The New Paper, 31 August 1991

Microfilm: NL17765
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 the new paper SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CENTS
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      116 1 ■J' 141 ,'I'.'.ccizr— What will the people's verdict be tonight? ■sWhat numbers will J I m /decide whether the PM jm m hdreot his B I M endorsement or not? M Difffl rent views from I M 112 different people as the M K PAy and the M y take
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    Lock icon HOW WE W O O
    51 1 For a beauty queen like Lincy Kwan (above), she'd "give him knowing stares" if she's interested in a man. Four other top personalities, including disc jockey Leslie Pillay and soccer skipper T. Pathmanathan, tell how they would go about dating./ Pages 24 to 27. Picture/Jonathan
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon First to cast his vote for Tanglin
      118 2 MR Salleh bin Saringat, a 68-year-old gardener, was the first person to cast his vote for Tanglin constituency at the Cairnhill Community Centre voting centre this morning. He was there at 7.45 am. Three candidates are contesting this constituency, which is seeing its
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      What you're deciding today
      364 2 1 am the issue in every constituency being contested, says PM Goh. The PAP has said the election will decide if Singaporeans support Mr Goh's open and consultative style and the policies set out in The Next Lap, a blueprint for the next 25 years. Policies
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      OTHER ELECTION ISSUES
      289 2 Communal politics: It began with Mr Jufrie Mahmood (Workers' Party) accusing Mr Sidek Saniff (PAP) of selling out his moral and religious principles to please the PAP. Then the PKMS president, Haji Sahid Sahooman, said the PM was unfit to rule because he was a free-thinker. PM
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      Lock icon EXTRAORDINARY GIRL
      611 3  -  By Vivien Ciiiong KRIS Aquino walked into the press conference, looking like an ordinary young woman, in jeans and a black Escada jacket. But she is no ordinary woman. Kris is the youngest daughter of Philippines President Corazon Aquino. She is also an actress. Her first Hongkong movie
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      'Japanese, come back'
      103 4 HOT STORY THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Hoard is starting a major campaign to lure more Japanese visitors back to Singapore. It has earmarked $700,000 for the advertising and marketing campaign. STPB chairman Mr Leong Chee Whye will head a tourism mission to Japan next week. Nearly a
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      HEADLINERS
      77 4 The Straits Times: PM: 1 want to be the people's choice. Business Times: PM reminds voters of election's central issue. Lianhe Zaobao: Election today; PM Goh's consultative style put to the test; all eyes on PAP performance. Berita Harian: Is Chok Tong your choice? SBC morning news: S'poreans go
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Take down the flag
        81 4 THE national flag and all National Day decorations must be taken down by the end of next week. The flag and the decorations are allowed to be displayed only this month under regulations of the Ministry of Information and the Arts. Residents and organisations are requested
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        Book Fair opens
        84 4 A WIDER RANGE of books are available at this year's Book Fair. They include serious novels, science fiction, a study on transsexuals as well as examination guides. There are about 50 new local titles, about the same as last year. The 23rd Singapore International Festival of Books
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        Killed by pirates
        86 4 THE CHIEF officer of a Singapore cargo ship bound for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was shot and thrown overboard by pirates near Pulau Tioman last Saiurciax. The 25 Thai-speaking pirates, armed with pistols and automatic M-16 assault rifles, hijacked the Springstar for two days and made off with
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        Greetings to Malaysia
        71 4 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee congratulated the Malaysian King, Sultan Azlan Shah, yesterday. Malaysia celebrates its Independence Day today. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, in a message to Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said Malaysia had progressed under Dr Mahaihir's dynamic leadership. Dr Mahathir in a televised speech
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        Tycoon's race track
        83 4 MALAYSIAN businessman Vincent Tan Chee Yioun has bought a horse-racing track in Philadelphia. It is his first venture in the United States. Tan Sri Tan, with several international partners, bought the financially-troubled Philadelphia Park race track in December for about $120 million, reports Business Times. He took
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        Philippine problem
        70 4 The Philippine economy weakened further during the first half of this year. Unemployment soared to its highest level since World War 11, the government reported. Real gross national product totalled $22 billion, down 0.23 per cent from the previous year. This was the worst performance since President Corazon
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      72 4 THANK YOU! H 2 i For being a true friend. For standing by me. For helping me through j those difficult days. For showing me the way. For just being you. HOW j «.jUMA DJ»J» -S.'iC a'De'iC-3', AO* i S<: v J 1 POP THE QUESTION, <- a Ir. <Sf9
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      443 5 FANTASTIC FUN AND GAMES UU nniftirTAMfi M__ M Th*rc r» gamn for pare nts. T f\ I" H J games for kid* and fun and name* 1 \<l ay GfIMN Pmopim I 1 for rvcryont. Vbu really ihouldn l Xl l_ a Kid> Unxad I misa this, every Saturday from
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Swimming champs open shop
      376 6  -  By Loh Tuan Lee T swimmers Ang Peng Siong and David Lim are plunging into new waters. Asian Games silver medallist Peng Siong and six-time Sea Games gold medallist David Lim have just opened a sports shop at Shaw Towers selling Arena swimwear. They invested more
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      'Election Special'
      104 6 HOW much would you pay for a sumptuous Indian rice on banana leaf with vegetables, fish cutlet, chicken, fish-head, fruits and drinks? Not to mention the normal Indian side dishes such as "rasam" and "pappadam". $15? $10? Little India Banana Leaf restaurant, at 53 Chander Road, is offering
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      Lock icon My lungs were on fire
      491 7 Two men, working on board an LPG tanker, were believed to have been killed by poisonous fumes after a flash fire yesterday. YAW YAN CHONG investigates the possible cause and speaks to a survivor and witnesses FOR at least two hours, he could neither talk
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      POSSIBLE CAUSE
      198 7 A FALLEN spotlight could have caused the accident, said a survivor and some witnesses. The survivor, cleaner Musa Mohammed, 20, said one of the two spotlights on the deck where he and his colleagues were working might have fallen and melted the PVC (polyvinyl chloride) coverings of some
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      % VERDICT
      654 8 VERDICT 55% "If we open the ballot boxes and I discover that I have lost 10 to 15 seats, my vote goes down to below 55 per cent, can I honestly say I've got a clear mandate?... I think I d better go back, sit down and scratch my head
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      The Lee visits
      49 8 Veteran touch: Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew went campaigning yesterday his first in this election. He is seen here with Mr Lim Boon Heng (right) at Ghim Moh (Ulu Pandan constituency). He also visited Bukit Batok. The two wards are considered tough fights for the PAP.
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      IN POLITICS, YOU CANNOT BE CHICKEN, SAYS PM GOH
      156 8 A POLITICAL cartoon by The New Paper artist Lee Hup Kheng became election talk yesterday. The cartoon illustrates the stand taken by SDP secretary-general Chiam See Tong on communal politics, said BG Lee Hsien Loong. "I think the TNP cartoon sums
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      YOUR LAST CHANCE
      343 9 THE LAST STAND: WHAT THE OPPOSITION SAYS THEY put it in different words. But the main message from the Opposition was the same: This may be your last chance to have an effective Opposition in Parliament. At rallies and during political broadcasts on TV and radio, Opposition
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      Attack, attack, attack...
      166 9 THE main target of the attacks at a Workers' Party rally at Eunos last night was the Prime Minister. And the man who had the worst things to say of Mr Goh Chok Tong was Mr Maurice Neo. A sampling of his attacks: On Mr Goh's refusal
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      Kris on love, kisses & mum
      558 10 Kris on love, kisses mum I Twenty-four readers called The New Paper Hotline Plus with questions they wanted to ask Kris Aquino. Most were Filipino maids working in Singapore. Kris gives her answers here Q: HAVE you made any more movies with Regal films this year besides Pangako Ng Puso?
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      146 6 The 23rd SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF Function Room-Hall -4, WTC BOOKS AND ,i BOOK FAIR 91 "Discovering Book Markets V) in the Asia Pacific Region /frr/'S/t rrp/r Organised by Festival of Book* The Book Fair with many attractions (Invited gu*.„ only, Qver latest titles in English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, French,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      New train fares
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      Train cheaper from Malaysia
      371 12  -  The cost of travelling on Malayan Railway will go up in October. But PERDIP SINGH finds that it costs less to buy a train ticket to Singapore in Malaysia than it does to buy one here for a trip to Malaysia By Pkrdip Singh IT'S cheaper
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      149 12 /uA& r ollw houv-Rodnd-The-Clock Specials ...and delightful International A-La-Carte Cuisine any time and in between! j C *1 NONYA BUFFET LUNCH You II line this most talhed about buffet furttlt in l«mn' CirfdJ mhflin fe > A F.u ellent value for money Slh 50 (Adull) 10 00 (Child) Ha\e a
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  • THENEWSTOCAY
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      Lock icon More hospital horror tales
      234 13 AFP. J r AILED political prisoners in former East Germany were expected to provide organs for top commu- nist officials in medical emergeni cies. This was alleged by the Bild newspaper in Bonn yesterday. The newspaper said party officials had an exclusive "organ bank" at their
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      Lock icon Scentless way to meetings
      162 13 Reuter. STOP sniffing! Health advocates want perfumes banned at public gatherings in California. Never mind the body odour. Some are allergic to people smelling like roses, says the anti-fragrance coalition. Public officials in Marin County, California, have been asked to ban perfumes and other body fragrances
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      56 13 TEACHER B "A FRIEND WHO TAUGHT flf A ME RIGHT FROM WRONG. ML AND WEAK FROM STRONG. JpR. THAT'S A LOT TO IEARN jWbdfrfci WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU IN RETURN' I 'TO SIR WITH LOVE" J|l ELAINE KANG f FROM THE ALBUM ,7 "AN ORIENTAL GIRL" AVAILABLE ON CD
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      51 13 Shirts, sports apparel, jackets, pants and others ON SALE LAST 2 DAYS ONLY Available at: Sparkle's shops, #03-215 Marina Square and #01-55/56 Shaw Leisure Gallery Daimaru Sogo Metro Paragon Metro Marina Metro Far East Metro Orchard Metro Lucky Plaza Yaohan Thomson Yaohan Vista Yaohan Katong Temptation Parkway 'Temptation World Trade
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      'Please, please, don't rotan'
      630 14 Scenes of prisoners being caned behind Malaysian prison walls were shown over television for the first time recently. A TV3 woman presenter and her crew filmed five convicts getting the rotan for various offences. Miss Wan Zaleha Radzi, anchorwoman of the show, Majalah Tiga, tells LO
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      Wan parachutes, scuba dives
      278 14 TV anchorwoman Wan Zaleha Radzi always keeps a pair of track shoes in her office in Kuala Lumpur. That shows she is ready for any assignment at the drop of a hat parachuting, deep sea diving... even entertaining a cobra who dropped in as a studio
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      38 14 KEEP FIT Gymntsiwn you in shape RELAY masseuses on hand I. Jt\ to do both the A-, "-£QI|^HI Shiatsu and Swedish For that totally refreshing experience i < H oZjrrfK!sew FITNESS CENTRE 382 H»* lock Ro,d 501 sinoMMK* *****22
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      427 15 IdDI Blackmores Total Beauty Regime The Facial: Once or twice a week, treat yourself to an extra special thorough cleansing, toning and moisturising session. Try to make time for this special facial. It will leave the skin glowing ami in today's hectic world, we can all benefit from spending a
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Woman acquitted of sex-in-car charge
      287 16  -  By Elena Chong A WOMAN, alleged to be "making love" in a parked car, was acquitted by the court yesterday of behaving in a manner likely to cause offence or embarrassment. Miss Lin Soon Wah, 26, was taken to court by a senior lecturer, who
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      Lock icon Mr Cruel on the prowl in Melbourne
      186 16 Reuter MELBOURNE police have warned the public to be on guard against a masked man who kidnaps and beats up women and children. The man, nicknamed "Mr Cruel", usually strikes during school holidays, due to start on Sept 20. Police said Mr Cruel
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      48 16 TEACHER A FRIEND WHO TAUGHT HP S ME RIGHT FROM WRONG H AND WEAK FROM STRONG. THATSALOTTOLEARN WHAT CAN I GIVE YOU IN RETURN" J 'TO SIR WITH LOVE" M ELAINE KANG X FROM THE ALBUM "AN ORIENTAL GIRL" AVAILABLE ON CD CASSETTE JP MARKETED BY PONY CANYON
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  • SCENE&HEARD
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      From Vice to Marlboro
      553 18 SMALL SCREEN'S BIG SHOT: Don Johnson, regarded by many as the hottest thing on television, has not been so successful in movies. But the star of Miami Vice is taking another shot DON Johnson is taking another shot at the big screen. The ex-Miami Vice detective
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      Dynasty makes a comeback
      650 19 BACK AGAIN: One of television's most popular soap operas resurfaces this year after disappearing without a trace three years ago. Later this year, Dynasty returns for one last hurrah: As a four-hour mini-series. WHEN soap opera fans last saw their beloved Dynasty three years ago: Alexis
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      Lock icon The end of a nightmare
      407 20 DEAD END: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is the title of the sixth and final Elm Street movie. Freddy Krueger will be killed in 3-D. UPI. THE Nightmare on Elm Street is finally over. Freddy Krueger, with his disfigured face and rapier hand, is killed
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      Spyro Gyra live tonight
      222 20  -  WHAT: Spyro Gyra <n concert WHEN: Aug 31 WHERE: Khameieon Discotheque TIME: 3 pm and 7 pm TICKETS: S35 for 3 pm and $50 for 7 pm. Available at Manna Village and Xavis at Marina Square, Call 221-6500 or 339-3318 By Abdul Shukor SPYRO Gyra, a
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      89 19 ABBA (LOOK-ALIKE) "S.O.S", "Ring Ring", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Mamma Mia", "Money Money", "Dancing Queen"..., Remember these catchy tunes made popular by ABBA? Now is your chance to go on a nostalgic muscial journey back to the seventies. Perform by BJORN AGAIN, an Australian band comprising of 4 members, they
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      34 20 V > a I BUY TWO I i GET ONE i I Ftf£r C; V V j 4th Anniversary v V V X *The Free item will be the same value or below X Si.X-K'K'K'K'K'K^'X'X'K'X'K'X'XK'M'W'H'K'K*^
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      373 21 Ken-Air launches for the first time atthe Singapore Indoor Stadium KNOCK-OUT OFFERS rw for year end travel jF unBB oV KENotm JSP j Sr TRAVEL Enjoy genuine savings! fCARNIVAL'9I Australian Save up to JfjL j rev ew y° ur a y on the est v c^eo wa aj-aa Vv v
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  • MYWORD
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      Cross my heart and hope to win
      580 22 CHOICES: Of the many decisions made every day, the one to be made today polling day will perhaps be one of the most difficult. Editorial consultant PETER H L LIM reflects on the election while reporter OVIDIA LIM, a first-time voter at 24,
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      No burning issues, but I can still vote
      356 22  -  By Ovidia Lim X MARKS the spot where my heart beats with excitement over Polling Day today. It marks cynicism, too. Excitement and cynicism can be strange bedfellows for a rookie voter, whose previous voting day was zeroed by a walkover. Getting
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  • COVERSTORY
    • 5-STAR DATES
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        Leslie Pillay on the trail of a tight skirt
        497 24 What's new in the dating game? Plenty j— and not only in the movies but among Singapore romantics as well. VIVIEN CHIONG, LOIS NG and BERNARD PEREIRA spoke to five local personalities about how they would go about wooing someone who
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        Lincy gets her man
        281 24 "HOW would I woo a man?" exclaimed Lincy Kwan. "I don't know. They have been the ones making the first moves," said Lincy, 25, a full time model. Her clear complexion, 81-61-85 body and winsome smile are her assets. She won the Miss Singapore/Queen of the
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        True love transcends roses and chocolates
        349 24 GONE are the days when roses, a box of chocolates or an expensive gift would melt any heart. Ask two Singapore sports personalities. They'll tell you that love transcends all that. "It's just being realistic," said Terry Pathmanathan, Singapore's national soccer captain, who is
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        Desmond gives girls the sincere once-over
        256 24 SBC screen Romeo, Desmond Shen believes in subtlety when it comes to chasing a woman. "If I see someone interesting at a party, I'll look at her sincerely. I won't try to electrify her; neither would I let her know I'm interested. He would
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    • My dream date
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        What the lady looks for
        396 25 THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW: Is there a generation gap when it comes to dating? Novices and veterans of the dating game from the ages of 20 to 40 tell OVIDIA LIM what they want on a dream date WOMEN always expect to be romanced on
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        New man's hot dates
        276 25 CURVY Jessica Rabbit was the gal who kept the men drooling in Who Killed Rogger Rabbit. But are looks really vital for a girl to be dated by men? With the advent of the New Man (you know, the nice, sensitive guy-next-door of the Kevin Costner/Mel
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      WACKY DATELINES
      240 25  -  By OVIDIA LlM HOW TO GET THAT FIRST DATE Pester the person with calls, letters I and faxes. Sleep on the person's doorstep, if you must. She may admire your persis- tence, or hate the sight of you. Either way I you'll get noticed. Use that old line:
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      Where to go dating in KL
      478 26  -  GREAT ESCAPES: What are the hot dating spots near Singapore? Malaysia can make a perfect weekend escapade, but there are other romantic spots in the region as well. LO TIEN YIN checks out Kuala Lumpur while PAUL ZACH explores a little further By Lo
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      Romantic getaways
      308 26 IF the way to her heart is through her stomach, consider Ternate. This asterisk of a volcanic island is in Indonesia's Moluccas chain. Scenically more spectacular than those South Sea islands where couples in novels fall in love, it is a truly a tropical paradise. Ternate Town offers
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      THE WORLD'S ROMANTIC SPOTS
      387 26  -  By Paul Zach Blue Mountain Inn outside Kingston, Jamaica: Have cocktails on a cliff overlooking the rocky Hope Valley River. Dine in the "great house" of an old coffee plantation. Sink into a thick leather chair in another room for dessert and coffee in front of
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    Lock icon PHOTOFINISH
    48 28 TREE HOUSE: This tree is home. Sinking its roots and spreading its branches over a house on the road from Kuala Lumpur to Petaling Jaya. The eyecatching house with the resident tree is business office for a new upmarket residential estate called Country House. Picture /Jonathan Choo
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      113 29 PET IT LiniAf ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR MEN! WHY THEY WON'T TELL UC I II NUW HAIRDRESSER? US "I LOVE YOU" Ar- Take {he trauma out of chan 9 ,n 9 He may be thinking it, but his lips may \f -MT\ Ur n W Sea ecause DATING THE
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      989 30 sundaytv I SCREEN 5: HUNK HEAVEN RETRIBUTION (SBC 5, 9.45 pm) (SBC 8, 6.45 pm) <Sfli FOR all his life, wimpy computer programmer Bradley Brinkman (Steve Levitt, left) has always wanted to be somebody else. For a job well done, he is rewarded with a vacation at Sea Spray, the
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Comics join war on Aids
      151 31 COMIC books are the latest weapon in Japan's war against Aids. Aimed mainly at people in their 20s and 30s in a nation of comicbook readers, the leaflets have colourful strips describing the disease and how to prevent it. They feature graphs and illustrations, including
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      Lock icon Bill seeks to ban Sonia leadership
      257 31 Reuter INDIA'S parliament agreed yesterday to debate a law to ban Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, from the country's leadership. Mr Vishwanath Sharma of the rightwing Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved a Bill which seeks
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      272 32 The Bookworm Club would like to acknowledge the kind assistance, co-operation and encouragement given to us by the many principals and teachers of the schools we have visited and where we were warmly received. We look forward to serving you and our young patrons better, working closer with you to
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      Lock icon Benazir fights to hold family
      344 33 NYT PAKISTAN'S Benazir Bhutto is a woman under siege. She has not yet told her children that their father, whom they call "Baba", is in jail and that he could be hanged. "I don't tell them Baba is in prison," Ms Bhutto said. "I don't
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      178 33 Reuter. IN SOUTH Korea, where one person in five is called Kim, a law banning marriage between two people with the same surname causes much heartbreak. A number of couples, who feel a ban is not needed, have launched a campaign calling for the government
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      Rise of the republican stars
      203 34 The turmoil in the Soviet Union has led to the rise of several 'political stars' from the republics, which are no longer willing to play second fiddle to the central government in Moscow ALEXANDER RUTSKOI Age: 44 Post: Vice-President of the Russian Federation, the largest
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      360 35 Wire services. SOVIET President Mikhail Gorbachev suffered another i blow yesterday when top reformers said they would not join his key advisory group, j the Security Council. The new body is created to co-ordinate law enforcement I and oversee the military durj ing "a transition
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      215 35 Wire services. SEVERAL top officials involved in the bid to topple Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev have fallen ill, this time for real. In the past, ill-health was often cited as the reason why a top Soviet leader had to be replaced. The coup leaders, in
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      33 36 SATURDAY COMICRELIEF RADIO Garth /Jim Edgar and Martin ASt>U^ 10.10 Live Coverage of the General Elections News in Brief and Weather Report Service Information 10.56 Adult Contemporary Music 4.15 On Wings of Song
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    152 37 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. apparition: Someone or something, especially a person who is dead, that you think that you see but that is not really there. convoy: A group of vehicles or ships
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      517 37 COMICRELEF I SSTURDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coiin >'k:' NOON Future Hits FM 88.9 J 00 PM Newt NOON Newsdesh tmcffmMVSthTk-bcbin W!aifl/ns) now miV J 53:55- I w 6 00 Racr Commentaries and 40 j 100 World New* ■fmS '*EM■ KlsJliSify 7.10 Random Rhythms (cont'd) 140 Words of aith TEACHERS' f{\h 00 Saturday
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      720 38 SUNDAYRADIO 6.00 AM Newsbrief 6.00 AM Newsbrief, Summary 6.00 AM Newsbrief. Weather 6.00 AM Singapore Good Morning bOO R aee Commentaries and 4-D 6.05 Rise A Shine 6.05 Breakfast Classics 6.05 Contemporary Hits of the 1980s 7.00 News Results 7.00 News, Weather 7.00 News, Weather 7.30 Safety Alert 7.00 News
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      633 41  -  PREVIEW/ By The Three Musketeers R ace Six today i* a modest looking rest rifled terms afliiir but it will deride whether •Johnnv Kok or Marinus Breukelen takes the fourth place outright in the trainer* table. The race looks between Kok's Omipal and Breukelen's Town Crown.
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      285 42 ENGLISH LEAGUE UPDATE UPI. FIRST Division leader Manchester United will almost certainly have unsettled England star Neil Webb in its line-up against Leeds United at Old Trafford today. Webb started a game for the first time this season on Wednesday in the
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      Lock icon Stich gets a scare
      352 42 Reuter. WIMBLEDON champion Michael Stich survived a serious scare on the steamy stadium court at the US Open yesterday to beat the dangerous MaliVai Washington in five gruelling sets. Stich, who looked wobbly going into the final set in fur-nace-like heat at the National Tennis Centre,
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      Lock icon GREAT LEAP FORWARD
      614 43 Weather forecasters had predicted a typhoon to hit Tokyo last night. And hours later they were proven correct. It was Typhoon Mike at the Olympic Stadium with a world record long jump of 8.95 metres, says a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT from Tokyo FACTFILE Name: Mike j Powell Age:
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        260 44 With one jump, Mike Powell killed two myths in Tokyo yesterday. His 8.95-metre jump not only erased the oldest athletics record (Rob Beamon's 8.90 m) in the books, it also took him past the man who made him second best for 10 years Carl Lewis. It was time
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        248 44 Reuter. NEW decathlon champion Dan O'Brien pledged that he would beat the world record within a year. "9,200 points in '92 would be awesome," he said after winning the world title with 8,812 points. "I think I'm very capable of the
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      284 42 I I W^ M 1 V UJ U U 111 u x. V^fl 'm 2001KHE15 MUST BE WOW 4 of the world's top tennis players will compete at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on the 27th fit 28th September in the 1991 Supertennis I Challenge., Pete Sampras is the youngest US
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      WHO'S WHO
      432 45 Singapore vs Kuala Lumpur September 1, 1991, 8.45 pm National Stadium II SINGAPORE The players JERSEY NO 1 DAVID LEE Captain, goalkeeper The most experienced player in the team. Steady, cool and dependable. Commanding in air. Weakness. Lapse in concentration 2SUDIAT DAU ISHAK SAAD Rightback: Very J Lett
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      Robin's guessing game
      401 46  -  By S Gulam SILENCE is golden. Secrecy is wise. Robin Chan, the Singapore coach, has decided to have both. So, he doesn't want to talk too much. The less spoken the better, he says. And he doesn't want to give away any "secrets" either. He wants to
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      Victory is a must, the rest is hope
      468 46  -  S Gulam JUST win, and pray. Pray for Terengganu to beat Perak, or Perak to beat Terengganu. Or better still, pray for Kelantan to beat Sabah. Sorry folks, there is no other choice for the Lions. Sunday night looks rather bleak for
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