The Straits Times, 19 February 1989

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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2746 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88
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    Lock icon The call of the wild lures Chok Tong
    208 1 HERE is Mr Goh Chok Tong obviously lured by the call of the wild. He peers through binoculars to watch some birds m flight. Is the First Deputy Prime Minister on a cruise down the Amazon? Or is he m some deserted
    WONG KWAI CHOW.  -  208 words
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    Religious trends 'need careful handling'
    912 1  -  CHENG SHOONG TAT Growing Christian evangelism, revival of Buddhism: Study By THE number of Christians has grown substantially, particularly among the evangelistic charismatic churches MORE people now have no religion BELIEVERS m traditional Chinese religion still form the largest religious group, but Taoism is m
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  • Article
    PM leaves for Taiwan today
    174 1 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew leaves today for Taiwan and, later, Japan. In Tokyo, he will attend the funeral of the late Emperor Hirohito on Feb 24, a government statement yesterday said. Emperor Hirohito died last month at the age of 87. Mr Lee, who
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  • Article
    Lock icon Rushdie apologises to Muslims
    173 1 LONDON British author Salman Rushdie, facing Iranian death threats, apologised to Muslims yesterday and said he deeply regretted the distress caused by the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. But Iran's official news agency, while noting the apology, said it fell short of public repentance
    Reuter; AP  -  173 words
  • Article
    Bumiputras 'should get more than 30% in NEP'
    326 1  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By KUALA LUMPUR New Umno Youth yesterday rejected the New Economic Policy's aim of giving bumiputras a 30 per cent share of the economic pie, arguing that as the "definitive race", Malays deserved more. New Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri
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      15 1 More reports on Page 2 Music cassette tapes that are dressed to thrill: Pg 12
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      5 1 More reports on Pace 3
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Still a minority, but Christians wield considerable influence
      744 2  -  ■Religion and Religious Revivalism m Singapore the report commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development Reports by CHENG SHOONG TAT and RUSSELL HENG ALTHOUGH Christians are still a minority m Singapore, they exert an influence that is politically, socially and economically far
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      Muslims worried by Christian evangelism
      273 2 Muslims worried by Christian evangelism MUSLIMS would apparently prefer traditional Chinese religion to dominate Chinese Singaporeans because they find Christianity too aggressive. The report says that while there is no sign that many Muslims are being converted, the Muslim community is apprehensive of the growing evangelism by Christians. From the
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      Many young Chinese find family beliefs meaningless
      296 2 Many young Chinese find family beliefs meaningless SOME Chinese find traditional religious practices at home meaningless and choose to have no religion. They are the only category that can match Christianity m attracting younger Singaporeans. According to the report, the majority of these non-religion-ists are "not anti-religious" but "cannot bring
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      Team behind the report
      209 2 WITH religions enjoying a revivalism and actively seeking converts from other groups, there are many risks for social harmony. To understand the situation better, the Ministry of Community Development thus commissioned a study m August 1987 to identify the religious trend and examine the nature of
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      Buddhism on the rise, but Taoism losing believers
      574 2 Christians ft Younger Pj Bettor educated ■i Of higher socio-economic status Converts from alt ethnic groups except Malays Speak mainly English at home From mission schools and educated in English Buddhists A Mainly Chinese <*■& No significant relationship with any characteristics like
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      Lock icon Book taken off the shelves in US, Europe
      946 3 Booksellers act on sale of Satanic Verses; Controversial art through the ages "We... will utilise ail our capabilities to obey and implement the religious decree of the Imam of the nation," said a statement from the Union of Islamic Students' Associations m
      Reuter; AFP; UPI; AP  -  946 words
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      Lock icon When art arouses the destructive passions of man
      514 3 When art arouses the destructive passions of man The 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine wrote: "Wherever books are burned, men also, m the end, are burned." LONDON In the Middle Ages, artists were considered blasphemous for producing pictures of real life. Centuries later, writer Salman Rushdie is under a death
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      161 2 < Cft CHAMPIONS \\J\J O/ January 9 to February 5 July 3 to 23 Ist Jatico Tournament of Champions sth Jatico Tournament of Champions Kirn Seng Bowl Queenstown Bowl 1 February 20 to March 1 9 August 3 to 20 SS 2nd Jatico Tournament of Champions m 25th Spore International
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Soviets want UN to play bigger role in Afghan peace efforts
      271 5 Soviets want UN to play bigger role in Afghan peace efforts MOSCOW The Soviet Union, seeking to bolster the Kabul government after pulling out its troops, has called for a bigger UN role m bringing peace to Afghanistan. The Soviet envoy to the UN, Mr Alexander Byelonogov, called on the
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      Lock icon US vetoes resolution condemning Israeli actions in uprising
      342 5 UNITED NATIONS (New York) The United States has vetoed a Security Council resolution strongly deploring Israel's actions m the occupied territories, where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed m a 14-month uprising. The vote on the resolution on Friday was 14 m
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      Lock icon Premadasa appoints Cabinet without naming a prime minister
      231 5 Premadasa appoints Cabinet without naming a prime minister COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa appointed a 22-member Cabinet yesterday, but failed to name a prime minister. Sources say he is expected to choose a prime minister m a few days after consulting his United National Party (UNP). The UNP, which
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      Lock icon One more ex-Recruit official arrested
      104 5 One more ex-Recruit official arrested TOKYO Prosecutors yesterday arrested another former official of a job placement company m the widening Recruit stock scandal that has forced the resignation of three Cabinet ministers and two senior civil servants. 1 Mr Toshihiro Ono, 38, was the former chief of the secretarial department
      Reuter  -  104 words
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      Lock icon Rare German doll sold for $276,000
      61 5 Sotheby's auction house consultant Bunny Campione holds a rare German doll which was sold to a French collector for £82,000 (S$276,340) in London. The doll, made in 1909 by Kammer and Reinhardt, was bought by collector Dina Vierny on Thursday to form part of
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      Lock icon Shev starts talks with Syrians
      268 5 Shev starts talks with Syrians DAMASCUS Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, carrying a new peace plan m his suitcase, has launched a Kremlin quest to win Syrian backing for a Middle East settlement. He had talks with Syrian leaders on Friday and yesterday on what he called specific proposals to
      Reuter; AFP  -  268 words
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      Lock icon Seoul: Higher VD risk in barber shops than brothels
      99 5 SEOUL Men m the South Korean capital run a higher risk of contracting venereal disease at the barber's than m one of the city's brothels, a Health Ministry report on Friday said. The report, based or. a "blood-sampling raid" of 150
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      Lock icon Rocketing Tokyo land prices spill over to other Japanese cities
      514 6 TOKYO Spiralling land prices m Tokyo have spread to other Japanese cities, forcing more and more people to move farther away from urban centres where rents have become prohibitively expensive. Some Tokyo workers spend up to four hours commuting each
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      Lock icon Wall St records 13-point rise
      76 6  -  Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street stocks rose for the third straight session on Friday, while Treasury bonds firmed and the dollar dipped slightly after the government said the US trade deficit narrowed m 1988. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.39 to 2,324.82, boosting
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      Lock icon 'Boat people can't stay on in HK'
      360 6 Solve refugee problem before 1997, China tells Britain BEIJING China has warned Britain that it must solve the problem of Vietnamese boat people m Hongkong before the British colony reverts to Chinese rule m 1997. The warning follows reports that Vietnamese refugees are
      Reuter; AFP  -  360 words
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      Lock icon Hundreds protest against Bush's plans to attend Hirohito's funeral
      224 6 NEW YORK Hundreds of Chinese Americans on Friday burned Japanese flags and chanted "Hirohito is Hitler" m a demonstration protesting against President George Bush's plans to attend the Emperor's funeral on Feb 24. About 300 of the protesters, waving placards and
      UPI; Reuter  -  224 words
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      Lock icon Hudson case a warning for sexual partners
      440 6 LOS ANGELES The huge amount of damages awarded to the former lover of movie star Rock Hudson sends a powerful message that sexual partners have a legal duty to warn each other if they have a sexually transmitted disease, legal experts said. "The
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      Bush pledges to knock down trade barriers
      310 6  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President George Bush has pledged his determination to boost American exports by knocking down trade barriers around the world. Mr Bush, who was speaking at a ceremony on Thursday to swear m Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter,
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    • PEOPLE
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        Charles can't recognise bronze likeness of Di
        102 7  -  PRINCE CHARLES had difficulty m recognising his wife on a visit to Yorkshire last week. He was caught off-guard when he was presented with a surprise 15-inch bust of the Princess, sculpted by 80-year-old artist Sam Tonkiss. He studied the bronze work, then
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        Nobel nominee
        82 7  -  THAI AUTHOR Pira Sudham, 48, is his country's nomination for this year's Nobel Prize for literature. A group of scholars commended Mr Pira for helping non-Thais understand "the life and soul" of Thai peasants. Mr Pira had three novels published, including Monsoon Country. He grew up m the
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        Sylvia's 'hidden talent'
        65 7  -  THE TAIWANESE star of "Soursweet", now showing m London, once trained m martial arts while working for a studio specialising m kung-fu films. But Sylvia Chang (left) says she was never allowed to fight and grew tired of always having to react to male attackers. At 35,
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        Switch to jazz
        74 7  -  REDENTOR ROMERO, conductor and music director of the Philippines National Philharmonic Orchestra, has cut his first record as a jazz violinist. With the orchestra m hard times due to dwindling demand for concerts, he took to playing with a jazz band. His version of All The Things
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        'Butz' the actor
        72 7  -  SKNATOR AGAPITO 4 Butz' Aquino (right) biiefly went back to his first love acting vhen he agreed to star as a retired police general m a film. It is called Gorilla, and don't ;isk me why," said Sen Aquino, who took three days off from legislative work
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        Thai chef's tops
        73 7  -  t'HKF VIROJ Cher dsaeng, who works at the Hilton Hotel's Ma Maison French restaurant, has brought honours to Thailand by winning the Bocusp dOr culinary competition recently m Paris. He won top marks for taste, second place for presentation and third for originality. He said that he
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      Paris love exhibition is a huge success
      348 7  -  ANNE LOW Organisers now want Valentine's Day to be made a holiday By of the Foreign Desk PARIS It was a celebration of love. And it saw more than 20,000 people nocking to it for lessons m love. The success of the recent
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  • ASEASN NEWS
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      Hopes for peace increase as ministers begin talks today
      420 8  - Hopes for peace increase as ministers begin talks today YANG RAZALI KASSIM By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA South-east Asian leaders converge here today to resolve the Cambodian conflict as prospects of a movement m the search for peace increased following three days of talks by their officials. The progress came despite
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      Lock icon Partial agreement will still lead to full Viet pullout'
      425 8 Second Jakarta Informal Meeting JAKARTA Phnom Penh Prime Minister Hun Sen said here yesterday that all Vietnamese troops would be pulled out of Cambodia by the end of September. Speaking on arrival for regional talks on Cambodia, Mr Hun Sen said:
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      Killing Fields actor appeals for unity
      236 8  -  MIKE YEONG By JAKARTA Oscar-win-ning actor, Dr Haing Ngor, yesterday appealed to the four Cambodian factions to put humanitarian and national Cambodian interests above group interests, to achieve national reconciliation. He said the Cambodian problem could be resolved if Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the resistance
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      Success hinges on Viet withdrawal: Siddhi
      297 8  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Success at the Cambodian peace talks m Jakarta, which begins today, will depend on Vietnam's agreement to a September pullout of all its troops m Cambodia, Thai Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila said here yesterday.
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      Lock icon Peace talks a cynical comedy — Sihanouk
      238 8 Peace talks a cynical comedy Sihanouk BEIJING The Cambodian resistance leader, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, has branded the peace talks on Cambodia starting today m Jakarta as a "cynical comedy". "I do not want to take part m this cynical comedy acted out shamelessly by the Vietnamese colonialists and their valets
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Bar Council plans 2-stage inquiry for errant lawyers
      280 9  - Bar Council plans 2-stage inquiry for errant lawyers R. VASANTHI By KUALA LUMPUR In a move aimed at preventing misconduct among lawyers, the Bar Council has suggested changes m the the Legal Profession Act (1976) to include a provision for a two-stage inquiry. Bar Council secretary Marjeet Singh Dhillon said
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      Ghafar defends his boss: 'Mahathir is no dictator'
      501 9  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's deputy yesterday defended the Malaysian premier's controversial policies of the past few years. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba, who has taken over Dr Mahathir's duties as Prime Minister, Home Affairs
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      Shahrir to decide about New Umno on March 1
      115 9 Shahrir to decide about New Umno on March 1 JOHOR BARU Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, the MP for Johor Baru, has said that he would announce on March 1 whether to join New Umno, The Star reported yesterday. "I still have to sort out some things," he told reporters after
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      Deputy PM on political office and 'the plane that must eventually land'
      434 9  -  ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday spoke about the difficulties of becoming a minister or a deputy minister m the ruling National Front coalition because of the intense rivalry for such posts among members.
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      Koon Swan to wed Penny Chang
      184 9 FORMER Malaysian Chinese Association president Tan Koon Swan, 48, will marry his constant companion, Ms Penny Chang, 40, next month, according to press reports m Singapore yesterday. Mr Tan was released from prison two weeks ago after serving 12 months of an 18-month jail
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      Lock icon 'Sardines had maggots' now boy's ill
      197 9 TAIPING A nine-year-old boy has been admitted to the district hospital with suspected food poisoning after eating a can of sardines said to contain maggots. Businessman Wan Chik AH, 55, said his son, Ahmad Hamdan, opened the locally-made can of sardines and ate some
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Policy won't hit deals approved before March 1
      1521 11  -  AGNES WEE Measures to prevent racial enclaves m HDB estates :iy NEW policies will come into effect on March 1 to ensure a balanced racial mix m HDB estates. Limits will be set on the maximum proportion of each racial group allowed
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      Jobless man molested woman in packed MRT train
      330 11 Jobless man molested woman in packed MRT train DESPITE a crowd of commuters on a moving train, a man was able to pester and molest a young woman he had suddenly taken a fancy to. He even took out a sweet he was sucking and tried to push it into
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      Fertility professor scores another 'frozen egg' first
      489 12  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By PROFESSOR Christopher Chen, the Singapore doctor who pioneered the world's first frozen human egg birth, has achieved another first with a new technique allowing more control over the way eggs and embryos are frozen. This will mean that women
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      Another Singaporean has Aids virus
      244 12 ANOTHER Singaporean man has been diagnosed as having the Aids virus, the first stage of the disease. A total of 35 Singaporeans have been found to be infected with the virus since the first case was discovered m April 1985. Of these, four have died,
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      Traders in Spore, XL as close as flesh and nail, says Linn
      202 12 Traders in Spore, XL as close as flesh and nail, says Linn SINGAPORE'S business community will always maintain a special relationship with Malaysia for historical and geographical reasons, said Mr Linn In Hua, the head of the umbrella body of local trade chambers. Using a Malay proverb to describe the
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      Hokkien music cassette tapes that are dressed to thrill
      500 12  -  CEPHAH TAN By iMffilß 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 MANY Hokkien pop cassette tapes seem to be dressed
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      Taiwan paper confirms President Lee's visit
      79 12 A TAIWANESE newspaper, the United Daily News, has confirmed that Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui will visit Singapore for five days from March 6. According to AFP, the report said Mr Lee was slated to be here at the invitation of the Prime Minister, Mr
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      Police warn against letting off crackers on Yuan Xiao Jie
      110 12 Police warn against letting off crackers on Yuan Xiao Jie POLICE have reminded the public that it is an offence to let off firecrackers tomorrow, which is Yuan Xiao Jie, the last day of the Lunar New Year. Uniformed and plainclothes officers will be deployed to look out for offenders
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      Road diversion near Police Academy along PIE
      89 12 Road diversion near Police Academy along PIE THE Environment Ministry will be constructing a culvert a drain under the road across the Pan-Island Expressway near the Police Academy, as part of the Bukit Timah flood alleviation scheme. Motorists travelling along the PIE towards Changi Airport will be diverted via a
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      Discount for New Paper readers
      69 12 Discount for New Paper readers READERS of the New Paper can save on purchases at Yaohan supermarkets from tomorrow. A coupon giving at least 50 cents discount for a food or sundry item each day can be obtained from the paper for one month. Each coupon redeemed can also be
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      Lock icon Lion cubs may be given away free
      328 13 IT IS so difficult finding homes for the Singapore Zoo's new pride of lion cubs that, m future, some may have to be given away free to other zoos. The problem many zoos elsewhere already have all the lions they want, since these
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      Muslim groups to hold national ideology forum
      473 13 A GROUP of 17 Malay and Muslim organisations will jointly hold a day-long conference on the proposed national ideology aimed at reaching a common stand on the subject next month. The conference, to be held on March 26 at Plaza Hotel m Beach
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      Cleaner halves $1 bill to stretch bus fare
      212 13 A SHARP-EYED bus driver saw through a passenger's attempt to stretch his dollar's worth by tearing a $1 bill into halves and passing them off as separate notes. Another driver had earlier been [poled by the same man into believing one of
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      Talks on Asian values and cultures
      92 13 A SERIES of three talks on Asian Values and Cultures will be held at the Marine Parade community centre on March 10, 17 and 31 at 8 pm. The talks, aimed at providing participants with a better understanding of the different communities here, will
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      Strictly for the Write
      526 14  -  ELENA CHONG $8.5 m haven to have footpaths and camouflaged towers for visitors By AN UNDULATING expanse of thickly vegetated mangrove swampland on the north-west coast of Singapore s to be developed Into an I'tuary for birds. The government will tpead about 18.5 million over the
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      Two firms organise cracker trips to JB
      185 14 Two firms organise cracker trips to JB TWO tour companies here have organised special "Big Bang" trips to Johor Baru tomorrow for Singaporeans to watch what is billed as the firing of the world's longest string of crackers. About 300 have signed up to see the event marking Yuan Xiao
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      Small rise in Consumer Price Index
      198 14 ALTHOUGH prices last month were the same as for December, the cost of living was 1.6 per cent higher compared to January, 1988. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January showed that food, clothing, transport and communication, and miscellaneous items were, on average, about
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      Anthony Road estate leases 'may be renewed for short period'
      1092 14 Anthony Road estate leases 'may be renewed for short period' Friday's Parliament sitting DR WONG Kwei Cheong (Cairnhill) on Friday questioned why the Housing Board was selling Anthony Garden Estate to a single buyer by open tender rather than directly to the public. Quoting a comment by Senior Minister of
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        Mentors have a heavy task
        300 15 IT IS good news indeed that student and teacher relationships are growing warmer, with more and more of them at secondary and junior college levels reported to be meeting beyond the school gate. For far too long teachers have been viewed one dimensionally by outsiders
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        25 YEARS AGO
        138 15 What The Straits Times reported on Feb 18, 1964 KUALA LUMPUR Two thousand five hundred Malaysians jammed the lounges of Parliament House here last night to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa and Lunar New Year with the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, as host. It was a grand
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      An immigrant's plaCe in the sun
      1204 15 Hongkong m 1997; Singapore today; whither the roots of < jss ,ys eminent historian WANG GUNGWU What you are looking for are models for the young. They are related to technology, to economic prosperity to sustain your quality of life. Maybe the word is
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      209 15 Cup I ASIAN BADMINTON INVITATION CHAMPIONSHIP 1989 mm mm mm mm mm mm mm I Zhao Jianhua (China) Wan Zhengwen (China) Foo Kok Keong (Malaysia) Misbun Sidek (Malaysia) Ahn je Ch Sompol Kukasemkij (Thailand) mm mm mm mm^ afefi" mm y I Eddy Kurmawan (Indonesia) Luis Ponggoh (Indonesia) Shuji Matsuno
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      No grounds for mutiny over the Straits proposals
      926 16  -  Tan Sai Siong Straits has shown that floating those assets would yield a handsome profit of $48 million or some 2.1 times over book value. In short, encashing what would have remained merely unrealised goodwill or appreciation m the books. STRAITS Steamship
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      Foreign maids for working mums only? That is 'dangerous'
      825 16  -  Ahmad Osman Such an approach rests on the questionable premise that working mothers' needs are greatest, or that they are most deserving of help because their contributions to the country are greater. AS EXPECTED, working mothers grumbled when the monthly levy
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      With peace will come a flood of trade
      776 16  -  Murray Seeger No Marxist from Lenin to Gorbachev has figured out how to make money portable. And now they seem to be learning that they cannot command their enterprises to trade with each other when the international trends of trade are running
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      Pen a love note, make a quick buck
      522 16 WHEN I met Letha Raithalingam after a period of at least two years, I naturally slapped him on the back and shook his hand firmly. It is not every day that you meet someone who owes you $10, and you don't want
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      What is happening to our work ethic?
      2331 17 What is happening to our work ethic? One thing employers are agreed on: Today's workers are a new breed. What is alarmingly less certain: Whether that is a good thing. LEE SWEE HOON reports. SHIRLEY, 23, a receptionist, didn't come to work on the second day of her new job.
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      PAIK-CHOO'S LUNAR NEW YEAR
      7 17  -  BOGIE ART BY
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  • RACING
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      Hands Down to star again
      299 18  -  PENANG Hands Down can outshine a bright Class 4 Div A field over 1,200 m m the Totalisator Board Feature Stakes (Race 6) today. A three-year-old New Zealand gelding by Standaan, Hands Down signalled his potential when he posted a runaway win over the Ipoh
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      Thwaites can increase his tally
      299 18  - Thwaites can increase his tally By TAN THEAN LOON MORE winners should come rolling m at Penang today for Ipoh trainer Malcolm Thwaites. With nine well-prepared American-bred runners spread over six races, Thwaites is set to continue his winning ways this afternoon. He sent out Run For Roses and Maquis
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      MUDLARKS
      58 18 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 3: Kaya Kaya, Kawan Karib. RACE 5: Jansen. RACE High Voltage, Indomitable. RACE 7: Suntelle, Three Commandos, Tricks. RACE 8: Rocket Red. RACE S: Silver Arrow n, Biduan Malam, Barbette, Perigueux, Cinta Manis BEST BET Rising Star
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      403 18 Lionel Lee Tan The an Loon Danny Khoo Martin Tay 8 Eagle* Love 9 Saugatuck 5 L'Ermitage 5 L'Ermitage 9 Saugatuck 9 Saugaturk 2 Ten Hugs 2 Ten Hugs 9 Saugatuck 2 Ten Hugs 3 Prime Prospect 5 L'Ermitage 9 Saugatuck 2 Ten Hugs 8 Eagle's
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      Quartet betting races
      81 18 Quartet betting races RACES 6 and 9 at Penang today are the quartet betting races at Bukit Timah racecourse. No winning ticket was sold m the quartet betting race yesterday and the jackpot of $40,324 is carried over to Race 6 today. Meanwhile, the Bukit Turf Club has clarified that
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      TODAY'S PENANG CARD
      5761 18 ■■■■■■I 145 RESTRICTED TERMS 1:7 TH^fl DIV c 1.200 m mmmm^mmm (stakes-. $n,ooo) 1 Bladog Su 55 Blazing-Dragon 3 ag (1200 m). Newcomer by Bismark n out o( Maple Show; arrived unraced on June 23; same sire as Thunderbird Hemg 8 2 Tea Hugs m 56 Auric-Teh
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      Batman demolishes the opposition by 'a street'
      2845 19 Batman demolishes the opposition by 'a street' Enter the four-legged Caped Crusader FIRST 9844 SECOND 6322 THIRD 4037 STARTERS 7802 5070 1646 0938 4584 5295 8676 7470 7989 8061 6338 CONSOLATIONS 9497 2439 8454 0687 5410 2669 0594 5989 4637 9933 By OUR RACING TEAM PENANG Pow! Zap! Sock! Batman
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      Lock icon Bill rejected, so it remains 'never on Sunday'
      132 19 LONDON A bid to allow betting on Sunday sports activities, including horse racing and the opening of betting parlours, was rejected on Friday when time ran out on the debate m Parliament. The bill would have removed a 200-year-old ban on sporting
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      Marzuki's appeal for leniency rejected
      80 19 RACING stewards of the Penang Turf Club charged jockey S. Marzuki for dropping his hands before the winning post while astride Sha Na Na m Race 6. thereby jeopardising his chances of running third. Sha Na Na finished fourth, a nose behind Jewel Of My
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  • OBITUARIES
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      323 Condolences
      75 19 With daapeat sympathies and condolence* to out brother-in-law Mr Shanmugam on the demit* of hia beloved mother P. MANICK AMAL on 17.2.89 From: Mr. Mrs Kesavan Mr. Mrs Gunasekaram Mr Mrs. Makeasan Mr Mrs. Slvaraman Mr Devarajan Mr Slvakumar With deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of
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      324 In Memoriam
      100 19 Itt Annivaraary In Loving Memory Of CHARLES JOSEPH Departed 20 Feb. 1988 i He suffered patiently and long. I His hope was bright, his faith was strong: The peace of Jesus filled his breaM, And In His arms he sank to rest. Alwaye remembered by loved ot^—.
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      324 In Memoriam
      63 19 YEO KIM CHYE Departed Feb. 19, 1987 Time changes many things But not the memory this day brings. Always remembered by wife ft daughter, mother-in-law. brothert/ titters-in-law ft colleague*. HARI OM AKHIL KUMAR BANSILAL SHAH Departed IS-2-M Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns
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      324 In Memoriam
      94 19 THERESA GOH BOON SUNG Departed 19th F»b., 1988 Gone from our lives one so dear. But m our hearts forever near Always r*m*mb*r«d by: Son*: Patrick t Eug*n« H*ng In Loving Memory of JASWANT SINGH Departed 19.2.87 Some tlnnes come to an end Some things Just don't
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      661 20 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. SOH BIT Age: 80 Called home to be with the Lord on 18.2.1969 Sadly missed by Husband* Ng Boon San (deceased) Mr Tan Oh Chan Sont Daughters-in-law Ng Eng Guan Owee Poh Choo Ng Eng Klat Tan Son Hoon Tan Lam Seng. Lewis Llew Yuet
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      325 Requiems 325 Requiems 325 Requiems
      209 20 325 Requiems 325 Requiems 325 Requiems M *J*^4 i B f C*l*l MR JASWANT SINGH s/o AMAR SINGH MANEKE 19.12.55-19.2.87 "No one belongs to me, nor I to anyone but Thee, without whom I live not." (1907-S.G.G.S.) In Loving Memory and on the 2nd Anniversary of the late MR JASWANT
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      321 Deaths
      174 20 HENG SENG Age 68 yrs wsi called home to be with the lord on 18/2/89 leaving behind Son*: Heng Boon TJle Heng Boon Hock Heng Boon Keng Vincent Heng Boon Huat. Jack Heng Boon Teck, Christopher Daughter*: Heng Boon Nol Jessie Heng Heng Boon Gek, Julia Daughter t-in-law
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      25 20 323 Condolences 323 Condolences TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DR. TAN WEE CHENG From: THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1973 MEDICAL FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
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      321 Deaths
      109 20 ANGALAMA W/0 SINNATHAMBY Age 73 o***ed away peacefully at General Hospital on 17/2/89 at 5.00 pm Leaving behind: Beloved Husband Slnnathamby Son*: Subramanlam (Richard) (High Street Salesman) Ramlah ißamo) Daughter*: Agllandam Thallamma (Mangayagarasl) Daughler-in-law: Valsalya Latchlml Sons-in-law: T Supplah M Marlmuthu 3 grandson* and 4 granddaughter* Cortege will
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      65 20 YEE WENQ KEE Ag«: 67 years paaaed away peacefully on 18 February IM9 leaving behind Wife: Loke Wai Fong Sonr Mlchael Yee Yuen Pak LTC Peter Yee Yuen Pak Daughters: Helen Ho Poh San Doris Abdullah Daught«rs-in-law: Molly Chng Cheng Hean Vloletle Kok Slow Llan Sons-in-law: Augustine Ho
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      Clark gets things off to a tee
      560 20  - Clark gets things off to a tee TAY CHENG KHOON reports from Hongkong on the third round of the Johnnie Walker Golf Open ENGLISH international Howard Clark hopes it will be third-time lucky when he tees off m the final round of the Johnnie Walker Hongkong Golf Open today. After
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      Lock icon Last-hole disaster costs Shearer dear
      464 20 MELBOURNE A disastrous triple bogey seven on the last hole cost Australian Bob Shearer the outright lead yesterday going into the final day of the Australian Masters Golf Championship at Huntingdale. Shearer was cruising along two shots clear of English amateur champion Russell Claydon before
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1535 20 ATHLETICS Nike Swift age-group rross-eountry championships Girls' 1-14: 1 Christina Char'es (UWC) 15min 3Tse< 2 Rebecca Tnirkell (UWC) 16.48 3 Dawn Reeves (UWC) 16:55 4 Chen Judy (S'goon Gdn) 17:07 5 Xu Yanni (Bukit Batok) 17:17. 1-17: 1 Zhou Live (SGS) 15:24 2 Zhang Quiying (Crescent Girls")
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      Lock icon Watford looking to upset Forest
      274 21 Watford looking to upset Forest BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Brian Clough's passionate approach to football was applauded on Friday by a Watford manager who aims to upstage him m today's televised FA Cup fifth-round clash at Watford. Clough's recent television "dealings have brought nothing but bad publicity for the Nottingham Forest
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      Lock icon Argentina beaten
      78 21 TAIF (Saudi Arabia) Spain weathered a furious rally by Argentina to record an upset win m Group D of the World Youth Soccer Cup championship on Friday. Ironically, it was a penalty which decided the issue 2-1 m Spain's favour as the teams battled for the full 90
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      Flo-Jo's running all the way to the bank
      1137 21  -  ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY LOS ANGELES The international track and field meet held here on Friday night at the Great Western Forum was the 16th major event of the post-Olympics American athletics calendar and, like the other 15, it took place
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      Old wives' tale puts nail in manager's coffin
      710 21  - Old wives' tale puts nail in manager's coffin ROB HUGHES MX OF SOCCER ONCE it was player-power Next came player- agents. And now, the ultimate influence, comes the footballing wife. Mrs Jane Varadi's patience snapped last Saturday after hubby Imre. Sheffield Wednesday's star striker, was substituted against Manchester United. Imre
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      Former trainer to sue Tyson
      290 21  -  ALAN HUBBARD BOXING LAS VEGAS World heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is m trouble again. Only a few days after divorcing his wife of a year, Robin Givens, Iron Mike is about to be hit by another writ. This time it is his extrainer Kevin Rooney
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      Lou and behold, there is no faulting this vaulting champ
      687 22  -  Shirlynn Ho PROFILE By All awash m water "I'm afraid of the water. I don't know why, but I've been like that since I was young. Last time, when I washed my face, I would just splash water on it."
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      Lock icon Boxer fails dope test
      225 22 DRUGS IN SPORT LAS VEGAS British boxer Lloyd Honeyghan flunked his dope test after losing his World Boxing Council welterweight title two weeks ago and faces a possible fine or suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Honeyghan, who lost his crown when he was stopped
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      The Saints march in — and out
      306 22  - The Saints march in and out A. Surendren RUGBY UNION By THE Singapore Cricket Club rugby sevens tournament kicked off with lots of rucking and running at the Padang yesterday. In the biggest upset of the day's two competitions, St Andrew's Junior College, holders of the Sithawalla Trophy for junior
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      Lock icon Astaphan denies report
      175 22 TORONTO Ben Johnson's personal physician denied on Friday that he said the sprinter had taken steroids four months before the Seoul Olympics. Dr Jamie Astaphan was quoted by the Toronto Star newspaper on Thursday as saying Johnson had been depressed and took the banned steroid stanozolol but
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      Khans to battle for $34,000
      103 23 Khans to battle for $34,000 Jahangir Khan, the world squash champion, is to meet arch-rival Jansher Khan m a winner-take-all match for the biggest prize m the history of the sport. The clash for a record £10,000 ($34,000) is set for March 10 and has been put up by Olympic
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      Jackie wins
      45 23 Jackie Joyner-Kersee easily won the women's 60 metres hurdles m Friday's Los Angeles Times Indoor Games. A double gold medallist at the Seoul Olympics last year, Jackie clocked 7.B7sec to soundly beat Donna Waller (8.42) and Gayle Watkins (8.44) m the Forum meet.
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      Agassi No. 1
      42 23 World tennis No. 3, Andre Agassi, was named top seed for the US$6OO,OOO ($1.15 million) Ebel US Pro Indoor championships m Philadelphia next week. Agassi, 18, was upset on Thursday by Johann Kriek m a tournament m Memphis, Tennessee.
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      Top teams
      32 23 Indonesia and the Soviet Union will compete for the team title of the 12th President Cup amateur boxing championships m Jakarta. Indonesia have eight finalists while the Soviets have seven.
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      New boss
      37 23 Datuk Khalid Yunus, who was yesterday elected new president of the Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union, said he would opt for continuity and changes would only be made when necessary for the progress of the sport.
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      Taylor's ton
      49 23 New South Wales opening batsman, Mark Taylor, boosted his hopes of a place m the Australian cricket squad to tour England when he scored his second century of the Sheffield Shield game against Western Australia. He hit an unbeaten 152 to lead his side to 303-4 declared.
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      Fast rider
      21 23 Dutchman Frank Kersten won the four-kilometre prologue for the Tour of America's cycling race on Friday m smin 25.825ec.
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      USOC warned
      52 23 Five-time Olympian Willye White has warned the US Olympic Committee that they could be destroyed if they did not include more women and blacks on their executive board. Former long jumper and sprinter Willye is a candidate for vice-president m the 89-member board which has 73 men and
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      Greig's plan
      37 23 Former England cricket captain Tony Greig plans to join a team of retired Test players on a short tour of South Africa, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. South African-born Greig now lives m Australia.
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      Gomez dies
      28 23 Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Veroon "Lefty" Gomez, who was m the great New York Yankee teams of the *****, died on Friday. He was 80.
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      Ella returns
      33 23 Former Australian rugby union captain Mark Ella made a surprise appearance m a pre-season seven-a-side tournament m Sydney yesterday and said he was considering a comeback. Ella retired four years ago.
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      On water polo
      41 23 The Singapore Sports Council and Singapore Amateur Swimming Association are jointly organising a water polo instructors' course at Toa Payoh pool from March 20. Registration, with a $35 fee, closes on March 6. For more details call 340-9572
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      Yacht sold
      27 23 The US$3 million ($5.7 million) 12-metre yacht USA, the St Francis Yacht Club's failed 1987 America's Cup challenger was auctioned off for debts for US$5O,OOO.
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      FAS and clubs must work together
      813 23  -  The Sports Editor says WHATEVER officials of Geylang International and Tyrwhitt Soccerites may say, it is hard to believe that their refusal to collect charges from fans at last Wednesday's Pools Cup match at Toa Payoh was not made m retaliation for the Football
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      Tanned Guy all set for hat-trick in Singapore
      485 23  -  A WEEK of lazing on the beaches of Australia seems to have done Steve Guy good. The top seed for the Tiger Beer Pacific Rim tennis championships, starting tomorrow, looks fresh and relaxed after his holiday. And ready to keep his perfect
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      Lock icon Gabrlela gets letter threating harm
      187 23 MAR DEL PLATA (Argentina) A self-styled "paramilitary commando" has threatened to harm tennis star Gabriela Sabatini unless they are paid a US$lO,OOO ($19,100) ransom. The threat to Gabriela, the 18-year-old world No. 4, was made m a typewritten letter pushed under the door of a
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      Lucky Geylang beat plucky Tyrwhitt
      295 23  -  TWO goals m the last 15 minutes helped defending champions Geylang International beat Tyrwhitt Soccerites 3-1 m a Premier League match at a water-logged Hougang Stadium pitch yesterday. Before then, it was anybody's game with Tyrwhitt having the edge. Tyrwhitt, who adapted better to the
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      Tiong Bahru earn bouquet for squeeky clean display
      195 23  -  TIONG BAHRU, whose Premier League game last week was marred by a several bookings and a sacking, earned themselves a bouquet when they eked out a 1-0 win against an off-form Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association m a League match at Queenstown
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      Lock icon Twisted ankle fails to stop Monica
      282 23 FAIRFAX (Virginia) Fifteen-year-old Monica Seles overcame a twisted ankle to upset third seed Manuela Maleeva 6-2, 6-4 m the quar-ter-finals of the Washington women's tennis championship on Friday. Joining Yugoslavia's Monica m the semi-finals was top-seed Steffi Graf, who coasted through against eighthseed Helen
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      Kannan, Tokijan aim to score
      195 23 JURONG TOWN strikers K. Kannan and D. Tokijan will be hoping to find their scoring boots m today's Premier League soccer match against Police at dementi Stadium (4.45). Both players have not netted goals m the past two weeks and have been upstaged by Danish
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      Fun for families of walkers, too
      227 23 THE SUNDAY TIMES/SHIN MIN BIG WALK A MINI-WALK for families will be one of the highlights for The Sunday Times Shin Mm Big Walk at Marina Square on May 28. Anthony Ng, the chairman of the organising committee disclosed that the mini-walk would provide
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      211 21 Starting tomorrow, February 20, 1989, you will find Yaohan discount coupons m your copy of The New Paper. The coupons, featuring a different product daily at a reduced price, will enable you to enjoy attractive savings when you make your purchases at any Yaohan supermarket. Each coupon is valid for
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Lock icon Talent scout who looks to the future with optimism
      1048 24 Talent scout who looks to the future with optimism J. RAJENDRAN interviews Singapore's new national soccer coach, Jita Singh, on his first day back at work YOU would have expected a miracle man to be dressed m a white robe, sporting a long, grey beard and carrying a magic staff,
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      King Zainal rules again
      579 24  -  J. Rajendran ASCOT SQUASH By ZAINAL ABIDIN showed why he is the king of squash m Singapore by recovering from being 8-1 down m the deciding fifth game to win 10-8 and clinch the men's title m the 14th Ascot Closed Championships at the East Coast
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      Lock icon Sabah close in on Suria
      206 24 MALAYSIA CUP SOCCER EXPERIENCED midfielder R. Suriamurthi, released by Pahang recently, has been asked not to accept any other offer until Sabah disclose their terms for him to play for the state m the Second Division of the Malaysia Cup semi-professional league. Sabah Amateur Football
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Bruno hits out at hotel
        114 24 Frank Bruno, the Briton challenging American Mike Tyson for the world heavyweight championship, has complained of poor treatment at the Las Vegas hotel where the fight will take place next weekend. "They are treating us like dogs," Bruno said m an interview with the BBC's
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        Christie hurt
        35 24 Linford Christie's hopes of becoming the first man to win the 60 and 200 metres sprint double at the European indoor athletics championships were shattered yesterday when he withdrew with a foot injury.
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        More in chase
        33 24 Liverpool, Manchester United and Everton are reported to have joined the chase for England midfield soccer player, Neil Webb, after his refusal to sign a new contract with Nott'ngham Forest.
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        Golden leap
        31 24 Soviet triple jumper Nikolai Musienko won the first gold medal of the two-day European Indoor Track and Field Championships at The Hague yesterday with a leap of 17.29 metres.
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        French win
        27 24 France beat Wales 31-12 m a Five Nations rugby union match m Paris yesterday. In another match m Dublin, England led Ireland 6-0 at halftime.
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      111 24 TODAY'S EVENTS I ATHLETICS Swift age-group cross-country championships (Macßitchie Reservoir, Bam) BADMINTON Konica Cup qualifying competition (SBH, 2pm, 7pm). CYCLING Road Race, Sea Games trials (Changi Coast, 8:30 am) MOTOR-RACING Sansui Au to Cross Motul Dirt track racing (Loyang Aye, 9am). SQI'AKH Ascot Singapore Closed c'ships (ECRC. 10am) SOCCER Premier
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        754 2 It all began with Michael Jackson. Now stars are being used to sell more than just the premiere brews of Pepsi and Coca-Cola NEW battle lines have been drawn m the longest continuous declared war m history the more sweet than bitter conflict known
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        484 2 THE Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is more than a magazine now it is a marketing phenomenon. Every year, the issue that helps puts the illustrated m Sports Illustrated makes a splash. This 25th anniversary year the splash will be even bigger. "We've been planning this
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          94 2 PHANTOM of the Opera is coming to TV. The classic tale which has been turned into a smash hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber will become a two-part mini series. The tale, based on Gaston Leroux's novel, tells the story of the masked figure who
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          92 2 THE newly edited version of David Lean's classic picture Lawrence of Arabia is being unveiled m America this month. The Oscar-winning director says he first tried to get Marlon Brando and then Albert Finney to play the lead but both turned him down. In a desperate
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          126 2 FOR years producers m Hollywood have b^i calling the Remington Steele actor "the new Cary Grant." Now Pierce Brosnan is taking them up on their word and plans to remake the 1947 Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple movie The Bachelor and the Bobby soxer. Brosnan, who has
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          56 2 HOLLYWOOD is trying to come up with a new Oscar-style rock V roll award show. It is still tentative but the name of the award that will be handed out to the pop stars is most likely to be called An Elvis if ABC TV can get
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          76 2 Robert Mitchum, Ryan O'Neal and I Farrah Fawcett and Jessica and Roger Rabbit courtesy of special effects. How about Crocodile Dundee and his Linda? THE Oscar Award show of 1988 is still weeks away but I can reveal that there are plans to give the late March show
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          108 2 j WHO are the highest paid TV actors and actresses? Those who make over US$lOO,OOO per episode of their shows. Top of the tree is Larry Hagman, whose weekly stint as J. R. Ewing brings him US$l5O,OOO for each episode of Dallas. Highest-paid female star, Meredith Baxter
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          83 2 BUSY directors: Aussie film makers are hard at work. First out of the starting gate m 1989 is Graeme Clifford whose new film with a skate-boarding theme Gleaming the Cube starring Christian Slater and Steven Bauer is attracting a big teenage audience. Bruce Beresford's Her Alibi,
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        1646 3  -  JUNIPER FOO By I FOR the past two years, they have oeen the hottest comedians on TV, radio and at company dinners. But today, Hua Liang and Tan Tiaw (Jim (above), m their mld-Sts, have not been on-screen since last November as SBC Is considering changes
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        521 3 Why female comics are as rare as samsui women MENTION local comics and you instantly think of Wang Sa, Ya Fong, David Bala men. But whither the Singapore female stand-up comic? By all accounts, they are as rare as samsui women. But why? "Simple," quips humorist Sylvia Toh Paik Choo.
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        842 4  -  VAL MACQUEEN ON*TV GIVEN the bottomless curiosity and ingenuity of the human species, that scientists have been able to travel backward m time to man's beginnings m so short a period should not surprise us. But what a journey it has been, as was amply
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        134 4  -  JANICE SEAH VIDEO UPDATE By CRY FREEDOM Starring Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington Directed by Richard Attenboroagh 1988, Kwang Sla IT IS pronounced "apart-hate" and means utter degradation. Just how low a country's prejudice can sink is brought home by Attenborough's scathing indictment of South Africa's apartheid
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        259 4 Planes, Trains and Automobiles: A screaming good comedy starring Steve Martin and John Candy as reluctant travelling companions who get snowed-in, insulted, detoured, m fact, everything you always were terrified would happen to you when you travel. Directed by John Hughes. 1987. Distributed m Singapore by Kwang Sia.
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          67 4 Nina chooses violence over sex SEXY Hongkong actress Nina Li Chi said she would rather risk her life playing a role m an action-packed movie than be m a steamy bedroom scene. She said this at her belated birthday celebrations. On her actual birthdate, Li was flat on her back,
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          60 4 THE secret Is finally oat: Cherle Chang and businessman boyfriend Cha Kan Deng have tied the knot. The wedding was held In the United States last year, reports the Shin Mln Dally News. Sources say Chang plans to retire from entertainment In IMI and felt
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          80 4 IT is finally down m black and white. Ex-SBC singer Ivy Low (left) has signed a five-year contract with a Taiwanese recording company. The managing director of the firm, who was down m Singapore at the end of last year, thought Low has potential
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          69 4 TOP HK-TV B star and Golden Horse Award winner Carol Cheng will soon strike It rich. She will be paid MSBI,NI (Sss€,Nt) by the Perak Turf Club just to lead a horse to the starting point, says the Shin Mln Dally News. Cheng
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          84 4  -  JUDITH TAN HONGKONG singer and actress Prudence Lav (left) had kept her pregnancy a close secret from the immigration department of the United States. The star, who is m her fourth month of pregnancy, was on a performance tour m the US and Canada and had planned
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        Make room for Max
        216 4  -  JUNIPER FOO By Look out! America's hot TV series, Max Headroom, is about to explode into your living room from next month. The futuristic suspense drama series, aired m the US m 1987, is available on video m six episodes. But it has never been shown
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        295 15 Hello kids RECENTLY, another plane crashed. It flew into a mountain while trying to land on the Azores Islands m the Atlantic Ocean m the middle of thick fog. All the 144 people on board died. The plane was a Boeing and it was the third such jetliner to be
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        397 15 CLASSICAL guitar is always associated with the Spanish but one of the most established guitarists today is an Englishman who had to study it on his own because it was not taught m music school m Britain when he was young. Julian Bream was bom m 1933
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        235 15 Put away paints and glue and take out needle and thread today. You will need: Tracing paper Felt cloth Cotton wool Knitting wool Pencil Scissors Needle and thread 1. Trace the patterns above onto a piece of tracing paper and cut them out. Where there is
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        1245 16 Anywhere is just fine with them There are no gimmicks and it is at Orchard Road's quieter end. Yet this Tanglin lounge has had to expand to accommodate the crowds. SIMONE VAZ drops m. IT MAY be called Anywhere, but it is not just anywhere. Well, maybe being tucked away
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        304 16  - Monteiro' s Montreux milestone MARK WEI "LIVE" AT THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL TO Monteiro, Young Holt and Friends (WEA) PIANIST Jeremy Monteiro put Singapore on the jazz map of the world when he and his combo of veteran American musicians "brought the house down" on July 17, 1988, at the
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      3250 5 i YOUR WEEK AHEAD lunar new year /JMVfM^v ESLJSKft SK s I If TUESDAY 1| I WEDNESDAY 4_^'im^ 1 Organised by The Friends of the _a^_r^_ HL SPRWGTi€ EXPO. Highlights include _WVMi H a iona Friday, 11 am MVW THE LONG NIGHT (b/») ______b ECHOes IN T DARKNESS Tha. tming,
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      66 7 THE By N LOSES. I T 1 1 T~T I I today's world Si I f\ A 1/^6 —^^Vv v \l/ CASHIER) DIP I <XJ FDPber) I I J^| I /OM,WOW I WE^MKP- "What are you m for?" "I told you not to install central heating!" "Not cash, you idiot
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      158 8 &> N MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN BY LEE FALK I rapine $evetif\M/\HP*% /Cauq~\ Bn^^^?^^^^ l iB?5B 1 A 1 t .-.Lj|^ll kr^^^^'^^^^ '^Ssy^ v£S§\ i-i p I L^V^p J^ I /tiffany, its too bap You poN-t MaVe. I ME ActoallY cMAN^ep my life. J XT il -L_ /MPTK& -.V .^T\ /-^T*v
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      224 9 I^HBHH IdMHlllffllmtM :11■. > 1 MiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllKlUiiiiuHfiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUllUkiiiiiiiit m ii n TiiHiiiiilnl IliiTftllvntlnSfßrnrnftTTtTn UNABLE ID 3KEMPA, MANFRED HASTILY CALLS A PRESS I CONFERENCE I 7 YCO'RE VULTURES 1 \t/T\ \i«l»^^C^l 1^ —i n i f y i MISS STARR WILL CONFIRM THAT PIRANHAS 1 SHARKS 1 T Vr^J^ Wb^ i »P* fWLJ
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      1237 10 SjjSSH MARVIN BY TOM ARMSTRONG V THE KEB CF^PTRIM Jtßs^ Si^^^l C/Nb Hfci-L y BH^Hff^P^ J^i£&&//1 I rNAvJ i sc4m>f w^^P^^^soum wfive^™ |f^^w^Jysjv^^ HARTLAND by Rich Torrev —^^p^ M^y v> muu, M meoNAcaift€rEje»<MO[ |.(9HQuu)KsoPRKn^oFMDaL[ [%emw<xm, t <{*m..i SimjiwtCS S /nS^^Yrl^ L^^I R r?vS; >WP r \r3i AftJUW^.VOJHA^W^R^ 9HO)U)6e(»^fW«DCf«)f^ 6*mPKHOR5awmiJU6T(m NOWWHt«rtD«DH
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      830 13 We, The Straits Times 1 1 I Classified, 1 I togetherwith i I our advertisers, I 1 wish all readers^. J I aflappyand $Wi (I s PrWuTV^TyTB l^lf I )i g[ a Abacus Computer *****991 jj AMK Housing *****555 J Autorich Trading *****721 i BanUnPteLtd 9 *****00 I Bee Chun
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      47 15 What do plants need to float on water? Plants that live on water, such as the water hyacinth and duckweed, have air spaces which act as floats. They also have either long or bulky roots which ensure that they do not tip over when the wind blows.
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        Lock icon THE SWISS MAFIA
        1409 1  - THE SWISS 'MAFIA' SHAMINI MURUGAN Story by TO THEIR admirers and there are plenty of them they are called the Swiss Mafia. Fair-skinned, many blond and blue-eyed, all smartly attired m well-cut, pin-striped suits and exuding an air of command, they speak literally and metaphorically the same language. They converse
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        514 2 'I am married to the hotel' WHENEVER he can, Mr Martin Kreutzinger loves to zip around on a motorbike m shorts and T-shirt. But as general manager of the 420-room Carlton Hotel on Bras Basah Road, he rarely has the time to indulge m his favourite pastime. Since taking up
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        From cook to the No. 2
        226 2 FROM apprentice chef to resident manager, Mr Ernst Huber, 42, has come a long way. As a young boy, the plan was for Mr Huber to become a cook and help out m the small family restaurant m the Swiss countryside. So his father
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        Tests of suitability
        224 2 FOR Mr Bruno Brunner, joining the hotel industry meant going against his father's wishes. "I had to go through two psychology tests to prove to them that I was suited to the hotel industry." His father, a scientist, had wanted him to do engineering. "Even after the
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        A boss m many places
        292 2 A boss in many places MR ARTHUR Holliger has not one but seven hotels m his charge, adding up to a total of 2,813 rooms and an army of 3,728 staff. This is because the 42-year-old general manager is also Hyatt International's SouthEast Asian area director and oversees Hyatt hotels
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        Putting the dark days behind
        290 2 WHENEVER Andreas Obrist talks of the dark days, his face lights up. On joining the 320-room Holiday Inn Park View m March 1987, he pulled out all the stops m marketing the hotel which "was running at 60 per cent occupancy/ the 43-year old general
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        Competing against Orchard belt
        434 2 Competing against Orchard belt MAN with a mission that was how Mr Alex Kuenzli's role was cast when he became general manager of the Apollo Hotel m 1987. Its owners wanted to turn the "loss-making" hotel around and, at the same time, upgrade its "so-so image". Hotels, like Apollo on
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        1055 3 TO GREY OR NOT TO GREY ...that is not the question, as far as many women m this country are concerned, never mind the confident example of Mrs Barbara Bush. Fashion reporter CATHERINE ONG on today's great cover-up. IF America's First Ladies do indeed set trends of their own, will
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        486 3 Thailand's Arts Crafts Year is a colourful celebration of the country's fascinating culture and ancient traditions. One tradition is that of offering visitors to Thailand A3 k A W L\? V VJI Bill ryfc? V i. i 4. ■Bi^^^^K \o* a and trjend| y welcome, reflected by the personal feel
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        Want prata, will travel
        494 4 EAT OUT Tired of urban tastes, MARGARET CHAN returns to old-time roti prata that passes the take-away test JALAN Kayu may seem like land's end to Orchard Road yuppies. Yet, many true-blue foodies flock there, especially on Sundays, all because of the Thasevi coffeeshop. Thasevi serves
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        346 4 Three ways to eat that dough ABDULLAH Mahmood of the Hilton hotel m Orchard Road is Singapore's prata ambassador. Flipping that bit of dough has taken him practically around the world on tourism promotions. Abdullah, a Malay, learnt his skill from an Indian friend. Like Thasevi's, Abdullah adds milk to
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        Art on a bottle
        380 4 DRINKS By CH'NG POH TIONG IN THE beginning, there was no such thing as the wine label. When wine was first made some 3,000 years ago, it was simply kept m earthenware and animal skins and consumed almost as quickly as it was made. There was
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        142 4 could be the proud owner of this Mercedes 190E m 8 days' time! lIHIIIIPPPHUUiu— I vo^ clfS isit lN STYLE /fi9 and > ou could walk awa >' with this —^^V^^ ;A, t*< beautiful car m our Grand Draw. This is the Ist time ever V*o o^\\ V^ V\^^ \X^
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        50 4 lunchI! Ji/fJ Avocado allsorts Avocado promotion, Movenpick, #B1-01 Scotts, 235-8700. Lunch and dinner. Daily. KNOWN for its theme promotions, Movenpick this month offers some novel avocado dishes. Curious palates will find such innovations as the chilled spicy avocado soup interesting, though the first rich spoonful may come as a shock.
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        121 4 Sour coconut? Sour cream, actually. The soup tastes better with subsequent spoonfuls. Tobasco sauce and pepper lend an exotic tang different and quite unforgettable. Best of the main courses is the pancake filled with cubed avocado and crabmeat, sauted with onions and mushrooms. It is the tasty guacamole sauce of
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        125 4 10-COURSE TEPPANYAKI Senbazuru Japanese Restaurant, Hotel New Otani: 338-3333. j Set meal includes seafood, beef. rhicken. vegetables, soup and dessert. $32 per person. Lunch and dinner. Daily MANGO SPECIALS Blooms Continental Restaurant, Orchard Hotel: 734-7766. Specially concocted dishes, like mango soup. and roast lamb, beef or prawns with mangoes. $3.75
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        Getting into the swing of things m reverse
        518 5 Getting into the swing of things in reverse ROLE reversal women doing traditional men's work and vice versa is the latest crusade by those self-anointed experts who never seem to tire of tinkering with society. Sorry folks, but you are too late. The Lady I Live With and I have
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        Leprosy — disease on the wane but still a bane
        761 5  - Leprosy disease on the wane but still a bane Each year, new victims are discovered, among them foreign workers. The problem lies not m the cure, but the myths, reports SHAMINI MURUGAN WORLD Leprosy Day passed unnoticed m Singapore recently. That notwithstanding, 39 new victims were discovered last year, of
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        Back m the swim with a new kidney
        872 5 Back in the swim with a new kidney LIM MUI SENG He used to be struck by frequent headaches. He could not stand for long without back pain. A phone call one afternoon when he was at work ended Lim Mvi Seng's problems, he tells THELMA SIM. FTVE years ago,
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        11 5 r^/T^^i C.A.T.S. 737-H66 The Straits Times Classified the unbelievable little ads
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        653 5 STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES Officials from the universities listed below will offer formal presentations on US higher education and hold interviews with interested students. They will explain academic course requirements, admisswn procedures, costs, availability of financial assistance and visa regulations. This program is open to the public, at no
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          Ministry out to speed up industrialisation process
          320 6 THE newly-created Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources has set its target as speeding up industrialisation m the oil-rich state of Brunei. It will work hand m hand with the Development Ministry whose four areas of responsibility industrial promotion, agriculture, forestry and fisheries
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          BRIEF FACTS
          500 6 HISTORY BRUNEI Darussalam (the Abode of Peace) became an independent sovereign nation on Jan 1, 1984 after a 96-year association with Britain. From the 14th to the 16th century, Brunei was the centre of a mighty empire, stretching from most of North Borneo to the Philippines. It was
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          Brunei — the land of blessings
          721 6 Brunei the land of blessings Four-page supplement to mark the state's National Day. All reports by SALIM QSMAN. National Day on Feb 23 should ■P be an occasion for the country to count its blessings. It has virtually no financial worries since its reserves, estimated at US$25 billion (5J47.5 billion),
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          Lock icon Life is never dull if you know how...
          592 48 LIFE may appear dull to many a first-time visitor to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei Darussalam. There are no pubs, discotheques or nightclubs where people, especially the young, can spend their evenings and their Saturday nights out. There is
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          State keeps a high profile m Asean affairs
          769 48 State keeps a high profile in Asean affairs WITH five years of full sovereignty, Brunei's foreign policy m the region appears to follow a certain pattern that of upholding the international legitimacy of a new state. A major instrument of this policy obviously is the country's membership m Asean, the
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          Ties with Singapore go back a long way
          231 48 SINGAPORE has close ties with Brunei Darussalam. Both countries are tied by an interchangeable currency and the two countries have an established record of military co-operation. Brunei has sent its army officers for training m Singapore. Similarly, Singapore Armed Forces personnel have
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          Perks galore for all Bruneians
          471 49 There is a certain feeling of indebtedness to the state among Bruneians who have benefited from state welfare programmes. This explains their undivided loyalty to their ruler and country. NO country m this part of the world can possibly follow the example of Brunei Darussalam
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          Housing the masses a key priority of the Sultan
          860 49 ONE of the most visible signs of develop- ment m post-inde- pendence Brunei is the sprawling housing estate that is iasi laKing shape m Lambak Kanan near the capital city. Located just 10 km from Bandar Sen Begawan, the estate bears
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        189 6 Congratulations to the Sultan and the People of Negara Brunei Darussalam on the occasion of their sth National Day HF"**'' W0 I%>^><^^r^rr1 %>^ ><^^r^ rr4 -1911--18K Gold, water resistant 30 m. The Hour Glass Pte Ltd Offenbach Store Pte Ltd Sincere Watch Pte Ltd 6 Scotts Rd. 0 1 -09/
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        55 7 B^fi^k^ A^ WB^Bwa^BMMß^BM^PJaßMfc^\^^^&Srf^^Jiis!^^^ Saß^BK^B^B^B^^^^^B^^^ Haiß^^ 3hH '^Rb^m^b^^bhbVbVbVbp'9ll^^&Vb^b^b9b^bvb^bVbmbbbTbVbVb^bbVbVbVbVbVbVbVbVblbbV '•'^ySr^^ Tahniah dan Ucap Selamat Kepada Kerajaan Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam Dan Rakyat Negara Brunei Darussalam Dalam Menyambut Hari Kebangsaan Yang Kelima pada 23hb Februari 1989 ■Ail m! dl \SyM'/W BRUNEI mO
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        134 49 lT\^^ BEST WISHES N^ f(r\ \Jy to the xJ) X Government of His Majesty X XThe Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam N k .j f and the People of f Negara Brunei Darussalam pjjjj^ ™on the occasion of j Negara Brunei Darussalam's I National Day on 23rd
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        New Pakistan's old pleasures
        1389 50 Afghan rugs, camel-skin lamps and Moghul forts beckon as newly democratic Pakistan lays out the welcome mat, reports BARBARA CROSSETTE of the New York Times. AGNES CHEN checks out the Singapore end It will still disturb the people if one is seen m shorts, but the
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          'Wheeling and dealing' m New York
          119 50 'Wheeling and dealing' in New York IN THE year since self-service baggage carts were introduced at New York's Kennedy International Airport, hundreds of free-wheeling hustlers have surfaced, says The New York Times. They search parking lots for the carts, return them and collect the US 25-cent (S5O cents) refund. This
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          Fast boat into London
          169 50 THE fastest way to get from Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris to the heart of London is to fly to London City Airport and ride the riverbus along the Thames, reports the International Herald Tribune. Taking to the river can also be a great way to get
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          Paris at a discount
          175 50  -  PH Goh A NEW card Paris Chic designed mainly for couples travelling to the French capital, offers 20 to 50 per cent discounts at restaurants, stores and hotels and for other services, The New York Times reports. The card costs about US$4l (S$80). Restaurants offer a
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        274 50 TA7"T| 1 hillock will literally glisten with dew, W llviV wlOw like a priceless emerald. I rvo t^srWf^ Do not disturb the peace but uietl y turn and look around The Dairy Farm fjk*f^\ TT^VI 1 Estate itself. 20 acres of beautifully 1 landscaped gardens on freehold land, that /^pii/^XTT
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