The New Paper, 24 December 1992

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    12 1 the new paper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1992 MITA (P) 75/4/92 50 CENTS
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      134 1 9 ■VIDEO PEEPING TOM HkKMi VtOQO Cima U9QQ (0 Mu VQflMn unormng w uui« cninQMQ iww Konica w What anP stupid [thing I did o The Peeping Tom who used a video camera to was," says the 21-year-old technician. "I will shoot girls in a fitting room says he is
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Yeltsin forms new Govt
      331 2 Wire services. A NEW Russian Government was announced this morning. Most of the key ministers involved in promoting economic reforms were retained. They include close allies of former prime minister Yegor Gudir p Deputy Prime Minister Ajatoly Chubais, in charge of privatization; Deputy Prime Minister Alexander
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      Lock icon Yeltsin's battle not over
      231 2 Reuter. PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin still faces tough battles in his struggle to ensure that economic reforms survive in Russia. By keeping the nucleus of his economic reform team in the new Cabinet, Mr Yeltsin seemed to have scored an impressive tactical victory. But a BBC report
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      BACKGROUND
      80 2 FORMER Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar introduced his "shock therapy" programme in January to turn Russia into a market economy. His plan included lifting price controls on many items long subsidised under the former communist government such as foodstuffs. Since then, food queues have disappeared, but goods are too expensive
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      Lock icon 1920s tiles like these stolen from wall
      444 3  -  By Ganesh Rajaram SOME Peranakan tiles dating back to the 1920s were stolen off the walls of a row of shophouses in Sims Avenue on Tuesday night. The son of the owner of the shophouses suspects the thieves stole them to restore other
      Pictures/ Kenneth Koh  -  444 words
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      TILES ARE COLLECTORS' ITEMS
      109 3 THE Peranakan tiles that were stolen could each be worth from as little as $10 to as much as hundreds of dollars. Mr Peter Wee, 46, a fourth-generation Peranakan, is the owner of Katong Antique House. "The tiles can each be worth from $10 upwards. These
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      74 2 HE^PAPER^Z SEE FANDI AND SUNDRAM IN 3-D |SS| PICK THE PRETTIEST ACTRESS worth of CJunon photo equipment i:||B|j|^j All this and much more on Saturday in The New Paper the only English newspaper to be published that day. WHEN: Before 10 am. WHERE: All Times the Bookshop, 7-Eleven and Mobil
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      US recession is over
      274 4 HOT STORY IT'S official the US has climbed out of recession. The slump ended in March 1991, eight months after it began in July 1990. But the recovery was very slow. It was not until there was strong growth in the July-September quarter of this year
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        'Close mission' order
        76 4 CHINA has ordered France to close its consulate in Guangzhou within a month. Beijing is angry with Paris for signing contracts last month to sell to Taiwan 60 Mirage 2000-5 jet fighters and 1,000 missiles for $4.2 billion. China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and regards the sale
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        No protest: London
        78 4 THE British Foreign Office has denied a report that Britain is preparing to lodge a diplomatic protest to the Singapore Government over Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's comments on Hongkong. A Foreign Office spokesman in London said the report, which appeared in the Hongkong Economic Journal on
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        Law firm sued
        63 4 A FORMER senior partner of law firm Shook Lin Bok is suing 10 of its partners. He is claiming a share of profits and other benefits like retirement gratuity owed to him Mr Wong Meng Meng left Shook Lin Bok, one of the most established law firms
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        Poor to get more
        60 4 PEOPLE on public assistance will get SlO to $30 more in their monthly allowances from next year. For example, a household of two adults will receive a monthly allowance of $230 from next year an increase of $15. A household with one adult and one child
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        Honasan peace move
        63 4 A PROMINENT Filipino rebel leader, Gregorio Honasan, has signed an accord for peace talks with the Philippine Government. The move was seen as a major step towards ending the six-year-old right-wing rebellion, which had resulted in seven coup attempts that severely set back the nation's bid for
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        Highway toll raised
        61 4 THE Malaysian Government has approved the increase in toll rates along the North-South Highway proposed by the operator. Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (Plus) had proposed an average of 7.5 sen (4.7 Singapore cents) per km from the present 5 sen. The sum works out to an additional 25
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      HEADLINERS
      118 4 The Straits Times: Christopher named US Secretary of State Business Times: Singapore's exports to China via Hongkong jump 45 per cent Lianhe Zaobao: President-elect Bill Clinton hints that the US will use its economic power to pressure China: he urges Beijing to change its policies on arms sales, human
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Leukaemia boy dies
      171 6  -  By Ovidia Lim LEUKAEMIA boy Andrew Loong Chi Wei died on Tuesday after battling his illness for almost 1 1 years. Leukaemia is a form of cancer. Andrew, five, suffered from a rare combination of acute lymphocytic leukaemia and acute myelocytic leukaemia. Doctors at the National University
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      FATHER FIGHTS ON
      149 6 ANDREW may have succumbed to leukaemia but his father is continuing the fight against the disease. Said Mr Loong: "I don't want Andrew's death to be in vain. I am trying to get the Ministry of Health to support a bone marrow registry with funding from the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      I want to say sorry to girl: Peeping Tom
      565 8  -  By Ovidia Lim HE did not realise how serious his problem was until he was caught. Roy (not his real name), 21, is the Peeping Tom who used a hidden video camera to film women undressing at Metro in Paragon shopping
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      Roy getting medical help
      149 8 ROY said he is now seeing a psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He asked his mother to take him to one after the incident. Said Roy: "When I was caught I realised that I really needed help. I don't know why I did it. I
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      Lock icon Most fitting rooms peep-safe
      333 9 A man videotaped women changing in a store last week. Are fitting rooms Peeping Tom-proof? JUNE KONG peeks into nine stores YOU can take off your clothes in the fitting rooms of eight shops in Marina Square without putting on a floor show for other customers.
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      Lock icon 'Gantry girls' take a break
      371 10  -  The evening Area Licensing Scheme will be lifted for the first time today. That means 36 women constables will be taking a break from their gantry duties. Are they looking forward to being off their feet? By Ng Wan Ching THEY won't have to be
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      9 8 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition HOME BROUGHT CLOSER
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      483 10 1 ST PRIZE /2ND PRIZE/ /3RD PRIZE/ Sony Kirara Basso Sony Placido Sony Karaoke MDP-K5 KV-S34MN! LBT-VF3 Laser Disc Player 34" TV Super Trinitron Midi Hi-Fi System System Wong Siew Kuan Phee Poh Choo Leonq Wai Kang *****81 D *****13G *****52G 100 CONSOLATION PRIZES 7 Allswell Hampers worth 50 each
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      332 11 w l Thanks to Body Specific™. The fast acting a I 3-In-l action cream for specific trouble areas. ;|B 1 'm MM "The first thing that entered my mind, at that point in time, was what would i J have happened if he had seen me a couple of weeks
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Teen also scalded by face steamer
      500 12  -  By Angeline Song A TEENAGER said he was scalded about four months ago by a facial steamer. He claimed it was the same type of facial steamer that exploded in the face of a woman two weeks ago. The teenager suffered burns and missed
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      CALLED AGENT AFTER INCIDENT
      121 12 BUSINESSWOMAN KC Lee claimed it was four months after her son's accident that the agent for the facial steamer got back to her. She said she had called Prestige Products Distribution the day after the incident in August. "Three days later, a company executive visited my
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      30 12 I T-f only my boss would J any job. any career. I Available Any Day. *k^ i)r -j Any Time. Anywhere. L S*N»*mwv Pwti NbiMfcm 4 t ,1 I FT"
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      146 13 Your key to 12 full months of fabulous IllilSm offers and ■MUNRH discounts. cosmetics, hair and beauty services, and many, many And it comes to you free with the January '93 issue of FEMALE. There are exciting and generous offers on every month a special privilege exclusive to FEMALE readers.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Families' Xmas in a suitcase
      512 14 Plans for celebrating Christmas at home were suddenly changed for 23 families living in Jurong. Some of them moved out last night to stay in a hotel because renovation works in one unit had affected the structural column of the block. NG WAN CHING spoke
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      WHAT HDB SAYS
      130 14 A SPOKESMAN from the Housing Development Board said that while Blk 212, Jurong East St 21, is structurally sound, repairs must be made at once. He said a resident from unit 03-295 alerted the HDB about cracks in the floor of his flat. The HDB discovered that
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'Don't back Patten reforms. Clinton'
      372 15 AFP. DON'T speak up for democracy in Hongkong, Mr Clinton. That will only raise suspicions in Beijing that an international plot is being hatched against it. Analysts in Hongkong gave that warning to the US Presi-dent-elect yesterday. The warning came after Mr Bill Clinton said
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      Lock icon Girl Fridays with gongfu touch
      249 16 UPI. IMACIINE Whitney Houston playing bodyguard to Kevin Costner! Roles have been reversed in China, where businessmen can't wait to have their first trained female bodyguards. The female guns for hire are being snapped up by businessmen even before they complete training, reports the official
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      Lock icon Magic invited to Philippines
      175 16 AFP. PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos has invited US basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson to help boost the Philippines' campaign against Aids. Mr Ramos. Health Secretary Juan Flavier and Senate health committee chairman Freddie Webb a former local basketball star sent separate letters to Johnson earlier this week
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      Lock icon Bush back in action
      390 17 AP. MR George Bush appears to have got over his election rejection blues. He is back to acting presidential. For a time, Mr Bush did not try to conceal his gloom at having been turned out of office only the ninth incumbent in American history to
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      Lock icon Bombs wrapped as gifts
      213 17 Wire services. LETHAL PRESENT 1: XMAS FIREBOMB A TURKISH woman and her brother-in-law in the German city of Cologne were injured when a firebomb wrapped as a Christmas present exploded in their faces yesterday. Police said the parcel was left at the door of the family
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      At arms length
      37 17 T X here are three things important to a Somali his wife, his camel and his weapon. US special envoy to Somalia, Mr Robert B Oakely, explaining the difficulties of disarming the local gunmen
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      RIP campaign to oust Congress govt
      365 18 INDIA'S pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday said it would start a nationwide campaign to oust the Congress Government and hold new elections. The announcement came as Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao was trying to strengthen a secular alliance against the BJP. The
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      Lock icon Panel blames Govt for Rajiv's death
      258 18 UPI AN official inquiry has blamed the Indian Government for the death of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. In its report released yesterday, the judicial commission said the Government's decision to withdraw elite bodyguards allowed the killing of Mr Gandhi to happen. The official
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      Lock icon Does he know it's Christmas?
      61 18 Yuletide wish: a Christmas tree helps bring some cheer to this three-year-old boy recovering from a bullet wound in his stomach at a hospital in Sarejevo, the besieged capital of Bosnia. For him, there can only be one Christmas gift that matters: an end to
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      Lock icon $40m for leaked implants
      242 19 Reuter. A HOUSTON woman has won $40 million in damages in a suit over ruptured silicone breast implants. Ms Pamela Jean Johnson, 45, said silicone leaked from two sets of implants and attacked her immune system. The silicone caused various illnesses and made her chronically sick,
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      629 16 RESULTS tMIWfMHIBS: Ist 10th Prize: One Sony portable CD player worth $250 and a $50 CD Rama voucher each. Koh KewSiong *****32H Leo Hee Him *****28 A Hazel Leong May Yin *****92F Salmah Bte Abdullah *****87 D Trina Tan Seok Kiang *****94 M Intan Ahamd *****66J Victor Ho Kian Wui
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      56 18 BENETTON 1 SUPER CHRONO Ultra Slim Stainless Steel Automatic Calendar System Daily Alarm Function Quick Set Alarm Stopwatch Operation (CUR) Timer (TMR) Dual Time Water Resistant (M)m) High Quality Waterproof Leather Strap Available at SOGO Galeries Lafayette Robinsons Metro Paragon Tangs Daimaru. Sole Agent: Dai Ichi Distributors (S) Pte Ltd
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      54 20 r 1 Such a market -for choice jobs ex J ANY JOB. ANY CAREER. pjl? 9~| Available Any Day. Any Time. Anywhere. ly\t the straits times The Sunday times business times -Jr I 1 I||l THE NEW PAp ER LIANHE ZAOBAO LIANHE WANBAO Shin Min Daily News Berita Harian Berita
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      432 20 COMICRELIEF I THURSDAYRADIO ALSO CAN Showcase For Singapore Cartoonists 6 News on the Hour noon Popular Classics 12.05 PM Rose Tan Your Lunchdate 2 00 PM Programme Summary 1.10 Midday Market Report 202 Afternoon Concert Deng jr/Daniel Chua MS Rose Tan Your Lunchdate 5 00 Viva Lj Musica (cont'd) 6.00
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      39 21 •1* v Any Job. Any Career. Available Any Day. any Time. Anywhere. The Straits Times The Sunday Times Business Times The New Paper Lianhe Zaosao Lianhe wanbao Shin Min Daily News Berita Hanian Berita Minggu •T Singapore PnM HoMktgs
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      383 21 THURSDAYRADIO 10.00 Chinese Cultural Programmes FM 88.9 6.00 PM Goedtime Gold NOON World News 7.00 News 12.15 PM The Farming World 7.10 Desert Island Discs 12 30 M th€ Shdf 8.00 News in Brief 12.45 Froni our OW n Correspondent 8.05 Christmas '92 with Choon Kiat 1 00 Newshour 9.00
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      154 21 COMICRELIEF Cathy /Cathy Guisewite 100 WMN DECISIONS... TOO MKH OBIIMTIOMb... THE CONTEMPOMRY UNMifIM "OROCR 8V NOOM OH TOO AWNV PROJECTS... TOO m/M PEOPLE... STA66ERS HOWE, CURIS UP DECEMBER. 23, /WO WE TOO IMNN MIRACLES TD TOO WWV CARS... WITH HER LWEO OWE AA)D 6UARAMTEE OEUUERV PERFORM W TOO CHILE Time...
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    Classics for a merry Christmas
    551 22 PrFTMOVt'ES PAGEI Christmas is a time for nostalgia. With the classic Casablanca back at Picturehouse, five film buffs tell LO TIEN YIN about w other old movies they would like to watch in the Christmas break Showtime IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (194S)_ Director: Frank Capra
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    Return of the Blade Runner
    228 23 THEMOVIESPAGE GREAT movies never die. They keep coming back as remakes. There is now a new edition of Blade Runner, made in 1982. Throughout the 80s, the influence of Blade Runner reached far and wide. It influenced movies such as Escape to New York, Brazil
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      139 23 >■■■■ If you are unfamiliar with tbe wheat-based v i I jff" delights of Northern China, then u i •<••// /<> X' the Tian Jin Restaurant is a baptism S Dumplings He Zi (Pancakes .'luffed with meat am l chue.-) and C^ngI you Hin»/ (Spring Onion Swirls) tbe V I
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      Lock icon History in the faking
      472 24 Novosti Photo Review. WORLD War II Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler shared a toast with ex-Soviet President Josef Stalin and Michael Jackson at a gathering recently. Also there were French president Francois Mitterand, former Soviet Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Leonid Brezhnev and former British Prime Minister Margaret
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      WRONG KOHL, FOLKS
      88 24 "HELMUT Kohl" told a tale of holding up a train in Switzerland. "It was at a little railway station. Our locomotive was detained for five minutes. For the clockwork-like Swiss, this is incredible," said Mr Gennadi Lobanov, the Kohl deadringer. "When an excited attendant ran up to
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      166 24 Another Powerfu| Addition To RIVA Series. IrJMAI 181 capabilities the Watch Or Minolta Camera Service its advanced optics and camera technology. n Unique Eye-Start Automation Unique Eye-Start Automation Ultra-Compact and Lightweight Design Focus Free All models are available at leading Minolta Singapore (Re) Ltd ?®r g enfMu7t, C B%Tm a
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      479 25 thursdaytv MODELS THE FILM THE MARRYING MAN NURSES (Channel 12, 8.00 pm) H OVV| ES9 (Channel 5, 10.30 pm) (Channel 5, 12.55 pm) FEATURING five of the ABOUT a handsome playboy JULIE is thrilled to discover world's top models, Linda Bl ID w h° has the world on a string.
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      66 25 7.25 PM Opening, followed by Japan Business Today (Info-educational/recorded via satellite) 8.00 Models The Film (Info-educational/b&w): See selections above. 9.00 Expressions Carmen on Ice (Dance/ballet/stereo): A tale of love and tragedy which centres on a young, promising police constable who risks everything for the love of a beautiful dancer, Carmen.
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      259 25 12.00 NOON News 12.15 PM Hadis Nabi (Religious programme) 12.20 Simon Townsend's Wonderful World (English) 12.45 Come To Peppermint Place (English) 1.17 Azan Zohor: Prayer Call 1.30 Images (Documentary/English) 2.00 Primarama Menantu Oh Menentu (Drama) 3.30 Science Show (Documentary/English) 4.00 El Pecado De Oyuki (Japanese drama dubbed in Malay/ episode
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    Xmas treat for TV viewers
    309 26 Tired of jostling with the crowds at Orchard Road during the Christmas holidays? Some of you may prefer to stay at home and watch TV instead? DAVE ANG tunes in to a selection of holiday highlights SHOWTIME MOVIES/DRAMA ENGLISH Today The Marrying Man: SBC 5,
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  • THEMOVIESPAGE
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      Lock icon Joker turns out to be winner
      460 27 On Nov 27 and Dec 4, The New Paper ran a caption contest for two pictures from the movie, Story of Qiuju, starring Gong Li. We received 532 entries. LO TIEN YIN talks to the winner A SENSE of humour helped Ms Valma Nathan
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      Writing for a laugh
      195 27 THESE are the two pictures readers were asked to caption. We received some funny entries. But apparently great minds think alike there were many variations on the same ideas. For example, the picture of Gong Li sleeping with the baby spawned many captions on snoring and
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      RESULTS
      79 27 HERE are the results: Runner-up (a return ticket to Guangzhou and Hongkong): Mary Tan K H (*****93/ C) Caption: "Now, have you two sorted out who is to scratch my back?" Consolation prizes (one Cathay cinema pass): Tan Keng Hock (*****70/ C) Koh Chay Hua (*****87/E) Pang Kok Thai
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      248 28 THE SEASON'S HOTTEST senses a workout without you reach of your festive-shopping. O/cfly we'll (including us at Singapore having to sweat through your wallet, why being congruous, we are giving away a FREE m Audio and Hwee Seng) buy into that not pick up our hottest gift ensemble. microphone (DMC-810/820)
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      Not too pretty, Julia
      148 29  -  BY] VIVIEN CHIONG PRETTY Woman Julia Roberts is losing her appeal to the basic instincts of Sharon Stone. Roberts' world crashed recently when she was dropped from a film which she thought could re-launch her into the big league. Manhattan Ghost Story, a r\ew movie about
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      Nicky a Jimmy Lin lookalike
      113 29 THIS boyish young fellow isn't Jimmy Lin's younger brother. Nicholas is the son of former screen hero Patrick Tse Yin and ex-Miss Hongkong Deborah Li. His celebrity parentage may explain Nicholas' good looks. On a recent trip back to Hongkong. Nicholas, who lives in Canada
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      Madonna takes a crack at Houston
      87 29 MADONNA bumped into Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown at a movie premiere recently. Houston pointed to the poster of The Bodyguard, her film debut co-starring Kevin Costner and said to her hubby: "Judgement day is next week." Madonna turned around and told her friends:
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      Mix-up in Ling's name
      84 29 SBC actress Pan Lingling (above) appears in this week's copy of the Hongkong showbiz magazine, Metropolitan Weekly. They have introduced her as a youthful actress from Singapore. It's, however, a bad start to her entry into the Hongkong movie scene they got her name wrong. They
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      406 42  -  By Brenda Chia THE South-East Asia Games is only six months away. So it is no surprise that it is topmost on the mind of every sportsperson in the Republic. Singapore's small gymnastic fraternity is no different. But, according to Lee Seng Huat, president of the
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      516 43 AP, AFP. Liverpool manager Graeme Souness is coming under pressure from the media and fans after his side's 5-1 loss to Coventry last Saturday. The defeat has left Liverpool in 10th place in the 22team Premier League. Because of the club's success over the past three decades including
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      WHO PLAYS WHO
      100 43 BOXING DAY Arsenal v Ipswich Town Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United Chelsea v Southampton Coventry City v Aston Villa Crystal Palace v Wimbledon Everton v Middlesbrough Manchester City v Sheffield United Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham Forest v QPR Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester United Oldham v
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      Keane to stay with Nottingham Forest
      377 43 MASTER manager Brian Clough has worked his magic again. Roy Keane, the most wanted man in British football, is staying at Nottingham Forest. He has agreed a new three-and-a-half-year contract worth £1.25 million ($3.08 million), reports The Daily Mail. That means Liverpool, Arsenal, Blackburn,
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      169 43 Wire Services. BRAD Freidle, a 21-year-old American goalkeeper, is expected to sign for struggling English Premier League side Nottingham Forest next year. Forest boss Brian Clough has agreed to a £300,000 (*****,000) deal with Dallas Sidekicks and the player is ready to move to England. "We have only seen
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      Lock icon Milan extends unbeaten run
      487 44 SAMPDORIA 1 AC MILAN 2 Reuter, AP. DUTCHMAN Ruud Gullit netted the winner as champion AC Milan beat Sampdoria 2-1 yesterday. With the win, Milan became the first Italian team to complete a calendar year without a League defeat. Gullit, no longer able to claim a
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      Lock icon Is Giggs set for an Italian job?
      131 44 MANCHESTER United's talented winger, Ryan Giggs, may soon be leaving Old Trafford if rumours currently circulating in soccer circles are correct. The talk is that the 19-year-old player is being targetted by AC Milan. The Italian club is willing to pay anything up
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      Rijkaard to stay on with Milan
      212 44 DUTCH midfielder Frank Rijkaard has said he will stay with Italian soccer champion AC Milan for at least until the end of the 1993-94 season. Rijkaard's contract expires at the end of the current season and there had been persistent rumours that the 30-year-old
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      DHL's dollar boost for Hosni
      255 45  -  By Abdul Shukor MULTI-national courier company DHL will give sprinter Muhammad Hosni $500 for six months starting next month to help the athlete prepare for the South-east Asia Games. That works out to $3,000 and it will be money that Hosni will use for training
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      There's money for gold
      92 45 DHL has promised sprinter Muhammad Hosni a $5,000 bonus if he wins the men's 100-metre gold medal at the Games. Hosni is today a solid bet for top Bpot in the century sprint. As an added incentive, DHL has also pledged $6,000 to the Singapore 4xloom
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      Lock icon Livingston denies ever using drugs
      248 45 Reuter. BRITISH sprinter Jason Livingston yesterday denied any wrong-doing after receiving a four-year ban following a positive drugs test. Livingston, European indoor 60 metres champion, was sent home from the Barcelona Olympics after a drug test taken before the Games showed traces of the anabolic
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      Dear Stanta
      454 46 It's Christmas time, and it's time for giving. And whom better to give than to those sportsmen who have given us so much through the year. ABDUL SHUKOR sends a last-minute wish-list to North P01e... BEFORE you come whizzing down my elevator shaft in a frenzy, with your
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      113 44 IF I SAID YOU HAD ROAD TAD, MUD, GRIT, ORGANIC ROT, SAND, RUST AND OILS RETWEEN YOUR TEETH... WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING ADOUT IT? Naturally, we mean your bicycle gears' teeth. The ones which guide your bike chain, and you. through years ol cycling lun if properly maintained. If you
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      178 45 Street sweepers taking Orchard Road relMpjh In recent months, teenagers are m ]l 1 strutting their sniff to a different beat It's a f|/| >H new-look jean mania. W j I Just hem in a cloth of any colour to the 1 bottom of the jeans to add flare, and
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      88 47 ON IDD CALLS FROM YOUR HOME A 3-minute call to London, for instance, can now From 22 December '92 to 2 January '93, IDD calls cost you less than $5. You have 12 merry days of to all countries are 22% cheaper, 24 hours a day. So, these super-low rates,
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