The Straits Times, 22 February 1996

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    15 1 The Strait s Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1996 60 CENTS MITA (P) 047/12/95
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    Firms set to meet training target
    534 1  -  Tan Yong Meng Aim to reach 4% of payroll by March By COMPANIES here are well on their way to meeting the national target of spending 4 per cent of their payroll on training by the end of next month. Many large companies with
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    Lock icon Lunar New Year cheer for the elderly
    236 1 MORE than 300 people from nine old-age homes visited the Singapore River Hongbao yesterday afternoon. There, they were front-row guests at an hour-long variety concert, after which they were each given a food packet consisting of dim sum and a $10 hongbao. Their
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    Lock icon Buchanan upsets Dole in Republican primary
    492 1 MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) Fiery conservative Patrick Buchanan, self-pro-claimed foe of the Republican establishment, won the party's presidential primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday. His upset victory suddenly reshaped the Republican race to regain the White House into a contest between his America-first followers and
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    Lock icon US to impose selective sanctions on China: Report
    616 1 Move to punish country for selling N-materials to Pakistan 'The main victim is US business, and China doesn't suffer.' Mr Stanley Roth, head of research at the US Institute for Peace, on the implications for American companies if they lost their contracts
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    Lock icon US to seek 'strategic dialogue' with Beijing
    333 1 WASHINGTON The US government will seek high-level talks with China in the coming weeks to build closer ties and tone down disagreement on several issues, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The "strategic dialogue", said unnamed US officials, would involve more frequent high-level talks
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      10 1 Spending on training pays off for two companies: Page 3
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      11 1 More reports: Page 5 How Republicans view the world: Page 18
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      184 1 MADE IN GERMANY -^*^^A I Sole Agent: WONG BROTHERS SHOE TEL: 283 3843 More difficult for China to renew MFN now, says Patten: Beijing can't win outright clash with Taiwan: Page 9 fi "ft p 7 ft 1 "5 1 ft ft Of"l 7 mi m I, i i DOREMA
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon S. Korea, Japan ready for talks to settle territorial row
      432 2 Dispute over Takeshima/Tokto islets 'Despite the deterioration in Japan-South Korean relations, we hope the two leaders will hold an orderly meeting/ Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama. SEOUL South Korea and Japan yesterday appeared set to take an acrimonious row
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      Lock icon Johor govt to set up task force to promote Senai airport worldwide
      309 2 JOHOR BARU The Johor state government will set up a task force to promote the Sultan Ismail International Airport in Senai worldwide, Mentri Besar Haji Abdul Ghani Othman said yesterday. The proposal to set up such a panel
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      Lock icon Unusual palms and colourful plants at new Istana Park
      338 2  -  Tan Hsueh Yun By COCONUT palms have been planted in shallow pools, colourful cannas in red and orange hues are blooming, and people can go to the Istana Park to see them. But an official opening date for the $13.3-million park,
      TAN SUAN ANN  -  338 words
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      SNEF to run personality, aptitude tests on the Net
      534 3  -  Tan Yong Meng Move to help stop new graduates from job-hopping By Many may not know exactly what they want and take the first job that comes along. When other offers come up, they quit and move on. Lack of proper
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      Lock icon Homesick for prison walls
      131 3 Homesick for prison walls TOKYO A homesick model prisoner has escaped from a minimum-security facility in southern Japan to return to th£ walled prison where he was originally serving a 14--month sentence, police said yesterday. The spokesman for the Ehiirte prefectural police on Shikaftu island said that Masaru Ufata, 23,
      AFP  -  131 words
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      Lock icon IBM and Microsoft realign businesses for Internet
      398 3 NEW YORK If there was any remaining doubt about the promise of the Internet, it all but vanished on Tuesday when the world's biggest computer company and software maker both realigned their businesses to respond to the rapid growth of the global computer
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      Lock icon Spending on training pays off for two Singapore companies
      405 3 The National Productivity Board says companies in Singapore are expected to meet the target of spending 4 per cent of their payroll on training by the end of next month. Two companies which have gained from investing in training are YCH
      WONG KWAI CHOW  -  405 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Saddam pardons returning sons-in-law
      474 4 Defectors and their wives back in Iraq as Washington reacts with stunned disbelief We have not been involved in this. We have not given him advice. It is not our decision He made a decision. It is a very interesting decision.' US State Department spokesman Nicholas
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      Lock icon Seventh Indian minister resigns amid graft scandal
      340 4 NEW DELHI A seventh In- dian minister quit yesterday w after being implicated in a snowballing graft scandal which had rocked the political spectrum, officials said. Minister of State for Urban Affairs R. K. Dhawan, a for- mer aide of assassinated 3JJ Prime
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      Lock icon Rapper found not guilty of murder
      216 4 LOS ANGELES A jury found rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard not guilty on Tuesday of murder, but is deadlocked on a manslaughter charge. The lanky rapper is free on bail pending the outstanding verdicts. Judge Paul Flynn had to ask for order
      Reuter  -  216 words
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      Lock icon Fat or thin, the cause may be in the genes, study shows
      245 4 AUCKLAND Ethnicity plays a large part in whether people are obese, according to a medical researcher yesterday. Auckland Institute of Technology anatomy and physiology lecturer Elaine Rush found that the resting metabolic rate of Polynesian women was lower
      AFP  -  245 words
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      Lock icon Buchanan scores on working-class anger
      524 5 Majority of those who voted for him are in lower-income group and call themselves conservative Next primary: Delaware Feb 24 WASHINGTON Patrick Buchanan has tapped into the angry, working-class white electorate that helped keep Republicans in the White House through much of the 1970s and
      Washington Post; AFP  -  524 words
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      Lock icon Dole has deeper pockets than Alexander
      148 5 Dole has deeper pockets than Alexander WASHINGTON In the wake of the New Hampshire primary, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole appears to have the financial resources to sustain his candidacy but former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander faces difficult financial straits when the primary schedule hits overdrive next month. The campaigns
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      Lock icon Rightist who is anti-big business, anti-free trade and anti-immigration
      358 5 MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) With his stunning upset victory in the New Hampshire primary, fiery right-wing pundit Pat Buchanan whose enemies brand him an extremist has started a war for control of the Republican party. Striking a chord with voters by attacking
      Reuter  -  358 words
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      Lock icon Challenger 'trying to divide the people'
      261 5 Challenger 'trying to divide the people' From the White House: WASHINGTON The White House attacked a leading presidential challenger on Tuesday, saying that Mr !Pat Buchanan wanted to divide Americans. President Bill Clinton himself denounced an fcicident that Mr Buchanan's rivals blamed on the consefrvative commentator's supporters. "One of the
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      Lock icon Hot issue: All nations urged to do more to fight global warming
      357 6 Hot issue: All nations urged to do more to fight global warming PARIS Environment ministers from the world's leading economic powers agreed on Tuesday that developing and industrial nations alike must do more to battle global wanning and chemicals which deplete the ozone layer. Britain's Environment Secretary John Gummer said
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      Lock icon Cold misery: Arctic chaos in Europe
      568 6 Freak snowstorms, gales and temperatures that plunged below zero swept Europe from Sweden to Spain on Tuesday, wreaking havoc with transport systems and claiming lives. As many usually temperate countries battled Arctic conditions, weather forecasters said more heavy snow was in store across much
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      Lock icon ... and in Portugal: Sunshine!
      45 6 and in Portugal: Sunshine! While meet of Europe shivered, Portugal has basked in glorious sunshine for the past four days, after its rainiest winter in 107 years. Parts of the Iberian peninsula and southern Italy were also spared the ravages of inclement weather. Reuter AFP
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      Lock icon Boy lost in French Alps survives night in snow burrow
      193 6 ANNECY (France) A 12--year-old boy lost li| the French Alps shocked rescuers when he turned up safe and sound at his children's ski-camp after speeding Monday fight in a snow hole on a mountain, officials said. Adrlen Demichefe get lost
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    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon ISRAEL POLLS DATE
        54 7 Israel's main political parties ended a week of bickering on Tuesday, setting May 29 as the date for early national elections, Prime Minister Shimon Peres last week called early elections in hopes of capitalising on a comfortable lead in public opinion polls over his main rival, Likud
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        Lock icon WOMAN CHESS CHAMP
        34 7 Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar beat Chinese teenager Xie Jun in Spain to become the new women's world chess champion on Tuesday. Polgar won by 8.5 points to 4.5 after 13 games. Reuter
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        Lock icon MURDER CHARGE
        53 7 A man was charged on Tuesday with murdering 19-year-old French student Celine Figard, whose naked body was found in a road lay-by last December after she hitched a lift in a lorry. Police said the Englishman was arrested when detectives swooped on a house in the western county
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        Lock icon $41m ART AWARD
        81 7 France's highest civil court on Tuesday ordered the state to pay an art collector 145 million francs (S*4l million) to settle a wrangle over one of the last masterpieces by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The Cour de Cassation, upholding a 1994 award by a Paris appeal
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        Lock icon NIGERIAN ATTACKS
        73 7 Cameroon said on Tuesday that Nigerian troops had resumed attacks on its positions in the disputed Bakassi i Peninsula, where troops on both sides died in clashes early this month. Foreign ministers of Nigeria and Cameroon met in northern Togo last week and agreed to stop fighting in
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        Lock icon A JUMP INTO TROUBLE
        57 7 A young man who parachuted 120 m from ■the top of a city tower block here early yesterday has received for his troubles a charge of unlawful entry into the building, police said. The man, aged 24 and not identified by police, will appear before a
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        Lock icon FOUL BLAST
        47 7 Hundreds of .people were evacuated from their "homes on Tuesday after a blast at a Mexico City chemicals factory sent a cloud of foul-smelling gas billowing into their bedrooms. The authorities said the gas leaked from the factory in the south-eastern district of Iztapalapa. Reuter
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      Lock icon Police find IRA explosives cache in London after blast
      524 7 Safety is top priority: Major LONDON Police investigating an Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb which blew apart a London bus and apparently killing its carrier, said on Tuesday that they had discovered large amounts of explosives and bomb-mak-ing equipment after overnight
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      Bombing campaign likely to continue, experts warn
      412 7  -  Neville Stack By in London ANTI-TERRORIST experts have warned Prime Minister John Major that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is in a position to carry out a protracted bombing campaign. The assessment was made by anti-terrorist experts of the British Security Service and
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      Lock icon Backing for European defence identity
      405 8 Important also for Nato to involve Russia fully, say Clinton and alliance chief WASHINGTON US President Bill Clinton and Nato Secretary-General Javier Solana voiced support on Tuesday for developing a "distinct European defence identity" within the Atlantic alliance. According to a White House statement, Mr
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      Lock icon Kohl backs Yeltsin, tells West to continue aid
      355 8 MOSCOW German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, saying it would be "idiotic" for the West to halt aid to Russia, backed President Boris Yeitsin on Tuesday and shrugged off criticism for ignoring opposition leaders here. In a clear vote of confidence in Mr Yeltsin
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      Lock icon Ukraine denies selling military planes to drug traffickers
      425 8 Charge not backed by proof, says ministry KIEV Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has denied a US newspaper report which said the former Soviet republic's government was involved in selling and leasing military cargo planes to South American drug traffickers. The Los Angeles Times
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      Lock icon Judge moves Oklahoma blast trial to Denver
      257 8 Judge moves Oklahoma blast trial to Denver OKLAHOMA CITY A US federal judge said on Tuesday the trial of Oklahoma City bombing suspects Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols would be moved to Denver because a fair hearing was impossible in Oklahoma. District Judge Richard Matsch said in a statement that
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      313 6 SINGAPORE Generally windy with occasional I I Htpti: Sunset today: showers. 31 72 P™ iTj Sunrise tomorrow: KM Kq 7.16 am For an update on the local weather, caR 542-7788 AIR QUALITY Pfl fat 4 nm yesterday): 38 (Good) Abidjan 24/32C Cloudy Kuala Lumpur 23/33C Rain Adelaide 20/36C Clear Kuching
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      Lock icon Search on for shrunken head
      190 8 S. African witch doctor in Scotland to find king's remains INVERNESS (Scotland) A South African witch doctor arrived here on Tuesday in a bid to find the shrunken head of his long-dead ancestor, King Hintsa. Chief Nicholas Gcaleka said spirits had led him to northern
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      Lock icon Japanese composer dies
      80 8 TOKYO Mr Toru Takemitsu, a prolific composer known for his intensely introspective concert works as well as for the colourful, evocative scores he wrote for Japanese films, died of cancer on Tuesday in Tokyo. He was 65. Mr Takemitsu was the first Japanese composer to become known
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      Lock icon Protester won't press charges
      164 8 HULL (Quebec) A demonstrator who was manhandled by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien last week said on Tuesday he would not press charges. But Mr Bill Clennett said he would send the Royal Canadian Mounted Police a dental bill for damage to a bridge and crown
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      Meanwhile...
      143 8 Meanwhile TRAMPLED: Wilson "Bok" Mashimbge, a 60-year-old South African gamekeeper, was trampled to death by a giraffe last week on a farm in the north of the country, police said on Tuesday. COP ARRESTED: German police have arrested one of their own officers for armed robbery after a colleague recognised
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      47 8 We cannot spend all day going through papers. There is no good reason to keep all these people on the job doing nothing/ Sweden's Police Commissioner Hans Olvebro admitting on Tuesday that the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme 10 years ago will probably never be solved.
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon More difficult for Chinese to renew MFN now: Patten
      296 9 More difficult for Chinese to renew MFN now: Patten HONGKONG It will be harder this year for China to get unconditional US renewal of the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trading status, HongIkong Governor Chris Patten said yesterday. He also warned that Hongkong's economy could suffer the most if Washington failed
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      Lock icon 'Doubtful' that China will win war outright
      539 9 But it can harass Taiwan: Officials and experts NEW YORK China probably could not win in a direct clash of arms with Taiwan, but Beijing has the ability to harass and badger Taiwan with aircraft and missile attacks, according to Pentagon leaders, Taiwan
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      Tension may ease but 'suspicion, anxiety will remain'
      271 9 THE current tension in the Taiwan Strait may ease off in six months' time, according to a commentary in the Hongkong Economic Journal, an independent daily widely read by intellectuals. However, suspicion and anxiety would remain, said China commentator Chen Zibo, and
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      Lock icon NEW YEAR'S JOY
      37 9 picture. Two school girls blowing bubbles at a fair in Beijing's uitan rant on tne eve 01 Lunar New Year on Sunday. Above them is a canopy of red umbrellas strung between trees. Reuter
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      Beijing reshuffles posts to boost economic, trade ties
      318 9 THE China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Beijing's biggest quasi-government trade body, has reshuffled its personnel within the crossstrait economic and trade association. It involves officials from various divisions within the State Council, or China's Cabinet, as well as key
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      Lock icon Malaysia does not see China as a threat
      178 9 Malaysia does not see China as a threat KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia did not perceive China as a threat t& international and regional security said Acting Foreign Minister Datufc Abu Hassan Omar. He said yesterday that China al» ways worked closely with Malaysif on various international and regional issues, and added
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    • IN A NUTSHELL
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        Lock icon GAS EXPLOSION
        57 10 A 70-year-old woman was burnt to death and three other people were injured in a gas explosion which rocked a hospital in the central Japanese city of Yamanashi yesterday, police said. A spokesman for the prefectural police said the woman was visiting the Welfare Hospital in Yamanashi city
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        Lock icon FIRE KILLS FIVE
        52 10 At least five people were killed in a guest house fire i in eastern Taiwan yesterday. Three others remained in critical condition after flames consumed the Han Kung guest house in Hualien, on Taiwan's east coast. Police said the fire may have started in an employees' recreation
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        Lock icon NEW YEAR TREAT
        51 10 Fifty orphans from the Shanghai Orphanage spent their Lunar New Year in a luxury hotel. Shanghai Buddhists and businessmen arranged the treat for the children of Longhua Guest House. It has become a regular event for hotels to invite orphans to stay during the Lunar New Year.
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        Lock icon YOUNGEST READERS
        63 10 A pair of three-year-old Chinese fraternal twins have been declared the youngest readers in the world by the Shanghai branch of the Guinness Book of Records. Zhuang Zezheng and Zhuang Zefang from the eastern province of Shandong, can read about 2,400 Chinese characters and nearly 1,000 English words.
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        Lock icon OIL FIND
        46 10 Explorations at China's top oilfield Daqing have found new proven crude reserves of 90 million I tonnes, the People's Daily reported yesterday. I The report gave no further details on the date or location of the find at Daqing, in China's industrial north-east. Reuter
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        Lock icon GOING GREEN
        51 10 Hongkong government workers saved 6,200 trees from the axe by using less paper. The government raid it used 147,477 reams of paper, or over 73 million sheets, fewer in the first half of last year than in the same period the previous year, a 25 per cent reduction.
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      Lock icon US refuses to pay N. Korea for bodies
      510 10 Pyongyang wants $5.6 million for returning remains of 162 servicemen who fought in war WASHINGTON The United States has rejected as "unreasonable" North Korea's request for more than US$4 million (S$5.6 million) to cover past costs of returning remains believed to be
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      Lock icon Japan takes emergency measures to combat drought
      432 10 TOKYO Less than two years after the country's worst drought in 16 years caused more than US$1 billion (S$1.41 billion) in crop damage, the Japanese authorities are taking emergency measures to combat a fresh water shortage. In an unprecedented move, the Tokyo metropolitan
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      Lock icon Directing traffic — military-style
      70 10 Directing traffic military-style picture. A TRAFFIC policeman directing traffic m Chongqing, a major city In south-western China's Sichuan province. Starting this year, traffic police m many major cities have been instructed to use the standardised military-style signs and to project a more professional attitude m an attempt to Improve the
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      Lock icon China demands end to EU curbs on its exports
      305 10 BEIJING China has demanded that the European Union (EU) abolishes what it calls discriminatory limits on Chinese exports, highlighting one of Beijing's main concerns ahead of the first Asia-Europe summit next month. Mr Liu Yiuhou, deputy director-general of the Ministry of
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      Lock icon Japan supports Asian efforts to forge ties with Europe
      302 10 TOKYO Japan will support initiatives V$, other Asian countries to beef up overall relations with the European Union at the AsiaEurope Meeting early next month, Deputy Foreign Minister Shunji Yanai said yester* day. "The March 1-2 summit in Bangkok will be
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      Lock icon N. Korea recalls children abroad
      170 10 SEOUL Children of senior North Korean officials have been called back from overseas following the defection of a diplomatic couple in Zambia, said a South Korean press report. "North Korea is summoning them home secretly," a government source told Yonhap news agency yesterday, adding that
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Aid pours in for Irian Jaya quake victims
      163 11 Aid pours in for Irian Jaya quake victims BIAK Medical aid and other relief began to stream into the eastern Indonesian island of Biak yesterday as the toll from a massive earthquake and seismic tidal wave rose to 78 people dead and 60 missing. "A medical team arrived here late
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      Lock icon Thai state farms' shares to be sold to rural bodies
      263 11 Jvlove will provide financial resources for provinces The government will enable community organisations to buy stakes m profitable state-owned units. BANGKOK Thailand's Fitnce Minister said yester- the government would 1 its holdings in many profitable state enterprises to rural community
      Reuter  -  263 words
    • Article
      Banham govt to carry out limited Cabinet reshuffle
      352 11  -  Sinfah Tunsarawuth By in Bangkok THE Banharn Silpa-archa government looks set to carry out a limited reshuffle soon, now that two partners in the ruling coalition have agreed to move junior ministers belonging to their parties to othtr portfolios. The reshuffle, which
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      New carriers push down air fares in Philippines
      362 12  -  Leticia Perez 3 companies competing with PAL *y in Manila PHILIPPINE passengers have been enjoying lower fares and better service aboard aircraft during the last two years after the government decided to allow new domestic carriers to compete with Philippine Airlines (PAL).
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      Lock icon Beward to catch Thai security guard who robbed employer
      176 12 BANGKOK Thai police have offered a 20,000-baht (551.133) reward for help with the capture of a security guard who robbed the bank he was supposed to be protecting and then fled with his girlfriend. Police said yesterday they were still searching
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      Lock icon Manila, Beijing to discuss piracy and Spratlys
      364 12 MANILA Alleged Chinese pirate attacks and a territorial dispute will be discussed at a high-level meeting between China and the Philippines next month, Foreign Secretary Domingo Siazon announced yesterday. He said the two sides would discuss co-operative efforts in patrolling the disputed area,
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      Lock icon Two illegal fishing boats caught off south-west coast
      180 12 MANILA The Philippine Navy last week caught two Malaysian-registered vessels fishing illegally off the coast of Palawan province In south-western Philippines, the military said on Tuesday. It said the first vessel was caught on Feb 13 while poaching near Mangsee Island off
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      Lock icon Going to prison — and getting a degree
      117 12 Going to prison and getting a degree PRISONERS who used their time behind ban to acquire a university degree lining up in a Thai jail. For the average inmate, who may not have completed compulsory education because of poverty or because schools were too far away, prison can provide a
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      Lock icon Banharn to visit Myanmar in bid to normalise ties
      301 12 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa will try to normalise troubled relations with Myanmar with an official visit to Yangon next month, according to a Thai government official. Mr Banharn will lead a small delegation to Yangon for a two-day visit
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      Lock icon Pope sends envoy to East Timor
      206 12 VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul, following his recent appeal for a "just solution" to the contested Indonesian province of East Timor, has sent the Vatican's justice and peace expert there on Tuesday on a pastoral visit. Chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a
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      Lock icon Another ship sinks off Philippines
      184 12 MANILA A Panamanianregistered freighter sank off the coast of a northern Philippine town after a battering by strong waves, leaving two crew missing in the second sea accident in the Philippines in three days. Sixteen crew members df the MV Ocean Ruby, operated by Tokyo-based
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        Lock icon DANGEROUS MISSION
        67 12 A team of Red Cross officials, doctors, a Christian missionary and guides entered Irian Jaya's jungle on Tuesday to locate separatist rebels holding 13 hostages since Jan 8, said a military spokesman yesterday. The mission was the first attempt to find the kidnappers belonging to the Free Papua
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        Lock icon CULT MEMBER NABBED?
        90 12 Thai police said on Tuesday that they arrested a member of the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, accused of a deadly nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subway last year, as a security measure ahead of next month's Asia-Europe summit. But the Japanese embassy said that while there was
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        Lock icon PAPER BARON DIES
        60 12 The chairman and owner of Thailand's largest mass circulation daily, Thai Rath, has died of kidney cancer at age 76, said the company yesterday. Mr Kamphol Vatcharaphol, who was in hospital since August, died early yesterday. The veteran journalist and three-time senator who bought the newspaper in
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        Lock icon LIPOSUCTION INQUIRY
        60 12 The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation said on Monday it was probing the death of a Philippine Airlines' flight attendant who died while undergoing liposuction to remove fat from her thighs. NBI chief forensic expert Prospero Cabanayan said the family of Janet Ang, 36, disputed the surgeon's report
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        Lock icon OVERSEAS EARNINGS
        66 12 Overseas Filipino workers sent home US$lO.O5 billion (Ssl4 billion) between 1990 and 1994, a government committee on migration said this week, adding that about half of them were domestics. The Migrant's Advisory and Information Network also said in the report to the Labour Department that 29 per cent
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      • Article
        AIDS SUICIDE
        56 12 An Aids patient shunned by her family jumped to her death in Chiang Rai, Thailand, from the third floor of a hospital building on Tuesday, reported the Bangkok Post yesterday. Taesiew sae Lee, 31, was admitted earlier this month. No one visited her, causing her to become ashamed
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        Lock icon KHMER AMBUSH
        57 12 Khmer Rouge guerillas cut Cambodia's main highway in a one-hour ambush on Tuesday that left at least one truck driver dead, police said yesterday. Eyewitnesses said the guerillas held up a convoy of cement trucks for about an hour before they started shooting. They then fired a rocket
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Border wall: Let's talk it over, Mahathir tells Thais
      491 13 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that it was willing to use diplomatic channels to resolve problems with Thailand over the construction of a wall along their boundary. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that talks could determine whether
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      Lock icon Muslims warned against deviationist teachings
      436 13 It 'will cause disunity and create enmity' KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, yesterday warned Muslims against bringing in deviationist teachings which, he said, would not only cause disunity but also create Intense enmity within the tyThey should resist assimilating "new" interpretations
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      Lock icon Made-in-Malaysia sports car
      68 13 picture. MALAYSIA'S first locally-manufactured sports car, the TVR Chlmaera, Is scheduled to make Its debut In April, according to the manufacturer, TVR Sports (Malaysia) Bdn Bhd. The two-seater coupe, which comes with a four-litre V-8 engine, will be produced by the company at Its plant In Port
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      Lock icon Call to set up combined arms training centre quickly
      209 13 KUANTAN Armed forces chief General Tan Sri Ismail Omar has urged the government to speed up the establishment of the Msl.B-billion (Ss99o million) Combined Arms Training Centre in Gemas. He said such a centre was vital to the training of a
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      Lock icon Parents blamed for Indians not joining uniformed forces
      210 13 TAIPING Fewer Indians want to join the armed forces and the police force because of the wrong notion that their parents hold about the job, Malaysian Indian Congress deputy president Datuk S. Subramaniam has said. According to him, Indian parents viewed jobs
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    • Article
      Lock icon KL to probe Bosnian envoy's death after complaint by family
      179 13 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will investigate the death of the head of Bosnian embassy here after the diplomat's family complained of poor medical treatment at a private hospital, the Prime Minister said yesterday. "We will look into the death and see
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    • MALAYSIAFILE
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        Lock icon STORM HAVOC
        49 13 Several parts of Kuching were hit by power failure and floods following a thunderstorm on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the Sarawak Electrical Supply Corporation said yesterday. Meanwhile, flash floods in low-lying areas forced many residents to cancel plans to hold open houses on Hari Raya. Bernama
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        Lock icon BEAUTIFYING BANKS
        68 13 The Terengganu state government has decided to beautify the banks of rivers which flow parallel to roads in the state with a view to enriching the scenery. State Executive Councillor for Infrastructure and Public Utilities Tengku Putera Awang said in Kuala Terengganu yesterday that people living in riverine
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        Lock icon FESTIVE ROAD DEATH TOLL
        70 13 Another 27 people were killed in 465 traffic accidents throughout Malaysia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of festive-season fatalities to 87, federal police said yesterday. Since last Saturday, a total of 1,975 traffic accidents have been reported, according to the Traffic Branch
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        Lock icon CO-OP MERGER PLANS
        52 13 The Land and Co-operative Development Ministry is studying 35 co-operatives with large assets with a view to merging 20 of them into a consortium. The consortium, when set up, would play an active role in the manufacture of consumer products besides helping the government achieve its zero-inflation
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        Lock icon PARK REOPENING
        54 13 The Taman Negara Endau-Rompin, which was closed to the public last November because of floods and the rainy season, will reopen on March 1. Malaysians made up the largest number of visitors to the park, the oldest tropical rain forest in the world, followed by Singaporean, British, French
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        Lock icon ELECTRIC FENCES
        57 13 The Negri Sembilan Veterinary Services Department has introduced electric fences to prevent cattle straying from their grazing grounds in Jempol district. State Mentri Besar Tan Sri Mohamad Isa Abdul Samad said in Seremban yesterday that the electric fence was fitted with a reel of poliwire costing M$l,500 (S$830),
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        Lock icon PAHANG WOOS INVESTORS
        60 13 The Pahang state government has planned eight overseas trade missions this year to attract more investors to the state, according to Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob. He said in Kuantan on Tuesday that Pahang was wooing capital-intensive industries from countries such as Japan, South Korea, the
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      Lock icon Police find escape tunnels in squatter settlements
      178 13 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police discovered tunnels in some squatter settlements which illegal Indonesian immigrants had dug to escape from the authorities, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub said yesterday. The tunnels were uncovered when police conducted a check on the settlements
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      Super-computer a boon to students, researchers at NUS
      530 14  -  M. Nirmala 'You'll be able to see the lighting and soft shadows. What you see is what you will get' Architecture lecturer Edward Ng on the accuracy of the system. I [NOSAURS that roamed the t ains in the movie, Jurassic I
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      Centre for distributing illegal cigarettes raided
      227 14 Centre for distributing illegal cigarettes raided ■SSTOMS officers found 3,756 ■ftons of smuggled cigaHttes in a boarding house in Kqrlang in a raid on Tuesday, Kd believe they have Bshed an illegal cigarette Mkribution centre. KjThe unpaid Customs duty ■B. Goods and Services Tax HT) on the smuggled cigaTfteg came
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      Application open for environment award
      89 14 THE Rotary Club of Singapore is inviting applications for the Preserve Planet Earth Award 19%. Individuals, educational institutions, environmental groups and others may apply for money to pay for projects that help the environment. The award, started six years ago, is sponsored by Hongkongßank. A
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      Faulty train disrupts eastern MRT line
      349 14 Faulty train disrupts eastern MRT line TRAINS ran smoothly for most of the Lunar New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holiday, but one train broke down at the City Hall MRT terminal station on Tuesday evening. Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) public affairs manager Ang Lay Tee told The Straits
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      School to be built for special students
      370 14  -  Karamjit Kaur By WORK will start soon on the first school to be built to cater to the special needs of the intellectually-disabled student. Some of the features of the new Towner Gardens School include an observation room with two-way mirrors to allow
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      Lock icon Holland Close block stands at 28 storeys
      351 15  -  Tan Hsueh Yun By A BLOCK of Housing Board flats in Holland Close stands out from the neighbouring blocks. At 28 storeys, it is the tallest HDB block built so far, as HDB point blocks have gone up to 25 storeys. Block 30,
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      Coming up: New code for refuse handlers
      457 15  -  Dominic Nathan ENV aiming to raise service standards here By PRIVATE waste collectors will soon have a set of procedures to follow and standards to meet when they collect, transport, store and dispose of refuse. The Environment Ministry is preparing a code of
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      Court handles 17 cases in special holiday session
      340 15 A 59-YEAR-OLD man with a string of previous convictions was caught stealing six watches from a shop in Serangoon Road on Tuesday, a district court heard yesterday. Mr Vishindas Gangaram, 44, saw Eswaran Chinniah in his shop at about 11 am. Shortly
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      Dementia in the aged can be prevented: Hospital study
      669 16  -  Indrani Nadarajah By Most cases are irreversible and affect the functioning of the brain DEMENTIA is a disease that affects the brain and results in a loss of mental functions. It is not part of the natural ageing process. Causes: Some
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      Lower risk of strokes to prevent dementia
      205 16 VASCULAR dementia can be prevented by not having strokes in the first place. But even if all the risk factors for strokes are eliminated, only half of them can be prevented. It is not known what causes strokes. But Or V. Ramani, who
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      Wanted: Volunteers as Camp Rainbow befrienders
      155 16 VOLUNTEERS are needed as befrienders to the chronically- and terminally-ill children at an annual adventure camp in June. A recruitment drive for Camp Rainbow will be held at the junction of the walkway from Wisma Atria to Ngee Ann City on March 16 from
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      Man dies after m-cycle accident
      86 16 A MOTORCYCLIST died after his machine skidded along La Salle Street on Tuesday morning. Mr Lim Teck Guan, 51, an odd-job labourer, died on the spot. Police said he was riding down La Salle Street, off Frankel Avenue near Siglap, at about 7.30 am on
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      Lock icon Taming the seas a family affair
      512 16  -  Thomas Lee By *It was really frightening. You could not say one, two, three without a flash of lightning streaking over the sky.' Mr Gal, 40, recounting a storm in the South Atlantic WHEN he sailed around the world the first time in 1985,
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      Lock icon Bikers to cycle to Thailand to raise $100,000
      300 16 Bikers to cycle to Thailand to raise $100,000 Picture by A GROUP of four 40-some-things will be among 16 people who will cycle about 1,000 km to Thailand next month to raise $100,000 for charity. One of them, Mr A. Ramachandran, 47, a probation officer with the Ministry of Community
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      Lock icon Family-run croc farm a booming success
      577 17  - Family-run croc farm a booming success Chang Ai-Lien Plans to turn farm into regional breeding centre By THEN: Mr Lee Bak Kuan, 57, and his wife, Madam Tan Suan Choo, 49, started out in 1964 with 300 reptiles in a converted chicken farm in Yio Chu Kang. NOW: Today, with
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    • Article
      Burglars steal $2,000 from flat
      140 17 IT WAS the first day of trf Lunar New Year and while Mr Tan Heng Wang and htfi family were visiting vm& tives, burglars broke into their flat. A window had been tampered with and $2,000 wte missing. Mr Tan, 45, and his family left
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      School trains its ESN pupils to use public transport
      421 17  -  Yeow Pei Lin By TWO years ago, Selvi Ganapathy did not know how to take a bus to school. Now, the 14-year-old educationally subnormal girl has gone not only to school but to her friends' homes by bus on her own.
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      578 17 I At Dover Crescent, next to Singapore Polytechnic I DOVER PARKVIEW A luxurious seaview condominium that sets a new trend for 21st Century living with its intelligent home automation systems Built on high ground, with higher floors that command an excellent view of the buildings of Raffles Place and the
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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        Spot of bother over rocks
        680 18 POLITICAL pressures faced by the leaders of j Japan and South Korea are a plausible explanation why the two countries have got worked up over a group of islets that lie in the Sea of Japan midway between their coastlines. The way the unproven wealth
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      67 18 *I couldn't breathe. I like breathing too much. I had to 4ctor Charlie Sheen, who is getting a divorce from model Donna Peele, his bride of five months. The resistance to Roseanne is often a sort of class warfare carried on under the guise of PDood Taste. It's the last
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      Security partnership between US and Japan puzzles many Americans
      1171 18  -  Yoichi Funabashi By Asahi News Service It is simply not possible to keep the world's second-largest economy as a permanent ward/ Mr Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, calling for the scrapping of the Japan-US Security Treaty. DIVERSITY
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      Lock icon How the Republicans view the world
      573 18 International Herald Tribune With his distinguished war record and Senate leadership on international affairs, Mr Bob Dole (above) can set the standard for a more considered discussion of the world. MR 808 Dole played the foreign policy card in New Hampshire last week, trotting
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      Capital flows from Japan look set to shrink
      1431 19 Investors might do well to watch BoJ decisions closely There is little risk that the Bank of Japan will tighten policy abruptly. The economy is slack, many prices are still falling and the financial system remains fragile. But in the next 12
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      American critics of the WTO fear a threat to US sovereignty
      642 19  -  Paul Blustein By Washington Post Service 'We're not going to take dictation ever again from foreign countries, London or foreign capitals. So, what are they doing surrendering our sovereignty to a world trade organisation where we get one vote
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  • FORUM
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      NMPs defeat the tenet of representative democracy
      738 20 More is not representational If we are to have more NMPs in Parliament, we will be on a slippery slope towards reducing representation and citizens' choice of platform. NMPs are chosen by a few and do not represent the needs of the many.
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      Above all, potential MPs need motivation
      651 20 I WRITE in response to Mr Shriniwas Rai's letter on NMPs and less confrontational Parliament (ST, Feb 8). The issue is not whether we want NMPs to stay and a less confrontational Parliament. The real issue is whether we, as Singaporeans, can convince our
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      Necessary to exclude coverage on drunken driving
      294 20 I REFER to Mr Tan Thian Song's letter "Accident victim and third party insurance woes" (ST, Feb 6). In line with the Road Traffic Act, all motor insurance policies exclude acts committed by the insured driver who drives a motor vehicle while under
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      Encourage mothers to stay home for their children
      447 20 'Young children from birth to the age of about five would surely be better off living in smaller flats and having their mothers at home, than living in larger flats and having their mothers away all day, five-and-a-half days a week/ I
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      New MRT features will be tested on train
      171 20 I REFER to the letter by Wong Nian Jun "Consider extending partition in MRT train seat re-design" (ST, Feb 13). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) received its last and 19th train for the Woodlands Line on Feb 9 this year. This train
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      For sale: Digital Street Directory data
      174 20 I WOULD like to thank Mr Cham Yeow Kwang for his feedback on the Singapore Street Directory going multimedia in his letter "How about street directory in CDROM too? (ST, Feb 15). We are pleased to inform Mr Cham and the public that since
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  • SPORTS
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      Velappan cautions S-League
      620 22  -  Santokh Singh Tton't repeat mistakes of other Asian leagues' says AFC official BOCCEI By 'Singapore's brave venture is in keeping with our long-term plan to persuade as many of our members to go professional. But the S-League must not repeat the mistakes made by some of the
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      Woodlands told to trim budget by $200,000
      342 22  -  Joe Dorai By HIGH-spending Woodlands Wellington FC has been told to trim its annual budget by about $200,000. The directive came from the S-League board following the club's request for an advance to meet its financial obligations. The decision was confirmed yesterday by
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      Honours to Tan and Wong
      219 22 COKE AWARD A* GREAT performance by Ernest Tan at the World ffcun Squash Championships and Jack Wong's golden haul mi the South-east Asia Games earned the two athletes the Coca-Cola/The Sunday Times Sports Star Awards in the National category for November and December respectively. Tan,
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      Lock icon Zimbabwe falls to lethal Lankans
      291 22 CRICKET WORLD CUP COLOMBO A record-breaking third-wicket stand of 172 between Aravinda de Silva and Asanka Gurusinha helped Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe by six wickets in their World Cup Group A match yesterday. Replying to Zimbabwe's 228-6 in 50 overs, Sri Lanka scored 229-4 in
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      Lock icon Controversy surrounds Lara's dismissal
      293 22 AT PRESS time India replied with 94-3 after 21 overs. The not oat batsman was Sachin Tendulkar on St. Scores: India 14-3 (A.JadeJa b Ambrose 1, S. Tendulkar n.o. 5«, N.Sldhu b Ambrose 1, M.Asharvddln c Walsh b Harper 32, V. Kambll n.o. GWALIOR (India) Brian
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      305 22 FORMER New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee said yesterday that South Africa appeared to be a defi- I nite contender to reach the World Cup cricket final. Hadlee said in an article in the Indian Express newspaper that he was impressed with South Africa's batting, I bowling and fielding
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      Lock icon Finger injury big worry to spin wizard Warne
      353 22 VISAKHAPATNAM (India) Shane Warne has admitted to long-term concern about the state of his spinning finger as Australia prepares to make its belated entry into the World Cup against Kenya tomorrow. Hailed by Pakistan's Abdul Qadir last week as the best leg-spinner
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        Loyal David
        31 22 AUSTRALIA'S record rugby union try-scoring 33-year-old* winger David Campese has rejected an Asl.o million* ($l.OB million) offer to play for English club side Newcastle, The Australian newspaper reported yesterday.
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      New-look side to face Malaysia
      290 23  -  Mahmood Gaznavi CRICKET By A NEW-LOOK Singapore team, with only six regulars among the 14- member squad, has been named to face Malaysia in the annual Stan Nagaiah Trophy cricket competition. Skipper Thaiyar Mohammed, Zubin Shroff, Muhammad Naushad, Sunder Mani, Ravi Chandran and A. Vijay
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      Lock icon British clubs set to invade Europe with foreign legion
      588 23 Bosman ruling opens door to more imports ENGLISH SOCCER lt is just a pity it did not happen two years ago when I felt we could have gone very close in the European Cup with the team that won the double.
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      295 23 FOUR youngsters were slightly injured after Real Madrid players were mobbed by 3,500 schoolchildren following a training session in Madrid on Tuesday. Fifty police had to come to the aid of the players, who locked themselves in the changing-rooms of the practice ground to escape the young fans,
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      Perses has a new name, novel ideas
      268 23 SEPAK TAKRAW A NEW name has brought a new perspective to the Singapore Sepak Takraw Federation (Perses) as it launched a comprehensive three-year training plan which starts next month. Formerly known as the Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association, a change of name was
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      Lock icon Doubts over Bailey's world 50m record
      291 23 ATHLETICS FAIRFAX (Virginia) An United States athletics official cast doubt on Tuesday on whether a world indoor 50 metres record set recently by Donovan Bailey would be ratified because the Canadian "very likely" false-started. Bailey, the 1995 world 100m champion, won the men's 50m
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      658 23 BADMINTON Thomas Cup qualifiers: Ukraine 5 Czech Republic 0, Norway 4 Iceland 1, Jamaica 5 Kazakhstan 0, Bulgaria 4 Peru 1, Portugal 5 Slovakia 0, India 5 Wales 0, Hungary 3 Guatemala 2, Austria 3 Ireland 2, Scotland 4 Belgium 1. liber Cup qualifiers: Malaysia 4 Australia
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      551 23 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths TAN LANG HIANG (MRS NG LIP PHUANG) Age: 81 years passed away on 21/2/96. Sadly missed by loved ones. SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Michael Ng Chin Hwee Elizabeth Shi Lei Chu Johnny Ng Kiah Hwee Tang Kum Foong Eric Ng Kng Hwee Moleng Tang
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      59 23 854 Condolences 854 Condolences With deepest condolences and sympathy to our Managing Director MR KELVIN LEE on the demise of his beloved father MR LEE CHIN THIAM Departed: 18 February 1996 From: Jeffrey Chan, Robert Goh, Anthony Goh, Philip Tan, Benny Lee, Cynthia Ng, Shelly Yeo, Mary Choo, Chan Keng
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      203 23 THEN KONG FAH passed away peacefully on 21 Fab 1996. Always remembered by: Wife: Lee Jean Daughters: ThenPekH;-! Then Gim H*fc '>'" Sons: Then Joon 800 1 Then Joon BcO»» Grandchildren and relative*. Cortege leaving from 3 Queen's Road #10-165, Singapore *****3 Tor i Mt. Vernon Crematori urn
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      59 23 SEETHAI D/O SINNATAMBY Age: SB Athma Shantl Prayer will. tM held at Sri Slvan Temple 24. Geylang East Ave 2, at 7 pm on 22.2.96. The family wishes to thank all relatives, friend* and* colleague* for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreath* and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      457 25 TAN CHENG HENG 1 AGE: 97 YEARS passed away peacefully on 20/2/96, leaving all loved ones. I Wife: (Teo Ah Chai, Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Tan Buck Chuan, deceased) Tan Buck Noi Wee Boon Kiat Tang Chuy Tik, Tony Tan Whee Huan Tan Ah Moi (Koh Yeng Hoo, deceased)
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      Lock icon Knicks stumbles along as Nets rumbles on
      585 26 BASKETBALL NEW YORK Those cute little earthquakes in northern New Jersey have nothing to do with the Ramapo faUlt line. they are, instead, aftershocks from the, jittery Anderson plate and the skitjery Coleman plate shifting out of danger. All clear after a few
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      Lock icon Riley escapes with warning
      465 26 But Fina suspends her coach for two years over doping incident 'I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders with this decision. I've continued training but my times haven't been as fast...although the effort's still been there. It has hurt me mentally
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      Lock icon Indian skipper Pargat on 'bribe' list
      253 26 HOCKEY NEW DELHI Skipper Pargat Singh is among six Indian hockey players accused by Canada of accepting bribes in Barcelona last month to draw a crucial pre-Olympic tie against Malaysia, a senior official said on Tuesday. Mukesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Harpreet Singh, Baljit Saini
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      Lock icon Superb Stockton steals to all-time league record
      442 26 NBA ROUND-UP SALT LAKE CITY (Utah) Utah guard John Stockton became the all-time NBA steals leader Tuesday, the Orlando Magic set a record for consecutive home wins to start a season and the Chicago Bulls stayed right behind them. Stockton entered Utah's 112-98
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      Lock icon Becker sends Damm packing in straight sets
      536 26 TENNIS ANTWERP (Belgium) Boris Becker signalled his return to fitness by breezing past Czech Martin Damm in the first round of the European Community tennis championship on Tuesday. It was the first match for the German top seed since he won the Australian
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      Lock icon Swinburn on road to recovery
      232 26 HONGKONG RACING HONGKONG Doctors took champion jockey Walter Swinburn off morphine and oxygen on Tuesday and the triple Derby winner is in great form, his father said. Swinburn has been in hospital with serious head and chest injuries since being catapulted from his horse in
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      Lock icon Glide Away shapes up well for Cup
      768 26 KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK KUALA LUMPUR Last-start winner Glide Away warmed up for his big task in the Tunku Gold Cup for Class 1 stayers over 2,000m on Sunday with a sizzling gallop yesterday. Taken out by jockey Ismadi Ismail, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred
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        Aslam okay after fall
        94 26 AT FIRST glance, it looked a nasty fall by apprentice Erasmus Aslam from Red Mole during the running of the Selangor Trophy at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. The horse broke his off-fore pastern at the home turn and was seen to stumble as Aslam was sent
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        Convenient arrangement
        86 26 FOR anonymity and convenience, it may pay to win a lucky draw prize on totalisator bets placed through a betting account with the Singapore Turf Club. There may be no concrete evidence in the form of tickets but, apparently, the club writes to the lucky recipients informing them
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        Long wait likely
        93 26 THOSE hoping to cash in on the next win by Hopsasa II might do well to consider the seven-year-old gelding's two wins since 1993 have paid more than $300 at the Bukit Timah tote. It might be a long wait for that to happen again. Hopsasa II
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        Surprise nominations
        142 26 IT WAS with some surprise to note that three Malayan Racing Association reserves Zapotek 11, Lanntara and Kim Tiger for the HK$4.5 million ($810,957) Queen Elizabeth II Cup have yet to race on the local circuit. The MRA's two first choices are Glide Away and Fireball IV, with
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      Lock icon 'Time out' for Wall Street expected after 16-month rally
      515 27 US$ and corporate gains under pressure Tor the time being, 5,500, 5,600 is it, but by no means in my mind does this signal the end of the bull market/ Mr Hugh Johnson of First Albany. NEW YORK After 16 months
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      Lock icon Japan urged to play bigger role in stabilising currencies
      402 27 TOKYO Some Japanese pol-icy-makers want Japan to play a higher-profile role in promoting Asian currency stability, but a consensus on whether it should do so has not been forged, analysts and financial sources said yesterday. Tokyo caught currency markets off guard
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      557 27 BjjJLJING For the dozens of young couples who elbowed into China's first and only "(Jybercafe" late on St Valentine's Day, reports of a state crackdown on the Internet clashed with reality. J "The Internet isn't just the American dream. Now it's the Chinese dream,"
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      Lock icon Ailing shipbuilder tries to avoid collapse
      162 27 BREMEN Germany's leading shipbuilder, the Bremer Vulkan group, announced yesterday morning that it was going to ask the courts to appoint a receiver, thus avoiding the firm's financial collapse. In a statement, management said it expected losses of around one billion marks (Ss96o million)
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      Lock icon Aerospatiale and Dassault to merge
      211 27 PARIS The French government yesterday cleared the way for a merger between the Dassault military aviation giant and the Aerospatiale group, against a background of flagging orders and plans to restructure the defence sector. The Prime Minister's Office said that the boards of the two
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      Lock icon Colombo may raise port fees by 20%
      191 27 COLOMBO Sri Lanka is considering raising charges at Colombo port by around 20 per cent to meet increasing costs as South Asia's transhipment hub expands to handle booming regional trade, officials said yesterday. "We have proposed increasing tariffs by an average of 20
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      Lock icon Aussie property market set to remain in doldrums
      331 27 SYDNEY The worst may be over for the Australian housing market, but that does not mean that good times are just around the corner, with housing expected to remain subdued through the first half of 1996 at least. Figures released yesterday showed
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        76 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit 100 mpatd Merest rate) Open Hfh Low Sett Est IM Mar 94.70 94.75 94.65 94.75 ***** Apr 94.77 94.87 94.75 94.84 395 May 94.84 9491 94.80 94.91 440 Jun 9485 94.94 94.79 94.94 ***** Sep 9494 94.99 94.83 94.98 ***** Oec 94.86 9491 94.75 94.89 ***** Mar
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        73 27 Euroyen 3-month deposit C 100 implied interest rate) m Open rtth Low Sett Est Vol Mar 96 99.29 99.30 99.27 99.28 3686 Jun 99.10 99.11 99.04 99.08 5470 Sep 98.83 98.83 98.73 98.77 8851 Oec 98.50 98.51 98.43 98.45 8240 Mar 97 98.19 98.19 98.89 98.12 3457 Jun 97.94 97.94
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        Nikkei 300
        54 27 Open Hfh Low Sett EstVoi Spot 297.51 297.57 293.60 294.15 Mar 295.QA 294.2 685 Act Vol (Tue): 1618. Open tit (Tue): *****. 10-Year Japanese Government Bond Open Hfh Low Sett Est Vol Mar 118.80 118.88 118.38 118.73 800 Jun 117.23 117.38 116.80 117.25 759 Act Vol (Tue): 926.
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        Lock icon IPO for Planet Hollywood
        85 27 WASHINGTON Planet Hollywood International Inc, the operator of restaurants touted by movie-star shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Friday to sell up to US$l9O million (Ss26B million) in stock to the public. The Orlando, Florida-based company and some of its current shareholders will
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        Lock icon Pohang going big on R&D
        78 27 SEOUL Pohang Iron and Steel Co (Posco), South Korea's largest steelmaker, said yesterday it would spend a total of six trillion won (5510.9 billion) on research and development in the next 10 years. The company had previously said it would invest 215.4 billion won (*****.4
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        Lock icon Foreign funds for Shanghai
        76 27 SHANGHAI Shanghai approved 197 foreign-funded projects in January worth US$727 million (551.03 billion), a rise of 30 per cent from the same month a year ago, the Xinhua news agency reported. Last month's increase brings to 12,674 the number of foreign-funded projects approved in Shanghai during
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        Lock icon NEC building panel plants
        55 27 TOKYO Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp will spend a total of 100 billion yen (551.34 billion) to build three plants to increase production of plasma display panels, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The panels are the next generation of thin screens for television sets that can
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      57 28 TOP RISES 16/02/96 Cents Cerebos2sc 1190 70 6.3 C4C 1600 50 3.2 B Sembawang 3350 30 0.9 Sembawang Corp 815 30 3.8 TAC BtlO 200 890 25 2.9 H L Fin Foreign 600 25 4.3 Keppel C Wt97 815 25 3.2 Creative T 25c 1160 20 1.8 Transmarco 1250 20
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      58 28 TOP RISES 16/02/96 Cents Berjaya L Rt33 3 20.0 0.5 Berjaya L Rts 3.5 16.7 0.5 Liang Huat 10c 73 8.1 5.5 S Finance Wt99 147 8.1 11 EconWtOO 129 7.5 9 RFHK Wt97 60 7.1 4 BZW -UOBF Wt97 48 6.7 3 Cerebos2sc 1190 6.3 70 E Resources 10c
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      58 28 TOP FALLS 16/02/96 Cents F&N 1940 60 3 0 F&N Wt9B .1050 30 28 DBS 1060 20 1.9 SIA Foreign 1450 20 1 4 SPH 1500 20 IJ Spore Land 1020 20 1 9 Gentings 50c 1270 20 16 CMB Asia 570 15 2 6 Jurong Ship 50c 960 10
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      Lock icon Greenspan shrugs off economic woes
      709 28 Fed chief predicts 'moderate' growth despite economy's recent dismal performance The Fed chief acknowledged that the economy would be weak in the first quarter but he argued that much of the weakness was due to temporary factors, such as harsh winter weather and the now-ended
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      Retail sales expanded 1.5% last year over 1994
      354 28 THE retail industry last year expanded a modest 1.5 per cent over 1994. However, retail sales in December registered a 9.6 per cent gain over November. The mild expansion in the retail sector last year confirms most analysts' views that the industry
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      Lock icon KL government's investment arm studies wafer fabrication projects
      537 28 THE Malaysian government's investment arm, Khazanah Holdings Bhd, is studying the feasibility of participating in several wafer fabrication projects with US partners which are applying to set up shop in the Kulim High-Tech Park. The company is reviewing proposals from three US
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1996
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        Lock icon Expanded role to put history within everyone's reach
        1315 2 NATIONAL ARCHIVES SHAKES OFF ITS DUST m I vCi 1 1 ill Ak^^l THE National Archives of Singapore has come a long way from its establishment as a department in jfc > the then Ministry of Culture in 1968. From the eight
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        Lock icon Shanghai plans to abolish chamber pots — in grand style
        570 4 Shanghai plans to abolish chamber pots in grand style City's public loos proving a convenience for residents in more ways than one •XHEY are made of marble, 'glass and granite, and though there is a small admission fee, they have be•come favourite neighbourhood hangouts. Mew hotels? Nightclubs? <3No, they are
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        The real message behind ancient holiday TV movies
        730 4  -  Ravi Veloo On Thursday Most of the movies shown this holiday season, you would not have picked out in a video store their combined age is enough to retire them to an old folks' home. I HAVE this theory about the holiday
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        Lock icon Dog fur coats the latest winter fashion in Mongolia
        426 4 IT IS a dog's life in Mongo- >• Stray hounds are vanish- ing from the streets of the capital, Ulan Bator, to end lip as Mongolia's latest fashion fad. Dog fur coats are the winter vogue in the capital of this
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        Lock icon Britain out to stop Euro championship from becoming 'hooligan world cup'
        776 4 FOUR months before the start of the European soccer championship, Britain is putting the finishing touches on a vast operation designed to stop hooligans intending to disrupt the event. The tournament, from June 8-30, the biggest sporting event of
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        Lock icon Love at second sight for Paltrow
        659 5 Brad Pitt may be the sexiest man alive, but his fiancee was not smitten with the Hollywood heartthrob when they first met IN* SEVEN, the runaway .success in the United States 0 last year, the focus may be giv- Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman,
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        Ensemble's elan encourages young to enjoy classics
        757 5  -  EHAN MING YEN ir^HAS to be said: Amid Urtfehype, the T'ang QuartejtjS programmes are more tgjgpresting than the trendy image the members have t&C for themselves. X;'4t is easy to forget about Jfoe music as one falls un.wr the spell of T'ang's glit'.+ss*>.
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        Lock icon New fashion movie offers little insight into haute couture
        663 5 QUICK! Send for Joan Collins! At last there is a story worthy of her talent. The fabulous supermodel Christy Turlington has broken up with her boyfriend. She finds herself all alone in Paris with only 2,000 adoring photographers for company. Suddenly
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        Lock icon 18,000th performance of Mousetrap today
        369 5 AGATHA CHRISTIE'S murder mystery The Mousetrap, the world's lon-gest-running play, passes another theatrical milestone today with its 18,000th performance. The whodunnit, which opened in November 1952 when Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Britain and Josef Stalin ruled Russia, shows no signs of folding and
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        Shell we?
        292 7  -  Cat Ong The sleeveless blouse is the coolest style around, reports THE sleeveless blouse has a 1 new name to it: the shell i top. This is a collarless, sleeveless top with strict lines and rigorous tailoring. Where the sleeveless blouse of yesteryear was meant to be worn
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        Lock icon Chinese port city prospers in Singapore mould
        875 9 Once poverty-stricken, Zhang Jia Gang is booming and may yet also be the most beautiful city in China CHINA has often looked to Singapore as a model city. Now, it has its own, Zhang Jia Gang. Until recently an obscure city known to
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          Club launch
          93 9 THE Malay Entrepreneurs Club of Singapore (Mecs) will hold its official launch at Le Meridien Singapore on March 2. Mr Sidek Saniff, Senior Minister of State (Education), will launch the club. He is also its patron. Things have been moving fast for Mecs, which set up an investment
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          Star search
          58 9 IF YOU are young and can sing, act, play an instrument or compere, here is a chance to carve out a career in the entertainment scene. New entertainment and events promotion company MS Rah Network is looking for budding talents to star in its upcoming television programmes. For
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          Nash performs
          76 9 NASH, whose song Pada Syurga Di WajahMu (I See Heaven In Your Face) was a hit on the Malaysian music scene two years ago, will perform at Fire Disco tomorrow at 11 pm. Nash, who has since released an equally well-re-ceived album, has also acted in several Malaysian
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        Halfway house for Muslim women sees first six residents complete course
        588 9 This is a chance for me to change. We have been given personal counselling. We have learnt to know what we want in life.' Departing resident Mariani Supari, 22 THEY left the halfway house vowing never to return. The
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        Lock icon Young acrobats poised to impress at Lunar New Year show
        210 9 FLYING TRIDENTS, juggling jars, Chinese martial arts and other acrobatic stunts can be seen nightly at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant as part of a Lunar New Year special programme. Taking centre stage is a 16-member troupe of artistes aged between
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        25 9 $?ft^}Hiffi*ffS m&m&z- >mmj "tit iiß*4S**Wl6<fcjfe 9#J2s££fß] o ft£*4M£9M:»E jfif ia 3 tit* 224-3922 STEVEN LEE Delight a Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe acrobat goes through her routine.
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        Lock icon Hollywood to honour Robert Redford
        754 14 'Bedford's work as an actor has always been outstanding and the list of his films reads like a guide to the great American films of the past few decades/ SAG president Richard Masur HE WAS viewed at first as just another Hollywood pretty face. Now
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      50 1 Ravi Veloo: Holiday movies a drag, get a life instead 4 1 BN m B j« E^ifc. P^ N Jb in I I BBBBBBk^kOHBaBL V^BBB! You've seen Michelle Goh as Bunny.the beautiful, out-of-luck prostitute in Mee Pok j Man. Soon you can hear her sing too. The details in Showtime.
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      134 1 JOBCENTRE WISHES ALL clients friends Gong Xi Fa Cai Business resumes 23/2. C2984-01 MYANMAR MAIDS $1700. Cheap rate for Indonesian maids. Y&L *****90 (C*****1Z) OUR OFFICE ARE closed from 19/2/96 to 25/2/96. Precise *****17 (C*****1) OVERSEA MAID WISHES all a Happy New Yr. We'll resume duty on 26/2/96. *****79. C*****1.
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      1773 4 476 D22-28West North PTE APTS Sale D.27 ORCHID PK. 1247 sq ft 3 bdrms. Pool/ reservoir view. 100% move-in. SBBSK. *****34 Ken D.27 ORCHID PK. Twr. 11. 958 sq.ft. 2+l Pool/ reservoir view. Mid fir. $700K. 9302-0298 C&H. D.27 ORCHID PK. 3+l/ 2+l. Pool/ reservoir view. High fir. MRT. Rent
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      577 4 494 HDB Apts For Sala (Bishan) SiJTmING AVE. Blk 442 5 rm corner. Unobstructed view. Spacious layout. Bright windy. Viewing Angie 9-*****68 SML 4 'A' BISHAN Blk. 140. High fir. Breezy, renovated, unblock, near amenities. Chinese not eligible. Good view. *****33/*****436 agt. BIG 4 'A' apt., 1250 sq.ft. Bishan St.
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      757 4 501 HDB Apts For Sale (Clementi/ Wast Coast) HOLLAND 8LK.22/ TEBAN 01k I 17/ Toh Yi 81k. 15. All 5-rm. (Cle- menti 4 "NG' Blk. 410 upgraded/ 3 I "NG' Blk. 365). 9-*****30 TEP TEBAN GDN. 4-RM. N.G.' Nicely renovated. Unblocked. Mkt./ sch. 5245K neg. A&G, pg 9308-6617. 3-RM. CORNER
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      779 5 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Toa Payoh/ Potong Pasir) 4 'A' BLK. 238. T. Payoh. High fir. Lift level. Well-kept. Breezy. Near amenities. $42K cash secures. Pg. Saiful 9-*****04 TP 'A' KIM Keat Link 246. Well kept, near amenities, CTE/ PIE. Chinese not eligible. 9409-4108. 517 HDB Apts For Sale
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      390 5 526 Private Aptt Wanted (Rent/ Buy) ISeUingapropertylsnot I everybody's cup of tea. Leave the job to usll I tale 4 lease PROPERTY OWNERS WELCOME Best Price Professional/ reliable sves. g'teed Widest network Professional consultation Ready buyers cash Owners selling/ leasing Please call: 299-4282 PROP-UNK ALL AREAS RENTAL apts./ condos. urgently
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      343 5 527 HUDC/HDB Aptt Wanted (Rent/ Buy) I. AILEEN |ust sold HDB flat, I looking for 3/ 4/ 5 rms./ mais. Owners call 561-4369 I, HK PR looking for 4/ 5 rms. flat. MRT/ mkt,/ sch. Pis. call: *****18 Mrs Lim. No agents. I, MISS WONO, urgently looking for HDB flat
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      331 5 531 Factory Space For Rent 0.13 NICE SLOG. 1800/ 2368/ 2700/ 3156 sq.ft. Excellent facilities. Rent. Chane Realty *****432 JTC FLATTED FTY. for takeover. Ground fir. 1600 sq.ft. Kallang. Tel. *****55/ handphone *****476 MACPHERSON CITIMAC IND. Bldg. 1500 sq.ft. office renovated for rent. $3200. *****58/ 9 532 Factory Space For
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      311 5 534 Office Space For Rent SUNTEC CITY 11. Above #24 Panoramic sea view. 4000 sq.ft. Sub-lease with own entrance from lift lobby. Achievers *****718 INT'L PLAZA. HIGH fir. Unblock view. 938 sq.ft. Renovated. Good cond. $6.50 p.s.f. EC *****657 INTL. PLAZA. NEXT to MRT. 480 sq.ft. Above 20th fir. $6.50
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      575 5 537 Shop Space For Rent SHOP FOR RENT Yishun Ring Road. $4500 per month. Suitable for any retail trade. Near to bus stop. Heavy human traffic. 9318-4365/ 9617-9254 agt. Ashraff. D.02 TRAS ST. Brand new shophouses ideal for showroom/ restuarant office. Near MRT. Reasonable rates. Promax: 749-4465. TELOK AYER ST.
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      666 5 873 Air Tickets HARHARAH TRAVEL TEL: *****33. TA 413 SO Perth FftE S 74S •D Cairns Si 178 ftOGoWeo.it $1486 40 Exotic Bali 488 4O Madan Lake Toba 348 SD Tainan Negara 200 3D Beriaya Langkawi 368 SD Bangkok/ Patiaya 480 ARCHIPELAGO TRAVEL SPECIALISES:- Worldwide. Airtickets, land arrangements. S.E. Asia
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      427 5 $968 With Free Accomodation FOR AIRFARE ONLY Call GS TRAVEL 339/1766 AJRLAIMKA Ifstkakoffrniiw P W* VIP coach L. 1 nits} mh| Rooort Hotel iVMb^H HaML^L*uMH J3O4N CAWGENTMG $256 for 2 I 3D4N GEHTWGVKI $88 1 4D5N WTI^ K G $336 J EUROASIA HOLIDAYS *****33 40 BALI $388 4/BD BANGKOK PATTAYA
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      258 5 606 Professional/. Executive Positions (FUUTWEPOSmON) J Needed by ALTRON School of Computing to provide training In a wide range of PC desktop applications and Internet coune*. Vou must be an excellent communicator with at least a Diploma In Computer Studies or equivalent. Vou mutt also be l amiar with Microsoft
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      489 6 1 618 Tutoring PssWaws MALAY INDIAN School Teachers/ Tutors needed for tuition assignments. Call 4*4-0540 PENDING RD. $320/ Tack Whye/ C.C.K./ Tampines/ Marsiling/ Übi/ Pasir Ris/ Jurong $250. 362-7809 28% LOWEST COMMISSION for top assignments ($550 above). *****18; Must Tele-Register First 821 Health Care Positions Expanding Medium-sized Medical Group requires:
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      427 6 630 Sales Positions We require 20 SALES PROMOTERS for this islandwide promotion in Feb Mar. If you love meeting people and have a good complexion... Call Yvonne/Nat at AAOOOPa; today! INSURANCE AGENTS FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME Good income Management opportunities Training Provided CALL *****11 NOW! Rap. A.I.A. CO. LTD. t, VENTURE
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      198 6 I 633 Counter/ Telephone 633 Counter/ Telephone Sales Positions Salee Positions ''Hyatt Regency Singapore is seeking to appoint people for the following positions: FULL-TIME TELEMARKETERS You will need the following: Telemarketing experience Excellent telephone manners Good command of English Be able to work as part of a team PART-TIME TELEMARKETERS
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      37 6 642 HotsV RtstaurtnV Lounge Positions Established Cybarcafe requires staff: COUNTER CMW (Pan/ Full Tim.) Apply poraoMlly to 442 Orchard Road, •81-OtY 10 Orchard Hotel Tal: *****77. Naked Truth: Exposure in The Straits Times Classified catches the eye.
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      1498 7 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions required by China-Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company Ltd Requirement*: Singaporean only 'N' level Bilingual in English Chinese Basic computer knowledge Available immediately Walk-in interview today at: Bugis Junction Twr. #15-01/04 (above Bugis MRT station) or call Hui hui at *****24 for appointment
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      476 7 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Law Firm at Chinatown Point requires a RECEPTIONIST and a JUNIOR SECRETARY iri't Tel BS2 8111 (Victor) SELETAR BASE GOIFcOURSE fSeletar Camp Jalan Kayu) Immediate Vacancy for RECEPTIONIST/ CASHIER > GCE 'N' or '0' level I Preferably with PC skill Interested candidates must b|abte to work
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      1159 8 Maa^BVa B __^__aa_»u>_>_«_>______-_ MMHBHHH mmmmt^mm m t m ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■i^MBBBBBBi 684 Tachnical Poafflont 654 Technical Positions 664 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions 654 Technical Positions Moving You Ahead Singapore MRT Ltd invites applications for: I)RAILWAY SUPERVISORS 8) TECHNICAL OFFICERS Electrical Mechanical Services Functions: Responsible for performing any one of the following
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      129 8 Interior design/ architectural firm requires the following: INTERIOR DESIGNER ID Dip. from NAf-A/ Temasek Poly Able to draw and render perspectives: detailed drawings, min. 2 years experience ASSISTANT SITE CO-ORDINATOR NTC 2 or 3 or equivalent Min. 1 year working experience Please call *****60/ 9-*****62 for an interview STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTSMEN
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      161 8 657 Production 657 Production Positions Positions An established Plastic Injection Moulding Company requires li T NTC/rrC «r At least 1 year experience in Plastic Tooling Sir NTC/fTC •M* With trouble shooting skills in plastic iniectionHl *gm^- Those without qualifications but with at least A9 mj 1 yeor experience may also
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      1005 8 657 Production 657 Production 657 Production Positions Positions Positions IrnFemaljei production lOpcrators,--a wk re tentlon bonus iff you join us from now till 31 March 1996. 5-day week No rotating shift (permanent Ist, 2nd ft normal I shift) Shift allowance (2nd shift) Variable bonus twice a yearfl AWS Transport provided
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      418 8 663 Warehousing/ 663 Warehousing/ Inventory Positions Inventory £osition» STP Distributors We have an immediate vacancy for the post of: Requirements: Between 18-35 years old. Physically fit. Able to read and write simple English. Completed National Service. Those with Class 3 driving licence will be preferred. Our benefits include a 6-day
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      86 8 683 Part-Time/ Temporary Jtairtiorft EARN URTO SO daily Conducting telephone surveys In our office. If you possess the following attributes: A confident rnannet •A professional approach •Atojchofpersuaaiop a I Great communication stdto WALK-IN INTERVIEW (only at 2.30pm 8.00pm) 43 Carpenter St #01-01 QrMtwood Bldg. Singapore 03W« PART/ FUU TIME Frfeelance
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      858 9 "678 Driver/ Transport 678 Drivsr/ Transport 678 Driver/ Transport 675 Driver/ Transport 678 Driver/ Transport 678 Driver/ Transport Positions Positions Positions Positions Positions Positions j__l_— SS SSS^ZSSH^SS^^^SSSSSSS SSSSt^mSSSSSSSSSmSSSSSm^mmmSm mSmmSmSSS^SmmmSSSSSSSSSm m^SSmSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSmmZm a^BHBBBjBBJBJ ■■■■■■^IB|nHIB9PJBBIHIDBHHHHBiH|^PHBHBBReV|pHHP)PVVV9VV^HPV^VVIVP9I^HiVP^P''ff9H RV99V9^I I JTorisr SBS As Bus Drivers For BHMlflflttfe ate. to 46 v^9p i^v I Y 1 k-
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      456 9 689 Other Positions 689 Other Positions 689 Other Positions SATS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is a progressive company which provides airport ground handling services to more than 55 scheduled airlines operating through Singapore Changi Airport We are expanding and wish to invite applications for the following positions: OPERATIONS
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      112 9 ESTABLISHED DENTAL CLINIC requires full-time female Chinese dental assistant. Experience preferred. Attractive salary. Interested please call 747-3884 for interview or walk-in to 310 Geylang Road. Singapore 1438. IMMED. OPENING FOR Management Trainees. Late twenties. Experience not essential as training will be provided. Successful candidates will enjoy a high incentive plus
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      159 9 SIN MAP HOE SHELL SERVICE STATION 388 Alexandra Rd (Near Ikeal 1) CASHIERS 7am. 3pm.; 3pm. 11pm. $800 $100 2) PUMP ATTENDANTS 3pm 11pm. $700 $100 11pm to 7am- $800 $100 3) AUTO CAR WASH CLEANER 7am. 3pm.; 3pm. 11pm. $700 $100 Bin no: 33, 64, 198 FULL/ PART TIMERS
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      384 9 709 Commercial Courses LCCI COURSES Pte. Secretary's Cart. Mon./ Sat. (23/3/96) Shorthand 40 130 wpm. EngHah for Commarca Mon. Bpm 9.30pm. (25/3/96) Shorthand B#oiiiii#cs it Wed. Bpm 9.30pm. (6/3/96) Typewriting (all stages) Book-keeping (Elem.) Tue. 6.30pm Bpm. (5/3/96) Book-kaaiping (Inter.) Tue. Bpm 9.30pm. (27/2/96) Diploma/ Certificate in Bminaas Statistics Wed.
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      403 9 721 Language Courses 721 Language Courses 721 Language Courses 721 Language Courses m Mammmm^mm^mß^mm*mmm^*mm /f TT lu VbT'bK I J'^B PavT BsJiy OfVH mum J I mSf *W r w r<>^^ r w Miui'ifr* ATT I LCCI June 1995 Results: Sanchia Su, First in Singapore, PSC; Margaret Seet, Second in
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      514 9 721 Language Courses PYAESS JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL JLPT 4 (Beginners) Tues. 6.15pm- 9.30pm Sat. 2.30pm- 5.45pm Sun. 10.15am- 1.30pm JLPT3 Mon. 6.15pm- 9.30pm Sun. 10.15am- 1.30pm JLPT 2 Wed. 6.15pm- 9.30pm Thurs. 6.15pm-9 30pm Sun. 2.30pm- 5.45pm JLPTI Wed. 6.15pm -9.30 pm Sun. 10.15am- 1.30pm INTENSIVE COURSES IN HOUSE TRAINING
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        369 10 850 Deaths 850 Deaths THOLASIAPPAN APPAVU KANDIAR AGE: 80 passed away peacefully on 19/2/96 leaving behind Beloved Wife: N Letchime Sons: Balasubramaniam Sivam Daughters: Sons-in-law: Somasunthare Kalimuthu Mohana Rubapathy Prabaharan Grandchildren: Amaresh Lavaneiya Vanitha Relatives and friends. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and
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        49 10 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family of the late MICHAEL HOH MUN CHIN Called home to be with the Lord 16.2.96 wishes to express their heartfelfthanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, church members and colleagues for* their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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        96 10 IN LOVING MEMORY OF SUSIE FONG SOCK CHING Returned to the Lord on 22 Febuary 1994. Dearewt Sua, Mum and all of ua mlaa you. The pond can navar be the aama again." -Your 'Frog' family. In Loving Memory of SUSIE FONG SOCK CHING Departed: 22 Fab
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        79 10 IN LOVING MEMORY OF YAP EE fOdN Daparted 22 M> 'N Sadly missed &**Jways remembered by all loved ones With Fond Memories Of John Tan Yong Hong Departed: 22/ 2/ 1985 But still the empty chair Reminds us of the face, the smile. Of one who once
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        645 10 736 Tuition SPECIALISED IN CHINESE b Local/ China Tutors/ Teachers, a level/ Conversational. Arritt (Since 1982) *****08 (Bam-10pm; FULL TIME DEDICATED GRAB offers tuition for all subjects. An levels districts. Tel: *****06. LADY SCHOOL TEACHER offer tuition from Primary 1 to Second ary 4. All subjects. Tel: *****08 PHYSICS 'A'
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