The New Paper, 5 April 1989

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  • 19 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 V 1989 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS the iPiper tll0 4/ new" paper
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    • 36 1 WORLD TABLE TENNIS SWEDEN BEATS CHINA 130 SURVIVE BOEING CRASH /Page 12 BEAUTY BARGAINS Variety of shops and lower prices are hallmarks of Bukit Timah's latest shopping complex. Page 16 DEAR AGGIE: I LOVE YOUNGER GUYS
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  • 51 1 Singapore resident Helen Gilbey is a champion marathoner and triathlete. Her endurance sports have made her infertile. Now she is easing off and trying for a baby. Doctors warn: Continuous, intense exercise is bad for both men and women. Page 6 Picture/ DAVID
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    72 1 World champion China is thrashed 5-0 by Sweden in the men's team final. Victory comes after a sharp dispute. China threatened to pull out when umpire ruled against its top player Jiang Jialiang. Umpire was changed. China, champions 10 times since 1961, says it now needs four to
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 205 2 KANDANG Kerbau Hospital doctors have apologised to a woman for leaving a cotton swab inside her after they delivered her baby. The hospital's Medical Director, Dr Koh Thong Sam, wrote to Madam Zaiton binte Ismail last week. He said: "I understand the distress that
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    • 621 2 Reuter. S WEDEN ended China's reign as world table tennis men's team champions. China was routed 5-0 in a final fraught with controversy in Dortmund, West Germany, yesterday. China threatened to pull out in protest when a decision went against world champion Jiang Jialiang
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    • 132 2 Wire services. THE man who founded USA Today has retired as chairman of the media empire called Gannett Co Inc even though he is still feisty and fit at the age of 65. Allen Harold Neuharth said his business philosophy is that chief executive officers should
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    • 97 2 STRAITS Times colour lab technician Tan Lai Hock caught this fire on film in Devonshire Road on the way to work at about 7.30 this morning. Police cordoned off the area as the traffic control terminal box burnt. No injuries were reported and the
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    • 135 2 A PETITION for a presidential pardon has been filed by lawyer J B Jeyaretnam, according to a Workers' Party statement to the foreign press. He said previously he would not do so. Now he wants it understood he is not begging for it. Mr Jeyaretnam, WP
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 31 2 the Weather WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers over several areas in the late afternoon and early evening. Max temp: 32 deg. Min: 24 deg. Sunset: 7.11 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.03 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 442 3 AS long as you can see, you can draw. These words from artist Chew Yew Seng yesterday were meant to inspire his students, all physically disabled in one way or another. These 15 students, 23 to 41 years old, have signed up for
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    • 507 4 T HE prospect of higher costs and uncertainty about the Government's new moves on car ownership have resulted in cheaper prices for both second-hand cars and scrap cars. Sales of used cars have also been slow. Most of the six used-car dealers
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    • 148 4 THE Singapore Bus Service has ordered 50 new air-conditioned buses at a total cost of $11.5 million. The company is now developing new routes to be served by these air-condi-toned buses. If possible, such routes will not run parallel to MRT tracks. Currently, SBS
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    • 267 4 THEY come in Mercedes Benzes in whose capacious boots are loads of fragrant durians. They are the illegal durian sellers from Batu Pahat in Johor. These vendors have been making trips to Holland Village in search of a quick sale. The New Paper came across a
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    • 58 5 i x v~s "S XX: V More Time to Express Yourself. -'jlr The Citizen collection has captured your imagination... This exclusive collection of fashion watches with their state-of-the-art HUZ water-resist feature in super-slim cases has proved to be very popular. So, we're adding even more exciting choices to this range
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 353 6  -  Stories/ Irene Ng T 00 much strenuous exercise can make some women infertile. Many female athletes develop irregular menstrual periods; some stop ovulating altogether. Marathon runner Helen Gilbey is one of them. She has not menstruated since 1983, when she began training in earnest. She used
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    • 264 6 DOCTORS interviewed by The New Paper confirmed that such reproductive changes in a woman are reversible and often temporary. "Once they scale down their workouts and put on their ideal body weight, their menses and ovulation can usually be restored," said a gynaecologist. In some cases, however,
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    • 239 6 MARATHON and triathlon champion Helen Gilbey has given up long-distance running and strenuous exercise. She wants to have a baby. The 33-year-old Briton's gruelling training pace has left her infertile. So she has switched to gentle jogging and exercise to try to change that. Mrs Gilbey,
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    • 62 6 MENDAKI, the council for the education of Muslim children, invites applications for bursaries to study courses run by the Singapore Institute of Management. The institute offers part-time courses in business and management studies. Those interested should write to Yayasan Mendaki, Wisma Mendaki, Kee Sun Avenue
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    • 288 6 Business Times THE bargain ticket to ride grows ever more scarce on crowded airlines. Now Japan Air Lines (JAL) and Korean Air have raised the price of popular special economy tickets by 10 per cent on flights to North America. In Singapore, carriers
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    • 175 7 Acentre of the future needs your name today. *Pf' < v.* Singapore Telecom is currently developing of life in the Singapore of tomorrow. the mezzanine floor of Comcentre for the public And because this centre is for the public, to have hands-on experience on state-of-the-art you are invited to give
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 323 8 D YNASTY Hotel is taking healthy eati ing seriously. And to set the mood for some healthy dining, waitresses at its Golden Dew Coffee House will be dressed in sporty leotards and tights during National Nutrition Week. Beginning Friday, the day Nutrition Week starts, the hotel
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    • 229 8 A MAN was jailed for seven years and ordered to be given 24 strokes of the cane yesterday for a series of armed robberies. Lee Yeow Kwang, 27, was also fined $1,500 for failing to take urine tests while under drug supervision. He admitted robbing
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    • 125 8 THREE out of four who are undergoing training in new work skills look upon it as an "enjoyable activity". That's one of the findings in a survey of about 1,000 men and women done by the National Productivity Board. Most trainees feel that developing
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    • 87 8 THE daughter of property tycoon Ng Teng Fong was fined $1,000 on Monday for illegal betting. Ng Siok Ying, 44, was caught on Saturday, April 1, receiving information on a horse race on a cordless telephone in her apartment in Lucky Plaza. A team of
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    • 473 9 MRS Christina Han has a problem: How to spend quality time with each of her two sons. "When I try to spend quality time with the younger one, the elder one will sort of join in and take control of the situation," she said. "If
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    • 212 9 EURASIAN students in primary or secondary classes who .have trouble with mathematics and other tough subjects can now get help from the Eurasian Association. The association will provide free tuition to students who need extra tutoring. A spokesman said the project will be run by
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    • 173 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. audio-visual: That which involves both recorded sound and pictures. compatibility: Ability to live together in a friendly and peaceful way. conferred on: Bestowed on or given to. influx: Steady
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    • 364 8 ..x;'! IT Literacy Is So Vital To Singapore's Growth That $100 Million Has Been Set Aside To Train 200,000 Office People In It Can You Afford To Be Left Out? Join IT-POWERS ff You Cant What is IT-POWERS? IT-POWERS stands for IT Programme for Office Workers. It is a national
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 309 10 Wire services. SOUTH Korean riot police have stepped up their crackdown on violent anti-govern-ment protests in Seoul and Ulsan. In Seoul, combat-clad police in visored helmets rushed deep into the Yonsei University campus yesterday, firing tear gas to disperse 1,000 protesting students. Angry students hurled firebombs and
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    • 45 10 Picture perfect: Contortionist Carina Held shows off her skills at manipulating her limbs that would put health guru Jane Fonda to shame. Ms Held is a member of the Aladin Circus from Switzerland. The circus is now touring Paris. Picture/ Ap
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    • 470 10  -  By Ravindra Kumar NEPAL says India is acting more like a big bully than a big brother. India complains that Nepal is getting too big for its boots. So, what started off as a little problem between two neighbouring Asian countries has turned
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    • 49 10 Saying it with flowers: A demonstrator lays a wreath in front of the Singapore Embassy in Bangkok. The protest on Sunday was against Singapore's immigration laws and the repatriation of some 10,000 illegal Thai workers. About 25 people took part in the demonstration. Picture/ Bangkok Post
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    • 237 10 DISGRUNTLED junior officers in the Philippine armed forces are said to have formed a new secret group that could threaten President Corazon Aquino's government. Armed forces spokesmen in Manila would not confirm or deny the existence of the new group, which Manila newspapers call the Young
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    • 143 10 Wire services. BRITISH police are offering a $336,000 reward for the killers of two Sri Lankan amusement arcade workers who were burnt to death during a London holdup. Scotland Yard detectives identified the two victims yesterday. They were Mr Ambikaipahan Anapayan, 21, and
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    • 275 11 Wire services. SOVIET leader Mikhail Gorbachev has proposed establishing a zone of peace in Latin America and the Caribbean. He also renounced any Soviet intention of establishing naval, air or missile bases in the region. In a speech to the Cuban National Assembly in Havana yesterday,
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    • 68 11 Hot items: Thousands of birds, sea otters and fish have died since the US tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground off Alaska, spilling some 42 million litres of crude oil. But the worst US oil spill has resulted in a business boom for this shop in
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    • 180 11 Wire services. EX-BEATLE Paul McCartney and George Michael were given Ivor Novello Awards in London yesterday. Cliff Richard walked away with two of them. The Novellos are Britain's top award for popular music. They are given by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Paid
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    • 243 11 Wire services. FORTY-ONE younger politicians from Japan's ruling party have banded together to try to restore public trust in politics. Public confidence in government and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been badly shaken by a "shares-for-favours" scandal involving many top politicians and businessmen. Mr Hajime Morita,
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    • 92 11 Wire services. ISRAEL plans to release hundreds of prisoners and ease security in the Gaza Strip at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came two days before Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir meets in Washington with President George Bush. US officials
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    • 165 11 Wire services. TORNADOES killed eight people as they smashed through thousands of mud and straw houses at 24 villages in eastern Bangladesh. Officials said at least 10,000 people were left homeless. The winds in several storms were estimated at 160 kmh. A police official
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 12 Anniversary: US President George Bush and Vice-President Dan Quayle (second from right) join ambassadors from Western Europe in a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Picture/ AFP
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    • 194 12 Wire services. A PERUVIAN jetliner crash-landed in flames at a jungle airport but the 130 people aboard got out of it alive. Andina news agency said yesterday 14 people were injured in the crash. No deaths were reported in the potential disaster. The Faucett Airlines Boeing
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    • 146 12 Wire services. PAKISTANI customs officials have smashed an international drug ring involving airline employees. Eleven alleged members of the smuggling ring were arrested in Karachi after the seizure of nearly 90 kg of hashish in Auckland, customs sources said yesterday. This "organised gang of narcotics
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    • 73 12 Wire services. JAPAN will donate nearly $210 million towards a United Nations rehabilitation programme for Afghanistan. The UN said yesterday that the contribution was in response to an appeal by UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. The biggest aid pledge, of $1.2 billion, was made by the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 68 11 1 SALERO BAGINDO Authentic Nasi Padang Restaurant From Indonesia J Enjoy our J $9.90+ BUDGET MEAL FOR TWO I (only serve between 2.00pm 7.00pm) Cut out this advertisement today in I exchange for a Rojak Serut I MtUhT.- J U6, Raffles Boulevard #03-239, Marina Square Tel: *****11 14 Scons Road
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      245 12 Wire services. THE spectre of higher inflation in Britain and high interest rates to control it raised its head again on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30share index closed 1.9 points up at 1,708.4. Volume was 508.2 million shares, up from 397.1 million on Monday. Chancellor
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    • 83 12 Reuter. SHARE prices opened broadly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, pushing the key Nikkei index to record levels. The Nikkei index was up 79.83 points, or 0.24 per cent, to a new traded high of 33,392.08 in the first 10 minutes of trade. The index closed at
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    • 51 12 FT Industrials Tues 1,708.40 (1,706.50) Dow Jones Average Tues 2,298.20. (2,304.80) ST Industrial Tues 1,193.25 (1,187.27) NST Industrial Tues 2,092.12 (2,086.22) Hongkong Hang Seng Tues 2,991.96 (2,987.21) Australian All Ordinaries Tues 1,433.10 (1,452.50) Nikkei Stock Average Tues 33,312.25 (33,042.07) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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    • Article, Illustration
      252 12 Wire services. THE Dow Jones index of 30 blue chips fluctuated around the 2,300-mark yesterday before dropping 6.60 points to close at 2,298.20. Volume totalled 160.68 million shares against 164.7 million on Monday. Losers outnumbered gainers 832 to 639. Another 486 stocks were unchanged. Observers attributed the slight
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  • 1256 13 HORIZONS Dear Aggie, I think there is something wrong with me. I keep falling for young guys. My current boyfriend is 11 years younger than me. We got along fine for a couple of years, but now we are drifting apart because he tells me
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    • 89 13 TOE UNBELIEVABLE PRICES) Sun Thur: $10 nett (ind. 2 standard drinks) Fri, Sat Eve of Public Holiday: $15 nett (incl. 2 standard drinks) Ladies' Night (Mon Tue): $5 nett for Ladies (incl. 1 standard drink) g Tea-Dance(Fri, Sat, Sun P.Holida *rom 1 pm onwards $5 nett (incl. 3 drinks)* P
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  • 494 14  -  Showtime By Adeline Woon A CT 3 took on 26 kindergartens in nine days. Another group from the company toured 20 primary schools over 10 days. Practice Theatre Ensemble's hour-long Argentinian play by Osvaldo Dragun, Rat Meat, went to 17 secondary schools and junior colleges.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1817 15 Television F as hk>n Television a n S ns 'Stt John Bax left a secure suffering from Aids, and profiles 01 r asnion Designers or W job at the age of 40 to pursue a award-winnintr nlnvwriaht TWin America pays tribute to Nancy long-held dream to film the birds of
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  • shoptalk
    • 1087 16 This article is put of our shopping series. T i HE six-year-old Beauty World Centre in Bukit Timah is a living memory of resettled stalls from Beauty World Town. The old place was and still is a haven for bargain-hunters. It even inspired a music
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    • 278 16 FIVE-STOREY tall Beauty World Centre is a far cry from Beauty World Town, a crowded core of hawker shacks and stalls. The old town was one of the last remains of the work of the Japanese Occupation. About 200 shops peddled anything from
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 409 19  -  By Geraldine Goh T HE ruins of A Famosa, the 16th century Portuguese fort in Malacca, lit up amidst blasts of cannon fire last Saturday night. It was a $4.7 million re-cre-ation of the 1641 Dutch attack on Malacca which overthrew Portuguese rule. The Sound and
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    • Article, Illustration
      243 19 A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cathay) JAMIE Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and John Cleese together in a witty comedy. Times: Cathay—llam, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pm. WORKING GIRL (Orchard and Marina 1) MELANIE Griffith plays a young woman from the wrong side of town who dreams of wheeling and dealing
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    • 430 20  -  By Wong Sing Yeong T IHE frontman is outstanding in a white singlet with "Singapore" in bold letters and shiny red tights that may risk hernia for the wearer. Mel Ferdinands dresses like a patriot. If Mel is American, he would have wrapped
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    • 267 20 HERE's another chance for you to win a Mitsubishi E3O video cassette recorder in the Original Video Promotion lucky draw, organised by Warner Home Video and The New Paper. The results of the draw will be published in The New Paper on
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1382 21 RADIOGUIDE EHEHB EM39I 132HE831 manmmrifll EH23BHI NOON News 111 Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) Moo,< Weather NOON Qaad Music, Company and Ma: NOON Newsdesk 19 AS lundwlat*' A musirnl nolection NOON Beautiful Music- I iirht inntn. R#P#ft Noon-time musical entertain- 12.30 BHSlness Matters: A weekly uSSdherefT?«?l£tS me n lata are theoffe
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 492 22 Food cfj erratiqx t MARCH 1 TO MAY 30 1989 I 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
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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    • 786 24 1 P Food celebratiqnj MARCH 1 TO MAY 30 1989 I Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entrv form. A The more you spend, the more your chances orwinning! PLUS! Weekly Draws over the first 12 weeks with 6 prizes to be won each week 3 Samsung Portable
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 32 25 For all starry-eyed Brides-to-be! StanyStonylSgi« m i R wxwltojS I WtdcJing w HW WoO-lr> r VMNMi 9Uh I The year's Best Bridal Looks are in v f I April issue f I <
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 151 25 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/oik Browne i twtTAmm if vet AllgUSt3/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill R?P A > I Me?) you 7 f wifim /v Ay>j V...JV xv J J",*v ,'X > V r <C *0 jLyr- x x? N J x M MjM bH George the Robot/stephen Stanley ivg; eetrJ So
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 189 26 COMICREUEF Orchard Road/coim Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat X te H CO,S,NE 15 ||Sr ,NEIS IINWBN COISINE I K wnH Wlrie GZ.YL Z>H m Q \S4#j,i WW ok tMi (Wmb.TL 4#kJd <2T J 35iS <M t&cfi Cathy/Cathy Guisewite jj I t* between 1 f pcmcTf i hi, elects voci oomT c/it|
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  • SPORTS
    • 341 28  -  TAKING A FIRM GRIP ON TENNIS: THE ST JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION REPORT CARD Stories/ Alfonso Chan I T'S not very often a school's C division team is stronger than its B team, but that's how the ball bounces for Saint Joseph's Institution. Its C division tennis team is
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    • 352 28 SHERMAN Lim is not only Saint Joseph's Institution's best tennis player, he is also Singapore's best junior, carrying the future of the Republic's tennis on his growing shoulders. The 13-year-old swings the racket with a finesse that comes only after many hours of sun and sweat. He
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS
    • 324 29  -  By Alfonso Chan "STEADY, Oys! Steady! Oys, Steady!" chant the girls to each other. The sound is picked up by the opposing team and soon both teams are perked up for the game. This is the school volleyball scene today. The sport has now been raised to
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    • 322 29  -  By S Gulam TABLE tennis is still very popular with students. This year's National Schools championship, being played at Chung Cheng High, has attracted 59 participants, many from non-traditional schools, in three divisions. The competition has become keener too. Said Mr Tay Chua Heng, the Chung
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    • 289 29 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: CRICKET Four-day match between India and West Indies Cricket Board XI in Kingstown: Draw. India: 103-9 dec. West Indies Board XI: 184-3. RUGBY English League Div 2: Whitehaven 16 Leigh 25. SOCCER English Div 2: Chelsea 3 Birmingham 1, Hull 1 Oxford
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    • 336 29  -  By Abdul Shukor YOU could forgive a 15-year-old boy for feeling downright depressed after seeing his school getting mauled and mangled in a rugby match. But Chinese High School's winger Zheng Jixing wasn't, even though the score at the end of its 'B' division
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  • SPORTS
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      235 30 AP REFUSING to let a Chinese dispute stop its path to victory, Sweden shocked defending men's team champion China 5-0 in the World Championships in Dortmund yesterday. China's two-time world champion, Jiang Jialiang, stopped the fourth match against Jan-Ove Waldner for 15 minutes after a call against him.
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    • 227 30 CUP WINNERS' CUP SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG Reuter. BARCELONA beat CSKA Sofia 4-2 at home yesterday but its berth in the final looked far from assured after a lacklustre performance. Careless defending let Bulgarian striker Khristo Stoichkov seize two precious away goals that may be
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    • 155 30 DUBAI CUP AP, AFP. GLASGOW Celtic defeated Liverpool 5-3 on penalties to win the Dubai Cup after the game was tied 1-1 at the final whistle. Celtic led 1-0 after a 12th-minute goal by skipper Mark McGee. But Liverpool fought its way back with some crisp
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    • 222 30 Wire services. ENGLISH giant Tottenham Hotspur is reported to have stepped up its bid to sign Barcelona striker Gary Lineker. Spurs manager Terry Venables is in Spain in an attempt to secure the signing of Spanish Under-21 midfielder Nayim, who is on extended loan from the Catalan side. But
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    • 364 31 National soccer players can expect more money. The FAS is considering two proposals, reports S GULAM THE Football Association of Singapore is reviewing its salary system for national players. The councillors have two proposals for consideration when they convene on Monday for their monthly meeting. The first
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    • 234 31  -  By T R Ramakrishnan SINGAPORE Recreation Club yesterday became the first hockey team in the Republic to be sponsored. It signed a $20,000 deal with Hummel, the Danish sportswear company. Said Mr Heiner Kirchhuebel, the general manager of Jebsen Jessen, Hummel's agents in Singapore: "We
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    • 87 31 MALAYSIAN international Kevin Nunis is to play for Singapore Recreation Club in this year's Premier League. The star centre-forward's services has been secured with the help of the club's sponsor, Hummel. Nunis, 29, who has played 101 times for Malaysia, said: "I'm looking forward to playing
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