The New Paper, 22 January 1997

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1 47 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1997 MITA (P) 061/4/96 60 CENTS
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      31 1 7 lfa ocHAii g« -a 1! m V A M?»ui f r* WEDNESDAY,JANUARY22,I997 MffA(PIO6I/4/96 60CENTS n VH Family drama in toilet of Haig Road flat /Page 6 ■U*M JT Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Merc hits tree, man dies
      177 2 A MAN died after his Mercedes-Benz smashed into a tree and burst into flames along the Bukit Timah Expressway last night. A passerby pulled out the 37-year-old Malaysian, before the car caught fire, but the man was already dead. The car, travelling along the outer
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      Lock icon WEDESDAY STRIKE DAY SATURDAY DEMO DAY
      283 2 Wire services. THE strikes in South Korea are to continue. Korean unions plan to organise strikes every Wednesday. They will also hold demonstrations every Saturday during the next several weeks. The aim is to keep up the pressure on the government. The warning was
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      Lock icon Now that's COOL
      369 3 It's not just the tennis that's hot at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The sun has made a searing impact too. In fact, some players have even requested 10-minute breaks after the first two sets. Others, like Pete Sampras, sucked on ice packs, sipped, guzzled and then
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • Want a bigger pot of gold?
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      No secret, this
      155 4 It is ludicrous to suggest that information such as the sun rises in the east'is secret official information, even Uis classified as 'Top Secret*by a government department. Chief Justice Yong Rung How CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How handed down a landmark decision yesterday to say that certain
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Yeltsin goes home
        65 4 PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin spent his first full day out of hospital in almost two weeks yesterday. He went to the Gorky-9 state residence outside Moscow to recover but has a big task ahead. At home, he faces deep economic problems headed by widespread discontent over unpaid wages
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        Funds for Jakarta
        58 4 INVESTMENT has continued to pour into Indonesia despite recent civil unrest. Foreign funds worth US$3.4 billion (554.7 billion) was approved in the first three weeks of this year. Investment Minister Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo said this showed that recent civil unrest had little impact. Japanese firms put in US$2.2
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        Piracy problem
        148 4 MALAYSIA'S Multimedia Super Corridor could face problems if software piracy is not reduced. Microsoft (Malaysia) said firms around the world might be wary of investing in the project if the worry about pirated software remains. Figures show that in 1995 pirated software represented 77 per cent of the
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        Open-skies treaty
        57 4 SINGAPORE looks set to boost its trade and tourism by being the first Asian nation to have an open-skies treaty with the US. The US Department of Transport said the treaty would: Deregulate or eliminate restrictions on routes. Allow passenger or cargo airlines to fly as often as
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        No new airport
        57 4 PLANS to build Bangkok's second airport have been shelved by the Thai cabinet. The government has to exercise "strict monetary discipline", said Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. The airport would have cost 100 billion baht ($5.6 billion). The government will now expand the existing Don Muang airport
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      HEADLINERS
      66 4 The Straits Times: Leadership abroad, unity at home: Clinton The Business Times: Going regional fattens companies' profits: EDB Lianhe Zaofcso: EDB announces its regional development plans Berita Harlan: Clinton sets out administration direction RCS morning news: A bright outlook for Singapore's plastics industry BBC news: There were two bomb
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      STI INDEX
      22 4 The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 0.48 points to 2251.27 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 2250.79.
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      BT-SRI INDEX
      23 4 The Business Times Singapore Regional Index rose 1.69 points to 1128.12 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 1126.43.
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.03 points at 6,883 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was ahout 575 million shares.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Washboard killing
      512 6 A 60-year-old man was allegedly killed in his flat yesterday morning by his wife. JILL LIMspeaks to the dead man's sister Half-paralysed man clubbed to death Wife seen with bloody hands IT was their mother's first death anniversary and Madam Phua decided to visit her brother to offer
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      Those Feedback views 'not confidential'
      368 7 Mr Tang Liang Hong expressed some opinions at a feedback session in 1995 and they were made public during the election campaign. Was the Government right in doing this? AUGUSTINE PANG reports THOSE views were not confidential. Whatever Mr Tang Liang Hong told the Feedback
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      New 'friends' = —$11,000
      420 8  - New 'friends' —$11,000 They dressed well. They spoke well. And so she was game when they offered her a business deal By Chan Seet Fun HE was well-dressed and he spoke well. He said he was a businessman and she met him at a lounge about two months ago. The
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      477 8 HagemeyerCosa Liebermann has been appointed the sole marketing company for Texas Instruments Calculators. BAII-Plia Btninrv Calculati* Tl-8J Graph inn Calculator I Jh Hagemeyer-Cosa Liebermann is now the official marketing company for Texas I Texas Instruments Calculators. So you can look forward to the very best in service and I Instruments
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    Goodbye, nanny
    416 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Khor Su Min IN 1940, Madam Leong Ah Sin came to the Chng family as a nanny. Fifty-six years later, she left them as part of the family. Three generations of Chngs paid their respects to her at her funeral on Monday. She died on Jan
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      137 10 First Annual Canadian Bdncatlon Fair Friday, January 24th 1997 2 KM) pm 8.-00 pm Saturday, January 25th 1997 11 KH) am 5:00 pm Hyatt Regency Singapore, Scotts Road, Level 3 You are invited f Mr For an overseas education to last a lifetime?^ consider Canada. Over 40 institutions participating Individual
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      211 12 OUR WURST IS THE BEST. (Just like our freshly brewed beer.) Yes, you'll be spoilt for choice. Especially when °f a Y ou can savour authentic it comes to getting the best of our wurst (German German cuisine in a friendly Bavarian for sausages). Munich-style white selections. ai Vi atmosphere.
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    Lock icon On stage at a disco, no deejay, just Mr Yeo
    381 13  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Riana Zakir THE disco crowd cheered wildly as the psychedelic strobe lights shone on the celebrity taking centrestage. It was like a typical Tuesday night at Sparks Disco except for two things. The 1,600-strong crowd were not teenyboppers,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Jailed for forgery
      284 15  -  PENALTY The maximum penalty for forgery is seven years'jailanda fine. BY Ivy Ong TWO days before his first child was born in September 1994, Teng Kok Eng forged a cheque. Now, two weeks before his second baby is due, he is going to jail for it. Teng,
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      Preyed on worried man
      400 16 An unemployed woman was jailed 15 months yesterday for cheating a man ofs4oo. The New Paper had earlier reported that Mr Lim Lye Hoe was approached by the woman who told him that his two missing daughters had borrowed money from her. IVY ONG reports HE
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      Lock icon A beaiy good choice
      417 17 Ngee Ann Polytechnic is raising funds for the Community Chest. And it is doing so with the help of 12 Sasha's Bears. BERNARD PEREIRA has the details SECOND- YEAR electronics student William Chew is delighted that his department chose a traditional Malay costume for its Sasha's
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      ABOUT SASHA'S BEARS
      99 17 IN the last three years, 92 celebrities have helped dress up Sasha's Bears to raise funds for charity. But are Sasha's Bears getting famous only for getting dressed? No, said Madam Nelly Ng, Sasha's and Co's retail manager. The bears' owners also want new outfits, she added.
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      Lock icon Grown in S'pore
      390 18 He's done the impossible by growing grapes in our tropical climate. Now, he wants to share the fruits of his labour with fellow Singaporeans. BERNARD PEREIRA reports HOW would you like to have grapevines growing in the balcony of your HDB flat? You can if fruit farmer
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      What partners?
      77 18 FRUIT farmer T K Quek said his grapes have had an unexpected harvest "business partners". He claimed that some "businessmen" have been going around posing as his partners. He has barred them from coming to his orchard. ..jyrs these even been quoted by the press. "If anyone wants
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      PPD PROUD AND DELIGHTED
      95 18 MR Goh Shih Yong, the PPD's head of public affairs who accompanied The New Paper team to the vineyard, said: "We are very proud and delighted to note that one of our own local entrepreneurs has been so enterprising. "He has done his own research and
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      66 16 rfMlflTt^^l The Tiger Beer Basketball Challenge <*. And Other Great Tales v- Magic ran out on the Dragons at the Tiger Beer Basketball Challange when the Min Yi Prince slew them fl in a grand finale upset. Tonight SPORTSCENE replays the suspense-filled finish. Also features, the <■ l 3 it
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      155 18 nSmW till 31 Jan' 97. Whll« stocks last. •'ij* LL J^jSii^ 1 NATURAL WIIOI£ (.MAIN COODNISV* 1 l>r*r right? yrtrt «#o. tUmiwi M««l tng»n Hjlung kmd wkh dw Anru wU>U grauu j «n«i (mm lkM'« K-fond to nan*. Wat* ihm. m'rt iJdcd mora nv n hfridt, but um anything (Km
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Game time, but where are the players?
      286 19 Wire services SIXTEEN of the Ethiopian football squad of 23 disappeared in Italy yesterday after stopping over in Rome. The squad was on its way to Casablanca for an African Nations Cup match against Morocco. Ethiopian state radio reported that the team leader
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      Lock icon Economy fine, says Greenspan
      278 20 Reuter. FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday gave an upbeat assessment of the United States economy but warned of the risks of wage-driven inflation. Mr Greenspan said wages had been held down by heightened job insecurity. But he saw signs that that might be coming to
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      Lock icon Cosby's my Dad, says woman
      250 21 WOMAN TRIED TO BLACKMAIL COSBY Source: Wire services A 22-year-old woman, one of many young people entertainer Bill Cosby helped by paying for their educational expenses, has been charged with trying to blackmail him. Autumn Jackson alleges that she is the illegitimate daughter of Cosby.
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      Lock icon Speaker fined for misconduct
      120 21 Reuter. THE third most important politician in the US, House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, has been slapped with a US$3OO,OOO ($430,000) fine. His colleagues voted to punish him for an ethics misconduct yesterday. Mr Gingrich admitted last December that he failed to get proper legal
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      Lock icon She's a Laday
      457 22 CHELSEA FACTS Name: Chelsea Victoria Clinton Age: 16(17 next month) Status: High school student. For college, supposed to have considered schools from Harvard, Yale and Princeton to Amherst, Brown and Wellesley. Favourite subjects: Maths and science Personal life: Very private. Parents don't even reveal if she got
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      Lock icon You turned tike a viper on Grobbelaar, didn't you? asks lawyer YES, says star witness
      332 23 BRITISH MATCH FIXING TRIAL! Reuter I WANT to crush Bruce Grobbelaar. That's what the main witness in Britain's soccer match-rigging trial told the court yesterday. Chris Vincent said he wanted revenge after the former Liverpool
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      THE CASE
      74 23 Four men are charged with fixing the results of matches to benefit an Asian betting syndicate: Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbefaar, 39, Former Wimbledon goalkeeper Hans Segers, 35 Former Wimbledon striker John Fashanu, 34, and Malaysian businessman Lim Heng Suan, 30 All have pleaded not guilty. They face
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      COURT HIGHLIGHTS
      76 23 RODNEY KLEVAN (Bruce Grobbelaar's lawyer): Without the money from this, you are a man without money, aren't you? CHRIS VINCENT: Yes, sir. MRKLdMNrWhen Mondoro (safari company) folded, you turned like a viper on Grobbelaar, didn't you, when he had been the hestof friends? VINCENT: Yes MR KLEVAN: You
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      Lock icon Pots ready for Thaipusam
      229 23 MINIATURE copies of human limbs and organs, made out of silver and gold, have been some of the contents found in undiyals (donation boxes) placed in Kuala Lumpur's Batu Caves during Thaipusam. Thaipusam is a traditional religious festival to be celebrated by Hindus nationwide tomorrow to
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      344 19 WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH PASSION A Copywriter who enjoys the challenge of coming up with concepts chop-chop! Who thrives on pressure rather than leisure. Who's willing to take the retail 'n detail with the subtle 'n sublime. Who has the perseverance to do his/her best even on the 10th
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    Lock icon She wants to meet Hitler
    948 24 flD PIONEER The Art of Entertainment showtime Vivian Wang would like to go skydiving even though she's afraid of heights. CAROL LEONG meets the presenter of the local TV arts show, Artitude What effect do you have on people? I guess I intimidate some people
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  • DEARAGGIE
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      My man is addicted to cyberporn
      355 25 Dear Aggie MY husband is hooked on the Internet, or rather, cyberporn. He spends three to four hours looking at hundreds of "art pictures". Even I like to look at them once a while, but spending those kind of hours is crazy. He used
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      ARE YOU A WEBAHOLIC?
      226 25 IF you answer "yes" to most of the questions below, you could be an Internet addict. Psychologist Dr Alan C Babcock, 46, came up with the list. He is a frequent Net user and has a specialist degree in Counselling and Educational Psychology from the University
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      Parents love him, not me
      130 25 I AM a Primary Four student. My parents treated me well. But things changed when my younger brother was born. I thought that I'd have someone to play with, but instead I feel like I've lost their love. My father usually calls home to ask
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      I've lost my childhood sweetheart
      279 25 I AM 20 years old and my ex-boyfriend 22 years old. We had been together for eight years. But he broke off the relationship because he was scared that his parents would reject him one day. They are conservative. Whenever I called my boyfriend's home
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      27 25 fMR DANNY NG, qualified psychologist If you need advice, write to: Dear Aggie,The New Paper r Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Or fax: 737-5375
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      26 25 !!S!m You can leave us your problems on the Hotline and listen to s®tected inswßfB given by trained counsellors. Identities wi be kept confidential. CahM»oina mr>ul»
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      Kit n Show
      611 26  -  By Yong Siew Fern SHE was told she didn't have to audition. But Kit Chan insisted, and bowled Jacky Cheung over with her rendition of the Bette Midler hit, Wind beneath My Wings. It was good enough to earn her one of the two female lead roles
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      CONTRACT PROBLEMS
      88 26 CANT get hold of Kit's latest Mandarin album, Don't Make Me Hate You? Not surprising. The album has run into distribution problems. Pony Canyon Entertainment, which has been distributing Kit's albums here for the past three years, has been asked to stop doing that by Kit's Taiwan company,
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      TV stars who cost the moon
      362 27 Last July, the entire cast of another NBC sitcom Friends threatened not to show up for the taping of a new season unless their salaries were increased. But they settled for three-year contracts, paying U5575,000 per episode, rising to US$l2O,OOO in 1999. HOW much
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      Hits are vital
      102 27 US television networks are desperate for hits to win viewers from cable TV. So every network is willing to spend big money on anything or any star likely to be a hit. Last year, CBS signed Bill Cosby and Ted Danson; ABC signed Michael J Fox. While
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      Lock icon Making the dream work
      347 28 STEVEN Spielberg will begin directing his first film for his new studio next month. Amistad, a story of black slaves on trial for murder, was not due to go into production until mid next year. But Dreamworks, his new studio opened two years ago, is yet
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      Claudia bares her claws
      151 29 SICK. That's how supermodel Claudia Schiffer (inset) recently described Stella Tennant (left), the British model who replaced her as the face of Chanel. The curvaceous German model said she was sickened every time she saw gaunt girls like Tennant stalking the catwalk. "Nowadays, you have to
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      Is Celine Dion cheating?
      109 29 TROUBLE appears to have hit Celine Dion's (right) marriage to managerhusband Rene Angelil. And it comes in the shape of her younger, and apparently more charming Canadian publicistbodyguard Barry Garber, reports US magazine Star. Angelil made a surprise visit to Dion in Germany during her recent
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      Spice Girls tasteless, says punk's grand dame
      136 29 SHE gave a generation of rebellious youngsters punk fashion and took a delight in defying convention. But now Vivienne Westwood has lambasted British teen queens the Spice Girls for everything from their lack of style to their pushy behaviour and for setting a
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    548 31  -  CETERA lmmum WITH JEFFREY LOW EVER had a heart bypass? A flushed-out artery? Well...those who've gone through some sort of heart op would surely testify that it's no joke. Surely even a comedian would find it traumatic. But not so, it seems, for a certain
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      184 35 2200 Business Services/ Products Chinese New Year festive kiosk for rent at Millenie Walk Any trade. Attractive rental. For enquiries contact Bobby *****78 2570 Travel t r\ ENJOY CHE RATING HOLIDAYS from SS2S' per person psr night In s Family Suits For rsssrvstion osll 02-732 mm or Reeort at OS-SSI
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      300 35 2606 Professional/ Exscutivs Positions mmmmm Local Mfg CO, Deg in a/cg with 3 yrs exp. I Reports to Finance Manager. Good supervisory analytical skills. JpJoUU UK MNC. Deg. CPA pref. 3-5 yrs experience in manufacturing accounts. required to travel regionally. $4UUU US co. Deg/Dip, 2-3 yrs exp in handling/ supervising
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      45 35 2606 Professional/ Executive Positions 2615 Lacturing/ Teaching Positions Tumble Tots Specialists' Ctr. urgently requires: i FULL-TIME LEADER Below 30 years old i Good command of English Willing to work on weekends i Must have a (lair love for children Interested pis call Valeria at *****60
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      264 35 2615 Teaching Positions MOCNTLY RCQUWCD. 'A' level students on vscetion ss J—chm Assiwtsnt Chinese female immediate Cell *****20. (After 2 pm Blk. 424 Houflang Ave 0. #61-74. 2621 Haalth Car* Positions Those awaiting results, *NS. ORD personnel and* Tsch leavers may alsoS aPP'V •J*For appointment, lundly call;* *****369/ *****37 2624
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      312 35 2630 Salas Positions STAK'Rofic Ceil Star Pacific Pt* Ltd is the regional headquarters of Ceil Star Corporation 1/.SA, the world's largest independent integrated wholesale distributor and retailer of cellular phones and accessories representing leading brands like Motorola and Ericsson in this region. Due to expansion plans, we have immediate openings
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      136 36 2690 Sal— Positions A car&, i in < 1 l f'~i r- —rakes you places I Hi, *b »S— I rjsasr* I this WW* u '»V UH 'fiy«ri n C A T S. $.1" 1 R»ffM«W rtM we have t MtitfMtiM of 1 m rSJm ft. ,Mt t## Mf# ieh
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      84 36 2630 Ssiss Positions HOSPITALITY MARKETING CONCEPTS ifife PROFESSIONAL TELEMARKETERS HMC, the number one Hot#) Marketing company in Asia, it seeking 12 dedicated tales staff to be based in its Singapore office. Applicants must be ambitious, motivated and display lively personalities. Previous experience is required. Part time or Full time hours
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      34 36 2630 Sato* Positions 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions I CHAMBERMAIO Required et IMala.lnn l|„,«,| wvivvvoo nu§i>i. Pleat* call for interview personally: I SS Waterloo St. I CeUiuMt Centre BuMding. I *044)0. I Tel: 33M88S
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      240 36 2630 8»Im Positions Multi-Flex requires SALES ENGINEER Minimum Diploms Holder/ GCE "A" Level No experience needed Transport provided Please call 863-1383 for an appt. or walk-in interview at: No. 30 Tuaa Ave. 9 (MS bus no: 192 from Boon Lay interchange) 2630 Customer Service 2030 Customer Service Positions Positions IHIKt
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      259 37 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions LONG 0 OPPORTUNITIES! ASSISTANT >€/ TRAINEE Salary starting from $16,900 p.a. Requirements: Requirements: Proven relevant business-operating track record a must. 18 years minimum to consider Opportunity awaits you to 'level Ml position. 'N'/ 'O level or a proven track Excellent performers will be scouted and
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      223 37 =sS=====S= 2642 HotaV Restaurant/ Lounge Positions CLUB EL-MOROCCO 111 urgently requires I, l 1(1) WAITERS/ [i WAITRESSES iji 11 PRs S'poreans only 1 ■|2) GROW HOSTESSES '!> I[ Full/ part-time JI I I 1 1 Any race I j I For post (1): i 1 walk in after 7pm. 1■1
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      234 37 2642 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Positions 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Position* I MARKETING ASSISTANT Assist in sales coordination a I ORDER PROCESSING ASSISTANT Handle telephone enquires 41 Process orders I For both positions Bilingual in English Mandarin I Singaporeans I NTC 3 cert holders
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      208 37 2648 Clarical Positions 1 S I STRAND HOTEL We are looking for suitable qualified and highly motivated personnel to join us as: TELEPHONE OPERATORS Interested applicants please call *****00 26 Bencoolen Street Immediate Vacancies For Basic shipping knowledge Age 21 30 yrV old Can start work immed Interested applicants, pla.
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      207 37 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions A wall established company in Changi urgently requires 1 CLERK Fimilt GCE N' level an above Able to use Microsoft Office. Pleasant personality. STORE ASSISTANT Secondary education with 2 years experience. Physically strong, age 40 and below. Interested applicants, pieeee call Miss Tay at S4S4SIO for
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      192 37 2651 Sscrstsry/Psrsonal Assistsnt Positions urgently required for both temporary and permanent vacancies in many areas. Computer knowledge typing skills needed. Salary $1500 $2500 Call us or walk-in: *****18 #23-09, Infl. Plaia nil 2654 Tschnicsl Positions <Experienced to required* For The Above Positions Welk in Interview On: Friday (24/01/1997) (8:30 a.m.
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      174 38 2654 Technical Positions -I L. UNICS AUTOMATION PTE LTD Knowledge of Mechanical Design with CAD Have good interest in Automated System Design Diploma/ ITC 2or equivalent Fresh Grads. or experience Experience in PLC or 'C* Programming preferred Electrical circuit design for Automstion System Knowledge in PLC or 'C Programming Knowledge
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      147 38 2554 Technical Positions PCB Design ft Assembly Compeny requires At least NTC-3 in Electronics Engineering. With electronic knowledge Preferably candidates have at laaat 1-2 years of experience in similar line 8k able to work independently. Interested please contact: Tel: *****64 Blk 31 Defu Lane 10 #02-54 SAfiYO II Sanyo Airconditfoners
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      87 38 2664 Technical Positions 2687 Production Positions PRODUCTION OPERATORS required by lubricants manufacturing plant in Jurong N« offer Excellent advancement prospects Good training opportunity S day week Benefit package includes: transport allowence, 2 mths. bonus, medical benefits, insurance k retirement benefit etc. Some experience will be an advantage Interested pis call
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      417 38 2094 Technical Positions APRO Technology Pte Ltd a growing Company providing security and engineering solutions to its respectable customers is looking for to further enhance its quality service for its customers who are distinguished organisations like embassies, major electronic firms, multi-national corporations and sizeable local commercial and industrial establishments. If
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      208 38 2672 DsspatctyDsHvory r ■Itlnai rotmont DESPATCH RIDERS WANTED High commission. Own biko and pager. SI.3K above. Tal: *****27 2675 Drivor/Transport Positions L. DEUVERY DRIVER Alternate Sat. off Class 3 driving licence/ clean record Age 22-36 yr* Able to (tart work immediately Blk. 188 Kallang Way •02-09/ 10 5.(*****4) Tel. *****81
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      607 39 Singapore From Diploma, A' Level to 0' Level holders, we have just the right Press career for you. To find out more, we invite you to come to our M Holdings WALK-IN INTERVIEW on THURSDAY, 23 JANUARY 1997 from 9.00 AM TO 5.00PM af LEVEL 6, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 82
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      210 39 2606 Security Positions (approved by SDF under the TVS Scheme) This course is to equip the trainees with knowledge skills to function as a Security Guard in the security industry. Cffwrre Contents Duties Responsibilities Relations with Public Law Enforcement Legal Authority Professionalism Public Relations Report Writing/Evidence/Note Taking Course fee of
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      121 39 2666 Security Positions 2683 Part-Tims/ Tamp. Positions A NEWLY 0»N SALOON HAS VACANCIES KM PART-TIME JOBS Referral Agent* Shampoo girl* Body Therapist Training provided, no experience needed. Interest*d call *****736. 2689 Othar Positions MNC in Jurong it urgently looking for QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSISTANTS Min. GCE '0' level, SPM with 3
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      278 39 2689 Other Position* Travel agent requires: 1) TOUR EXECUTIVES (female) 2) TICKETING EXECUTIVES Min. '0' level Bilingual in English/ Mandarin Min. 1 year related experience Pleasant personality 3) TOUR COORDINATORS Min. '0' level Bilingual in English/ Mandarin Experience not necessary as training will be provided Pleasant personality SUNNY HOLIDAYS Seech
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      28 40 2689 Othsr Posltlonl^ g Mobil Station Requires NIGHT SHIFT CASHIER ROTATING SHIRCASHIER Walk-in interview at 31 Pay* Lebar Rd. (next to Paya Lebar MRT ttation) T.I *****87/ *****43
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      9 40 2689 Othor Positions FASTads the greatest salesman in town!
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      229 40 2689 Other Positions I INTERNATIONAL 1 IS Age 20 -30 years old H S Able to type Hj S Minimum "N" level bilingual W S Age 18 -30 years old H H S Able to speak fluent English H H S Upon confirmation min. $1100 $1300 H C WORKING HOURS:
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      109 40 2689 Other Positions PSP EDUCATION CENTRE hat qualified Teacher* (MOE approved) to conduct classes starting soon for Pri. 5 6: Math*. Sec. 3: Principles of A/cs. E Maths Sec. 4: E A Maths, Biology, Chemistry To enroll, cell *****10 giving tuition to all levels/ districts Call Wendy *****46/ *****34/9-*****81 rPri.
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      69 40 LEARNIIjII FOR H success Providing you wi: l the widest range courses and programmes. Appearing ever] Monday in The Straits Time; Classified Jobs sect < i .1 cats, m BUY* I I FIND,/ Classified ads put home-seekers on solid ground. No matter what it is, you can always buy it,
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        356 41 HE did it again! Dennis Rodman just can't stay out of trouble, can he? This latest fracas where he kicked photographer Eugene Amos has earned him an 11-game suspension and cost him $35,000 in fines. But that's not his biggest loss. Eroding even faster than his bank
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        137 41 WHAT'S the best way to get back at Dennis Rodman? According to a writer from The Washington Post, all you have to do is deny him publicity. Here's what the writer suggested: Cut his rebounding numbers. If you can't deny him the ball on court, cheat a
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        87 41 AFP. DENNIS Rodman has reportedly reached an out-of-court-settlement for US$2OO,OOO ($280,000) with a cameraman he kicked during a game last week. Cameraman Eugene Amos refused to confirm or deny the press reports, saying: "My lawyer has told me not to say anything to anyone." Rodman was suspended
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      691 42  -  By Norman Stevens REPORTING FROM MELBOURNE YOU are damned if you didn't, damned if you did. The amiable soft-spoken Peter Bellenger, the chief referee of the Australian Open tennis championship, must have been pondering the irony yesterday. Responding to players' reaction to the extreme heat-wave
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      81 43  -  ESEEEIEEB* charity shield champion.tiger beer series winner... CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS MATCH WINNER...■ FA CUP CHAMPION REPORTB S GULAM OUT: LOCALS: Fandi Ahmad moved to SAF Robin Chitrakar—to SAF FC SyedFaruk—to Home United ShahriRahim toHomeUtd RazaliSaad—toHomeUtd? Ismail Matsuk—to Woodlands AzmanMohd Not known ChuaAwKwang—Not known FOREIGNERS: Mohamed Khakpour(lran)— signed
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      496 43 ■NO FANDI AHMAD...■ NO MOHAMED KHAKPOUR...B NO ROBIN CHITRAKAR... CHRIS RILEY, ZLATKO VIDAN AND SIX REGULARS DROPPED... FIRST, captain Fandi Ahmad joined arch-rival SAF FC. Then, star Iranian defender Mohamed Khakpour signed for a Turkish club. In between, Young
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      253 44  -  WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE EAGLES? GEYLANG 1997: Stories/ S Gulam GEYLANG United has joined the race to sign international midfielder Nazri Nasir. This was revealed last night by the Eagles' manager Abol Fazl. Said Abol: "We need one or two more experienced players. We believe
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      280 44 THE Eagles will again turn to Iran for their foreign players. Having lost star defender Mohamed Khakpour, its two other Iranians Mohsen Garousi and Hamidreza Estili have verbally agreed to stay on. But the best is yet to come. Team manager Abol Fazl is currently
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      Vidan: I was told I was staying
      391 44  -  Stories/ S Gulam CROATIAN goal-poacher Vidan Zlatko and Geylang United have parted company after seven years. But Vidan, 30, is unhappy that the Eagles only informed him late last month. He said he was told initially by the club that he would be
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      196 45 YESTERDAY FA Cup Third round: Luton 1 Bolton 1 (eventual winner at home to Chesterfield) Gillingham 0 Derby 2 (Derby home to Notts County or Villa) Third-round replay: Wimbledon 2 Crewe 0 (Wimbledon away to Man United) League Cup Quarter-final: Ipswich 0 Leicester 1 (Leicester meets Wimbledon
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      222 45 League Cup quarter final: Leicester City 1 Ipswich Town 0 I tltflrtif meet! Wtmhtodon In two kn iciwi flwal Wire services. FORMER Manchester United striker Mark Robins scored the only goal of the match. And it earned Premier League Leicester a League Cup semi-final berth. Leicester had
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      154 45 AFP. MANCHESTER United's Norwegian defender Ronny Johnsen will be out of action for three weeks with a hamstring strain. Johnsen, signed by manager Alex Ferguson in July to replace veteran captain Steve Bruce, joins partner David May on the injured list. May will
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      368 45 FA Cup third round: Wimbledon 2 Crewe 0 Wimbledon away to Man United in fourth round Wire services. WIMBLEDON kept on course for another cup. It won its FA Cup third-round replay 2-0 against Second Division Crewe yesterday. It is already in the semi-finals of the League
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      63 45 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER England Div Two: Brentford 0 Bristol Rovers 0. Div Three: Cambridge United 3 Exeter 2, Leyton Orient 1 Wigan 2, Mansfield 2 Doncaster 0. Scotland Premier Div: Motherwell 2 Kilmarnock 0. Div Two: Ayr 2 Stranraer 0, Clyde 1 Brechin 1,
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      326 46  -  I S-LEAGUE BUILDUP! By Ernest Luis LOCAL soccer fans, there are three reasons why you should keep Saturday night free. First: Sembawang Rangers takes on Swedish champion AIK Stockholm at Bpm at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Second: It'll give you a chance to see
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      55 46 v Sembawang Rangers: Saturday, Bpm (Jalan Besar Stadium) v Woodlands Wellington: Jan 29,8pm (Jalan Besar) v SAF FC: Feb 1, Bpm (Jurong Stadium) TICKET INFORMATION $3 (adults), $1 (schoolchildren) Available at Yishun, Woodlands and Jurong stadiums from today (9am-7pm) Also available at S-League offices (National Stadium south
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      AIK Stockholm: A club open to everybody
      144 46 —1 a THE visiting AIK Stockholm team comes from a club that was founded over 100 years ago. It was started by Isidor Behrens on Feb 15,1891 and the letters AIK are an abbreviation for "Allmanna Idrottsklubben" which means The public sportsclub". The
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      279 42 WHAT'S G0NE How the main matches went (seeding* in bold): MEN: 2 Michael Chang (US) bt 9 Marcclo Rios (Chile) 7-5,6-1, 6-4 Carlos Moya (Spa) bt 14 Felix Mantilla (Spa) 7-5, 6-2, 6-7(5/7), 6-2 Doublet 1 Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde (Aus) bt 10 Martin Damm (Cze)/Andrei Olhovskiy (Rus) 6-3,6-3,6-3 11 Rick
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      338 47 some women can maintain their slim and fit figures in spite of the demands of their careers. These four successful women all share one common secret to a healthier and trimmer lifestyle the Expressions Wellness Philosophy. Jfe A W n| By embracing the concept of Wellness, they f* have found
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