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1.  CHINESE DISSIDENT WEI JINGSHENG WILL NOT GET A LONGER JAIL TERM THAN HIS 14-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE IF HE APPEALS. A COURT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS IN RESPONSE TO SPECULATION THAT WEI'S SENTENCE MAY BE LENGTHENED IF HE APPEALS. WEI WAS SENTENCED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR CONSPIRING TO SUBVERT THE GOVERNMENT. HE HAS UNTIL FRIDAY TO APPEAL. RELATIVES HAVE SAID WEI WILL EXERCISE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DO SO.

2.  ABOUT 60 COMPANIES ARE NOW PROMOTING HEALTH AT THE WORKPLACE SINCE THE HEALTH MINISTRY STARTED SELLING THE CONCEPT. AND THE MINISTRY SAYS IT'LL CONTINUE TO GET MORE COMPANIES INTERESTED, TO BUILD A HEALTHIER WORKFORCE BY THE 21ST CENTURY. OUT:...CLOSELY WITH THEM. DUR: 1.30

3.  A HUGE SNOW STORM'S SWEEPING ACROSS THE NORTH EASTERN U.S. -- CAUSING A TRAIL OF HAVOC. OVER IN NEW YORK, WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE PREDICTING A WHITE CHRISTMAS -- THE CITY'S FIRST IN TEN YEARS. ENDS..TO CANCEL FLIGHTS. DUR: 49"

4.  AND IN FLORIDA A MOVIE STUNT THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY IT WAS PLANNED. SEVERAL DRY RUNS OF THE STUNT WENT OFF PERFECTLY. BUT WHEN THE CAMERAS STARTED ROLLING THE BOAT WAS HURLED OUT OF ITS SPECIALLY-BUILT RAILS INTO A CROWD OF TECHNICIANS. A STUNTMAN WAS KILLED AND SEVERAL SPECTATORS WERE HURT. THE STUNTMAN WAS A STAND-IN FOR ACTOR JOE PESCHI IN THE DISNEY PICTURE CALLED GONE FISHING.

5.  A HOTCHED ROBBERY ATTEMPT IN A NEW YORK SHOE STORE HAS LEFT SIX PEOPLE DEAD. THE LONE GUNMAN BURST INTO THE SHOP IN THE BRONX DEMANDING A PAIR OF BOOTS FOR FREE. MINUTES LATER A GUN BATTLE STARTED. ENDS......TWO DOORS DOWN. DUR: 36"

6.  I SRAELI TELEVISION HAS BROADCAST FOR THE FIRST TIME AN AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWING PRIME MINISTER YITZAK RABIN'S ASSASSINATION IN NOVEMBER. THE VIDEO HAD BEEN HANDED TO A STATE INQUIRY SET UP TO LOOK INTO THE MURDER - AND IT APPEARS TO SHOW HUGE SECURITY LAPSES THAT ALLOWED THE KILLER TO SHOOT MR RABIN. ENDS...JANUARY 23RD. DUR: 32"

7.  RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN SAYS REFORMS WILL CONTINUE DESPITE THE COMMUNISTS' VICTORY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. WITH NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTES COUNTED, THE COMMUNISTS ARE SET TO WIN CONTROL OF ONE-THIRD OF THE STATE DUMA OR LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. MR YELTSIN SAYS THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR WORRY. ANALYSTS AGREE, SAYING THE RESULT WILL NOT AFFECT MAJOR GOVERNMENT POLICIES. OUT:...PRIVATISE MORE BUSINESS. DUR: 59

8.  37 HOTEL STAFF RECEIVED THE NATIONAL COURTESY AWARD TODAY. IT'S IN RECOGNITION OF THE BIG PART GOOD HOTEL SERVICE PLAYS IN MAINTAINING SINGAPORE'S REPUTATION AS A PREMIER TOURIST DESTINATION. END: THAN LAST YEAR. DUR: 1.12

9.  TOURISTS ARE FLOCKING TO HONG KONG, TO SEE THE BRITISH COLONY BEFORE ITS HAND-OVER TO CHINA IN 1997. ON TUESDAY HONG KONG,  WELCOMED ITS 10 MILLIONTH VISITOR THIS YEAR. ENDS...TIME AND MONEY. DUR: 53"

10.  A ZAIREAN PASSENGER-PLANE ON A CHARTER FLIGHT HAS CRASHED IN NEIGHBOURING ANGOLA. 139 PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM ANGOLANS, WERE KILLED. OFFICIALS IN ZAIRE SAID FIVE PEOPLE SURVIVED THE CRASH....BUT THEY'VE BEEN BADLY BURNED. THE PLANE WENT DOWN MOMENTS AFTER TAKING OFF FROM ANGOLA'S NORTHERN JAMBA AIRPORT. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHY THE 1950S-ERA PROPELLOR-DRIVEN PLANE WENT DOWN.

11.  THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF A FILIPINO-CHINESE TYCOON SHOT DEAD BY LEFTIST GUNMEN LAST MONDAY. THE BODY OF LEONARDO TY WAS TAKEN FROM A CHAPEL AND ESCORTED ALONG A FREEWAY LINED BY SOME 4,000 CHINESE-FILIPINO STUDENTS. ALSO PRESENT, LEADERS OF MANILA'S ETHNIC CHINESE COMMUNITY. TY, 82, AND HIS DRIVER WERE KILLED IN QUEZON CITY ON THEIR WAY TO WORK. THE KILLINGS WERE ONE OF THREE ATTACKS ON CHINESE-FILIPINOS THAT DAY, BY A HIT SQUAD LINKED TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES. A FOUR YEAR OLD SINGAPOREAN BOY WAS ALSO KILLED, BELIEVED BY MISTAKE.

12.  THE WHITE HOUSE AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARE SET FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS LATER TODAY.....IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE BUDGET STALEMATE AND REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT. OUT: GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. DUR: 46"

13.  IMAGINE A DEBATE WHERE SPEAKERS HAVE ONLY 15 MINUTES TO PREPARE A 7 MINUTE SPEECH. AND IMAGINE HAVING  9 SUCH GRUELLING ROUNDS. THAT'S WHAT DEBATERS FROM NUS AND NTU WILL FACE -- WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO CORK, IRELAND, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 16TH WORLD UNIVERSITIES DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS. ENDS: MIGHT JUST CHANGE. VT DUR: 1.24

14.  A NEW TECHNIQUE IS BEING USED BY THE NATIONAL MUSEUM TO PROTECT ITS ART PIECES. AND IN FUTURE, PRICELESS EXHIBITS IN OTHER MUSEUMS HERE WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO QUARANTINE AND HE TREATED BEFORE THEY CAN BE DISPLAYED. OUT:...INSECT FREE

15.  AND IN RUSSIA THE WRECKAGE OF AN AIRLINER THAT DISAPPEARED NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO HAS BEEN FOUND. ENDS...INCLUDING 5 CHILDREN. DUR: 40"

16.  IN COURT TODAY A 51 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS CHARGED WITH CAUSING THE DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN COMEDIAN, WAH LIANG, LAST MONTH. KATSU-HIKO SATO ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO KEEP A PROPER LOOKOUT WHILE DRIVING ALONG A SLIP ROAD TO EAST COAST PARKWAY FROM FORT ROAD. AS A RESULT, HE KNOCKED DOWN AND KILLED 42 YEAR-OLD WAH LIANG WHO WAS WALKING ACROSS A ZEBRA CROSSING AT THE TIME. SATO'S CASE WILL BE RE-MENTIONED NEXT MONTH.

17.  SINGAPORE'S NON-OIL DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR NOVEMBER HAVE RISEN BY 22 PERCENT TO NEARLY 8 BILLION DOLLARS, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD SAYS NON-OIL DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN UNION AND JAPAN GREW STRONGLY - MAINLY DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND FOR COMPUTER AND RELATED PRODUCTS. AMONG THE THREE, JAPAN HAD THE HIGHEST GROWTH OF NEARLY 67 PERCENT.

18.  THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE CALLED ON SENIOR MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW AT THE ISTANA TODAY THE LAST DAY OF A 4-DAY VISIT HERE. EARLY THIS MORNING MR LE RUIHUAN MET PRIME MINISTER GOH CHOK TONG FOR A FRIENDLY GAME OF TENNIS. THE MOOD ON COURT WAS A REFLECTION OF THE CLOSE AND FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN CHINA AND SINGAPORE. THE GAME ENDED 6-3 - IN PM GOH'S FAVOUR.

19.  THE PUBLIC CAN REGISTER WITH COMFORT FROM TOMORROW FOR ITS SATELLITE TAXI BOOKING SERVICE, GABLINK, WHICH STARTS NEXT MARCH. COMFORT, WHICH INVESTED 22 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE SYSTEM, IS THE SECOND TAXI COMPANY AFTER TIBS TO PROVIDE THE SATELLITE SERVICE. END: TO DOUBLE. DUR: 58"

20.  THE RENOVATION AND DECORATION ADVISORY CENTRE IS TO INTRODUCE COURSES, TO UPGRADE THE MANAGERIAL SKILLS OF RENOVATION CONTRACTORS. IT'LL BE MADE COMPULSORY FOR ALL CONTRACTORS APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE CENTRE HOPES THIS WILL HELP STOP THE GROWING PROBLEM OF DELAYS IN THE COMPLETION OF RENOVATIONS. OUT: GUARANTEE OF QUALITY. DUR: 1.10

21.  THE PRICE OF SAND FROM INDONESIA'S RIAU PROVINCE COULD RISE 50 PERCENT IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. RIAU SAND EXPORTERS HAVE APPOINTED A SINGAPORE COMPANY TO DO ALL THE BUYING AND SHIPPING - AND IT'LL PEAK PRICES AT 15 DOLLARS PER CUBIC METRE. END: RISK A BOYCOTT.

22.  MAJOR ASIAN MARKETS HAVE REBOUNDED SHARPLY ON THE HEELS OF A PARTIAL RECOVERY ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. JAPAN'S NIKKEI INDEX WENT UP SOME 308 POINTS. SINGAPORE'S STI INDEX ALSO REACHED ITS HIGHEST POINT IN 11 MONTHS. THE DOW JONES CLOSED SOME 35 POINTS HIGHER AFTER A MASSIVE 101-POINT DROP ON MONDAY. THE REBOUND CAME AFTER THE US FEDERAL RESERVE CUT INTEREST RATES TO 5 AND A HALF PERCENT THE LOWEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A YEAR. OUT: RATES LAST WEEK. DUR: 1.02

23.  JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER TOMIICHI MURAYAMA HAS APPEALED TO TAXPAYERS TO SUPPORT A SCHEME TO USE PUBLIC MONEY TO RESCUE AILING MORTGAGE FIRMS. A CABINET MEETING ENDORSED THE PLAN LATE YESTERDAY. COLLECTIVELY JAPAN'S REAL ESTATE LENDING FIRMS ARE BELIEVED TO BE MIRED IN MORE THAN 6 TRILLION YEN WORTH OF BAD LOANS. SET UP IN THE 1970'S MORTGAGE FIRMS LENT AGGRESSIVELY TO PROPERTY DEVELOPERS BUT LOANS COLLAPSED WHEN ASSET PRICES TUMBLED. ANALYSTS SAY THE DECISION TO USE MONEY FROM THE STATE BUDGET - THOUGH UNPOPULAR - CLEARS A BIG HURDLE TO CLEARING UP THE MESS.

24.  SOUTH KOREA'S FORMER PRESIDENTS CHUN DOO-HWAN AND ROH TAE-WOO WILL BE FORMALLY CHARGED TOMORROW WITH MUTINY, STEMMING FROM A 1979 MILITARY COUP. THE MOVE COMES AFTER AN HISTORIC LAW WAS PASSED IN PARLIAMENT LATE YESTERDAY. IT ABOLISHED A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON MUTINY, INSURRECTION AND MASSACRE. BOTH CHUN AND ROH ARE ALREADY UNDER ARREST -- CHUN IN CONNECTION WITH THE COUP AND ROH FOR ACCEPTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES. TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM HIS DISGRACED PREDECESSORS, SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG SAM TODAY CARRIED OUT HIS PROMISED CABINET RESHUFFLE. HE REPLACED 11 OF THE 22 CABINET MINISTERS. A MAJOR CHANGE - APPOINTING UNIFICATION MINISTER RHA WOONG-RAE TO THE POWERFUL ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINISTRY. MR RHA IS REGARDED AS PRO-BUSINESS. EXPERTS SAY HIS APPOINTMENT WILL SOOTHE ANXIETY FANNED BY THE SCANDAL INVOLVING SEVERAL BUSINESS TYCOONS. THE THREE KEY POSTS OF FOREIGN, DEFENCE AND TRADE MINISTERS WERE LEFT UNCHANGED.