The Straits Times, 6 February 1997

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • Article
    PM Goh: Time to close the cracks after GE
    812 1 Country cannot afford language or religious divisions "Now that the election is over, let us close the cracks opened up m the heat of election We cannot afford to be divided between Englishand Chineseeducated Singaporeans, between one religion and another." PM
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    Lock icon President switches on lights for River Hongbao
    289 1 LION dancers and acrobats welcomed President One Teng Cheong at the opening of the Singapore River Hongbao event last night. As soon as he passed through a specially-construct-ed Chinese archway at Marina Promenade, Nanyang Junior College's lion dancers romped forward, followed by Taiwan's
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    A deeper Asian engagement, Clinton urges
    638 1  -  Lee Siew Hua B r Ub uorresponaent WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton called for a deeper engagement with Asia and presented a centrepiece plan to strengthen American schools, m his annual State of the Union address on Tuesday. He said: "America must look to the
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    Pay cut for ministers, top civil servants
    326 1 They will get 2-7% less each month from July FROM July, ministers, judges and top civil servants will take a pay cut of between 2 and 7 per cent each month, m line with a fall m private sector salaries m 1995, a
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      8 1 Republican warns of 'phony' partisan compromise: Page 8
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Israeli helicopters collide, 73 soldiers killed
      471 2 There were no survivors. Everyone who was m the helicopters was killed.' Army chief Lieutenant-General Amnon Shahak. Accident is Svorst air disaster m Israeli military history SHAAR YISHUV (Israel) A mid-air collision of two helicopters flying to Lebanon claimed the lives of 73 Israeli
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      Lock icon China's leaders visit Deng for CNY
      449 2 BEIJING China's President Jiang Zemin has paid a formal Chinese New Year call on paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, state media said yesterday. "President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng along with other top leaders have paid a visit to Deng Xiaoping, to wish him
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      Lock icon A word in your ear...
      63 2 J^^^M X^^£^^^^£*J Ua9 While Mr Jeyaretnam (left) was at the WP rally, Mr Tang walked up to him and whispered m his ear, PAP leaders and members suing Mr Jeyaretnam said m their statements of :laim. Later, the WP chief held up two documents and
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      PM, 10 others file suits
      289 2 THE Prime Minister and 10 other PAP leaders and members have filed eight individual and joint defamation suits against Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam for allegedly defaming them at a Workers' Party election rally on Jan 1. They are claiming aggravated damages from the WP leader,
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      Commuters to get updates on buses from new tracking system
      554 3  -  Karamjit Kaur By I PEOPLE waiting at certain bus-stops along Singapore Bus Service 132's route will soon have minute-by-minute updates on where their bus is, whether there are delays and when it will arrive. Display boards will go up at
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      Manager, 47, threatened ex-lover, 27
      283 3 A SALES manager was charged yesterday with threatening to expose his ex-lover, a 27-year-old remisier, after she called off their affair. Tan Sek Mm, 47, allegedly threatened to send her a greeting card with a picture of them having sex. and to reveal the affair
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      Lock icon S-League board 'weighs in' at $1.5 m
      271 3 S-LEAGUE board members lent their weight to raise $1.5 million for the league at the Pan Pacific Hotel yesterday. The five directors, including Chairman Kwek Leng Joo, plus Chief Executive Officer Douglas Moore and Secretary Tan Eng Yoon actually raised only $1.2 million
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      Lock icon Stone Age children chewed gum
      188 3 LONDON It may not haw! blown into bubbles, but Stone Age people were chewing gum, the British media reported on Tuesday. Indeed, traces of ancient chewing gum have been found 1 all over northern Europe, according to the latest edition of British Archeology. In contrast
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      278 2 SptttinJT 1 image I WhoisthislrinGan look-alike? I -Whose face does I Michelle Goh wear? tHKBUSINI)SST[MES Loss of confidence The yen continues its remorseless slide Ssgoes lower too The Singapore dollar weakens to a three-month low against a surging greenback BeritaHarian On target The donation drive during Ramadan for the Madrasah
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      11 2 WkM/f j o one to rescue in ieiy copter crash -SeePage6
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      134 3 There are some loved ones you can't visit over the holidays, HF Ji -i^> Br jfl B Mix pr |X :i l| m rLu- ;»^j^Bl B B SBkT I Br B« <^B m., Wp k o i B^^^^ Hk. Ink H*. B dßß^^^^^l SB Performance Motors will close from 7-11
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Cosbys urge tabloids to withdraw rewards in their son's slaying
      320 4 Cosbys urge tabloids to withdraw rewards in their son's slaying LOS ANGELES Entertainer Bill Cosby and his wife Camilie, accusing tabloids of printing lies and being cruel, have appealed to them to withdraw huge reward offers m the hunt for the murderer if the Cosbys' son, Ennis. "I insist that
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      Lock icon China and Russia 'can be US military peers'
      579 4 Conflict, although unlikely, cannot be discounted m next decade, says Pentagon study 'Rather than opposing the United States directly during the next decade, China and Russia are more likely to mount a low-intensity strategic competition with the US designed to reduce or
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      Lock icon Simpson held responsible for killings of wife and Mend
      448 4 SANTA MONICA Sixteen months after 0. J. Simpson was cleared of murder charges, a civil-trial jury has blamed him for the brutal killings of his former wife and her friend and ordered him to pay US$B.5 million (5511.9 million) m compensatory
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      Lock icon UN chief 'wants Norwegian ex-PM as his deputy'
      189 4 OSLO Former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has been asked to become UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's deputy, Norwe gian public television said yes terday, quoting diplomatic sources. According to the UN sources, Mr Annan has "aus torn made" the post for
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      Lock icon With a prayer and a little gongfu...
      75 4 With a prayer and a little gongfu MEN who have to battle the dark forces of evil can run into some trouble when it comes to the grey area of the small-town thug. So practical English clergymen from the Peterborough diocese m Northampton, England, decided to take matters into their
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      Lock icon Second strike in a week by French rail workers
      429 4 Move coincides with debate on reform PARIS French train services were disrupted for the second time m a week yesterday due to a nationwide strike by railway workers protesting against reforms to the state-run SNCF rail authority. But the SNCF guaranteed
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      Lock icon False alarm as art imitates ? real-life bomb
      267 4 False alarm as art imitates real-life bomb TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Police m Florida's capital were debating the meaning of art on Tuesday, a day after they closed a busy street for hours when they were alerted to an artist's creation that looked like a pipe bomb. The device, four small pipes
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      Lock icon Asia likely to attract most foreign investments
      394 6 Asia likely to attract most foreign investments Asean and China are top destinations for multinationals: Study UNITED NATIONS Developing Asian countries atfe expected to be the most likely investment destinations for multinational companies m the next five years, according to a French government survey. It was conducted by the French
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      Lock icon No one to rescue in fiery copter crash
      627 6 Medics return from burning site empty-handed m Israel's worst air force disaster Two helicopters passed over my house without their lights on. Then there was a flash. One fell straight away and the other wavered for half a kilometre then it also
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      Lock icon In Albania: Partial refunds by govt fail to appease investors
      383 6 In Albania: Partial refunds by govt fail to appease investors TIRANA Confusion, anger and resignation filled the grimy streets of Tirana on Tuesday as the government started to hand over partial refunds to investors caught out m a massive pyramid savings scandal. "We have nothing to eat, no food, nothing,"
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      Lock icon Milosevic agrees to reinstate results of November's local elections
      413 6 Governments throw m the towel BELGRADE Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic has caved m to relentless opposition pressure for democratic change, prompting a cautious welcome from foreign and domestic critics alike. Mr Milosevic, an austere, autocratic figure, said on Tuesday that he
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      Lock icon In Bulgaria: Hundreds celebrate Socialists' decision to relinquish power
      361 6 In Bulgaria: Hundreds celebrate Socialists' decision to relinquish power SOFIA Despite looming hardship, hundreds of dancing and singing Bulgarians poured into the streets of central Sofia to celebrate the ruling Socialists' decision to step down from power two years ahead of scheduled elections. Bulgaria's former communist ruling party caved m
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      Education top priority in second term
      415 8  -  Lee Slew Hua Clinton's State of the Union address m ■Borrespondent Tougher school standards backed by a bigger budget WBHINGTON A stronger §K>al system, backed by tougher standards and a bigflHfa ldget, will ensure the competitiveness of the United flfeft m the next century,
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      Lock icon WORLD FILE
      348 8 FUJIMORI ON WARPATH: President Alberto Fujimori returned to Peru on Tuesday with harsh words for the rebels holding 72 hostages at the Japanese ambassador's home, He slammed them for celebrating "acts of blood".— Reuter. NUCLEAR' DERAILMENT: A train carrying spent nuclear fuel came off the rails m eastern
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      Lock icon Yes, Mr President, but only if it's genuine bipartisanship
      285 8 Yes, Mr President, but only if it' s genuine bipartisanship The Republican response WASHINGTON Delivering the Republican response to President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address, Representative J.C. Watts hailed his call to bipartisanship but rejected mere "feel-good co-operation between the parties. Mr Watts, the only black Republican m
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      Lock icon Saddam, wife and son Uday appear on Iraqi television
      274 8 Saddam, wife and son Uday appear on Iraqi television BAGHDAD Iraqi television has shown President Saddam Hussein and his wife Sajida, claimed by a US military official to be under house arrest, receiving well-wishers on the recovery of their son Uday. Mr Uday, who was shot and wounded m an
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      Lock icon Her ancestry 'won't affect Mid-East peace efforts'
      380 8 New data suggests Albright's grandparents were Jewish 'I think that we can trust that leaders around the world, particularly those m the Middle East, will be sophisticated enough to understand who she is, and who she works for.' State Department spokesman Nicholas Bums.
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      Lock icon US Army's top enlisted man accused of sexual harassment
      282 8 WASHINGTON The US Army said its top enlisted man would remain on duty at the Pentagon while it investigated "serious" sexual-harassment charges levelled against him by a retired female soldier. Sergeant-Major Gene McKinney denied accosting a female sergeant-major m a hotel
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    • PEOPLE
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        Elizabeth Dole for President?
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        Lock icon Dole dreams of being Thirst Gentleman' with a car, a driver and nothing to do
        277 8 WASHINGTON Former senator Bob Dole's L presidential ambitions might have ended with his November t defeat to President Bill Clinton, but he has not given up hopes of residing m the white i House. In
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        Lock icon Luther King's Kin seek retrial
        135 8 WASHINGTON The family of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King wants a new trial for the man jailed for his murder, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. "In the name of truth and justice, our family is calling for a trial, a trial that
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        Meanwhile...
        123 8 Meanwhile BARDOT BACKS RIGHTIST GROUP: Former film star Brigitte Bardot, 62, cleared recently of inciting racial hatred, courted new controversy on Tuesday by pledging support to ultra-rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front. BOYS ADMIT TO MURDER: Two Costa Rican boys have confessed to killing their eight-year-old friend to steal US$4
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        QUTEWORTHY
        49 8 Tn the American economy today, the force is with us solid sustainable growth achieved without special effects.' US Vice-President Al Gore, on releasing the latest gross domestic product numbers last Friday, the same day as the re-release m US cinemas of the George Lucas classic Star Wars trilogy.
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      Lock icon Benazir, alleging vote fraud, refuses to accept polls defeat
      477 9 But she offers to co-operate with rival for political stability ISLAMABAD Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has refused to accept her crushing election defeat, but offered to co-operate with her victorious rival Nawaz Sharif for political stability. She told her
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      Lock icon Indian MPs set for double pay, 100,000 free phone calls
      246 9 NEW DELHI Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda's coalition government is backing proposals to double MPs' pay, sallow them 100,000 free phone calls and 30 free flights a year, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The Indian Express quoted sources as
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      Lock icon Two quakes leave 72 dead and 200 hurt in north-eastern Iran
      236 9 TEHERAN A powerful aftershock yesterday jolted mountainous north-eastern Iran as the toll from two earlier earthquakes rose to 72 dead and 200 injured, staterun Teheran radio said. It said the aftershock, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, occurred at
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      Lock icon India hopes for better ties with Pakistan
      154 9 NEW DELHI India has said it Is hopeful of better ties with arch-rival Pakistan under a new government led by Mr Nawaz Sharif, but analysts cautioned that they did not foresee a radical change m Islamabad's foreign policy. India's Foreign Ministry said on
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      114 4 T? T Al\ X A r T y fn 1 _>^S M f\ r\ fill m A IP B M gr Jg I All of us at Metro would like to express our best wishes for a very happy year ahead. In celebration of the New Year, we are closed
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      89 6 d time that calls for a double celebration is here. Wed like to wish you (yongXi'Ta Cai Selamat Jiari tXidil Titri. >> rfangs and H^angs Studio will close at $pm today. will resume as usual on Monday, loireb. TANGS 1 STU DI 0 Tangs, 310 320 Orchard Road, Singapore *****4.
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      405 9 SINGAPORE Showers with thunder are HS High: Sunset today: expected m the afternoon. 132 721 pm I inw Sunrise tomorrow: Xl jg} 7.17 am For an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 AIR QUALITY— PSI (at 4Dm yesterday): 51 (Moderate) Abidjan 23/31 C
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  • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon FINAL PHASE
        74 10 Members of the World Trade Organisation *WTO) and China "are Approaching the final phase of the negotiations" on Chinese membership, WTO chief Renato 3fJ£iggiero said on Tuesday at a colloquium tft the French Senate. "We have made great progress. The negotiations are now dealing with observance 1 JuwTO
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        Lock icon BIG SPILL: A
        64 10 massive oil spill from a 1 wrecked Russian tanker la m me Sea of Japan was estimated to have caused damage of n '*>a«wnd 17 billion yen w Sn f1»197 million), an 1 eSertsaid. The tanker, l ;Wakhodka,brokeupon Jaft 2 m stormy seas about 150 km off
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        67 10 xne tf eying government has protested against I .*iJ flie reported signing of a i between Cambodia n and Taiwan which 1 ru fwtfuld result in direct flights between Phnom a and Taipei. ir< anffhe Chinese ri embassy in Phnom 1 *1 ¥enh said that Beying was "opposed to
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        Lock icon END TO BAN
        90 10 ni Taiwan agreed to end a > in* ban on the import of i>l Japanese-made cars m jrt* wothange for Tokyo's t f support for its bid to ["Ve^er the World Trade .^Organisation (WTO), K» ,4paae officials said. Taiwan will set an import quota of 7,700 .Japanese-built
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        Lock icon SECRET FILES
        73 10 p Hongkong's future chief vjF >q<mgchee Hwa has received sensitive files i JMLtoP civil servants IWUpite a deadlock between Britain and China over the confidential reports being passed on to Bering, his office confirmed yesterday. He had been given the files on top civil servants to help him
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        Lock icon GRAFT CASES
        64 10 The authorities m China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province had sentenced 37 people over corruption cases involving about 100 million yuan (5517.2 million), the Xinhua news agency reported. It did not specify what sentences were meted out but said that the 37 included Harbin executive deputy mayor Zhu Shengwen, city
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      Lock icon S. Korea arrests 2 top bankers over Hanbo loans ease
      572 10 Both charged with taking bribes SEOUL South Korean prosecutors arrested two leading bankers yesterday and a prominent opposition parliamentarian said he had taken money from the man at the centre of a loan scandal involving the Hanbo Group. A prosecution
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      Lock icon HK 'Spiderman' lands in jail after a spin at drug trafficking
      184 10 HONGKONG A 31-year-old man, nicknamed the "Spiderman of Kowloon" for his earlier high-rise crimes, was sent back behind bars for drug trafficking. High Court Judge Frank Stock on Tuesday sentenced Joseph Ng Kai Ming to 11 years for trafficking
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      Lock icon A little drab, maybe, but Beijing ready to welcome Year of the Ox
      688 10  -  Mary Kwang By China Correspondent BEIJING The capital may seem drab during the Chinese New Year season as few of its streets or buildings are decorated with festive banners or symbols like firecrackers or mandarin oranges that
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      Lock icon ALERT DRIVER FOILS SUICIDE BID
      57 10 A 47-year-old woman being helped to sarety arter sne jumped m tront ot a train at Mongkok MTR station m Hongkong. The driver managed to stop before hitting the woman, Ms Cnow Cheung, believed to be mentaUv ill. She was unhurt but taken to hospital
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      Lock icon Send food and well take part in briefing, N.Korea tells US
      324 10 WASHINGTON North Korea, m a rare public comment to the US media, has said it would not take part m a key briefing with the US and South Korea until Washington delivered "promised" food. Mr Kirn Hyong U, North
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      Lock icon Rifkind to press China on World Court intervention in HK
      285 10 HONGKONG British Foreign Minister Malcolm Rifkind said London would ask China to agree to allow the World Court to rule on the legality of Hongkong's controversial Provisional Legislature later this month. In an interview with a Hongkong Chinese-language newspaper published
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      Chinese defector says HK law moves aimed at foreign groups
      301 10 HONGKONG China's quick move to repeal sections of Hongkong's civil liberties laws is an attempt to stop foreign groups from using the territory to influence China, according to a former director of the Chinese official Xinhua news agency. Mr Xv
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      Lock icon Hongkong's minorities to get British citizenship
      318 10 LONDON The British government has bowed to pressure from Members of Parliament and from Hongkong and said it would give passports to up to 8,000 ethnic minority residents of the territory, most of them Indian or Pakistani. The prospect of British citizenship was leaked
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      80 10 WAREHOUS^J^ 7,8, 9 10 February 1997 jL\ TO V] 1 2.00 noon 8.00 pm at A. I BOOKER <&&■ THE GROCERY WHOLESALER l^Mr Tebrau Highway, Pandan, Johor Bahru. fL^ All Singaporean grocery shops, restaurants, bars, hotels, 4 ttL coffee shops and other traders are encouraged to register as permanent \mk
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Thai govt makes more cuts to Budget
      449 11  - Thai go vt makes more cuts to Budget Sinfah Tunsarawuth m Q' Reduction m public sector won't hurt economic growth, says Deputy Prime Minister Amnuay Where major cuts will be made Government to cut spending by an extra nine billion baht. State enterprises to slash spending by 40 billion baht.
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      Jakarta will just not discuss East Timor at Asean-EU meet
      331 11 JAKARTA Indonesia has made it clear that it will refuse to discuss the East Timor issue at next week's foreign ministers' meeting between Asean and the European Union m Singapore. But the Foreign Ministry's Director-General of Political Affairs Izhar Ibrahim
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      Lock icon Jakarta to vet political broadcasts in pre-poll campaign
      281 11 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has further tightened its grip on political activity ahead of the May 29 general election, saying officials will vet speeches broadcast on television and radio during 'the pre-poll campaign. "A team which includes officials from the Home Affairs
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        Lock icon Malaysia has the right to close border Indonesia
        175 11 JAKARTA Indonesian armed forces (Abri) chief General Feisai Tanjung said Malaysia had the right to close 12 checkpoints on Sarawak's border with West Kalimantan, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. He said it was Malaysia's right to do so m the wake
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        Lock icon MILITARY VISIT
        66 11 China's Secretary of Defence Chi Hao Tian will visit the Philippines next week, the Chinese Embassy m Manila announced yesterday. Officials were finalising details of a military loan by China to the Philippine armed forces but no details were provided. Mr Chi's visit from Feb 14 to 20
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        Lock icon KILLER BOA
        68 11 A 35-year-old Thai constrictor m Phetchaburi, about 150 lon south of Bangkok. Mr Manee Saisin had rushed to see the snake after friends told him a huge serpent was spotted on the side of one of the city's main roads last Saturday. He snared the constrictor and put
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        Lock icon RECORD HEIST
        78 11 Robbers armed with two AK-47 rifles and a revolver escaped with more than U*****,000 (*****,313) after killing two people and seriously injuring tour others including three military policemen m Indonesia's Acen province. They attacked a Bank Central Asia van carrying the cash, killing a bank cashier and security
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        Lock icon WOOING KHMER ROUGE
        96 11 A senior Cambodian army official said yesterday that top military personnel travelled recently to Thailand's border with Cambodia to urge remaining Khmer Rouge hardliners, concentrated at Anlong Veng, to stop Fighting and join the government. "We met a go-between a few days ago at the border, but
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        Lock icon DRUG BUST
        66 11 Police m Jakarta arrested a 34-year-old Nigerian for trying to sell 146 g of heroin last Saturday, on a street m the Indonesian capital, for 20 million rupiah (S$12,000), the Antara national news agency reported. It quoted police detective chief Colonel Paimin A. B. as saying that the
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        Lock icon BUXOM BEAUTIES
        81 11 Phetchaburi province m southern Thailand will stage an unusual annual beauty pageant tomorrow m which buxom contestants can qualify only if they weigh m at over 80 kg, organisers said yesterday of the contest, dubbed Giants' Daughters. Police Lt-ColThongu Keowtnanyakhet, of the Phetchaburi police station, the event, said
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      Lock icon Ramos vows all-out effort to nab bishop's killers
      514 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday condemned the assassination of the Roman Catholic bishop of Jolo, an island off Mindanao, who was gunned down outside a church by two assailants on Tuesday morning. Bishop Benjamin de Jesus, 56,
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      Thailand to stress economics in its ties with S'pore
      294 11  -  Edward Tang By Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK Economic cooperation should form the; core of bilateral relations between Singapore and Thailand regardless of whether the two economies were competitive or complementary, Thai Foreign Minister Prachuab Chaiyasam said here yesterday. Speaking to reporters it
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Mahathir seeks answers to social ills
      575 13  -  Brendan Pereira Exercise launched to find out why Malays are more likely to get into trouble Reports by KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday launched an exercise to find out why Malay youths are more likely to become drug addicts,
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      National Service planned to keep youths in line
      248 13 A NATIONAL-SERVICE programme may be introduced to instill positive values m young Malaysians and keep them away from undesirable activities. The programme will, most likely, take the shape of a work brigade. The Straits Times understands that the Youth and Sports Ministry
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      Lock icon Megat Junid wants water and electricity to vice dens cut
      285 13 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob yesterday sought the co-operation of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Water Supply Department (JBA) to cut off electricity and water supply to lodging houses involved m prostitution. He said
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      Husband and wife burnt to death in car accident
      212 13 MALACCA A couple were burnt to death after the car they were m was crushed between two tankers along the North-South Expressway near Simpang Am pat. State public order (traffic) department head DSP Farid Mahmud said the fatal crash occurred at
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      Lock icon The height of two policemen's dedication
      174 13 POLICE Corporals Rifaee Ahmad and Rosli Aziz Zainal (with binoculars) taking a precarious stand to monitor traffic m Kuala Lumpur from the top of the 421-m-tall Kuala Lumpur tower. The two get to enjoy the majestic view of the city centre, includ- ing the
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        59 13 me ranang state government plans to build an airport for small aircraft m Cameron Highlands to draw more tourists to the highland resort. The narrow stretch and steep hills were seen as putting tourists off from visiting the area. Current visitors to the resort have to make a
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        DRUG HAVEN
        60 13 Parents from Masai satellite town m Johor have complained that drug addicts are using a Chinese cemetery nearby as a drug haven even after numerous police raids. According to a report m The Sun yesterday, the hardcore addicts are also living at the cemetery by digging out pits
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        Lock icon 14 BANISHED
        69 13 Malaysia's government yesterday released and banished to remote areas 14 former members of an outlawed Islamic movement held for six months under the country's powerful Internal Security Act. The former members of the Al Arqam, which included a wife and son of former leader Ashaari Muhammad, were released
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        Lock icon 'CHILD ABUSE'
        61 13 A 10-year-old boy m Negri Sembilan has lodged a police report against his Father for allegedly abusing him, according to Seremban District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Mak Chee Onn. ACP Mak told reporters that the boy went to the district police headquarters personally to file the report, claiming
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        Lock icon MERGER URGED
        64 13 Small Bumiputra tour companies should merge or form a consortium to enhance their business, Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik said m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. If they are not keen to set up a consortium, the companies could merge with Pempena Sdn Bhd, a company formed
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        SELF SERVICE
        62 13 The government may bring forward its plan to introduce self-service petrol kiosks nationwide m view of the system's smooth implementation m the Klang Valley. The Sun yesterday quoted Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Datuk Tan Chai Ho as saying the public had adjusted to the
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      Lock icon Paramedics to get 3-wheelers to beat jams
      205 13 PETALING JAVA Paramedics will soon be sent on motorcycles with side-cars to the scene of an accident so that they can get there faster to provide emergency medical aid to victims. Announcing this, Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said that the government
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  • HOME
    • Article
      Woman used certificate she had forged to apply for job
      259 16 A WOMAN who used a forged O-level certificate to apply for a job was fined $2,000 yesterday. Azizah Ismail, 30, picked up a copy of a GCE certificate five years ago and had used correction fluid to cover the actual
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      Asad 'an emperor of his empire'
      641 16  -  Tan Ooi Boon Jumabhoy family feud Byl THE counsel for Mr Rajabali Jumabhoy yesterday attacked the patriarch's grandson, Mr Asad, calling him "an emperor of his little empire" for blocking attempts by his uncles to investigate his business dealings. Lawyer Lim Chor Pee accused
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      Family views me as outcast, says Asad
      263 16 MR ASAD Jumabhoy was earning about $16,000 a month, but he said the others m the Jumabhoy family viewed him as "an outcast". He said this was because he was thrown out of Scotts Holdings m 1991 to take charge of the family's
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      ABOUT THIS CASE
      130 16 Plaintiffs: Mr Rajabali Jumabhoy, his second son Yusuf. third son Mustafa, daughter Perm and grandchildren Anwar, Faez and Saleem. Defendants: Mr Ameerali, sons Rafiq and Iqbal, and Scotts Investments Singapore (SIS), the family's holding company. Judge: Justice Judith Prakash. Lawyers: Mr Harry Wee and Mr Lim Chor
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      Beauty salon director sold products containing poisons
      265 16 Beauty salon director sold products containing poisons A DIRECTOR of a beauty salon was fined $4,000 on Tuesday for selling beauty products containing ingredients classified as poisons. Low Wah Boon, who declined to give his age, is director of Elvie's Grace Beauty Centre on the first level of Kembangan Court
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      Defamation suits filed against head of school board
      709 15 The Chinese High's board row AFTER a stormy annual general meeting m November last year, the Chinese High found itself with two boards of directors. One was headed by Mr Tan Keong Choon, 78, a prominent businessman who had been chairman for
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      Retired Supreme Court judge dies
      400 15  -  Lim Li Hsien By M/KMbK supreme Court judge Abdul wahab Ghows died m Vancouver last week of a blood infection. Justice Ghows, who was *76, had a legal career that spanned 34 years. He started out as a magistrate m 1952 and retired m 1986.
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      Identified: Elderly man found dead at factory
      259 15 POLICE have identified the elderly man who was found dead and naked on Sunday at a lift landing of a flatted factory m Lower Delta Road. He is Mr Lim Cheng Chow, 63, who is believed to have been working as a janitor.
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      Lock icon Retiree wins $350,000 Jaguar in lucky draw
      336 15 THE grand prize was a bright red Jaguar sports car worth $350,000. And the winner was a sedate retiree who does not .•drive. Mrs Low Hwee Huan, 58, won the Jaguar XKB coupe m a lucky draw held by Standard Chartered Bank on
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      Lock icon Vandalised 4 times on temple premises
      499 15  -  Jasbir Singh Car vandals strike By. AN ACCOUNTANT who had parked his car at a Sikh temple m the morning returned that night to find that someone had smashed its front windscreen. No one was hurt m the incident. It was the fourth time
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      Lock icon Keeping S'pore ticking this festive period
      1564 18 Keeping S 'pore ticking this festive period GOING about making festive visits or just making merry might turn out to be a breeze because of bus drivers such as Mr Ang Buck Tong, 47. He will be working the early shift for Singapore Bus Service (SBS) from 5.45 am to
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      Lock icon Pickpockets hit shoppers in Chinatown, Geylang
      600 19  -  Melissa Heng About 130 have fallen victim over the past few weeks *y TWO Chinatown pickpockets were each given the maximum sentence of three years m jail yesterday for stealing $240 from a Japanese tourist. Sum Yew Leong, 63, and Tan Guan Leong, 60,
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      SCDF officers to learn new tactics in Sweden
      394 19  -  David Miller ■-By I W4/_ "°FIFTEEN senior officers and commanders from the Singal(V pore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will be going to Sweden next month to learn how to handle major disasters. .nib! The team will then put their new skills to
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      Plans to boost ties between Britain, South-east Asia to be announced
      296 19 BRITISH Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind' will announce a new Action Agenda to step up relations between Britain and Southeast Asia during his official visit to Singapore next week. He will unveil the new programme m his keynote address, "Britain
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      993 17 _Bk Thp Qiiitss 9H9in<fct T-inn ""w 1 .rsrr -=^1 p^ I lie om&o agaiiiai lung z&ssz* -s=r r :o M rrr fek^L More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed against defeated Workers' Party t°ifpAp a m 7n hrn -Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan •MrcwnHamTong j-jk candidate Tang Liang Hong
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      276 18 SlirViVal Tourist attractions All Food Supermarkets Petrol «HaS*J A Singapore Zoological Gardens, nflP'WJflS Clarke Quay's Satay Club and selected restaurants, p rtlH c7 c-4-^,4-* < $F^=S Iflfl Night Safari, Jurong BirdPark, LMVmUS Kopitiam outlets, Lau Pa Sat, Satay Stree; at Boon S.niWnn^ i StatlOHS <t^<aY^& fJUlUG Singapore Science Centre, fMTNTCf
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      The Straits Times
      683 20 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1997 America and human rights UNITED States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's reiteration of her country's support for human rights is not the less important for its being expected. Releasing the State Department's annual report on the subject last week, she said that those
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      QUOTES
      139 20 "In five billion years, the sun will swell to a red (riant, vaporise the planets and settle into a grey dwarf. But if life is unique to Earth, Earth could be the spark from which it spreads elsewhere, before the destruction of this planet." Sir Martin Rees, Britain 's
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      Shortage of staff, poor service draw criticisms
      1301 20  - Shortage of staff, poor service draw criticisms Ho Wah Foon Malaysia Airlines under attack By m Kuala Lumpur Complicated business The recent public discussion on the problems of Malaysia Airlines shows how complicated it is for a politically-linked businessman to control a privatised company of the government against other competing,
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      Western economic cures riot what Japan needs
      970 20  -  Gregory Clark By Alot to answer for Tokyo's planners have again succumbed to Western advice and want to start cutting deficits, increasing the threat of a deflationary spiral just when the cheaper yen promises to pull the economy out of its tailspin. Western
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      US has big stake in future of Hongkong
      985 21  -  Keith Richburg Keeping a foot firmly m the d00r H Washington Post Hongkong is America's 13th-largest trading partner. The huge investment of American capital and people means that Hongkong and its future are likely to remain one of the central US policy
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      Lack of software titles may limit impact of new digital video disc systems
      872 21  -  Asako Ishibashi By NiktejJVeekly After a quiet start m Japan, digital-video-disc (DVD) systems are beginning to go overseas. Some models are being launched m the German, American and Asian regional markets this month. In Japan, where they
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      327 21 .1. fyWjiW mm ra x fa ft b i FREE TALK TIME <A$H GIVEAWAYS With Singapore Telecom's Festive Bonanza, there's no better time than this season to keep m touch with family m"^ CJ mtannrD and friends overseas. From 6to 15 February '97, you can enjoy 1 minute of free
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      1014 22 vim GAL A JT SERVICES PTE LTD |w«h| J A member of the iSte^/ Group Cert No: 96/8551 THE FIRST WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN SINGAPORE T TO BE AWARDED ISO 9002 CERTIFICATION FOR QUALITY Message from Mr. Roland Martin Since 1984, we are represented m Singapore, company that we will
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      Students active in ECA have greater need for rooms
      296 23 Allocation of hostel rooms [They spend more time on campus 1 >~WT .1 1_ 11.. PI..J i. il REFER to the article wrong ■to use ECA points to assign INTU hostel rooms" by Mr Sng JSwee Keat (ST, Feb 1). There
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      344 23 Preventing an undignified end IT IS with much sadness that we read about the death of 68-year-old Mr Yip Kam Yong m the story "Man found dead" m the column "In Short" (ST, Feb 3). The occurrence of such an unfortunate incident cannot be prevented totally, but
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      Cabbies can't smoke inside taxis
      127 23 I REFER to the letter "Cabbies who smoke and drive" by Lee j U-Wen (ST, Feb 3). To protect the public against the harmful effects of i environmental tobacco smoke, taxi drivers are not allowed to smoke inside their taxis. It is an offence under
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      Take other factors into account
      279 23 I APPLAUD Mr Sng Swee Keat's letter "Wrong to use ECA points to assign NTU hostel rooms" (ST, Feb 1). Many who apply for hostel rooms nave genuine problems of commuting to the campus daily. For instance, a person living m Pasir Ris or Changi
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      Removal of some creepers benefits forest growth
      207 23 Removal of some creepers benefits forest growth I REFER to the letter "Control, rather than eliminate creepers" by Mr Chan Kwee Sung (ST, Feb 3). We appreciate his feedback and understand fully the concern regarding creeper removal m the undergrowth of forested areas along Lornie Road. This programme seeks to
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      Pollution here monitored closely
      498 23 ENV replies I REFER to the letter "What are safe air standards?" (ST, Jan 31). The air quality over Singapore is tracked closely by my ministry through a network of 15 air monitoring stations located m population centres and industrial areas throughout Singapore. The stations use
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      265 23 nl I Lajnciis I SALE Now on sale at Tandis the widest selection of fine-quality, hand-knotted rugs, carpets and flatweaves from Persia, Afghanistan and the Caucasus. There are tribals, city weaves, runners, silks, kilims, large and small sizes to be grabbed! All at up to 50% off I TANDIS J&
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Tiger Beer's historic $1.5m sponsorship
      512 24  - Tiger Beer's historic $1.5 m sponsorship Santokh Singh pOCCER Py |S-League title sponsor's Kontribution largest lever for local soccer VOOTBALL history was made •esterday when Tiger Beer beKame the S-League's title Sponsor m a $1.5 million deal. The amount, 50 per cent more than the $1 million that Tiger Beer
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      Lock icon Payment to Segers was for helping predict games: Lim
      410 24 WINCHESTER (England) A Malaysian businessman accused of helping fix soccer matches for an Asian betting syndicate said on Tuesday he paid Dutch goalkeeper Hans Segers £35,000 (5577,000) for helping predict games. Lim Heng Suan, who denies charges he paid Segers and
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      More prize money for title-winners this year
      254 24 WINNING the S-League titles will be worth more this year at least m terms of prize money. While the exact amounts have yet to be worked out, SLeague chief executive officer Douglas Moore said yesterday that they would be more than the total
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      Geylang makes bid to sign defender Jang Jung
      308 24  -  Joe Dorai By JANG JUNG, the South Korean defender who played for Singapore m the Malaysian Premier League, likely to make an appearance m toe SiLeague after a two-year absence from the Republic. Tiger Beer Series champion Geylang United is negotiating with
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      Lock icon Superstar Woods falls ill on opening day
      495 24 gSOLF IB ANGKOK New golf superfctar Tiger Woods was taken ill ffin the first day of a high-profile ■rip to Thailand yesterday and fhad to quit a pro-am tournapnent. The 21-year-old Thai-Amer-Rcan left the contest after ■Slaying his second stroke on She 13th
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      383 24 BASKETBALL Charlotte 115 Minnesota 101, New Jersey 111 Vancouver 105, Orlando 111 Indiana 87, New York 99 Houston 95, Dallas 104 Sacramento 96, Cleveland 79 Milwaukee 78, Chicago 88 Portland 84. Atlanta 107 Golden State 85, LA Clippers 108 LA Lakers 86. CRICKET Triangular series day/night international
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      Lock icon Student rolls series of three perfect games
      175 24 BOWLING GREENDALE (Wisconsin) United States bowling officials formally recognised perfection on Tuesday m approving a record performance by a college student who bowled three consecutive perfect 300 games. Jeremy Sonnenfeld, a student at the University of Nebraska, became the first bowler ever to
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        Poll storms to double
        119 24 OLYMPIC champion Claudia Poll swam to a double success on the first day of a World Cup short-course swimming meeting m Imperia, Italy on Tuesday. The Costa Rican won the 200 metres freestyle m lmin 58.795 ec and had the satisfaction of seeing China's Olvmuie pics
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        Johnson signs new deal
        116 24 MICHAEL JOHNSON, who achieved the unique feat of', becoming Olympic 200 and 400 metres gold at the Atlanta Games, has signed a new six-year shoe endorsement deal worth US$l2 million ($16.8 million). „H The contract signed with Nike includes performance incentives that could bring additional millions
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        King faces new trial IS
        94 24 BOXING promoter Don King faces a retrial on insurance fraud charges more than a year after a previous jury couMPn not reach a verdict m the case. bio Larence McKenna, a United States district judge, ruled there was sufficient evidence to bring King back to
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        Tapie's jail term upheld
        139 24 FRANCE'S highest court upheld on Tuesday an eightmonth jail term against bankrupt tycoon Bernard Tapie— for football match-rigging, condemning him to stay behind i bars where he had gone to await the ruling. The Cour de Cassation ruling rejected an appeal by Ta- pie against the
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        Ravey wins damages
        108 24 THE High Court m Kota Kinabalu yesterday ordered th&New Straits Times (NST) and a local Chinese daily, Asia t Times, to pay M 525,000 ($14,000) and M 550,000 ($28,000) respectively m damages to former Sabah footballer G. j; Raveychandran for two defamatory articles. Justice lan Chin, m
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      THE WHIP HAND
      565 25 dV matter of opinions _tHE matter of objections is very subjective. Last Saturday many racegoers and the Selangor Turf Club stewards differ m opinion again. The STC stewards upheld two pro—tests, which many felt should be overruled. In the first, outsider Dien Bien Phu was relegated to
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      Trainer Tan wants to move stables
      318 25 not want to disclose his reasons for giving up his Bukit Timah stables. However, when pressed, he said cost would have something to do with his decision. "It's expensive to train m Singapore," he said. "I'm now considering which Malaysian club to apply to
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      GUIDE TO YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK
      569 25 KUALA LUMPUR Wonderful Mitch, who has been placed twice m the classics, looks set j for a winning break m Tuesi day's Tunku Gold Cup followI m J his dashing workout yester- day: taken out by apprentice Bukhari Hamid, the progeny of Deputy Governor
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      MONDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD
      622 25 i— 1,45 RACE 1 RT 1400 m (SC]T 1 Scholar (7) *Teh 57 2 Evergreen Laurel (11) Saimee 57 3 Frank's Knight (10) Ravi 57 4 *Golden Imperial (9) Yeap 57 5 n Mighty Warrior (4) *Yap 57 6 .Powerpact (3) *Sim 57 7 Surplus
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      SHF and coach Schoemaker part ways
      481 25  -  Santokh Singh HOCKEY By: NATIONAL coach Harm Schoemaker and the Singapore Hockey Federation have decided to part company two months before his contract expires. SHF president M. Lukshumayeh said that it was a mutual agreement between both parties to terminate the contract by the
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      Lock icon Gayle's header shatters United's hopes for double
      431 25 Picture. ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Wimbledon's Marcus Gayle ended Manchester United's hopes of a second successive League and Cup double on Tuesday. His fiercely-headed goal from Kenny Cunningham's right-wing cross m the 63rd minute earned Wimbledon a 1-0 home win m the FA Cup
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    Late Obituries
    80 25 GUCHAN SINGH s/o KAPUR SINGH (RAAJ/ M.D.X) Age: 50 passed away suddenly on 6/2/97. Sadly missed by loved ones. For funeral arrangements please call: *****30/ HP *****365 More death notices m the Classified Section on Page Thirteen Thomas Heng Sew Guan, age 72 LimHockLeong,ageBs MORE OBITUARIES ON PAGE
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      39 26 F«b 5 Chang* KL Composite 1241.95 +6.59 Hang Seng *****.50 +112.07 Nikkei Average *****.97 -128.36 Australian All-Ord 2435.80 +26.70 Dow Jones dues) 6833.48 +27.32 FTSE 100 (Tues) 4260.90 +3.10 Jakarta Composite 686.86 +6.53 Thailand SET 744.59 —20.83
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        85 26 stocks rose as shares of big banks such as Malayan Banking surged to records with investors betting the failure of two bank mergers will mean less competition. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of 100 stocks rose 6.59 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 1,241.95. The broader KL Emas
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        54 26 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a slight gain on Tuesday, spurred by a drop m long-term interest rates caused by ru- mours of a possible United States military raid on Iraq. The Dow Jones blue-chip index gained 27.32 points to end at 6,833.48. Some 498 million
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        71 26 Share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday with the Nikkei Stock Average dampened by declines among bank and securities shares. The key barometer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 128.36 points to finish the session at 18,185.97, while the To- pix index of all shares on the First
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        64 26 Blue chips led the Australian share market to a 1.1 per cent rise yesterday m quiet trading. The Australian Stock Exchange's key indicator, the AllOrdinaries Index, closed 26.7 points higher at 2,435.8. The All-Industrials Index gained 38.9 points to 3,794.8 while the All-Resources Index advanced 17.7 points to close
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        59 26 Share prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterdav on bargain hunting ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index gained 112.07 points to finish at 13,660.5. The market closes today and Friday for the Chinese New Year holidays. Turnover amounted to HK$7.25
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        49 26 Shares advanced slightly on Tuesday after setting a new record high. The London share market eked out a small gain thanks to the influence of the bond and futures markets, traders said. The FTSE-100 Index advanced by 3.1 points, or 0.07 per cent, to end at 4,260.9. AFP
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        37 26 Stocks rose, led by makers of consumer goods, as investors bet lower interest rates will boost corporate profits and consumer spending. The benchmark Jakarta Composite Index rose 6.53 or 0.96 per cent, to points, 686.86. Bloomberg
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        59 26 Share prices fell 2.7 per cent yesterday to a new 54-month low with investors concerned about the strength of the baht versus the US dollar ahead of the Chinese New Year. The broad-based Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index dropped 20.83 points to close at 744.59, while the selected
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      TOKYO
      299 26 February 5 1997 YEN Mitsui Engtrawing 228 A^mrtmuCom 6350 +60 Mitsukoahl -718 +1 ""iidllwS, 10M -40 Mitsumi El*c 2290 +30 1&SL B £*.::::::::::::::::::::::=:?S +1 -?S -Sr^.::::::::::::::::::::::::::::^ Sga» E=ES 2 CMto «2 -i« sSSaL::::::::::::::: te^— if* 0 Nippon T*l*graph *****0 -***** OaiNtopon 1930 uneh NtooonYuSSn 472 +2 DaMchlKangyo 1270 -50
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      204 26 February 5 1997 HK$ I Lai Sun D 12.30 unch i ASMPacHIc 635 uneh LamSoon 139 AMIadlndlntI 1.86 unch Lawslnt 1.14 unch AllladOvarsaa 0.91 +0.01 LstHlngDtv 300 A»laS«clrW 2.73 +0.12 Mansion Hm Orp 0.62 -0.01 BankolEA 34.80 uneh MlnahrCorp 292 +0.02 1 c£*cUr:::::::::::::::::z::::2:8 n-on-a^ CathPacAIr 11.96 +0.10 NawWoridOsv 60.25
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      276 26 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 3 2% 2% 3 3 2v* 2% fixed deposit ;"1 month 3v* 3* 3* 3vi 3u 3w OP 3 months 3w 3% 3% |H 3w 3w 6 months 3v« 3% 3% 3% 3* 3% 12 months 4 4
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      57 26 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$) BBL fr BLEND Mar -0.23-0.23 22.32-22.37 TEXAS Interm Mar -0.33-0.33 23.87 23.91 FATEH Mar -0.18-0.18 20.35-20.40 BLEND Mar 0.00 24.25 24.35 i Mar -0.50-0.50 23.60-23.70 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) -2.50 0.75 238.25-241.00 N&HTHA -0.30-0.30 24.60-24.80 < OIT-18OHSFO i.00-1.00 95.00-96.00 'fining of cargoes. Prices
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      PALM OIL Midday Prices
      18 26 icnK.epa.n.olKMSAonn., JJg 1350.00,^, +?S Pa>m(* 570.00(se.ter, Mar 565.00 (seller) RBDOlein IS-SS Feb/Mar 467.50 (selter,
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      12 26 £<|£lniprlctt{USs/*oyoz) 4.900%10 4.850^860 -7 Mon Tu.. ifeWYork 4.9004.910 4.860-4.870 Wee; RothsctM
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      GOLD PRICES
      90 26 SINGAPORE Physical (S$) Tues Wed Kilobar *****-*****.26 *****-*****.01 100 gm 1570-1644.91 1560-1634.61 50 gm 787-827.09 782-821.94 20 gm 313-336.81 311-334.75 5gm 78-91.67 78-90.64 1 |m 16-24.72 16-24.72 Bullion coins (S$/oz) no cnA S'pore bullion coin 501-507 498-504 Canadian maple leaf 501-507 4 ?8-504 Australian nugget 502-525.30 498-521.18 UBS
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      KUALA LUMPUR Transaction Date: February *****
      2904 26 KUALA LUMPUR Transaction Date: February 5 1 997 1997 Last Vot Net 1997 LMt Vol Hat High Low Company Salt (TOO) P/E High Low Company Salt ('000) f/E INDUSTRIALS 4 oo 31a Mvcom 3a 4 197 i*.» Consumer Products 8ss 7sq nck soo unch 57 1.7 725 680 A]lnomoto 700
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1477 26 Or'» I MALAYSIAN STOCKS (in S$) 1 swe/97 Curr Last Vol Day Dlv Net M Cap High Low Company Traded Sal* +or- '000 High Low P/E Imll 623 360 nil AI8880C 408 +8 13 406 402 5.0 84.2 416.5 r 1» 84 m AMOBSOC 121 +3 1088 121
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      SIMEX FUTURES February 5 1997
      357 26 Brant Crude Open High Low Sett EstVol Mar 97 22.34 22.42 22.34 22.37 50 Apr 21.92 0 May 21.49 0 Jun 21.11 0 Act Vol dues): 28. Open int dues): 49. Spot US Dollar/Japanese Yen Open High Low Sett EstVol Mar 97 122.64 123.23 122.61
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      SICOM FUTURES February 5 1997
      248 26 Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 Contract Tonnes (ScentsAg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open bit Mar 97 171.50 171.50 171.75 250 1525 Apr 174.00 174.00 173.75 200 1200 May 175.75 175.75 174.75 100 1350 Jun 176.25 176.25 175.75 100 1200 Jui 178.75 174.50 177.25 300
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      TIN
      11 26 Closing prices (M$/kHo) KLTin $14.31 (+0.04) Turnover 1121— 16 tonnes)
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      124 26 Contract date: February 5 1997 iimit ONE 3 6 9 12 rill VALUE UWT KITH MTH MTH MTH MTH Cm DATE US$ 4'M, 4% 4% 5 5w 43/ 16 7/2/97 A$ 5M. 5vi 5 4«M« 5'/, 5 7/2/97 N2 6'/ 6 6'/ 16 6M, 6»/, 6 6V,,
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      CURRENCY
      162 26 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling USdoHar 1.3987 1.4148 Sterling pound 2.2506 2.3058 AustraBandoflar 1.0571 1.0919 Canadian dollar 1.0334 1.0570 NZ dollar 0.9544 0.9875 EC unit 1.6708 Singapore dollars to 100 unite of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.8390 12.3717 Belgianfranc 4.0546 4.2079
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      63 27 February 5 Chang* ST Industrials 2195.78 +3.56 ST Finance 4396.00 +29 33 ST Hotels 2131.56 +0.19 ST Properties 1971.06 -8.19 BT Composite 2278.97 +4.39 BT-MQA 1084.82 -5.93 BT-SRI 1097.38 -5.07 BT OB/OS -48 +18 BT CADI -***** +53 BT OBV +*****075 +***** DBS CPF Index 621.64 -1.29 OCBC 1761.62
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      Punters charge up on OTC stocks ahead of festivities
      405 27 MARKET REPORT SHARE prices moved slightly higher yesterday for the first time this week as speculative activity m over-the-counter stocks remained a dominant feature on the SingaThe benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index rose 3.56 points to 2,195.78 and the UOBSesdaq Index
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      PROPERTIES
      285 27 1986/97 Curr Laat Vol Day Gr'a Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Tradad Sala +or- 000 High Low Dlv% P/E $mil Prica 4080 2990 mt BSamtawtng 2990 -10 3 3000 2990 38.0 48 9 717.8 3019 169 114 ml BonvMttSOc 127 +1 9 127 127 6.0 11.3 266.8 127 1960
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      SCOREBOARD
      64 27 MAIN CLOB Up Dn Unch Up On Unch Industrial 60 40 41 38 4 1 Finance 8 16 5 7 0 2 Hotels 4 3 4 2 0 1 Properties 4 8 3 15 0 1 Plantations 0 0 0 5 12 Mining 0 0 0 2 0 0
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      TOP ACTIVITIES TOP ACTIVITIES
      32 27 TOP ACTIVITIES MBfHWgs50c 14,904,000 SMB United 10c 12,496,000 Lien Hoe TSR97 10,080,000 Jade Tech 50c 6,667,000 Promet 5,489,000 HK Land US$0.10 5,382,000 RenongWtOO 5,055,000 KL Industries 4,851,000 Berjayalnd 4,841,000 lOICorpWt 4,471,000 I
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      45 27 Total Market Wed Tims Industrials 67.482m 49.032m Finance 27.203m 11.122m Hotels 2.546m 2.027m Properties 22.416m 20.645m Loans Stocks 39.293m 27.727m Plantations 1.941m 1.046m Mining 875,000 363,000 Total volume 161.756m 111.962m Total value in S$ 331.983m 344.992m Sesdaqvolume 12.638m 25.464m Nasdaq volume Nil Nl
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      SES MAINBOARD
      2836 27 pNDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Tr«n<actton Date^Fgbfugfyj_19g7_] 1996/97 Curr Laat Voi Day Qfs N«t MCapWIAvg »*?tS>lam Company Trmtri Sato +or- 000 Wgfi Low D)v% P/E $mH Pric ASENT$10 200 US 1000 900 ASF US$0.01 100 US 900 214 186 Ac«r50c US 168 unch 8 168 188 5 ON 10.4 278.1
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      1714 27 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS fa Ml than* quoted hm par value oC $1 unless otharwlae spscffled. bi tracing In Ma stock it rsatrWed to btiylnj* inert* <»jl|» foreign sharee art ed|usted tor currency differences, t: Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investments Schwn»,§: icrtplm tradteft. m: Utargln stocks, NofHrusts* stocks, xd: sx-dMdsnd,
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      419 27 Mgrs' Prices, Feb 6 MrtruttFundMtn Mown Grant** kwltat Sport ConeortumlrnreebiwntMit -*w AbtrustS'poreGr Fd 0.9900-1.0410" MG Spore Premier T I™ 0.99-1.04O Spore Regional Index Fd 0.975-O.S^J* American Ml tawr MG Asia Premier T 1.07-1.13© Stamper* III* Tru* M AIA Unit Linked Fund 1.100-1. 158» h-_._»_i_, TheCommerce 1.75-1.85O AXAUf* MS^&£rthFd
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      751 27 1996/97 Curr Latt Vol Day Gr't Ntt MCapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sato +or- ooo High Low Div% P/E $mll Price 288 135 t ABR HWgt 5c 164 +1 7 164 164 3.0 102.5 73.9 16S 183 68 AS Auto 10c 176 +1 67 176 175 162.7 176 91.6
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        Lock icon Next gets nod for listing
        83 28 HONGKONG Hongkong tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Media Group has gained approval from the listing committee of the Hongkong Stock Exchange for a local listing, it was reporteayesterday. The listing of Next will include three weekly magazines among the popular Chinese-language Next magazine, the Hongkong Economic
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        Lock icon New plane for Xinjiang
        51 28 HONGKONG China's Xinjiang Airlines is to take delivery of one Boeing 757 this year, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group said in a statement issued here yesterday. The airline, based in China's western city of Urumqi, is to take delivery of the plane in November, the firm said
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        Lock icon PepsiCo's earnings drop
        98 28 PURCHASE (New York) PepsiCo Inc said on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings before charges fell 38 per cent as it spent heavily to recover from slip-ups that had hurt soft-drink sales overseas. The maker of Pepsi-Cola and Lay's potato chips said profit from operations fell to US$351
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        Lock icon PT Indosat's profit rises
        79 28 JAKARTA PT Indosat, Indonesia's dominant international phone company, reported that 1996 profits rose a raster-than-expected 13 per cent as costs were controlled and its units saw huge profit growth. The profit jump, to 523.5 billion rupiah (S$315 million), or 505.6 rupiah a share, from 463.7 billion
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        Lock icon Marubeni's phone venture
        66 28 TOKYO —Japan's Marubeni Corp, Telenor Investment of Norway and Grameen Telecom of Bangladesh will start a mobile phone service in Bangladesh with total investment of 18 billion yen (S$208 million), a Marubeni official said yesterday. The service will be operated by a joint venture set up last
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        Lock icon HK firm makes Tokyo debut
        65 28 TOKYO Hongkong's Henderson Land Development made its debut yesterday on the foreign section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange the second Asian company to do so, brokers said It is the first Hongkong company to list in Tokyo and the second Asian company on the foreign
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      Lock icon Alan Bond jailed four years for role in $1b fraud
      407 28 He pleads guilty to two charges of dishonesty PERTH Failed Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond was sentenced yesterday to four years m prison for his role m the biggest corporate fraud m Australian history worth Asl billion (Ssl.l billion). But he
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      Lock icon Manila phone company's earnings exceed expectations
      329 28 Manila phone company's earnings exceed expectations JL MANILA Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) said yesterday recurring profit grew a better-than-expected 30 per cent last year, as network expansion boosted revenue and labour costs fell. "We've been tightening our belts," said company spokesman Ricardo Tan Jr. Holding down costs, at a
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      Lock icon NEW YEAR GREETINGS ON AIR
      47 28 A businessman talking on his mobile phone on Tuesday as he negotiated steps alongside decorations to celebrate the incoming Chinese New Year m Hongkong's central business district. It is estimated that one m six people m Hongkong own mobile phones. picture. Reuter
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      Lock icon Overseas sales boost Sony's profit
      300 28 TOKYO Sony Corp's profit doubled m the quarter to December, thanks mostly to gains m overseas sales on the back of a strengthening dollar. Sales were strong across product lines with the biggest gains coming from Play Station consoles and cellular phones. Sony sold fewer
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      Lock icon Global toll-free lines draw US firms
      311 28 uhiuauu us muiunauonals have been rushing to sign onto global toll-free telephone services to boost their market reach, experts said here on Tuesday. In an initial phase that began m September and ended last weekend, the Genevabased International Telecommunications Union (ITU) allowed a few
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      Lock icon KL firm offers to invest in Senegal
      172 28 DAKAR A Malaysian invest ment company has offered to buy a slice of Senegal's tax-free zone for use as an industrial park and tourist complex, the 1 Senegalese administrator of -<,«,** the zone said on Tuesday. *r Kuala Lumpur-based Hala- jjj w man
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      Lock icon Apple combines units and shuffles management
      429 28 CUPERTINO (California) Apple Computer Inc is restructaring for the second time m less than a year and bringing back legendary co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to help save the ailing personal computer maker. The company will consolidate several units into broad sales, marketing,
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      352 28 C||A||M AH ll||Alt|#P|lO The recently-published General Household Survey 1995 > shows different JF^ Job hODDerS I^l W I UUIIv UII lIIUI IIUI V patterns m education and income for different economic sectors. (l l) m 1995 212 642 workers had changed [J n..«n«i A «fi AM )rirnmn vi A jobs
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      Second Scotland-based fund manager sets up shop in S'pore
      524 29  -  jean Chia B^ SINGAPORE has become home to a second fund that invests! solely m Asian smallercapitalised stocks with the establishment here of new fund manager Arisaig Partners. Named after a little town on the west coast of Scotland, Arisaig has
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      Lock icon TRI sees 25% rise in pre-tax earnings
      258 29 KUALA LUMPUR Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) expects pre-tax profit for its financial year ended Dec 31, 1996 to rise by at least 25 per cent to over Ms3oo million (Ssl69 million). "I cannot reveal the exact figures at this juncture but the
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      Pidemco takes 30% share in Canary Wharf venture
      396 29  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By GOVERNMENT-owned Pidemco Land yesterday took a 30 per cent stake m a Hotel Properties-led mixed development m Canary Wharf m London's Docklands. The development's first phase is estimated to cost £165 million (Ss3Bo million). HPL's stake m the venture
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      Lock icon FCW gets approval for CAHB stake buy
      199 29 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's FCW Holdings Bhd said yesterday that its proposed acquisition of a 20.17 per cent stake m financial supermarket Commerce Asset Holding Bhd (CAHB) has been approved by the Securities Commission. The acquisition for M 5968.8 million (*****.6 million) would be
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      Lock icon BNP completes 70% takeover of Prime East Capital Group
      290 29 BANQUE Nationale de Paris (BNP) announced here yesterday that it had acquired control of an Asian stockbroking and corporate finance group as part of its regional expansion plans. The French bank said m a statement that it had completed on Jan
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      Lock icon KL yet to table telecom offers
      259 29 TOKYO Japan singled out Malaysia yesterday for failing to come up with an offer to liberalise its telecommunications sector as part of world trade negotiations scheduled to be concluded next week. But post and telecommunications ministry officials said the United States, Canada and Mexico
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      Lock icon Nod for Bakun Hydro-Electro's listing on KLSE mainboard
      472 29 KUALA LUMPUR The proposed stock listing of Bakun Hydro-Electric Corp Bhd (BHC) on the mainboard of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has been approved by Malaysia's Securities Commission, Ekran Bhd said yesterday. Ekran is the main contractor for the US$5.5 billion (557.7
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        Keppel, Fels to sell stake
        106 29 KEPPEL Corp and Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd (Fels), through Keppel Asia, have signed a letter of intent to sell their 50 per cent stake m Petrodril Holdings Inc for U5519.67 million (5527.7 million) cash. The transaction does not have any material impact on Keppel
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        Lock icon Texchem to sell property
        33 29 KUALA LUMPUR—Texchem Resources Bhd has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Texchem Consumers Sdn Bhd, is proposing to sell its landed property m Selangor for Msl4 million (SsB million). Bernama
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        Bourse holiday closures
        46 29 THE Singapore stock market will trade for half a day today and will re-open on Tuesday after the Chinese New Year and Han Raya holidays. Meanwhile, the Kuala Lumpur stock market win be closed from today and will also resume trading on Tuesday.
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        Pac Can's new deputy CEO
        34 29 PACIFIC Can Investment Holdings yesterday announced the appointment of Mr Chong Ah fcan alias Chong Lian Him as an executive director and deputy chief executive officer from last Saturday.
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        Lock icon Maybank to raise $422m
        64 29 Maybank to raise $422 m KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd, Malaysia's largest bank, said it is raising US$300 million (S$422 million) through the sale of commercial paper. Merrill Lynch Money Markets Inc and Morgan Stanley Co are dealers in the paper sale, Maybank said in a statement. The notes have
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        Stamford Tyres' new director
        107 29 STAMFORD Tyres Corporation yesterday announced that Dr Wan Soon Bee has been nominated by Comfort Group Ltd, a substantial shareholder of the company, as a non-executive director with effect from yesterday. Dr Wan will replace Mr Sam Chong Keen, who has resigned from Comfort as its
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        Hotel lends more to unit
        83 29 SHANGRI-LA Hotel said yesterday it will contribute an additional US$l.5 million (552.11 million) by Feb 11 to its associated company Traders Yangon Co Ltd (TYCL). This will increase its loan to TYCL to US$2O.5 million. All the loans are provided free of interest and are
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      Tata in last-ditch effort to save venture with SIA
      551 30  -  Officials arrive m Delhi to see minister Byf Narendra Aggarwal TATA group chairman Ratan Tata is m New Delhi with his top aides m a last-ditch effort to convince Indian Civil Aviation Minister C. M. Ibrahim to supriort the proposed Ss96o-mil-lion
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      TOP RISES (¢)
      49 30 TOP RISES Cents Creative T 25c 1960 60 3.2 GE Life 2480 50 2.1 C&C 1500 30 2.0 OCBHWgs 575 30 5.5 M Banking 1650 30 1.9 M Plantations 282 30 11.9 KL Industries 293 22 8.1 UOB 900 20 2.3 Shell 438 20 4.8 DCBHIdgsWt99 259 19 7.9
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      TOP RISES (%)
      49 30 TOP RISES Cents M Plantations 282 11.9 30 HKLRFWt*****3 48 11.6 5 HKLandRFWt97 109 9.0 9 MMosaicsWtOl 115 8.5 9 Liang Huat 10c 65 8.3 5 SLRFW197 6.5 8.3 0.5 KL Industries 293 8.1 22 DCBHIdgsWt99 259 7.9 19 Auric Pac 50c 201 7.5 14 HongFokWt97 102 7.4 7
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      TOP FALLS (¢)
      45 30 TOP FALLS Cents DBS Foreign 1900 50 2.6 CityDev50c 1390 30 2.1 KeppelCorpn 1090 20 1.8 OUB Foreign 1110 20 1.8 SIAForeign 1330 20 1.5 SIA200 710 15 2.1 TACBU0200 670 10 1.5 BSembawang 2990 10 0.3 Cerebos25c 1020 10 1.0 DBSLand 560 10 1.8
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      TOP FALLS (%)
      49 30 TOP FALLS Cents BZW-SIAFWt97 14.5 21.6 4 Noel Gifts WtOl 27 5.3 1.5 KeppelCHSW97.... 230 3.8 9 Chuan Soon Huat 53 3.6 2 ICTHKS 135 3.6 5 WassallA20c 57 3.4 2 lntRoller20c 45 3.2 1.5 Informatics 5c 65.5 3.0 2 IDTHIdgs20c 87 2.8 2.5 DBS Foreign 1900 2.6 50
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      Haw Par Villa reports another $7.5 m loss
      387 30 HAW Par Villa lost another $7.5 million last year, forcing the owners to cut down its operations at the theme park and scout around for a new operator. "We propose to downsize activities within the park to contain running costs while seeking
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      Creative shares go on a roller-coaster ride
      427 30  -  William Choong By CREATIVE Technology shares have been on a rollercoaster ride over the past three days. It jumped $2.70 a share to a 27-month high of $21 on Monday, fell $2.00 to $19 on Tuesday, then reappeared at the top of the
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      8 1 The Straits Times Life! THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1997
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        India's first family gets ready for love match
        1112 2 AFTER several years, it is time to celebrate again at 10, Janpath. The Priyanka Gan-dhi-Robert Vadhera marriage this month, like earlier weddings m India's first family, Mali be a quiet, unostentatious affair. Close friends and relatives of the Gandhis have already begun
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        Vadheras clan simply ecstatic
        198 2 THE Vadhera clan is, understandably, ecstatic. Having Priyanka Gandhi for a daughter-in-law is a stroke of luck for the whole family. What has come as a surprise has been her friendly and unassuming disposition. Known to be extremely generous, she even helps m the household chores
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        846 3 g GERALDINEYEO IT WAS literally by accident that Mr Mohamed Noor, 47, a materials controller, discovered the Vicom Assessment Centre (VAC). Earlier this month, his car was hit by a lorry from behind while he was waiting to make a right turn. The
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        Ticket prices up for 4 films this festive period SANDITAN
        590 3 Ticket prices up for 4 films this festive period SANDITAN FOUR movies have had their ticket prices raised by $1 during this Lunar New Year and Hari Raya period. They are: the Jackie Chan action movie, Mr Nice Guy (opened last Saturday); a Geena Davis action movie, The Long Kiss
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        144 3 'I don't think that the increase m cinema ticket price is a big deal. Other services such as hairstylists also jack up their prices during the Lunar New Year. As long as the film is worth it, I will still pay that $1 extra to watch it.'
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        1131 4 Cheated out of first place m the Chinese astrological cycle, the gentle ox became a symbol of tolerance The ox, perhaps the hardest working of all draft animals, is regarded by Chinese people as a symbol of benevolence and goodwill.
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        325 4 'Performing abroad gives us the chance to see different places, and learn new things.' Miss Zhu Lifen, Yunnan dancer TALENTED young dancers from the Yunnan Province Tour Song and Dance Ensemble are performing at Marina Square and Marina Mandarin this festive season.
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        657 4 Easy, but traditional ways keep their charm for older generation It would be fun to make our own cookies, but that is impossible. It may end up as a play-doh session with the children/ Madam HazUnda Haran f working mother with three pre-school
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        320 4 Tuminah Sapawl Dikir barat nostalgia FANS of dikir barat (traditional choral singing) can look forward to Nostalgia Dikir 1997 which will be held on March 8 and 9 at the Joo Chiat Community Club. Organised by the Community Club's Malay Youth Activity Group, it aims to promote
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        134 4 WISDOM OF CHINESE PROVERBS To do is better than to send; to do it yourself is better than to ask others <mrmso tt P £n A *fl S OW man, send for our son-in-law I [j f Hh tomorrow to install curtains V y/***~ -t i-~. II s,,,^^ tor this
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        Partnership with no regrets
        746 7 singer Mavis Hee's two albums are doing well, and she shares her success with mentor and producer Chen Jiaming 'Jiaming gives me a lot of scope to indulge m my own feelings. He will just add m his opinions to guide me along/ Singer Mavis Hee,
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        790 7 i^>i ÜBA GOODING m JR, hockey stick V thrust before him, skates furiously towards the west goal of the Ice-O-Plex, the training fadiity of the Los Angeles Kings, and slaps the puck Though this winter day finds the actor attacking an empty net
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        500 7 Susan Tsang More mixed? AUDIENCES who go for Theatre Works' new production of Mixed Signals will find not just a new cast and director, but also a new scene m the Michael Chiang comedy. In addition to updating the topical jokes and references m his play, Chiang has
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        1839 11 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ 465 D l 18 Changi/ 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ 465 Dl7-1S Changi/ 400 Dl7-1B unangi/ 4t>9 ui/io i^nangi/ p at i r Ris Pasirßis Patir Ris Pasirßis Pasirßis Pasirßis HOUSES -Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY
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        637 11 527 HUDC/HDBApts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) REA REAL ESTATES Associates Pte. Ltd. wishes All Clients Associates A Happy Prosperous 9Lunar New Year. Call us for your property needs. Tel: *****00. FREEWAY WISHES OUR clients, friends business associates Gong Xi Fa Cai Selamat Hari Raya. For real estate *****69. GENUINE INDIAN FAMILY
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        377 12 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale 493 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chal Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) (Bedok/ Chai Chee) The Straits
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        326 12 534 Office Space For Rent RIGHTMANN PROPERTIES WISHES all clients a Prosperous Lunar New Year. For your real estate needs we resume on 11/2/97. SHENTON WAY 1400/ 2000/ 3600/ 4100 sq.ft. Carpet/ partition. Ample parking $4.20 p.s.f. *****02 x 11/ *****016 AIM D.OB AVER RAJAH Crescent. Ground fir. 420 sq.ft.
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        328 12 538 Shop Space For Sale RIVER VALLEY 3/storey corner coffeeshop. 1700 sq.ft. Mohd. Sultan Rd. 2500 sq.ft. JCC *****666 SHOP HOUSE AT Zion Road. Going at $2.5 M. Please page William 9208-4648. 539 Shop Space Wanted COFFEESHOPS OR SHOPS for sale, takeover, rent wanted. Owners please call: 569-7933 871 1-0212
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        545 12 573 Air Tickets BUDGET AIRFARE/ HOTEL Manila $535, Jakarta $160, Hong Kong $565, Perth $540, Bangkok $240, Bali $430, XL $185, Europe $940, USA etc. Care Tours (TA7O3) *****60 SAMUDRA *****78 SPECIAL. Jakarta $150, Bangkok $250, Surabaya $330, Bali $385, Perth $575, Sydney $660, London $880, USA, Hotels. Fax: *****24.
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        930 12 606 Professional/ 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Executive Positions Lounge Positions An established financial ll support services company II EXPERIENCED COOKS has the following vacancies: II wanted I 1. Vegetarian, North Indian, Tandoori 2. South Indian diahaa and Seven years Cash meals Handling experience GCE '0' Level Please come for an interview
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        181 13 |The Family of The Late I HEN 6 SHOT CHER Departed 2-2-97 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours for their kind assistance, condolences, attendance, donations wreaths during their recent bereavement. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalaaaaaaaawaaM Safe m the arms of Jesus The Family
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        856 In Memoriam
        392 13 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam STEVEN J. LEACH, JR. The Memorial Service for Steven will be held on Monday 24 February 1997 at 3.00 pm at St. John's Cathedral Hong Kong. In lieu of flowers, family friends would be grateful to receive donations to the "Steven
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        850 Deaths 850 Deaths
        320 13 850 Deaths 850 Deaths THOMAS HENG SIEW GUAN AGE: 72 passed away peacefully on sth February 1997 Wife: Rose Lim Sons: Daughter-in-law: Phillip David Charlotte Tan Daughters: Sons-in-law: L UC y Matthew Ho Elizabeth James Chua Mary Gerald Scow Margaret Melvyn Alphonso Geraldine Donald Chew Angeline Grandsons: Grand Daughters: Joel
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        136 13 Ye Deceased Associi An unbelievable fellow with a good testimony of degrees and works behind him, a good nature and a good attitude towards life. Although he wasn't perfect just as life was not perfect for him, loriam te le ft us a sense e ami pri d e what
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        1533 15 VENHONIA™ 1 DESIGN BIG. JIVILLIKY •(>> W ™> <* W NOTICE OF DESIGN REGISTRATION NOTICE is hereby given that VENHONIA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD of 1 Park Road #01-32/33, Singapore *****8, is the registered proprietor of the copyright m the designs shown hereunder. These designs are registered m the United Kingdom
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        406 15 f n^> housing 1 #■■4 4> DEVELOPMENT ■J J BOARD J I W*'jof%. t% I^. 1 F* I TP* 4 -I I if nm U mJ Mb ffm 1 m Tenders are invited to rent the following premises m: o^ S A Pa ?!L?!^ greet 21 (Loyang Point) L I
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        592 15 I r^n housing 1 f I 4> DEVELOPMENT pi^% JUJ BOARD J Separate Tenders are invited Reference/ Minimum Document Cost/ 0 for each of the following:- Showround Category Closing Date CONSTRUCTION OF WET *****52 CWOI-C5 $50 MARKET CUM MULTI-STOREY 28/02/97 CARPARK at Bedok I Neighbourhood 7 Contract 7A SEWER DIVERSION
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        769 16 L/b Singapore Telecom A SUPPLIES (1) TN34/***** Term contract for 24 months supply of 31 sizes of Telephone Copper Cables. (2) TN34/***** 4,500,000 pieces of Business Reply Envelope (3) TN34/***** 4,000 coils (main option) of 4W/o.smm PVC Cable A ELIGIBILITY (1) CIDB/EPU registered contractors G5 or L5/S8 above (2) (3)
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        414 16 AL SCREENINO I NOW SHOWINO SNIAK PRIVHWS l" PW SHOWINpI SNIAK PR EVIEW T IATI NITE SHOW I^KKSHHOIT AWttKAPOQg| "Wrwn drMmnw wtnt to bt tlwd..." A LOVE STORY IN SIKKIM I I MOHANUI ashwmivarai g»nilTJTn.DßriTcrTi it iMNHNTEWSEtovK STORY I *^|gAPATEKAR MADHllWDlxrrtegj MK^^" 9 (Wl #jk ABHISHEK KAPOOR I WW^ TABW
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        314 17 MICHAEL DOUGLAS VAL KILMER "EERIE SUSPENSE... THE BEASTS ARE AWESOME!" ■h^-^fcl- Whang Yee-Ling, 8 Days f W Jr. I^^ JLIJC f BASED ON A TRUE STORY CONSTELLATION FILMS presents a DOUGIAS/REUTHER production a STEPHEN HOPKINS him m MICHAEL DOUGLAS VALKILMER 'THE GHOSTANDTHE DARKNESS" JERRY GOLDSMITH rSS^ MICHAEL DOUGLAS and STEVEN
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        97 18 In aid of The Down Syndrome Association, Singapore, The New Paper's adopted i charity for 1997, i Sales proceeds of The New Paper on 8 Feb. '97 j at all McDonald's outlets will be ij donated I to the Association. No, it is not a rumour. It is the j
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        463 19 NOW SHOWING: GOLDEN/PRINCESS/NEW CROWN/COMMONWEALTH/MARINA/MANDARIN 4 CHARLIE*SHEEN I hAir tTIOT m GPPrPI i ney raei m s>cci ci A*FT A MTT TOM i ney iorgea an auian^^g fc^irf>Fi4FPT Aism W^gS^ f^ H(EYV\(X]O(^JRESWCREWG\MW preset a CMMI 9 I raucroNA(H)l^P,CQs^^ CINERGI. 14>{4*#-I?li PCS bitor ROBOTAFB^fn psawcTKwoEaae JOEAL^S c^^Sw ITHdolbybtcreol SNEAK PREVIEW: GOLDEN NOW
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        133 20 [THE GRAND PRINCE j\ THE ALHAMDRA TODAY: 11:00, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 11:30PM"] TODAY: 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:1j&JiH5PMJ 1 THE ROYAL JADE j! THE EMERALD Vfp A Tom ■Mvßßvflfll I yjilil Hanks film 11 ikl'^Biil^ /mil TODAY: 12:1 5, 2:30 TODAY: 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 11:45PM 4:45PM ||S|
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        978 20 jmmt ZFm X mV+^ WINGS, WHEELS, SAILS: THE STORY OF SINGAPORE'S TRANSPORTATION |f.|| 1 JVVfI B jdJ^mm, \r/^C^m\ mmWmT/i^V^\^ National Museum's Inai Gallery. Today- Feb 23: 9am 5.30 pm. \MaM EpJI mmSk |P^&k wJtr^m^JKr Jm\ m mV*Z2 1!v/^Tmi Tne past tne Present and the future of Singapore's transport are JJXJ
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        821 20 embarking on a hunt for local toys that Singaporeans played with between the "30s and 70s. Members of the public are encouraged to submit any interesting toys, memorabilia or photographs by Sat to the museum at 51 Armenian Street. For details, call 332-3251 or 332-3669. CHAWTY AT THE SINGAPORE RMER
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