The New Paper, 15 January 1991

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    16 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1991 &95EI2EH liiLY '^W > :%aaS 50 CENTS the new paper
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    24 HOURS TO GO
    76 1 As the deadline for war or Bjlj W peace ticks away: ran may j°' n ra< i n a 4£g$f war, says newspaper./ Page 10 WAR/PEACE: MPs and Singaporeans PEACE: France unveils six-point plan. To send Foreign Minister to Iraq./ Page 2 W* WAR or PEACE:
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon France's 6-point peace plan
      307 2 Wire services. FRANCE has unveiled a six-point peace plan in a lastminute bid to prevent war in the Gulf. The peace initiative, floated at the United Nations last night, urged Iraq to announce without further delay its intention to withdraw from Kuwait according to a timetable.
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      Lock icon Er, what time's the deadline?
      86 2 Time runs out: The UN deadline for Iraai troops to withdraw from Kuwait is Jan 15, but no time was ever stated. Security Council Resolution 678 says only that Iraq must he out of Kuwait "on or before Jan 15 1991" On Friday, the US
      Picture/ Aundry Gan  -  86 words
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      Lock icon Nations step up peace efforts
      225 2 Wire services. SEVERAL countries besides France stepped up their own peace efforts yesterday. Yemeni Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas met President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad carrying a last-minute plan to avert war in the Gulf. The plan called for an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait.
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      WHAT NOW?
      35 3 The deadline set by the United Nations for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches. If President Saddam Hussein still refuses, the US has stated its determination to use force to end the stalemate
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      MPs grim about Gulf prospects
      386 3  -  By Irene Hoe PARLIAMENT sat for more than four hours yesterday with the Gulf crisis intruding only a couple of times into the debate in the House. But before the sitting, The New Paper asked about a dozen MPs, including several ministers, if they thought
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    • Article
      WHAT NOW?
      314 3 SADDAM GIVES IN The much-hoped-for-miracle happens. Amid President George Bush's daily war threats, Mr Saddam suddenly agrees to withdraw from Kuwait Not likely, but neither is it impossible. Mr Saddam may be unpredictable, but he's also adept at the art of surviving. Some observers believe Mr Saddam may
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      190 2 WAR THIS is the United Nations Security Council resolution which gives members the right to use force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. The resolution was approved on Nov 29, 1990. by a vote of 12 to 2. China abstained. Under Resolution 678, the Security Council: 1. Demands that Iraq
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Tourism jitters
      216 4 m WE look at how the possibility of a Gulf war has affected an Asean tourism trade forum in Bandung and how a politically turbulent year has affected the trade in India. ASEAN Fears of a possible Gulf war's effect on tourists coming to Asean seems to have
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      Brunei marriages
      67 4 MARRIAGES between foreigners and Brunei girls have been banned unless prior permission is obtained. The move is to control social problems arising from such marriages. Children of such marriages, called "phantom children", have no proper papers. Brunei does not grant citizenship by birth to non-Brunei Malays. One of
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      Orchard Rd upgraded
      62 4 WALKWAYS along Orchard Road are being improved to make it safer for pedestrians. To do this, the Public Works Department plans to raise certain parts of Orchard Road by between 30 cm and one metre. Work on the $22.9 million project is expected to be finished in
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      Name tags for pupils
      63 4 MORE schools are getting their students to wear name tags. St Andrew's Junior School will introduce them next month while two other schools may also do so. Some primary and secondary schools have already made their students wear name tags in school. The reason: To develop
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      China — Britain row
      90 4 China Britain row CHINA and Britain have again clashed over the future of Hongkong. China said it alone, not the British or the Hongkong government, had the right to speak for Hongkongers in the run-up to 1997. It warned against going ahead with the $8.5 billion airport at Chep Lap
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      Sabotage not ruled out
      69 4 THE state government is not ruling out sabotage as a cause for the current water crisis in Malacca. The Chief Minister's Office said yesterday that it would carry out preliminary investigations into the drying up of the Durian Tunggal dam near Malacca. Chief Minister Tan Sri
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      Union's wild claims
      183 4 The Straits Times: Iraq votes for war. Business Times: UN chief gives up hope for peaceful solution. Lianhe Zaobao: War any minute now. Berita Marian: War in the Gulf now more likely. SBC morning news: Last-minute efforts for peace in the Gulf are still on the way,
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      Indonesian elections
      91 4 THE Indonesian armed forces will not take sides during the country's 1992 general election, said its commander-in-chief, General Try Sutrisno. Gen Try was speaking on Saturday at a conference of the Indonesian Democractic Party in Bali. He said the armed forces will not fire a single shot during
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      Let democracy thrive
      47 4 INDONESIAN President Suharto said the country's democractic institutions should he allowed to grow properly to satisfy the increasing needs of the people. Political development needed to be improved before "we can achieve a really mature political life," he was quoted in the Jakarta Post.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Street talk on Saddam
      531 5  -  By Dave Ang WHAT are people saying about the Gulf crisis? Yesterday I spent four hours at MRT stations, food centres, shopping complexes, libraries and coffee-shops listening. Not once did I hear anyone mention war, or Iraq, or Saddam Hussein. Instead, I heard talk about clothing
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      S'poreans in Dubai meet
      421 6  -  I j Stories A Angeline Song ABOUT 50 Singaporeans in Dubai held a meeting last night to discuss contingency plans, should a war break out in the Gulf. A journalist based in Dubai told TNP this shortly before the meeting started. "For the very first time,
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      Home, but 10 still in Cairo
      409 6 ABOUT 10 Singaporeans studying in a Cairo university are still in Egypt. They did not join 17 fellow students who returned home on the last Singapore Airlines flight (SQ 23) from Cairo yesterday afternoon. The New Paper learnt this from interviews with four of
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      SHE WANTED TO DTAY
      154 6 HER family was very worried about her, but Ms Siti Fadilah did not want to come home from Egypt. "Life was so normal in Cairo. I thought it would be a waste of money to come back," said the 20-year-old student of A 1 Azhar University
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      Americans told to stay alert
      488 7  -  By Trudy Lim THE United States Embassy here yesterday released a statement from the State Department urging extreme caution for all Americans. The embassy advised Americans to: Review travel advisories concerning countries or areas to which they plan to travel. Keep in touch with their
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      S'pore can be Switzerland
      315 8  -  Parliament will sit again today. By Ng Wan Ching SWITZERLAND exists because its people have shared values. It exists despite the odds, said Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education). It proves that it is possible for a multi-ra-cial society to have a common
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    • WHAT BACKBENCHERS SAID
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        A glue for nation
        103 8 DR Ong Chit Chung (left), MP (Bukit Batok) and Chairman of GPC (Education), moved the motion to adopt the White Paper. He said it is better for the Government to present common values for discussion rather than to decide on its own what these are and
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        Opportunities
        95 8 COULD SBC newscaster Ms Diana Koh he paid as much as a corporate chieftain such as Mr Koh Boon Hwee? asked Dr Hong Hai (left), MP (Bedok GRC). He compared Singapore with the US where TV newscaster Ms Barbara Walters gets as much pay and pres- tige as Mr
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        Individual's rights
        89 8 DO not over-use the call to put society above self, cautioned Mr Leong Chee VVhve (left), (NMP). "For example, everyone wants clean toilets, yet sometimes...one could forget to flush." Using the law in such minor cases makes people wonder if we have gone be- yond the proper balance
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      Lawyers need to be insured
      328 8  -  BILLS PASSED By Irene Hoe LAWYERS will have to be insured in future under a new law. This is to protect their clients if anything happens to their professional practice, for example, if they go bankrupt. This is provided for under a Bill passed by
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      Why secret?
      182 8 SAF (AMENDMENT) BILL WHEN someone dies or is seriously hurt in a military accident, the findings should be made public, said Mr Charles Chung (Sembawang GRC). He said this should be done if it does not harm Singapore's security. The Second Minister for Defence, l)r Yeo Ning Hong
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      'Come to Baghdad and see'
      408 9 MICHAEL LIM tries to call the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad. The^telephone^operator puts him through three times. Twice he gets cut off. Finally, he strikes gold! IT took three attempts and most of yesterday afternoon to get through to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, hut the
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      GLOSSARY
      126 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. acetate: A chemical made from acetic acid an acid in a bitter liquid, such as vinegar, made from wine or beer. bland: Mild, gentle, comforting. When used to describe
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Iran could join Iraq, reports Iran press
      557 10 AP. AN Iranian daily suggested yesterday Teheran could abandon its neutrality and side with Iraq if hostilities erupt in the Gulf. The Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, quoted the Arabic-lan-guage Kayhan Al-Arabi as saying "the Islamic Republic will never remain neutral
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      Lock icon Saddam: Thousands of Saudis will die
      216 10 Reuter. IN an open letter to the Saudi King yesterday, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein pledged that he would not attack Saudi Arabia if US-led forces withdrew. But Mr Saddam also warned that hundreds of thousands of Saudis would die in a Gulf war. In
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      WHAT LEADERS SAY
      175 10 A L JLny moment after the 15th is borrowed time. Every day that passes is a day for Saddam Hussein to choose peace over war. White Hmm spokesman Martin Fitrwater T X he only way (to end the crisis) is for peace-loving forces to hold together and
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      Lock icon Answers to what if, what can be done...
      338 11 Mr Albert Wohlstetter, a US military strategist, discusses likely military actions in the Gulf IHT. Q: What will the coalition do if Iraq defies the ultimatum? A: We could start by trying to resume control of Kuwait's airspace. We can put drones
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      CRISIS
      212 11 PAY Israel puts armed forces on the highest.state of alert. Pilots sitting in their cockpits round the clock. Jordan orders a military alert and stations thousands of troops in defensive positions overlooking the Jordan Valley. Japanese airport authorities ask airlines and airport employees to tighten security around international airports
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      Lock icon Israelis prepare for chemical attack
      57 11 Preparing for war: Hospital staff Marin# tfas masks treat a "victim" of a chemical attack during an Israeli civil defence exercise at a Tel Aviv hospital yesterday. Some 2,(MH) people t*>ok part in the exercise on the eve of a f/N deadline for Iraq to
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      WHAT THE WORLD PRESS SAYS
      190 11 Once World War II began, there was no question of appeasing Adolf Hitler; similarly, there is no question today of appeasing an Iraqi threat that is of a kind with the Nazi challenge to civilisation. The battle is necessary; let it be joined." The Straits
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      710 12 tuesdaytv THE HOGAN FAMILY: WORKING CLASS jUik WEIJI'S (Chen Zhiguang, left) W" n y <. friends and colleagues refuse to help r MARK and Willie compete for a T 1 I him when he needs to look for a fT m. Wwfe'oveHVlwk Mark' 6 J room urgently. Later, Zhaoying feels
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      539 13 tuesdaytv seenlastnight 11:!«!![»] Jazreel with her I BETIP MY BROTHER'S WIFE locks shorn *dr (Channel s'lo-305 10 30 pm) bv L» T ien Y.n ByBI JOHN Ritter, Mel Harris and Polly Bergen (left) star in My r' Brother's Wife, a romantic comedy about star-crossed lovers ta7di?pt t J kept apart
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    Lock icon TRIANGLE FOR GROWTH
    800 14 spotlight Yesterday, we presented the three minuses highlighted by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. But not all is doom and gloom. One bright spot on the horizon is the growth triangle. Mr Goh said the triangle between Johor, Singapore and the Riau islands would help to cushion
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  • WORLDTOOAY
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      Lock icon New crackdown soon?
      153 15 TWO FACES OF USSR: FEAR AND HOPE Wire services. THE Latvian government went into a crisis meeting last night. Officials said they expect a move soon by the Soviet army and the Communist Party to topple it. "1 am convinced the attack will come tomorrow this is
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      New Soviet PM's pledge
      60 15 T Xhe transition to a market economy must be pursued consistently. But it must be done in a way so that the under-privileged suffer least of all from the difficulties of the social changes through which we have to go through/ newly-elected Soviet Premier, Mr Valentin
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      Lock icon Yeltsin warned of attempt on life
      342 15 Reuter. RUSSIAN leader Boris Yeltsin said yesterday he had received a warning of a possible attempt on his life when he was in the Baltics at the weekend. That forced him to change his travel plans. Mr Yeltsin, 59-year-old president of the Russian Federation,
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon New York
      64 15 AP. PRICES closed lower on Wall Street yesterday amid hopes that war in the Gulf might be averted. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17.58 to 2,483.91. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a margin of more than 3 to 1 with 1,197 down, 356 up and 439 unchanged.
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      Indices/Closing
      263 15 FT Industrials Mon 1,627.90 (1,643.00) Dow Jones Average Mon 2,475.74 (2,501.49) ST Industrial Mon 1,177.52 (1,175.34) NST Industrial Mon 2,763.45 (2,769.42) q Hongkong Hang Seng Mon 3,037.62 (3,058.37) Australian All Ordinaries Mon 1,231.20 (1,243.10) Nikkei Stock Average Mon 23,213.23 (23,241.02) i Figures in brackets refer to those of j
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      Lock icon LONDON
      58 15 AP. SHARE prices in London closed lower yesterday as the market braced for war in the Persian Gulf. The Financial times 30share index closed down 18.1 points at 1,627.9. The latest volume figure available at 1500 GMT was 214.7 million shares. From now on, the exchange won't be reporting
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    Lock icon POISED FOR WAR
    521 16 spotlight More than one million men and their mighty machines are waiting to battle it out in the Gulf. The New Paper reviews the mind-boggling number of humans and amount of hardware in the desert and the Gulf waters Illustration/Soh Ah Teck Illustration/Patrick Chia I US IRAQ
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  • FOODNOTES
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      No shortage of food: NTUC
      280 17  -  By Michael Lim T HERE'S plenty of food available and prices have not risen. This reassurance came from the Government and the NTUC Fair Price Co-op-erative yesterday after reports of panic-buying of rice and other commodities by people concerned over a possible war in the
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      'No need to stock up as war will be short'
      288 17  -  By Lois Ng THE New Paper spoke to seven people at the supermarkets about stocking up in the event of a Gulf war. Most did not see the need to stockpile as they thought the war would be a short
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      What to stockpile in an emergency
      107 17 IF there is an emergency, these are the food and cooking items you should stockpile: Rice Canned meat Tinned fish Vegetables Canned fruits Biscuits Chocolates Noodles Cooking oil Matches A kerosene stove You should also keep at home: A medical kit Fire extinguishers Torchlights
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    Lock icon TRIANGLE OF GROWTH
    800 18 spotlight Yesterday, we presented the three minuses highlighted by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. But not all is doom and gloom. One bright spot on the horizon is the growth triangle. Mr Goh said the triangle between Johor, Singapore and the Riau islands would help to cushion
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Swanky little guy
      549 20  -  Xiao Bin Bin, once the most popular child star this side of Hollywood, gave up stardom for school four years ago. Come February, he will be back to delight audiences, no longer with childish antics but swift taekwando moves. Reporter VIVIEN CHIONG met him in Taipei Page
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    • FROM PAGE 21: SWANKY LITTLE GUY
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        Return to the screen
        225 21 BIN Bin wil be back in front of the cameras in February. His comeback movie is a Hongkong comedy co-starring Raymond Wong and Sam Hui. He is on a three-film contract with Hongkong's Long Siang Film Company. "Since he is so addicted to filming, we decided
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        Bin Bin's off-screen scene-stealers
        258 21  -  Stories By Vivien Chiong BIN Bin may have stopped entertaining on the big screen. But he is still "entertaining" schoolmates and teachers. Mrs Wen said: "His group always comes first in the school's play-acting competitions. He creates his own props, such as cigars and swords. He
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        PRECOCIOUS BUNDLE OF CHARM
        21 21 Screen appeal: Even when just five years old, Bin Bin had mastered more than 200 different expressions.
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      Lock icon WOT! WE WORRY?!
      636 22  -  By Alfonso Chan CHEERS! Drink up, man. Who cares if war breaks out? It's depressing, but what can we do except drown our sorrows? Cheers! Pub-crawlers and beer-tip-plers were pausing with their drinks in mid-air for just a moment to ponder about the Gulf war. Then quaffing
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      Local stars unperturbed by Gulf crisis
      399 22  -  By Vivien Chiong THE Gulf Crisis does not worry local showbiz personalities. Perhaps the only thing that worries them is a possible hike in petrol prices. The New Paper spoke to 10 of them. Xinyao singer Peter Lee I fears petrol prices may rocket
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      467 23 I TUESDAYRADIO NOON News in Brief NO on News in Brief 12.05 PM Your Lunchdate is Rose Tan 12 .03 PM 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
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      380 24 COMICRELIEF TUESDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coim Goh EJiniSEESHI EI9HHHH 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey NOON Newsdesk mmU6HT r 7 IHeU!\WELL, T.I 6UESS I mm W W J* JJJJ. 30 PHOfft..Ml YOOOfcCKIKG YESTERDAY'S MUSI ADMIT R J EVEjJ 11? Calling All Maids 12.45 Europe s World THE HOKDSCOPtS! PRtbICTION/ THERE ARE RhTI S B
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      339 26 832 Employment 832 Employment JUNIOR SECRETARY THE TIM KEN COMPANY, an American multl national organisation, expanding in South* art Ada, iccks a school leaver to join our Singapore subsidiary. Our requirements are: Minimum G.C.E. 'O' level in Englsh Fluent written spoken Fngtsh, tome Chinese and/ or Malay an advantage. Able
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  • SPORTS
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      444 28 International sport will be severely hit by any outbreak of war in the Gulf. Affected events include the World Cup squash tournament, the Five Nations rugby tournament, European club basketball and soccer. AFP. SEVERAL several international sports events will be cancelled or at least delayed if war breaks out
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      More bet against war
      360 28 WILL war break out between the US-led forces and Iraq after the United Nations deadline expires at Ipm tomorrow? This is the latest betting issue in Singapore, according to the Chinese paper Shin Min Daily News. Local gamblers who have been waiting for events to place
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      258 28 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SNOOKER World MnstcrN in Birmingham, Kngland Men's (tingles, Ist rd: Rene Dikstra (Hoi) bt Kenny Kwok (UK) w/o, Nick Dyson (Kng) bt Craig Duffy (Aust) 6 2, Keiran McAlinden (Kire) bt .Jesus Sanchez (Mra) 6-0, .bin Birch (Kng) bt Cliff Wilson (Wales)
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      393 28 Wire services. DIEGO Maradona has said he will quit soccer if Napoli does not agree to release him from his contract by the end of the year. "At the end of the year I will return to Argentina and if Napoli doesn't grant me the transfer I will abandon
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      638 29  -  By setting the same targets as last year for the Lions in the 1991 Semi-Pro League and Malaysia Cup, the FAS has taken a backward step. It has let the fans down, says S GULAM S Gulam AFTER having finished runner-up in both the
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      I'll stay for another year at the most, says Robin
      286 29  -  By S Gulam ROBIN Chan said last night that he will stay on as national coach for another year at the most. He feels others, especially the younger ones, should be given a chance after he serves his new term.
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    • Offers pour in for duo
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        Abbas lured by eight
        181 30  -  Stories/1! S Gulam ABBAS Saad has offers from three Malaysian states Selangor, Kedah and Johor, besides five others from Europe. Kven Sarawak and Sabah are interested in the 23-year-old Australian. Though he has not made up his mind on which team to sign for, he said
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        Edwards likely to join KL
        187 30 ALISTAIR Edwards is likely to join Kuala Lumpur soon. "We will get him now," said Raja Aziz Raja Salim, the KL deputy president and team manager last night. "We spoke to him but he wanted us to wait for the Singapore decision. Now that it
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    • THE FANS' REACTION ... COMPILED BY LOH TUAN LEE
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        Callers are disappointed
        354 30 Six hotline callers who had earlier expressed anxiety about Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards were contacted last ninht about the news that FAS had said a final 'no' to the duo. This is their reaction: David Chua, 24, an undergrad: "If the new team can't play well
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        Note of disgust
        250 30 Twelve letters were received on the topic of Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards days before the Football Association of Singapore held its meeting. Two of the letters bore more than one signature. One three-paged "essay" was submitted with a Ngee Ann Polytechnic letterhead. It bore IS signatures.
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    'CHEATED'
    440 31  -  My saddest day in football, says Abbas Saad of the decision to drop him By S Gulam SHOCKED, angry and cheated. That was how Abbas Saad reacted when told that Singapore will not re-engage him and compatriot Alistair Edwards for this year's Malaysia Cup. "I've done so much for
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      47 31 NO SPORTING S BIG BEniNG CHANCE J g ISSUE Several sporting events stand ter World Cup, the big to be severely hit if there is betting issue is whether there an outbreak of war in the T will be a war in the Gulf/Page 29 Gulf/Page 29
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