The New Paper, 20 February 1990

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  • 15 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1990 MO (P) 36/4/89 SO CENTS the new paper
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    • 42 1 IlG iew > r t FEBRUARY 20 f 1990 MO (P) 36/4/89 SO CENTS THAT'S THE WORD FOR OUR MEDICAL FIRST Giving drugs directly to unborn child with heart problem./ Pagt 4 Pag® 6 LIQUOR ON SALE TO OUR KIDS GUILTY: OFFICE-BLOCK RAPIST
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  • 15 1 New fire-engine has joystick control./ Page 3 Pictures/ DAVID TaN
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 420 2  -  By Ben Davidson A ROBBER, who planned in advance to rape some of his women victims in highrise office buildings, was sentenced to 20 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane by the High Court yesterday. Tan Lam Ho, 31, unemployed, admitted
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    • 159 2 Wire services. FORMER Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci denied that she was the mistress of Nicu Ceausescu, son of the dead Romanian Pres- ident Ceausescu. "Why are people telling these lies?" she said in an interview in Life magazine's March issue. "Because I work for him
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    • 331 2 MALAY students are doing better in examinations. In the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), their pass rate in mathematics went up from 31 per cent in 1982 to 45 per cent last year. The proportion of Malay students with at least five O levels
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    • 202 2 THE Commercial Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance is looking into DG Bank-GZB (Asia) Ltd's handling of share applications in the Hai Sun Hup issue. The bank was the lead manager and underwriter of the public offer of Hai Sun Hup in November. Confirming
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    • 490 3  -  By Loh Tuan Lee THE newest weapon in Changi Airport's fire-fighting arsenal is an awesome fire engine aptly called the Protector. The latest in fire-fighting technology, it is fast. A Protector can move from standstill to 80 kmh in 30 seconds. It is big too,
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    • 47 2 •torn Wt Sy£2#gs& ate oaneW oi si^ vq«»* tBaU Served nightly from 7.00pm $15.00 Adult y $10.50 Child >/ Fashion show every Wednesday at 8.15pm ~^ee^B u^ For reservations, call 297-2828 All prices are subject to 10% service charge 4% cess Baf SINCAPORE 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 The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Please include your full name, address and telephone number.
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    • 91 3 Illllggpffi Why are there nHWH variations in Chinese death rituals QQ[ and their meanings? The Chinese in Singapore came originally from different dialect groups, and from different regions in China. Funeral rituals for the Chinese are part of a folk religion. It is an oral tradition with no fixed set
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 514 4 Singapore has made a breakthrough in the new field of foetal medicine. Doctors at the National University Hospital have successfully treated unborn babies for heart disease. CHITRA RAJARAM reports s I INGAPORE doctors have developed a non-surgical technique for treating heart disease in unborn
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    • 134 4 THE New Paper asked the doctor in charge of the ante-natal diagnostic unit, National University Hospital whether there are plans for the unit to conduct surgery on foetuses that are in the womb. The doctor replied: "We have been thinking about it. We have ordered some equipment. But
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    • 394 4 SINGAPORE has the facilities and expertise to operate on babies in the womb. That is the assessment of Mr Darryl Maxwell, an expert in foetal medicine. Yesterday Mr Maxwell gave an exclusive interview to The New Paper. His team has experimented with surgery in
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    • 133 5 4MBI| mslF»| ,i- *> 3 When in Singapore on business, the hotel to stay in, without a doubt, is the Carlton. Located in the heart of the city, we are near the business and shopping districts as well as convention centres. And within the Carlton itself, we offer hill business
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 331 6 A ten-year-old student drowns after drinking liquor. Why was he and his schoolmates allowed to buy beer? Should ban on serving minors be strictly enforced? SURESH NAIR reports on a grim reminder of the dangers of drinking POLICE have questioned a shopowner in Zion Road who
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    • 314 6 THE tragic drowning of 10-year-old Soh Siong Yang in a canal on Friday has served as a grim warning to students of Delta Primary School. "We used the incident to highlight the dangers of playing in the vicinity of the canal, but more importantly,
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    • 416 6 THROW the book at licensed retailers who sell intoxicating liquor to minors. This was the reaction of about 15 people interviewed by The New Paper yesterday. They called for stiffer action than the present penalties such as revoking of licences against
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    • 380 7 W i y ATCH out for a white-bellied sea eagle. Park rangers patrolling the popular cross-country track at the fringe of Macßitchie Reservoir gave this warning to scores of joggers yesterday. The eagle reportedly swooped down and attacked joggers in the area last week. The rangers
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    • 335 7 HiAyTHTALK This column on health is by the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore. Readers who have questions on health can send them to Health Talk, c/o The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Is it always necessary to complete the medicines
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    • 744 8  -  By Michelle Oh HEAR us out first before making new rules. This was the call of the Life Underwriters Association to the Insurance Commissioner, Mr Law Song Keng. Mr Law had said at the recent 12th Life Underwriters Association (LUA) Sales Congress that rules on
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    • 227 8 The six winners of this year's Straits Times Press group's annual awards were chosen from among the seven newspapers in three languages within the group. But all had one thing in common excellence. We profile the winners and summarise the Editor-in-Chiefs speech on the
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    • 245 8 THE Story of the Year award for 1989 went to Mr Richard Lim, 40, acting Section Two Editor of The Straits Times. His award-winning essay, Surprising Journey, was published in last year's National Day supplement. In 7/riting his article Mr Lim felt he had a special mission to
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    • 191 8 "SINGAPORE journalism is lively, purposeful and rewarding," said Mr Cheong Yip Seng, The Straits Times Press Editor-in-Chief. And the journalists who received awards for excellence in their work were proof of that, he said. Mr Cheong also stressed the importance of basic legwork
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    • 530 9 Street signs should be in another language besides English to reflect the ethnic identity of an area, one MP said recently. MICHELLE OH goes to Chinatown, Little India and Geylang Serai to see what people think I T is a good idea to have street signs in
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    • 173 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. bemoaning: Expressing dissatisfaction about something. bogeyman: An imaginary, frightening evil spirit. celestial: Describes something that is concerned with the sky or heaven. clincher: Something that is used as a
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    • 243 9 STUDENTS wishing to apply for vocational courses this year will find it easy to do thanks to a new system which will be introduced. The new Joint Intake Exercise will let GCE 0 level school-leavers apply for up to 10 courses offered by
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    • 99 7 Take a ride down to Subway! The hottest stop in town for music, drinks and more. Join the first ever Beer Sipping Contest! Write your own Graffiti! Whatever you do, don't miss the action at Subway! Happy hrs: 6 8pm, 30% off all drinks. $12 nett Pi A7A Hnrm a
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 485 10 Reuter. FORMER foreign minister Shintaro Abe has emerged from Sunday's general election with even brighter prospects for a shot at the premiership. His party, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, scored a decisive victory by winning 275 seats. The tally gives the LDP not only a majority
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    • 166 10 AP. MORE than 20 people have been arrested for allegedly violating Japan's election laws following Sunday's parliamentary balloting. Police expect to arrest hundreds more, an official said in Tokyo yesterday. The National Police Agency official said 19 of the 23 people arrested by yesterday evening
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    • 265 10 Reuter. A FORMER government vice squad lawyer in Hongkong was sentenced to 18 months' jail on a sex charge yesterday. Christopher Harris, a former senior crown counsel with the Legal Department, was found guilty of one count of incitement to procure an underaged
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    • 249 11 AFP. SAUDI Arabia yesterday banned travel to Thailand. The ban follows the killings of two Saudi diplomats and a Saudi embassy employee in Bangkok earlier this month and the subsequent disappearance of a Saudi businessman. The measure was announced in Riyadh by Deputy Interior Minister
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    • 37 11 Feast: A young girl juggles oranges and lemons in front of a giant orange-and-lemon whale during the 57th orange and lemon feast held in Menton, France on Sunday. Picture/ Afp
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    • 164 11 AFP. POLICE in Venezuela have uncovered a multi-million-dollar illegal immigration network which brought about 1,100 Hongkong Chinese to the country during the past six months. A spokesman for the Venezuelan Attorney-General's office said yesterday the gang sold $22 million
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    • 291 11 SINGAPORE is more prosperous than Malaysia because of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, said Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Tengku Razaleigh is leader of the Spirit of 46 party. The Lianhe Zaobao newspaper quoted the opposition leader as saying that Singapore, despite its small population
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    • 354 11 Questions 1. During a Chinese funeral, it is customary for friends and relatives to send wreaths or make cash contributions to the bereaved to express their condolences. The ash contributions, normally placed in a white envelope are known as... -»r— farewell gift hong bao (red packet) ft bai jin (white
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    • 10 11 Find a job fast, through Faatada Employers recruit through Fattadt
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 124 12 Reuter. FRENCH President Francois Mitterrand arrived 30 minutes late for an official visit to Pakistan. Reason: Pakistani aviation authorites refused to allow his supersonic Concorde to break the sound barrier once it entered Pakistani airspace, airport sources said. This forced the Concorde, which was on
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    • 287 12 AFP. w EST Germany will not station its troops in what is now East German territory even if the two Germanys are reunited. Bonn gave this formal assurance yesterday. A statement from Chancellor Helmut Kohl also said East Germany's future military status
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    • 163 12 Reuter. THAILAND has proposed that a neutral camp be set up for Cambodian civilians wishing to be free of the war. A government spokesman said in Bangkok yesterday that Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan told a group of Cambodia-based aid workers that he was pushing
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    • 245 12 AFP. FOR the second year running, Phil Collins and Annie Lennox have been crowned king and queen of British rock music. They were named the best vocalists at the Brits 90 awards presentation by the British record industry on Sunday night. In a departure
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      293 12 Wire services. LONDON stocks fell sharply in thin trading here yesterday in a market suffering from a dearth of buyers, brokers said. The Financial Times 30share index was off 23.1 points at 1,813.5 at the close. Volume amounted to a very light 308.3 million shares, compared with 438.8 million
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    • 68 12 The New York Stock Exchange was closed yesterday because of Presidents Day Reuter. TOKYO share prices dipped at the open today as fears of sharply sagging bond prices and a weak yen kept investors taking cover on the sidelines. The 225-share Nikkei average sank 141.66 points or 0.38 per
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    • 52 12 FT Industrials Mon 1,813.50 (1,836.60) Dow Jones Average Mon CLOSED (2,635.59) ST Industrial Mon 1,593.23 (1,584.77) NST Industrial Mon 3,158.05 (3,132.61) Hongkong Hang Seng Mon 2,968.00 (2,939.25) Australian All Ordinaries Mon 1,645.90 (1,641.20) Nikkei Stock Average Mon 37,222.60 (37,460.32) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 544 13  -  By Lim Phay-ling F INALLY, here is a way to eat Chinese well k for lunch without waiting for hours and still keep within your budget. The House of Blossoms restaurant at the Marina Mandarin has come up with a clever idea that adapts a
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    • 306 13 MICROWAVE COOK TRY combining microwaving and conventional cooking in the same dish to reduce cooking time. You can do this with a recipe such as roast pork. Combination cooking can be done in a combination cooker which is a convection oven with a microwave
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  • UPDATE
    • 1630 14 Centrestage THE PEARL CLOAK This opera is about a young warrior who wins the hand of a princess. Performed by the Chinese (Beijing) Opera Troupe from Taipei. The 45-member troupe are graduates of the National Fu Hsing Dramatic Arts Academy. They have performed in practically
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    • 17 14 OUT ABOUT: JEWELLERY MART EXHIBITIONS: CHINA'S MASTERPIECES GALLERY: AFRICAN LANDSCAPES COMING UP: THE GOLDEN YEARS
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    • 79 14 Mr Yeh Tsui Pai is a Taiwanese general who paints celestial horses. The celestial horse dates back to ancient times. It is often portrayed galloping through the skies and is regarded as a spirit or diety. Mr Yeh's collection of paintings will be on display until Friday. 11
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  • 196 15  -  8EENLASTMGHT By Vivien Chiong FRIENDS Next Door (SBC 8, 7.30 pm) makes drama from mundane facts of life. Last night, we saw a retired teacher nervously receiving his Central Provident Fund savings. "What shall I do with the money?" he keeps asking his irritated wife. CPF is,
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    • 1530 15 Pa >lt THE NEW PAPEB/Tuosday, February 20, 1990 :> hpll WISE GUY Jlllf! TUESDAY PREMIERE J f (SBC5,9.30pm) I |l Efll I DAI DAA H "V BH tony Lews: Guest stars in the first j jf 1 BALBOA 1 tfi B of a five-part story called 7th Avenue •ill 'ill
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  • travel
    • 932 16 The south is prettier and southerners warmer or so southerners around the world believe. The people of southern Thailand are no exception. They feel pained at the stereotyped impression seemingly everyone has of them go-go bars, sleazy shows and easy pick-ups and love showing off the wonderful, warm
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    • 142 16 GOOD NO, fussy Singaporean, yea have no cause far concern. Facilities around Hat Yai are good, sometimes even very good, and you are unlikely to find youroelf bemoaning the absence of good hotels or restaurants. There are several comfortable hotels in Hat Yai, and more than one plessant resort around
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    • Article, Illustration
      173 16 A A CONVENIENT package to cover southern Thailand is on offer from Tradewinds and travel agents from March 1. Planned in conjunction with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, this fourday package which includes air fare, accommodation, some meals and sight-seeing, costs either $490 or $515, depending upon the hotel you
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  • 196 17  -  By Vivien Chiong FRIENDS Next Door (SBC 8, 7.30 pm) makes drama from mundane facts of life. Last night, we saw a retired teacher nervously receiving his Central Provident Fund savings. "What shall I do with the money?" he keeps asking his irritated wife. CPF is,
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    • 1505 17 THE NEW PAPEK/Tuesday, February 20, 1990 Pap: WISE GUY J1IIII "1 TUESDAY PREMIERE W ~J* (SBC5,9.30pm) I .55) Km I DAI DAA H L®WISr Guest stars in the first 1 J MM H ll I! P i llli iH of a five-part story called 7th Avenue **111 I ili (SBC
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  • Showtime
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      740 18  -  Showtime By Irene Ng MERYL Streep the world's premier actress. Meryl Streep the eight-time nominated, two-time Oscar winner. What a great burden. What a waste. "Meryl has become THE great serious actress a terrible burden. And we've lost a supreme comedienne," stage peer John Lithgow told The Sun-Herald
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    • 452 19  -  A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD Coming to Cathay PREVIEW By Lo Tien Lo Tien Yin THIS film might put you off a lot of things sex, food, shower, jacuzzis, sleep... And that's the only striking feature of this film it
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    • 182 19 NEARLY every year, Freddy Krueger slashes into our dreams with his nails. Since 1984, this bogeyman from Nightmare On Elm Street has hypnotised horror flick fans. Year after year, they are there for the "gore and the wacky humour" as one fan, Mr Robert Z Chew,
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    • 462 19  -  By Lim Kuan Chiang FIRE officers, polytechnic lecturer, private investigator, SAF personnel Manhunt 90 is attracting men from all walks of life this year. These men were some of the contestants in the seventh heat of the male beauty contest last Thursday night.
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    • 350 20  -  By Adeline Woon T I iHINGS are still merry at Happy Days, the pub down at Orchard cinema, with Broad Sword swishing things around a little. Broad Sword replaces Roots and Overheads, the two former resident bands, during their month-long break. Fronting Broad Sword are
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    • 192 20 AP. SYLVESTER Stallone, John Travolta, Pia Zadora and Bo Derek are among the nominees for Razzie Awards for the most dreadful performers of the decade. The Golden Raspberry Foundation, a group of film fans who celebrate the worst in cinema, yesterday announced its nominees for
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 262 21 TUESDAYRADIO EnmnnEM emdobb NOON News in Brief NOON N«ws in Bri«f 12.05 Lunchdate 12.03 Popular Classics 1.00 News in Brief 1.00 News and Weather Forecast 1.15 Lunchdate (cont'd) 1.10 Currency Exchange Rates 2.00 News in Brief 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Words And Music (cont'd) 1.45 Midday Market Report 3.00
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    • 164 21 COMICRELIEF Curry-Puff/Raymond Lee Sor ru Boss, I'iv> Tj n uU H f— ncX rne tm.M m <£( Rw/ji Augusta /Dominic Poelsma Angus McGill i 'flMrto *IN6* Mg |c, TT 1U1WK (f/NX \Vj V x C7>ry9 ]Q.)I J K&wmvJ Or2r George the Robot/stephen Stanley Duffy/Bruce Hammond TbUT WS Ap«AH. tt/WNfir I
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    • 404 22 COMICRELIEF TUESDAYRADIO I Orchard Road/coim Goh I; 1 j»11 CHUHHHii NOON Good Musk, Company and Me NOON Newsdesk i in' 12.15 Sentimental Journey I 12.30 Off the Shelf I lF AT FIRST 10U bON'T~I THE JDORNEI of- MHOUSANP /OF COURSE i 12.30 Keeping Track 12.45 New Ideas X SimED,TWTRIfI6ftIM! Mllß
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  • BUYINGGUIDE
    • 96 23 Compresses that last and last This weekly advertising feature provides a guide to what's available on the shopping shelves. It appears every Tuesday. BLOW hot and cold with Kawa compresses. Due to the highly reduced conductivity, the compresses can last for several hours. The special gel is said to be
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    • 80 23 BE expressive in your thoughts. Grab a Pelikan Script Pen to get your message across. The Script Pen is a calligraphy instrument for all from first timers to enthusiasts in calligraphy. Add a personal touch to your birthday greetings, hello or thank-you notes or
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    • 89 23 GET rid of your headache the natural way. The Kawa Migraine Mask was specially developed for headaches that otherwise need high doses of drugs, the manufacturers say. The pack is filled with a special Kawa-Ciel and is worn like a mask with an adjustable self-adhesive strip
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    • 112 23 CHARLES Jourdan's new Cuir line complements the working woman's basic wardrobe. The handbags come in all shapes, sizes and colours. The Fisherman's bag is ideal for an outdoor casual trip. There is a sleek, trapeziumshaped one for the office. The semi-circular bag can double
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    • 130 23 ERNO Laszlo has an eye for beauty. The institute presents an eye-care treatment. It is available to members and nonmembers. Phelitone Replenishing Eye Cream is billed to retard the signs of ageing due to dryness and stress. It smooths and softens dry lines. It
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    • 107 23 NESTLE has launched its new Neslac Growing-Up Milk. It is a nourishing, nutritionally balanced milk specially formulated to go hand-in-hand with the diet of active children between one and three years old. While solids provide a growing child with a certain amount of his
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    • 97 23 HERE is a killer that promises to keep you healthy. Germitrol 200 is an air steriliser that draws in and kills germs. Airese'arch Technology Pte Ltd says the small suit-case sized gadget can kill almost all airborne micro-organisms both bacteria and viruses. It is
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    • 429 24 the new paper FASTads 737-1166 831 Employment 831 Emptoymont 831 Employment 831 Employmont 881 Ewptoymut 135& 152 (along mm #11 rvnonfli otnricvt/ MirchtodlM 831 Employment AUVI PWVATI UMTTVO has mhmlh lan ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Poimh Diploma from B'pore/ Ngee Ann Poly or LCCI Intermediate with working in«rlinc«. Knowledge in PC and
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    • 523 25 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment Bej7he3estmAia,y.LT V I Benefit*: f rriiAi c I Annual leave: 11-15 days Life Insurance Free uniform t IVIA L t I shoes Free training in English Maths In house clinic Anrn I Comfortable aircon workplace Dental
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    • 157 25 ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN (1 5 yn. experience) required Ring DESIGN PLACE T«l: *****88 from 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. for an interview. Established Manufacturing Co. In Jurong requires: ACCOUNTS CLERK OCE O' or W level e Knowledge of simple accounting and typing e Working experience preferred but not essential Interested applicants
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    • 375 26 HI Employment 831 Employment I SEMBAWANG GROUP OF COMPANIES N has immediate vacancies for •ssas* i PlacttHwortc: SEMBAWANG At least 3 GCE O* level passes including Mathematics LCCI or other accounting qualifications Preference will be given to candidates who possess Certificate in Business Studies (Accounting) from NIC or CIC GENERAL
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    • 496 26 •31 Employment 331 Employment 1 I Wo ara a Japanaao Com pony involvina In the design, planning and conatructlon of Machanl- J col, BoeMool and Inetrumontotion worka for 1 Industrial Plonto/ Cofiwiorclol Building. J Duo to our expansion programme, we have S vacancies for the following positions: J INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
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  • SPORTS
    • 277 27  -  By Abdul Shukor FINNISH ace Kimmo Tarkkio is unlikely to accept the Football Association of Singapore's offer to play for the Republic in the Malaysia Cup. Tarkkio, who plays for Tiong Bahru in the Premier League, was approached by national team manager Mohammed Shahar Hussein
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    • 124 27 Reuter, AFP. CHARLTON, bottom of the English First Division, ended a run of seven successive League defeats yesterday. It beat struggler Luton 2-0. Charlton took the lead with a well taken goal after 13 minutes. A long ball from Paul Mortimer was chased by Andy Jones who
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    • 297 27 SWIMMING ANGLO-Chinese School swimmer Alvin Tan does nothing else but think of how to win his races and how to achieve them in record times. The lanky secondary two pupil did just that last night at the Singapore Swimming Club's Single Age-Group Meet. Alvin's record time
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    • Article, Illustration
      468 27 Wire services. DUBAI Labour Supply Company defeated Ceylon Sports Club 2-0 in a friendly hockey match at the CSC ground yesterday. Both goals came in the second half. The scorers were Abdul Qayyum and Safdar Cheema. The Dulsco team, made up of Pakistani and Indian expatriates in Dubai, would
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    • 520 28 Singapore's junior badminton players are in for a treat. An exchange programme, involving Denmark's top juniors, is being worked out by a former Danish international, now residing in the Republic. BERNARD PEREIRA reports s HUTTLE giant Denmark earnestly wants to start a top-level badminton exchange programme with Singapore.
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    • 275 28 I THOMAS CUP UPDATE Bernama. HAN Jian denied yesterday he was going to step down as the Malaysia's national badminton coach. He said he would be with the team for the Thomas Cup finals in Tokyo. The former world champion had signed a contract
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    • 253 28 Bernama. SINGAPORE met with double success yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Its men's team beat Sri Lanka 3-2 in the Thomas Cup qualifying round while the women blanked Mexico 5-0 in the Über Cup. The wins made up for Singapore's disappointing performances on the opening day when the
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    • 297 29  -  FOCUS ON COSTA RICA JEFF LOW THE ROAD ROME COSTA Rica. Rich coast. A tiny, safe spot smack in the middle of intense conflict in South America. But hark, these Ticos (nickname for Costa Ricans) are South Amer- icans. And anyone that's South American CAN play football
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    • 490 29 FOCUS ON EGYPT 0 kUT of the African frying pan, 'into the World Cup fire...and so goes Egypt, mummified since 1934 when it last reached the World Cup finals. One wonders what the Africans are capable of in Cagliari and Palermo, where the might of England,
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    • 107 29 Reuter. WEST Germany is likely to begin its World Cup build-up without captain Lothar Matthaeus. Matthaeus, struggling with a thigh injury, was named in Franz Beckenbauer's 22-man squad yesterday for the friendly against France next Wednesday. But he will travel to the game in Montpellier only if he
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    • Article, Illustration
      304 30  -  Stories/i Alfonso Chan NATIONAL tennis player Sunny Liu lost to South Korean teenager Ji Seong-Ho 2-6, 1-6 in the the Volvo Tennis Championship qualifying round yesterday, and immediately turned his thoughts to retiring. The 20-year-old national serviceman wants to study when he gets out of the army
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    • 208 30 VOLVO TENNIS C'SHIPS THIS year's Volvo Tennis Championships will be an exciting and hotly contested one, judging by the standards in the qualifying round which finishes today. There are quality players like China's Zhang Jiuhua and Xia Jiaping, Indonesian talent Daniel Haryanto and Holland's Tjerk Bogstra,
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    • 164 30 RACING.. with DENNIS CHIfl SMOKEY Shadow 11, a candidate for the $250,000 Lion City Cup on Sunday, showed plenty of zip on a good track at Singapore this morning. With M C Lam astride, the grey was full of running, covering 600 m in 35.3,
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