell Hamid Khan on Wednesday. Her mirror cracked. Wai Leng had won the first game 11-8, but Hu Ning levelled, winning the next
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      Storm averted
      337 28  -  By T R Ramakrishnan THE first leg of the South-east Asian Satellite Circuit, starting next week in Manila, cast a bigger shadow than the rain clouds over the Tiger Beer Tennis Tournament yesterday. When play ended last night at 11, it appeared that five players, hoping to qualify
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      Kim, Yoo head for final showdown
      258 28 KOREANS Kim Bong Soo and Yoo Jin Sun appear headed for a final showdown in the Tiger Beer Tennis Tournament. They were made to work hard for their quarter-final victories yesterday, a day when rain disrupted all matches in the afternoon and finally forced
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      Local fans stay away
      224 29 II SEEMS that the rna'orit of spectators at the Picai-Pneips world junior bantamweight fight at the National Stadium on Saturday will be foreigners. According to Mr George Manz, co-promoter of the fight, most of the tickets have been sold to the Indonesian, Japanese and American communities
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