The New Paper, 8 February 1990

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    15 1 the new paper THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1990 MCI (P) 36/4/89 50 CENTS the new paper
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      78 1 SHOWTIME Don't laugh, but I'm an actor! f--v V* A i V M r-> y h m V* t Short and fat, and not very good-looking. An unlikely star. But Jimmy Lan Qingxi is making a name for himself in the SBC series Friends Next Door. "I would like to
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      91 1 CREATE kTTetveE SPACE a OUTSIDE S'PORE This is a long-term solution for a land-short Singapore, says Minister of State (Finance and Foreign Affairs) BG George Yeo. We don't have to do this by waging war, but by peaceful means, he says. Two recent examples: Twinning with Hongkong, and setting up
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    Lock icon MEET ROCKY AND PEBBLES
    48 1 Picture/ AUNDRY GAN Meet Mr Rocky Loong and his daughter Pebbles. Mr Loong changed his name from Philip to Rocky five years ago. He owns a company that sells rocks and pebbles. Also, meet Z and Derrol Stepenny on Page 3 Picture/ AUNDRY GAN
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Article
      Lock icon Panel says no to joint Causeway checkpoint
      265 2 Bernama. THE Johor-Singapore Joint Committee on Business Co-operation feels there is no pressing need at present for a joint checkpoint with the expansion of the Causeway. It also feels that such a checkpoint would pose legal hitches since both countries adopt varying laws.
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      Sorry
      27 2 Hospital woos former nurses (TNP, Jan 12): A staff nurse at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) starts with a gross salary of above $1,000 not $816.
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      Lock icon Up to 50% found infected
      324 2 Aids test for Romanian children AFP. UP to half of the children given Aids tests in Romanian hospitals and orphanages have tested positive for the HIV virus which causes the deadly disease, Health Minister Dan Enachescu said in Bucharest yesterday. He said that between 15
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      Lock icon Senator proposes from Senate floor
      143 2 AP. STATE Senator Jim West proposed marriage to his girlfriend yesterday from the US Senate floor in Washington state. She said yes, but he knew she would. Senator West, 38, wrote a note to Miss Ginger Marshall, 27, who was watching from the gallery. He
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      Lock icon Manager killed in robbery
      128 2 Bernama. A FINANCE company manager was shot dead while attempting to escape during a robbery by two men, in Penang yesterday. Hasmah Finance Company manager Yew Teik Hwa, 47, was 9hot once in the back. He died on admission to a hospital. The men entered Mr
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      Pebbles, chip off the old Rock
      210 3 Name calling is serious business these days. Some parents even go so far as to name their children after their businesses. Others will go to any length to avoid the conventional. GRISELDA LOO drops a few names YOU could Bay that Pebbles is a
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      Z has nice ring, easy to spell and write
      159 3 MS Jessie Heng and her husband, an advertising executive, did not want their son to grow up with a conventional name like "a Tom, a John, a Peter or an Andrew". So they called him Z. They liked the sound of
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      CALL THEM ANY NAME YOU WANT
      82 3 A PHONE call to the Registry of Births and Deaths confirmed it You CAN call your child anything you want, said the Enquiries section at the Registry. So if you hope your daughter grows up happy, then Happy she can be. "You mean a
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      DERROL STEPENNY
      159 3 Don't be alarmed. Derrol Stepenny is not the name of a child. Mr Errol Pang did the opposite of what Mr Rocky Loong did. He named his company after his children. Mr Pang owns Derrol Stepenny, a promotions company. The name is a combination of his three childrens'
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      75 2 THE SINGAPORE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION prtstnts rMEN, SEX WOMEN, LOVE? THE GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSING I! LOVE AND SEXUALILTY by Mrs Esther T W Ong (M Soc Sci) 1 I rfhfii UNDERSTANDING HOMOSEXUALITY by m Dr Eli Coleman (Phd) J TRANSEXUALISM IN SINGAPORE by Professor S S Ratnam (MBBS (hons),
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      42 2 mum mm am 734-7711 Hotlineplus IF you want to share a point of view, call our HotlinePlus on 734-7711, or write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Please include your full name, address and telephone number.
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      100 3 How is the PIEI tea ceremony CI carried out? The bridal couple offer cups of tea to the senior members of the family. As a sign of respect, the cup should be offered with both hands. Traditionally, the couple kneel before their parents when offering the tea. Today, the couple
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Create space outside S'pore, says BG Yeo
      632 4 A minister gives a new solution to Singapore's problems over lack of space. Create space overseas, says Minister of State (Finance and Foreign Affairs), Brigadier-General (Reservist) George Yeo. Not by waging war but by peaceful means, he says in a speech to be
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      QUOTES.
      328 4 What BG Yeo said on: MONEY Money can be a very simple matter or it can be an impossibly complicated subject. It gets complicated when governments start to play games with the value of money, to debase the coinage in order to transfer wealth, whether it is from creditors
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      Redistribution of wealth
      117 4 TOWARDS A COMMUNITY OF STRIVING INDIVIDUALS THE use of funds for long-term government investment is part of an overall policy to redistribute the country's wealth, says BG Yeo in his speech. One aspect of wealth redistribution is the need to achieve political consensus and community spirit. This
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      Secret of Singapore's success
      217 4 WHAT makes Singapore work? About 75 per cent of Singapore's fiscal system can be traced back to the market economy, says BG Yeo. The remaining part is where the Government has stepped in because of Singapore's unique situation. The Republic is in a special position because
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    • Article
      7 caught for fire cracker offence
      210 5 S EVEN people have been arrested for possession of firecrackers this year. Of them, two have been fined $2,000 each and one $1,000, according to police. Investigations are continuing against three persons and the case against another is pending in court. The police said
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      Rising costs 'may affect tourism'
      228 5 TRAVEL agents fear that Singapore may not be "an affordable destination" for tourists in future. Their fears are caused by rising transportation costs. Added to these are drastic increases in room rates and other operational charges. Mr P R Gopal, the president of the National'
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      The void deck 'living room'
      535 6 Some HDB void decks are becoming more than just empty spaces where residents pass through to get to their flats.Reporter NG WAN CHING and photographer NICKLAUS D'CRUZ visited three void decks at Serangoon and Ang Mo Kio and found that each void deck "club" reflects
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      Playing cards is their game
      207 6 BLOCK 228, SERANGOON AVENUE 4 Over at Block 228 in Serangoon Avenue 4, it is card playing and food that the residents enjoy most. Yesterday there was a big bowl of noodles, mandarin oranges and a big pot of tea on the table for the
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      Lock icon No pain, say young kavadi carriers
      449 7  -  By Thusitha De Silva I T is not painful to have long needles piercing your body or head. At least not to four boys who are taking part in the Thaipusam religious procession today. The boys, from nine to 16 years old, have prepared
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      Lock icon Heat takes toll on visiting child artists
      462 8  -  By Lim Phay-ling T HE heat and the excitement of painting Singapore took their toll on some Taiwanese children yesterday afternoon. The budding painters were part of a group of nine aged between seven and 12. They had won an art competition organised
      Pictures/ Aundry Gan  -  462 words
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      MORE VISITORS FROM TAIWAN
      125 8 THERE has been a spurt in the number of Taiwanese visitors to Singapore. In the first 11 months of last year 198,718 visitors came from Taiwan. An STPB spokeswoman told The New Paper that this figure represented a 45 per cent increase over the same period
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      GLOSSARY
      119 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. amoeba: The smallest kind of living creature. It is made up of only one cell. cachet: Seal. ecstatic: Great enthusiasm or happiness. escalation in cost: Increase in cost. gate-crashed:
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      Falcons taking over from ageing Hunters
      328 9  -  By Irene Ng THE state-of-the-art Fighting Falcon jets (F-16s) are replacing the ageing Hawker Hunters aircraft in the Republic of Singapore Air Force. A Defence Ministry official says the Hunter jets are being phased out because they are the oldest fighter aircraft in the
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      FALCONS: MOST MODERN AIRCRAFT IN RSAF
      123 9 THE F-16s are the most modern fighter aircraft in the RSAF. Fully computerised, they are equipped with sophisticated avionics built for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. There are at present eight of the multi-role Fighting Falcons with RSAF. The first five touched down in Singapore
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      Desperately seeking Derek
      205 9 DEREK, where are you? You wrote an intriguing message to your love, Leanda, in the Impulse/Lynx and The New Paper Valentine's Day promotion. But you forgot to leave your address and IC number. Your message to Leanda, "Only 24 days to go. Forever yours", is a finalist
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      The F-16s and our neighbours: BG Lee
      329 9 SINGAPORE kept the F-16s it bought for two years in the US to avoid any misunderstanding among its neighbours. In 1983, when it decided to buy the aircraft, it did not want to be the first country to introduce this generation of fighters
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      132 7 Health ""Wealth rrrtßij WINNERS! 0 Fiona Wong 135 Sunset Way #02-06 Clementi Park 5(2159) M If Woo Edmund Blk 39 #07-2412 Upper Boon Keng Road S(1438) H p\ Jaw Tee Kwang 4 Lorong Pisang Raja 5(2159) |0 KChoo Wee Meng Blk 157. Hougang St 11 #01-238 5(1953) II Hezrin Bte
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      72 8 Have a heart mis Valentine's oWDay^ Place a message in the shape of a little heart or big heart in The New Paper Fastads on February 14 in Valentine's Love Lines and receive a pair of earrings worth $25* free from Vienna Vifv Bi J° u an d a beautiful
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Violent protests in Karachi
      36 10 A vehicle burns: One of many vehicles burnt by demonstrators of the Muhajir Quami Movement in Karachi yesterday during a strike to oppose Pakistan Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto's policies. Picture/ Afp
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      Lock icon Weak party could lead to war: China
      284 10 Reuter. CHINA has said a weak Communist Party would mean turmoil and war. The warning was issued by the Chinese Communist Party to its opponents yesterday. It came in the face of China's increasing isolation following the sweeping changes in the communist world.
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      Lock icon Moscow ready to discuss German unity, says Shev
      198 10 Reuter. MOSCOW is willing to discuss a proposal for a united Germany that would be a member of Nato. This was stated by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday. He was speaking to journalists as he opened talks with US Secretary of
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      Lock icon E German leader hails call for currency union
      154 10 Reuter. EAST German Deputy Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere yesterday greeted West Germany's call for immediate talks on currency union as a signal encouraging East Germans not to emigrate. "The proposal is suited to give signals for people to stay here," Mr
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      Diamond a month to keep Melanie off cigarettes
      359 11 WHAT is the reward for giving up smoking? A diamond a month, for sure. The irresistible offer has been made by actor Don Johnson to his wife, actress Melanie Griffith, says the Daily Mail newspaper. The former Miami Vice actor bought Melanie
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      Lock icon Parents get drunk as infant starves to death
      151 11 AP. A FIVE-MONTH-OLD girl starved to death in the US while her parents were on a weekend drinking binge. Eddie James Amous, 39, and Doris Franklin, 32, were jailed on $15,000 bail each on manslaughter charges in Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday. Amous
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      Lock icon Slayings suspect killed in shootout with police
      280 11 AP. A SUSPECT in the brutal slayings of four family members was reported killed yesterday in a shootout with New York state police. A second suspect was arrested. The shootout took place along a rutted dirt road after police prepared to arrest a
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      Lock icon Many US students can't find SE Asia on map
      94 11 AFP. A NATIONAL study in the US showed that high-school seniors had trouble identifying foreign countries on a map. The National Assessment of Educational Progress released a report which said that the average high school senior could answer only 57 per
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      Lock icon US may relax entry rules
      314 12 Wire services. T HE United States is considering further liberalising its immigration rules to cope with an anticipated shortage of skilled workers in the coming years. "With projections of a rising demand for skilled workers in the coming years, the United States can achieve greater
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      Lock icon Spy case suspect off US payroll
      234 12 Reuter. US career diplomat Felix Bloch, suspected for months of spying for the Soviet Union but never charged, has been removed from the government payroll. This was done on Wednesday, a State Department spokesman said in Washington yesterday. The Austrian-born diplomat was suspended from
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      Lock icon Estonia to replace rouble with its own currency
      100 12 Reuter. SOVIET Estonia intends to replace the rouble with its own currency this year, the governor of the Baltic republic's central bank was quoted as saying yesterday. Governor Roin Otsason said the rouble would begin to be exchanged in December for the
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      146 10 SINGAPORESWEEP Draw No. 2/90 Top five prizes Jackpot numbers 15.000 each) Lucky numbers ($5,000 each) •ch)| ch) I Participation prizes ($1,000 each) Other prizes Tickets ending with 5400 win $700. Tickets ending with 3904 win $500. Tickets ending with 3944 win $350. Tickets ending with 660 win $200. Where and
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon London
      293 12 Wire services. TUESDAY'S losses were extended yesterday on the London stock market in the absence of fresh investment demand, but Wall Street's calm opening had prices back from their worst of the day by the close of trading. The Financial Times 30share index was off 9.4 points at 1,826.2.
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      Lock icon Tokyo
      78 12 Reuter. A SHARP advance in US stocks and news that the Soviet Communist Party is poised to surrender its 70year monopoly on power sparked widespread buying that boosted share prices broadly at the open today. The 225-share Nikkei climbed 164.63 points or 0.44 pet to 37,466.50 in 10 minutes
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      INDICES/Closing prices
      52 12 FT Industrials Wed 1,826.20 (1,835.60) Dow Jones Average Wed 2,640.09. (2,606.30) ST Industrial Wed 1,584.66 (1,582.70) NST Industrial Wed 3,092.00 (3,092.46) Hongkong Hang Seng Wed 2,844.89 (2,792.89) Australian All Ordinaries Wed 1,645.60 (1,666.90) Nikkei Stock Average Wed 37,301.87 (37,666.83) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous
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      Lock icon New York
      289 12 Wire services. THE New York stock market snapped out of an early depression to close sharply higher yesterday, helped by program trading and a rally in blue-chip stocks. The market opened sharply lower in what analysts said was a response to weakness in the bond market due largely
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  • TRAVELNOTES
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      Selamat datang ke malaysia
      465 13 COMPASSPOINTS The caD went out last week from Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Support Visit Malaysia Year 1990 and help your neighbours, he urged Help yourself to a nice time, too. DAVE) BRAZIL picks out highlights TAMAN Negara. This will have been the National Park for
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      HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS
      221 13 The 2nd World Sepak Takraw Championships at Kuala Lumpur's Stadium Negara, Feb 20-25. Participants from at least 13 countries are expected for the tournament. Baram Regatta in Kuching, Sarawak, from March 10-15. Colour-fully-dressed ethnic groups will re-live the era of Rajah Brooke as they race their longboats. Asian
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      78 13 i South East Asia Traveller Call in Now! A T w ono This holiday magazine is a useful research and planning tool to maximise your holiday trips. S.E.A.Traveller brings Only 200 Frpp T-Shirts exciting and exotic destinations to your doorstep. For only $80, you ll receive 18 beautiful issues over
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    COMIC STRIP
    658 14  -  Showtime By Wong Sing Yeong "I'M not very good-looking and I'm short and fat. I don't see why they would choose someone with such an odd appearance as an actor." With half a heart, a "50-50 chance" and a love for acting, Jimmy Lan Qingxi applied for SBC's
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      1652 15 THESMURFWHO WHEN DAWN BREAKS COULDN'T SAY NO (SBC 8,9.30 pm) JH||H I (SBC pm) 4® JP rn i ill M; 1; Smurfs: In this episode, Pushover is helps her find a job and Xiao Si WililM;!:!'. Miff A, 77 bullied by his fellow Smurfs into doing (Huang Jingyi) is jealous.
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    Lock icon Fighting Falcons
    975 16 Those magnificent men of the Singapore Fighting Falcon squadron are back with their flying machines state-of-the-art F-16s. They have returned bemedalled after showing off some Singapore-style exceUence in the US, where they passed through a two-year F-16 training programme with flying colours. IRENE NG reports. spotlight THE commanding
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      1707 17 Pfit e new PAPER/Thursda y- Februar v 8 > 1990 p*9* i V THESMURFWHO WHEN DAWN BREAKS f -PSRV COULDN'T SAY NO (SBC 8,9.30pm) jIMSI IW 5 535 P m) Chen Liping: Guo J/n. Tonight Jl lBWfljfjir jPH #UI 1111® ll|r Smurfs: In this episode, Pushover is helps her find
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  • SHOWTIME
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      La Toya to perform in KL next week
      262 18 s I EXY La Toya Jackson will be thrilling music fans in Kuala Lumpur on Valentine's Day. The elder sister of Michael Jackson will be performing in a one-night concert at the Putra World Trade Centre on Feb 14. She will be
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      Lock icon Glenn Close and Kevin Costner get awards
      176 18 AP. ACTOR Kevin Costner and actress Glenn Close have been chosen as Man and Woman of the Year by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard, which annually honours impressive entertainers. Close will be given a parade through Harvard Square and will be presented
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      SEEINGSTARS
      287 18  -  By Wong Sing Yeong KYLIE DEPRESSED HER much-publicised marriage announcement to INXS' Michael Hutchence did not help to sell tickets for Kylie Minogue's concert in Brisbane last week. Only about half the tickets were sold, which sent the pop star, so accustomed to success, into manic depression. Kylie and
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      Popchart busters from local groups
      377 19  -  By Adeline Woon s INGAPOREAN pop has arrived on the radio and in discos. The first single of Energy's debut album, Simply Energy, has reached the top spot of SBC's Perfect 10 radio show, Top Ten on Ten. The song, I'd Fight the World for
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      Penny Lane brings alive the 60s in Act I
      473 19  -  By Lo Tien Yin ACT I is still drunk with nostalgia. The feeling persists even after Veronica Young, Singapore's Connie Francis, left Penny Lane for France last September. Veronica was the grande dame of oldies, a Pulau Brani discovery. She joined
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      54 18 Introducing SINGAPORE FLOWER MOKARA JULIET. W. "14b Fashion Show Thursday February 15, 1990 1.30pm Saturday February 17, 1990 3.00pm Venue Marina Mandarin Miss Lodge Rainbow Lodge Far East Plaza #02-93 Bukit Timah Plaza *01-05 Tel. *****82 Tel: *****96 Lady Lodge Fashion Lodge Park Jane Shopping Mall Thomson Plaza 01-28/36 #01-19
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  • ALENTINE'S DAY
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      The things they do in the name of love
      500 20 'A NEW PAPER SPECIAL YOUNG beaus may no longer select their sweethearts by lottery on Valentine's Day, as they did in certain parts of the world in the past. But the spirit of St Valentine lives. Given the chance and inspired
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      Love lines with amoeba and other things
      473 20 Microbiology student Bruce Ferguson of Sydney, Australia, gave his wife, Jane, a card made from 500,000 million bacteria he had gown to form the words: "I Love You." Supermarket checkout girl Tina Clark rode three miles on horseback wearing only black panties and
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      67 21 B| love bloom on 4 j| M St Valentine's HP J)ay_ By bM| Give your Valentine a bouquet of flowers Jjfl BBRn that are in full bloom on SBM February 14. cJJ|H Place your orders HI |HH through florists found in gjflßß Valentine's Showcase lj||Blli on February 9in Maßaß lllPßp.'.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      260 21 THURSDAYRADIO BBiEHEZH EBB! NOON News in Brief NOON News in Brief 12.05 Lunchdate 12.03 Popular Classics 1.00 Naws and Waathar Report 1.00 Naws and Waathar Foracast 1.15 Lunchdate (cont'd) 1.10 Curraacy Exchange Rates 2.00 Naws in Brief 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Words and Music 1.45 Midday Market Report 3.00
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      143 21 COMICRELEF I Cuity-Puff/Raymond Lee w^\& II (....+OUS.KTN 7" Augusta /Dominic Poelsma Angus McGill Y~ L2S)H/15tK V *OWMIN<*,„y HAPPEN T0 [WS&Th -re— 7 K^rcveJ Lp \two N=» -Q J? IA7rL 1 VU George the Robot/stephen Stanley "&t f*oCUMS <* T<MPfc*ATO«£ ..TUiS IS on£ PIACC W OP T»4»s StlW OAS6. Orj J
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      559 22 COMICRELEF I THURSDAYRADIO Orchard Road/conn Goh rTTTnTjnTjTjMj NOON Good Musk, Company and Mo NOON Newsdesk DCfIMEMTWESOP I IHf CJ#R> OMfffTl IS KT I MOST kj/ ~7a -J 12.15 Sontlmontal Journey 12.30 Off the ShoH SEN6*S'PORE 5 1 A SMIOA CnttftfV HOME WWCft A.JBFJ /m iM M C Mm... 12 30
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  • UPDATE
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      YOUR GUIDE TO TODAY'S ACTION
      1345 23 ►CENTOESME DAVID HWANG FESTIVAL. Theatre Works presents two David Hwang plays, co-directed by the playwright himself. In Sound of a Voice, a medieval samurai (Urn Kay Siu) goes to kill a witch (Nora Samosir) but ends up falling in love with her. The second play,
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      DON'T MISS:
      20 23 FILMS: CRESCENT MOON GALLERY: JOY OF SPRING FOOD: TOP OF THE M TREATS COMING UP: THE PEARL CLOAK
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      SPRING ART EXHIBITION
      24 23 Lianhe Wanb^News Centre Auditorium, 82 Genting Lane. Until Sunday. 10 am 9 pm. Prices range from $200 to $10 000 Free
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      84 23 IfcflSfr Take your Valentine on a romantic holiday to the anc j 0 f Langkawi with com- v> pliments of the Malaysian Five tickets for a 3D/2N m package for two to Pulau |«Pin||l|l Yt\ langkawi await five lucky winners in Valentine's Love f g Lines on February 14 in
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      83 24 NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC OPEN YOUR MIND to career opportunities in the 90's ~1 HIGHLIGHTS Interesting student projects mESSr 18-inch lady's fingers: home-grown in the laboratory w-J& N Hands-on experience at Jfffi j CAI packages tmrimk J D'SP' exhibits at Iml >y engineering workshops and f Biotechnology laboratory Make another date
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      278 25 •11 nnonii mcvicm/ M 1 Employment pdAtllM Igginy fll ICaiaM i^ygjjjgj 1) INVENTORY CONTROL ASSISTANT 2) PERSONNEL A PAYROLL ASSISTANT 3) COMPUTER OPEATORS 4) PRODUCTION SCHEDULE CO-ORDtNATOR Applicants with 'A' Uvtl •ducaUon would b« Ideal. Knowledge of operating computer would b« advatageoue. InUreeted applicant* may apply In writing or call:
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      392 26 831 Employment 831 Employment A well-established manufacturing Company invites walk-in applicants for the following position:SILKSCREEN PRINTING OPERATORS (Male) The requirements for the job are:- Primary 6 education Singapore Citizens Ability to converse and understand simple spoken English At least 18 years old With or without experience We work 5 days
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      187 27  -  Jurong 2 Tiong Bahru 2 By Abdul Shukor KIMMO Tarkkio's contribution yesterday to Tiong Bahru's was of such magnitude that it would be best if Tiong Bahru change its name to Tarkkio Bahru, just for this season. The 24-year-old Finnish World Cupper simply enthralled the 1,267 crowd at
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      128 27 SINGAPORE will participate in the Sultan's Gold Cup in Kota Bahru, Kelantan, from Feb 17-19. But the team will be without national players. The majority of the 24 players selected are from Kaki Bukit and Telok Kurau. Coach Abu Sujak was not worried by the
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        160 27 FORMER champion trainer Johnny Kok, who quit the local racing scene in the middle of last year to take up training at Macau, is to make a comeback. The Ipoh-born trainer who topscored with 60 winners in 1987, has applied for a trainer's licence to be
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        144 27 MORNING TRACKWORK ESCALATION 111 goes over a bit of distance on Saturday and with the benefit of last week's run, can take a lot of beating in Race Five at Ipoh. He wound up his preparation with an eye catching gallop on a good track
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        109 27 NST. JOCKEY R Rajoo was released yesterday from the Muar Rehabilitation Centre. He had been under detention from May 13, 1988 for alleged drug trafficking activities. This followed the Supreme Court's decision to allow his appeal against the Penang High Court's dismissal of an application he made last
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      362 28 Reuter. #Vialli's chronic foot problem ITALY'S World Cup star Gianluca Vialli, recovering from a broken foot, may need a special boot support to continue playing. Vialli said specialists in Barcelona had diagnosed a congenital problem that made his right foot susceptible to fracture.
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      158 28 ITALIAN LEAGUE Reuter. BOTTOM club Verona held AC Milan to a surprise 0-0 draw yesterday. And that slowed Milan's challenge to Italian League leader Napoli. Verona's tight defence and an effective offside trap cramped Milan, playing a home match postponed when it went to Tokyo last December
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      278 28 SPANISH CUP SEMIS Reuter. PACO Llorente gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win against Cadiz with a fine late goal in a Spanish Cup semi-final first-leg match yesterday. Arch-rival Barcelona was lucky to scrape a 2-1 win over Valencia. Llorente created his chance in the 86th minute
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      188 28 Reuter. ZICO, 36, one of Brazil's greatest stars, ended his soccer career before nearly 100,000 fans at Maracana Stadium yesterday. Some of the top players from the last decade, including Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner, Rudi Krol and Claudio Gentile, were there to salute the hero. Although it
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      398 29 Singapore's chances in the Thomas Cup qualifying round have risen from slim to some. This follows the the pullout of Australia's No 1 player Sze Yu. BERNARD PEREIRA reports S ZE Yu, the cornerstone of Australia's badminton team, yesterday pulled out of next fortnight's Thomas Cup qualifying
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      171 29  -  By Bernard Pereira ANNA Lao Oi Chan of Australia could prove to be national champion Zarinah Abdullah's nemesis in next fortnight's Über Cup qualifying round in Kuala Lumpur. The two meet in the first singles match between Australia and Singapore in Group A. Said a Singapore Badminton Association
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      416 29 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SNOOKER Masters tournament in London: Steve Davis bt James Wattana 5-2, Joe Johnson bt Mike Hallett 5-4. SOCCER Scottish Div one: Hamilton 3 Airdrieonians 2. Div two: Queen of the South 3 Brechin 1, Stirling 1 Cowdenbeath 1. Dutch Div one: Volendam
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      483 30  -  Athletics' bold proposal to do away with selection trials could set a precedent and open a Pandora's Box leading to disputes if accepted. If it's good enough for track and field, swimmers could also be clamouring for the same treatment. KEN JALLEH Jr tests the
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      252 30 Wire services. STEFFI Graf, who last month won the Australian Open singles tennis title for the third year in a row, was named Player of the Month for January by the women's World Tour. Graf narrowly defeated Mary Joe Fernandez and Natalia Zvereva in balloting by a panel of
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      65 31 SPORTS I BAD FOR SZE, GOOD FOR SINGAPORE Sze Yu: i Back injury Singapore's hopes in the Thomas Cup qualifying round get a boost as Sze Yu pulls out of the Australian team GOOD AND BAD, SAYS SIONG UF' 0 Peng Siong: 'Not good' I Will swimming too do away
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