The New Paper, 27 November 1991

Microfilm: NL17786
Total Pages: 39
1 39 The New Paper
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    9 1 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991 50 CENTS the new paper
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      141 1 c new paper WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991 MITA (P) 13/4/91 50 CEI Madam Tan Ah Lah, 83, lives her life tied to a wheelchair. Most of the time she is on the staircase landing outside her son's Bendemeer Road flat. Sometimes at night, too. "I wanted to sit outside...myself." Her
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    Lock icon SHE LIVES LIKE THIS
    104 1 Madam Tan Ah Lah, 83, lives her life tied to a wheelchair. Most of the time she is on the staircase landing outside her son's Bendemeer Road flat. Sometimes at night, too. "I wanted to sit outside...myself." Her son says he ties her up to prevent
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Grandma stays outside flat
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        'She just sits there tied to her chair'
        422 2  -  By Dave Ang AN 83-year-old woman spends most of her life tied to a chair at a staircase landing outside her son's Hat in Bendemeer Road. The woman, Madam Tan Ah Lah, is paralysed in both legs. She has been sitting outside
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        'She wanted to sit outside the flat'
        379 2 SHE sits outside her flat out of her own choice, said Madam Tan's son last night. Mr Sim Keng Hean, 62, a retiree, said: "She said that she wanted to sit outside the flat. So we let her sit outside. My wife and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mercury video to be shown at Olympics
      160 2 AP. ROCK star Freddie Mercury, who died of Aids on Sunday, will star in the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Barcelona next July. The Queen singer will appear in a video with Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe singing the song Barcelona. Mercury wrote
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      Kiss that set off a debate
      355 3 There is a war on between the big four camera-film companies, Kodak, Fuji, Konica and Agfa. Hot on the heels of recent giveaways, Kodak unleashed its much talked-about Singlish ad here. In Britain, Fuji has run a series of controversial ads, including one which
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      Competition hots up for Singapore film companies
      184 3  -  HEW Mr By Norenshah Sahari "SHOOTING" is going on. It's not fatal, but it will go on for a while more. The big camera-film companies are battling for a piece of the market, which amounts to 35 million rolls of film a year
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      FAST TO WORK
      104 4 SINGAPOREANS work more hours per year (2,042 hours) than people in Tokyo (1,880 hours). The busiest people are Hongkong workers, who clock 2,375 hours per year. This is according to The 1991 edition of Prices and Earnings Around the Globe, a survey of 48 key cities conducted
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      SLOW TO PLAY
      83 4 HOT STORIES SINGAPOREANS do not play as hard as people in Tokyo. They take paid annual leave of 18.9 days while their Japanese counterparts take 24 days. Workers in Kuala Lumpur take 17.6 days of vacation a year. People in Amsterdam play the hardest they take 31.9
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      OTHER FINDINGS
      136 4 THE most expensive city: Oslo. Close behind are Tokyo, Helsinki, and Stockholm. The cheapest places to live in are Bogota, Bombay, Kuala Lumpur and Manila. In the Asia-Pacific region, Tokyo is the most expensive city, followed by Taipei, Sydney and Singapore in that order. THE highest wage levels:
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      HEADLINERS
      81 4 The Straits Times: US steps up its M-E peace efforts. Business Times: Regional depository receipts for Clob. Lianhe Zaobao: Dr Richard Hu: SES to implement 3 programmes in bid to be regionalised. Berita Harian: US gives detailed proposal to Arabs, Israel SBC: The US says it will not issue
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Better HDB service
        86 4 YOU now need to wait for about five minutes before being served at a Housing Board Branch Office. Previously, it could be as long as an hour. Under a revamp in management style, a typical HDB office will also take less than three months to complete an
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        N Korea gives in
        84 4 NORTH Korea, under mounting world pressure, has said for the first time it will allow inspection of secret nuclear facilities as soon as the US begins removing its nuclear weapons from South Korea. The announcement appeared to signal a step forward in the dispute over whether
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        MAS to raise fares
        85 4 MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) will increase its fares to match those of Singapore Airlines (SIA) from Dec 1. Fares for Malaysia-to-Singapore flights on both airlines will go up by 17 per cent, while those for Singapore-to-Malaysia flights will rise by 13 per cent. The MAS announcement comes
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        US 'toycott'
        75 4 US consumer and labour groups have announced a coast-to-coast boycott of made-in-China toys suspected of being manufactured by child labour. This is yet another effort by US to pressure China on thehuman rights issue. If successful, the boycott could severely hurt China's toy exports to the US. According
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        In four languages
        86 4 A NEW programme for five-year-olds now comes in the four official languages. The new Preparatory Year Programme will start in five more SAP schools and 20 other primary schools next year. It will also be taught at 19 PAP Community Foundation kindergartens. VISITORS to Changi Airport will
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      40 4 THE NUMBER OF MINUTES p YOU HAVE TO WORK TO BUY A BIG MAC '\s\ SYDNEY 18 minutes of work LOS ANGELES 20 TOKYO 21 HONGKONG 24 TAIPEI 34 1" Singopor#, LONDON 36 The Big Moc SINGAPORE 70 costs $2.85
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      219 5 i i i 'THinefuU STILL^WATER RUNS DEEP j MS #4 ii Still waters run deep. A and other essential minerals true description of Vol vie. together form the balanced, From a spring half a mile neutral pH of Volvic. That's beneath the Auvergne mountains what makes Volvic light and in
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Film companies' premium war
      225 6 [FROM PAGE 3 KODAK'S Business Development Manager, Mr Frankie Lim, 38, said that it was usual to step up promotions towards the festive season. "We normally spend more money on advertising during this period anyway, so it's not unusual for us," he said. "Kodak has always
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      WHAT'S BEING OFFERED
      149 6 Kodak: Twin-value packs come with a guaranteed scratch-and wia prize of $5, $1, or two Kodak alkaline AA batteries. The box flaps can be turned in for discounted-price Kodak Olympic Games souvenirs at Kodak's redemption centres at Wisma Atria; Forum, the Shopping Mall and Magic Land at
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      Temasek Poly to get view of reservoir
      252 6  -  By Helen Chang c LASSROOMS with a waterside view that what students and teachers can enjoy when Temasek Polytechnic opens its Tampines campus in 1995. The 30-ha campus is next to Bedok Reservoir, along Tampines Avenue 1. It will feature buildings built at
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      OTHER CAMPUS FEATURES
      102 6 Staff housing 140 apartments. Childcare centre for 60 children of staff. A lily pond that camouflages a PWD water canal. The campus will also have a sports i facility and a faculty club. A British architectural firm, James Stirling and Michael Wilford Associates of London, designed the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Cinema faces complaints
      415 8  -  By R Vijaya AT least six movie-goers have complained about a cinema which showed a hit Tamil movie last week. They said the cinema is not as good as the ones they have been to here. The seats are hard, the air-conditioning does not work sometimes and
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      FEW CINEMAS FOR INDIAN MOVIES
      299 8 THE complaints about New Happy Cinema reflect a larger problem: The difficulty of finding a more suitable cinema for Indian films. Of eight big video dealers contacted, Pyramid Video was the only dealer apart from Kavitha Video to have screened an Indian movie in a
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      35 8 Heard or seen j anything? Call ll i| lM noran# nus I 734-7711 No Telecom j charge (or calls, j Fax *****75 Or write to: T)m N«W Papar 390 Kim Seng tfl Rd, Singapore 3
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Malay song for joint youth camp
      364 10  -  By Eileen Lau A MALAY song specially composed by a Singaporean will be performed by Singaporeans at a youth camp in Malaysia next week. The song will be sung in a traditional Malaysian music form, the dikir barat, which originated from the state of
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      KAMPUNG-STYLE CAMP
      97 10 THE camp is jointly organised and funded by the Singapore People's Association's National Youth Council and the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports. During the camp, participants will also stay overnight with padi farmers nearby and try their hand at padi-planting, fishrearing and cattle-feeding. Most of the participants
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      Personal calls may be free
      436 11 Time-based telephone charges take effect on Sunday. Will companies, hotels and hospitals charge employees for personal calls? T JEYATHESAN finds out MANY companies will not charge employees for making personal calls on the office telephone. Eight out of 13 companies contacted said they will not
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      WHAT SOME HAVE DECIDED
      224 11 SOME of the bigger hotels will charge their guests a flat rate of 50 cents for each local call from next month. The figure was recommended by the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) to all its members. Hotel New Otani in River Valley Road will charge the
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      145 11 is solimple!" "It all started when I noticed the Expressions Slimfit Studio's advertisement in the "When visited the Expressions studio the next day, the told me (hat Expressions programme isa safe supplement technique is a proven success. She assured me fy strict dieting, vigorous exercise, thermal treatments or "cold wraps".
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Israel, an insecure giant
      234 12 Israel should give up Arab lands for the sake of peace, say some. But many Israeli leaders think it is important for the Jewish state to cling on to the occupied territories. This is the second in a series on issues in the Middle East conflict.
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      Lock icon No US visa for PLO advisers
      280 12 Reuter. THE United States will not issue entry visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the proposed peace conference in Washington next week. PLO officials, who are banned from taking part in the Arab-Israeli talks, have been acting as advisers to
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      Lock icon Alatas denies more killings
      235 13 Reuter. INDONESIA'S Foreign Minister denied yesterday that the Government continued killing people involved in an East Timor demonstration this month. Mr Ali Alatas told reporters in Caracas, Venezuela, that news items of the incident had been "rather exaggerated". He also expressed hope that countries which had
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      Lock icon Parents give whips to teachers
      104 13 Reuter. THE parents' association of an unruly Taiwanese secondary school has presented an unusual "gift" to the school authorities 67 rattan whips. "This is encouragement for us to use appropriate punishment to keep order, though we hope we'll never have to use the whips," a
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      Lock icon Magic changes his tune about sex
      241 14 AP. BASKETBALL star Earvin "Magic" Johnson has offered new advice on how best to avoid Aids: Stay away from sex. Johnson, 32, told the Lansing State Journal he still would be urging unmarried people to practice safe sex. But he also would preach abstinence
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      Lock icon I WAS A SPY
      233 14 Says former E German Olympic champion Reuter. THE 1980 Olympic long jump champion, Mr Lutz Dombrowski, confessed yesterday that he was a spy. Mr Dombrowski said he was an informer for the Stasi, the dreaded security police of former communist East Germany. He told the Chemnitzer
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      165 14 We're giving coffee lovers an exotic break at the Carlton. I We're serving the world's finest coffees at the Carlton through Saturday in the Piano Bar from 4 pm onwards. Piano Bar. Blue Mountain, the "King of Coffee" from Come and relax in this casual, congenial setting after Jamaica. Java
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      207 15 1 1 AIM llli—MiMMi 11 i Ij presents, with all the seasonal splendour, \h 2a f lis the jl! >C'mas X'pression jjj J f From now to Christmas Eve, stretch those limited bonus dollars at SHAW CENTRE! j j ell Expect discounts on every level, plus a SHAW SANTA'S DIPI
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Ice Cube too hot for beer ad
      192 16 AP. KOREAN-American merchants, angered by what they call a racist song by rapper Ice Cube, have forced a beer company to stop commercials starring the singer. Ice Cube, 22, stars in radio and television advertisements for St Ides, a high-strength malt beer popular
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      BACKGROUND
      56 16 BREAD and butter issues have led to racial tension between blacks and Asians, including Koreans, in the US. Blacks are disillusioned by Asians who came into poor neighbourhoods and successfully launched businesses by helping one another. They have complained that Asian store owners often employ family members, taking away
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      Lock icon Asil Nadir is bankrupt
      173 16 Reuter. THE former chairman of a fruit-to-electronics company, Asil Nadir, has been declared a bankrupt in Britain. The move followed legal action by a group of creditor banks against the collapsed Polly Peck group, a lawyer acting for one of the banks said yesterday. "We have
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      Lock icon Life term for man who chopped, cooked his wife
      176 16 Reuter. A BRITON who chopped up his Filipina wife and cooked her has been jailed for life. Aircraft fitter John Perry, 52, swayed in the dock as the judge in Mold, Wales, sentenced him to life in prison for murder. "You
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      78 16 TIME-BASED CHARGING STARTS DECEMBER 1 I Si! S if *uv HESS your customers by announcing your toll-free phone services The Straits Times The Sunday Times Business Times The New Paper Berita Harian Berita Minggu Lianhe Zaobao Lianhe Wanbao Shin Min Daily News Friday Weekly Call our sales teams now to
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    GLOSSARY
    109 17 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. miscreant: A miscreant is a person who behaves criminally or maliciously. cinch: If you say the lyrics will be a cinch you mean they will be easy to learn.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      532 17 COMICFELIEF Aiyoh /Tan Wee Lian i Com G£T n Pftu NACS ,Vfc Ye/ a HDU3 do Yojr Wife at note wd Us) T>e OFf»CL ,p The iwttGtß Showcase for Singapore r- I WEI4 cmt^t pens 1 oartnnnictc Voo to cc. proud COlivXXllSlS TwffT Yooß WIFC. tt> A UAtDW»KiW6, tWT6.iu6E.KIT y
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  • Showtime
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      STILL on a ROLL
      253 18 IF the Rolling Stones added up their ages, it would be 244 years. They know all the jokes about has-beens. They have heard the ones about rockers of ages past, and playing crock and roll. But the boys in the world's best-known and longest running band
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      PRETTY FACES
      95 19 SBC 8, 9.30 pm The tale continues... Pictures taken off video. Fire: A-de's coffeeshop catches fire when Lingpo (Li Yingzhu) leaves a cigarette near the gas stove. Both Lingpo and Zhuang Jin (Tan Miaoling) are trapped in it. Injured I Zhong Yi (Liang Weidong) comes to their rescue
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      Branson wines, dines The Stones
      163 19 STILL ON A ROLL: FROM PAGE 18 VIRGIN records boss Richard Branson took the Rolling Stones and their wives out on the town to secure the deal. It was a mega-meal to clinch a mega-deal. "I haven't got a clue how much it cost. I
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      85 18 I NOW I FEEL SO FRESH, SO COMFORTABLE 3 >CT3wacxvff I {J* Im tafcm altuM oatart M NIGHTSAFE I Nice Day Nightsafe with its unique soft-touch Dri-Magic Cover, draws flow into the pad instantly and traps it in so pad stays dry and clean. Dri-Magic /frS WONDER GEL And, it
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      32 19 THIS ALBUM IS ALSO DANGEROUS LAUGH AT YOUR OWN RISK! CAN DIE, THIS ONE You must, must listen to this album Ida Bachtiar Pop Parades. Life Section The Straits Times PONY CANYON
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    mabuhay manila
    102 20 SFA fMabuhay Manila Welcome to mohdjshak's Manila. Welcome to the 16th South-east Asia Games. And what a welcome it was during the opening ceremony at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex on Sunday. It had colour, it had warmth. More, it had culture and tradition a Filipino flair. Our
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      65 21 fiET IT unwi IS HE CHEATING ON YOU? 20 FABULOUS FINDS "■1 II Hlw Young Singapore men are cheating on Day night fashion boosters for the th6ir rlfr en^S afe yBar 3 IT'S CHRISTMAS, SO WHO CARES? GtCj nFPFMRH^€W WHY YOU SHOULD SflY N0 T0 SEX Pushed Pte Lld ■JMJUWIUUI
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      925 21 wednesdaytv CHINESE CINEMA: jjjjjgi f ||HH WEDNESDAY OH 5: ANGEL TERMINATORS ML THE MIST COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (Channel 8, 10.30pm) HHEgff-- (Channel 12,9.30pm) (Channel 5, 10.15pm) YANG Panpan (rizht) is Ida a HP&fc. 1 HIS documentary focuses LEAH (Loni Anderson, left), Nicki I- rr- u J on a group
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Which one is Roberts?
      150 22 A JEANS ad in magazines has been the topic of some debate. Is the woman wearing the "Lee Pepper Stretch" jeans Julia Roberts of Dying Young and Pretty Woman fame? "Nah, her hair is the wrong colour," said Ms Jenny Ng, 25, a copywriter. "She looks
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      It's yellow liver talk to Arnie
      61 22  -  BY I LO TIEN YIN A LIVER transplant for muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger of Terminator fame? The 44-year-old actor is outraged at a report that says he desperately needs to replace his liver because it has been irreparably damaged by steroid use. Friends say the
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      Two old teenagers
      38 22 OLIVIA Newton John and John Travolta are thinking of making Grease 3. The pair starred in the original film in the late 70s. If the film is shot, they will be the world's oldest teenagers.
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      Hauer on an overhaul
      63 22 HE saw light at last. Actor Rutger Hauer finally realised how fat he was when he saw himself in Wedlock (shown here recently). Between Lady Hawke in 1983, when he was a rugged hero, and now, he has put on about 30 kg. He checked into
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      Has love waned?
      121 22 GOLDEN Horse Best Actress 1991 nominee Carina Lau is in a dilemma. Her romance with actor Tony Leung has led to much speculation for a long time. They have been together for three years. But their busy schedules have kept them apart, and now love seems to
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      Goldie's married
      94 22 AFTER being together for seven years, Goldie Hawn and her live-in lover KurtRussell recently went through a marriage ceremony at last attended by friends and their five-year-old son. But it was a ceremony "of sorts" because it was just a lay preacher who heard their vows. "We've been
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    Separated, but I still love him
    1268 23 DEAR/AGGIE DEAR Aggie, My husband and I got married a year ago and we have recently separated. I regret signing the separation papers because I realise that I still love him. But after marriage, my husband seemed to have changed. He used to spend
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      113 23 OUR AFFAIR IS ENDING M I The end of any beautiful relationship is always heart-wrenching, particularly as there are so many fond memories you can look back upon. But sometimes, the inevitable happens and instead of anticipation and warmth, there is only wetheim (S) pte ltd emptiness and loneliness in
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    Voice of Asia, heart of gold
    388 24 SHOWTIME S I HE has a big voice and a heart to match. Filipina Maribeth Pascua, 19, was the grand prize winner at the recent Voice of Asia 1991 held in Hongkong. She would like to contribute some of her prizes to the victims
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  • SPORTS
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      437 33 With a month to go before registration of players for next year's Premier League closes, club officials are wearing worried looks. This is because certain things have yet to be settled. BERNARD PEREIRA reports POOLS Cup champion Tiong Bahru CSC has asked the Football Association of Singapore's
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      229 33 AND the winner is...the Community Chest of Singapore! Yes. Make no mistake about it, the Chest came out tops at yesterday's Courvoisier FCN Million-Dollar Hole-in-One golf tournament at Tanah Merah's Tampines Course. It came up richer by $10,000 which was the
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      301 33 Reuter. AS the Champions Cup opens its first round-robin today, four of Europe's top soccer nations Germany, England, France and Holland have been shut out of the tournament. Representatives of the four nations were defeated in early rounds of the elite European club competition.
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      214 33 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SNOOKER UK Snooker Championship in Preston, England 6th rd (best of 17 frames): Tony Drago (Malta) bt Steve Newbury (Wales) 9-1 (Frame scores: 7-83, 60-8, 69-13, 81-22, 65-39, 69-55, 83-24, 60-34, 92-1, 130 (123)-0). Steve James (Eng) bt Tony Jones (Eng) 9-3
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  • Fiest in Manila XVI SEA GAMES 1991
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      255 34 BEST of the REST Bernama. MOSTS the Philippines maintained a slim lead over Indonesia at the end of the second day of the 16th SEA Games here which proved yet another bad outing for Malaysia. Again banking on swimmers Akiko Thomson and Eric Buhain, and their shooters,
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      202 34 WHAT WAS ON YESTERDAY FENCING: Singapore collected its second silver when .James Wong lost 2-5, 5-6 to defending champion Yusmadi of Indonesia in the epee individual final. Wong's compatriot, Teo Ah Heok, won a bronze in the epee event. SHOOTING: The action shotgun event saw Singapore winning two
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      285 35 On Monday, Eileen Chai finished 10th in the individual event. She hopes to do better tomorrow in the uneven bars and the balance beam, she tells ABDUL SHUKOR HE first two days of I competition have I been tough. The other gymnasts are all well-prepared and
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      276 35  -  By Abdul Shukor IF Hoo Kwok Chye's judo gi could talk it would most likely tell him not to give up his love for the Japanese martial art. Never mind that Kwok Chye, younger brother of heavyweight silver medallist Yen Chye, lost
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      336 36 FOR 80 minutes last night the Rizal Memorial Stadium was transformed into a cauldron of cheers as 10,000 Filipinos sang soccer's chorus line. "We want goal, we want goal" came the chants which reverberated around the sprawling Rizal Sports Complex as the host country
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      Waiting, hoping
      264 36  -  Singapore's first-choice soccer goalkeeper David Lee played well against Thailand on Monday. How does No. 2, Abdul Malek, feel about warming the bench yet again? By Abdul Shukor Goalkeeper Abdul Malek has been asked this question many times: "How do you feel about playing second fiddle to David
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      169 36 WHAT'S ON TODAY An exciting race is in store in the 50m freestyle with Ang Peng Siong and Richard Sam Bera trying to outdo each other. The contest for the gold in the 200 m individual medley should be between Eric Buhain and Desmond Koh, while Jeffrey Ong
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      209 36 P85. I THE Filipino trickster never ceases to amaze mediamen covering the SEA Games. One scribe was accosted by a man who claimed to be a bell-hop at his hotel. The man then offered to introduce his "nieces" to him. But there was a catch. The journalist had to
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      Lock icon DAVID WANTS TO SHARE $5,000 PRIZE
      575 37  -  Fate plays funny games. A day after David Lim played the unwitting villain iiv Singapore's 4x200m freestyle relay disqualification, he became the victor last night. But he cannot forget, he tells KENJALLEHJr... By Ken Jalleh Jr. THERE is a Singapore winner here who feels
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      SHOWDOWN
      437 38 Tonight will see the battle of the fastest. But by all counts it looms as a personal battle between Singapore's Ang Peng Siong and Indonesia's Richard Sam Bera. Who will touch gold? Will Peng Siong still reign? TONIGHT, Ang Peng Siong will attempt to keep his 50m freestyle title
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      Gold at last, but the future looks bleak
      630 38 THE rumour of a Singapore victory, rampant over the pa9t two days, turned into reality yesterday. And not a moment too soon. Another day of feigning ignorance and Filipinos would begin to think this sportswriter is here only for the food. "One
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      275 34 4r 16th GAMES^fr IVI SAGAiSS Gold Silver Bronze Total PHILIPPINES 18 9 12 39 INDONESIA 17 10 8 35 THAILAND 8 14 18 40 VIETNAM 2 2 1 5 SINGAPORE 1 7 6 14 MYANMAR 12 2 5 MALAYSIA 0 3 3 6 BRUNEI 0 0 0 0 LAOS 0
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      29 35 Coca-Cola and The New Paper salute 3 Manila. r XVI SEA TAMES THE OFFICIAL SOFTOWNK OF THE MANILA XVI SEA GAMES 1901 the SEA Games'Go For Gold'spirit. I w
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