The Straits Times, 4 January 1987

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  • 14 1 The Sunday Times No: 2639 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 109/12/86 JANUARY 4, 1987
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  • 495 1 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Eh- Mahathir Mohamad yesterday hit out at dishonest businessmen who had got the financial industry into trouble with a spate of corporate frauds. Even as he attacked the financiers for their fraudulent practices, enraged depositors stormed into the
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  • 418 1  -  STELLA DANKER By JUST as the Year of the Rabbit is about to be ushered m, pity the poor bunny that is getting the boot from pet-own-ers. Its relative, the hamster, is also being unceremoniously bundled out of homes m preparation for
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  • 225 1 ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast) A BRAZILIAN jetliner with 51 people on board caught fire and crashed near Abidjan shortly after take-off yesterday. A spokeswoman at the Brazilian embassy m this Ivory Coast capital reported that the 39 passengers and 12 crewmembers of the Varig
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  • 161 1 HONDURAS FOREIGNERS have adopted Honduran babies and then sold their body parts for use m organ transplants, a Honduran official said. The official, from the National Social Welfare Commission, said many of the babies had physical deformities. "At first it was believed that they were noble
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  • 616 1  - Bar and Bench hope for a bright new era AHMAD OSMAN By THE legal profession kicked off another Legal Year yesterday with the hope that 1987 would mark the start of a "bright new chapter". The hope, expressed by Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin, was also reflected m the speeches
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  • 195 1 Veteran actor stabbed on stage NEW YORK VETERAN Taiwan actor-co-median Jiang Guangchao was stabbed m the chest by a man wlo rushed on stage while he was performing at a Manhattan theatre. Mr Jiang, 64, known to audiences for his roles m hundreds of Taiwan and Hongkong films, was attacked
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • AT A GLANCE
      • 87 2 Oil prices surged above the US$lB-a-barrel (about Ss39) mark for the first time m 11 months on Friday, following news that several Opec countries are returning to the system of fixed prices. The price surge came after Nigeria, informed US oil companies that it will return
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      • 86 2 The French communist-led CGT union plans to call for strikes throughout the public sector after a deadlock m negotiations to end a two-week-old rail strike. A representative of the Confederation Generale dv Travail (CGT) said meetings would be held tomorrow to determine how the strike
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      • 100 2 President Cora- zon Aquino (left), addressing a rally m support of her new Constitution, has pledged to step down as scheduled at the end of her six-year term m 1992. "In 1992, 1 will face you once again and thank you," Mrs Aquino told about 6,000 people
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      • 79 2 Parti Islam (PAS) has indicated its willingness to hold talks with Umno to unite the Muslim community. PAS President Haji Yusof Rawa said on Friday there was only one condition for such talks That the issues discussed would not be politicised. "We are willing to meet Umno
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      • 84 2 The Govern- ment s singles club for graduates and A-level holders has produced a glossy quarterly magazine. The inaugural issue of Link (January to March 1987), of which more than 10,000 copies are said to have been printed, is a 24-page publication with a foreword by
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      • 78 2 The Gov- eminent is not about to pass a law allowing polygamy, Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office), said yesterday. But m his view, the problem of falling birthrates called for a solution. And he said: "If anybody wants to be polygamous, you can't stop
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      • 105 2 Families have become more inclined 10 donate tne kidneys of relatives who die m road accidents here to save the lives of others. Last year, government hospitals got 15 such donor kidneys for transplant compared to just one from road deaths the year before.
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    • SPORTS
      • 106 2 At 62 and a grandfather of three, Richard Khoo (right) k has run nine marathons. He only wishes he had started earlier. Who knows what he might have been able to accomplish? Richard is a late convert, filled with all the zeal of one who started too
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      • 84 2 Sports used to be about the good, the bad and the ugly. Now it's .ibout the articulate, the verbose and the quotable. These days, sports people must put their mouths where their achievements are; and there is much money to be made by publishers from this new age
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    • 785 2  -  STELLA DANKER By HIGH-FASHION watchmakers are fed-up with the rampant copying of their expensive goods and want stronger laws to fight the fakers. They say that counterfeiting syndicates have been importing parts from all over the world to turn out fake watches
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    • 572 2  -  STELLA DANKER By CARTER'S man m Singapore swopped his smart shirt and solid gold Cartier watch for T-shirt and denim jeans and a plastic-strap watch. He wanted to prove how easy it was to buy fake brand-name watches m Singapore.
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    • 322 2 Worry over prostitutes, Aids and servicemen in Manila OLONGAPO (Philippines) When Jenny leaves for work as a bar hostess m the evenings, her live-in boyfriend, an American sailor, sometimes calls after her jokingly, "Don't catch Aids, now." Jenny, a small and delicate woman of 18 whose mother was a prostitute,
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    • 660 3  - Three more colourful streets that will live on AGNES WEE By THEY are isolated pockets of rich architecture that are not part of the major conservation areas like Chinatown, Kampong Glam, Little India, the Heritage Link and the Singapore River. They are not as well-known as Emerald Hill, which the
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    • 598 3 SINGAPOREANS remember Harold Macmillan, who died last week at the age of 92, as the Prime Minister of the Conservative government that gave self-government to Singapore m 1959. Prime Minister Macmillan had sent a message to Mr Lee Kuan Yew's new government offering
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    • 207 2 UP TO 1 pm Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 mar, 23 mm SUNSET today: 7.11 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 7.09 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Adelaide 12 18 C Cloudy London -2 5 C Clear Amsterdam 48 C Rain Lm Angeles 919 C Gear Athens 816 C Clear Madrid
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 420 4 Two US senators get high-level reception in Hanoi BANGKOK United States Senators Mark Hatfield and James McClure have met Prime Minister Pham Van Dong m an unprecedentedly high-ranking reception m Hanoi. An observer here said the meeting on Friday may have come about because of Mr Hatfield 's reputation as
      AFP; UPI  -  420 words
    • 263 4 India gets first batch of Soviet 'superjets' NEW DELHI The first batch of MiG-29 jetfighters purchased by India has arrived and Soviet technicians are assembling the planes at a government facility, the United News of India reported yesterday. India is the first country outside the Soviet Union to get the
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    • 288 4 LISBON Former Portuguese President Antonio Ramalho Eanes is concerned that confusion over the alleged existence of a 1979 Sino-Portu-guese accord on Macau could harm present talks on the future of the territory. Mr Eanes' statements m a television news programme on Friday
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    • 242 4 COLOMBO Tamil militants have reacted cautiously to the government decision to cut off the supply of petroleum products to Jaffna Peninsula, their stronghold m northern Sri Lanka. The deputy commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam m Jaffna, Mr S. Kana-
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    • 134 4 DETROIT Lee lacocca, chief of the giant Chrysler car company m the United States, has filed for divorce from his wife Peggy less than a year after the couple were married. Mr lacocca, 62, married the 35-year-old former stewardess, Peggy Johnson,
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    • 86 4 TOKYO Many Japanese are willing to live abroad after retirement, according to a government survey report released yesterday. Fifty-three per cent of 1,100 employees of 63 companies said they were willing to do so, the survey by the Ministry of International Trade and
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    • 55 4 TOKYO Japan's birthrate fell to a record of 11 4 births per 1,000 with 1,378,000 births m 1986, the Health and Welfare Ministry said. The infant mortality rate for babies aged 12 months or younger also fell to 5.3 per cent, a figure believed to be one
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    • 399 4 Students in China may halt demos to sit for exams BEIJING OFFICIALS yesterday tore down all illegal posters but one at Beijing University after 1,000 students there defied the authorities with a march to Tiananmen Square on Friday morning to secure the release of their classmates. Witnesses said the posters
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    • 112 4 Head and shoulders above the rest THERE he stands no need to point him oat one of the tallest men m the world, Mr Gabriel Monajane of Mozambique, with friends and relatives during a visit to Portugal. He is classified m the Guineas book of Records as a "eunuchoidal" giant
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    • 54 4 NEW DELHI A fire caused by a leak m an oil pipeline near Bombay left at least 2,500 people homeless. Most of the victims of the blaze that broke out on Friday night were poor people living m a slum area called Mankhurd, 30 km
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    • 172 5 Guinean minister loses four children in air crash MADRID Fifteen people, including four children of an Equatorial Guinea Cabinet minister, were killed when a Spanish Air Force plane plunged into the sea off the West African country on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. The children were of Guinean Trade
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    • 57 5 KARACHI A 10-year-old boy and an adult relative were killed when a bomb being made m their house exploded. The incident happened m Orangi Town, the sprawling suburb where riots broke out last month. Altogether 186 people were killed and hundreds injured m several days of
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    • 145 5 BROTHER and sister Belinda and Jonathan Curtis posing outside the Rltz Hotel m their new sale suits bought at 191 l prices from an exclusive Saville Row tailors In London. Staff had watched m horror on Friday as hundreds of customers fought for suits
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    • 73 5 Deployment of Nato missiles well under way BRUSSELS Nato has completed more than half of its programme to deploy 572 Cruise and Pershing-2 nuclear missiles m Western Europe m order to offset a Soviet advantage m me-dium-range warheads, it was announced here on Friday. A Nato spokesman said that by
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    • 414 5 French union plans to widen strikes PARIS The French commu-nist-led CGT union plans to call for strikes throughout the public sector after a deadlock m negotiations to end the two-week-old railway strike. A representative of the Confederation Generale dv Travail said meetings would be held tomorrow to determine how the
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    • 262 5 Protestant leaders send plea to Queen Elizabeth BELFAST Protestant leaders m Northern Ireland have launched a New Year campaign against the controversial Anglo-Irish agreement on the province, signing an appeal to Queen Elizabeth and backing it with threats of civil disobedience. The leaders of the two main Protestant parties, the
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    • 121 5 LONDON Some people have resorted to strange ways to beat a ban on bicycles aboard commuter trains. One tore a bicycle to pieces, another wrapped it m a sealed bag and tried to pass it off as personal baggage and a
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    • 393 5 Maggie T-shirts vs the Red Teds LONDON On top of the usual polemics and promises, Britain's two major parties have been engaged m a competition of a different sort m recent weeks selling holiday gifts to the party faithful. With glossy catalogues and slick promotions, the Conservative and Labour parties
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    • 382 6 Some Opec members 'returning to fixed price system' NEW YORK OIL PRICES surged above the US$lB-a-barrel (about Ss39) mark for the first time m 11 months on Friday, following news that several Opec countries are returning to the system of fixed prices. The spot price
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    • 156 6 Hotel fire death toll rises to 95 SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico) The death toll m the New Year's Eve fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel here reached 95 on Friday as workers continued to bring bodies out of the 22-storey luxury hotel. The latest count was announced by Mr Hector
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    • 218 6 WASHINGTON PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan will ask Congress to provide some US$lOO million (Ss2l7 million) m new aid to the Contra rebels fighting the Nicaraguan government despite the Iran arms scandal, Federal Budget Director James Miller said. "We will not abandon the Contras," Mr
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    • 150 6 US storm leaves trail of destruction NEW YORK A storm, caused by the alignment of the earth, son and moon, has battered the United States' Atlantic coast with heavy snow, high winds and tides, causing millions of dollars of damage m some areas. Authorities m four northeastern states Maine, New
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    • 381 6 NDJAMENA Chadian President Hissene Habre has launched what appears to be the long expected military drive to oust Libyan troops from the northern half of his country, where they have been entrenched since 1983. Secretary of State for Information Moumine Hamidi said on Friday that
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    • 148 6 Reagan the ignorant by Tip BOSTON The retiring Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, says President Ronald Reagan is the most ill-informed president he has ever met. "Of all the eight presidents I've known, on any issue, he knows less than any president I've ever met
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    • 94 6 New Year opens with sharp rise Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street stocks stormed into the New Year on Friday with a sharp rise of more than 31 points, with most of the increases coming from the credit markets. The key Dow Jones industrial average, which fell more than 34
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 152 7 Revolt against Marcos will inspire the world US congressman MANILA THE revolt that toppled President Ferdinand Marcos is a model for the ousting of dictators around the world, an American congressional leader has said. "Wherever there are people who yearn to be free, from Pakistan to Poland, from South Korea
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    • 267 7 BANGKOK Thailand's ties with her immediate neighbours Burma and Laos are improving and efforts are being made to lessen tension m the region. Two senior Thai delegations will visit Burma next week for talks aimed at strengthening military and trade co-operation between the
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    • 143 7 JAKARTA A 13-day rush by Indonesian businessmen to buy US dollars abated sharply to a low of U5532.3 million (about Ss7o million) on Friday, the first banking day of 1987, down from US$lBl.4 million before the New Year. The rush, which started on Dec
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    • 186 7 MANILA President Corazon Aquino yesterday named lawyer Franklin Drilon as Minister of Labour to replace Mr Augusto Sanchez whose dismissal was sought by military and business groups. Mr Drilon had been deputy minister under Mr Sanchez,who stepped down at the end of last month. The
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    • 402 7 Aquino pledges to step down in six years PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino, addressing a rally m support of her new Constitution, has pledged to step down as scheduled at the end of her six-year term. "In 1992, I will face you once again and thank you," Mrs Aquino told about 6,000
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    • 98 7 Govt takes over Pro-Marcos paper MANILA The government has taken over management of the Daily Express, once a mouthpiece of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos, m a move denounced by the the paper's employees as an attack on press freedom. Mr Jovito Salonga, Ciairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Goverrment
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    • 75 7 BANGKOK A court yesterday dec.'ared a bankrupt Thailand's most controversial illegal pyramid investment fund operator. Chamoy Thipyaso was declared bankrupt by the Civil Court during the first hearing of how she would manage her debts of 5.561 billion bant (Ssso4 milliin) owed to clients of her
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 503 8 KUALA LUMPUR Parti Islam (PAS) has indicated its willingness to hold talks with Umno to unite the Muslim community. PAS President Haji Yusof Rawa said on Friday there was only one condition for such talks. That the issues discussed would not be politicised.
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    • 119 8 KUALA LUMPUR Umno wants the list of names of reporters and photographers covering the Umno General Assembly, to be held from April 24, to be sent to Umno headquarters here tomorrow. Umno executive secretary Nasaruddin Haji Alang said yesterday this was to
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    • 46 8 New head of state sworn in TAN SRI ftiohamed Said Keruak taking his oath as the new Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah before High Court judge Datuk Charles Ho m Kota Kinabalu on New Year's day. Tan Sri Said's appointment is for four years. picture. Bernama
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    • 326 8 Sabah getting 'disenchanted with federal government' KOTA KINABALU Sabah Institute of Development Studies chairman Dr Jeffrey Kitingan has claimed that unsatisfactory federal-state relations has led to Sabah being disenchanted with Kuala Lumpur, and called for urgent redress of the situation. He alleged that current relations between the federal and state
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    • 268 8 Call to set up savings plan for women KUALA LUMPUR The Deputy Minister m the Prime Minister's Department, Dr Zaharah Sulaiman, yesterday called on Malaysian women to be more dynamic and be agents of change for the nation. One way of helping women to do this is to set up
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    • 520 9  -  AHMAD OSMAN By THE Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, yesterday advised lawyers to speak m a quiet, clear and coherent voice if they want to be heard on issues affecting their profession. Loud and strident sounds of a Tower of
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    • 62 9 THE Italian Minister for Scientific and Technological Research, Senator Luigi Granelli, arrived m Singapore yesterday for a two-day visit. During his stay, Senator Granelli will call on the Minister for Trade and Industry, BrigadierGeneral (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. He will also visit the Science Centre,
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    • 336 9 Workers may face 'more difficult wage restraint' WORKERS were warned yesterday that this year's wage restraint may be more difficult despite their having just put last year's experience behind them. But Mr Lim Boon Heng, an assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, also called on employers to play
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    • 145 9 What it should have been THE Sunday Times, on Nov 30, referred to the National Insurance Company of Brunei m a report headlined "Sultan's brother quit Khoo firms before scandal broke." This report stated that "the Khoo family owns a small insurance company, the National Insurance, here". It also said
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    • 467 9  -  MAUREEN CHUA By CHIEF Justice Wee Chong Jin yesterday urged lawyers to remove the dishonourable among them from the legal profession. He said there was no place m Singapore for the charlatan, the dishonest, the schemer, the publicity seeker or
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    • 239 9 A LOUNGE manager, charged with helping a woman perform a striptease, failed to turn up m court yesterday and was ordered to be arrested for leaving Singapore without permission. The man who stood bail for him was also ordered to explain why the $5,000 surety should
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 329 10  - Singles get classy magazine to keep them in touch KONG BOOK CHIN 3y THE Government's singles club for graduates and A-level holders has produced a glossy quarterly magazine. The inaugural issue of Link (January to March 1987), of which more than 10,000 copies are said to have been printed, is
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    • 267 10  - Big run-and-fun convention here in Easter AGNES WEE By SINGAPORE will host a run-and-fun convention m April, when 1,500 Hash House Harriers from about 100 countries gather here for three days of running and celebrating. Mr Philip Chew, a spokesman for the Seletar Hash House Harriers, one of four of
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    • 222 10  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By < THIEVES broke into a shophouse at Moh Guan Terrace, near Tiong Bahru Road, over the New Year and get away with 400,000 sticks of cigarettes. They carted away 2,000 cartons, each containing 10 packets of Peter Stuyvesant
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    • 276 10  -  AUDREY PERERA By A FLOATING hotel being built here for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is only half-com-plete, but it is already attracting a lot of attention. In the past week alone, three foreign developers expressed interest m building more hotels like the John Brewer,
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    • 154 10 Peeping Tom's feet gave him away A COURT heard yesterday how a peeping Tom's feet gave him away. Van Nieringen Aldred Gerard, 29, jobless, had hoped to sneak a view of the women m a ladies' toilet by locking himself m one of the cubicles. But the only peeping done
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    • 363 11  -  KONG SOOK CHIN By FAMILIES have become more inclined to donate the kidneys of relatives who die m road accidents here to save the lives of others. I,a.st year, government hospitals got 15 such donor kidneys for transplant compared to just one from
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    • 502 11  - Six weeks of spartan living in Beijing to master Mandarin KONG SOOK CHIN By TWO Singaporeans went all the way to Beijing to learn Mandarin at their own expense, shelling out several thousand dollars each to do it. But both came back happy to have mastered the language. Neither of
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    • 97 11 SCHOOLS should have wellplanned year-round extra-cur-ricular activities to help mould the character of a student, according to Mr Tang Guan Seng, the Parliamentary Secretary (Education Ministry). These activities will also help to create a strong bond among students m the school, he said.
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    • 479 11  -  SALIM OSMAN By THE need for Singaporeans to tackle issues and problems on a national rather than communal basis was the theme of speeches made at a tea party organised by the Muslim Religious Council (Muis) yesterday. The party, to commemorate
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    • 337 12  - House to scrutinise budgets of statutory boards MATHEW YAP Estimates Committee Report By THE budgets of statutory boards will come under Parliament's scrutiny from the next financial year. This step is being taken to give it a better picture of the overall expenditure and revenue of the public sector. In
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    • 134 12 Two ministries to study effects of pump priming STEPS are being taken by the Trade and Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry to study the impact of the Government's spending on the economy. The move is m response to last year's Estimates Committee's report which wanted to know whether the
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    • 328 12 Courtesy campaigns pay off but at a rising cost SINGAPOREANS have become more courteous at an increasing price. In 1985, it cost the Government $1.2 million to spread the courtesy message. A parliamentary committee which examines government spending noted that expenses m organising the National Courtesy Campaign had been rising
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    • 169 12 CHINATOWN got some added bustle and din yesterday evening when the annual Lunar New Year trade exposition opened. Rickshaw pullers made precarious test runs competing with cars m the narrow lane opposite Chinatown Complex. The rickshaws, which will be pulled by 20 members
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    • 133 12 Mr Lee Kwok Meng, chairman of the Kreta Ayer grassroots co-ordinating committee, said that this year's fair has attracted the largest number of stalls yet 120 compared to 80 last year and 100 m 1985. "Since the Government has announced that it will preserve Chinatown and restoration will
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    • 75 12 A MAN who helped carry out an illegal four-digit lottery was jailed for a day and fined $20,000 yesterday. Charged under the Common Gaming Houses Act, Chua Tee Han, 33, pleaded guilty. Police raided his flat m Block 465, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 on
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    • 299 12  - Raja: What to do about polygamy KONG SOOK CHIN By THE Government Is not about to pass a law allowing polygamy, Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office), said yesterday. Bat, m his view, the problem of falling birth rates called for a solution. He said: "If anybody wants
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    • 297 12 B-G Lee: Exports will pick up with revised GSP scheme THE Singapore Government's pleasure at the revised GSP scheme was restated last night by the Trade and Industry Minister, Brigadier-Gener-al (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong. "We have got quite a good package. We are satisfied," he told reporters after a bursary
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    • The Sunday Times VIEW
      • 303 13 A READER irritated by the deluge of commercials on television during the recent screening of popular films by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has suggested that cable TV may be the answer. Cable TV will not necessarily provide an escape from advertisements, but it seems
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    • 148 13 What The Sunday Times reported on Jan 7, 1962 THE Indonesian flag is already flying m Dutch-held West New Guinea, President Sukarno told a mass rally here today. "Have a little patience," he shouted to a cheering crowd of 50,000. "The whole territory will soon be Indonesia's
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    • 1321 13 Trade board Chairman ALAN YEO leads the way for Singapore exporters A whole generation of Singaporeans grew up with the name Yeo Hiap Seng. It slaked their thirst, was the next best thing to a home-cooked meal and was very much a part of their lives.
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 897 14  -  Irene Hoe THE 1980 Census tells us that fewer than one m 10 people here are Christian but you'd never believe it to see Orchard Road m the grip of last-gasp Christmas shopping. Awash m light-up brightness, the feverish buying,
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    • 818 14  -  Tan Sai Siong WHEN I read last Sunday that a survey by Man Watchers Inc had identified Pierce Brosnan as one of the 12 "most watchable men" m the world, I i thought it a remarkably good I choice. Although not a TV fan,
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    • 887 14  -  N. Balakrishnan IT was while we were m Mauritius recently that my wife asked me why dawn broke so early m that country. Mauritius is m the middle of the Indian Ocean and seven hours by air east of Singapore. It was already bright
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    • LETTERS
      • 334 14 Misplaced youthful energy IF I were a parent and had $3,000 to spare, would I use it to purchase my daughter's dress for the prom? Your article "A Night at the Prom" (Sunday Times, Dec 21) raised a number of such questions. It said: "Prom finery, almost without exception was
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      • 120 14 I READ with interest the story "A Night at the Prom". I fear the cultivation of snobbery m a new generation of Singaporeans. Staging a prom m a hotel as a symbol of passage into adulthood is fine for many, but to flaunt expensive clothes when
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      • 28 14 IF the prom only symbolises affluence and disco fever, it would scare the less affluent students away from participating m the occasion. J.C. STI'DENT Singapore 1232
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    • 2952 15  -  HO KWON-PING JACK CHIA FRANK YUNG LOO SIEW POH SIM KEE BOON RAYMOND LUM JIMMY PEH Some day, they may be names to be reckoned with outside the limited confines of Singapore's tiny domestic market. One or two may even make the prestigious Fortune 500 list of
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  • RACING
    • 108 16 1966 PARAKEE 47.5 Kingston 1%7 TOP POWER 57 Bmigoare 1968 CHAI MAN 54 (oleman 1969 MOONBEAM 48.5 M. Lee 1970 DATTIVS CHOICE 53.5 (oleman 1971 ROYAL MARK 50 Harbrldg? 1972 SIAPA RAJAH 49 (oleman 1973 FIREBRAND 55 .5 < ulrman 1974 SHADOWFAX 51.5 Thorns 1975 MALLANE 54
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    • 263 16  -  PEDIGREE By Our man on the track Chens to claim another year-end classic PENANG Thorold can give Chens Stable a back-to-back victory m today's $150,000 Governor's Gold Cup, final classic of the season. Last year's victor, Truth, has gone amiss, but Chens could not hope
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    • 3062 16 V^fV^W 1.45 CLASS 4 DIV 6 1,400 m Ttj^B (Ratings: 69-56) (Stakes: $13,000) 1 0904 Man Of Mars II 57 (69) C O-Yeoh 3ag ul .5. Made up ground m straight for long 4th to Speed Hunt last week C 4-7 1200 m his best effort from
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    • 2153 16 ■MMP«| 4.20 CLASS 2,200 m JifJMi^J (Ratings: 186-149) Vsf\'\i±M (Stakes: $150,000) 1 281*63 St Gallen 59 (186) Equus-Read 7 nzg +2. By Decies; dour stayer with four wins up to 2200 m; won 1984 Governor's Gold Cup m record time; whipped Chinese Wall by 3 lengths m
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    • 131 16 Chollimah a wild card in two titles CHOLLIMAH can play a hand m settling both the jockeys and owners prei mierships today. Victory by Chollima'.i m the Governor's Gold Cup would clinch the owners' title for Goodman Stable I and give jockey Peter l Johnson one of the two winners
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    • Article, Illustration
      150 16 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Bylon. RazorSharp. RACE 2: Tiba Tiba 11. Emu. Noble Native RACE 3: Chevalier Dv Vaal. Bulan Bintang. Nine Lines. Beau Cadeau. Cattleya 11. RACE i: Piacco Royale. Chung Ling. Open Heart 111, Kilo Kilo. RACE a:
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    • 296 17 Declared null and void after false start PENANG Within exactly a year, a race was declared null and void here yesterday, writes PEDIGREE. In Race 7 yesterday. Indiscreet II (apprentice Azhar) broke through the gates and triggered a false start. There were nine runners after Diamond Cutter
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    • 724 17 By OUR RACING TEAM PENANG Jockey K.C. Ng yesterday started off with a bang when he slammed m outsider Harmony an easy winner m the opening race to be three-up on New Zealander Peter Johnson. But Johnson promptly kicked home Tanjong Bungah 111 m the next race.
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    • 1304 17 Cl 2 Ipoh 1100 m str soft April 19 Le»ng 5 *****9 Peak Of Perfection IX 51 (1«) Lucky-Teh 5 nzh -1.5. Beat two home m field of 11 to Triton last week Cl-1 1200 m; found one to beat m both ruas at Ipoh; went down
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    • 1267 17 Ng has five mounts this afternoon and Johnson eight 1 Beljng Fighter 56.5 (29-12) Rahmat (8) 3 4 4 11 Robber Baron II 52 c 52.5 P Johnson (7) 19 7 5 5 Mr Nice Guy 54.5(36-12) Khoo (9) 2 3 S 7 Teluk Tempoyak II 53.5 c5l (79-20) Samsuri
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 88 17 With D«*p*«t Sympathy* Condoltnctt M To Our Managing Director I MR. TONG CHONG KWANG I A Hit Family Oft Hw damiM of thmr t>*lov»d Fatrwr f MR. TONG JIJ SENG who passed away peacefully on Ist January 1987 at the age I of 80 years. I
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    • 532 17 Mdm Annie Chew Ewe Sim (Mrs C. l3. Tan) Age 66 went to be with her Lord Jesus on 3.1.87 leaving behind: Son 9: DauQhtf-tn-law William Llm Seng Kool Ong Soh Keow Richard Tan Slang Eng Ng Say Tin Alan Tan Seang Telk Margaret Uew Slew
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      132 17 HOW CHEW WAH Age: 67 pateed away peacefully on 2.1.47 leaving behind beloved wile chHdren and grandchttdren. Body lying at AH Saints Memorial Chapel. S Poh Huat Road. Cortege toaves AH Saint* Memorial Chapel at 2 00 p.m. on 6/1/87 tor Mt Vernon Crematoria Hall 2 Call 2M5487
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    • 116 17 The family of the late MR K. PERUMAL PATHAR Dep*r lad M.12.86 wishes to eipre** their sincere thank* A appreciation to reutive*. friends, colleagues A doctors 4 staff ol Ward 31. TTSH tor their assistance, donations, condolences 4 kind attendance durng their recent bereavement. MDM MAY WOO passed
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      172 17 ANNIVERSARY 1 IN PRECIOUS MEMORY OF MRS TAN AH TAH (NEE MDM WONG SIEW YONG) DEPARTED. 4th January 1984 Today recalls sad memories. Of a dear one gone to rest. And the one uho thinks of her today. Is the one who loves her best IV.»rk missed
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  • SPORT
    • 1391 18  -  ALAN HUBBABD Quotable quotes of personalities ranging from the profound and profane to the pithy and puerile I F the pen really is mightier 1 than the sword, how much more powerful is the word than the deed? The question becomes particularly
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    • 1169 18  -  JANICE SEAH Said and Done How grand ol' dad of 62 starts life anew with the marathon IT was his son's doing, of course. These rebel children, always knocking tradition. Poor ol' Dad. He'd been told by his father before him that middle age was a
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    • SPORT WORLDWIDE
      • 44 18 BRISBANE Top seed Hana Mandlikova, of Czechoslovakia, will meet America's Pam Shriver m the final of the Brisbane Classic tennis tournament. Hana overcame compatriot Helena Sukova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 while Pam won her semi-final against another American, Betsy Nagelsen, 6-1, 6-3.
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      • 80 18 BLACKPOOL Cliff Wilson, recovering from influenza, gave fel-low-Welshman Wayne Jones a headache here as he reeled off five frames m a row to become the first player to reach the quarterfinals of the Mercantile Credit Classic snooker tournament. Jones raced into a 3-0 lead but Wilson staged
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      • 90 18 CALGARY Canada salvaged a little pride with a 6-1 victory over the United States to win the bronze medal at the Calgary Cup ice hockey tournament. The win was the first for the Canadian Olympic team who lost all three preliminary-round games. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union will
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      • 53 18 PRAGUE Czechoslovakia are within reach of a gold medal after defeating Switzerland 8-1 m the World junior ice hockey championship. The United States defeated the Soviet Union 4-2 to set up a chance for the Americans to capture the bronze medal. Canada beat Sweden 4-3 while Finland
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      • 69 18 NEW YORK Detroit edged out New Jersey Nets 129-128 m a National Basketball Association game. Other results: Boston 113 Chicago 99; Detroit 129 New Jersey 128; Indiana 116 Los Angeles Clippers 106; Milwaukee 91 Cleveland 84; Atlanta 118 Washington 101. Dallas 117 Seattle 107; Houston 114 Denver
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    • 231 19 Protests fly as defence is thrown into turmoil YACHTING FREMANTLE Australia's defence of the America's Cap was thrown into turmoil here yesterday, with protests on and off the water. For the second time m a week, Alan Bond's Australia IV was involved m a collision which could put his Cup
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    • 286 19 LONDON Republic of Ireland striker, Michael Robinson, was taken off the Queen's Park Rangers transfer list on Friday after the club rejected an approach from Spanish First Division club, Osasuna. "Robinson doesn't want to leave and after the way he has played m the last four matches we
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    • 898 19  -  TAY CHEN6 KHOOM Joe plays Guru m Mum's fairway-tale TEE TO GREEN N A recent article m the Reader's Digest, Norman Vincent Peale recounted an ancient Persian story of a hunchbacked prince. Determined to overcome his handicap, he made a statue of himself as
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    • 1111 19  -  ROB HUSHES Grandpa Ernie's legacy lives on and all's well with the Aliens TALK OF SOCCER QAGENHAM, east of Lon*^don Docks, is the place Henry Ford chose for his United Kingdom production line. It is also where old grandfather Allen began a remarkable
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    • 270 19 FLORIDA Hale Irwin posted a four-under-par 68 to share the lead with overnight leader Scott Verplank after two rounds of the U*****,000 ($540,500) Florica invitational tournament. Verplank added a one-under 71 to his 66 for a seven-under 137 total. The 41-year-old Irwin, who had not
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    • 72 19 BOWLING Jindao Beer Challenge of Champions (Striker's Bowl. 9am, Kirn Seng Bowl, 6.30pm). HOCKEY PugK*l Cup: Punggol CSC v Punggol Tigers (Balestier Rd, spm). SOCCER NFL Dlv O«e: Farrer Park Utd v Toa Payoh Utd (Jin Besar), Changi v Tampines Rovers (Queenstown) Both at 4.45pm. Dlv Hut*: Mountbatten
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    • 104 18 VHP" R% __I!n^J A new publication by TIMES, Racing Guide gives you: iH Trackwork fables Best times B^^Cf^lr ''"^M Ikl Homebase trackwork Selections table B| B^pi [jl B^H PM Form Race card summary j IB |fl l^tfl I Time Rate flr f I And more the latest information expertly packaged
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • 429 20  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By I THE sparkle that was expected was missing. The Division Two match between Geylang Internationals and Tyrwhitt Soccerites at Redok Athletic Centre produced a display that, at best, was as appetising as New Year leftovers. And this was despite the
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    • 157 20 England beat Windies PERTH England beat the West Indies by 19 runs m the four-na-tion One-day Cricket Challenge tournament here yesterday. Chasing England's 228 for nine, the West Indies were dismissed for 209 with 10 balls of the alloted 50 overs remaining. Needing to score at a rate of 4.58
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    • 357 20  -  JOE DORAI By THE National Football League's kick-off yesterday was a disappointment not only to the organisers but also to pre-tourna-ment favourites Armed Forces and Geylang Internationals. The Football Association of Singapore's move to bring the matches to the fans' doorstep resulted m fewer than 2,000 fans
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    • 261 20  -  JANICE SEAH SHOUTING at herself for encouragement, Koh Li Ping defended her national senior women's table tennis title with a 19-21, 21-16, 21-9, 21-14 victory over South-east Asia Games heroine Patricia Kirn at Toa Pay oh last night. Li Ping, an 18-year-old Bedok
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    • 274 20 A FIRM friend came on a flying visit to say congratulations to November's Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month award winner. Francis Leong, who hails from Brunei, won the reader's nomination contest when he picked discus thrower James Wong as most deserving of the
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    • 207 20 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON GRAEME SHARP'S second-half goal helped Everton notch their first victory on the plastic pitch at Queen's Park Rangers and cut Arsenal's lead at the top of the First Division to one point yesterday. Everton are the only side m England to emerge from
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    • 288 20 DIVISION ONE Aston Villa 0 Forest 0 Leicester 6 Sheff Wed 1 Liverpool 1 West Ham 0 l.uton 1 Chelsea 0 Man City 1 Oxford 0 Newcastle 1 Coventry 2 Norwich 1 Charlton 1 QPR 0 Everton 1 Southampton 1 Man United 1 Wimbledon 2 Watford I Teday: Tottenham
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  • TV PLUS
    • 8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, January 4, 1987
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    • 152 1 TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE KINOSHTTA FESTIVAL: 24 Eyes. Drama chronicling 20 years m the lives of a teacher and her pupils m a small sea-village. Stars Hideko Takamine, Yumeji Tsukioka and Toshiko Kobayashi. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles by SBC. Ch 12, 8.30 pm. EASY STREET. Loni Anderson stars m this
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    • TV EYE
      • 718 2  -  JULIE TAN SUMIKO TAN LOOK EABT ■By TV REVIEW By HONGKONG singer Loi Fong could well be recruited to campaign for Singapore's current anti-smoking drive. According to reports, he is working very hard to kick the habit. Previously a non-smoker, Loi Fong started puffing
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      • 368 2 And the previous years' New Year Eve shows, held outside City Hall and then the National Stadium, were also more celebrative. But Heartstrings' New Year-charity theme was a worthy one and the aim getting people to call m with donations was thankfully done with dignity
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      • 371 2  - Insights into the workings of a newsroom ROSNAH AHMAO TV REVIEW By LAST month saw the debut of two British series about the media both dealing with the subject m totally different ways. Lytton's Diary (Saturdays, RTM 2, 11 pm) is a straight drama series set m the newsroom of
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      • 363 2 SEX, confusion and farce are familiar partners. But when the British tackle these topics and put them m the context of foreign shores, then all hell breaks loose. The British don't pull their punches when it comes to taking the mickey out
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    • CINEMA
      • 555 3 A very serious Brandon pulls no punches As the son of the late gongfu star Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee will be under much scrutiny m his big screen debut, Legacy of Rage. JULIE TAN reviews the film and also interviews the movie's other American-bred star Michael Wong. LEGACY OF RAGE
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      • 632 3  -  JOHN BLAKE (IPS) L* HOLLYWOOD NEW Bond girl Maryam D' Abo's secret is out she once appeared m a blue film. When named the latest 007 beauty, the 25-year-old blonde claimed she would never strip for the screen. But it has
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      • 537 3 MICHAEL Wong comes from Los Angeles, United States and barely speaks or understands Cantonese. But that isn't about to stop him from being groomed by Hongkong film-makers into the next heartthrob. In recent years, the colony's movie companies have not been deterred by the
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    • Young life
      • 272 4 TOMORROW is the real start of the New Year. It's back to school, new classrooms, even new schools for some of you. Did you have a good December? I did. I can't remember when I had such a wonderful month. What did I do that was so fantastic,
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      • 277 4 IF YOU went off somewhere for your December holidays, you might have got a T-shirt from Malacca, Thailand or wherever as a souvenir. The trouble with such souvenir T-shirts is that after some time, they fade and there goes your souvenir. You can make them
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      • 63 4 Where are the Pillars of Hercules? On either side of the Straits of Gibraltar, which lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Greek legend says Hercules threw up two rocks while on his way to capture a monster living on an Atlantic island. One formed
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      • 510 4 BIRDS WHEN something is long gone, we use the expression: "It's as dead as the dodo." The dodo was a large clumsy bird found on the island of Mauritius. It was so fat and had such short stubby wings that it couldn't even fly. But until man came
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      • 299 4 FIRST came the food; then the fun and games. The 20-odd children who did not show up for the Christmas party last Sunday missed some fun. Those who did go showed up bright and early, even before the doors of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant m
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        38 13 He's the lead star m The Fly, a film that's been described by American critics as nauseating, but has had audiences swarming to see it. Jeff Goldblum (right) tells MINTY CLINCH how his career took wing. i
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      • 927 13 Actor who thrives on taking risks Jt.tt uoldblum is tall, dark and not very handsome. However, he does have the courage of his convictions and one of them is that he deserves to be one of Hollywood's favourite sons. Now he is, thanks to his portrayal of The Fly (now
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    • MUSIC
      • 466 14  - Rita gives old tunes fresh appeal DANNY TAN By IN AN age when rock veterans are out to revive their commercial appeal by lacing dated musical styles with modern instrumentation, Rita Coolidge comes across like a fresh breeze above the heated frenzy. Her performance last weekend, at the Tudor Ballroom
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      • 790 14 Dressed up to the nines, the fans turned up m droves last weekend to catch Hongkong pop star Alan Tarn m action, and very nearly brought the house down with their frenzied screaming. JULIE TAN went along to try and figure out
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    • 806 1 SBC 5 1 SBC 8 BTIWI 8.30 A.M. SBCTEXT. Sample pages 2.20 P.M. SBCTEXT. Sample pages 7.50 A.M. PROGRAMME AND QURAN. 9.00 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS FOLLOWED BY 2.50 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS FOLLOWED BY 8.00 NEWS. THE OZLETS. Cartoon REMI (C) 8.10 HERE COMES THE GRUMP. 9.30 CAREBEARS. 3.20 DINKY DOG (last episode)
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    • 261 3 And the winners of our Entertainment Poll Lucky Draw are... 1 —Tmmtm I THE following are the 30 lucky winners of The Sunday Times Entertainment PoT. I Each will receive free cinema-passes, movie posters, film soundtrack and pop ■MM* m friMNTt albums, postcards and calendars. k YONG KWEK KUEN of
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    • 266 4 For a good start m school turn to Oxford Mathematical Instruments Helix-Oxford is the name that has been trusted for generations Ask your parents 111 !s> *^i^. They can tell you how they and their friends all relied on Oxford maths set to help them 111 JC' '>&f+'* St^ i::::^3i>^
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    • 225 4 Word Game ™i liiril'rJ'Hrl'BSa |i^| W| M^ y*^ Z^^^ -4\^ KOGK /I >.\ I J Ramu. What did the Baby v^SZkM*) h^rf>to>^WK\ 1 TTI mH^H\ J W W n Corn say to the Mother Com? IoT -^J— LJt-P^B| L— (noun): the border of any- V 7 Leela: Where's Pop Corn?
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    • 156 7 lUC RHH I new I r^ 1 I TODAY'S WORLD 1 "Gaorga missas tha Navy, ha juat aita "I'd lika a change from looking attar "I know you lika plants but do wa hava .\i ~7 P" x&S) m tha bath all day long!" tha parrots!" to hava a sprinklar
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    • 545 11 32 Photography/ Video Filming EXCHANGE CAMERA CENTRE We kDE-IN an brands oi cameras "01-05 Sim Lim Tower. 10 Jalan Besar Singapore 0820 WEDDING VIDEO FILMING, creative Si clear, reasonable rates. David' *****88 for sample. 33 Babysitting/ Child Care Centre BABYSITTER WISHES TO look after babies (day time). Queensway area. Call:
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    • 673 11 38 TV/ Video/ Hi-Fi AERIALS INSTALLATIONS- TECHNICAL Servicing repairs Telefunken. Sharp. Roxy. Graetz. ITT. Sie»-a. Philips. Setron. Normande. Singer, colour TV on the spot, fixing video Reasonable charges day service to Bpm. Telephone *****75/ *****23 ANTENNA INSTALLATION CALL: *****50- *****47 for Immediate attend, free estimate We g'teed our product workmanship
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    • 816 11 72 Situation* Vacant: Technical CARGO/ MARINE OFFICERS reqd by survey firm. Send resume Lei no to Blk 2022. Bt Batok In 1 Park. St 23. Spore 2365 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous U.S. mpptmi company looking lor OUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR Job bonofiU include: Highly paid remuneration. Workman's Compensation and good working
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    • 914 12 93 For Sale: Honda I JUNE 84 CIVIC 1 BOL Ist owner Well maintained Full accessories $28,000 ono Tel 5646 Ki0 NEAR '84 HONDA Accord, standard. 1 pie owner, full accessories, accident free Tel *****86 OCT. 79 HONDA Accord manual. pte owner, tip top cond Tel *****59 WILLING TO PAY
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    • 2008 12 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments Elegant Apartments m the Heart of the City. Beautifully architcctured facilities Security service apartments located ai Paterson Ample covered carparks Road Within strolling distance of Orchard Road Near Showflat Open from MRT Station Rarklike grounds 10.00 am 5.30pm
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    • 608 12 109 Accommodation Wanted: Houses BUNGLWS WITH POOL IVfIMI reqd by executives m dV 10. II Budget $5,000 onwards Holland *****79 (on Monday) URGENTLY REQ'O. DETACHEO bunglws with s/pool for immediate occupation Good budget Viewing appt call *****65 110 Accommodation Wanted Apartments EXPAT FAMILY URGENTLY t quires new 3/ 4-bdrm apt
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    • 970 13 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments _j^tl I^^ *laitJ a^a> flat »C «W I aBBHv ■Mfek. 1 chO*^ te+ «r mm a Bookings ft Enqu *>es I SUB TIONO LEE SENG PTE. LTD. j 10 JALAN BESAR '05-02. SIM LIM TOWER. SINGAPORE 0820 I Sri* t»i
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    • 705 13 116 For Sale: HOB Apartments CLEMENTI PURE 4-RM. Blk 349 high fir., newly done $88,000 neg./ Paya Lebar 81k.122 ceramic, cabinets *****33 (Mon. 10am). NO CASH NEEDED. 3rm Hougang Aye. 1 (Lor. Ah Soo) Ceramic throughout. Only 5 yrs. Full CPF. *****83 (Peter). PURE 4-ROOM AM. Klo Blk 472 all
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    • 83 14 TOP OF THE POPS Singapore 1.(3) Everybody Have Fun Tonight 6(2) I Didn't Mean to Turn You on Wang Chung Robert Palmer 2.(1) The Rain 7(8) Sweet Love Oran "Juice" Jones Anita Baker 3 Open Your Heart 8( Each Time You Break My Heart Madonna Nick Kamen 4.(5) Through the
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
    • 8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, January 4, 1987
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    • 2056 1 EXPATRIATE WIVES IN SINGAPORE B^Beyond Bj^ the facade of 5^ fun and frolic, wives of expatriates here have more on their minds than just contemplating the world over morning coffee or champagni by moonlight. ANNE LOW discovers the undercurrent of deef frustration m some with the
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      • 878 1 P3 Zm^ I (B) VShinese &ew &ear %fong &ao Special jgi jjM^^y «s^^^^ ALL JAPAN JMM^4^^ hong kong discovery 4 days taiwan/honguong Thailand JmKmF Mm' 'Ik By JH /minrrn m£ffiTW fromsioBB tour s/8/9 days from $1250 *3r4 Er *r*zL -^SrWßßiw^^W^^^^fHß^^BH^BßP^l I*^^*^^*-*' '^^^P^Pl^r Hongkong/Kowloon By Nit&'Ocean Park/Sung Dynasty Macau Taipei/Yehliu/Full Red
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    • FEATURE
      • 35 2 MIND BODY Catching employees doing something right and praising them correctly is not as easy as it first seems. KENNETH BLANCHARD, the author of One Minute Manager shares tt~e benefits of being a positive-thinking manager
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      • 678 2 A PERPLEXED manager recently asked me why he was having trouble with a technique I prescribe: The One Minute Praising. "Ken," he said, "I'm doing what you suggested. I'm praising people from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays but
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    • FASHION
      • 628 3 10 of the Best pieces There is no need to overhaul your wardrobe just because fashion has switched from tailored to flirty and feminine. All you need to update your looks are 10 key pieces recommended by Singapore store buyers and designers. LIM PHAY-LING draws up the style-saving list. "Buy
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      • 693 4  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT I I !L IN THE monotony of our look-alike, taste-alike seafood restaurants, Jing Shan offers a delicious alternative. This simple establishment, at the junction of Jalan Jamal and Upper East Coast Road, serves all the usual seafood favourites as well as more
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      • 1518 4 After the binge, the diet. But which one works and keeps the kilos off? In the first of two parts, dietitians LANNA JACOB, EVELYN FONG and YEONG BOON YEE weigh the merits of seven weight-loss plans which are m vogue. EVERY year marks the advent of
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      • 395 4 V^B _P^* A_P^aV^ar _^^B* aiL 3hi jT Mil orcnid inn THE FRENCH GO CHINESE ON SUNDKYi v^aW I \tk^V t^/""^^ I I of France m esSz^QaW 1_l v 214 Dunearn Road Singapore 1129 Tel: *****22 Px^ Rated by Sunday Times lC_^lr Z*£fo Irt <£»A Zr> CHICKEN RICE /^V_^^K_^P 4ikt PORRIDGE
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      • 621 5 Subscribe to a magazine or be shamed MILES KINGTON, Times of London columnist, gets a letter that seems written with his interests at heart I SOMETIMES receive letters, as I am sure you do, which was phrased so personally that they could only have been done by computer. They tend
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      • 1159 5 Rustic simplicity aside, there's more to Thai country living than meets the eye, as KONG SOOK CHIN discovers m a model villageT THEY eat the fences m Wantagoo village, 56 km from Bangkok. No, the villagers are not driven to such desperate
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      • 686 5 JSTUDY AT HOME OR ABROAD! TkIIII Ac A fVMtll%9fftl7 Nnm,V 1 HH»MN, MANAttl M 1 |111| IU /I, ||||l >|M if •ja wutiMiiNMin ii <>» tM.isfHUM, «M»irunt< .jkgc (mim.. —^__^^_^m mm mmt M M^^^p ~^^^H W^ 3 L.«.fcm AFB [riMjrc<,«ir%c* [n ,»h 1 umull .^kur rhc < cnirr K/m|^~^B I
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      • 1406 6 From the Yangtze River to the Dead Sea, there's a place to visit at the right time and season f "I DECREED Visit Thailand Year to IftlJ commemorate tJMII King Bhumibol's auspicious 60th Irtaiand birthday, 1987 is filled with special w^mmmmmmr events planned for every
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      • 938 6  - Beating about the bush in search of tigers in Nepal CARINE SCHURMAN By NO ONE uttered a sound. Only the crushing of shrubs or the snapping of a twig broke the silence m the dense sal forest. Wedged among three other riders on the howdah-backed elephant, I sensed a big
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      • 135 6 He's the Banquet Manager at Hyatt transforming it into the kind of atmosphere Regency Singapore. And strange as it that will take your breath away, sounds, he specialises m marriages. So when you're planning your From Chinese to Malay. And from wedding reception, give our Banquet the traditional to the
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    • Weddings
      • 650 7  -  CHRIS CHIA By FRANK SINATRA does things his way "And now, the end is near and so I face the final curtain I'm no Sinatra but, like him, the end is very near for me. You see, I'm getting
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      • 626 7  -  NORA CHENG TO START THIS SUPPLEMENT, OUR WRITERS FIND OUT THAT ALL THINGS BRIDE AND BEAUTIFUL NEED A HEADSTART By PHEW! It's all over and I've safely tied the knot without incident. But I still vividly remember the day I sat at my desk m the office
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      • 480 8 Ivory and lace THE modern bride dares to be different, but she also wants to be comfortable on her big day. To show her how she can achieve both, we have picked a few designs from Irene's Creation at Delfi Orchard. These clothes are far from
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      • 291 8 Forget these not IT'S the little things which cause big headaches if you don't watch out when you're getting ready for your wedding. If you are doing most of the buying and co-ordinating yourself, here are some ideas to help ease the job of looking around. Bouquets: One important item
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      • 1004 9 Silk and satin GROOMS stand up and be noticed. It's your big day, too. Being on a budget is no excuse as all you need is a good tailor, the right fabric and a good design. These collections from two shops Prestigio Collezione and Man
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      • 344 10  - A package to suit your pocket MARA FERNANDEZ By IF YOUR parents or in-laws are insisting on at least a medium-sized wedding, and if you can afford this, it is best that you leave the planning to the experts the hotels. Hotels do try to outdo each other, so you
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      • 193 11 ONE occasion when good old-fashioned common sense should prevail is when it comes to giving gifts to newlyweds. Couples do prefer gifts they can use rather than something for display, so it is no surprise that most of the items recommended here are household items. Plctnre 1.
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      • 364 11  -  JACQUELINE WONG YOUR wedding day is not the right time to experiment with a new look without trying it out beforehand to make sure it suits you. Bridal style includes everything from dress design to grooming tips. Mrs Amy Chen, consultant and owner of Kolin Bridal
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      • 1410 12  -  IRENE HOE By IF you overhear a Singaporean talk of "getting registered", it doesn't mean he's about to enlist m the army: It means he's planning his wedding. While marriages are usually solemnised by civil ceremonies, many Singaporeans see the visit to the Registry of Marriages
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      • 583 13  - Occasion for tiers of happiness JACQUELINE WONG By H CAKES of sugar and spice have always been hot favourites at wedding receptions, bachelor parties or engagement celebrations. No matter what your choice of filling is buttercream, carrot, plum or apricot imagination is the most important ingredient m this culinary creation.
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      • 677 13  -  JACQUELINE WONG CAREFUL selection of wedding music starts life together on the right note, and is just as important as any other aspect of your bridal ceremony. First, decide on the mood of your wedding, whether it is to be formal, semi-formal or informal. A formal
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      • 53 8 CQO O&M&fW de 'CAJarnagp (L^^ Wedding Gowns Photo Studio tfj 208 Tanjong Kafong Road. Singapore 1543. Tel: *****16, 345*131 V^^^^ WEDDING GOWNS SPECIALIST HIRE OR SALE V* Imported Designs Custom Tailored Export Enquiries Custom Designed Wedding Apparel Welcome [W Ads of the same nature flock together m The Straits Times
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      • 79 9 lARA FERNANDEZ Pictures: MICHAEL LIEW 4-' 7 '-'^:^^^P^HHBl .^v V mill I Wodern^SnQaP 0 c f^V^rtTlO V Bright Photo Studio Bridal Saloon O. W||W v 5. Tai Thong Crescent 4 L O^ (Near Macpherson Market) Singapore 1 334. Clementl Bright Photo studio m *****78 *****98 Bridal saloon Clementl Bright wedding
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      • 474 10 THE WEDDING PROPOSAL Royal Holiday Inn gives you the perfect wedding package on your Big Day! Royal Holiday Inn makes 'every wedding the for Chinese tea. pickles and hand towels Free VC'edding of the Year. On your wedding day. leave parking facilities for all your guests. all the planning and
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      • 194 10 #> j* WHVWEFVSS (V^Mf WEDDING? /WKvM 611 y ou celebrate your wedding at PJ^ /Ailß^B Pin Hsiang Restaurant, you 7 1l be l treated to more than just the I I j f^ \1 1 customary wedding cake and fine 1t( Chinese dishes. We 7/ make sure of this plus
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