The New Paper, 8 March 1989

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    18 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989 MCI (l») 179/4/88 50 CENTS the new paper the new? paper
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      239 1 EXPAT KID SAYS THEY DO NO HARM /Page 4 PAINT SPUTTERS 200 PARKED CARS MOVIETOWN SINGAPORE Film studio (due for conference facilities and film pr pS s^np2 9 Recreation I centre J?BEuHDkL— J 0 ,d Malay village (K^S j9 Pier used in filming |B scenes such as ntury I^ mmBBmm
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Computer: One more caught
      342 2  -  By Lim Swee Hong A NOTHER case of a student abusing computer secrecy at the National University of Singapore has come to light. In the latest incident, the NUS student allowed another from Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) to get into the NUS' mainframe computer system. The
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      Lock icon 13 days in blazing sands without food or water
      235 2 Wire services. THERE is no more forbidding place on earth than Africa's Kalahari Desert a vast stretch of land, empty of all but scrub brush and scalded by the sun. Imagine, then, being lost in that desert for 13 days, afoot,
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      S'pore to have film studios in Tuas
      273 2  -  An Italian first: Page 19 By Wong Sing Yeong SINGAPORE will have its equivalent of Hollywood's Universal Film Studios. The studios will be at Tuas West Drive, next to the proposed Marina Resort. They will be built by Italy's Cecchi Gori Group. Work
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      Lock icon Shocking death for killer who beat chair
      141 2 Wire services. A MURDERER who escaped the electric chair was electrocuted accidentally while sitting on a steel toilet in his cell in the United States, prison officials say. A spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections said Michael Godwin was trying to
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      SORRY
      61 2 IN Monday's article headlined Grown-up plans of Little Singaporeans, we said incorrectly that the children are from Gilstead Kindergarten. They are from Far Eastern Kindergarten in Gilstead Road. In yesterday's report on US training for Haw Par Villa executives, it was wrongly said that Har Par Villa reopens next
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      Lock icon Hovering over sea and mud
      571 3 Something new is roaring on the waters of Singapore the Scat hovercraft, billed as being able to fly over land, marsh, swamp and sea. Each craft is priced at $16,900, and all three brought here have been sold. LOH TUAN LEE took a spin in
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      27 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 23 degrees. Sunset: 7.18 pm.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Rider killed in mishap
      129 4 A MOTORCYCLE skidded out of control at Mandai Road last night, killing the rider. He was Mr Hew Voon Ping, 34, a Malaysian. The accident happened at 9.30 pm. Police said Mr Hew was headed for Jurong from Sembawang when the machine skidded. He was flung
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      Expatriate kids feel wronged
      304 4 Expat kids have been frequenting the Newton hawker centre for many years, writes an expatriate student and far from monopolising the tables, they occupy only a small part of the centre OUR story on expatriate children who take over part of Newton hawker centre on Friday
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      STORY BASED ON EXPAT ACCOUNTS
      180 4 NG Wan Ching replies: My story was based on what I saw and what the expatriate children told me last Friday night. Most of the time the teenagers occupied at least 16 tables. About 100 teenagers. The point of the story was not that it's
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      Beauties in togas for camera launch
      213 4 ON the ides of March, the eyes of many will be on some beauties. Not just these young ladies veiled in togas but the beauties to be unveiled at a launch party that day for the new Chinon Handyzoom 5001 camera. Miss Singapore-Asia/Pacific 1988
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      164 4 NtiP^ l Pw Y FREE WHKEUNf, L CAMPKRVAN ADVENTIiRE ?V PHRTII $1195 (5 DAYS) I ndrreaUT World Sorrento Uuay Swan River Cruise Balladong Karm WESTCRN dJIftRA r AUSTRALIA tpIDjU (9 DAYS) \tolt Pritk aad other attractions.. Jewel Caves Whale World Deer Park The Cap Y BlufT knoll r \FW ZEALAND
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      After the 0 levels, what?
      667 6 FOR many of the 41,379 students who received their O-level results two days ago, what to do with their future is clear. But for a lot of others, the choice is not so straightforward. Will it be junior college, pre-u centre, polytechnic, VITB or work?
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      GOING ON TO A LEVELS OR TO WORK
      320 6 Junior college Miss Low Ee Ling, 17, now in Raffles Junior College. She feels that an employer not only checks to see if an applicant comes from a junior college but whether it is a good one or not. Miss Low intends
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      Yellow ‘rain’ hits Jurong Pier
      390 7  -  By Chua Chin Chye ABOUT 200 car owners found itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny yellow polka dots on their cars, which they had left near Jurong Pier last Friday. It was no practical joke. The unwanted paint job is believed to have come from droplets of yellow paint from
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      Ill dog flung down rubbish chute to die?
      222 7  -  By Abdul Hadhi IT looks like somefa o d y threw a sick dog down a rubbish chute and left it to die. That's the suspicion of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which found the dying terrier
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      The winning lions from Singapore
      175 8 THREE Singaporeans made their mark in last month's 40th Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board said yesterday their sculpture featuring two northern Chinese lions balancing on a ball had won a second prize in the International Snow Statue Contest which was
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      Survey finds our women overburdened
      437 8  -  By Augustine Low WOMEN who work outside the home do almost as much housework as those who stay at home. This is one of the findings of a survey which women activists say proves that Singapore women are an overburdened lot. "Whether they are working
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      A tribute to women's role in society
      146 8 TODAY is International Women's Day. It marks the day in 1908 when women workers in New York's garment district began a spontaneous protest against their inhuman working conditions. Now it has become an annual affirmation of women's search for equal rights that cuts
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      GLOSSARY
      109 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following will help you check their meanings. animosity: Feeling of strong dislike and anger. apartheid: Political system in South Africa in which people of different races are kept apart by law. avarice: Greed. censure: Strong disapproval and condemnation of something that
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      182 7 Walk-in interviews 7 March to 12 March 1989. Work experience not required. Getting started Exciting opportunities for girls Join the Army. And build a secure and Yes! There are many challenging careers for you rewarding career. as well. Youll specialise in areas related to YouV earn a good salary. And
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      197 8 f you the winning move In II 1 I your education career ZtfflK) n]| J] I development. We have II I j\ Systematic J I PART'TIME Estab 1969 courses. jy I Read the information below %6 I I then come discuss with our H counsellors, before embarking on the course!
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon US air base damaged by protesters
      136 9 Wire services. ANTI-American protests at an air base in Seoul caused over $20,000 worth of damage. About 600 protesters toppled two layers of perimeter fence and a platform for a laser targeting recorder during the demonstration at Osan air base, near Seoul. Newspaper reports
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      Lock icon US opens doors to more Vietnamese refugees
      287 9 Wire services. THE US says it will take in more Vietnamese refugees, starting next month. It is the latest move to reduce the burden faced by Vietnam's neighbours. Mr Jonathan Moore, ambassador at-large in charge of refugees, made the announcement yesterday in Kuala
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      Lock icon Cambodian rebels seize base
      129 9 Wire services. CAMBODIAN guerillas have seized a Phnom Penh regime military base in fighting that threatens to spill over the border into Thailand. A senior Thai military officer in Bangkok reported the brisk border yesterday. About 500 members of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF)
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      Lock icon Streep leads pesticide war in new TV ad
      190 9 Wire services. AMERICAN actress Meryl Streep's latest role has her washing brocolli in soapy water. It wasn't a scene designed to win an Oscar. Instead, it was part of a TV commercial highlighting the danger of pesticides that still cling to vegetables
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      Lock icon Philippine aid plan backed
      171 9 Wire services. AMERICAN lawmakers and administration officials have endorsed plans to donate $400 million to the Philippines. The money would go into an international aid fund for the country. "For us to decline would be a very bad precedent for us to set," Mr Jim Wright
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      Lock icon PM calls on Dr Mahathir
      187 9 Wire services. PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew paid a courtesy call on Malaysian Premier Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Dr Mahathir is recuperating from heart bypass surgery at his official residence, Sri Perdana. Mr Lee arrived early yesterday. He was accompanied
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      487 10 CRTJRBRATTOXT I 1 MARCH ITO MAY 30 1989 I M Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entry form. A The more you spend, the more your chances of winning! PLUS! Weekly Draws over the first 12 weeks with 6 prizes to be won each week 3 Samsung Portable
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      128 11 PAR j\ PALACE 89 117, Beeulieu Rd Off 23km Sembewang Rd. S'poe 2775 (Bus Terminus 161 164) Business Hours: 11.30 am 2.30pm e 6pm 11.30pm TEL: *****34/5 SUCKLING PIG $45/- only 9 COURSE SET MENU INCLUSIVE OF A SUCKLING PIG AT $168/- PER TABLE J |ChQo Yf\aye> I 4 For
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      784 12 CELEBRATTQXT I 1 MARCH ITO MAY 30 1989 I JL Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entry form. X The more you spend, the more your chances of winning! PLUS! Weekly Draws over the first 12 weeks with 6 prises to be won each week 3 Samsung Portable
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      53 12 I PARFGU 1 I Vietnam for you. ism I A drlrt tablr spread of over 2t authentic I I V icr mm<v diiKct I I Menu carries Japanese translations 1 1 Full catering service alto available I Dinner Supper 6 iOpm to 3JO Ml I IJO Orchard Road #01-24/34 Orchard
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Man killed in love triangle
      312 13 LOVE and jealousy made a deadly mix that cost a Malaysian student his life. The death scene on a handsome residential street near Kuala Lumpur was frantic. A girl was screaming. Two men fought inside a car, then on the street A passing businessman took
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      Lock icon Arms and the terrorist
      162 13 Wire services TERRORIST organisations will acquire chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons sooner or later, a leading world expert on terrorism predicts. "It's not a question of if but of when it will happen," said Mr Yonah Alexander, director of the Institute for Studies in International
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      Lock icon 40 injured as QE II hits storm
      118 13 Wire services. FORTY passengers were battered and bruised when the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II rolled and plunged in storm waves as high as a four-storey building. The storm struck north-east of Auckland as the liner headed for New Zealand from Tahiti. Reports
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      Lock icon Face-to-face with a terrorist
      63 13 Pre-trial drama: An anguished mother (right) wails for her missing daughter while a self-confessed North Korean terrorist, Kim Hyun-hui (above), passes by wrapped in stony silence. These sharply contrasting emotions took place outside a courthouse m Seoul yesterday as Kim's trial opened. She admitted taking part
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      Lock icon No rash for new policies: Bush
      220 13 Wire services. US President George Bush says critics are not going to rush him into domestic or foreign policy initiatives until all the issues have been studied. His comment came at a news conference in Washington yesterday in response to rising fears that his
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      Lock icon High-style living
      49 14 Table for four: For these men, having grilled trout 75 m above the water at Sydney's harbour is just the beginning. The foursome, known as The Social Climbers, plan to have smother breathtaking meal later this year atop the 6,894 m Mt Huascarian in Peru. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon USSR pullout from Mongolia
      198 14 Wire services. THE Soviet Union plans to reduce its military presence in Mongolia by pulling out most of its troops. The announcement was made by a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr Gennady Gerasimov, in Moscow yesterday. "In agreement with the Mongolian government, we are bringing back to
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      Lock icon Landsat satellites may stay up
      116 14 Wire services. TWO American satellites that help keep track of the world'B environmental status may keep right on humming in spite of money problems. US Vice-President Dan Quayle said he had scratched up enough budget money to prevent the Landsat environmental satellites from being shut
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      Drug link suspected in headless corpse case
      135 14 THE latest theory in the Selangor headless corpse case is that the victim was murdered for refusing to join a drug syndicate. The decapitated body of Guan Junying, a 26-year-old cement worker, was found last Friday behind a wood-sawing mill in Ka- jang.
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      202 13 DEFINITELY VALUE FOR |M N HYUfIDHI Cars that make sense 1 CC ARF list Road Regn Number Compr Total on PARF list Diff f price tax* fee plate ins the road price ARF/PARF i Daihatsu Charade CX 993 37,600 696 1.000 25 986 40,307 27,400 12,907 Suzuki Swift 1 OGL
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon LONDON
      253 14 Wire services. SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on the London stock Exchange, helped by a continued shortage of select stocks and by the pound's strength against the West German mark. But prices finished well below their best levels after drifting lower in the afternoon following a weak opening on
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      Lock icon Tokyo
      75 14 Reuter. SHARES made strong gains in opening trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today after the US dollar eased against the yen in New York, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 131.61 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 32,069.55 in 10 minutes of trade. The main gainers were railway/bus,
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      Indices/Closing
      51 14 FT MastrMs tue 1,715.6 (1,706.4) Dow Jomi Average Tue 2,290.71 (2,294.82) ST Indostrial Tue 1,132.44 (1,119.91) NST Industrial Tue 1,961.89 (1,956.03) Hongkong Hang Song Tue 3,060.68 (3,058.95) Australian All Ordinaries Tue 1,507.50 (1,512.90) Nikkei Stock Average Tue 31,937.94 (31,876.86) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      Lock icon New York
      262 14 Wire services. TRADING on Wall Street see-sawed yesterday before the Dow Jones index of leading industrials ended the day 4.11 points down, at 2,290.71 points. Declining issues slightly outnumbered advances on the New York Stock Exchange, with 693 up, 736 down and 509 unchanged. Volume totalled 172.5 million
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      1429 15 Television Bpl M The Wind In The Willows Auld Videofashion The Colour Craze Wild South Lost World SCREEN M Lang Syne (debut) (7.25 pm, SBC 12) Of The Poor Knights Tjfc? S C 5) making a strong statement this TAKE trip to the season. Find out why Patrick Kelly's fHh
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      THE 'MOTHER OF SCANDAL
      1086 16 ONCE it was Pretoria which silenced Winnie Mandela, punishing her for bucking a system that deprives fellow blacks of basic human rights. Now this imposing woman is shunned even by her own, cast as villain in a struggle that she had come to symbolise for most
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      Untitled
      30 16 BIOW for the blacks: They have lost the powerful symbol of Winnie Mandela. Tearful farewell: The funeral procession ofStompie Moeketsi Seipei and right, his mother is comforted by a friend.
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      Powerful presence from behind bars
      150 16 NELSON MANDELA FROM behind prison bars, Nelson Mandela seeks to resolve the crisis surrounding his wife. The 70-year-old Mr Mandela, while out of sight from his millions of followers for more than 20 years, is never out of touch with the antiapartheid movement. Many also
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  • Showtime
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      An Italian first
      508 17  -  By Irene Hoe f HE biggest film producer in Italy is setting up its international headquarters and at least one film production studio in Singapore. Even while its maiden studio is being built in Jurong, the Cecchi Gori group will finance and produce several top-grade international films.
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      Khadijah's 12th with Taste
      441 18  -  Stories/ Geraldine Goh p OPULAR Malaysian record- ing artist and singer, Khadijah Ibrahim, is set to launch her 12th album in the middle of this month. It will be done both in Malaysia and Singapore under the Warner Elektra Atlantic (WEA) label. Titled Citarasa (Taste), the
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      Lovehunters' Realiti of love and rejection
      475 18 LOVE and rejection, avarice and moderation are the issues dealt with in Realiti, the second album released locally by the popular Malay rock band, Lovehunters last Friday. The album, which marks Lovehunters' debut with WEA Records, is a collaboration with Singapore's king of Malay
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      Lock icon Singapore's own Grammy awards
      293 19  -  By Lo Tien Yin WE'VE just had the Grammys. Soon there'll be a Singapore version. Yes, Singapore may soon have its very own annual music awards. The Young Songwriters' Society has, over the past two years, given over 20 Sing Music Awards to the island's best
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      Country music, Chinese cuisine at Rogers’ show
      258 19  -  By Ting Mei See FOR $350 you can tuck in to typical Chinese cuisine such as Bharks fin soup and crispy suckling pig while Kenny Rogers croons his all-time country hits. An unusual combination, but this is what fans will get when Rogers
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      SBC's poolside stars take the acting plunge
      242 19  -  By Vivien Chiong THE 10 actresses did not look like the usual television stars. No makeup, no high-heeled shoes, no sophisticated hairdos. Those were not needed. What was needed was that they be asked to swim, have short hnir and be well-tanned. And
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      Lock icon And Justice for Metallica
      479 20 Syndication Link. s OMETIMES, just sometimes, you know what's coming around the corner in the world of heavy rock. You don't need psychic powers to realise that San Francisco-based Metallica's, And Justice For All, is set to establish the band once and for ever. Now, with
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      Lock icon Audrey Hepburn seeks mature film role
      184 20 UPI. ACTRESS Audrey Hepburn, who said she had rejected hundreds of scripts since making They All Laughed eight years ago, wants a mature film role. "It would be fun to do another part before I roll over (die)," she said in an interview with
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      QUICKTAKES
      169 20 WORKING GIRL (Orchard) WORKING Girl centres around Melanie Griffith as a young woman from the wrong side of town. Sigourney Weaver plays her sharp-nailed boss. Times: 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15 pm. A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cathay, Marina 1) JAMIE Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and John Cleese are
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      Quiz show offers food for thought
      209 20  -  OSEENLASTNK3HT By Adeline Woon DID you know that butter and margarine are equally fattening? Or that the width of your elbow will determine your body width size? You've Got the Choice (8 pm, SBC 5), the latest inter-school quiz on television, offers much food
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  • HORIZONS
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      Teenager's small problem causes embarrassment
      1011 21 I AGGIE will give advice every Wednesday in this paper. Questions Aggie can't answer will be put to other experts such as doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists. You can write to: Dear Aggie, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. You must give your
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      Reality in face of death
      342 21 IT is often said that the only truly certain things in life are birth and death. For most people the latter is difficult to accept even though we know it will come to us all sooner or later. But for some unfortunate people, this reality
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      1372 24 RADIOGUIDE E233EDH EEECBH BEHEBiH mamaaiMrifll EHI3HH NOON News la Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON News la Brief aad Weather NOON Oeed Mask, Cmm>} aad NOON Nwiuli 12.05 Laachdate: A musical selection Noon-Ume musical entertain- 12.30 Baslaess Matters: A weekly for your listeniac pleasure by NOON Easy Lkteelag: Light and easy
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon ‘Official knew of drug abuse’
      206 25 Reuter. A TOP Canadian athletics official had knowledge of Ben Johnson's steroids use and offered to give advance warning if random testing was put into place, the disgraced sprinter's coach said yesterday. Charlie Francis, during his fifth day of sworn testimony in a government inquiry,
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      Riding fees up
      189 25 RACING with DENNIS CHIAI RIDING fees for jockeys have been raised to $120 per ride. This is a fifty per cent increase from the previous riding fee of $80. This new ruling is effective from this month. The increase follows representation by the jockeys to the Malayan
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      324 25 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: CRICKET First of 5-day internationals: West Indies bt India by 50 runs. SOCCER English Div 3: Huddersfield 2 Reading 2. Div 4: Rotherham 1 Grimsby 0, Wrexham 4 Hartlepool 3. Scottish Div 1: Falkirk 4 Dunfermline 0. Div 2: Albion 2 Montrose
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      373 26  -  GIRLS A DIVISION NETBALL: THE HWA CHONG JC REPORT CARD By Shahiron Sahari HWA CHONG Junior College is the undisputed netbcdl queen and it intends to stay that way. The girls from Hwa Chong have won the A Division title six times out of
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      Champs will be from top four
      276 26 THE A Division netball champion will be one of those who finished in the top four last year. So says Claudine Kwek, one of Hwa Chong's two captains. "We have a reputation to keep, having been champs all this time, but the winner could
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      GROUPINGS
      80 26 A: Hwa Chong JC, Outram Institute, Siglap Secondary, An-glo-Chinese JC, Serangoon Gardens Sec. B: Anderson JC, Serangoon JC, Nanyang JC, Seletar Institute, Woodsville Seconday, Temasek JC. C: Raffles JC, Tanjong Katong Girls', Catholic JC, Townsville Institute, St Andrew's JC, National JC. D: Victoria JC, Yishun JC, Ang Mo Kio
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      PAST WINNERS
      35 26 1988:1 Hwa Chong JC 2 Anderson JC 3 Raffles JC 4 Victoria JC. 1987: Hwa Chong JC, Catholic JC, Victoria JC, Temasek JC. 1986: Hwa Chong JC, Raffles JC, Temasek JC, Victoria JC.
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      187 27 SCOTLANC v FRANCE iF R E N C H manager Michel Platini has j drafted in three i new caps for to- day's World Cup qualifier In a surprisingly defensive 5-3-2 line-up, Thierry Laurey of Sochaux and JeanPhilippe Durand of Toulouse make their international
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      210 27 AFP. MIDDLESBRO striker Stuart Ripley gave England's Under-21 side a much needed boost in Shkodra yesterday. He hit the winner six minutes from time in the 2-1 victory over Albania in a Uefa U-21 Championship match. Ripley claimed the reward for a determined second-half fightback with his 84th-minute
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      314 27 AFP. ALBANIA v ENGLAND CHRIS Waddle's form at home for Tottenham is expected to earn him an England recall today. He is ready to partner Gary Lineker, reforming the front-line partnership that faced Sweden in the opening, goalless group game at Wembley last October. Robson must then decide
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      288 27 Wire services. AC MILAN are likely to accept a $13.3 million offer from Spanish giant Barcelona for Marco van Basten. Barcelona's Dutch coach Johan Cruyff has put in the bid for the European Player of the Year. If the deal goes through, Milan is likely to move in Napoli's
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      169 27 AFP. HUNGARY v EIRE TWO of the Republic of Ireland's stalwarts, Liam Brady and Frank Sta- pleton, have been axed by manager Jack Charlton for today's crucial clash in Budapest. The tie is vital as the group, dominated by Spain, already seems to have come down
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      Boon Lay dropped
      382 28  -  By R Jegathesan BOON LAY is out of this year's Premier League. It failed to pay the entrance fee of $1,500 for the revamped League despite several reminders and left the Singapore Hockey Association with no alternative but to drop it. Boon Lay's absence means there will
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      Barrientos coming
      113 28  -  By Alfonso Chan FILIPINO Felix Barrientos will be among the leading players taking part in the Tiger Beer Tennis championsh i ps, the third leg of the South-east Asian Satellite Circuit, from Mar 13-19 at the Kallang Tennis Centre. Barrientos won both the singles and doubles titles in
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      315 29  -  By Alfonso Chan EIGHTEEN National Sports Association will get a total of $268,150 from the Sport Excellence Assistance Programme (SEAP) grant this year. This is a $37,150 increase from last year, when the scheme was started to help sportsmen achieve gold medals in regional and world
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      187 29  -  Stories/ Abdul Shukor GEYLANG International is back in business. After a slow and shaky start to the season, it appears to have solved its scoring problems. Its 3-0 demolition of Telok Kurau United in the third round of the President's Cup at Jalan Besar last night
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      198 29 PREMIER LEAGUE: JURONG BftLESTIER (JURONG STADIUM, Tonight, 7.30pm) JURONG Town's showdown with Balestier United will make or break its title hopes. Jurong is currently in second position with 12 points from eight games. Balestier lies third, also with 12 points but with a game in
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      936 30 OLD SINGAPORE. The watercolour paintings of Graham Byfield are on display at the Danish Seamen's Church. The paintings feature old Singapore. 10 Pender Road. 2 pm to 8 pm. Ends Saturday. PEOPLE WATCH Wendy Chan's interest in captunng people and their expressions on film culminates in this photography exhibition. The
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      62 30 is the son of the renowned Taiwanese sculptor, Ju Ming. His works go on show at the National Museum Art Gallery from today. Ju Jun, like his father, works in stone. He specialised in sculptures of animals, partfejOarly pigs. About 80 works in the 27-year-old's pig series
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