Aquarium has shown otherwise. ---- Page 2 HI-TECH CUSTOMS SET FOR 2000 CUS Hi-tech customs set for 2000 A computer revolution to speed up customs duty collection should be ready by the year 2000. Bermuda Customs is planning a super hi-tech computer system -- known as Electronic Data Interchange -- to allow cargo to be cleared in double quick time. ---- Page 3 CHALLENGES FACING BERMUDA GOV Challenges facing Bermuda Technological advances will bring fresh challenges for democratic countries and their leaders, Governor Thorold Masefield warned guests at the annual Speaker's Dinner on Saturday night. ---- Page 3 MAN `LET OFF' FOR PEPPER SPRAY CTS Man `let off' for pepper spray A 20-year-old man "of good character'' was allowed to go free after Police found a canister of "pepper spray'' in his back pocket. Talib Nasir Madyn, of Rockaway Lane, Southampton, pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon. ---- Page 5 COURT ORDER ONLY `PROVISIONAL' BUC CTS Court order only `provisional' A local court order affirming the authority of Bermuda liquidators over Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co., Ltd. is only provisional, and neither the order, nor a letter of request from the Chief Justice, supports the delay of proceedings in a US court, lawyers for Massachusetts commissioner of insurance argued Friday. ---- Business, Page 9 SINGLETON IN 28TH PLACE OLY Singleton in 28th place Pressure? What pressure? Patrick Singleton tuned out all the pomp and ceremony -- not to mention media blitz -- to produce two of his fastest times in the men's singles luge competition at the Winter Olympics. Fulfilling a life-long dream, the 23-year-old Bermudian took part in the opening ceremonies on Saturday then a day later sped to 28th spot among the 34 competitors on the Spiral track of Lizuna. ---- Sport, Page 19