The Straits Times, 24 January 1988

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    Masthead
    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2693 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87
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  • Article
    You give the answers, says PM
    740 1 Message to younger S'poreans at party convention MR LEE Kuan Yew, whose speeches usually provide the answers, last night delivered one m which he posed the questions to a new generation of younger Singaporeans. He asked them: "What cries out to be done? Your
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    US gives S'pore assurance on duty-free goods
    382 1 US gives S'pore assurance on duty-free goods THE United States will take Singapore's views "very much into account" before deciding whether to drop or reduce du-ty-free treatment for Singapore goods, visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Dr Gaston Sigur said yesterday He said Singapore
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  • Article
    Dhana leaves for Jakarta tomorrow
    181 1 FOREIGN Affairs Minister S. Dhanabalan leaves for Jakarta tomorrow on a five-day trip to help foster bilateral relations and strengthen links between Singapore and Indonesian leaders. A Foreign Affairs Ministry statement yesterday said Mr Dhanabalan will call on President Suharto and hold talks with his
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  • Article
    Lock icon $20m richer — after her lottery tickets were spurned
    287 1 $20m richer after her lottery tickets were spurned COLUMBIA (Illinois) Bartender Sue Zera was hard at work serving the lunchtime crowd at Ollie 's Tavern on Friday despite being US$lO million (Ss2o million) richer after making a mistake m filling a customer's order for lottery tickets. "We've got to serve
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    Lock icon 'Everybody's choice' bags the Talentime trophy
    344 1  -  JANICE SEAH Story by SHE was late, her hair was still damp and she was half asleep. But those were the least of her problems. Foremost on 19-year-old Miss Yong Suan Lin's mind as she walked out of her Ang Mo Kio flat yesterday
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  • Article
    Team MPs: Deadline for public views extended
    303 1 Team MPs: Deadline for public views extended THE Parliamentary Select Committee set up to study the Team MP legislation has extended its deadline for representations from the public by two weeks. The Clerk of Parliament said yesterday the deadline has been moved from Feb 1 to Feb 15, following a
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      117 1 DIAMONDS Think Quality First cr vw "1 1 CTx Shangri-la Hotel Tel: *****89 tocus Market crash hits HK's hopes of autonomy Civilised life needs queuers who are uncivil Wild spending days to come? i SUNDAY PLUS Mr X and his $18 m fraud Hot on the Thai food trail Livewire
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      12 1 M«re reports Page 2 Holmes goes down m four rounds Page 23
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • AT A GLANCE
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        FOREIGN MANAGERS WELCOME
        69 2 Anyone who has the skill to manage a business well should be allowed to do so in China even if he is a foreigner, said Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Mr Zhao was quoted by Xinhua news agency yesterday as saying the involvement of foreigners in
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        TEST-TUBE BABY PACT
        91 2 ji- Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), or the test-tube baby method, received a big boost yesterday when the Health Ministry, Thomson Medical Centre and London's King's College Hospital signed a pact for the transfer of the latter's expertise to Singapore. The agreement for the development of IVF services here
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        NEED FOR GOOD CIVIL SERVANTS
        70 2 Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he was confident that Malaysia would grow to join the ranks of other newly-industrialised countries if the civil service continued to provide excellent service to the people and the country. He said a country will either progress
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        ARMED FORCES DIVIDED
        83 2 The resignation of Defence Secretary Rafael Ileto has highlighted the deep division in the armed forces of the Philippines in the fight against the communist rebels. Mr Ileto resigned on Thursday saying that the reorganisation of the military had not proceeded as he had envisioned. He wanted
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        COMPUTERS IN COURT
        73 2 Computers are increasingly being used in the United States to settle disputes in courts, and may soon be walking the police beat, too. A handful of computer graphics firms have sprung up across the United States with the ability to produce slick, computer-generated reconstructions of accident scenes.
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        SOVIET PRESS RAPPED
        61 2 he Soviet Defenc* Minister, in a rare television appearance, has sharply criticised the Soviet press for undermining public respect for the army. General Dmitri T. Yazov, who was named Defence Minister in June, said this week that some of the more outspoken Soviet publications had degraded the
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        RAG-AND-BONE TRADE AT PORT
        88 2 R AG- AND-BONE TRADE AT PORT Since the Lorong Halus charcoal port was set up in Tampines about two years ago, half a dozen or so rag-and-bone men have been rumbling in just before sunset with lor-ry-loads of old mattresses, clothes, tables, metal beds and mats almost anything one needs
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        SAVE OUR BUILDING PLEA
        55 2 The Salvation Army, the international organisation dedicated to helping others, is in need of aid to restore its run-down headquarters. Restoring and rebuilding of the old mansion in Clemenceau Avenue, which once belonged to wealthy Teochew gambier and pepper merchant Tan Yeok Nee, is expected to
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      • SPORTS
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          UNDISPUTED CHAMPION
          97 2 Mike Tyson retained his unified world boxing crown when he stopped former champion Larry Holmes with a barrage of lethal blows in the fourth round of their 12-round title fight at Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday. The 21-year-old Tyson sent Holmes, 38, down onto the canvas three
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          FORCES BEAT TIONG BAHRU
          102 2 Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association scored a shock 2-1 win over Tiong Bahru in a Singapore Pools Premier League soccer match at Ang Mo Kio Stadium yesterday. Safsa dished out a determined display to outplay last year's National Football League and President's Cup champions. Abdullah Borhan
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      Lock icon A song to unite the faithful
      287 2 A song to unite the faithful PAP holds first party convention since 1954 when it was inaugurated to end colonial rule THESE PAP leaders Joined I,SH other party activists In the first public rendition of their Party Song at the openIng of the convention last night. Mr Lee Kuan Yew,
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      In pursuit of new goals and ways
      2708 2 Today, People's Action Party members gathered at the Singapore Conference Hall will debate the Agenda For Action, the party document spelling out Singapore's goals and challenges and the future of the party. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew addressed the opening of the historic
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      A glad hand for old-timers
      139 2 WITH a framed certificate, a gold medal and a lightningbolt pin, the People's Action Party said thank you to Madam Sim Lai Choon, 70, last night. A housewife, Madam Sim joined the party 25 years ago after a neighbour persuaded her to get involved m
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      Through the skies in high style
      362 3 FOR sheer luxury, this beauty wins hands down. The wide body of the Falcon 900 gives lots of space for that touch of chic m its interior design. It wculd almost be a crime to serve anything less than caviar and champagne on board
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      Air show's Mr Safety had own brush with death
      543 3 I have seen too many accidents due to too many planes flying too low or coming out of acrobatic manoeuvres like loops and not being able to go straight up. ONE minute, his prototype Harrier jet was streaking along just 80
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      Lock icon Aids is surging into Africa's middle class
      822 3 POINTE NOIRE (Congo) This disease is striking down skilled men who represent the continent's investment m the future. JEAN Marie Matsiona, a 38-year-old oil tanker navigator, is one of the one million Africans expected to die of Aids in the next decade. Not
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      169 2 TRAVELLERS 1 HEACHER Adelaide 18 20 C Rain Los \n%e\m 419 C Gear Amsterdam 25C Goudy Madrid 2 13 C Goudy Athena 6/11 C Goudy Manila 22 33C Sunny Auckland 15/21 C Goudy Melbourne 16 20 C Rain Bahrain 1119 C Gear Moscow -16 -7 C Snow Bangkok 22 31C
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Foreigners too can run state enterprises: Zhao
      339 4 BEIJING Anyone Chinese or foreigner should be allowed to run a business m China as long as he is competent, Communist Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang was quoted yesterday by Xinhua news agency as saying. "Whoever is competent to run enterprises well and
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      Lock icon Rapist who killed two girls nailed by genetic test
      211 4 Rapist who killed two girls nailed by genetic test LEICESTER (England) A man arrested on evidence provided by a new genetic fingerprinting technique confessed m a Crown Court here on Friday to the rape and murder of two 15-year-old girls. Colin Pitchfork, 27, was sentenced to life imprisonment. A former
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      Lock icon Seven in family among 11 killed in Punjab incidents
      370 4 Seven in family among 1 1 killed in Punjab incidents NEW DELHI Sikh separatists killed nine people and police shot dead two militants m separate overnight incidents m Punjab. And a Hindu-led strike yesterday m protest against the killing of a number of Hindus by Sikhs immobilised several towns m
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      Lock icon UN to review West Bank situation
      192 4 UNITED NATIONS The Security Council next week will again consider the situation m the West Bank and Gaza Strip, following a United Nations report that called on Israel to "correct" its harsh measures for dealing with the unrest. Sir Crispin Tickell of Britain, the
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      Lock icon Chiang's casket moved to shrine
      192 4 TAIPEI About 70,000 more grieving Taiwanese, m addition to the 80,000 the day before, paid their final respects yesterday to the late President Chiang Ching-kuo. They filed through a shrine m suburban Taipei where his body lay m state. President Lee Teng-hui, a native Taiwanese
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      Lock icon Pravda repeats Gorbachev's summit call
      208 4 Pravda repeats Gorbachev's summit call MOSCOW The Communist Party newspaper Pravda yesterday repeated a call by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (or a Soviet-Chinese summit, saying it had become a necessity. In a commentary signed by Pravda commentator Vsevolod Ovchinnikov, Pravda said that the main obstacle raised by China to holding
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      Lock icon Colombo passes law to allow Tamils to run own affairs
      425 4 Colombo passes law to allow Tamils to run own affairs COLOMBO The Sri Lankan Parliament passed on Friday a controversial law to enable the minority Tamils to elect a council to run their own affairs. The Bill details election procedures for provincial councils and was passed by 101 votes to
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      Lock icon Tunisia and Egypt resume full ties
      132 4 CAIRO Tunisia and Egypt resumed full diplomatic relations yesterday after a break of over eight years, a joint statement said. It added the decision was taken "m the light of growing ties between the two countries and as both are keen on boosting and
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      Lock icon Mediator in Kabul after peace talks in Pakistan
      366 4 Mediator in Kabul after peace talks in Pakistan ISLAMABAD United Nations mediator Diego Cordovez (lew to Kabul yesterday after two days of talks with Pakistani leaders on ending the nine-year-old Afghan war. A UN spokesman said it was important the ground should be well-prepared for the next round of peace
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      Lock icon Soviet defence minister attacks press
      427 5 Soviet defence minister attacks press Some publications weakening respect for army, he says MOSCOW The Soviet Defence Minister, m a rare television appearance, has sharply criticised the Soviet press for undermining public respect for the army. General Dmitri T. Yazov, who was named Defence Minister last June, said this week
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      Lock icon Pig-hen-fish farming may be breeding new flu
      154 5 LONDON Fish farming m the Third World is increasing the risk of a global influenza epidemic against which humans have no natural immunity, according to the latest edition of the science magazine, Nature. Researchers say the risk comes from a new virus that
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      Lock icon Three held over threat to poison margarine
      99 5 Three held over threat to poison margarine HAMBURG Three young men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to poison margarine made by multinational food concern Unilever, if the company did not pay them 7.5 million marks (Ss9 million), police said. A police spokesman said the men were arrested when
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      Lock icon Stowaway cat home after 29-day ordeal in the air
      171 5 SECURE m the arms of owner Janis Kubecki, Felix the globe-trotting cat was finally home m Los Angeles. The furry feline had been "lost" for almost a month m the cargo hold of a Pan-Am aircraft which logged some 290,000 km
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      Lock icon HK financial daily folds up after only two months
      106 5 HONGKONG One of Hongkong's two Chinese-language business newspapers ceased publication on Friday, only two months after it was launched. The Hongkong Financial News, owned by comic book publisher Tony Wong, notified its 40 employees that it would not publish after Friday.
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      Lock icon US warns Japan of retaliation if whales are killed
      307 5 WASHINGTON United States Commerce Secretary William Verity has threatened Japan with possible economic retaliation if it killed any whales on its current expedition m the Antarctic, administration officials said. They said Mr Verity issued the ultimatum as a Japanese factory ship
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      Lock icon Aids man, sick on plane, is taken off and seat burnt
      309 5 Aids man, sick on plane, is taken off and seat burnt MIAMI A man with Aids was removed from a Dutch airline flight bound for Haiti here and the seat he vomited on was taken out of the aircraft and burned, airline officials said. "It is one of the limitations
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      Lock icon Hart to return suspect donations to producer
      256 5 WASHINGTON Former Senator Gary Hart said he will return to a Hollywood videotape producer some apparently improper political donations as his comeback bid for the presidency appeared to be stumbling. It was the latest development m the Hart saga since he stunned other
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      Computers used to settle US court disputes
      354 6  -  ONG MING SEING Slick graphics that reconstruct accident scenes accepted as evidence By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Computers are increasingly being used m the United Staves to settle disputes m courts, and may soon M walking the police beat, too. OMBF'Jter simulations of car
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      Lock icon Britain takes steps to improve air safety
      218 6 LONDON Britain will modernise its air traffic control system by 1990 to improve air safety following recent near misses m Britain's skies, the Civil Aviation Authority said. Its chairman, Mr Christopher Tugendhat, said a £22 million (5579.42 million) computer had been ordered as
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      Lock icon Gasps as white youth gets 30 years for attack on blacks
      318 6 NEW YORK As black spectators applauded and white ones gasped, a British policeman's son has been sentenced up to 30 years m jail for his part m a gang attack on three black men m which one of the
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      Lock icon 5 million to form anti-Rajiv chain
      70 6 NEW DELHI Five million Indians are to link hands across West Bengal on Jan 31 m a communist party scheme to demand the ouster of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's government. The Communist Party of India, which is m power m West Bengal, said it
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    • PEOPLE
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        Anita: I like my body as it is
        114 6 FIRST she was the Bad Girl. Then she became the Arabian Princess. Now she is the Sex Kitten. Anita Mvi (right), Hongkong's 24-year-old singing superstar, has given the public three images, each calculated to tease her far.s' imagination. The latest Sex Kitten
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        The gay side of designing
        72 6  -  PETER HAZELHURST MR YOHJI Yamamoto, one of Japan's most extroverted dress designers, sent shock waves through the industry last week when he declared there are strong limitations for heterosexual men who design clones for women. "For men who are not homosexual, women are a mystery
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        Lock icon Trek to the North Pole
        110 6 BRITISH soldier-adventurer Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes plans to walk unaided to the North Pole, one of the Arctic's last remaining challenges. Sir Ranulph, 43, and two other members of the Great British Polar Quest said they would attempt the 680-km trek from Ward Hunt island at
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        Lock icon A bat against diseases
        86 6 WHEN two of India's top cricketers paid a surprise visit to a Madras children hospital, the predictable result was chaos. Arun Lai and Chetan Sharma took time off during India's final Test match against the West Indies last weekend to support a United Nations scheme to
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        Lock icon TV star in trouble
        64 6 FORMER Diff rent Strokes star Todd Bridges is m trouble with the law. Bridges, now 22, was booked on suspicion of reckless driving after allegedly racing through a Los Angeles residential neighbourhood. Bridges, who played Willis Jackson, one of the adopted sons m the Drummond family
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      American unions lose more members
      204 6  -  ONG MING SEING By WASHINGTON The American labour movement lost 62,000 more members last year despite the creation of 2.5 million new jobs, according to the Labour Department here. The news on Friday came amid speculation by the American Federation of Labour and Congress of
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      Lock icon Australia whoops it up with four-day holiday
      182 6 SYDNEY Australia began a four-day holiday yesterday, climaxing m a massive birthday party to celebrate its development since the first batch of British convicts arrived 200 years ago. Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana will join the pomp and ceremony at Sydney Harbour
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      105 4 Computers used to settle US court disputes: Page 6 Inside this Fuji film is q earn 61 v great pictures. The Fujicolor Quick Snap ib actually a roll of film with a shutter and a lens. The film it uses is none other than the Super HR 400 fast-speed film,
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Move to let military officers serve longer
      178 8 Move to let military officers serve longer JAKARTA All four factions m Indonesia's Parliament have agreed m principle that the government should be able to raise the retirement age of individual military officers by up to seven years, newspapers said yesterday. The pro-government Suara Karya daily said a working committee
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      Lock icon Fake passport syndicate: 22 held in Manila
      91 8 MANILA Police yesterday arrested 22 people suspected of selling fake passports, visas and immigration stamps m a pre-dawn raid on the alleged headquarters of an international syndicate. Immigration Commissioner Miriam Santiago said the group was believed to have run a business out of
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      Sharp differences that made minister quit
      382 8  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA The resignation of Defence Secretary Rafael Heto has highlighted the deep division m the Armed Forces of the Philippines on ways to combat the communist insurgency, the country's most pressing political problem. The reason Mr Ileto gave was
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      Lock icon Sworn in as defence chief, Ramos pledges to unify army
      317 8  -  ABBY TAN MANILA General Fidel Ramos was sworn m as Defence Secretary yesterday and pledged all-out efforts against the communist insurgency but warned that military action alone was not enough to combat the problem. Gen Ramos, a former military chief
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      Lock icon Chavalit warns of 'drastic' action if Laos keeps fighting
      355 8 Chavalit warns of 'drastic' action if Laos keeps fighting BANGKOK Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has threatened Laos with drastic action if it continues fighting Thai troops on their common border, the state-owned Thai News Agency (TNA) said yesterday. General Chavalit, who is also acting Supreme Military Commander, said during
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      Lock icon Thai army chief says he will retire this year
      185 8 Thai army chief says he will retire this year BANGKOK Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh says he will retire this year and not take up the post of defence minister, the Thai News Agency reported yesterday. Gen Chavalit, 55. said on Friday that he had given his word that
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      Lock icon Four issues for Senate
      70 8 MANILA The Philippine Senate will take up the issues of the Sabah claim, United States bases, foreign debt and a land reform Bill when it resumes regular sessions tomorrow. Senate President Jovito Salonga said yesterday. He said the Senate would first call for the formation of
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Umno Youth to set up think tank for next NEP
      212 9 Umno Youth to set up think tank for next NEP IPOH Umno Youth will appoint a group of intellectuals, among professionals both within and outside the movement, to study and formulate a policy to replace the New Economic Policy. Its acting head. Datuk Najib Razak, said the group would come
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      Lock icon You must be efficient, Dr M tells civil servants
      528 9 KUALA LUMFUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that a country would either progress or remain backward depending on the efficiency of its administration as seen m several newly industrialising countries of the East. "Without a good administration,
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      Lock icon KL concerned over rapid rise in import of greens
      135 9 KUALA LUMPUR The Agriculture Ministry will review its policy on the import of foreign vegetables, its Deputy Minister Datuk Alex Lee said yesterday. He said the ministry was concerned over the rapid growth of vegetable imports. In 1986, Malaysia imported MS2BO
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      Lock icon KL willing to give to IMF fund for poor countries
      402 9 KL willing to give to IMF fund for poor countries KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is willing to contribute to *he International Monetary Fund's efforts to help poor countries This was conveyed to visiting IMF managing director Michel Camdessus during his meetings with Malaysian Finance Minister Datuk Daim Zainuddin and Bank Negara
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      Lock icon Koon Swan applies for lifting of Ka Wah Bank writ
      236 9 Koon Swan applies for lifting of Ka Wah Bank writ KUALA LUMPUR Forme: MCA president Tan Koon Swan, his brothers and their family company are applying to set aside a writ filed against them by Hongkong-based Ka Wah Bank for damages relating to alleged breach of fiduciary duties. The application
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Tea and cakes help Indian singles mingle at temple's do
      449 11 Tea and cakes help Indian singles mingle at temple's do SITAR music hummed m the background as about 60 young Indian men and women walked into a hotel function room yesterday afternoon. Looking slightly nervous, and some even downright glum, most of the 30 shirt-sleeved men sat at one side
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      Blast at store
      36 11 AN explosion caused a small hole m the glass display panel of Tan Chung Emporium m Commonwealth Avenue yesterday at 6.15 pm. No-one was hurt. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion.
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      Bank manager charged
      76 11 A BANK manager was charged m court yesterday with criminal breach of trust involving more than $736,450 belonging to Standard Chartered. Phua Swee Lee, 37, a manager with the Pasir Panjang branch of the bank, was said to have committed the offence between Dec 16 last year
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      Triple boost to 'growth' of test-tube babies
      580 11  -  L. E. PREMA By IN- VITRO Fertilisation (IVF), or the test-tube baby method, received a big boost yesterday when three institutions the Health Ministry, Thomson Medical Centre and London's King's College Hospital signed a pact for the transfer of the latter's expertise to
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      Jacky takes centrestage at car launch
      131 11 IT NEVER fails. Launch a new product with the help of a superstar and the crowd only has eyes for the man while the product languishes m the background. So it was on Friday when Hongkong gongfu star Jacky Chan breezed into Singapore to
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      Egyptian Tourism Minister floored by a slipped disc
      282 11 THE Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation had more rest m Singapore than he bargained for. Dr Fouad Abdel Latif Sultan, 57, found himself confined to his hotel room for two days during a hectic six-day official visit here. It happened
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      NZ minister calls on Chok Tong
      80 13 NZ minister calls on Chok Tong THE New Zealand Minister of Defence and Minister of Science and Technology, the Right Honorable Robert J. Tizard, yesterday called on First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Ministry of Defence headquarters. Mr Goh, who is also the Defence Minister, later hosted
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      Cheating charge against grandma dropped
      80 13 Cheating charge against grandma dropped A GRANDMOTHER accused of cheating the Housing Board of $71,435 resettlement compensation was acquitted by a district court on Friday after the prosecution withdrew the charge. Tan Joo Ching, 77, was alleged to have lied to the board m July 1986 that the was the
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      Singapore to plug business and pleasure in World Expo
      223 13 DESTINATION: Brisbane, Australia. Mission: To show the world that Singapore is both an excellent city for business as well as a tourist's dream. From April 30 to Oct 30, Singapore will join 48 other countries, including its Asean neighbours, as a
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      Rag-and-bone trade at charcoal port
      469 13  - Rag-and-bone trade at charcoal port TAN EE SZE Indonesian, Thai boatmen buy up bargains By WHEN evening falls on the Lorong Halus charcoal port, the sooty evidence of the day's busy trade is quickly swept aside to make way for a roaring rag-and-bone business. Since the port was set up
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      First man to be jailed under new traffic law
      225 13 First man to be jailed under new traffic law A MAN, jailed two months recently for duping 30 taxi drivers, appeared on Friday m the same court again to become the first to be jailed for similar offences, under a new law which took effect from Aug 14 last year.
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      Two charges of molest
      69 13 A MAN appeared m a district court on Friday on two charges of molesting a 13--year-old girl and a 29-year-old woman on two buses. Lee Hua Yew, 22, is accused of outraging the modesty of the woman by touching her abdomen last Dec 28. He is
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      30-cent surcharge halves calls to Telecoms
      267 14  - 30-cent surcharge halves calls to Telecoms LEW ENG FEE By THIRTY cents may not seem much. But it has become an effective deterrent in slashing by half the oncemassive flow of calls to the Telecoms directory assistance* service. The "103" service received 18 million calls last year, most of which
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      Another cut in petrol and diesel prices
      142 14 Another cut in petrol and diesel prices MOTORISTS will enjoy another round of petrol and diesel price cuts starting today thanks to a fall m the wholesale prices of both oil products as well as a drop m the US dollar exchange rate used m calculating Singapore pump prices. Shell
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      Police raid nets 300 fake watches and fashion goods
      95 14 Police raid nets 300 fake watches and fashion goods A RAID on Kirn Seng Shopping Centre m Kirn Seng Road by police and private investigators on Thursday afternoon netted over 300 suspected fake watches and other fashion goods worth about $60,000. The items, including suspected fake watches of 10 brands
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      Salvation Army appeals for public help to save historic mansion
      485 14  - Salvation Army appeals for public help to save historic mansion AGNES WEE By THE Salvation Army needs your help. The international organisation dedicated to helping others is now m need of aid itself. Many parts of its headquarters for Singapore and Malaysia m Clemenceau Avenue are crumbling with age and
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      Former cabby, 75, jailed for part in swindling firms
      364 14 A 75- YEAR-OLD former taxi-driver, who conspired to cheat 16 firms of more than $186,000 worth of goods, was jailed for 21 months by a district court on Friday. Chia Ah Kwee, the court was told, was lured into a conspiracy
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        Driver on negligence rap
        82 14 A MOTORIST was charged on Thursday with negligence which caused the death of a motorcyclist along Upper Bukit Timah Road on July 4 last year. Ng Leong Phui, 48, had allegedly opened the driver's door of his stationary pickup carelessly, causing it to hit motorcyclist Kwek
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        Cheat jailed 6 months
        51 14 A MAN was jailed for six months on Thursday for cheating four people of their money by promising to get them Class 3 driving licences. Mohd Noor Bin Mohd Ali, 37, of Jurong West Street 42, faced five charges of cheating involving a total sum of
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        Fake perfumes: 2 fined
        84 14 A COUPLE who had 8,000 bottles of fake brand-name perfumes for sale were fined $9,000 each on Thursday. Sho Huat Wee, 27, and his female partner Ho Yin Foon, 26, were also accused of using five silkscreens for printing counterfeit labels. Bottles bearing the labels, Drakkar
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        Accused of sex threat
        83 14 A 34-YEAR-OLD man tried to force a former classmate to have sex with him by threatening to tell her husband he had raped her m the past, a court was told on Friday. Ong Chin Chong, who helps his father m a transport company, is alleged
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        18 summonses in 3 years
        73 14 A MOTORIST landed m court on Friday after chalking up 18 summonses m three years. Between June 1983 and August 1986, Anthony Thiam, 27, is alleged, among other things, to have disregarded single and double white lines when parking, parked on footways, driven at 105
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      Learning from the Cheng Hong debacle
      200 16  -  JACQUELINE WONG By THE unprecedented evacuation of 50 families living m a structurally dangerous block of flats m Cheng Hong Mansion has left the upset residents with many unanswered questions. The residents, ordered by the authorities to leave their homes after the block was
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      How the law affects all parties
      974 16 Who Is liable? Liability could fall on any party ruled responsible for the construction of the defective Block 84. Lawyers say that may include the developer, contractor, architect and engineer for negligence m the design, construction or supervision of the building. In the Cheng
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      When banks get nervous and no one wants to pay
      597 16 How are owners of mortgaged properties affected? Banks reserve the right to recall their loans at any time. When granting a housing loan to a home buyer, the bank holds the property as security. When the value of the property
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      Developers hope to get buildings insured
      386 16  -  MAYLEE CHIA By THE Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore is to meet insurers to discuss the possibility of insuring buildings against structural defects. An approach for joint talks will be made by Redas following a suggestion by the Minister for National Development at
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      Keep a record of expenses, suggest lawyers
      356 16 Keep a record of expenses, suggest lawyers FLAT-OWNERS whose building has been declared structurally unsound and require major repairs stand to face huge financial losses. However, they can take legal action against one or more responsible parties which may include the developer, engineer, architect or contractor for negligence m the
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      133 13 CHINA AND THE ASEAN STATES: THE ETHNIC CHINESE DIMENSION Leo Suryadinata This book focuses on China's foreign relations with Southeast Asia with special reference to the ethnic and political dimensions It deals with the reactions of Southeast Asian governments, especially those of ASEAN, to China's foreign policy in general, and
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        Time to think of decontrol?
        306 17 THERE are those who are for its repeal and there are those who are against. But whenever the Control of Rent Act pops up for discussion m property-conscious Singapore, it is difficult to remain indifferent. Even though the majority may be unaffected by the Act,
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      25 YEARS AGO
      129 17 What The Sunday Times reported on Feb 3, 1963 AT LEAST 107 left-wing politicians and trade unionists m Singapore were arrested m the biggest and "most important" security operation since the Emergency. The swoop was aimed at preventing subversives from establishing a "Communist Cuba" m Singapore and
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      Unlikely bedfellow of Aids fighters
      1265 17  -  ALAN HUBBARD Here comes Branson, campaigning with condoms and a shrewd capitalist instinct Rich, roguish, seductively charming. Epithets to describe a sexual adventurer, but British multimillionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is waging a war on Aids through producing cheap condoms and advertising them on British television.
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      Will savings habit be eroded by plastic money?
      983 18  -  Tan Sai Siong 4 When a person is encouraged to cultivate the belief while still m his teens that paying by card is a more convenient way of settling bills, not an easy path to debt, then a whole new view on
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      Civilised life needs queues and uncivil queuers
      1000 18  -  Martin Loh 4 Where queueing has yet to become second nature, the people whose job it is to serve the public should refuse service to those who jump ahead of others. But, most of all, remember that people who ignore queues get away
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      Band-aids can't tame a monster market
      817 18  -  Doreen Soh Calls for trading price limits bring to mind puny ropes holding Gulliver down. "HOW did the market do today?" This is the standard greeting among investors. But they do not expect an answer like "Good" or "Bad" or "Average". What they really
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      172 18 Gftfllli GUfIIGDODG fiftTS CftflfTS, f imhtnme ffim (Rare Jade, Stone 6c Ivory Carvings, Porcelain Wares, Shiwan Ceramics and Exquisite Works of Art) Grand, Cultural > j[fek Treasures of .'T y W >igfi f China Exhibited h for the FIRST TIME JEf m Singapore! V^ Jade Emperors Dragon Carriage Cash fif
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      72 18 They are one of the most unnoticed tourists... Last year, 150,000 free-spending tourists from Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak visited Singapore, spending an average of $7 1 1 per person, the bulk on shopping. You can tap this market with The Borneo Bulletin. Call Thomas Fong on 740-1856 now and he'll
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      36 18 I Real-life story: Her husband is behind bars m Changi prison. She is left on the outside, m her own prison of debts and obligations. 'Josephine' tells her story to HER World, m the January issue.
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      Lock icon Crashing into China?
      1284 19  -  DAVID BONAVIA Hongkong's hopes of autonomy and emiyation prospects tor many have been hit by the October fatout, reports HONGKONG is used to crises one might even say it has thrived on it. But last year's world stock market crash and now the whiff of financial scandal
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        Question of values, not a legal issue
        214 19 IT is appalling that the right of maids to use a common facility like the condominium swimming pool has been questioned, while ironically, the slogan of a "caring and sharing society" is heard. Although the issue appears to be one about property laws
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        Unwarranted criticism by Law Society head
        335 19 Unwarranted criticism by Law Society head I AM rather surprised that Mr Giam Chin Toon, the President of the Law Society, thought fit to publicly criticise the work of the Disciplinary Committee. In the Sunday Times report of Jan 10, about what happened m the High Court on the opening
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        Sadder plight of housemen
        316 19 BEFORE all the nurses become maudlin at thoughts of their sacrifices for mankind, I thought it timely to highlight the sadder plight of the lowerechelon doctors housemen and medical officers m the government or semi-government hospitals. Nurses are entitled to at least one day off per
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        Starved of sense
        153 19 Starved of sense 1 AGREE with Prof Garrett Hardin's contention that people cannot continue to violate ecological principles and expect technology to assure endless resources. Take Egypt for example. Its food production grows less than 2 per cent a year while consumption rises almost 5 per cent. And China is
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      256 19 KONICA CUP ASIAN BADMINTON INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIP 1988 X a Place Singapore Badminton Hall Date February 2 (Tue) 7(Sun) 1988 mL «Ju INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIP Authorized by: Asian Badminton Confederation Organized by .Singapore Badminton Association Tickets available from: New Isetan Orchard (Level 1. Information Counter) Sogo Sports Department (Level 1. Raffles City)
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  • RACING
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      It'll be a battle of the riders
      388 20  -  ROGER YUE Elcarim superbly fit but Hongkong's Yuno When poses biggest threat By Racing Editor AT 2.55 this afternoon, six of our top stayers will tackle Hongkong's best half-dozen m the HK$l.5 million (about *****,000) Invitation Cup, with the winning owner receiving HK$B7O,OOO.
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      TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH CARD
      6586 20 i i i > 1 1 1 I 1 I mmammmmm 2.00 class 4 div c 1.600 m ;7IMS (Ratings: 74-62) ■MMMMBsMnsI (Stakes: $17,000) 1 ****** (raising 5f (72) Cruising-Chua 4 nzg -1 (1850 m). Last early when Bth to Shall We Dance m first attempt
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      Last word from the trainers
      324 20  -  FAIRWAY By HONGKONG On the eve of the Cup race here, the nine Hongkong, Singaporean and Malaysian trainers had this to say: A. CHAN (Cheeko): "My biggest worry is the weight. Cheeko last won with 54kg and the horses he beat had near-top-weight of 64kg.
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      396 20 I I I I I Lionel Le* Tan Thean Loon Martin Tay Danny Khoo 3 Rock N Roll 3 Rock N Roll 1 Cruising 8 Spartan Spirit 9 Tropical Gold 1 2 Heart's Content 8 Spartan Spirit 9 Tropical Gold 9 Tropical Gold 2 Hearts Content
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      Lock icon Missile Launcher on target with easy first-up win
      2414 21 Missile Launcher on target with easy f irst-up win By OUR RACING TEAM Upper Cut outclasses rivals to justify favouritism NEWCOMER Missile Launcher, ridden by S. Marzuki, showed promise when he scored an easy win m Race 3 for Class 4 Div D horses over the Bukit Timah 1,200 m
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      Miller and turf club on collision course
      371 21  - Miller and turf club on collision course JACK ELLIOTT By PERTH Controversial jockey John Miller and the Western Australian Turf Club are on a collision course following an appeal by the jockey to the committee. The WATC committee rejected an appeal by Miller against a stewards' directive that he was
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  • OBITUARIES
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      514 21 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam m Loving Memory of: STEPHEN LAKHBIR Departed 24th Jan. 1967 "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. (Jesus Christ), that whosoever belleveth In Him should not perish but have everlasting Life." St. John Chp. 3 Verse 15 For I
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      41 22 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With deepest sympathies condolences to MR MRS DESMOND ONG or. the demise of your late brother-in-law TAY KIAN AIK, DAVID Daparted 19th Jan '88 From: Management Staff of VALUE CENThZ CO., LTD MORIHIKO NITTA ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS ASSOCIATES
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      32l Deaths
      311 22 MR. CHOO YOKE KAN fund away pMcofutty on 22/1/88 i _t.i "VTHif ovfiina Bcm: Peter Choo Kwang M eng Bernle Choo Kong Leong Choo Kuan Yew Choo Kwong Yam Choo Kwong Keong D«oghl»c.-in-Uw Iris Toh Lay Peng Cindy Yeo Lee Kheng Teo Mcc Oeok Chow Yin Leng Orandaon:
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      321 Deaths
      158 22 KARNAN. SINGH S/O KARTAR SINGH KOKRI KLAN *9« 75 Paaaod away on n.i.iSM, tearing ovntno. WHa: Mdm Sarjlt Kaur Deceased Daughter Lavlnderpal Kaur Son: Ourdeep Singh Stetar Mdm Amar Kaur Brothar-tn-law: Blhara Singh Tha Cremation will b« hald on 24/1/88 at Spm at Mount Varnon Crematorium. CATHERINE WONG
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      322 Acknowledgements
      79 22 Th« Family CM Tha Lata MDM. WEE SWEE ENG wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, assistance, attendance, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement Alao apaciai thank* to mambar* of tna Chapal Of Tha Raaurraclion for tnair prayara. Tha
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      60 22 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam TO DR. M. G. RAMACHANDRAN Departed 24.12.87 The depths of sorrow we cannot tell of the loss of one we love so well and while he sleeps a peaceful sleep, his memory we shall always keep. A.S. Mamam Kamal P. Nall.aiah Mamvanan A. Kalaivanan
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      321 Deaths
      27 22 MR YIP FOOK SCNO was caiMM hom# to ttia Lord on 23.US Funoral aarvte* on 24th, 2Sth Jan. it I pm at 130 Thomaon Mdg*
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      324 In Memoriam
      380 22 j In loving memory of LTA SIOW POH GUAN (WILSON) departed 24.1.87. He suffered patiently and long, His hope was bright, his faith was strong; The peace of Jesus filled his breast. And m His arms he sank to rest. Gone from our lives one so dear.
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      Davis has two scores to settle
      336 22  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By IT is perhaps fitting that Rodger Davis should be the one meeting Greg Norman m today's $270,000 Skins Game at the Bukit course. For these two Australians, though firm friends, have a couple of scores to settle. For one, it
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      Guru's winner keeps Khalsa on the perch
      328 22  -  HAKIKAT RAI By KHALSA continued to ride the draft m the Elite Cup hockey competition, carving out a 1-0 win over Police Sports Association at Farrer Park yesterday. The victory put the Premier League champions m a very strong position for the double
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      Kenneth's double delight
      253 22 KENNETH YEO broke the boys' under-14 100 metres breaststroke and freestyle records m the Singapore Swimming Club's single age group meet at Tanjong Rhu yesterday. BcMlta (wtuen aaly) Bm» trake: B»yt (-8 Mm: Derek Kwan 51 78sec I Mm: Chong Kah Wei 48 15 I Mm: Mark
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      244 22 Move to deter pull-OUt: Malaysia, next years South-east Asia Games hosts, want member countries to be penalised if they withdraw from any event without giving six months' notice. Olympic Council of Malaysia president Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah said a proposal would be tabled at the Sea Games
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      Great black hope of Super Bowl
      758 22  -  ALAN HUBBARD Quarterback Williams creates American history Always on Sunday It is a great feeling when you can picture yourself as a role model. But I can't go into the Super Bowl final with the attitude 'Hey, I'm black. I'm doing this for Black
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      President's XV put up a gallant fight
      183 22  -  J. RAJENDRAN THE SRU President's XV went down fighting m their annual clash against the New Zealand Force Commander's XV at the Padang yesterday. The Kiwis won 10-3 (a goal and a try to a penalty) m front of a crowd of about
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      Lock icon Azinger, Haas joint leaders
      193 22 Azinger, Haas joint leaders INDIAN WELLS (California) Paul Azinger birdied six of the final nine holes on Friday to gain a share of the lead with Jay Haas after three rounds of the US$l million ($2 million) Bob Hope Classic golf tournament. Azinger shot a seven-un-der-par 65, while Haas carded
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      Lock icon 'They never come back'
      1564 23  -  ALAN HUBBARD reports from Atlantic City Yesterday's hero Holmes m lesson from I C** Y\ v I. J I IN one minute of bewildering brutality Mike Tyson's viciousness underscored the greatest truism m sport they never come back. The 21-year-old undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion knocked
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      Lock icon Winners skip the bubbly
      209 23 PARIS-DAKAR MOTOR RALLY DAKAR World champion Juha Kankkunen, of Finland, enjoyed one of his least satisfying triumphs on Friday when he completed victory in the troublescarred Paris- Dakar Rally. His victory was overshadowed not only by the tragic events which marred the rally and claimed six
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      Time Out...
      3 23  -  Cheah
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      Veer in contention for January award
      190 23 HOCKEY'S Veer Singh has put himself m contention for January's Sunday Times Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month Award. The 42-year-old former international captain, who guided Khalsa to the Premier League crown last year, was outstanding m Khalsa's 2-1 win over Singapore Cricket Club
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      Lock icon De Leon keeps WBC crown
      85 23 ATLANTIC CTTY Carlos de Leon, of Puerto Rico, retained his World Boxing Council cruiserweight title when he outpointed Jose Maria Flores, of Uruguay, over 12 rounds at the Convention Centre here on Friday. In the supporting bout to the Tyson- Holmes contest, de Leon looked
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      Jones plans to save himself for London
      331 23  - Jones plans to save himself for London PATRICK KHAW HONGKONG MARATHON By HONGKONG Britain's Hugh Jones, who has the fastest time among runners competing m today's Hongkong International Marathon, 2hrs 9min 24sec, will not be aiming to win the race. Jones, 32, is saving his best effort for April's London
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      Zainal's progess ends in q-finals
      327 23  - Zai nal's progess ends in q-finals HAKIKAT RAI ASIAN SQUASH By ZAINAL Abidin, Singapore's sole challenger m the quarter-finals of the Asian individual squash championship m Kuwait, was shown the door by Pakistani Umar Hayat Khan yesterday. The 30-year-old Zainal lost 4-9, 3-9, 5-9 m the 40-minute match which saw
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      Lock icon Gloom for Tiong Bahru
      337 25  -  JOE DORAI TIONG BAHRU not only had their title hopes dented with a 2-1 defeat to Safsa yesterday but also had their reputation tarnished by a sending-off m their Singapore Pools Premier League soccer match at Ang Mo Kio. Their star midfielder, Kamaruzaman Zainal, a member
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      Jurong's mission
      107 25 BEATING Premier League soccer leaders Geylang International at Geylang Stadium is considered the best tonic for Jurong Town FC to regain their winning ways. After two successive victories, Jurong were beaten 2-0 by Balestier United last Sunday and held 2-2 by Police last Thursday. They cannot afford to
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      When a point lost was a point gained
      219 25  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI BALESTIER United, considered serious title contenders after their triumph over star-studded Jurong Town last Sunday, lost a valuable point at Bedok Stadium yesterday when they were held 1-1 by lowlyranked Changi CSC m a Singapore Pools Pren'ier League soccer match.
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      Lock icon Elton John declares Watford's not for sale
      256 25 Elton John declares Watford's not for sale LONDON Watford's rock star chairman Elton John said on Friday he was taking the English First Division soccer club off the market. John said he had decided to abandon his search (or someone to buy his 93 per cent shareholding in the club
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      Lock icon SOCCER SHORTS
      117 25 BRAZILIAN World Cup defender Josimar, 25, might be on his way to Britain to play for Scottish Premier Division side Dundee United, Botafogo vice-president Emil Pinheiro said on Friday. Mr Pinheiro said that Dundee United had made a formal bid for the player and that Botafogo would be
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      Teofilo sparks off Alianza's resurrection
      1077 25  -  ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER Peruvian hero masterminds the restoration of a team once reduced to ashes These were young men followed by a whole community, athletes representing the aspirations of thousands m Lima. Beyond that, Alianza were to Peru what Dynamo Kiev are to
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      28 22 THE CORTEGE Of the late Mrs Poh Slong Joo will leave the S pore Casket Parlour 301 at 3 30pm on Sun. 24.1.88 thence to Mt Vernon Crematorium
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      17 22 When m need, The Straits Times Classified is what you need. More Obituary Announcements on Pg. 21
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      91 22 /Minggu Fokus: Masalah dan cabaran baru kepimpjnan Melayu di Singapura Isu Semasa: Kesedaran kekauman Apa masalahnya? a Lawan buaya tanpa senjata -~2 Anak cerdas terus pintar jika Salwa tak puas hati dengan I^-^ A] gambar album barunya. Kenapa? I^> Madonna rujuk semula -I Kisah gila di sebaliknya Ih^ ■mW Norliah
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      137 25 j^jjjjj^^^ Sooner or later, it had to happen. A showdown between two of golf's namely the European Camera '87-"88, European Inno. '8788 and Camera C c\HOII Greg Norman and Rodger Davis In the blazing sun, each Gr f 3nd Prix '87 awards.) So when speed is of the utmost importance,
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      259 26 Yates and Zhang to meet in final JAPAN OPEN BADMINTON TOKYO England's Nick Yates and China's Zhang Qingwu will meet in the men's singles final of the US$80,000 Japan Open badminton championship here today. In yesterday's semi-finals, Yates beat Denmark's Michael Kjeldsen 15-10, 15-13 while Zhang rallied to eliminate another
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        409 3  - Life and love o£ Elvis through wife Priscilla's eyes John Blake By (IPS). UNKNOWN young actors Dalea Midkiff and Susan Walters will play Elvis and his bride Priscilla m a movie entitled Elvis and Me. The film is based on the life of the late controversial rock 'n' roil king
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        495 4  -  TOH HAI LEONG PICTURE OF A NYMPH At Eng Wah cinemas Starring Wu Ma, Yuen Biao, Wong Jo Yin Directed t>y Wu Ma By A BEAUTIFUL female ghost meets and falls m love with a poor scholar, usually amidst the swirling misty night-setting by the
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        428 15 ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS INDIA is a country of contrasts, of many religions and different ways of life. Many of its first cities, forts and palaces were built around 2500 BC and a large number of the cities were built m river valleys m the north-west of the country. These
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      310 5 I MONDAY THE ALDEBURGH MASTERCLASSES Ch 12, 10.15 pm A series of four programmes show leading international performers as they hold auditions and take masterclasses at the Britten-Pears School. It also shows how the idea of the school was born and reveals the hope and ideals of its founders, Sir
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      111 5 TUESDAY TODAY IN PARLIAMENT Cr> 5, AJO /Wl Report of today's parliamentary proceedings. The Mandarin version will be shown over Ch 8 at the same time. SDNEY NOLAN: Such Is Life Ch 12, Bpm A look at the life of Sidney Nolan, the leading Australian painter of his generation. Also
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      336 5 UNDER FRE Tuesday Premiere, Chs, 10.30 pm A well-made thriller (left) about how a non-committal photo journalist becomes a hero through his gra 1 dual involvement m a (cause as action shifts from Chad to Nicara qua. Robert Spottiswoode directs this 1983 movie starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna
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      91 8 *^L P^ 1 H Night life has never been better m Singapore. Xl jf^fe feflß^ i9H In an entertaining supplement on February 12, j 7 Aaßk B Jkß^ M rfi The Straits Times tells readers what's up when fl LiL '^1' 1 i IkJ I Jkjf^P tne sun 9° es
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      738 13 130 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo '81. VOLVO 244 GL Manua PARK Tip top cond Alrcon., cassette, s/rims. $33,500 *****33 SEPT. t5 3J Gold Clover Leaf $41,800 o no Contact 296-7UBB 131 For Sale: BMW •82 BMW 835C81. Sun-roof, power windows, central locking, tax new. low mileage Excellent condition $120,000
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      848 14 176 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments INDIAN CITIZENS FAMILY want a whole hse or rms. with high pay Guarantee to lease for 1 yr. Owners Interested call *****30 179 For Sale: Houses OPEN HOUSE. 12PM SPM 11 KEW PLACE. OFF KEW DRIVE 2-storey semi-detached, 3700 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms/ attached bath/ servant's. Freehold.
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      850 14 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale: Private Apartments Private Apartments First-class hill-top Condominium at Holland Road SPfifflSH VIUfIGE o^gu ho Nag. pjFreehold Land Holland^ mm ediate r r T PSHU Occupation z o > 7|{UHhH c a m Y^WHjjH No Restriction On Foreigners V^^ qqo/ Housing Loan With 5 woollertont
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      2145 1 THE PRICE WHEELING AND DEALING Tan Koon Swan, Abalone King Ng Choon Ser, Peter Tham... These names recall financial machinations or missing millions. And as more names hit the headlines, an obvious question crops up: Who ferrets out these commercial wrongdoings? SUZANNE 001 discovers how the sleuths of the Commercial
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        169 1 P^j^jß^ *r r >»s* r «7 r^^^^^ Uiy oeauty, captured M f'*^' -^3# f^i^ m a wor "k m art that 'i errortlessly transTorms the ;> graceKilness or nature into a truly timeless tradition. HMdn i^i* i f fc^.. Uedication, ot lyiMgjajajßMMj^^L^ the artist then and now, lor jßfei^u J^HH^^^^^^^LBHS^V^
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        7 1 Fashion Food Time-off Mind and Body Travel
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        306 2 WHEREAS it may take two years or more to investigate a white collar crime without a specialist unit, the Commercial Affairs Department tries to go to court within three months of a complaint. Add to that the department's enviable record of a guilty plea
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        73 2 /^EAUTY H O P \A ZV k V rO iV'.lLtiiM W' r %*x' l^a*^^"^ Ijy riiiiV'M'isf' 1 1 1 1 1 1 n l *s '*^Wl!t"" > iir\' I li lont I ncmpiU't it .VItUV V^LlcUlL V^iJol 11L LII.O cil I t! IQrYiIQTI V '}llf*l llTltll il linilATTiiAn ENTRER )I\T
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        Lock icon REACH FOR Peach
        331 3  - REACH FOR Peach LIM PHAY-LING Story: EACH is the leading pastel for this spring and summer, if the pretty creations of Italian designers are any guide. And they usually are. At last October's spring-summer '88 preview shows, Milan designers had clothes ranging from pale pink to salmon. Spiced with brown
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        How your lipstick tells on you
        243 3 How your lipstick tells on you WHEN you apply your lipstick, you shape it m a way that's yours and yours alone. Cosmetic house Estee Lauder has compiled a guide to what your lipstick signature says about you. Diagonal to a slant y^Efe 'belongs to a pery^ sonaiii; who is
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        54 3 i^BSr v*f 'f^KStf t*3**~ (Singapore's Winter Alternative) Wlien all that is available to discerning buyers is the winter colour and style of Europe, here is an exciting alternative from the world's newest centre of fashion. For further information please contact Wik Lee on (65) *****11 Conference and Office Secretariat Pte
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        724 4  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT By THE taste of Thailand is always close to our stomachs. Ever quick to sense a market trend, the shrewd Singaporean businessman has begun to set up little Thai stalls at our food centres, this hot on the heels of the
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        Beans and rice win aficionados
        606 4  -  LEE GEOK BOI EAT IN By BLACK beans and rice, my mother said, were what jailbirds ate, which always sounded horrible to me as a child. Recently, however, I discovered the pleasure of beans and rice, a staple of the Black South m the United
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        889 4 Three schools, one art but a potpourri IT WAS an opportunity not to be missed, to hobnob with master chefs from three culinary capitals Beijing, Hongkong and Taipei here for a food promotion at Tung Lok restaurant m Liang Court. I quizzed them about the direction Chinese cuisine was taking.
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        81 4 x. The Sunday Times "Hobbies" on 2C^\ I V/"""' February 1 4 will be a real eye-opener. N. J^ The editorial shows readers |ust how to V ><^^'^ luggle hobbies with a career and home. iCyC^ s^^*^ Comprising an irresistable mix of information on where and how to pursue /k.
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        475 4 ijhi-iHiyi No matter what -_-y'^' fi r the direction there s only ONE WAY to earn success That's through education and training that prepares you tor successful experience m your chosen career ICS cannot or will not promise you success That's up to you! But. we do otter and we
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        Whoosh! In a swirl of bubbles, the spear finds its mark
        897 5 Whoosh! In a swirl of bubbles, the spear finds its mark SAM FANG dives under with a spear gun and a gulp of air to continue his tale of how to bag the big one. READY, aim. The spear is discharged m a loud swoosh of air bubbles. A hit
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        Bring out the best in baby by going on all fours
        588 5  - Bring out the best in baby by going on all fours JOHN K. B. LIM By EVERY family should have a camera at hand to record the development of their children. Sometimes, these changes are so rapid that unless they are noted on film, we soon forget how cute or
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        349 5  -  MAY HO By NOW that the monsoons are here, the seas m Singapore and Malaysia are choppy. The boat ride is rough and the poor visibility underwater is not worth the trip. What do divers do then? Those who can afford it will head for the
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        187 5 A I FUrniture Fair B VlSlt the acclaim Apartment Furniture Fair a superlative ■H.I afc display of the latest m furniture, furnishings and home M \JW JUL appliances where a stupendous collection of the finest m home B tfh. decor ideas awaits you. Blk A, JBH^g Mm E Style, Form
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        439 6 OCCUPYING an entire continent, Australia is one of the driest and most sparsely-popu-lated countries, yet also one of the most urbanised. Most of its 16 million people live and work m cities and towns on the coastal fringes. It is a multi-cultural nation with a democratic system of
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        Time for all to make a new commitment
        229 6 MESSAGE Bob Hawke Prime Minister AUSTRALIA'S 200 th birthday recognises a very significant human achievement. This nation that we call Australia today could hardly have started under more difficult or more doubtful circumstances, and yet 200 years later as a result of
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        Chance for fresh start after 200 years
        606 6  -  MANNING CLARK By ON MAY 13, 1787, the First Fleet sailed from Portsmouth to Botany Bay to establish a colony for the punishment and reformation of British convicts. The Governor of that colony, Captain Arthur Phillip, did not receive any letter from London
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        1577 7 ON the eve of Australia's Bicentenary, the country's original inhabitants, the Aboriginals, are at an important stage of their history. SHIRLEY MCPHERSON, chairman of the Aboriginal Development Commission, explains why the path they choose will be crucial to future generations. /-v-y-nj THE people who
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        561 8 Testing new marketing strategies in S'pore SINGAPORE, "an extremely diverse, positive, but demanding place to do business", is proving to be a key market for Australian exporters to test new government strategies to meet the challenges of a world trading situation in which demand for traditional Australian products has slumped.
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        Aussies' biggest and longest party ever
        864 8  -  TED SHEIL Thousands of events as 16m Australians and a multitude of visitors celebrate By THE whole world knows at least one fact about Australians: they know how to throw great parties. This year they are having their biggest and longest party ever! From
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        Singapore to take part in $900m extravaganza
        361 9 SINGAPORE has confirmed its participation in the World Expo 88. The Expo, a AJ600 million (about S$900 million) event, will feature a variety of entertainment programmes and cultural exchanges from 48 nations and more than 20 corporations. A Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB)
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        Things to see at S'pore pavilion
        254 9  -  YEO KIM SENG GREETING visitors to the Singapore k iavt'on m Brisbane will be a Merlion the city's landmark symbol. Adding to the glow will be fluttering banners and other decorations decking the pavilion's exterior. But as the progressive island nation still treasures its
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        Party, Moomba or just whoop it up
        835 10 THE image m some Kens of an Austraas a man m a h hat, swigging tea and humping uey (carrying his bedroll) through the outback, is as wrong as many other misconceptions about Australia. Turn the real Australian upside down and you are
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        467 10  -  MARGARET CUNICO By Publicist, Tourism Australia AUSTRALIA is the most popular western-culture holiday destination for Singaporeans. Understandably so. For Austra-lia-bound visitors it means relatively short flying time, agreeable year-round climatic conditions, relaxing holiday environment, attractions for the family and a variety of packages ranging from
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        Women writers resurge
        1147 11 4 Australians of my father's generation were almost automatically racist. Australians of my generation may be. Australians of my son's generation Louis is 14 are not. That's a terrific improvement. /•*y->^l BLANCHE d'Alpuget has a French/a\\ sounding name /ZJUkll and is yet to set L^ABjy one o
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        A look Down Under
        259 11  - A look Down Under YEO KIM SENG -By SPOT Australian cities as well as streets, towns, buildings, lakes and other tourist attractions m a comprehensive manual that comes with full colour maps, pictures and concise texts. Unlike most travel texts, Gregory's Touring Australia is a useful reference manual or a
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        Expo chairman's all-consuming passion
        740 12 Event will give Australians a new identity when it is all over: Sir Llewellyn As a young electrician, Llew Edwards slipped off a ladder and badly injured his spine. The accident temporarily paralysed his legs and kept him m hospital for eight months. Like a pilot
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        242 6 With our connections m Australia you can be a jump ahead. U hen you need that financial link between Singapore and Australia, there's nothing the ways we can help you. And because your international business is always on the move, quite like a hank with experience and the right connections.
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        188 7 One reason to visit Down Under is Australia's Bi-Centennial Celebrations. The main reasons are still... j. Two thousand km of coral reefs •^-v jSfc2^ beckon On the Great Barrier Reef ">jg^j r^\ v l E«l you can fish, swim, snorkel, dive, fW^^ .^f bi ]^^%**^-]!j&^B9^& Have fun visitin 9 theme
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        270 10 IJfestpac Banking Corporation Asian Currency Unit Westpac Banking Corporation is Australia's largest financial intermediary with 170 years of experience and total assets m excess of As6o Westpac' s Asian Currency Unit offers you foreign currency deposit facilities of: Currency Minimum Terms Amount Available Australian Dollars AUDIO.OOO Ito 12 months AUD25.000
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        255 10 Australia's best at Singapore's ■IBHltffc^^aii^^j a^^»^ 7**MBa»« most competitive prices B^*^fe^^. JP^BnJCompaiv the* features: B^.. 2 litre il'.^tSt. i H cyliiidei engine luiinI uiini '< Mtf"' lt^ m^^^^^^*^^^S r l.K'i tnniK fuel injection 1 disc brakes I J^Mml '^m. <^^**""TSSS|BK] "H .-Mloy wheels with low profile tyre> I "^^^^^^B^^^^^^^^H; *H£fc>-
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        214 11 H Pay $50 as deposit for advance H booking to ensure a seat. I I Pay 50% of the Tour Fee and I m Balance after the Tour I |China Special From $1525 I China Deluxe From $2490 I Hong Kong/Guangzhou/Guthn/Shanghai/Nanpng/Suzhoij Wuxi/Hangzhou/Beijing/ Xi'an Haibin Ice Festival «i uXSwcCo* iQ'l2 D
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