The Straits Times, 16 December 1982

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1982 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 99/1/82
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  • 385 1 Now bosses stage a recession demo... PARIS, Wednesday OVER 20,000 French company directors, their militancy spurred by business recession and squeezed profits, demonstrated today against business difficulties under the socialist administration. They came from across the country to voice grievances and demand help at a rally organised by the CNPF
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  • 93 1 SYDNEY, Wed One of the world's most famous trains, (he Indian Pacific Unking Syd ney and Perth, has been stopped in its tracks by a union clisputr. a spokesman for Australian National Railways said today The trans-continental train had not run since Dec 4 because of
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  • 61 1 I/)NDON, Wed A lorry driver who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murder has been awarded 1:77 .dOO rSON.SOO) in compensation. Mr Jack Preecc. 51. jailed in 1973, has accepted the payment made by Scottish author itles after an appeal court quashed
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  • 478 1  -  PETER HAZELHURST Mining of strategic straits a part of new defence policy By Our Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Wed. Spelling out Japan's new defence policy in more positive terms today, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, said Japanese naval ships might mine three strategic straits in north-east Asia
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  • 229 1 S'pore ship saves 60 seamen in storm SEATTLE. Wed KKW members of a SlNMtpvre-bastd skip madr a valiant tearhear rescue t*da>, saving M people from ■a Indian freighter that sank I.IW km off the Oregon coast. Onr man from the Indian skip Jalamorart died. The crew of the Timor Girl,
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  • 233 1 Saudi order: Never the twain shall meet RIYADH, Wednesday THE Saudi Arabian government served notice to foreign companies yesterday that they must provide strictly segregated living quarters for single employees of both sexes, and "deny them the opportunity of mixing together." The directive from the Saudi Interior Ministry warned that
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  • 112 1 WELLINGTON. Wed. The New Zealand fjovernment introduced special legislation in Parliament tonight to overturn a legal judgment which arovc i wedge through its six month-old wage freeze. The legislation would give the government power to override any law or regulation which might surjersede the
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  • 41 1 U)NDON. Wed More thai 4.000 girls under 16 «tM i» CUM pregnant in 19H0 in V.ng land mil Wales had ami ,i mord Kl.OOO babie -in to unmarrN moth HI, Bnt.un s Offi, of Popula tion Census and Sur\. Keillor
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  • 65 1 TRIER (West Germany). Wed To mark the 50th anniversary of his rise to power. Adolf Hitler will lose honorary citizenship of Karl Marx's birthplace. Trier. That, at least, is the plan of the 'oral Social Democrat*Pariy. which this week applied for a special town council meeting
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  • 335 1 Chinese official lists major obstacles to closer ties BEIJING, Wednesday SOVIET support for Vietnam's military intervention in Cambodia is the biggest obstacle to improved Sino-Soviet relations a senior Chinese official said here 1 last night. The official, in an interview with West European
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  • 140 1 Walesa says 'no' to twice-served summons GDANSK. Wed Solidarity leader Lech Walesa today refused to answer a 1 summons to the Gdansk i prosecutor's office for questioning on alleged irregularities in the accounts of Solidarity's local branch, sources close to Mr Walesa said Mr Walesa had a bodyguard deliver a
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  • 34 1 PARIS. Wed Several demonstrators belonging to the ecology movement Greenpeace today chained themselves to the railings of the Swedish embassy to protest against the transport of Swedish nuclear waste to France. -UPI
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  • 69 1 PARIS. Wed Two people died last week of the so-called "legionnaires' disease at a hospital and a third person was stricken with the disease but survived. Seven other people suspected of having contracted it are under observation. The sick ness is called "legionnaires disease" because it first was
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      609 2 Guest labour for MRT FX)REIGN workers needed for the building of the mass rapid transit system and other big projects will be brought in, despite the government's policy of phasing out guest labour. NTUC's secretary general, Mr Lim Chee Onn, said. He does not foresee "great upheavals either in
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    • 177 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: •IN THE aftermath of Productivity Month, the question la: Who should lead the way in the productivity movement? The government can only do so much. Top management In the private sector must now take over. Marco Polo Hotel's Mr Darlo Regazzone, who impresses as as
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    • 174 2 Jump in gambling tax FROM Jan 1, Magnum Corporation, a major 4D operator, will pay $1 million a year, instead of $5,000. for its licence to operate the 4-D lottery. The betting tax on the 4D lottery has also been raised from one per cent to 23
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    • 129 2 New Beijing moves BEIJING opera was once divided into the Southern School and Northern School. The former emphasised the importance of singing while the latter on acting, expression and even the props. Not anymore. Now, Beijing opera performers are more rounded artistes. In last night's Monkey
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    • 249 2 Bad attitude SINGAPORE threw away the chance to start its Ho Ho Cup campaign with a landslide victory last night. Its strikers' complacency was mainly to blame for the 2-1 win over Malaysia, whose defence was frayed. This casual attitude may be Singapore's downfall in its bid for the
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    • 51 3 SEOUL. Wed The United States and South Korea today announced 10-week joint military exercises early next year, described by military officials as the largest annual manoeuvres in the non-communist world. The 'team spirt' exercises from around Feo 1 will involve IHB.OOO troops, including 70.000 US servicemen, they said.
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    • 260 3 Britain to beef up armed forces with $3.5 bil package LONDON, Wednesday BRITAIN will strengthen its armed forces, making them more flexible, mobile and battleready because of lessons learned in the Falklands conflict, Defence Minister John Nott said yesterday. Announcing a £1 billion (5J3.5 billion) spending package in Parliament, Mr
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    • 168 3 POPE THINKS KGB TRIED TO KILL HIM. SAYS NEWS AGENCY WASHINGTON, Wad POPE John Paul n told US Secretary of State George Shultz that he believes the KGB was behind the attempt to assassinate him last year, when the spy agency was headed by Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, Cable News
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    • 186 3 THATCHER ANNOUNCES GET TOUGH POLICY ON RAPISTS LONDON, Wed. BRITISH Prime Minis ter Margaret Thatcher, annonnrlßg tighter precedarea to deal with rapiata, yesterday apoke angrily about a recent caae of a man who raped a wlx year-old girl The maa nerved only four moaUw la Jail at Leeds, aorthern Kagland,
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    • 44 3 LONDON. Wed. British surgeons yesterday gave a new heart to a 47-year-old Swedish mining instructor. Doctors said John Johanssen. from Sandvtken, Sweden, was progressing well after the four-hour operation, the 45th heart transplant carried out by London's Harefield hospital. Reuter
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    • 127 3 Gibraltar gates opened after 13 years GIBRALTAR. Wed. Hundreds of people crossed through the newly reopened gates separating Spain from Gibraltar today, 13 years after the passage was sealed by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. The streets of the disputed British colony were teeming with people early today hours after the
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    • 221 4 Israel 'must intervene in clashes' TEL AVIV, Wednesday ISRAELI military leaders yesterday said Israeli forces must intervene on a large scale in the Chouf mountain region of Lebanon to stop in- creasingly intensive fighting between Christian! and Muslim Druze militiamen. Israeli radio said the military leaders told the defence and
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    • 327 4 TEL AVIV, Wednesday CRITICS of Prime Minister Menacbem Begins government are demanding that Israel stop selling arms to regimes with poor human rights records, charging that the sales violate Israel's moral standards. But defenders of the policy say the sales, estimated at more
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    • 147 4 PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and West German President Karl Carsten (left) inspecting a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony for the Egyptian leader who is in Bonn for a two-day official visit. On Tuesday, President Mubarak and Chancellor Helmut Kohl called on all those
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    • 83 4 CAIRO. Wed Sixty mummies in a good state of preservation, dating hark to Roman limes, have been found at i >nsh. in the Nile Valley, by a team of French arrhaelogists. it »..s reported here today The mummies. *hich dale from betwwn the Kirsl and Third Century,
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    • 259 4 Special ties with Jordan agreement AMMAN, Wed. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) made a conciliatory gesture yesterday towards US President Ronald Reagan's Middle East peace plan when it acknowledged that l sr«**sra the future relationship between Jordan and the Palestinians, Jordanian and PLO official
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      • 70 4 WITH a boost from US President Ronald Reagan, a four-year-old German Shepherd dog. Loner, has been given permission to dig 'lams in Long Island's Great South Bay so his physually disabled owner can sell them for a profit His owner. Mr John Kehoe. 41. ma<!e a
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      • 66 4 Space encounters THE Soviet Union plans to launch two camera-carry-ing spacecraft in 1984 to drop off robot landers and balloons at Venus and then cruise on to an unprecedented encounter with Halley's comet in 1986, a v icn'i.st s;nd in Washington on Tuesday. Dr Tomas Gombosi. of Hungary's Central Research
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    • 142 6 Publisher released to prepare defence MANILA, Wed. Opposi tion newspaper publisher Jose Burgos, charged with subversion, was moved from military detention to house arrest today and said his first priority was to resume publishing his outspoken tabloid We Forum. Mr Burgos and nine colleagues facing thr same charges were ordered
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    • 87 6 JAKARTA, Wed. Army corporal Komar, fed up because he had not been promoted for 20 years, donned an Indonesian four-star general's uniform and strode into a bank for a loan. Suspicious bank guards in Cimahi, West Java, approached him when he told a cashier he needed 50,000 rupiahs
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    • 63 6 THREE Singapore police officers pausing in front of a koban, or police box, in the Glnza district in Tokyo earlier this week. The police officers are part of a sevenmember delegation on a 17-day tour of Japan to learn about the neighbourhood
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    • 475 6 DX needs aid from its friends official BANGKOK, Wednesday A SENIOR official of Prince Norodom Sihanouk's Cambodian resistance faction said yesterday that countries friendly to the movement had yet to provide essential material support, leaving many trained guerillas without weapons to fight Vietnamese forces in Cambodia. Promise Prince Sihanouk, who
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    • 102 6 Preparing for the Non-Aligned Summit NEW DELHI, WedIndia is sending four senior diplomats to consult non-aligned states about draft documents for the Non-Aligned Summit to be held in New Delhi in March next year An External Affairs Ministry spokesman said today the first envoy left last night for Cuba. Latin
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    • 185 6 Reconsider decision. Malaysia tells India KUALA LUMPUR, W«d MALAYSIA uid Ud»y that It regretted India hrn not lavlted Prince SUutMok'a DeaMCTUIr Kampuchea gaverament to the non-ail|rn-ed summit In New Delhi next March. A Malar F*reiga MtnLv try spokesman wged l»*l» to reriMHec It* *etiM»m, nylnc that •verwhelmlng majority «f n«a-*llrn-ed
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    • 25 6 SEOUL. Wed A Korean Airlines stewardess has been reported missing in Honolulu, where she was waiting for a homeward flight, police said today UPI
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    • 336 6  - $4.6 m in illegal arms delivered, court told NANCY CHNG By Our Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK, Wednesday AN unauthorised 50 million bant (554.6 million) arms purchase allegedly made by a Thai army general was delivered to Indonesia, Thailand's air force attache to Singapore said at a military tribunal yesterday. Group Captain
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      • 73 6 INDONESIA WILL host appearances of a grand Asean youth orchestra, next month, a Ministry of Education spokesman said in Jakarta yesterday. All Asean member countries will each send 20 members aged between 15 and 25 to join the orchestra, in addition to four tutors and one conductor, the
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      • 74 6 LEADERS OF Laos, Vietnam and the Hanoi-backed Heng Samrin regime in Cambodia have indefinitely postponed a summit meeting planned at Vientiane for this month, Western diplomats said in Bangkok yesterday. They, however, said no reasons were available for the decisions. The Cambodian news agency SPK said yesterday
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      • 57 6 A FIRE on the Indonesian island of Lombok, about 1.500 km east of Jakarta, destroyed 160 houses early this week, leaving more than 600 people homeless. Antara news agency reported yesterday. In central Java, strong winds damaged 196 buildings in the Wonosari district early this week. Antara
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      • 65 6 AMERICAN COORDINATOR for Refugee Affairs H. Eugene Douglas met Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda yesterday for talks on Thailand's refugee problem, a US Embassy spokesman in Bangkok said. In Seoul, the Foreign Ministry announced yestenlay that South Korea would provide temporary shel'er to 65 Vietnamese refugees, including 37
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      • 62 6 NEARLY tH ek-mentary schools throughout Indonesia's province of Irian Jaya have been closed down due to a lack of teachers, Mr Sutrisno, a provincial education director, said yester lay The head of the education office also disclosed that too many elementary schools had been built so that
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    • 57 6 GUATEMALA CITY. Wed The daughter o( Hon'lunn President Roberto Suazo Cordova was kidnapped today in the Guatemalan capital by unidentified gunmen who gave the government until Thursday mifht to meet their demands. Interior MlaUter Rirardo Metidez Ruiz said The kidnappers of 32-year-oid Xlamora Suazo had sent a message
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    • 278 7 TOKYO, Wed. LEADERS of Japans 12.5 million farmers met Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone today to stress their objection to reducing barriers against imported food. They handed him a peU- j tion with 5.7 million signatures collected since the beginning of October. The aim is to
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    • 223 7 CANBERRA. Wed. The number of migrants allowed into Australia in 1982-83 will be reduced by about 13 per cent, Immigration Minister John Hodges has said. Speaking on a national current affairs radio programme yesterday, Mr Hodges said that around 114,000 people would
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    • 174 7 PESHAWAR, Wed The former No 2 man in Afghanistan's secret police said the late Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev planned to annex Afghanistan but opposition to the Moscow-install-ed regime foiled the scheme. Lt Gen Saddiq Ghulam Miraki, who defected to Pakistan last month, said the plan was to
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    • 405 7 CHINA is willing to discuss ways of accommodating British interests in Hongkong after it regains sovereignty over the territory, a senior Chinese official said last night. The official, who declined to be named or quoted directly, told West European journalists China considered 1997
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    • 145 7 Retaliate, top trade expert advises Hongkong HONGKONG. Wed. A top trade expert suggested today that the Hongkong government should "take retaliatory- action against French restrictions on Hongkong exports to the same degree of damage as France has done us." Mr Jimmy Mcgregor, director of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
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    • 253 7 Intellectuals will now get special treatment BEIJING, Wednesday CHINA'S intellectuals, long denounced as arrogant and politically unreliable, are to receive special treatment in north-east China's Heilcngjiang province, the People's Daily reported yesterday. The new measures follow a declaration by Prime Minister i Zhao Ziyang that living and working conditions for
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    • 160 7 Troops rushed to Baroda to quell riots NEW DELHI. Wed. Military reinforcements today rushed to the city of Baroda to help army troops quell religious clashes which left 11 people dead and 30 /hers injured, officials saiu Though no major incidents of rioting were reported today, Dorder security forces were
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    • 272 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. Thirteen reporters were yesterday given an off-the-reoord Pentagon biicflnK on Soviet military developments, even though they refused to sign an unprecedented Money agreement. Pentagon spokesman Henry Catto said the briefing was "to Inform senior defence correspondents as to the extent
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    • 50 8 LONDON. Wed. The Second Parachute Regiment, acclaimed as heroes of Britain's Falkland Islands campaign, are set to invade the pop music charts j here with a keep-fit record Commanding officer David Chandler saiii any profits would go to leisure facilities for troops and to help old soldier*. Reuter
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    • 333 8 CHICAGO, Wad. FEDERAL authorities alleged yesterday that a man held on extortion charges in connection with the Tylenol painkiller capsule case had threatened President Ronald Reagan's life during the cyanide poisoning incidents which claimed seven lives in
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    • 313 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE House of Representatives yesterday approved legislation that would require that at least half of US foreign development aid funds be targeted directly to poor people overseas. By 227 votes to 184. the House incorporated the measure as
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    • 304 8 US steel will take new action WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE American steel industry, fretting for months over an alleged "secret agreement" limiting Japanese steel shipments to Europe and diverting them here, has said it will announce "a major new action related to imports" this week. Sources indicated yesterday that the move
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    • 276 8 Soviet bloc boosts Nicaragua military strength WASHINGTON, W*d RECENT shipments from the Soviet bloc may have doubled the number of tanks in Nicaragua's army, already rated the strongest in Central America, US Defence Department sources said yesterday. According to these sources, who asked to remain anonymous, a Bulgarian merchant ship
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    • 34 8 WASHINGTON, Wed The Soviet Union has bought 600,000 tonnes of America* wheat, its first wheat purchase under the extemL-d grain sales agreement between the two countries, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. UPI.
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      • 81 8 UNEMPLOYMENT IN West Germany will soar to nearly three million or about 12.5 per cent of the work force in early 1984, the German Kiel Institute of World Economics said yesterday. The institute said the figure was probably the highest level unemployment would reach in the current recession.
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      • 85 8 THE INDONESIAN Energy Minister. Dr Subroto, said in Jakarta that there was a real danger the Opec oil price structure would collapse. "Our problem is not only to defend the oil price from external pressure, but also from internal pressure," he said before leaving last night
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      • 66 8 GOVERNMENT MINISTERS and leading businessmen from the Asia Pacific region will meet in Australia next March for a major conference on the prospects for world trade and economic recovery, a spokesman for acting Prime Minister Doug Anthony said in Canberra yesterday. The conference will be held in
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      • 72 8 ANDREI EI 'MONT, Sovie' Deputy Minister of Heavy Transport and Building, died "sudden ly" last Saturday, a Soviet newspaper reported in Moscow yesterday. Sotsialisticheskaya Industria said Mr Eismont was 72. As is common in obituaries carried by the state-run press, there was no further explanation of the
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      • 85 8 DEFENDANTS IN Egyp;s trial of 300 Muslim extremists insulted the court yesterday in a stormy session which saw clashes between prosecutors and defence lawyers and the eviction of three security officials from the courtroom. The defendants are being tried on charges of attempting to overthrow the government
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  • 601 9  -  By IVAN LIM Our Labour Correspondent But they will be here on ad hoc basis, says Chee Onn FOREIGN workers who are needed for the Mass Rapid Transit and other big projects will be brought in despite the government s policy of phasing
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  • 512 9  -  KONG YEE PENG By FIREMEN will be sent abroad next year for training in fire-fighting and rescue work in underground Mass Rapid Transit tunnels and stations. Singapore Fire Chief Lim Beng I^ck. who disclosed this yesterday, said talks woro being held with
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  • 221 9 A COMPREHENSIVE study commissioned by the Singapore Bus Service, which, among others, is looking into the feasibility of a transfer ticket system, is now in its final stage. ~t Under the transfer ticket system, passengers can use the same ticket to
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  • 30 9 I HE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commen-e and Industry will hold its monthly manage men! committee meeting at its premises in Hill Street tomori<m at 3 p m.
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  • 162 9 Three stole from coffeeshop after drinks THREE welders stole $650 and property worth $160 from a coffee shop where they had drinks earlier, a magistrate heard yesterday. Lim Chuan Teng, 28, was jailed for a day and fined $2,000 while Oh Geok Yue, 26, and Ang Hock Guan, 33, were
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  • 71 9 Calling all budding actors MR Clive Linke, an expatriate lecturer at the Institute of Education, will con dfci a 10-week drama workshop at the Drama Centre beginning Jan 14. ■Students will he taughl act inn iKhnhjMß, vok-p production, improvisation ana movement Application forms ran be ohCained from trie Culture Af
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  • 241 9  - Swoops net six 'hit gang' suspects PAUL WEE By POLICE believe they have smashed a gang of "hit men" with the arrest of six suspects early yesterday. The six are said to be part of a group alleged to have carried out a cash-for-kill execution recently. The suspects were taken
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  • 25 9 SINGAPORE and the Republic of Colombia have set up diplomatic relations at nonresident ambassadorial level as from yesterday.
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  • 113 9 EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL HERE FOR A FIRST HAND LOOK SINGAPORE'S Nurrr**(ul anti-llttering rampalgn mm! road traffic manaßrmrnt have attnMted the chairman of Kxypt's Keirlßn Rrla- tloiw ommltW to have a claoer l**k. Dr Mohanwd Ahmed \hdrlla arrived last night, and wUI be vtottlag the Environment Ministry, the Traffic Police and the
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  • 206 9 HARCHARANJIT Singh s o Bechint Singh tad Harbans Singh so Mehar Singh, facing charges of mischief by setting tire to 25 vehicles worth about J.t0.000. had four more similar charges preferred against them yesterday. The new charges involving nine motorcycles worth nearly
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  • 76 9 Life under martial law in Poland LTO under martial law in Poland will be featured in i the American Embassy this week with a poster exhibition, magazine dis- play, and videotape shows for the public. Poland Week, organised by the American Library Resource Center in Hill Street, is to mark
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  • 401 11 CASH AND ITEMS WORTH $60,000 LEFT BEHIND "HAVE you l«ft anything behind? This reminder on the door of a taxi would probably jerk even the most absent-minded or hurried of passengers into taking a quick look before leaving the vehicle. The graphic reminder, with
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  • 200 11 Leaders of WITs to get further training for role LEADERS of work improvement teams (WITs) will receive training for the first time from the Civil Service Institute. Since the WIT scheme started last year, the institute trained only chief facilitators and facilitators from the various government departments who in turn
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  • 23 11 THE Assumption English School band will perform at the Macßltchie Reservoir Park this Sunday from S p m to 6 p.m.
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  • 202 11 Put your best foot forward, police cadets told NEW afflcrr cadeta and tall-tlnte pattce nattonal mi ittciM have be*a urged to win the peaS'r's trust and o»nflence by data* the best they caa. Mr Chia H»rn Taag, Scalar ParUameatarv Secretary (Heme Affairs) and MP far AlJualed, made this call an
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  • 78 11 TWO Filipinas, Yolanda Afable, 39, and Norma Miranda, 26, were each fined $500 yesterday for stealing a woman's $76 wallet at Klasse Department Store in Lucky Plaza on Saturday. Security officer Katheren S/0 Katheramu Ponniah. 33, saw Yolanda unzip the slingbag of Miss Karen Joan
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  • 362 11 New Zealand and Australia catch tourists' eyes AUSTRALIA and New Zealand have finally succeeded in catching the Singapore traveller's fancy. Ken-Air and SinoAmerica roport a doubling of tourists to these countries compared with last year. This month, Anglo- French will be sending off between 100 and 150 travellers. Tour operators
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  • 136 11 THK raae of Mabamed Makhter Ma Haseta, 28, wba faces faar charge* of rape and three caonU of < hrmting three girls af caah aad jeweDerv warth awu-ly $I,»M, will be meatUaea* aa Jaa S. Utbaarer Mabamrd Makhtar, wba waa remandrd at Cbaagl Prlaaa Haspltal
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  • 234 11 Relay station helps bring Jakarta TV to Singapore SINGAPOREANS in any part of the island can tune in to Radio and Televishen Republik Indonesia Its programmes are transmitted from Jakarta via Batam Island. Since the setting up of a relay station two years ago, those along the south-east-ern coast in
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  • 26 11 GIVE blood to save a lift The mobile blood bank will be at Marine Parade community centre. Marine Parade Road, this Sunday (Dec 19).
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  • 388 11 2 students didn't do test, admits former principal in court FORMER Chung Cheng i High School principal Chia Thiam Soo yesterday 1 agreed in court that the two Malaysian students whom he recommended j for admission into his school in 1979 did not sit for any written test He said
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  • 338 13 Police study instant summons method THE Traffic Police is considering changing its present system of booking offenders who park illegally. It is looking into the feasibility of having its enforcement officers leave a summons on the illegally parked vehicle's windscreen instead of mailing it to the owner, a Traffic Police
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  • 335 13 Fewer kiosks from which to buy parking coupons now THE Housing Board has reduced the number of coupon sales kiosks as one of many cost-saving measures. The Board and the Urban Redevelopment Au- j thority (URA) will also reduce the size of the 1 numbers painted on their car parking
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  • 80 13 Cash for daily needs reduced CASH held by the Social Affairs Ministry's Public Assistance Section for daily needs has been reduced. This followed a suggestion by ihi- Audit Department which carried out a review of the organisation, functions, workload and arooadam at the section. Following the ravtnr, improvements taan tin
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  • 82 13 A POLICE inspector, Selvraj Subramniam, 34, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for murdering his wife at their home on Aug 17. Subramniam is accused of killing Madam Urn (iuek Kiau, 38, a police corporal, at then flat in
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  • 196 13 Winning friends with just a simple formula M.I CLANCY H* Chin Hut, la charge »t the Tmjmik Pag*r B*ys' luh oprnrd by the Prime Mlaiater <»n Sanday and Its vouriK mrmbrrs were chatting away merrily »brn I sU-pprd Into It. Had I n»t met him before, I w»nld havr thought
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  • 98 13 PAYMENT CEILINGS FOR FARMERS ON AGAIN LIMITS on the amount of compensation which farmers of fruit trees will receive if their land is affected by resettlement will be reimposed. The amount ranges from $5,000 to $.-0,000 per hectare, depending on tree sizes. Plant In March 1979, the ceilings were removed
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  • 269 15 NTUC plans to pick 18 model unionists THE National Trades Union Congress plans to pick model branch officials from the nine new industrial unions as a follow-up to its model workers' awards scheme. Eighteen model unionists, two to be selected from each union, will be sent on a week-long study
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  • 212 15  - Holiday romances led man to marry twice CHARMAINE CHAN By TWO holiday romances led to a man marrying twice, but both marriages ended in divorce within 10 months of each other, a district court heard yesterday. Sieh Sic Hien. 53, yesterday pleaded guilty to committing bigamy and to making a
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  • 32 15 THE fire which damaged a small part of the process plant at the Pulau Bukom Shell refinery occurred on Monday, and not on Tuesday as reported. The error is regretted.
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  • 139 15 Eight more shuttle flights to cope with rush SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) and Malaysian Airline System (MAS) will operate eight extra return shuttle flights between here and Kuala Lam par on three days thbi month and on Jan 2. An SIA ipoke«man said this was to eater for the expected Inrrease
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  • 38 15 LABOURER Yong wan l.iat, 30, was yesterday Jailed for six months by a judge for stealing J2.560 from a cash box at Silo Supermarket in Upper Seranj?oon Road on Dec 9. He pleaded guilty
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  • 107 15 TWO project teams from the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore will hold an Open House and give a minidisplay of their instructional materials for primary schools tomorrow. They are the Social Studies for Primary Schools and the Art and Crafts project teams whose materials will be
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  • 383 15 Protection is a social problem: Esso chief THE costs of pollution control should be borne by the community because environmental protection is a social problem, the managing director of Esso Singapore, Mr John Michalski, said yesterday. More important, thf costs are passed
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  • 405 15  - Video games shops taking case to Dhana CHAN ENG CHENG By VIDEO amusement centre operators in Singapore are planning to submit to the Culture Minister. Mr S. Dhanabalan, the findings of a survey they commissioned. The survey on video game video amusement centres, which was completed recently, was to obtain
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  • 95 15 How to grow Bonsai trees HERE is a chance to learn how to jfrow those mini Bonsai trees. Mr Boh Chit Hee, president of the Singapore Bonsai Society will show how to trim th<> trees at 3 p.m. on Friday (Dec 17) and Saturday (Dec 18) at the National Library.
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  • 447 17 Wood trade needs more safety effort' POLITICAL Secretary (Health) Mr Lav Ping Sum yesterday called for more effort to achieve greater safety in woodworking factories as the safety situation in the industry had deteriorated. For instance, the number of amputation cases has increased. In the first 10 months of this
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  • 118 17 HOW did you fare on Smokeout Day" Did you ?'o through the day resistng a thousand urges to have a cigarette and win? Or did you fight but finally lose? Whether you won or lost, we would like to hear how you handled the temptations of Lady Nicotine.
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  • 443 17 How they fought to kick the puffing habit TEN smokers called the hotline yesterday to tell us how they fared on Smokeout Day on Monday. Five of them four men and a woman managed to stop smoking for the day. But they said they wer? determined to kick the habit
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  • 111 17 THE Republic of Singapore Air Force has produced a 30-minute documentary film which will Introduce Singaporeans to the various aspects of the air force including its capability and hardware. The film, to be screened over SBC's Channel 5 at 2.30 p.m. this
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  • 288 17 Telecoms unveils its 'efficient, dynamic image' EFFICIENT, dynamic and innovative that is a point defined in Telecoms' new corporate image fol- lowing its recent merger with the Postal Services Department. The others are: IT IS dedicated to the improvement of the quality of life of the people as well as
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  • 127 17 HITACHI Zwien K«bln Darkyard, tnr *f Slnic»p»re'f« Klk Five KhlpyardN, trrmlnated the rontraru of 21 tntliM^ra yenUrday. ThlH In brllrvnd to br tbr flnit tlmr that Hltarhl haw Urmlnat«d the rontrarU irf lame a Kroap at one Umr. The rwatrarta rang- ed from
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    • 317 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday A MAJOR Malaysian 4-D operator, Magnum Corporation Bhd, has had its licence fee for opeiating the four-digit lottery increased from $5,000 to $1 million a year. The hefty increase, to take effect from Jan 1, follows the recent gazetting of
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    • 415 19 Delayin tactics in Fukuda Fund KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Malaysian government officials have confirmed that "difficult procedures" are preventing Asean from deriving maximum benefit from the US$l,OOO million (552,170 million) Fukuda fund set up in 1977 to assist Asean industrial projects. They supported the call for a fresh look at the
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    • 221 19 Call for closer cooperation in health care PENANG, Wed. Malaysia and Singapore should foster closer co-operation in tackling health problems, particularly in the prevention of dengue fever, Malaysia's Direc-tor-General of Health, Datuk Dr Abdul Talib bin Latif. said today. Dr Talib said any knowledge and technical know-how on communicable diseases
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    • 110 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Four women and a nine-year-old girl all from Singapore were injured when their car was involved in an accident with a lorry near here yesterday at the 34 km Karak Highway. They are Leong Yin Yin, nine, Chang Mai Ma, 52,
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    • 33 19 KLALA LUMPUR. Wed The MaUysiar police force is to reduce its annual intake of personnel from the projected 10,000 men to about 3,000 in line with the government's economy drive NST
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    • 30 19 PORT KLANG, Wed Fiftythree Jeeps, unclaimed by an importer since 1980 and valued at Msl 9 million, will be auctioned by the port authority here this week NST
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    • 191 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A new ruling to restrict the number of passengers in private cars for greater safety among road users is in the pipeline The Road Transport Department (RTD), which mooted this idea, has plans to ta:e action against drivers who overload their vehicles. Its
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    • 99 19 THE walls Pads t liavn la KuU* Lampar •re being gives m br«c«y face-lm. S«n pe*ple will pr»bably disregard the phrase, "Behind the MMgrtm walls whenever they reJer U potato Mat to this prlaaa. The miral *f a auay beach with swaying Biew t
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    • 444 19 For 25 years National has been 000 TTCKETSTroR A CRUISE 200 s P ecial towels and 500 C creating better living in Singapore. Now fM A T T TYT TPV QT4TP emergency torchlights can also be won. you can celebrate with us and win fabulous v*u AAJiW IV« OTlir you'll
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    • 1071 20 Robbie Robinson comes to the party, jl^ Great Christmas parties start at Robinson's. /^^Vv a v *liC^~\ 2. Shirt by Tokyo Blouse. $49.50. Jacket $54.00. Because we have the kind or clothes that can 7 so^ 2 P^i /r-ij A^^ Slacks with stretch belt. By Buster Brown. 6. WraMlsr (MS
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  • 277 21  - One dead, four ill from alcohol poisoning LAI YEW KONG By Our Home Affairs Correspondent A YOITH died and lour •t*en became critically ill after drUklng a encwitoo c«ea Ola and methyl alroh*) la a graveyard Palan Sealag an Kuaday. Ramdaa Ha Talib, It, a laa»ar«r, died Tuesday after rampiaialn«
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  • 60 21 DEVELOPERS ot buildings which have been issued with Temporary Occupation Licences but (or which strata titles have yet to be issued will have to set up a maintenance hind under a separate account. Under the Buildings and Common Property (Maintenance and Management} Amendment Act, I*2. they will
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  • 100 21 40 DEAF YOUTHS ON VISIT HERE FORTY youths from the Ipoh YMCA Deaf Club will be the guests of the Alpha, Beta and Orchid Chapters of the International V's Men's Clubs of Singapore. During their four-day stay in Singapore, from Dec 17 to 20, the youths will be visiting places
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  • 260 21  -  BRIDGET TAN By THE audience watched mystified yesterday as Private J.W. Jones mounted on stage, thrust the nozzle of a .303 rifle in mouth and waited. Then a trumpet sounded and an accompanying orchestra struck up in the background. Pte Jones puffed and blew, and to the
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  • 215 21 Home sweet homes for aged HOMES of the future should have features to cater to the growing numbe'- of elderly people The point was made in a recent issue of the Nursing Journal of Singapore. Miss Boey Yut Mci, an executive architect with the Housing Board, said there was a
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  • 56 21 Legal talk A 1 AI.K on U-K.il Aspm-ts of An Acftdent" by Mr Rabi IX>raisamy will be held at Rcdok i nnimunity centre this Friday (Dec 17) a( 8 p.m The talk by Mr Norrts Ong on Law and Practice relating to Kstale Duty will be held at the centre
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  • 187 21 Singapore and France to sign cooperation pact tomorrow SINGAPORE and France will sign an agreement on cultural, scientific and technical cooperation in Paris tomorrow. Mr David Marshall, Singapore's Ambassador to France, will sign on Singapore's behalf. The agreement will be effective for five years and be tacitly prolonged unless denounced
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  • 454 22 The Straits Times says It's now the managers' turn THERE are chief executives and chief executives. But Marco Polo Hotel's Mr Dario Regazzone impresses us as the type of chief executive we should have more of to achieve higher productivity. The story of Mr Regazzone, which was published in Section
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  • 1919 22  - Chinese hand of friendship ROLAND TYRRELL By Chinese diplomat based in East Africa: 4 China and the countries of Africa are all developing countries belonging to the Third World and sharing a common destiny China, too, was colonised at one time. We have experienced the same sufferings and we are
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  • 653 22 NEW YORK Speaking aa one who look.* forward to many yean of happiness an social security, I want to arge the Increaalngly sarly youth of America to stop whining about their obligation to finance me through old age and start thinking about
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    • 226 23 REPLIES PLEASE refer to the letter "Cert is important to job-seekers." (ST, Nov 26). The Ministry of Defence is pleased to note that employers do take into consideration the military conduct of their prospective employees. We are also glad to note that ••Job
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    • 254 23 YOU are fully entitled to state in your editorial (ST, Dec 14) that "Contrary to what Mr Howe suggested, it would seem to us that Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital is doing very important work in caring for the aged sick." This is your opinion. However,
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    • 78 23 I REFER to the letter "Speed up release of .•suite" by Mr Leslie Urn. (ST, Dec 3). The GCE 'O' Level Examination is a time consuming exercise. Answer scripts of over 50,000 candidates, each taking between three and eight papers, have to be assessed, some in Singapore
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    • 51 23 I REFER to the letter "Let them use fields." (ST, Dec 8) by Augustine Sam. Augustine Sam and others who would like to use the school field at Bedok View primary and secondary schools should approach the principals of the schools. CHAI YOCK ENG (MISS) for Permanent Secretary,
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    • 86 23 THE Straits Times wolcomos letters from reader*. All letters must include the writer's signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. Brevity is an advantage. We
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    • 48 23 PLEASE refer to the letter from "CL." (ST, Nov Only two series of "Erica" were produced. We had acquired and telecast both these series. We are now on t*ie lookout for similar programmes that will also interest housewives. VJS. SUNDRAM Senior PRO, SBC r
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    • 59 23 WE FIND it difficult to get to Orchard Road from Dover Road. Could the Singapore Bus Service re-route Service 13 to ply along North Buona Vista Road. Dover Road, Dover Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue West before going to the depot in Ghim Moh Hous ing Estate 7 ORCHARD
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    • 43 23 COULD SBS extend Service 103 to cover Queen-sway. Alexandra Road, Pasir J'anjan« Road, Clementi Road and terminate at Kent Ridge Terminal? Could it also extend Service 73 to cover Jalan Kayu before pro ceedinf; to Yio Chu Rang Road 7 rOMMITKK
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    • 151 23 WHOEVER says the Singapore audience is reserved and unresponsive should have been at the second performance of the play FOB at the Drama Centre on Monday evening. The response from the rapacity audience was so enthusiastic and uninhibited that it ruined, for me at least, what
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    • 126 23 INGESTING the sometimes hardly recognisable substances called food in the Nanyang Technological Institutes canteen is no mere feat of endurin< Back day. some 600 NTI students join long BJMMS at lunch and dinner time for food that's not only badly prepared. Hit also unwholesome. To cite just
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    • 105 23 SAF panels should reveal findings I HAVE read newspaper reports about mishaps involving military personnel. They are normally concluded with the words: "A committee of inquiry has been convened." I feel a "closed door" inquiry by the Ministry of Defence is insufficient. The public must be informed of the outcome
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    • 66 23 I AM a member of the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association clubhouse in Bukit Merah. I had to use its parking facilities recently and was surprised that the parking rate was much higher than that of the Housing Board or the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The management
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    • 203 23 PERHAPS the Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, is not aware that part-time study courses are not always exam-oriented. (ST, Dec 4). Normally, part-time courses are undertaken by people setting to improve their positions in their working life, not merely to append a few letters
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    • 115 23 THERE is free entertainment to be had on many evenings at the Padang. One can stand by and watch the various games being played. During football and rugby matches, the ball sometimes falls onto the road It is easy for bystanders or the players
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    • 188 23 One way to speed up the delivery of mail FOR A modern city, Singapore has an outmoded mail delivery sysu.n Postmen and post women use either bicycles or motorcycles and the delivery of mail becomes a tedious and slow process to both the deliverer and the receiver. In any area,
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    • 1016 26  -  ROBERT CHESSHYRE Charlie Brooks case opens up a series of questions By in Washington THE execution of Charlie Brooks in a Texas state prison last week brings the United States very close to the surge of judicial killings long feared by death abolitionists
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    • 973 26 Weak links in the Bulgarian connection ROME Bulgaria says Sergei Antonov is an innocent airline official. Italian magistrates think he could be a steel-nerved secret agent who helped a Turk to shoot the Pope. Mr Antonov, 34, station manager of the Bulgarian state airline in Rome, was arrested on Nov
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  • TIMESBUSINESS
    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 47 27 KAMUNTING Tin Dredging (M) Bhd has announced after-tax profits of M 5383,000 ($593,000 in the previous comparable period) for the half-year ended Sep 30. Directors have declarer! an interim dividend of 17 cents gross (24), payable on Jan 21 to shareholders registered on Jan 6.
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      • 63 27 KUALA Lumpur Kampar Tin Fields Bhd has reported after-tax profits of M 5173,000 (loss of $144,000 previously) for the half -year to Sep 30. The company said it is not paying any dividend (same) because of the effects of severe export controls and the continuing depressed tin
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      • 45 27 KAMPONG Lanjut Tin Dredging Bhd made aftertax profits of M 5412,000 ($333,000) for the halfyear ended Sep 30. Shareholders on the register as at Jan 6 are to receive an interim dividend of 15 cents gross (10) to be paid on Jan 20.
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      • 64 27 THE SUNGEI Besi Mines Malaysia Bhd has announced that profits, after tax, for the halfyear ended Sep 30, came to M 51.44 million (same). An interim dividend of 10 cents gross (65), payable on Jan 20 to shareholders registered as an Jan 6, has been declared. Second-half profits
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      • 47 27 PARIS, Wed. France's official gold and foreign currency reserves rose 1.92 billion francs in November to 257.01 billion francs after a 1.17 billion franc rise in October. The Economy Ministry said in November last year, the country's official reserves were 328.45 billion francs. Reuter
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      • 56 27 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. South African gold output tell to 56,646 kilos in November from 58,144 kiios in October but was up on the year-ago level of 55,077 kilos. Chamber of Mines figures show output in the first 11 months of 1982 totalled 611,641 kilos against 605,814 kilos in
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      • 80 27 PARIS, Wed. Automobiles Citroen SA, a subsidiary of Peugeot SA, will lay off half the 3,000 strong workforce employed at its Levallois plant near Paris on Dec 17, 23 and 24. Chairman of the board of directors, Jacques Lombard, said the move is necessary because
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      • 67 27 TOKYO, Wed. Japan has bought 102,000 tonnes of wheat and 19,000 tonnes of Canadian feed barley for February shipment through import tender, the Food Agency said. The wheat total comprised 67,000 tonnes from the US and 35,000 from Canada. Remaining Japanese wheat purchases for February shipment through
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      • 83 27 TOKYO, Wed. Japanese crude steel output is expected to fall to 96 million tonnes in fiscal 1982 ending next March 31 and to 93 million tonnes in fiscal 1983 from 103 million in fiscal 1961, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said. Output in current fiscal 1982 is
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      • 54 27 BRUSSELS, Wed. The European Economic Community has issued a 12-year, US$2OO million Eurobond on the international market priced at 99' 2 per cent with a coupon of 11 M per cent, the EEC Commission said. Lead managers are European Banking Company, Orion Royal Bank Limited and Societe Generale
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      • 59 27 BONN, Wed. The West German Association of Cooperative Banks said a sustained recovery in the domestic economy can only be expected in 1984. It said this recovery depended on the investment climate being further improved. A small upturn could occur next year, but the dangers facing the economy
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    • 323 27 Two more apply for merchant banking licences APPLICATIONS have been made to set up two more merchant banks in Singapore. The latest applicants are French bank Paribas and a joint venture between Chemical Bank and a Japanese bank. Already, this year has seen a record number of 10 merchant banking
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    • 603 27 City Dev proposes a $113 m rights issue CITY Developments is proposing a massive rights issue to raise $113 million as an alternative method of financing a $105 million acquisition of an industrial property at Upper Bukit Timah Road from Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd. The group, which announced yesterday
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    • 366 27 Dunlop queried over proposed purchases from Multi-Purpose THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has queried Dunlop Estates Bhd on its various proposed plantation acquisitions from MulU-Purpose Holdings Bhd and Koperatif Serbaguna Malaysia Bhd. It has a«ked Dunlop Estates to give the price at which the 80,516,457 10 per cent cumulative convertible
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    • 132 27 AN INVESTMENT seminar on the high seas will be held this Sunday by the Marketing Institute of Singapore. The forum, featuring experts from local and foreign companies, is the highlight of a two-day "Cruise to Nowhere" organised by the institute for its 250 members and their families. They
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    • 131 27 Indosuez sets up new section BANQUE Indosuez has set up a new section in its international credit department for Nordic clients. The bank, which is the oldest French bank in Singapore, has appointed Mr Erkki Kylakoski to head the section. Mr Kylakoski is from the Finnish bank, Postipankki, which is
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    • 617 27 MORE companies are likely to adopt the practice of informing minority shareholders of the advice of an independent adviser as well as the recommendation of the independent directors before proposing a deal in which a substantial shareholder or director has an interest. "In
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    • Market Highlights
      • 66 27 ••■lead BM utop lad iliwa ITC -1 -4 -10 c*c Em* (iitkrir BM NBT -2 •55 -4 CCM Hmw Pu Ntllno 10 -1 CaM8tonce Oeadani Iarkcapr Bhd PMC 2 4 •5 2 aa Elm TradU* M Wwk* ■s ■2 -5 -4 PerUiPUal SembShlp S«p(orp ff(VM -1
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      • 484 27 SINGAPOKK: Share prices closed lower on run tl nurd lack of haying Interest In qalet selective trading with lower Hongkong market advice* depressing sentiment farther. Inchcape fell 5 cento to tt.X, Keck Seng C cento to $3.M, Metro II cento to $7.M, Pan Flectric
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      • 29 27 Industrials Finance Up 18 3 Down 61 9 unch 20 4 Hotels 1 8 2 Properties Plantations Mining Deb/Loans 1 1 8 6 3 4 2 1 1
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          40 27 Malakott l»>lip. Sugar. Suogei He.! D C Bf Metro llld(» ■iporr Land lattan rown*"(ily PMKI Pan-KI ■I 328 -22 1030 -20 tOO -20 8S0 10 TO -10 M0 -10 505 -10 356 -10 350 -10 310 -8 253 -8
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        • 28 27 George Keal Public! orp Tellile Corp Ton( Mrn« rttS OLE them Ind 855 7U0 241 220 212 9K SIS 240 <-SS 4C 21 15 12 10 10
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        • 39 27 uec 14 uec l.i BT Indicator ST Industrials: ST Finance: ST Howls STPropertjer ST Minings ST Plantations: OCBC: SESInd *****5 26O60 ***** 759.4* *****2 1733J6 991 18 990.6") 593% 58S.15 ***** 208.49 8T7.99 ***** ***** 650..SJ ***** 558.r.
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        • 16 27 V E 251.000 City Dcv MUM Total turnover 5 36m Total value: Sl4 93m
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  • 2591 28 ■DIMM onk INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL Gr'. IBM I a. i OW Hick Low Company Sale -for- Net Vol Day. P'E COOO) High I 350 240 Acma 280 21 7 Alcom 115 37 233 132 Allied (h.>< 183 rd -2 7 0 334 210 BAT 330 -2 77
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  • 394 28 TUESDAY'S rebound appeared short-lived as share prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market fell across a (airly wide front in erratic trading. After opening generally lower in line with the easier overnight condition in New York, values fluctuated throughout the day. Strong speculative interest was, however, seen
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  • 34 28 Up Industrials 24 Finance 2 Hotels Properties 3 Oil Palms Tins 1 rubbers 5 Crabbers Deb/Loans Down 54 3 2 3 3 6 7 1 anch 26 2 1 1 1 2
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  • 227 28 HNttATOU UNR imVST (Mumir prlan lar Dae Hi The Commerce 2 93 3 OB The Saving! fund 1 68 1 7* Spore Prof Fund 1 30 1 36 S pore Sec Fund I 96 2 06 Spore Inveat Fund 1 06 111 Spore Equity Fund 125 1 31
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  • 1690 28 BID and offer prtcei offtriaily Ucted and huiinrai in and reporud to tne Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchang* yrs trrday. arith Uw number of anare* traded shown In bracket* In lota of 1.000 units unleaa otherwtat aperl M INIHBTKIALK AJaiiailll (J.10B) Ateaai (1588 IMS) (5) 1.53 (34) 1.54 (57)
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  • 655 28 SHARE prices toned easler at tke Stock Kxchaage af fflaiipsm yesterday after Wall Street failed to react positively to the Federal Reserve's a.t rate eat The Straits Times ladastrlal Index, hewever, showed a minor gala. Dealers here saM they were not saifrised that the market
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  • 1981 28 BID and offer prlcaa officially Ucted and buauwaa In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yet lerday with the number of sham traded shown In bracket! In lots of 1.000 unit* unleai otherwtae specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big
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  • OVERSEAS MARKETS
    • 316 28 PRICriS DM Hongkong yesterday closed mostly easier on late selling in featurless but fairly active half -day trading, brokers said Stocks traded steadily in the morning, despite overnight falls on Wall Street. The Hang Seng index closed off 0.95 points at 802.89 after having been 7 94 up by
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    • 356 28 PPWES IN Sydney yesterday fell ai investors' hopes were dashed by the overnight fall on Wall Street, brokers said The aU industrials Index reflected investors concern for the economy by closing at a new 1987 low of 6034. down 27 points. The All-Ordinaries dropped 2.2 points to 477 4
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    • 352 29 THE Tokyo stock market yesterday fell on sporadic profittaking In blue chips following the overnight decline on Wall Street, though low-priced domestic industry Issues were generally steady, dealers said. The market average lost 30.67 points to end at 7,882 96 on a volume of 350 million shares. The Tokyo
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    • 355 29 INVESTOR concern that the Federal Reserve cut Its discount rate sooner than It wanted because it is coocerued that the economy is not recovering caused a sharp selloH in stock prices late in the session on Tuesday The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day off nearly 15
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    • 676 29 - STOCK prices yesterday opened lower in quiet trading in reaction to Wall Street's concern over the implications of the US discount rate cot, dealers said The Financial Times Index at noon stood at 592.4. down 4.1 points. Tuesday's closing middle prices of selected stocks, excluding stamp duty, were: HIHUI
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    • 59 29 FINANCIAL TIMKS INI)l STRIALS Tuesday SMJS Monday 582 1 Week Ago 5950 I»OW JONKH AVUAOI INDUSTRIALS Tuesday *****8 Monday 1024 28 WaakAgo lose im H K HAM. M. Wednesday 802 86 Tuesday ***** Week Ago ***** At STRALIAN INDISTRIAI.S Wednesday 903 4 Tuesday 006.1 Week Ago 6128 AI.LORIHNAHIKs
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    • 203 29 SHARE PRICES were higher on the stock exchange on Tuesday, with Monday's cut ir US discount rate the main factor boosting sentiment, traders said. In early afternoon, however, business on artively-traded J.ares prices eased slightly from opening levels as dealers awaited tonight's Wall Street opening, they added. State loans
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    • 192 29 SHARE PRICES closed mainly higher in active trading on Tuesday, after Monday's cut in the US discount rate, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index closed 0 9 point higher at 245.3. Pnnca tctlona SuUan in niimimi Br 4B llimil— fUf. Mt SnmlomTlk MS M(Molr IM6 _it«o«i«jpr nao :i»sit SuiMt
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    • 126 29 PRICES IN Bangkok yester day riosed higher in moderate trading led by blue-chips, dealers said tokhun Thai lvi* rttn AruthAjm In* And TniM Banitot Bulk Ml tent Or Afudhiym 1 LUI IJO B«U Shot Both jucktr m L."huxx>nf Thu unch Win JOO Hrttlon* nm TniM si OoMiaar Indusuial rtnui
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    • 93 29 PRICES IN Manila yesterday riosed easier on a lower turnover of 1 40 million pesos compared with 312 million on Tuesday, dealers said ir(i)» Mlnlnf inflo Phil ipri Mlnlni B lllul'm B l*(uloOold tulr Petroleum >rn(urt (on B 0 012 lI TS ***** 0011 M9O 000 OS unrh 0
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 29 29 Rubber Dec 15 Singapore: Jan: 177.25 cents (unchanged) Malaysia: Jan: 189.75 cents (unchanged) Tin M 529.15 icr kilo (vii -hanged) Offical offering: 137 tonnes (up 20 tonnes)
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    • 168 29 THE STRAITS tin price was un.ianeid at M 529.15 per kilu in Penang yesterday, on an official i.iering up 20 tonnes to 137 tonnes. The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers gaining £5 to 1.7,500 per tonne. LONDON: Tin fell in afternoon trading on Tuesday, on US
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    • 200 29 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian crude palm oil mar M closed lower In quiet trading despite reports of Pakistan buying Rbd palm oil yesterday. dealers said. They said Pakistan bought 5.500 tonnes each of January and February shipments at I'SSSK 80 and $397 per tonne cif Karachi respectively. In
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    • 38 29 Tee. Mea New York 10 058 10 MB 10 US 10.47S Zurich ***** ***** 1096S 1045S Wea Tee. Singapore ***** 10(06 1030S 109 OS Closing prices In US dollars a troy ounce. Hearae: CreSM Ssflsse, Supers.
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    • 33 29 LONDON Copper prices on Tuesday (previous In brackets): Wlrebars Spot buyers l»12 50 (t»01 50i. sellers £913.00 l-.90J.00i. Three Months buyers £930.50 (£918.50). sellers £931.00 (£919.00) Market lea*: Firm. Sates: 33.475 tonnes
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    • 682 29 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed quietly steady yesterday, with January RSS One buyers quoted at 177.25 cents per kilo, unchanged from Tuesday's close. Morning prices were marked down slightly on lack of buying support after an easier opening. Volume was light. The morning session closed mixed, quiet.
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    • 95 29 •nfl > RAS v-Hjn SSRSO MHM H SMRCV •^MH i. SMRS SMR OP >MR 10 SMR 10 il ton *•!!•<} v urn paU«t (I toti»*ll«l II uaplllMl II baiMUMI II ua>p*lMl II luo|»lUt> janu) iCirral Mlkl B«Y.r. R.lUr* IS7 to isa son IUSO 164 SON J..U.T-. IWOO
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    • 330 29 THE US Sing dollar opened ai r 1640 60 and was traded to a l«w A C IS2O 30 before easing back to close at C 1630 40 in the Singapore forex market yesterday Trading was quiet and featureless The US dollar against major currencies opened lower
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    • 360 29 ASIAN currency deposit intprbank rates as at close on Dec 15: Closing Asian dollar certificates of depos't for prime names on Dec 13: Source: Merrill Lyack International (Asia) A Co. INTERBANK rates at 3.0 b pm CUdtOCtM NOIVIMIsI f>l#4 SfltftfMOfttMt Pttf C Oft t AQ# quotod r^l«fd.y (croMfcMnty
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    • 49 29 RANGE u( prices offend by discount houses on Dec 15: Overnight 3 Caii feposits 3 I Closiag 8u» Selling 3-month Treasury bills 2 13/16 2 11/18 3-month Bank bills 7 15/16 7 13/16 3 months CD 713/16 7 11/16 6 months CD 7vi 7H Sam: NMttaal Dkmsal C*.
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    • 34 29 Closing Interbank rates tor Singapore dollars on Dec 15 Otter Btd Overnight 11 10 1 month 81 14 7 15 II 2 months 7« M 3 months 7* 7. Overnight mode U
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    • 217 29 THE KILOBAR markrt lor gold dtUvrrabir In Singapore oprnrd n M 1.415. 415 and closed al 130.504 yaler day In the Far Eut. gold opmed al I SUM 50 435 50. climbed to 1437 50 438 50. More rioting al t43»50 437 50 by lunch lime The marfcri re-opened
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    • 152 29 HINKM-: Prvsaec Bseaaagr. Isgssirr flesssg, prim per IN kg ye.WrtU> Csosaat til: Bulk fob $96 00 seUers, old drum (in second hand drum fob $108.00 sellers, new drum fob $112.00 sellers. Capri: Mixed (loose) $56 00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper lob Asia NI.W {372 50 sellers. Sarawak
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    • 26 29 THE average rate at which ma>r Slns;ap.rr I bonks are cumtly prepared to lead to their I best customers Is •J6 per eeat
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  • TIMESBUSINESS
    • 305 30 Ulu Benut receives approval for purchases LLU BENUT Consolidated's acquisition of two property companies and a piece of land in Kuala Lumpur has been approved by the Malaysian Capital Issues Committee. However, som<* of the terms have been revised downwards. The two companies are Peninsular Credit Bhd (50 per cent
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    • 491 30 SINGAPORE Airlines and British Airways are jointly developing a computerised yield control system which will enable both airlines to maximise yields through maintaining a good mix of tickets sold at various fare levels. Yield control is a major task facing many airlines
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    • 497 30 THREE constru t.on companies have won contracts worth $15.66 million altogether from Juiong Town Corporation to build 12 standard factories. The contracts were awarded between late November and early December with the projects due to be completed in 1984 The largest of the three
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    • 519 30 Rumania plans economic growth of spc BERLIN, Wed. Rumania plans economic expansion next year of 5 per cent, the highest growth target announced by any of the European Comecon countries. This year's target for growth in national income was 5.5 per cent. Last year's goal was a 7 per cent
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    • 376 30 Foreign banks should be admitted, says Norwegian study OSLO. Wed. Foreign banks should be allowed to establish subsidiaries in Norway, provided these are set up as Norwegian limited companies, and not simply as branches of the foreign banks The Norwegian subsidiaries would have to comply with all the rules as
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    • 73 30 COPENHAGEN. Wed. Denmark's Conservativeled minority government has agreed with the dominant Social Democrats on a scheme to tax assets of pension funds and insurance companies, Taxation Minister Isi Foigel said. The agreement, ensured of parliamentary majority, entails a one-year, 2.5 per cent wealth tax on pension
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    • 179 30 TOKYO. Wed. The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd said the country's long-term prime rate will be cut by 0.3 percentage points to 8.6 per cent next month or later this month if the coupon rate of 10-year national bonds is reduced by 0.3
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    • 1532 32 ill Q Etiployment (jjlf Q Employment 1 iimm i [g RtOUIRED OP.GENTLY (1) Kry p t B v Ms-ffi a_s_s_s_s_s_s_af-BMBI I'unch <>|H-rati>rs with or wllh LX-a-ss-l s_s_s_s_s_s-_s_~Bsl out rx I( rrirnre Must he able u> A leading rubber type at so wpm <zi Kr, r,,tioniM We are a well-established and
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    • 568 34 Iff 0 Employment 66 Situations Vacant g) Production MALAYAN BREWERIES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD Earn up to $380 p.m. PRODUCTION OPERATORS IV (MALE) Requirements c OoeapkHea! PHaarj lion c aki- u-i..» iiUf.ii. ..i.i c Willimk to vrnrK (in IraUUnf ahtm Fringe Benefits: i vkni kini! dajra annual laast Annual Ixmus of
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    • 589 34 requires (1) OFFICE ATTENDANT Female Singapore citizen Above 16 years of age Have a working knowledge of English Sg Starting salary: $300 or RMN (2) DESPATCH RIDER Male Slngap>ore citizen 20 35 years of age Possess a valid Class 2 driving licence Starting salary: $330 or more Other attractive service
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    • 581 34 An Established Trading Company in Jurong has immediate vacancies for (A) ASSISTANT STOREKEEPER Duties Selected candidatea will aaaiat the Storekeeper in the Planning, Organising and control ol the Warehousing System. Requirements: c Minimum OCI A' level from Terhmrul Stream or possess a certificate In workshop Technology c Must have completed
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      889 42  -  ALAN HUBBARD By The Doog plays a Prince Charming I to save Wolves Xfli^TOT^ WITH his riveting Irish eyes, eaueho moustache and crisply-pressed pinstripe suit, Derek Dougan is hardly your archetypal, fairy godmother. Yet. the magic wand he has waved over a dying football club has
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    • 390 42 Rovers keep the wolves in the wings LONDON, Wed. Fourth Division Tranmere Rovers, on the brink of extinction three weeks ago, earned a money-boosting third-round English Football Association Cup-tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers next month, by scrambling a 2-1 second-round replay win over Non-League club Telford yesterday. Telford took all the
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    • 257 42 Cruyff rejects recall ZELST (Holland), Wed. Attempts to lure Dutch soccer veteran Johan Cruyff (above) back to the Dutch national team after an absence of more than four ••ars have failed, national coach Kees Rljvers said yesterday. Rljvers said that ruyff 35, could play a major role
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    • 319 42 LINKOPPING, Wed. Injured Swedish international striker Rjflf Edstrom will be out of action for at least six months, his doctor said here yesterday. The 30-year-old World Cup star badly tore ligaments in his left knee while playing for his club, Monaco, against Lens in
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    • 616 43  -  EPSOM JEEP Siapa Rajah and Keep Going for the 'rubber' By SIAPA RAJAH IV and Keep Going IV, the big two in the staying class, will renew thpir rivalry in the last of the season's classic, the 2,000 m Governor's Gold Cup at Penang
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    • 219 43  -  FAIRWAY ON THE TRACK with IPOH, Wed. Ariffin Man, riding on the crest of a wave, may get another winner in Azaadra in the Class 4 Div 5 race over 1,200 m here on Sunday. From five starts this season, the Frontal five-year-old finished fourth
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    • 154 43 LONDON, Wed. British jockey Graham Bradley, who enjoyed the biggest win of his career last month when he steered Bregawn to victory in the Newmarket Gold Cup rare, was banned by the Jockey Club for two months for betting. Bradley appeared before the club's disciplinary committee
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    • 1226 43 PENANG Wed. A total of 384 entries, comprising 123 in Class 1. 192 in Class 3 and 69 in Class 4 (restricted terms), has been entered for the Penang Gold Cup Meeting on Dec 25. 26 and Jan 1 and 2. Claa I: On* nu Ijmm I.7Mm (b);
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    • 421 44 Plan to hold early trials hits a snag Stories by LEONARD KING THE Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress national selection committee's hopes of holding early trials for next May's South-east Asia Games have run into a problem. Jackie s System 460, venue for bowling in the SEA
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    • 53 44 February 2t-March 6: Queen's tournament (KalUog). April Carlfcberg Store of Tomorrow (KAllMg). May: South-east Asia Games (Jackie's System 4<t). June: National championships (Plasa). July: FIQ Asian Youth (Australia). August: Singapore International (Kall»ng). September: Queenstown Graded (Queenstown). October: World FIQ championships (Venezuala). November: Pasir Pan Jang Open (Pasir Panjang). December:
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    • 388 44 SINGAPORE bowlers can look forward to one of the busiest bowling calendars in the sport's history next year, with a total of seven Open and Graded championships and three international meets the South-east Asia Games which will be held here, the Asian Youth FIQ in Australia
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    • 564 45  -  KARTAR SINGH By HASHIM SURPRISE London trip for team tennis champs MALACCA, Wed. In an all-Singapore final, Hashim Sidek (above) sprang a surprise when he defeated Victor Pereira 6-2, 6-1 in less than 40 minutes for the Malacca Open men's singles tennis title at the Malacca Government
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    • 232 45 Teh seeds continue to tumble SYDNEY, Wed Seeded play.-rs COBthtMd to f;iU on the third day of second- round matches in thje AJ125.000 ($260,000) New South Wales men tennis championships here today Third-SAeded Mark Kdmondson. of Australia, lost 7-6, 7-6 to Paraguay's Francisco Gonzalez, which means that the top three
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    • 345 45 MELBOURNE, Wed. The two kings of Asian hockey, India and Pakistan, seem to be heading for their fifth meeting of the year in the final of the world hockey tournament. They have already met in a group match here, when India won 2-1 to
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    • 609 46  - Mystery of the missing boxers J. Rajendran Golden Gloves loses its punch as only 15 turn up for the weigh-in Report by Pictures by Jonathan Choo WHERE have all the boxers gone? Only 15 turned up at the Farrer Park Gymnasium yesterday to be weighed in for the Golden Gloves
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    • 460 46 ADELAIDE, Wed. England, torn apart by Australia's fast bowling, crashed to their second cricket Test defeat in a row here today and are now 2-0 down in the current series. With one Test drawn England must win the last two in the series to retain
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    • 287 46 LAHORE. Wed. The first match of the six-Test I cricket series between Pakistan and India ended in a tame draw here today with little over two innings completed in five days of play. Pakistan gained a first I innings lead of 106 runs when
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    • 411 46 Technics high fidelity sound goes further. i Ik The new Technics COS Portable Hi-Fi Stereo System is so 13Hp? V Technical Details. light it can be carried out oi the living room. Into the bedroom, )anc tuner 7-band graphic equalizer to the beach or taken to parties. :^W$P' W* 120W
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      541 47 SINGAPORE 2 MALAYSIA 1 Singapore win, but minus that touch of class SINGAPORE were given the chance to start their Ho Ho Cup campaign with a landslide victory over Malaysia, but blew it with just a 2-1 win at the National Stadium last night. The Malaysian defence,
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    • 254 47 Marvellous Milo on the march MILO and ned Schools remained unbeaten in their quest tor the national under-15 football title. Milo easily overcame Mountbatten FC 3-0, while Schools had a more difficult time beating Alexandra Hornets 1-0 in quarter-final matches at the Talan Besar Stadium last night. Milo have now
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    • 437 47 '/^A Singapuwr'f famous French n (&>/#/' (J/i/'/)'/'/7Y'W tan Jine b > t K!l ll >;h' -rid U pampen vy)W«^/7«^M/r ccellence Emmainmtnt by top-clas&inu tistes and wpcrb dance itiusk frumtmr talented l).llKl^ Show nmc lf*w !«i Km '/Mr Bi-T NMr r*^~ T IP*' Wm >m£E\J*^Lt. speaaculiir nightclub with an exotic Arabian
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    • 34 47 BADMINTON SJnfuponBadmlaUa Aawrlattoa r»nk lac aerie* {SBA Hall. 7 p m i BOXING Cokien Oovci (Police Academy, 7 30 p m SOCCER H. rf« dp: Hongkong v Malaysia i Nation al Stadium. 8 p.m.)
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  • 66 48 BONN. Wed. Doctors treating former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt have w. mcd him to stop all political activity because of failing health. 'U- n'*spaper Bild said today In a report Bild quoted Schmidt, who was fitted with a heart pace-maker a year ago, as saying to
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  • 37 48 JAKARTA, Wed One per son died and nearly 3% houses were damaged by volcanic lava and flood waters in areas near west Java's Galunggunf; volcano following several days of incessant rains, officials said today AP
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  • 31 48 NEW YORK. Wed The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slipped 3.31 points tn 1.006.07 in the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stork Exchange today. AP
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  • 156 48 SALT LAKE CITY, Wod THE first person to receive a permanently implanted artificial heart, Dr Barney Clark, was fighting far his life today after an emergency operation to replace a valve in the device. The (1-year-old retired dentist, who faced almost certain death without the
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  • 351 48 Fast job on a slow ship By GERRY de SILVA A LOCAL shipyard was more than happy when it won an $8 million contract for the Indonesian Navy recently. Singapore Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, like many yards here, was relieved at binding a contract, what with the recession sending chill
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  • 132 48 SOME government ministries have been paying their bills late A test check by the Audit Department on four ministries showed that about €0 per cent of the bills were paid more than 30 days after the invoice date a period which exceeds that which is
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  • 351 48 A warning of prosecution unless Paris abandons controversial trade rulings BRUSSELS, Wednesday THE European Commission has given France a formal warning of prosecution in the European Court unless Paris abandons new language rules affecting all imports and lifts its controversial customs restrictions
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  • 497 48  - MX missiles: A Reagan compromise with key senators GLENDA KORPORAAI By Our Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Wad PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan yesterday announced he had reached a compromise agreement with key US senators aimed at allowing the MX missile funding to pass Congress The apparent agreement was reached after a week of
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    • 255 48 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Pally TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. Singapore's food industry is expected to show a modest and steady annual growth of between 5 and 10 per cent in the long run, says an officer of the Economic Development Board. The Auditor-General has present- ed an eight-point plan to the HDB
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    • 134 48 HP TO 1 p.m. Fair In the morning followed by showers In a few areas after midday. TEMP. (C) up U> 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 7.11 p.m.; SI NRISK tomorrow: 8.58 a.m. Adrlaldr 16 24 C Cloudy Maalla 23 31C Cloudy Amsterdam :C Hrlbearar 15
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  • SECTION TWO
    • 2 1 SECTION TWO
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    • 1380 1 Music for the eyes 4 For one instant, for one theatrical moment, I'd like to see all the cars on Fifth Avenue in New York lined up six inches apart not five-and-a-half, but six and everybody rolling along at exactly the same speed. And all the doors of all the
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      • 816 2  -  ANNE TOFIELD By DECORATING the house for Christmas is one of the season's most pleasant chores. Many of these decorations date back to preChristmas times, as Christmas (the birthday of Christ) and the Winter Solstice (a time when ancient peoples paid tribute to the sun) coincided. The practices
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    • 807 3 LETICIA THROGMORTON shares her views on monochromatic decorating. MONOCHROMATIC or one-colour decorating is big news again. The look was very popular in the '30s and if you're a movie buff you'll no doubt recall those old film 9ets that were all white In those
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    • 1043 3 JEFFREY ROBINSON of the International Herald Tribune talks to a decoosets. ROBIN Guild likes to peek inside other people's closets. "Let me look at your closets and I can tell in a second what your taste is." One of London's "in" decorators. Guild runs a
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    • 997 5 Celebrity's final pact with life Malcolm Muggeridge once Britain's most celebrated media pundit, scourge of the pompous and of permissiveness has just become a Roman Catholic in his 80th year. He hns achieved what he calls a "slow peace/ a sort of pact with life, writes MAUREEN JOHNSON. plimw and
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    • 469 5  -  VERNON SCOTT By in Hollywood NEVER underestimate the Impact of a motion picture on the public. In 1934, dark Gable took off his shirt in It Happened One Night to reveal that he wore no singlet. The sale of singlets plunged. John Travolta's dancing in Saturday
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      797 6 The image is of bronzed sportsmen and beautiful blondes. But reality for Australia is a greying population that promises to be a powerful percentage by century's end. JOHN SHAW reports that the sub-continent is already ahead of many countries in its community care for the elderly. A relatively younger
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    • 637 6  - Pinning down flying sources PHILIP WILLIAMS By in Oxford, England THERE are no Frankensteins, garlic charms, witch covens or creaking stairs at midnight in Charles McCreery's occult world. He wants to know why things fly. Not airplanes but things like bars of soap and car keys, things which go bump
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    • LEISURE 1
      • 825 12  -  JDS ">■- with "Give the critic an inch, and he'll write a play," novelist John Steinbeck was supposed to have declared. Well, JOHN de SOUZA sat in on American playwright David Hwang's workshop on Monday, and was given a whole yard (okay, metre) of inspiration. A
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      • 469 12 JOHN de SOUZA reviews Daniel Stein's The Timepiece "IT lost me," said a man in the crowd that surged out of the DBS Auditorium into last Monday's dismal, rainy night. "Not all the time, mind you. Just 85 per cent of it." he said wistfully. Oh, I
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      • 18 12 THE Abegijo Masqueraders will perform at the Colombo Court at lunchtime today, and not yesterday as announced.
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      • 563 13  -  PATRICK SHEN FIREFOX Now showing at Capitol Reviewed by 4 The flatness of the film comes from a single source: Eastwood. His acting makes the Gant character look like 'warmed-over death', as the reviewer in Rolling Stone magazine put it. s I GUESS "dry"
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        739 13 Evening Breeze, a Mandarin drama that examined the problems of a four-tier family living in a three-room HDB flat, represented a breakthrough in local productions. RICHARD LIM reviews the Li Lienfung play. IteuKhtf r-ln l»» (right) *rr«mp*nirw grauy Ui thr Hsror I f..r thr AIAh THREE- or four-tier
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      • 19 13 IN John Edwards' review of the King's Singers on Monday, the word "movement" should have read "monument".
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    • 253 14 PICK of the DAY TSfcBSDAY FEATIKE •ScCv 1 A L Tlih FAMILY MAN (Ch 5, l£jß p.m.): Edward JMir, Baxter Birney a4KTAnne Jackson are caught up in a romantic interlude between a btQjpily married owner oraeparking garage and aljfiunger woman. t'ms to be a tale of aged infatuation, that their
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    • 439 1 Make your home Austral;a s Eas V ste P s Christmassy f** J° th T sta IXI o T rYr V Pages Si-, Seven Page Thirteen OUTLOOK Page Two \tj !AII you HDB flat-dwellers out there Mt^ f if you missed Evening Breeze on ft^ l^^^k I Monday evening you
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    • 299 2 He's still weak and needs energy to get better.^^^ You're worried He s over the worst but not 'jcoveong fast enough He even refuses r*s favourite tood Where is vOBSI^Lm he going to get (tie energy to get wen qucki/' 1 At times nke this. Lucozade helps Lucozade s 9
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    • 32 2 tav Christmas Auction K M ■< Our Biggest and Last Auction for 1982^^ and Runners. Specially selected Items 1. «r from Iran (Persia). Pakistan, Afghanistan, J^rgs'S Turkey. Turkistan. Kashmir and j*- W v
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    • 105 3 WORLD TRADE CENTRE 10 qq AM^UJOOPM. discount fatrf W_ (\J) O<^r SEE the latest and the best of consumer and household products! ALSO hundreds of items at bargain prices! BIG, big discounts await you! Admission is free. the leader's w^of s/^ing MERRy CHRISTMAS' An exclusive Maruman lighter or a beautiful
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    • 566 4 f Christmas gift ideas I from National /T& Here's your National guide to Christmas gifts that will be you'll take home some Christmas gifts from us as well! >Sb feH rememt)ered long after the festive season is gone. And while The place: Hometronics' grand Christmas sale. your friends or loved
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    • 23 5 ■M «-^"v «j#^^i vb^bW Mr* \TI > m Djien Boutique Fl 6/1 7 Third floor. Mandarin Shopping Arcade Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 Tei *****50
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    • 270 5 SCSChristmas offer of Apple II Computers [HipH at 3,995/Singapore Computer Systems offers a bounti- Here's a bonus ful harvest of Apple II computers at unbeliev- FREE NTUC Micro computer Course. The ably low prices Course allows you to start basic computer Take a look at this great hard-to-resist programming within
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    • 329 6 IL NOSTRO SPONSOR E LA QUALITA 111, ==TIL Iv bW aT arl avte» 5*7 .jfl W TKsbV ■■R^^^^^^S BT«7^ Ir^^BV |v ,^^^^^^b^P^#Sbw b^^^ Jkj^ aIV^BKL I w^r vj b^^^ b^P^^^bl Bj^^^ a\ B^r m/ K <a^L^B^^B^laßß^ <^^^ I Irf* .^b^bV I I I nvfADE IN ITALY j B V £A\£PM/A
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    • 442 7 nnvV i^^ l k^^^v \i X rv^ I I nnvvVnT^L v iJ'v^V B»^ ML With a colour Hhm( S^PHh TOUt 6 ttVOOQTI ITt6 a M^HI JnW^ f~- »P*ce maze to the A A .^n^nT^V Extra Tasty Twinkles wS^^Kilsm* wk Cut out thw wrote Ww .x^nW^M f nvnn^^^t- Enclose one 200gm
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    • 338 7 OOme td Malaysia to tnOjK£> <^Cty(fc(U&/\/e4vtfeaA, f§f/)Jifflfr/)f)rjo Hotel Ma'ay B^ known for its friendly f> r\^fr{\f%AA4S\flZ/» and personal service has come up with traditional festive fare to tempt you We make your Christmas and vJjhNew Year a special one. Christmas Eve Y^^£ljJ*\ vS^H&fcC New Year's Eve DCC 24 \£t*SLK ESr*>O
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 982 8 APPOINTMENTS j DATA PROCESSING MANAGER AROUND $60,000 PER ANNUM PMR 1251 Our client is an internat company with a Singapore citizen/Permanent resident aged a regional oiiice in Singapore controlling its between 28 35, possessing at least three operations in South East Asia. The Data years experience in a sunilar capacity.
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    • 1408 8 1 EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE LTD (A subsidiary of THOMSON-BRANDT, French Leaders in Kjl High Technology Electronics and Household Appliances) Ejl We mvite applications for the following positions Jj ASSISTANT PROCESS P ENGINEER H| Applicants should possess a Diploma in Electronics EngiJ neering with 3 years' relevant experience. The successful
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    • 135 8 NOTICES V Appointment oi New Commercial Vehicle Dealers New dealerships are being sought for a popular brand of commercial vehicles in order to supplement existing sales outlets. Interested parties with the necessary resources and capability are invited to write in with a resume covering the nature of present business, structure
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 561 9 APPOINTMENTS YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC WORKS LEADING INSTRUMENTATION FIRM requires 1) MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ($35,000/- to $40,000/- pa) Degree in Accountancy /Business Admi- I mstration or equivalent in professional I qualifications Mm 4 years experience in senior admi- I nistrative and personnel field With interest in sales activities Ability to communicate and relate
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    • 507 9 CYCLES CARRIAGE GROUP APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS CONDUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH VITB Our Training Centre situated at Bukit Timah is an approved Training Centre recognised by the VITB to conduct MVM courses leading to National Trade Certification at Grade 3 and 2 levels. In line with the Company's
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    • 322 9 ir~~~^ The Regent of Kuala Lumpur is seeking skilled professionals in the age tai.ge 30-50 to fill the following senior positions in two vital departments of the hotel. CHIEF ENGINEER Experience in building construction and/or building management. Require practical man with organisational ability and qualifications, preferably in electrical or mechanical
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    • 280 9 PHILIPS I Opening up new frontiers in electronic technology and career advancement ft* are a larje mufti-national orfanubon in the forefront of electronic technototy. fie have in Sinfapore significant manufacturinf as met as nwketini activities covering a dvervfed range of products from consumer electronics and appfances to sophisticated professional equipment
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 819 10 NOTICES Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Fint Annual Gene/al Meeting of Chemical Company ot Malaysia Berhad will be h«W on the Ground Floor of Bangunan MIDF. 196 A. Jalan Pekelilmg. Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. 26th January 1983 at 11.30 am for the following
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    • 451 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE S«ll N.. Ml 1 sJasV Between WILLIAM CHIANG PUtaUB And DSOONTHORN LOMETTAKUL LYBEN DeteaAMSi NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Soon thorn Lomettakul of Block 443. 79 Clement) Centre Singapore 0612 TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you In the
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    • 571 10 law nuttrr «(Utr Caaßfaasas An, »p itt aa4 NATIONAL PRINTINO SRRVirRN PRIVATR UMITED (laU^aM^toa) Mcmk^n •luurv At an extraordinary general meeting of the members of National Printing Services Private Limited duly convened and held on the 7th day of December, 1982 the following special resolution was passed. SPECIAL RESOLUTION "That
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 527 10 GARFIELD I PON'T UNPERSTANP i-v-^ £y\^/\ <~^\ YOU, GARFIELPy^-—^ I V-^ > fSJ WHERE 'S VOOR <\K A 13-^V 7 SENSE OF J\ y)\)y^ C^^\ 7 APV2NTURE? JW\ PAVte 9-)6 Q 1982 Un ed Feature Syndicate me STAR WARS By Archie Goodwill UAt Williamson ThalittJcastro-droidiS J7 NO WONDER f ARE
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 322 11 Win tUanwnd t old Stots with 3 diamond-studded gold stars Enter as many times as you like. and 1 00 gold stars each handcrafted but each entry must be accompanied from 2 5g of 22k gold by Poh Kong by two star cut outs. Hurry, the Chye Goldsmiths must be
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    • 273 11 PEANUTS By Schuiz KNOCK KNOCK By Andy Hold V Dan Arnold ALL RI6HT, TEAM THIS I\~ £#llflCK^f ///111 THEReJ JEROME YEAR TMIN6S ARE 601N6 7 \^^tki^W^dr^\ Mt^^iyi TOBE_PIFFERENT! v < l ||||f""|ipr j I j rfl] Vi-V^W^ Xjt^ Ofh /SEE 7 THEY ONLY JEROME MHO^ I JeROMH UJASM'T,. I <£?
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 754 12 The UU K diamond ring I 6 pa o.llc* 0 busiest sale j^k^k pp mum ,^*^fc»i c/m- Singapore We are the largest group of jewellers in Twenty million dollars worth of unique Singapore with more space, more stork bargains await you. aIL JJ.'Eoy. and more resourc than one else Truly
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 658 13 LoJ [HOME¥HOIMICS oft Ml P Mirny Solar quartz powered cameras. Automatic iV^B We focus and aperture. ,us, pom, and shoo, M L ~'™f tor superb sharpness, and professional quality I At prices that prints. Lightweight. Super compact. I^H|^H I j& /won't be repeated Centralised control system. Multi-information Ib^b^^H I 7
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 396 13 ZAGREB SOLOISTS SINGAPORE ART ART EXHIBITION Victoria Concert Hall. 8 National Museum Art National Museum Art p.m. Tickets at $15, $10 Gallery. 9 a.m. 5.30 Gallery. 9 a.m. 5.30 and $5. p.m. Until Dec 31. p.m. BEIJING OPERA DISCOUNT FAIR SHIPS OF THE EAST Tonights performance: AND CONSUMER INDIA COMPANY
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    • 146 14 Is music the food o£ love? S.M AM Good Morning Women tJ$ Health Break Shqppore I.M Food for 2.45 What in the World Tfeyght «.4S Art of Posi- 3.M Today's Horoscope tin Thinking 7.M News l.M Animal, Vegetable or 7 M Today's Horoscope Mineral 4.M International 7.45 Health Break 8.M
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    • 302 14 2.55 PM Opening folowed by Dynasty (Mandarin r i 3.50 Valey of ke (See Pick of the Day) 4.15 The Paper Chase (r): Willis Bell, quite happy go lucky, finds himself partnering a military disci plined law student in the school's intense moot court competition As a result, Willis becomes
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    • 1060 14 association has come up with a few exercises 7.30 Hews and Weather Forecast (Malay) that aren t harmful -i UUL S.S8 AM National Anthem Beautifu Music mPrZnZ t 7MThe P Wef$ MjMhe St Dared V§: A f U0Wed by °£r nln An M NOON Y0Ur rrotein nant in many places
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  • SECTION THREE
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    • 723 1 Last night, opera fans thrilled to the hilarious antics of the Monkey God. Some of these antics have been modified and refined by a new breed of opera experts. One of them tells TAN JONG SEE about the new direction this ancient art is taking.
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      • 443 1 And there are more than 70 other good "What makes the Because it is situated nght reasons why people agree that the Specialists' Shopping Centre i the art Singapore s Specialists' Shopping Centre is so special. so special?" m^ pO U i ai shop ?s. g^." and entertainment district. MHHMH
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      • 566 2 Chinese screen play is unique FOR the ancient Chinese, a screen was an indispensable piece of furniture. They called it pingfeng, which means giving shelter from draughts. Screens were usually placed fin the sitting room behind the table and chairs or in the bedroom to shield the bed. Very often,
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      • 100 2 NEW rifi MQDEL In conjunction with r In^VSUIY^ WG present RF |EWELLERItS&. WATCHES K. brother Personal Electronic Printer EP-20 light, compact, portable and convenient X'mas Treat _^^L pisce o< jewe«ery "^^^^^R worth from < n|H J[ every purchase. Wfxte stocks lasL \V^^^^| &^m *m^^^tom^^m^ti^^mm Iw^^^^^allv n^ isWr^sW^nW^ "'o, X ■^nasw^^^nk^nV^H
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      • 407 3 X $100 CASH PRIZE <!> TO BE WOW IN WORD BUILDING CONTEST I Make at many worda using only the latter, found in the I Him litta POLTERGEIST" Having dona that, aand your "S to CATHAY ORG ANIS AT lON PTE LTD |>| PUBLICITY DEPT X KILLINEYROADPO BOX 45 I
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      • 299 3 4= TAT LEE BANK LIMITED 1 1 Ha ad Off lea: 1 Tat Lee Building, 63. Market Street. Singapore 0104 Tel *****2 (25 Lines) Fixed /JHHBM^ Deposits Ml i m 0 p.a. ll' 1 month 6% p.a. 6- months 6 3 A% p.a. B i (minimum $10,000/-) 2 months 6%
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      • 1006 4 Oleh DEWANI ABBAS MENONTON persembahan 'Sasono Mulyo', iaitu sebuah persembahan gamelan dan ta "ian- tarian tradisional Jawa di Pesta Seni Singapura pada Ahad (12 Disember), menimbulkan semacam keghairahan dan minat baru terhadap seni itu pada dLi penulis. Ini mungkin kerana itulah pertama kali penulis menonton sebuah persembahan sedemikian
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      • 733 4 KERAJAAN Negerl Melaka dan Oewan Bahasa daa Pustaka Malaysia dengaa Iff tana ma Gabugaa Peraataaa Pen alb. Nastoaal Malaysia (GAPENA) akaa mnagadakan anata Pertemaan Dnala Melaya '82 dl Melaka pada 18 hlngga 21 Disember lal. Pertemaaa lai J b beraempena doagaa perayaaa alaagtakaa keZS kemerdekaaa Malaysia daa
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        295 4  -  Haron A. Rahman Learn Malay: The Easy Way By Jawapan bagi soaiaa a lan dalam Pelajaran 48 A: Answers to questions la Lesson 48 A: 1) Dr Clark menjalani pembedahan itu kerana J& tungnya telah rosak 2) Jantung tiruan itu direka oleh sekumpulan penyelidik yang diketuai oleh Dr
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