The New Paper, 6 April 1991

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 the new paper SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90* 50 CENTS
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      96 1 she t urne d out SATURDAY, APRIL«, 1991 mci (P) 75/4/90' SO CENTS M* 19,1 1 1 f v |8^n V I x Sfo was a gawky girl when her mother, singer Diana Ross, now 46, was in her SORRY Singapore's workers are still No. 1. Newspapers earlier reported they
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon I bashed robber: Goldsmith
      392 2  -  By Suresh Nair A GOLDSMITH beat up an armed robber with a wooden stool on Friday. The stool broke on the robber's head, but the robber escaped with $500,000 worth of jewellery. "I caught him off-guard as he stooped to pick up a few gold ornaments
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      HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?
      103 2 POLICE spokesman, Assistant Superintendent Ang Sin Pin, appealed to any clinic or hospital to contact the police if anyone comes for treatment with head or body injuries. It is learnt the robber may have suffered internal injuries. But there was no trail of blood to indicate
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      Lock icon Singapore Ville, anybody?
      285 3  -  By Tan Li Mei w i OULD you believe I visited the "Istana" the other day? But this "palace" is at Namly Gardens. And it is not the presidential residence, just a private house. Driving through five private estates, I discovered at least 15 houses with unique
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      107 2 BENEFICIAL FULLY GUARANTEED| WEIGHT LOSS INCH LOSS PROGRAMMES Lester Lim was 82 kg before taking up the Beneficial Programme. Mp' Three days later, *> HDL his body weight was reduced to > 1 77 kg. With more w confidence,he w &V hi' continued with &Y 1 the Beneficial V| Js
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      40 2 HOTLINEPLUS TO share a point of view, call HotlinePJu* at ?34-7711*0t write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Rd, S'pore 0923. SATURDAY OFFER: $5,000 worth of Yashica Samurai and AW-Mini Cameras to be won See Page 31
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      SAYS BG LEE
      157 4 iM Higher than forecast ECONOMIC growth between January and March is expected to be about 7 per cent, higher than the 3 to 6 per cent forecast for the whole year, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The estimate is based on preliminary figures for
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Lock icon Midget bus — for kids only
        71 4 Midget bus for kids only THIS midget bus in Hongkong is believed to be the world's smallest public bus. And it is strictly for the kids. It measures only 2.6 m by 0.8 m by 1 m and is used to train primary school children safety on the buses. In
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        Plea to Razaleigh
        50 4 FORMER Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh is under increasing pressure from his supporters to join Umno as more members defect from his Spirit of 46 party. The Spirit of 46 received a big blow last week when former youth wing chief Ibrahim Ali joined Umno.
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        CID plan
        42 4 THE Criminal Investigation Department is taking a new step. It will start group counselling this year for students and parents to tackle secret society activities in schools. This was revealed in a paper presented at the police workplan seminar yesterday.
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        11 more child centres
        64 4 MORE primary school students will benefit from 11 student care centres opening at community centres by the end of the year. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State (Education) said when he visited the new centre at Hougang CC yesterday. For a low monthly fee,
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        Demerit points
        53 4 TOUGHER action againat errant motorists, including three demerit points for dangerous parking, will be introduced later this year. From next month, those who park illegally will faced increased composition fines and higher towing and storage charges. Motorists caught speeding and switching lanes indiscriminately will also face increased fines
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        3 hold-ups at Cuppage
        59 4 THREE armed robberies took place at Cuppage Centre carpark on Thursday. In all three hold-ups, believed to be committed by the same men, one of the two robbers carried a chopper. The robberies took place on the fourth level of the carpark, the first two in
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        New-style HDB flats?
        69 4 PUBLIC housing estates will be designed by private architects soon, if plans drawn up are approved by the Housing Board, Mr Tay Eng Soon, 50, president of the Singapore Institute of Architects said. He added that the institute would help the HI)B finalise conditions for groups of
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      QUOTE
      91 4 r will no longer be satisfied with the dissemination of straight news. They will want journalists to evaluate the news, drawing on their knowledge base, their closeness to major newsmakers, and the collective experience of the newsroom. Mr Cheong Yip Seng (right), editor-in-chief for English/Malay newspapers of Singapore Press
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      HEADLINERS
      98 4 The Straits Times: 7 per cent growth for first quarter likely: BG Lee. Business Times: First quarter growth likely to he 7 pc: BG Lee. Lianhe Zaobao: Three demerit points tor illegal parking; new higher Tint's start next month Berita Harian: 7 per cent economic growth in the first
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      192 5 It's cool. It's sensational. It's the sophisticated sounds of the Full Logic Touch Controls Panasonic RQ-V450 and RQ-V5OO Personal Stereo. Arxi. The most sophisticated with soft touch controls for both while stocks last, a free snazzy Panasonic waist tuner and cassette. pouch (worth 15/-) is yours to carry your Synthesizer
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Fell during race for rati prata
      643 6 On Sunday, Mr Wesley Sim Chin Shing plunged to his death at a waterfall near Mount Ophir. Mr Ng Keng Huat, who was with Mr Sim on the weekend trip, recounts the ill-fated expedition to DAVE ANG THEY had climbed Mount Ophir together twice
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      Locked out!
      387 7  -  By Colin Cheong A MALAYSIAN woman came home to her rented room three days ago and found the main gate secured with a new padlock. She called her landlord. But he denied changing the lock. Instead, he told her to get a locksmith to pick it open. Miss
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      100 arrest warrants for man
      136 7  -  By Yeo Kim Seng A BUSINESSMAN who had chalked up KM) warrants of arrest over four years was given a discharge yesterday. He had re- ceived the warrants for failing to answer 138 parking summonses. Magistrate Chan Wang Ho gave Mr Lim Khye C»uan an
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      'Repair your own letterbox'
      384 8  -  By Chua Bee Hua GETTING your vandalised letterbox repaired is your responsibility. HDB flat-owner Madam Lor Ching Kew found this out when she tried to get her town council to repair her letterbox. The letterbox was vandalised on March 2. The offence has been reported in
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      VANDALISM
      29 8 UNDER the Vandalism Act, any person who commits vandalism or attempts to do any such act could he fined up to $2,000 or jailed up to three years.
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      Singapore still the Beri best
      454 9  -  Wrong rating: Switzerland showed at joint top spot with Singapore in the Heri report. It is actually No. 2. SDRs are a kind of world money based on a weighted basket of five currencies the US dollar, yen, Deutschmark, French franc and Bhtish pound. By
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    • Handy aids by poly students
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        Lock icon INVENTION 1: THE LIGHTED WALKING STICK
        281 10 A portable traffic light, a remote-controlled sliding window and a lighted cane for the blind are some of the gadgets that willbe displayed at Singapore Polytechnic's Final Year Students' Project Exhibition, EPEX '91. LYNETTE LIM reports THE Singapore Polytechnic's EPEX '91 exhibition features 83
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        INVENTION 2: THE PORTABLE TRAFFIC LIGHT
        102 10 THIS traffic light will stop visitors in their tracks at the EPEX '91 exhibition. It is no ordinary traffic light. It weighs less than 8 kg and can be easily dismantled and carried around. It is solar-powered and has a rechargeable battery to keep
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        INVENTION 3: THE REMOTE-CONTROLLED SLIDING WINDOW
        139 10 THIS is a gadget that would warm the hearts of couch potatoes. No need to get up from your seats. Just press a button and the windows will slide shut The inventors of this device say it can be fitted with sen- sors that
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      Glass hob explodes on housewife
      317 11  -  By Norenshah Sahari A HOUSEWIFE narrowly excaped injury when the glass casing on her gas stove suddenly exploded while she was cooking. "I had just turned away to attend to my son when there was a loud sound. I turned and saw that the glass
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      CASE GUIDELINES
      112 11 TWO similar incidents were reported last year. No one was injured in the incidents. The Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) gave these guidelines: Check if it's a specially toughened heat-resistant glass. Choose sturdy, well-an-chored pan supports, more than four bars or spokes for each pan. Make sure the
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      Orang Asli feared the camera
      276 12 Pictures tell stories. But can they capture your soul? A free-lance photographer tells LYNETTE LIM his experience. Also, reports on some award-winning pictures and how they were taken THEY were afraid of being photographed. The reason: They hadn't seen a camera before. But free-lance photographer
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      THE EYE FIRST
      75 12 MR Tan Wee Khiang, 30, composes pictures in his mind. "Your eye is your camera," he said. "You don't need a camera to be able to visualise pictures." Mr Tan, a professional photographer, is the grand prize winner of the contest. He wins a trip for two
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      THE CONTEST
      44 12 THE Aiwa World Photo Contest featured photo entries of people with Aiwa headphone sets on. This is the first time Aiwa has held such a worldwide contest. There were 30 entries from Singapore. Merit award winners get a HS-JX2OOO Aiwa headphone set.
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      MODEL GRANDMA
      202 12 WHILE many contestants chose to photograph cute children, Ang Choon Leng, 18, focused on his 79-year-old granny. Her infectious smile won Mr Ang a Merit in the "Exceptional Works" category in the Aiwa Photo Contest. Why did he decide on his grandmother? "I like her laugh," replied Mr
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      524 6 Improve your job prospects now Train for the job you reaDy want Through ICS training, Your program will give millions of men and women you everything you need all over the world have to complete your prepared themselves for J -JH -at no extra cost. And, it exciting, rewarding careers
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      6 7 FASTads a fast way to recruit.
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      487 9 M-150 Instant Cash and Holiday Draw. Congratulations to all winners! Ist Prize: 7-day tour to USA West Coast Sarah S Blk 445 Clementi Ave 3 2nd Prize: 6-day tour to Australia Mohamed Amir Bin Kasim Blk 316 Übi Ave 1 3rd Prize: 5-day tour to Thailand Lim Peng Soon *****26/
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      283 10 m m] 1 Mill KOAD EAT JLSHOP Fish Cum- YI VKiETAP.IAN Vegetarian Dian CRAFT Lratix-r Klip* (>3ip<>firr Gifts Kria'rri 1 Xin Carrot Cjk* Scallop Roll Desaera KOO KEE Accessories TM CHOCO HOUSE Chocolates YONG TOW POO Niaag Toufu 800 Curd EVERSHINE FLORIST Flowers Wedding Bouquet, Fab Meat AUDRA'S KITCHEN Cures
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 35 dead, 750 hurt in Peruvian quake
      316 13 Reuter. AT least 35 people died when a powerful earthquake shook northeastern Peru's Amazon jungle area yesterday. Over 750 people were also injured. Several towns were heavily damaged. Another strong tremor shook southern Peru later yesterday, panicking residents and causing old houses to
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      Lock icon Child saved from Qing Ming fire
      49 13 Saved from lire: A three-year-old child is rescued by a fireman using his body to protect her from the helicopter air current. Four others in her family were injured in a Hong Kong's New Territories fire during the Qing Ming Festival. Picture/ Reuter
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      GLOSSARY
      163 13 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. expose: It is a piece of writing which reveals the truth about a situation or a person. bizarre: Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange. barrio: A
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      Lock icon Sheila gives birth to baby girl
      132 13 Bernama. POPULAR Malaysian singer Sheila Majid (right) gave birth to her first child, a girl, yesterday. The 2.69 kg baby was delivered yesterday morning at a medical centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Looking tired but happy, Sheila invited curious newsmen to the maternity ward.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Kennedy's nephew is rape suspect: Police
      277 14 AP. FLORIDA police this morning identified Mr William Kennedy Smith, the nephew of Senator Edward Kennedy, as the suspect in an alleged rape at the Kennedy family compound. "We have identified that particular gentleman as our suspect in this case," said police spokesman Craig
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      Lock icon KENNEDY IS ISSUE IN CUSTODY BATTLE
      193 14 UPI. SENATOR Edward Kennedy's relationship with a neighbour in Palm Beach, Florida, has become an issue in a custody battle. The neighbour, real estate agent Dragana Lickle, is locked in a custody battle with her ex-husband, Mr Garrison Dupont Lickle. The couple were divorced
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      Lock icon Mafia-style death for Thailand 'godfather'
      116 14 AFP. A BOXING promoter was killed in a gangland-style assassination last night, Thailand's army-run television reported. The killing was on a highway outside Bangkok, the report said. Three policemen and one volunteer rescue worker were wounded in a bomb explosion while removing his bullet-riddled body
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      Lock icon Survivor cannot believe his luck
      329 14 AP. A HOSTAGE, who emerged unhurt after six people were killed in a police shootout with an Asian youth gang in California, could not believe his luck. "It was a massacre. Thank God, by the grace of God, I'm alive," said Mr A 1 Bodnar
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      57 14 U.S. TO AIRDROP FOOD FOR KURDISH REFUGEES/ Page 30 KIDS! Reco&iise your favourite I character? Here's your chance to win tickets to see the stage musical,' Sesame CTpB Street Live'. Find out how in Monday's issue (April 8, 1991) of Qrk Y C *t The New Paper. And stand to
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  • SCENE & HEARD
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      Make me beautiful, doc
      603 16  -  Next Page/ MICHAEL JACKSON'S NOSE JOBS By Lo Tien Yin EVER so often, we hear of celebrities who have had different jobs done on their face and elsewhere on their anatomy. Some admit it, some don't. Yet others admit to what they call half truths. Singer
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      Happy with our looks, thank you
      292 16 SOME showbiz personalities are not as ready to go into the operating room for beauty. Here's what they say: Kevin Wong (SBC presenter for Friday's Variety Tonight) Though he wishes he has a longer face and smaller eyes, so that he looks more exotic
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      Only two nose jobs, he says
      311 17  -  He had always hated his nose. His brothers made matters worse when they nicknamed him Big Nose By Lois Ng THERE will always be the "expose" on celebrities who encounter the beautifying scalpel. And there will always be speculations on whether those breasts are
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      Baby Ross
      694 18 Bab y Ross TRACEE Ross could be m considered a model supreme. Her mother is Diana, the lead singer of Motown's most famous 60's girl group, The Supremes. With a little help from mom, 19-year-old Tracee started right at the top. Her first major job was modelling for the Thierry
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      Lock icon No boys just yet for Cara
      669 19 MOTHER'S NATURE: Margaret Chan's dizzying attitude to life has drawn an ardent fan in daughter Cara. The resemblance between the two goes beyond just looks. NG SOOK FUN reports THEY have the same oval-shaped face, identical eyes and the same familiar broad smile. Both
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      Mum's acting tip for Cara
      120 19 S TO be an actress, there is a price. For mummy's role in Medium Rare, tongues will definitely wag. I am not bothered about what they say, but I care very much for your daddy and it does matter a lot what your daddy thinks.
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      THANKS MUM, DAD
      111 19 GOOD genes and nurture contribute to talent, as celebrities from the region prove. From the musical Abisheganaden family, emerged singer and actress Jacintha. At 16, she was the youngest soloist Singapore sent to take part in the famous Llangollen Eisteddofd in Wales. Her father is musician-cum-actor Alex
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  • MYWORD
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      My pet peeve Oh, for a kinder, gentler society on the roads
      454 20  -  ROAD MANNERS By Norenshan Sahari IN the wake of the number of accidents on the road, the government's call for a more gracious society could not be more timely. Some of these accidents could have been avoided if
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      Please look beyond my clothes
      263 20  -  SNOB SHOP By Ovidia Lim SINGAPORE is a shopper's paradise. To Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and Indonesian tourists, I mean. They are the reason why branded boutiques proliferate like 7-Eleven stores down the Orchard Road stretch. Singaporeans who have the means and the courage (or just
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      In a rush but getting nowhere
      214 20  -  MRT ATHLETES By Tan Li Mei I DON'T mean to whine and complain, but I must remark on our MKT (or Monsters Rushing Through) commuters. Being a frequent traveller, I notice people's faces glued to the' glass doors of the tunnels, whether or not
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      Yech! Let's fine nose-blowers
      258 20  -  NOSE BLOWING By Lynette Lim "YKCH!" I thought in disgusted fascination, as I watched a man Mow his nose into his hand and casually wipe it all over the handrail of the overhead bridge. I may never touch the handrail again hut what is the point.
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    Terror wives
    327 21  -  ETCETERA By Tamal Mukherjee PMT WIVES WHOEVER'S heard of PMT wives? They are the ones who suffer premenstrual tension, reports Daily Mail. Many husbands in Britain are terrorised by such wives. They sleep out to escape knife threats and being hit with saucepans. Such women are hard to
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      72 21 'I DONT THINK I'LL I HAVE MUCH TIME FOR SAX.' AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALLER CRAIG FOSTER ON PLAYING I He's made his position very clear. He's not here to play BH the field or his saxophone. He's here to score. Catch H Singapore's newest soccer hope in a sizzling six-page \V I
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  • COVERSTORY
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      HE'S FINISHED
      1081 22  -  Next Page/ ARGENTINA'S OTHER FAMOUS SON By George Vecsey ""1 T was only i year ago that one of the world's leading soc cer officials spoke thtM prophet itwords about Diego Armando Maradona: "l am afraid he will wind up like loe Louis," the man said, referring to
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      Cheats have no place in sport
      246 22  -  COMMENT 11 Godfrey Robert STRAITS TIMES SPORTS EDITOR HE isn't exactly my idol, my dream footballer. But since the first time I saw him as a 21-year-old at the opening Argentina versus Belgium World Cup match in Barcelona in 1982, I had a Quiet
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      There's only one great soccer star
      138 22  -  COMMENT By Jeffrey Low TNP SOCCER COLUMNIST "MARADONA is not Pele, Pele is nut Maradona. Pele is Pele, Maradona is Maradona." Thank God for that. Those words, uttered by none other than Maradona himself after his scintillat ing Mexico World Cup in 1986, were
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      THE RISE AND FALL
      268 22 DIEGO Armando Maradona was born on Oct 30, 1960, in a Buenos Aires slum, the fifth of eight children of a factory worker. He played his first game on the national team at 16. In 1979, his deft left foot booted Argentina to the world junior
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      Thank Heavens For Ardiles
      1069 23  -  Of Argentina's two most famous soccer exports, Ardiles is the true professional BY Rob Hughes London in the end, even in sport, education counts for something. And on Tuesday, as Diego Maradona scuttled out of Naples, his countryman, Osvaldo Ardiles, began a new challenge in a
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    Special nights at H2O
    201 24 DO you know what's a tooter? I didn't until I stepped into HA) the fun pub in International Building on Tuesday. It so happened that Tuesday was Tooter's Night, which meant that I got too I mean, two drinks for the price of one. I went
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    BRA-HA-HA ON MRT
    179 24 WILL the lady who lost her bra on the MRT train last week please own up? You see, the gallant gentleman on whose lap your bra fell would like to buy you another this time with straps. Yes, this is a true story. It happened as the
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    S-s-s-strippers beware
    94 24 ACCORDING to a report in a British newspaper, RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) officials are keeping an eye on strippers to make sure that there is no cruelty to the snakes they use in their nightclub acts. This reminds me of a story
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    Einstein's Heritage worth a look
    131 24 HERE'S good news for all you music fans. After a mighty short stint in The Cellar at Yen San Building, Heritage is back on the circuit and the hand is now occupying centrestage at Einstein's, "the relati- vity bar". But, just to put you nonrock
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    'Hate pack' out to bury Elvis
    132 24 A BIZARRE cult, dedicated to debunking the Elvis Presley myth, is threatening to destroy Graceland the late singer's private estate in Memphis. According to a US magazine, this underground "hate pack" has been performing some strange rituals that include dancing wildly on Elvis' grave
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    68 26 THAI WIGGLE: This coconut tree, located on the highway from Haadyai to Songkhla, has been this way for more than 30 years. It literally snakes its way up in a bid to touch the sun. It has always been the odd one out in the coconut grove, says local
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      978 27 saturdaytv HAPPY BIRTHDAY, F I CHINESE CINEMA: I I FREDDY'S BUGS: 50 LOONEY j FINAL JUSTICE iSfc NIGHTMARES s 15 S3oDml -•Jm "sssAssa (Channel 5, 6.30 pm) A YOUNG man is arrested f ba f k HOLLYWOOD celebrates \jiEX" b y a P° lice detective who W V'sCiX^V^baolutelv Bugs Bunny's
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      897 28 sundaytv (SBC 5, QPiH IN 1956, Dr Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen, '/J, was a young, determined neurologist assigned to the United States Army. His career was just beginning. His project was top secret. His country was living in jIH the shadow of the Cold War. ifr Today, Dr Brown's career
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      358 29 Reuter. u S Air Force planes will begin dropping supplies of food, blankets, clothing and other relief items to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq from tomorrow. The new US effort to aid the refugees was announced by President George Bush in Newport, California, yesterday.
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      135 29 Fleeing from home and Saddam P X eople who don't even fear God, fear Saddam Hussein. We will return only if Saddam goes. A young Kurdish man —^i we not people? Don't we have human rights? Why do Bush and the others allow Saddam to kill us? A young Kurdish
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      91 29 Reuter. IRAQ has invited a United Nations humanitarian mission to investigate the situation of Kurds. The invitation came in the wake of reports that Iraqi troops are engaging in large-scale massacres of Kurdish rebels. UN officials said the Iraqi envoy to the UN, Mr Abdul Amir-al-Anbari,
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      141 29 AP. THE United Nations Security Council this morning overwhelmingly condemned Iraq's repression of the Kurds. The council also demanded that Baghdad allow humanitarian groups immediate access to all those in need. The council approved the measure by a vote of 10-3. Two countries abstained. The
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      228 30 Reuter. FORMER Texas Senator John Tower was among 23 people killed when a twin-engine commuter aircraft crashed at Brunswick, Georgia, early today (Singapore time), aviation authorities and Mr Tower's law firm said. A spokesman for the former Senator's law firm in Dallas said Mr
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      211 30 SCHOOL kids in Sydney will get free pizzas if they read books outside their syllabus. The scheme to promote the reading habit has been cooked up by Pizza Hut, the American fastfood chain. Many parents did not quite like the idea, reports the British Broadcasting
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    619 37  -  SPORTS/RACING PREVIEWS/ By The Three Musketeers s IBERIAN Hero was backed as if he could not lose last weekend but he ran way below his true ability. The rain more than the actual going probably put him off. But he has looked in top condition
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      193 38 Reuter. FRENCH national striker Eric Cantona is out of Marseille's European Cup semifinal squad with Spartak in Moscow on Wednesday. The name was missing when trainer Raymond Goethals announced his team yesterday. Cantona had earlier been barred from the squad which played European champions
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      376 38 ENGLISH LEAGUE UPDATE Reuter. LEEDS United, seeking a return to the golden days of the *****, could move closer to third place in the English First Division if it beats Wimbledon today. A win at Plough Lane would put Leeds three points behind Crystal Palace
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      220 38 AP. AC Milan has rejected offers by Spain's Real Madrid for Dutch striker Ruud Gullit and coach Arrigo Sacchi, a club spokesman reported yesterday. The possible transfer of the Dutch forward and of the Italian coach of Milan was discussed at a meeting between
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      277 38 BORDEAUX players yesterday offered to give up part of their earnings to save the threatened French First Division club from going out of business. "The situation is. urgent," defender Jean-Christophe Thouvenel said. "Why shouldn't the players give part of their earnings back to the club to assure its survival...?"
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      694 39 THE CAUSEWAY CONNECTION: PART II Yesterday, we looked at the impact of Malaysians on the schools badminton scene. It is the turn of tennis today. Nine out of 21 players in the Schools National B Division final were from across the Causeway, reports LOH TUAN LEE
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      98 39 It's not embarrassing. It's a matter of priorities. The students value academic grades, so something has to give. John Choy, SLTA official don't like to think they can be beaten by children. Because of this attitude, Singapore juniors are not exposed enough. Tan Poll Song, former national
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      394 40 Swimmers make up more than half of the nominations for the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards this year. Will they prove an irresistible tide? LOH TUAN LEE reports THE Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards have been nicknamed Water Awards before, and not without good reason. The Sportsboy award was hogged
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      93 40 SPORTSBOY TERRY TOH CHESS RAFFLES INSTITUTION ALVIN CHEN SWIMMING ANGLO CHINESE SEC KENNETH YEO SWIMMING ANGLO CHINESE SEC TAN WEARN HAWYATCHING TKK GHEE PRIMARY SC HAMKAH ARIFF ATHLETICS CHAICHEE SEC drvKl iMIINk CHAN PECK HOONG SWIMMING RAFFLES JUNIOR COU NG CHIANG UNG SWIMMING RAFFLES JUNIOR COIL. EADEUN UM
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      497 40  -  ROLEX MASTERS GOLF By Brian Miller IN a four-hour birdie blitz Sri Lanka's sole representative threw his hat into the ring when he fired a four-under-par 67 during the second round at Bukit Course. Nandasena Perera, 35, a father'of two, hoisted himself
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      235 40 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: BOXING WBA super-middleweight championship in France: Victor Cordoba (Panama) bt Christophe Tiozzo (Fra), rsf 9th rd. SNOOKER Irish Masters in Dublin qfinals: Jimmy White (Eng) bt Ken Doherty (Ire) 5-3. SOCCER England Div 3: Tranmere 1 Rotherham 2. Div One Germany: Fortuna
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      590 41 Bjorn Borg returns to competitive tennis after a six-and-a-half year break when he takes part in the Monte Carlo Open, from April 22. At 34, Borg will be the old man in a young mans game. But don't write him off. He has been preparing for
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      484 42 THE MARADONA MUDDLE piego Maradoaa's future lies on a ruling today, which cou)d see turn banned lor two years. The face of football's Golden Boy has been smeared with cocaine. Western fans cry for his suspension. Argentinians cry. IT R RAMAKRISHNAN savs. po ahead, frown
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      428 42  -  TR rammakrishnan IS shame a necessary price to pay for fame? Ask Diego Maradona as he mopes in his father's villa in Buenos Aires, hidden from the eyes of a vengeful world. Today, he is a condemned man. A dope-fiend. Hated and reviled by those very people
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      226 42 FRENCH 6PEN SffliKST Reuter. SIX-TIME world champion -Jahangir Khan was involved in an angry exchange wilh Australian Rodney Eyles during the French Open quarter-final. Jahangir eventually won 15-6. 11-15, 17-15, 15-10. The confrontation followed a heavy collision between the players with the Pakistani
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