The New Paper, 28 December 1994

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 373 2 ALGERIAN HIJACKERS PLOTTED FIERY SUICIDE Source: Wire services. THE four Algerian air pirates shot dead by French commandos yesterday had plans to set Paris on fire. The French government said it ordered the assault on the hijacked Air France jetliner after learning the Islamic
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    • 121 2 Source: Reuter. FRANCE fears that it is being sucked into Algeria's civil conflict. "The new Algerian war has exploded on to the French scene," said Mr Benjamin Stora, a leading French historian. The dead Algerian hijackers belonged to the radical Armed Islamic Group (GIA),
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    • 156 2 AP. A 135 kg woman in Texas shot dead her sleeping husband after he threatened to put her in a nursing home because of her weight. She then called police and threatened to kill herself. Mr Sumner Nash, 60, was shot twice in the head, police said. His
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    • 187 2 Leisure Index Showtime: Pages 31-34 TV: Page 36 Comics: Pages 28-29 Call us. Hotline P'ipw I 4455 Going back to school Mill bo oasy with CALCULATORS AjgjflF fx-77OOGE /X-6300G Icon Menu Mode Graphic Functions Brgjggmmy Selection Graphic Graph Analysis Functions Graph Functions Mode Graph DEfl9DR| High Utility Analysis T<x>ls Variation
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    • 601 3 In conjunction with the International Year of The Family J* Sentosa is organising a series of activities and events to celebrate the new year! But it's all not just fun for r NA f fomHy. there s also a chance to win some really fabulous prizes! So come on down,
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 151 4 HOT STORIES WHAT is it: The electronic monitoring system acts like the human eye to keep a tab on traffic flow. The authorities are studying the system and it may be available in five years. How it works: The "eyes" are detectors and cameras will
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    • 99 4 BANKS have been told to be careful when approving loans to students. Loans should go only to students who need the money to pay for tuition fees. The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) issued this guideline after a Straits Times report highlighted
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    • 89 4 The Straits Times: France cuts air, sea links with Algeria Business Times: Fast wage rises in Asia-Pac slowing down: study Lianhe Zaobao: 23 dry market stalls in Jurong East will not be converted into wet market Berita Harian: Hijacking: France seeks safer method RCS morning news: Four Roman Catholic
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 81 4 IF it can happen in soccer, it can happen during the elections, says the Malaysian Prime Minister.* He is worried illegal betting, or kelong as it is referred to in soccer circles, will spill over into the country's election process. Datuk Seri Dr
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      • 65 4 THERE are too many newspapers and magazines in Indonesia. So the Indonesian government says it will not be issuing any more licences for newspapers or current-affairs magazines next year. The only licences the government would consider is for specialist publications. This includes papers or
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      • 76 4 THEY look good and cost a bomb. But after Christmas, most of the lavish decorations that you have captured on camera will go into the bin and at a cost of $10 million. Most hotels and shopping centres return the materials to the contractors who put
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      • 63 4 MEDICAL help is just a call away even when you are ill in the middle of the ocean. Singapore General Hospital doctors on duty in the Accident and Emergency Department get over 10 or more calls each month from sick seamen. They give free
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    • 14 4 THE Dow Jones industrial average rose 28.26 points to close at 3,861.69.
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    • 22 4 THE Straits Times Industrial Index rose 2.7 points to 2229.95 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 2227.25.
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  • 358 5  -  THENEWSTODAY By Seow Su Kian TO Filipino maid Melchora Luna, her stay in Singapore has been a perfect 10. So special was it that yesterday, on the eve of her departure for the Philippines, she called our HotlinePlus to say thank you to her bosses
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 571 6 One dog starts vomiting, another can barely stand, a third dies. All this, after they were sent to the same groomer. YVONNE LIM and GERALD TAN report A LOCAL pet groomer is under investigation by the Primary Production Department (PPD) for cruelty to animals. Dog-owner Raymanjit
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    • 180 6 IF your pet is hurt while in the care of a groomer, you have three choices: Report to PPD: It will investigate when there are signs of mistreatment, where cruelty could be involved. Under the Animals and Birds Act, convicted offenders can be fined up
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    • Article, Illustration
      88 7 I)og-owners should get referrals from other clients, instead of just looking in the papers. They should head for reputable groomers. They should make it a point to see the premises first, before sending a pet in for grooming or boarding even if it means going along in the
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    • 197 7 YOU do not need a licence to run a dog salon. The PPD only licenses animal and bird shops for the sale of pets. There are no licensing laws for salons because complaints against them are rare, said a spokesman. But the PPD investigates as
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    • 321 8 COP SAYS WHY HE HAD TO SHOOT A policeman was forced to shoot a dirig addict in Tampines yesterday after the addict attacked him. This is the latest case involving drug offenders cornered by the law and desperate to escape. Somejiayg attempted to jump off
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    • 258 9 Dec 7: Officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) went to look for a 36-year-old unemployed man under supervision for using drugs. He had not been reporting for his urine tests. They were not prepared for the reaction. The man ran to the balcony of his 12th-storey flat
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    • 34 9 The case is being treated as one of using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty. The penalty is up to two years' jail or a fine or both.
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    • 190 9  -  By Yaw Yan Chong CORNERED drug addicts are "dangerous" and may resort to life-threatening ways of escaping. A source told The New Paper: "These are usually drug supervisees who have gone back to taking drugs and have not been reporting to the various police stations for their
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  • 160 10 Hubby jailed for two weeks THENEWSTODAY A MAN slapped his wife and threatened t > stab her with a knife after she called 01/ another man's name in her sleep. For that, Poh Soon Chuan, 42. unemployed, was yesterday jailed for two weeks, Chinese newspapers
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 240 13  -  By June Kong WHEN firefighters entered Parkway Parade on Monday, Mr Michael Tan knew something was wrong. So he told his family they should leavtf the building. There was a fire at a staircase near Yaohan and shoppers were being evacuated from the
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    • 150 13 A SPOKESMAN for Parkway Parade said the management abided by proper procedures as trained by the Civil Defence team. "Within seconds of the fire alarm, it was confirmed by the duty security personnel that the fire was containable at the staircase between the two levels. "Hence,
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    • 371 13  -  Comment Norenshah Sahari ALARM bells ring and you think "oh-oh, fire somewhere". You look around the building and you see others looking around uncertainly, too. There is an air of anticipation for some kind of announcement or screams. Nothing. Nothing to say it
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    • 264 14  -  By June Kong A CONSTRUCTION com pany's director was fined $10,000 yesterday for causing the death of a worker, through negligence, in November 1909. (leneral worker Mat Noor Mat San, 52, was buried in mud and water when the side of the trench he
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    • 26 14 THE maximum penalty for causing death by a rash or negligent act, not amounting to culpable homicide, is two years' jail, a fine, or both.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 572 16 Russian forces are still struggling to subdue the rebellious Chechnya republic three weeks after their tanks rolled into Grozny, the capital. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who ordered the assault, is confident that the war will end soon in his favour. Chechen rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev says the
      Source: Wire services  -  572 words
    • 99 16 CHECHNYA, one of Russia's republics, declared itself independent in 1991. The mainly-Muslim republic is rich in oil reserves. President Boris Yeltsin fears that the Russian Federation will collapse if Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev is allowed to get away with his separatist bid. On Dec 11, Mr Yeltsin ordered
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 366 19 ISRAELI soldiers and police forcibly removed protesters yesterday from land targeted for Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank. Angry Palestinians said the move had put peace talks with Israel in a crisis. The land conflict broke out near the town of Bethlehem. Police manhandled a Palestinian
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    • 197 19 AFP. THE PLO yesterday said it would ignore a new Israeli law banning it from conducting political activities in Jerusalem, the day after Israeli deputies voted to impose the measure. "The new law will neither block nor stop any of these activities," said Orient
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 377 21 THE three-year-old boy had prepared for weeks for his interview to getinto a top New Delhi private school. But Varun Bhartiya mistook the picture of a lion for a tiger. The interviewer snapped: "No, it is not a lion. You don't know what it
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    • 35 21 "For a society in transition, the school your child gets into is often a place for picking up the right contacts to gain entry into the right circles." Mr Avdesh Sharma, psychiatrist
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    • 58 21 THE trend has so alarmed the country's educators that next year, the government will increase age limits on children entering nurseries and pre-schools. This year, the government recommended but did not enforce doing away with entrance tests for pre-schoolers, less stringent classroom schedules for toddlers and limits on
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    • 88 21 INDIA has the largest population of illiterate people in the world. Nearly half the country's children aged between six and 14 don't go to school. But the middle class, which includes anywhere from 150 million to 250 million of India's 900 million people, values education. There has
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    • 57 21 "One little boy just would not enter the room (for the admissions interview). He started crying and shouting, he was so terrified. But the sorriest sight was the parents who insisted on pushing him inside, and the school attendants who kept pulling him. He was kicking and screaming,
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    • 42 21 Unhealthy trader A man washing syringes in a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Some will be recycled into other plastic materials. But others will be sold as "new" syringes. Offenders can be jailed, but the illegal trade thrives. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 87 21 AFP. JORDAN complains it has not reaped the benefits of peace with Israel. Jordan's Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali said: "Israeli tourists are coming (to Jordan) only for a day, and are bringing their food with them and are not spending foreign currency." He said this
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    • 484 22 Source: Wire services MRS Sonia Gandhi, widow of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, may hold the key to solving the leadership crisis that has rocked the country's ruling Congress party. Mrs Gandhi, 47, is widely believed to be pulling political strings from her
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    • 121 22 THE Indian economy is expected to grow to between 5 and 7 per cent. "The economy will see a continuation of the industrial recovery witnessed in 1994, with the spice of monsoon uncertainty thrown in," said Mr Ajay Shah, president of the Centre for Monitoring
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    • 221 23  -  BY_ Ben Barclay REPORTING FROM LONDON PATIENTS in Scotland can now decide which hospitals may give them the best chances of getting better. Or even of surviving. Britain's state-run national health service wants to be more open so it intends to publish and compare the
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    • 68 23 T A here may be good reasons for a high death rate, if patients are older. But the figures enable doctors in different hospitals to compare methods. Then good practice can be spread around and the hospitals which are low-scorers in some areas (though not in
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    • 69 23 or instance, a hospital based in an inner-city poor community with many elderly patients is likely to have a higher death rate than one in a neighbourhood of young, healthy people... The lists will cause serious and unnecessary anxiety to patients going into hospital. British Medical Association
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  • DEARAGGIE
    • 302 24 Dear Aggie, I am a 12-year-old girl. I will be in Secondary 1 next year. For my PSLE results, I got an aggregate of 189 and qualified for the Normal stream. I was sick during the exams. My parents and siblings look down on
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    • 241 24 My boyfriend is younger than me by four years. We have been together for 2 X i years. Age has never been a problem. But I'm worried that he may go after a younger girl. I feel jealous when he looks at another girl. He
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    • 237 24 I have a communication problem at home. My family members dislike me. My father calls me names like Longbean. My mother is very busy with my elder brother. She pampers him by giving him everything he wants. She has no time for me. I am
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    • 254 24 I'm now studying in a polytechnic. In the beginning, I found the course quite interesting. However, when I got my test papers back, I had failed most of them. I tried to get over it, but I can't. What I really want is to study Audio
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    • 32 24 Dear Aggie Hotline Vou can leave us your problems on the Hotline and listen to selected answers given by trained counsellors. Identities will be kept confidential. Calls are 30 cents a minute.
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    • 40 24 This week's counsellor: If you need advice, write to: Ms Wong Sing Chee Dear Aggie Ms Wong counsels The New Paper students at the Singapore Times House -IT v Polytechnic. 3®® Kim Seng Road Singapore 0923 k Or fax: 737-5375
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      421 26 In a new series on traffic woes and flows in nearby countries, GARY VAN ZUYLEN reports from Bangkok on that I bane of the Thais the notorious Bangkok traffic jam and what the government is doing to unravel the snarls DRASTIC situations call for desperate solutions. Ms Hathaipat
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    • 134 26 HOPE lies in two just-started mass transit schemes. One private Hongkong-inspired project will end in 30 km of city-wide heavy railway. Another, a three-branch light mass rail system, will ply inner routes. It is expected to start running by 1997. For car owners, the government has built kilometers
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  • 588 27  -  Et cetera WITH BRIAN MILLER FIRST, a confession. I'm Eurasian, but I've never had the inclination nor the desire to become a member of Singapore's premier Eurasian club the SRC. In fact, it was only a year ago that I signed up and that too had
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 147 27 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/coim con t)j EH, ARNOLD! >1 m JUST Unu >7 I TP [m "WAT'S TW£AL BJ VORftT AlE *)0 CAHJUN6 TO ttS0l\AN6 Of fittaullOMS: i E2rv\ D0/M6? J SfcE HDwrtMiy V-v—--/ Ntrrto ltT|rtk rfjk BOTHER I MbOJT Tok Guru /Sofiyan Yahya -there is a new J| definitely
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    • 159 29 af Today, my >. tummy's rumbling for "i Vegetarian... or should I I have Nasi Padang J instead? It's a hard decision to make especially when you're headed for Singapore's first and best-known food court where delicious, value-for-money delights from Vegetarian and Nasi Padang are just waiting for you! These
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  • Showtime
    • 108 30 Quiet and soft-spoken, Margaret Lee was the dark horse in Star Search '90. She clinched the Miss Photogenic title and emerged first runner-up. But Margaret's career did not quite take off. Then came her famous Marilyn Monroe pose in Modern Romance a year later. While it
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    • 367 31 MARRIAGE seems to have changed actress Margaret Lee. She now has an aura of maturity. She's hardly the bubbly and voluptuous girl she used to be. Back then, Margaret was THE woman on Caldecott Hill. Words like "sexy" and "bosomy" were synonymous with her name. Margaret,
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    • Article, Illustration
      417 32 HIS clean-cut looks have typecast Jeff Daniels as normal and wholesome in most of his roles. Remember him in The Purple Hose of Cairo? Clean-faced matinee idol. Something Wild? Straight arrow dragged into the dark side. Terms of Endearment? Loving but dull. "Normal and wholesome," agreed Daniels, who
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    • 298 33 EVERYONE these days wants a Babyface song. No wonder. Five of the songwriter's works were on Billboard's R&B singles chart last week. Boyz II Men's rendition of his I'll Make Love to You has tied with Whitney Houston's hit, I Will Always Love You, for Billboard's
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    • 151 33 AMONG those who've recorded Babyface's songs this year: Aretha Franklin (Honey), Madonna (Forbidden Love). Mariah Carey (Never Forget You), Tevin Campbell (I'm Ready) and Vanessa Williams (Betcha Never). The songwriter has just finished a ballad for Michael Jackson's new album, and is working with the trio.
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    • 890 35 ckwmlf) NOON Harts of the West (Drama/stereo): Jake plans to ride in the rodeo. Gcode ***** 1.00 PM Berlin Lady (Drama/episode 2 of 4/stereo): Maryika's Berlin apartment is ransacked and Boro is beaten up on his way back to Paris. Gcode ***** 2.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show Teaching Teens How
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    • 104 36 "IMxio Kang «S" Amanda Ang 12.9.94 Joey Sim Yin F.n I 7 ')-1 \1ahaa l .ikshmi 25.6 94 Hamka Afiq B Mohamed 8.6.94 Tor Lok Kien 20 9 94 (I H H AnisSofea 11.7.94 4 SeahJiaYi 28.6.94* Vivian Lau Sha Mynn 15.8.94 4 Sanam 26.6.94' 4':vyi The above winners will
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  • 862 37 Putting Your Best Face Forward In '95 THE Christmas lights have been put away, your over-snug waistband is making you sorry you had those extra slices of log cake; to top it off, your head's viciously making you regret that extra
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    • 119 37 «j_ Qii/e c_Aiew *00 QJouft Facing hair problems like balding, thinning hair, damaged hair, dandruff and premature grey hair? Don't despair, come to Hay's Formula, we give professional i hair treatment with a secret formulation made of 100%, HERBAL PLANT EXTRACTS. 1 Hay's Formula provides all natural and effective solution
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    • 165 38 PIGMENTATION, SCAR MARKS, WONT BE A PROBLEM ANYMORE j Having problems with scar marks or pigmentation? Tried every available de-pigmentating or scar remover products in the market without any results, or even worse, going home with the damaging effects of poor treatments! At GERMAINE DE CAPUCCINI, we DO NOT SELL
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    • 181 39 r m 1 3f m m #V Wm f '*^^B JGlbp Welcome 1995 Privilege C/ U fe llnviting You To Join Our Latest Hair Show Cum Beauty Seminar To Be Held: J X Date: 8.1.95 (Sunday) J <. Time:2-spm K C Place: Westin Stamford J W t EYE-CARE, FACIAL/ Effective
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    • 143 39 CLASSIC^'' 1 400 Orchard Road #03-10, Orchard Towers Singapore 0923 Eo •ffiY' Tel: 736 4696 Fax: 7^4834 |J? Confirmed Bridal Package will be entitled: Lfj Mini Album JaW 8R Table Top jSji J 20" by 24" Portrait Canvas with Frame Two Dozen 3R Photographs vA-i Outdoor Shoot fcN! Studio Make-Up/Hairstyling
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    • 806 40 1800 *****66 i— i ii 2015 Food/ 2015 Food/ Entertainment Entertainment j After a hard days work, J V v\ com© lor a cosy break ■k Experience our new relaxing environment. J Da-Lu Music Lounge 554. Balestor Road. Singapore 1232. TeL *****50. S Next to the Ktobfl Station 2191 Personal
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    • 99 40 We provide experienced MALE/ FEMALE MASSEUR Specialize In finger press therapeutic massage Tel: *****10 Spring Valley Massage #01-24 Golden Milt Towtr B«ach Rd (CI1) L1C. ***** Mono notebook with I removable 250 MBl Harddisk. 8 MB RAM 8 I KB Cache Memory. I with built-in Fax I Modem worth $230.
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    • 296 41 2191 Personal Services/ 2191 Personal Services/ 2191 Personal Services/ Products Products Products HONG TAR AIRCOH FRIDGE TRADING Showroom: 3 Chu Lin Road, 5(2366) TOSHIBA lOW 8 SETS ONLY I (ret service lor thfs model only) Indoor Unit 4 I H CS M9O3KH X 3 i l h CS-3M2003KH TOSHIBA I
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    • 112 41 2366 Vehicles e Manual I Ut'lKf e 1 owner e 5W1.900 ijftt Tel: 633-3403 I Pg. 407-2096 Phang I 2498 Properties TANGLUMhaIt Blk. 45. e High flour e Unblocked Windy e MKT/ amenities *****79 PW 2526 Travel Guide Flatting Trip IW> 1 I Tinggi Island 3D2N $128 «C b d
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    • 170 41 2670 Education/ Instruction \3SS Prtston Including htvund'Oulbound T ours IntrmHiDful A* Fjrrs jnri TckHmg i leading lo i world wide retosnutd qujlrfmion from lATA/UFIAA Your 1 tf step to a gmwt *iTravel I An n»prMvr mtroduclMQ counr $tudrnt fan trrjnrrjhle Day A firming CWMI FAITH AGENCY hi* NUS/ NTU/ Hon*./
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    • 235 41 2670 Education/ Instruction MUSIC WORKSHOP for I're-Schoolers (Ages 3-5) Classes to commence In Jan '95 LaSalle-SIA College ol the Arts *****00 JRA TALENTS MODEL RECRUITMENT Kxperlence/ li»«-x|)»*r *****98 No court* fees required 2715 Art/Creative Positions .Vday »wk IN'MKM I louse needs GRAPHIC DESIGNER a Mm 2 years experience Fust with
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    • 375 41 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions mS 9 Singapore Pro— Holding* We invite you to join the region's leading publisher of newspapers, magazines and periodicals as: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (BUSINESS TIMES) The successful candidate will provide clerical and administrative support to a team of journalists.
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    • 95 41 J OMEGA MEDICAL A L SCIENTIFIC PTE LTD 219 Henderson Road #02-06 Henderson Industrial Park Singapore 0315 At least with a GCE O' Level Working experience would be an advantage Able to use a computer Interested applicant* are requested to call Noraini at 278-9688 to arrange lor an interview N
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    • 372 42 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions 4Uf UNITED OVERSEAS FINANCE LTD I I 11 (A member of the United Overseas Bank Group) RECEPTIONIST/ TELEPHONE OPERATOR Candidates should have completed GCE 'N* level and preferably be bilingual in English and Mandarin. She must be able to type and operate
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    • 428 42 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions An established multinational company In Jurong has an Immediate vacancy for the post of: Mln. GCE 'O' Level Knowledge of shipping documents, Import Export L/Cs Must know Lotus 123 Friendly and pleasant personality Those currently employed in general hardware. Industrial marine product
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    • 126 42 2730 Secretarial/ 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions TELEPHONE OPERATORS CUM RECEPTIONIST GCE OV 'N' level. Ability to type. Bilingual In Mandarin English Full training provided. School leavers are welcome. Commence work on 3/1/95. Interested pis. walk In Interview 152 Pay a Lobar Road. Citipoint Industrial Complex. #03-06. S pore.
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    • 60 42 A new co. situated at Joo Seng Rd. (Oist. 1336) requires an experienced FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK below XI yrs. of age to work for 5-days week Tel: 383-4012 GENERAL CLERK Required Basic PC Able to type Interested, call *****56 J 5-DAY WEEK I ADMIN. ASSISTANT I Chinese, above 25 I
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    • 159 42 2730 Secretarial/ 1 Clerical Positions Established firm of Certified Public Accountants require:AUOIT SENIORS/ ASSISTANTS/ TRAINEES Accountancy degree Polytechnic diploma ACCA (Any level) OCE OV 'A' level Commerce Training provided Please write/ call S1 ANSON RD., #13-31 ANSON CENTER SINGAPORE 0207 TEL.: 220-7378 PERMANENT CHINESE ACCOUNTS CLERK J Able to handle
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    • 363 43 2730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions j International Freight i Forwarder Has Imined. 11 Vacancies For: r i A. SHIPPING SUPERVISOR ij Must be age 25 above 1 1 Min OCE O-level 11 Must have 3 yrs expe- i I rience in shipping/ |l forwarding (Import/ ij Export) II Must be good
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    • 330 43 2740 Sales Positions j 2740 Sales Positions You are young, trendy and you have a great sense of style. You have always wanted to be in the fashion Industry. Here's your chance to follow your dream we have immediate for Koutique (Full/Part Time) If you are a female who's at
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    • 128 43 Newly Established i Dept. Store Requires FEMALE INDOOR! SALES ASST. I i Part/ Full-Time ii II I i Experience preferred i i Attractive salary i Incentive I Picas* call 297-4439 J 1 1 Or walk- in interview at: 1 1 ii II i i 264 Serangoon Rd. < i L,
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    • 353 43 2740 Sales Positions Pon accessories co. Tel: FULL/ PART-TIME FEMALE SALES PROMOTERS Age 20 yrs. L above. Able to speak fluent Eng. Basic salry, Incentive commission Interaated pit. call *****22 I of an interview from I 10am onward* I (Immediate vacancies for FULL-TIME SALES ASSISTANT required at Orchard Road. Applicants
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    • 219 43 2745 Technical Positions 2745 Technical Positions An Interior Design Co with otflcea In Singapore v and Malaysia haa Immediate vacancy tor: INTERIOR DESIGNER L. Possess Diplomaor NTI Certificate W 3-5 years relevant experience Versatile in interior and furniture draughting Interested applicants, please contact fc Amy T«l: 474 0722 TECH CUSTOMB
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    • 275 43 2750 Production Positions JURONG ELECTRONICS I FACTORY I requires B OPERATORS I 8- 5 30pm $34 +$8 I Transport. I Students may apply. H Tel. 564 6038 I 2760 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Positions SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC STAFF CENTRE RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE (Dover Road) Gala 3 (bahind Singapore Telecoms) Wr require the following ppSlllOM
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    • 257 43 eonesaay, uecemper ao, 1^34 2760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions 2 English Pub requires Immediately 1) MANAGERESS J 2) BAR-MAIDS/ BARTENDERS J I (3 positions) *3) FEMALE KJ/ DJ 5 4) CASHIER t *5) WAITRESSES t (Few Positions) J e Full/ Part-time For immediate appt. J walk-in tor an interview J
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    • 273 44 2758 Store/ Inventory 2758 Store/ Inventory Positions Positions rHITACHll of the Hitachi Group of requires: STOREKEEPERS/ ASST STOREKEEPERS Secondary education 1-2 years working experience DELIVERY PRIYERr Physically fit and healthy Must have clean class 4/5 driving licence Able to read and write simple English WALK-IN INTERVIEW V A Every Monday-
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    • 209 44 2775 Driver/ Delivery Despstch Positions PERM. TERM. Frtighl Forwarding I Compoany R«quir*« CLASS 4 DRIVER urgently i Please contact: !"2251 7 3 7 2778 Cleaner Positions CASUAL WORKERS required for cleaning co. Students are welcome S3O-S4O per day. 7.30 am -4.30pm./ spm.-9pm Tel: *****87 CLEANERS required for all shifts. $750-5850
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    • 221 44 2790 Part-Tim*/ Temp 2790 Part-Time/Temp Positions Position* mSSSmmmm^SSSSmSmSSSSSmSSmm ■-j Singapore Food Industries Pfe Ltd A member ot Singapore Technologies Industrial Able to work till end of January 95 Those awaiting GCE 'O' or 'A' level results are encouraged to apply Good Hourly Rate Free Meals Attractive Incentives Interested applicants may
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    • 71 44 r t 2790 Part-Time/ Temp 2790 Part-Time/ Temp I Positions Positions Min age 21 years old and above. Free professional training provided for beginners. Choose own working hours (2-3 hours) Age 20 years and above Experience not essential (Training given) 2795 Other Positions 2795 Other Positions Heeded L2j1JLLi£IJLbU&1 tOiyeKtOt! 5-day
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    • 442 45 2795 Other Positions 2795 Other Positions 2795 Other Positions Applications arc invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position: Security Guards (Earn up to $1,100 p.m.) You will he responsible for providing security and loss prevention in the Kampung. You will also perform crowd control and physical checks of
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    • 309 45 2795 Other Positions 2795 Other Positions I An expanding PCB Manufacturing Firm invites application to the following posts: I Prototype Technician I GCE 'O' level or NTC3 in Mechanical/ I Electronics Servicing I Clerk I Min 'N'/ 'O' level I Production Operators I Primary 6 I 16-35 years PCB Designer
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    • 105 45 THE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE IS NEVER ENDING. i Quench that fiery ambition in "Learning for Success". i H m It provides the avenue for institutions j offering tertiary and higher degree II Hi courses to IIH wB reach out to tf. tmmma interested students and working J professionals i searching
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    • 512 46 NOW YOU'LL ENJOY HHHHH EVEN MORE WITH DISCOUNTS AT THESE RESTAURANTS I THE NEW PAPER FASTADS LUNCH GUIDE THE NEW PAPER FASTADS LUNCH GUIDE THE NEW PAPER FASTADS LUNCH GUIDE THE NEW PAPER FASTADS LUNCH GUIDE I II II II I Aangan Restaurant Borshch steakhouse Banlara Dtfferent Tastes Cafe #04-05
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    • 742 47 George Foreman is no Santa Clans. But, every Christmas, he preaches a heavyweight message in his small church. Like why it's important to give. Like why it's important to make every day Christmas Day NYT. SOMEONE threw in the towel to the heavyweight champion of the
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    • 455 48 SPURS 0 PALACE 0 AFP. Tottenham Hotspur took its unbeaten run to seven games when it drew 0-0 draw against London rival Crystal Palace yesterday. But the result gave its fans little to cheer in a largely dreary encounter that yielded only a handful of goal
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    • 344 48  -  FOREST 1 NORWICH 0 By Lan Brown RF PORTING FROM LONDON AS Norwich goalkeeper Bryan Gunn lay in agony in the visitors' dressing room with a dislocated ankle, he heard a muffled roar in the stadium. His deputy, Andy Marshall, making his League
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    • 390 49  -  Stories/ Bernard Pereira NATIONAL soccer midfielder Malek Awab has been asked to coach Tampines Secondary School for next year's National Schools tournament. But the .'W-year-old veteran is uncertain about accepting the job because of his commitments. Mr Haroon Musawa, the school's Head of Department in Physical Education
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    • 190 49 IF Malek Awab agrees to coach Tampines Secondary School, he would be the fourth person to join the growing pool of national or ex-national players coaching school teams. Kx-international Dollah Kassim is into his fourth season next year as coach of Bartley Secondary's C Division team. The team
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    • 161 49 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER Ireland Premier Division: Dundalk 2 Shamrock Rovers 1, Monaghan Utd 0 Sligo Rovers 6, St. Patricks Ath. 5 Cobh Ramblers 0. English Premier League: Nottingham Forest 1 Norwich 0, Tottenham 0 Crystal Palace 0. Division One: Rolton 1 Tranmere 0, Bristol
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    • 193 49 SOCCER FRIENDLY ARGENTINA 1 YUGOSLAVIA 0 AP. ARIEL Ortega led Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia yesterday. It was the side's third victory in as many games under coach Daniel Passarella. Though Yugoslavia initially controlled the action, rookie Ortega scored in the 21st minute, squeezing the
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    • 399 50 HE is young. He is raw. And his skills are still not polished. He knows it. So he is willing to wait five or six years before attempting to make a name for himself. Just like his brother, Fandi Ahmad. This is the wish of footballer Abdul Hadi
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    • 61 50 ON HADI Hadi has the ability. All he needs is some guidance. Because of that, I try and give him pointers whenever we watch European League matches on TV. ON FANDI Fandi was able to control the ball well. He was also physically stronger. Fandi had
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    • 281 51 SELANGOR is eyeing international Dollah Salleh (above) for next year's Premier Iieague. Dollah, whose contract with Pahang ends on Dec 31, did not see action after three matches of the Malaysia Cup as he was down with a knee injury. According to The Malay Mail, Selangor is
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    • 74 49 mmm sing ap°RE 17 DECEMBER 1994 I Congratulations to the following winners Uriv|C TOP PRIZE: A Pioneer k Tiilftf Laser Disc Player CLD-S360 worth $750 V* Ll LOW K,M SENG 1 *****2-Z S CONSOLATION PRIZES: /f i Vm' A Pioneer headphone each Choa Choon Kang Andy *****82-G X) j Maznah
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    • 299 51 YESTERDAY'S results PALACEO FOREST I Picture/ REUTER Reports Face off: Crystal Palace's Chris Coleman /Page 49 (left) takes on Spurs' Gheorghe Popescu I" After losing 2kg in 3 days I I found a new beginning and a great figure I to go with it." Doreen I Expressions' Client. jp»„ I*
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