The New Paper, 22 February 1997

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1 46 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
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    10 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1997 MrTA(P) 061/496 60 CENTS
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  • AFTER DENG Faces To Watch
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      Lock icon Jiang vows: Reforms to go on
      678 2 Source: Reuter. Potts: President and Communist Party chief. He is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, the party's arm which controls the army. Background: The former Shanghai mayor was appointed party chief in 1989. In the past seven years, he has been trying
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      Lock icon North Korean defence chief dies
      228 2 Source: Wire services NORTH Korea's Defence Minister Choe Kwang died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 78. North Korea's official Central Radio said this morning that a state funeral will be held next Tuesday for Mr Choe. A funeral committee headed by North Korean
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon HE? SHE?
      303 3 Until Brazil courts decide, beauty* can't be a dad Late '80$: Man makes deposit in sperm bank 1989: Man becomes 'woman' in sex-change operation 1993: 'Woman' marries Swiss man Now: 'Woman' wants to use sperm to father child AFP. SHE looks like a real beauty. The jet-black hair,
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      BABY ON HOLD
      97 3 UNTIL the courts decide on her gender, Roberta can't fulfill her hopes to become a father. Before the sex-change in 1989 in Switzerland, Roberto had deposited his own sperm. She married a Swiss man there in 1993. She now wants to withdraw the sperm, although she has
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Property curbs to stay because they work
      311 4 STORY M KA Prime housing prices dropped 10 to 15 percent: Dr Hu THE government will not change measures introduced last may to curb property prices. One reason: Prices of top-end residential properties have softened by 10-15 per cent. Finance Minister Richard Hu
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average closed 4.24 points higher at 6,931.62 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 481 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Interest boost
        62 4 THE Post Office Savings Bank hopes to boost its interest rates for its three million depositors. It is switching some of its cash reserves into higher-yielding investments. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has set it a lower official cash reserve requirement. The bank's deposits of almost $25 billion
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        First in Africa
        59 4 MR Goh Chok Tong will be Singapore's first Prime Minister to visit Africa when he leaves on a 10-day trip on Monday. He will take in South Africa, and neighbouring Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. He is taking a 40-member business delegation from the infrastructure and finance, trade
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        Institute going
        66 4 THE Institute of East Asian Political Economy (lEAPE) is to close at the end of March. It was unable to attract or keep enough overseas students as they preferred to study at a university rather than a company institution, an lEAPE spokesman said. The Centre for Advanced Studies
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        Latin link
        62 4 ARGENTINA wants its fellow members of the South American Common Market to form a free trade area with Asean. "It could be one of the great projects of the future," Argentine President Carlos Menem said on his visit here yesterday. The South Americans have already lined up a
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        Bullet in letter
        54 4 THAI Attorney-General Kanitna Nakhon has received a parcel containing a bullet taped to his photograph. The attempt to intimidate him is said to be in connection with his dismissal of charges against three suspects in a bank scandal. Ministers said he had overstepped his authority, causing a
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        Sign of hopes
        64 4 MY AN MAR wants Indonesian President Suharto's visit to speed its inclusion in Asean. Top brass of the ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council gave Mr Suharto a warm welcome when he arrived in Yangon for three days. Myanmar wants to be an Asean member this
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      HEADLINERS
      70 4 The Straits Times: Military, political groups give Jiang their backing The Business Times: Property curbs to stay as Govt is comfortable with effect: Hu Uanhe Zaobao: Marine Parade and Tanjong Pagar CDCs to be set up in April Berita Harian: Deng's death: China starts its mourning RCS morning news:
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      33 4 WHAT'S HUP l heard you just Yeah, it's the latest model, That's the problem. JJ bought a handphone i The smallest in the market It's so small, I can't find it. I j
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Prata politics
      488 5  -  By Irene Ng BY day, Mr Baboo Kutty, 59, is an ordinary roti prata hawker in Woodlands. By night, he turns into a multi-lingual machine for residents there. He translates their problems from Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil and Malay into English for his Member of Parliament in the
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      He's very up-to-date on government affairs
      183 5 MR Baboo Kutty does not read H newspapers, but he is clued into the latest H in government policies, thanks to his H interpreting job at the Meet-the-People I sessions (MPS). H "I can learn about policies from the MPs H replies. I also
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      Loner with few friends
      468 6 Why do fellow students and neighbours know so little about the Singaporean student charged with the crossbow murders in Brisbane? RIANA ZAKlRfinds out IT was two days after his arrest that Rhaajesh Subramaniam's family found out he was behind bars in Australia. That too from the
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      THE CASE
      95 6 RHAAJESH was charged last Saturday with the murder of two Indian students who were his flatmates in Brisbane. The bodies of Priya Ann D'Souza, 22, and her brother Ajay, 21, were found in bushland in the city's western suburbs. They are believed to have been shot at close
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      WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?
      132 6 WHEN the father of the dead siblings reached Brisbane, he did not know his children were debd. Priya Ann D'Souza's boyfriend-cum-flat-mate Paul had called him in Bombay immediately after the siblings went missing. Worried but unaware of their deaths, their father and uncle took a plane
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    All cooped up — over birds
    425 8 All cooped up over birds SINGAPORETODAY A bird lover stole three birds in four months because he could not resist them. But he soon found his wings clipped. IVY ONG reports FOR packer Abdul Hadi Dolmad, the wheel has turned a full circle. He used to steal birds, keep them
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    Will this ever happen here?
    561 10 How far does a little kindness go? Here are three true-life stories told by Mr Lint Boon Heng (left), Minister without Portfolio, at the start of the Scouts' Small Kindness Movement to help build a "more gracious society in Singapore, as urged by the Prime
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      106 11 The new Ericsson PH 388 has up to 5 hours talktime. f Talk for that long and you'll appreciate that it's only 170gms. If you are the sort of person who speaks your mind regardless of the time, place or duration, you need a mobile phone that speaks for itself.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Piecing together Winny's life
      633 12 This is the picture ofWinnyHo, five, who was abused, so badly by her mother, Cindy Chandra, that she became mentally retarded. What are the missing pieces in the picture that could have saved the child? Yesterday, the Committee of Inquiry, which reviewed her case, released its
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      THE CASE
      121 12 CINDY Chandra started beating up Winny Ho barely two months after the girl arrived here from Indonesia. She beat the child with a wooden scratcher, burnt her with a hair dryer and hurled her to the ground for not finishing her milk and macaroni. The beatings lasted from
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      Tell us your pick of the crop
      240 13 EPSON CONTEST WHICH of these four artworks do you think is the most creative? They are the four entries selected for TNP's Say Cheese With Epson Contest. Contestants had to take their pictures on the Epson Photo PC 500 Digital Camera, then fiddle
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      Lock icon He's so shy
      313 14  -  PENALTY The maximum penalty for theft of motorcycles is a jail term of seven years and a fine. By Alethea Lim HE kept saying: "No need, no need." He also kept his face away from the press cameras. Finally, after some persuasion, the shy hero agreed to
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      Nigerian accused of cheating
      174 14  -  By Ivy Ong A NIGERIAN man was charged yesterday with cheating a woman of $10,000. Adeleke Micah Omotuwa, 38, was charged with cheating Madam Mary Paul into believing that the money was part of a business deal. He allegedly convinced Madam Paul that he had a
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      154 13 LONGINES NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS With immediate effect, our office and main service centre has been relocated to SMH S.E.A. (S) PTE LTD Blk 438 A Alexandra Road #05-03/04 Alexandra Technopark Singapore *****7 Tel: 275 6388 Fax: 271 9896 Business Hours Mon Fri 8.30 am 5.45pm Sat 8.30 am
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      162 14 for Mtoney Sxtra spacious room 2ueen size bed (subject to availability) *?ree accommodation for child sharing room with parents *?ree video movies in the room Complimentary Teal Coffee making facility *?ree use of swimming pool individual Room Safe Hear MRT Stations C* Based on twin sharing Single occupancy at SSIOO
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon FREED
      324 15 After 18 years' jail for murder they did not commit Wire services. THREE men jailed 18 years ago in Britain for the murder of a newspaper delivery boy walked free yesterday. Michael Hickey, his cousin Vincent Hickey, and Jimmy Robinson were given life sentences in 1979 for the murder
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      BRITISH JAIL BLUES
      78 15 THE trio's release is the latest in a number of wrongful imprisonment cases in Britain that date back to the '70s. Many involved Irishmen suspected of Irish Republican Army attacks. 1989: The so-called Guildford Four were released after convictions were quashed against them for an IRA bomb
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      277 15 C a Pit u r i n q Inno c en c Making Your Moments Count >>at only $38 Why let your child's innocence escape you? From now till 7 March 97, the FIRST 30 kids to sign up (with $30 booking deposit) for our w Fun Kid Session 'A'
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    • COVERSTORY
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        Lock icon I chose my friends well
        436 18  -  I SUCCEEDED: I saw the temptations swirling around me and ignored them. I lived up to all my parents' expectations I SUCCUMBED: I told lies, took drugs, gambled and bombed out at exam time. My parents' worst nightmares came true REPORTS CHAN SEET FUN SHE
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        It you seek trouble, you'll find it
        312 18 THE average young person, cocooned in conservative Singapore, can sometimes be shocked when he heads off to study in the West. Can he handle it? Some students share their views on some of the temptations. ALCOHOL "I used to drink a lot. My
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        I mostly gambled
        418 18 SHE gambled at a casino, tried drugs, drank alcohol, skipped lessons and lied to her parents. They found out about her lifestyle only when the university in Perth mailed her results slip to them. "I failed about half my subjects," said Ms Lim, 26, who did not
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        Public sex, gambling and murder
        166 18 Gifted student Annabel Chong, (real name: Grace Quek), 24, had sex with 251 men in 10 hours in Los Angeles two years ago. She did it to break the previous record of 121 men. She has also performed in 10 X-rated movies. She is the
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    • COVERSTORY
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        She calls her sons every day
        529 20 IN TOUCH: You want them to go, but you worry. Should you call, visit? How often? Parents and experts give their advice EVEN when she dreams about her childre i who are studying abroad, she can picture where they are. "To make sure of
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        Character, values the key
        256 20 STUDYING overseas can be stressful. But with the right character, attitude and values, the temptations to stray can be overcome. Parents can help by keeping in touch. Said Mr Eric Low, 49, chairman of the Students Care Service: 'They are suddenly so detached fropi home. Many
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      The issue of the tissue
      315 22  -  at Ken JALLEH JR THE thought struck me as I was buying a box of Scottex last week: How did those pieces of paper found in bright, flowery cardboard coffins come to be known as tissue paper? Toilet paper I can understand. You FIND toilet
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      Do not tiy this at home
      188 22 SPEAKING of pain, here's a tip for those who have ever been swayed by those home fitness equipment ads you get ad nausem on TV: DO NOT EXERCISE AT HOME. Exercise in a gym, at the beach, at parks, at the office: Exercise anywhere
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      Get the picture?
      97 22 THE insult of modesty case involving Mr MustafTa Othman and his colleague Miss Mehroonisha Skandar Gulam strikes each according to the gender. To recap: Mr MustafTa was cleared of insulting Miss Mehroonisha's modesty by District Judge Tay Yong Kwong, who said: "Here we have evidence that they
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  • SPOTLIGHT
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      Lock icon Retirees live it up Down under
      716 23 While younger Singaporeans head to Australia to seize the opportunities there, a small group of senior citizens go to relax and enjoy their twilight years. RACHEL TAN meets some of the retirees who have settled in Perth WHEN the Rasiahs uprooted to Perth seven
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      TEN PER CENT ARE SENIORS
      105 23 ONE in 10 Singaporean-born settlers in Australia is aged 50 and above. According to a 1991 survey by the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural affairs, they make up 13 per cent, or 3,380, of the Singaporeborn people living there It is not clear how
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      Comfortably retired — again
      403 23 Comfortably retired again MR LIM Teong Gark, 75, gave up his mahjong sessions and swimming "kakis" (friends) to babysit his grandchildren in Perth. The former senior technical officer, who retired in 1981, had spent the earlier part of his retirement comfortably in Singapore with his wife Loretta, 69. They had
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    Angling for a cold beer
    386 24  -  at nigf^^ week nder BRIAN MILLER IT'S dwarfed by the towering blocks of HDB flats. But you can't miss it. Just look for the flickering lights, the vast expanse of what is a fishing pond and the Tiger Beer lanterns. Better still, let your nose
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      SINISTER 'ENFORCERS'
      269 28  -  Gangs battle for Korean tourist dollar in Sydney CASE #1 Reports/] Peter Wilson In Sydney A BLOODY battle for control of the Korean tourist dollar is being waged in Sydney. A Kings Cross resident caught these scenes on videotape after hearing screams outside her window in a back
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      Two 'executed' in restaurant
      380 28 CASE #2 TWO Korean gangsters who died of terrible wounds were forced to kneel with heads bowed in a "ceremonial execution" in a Sydney karaoke restaurant. The case was heard in Sydney's Central Local Court this week. A man shouted at the two: "You have the
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      Lock icon Bridegroom CONMAN
      144 29 Reuter. AN Australian conman will spend five years in jail. His crime: Paying for his wedding reception with a cheque stolen from one of his guests, among others (see cartoons). "You have added new meaning to the word contemptible," judge Patrick Shanahan told Nektario Zafiratos, who pleaded guilty
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      244 28 Advance in Business and your Social Life! Improve you English at home in your Spare time Are you content with the way How to express your ideas you speak and w rite? Are you fluently sure that you are not making The study requires only a little mistakes that cause
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      1093 31 s(jnc/aytvpage__ f O tollWMl East in Red (Channel 8, 2 pm) Lin Ching Hsia (left) is the head of a martial arts clan who goes missing, leading the rest of the k, troupe to battle among 8 themselves for the head honcho position. C' I k 11.00 Wheel Power (Locar
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    Push media, pull media
    462 32  -  Etcetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ THE best work in Singapore's "push media" was toasted this week after a rigorous selection by a panel of judges. Push media is what techies call printed newspapers. TV, movies and radio carry the same label because they are pushed in a
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      325 36 2642 Hotel Restaurant/ 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2642 Hotsl/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions W 'SINGAPORE NEW OPENING Harry Ramsden'a World Famous Fiah Chlpa raataurant haa now successfully opened in Singapore. Mfa hava full time and part-tima vacancies for tha following poaitiona: WAITERS/ WAITRESSES HOSTESS FULLTIME CASHIER BUSBOYS/ TABLE
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      100 36 CATERING 21 Restaurant/ Lounge (Western Chinese Cuisine) Staff Centre Singapore Polytechnic requires the following: 1) RESTAURANT MANAGER 2) ASST. RESTAURANT MANAGER 3) SUPERVISOR/ CAPTAIN 4) HOSTESS/ GREETER B) MATTER/WAITRESS 6) WESTERN COON 7) CHINESE COOK/ CUTTER 5) CATERING ASSISTANT DISHWASHER 10) KfTCHEN HELPERS Full/ Part-Time positions avail. Salary will commensurate
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      271 36 2642 HoteV Restaurant/ 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions I Enthusiastic, Bright and Motivated I WE WANT YOU I Preferably With Experience/Minimum Age: 18 I public ReiHTions officer j (Related To Entertainment Field) I SCCRETRRV 1 (Experience end Computer Uterete) 1 UIRITRCSSCS WRITERS I CASHIERS BRRIRRIDS mnißTßßencc mnn light
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      281 36 2648 Administrative 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions ——a= Singapore Technologies Shipbuilding Engineering We invite candidates for the following position: CONFIDENTIAL CLERK GCE N or 0' level/COS/CBS with relevant experience PC-literate and able to type (MS Office/DBase) We otter an attractive remuneration 6 benefits package. 5-day wort week. Transport provided.
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      544 37 2648 Administrative/ 2648 Administrative/ 2648 Administrative Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions I A large international company dealing in food/ beverage products invite applicants for I following positions in the Executive Office: 1) EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to Chairman Salary Negotiable, minimum $2,000 variable bonus. (Attractive salary for the right candidate) Requirements:
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      276 37 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions p .Trading firm near MRT have a vacancy tor: Admin '-Accounts 4 Asst < H Min -0' level/Dip. in K Accountancy 4 Able to wortc independently Fresh graduates may apply Preferably with book- 4 keeping knowledge < Interested, call Sheiine 4 at 297 3390 298 8218
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      235 37 2654 Technical Positions 2654 Tschnical Positions Subsidiary of a public listed company specializing in architectural metalwork with a recent award of an international project requires the following: Diploma in Building or Architecture 3to 5 years experience in curtainwall cladding Q Able to work independently Q Preferably be able to travel
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      122 37 2675 Driver/Trensport Positions I BUS DRIVERS required by transport co. Day/ night Class 4 driving licence Vocational licence Interested applicants please call 482-2260 347 C Vio Chu K»nj Rd I 2683 Pert-Time/ Tamp. Positions J EVENING PART TIMERS work min. 2 3 hrs I after Bpm. with or without I
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      342 38 2689 Other Positions 2689 Othor Positions IJHA Singapore Press W Holdings THE JOB: Photostat documents Sort and distribute mail Collect, distribute and file newspapers REQUIREMENTS: Ability to speak English Prepared to work on Sat/Sun on 5 rotating shifts: (5 am to 2 pm, 6 am to 3 pm, 8 am
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      491 39  -  Preview By The Three Musketeers LAST-START winner Yesmate, the mount of visiting jockey Corey Brown, should have no problems taking Race 7 in Penang today. The four-year-old Acecay gelding came to hand at his fifth start on the local circuit when he saluted over the
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      397 39 ASIA CUP BADMINTON Bernama. MALAYSIA, without top player Ong Ewe Hock, proved too good for South Korea in the US$l5O,OOO ($210,000) Asia Cup badminton championship in Jakarta yesterday. The 2-1 win maintained Malaysia's unbeaten record in Group B. Resting Ong allowed Pang Chen to try out
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      95 39 IT BAVARIA 8-BALL 1 I American Pool Challenge I a £ornrn ence u I I I enue I I Q j\ J I Registration Fee: SI 5.00 per I I person with complimentary I mug of Bavaria beer I I Closing Date: 28 Feb 1997 I Tournament Prices: I I
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      915 40 lAM WRIPIJT l# PFTFP QCUMFIPIIFI In the 76th minute of the game between Arsenal and Manchester United at Highbury on Wednesday IMn Ytmuni V rciLll night, Wright made a two-footed lunge at the 'keeper. The two were also involved in a post-match flare-up. Man U won 2-1. LAST
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      143 40 PLAYERS' union chief executive Gordon Taylor had offered to act as peacemaker between lan Wright and Peter Schmeichel before Wednesday's flare-up. "I was hoping to get the two players together before this latest game," Taylor said, reports Daily Mail (Internet edition). "I wanted to get them to shake
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      WHAT FORMER BOSS SAYS
      139 40 GEORGE Graham believes the ferocious rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United has existed for the past decade. Graham, now in charge of Leeds United, was the Highbury manager when the on-field feuding began. He insists that with Alex Ferguson's assistance, the two managers brought a degree
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      849 41  -  WHO WILL WIN THE TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE? AT THIS EARLY STAGE, ONLY ONE FACTOR WILL BE TELLING, SAYS JEFFREY LOW COMMENT JEFFREY LOW Wire services. THE Japanese are coming, the Saudis are coming, some Swedes have just gone home, and more will be coming from elsewhere. By
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      138 41 AFP. BLACKBURN Rovers wants former England coach Bobby Robson. The Ewood Park club is looking to the besieged Barcelona coach to replace Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. Eriksson signed an agreement in December to take over at Blackburn when his contract with Sampdoria expires at the end
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      494 42  -  DUNHILL CUP: in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE 1 (Nazri Nasir, 73rd) CHINA 3 (Fan Zhiyi, 11th pen, Li Jinyu 60th; Su Maozhen 82nd) MATCH FACTS Shots: Singapore 5 China 9 Corners: Singapore 3 China 4 Free-kicks: Singapore 19 China 12 Offsides: Singapore 1 China 3 Yellow cards Singapore:
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      236 42 HOW THE MATCHES WENT AFP. CHINA swept to a lacklustre 3-1 win over Singapore. The young Chinese side appeared set for a big victory when they took the lead in the 11th minute through a penalty converted by Fan Zhiyi. But they did not sustain their early
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      Lions roar... against the odds
      526 43  -  ...MORE ON THE DUNHILL CUP SINGAPORE 1 CHINA 3 I'T'lmlml by S GULAM THE odds were so heavily stacked against the Lions that they weren't even expected to trouble the Chinese, let alone score. After all, China, with a quarter of the world's population to
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      Watch Sanba
      442 43 MALAYSIA 2 (K Sanbagamaran sth, 75th) FINLAND 1 (Toni Tervonen 56th) K SANBAGAMARAN proved once again that he is Malaysia's man for the international competition. He scored a brilliant double last night. The versatile player's goals earned the host a stunning 2-1 win over Finland. Sanba, as he's
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      PREMIER POINTERS
      221 44 What's hot, what's not, who's in, who's out...NIGEL WHITEFIELD'S weekly roundup of what's going on in the English league WHO PLAYS WHO TODAY PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea v Man United Coventry v Everton Leicester v Derby Liverpool v Blackburn Middlesbrough v Newcastle Forest v Aston Villa Southampton vSheff Wed
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      Gunners' target: Ortega
      928 44 HOT He's the man they call the new Maradona ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has been panicked into swooping for Argentina's £8 million 18.4 m) rated Ariel Ortega. He's the man they call i "the new Maradona". The Gunners' disastrous 2-1 home defeat by Manchester United was a
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      THEY SAID SO... so SAYS HE...
      798 45  -  ISATURD/uJ KM Sports personalities make colourful characters not only in their behaviour but also in what they say. Here are some quotable quotes spouted over the past week. Our writer gives his response ERNEST LUIS Jurong secretary KSuppiah on this year's Tiger Beer S-League
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