The Straits Times, 27 November 1988

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  • 894 1  -  RAV DH ALIWAL Mix of fiscal and other measures will be used, says Dr Yeo By Extension of the Area Licensing Scheme m area and time, including extension to cover Jurong Computerisation of ALS scheme to do away with the use of gantries
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  • 168 1 A SENIOR Citizens' Week celebration for 1,024 senior citizens turned into a surprise birthday party yesterday for Madam Teng Yu Fong and Mr Song Kee Kiam. A beaming audience of 1,000 people sang Happy Birthday while Dr Sect Ai Mcc, Minister of State (Community Development
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  • 533 1 SEOUL President Roh Tae Woo appealed to the nation yesterday to forgive his predecessor, Mr Chun Doo Hwan, who has apologised for his past misdeeds, and promised sweeping democratic reforms "to liquidate the negative legacies of the past era". Mr
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  • 600 1 Mahathir: Don't pander to racial sentiments PENANG Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday reminded leaders of the ruling National Front coalition not to pander to racial sentiments m their efforts to secure support for their parties. "If we play to sentiments just to get support, we are actually
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      540 2 OPPOSITION FORMS COALITION: Six Sri Lankan opposition parties have formed a coalition against President Junius Jayewardene's chosen candidate, Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa, for the presidential elections on Dec 19. Five members of the coalition the Democratic People's Alliance signed a common manifesto last Thursday and formally backed
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    • 132 2 PARTING COMPANY: British racket company Dunlop will not renew their £1 million (553.56 million) contract with former world tennis No. 1 John McEnroe when it expires at the end of the year. A Dunlop spokesman said the minuses of their association with him outweighed the plusses, adding that they
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    • 1029 2  -  RAV DHALIWAL Govt plan to curb vehicle population It was aimed at alerting public to other measures m the pipeline Reports by Like medicine m small doses: "When you are unwell, you go and see a doctor. He gives you
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    • 322 2 THE government is seriously looking into introducing an Area Licensing Scheme m Jurong to ease traffic jams that have built up there. Minister for Communications and Information Dr Yeo Ning Hong said* yesterday that Jurong has been considered for such a restricted zone
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    • 340 2 Transport council wants more info on increase Proposal to raise taxi fares THE proposal to raise taxi fares has failed to win over many supporters at the Public Transport Council's meeting yesterday. The matter will be further discussed at another meeting tentatively set for next Saturday. It was learnt that
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    • 928 3  -  LYNETTE ONG Ignorance the reason as list of such books not easily obtainable By Two prohibited titles m the limelight sadsad SATANIC Verses by Salman Rushdie. Written by the 1981 Booker Prize winner, this book won Britain's Whitbread literary prize this year.
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    • 121 3 Take them off the shelf THE above is part of a list from the Undesirable Publications Bureau received by one publisher. All publishers and distributors are told by the bureau which vets publications here. Once books are "detained", they cannot be put on shop shelves. Below is a list culled
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    • 358 3  -  SERENE LIM By "DO OUR censors think they are the Pope, Archbishop, church elder or what?" asked former Senior Minister S. Rajaratnam. "Is that the function of a censor?" The one-time Minister for Culture raised these questions yesterday when commenting on a list
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    • 564 3 Tensions persist in Armenia and Azerbaijan MOSCOW Tensions persisted yesterday m major cities of Armenia and Azerbaijan as Soviet troops patrolled with tanks and helicopters, trying to defuse ethnic unrest that led to violence and panic m the southern republics. On Friday, tens of thousands of people who gathered m
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    • 73 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Our students abroad IN recent years the number of Singaporean students going overseas for higher studies has steadily been growing. In 1985, for example, there were 6,689 Singapore students abroad, up from 4,873 m 1982. The top five countries chosen: W|vO9 (try ,\J\J\J -^H ?5w
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 197 2 Showers are expected over many areas between mid-afternoon and early everinf. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 6.54 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.51 am. TRAVELLERS' HEATHER AneiaMf 12/18 C Showers Ui Angeled 12/17 C Gear AnwtenUm 6/10 C Cloudy Madrid -2/11 C Gear Athena
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 238 4 U Nu's party registers with election commission RANGOON The party associated with former Burmese prime minister U Nu has reversed its boycott and registered with the election commission as opposition figures jostle for positions under military rule. A spokesman for the League for Democracy and Peace said the group was
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    • 361 4 UN chief calls for lasting settlement m West Bank and Gaza UNITED NATIONS Secre-tary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said that the situation m Israel's occupied territories has worsened, with continuing civilian deaths and injuries and other serious human rights violations. He said measures to enhance
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    • 65 4 Two models presented moulded and decorated human forms by erotic artist Syn Saarento at the fifth The forms displayed by two of the models here were moulded directly on a model's body and each costs between 4,000 to 6,500 francs (551.320 to 5*2,150). The 10-day festival, held
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    • 334 4 SKORPIOS (Greece) Ms Christina Onassis was buried yesterday m the chapel on the family island of Skorpios m a marble vault identical to the one holding her brother Alexander. A few journalists were allowed to witness the ceremony attended only by a few
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    • 188 4 22 dead as rival Shi'ite groups clash again BEIRUT Rival Shi'ite militias traded anti-tank and automatic weapons fire yesterday as fighting flared anew m the Lebanese capital, raising the death toll from four days of clashes to at least 22. The latest clashes erupted m the commercial district of Hamra
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    • 122 4 Hanoi 'may open Cam Ranh Bay base to others' HANOI Cam Ranh Bay naval base m southern Vietnam, currently used by the Soviet navy, may be opened to other countries. Deputy Foreign Minister Tran Quang Co said here yesterday. "We are studying the possibility of opening the base to other
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    • 77 6 Hair inserter and colourist Denise Oliver, 24, putting some final touches on a wax figure of US President-elect George Bush at Madame Tussaud's wax museum m London. The figure on Ms Oliver's left is that of President Ronald Reagan which was removed after the results of
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    • 339 6 Six Sri Lankan opposition parties team up Bandaranaike their candidate for presidential polls COLOMBO Six Sri Lankan opposition parties have formed a coalition against President Junius Jayewardene's chosen candidate for next month's presidential elections, party officials said yesterday. Five members of the coalition, the Democratic People's Alliance, signed a common
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    • 339 6 WASHINGTON US pharmaceutical firms fighting to develop an Aids vaccine are also engaged m a battle to protect themselves against lawsuits arising from adverse side effects. In 1976 when there was a swine flu epidemic four drug companies asked to develop a
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    • 37 7 This ship belonging to a Nicaraguan fishing company sits grounded after Hurricane Joan swept it inland last month. It was only discovered near the Escondido River m Nicaragua last Friday. AFP picture.
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    • 200 7 It may soften stand if Beijing renounces use of force, say sources TAIPEI Taiwan is reviewing its rigid policy of "no contact, no compromise, no negotiations" with mainland China as the indirect flow of people and goods across the Taiwan Strait grows, sources said here yesterday.
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    • 164 7 LONDON Legal history was made m Britain on Friday when a woman won a rape case m a civil court after state attorneys refused to prosecute her alleged attacker. The 25-year-old teacher was awarded £25,000 (S$89,000) m damages after a High Court
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    • 247 7 US, Pakistan not upholding Afghan accord, says Gorbachev PARIS Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has pledged to respect the Geneva accord on withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan if the other partners to the agreement respect their part of the bargain. "Why do I say that? Because at the moment they
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    • 100 8 LONDON A small 200-year-old table that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI of France, has been sold by London auctioneers Sotheby's for a record £1,650,000 (about 555.87 million). The price, believed to be the highest for a piece of French antique furniture, was
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    • 80 8 REYKJAVIK Iceland's Supreme Court president has admitted using his hospitality budget to buy 1,400 bottles of vodka and whisky at cost price this year, but denied abusing his position. "It was for my official duties," Judge Magnus Thoroddsen, who is entitled to the cheap drink supply,
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    • 508 8 SAMARKAND (Uzbekistan) Authorities m the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan on the border with Afghanistan are alarmed by a social phenomenon they appear powerless to stop suicides of Muslim women by self-immolation. According to the assistant Prosecu-tor-General of Uzbekistan, Mr Oleg
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    • PEOPLE
      • 40 8 SWEDISH tennis star Bjom Borg, above left, takes m the sights of China with his fiancee, Loredana Berte. The couple visited the Great Wall on Friday. Borg is m China to teach tennis to Chinese children.
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      • 97 8 PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk, right, has tried his hand at film-making with the help of North Korea. He has written and directed a film called The Mysterious City. The film, described as a Cambodian tragedy set m the *****, was made m May and June m North Korea,
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      • 115 8 THE manager of film star Eddie Murphy said last week that a lawsuit filed by columnist Art Buchwald was just one of several unfounded attempts to get credit for the story of the comedian's hit movie Coming to America. "Everybody's saying, 'I did the story'," Mr Robert
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      • 72 8 YOU cannot see Michael Jackson's 94- minute movie Moonwaiker m theatres but beginning m January, you can buy the videocassette. His publicists gushingly describe it as "a kaleidoscope of never-before-seen, extravagantly staged songs and dance numbers and breathtaking special effects". Highlights of the movie include Scan Lennon
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      • 70 8 PATTY HEARST, left, the one-time hostage-heiress and convicted bank robber, has quietly asked for a full presidential pardon and is hoping President Ronald Reagan will act on the request before leaving office m January. UPI quoted the San Francisco Chronicle as reporting that Hearst, whose seven-year
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      • 64 8 FORMER Beatle Ringo Starr returned to Britain last week from a private clinic for alcoholics m the US and vowed he would never drink again. "I feel a lot better," Mr Starr said, "and my intention is never to drink again." Mr Starr, 48, and his
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      • 103 8 FORMER FRENCH film star Brigitte Bardot has promised to defend two dolphins now under care at a marine park on the French Riviera after being abandoned m a Cairo hotel pool. Miss Bardot, a leading champion of animal rights, told Marineland park director Mike Riddell she
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    • 463 9 Foreign firms see red over Beijing's new pay ruling BEIJING Foreign businesses m China are up m arms over an order that the salaries of their Chinese workers must be paid m foreign currencies, not m local money. "We have decided to convert the salaries for Chinese employees you have
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    • 312 9 SYDNEY A cure for the most common type of diabetes eventually may result from a major breakthrough announced by British researchers at a scientific conference m Sydney, officials said. They said researchers from Oxford University have isolated a new
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    • 170 9 Strongest quake in 50 years hits eastern Canada OTTAWA An earthquake rocked eastern Canada on Friday night, the strongest to hit the region m more than 50 years, knocking out a railway bridge, telephone and power lines and shaking buildings as far south as Washington. There were no immediate reports
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    • 97 9  -  Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street stocks declined on Friday m the quietest session this year as falling Treasury bond prices and expectations of higher oil prices weighed on the equities market. The Dow Jones industrial average finished 17.60 points down at 2,074.68 points. Declining
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 112 10 Farmer admits leading massacre MANILA A Filipino farmer has confessed to leading a massacre on a church last Tuesday, killing 16 people including his son, because he was upset that his wife would not sleep with him, the military said yesterday. Pelagio Caro was one of nine farmers arrested by
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    • 436 10 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has come under strong pressure to increase the salaries of civil servants and members of the armed forces after a three-year wage freeze. Parliament and several newspapers urged the government on Friday to give high priority to improving
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    • 387 10  -  TAN LIAN CHOO Flood havoc m Thailand By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thais rallied yesterday to help about a quarter of a million victims of the worst flood to hit the country m nearly 50 years. King Bhumibol Adulyadej and his daughter, Princess Maha Chakri
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    • 198 10  - Tycoon pays record $170m for reclaimed land in Manila ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA In what is believed to be one of the largest real estate sale m Philippine history, a Filipino-Chinese millionaire, Mr Tan Yu, has paid 1.77 billion pesos (Ssl7o million) m cash for a prime piece
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    • 123 10 JAKARTA Police said they have crippled a Jakar-ta-based syndicate selling unsuspecting young girls from rural areas into prostitution for 5 million rupiah (5J5.637) each m Hongkong and Taiwan. Police spokesman General Guntan Simanjuntak said a police team raided a luxurious house m
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    • 228 10 Suspected Muslim rebels burn down school BANGKOK Suspected Muslim separatists have burnt down a district primary school m southern Thailand, police said. A group of unidentified men last Wednesday torched the primary school at Ban Ba Yor m southern Thailand's Yala province, provincial police said on Friday. District police units
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    • 136 10 JAKARTA Indonesia has closed its doors to new foreign missionaries wishing to work m the country, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. The move, which applies to all religious denominations, is aimed at giving local preachers the opportunity to develop, Antara quoted the chief spokesman
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 273 12 It should also provide same opportunities for air PENANG The Gerakan yesterday called for a national economic policy that will enhance economic growth and eradicate poverty irrespective of race after the expiry of the New Economic Policy (NEP) m 1990. Its president, Datuk Dr
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    • 199 12 PENANG Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the government's effort to turn tourism into a national economic resource has shown success. He said not only had hotel room rates gone down but there was also a wider range
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    • 162 12 KUALA LUMPUR Two mentris besar, the four Malaysian military chiefs and the Indonesian armed forces chief were yesterday conferred awards carrying the title Tan Sri by the Yang diPertuan Agong. Chief of the armed forces, General Tan Sri Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Ali, who heads
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    • 194 12 Lord President submits names for Chief Justice post GENTING HIGHLANDS Lord President Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Omar said he had submitted his recommendation for Chief Justice of Malaya to Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said he had had discussions with Chief Justice of Borneo Tan Sri Lee
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    • 42 12 KUALA LUMPUR Hungarian Foreign Minister Dr Peter Varkonyi arrives here today for a four-day official visit. The Foreign Ministry here said that during his visit here, Dr Varkonyi will visit the Proton Saga plant and the Malayan Railway headquarters. Bernama
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    • 312 13 Beijing particularly impressed with palm oil industry PENANG China has identified four prospective investment areas m Malaysia, its Minister for Economic Relations and External Trade Zheng Tuobin said yesterday. Speaking at a press conference at the end of his six-day visit to
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    • 223 13 Raja Muda of Selangor to marry woman he met in California SHAH ALAM The Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Idris Shah is to marry Miss Lisa Davi, 28, on Thursday. Miss Davi, who is from San Francisco, will embrace Islam tomorrow m a ceremony at the Istana Bukit Kayangan here.
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    • 196 13 KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said yesterday the offer by Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Datuk Musa Hitam to join the Cabinet was "too late and out of place". He said the offer should
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    • 232 13 JOHOR BARU Six armed robbers believed to be Indonesians were shot dead m two shoot-outs m Johor, police said. Police were earlier tipped off that five of the robbers were on their way to Masai to rob a goldsmith's shop on Friday.
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    • 118 13 MAS plans new service to Tokyo via Kuching KUCHING Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to introduce another service to Tokyo with a stopover here from June next year, MAS marketing and sales director Baharuddin Nor din said. The proposed Singapore-Kuala Lumpur-Kuching-Tokyo service will operate with a DC-10 aircraft every Sunday, he
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    • 208 13 KOTA BARU Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen will be leading an eight-member delegation to the Malaysia-Indonesia General Border Committee (GBC) meeting m Jakarta tomorrow. Speaking to Bernama after chairing the Sri Nilam Co-op-erative board of directors meeting here yesterday, he said the two
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 622 14  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG 22nd Annual Combined Surgical Meeting By NEARLY one m five women had their appendices unnecessarily removed at Toa Payoh Hospital due to misdiagnoses by doctors, a survey of patients who underwent such operations revealed. The survey showed
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    • 526 14 THE next time you feel a pain m the chest, don't panic. It may not be the onset of a heart attack but rather something wrong with your gullet. Doctors are finding more and more people, among them executives, who experience the "angina-like" pain,
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    • 443 14  - Food and trade stall operators want admission fee waived FRANCESCA NATHAN Business is poor, they say By CHRISTMAS SHARITYLAND MANY operators of food and trade stalls taking part m the Sharity Christmas Fair '88 have complained of poor business and want the admission fees waived so that more people can
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    • 30 14 THE changing of the Istana guard will be held at the main gate next Sunday at 5.50 pm. The Republic of Singapore Navy Band will be m attendance.
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    • 285 14  -  TAN LI AN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK The body of Mr Chi Owyang, the former Singapore envoy to Thailand who died here on Friday, will lie m state for three days before being flown back to Singapore on Tuesday for
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    • 329 15 Cabby croons his way to top of senior citizens' talentime TAXI driver Ang Chye Chuan, 56, outsang 10 other senior citizens to win the second National Senior Citizens' Talentime last night. The crooner's strong, melodious rendition of an evergreen ballad Ancient Moon m a New Land won top marks from
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    • 227 15 IN WHAT he thought was the safety of his Geylang Road home, a Chinese physician continued a drinking session with two women he met earlier at Peranakan Place. But Ivy Benedette de Cruz, 24, jobless, and her 22-year-old friend were still sober
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    • 205 15 A MALAYSIAN contractor was charged on Friday with conspiring with two men to cheat a bank of $90,837.80. Two of the three charges against Chen Tan Choong, 37, accuse him of collaborating with a director of Che' Ming Trading Company m December 1983 and April
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    • 576 15  -  MARY ROSE GASMIER 10th Senior Citizens' Week By There's a need to teach the young to understand the elderly, says Dr Sect SOME schoolchildren who visited a senior citizens' home recently were completely at a loss as to what to do. They felt awkward
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    • 463 17  -  NG WEI JOO They are not religious rites, say uniformed youth groups By CAMPFIRES are social events which offer a chance for some fun and games and are not looked on by their participants as a religious rite like fire-worshipping. This is the general opinion
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    • 391 17 TO GAIN his intended victims' trust, a man posed either as a police officer or a traffic cop when he met them and cheated them later. Another ruse used by Lee Hwee Jin, 30, was to show them his bank passbook
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    • 306 17 THE Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce is planning to organise a trade mission to the Middle East early next year. The mission will be made up of members m different businesses who will be able to make a co-ordinated effort to penetrate the
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    • 105 17 A DAY after missing two compulsory urine test appointments without a good excuse, a drug supervisee got himself a medical certificate. Ang Khor Hee, 29, was given sick leave for Aug 7 and 8. He then changed the Aug 7 date to Aug 4 so
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    • 163 17 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises m Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Wing Loong, Loyang and Tampines from tomorrow morning to around midnight on Saturday. The SAF will conduct training at disused HDB blocks 192 to 197 m Boon Lay Drive between
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    • 177 17 WHEN Tan Sock Wah, 36, got home from her waitress job m the early hours one morning last week, she had a nasty surprise. The potted plants outside her home had been vandalised. Tan, according to a court prosecutor, got furious.
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    • 463 19  -  JACQUELINE WONG By "STREET-WISE" cars that can find their own way, avoid collisions, dial telephone numbers and tune the radio are no longer a dream but will be available to Singapore drivers m 10 years or less. That was the forecast by
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    • 83 19 THE Chinese Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Mr Zheng Tuobin, arrived here yesterday evening for a visit. He and seven officials will be m Singapore till Wednesday at the invitation of the Minister for Trade and Industry, Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. Mr Zheng
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    • 253 19 A HOUSEWIFE was viciously assaulted and robbed of about $1,600 m cash and valuables m a Chinatown lift last Friday. Police said Madam Lee Kirn Hong, 57, was returning to her home m Block 538, Upper Cross Street after shopping when she was attacked
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    • 177 19 TV show looks at boycott of govt exam DIARY of a Nation, to be telecast tonight, takes a look at the Chinese students' boycott of the very first government examination for Chinese secondary schools. This was m November 1961, when Chinese schools were made to adopt the same system of
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    • 26 19 THE National Library's reference services division will be closed for the coding of its collection from tomorrow to March 4 next year.
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    • 40 19 THE daily area licence sales booth m Tank Road will close from Thursday due to the construction of the Central Expressway. Motorists can get their licences from sales booths m Kirn Seng Road and Ganges Avenue.
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    • 573 21  -  EUGENIE LEE By WHEN you go on a Christmas shopping spree at department stores, chances are you will not only run into Santa Claus but also many sales promoters touting anything from chocolates and carving knives to perfumes and face-creams. This
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    • 298 21 SIX sales promoters interviewed strongly defended their lot, saying they ask shoppers to try their products but never pester or force them to buy when they are not interested. They also said that shoppers can sometimes be very rude and
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    • 190 21 Team to look into design features of cruise terminals in other ports THE proposed multi-million-dollar terminal at World Trade Centre, expected to be ready by late 1991, may have features popular m cruise terminals m the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Canada and Japan. A six-member study team leaves today to look into
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    • 291 21 Help children to do well in school, Malay parents urged NEW kindergarten classes m Bukit Gombak were announced last night by Dr Sect Ai Mcc, the MP for the constituency, who also urged Malay parents to help their children to do well m school. Malay residents, she said, should take
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    • 90 21 A MAN and a woman were jointly charged on Friday with breaking into the Fashion Leather Products SADE Duty Free Shoppers shop at Changi Airport's waving gallery to steal goods worth $32,156 on Thursday morning. Vim Mci Len, 22, entered a guilty plea
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    • 584 22 Medical reports for insurance: Is there a delay? Mixed views from hospitals, insurers and others NewslnE Spot anything newsworthy happening m your neighbourhood? Or you may have some views to express. Call us on 737-8700 from 9 am 5 pm from Monday to Saturday GOVERNMENT hospitals say they take no
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    • 192 22 Labourer fined $600 for urinating in lift A 52- YEAR-OLD man said j on Friday that he just Mdi not control himself m a lift and had to answer the call of nature. His lack of control land•d him m court where he had to answer a different call that
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    • 287 22 A 21- YEAR-OLD unwed mother has pleaded guilty to drowning her illegitimate son m a toilet bowl moments after he was born. District Judge Sarjit Singh called for a probation report on Noraida binti Mohd Dali after her plea was taken on Wednesday.
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    • 283 22 CROSS cultural fusion is flourishing at a local art academy, where an Indian sitar tutor teaches Chinese students to play the sitar and the tabla (Indian drums). Mr Michael Tan, 40, began tabla lessons with Mr Sharafat Khan at the Singapore Indian Fine
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  • FOCUS
    • The Sunday Times
      • 319 23 "Be flexible". That was the message from the Trade and Industry Minister to the Singapore Manufacturers Association's 56th anniversary dinner last Thursday. Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong's message was also one which every Singaporean would find worthwhile to ponder over. In a world of accelerating
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      • 125 23 What The Straits Times reported on Nov 25, 1963 DALLAS Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of the murder of President Kennedy, was shot m the police headquarters yesterday by an unidentified man as he came out of a basement room under heavy police escort. Police seized a man
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    • 1280 23 America's future 'Second Lady' MARILYN QUAYLE worries her critics for what she represents m rightwing, fundamentalist religious beliefs The dumb blonde as an obstacle on the path to power has played a crucial role m American political life. But Marilyn Quayle has not allowed her husband's
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 827 24  -  Murray Seeger Will Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea or even Japan want to sit down one-on-one with either North America or the new EC? An automatic response is to form another trading bloc, this one to include the Asian countries grouped around Japan.
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    • 896 24  -  Tan Sai Siong CAN there be an educated Singaporean whose ears have not been assailed by the term "Asian values" m the last few months? I doubt such a person exists as the newspapers are full of the topic, government ministers
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    • 943 24  -  N. W. Goh THERE is apprehension m some quarters that recent discussions on English and Western influences might end up with students being made to study their compulsory second language at a level beyond most of them. To some extent, this was prompted
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    • 505 24 fdfdd SINCE it was a bright night Yeow Kui suggested that we all take a stroll m the moonlight, sip some wine and recite some poetry under a tree. It sounded like fun, so we trooped out of the flat, Yeow Kui, Treeneegasagam, Ferooti, and
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  • FOCUS/Analysis
    • 3516 25 CAN democracy become a lived reality m post-Confucian societies? I am assuming that democratic movements m industrial East Asia including the People's Republic of China are highly desirable because they symbolise the political maturity of East Asian peoples. I wholeheartedly applaud the democratic movements, and
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  • RACING
    • 379 26  -  FREDERICK QUEK By our man on the track IPOH Trainer Malcolm Thwaites is assured of saddling He's Dawan to a runaway win m the final leg of the $100,000 Rothmans International 100 Triple Crown today. And if things go right, he could make it a
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    • 266 26  - Alcove and Carpe Diem extra good things TAN THEAN LOON By ALCOVE 11, one of leading trainer Teh Choon Beng's promising additions, is classic material and it will pay to hack him m Race 7 at Ipoh today. The five-year-old son of Travolta, who arrived with three wins m top
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    • 117 26 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track RACE 1: Sweet Success, Bujang Senang, Columbian Emerald. Zoffany, Giovanni. RACE 2: Measure 11, Amigo Loco, Dendrobium IV, Bold Encounter, Istanbul. Magic Princess, Very Vain, Warrior Elite. RACE 3: Money Mart, Elcarim, Handsome IV, Gift Of Power, Mill
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    • 356 26 RACE Frederick Quek Tan Thean Loon Lionel Lee Martin Tay Danny Khoo 9 Zoffany 4 Monthey 3 Swinger 4 Monthey 1 Sweet Success 1 2 Dashing Ed 7 Pepper Kid 2 Dashing Ed 9 Zoffany 3 Swinger 3 Swinger 6 Swinger 1 Sweet Success 10 Giovanni
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    • 92 26 AT weight-for-age, He's Dawan stands head, shoulders and even legs above the rest m Race 5 at Ipoh today. But there remains that ev-er-so-slight nagging doubt Will he be at home on a straight course? He won his nine races on a circular track and has also
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    • 6394 26 xcsdc mmmmmmmm 1.30 class 3 oiv b 1.600 m ■77T#iS (Ratings: 91-77) (Stakes: $14,750) 1 684*23 Sweet Saccem S7 (91) Critical-Zain 6 ag +2 (1600 m). Creditable showing when 3-hd 3rd of 12 to Estrella vista with 55 C3-C Spore 1400 m Oct 8; week earlier, fought
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    • 802 27  -  ROGER YUE MY VIEW By Racing Editor IT IS like handing out a lollipop to a child with one hand and then taking it away with the other. When betting duty was reduced m Singapore from 25 to 15 per cent on Nov 1 with the two-fold
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    • 3046 27 By OUR RACING TEAM IPOH Visiting jockeys Danny Sorenson and Allan MacKay celebrated their debut on the local turf with a winner each yesterday. Sorenson won on Track Lark, trained by his sponsor, Malcolm Thwaites, m Race 2. Track Lark led from start
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    • 30 27 FIRST 6265 SECOND 0280 THIRD 4817 STARTERS 5357 7380 0995 8645 7825 1349 0960 6412 1010 4446 CONSOLATIONS 6652 1695 2971 2757 1312 8451 4141 6713 2595 8792
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      188 28 Theresa Choo Poh Neo pasaad away on 26.11.M aftar a long illnaaa Sadly misaad by: Husband: Paul Llm Kang Hock Daughtara. Llm Sin. Cecilia Llm Heok Sim. Anne Llm Cheng Plang. Lucy Son-in-law: Gerard van Hul Zen Sons: Llm Cheng Seng, William Llm Cheng Slang. Philip Llm Cheng
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      120 28 S ADHU BINQH VILL. PADRI KLAN Passed away peacefully on 2611 88 leaving behind Wifa: Mdm Jaawant K.ur Brother*: Mr Mrs Utlam Singh Mr Mrs Avtar Singh Son A Daughtar-in-law HarJlt Singh. Surjtt Kaur Grandchildren: Taran Kaur. Kablr Singh Chltdran: Savlnder 5 nieces For cremation (tun 27.11.M). Info
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    • 40 28 The family of the late Mr* Manual Stella Fernanda! Departed: 20 Nov *M Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their condolences, donations, wreaths and kind assistance during their recent bereavement.
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    • 36 28 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With Deepest Sympathies ft Condolences To Our Director, Mr. Hsuan Owyang on the demise of his beloved father, MR. CHI OWYANG from The Board of Directors, Management ft Staff tt DBS LAND
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    • 34 28 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements Tha family of lha lata MR CHEOK ENG JOO Wishes to thank all friends and relatives for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, support, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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    • 83 28 The tamily of the late MR. K. RAMALINGAM CHETTIAR wishes to express our heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends and colleagues, for their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. KARUMATHI will be held on 28th Nov. 1988 (Monday night) at Blk 20, Telok Blangah Crescent,
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      115 28 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR DANIEL HO KIA BIANG Departed: 27th. Nov. 87 Those peaceful hours we once enjoyed how sweet their memories still, but they have left and aching void the world can never fill Sadly 4 painfully miaaad by wife, daughter, father, brother*, •■•tart brothers-in-law,
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    • 79 28 325 Requiems 325 Requiems ATHMA SANTHI POOJA DANALETCHIMI D/O RAMASAMY NAIDU (wife of KASSIM) Departed 12.11.88 Brothers: St»t»r«-in-L«w: R Pothlraj Naidu (Raju) Muthulelchimi S. Rajendran Naidu Sakuntala S. Stnnathamby Naidu Chandrlga S. Balasubramaniam Naidu Sarojlnl Brolh»r§in La* Sitter*: P Rajakrlshnan (Rajoo) R. Suppuletchlmi (Vljaya) R Varatharaju Naidu (Raju) R Rani
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    • 368 28 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam IN EVERLOVtNG MEMORY OF MDM MARY MOH Called to His Heavenly Abode on 27/11/87 BAFE IN THE ARMB OF JESUS Gone, but living In our hearts, forever near A wife, our mother and friends to many. Dearly missed by: Husband, children, god son and
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  • SPORT
    • 901 28  -  ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer WITH the first Artie blast of the British winter, the heat has been turned on Arsenal. Are the Gunners primed to shoot down Liverpool, as bookmakers were willing to bet a week ago, or have the compliments been fired
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    • 291 28 Sports company to end McE's $3. 5m contract TENNIS LONDON Former world tennis No. 1 John McEnroe is to lose his £1 million ($3. 56 m) contract with Dunlop. The British racket firm, whose agreement with the controversial New Yorker expires at the end of the year, are refusing to
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    • 144 28 BODYBUILDING SINGAPORE'S outstanding performers m the World Junior bodybuilding championships on Dec 3-4 will be co-opted into the senior national squad. Said Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation president Paul Chua: "We are keen to start a new generation of bodybuilders who can carry on our
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 50 28 Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has received a vote of confidence as he prepares his side for today's English First Division match against Newcastle United. The former Scotland boss has been assured by United chief executive Martin Edwards that his two-year reign will not be ended shortly.
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      • 31 28 Italian League champions AC Milan and Scotland's Glasgow Rangers have appealed against bans on strikers Pietro Paolo Virdis and Ally McCoist, respectively, following incidents m Uefa Cup ties.
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      • 27 28 Spain's Professional Football League have suspended outspoken Atletico Madrid president Jesus Gil for three months for what they said were insults to members of the organisation.
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      • 26 28 European Cup holders PSV Eindhoven have signed Czechoslovak player Jozef Chovanec, 28, from Sparta Prague for an undisclosed sum, PSV manager Kees Ploegsma said.
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      • 33 28 AC Milan's European Footballer of the Year Ruud Gullit remains troubled by a muscle pull m his left thigh and could be out of action until the middle of next month.
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      • 42 28 Alan Hansen, 33, the Liverpool captain, underwent surgery on Friday on the injury that has kept him out of soccer all season. The surgery, described as "slight," was a success and they are optimistic he will make a full recovery.
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      • 39 28 The naval port of city of Taranto have declined to host an Italy-Scotland soccer friendly match on Dec 22 because their main stadium was being repaired and would not be ready m time for the clash.
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    • 918 29  -  ALAN HUBBARD Always on Sunday IT IS the era of the professional foul-mouth. John McEnroe, getting dafter m his dotage, continues to inflict grievous assault on the eardrums; lan Botham, merely a touchline spectator, crudely curses a schoolboy m a rugby match and Chelsea
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    • 597 29  -  The Sport* Editor says WHAT A FINNISH Pase Jaarkonsari broke the 2-2 deadlock with a killer goal m extra-time as Singapore regained the Malaysia Cup after nine years with a 3-2 victory over Kuala Lumpur m the final at the Merdeka Stadium last night. If
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    • 575 30 THE dismal performance of our national soccer team m the Malaysia Cup competition has raised much hue and cry from disillusioned fans. The exodus of our star players has not helped the situation. National coach Seak Poh Leong has come under heavy criticism, with some
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    • 1186 30 Question: Apart from forwards who could not get the goals, what else was basically wrong with the team? Answer: We must accept the fact that we are m the process of cleaning up the mess m Singapore soccer. Football declined m the aftermath of
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    • 200 30  -  ALBERT JOHNSON FIVE teams have earned promotion m the Singapore Business Houses Football League competition scheduled to start m early January. Dynasty Hotel and Consumer Electronics have been upgraded from Division Two to One, and DBS Bank, Maybank and Westin Sports Club have moved to Division Two.
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    • 486 31 WBC order Tyson to fight Bruno The World Boxing Council have ordered heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to hold his next defence against Briton Frank Bruno and imposed a Dec 4 deadline to agree to terms, WBC president Jose Sulaiman said. If terms for the bout are not agreed by the
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    • 515 31 TAY CHENG KHOON reports from Kuala Lumpur on the Singapore-Malaysia golf international MALAYSIA sprang a nasty surprise on Singapore when they grabbed a massive 6-2 lead after the first day of their annual golf international at the Saujana Country Club yesterday. Although the
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    • 228 31  -  Albert Johnson RUGBY By DEFENDING champions Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association completed their campaign on an impressive note when they beat newcomers Singapore Recreation Club 44-0 (six goals, one try and a penalty try) m a Singapore Rugby Union Division Three League match at the Padang
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    • 1105 31 ATHLETICS 2nd Swift Asics cross-country Men's Opea individual: 1 M. Kumar 36min 59sec 2 Lawrence Lim 37:34 3 Tan Wee Lian 37:57. Team: 1 Safsa 2 MR2S S Gurkha Contingent. Senior veterans: 1 Chan Meng Hui 20:21 2 Cheong Koon Hong 22:39 3 Khamis Hassan 25:19. Jmnior
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    • 342 31  -  Peter Watson SNOOKER By SYDNEY Two things of significance to the world of snooker were happening m the foyer of a Sydney hotel yesterday. James Wattana, on his first day as new world snooker champion, was shaking hands with supporters as he prepared
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    • 140 28 (fiatesjor Obituaries •N SWEET REMEMBRANCE of (name) who departed two years ;iK" That unselfish life: it has not flier) Dearly missed hy name i Photo In awaat memory ol (name) (name) Departed June 80, 1981 Oaparted March 15. 1980 Done from our lives one so Mother lime tav> he dear.
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    • 60 28 MR. CHI OWYANG Having had the Honour of working with Mr. Owyang, we shall always remember Mr. Owyang's patriotism, leadership and kindness We send our sincere condolences to the family of the late Mr. Chi Owyang. T. Thirunagaran Jimmy Chua Simon De Cruz Allan Khoo Robert Chua Tay Kirn Nee
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 384 32  -  Mahmood Gaznavi SOCCER By MALEK AWAB has to play for Balestier United this season. Unless, of course, the club's president, Mr S. Thavaneson, releases him. And it is simply because Malek had signed for Balestier on Nov 19 and was fully aware that he could
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    • 196 32  - Mani keen to rejoin Singapore JOE DORAI FORMER international A.R.J. Mani, who has spent 10 months playing m the Swiss soccer League, is confident of regaining his place m the Singapore national squad. Mani, who returned yesterday, said he was keen to get back into the national team. He was
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    • 336 32  - Chance for Nasri to make debut JOE DORAI By MIDFIELDER Nasri Nasir is on the verge of earning his first national cap when Singapore meet Malaysia m a soccer friendly at the National Stadium tonight (8). The talented Nasri, who made his competitive appearance with Jurong Town m this year's
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    • 225 32  -  Peter Khoo BASKETBALL by TONIGHT'S Inter-Constituency basketball semi-final between defending champions Hong Kah and their final round conquerors Boon Lay at the Bedok Indoor Stadium (Bpm) promises to be a sizzler. Hong Kah, who were upset 70-65 m extra-time by Boon Lay m
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    • 443 32  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI PUNGGOL'S decision to invest m Malaysian skipper Sarjit Singh paid handsome dividends when they outclassed Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association 3-0 m a Fraser Neave Elite Cup hockey match at Fairer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. The 27-year-old was the architect of the win and
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    • 257 32 ROME Canada's Ben Johnson broke down and cried m his first fall television interview since the Seoul Olympics when he told how the loss of his gold medal m sport's biggest doping scandal had shattered his life. But the Jamaican-born IN metres world champion and
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    • 288 32 CRICKET BOMBAY New Zealand appeared briefly to have fathomed the irtricacies of India's lethal spin and then collapsed dramatically yesterdayas the Second cricket Test headed for an intriguing climax The tourists were 182-8 m their second innings when stumps were drawn on the third
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      • 1017 2  -  SONIA TAITZ The actress plays the controversial Lindy Chamberlain, who was convicted (then cleared) of killing her baby daughter, m the movie based on the "dingo murder" case that rocked Australia. reports "I DIDN'T have the national obsession with this case," says Fred Schepisi,
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        • 144 2 ONLY 21, yet Hongkong actress Chow Hoi Mci has big plans for herself m the entertainment scene. She has been with HK-TVB for only three years and has already played roles ranging from a rape victim to a reporter. She said: "This is my first
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        • 47 2 MEANWHILE, actress Michelle Vim has been pretty elusive. She was holidaying m Singapore recently bat had kept her presence hash-hash. The only time anyone caaght a glimpse her was at the Christinas Sharity land roneert.She had agreed to make an appearance (or a good cause.
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        • 92 2 THE chameleon of Hongkong's entertainment scene strikes again. Since she started oat on the music scene, Hongkong singing superstar Anita Mvi had changed her image several times. She moved from being In denims and cropped hair to a vamp with tight-fitting costumes and wild tresses.
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        • 113 2 IVAN Ho, the former compere of Hongkong's most- watched variety special, Enjoy Yourself Tonight, is living it up m Canada. Ho, who is now the compere of a Chinese TV station owned by Kenny Bee's father-in-law over m Canada, is enjoying life to the fullest and
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        • 57 18 ELFIN Shirley MacLaine, 54, has made the ultimate sacrifice for her latest film Madame Sousatzka she put on 11 kg. Shirley plays the part of an eccentric piano teacher, inelegantly rouged and wearing a ginger wig. "It made my face sag but the weight I gained meant
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        • 60 18 OLIVIA d» HaviUand, last surviving star of the 1939 classic Gone With The Wind, refuses to take part m any celebrations to mark the film's golden anniversary until the last quarter of next year. Because it was released on Dec 1, 1939, "to celebrate before then would
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      • 555 18  -  TAY YEK KEAK Eh, what's up doc? The fame of a movie with a rabbit called Roger, that's what. BILL PANNIFER traces its success while takes a trip down menagerie lane. WHEN Who Framed Roger Rabbit concludes with a big wet kiss
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      • 387 18 When you wish upon a star WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT At Orchard THERE has never been anything like this. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a classic Chandleresque detective yarn except that outside a window an elephant flies! It is a story of animation and live action conjured by Steven Spielberg
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        3144 2  -  CAL MCCRYSTAL By The London Sunday Times Magazine WITHIN an hour of interviewing Robert Keith Gray, I received a brief letter which revealed more about how this doyen of Washington's 11,000 registered lobbyists operates than had 70 minutes of conversation. The letter expressed, m three short paragraphs, pleasure,
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      • 934 4  - The life in a day of Perth IAN JARRETT Millionaire mansions by the riverfront. Bikini parades. Ice cubes m tumblers of gin and tonic. Bronzed young men m designer sunglasses. spent a day m Western Australia's capital SEVEN A.M. Perth. It is Sunday and reveille is being sounded by a
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        • 105 4 THE Soviet Union wili limit group stays m Moscow to three nights between March 15 and Oct 31 next year. This is because hotel-short Moscow cannot yet cope with escalating numbers of glasnosHfxred tourists 81 per cent are group travellers during the spring /summer peak. The
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      • 575 4  -  VALERIE TREVOR By WHEN m the cool hills of Chiangmai, act cool, or jai yen yen as the Thais say. More so m the night bazaar where enthusiastic tribesmen sell with smiles and drive hard bargains. Tribal craftsmen, who came from China to make their homes
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      • 912 6 The last time I saw PARIS After seeing 24 top designer shows, CATHERINE ONG reports: Next year's look is long, loose and billowy PARIS is going soft. Think long, fluid and flowing and you've got the fashion picture for next year. What hit me, a first-timer to the annual Paris
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      • 1147 8  -  LEE SWEE HOON Beware the office that is guilty of cruelty to human beings. An exaggeration? Ergonomists point out to some glaring examples. DO YOU have to stand all the time at work? Does your back hurt because work benches are too low? Do
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      • 130 8 PROLONGED sitting and standing put pressure on the lower spine causing backaches while leaning forward strains the ligaments and muscles of the neck. Mrs Ng Chai Ming, vice-chair-man of the Singapore Physiotherapy Association, points out that after many years, severe back, shoulder and neck aches
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      • 471 8 DO NOT be too hard on your i spouse the next time he or she I comes home with an armful of purchases the family cannot afford. He or she may be a I compulsive consumer who needs a kind word and a pat on the
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      • 700 10  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT IN In search of pure taste, dips into the delicate delights of olive and other exotic oils WHO would have thought you could use an oil simply for its taste, rather than just for salad dressings or frying? In Singapore, we tend to
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      • 331 10 OLIVE oils, which can add excitement to almost any dish, are made from fruit and, like wines, have vintage as well as bad years. There are hundreds of varieties of olives, and each oil is a blend of several. Oils can range from
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      • 561 10 Mussels m white wine and olive oil Serves four 1 kg green mussels (Thai, Malaysian or local) 200 ml (about V* cup) dry white wine Vi tsp salt Vi tsp freshly ground black pepper 120 ml (about V 4 cup) extra virgin olive oil juice of 1 lemon Vi
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      • 391 11 Sunday LUNCH SINGAPORE BUFFET Pin* Court, Mandarin Singapore: 737-4411. Lunch of spicy nonya and local favourites like mcc siam, chicken rendang, curry fish and a special laksa. $25 (adults). $13 (children under 12). SUNDAY BRUNCH Brasserie Tatler Marina Mandarin: 338-3388. A spread of about 30 international and Singapore dishes, ranging
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      • 689 11  -  ANITA MANNING By ASTROLOGICAL gastronomy? Or is that astrology? Whatever name it goes by, this growing trend m the United States may still be an indigestible concept for many. But when a burger lover (Gemini) is coming to dinner with a healthfood freak (Virgo), what does
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      • 336 11  -  LEE GEOK BOI sdsfsd By PEOPLE do all kinds of things for health and fitness, even resorting to "watered-down" milk m the hope of staving off sinful centimetres. But milk without extra calories often means milk without much flavour, going down the taste scale from reduced-fat
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      • 637 12  -  CHRISTIE CHAPMAN WONG MING EE Two worlds, two views, m two new books Peking Story, whose author talks to and Raffles Place Ragtime, the first novel by Singapore's literary pin-up, reviewed by Kidd observed the incongruity that occurs when cultures clash, and brings the reader
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        • 84 12 A Picasso painting fails to sell NOT every Picasso painting can make a record sale, as Qiristie's, the auction house, recently found out. Bidding on Woman With Mandolin halted at US$7 million (5513.65 million), less than the undisclosed minimum price set by the seller. The Bird Cage had sold earlier
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        • 78 12 WORLD-FAMOUS opera tenor Plarido Domingo, 47, m foil costume and make-op for Tosca, recently held up the Washington Opera's curtain-up for 31 minutes while he was treated for a cold. Bat Domingo bounced back. After treatment, he rushed to perform, was the celebrity guest at an
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        • 105 12 BESTSELLJNG American author James Michener has decided to give away his and his wife's collection of Japanese prints and American paintings valued at more than US$lB million (5535.1 million). Expressing dismay at escalating art prices, Michener, 81, and his Japanese-born third wife Mari said they preferred
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        • 44 12 RENOWNED Austrian author Franz Kafka's autographed manuscript of bis famous novel, The Trial was bought by the West German government at a recent London auction for USHJB million (S$3J» million) a record price for a modern literary work. IHT
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      • 534 12 Fast-forward with the Singapore yuppie Is the meaning of life, you wonder, to be found m sticking to one's class? Philip Jeyaretnam offers no answers IN HIS debut bestseller, First Loves, Philip Jeyaretnam explored with sensitivity the coming of age of an ordinary Singapore schoolboy. Now, m his first novel,
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    • 1046 2  -  OLIVIA BRANSON By IT'S CHRISTMAS time again. Time to get away from the feverish shoppers, dinner crowds and the seemingly endless taxi queues. According to some travel agents, large crowds of Singaporeans are expected m Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia and as far off as Japan, Hongkong, Australia
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    • 943 3  -  ANNE HO By cvxcvx YOU can order Christmas cards m aid of charity through the phone or buy them from the following sales points: NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION. Tel: 250-1111. The NKF office at 705, Serangoon Road, Robinson's, John Little, Cold Storage outlets, Isetan, Daimaru, Tangs, most
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    • 297 3  -  ANNE HO THEY cost only 5 cents each, but if all six million of these seals are sold, seven children's charities would benefit from the $300,000 raised. The idea of a Christmas charity seal which would cost each person very little and yet be
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    • 144 6 IF YOU are a stickler for the traditional Christmas flower arrangements, a number of florists here have risen to the challenge of creating reasonably priced ones. This is a boon especially for people who intend to have more than just a centrepiece. You can also jazz up
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