The New Paper, 19 April 1991

Microfilm: NL17501
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    12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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      52 1 What I wear in bed t L» |J I;:::::: jfc |J II |nNM!h n wfi think are the sexiest clothes on a man. My first date. What makes me laugh. Singer Gloria Estefan reveals these and more on Page 26 Her comeback concert Page 25 EX-SPURS MANAGER IS PAHANG COACH
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      67 1 i liii I ;IJ !H| 1 Hi I lli at. IHH m i|i hi vi I Ifl i ■H' II Fi |]l 1 HOME Fourteen weeping Chinese men lock arms and lie on the floor of an airport transit lounge in Miami. The men are being deported to China from
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Sailor dies in fire on barge
      583 2 One dead, another missing, and two injured. That is the casualty fet of the fire on board a bunker barge off Jardine Steps last night. The barge was tied to an oil tanker. "Suddenly, flames were leaping at us from the front of the
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      QUICK ACTION SAVES
      82 2 PROMPT action by the Marine Police enabled the quick rescue of the Shafinaz Ria's crew, said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lim Soo I Gee. "Four patrol boats responded to the emergency within minutes. "They rushed to the scene only minutes after the fire broke out, and this was
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      PROSIA
      587 3 SOME people are afraid to fly, others hate spiders or snakes. Some even fear fish. In the United States alone, 22.5 million people suffer from such phobias. ELIZA TEOH spoke to 42 Singaporeans about their fears and phobias A FKAR of creepy crawlies topped the list of 42 Singaporeans
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      136 3 MOST phobias are "learned avoidance responses", said Dr F Y Long, a clinical phychologist. This means people associate a fear with a seemingly harmless object or animal. Some ways of overcoming a phobia are: Behavioural therapy: This involves a systematic desensitisation. First, the patient is made to relax. Then the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      STAKE IN HONGKONG
      141 4 HOT STORY THE Singapore Government will invest in real assets in Hongkong in a big way. Finance Minister Richard Hu said this yesterday at the official opening of DBS Bank's Hongkong branch. The Singapore Government will seek opportunities to invest in ventures where its participation will add
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      Double surnames
      46 4 CHILDREN of mixed marriages may lu* allowed t<» have double-barrelled surnames. Singapore's Acting Minister for Information and Arts (ieorge Yeo said this in Hongkong yesterday. Such surnames would incorporate, for example, the Chinese surname of the mother and the surname of the Caucasian father.
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    • CATCH OF THE PAY
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        Full-day schools
        64 4 PUPILS under the Government's pilot full-day school scheme, which starts next year, will begin lessons an hour later at 8.30 am instead of 7.30 am. Schools under the scheme took this decision after surveying parents late last month. The scheme will he launched next .January in three primary
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        BG Lee to visit China
        70 4 DKPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will pay an official two-week visit to China from May 2 to May 15. Brigadier-General (Res) Lee will call on Chinese leaders in Beijing. The delegation will include Mr Peter Sung. Minister of State for National Development. They will
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        Divorces increasing
        68 4 ONE in 12 marriages in China ends in a divorce. The rate is even higher in Beijing one marriage out of eight breaks up, says the New York Times. There were about H(M),(HM) divorces last year, up from 341,(MM) in I9HO. Some in Beijing are reported to be
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        Major regret
        46 4 BRITISH Prime Minister •John Major sometimes regrets being famous. He misses windowshopping and browsing in stores. "I regret the fact that I cannot do the things in private that I like to do," he told the BB<' on Monday Mr Major: Missrs window shopping.
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      POTLUCK
      4 4  -  Soh Ah Teck
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      HEADLINERS
      67 4 The Straits Times: Govt to invest in real assets in UK. Business Times: JTC plans to revive huge office and retail project. Lianhe Zaobao: US sets up refugee camp with Britain and France. Berita Harian: Iraq signs agreement to lu*lp Kurdish refugees. SBC morning news: President Gorbachev and Japanese
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      95 4 See Singapore and have a gourmet lunch for $28.00 Only on Saturdays. Resen v the best seat at Singapore s highest by the window and restaurant. Fashion take in the magni- Show every Jfcent view. It's the Saturday from perfect complement rH 1.30 pm to to a gourmet lunch j|
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      93 4 BENEFICIAL FULLY GUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS INCH LOSS PROGRAMMES Mohd was f gl weighing Sf 103 k 9 w before he V i\ 1 started the programme. L. U I Just after I one month, frJi he lost 14.4 kg. At present, a he weighs 86 VI kg and his un-
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      One firm, two benefits
      552 5 This is a cautionary tale about two employees. They were laid off by the same company, but compensated very differently. NTUC News says was a_ union member and had the union to fight for her rights. The other was not. Both lost their jobs after many
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      GLOSSARY
      109 5 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. epilepsy: A brain condition which causes a person suddenly to lose consciousness and sometimes to have violent fits. fused: When things are fused, they join together physically, usually to
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      Whipped with belts, then robbed
      418 6  -  Story and Picture Angeline Song c RIMINALS hit Mr Jayaprakash s/o Sredan twice in the same night. First he was beaten unconscious by a gang using heavy-buckled belts. Then another man, not connected to the first group, robbed him of his gold chain during the
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      JAIL
      66 6 WILLIAM Teo, the man who stole Mr Jayaprakash's chain, pleaded guilty in a district court on Wednesday. He was jailed five months for theft. The gold chain was not recovered as Teo had sold it to a jeweller, who had in turn sold it away, the court heard. A
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      Unrivalled Love for opera
      337 7  -  ESTHER TAN CANTONESE opera is alive at the Eunos Community Centre. A group of about 30 young people has formed ECHO short for Eunos Community Centre Chinese Opera Group. Most are English-educated and could only speak a smattering of the dialect when they joined ECHO when
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      Belt up during pregnancy
      442 8 Britain's Daily Mail recently reported that two women lost their un born babies after car accidents because of the improper way they wore their seatbelts. Many Singaporeans interviewed by The New Paper were unaware of such dangers MANY Singapore women are ignorant of the proper way
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      Lock icon THE RIGHT WAY
      7 8 Graphic/ Hou Soon Ming
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      EXEMPTION
      50 8 Police said that exemption in the case of pregnancy has In bo certified by .a government doctor >n a letter The letter can then be produced tor inspection when a pregnant motorist is stopped for not wearing her seat belt Such enemplion i* usually allowed for advanced pregnancies only
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      ONE DOCTOR’S VIEW
      104 8 A GYNAECOLOGIST said that the way suggested for pregnant mothers to wear a safety belt may be difficult to follow especially if their baby bulge is big. He also described three situations in which he "would consider exemptions": During the last two months of pregnancy when wearing
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      219 5 Hverytime you come to us for a we 11 you a reason to come Lack. we're not just talking about our wonderful array of hand-crafted and imported chocolates at Le Chocolatier. I are we talking just about our personalised service that includes wrapping your choice of a gift with all
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      50 6 w Great holiday entertainment O x or who,e f amily p Q SHOWTIMES A U Tickets at $45, $35, $20 r W\l \J U [j Group $30 (10 or more tickets) I C 3 from Indoor Stadium Parkway Parade I M X VB Q CREDIT CARD/GROUP BOOKINGS Li J Q
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      155 7 WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE DRIVER FROM THE DROVES? I SUfTAiU fO* UNLLADLD KTKOL AUDI 80 2.0E AUTO Connoisseurs of cars choose the fuel-injected Audi 80 2.0E Auto for its unbeatable German engineering. They appreciate and understand what goes into the making of a truly great car. The knowledge sets them apart.
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      151 8 Spend You Could Win A Trip To Australia MMay every r g»l bill at the v E ■cikiir,.-'---H TAURANT a I An 31 >ton EL v.cn.MMa. 4 Airport) OSCARS RESTAURANT (Terminal 2 Changi Airport) p i will entitle you to a lucky draw coupon J j which could win you
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      1066 9 A NSX Series Digital Mini Hi-Fi A 111/ A e XIA. with World's Biggest Power Output (800 watts) I WW r\ 5,57 n Digital Audio«, Video I XNNIVER/ARV DIGITAL MINI TECHNOLOGY I llk I P™ JL JL I F" UNBEATABLE mm NSX-800 I fWsSWTIM TTiTT**?" HHH MMfek Asia Special Limited
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      My hunt for cancer cure
      290 10 Former Australian pin-up model and cancer patient Prue Hickey-Kelly came to Singapore recently. She tells OVIDIA LIM about her battle with the deadly disfiguring disease "I WAS an international model. Vanity made me get four unsuccessful breast implants," said Ms Prue Hick-ey-Kelly. "That caused my
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      ‘My mission’
      169 11 "My mission is to spread the news about this drug," said Ms Hickey-Kelly. "It's not very expensive. I think $3,250 worth of Regeneresen over a few months will get rid of almost all my cancer. "Bnt the Australian (lov eminent won't allow me to bring it in for
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      KILLING CANCER
      144 11  -  By Ovidia Lim THK Answer to Killing Cancer by Prue Hickey-Kelly, was my bedtime reading the night before I interviewed her. The writing was personal bitter anger was mixed with hopeful optimism in 155 pages of unedited prose. Would she be as confused as she sounded in her
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      NTUC’s big business
      367 11  -  By Irene Hoe UNION business is big business. And it is set to grow even bigger. NTUC Comfort, the taxi co-op-erative, has $118 million in assets. Insurance co-operative NTUC Income has $768 million worth of assets. And NTUC Fair Price, the extensive supermarket chain, is a formidable
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      213 10 A TASTE OF ANCMOIQO HOTEL MIRAMAR BRASBASAH fC -J£i£ AMri MENU WISMA ATRIA BUKUTTMAH litm ir ANir YEN SAN ULUNEY PARKWAY Surf Turf $16.50 $16.00 $15.50 Ribeye Octopus $15.50 $15.00 $14.50 Sirloin &Fried Oyster $14.50 $14.00 $13.50 Lobster Thermidor $20.00 $19.50 $19.00 Grilled King Prawns $19.50 $19.00 $18.50 Baked Seafood
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      189 10 THe SUPPLe MeNTs FoR YQuR GOOd HeALTh. r- f (z J i_ (fliureUfe) Naturelife Naturelife VITAMIN E HI B-COMPLEX An important [kill ol youi diet A PLUS C NatureMe Vitamin tis a natmai LV' _r 1'• -7/v Mm* t» w'fiiji«i i.omtwnes .ill source of Vitamin t in an e S
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      183 11 elebrate Secretaries' Week in style and V this time in fashionable style. As you feast on an exquisite lunch, well-known local designers will unveil their latest h-T- creations. All patrons will receive attractive SECRETARIES'WEEK r tS 3 C^anCe t0 W > n fabulous prizes at our daily quiz draw. PIOOMS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Incredible, Hulk!
      483 12 THE Incredible Hulk recently fought his toughest battle and did the incredible. He won. Bill Bixby, the star of the old television series about the mean green superhero, beat prostate cancer. Bixby, 57, had a life-saving four-hour operation at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles three weeks ago.
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      ‘5-day treatment for breast cancer’
      190 12 A NKW "bullet" has been developed in Britain that is said to halt breast cancer in just, five days. It normally takes five to six weeks of painful agonising and exhausting radio therapy to treat breast cancer in its early stages. And that comes only
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Weeping 14 ask for asylum
      355 13 AP. FOURTEEN Chinese men, some claiming to be dissidents of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising, were detained yesterday in Miami, US, after they asked for political asylum. "I may wind up giving them parole, as we did with the last group of Chinese
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      SINO-U.S. TIES
      103 13 CHINA'S ties with the United States have yet to recover fully from the Tiananmen incident. Following the bloodbath, the US led other Western states in curbing economic ties with Beijing and freezing all high-level contacts. Last June, Washington raised Beijing's ire after Vice-President Dan Quayle met student leader
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      THE TIANANMEN INCIDENT
      97 13 ON the night of June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese Government sent its army into Beijing's Tiananmen Square to drive out pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds of people were killed. Some reports say the death toll was in the thousands. Many well-known student leaders such as Chai Ling and Wuer
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      Lock icon Gorbachev loses his cool
      342 14 Wire services. PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev lost his temper at a press conference this morning. And his wife, Raisa, was too tired yesterday to keep up with the schedule planned by Japanese hosts. The gruelling pace of their historic visit to Japan had finally taken its toll
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      Lock icon Minor triumphs for Gorby, Kaifu
      230 14 Wire services. NEITHER of them got the big prize. But Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu can each claim small victories for themselves. Neither leader was willing to bend on a dispute that has frozen Soviet-Japanese ties since 1945 the ownership
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      201 13 ChaMmngmg thm Fvturw Rain or Shine, This is the One... J pp^ Any way you look at it! Unlike most other cameras, you can use the The AW-mini s also more versatile in another Yashica AW-mini autofocus in all kinds of f way. Besides the regular eye-level viewfinder, it weather.
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      232 14 Sneaker Shampoo^ 3^ WORD HUNT ■ILlUllllilllLlLllLlLlllUllLUllJLLllllllllLlLnilll JLllLIIllllllllLLI»IUIL»^UIJmiUlllJUI fll I Krwi Sneaker Shampoo is j from specially selected 1 1 a ri j to clean dirty sports shoes easily. -rfi. Just press the unique patented A l{ f I against shoe. Scrub with bristles, then clean off foam. EH E^S CONTEST
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      112 15 AA/W\/\A/ V VW v\AA AA A V Welch's I X GRAMJUICE > \1 j®* K j ,c I I I I J f X NOW IN SINGAPORE to meet the demands of health conscious consumers, fir WELCH'S GRAPE JUICE has long held a vigilant, self-imposed commitment to quality. We invest
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Payment for ‘abort or quit’ victims
      166 16 UPI. NEW York's City Hall has reached an agreement with 22 female jail guards who charged that they were forced to undergo abortions or to take different assignments to keep their jobs. The $3.85 million settlement with the former and current employees was signed
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      Queen E fuming over book
      394 16 A BOOK is out that claims to tell you all you wanted to know about the British royal family hut didn't dare ask. Queen Kliz- abeth II is furious, says the South China Morning Post. Author Roland Flamini tells some juicy stories in his book,
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      Lock icon Dead bodies up for grabs
      314 17 AFP. THAILAND'S body snatchers may lose a lucrative monopoly if the Government passes a proposed new law. The Government wants the state to assume responsibility for the collection of bodies, especially road accident victims. Cabinet ministers have admitted privately that the time has come to
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      Lock icon Dow dips — but only to 2,999
      174 18 Dow dips but only to 2,999 AFP. WALL Street's main indicator yesterday dipped back below the record 3,000 mark it topped on Wednesday as profit taking limited the market's progress. After a see-saw session, the Dow Jones index of 30 leading industrials closed 5.21 points lower at 2,999.25. Trading was
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      Lock icon Plans to educate America
      250 18 Reuter. PRESIDENT (ieorge Bush, alarmed by reports that US lags behind other nations in education, yesterday unveiled his blueprint for "a revolu- tion in American education". The plan calls for an annu- al national testing of students, fresh approaches to teaching and the granting of more
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      BLUEPRINT FOR EXCELLENCE
      87 18 Voluntary national examinations to measure the performance of students in the fourth, eighth and 12th grades. US schools now depend on informal collection of private tests. Grant more authority to parents on which school their child should attend. Business leaders will be encouraged to establish a new
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      99 16 SKIN C A R E Simple is simply 11 T "T a range o( skin products that contain 1 Ml lyy essential elements which your skin S needs. No unnecessary' colouring or fragrance is added. As such it's just perfect for all skin types. p Simple. What could be simpler?
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      407 17 f GIRD AGAINST CROCODILE SKIN OR YOUU WEAR IT FOR LIFE You love the sea and the great outdoors. You adore the feeling of the sun on your skin. But do you know the sun has harmful rays that damage your skin's deeper layers to cause sunburn, premature ageing, and
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      304 19 DANCETHON A 6-hour non-stop challenge mlf you love dancing, here's your chance to strut your stuff. j Dancethon promises a 6-hour marathon of good, clean fun UFEFORCE ZOUK DANCETHON for everyone. i 30 APRIL 1991 8.00 PM -2.00 AM wmm h Plus a chance for all contestants to win fabulous
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon The pain of cycling
      54 20 Reuter. BADLY-DESIGNED saddles cause a million sore backsides in cycling-mad Netherlands. This painful conclusion was reached by the Delft University Department of Industrial Design. Problems include bruising and irritation to sex organs, pain in urinating and temporary loss of libido. The average Dutchman cycles over 1,000
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      Lock icon Giraffe BBQ all for charity
      280 20 AP. A SOUTH African charity is planning what it says will Ik* a world "first" as a fund-raising event a giraffe barbecue. Animal rights groups have condemned the plan as barbaric. The charity. Die Afrikaner Kluh. plans to roast a 1,300-kg giraffe on a six-metre-long
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  • SHOPTALK
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      SELLING GOOD
      330 21  -  By Michelle Lee SO you thought all you ever needed was a plain bath soap, a facial cleanser and a bottle of shampoo? A walk into any outlet selling toiletries these days will change your mind. The choices seem endless and appear to be growing to include new
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      WHAT YOU NEED
      37 21 FOR your most basic toiletry set, you should have the following. Mild shampoo: ($4.70-$6) Conditioner: ($6.70) Cocobutter hand and body moisturising lotion: ($6.70) Shower gel ($4.70). All items are available at The Body Shop.
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  • SPORTS
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      NO KIDDING-THEY’RE BACK
      232 22 A PASSING glance at the headlines in the sports pages and you might think you picked up a 10-year-old paper, or even one 20 years old. For, these last few days, the stars have been burnt-out suns. Mark Spitz, George Foreman and Bjorn Borg. Men whose sporting
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      BIORN BORG, 34
      132 22 IGHT years ago, aged 26, Borg quit the circuit and said nothing would make him return. But something has made him change his mind. Next week, he plays in the Monte Carlo Open. He says it's because he misses tennis and life on the circuit. Borg was
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      MARK SPITZ, 41
      137 22 PITZ, winner of seven swimming gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, wants to be in the US team for the Barcelona Games next year. By then he would be 42, 20 years on from the summit of his success. Since a sporting goods business and Beverly
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      GEORGE FOREMAN, 42
      133 22 OREMAN takes on champion Evander Holyfield for the world heavyweight boxing title tomorrow. He was the champion when Holyfield, now 28, was 10 years old. Foreman dominated the heavyweight division from January 1973 until his defeat against Muhammad Ali in Zaire in October 1974. That defeat, and
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      LESTER PIGGOTT, 55
      126 22 OSING never figured much in Piggott's mind ever since he rode his first winner as a 12-year-old in 1948. And after his comeback to horse-racing last autumn after a five-year absence, he explained: "It's always there, it's not a thing you lose." In his first comeback race
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      29 22 I WjTBBBSIS I INTRODUCING THE WORLD'S FIRST CONTINUOUS SI AUTOFOCUS BINOCULARS minoua I world-famous Minolta Singapore (Pte) Ltd 10 Teban Gardens Crescent, Singapore 2260 Tel: 563 5533 j I
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Return to glory
      473 24 GLORIA Estefan recently played live at Wembley in London as part of the European tour postponed after her coach crashed in a Philadelphia snowstorm last year. Touring with the 33-year-old singer were her band, the Miami Sound Machine, husband Emilio and 10-year-old son Nayib. For fans, the
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      Reeha hots up Changi Village
      103 25 TODAY'S PINUP REEHA is an all-local band that is certainly going places. Although its present gig is in Europa Changi, don't for one minute allow yourself to think that this is a "kampong" outfit. Reeha is a talented group that's comfortable with both rock and
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      Gloria’s revelations
      559 25 TEN questions you want to know about Gloria Estefan from the Daily Mail: Q: What's on your dressing table? A: A telephone, two or three books Stephen King and usually some philosophy. I love reading, it's my favourite thing. Q: Who would you like to look like? A:
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      126 24 /&afc\ (Garvusti BflßKg The Best Of Local Food At Half Price! From now till 21 April 1991, Cafe Carousel j is giving a 50% discount on selected local food* items from their Special Menu. Whether it's traditional delights or Peranakan favourites, it's definitely the best food for a lot less.
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      Love song that hearts hear best
      520 27  -  By Lois Ng M R Gilbert Tan, 32, is paralysed from the chest down. But he has composed a song about the silent world of the hearing-impaired. He will sing it at a nationalconcert presented by the disabled tomorrow night. Mr Tan clamps an
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      DISABLED ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION
      96 27 A GROUP of disabled artists are holding an exhibition to display their works. Eighteen of them 15 physically disabled, one visually disabled and two hearing impaired have created 40 pieces of art in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolours and ceramics. The exhibition is organ- ised by the Community
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      $3 m for one week’s work
      200 28 SCREEN idol Bruce Willis is about to join the Mafia on screen that is. He will earn more than $3 million for only one week's work playing a Mafia-style godfather in his latest film, Billy Bathgate. Willis shot to fame in the hit TV
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      53 27 iiCP I I^l H News: A sec 2 student: "I spent %^B|S $5000 on model cars." i KJ Current affairs: What is the United —r Bm Nations? How does it work? H=a M Most students I are afraid of I MATHS. I For subscription, please call *****11 or arrange with
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      275 28 f<• Dear Boss, v. It's that special time of year when you have a chance to show your secretary just how much you appreciate her. Remember those long hours, the extra effort and the care she's taken to keep your office functioning at its best. At River View Hotel, we're
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      414 37 UNDER-21 HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP Stories/ SUKESH NaIK KHALSA has changed its mind again. It has decided to play its rescheduled Under-21 tournament hockey match against Hougang. The Balestier Road club will inform the Singapore Hockey Association it intends to withdraw its previous letter conceding the tie to
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      99 37 KHALSA will remain silent on the Under-21 championship controversy from now on. ''This is my last statement to the press," said Khalsa's Chairman of Sports Amarjeet Singh as he explained Khalsa's role in the affair. Amarjeet said Khalsa had tried to be the "middle- man"
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    285 38  -  SCHOOLSPORTS By Loh Tuan Lee WHKN the girls' matches are more interesting than the boys', something is not right with the sport. The only clashes that sustained spectators' interest on the opening day of the National Schools volleyball A Division quarter-finals yesterday were the girls' matches.
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      212 39 AFP, AP. WORLD No 2 Boris Becker expressed amazement yesterday at the speed at which Swedish star Bjorn Borg is acclimatising again to top class competition. He was speaking after the two players worked out for almost two hours, with Borg winning a set, at
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        124 39 Reuter. LESTER Piggott landed an emotional double at Newmarket yesterday. The former champion won two handicap races on Golan Heights (6-1) and Nicholas (9-4 favourite). Golan Heights was a first winner for Julie Cecil, former wife of champion trainer Henry Cecil. Piggott and Mrs Cecil first met when,
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        99 39 AFP. US Masters champion lan Woosnam came crashing down to earth in the Benson and Hedges International in St. Mellion, England, yesterday. The 33-year-old Welshman chalked up a 10-over-par 82 his worst score on the circuit for 11 years. It left him 12 strokes behind joint-leaders Nick Faldo
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      445 41 AP. THE moment is at hand for George Foreman to make boxing history or be exposed as a fat old fighter. The 42-year-old, 116-kg Wizard of Self Promotion will get his chance to do one or the other tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) at the
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      76 41 FOREMAN HOLYFIELD I Record: 69-2, 65 BRecord: 25-0. 21 knockouts knockouts 24 P"*: US$2O million Purs.: US$ 12.5 million ($34 6 m) f ,r,n,eed ($21.6 m) guaranteed Won heavyweight title: Won heavyweight title: Holyfield knocked out James Foreman stopped Joe Frazier "Buster" Douglas in the in the
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      515 41 Reuter. FORMER heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was known to have a personality that could make Atilla the Hun seem like a boy scout. But George Foreman remembers the gruff, scowling Liston caring enough to "tell me stories to try to scare me out of ever
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      308 41 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: BOXING WBO middleweight Championship in London: Chris Eubank (GB) bt Gary Stretch (C»B), rsf 6th rd. Commonwealth super-feath-erweight title in London: Thunder Ayeh (Ghana) bt Mark Reefer (Eng), rsf 2nd rd. GOLF Heritage Classic in South Caroline Ist rd (US unless stated):
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      414 42  -  I COUNTDOWN TO SEMI-PRO LEAGUE By S Gulam in Kuantan FORMER Tottenham Hotspur manager Keith Burkinshaw will be Pahang's coach for this year's Malaysia Cup campaign. This was revealed last night by the Tengku Muda of Fahang, Tengku Abdul Rahman, who is also the team manager. The
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        369 42 Reuter. NEW Liverpool manager Graeme Souness goes into his first match in charge at Anfield tomorrow in the knowledge that a place in Europe almost certainly awaits him. The European Football Union i (Uefa), which is meeting in London, is expected to end Liverpool's sixyear
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        192 42 Reuter. ITALIAN League leader Sampdoria is likely to recall Soviet midfielder Alexei Mikhailichenko against Bari in Genoa on Sunday. Bari, three points clear of the relegation zone, will be without its exciting Romanian winger Florin Raducioiu, who is injured. A full-strength Inter appears to have a
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      323 42 Wire services. ENGLISH First Division Chelsea has rejected an audacious bid from Spanish champion Real Madrid to take striker Kerry Dixon on loan for the rest of the season. Real wanted the England international to help it snatch a Uefa Cup place. The club wanted a replacement for injured
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