The New Paper, 31 January 1990

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  • 15 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990 MCI (P) 36/4/89 50 CENTS the new paper
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    • 77 1 I m. f w 4* 1 w*$; •H I i Nfr utffl V f i:: k*j i.u;/JIIt .ABBg 1:1 ■i JtsH 4 BMC AT your own risk. Model Gao Jun did (far left) and the was knocked out cold (left) *V ft the snow without freezing. It liannAnA/l in nnvtll.
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 353 2  -  By Geoff Murray THE editor of The Sunday Times of London yesterday won his libel case over criticism by a rival editor about his romance with Pame 1 1 a Bordes. But a jury awarded Mr Andrew Neil only £1,000 ($3,100) in damages, while
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    • 212 2 Wire services. MORE than 6,000 ethnic Albanians chanting "democracy" clashed with riot police yesterday in the Yugoslav town of Podujevo. Five people were reported killed as protests spread across Kosovo province. The ethnic Albanians are demanding free elections, lifting of a year-old state
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    • 157 2 AFP. EIGHT Hongkong Chinese gangsters were jailed in the Netherlands yesterday. It was the first known case of Chinese organised crime to reach a Dutch court. Court officials said the eight received jail terms of up to 10 years for blackmail, drug-trafficking and belonging
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    • 131 2 Facilities at new PE college (TNP, Jan 20/21): The target for the College of Physical Education is to train 1,400 physical education specialists for primary and secondary schools over 10 to 15 years and not 800 PG specialists in the next six to seven years, as stated in the
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    • 45 2 I <ollt /<esK v^ tsa Served nightly <fP from 7.00pm ci cnn A/l«iU $15.00 Adult y $10.50 Child Fashion show every Wednesday at 8.15pm For reservations, call 297-2828 All prices are subject to 10% service charge 4% cess /£>/& VW SINGAPORE 390 Victoria Street, Singapore 0718
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    • 38 2 HOTLINEPLUS IF you want to share a point of view, call our HotlinePlus on 734-7711, or write to Tht Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Please include your full name, address and telephone number.
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    • 112 2 Tell us your gory food tales SBSSi peeping ■114-7711 out from the ric6) maggots pickled in chilli sauce some of the horror stories we have read about this past year are enough to put peopls off sating anything but mother's cooking. Bach stomach-turning episode uncovered by the Ministry of Environment's
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 462 3 A TRADITIONAL festival float and six musicians from Osaka, Japan, are here to take part in this year's Chingay procession. During the procession, some 200 Japanese and 100 Singaporeans, shouting at the top of their voices, will pull the float along on a long rope. Weighing
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    • 468 4 w 'HAT'S one more year when you're a grand old lady? Raffles Girls Secondary School (RGS) had planned to celebrate its 110 th anniversary in a big and fashionable way this year. But it turns out that this is actually its 111 th anniversary* The
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    • 364 4 YOU'VE heard of yellow boxes at road junctions motorists must not stop in them. Now there are six yellow boxes at the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, and smokers must stop in them if they want to light up, that is. The SBC
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    • 87 3 -ggra "must" items in Sf birthday food? Hj For breakfast, a bowl of main xian or thou mhn soup is a must. These are long noodles that symbolise longevity. Eggs being symbols of life are usually served together with the noodles. For dinner, both thou mian and thou too (longevity
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    • 95 5 The time, the place, the people. All brought together to enjoy the exciting energised pulse of the city. Strada unites you, you're identified, I you share it till together in the look of to^ IMLIDUK OF TODAYS I, N !D N VV 'ft "£> -v; f 9 r t/jf Vw,'.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 344 6  -  Cheng tried to free himself by trying to kick the man. The abductor caught hold of his legs and threw him over the parapet of the fifth storey. He landed on the open space on the second storey. By Ng Wan Ching POLICE
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    • 111 6 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. audacity: Used to describe behaviour that boldly or arrogantly disregards normal restraints. atrium: A many-storeyed court in a building, usually with a skylight. quirky: Something that is quirky is
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    • 265 6 AT the 19th hole, men may well talk about the 10 m putt that they sank or missed. Or that deal they made. But women may be more likely to talk about animals. At least that was the way it sounded yesterday at the
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    • 376 7 YOU can now rent not only a video but a video game as well. Video games such as Delta Force, Prisoner of War, Ninja Turtles, Wonder Boy the craze among teenagers can now be rented from at least four shops. These outlets are either
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    • 807 8 New curbs on traffic were announced by Communications and Information Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong yesterday. We explain how it will affect you in graphics and in a question-and-answer format. Answers based on Dr Yeo's press conference Q: Is the Government going to sot a
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    • 184 7 What guarantee do you have to look your best? Some portrait photos aren't always successful. You're not quite ready, the noise in the shop distracts you, and your photo for a serious job application or a 5 year passport can look a bit of a joke. The Polaroid Studio Express
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 402 9 AP. FORTY-NINE imprisoned guerillas tunnelled their way out of a downtown jail in Santiago yesterday. The prisoners included several who tried, to lull President Augusto Pinochet in 1986. Chilean officials said the guerillas had apparently worked on the ventilated, illuminated 100-m-long shaft for
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    • 282 9 THE daughter of British actress Julia Foster has been jailed for a year for drug trafficking. Emily Fogle, 22, admitted she was involved in a plot to smuggle cannabis worth $360,000 from Spain to Britain, reports the Daily Mail. She and her mother who
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    • 164 9 ACTRESS Julia Foster's former husband Lionel Morton has been using cannabis daily for the past 25 years. Mr Morton, 50, was the former lead singer with The Four Pennies. He also admitted he had given cannabis to his two young children as a cure for
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    • 466 10 Gorbachev report hits stocks Wire services. THE US dollar climbed against foreign currencies yesterday after a television report that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was considering resigning as Communist Party chief. The report by Cable News Network's Moscow bureau immediately sent the American currency higher and spurred a rebound in the
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    • 212 10 Wire services. THE judge in the Iran-Contra case has ordered former president Ronald Reagan to turn over excerpts of his personal diaries to the defence. The excerpts will be used by the former national security adviser John Poindexter in his trial. Mr Reagan's
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    • 97 9 9 JflMna v WIN [Jm st to Jan 31st 1900) I l»t Pri*e Single return ticket to Club Med Ball 2nd Prime Single retnrn ticket to Club Med Phuket 3rd Prise —Single return ticket to Club Med Cherstlng Consolation Prises 102 bottles of wines to be won The delightful combination
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
    • Article, Illustration
      266 10 Wire services. SHARES finished slightly lower on the London stock market yesterday. The Finacial Times-30 share index closed 9.9 points down at 1854. Volume totalled 492.1 million shares against 419.4 million on Monday. Gilts gave up early gains. Insurances continued to find support from takeover rumours, in particular talk
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    • 66 10 Reuter. CURRENCY and interest rate jitters kept investors on the sidelines or selling stocks, dragging Tokyo share prices down at the open today. The key 225-share Nikkei index dropped 173.09 points or 0.47 pet to 37,042.58 after gaining 41.97 yesterday. Early losers were bank, electrical, brokerage, precision instrument, oil,
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    • 52 10 FT Industrials Tue 1,854.00 (1,863.90) Dow Jones Average Tue 2,543.24. (2,553.38) ST Industrial Tue 1,518.14 (1,489.53) NST Industrial Tue -closed- (closed) Hongkong Hang Seng Tue 2,760.80 (closed) Australian All Ordinaries Tue 1,694.20 (1,684.80) Nikkei Stock Average Tue 37,215.67 (37,173.70) Figure* in bracket* refer to thoee of the previoua
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      274 10 Wire services. WALL Street share prices fell yesterday after a television report that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev may resign as Communist Party leader. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 10.14 points to finish at 2,643.24. Declining issues outnumbered gainers by nearly three to one on the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 339 11 Wire services. T HE Soviet Union plans to make a "total withdrawal" of its forces from its air and naval base at Cam Ranh Bay in southern Vietnam. This was stated by the Soviet ambassador to Camobodia yesterday. "We withdrew some of our
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    • 199 11 AP. TWO hearing-impaired brothers were shot in Los Angeles on Sunday night because they knew only sign language. One of them died the next day. Los Angeles police said a traffic dispute apparently led to the shooting. "It is unlikely that they
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    • 124 11 I ■BlBlTHWggiilMJißHiailglW I This coupon entitles you to I ONE FREE j TIGER BEER j AT m f I Theatre Pub I m 'Valid for today January 31 A applicable to the first 50 af Bbfs from 6pm. m Of)Q couDon oar customer ontv Paranakan Place, 180 Orchard Road Singapore
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  • 1546 12 DEARAGGIE Dear Aggie, WOMEN are not the only people who fear loneliness. Men also do. All my former classmates are married except me. Some of them even have schoolgoing kids. Although I have been asking my friends to introduce me to women, none seems
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    • 84 12 LADIES NIGHT (Mon Tue) $5 nett for Ladles PLUS Swimwear Fashion Show (inclusive of 1 standard drink) Sunday Thursday $10 nett (2 standard drinks) Friday (Gents) $15 nett (2 standard drinks) Sat Eve of P.Holiday $15 nett (2 standard drinks) TEA DANCE (Sat, Sun P.Hol) $6 nett (3 drinks) BEACH
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  • 212 13  -  8EENLASTMGHT BY Adeline Woon IT'S Your Move (SBC 5, 8 pm) moved back to familiar territory last night after a fortnight of reminiscing about past decades. It was much to my mother's regret that the 60s and 70s episodes were over. But I cavorted in delight
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 107 13 COMMONWEALTH GAMES (SBC 12,10.30 pm) Tho Sporting Kiwi: Highlights of the Commonwealth Games currently on at Auckland, New Zealand. Sports f "V covered include cycling, athletics, f >vl v swimming, weightlifting and I L i J 1 badminton. V J V J THE FLY SBC 10TH ANNIVERSARY BLOCKBUSTER (SBC 5,
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    • 909 13 FRIENDS NEXT DOOR mgm (SBC 8, 7.30 pm) j W Nan Qingxi: PjmaMC King m the comedy series. He feels sad when f 1 j,. Dodo has to leave the supermarket m M jjjr after a misunderstanding. Jm T A A fftm# a% lelerisioii 3.31 PM Programme summary 4.50 PM
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  • 1384 14 spotlight With Singapore enticing Hongkongers with incentive packages to become residents here, many foreigners are curious about life here. Expat wife ANTARA KUMAR reports HOUSEWIVES many of them are. Bored they certainly are not. Expatriate wives in Singapore are happy, with few exceptions, and seem to
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  • 211 15  -  8EENLASTMGHT BY Adeline Woon IT'S Your Move (SBC 5, 8 pm) moved back to familiar territory last night after a fortnight of reminiscing about past decades. It was much to my mother's regret that the 60s and 70s episodes were over. But I cavorted in delight
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    • 105 15 COMMONWEALTH gamk (SBC 12,10.30 pm) The Sporting Kiwi: Highlights of the Commonwealth Games currently on at Auckland, New Zealand. Sports f "V covered include cycling, athletics, f -31 f swimming, weightlifting and I l J badminton. V J V J THE FLY SBC 10TH ANNIVERSARY BLOCKBUSTER (SBC 5, 9.30 pm)
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    • 914 15 FRIENDS NEXT DOOR j (SBC 8, 7.30 pm) A W Nan Qinspj: Plays MC King in the comedy series. He feels sad when w 1 If Jt Dodo has to leave the supermarket mSb m A: after a misunderstanding. y m J &M lele*ision \V 3.31 PM Programme summary 4.50
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  • Showtime
    • Article, Illustration
      450 16 SHE was safe and sweet. She never did anything naughtier than prance about in a pair of lurex shorts. Then came the daring role in the film, The Delinquents. Now singer Kylie Minogue has been described by the Daily Mail as a "sexy, raunchy, breast-baring fille fatale." Just as
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    • 358 17  -  By Wong Sing Yeong TIEN Nui behaves almost the same way she did six years ago. Then, she was a swinging single in her mid-20s who seemed unable to shake off her adolescence. She was here to perform at the now defunct Golden World Live
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    • 246 17 USA Today. BORN on the Fourth of July is January's hottest property in the US. The Vietnam-era hit spent another weekend as the country's No. 1 box-office hit. And that folows a sweep of the Golden Globe Awards on Jan 20 best actor
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    • 512 18  -  By Paul Zach SOME have called his playing cold and clinical. Last night Wynton Marsalis blew those petty criticisms of his awesome talent right out the roof of the Raffles Ballroom at West in Plaza. He led his hot young combo through nearly two hours of
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    • 253 18 AP. EVEN if he's not revealing the plot of Rocky V, Sylvester Stallone is picking up where he left off in his last sequel to his movie about a Philadelphia boxer. Stallone, whose Rocky Balboa character battled a Soviet boxer in Rocky IV, walked
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    • 79 16 M Pi II „i R s New Kao Floor Magiclean has the MAUILLCAIN sm extra cleaning ability to remove 3 s,ubbom and olly slains in vour I ITI kitchen and other living areas. Just mop once. There's rinsing Kao Floor Magiclean cleans with no V sticky feeling. And it leaves
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    • 230 19 WEDNESDAYRADIO 023iEI3nZH EBHH NOON Naws la Brief NOON Naws hi Briaf 12.05 LmwMiU 12.03 Pagalar Classics 1.00 Newt and Weather Report 1.00 News aad Weather Forecast 1.15 LaacMata (caat'd) 1.10 Carraacy Exchaaga Rataa 2.00 Naws la Briaf 1.15 Pabular Classics (caat'd) 2.05 Wards aad Maak (oaat'd) 1.45 Midday Martat Report
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    • 424 20 COMICRELIEF WEDNESDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coim Goh |*****1!8EH1i njnHHH NOON Goad Music, Company and M« NOON Na«da»k KM9>»sm I 1 !!£ZZST" i WTH HOfE. HM tejrw NO MANNERS, WAS I TWO OUT ioo Newl ioo WarM Nmi BEEN OWEN *TRE 6WEN FRONT ROU) SdJTS SJM? IcFTJIREE 110 Goad Music Comoanv and Ma
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    • 312 21 ICiffiHERPSTOTH^WP^ABIBJ 1 IIWMm WITH LOVE FROM THE NEW PAPER FASTADS FITTI. I m I 9IW I HAPPY BAB IFS each baby gets to receive 2 packs of FITTI diapers, a singlet, a panty and a CONGRATULATORY IJMNKJNHMMMMI CARD FROM FITTI. ANNOUNCE YOUR BABY'S BIRTH RIGHT HERE. FREE. [I m We
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    • 168 21 W* Mr Mrs Ronnie Wee B would like to announce the I birth of their baby boy, I Andy Wee Peng Han on I 14/01/90 NURULASYIQAH and NURULSYAHIRAH welcome the arrival of their baby brother AHMAD IBRAHIM M. TAHA M m\ on the Blk\ 9th of Dec. From KATIJAH and
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    • 237 21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn y 'dhT (1 Jason kzh Ang II i. -MM Sucm Diana m WW Wj .w Yong Swee Kam i,ii are pleased to I i. announce the 1 I fwi tfej arrived of their m j ij JJJV H(f\ baby girl SARAHLAH Lydia and Phillip Foo Yam Km H are
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    • 184 21 Francis Lim I Sally Chua would like to II H announce the birth of H their son, H Daniel Lim Guo Rong Hj on 15/1/90 Kevin Lee Kian Leong ;f H Emily Foo Heng Choo |H are pleased to announce the arrival of fcS their baby girl |H H beverly
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    • 209 22 the new paper FASTads 737-1166 •11 Poraonol Sirriow/ M#rchindii§ M 4 g IM i HI CmpKijvviffil RMQ TOURB requires FEMALE FIELD RECEPTIONISTt for dally tour operations and holtl lour doak. OCX O' Level with S credits Including English and Maths. 5-day week (rotating off days) and willing to work on
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    • 349 22 831 Employment i PETERLAI JEWELLERY PTE LTD I invites CfefaMM lady applicant* lor the position of COUNTER SALES EXECUTIVES She must speak fluent English and able to communicate effectively Ability to speak Japanese would be an advantage Determined to meka sates her career Must have pleasant personality We oftir en
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    • 108 22 831 Employment ACCOUNTS/ QENERAL CLERK rvqutrwl urgently e LCCI Book-keeping/ OCE *0* levels a Experience preferred e Must be honest and hardworking a Attractive salary commensuratlng with quallflcaUons and experience Interested applicants, please call personally for an Interview between 4pm and 6.30pm DOLLAR CHANGE SERVICES PTE LTD 11 COLLYER QUAY
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  • UPDATE
    • 847 23 ►Centoesme JENNY TSENG CONCERT. This beautiflil and dynamic Hongkong singer is in town for a week's performances. Daily at 8.15 pm and 12.30 am. Tickets at $35, $45, $55 and $65 are inclusive of flrst drink. Lido Palace. Glass Hotel. Until Friday. ►Films ADIEU BONAPARTE.
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    • 17 23 FILMS: ADIEU BONAPARTE OUT ft ABOUT: FESTIVAL FLOAT NIGHTLIGHTS: OLD SHANGHAI COMING UP: CHINESE MUSIC
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    • 90 23 Luscious fruits served with meat, poultry or seafood is the theme of this food promotion. Whet your appetite with Hawaiian Papaya Tropicana with fresh scallops, papaya and lettuce topped with mango sauce and salmon. Go on to entrees such as the Tenderloin Steak Blue Lady, a serving of
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    • 68 23 When Your Child Is Born First our congratulations. Then we help you with a birth announcement. In The New Paper Fitti Happy Baby Announcements page. FREE. As a bonus, Fitti will present 2 packs of diapers, a singlet, a panty and a congratulatory card to all babies whose birth announcements
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  • SPORTS
    • 239 24 Wire services. BRAZILIAN striker Mirandinha has agreed terms to rejoin his former club, Sao Paulo's Palmeiras, from Newcastle United. The striker left Palmeiras for Newcastle in 1987, when the English side was in the First Division, in a £1 million deal. SC KARLSRUHE has pulled out of a deal
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    • 274 24 Reuter, AFP. MILLWALL was dumped out of the FA Cup yesterday. An extra-time own goal by defender David Thompson presented Fourth Division Cambridge United with a shock victory. Thompson rolled a back pass wide of his stranded goalkeeper Ken Branagan with just four minutes remaining of
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    • 266 24  -  Tionc Bahru v Tyrwhitt Soccerites Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.30pm By S Gulam THE much-feared goal-poaching skills of Kimmo Tarkkio will face its biggest test yet tonight against in-form David Lee. The form of the two players will most probably decide whether Tiong Bahru maintains its title challenge
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    • 118 24  -  By Abdul Shukor Geylang International, without several key players, is confident of beating Telok Kurau. Said manager Patrick Ang: "If we can score in the first 10 minutes, then I think we'll finish with four or five goals." This feat, said Ang, could be achieved even without Finnish
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    • 137 24 WORLD CUP BUILD-UP Reuter. FRENCH league leader Bordeaux upset World Cup finalist Yugoslavia 2-1 in a friendly match at home yesterday. Ironically, the two Bordeaux goals came from the only players in the side with a chance of playing the World Cup finals West German Klaus
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    • 189 24 ITALIAN CUP AP, AFP. DIEGO Maradona is fit after all to play in the Italian Cup semi-final against world club champion AC Milan this afternoon. Maradona had been a doubtful starter after he limped out of Napoli's 1-0 win over Fiorentina seven minutes before the end
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    • DRUG SCANDAL
      • 314 25 Reuter. WELSH weightlifter Ricky Chaplin, stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal today after testing positive for anabolic steroids, had earlier complained he did not get sufficient medical help in Britain. At a medal winners' press conference on Saturday Chaplin, an unemployed married man with
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      • 139 25 Reuter. A THIRD competitor has returned a positive initial drug test. Commonwealth Games Federation secretary David Dixon said today. Dixon said the third athlete would not be named until a second test on the sample had been carried out at the Commonwealth Games
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      • 238 25 AFP. SUBRATAKUMAR Paul, the Indian weightlifter who tested positive for steroids at the Games, faces a ban in India, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday. CL Mehta, president of the Weightlifting Federation of India, was quoted as telling PTI-TV that Paul,
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      • 316 25 Reuter. THE president of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation today called for every lifter at the Auckland Games to be drug-tested. "These are drastic times and demand drastic action/' he said. "The cheats must be identified and buried alive. They're doing no service to
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    • 346 26 THERE was never much doubt that Australian Lisa Martin was going to win the women's marathon. But even Martin did not expect to make marathon history. Martin's victory by 7 minutes 47 seconds over second-placed Canadian-born Australian teammate Tani Ruckle was the biggest winning margin in women's
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    • 95 26 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER FA Cup 4th rd replays: Cambridge United 1 Millwall 0 (Cambridge away to Bristol City in sth rd), Watford 1 Sheffield United 2 (Sheffield Utd at home to Barnsley). English division three: Bristol City 1 Chester 0. Scottish division one: Airdrieonians
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    • 135 26 THE ashes of Victor Davis, the Canadian breaststroker and former world record holder who died in November, were spread over the Pacific Ocean today. The ceremony involved one of his relatives and some of his close friends. Anne McMurray, Davis' aunt who lives in Perth, Australia,
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    • 562 26 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1990 5/90-3 I Win $s,ooocash jackpot this week, j Cut out and attach with other coupons (Monday to Saturday) Name: I/C No: I I FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW. lAIp I I L I Y~M I S A D'EI I E S TB s Ar
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  • 461 27 SPORTS Singapore's Davis Cup squad has received a timely boost before its Asia/Oceania Zone II tie against Taiwan, starting on Friday. Bob Brett, the coach of Wimbledon and US Open champion Boris Becker, is in Singapore to conduct a clinic for the squad. He speaks to
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    • 31 27 'PAUL MUST FACE CHAPLIN: I GOT NO SCANDAL MEDICAL HELP 1.' COMPLAINS |JPJ£P JQ QP PQP IT j^H wa p mmM fl laboratory in WJ H Paul Sydney/Page 26 Chaplin MM
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