The Straits Times, 5 May 1991

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    Under-18s to be banned from buying cigarettes
    824 1  -  Koh Bee Ann By Parent is all for it 'It's about time. My son, who is 19, started smoking when he was m Secondary 2 or 3. Lots of children pick up the habit when they are still m school, and their parents
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    FAS official's specs broken by stone thrown by fan
    228 1 Johor wins match by 2-0 score MR STEVEN TAN, executive secretary of the Football Association, escaped serious eye injury last night at the Larkin Stadium when an unruly soccer fan hurled a stone at him. It cracked a lens of his
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    Lock icon Maid and boy killed in flat; toddler found safe in room
    422 1  -  Elaine Tan By TODDLER Natalie Huang, two, was safe m her mother's arms yesterday, the sole survivor of a murder tragedy which left her older brother and Filipino maid dead. Nicholas Huang, four, is believed to have been drowned
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    National Front retains Bayu seat
    223 1 BALING (Kedah) The National Front retained the Bayu state seat when its candidate, Mr Mohamad Sibi Ahmad, polled 9,545 votes to beat Mr Mohamed Yusof Ismail of Parti Islam by a majority of 3,592 votes In the by-election yesterday. Announcing the result last night, returning
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      118 1 gfdds SUNDAY PLUS I'm l- m •Mi, .-M 'M Want to bo a desktop publisher? Hkjhwaywoman Cheers! To TV shows that last Live theatres: A dead proposition? Of Chinese vices and virtues Those mad men at the movies PROFILE Bumiputra bourse man Should there be full-time MPs? Those who have
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • IN SUMMARY
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        ALL OUT FOR SHORTER BMT
        104 2 They huffed and they puffed, and at the end of the day, 88 of them, or one quarter, saw their efforts rewarded. Altogether, 320 young men turned up at (jueenstown, Toa Pay oh and Bedok stadiums yesterday to clear fitness tests which would qualify them
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        FASTEST-GROWING SOCIAL CLUB
        76 2 The Kowloon Club must be among the fastest-growing social clubs m Singapore. Formed a year ago to help Hongkong immigrants settle down here, the club started with 11 members m April last year but today has more than 450 families on its register. It gets five to
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        EURASIANS' $50,000 FUND PLAN
        80 2 The Eurasian Association plans to set up a $50,000 endowment fund to finance educational and welfare programmes for its community. It may seek dollar-for-dollar backing from the Government for the fund, which will be set up In four to five months, association president Timothy De Souza
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        EMPHASIS ON WATER SUPPLY
        54 2 Greater emphasis will be placed on water supply projects under the Sixth Malaysia Plan, Works Minister Datuk Leo Moggie said yesterday. He also said that a more integrated system of water management would have to be introduced because of the lmbalanced supply of water throughout the
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        UNUSUALLY WEALTHY' THAIS
        67 2 A military-appointed anti-graft committee yesterday released the names of four former influential politicians whom the committee, after preliminary investigations, has deemed to be "unusually wealthy". The four are Mr Montree Pongpanich, secretary-general of the Social Action Party, Messrs Pramual Sabhavasu and Pramarn Adireksarn, both deputy leaders of
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        CALL FOR PROBE
        61 2 A Democratic congressman has formally requested an inquiry Into the charges that the 1980 Reagan-Bush presidential campaign delayed the release of US hostages In Iran, despite an angry denial by President George Bush. Representative Ted Weiss, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, asked committee chairman
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        DRIVER ACQUITTED
        80 2 In a sharp reversal for prosecutors trying to use Florida car seat laws to win a verdict of homicide, a judge threw out the state's case on Friday against a Nlcaraguan immigrant accused of killing his daughter m a traffic accident. Ramiro de Jesus Rodriguez was believed to
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      250 businessmen and professionals at Istana garden party
      214 2 BUSINESS wu hardly on tfi minds of the 250 buttnewnf J and professional* who gatnered at the Istana grounds yesterday (or a garden pan* hosted by Prime Minister Gflb Chok Tong and his Cabinet* Looking relaxed m a green shirt with a
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      Retirement age: Union accuses SIA of using double standards
      629 2  -  Ahmad Osman By Union's grouse Three employees with high blood pressure were not allowed to continue working after they reached the retirement age of 55, but the management let an executive superintendent continue working after he reached 55. He died of
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      Concubines' tale retold to BG Lee
      254 2  -  Sunny Goh By m Guangzhou GUANGZHOU What does loyalty to the king entail? Being buried alive with him, according to an old Chinese custom. At the mausoleum of Han Kmperor Zhao Mo, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien l-oong and his delegation were told the
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      Bank employees got largest wage rise last year
      411 2 Their 16.56% raise was more than twice national average PRIVATE-SECTOR bank employees received a big boost m income last year with an average built-in wage increase of 16.56 per cent more than twice the national average. Thanks to the continued strong growth
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      Singapura cat used in posters to woo tourists here
      596 3  - Singapura cat used in posters to woo tourists here Sandra Davie STPB assured its pedigree status will remain By SINGAPORE'S newest tourism mascot, Kucinta the Slngapun "love cat", is being used abroad to draw visitors hero. Despite a controversy over the origins of the breed, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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      Lock icon Coal miners in the Ukraine Call off nine-week strike
      282 3 M BCOW Miners In the gtal j Donbass coalfield In the U1 tame, the second largest m th# Soviet Union after Kuzbtm In Siberia, have called oft t nine-week strike and w\ re preparing to resume *< yesterday. ne end to
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      Lock icon Manna from above for cyclone-hit Bangladeshis
      199 3 RESIDENTS of a cyclonedevastated Island In Bangladesh scrambling to catch a tin of crackers dropped by a helicopter amid rough weather that has slowed relief workers trying to distribute woefully inadequate supplies to the country's stricken south-east coast. Officials m Dhaka said the death
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      Lawyer jailed for pocketing clients' money
      377 3 LAWYER Seah Pong Tshai, 47, was sentenced to 30 months' Jail by a district court yesterday after he was found guilty of pocketing over 180,000 m compensation be longing to three clients. Seah, who was convicted on three charges of criminal breach of trust,
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      271 2 Showers over a few areas m the morninf and early afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am. tomorrow 31 mar, 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.06 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.56 am. TRAVELLERS' MATHER Aawtariam 4 lOC Cloudy Madrid 5/17 C Clear AtiMaa 11 25 C Cloudy Maalla 22/36 C Cloudy Aaeklaad
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Protesters clash with riot police in 22 South Korean cities
      651 4 SEOUL Violence erupted m the heart of Seoul yesterday as thousands of protesters battled riot police through clouds of teargas m continuing protests sparked by the fatal police beating of a student, while clashes were reported m 21 other cities.
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      Lock icon China backs N. Korean reunification proposal
      208 4 BEIJING Chinese Premier Li Peng expressed support yesterday for communist North Korea's proposal to reunite with South Korea, national radio reported. "The Chinese government, party and the people support the Just struggle of the North Korean people to reunify their country (with South Korea),"
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      Lock icon Taiwan tycoon linked to $38m stock scandal out on bail
      251 4 TAIPEI A Taiwanese tycoon was released on bail here yesterday after spending more than a month m court custody for alleged involvement m a US$22 million (5538.5 million) stock scandal that led to the downfall of a Cabinet minister. Oung
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      Lock icon Viet PM leaves for Moscow to appeal for aid
      309 4 HANOI Vietnamese Prime Minister Do Muoi left (or Moscow yesterday seeking Soviet aid and assurances of other types of support from its main ally. Diplomatic sources said Mr Do Muoi was expected to make a last appeal for more aid from
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      Lock icon Hun Sen calls for neutral observers to monitor ceasefire
      138 4 PHNOM PENH Phnom Penh Premier Hun Sen yesterday called for International observers to monitor a ceasefire that came Into effect last week. An official quoted him as saying that the ceasefire should be monitored by observers from a neutral country and
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      Lock icon US aviation body orders 200 anti-collision aids shut down
      286 4 WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered the shutdown of a collision-warning device now m use on 200 commercial aircraft m the United States because of a computer fault that causes false warnings to pilots. The device, called the Traffic Alert
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      Lock icon Owner of killer pit bulls convicted of criminally negligent homicide
      243 4 MEMPHIS (Tennessee) The owner of two pit bulls that ripped a woman to death m front of horrified onlookers was convicted on Friday of criminally negligent homicide. Edwin Hill, 44, a former policeman, faces up to two years m prison
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      Lock icon Democrat calls for probe into hostage allegations
      441 5 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign Named for delaying Americans' release WASHINGTON A Demo ciwic congressman has for nMfcly requested an inquiry 14P charges that the 1980 Rea fIB-Bush presidential cam D^pn delayed the release of jUV»hostages m Iran, despite a%kngry denial by President GMrge Bush.
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      Lock icon Switzerland doing away with secret bank accounts to curb criminal deals
      402 5 BBRNK Switzerland, where discretion has long bwn the watchword among backers, Is abolishing most of jls anonymous bank accounts ,Mt i crack down on criminal Jransactions, the Federal Banking Commission has an apwiced. Under the measures adopt WOn Friday,
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      Lock icon Jobless Americans fooled by 'jobs in Australia' scam
      154 5 WASHINGTON Conmen «g fooling jobless Americans Into paying good money to tiad out about non-existent jobs m Australia. The Australian embassy In Washington said on Friday it gets up to 70 calls a day from uattn ployed people who have fallen victim
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      Lock icon Polls losses disappointing but bearable, says Major
      390 5 LONDON British Prime Minister John Major said his Conservative Party's poor showing m Thursday's local #iS4tions was "disappointing, %4£quite bearable". *!t Is perfectly clear on last Mpt's results hat the La(■■lr Party can't win an elec|Sl We are on an upswing MS I
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      Lock icon 'I say, I am not that articulate'
      211 6 'I say, I am not that articulate' WASHINGTON When he signed a copy of a book about Ws handling of the Gulf crisis, US President George Bush talked behind a tree and wrote this Inscription: "Don't believe the quotes attributed to me. I'm not that articulate." Mr Bush, returning on
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      Lock icon Iraq seeks 5-year freeze on war reparation payments
      419 6 UNITED NATIONS Iraq has asked the United Nations for a five-year moratorium on Its Gulf war reparation payments, according to diplomats here. Kuwait's Ambassador Mohammad Abulhassan told The Associated Press that the request was made m a letter to UN Secretary-General Javier
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      Lock icon PLO must not be left out of Middle East peace efforts: Hurd
      288 6 'Don't count on continued US, UK presence' J KUWAIT British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said on Friday that the Palestine Liberation Organisation could not be Ignored In Middle East peace efforts and called for regional security arrangements In
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      Lock icon Teheran deplores 'insignificant' aid for Iraqi refugees
      278 6 NICOSIA Iran, swamped by more than one million Iraqi refugees, said on Friday that foreign countries should be ashamed for sending Just 6,000 tonnes of food m response to its appeals for help. Some of the food was rotten and had to be
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      Lock icon Sabotage-bid charges against two US sailors dropped
      192 6 Sabotage-bid charges against two US sailors dropped SUBIC BAY NAVAL BASE (The Philippines) Authorities have dropped charges against two American sailors accused of plotting to sabotage an aircraft carrier during the Gulf war, a United States Navy spokesman said on Friday. Airman apprentice Abdul Shaheed, 22, and seaman apprentice James
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      Lock icon Polish-ban author Kosinski found dead in bathtub
      244 7 NEW YORK Controversial Polish-born writer Jerzy Kosinakl. the author of The Painted Bird and Being There, was on Friday found dead m the bathtub of his Manhattan apartment with a plastic bag tied over his head. Koeinskl, 57, was found by his- wife
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      Lock icon Florida judge drops murder rap against driver in car-seat case
      399 7 MIAMI In a sharp reversal for prosecutors trying to use Florida car-seat laws to win a verdict of homicide, a judge on Friday threw out the state's case against a Nlcaraguan immigrant accused of killing his daughter m a traffic
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      Lock icon Soap opera Dallas ends 13-year run with a cliffhanger
      405 7 DALLAS The soap opera Dallas, which perfected the nail-biting, cllffhanger format for television, ended on Friday true to style, leaving viewers to decide whether villian J.R. Ewing committed suicide m the final episode. "It was kind of a weird way to
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    • PEOPLE
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        Oops! Sorry, madam
        108 7  -  TAN LIAN CHOO DB BAISUREE JUTMUL, a minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office and the only woman In the Thai Cabinet, was recently mistaken by Hongkong immigration officials for a woman suspected of vice activities. On a private visit to Hongkong with her daughter, Dr Salsuree,
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        Banker hits the high notes
        109 7  -  ISMAIL KASSIM ARAB Malaysian Bank chairman Tan Sri Azman Ha&hlm has been m the limelight lately on matters quite unrelated to high finance. Dubbed the singing banker, he officiated recently at the opening of the Singing Shop, which is dedicated to improving the vocal chords
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        Royal interest in princely gift
        81 7  -  POO CHOY PENG HONGKONG entrepreneur Tsui Tsln Tong's philanthropic ways have managed to convince Britain's Prince Charles to officiate at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 12 for the new Chinese gallery at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Mr Tsui donated HK116.44 million (5J3.74 million) worth
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        Beauty gives HK body a lift
        89 7  -  POO CHOY PENG FORMER Miss Hongkong finalist U York Lan Is the first woman to be elected a special councillor of Heung Yee Kuk. The Kuk Is a regional body representing those known as "Indigenous people" who came with the land when the British
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        Lock icon Tresses back in former glory
        151 7 MS WANG UJI' AN last out her hair more than 20 years ago, when she was forced to do so during China's Cultural Revolution. The 39-year-old woman's hair now Is 3.02 m kmg and growing. In an article last week m the official China Daily,
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      Lock icon $1.7 b Exxon pact to settle oil-spill suits falls through
      498 8 Fresh litigation expected to take years WASHINGTON The UBsl billion (511.74 billion) agreement to settle civil complaints against Exxon over the Exxon Valdez oil spill collapsed on Friday, and state and federal officials plan to go to court. The process
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      Lock icon Culture clash to blame for Chinese migrants' reception in Canada
      238 8 VANCOUVER Cultural misunderstandings are to blame for rising friction between Chinese immigrants and other residents along Canada's west coast, a Chi-nese-language publisher here has said. Ms Linda Fung, a partner m Vancouver's Maplebridge Publishing, said that many Canadians considered Chinese
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      Lock icon Tail-less bunnies rob hunter of his bounty
      99 8 London Mutant rabbits on islands In northern Scotland are confounding bounty hunters paid by the tail, a London newspaper reported yesterday. Hunter Harold Sutherland told The Times he had encountered a tail-less strain of rabbit that cheated him of 25 pence (74 Singapore
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      Lock icon Price hike: 2 in China punished for bid to profiteer
      200 8 Price hike: 2 in China punished for bid to profiteer BEIJING A grain vendor and a worker m China have been punished for hoarding food before a nationwide price hike that took effect last week, the official People's Daily reported yesterday. The price rises, designed to offset the crushing burden
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Black beaten by police wants share of profits from video
        144 8 LOS ANGELES The black motorist beaten by police two months ago wants a share of any profits from the infamous video tape taken by an amateur cameraman Rodney King didn't give George Holllday permission to video tape him. To use
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        Lock icon Beauties pick their wardrobe
        44 8 pichre Mbs Singapore Ektn Yeow Yin Yin (left) and Mm Hongfconf Anita Yuen choosing their wardrobe on Friday for a production number that wl be shown during the 1991 Mbs IMv*mi beauty pageant m Las Vegas on May 17. Reuter
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        Lock icon Rushdie 'still an apostate'
        146 8 I/)NIX)N A group of 34 leading British Islamic scholars on Friday declared controversial author Salman Rushdie an apostate who cannot be accepted as a Muslim until he has totally withdrawn his book The Satanic Verses. In a statement read out at the London Central Mosque, Sheikh
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        Lock icon Unauthorised book on Jacko
        209 8 NEW YORK Singer Michael Jackson is the latest celebrity to get the unau-thorised-biography treatment, with a 625-page book that details the alleged bad blood between the gloved one and superstar Madonna. The book, Michael Jackson: The Magic And The Madness, deals with the acclaimed performer's life
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        Lock icon Yoyo time on Wall Street
        95 8 NEW YORK After three good days, Wall Street had a tough time on Friday deciding what to do; conflicting road signs kept investors guessing. So, after a choppy day that tossed the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 14 points, lifted it by 12, brought it
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        Lock icon Japanese torpedo found
        75 8 PEARL HARBOUR (Hawaii) A Japanese aerial torpe do containing 270 kg of high explosives, presumably dropped during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour nearly 50 years ago, has been dredged up m the harbour, US naval officials said on Friday. Naval experts will blow up the missile
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  • ASEAN
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      Four 'unusually rich' ex-Thai ministers named
      420 9  -  Tan Lian Choo By Bangkok Correspondent Anti-graft panel wants proof assets are 'clean' BANGKOK A military-ap-pointed anti-graft committee yesterday released the names of four former ministers whom the committee after preliminary investigations has deemed to be "unusually wealthy". The four are Mr Montree Pongpanich,
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      Lock icon Philippine police force to weed out homosexuals
      105 9 MANILA Homosexuals will not be allowed to join the Philippine police force and any serving homosexual will be weeded out, a Manila police commander said. "Homosexuals have no place m the Philippine National Police," Superintendent Rafael Jayme told reporters on Friday, adding that
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      Lock icon Jakarta to review travel curbs on dissidents
      171 9 JAKARTA A Cabinet minister yesterday said the government will review this week its decision to ban a group of dissidents from travelling abroad. Co-ordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Sudomo told reporters of the decision after several retired generals and former government
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      Lock icon Manila denies breakdown of talks on US bases
      237 9 MANILA The Philippines, denying that talks with Washington on a new military bases treaty had broken down, said yesterday that it still expected agreement before September. "I am hopeful (and) confident that we will produce an agreement that is acceptable to the
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      Lock icon Japan to continue aid to S-E Asia, Kaifu tells Aquino
      554 9 MANILA Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu assured President Corazon Aquino yesterday that Japan would continue to provide help to countries m South-east Asia as part of its contribution to world peace. "A new international order is now being called for,"
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon 6th Malaysia Plan to stress water projects: Minister
      477 10 More integrated system of management to be Introduced KUALA LUMPUR Creator emphasis will be placed on water supply projects under the Sixth Malaysia Plan, Works Minister Datuk Lm Moggie said yesterday. He also said that a more integrated system of water management
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      Lock icon 74% of voters go to the polls in Bayu by-election
      109 10 itAMNC (Kodah) Seven-ty-four per cent of Iho 20.K2.') voters m the llayu stale constituency went to the polls In the by election yesterday. The by-election was a straight fißht between Mohamed Slbi Ahmad of the National Front and PAS candidate
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      Anwar, one-time ISA detainee, returns to Baling to woo voters
      457 10  -  Kalimullah Hassan By HALING Seventeen years ago, a young rebel student leader. Incensed with the poverty of the rural people In Haling, incited student demonstrations throughout the country. Police broke up the demonstrations and detained that student and many of
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      Lock icon Former acting GM of Malacca Water Authority resigns
      253 10 Former acting GM of Malacca Water Authority resigns MALACCA The former act ing general manager of the Malacca Water Authority, Mr Thai Klan Thong, who was blamed for the drying up of the Durlan Tunggal Dam, has resigned from the agency A spokesman said Mr Thai, 43, an engineer, met
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      Lock icon Sub-committee of anti-drug body told to resign
      266 10 Sub-committee of anti-drug body told to resign KUALA LUMPUR A na tional anti-drug body, Pemadam, has told the members of its projects sub-committee to resign en masse, following criticism of the use of mid dlemen to solicit donations for the association. Pemadam president, Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub, said on
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      Chinese centre project 'agreed to by Front'
      215 10  - Chinese centre project 'agreed to by Front' Ping Lin By Writing for The Sunday Times KUALA LUMPUR Malay sian Chinese Association pros ident Datuk Sort Dr Ling Llong Sik has said that the Chinese Cultural Centre project had been agreed to by Umno and the National Front before it was
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  • HOME
    • Article, Illustration
      3 in 4 fail first fitness test for shorter recruit stint
      652 12  -  Chua Mui Hoong •y THEY huffed and they puffed, and at the end of the day, 88 of them, or about one quarter, saw their efforts rewarded. Altogether, 320 young men turned up at Queenstown. Toa Payoh and Bedok
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      'World community must put heart in solving Kurdish refugee problem'
      492 12 VISITING Turkish President Turgut Ozal yesterday called on the international community to be committed m finding a speedy and long-term solution to the Kurdish refugee problem. One way was to repatriate and re-settle the Kurds m areas where they once
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      'Turn Ramakrishna Mission into an education centre'
      499 13  -  M. Nirmala «J SOME Indian community leaders feel that the sprawling Ramakrlshna Mission m Bartley Road should be turned into a major new education centre for Indian students. They said that the 63-year-old Hindu centre was now under-used, and could be developed and
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      Chinese Studies conference here next month
      204 13 ABOUT 300 scholars from all over the world will be m Singapore next month to take part m an international conference on past achievements and prospects for Chinese studies. The four-day conference on Chinese Studies: Retrospect and Prospect is organised by the National University
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    • Article
      Cads to Dhaka partly restored
      42 13 TELECOMMUNICATION links to Dhaka, Bangladesh, affected by the cyclone which hit the city recently have been restored partially. In a statement yesterday, Singapore Telecom said callers would m the meantime experience some difficulty getting through to Dhaka.
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      Lock icon 4-D gambling den found hidden behind maid's closet
      281 13 gddfdfdf POLICE raided a house m Jalan Kembangan, off Changi Road yesterday and found an illegal 4-0 gambling den concealed behind a closet m the maid's room. Two unemployed men, aged 29 and 40, were arrested when 14 officers from the Gambling
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      Traffic jams make it faster to walk down Scotts Road
      471 14 IT TAKKS Just eight minutes to walk down Scotts Road from the Environment Building to Dynasty hotel, but the tame 800-metre trip by car can take 10 to 20 minutes. Heavy Jams along Scotts Road have plagued drivers since last
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      Club for Hongkongers enjoying fast-growing membership
      521 14  - Club for Hongkongers enjoying fast-growing membership Loong Wong Kam By If we continue to grow, we may even need to hire profeesional people to run the club for us, like any country or town clubs." Kowloon Club president Paul U. THE Kowloon Club, formed a year ago to help Hongkong
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    • Article
      CPF urges joint HDB flat buyers to update loan insurance
      287 14 THE CPF Board is asking Joint owners of Housing Board flats to adjust the Insurance on their housing loans to reflect their loan repayment share. Some owners who are under its Home Protection Scheme (HPS) are not doing this and
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      Chantel is top on third try
      69 14 IT WAS third time lark> for n-yrar-old Ckaatel G«h, who won thr Singapore Madel Award on Friday. Bke wm »ee«ad nuwer-ap In beth the MsMvery «f Ike YeM- and Amm M«4ei he+rrh UMt ye«r. Mlm G«k, wlm itartei m*d elllng ab*Bi a ye*r m«,
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    • Article, Illustration
      Seletar farm tours a hit with families
      539 16  -  Kwan Chooi Tow By A GROWING number of Singaporeans are discovering that there is more to Jalan Kayu than its famous roti prata. Venturing into its narrow, winding farmways, they head for farms which sell fresh mushrooms, vegetables and fish at lower-than-market prices.
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      Eurasian Association plans fund for education and welfare
      611 16  -  Warren Fernandez By Eurasian Heritage Day to showcase Eurasian culture Forum on education Education hotline Setting up links with counterparts abroad Membership drive It may seek doHar-for-doUar backing from Government THE Eurasian Association plans to set up a $50,000 endowment fund to
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    • Article, Illustration
      Training, re-training the way for workers to beat changing world
      762 18 Mr Lee's TV interview on labour issues gfddfdf "The question now is how to pat together a group of highly -educated trade onion leaders and those grassroots leaders of a lower level of education so that they can complement each
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    • Article
      'Capitalise on Chinese ability to solve problems'
      355 18 Mr Lee cites economist who gives Japanese the edge over Americans SINGAPORE must capitalise on the capacity of the Chinese to identify and solve problems, said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He said political economist Robert Reich estimates that four to five out
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    • Article
      Golf can be accessible and affordable to all
      190 18 THE Government Is prepared to open a public golf course m the next 10 years to give workers the same opportunity to enjoy the sport their bosses play. "What is so unusual about you playing golf and I doing the same? I
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    • Article
      NTUC capable of starting newspaper for workers
      160 18 THE NTUC is capable of setting up a small newspaper which gives workers news which is of interest to them, although it will be difficult to compete against the existing English and Chinese papers. Such a workers' newspaper might be published five days
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    • Article, Illustration
      Sick man collapses and dies at MRT station
      168 18 A PLUMBER who collapsed and died at the Yishun MRT station on Thursday morning had taken on extra work to provide for his family. Mr Chen Zhicheng (right), 47, had just recovered from a stroke recently. He left his home m Yishun
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    • Article, Illustration
      'Communists will sacrifice others for their own ends'
      433 18 MR LEE ON THE HOCK LEE BUS RIOTS THE Hock Lee bus riots in 1955 taught Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew a lesson in politics: never let the communist* take over power as they will sacrifice others for their ends There were
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      370 16 f'lhitr Singapore TMtcom who would have thou 9 ht when the first It O^ihflMrtQ tht OPWlng fff plane landed m Singapore m 1919 that one day SnWlnit 2 Wttfi > Stt OlttoropS." we would have the world's best airport and need two vast terminals. 1 But that's how it turned
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      992 17 I INJ T R_@ ©yCI NJ THJ I CASH PROVIiiR« I A disabling injury could change your Benefits guaranteed payable m addi- receipt and any premium charged will be I I lifestyle, devastate your standard of living tion to other plans you may already have. refunded m full. Nevertheless, you
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      475 18 MOTHER' S DAY 12 MAY 1991 Ka^nedl Mothers, heed our call. In strict^^^^^^^^^^^Beijing dishes. Or select from our observation of your special day, you ■f\ M Dian Kin menu for lunch. are to dose your kitchens. Put your Set Lunch $28 per person feet up and leave the cooking to
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  • The Sunday Times
    • Article
      Missing the point
      316 19 THE idea is a clever one, but too clever by half. The Miss Singapore Constituency 1991 contests have been touted as a grassroots beauty pageant that will promote community service. Not quite; not at all. The point about grassroots is nonsensical because the grass m question does
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  • Article
    25 YEARS AGO
    121 19 What The Straits Times reported on May 5, 1966 THE Singapore Taxi Drivers' Union yesterday agreed to a proposal that all taxi-drivers m Singapore should wear uniforms, and that their taxis should be of one colour. The proposal was made by Mr Milton Tan, chairman of a
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  • PROFILE
    • Article, Illustration
      Bumiputra bourse man
      1173 19 Over two million Malaysian investors place their nest-eggs m DATO ABDUL KHALID IBRAHIM'S care I am a product of the New Economic Policy, because of all the scholarships I received from my school days right up to university DATO ABDUL KHALD BRAHM is married and has four
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      315 19 (JD We shaped the soundwaves differently i I ijUufIfIHIHIIfIBIB I Hte£ From Bang a Oiufsen comes a I |||BBDii||i|B personal music system that gives new '^^^^B meaning to the word "magic Simply wave your hand In front of our new %*^rf Beosystem 2500. and two shiny glass doors slide open
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      Time for the vocal to suit deeds to words
      927 20  -  Tan Sai Siong If the much-talked of Singapore pragmatism is not a myth, it will see to it that when Singaporeans are given their head, they will remember not to lose theirs PRIMK Minister Coh Chok Tong might seem to have
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    • Article
      Why 'better', best' are just not good enough for Singapore
      872 20  -  Chua Mui Hoong A whole new vocabulary is m use now and, together with 'race', 'competitiveness 1 and 'productivity' are also words like 'graciousness', 'caring' and 'sharing' THE way language is used is a valuable index of a society's values
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    • Article
      One East Asian voice to fight Europe
      805 20  -  Narendra Aggarwal An East Asian Economic Grouping is a handy bargaining tool and a living reminder that two or more can play at the same game TWO important developments currently taking place on the world economic stage may largely determine how the world's
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      Better staff ratio at a price
      327 20 dfasfdssdafsdfa Students at the National University of Singapore receive varying degrees of academic guidance: Rpt-o of teaching Faculty staff to first-degree graduates Architecture Building 1 :3 Arts Social Sciences 1 :4.1 Business Administration 1 :4.1 Dentistry 1:1.4 Engineering 1:1.7 Law 1 :4 Medicine 1:1
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      420 20 wKgr* Living Showcase 91 P^ SPEND LESS AND GET MORE 27 APRIL 5 MAY 1991 12 NOON 1O PM DAILY IMM sth STOREY EXHIBITION HALL b^b^t^^^^^^ 111 L^Bk. jBBBBBWmWWrT^B^^^^ ti^ j f i* iHsfffl y L^Lh i^^^^^^^^^^^Ql aWL^tr B^BBL^r^B^Bwt'i bb^Llb^b^bWb^b^ b^L^L^L^blbV fc> fMw B^LmlV^B b^bV^^^Lh What a roaring success Living
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  • ANALYSIS
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      A case for full-time MPs?
      2658 21 'Not many may want it, but It la something we should pursue. Wa have to ask ourselves how much premium we want to put on having some politicians go full-time.' Or Arthur Bang (MP for Fang Shan) There may be merits m the present system.
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      SUNSTROKES
      4 21  -  Lee Chee Chew
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    • Article
      Help all children, not just Indians
      511 21 LETTERS I Indian self-help/growth theory I LEARNT from Miss M. Nirmala's column, "Who Says There Is No Indian Community?" (The Sunday Times, April 28), that a team of Indians are working on a plan to tackle education under-performance among Indian students. Is this kind
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon Munich 1972 revisited on film with Spitz
      683 22 SWIMMING MUNICH (Germany) Mark Spitz, who won a record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olym pics, was back here last week, filming a tele vlaiqn documentary about the "triumph and tragedy" of the ill-fated Munich Games. For many, the Games nearly two
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    • Article
      High Velocity too speedy for rivals
      266 22  -  Tan Thean Loon By RACING HIGH VELOCITY outclassed his 12 Class 4 Dlv 4 rivals at Penang yesterday to become the fourth newcomer to score at the meeting. Ridden by veteran Lam Mun Chiew, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred tracked the teartway Victorious Lady and
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      YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
      941 22 RACE 1 CLASS 5 DIV 3 1,200 m 6 DOUKE JOY 1 54 (59-15) lUany (6) 3 2 1 1 FMMDIS7cS4 (8216) Sharrol (9) 4 4 2 5 NUNCaV LAD 54.5 (56-15) Mm (10) 5 5 3 Others r M* order: Private Eye (12 6) Newling, Vigorous I
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      TODAY'S PENANG CARD
      2900 22 GOING: GOOD kail 20Q 1 Raftejs V 14-71 Slakes 120,000 1 .8074- Deatfe Cataarataa t (4m M Breukelen-Celebra ton) IC Ng 57 2 052-70 War Star I (4nig Oni-War Star) JtarafcJ 57 3 *****- 0a Ike Death 1 1 (s<ug West-Owner) •Stearrel c 3 56.5 4 44-0
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      STIPES' REPORT
      722 22 RACE 1: Trainer Urn Hock Bee ni fined $100 (or tilling to urn a breast check declared on Prtaaalj U4. Trainer Joseph Phun wm fined 1100 lor falling to declare the ue* of blinkers on LUm ID Sttver Ute IB Jumped awkwardly. At the start, FMBtgheatßaas andltaaMe Urn
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  • SPORT
    • Article
      Lock icon Rules changed to end deliberate losses
      170 23 CHIBA (Jmu) Teams will gala no advantage by deliberately threwtag matches at fatare Warid ChmmoUmahlpm, the International Table Teanla Federation announced yesterday. The ITTF decided to change the playing tsfsaat after a eeatreversy during the men* team eveat waea Germany palled eat ef a
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      Lock icon Champ Qiao Hong moves into s-finals
      348 23 TABLE TENNIS World Championships CHIBA (Japan) China's defending champion Qiao Hong and world No. 2 Deng Yaping moved into the all-Asian last four o( the women's singles competition at the World Table Tennis Championships yesterday. World No. 1 Qiao will meet North Korean No.
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    • Article
      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1651 23 valcla 2, Switzerland 3 Germany 3, Canada 9 US 4. NHL Stanley Cap s-flaaJ pUy-aff Wales Conference final Bruins 5 Penguins 4 (Bruins leads best-of-7 series 2-0). MOTORCYCLING Petraaaa Johor lateraadaaal series SaperMke: 1 Simon Crater (Aust) Yamaha FZR 31:48.8 t James Knight (Aust) Kawasaki ZXR 31:48.9
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      Mum wins on points after new age rule counts Loke out at 32
      1230 24  -  Unknown fggd If you ask me now about boxing, I won't even want to think about it. But if I watch it on TV, the fire is still there and I want to get back into the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Names on back numbers in front
      155 24 BOCCER ZURICH In a reversal of tradition, players at the 1994 World Cup finals In the United States will wear their names on the back of their shirts and numbers on the front. The change was agreed on by soccer's International governing body, Fifa,
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    • Article
      SOCCER SHORTS
      207 24 GKKMANVS World Cup captain Lothar Matthacus is talking to Olympiquc Marseille about a possible move from Inter Milan, a source close to the French champion said on Friday. Matthaeus, 28, voted World Footballer of the Year m January, is apparently keen to work again with former German national
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      Lock icon Maradona fined for criticising referee
      167 24 MILAN Disgraced Argentine nmm lUr Diem Maradona wm fined UBflt,f« <ttl ,7M on Friday far Insulting the referee la eae of his iMt matches la Italy. Maradeaa, released on ball on drag* charges la Buenos Air** last weehead, erlttalsed the referee after his Napell Blah's
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • Article
        Judge delays Johnson's assault trial
        102 24 A Canadian Judge agreed on Friday to postpone the trial of sprinter Ben Johnson on an assault charge until Oct 21 to allow him to compete without interruption. Judge BUI Babe, of the Ontario Court's provincial division, said trial dates were available m June, but
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      • Article
        Lewis' team fails at record
        72 24 Carl Lewis and three other runner* failed In an attempt to beat the French-held world record for the 4xloo metres relay In the Carrlbean Island of Guadeloupe on Friday The team Mike Marsh Leroy Burell, Tim Wither spoon and Lewis, of California's Santa Monica Track
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        Finns beat Czechs
        58 24 Finland beat Czechoslovakia 3-2 to take fifth place In the Ice Hockey World Championship In Turku, Finland, on Friday piling on the agony for the once-great Cxechoslo yaks. One goal by Rlsto Kurklnen and two by Teemu Selannt gave Finland victory In the play-offs and left Chechoslovakia
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        Winless Japan wins
        58 24 Without winning any of three races, Japan captured the pre-World Championship Regatta title for the new Inter national America's Cup Clas* yachts In San Diego on Friday. Nippon, skippered by Chris Dtckson, was hampered by a broken spinnaker pole and placed third In Thursday's 34 kilometre race
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        Jaguars clock fast times
        60 24 After storm clouds cleared, the Jaguars of Teo Fabt and Derek Warwick set impres slve times to lead the pack In the first official trials on Friday for the Monza endurance race. The Jaguars were held back by race regulations and mechanical problems at the first
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      • Article
        NZ wins hockey series
        44 24 New Zealand beat Malaysia 3-1 In the fourth of five men'i hockey Internationale In Auckland yesterday, winning the series with three victories. New Zealand won the First Teat 3-2 and the Third 3-1. The Second Teat was a 2-2 draw.
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      Having designs on a great course
      761 25  -  Tay Cheng Khoon gdfggf dfgdfdfgdf The reason there are to many unmemorable, boring, flat, monotonous courses with mind-numbing, round, flat, greens is a testament to the general lack of creativity, originality and vision.' Designer Ronald Fream (above) Too many architects intimidate rather than encourage
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    • RUGBY STARS HIT TROUBLE
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        Lock icon Whetton banned for three weeks
        279 25 WELLINGTON All Black flanker Alan Whetton has been banned from playing rugby for three weeks after a New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) panel, meeting on Friday, found that he had stamped on the head of another player. The ban means he will miss the All
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      • Article
        Lock icon Lynagh in danger of expulsion after TV ad
        275 25 BRISBANE Australia's topanarlag rugby onion Intersatlonal Michael Lyaagh risks expalstea tram the game after appearing la a television ulvertisemeat far beer, reports said yesterday. Qaeeaslaad Ragky I nlon ■aid Lyaagh, Ike QRI captain, had compromised his aasaasar statas by advertising The advertisement
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      Lock icon McNulty looking good for hat-trick
      289 25 FOREIGN GOLF CANNES (Franco) Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty, seeking to win the Cannes Open golf tournament for the third time In four years, took a onestroke halfway lead after firing a six under par 66 on Friday. McNulty, winner m 1988 and 19°0, had an elght-under
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      Lock icon Psychological boost for holder Indonesia
      491 26 SUDIRMAN CUP BADMINTON Final live on SBC 12 today, starting at 6.55pm Wiranata's victory over Zhao gives it winning 3-0 lead BRONDBY (Denmark) Indonesia gained an important psychological lift m its bid to retain the Sudlrman Cup when it defeated China m their final group
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    • Article
      Lock icon FRIDAY'S RESULTS
      288 26 Gnat 1A \mitmrwtn M CUma, S4 (Indonesians first)'- Eddy Hartono Irma Sulistyaningslh bt Zheng Yumin Pan U 1M 15-7, Sud Susanti bt Taag Jiuhong ft-U 11-7 11-1, Ardy Wlranata bt Zhao Jlanhua 7-15 17-16 154. Sulistyanlngsih Rostaaa TMdaaa lost to Guan Weizhen/Nong Qunhua 14-15 3-15, Hartono Rudy Gunawan
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    • Article
      Lock icon French hit out at the world federation
      211 26 BRONDBY (Denmark) Badminton's governing body Is facing a four-pronged attack from France at its annual meeting near here tomorrow. The French Badminton Federation has accused the International Badminton Federation of having no coherent policy on its sanctioning of tournaments and Its calendar. The
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      Lock icon China's reign appears certain to end
      595 26 'Even though they are All-England champions, there is no guarantee they will win this time. Their last victories were pretty close.' Indonesian coach Hartono (right) on his players Wiranata and Susanti BRONDBY (Denmark) China's domination of the World badminton Championships looks certain to end
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Doubles swings it Singapore's way
      617 27  -  J. Rajendran By Fighting Liv and Ho come from two sets down to secure the winning point DAVIS CUP TENNIS AFTER a long and hard doubles battle lasting almost four hours. Singapore finally overcame Kuwait for its first Davis Cup victory on home soil at
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      Lock icon France, Australia split singles ties
      516 27 OTHER DAVIB CUP MATCHES NIMES (France) Guy Forget and Richard Fromberg mastered swirling winds to leave France and Australia tied at 1-1 after the first day of their Davis Cup World Group tennis quar-ter-final on Friday. The Mistral wind spoiled play and made the day's
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    • Article
      Lock icon Chang and Agassi book place among last four
      421 27 OTHER TENNIB ROSWELL (Georgia) Andre Agassi survived a secondset struggle with Patrick McEnroe on Friday and Michael Chang beat Scott Davis 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) to reach the semi-finals of the AT and T Challenge. Agassi needed six match points before securing his
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    • Article
      Donors give players $1,000 for each win
      368 27 SINGAPORE'S Davis Cup tennis players will be rewarded with $1,000 each for every match they win against Kuwait, thanks to the generosity of two anonymous donors. Singapore Lawn Tennis Association officials gave no reasons as to why the donors did not want to
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    • Article
      DAVIS CUP RESULTS
      366 27 Aalm/OcMuilm rone Op 1, 2nd rd: Philippine* 2 China 1 (Felix Barrientos Sofronio Palahang bt Xia Zlaping/Meng Quianghua 7-5 7-6 (7-2) 7-5. Op 2, Ist rd: Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 1 (Bah ralni names first: Essam Abdul A'al bt Sardar Iftekhar 6-2 6-3 6-2, Shehab Shehab lost to
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    • Article
      Chew springs surprise over Weng Yew on warped table
      463 27  -  Peter Khoo SNOOKER by A WARPED table and an invitation to a v- (•option held m his honour did not prevent newly -appointed national coach Ricky Chew from earning a shot at his first Guinness National Snooker Championship title at KaV
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      Lock icon James equals record but White leads
      308 27 SHEFFIELD (England) Jimmy White continued his march towards the final of the world snooker championship despite a recordtying performance from semi-final opponent Steve James yesterday. James became only the second player m championship history to make three century breaks m four frames when he
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      319 23 MDM. LEE WAH THYE AQE6O pttMd away paacwfulty on 3rd May 1991 towing behind b*k>v*d Husband: Liao Wen Huel Son*: Daughtara-in-la* Llmo Bwee Ngaln Wong Bau Chun Llao Klang Ngaln, Jamei Lee Chen Mcl Llmo Siong Ngaln, Charlie Leong Bau Kuen Llao Khoon Ngaln, Raymond Chew
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    • Obituary
      323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      117 23 OUD DEEPE&T CONDOLENCE* AND (SYMPATHIES TO MR DAVID SEE HUNG KWAI MR EDMUND SEE HUNG WENG MDM VIOLET SEE SEOW LAI on the demise of their beloved father MR SEE FONG SOON who passed away peacefully on 2nd May 1991 From management
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      321 Deaths 323 Deaths
      289 23 Wang Soon Ngau Age: 72 paeeed away peacefully on 3rd May 1991 leaving behind beloved. WM»: Ng Chek Kum altaa Ooh Chek Kum (Deceased) Kong Yee Mool alias Wong Yee Moo! Sona Daughtert-in-iaw Wang Whee Chin Kuam Swee Lynn Wang Whee Tong Yeong Mcl Chun Wang
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      230 23 •I LOVMO MMORV 0* MR t. THANQAIIAJOO PmarHd: WHH Oont from our IrfM on* ao daar But m our baarta foravar naar. Uwf rawaiafcarad fcyf aaa a da«fkt«ra-la-la«j, hlMlHMll OIOfKW YEO PINO HOCK R*ft In pmoi, daw io»irif father, On* yaax haa paaaad aw*x
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      161 24 MiWsDay I Make it an extra special Mother's Day I this year, surprise her with loving words composed I I from your heart. Express them m our 'TRIBUTES TO I MUM" Special m The Sunday Times Classified on May I And you may get an even bigger surprise for Mum
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      325 24 ■■■I UNIVERSITY OF HULL The University of Hull, m collaboration with iHV99H||!f9|ffH HELP Institute, is ottering a one year specialist Kmb^b^b^bhbiil degree programme m Rnance for suitably qualified Singaporeans rtm Richard ImtM w BSc (Econ), FCA, FCCA The degree programme successfully tested m Malaysia with 22 graduates for the class
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Lock icon Edwards strikes, Singapore crashes
      616 28  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Semi-Pro Division One soccer: Johor 2 Singapore 0, Kelantan 1 Pahang2,KL 0 Kedah 0, Perak 0 Sabah 0, Trengganu 2 Selangor 1 By Borhan sent off after near free-for-all late m second half, ending spirited comeback JOHOR Singapore saw red as it sank
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      Abbas, Edwards answer old camp
      380 28  -  JOE DORAI ■y JOHOR BARU Ask Singapore officials to sleep over the result for a couple of days that was Johor midfielder Abbas Saad's comment after Jobor's 2-0 victory over the Lions at the Larkin Stadium last night. It was obvious that Abbas was not
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      TIME OUT
      4 28  -  CHEAH RJ
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      Pahang, Trengganu are the joint leaders
      187 28 ROUND-UP PAHANG and Trengganu went to the top of Semi-Pro League Division One soccer table last night as the only two teams with 100 per cent records. Pahang defeated host Kelantan 2-1 m Kota Baru, while Trengganu edged out defending champion Selangor by the
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      TABLE
      74 28 i 1 i) i. r APu Pahanc 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 Trwiffanu 2 2 0 I 4 SatMh 2 1 I t I I S*lanfor 2 10 13 1 2 Johor 2 10 12 2 2 ■ap#w» t I 1 I I t Kadah 2*1112 1
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Chelsea beats Liverpool 4-2
        172 28 Chelsea gave London soccer rival Araenal a huge helping hand In the English First Di vision title race yesterday by beating Liverpool 4-2. Kerry Dixon was the man who gave Liverpool the Chelsea blues, scoring twice In the tense encounter. Chelsea's win left the champion needing
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        China loses
        81 28 South Korea beat China 3-2 m the first semi-final of the Su dirman Cup mixed team bad minton tournament In Brond by, Denmark, last night. Ant) i Parti Joo Bong/Kin Moon Soo bt U YongtooTian Blngyt 15-10 15-2. Bang Soo-tyun lost to Tang Jlu hong 111 ill, Chung
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        Davis out
        39 28 John Parrott beat Steve Davis 16-10 yesterday to reach the final of World Snooker Championship. Parrott, humiliated 18-3 by Davis two years ago m the heaviest world final defeat ever, exacted his revenge with a polished performance
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      26 28 HHHH£iKS&fi32£&iMlill^H BOOOi See Pftgefl. LIU WAI YAW AND FREDRIK HO COME BACK FROM TWO SETS DOWN TO CLINCH DAVIS CUP TIE FOR SINGAPORE -Page 27 BMHMNHHIMI
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      129 28 Ftoday's events! ATHLETICB SAAA 24th Open Relay C'shlps (NUS, 2pm). CHICK XT BCA IMv 1: SRC v UWC (SRC), SCRC v SCC II (SCRC), JR v IA (JB) all at 10.45 am. Mv 2: IA v CSC (IA), UWCS v SCRC (UWC) both at lpm. RUGBY Friendly: Blacks v ACSOBA
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      3 1 Sunday Plus fsdfsds
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      Lock icon ALL THE NEWS THAT IS CHEAP TO PRINT
      49 1 ALL THE NEWS THAT IS CHEAP TO PRINT For as little as $10,000 and some hands-on training, you can be creative and your own boss, and make money by doing Desktop Publishing. But is DTP all that it promises, asks EVELYN YAP. See Page 2. Design Lee Chee Chew
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        660 1 M Cheers! Top TV Taiwan's Elle: 4$ '^Madmen Live theatres? f& Caterers: party A4% TV and series which go vices and virtues mother of all at the A dead savers or money *C radio on and on m pictures magazines' movies proposition savers 7 mk/km highlights ICK^NEW ZEALAND-"" mL#ABT) If
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        ALL the news that cheap to print
        1995 2 ALL the news that cheap to print Publisher-designer Devan Nair says the DTP industry here falls short m design. For instance, designing a good logo would take at least three weeks to do, including research. 'There are companies here which do it m a week. 1 Price-cutting is a problem.
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        TALK SHOP
        1365 3  - TALK SHOP Evelyn Yap Edited by Personality shaking BY parentage alone, modelactress Isabella Rossellini (stove, rfcjfci) is a star. Yet, Mat the trot and not oovesu ricbe, who don't flaunt their wealth, she doesn't throw bsf weight around. By all accounts of colleagues a*j) friends who met her tat woman
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    • FOOD
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        The life off the party
        1397 4 1 EAT IN More and more parties these days have an unseen guest the caterer, who can provide more than just food, says JILL LIM There's good and bad news. First, the good. Of 18 caterers contacted, most say that they give their clients a
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        Butter fingers
        591 5 FOODNOTES Meet talented Singapore "sculptor" chef Choo Heng Boy who can transform the God of Longevity, a ferocious Tartar warrior as well as MARGARET CHAN into monuments of butter EVER wondered how those elaborate butter carvings m swanky restaurants are done? r o find out, The Sunday Times
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        134 4 SUCKLING PIG AT $48 PEKING DUCK AT $18 AND 25% OFF ON ALL LIVE SEAFOOD We have lined up this triple bonus for you for the months of May and June It is a great c hanee for you to sample our superb fare at prices well within your reach
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        249 4 Are you proficient m English? Arc you content with the way errors. How to express your ideas you speak and write? Arc you ilucntly mjix that you are not making The study requires only a mistakes that cause people lo little time, and very moderate underrate you? You arc |udgcd
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        218 4 i Sy iitTgy m simple terms I jpL»~- -JF Just one of the profitable investment opportunities we offer. Profit more from NDC Leveraged Investment For every dollar you put m, we will put m another five. You can then invest m our high yield foreign exchange fixed deposits, or buy
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        460 5 Let Us Be The Host On Your Wedding Day M mv i\v* xc l s y° ur s P ecia a y ancl everything has to m c ax«^ n^ ac, Xtf^ Jj Slflfl be perfect. Come to Swatow Restaurant m o*fl xeS c^° nS where we know how to
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        317 5 THIS WEEK'S SMOrJ^iWi 1 SPECIALS A tribute to Mother m r > > HOLIDAY INN NEXT Sunday all food out- cheers! Get Mum a cocktail drink lets at this hotel will feature a [ikt homt muj the Mother s Day theme. Treat Mum to a non-alco- ORCH A RD P
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        65 5 "Lim, I suggest you replace this article." "The deadline is coming up, so Fm afraid well have to work fast." m "My job is demanding. As such, I drink Yomeishu to help relieve fatigue. And to strengthen my body." "Yomeishu is made from 14 specially selected natural herbs according to
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    • Mother's Day
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        Lock icon How it all began . . .
        823 6 How it all began Believe it or not, the Chinese were probably the first to dedicate a day to mothers THE practice of remembering mothers with gifts on Mother's Day, actually started m the Middle Ages with an event known as Mothering Sunday. Rut it is a little known fart
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        Lock icon Juggling with work and baby
        728 7  -  Simone Vaz By I sometimes feel that I would have been able to rise faster if I didn't have Nick when I was just starting out. Now, I feel the bosses think of me as a married professional, rather than just a professional.' Mrs Marie
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        Brunch, lunch and dinner treats around town
        306 7 Tivoll Restaurant (Amara Hotel) May 12 only. Brunch (11am 3 pm) $90 (adult); $16 (child). Long Jiang Slchoaa Restaurant (Crown Prince Hotel) May 11 and 12. Dinner only. $38 $48 per head Gift and instant photo momento for mothers. Cafe de Prince (Crown
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        Lock icon Giving mum a break
        1018 8 We are never sure of the date, men say WHEN m their early teens, it tends to be the girls who! would make Mother's Day a i festive occasion but it is the boys who wax lyrical about how much their mothers mean to them. Judging
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        Lock icon Newborn, new lifestyle
        771 9 Four mothers recount their highs and lows of having a baby to SIMONE VAZ. TTELL YOU. he's a baby from he11..." said Julie Seah, 29, of her ten-month old baby uoes that mean Bryan was a grouchy, bratty baby? "No, I had the baby m Perth m
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        132 6 THE SWATOW GROUP OF RESTAURANT^ JSIA7 m U|I k)| I mhxel The Swatow Teochew Restaurant (r^Sl ne doodle Garden Restaurant ([[li/j(fc9 Shaw Leisure Gallery Tel: *****85 I^ll Shaw Leisure Gallery Tel *****51 wPf^-5^ Singapore Conference Hall Tel: *****71 r^yt Singapore Indoor Stadium Tel. *****70 Chinatown Point Tel: *****82 LSR Far
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        265 7 t^M i a m rk/~Y~hl Vy^V^"kr^7 TV^Zk made m v M 1 FOR HEALTH, EXERCISE s^^ W ;J^ After a hard day S work no one deserves y JJ^B^ to pampered as much as e^H W^^^ Ibi' Your mother. *^^M//> I 19 2° wn y not 9' ve ncr a
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        86 7 JUST CALL: 737-1166 Make the connection through The Straits Times Claaillled when you're _/tf\^_ looking lor bargains or JM\^^Sh looking lor X^/tSII customers. Just give us CJLT.S. a call. 1 737-1 I** CBS IJk I Less 40% to 60% on all 't^MrfM/nLM- watches clocks more CMk W E than 1800
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        181 7 (■olden IMioiMii.v Slohiuui Rpntauranl Hotel Kquatnrial. Til: *****31 rxl I.V» 150 World I radt- entrt-. level 4. lei: 27J02.M). DEAR MOTHER, BE OUR STAR. Cio ahead, let Mother be the [i slar on Mother's Day. K^^^ I Show her that you Irurlv appreciate the unconditional love thai fc*^^ A sri
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        593 8 MOTHER'S DAY SPECIALS (Sun, May 12 at the New Otani) ffltv ml IP^??^ m mm X 1 ill. M Surprise Mum this Mother's Day with a thoughtful meal at any of our inviting outlets: RIVER TERRACE The Mother of All Buffets Mum will be pleasantly overwhelmed by our "Singapore Favourites"
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        152 8 6 Course Set Menu Choice of Fresh Juice or California Red or White Wine U.S. Munch Skin with Shrimps Cream of Chicken Soup with Toasted Garlic Bread Airflown Australian Grilled Scotch Steak with Shitake Mushroom Sauce OR Deep Fried Airflown Barramundi Fillet (Australian Deep Sea Bass) ord^your wrth Tartar Sauce
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        224 8 Unrivalled Quality, Priced to K n t ice afrflT^?r^^^i SdMnw Usual SfecM ■tfiurr iiir- rrrrw toM(iiFirT(i $350^ $2ifcW DaUy Set Menu $31^ For Ten $368++ Barbea^ ll¥Plg n— i^^igi^tM^ Cold Seafood Salad SdMtMFtrSh 5123-H- $4»mwith Brown Sauce I i^*^ I GtwnVegetablM Topped Sd Mew Far Fwr $99^- $wW with Crabmeat
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        104 9 f ll makeyour Mother's Day ||oneshe f ll always j|| ft remember 111 To show your mother she is really I V ji 3 i; f J special, treat her to a superb »H^ Szechuan-style lunch or dinner. Come savour the delights of Omei Special Steam Fish S&chuan Smoked Duck
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        143 9 zpMother ofJWyie y 1 RAGRANXH^L CHINESfaRESTAHRANT 1 Specially dOTc^|tcfeL'Mtl^rson this sncbfal >ffi/^3tf &iw Games galore and sumptuous brunch sriegially for mothejr to savour. Resident guitarist to sing out yoLirgVsfus&y£ia#<& Adult: $20 Chil<§&l6' '+&s** jSKB^^ Time: Ham 3pm 4^*mw*an£vvi t THANYING RESTAUljffyiy J^/ jB|B^^ Yar a taste of Thai t reai-nioth
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        327 9 FOR MEN ONLY I I his is about the Model, Cordon Bleu Chef, Nur»e, JL- Teacher, Mediator, and corporate Executive lady m your life. That incredible treasure you're proud to call the mother of your children That beautiful and bright person you happily call your wife. This is about the
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    • TRAVEL
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        Views and values in Taiwan
        439 10 In Asia's richest little dragon, GOH YUE YUN's camera finds the timeless Chinese vices MUCH HAS changed m Taiwan since my last visit 15 years ago. Or so I hear. For one thing, it is a lot richer, its treasury overflowing with the largest foreign
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        Hospitality seat
        45 11 vices of gluttony and gambling, and the traditional virtues of hospitality and piety Students reserve Concert Hall stone seats for auests Invited to view a Darade at the Lantern Festival. While warmina the seats. Jhe youngsters are warmed up with packed sushi dinners
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        EVERY DOG HAS ITS DISH
        46 11 Taiwanese are dog-eaters, but they can be dog companions too These two were having an outing at Yehllu on the northern coast. (This mutt Is safe anyway, as dogs With black fur reputedly have the best meat, white fur the worst
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        QUEEN NEFERTITI's HEAD
        23 11 Also at Yehllu. sandstone Mroded by wind and waves assume strange, contorted Shapes, firing the Imagination to give them names
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        460 10 :^JjT^ Altar Table I ftffi?& m fl^^^li M Renovation: WtWt^> m^J hhW Rosewood or Teakwood &j»j»j*j*g£ M I Parquet Floorins ;^jjiji^< B^^lH^^^^H^^^^l Staircase Door Sw|y Handrailins Highrest Sofa Set |^FI I Trusr us for losring impressions S FREE PARKING Il3cJI splendid woodcjuft pte ltd a^g^"^! S WAH£HOOS£: 601 StmsOiv* #02-15
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        806 11 Night Express Package O" <*»8« (Hdlx 4 Utre) Oil change (Helix 4 litres) P"? 1^ Oil filter P*"«» (4 P°»> Lubrication (If necessary) C 3nt i P o^ Brake test by machine Computerised engine tuning Alignment test by machine Washing of engine compartment Fn, check. undercarriage s Battery ***<** »op-up
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    • MOTORING
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        Highwaywoman
        878 12 Inez Wei, the new editor of Highway and a former fashion and beauty columnist, talks to SANDI TAN about shifting gears m life MEN may be more closely associated with cars than women but, if you think the editorship of a 45,000-circulation car magazine is a man's Job, think
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          Lock icon Going electric, Ford and GM
          265 12 FORD will start building a fleet of up to 100 electric delivery vans late next year to gather data before committing itself to large-scale production. The vehicles will be based on Ford's European Escort van made m England, with much of the modification done m
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          No smokina
          83 12 MOBIL has Introduced a "smokeless" semi-synthetic oil for two-stroke engines, designed to meet low-smoke test requirements of Yamaha and other motorcycle makers. ailed Mobil Extra tt, the oil la part of a range for two- and f oar-stroke engines. It Is now available m one-litre and half-litre packs
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          Grand tour
          78 12 "YOU can't study the world, there's just too much of it and one life is not enough." That is what French adventurer, Jean-Claude Hunin, 52, had to say after spending the last 10 years travelling the globe m a Toyota Land CruLser Mr Hunin, who was m Singapore
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          Topless Renault
          75 12 A NEW, topless version of the Renault 1 h*s jut been launched, which pato the Preach marque back m the < abrlolet market. The new II comes la two erelong: a 1/Rl-ec, tfr-Mip engine mad a If- valve 1/IM-ec, 137-bhp eaglae. Bath these power plants Include a three-way
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          Porsche training
          92 12 PORSCHE m Britain Is diplomatically coaxing owners of its muscle cars to go (or tailored driving courses, m which advanced handling and safety techniques are taught, according to the Observer newspaper. Singapore muscle-car distributors, meanwhile, are ahead of the British m training owners to use power safely. Stuttgart
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          Castrol award
          50 12 \CTROL Hlnj(»p»ir luu becwme the flrat libricut r«mp*ay 1b the RepaMlr to bf oertfflod b> tht Singapore iMtiUU u4erttiOMd MMMteetui^ Practtor (OMP) tdMOM. Tkto iniit ttuU C—tr»l hu met tke qiAllt> ■taaiarii l ar praiMttM aad bMtoiUttM set k> th^ Irtrraitlttl fltiaiir^ OrgMtaUtM, <f wMek §Mr a member.
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        860 12 Start today on your way to career success If you can read and understand this advertisement, then you have the ability to earn the education you need to gain the necessary experience m your field that will lead to a successful career. No one, no advertisement, no school, not even
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    • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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        3257 13 HB^H Dubbing gets a drubbing HIGHLIGHTS I heard. Simply put, the English So it settles for an acceptable vacuum. There are no natural f T v \7' XK7 A'T^f^T'T spouted by the assortment of char- brand of English, hoping to make it background noises, only studio fl^^|^^HH|^B^ H H I
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        764 13 HIGHLIGHT Prisoner At The Bar Today. Radh5, 130 pm A series reconstructing some of the most famous murder cases in the UK Today, the trial of S H Oougal who was charged with the murder of Camille Holland in 1899 c nn AM Newsbrief 6.05 Rise vv Shine 7.00 News.
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        653 14 BJ BBral" •"'Bl"Bli" FWNCE 2/SAVOY I /CHANGI I P Bf GOLD6N/NEW TOWN/PSESOfNT BJ WOODi ANOS I CHINATOWN I pj RIPUBLIC I Th^olr./PRWCESS I S CLEMfNTI/Q' TOWN AN CROWN NOW Sf K)WING NO FRH lIS BJ PWNCI 2 130.4 00.6 45 915 BJ SAVOY I I 30, 400 7009 00 V
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        156 14 BJ BJ. ißJHßJr'Bliißli'ißl B> .BL TODAY 11am: CHINATOWN 2/CHANGI 2 REPUBLIC 2 10.30 am: NEW CROWN MEr 1 BMiFiicarrMai iMJBaaV SASMA MITCMEL PETER BjjYifj aj «MJ p^wjl^pjßJ M&^a^Tj^-jj^ 1 1 TODAY 11am: PRINCE 2/BAVOY 1/CHANQI 1 PREBIDENT/N. TOWN/CHINATOWN 1/WOODLANDB 1 REPUBLIC 1/OUEENBTOWN 10.30 am: PRINCESS 9.00 am: QOLOEN/CLEMENTI NO FREE
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        268 14 fcati £#w ißr venueAtpe-g^y wo^ld^j '^'flB EXHIBITION CENTRE W I (Opposite l.oronq 3 Geylang) tr i i' {"mmr 1 da^jE: 4 to 7/5/91 ff^^ s?**^ 12noon lOpm 50 LATEST DESIGNS OF ,Mx BEDROOM SET AT (■I LOW COST. lc dto BWrZ-^m^L}^ mSJf\ J !B^iik market and have rented sTt^Klo^maLet.price^by' 111
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        12 14 66 MAY GLITZ BLITZ Hot stuff for the body-conscious GET IT NOW
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        29 14 Ad Cri Hri Ho Stc H« Thi Ho Rei 1 Q m/mn > PLAZA: UJ Mow UJ (due UJCMMWt UjOALIT >TOA PAY SKANQ ujaaooK 1 5 M* > Ww TO CWEWE
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        290 14 Big time on the small screen What keeps a series on the air? More than just characters and plots, discovers NICK KHOSLA, who casts a nostalgic eye over SBC's long-stayers. COME August, SBC will show the 200th episode of Cheers, a sitcom set in a Boston bar that seemed doomed
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        239 14 It may be because, over the long haul, viewers prefer fami-ly-type situations Happy Days, The Waltons, Little House On The Prairie to drop-dead action. Series like M*A*S*H and The Love Boat presented a variation to this familial theme with their respective substitute families of the doctors and nurses of a
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        247 14 Cosby Show), to provide a kind of identifiable focal point. But the ingredients of a show are only part of the reason a series lasts in Singapore. What's My Line, the longest-running game show ever, may have had general appeal, but it ran for 15 years simply because it was
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        177 14 gf The doctors and nurses of a field hospital batting to save Ives and swapping hilarious one-Inert whle at it, offer a variation to the finial then* In the last decade though, SBC's Chinese serials have consistently topped the ratings sometimes with more than a million viewers; and often exceeding
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        181 15 Made-in-Singapore and still running LIVE FROM STUDIO 1 (Chinese variety allow) 2,084 episodes between January 1981 and December 1990 A variety special with roots that look deeper than Alex Haley's. It started out as Zai Ge Zai Wu (literally Song And Dance), before adopting the magazine format in Live From
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        189 15 Hamlet. This Is a far cry from the '60s when tale* such as Gelombang Masa (The Waves Of Time) would carry on for 32 parts. These were one-take productions filmed in Caldecott Hill's studios; today 60 per cent of the show is shot on location Some things do not change
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