The Straits Times, 21 February 1988

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  • 10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2697 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87
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  • 583 1  -  RONNIE LIM By THE Government has announced a major move to prevent power blackouts m future: Vital underground power cables will be covered with concrete not just laid m trenches of earth with little to protect them from careless digging. Work has started
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  • 397 1 Raja confirms he's out of next election SENIOR Minister (Prime Minister's Office) S. Rajaratnam has made it clear that he will not be standing m the next general election. The veteran politician made this announcement yesterday at a gathering m Crawford community centre to celebrate his birthday and the Lunar
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  • 76 1 BRUSSELS Police who went to question a suspected thief at his home found all the evidence they needed on a computer he had stolen. Wilfried Nusken, 35, used the computer to list all the burglaries he had committed, detailing what he had stolen, when and where, police
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  • 503 1  -  K ANNAN CHANDRAN SHARON SIMON Report. and IN AN arena dominated by young stars, ageing rockers, it would seem, should have no place. But Tina Turner, belying her 49 years, rocked the sellout crowd at the World Trade Centre Hall 4 last night like
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  • 651 1 Alarming rise in Malay heroin addicts Matter wants to mobilise his community to fight it HEROIN addiction among Malays is increasing at an alarming rate and a deeply concerned Dr Ahmad Mattar wants to mobilise the entire Malay community to tackle the problem. He disclosed figures yesterday to show the
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 256 2 WALDHEIM WARNS OF CHAOS: Austrian President Kurt Waldheim has warned the West that his resignation m the wake of controversy over his World War n record "would plunge Austria into chaos". In an interview with the Die Welt daily yesterday, Dr Waldheim said: "The West and, above
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    • 105 2 FAILURE CAN BE PROFITABLE: The prize of failure m sports, says columnist Alan Hubbard, is around SI million, if your name happens to be Eddie Edwards. Edwards, of Britain, who nose-dived his way to the last position m the ski-jumping competition at the Winter Olympics, has become an overnight
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    • 750 2  -  RONNIE LIM PUB spending $310 m over two years on preventive measures By CONSUMERS will hopefully suffer fewer electricity blackouts m future, thanks to action taken by the Public Utilities Board. Already, the number of power failures last year went down by half. Armed with
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    • 267 2 WITH 22,500 km of cables running throughout the island, the PUB's biggest headache is power failure caused by faults m this extensive distribution system. Of the total of 846 power failures that occurred between 1963 and last year, 61 per cent were
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    • 426 2 ELECTRICITY supply is taken for granted until a power failure strikes. Realising this is the general attitude of consumers and to get them to understand why blackouts occur, the Public Utilities Board is explaining how electricity reaches the home, factory
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    • 208 3 Lanterns from China that catch the eye LANTERNS from China were some of the most eye-catching displays at the recent Singapore Riverside Hongbao Festival. One, an illuminated Chinese lantern, was so stunningly decorated m gold, red and other brilliant colours that a casual onlooker might have missed the real thing
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    • 233 3 A SUDDEN downpour failed to deter autograph hunters when the Star Maiden cast appeared m the Chinese Garden yesterday. Chen Xiuhuan, 22, who plays the title role m the SBC serial Star Maiden, and 10 other SBC artistes were kept busy as
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    • 171 3 Puppets to keep museum visitors all tied up MADAM White Snake, with her delicately painted wooden head, a pink silk robe and about 10 strings holding her upright, glided across a miniature wayang stage at the National Museum grounds yesterday morning. "She" was one of the 16 puppets enacting the
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    • 673 3 The first time I appeared publicly was when I went on television at that time I had stayed up for several days and I think I looked terrible at that time. Mr Chun (left), when asked to comment on his image.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 183 2 Showers over several mm m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7.20 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.16 am. TRAVELLERS' MATHER AfeiaMe 15/23 C Fine Lm Angeles 920 C Clear Amsterdam 5/8 C Clear Madrid 416 C Gear AUiew 2/13 C Cloudy Maall*
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    • 47 3 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Our visitors from abroad 1987 was a record year for foreign tourist arrivals with as many as 3,678,809 visitors stepping on our soil The trend over the past decade has been up and up. '•'^:lv^i V^^;-K^.v^'";^\. Basic data Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    • 128 3 MONTBLANC THE ART OF WRITING the pride of the MONTBLANC Collection is probably the most famous writing instrument of our times. Representing the best m design, it combines technical excellence and perfect styling -from the piston-filling system to the 1 4-carat gold nib and the gold-plated fittings. The MEISTERSTUCK is
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 272 4 US faces not adequate for East Asia: Carlucci WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Frank Carlucci has urged Japan to "significantly" boost its military capability as part of the United States deterrence against Soviet military might m the Far East, Kyodo news agency reported. He also
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    • 272 4 Pretoria raids Swapo bases after blast killed 18 in Namibia WINDHOEK (Namibia) South African aircraft raided guerilla targets m Southern Angola yesterday m retaliation for a huge bomb blast which killed at least 18 people and injured 31 others m the northern Namibian town of Oshakati. South Africa army chief
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    • 376 4 US breaks off talks on participating m $400 b worth of public works projects TOKYO US officials broke off talks with Japan over the participation of American firms m Japanese public works and said the Tokyo government was plainly reluctant to open up the market.
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    • 228 4 Suspected extremists wipe out entire Sikh family of 1 1 AMRITSAR Eleven members of a Sikh family were shot by a gang of suspected Sikh extremists near this Sikh holy city early yesterday. Police said the entire family of Mr Jewal Singh, including women and children, were killed at their
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    • 470 4  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent Reagan pledge comes m wake of Carlucci's remark WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has pledged that American soldiers will continue to be part of the United Nations force m Lebanon despite the kidnapping of Marine Lt-Colonel William Higglns. Mr
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    • 215 4 US photos show Soviet vessels hit warships on purpose WASHINGTON The Defence Department on Friday released a videotape and photographs of a recent incident m which two US navy warships were deliberately bumped by Soviet vessels m the Black Sea. The photographs document the Pentagon's assertion that the destroyer USS
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    • 138 4 RIO DE JANEIRO More than 150 people were feared dead yesterday after a sudden rainstorm hit Rio de Janeiro, causing flooding, mudslides and the collapse of part of a hospital. Civil Defence spokesman Bruno Avila said rescue workers were removing debris
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    • 322 4 BEIJING Prince Norodom Sihanouk, m a Lunar New Year message to the Cambodian people, has renewed his demand for the dismantling of the Phnom Penh regime as a precondition (or returning home. He said: "At the moment, I must struggle against everyone" a reference
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    • 437 4 Shultz backs idea of interim Afghan government HELSINKI US Secretary of State George Shultz expressed support yesterday for the iaea of an interim government for Afghanistan as demanded ny Pakistan and said he wou d raise the matter m talks with Soviet leaders. Mr Shultz arrived m Helsinki from Washington
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    • 61 4 ROCHESTER (Minnesota) A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Friday m connection with the axe murders of his parents, a brother and a sister. The bodies of Mr Bernard Brom, 41, his wife Paullette, 40, and children Diane, 14, and Rick, 9, were found m their nightclothes
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    • 253 4 COLOMBO A grief-stricken fan of an assassinated Sri Lankan movie-star-turned-politi-cian set himself on fire outside the building where his idol's body was lying m state, police said yesterday. They said the young man, identified as Amarasinghe Jayasinghe, doused his body with petrol and
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    • 82 5 Swimmers who think it is mucn sater m pools instead of the open seas, portrayed as a danger zone by the movie Jaws, might have to do a re-think. For they may see this ferocious shark skimming through the chlorinated waters of a
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    • 413 5 Japan takes steps to make 'aliens' feel more welcome TOKYO Japan, often accused of xenophobia, and sometimes with justification, has taken a small step to make visitors from abroad feel a bit less alien. Justice Minister Yukio Hayashida announced that he wanted to change the signs that direct foreigners to
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    • 151 5 Exercise may actually shorten your life, says scientist SAN ANTONIO (Texas) Exercise nuts may be pushing themselves into an early grave instead of a longer life, says a scientist specialising m ageing research. Dr Roger McCarter, a professor of physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Centre m San
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    • 44 5  -  Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street rebounded on Friday to close above the 2,000 level on its blue-chip index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell under the key 2,000 mark on Thursday, ended at 2,014.59 points, up 28.18. Reuter
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    • 465 5 BONN Austrian President Kurt Waldheim has warned the West that his resignation m the wake of controversy over his World War II record "would plunge Austria into chaos". Meanwhile m London, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Parliament that government officials were
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    • 215 5 GUATEMALA CITY Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire m the six-year war between Nicaraguan rebels and the Sandinista regime broke down on Friday with church mediators saying neither side had confidence m the other. No date was set for renewing the negotiations, though a communique
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    • 266 6 Casual sex on the rise in US despite Aids scare, says Surgeon-General WASHINGTON The government has gathered evidence that casual sex is increasing despite widespread fears about Aids, the nations top health officer said on Friday. Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop also took issue with news reports that played down the
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    • 166 6  - The Sun fined $263,000 for contempt of court ALAN HI BBARD LONDON A High Court judge has issued a stern warning about the behaviour of some newspapers in Britain. Fining the country's biggest selling tabloid, The Sun, £75,000 (S$263,550) for contempt of court, Mr Justice Watkins said: "The freedom of
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      43 6 picture. With a cautious smile and scrutinising eyes, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher checks out ncr wax double at Madame Tussaud's m London on Tuesday. The updated version of the model will soon go on show at the wax museum. Reuter
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    • 490 6 Reagan and Kohl agree on arms control strategy WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl have agreed to devise a comprehensive arms control strategy to confront the Soviet Union with "realism, strength and alliance unity". The two leaders ended talks at the White House on Friday with
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    • 223 6 WASHINGTON The World Bank said its board of directors had approved a US$74.B billion billion) capital increase, setting the stage for substantial new lending to the developing world. "These agreements pave the way for stronger World Bank support of ihe
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    • 266 6 Libya offers sanctuary to Nasser's fugitive son BELGRADE Libya has offered sanctuary to the eldest son of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, wanted m Cairo on terrorism charges, Arab sources said on Friday. Khaled Abdel Nasser, who went into exile m Yugoslavia three months ago as Egyptian security police
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    • 352 6 VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul n accused the superpowers on Friday of subjecting developing nations to a new form of colonialism that makes them "cogs on a gigantic wheel". The Roman Catholic pontiff levelled the charges m a strongly-worded encyclical letter
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    • 377 6  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Faced with an ageing population, US colleges and universities are beginning to turn their attention to one of the nations richest resources the 28 million Americans over the age of 65. About 1,000 colleges across
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    • 144 6 Reagan movie for US film festival in Moscow MOSCOW The first major American film festival m Moscow opened on Friday with a promised showing of a vintage movie m which Mr Ronald Reagan has his legs chopped off. Actor Richard Gere came on stage m person to introduce more than
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    • 135 6 John Denver song pokes fun at Gary Hart's escapades NEW YORK John Denver stopped singing about Colorado's mountains long enough to poke fun at the state's most embattled politician former senator Gary Hart m a song that hit the airwaves nationwide. The Ballad of Gary Hart, which was distributed by
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    • 150 6 Animal rights group wins custody of dead cat STOCKHOLM Sweden's Supreme Court has awarded custody of a dead torn cat to an animal rights group. The ruling on Friday was designed to clarify the law on the treatment of stray animals which are given new homes. The decision ended a
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    • PEOPLE
      • 129 6 PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino says she will never remarry. "To this day I have not met anybody else whom I would like to share my life with," said Mrs Aquino, who was widowed when her husband Benigno was assassinated m 1983 on his return to
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      • 162 6 CHINESE director Zhang Yimou's epic of blood and rape has made him a top draw at the high-brow Berlin film festival. Red Sorghum (Hong Gaoliang), the work of China's 37-year-old new-wave film-maker, introduces the European viewer to the realm of understated sensuality. Mere hints
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      • 125 6 FORMER royal governess Marion Crawford, who offended the British establishment when she wrote about the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret, died last week at the age of 78. Ms Crawford, known as "Crawfie" by her charges, broke an unwritten rule that Buckingham
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      • 55 6 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Vishwa Nath Sharma, a 57-year-old armoured corps officer, was named Chief of Staff of India's 1.1 million-strong army last week. An announcement said Gen Sharma would succeed General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, who will retire on April 30, his 60th birthday. Gen Sharma currently
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      • 110 6 AMERICAN professors who taught Taiwan's new President, Mr Lee Teng-hui (left), have described him as a brilliant student, but a solitary figure who avoided campus social life. Mr Lee. 65, a native Taiwanese, won a doctorate m agricultural economics from Cornell University m 1968 when
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    • 294 5 I Cathay Photo Celebrates 30 I fears of Good Fortune, Kodak congratulates Cathay Photo on their 30th anniversary and the official opening of their new branch at Marina Square on 21 February 1988. f How would you like to be thrice lucky m the Year of Double Fbrtune? You can.
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 469 7 BANGKOK Thai Army Commander Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is to visit Vientiane on Tuesday to seek the release of two Thai airmen held captive m Laos. Army officials here said the return of the crew of a Thai OV--10 Bronco reconnaissance plane
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    • 318 7 MANILA The Muslim separatist Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) says it has the support of 35 of the 48 members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) m its bid for membership. MNLF spokesman Rey Ibrahim Uy made
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    • 159 7 JAKARTA The British firm Foster Wheeler will be responsible for forming a consortium of companies to build a 180,000 barrels a day oil refinery m Java, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. It quoted Mr Jopie Rahajoe Oekon, Pertamina director of processing, as saying
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    • 180 7 BANGKOK The killing of a British woman tourist on a riv-er-boat m northern Thailand has prompted authorities to step up security measures. Senior officers have issued orders to beef up security on tours to remote areas m Thailand's northern
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    • 221 7 Auditors to verify Jakarta oil output JAKARTA Independent auditors will begin checks from tomorrow to verify that Indonesia is sticking to its Opec-set oil production quota of 1.19 million barrels per day, according to Oil Minister Subroto. A Dutch accounting firm, Klein veld Kraaienhof, will carry out the checks on
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    • 272 7 Philippine rebel chief said to be among eight captured MANILA An alleged communist rebel leader and seven other suspected guerillas were captured m raids m the central Philippines last week. The Manila headquarters of the para-military Constabulary said the eight had been charged m Cebu with the murder earlier this
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    • 387 7 MANILA Military authorities yesterday ordered the arrest of a top aide of former defence secretary, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, m connection with the 1986 murders of trade union leader Rolando Olalia and his driver. A team of soldiers went to the house of Navy
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    • 247 7 Bangkok gives supplies to 500 Viet refugees dumped on Thai islands BANGKOK Thailand has given supplies to more than 500 Vietnamese boat people dumped on remote Thai islands by smugglers of human cargo, and have allowed UN officials to visit the refugees, a diplomat said. "The UNHCR (United Nations High
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    • 146 7 Probe into deaths of two scuba-diving tourists CEBU CITY Police are continuing an investigation into the deaths of two tourists found by their companions at the bottom of the sea while scuba diving m the central Philippines. Mr Michael Bevan, 29, and Miss Sandra Diane Jennings, 40. were British and
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEAWAY
    • 535 8  -  R. VASANTHI By fcKEQZS* Once the conflicting Islamic teachings are introduced, it will only cause great confusion among Muslims as they will not know which set of teachings to follow. Besides, we are afraid that such teachings may divide the Muslims and cause
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    • 182 8 Apostasy laws to be discussed at Sarawak meeting KUALA LUMPUR The procedures for formulating laws on "murtad" (apostasy) m the country will be discussed at the coming meeting of heads of all the states' Islamic Affaire departments m Sarawak m April. The Director-General of the Islamic Affairs Division m the
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    • 82 8 This taxi driver m Kuala Lumpur pays no heed to nooting motorists as his vehicle snarls up the already congested street m the city. Vehicles which break down, stall or have punctured wheels are usually left where they are. No attempt is made to
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    • 236 8 JAKARTA A 17-year-old boy from Sabah who was kidnapped by an Indonesian labourer three years ago will soon return to his family after arrangements to free him are completed, the Malaysian Embassy here said yesterday. Indonesian police handed over Salim bin Sanoah to
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    • 390 8 KUALA LUMPUR Former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah had a "tacit agreement" with the then-Umno Secre-tary-General, Datuk Seri Sanusi Junid, to overlook minor irregularities m last year's Umno party elections, according to a former Umno official. Datuk Kadir
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    • 273 8 800 MIC branches owe Ms $4 m to education fund GOPENG Eight hundred Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) branch chairmen face possible court action for owing a total of Ms 4 million (553.2 million) to the Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED) fund. Their branches also risK being suspended, MIC leader
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    • 118 8 ALOR STAR Promet Bhd, the marine engineering, property and oil exploration company, is negotiating with a team of Soviet eye specialists to set up an eye centre m Pulau Langkawi. The chairman of the state committee on industrialisation, Dr Wan Azmi Ariffin,
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    • 216 8 Foreign papers accused of casting slur on leaders JERTIH (Trengganu) Several foreign newspapers have been criticised for painting a negative picture of developments within Umno and discrediting Malaysian leaders. The Minister m the Prime Minister's Department. Datuk Dr Mohamed Yusof Noor, said the foreign media reports created an impression that
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 408 9 WHAT can road users do to help when traffic lights at a busy road junction are out of order? Police commended the public-spiritedness of road users who have taken the initiative to help sort out the chaos by guiding vehicles. But they also
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    • 350 9 Govt won't pass on development charge to property buyers THE Government yesterday assured home buyers that they will not be held responsible for any unpaid development charge. Responding to the report Crackdown On Developers Who Don't Pay m last Friday's issue of The Straits Times, the Ministry of National Development
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    • 129 9 DR HO Tat Kin, MP for Boon Teck, will ask Acting Health Minister Yee Cheow Tong at the next Parliament sitting on Thursday if newborn babies are being tested for the Aids virus. If such terts are being carried out, Dr Ho wants
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    • 116 9 Fined $2, 000 for having six sticks of fireworks TWO men appeared m court yesterday on charges of having fireworks. Lee Boon Leong, 22, pleaded guilty to having six sticks of fireworks along Lorong Mydin m Changi on Jan 24 and was fined $2,000. He was caught with the items
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    • 50 9 A LUNAR New Year dinner will be held at the Teck Ghee community centre on Saturday at 7.30 pm. The Trade and Industry Minister and Second Minister for Defence (Services), Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, who is MP for the constituency, will be present.
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    • 259 9 CC's music centre a boon to budding musicians BATHROOM baritones and closet composers will get a stage when the Mountbatten Community Centre opens its Kin Yao Music Centre and Karaoke Lounge next month. Translated, xin yao means "songs composed by Singaporean youth", and it is exactly this that the community
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    • 344 9  -  MAUREEN CHUA By THE posting of "No Touting" signs at Lucky Plaza has not deterred touts who daily flock outside and m the shopping centre. In fact, since the signs went up last November, said the building's chief security officer, Mr
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    • 630 10  -  JENNIFER KOH By THE Meridien hotel m Changi has moved its collection of prisoner-of-war photographs from its lobby to a more discreet spot after suffering a drop m Japanese guests. According to the executive assistant manager of Le Meridien Singapour Changi, Mr
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    • 258 10 GET out those dancing shoes. Marathon folk dancing is coming to Singapore. For those with a passion for this form of action, and the stamina to keep going for hours, a treat is m store next week. The first-ever folk dance marathon will be held
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    • 77 10 Careers talk at library A TALK on careers m occupational therapy and physiotherapy will be given next Saturday at i pm at Ang Mo Kio Branch Library. It will be presented by a physiotherapist, Miss Patricia Tan, and occupational therapists, Mrs Janine Lim and Mrs SyKia Ng. Admission is free.
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    • 41 10 CRAWFORD Road Post Office will be closed for renovation from Feb 29 until early July. During this period, service will be provided at a temporary ofI fice next to the post office at i Block 15, Beach Road.
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    • 559 10  -  IRENE NG By AT LEAST four local country clubs will continue relying on sirens to warn golfers and caddies of possible lightning bolts like the one that killed a teenaged caddy on Sunday. But despite that incident, plus another lightning strike that
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      148 10 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will hold military exercises m certain areas between 7am and 11.59 pm daily from tomorrow to Saturday. Blanks and flashes will be used during the exercises at Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Loyang, Sembawang and Wing Loong. The public is advised not
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    • 291 10 Jail and cane for two who robbed goldsmith A MASKED robber scooped almost $120,000 of jewellery from a goldsmith's shop before the alarm sent him and a pa-rang-wielding accomplice fleeing. The alarm was set off by the shop's director, who saw the robbery through a one-way glass partition. Quah Tat
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    • 701 11  -  MAYLEE CHIA By Doctors and engineers have their own bulletin boards too LAWYERS are the latest group of professionals to use their personal computers to "talk" to each other via a "bulletin board" system of communication and information. Others who have already plugged
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    • Briefly
      • 76 11 POLICE ARE investigating a minor blast which was reported outside Lucky Plaza on Friday night. A police spokesman said that at about 9.50 pm, they were informed of a "bang" near the bus stop outside the shopping centre. Officers found a dustbin overturned with its contents strewn
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      • 149 11 MOTORISTS CAN use a new flyover spanning Ayer Rajah and Upper Ayer Rajah roads from 2 pm tomorrow. AH the slip-roads and loop-roads associated with the flyover, except one loop-road, will be opened to traffic. A Public Works Department statement says the loop-road, which allows city-bound
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      • 125 11 A COURIER company executive who claimed trial to a charge of causing death by negligence will be tried m a district court m January next year. John David Monsghan, 39, (left) regional general manager of TNT Skypak International Pte Ltd, is accused of causing the death of
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      • 94 11 THE 24-HOUR service area at the General Post Office which provides telegram, telex, telephone and basic postal services will be temporarily closed from tomorrow to March 2. This is to carry out urgent building However, customers can still get full postal and agency services there from 8
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      • 159 11 THE MASS Rapid Transit system will be making an appearance on your mail soon. Telecoms will celebrate the official opening of the MRT system on March 12 by issuing a set of stamps featuring the system. The 10-cent stamp will show the MRT route, the 50-cent
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    • 217 11 Make a conscious effort to live in harmony, says Sidek EVERY Singaporean should make a conscious effort to live m harmony, Mr Sidek Saniff has said. The Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industry) said this yesterday while making the point that maintaining racial harmony is essential to the future progress of
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    • 348 12 16 Singaporeans hurt as bus crashes into ravine in Malaysia Woman organiser involved m Langkawi ferry disaster two years ago SIXTEEN Singaporeans escaped death but their Malaysian driver died when the tour bus m which they were travelling overturned and crashed into a ravine along a highway m Malaysia at
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    • 202 12 A MAN was jailed for 30 months yesterday for a series of snatch thefts at various lift landings. Ariffin bin Jacob, 20, who committed the crimes between Oct 13 last year and Feb 1 this year, was also
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    • 122 12 Entries invited for international children's art festival YOUNG Singaporeans between the ages of four and 15 are invited to send their art works for the Fifth Kanagawa Biennial World Children's Art Exhibition to be held m March next year. The exhibition is an international festival of children's art. It aims
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    • 386 12 First Miss S'pore Chinatown to be picked in July THE first Miss Singapore Chinatown contest is expected to be held here m July and only Mandarin-speaking girls need apply. It is also reserved for Chinese contestants aged between 17 and 26, or girls with at least one parent who is
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    • 515 12 Airport liquor and tobacco shop offered to DFS, SIA venture at $100 m a year BARRING any last-minute changes, the duty-free liquor and tobacco shop at Changi Airport will be run by a new joint venture between Duty Free Shoppers (DFS) and a Singapore Airlines subsidiary for a fee of
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    • 362 12 THIS is the Singapore-devel-oped 155 mm howitzer, the artillery formation's latest big gun. The FH 88 155 mm Gun Howitzer, as it is known m full, will replace some of the older guns m the Singapore Artillery's stable. According to the Defence Ministry,
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    • 278 12 Hundreds turn up at flying club for flights of fancy SCORES of people who fancied a flight for $40 during the Lunar New Year holidays turned up at the Republic of Singapore Flying Club's open house. By 4.15 pm yesterday and with one more day to go, club president Fong
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    • 94 12 APPLICATIONS are now open for secondary school bursaries awarded jointly by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) and the Lembaga Biasiswa Kenangan Maulud (LBKM). Successful Secondary 1 and 2 pupils will receive $75 a year, while those m Secondary 3, 4 and 5 will
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      • 306 13 ANY visitor reading The Straits Times Forum page last Wednesday would be forgiven for thinking that Singapore's drug rehabilitation centres are home to hardcore criminals rather than unfortunates trying to fight their drug addiction. This was the impression given by the letter-writer who described himself "Horrified"
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      • 116 13 What The Sunday Times reported on Feb 21, 1963 ALL Royal Malayan Navy patrol boats have been told to deal with violation of territorial waters by Indonesian gunboats. The Secretary for Defence, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, announcing this m Kuala Lumpur yesterday, said Malayan patrols had
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    • 1336 13 GEORGE ABRAHAM is a dynamo who is updating the image of his community's Chamber of Commerce I refuse to be bullied. I don't take kindly to criticism that comes because I don't cater to a particular sector or because of a short-term view. This is
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    • 961 14  -  Tan Sai Siong I have given up without regret those jostling hours of shopping m old Chinatown, when hawkers spilled from their shops onto the pavements and barkers and bargain hunters created a din. I have got so used to air-conditioned comfort and fixed
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    • 773 14  -  Tan Tarn How SMALL may be beautiful but it can also be a mixed blessing to tiny nations like Singapore. They are often open to attacks verbal, economic and military from larger countries. Some people argue that to survive, small nations
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    • 703 14  - Break in with a fistful of dollars Patrick Daniel Many local entrepreneurs will find buying into foreign companies their best strategy as it kills many birds with one stone. It not only gets them into markets abroad but plugs them immediately into established distribution networks. AT LONG last, there are
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    • 597 14 ALTHOUGH you won't find it m any encyclopaedia, being a concerned uncle is one of the toughest tasks given to a man. And when you have a nephew like 10--year-old Alex who is curious enough to sink a container-ship, you will know the feeling
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    • 396 14 FEELING AT HOME. BHHHHHHH You've a loved one overseas. > v Probably studying. Or working. And 4 you know what it's like being away i I Ss from nome especially when it's for H|f ?^^fe* *-i more than a while. Make nim fee< at nome v IL news from home.
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    • 1658 15 Singapore must be one of few cities m the world to have five branches of the same department store within walking distance of each other. And Metro is not the only local retailer to find it a winning formula to have several outlets m the
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    • 530 15 POWER (he is chairman and executive director), success (he is a self-made multi-millionaire) and age (he is 76) do not distance the grand old man from a mere employee. As Mr Ong Tjoe Kirn, founder of Metro, rolled down his shirt sleeves and put on a
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  • RACING
    • 241 16  -  TAN THEAN LOON By Our man on the track PENANG Runaway first-up winner Sunday Guest appears to have his rivals at his mercy m the Class 4 Div E sprint (Race 4) today. The three-year-old American-bred showed that he is an ultra-smart
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    • 294 16 RACE Racing Editor Tan Thaan Loon Frederick Quak Danny Khoo Malcolm Battians 3 Eurodollar 3 Eurodollar 1 Aqua-Trad 3 Eurodollar 4 Robbar Baron 1 5 Desert Stream 2 Enchante 3 Eurodollar 6 Calgary 6 Calgary 6 Calgary 1 Aqua-Tred 6 Calgary 7 Evasive 3 Eurodollar 10
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    • 45 16 RACE 1 Robber Baron n. RACE 2: Legenda, Spiritual Soldier, Julian Minstrel. RACE 3: Exotical, Fifth September. RACE 4: Jardinier, Graceful Stride n. Nuclear Limone. RACE i: Take Five, Cruising, Zippy, Hard To Be Humble. RACE 6: Rosesforme. Wongawallah. RACE 7: Kawan Karib, Rangoli.
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    • 215 16  -  DANNY KHOO By ROSESFORME. who was denied a double at Ipoh last month when he was relegated to second after an objection against him by the rider of the second horse past the post was upheld, should set the re cord straight m Race
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    • 5156 16 2.15 CLASS 5 DIV D 1,400 m (Ratings: 56-6) 1 *6**7o Aqua-Tml 57 (54) Aqua-Tred-H Tan 6ag dc O (L2oom). Beat only one home when 10th to Heart Soul with 54 C 4-5 Pg 1400 m Jan 2 rider said horse continually raced up onto heels of
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    • 108 17 Six out of seven TIPSTER Danny Khoo picked six winners m the card of seven races held at Penang yesterday and equalled former Straits Times chief racing writer Epsom Jeep's personal best. Khoo's winners were Ways And Means, Fulfilment, Saratoga Six, Monthey. Loves A Gamble and Smooth Operator. In Race
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    • 223 17  -  JACK ELLIOTT By MELBOURNE Brilliant three-year-old sprinter Snippets shattered the time record with a great win m the A5150,000 (5J216.000) Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield racecourse here yesterday He jumped clear at the start and soon worked his way to the
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    • 2348 17  -  OUR RACING TEAM Smooth Operator gets up close home to make it three m row By PENANG Five horses finally found their winning turn yesterday. They were City King (at his sixth start). Way§ And Means (15th start), Fulfilment (23rd start), Monthey (10th start) and
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    • 163 17  -  TAN THEAN IXK)N PENANG There was an uproar moments after the horses flashed past the post m Race 2 here yesterday the totalisator board facing the grandstand had gone haywire. The approximate win and place dividends for the nine runners indicated
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 178 16 In Loving Memory ot DAISY KOH nee LEE GUEK KENG Departed 21st Feb. '86 memories ir BOtlMf fMM to IWt And the une who thinks of her today is ||M one VtM loves her best Alwayi itmimlxiid by family and loved ones. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR.
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      81 16 THALAI THEVASAM Mr. Samay Kanu a/o Ramalingam (Sam) departed on 5/3/87 I Formerly lived m SGH Driver* Qrti. 124. McalitUr Rd) v:tsarn will be held on 23-2-BS, i uesdaj at Hik 31. Telok h Hisf (tt-:V4H. Stngaport m In the morning Tel: *****79 rhintharalHif All Friends Rt-lati. In
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 633 17 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. TAN SAI GEK Age: 67 years passed away peacefully on 19 Feb 1988 leaving behind: Sons: Daughters-in-law: R. chard Teo Poh Suan Margaret Han Mul Neo A I. n Teo Chek Kheng Suzana Ltm James Teo Hock Chye Jenny Foo Ivy LI Daughter: Son-m-la* Teo
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    • 216 17 321 Deaths 321 Deaths KRISHNA PERUMAL VENUGOPAL Retired Senior Interpreter Singapore Police Courts passed away peacefully at 10 20am on 20th February 1988 leaving behind Wive ISSSn Son Daughter-ln-Law Vtjaya Purushotma Jenny Chandraprakashsmlu Daughters Son«-ln-Law Sakuntala Tanapathy Premavathi Gurupakran and uvtn grandchildren Cortege will leave No. 12. Lorong 104 Changi
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    • 38 17 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam MABEL TEO WEE LANG (MRS WILLIAM TAN JUAY HERN) Departed 21-2-87 Gone from our lives one so dear. But In our hearts forever near Lovingly r*m«mb«f«d by Husband. Children 1 Loved On**.
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      98 17 AL-FATEHA The Family Of The Late HAJI S.M. MEERA MOHIADEEN MARICAR (Ex-Principal) p»»»ed away peacefully on 19 2 88 wish to thank all friends, relative* and Jamiyah tor their kind attendance and condolences during their recent bereavement. May Allah Bless His Soul LOI JET TOON Age: 38 pas«*d
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      38 17 YOWAN SATHRAK AGE S3 year* Entered glory on 20th F»b IMB. Funeral service on 21st F«b 2 pm at Blk 96. #03-50 Henderson Road Cortege leaving 3 pm to Chua Chu Kang Christian C#m»t*ry Tel: *****28
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    • 92 17 The Family Of The Late MOM QUEENIE WOO to raprm their heartfelt thank"- and appreciation to all relatives, friends rolleaßuns for their condolences, di I wreaths. assistance dam I ilurinu their recent bereavement Also special thanks r Omit .irifl elders of tIM Hmirhwa Methodist Church, el>Ws ol the
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  • SPORT
    • 963 18  - A winning success ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER Liverpool reap dividends from Dalglish's gamble on Beardsley 4 I'm delighted that the Liverpool public are now seeing me as the master's replacement. It's my good fortune to be coached personally by Kenny. He was my idol and now he's showing me
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    • 382 18 PARIS Fi/a, footbalJ's world governing body, denied on Friday that they had negotiated a deal with French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac for France to host the 1998 World Cup Finals. Chirac told an election meeting m Dijon on Thursday he had already
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    • 1094 18  -  ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY 4 He's the sporting man of the moment, full of fighting spirit. Hift appeal is precisely because he to such a spectacular loser. It's because he is right at the bottom of the pile but still plugs away that m people love
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    • 275 18  -  HAKIKAT RAI By THIS month's Sunday Times Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement Award could well go to one of the Singapore's junior swimmers whose record-breaking feats last week signalled that the sport's future was m good hands. Anglo-Chinese School student Desmond Koh smashed five marks m
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    • 654 19  - When lowering a barrier makes sense TAY CHENG KHOON Foreign women can represent Singapore again TEE TO GREEN A JAPANESE lady, an En**glishwoman and a Singaporean are very likely to boost the Republic's golf standing at the Queen Sirikit Cup competition m Thailand m May. This is because the Singapore
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    • 366 19 GOLF WORLDWIDE MANILA Taiwan's Hsieh ChinSeng fired a two-over-par 74 yesterday but still maintained a twostroke lead with a total score of 211 after three rounds m the USSI2O.OOO ($240,000) Philippine Open golf tournament. "I've been charging since the first day, but I'll
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    • 211 19 ATHLETICS Britain seek Zola's word in writing LONDON Zola Budd has been asked by British officials for a written assurance that she plans to make her home and her athletics future m Britain. Tony Ward, spokesman for the British Amateur Athletics Board, said on Friday the board were seeking confirmation
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    • 212 19 Gataullin misses out on world record LOS ANGELES Pole-vaulter Rod ion Gataullin, of the Soviet Union, (ailed to set an indoor world record but still came through with an impressive leap of 5.86 metres to win the event at the 29th annual Los Angeles Times Indoor Games on Friday Gataullin,
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    • 161 19 Malaysia's seven for Seoul KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will be represented by seven athletes m the Seoul Olympics, the president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia Hamzah Abu Samah announced here Friday. Mr Hamzah, who chaired a meeting of the OCM to select Malaysia's representatives for the Seoul Games, said the
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    • 475 19 TENNIS WORLDWIDE MILAN France's Yannick Noah overpowered Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, and top-seeded Boris Becker dominated Henri Leconte to earn places m the semi-finals of the Italian indoor tennis tournament on Friday. In a day of upsets, Milan Srejber. of Czechoslovakia, sent his seeded compatriot
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    • 509 19 Frost Stretched: Title-holder Morten Frost, of Denmark, was stretched by compatriot Michael Kjeldsen before qualifying for the semi-finals of the Belgian Open badminton tournament m Mortsel on Friday. Kjeldsen, ranked No 20 m the world, was beaten 15-9, 4-15, 6-15, after having led 6-4 m the final game.
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    • 372 19  - Harris squash's new wonder boy MARTIN BRONSTEIN GOING FOR THE TITLE By LONDON There can be no denying that Del Harris is the best squash hope Britain has had since Jonah Barrington m the 60s. Harris is the first ever player to hold the British Under-19, Under--23 and senior title
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    • 578 19 GOING FOR THE RECORD Hadlee now better than Botham, says Indian computer analyst NEW DELHI Richard Hadlee and lan Botham have each taken a record 373 Test wickets, and the New Zealander is poised injury permitting to overtake the Englishman m the next Test. But which of
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    • 470 20  - Tiong Bahru upset Jurong Town ALBERT JOHNSON TIONG BAHRU 2 JURONG TOWN 1 By BASKETBALL Anderson Junior College beat Tanjong Katong Technical 72-25 m a Schools national A Div boys' match at Jurong yesterday Other remlta: NJC 64 CIC 51; YJC 39 AMKVI 36; RJC 72 BTY 39; JSS 75
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    • 186 20  -  JOE DORAI POLICE Sports Association and Tampines Rovers will have their best chances to redeem lost prestige and respect m the Premier League this evening (4.45). At Hougang Stadium, Tampines, who are languishing at the bottom of the table without a win after nine
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    • 113 20 SEOUL The South Korean Soccer Association decided yesterday to invite 16 teams entering the Summer Olympics here to the President's Cuj tournament from June 14-25. Officials said the tour.iim*»nt would be held as a pre-Oiyroic event. The Olympic Games will be held here frop->
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    • 244 20  -  JOE DORAI BALESTIER UNITED 2 SAFSA 1 By BALESTIER United will leave for Saudi Arabia this afternoon as proud flagbearers of Singapore soccer after yesterday's 2-1 triumph over Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association at Ang Mo Kio Stadium, which made them the Premier
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    • 404 20 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Arsenal survived a second-half on- slaught by Manchester United to emerge 2-1 victors and earn a quarter-fi-nal place m the FA Cup competition yesterday. But United, who fought 1 back desperately after being two down at half-time, n had only themselves
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    • 39 20 BARI (Italy) Italy beat the Soviet Union 4-1 (halftime 3-1) m a soccer friendly here yesterday. Scorers Italy: Franco Baresi (7th minute, penalty). Gianluca Vialli (30th, 35th), Giuseppe Bergomi (87th). Bcvlet I it»n: Gennady Litovchenko (18th). Reuter
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    • 457 20  - Muthiah ends Krishnan's three-year reign HAKIKAT RAI Malaysian Sea Games gold medallist's turn of speed helps him set record By SOUTH-EAST Asia Games 1,500--metre gold medallist S. Muthiah ended G. Krishnan's three-year winning streak at yesterday's Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's 25th cross-country championships at Macßitchie. The 27-year-old bank clerk from
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    • 508 20 WINTER OLYMPICS RESULTS Ice Mrkey Po»l B: Czechoslovakia 4 Austria 0. Soviet Union 6 West Germany 3 Men's Nordic skiing 15km cr— o cwmtry: 1 Mikhail r>viatiarov (SU) 41:18.9 2 Pf.lGunnar Mikkelsplass (Nor) 41:33.4 3 Vladimir Smirnov (SU) 41:48.5 Wtmei's Alpine s'dlng (downhill):
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    • 146 20 FIVE-NATIONS RUGBY PARIS France ran m five tries to overwhelm Irelar.J 25-6 m their Five-Nations rugby union championship match yesterday. Giant flanker Alain Carminati celebrated his recall to the side with a try m the 64th minute, while backs Serge Blanco, Patrice Lagisquet, Didipr Camberabero and Philippe
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    • 236 20 SPORTING SUNDAY HOCKEY SHA 1-21 Barker Trcphy: Punggol v Safsa (lA. 4) SOCCER Premier l^»<u. Tampines Rovers v Oylang International (Hougang), Police SA v Changi CSC (Gementi). NFL Hv I: Toa Payoh Utd v Gilbraltar Crescent (Toa Payoh), Pioneer Arsenal v Kaki Bukit (Jurong) Hv 2:
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    • 1100 1 OLDIES BUT NOT GOODIES They are not agile, young or sexy. But SBC's grey-haired brigade are holding their own against the likes of glamorous stars like Xiang Yun and Huang'Wenyong. Older actors and actresses are giving some of the most memorable performances m SBC soaps and costume dramas. LOW MEI
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      • 497 2  -  CATHERINE ONG TV PREVIEW Ford: Man and the Machine Tomorrow, Ch 5, 9.30 pm By HE was a farm boy who could hardly read or write. Despite humble beginnings, Henry Ford single-handedly set the world on wheels by inventing the motor car and built up
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      • 514 2  - Hideki married and a dad? LOW MEI MEI By HIDEKI Saijo has secretly married, and is now a father too if the headlines of a Japanese women's gossip magazine are anything to go by. Touted as its scoop of the year, the magazine said that its two journalists spotted Hideki,
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      • 327 3 YOU can't miss her high-pitched voice, rapid speech and grimacing face. Cai Ping Kai, 40, plays Ergu, or Second Auntie, m the series Neighbours. It is a role tailor-made for Cai and it is difficult to tell the reel-life character from real-life Cai. She is
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      • 235 3 SHE gets the occasional fan mail, most of which tell her to stick to playing good characters. At the market or on the bus, heads turn and people recognise Wang Xiv Yun, 38. Sometimes, her nine-year-old daughter's classmates offer a critique of her latest
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      • 283 3 HE IS pleased when people ask him: "Are you really that bad?" Tang Hu, 48, gleefully recalls the time an elderly woman told her grandchild not to get into the lift with him. "How successful I am depends on how I can
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      • 410 3  -  LOW MEI MEI TV PREVIEW Star Maiden Tomorrow, Ch 8, 9.30 pm By FLYING saucers rain green bullets. A cruising silver mothership ejects deadly sparks. A space battle is raging. Eventually one camp loses when enemy extra-terrestrials dressed m gold suits storm Princess Yiti's
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      • 636 4 Even with songs that span the gamut of social ills from war to vice Johnny Hates Jazz find that credibility is hard to come by. JOHNNY HATES JAZZ, who hit it big with Shattered Dreams, have absolutely no credibility. Its frontman, Clark Datchler, says
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      • 536 4  -  LIM 3EK RECORD REVIEW By TIFFANY (MCA) Music aside, Tiffany is everything Madonna is not. This could be why music fans around the world are making such a fuss over the 16-year-old's debut. Her hits, though not exactly the best, are able to knock Michael
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      • 428 4  -  KEN JALLEH JR. PROJECT X At Orchard Starring Matthew Borderick and Helen Hunt. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. By IN THIS year of the dragon, enter the monkey into our hearts, seeking our sympathy, and toying with our emotions with teddy-bear innocence. Enter Virgil, a chimp
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        • 327 4  -  JOHN BLAKE (IPS) By AT 52, Dudley Moore's thoughts are turning to possible marriage to Brogan Lane, the statuesque beauty who has shared his life for five years. Though he plays it down, cuddly Dud had been under stress. His career has been on a
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    • Young Life
      • 247 9 THE best of the Lunar New Year has passed for those who celebrate the festival. But therfc are still many days left, for it seems part of human nature to want to prolong festivities. Many cultural, religious and even national celebrations are spread over a period of time.
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      • 243 9 A necklace sweet and simple TODAYS cratt can be unbelievably simple to make. Neither do you need much time nor a lot of money to produce something beautiful. At the same time, it is invaluable because it is the work of your own hands and of your interest. r This
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      • 404 9 A LITTLE noticed monument along a busy street honours the quiet contribution of thousands of nameless people who laid the foundations of modern Singapore. Looking like a table, the foundation stone to the early founders is missed by motorists speeding along Collyer Quay because it is so small.
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    • 1170 15 ,d B '-">■•■> Bl .v and the official opening of Marina Square Branch Message from B^^*n celebrating our company's 30th anniversary and the M M^^^&ttk Jm official opening of our new outlet at Marina Square trf irtttm^ft^Bal JB b )ur P ro re ss over the past 30 years would
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    • 153 20 M CONGRATULATIONS to Cathay Photo Store on your 30th Anniversary your Official Opening of the Marina Square Branch I BE IN FOCUS I I Create moving shots. I Correctly exposed pictures is the final criterion that separates a great shot X However, it alsc^ features a flash cut-otl from the
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    • Brunei
      • A special supplement to mark the country's fifth National Day
        • 727 7  -  SALIM OSMAN Diversification is main emphasis of National Development Plan By VISITORS to Brunei Darussalam can hardly miss some of the most visible signs of development m the country. These are the new highway linking Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital, to the enlarged international airport
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        • 497 7 Plans to reduce dependence on food imports THE government is putting more emphasis on agriculture as a sector with growth potential m its current drive to diversify the Brunei economy. The sector comes under the country's new industrial policy, which is geared towards import substitution and export-oriented industries. The Deputy
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        • 768 7  -  SALIM OSMAN FOR decades, scores of Bruneians have gone overseas for their tertiary education on generous government scholarships. Going abroad to study was a matter of course for them because of the limited places and courses available m the country's institutes of higher
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      • 492 8 THE sparkling newly-ex-tended Brunei International Airport m Berakas is all set to handle an increased volume of traffic from this year. The $76-million extension project, which was completed as scheduled last year, has made it one of the most modern airports m
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      • 627 8  -  SALIM OSMAN By BRUNEI is determined not to let its small population hinder its growth and development. With just 226,000 people, Brunei is aware that it cannot hope to meet the manpower needs of all sectors m the economy within a short period. Hence,
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      • 830 8 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM is stepping up its drive to check the drug and inhalant abuse m the country. Intensive country-wide campaigns have been planned for this year to tell the people the dangers of drug abuse. Even Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin
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      • 134 7 M 1 1 Tho ,^r H I I Government of His Majesty I I I The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of II I Negara Brunei Darussalam 111 I and the People of Negara Brunei Darussalam 111 I on the occasion of 111 i Negara Brunei Darussalam's National Day 111 I
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      • 79 7 SJ to the O Government of His Majesty a Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam and the People of Negara Brunei Darussalam on the occasion of Negara Brunei Darussalam's National Day on February 23rd 1988. k Hg T *^i ySv^^^. 'K^ syarikat job sekutu sendirian berhad job associates
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      • 162 8 Congratulations Best Wishes^ to the Government of His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam and the people of Negara Brunei Darussalam on the Fourth Anniversary of their National Day on February 23rd 1988 //CZj^ Finegp Enterprises Pte. Ltd. //CHOP Eu Tong Sen Street, Pearl's Centre #02-28,
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    • TIME-OFF
      • 681 9  - Keeping your nose to the petals JOHN K. B. LIM By IN OUR garden city, one subject which photographers will never find lacking is flowers. There is a profusion of blooming plants everywhere m housing estates, parks, traffic islands and even by the roadside. The variety, shapes, sizes and colours
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      • 939 9 Coin buffs descended on Singapore last week. K. F. TANG buttonholes several specimens THE way educationist Chua Kian Bock beat down Mr Howard Simmons' price from $90 to $88, the two men might as well have been haggling over so many lots of vegetable
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      • 1176 9 Contrary to beliefs held dear by those who have never kept one, the cat is capable of immeasurable affection. But you don't get it automatically. The cat's heart must be won. The cat's unabashed devotion to self pleases some and repels others. People
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    • Singapore Artillery Centenary
      • A salute to this fighting arm of the Singapore Armed Forces which celebrates its centenary this year
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          269 10 A BIG gun with the knockout punch m a battlefield that is the FH 88 155 mm Gun Howitzer (right), the latest acquisiton of the Singapore Artillery. Developed locally by a team of engineers and artillery officers over five years, FH 88 is a new-generation long-range 155 mm
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        • 437 10 TWO commendation and six service medals,' plus five rank promotions, say a lot for Colonel (Retd) M.S. GUI, 54, the first Chief of Artillery who served 25 years with the army. To him a military career was a choice steeped m family tradition, following
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        • 424 10  -  LT-COL LOW YEE KAH By Chief of Artillery GOOD leadership, first and foremost, means the involvement of Unit Commanders m the drive towards excellence. They must continue to display exemplary leadership qualities m order to earn respect from their subordinates. By encouraging initiative among Artillery personnel
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      • 488 11 TRAINING for the men m the Singapore Artillery, as m any other Singapore Armed Forces unit, is a continuous process which they have to undergo right from the start of national service to the time reserve service begins for them. A national serviceman
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      • 336 11  -  DANNY TAN Three reservists talk about life m Artillery By WHEN Major (Res) Seah Kee Pok, 38, a science honours graduate from the then University of Singapore, left the Singapore Artillery he picked up skills that he found useful even m Civvy Street.
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      • 456 11  -  DANNY TAN CAPTAIN (Res) Robert Bong meshes his reservist and civilian life together every day m more ways than one. In fact, Capt Bong, 30, commanding officer of a reservist Artillery battalion, wears his uniform to office "when it's convenient". "My staff have
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      • 360 11 WATCHING national servicemen pass by his home every day made Erik Erh Cher Meng wish he could don a soldier's well-pressed unifDrm, too. He could not wait to get into national service. "I was a stickler for detail and order, even as a young boy,
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    • TRAVEL
      • 1517 12 Big Brother, small talk, entrancing days Drifting m a houseboat on Kashmir's satin-like Dal lake, one's thoughts turn to the things m life that matter, says AUDREY PERERA HABIB, the papier mache maker, was talking about a customer who had become his friend. It was a cold but sunny afternoon,
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