The New Paper, 27 April 1993

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 60 2 T Xhis great city has faced plague, pestilence, fire and the blitz and it has won through. It will do so again and the IRA have no more hope of killing the spirit of London and its people than Hitler. The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Eric
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    • 76 2 Ever thought of a job in Sales, Customer Service or Admin Support? Beat a path up the right doors by reading Career Pursuits, a 16-page supplement in today's New Paper. Meet some people who chased their dreams and made good, find out where to pick up the
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    • 399 2 Reuter. THIRTY volunteers, who are helping the UN to prepare for elections in war-torn Cambodia, have quit their posts. "As of last Friday, 23 UNVs (UN volunteers) have signed a separation by mutual consent," said Mr Eric Fait. He is a spokesman for the
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    • 131 2 APART from the volunteers, more than 22,000 UN personnel are now in Cambodia to help run the country until a new Government is elected. The UN-supervised elections are due to take place from May 23 to May 27. However, there are now doubts whether the elections will mark the
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    • 202 2 NYT. BRITAIN says its longest recession since the 1930s is over. The 2V2-year period of sluggish economic activity was declared over after the release of new economic figures yesterday. The Central Statistical Office figures showed the economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the first three
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    • 395 3  -  By Yvonne Lim THEY will not be able to see the finish line or the crowds cheering them on. But being blind will not stop this group of participants from completing the Big Walk. Come May 23, more than 30 members of the Independent Society
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    • 82 3 REGISTRATION centres for the Big Walk are: Times House (Kim Seng Road) News Centre (Genting Lane) Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (Hougang) The Athlete's Foot (Marina Square and Centrepoint) Big Foot, Little Foot (Chinatown Point). The $3 fee gets you a pair of number tags and a coupon booklet with
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 42 2 [nKT Heard or seen anything? Call {£■[01 A HotiiiwPlus 1800-734-7711 No Telecom jdrjv charge for calls. of* to ?s ;:vl||pL Th* New 390 Kim Seng Singapore Leisure Index Showtime: Pages 41, 42, 43 &44 TV: Page 38 Radio, Comics: Pages 39 40
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • ANTI-SMOKING DRIVE
      • 164 4 HOT k STORY i IF you smoke, you could end up like the cartoon characters above tired and out of breath. That is the message in this year's monthlong anti-smoking campaign which is targeted at youths. The message will also focus on how smoking could
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      • 101 4 Does it take long for smoking to cause any damage? No. Just one cigarette will speed up your heart rate, raise your blood pressure and upset the flow of blood and air in your lungs. Nicotine in tobacco smoke is responsible for these as well
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 157 4 A DUTCH engineer was yesterday sentenced to death by the High Court for importing more than 4 kg of heroin worth about $5 million from Phuket. Johannes Van Damme (left), was expressionless when Justice S Rajendran found him guilty and passed the judgment after a 12-day trial.
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      • 89 4 SINGAPORE property developer Ng Teng Fong will be asked to work on a multi-billion-dollar bid to develop Shenzhen's Hongtian Airport and its surrounding areas. The US$1 billion (S$1.6 billion) project will be awarded to Mr Ng's consortium if the parties involved agree on the terms. The
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      • 74 4 TAIWAN will not be discussing political reunification with China during their talks in Singapore. So said Taiwan's chief negotiator, Mr Koo Chen-fu, who arrived in Singapore yesterday for the meeting which begins today. He said he would stick to the strictly non-political list drawn up by his
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      • 83 4 CHINA and the Philippines agreed yesterday to continue to set aside their dispute over sovereignty of the Spratly Islands and pledged to jointly develop and explore the area. The agreement came during a meeting between Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Philippine counterpart, General Fidel Ramos. China and
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      • 77 4 SECONDARY 1 students of Methodist Girls' School have no examinations in English literature, art, music and home economics. The school's principal, Mrs Anna Tham, said that this helps students adjust to secondary school where they take eight subjects double the number in primary school. Mrs Tham said
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      • 64 4 THE Islamic world should strive to cooperate politically, economically and culturally, the 21st Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Karachi was told on Sunday. "Economically vulnerable states cannot aspire to play a meaningful political role in the international arena. I suggest..a strategy to induce greater economic co-operation among
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      • 76 4 THE Shandong Governor yesterday gave strong backing to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's proposal for a joint business council between Singapore and the eastern Chinese province. Mr Zhao Zhihao said that he had decided to appoint Mr Wang Yu Yan, the former Vice-Governor, as Shandong's representative on
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    • 81 4 The Straits Times: Major victory for Yeltsin on reforms Business Times: Shenzhen asks Teng Fong to take part in airport expansion Lianhe Zaobao: Mayor Li Youwei to PM Goh: Shenzhen hopes Singapore financial groups will take part in second phase development of Hongtian Airport Berita Harian: Yeltsin gets big
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 225 5 The Shopping Extravaganza at Cross the Road to the other wth over 150 fabulous shops, 3o I Raffles Hotel Arcade and Raffles shopping centre and s pend another food outlets, 1600 ca r spaces and City Shopping Centre is back! $50 and you may just be one the convenience of
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 770 6 I She was a virgin when she was raped by two men at Marina Park on Christmas Eve, 1990. The 21-year-old was with her boyfriend, but both were unconscious after having drinks which had been spiked. On April 17, the rapists were sentenced to jail and
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      325 6 ELECTRICIAN Seow Choon Meng told the police that he and his friend decided to rape the 21-year-old woman when they saw her lying on the ground at Marina Park. Seow, 34, said in a police statement he spotted the woman, who appeared to be drunk, while walking with
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  • 380 8  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Grace Chan JOINT lectures, workshops and an art exhibition these are some of the ways the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and the La-Salle-SIA College of the Arts are pooling their resources. This way, they are also complementing each
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 295 8 BPERGO The 'No Worry* Floor Heavy furniture gjNo worry High heels gfNo worry Household spills gJNo worry 5 Burning cigarette 21 No worry Fading under sunlight gfNo worry Showrooms displaying Pergo products: Shaaban Furniture Creation, 57 Malay Village, Geylong. Tel: 743 3038 Lika Furnishing Pte Ltd, Unit #02-15 Balestier Complex.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 180 9 jji iy WHAT'S HAPPENING LJ ON TUESDAY NIGHT W ifl AT THE NEPTUNE. flit > ■It 11 fs*\\ II I HI I D I Every Tuesday night, The Neptune is reserved for all who love I I I ballroom dancing. Here's your chance to put your best foot forward Kl
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 655 10  -  By T Jeyathesan T extended family of 200 members yes, 200! has grown so big that it is run like an association, complete with a chairman and annual, general meetings. Organising gatherings of the Dawan family is no easy task. It involves relatives from three generations.
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    • 289 11 Six young ambassadors leave today on a 10-day trip to Kobe, Japan, for a Unicef-organised peace conference. They will join about 120 other children from 20 countries. DONNA MAGNESS asks the six what children could do to make the world a better place Dislikes:
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    • 175 11 6)0 ALL-GIRL gangs are emerging as one of the latest threats to law and order in Singapore. They're lying, cheating, stealing and getting violent. In February this year, three teenage girls, aged 13 to 16, beat up a 59-year-old grandmother in a lift when she
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 189 12 The first batch of full-face helmets has been given the go-ahead by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir). Two models can now be used on the streets and are available at some shops for between $100 and $500. REJINI RAMAN examines the tests
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    • 70 12 What it demonstrates: The sturdiness of the helmet's chin-guard. The test: The helmet is placed on a headform on the ground. A metal piece weighing 5 kg is dropped on the helmet from a height of 2 m. The falling metal piece simulates the possible impact
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    • 124 12 What it demonstrates: How well the helmet protects the wearer from head injuries. The test ensures that the helmet will not cave in if the wearer is flung off his motorcycle and lands on his head. The test: The helmet is weighed down with a headform,
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    • 46 12 Motorcyclists who have been using full-face helmets that have not been approved by Sisir risk being stopped by Traffic Police. The maximum fine for wearing an unapproved helmet is $200. The Traffic Police has urged motorcyclists to use only helmets that carry the Sisir chop.
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    • 65 12 What it demonstrates: Checks the fit of the helmet and whether it will go out of shape on impact. The test: An anvil, which simulates the rough road surface, is placed at an oblique angle The helmet with the headform inside is dropped from a height
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    • 77 12 What it demonstrates: The durability of the helmet in wet and hot weather conditions. The test: First the helmet is placed in an oven at 50 deg C for at least four hours. Then the helmet is immersed in water at 25 deg C for at another
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  • 399 13  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Yaw Yan Chong DON'T touch. The stern police order ruled out all "handypanky" at the Europa East Coast last night. Young women had to keep their hands to themselves when Hotbod, a group of sexy male dancers from the US, stripped down
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 134 13 0 c^s SHAN PAI (Song Shan Brand) $J|jgj 1 WILD GINBENG bird's nest with rock sugar is manufactured by using traditional top grade cave r" I bird's nest and America's wild ginseng steamed in !wa« yy'i.,' *-1 V J the traditional way using high technology without ;> i*v .Hrti- B**8
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 513 14 A BUSINESSMAN denies that he has been egged on by others to press his claim as the rightful heir to the Kelantan throne. "Yes, I have heard all the rumours. There are some who said I have been bought over and that I will get
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    • 71 14 *Tengku Indera Petra was the Crown Prince from 1944 1948. Shortly after Kelantan's first written constitution was published, in February 1948, Sultan Ibrahim removed Tengku Indera Petra as his heir. It was not known why the Sultan made such a move. Tengku Indera Petra publicly renounced
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    • 127 14 TENGKU Ibrahim Petra's right to the throne was first raised publicly by a government backbencher in March. Mr Shahidan Kassim touched on the issue during a debate on the constitutional amendment to limit the legal immunity of Malaysia's rulers. The Government's move to curb alleged royal excesses was sparked
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    • 136 14 AP. AN 18-year-old Bulgarian boxer died in a hospital after being knocked out at the National Junior Championships. Alexander Kostadinov collapsed on Sunday in the third round of his bantamweight fight and died hours later in the town of Sliven in south-eastern Bulgaria. He
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    • 158 14 Bernama A SIX-YEAR-OLD Malaysian girl was found dead after being left inside a parked car yesterday. A report from the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital said the girl, Syarifah Ellina Yasmin, died of suffocation. She is believed to have fallen asleep in the car
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    • 345 15 Reuter. FIVE young girls in the US had sex with a gang member infected with the Aids virus to join the gang. The girls, aged 14 to 15, told counsellors it was part of the gang initiation rite in San Antonio, Texas. The girls
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    • 208 15 Wire services. THE Japanese government decided yesterday to allot a record $25 million for security at the June 9 wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito five times the cost of the marriage itself. Finance officials approved the hefty budget, to be covered by reserve
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    • 118 15 AFP A JAPANESE bomb left over from World War II recently killed three villagers in southern China. The Japanese Imperial Army bomb was uncovered by workers building a markq£ in Changning county, Hunan province, the semi-official China News Service reported yesterday. Private entrepreneur Yin
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    • 197 15 Reuter. CHINA plans to set up the world's largest nature reserve in Tibet. The Ministry of Forestry will help fund a local plan to set aside 200,000 sq km as a nature reserve in the Qangtang grasslands of northern Tibet, the Xinhua news
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    • 499 16 OSCAR-WINNING actress Tatum O'Neal says she went from being a celebrated Hollywood star to an insignificant "nobody" following; husband John McEnroearound the men's tennis circuit. In an interview with glamour magazine Mademoiselle, Tatum, 29, explained the reasons for the marriage breakup last year. But
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    • 320 16 CHINESE actress Gong Li (right) has made it into People magazine's annual list of the 50 most beautiful celebrities. Gong Li, 27, starred in The Story of Qiu Ju which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. She herself picked up the
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    • 392 17 Reuter. THE fire which killed more than 80 people in Waco, Texas, on April 19 was deliberately set by the cult members, independent investigators said yesterday. The findings confirmed Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that the fire was started by cult members. "We believe it was
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    • 67 17 Fire sale: A London branch of the men's outfitters, Moss Bros, holding a "bomb damage sale" after being hit by a bomb explosion on Saturday. The blast is estimated to have caused about $2.5 billion damage in the London financial district. One person was killed and
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    • 112 17 Bernama. THREE men were killed in an Orang Asli settlement in Kampung Sungai Rual near Jeli, Kelantan. One is believed to have been killed by the poisoned darts of a blowpipe. Two others injured are in hospital. A police spokesman said there was a
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    • 156 18 Reuter. AN Ivory Coast court has jailed three self-confessed cannibals and witches for five years, an evening newspaper reported yesterday. Quoting from the court transcript, the Ivoir Soir said the women Yvonne Deagbeu Sake, Helene Toun Manou and Mose Kpea ate four people, including Manou's son Oulai.
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    • 254 18 Reuter. BRITAIN wants the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to watch their spending and give taxpayers better value for money. As a row over lavish spending at the Lon-don-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continued, British officials yesterday said they were turning
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    • 164 18 Reuter EXTRAVAGANT overspending in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will not be allowed to happen again, say shareholders. Led by the United States and Canada, they made this commitment yesterday. EBRD president Jacques Attali was reprimanded for not maintaining tight control on costs
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 126 17 TASTE THE |BY THE |P SINGAPORE RIVER I JY MWM j T J Singapore i I I I K HIVER E A ffordable seafood, fresh l\ and deliciously prepared, is now available. 'TifxVzx For lunch or dinner, for *V v fs) birthdays or office gatherings, y you can have all
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 429 18 Nurture a store specialising in educational toys, has flown in Dr Renee KSIKr 1 Teach your baby Angeles specially for this in thp WOTTIh seminar. Dont miss the 111 Ult n vuiv opportunity to hear from by Dr Rene Van de Carr these experts. Saturday, May 8 9am-spm 1 Can
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 228 19 Singapore Press Holdings is the leading with at least five years' experience in sales, publisher of newspapers and magazines in marketing, product management or advertising. Southeast Asia. Important attributes are a sharp and The Marketing Division now has vacancies analytical mind, strong presentation skills, a for MANAGERS. We are looking
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  • 1338 20 sports "Girls are spectators and cheerleeders. Perfect preparation for the adult role of women to stand attractively on the sidelines of history and cheer the men who make decisions". Kathryn Clarenback, US feminist In almost a dozen years of reporting from the half-real world of professsional tennis,
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    293 22 CAREER PURSUITS "THE journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step..." In all journeys, the direction of that first step is crucial. Embarking on a career is no different. So it is wise to do some thinking and planning before venturing out to look for that
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 103 22 Wat MM Join US!!! Breakthrough is the only Top Notch insurance agency of Singapore's No. 1 Insurance Company AIA Earn ABOVE Sslo,ooo per month Manage your own time towards High Productivity and Travel in Style worldwide at our Annual Conventions. If you have sheer determination and high energy, above 21
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 161 23 HUD 10 m I# rotting CJC 7*"s .LtA^K^^m CompAntis! |jfc T£ingApores test fAstion lifestyle store, for young profession At men AnA uvomen, uvitt be moving to neuv dnA tArger premises A t o tc^ fcoAd's Cutest shopping Attraction, AkAsfiimAyA Centre. MB\ S Ml Jyt/iiviAntls uvith a pleASAnt AnA outgoing personality,
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  • CAREER PURSUITS
    • 720 24 NAME: Dennis Wee Chuan Peng AGE: 41 OCCUPATION: Director of Dennis Wee Realty Pte Ltd NUMBER OF YEARS IN BUSINESS: 6 PAY: Above $15,000 I STARTED my own real f estate company in November last year. When you progress and accumulate enough experience and clientele, you
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    • 101 24 PAY RANGE: THE agent earns 1 to 2% commission depending on the type of property. An average agent earns about $5,000 to $6,000. Do not expect a regular income immediately because you will get your commission only four or five months after you close the deal. CAREER PATH:
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 194 25 MOST PEOPLE WORK HARD FOR IT. I 1 V m A f I ll* Jara I ilf■ -'';f: V^J NOW, JOIN THE FEW WHO KNOW HOW TO LET IT WORK HARD FOR THEM. Granted, there's no substitute for hard work. But if you could make 1~~ rr ff /iii rr
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  • CAREER PURSUITS
    • 849 26 Million agent NAME: Freddy Sim Kwan Soon AGE: 29 OCCUPATION: Senior life underwriter (senior agent) with Keppel Insurance NUMBER OF YEARS IN BUSINESS: 2 PAY: Between $8,000 and $10,000 fl'VE observed that there are basically three groups of insurance agents. The first is the pretty young girl who gets a
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    • 137 26 PAY RANGE: First six month, while you are still new to the business, you earn between $2,000 and $3,000 per month. Second six month period about $3,000 to $4,000. Your annual income will be about $30,000 to $42,000. CAREER PATH: The first and second years are spent improving
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    • 15 27 M I Information compiled by Mr. Paul Lim of MIS
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    • 680 28 NAME: Dorothy Leong Kit-Een AGE: 29 OCCUPATION: Customer fashion adviser with Metro NUMBER OF YEARS IN BUSINESS: IV2 PAY: About $1,800 fl WAS a model for seven years. You can't model for life, so I needed something more permanent. Through a friend's recommendation, I got this job.
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    • 81 28 PAY RANGE: Starting pay about $1,500. REQUIREMENTS: A full 'A' Level certificate or general degree. Strong fashion sense and relevant experience in the fashion industry. CAREER PATH: There are. opportunities to move into merchandising. You could become a buyer. There may also be opportunities to become a department
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 657 29 The Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board are trustees for the CPF savings of Members. We seek to protect and preserve the value Spl of the savings and we aim to provide to our Members, Hp In a cost-effective manner, the widest range of quality jP We recognise that we cannot
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  • CAREER PURSUITS
    • 455 30 NAME: Mr C Satkunanathan AGE: 61 OCCUPATION: Receptionist at the Registry of Marriages NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE JOB: 6 months. PAY: About $1,000 fSIX months ago I went to the Ministry of Community Development to enquire about job vacancies because I got bored two months
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    • 59 30 PAY RANGE: $650 to $950 CAREER PATH: It is possible to move on to clerical positions. Training in office skills helps you to move up the ladder TRAINING: Commercials schools and the Institute of Technical Education offer National Trade Certificate (NTC) courses on office skills. Minimum requirement is
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    • 536 31  -  By Yvonne Lim YOU'VE read about him before. The secondary school leaver-turned-entrepreneur who set up his own chain of stores and made millions. Unlike most other careers, you don't need a university degree to make it big in the sales profession. What you really need,
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    • 102 32 STARTING SALARY: About $1,300 CAREER PATH: Public relations manager or start your own PR firm. TRAINING: Ngee Ann Polytechnic offers a diploma course in Mass Communications. You need at least a Grade 1-4 in English Language, Grade 1-6 in Mathematics and any other three subjects. There is also
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      466 32 NAME: Louwena Lau Seok Wan AGE: 25 OCCUPATION: Public relations executive with Richard Koong Associates NUMBER OF YEARS IN BUSINESS: 2Vt PAY: $1,500 $2,300 fLIKE a lot of fresh graduates, I wanted a job that allowed me to meet a lot of people. I didn't want
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    • 575 33  -  By Rejini Raman ARE you optimistic, hardworking and able to get along well with people? Or are you commited, interested in people and have integrity? Or, does this sound more like you: Disciplined and organised? If you identify with the first group, a job in sales
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    • 105 33 SALES A SALES coordinator's job is an indoor one. You are expected to coordinate the work of the staff as well as work with stores and purchasers. If you are a sales promoter, you are expected to know the product you are selling. A sales assistant's
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    • 224 33 There is a trend towards temporary staffing, according to Ms Nithiyanandan, managing director of Business Trends. In a temporary job, the employee has the safety of exploring the job before deciding to stay on permanently. Temporary staff are paid lower rates and have fewer benefits. To a large
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    • 43 33 IF you are a fresh school leaver with no experience, the minimum amount you would earn is $800. However, if you have some experience, your starting pay would be $950. This applies to temporary jobs in the sales, admin and customer service.
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    • 411 34 NAME: Ms Ng Soh Cheng AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Non-uniformed SAF clerical assistant at the overseas section of Control of Personnel Centre NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE JOB: About 6 months PAY: About $800 fl DO administrative work and interview serviceman for overseas attachments to Taiwan,
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    • 54 34 PAY RANGE: $700 to $900 starting pay (private or government sector) CAREER PATH: Secretarial or executive positions in an administrative office. TRAINING: Commercials schools and the Institute of Technical Education offer National Trade Certificate (NTC) courses on office skills. Minimum requirement is a GCE 'N' Level certificate. Call
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    • 253 35  -  By June Kong REMEMBER how you used to cram for those final exams? You may have burned your textbooks since then, but being out of school should not stop you from studying for success. Equip yourself with information on the job you're after and impress your
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    • 113 35 SOME tips from Front v Line Customer Service by Clay Carr: Acknowledge the customer. Speak to the customer as soon as he approaches. This simple act communicates that you think the customer is important. Don't argue with the customer. Period. When a customer comes in upset, making
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    • 203 31 SiiiSM'S SKILLS TRAINING CENTRE lIIIIM INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL SALES TRAINING ABOUT MIS SKILLS TRAINING CENTRE The MIS Skills Training Centre, a special division of the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MISX was set up in 1986 with support from the Skills Development Funds (SDC* -ff f* > T. '*"L I LJ
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    • 128 32 J NANYANG OPTICAL k A well established and growing local optical chain store B ■|j invites applications for the position of: B HI H Hfl II IN M iaA] Km II i M I Experience: B B at least 3 years of optical trade experience B |™|f O knowledge of
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    • 227 34 JHE ARMY Our Army is one of the best run organisations in Singapore. Now, we'd like to invite you to join us to help make it better. We've uniformed and non-uniformed vocations that will provide you with the training for a promising future. So if you're considering a secure future,
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    • 550 35 rFor a rewarding career, join the Ministry of Defence as: Responsibilities: You will be involved in work which includes typing, personnel, finance and other administrative functions. Qualifications: You must possess at least 3 GCE 'O' level passes including either English or Mathematics. Knowledge in office machinery operations would be an
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  • 1340 37 sports "Girls are spectators and cheerleeders. Perfect preparation for the adult role of women to stand attractively on the sidelines of history and cheer the men who make decisions". Kathryn Clarenback, US feminist In almost a dozen years of reporting from the half-real world of professsional tennis,
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    • 653 38 I sbcs 2.00 PM Text (Stereo) 3.00 Black Phoenix (Mandarin drama with English subtitles/episodes 9 10 of 25): Yunkai proposed to Yunhong but is rejected. Later, he finds some clothing belonging to the deceased Bingwen and traces it to Huangyin. 4.40 Earthworks (Children/Info-educational/debut): Looks at the fascinating world of wildlife
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      612 41 Taiwan director Stan Lai's film, Peach Blossom Land, burst into a full bloom at the 6th Singapore International Film Festival on Sunday night. It swept three top awards. LOIS NG talks to one of Asia's most promising film director TWO Sundays ago, some people walked out of Jubilee Hall
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    • 201 42 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE MOVIE buffs who missed out on Peach Blossom Land and are hoping to watch it in local art cinemas may just have to lump it. Three film distribution companies in Singapore Shaw Organisation, Cathay Organisation and Eng Wah Organisation said yesterday that
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    • 346 42 ONE wonders why Ellen Barkin is not on the A-list of Hollywood actresses such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts and Geena Davis. Times News Service reported recently that Barkin, 38, has the kiss-of-death label "difficult". True, she puts in gym time to stay in shape.
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    • 541 43  -  WHAT: Black Harvest WHERE: Raffles Hotel's Jubilee Hall WHEN: Tonight, 8 pm TICKETS: $8 Bob Connolly will give a free seminar on documentary film-making tomorrow at the Goethe Institute. Contact the Singapore International Film Festival office at 738-7567. By Paul Zach THERE are
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  • SPORTS
    • 102 50 Nearly all the European favourites will be stepping up the pace tomorrow in the race to reach next year's World Cup Finals in the United States. Ten games will be played and, as none of the six groups is yet decided, there will be something at stake
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    • 538 50 ENGLAND v HOLLAND (Wembley Stadium, Thursday, 3am, Singapore time) RESULTS IN THE NEW PAPER ON THURSDAY HOLLAND coach Dick Advocaat blasted out a World Cup warning as his side prepared to take on England at Wembley tomorrow. The Dutch are without key men Marco van Basten
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      319 51 Three bookings in the match against North Korea last night could mean Singapore will be without three key players for tomorrow's match against Vietnam. S GULAM reports THERE are doubts over the availability of three key players for Singapore's match against Vietnam tomorrow. The three are V Sundramoorthy,
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    • 67 51 V SUNDRAMOORTHY Booked for slapping Korean defender Pang Gwang Choi yesterday. He had three received yellow cards in the first-leg in Qatar. KADIR YAHAYA Booked for rough play yesterday. He had received two yellow cards in the first-leg in Qatar. NAZRI NASIR Booked for rough play yesterday. He
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    • 27 51 Fruity finish: Razali Saad would like to believe that a banana at full time can put a stop to slip-ups Picture/ Mohd Ishak
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    • 166 51 I REFER to your report of Saturday, April 24, 1993. I appreciate that the New Paper needs to put its news across with punch. But your article "SNOC President throws down the gauntlet" gives a totally different slant to what was said. Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the SNOC
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    • 262 51 WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS Reuter. STEVE Davis of England had his hopes of a seventh world snooker title scotched by 22-year-old Alan McManus. Six-time champion Davis, who has surged back to top form this year at the age of 35, trailed 9-7 heading into the
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      8 52  -  I: BY S GULAM THE SINGAPORE TEAM:
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    • 386 52  -  Jeffrey Low CONSIDER this: The Lions could have won, would have won, should have won if only» they knew how to concentrate. By full concentration, we mean 90 minutes of total commitment to the game, total brain power, and total team work. At the
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    • 226 52 OMAR Ibrahim, the silent man of the Singapore team finally spoke last night. His first words were: "Please say sorry to the fans." These were sincere words from a sincere man who has done his job quietly but efficiently since he took
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    • 509 53  -  S Gulam WHY are you always so one-sided, Mr Victor Dana asked me on the hotline last week. He was obviously responding to my criticisms of the tactics used by Singapore soccer coach P N Sivaji in the first-leg match against North Korea. Partly in response to
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    • 211 55 Owr SEALION series features Singaporeans likely to shine in this June's South-east Asia Games. Today our focus falls on young hockey player Gavin van Rooyen 1991 Razak Cup tournament in Sarawak. I scored six goals in the tournament and was the team's top-scorer. I
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    • 77 55 Date of birth: 28 Jun, 1974 Height: 1.79m Weight: 69kg Occupation: Student at Temasek Poly Favourite food: None Hobbies: Listening to music, physical workouts Favourite sportsperson: Carl Lewis Credentials 1991 Member of team which finished runner-up in Razak Cup in Sarawak; voted Man of the Match in final against
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    • 427 55  -  CLUB vs COUNTRY Sembawang will abide by the Fifa ruling and let Sundram and Abdul Malek remain with the National team until after the pre-World Cup tournament. They will not play for Sembawang in Sunday's game against Tampines Rovers at Yishun Stadium. By Bernard Pereira SEMBAWANG
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    • 92 55 Carlsberg, another sponsor of Sembawang Sports Club, chose to reserve comment until later. w. 's happened to A S Veera is a personal matter. It doesn't make the slightest difference to Hummel's support for the club. We are a sportswear company helping to promote the game.
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    • 318 56 m(Razali Saad, 82min) (Choe Won Nam, 28th, Choe World Cup QmMki Yong Son 42nd, 85th) ■K V Faadfc Frustrating night WHAT WENT SHOW TOTAL COMMITMENT IF only they knew how to concentrate. The players need to give 90 minutes of total commitment to the game, total brain power, and total
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