The Straits Times, 1 April 1990

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    17 1 The Sunday Times No: 2802 55 CENTS MCI (P) 169/12/89 '■""umiiiiiuiiii i i .11.1 ii <<<«« APRIL 1,1990
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    Lock icon Estonia calls Moscow an occupying power
    640 1 Republic sets itself on collision course with the Kremlin MOSCOW Estonia has declared the Soviet Union to be an occupying power and has pledged to join nearby Lithuania in restoring full independence. The move, made by the republic's Supreme Soviet (Parliament) on Friday, puts
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    Drunk driving: Stiffer laws from tomorrow
    369 1 STIFFER penalties for errant motorists, especially drunken drivers, take effect from tomorrow. Such drivers who are involved in accidents which result in death or serious injury will have their licences immediately suspended once they are charged in court. If convicted, they can be fined
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    Lock icon Blasts at Orchard Road worksite
    250 1 TWO explosions caused a fire at the Central Expressway site just outside the Istana yesterday and sent people scurrying for cover along busy Orchard Road. The explosions are believed to have been caused by sparks from three gas cylinders at the site, where work on
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    Lock icon Final draft of water pact with S'pore ready, says Muhyiddin
    366 1 JOHOR BARU The final draft agreement on the water supply from Johor to Singapore is ready, the Johor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, said. The draft has been sent to the attorneys-general of the two countries for ratification, he
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    Bidding under car quota system starts tomorrow
    337 1 THE first tender exercise under the new vehicle quota system begins tomorrow. Bidding for a total of 14,000 vehicles, the number alloted for the first of the quarterly exercises, will close at noon on April 11, a spokesman for the Registry of Vehicles
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      10 1 Lithuania warned to heed call or face consequences: Page 7
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      567 2 URA ASSURANCE ON CHIJ SITE: High restoration standards will be set for the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus site in Victoria Street and the uses of the restored complex controlled, to maintain its "peaceful serenity and haven-like ambience". The site, comprising a chapel and three other
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      Human touch key to neighbourhood schools' success
      794 2  -  Chua Chong Jin Elaine Tan By and A TEACHER from Holy Innocents' High near Hougang Avenue 5 let a Secondary 2 pupil stay in her house during the exam period last year as his home was far from the school. At Delta Circus
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      HELPING STUDENTS SHINE
      282 2 BUDDY systems, reading quotas, even teleniatches you name it, neighbourhood schools have successfully used them. Here is a brief look at some of the creative programmes these schools have to help their pupils: BUDDY SYSTEM: Under this scheme, pupils act as mentors to friends after receiving training
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      Woman pretended to be asleep while burglar ransacked bedroom
      256 2  -  Brendan Pereira By A FRIGHTENED woman pretended to be asleep while a burglar, clad only in swimming trunks and armed with an axe, ransacked her bedroom late one night last week. Madam Ang Keng Sim, 47, an accounts manager, had been
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      What it should have been
      129 2 IN A report in The Straits Times yesterday headlined "Chandra Das will head Feedback Unit again", we incorrectly stated that Mr Mohamad Maidin, who was appointed a member of the Feedback Unit supervisory panel for one year, was Political Secretary of the Community Development Ministry.
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      School's progress is charted on the wall
      154 2 UP AND UP visitors to Bukit Panjang Government High School will notice this of the school's academic results over the years, because the fact is announced by three atten-tion-grabbing wall charts. The charts also declare that the school's philosophy of "even the average
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      Naval Base Secondary wins praise as a model school
      275 2 NAVAL Base Secondary School won praise from Education Minister Tony Tan yesterday for being a model of a successful neighbourhood school. Speaking at the official opening of the school's new premises at Yishun Ring Road, Dr Tan said: "For more than
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      Lock icon US lashes 35 nations, 2 blocs for unfair trade
      552 3 Report is first step towards Super 301 hit list for economic retaliation WASHINGTON The United States has accused 35 nations and two regional blocs of erecting unfair trade barriers against American products, the first step in a process that could lead
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      Lock icon Japan agrees to open its market to telecommunications products from the US
      408 3 WASHINGTON The United States and Japan have agreed on a telecommunications accord that would further open the Japanese market to US goods and are continuing talks on a second pact to promote sales of US satellites. The telecommunications
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      Dr Beng to KL politicians — Get facts right before making charges
      513 3 Dr Beng to KL politicians Get facts right before making charges A LEADING backbencher yesterday called on Malaysian politicians to verify their facts before making "wild allegations" against Singapore authorities. Dr Arthur Beng, Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law, told The Sunday Times that he
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      Barbecue for 700 is a feast fit for chefs
      288 3  -  Cephah Tan By A BARGEFUL of meat and poultry weighing 420 kg and a 120-kg steer ferried by a bumboat turned one of Singapore's biggest barbecue parties ever into a memorable night of feasting on Sentosa last night. The food warmed
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      62 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Workers' median income up The median gross monthly income of all workers in the Republic more than doubled between 1 980 and 1 989. Last year, men had an average monthly pay^if packet of $865, and women $635. 1 Ymt Ifedian monthly Iff K|B 1
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      185 2 Showers over a few areas in the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 34 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 7.11 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.05 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Amsterdam 4/14C Goudy Madrid 3 20C Gear Athens 10 21 C Goudy Manila 21 36 C Gear Auckland 17 21 C
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon California 'the force behind Pacific Rim's integration'
      552 4 Goods and ideas spun off from Silicon Valley helped: Dr Goh SAN FRANCISCO Dr Goh Keng Swee, Singapore's former Finance Minister, has argued that California is the moving force behind the Pacific Rim's economic integration, thanks to the region's emergence as a high-technolo-gy
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      Lock icon Possible that Gaddafi ordered blaze at Rabta plant, says US
      418 4 WASMNGTON The United States is taking seriously the possibility that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi deliberately set the fire last month at a plant allegedly producing chemical weapons, a senior State Department official said on Friday. Earlier, the State Department said
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      Lock icon Armed fan locks herself in home of Cagney and Lacey star
      232 4 LOS ANGELES An obsessed fan with a rifle locked herself in the home of actress Sharon Gless, a star of the television series, Cagney and Lacey, for seven hours and threatened to commit suicide, police said. The woman, Joani
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      Lock icon No vacancy for PM's post, Thatcher insists
      372 4 CHELTENHAM Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her 15-year stewardship of the Conservative Party in question as never before, insisted yesterday there was "no vacancy" for Britain's leader. In a keenly-awaited speech to a meeting of top party officials in this western England spa, she
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      Lock icon Forum on smoking to focus on developing countries
      237 4 PERTH About 800 experts from more than 70 countries will focus attention here over the next five days on what is said to be the newest tobacco battlefield developing countries. They will be attending the Seventh World Conference on Tobacco and Health,
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      Lock icon Study links parents' smoking with heart disease in children
      206 4 SAN DIEGO (California) Parents who smoke may be increasing the odds that their children will develop heart disease later in life, according to a new study. "This is another reason for parents who smoke to think seriously about the toxic effect
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      Lock icon ANC suspends talks with Pretoria over police shooting
      465 5 Rally by Mandela and Zulu chief also scrapped JOHANNESBURG The African National Congress (ANC) said yesterday it had postponed indefinitely talks with the South African government in protest against the police shooting of demonstrators in a black township. "The talks have been
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    • BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Gloomy week for Dow
        53 5 NEW YORK The New York stock market slipped into a gloomy mood last week as changes in long-term interest rates were more uncertain than ever. The Dow Jones index of leading industrial shares closed the week at 2,707.21, up 2.93 points against the previous week's close
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        Lock icon Joint space exploration
        83 5 WASHINGTON President George Bush said on Friday that the United States would explore the possibility of broad international co-operation in space exploration. A White House statement said Mr Bush had decided that European countries, Canada, Japan and the Soviet Union, would be engaged in "an exploratory dialogue"
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        Lock icon Royal baby named Eugenie
        97 5 LONDON The Duke and Duchess of York "returned" to the Victorian era when they chosed a very royal but obscure name for their week-old daughter. Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena. Bookmakers, who made thousands of pounds because they were never asked to quote odds on the name
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        Lock icon Soviets want to join Interpol
        83 5 MOSCOW The Soviet Union plans to apply to join Interpol, the international police organisation, next month, Deputy Soviet Interior Minister Nikolai Demidov said. Mr Demidov was speaking on Friday during a visit to Moscow by the current head of Interpol, Mr Ivan Barbot of France,
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        Lock icon Bus plunges into river
        63 5 BEIJING Twenty peopie died on Tuesday and 10 were missing when a bus plunged into a river in south-west China, the China News Service reported yesterday. More than 20 other people were injured when the Chong-qing-bound bus fell three metres into the Yipin River in Ba
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      Lock icon Report of 146 Aids cases in Yunnan shocks China
      226 5 KUNMING A report that 146 peasants from Yunnan province used dirty drug needles and infected themselves with the Aids virus has sent shivers throughout China. It was the first sign of a large incidence in China, where officials asserted previously that
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      Lock icon Actress poses for a 'shoot'
      49 5 picture. A "trigger-happy" French actress Arielie Dombasle engages in a little play-acting in front of the press in Cognac, France. She smiles as she pretends to puli the trigger. The occasion was the traditional picture-taking of the Detective Film Festival jury on Friday. AFP
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      Lock icon Pentagon eases curbs on sales of computers to Eastern bloc
      367 5 WASHINGTON The Pentagon announced on Friday that it would no longer block sales of the least powerful Ameri-can-made mainframe computers to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, leaving control of such exports to the US Commerce Department. A US Defence
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      Lock icon Chinese trade official urges Western nations to lift sanctions
      444 6 BEIJING A senior Chinese trade official yesterday appealed to Western industrialised nations to "give up their prejudices" and end trade restrictions and economic sanctions against China. Deputy Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Minister Li Lanqing also repeated a warning that US
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      Lock icon Show of force ahead of anniversaries of Beijing unrest
      372 6 BEIJING Police toting machineguns and electric truncheons yesterday answered calls by China's leaders for increased vigilance against dissent as anniversaries of last year's unrest approach. Students at Beijing University, punished severely since last June when troops crushed the democracy protests they
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      Lock icon I ate child's flesh, says man accused of murders
      445 6 TOKYO A Japanese man charged with kidnapping and murdering four little girls told a court on Friday he had eaten some of the flesh of one of his victims, according to press reports. The reports said Tsutomu Miyazaki, 27, made the
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      Lock icon Five killed in Guangzhou blast
      131 6 HONGKONG An explosion rocked a crowded train station in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring more than 30 others, pro-Beijing newspapers reported yesterday. The blast occurred on Friday some 25 metres from the west gate of the station, which was
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      Lock icon Polish envoy and wife shot in west Beirut
      215 6 BEIRUT A Polish diplomat and his wife were shot several times and seriously wounded late on Friday as they were getting into their embassy car in Syrian-controlled west Beirut, police said. Mr Budgan Zbiginiew, 47, was shot in the face and the
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      Lock icon Britain deports Iraqi held for smuggling nuclear triggers
      323 6 LONDON An Iraqi who was arrested at Heathrow Airport after customs agents foiled an alleged plot to smuggle 40 nuclear triggers to Baghdad, was deported from Britain yesterday. Omar Latif, who says he is an official of Iraqi Airways, was escorted aboard
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      Lock icon Four more protesters killed in clashes with police in Nepal
      214 6 KATHMANDU Nepalese police have shot dead at least four more people in battles with residents of a Kathmandu suburb protesting against the arrest of political activists, witnesses and government sources said on Saturday. Witnesses said two people were shot dead
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      Lock icon Heed call or face consequences, Lithuania warned
      530 7 MOSCOW President Mikhail Gorbachev warned the Lithuanian people yesterday that failure to heed Moscow's call to abandon their self-pro-claimed independence could lead to "grave consequences for all of us". "The situation in the republic and around it has taken on a dramatic character,"
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      Lock icon Top East German politicians cleared of Stasi links
      347 7 EAST BERLIN East Germany's top three politicians all but cleared their names ove,r allegations they were Stasi security police informers, but attempts to form the country's first non-communist government still lag. The official East German news agency said late on Friday the
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      Lock icon 'One Deutschemark for two E. German marks' proposed
      333 7 GALWAY (Ireland) In a major decision on German monetary union, the Bundesbank has recommended that holdings of Ostmarks are generally to be exchangeable at a rate of two Ostmarks for one Deutschemark, West German officials said here yesterday. The only exception would
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      Lock icon Conservatives likely to win second-round Hungary polls
      150 7 BUDAPEST Three conservative parties in an electoral alliance are likely to win this month's decisive second round voting in Hungary's first free elections since 1945. The accord reached on Friday joins the Hungarian Democratic Forum front-runner after the first round on March 25
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      Lock icon Bush sends 'positive' message to Gorbachev
      311 7 WASHINGTON President George Bush, hoping to prevent a misunderstanding that could sour US-Soviet relations, has set forth his policy on Lithuania in what the White House described as a positive message to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The message, delivered to the Kremlin on Friday,
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      Lock icon Brother of Ceausescu tells of misery
      218 7 BUCHAREST The younger brother of executed dictator Nicolae Ceausescu said he had to endure years of persecution because he found the future Elena Ceausescu naked with a German soldier during World War n. Lieutenant-General Nicolae Andruta Ceausescu, 66, said in a newspaper interview on
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      Lock icon Japan's one-parent families up 22% in five years: Study
      402 8 TOKYO The number of sin-gle-parent families in Japan rose nearly 22 per cent in five years, mostly because of a rising divorce rate, according to a Health Ministry study. The November 1988 study published on Friday found that single-parent families headed
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      Lock icon Letters suggest Einstein had help from his first wife
      254 8 NEW YORK The genius behind Albert Einstein's theories of light, space and time may have a little-known collaborator his first wife, according to recent re-exami-nations of his life. This radical interpretation is based primarily on a collection of recently published letters
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      Lock icon Disco fire: Man faces 174 counts of murder
      199 8 NEW YORK Cuban immigrant Julio Gonzalez, the jilted lover accused of setting the devastating fire at a Bronx club, was charged on Friday with 174 counts of murder the biggest mass murder indictment in United States history. In another New York court,
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      Lock icon 'Trousers only' ruling for men cabbies
      113 8 'Trousers only ruling for men cabbies LOS ANGELES The city of Los Angeles, seeking to smarten up the grubby image of its taxi drivers, decreed a dress code on Friday that said skirts should be at least knee length and they should be worn only by women. A spokesman for
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      Lock icon 'Record $93m dear' for new season of Cosby Show
      154 8 'Record $93m dear' for new season of Cosby Show BURBANK (California) The Cosby Show will return for a seventh season after network executives and producers of the hit series reached a deal described as the costliest renewal in US television history. The television network NBC and producers Marcy Carsey and
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    • PEOPLE
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        Chavalit's move lauded
        100 8  -  TAN LIAN CHOO OUT-GOING Thai Army Commander General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh received warm praise from the Thai establishment government MPs, army officers, businessmen and bankers when he decided to join Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan's government as Deputy Premier and Defence Minister. Gen Chavalit will be the fourth Deputy
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        Lock icon Deng Lin's paintings for Seoul
        110 8 FIFTEEN water-colour paintings by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's daughter are to be exhibited in Seoul. Miss Deng Lin's brushworks will arrive on Monday and will be exhibited from Wednesday to April 10, said Miss Song Young Hee, who owns Baiksong Gallery. "In the absence of
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        Lock icon Beauty and hotelier engaged
        95 8 MISS Korea 1986 Lee Hye Jung and Mr Elton See Tan, a member of a leading Asian business family, were engaged recently at a Seoul hotel. Miss Lee, 22, received gifts valued at more than US$l.45 million (552.7 million) including a box of Chinese silk and
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        Lock icon Medal for German journalist
        116 8 THE Buber-Rosenzweig Medal, one of the most highly rated honours in West Germany, has been awarded to Mrs Charlotte Petersen, an 86-year-old journalist from Dillenburg, Hesse. The German Co-ordination Council of the 65 Societies for Christian- Jewish Co-operation made the award in Fraternity Week 1990 in
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        Lea's not quitting, says mum
        109 8  -  ABBY TAN LEA SALONGA is definitely not quitting the London musical, Miss Saigon, as yet, says her mother Mrs Ligaya Salonga. At least not until she finishes her one-year contract in September, she added. Mrs Salonga breezed through Manila recently brandishing Lea's nomination certificate for
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        Lock icon Zsa Zsa's 'sentence' ends
        118 8 Zsa Zsa's 'sentence ends ACTRESS Zsa Zsa Gabor has paid her dues for slapping a police officer who stopped her car by working 50 hours at a shelter for homeless women and agreeing to host a benefit auction for the institution, a prosecutor said on Friday. Deputy Los Angeles prosecutor
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  • ASEAN
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      Thai army will not meddle in politics, says new chief
      427 10  -  Tan Lian Choo But it's impossible to give firm guarantee on coups: Suchinda By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Newly-appoint-ed Thai army commander General Suchinda Kraprayoon has pledged that the army under him will not meddle in politics, press reports said yesterday.
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      Lock icon 50,000 Thais have Aids virus, disease spreading fast through prostitutes
      246 10 BANGKOK The latest official survey on Aids in Thailand has indicated there are an estimated 50,000 carriers in the country and that the disease is spreading fast among the heterosexual population through female prostitutes. Dr Gary Slutkin, of the World
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      Lock icon Paper apologises for report comparing Suharto to Pharaoh
      246 10 JAKARTA Media Indonesia, a national language newspaper, has been issued a final warning by the Information Ministry over a recent commentary comparing President Suharto to a Pharaoh. The paper's two journalists responsible for the publication have been dismissed, the daily said in
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      Manila signs $2m contract with S'pore firm for study on complex
      318 10  -  ABBY TAN MANILA The Philippine government has signed a 552.2 million contract with a Singapore company to do a feasibility study for an ag-ro-industrial complex in General Santos City in Mindanao. The agreement, signed recently in Singapore by the
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      Pagsanjan dropped as tourist draw because of child prostitution
      417 10  -  Abby Tan By Manila Correspondent MANILA The Philippine government has dropped Pagsanjan with its famous falls as an official tourist destination in a bid to curb its worldwide notoriety as a centre of child prostitution and paedophilia (sexual perversion in which
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      Lock icon NGOs warned not to smear Indonesia abroad
      246 10 JAKARTA The Indonesian government will allow its non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to attend a meeting on Indonesia in Bonn but has called on representatives not to tarnish their country's image abroad. The daily Jawa Pos newspaper quoted Home Affairs Minister Rudini on Friday as
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      Lock icon Radio Australia seeks to boost signal in region
      153 10 BANGKOK Radio Australia is exploring the possibility of setting up facilities in Thailand to strengthen its signal in the region, particularly to China and the Indian sub-con-tinent, its head Richard Broinowski told reporters. He said he had talks with Thai officials on
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      Lock icon Khmer groups step up attacks
      215 10 BANGKOK The Khmer Rouge guerillas and their non-communist allies loyal to former Cambodian monarch Norodom Sihanouk have stepped up joint military operations in north-western and central Cambodia, a senior Khmer Rouge officer said. The officer, who requested anonymity, said on Friday that military officers of
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Five army officers involved in next phase of reshuffle
      359 12 KUALA LUMPUR At least five officers of the army's top command are involved in the second round of a major reshuffle, with one of them expected to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Sources said on Friday that Major-General Datuk
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      Lock icon Very few teachers mentally ill, says Anwar
      193 12 KUALA LUMPUR The number of mentally ill teachers in the country is small and the Education Ministry is capable of dealing with the problem, Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said. Mr Anwar, who was responding to recent press reports, said on Friday that
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      Woman fined for giving out anti-religious pamphlets
      201 12 A HOUSEWIFE caused a commotion in a Penang magistrate's court after she was found guilty of hurting the religious feelings of others by di iributing pamphlets which said that "idols are false gods". The Star newspaper on Thursday reported that Cecilia Woo Guat
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      Islamic Act — Mahathir to meet religious body
      249 12 Islamic Act Mahathir to meet religious body A RELIGIOUS body representing four major groups in Malaysia is planning to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad soon to discuss the controversial Selangor Islamic law, Nanyang Siang Pau has reported. The Chinese-language daily said that the Malaysian Consultative Council for
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      Lock icon Use of Bahasa in all court proceedings postponed to June
      244 12 KUALA LUMPUR The use of Bahasa Malaysia in all court proceedings has been postponed to June 1 instead of April 30 as announced last month. The Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr Wan Adnan Muhamad, said on Friday that
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      Lock icon Najib hits out at Tun Suffian's 'politician jibe'
      298 12 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth leader Datuk Sen Najib Tun Razak yesterday hit out at former Lord President Tun Mohamed Suffian Hashim for assuming that politicians and the government were "primitive-minded". Tun Suffian had criticised this country by portraying politicians as being able
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      Lock icon Genting resort to get $300m facelift
      179 12 Genting resort to get $300 m facelift KUALA LUMPUR Resorts World (RWB) will spend Ms4so million (Ss3o6 million) on a three-phase project to upgrade and expand its resort facilities in Genting Highlands, about 15 km from here. Chairman Lim Goh Tong said yesterday the project includes upgrading the Highlands and
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      Lock icon 'Only part of stolen M$22m recovered'
      182 12 'Only part of stolen M$22m recovered' KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara has recovered only M54.6 million (Ss3.l million) in cash and property out of the M522.2 million stolen in 1988, its governor, Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein, has said. The central bank was still trying to recover "bits and pieces of the
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      Lock icon Nod for 4 Joint venture projects with China
      129 12 MALACCA The Trade and Industry Ministry has approved four joint venture projects between Malaysia and China worth M510.4 million (557.3 million). Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Kok Wee Kiat said yesterday that so far only one of the four projects had
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      URA: Serenity and ambience of CHIJ site will be kept
      839 13  -  Sandra Davie Plan to sell CHIJ to private developers By HIGH restoration standards will be set for the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) site in Victoria Street and the uses of the restored complex controlled to maintain its
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      Former convent student sketches out her worst fears
      213 13 MASS weddings in the chapel, a beer garden and a disco in the open space, and a cinema and a restaurant in the other buildings. These are some of the nightmarish visions that a former CHIJ student had of the fate of
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      Questions on the fate of buildings to be raised by MP
      163 13 WHAT should be the fate of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, its chapel and other buildings now located in Victoria Street? This and other questions will be raised during the next Parliament sitting. Dr Lau Teik Soon
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      Encourage S'pore emigrants to return: Safra teams
      443 14 Policy game proposals to ensure supply of skilled people 4 ENCOURAGE emigrants to "etum to Singapore and give i Singaporeans more incentives t :o have more children, two i earns of Singapore Armed Torces reservists have suggested. The two teams, which spent lour
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      Mendaki to reopen registration for its weekend tuition scheme
      147 14 MENDAKI, the council for the development of the Muslim community, is re-opening registration for its weekend tuition scheme next week. In a statement yesterday, the council also announced the inclusion of Additional Mathematics classes for Secondary Three pupils in the tuition
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      Jaya wants to see more Indian cultural shows by CCs
      166 14 MORE Indian variety shows by a combination of Indian cultural groups is what Professor S. Jayakumar would like to see in future. The Home Affairs and Law Minister expressed this hope at the Indian Cultural Night at Bedok community centre
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      2nd language teachers play important role: MP
      382 14 TAMIL language teachers should not feel they are less important than other teachers, as they play an important role in the community and in nation-building, Dr S. Vasoo said yesterday. The MP for Tiong Bahru GRC said that language teachers provided an important
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      NWC seeks views of the public on wage guidelines
      266 16 THE National Wages Council (NWC) is seeking the views of the public on its wage increase guidelines for this year, and whether these announcements should be made in November instead of in May as usual. In a press statement yesterday, the
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      Gang robber who poisoned dogs gets jail and cane
      484 16  -  Elena Chong By A SECOND gang robber who poisoned dogs with spiked beef before robbing victims in Duchess Avenue area two years ago was sentenced to seven years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Friday. Abdul Ramli bin Saidi,
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      Dr Chiang named Singapore envoy to Egypt
      128 16 FORMER Singapore Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Dr Chiang Hai Ding, has been appointed Singapore's Ambassador to Egypt. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday that the 51-year old diplomat served in the Soviet Union for four years until last year, with
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      Toa Payoh to go on the tourist map in a fortnight
      530 17  -  Rohaniah Saini Visitors to get a taste of how S'poreans live By THE HDB Estate Tour, aimed at offering tourists a glimpse of |k>w most Singaporeans live,, was officially launched yesterday in Toa Payoh, one cf Singapore's oldest Housing
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      Welcome to our world...
      205 17 "We have to show the tourists our achievements and one of the most important is public housing. This is envied by other people, for example, Hongkongers who are not able to buy their own flats because they are so expensive there. "Visitors can see that there
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      Govt doctors to have more research opportunities from June
      278 17 DOCTORS in government hospitals who are interested in research will now have ample opportunity to take up projects under the ministry's Department of Clinical Research (DCR), which will officially open in June. It will be housed at the Singapore General Hospital.
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      Coin-changing to cost $5 a carton at POSB
      109 17 The POSB will levy a fee of $5 a carton for its coin-changing service from tomorrow. According to a POSB press statement yesterday, the fee is to cover the cost of transactions. It added that queuing time for normal banking services had
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      Businessman accused of cheating British firm offered $6m bail
      216 17 A HEFTY $6-miUion bail was yesterday offered to a businessman, who was charged in a district court with cheating a British trade financing company of US$5.5 million (5510.2 million). Tan Yew Beng, 47, had to surrender his passport as a condition
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      Deal with China for halal restaurant here signed
      221 17 THE Singapore Sino-Malay Investment Holding and Ningxia Chamber of Commerce of China have signed a letter of intent to set up a Muslim Chinese restaurant in Singapore. The move follows several meetings covering economic co-operation between the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in
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      NTI and PWD pool their research expertise
      524 18 Novel studies to improve environment include underground reservoirs UNDERGROUND reservoirs to store water, oil or gas, and caverns to store food or maybe even to serve as civil defence shelters or carparks. These are just some of the novel possibilities being studied by
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      Police cadet corps praised for helping to build fit and rugged society
      312 18 THE National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC), the largest uniformed group in secondary schools, is helping to build a fit and rugged society. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the Acting Health Minister, said this at the NPCC Day parade at
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      Car that will take you on a long drive
      210 18 IT WAS a very long car, by any s-t-r-e-t-c-h of the imagination 6.5 metres, in fact. One of the world's longest cars, Holden Calais Royale, has arrived in Singapore. Two of them are expected to be registered this week. They will
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      Riding boy saddled with betting losses started fires
      407 18  -  Julia Goh By A RIDING boy, frustrated with his gambling losses, set fire to the stables of a horse he blamed for his losses at the races, a district court heard on Friday. Mohd Rafi bin Ammak, 24, a first offender, was
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      Judge, PSA chief re-appointed
      75 18 JUSTICE A. P. Rajah has been re-appointed a Supreme Court judge for a further period of six months from today, according to the latest Government Gazette. He was re-appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. Mr Lim Kim San, who is the
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      'Classy' SBC radio station goes on air today
      360 18 A DESIGNER radio station.; That is what listeners can expect today with the launch of SBC's Class 95 FM, The Sta4 tion With Style. Said Madam Chua Foo> Yong, the director of radio! programmes: "The stations will play classy music appeal-* ing
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      Poisons permits to cost $50 from tomorrow
      157 18 Poisons permits to cost $50 from tomorrow FROM tomorrow, anyone who wants to obtain a permit or make amendments to permits issued under the Poisons (Hazardous Substances) Rules will have to pay a fee. For the issue or renewal of a Poisons Permit, the fee is $50 a year or
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  • PROFILE
    • The Sunday Times VIEW
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        Fun without the frills
        271 19 THERE has been a lot of song and dance about junior college graduands holding farewell balls in five-star hotels. Called proms after the dances organised by American high school children when they graduate, these parties were criticised by an MP in Parliament. He frowned on the
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      • Article
        25 YEARS AGO
        116 19 What The Straits Times reported on April 3, 1965 THE new waterworks at Scudai will be officially opened by the Sultan of Johor today at 4 pm. About 1,000 guests from Singapore and Johor have been invited to the ceremony. Named the Sultan Ismail Waterworks after the
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      Playing chess with the Russians
      1135 19 Despite a modest and retiring exterior, the new Lithuanian leader is determined and tough: opposition to foreign rule runs in his family Vytautas has a strategically oriented mind. He is a very good chess player and he can detach himself from outside pressure. Mrs Landsbergis
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      132 19 I Astina4-DoorCou|)ehassetanew 1 KS v v- 1 wm TWmlS^^ tempo in the 1600a category. It's y^j jm^^^m^^^ >^PBte^3 1 a brilliant combination of style and .H|H SjttfJfe^jWß utility, performance and economy, fc?^--..- :4 Jp **(li^t^- 88-^ H :r;^^ So what more would you want in a WW fe&^j 12 :^^^''®li
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      Private property: for many an impossible dream?
      943 20  -  Tan Sai Siong When only 2 per cent of income-tax payers have chargeable incomes over $75,000 a year, it is not difficult to calculate that fewer than these 2 per cent will be able to buy fancy homes at currently fancy prices ALTHOUGH
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      Self reliance is still best way to solve Indians' problems
      951 20  -  M. Nirmala The little spare time Indians have at home is often used to watch two-hour video recordings of Indian movies with stereotype themes of love and revenge and prolonged fist fights. Much time is thus wasted. AT THE opening
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      Orchard Road has to lose some gilt
      784 20  -  Doreen Siow Perhaps after having chased the up-market dollar for so long, it is time for retail landlords and tenants here to start cultivating the more down-to-earth money of those looking for sensible value SOMETHING unusual seems to be happening in the ritzy
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      The pits of good design
      435 20 MACAW WITH the heat wave still waving, I brought my little niece Ding Ling from East Malaysia to the East Coast Park to catch the evening breeze. About half of Singapore was already there. Judging from the fishing gear, hot pants and singlets around, many
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  • ANALYSIS
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      No crash but is there a cartel?
      1653 21 Not everyone is convinced that domination of the market by the Big Four is undesirable. A British securities player says the market will be fragile without 'cartels'. Many analysts see recent falls in the Tokyo share market as just a correction. They believe
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      The exchange tries to keep up with the times
      513 21 SUDDENLY, a roar of disapproval rings out and is followed by the agitated stamping of feet. Stock traders are demonstrating their unhappiness with price falls. This scene has become common in the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the last few weeks since
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      SUNSTROKES
      4 21  -  Lee Chee Chew
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      Pinch the nose for Tokyo Gas
      179 21 TRADERS in the Tokyo Stock Exchange use a variety of hand signals to describe an order. The signals for numerals are fairly simple. A bay order is indicated by showing the back of one's hand, a sell order by showing one's palm. All the
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  • SINGAPORE RACE GUIDE
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      Best bet: Tanamera (Race 7) Best longshot: Peronda (Race 8) Going: Good
      4738 22 Rjbnts V 69-50 Stakes $18,500 1 76-80 My Star 11 dag G Breukelen Best Mes sage) (1600m) Heng f5 57 2 *****8 General Fortune 4 (6ag R An« Jing Long) y (1600m) dc Noon +3 55.5 3 6
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      Tanamera hard to beat
      287 22  -  Tan Thean Loon PREVIEW By AN EXCITING speed duel is in store in the Class 2 Div 1 1,200m event at Bukit Timah today. Of the speedsters in the 12-horse line-up, Tanamera looks the one to run down. The four-year-old Austra-lian-bred by Biscawong is heading for
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      THE EXPERTS' SELECTIONS
      242 22 Race TLTan Danny Khoo M Bastians 10 ANAK PERAK 4 ID THE BEST 9 OAYAK CHDTMN 1 1 MY STAR 8 YELLOW DIAMOND 4 I'M THE BEST 7 DALPHENA 11 QUEEN OF HEARTS 2 GENERAL FORTUNE 3 FOOTBALL 3 FOOTBALL 11 TRIM'S ANGEL 2 11 TRINA'S ANGEL
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  • RACING
    • Article, Illustration
      Captain in command
      435 23  -  Tan Thean Loon ROUND-UP By I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW March 31 1990 FIRST 3813 SECOND 9092 THIRD 6831 STARTERS 3092 0027 4158 2265 0492 7918 3693 6563 CONSOLATIONS 9489 3054 5236 9190 2153 5343 6623 4353 7846 6439 CHAMPION jockey Mltsuhiko Michikawa scored his second feature race success
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      YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
      3698 23 I TODAY'S CARD CONTINUED (1400m) Suatdi +5 57 3 2 Voodoo Warrior 10 (3ac Mullins Jenny Bkxxjstock) (1400m) Dominguez +3 5 57 4 9.32. Born Frtt IV 2 (sn;g Read Glory) (1400m) Sn| +1 56.5 5 Golden Wonder 1 (3eg Thwaites-Owner) (1400m) King 56.5 6-323 SJwt Stream 6
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      DSP Jit Imm joins SAAA ranks
      325 23  -  HAKIKAT RAI ATHLETICS SINGAPORE Amateur Atheltic Association president Loh Lin Kok made a sweeping change on Friday night, giving the hottest seat that of training and selection to DSP Lim Jit Imm. The appointee, Lin Kok hopes, will breathe new life into track and
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      Lock icon Republic in three-way battle for survival
      98 23 CRICKET KUALA LUMPUR Former champions Selangor, Johor and Singapore are caught in a grim battle for survival in the South Zone as the Malaysian Cricket Association's League preliminary round enter the final stages. They will be going all-out in their final matches to gain
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      TABLES
      69 23 P W D I. Pts. Penang 6 5 1 0 22 Negri 8 3 14 U FT 4 3 0 1 12 Perak 6 2 0 4 8 Kedah 4 0 0 4 0 Johor 6 5 0 I 20 ■Singapore 6 4 0 2 16 Selangor 4 3
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon Tlozzo's title after awesome victory
      229 24 Tlozzo's title after awesome victory BOXING LYON (France) Christophe Tleno, the great white hope •f French boxing, captured the World Boxing Association super-mlddlewelght title with a devastating victory over defending champion Baek la Choi on Friday. Tlouo stopped the Sooth Karoos In the sixth round of a light which he
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      Rub-a-dub-dub, give us a genie-us, say Brazil
      1009 24  -  UNKNOWN Street-wise South Americans look capable of lifting soccer's World Cup L^ Jr By THIS confounding year of upsets continues to deceive the eyes and ears. When England cricket supremo, Ted Dexter, arrived at the airport in Trinidad last weekend and was informed
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      Lock icon Celtic aim to make it tough for Rangers
      323 24 GLASGOW Celtic are determined to disrupt Rangers' charge towards their second successive Scottish title in today's grudge match at Ibrox. "We are playing for our self-respect and pride, and if we can make Rangers' League passage more difficult, so much the better,"
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      355 24 AC MILAN were fined 150,000 Swiss francs ($187,000) on Friday for misbehaviour by fans in last week's European Cup quarter-finals and winger Roberto Donadoni was effectively L banned for the rest of their title defence. The European Football Union (Uefa) con- trol and disciplinary committee imposed a three-match
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      Injury struck at sport's crossroad
      881 25 'I have no regrets. But sometimes I get this burning desire to come back and play squash seriously. It's a decision I have to make within the next year because I see myself being able to play good squash for another three years. But my
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      Melaine's spirit is willing but left knee wilts
      717 25 'Every time I run, the knee swells. But I want to play for at least another two to three years. I've got a lot more to give and I'm looking for ways to mend the knee.' Melanie IN 1984, an over-zealous Hongkong
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      Former university rivals in two-way tie for lead
      645 26  -  Tay Cheng Khoon GOLF By IPOH Glen Day, John O'Neill and Todd Hamilton will renew their college rivalry when they tee off in the last flight on the last day of the Benson Hedges Malaysian Open today. Day, from the University of
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      Lock icon Ogle's birdie blitz
      222 26 Ogle's birdie blitz MONTPELLIER (France) Australian Brett Ogle enhanced his reputation for low scoring with a six-birdie 66 to take a three-stroke halfway lead in the AGF Open golf tournament at La Grand Motte on Friday. Ogle, whose solitary European success came in last year's Equity and Law birdie points
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      Lock icon Favourites find the going tough as they bid for semi-final berths
      368 26 DAVIS CUP TENNIS PARIS The going proved tougher than expected for the favourites as teams opened their campaign on Friday for places in the Davis Cup semifinals. The United States and Australia, who many thought had only to turn
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      Storm in tea cup over prize money for an ace
      637 26  -  Tay Cheng Khoon TEE TO GREEN By WHILE 148 professionals are battling it out for the US$2OO,OOO ($374,000) being offered in the Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open in Ipoh this week, another war is slowly escalating over a proposed million-ringgit
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      88 24 Realby, we're much too busy with our Removal Sale than play a joke on you. We've hundreds of exquisite designer lightings to be tagged and cleared at NEVER-BEFORE, YOU-WONT-BELIEVE-IT, almost GIVE-AWAY prices! And if we were you, we'll rush over right now for the most profitable buys. Simply because you'll
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      103 26 321 Deaths 321 Deaths i m I i TAN SWEE KEE Age: 18 yra. PitMd iwiy suddenly on 31st Mar "90. Ltaving behind Grandfather Grandmother Tan Kim Tho Liow Hoon rams*. iwoiner Tan Chut Kau Neo Ah Kiow Tan Ah Her (Francis) Ong Chew Eng Tan Swee Heng tfciHri. Sworn
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      322 Acknowledgements
      52 26 The FamHy o< the Late MOM. CHAN Saw MGO. THERESA Piper* 27 3.90 wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation thanks to the staff of Ward 9, Toa Payoh Hospital. Father Abrlel of St. Francis Xavler Church, colleagues, relatives friends for their assistance, attendance, wreaths b donations during their
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      324 In Memoriam
      53 26 In lovinQ nttAftory of MATHIVANAN s/o RAMAKRISHNAN Departed 1.4.87 Sadly mlaaad and always rcn«mb«rsd by parents, family members and relatives. MR ALLEN YING YOKE LOON Departed 1.4.70 PRECIOUS IN THE SIOHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS Always ramambarad by wits, sons, daughters, sons-in-law,
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      324 In Memoriam
      77 26 Wlth Fond Memories (M MOM. WONG AH CHIN DEPARTED 1/4/89 Safe In the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast. Always rtmimbirtd by Son*. Daughtera-lit-law, Daughter*, Son-in-law, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. In Loving Memory of SEAH KOK ANN Departed Ist April 1988 Always remembered by loved
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      372 26 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam MR. LEE KEE GUAN MDM. KUIN BUT NGIM Dopartod: 20.4.80 Dopartod: 16.4.89 Lunar: 6.3.80 Lunar: 11.3.89 10th Anniversary Ist Anniversary Always remembered by sons, daughters, sons daughters-in-law and grandchildren. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MDM YAP GUAT ENG Born 15 July 1918 Departed 14 April
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Japanese pitcher fined and banned
        89 27 Baseball pitcher Masumi Kuwata was fined U5565,000 ($120,250) and suspended for one month on Friday by the Yomiuri Giants after he lied about leaking information that could help gamblers. Kuwata, 17-9 last year for the Japan league champion Giants, lied to the team in their
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        Cash plans to marry
        56 27 Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash said in Brisbane on Friday he intends to marry his Brazilian-born American girlfriend Emily Bendit after proposing to her on St Valentine's Day. "She must be a bit stupid, she said 'yes'," Cash told reporters. 'I'm not exactly sure when we'll
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        Moves for change
        58 27 Organisers of the Tour of Britain want the International Professional Cycling Federation to change their rules to allow professional ranking points to be awarded for the race. Officials say that under the present rules, which do not allow points for amateur .races, many professional teams are opting
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        Support for A team tours
        40 27 Support for A team tours The England A cricket tour of Kenya and Zimbabwe which ended on Thursday could set the pattern for regular second string tours, said Alan Smith, chief executive of the English Test and County Cricket Board.
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        Aussie keeps junior title
        31 27 Ronald Doo retained his Australian junior-middleweight boxing title in Brisbane on Friday night when he stopped Matthew Smith in the ninth round of a scheduled 12-round contest.
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        Wales, France for Namibia
        32 27 Wales and France will send rugby union touring teams to newly-independent Namibia this year, the president of the Namibia Rugby Union Gert Muller said in Windhoek on Friday.
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        Controversial victory
        49 27 Experienced French lightmiddleweight Freddy Said Skouma survived a firstround knock-down to score a dramatic and controversial victory over Yung Kil Chung in a 10-round bout in Lyon on Friday when the South Korean was disqualified for throwing a late punch at the end of the seventh round.
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        Supersonics triumph
        49 27 Xavier McDaniel scored 34 points, Dale Ellis added 21 and they made 24 of 32 shots as Seattle increased their lead over Golden State to three games in the battle for the eighth and final playoff spot in the National Basketball Association's Western Conference game in Seattle.
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        Johnson in triple-double
        39 27 Magic Johnson scored 16 of his 25 points in the decisive third period en route to his ninth triple-double of the season as Los Angeles Lakers beat Trail Blazers 135-106 in the NBA's Pacific Division game.
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        Perth resign as challenger
        71 27 The Royal Perth Yacht Club said yesterday that they had resigned as Challenger of Record for the next America's Cup series, due to take place in 1992. In a statement, the Perth club said they had advised the challengers of their resignation on Thursday to ensure
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        Inter-con netball
        44 27 The Inter-Constituency Netball Tournament 90 will begin on May 2. Interested constituency sports clubs are invited to register their participation at the Constituency Sports Section of the Singapore Sports Council, National Stadium, Kallang. For more details contact the Sports Officer (fcl: 340-9584).
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      Dire need to keep out monkey business
      998 27  -  Godfrey Robert ■1 tIS By IF YOU pay peanuts, you get monkeys. By the same token, if you have homo sapiens indulging in monkey business, you stick to paying peanuts. I am referring to the payments to our national soccer players. This matter
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      Lock icon Taylor silences Higgins in all-Irish q-final
      395 27 SNOOKER GOFFS Dennis Taylor won more than just a snooker match on Friday night he won the hearts of the Irish people. Taylor recorded one of the most satisfying victories of his 19-year professional career as he gained a measure of revenge for the
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      879 27 BASKETBALL NBA: Supersonics 139 Warriors 108. Lakers 135 Trail Blazers 106, Hawks 122 Clippers 118, Suns 126 Nets 119. Bulls 107 Knicks 106, Timberwolves 84 Mavericks 82. Cavaliers 105 Heat 104. 76ers 149 Nuggets 131. Celtics 123 Pistons HI, Bullets 143 Magic 115. CRICKET Richard Hadlee benefit
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      Lock icon Greenidge in command with 163
      95 27 CRICKET BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) England were put to the sword by Gordon Greenidge on Friday as their former captain David Gower stepped out of the press box and back into the team and wicketkeeper David Bairstow was also recalled. West Indies opener Greenidge hit a commanding
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      Lock icon High-tech nightmare for refs
      486 28 Telebeam can show up bungled decisions in minute detail SPORT ON TV ZURICH High technology is well on its way to exposing even the smallest refereeing errors at the World Cup, and the ruling body of world soccer are not amused. A demonstration of computer technology
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      Four foreigners for 2-week trial
      295 28  -  Joe Dorai Two each from Australia and Europe get invite SOCCER By FOUR foreign strikers two Australians and one each from Yugoslavia and another European country have been invited for a two-week trial with Singapore's Semi-Pro Division One Malaysia Cup soccer squad. The foreigners, whose
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      Zarinah finds training has its benefits
      333 28  -  J. Rajendran BADMINTON By THIRTY seconds that's how long it takes national women's badminton champion Zarinah Abdullah to get from the student hostel in Jakarta where she is staying, to her training centre. Zarinah who left last week for a three-month training stint with
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        Case gives old club a big scare
        299 28 Case gives old club a big scare Liverpool regained the edge in their English First Division soccer championship race with Aston Villa, but only after being given an almighty scare by Southampton at Anfield yesterday. lan Rush's 82nd minute goal snatched a 3-2 win against the South Coast challengers, but
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      Republic let in 82 points
      507 28 RUGBY UNION Hongkong Sevens HONGKONG Singapore conceded a total of 82 points in 'heir two matches in the Hongkong Invitation Sevens rugby union tournament yesterday. The Republic went down 44-0 to Wales in the first match and were beaten 38-0 by hosts Hongkong in their
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      Malaysia the main threat to Singapore
      280 28  -  Hakikat Rai SQUASH By SINGAPORE will be chasing their 13th consecutive men's team title, but Malaysia have emerged as one of the fancied contenders for the 15th East Asia Squash Championships from April 14-21 at West Coast Recreation Centre. With last weeks' announcement from
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      Lock icon Hongkong move into semi-finals
      243 28 DAVIS CUP LATEST KUALA LUMPUR Hongkong took a 3-0 winning lead over Malaysia after grabbing the doubles tie in the quar-ter-final round of the AsiaOceania Group Two Davis Cup tie at the National Tennis Centre here yesterday. Following victories in the two singles matches, Hongkong qualified
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      34 28 > EVENTS| CRICKET SCA Div 1: SCRC v CSC (SCRC, 10.30am). Div 2: IA v SCRC (lA, 1.30pm). WATER POLO Sasa U-18 League c'ship: 3rd placing (11am), final (noon) both at Toa Pay oh pool.
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      8 1 Sunday Plus The Sunday Times, April 1, 1990
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        773 1 Y™^.??™!f.?^.?Zf!?!?. Makethemost Malaysia Year 10 What's new from Studio One Presents 26 Music to go with your food, sir? 5 wfflnw^ uto cm /A^ y7o6>r 3 Handphones and the ringing choice 6 Here comes the comfy Chamade 12 The Mahabharata 's epic grip on life L 6 Drawn by Ang
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        OUR LOST TREASURES
        3072 2 OUR LOST TREASURES Adelphi Hotel WHAT is now being done to save Raffles Hotel could have been applied to Adelphi Hotel. Modern wings added on to the original building at the corner of Coleman Street and North Bridge Road could have been an option, says Mr Lee Kip Un. The
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        dancin' on a feelin'
        558 3 dancin' on a feelin' A disco-goer is a disco-goer, right? Wrong. STEVE THIO hopped down to the top spots and had close encounters of the four kinds. AT LAST, a how-to guide for identifying all the weird and wonderful species at the local disco. The mobile-phone toting yuppie reluctantly rubs
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        63 3 OiV &4LE NOW! APRIL 1990 MCKP) 236/7/89 J0 "^i^ WHITE WEDDING a special for 1990 Brides^jS You Can't Wear Just Anythlngl l^^^^^^ttm If You're ThlrtySomethlw according to America's l^^^^UH literary guru W /ReaHlfe: 1 Two Happy Marriages W in One Lifetime Orchard Road Shops play A member ol the 3T
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        272 3 *^j_ v Extensive >/^ facilities. Easy access ]l'^^%% y ■ht!Z Jsiifiß to both aS^pPa^^^p^^^. K w f^ BKE&PIE. V fW SB Freehold with 11 1 no restrictions S 11 1 on foreign 20 acres of beautifully 11 1 Q ownership. landscaped gardens. UIO. c I DAIRY FARM ROAD I I
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    • FOOD
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        Hail the king of ales
        421 4  -  CHING POH TIONG DRINKS THEY call it the "king of ales". It is generally recognised for its exemplary quality. More than a billion litres of the drink are consumed each year around the globe. Bass Ale, from Burton in England, is now available in Singapore.
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        The hot-sour-sweet taste of Thai
        1193 4 Tired of the same old dishes? LEE 6EOK 801 begins a new series to introduce Asian cuisines to your kitchen. She goes Thai today. EAT IN Recipes, Rice in SoafOOd Soup Serves four 200 g small prawns, shelled and de-veined 200 g boneless fish fillet,
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          Generous Georges
          304 5 GEORGES' NEW MENU la brasserie Georges, La Meridlen Singapour: 733-8855 GENEROUS helpings from this a la carte menu make for a delightful lunch or dinner. The fresh pork sausage with mashed potatoes, for instance, was a bit saltish but delicious. Also tasty was the grilled sea bass. But
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        Music or silence, maestro?
        1064 5 Music may be the food of love for many people but when it comes to dining, some prefer silence. MARGARET CHAN asks Christina Ong, Dr Choo Hoey and food-writer Irene Yeh (left) whether they feel the same. EAT OUT And the beat goes on SAXOPHONE: It
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        89 4 lf\ Vill ■§T W% mmm Mi 1 1 JBKmk /I ML V %.mi lil I B f 111 'M i ffPFaMJisL Wit A. hJT*r\ mm« |li|l I I -i -WmsW i llllCil^ sip' Experience a culinary medley of international flavours! Just let your appetites bring you to the exotic regions
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        94 4 When East meets West r the result is delicious. per child. Easter Delights Our Easter Lunch is on April 15. Indulge in a leisurely buffet lunch while we keep your kids entertained. There'll be cartoons and Easter egg painting for them at the Cinnabar Lounge next door. 12 noon to
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        123 5 appliances, and more, I ,_....,X- J i r .u- n Prices- Twin-Turbo Hob E***** $OCQOO but only for this Han Raya period. So hurry OUO down to any Elba dealer or leading department store. Vacuum H^f Shabu-Shabu $QQOO A H Steamboat EBIB OO V I^E?*-!> ■D ui Food Processor t"ly|fk
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        113 5 ftkl THE GAY WORLD EXHIBITION CENTRE -^^IvAf*A SSIOII f 888 i I Bnas^r r W I h|^^^ukK a Y ***** I I Blifll BH P rIS B^ B B E3 BWIB^JBBBBk.- hß^^^^Bl^^Tßh tf^^Bj^^W'.* i^BBBBB nßiiiißH Ba l*Bßn^Bß^*^^o\ BV^B^^^^. <r ?B^^^^B^r it A^r^rt^-'lp'^SE^ Mmfe X-dßvi L=^L— wmSSiP 5 lk-^*flJUaJ nfcfc^"^ /^bV^^^/b^b]
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        Look, Ma Bell, no wires
        813 6 GEOFFREY PEREIRA makes several calls and gives the pros and cons of various handphones HANDPHONE prices have fallen by up to a quarter since the phones were introduced in August 1988. The number of makes available, however, has taken off from just three then to
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        Lock icon Do we really need an electronic child finder?
        920 6  -  VIC SUSSMAN By IS OUR modern technological age wearing you out? Are you fed up with the whole winking, blinking, bleeping mess? Do you long for the good old days when a chip was something you dipped in guacamole? Blame me. I
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        397 7 1 1 JASPER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS Kflfc /j T^k DELHiUn JH 'V^ r#k Ban bE^^l uAKLIuLt .H -■Hf WORLD TOUR '90 SATURDAY APRIL 21 H 4S JB^^^^BL VENUE: SENTOSA MUSICAL FOUNTAIN TIME: 7.30PM TICKETS: $25. $50 j> AJ jßj^, Tickets available at: BtW Jasper Productions TANGS IP*" 157A Goldhill Centre Level
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        186 7 jT This is your last chance 1 to see me in Singapore at fj M Come and see Mickey, Minnie and \^f J BKS Donald and all your Disney friends y 'live' in person at Walt Disney's World JY^^^frllJ I W B>tf3 Tickets are selling fast. But great seats T
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        Fresh treats from an old friend
        1624 8 Malaysia is more than cheap seafood in Johor Baru and the allure of Lady Luck in Genting Highlands, writes AGNES CHEN. A wealth of discoveries (for example, Sarawak's Niah Caves, left) awaits the traveller willing to detour from the well-beaten paths. SINGAPOREANS are lucky.
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        Two national parks and a safari on a river
        345 9 East Malaysia THERE are three major national parks in Malaysia and the two East Malaysian states boast one each Kinabalu National Park in Sabah and the Niah National Park and Niah Caves in Sarawak. The 3,103-ha Niah National Park is all
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        Travel notes
        133 9 Climate: It is the wet season between November and February on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. August to September are wet months on the west coast. Visa: Singaporeans do not need visas if they stay less than a month. Driving: Malaysian lorry drivers flash
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        85 8 5 YOUR SUMPTUOUS FOUR COURSE MEAL. Recently, we sent our head chef v Ji^: v s vou can see our m^ ss i° n was *ymjjf&k ii^^ accomplished. Pictured, is one of the i(|^^>JW^ M V JJ^^ carried through to our Executive and >*.„ ij^f I 'WW^ m Economy Class,
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        Comfy chic of the Chamade
        802 10 WINSTON LEE checks out the new French offering from Renault, a marque that is gaining popularity through aggressive marketing and competitive pricing RENAULT has come a long way since the early 1980s, when the French state-owned firm was losing billions of francs a year. Drastic
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        Lock icon Time to know your ALB from your fuel injection
        645 10 Time to know your ALB from your fuel injection THE terms used by people in the car manufacturing or sales industries can be terms of bewilderment. If you are trying to keep up with the industry or a salesman, this glossary might help: ANTI-LOCK BRAKES Commonly called ALB or ABS
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        451 10 |i^ we agi~ HAIJP <^[ SINCE 1890 j y^Z^^M Sflß CimxJ news! We re pleased ro let you y4%^L 4- sL ",iM- MJf WW^T^ know that we're moving to bigger v^^flH '^R^f iyill^f 1 premises at Union Building. And you I can depend on us to continue serving you H
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        269 10 r- a ijji^^^^g!^— M^—i w^n w^^m THI DAY OF Sn^r^WVV^lH Ptw Date:3l/3 to 2/4/9Q t^»t^^ ™W]3dS Time: 12 noon -6pm 1 THE DRESS PtlL/ANCEnSAI-'E'* Add 347 Balestier Rd SK^^SflpE^^^^^B^iJ-S^f 5 GO APRIL: «^t^^ MhJ *^^~^^~^^Zl^ B^^^^^B^^^^H 1 iuoj I I—^— s p^P rift fcJ I Free Brochures I H^Si3fi|HH^l| tell
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        3784 11 Indian Cultural Month WONDKRWORKS: Frog (SBC 5, 2 pm). Shel- I^bl i^ fc. SKf li2 otT 27" 3 B e r ley Duval1 Elliot Gould and Paul Wil^ ams star i^o^P| Kl H I W I _pmtom,dnght in this comedy based on the fairy tale about a M^T ''1: -"^^^P^:
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        YOUNG GUNS OF THE SILVER SCREEN
        1434 12 YOUNG GUNS OF THE SILVER SCREEN Through the lenses of independent film-makers AUDIENCES will be able to catch the works of Asian independent filmmakers at the following fringe events, held at the Goethe-lnstitut Auditorium. Admission is free. Korean Short Films (Tomorrow, 6.30 pm). Four short films by various young Korean
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        City of Sadness gives Hou a moment of joy
        756 13 LEAVE it to Hou HsiaoLhsien, the laconic enfant terrible of Taiwan cinema, to turn tradition on its head and change the game for everyone else. Audiences, as every producer knows, do not like difficult, contemplative films. They flock to the jaunty,
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        48 12 CT3 WPWI ppir#fi«x#3i>^^ E^jiL/i! LLIE v d 9 sffl^a^tt KJ RPlfiJiMMl ELXJh Shin Min Dally News A Style of Our Own fel?Mst4'lZii I 50*R>&J55|| J^ jit 11. 4 fui-.^,,Jl^ I V U WJfA'^filinifh^i'iiWj^. fe v'LL ILI tli fj Hi 'AA i^ (+r 4' f(- (J (\'vikn\\ mm i-ijun-i^ii^injfi
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        66 12 $4 A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF BUSINESS TRENDS Aggressive new breed of corporate financiers Astra goes places Businesses hit the Road to Myanmar Corporate melting pot Singapore investments ebb Down Under Sembawang Shipyard photo special Investment spotlight on Sembawang Shipyard, UMW Holdings APRIL 1990 A Times Periodicals publication The Straits Times
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        75 13 adulterous men j|l I Why women commit ■HI WSB Bl Yml lfl J Zeng Huifen stars in 1 I I her first costume 111 Amy Yip's bra snaps back in a neverbefore interview! flß^^BßßP^^ 1 ■J BE^BbT" I 4^kf IIP? j JbT *fIHMfISdML >/ I ■f flf PF fli Bb
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        276 14 The Power to Perform *<* 5399 It's not true to say that a system's good performance depends on its size. M330 Ale HmaKuo A* Moart p LL Synthesizer Tuner with up to 15 pre-sel stations on FM, MW &SW bands That's our opinion. Disagree? Then look around you 1 his
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        3104 14 2.40 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.50 OPENING AND PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS 3.00 OPENING AND PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS 5.30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC 240 PM TFST PATTFRN Am Mircir 550 PM OPFMK Am Pfinniyyr mcu iC r) 6.25 NEWS (T). Giant, Peppermint Place, The Electric 625 NEWS (T) am Kin^TrSrß SoiwA
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        37 15 m^^^_^_^_____ m ___—____—______t—9————Wß—W—\ IMNKMHH iim^mmmmm^i^^^^^^^^^^ A__\ \^B s »A^9 WkjUJ :>>:> >: fs£3K»cw CLASS 95 FM THE STATION WITH STYLE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS TODAY. CIj\SS 95 FM A NEW MUSIC STATION PRESENTED TO YOU BY THE SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION
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        Rhyme and reason for all seasons
        853 16 What place does the Mahabharata have in the lives of Hindus today? WONG KIM HOH reports on the impact of the 2,000-year-old epic which is being serialised on TV from today. IN INDIA, there is a saying: "Everything which is in the Mahabharata is
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        400 16  - Hope, despair and brutal honesty in alternative history lesson WONG KIM HOH BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY At Shaw Cinemas RON KOVIC was born on July 4, 1946, in the United States. Ever since he was a child, he had wanted to serve Uncle Sam. John Wayne war movies
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        286 16 SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-QLD Peter Brook, first heard about the Mahabharata when he watched an Indian dance. His interest in this tome of the Hindus grew after bearing Mr Philippe Lavastine, a French scholar o! Sanskrit, relating stories from the epic. Brook, who gained worldwide fame with his stage
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        711 21 94 Professional/ 94 Professional/ 94 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Positions PHARMACIST/ PRODUCTION MANAGER A newly established contact lens and contact lens solutions laboratory Is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the abovementioned post. Requirements 1. A registered pharmacist 2. Minimum 2-3 years experience In manufacturing sterile pharmaceutical
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        216 21 130 Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo jj For Sale DON'T WAIT; BOOK now. Register s an Alfa Romeo before 1 May a 1990. High trade-In/ low downpayment. Test drive at Paramount Showrm. *****00, 10-6pm. 8/'BO SPRINT VELOCF. excellent cond. New tax, s/rlms., hlfi, new tyres, etc. No repairs needed. Highest offer secures.
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        713 21 131 BMW For Sale Catch one if you can The new BMW 316.A See us at: SIME DARBY CENTRE Ounearn Road Tel. *****00 OR BMW CENTRE 280 Kampong Arang Road Off Mou nt batten Read Tel. *****88 11.00a.m. to 4.30p.m. MID -88 BMW 3201 manual, 2-dr. Beautiful blue with Sony
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        952 21 130 Alfa/ Peugaot/ 130 Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo Volvo For Sato For Sato «M^ hjfi^^ Free workshop credit and acV> maintenance bills up to S^^ $5,000.00 ARF Prices: A33 I.BTI $58,500 A75 2.0i $88 000 A33 I.7QV- $63,000 Not Applicable for A 164. Showroom Kaki Bukit Paramount Bukit Timah *****80 *****00
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        822 21 134 Mtoaan For Sato 5/83 NISSAN PULSAR 1.0 DX, radio, cassette, alrcon. Excellent cond. Must see to believe. $***** Tek *****53 after 11am. 7/82 BEAUTIFUL SUNNY I.SGL with 9 mouths tax, 2nd owner, accident free. $16,900. No. 18 Thomson Walk, S*pore 2057. 76 DATSUN 1 00A, FII s/rims, tax till
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        996 21 135 Toyota For Sato VEHICLE WANTED Ma/iKaal f*adi DkwmAiil tor Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Ford used can We also accept non-PARF all kinds of commercial vehicles Also MWng Mr Ong, M: *****80 (day) *****36 (night). COROLLA 1.3 GL, 1983 2 owners, s/rims, power windows, central locking, remote alarm. Agt.
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        1025 21 136 Mitsubishi For Sato WELCOME TO VIEW our new Mitsubishi cars Accept trade-in, h.p. k insurance with lower rates. We also help to tender the licence for new car buyers on their behalf. Tel: *****30 4/ *****24/*****34/*****20/*****07 17 MITSUBISHI LANCER 1.3 GL, S-speed. Ist owner. Tax 7/90. Aircon., sports rims,
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        1039 22 138 Honda For Sala 14. 1 OWNER, beautiful Accord Manual 1.6 EX. 12 valves. Tip top cond. Oood hl-fl, s/rlms. Accident free. Tel: *****00, Tay 00 NOV. HONOA Civic 1.5 OL s/rlms radio cassette, power window central locking cond. Ufc* new. *****2& 9/80 HONDA ACCORO New model 1400 automatic 1
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        1057 22 140 Suzuki For Sal* ATTNI ALL SUZUKI Sellers! Call Mary *****57 24 hrs. for highest cash payment for 800-1000 c.c. BB3OBOL, SA3IOOL, Swift '82- 'B9. X 5-dr Not fussy. Also selling. NEAR *S4 SUZUKI 800 4 mths. tax. New tyres, nice paint, no rust, no scratches, new model, sq. lamps,
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        469 22 145 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Sato/ Wanted GSXR 1100K NICE no. $8,500. $275 x 29 mths. Walterwolf 250 plus 1 seater. Cash $5,000. RXSIIS Cash $1,200. Tel: Rahman *****80 Joey *****76 ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST CASH for your motorcycle/ scrambler (cash or HP ten.-)). For sale FA LCI2S $2,150. Pg. *****71. BEST OFFER
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        415 22 146 Vehicles Wanted ABANDONING ANY CARB? We specialise In buying all '82-'B9 second hand Japanese cars. Attractive cash payment. Please call Mr Tan *****77. Bam-llpm. HIGHEST OFFER FOR any model above '85, Jap. tt Continental cars, commercial vehicles, vans ft pick-ups. Tel: *****86/ *****32. URGENT I NEED a 800cc car
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        929 22 173 Apartments For Rent D.15 ISLAND VIEW CONDO (Off Paslr Panjang Rd.) Lowrlse mals. In very exclusive Resort Living atmosphere. Spacious apt with excellent layout Split living/ dining family area extra large terrace for entertainment 4+2 bdrms./ attach bath, 3500 sq.ft. BEAUTIFUL SEAVIEW Full facilities. Easy access to all Foreign
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        735 22 178 Short Term Accommodation: Local/ Foreign LONG/ SHORT TERM. D.S Wllkle Rd. near Peace Ctr. Hr./Day/ week/ mth. *****05 SHORT TERM APTB. Many choices 1-3 rms. Flexible budgets. *****98. 179 Houses For Sale DIST.I6 QUALITY LIFESTYLE AT HARVEY VIEW Don't let Car Quotas/ City Parking Charge*, ale. bethai you. Live
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        399 23 Ishowflatisl I now open ERA OPEN HBE. 1-4PM Oood Taata la Alwaya In Style OM, 11 Ang Me Klo A«e. #01-07 Far Herteon Odn. (ON Vie Chu Kang Rd.) Luxurious 2 bdrms. 2 baths store Is In moving In cond. Split level, living, dining with a spaclous balcony. Good facing
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        816 23 186 Private Apartments For Sato SMLS OPEN HOUSE 18 CaJmhM Mm #12-00 CAMNMU. HEIGHTS PENTHOUSE 11.00am to 2.00pm e 300 deg. Panoramic View 2 levels 4+2 Rooms, 3870 Sq. Ft e Freehold Priced to Sell A Unique Penthouse not to be missed Call Sole Agent SMLB Tel: 534-3318/ Pq. *****06
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        875 24 190 HUDC Apartments 190 HUDC Apartments For Sale For Sale f HUDC FLATS FOR WALK-IN SELECTION IN APR 1990 ESTATE NO OF UNITS Eunos 4 Hougang 16 Pine Grove 9 Serangoon 1 iI 1 1 NOTE: Details are posted on the Notice Boards at Sales Section, Basement, Podium A, HDB
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        549 24 193 Properties Wanted 3AVSHORE Pk! 2 bdrms. wanted by Immed. buyer. Sellers pis. call Han ti Boons *****70 (on Mon.) 0.11 LINCOLN LOOQE. 2 bdrms. wanted for purchase by foreigners. 5M8443/ *****48. ERA. GENUINE BUYERS REQUIRE rises./ apLs. In vartous dlsts. Owners call Standard *****66 (Mon.) LAND PROPERTIES wanted In
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        822 25 ON TV ZAKI I KNOW it is almost de rigueur to kvetch about how totally boring and trivial and silly and excessive Oscar shows are. Yes, they are mindless and it is really much less of a drain on one's patience to
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          95 25 A BOX-OFFICE battle is brewing between Liu Xiaoqing and Xiqin Gaowa, the pritna donnas of China-made movies. Both women have landed the same role, that of the empress-dowager, in two different films. Liu, noted for her sterling performance in the movie A Woman for Two, looks set
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          67 25 PRUDENCE Lau has come under fire from the Hongkong media for promoting promiscuity in the title track of Play, Play, her latest album. Educationists also condemn Lau for "depicting a feeling of nakedness between a man and woman making love", says the Nanyang Slang Pau. The song
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          58 25 COME what may, Ellen Chen is braced for the worst. Two fortune tellers have predicted the suicide death of the sexy Hongkong star at age 39, reports the Malaysian Shin Min Daily News. However, Chen, who is in her early 20s, can avoid her fate by wearing bright-coloured
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          66 25 Gossip has It that Anita Mil has fallen for Angus Tung, the dashing bat married Taiwanese baliadeer. In a duet with Tung, aired live over Hongkong TV, Mil was seen misty-eyed and was described as shedding "tears of love". Quick to squash rumours, the glamour-puss explained that
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          70 25 ALAN Tarn again shows he knows how to make fast bucks. The Hongkong star will soon release a karaoke laser disc of his classic hits, a surefire money-spinner. Tarn plans to film it in various places in South-east Asia. He will also sing, act, produce and distribute the
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          98 25 ASK a s tar ho w she feels and she might actually tell you. Joan Chen fays she Is strewed oat because «f her long filming hours. Hie American-Chinese actress was recently contracted to appear In a Taiwanese soap called, of aU things, Gone with the Wind.
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        877 26 Act to the music, man! In the start of an occasional series, Backstage, JUNIPER FOO catches some scenes that will never make it to the screen in SBC's Chinese musical dramas £^k UT!" yells producer Irene I Lim as somebody trips over im the spotlight stand a second time. "This
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          228 26  -  ONG SOH CHIN TOP OF THE POPS Singapore 1.(3) All Around The Work Lisa StansfieW 2.(1) fscapads Janet Jackson 3.(2) Buddy Buddy Chris Ho 4.(7) I'll Be Your Everything Tommy Page 5.(5) Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'Connor 6.(4) Opposite* Attract Paula Abdul/The Pair 7.(6) Sacrifice Elton John
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          147 26  -  LIM SEK IDEAL BOY Tai Zhen Xiao (WEA) THERE is nothing surprising or original on this debut album, but Tai, who hails from Hongkong, has assembled songs so melodious that it is hard not to hum along. Tai has strong folk-pop roots and sings about love through a
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