The Straits Times, 10 August 1986

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  • 739 1  -  IRENE HOE By They cheered, they cried, they asked for more. It was a coming-out party that stirred every heart SINGAPOREANS really celebrated National Day for the first time last night instead of just observing it. And when it was all over, they yelled
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  • THE NATION TURNS 21: A historic parade
    • 790 2  -  JANICE SEAH By AT 7.35 last night, Singapore discovered the wonder of the torchlight. Left m darkness after the National Stadium's spotlight turned away from them and trained itself m the centre of the field, the parade contingents switched on and then remained turned on for about
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    • 579 2 YESTERDAY'S crowd-rousing opening act may be remembered as one of Tokyo Square's best and last performances even though the pop group, which will split up later this month, didn't sing. Tokyo Square may have been miming the lyrics of the songs Shock and Cover
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    • 71 2 THE first family to arive at the stadium was housewife i Juminah Wagiyo, her two M daughters and her mother. Never mind the five-and-a-half hour wait, they said. Being there early meant they would have good vantage points to view the show. "I love parades. I
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    • 77 2 BUT the really early birds were the army. Some soldiers were there as early as 8 am setting up their radio sets. Lieutenant-Colonel Tang Mun Poh, the man behind the show, showed up at about 1 pm to make sure that everything went smoothly during the
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    • 68 2 FOR paraplegic Lee Kong Tuan, being early at the stadium meant a chance to sell more of the lottery tickets that he clutched m one hand. He had brought them from his Jalan Enam home nearby. But it seemed the crowd was more interested m the present than
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    • 88 2 ALTHOUGH the military took a back seat as far as the limelight was concerned, the SAF through Defence Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong and Chief of General Staff Maj-Gen Winston Choo was still very much m charge. Hidden from public view, each had a telephone
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    • 62 2 NOT one to take any chances, the army had a standby helicopter on a field outside the stadium. Just m case, a YIP took ill. There was even a contingency plan for mass evacuation. "When the army plans anything, we always over provide. It's like buying insurance.
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    • 28 2 SURPRISE gifts awaited participants and spectators at the stadium gates. Many left with a commemorative book sponsored by Philips and sun visors. They also got biscuits.
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    • 55 2 THE gifts, the show, and the grandeur of the day impressed Singaporeans and foreigners. "Your Government must have spent a bomb on this," said an impressed Chief Petty Officer Robin Clowes, who was here on board a visiting British Royal Navy ship. "People would charge for something like
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    • 52 2 MAYBE it was the festive atmosphere, or maybe it was just Singaporean humour. But after the first of the 21-gun salute reverberated throughout the stadium, the crowd kept a gleeful and loud count of each succeeding shot. Then when the last shot sounded, they broke into spontaneous and
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    • 96 2  -  MICHAEL LIM -By SPECIAL stands next to the YIP block were reserved for children from welfare homes, the Singapore School for the Deaf and residents of various old folks' homes. They were not left out of the sing-along either. The deaf children "sang" m sign language.
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    • 44 3 Flashcards had never clicked so happily with the audience. They loved the moving, merging field murals Community Chest logo, piano player, Singapore flag formed by 1,200 people from the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association.
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    • 583 3  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By GREEN lasers shot across the stadium, swayed, and finally burst into the air like ma-chine-gun fire. It resembled a scene from the movie Star Wars and the crowd went wild. Next, giant white rays from searchlights pierced the sky. One,
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    • 294 3  - Stadium colour captured in detail LEE SIEW HUA By THE President's face as he left the stadium said it for the nation. Mr Wee Kirn Wee's now-fa-mous smile on television screens across the country conveyed pleasure and silent praise for a well-planned and perfectly executed National Day Parade. SBC's cameras
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    • 413 3 MR STRETCH. The name aptly described choirmaster Lee Seek Chiang (left), who used his hands, lips, eyes and whole body to conduct yesterday's National Day music. Waving his baton and making funny faces, Mr Lee had to reach all 7,000 choir members
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    • 145 4 CDvxc Graphics by CHANDRADAS THEY won the hearts of thousands with their nimble wristwork and tireless arms. But how did the 96 military policemen time it all with such precision? Here's what went into just one of their many complicated and thrilling moves.
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    • Article, Illustration
      25 4 Scrutinising her mouthpiece, this bandgirl wants to make sure she produces the best sounds during the combined schools' band item Pressing On.
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    • 102 4 Only those m the grandstand side of the stadium last night could enjoy the full effects of the patterns flashed by the 1,200 people m lime green track suits. Here is how they managed to show four different colours with just a single rod. White Yellow Each
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    • 204 4 Yesterday's drum dance celebrated the country's multi-racial character with a flourish. The drums are very much a part of the traditional cultures of the three main races. D Kompang Of Middle Eastern origin, it's a drum for weddings and religious ceremonies. It used to be beaten by
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    • 68 4 BEHIND the spectacular glow of the torches on the field last night were simple everyday things. Broom handles held the torches aloft. Each torch was covered with a paper cup to concentrate its glow, then covered again with a filter to produce a red glow. Parade over, they'll
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    • 25 5 Senior citizens joined m the fun The heat was no deterrent. A glad hand from a youngster. Something to wave about.
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    • 460 5  -  AUDREY PERERA zxcbv By_ BEHIND each larger-than-life flashing display m the spectator stands were people who make an organisation tick clerks, office attendants, secretaries and managers. One hundred and four contingents from schools, private organisations, statutory boards and constituencies filled the stadium
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    • 1777 6 Behind the scenes of last night's extravaganza lies a largely unsung cast of men and women. Hedwig Alfred pulls aside the curtain. JUST LIKE they planned, it was a tight one-and-a-half hours of precision marching, colourful displays, fireworks and songs that left many spectators
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    • 471 6 THEY exhorted the packed stadium to sing out, cheer, relax and enjoy themselves. But old hands though they are, the four MC's from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Samuel Chong, 26, Seetoh Yoke Peng, 30, Kalaai Selvan, 33, and Suharti Ali, 29 all found
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    • 523 7  - Field day for youngsters at East Coast carnival VALERIE LEE By IT WAS a special day for the youngsters at yesterday's National Day Carnival. In their parents' arms, m prams and on their own two feet, they streamed into the grounds of the East Coast Park m the morning to
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    • 614 7  -  STELLA DANKER By AS HUNDREDS sang their salute to Singapore at the National Stadium yesterday, the Frederick household broke out m song twice one for the nation and the other for Roy, for both turned 21. Roy, now doing his national service, was
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    • 395 7  - All's quiet on Pulau Seking this year KONG SOOK CHIN By NATIONAL Day for the folks of Pulau Seking used to be a noisy holiday but yesterday passed like any other. Gone were the boat races, the seaside games, the shrieks of excited children, the bigscale feasting and the dancing.
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    • 149 7 UP TO 1 pm. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 32 max., 26 mm SUNSET today: 7.15 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 7.05 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Adelaide 1119 C Sunny Bangkok 26 32 C Sunny Belong 21 30 C Showers Beirut 24 30 C Sunny Bonn 11 21 C Sunny
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 269 8 South Pacific nations pave way for nuclear-free treaty SUVA SOUTH PACIFIC countries have paved the way for nuclear powers to endorse a treaty declaring the region a nucle-ar-free zone, New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said yesterday. Mr Lange told reporters the nuclear powers would be asked to sign protocols
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    • 399 8 MELBOURNE ART thieves calling themselves the Australian Cultural Terrorists (ACT) and suspected by police to be university students have threatened to burn Australia's most expensive and uninsured painting, the US$l.2 million (552.6 million) Picasso Weeping Woman, stolen from the National Gallery a week
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    • 359 8 NEW DELHI Indian security forces yesterday captured the most wanted Sikh terrorist m the country and two prominent Sikh underground leaders, including a former Punjab chief minister. A police spokesman said Manbir Singh Chaheru, leader of the Khalistan Commando Force and India's most-want-ed
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    • 144 8 South Korea acts against computer piracy SEOUL The South Korean government has approved two Bills to end pirating m computer software and patent rights infringement. The Bills were prepared after the United States and other trading partners complained they were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year through piracy
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    • 71 8 Chinese American actor John Lone puis his arm around I?u Jie in brotherly affection as the two met on the set of The Last Emperor, EJernardo Bertolucci's film about China's former royal family now being shot in J3eijing. J?u Jie is the senior surviving member of the
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    • 191 8 SEOUL South Korea has reached a comprehensive agreement with the European Community, limiting its textile and apparel exports to the EC to an annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent for the next five years, the Trade-Industry Ministry announced yesterday Under the new bilateral
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    • 105 8 Colombo expels BBC reporter 'for bias' COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government has ordered the British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent m Colombo to leave the country immediately after refusing to extend his visa. A government spokesman said yesterday Mr Humphrey Hawksley's visa, which expired on Aug 1, had not been renewed because
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    • 94 8 Convict list is Irish gift to Australia CANBERRA The Irish government's gift for Australia's bicentennial celebrations m 1988 will be copies of the records of Irish convicts transported to Australia, Arts, Heritage and Environment Minister Barry Cohen said yesterday. The records list the names, crimes and sentences of 39,000 Irish
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    • 38 8 TOKYO A small plane crashed yesterday at a rice field near Tokyo, killing all seven people aboard, police said. The Piper Cessna appeared to break apart m mid-air and plummet to the ground. AP
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    • 381 9 WASHINGTON THE United States House of Representatives on Friday approved a temporary ban on nuclear weapons testing m one of the strongest arms control measures to come before Congress. The Reagan administration had vigorously opposed the moratorium, approved 234-155, which would start on Jan
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    • 144 9 MOSCOW The Soviet Communist Party daily, Pravda, has accused the Reagan administration of having encouraged leaks of a letter on arms control that President Ronald Reagan sent to Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev last month, saying that it wanted to create the impression that
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      67 9 THIS is no cock and bull story m fact, farmer James Minot wants to mane 11 penecuy cjear that you better be m darn good shape if you want to beat his bull across the field. Steve, a 900-kg bull, poses for the photgrapher to drive
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    • 278 9 I'll serve again if asked UN chief UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar, convalescing after a quadruple heart bypass operation, said on Friday he is available for another term as UN chief. There had been speculation after the operation that the 66-year-old Peruvian diplomat, whose five-year term
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    • 153 9 US awards contracts for space rocket design WASHINGTON Four US firms on Friday won Defence Department contracts of US$5 million (5510.9 million) each to design a new medium-lift air force space rocket. The contracts are part of the department's plan to spend more than US$2.4 billion over the next five
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    • 412 9 WASHINGTON IN HOMES across the United States, the nanny is back. Working mothers have for the past three years created a demand 100 times greater than the supply of young ladies who care for children. Today's nanny no longer wears the traditional
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    • 236 9 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan was scheduled yesterday to consult doctors at Bethesda Naval Medical Centre for a hastily announced check-up of possible urinary tract problems. The 75-year-old President scrapped plans for a quiet weekend at Camp David to visit the suburban Washington hospital for
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    • 117 9 LOS ANGELES A lot of people who work the night shift have trouble staying awake even suspected hold-up men. A man suspected m a series of robberies at all-night petrol stations was arrested! early on Thursday as he slept between two potted plants
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    • 367 11 UNITED NATIONS THE United Nations latest economic outlook sees gloomy prospects for international trade and development, and pinpoints deflation as the "single most pervasive' threat to world prosperity". "A fair interpretation is that we are heading for a recession," a senior UN official said
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    • 143 11 Falling dollar will take time to ease deficit Baker WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary James Baker has said the falling dollar may not ease the US trade deficit and thus reduce US protectionist pressure until next winter. "I think we're going to see trade as an issue beyond this election," Mr
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    • 145 11 Robber and hostage killed in suicide explosion HELSINKI A bank robber who led police on a 225-km chase through the Finnish countryside blew up his getaway car early yesterday, killing himself and a hostage and injuring several policemen, authorities said. The gunman, an unidentified Finn m his 30s, died along
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    • 523 11  - Iron Lady begins to show signs of battle fatigue ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON As she recuperates from a hand operation this weekend at Chequers, the traditional country retreat of British Prime Ministers, Mrs Margaret Thatcher knows that as far as the Commonwealth is concerned, she is no longer
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    • 120 11 Dow Jones Pre-weekend session mostly dull NEW YORK Wall Street stocks closed mixed on Friday m what traders said was mostly a dull pre-weekend session. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 3.66 points to 1,782.62. For the week, the Dow index of 30 blue chip stocks gained 18.98. New York
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    • 171 11 MOSCOW Mr Yuri Brezhnev, the only son of the late Soviet leader, Mr Leonid Brezhnev, has been removed from his post as First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade for "health reasons." Mr Brezhnev, 53, had served m the post since 1979. He was appointed to
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  • ASEAN NEWS. ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 447 12 I'm no longer director of co-op Koon Swan KUALA LUMPUR MCA President Tan •on Swan said yesterday he was no longer a director of one of 23 co-operatives whose assets were frozen on Friday pending a probe by Bank Negara into possible fraud or malpractice. He issued a statement after
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    • 192 12 PENANG Seven blind and nine visually handicapped students recently demonstrated that despite their misfortune, the sky's the limit for human endeavour. Well, at least they were 4,000 m up on Mt Kinabalu South-east Asia's highest peak after climbing for a total of six
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    • 218 12 KUALA LUMPUR The swimsuit parade m the Miss Malaysia/Miss World beauty quest this year will no longer be m public. The 18 finalists will parade m swimsuits only for the judges. The organiser, Pegasus Promotions Inc, felt this move was m keeping with the
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    • 189 12 KUALA LUMPUR Tens of thousands of day-old chicks that were to have met a fiery death as a sacrifice for better prices appear to have won a temporary reprieve. The Johor State Poultry Farmers' Association announced on Friday that it had decided to
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    • 304 12 I will get rid of undesirable ministers Laurel MANILA Vice-President Salvador Laurel has said he will replace all "undesirable" Cabinet ministers when he becomes acting President during President Corazon Aquino's visit to the United States next month. A statement released by his press office quoted Mr Laurel as saying m
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    • 166 12 Southern Filipino Reds agree to truce CAGAYAN DE ORO (Philippines) Communists m the southern Philippines have declared a unilateral truce m their guerilla war against the government, a provincial governor said yesterday. Governor Vicente Emano of Misamis Oriental Province told reporters that local communist leaders had promised not to attack
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    • 160 12 PENANG THE Penang state government will be formed next week, Dr Lim Chong Eu said yesterday, strongly hinting that he would again be the chief minister. "I've just called on Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Dr Awang Hassan with the letter of advice this morning,"
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 299 13  - Core group determined to register political party PAUL JACOB By THE core group of political activists planning to form the proposed Singapore Solidarity Party said yesterday that it would press on with registration despite the crossover of a key figure to the Workers' Party. Its spokesman and pro-tern secretary-general, Mr
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    • 49 13 PART of Upper Ayer Rajah Road will be closed to traffic on Tuesday from 1 am to 5 am for work on a proposed pedestrian bridge near Clementi Avenue 2. Motorists travelling to and from Clementi can use West Coast Drive and West Cost Road.
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    • 409 13  -  STELLA DANKER N-Day award winners and their stories By THE Sandoshams, husband and wife, were basking yesterday m the pleasure of being named recipients of National Day honours. Mr George Sandosham, an advocate and solicitor, will receive a Public Service Medal while his
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    • 280 13 Sentosa worker rewarded for efficiency FOR his hard work m keeping the resort island of Sentosa safe and pleasant for tourists, Inspector Mohamed bin Abu Bakar, 38, has won a National Day Efficiency Medal. He joined the Sentosa Development Corporation m 1974 and was awarded the medal for his work
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    • 453 13  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By GLUE-SNIFFING has become such a sticky problem for some teenagers that they persist m the habit even after being caught by the police. This year more than half the young people found sniffing glue had been caught before. Four
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    • 400 13 Our strategy is to improve skills, says Teng Cheong SINGAPORE'S strategy against other newly industrialising countries is by raising its workers' skills and not by lowering their wages, says labour chief Mr Ong Teng Cheong. He said that when the economy went into recession last year, workers and unions understood
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    • 202 13 Jail and cane for two who went on robbery spree A MAN netted more than $130,000 worth of cash and property m 59 cases involving armed robbery, break-in and theft. Balan Vengadasalam, 21, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Friday to IV4 years' jail and ordered to receive 12 strokes
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    • 262 13 Two hurt as fire guts sign shops A RAINBOW was suspended outside the Rainbow Signs shop at 220 Middle Road yesterday afternoon. It was formed by the sun shining through the spray from fire hoses directed at a blaze which gutted the empty shop and three others nearby. Firemen from
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    • 45 13 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted its first public relations course for 40 officers this month. The course, aimed at upgrading officers' abilities, was held on Aug 1 and on Thursday at the Civil Service Institute. Fire Service officers also attended.
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    • 95 13 A GROUP of senior Thai military and civil service officers arrived yesterday for a three-day visit. The 69-member delegation, led by Rear-Admiral Wichai Suwannapong, Di-rector-General of the Institute of Applied Psychology, is made up of officers of the equivalent rank of colonel and above.
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    • 383 14  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By TWO seamen died yesterday shortly after they collapsed m the hold of a barge which had arrived at Punggol Point from Malaysia. Two others who went into the hold escaped a similar fate. But one of them
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    • 140 14 5 charged with having knives FIVE men were separately charged on Friday with having knives earlier that day. Three of them Ang Boon Hoi, Urn Cheng Hwa, and Ng Chye Meng, all 25 are alleged to have had the weapons with them m a car while travelling along Napier Road.
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    • 42 14 THE Bukit Merah branch library will conduct a workshop for parents of pre-school children m its lecture hall on Aug. 23 and 30 at 3 pm. The workshop aims to help the parents to encourage their children to read.
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    • 457 14  -  STELLA DANKER By TWO Singaporeans who planned to import big and fast boats to sell here could not find one attractive enough, so they decided to build their own instead. Four years and $4 million later, their "ultimate" boat the Skipper 55 is
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    • 119 14 ANOTHER man has been charged with trafficking m four kg of opium at a flat m Block 21, Flanders Square, off Serangoon Road. No plea was taken on Friday from Shahul Hameed Marican bin Kader Marican, 31, who allegedly gave eight slabs of the drug
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      • 277 15 INTO adulthood we go collectively as a nation this weekend. And if we had appeared a bit brash at times during our first 21 years of existence as an independent state, it is only because, as Samuel Johnson observed (albeit about people rather than nations), "youth
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    • 113 15 What The Sunday Times reported on Aug 20, 1961 THE merger between the Federation of Malaya and Singapore would "inevitably" take place because the economies of the two territories could not be separated, Tunku Abdul Rahman said yesterday night. "If Malayan rubber and tin do not go
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    • 1279 15 Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN'S memories remain undimmed Twenty-one years ago, Tunku Abdul Rahman made a fateful decision while m bed with an attack of shingles. The result was the birth of Singapore as a nation. In an interview with SUZANNE 001, the
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 953 16 I Irene Hoe YES, count on me, Singapore. But don't count on me or on anyone else to sing national songs within earshot of an unsinging public. At the National Stadium last week, I tried my patriotic best to belt out Stand up
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    • 920 16 Tiresias IF there is one thing that I don't know how to do, it is to take the initiative, to be the aggressor. I am not an act-er but a re-acter. I cannot make the first move. But if you want
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      • 488 16 Renovation workers can spoil the nice finish I WOULD like to compliment the Housing Board for its efforts to build better-finished flats (Sunday Times, July 20). However, may I draw the board's attention to some of the pitfalls that may negate such efforts. Timing, coordination and especially the workers' attitude
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      • 256 16 Shortsighted to send foreigners packing AS an engineering student m a European country where racism exists because foreign j workers are blamed for the high unemployment rate and where there is an argument that getting rid of them would free more jobs for the locals, I was quite disgusted to
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    • 476 16 When jockeys get behind the wheel MACAW WHEN I heard that Chok Kee had found a wonderful job bringing him over $3,000 a month and that he was hanging out at the Rikin Curt Restaurant, I rushed over there. It is always a joy to see an old friend make
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  • FOCUS/Analysis
    • 1471 17 If one is only counting the years, Singapore came of age yesterday. But m terms of maturity, says IRENE HOE m a mid-term report, the country is still a pimply adolescent questioning and unsure but all agog to find out more about itself. One
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    • 840 17  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By PENANG will prove to be an important test m Sino-Malay relations m the months and years ahead as both communities are after the state's chief ministership. It is an issue for both communities, and no matter which side
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  • RACING
    • 323 18  -  MARKSMAN By KUALA LUMPUR An exciting clash is forecast for Race 5 today between promising sprinters First Of Many II and Tell The Time. Both geldings worked impressively the past week but I think First Of Many n will have the edge
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    • 79 18 RACE 2: Capital Growth, Genius 11, Extravagance, Gentleman n, Gaining, Satchmo. RACE 3: Pokotoli, Raja Ikan m, Sulstream, Trump Card IV. RACE 4: Two Steps, Beau's Off. RACE 5: First Of Many n, Key To The Vault 11, Missouri n, Thanks A Million 11, Rio Blanco. RACE 8:
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    • 143 18  - Vapour should outshine rivals LUCKY LEO SPEEDY Vapour II should snap an exasperating sequence of minor placings and take the opening race at Kuala Lumpur today. This Australian gelding, who has yet to finish further than fourth m his last five starts, has only six lack-lustre rivals to contend with
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    • 6187 18 zxcv PfHM| 1.30 CLASS 5 DIV 3 1,200 m |:fT(H dßi (Ratings: 52-46) WwNMMHi (Stakes: $11,500) 1 8076** So Bright II 57 (52) Golden Era-Rodgers 5 nzg +.5 (1200 m). Came from last to finish 6th of 11 with 56.5 Div 3 Pg 1200 m June
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    • 424 18 RACE RACING ED MARKSMAN TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO 5 Vapour 4 S Of Courage 5 Vapour 5 Vapour S Vapour 1 6 Mci San 5 Vapour 1 So Bright 6 Mci San 6 Mci San 3 Aaron's Pleasure 6 Mci San 4 S Of Courage 4
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    • 254 19  -  OUR RACING TEAM He's a runaway winner m the main sprint By FIRST *****4 SECOND *****9 THIRD *****4 STARTERS *****3 *****7 *****4 *****3 *****2 *****5 *****2 *****9 *****6 *****0 *****0 *****9 CONSOLATIONS *****6 *****8 *****2 *****3 *****1 *****3 *****4 *****5 *****7 *****4 KUALA LUMPUR Tasso, ridden
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    • 84 19 KUALA LUMPUR The racing stewards yesterday warned jockey S.Y. Leong (above) to be cautious when lodging objections m future or action would be taken against him. Leong, who finished second on Malaga m Race 8, had objected against Own Opinion being declared the winner. He alleged interference
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    • 2765 19 CLASS 5 DIV 2 l,2Hm Suraya Stable's 2 Signal D 56.5 (42-9) Razak (6) 2 2 1 6 Indiana Jones 54.5 (25-8) Woon (3) S 5 2 4 Hopnl 56 (11-7) Cook (4) 4 4 3 7 Tlba Tlba n 54.5 c 52 (43-11) Samsuri
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    • 385 19  -  JACK ELLIOTT By MELBOURNE Who wants to ride the best horse m Australia at the moment m one of the major races during the spring carnival here? There will be no shortage of takers to pilot brilliant filly Bounding Away m the A5750,000 (about Ssl
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  • OBITURIES
    • 349 19 181 Deaths 181 Deaths JOHN LEE JOO BOON AGE: 62 called to eternal rest on 8 August '86 leaving behind beloved: WIFE: Margaret Goh Ser Neo SONS: DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Andrew Lee Cheng Kiat Yao Joo Lian Juliana James Lee Swee Kiat DAUGHTERS: SON-IN-LAW: Agnes Lee Swee Lang Francis Yeow Helen Lee
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    • 36 19 r The family of the late: MR LOH LAI Departed: 5/8/86 wish to exprett their heartfelt thanks to relatives A friends for their attendance, kind assistance, condolences, wreaths A donations during their recent bereavement.
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    • 91 19 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE ALICE GAN GUAT HWA nee GOH (Departed on 7 August 1986) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to management staff of Canon Marketing Services Pte Ltd, American Express Bank, full-time workers and members of Church of Our Saviour, friends and relatives for their
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    • 140 19 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS KHOO AH BAH NEE LILY TAM PECK LIAN Thank the Ray. T.C. Nga (Pantecost Methodist Church), Ray. Or. Yap Kirn Hao, Palter Darrick Lav (Christ Methodifl Church), Ray. Pang Ek Kwan (Bethel Assembly), Pastor* of the Church of Praia*, all Lay Leaders
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      93 19 In Loving Memory Of MR. D. SREEDARAN Departed 10.8.81 Today recalls sad memories, Of a dear brother gone to rest. And the ones who think of h;m today Are the ones who love him best. Always remembered by ioved oner IN LOVING MEMORY OF BENEOICTA DSILVA DEPARTED
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  • SPORT
    • 1450 20  -  J. RAJENDRAN Games bronze medal gives Republic the lift they need By MICHAEL Koay isn't exactly Bruce Springsteen. But to Teo Yong Joo, he's still the Boss. Apart from being Yong Joo's employer, Koay is also his mentor, friend and, above
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    • 1166 20 JANICE SEAH SAID AND DONE THE story remains the same, the 1 tragedy grows more heartwrenching. Ang Peng Siong, built like a Brahma bull and probably as strong, still flails helplessly 25 metres from the finish of the 100 m freestyle race. History has
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    • 276 20 JEFFREY LOW LOWDOWN ON SPORT Iff! Sportsman: Tan Thaaa Heag. Sportswoman: Patricia Chaa. lia Sportsman: fanagatuhal Knaalaa. Sportswoman: Pat Chan. IM9 Sportsman: C. Knnalaa. Sportswoman: Pat Chan. lf» Sportsman: Henry Tan. Sportswoman: Pat Chan. Cwmsb: Chan Ah Row. mi Sportsman: P. C. Sappiah. SpMtowsmaa: Pat
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    • 437 21 TOLEDO (Ohio) Greg Norman birdied three of the last four holes on Friday to shoot a three-under-par 68 and extend his lead to four strokes halfway through the 68th PGA Championship, the last and richest major tournament of the year. Americans Payne Stewart, who carded a four-under 67,
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    • 521 21 ATHLETICS Selected results In the lAC International at Crystal Palace on Friday: Men's lMm 1 M. Woronin (Pol) 10.20 sec 2 C. Smith (US) 10.28 3 L. Mcßae (US) 10.39. 2tim 1 F. Heard (US) 20.77 2 B. Johnson (Can) 20.94 3 M. Dwyer (Can) 21.21. Women's lilm
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    • 193 21 Th e best 18 holes i n Si n gap or e HOLE BLUE WHITE RED PAH Heap Original HOLE BLUE WHITE HEO PAR Heap Original NO metres metres metres lrxJe« Location NO metres metres metres Index Location 1 372 358 321 4 13 Bukit Ist 10 331 305 224
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    • 1113 21 Always on Sunday Police arrest 22 PLYMOUTH There was more football violence In England yesterday when police arrested 22 fans after Plymouth Argyle beat Chelsea 14 m a friendly match here. One police car was overturned and another damaged; missiles were also thrown at officers.
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    • 920 21  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Tee to Green With a little help from some friends, it's perfect TWENTY-ONE years of nationhood today. And we, too, would like to join m the celebrations. So we gathered a distinguished panel of local golfers (two professionals, two amateurs, a
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    • 850 21 Foreigners add finesse to French flair ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER T" HE French purse has never been so open, its embrace never more welcoming to overseas mercenaries. This is its season of grandeur. French clubs have been out shopping, and overnight established their League as the third great soccer
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    • 327 21 Black turns it on in home debut for Metz PARIS Livewire Scottish striker Eric Black and Nigerian Ricky Owubokiri both made sensational home debuts m the star-studded French League on Friday. Also on target on his home debut, at the Pare des Princes, was West German international Pierre Littbarski, who
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    • 174 20 Tessa Potter Sharing a book Shared reading or paired reading? Whichever you favour, Read Along Stories will help you m increasing children's enjoyment and progress m early reading. Read Along Stories are a collection of simple stories fantasy, magic, animals, slapstick fun designed to be first read and enjoyed by
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    • 209 21 APPOINTMENT A large group of garment and knitting manufacturers with factories m Singapore and Malaysia requires a FINANCIAL CONTROLLER All applicants (Singaporean and Malaysian) should possess the following qualifications and experience: Preferably a Degree m Business Administration or a recognised professional qualification m Accountancy/Secretarial bodies or equivalent. Should be commercially
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 409 22  -  JOE DORAI MERLION CUP UUUNIDUWN By THEIR team's failure m the preWorld Cup qualifying round competition late last year has prompted the North Korean Football Association to put their faith m a new coach and a fresh batch of talent. At least this appears so
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    • 163 22 NATIONAL sailors Ang Wee Teck and Ho Kah Soon took first and second positions after three races on the first day of the Pesta Sukan windsurfing regatta at East Coa.--. Sailing Centre yesterday. With medium wind conditions and strong currents, the local pair showed consistency
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    • 431 22 KUALA LUMPUR Haron Mundir's two-year wait to avenge his defeat against Malaysian Rabuan Pit m the 200 metres was worth its wait m gold. Haron equalled his personal best of 21.2 sec to beat his rival m the Aliph Malaysian Open athletics championships
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    • 364 22  -  JANICE SEAH HE doesn't look much of a brute, but it must have been brute strength that allowed baby-faced Teo Yong Joo to lift his way to a bronze medal m the Commonwealth Games last month and the Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of
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    • 10th ASEAN SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
      • 470 22  -  HAKIKAT RAI From JAKARTA It was a gloomy day, but not for Singapore, who literally leapt into the gold medal column on the second day of the championships at the Madya Stadium here yesterday. And there was more than a glint of pleased surprise m
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      • 109 22 JAKARTA Hong Jinsheng's hopes of making the 100 m final were dashed yesterday when the defending champion crashed out of with hamstring injury. Jinsheng collapsed just after he received the baton m the final of the 4xloom relay. He had to be carried off the track
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      • 248 22 B*ys s,Mtm: 1 A. Jegathesvaran (Mai) 15:49.94 2 B. Baskaran (Mai) 15:51.13 3 Syed Ahmad Syed Taha (Spore) 16:08.44. Javelin: 1 1. Ketut Sudiana (Indon) 59.12 m 2 Van De Boer (Indon) 51.52 m 3 Sangkom Jamkrajang (Tha) 50.72 m 4 Urn Teng HeM <S'p*re) 4».8«m. Long
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    • MALAYSIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION FINAL
      • 290 22  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI KUALA LUMPUR Singapore, set a chase of 248, bowed bravely out by eight runs m the second of the best-of-three one-day Malaysian Cricket Association finals here yesterday. The win made FT winners of the opening match by one wicket the first team to
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      • 172 22 FEDERAL TERRITORY N. Muralee lbw Martens 4 N. Balakrishnan c and b Gordon 15 S. Menon b Patni 86 H. Darairatnam run out 38 N. Banerji not out 48 M. Harris not out 36 Extras Total (for 4 wkts) 248 Wkts fell at: 9, 52, 142, 176. Bowling: Peter
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      • 157 22 KUALA LUMPUR Singapore, who came with the intention of bettering their eight place last year, kept their hopes alive with a 4-1 win over Pahang m Razak Cup hockey yesterday. The Republic, knocked out of the tournament proper, now have a chance of playing off for
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    • 138 22 SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT O^HEMONTH/ The winner thanks his boss Page 20 I ••__ZSSIB Blundell, mind doctor to the stars Page 20 Soccer's ugly face is back Page 21 \j£y Sxvdiuon China Paloce Restaurant X^ S SUPERB CUISDNE OFFERED DAILY BEST VALUE FOR MONEY Authentic Chinese Palace Decor to accommodate 78 tables.
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  • TV PLUS
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      • 1027 2 James never confronted sex directly, as a modern novelist would do, but neither would he avoid it. This created a sort of repression, which m turn saw a very suggestive kind of sexuality m his novels. Last Sunday, we met The Bostonians. Tonight, viewers will be
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      • 527 2  -  JULIE TAN By MOVIES that came out of Hollywood between the 1930s and 1950s were almost pure escapist fare lavish, elaborate musicals with great production numbers. But what kind of films were being produced elsewhere during that time? Like m China, for
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    • CINEMA
      • 490 3  -  JULIE TAN A BETTER TOMORROW At Cathay cinemas Starring Ti Lung, Chow Yuen Fatt, Leslie Cheung and Emily Chu Directed by iohn Woo By A BETTER TOMORROW brings us into the Hongkong underworld. It's a world m which Hollywood symptoms are quickly apparent. Hongkong's gangland
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      • HOLLYWOOD
        • 379 3 'Di spoilt my chances with Andrew CATHERINE Oxenberg, 24, claims she and Prince Andrew were romantically involved until Princess Diana interfered. The actress, recently sacked from the Dynasty series (m which she played Joan Collins daughter), says Di stomped her from being invited to a Royal party and insisted that
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      • 385 3  -  LEE SHEW HU A REAL GENIUS Coming to Orchard Starring Val Kilmer, Gabe Janet, Wißiam AthWton and Michelle Meyrink Directed by Martha Coolidge By BEWARE! Baby-faced geniuses at work. At Pacific Tech, a college for high-calibre brains, inspired madness is the order of
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    • TV EYE
      • 278 4  -  JULIE TAN LOOK EAST By EVEN as Fergie made news when she married Prince Andrew m London about two weeks ago, Teresa Teng was making her own headlines half a world away but for a very different reason. The Taiwanese singer has long been rumoured to be
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      • 513 4  -  TOM GREEN Remember Jeannie? She was everybody's favourite genie, thanks to the series I Dream of Jeannie. The irrepressible heroine returns, 15 years later, for more tricks. reports. IN JUST a little while, television won't have any secrets left. TV networks will lift the sequined veil 15
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      • 369 4 Milton Tan, President of the Singapore Automobile Association, tells ANNA LEE why some shows drive him up the wall. sdfg THERE'S a lot of reckon less driving on TV. I HI used to see it m shows like Starsky and Hutch, where
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      • 451 4 STARTING today, Sundaynight viewers will be treated to a series of star-studded pop specials, including two shows that were part of America's "birthday bash" for the Statue of Liberty. SBC has lined up some impressive shows to replace Skytrax, the pop video series
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      • 380 4  - When the Old World meets the New LIM KAY TONG 8 TV PREVIEW The Europeans Tonight, Ch 12, 10.30 pm ■By VISITING relatives from abroad who are strangers can cause small upheavals m the household. Such is the case with the Wentworths, an affluent God-fearing family living m a Boston
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    • MUSIC
      • 804 7  - Lam likes them cheeky LIM SEK POP REVIEW By DEAREST Lam(WEA) LAM used to pen beautiful love songs. Not anymore. Now, the Hongkong singer is more intent on writing innovative tunes, often with comic lyrics targetted at the masses. This new album will be remembered for his ingenuity m catching
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      • 519 7 ROY TRAKIN meets one of the pop scene's most promising newcomers, the Miami Sound Machine. VICE has been nice for the Miami Sound Machine but it is the conga that has carried the veteran group into the international pop charts for the first time.
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    • Young Life
      • 276 12 DID you watch the National Day parade yesterday? Everything was done with such precision and ease, wasn't it? But if you had taken part m one of these parades, you would know that a lot of work and time went into it. One participant I know had to
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      • 328 12 A basket to hold your rubbish TIRED of your old wastepaper basket? Why not make yourself a new basket with some sheets of thick cardboard? Then you can decorate it the way you like. If you adapt the instructions here, you can also redecorate an old wastepaper basket to give
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      • 463 12 sdfg SINGAPORE is one of the rare non-Jewish countries to have been led by a Jew. David Marshall, now Singapore's ambassador to France, was Chief Minister from 1955 to 1956. C. B. Buckley's book, An Anecdotal History of Old Times m Singapore, records the presence of a
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    • PERSONALITY & SCENE
      • 1116 15 THERE are not many parents who would pin up a photograph of their daughter topless on the kitchen notice-board. But then there are not many daughters with a top like Samantha Fox's. She is 19 and earning a fortune with her 36-23-31
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      • 670 15  - When prehistoric men and luscious robots ruled the world PHILIP COOREY VIDEO GUIDE By AMONG the mass productions of the studios, there is a category of films known m the trade as B movies, especially meant to supplement the main feature film at cinemas which run movies continuously. These B
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 2006 1 5r UNLIKE last year, the winning song m tonight's compositions will represent Singapore m the Nov 22 appeal and potential. V9PlF96Cr9£9i r National Competition (Ch 12, 8 pm) will not automati- finals m Wellington. The songs will be judged on their The 10 English and two Mandarin entries are the
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    • 811 1 H NATIONAL DAY j lAT THE SIN6APORE HANDICRAFT CARNVAL: CENTRE: Malay Cultural 1 Exhibition of the different vendors t-air. Items include j fSIATWIWAI PIAV J^AOk.lilMi tr% who plied their wares along hadrah and kompang dances, gasing ilp *n«^L^ V^TlICiNi wVL 86 a "five-footways", 4to 10 pm. competition (top-spinning), drama and
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    • 181 2 3 '^-^'^^Ml SIS! P^ 111 MB^^ppi^^i S|BBrytA^ THESAURUS SBl pjwl Tfiis first revision of twenty fm^wi ISI -3^?f2 y ears reflecting recent |j |J J jltiftf VQt?2 changes m spoken and U If W\yJ3^^^fim I written English t^M^fe r ■B W l^P^s Specially adapted for Penguins, this 0r! Cr~^f l
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    • 309 2 THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL ASIA-PACIFIC PETROLEUM CONFERENCE 15-17 September 1986, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore "THE CHANGING SCENARIO IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY" INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL Dr Fereidun Fesharaki Leader of Energy Program, East-West Centre, Honolulu Mr T Ikuta President, Institute of Energy Economics, Tokyo Mr Onnic Marashian Editor-in-Chief, Platt's Oilgram News,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 146 5 \}y I drOWOUnt Hotel Where the happy people go Cafe Vanda celebrates Singapore's 21st birthday (with a mouth-watering selection from our tropical paradise* From the sunny side of the East Coast: Crabs, Prawns, Squids and other aquatic delights. Little India tempts you with deliciously spicy Chicken Curry, Mcc Goreng Mutton
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    • 105 7 SIXTH NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION 12-21 June 1987 Closing Date: 31 March 87 Section One: Western Musical Instruments i) Solo: Piano, String, Vocal (Male/ Female), Guitar, Woodwind and Brass. ii) Ensemble: Any combination of instruments with parts up to a maximum of 12 players. Section Two: Chinese Musical Instruments i) Solo:
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    • 81 7 TOP OF THE POPS United Kingdom 1.(1) The Lady m Red 6.(7) I Didn't Mean to Turn You on Chris de Burgh Robert Palmer 2.(2) Papa Don't Preach 7.(5) Let's Go All the Way Madonna Sly Fox 3.(13) Find the Time 8.(3) What's the Colour of Money? Five Star Hollywood
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    • 1279 7 Cosmetics for 1986. Ist Prize Christina Ong I/C *****44 C 3 nights m the Presidential Suite of the elegant Century Park Sheraton Hotel (For Two) 2nd Prize Chuan Boon Hwa I/C *****04 B 3 nights m the Executive Suite of the elegant Century Park Sheraton Hotel (For two) 3rd Prize
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    • 785 1 ON A Friday morning recently, over a dozen men and women became Singapore citizens. Each entered the National Registration Department building a citizen of another country. Five minutes and an oath-taking ceremony later, they were full-fledged Singaporeans. Each working day, a little room at
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    • 310 1 Engineer's wish comes true 12 years later IT WAS the fruition of a 12-year-old dream when Christopher Ng switched citizenship last month. Slow m the fulfilling, his wish to become a Singapore citizen dated back to his impressionable campus days here. Mr Ng, now 36 and an engineer with SGS
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      • 220 1 BBp^ auction sale FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART A Fine Collection Of Rare Ming and Ching Antique Furniture b^b^b^Lß Chinese Paintings By Ching Dynasty and Contemporary Masters .n and Other Works Of Art. b^L^b^H i bh^kh I 9^ >v*~ f '''^SS?9^fl JBe32SP^S^D b^b^b^b^b^b^b^b^b (<^ I 9 j vA^B^B^B^B^B^B^B 1 /^A^aTjt^ißT^^H
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      • 398 2 HEALTH Hormone family holds clue to infertility BRITISH scientists are investigating a family of hormones that promises new methods of countering infertility m both men and women and may also make possible the development of a unisex contraceptive pill. The discoveries came through the use of genetic engineering techniques to
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      • 418 2 As the country crosses a historic milestone, four Singaporeans look back and tell LIM PHAY-LING about the things they wished they knew when they turned 21. MRS RUBY SINGARAYAR, 39 housewife "I WISH I had gone out to work before my
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      • 359 2 I TAN LIAN HUAT, 43 engineer-turned-businessman "AT 21, I was working as a ship's radio officer. I had joined the merchant navy at 19 and got to see a bit of the world. "I wish I had known then of the kind of opportunities
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      • 366 2 I KENNETH LIM, 39 manafinf director of a fashion accessories firm "I WISH I didn't get married so early; we were both too young and immature to know anything. Then, maybe I might have gone for further studies at the
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      • 256 2 Glad some knowledge passed me by IPAIK-CHOO, 40 humorist "IF I'd known m 1967 that, 19 downhill years later, some Sunday paper was going to interview me, why, I'd have had plastic surgery or invested m contact lenses, whichever was cheaper. "Today, of course, those very spectacles are too much
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      • 641 2 Dinner guests who turn up after the eating is over sdfg ■Q: WHAT should I do about guests who turn up after dinner has ended and the food has been cleared away? Should I heat up leftovers or just let them join the group at dessert, coffee or whatever is
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        396 3 SILVER has shot through this year with mercurial ease, adding a cool lustre to everything m its path from Claude Montana's luxurious silver-encrusted leather Jacket and cowboy denims to chunky bangles and Esprit's metallic loafers. And after all the glitter of gold, silver's icy gleam is a
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      • 318 3 How the West is worn nvb THESE days, a girl's gotta wear what a girl's gotta wear to get ahead m this sharpshootin' world. So what's new on the range? Certain trends are now pointing to the return of the urbane cowgirl, a way-out-West look of denim dressed up with
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      • 119 3 Mikhail Kelly's credentials were impeccable. The KGB gave him the perfect part assassin. Code name Cuchulain. For more than twenty years Cuchulain has created chaos, fear and disorder m Ireland by hitting counterproductive targets on both sides of the border. But his time is nearly up. Only the beautiful Tanya
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      • 442 4 This one's for the binds... Barbarie Duckling Festival 1 1 -24 August Succulent Chicken. Tender Barbaric Duckling. Only at the Hilton. For just two weeks, the Hilton's Harbour Grill and Inn of Happiness will feature" a mouth-watering variety of chicken H duckling dishes. Dishes like Drunken American Chicken and Crispy
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    • ARTS & BOOKS
      • 935 5  -  LEE SIEW HUA MARGARET CHAN (right), the sole player m Emily of Emerald Hill, the first Singapore drama to be staged at an international arts festival, recounts the experience to I WAS very ill when I performed at Edinburgh, Scotland, m the Commonwealth Arts Festival.
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        497 5 Witches brew, 20th-century style THE film-makers have fought and won. But for a while, witches raised a small storm m New England, the United States, m this day and age. The residents of Little Compton m Rhode Island were divided on the merits of allowing Warner Brothers to use
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        • 855 5  -  WINSTON LEE By ONE of Japan's biggest success stories must be that of Honda. This innovative Japanese car manufacturer started m the 1960s by making the motorcycle fashionable. It then went on to build startling, if somewhat eccentric, sports cars, such as the S6OO and
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      • 1058 6 ROGER COLLIS reports how airlines try to entice passengers with the food they serve THE man m the white shirt (right) flying Malaysian Airline System's Golden Club Class is about to be served lobster. He reclined across the two-page advertisement with sybaritic expectation.
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      • 665 6  -  FONG SIEW CHONG BY A TRIP to Manchester!!! But it's just a dusty, grimy industrial city, said colleagues when they heard that I was one of several journalists invited on Singapore Airlines' inaugural flight to that city. But what my colleagues did not
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      • 145 6 SO MUCH TO ENJOY. SHERATON DAMAI BEACH SARAWAK. Down the broad Sarawak IHfIHH River. At the foot of mystical Mount jHHf§ Santubong. The most breath- 9flß[ taking resort m the whole South I^^Bji^L^. China Sea. fcftli^^^^to*^ Spacious rooms. Secluded W"*^^S^B bungalows set m tropical W& 1 gardens. All fuily airconditioned.
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        • 775 7  -  ANNA LEE A three-page supplement commemorating South Korea's 41st National Day on Aug 15 By "IN THE developing economies, Singapore may be called summa cum laude while South Korea is just cum laude," said Ambassador Lee Chang-Choon. His main reason for this is based on the
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        • 510 7 SEOUL, the host for the 1968 Olympics, has taken off on its final sprint for the curtain raiser to that muchanticipated event. There are less than two months to the start of the 10th Asian Games, which is seen as the first of two
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        • 651 8 Seoul's target is to be a major car exporter m five years SOUTH KOREA'S car industry is growing faster than the East Asian country itself wants to admit. Although few say so openly, South Korea one of the so-called Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs) is aiming
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        • 396 8 AN IMPORTANT factor m South Korea's bid to achieve the status of a world-class car producer is the involvement of foreign partners m all three major car makers. In Hyundai's case, it is a marketing arrangement with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan. Daewoo is linked with General
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        • 381 8 THEY are bright, interesting and buzzing with life. Seoul's underground mass transit system or subway is more than mere man-made tunnels of transport. The advent of the subway era has evolved some new city customs as well as changes m lifestyle. The
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        • 563 9 Legend of islands' parting sea The South Korean islands of Chindo and Modo draw thousands of tourists every year to see a phenomenon which has been likened to the Biblical parting of the Red Sea by Moses. This 20th-century "miracle" lasting about 40 minutes, occurs four times a year twice
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          496 9 History THE Koreans are descendants of several Mongolian tribes which migrated from Central Asia through Manchuria into the Korean peninsula. They later evolved into a homogeneous people with traits distinct from the Chinese or Japanese. The rise and fall of tribal communities and states, traditionally traced back many
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      • 127 7 The Republic of Korea on the occasion of its National Day 1A A f«v A m The Bank of Korea 1986 ASIAN GAMES w 1 flH%Ji^^v B^^^HHk _a_ Singapore Branch >w3B JP^jSml MBii^^^^^^rm^^^^^^^MßliHl 81, t== Singapore Representative Office T .^MmBSJ |8jS r *^^H«ES«f Jfil&d^^''""' j> ~**..V^ Wr^^^Sg^fc \«A^ Singapore Representative
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      • 182 8 to The Republic of Korea on the 1 occasion of its National Day I |J SUNKYONG LIMITED I HEAD OFFICE: I C.P.O. Box 1780. Seoul, Korea I Tel 77 1 88 Cable: SUNKYONG SEOUL Telex K2485 1- 5 SNKYONG I SINGAPORE OFFICE: 1| SUNKYONG SINGAPORE PTE LIMITED |1 138, Robinson
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      • 80 8 to The Republic of Korea I on the occasion of her National Day For all the employers and employment agencies m Singapore and Southeast Asia who intend to employ Korean engineers and skilled workers of all trades Government-run HI KOREA OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT I rrif=7 UllHlN (KUUull) Singapore Representative Office ™|J'
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      • 95 9 Jy Our Heartiest Congratulations T to the Republic of Korea on her National Day W KOHAP LTD. m SINGAPORE OFFICE: 1~ #OT-21 PENINSULA PLAZA, 111 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE 0617. TELEX R*****3 KOHAP f TEL: *****94******95 fjß Our Heartiest 'to the js) Republic of Korea on her National Day PMK
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      • 506 9 Strengthen your hand by joining hands >with SAMSUNG j* -f in Korean Jz^ Jl Trade I Samsung has been bringing people, We trade inprcxlucts and services together for the greater benefit of all since 1938. F~l Steel Products ESj Electronics Samsung Co., with its 53 overseas branches. fc£j Metals BSI
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    • NEW HORIZONS
      • 498 10 ENGINEER'S WISH COMES TRUE From Page 1 6 It may seem a small matter, but we don't have to live with big mosquitoes and houseflies here. These things are important to me. I want to offer my family the best m kind of life.
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      • 539 10 Last-minute whim proved to be the right move 4 It was so easy for us m January 1958. We just walked m and came out m as citizens. IT TOOK Mr Rutton Patel, 66, half an hour to locate the oath-taking room m Fullerton Building and five minutes to become
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    • 173 11 We, the citizens of Singapore... pledge ourselves as one united people Mi jk regardless of race, language or religion 111 to build a democratic society based on M W justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for y^ our nation. I In the stands, Mr Ben
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