The Straits Times, 16 January 1994

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    12 1 The Sunday Times No: 2997 55 CENTS MITA(P) 038/12/93 JANUARY 16, 1994
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    3 conditions for good inter-racial ties: BG Yeo
    600 1 Once, I attended a funeral wake at a Malay mL friend's house. Next door, the Chinese neighbour had a mahjong game on with all the accompanying noises. My Malay friend was deeply hurt that his neighbour should be so insensitive. However, when
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    COE prices down for cars below 2,000 cc
    435 1 PRICES of certificates of entitlement (COE) for three categories of cars below 2,000 cc have eased after a steep climb since early last year. The average drop in the latest COE prices for these cars is $3,815. But prices for luxury, weekend
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    LONG AND SHORT OF IT
    48 1 One pupil at River Valley Primary School sitting at an old desk, while the other trying out a new one, which is 10 cm higher. A survey has shown that today's students are taller and heavier than 10 years ago. See Page 21.
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    Shaolin ham? Temple sues firm for using its name
    262 1  -  Mary Kwang By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG China's Shaolin Temple, which spawned the martial arts style celebrated in hundreds of gongfu movies, is prosecuting a Henan meat canning company for branding "Shaolin" on cans of ham sausages, a leading newspaper here has
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    Apec office won't affect Asean links, says Jaya
    292 1  -  Ismail Kassim By KUALA LUMPUR Singapore's close working relations with other Asean countries, including Malaysia, will not be affected by the siting of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's secretariat in the republic, the Foreign Minister, Professor S. Jayakumar, said yesterday. He
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      10 1 Build new links between KL and S'pore Jaya: Page 18
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      IN SUMMARY
      591 2 DANCE MARATHON: An eight hour "danceathon" at the World Trade Centre's Harbour Pavilion yesterday was a memorable experience for 1,000 folk dance enthusiasts. Organised by the People's Association, the International Folk and Recreation Danceathon began at 2 pm and ended at 10 pm. The crowd, mostly from community
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      Lock icon Senior Tory ministers fight back
      616 2 The scandals Transport Minister, the Earl of Caithness, resigned last Sunday after his wife's apparent suicide, which newspapers linked with his alleged relationship with another woman. Tory MP David Ashby, shared a hotel bedroom in France with a male friend. The MP denied any homosexual
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      Lock icon Poor little Devil — what a way to stand out from the Satos and Katos
      344 2 Poor little Devil what a way to stand out from the Satos and Katos TOKYO Mr Shigeharu Sato, 30, wanted to make sure his first child would stand out in a nation crowded with Satos and Katos. So he named his son after a cartoon character named Akuma, or Devil,
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      Malay Village tenants get court order to re-open gates
      443 2 BUSINESS at the Malay Village in Geylang picked up yesterday after tenants forced the management to open six side-gates which were locked for the last two weeks. They obtained a court order to re-open the gates and stop the introduction of
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      What it should have been
      55 2 IN SOME copies of today's Sunday Review, the word "minimum" is spelt wrongly in the headline for Tan Sai Siong's column (Viewpoints, Page Two). The headline should read: A higher minimum sum for maximum golden years. We apologise for being unable to correct it in
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      Lock icon Clinton to Russians: Stay on course of democratic freedom
      479 3 MOSCOW President Bill Clinton, ending his trip to Moscow yesterday, promised Russians that the US would be a "good partner and a good friend" as they chart a course towards a new future. A day earlier, he plunged into a nationally-televised
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      Lock icon Near boom figures for '93 boost hopes for US economy
      318 3 WASHINGTON Evidence has mounted that the US economy grew at a rate exceeding 5 per cent in the final quarter of 1993 as car and truck production powered an unexpectedly big jump in December's industrial output. Figures released on Friday
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      Pioneer artist's works raise $676,200 at auction
      538 3  -  Yeo Hwee Yng By A TOTAL of $676,200 was raised from the sale of 138 paintings by the late Singapore pioneer artist Chen Chong Swee at a charity auction held yesterday. It aimed to raise $1 million from 151 works donated by the
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      183 2 Windy with showers over a few areas in the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.16 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.13 am. TRAVELLERS' HEATHER Amsterdam 2/8 C Cloudy Madrid 10/15 C Cloudy Athens 8/15 C Cloudy Manila 20/30 C Cloudy Auckland 19/26 C
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  • WORLD
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      'Stop using cancer chemical'
      303 4  -  Mary Kwang Hongkong flour millers told not to use bromic acid *y Hongkong correspondent HONGKONG The Hongkong government has informed major flour millers here to stop their decades-old practice of using the cancer-producing agent, bromic acid, in milling their flour. A government spokesman confirmed yesterday that
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      Lock icon China 'exported Japanese N-technology devices to N. Korea'
      416 4 TOKYO Japanese-made devices that could be used to guide ballistic missiles and are believed to have been shipped to North Korea were sold for export to China, Kyodo news agency reported. The agency late on Friday quoted officials of one unnamed manufacturer
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      Foreigners rout locals in Vietnamese wheelchair race
      201 4 Foreigners rout locals in Vietnamese wheelchair race HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam) Foreigners took the top places In a wheelchair race yesterday but admitted to having the advantage in a country with so little money to care for so many people maimed by war and disease. Wong Chi-keung of Hongkong
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      Lock icon Swastika on girl's face self-inflicted, say doctors
      417 4 BERLIN A handicapped schoolgirl who disappeared after apparently making up a story about skinheads carving a swastika on her cheek had surrendered to the authorities, German police said yesterday. A spokesman in Halle said the 17-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, vanished on Thursday
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      Lock icon Sino-US relations must improve, Jiang tells Bush
      271 5 This is in the interests of global peace, he says BEIJING President Jiang Zemin said yesterday that China and the United States had to improve relations in the interests of global peace and development. "Although differences exist between us, in the final analysis,
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      Lock icon Improve human rights or lose MFN status, US House leader warns China
      398 5 BEIJING -Mr Richard Ge- phardt, Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, warned Chi- na yesterday that Washington would end Beijing's favoured trade status in June if there was no progress on human rights. He said
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      Lock icon Paris jets. arms deals will go ahead despite ban on future sales: Taipei
      207 5 TAIPEI Taiwan said yes- terday its purchase of 60 Mirage warplanes and other previously announced arms deals with France would go ahead, despite the decision by Paris to ban future weapons j sales to Taipei. "Contracts that
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      Clampdown on print media
      482 5  -  Mary Kwang Move 'targeted at China's influential publications' By Hongkong Correspondent 30ME SINS Travel Trends was accused of "promoting sex culture and encouraging cohabitation before marriage". Pictorial Today was penalised for "aspiring to be the mainland's version of Next Magazine-*. Next is an irreverent but immensely
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      TOPSY-TURVY WORLD
      90 6 Land degradation from overgrazing, deforestation and agricultural mismanagement has ruined two million ha since 1945. Water bodies are becoming increasingly polluted and fresh water shortages are occurring in the United States, Mexico, China, India and the Middle East. Seafood prices are rising rapidly with fish harvests from the
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      Lock icon Earth has had it
      563 6 Worldwatch: Hungry times ahead as exploding populations breach planet's biological limits WASHINGTON The earth just cannot take it any more. It is a warning that environmentalists and others have been sounding for years. Now Mr Lester Brown of Worldwatch has said he has the proof. Slowed
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      Lock icon Business as usual, come hell or high water
      63 6 Business as usual, come hell or high water ANY customers out there? It may be flooded but that did not dampen the entrepreneurship spirit of French cook Paul Bocuse, seen here poling a boat at the parking lot of his restaurant in Coflonges Au Mont D'or near Lyon on Friday.
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      Lock icon Renaming of west Indian varsity triggers protest
      299 6 BOMBAY High-caste Hindus in the western Indian state of Maharashtra attacked government property in protest against the renaming of a university after Mr Babasaheb Ambedkar, champion of the lower-caste Hindus and author of the Indian Constitution, police said yesterday. Demonstrators hurled rocks at
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      Lock icon 'Nato will protect you'
      537 9 BL Clinton reassures eastern Europe MOSCOW Nato could rapidly provide security guarantees for eastern European nations who have been refused immediate entry Jto the alliance if they were threatened by the. "darker aspects" of history, President Bill Clinton said on Friday. He reassured eastern Europe countries
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      Lock icon Clinton's open manner wins him new Russian admirers
      498 9 44 'It was great. His talk was so close to the heart.' Moscow Professor Myacheslav Prokopovich. MOSCOW Alexander Fyodorov, 13, got up his courage and in his very best English told Mr Bill Clinton he had seen the picture of the, US
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      Lock icon The chill of rivalry on the ice
      401 10 STAR SKATER HER RIVAL Bid to put rival out of contest? NEW YORK They were bitter rivals in the fiercely competitive world of figure skating but did the hatred run so deep that supporters of one sought to maim the other? That is
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    • PEOPLE
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        119 10  -  Asahi News First Japanese woman justice TOKYO Ms Hisako Takahashi, a former Labour Ministry official, is to become Japan's first woman Supreme Court Justice next month. Ms Takahashi, 66, will replace Supreme Court Justice Osamu Mimura, who is to retir£ on Feb 6, one day before he turns 70.
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        $630,000 question
        87 10  -  MARY KWANG HONGKONG Chief Secretary Anson Chan, 53, faced a barrage of questions from legislators and a public housing watchdog association, when news leaked out that she was spending HKS3 million (*****.000) of taxpayers' money to refurbish her official residence. Ms Virginia Ip, who heads the watchdog body,
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        2 demerit points for Hosokawa
        64 10  -  KWAN WENG KIN TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa once gained two demerit points for illegal parking. He let out the secret to journalists last week during a trip to the local police station to renew his driver's licence. Mr Hosokawa also said he did
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        Lock icon Shamir: I ordered killing
        115 10 TEL AVIV Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir admits in excerpted memoirs published on Friday that in 1943 he ordered the killing of a comrade in an outlawed Jewish underground group that was fighting the British authorities in Palestine. His involvement in the killing of the
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        Lock icon Nori 'has two suitors'
        143 10 TOKYO Two men tipped as potential suitors of Japan's Princess Nori were among those invited to the Imperial Palace on Friday to join her in annual poem recital ceremony. Palace matchmakers are said to be anxious to marry off the 24-year-old princess, only daughter of Emperor
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  • SPOTLIGHT
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      Lock icon High-stake friendship
      1167 13  -  R.W. Apple The Clinton-Yeltsin relationship By tyutyutyutyutyutu They said it I come here as a friend and supporter of the democratic change going on in this nation I hope that my nation and I can make a positive contribution. President BUI Clinton. It's not humanitarian aid we need
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      Faces and places...
      76 13 UPBEAT: US President Bill Clinton ending the Nato summit in Brussels with a press conference on Monday YUIVIMY: trying out the traditional bread and salt given by Ukrainian women at Borispol airport in Kiev on Wednesday... HatSPECTI listening to the American anthem at the Kremlin in Moscow
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon THE THAI COLLISION THAT KILLED 37
      44 14 Victims of a road accident lying on a road in Thailand's Tak province on Friday. Thirty-seven people were killed when an 18-wheel cement truck collided head-on with a luxury coach. The coach overturned on impact and AFP picture.
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      Lock icon Law revoked
      409 14 Jakarta army loses right to intervene in strikes JAKARTA Indonesia has revoked a law that allows its military to intervene in labour disputes, exactly one month before a United States deadline to improve workers' rights. Manpower Minister Abdul Latief, in a 10-page decree received by Reuters yesterday, said
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      Actress, boyfriend quizzed in probe into trader's death
      266 14 JAKARTA police are examining the theory of drug overuse after questioning movie star Ria Irawan and Rizal M., her boyfriend, in connection with the death of her former boyfriend. They had also questioned her private doctor and the security guard at her
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      Lock icon Eight retired police generals on Manila communist rebels' anti-crime 'hit list'
      358 14 MANILA Eight retired Philippine police generals were on a list of alleged protectors and leaders of big crime syndicates who might be targeted for assassination by Manila-based communist rebels in an anti-crime campaign, a guerilla commander said yesterday. Alex
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      Lock icon S-E Asia 'should give China a stake'
      578 16 WHAT THINK-TANKS SAID i 'China Is very interested in the stability of the region and Is willing to undertake tension-reducing and confidence- building measures.' Ms Carolina Hernandez, president of the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies in Manila. 'China Is a growing country
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      6.7 %
      343 16 6.7 Indonesia's economic growth up, thanks to non-oi exports A SIGNIFICANT increase in non-oil exports pushed Indonesia's economic growth up to 6.7 per cent last year as compared to 6.3 per cent in 1992, Bank Indonesia Governor Sudradjad Djiwandono has said. The Central Bank chief told the people attending an
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      Lock icon Jakarta starts trial of student human-rights activist
      211 16 JAKARTA The Central Jakarta court yesterday began hearing the trial of Nuku Sulaeman, a student and hu-man-rights activist accused of insulting the head of state during a protest near the Parliament building last November. The state prosecutor charged that Sulaeman, 29, executive chairman
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      Lock icon 7 hurt in clash between students and police in Medan
      92 16 7 hurt in clash between students and police in Medan JAKARTA At least seven Indonesians were injured when they clashed with security forces and rival students over a long-running church dispute in Sumatra, police and church supporters said yesterday. They said about 2,000 people were protesting on Friday against the
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Selangor valley engulfed by smoke from dump site
      176 18 SMOKE from the Hulu Langat dump site has enveloped the valley in Selangor, giving the area a false appearance of tranquility and freshness. The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council has appealed for more time to extinguish the fire which has been smouldering for
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      Build new links: Jaya
      425 18  -  Ismail Kassim S'pore, KL 'should find ways to expand contacts at all levels' By KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Professor S. Jayakumar yesterday said that both Singapore and Malaysia should find ways of expanding contacts at all levels. Speaking to The Sunday Times before flying home after
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      Political parties face headache of too many wanting to be candidates
      540 18  -  Kalimullah Hassan Run-up to Sabah polls By KOTA KINABALU Political parties in Sabah are gearing up their election machinery for next month's state elections but their biggest headache is the deluge of people offering themselves as candidates. The National
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      Lock icon Inexperienced lawyers may not be allowed to set up firms
      269 18 Inexperienced lawyers may not be allowed to set up firms KUALA LUMPUR Lawyers with less than five years experience may not be allowed to operate their own legal firms, Law Minister Datuk Syed Hamid Albar has said. He said that the move was to ensure that only competent lawyers, who
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      Lock icon Jakarta, KL agree on better framework for growth triangle
      266 19 Move to boost co-operation between Johor, S'pore and Riau JAKARTA Malaysia and Indonesia have reached agreement on the need for a better defined framework of co-operation under the Southern Growth Triangle involving Johor, Singapore and Riau. Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri
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      Lock icon Indonesia to lift curbs on Malaysian books
      265 19 JAKARTA Indonesia will soon lift the strict restriction imposed on books originating from Malaysia, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said. The pledge was given by Indonesian officials after a closed-door meeting with 15 Indonesian ministers late on Thursday. Datuk Anwar
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      Lock icon President Suharto's touching gesture
      144 19 He offers his copter to replace one that crashed killing 4 crewmen JAKARTA President Suharto has offered a Super Puma helicopter used by the presidential palace to Malaysia for the use of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar
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    • Article
      Lock icon Anwar to visit Brunei tomorrow
      127 19 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will make a two-day official visit to Brunei from tomorrow. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Department here yesterday, Datuk Anwar will be granted an audience by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on the first
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      Lock icon Crackdown on heavy windscreen tint
      191 19 KUALA LUMPUR'S deputy traffic police chief, Supt Dell Akbar Khan, had his first taste of how the new device that can test tinted windscreens of cars work. The device, known as the Photocell Light Illuminator, will soon be used to crack down on Malaysian cars
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  • HOME
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      Singaporean boys and girls taller and heavier than 10 years ago
      476 21  -  Brendan Pereira By SHOES are a size bigger, desks are higher and uniforms are larger all because students today are taller and heavier than 10 years ago. A survey of 30,000 primary, secondary and junior college students in Singapore
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      Controlled drug in Nasalin tablets, warns ministry
      199 21 THE Health Ministry yesterday warned the public about two traditional Chinese medicines found to contain a controlled drug. The medicines are the "Nasalin" and "high strength Nasalin" tablets. The ministry said analysis has shown that they contained chlorpheniramine maleate, a drug which is
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      MP calls for long-term training schemes for pre-school teachers
      239 21 MP calls for long-term training schemes for pre-school teachers SINGAPORE needs to have a department or faculty in its tertiary institutions to provide long-term training programmes for pre-school teachers, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, the MP for Yuhua, said yesterday. Speaking at the launch of a new diploma course by NTUC
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      Air stewardess is Miss S'pore Intercontinental
      178 21 FLIGHT stewardess R. Malini, 22, won the Miss Singapore 1994 Pageant at Orchard Hotel ballroom on Friday night. She was crowned Miss Singapore Intercontinental '94 and will go to Dusseldorf in Germany to compete for the Miss Intercontinental '94 title. How will her victory
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      Man who threatened wife gets a ticking off and jail
      195 22 A MAGISTRATE yesterday scolded and jailed a man who slapped his wife and threatened her with a knife. In sentencing odd-job labourer Fatta Jamol Mohamed Shariff, 27, to four weeks' jail and a $2,000 fine, Magistrate Lee Teek Leng said
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      Hokkien clan hopes to rebuild temple gutted two years ago
      424 22 THE Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan wants to spend more than $500,000 to rebuild a 166-year-old temple gutted in a fire two years ago. The Heng San Teng Temple was once the focal point of social and religious activities for the
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      Woman accused of son's murder is mentally unfit
      215 22 A HOUSEWIFE accused of murdering her six-year-old son more than nine years ago was found by the High Court on Friday to be mentally unfit. Yeo Khee Cheng, alias Ng Puay Hong, 40, has chronic schizophrenia and will therefore not stand trial.
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      Drug trafficker's appeal against death dismissed
      201 22 A VIDEOTAPE dealer sentenced to death last March for trafficking in nearly 30 g of heroin lost his appeal on Friday. Low Kok Wai, 30, was carrying $5,465 when he was arrested by narcotics officers in Bishan on Nov 6, 1991. Police found three
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    • CASEFILE
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        Man disturbed transvestite
        64 22 A MAN who disturbed a transvestite was fined $800 yesterday. Cook Wee Sor Hong, 21, was cycling along Tampines Street 42 at about 1 am yesterday when he saw the transvestite, Mr Mustapha Hassan, 33. At the void deck of Block 433, Wee rubbed his crotch against
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        Bird thief fined
        161 22 A FORMER inmate of a drug rehabilitation centre was arrested when he went back to a pet shop a second time in two days to sell another stolen bird, a district court heard yesterday. Rasidin Mohamed Yusof, 25, went to the shop in East Coast Road on
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        3 charged with causing hurt
        107 22 THREE men were charged in a district court on Friday with causing hurt in two separate incidents, one in August last year and the other last month. Chua Peng Hong, 35, was accused of hitting Mr Siew Keng Soon on his head in Simei on
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        Outrage of modesty case
        41 22 A 35-YEAR-OLD man, Ou Kwek Min, also known as Krus Ou, was charged in a district court on Friday with outraging the modesty of several women in 1992. His case will be mentioned again on Jan 28.
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        Woman's costly hues
        80 22 A 42-YEAR-OLD woman took almost $3,000 from three men by walking up to them, hugging or fondling them and offering sex. While they were distracted, Goh Kim Hong, also known as Lim Pong Sai, would take money from their pockets. She also stole a wallet with $1,200
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      Arts academy wants single campus
      553 23  -  Leong Weng Kam By THE Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) is looking for a larger and more centralised campus to be its permanent home as it pursues a target of becoming the leading arts institution in Singapore and the region. Businessman Chng Heng Tiu,
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    • NEWSFROMT
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        Year of the Dog coins selling well
        159 23 COMMEMORATIVE coins to welcome the Lunar New Year are popular among Singaporeans. One version of the 1994 Year of the Dog almanac coins by the Board of Commissioners of Currency has been sold out. All 35,000 pieces of the $10 silver piedfort proof
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        Burglars strike at 5 shops
        210 23 BURGLARS broke into a video shop in Coronation Plaza after the shopkeeper left it unguarded for about three hours on Friday night. Apparently, the culprits also struck at four other shops at the same shopping centre in Bukit Timah that night. Police said that Mr
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        Calligraphy, anyone?
        197 23 DO YOU want to write Chinese couplets or poems to usher in the Lunar New Year? If you do, you can take part in the llth National Chinese New Year calligraphy competition. More than 500 calligraphy enthusiasts are expected to take part in the competition, to be held
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        Man killed in m-cycle crash
        119 23 AN ODD- JOB worker who was on his way home from Johor Baru was killed after he lost control of his motorcycle. Police said the victim, Mr Seng Tiong Kim (left), 48, suffered multiple injuries when his motorcycle crashed near the junction of the PIE
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        Body found on beach
        94 23 THE decomposed body of a man believed to have drowned was found on the beach at Pasir Ris Park on Thursday. Police said the victim who wore only his underwear had been identified as Mr Ibrahim Abu Hassan, 37, unemployed. He is believed to have lived
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        Elderly man found loitering
        70 23 J I THIS 83-year-old man [left) was loitering along ihe railway tracks at Jalan Bukit Merah when ie was found by police on Jan 4. He told the authorities that his name is Ng Ah jfeow alias Wong Liau. He ias been placed temporarily at a
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      Boy on AMP scheme makes marked improvement in Maths
      622 24 MOT DROPPING OUT. BUT GOING UP: These three pupils were among the best in the AMP programme for self-improvement for EM3 pupils last year. They attended a one-year programme, which continues this year. To motivate them, AMP presented book voucher awards
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      Beep-fried or steamed, fish dish at this restaurant costs 10 cents
      354 24  -  Heidi Yeo ■E YOU can have it deep fried or steamed, but the tilapia dishes at the Delicious Palace Restaurant in Kallang Road cost just 10 cents for the first 200 customers each day over the next week. The
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      Singapore sets up ties with St Lucia
      73 24 SINGAPORE has established diplomatic relations with St Lucia from yesterday. The agreement was made to strengthen and develop friendly relations between the two governments, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. St Lucia is an island in the West
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      Woman, 75, found dead at foot of highrise block
      69 24 A T5-YEAR-OLD woman is believed to have fallen to her death from a block of flats on Wednesday evening. Madam Chng Gun Kang was found dead at the foot of a block of flats in Dorset Road. Police believe that she
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      S'poreans wait till the last minute to send in nominations
      497 25  -  Tan Hsueh Yun By WITH one week to the deadline, the National Youth Council has yet to receive a single nomination for this year's Singapore Youth Awards. But a spokesman for the council expects them to come in at the
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      Former President Wee made honorary member of SRC
      314 25 FORMER President Wee Kim Wee became the fifth Singaporean to be given honorary membership of the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), which has launched a membership drive and is planning a major rebuilding project. He joined the list of the other prominent honorary
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      Dance enthusiasts find their feet in 8-hour event
      268 25 MADAM Chen Ruiyue, 74, hardly left the dance floor at the World Trade Centre's Harbour Pavilion yesterday afternoon. She was "on her feet for at least one-and-a-half hours during the eight-hour "danceathon" for 1,000 folk dance enthusiasts. "Folk dancing keeps me active
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      402 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MDM. LOO HUANG HOOI Age: 75 patted away peacefully on 14 Jan. 1904. Family Member** (Husband: Mok Ah Kee, deceased) 8on*: Daughters-in-law: Mok Kok Chye Yick Loon Choon Mok Koh Wah Lim Slew Lian Mok Kok Boon Mok Kok Tong Elo Hwee Chung, Audrey jlfok Kok
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      514 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths Jatut said: "I am tha resurrection and tha Ufa. Ha who believes in ma will live, even though ■••Ba. John 11_S WOO YUIT SIN (MRS LAM FOOK SOON) AGE: 93 passed away peacefully on 14 January leaving behind loved one* to mourn nor. SONS
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      851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements
      46 26 851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late GOH LIM WAH AGE: 81 DEPARTED 9TH JANUARY 1994 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, colleagues, business associates, friends and Church members for the condolences, donations, wreaths, assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement.
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      853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam
      163 26 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR. CHIA ENG HIN Departed: 16.1.1992 The memories of bygone years Showered by love and constant care Will always remain imprinted in our hearts Our tears and pain will Only pass away when We are reunited in the love Of
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      851 Acknowledgements
      42 26 The Family of the Late Mdm Laa Suan Choo Departed 10 Jan 1994 wishes to express their I heartfelt thanks to all i relatives friends for their 1 kind attendance, condoi lences, donations and assistance during their i recent bereavement.
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      853 In Memoriam
      171 26 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of S. SUPPAMMAH Departed: 28th Jan. 1903 Prayers will be held on 16th Jan. 1994 at Blk. 59. #04-127 Commonwealth Drive S(0314) Tel: 474-4914 at 7am. to 9am. followed by lunch. Further in the evening at Sri Sivan Temple. 24 Oeylang East
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  • SPORT
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      Crowded courses take zing out of swing
      1112 27 ERIC did not find the message I had scribbled on the greeting card sent to him amusing. Under the standard "Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous New Year" I had added: "And may you find free time-slots whenever you have the urge to
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      Lock icon Chang takes first title of the year
      447 27 TENNIS JAKARTA Top seed Michael Chang retained his Indonesian Open title when he beat unseeded David Rikl of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3 yesterday. The 21-year-old Asian American, who has decided to skip the Australian Open starting in Melbourne tomorrow, never looked back
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      Lock icon Barrington goes Dutch after row with British
      263 27 SQUASH WELWYN (England) Jonah Barrington, who coached England to third place in last year's World Squash Championship, joined Holland on Friday after a blast at the English hierarchy. The six-times former British Open winner, sacked as director of excellence by the Squash Rackets
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      Lock icon Sensational 60 gives Love course record and a four-shot lead
      436 27 GOLF HONOLULU Davis Love rolled in a three-metre eagle putt on the 18th hole to complete a sensational round of 60 at Waialae Country Club on Friday that gave him a four-shot lead after two rounds of the Hawaiian Open.
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      Lock icon Don't take Irish lightly, French warned
      291 27 Five Nations Rugby PARIS French coach Pierre Berbizier warned his team against excessive selfconfidence ahead of its Five Nations championship opener against Ireland last night. "The players are talking of a grand slam before the opening kick-off. It's amazing. Ireland is a solid team.
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Sri Lankans go missing on Indian tour
        101 27 Sri Lankan cricketers staged a disappearing act in Nety Delhi on Friday as a heavy outfield wiped out play for the second successive day in the opening match of their tour ot India. Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga finally arrived the Ferozeshah Kotla
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        Minor League wants Jordan
        63 27 The Wichita Wranglers have a message for Michael Jordan: If that deal with US Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox does not work out, he has got a home with the Minor League team in Wichita, Kansas. The Wranglers, the second level of minors down from
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        US yacht Winston leads
        70 27 Winston remained in the lead but looked vulnerable in the Whitbread round-the-worW yachting race on Friday as; It dropped to 2.3 knots 8 knots slower than its nearest rival, maxi New Zealand Endeavour. Since early on Friday.JlD? sixth day of leg three from Australia to New
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        Boot for Miandad
        49 27 Javed Miandad, Test cricket's third highest run-scorer, has been dropped by Pakistan for its forthcoming tour of Bangladesh and New Zealand. Omitting Miandad from the tour was a unanimous selection decision, the newlyformed ad hoc committee of the Board of Control foT Cricket in Pakistan said.
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        Miles sets 500m record
        58 27 American Jearl Miles, the 400-metre world champion, set a meet record on Friday by winning the 500m in lmin 11.06sec at the Hamilton Spectator Indoor Games in Ontario, Canada. The upset of the meet was registered by American Henry Neal, who narrowly defeated Canadian world iaflOQr
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  • RACING
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      YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS
      1566 28 TOVCE 1 CLASS 3 DIV 5 1,200m J?- tMEND 153c 52 (U-6) Chong (10) 1 1 1 I __tiCWL PROMISES 60.5 (20 10) Price (7) 2 2 2 £1 -00 JOHNNY GO 48 c49 (6513) I Azhar (2) 6 4 3 ■•-Others in finishing order: Golden Phoenii
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      Triple joy for Price, Balfour
      394 28  -  Tan Thean Loon SINGAPORE ROUND-UP By ADELAIDE'S leading rider Simon Price was in his element at Bukit Timah yesterday, rewarding his sponsor and fellow-South Australian David Balfour with a treble. The dashing 23-year-old, who won on Dynamic King, Pacific Classic and West Bay, was in
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      TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH RACE GUIDE
      2931 28 GOING FORECAST: GOOD I fcUMtt3 Piv9 1 r 200m(8C)| Ratings 75-48 Stakes $35,000 1 *****0 RaponsoU9 (4ag Balfour-Owner) (1400m) .Price 60.5 2 0 Secret Of Success 10 (snzg B Chua- Mdm PE Ewe) (1400m) m Azhar c2V 2 56 3 66 Prince Of Joy 7
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      THE EXPERTS' SELECTIONS
      378 28 TAN THEAN DANNY I MALCOLM I RON TEO LOON KHOO BASTIANS 3 Prince Of Joy 1 Raponsola I Be Our Chief 10 He's Got Class 1 4 Crystal Clear 3 Prince Of Joy 6 Battle Drum 6 Battle Drum 8 Be Our Chief 8 Be Our Chief
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      20 28 Call 1901-840-8488 for results available one hoar after the last race. The charge Is 56 cents per minute.
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      Favourites dominate Magic Millions Classic
      140 28 AUSTRALIAN RACING MAIN fancies Brave Warrior and St Covet dominated the finish of the A5500,000 ($550,000) Volvo Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic over 1,200m at the Gold Coast yesterday It was Brave Warrior (5-2), a chance mount for jockey Neil Williams, who prevailed by a neck
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      Piggott comes up empty five times
      166 28 LESTER PIGGOTT, back for one of his many sporadic visits to Singapore, still showed perfect balance in the saddle despite his age but failed to land any winner at Bukit Timah yesterday. All his five mounts Say With Flowers, Golden Mountain, Star Hope, Zivader
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      INDISCIPLINE? I'll slap player with $3,000 fine
      580 29  - INDISCIPLINE? I'll slap player with $3,000 fine Peter Khoo Lions in for Aussie rules football as new coach outlines his philosophy THE KEN WORDEN INTERVIEW... By Lions' coach spells out his rules I__TS_*__Z Players must pie, if a player DaV high price to learn going to make him pay. And
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      Lock icon Saints: We want Ball back
      92 29 ALAN BALL (above), the former England midfield general in charge of Second Division Exeter, is wanted back at Southampton by the Premiership struggler as its new manager. Exeter chairman Ivor Doble has been approached by the Saints, manageress since lan Branfoot resigned earlier this week.
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        Lock icon A long-term bond for Billy
        75 29 WEST Ham manager Billy Bonds has signed a new contract that will keep him at the Premiership club until July 1997. "I'm delighted to sign this contract and extend my connection with West Ham," said Bonds, who will complete 30 years at Upton Park if
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        Lock icon Mendoza's a Real president
        86 29 Mendoza's a Real president REAL Madrid's president Ramon Mendoza scotched rumours that he was about to resign from the beleaguered Spanish first division club. "I met the team yesterday and told them I was not going to resign. I am not a coward. I have not thrown in the towel
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        Lock icon Angell signs for Everton
        70 29 TOTTENHAM boss Ossie Ardiles failed in his bid to buy Brett Angell from First Division Southend. Angell became Everton manager Mike Walker's first signing on Friday, when he joined the Premiership side on a month's loan with a view to a £500,000 ($1.2 million) signing. Walker
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        Saudi places safety first
        74 29 Saudi places safety first A SAUDI football club has withdrawn from an Asian tournament in Bangkok from Jan 28-Feb 7 because of fears over player safety, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The report linked Al-Sha-hab Club's decision to the murders of four Saudi Embassy officials in Bangkok in 1989 and
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        Lock icon Point, red cant for Marseille
        69 29 MARSEILLE had defender Jocelyn Angioma sent off midway through the second half but held French league leader Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw on Friday. It went ahead through international midfielder Vincent Guerin in the 10th minute, but the European champion equalised with a strike
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      476 29 BASKETBALL NBA: New Jersey 103 Denver 96, Philadelphia 104 Indiana 102, Atlanta 113 Dallas 96, LA Clippers 102 Boston 95, Minnesota Orlando 92, Chicago 107 Utah 91, Charlotte 130 LA Lakers 122, Golden State 121 Seattle 100, Portland 115 Miami 110. CYCLING Bremen 6-day event Leading standings
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      Lock icon QPR seeks consolation win against Newcastle
      444 29 ENGLISH LEAGUE PREVIEW QPR v Newcastle LONDON Queens Park Rangers aims to take out its FA Cup frustrations on high-flying Newcastle in today's English Premiership clash here. The London club suffered a sensational third-round defeat at Second Division Stockport, which left it with only
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      RACING: YESTERDAYS BUKIT TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT
      1115 29 a cut in the near-fore elbow. RACE 1: Gopal replaced Chavez on Golden Phoenix as the latter did not turn up at the course on time. Chavez, when questioned, stated that he was misinformed that his work permit had not been approved
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      18 29 wor: round fuity under Rule 144 jg jjj on Kitaro Kid in Race 3
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      GP dream eludes Zarinah again
      484 30  -  Thomas Koh Korean ends shuffler's impressive run in Taiwan Open semis Reports by IT HAPPENED in Kuching and it happened again in Taipei last night. Zarinah Abdullah, Singapore's brightest hope in badminton, was just one win away from becoming the first Singaporean shuttler to appear
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      Her three-year-climb from nowhere to No. 10
      257 30 ZARINAH Abdullah went professional in 1990 and spent the first seven months training in Indonesia, instead of taking part in tournaments. As a result, she did not make the rankings list of 200 players as she did not take part in enough tournaments.
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      Lock icon But family is proud of her
      446 30 Zarinah was always going to make grade CYNICS had their doubts when Zarinah Abdullah decided to abandon her Pre-Uni-versity studies three years ago to pursue a full-time career as a professional shuttier. But there were no doubts whatsoever in her family's mind that Zarinah
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      The first person she calls
      304 30 THE first person in Singapore that Zarinah Abdullah normally telephones while she is on the road is not a member of her family but Thomas Koh, Timesport's badminton reporter. It is a standing arrangement that he has with the Republic's touring pro. The conversation in
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      Seedings row over S'pore, India
      659 30 Shirlynn Ho reports on the Asian squash championships in KL Singapore's scores Men's first rd: Tiong Ern Yeow lost to Vineet Asthana (Ind) 9-6 6-9 9-7 6-9 3-9; Ernest Tan bt Nasir Houdy (SA) 9-4 9-0 9-0; Lim Jit Uei w.o. Dennis Tan (Mai). Women's
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        52 30 Thailand's Noppadorn Noppachorn, 24, scored a shock win in the fifth qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in Blackpool on Thursday to stay on course for the final stages. The former world amateur champion stunned experienced Englishman Barry West, ranked 272 places above him at
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        Davies' crown
        56 30 Laura Davies, winner of last year's British Open, won the Thailand leg of the Kosaido Asahi Asian Ladies' Open golf championship in Bangkok yesterday. The Briton shot a three-round total of 206. In second place at 213 was Australia's Mardi Lunn, the 1991 tournament winner. Korean Lee Young
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        Victory laurel
        45 30 France's Pierre Lartigue, driving a Citroen ZX, virtually sealed victory in the Par-is-Dakar-Paris Rally yesterday. Lartigue, who finished third in the last special stage in the south of France, had only to complete the drive up to the finishing line to confirm victory.
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      81 30 PUCCINI _____m w* 1 MAIM-' IN I lAI V Sote Agent WONG BROTHERS SHOE TEL: 2633 043 8* RULES OF FOOTBALL f* T 1 Fans, this coach does not believe in chicken feed fines for players. He believes that if you want to make a point about discipline to a
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      163 30 I TODAYS EVENTS! 3.30pm run THE big carrot is a chance to race in Hongkong in March but pride will also be at stake at the SAAA-Saucony cross-country Championships at Macßitchie Reservoir (3.30pm) today. The big question is whether national steeplechase re-cord-holder M. Maran, returning to competitive racing after a
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      Masthead
      8 1 SUNDAY Review The Sunday Times January 16. 1994
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      Paying to get the best to be ministers
      153 1 Paying to get the best to be ministers Let's face it, Old Guard heavyweight ministers like Lim Kim San, Eddie Barker or Hon Sui Sen, would they come out to serve Singapore today if they were in their 40s? They came out because Singapore was sliding into disaster. Those were
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          For family and friends
          249 2 THE Lunar New Year holiday, says Minis-ter-without-Portfolio Lim Boon Heng, is a time to reaffirm family bonding, not to be spent on an overseas jaunt. He says the growing tendency of people taking off during the festive period disturbs him. Mr Lim has a fight on
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        80 YEARS AGO
        144 2 On this day THE Chinese New Year approaches and with it, the usual epidemic of thefts from houses of valuable articles which are disposed of with ease, but traced with difficulty. Such thefts are common ever day and the wise man will therefore take care that his
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        A higher minimum sum for maximum golden years
        1106 2  -  Tan Sai Siong NEED convincing that the minimum sum withheld by the CPF from members till they turn 60 will not be enough to let you live comfortably for the rest of your life? Then look at an Insurance Corporation of Singapore
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        Beware the widening income gap
        902 2  -  Sumiko Tan A FRIEND who had made a tidy bundle in the stockmarket remarked to me recently: "The rich will become richer. That's the way it is." He was not being smug or flippant. He was merely stating a fact. He had put several hundred
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        Sunstrokes
        4 2  -  Lee Chee Chew
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        Is Big Vlad mad. or just very bad?
        1262 3 Name: Vladimir Zhirinovsky Ago: 47 Reason for fame: Heads the marvellously-named Liberal Democratic Party, which surprised liberals and other democrats by getting a quarter of the votes in last month's parliamentary election. Profession: Lawyer. Also served as an interpreter in Turkey. Vocation:
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        Practical guide to unit trusts
        1484 4  -  Louis Beckerling Personal Investment An equity fund offers the prospect of higher returns with associated higher risk; a bond fund aims to preserve capital and promises security, rather than high performance. BY SOME accounts, the value of assets held by Singapore's unit trust industry represented
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        Plans for Philippine plant
        686 4  -  Louis Beckerling Van der Horst Ltd In The THE chairman of marine-engineer turned power-generator. Van der Horst Ltd (VDH), has unveiled plans to list a power-generating subsidiary on the Philippine share market. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Review last week, VDH chairman Johannes Kotjo
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        Identify a niche to start a business
        782 5  - Identify a niche to start a business Chan Cheng Wei Personal Investment MANY dream to be their own boss. But almost as many will freeze at the merest hint of that becoming a reality. What does it take to leave the safety of a monthly salary to take on the
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        Go back to basics of share investing
        835 5  -  Louis Beckerling Serious Money Low fuel prices and growth in the region should lead investors to companies with big fuel bills and which derive a large chunk of their money within the region. THE long-awaited and widelytrumpeted correction in share prices got underway
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        SM Lee: Pay to get the best to be ministers
        2638 6 SM Lee: Pay to get the best to be ministers Why differences in pay are necessary My education began when I became an employer and I had to pay the rent, furnish the office, hire clerks, get a library and worry about where the income was going to come from
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        The man who shocked the ministries
        428 8 UNTIL recently, criticism of Kaswnigaseki a collective term for Japan's central government agencies had always come from outsiders. It was left to Masao Miyamoto to give possibly the first-ever insider's account of the Japanese bureaucracy and its many foibles in his bestseller Oyakusho no
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        Lock icon Hidden truths behind Japan's civil service
        1654 8 Tokyo Correspondent KWAN WENG KIN finds out just what goes on behind the late-night lights in Japan's ministries TIPSY officials trading dirty jokes late into the night is not the image most people have of the supposedly brilliant and hardworking Japanese bureaucracy. But Masao
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        Grappling with graft in China
        1026 9 One major obstacle to China's anti-corruption drive is that government officials also dabble in business. KATE YU JUAN ofthe China Desk looks at some ofthe abuses and what Beijing intends to do about them. THE YOUNG trading manager knew exactly which plot of land in
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        Why the corrupt can still get away witn it
        339 9 USING one's official position for personal business is against Beijing's directive, but civil servants continue*: to get away with it because the j government has been reluctant to press charges against the culprits. A Shanghai cadre told the Sunday: Review that,
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      442 7 E^S ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE pte ud "It was teamwork which helped Royal Sporting House win the Enterprise of the Year award, and it will be the same people who will take the company into new frontiers/ 9 Any portrait of Royal Sporting House would be incomplete without the people who
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      976 11 334 Daihatsu For Sale 4/'M DAIHATSU CHARADE OCX 5-dr. Tax 3/ 94. alrcon, hlfl, beautiful cond. $35,800 *****65 4/ »1 CHARADE CXI.O. 1 owner. Power windows. Central lock. Hi-fi No dealer pls Pg. 311-9294 S UNITS 79, 80 Charade XTE 1.0. Sq. lamp. 2K paint. COE paid. S/rlms. Deposit $2800
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      718 12 •a-au nonaa ror -sole BUY 4 BELL ALL KINDS OF HONDA MODELS ANY JAPANESE PARE/ NON-PARF USED CARS/ WEEKEND/ COMMERCIAL *****83 MR ONQ (day/ night) l^vTßiiyTseill I Aay Modal Or Private or, I I Q PlaU J. I 7 Ca— arfclai Vafclda. I ORCHARD CREDIT (PTE.) LTD. BUY It SELL
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      725 12 340 Honda For Sale 8/91 CIVIC IJ, 3-dr. Manual 1 pte. owner. Full accessories. Showrm. cond. Offer above $68,800 secures. Pg: *****88. SO MOOEL CONCERTO EXI. power sUerlng, 16-valve, (lucky no), tax 5/94. Downpayment $5688. $57,888 4 above. *****24/ *****02 BEAUTIFUL 1330 HONOA CRX 1 61 16 valve. Tax 6/94.
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      713 12 340 Honda For Sale 2/*S2 Civic 1 J ESI, auto, 1 owner, low mlleage, Excellent condition. Pg. *****06 3 WEEKS OLD Accord 2 0 LXI. 1 owner. 100% showrm. cond. (10 pes. CD changer). Bid no. *****00 3/*7S CIVIC 123SCC. Red. New paintwork. COE till 9/'2OOl. 815,000 0.n.0. Tel. 466-2867.
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      941 12 340 Honda For Sale 8/'BS SPORTY CIVIC 1.3. 3-drs. Well maintained. Owner upgrading. *****91/ *****03. 90 HONOA ACCORD 2.OEX. Auto, 2 owners, new Ux, part 329k. Accident free. Beautiful no. *****36 90 MODEL BLACK Honda Civic 1.5 cc. S/rlms. Tax 5/'94. Pg. Mohd. 2100-341. 92 CIVIC ESI manual. 4-dr. 1
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      960 12 343 Jaguar For Sale 3797 JAGUAR 3 6 Sovereign. 2nd owner. COE. '2002. New plate. Tel: *****44. 344 Lancia For Sale '30 LANCIA THEMA 20 le 16V auto. 1 owner. PARF 329K. Full accessories. Maintain by Agent. *****83 10/90 LANCIA DEDRA 1.61e. CD player. Like new. Accident tree. Pg: 603-7549.
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      1655 12 346 Mercedes For Sale 348 Mercedes For Sale TRANSCAR CREDIT PTE LTD THE PROFESSIONAL DEALER PRESENT CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL BUY ANY CAR FROM US NOW AND GET AN ELECTRA STARTMACHINE WORTH $1,280/- FOR FREE WHILE STOCKS LAST SO HURRY DOWN NOWI 74 Mercedes 350SEL '75 Ford/Grosvenor 77 Mercedes 250
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      987 12 348 Mitsubishi For Sale 2/'SI MITSUBISHI GALANT 201 Auto. Super Saloon. Ist owner Original mileage/ condition Nice number Tel: *****44 7/92 COLT 1.3 GLI 16 valve, whiu, immaculate cond., lady owner, s/rtms. 878K neg. Tel: *****16 or pg: *****09 8/90 LANCER I.3GLX. Ist owner Power steering/ windows/ central locking. Accident
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      944 12 350 Nissan For Sale ALL BRAND CARS ALL BRANO COMMERCIAL WE BUY S SELL PARF/ non-PARF With/ without C O.E. Also offer low loan rate for new/ used cars Tat: *****12 (10am -12 midnight) Pg. *****00 (24 hrs.) MR. UM GOLDEN POINT CREDIT PTE LTO (-81-30 Katong Plaza) BUY* SELL
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      951 12 350 Nisaan For Sale ____—fm^-_________ 12/91 SUNNY I.BSSE manual S rlms. Tax 11/94. 1 owner $***** No dealers pls *****82/ *****06 2 UNITS 93-90 Pulsar 1 4SLX I pU. owner. Grey. Nice murlor Well kept Accident free. *****71 2 UNITS 1332 1983 Pulsar 10 COE 813K hlfl, s/rlms.. new 2K
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      959 13 reugeoi por sole 4/M 1 OWNER Peugeot 405 1 6 OL power sUerlng, white, perfect COnd. $*****. Tel. *****77 tm PEUGEOT 4M SRI 2.0 auto Like new New price $149K Selling $128K 0.n.0. Tel. *****44 90 PEUGEOT 4M 16 OL. One owner, power steering. Accident free. MalnUlned by agt. *****33.
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      995 13 357 Baab For Sale -tt BAAB BNOCO. Y aulo. Ux -1 im SCA plate. Superb cond Accident Tree. Leather seat, likenew. Pg. *****82/ *****37 Jogo 356 Seat For Sole NO AGENTS. MHO oo Iblza 1.0 special, full service record. Excellent cond. Ideal family budget car. $38K 0.n.0. Page: *****60. *M
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      887 13 360 Suzuki For Sale 360 Suzuki For Sale 360 Suzuki For Sale 360 Suzuki For Sale 360 Suzuki For Sale 360 Suzuki For Sale I WE'RE PASSING OURUNUSUALLYGOOD SAVINGS IMMFnUTFIYTOYniT With a favourable Yen exchange rate Ss^^ ■_M and other market factors, Champion §fr£r J—J BCJ-Jl Motors would like to
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      707 13 382 Toyota For Sale BEAUTIFUL *S1 COROLLA 13 DX (COE 2002). New tax. S/rlms. Full accessories. Well kept. No repair required. See to believe. $20,000. Deposit $3800. Kallang Auto CU. Lot 55. Tel. 348-0335. tt MODEL TOYOTA Corolla 1.6 OL. Twlncam. 16-valve. 5-speed. 1 tranafer owner. Power steering/ windows/ central
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      671 13 362 Toyota For Sale 1 LADY OWNER 9/'9O Starlet Done 29.300km. Accident free. Excellent cond. Owner *****12 1 OWNER 02 Corolla 1.3 XL SCA plate full accessories low mlleage superb owner *****89. 1 OWNER. 11 Cresslda OLXI. 24 valve. Electric seat, 100% accident free. 8112,000. Tel. *****87 1 OWNER, tt
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      645 13 362 Toyota For Sale -84 COROLLA DX 1.3. COE paid 5 yrs. Engine/ paintwork Up top Tel. *****52 tt NEAR CORONA I.SOL. 2 owners. COE paid. Power steering/ windows/ lock. Tip top. *****28. '60 COROLLA I.3XL manual, beautiful condlUon. Tel: *****05/ Pg. *****38 •68 STARLET I.OXL. Beautiful cond., with accessories.
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      594 13 366 Other Makes For Sale BSPREBS CREDIT PTE. LTo! 3/ '93 Ford Festlva 1.3 auto *****8 2/-93 Proton Iswara 1.50L1 Manual $***** 12/-91 Renault 210TS $***** 67*91 Hyundai Scoupe 15 $***** 4/11 Sunny 1.658E $***** 6/'9O Sunny I.4EX auto $***** 2/-90 Romeo 164 3.0 V6 $***** 12/-89 Saga 1.5 Aeroback
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      647 13 376 Weefcend Cars SIN KIAT TRADING 6 AGENCES We buy fc sell all used, commercial, weekend cars e We also provide low loan rates fc Insurance services. *****55 (SAM. 11PM.) sp#ci«t-*#_ in wMktnd cEtt A SINGLE OWNER Mercedes Benz, weekend car. 450 SLC with U.S. model headlights fc bumper fc
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      963 13 370 Weefcend Cars tt HONOA CIVIC LSI 1.5 manual, red, full accessories. Showroom condition Tel: *****22. 12 PROTON ISWARA 13 1 owner. Ux y 94 s/rlms. hlfl, good cond. $38,800. Tel: *****13 12 SUBARU VIKI MBO, 5-drs 5 speed. 1 owner. Original cond. Selling $*****. Pg 301 7209 13 FIAT
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      860 13 376 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Bele/ Wanted OOMINATOR SM WITN accessories. Beautiful cond. Seldom used $11,500. Mohd Tohar *****35 EN 4M CHOPPER. Selling $4800 Tip top condition. InUrested please pg 507-6948. FA LC3SO. GOOD condition. Selling cheap $1200 negotiable Page: *****64 FE EN4M WITH Monokey box $4,000 FO GSXR4OOH $2,100 caah
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      2030 14 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION At the junction ot Scotts/Orchard Road next to Hyatt Hotel 1 4.000 sq tt Luxurious Hotel Style Lobby Swimming Pools, Tennis Court, Billiard Room. Squash Court, Gymnasium etc Selt Service Free Launderette Ample Indoor Car Parking
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      925 14 411 Apartments For Rent (Dists 09-11) D.ll OPENTSuSir^U'M TrcT dla Odn. 4 < 1 Beautifully renovated. View WK *****00/ *****38 D.ll SHELFORD OREEN 1300 sq.ft. 3 bdrms. P/furn. S/pool. $3300. Phoenix *****94. D.ll THOMSON VICINITY spacious 3 bdrms. apt. F/furn. Near Novena MRT. $2200. *****95 agt himiko CT. Beautiful/ spacious
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      902 14 413 Apartments For Rent (Diats 21-29) OPEN HSE. TODAY 2 TO SP M. 23 Sunset Close Sun— t Lodge Immediate renUl. Beautifully furnished ft conveniently located. 2-rm. walk-up. Only $2400 p.m. TeLSSOOSOS Ay •fits w#lcofi># 3TUDIOI Available now! e Convenient location e Beautifully furnished e Full facilities Only $2980 per
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      949 14 419 Rooms For Rent 0.13 ROOM TO let. Pte. condo. Full facilities. Single prof, preferred. Tel: 725 1523. EAST COAST RO at Katong area rm. $450. Males only. Contact: *****37 F/ FURN. AIRCON. rm. avail for single lady/ sharing No agts. pls. Tel: *****29 pg. *****76 F/ FURN. AIRCON rm.
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      960 14 421 Apartments Wanted (Rent/ Buy) LARGE POOL OF Buyers/ tenants urgently need apts. Best prices assured. Owners call AR *****70 OWNERS OF OOLOCOAST. Villa D'West, Waterfort. Westbay needed Immed. Eastwest *****74 PARKWEST OR OTHERS 2-rms Wanted by expats. In April. F/Furn. Owners pls pg *****14 PROFEOOIOHAL SMALL FAMILY require 3-5
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      816 14 427 Housee For Sale (Diets 09-11) OPEN HOUSE 2 S PM 2 units brand new 2-storey bunglw pool at Camden Park. 6*l bdrms Land: 15.500/ 16.000 sq ft. Built-in area: 7600/ 7800 sq ft Superclass Interior furnishing Huge car porch garage Very wide frontage F'hold. View to offer Exclusive residential
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      714 14 429 Houses For Sale (Plata 12-20) OPEN HOUSE I TOOAY 4.00PM -6.00PU |j i tM i ih Mti iwmwwwtijn j i i w_t_\ |mb_-j' __M Pg 505-2993 sml Sole Marketing Agent Z D.13 VALUED INVESTMENT SOMMERVILLE BUNGLW. 6000/ 3400 sq.ft. TOP 6/*93 6 rms. 5 baths Exquisite finishings, flooring Beautiful
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      1613 15 az» Houses For Sala 428 Houses For Sala (Diats 12-20) (Dists 12-20) INVITATION TO TENDER Invitations are invited for the members of public to tender for the purchase of any one of the 2 units of 2-storey with attic semi-detached houses to be erected on Lot 266-125 Mk 18 (now
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      1012 15 428 Houses For Sala (Plata 12-20) D.lB OPEN HSE. 12-2pm 10 Meragt Close d storey Inter, terr. 2841 sq.lt. K'hold 3+l. Renovated, long drlvwav Tel. *****34 agt. D.lB 2-STOREY SEMI-D. I basement, 4800/ 5100 sq.tt. 6+l. Designer decor. Quality finishes. F'hold. 4 yrs. Grand Int'l *****35 O.IS BUNQA RAMPAI d/storey
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      1664 15 429 Houses For Sala 429 Houses For Sale 429 Houses For Sala (Diats 21-29) (Dists 21-28) (Dists 21-28) I _HB SUPERBLY DESIGNED 3-STOREY TERRACE W^ AND SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES AT YIO CHU KANG, GERALD CRESCENT, BUKIT MUGLISTON/ MUGLISTON PARK A SPEEDY JOURNEY TO ORCHARD ROAD/ CITY VIA NEWLY OPENED CTE TUNNELS
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      2123 15 436 Private Apta 436 Privata Apts 436 Privata Apts 436 Privata Apta For Sala For Sala For Sala For Sala (Dists 01-08) (Diats 01-08) (Dists 01-08) (Dists 01-08) ■■^■i^^^^™^^W^^^™^«^Mßßi^^^_ ■^^■■■■MM^M^Mi^^Hi^HMHM^^^B m______________m— __—_________________________W_____ \_W N D MINIUM I jB MM'iffirßrTT^^ *^l iT i*__ T li^**^alli[Bß|Bß^L ui Bb>^ i J lp s*-!5
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      2480 16 437 Privata Apts 437 Privata Apts 437 Privata Apts 437 Privata Apta For Sala For Sala For Sale For Sala (Plata 09-11) (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) H^HH____HBlriyS_BTj^ aaaa! __M____M___W __mf. _E'_f_______' WaVTI m^i I _v______ tr*] l l l T ntTn^7TTanßyßisff*^rT»>ff!r^ k^w h^b __^__m__\\' __m^^___m____ •V^^^-^'^_li^^^^ -l-rl I
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      2412 16 138 Privata Apta 438 Privata Apta 438 Privata Apts 438 Privata Apts 438 Privata Apta For Sala For Sale For Sala For Sala For Sale (Piata 12-20) (Plata 12-20) (Plata 12-20) (Piata 12-20) (Dists 12-20) ■jrkv. .:JE\mt*__m_mw_v _^____w_W_W 1 ''&*s*■'■ \W'-' -J W*F 0t __s^_m \M__\ -iim. __\Vi__. S"»-^J W^
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      515 16 439 Privata Apts For Sala (Dists 21-28) 0.22 PARC OABIB. TOP soon. 1076/ 1227/ 1378/ 1389/ 1539 sq.rt. 9550K/ 9600K/ 8700K/ 8720K/ S7BOK neg. D.21 CAVENOISH PARK. 926/ 958/ 1227/ 1270/ 1313 sq.ft. 8520K/ 8590K/ 9680K/ 9710K/ 9720K neg. 0.21 BT. REOENCY. 1055/ 1399/ 1539 (pool view)/ 1646 sq.tt. 9610K/
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      932 16 439 Privata Apta For Sala (Diats 21-21) JYING PARC OASIS call Cindy ***** DW. more than 20 unlU different types/ sizes avail. AVENDISH PK. BLK 2 1 balmy. 968 sq.rt American sch./ US/ Science Pk Agt. 308-9298 21 ASTOR GREEN 689 sq ft StUio. Exclusive unit Condo factlles. TOP *95.
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      927 17 452 HDB Apts For Sala (A.M. Kto/Biahan) ANG MO KIO AVE. 10 5-ROOM POINT BLK. Renovated Alrcon Close to to school, shops, market, food centre a Valuation S2SBK APCOT *****00 GRAB NOWI AM. Klo 3 i rm. 119 Ctrl. MRT/ 3-rm. 133. 255. 319. 541/ 4-rm. 131, 231, 565/ 5-rm.
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      1028 17 454 HOB Apta For Sala Bedok/Tampines SIMEI/ BEDOK RES. 5-rms blk 225/ 607. Low llr Simple renovation. Valued S23OK. 3-rms Chat Chee. Price neg. 306-8317 AMK. TAMPINES 4-RM CORNER Blk. 157 Renovated. Near amenities/ MRT Valued SISSK. View by appt Pg: 511-1048 Mlka. Ummm 'A' 870. Renovated with alrcon. wardrobes/
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      997 17 494 hdb Apts For sale (Bedok/Tampines) 4'A' TAMPINES 5T.42 High floor Near rood-central. Asking S2ISK Neg *****60, pg. *****53 Value 4 -NG' TAMPINES blk 248 Renovated. Aircon. 5 mlns. to MRT Value SISSK B Knight *****16 4 'NG' TAMPINES. Low tlr. No blocking. 100% move ln cond. Reasonable price. *****67
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      934 17 458 HDB AptS For Sala (Clementi/ Waat Coaat) ALL CLEMENTI 3/3' 2-rm 306.322. 329, 351. 354. 401. 432, 439. 513, 515. 703. 714, 728. 4.rm. 304, 313, 712, 5-rm Exec. 115, 201, 338 *****41 3-RM. CLEMENTI 90S, 329. 351. 313. 427. 728. 3'. rm. 432. 5-rm. 338. 4-rm. Dover Crescent.
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      1040 17 462 HOB Apts For Sala (Jurong/Bt. Batok) ALL BT. BATOK AREA 3 3' rm 138. 180, 219. 230. 263. 505 4-rm. 258. 304. 316. 325, 338, 410 5-rm A' 117, 202. 2 mlns. to MRT Exec 120. 140. 330, 351, 354. 535 ALL JURONQ AREA 3-rm. 101. 210. 245, 257,
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      923 17 462 HDB Apts For Sala (Jurong/Bt. Batok) 85K ONLYI HILLVIEW 5-rm. Pt No blocking. Mkt./ banks/ CC. Move-ln cond. Pg. 512-7845 agt. 3 'A' BT. Batok 81k.207/ 249 Open view. Mld-tlr. Nice. MRT/ town ctr./ sch./ mkt. Pg. *****30 WA 9 'A' JURONQ West St. 91 Blk 936. Low flr.
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      939 17 464 HOB Apta For Sal* (Yishun) Yishun Ave 1 1. Bfc 340 002-257. 5-rm comer. 1 min lo mkt. Near Npt/MRT/SctißenovatedSpW aircond. Balcony lac* pk. ***** 48. "We guarantee your deposU Call ua for FREE ERA Deposit Guarantee Programme!' EARLY VACANTI EXEC. apt. Blk. 877 marble flr. Cash SSOK. 4
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      1042 17 466 HOB Apta For Sale (Other Estates) OPEN HOUSE 3-RM. corner Kallang Bahru Blk 64. -06-349 no blockage Marble flooring Parquet rms. Price neg View on Sun. 10am 6pm *****78 Owner OPEH HSE. SPOTTISWOODE Pk Blk 106, 5-rm., lift flr.. Just renovated, bought access space. Morning sun only. Meet at
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      939 17 466 HOB Apta For Sale (Other Estates) 3-RM. CIRCUIT RO. Blk 57 High flr. Good facing. Near mkt. P/furn Cheap. David *****16 NL 3-RM. CLEMENTI BLK. 341. Boon Lay blk 187. Sims Dr. blk 59. Yishun 709 *****67/ *****03 agt 3-RM. CORNER BOON Lay high flr. Nicely renovated. Ctr. Valuation
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      916 17 470 HOB Apartments Wanted (Buy) ARN Urgently Required 3-rm. in Ang Mo Kto, Toa Payoh, Bedok, Tamplnes. 4/ S-rm./ Mara, in Tampines. Bedok 8 other areas. We provide/ can obuin reasonably htgh price Professional reliable service. Quick turnover. Free valuation/ consultation. Ready Immediate cash, buyers/ HK PR Owners call 734-6402
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      684 18 aei utiice spaces For Rant 881S80 FOR 400 sq.ft Prime office space at Battery Road. Free par- r titionlng It carpeting according to your needs. Rent Inclusive of central alrcon. PUB charges. Facing Battery Rd. a S'pore Rtv- er. Self-contained unit with own entrance. Call Maggie at *****78 0.18 OLENEAQLES
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      623 18 485 Foreign Properties 495 Foreign Properties 608 Computer Courses E~-E____t_______________________________________w_______________m m^^mmmEEEW&WEEEsm QUEENSLAND fWUIIsJJ/^irs^l FASTEST GROWING STATE IN AUSTRALIA ___M__mJm___&i—__V 4.5 million sq.ft. of freehold lend feeing ths S Great Barrier Reef, Australia, for *****,0007 HHUi^JigLiJi^^H (Only 5 Blocks available) _Wmmm_mmSm!_W INVESTMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE S Right next to latest approved
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      1138 18 502 Cruises 502 Cruises 502 Cruises j»/ _______i_f I _k__^_L__efl— Bar '£L_________W\ W JW^^£ _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^ NEW YEAR SPECIAL* *BALI/MANILA/TOKYO cbOAIIA *HONG KONG/BANGKOK WMM K 7TO 11 DAYS FLY CRUISE RV Ffl(fa-|flflP 608 Computer Couraes 606 Computer Courses E»r__!^Mi-W-yJr^*A^^ BMMMMBMMBfr/M mjB.mbiiij.»— im i Bf#l!l9l a ft_Zl__Bj'Lßißßß_ BBB_r TBI PIACB MB IBAL
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      425 18 650 Fitness/Sports Instruction SCANDINAVIAN TENNIS COACH avail, for pte. It group tuition Tel *****60/ fax *****55 Olen 660 Driving Instruction CATHAY DRIVING CTR. Basic, final theory course. Hourly 81k.217 Bedok N #01-55. *****14 LEARN DRIVING at Aug Mo Klo. Übi a Bt. Batok Test Ctr Alan Tan 826-0269/ 383-0167/ 500-1476
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      1466 19 r ju secretarial/ clerical Positions _^ls_ffflllt- >__• Beat Staff For You /SURE WINI LUCKY DIP great prizes ln our Lucky Draws JACK Y CHEUNG TICKETS/ TRIP TO EUROPE S MANY OTHERS... COMPUTERISED, PERSONALISED EMPLOYIMNT SERVICE Secretarial. Clerical. Technical, EVfcutlve. Managerial It Part-time/ Temp, positions. Call *****20 For a Tree Consultation
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      235 19 795 Other PoaitJona An EsUbllshed local company tn West Coast Road requires: 1) CONTAINER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS (tor Depot Operations) Experience required Oross salary above ***** I GENERAL WORKERS Medical benefits Annual leave Transport will be provided at pick up points Interested please call 264 2522 ext 843 or come personally
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      1197 19 Monday to Friday: 9am to s:3opm (spm deadline for next day; fax orders 4pm) Saturday: B:3oam to 2pm (11.30am deadline for Sunday; fax orders ll:OOam) PubMc HoMday: 9.30am to lpm TIMES HOUSE: NEWS CENTRE: SSO Kim Seng Road, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 0923 Singapore 1 334 Monday to Friday Sam
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          Serving the very rich
          851 2 MORE Singaporeans are using private bankers to help them invest their money. These Singaporeans are usually described as "high networth", with at least US$l million (SSI.6 million) in spare cash to invest. But private bankers are quick to point out that their focus still remains in
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          HALLMARKS OF PRIVATE BANKING
          249 2 PRIVATE banking first emerged some 200 years ago in Switzerland. The term and concept came from a group of well-to-do Swiss families who decided to set up private banks to manage their own funds. Private banking evolved to mean the expertise a bank can provide in
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          Competing for clients
          308 2 I #T IS not just private bankers vmhave got interested in a busileg generally seen as lucrative in "less risky than lendings. Che concept of private bankni *has been extended to cover .o lulled upmarket retail customer: ".who enjoy what are called 3r Jrity banking services. These
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          TAKE A CONDUCTOR WITH A SYMPHONY
          597 2 A SENIOR colleague of Melina Wee's says jokingly that the private banking manager has been posted to Hongkong to look for a husband. But attractive, articulate and brainy Miss Wee certainly does not lack qualifications or opportunities to meet highly eligible and rich men
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        Tiong Bahru's 'bar in park' to go
        924 3  -  LEONG WENG KAM Its regulars of senior citizens and former bar hostesses hope it will not have to 'Ask any taxi-driver, they know this place as the home for senior citizens in Tiong Bahru.' Mr Peter Leong, 50, an air-conditioning sub-contractor 'I have
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        Global families So far yet so near
        1055 4 Global families So far yet so near Singapore families separated by thousands of miles are finding new ways to maintain close ties, as TUMINAH SAPAWI finds out. THANKS to advances made in communication, family ties need not suffer as more Singaporeans spread their wings overseas to study, work or live.
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        Far but still close
        198 5 FOR Dr Florence Lee, a child education consultant, physical distance ceases to be a barrier if the emotional bonds are strong. "You can be physically close and see each other for 24 hours and yet cannot bear each other's company. On the other hand, if you
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        Every second is treasured
        321 5 FOR Mrs Rose Ong, Margaret's departure about 20 years ago left her with a sense of loss initially. But within a matter of months, Mrs Ong, who was working in an insurance company then, managed to come to terms with her eldest daughter's going away. Margaret
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        OEO WAY TO MAINTAIN CLOSENESS
        183 5 FAMILY ties between Mr Alvin Soh, 30, who lives in Canada with his Canadian wife and his parents in Singapore are not affected even though they are miles apart. According to his 55-year-old mother, Mrs Catherine Soh, Mr Soh sends videotapes of his family back
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        Starry, starry deal on cruise ship
        596 7  - Starry, starry deal on cruise ship LEONG WENG KAM By THE Singapore Broadcast- ing Corporation's pool of more than 100 full-time Chinese drama actors and actresses are taking turns to perform on the cruise ship, Langkapuri Star Aquarius, in a contract with the vessel, its biggest in terms of .t&e
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        From opera to pop on high seas
        322 7 ONE is a Beijing-trained soprano who has sung Italian operas such as Verdi's La Traviata and who plays the piano, cello and saxaphone. The other is a traditional Chinese opera actress from Nanjing who has played leading roles in such classics as Madam
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        Jotted by towering presence
        918 8 Music retail giant Tower Records is open and owners of competing CD shops tell JOHN LUI that its entry into the market and increasing competition have made them think hard about how to improve service. TOWER RECORDS opened in December last year and its success has
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        As skilled as a thief in the night
        299 8  -  JOHN LUI WESTERN POP HB" FOR THE BEAUTY OF WYNONA Daniel Lanois (Warner Bros) DANIEL LANOIS is a producer from Cana--"^ da and has twiddled knobs for the likes otZZI Bob Dylan and U2. He rarely creates music"*-~-?-of his own, but when
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        'I only want to stretch'
        783 9 With her role as a mute pianist in the forthcoming The Piano, the tenacious Holly Hunter is finally at play in her field of dreams. JUNIPER FOO reports. 'It's my face. It just looks so ordinary.' HOLLY HUNTER has certainly been hitting a year of
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        Convict and hostage, father and son
        628 9  - Convict and hostage, father and son Wong Kim Hoh Movies A PERFECT WORLD Today at Shaw, Golden Village and Overseas Movie cinemas A PERFECT WORLD opens with a shot of Kevin Costner's armpit. The unsavoury sight perhaps portends that Mr Nice Guy ofthe screen is not going to be so
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        Gag 'em, please
        1118 12  -  WONG KIM HOH TV WATCH LETS say you are a regular guy, a nice man who is willing to go just a little out of his way to lend a helping hand to those who need it. So, when a woman you don't know comes up to
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        Team Player
        94 13 IT IS getting obvious that maverick director Robert Altman (above) loves* working with a huge cast of stars. The man behind The Player and Short Cuts has rounded up Julia Roberts, Anouk Ainee, Marcello Mastroianni. Linda Hunt, Tracey UUman and Lauren Bacall in his next film, Pret A
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        108 8 Mr. Mrs. Tan Kai Tjeng (Djaja Tandjung) r^-i MANAGING DIRECTOR 4\ JAYA MAKMUR ENTERPRISE CO. (PTE) LTD. IS] ASIA POLYURETHANE MFB PTE LTD P.T. JAVA ABADI MULI A KIMI A on t/tw oemhkn oime maMmge m j_ rr ana fJiM jlaMnme 3om in ainmi^M on tandem, 46 fianuabu 4994 BAYER
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        233 9 SpQ Congratulations Wm TU2*SSr\ Mr Mrs Tan Kai Tjeng £7 (Djaja Tandjung) h 1 1 Managing Director off H JAYA MUKMUR ENTERPRISE CO. (PTE) LTD If 1\ ASIA POLYURETHANE MFG. PTE LTD tt Y\ P.T. JAYA ABADI MULIA KIMIA M M tht marriage qf their youngest son, t ErtaA Tanking
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        74 12 A Bl_©_* WHS-BBS m t0 Mr Mrs Tan Kai Tjeng (Djaja Tandjung) j f Managing Director of (<_V JAYA MAKMUR ENTERPRISE GO. (PTE) LTD. I __*J ASIA POLYURETHANE MFG PTE LTD 1 P.T. JAYA ABAOI MULIA KIMIA I on I the marriage of their youngest son, I Tjtah Tandjung to
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        698 12 This Week Works By Derek Corke. Watercolour paintings of street scenes by the Britishborn artist. Presented by Art 2. 1 1 am to 9 pm. Thursday till Jan 27. The Substation's Gallery, 45, Armenian Street. Free. Exhibition Places Faces Movement. Black-and-white works on aspects of contemporary photography by German Silke
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        434 15 MERCEDES-BENZ is making an official return to Formula One racing after a 40-year absence in a bid to revamp its image and appeal to young, sporty drivers. "ITie goal for us is to win new customers, especially new and young drivers," said Mr Norbert Haug,
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        Sit in luxury at budget
        705 15 Sit in luxury at budget Tho -nsslaio fe ■"e ™Y\Ca,a^ IS Still Dig and strong but IK* quite SO Simple -________—.—-a______■ Whiz-kid features make the new Holden Calais a cut above its predecessors. WINSTON LEE reports. MOTORING PARK the car on a dark driveway and the headlights remain on for
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        922 16  -  TAN BAH BAH THE WEEK'S NEWS THAT MATTERS TO YOU ONE was bravely debating family values over a mounting rubble of scandals. Another was trying to work out a proper set of procedures to do business but found that its members were more interested in
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        1462 17  -  RICHARD LIM We wine and dine some of Singapore's most desirable women, as picked by this month's Her World magazine, which, by the way, has sold out in many outlets because ofthe feature on these women. This week, our date is Rosalynn Tay, 27,
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        492 18 BITES CYNICS may doubt the authencity of hawker food sold in hotels, but all the same, Cafe La Terrasse in Le Meridien Hotel is out to woo Jhem with a Penang Hawker Food Promotion, from Friday to Jan 30. The line-up of "famous hawkers" includes a
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        Oyster-sauce maker Lee Kum Kee launches new gourmet product
        478 18  -  MAGDALENE LUM _L LEE KUM KEE, a Hongkong company whose name has been synonymous with oysters for 106 years, has turned to scallops and dried prawns. The company, the British territory's major oyster-sauce producer, is now launching its new XO gourmet
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        A vegetarian porridge with Buddhist origins
        403 18  - A vegetarian porridge with Buddhist origins MARGARET CHAN EATEN LABA is it a fruit? A lute? No, it is blessed porridge. In Jiangsu province in China, laba is traditionally eaten on the eighth day ("ba") of the 12th lunar month ("/a"), the anniversary of Lord Buddha's Enlightenment, which falls on
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        108 17 Give yourself a break. Leave the stresses and pressures of today's world behind. Take off on a well-deserved break and experience all the luxury and facilities ofthe Philippines' premier beach resort. Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort is everything you want a holiday to be. And it's now so easy to reach.
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