The Straits Times, 29 December 1996

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    11 1 The Sunday Times No: 3151 srte drtt 65 CENTS MITA(P) 026/12/96
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  • Article
    PAP focuses on Tang Liang Hong threat
    840 1 Chinese-stream MPs rap candidate for divisive views' Tang threatens to sue PM, SM WORKERS' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong (Cheng San GRC) has threatenedto sue Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for defamation if they do not retract
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    Lock icon Chaos reigns in South Korea...
    83 1 Chaos reigns in South Korea THIS could be a scene straight out of the Akira Kurosawa movie Ran (Chaos), except that this is for real. Some 6,000 South Korean workers, marching down a busy thoroughfare in Seoul to Myondong Cathedral in the city centre in protest against a tough new
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    Uneasy calm in West Java
    46 1 Meanwhile, in the riot-rocked West Java district of Tasikmalaya yesterday, a tense calm reigned as the military imposed a night curfew and sent in more troops, while workers began cleaning up the debris from two days of unrest. See Page 3
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    Lock icon No New Year bang for soldiers
    189 1 "Good news it's safe to fly over Philippines' army bases during our migration on 1 Jan, 1997!" ■lIWIII ■MMIIMIIMIIIWMMIIWIII MMMIMMIIMII II ■■■IIirWHH— ITH ITMimiM MANILA Philippine soldiers have been warned that they risked expulsion from the armed services if they fired their guns to
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    Upgrading: PAP sends out open letter to S'poreans
    407 1 THE People's Action Party is sending out an open letter to explain the upgrading programme. This issue has emerged as the hottest so far in the election campaign, with opposition candidates attacking the PAP's use of upgrading as vote-buying and threatening people
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      13 1 Stand up against foreign interference PM Goh: Page 3 More reports: Pages 17-21
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Fujimori widens emergency rule; wins support for stand
      529 2 Peru hostage crisis LIMA President Alberto Fujimori has widened emergency rule in Peru and won solid backing from home and abroad for refusing to make concessions to Marxist guerillas holding 103 VIP hostages at the Japanese ambassador's residence here. A special session
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      N-S Highway has 7 deadly stretches
      385 2 Malaysia's Civil Defence staff will patrol these parts to help motorists PETALING JAYA Seven stretches along Malaysia's North-South Highway nave been identified as particularly dangerous and motorists using them have been urged to be extra vigilant, particularly during this festive season. Billboards have been
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      Lock icon Anson Chan to continue as head of civil service after July handover
      542 2 By Wang Hui Una m Hongkong Correspondent CHIEF Secretary Anson Chanyesterday ac- cepted an invitation from Chief Executive-des-ignate Tung Chee Hwa to continue heading the civil service after the transition to Chinese sovereignty next July. Her acceptance came
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    • Issue of US meddling
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        Lock icon Stand up for Singapore against foreign interference, says PM Goh
        694 3 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Saturday urged Singaporeans to join nim in standing up against foreign interference in domestic politics. Singapore would be "finished" if he did not stand up to the United States when it meddled in the
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        S'pore Govt has right to offer programme: Jakarta paper
        193 3 AN INDONESIAN newspaper has come out in support of the Singapore Government's right to offer upgrading programmes and make pledges to win popular support. Commenting on American criticism of the PAP's strategy of linking voter support to HDB upgrading programmes, Harlan
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        Lock icon Reuter report of the US comment that started it all
        248 3 WASHINGTON The United States criticised Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Tuesday for warning voters that their neighbourhoods would become slums if they elected opposition candidates in voting on Jan 2. Mr Goh said on Sunday he would respect
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      Indonesia's military imposes curfew in trouble-hit province
      638 3 West Java riots By Susan Sim Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA A tense calm prevailed in the riot-rocked West Java district of Tasikmalaya yesterday as the military imposed a night curfew and sent in more troops while workers began cleaning up the debris from two
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon In the footsteps of Washington
      88 4 JAMES Gallagher as George Washington (left) crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day. The Revolutionary War Crossing Re-enactors were performing the 44th annual replay of the historic crossing in 1776 by the American general, ahead of the Battle of Trenton, one of the first notable
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      Lock icon Hoarders left holding Elmo as stuffed toy loses its market tickle
      185 4 NEW YORK The Tickle Me Elmo market f-r^hai crashed. People selling the crimson stuffed doll on the black market said on Friday that they were not getting more than US$2OO (Ss2Bo) for the toy, which fetched several thousand dollars
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      Lock icon Black tea may help keep skin cancer at bay, says scientist
      358 4 MELBOURNE A cup of tea could become the next weapon in Australia's high-profile fight against skin cancer, according to government scientists who said yesterday that black tea had halved rates of the disease in mice. In a study by
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      Lock icon Lebed launches new party in bid for the Kremlin
      647 4 'We must become an alternative to both the communists and the present democratic apparatchiks.' Gen Lebed. He claims backing from banks MOSCOW Two months after he was forced out abruptly as President Boris Yeltsin's national security adviser, a confident and defiant
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      Lock icon Sydney goes Jurassic
      44 6 picture. A BALLOON measuring 30 m, shaped like a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur, is maKeuvred into position at the official opening of The Dinosaur World Tour ExHtion at Sydney's Darling Harbour yesterday. The exhibition from CaJSIa features 40 complete dinosaur skeletons. Reuter
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      Lock icon Meeting with Clinton the bait for donors
      608 6 Strategy raised an unprecedented $10m from Asian-Americans WASHINGTON A White House official and a leading fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee helped devise a strategy to raise an unprecedented US$7 million (Ss9.B million) from AsianAmericans, the committee's records showed. This was done party
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    • Where have they gone?
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        Lock icon Surfing dog Max stolen
        83 6 LONDON A reward has been offered for the return of Max, the surfing dog, after it was stolen from outside a supermarket while its owner was buying it a steak, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Pete Bounds, a former captain of the British surfing team, spent the
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        Lock icon Misprinted US stamps labelled 'stolen goods'
        171 6 WASHINGTON If the US Postal Inspection Service has its way, one of the country's most recent stamp errors the 160 upside-down Richard Nixon commemoratives will soon disappear from stamp collections across the country. That is because federal prosecutors have branded the misprinted stamps "stolen
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      Lock icon US firms find new ways to bar smokers despite anti-bias laws
      235 6 NEW YORK The sign at the entrance to Kimball Physics is unambiguous. Smoking is prohibited in the building. What is more, the company's policy and its sign state that people cannot enter the building if they have smoked a
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      Lock icon IT,S DARN COLD
      52 6 Flon the terrier peering out from under her woollen blanket faff on the Feldberg mountain m the Taunus region near Frankfurt on Friday. The weather m Germany is expected to keep between minus 7 deg C and minus 25 deg C for the next couple of days.—
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      Lock icon Gold snap grips Europe
      155 6 Gold snap grips Europe PARIS —Ice formed on «3 Venice Lagoon, Siberian cold threatened the French Riviera with snowfalls and the number of homeless reported dead in Poland, Romania, France and elsewhere rose into the dozens as winter gripped Europe remorselessly. In Italy, temperatures plunged to as low as minus
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      Lock icon US regrets France's quitting allied mission in north Iraq
      582 8 Baghdad says move shows Paris believes imposition of no-fly zone is illegal WASHINGTON The United States has expressed regret at France's decision to withdraw from a five-year-old allied airreconnaissance operation aimed at safeguarding Kurdish civilians in northern Iraq. A spokesman for
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      Lock icon Guatemalan govt and guerillas to sign peace pact
      296 8 GUATEMALA CITY The Guatemalan government and left-wing guerilla leaders will sign a peace treaty today ending the longest-running civil war in Central America. President Alvaro Arzu said on Friday that the peace accord was just a first step towards reconciliation of the
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      Lock icon Violence voted as 'Man of the Year'
      170 8 LAGOS Two Nigerian private newspapers yesterday voted violence as their "Man of the Year", a strange choice as their usual candidates are individuals who have taken major steps affecting tyThis Day and Vanguard newspapers announced that their boards of editors had chosen "Mr
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      Lock icon Investors shrug off guerilla action to push stocks up 2.4%
      469 8 Peru hostage crisis MIAMI Can this be right? Peru's stock-market index gained 2.4 per cent last week while rebels of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) held 103 people hostage at the home of the Japanese ambassador. In a sign
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      Scientists find answer to 'why alcohol causes drunkenness' poser
      433 8 Reaction between liquor and tatty acids the cause LONDON Scientists believe they have answered a question which has bothered humans for as long as they have been drinking beer and wine why does alcohol make us drunk? The Daily Telegraph, in
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon 7 DIE IN STORE BLAST
        46 8 I children and three adults died in an explosion at a northern Mexico candy store that fronted as a clandestine fireworks warehouse, the authorities said t on Friday. Six others were injured in the blast in Monterrey late on Thursday. Reuter
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        Lock icon 28 HOSTAGES FREED
        59 8 All 28 foreign crew members' of an oil barge, held hostage since Monday off Eket in Nigeria by port workers demanding pay rises, have been freed by the Nigerian Navy, diplomatic sources said yesterday in Lagos. They were all taken on Friday to the naval base in
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        Lock icon EBOLA-VIRUS ALERT
        53 8 France 1 has revived safety measures for 1 travellers flying in from Gabon on Friday after the WorldHealth Organisation I reported two deaths from the Ebola virus |r in Libreville. Bl Airline passengers were given >f fipformation leaflets on the symptoms of We disease headaches, high Itemperature and
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        Lock icon 3 KILLED IN COPTER CRASH
        50 8 I* Cattle rustlers shot down an army helicopter hunting them in northern Kenya, killing a government official and two army officers, Nairobi newspapers reportedyesterday. A rocket hit the helicopter as it was flying low tracking the rustlers and it exploded on hitting the ground. Reuter
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        Lock icon 80 TRAPPED IN TUNNEL
        58 8 Rescue teams worked yesterday to unearth 80 people trapped in a tunnel in the Caucasus mountains in southern Bussia after avalanches blocked roads in g)e area, Interfax news agency reported. On Friday, some 300 people and their !£0 vehicles were trapped in the 4-km loksky tunnel
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        Lock icon MEDICAL KITS STOLEN
        52 8 I Thieves made off with over US$l5,OOO (S$21,000) of US medical equipment intended for a Russian children's hospital, Itar-Tass news agency said on The head of the hospital in Tambov, 500 km south of Moscow, said the losses were discovered when a container sent from Miami was
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        Lock icon ROW OVER GANG HITMEN
        38 8 f scandal over Turkey's alleged use of gangsters as political hitmen deepened on Friday after an official testified. Former government adviser Korku t Eken said mobster Abdullah Catli had worked with security officials. Reuter
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      Lock icon One phone, prayer books — and an Uzi
      119 8 One phone, prayer books and an Uzi A JEWISH settler, armed with an Uzi sub-machine gun and holding prayer books and a mobile phone, carrying his son past a shuttered Arab store on Friday into a Jewish settlement in the heart of Hebron, the last major West Bank town still
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      Lock icon Devotees set for world Islamic meet
      69 8 MUSLIM devotees settling down on Friday near the suburban Bangladesh town of Tongi for the annual Biswa Ijtema or world congregation, said to be the second-largest Islamic gathering after the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Organisers said the three-day congregation, which began yesterday, was
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    • DATELINE:ASIA
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        Taiwan star has bypass surgery
        99 9  -  LEESAN CHOUY All's well for actor who I plays the father m Lee Ang films TAIWAN Acclaimed Taiwanese actor Lang Hsiung (above) was recuperating after a four-hour bypass i operation on Friday, local press reports said. < Lang, the quintessential Chinese father m award-winning Lee
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        Press club is Hashimoto's bane
        214 9  -  KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who has been harping on the need to reform 1 his country's administrative, economic and social systems, is in despair over the prospect of ever reforming the Japanese media, according to a report by the influential
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        Take it easy, Aquino tells Ramos
        113 9  -  LETICIA PEREZ PHILIPPINES: When Mrs Corazon Aquino (above) was President of the Philippines, she was known to balk at unsolicited advice. But this was what she gave President Fidel Ramos on Christmas Day when she visited him in hospital. She told Mr Ramos, who
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        Draw of the written word
        108 9  -  HO WAH FOON MALAYSIA: Dr Tan Seng Giaw, a national vice-chairman of the opposition Democratic Action Party, is known to be a studious person and a "copycat". The 54-year-old skin specialist, who is conversant in Chinese, Malay and English and is familiar with the Jawi
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        Working at cross purposes
        147 9  -  SUSAN SIM I NOON ESI A: Dr Saparinah Sadli's colleagues often allege that she is "sleeping with the enemy". The professor of women's studies and newly-elected member of the Indonesian Commission for Human Rights has been married for 42 years to economist Prof Mohammed Sadli. He
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      US fears solar flares will hit military communications
      522 9 Sun's energy outbursts in year 2000 may also cripple radar WASHINGTON Extreme solarflare activity is expected to begin in March 2000 and will have potential-ly-crippling effects on US military communications and intelligence, according to Defence News weekly. It said in its Dec
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      Lock icon Gruesome rumours spark night of violence in Bangladesh
      184 9 DHAKA Police in a Bangladesh town fired shots and teargas to disperse a mob angered by rumours that municipal sweepers and morgue staff members took bones from unclaimed bodies, local officials said yesterday. The violence in coastal Bhola town on Thursday night
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      Lock icon Police club anti-govt protesters in Belgrade
      586 10 Action comes as European monitors urge go vt to honour election verdict BELGRADE Serbian police attacked anti-government protesters here at the weekend. The demonstrators were cheering a statement by international observers that the opposition had been robbed of victory in recent elections. The announcement,
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      Lock icon Domestic-violence law may force some lIS officers to hang up guns
      416 10 Domestic-violence law may force some lIS officers to hang up guns WASHINGTON A new United States federal guncontrol law is forcing law-en-forcement agencies around the country to search for officers who may lose their right to carry firearms because they have committed domes-tic-violence offences. The nation's basic guncontrol law, on
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      Lock icon Palace sees red over ad featuring Diana in leather wielding a whip
      343 10 LONDON A newspaper advertisement featuring Princess Diana in leather and wielding a whip sparked a protest by Buckingham Palace, which said it violated a rule prohibiting the use of images of the Royal I Family for commercial pur-
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      Lock icon Dow soars 14 points to new record high
      81 10 NEW YORK Stocks rose modestly on Friday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record. Bonds and the dollar also ro»e. > Blue-chip stocks gained as investors snapped up big, well-known issues before the ye^ir-end. The 30-share Dow average soared 14.23
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      Lock icon First suspect in Rwanda's genocide trial pleads not guilty
      242 10 KIBUNGO (Rwanda) The first trial in Rwanda of suspects linked to the country's 1994 genocide has opened here with the accused entering a not guilty plea after saying he confessed to massacre charges under torture. Among the 11 counts against him,
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      Lock icon Bearing glad tidings for the New Year
      36 10 picture. YOUNG Romanians dressed as bears in the streets on Friday. Performances of such traditional dances are believed to bring good luck and wealth in the New Year.-" Reuter
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      Marvel comics group caught in takeover struggle
      284 10 NEW YORK Marvel Entertainment Group, the company that brought Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk into millions of homes around the world, filed for protection in bankruptcy court on Friday, a victim of overexpansion and of a bitter fight between two Wall Street takeover
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      Lock icon Italian court slams raids against former graft buster
      302 10 Italian court slams raids against former graft buster BRESCIA (Italy) —An Italian > court has ruled that police raids earlier this month on the home and offices of former an-ti-graft investigator Antonio Di Pietro were unjustified and illegitimate. The court, m the northern town of Brescia, on Friday ordered piles
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      394 6 WEATHER SINGAPORE B Showers are expected in the Rfl H| 9 h Sunset {0(i W afternoon and eariy evening. 31 P m i ftw Sunrise tomorrow: 22 706am For an update on the local weather, call 542-7/88 For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 AIR QUALITY PSI (at 4 pm yesterday):
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Lien Chan may be allowed US stopover
      274 11 Taiwanese V-P wants to attend inauguration of Nicaraguan President-elect WASHINGTON The State Department said that it was considering a request that Taiwanese Vice-President Lien Chan be allowed to stop over in the United States on his way to Nicaragua next month. Such a
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      Lock icon Washington concerned over Jailing of Tibetan for spying
      350 11 WASHINGTON The United States said it was concerned with China's sentencing of a Tibetanborn former Fulbright scholar to 18 years in prison on espionage charges. "The United States is quite concerned" about the reported prison term handed down to Ngawang Choephel, 30,
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      Lock icon Russian and Chinese PMs to meet twice a year
      276 11 MOSCOW Chinese Premier Li Peng and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin have agreed to meet each other twice a year to monitor progress on building up relations. Mr Li said that his twiceyearly meetings with Mr Chernomyrdin would "promote trade, economic
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      Taiwan President sets up 3 new advisory bodies
      565 11 One will handle cross-strait relations By Lee San Chouy Taiwan Correspondent TAIPEI Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui yesterday announced the setting up of new advisory bodies including one on cross-strait relations under his office to follow up on conclusions reached at the National
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      Lock icon China to increase retail ventures with foreigners
      177 11 BEIJING China said yesterday that it would expand co-operation with foreigners in the nation's retail sector and that big companies from the US and Europe would be given priority. But the official China Daily said that Beijing wanted to ensure that Chinese firms
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      Lock icon Strikes in S. Korea turn violent as workers battle riot police
      404 13 SEOUL Strikes engulfing South Korea turned violent for the first time yesterday as rock-throwing workers backed by students fought pitched battles with riot police in Seoul. Police unleashed barrages of tear gas at about 6,000 workers to stop them
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      Lock icon Nissan to launch sale of cheaper cars on Internet next year
      131 13 TOKYO Nissan Motor Co would take the lead in selling cheaper passenger cars on the Internet next year, the business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. Internet users will be able to buy a car from the comfort of
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
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        Lock icon JAPAN'S CHEMICAL ARMS:
        57 13 Japan plans to build plants in China to dismantle chemical weapons left behind by Japanese troops at the end ofWorldWarll. Tokyo will propose the idea to Beijing at the first meeting of their joint working group on the subject to be held early next year, Jyi Press
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        MEN OF THE YEAR
        59 13 Hongkong news weekly Yazhou Zhoukan has named Diaoyu activists as the magazine's Men of the Year, reported Ming Pao Daily News yesterday. It said that despite being ordinary people, the activists had an extraordinary spirit. This Chinese community mass movement's "immense explosive force" had never before
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        MAYOR JAILED
        43 13 Pingtung mayor Huang Ching-han has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption, Taiwan's China Times reported yesterday. Huang, who was charged together with 12 others in connection with bid-rigging and bribery in several construction projects, was also fined NT$3 million (551.53,900).
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        MINISTER PENALISED
        51 13 China's Defence Industries-Minister Ding Henggao's recent retirement was related to a number of failures in satellite launches, Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News yesterday quoted a source as saying. Mr Ding, 65, was said to have been replaced by People's Liberation Army Deputy Chief of the General Staff Cao
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      Lock icon Hopes rise in Seoul for Pyongyang apology over sub incursion
      202 13 SEOUL Hopes rose in South Korea yesterday that North Korea would deliver an apology over the incursion of a submarine which could ease military tensions on the Korean peninsula. South Korean state radio added to expectations of an imminent breakthrough
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      Lock icon Lawmakers call for tighter control of PLA
      397 13 They want absolute party leadership over military to be strengthened BEIJING Chinese lawmakers have urged the ruling Communist Party to tighten control over the nation's armed forces, saying new defence legislation was essential to bring law to the military. Members of the Standing
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      135 14 MANILA The number of death-row inmates in the Philippines rose 163 per cent this year to 282, the main author of the death-penalty law said yesterday. Of the 175 to receive the death penalty this year, 15 were sentenced this month, including six
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      Lock icon Jakarta bans street rallies and convoys in "97 polls
      350 14 JAKARTA Indonesia has issued a new campaign rule for next year's election, banning the popular street rallies and convoys of previous campaigns, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday. Attorney-General Singgih was quoted as saying that the regulation, issued on Tuesday, stated
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      Lock icon THE DAY AFTER
      48 14 picture. Two Tasikmalaya residents cycling past burnt-out vehicles on Friday, the day after a mob rampaged through the town attacking shops, homes, buildings and churches owned by ethnic Chinese or Christians. The rioting followed reports of alleged police mistreatment of three Islamic religious teachers. Reuter
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      West Java violence maybe rooted in frustration
      596 14  -  Susan Sim Economic woes coalesce with anger against 'police brutality' News Analysis By Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA Till the mid-80s, Tasikmalaya was a sort of "sleepy hollow", as famous for its high-quality handwoven cloth as for the gentle nature of its people. Nestling in
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      245 14 PHNOM PENH Cambodia's two prime ministers have announced that the military will be used to enforce a Dec 31 timber-export ban. Extra control in the border areas was central to the measures the government would use against illegal loggers, they said in
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        62 15 Myanmar is ready to join Asean as its tariff structure is in line with the grouping's trade-liberalisation programme, a government official said on Friday Ms Theingi Tin, a senior official in the Office of the Myanmar Investment Commission, said about 60 per cent of Myanmar tariffs were in
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        59 15 The Philippine Supreme Court nas rejected the plea of a legislator accused of statutory rape of an 11-year-old girl to quash the charges against him and retract an order for his arrest. The court, saying it has no jurisdiction over the case on Friday, sent the petition of
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        62 15 Sacred relics of the Buddha from India will be on display in the Thai province of Nakhon Pathom from today till Febl6in commemoration of Thai Kingßhumibol AduTyadej's 50th year on the throne, the Education Ministry has announced. India agreed to loan the recently discovered relics as part of
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        60 15 Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi left her home on Friday for the first time in about three weeks to visit her mother's tomb on the eighth anniversary of her death. A statement from military intelligence in Yangon, received in Bangkok, said that she was accompanied by
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      Thai central bank wants $2b in spending shelved
      596 15 But military to press ahead with purchases BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand has said that plans to spend 40 billion baht (552.2 billion) on weapons, airliners and unnecessary infrastructure projects must be shelved if the government is to implement an effective austerity
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      Lock icon Thai juvenile crime wave blamed on amphetamine use
      252 15 BANGKOK Thailand is experiencing rapid growth in juvenile drug addiction and crime due to increasing amphetamine use. Drug-addiction rates for youths aged between 15 and 25 especially for amphetamines have increased dramatically in the last few years, said Mr Pinyo Thongchai, an
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Hopes fade for 200 lost in Sabah storm
      583 16 Grieving relatives seek only their bodies for a decent burial, says rescuer KOTA KINABALU Hopes dimmed yesterday of finding survivors among an estimated 200 people believed to be still entombed in the debris left by a tropical storm that killed at I*,
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      Lock icon Mohamed calls for review of weather warnings
      138 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's weather forecasters came under fire yesterday as senior government figures called for a review of the country's weath-er-warning system. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said that many people failed to understand the technical warnings issued. He said: "We have to
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      435 16 Muhammad was stopped from leaving Brisbane airport last Sunday with A51 .26 million (Ssl .4 million) in Malaysian, Singapore and New Zealand dollars. Under Australian law, people leaving the u country must declare and justify any amount over A55,000 taken out.
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      Lock icon Students in Australia in no danger, says Najib
      203 16 MACHANG -jffc Education Ministry has received a report from the Malaysian Students Department in Australia saying that Malaysian students are in no danger despite the reported upsurge in anti-Asian sentiment there, said Education Minister Datuk Sen Najib Tun Razak. He said the
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        61 16 Malaysia's first national-car manufacturer, Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton), is set to roll out its one millionth unit tomorrow. The guest of honour at the ceremony at the company's plant in Shah Alam will be Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the mastermind behind the car project. He
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        67 16 About half the 155 cars stolen in Perak this year were eld, some of over 20 years' vintage, leading police to believe that joy rides could be a prime motive. State Criminal Investigation Department deputy chief Chong Mun Phing said many of the 52 cars recovered
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        60 16 The third batch of Malaysian Contingent II troops 305 members, including 15 officers returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday after a six-month tour of duty in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The previous two Malcon II batches, also comprising 305 soldiers each, arrived home last Sunday and Tuesday. The final batch of 293
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        49 16 Johoris allocating Ms2 million (Ssl.l million) to the state Education Department for additional classes for students next year. Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said this was double the amount allocated for this year as the state government felt more students should benefit from the programme. NST
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        60 16 Banks and financial institutions have agreed on common features in children's accounts to facilitate the opening of accounts under the National Savings Campaign. They include setting a Msl (Singapore 55 cents) minimum deposit, with a coin box given to the child opening the account. Interest will be multi-tiered
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        64 16 rate for the Penilaian Menengah Rendah or Lower Secondary Assessment Examination improved by 3.3 percentage points to 53.9 per cent this year compared to 50.6 per cent last year. Education Minister Datuk Serf Najib Tun Razak, who announced the results, said 179,634 of the 332,187 candidates who
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      Lock icon Chafe not, there is 'gold' in rice husk
      104 16 4* UNWANTED rice husk that has been transformed into saleable items sujjh as a Roman pillar and a lamp post. These are just some of the things that Bernas Dominals Sdn Bhd in Sfch Alam has recycled from the discarded product. Said
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      Malaysians can remain at Bangalore college
      345 16 PETALING JAYA Malaysia and India have resolved a problem caused by a court order over 85 Malaysian students in a medical college in Bangalore, who can now continue their studies ih the southern Indian metropolis. The affected Malaysians, ranging from second- to finalyear students,
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  • GE '97
    • My vision for Year 2000
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        'Open' exams Lighter load
        502 17 'Open' exams Lighter load In this contest, we will fight all the way. 'We are by no means intimidated by the opposition We stand on our record. Our strength is that we will deliver what we promise.' Education Minister Lee Yock Suan (above). More computers I XHIS is what education
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        Education Minister says: Our strength is that we will deliver what we promise
        614 17  -  Leong Ching Ching By EDUCATION Minister Lee Yock Suan said yesterday that while he may not thump tables and shout loudly, he could be tough. "In this contest, we will fight all the way," declared the usually
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      BG Yeo calls SDP a 'master of distortion'
      585 17 7 to 10 pm PAP (Jalan Besar GRC): Jalan Besaf Stadium, Tyrwhittßoad PAP (Potong Pasir): Open field bounded by Upper Serangoon Road, Meyappa Chettiar Road and Potong Pasir Avenue 1 ■WP (Hougang): Open field bounded by Hougang (pa Avenue 7 and Upper
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      PM releases documents, explains why he must be firm with Tang
      1034 18 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong last night released documents which showed that Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong held dangerous views on Chinese language and culture. He explained that it was important for him to be "very firm" with
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      PAP candidates speak out against Tang
      1251 18 Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong continued to be an election issue on Day Five of the campaign as several PAP candidates and ministers took him to task for his views on Chinese language and culture. Below is a summary of their views: TWO
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      English education, religion don't affect duties: Dr Tan
      578 18 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan said that being English-ed-ucated and a devout Christian did not matter when he carried out his duties as a minister. Speaking to reporters after a walkabout in Chua Chu Kane yesterday morning, he said: "When we are
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      Key themes in election contest becoming clear
      1042 19  -  Warren POLL WATCH by Fernandez fHE campaign for the Jan 2 General Election crossed the midway mark last night, and with four more days at the hustings, the key themes on which the contest is likely to turn now seem clear. The People's
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      PAP veteran Cheng Bock vs 'a nobody'
      671 19  -  Joanne Lee CLOSE UP: Ayer Rajah By Here I am a nobody. Nobody knows me.' -Mr Sin Kek Tong(tott). INSIDE the pale blue Hasanah Mosque, the faithful pay more heed to the call to prayer than to the odd campaign lorry winding around
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        Speakers at MacPherson rally focus on Chee's character
        881 20 PAP will win these 3 wards: PM THE People's Action Party is confident of winning the single-seat wards of MacPherson, Bukit Gombak and Nee Soon Central in the General Election, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. Giving his assessment at
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        Lock icon Special treatment for supporters fair: SM
        427 20 &VIN& qpecial treatment to those who support you is not unusual, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last flight. aHe cited thft, National Trades Unionrv^Congress (NTUC) as an organisation wJiich rewarded, members with perks. .aWhen the NwIJC bargains with employers and is successful jn
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        Lock icon Confident about West Coast
        281 20 THE PAP is confident of winning the West Coast GRC as there is little evidence of the Workers' Party's work there and the PAP MPs had served residents well, said Mr Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. The National Development Minister, who was visiting some flats in Clementi
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    • Focus: Opposition rallies
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        Lock icon Govt's 'responsibility' to give subsidies for basic medical care
        584 21 NSP THE National Solidarity Party last night said that it was the Government's social responsi--1 bility to provide subsidies for basic medical care, and that it should not transfer this burden to the people. Party president Tan Chee Kien, speaking at
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        Nee Soon Central flats: Cheo asks how $50,000 figure was arrived at
        705 21 TWO opposition parties said last night that they had been told by the authorities to remove their candidates' biodata from their Internet websites. The parties were the Singapore Democratic Party and the National Solidarity Party. Speaking at a
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        'Don't let Government misuse funds'
        435 21 WP THE Workers' Party yesterday urged Singaporeans not to allow the Government to use their money to serve the interests of the People's Action Party. Mr Low Thia Khiang, who is defending his seat in Hougang, made the call at its rally at Yio Chu
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        Chiam: Important for people to know PAP's national programme
        391 21 Chiam: Important for people to know PAP's national programme SPP IT WAS important for Singaporeans to know the People's Action Party's national programme for the next fiv* years, Mr Chiam See Tong, secretary/ general of the Singapore People's Party said last night. ,u At a rally in Bukit Gombak, he
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      1011 18 HAfhif Tann IG Warning signals from MPs VVliy laliy IS who have known him dangerous 1 u t P^l jg^l Dr Ow Chin Hock Dr Ker Sin Tze jg^^S on Nomination If he is elected into I I HP a at e W *M standing Parliament, he will appear as
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  • RACING
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      Raphael Gold gives rivals no chance in clay's feature
      459 23 PENANG ROUND-UP RAPHAEL GOLD, a galloper imported with the classics in mind, showed his mettle with a runaway win in the Msloo,ooo ($8&,000) Penang Festival Cup over 1,200m yesterday. handsome grey, with Sa*mee Jumaat aboard, improved on his form of last
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      YESTERDAY'S PENANG RACE RESULTS
      836 23 RACEI RES TERMS DIVI 1,200m 11 LIGHTNING SWEEP 52.5 (7-6) Cropp (4) 2 2 1 6 PEACE SEEKER 57 c54 (65-1 2) Alias (5) 1 1 2 8 SUNSHINE CITY 57 c54 (28-7) Tal (6) 6 6 3 Others in finishing order: Why Worry 111 (1
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      TODAY'S PENANG RACE GUIDE
      2321 23 GOING FORECAST: GOOdI Res Terms Div 2 1,200 m Stakes $20,000 1.» Bumper Crop 111 8 (3nzgSH Tan-Auric) Oo 57 2^ 8 Broken Arrow 5 (3nzg HH Lim-ST Yeo) Wan 57 3 Counting Stars 6 (3ag Yeoh-Mahcesy) Doleuze 57 433 Johnny Henry 3 (3nzg Landers-Come On
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      295 23 RON DANNY MALCOLM MARC TAN TEO KHOO BASTIANS 6 Race Fighter 8 Steel Knight 8 Steel Knight 3 Counting Start 1 8 Steel Knight 3 Counting Stars 6 ftace Fighter 4 Johnny Henry 4 Johnny Henry 6 Race Fighter 3 Counting Stars 6 Race Fighter 7 Jupiter Prince
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      STIPE'S REPORT
      898 23 RACE 1: Leong Kar Wah replaced Sam Subian, who was certified unfit, on Millionaire Beggar. Sunshine City jumped outwards, carrying Tuff Arch onto Special Delivery. Texan Glory was slow to begin. Why Worry 111 jumped awkwardly. At about the 900m, Great Advantage had to steady from Sunshine City
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      Chavez may not be around next year
      469 23  -  Malcolm Bastians By PANAMANIAN Oscar Chavez, who has already clinched the jockeys' championship, may not ride on the local circuit next year. The 22-year-old rider's application for a licence in the new season was approved in principle by the Malayan Racing Association at
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      56 23 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Dec 28 1996 FIRST 6364 SECOND 5682 THIRD #9106 STARTERS 5487 5788 1028 9990 9961 0405 5044 4993 0654 7144 CONSOLATIONS 0505 8118 8235 7915 1946 0476 4670 6182 8924 0453 Horse Racing Results 1900-911-0001 available 1 hr after the last race 4D/Toto/Sweep 1900-911-0002 Cost: 50 cents a
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  • OBITUARIES
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      751 24 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths HEAH SWEE LONG Age: 89 passed away peacefully on 28-12-1996. Wives: (Lim Siang Huay, deceased) Goh Hong Ngor Goh Siang Ngor Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandsons: Heah Huang Sean Chia Boy Hong Heah Kwang Le Heng Choon Ngee Heah Hang Seng YeoJooKiow
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      381 24 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 1 1 QUAH SWAY CHOK 1 1 Age 72 I I Passed away peacefully on 27/12/96 leaving behind I I WIFE TEO CHOU ENG I I SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: QUAH TIONG LEONG ONG Al LING QUAH TIONG HWEE NG BUAY HENG
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  • OBITUARIES
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      170 25 880 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths /am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me Will Live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. John 11:25:26 SOH YOKE PECK Age: 67 was called home to be with the Lord on 28 Dec
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      44 25 The Family of The Late ONG PENG HENG wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, pastors, church friends, doctors and nurses (TTSH Ward 42) for their kind attendance, prayers, condolences, assistance, donations wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      37 25 The Family of th« Late SIM LIANG HOW Departed on 24-12-96 wish to express their gratitude to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and generous donations during their recent bereavement.
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      40 25 JULIE CHEOK Departed: 29.12.93 The years may wipe out many things But this they'll wipe out never. The memory of those happy days. Which we had spent together Always remembered by family and all who lovd har.
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      246 25 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam YUEN WENG KONG Departed 29.12.9S Although a year has passed the depth of sorrow we cannot tell. Your love remains with us forever. Always missad and fondly remembered by: Father: Yuen Kam Hoi Mother: Cheong Fong Ngan Brother: Alfred Yuen Weng
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      120 25 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Msmoriam MEMORIAL SERVICE In Loving Memory of Late Venerable Yen Pei, BBM Departed on 10 November 1996 &n loving memory of late Yen Pei, bbm Committee members of the Memorial Service and all related disciples cordially invite all honourable
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  • SPORT
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      There is no room for part-time athletes and officials in this era of professional sport
      1317 26 Godfrey Robert looks back at the year in local sport, not necessarily with joy rt ytr i i ■'Athletics: Girls' relay team's brpnze in Asian Junior Championships. Bodybuilding: Mohamad Said Suib (lightweight) and Augustine Lee
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      Reflections on divine interventions and blabber-mouths
      1422 26  -  WILFRED YEO FOR CRYING OUT LOUD 'Gilbert doesn't like anybody, that's not a secret. Gilbert never liked me, thatf s not a secret, either. I think Andre is the same. That? s always been his problem. If you have somebody talking to you like
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      Trouble, trouble and more trouble in soccer
      1207 27 SPORTS if! FOCUS l ln tsg dg t t 'I told the Executive Committee of my decision this morning. It is my own decision and it is final. The most important thing is not to know when to arrive but when to leave.
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      ALL ABOUT BOSMAN RULING
      152 27 BELGIAN midfielder Jean-Marc Bosman rebelled against Uefa after he was denied a transfer to French club Dunkirk from Standard Liege in 1990, even though his contract had expired. He sued and the European Court of Justice ruled last December that any player whose contract had expired
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      EUROPE
      164 27 Buzz in England over Euro'96 SOCCER came home to England with the hosting of the European Championship, but it was Germany which ran away with the title. The English set abuzz the nation with some stirring early victories, but their dreams were dashed in a penalty shoot-out loss to
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      ASIA
      147 27 Middle-East teams score SAUDI ARABIA won the quadrennial Asian Cup competition, beating host United Arab Emirates in the final after a keenly-contested penalty shoot-out Defending champion Japan, 1-0 conqueror of Brazil at the Atlanta Olympic Games in July, surprisingly crashed out in the quarter-finals, as did 1994 World Cup
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      AFRICA
      158 27 Africans ready to rule the world NIGERIA'S fairy-tale triumph at the Atlanta Olympics, where it defeated Brazil and Argentina en route to the gold medal, only served to reaffirm beliefs that the continent could well rule world soccer in the next millennium. Over 300 Africans played in the top
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      THE AMERICAS
      166 27 Major League enjoys success THE United States, following up on its successful staging of the World Cup finals in 1994 and its performance where it qualified for the second round kicked off its professional Major Soccer League to tremendous success. Crowds of 60,000 and more were not uncommon
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      A final flourish, but some pros must examine conscience
      935 27  -  TAY CHENG KHOON TEE TO GREEN '...AS one who has followed them around Asia without much success to report, it was nice to hear finally of Singapore pros finishing right up or at least near there.' SINGAPORE'S professional golfers ended the
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      Lock icon Gill and Pack pile up points to lead Nets past Pacers
      446 28 BASKETBALL: NBA EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey) Kendall Gill poured in 31 points and Robert Pack added 22 points and 13 assists as the New Jersey Nets pulled out a 105-94 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday in the
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      Lock icon Thais dominate as local hope Goh false-starts
      496 28  -  S. Murali BOARDSAILING By THAILAND'S Arun Homraruen and Phanuthat Ruans swept to the top of the leaderboard in dominant fashion after the first day of races in the Singapore Boardsailing Open off the East Coast Sea Sports Club yesterday. In medium winds, Southeast
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      Abdul Halim appointed secretary-general of world body
      448 28 SEPAK TAKRAW TO MAKE Singapore a sepak takraw superpower. That is the lofty ambition of newly-ap-pointed International Sepak Takraw Federation secretarygeneral Abdul Halim Kader. He hopes to entrench the Republic as one of the premier nations in the fast-growing sport, the 13-nation body
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      Wong, Nurul for double duty
      285 28  -  Santokh Singh By ATHLETICS NATIONAL high-jumper Wong Yew Tqng and woman sprinter Nurulaini Ariffin will take on an additional discipline each for next October's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta. Wong will compete in the 10-event decathlon while Nurulaini will double up as a hurdler. This
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      Lock icon Donald hands India crushing blow
      303 28 CRICKET DURBAN Superb fast bowling from Allan Donald payed the way for a comprehensive South African victory over India, which made just 66 in its second innings in the First cricket Test yesterday. South Africa won by 328 runs after Donald, who took 5-40 in
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Malaysians prove too strong
        88 28 THE Malaysian senior sepak takraw team trounced Singapore 3-0 while its juniors won 2-1 in the play-off for the Khir Johari ana Yaacob Mohamad Oscars yesterday. In the junior competition for the Yaacob Mohamad Oscar, the Malaysians, who brought only two regus instead of the regulation
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        Betting allegations
        67 28 THE Cyprus Football Association is conducting an investigation into newspaper reports that national team players had betted against their own side in a recent World Cup qualifier. A CFA inquiry is underway into allegations that an unspecified number of international players placed bets on Bulgaria to beat Cyprus
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        Maleeva to retire
        67 28 BULGARIAN tennis star Katerina Maleeva will retire from the Corel WTA Tour next week, her management company Advantage International said. The 27 year-old middle sister of the three tennis-playing Maleevas won 11 singles titles during her 13-year career and represented Bulgaria at four Olympic Games. Her older
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        Rams to hold soccer trials
        40 28 S-LEAGUE soccer dub Woodlands Wellington will conduct youth trials today at Blk 367, Yi shun Ring Road The Under-14 trial will be held from 2pm to 4pm with the Under-18 trial to start at 4pm.
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        BASKETBALL
        29 28 NBA: Miami 101 Charlotte 86, Cleveland 94 Milwaukee 86, New Jersey 105 Indiana 94. Washington 100 Toronto 82, Portland 102 LA Clippers 98, LA Lakers 109 Boston 102.
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        CRICKET
        66 28 Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, 3rd day: Australia 219 and 122 (S. Waugh 37; Ambrose 4-17), Windies 255 and 87-4 (S. Chanderpaul 40). Windies won by 6 wkts. South Africa y India, Ist Test, 3rd day: South Africa 235 and 259, India 100 and 66. S. Africa won
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        ICE HOCKEY
        25 28 NHL: NY Rangers 3 Anaheim 2, Dallas 6 Boston 4, Toronto 3 St Louis 2, Phoenix 7 Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 6 Edmonton 4.
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        United in second spot
        88 28 MANCHESTER United moved into second spot behind English Premiership soccer leader Liverpool, following a 1-0 win over Leeds yesterday. United is level on 37 points with Arsenal, which drew 2-2 with Aston Villa. Results: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 2, Chelsea 2 Sheffield Wednesday 2, Coventry v
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        Selangor's Cup on penalties
        39 28 SELANGOR retained the Malaysia Cup when it defeated Malaysian League soccer champion Sabah 5-4 on penalty kicks in the final at the Shah Alam Stadium yesterday. The teams had been deadlocked at 0-0 after extra-time.
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      Lock icon IT'S TWO-OUT-OF-TWO FOR SINGAPORE RUGBY
      180 28 Juniors outclass Malaysians SINGAPORE crushed Malaysia 29-0 (two goals and three tries) in its annual rugby Friendship Shield match at the School of Physical Education field yesterday. Played in a light drizzle, the Under-23s ran riot over a smaller-built and less-organ-ised Malaysian defence. Except for
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      24 28 1 TODAY'S EVENTS I BASKETBALL SBL Tiger Beer Challenge: Typhoon v Prince (Geylang Indoor Std, Bpm). BOARDSAILING Singapore Open (East Coast Sea SC, 11am).
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        Moving men and mountains at Three Gorges
        1597 2 1992: Parliament approves project, resettlement begins. 1994: Construction starts. 1997: Completion of diversionary channel and closure of Yangzi. 1998: Building main section of dam. 2003: Final phase; first stations start generating electricity. 2009: Project to be fully operational. From Page 1 So fierce
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        Yichang: Hydropower city of China
        569 2 YICHANG is the birthplace of the poet and martyr Qu Yuan, who is honoured every year by the Chinese community worldwide during the Dragon Boat Festival. Yichang is abuzz with activity to establish itself as China's "Hydropower City". In fact, hydroelectricity has given the city
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        Resettlement message top priority
        664 2 "RESETTLEMENT hand in hand with development", is the message being pushed by officials in charge of relocating some 1 .2 million people affected by the Three Gorges Project. Resettlement is given top priority, with Premier Li Peng calling it the touchstone for the success or failure
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        The Sunday Times
        251 3 I Televising the kampung spirit *JCAMPUNG TV, Tampines' community television, is *>n innovative idea that should reinforce its communi<£n spirit by offering residents a new way of looking at surroundings and themselves. Anonymity is not Jjjfnly a fact of urban life, but paradoxically, it grows the greater
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        25 years ago
        114 3 On this day A TOTAL of 4,713 science graduates and 2,451 engineers will be needed m the next decade to ac- commodate further i growth m Singapore's inj dustries. In addition, 21,375 technicians will be needed m the industries for the same period. These projected figures for
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        Larger GRCs have made opposition improve quality of candidates
        1147 3 IF A week is a long time in politics, three months must seem like an age. And what a difference that period has made to the reaction to the policy of expanding Group Representation Constituencies from four to as many as
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        Cantonese squawks mix with Mandarin screeches
        1033 4 HAVING spent nearly four months in Hongkong, I can now order for myself a Sausage McMuffin from McDonald's in Cantonese at last. It is a big relief. No more will I suffer the slings and arrows of outraged scorn and cold stares. When I
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          Cough up the dough or be marked
          172 4 INDONESIA'S rich have been warned: You will be marked if you do not cough up funds for the poor literally. President Suharto told villagers in the Central Java city of Solo that rich Indonesians who do not heed the government's call to help
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          Taiwanese pessimistic
          96 4 AFTER reading reports of terrifying triad activities in Taiwan, one is not surprised to learn that the people there are not exactly happy with their lot. A survey conducted by the mass-circulation United Daily News of Taiwan showed that people are increasingly dissatisfied with their lives and becoming
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          Ain't no talk, man
          96 4 IS IT a language or what? A furore has broken out in the United States over a decision by a Californian school to recognise a distinctive language spoke by American blacks. Called Ebonics, from the words ebony and phonetics, the dialect tends to eliminate subject-verb agreement
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          Tiger, tiger, burning bright
          117 4 IN a macabre turn of events, the tiger at the Indonesian safari park which killed a Malaysian tourist will, instead of being put down, be put back on display. The animal at the Indonesia Safari Park had pounced on Madam Ngai Fong Chee, 59, when she
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          Just a quickie, thanks
          70 4 FIRST, it was the 6oA 5/a girls. Now, enter the "instant" &0/1--5/a girls. The ftoA s/fl (no noise) girls is the label given to Ma- laysian teenaged girls who loiter in shopping complexes in the hope of getting cash from men for one-night stands. The "instant"
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          Newt's nyet
          85 4 THE MAN who is second in line to succeed US President Bill Clinton has admitted publicly that he had violated the rules of congressional ethics. The admission by Republican Representative Newt Gingrich (right) would affect seriously his pursuit of a second term as Speaker of the House of
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          People
          133 4 PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos successfully underwent surgery for a blocked main artery in the neck which could be life-threatening. The blockage could have led to a stroke as that artery supplies blood to the brain. Taiwanese-born Aids researcher Dr David Ho, 44, has been named Time magazine's Man of
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        • MEANWHILE IN SINGAPORE...
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            Immediate effects
            123 4 THE hustings was the top local news story of the week. The People's Action Party was returned to power on Nomination Day on Monday, winning 47 out of 83 seats without any contest. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said that unlike previous elections, Singaporeans voting in the Jan
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            Anyhow hantam
            85 4 QUOTE of the week goes to National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang who spoke of opposition candidate Chee Soon Juan's "anyhow hantam" method of calculating the prices of Housing Board flats. Mr Lim said at a press conference: "It is typical of Chee Soon Juan's approach. I can't
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            Putting Wong right
            94 4 ANOTHER subject that was the talk of the coffeeshops during the week was the suspension of popular television $tar Fann Wong by TCS for a contract she signed with Taiwan talent agency P. T. Models. She finally came out of hiding for a secret meeting with representatives
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    • Money on Sunday
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        Asian-role doubts over Brierley's Fairfax play
        1044 5 Brierley *s South-east Asian investors unlikely to be prime movers in taking over major piece of A ustralian media, reports FLORENCE CHONGfrom Sydney Analysts are openly questioning Brierley 's strategy for a number of reasons, not least of all, the high price. MEMBERS OF
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        Careful planning can help cut your business tax burden
        1086 5  -  CHENGWEI LIANSOOSEE and EFFECTIVE tax planning ca*n improve your bottom line and relieve cash-flow problems during the initial years ofyour business operations. Jt is therefore always advisable to conduct a year-end review ofyour business operations with your accountant to consider how
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        Is terrorist leader a 'vicious killer'?
        1271 6 Peru 's most wanted man has planned many kidnappings and outrages while giving his Marxist organisation a Robin Hood image 7 was surprised by his level of sophistication. Mr Manuel Romero Caro, freed hostage THE leader of the Marxist guerillas holding the hostages in
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        It's home, sweet home, despite the drawbacks
        1311 7 Filipino professionals are beginning to go back Philippine Correspondent NIRMAL GHOSH reports on the factors that draw them home. 'The most important thing is intangible. In the US I always felt like a tourist, here I feel there's no place like home. DrMarkCua,
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        The best and brightest go back as new opportunities open up
        579 7 'They feel better about going back to Manila because it's home. Ms Candace Claraval WITH the Philippine economf in its third year of growth and hitting a tigerish stride with a 7 per cent gross national product surge this
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      502 1 Koh Buck Song: Larger GRCs here to stay Peru>s rebel leader: Nestor Cerpa Cartolini \J I T I F A W J| A 9 IHE THREE GORGES A J| M jr mmta^A Project, touted as the modern engi--1 J L jJ^k m neering equivalent of the Great mm^^^^B €H^ a^
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      22 4 her house^ riches EXCLUSIVE pictures of the things that were found in former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha's mansion. Bl 1 -91
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      709 15 460 Dl5 16 East Coast HOUSES Sale D.16 SALAM WALK 2 storey »emi-d. 3900/ 24Oft-eq.ll. 3+2 rms. Immaculate cond. Near MRT/ food ctr. Hurry! Pg. *****766 HSR MERA TERRACE INTER. F'hold. Hse. noj.lol Seagull Walk. 4+l rm. Z All attached bath. Viewing 2:30--s:3opm. Contact owner: 9314-2074 2 OPEN H'SE MERA
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      3290 17 The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HDB ESTATES) LimChuKang S jig /^^>r^3 'I f/' XS' Bukit Paniang I VAngMo^X /T\_ -T 7 A X" I y7\ i—^^^'l 492 ,J V Pa^rßis/Changi SH I** 6 V) 494 Chu Kang^^^ Tampines/ y 7 808 \ciementi/| C* »16 /->^6o^^^^) IICA >-v 1 i^^i
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      742 17 505 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong) EXEC. MAIS. JURONG E. St. 31, mid fir. Renovated, amenities, price neg. Pg. 9-*****09 Fait GOOD LOCATION. 4 *NG" Blk. 105. Jurong East. Renovated. Well kept. Near MRT. 9-*****33 ERA. MRT JURONG E. Biggest mais. 1660 sq.ft. Breezy. New sports complex/ amenities. *****004 CJ
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      938 17 506 HDB Aptt For Sale (Kallang/ Whampoa) EXEC. MAIS. JLN. Rajah. Blk. 105/ 106/ 108 (6 units). High/ low fir. Renovated. *****742 Mera EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 106 Jin. Rajah. Mid fir. No blocking. Convenient. Price neg. 9319-0998 C&H. PRIME LOCATION 3 "N.G' blk.B Tronoh Rd. marble fir. Valued $193K. Charlie
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      926 17 514 HDB Apts For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) VERY LOW CASH!! Exec. apt. Tampines blk. 427. Low fir. Spacious. Near sch./ MRT/ amenities. Albert *****316 ERA 4 'A' TAMPINES Blk. 162. High fir. Unblock. Renovated. Mins. to MRT. Near shpg. ctr. Valued $318K. Donacrest *****528. 8 "I' Corner Blk. 864A with
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      902 17 514 HDB Apts For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) 4 'NO' BLK. 158. Tampines. Fuffy" renovated. Near amenities. View to offer. Pg 9594-9677 AR. 4 'NG' TAMPINES Blk. 811. High fir. Brand new flooring. 100% move-in cond. Multiplex *****56/ 4 -NG" TAMPINES St. 21 blk 256. High fir. Amenities. Unblocked. Valued $275K.
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      830 18 517 HDB Apts For Sale (Woodlands/ Sembawang) 4 'NG7 'S' Blk. 105/ 327 Woodlands. Walk to MRT. S/pool. Amenities. Good buy! 9316-1597 NR 4 RM. MARSILING Dr. Blk. 8 high flr. Near sch., amenities. No blocking. *****722 C&H 4 '87 8 'A' WOODLANDS blk. 337/ 303. F/renovated. Unblocked. Can contra.
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