The New Paper, 9 May 1989

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  • Title Section
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    12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1989 MCI (P) 36/4/89 50 CENTS
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      64 1 1•< 'c r TfiFfiII 5 CHICKENPOX The number of people getting chicken pox has doubled. And it may go up even more. Reason: Doctors believe the pox cycle is reaching its peak. Beware! Itchy rash can lead to complications. Page 2 HOT NEW LOOK AT PLAYGROUNDS II Lane (above) and
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    Lock icon 16 die in crash of small plane
    46 1 Firemen Sweden go the wreckage a commuter plane, crashed exploded as landed at an airport in Oskarshamn, sout h-eastern Sweden yesterday. ve wec *ish politicians were among the 16 board. third worst disaster in the country's history. Picture/ REUTER
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Article
      Chicken pox cases on the rise
      299 2 C HICKEN pox is catching on, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Entit the disease were f fcU&rft double the number for the safoe'v&pth last year. And in the first 13 weeks of the year, 3,372 phicken pox cases were
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      WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
      53 2 CHICKEN pox is caused by an airborne virus. It is easily passed on from one i person to another. fffbe most visible s%n of chicken pox is Hjftfcttnthe face, Hmbs and body. [itMfMf itchy and filled with wa l «WfiiFSiakl later becomes puS-ii GeMraQrdfcken pox
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      Mr KS Wong: Lost and, now, found;
      248 2 K S WONG it lost Or is' he? The London Business' School where he once studied put the elusive Mr Wong on its latest list of "Lost Alumni". The list was circulated with the Spring 1989 edition of the school's Alumni News. Mr
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      Arts couNcil may employ 300
      472 2  -  By Irene Hoe THE proposed Singapore National Arts Council to spearhead development of the arts could employ as many as 300 people eventually. It will start with abaqb 100 staff. This includes the pfebpte' who now run the theatres managed by the Ministry of Community
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    • Article
      Lock icon Liberals oust Howard
      90 2 Wire services. AUSTRALIAN opposition leader John Howard was ousted by his Liberal Party this morning after losing a vote of confidence. Party sources in Canberra said the vote by Liberal Members of Parliament was called after his deputy, Mr Andrew Peacock, said the party lacked strong leadership
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      Lock icon New theme parks for the kids
      452 3 THE scene has changed at Housing Board playgrounds. But the games children play remain the same. Hide and seek, catching, down-sliding, see-sawing. The slides, swings and seesaws have taken on new looks. Seesaws come disguised as water pumps in a fire station playground. At
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      27 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Max temp: 32 deg. Min: 25 deg. Sunset: 7.06 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.66 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Botanic Gardens to re-focus on research
      518 4  -  After two decades of emphasis on leisure and tourism, the Botanic Gardens is returning to its roots. The new direction: Research and education. The aim: To develop it into one of the world'ljforemost equatorial gardeqi fit* By Irene Hoe T 1 HE Botanic Gardens
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      Living laboratories for the public
      252 4 THE future Botanic Gardens will be more relevant to the public in a. very active way. Its new priorities for research and education will not just be for scientists. "We want to be accessible," said Dr Tan Wee Kiat, the gardens' director. His aim is
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      Lock icon $weet sounds for music studios
      503 5  -  By Geneieve Kwek I F music rings the cash register, play on. That's the happy message music studio owners are sending out these days. The reason is more people are renting studios to practise their music hoping to be discovered, while others just want to
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      NUS: Fewer for medicine, engineering
      308 5 A DECLINE k expected in the number of students enrolled in the Medicine end Engineering faculties at the National University of Singapore. The latest issue of Singapore Statistical News (SSN) projects that the number of medical students will fall from 998 this year to 885
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      Lock icon Camp aims for better students
      573 6  -  W e send our children to school to learn, without first teaching them how to study. So says Mr Ernest Wong, a Malaysian educator who conducts a Super Teen Camp to help children become better students. About 400 parents here have enrolled their children for
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      WHAT THE PROGRAMME TEACHS
      125 6 iiTfi programme hum to tfnh children to tat both the left and right sides of the brain when studying. According to Mr Wong, toe present education system trains children to use only their left hemispheres. This is the side responsible for languages, logic, mathematics and science,
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      Dr Tay gives lesson in Swiss and Swedish vocational training programmes
      208 6 EXPERTS on education got a lesson this morning on the vocational training programme in Switzerland and Sweden. The lecturer? Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education, who was speaking at the opening of the Asean Worlddidac
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      Housewife's winning run
      144 7 HOUSEWIFE Marina Thong's winning streak in The New Paper contests continues. Having already won $2,000 in The New Paper/Giordano Value-for-Money Contest B and two consolation $500 prizes from previous Moneywords contests, she shares $500 in The New Paper Moneywords contest 17/89 with two other people. There was
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      Lock icon SICC to admit new members
      287 7 Business Times O NE of Singapore's most exclusive i country clubs has sprung a surprise by opting to take in 100 new members and at unusually low rates. The move by Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) caused a stir because it closed its membership register
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      Is it for secretary to judge what's urgent?
      304 8 MAILBOX A letter from a Gentleman that appeared on April 27 in our Secretaries' Week supplement elicited a response from an Angry Secretary last week. Her letter in turn provoked the following letters D tar Editor, I READ, with complete and utter
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      Caller is busy, too
      64 8 ANGRY Secretary misses the point of my letter. Anyone who calls the secretary's boss knows exactly who he is calling. The caller is probably of a similar or higher level than the secretary's boss. He is a responsible person and just as busy. That being the
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      Help secretaries be 'gentlewomen'
      251 8 SECRET ARIES' Week is over but a war has broken out between a secretary and a gentleman. First of all, I agree with Angry Secretary that bosses are very busy and have to attend to urgent matters. They should not be disturbed, especially when they are
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      Profile on young writer, please
      111 8 I ADMIRE talented people. My kudos go to the 11-year-old writer who said we must be told the bad stories (TNP, May 2). It is a pity that the young writer did not use his name. Otherwise, he would have done his teacher and school
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    • Article
      24-minute wait for 8-minute ride
      55 8 IN view of the current SBS bus survey, I'd like to bring this to their attention. On April 26, I waited 24 minutes (4.45 pm to 5.09 pm) at Teban Gardens Road for Service 241. Such a long wait for an eight-minute journey isn't it
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      GLOSSARY
      157 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. cMtravirsr Argument about am action or proposal that many people do not approve of. Sosaivsry thin pan- dhledgs: Remove something with some effort and difficulty. AsqpM: A feeling of
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      507 7 MONDAY. APRIL 24 TUESDAY, APRIL 25 IL.L- 1 BH I ID'M ZflAAiLl^H TWc R 4MP U S ~K~^B ZMZIIEM dJXMZHB 6BF I a TiTr^B 2. "DOES" it comprehensively apt, and 2. If a DUPE were implicated, he would "DIES" is unsuitably ipecific. Even in a be said to be interrogated
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      120 7 rn r ONCE AGAIN PRESENTS TO HER An evening of classic entertainment, sumptuous Chinese dinner and superb music for dancing from the very best in Ballroom nostalgia to the latest Top 40 Hits plus prizes galore! HK Superstar SSRJT May 1989 TERESA CARPIO 7.00pm to l.ooam i n concert with
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Beijing ready for talks with students
      314 9 Wire services. C I HINA'S government is ready to open talks with protesting students and their backers. The Xinhua News Agency quoted Mr Zheng Youmei, a government spokesman, as saying the party and the regime would have "broad contacts and dialogues with workers, peasants,
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      Lock icon UN force arrives in Namibia, arms cache found
      204 9 Wire services. THE full United Nations Transition Assistance Group (Untag) of 4,650 soldiers and 500 policemen has arrived in Namibia. It includes a detachment of 21 Singapore policemen. The force is scheduled to be operational in the African state as of late
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      Lock icon ”A nice experience”
      41 9 Record: Mr Mario Borradori managed his first parachute jump at age 90 a 4,000-metre jump in Lugano, Switzerland. It was good enough for the Guinness Book of World Records. His comment: "It was a nice experience." Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon Atlantis home, mission complete
      123 9 Wire services. ATLANTIS' astronauts are back on earth. They glided to a safe landing in America's Mojave Desert this morning after a four-day mission that sent a robot spacecraft streaking through the solar system towards Venus. Commander David Walker guided the 97-tonne winged spaceship to a
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      Lock icon Panama troops break up opposition poll rally
      484 10 Wire services. PANAMANIAN security forces used shotguns and rifles to break up an opposition march protesting against the slow tallying of votes from Sunday's presidential polls. Two men one of them a television journalist were reportedly shot by unidentified gunmen. Violence flared when
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      Lock icon Electronic tags rather than prison
      160 10 Wire services. BRITAIN will experiment with the electronic tagging of offenders awaiting trial to reduce pressure on overcrowded remand prisons. Pilot schemes, which will allow some accused to be given bail instead of being kept in custody, will begin in three areas of England, including
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      Lock icon Beauties of the universe unite
      49 10 Stars: Some 70 Miss Universe hopefuls gather at the ancient Myan ruins in Tulum, Mexico, for a finale of the swimsuit segment of the beauty pageant The Miss Universe finals will be held on May 23 in the resort city of Cancun. Picture/ Afp
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      Lock icon 2 musicals win 10 Tony nominations each
      214 10 Wire services. TWO New York musicals each won 10 Tony nominations as the Best of Broadway 1988-89 Jerome Bobbins' Broadway and Black and Blue. A comedy, The Heidi Chronicles, was nominated as best play, along with Shirley Valentine, Lend Me a Tenor, and
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      Lock icon China reopening Tibet to foreign tour groups
      90 10 Wire services. CHINA is reopening Tibet to foreign tour groups now that the latest rebellion seems to have faded away. A travel agency official said in Kathmandu yesterday that tour groups were being permitted to enter Tibet from Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan
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      Lock icon Moscow printing worthless money, says Pravda
      140 10 Wire services. SIMPLY printing more roubles to cover costs is hurting the Soviet economy as much as any state enemy, says the Communist Party daily. Pravda. It called for an emergency economic programme to deal with the problem. Pravda's economic editor compared the minting
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      Lock icon Ortega calls at No 10
      42 11 Meeting: British Premier Margaret Thatcher greets President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua at her office in No 10, Downing Street President Ortega's European tour seeks foreign investment and support for his government's war against anti-Marxist rebels. Picture/ Afp
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      Lock icon India permits coal shipment to Nepal
      270 11 Wire services. INDIA relaxed border barriers long enough to allow 5,037 tonnes of coal to be moved into Nepal. Truckloads of diesel bought in Singapore were headed for Kathmandu and other districts for use in public transport and industry. It is a welcome addition
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      Lock icon US lottery system supplier coming to S'pore
      118 11 Wire services. A US company that is a big worldwide supplier of lottery systems is planning to expand in Asia, using Singapore as its base. A spokesman for GTECH Corp made the announcement in Providence, Rhode Island, yesterday. He said the new GTECH
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      164 9 KT C|-g#»• ilh M TiTi I x V)l\ i I Ml I "-1W 1 I^TT I 7 I*J2gpyß3| 5,000 Years of Wondrous Splendour Awaits You. India is where dreams come India's attractions are sup- true. Where you'll find sights that ported by an infra-structure of Pleaft tend me colour bmdwrrs
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  • FOREIGNST OCKS
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      Lock icon LONDON
      267 11 Wire services. SHARE prices skidded in late trading to end the day significantly lower on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30share index closed 8.2 points at 1762.7. Volume totalled 426.6 million shares, down from Friday's 589.2 million. The latest Britisn producer price data, showing a slight
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      Lock icon Tokyo
      90 11 Reuter. SHARE prices on the Tokyo Stock exchange today firmed slightly to a record traded high in initital trade, but then hestitated and turned mixed. The Nikkei index was up 27.95 points to 34,163.19 in 10 minutes of trade after hitting a record traded 34,174.86 after four minutes. The
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      Indices/Closing
      51 11 FT Industrials Mon 1,762.70 (1,770.90) Dow Jones Avorago Mon 2,376.47 (2,381.96) ST Industrial Mon closed (1,282.52) NST Industrial Mon closed (2,200.86) Hongkong Hang Song Mon 3,268.54 (3,262.86) Australian All Ordinaries Mon 1,512.30 (1,510.60) Nikkei Stock Avorago Mon 34,135.24 (closed) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      Lock icon New YORK
      263 11 Wire services. WALL Street shares declined yesterday in fairly quiet trading, pressured by growing talk of a recession amid concern about inflation. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed 5.49 points lower at 2,376.47. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by two to one on the New York Stock
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  • SHOPTALK
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      Comfy rides at $39.90
      402 12  -  By Geneieve Kwek TRENDY people will soon find it cheaper to pedal around in style with or without a bicycle. A new range of bicycle pants by Bodynits Sports rides into stores next month. For the first time, the leg-hugging, kneelength pants with padded crotch are
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      How can I stop astigmatism getting worse?
      207 12 V:' N MY optician tells me that I have astigmatism. It's not severe. Bat if the astigmatism is higher than 1.50 D, eontaet lenses are not recommended. How I can prevent my astigmatism from getting worse? CHITHRA K Singapore 2573 Dear Chithra, Contact
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  • FOODNOTES
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      Herbalist view of low energy
      380 13  -  Stori ong Sing Yeong T AKE all the herbs or animal penises you like, but nothing will help you become a sexual athlete, said a Chinese herbalist A herbalist for 41 years, Mr Chow Chee Yek, 59, owns six medical halls in Chinatown. He has
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      Buying for your uncle?
      229 13 NOBODY seemed to believe me. Each time I walked into a Chinese medical hall to ask for aphrodisiacs I got this look that insulted my manhood. Earlier, I had tried to convince my editor I didn't need them. She didn't believe me either. So, I was
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      Spicy touch for bland brinjals
      228 13  -  MCROWAVECOOK By K Karuna TAKE 250 g of aubergines (otherwise known as eggplants or brinjals), wash thoroughly and cut them into halves lengthwise. Place in a shallow dish. Add enough water (slightly salted) to line the bottom of the dish. Cover and cook on H
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  • Showtime
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      Scenes of 60s in first Malay musical
      368 14 Scenes of the sixties will come visiting when Singapore's first Malay musical is staged. GERALDENE GOH reports s a CENES of Singapore in the 60s such as those in Jedan Eunoe, Kampung Übi and Orchard Road, will be seen again on July 8
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      Bananarama girls ill in Jakarta
      234 14  -  By Vivikn Chiong TWO girls of the British pop group, Bananarama, have taken ill on the eve of their concert in Jakarta this afternoon. But as the saying goes: The show must go on. The trio are on a Far East concert tour and arrived
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      141 15 USE THIS TO PROGRAMME YOUR NATIONAL VCRs. 1 he [National Cj-50 ML gives you video playback in 3 systems. ■|l| rSypFHn You can even play pre-recorded NTSC tapes on a PAL TV. Enjoy ******************** JL w J playback in LP QC SLP modes. Compatible with most TV systems. *MG+pm+m, mo
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      1417 15 Televisions i^SSm M The Tide Of Time (Pari One) Some Call It Jazz SCREEN M (B.oopm, SBC 12) I Ernie Watts Quartet (Part Two) GEMS AY A TWO-PART documentary (9.00 pm, SBC 12) M. life in Portugal THIS second part continues with probS morejaz2 MjJMI W SPBKH SSHSSS^ Doublebill Feature
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      Lock icon Thai trader now w
      831 16 Thailand, under its new Prime Minister, raised more than eyebrows when it made economic overtures to the Indochinese states, including Cambodia. ROSNAH AHMAD of the Foreign Desk reviews the situation THAI Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan has learnt in less than a year in office that good
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      Chatichai's business-suit style
      263 16 THE nan who took Thailand on a new road to Indochina could not have been more different than his predecessor. The contrasting styles between General Chatichai Choonhavan ana former Prime Minister, General Prem Tlnsulanonria, were reflected even in the way they drees. Gen Prem was hardly seen
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Cry and prick the world's conscience
      523 18  -  A whodunit, a trial erf society, a family dramaapda documentary. A Cry in the Dark is ail that and riiSjef Stories/ Wong Sing Yeong ON a cool spring night in 1980, a nine-week-old baby disappeared in the Australian outback. Her mother Lindy Chamberlain claimed
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      Streep lives the part — accent and all
      339 18 Streep lives the part accent and all CAN this be Meryl Streep? Or is it really an Australian housewife who looks vaguely like her. All through the Him, I asked myself that question, not believing that an actress could submerge herself so totally in her part, the way Streep does
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      QUICKTAKES
      193 18 DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Prince 2) AN enthralling tale of romance, humour, passion and irony, set in the period just before the French Revolution, about 200 years ago. Stars Glenn Close as the intelligent and beautiful Marquise de Merteuil and John Malkovich, who plays her former lover and ultimate Don Juan.
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      Heavy metal on Hari Raya eve
      453 19  -  By Wong Sing Yeong HARI Raya goes heavy metal. What a clash of cultures. It happened on the eve, last Saturday, at a corner of Joo Chiat Complex when three rock bands blasted off. Sahara from Malaysia, resident band The Lovehunters and the all-girl
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      Lock icon Love theme makes the world of song go round
      464 19 NYT. JUDGING by the world of the hit song, one could easily assume that western culture is obsessed with love. The music industry ma-chine-tools tune after tune about love found, love lost, love as obsession, love as an afterthought and every
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      Band with a little bit of everything
      142 19 FOUR talented musicians make up Broad Sword the resident band at Club 392 in Orchard Towers. Formed just six weeks ago, the band is fronted by bassist Mel Ferdinands, who, until late March, was a member of the pop group, Gypsy. At ease
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      The legend pirouettes on
      348 20  -  RmMf Nureyev and FriMds Kallang Tbaatra M«y6 REVIEW/ ByAdblds Adeline Woon N I EVER mind that the evening of Rudolf Nureyev and Friends at the Kallang Theatre on Saturday evening saw more of the friends than of the dance legend himself. And forget about the missing
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      Nureyev: Dancing keeps one young
      300 20 THERE'S no stopping Rudolf Nureyev. At 51 and asked for the secret of staying young, his answer was: "Dance!" His long-time partner Margot Fonteyn was in her 60s when she retired. If he could, he would beat that record, he said. After all, this is
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      Celebrities live up to their image
      143 20  -  BCENLASTMQHT By Adeline Woon WHAT is it about celebrities that attracts all that hype in the media? What ft it that makes them different? To get an idea I channelled in to Superstars (5.55 pm, SBC 5) yesterday. I got a dose of Princess
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      1267 21 RAEHOGUlDE EMM BBi IJl IIIIB iNaiinaikinn EH3HK IfJJ I 1 (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Hews in Brief and Weather NOON Ceed Mask, Company and Me: NOON Hewsdesk illlSVn^o^? 6 ent f rt !!P I lg NOON Beaatifel Mask Rtpert June in for some great Bounds 12JO My Early Years: From
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      189 22 ICOMICRELIEF Curry-Puff/Raymond Lee AllgUStfl/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill George the Robot/stephen Stanley is stood *+J a Srt»U- STUCK. Su?CJ6£TiorJS y V OP VJWWI, Anforsi ~toU < Dllffy/Bruce Hammon v/ A N/ Sa EVEWVEAfcIWAMAtt. EVEKV VEAfc 1 KiOC EVERtf 9EA* IT** TO 1 I'M AVICTIW OF W TO PUT OFF POtMG W
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      263 23 COMICREUEF Orchard Road/conn Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat bo «o know r 1 V -MUIW* «*St 1 WObOCtIVITY S /Ww kuv IV\ f I vr*E »»»kf V MONTrt fICMN... /F) <*) 0 I L ITT. *,1 y /y y C°\N wKeM»U I c Wk t~lSe I «1 a J CC —~o
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  • spouts
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      Lock icon Lendl whips Yzaga
      157 25 Reuter. T OP seed Ivan Lendl raced to a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Peru's Jaime Yzaga in New York yesterday to earn his third Tourna- ment of Champions title. The final against the unseeded Yzaga turned out to be a formality for Lendl. He made short work
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      Double promotion for Danzadancer
      114 25 DANZADANCER earned a double promotion from the panel of handicappers following his victory over 1,700 m at Penang over the weekend. The expensive import will race in Class Two in his next start. Nineteen horses were promoted to the top class, including some who have not
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      THE TRANSFERS
      121 25 Captain Atom, Crest of Fame, Cyborg, Daredevil II Gold Coast, Home Made, Joke's Aside, Key Invader, Laser Ray 11, Meticulate, Mighty Mission, Newest Threat, Paribo, Rumanian, Start ire, Superbid, Treble Chance, Tuck Inn, Turf Talk. FROM CUSS «T0 CLASS 3 Baracus, Burmese Ruby, Genie's Pet, Noble Scholar, Sing
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      Jockey Skinner quits
      378 25 1 RACING... Kith DENNIS CHIA CANADIAN jockey Kenneth Skinner quit the local racing scene in a hurry over the weekend. Skinner, who was stable jockey for Ipoh trainer Malcolm Thwaites, cited family problems and threats from secret society members as the reasons for his sudden departure. He
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      Break Bread has the look of a winner
      222 25 MORNING TRACKWORK VISITING Australian jockey Michael Heagney, who makes his debut at the Singapore meeting this week, worked trainer Luke Kang's horses at Bukit Timah this morning. Heagney, 22, took out Constancy for a round of slow work before finishing in a
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      Lock icon Poseur for femininity
      386 26 Look at the picture on the left Is that a woman or is that a woman? i Rachel Williams thinks so, and she's preaching the gospel of bodybuilding as coach and champion. ABDUL SHUKOR reports S OME people mistakenly think that women bodybuilders are athletes who want
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