The Straits Times, 7 January 1990

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    11 1 The Sunday Times No: 2791 55 CENTS MCI (P) 169/12/89 dsgfc
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    Fund donations to be tax-exempt and matched by govt
    342 1 THE Government has agreed to exempt contributions to the 25th Anniversary Charity Fund from taxes and to match donations dollar for dollar, Community Development Minister Wong Kan Seng announced last night. Declaring the Government's support for a fund for the less
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    Chok Tong's three goals for the 90s
    458 1 First is to get S'poreans to keep their hearts here 6EQ1389 People will have their hearts m Singapore when they enjoy happy experiences m the school, workplace and family, when they can make meaningful contributions to society, and m turn feel that society
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  • Article
    Good case against Noriega, no bargains needed: Bush
    612 1  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President George Bush, saying that the United States has a strong drug-trafficking case against Manuel Antonio Noriega, has made it clear he is not seeking a plea-bargaining deal over the prosecution of the ousted Panamanian
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    Vandals hit void deck murals
    107 1 MURALS m some Housing Board void decks, originally painted to discourage people from defacing walls with graffiti, are instead attracting the attention of vandals. Mr Woo Kok Kong, 41, a resident of Blk 140, Tiong Bahru Road, shows his daughters the vandals' unsightly work at
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  • Article
    Kan Seng thanks KL for efforts in rescue of hikers
    161 1 Kan Seng thanks KL for efforts in rescue of hikers FOREIGN Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday sent thank-you messages to his Malaysian counterpart, Dato Haji Abu Hassan bin Haji Omar, and to the Menteri Besar of Johor, Tan Sri Haji Muhyiddin bin Haji Mohd Yassin. "I am glad to learn
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  • Article
    More on the car quota idea
    97 1 WILL car dealers corner the market with the proposed quota scheme? Will there be a big auction hall to hold all the buyers? How efficient is the scheme? These are some of the questions the public has been asking since the announcement on Wednesday
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      17 1 What newsmakers see m the 90s: Page 23 RSAF choppers save 21 from stricken ship: Page 16
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      620 2 'GIVE MORE TO MOSQUE FUND': Muslim Singaporeans have been urged to increase their voluntary monthly contributions to the Mosque Building Fund in order to help meet an estimated $16-million shortfall by the year 2000. Making this call yesterday, Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, president of the Islamic Religious Council,
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
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      Quota system can set target growth accurately and is more predictable
      3847 2 The latest proposed solution to Singapore's transport problem a quota on new cars was revealed on Wednesday by a Parliamentary Select Committee. The man at the centre of It all, Dr Hong Hai, talks to HAN FOOK KWANG of
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      Hikers in high spirits after good night's rest
      327 3  - Hikers in high spirits after good night's rest LEONG CHAN TEIK By m Kluang, Johor NEVER again, Gunung Belumut. So said Singaporean Miss Hui Lai Yuet, 29, one of five hikers missing for 10 days and all of whom showed up on Friday near this small but bustling town. Miss
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      Void deck murals spoilt by ugly hand of vandals
      844 3  -  VICTOR ER YAP KENG PENG By and MURALS m some Housing Board void decks, once the proud showpieces of residents, are fast becoming the target of vandals who deface them with spray-paint, stickers, scribblings and even chewing gum. This vandalism, not
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      168 2 Cloudy and windy. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 30 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.11 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.11 am. TRAVELLERS' MATHER Amsterdam 2/4 C Goudy Madrid 1/11 C Gear Athens 0/5 C Goudy Manila 19/31 C Gear Auckland 19/21 C Rain Moscow -16/-13 C Goudy Bahrain 16/21
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon China faces birth explosion in *****, says paper
      432 4 China faces birth explosion in *****, says paper More S. Koreans seeking abortions m Year of Horse BEIJING China, the world's most populous nation, is facing an explosion of births m the *****. The official Guangming Daily yesterday quoted population experts as saying between 11 and 13 million women would
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      Lock icon Call to halve armies of two Germanys and pull out allied troops
      380 4 EAST BERLIN East German communist leader Gregor Gysi proposed yesterday that East and West Germany should halve their armed forces by next year and all allied troops should leave the two countries by 1999, the official ADN news
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      Lock icon A FUTURISTIC WELCOME:
      66 4 Mr Ross Roberts, Ford Motor Company vice-president and general manager of the Lincoln-Mercury division, greets Sico, a futuristic robot, during the introduction m Detriot on Thursday of Mercury's car of the future the Cyclone concept car. Sico was on hand to help introduce the division's new vehicles.
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      Lock icon Noriega innocent, says wife of 'model husband and loving father'
      358 4 NEW YORK Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega's wife has described him as a model husband and loving father, and said m an interview published yesterday that he was innocent of United States drug trafficking charges. Mrs Felicidad Fiero Noriega
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      Lock icon Gorbachev 'to keep January dates with visitors'
      322 4 Gorbachev 'to keep January dates with visitors' MOSCOW Radio Moscow reported yesterday that President Mikhail Gorbachev has not cancelled all of his January appointments with foreigners to address domestic problems, contradicting news reports that had upset world financial markets. The radio said Mr Gorbachev will still meet UN SecretaryGeneral Javier
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      Kaifu's European tour reflects Japan's role in new world order
      708 5  -  KWAN WENG KIN By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO A major role for Japan m a new world order following recent developments m Eastern Europe will be underlined by a whirlwind tour of Europe by Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu beginning tomorrow.
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      Ties with Japan a source of reassurance to region, says US envoy
      402 5  - Ties with Japan a source of reassurance to region, says US envoy ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The US ambassador to Japan, Mr Michael Armacost, has said the American-Japanese connection is a particular source of reassurance to China, South Korea and South-east Asia. In an interview published here
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      Lock icon Two-year search for killer ends
      157 5 ROCHESTER (New York) A two-year search for a killer who preyed on prostitutes and drug addicts ended on Friday with the arrest of a 44-year-old man who was charged with the mupders of 11 women, police said. Arthur Shawcross, a food service worker who was
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      Lock icon Tune in to news on official media, Chinese soldiers told
      221 5 Tune in to news on official media, Chinese soldiers told BEIJING Chinese soldiers must read, watch and listen to official media for 90 minutes each day for a "good understanding of the big events m China and the world", said the Liberation Army Daily. "Every day, all troops must seriously
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      US firms 'still prefer HK to S'pore when setting up regional headquarters'
      265 5 AMERICAN companies still consider Hongkong to be more attractive than Singapore as a base for their headquarters m Asia despite uncertainties over the colony's future, it was reported. Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News last week quoted Mr John
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      Lock icon Spain to release $57m in export credits to China
      141 5 MADRID Spain on Friday ap- proved the release of US$3O.3 million (5557.8 million) m export m credits to China which had been suspended following the bloody t suppression of demonstrations m Beijing last year. A government spokesman said new lending to
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      Lock icon Azeris continue to tear down border posts
      291 6 MOSCOW Crowds of Azeris began tearing down remaining border installations along a stretch of the Soviet frontier with Iran yesterday but troops patrolling the troubled Azerbaijan region of Nakhichevan did not intervene. Local journalists said Nakhichevan, scene of a week of turmoil with
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      Lock icon Joint call for ethnic unity im Bulgaria
      552 6 SOFIA The ruling Communist Party and the opposition m Bulgaria yesterday appealed for ethnic unity after rejecting demands by protesters to reverse the government's decision to grant new rights to the Turkish minority m the country. The joint appeal was made after nine
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      Lock icon 40,000 condoms for Rumania
      79 6 LONDON A British manufacturer is giving Rumania 40,000 condoms to help meet its demand for contraceptives, legalised by the country's new leadership after a ban of more than 20 years. The London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation said the condoms, donated by the Durex company, were sent
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      Lock icon WELL-HEELED
      60 6 picture. Here's one pair of shoes Mrs Imelda Marcos will be proud to own. Adorned with the distinctively capitalist glitter of diamonds, they belong to none other than the late Elena Ceausescu, wife of former Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The shoes were found together with numerous luxury items m
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      Lock icon Shevardnadze in Rumania for talks with new leaders
      418 6 BUCHAREST Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze arrived here yesterday for a one-day visit, the first by a Kremlin leader since a popular revolt overthrew the communist government of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Rumanian Foreign Minister Sergiu Celac and other officials welcomed Mr Shevardnadze
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      Lock icon Hungary joins growing calls for sweeping changes to Comecon
      413 6 Hungary joins growing calls for sweeping changes to Comecon BUDAPEST Hungary has joined calls by the Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia for a radical transformation of Comecon, the Soviet-led trading, bloc which they described as obsolete. The bloc, which also includes Bulgaria, East Germany, Rumania, Mongolia, Cuba and Vietnam, must
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      Lock icon Honecker has kidney cancer
      133 6 EAST BERLIN Former East German leader Erich Honecker, toppled by a peaceful protest movement late last year, has kidney cancer, the official ADN news agency said on Friday. It said the 77-year-old Honecker, removed from office m October and now being investigated on suspicion of abuse
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      Lock icon British schools try out 'bully courts' to curb thuggery
      446 7 Pupils act as judges to hear complaints LONDON Playground bullies m Britain may be learning a lesson or two these days, thanks to an experimental programme that encourages schools to set up "bully courts". The idea comes from Kidscape, a non-profit
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      Lock icon Japanese firm plans to open first hotel in space 'around 2020'
      537 7 Japanese firm plans to open first hotel in space 'around 2020' TOKYO In three decades, well-heeled tourists seeking out-of-this-world vacation thrills will be able to book rooms m the first space hotel, accon .ng to a Japanese firm here that is planning the project. Shimizu Corporation, one of Japan's best-known
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      Lock icon At least 58 newsmen were killed last year
      194 7 At least 58 newsmen were killed last year BRipsSELS Fifty-eight journalists were killed doing their job last year, an increase of 13 over 1988, the International Federation of Journalists here reported on Friday. A slightly higher figure of 65 for 1989 was reported by another group, Reporters Sans Frontieres, based
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      Lock icon Taiwan indicts 7 opposition members for election riots
      193 7 TAIPEI Government prosecutors have indicted seven members of Taiwan's main opposition party for their roles m rioting following a disputed local election on Dec 2. A spokesman for the district prosecutor's office m the southern county of Tainan said those charged included
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      Lock icon Sumo body snubs woman politician
      517 8 Sumo body snubs woman politician TOKYO Sex barriers may be crumbling m Japan, but sumo wrestling will remain a male preserve, the sport's governing body has ruled. The Japan Sumo Wrestling Association told the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Mrs Mayumi Moriyama, on Friday that her request to present the Prime Minister's
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    • PEOPLE
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        New role for 'Mr Condom'
        110 8  -  TAN LIAN CHOO MECHAI Viravaidya (right), the man who started a family-planning crusade m the 1970s m Thailand by giving out blown condoms as balloons to children, has been billed by newspapers as a man to watch m this new decade. Alter dramatically reducing Thailand's
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        Lawson for Fleet Street?
        99 8  -  ALAN HUBBARD THERE is increasing speculation m British political circles about the future of Mr Nigel Lawson, who quit last October as Chancellor of the Exchequer after an acrimonious disagreement with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It was expected that he would be head-hunted for a plum
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        Lock icon Eisenhower's kin to wed
        112 8 MISS Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of the American President who led the United States m the early years of the Cold War, and Mr Roald Sagdeyev, a former leader of the Soviet space programme, have announced their marriage m Moscow next month. Miss Eisenhower helped Mr Sagdeyev,
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        Thatcher to tell all
        83 8  -  ALAN HUBBARD THE remodelling of Margaret Thatcher continues. Pressed by her party's image-makers to become more voter-friendly, Britain's Prime Minister is to appear on the nations top TV chat show on Friday. Since having her feathers ruffled m last month's Tory leadership election, the Iron Lady
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      412 7 AM/ most enjoyable pastimes for jH Bl Jf^^ I I H \i 7"|[? I[J\/ TT^Jl[\\ families surely must be the Sunday brunch. I MLJ V iLi Mil W3^ U i\l ILI'/tL It The tradition lives on at the Hubert us Grill at Century H /W^: Sheraton. Sunday, a glorious buffet
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Brunei to free six men detained under the ISA
      269 11 KUALA LUMPUR Brunei yesterday announced that it was freeing six men held under the Internal Security Act, some of whom are believed to be among the world's longestserving political detainees. The six were all members of the outlawed Partai Rakyat Brunei,
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      Lock icon 7 foreign artistes detained
      79 11 JAKARTA Indonesian authorities have detained four Malaysian artistes for violating immigration rules over the New Year period, with two of them caught while performing m striptease shows. The four Malaysians, together with another three foreign artistes, would be deported to their respective countries soon, said Immigration
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      Lock icon Four jet trainers arrive in Manila
      154 11 Four jet trainers arrive in Manila MANILA Four of 18 jet trainers ordered by the Philippines from the Italian aerospace firm Agusta have arrived and been assemblec here. Officials of the governmentowned Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC) said the four S-211 jets, which arrived m containers on Nov 22, were
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      Lock icon We killed mayor and will step up attacks, say Philippine Reds
      294 11 ANGELES (Philippines) Communist guerillas m this northern city alongside the US Clark Air Base claimed responsibility yesterday for the murder of a local mayor and vowed to hit five more mayors as well as "American forces" m the city.
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  • ASEAN NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Manila orders gun-owners to re-register
      164 12 Manila orders gun-owners to re-register MANILA Licensed gun-owners will have to register their firearms again while those holding unlicensed weapons can take advantage of an amnesty period to turn them m, a paramilitary spokesman said here yesterday. Starting Jan 15, the country's more thar. 460,000 licensed gun-owners will ha a
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      Lock icon No plans to force firms to sell part of equity to co-ops: Jakarta
      401 12 JAKARTA The Indonesian government yesterday assured Indonesian and foreign companies they would not be forced to sell part of their equity to Indonesian co-operatives following an appeal for them to do so by President Suharto. "This is
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      Lock icon 3 robbery suspects killed in Shootout
      304 12 JOHOR BARU Three robbery suspects, who police described as being "very dangerous", were killed m a Shootout with the police at Taman Sri Tebrau near here on Friday night. The trio fired at policemen who had tried to stop them for questioning. They were
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      Soviet boy 'visited KL without papers'
      224 12 A SOVIEH 1 teenager is reported to have entered Malaysia without any travel documents or much money and stayed for two days before leaving for Japan, The Star reported yesterday. Citing a report m the Soviet Izvestia newspaper, it said that 16-year-old Ayan Oorzhak
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      National Front confident of winning general election, says Mahathir
      559 13  - National Front confident of winning general election, says Mahathir KALIMULLAH HASSAN But coalition 'may lose some seats m Kelantan' By Writing for The Sunday Times KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the ruling National Front government was prepared for a general election and was
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      Lock icon Japan to charge less for new loans
      130 13 KUALA LUMPUR Japan has agreed to charge Malaysia interest rates of only 2.9 per cent for new yen loans from this year, Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. The new rate is 2.1 per cent lower than the 5 per cent
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      Some Sabah, Sarawak parties likely to join opposition group'
      530 13 Some Sabah, Sarawak parties likely to join opposition group' SEVERAL parties from Sabah and Sarawak are expected to join the Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah, or Force for People's Unity, before the next general election, The Star newspaper yesterday reported Spirit of '46 leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as saying. The Angkatan, a
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      Lock icon MIC to drop at least seven incumbents from polls
      303 13 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Indian Congress is to drop at least three incumbent MPs and four state assemblymen from the next general election, MIC president Datuk Seri Samy Vellu disclosed on Friday. He said the party, which is a member of
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      Salary cut for members of Cabinet restored
      377 13  - Salary cut for members of Cabinet restored Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR A salary cut for members of the Cabinet implemented m 1981 has been restored, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Speaking at a news conference after an Umno Supreme Council meeting, Dr Mahathir said that he,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Muslims urged to help meet mosque fund shortfall
      441 14 MUSLIM Singaporeans have been urged to increase their voluntary monthly contributions to the Mosque Building Fund m order to help meet an estimated $16-million shortfall by the year 2000. Making this call yesterday, Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, president of the Islamic Religious Council
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      Tolerance and moderation key to religious harmony, says President
      341 14 PRESIDENT Wee Kirn Wee yesterday underscored the importance *)f tolerance and moderation m the preservation of religious harmony among citizens of different faiths and creeds. Noting that religious harmony had contributed to Singapore's success and stability, he said: "An essential part
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      Four Chinese cultural shows to be held next month to mark 25th year joy
      278 14 THE swish of the Chinese broadsword, the haunting echoes of the flute and the staccato verbal exchange m xiangsheng or crosstalk these are some elements of four shows to be held next month. The Singapore Federation
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      Dhana: Grassroots groups can help people meet challenges
      326 14 SINGAPOREANS must be mentally prepared for changes and conflicts m their lives, and grassroots organisations can help them m this regard. Speaking at a joint celebration of Singapore's 25th year of independence by six Kallang Residents' Committees yesterday, Mr S. Dhanabalan, the
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      Poly study team to learn from Swiss and Germans
      596 15 A TEAM comprising staff from the three polytechnics will visit Switzerland and West Germany this month to study the two countries' technical education systems. The Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, said this on Friday when he announced
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      Dr Varaprasad is an 'unassuming person with a flexible style'
      488 15 xdhgcj IN ANNOUNCING the new princi-pal-designate for Temasek Polytechnic on Friday, Dr Tay Eng Soon referred to Dr N. Varaprasad, 41, as a man who is "more than capable" of running the new polytechnic. The Senior Minister of State (Education)
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      All Year of the Horse coins snapped up
      175 15 All Year of the Horse coins snapped up THE last of the Year of the Horse commemorative coins were sold out by 9.50 am yesterday at the Singapore Mint Coin Centre m Lim Teck Kirn Road. Three types of coins were minted to commemorate the Year of the Horse which
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      Jobless man charged with murder in flat
      153 15 Jobless man charged with murder in flat A JOBLESS man was charged m a district court yesterday with murdering a 25-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon. Siew Fook Hoi, 20, is accused of causing the death of Mr Tan Yong Heng, unemployed, together with two other men, at about 4.45 pm
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      RSAF choppers save 21 from stricken ship
      565 16  -  MATHEW PEREIRA By iwu nencopters irom tne Hepublic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) were scrambled to rescue 21 crew members from a listing ship m the South China Sea shortly after it sent out a distress signal yesterday morning. The two Super Pumas
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      Three get jail, cane for Yishun goldsmith hoist
      624 16 FOUR ski-masked men, armed with two revolvers, an axe and a screwdriver, made off with $800,000 worth of gold ornaments from a goldsmith's shop m Yishun Ring Road m August 1968. Yesterday, two of them, Poh Kwee Soon, 26, a Malaysian, and
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      Adapt to meet needs of high-tech S'pore: CJ
      699 19 Adapt to meet needs of high-tech S'pore: C J Opening of the new legal year Goal should include finding ways to have an efficient court system THE judiciary and the legal profession must adapt to meet the requirements of an increasingly hi-tech and modern Singapore m the *****, Chief Justice
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      AG stresses the need for international arbitration centre
      348 19 SINGAPORE, which projects itself as a total business centre, should have an International Arbitration Centre as part of this infrastructure. This call was made by the Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, yesterday when he spoke at the new legal year opening at
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      Lock icon Woman flung against car windscreen
      101 19 A 69- YEAR-OLD woman was flung over the bonnet of a car and was hurled against its windscreen m an accident along Braddell Road yesterday. Madam Low Song Moi was warded m Toa Payoh Hospital with serious head and leg injuries. Police said she was
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      Man knocked cold, then wakes up to seek help — and dies
      204 19 Man knocked cold, then wakes up to seek help and dies A NIGHTCLUB floor-manager who was struck unconscious with a bottle during a robbery woke up an hour later and sought help. But he died m hospital the following day. Mr Lee Koh Sing, 22, a Malaysian, told police shortly
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      Seaman fined $800 for peeping at woman in toilet
      222 19 AN Indonesian seaman on a shopping trip ended up being fined $800 for peeping at a woman m a ladies' toilet at an Orchard Road department store. Max Donald Kuron, 35, a ship's second officer, admitted insulting the modesty of an
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      Illegal 'five-minute stops' pose road hazard
      526 20 FOCUS ON THE INCONSIDERATE DRIVER m MOTORISTS who claim that they park their vehicles by the roadside for brief "five-minutes stops" to run errands, are highlighted m the second part of our series on inconsiderate parking. Each day, we will expose a different type
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      What residents want is what matters, town councils told
      581 20 MR GOH Chok Tong yesterday advised town councillors that the key to making successful improvements to housing estates lay m understanding what residents wanted. He urged town councils to ascertain the wishes of residents, including the charges they were prepared to
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        Keep up the pressure
        271 21 THE sight of hotels busily keeping their kitchens roach-free is gratifying. The two-pronged approach combining diligent enforcement and due publicity has worked. For a while, unsuspecting patrons who spent $50 a head for dinner at exquisite restaurants can be spared the least likely worry: the wholesomeness
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        25 YEARS AGO
        126 21 What The Sunday Times reported on Jan 10, 1965 MALACCA Fifteen Indonesian guerillas and a local boatman were captured early this morning after a seabattle with a Royal Malaysian Navy patrol boat m the Straits of Malacca. Several Indonesians are believed to have been drowned m the
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      Soldier of the Republic
      1276 21 The new Filipino hero is Brig-General Rodolfo Biazon, a proud Marine who is tipped to be the next Chief of Staff As chief of Manila's military defence during the latest coup, Brig-General Rodolfo Biazon would have automatically been m the limelight. But he stood out on
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      58 21 i i W^ -i k/Jrf* EINSTEIN'S PARKER O EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE AS EINSTEIN WAS HEARD TO REMARK AT THE TIME AND YET SOMETHING DOES SEEM TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR PARKER Ideas Flow as easily as the Nib on the paper A Parker duofold it could be said
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      Nationalism may rear its ugly head in East Europe
      937 22  -  Tan Sai Siong WHEN the editor asked me to share with The Sunday Times readers what I hope to see m this decade, I was m quite a fix. This is because peering into a crystal ball and then imposing a
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      Flying home for the party? Chip in and not just have a good time
      860 22  -  Sunny Goh Singapore Airlines appears intent on playing indulgent godfather to Singaporeans domiciled overseas but no category of overseas Singaporeans really deserve such preferential treatment IT PAYS for Singaporeans to emigrate, apparently. At the attractive rate
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      Travelling in the land of the never-never
      940 22  -  Koh Bee Ann Since the cost of travel is increasing, borrowing to travel may m fact be the cheaper alternative. Some feel that by the time they have 'saved enough', the cost of the trip may have gone well beyond their means. A
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      Wanted: More hypochondriacs
      456 22 IF YOU had switched on the radio on New Year's Eve, you would have got an earful of a year full of trouble. As Singapore is an oasis of peace, can we expect a flood of people migrating here from troubled areas? I found the answer when
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      149 22 THE Mill (UP WORLD QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT 1 990 The Dunhill Cup World Qualifying Tournament is back again! Singapore is once more the venue for this prestigious golf event. This tournament will be held at the Singapore Island Country Club from February 8-11, 1990. The very best players from 25 countries
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  • FOCUS/Analysis
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      What newsmakers see in the 90s
      3483 23 Bankers, captains of industry, leading lights m the arts and others take stock of the last 10 years and look ahead. CHAI KIM WAH and LEE SIEW HUA report. TEO CHENG GUAN Chairman and CEO, OCBC "In my opinion, the biggest challenge for local
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      TODAY'S SINGAPORE RACE GUIDE
      9791 24 Ratings V 79 39 Stakes $18,500 1 0-7062 City Kkif 13 (/nzg Read City King) gy (1600 m) S Marzuki +2.5 57 2 BM-82 Noble House 5 (6ag HB Lim Comprador) (1600 m) S Dahlan -4.5 52 3 -*****1 Power 1 (4nzg PK Leong Strong Power)
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      THE EXPERTS' SELECTIONS
      411 24 Race Ron Teo TL Tan Danny Khoo M Bastians Jules Carter 3 POWER 3 POWER 3 POWER 10 TRULY GRATEFUL 10 TRULY GRATEFUL 1 13 DIAMOND AWARD 11 JACK FLASH 10 TRULY GRATEFUL 15 QUIET ARRIVAL 12 SOON F ATT 12 SOON FATT 1? SOON FATT 4
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  • RACING
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      'Point' looks part if he gets over stage fright
      689 25  - 'Point' looks part if he gets over stage fright SINGAPORE PREVIEW THE odds may not be fancy, but Highest Point looks certain to give woman trainer Margaret Mullins her second-ever winner m the third race at Bukit Timah this afternoon. There is probably only one proviso that nerves do not
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      Lock icon Rick dominates with a double
      409 25 SINGAPORE ROUND-UP by Ron Teo I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Jan 6 1990 FIRST 9146 SECOND 8219 THIRD 6877 STARTERS 6370 9406 9068 5962 2012 8837 5321 0209 4228 1500 CONSOLATIONS 7632 4212 7343 3507 0386 5922 9744 7878 8009 4033 RICK DOMINGUEZ, fresh from his Governor's
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      YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
      2656 25 Going: Yielding RACE 1 CLASS 4 DIV G 1,200 m Winning stable: Poh Hup. Trainer: Douglas Dragon. Margins: Hd, 4, 3>/ 2 Time: Imm 15.1 sec. Tote: Spore $18, $7, $7, $55. Xl, Ipoh Penang $15, $7, $12. $57. Forecast (9 I 5): Spore ($5) $32, XL ($2)
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  • SPORT
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      Singapore can run for the Games
      1127 26  -  Godfrey Robert I g f^y m~\ shgfh CALL it the Friendly Games, Fun Games or the Freedom Games, but competition at the Commonwealth Games is just as fierce as at any major sports competition. As Auckland applies the final touches to its preparations for
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      Lock icon Prean's moment of glory cut short
      339 26 TABLE TENNIS MANCHESTER Carl Prean tasted triumph and disaster within a few hours m the English Open table tennis championships on Friday. The Isle of Wight professional played superbly to eliminate the world No. 8, China's Chen Longcan, and go further m the men's
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      The heavy odds Singapore sportsmen face
      998 27 The heavy odds Singapore sportsmen face THERE is something amiss m the make-up off the Singapore sportsman. But he is not at total fault. Timesport reporter MAHMOOD GAZNAVI (left), a national hockey and cricket international, laments about the situation by writing about a couple of miserable experiences. Success is not
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      Lock icon New-look Rams out to gun Giants
      240 27 New-look Rams out to gun Giants AMERICAN FOOTBALL NEW YORK Since going to the Super Bowl m 1960, the Los Angeles Rams have not been very successful m the play-offs. But these are not the same Rams who began the decade as a grind-it-out, ground-oriented team. "We did it that
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      Lock icon Christie beats Games rivals
      95 27 ATHLETICS SYDNEY Olympic silver medallist Linford Christie, of England, outsprinted several of his Commonwealth Games 100 metres rivals at a club meet yesterday. Christie clocked a relatively slow 10.40 sec as he easily held off Colin Jackson, of Wales, Australian Fred Martin and Nigel Walker, also
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      Lock icon Baker-Finch breaks deadlock to lead Champions by one
      260 27 GOLF CARLSBAD (California) lan Baker-Finch, a rookie m this winners-only competition, started fast then took sole control of the lead halfway through golf's Tournament of Champions on Friday. One of three players tied for the lead after the first round, the Australian
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      Lock icon Indonesia select trio
      94 27 JAKARTA Indonesia will be represented by three golfers In next month's qualifying round of the Dunhill Cup golf championships In Singapore. The players are Buari, the first local to win an International event when he took last year's Indonesian Open, Kasiyadl and Maan Naslm, said Sjahril Tauflk
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      Lock icon Vatanen leads Peugeot sweep
      245 27 PARIS-DAKAR MOTOR RALLY PARIS Peugeot underlined their almost total domination of the Paris-Dakar motor rally when their cars, led by Finland's Ari Vatanen, filled the first three places m the eighth stage on Friday. Vatanen, the 1987 and 1989 winner, won the 483-km stage from the
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      Lock icon Macari in hot water over alleged Cup betting
      263 27 Macari in hot water over alleged Cup betting SOCCER LONDON Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Lou Macari faces a possible lifetime soccer ban after being accused of unauthorised betting by the Football Association. The FA took action against Macari after a British newspaper alleged that m January 1968, while
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      541 27 SARAWAK fans must be puzzled by a statement on Friday from the president of their football association, Datuk Amar Haji Hamdan Sirat. He said there was no question of Sarawak who pulled out of the Football Association of Malaysia m a huff on Nov 14 over what they
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      Lock icon Barrowman loses on illegal kick
      376 28 American disqualified m 200 m breaststroke SWIMMING PERTH World record-holder Mike Barrowman was disqualified for an illegal kick on the first day of a World Cup swimming meeting on Friday. The American was judged to have kicked illegally after turning for the final length m
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      Manila meeting to finalise events
      298 28 SEA GAMES KUALA LUMPUR The South-east Asia Games Federation will meet m Manila on Thursday week to finalise the list of sports for the 1991 Sea Games and decide on the fate of five athletes caught for doping m last year's games here. Olympic Council
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      Miandad comes to Pakistan's rescue
      227 28 Miandad comes to Pakistan's rescue CRICKET BRISBANE Javed Miandad steered Pakistan oat of trouble against Queensland yesterday as the tourists' fragile batting line-up once again threatened to split wide open. Brisbane policeman Mike Polzln started the slide, nabbing both openers before Miandad stopped the rot with 77 runs to help
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      Lock icon Clippers end 10-year lean Garden streak Bird. Sprained left ankle
      369 28 Clippers end 10-year lean Garden streak Bird. Sprained left ankle BASKETBALL BOSTON The Los Angeles Clippers ended a 10-year Boston Garden losing streak, defeating the Celtics 114-105 on Friday when Ron Harper and Benoit Benjamin sparked a 16-2 fourthquarter rally. The victory broke the Clippers' overall 11-game losing streak against
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      Lock icon Sporting budget breakers lashed
      368 28 Sporting budget breakers lashed KUALA LUMPUR National Sports Council director-general Datuk Kamalul Ariffin took a swipe at sports associations who have submitted whopping budgets for their two-year programmes leading to the 1991 South-east Asia Games m Manila. Calling their projected expenditures "absurd", Datuk Kamalul said on Friday that he had
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      Lock icon Indonesia, S. Korea take on new look
      361 28 THOMAS CUP BADMINTON KUALA LUMPUR This year's tussle for the Thomas Cup will be a close fight among the main contenders who are all taking steps to overcome their weaknesses, says former world champion Han Jian, of China. Han Jian, now the Malaysian
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Bristow 'sorry' to beat buddy
        137 29 Bristow 'sorry' to beat buddy Eric Bristow, known as the Crafty Cockney, won his opening match m 36 minutes and then said he was sorry for his Welsh opponent at the Embassy World Darts championship at Frimley Green, England, on Friday. Bristow, a five-time winner of the title, beat 1978
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        New champ
        56 29 Peter Marshall, the European junior squash champion, added the British Under-19 Open title to his collection at Lambs Club, London, on Friday night. The 18-year-old from Kegworth, near Leicester, beat his good friend and rival Simon Parke, the top seed and defending champion from Yorkshire 6-9, 9-2, 9-7,
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        Takraw body
        59 29 Malaysia will initiate the formation of a world sepak takraw body at the request of the Asian Sepak Takraw Federation. With the international body, this popular indigenous game of Southeast Asia will be promoted worldwide and will also pave way for an official world tournament, said Tan Sri
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        Off critical list
        64 29 Ramon Ramos, the Portland Trail Blazers forward badly injured m a car crash last month, is off the critical list and is showing signs of recovery m an Oregon hospital. Ramos, who played for his native Puerto Rico m the 1988 Olympics, is still m a coma
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        Laing v Smith
        48 29 British welterweight boxing champion Kirkland Laing will face a new opponent m his nontitle fight at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday after Luis San tana, of the Dominican Republic, pulled out with flu. Laing, 35, will now fight Buck Smith of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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        Recovering
        44 29 Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky is recuperating after surgery to remove a tumour from his left arm. The 33-year-old left-hander underwent more than four hours of surgery m New York on Thursday, his second such operation m less than two years.
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        New skipper
        39 29 Mohammed Azharuddin was named India's new cricket captain on Friday, succeeding Krishnamachari Srikkanth. A batsman and noted fielder, the 16-year-old Azharuddin is to lead the Indian team during a tour of New Zealand beginning later this month.
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        Law to Japan
        53 29 Chicago Cubs third baseman Vance Law says he will go to Japan for the next two seasons after his team asked waivers on him with the intention of selling him to the Chunichi Dragons m Nagoya. Law said he chose Japan instead of accepting a nonguaranteed contract
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        Opening wins
        39 29 The Soviet Union and Spain scored victories on the opening day of a three-day, four-team international handball tournament at Cadiz, Spain, on Friday. Olympic champions the Soviet Union defeated Poland 33-23 while Spain edged out Switzerland 18-17.
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        Reprieve
        33 29 Prosecutors were given 60 days to decide whether to file additional charges against William Reedy, the Detroit bar owner accused of drunken driving m the accident that killed ex-base-ball manager Billy Martin.
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        French hopes
        51 29 South African-born rugby union player Eric Melville said on Friday he had obtained French citizenship last week and wished to play for his adopted country. "I hope this naturalisation will allow me to play for France," said Melville, 28, who who moved from South Africa to France m
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        All square
        46 29 Tampines Rovers and Sembawang drew 2-2 m a National Football League Division One match at Queenstown yesterday. Amarpal Singh and Rajendran scored for Tampines and Amarjeet Singh replied with both goals for Sembawang. Other result: Div. 1. Gilbraltar Crescent 1 Ang Mo Kio 0.
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      Fan offers to pay five salaries
      474 29 SOCCER by J. RAJENDRAN SOCCER fan A. Krishnan has come up with a bold scheme which he feels may bring back the glory days to Singapore football. He proposes privatising the Singapore team i and has volunteered to start the ball rolling by i
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      Each secondary school to have six PE teachers
      449 29  -  SHIRLYNN HO By SIX trained physical education teachers for each secondary school that is the target the government hopes to attain soon. Having reached the full quota of trained PE teachers six to eight teachers m junior colleges and centralised institutes, secondary
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      Lock icon Relaxed Wilander returns
      435 29 TENNIS SYDNEY Mats Wilander, of Sweden, declaring himself ready for the challenge, returned on Friday for competition m the country where his slide down the world tennis rankings began 12 months ago. Wilander, the former No. 1 men's player, practised at the White City courts m preparation
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      Vernon goes down fighting, impresses coach Zainal
      393 29  - Vernon goes down fighting, impresses coach Zainal SHIRLYNN HO SQUASH by i TOP junior squash player Vernon Teo impressed national coach Zainal Abidin with his tenacity m a friendly international against Malaysia yesterday. Vernon, together with Chua Thiam Joo, Chew Kok Whye, Ernest Tan and Asian Championships-bound Simon Yang and
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1365 29 ATHLETICS Results IHR-35 Super Endvaace Ron held at Macßltchle Reservoir: 1 Tan Choon Ghee 9hr lsec (10 laps) 2 Charles Nicholas Brooke 11.45.13 (10 laps) 3 Francis Ling 10:12.59 4 Loh Juh Khang, Loh Yeh Kher, Liau Wee Bin and Margaret Brooke 9:3.52 (all 8 laps). Mlyazakl
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      189 28 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. LAI 01 CHAN Age: 65 pHMd away peacefully on 06/01/1990 leaving behind: Daughter Son-in-law Rosalind Stephen Low Brother* Sisters-in-law Lai Chon Lee Ah Oi Lai Kun Fah Chung Ol Chun Lai Soo Toh Ah Gim Lai Kot Chual Loh Kwal Heng Bleters Lai Wun Chan
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      322 Acknowledgements
      40 28 The Family Of The Late WONG FOOK HONG Departed 31st Dec. 1989 wishes to express their heartfelt thank* to all relatives, friend*, colleagues business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, donation, wreaths A scrolls during their recent bereavement.
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      324 In Memoriam
      72 28 Fond Memories of Mum 'Dad f i^f*, j Not just today but every day, We remember the times we shared Deeply missed by children, sons-in-law. daughtart-ln-law ana grandchildren. PONNUSAMY S/O RAMASAMY D»part»d 7/1/88 2nd Anniversary Always rimimbtrtd by tathaf l»r». brother, in-laws, ni«c««. n«ph•w» and all lov*d
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      325 Requiems 325 Requiems
      184 28 325 Requiems 325 Requiems THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. V. CHELVADURAI AGE 92 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to DR. V. P. NAIR (CARDIOLOGIST) Doctors, Missionary Sister* and Staff of EMER/ICU/OT MT. ALVERNIA Relatives, Friends and Colleague* for their comfort, love, kind assistance, attendance, wreaths, condolences
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      324 In Memoriam
      31 28 In loving memory of MR. K. SAMYIAH KALINOARAYAR 25 years today Sadly missed and always remembered by wife, aon, daughter*. brothers, titter, son-in-law, grandchildren and all loved ones.
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      735 11 135 Toyota For Sale VEHICLE WANTED Highest Cash Payment lor PARF or non-PARF used cars > "Q'-pl.Ue/ Commerlcal vehicles Mm atao Mil all kind* of vehicles Mr Ong, tel: *****00 (day) *****35 (night) I/OS TOYOTA COROLLA 16 llft>ack (auto) with spoiler. Clarion lift and security system. Less nan 4,000 km.
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      1008 12 138 Honda For Sal* MM) *81 HONOA Civic 1.3 hatchback, 5-door, alrcon. hi-fi, new sports tyres, road tax 7/ "90; tip top; $14,900; loan $12,000; *****91 MM) *82 ACCORO 16 EX. Power steering, metallic paint. Accident free. $23,600 (above). Loan $19,000. *****26, 9am-3.30pm MM) -82 HONDA Accord EX manual, tax
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      907 12 146 Vehicles Wanted A PROFITABLE DEALI Attractive cash on the spot! We specialise In buying and selling any cond. secondhand of all models of Jap. cars continental made. Highest offer assured. Tel: *****42 VEHICLES WANTED. HIGHEST offer for any model, regd. above '83 to '88. 1600 c.c. to 2000 c.c.
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      535 12 176 Apartments Wanted (Rant) EXPAT, raquiraa 374 rms. apt. In Eastern Lagoon, Hawaii Twr., Meyer Pk. or Mandarin Odn. $3000-$3500. Owners, call *****73. HDB, HUDC, APT. Condo, h'se. wanted urgently. We haye ready expat, client with good budge t for rent or sale. Dyson *****0Z A GOOO FAMILY requires Whole
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      The Not-So-Silent Majority
      1934 1 Voices from Taiwan s growing middle class are increasingly being heard and heeded, says this report compiled by LEE SIEW HUA from articles m the Free China Review AB pjr.t jres by C Many worry that the economy may crumble if the middle class abandons the hard-work
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        Hitting the roof over inflated housing prices
        562 2 MIDDLE-CLASS discontent centres on the runaway speculation In the stock market and the stratospheric housing prices, writes Free China Review journalist Betty Wang. These especially rile the middle class because so many rely on fixed Incomes. In the past, It was virtually a
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        WHITE, Fashion or fantasy?
        499 3 It's the hot new '90s colour. But will urbanites give white the cold shoulder? asks STEVEN THIO. FASHION has a peculiar and often annoying way of presaging changes m society while at the same time having little to do with real life. Follow it, and you
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          In the '90s, naturally
          119 3 BARELY a week into the new year, and fashion pundits m the West are already dubbing the decade the "Natural '90s", what with the move towards caring, sharing and the so-called New Age spiritualism. High-tech black and white look pretentious and already, the Renaissance richness lush
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          Mag with heart
          83 3 FASHION has a heart Two Orchard Road boutiques of Emporio Armani, Italian designer Giorgio Armani's cheaper line, are helping a local children's charity via Its new big-sized magazine. Proceeds from sales of the twice-yearly magazine a catalogue disguised as a "lifestyle" mag will go to the Canoooa
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          Fishy fashion
          95 3 MOVE over, croc. If Britishers Neil Robson and Keith Taylor can convince trendies, the next skin m fashion will not be from a reptile but from a fish the salmon! The duo, whose company is known for its smoked salmon products, plans to use the skin for skirts,
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        Tears and fears in the stores
        494 4  -  Vana By THE department-store crowds over the past holiday season were massive with people of all ages thronging the counters. There were those that hesitated while getting off the escalators, causing a pile-up behind, not unlike those multi-vehicular ones on the Pan-Lsland Expressway. Some
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        Which way to the top?
        1097 4 A US study has found socialising and politicking to be the surest way to scale the corporate ladder. But, is this what really distinguishes those who soar to the peaks of the corporate mountain from those who hover below the snow-line? VAL MACQUEEN investigates. necessary
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        Hip, hip hurray for joint replacements
        605 4 MRS CASSIE ROSS was m her early 30s and looked fit and healthy. But she was virtually housebound. The stairs "terrified" her and she would do anything rather than bend down to pick something off the floor. With a six-year-old child, she felt absolutely
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        Secrets of the shod sole
        877 5 Secrets of the shod sole No two feet are the same, and worldwide, feet are growing wider and longer. This is just the beginning of the problem for women looking for shoes that fit, reports PHILIPPA ANDERSON. Women's feet m the Far East are much shorter than their counterparts m
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        Lock icon Marvels of the 80s taken for granted
        491 5 VIDEOS, home-computers, cordless phones, fax machines, microwave ovens and bar codes are now so much part of life that we wonder how we ever did without them. Yet, a decade ago, we did not even know that such minor marvels existed. The years
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        Children today have bigger feet
        150 5 WITH better diet, and increasing affluence, children's feet are growing too the average size m each age range is nearly IV2 to 2 sizes bigger than II years ago. With young bones most susceptible to damage, It is important that children's feet should not be
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        The waiting game is a no-win affair
        638 5  -  K. E. CHOW dffj B> YOU are at a hawker centre packed with hungry people. You look around for an empty table. None m sight. You debate with your friends about going to another place. But then, every other place is just as
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        Lock icon How not to let the big squeeze on a long flight get you down
        978 9 The problem with flying long distances on economy class is not just a huge pain m the legs. It could also lead to a clot elsewhere m the body, warns BETSY WADE. WHEN Mrs Ruth Bocour
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        Striding across a haunting English landscape
        1003 9  -  PETER BENESH By The Dartmoor is a haunting and daunting piece of English real estate that can be tempestuous and tranquil, frightening and serene, dangerous and benign Iff striding across the moor seems under-stimulating, there are options rock-climbing, canoeing, trout fishing, hang-gliding, horseback riding
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          Down Europe's abbey road
          125 9 LOURDES, Assisi, the Vatican and many of the cathedrals and abbeys, which together form Europe's rich historic Christian legacy, are part of a new 22-day itinerary packaged by lasight International Tours. The Christian Heritage Tour will run from May to September and costs U552,155 (554,100). The
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          Agatha turns 100
          86 9 THE centenary of the birth of Agatha Christie, queen of crime writers, will be celebrated In Britain this year especially m Torquay, where she was born on Sept 15,1891. The South Devon resort is to stage a festival Mystery on the English Riviera from Sept 8 to
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          Lock icon Time-out at Tate
          58 9 SUBSTANTIAL parts of London's Tate Gallery are closed for major cleaning, redecoration and rearrangement of Its galleries and collections. The entire reorganised Tate reopens on Jan 25. From tomorrow to Jan 24, the main building will be closed except for the entrance to the restaurant and the
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          Dorchester style
          74 9 THE Dorchester, one of London's great hotels, is due to re-open this spring after a major refurbishment. The number of bedrooms is being reduced from 280 to 260, so that the smaller ones can be enlarged, and bathrooms added to sitting room suites. Tho new decor will be
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          Maori replay
          155 9 HUNDREDS of New Zealanders m period costume, a convoy of Maori war canoes, a fleet of tall ships and Queen Elizabeth as well as the Maori queen will gather for New Zealand's 150 th birthday party on Feb 6. The event is a re-enactment of the signing of
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        Getting away from it all in 1990
        2272 10 Getting away from it all in 1990 Wondering which holiday spot to hit this year? You could take a tip from some local personalities who share their vacation ideas with JUNIPER FOO. LAI FOO WENG Owner of Fatty Weng Restaurant "I have been to most of the big cities. In
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        At last, a guide for Asian parents
        455 11 HELP is at hand for Singaporeans with problems getting their children to eat and eat right. Two dietitians, Lynn Alexander and Yeong Boon Yee, have teamed up to write the first nutrition guide for Asian parents with local diets m mind. Mrs Alexander
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        Fret not over fusspots
        968 11 How do you deal with a finicky eater at home? LEE GEOK 801 offers some tips and reviews a nutritional guide EAT IN FEEDING children can be such a chore. They hate vegetables, they hate meat, they hate fish, they seem to hate many of the
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        Recipes
        422 11 Crispy crackling rice cakes Serves four 2 bowls cooked glutinous rice 100 g chicken or other meat, sliced 150 g shelled prawns 3 Chinese spoons peas 3 medium tomatoes 1 Chinese spoon tomato puree 3 cups chicken stock Dash of salt, pepper, sugar 1 Chinese spoon cornflour Polyunsaturated oil
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        Sunday LUNCH
        242 11 Sunday LUNCH Paprika fare ARENT YOU HUNGARY? Belvedere, Mandarin Singapore: 737-4411 In a setting of gypsy caravans and violinists, dig into Hungarian fare that is more than goulash and paprika chicken. There is Budapest liver on rye, paprika veal stew with red and green peppers, lamb and beef sausage skewers
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        From Padang, with feeling
        784 12 MARGARET CHAN goes off the beaten track to seek out an out-of-the- ordinary nasi padang dfgfj IKOBANA, may I hasten to say, is not Japanese flower arrangement. It happens to be the name of the best nasi padang restaurant I have discovered here m a long
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        'Abalone' with peanuts, anyone?
        601 12  -  LEE GEOK BOI By SINGAPORE manufacturer Amoy Canning has come out with a new range of vegetarian dishes which are quite unlike the Taiwanese ones the Matter of Taste panel sampled m November. It is the first Singapore manufacturer to produce canned vegetarian food. The range
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      7 1 Style Mind And Body Consumer Travel Food
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      159 3 y^^^jC\ c U.S. A, Japan, Hong Kong or Australia. Other 1/1 V, K\r£) great prizes include persorial computers, televisions, (j^r-\^-^ i(/ VCRs, mini compo systems and many more. From now, until February 28, 1990, every $10 And best of all, it's so easy. All you have to do you spend
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      341 4 fkfr w^E^E?¥r TP T^^TP Tfckl? TED •■^L V AdA. m,w^\#/ m l^kJ li^^l B*)^ •■^C s. dji m, Wm/mm/ ai^ii M;^l M^-jti m mIN THE Ml 50 INSTANT WIN AND GOLD DRAW. This is your chance to win gold, Rolex watches are to be collected PRIZES Rolex watches and cash!
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      51 5 I A£P li/P IAUT Trim clown those overstuffecl areas m y° ur home and k LUwC WEI vtl I shape up your wallet to boot!). Advertise a h|au those unused items for sale m mp^ FAST The Straits Times. $?I3 i v Call 737-1166 to place your classified ad. cam.
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      81 5 Last day! Date: 23 Dec. 1989 to 7 Jan. 1990 Sb^^fe- Time: 12 noon to 10 pm K^wT\^i^P^^^^i^^a^VoHt^^| JBmw^Jm W^ Exhibition Centre jt^B^^ fe^dfl m^^ (Near Lorong 4 Geylang, 3 minutes walk from Kallang MRT). I s^^\ Gr^ I P^l'^™ 8M ll^ .0 I '-> 5-A V 7% p S&
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      130 6 STICK YOUR WAY TO FRE IS A n 1 0 1 l— l d7a V] i-i .Oil— JdYayji gIL JL m —{OJ PI -^N A ZZ^Ol n U t^N f A Y^v ILVEnZY t^tt r i^t l^tt T\/T I TV/T tl^W Hitachi Portable CD Component L I I \J/ flk
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      538 7 :E HOLIDAYS AND GIFTSi Jjjjß^P' Vo\ v .x-^t-- g/f^fC^i bBBP^bBBbi < '"^^jbbbbil <**' BBfT'^r'V^BH He t*^^<7fJß^§ wl J B AV^b^t bßbw wm^k •P'V bßbT# A IT^bß I l^tapaf^ BbBBBBBbI BBm^S__ BHB^ BEubm^B^bß^mßbßßmßbßjS^mH BBBtßßßßtJfc^^B^^Bß^^^^B^Bi^^^Mßß^^^^^B^^^rlß^Bß^^Bßßßß^fewHßßßßP^^^ I bBB\ I B^^^^bß I -rfC fl 'pF^"**' >' fIIH BY jKm jjy|| M 1 1! ii^C^^rfß]*
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      251 8 AS OF TODAY, GET YOUR BONUS COUPONS FROM THE FOLLOWING Apex Pharmacy International Pte Ltd (Except restricted medicinal products) Boon Co Pte Ltd Bibi's at Peranakan Place Chesa Swiss Continental Restaurant (Hotel Equatorial) Golden Phoenix Chao Zhou Garden Restaurant (UIC Building) Golden Phoenix Sichuan Restaurant (World Trade Centre/Hotel Equatorial) Hands-On
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      634 9 The Wondrous Splendour of 2 w North India. The Beauty of India 8l J^— awaits you. M mtmi^AmM^^L*A^±Am±.A.A.~i.. i .^^A^a.- A Come North to Delhi. HHpnntaHJNil Hflr^tHflHiAMflflKifi Si I where n i- stor >' ives f° r P^Hl Fl^ 1 I c > ()<)<) years or more To jU KIP
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      69 10 HER WORL^takes TIMEC/UT! 1 CM 1 Discover... ift I he Asian Man as o^t£kffi>\ Holiday Romeo K-sS^a L /T^KSciL^r II I 4^ llwllwlw i^^HF^i, J we check out fiction Plastic surgery is WKfI^TM from the dark side the IN thing even -jfl for Nightspots! |B Pw^H LLJL i 1 Doctors-to-be
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      344 12 \QM^^lo^^ ''%{>> Fresh tales from the uth Pacific f*c^& _jikf W^^ X *E HOA MA! MA TE ORA tne meatiest, most savoury being the **V&^ Vi^ r-i tanp ata paua deemed fit for the Palates of OTETATIGATA, earthly kings. IJ^\ TIRITIRI OTE MOANA!"* Pauas were prized for their delectable flesh.
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      ...through the Ages
      174 1 We start our journey by taking readers, not for a ride of course, but along the road that motoring has progressed through the years m Singapore. It all began m 1896 when the first motorcar arrived barely eight years after the world's first motorcar was developed. Older
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        204 1 BBBHHBBBBBBBBBs^ tfHß^. w .^^B* Kit It doesn't pay to play with fire... Temperatures inside your car's And because Mobil 1 doesn't engine can exceed 232 C That's HSSfil break down, it leaves no harmful why you need Mobil 1 SsB^P™^^feC~y^flßß^' I deposits, so your engine stays clean, Mobil 1 is
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      Milestones from early days to modern cars
      1403 2 IN 18%, Singapore imported its first motorcar for Charles Burton Buckley, a prominent Englishman m the Colony, and thus made its first move into the era of motorised transport. This came about barely eight years after Gottleib and Carl Benz developed the world's
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        168 2 Making amove to sell your home? If you have something to sell, you can sell it faster through the Classified. The Straits Times Classified helps you find users for your products or services, everyday. So remember JUST A CALL DOES IT ALL C.A.T.S. [757-MMJ A THE NEW Basra MITSUBISHI LANCER
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        164 2 |^H| MUL-T-LOCK tr^ i v TMkS^ 1 *^B^ 1 000,000 sold world-wide W /fnWßl^. V J Convenient efficient and trouble-free Ml Bi^^^VV idfl operation and protection for lifetime X-^BB. I Once locked, the car is totally immobilised ■k J* I Computerised key with restricted key 9^ duplication I Highl y
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        429 3 yrrr When the first Corolla was m- then, four million Corollas BSyS^TSTWWA^i offers improved stylrng&^r I /^r\nr\\ IA 1 troduced m all over the world were 1979 Ton^,i CorollaDX reliability and driveability. 1 967, it was establishing new standards of what a With its graceful lines, smoodestined to be a
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      Secondhand cars spell big business in Singapore
      618 4  - Secondhand cars spell big business in Singapore VALLI SUBRAMONY By SECOND-HAND cars should mean big business m today's world of rising car prices, especially m Singapore. At the top of the popularity list of used cars among buyers is the Mercedes Benz. The reason is not hard to guess at
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      Medium range of secondhand cars most popular
      181 4 Medium range of secondhand cars most popular IT'S a competition m the upper-class range of cars between the secondhand Mercedes bought by the businessman from the small to mediumsized company versus the young executive and his slick and "outward-looking" BMW. Broken up into different cc categories, demand for secondhand cars
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        203 4 Jp y^ ft, Si BF i A W Jw/auaßiißMM F A W y AM AX J fi|H| I IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR CAR BUYERS I B^^ Don't pay more for the financing of your car than you have to. Deal directly with DBS Repayment ptr.od n«v*u»«jci. 4 All AA^ AIIA 5
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        117 4 ihiiPonics CGr win-Vegal AUTOMOTIVE STEREO AMPLIFIERS AND COMPONENTS Tr J ,^^sB|fck^ Loud Fami| y Cerwin Vega Subwoofers, ff^^JuMy^'m rom 6 5 18 ancl 10 °-30° waMs s i^'^B y° ur car sterQ o achieve Htaiflfl s owest potential 2SB mlf .HA iIVJ J A Ffl jj> %B 1 1 U.0./V
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        174 5 Wai I jMUDBDI MKftJ^ mm m m l v \V THE NEW ACCORD. Smooth Quiet Power. Dynamic Superlative Sedan. Intelligent. Luxurious. Prestigious. A Clever Investment. The finest Honda Accord has arrived. The New Accord. A crystallization of Honda's dreams and technology. Designed for impeccable precision dnving.Grasp the reins of the
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      Sump-thing in the way she moves
      911 6  - Sump-thing in the way she moves KHOO HOW SAN By I Road hogging? I'm driv Drivers who want to ov< to cut m, go ahead,' sa who thinks that as long privilege to take the f neither breaking the sp iving at the maximum speed limit! vertake are impatient. If
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        195 6 CALL {LjaJH3J3 SHELL TAKE CARE OF YOUR A NEEDS r DAY Q HI S New24Hour r r _j i Loan and Information ,A 5] Service and Approval' jj# Call Hong Leong Finance: r -mi r^t r—l I!" *****44 JJ Singapore Finance: r r i r *****44 £i '12J Housing Loan
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      1225 7  - Thank goodness for campaign against the road hogs By JACQUELINE WONG IMAGINE driving behind a truck chugging merrily away m the lane next to the divider the fast lane. You find yourself tailgating him and the next lane is occupied. You flash the lights, toot the horn. But drats, no
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        483 7 THE BIG NEW BIG INTERIOR SPACE BIG LUXURY FEATURES BIG OPERATING ECONOMY BIGGEST 2 -LITRE CAR IN SINGAPORE TODAY The big bold beautiful new Holden Calais feature for ultimate comfort, including shape not only means elegantly fluid lines, is the largest 2-litre saloon m Singapore 10-outlet air-conditioning, fold- away tray
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      Motoring clubs for enthusiasts growing
      1068 8 Motoring clubs for enthusiasts growing The register was formed to bring together vintage car enthusiasts and m particular, to encourage the restoration, preservation and especially the use of vintage cars. The Register's many fine vintage cars over the years have included two ERA's. Present member cars include the Alvis, Lagonda,
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        359 8 Hope someone will pick up your pick-up? If you have something to sell, you can sell it faster through the Classified. The Straits Times Classified helps you find users for your products or services, everyday. So remember JUST A CALL DOES IT ALL CATS [737-»l*«J SAME CAR SAME PRICE... New
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        110 8 f^QUnf^^^^^^^^^^ Monrot G *PP*"f«nJ Jf* MWw to- PDOIW \»Jpl**^ **<*• Mon/o»«sthe Of M $uppJ»f (of he entu* rnge I he ultimate m ride comfort. Monroe Gas-Matic shock absorbers. Nitrogen gas charged and unique murti-stage shock valving virtually eliminate shock fade. For unparalleled levels of ride and total control ZPu*^ over
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      A look at the motoring scene of the 80s
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      Convenience features may be standard gear in cars of the 90s
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