The New Paper, 1 February 1992

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  • 13 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1992 WWP) 13M/91 NSkCENTS the new* paper
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    • 42 1 ass. *?3Bsa& >1 nd editi o >• new paper CENTS *a a i msi A 15-year-old Singapore American School student drowns while taking a bath in a Johor waterfall. He is par that goes on a trek to the National P /Page 5
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  • 53 1 Venus is her name, waterpolo is her game. But 20-year-old Miss Venus Tan has not only broken into a male world, she's ruling it, too. You see, she's a waterpolo referee and a strict one at that. But why the name Venus? "I wanted something weird."/ Page 46
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 420 2 SATURDAY SPECIAL: One Panasonic 33-inch Super Flat Colour Multi-System TV worth $3,600 and three National vacuum cleaners. See Page 16 HER trademark wild mane of hair has been reduced to stubble. Her right arm is in a bandage and sling. But flamboyant Malaysian singer
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    • 152 2 SAHARA said that the man who attacked her 15 times with a parang was a close friend. She said he cut her on the head, eyes. neck, back of the shoulders, wrist, left thigh and legs hut does not know why. "I never thought that someone
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    • 392 3  -  By R Vijaya T HESE singles are to become cover girls and boys, thanks to their matchmaker, the Social Development Section of the People's Association. Their faces will be on the next four issues of SDS' bi-monthly newsletter, Channel. A total of 240 aspiring models sent
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    • 40 3 YAW YAN CHONG goes on a crocodile hunt with the men who caught a 12-footer earlier. His surprising catch in... v *SZ?H The New Paper's holiday edition. On Feb 5. r Only English language paper to be published on that
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 85 4 THE evening Area Licence Scheme will be lifted on Monday to allow motorists to enter the restricted zone on the eve of Lunar New Year. The Ministry of Communications said yesterday that it decided to lift the evening ALS on a trial basis. It said
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    • 75 4 A MAN suspected of molesting a 16-year-old model at a private interview for a beauty contest has been arrested. The man, 34, was picked up at his Orchard Road office on Thursday afternoon. The model made a police report about her four-hour ordeal in a beauty contest
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    • 440 4 kHOT STORIES J Education jn Singapore is a hot topic in todays Straits Times A look at the issues and the solutions proposed PROBLEM: A shortage of places in kindergartens for the growing number of pre-schoolers. SOLUTION: The PAP Community Foundation (PCF) will provide an additional 20,000 places
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 57 4 CHINA is still selling missile technology to Syria and Pakistan, according to l"S officials. They said Beijing recently delivered to Syria about 30 tonnes of chemicals needed to make a solid-fuel missile. China had also delivered to Pakistan guidance units that could be used to control the flight
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      • 47 4 INDONESIA has banned political debates on the upcoming elections from being aired on privately-run television and radio stations. "It is forbidden for private ly-run televisions and radios to carry out such a political debate." the Media Indonesia newspaper quoted Minister for Information Harmoko as saying.
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      • 66 4 THE Malaysian Cabinet has approved plans to make Kuala Lumpur the regional hub of information and the international media. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said yesterday that foreign news organisations, nowbased mainly in Hongkong, will be given incentives to set up regional operations in KL. He said the
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    • 72 4 The Straits Times: Pre-school: 20.000 more places. Business Times: Three airlines raise fares to London from today. Lianhe Zaobao: History gallery in Fort Canning. Berita Harian: Malay Village: Tender for stalls to be out on Monday. SBC: The first summit meeting of the UN Security Council ends with a
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 363 5 A 15-YEAR-OLI) student who had gone on a camping and trekking trip to Johor is suspected to have drowned in the Peta River. His body was found yesterday. The Bernama news agency quoted police sources in Johor Baru as saying that Brian Ard, 15,
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    • 150 5 TENDERS for the rental of Geylang Serai Malay Village stalls will be called on Monday. The cultural village is set to open in March, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Not all stalls will be leased out and the highest bids will not automatically
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    • 359 6  -  By Loh Tuan Lee THEY asked for New Year goodies and not money. Yet they have received 8,000 hongbao so far... and are still counting. Not that the Community Chest and Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association are complaining. They welcome all donations. Hut their appeal was
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    • 458 8  -  'WHY I SAID YES TO PICTURE' NEXT PAGE By. June Kong AN advertisement that many people in the West want banned is to be sent for clearance to the Singapore advertising watchdog body in April. The ad was created by Benetton, the Italian sportswear
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    • 347 9 APRIL IS D-DAY FOR 'SHOCKING' AD FROM PREVIOUS PAGE THE man shown cradling the head of his dying son in the Benetton ad gave his approval for the use of the picture. "If we can do some good, then it will be worth it.
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    • 114 9 Ad showing a priest kissing a nun (left) ignited outrage in Catholic countries, and a complaint from the Pope. Ad of a black woman breastfeeding a white baby and a black man handcuffed to a white man were banned in the US and Britain, and labelled "racist".
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    • 73 8 The New Paper/Aiwa Promotion HK'StniitK'niiies'iP aad mwMKir wlUn mm Uw TWn lolled ill f M~».'W.»««rt.Vnnr> Ind., .UWW I OM— m A copy of and a copy of The Straits Times on Feb 4 The New Paper on Feb 5 CA-DWB could mean an Aiwa CD Carry-Compo for you] Sounds great,
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    • 254 10 WHO SATS roil HIVE TO CIV! It's that time of the ytar again. When romance blossoms. But let's face it, flowers are the oldest cliche in the book. So this year, to help make your Valentine's Day all the more special, we've put together a selection Hof gift ideas tailored
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    • 360 10 now ion inmim ur! second fortnight of the second month was believed to be the time that the birds began to mate. Whatever the reason, though, it's the perfect time to express your love. Metro will be presenting, in 3 issues, 6 different personality types. Along with a selection of
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  • 307 11  -  SINGAPORETODAY I BY R Vijaya SINGAPORE'S only allpercussion band is not content to show that it's got rhythm. Heartbeat also wants to prove it's got soul. Said Alex Heng. 17: "When people think percussionists, they think noisemakers, 'Bang! Hang! Bang!' that's all." Indeed a band's
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    • 160 11 fabulous Free Gifts: 2 Karaoke Tapes 2 Microphones (1 cordless) \,tf "THI WMC" OF MRAOKK UIMJI F( K A dk iooo pw» r»i\ < h\liEv.r rr>qi *lit> ~L.' VO u I "THfK HUNKD I) W 1 (WW) !v l ,r «vv>fn mi r n j ri H mult! jjd»" •fft'ifr'
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 355 12 IF you think money is for spending, don't read further. For those who believe in saving all their cash, a stingy couple in the US has the answer. And the money is rolling in for the two, according to the UK newspaper, Today. Jim and
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    • 379 13 Reuter. PALESTINIAN leader George Habash's wife has denied that her husband had suffered a stroke. She insisted that he went to France for a routine check-up. Her story contradicted reports from Palestinian officials in Tunis that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
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    • 266 13 J^H I I I LUNAR HOLIDAY DRAW fabulous fr«e and easy holidays when I yoii shop at Shaw Leisure Gaßery this Lunar New A H 3 Great Prizes V Year.' shaw\\ Grand Prize: Holiday for 2to Tokyo E«ry purchase of $10 or more from an, I H 2nd Pn?e: Holiday
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  • 338 15 WORLDTODAY THE woman who accused Mike Tyson of rape testified yesterday that she sought his attention at a beauty pageant. But she said she had no interest in a relationship. The 18-year-old Miss Black America contestant said she was surprised hut not alarm- Ed when Tyson
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    • 59 16 m ■fry *v*fr fF&j Kv has erupted between two award-wintting Malay \Lm actresses. Erma Fatima (right) mocks '^^F Fauziab Ahmad Baud's acting: |gjf J V jjy W' An a "g*y Fauziab retorts; W W »o/ a* yr/m EW <me who has made ber ktV name not through ber A ■l
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  • weekender
    • COVER STORY
      • 314 17  -  By Trudy Lim TWO popular, award-winning Malaysian actresses waged a war of words on television recently over one another's acting ability. It all started on Malaysian television, during a weekly TV3 variety show. Persona Bintang, early last month. The two at loggerheads are Erma Fatimah
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      • 603 17 SHOOTING STARS: Both won the coveted Malaysia's Best Actress Award while only in their early 20s. Both are known to be outspoken. Having followed their careers all these years, the public display of professional rivalry between Erma Fatima and Fauziah Ahmad Daud does not
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      • 137 18 OGY is not alone in overacting, said Erma Fatima. "I sometimes overact too," she admitted. "But I still say that sometimes Ogy overacts," she told Harian Metro, a Malay-lan-guage Malaysian newspaper. "I am not trying to boast, and I know what I am talking about," she
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      • 232 18 I CAN take criticism, said Fauziah Ahmad Daud. "For me, if a criticism is justified, I will accept it with an open mind. But Erma's accusation was not justified," she said. Fauziah, better known as Ogy, said that a reporter once wrote that her performance
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      • 603 18 In an industry dominated by many pretty faces who could do with more acting lessons, Ogy quickly established herself as one with both looks and talent IT is rumoured that Fauziah Ahmad Daud once made Erma Fatima cry. That incident supposedly happened while
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      • 211 19 To me, what happened was okay. I feel our actors should be given the chance to speak out. Mr Nik Ramzi, producer of Persona Bintang I didn't mean to pit one actress against the other. This was what Mr Nik Ramzi Nik Hassan, the
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      • 638 19 SCORING POINTS: They knocked each other's acting but just how good are Ogy and Erma? TRUDY LIM reports wAw It is part of her nature. She is rather emotional, She is a bubbly and this comes through personality and very in her acting. She seeks emotional.
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    • COVER STORY
      • 537 21 TRULY BLUE: Madonna, the singer, is doing fine. Madonna, the actress, just had a big movie role slashed into a minor part (see next page). Here two foreign directors discuss her merit as an actress. On the next page, what four Singaporeans
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      • 276 22 CAN MADONNA ACT?: We put the question to four Singaporeans and asked them to rate her acting abilities on a scale of 1 (can't act, lah) to 10 (wah, Oscar winner!) DISAPPOINTING IN TRACY Michael Kwang, 17, an actor-cum-assistant production manager with Act 3 "She
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      • 278 22 MADONNA'S troubled acting career has been dealt another blow. Many of the scenes she appears in for her latest film have ended up on the cutting room floor. The cuts came after production chiefs watched a preliminary version of A League of their Own. This film about
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    • 137 22 r r THE 1 rviGHT TIME I FOR LOVE Pierre Cardin watches, valued at $1150 each can be yours when you place a love note in The Straits Times Classified or The New Paper Fastads on 14 February. Six pairs of this Swiss made, bi-coloured bracelet quartz watches plus other
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  • SCENE&HEARD
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      421 23 HONGKONG actress Carol Cheng is usually game for most things when it comes to acting. But she has a major fear: Kissing scenes. That is why in a showbiz career that spans more than a decade, she has had only three screen smooching partners. One of them
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      37 23 His moustache was a bit pokey, felt a little itchy, lor. Our lips barely touched. Carol said with a smile when asked about kissing George Lam. They brushed lips in the movie, Heart to Heart.
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      40 23 He's very intense but he respects me a lot. There's two-way communication when we act. Still, it felt like I was kissing a stranger. Carol on the kiss they shared in the serial The Price of Growing Up.
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    • 162 26 IT was a year ago that the world witnessed, for the first time in history, the conduct of a war live on television. After 43 days of war in the air and 100 hours of fighting on the ground, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's
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    • 461 26 HIDDEN AGENDA: "Let's get Saddam Hussein." That was one of the key objectives of the Americans during the Gulf War. Washington, though, repeatedly claimed that it had not specifically targeted the Iraqi dictator THEY were labelled GBU--28 or simply called "bunker busters". The two specially-designed 2,265-kg
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    • 94 26 ON Jan 16, the first night of the air war, American F--117A Stealth fighters dropped 900-kg "smart bombs" on every known Iraqi command bunker. Their objective: To kill Saddam Hussein. US intelligence officials reasoned that President Saddam must be holed up in a command bunker, though they did
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    • 573 27 FIRST KILL: Here is the story of the first air-combat kill scored by the Americans. Despite the high-tech weaponry employed, it was not as clinical a finish as one would imagine JUST hours after the first bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad on Jan 16, American pilot
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    • 202 28 SABOTAGE AND ESPIONAGE: The Americans struck the first blows against their Iraqi opponents even before the Gulf War started on Jan 16 last year. Their weapons: A computer virus and a "deep throat" IRAQ'S air defence computer network was knocked out many weeks before the air
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    • 127 28 WHY didn't the Iraqis use their chemical weapons during the Gulf War? One answer came from an Iraqi general who was captured during the first day of the ground war. His American Marine captors blindfolded him and took him to Major-General William Keys, commander
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    • Article, Illustration
      121 28 AN American intelligence officer secretly operated as "deep throat" from inside Iraq-occupied Kuwait for weeks during the Gulf War, reporting on the movements of the Iraqi invasion forces. The agent was covertly dispatched to Kuwait City before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, says the book. That was in
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    • 291 28 i CASUALTIES Iraqi: ('asualties were probably tar lower than the 100.000 estimated by the American Defence Intel I ijjence Agency. As few as 8.000 Iraqi soldiers may have been killed during the 4.'i days of combat, says the book. American: IS:*, of which :r>. or 24 l>er
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    • 121 28 SHIITES Muslims make up 55 per cent of Iraq's 17 million people. They practise the same type of Islam as Muslims in Iran. But Saddam Hussein's ruling elite is mostly made up of minority Sunni Muslims, who account for about 35 per cent of the population. The
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  • 182 29 GAMBLERS will pounce on anything that sounds like an omen. And those who dabble on horses are the most "omen-conscious" of the lot. Take last Saturday at the Bukit Turf Club. A punter, down on his luck and without a "tip" for the third race
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  • 144 29 STILL on horses, do you know that the local stables abound with celebrity racehorses? Lendl is just one. Another is Maradona. Then there are Robin Hood and Batman. I don't know if actor Harrison Ford would be pleased or insulted to know that there
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  • 325 29 HAVE you ever taken a close look at the massage parlour advertisements that so frequently appear in magazines and newspapers? Look again and you'll notice that all the masseuses featured more often than not have a sexy, come-hither smile. It's great PR stuff but, as
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    • 119 29 tW g A What's the talk of MM f the town? Who's doing what And x/niv* ::ir: ,o°;„ r tunes you in c/ WfliMliy M/iff |*j IJ yjH M KB Xi CONTEST RULES: 1 REMOVE THE SPECIAL STICKER FROM ANY CLOSING DATE IS 1 Tlt/72 /7\ SPELLBOUND CASSETTE OR CD
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    56 30 CROSSTOWN FLIGHT: How did the chickens cross Ho Chi Minh City? Quite precariously, as you can see. Here, more than a dozen birds are piled on a bike, squeezed "chick to chick", on a one-way flight to the market. But it doesn't seem as if the "cheep" ride has
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 1147 31 Saturday tv MOON OVER PARADOR [jUEI EASTERN CONDOR OUT OF AFRICA (Channel 5, 10.30 pm) (Channel 8, 10.15 pm) (Channel 12,8 pm) RICHARD Dreyfuss plays actor OwtJß EASTERN Condor is the code THIS movie tells the life of Jack Noah who is filming in the W name for a secret
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 874 32 sundavtv PLATOON weakness of man (SBC 12,8 pm) THIS television version of the multi-award ——t2SBEP"WESQ from the point of view of the men in the fox fffefSH -^Wi The troops live on the razor's edge of fear 3||®ff 4 and exhaustion, waging a war against an /JL^ Made in 1986,
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    • 501 33 tf'" »J2SBj3E2ati Valentine's Day 14 February. A lovely day for a love note to your Valentine, in Valentine's Lovelines in The Straits Times Classified/The New Paper Fastads. For ever on record. Undeniable evidence of your love and regard. And for the sake of love, here are some love aids for
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 339 34 Wire services. LEADERS of the 15 Security Council nations met yesterday to discuss transforming the United Nations into a more effective global peacekeeper. A non-binding declaration passed bv the council members stressed collective security, arms control and "preventive diplomacy". It cited commitments to democracy and
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    • 113 34 AP. THE summit was unprecedented. The leaders of the Security Council's 15 states met at a "turning point" in history to swap ideas on how to usher in an era of peace to replace decades of Cold War confrontation. Its message: "Send a clear signal that
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    • 142 34 THE United Nations was set up on Oct 24, 1945. It now has 166 members. Its aim is to maintain peace and security among nations. Since its establishment, it has obtained cease-fires and truces such as in Cambodia and Lebanon and prepared the way
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    • 126 34 AP. NIGERIA has protested against a ruling by Saudi Arabia that Nigerian Muslims prove they do not have the Aids virus before attending this year's pilgrimage. The statement made by the Nigerian Government said the Saudi decision is "antiIslamic, discriminatory and capable of straining the exist- ing excellent
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    • 240 34 feu? it- IS M M- Beach Garden Seafood Pte Ltd Business as usual on New Year's Eve We will rest on the Ist day of Chinese New Year. Business will resume on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year from 11.30 am. We cater for company functions/New Year's Eve reunion
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 148 35 SATURDAY RADIO EEBIIHEItiH NOON Rock Over London 1.10 Random Rhythms iz urines 4-o ~r 7.10 Random Rhythms (cont'd) 7.30 On Track 8.00 Saturday Night Live 1000 News 10.10 Saturday Night Live (cont'd) Love On the Roger Kool and Lynette Loon. News 1 pm, plus Weather Report The Songs Azzy Beat
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    • 119 35 COMICRELIEF Report Card /Colin Goh From London r ne got to BE IS" KUI v > mature about j pAfh a leaning., .v I <^* L J O firv PoUNI V Q> *lij H C/f I -<- V L v Allo ahhk A4ali >,^_____^________- 1 ff\ REfIU/f 601N6 fWS FflrrtttJi...
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  • 154 36 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. breaching: To make a gap in a wall or a fence by damaging it, especially in order to let someone or something through. lukewarm: If you describe a person
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    • 220 36 COMICRELIEF I ALSO CAN \f r-V Showcase For Singapore Cartoonists j Jy U_ HOngDaO I 316S /SzetO Kok Leong I r ~I f oTrViPio r,. fj ftll tftkf) L.„ v, Wappy llSu'jirWl- V pin ttM?cofhC Mew-YeaV 1 iO-^ €0,h S J 4un+y wvvET 4U liZLigv/ /XkW- 5—v rv'Yiffl c Tok
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    • 237 36 SATURDAYRADIO FM9O S FM92 4 News on the Hour noon News in Brief 120 5 Classic Hits 1.00 News and Share Market Review 2.05 OnStage 1.30 Jin's Tonic 3.05 Shopping Bag with Victor Khoo 3.00 At Our Invitation 3-30 Top of the Pops from Brian 4.00 The Scene-setters Mathews in
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    • 95 37 ff =©!iyjO=-™ (s(Rld0©lfn)(lxo) fgf Tea OK? Of course! Because high tea at Club Crescendo now goes karaoke. Every Saturday. Sunday and Public Holiday from 2-5 pm. At $H.oo++ per person. We'll even put your best voice on tape if you bring your own cassette or buy one from us. So
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 638 37 r SUNDAYRADIO News on the Hour 6.00 AM Newsbrief. Summary 6.00 AW Newsbrief, Weather 6.00 AW Singapore Cood Worning 5.00 Powerline 6.05 Breakfast Classics 6.05 Contemporary Hits 7.00 News 5.30 Goodtime Gold 6.00 AW Newsbrief 7.00 News, Weather 12.00 Newsbrief, Weather 7.30 Safety Alert 6.00 Race Commentaries And 4-D 6.05
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    • 608 42  -  PREVIEW/ By The Three The Three Musketeers K I ANKEI Nai who is bidding for his sixth win, looks a sound proposition in Race Five at Kuala Lumpur today. On a good track and with just 51kg to carry the .Johnny Kok-trained sprinter looks a
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    • 211 43 AFP. ERIC Cantona, the maverick French international, has quit Sheffield Wednesday after half-a-week's trial. Cantona walked out after being told that Wednesday manager Trevor Francis wanted to look at him in training for a further week before making a final decision. Cantona had had three training
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    • 234 45  -  By Abdul Shukor RESIDENTS of Woodlands will have a chance to latch on to the buzz of the Premier League when Gilbraltar Crescent takes on Tyrwhitt Soccerites at the Woodlands Stadium tonight. The League moves up north where Gilbraltar will entertain visitors Tyrwhitt in what
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