The Straits Times, 9 February 1986

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  • 14 1 The Sunday Times No. 2592 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 189/12/85 FEBRUARY 9, 1986
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  • 668 1 MANILA, Saturday OPPOSITION candidate Corazon Aquino claimed victory in the Philippine presidential election today and urged her opponent President Ferdinand Marcos to concede lyReferring to reports of widespread electoral fraud, Mrs Aquino pledged to lead daily protests if she was cheated of victory,
    AFP; AP; Reuter; UPI  -  668 words
  • 152 1 ALL over the island last night, Chinese families ushered in the Year of the Tiger with festive reunion dinners. For the Tay family the Ox Year, which ended yesterday, had been a tough one. Recession led to two family members losing their jobs. They preferred
    DAVID TAN  -  152 words
  • 376 1  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By PRICES were tumbling yesterday, the eve of the Lunar New Year, as hawkers and shopkeepers tried to dispose of the festive goods before they were left permanently on their hands. Pussy willows that were $5 a bunch the
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  • 129 1 The Sunday Times wishes readers Gong Xi Fa Cai Race cards for two days We are carrying two days' full race cards in this issue for tomorrow's as well as today's races in Kuala Lumpur. They are on Pages 16 and 17. Asia Magazine next week The Asia Magazine has
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  • 293 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN By MALAY girls are doing better than Malay boys in studies and if the boys don't buck up, this could pose a problem in their community, an MP warned yesterday. If the trend continued there could be an
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    • 16 1 Hew ether recession-hit families fared: Page S. Luxury old folks home with few takers Page 10
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      393 2 HANOI-KL SEMINAR: Vietnamese and Malaysian experts began a two-day seminar on Friday on Cambodia and other diplomatic and strategic issues in South-east Asia, sources said. The seminar, shrouded in secrecy, involves members of the Vietnamese Institute of International Relations and the Malaysian Institute of Strategic and International
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    • Article, Illustration
      230 2 SPORTING ARTISTES: Trapezing has a claim to being a sport, argues Janice Seah in Said and Done. The artistes' heart-stopping feats such as those above are as worthy of recognition as Mary Lou Retton's tumbling. And, consider the feat of Miguel Vazquez, who in 1982 became the only person
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    • 491 2 Exulting masses dig out grave of Papa Doc PORT-AU-PRINCE HAITIANS celebrating the flight of President JeanClaude Duvalier lashed out at the symbols of his family's hated 30-year rule: They danced on the bones of his dead father, burned the secret police headquarters and killed Mr Duvalier's once-swagger-ing strong-armed men. The
      Reuter  -  491 words
    • 741 2 Haiti's long spell under the Duvaliers CAMERAS, spotlights and eyes were trained on him, bat a grim-faced Jean-Claude Dnvalier Ignored them all as he drove into the Haiti airport on Friday morning. Sitting beside him in his favourite BMW limousine was his wife Mlchele, who had
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    • 225 2 GRENOBLE (France) FORMER Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier spent his first night in exile in a remote French alpine lakeside resort, knowing he can only spend eight days in France. Mr Duvalier, who fled Haiti aboard a US air force plane,
      Reuter  -  225 words
    • 459 3  - Less lavish reunions as families feel the pinch LEE SIEW HUA By THE Tay family of Bukit Merah View has seen more sumptuous Lunar New Year reunion dinners. As a big family, their get-to-gethers had always been cheerful affairs, with excited, scampering children adding to the merriment. But this year,
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    • 239 3  -  LEE WAI WUN By WHAT a way to roar in the Year of the Tiger! Putera and Puteri are on the prowl at their new home in the Singapore Zoological Gardens. The pair of Sumatran tigers were specially acquired by the Zoo as a
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    • 431 3  -  AUDREY PERERA By EVER more Singaporeans are taking short holidays in neighbouring resorts for the Lunar New Year, recession or not. Pleasantly surprised tour operators, who launched fouror five-day tour packages to places such as Desaru, Kuantan and Bangkok, said one reason
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    • 409 3 b^H HL^' r w^^^pvw fpß a^B^_ fc^alk^a^H^a^H BMB^BI—BI —B^ A platter of Yu Sheng, thoroughly mixed and a pair of ready chopsticks Swatow Teochew Restaurant Fragrant Blossom Holiday Inn Park View Singapore. means rather more to a Chinese than a contented belly. The traditional Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way. Tel:
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 410 4 MANILA Correspondent ABBY TAN spent election day on the island of Cebu, considered a crucial area for voting fraud in view of past performances. From there, she filed the following report on how the day progressed for those seeking a clean election.
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    • 535 4 WASHINGTON, Sat. United States officials were watching the vote tally in the Philippine presidential election with mounting gloom as reports of fraud and violence proliferated. The officials, who asked not to be identified, said the apparent rigging, mostly blamed on the supporters of
      AFP; Reuter; AP  -  535 words
    • 214 4 MANILA, Sat. The communist New People's Army's believes the alleged fraud in yesterday's presidential election will create social turmoil, trigger a military takeover and polarise the country to the extent it can seize power in five years. Communist publications and documents made available
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    • 244 4  -  LITO GUTIEREZ By ELECTION excitement wasn't as intense for the 20,000-strong Filipino community here as it was for their compatriots back home. But interest in the polls was very much alive. "We asked for a line of communication with the Home
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    • 204 4 President: Incumbent Ferdinand Marcos, 68; president for 20 years; fought on US side in WW II; politically powerful wife Imelda is a Cabinet minister and governor of Metro Manila. Vic* president: Arturo Tolentino. 75; member of National Assembly, ex-foreign minister, ex-senator. The issues U.S. BASES Marcos: Wants
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    • 204 4  - Official checking of votes on Monday IRENE NGOO By MANILA, Sat. The Legislative Assembly will officially start checking certified election returns on Monday afternoon, Speaker Nicanor Yniguez said today. His announcement comes in the wake of mounting confusion among the electorate who are being given different information from unofficial vote
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    • 181 4 WOMAN Of CAIRO A grand and passionate drama set in Egypt in the tumultuous decades culminating in World War 11. In the turbulent years when Egypt progresses from a corrupt monarchy to a fledgling democracy, Mark Holt and Serena Sirry grow up to discover a love for each other so
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    • 157 4 YOU CAN BE A FREELANCE JOURNALIST Free-lance Journalism can open up an exciting world for you. From your own home you can \ie doing interesting work. You can have the thnll of seeing your own work m print. And you can earn a useful spare time income. But how do
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  • ASEAN NEWS • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 471 5 MUNTINLUPA, Sat. The voting ended at 3 pm and 30 minutes later, just as the ballot boxes were unlocked for the counting, the gunmen arrived at the Bayanan Elementary School in southern Manila. They fired into the air in the courtyard and burst
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    • 177 5 KOTA KINABALU, Sat. The ruling Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has rejected a call for a fresh election, saying the people have given it the mandate to govern the state. In a statement here yesterday, the party's Secretarygeneral Joseph Kurup described the call as
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    • 81 5 THE driver of this car in Butterworth does not seem to care two hoots what the traffic law says. A car may not be quite the right vehicle for carrying around a broken-down motorcycle, but who cares? Butterworth, it seems, Is quite used to
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    • 126 5 KOTA BARU, Sat. Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday any border problem between Malaysia and Thailand could be overcome with "complete understanding in the true Asean spirit." He was commenting on a reported claim by the authorities in southern Thailand
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    • 127 5 Koon Swan affair won't hit trade' KEMAMAN (Pahang), Sat. The Pan-Electric crisis and subsequent arrest of Malaysian Chinese Association President Tan Koon Swan in Singapore in connection with the affair will not affect trade re lations between Malaysia and Singapore, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Haji Muhyiddin Yassin said here.
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    • 44 5 JAKARTA, Sat. About 120 million people will live in Indonesia's central island of Java by the end of the century, giving it a population density of 908 inhabitants per square km, Population and Environment Minister Emil Salim said yesterday. AFP
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    • 173 5 BANGKOK, Sat. A postcard poll has added mystery to a shadowy campaign to seek a controversial second extension of tenure for Thai Supreme Military Commander, General Arthit Kamlang-Ek. The cards were sent to military officers this week asking them to indicate
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    • 289 5 HANOI, Sa.. Vietnamese and Malay .an experts began a two-day seminar here yesterday on Cambodia and other diplomatic and strategic issues in South-east Asia, reliable source-, here said. The semi; ar, shrouded in secrecy, invjlves members of the Vietnanese Institute of International
      AFP; Reuter  -  289 words
    • 240 5 BANGKOK, Sat. Telephones in a Thai provincial government have gone dead because the phone bill has not been paid for three years. The Communications Ministry, fed up with trying to collect 1.4 million baht (about S$102,000), disrupted service to government offices last
      UPI  -  240 words
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    • 114 5 'Gong Xi Rt Cai" The Marco Wo exteiids Luna^ their friends and clients. To usher in a happy and prosperous new 12 noon today in front of the Grange Wing. year, the traditional Northern and Southern There will also be a special Chinese New Lion Dances and a Dragon Dance
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 375 7 Aids a household word, but not a household disease BOSTON, Sat. Close contact with Aids patients sharing their toothbrushes, bathtubs, toilets and towels poses almost no risk of contracting the deadly disease, a four-year study concludes. Results of the study show the quarantining of Aids patients is unnecessary and motivated
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    • 467 7 Soviet thugs a new menace in America NEW YORK, Sat. Traditional organised crime families have seen the glare of publicity and the grind of federal trials recently, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation says there is a new menace Russian gangsters. It was the slaying this week of a Russian
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    • 63 7 A plane that's out off this world THIS to mi artist's concept of aa aerospace plane. An aerospace plane would have the capability to take off horizontally from and land on conventional runways, accelerate to orbit and cruise hypersonlcally in the atmosphere to Its destinations. The US Defence Department and
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    • 188 7 LONDON, Sat. One of Britain's leading restaurant critics says some of London's top hotels are charging "absurd prices" for the traditional afternoon tea. For tea, scones, sandwiches and pastries a customer can expect to pay op to US$ll (Ss23) In
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    • 504 7 Rich, rushed and blase about the Concorde LONDON, Sat. The passengers no longer burst into applause when told they are travelling faster than the speed of sound. Most who fly on Concorde do not even bother to take home the embossed document handed out to certify the experience. Ten years
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    • 174 7 Researchers find clue to cause of cot deaths GENEVA, Sat. RESEARCHERS have found a new clue to the cause of mysterious infant cot deaths, in which babies simply stop breathing in their sleep, a group of Swiss pharmaceutical firms said. Canadian researchers found a strikingly greater amount of a substance
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    • 371 8 Move is in retaliation against forcing down of Libyan airliner TRIPOLI, Sat. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered his air force to intercept Israeli civilian planes over the Mediteranean in response to the forcing down of a Libyan airliner by Israeli jets earlier
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    • 98 8 Record high for third time Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. The stock market closed at a record high yesterday for the third time this week. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 12.73 to 1613.42. The blue chip average closed above 1,600 for the first time yesterday. For the week it
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    • 363 8 WASHINGTON, Sat. A special court has struck down as unconstitutional a key provison of the new law designed to stop the United States government deficit spending within five years, but the measure remained in effect pending an appeal. The three-judge panel's
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    • 261 8 President Botha rebukes his foreign minister CAPE TOWN, Sat. White South African politics were in turmoil after President P.W. Botha publicly rebuked his reformist Foreign Minister, and opposition leader, Mr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, unexpectedly announced his resignation. In a speech to the White Chamber of Parliament yesterday, President Botha
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    • 75 8 A golden ride for China A BICYCLE built for two carried 12 girls to a gold medal last Tuesday. The occassion was the 9th Youth World areas Festival In Paris, and the 12 girls were from the Peking Circus and Military Group of Shenyang. They are pictured here balancing hi
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    • 179 8 Former CIA translator convicted of spying for Beijing ALEXANDRIA (Virginia), Sat. A Chinese-bom former translator with the United States Central Intelligence Agency, who admitted passing secrets to China for 36 years, was convicted of espionage by a federal court here yesterday. Larry Chin Wu-Tai, 63, was found guilty by a
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      • 80 8 BRIAN URQUHART, the longest-serving United Nations official, has retired after 40 years with the world body, most of it spent as a trouble-shooter running peace-keeping operations. Mr Urquhart, a 67-year-old Briton who attained the rank of Under-secretary General, is to join the Ford Foundation in New York
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      • 85 8 RAJVORO VALDES, once considered the third most powerful man in Cuba, has lost his place in the Politburo of the country's communist party. Mr Valdes, in charge of internal security as Interior Minister until his replacement two months ago, was one of four veteran revolutionaries Cuban leader
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      • 79 8 FRENCH PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand has again made clear he will remain in office for the next two years whatever the result of crucial legislative elections next month. "We must continue," he told a mass rally in the northern French town of Lille on Friday night. Mr Mitterrand
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      • 69 8 THIRD WORLD short and long-term debt amounted to US$655 billion in 1984 against U*****.4 billion in 1974, according to a report by the French National Statistics Institute (Insee). In the same decade the servicing of this debt reached US$92 billion in 1984 against US$l9.7 billion in 1974.
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    • 74 9 Monkeys come in from the cold JIGOKUDANI, a mountain resort In Japan, Is a popular spot no! only with the Japanese, bat also with wildlife. Not surprisingly, the major attraction for animals Is the natural hot spring there. This female monkey and her baby, covered with snow, are among more
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    • 106 9 Minister has 'caved in to the feminists' OTTAWA, Sat. A member of the Canadian Senate said Culture Minister Marcel Masse caved in too far to the feminist movement when he appointed a task force to consider a new name for Canada's Museum of Man. After all, Mr Louis Robichaud said,
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    • 315 9 LONDON, Sat. Tin trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME), suspended more than three months ago, will resume in the first half of MaYch if current moves to rescue the International Tin Council (ITC) succeed, LME Chief Executive Michael Brown announced
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    • 351 9 GENEVA, Sat. About 100 shipping nations yesterday completed an agreement on stricter rules for ship registration, but flags of convenience will continue. The agreement, the first of its kind, specifies conditions under which a country could accept vessels on its registers and allow
      AFP; Reuter  -  351 words
    • 242 9 Pope puts Indian monk and nun in line for sainthood KOTTAYAM (India), Sat. Pope John Paul n, garbed in elaborate gold-and-pink oriental vestments, today pronounced the ritual beatification of an Indian monk and a nun credited with miraculous cures and faithful work for the Church. Beatification, one step below canonisation,
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    • 495 9 Gorbachev tells why he can't allow dissident to go abroad MOSCOW, Sat. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said today exiled dissident Andrei Sakharov could not go abroad because he still knew state secrets. He also denied that there were political prisoners in the Soviet Union. In a
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    • 94 9 Sikh extremists kill son of moderate leader NEW DELHI Sat. Sloganshouting Sikh extremists shot and killed the 16-year-old son of a moderate Sikh religious and political leader, the Press Trust of India reported today. Four or five terrorists pumped sub-machine gun bullets into the head and chest of Satinder Pal
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    • 375 7 For an extra-special Lunar New Year, invite your family and friends to The Glass Hotel and join in our grand festivities. ...at the Atrium Cafe. ...at the dmnJ' h.ili.i Lounge. Lunar New Year Eve Supper "Yu Sheng" Attraction Furstenberg Beer Revelry I'sher in the Year ol the Tiger in Kveryday
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 677 10  - Luxury home for aged finds few takers STELLA DANKER By AS FAR as providing nursing care for the elderly goes, this one claims to be among the best round-the-clock attention, air-conditioned rooms with attached baths, 77 telephones and 50 television sets. Yet, since it opened five months ago, all but
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    • 275 10 Survey to focus on care of the aged THE Health Ministry will car- j ry oat a three-week survey of homes for the aged from Feb 24 to find ways to Improve them. The survey, covering more than 5t homes, will focus on the quality of care as well as
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    • 79 10 THE United People's Front has said a reduction of employers' Central Provident Fund contributions by 15 to 20 percentage points would be another blow to workers. In its New Year message yesterday, the party questioned trips made by government leaders to China,
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    • 44 10 Picture by Lunar New Year shoppers in Woodlands had emptied crate upon wooden crate of Mandarin oranges. But somebody has to do the cleaning up after the consumption. The crates ended up at a Lim Chu Kang dump. RAYMOND NG
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    • 212 10  -  SURESH NAIR By A COMPLAINT by a schoolgirl that she was verbally abused by a group of teenagers led to the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old student at Liang Court shopping complex on Friday. Ong Lee Ken, a student at Kim Keat
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    • 324 10 THE Labour Ministry is investigating a complaint by four school-leavers that they were exploited by an employer. The four have alleged that a company employed workers and then, under various pretexts, dismissed them without paying them. On Friday, a ministry spokesman said the ministry would get
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    • 264 10  -  AUDREY PERERA By THE National Library's new posters, which go up in about a month, are bound to draw the curious. They won't announce the library's newest books and they won't talk about opening hours. Instead they'll feature, in colour, the local group
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    • 65 10 THIEVES stole $14,000 in cash and jewellery after breaking into a flat in Geylang Bahru on Thursday. The owner, Mr Leow Kee, 34, left his flat in Block 57 after locking it at 7.30 am. About six hours later, his mother found the iron grille gate
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    • 46 10 THE Port of Singapore Authority has cut its tariff for the supply of electricity to reefer containers. From Feb 1, the rates are $12 ($l5 previously) for reefers up to 20 metres long and $20 ($3l previously) for reefers more than 20 metres long.
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    • 91 10 A STORY on the proposed CPF cut in the leader page of The Straits Times yesterday said the "worst case" pay-cut scenario was based on five assumptions. One of them read: That the home-owner already has $15,000 in his Medisave account and is allowed to
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    • 224 11 Kidney patient gets award for helping others KIDNEY failure patient James Lee Lum Cheng has won a Guinness Stout Award for helping others in the same boat. Mr Lee, 45, will receive the award from Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister of State (Health and Foreign Affairs), on Feb 18 at
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    • 621 11  -  LEE SIEW HUA When you're the new boy on the block and business is down, the customer's always right By F'OR the shy and reticent, stepping inside the new Sheraton Towers Hotel in Scotts Road is a little like being pushed, good-naturedly, into an obstacle race. There's
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    • 168 11 THE Labour Ministry has completed its investigation of the case of a Filipino maid who claimed she was already pregnant when she arrived here. It declined to disclose its findings as this might prejudice a case filed by the maid's former employers
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    • 371 11 Fuming holidaymakers complain about serving as gatekeepers SOME civil servants holidaying in the government seaside resort in Loyang have complained that they spend so much time being gatekeepers that it spoils the fun of taking a break. Their woes centre on the resort's automatic gate which is activated only by
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    • 199 12 36,000 want Telecoms' hottest extra THE hottest "extra" that Telecoms offers subscribers, for $30 a year, is a facility that tips phone users off to an incoming call when they are on the line with someone else. The user can tell someone is trying to get through to him when
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    • 125 12 This was the car that made many heads turn when it cruised through the city last week. Its sleekness was not the main reason. It was, of course, the registration plate bearing the most well-known initials in Singapore. Curious passers-by milled around it when it stopped
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    • 944 12  -  HEDWIG ALFRED LKY Visitors programme rated a success By THE serious-minded have been tuning in to a channel even more highbrow than SBC's Channel 12 for a year now. The diet has ranged from genetics to English grammar, the speakers from renowned scientists to an
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    • 251 12 A TEACHER and a banker who have each attended at least two public lectures under the Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitors programme described the experience as "delightful" The 38-year-old teacher said the audience seemed to be allears even though the lectures were
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 308 13 SUCH is the spirituality of India that just a glimpse of a religious person is considered good. Millions of Indians Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains as well as Christians took to the streets to welcome Pope John Paul n in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay and Goa
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    • 122 13 What The Sunday Times reported on Feb 5. 1961 THE Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, urged City Council employees yesterday to be more courteous in their dealings with the public. Mr Lee stressed the important part that the civil service could play to build a strong
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    • 1238 13 Obeying his own rules, SIR RANDOLPH QUIRK chooses his words carefully 4 Although the prestige of British English is still kept by tradition and the BBC World Service, Sir Randolph is convinced that the 'voice of America' will overtake it as the predominant component of
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    • 155 13 In the true spirit of Malaysia,the Public Bank f^Kj/r celebrates this festive season by featuringan illustration V^^ #^]A by an aspiring young artist,Choong Chee Chim. \/f w o *7h\ 'ihe Management and Staff of the Public Bank The drawing of the traditional lion dance symbolises the J^ V m C/v;///;
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 917 14 Irene Hoe 4 It could be a stodgy imagination and utter lack of inventiveness on my part that make me a pessimist about the thespian possibilities of Medisave as compelling drama. But one should think twice and thrice before adopting that subject, even
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    • 693 14 No, Minister or why the Cabinet shouldn't get a payrise Edgar Koh 4 A national consensus is clearly needed as we brace ourselves for the worst economic problem since independence. This is more easily forged if the people perceive a willingness in political leaders to share the bur- m den
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    • 909 14 Tiresias Today marks the end of yet another round of one woman's effort to uphold family tradition. As I pour the annual cup of red-date tea in readiness to make my Lunar New Year obeisance to my mum, I thank the gods for
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    • 455 14 LAST Wednesday evening, a couple of weaker souls fainted when Seevilsavan, son of Appadoraymi, drove up to that hollowed institution where new ideas and philosophies breed namely, Mohideen's sarabat stall. For Seevilsavan believes that after doing his sacred duty as a civil servant
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    • 188 14 ELfpf FU LJU ShOU I /Madefrarianoriginal7 Cuang Zhou traditional recipe Have a truly traditional Lunar New Year! With our r Cantonese "Yu Sheng". Made from 26 selected ingredients Jf^% f^^ and tossed in delicate sauces all specially prepared by "jOi* „ri t our chef from an original Cantonese recipe. Give
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  • FOCUS/Analysis
    • 1144 15  -  VIKRAM KHANNA By IT IS suggested that one of the silver linings in our bleak economic picture is the fact that our foreign reserves are continuing to grow. Growing they certainly are: The latest figures tell us that as of August last year, they crossed
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      • 346 15 YOUR report on a survey of Centrepoint Kids did not tell the full story. I love to hang around shopping complexes because I have problems at home. My friends are always there to lend a ear and they help me to overcome my depression. Sometimes
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      • 266 15 FORGIVE me my doubts on the survey by a voluntary social group, Youth Challenge, which categorically places the blame for wayward youths on parents ("Blame lies with the parents", The Straits Times, Jan 28). It is not my intention to criticise the
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      • 370 15 AS A parent of a growing child, I have been thinking about various factors related to child rearing which I hope will stimulate some thought and discussion. Over the last few decades, there has been a remarkable improvement in the education of women and
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      • 101 15 SELF-EXPRESSION. Yon and I need it. Some do so In quiet conformity with what society expects. Others are unashamedly outrageous. Selfexpression throngh following fashion is a harmless manifestation of youthful energy. Indeed, a rising fashion consciousness Is part of a rising standard of living. Encourage
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      • 95 15 WHY NOT go to the gymnasium? There Is one directly across the street from Centrepoint, which might afford these bids a chance to develop themselves physically, as well as personally. One or two hours a day in the gym might help to improve
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      • 227 15 MEMBERS of Youth Challenge, in their enthusiasm to project their positive contribution to society, exploited the confidence and trust of the young people they studied. Youth Challenge was judgmental and insensitive to the psychological and emotional needs of the young people. They
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      • 363 15 AFTER reading about breaking up the Centrepoint Kids, I've decided to tell you people what Centrepoint Kids are actually. By the way, what you people say about them is entirely wrong! They don't stoop to glue-sniffing or shop-lifting. Those who do these things
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      • 213 15 IMAGINE yourself a Centrepoint Kid, minding your own business when, suddenly, you realise that you are "surveyed", and phrases like "break them up and bring them back to normal" and "weed them out" hit you smack in the face. What did you do wrong? Dressing
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  • RACING
    • 150 16 MIAMI, Saturday KENTUCKY Derby winner Spend A Buck, the second leading money-spinner of all time, has won the Eclipse Award for 1985 Horse of the Year. Spend A Buck, who won the Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old colt last month, was a unanimous selection by
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    • 4492 16 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING MOTMM 2.00 CLASS 3 DIV 8 1,200m m'JA+i^mm (Rating*: 82-70) (Staket: $14,500) I 44*5*0 Strato* 51 (82) Rasa Sayang-Zain 5 rug dl f 1 (1200m). Well up early but hit running rail approaching 1000m, dropping back to finish 10th of 12
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    • 250 16  -  TONTO By Our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Let Sunny Smile brighten up your Lunar New Year in Race 4 on Sunday. The eight-year-old may be the oldest of the 10 runners in the top class Div 1 race over 1,200m,
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    • 207 16 'Beau' to cap busy day for Marzuki JOCKEY Marzuki Saini, who has just finished serving a two-month "sentence" he was deprived of the use of the whip by the stewards will be kept busy at Kuala Lumpur today. He has been engaged in eight of the nine races and his
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    • 121 16 RACE 1: Pokotoli, Purple Rain, You Are Special. Chevalier Du Vaal, Ovation V. Silk. Fleet Foot. Ninja's Ambush. RACE 2: Era Of Triumph, Badak 11, Eucheuma. RACE 3: Iglu 11. Rainbow Wonders 11. Swing Ahead. Glesca-Toon, Upper Grosvenor 11, Avantegarde. RACE 4: Big Chief. Folk Glen. Skybolt. Bullrush. Sunny
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    • 399 16 RACE RACING ED TONTO LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN MISTER X 8 Robbar Baron 10 Float Foot 5 Chevalier Du Vaal 3 Purple Rain 8 Robber Baron 1 12 Ninp's Ambush 12 Ninja's Ambush 10 Fleet Foot 10 Fleet Foot 9 Chnstmas Drop 10 Fleet Foot 13 Versatility
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    • 687 17  -  TONTO By KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Trainer Johann van Breukelen has called on the services of veteran rider Subian Dalwee to ensure a clean getaway for sti ongly-fancied Money Mart in Race 8 on Monday. Subian, known for his eScpertise at barrier rise, has been engaged
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 401 19 181 Deaths 181 Deaths PS 23 THE LORD IS MY SHEPERD JAMES YONG CHEOK POON Born: 13th April 1944 Called home to be with the Lord on 7th Feb. 1986 at 6.10pm. Cortege will leave on 11th Feb. '86, 2p.m. from Blk. 37, Telok Blangah Rise to Chua Chu Kang
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    • 49 19 The family of me Ist* MR TAN CHIAP HUNG. GEORGE Wishet to eipress thatr hearHett thanks to Father Bourcart, Memtxtrt of the Church Of The Risen Christ, relatives, colleague* A friends tor their prayers, kind assistance, condolences, donations, wreaths A attendance during their recent bar a urtmtnt.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      51 19 Deepest Sympathies and Condolences to the Family of late SALLY CHEAM SIEW JUAT From: The Management A Staff of SOLOSA SOUND SERVICES Condolences to the family of the late Pie Ayathan Kumar Suresh who pasted away on 7th February 1986. From Officers and Men of Naval Technical Training
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      29 19 MR R A HAMID In loving memory of my late huaband R A. HAMIO who patted away on 91h February 19*3 Always timmbifid by HELENA FAMILY
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    • 74 19 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Mdm Khoo Chang Twang Called home to be with the Lord on Bth Feb 1986. leaving behind Husband: Hla Geek Hng Son* Hla Chek Phang JHia Chek Phong Chan Lin Choo Ho Eileen Hla Puah Meng Michael Wong Ping Seng Hla Yl Liang Wong Yu-Lln Wong
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      207 19 In loving memory of YUE KAH SERN departed 9.2.83. 3 years have passed but fondest memories of you will forever remain with us Dearly missed by parents, wife, children, brother, sistars, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. In Loving Memory of SALLY CHEAM SIEW JUAT Departed 7 2 86
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      70 19 In Loving Memory Of MR SEOW SOON KEE Departed 3 years ago on the Ist day of the Ist month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar Sadly missed and fondly remernberadbvjovedones^^ ERNEST MONTEIRO PABBEO away 9/2/74. Dearly remembered by wife Lucy. sons, daugh-ters-in-law, grand-daughters and loved ones. IN
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  • SPORT
    • 743 19  - Shirking fame and fortune TEE TO GREEN SPGA fear to go where others love to tread TOY CHEM6 KHOOH COR fame and fortune. Throughout history, these four words have stirred men to high adventure. They were responsible for Marco Polo's Cathay show... for men scurrying cross-country with their families to
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    • 400 19 MELBOURNE, Sat. Australian Vaughan Sotners grabbed five birdies in seven holes to take a threeshot lead in the second round of the Victorian Open golf championship yesterday. Somers, out in 35 after after beginning his round at the 10th hole, tamed the course on
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    • 855 19  -  DERMOT PURGAVIE Eye on America Now those ice hockey punch-ups are becoming taped nasties TEyE RATINETZ has 120 hours of fight on videotape. "My machines (four video recorders) are taping constantly," he says. There isn't an important fight of the last seven years that he hasn't
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    • Article, Illustration
      362 19 PLACES FOR ACES: There is still a place for John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors in the United States Davis Cup tennis team, new captain Tom Gorman said in New York on Friday. The two top players missed last year's campaign, when the United States lost to West Germany in
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    • 1423 20  -  JANICE SEAH A couple of high fliers who are really quite good sports SAID AND DONE Aretheir heart-stopping air-borne acrobatics any lees worthy of recognition than, say, Mary Lou Retton's frenetic tumbling? Ask Mary Lou to smile ravishingly at the end of her
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      444 20 Bobby signs off CONGRATULATIONS to David Lim on winning the Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of ther Year award, and to all the other nominees. But why was the award given to a mere regional champion and not a world champion? I feel that injustice has been done to
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    • 1020 20  -  JOE DORAI Now he's more than just a family favourite By THE stars foretold that a son will bring fame, but not fortune, to Sundram Moorthy Varadaraju, the soccer pride of Sembawang in the 1950b and now pipe workers' foreman of Sembawang Shipyard
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    • 1082 21  -  ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY 4 The egregious Howell (right) is Birmingham's international "hit man", architect of that city's Olympic campaign and a wily old bird well versed in the murky matters of sporting politics. He knows who to court and who to cajole.
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    • 194 21 ST JOHN'S, Sat. ENGLAND restricted the leeward Islands to a first innings of 236, with their fast attack giving an impressive performance on the first day of the fourday cricket match here in Antigua yesterday. Fast medium bowler Richard Ellison, moving the ball both
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    • 52 21 KANDY, Sat. The England B cricket team, replying to a Sri Lankan XI first-innings score of 271, were bundled out for 160 on the third day of their four-day match here today. Brief scores: Sri Lankan XI 271. England B 160 (J Warnaweera 5-72, S. Weerasinßhe
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    • 1030 21  -  ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer Injured Bryan rgoes through hell and back HOW much can one man, one body take? The brittle state of English soccer morally, physically and emotionally has focussed harshly on Bryan Robson this past fortnight. Sent off in his comeback game, helped
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    • 418 21 SOCCER WORLDWIDE DUBLIN, Sat. Former English First Division manager Jack Charlton was last night appointed manager of the Ireland national soccer team. Charlton, 50, succeeds Eoin Hand, who quit the job in November when Ireland failed to qualify for this year's World
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    • 216 19 -THEBIG DECISION FOR A BETTER FUTURE IN YOUR CAREER So you've finished 'O' or A' Level. What's the next step you're going to take? Engineering? Business administration? Marketing? What should you choose from the several careers in which you have the potential to succeed? This is a time you need
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • 436 22 Little but lethal striker scores in our award HE may have missed out on Sunday, but Singapore shooting star V. Sundram Moorthy still scores with our readers. The 19-year-old striker, youngest player in the squad, is the first winner in 1986 of The Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement
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    • 562 22  - When will we ever learn, Singapore? JEFFREY LOW BRITISH SOCCCER SPECIAL: Because ot an early deadline tor Lunar New Year, we are unabte to carry last night's British soccer results. However, there wi be a ful results service edition of the Straits Times. The night Jita smiled and the fans
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    • 475 22  -  J. RAJENDRAN RUGBY Lloyd's bank on ex-England skipper By FORMER England captain Peter Wheeler has been included in the powerful Lloyd's of London team who will defend their title in the 39th Singapore Cricket Club sevens at the Padang from Feb 22-23. Wheeler will not be
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    • 241 22  -  JOE DORAI SINGAPORE coach Hussein Aljunied is convinced there's no need for changes to his 23-mem-ber squad for the remaining part of the Malaysia Cup competition. This follows the good performance of his reserves on Friday night in their test match against Dukla Bangska, of
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    • 437 22 WORLD CUP Jennings keeps a solid defence NEW YORK, Sat. Anchored by amazing goalkeeper Pat J timings, who turns 41 in June, Northern Ireland will go to Mexico boasting one of the best defences in the World Cup soccer finals. Jennings, who has played a record
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    • 51 22 LONDON, Sat. The weather made its heaviest inroads this winter into the British league soccer programme today. Seventeen matches were cancelled by late afternoon, with more sure to follow after further pitch inspections. However, tomorrow's top Division One match between Liverpool and Manchester United was expected to go
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    • 33 22 New Year knock la the only game that will be played on the Island today.. Press Sports Clob meet Singapore Cricket Association's Schoolboys at Taaglla at la.m. Olympic poll-itics: Alan Hubbard, Page 21
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  • TV PLUS
    • 8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, February 9, 1986
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    • 385 1 What would you do if you opened a hong bao this Lunar New Year and found yourself richer by $1 million? JULIE TAN posed the whimsical question to eight showbiz personalities. JEFFREY WANG YUQtNG: SBC actor, star ot The Happy Trio
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    • 245 1 MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE (Ch 5, 3.45 pm). Toni Tennille hosts this musical variety show which brings on sentimental hits from the 1950s to the 1980s. With Johnny Mathis. Patti Page and Andy Gibb. AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS '88 (Ch 5, 11.31 pm). Diana Ross hosts
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    • SCENE
      • 569 2 He's no stranger to film-buffs, though most moviegoers wouldn't have heard of Italian director Ermanno Olmi. PHILIP COOREY gives the background to this individualistic film-maker, who walked away with top nonours at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival with The Tree of Wooden
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      • 640 2 And the worst actor of the year is Even as the Oscars are being prepared for cinema's best performers, a simultaneous search is on for the worst performers of 1985. Say hello to this year's front-runners for the Golden Raspberry Awards. SYLVESTER Stallone, easily the box-office champion of 1985 for
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      • 421 2 HOLLYWOOD SEX symbol Raquel Welch is proving "a disaster" as a rock singer. The organiser of Miami Concert, in which she is appearing, admitted recently that the show is a flop. Said producer Zev Bufman: "The audience just don't think the show is
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      • 244 2 DIANA Ross hosted The American Music Awards (tonight, Ch 5, 10.30 pm) with a mission to outdress everyone in sight. And she did, to the agony of viewers subjected to her relentless costume changes. An hour into the broadcast, she had switched outfits eight times. By gown
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    • CINEMA
      • 750 3  -  JULIE TAN By HE SEEMED restless during the press conference, browsing through a magazine from cover to cover as introductions were made and speeches given. He rarely looked up. as if trying his best to ignore the eager cameras and intent gaze of
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      • 368 3  -  JULIE TAN THE MILLIONAIRES' EXPRESS At Eng Wah and Shaw cinemas Starring Samo Hung, Yuen Biao, Eric Tsang and Olivia Cheng Directed by Samo Hung By THE Millionaires' Express chugs along at a breathless pace, thanks to director Samo Hung's sharp sense of comedy
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      • 384 3  -  VALERIE LEE PYRAMID OF FEAR At Lido Storring Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox and Sophie Ward Directed by Barry Levinson By IF STEVEN Spielberg made a movie about Sherlock Holmes, would he leave it to the supersleuth's dry wit and detecting prowess to draw
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    • TV EYE & MUSIC
      • 395 4  -  JULIE TAN LOOK EAST By THE LADY sees red. Hongkong TV actress Lisa Wang was clearly displeased with boyfriend Ivan Ho's comments to the Singapore press last month. Ivan had been surprisingly garrulous about his relationship with Lisa. When interviewed by Hongkong reporters, the
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      • 543 4  -  CYNHRR Tv review By THERE was something relentless about the first of SBC's four-part documentary on NICs, Hongkong The Cutting Edge of Competition (last Thursday, Ch 5, 9.30 pm). And it was not just the express speed of the narrative, which took us through
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      • 424 4  -  UNKNOWN CHEAH tv wnv«« I Friday, Ch 5, spm I Wm CHILDREN worry about the most basic things. And Understanding Under-12g, a new six-part British series homes in on some of the worries that can become major stumbling blocks to learning. As one of the
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      • 453 4  -  JOHN MILWARD By THAT'S What Friends Are For, by Dionne Warwick and Friends (namely Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder), has pulled off a rare triple play: No. 1 on Billboard's pop, black, and adult contemporary singles charts. It's not
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      • 84 4 Singapore 1(1) Party All The Time Eddie Murphy 2(3) That's What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick 3 (2) Saving All my love For You Whitney Houston 4(4) Say You Say Me Lionel Richie 5(6) Cheri Cheri Lady Modern Talking 6.(10) The Sun Always Shines on TV
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      • 285 4 Hitmakers comedy aces on RTM COMPETING with SBC for viewers' attention this Lunar New Year weekend are some promising shows from across the Causeway. Both RTM channels have lined up a selection of music specials and box-office movies, including the first Aces Go Places hit. The funs starts with top
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    • Young Life
      • 308 11 OUR last contest on the Singapore Armed Forces is all about national service. In Singapore only boys do national service, like most other countries which have the draft (compulsory national service is known as the draft). But one country which requires girls to do national service along with
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      • 46 11 Do you know Do snails lay eggs? Yes, most of them do. Some lay many small ones, others lay a few large ones. Some snails, however, give birth to little snails. Eating snail eggs is the latest craze in France, where they are eaten like caviar.
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      • 155 11 CUPBOARDS can sometimes smell very musty. Hang an orange ball in it and yojr cupboard will be more sweet-smelling. You can also tuck one into a drawer or give them to friends as a present. Orange balls also help to keep moths away. Scrap of
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        33 11 SPOT 'EM Can you find the eight differences in the two pictures? Check your answers with those below. Answer: sjasnoj) s.Aoq jaipttt a«j ')ooj s.Aoq sjaddus sjji2 'a«j an2uo) s.Aoq uo»nq 'm s.lid
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      • 70 11 AERATE (verb): to put air or gas into a liquid. AERIAL (adjective): of, in or from the air; placed high up or overhead (as in aerial railway); (noun): a wire or rod (or a set of these) by means of which radio or television signals are received
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      • 680 11 FOR today's contest you have to look at the puzzle and pick out the words from among the letters. Colour or shade the squares with the words. All the words come from the article here. It is like a crossword in
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      • 415 11 Results of the second SAF contest THE response to the matching Singapore Armed Forces men and equipment contest was fantastic We got nearly 5,000 entries Obviously you all find it very easy or very interesting to do. Category A Cai Renli (Pandan Pri.), Chan Wai Ying (Beatty Pri), Chek Wai
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        484 11 to 1: LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) THE Mona Lisa is probably the most well-known painting in history. Many of us who are not interested in art have probably seen reproductions of it, or heard about her mysterious smile, and know who painted it. Yet for such a well-known
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      • 83 11 FeiLng: What is always behind time? Devi: The back of a watch. The manager of a store saw an office boy leaning against a wall doing nothing. "How much do you make a week?" he snapped. "s*•." the boy replied. "Here, take this and get oat of my
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    • SPOLIGHT Raw fish
      • 548 12 Here's to good luck! Our three-page special shows you how and where to enjoy this yearly treat THE fish is more prominent during the Lunar New Year period than at any time of year. It is not only a must at the reunion dinner
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      • 183 13 Whether you prefer to use ikan parang, tenggiri, carp or salmon in your raw fish salad, it is important to know how to prepare and slice the fish. Follow our simple steps to fish filleting. Picture? by MICHAEL LIEW Wipe the fish to make
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      • 503 14 Type Place Period of fish Price Dynasty Hotel. Feb 1-23 Parang $24++ (small) Tang Court Golden Dew Coffee Feb 7-11 Parang $24++ (small) House $46++ (large) Willow Garden Pool Spring Palace Chinese Feb 9-23 Parang $20++ (small) Restaurant. $40+ (medium) Furama Singapore $60++ (large)
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    • 162 9 pHM lijji i i ii|iill l |ll|^«H»..H...i.i.i.i.Hiimmiummmiimmin...ii..m..nnni.inii,iii, l ..||jj| r iynu^ ij| ill h Ofi 1 TH£ COfYIICS i iß^^l! 1 1'!' U^B HnMlmfnimlmfnTTnll! ''-lllllllllllllllliiiiiMiiiiiimiiiiimmiiiiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiHHiiiniiMiiiiiiiiiiiiinHiii inniiiiiiiiflllllllllmM H **********881 K[^f PAY TO fcfc6>T<?fcE HE^ W^ J^(>se OAV 5 MV MID-LIFE t I I f^^^L I r /T'LL~^IH^ r Ai2s yoo 'Nil
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    • 1085 10 VrSESSHHHHHfIHHIIHHfIIfIfIfIIHHiH MARVIN by Tom Armstrong fmmtmmmmm jS^K/^sf £VgRYBOPY TZKf ARMSTRONG- X*"""*" >^"^V ■S^ :^^l?S^ fe^{ Tjll^^X iLw^J^ lON THE FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Wl l\ L S'^Jc^ F OTHERS CRNNOTjC'LIN I IS an im P ortan t week L^gKlLl^OJ I Don't ignore your intuition, |^rifl!D I This could be an
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    • 62 11 TRKKS TRADE HOME DIY This indispensable handbook offers guidance on practically every aspect of home improvement and repair, including electrical w ring, home carpentry, decorating, exterior house maintenance, plumbing, flooring, soft furnishings and home securiy And *.o help achieve a really professional 'inish. the book is brimming with tips anoi
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    • 389 12 I 1 BBSlillrHni'il'SfMH t>iKi long ago t-v^ti( specialities ol £~^tf^M*%f%W% Dl%/\ AHI V lifferent provinces in China formed %¥1 111 ||r I 1 II ll^l A the Imperial Banquet. Exclusively foi jT^\^ ?TZ AnrJinmr^ royal occasions. So exotic it bore ever> fYm B^ A 1 wTf T Cflr n||f possible
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    • 97 12 Jade Room Rest an pant Ist Floor, Hotel Royal Newton Rood, S'pore 1130 Ttl. •2VMW7 »2M8135 •2V***** To celebrate the Chinese New Year, we are closed on Bth to 11th February '86 and will resume business on 12th February '86 fNew Year Special Dish FACAI Km. FISH FUJIAIMG DINING INN
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    • 332 13 LOHB BEkCH SEAFOOD ggilLDE]ElG]G]G]B]G]G]G]gE]ggri]gge||]E] VvM I GONG HE XIN XI Ba^\_^^/^a[a[a[3[3[a[s[3[g[3[a[at3[3la V^niHß|we are still at m M I the same old place F io\!r mI i WI close on 8/2/86 W Business as usual on 1 0/2/86. /te Our famous chef presents 'TWP% W COOD LUCK RAW FISH **jJ£3H I
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    • 1050 14 m~T New Year S wnibe^io^oTFeb.s-u *^^d^B n «xi- i•• li IB Ran/ CWIC RJ andreopenonFeb.l2 ll'^V^H-"^ Wttl 4f f (T RoaT With (lcllght ffli Amuw uj for the Lunar New Year S {t H^B^H O r* U I £^\S S 5| try our delicious |c I >k^ 111 iHoj Iv
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    • 8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, February 9, 1986
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    • 1528 1 ONCE in 12 years, the Tiger comes around, bringing dire predictions of conflict and chaos. Still, according to Chinese tradition, as the embodiment of yang, the positive principle, the Tiger is the sign of creative as well as destructive energy. LEE GEOK 801 traces key
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    • FEATURE
      • MOTORING
        • 601 2  -  WINSTON LEE By Build quality and finish cannot be faulted. The makers of Porsche are so confident of their product that they now offer a full 10-year anti- corrosion ft warranty. CONTRARY to popular belief, road testing new cars is not all glamour and fun.
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        • 215 2  -  WINSTON LEE CAR TALK FANCY a tour of Singapore with a difference? Compete in the Esso Yokohama Tour de Singapour Rally on March 1 and 2 for a truly memorable experience. Competitors will take a 200 km tour all over Singapore and compete
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      • 535 2 QUALIFY*, promotion through ICS Independent Home-Study Programs now available from the U.S.A. in addition to the latest Courses offered by our UK and Australian Offices as shown below. ICS started the correspondence method of instruction in the States 95 years ago and have since enrolled more than 8 million people
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      • 99 2 Gong Xi Fai Cai To All Our Patrons na^-ui MfTi' 1 M;tM>(;t>t» a l«.it>in:i A mm LEISURE HEALTH CENTRE 5 Stadium Walk, Kallang Park, #03-02/03-03 (above Kallang Bowl) Singapore 1439 Tel *****59/*****49 Business Hrs 1100 am 1100 pm Opens on 10 Feb 86 EAST COAST HEALTH CENTRE East Coast Recreation
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      • 38 2 Excoftontl Good Avorago Poor oo o o|o oo| I Renault Porsche Espace 944 Turbo Styling Performance o o Economy o Transmission Handling o o Brakes Accommodation Ride Comfort Noise Finish o o Equipment 1 Refinement Scoro 2.83 3.0
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      • 74 2 rTime out for some Lunarcy \MhfcT3 WRONG U)\TH HIM 7 ~^T l'Uf ALREADy WiStiED t^lM Hf^>py nevo year three TIMES AND HE STILL HASN'T > x f GWEN ME ANY HONGBAO /V^ ISppyT^wyEAß happy Neu) year WERE ARE you M Hcrr WO^N6 'V js_ DON'T USE &IG (OORDS To HEINFLATION,
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      • 988 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING By "My favourite watch a Michel Herbelin dress watch is nearly three years old. It has a gold dial with a twisted gold and silver band. I remember thinking $400-plus was a lot of money for a watch but I liked it, so I bought
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      • 496 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING IN THE last 15 years since Pierre-Alain Blum took over Fabrique Ebel, the family watch business, company turnover has risen 61 times and staff numbers from 40 to 700. Yet in this same period, several Swiss watch companies went bankrupt and
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      • 135 3 l <"■ v- mp m Mi m^ m^ J Py mW mii JH at 'I I Countries Wishes all AIA t W American international policyholders and their families HL fe^s ~~rl!r o L 1 70 U O f|w#%tf«B%#kaiAa a «i V K E B AGENCY OFFICES: 1 Rcbinson Road Tel:
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    • MIND & BODY
      • 546 4  -  LIM PHAY-LING By AT A TIME when two-income marriages are the norm and many women are seeking financial independence, it's rare to find wives who have sacrificed their ambitions for their husbands'. Never mind if tradition says it's the woman who is expected
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      • 764 4  -  LIM PHAYLING We sometimes can't even have a good fight in the office because we have to appear professional in front of the staff. Now, we can be working side by side and still not find time to talk with each other! Dora Chan,
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      • 601 4  -  LIM PHAY-LING MECHANICAL engineer Ron Ang, 29, always had the dream of doing his own business, "of turning $1 into $2". It wasn't until he met and married advertising accounts executive Magdalene Koh three years ago that the dream began to take shape.
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      • MEDICAL BRIEFS
        • 177 4 A doctor in La ncas h ire has discovered a new clue as to who is most likely to suffer heart attacks, reported The Times of London. Dr Maurice Stone, Director of the Royal College of General Practitioner's Clinical Research Unit in Leigh, has
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        • 101 4 A LARGE survey in America has shown that smoking as few as four cigars or four pipe bowls of tobacco a day is the toxic equivalent of 10 cigarettes, said The Times of London. Doctors at Minnesota University's School of Public Health measured the levels
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        • 137 4 A STUDY in the British Journal of Ophthalmology suggests that 20 per cent of 10--year-olds given glasses have perfect vision and a further 15 per cent have only slight problems. The study was based on a group of children born in 1970, reported The Times of London. In
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      • 68 4 X *TRIPLE LUCK JOY" from LEI YUE MUN RESTAURANT A Our \/eny Special I "GOOD LUCK RAW FiSH" i^V to bring you lots of j GOOD LUCK T PROMOTION LUCK MONEY LUCK f Savour our^ I Lunar new Year I PrOSperity DisheS, Business houn, Monday Saturday: fr Specially 11.30am 3.00pm.
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      • 996 5 IT takes a lot nore than slick talk and a well-located home to clinch a sa'e in the property market today. For one thing, there are far fewer buyers on the mar ket than there are sellers. even though the prices of homes and interest
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      • TRAVEL
        • 630 5 TOWERING like a Hollywood backdrop above the grimy streets of Tianjin, China's largest gourmet food emporium is packing in people hungry for such exotic dishes as fish wings and donkey meat. Since it opened a year ago, Food Street has attracted 18 million visitors.
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      • 514 5 Day at the Orchard Guess you could call us a bunch of die-hard romantics. M For Valentine's Day we've gone all out to create a mood to B warm your heart— without giving you the shivers when you ff intimate our Le Gourmet French restaurant offers a <x delightful 5-course
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    • 996 6 The vegetarian bar et worth a perfect 10 After eight years of food reviewing, MARGARET CHAr- wn to an eight-course Chinese meal that cannot be faulted EAT OUT Khuan Restaurant, Hotel Equatorial, 4 Bukit Timah Road, to Phoenix #04-01 World Trade Centre, Tel *****30 0 am to 3 pm, 6.30
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    • 413 6 LEE GEOK 801 WHEN family and friends visit this New Year weekend, chances arc that even those who rarely consume anything stronger than Adam's ale will be tempted to try a little alcohol. In fact, ask your guests what their poison is and one out of two Singapore
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      • 9 6 1 *tt.^l Bb H^^blhl IH I^^l^^H I^l9l v^Eß^^^^^^^^B .^^^B
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      • 417 6 Chinese New YearS3^"^^^ 'Good Luck' Buffet at the lion City Coffee House, Celebrate Chinese Mew Year with our special buffet at a most reasonable price. We have specially prepared a wide range of dishes and desserts just for you. Complimentary Mandarin oranges to all our patrons for good luck and
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    • 553 7 le alcoholic beverage that most people will choose to consume this New Year ose Lee, is like md 34 years old l job, she earns i either a blueLike Ah Tee, or four-room Tee in many I prefers to buy •rmarkets and res and enjoys ire more
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    • 74 7 2-3 glasses: focusing and sensitivity of vision diminishes There is poor estimation of distance and speed 4-5 glasses: reaction time is prolonged The person experiences euphoria and has a false sense of efficiency He may also have passed our legal limit for blood alcohol content Above 6: reflexes
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    • 444 7 DRINK your beer out of a glass rather than a can if you don't want gas in your stomach; advises Mr Howard Hill man in his book, The Gourmet Guide to Beer. Mr Hillman, who was here last year for the launching of
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    • Valentine's Day
      • 1065 8 A four-page supplement to help you celebrate in style on Friday Can't get that someone out of your mind? Try this love test, devised by Esther Tzer Wong. It might help you decide if he or she is really that special someone. TEENAGERS may
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      • 984 9 The hotels and restaurants are really laying t on for Friday. The works include imaginatively named food and gifts. Mandarin A Western set lunch at the Stables for $28, or a candlelight dinner at the Belvedere or the Stables at $45 each. Women diners will get chocolate
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      • 845 10 They can say more than the spoken word. The variety, colour and even the number of stalks bear messages, reports JOSEPHINENG IV TWO desks away, and yet so far. He drives you to distraction every day. You can't concentrate, your productivity's down. You've started to
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      • 328 10 The right atmosphere is just as important as the right company. Candlelight and fresh flowers wl help to make it an enchanted evening. Crockery and cutlery available at Tangs Superstore SPLURGE a little! Treat your sweetheart to a fabulous dessert on Valentine's Day. Sometimes, words are
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      • 1100 11 Feb 14 is not just for courting couples. Here, LANCE COMPA reflects on marriage. But you can tell when the person and the setting and the moment for an affair are nearing coincidence. Manoeuvering is fun, like walking along the edge of a cliff. The contemplation is
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      • 167 11 "TAKE me home," they all seem to cry whether they be huggable teddy bears, shiny satin mobiles, or just plain ceramic mugs. Russ Berrie of the United States is noted for its colourful products made with a sense of fun, each with its own offbeat characteristics that
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      • 95 11 DEDICATED to the One I Love is a collection of 16 love songs available on WEA cassettes and records. These include old favourites such as Dedicated to the One I Love, by the Mamas and the Papas, a group popular in the *****, and Roberta Flack's
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      • 223 8 I H 1986 is the year of hair beauty. A time for hair to look lovelier than it has ever been. A time for expressing and I experimenting with styles you never dreamed possible. And now, they're yours to have with exciting L'OREAL products. I Indeed 1986 places more emphasis
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      • 279 8 VALENTINE'S CANDLELIGHT 1 )INNER AN I I )AN( AT $29.00' PER LOVER t. iimc to H«>rel Mir.im.ir on Artistes. l\mce away your mulit .iL i.iiiK '> l\i\ t< t i Midit ot tmiefhei mJ si.-ren.kle lo\e sorvjs loin, iik i.- St.irt wit 1 1 our c.iretulU to out sweet '.i
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      • 215 9 I'M GLAD I BOOKED /THE HARBOUR GRILL I THE CHAMPAGNE V TRULY ADDED STYLE _XTDTHED!NNEC THIS MUS/CwSPfS?^^ MAXES ME PEEL ]^M POMANTIC. I'LL JBR I MEVEC FORGET 1 fid I THIS VALENTINE^ V rp» I I *a I BflT I LhE*« St.Valentine's Gala Februan 1 14, Harbour Grill. Champagne, perfume,
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      • 347 9 f I f^*s^^^^^r ICD I^T It's tidies like these that sour gesture ot love V «^^^V /^^V^^ yO' Wl overw^ e rn y° ur H^arest. Give more than a thought, ■gw Ji]^^^^*/!) ve y()ur time a s P en( i1 romantic evening witn the one you love. "^SjS^^^ iIT '^y^
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      • 588 10 Chesa for that special m Wentine sV^M^ .a^^Bl B^P^tSJ B^^^ BVI 4bl t_ V BV^^ i BV^Bl i i II V, AH* _BL BB^L J^t^~ BH **fH*fl//E^nK candlelight dinner to relive f^jiTUy-,rsJ^^^ 1C warm tIM< J tender feeling. J^Pv^ A moment made rich with the happiness of love. And the
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      • 506 10 Sweetheart, let's spend the evening at the Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel It's Valentine's Day and the Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel has many beautiful moments and events for you to share with that special someone HH||Hr^gß|^H| SPECIAL PACKAGI ,I^3 5129 for two mr^ |BR 1 night 2 days twin-sharing accommodation mY mWfc at
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      • 142 11 I>P?( great gift ideas y™ /f or I 1 her this I Sgfl^lj Valentine's Day. WjSgmßj^^^m Braun pocket battery ne pocket-sized battery operated shaver with the well-known Braun foil system JH^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^VS Tne ldeal "second shaver to use anywhere Hjfl anytime j^^^^^^^HH^^^^^^^^^^HKa Features: Protective cover with switch lock and J^^l^^^^B^S^^^^^HQ^^HBl clip-on
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      • 453 11 GOLDEN REFLECTION OF THE TIGER The Tiger symbolising leadership, talent and confidence; featured in our latest series of «i^S^^-^ 999.9 fine gold bars brings out its fair share of beauty and charm. BfUPm Ushering in the year of the Tiger, we create this exclusive range of gold bars, make i
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    • ARTS & BOOKS
      • 1223 12 After years in the doldrums, Chinese opera is enjoying a second surge of interest and attracting younger audiences. SNG POH YOKE, who has followed this traditional theatre for the last 10 years, reviews the role of foreign troupes in its revival in the
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      • 296 12 BOOK ENDS HERE, four poets tell us what a poem is like for them. They are quoted in The Writer's Quotation Book (Pushcart), edited by James Charlton. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is
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