The New Paper, 12 April 1989

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  • 20 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989 MCI (F) 179/4/88 50 CENTS the 4/ newv paper the J new* paper
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    • 66 1 CULT VICTIMS FOUND Police in Mexico have uncovered a mass grave. They say it contains the bodies of a dozen people killed by devil-worshipping drug traffickers. /Page 11 INTO THE DEPTHS New Zealand*!* plan to visit the watery graves of the HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales. Japan sank the
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    • 4 1 LIVERPOOL SLIPS PAST ARSENAL
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  • 53 1 BORG'S FIANCEE AND BABY? THE NEWS TODAY i Tennis ace Bjorn Borg, in town for a match with John McEnroe, did not come alone. At his side is fiancee Loredana Berte, Italy's sex-bomb of rock. Is there a child in their future? "Not before we're married," she says./ Page 6
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  • 34 1 Rising concern over Aids leads health authorities to post warnings about the killer sex disease in local brothels. "Aids," says one worried prostitute, "is scary for us" /Rage 10 Picture/David Tan
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  • 47 1 John Lim's pix of these and other friends have been published in a photo-book about Singapore's zoo. The part-time nature lensman an accountant by trade finds talking to the animals helps him unwind. The book is "a labour of love"./ Page 3 Picture/Kenneth Koh
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 284 2 Malay Mail. POLICE killed an ex-convict and captured a second man in a chase outside Kuala Lumpur's famous Central Market. Yesterday's violent drama happened about 4.30 pm and unfolded before the eyes of parking attendant Zaidi Muhammad Noor, 21. First a car zoomed into the
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    • 231 2 Wire services SEA levels could rise by a catastrophic 5 m within 50 or 60 years, a British environmental group reports. The rise would be because of the "greenhouse effect", with polluted air causing temperatures to rise and melting much of the snow and ice
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    • 154 2 Wire services ACTRESS-singer Grace Jones, 36, got out of a Kingston, Jamaica, jail after a court let her post bail on a charge of cocaine possession. Magistrate Carol Law-rence-Beswick freed the entertainer on bail of $5,499 yesterday on condition that she return
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    • 450 3  -  STORY AND PICTURES BY KENNETH KOH JOHN Lim enjoys a wild life. Or should that be the wildlife enjoys him? He walks with animals. He laughs and jokes with them too. Whether the animals understand what he's saying is not the point.
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    • 28 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers expected over several areas in the afternoon. Max temp: 31 deg. Min: 24 deg. Sunset: 7.09 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.01 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 482 4  -  By Geoff Murray NEW Zealand scuba divers and a Singaporean will embark on another adventure together a risky descent 55 metres under the South China Sea to a British naval graveyard. They plan to pay their respects to 840 men who died when
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    • 185 4 PRE-UNIVERSITY students will get to see what architecture is all about at the National University of Singapore this week. The NUS School of Architecture is holding its annual exhibition from tomorrow until April 17. And for the first time, the school will
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    • 284 4 ONE of the two Filipino maids found with their wrists slashed in a Lucky Plaza ladies' toilet on Sunday was discharged yesterday evening from hospital. Ms Arlene Manual, 26, left Singapore General Hospital by car with two men. One of them said he
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 82 4 I Cockpit $oUI I I Travellers' Palm I I Restaurant I I RIJSTTAFEL I I a Javanese set lunch I I served by charming I I waitresses in national I I costume brought I I back by popular I I demand at $1450 I I Doily 12 noon 2.30 p.m.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 246 6 FROM next year, all pig sales in Singapore will be by high-tech auction. This will enable buyers to see the quality of the pigs before the hammer comes down and seals their fates. When the bidder presses a button, his bid will be electronically
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    • 178 6 DATUK Alex Lee, Deputy Agriculture Minister of Malaysia, said yesterday that since Monday all leafy vegetables imported to Singapore have had to be tagged and checked for pesticide residue. He was accompanying a delegation of Malaysian farmers who discussed the new import policies
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    • 310 6 MORE than 2,500 production operators' jobs are up for grabs in electronics factories in Singapore but they're finding no takers. The worker shortage remains acute despite companies dangling big bonuses, starting salaries 10 per cent higher than normal and trips overseas. The companies are advertising heavily
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    • 355 6  -  By Ting Mei See BJORN Borg dropped a bombshell at a Sheraton Towers cocktail reception in his honour last night He arrived with Italy's "sex bomb of rock" on his arm. Loredana Berte earned that nickname by wearing black hose with garter belts and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 56 7 V More Time to Express Yourself. I 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 of perfect time pieces. Look
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 145 8 GOVERNMENT tests confirm a danger The New Paper was first to warn you about that saline solutions made here for wetting contact lenses were contaminated with harmful bacterial. Now, Singapore manufacturers of the solution have been ordered by the Health Ministry to pull their product off the
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    • 416 8  -  By Irene Ng A MONTH of free living ended for two teenage runaways when police found them in a Balestier Road bar. Police believe that sisters Ng Kim Hong, 15, and Ng Gek Hong, 16, had been working as waitresses at the Everfine Bar. A
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    • 308 8 T HE Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is to set up ATM-like self-service terminals to make cargo handling at the port even faster. The installation of the terminals later this year will do away with the need for port users to exchange documents with port
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    • 112 8 THIS is how the new system, using self-service termi- nals, will work: The port user inserts his I magnetic strip PSA pass into the terminal and keys in his personal identification num- ber. The types of transaction I available will be displayed on a screen, similar
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    • 215 8 THE Housing Board will charge $1.32 per dwelling or commercial unit if your town council buys essential maintenance services from it. For this, it will provide a package of essential maintenance. The package will cover electrical, sanitary and plumbing services, TV reception, lift rescues
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 43 9 m j ißAfl^HiHHHHiHii^H^Hi^HHteiJ If not say NO to drugs Drugs is a serious problem, it causes disorientation, hallucination, degeneration of the body, extensive brain damage, a feeling of despair and eventually...death! Drug addiction, you'll die for it. ©SANA Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association Tel: 732-1122
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 604 10  -  By Thusitha De Silva B i ROTHELS at Petain Road have put up Aids I posters. They warn clients of the dangers of .the dreaded disease and advise them to use I condoms. The brothels have also received brochures on sex-related diseases and
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    • 102 10 AN obese alcoholic who fell into a drain while drunk was suffocated to death, a coroner's court ruled yesterday. Mr Abdul Rajah s/o Jailani, 39, a construction site supervisor, was found in a narrow 1 m deep drain in Lorong 2, Toa Payoh, early
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    • 161 10 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. avocation: Work that is not a person's usual job but is done for plea--sure. boost: Push that helps. city slickers: Sophisticated city dwellers. commute: Travel a long distance regularly
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    • 209 10 NGEE Ann Polytechnic will offer a new diploma course in mass communications from June. The full-time, three-year course will provide systematic and comprehensive training for jobs in mass communications. It will prepare GCE O-level holders for junior executive positions in the fields
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    • 101 10 A MAN has been fined $2,000 for using a forged pass to enter an army camp to save on duty-free beer. Amarjeet Singh, 23, used a forged military pass to enter the Sembawang Camp at 4.40 pm on July 8, 1986. A 'court heard yesterday
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 54 11 Covered: A Lebanese woman and her child step out for a breath of fresh air as uneasy calm hangs over war-torn Beirut The sandbags surrounding their house are very much part of the exterior "decor" for many Lebanese homes these days as the civil war continues
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    • 362 11 Wire services. A I UTHORITIES have found a mass grave in Mexico containing the bodies of a dozen people believed sacrificed by a satanic cult of drug 'smugglers. "It was horrible," Cameron County Sheriff Alex Perez told a news conference in the border city of
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    • 203 11 Wire services SRI Lanka's main Tamil separatist group has rejected the government's ceasefire and invitation to give themselves up. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said yesterday it will continue the fight for an independent state. LTTE's policy-making political committee said the week-long
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    • 81 11 Wire services. MANNERS maketh the man perhaps, but not the modern British Member of Parliament. A House of Commons report yesterday lamented a rise in rowdy behaviour. The report, by an all-party committee of MPs, accused members of indulging in personal abuse and subversive practices.
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    • 170 11 Wire services. US Vice-President Dan Quayle will visit Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand during a 12-day trip beginning on April 24. The announcement in Washington yesterday said he will discuss trade and security issues at each stop. Mr Quayle, accompanied by his wife Marilyn, will
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    • 94 11 Wire services. FAMILIES of people killed in the Pan Am airliner blast over Scotland have decided to sue the airline in a US court. Damage awards in US courts are usually much larger than those elsewhere. In London, lawyer Chris Erving said: "We're
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    • 57 12 Her finest hour: Burma's Khin Thanda not only wins a crown, she is also the very first Miss Thai-Indochina. Miss Khin Thanda measures 81-64-94 and stands 166 cm tall. She was chosen over contestants from Burma, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The pageant was held near the
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    • 218 12 Wire Services. THE United States fears that Thailand's new friendliness towards the Vietnamese-backed regime in Cambodia may upset efforts to end the Cambodian war. So Thailand has been urged by the US, an ally, to drop efforts to set up talks with Cambodian leaders. One
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    • 155 12 Financial Times. THE British Home Secretary says the government does not want to undermine freedom of the press with new restrictions but many people do. In a letter to the Newspaper Society, Mr Douglas Hurd said public and parliamentary concern over the "excesses and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 72 11 i vr 1 I SALERO BAGINDO i Authentic Nasi Padang Restaurant From Indonesia Enjoy our J $9.90+ BUDGET MEAL FOR TWO I (only serve between 2.00pm 7.00pm) Cut out this advertisement today in exchange for a Rojak Serut I inHQiigim| rams at:- J I• 6, Raffles Boulevard #03-239, Marina Square
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      273 12 Wire services. SHARE prices closed higher on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30share index closed 3.4 points up at 1672.8. Volume totalled 491.4 million shares, up from 406.1 million on Monday. But there was anxiety following the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Nigel Lawson's warning on
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    • 79 12 Reuters. SHARE prices opened higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today. The Nikkei index was up 135.73 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 33,385.31 in 10 minutes of trade. It closed with a strong 250.56-point gain on Tuesday. Gains were led by electrical, precision instrument, gas, real estate, shipbuilding,
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    • 51 12 FT Industrials Tue 1,672.80 (1,669.40) Dow Jones Average Tue 2,311.58 (2,301.87) ST Industrial Tue 1,201.43 (1,191.97) NST Industrial Tue 2,103.79 (2,092.12) Hongkong Hang Seng Tue 3,026.00 (3,021.43) Australian All Ordinaries Tue 1,415.00 (1,412.70) Nikkei Stock Average Tue 33,249.58 (32,999.02) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      281 12 Wire services. WALL Street stocks rose in fairly quiet trading yesterday with many investors cautious ahead of the economic data due out this week. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 9.71 points to close at 2,311.58. Gainers outnumbered decliners by about seven to four on the
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  • 1202 13 DEAR AGGER HORIZONS Dear Aggie, I am a 35-year-old engineer. I have come to know a Filipino maid and gone out with her casually. Having discovered that she comes from a good family and that she has many fine qualities, I began to wonder why
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 696 14 Showtime G OLD records hang on their walls and diapers fill their closets. While their kids play in one room, they're listening to demo tapes for 'their next album in another. They're music star mums, combining the difficulties of life in the recording world's fast
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1743 15 i E>. lelevision= iSwip SCREEN^^r^ 6 eUn n Ur Tattingers In Search of the Hawk between top tennis players John realises when he takes back the of the hawk, Joe Milner began to 1 j McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. operation of Tattinger's Restaurant record the activities of the birds on
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  • spotlight
    • 1151 16 The limits of human endurance will be tested next weekend 55 m beneath the South China Sea. New Zealand Army divers and a Singapore diving enthusiast will descend to those dark, chilly depths to pay tribute to 840 men who died in a British naval disaster during
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    • Article, Illustration
      331 16 TO SOME historians, the sinking of the battleship Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse in 1941 marked the end of the great battleship era in naval warfare. The two ships with 2,900 men on board along with four destroyers comprised Force Z sent out from Singapore on Dec
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 373 17  -  By Wong Sing Yeong w i HY are expectant mothers advised against taking ginger and herbs? These students from Hwa Chong Junior College know. What is the Singapore Nutrition Guideline for the number of eggs young children should take a week? They know, too. What
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    • 107 17 Wire services. JAPAN'S major supermarket operator and American movie star Robert Redford are sponsoring the US Film Festival in Tokyo from April 21 to 30. The films to be shown include Radio Bikini, a documentary by Robert Stone about the nuclear weapons tests on Bikini atoll
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    • 392 17 THERE'S nothing like a little spice to make educational programmes nice. The style of presentation is everything here. Nothing is more of a turn-off to the viewer than the straight lecture method. The best educational programmes don't tackle the subject head on. When dealing with
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    • 446 18  -  By Vivien Chiong y i 9 OU'VE heard Jeramzee and Ernie Watts play together. Soon, you'll get to buy their album from local record shops. Jeramzee is a local jazz band led by popular songwriter and musician Jeremy Monteiro. His company JJ Showtime made
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    • 256 18 LOOK forward to two sec-ond-generation celebrities among the 15 expected at the Hyatt Regency Hotel this weekend to play tennis for charity. One is Shari Belafonte, who starred in the TV series Hotel. Her father is Harry Belafonte, the singer famous for
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    • 173 18  -  OSEENLASTNK By Ting Mei See MENTION flying and frequent travellers give a big sigh. They have visions of endless waiting at airports, lost luggage and bland airline food. But there is another side to flying that the earthbound mortal knows little 0f... unless he happens
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    • 209 18 DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (Lido, Republic 1) A GEM of a comedy. Steve Martin and Michael Caine play conmen out to cheat an innocent American girl of her money and virtue. Times: Lido 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15 pm. Republic 1 1.30, 3.30, 7, 9 pm. THE DEAD POOL
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    • 85 17 1 H BrUULUhti, Michael J Fox plays a struggling His pal Allegash (Kiefer Sutheri writer, Jamie Conway, searching for if"" 1 introduces him to the bright UJ MSI his identity. Jamie's frustrated with !l ht of New York s club scene. Jahis career. He's also lonely because mw plunges into
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  • TRAVELNOTES
    • 609 19  -  By Irene Ng WE went to the Toilet in New Zealand and got flushed out wet but proud of our teamwork. Exhilarated, there is but one thing to do. Tackle Jaws. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. And then came the unkindest cut
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    • 298 19  -  BY David Brazil NEW FROM KEN-AIR TRUST Ken-Air to come up with three new, not to say slightlv unusual, holidays for this year. One, in Canada, has a uniquely Singaporean appeal. It's West Edmonton Mall, billed as the largest shopping centre in the world by the Guinness Book of
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 197 20 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/pik Browne i mate TO FA lIFIT£ ©OMoMe.MV YOUfoOfZ I TMANYotJ I'M PIVofZCEP MOTV^B-IN-LAW Vpgy/IL/ *L THINK J AllgUSt3/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill Jk{<; /gk tes« /J3W> x (f~\ *M if ft* Jk nopm^plTy pi y\, C/A-y* 4 M| w»w*~*/ r< r Mf oVH v V v "<-■
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 476 22 IrOOD CRT FBR ATTOA T I MARCH 1 TO MAY 30 1989 I J Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entry form. 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
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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    • 139 23 PARI?\ SEAFOOD PALACE e. «.-a- ffi "s 1 117, Beaulieu Rd Off 23km Sembawang Rd, S'poe 2775 (Bus Terminus 161 164) Business Hours: 11.30 am 2.30pm 6pm 11.30pm TEL: *****34/5 SMcial Promotion VpWIM 9 WfSVIIWI SUCKLING PIG $45/- only 9 COURSE SET MENU INCLUSIVE OF A SUCKLING PIG AT $168/-
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 565 24 l 11 Cairn-Court Restaurant Presents The super-value BEST OF IMPERIAL BANQUET (For Dinner only) Tilt 31 May 1989 Now you can savour four of our chef's specialities at greatly reduced prices served exclusively in appreciation of the support of our valued patrons. ht 1 1 i —j j Buddha Jumps
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    • 288 24 T7QOD CFJ PR RATION T I 1 MARCH ITO MAY 30 1989 I .JL. Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entrv form. X 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
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 1352 25 RAIHOGLJIDE III! ■—Iffn.lUJM l;l Jill jdIUMJI EJZKM NOON N«wt ill Brtof (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON N«w«lr Brief and Weather NOON Coed Music, Company and Me: NOON Newsdesk 12 05 i"!S!^ h^Tr i^„?l, Si 0 n n NOON ■•■■WW ""Id Light instru- „05 ff Noon-time musical entertain- 12 J0 B b#
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  • SPORTS
    • 397 26 The Sportsboy and Sportsgirl Award winners are surprised at their victories. But Desmond's and Una's achievements are certainly no surprise. SHAHIRON SAHARI reports. SPORTSBOY Desmond Koh didn't even know he was up for the award. For S portsgir 1 Lina Ong, it was more than a pleasant surprise.
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    • 194 26  -  By Abdul Shukor DESPITE winning two events at the 20th National Age Group Swimming Championship at the Chinese Swimming Club last night, Olympian Desmond Koh was far from py"Sure I won," said the 15-year-old, "hut I was far from my best. No, it was not a
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    • 149 27 Reuter. UEFA'S decision to lift the ban on English clubs for the 1990-91 season was welcomed all over Europe. Michel Platini, whose European Cup-winning goal of 1985 was soon forgotten in the aftermath of the Heysel tragedy, said: "English clubs bring something fantastic to
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      268 27 Reuter. CHAMPIONI Liverpool is back to its best. It displaced Arsenal at the top of the English First Division table after a 2-1 win over Millwall yesterday. A controversial winner from John Aldridge gave the Reds their ninth successive League victory. The linesman raised his flag as Aldridge
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    • 157 27 Reuter. THE European Parliament yesterday called for the abolition of the soccer transfer fee system, describing it as a modern form of slavery. The 518-member assembly meeting in Strasbourg voted in favour of a resolution which also demands an end to the
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      361 27 Wire services. TONIE Campbell, bronze-medallist in the 110 metres hurdles at last year's Seoul Olympics, has been suspended for failing to take a drug test. The Athletics Congress, the governing body of US athletics, said the suspension took effect on March 11 and would last until June 9. Campbell,
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    • 269 27 SCHOOLS RUGBY by SHAHIRON SAHARI RAFFLES Institution overcame Anglo-Chinese School 13-6 in a crucial Schools National B Division rugby match at Grange Road yesterday. And in the process unveiled a new star in Chen Zhenming. ACS took a 6-0 lead in the 10thminute when centre U
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    • 506 28  -  Stories/ Alfonso Chan THE stage is the penthouse suite at the Arcadia Condominium, a nice suburban area, far from the madding crowd. Rows of seats are arranged for a press conference, seats for 30-odd people to interview Bjorn Borg superstar. He arrives close to 3.30pm, quite early for
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    • 79 28 Mac is here: American star John McEnroe arrived in Singapore at 2am today for his reunion tour with Bjorn Borg. He flew in from San Diego, where he had led the American Davis Cup team to a 5-0 washout of France. McEnroe's actress wife Tatum O'Neal has not
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    • 161 28 DHL WOMEN'S OPEN FIVE years ago, Akiko Kijimuta, winner of the Asian Junior championships title here, was the quintessential Japanese quiet, shy, uneasy with the English language. Her means of expression was with the tennis racket. She would often heave her shoulders, slap her thighs and let out
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    • 205 29 Singpore's women bodybuilders put up a good show at the world championship in Taipei. ABDUL SHUKOR reports THREE Singapore competitors, Debra McCormack, Agnes Berling and Jeannie Chia, made the top 10 at the Women's World Bodybuilding Championship, held in Taipei from April 3-9. McCormack,
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    • 167 29 BRITISH OPEN SQUASH SINGAPORE'S Peter Hill made his exit from the British Open squash championships yesterday. He was beaten in straight games in the second round by Peter Marshall of England. Marshall won 9-7, 9-5, 9-3. Hill's showing was an improvement on last
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    • 441 29 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL NBA League: Boston 113 New Jersey Nets 112, Atlanta 112 Charlotte 105, Detroit 124 Washington 100, Indiana 110 Dallas 103, Seattle 102 San Antonio 89, Los Angeles Lakers 133 Los Angeles Clippers 116, Sacramento 108 Miami 69. CRICKET Fourth day of
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 576 29 iP*Sbi WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12,1989 15/89-3 I Win $s,ooocadi jackpot this week, j Cut out and attach with other coupons (Monday to Saturday) Name: Sex: Address: I I/C No: Occupation: Age: Tel. No: (0) (H) I Last coupon I mm will be on: r~ April 15,1989 Nt Qodngdate for enincf: Noon,
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  • 884 30 ►Odtoesme V~p( CHINESE OPERA The \w\ Chinese (Peking) Opera Troupe from Taipei, Taiwan will perform in Singapore as part of Its Asia-Pacific Tour. The 44-member troupe will entertain the audience with two programmes based on folk tales and legends. Kallang Theatre. 8 pm. Tickets at $30, $20, $15, $10
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  • 14 30 CENTRESTAGE: Chinese opera OUT AND ABOUT: Super tennis FILMS: The German touch
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  • 81 30 Nutritious dishes have been created by more than 30 food outlets to meet Health Ministry guidelines of low fat, low sugar, low salt, moderate cholesterol and high fibre. Unusual offerings are ginger and onion frogs' legs and black fungus with chicken. Da Tien Foodstuff, 341
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 78 30 jWjJI GO FOR IT! S i SINGLE IN SINGAPORE OFF THE BATIK TRACK Options, opporhjniHes and a new optimism Ease down fashion's brand new route FEMINISM TODAY BIMBOS Mt HEROINES Will it survive into the 90s? We've come a long way, Hollywood or THE MODELLING LIFE have we? hQ Working
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