The New Paper, 5 December 1989

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  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1989 MCI (P) 36/4/89 SO CENTS
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    • 100 1 MYSTERY BUG HITS KIDS It starts with mild fever followed by vomitting and diarrhoea, and usually lasts a week. It is a virus that hits toddlers hardest. Doctors cannot identify the virus. "I used to get one or two cases, but last week I had about eight of them," says
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    • 128 1 k tsarist waits for taxi outside a hotel in Makati, Manila. Rebel soldiers rest on the ground. This morning, the Philippine Government was trying to send buses to evacuate -%WM tourists from s rebel-held hotel Fighting continues./ Pago 14 jf i^fllMlsr^ Jfi j't rffpK r f "m ■fcMpp* 1 1
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 404 2  -  By Irene Hoe CHINA Silk House is planning to franchise its silk boutiques overseas. The first could be set up by the middle of next year, and will most likely be in Asia, the company said. Well-known for its silk fabrics and garments, the company
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    • 145 2 The first China Silk House opened in 1976 at Tanglin Shopping Centre but has since grown to six retail shops. Named Store of the Year in 1987 by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, China Silk House holds fashion shows every other
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    • 411 2  -  By Ng Wan Ching TWO private eyes have a difficult case. They have to figure out how to get the money they claim their boss owes them. Mr Philip Lee signed up as a private eye in a detective agency because of
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    • 457 3 I T takes daring to expect a crowd to turn up for a fashion show out in Jurong. Even more, perhaps, to parade less-than-model-perfect mannequins on a catwalk in lingerie. The organisers of the Gala Show of German fashion at the Motoren und Turbinen
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    • 247 3 IT didn't win top prize, but it would have made Santa proud. Santa's Workshop won third prize at the Regent Hotel's in-house window dressing competition. The roomful of cuddly toys, dolls and cuckoo clocks was the brainchild of the five-member public relations and materials
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 395 4  -  By Chitra Rajaram A MYSTERY virus has hit many toddlers here. The bug starts its course with a fever, followed by vomiting and diarrhoea. Seven of the 10 doctors The New Paper spoke to reported an increase in such cases. Three refused comment. Those who reported
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    • 372 4 DOCTOR TELLS OF DAUGHTER S CONDITION "IT started with just a mild fever." said Dr S, 33, to The New Paper yesterday. Her one-year-old daughter was infected with the virus. "I thought maybe she was just a little tired because of the excitement the
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    • 205 4 SINGAPORE Airlines male cabin crew will start the new decade with brand new uniforms. Gone will be the early 70svintage jackets designed by French couturier Pierre Balmain. Come Jan 1, the cabin crewmen will sport uniforms specially designed by Lanvin of Paris. Outlook, the
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    • 125 4 KARAOKE SING BETTER.SOUND BETTER Upgrade to AUDIO-TECHNICA microphones now. j ft i lAT 834 a I Moving Coil DyEramic rll Special shock-resistont design. Superb and versatile voice J repfodoctjon With a convenient on/off switch and 3-pin w W Cannon-type output connector. II AT 832 a If Moving Coil Dynamk BJ
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    • 112 5 Id I I m Ahe Longines Conquest VHP elegance of design makes the Conquest VHP (Very High Precision). Accurate to the watch of choice for those whose lives around one minute in five years, this is depend on precision and whose taste runs probably the most advanced watch in to
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 345 6 A SPLIT in time has saved Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Computer and Technology Camp from being overwhelmed by heavy demand. The camp was split in two because 700 participants registered for the camp this year, compared with 390 last year. "We had to split up
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    • 114 6 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. aff tba Ml: When something or someone is not performing at optimum capacity; idling. gabardine: A fairly thick cloth that is used especially for making coats. Martin: A large
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    • 448 7 ADEEP-sea fishing expedition left Singapore for Mauritius with the biggest contingent. It returned with the top two prizes. Two teams Tiananmen and RSYC Too scored the highest with two marlins, the only two to be hooked in the First Asia Fishing Competition held from Monday
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    • 208 7 SINGAPORE needs to produce 3,200 new information technology (IT) professionals in the next three years. This new level of demand is because of the present good economic growth. So says Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education and chairman of
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    • 593 8  -  By Brendan Pereira v "IDEO tape pirates have launched two more broadsides in their continuing battle against the copyright law. They get the censors to pass master copies of pirated tapes then make duplicates for release in Singapore before the films are screened at cinemas. They
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    • 193 8 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Service Pte Ltd (SATS) has placed advertisements for the first time in Malaysian newspapers to recruit security personnel, according to a report in today's Lianhe Zaoboa daily. A spokesman for SATS has confirmed that the company has broken away from the usual
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    • 562 9 The use of part-timers to help ease the tight labour situation was a key issue at a National Trades Union Congress conference last month. GRISELDA LOO talks to six companies to find out if employment benefits offered are attractive to part-timers SOME part-timers have little to
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    • 303 10 Volunteers give free advice on workplace Employers, developers and business owners now have an organisation to turn to for help in making their buildings disabled-friendly. Called the Accessibility Advisory Service, it will give advice on the changes necessary to create a barrier-free workplace. The free service
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    • 239 10 THE disabled can now plan their way around Singapore with the help of an updated guidebook. Called Access Singapore, the guidebook lists the facilities available for the disabled in public places. They include hotels, banks, cinemas, concert halls, shopping centres and places of interest.
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    • 314 10 FOR Singapore to establish itself as a high technology centre in the next decade, more quality researchers are needed. That is what Minister for the Environment Dr Ahmad Mattar says in urging more science graduates to take up research and development as a career this
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    • 360 11 AN upmarket hotel with top-of-the-line facilities is going to come up on Sentosa. The Beaufort Hotel will have two 18hole golf courses and each of its room, a telefax machine. There will be 275 rooms, including 20 deluxe suites, 14 executive suites and a presidential
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    • 8 6 PLAY MONEY WORDS Win $5,000 Coupon/ Page 35
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    • 43 8 N« w A rh« B ihe RUSSIA HOUSE Another masterpiece of intrigue woven with love and passion. ■V W H A spy thriller set $34.90 in the time Times The Bookshop of glasnost--1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 1953 i. w Times Publishing Group
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 159 9 s Set Lunch $8.50 Ht Mon Mushroom Steak or Pork Chop T I Cider Deep Fried Whole v I Tue Roast Chicken or Sambal Steak Flounder Fish With t Tartar Sauce $9.50 Wed Oxtail Stew or Chicken Cutlet ***** r Herbal Marinated Thur: Homemade Com Beef or Scotch Steak $10.00
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    • 137 9 Stup Up A Polo Oh, M sgf During this festive season, Polaroid is ''MB, offering you a special holiday package. With every Impulse camera purchased in the month of December, you'll receive an Impulse Polo t-shirt and a pack of 600 HS film, compliments of Polaroid. This offer is valid
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 262 11 FLEX YOUR MUSCLES LIKE THE TURTLES AT YAOHAN THOMSON WIN PRIZES! j in more Turtle activities!! THOMSON TOYSTDEPT Christmas at Plaza promises to CclTc HlUZcl be different. A Christmas that Christmas Kve (December 24) tion 3" planned for you. Make I (Christmas Day (December 25) entertaining Christmas and New ji
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 206 12 THE driver of this van which crashed into a tree at a road junction had to be extricated from the vehicle by firemen. It was 11.50 am yesterday when Mr Tan Kim Hon lost control of the van. The accident took place when he was making
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    • 104 12 AFP. A SINGAPORE trade delegation arrived in Rangoon yesterday for a five-day official visit, the state-run Rangoon Radio said. The Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Mah Bow Tan, is leading a 40member team. They were welcomed by Burmese Trade and Finance Minister Colonel
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    • 138 12 AP. AMERICAN rock star Prince won a legal battle yesterday when the Supreme Court refused to revive a lawsuit over his hit song, "U Got The Look." The court in Washington, DC, let stand decisions dismissing claims by Prince's half-sister, Lorna Nelson of
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    • 314 12 Wire services. THE United Nations General Assembly has again deferred a vote on a controversial resolution to enhance the UN standing of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. A vote had originally been set for last Friday and some diplomats said they were still doubtful whether
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    • 132 12 Wire services. THE American navy disabled a ship and seized two high-speed power rafts being operated by Greenpeace anti-nuclear activists before successfully test-firing a Trident 2 missile from an underwater submarine. It was the fourth underwater test firing of the Trident 2, and the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 81 13 The new 1990 Excel 1-3,3-door lets you get awaywithalot for only $35,688. Halogen headlights Heated rear window with timer Intermittent wipers Illuminated cigarette lighter X -Dual rear view mirrors Concealed drip rails Wheel guards Integral rear seat headrest Air-Conditioning I Blaupunkt radio/cassette with 2 speakers Tuff-Kote and System 6-Glaze M
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 544 14 Violence rocks Manila's Makati district as negotiations continue to free some 1,900 trapped foreigners, including about fOO Singaporeans. Preparations are on to" send buses to Intercontinental hotel to evacuate guests Wire services. THE Philippine government is preparing to evacuate hundreds of American, Japanese and other
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    • 140 14 Reuter. THE US Embassy in Manila has urged American nationals living near the rebel-held Makati financial district to immediately evacuate their homes because of possible "increased hostilities". The embassy issued the alert shortly after forces loyal to President Corazon Aquino moved up troops and tanks
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    • 142 15 Reuter. THE Malta summit marked a 'threshold' in superpower relations that will lead to 'big changes' in the world next year, Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gennady Gerasimov said yesterday. Briefing reporters aboard a press plane returning from Malta, Gerasimov said the weekend meeting marked
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    • 412 15 Wire services. T I HE United States is willing to consider deeper cuts in conventional and nuclear forces than currently proposed, but it will remain a power in Europe. This is what US President George Bush told the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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    • 261 15 Wire services. THE US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide whether US banks with branches overseas must pay depositors after foreign governments seize or freeze those accounts. The court said it will review rulings that required Citibank to pay depositors. The case stems from economic
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    • 167 15 Reuter. EUROPEANS can now give themselves a permanent facelift Bioplasty Inc, an American company which makes an injectable implant named Bioplastique, says the product has been approved for sale in several European countries. It expects to put it on the market
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    • 99 15 AP. A SWEDISH court has identified a Palestinian facing murder charges in Sweden as a suspect in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 last year. The district court also approved the seizure of evidence from a raid last week on the apartment of the
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    • 132 15 Reuter A FRENCH court on Monday awarded damages to former film sex-symbol Brigitte Bardot, sued by a neighbour for having his over-amorous donkey castrated. Jean-Pierre Manivet last month asked for damages totalling 24,500 francs ($4,080) from Ms Bardot, who admitted ordering the animal castrated for trying
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 258 16 Wire services. DOZENS of furious East Germans raided security police headquarters in Leipzig yesterday. They were angry at mounting evidence of corruption among the Communist elite that ruled them for 40 years. The protesters forced their way into the five-storey building and rifled through
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    • 154 16 Wire services. CZECHOSLOVAK deputy Prime Minister Bohumil Urban met pro-de-mocracy opposition leaders yesterday to try to cool anger at the country's new but still Communist-dominated government. A spokesman for the opposition group Civic Forum told a news conference that the talks with Mr Urban
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    • 175 16 Reuter. THOUSANDS of dogs trained to attack humans along Bast Germany's borders with the West have been confined to barracks and nobody knows what to do with them, West German animal lovers said on Monday. Up to 10,000 dogs, mostly German shepherds, were
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      253 16 Wire services. SHARES finished lower on the London stock market yesterday, but above their worst levels, as bargain-hunt-ing helped lift shares after a sharp decline. The Financial Times 30share index was down 10.6 points at 1,819.1 at the close. Volume totalled 484.4 million shares, down from 544.3 million on
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    • 82 16 Reuter INSTITUTIONAL buying and investment trust funds targeting the key Nikkei index sent share prices flying to new traded highs in opening trade, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei rose 198.92 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 37,502.79 in the first 10 minutes, crossing the record high of 37,332.58 set
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    • 52 16 FT Industrials Mon 1,819.10 (1,833.60) Dow Jones Average Mon 2,753.63 (2,747.65) ST Industrial Mon 1,426.13 (1,415.92) NST Industrial Mon 2,670.82 (2,646.37) Hongkong Hang Seng Mon 2,767.46 (2,756.90) Australian All Ordinaries Mon 1,646.30 (1,623.70) Nikkei Stock Average Mon 37,303.87 (37,132.68) Figures in bracket* refer to those of the previous
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    • Article, Illustration
      264 16 Wire services. WALL Street share prices rose after sporadic profit-tak-ing yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 leading industrials, which soared more than 72 points last week, added another 5.98 points to close at 2,753.63. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about eight to seven on the New York
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1584 17 HUNTER JAMES GALWAY MgfK JT Fred Dryer Hunter is sent to Jail I r l*l^&*i**y: To geth er with guest ■vjrSfc when he refuses to produce his BK||^ Kennedy, he performs a HIC IvF IT O y lele> lsion CHRISTINE 4.00 PM Programme Summary 4.50 PM Programme Highlights 2.45 PM
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  • Article, Illustration
    1535 18 sports The land of the lira is open house to the world's great soccer talents. From Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Holland, Wesf Germany. Stars such as Maradona, Careca, Van Basten. This could turn home advantage against Italy in next year's World Cup finals. For it will be like going into
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    • 1585 19 HUNTER JIPK" JAMES GALWAY ~7T Fred Dryer P Hunter is sent to jail W 'm Together with guest iflp WW when he refuses to produce his Nipel Kennsdy, he performs a BjMjWljP IF 3Llde»ision CHRISTINE 4.00 PM Programme Summary 4.50 PM Programme Highlights 2.45 PM Programme Highlight* followed by The
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  • Showtime
    • 410 20  -  By Adeline Woon T lIRED of the same old carols you hear being played all over the place? There's relief yet in some of this year's Christmas releases. They are variations upon the traditional fare but refreshing all the same. In fact, there seem
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    • 132 21 A MOTHER'S LOVE EPISODE 17 A Mother's Love Doc S SBC 8, 9.30 pm JUST when a complicated love relationship seems to be sorting itself out, disaster strikes. Zhaohui and Yining are having dinner when they meet some of Yining's friends. Her friends are getting married
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    • 475 21  -  By Vivien Chiong A PALLID Wu Sze Kai walked into the Tea Room at the Westin Stamford and buried his head on the table. One of the most popular singers in Taiwan today, the usually bouncy Wu was clearly not in the pink
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    • 317 21  -  Smn Wolves (coming to Cathay cinemas) PREVIEW/ By Vivien Chiong MOVIE fans here, fed on a diet of Hongkong gangland movies with witty one-liners, will find Seven Wolves a change from the usual action thrillers. This made-in-Taiwan film boasts an all-Taiwanese cast of chart-topper Dave
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    • 689 22  -  By Adeline Woon FANS of local group Energy can now plug in to the band's vigorous sound at home finally. Recorded in the Factory, Surrey, England, over one-and-a-half months from last September, the record's release has been too long delayed. Part of the tangles
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    • 255 22  -  By Adeline Woon SINGAPORE Swing i 8 not necessarily what you do along Orchard Road during the National Day celebrations. Some might remember Singapore Swing as Anita Sarawak's back-up group years ago. They have performed in London, New York, San Franciso, Geneva, Rotterdam, Jakarta,
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 206 23 Families are being asked to keep a stockpile of essentials in case of emergencies. Meals from a can need not be boring. C SHANTHENI offers some ideas F ORGET about plain fried luncheon meat on bread. Or sardines from the tin. Canned food need not be
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    • 621 23 NO-COOKING TUNA FISH SALAD Good choice for a light lunch with crusty French bread and a green salad. 1 400-gm can tuna in brine 1 large onion chopped 1 red chilli chopped 1 fresh tomato cubed A wedge of lemon A small bunch of coriander leaves
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    • 40 23 Everything youneea for baby y 01 day feature on baby wear, baby care and baby food on December 7 and 8, where you'll find all the necessary t items you'll for Baby's Checklist on Jjmjl J New Paper MATUIt or
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  • UPDATE
    • 1656 24 ►Cbjtresme 0 MODERN DANCE. The Judith Marcuse Dance Company from Canada will be performing at the Kallang Theatre today and tomorrow. Led by artistic director Judith Marcuse, the company of 10 dancers consists of a versatile ensemble of soloists and experienced classical and contemporary dancers.
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    • 15 24 CENTRESTAGE: MODERN DANCE FOOD: THAI FESTIVAL GALLERY: TRAVEL IMPRESSIONS COMING l)P: STRESS TALK
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    • Article, Illustration
      58 24 See Chinese paintings by Mr Yan Meihua at the Orchard Point Exhibition Hall, 3rd floor Orchard Point. Known for his elegant style and fresh colours, Mr Yan Meihua's paintings also have a strong grounding in traditional technique. The Yan Mei Hua Arts Exhibition is organised by the Vintage
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 982 25 TUESDAYRADIO 1 COMICRELEF Curry-Puff/RaymoM Lee I NOON Naws la Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) H "1 12.05 Laechdate: A selection of in- NOON Beaatlfal Mask: Light instru- f "'4 I strumentals for your listening mentals for your listening pies- y T J viLx I pleasure. sure. 1.00 News la Brief 12.50
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    • 656 26 COMICRELEF I TUESDAYRADIO Orchard Road/conn Goh NOON Geed Music, Company and Ma: NOON Nawsdesk Noon-time musical entertain- 12.J0 Off tha Shalt: Struan Rodger ■mi'RE ATHiniC.B ilc'c r. OT >CM I y eads e Iron Staircase by fin lur ntiAnUCCI nt OuU I fcrt, m r*r~ 0 1 12.15 Tradltiens af
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    • 300 27 831 Employmant MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT An expanding garment export»r urgently requires suitably quslified person to fill the above poeition APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS e minimum O.C.E. 'A' level e at least 1 to 2 years' working experience In garment buylung agents or garment Industry e proficient In English and
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    • 194 27 •91 Employment Sales Administrative Assistants (Jurongl GCE '0' level Able to use aPC Some working experience in a sales department preferred Courteous and pleasant personality Interested applicants, please contact Ms Emorine Leong at Tel: *****66 for an interview appointment or write to: The Human Resource Manager Dunlop Singapore No. 3
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    • 806 29 •31 Employment •91 Employment •31 Employment 831 Employment A Fulfilling Career working Part'time with C.A.T.S. jf- L Classified Advertisement Telephone Service 1 Vjjy (C.A.T.S.), the advertisement tele-marketingde-partment of The Straits Times, will be 21 years old in 1990. Our business has grown to a high of 28 pages in a
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    • 646 29 >31 Employiwnt Ml Imptoymirt >31 Imptoymut i 4||J- UNITED OVERSEAS BANK GROUP We are Singapore's largest banking Group, providing an extensive range of financial and finance-related services, with a progressive workforce dedicated to work excellence and quality service. We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the posts of: CLERKS/TELLERS
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  • SPORTS
    • 615 30 Roberto Duran fights Sugar Ray Leonard a third time this week in Las Vegas. Duran won their first clash, but lost the rematch. That was more than eight years ago. He was an enigma then. And still is one. One who fights hard, plays hard and
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    • 334 30 TENNIS SPOTLIGHT. ANDRE AGASSI USA Today. BORIS Becker says Agassi will look better once he changes his game rather than appearance. Said Becker: "I'm glad he plays for the crowd. Otherwise, he (would be) a dangerous opponent." In the just-concluded Masters in New York, Agassi,
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  • SPORTS
    • 324 32 Wire services. BULGARIAN soccer captain Khristo Stoichkov said yesterday he had signed for Spanish club Barcelona for US$4 million (sB.4m). Stoichkov, who also captains Bulgarian League leader CFKA Sofia, will begin a five-year contract with Barcelona in July. "It's always been my dream to play with the top professionals
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    • 350 32 Reuter, AFP. ENGLAND soccer manager Bobby Robson gave young strikers Steve Bull and David Piatt the chance yesterday to claim World Cup places. He named both men in the squad for the friendly match against Yugoslavia at Wembley next Tuesday. England has failed to score in
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    • 221 32 AP, Reuter. THE offside rule in soccer could be changed next year to give more leeway to an attacking player, the International Football Federation (Fifa) said in its monthly newsletter. The Fifa Board, which is responsible for overseeing soccer rules worldwide, said it would
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    • 293 33  -  The just-concluded Merlion Cup tournament was a big success. Not just on court but, happily, off it as well Abdul Shukor A i FTER a full week of dancing to the tune of Sweet Georgia Brown when Blacks, Caucasians and Chinese all stood together the sth Merlion Cup
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    • 175 33 Reuter. MORE than 30 Soviet athletes have tested positive for drugs this year. This was confirmed by a leading Soviet official yesterday. Said the official, an aide to deputy sports minister Vasily Gromyko: "Out of about 4,000 tests on Soviet athletes this year,
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    • 152 33 IRACING... with DENNIS CHIA NEWCOMER Quality Gold was the star attraction on a yielding track at Singapore this morning. With Francis up, the West trained American gelding was full of running in 39.4. Morning trackwork began only after the three runners for the Hongkong
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    • 126 33 BUKIT Turf Club is looking into the possibility of purchasing racehorses from various countries on behalf of interested owners. It is now conducting a study on the purchase of horses at reasonable prices. To assess the feasibility of this proposed scheme, BTC is
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    • 278 34  -  By Abdul Shukor P I REMIER League champion Geylang International's line-up for next year's assault is almost complete, save for a proven striker. With the signing of former national goalkeeper Edmund Wee, Geylang's formidable cast reads like a who's who in Singapore soccer. To provide cover
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    • 340 34 AP, Reuter. STEFAN Edberg believes his victory over Boris Becker in the Masters tennis tournament on Sunday could be the key to Sweden's Davis Cup challenge. "I believe we have a good chance," Edberg said of Sweden's Davis Cup hopes in the final against West Germany next
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