The Straits Times, 21 December 1984

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1984 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 62/1/84
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    CPF: PM's assurance
    1087 1 CPF: PM's assurance If proposal is accepted, it will be in stages and the above-45s shouldn't worry THE Prime Minister met the press yesterday to answer questions arising from his Fullerton Square election rally speech on Wednesday. In the Cabinet Room at the Istana Annexe, he gave a categoric assurance
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    Why some condominium owners want HDB rules
    292 1 Why some condominium owners want HDB rules OWNERS of some privately developed condominiums want HDB rules applied to them so that they can evict undesirable neighbours, like those who run gambling dens and brothels. So, the Prime Minister asked yesterday, what is this opposition madness that says owners of HDB
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    Afraid to educate our people? Are we that stupid?
    255 1 THE Prime Minister's answer to the question was explosive laughter. But it was not mirth. It was dismay. The reporter's question quoted the opposition as claiming that "the government is afraid to educate all the people." "We're afraid to educate the
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    What makes a good leader
    387 1 What makes a good leader LEADERS good enough to be picked by the PAP are those with outstanding ability, a sound, stable and strong character, and the right motivations. The Prime Minister said these were the qualities which distinguished the six new PAP election candidates who he said would be
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      Lock icon ARKHIPOV HEADS FOR BEIJING
      31 1 MOSCOW, Thurs. Vice Premier Ivan Arkhipov, the highest-ranking Soviet official to visit China since 1969, left Moscow today for Beijing, the Soviet news agecny Tass said. UPI
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    Lock icon Outlook is good but some dark spots remain
    498 1 Outlook is good but some dark spots remain says OECD report PARIS, Thurs. Economic prospects in the non-communist industrial world are now better than at any time in the past decade, but there are many difficulties to be faced in the year ahead, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      Home
      333 2 Jumping for joy m m THEY stood at the open doorway of an aircraft flying 300 metres up in the sky. Their pounding hearts were full of excitement. Then, they were on their own, with nothing but air between their feet and the ground seemingly coming up. For the
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      COMMENT
      273 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Defence Ministry fully deserves to win the Max Lewis Gold Award for its total defence campaign. Let Mindef's example inspire others to be more innovative. But the real lesson is this: Any campaign which is worthwhile mounting should be done properly. Only when there
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      Background
      77 2 BIG SUMATRA PROJECT INDONESIAN President Suharto yesterday officially opened the expanded port facilities at Pulau Baai on Sumatra's west coast. The multimillion dollar project, a much needed gateway between resource-rich Sumatra and the rest of the world, is one of the largest developments under the country's fourth five year
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      Timesdollar
      137 2 TANGLIN ROAD PROJECT HELD OFF PENDING TALKS WITH URA THE Hong Leong group's ambitious Tanglin Road project will be held off for some time yet, pending the outcome of negotiations over the purchase of an additional 1,400 square metres of land from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. About three years
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      Timesport
      237 2 Matches despite lull WHEN the Malaysia Cup competition gets its first break in March to allow Malaysia to prepare for the pre- World Cup qualifying-round matches, Singapore will still be in action. The Cup Competitions Committee, headed by Yakob Syed of Penang, have arranged for Singapore to play Negri
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      Around the world
      665 2 Away from MAD-ness PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" initiative offers the world the hope of lasting peace instead of resort to the prevailing nuclear doctrine of "mutual assured destruction' (MAD), US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger has said. On Wednesday, at a Washington news conference for foreign reporters,
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      Asean: Across the Causeway
      138 2 Asean: Across the Causeway No sign of accord THE resumed negotiations to resolve the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) crisis, which has entered its 10th month, appeared to have made no headway yesterday. There was no indication that the two contending factions one led by acting MCA president Datuk Dr Neo
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      Around Asean
      167 2 Ramos' high profile ACTING Philippine Armed Forces Chief Lt-Gen Fidel Ramos appears to be consolidating control and trying to loosen President Ferdinand Marcos' grip on the military, economic journal Business Day said yesterday. It said in a special report that Gen Ramos has been "cleaning up" the military,
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      Section Two
      460 2 Building slowdown PROPERTY developers say they are slowing down or scrapping new projects because there is no point in doing so if people are not buying. Previous government estimates of 27,000 new private housing units coming onto the market over the next five years are probably too high
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      Section Three
      114 2 Passing of an era HONGKONG ACTOR Cheong Ying died last Saturday in Toronto, Canada while on a shooting assignment. To many cinema-goers, his death marked the passing of an era. Billed as Hongkong smoyie king in the "50s, the late actor made more than 4UU films. CHONG WING
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      Lock icon Thatcher pledges to ensure HK pact is upheld
      307 3 Thatcher pledges to ensure HK pact is upheld HONGKONG, Thurs. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today defended the Sino-British accord that puts Hongkong under Chinese communist rule in 1997, and pledged to ensure that it would be upheld. Mrs Thatcher and Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang yesterday signed the historic
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    • World briefs
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        Lock icon Ceasefire plan on
        58 3 LEBANESE GOVERNMENT troops moved in a#n£wn yesterday at the northern city of Tripoli^ implementing a month-old ceasefire plan bftween ijival loc&T militia, army headquarters hi Beirut said: Three 'totalling 750 men, of the#£rmv# 88l|Kl. Brigade had taken up positions by eaa» morning in 14 out of 29
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        Lock icon Better times in Laos
        59 3 A LAOTIAN shopper examining imported goods at a market in Vientiane, capital of Laos, recently. The market, where shoppers can buy everything from made-in-Japan television sets to Soviet-made stoves, is doing brisk business. It is a sign of better times in Laos, which will mark the
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        Lock icon Cold look at Soviets
        70 3 A GIANT new American radav station to look inside the Soviet Union is planned for construction in eastern England, a 3iitteh magazine said yesterday. The New Statesman, a prominent leftwing weekly, said the radar, codenamed "Cold Witness", would enable the United States to monitor military movements
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        Lock icon NZ orders talks
        80 3 THE NEW ZEALAND government yesterday ordered compulsory talks between AirNew Zealand and its cabin crews after a strike grounded its international and domestic flights. Already, a dozen international flights carrying homeward bound Christmas travellers have been cancelled by the airline and more than 17,000 domestic airline passengers
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      'Big satellite' plan to link up Pacific
      371 3  - 'Big satellite' plan to link up Pacific PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Thurs. Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is examining plans to deploy huge 10-tonne satellites over the Pacific Basin to link up the entire area in a regional communication network of the 21st Century. If the plan is
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      Lock icon Another 4 tonnes of killer gas found
      165 3 BHOPAL, Thurs. Scientists announced today that they had discovered four more tonnes of deadly methyl isocyanate and so might have to continue tomorrow with Operation Faith to neutralise the chemical. However, they said they had already safely emptied and had begun examining the
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      Lock icon Visas to China
      65 3 BEIJING, Thurs. Tourists and businessmen will soon be able to get visas to China on arrival at Beijing airport, a Chinese official said here today. A spokesman for the Immigration Bureau at Beijing airport said that from Saturday tho airport Customs will be authorised to grant tourists
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      Lock icon Deng sets sights on recovery of Taiwan
      156 3 Deng sets sights on recovery of Taiwan BEIJING, Thurs. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, fresh from his triumph over Hongkong, turned his sights today on the recovery of anticommunist Taiwan. He said United States support for the Chinese nationalists on Taiwan remained the major problem between China and the US. Mr
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      Lock icon Zia voted in as President
      411 3 98 pc of votes cast for him, says state radio ISLAMABAD, Thursday GENERALMohammad Zia Ul-Haq has been elected President of Pakistan by more than 98 per cent of the votes cast in a nationwide referendum, Radio Pakistan announced today on the basis of preliminary results.
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      Lock icon 'Star Wars' way to world peace
      373 4 Defence plan offers hope, says Weinberger WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars'' initiative offers the world the hope of lasting peace instead of resorting to "mutual terror" to avert nuclear war, Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said yesterday. Mr Weinberger used a news conference
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      Exports of steel to US cut
      336 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Thurs. The United States yesterday announced that seven countries have agreed to limit steel exports to America, a measure that officials concede will increase prices for users. The agreements are the result of a promise made by
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      Lock icon Pentagon chief hits out at Post report
      256 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs. United States Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger branded yesterday s Washington Post story about a satellite for spying on the Soviet Union as the "height of journalistic irresponsiblity". Speaking on television, Mr Weinberger said such reports "can only give aid and comfort
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      Lock icon Gas ban
      33 4 SAO PAULO, Thurs. Brazil's major industrial state of Sao Paulo yesterday banned imports or use of methyl isocyanate, the poisonous gas that killed at least 2,500 people in Bhopal, India UPI
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      Lock icon Sexism is alive, says Kirkpatrick
      241 4 NEW YORK, Thurs. Jeane Kirkpa trick said yesterday she was surprised by how much sexual discrimination she had encountered in her four years as United States' ambassador to the United Nations. "I think sexism is alive it's alive in the UN, it's alive in the
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      Lock icon Lawford in coma
      87 4 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. Actor Peter Lawford, the former brother-in-law of President John Kennedy, slipped into a coma early yesterday and his condition was considered serious, the hospital reported. The suave, 61-year-old British-born actor, was treated earlier this year for alcoholism. He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre this
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      Lock icon Britain to curb spending on housing
      186 5 Britain to curb spending on housing LONDON, Thurs THE British government yesterday won a vote on new curbs on housing fin,ance despite anger among its own parliamentarians that looked like Miming into a full-scale revolt in the absence of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. But Conservative sources said about 30 ruling
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      Lock icon Former Soviet minister 'faced death sentence'
      187 5 Former Soviet minister 'f aced death sentence' BONN, Thursday FORMER Soviet Interior Minister Nikolai Shcholokov killed himself with a hunting rifle because he faced the death sentence for corruption. Quoting Kremlin sources, the West German newspaper, Bild, said yesterday that Mr Shcholokov, a former close friend of the late Soviet
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      Lock icon New Soviet chopper can Tight other choppers'
      155 5 New Soviet chopper can Tight other choppers' LONDON, Thurs. The Soviet Union is developing the world's first helicopter designed to fight other helicopters. The authoritative Jane's All the World's Aircraft said in its latest edition today that the new Soviet helicopter, a product of the renowned Kamov design team, had
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      Lock icon Champs Elysee magic
      66 5 ROMANCE is in the air with trees trimmed with thousands of fairy lights lighting up the famous Paris Champs Elysee, and setting the mood for this couple seen kissing in their car (left). The lighted street, decorated to mark the feast-day at the end of December for
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      Lock icon Human embryos in pigs?
      210 5 Valuable for study doctors LONDON, Thursday TEST-TUBE baby pioneers Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe suggested yesterday that human embryos might be implanted in pigs or rabbits for up to 12 hours to study early development. But the idea has been criticised by British medical and religious
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      Lock icon Leftist split in France widens
      116 5 PARIS, Thurs. The French Communist Party yesterday further widened the gap in leftist ranks by voting with the conservative opposition against the Socialist government's 1985 Budget. However, the Budget was adopted because the Socialists have an overall majority in the National Assembly. The Communist Party,
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      Lock icon Wonder train scrapped
      80 5 MOSCOW, Thurs. A new underground train, feted in the Soviet press as a vehicle of the 21st century, has been scrapped after 15 years of disastrous tests, and a new model is being devised, a Soviet newspaper said yesterday. The daily Sovietskaya Rossiya (Soviet Russia) said there
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      Lock icon The girl who cannot wait for Santa
      110 5 LONDON, Thurs. An impatient five-year-old girl could not wait for Father Christmas to call with gifts. So inquisitive Kendra Pickering decided to take a pre-Christmas peek at the family presents in a wardrobe at home in Middleshrough, north England. Kendra lit a match
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      Lock icon No rise in oil price, says Opec
      258 5 No rise in oil price, says Opec GENEVA, Thurs MINISTERS from the Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (Opec) formally agreed today to hold the cartel's official reference price at US$29 (5562.60) per barrel and its production ceiling at 16 million barrels per day. But the 13-member organisation still must find
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      Lock icon Jerusalem makes largest US aid request
      175 6 JERUSALEM, Thurs ISRAEL presented the United States yesterday with its largest aid request ever, asking for US$4 billion (SsB.6 billion) in 1986 and also for an extra US$B5O million in 1985. Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai's request, submitted to US ambassador Samuel Lewis at a
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      Lock icon More African infants die
      82 6 ABIDJAN, Thurs. Africa still has the highest infant mortality rate in the world, due to malnutrition and poor hygiene, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said in its annual report issued at regional headquarters here yesterday. It said that without counting drought victims, five milllion African
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      Lock icon Israeli govt collapse averted
      274 6 Parties reach last-minute compromise JERUSALEM, Thursday ISRAEL'S national unity government moved back from the brink of collapse today, saved by an 11th hour compromise between its two major political parties and two religious factions. The compromise reached yesterday brought the tiny ultraorthodox Shas Party back into
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      Lock icon Egypt wants Israel out of Arab land
      166 6 Egypt wants Israel out of Arab land SANAA (North Yemen), Thursday EGYPT last night denounced Israeli policies and called for the Jewish state to withdraw from all occupied Arab territories. Egyptian Foreign Minister Esmat AbdelMaguid told a meeting of Islamic foreign ministers in the North Yemeni capital: "Muslim Egypt categorically
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      Lock icon Market razed
      53 6 LAGOS, Thurs. Nigeria's multi-million-dollar Onitsha market, the biggest in West Africa, went up in flames in one of two separate fires in Onitsha, eastern Nigeria, reports said yesterday. Ochanja market was the first to be gutted and the nearby main market followed suit within hours, the government-owned Daily
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      Lock icon Police seize video tapes on riots
      74 6 Police seize video tapes on riots JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. Police seized dozens of videotapes from a television studio showing Black riots, funerals and antigovernment protests in Black townships around Johannesburg. The tapes were recorded by the UPITN television production company which is jointlyowned by ABC News and the London-based Independent Television
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      Lock icon Deadline for talks on troops pullout
      146 6 Deadline for talks on troops pullout NAQOURA (Lebanon), Thurs. Israel today said it had set a deadline 1 for seeing some tangible progress in troop withdrawal talks with Lebanon and blamed Syria for the deadlock in talks. Lebanon responded by warning Israel it was: making "too many condi--tions we cannot
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Lock icon Imelda plays Santa Claus
      38 9 PHILIPPINE First Lady Imelda Marcos distributing Christinas gifts to Filipino school children on Tuesday when she visited several schools in Manila. She also announced a onemonth Christmas bonus pay for school teachers. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Hussein asks Sultan of Brunei to help
      92 9 Hussein asks Sultan of Brunei to help AMMAN, Thurs. King Hussein has appealed to the ruler of Brunei to use his "good relations" with Iran to help end the Gulf war. At a banquet for Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah 'as; night, the King emphasised the eoneern of all Muslims
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      Lock icon Economic outlook good for Indonesia
      290 9 Stable growth for next five years, says minister JAKARTA, Thurs INDONESIA'S economy improved this year and the outlook remains good for 1985, Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry, Mr Ali Wardhana, said yesterday. In an interview with the newspaper Suara Karya, Dr Wardhana said
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      Lock icon Protest against trade deficit
      194 9 BANGKOK, Thursday THAI university student leaders marched to Government House today to demand a solution to the country's large trade deficit with Japan. ticteen leaders of the mmasat University lent Organisation ded government offi- a letter to Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda proposing a cut in imports
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      Lock icon 11 tonnes of drugs destroyed by Thais
      101 9 11 tonnes of drugs destroyed by Thais BANGKOK, Thurs. The Thai government today destroyed more than 11 tonnes of drugs seized from local drug traffickers. Government officials said the drugs included 718 kg of heroin, 137 kg of morphine and ahout 10 tonnes of marijuana. The drugs were burn ed
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      Lock icon Ramos strengthens 'control of military'
      326 9 He's trying to loosen Marcos' grip on army, says paper MANILA, Thurs. I ACTING Philippine Armed Forces Chief LtGen Fidel Ramos apI pears to be consolidat- ing control and trying I to loosen President j Ferdinand Marcos' grip j on the military, Busii ness Day
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon $2 m quit rent letter has 'no legal effect'
      449 11 $2 m quit rent letter has 'no legal effect' Bukit China hearing told MALACCA, Thursday THE High Court here heard today that the Nov 28 letter from the district land administrator to the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on the $2 million quit rent owed by Bukit China has no legal
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      Lock icon Malaysia keen on buying Egyptian arms
      203 11 Malaysia keen on buying Egyptian arms CAIRO, Thurs. Malaysia is negotiating with Egypt for the purchase of Egyptianmade weapons, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview published here yesterday. "Yes, we have expressed this wish," Dr Mahathir said in an interview with the weekly magazine,
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      Lock icon 4 Malaysians convicted of kidnapping
      184 11 ALBANY (New York), Thurs. Four Malaysian immigrants were convicted yesterday of the kidnapping of a woman whose whereabouts remain unknown. The kidnap victim, Miss Yim Lin Eng, remains missing after being abducted from her home in Ulster County, on Oct 2, 1983. At the close
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      Lock icon MCA talks: No sign of accord
      378 11 Solution sought before PM returns KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs THE resumed negotiations to resolve the crisis of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), which has now entered its 10th month, appeared to have made no headway today. There was no indication that the two contending factions
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      Lock icon First four to arrive
      75 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The first four of 40 refurbished A-4 Skyhawk combat aircraft of the Malaysian Air Force will arrive at Kuantan Air Base in Pahang early next week, a Defence Ministry official said today. The planes, ordered by the Malaysian government from the United States
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      Lock icon Tax-free goods list will be put up at Causeway
      227 11 Tax-free goods list will be put up at Causeway JOHOR BARU, Thurs. Signboards listing all goods exempted from Customs duty will be put up at the Customs checkpoint at the Johor Causeway here early next month. Johor Customs director Mr Zainal Abidin Ariffin said today this was in line with
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      47 11 PETALING JAYA, Thurs. Last minute negotiations averted a bitter fight today for the presidency of the Malay si an Trade Union Congress which saw the incumbent, Mi P.P. Narayanan, returned unopposed for a two-year term. Mr Zainal Rampak was returned unopposed as deput> president. Bernama
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  • ELECTION' 84
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        Banners banned until results out
        292 14 BANNERS and posters cannot be displayed at counting centres until counting is completed and the election results are announced. The nine counting centres for the 49 eontested electoral divisions are: Anderson Junior College (at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6) for Teck Ghee, Nee Soon, Yio
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        SDP refuses to reply
        360 14 Charges against candidate's record MR CHIAM See Tong last night accused the PAP of resorting to unethical and question- able tactics on Singa--09 pore Democratic Party Hi!' candidates. "We fight on issues. We don't like to smear iJ people," he told a rally M« in Jurong
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          Eve-of-poll party broadcasts
          82 14 POLITICAL parties fielding six or more candidates will be featured in eve-of-poll party political broadcasts over television and radio tonight. The parties are the United People's Front, the Singapore United Front, the Workers' Party and the People's Action Party. Television: Channel 5 7.50 p.m. (Malay) and 9.16
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          Vision may become illusion'
          119 14 SINGAPORE could very well achieve the PAP's vision of a country that was comparable to Japan and America in 15 years' time but the vision might very well turn out to be an illusion, said the United People's Front candidate in Yio Chu Kang, Mr Munjeet
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        Who says investors are driven away, Jeya asks
        784 14 Who says investors are driven away, Jeya asks .at a press conference with no time for questions from the press MR J. B. Jeyaretnam asked the PAP yesterday to come out with facts and figures to show whether his election as the MP for Anson in 1981 had driven away
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        Rally held up for 15 minutes
        67 14 Singapore Justice Party THE Singapore Justice Party's rally last night was disrupted for about 15 minutes when the elec* tricity source was chan^ ed. When the rally in Clementi West Street 2 resumed, the party's secretary-general and candidate for West Coast constituency, Mr M.
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        '55-year-old better at handling money'
        81 14 Singapore United Front THE government has its own reasons for wanting to extend the CPF withdrawal age. the Singapore United Front candidate for Kaki Bukit, Mr Tan Chee Kien, said yesterday. Speaking at a rally in the car park of Boon Lay shopping centre, Mr
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        Voters in Bedok must go to the polls
        254 14 Voters in Bedok must go to the polls BEDOK residents must go to the polls tomorrow despite the question mark over the health of the Singapore United Front candidate, Mr Lee Chin Teck. Section 32 (1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act states that a candidate is not allowed to withdraw
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        Injustice? Why then do others ask to come here?
        449 15 Injustice? Why then do others ask to come here? IT'S puzzling, if you ask Prof S. Jayakumar. On the one hand, Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam of the Workers' Party says that Singaporeans are an oppressed 'lot, living in fear, suffering injustice. Yet, on the other hand, hundreds and thousands of foreigners
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        Das: Public has a right to know ling's past record
        699 15 Das: Public has a right to know ling's past record THE PAP candidate for Chong Boon, Mr Chandra Das, last night asked his opponent from the Singapore Democratic Party, Mr Ling How Doong, to deny that he had been guilty of excess of duty and neglect of orders when he
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        2 SDP men were fined: Chok Tong
        565 15 One illegally harboured foreign maids, he says Quote Who can quarrel that you want to have a dynamic, vibrant and prosperous Singapore for Singaporeans. Because we too also want that. But has he (Mr Chiam See Tong) spelt out what he means by
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        HDB flats are subsidised
        764 16 6 IN 1982, the IRA sold a piece of land along Mountbatten Road for the development of 116 apartment units at $18.7 million. By simple arithmetic, the land cost per unit is $161,000. In the same year, the HDB sold 134 units of fiveroom maisonettes in
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        Strict rules enforced to protect majority
        454 16 Strict rules enforced to protect majority THE Housing Board enforces strict rules and regulations on the use of HDB premises to safeguard the interests of the majority, says National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan. The rules, said Mr Teh in a statement, are aimed at denying a "very small percentage
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        When the familiar quiet will return
        475 16  -  PHILIP LEE -By THE final battle for the hearts and minds of voters will be over by 10 tonight. By then, most politicians who had been variously speaking, haranguing, cajoling or shouting from the hustings would welcome the rest. Some would be nursing hoarse
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        Do's and don'ts for voters
        607 17 VOTING is compulsory. If you don't vote tomorrow, your name will be removed from the electoral register. If you have a good reason, you can easily have your 1 name restored. After the election, simply go to the Election Department at City Hall. If you
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        What shouldn't be done during polling
        333 17 Public in general MMMMM Accepting a lift to the polling station from a stranger. Transporting other voters to a polling station apart from your spouse, parents or children. Displaying any sign, badge or symbol of a political party on your vehicle or clothes on
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      Where the teachers go for lessons
      114 18 Where the teachers go for lessons LEARNER drivers go to instructors to get on the road. But where do instructors go for tuition? Four have just returned from a two-month course in Japan and, together with two Japanese colleagues, are now teaching instructors how to teach. The team returned two
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      Body found in sea
      58 18 THE body of a man was found floating in the sea off Loyang Way on Monday at about 4.30 p.m. He was wearing brown shorts and was about 1.63 metres tall. He is believed to be Chinese. Relatives are asked to contact Assistant Investigating Officer Raymond
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      43 cadets take the first plunge
      303 18  -  JUNE TAN School principals full of praise for NCC By THEY stood at the open doorway of an aircraft flying at 300 metres. They tried to speak but the wind swept their voices away. Their pounding hearts were full of fear and excitement. Before
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      Defence men for security conference
      230 18 TOP military and defence officials from the AsiaPacific region, including a former United States Defence Secretary, will be in Singapore next month for the first Electronics for National Security conference and exhibition in Asia. It is understood that generals from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, and
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      'UFO' that sent police into action
      145 18 UFO that sent police into action WHAT was at first considered a UFO (unidentified flying object) caused a stir at the Istana yesterday afternoon. The flying object crashed near the back gate leading to the Istana grounds, and it sent police guards into action. As there were wires sticking out
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      Busy year ahead
      78 18 FIFTY-FOUR trade and consumer shows are on The World Trade Centre's Singapore exhibition calendar for next year. About two million people, of which 100,000 will be from overseas, are expected to visit the shows. The addition of two new halls has increased the exhibition area to 35,000
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      Lowest deficit since 1980
      213 41 Trade gap likely to be below $llb SINGAPORE'S trade deficit this year will be the lowest since 1980. Latest government figures show that the gap between exports and imports for the first 11 months was $9.3 billion, compared with $12.7 billion in the same period last
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      Woodlands fire victims cremated
      143 41 Woodlands fire victims cremated FOUR members of the Woo family who died in the Woodlands Town Centre fire last weekend were cremated at Bright Hill Crematorium yesterday. Mr Woo Cheong Pau, 53, his wife, Madam Low Fatt Thye, 52, and their two sons, Nuam Cheow, 26, and Nam Khiong, 23,
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      Fire N0.7 destroys part of emporium
      104 41 Fire N0.7 destroys part of emporium A FIRE, believed to have been started by arsonists, destroyed part of the Oriental Emporium in Bukit Merah Central early yesterday. The section selling women's clothes on the second storey was gutted. This is Queenstown police's seventh case of fire believed to have been
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      More than enough officers for NPP posts
      211 41 More than enough officers for NPP posts THE Police Training Development Department hit a high note when it trained more than enough officers to run the Neighbourhood Police Post System this year. And this was regarded as its "prize achievement", according to the latest issue of Police Life, the police
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      Comfort wins place in Japan study trip
      200 41 Comfort wins place in Japan study trip NTUC Comfort, whose quality control circle is the 2,sfK)th to be registered with the National Registration Centre, has been awarded a place on a month-long study trip to Japan. The prize is from the National Productivity Board, which described the 2.500th circle as
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      'Touch me not' robots help solve a problem
      409 41  -  JEEVARAJAH YASOTHA By SOME "touch and feel" exhibits at the Singapore Science Centre have proved so popular that they have been damaged by too much handling. A Voice Response Robot, for instance, is now encased within perspex (plastic) walls. Now, all you
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      Four will be first to face new laws for hell-riders
      161 41 Four will be first to face new laws for hell-riders FOUR motorcyclists are to be charged with hell-riding by the Traffic Police. This will make them the first people to be prosecuted for this offence which carries a mandatory jail sentence on conviction. The four also stand to have their
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      Boat drama sergeant's family gets RC gift
      135 41 Boat drama sergeant's family gets RC gift THE family of the late Sergeant Chin Ah Kow. who has been missing since a shooting incident on board a police patrol boat on Dec 6, was presented a cash donation totalling $420 last night. The «ift was presented by IV Koh Lam
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      277 19 Give yourself a break Take advantage of Sea View Hotels Special Offer *3days/2 nights stay for $180 W m ift I|^R Jf JA III"''* V s S*/ M#4S/FrcxM.isc ot 'Swimming Pool. L/ tt V A^ P-SS :z r: 5S:r i 1 1 1! Enjoy this and all the I VA
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      Nothing like doing things together
      229 20 Boon Lay THEY are the women who run about organising baby competitions and cooking contests. While the winners take the limelight, they are backstage. When everybody else has left, they stay behind to clean up. But for once, these three housewives of Boon Lay took
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      Carols delight lunch crowd
      110 20 Carols delight lunch crowd THE 1.15 p.m. lunchtime crowd at the International Plaza lobby in Anson Road had a pleasant surprise when the Nanyang Junior College choir came calling on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 23-member choir minus their musical accompanists who were delayed by rush-hour traffic treated about 200 appreciative
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      Container cabin as neighbourhood police post
      102 20 Container cabin as neighbourhood police post Jurong IF RESIDENTS in Jurong want to make a police report, they only need to walk into this container cabin. The cabin is being used by the Jurong Neighbourhood Police Post, as the permanent post is still under construction nearby at Block 110, Corporation
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      Midnight flight over Singapore
      402 20  -  MICHAEL LIM Yuhua 36 to take to the air in RC's first project By REMEMBER those evening harbour cruises? The tang of fresh sea breezes, the rays of the setting sun turning the water golden? Now there's something better to sweep 36 people off their feet.
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      The live wire teacher who has time for all
      265 20 Chai Chee "YOU must speak to Chang Sek. He knows everyone in Kampong Chai Chee," insisted Major Fong Sip Chee, Minister of State (Culture) when asked about the volunteers working with him in his constituency. Chang Sek turned out to be
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      Interested in these activities?
      198 20 Interested in these activities? PARTY: The Henderson CC Youth Group will hold one on Dec 29 at the CC. Join in at $7 a person. Soccer: Register at Eunos Crescent CC for a seven-a-side soccer tournament on Jan 27 at the People's Association football field. Closing date is Sunday. Art:
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      What's happening where
      256 20 DOING their bit for the festive season, various RCs will hold Christmas parties for residents. Sunday: At 1.30 p.m., the Cheng San Zone D RC will hold a children's party at the void deck of Block 509, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8. At 2 p.m., the Buona
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    The Straits Times says Do it with feeling
    432 22 The Straits Times says Do it with feeling WELL done, Ministry of Defence, for winning the Max Lewis Gold Award. The ministry fully deserves it. The total defence campaign was certainly one of the most impressive we have seen so far. The Singapore Advertisers' Association said the award was given
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    Most have accepted uncertainty after 1997
    1298 22  -  FERESA LIM Signing of Sino-British agreement on HK creates little interest By" Business Times Correspondent in Hongkong HONGKONG The front page of the South China Morning Post on Wednesday provided an ironic closing chapter to the Hongkong 1997 saga. After two years of negotiations
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    UN must stop itself from drowning in sea of words
    730 22  - UN must stop itself from drowning in sea of words THE ECONOMIST COMMENT By A THREE-month-long annual rite, now ending in New York, has gone almost unnoticed. Virtually all the world's governments are represented in the United Nations Assembly. Most of them send teams of experienced people, who could be
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    Lock icon Curtains for Santa Claus
    718 22 Russell Baker IN three, four, five years at the most, Santa Claus will be through. Washed up. Kaput. And don't tell me: "That's crazy, there will always be a Santa Claus," because sooner or later, everything gets sent to the dump. Look at the telephone company.
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        Paradise: Is Chiam serious?
        576 23 Paradise: Is Chiam serious? 41 take ill from all this that if elected he would press for the restoration of the Lost Paradise by pressing the government to allow HDB dwellers to raise chickens and q plant vegetables. HIS admirers claim that Mr Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic
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        How will they do their job?
        238 23 I HAVE been following the election campaigns with interest and have been watching the interviews given by both People's Action Party and opposition candidates. Judging by the mediocre performances of a few of the opposition candidates during the interviews one wonders why they should
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      We'll respond to Together We Progress' call
      420 23 THE Peoples Action Party, with a 25-year unblemished record of success in creating wealth and progress for Singapore, has made an open commitment to the people as they go to the polls in its agenda for action. Its vision of Singapore in the
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      Girl appreciates Singapore
      253 23 I AM a 20-year-old Singaporean who has just finished my examinations. I have watched various election speeches on television, including one by the United People's Front's Harbans Singh. He said young Singaporeans have some grievances against the ruling party because they have to pay fines for littering
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      A lack o£ feeling
      149 23 MR ROBERT LAI'S judgmental statements in his letter "Tale of two cities... and why we must count our blessings" (ST, Dec 17) betray a discourteous writer who is immature and irresponsible. I was in London recently and found his remarks exaggerated and distasteful. They displayed no
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      Enlarged port will be gateway to Sumatra
      766 24  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM By Indonesian President Suharto yesterday opened the expanded port facilities at Pulai Baai on Sumatra's west coast. The multi-million dollar project is seen as a major step forward in the development of the resourcerich region. A MODERN harbour with a
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      Lock icon Germans in midst of Christmas tree controversy
      645 24 Germans in midst of Christmas tree controversy Is cutting the trees a threat to forests? FRANKURT CHRISTMAS trees are causing a stir in Germany the country where the holiday custom originated because of pollution damage to forests. Studies show that half of West Germany's forests are damaged or dying as
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        Singapore barometer
        37 25 Singapore barometer Up Down Unch Industrials 61 29 18 Finance 6 6 3 Hotels 4 1 3 Properties 8 0 2 Plantations 6 2 2 Mining 2 O 1 Deb/Loans 3 I 3 Total 90 39 32
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        KLSE steady
        90 25 A LATE round of profit-taking trimmed early gains but on balance, prices were generally ahead at the market yesterday. The 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index put on three points to 1277.52. After a steady start, prices moved up on strong support on spill- over effects
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        A better day with most prices closing higher
        308 25 THE stock market was in better shape yesterday, with most share prices closing higher than on Wednesday. There were 90 rises against 39 falls, and the Straits Times Industrial Index ended 6.51 points higher at 802,87. The Business Times Composite Index closed
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        INDICES — Highs & Lows
        35 25 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1983/84 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1983/84 Low 712.29 (5/1/83) 684.88 (4/1/83) All time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 550.78 (12/8/82)
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        K. Lumpur barometer
        46 25 K. Lumpur barometer Up Down Unch 1 Industrials 69 30 19 Finance 13 2 2 Hotels 1 O O Properties 8 O Oil palms 5 1 1 Tins 3 0 2 Rubber II 4 4 Rubbers 000 Deb/Loans O O 1 Total 1 10 37 30
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          77 25 Dan Yunt. 330 +26 SPH 610 +25 MU Mti 50c 172 +14 H Leon. Ind 50c 265 +13 Tasek Cement 400 +10 Magnum Corp 324 +10 SPK-Sentosa 125 +9 CASH 50c 340 +8 MUI 247 +8 FACBSOC 241+7 Everpeace Corp 112 +7 UOB 426+6 Metro HW_s 324 +6 PMC
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          Falls
          78 25 WiH-inson 400 -26 VanDerHorst 213 -17 Acma 188 —16 NS I 760 -15 Tractors 289 -15 K G HW|s 224 -14 Larirt Tin 204 -14 M Breweries 670 —10 Metal Boi Spore 218 -10 She! 300 -8 Cerebos 50c 204 -7 0| B 382 -6 Sel Coconuts* 274 —6
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          Indices
          67 25 Dec 19 Dec 20 BI Composite 702 71 707.37 BT Indicator *****06 *****28 BT OB 'OS 267 263 ST Industrials 796.36 802.87 ST Finance *****6 *****6 ST Hotels ***** 882 70 ST Properties 487 85 489 71 ST Minings 350.01 350.23 ST Plantations 2499 71 2500 52 OCBC *****
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          Most active
          16 25 Promet 1,182,000 TDM 761,000 Sime Darby 548,000 S P H 452.000 Pahang Inv 324,000
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      ST Industrial Index components
      74 25 IBoustead Bhd -5 Guinness +2 PMC +6 Semb Ship +1 Cft C b Haw Par 2 Pan Elec susp Sime Darby CCM Inchcapeßhd +3 Perlis p, ant 4 S Trading +2 Cold Storage +5 Keppel —2 Pfma unch Sup Corp +3 Dtmloplnd —3 MTC +4 SPH
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      New low for Sterling as oil prices drop
      249 25 STERLING dropped to an all-time low yesterday on the local foreign exchange following expectations of a further drop in oil prices. The price of North Sea Brent crude dropped to U5526.85 ($58.26) per barrel from U5528.65. This spelt more bad news for
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      Lock icon Depositors ask for cash return
      155 25 HONGKONG, Thursday DEPOSITORS of a troubled gold and currency US-based trading giant today appealed to the government to help them regain an estimated US$lOO million (Ss2l7 million) from Deak Perera Far East Ltd. Mr Tim Walsh, spokesman for a group of 150 depositors with the
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      SPH shares greeted with a warm response
      445 25  - SPH shares greeted with a warm response ANTHONY HOE By PUBLISHING giant Singapore Press HoldIngs Ltd (SPH), formed as a result of the merger of three publishing companies, received a warm response when trading in its shares commenced on the local stock market yesterday. The trading of the shares of
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      171 25 NEW YORK, Thurs. Computer giant International Business Machines Corp again is the most admired of 250 large American companies ranked in Fortune magazine's annual survey of corporate reputations. The business magazine said yesterday that the least admired was Continental Illinois Corp, which bumped
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        54 25 THE Bank of Tokyo Ltd said it will cut its Singapore prime lending rate by 0.25 percentage point to 9.50 per cent from today. A Bank of Tokyo spokesman said the cut is in line with lower local money market rates, liquid market conditions and the decline in
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        85 25 GUAM, Thurs. Pacific Group Development, armed with a US$3O million (Ss6s million) letter of credit from the Chinese government, has set up shop here to build a 110--unit housing development on the northern part of the island, a spokesman for the company said yesterday. The company, China's second
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        Lock icon Shaws to split shares
        65 25 HONGKONG, Thurs. Shaw Brothers (Hongkong) Ltd announced plans in a newspaper notice to split its shares of HK$2 each into eight shares of 25 cents each. A company spokesman declined comment on the plan, which will be put forward at an extraordinary meeting on Jan 14.
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        75 25 DANBURY (Conn), Thurs. Union Carbide Corp said it agreed to sell its welding and cutting systems businesses in the US through a leveraged buyout by a new company for about US$7O million (Ssls2 million). The new company includes existing management of the business as well as a group
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        76 25 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs. Volkswagen Do Brasil, a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG of West Germany, has closed a US$63O million (551.367 billion) deal to export 100,000 Passat cars to Iraq over two years in exchange for oil, company president Wolfgang Sauer said. Mr Sauer told a news conference
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      Carlsberg seeking a bigger market share
      259 25 Carlsberg seeking a bigger market share CARLSBERG BREWERY MALAYSIA BHD has introduced a new beer, Tuborg, to the Singapore and Malaysian markets to try to secure a larger market share. Carlsberg, which brews Carlsberg Green Label, Special Brew and Carlsberg Gold, is already facing stiff competition from Tiger and Anchor
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      Plans for Tanglin Rd project held off
      393 25  -  WONG AI KWEI Hong Leong awaits outcome of talks with URA By THE Hong Leong group's ambitious Tanglin Road project will be held off for some time yet, pending the outcome of negotiations over the purchase of an additional 1,400 square metres of
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      Work on Gateway project 'stopped'
      200 25 WORK on Singapore Land's 37--storey Gateway project has been stopped, according to workers at the site and two of the subcontractors. Workers said that work stopped on the Beach Road site on Sunday. One of the subcontractors, who asked not to be identified, said that
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      Business done in Singapore
      2654 26 READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, is necessarily covered in "business done". Further because all dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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      2005 26 INDUSTRIALS A Choc (3.048 3.085) (2) 2.96 (17) 2.98 (2) 2.97 (11) 3.00 (3) 3.02(2)3.06(11)2.99(2) 3 04 AMD (3.308 3.325) (1) 3 30 (1) 332 Alcom (1.588 1 60S) (17) 1.61 (14) 1.59 (44) 1.60 AISB (3.865X2)3 78 (1)3.80 API (1.15B) (8) 1.16 (2) 1.14
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      2971 26 All shares quoted have a par value of $1. uniess otherwise specified M Adjusted for scrip rights N lax-exempted dividend ABN i? traded in lots -H of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dollars JB ■> 4' t- ■V-v KB 1984 Last Yield Vol
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        RUBBER
        320 27 FOB in bales RAS MRELB (S cents/kilo) (M cents/Mo) Noon Close Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt 168 75 169 7bN 168.75- 169./5N unq nc < Hit 1 RSS lan 1985 ***** ***** *****-172.00 189.00- 190.00 189.00-***** Int 1 RSS Feb 174 50 1/5 00 174 50- 175 00
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        410 27 Noon C sf/Tnn v Gambier pfices J/100 k[ fOB NSW 305.00 (sellers) COCOnUt source: Produce Exchange Oil Closing prices. Bulk FUB ***** (sellers) S/kio. exgodown Old drum FOB 193 00 (sellers) Rice New drum FOB 197.00 (sellers) SINGAPORE Thai White Copra (Kangaroo) Mined (loose) 9500 (buyers) 1 ww
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        52 27 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market's price held at the International Tin Agreement's floor level of M529.15 per kg yesterday. The buffer stock manager continued to provide support Turnover rose to 214 tonnes from 153 tonnes on Wednesday, with about 20 per cent of foreign concentrates noted. There was
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        23 27 Closing prices Copper tonne Wed Spot 1129.50 -1130.00 (*****0-*****0) 3 months 1143.50 1144.00 (1135 00 1135.50) Market tone: Steadier Sales: 11.250 tonnes
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        30 27 Closing prices S r US$/lro» oz Thurs Wed Singapore 6 22-6 27 6 36 6 41 Wed Tues New York 6.27-6 32 6 28-6 33 Source: Credit Suisse, Spore
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        21 27 Closing prices Aluminium £/tonne Wed Spot 927.50-928.00 (926.50-927 50) 3 months 949.00—949.50 (949.00 949.50) Market tone: Steadier Sales: 11.225 tonnes
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        61 27 Ruhhpr Closing prices Closing prices Rubber cents/kilo Tin M s/kilo Singapore KL Tm 29.15 December 171 75 unc h Malaysia dOW 75 Ce tS Turnover:2l4 DeSer 189.00 51 tonnes down two cents GOLD US$/oz Thurs Wed Singapore 305 00—306.00 310.50 —311.00 Hongkong 305.50 —306 25 310.50 —311 00
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        133 27 THE Malaysian crude palm oil prices closed lower yesterday in a technical reaction to earlier gains. India's purchase of RBD Olein and neutralised palm oil on Wednesday failed to aid sentiment. The refined palm oil market was dull and prices were quoted lower. PALM Closing prices Crude M5/tonne
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        156 27 HONGKONG, Thurs. The gold price regained some ground in fairly active late trading today as bullion houses bought to meet retail demand attracted by low prices, dealers said. But bearish sentiment continued to prevail amid speculation of further oil price cuts, they said. Gold ended at U*****.50 306.25 an
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        432 27 I I I I I I -I I L_J Hongkong Hang Seng Wednesday 1184.42 (1173.31) Week ago 1126.49 Australian All-Ordinaries ~i v? Wednesday 717.7 (718.1) Week ago 716.4 Australian Industrials Wednesday 1071.3 (1069.6) Week ago 1063.4 Financial Times Industrials Tuesday 942.6 (939.9) Week ago 922.3 Dow Jones Average ZZflri
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        295 27 Dec 20 HKJ Chanje Hk Elect Warr 10 10 +oi Associated Hotels 034 +001 Hk Gas 6.75 unch Bonk Of East Asia 22 60 -0.1 Hk Hotels 25 00 +0 1 Cheung Kong 990 +0 1 HK Land 3 975 unch China Light 12 10 unch Hk Land Loan
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        320 27 Dec 20 Yen Chanje 524 +7 Mitsui Co 343 A|inomoto 1090 unch Mitsui Shipbldg 153 unch Akoi 470 -2 Mitsui Smelting 445 unch Amoda 1160 -20 Mitsukoshi 359 +2 Asahi Chem 660 +3 Mitsumi 1150 -30 Asahi Glass 893 25 Murata Mfg Bonk Tk 593 -5 Nikko Sec 577
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        324 27 Dec 20 Cents Change IC I 200 unch (Aust) Le.ghton 163 unch Lend Lease 520 unch AC I '86 +3 Magellan Pet Aust 210 -5 A N I 240 +2 Mayne Nickless 290 AP M 214 unch Metcls Explor Abertoyle BIOS N L 43 unch Age 260 unch Mideast
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        235 27 Dec 19 US$ Chan I« Alcoa 36* -Vt Allied Chem Cp 34% Alte-Cho(m«fs 5% +K Am Tel Tel 18* -Vi Amax Inc 16% -W Amr Corp 361* -W Bethlehem Stl 17 Boeing Co 57V4 Burroughs Cp 57V4 -K Caterpillar Co 31 Vt Chcse Manhtn 47* Chrysler Cp 31
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        580 27 Q ec 19 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 158 +1 Ass Dairies 156 -4 BTR PLC 591 +11 Babcocks 152 +1 Barclays 557 3 Beechams 380 7 BICC 238 unch Blue Circle 485 +5 BOC Group 266 +1 Boots 192 unch Bowater 213 +9 BATS 353 +3 Britannio 76 1
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      236 27 THE Singapore dollaryesterday softened to 552.1750 60 against the US unit from its close of 552.1725 35. It remained within the range of 552.1745 and 552.1765. The greenback eased slightly from New York levels against most major currencies in very quiet trading. There was a general lack of market
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      181 27 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.8109 1 8128 5.62—5.49 Canadian dollar *****-***** 6.13-6.03 NZ dollar 1.0424- -1.0444 9.86—9.47 Sterling pound 2.5435-2.5491 3.99-3.92 US dollar 2 1740-2 1750 4 63-4 58 Local dollars to
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      95 27 Arbuthnot Securities Asia i OUB-Montagu ind 103 109 Income Bond Unit MARA Bumiputra Third P. 4 0! putra 4.4 Managers' prices for Dec 21 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce ?52 268 The Savings Fund i 13 Spore Prog fund i OS Sport lows' Fund Asia Unit Trust M.ii
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        49 27 FEBRUARY gold continued its depressed trend to open lower at U*****.10. The metal surged to its high at U*****.50 in the late afternoon. It settled at U*****.30. (In USfper Troy (inner i Open High Low Sett Est Vol FebBs 305.10 307.50 304.50A 306.30 121 Mar 308.30 Apr 310.;*
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        53 27 MARCH Deutschemark opened lower at 0.3244 as the dollar hit the 3.1 mark level in the spot market. It fell from the day's high of 0.3247 to close at its opening level in quiet trading. (US dollar Deutschemark I Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 85 0.3244 0.3247
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        52 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar- slipped further to open at 90.59. Short profit-taking towards the close brought the contract to close at 90.54. < l(k) in>p:i"ii interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 85 90.59 90.59 90.54 90.51 334 Jun 89.99 90.00 89.97 89.91 36 Srpt 89.45 89.45
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        37 27 MARCH Japanese yen opened at 0.*****8, down 16 ticks from the previous close. It was narrowly traded to finish higher at 0.*****1. Open High Low Sett Kst Vol Mar 85 Q.0M058 0.*****1 0.*****8 0.*****1 4
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      Container schedules
      633 27 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block LAthula(7E) 2112(2200) TA3 0800 1000 N4 MS Mango (51B52B) 21/12(2300) 51 1000 1100 B2 Anni Johnson (452F.) 2112(2300) FSB 1000 1100 L7 KnsLemona (10) 21 12 (2359) FSB *****200 Adrian MS (8501) 22/12 (***** 51 0700 0800 1800 1930
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      174 27 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Hong Woon 38 9 aside 2] 12 Mei Jiang 23 4 aside 21 1? Pyramids 6/7 aside 21 12 Sonderhausen 46 aside 21 I 7 Straits Star 21 aside 21 Sunny Sky 19 aside 21 1? Tdishin 35 6 a'side 21
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      $52 m for ports
      29 27 ACCRA. Thurs. Japan is to give Ghana US$24 million (Sss2 million) to improve port facilities, Japanese Ambassador Naoki Nakano said. No details were given. Renter.
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      Lock icon Two big US banks cut prime rate to 10.75 pc
      265 28 Two big US banks cut prime rate to 10.75 pc NEW YORK, Thurs. Two more major American commercial banks, Citibank and Wells Fargo Bank, cut their prime lending rates to 16.75 per cent yesterday. The prime rate is the base upon which American commercial banks compute interest charges on short-term
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      316 28 Cheaper housing loans HOUSING loan rates have come down at major finance companies, following the lead set by DBS Finance, which reduced its rates earlier this month. These rates have been poised to come down since the prime rate charged by banks for their best customers
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      Four-fold rise in pre-tax profits
      251 28 Four-fold rise in pre-tax profits Harrisons Malaysian Plantations PLANTATION group Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Bhd has reported a four-fold rise in pre-tax profits to M5110.4 million for the six months to Sept 30. Turnover almost trebled to M5586.5 million, compared with M5203.2 million previously. Directors said the higher turnover was mainly
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      UOB sets up office in Beijing
      202 28  -  ANTHONY HOE By UNITED Overseas Bank will open a representative office in Beijing today. With this, the 97th office in the UOB group, the bank now has a presence in eight countries outside Singapore. UOB's Beijing office will enable the group to offer customers
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      Advertising circle hands out awards
      350 28 IT WAS the advertising industry's turn to pin medals on those whom they felt had contributed most to the well-being of advertising in Singapore. So yesterday, at the Mandarin Hotel, more than 300 advertisers looked on while Mr LA. Maclene, corporate service manager of Fraser
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      356 25 Black and Decker do it even better this Christmas Free gifts with these Black& Decker tools. r 9 R8 Lawn Mover. /T "N T1 Lawn Mower. Sfflk Lightweight, low maintenance 1 Hover design with choice of Y% electric mower suitable for V three levels of cut. Fold flaty all grass
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      108 26 AVOID THE EMBARRASSING FAUX PAS, AND HAVE THE LAST WORD ON THE PUSINESS DEAL As the Japanese system of management infiltrates our business firms and companies, and Japanese investment is ostensible every- where, a competent grasp Wk B^"^BH^jjk^ of the Japanese language, J^^| jG |^T^f with its troublesome near- |p
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      701 28 s j|'' JB ■■■■i^H' L^B^»K^^mß ■■■1 ■■B ti fflM\ nhernnsiin Jm ifcl^HJ f 701 almost a century, we have iP i li H excelled m the making of fine men's jB :-f shoes, with particular emphasis on '"Kb If I qualify, comfort and style. Switch to MS- im. m Wm
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      166 28 Tjijc P hsnp& What a typical family of f t four would buy from weeK Irom lasi Lim Tuo Tow wet market |I' eeK --r-^~l 500g lean pork 3.60 (I "7 300g streaky pork 1.70 /fe^/ 500g mutton 5.30 j^— -Jr 1 500g beef (frozen) 4.90 Ikg chicken: hen 4.70
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      1546 29 *****66 1 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out Authentic Ristoranti Italian! CHRISTMAS EVE SET DINNER CRAYFISH CAPRESE CREPES SORRENTINA ROAST TURKEY BOLOGNESE < OR ROAST LAMB UMBRIA MILANESE CAKE WITH ZABAYONE ft COFFEE VENETIAN STYLETS] OR TEA 0%&%* Prepared by our Italian Chef ANGELO $55.00 per head ANY CHOICE OF
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      172 29 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30am to 2.00pm d lam deadline for the Sunday Time Public Holiday 9.00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Times Orchard Centre, -02-105 Lucky Plaza Monday-Friday: 10.00am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm for next day) Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road Monday
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      136 29 RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Ordinary: $1 00 per word (Mm $15.00) Food/Entertainment (2 5) si Semi-display: $20 00 per col cm Personal Services/Merchandise(ll 39) (Mm. $60 00 Straits Times) Business to Business (49 58) $20 .50 per col cm Employment (64 74) (Min. $61 50 Sunday Times) Vehicles (81 98) Display:
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      121 29 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts 16 Flowers/Plants SAGITTARIUS ANTIQUES. 22, Wat ANDREMAS FLORIST. SPECIALLY ten Rise Tel: *****40 We are dif- arranged floral bouquets, floralferent with antiques from En- fruit baskets, flowers in gift boxgland as well as local antiques, es. Special offer for festive seaOpen daily 10.00a.m. to 6.00p.m. sons. Call:
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      645 30 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing NOEL DESIGN CONTRACT specialise in quality imported curtains, Venetian blinds, vertical blinds, bamboo chicks blinds, wallpaper, roller blinds, carpets, PVC folding doors, sliding glass j door and built-in kitchen cabtI nets, wardrobes etc. Call Christy line, *****37 for free quotation. EXPAT LEAVING. SELLING 2 sets well
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      827 30 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing SMußd B6 M' Jf TO WELCOME A MERRYK j X'MAS A GOOD m PROSPEROUS 1985, M. our elegant, lasting decorative |p fill 1 solid hand carved panel doors have just arrived from Indonesia #j Special price for the
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      547 30 25 Sale: Other Products KOREAN GINSENG CHICKEN in cans. Rush on our fabulous Chinese New Year offer on our imported canned Korean Ginseng Chicken at reasonable price. Very good for hampers and Christmas/ New Year presents to friends/ seniors with health. To avoid disappointment please call now, *****21/ 2. REUPHOLSTERED
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      324 30 25 Sale: Other 25 Sale: Other Products Products Cut out this coupon I for a $10 discount on I purchase of a Commode |k Chair. Ik Features g Adjustable £jH I leys wsflfcr*— •^BSpJH'---: i Detachable |j|£ t hm& I arms ■*■•■*?>?*■■ Padded lift-off 1 <Bm j seat I 4
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      374 30 LOUISE KLERK HAIR A BEAUTY STUDIO Singapore's leading name in beauty We will be open on Saturday, 22nd December, 9am 7pm Monday, 24th December from 9am 7pm. Avoid disappointment. Book Now!! TEL: *****73/ *****82 'BEN' 'BENJAMIN'— LatestInternational InventionsDominoes. Pyramid Perming— $80.00 by Benjamin. Cornelius. (Holiday Special Perming $25.00. Cutting $12.00
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      644 30 32 Photography I EXCHANGE CAMERA CENTRE imhs§j£ SWS 1 WeBuTTsEL L«TRaDE-IN all brands ot cameras #01-05 Sim Lim Tower, 10 Jalan BesarSingaporeoB2o 33 Babysitting/ Creches RIDGEWOOD CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DMrtel 1027 The Center has qualified Teachers and American trained Supervisors who offer quality day rare with emphasis on the child's
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      441 30 36 House 36 House Renovation/ Decor Renovation/ Decor I ___oa^ A new Idea in Wallpaper Shopping "ONE-STOP WALLPAPER SUPERMART Over 20.000 rolls on display On display over 1 ,000 designs to choose from Wallpaper hanging demonstration at 7.00pm 8 00pm EES L^**?**^' BUDGET WALIPAPERS pie ttd 122. Eunos Ave 7.
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      527 30 Pelatino 2' X 1' at %b M p s Botichmo 2XI at $5 50 psl I Serpeggiante 2'H I' at J6OO pst I Compress Marble X 1 a! S3 30 ps I m We provide specialists to lay and potsti marble at S3 00 p.s.f. I We also provtie service
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      551 30 36 House Renovation/ Decor WE SPECIALISED IN n\ hub houses yuic'K and efficient work at reasonable price Please ***** H *****18 from 10.00am to 9.00pm Empo rrad tng Design Construction Reno vation Contractors. 758, Uppei Serangoon Road, -<w-OH. i'; pel Serangoon Shopping Centre. S'pore-1983 RELIABLE AND EXPERIENCE JMJ Construction undertake
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      705 31 37 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators AIRCOND FRIDGES 24 hrs Islandwide Service can solve all problems of servicing repairing/ respraying of all refrigerators and airconditioners in our workshop/ your place. Reasonable rates guaranteed. Secondhand fridge available, single door $100 $200, twin door $200 $350. Free delivery. 3 mths guaranteed. LEE MANG AIRCOND REFRIGERATION
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      769 31 39 Other Services HARA TRADITIONAL FOOD Sup plter li Catering services. We cater satay and traditional food for buffet, wedding, party, packet lunch and dinner. Reasonable price. Contact us Hurls Husian or Abdul Rahim A Aziz, tel: *****92 *****02. HOLMES PRIVATE INVESTIGATION Agency Pte Ltd. For enquiries. please contact tel:
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      747 31 51 Printing/ Copying Services WE SPECIALISED IN instant printing, name cards, letterheads, invoices and rubber stamps. «02-06 Excelsior Shopping Centre, beside Peninsula Shopping Centre, tel: *****43/ *****72. STICKERS WITH SELF-ADHESIVE, for identification, addressing, production, advertising, etc. Tel: *****57, *****71 Modern Label. WE SPECIALISE IN printing all types of self-adhesive label
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      873 31 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities WONDERGLASS A TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN J ■Jt GLASS PROTECTION. 7V VVonderglass, an amazing new safety and security 7v \t film, is a revolutionary space-age polymer coating. V/ 7V When it is applied to any existing glass, 7^ it increases the strength of the glass
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      557 31 UNISEX HAIR SALON for takeover at Far East Plaza. $35,000 negotiable. Tel: *****43. 58 Other Products/ Services BAD DEBTS. FOR fast efficient service in and out of Singapore, we give full guarantee to collect your outstanding accounts. Call: Sng Debt Collection Services, *****86/ *****95. SHILTON FORWARDERS, SPECIAL airport clearance. $10
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      574 31 I El W'j^Bfir'Y lf y° u nave always had to take S9S M I I LJH time off to attend job interfl IP i E rMR views and .sometimes it is even fl fl w^-«™ not possible, take time to read iLfIS *J w classification 74: an advertiser flfl jm
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      394 31 68 Situations Vacant: Tutorial DEDICATED, EFFECTIVE TUTOR required for 'O' Level student. Must be fully conversant with current syllables and educational policies. Subjects: Maths, Science. English. Morning session. Dist.2os7. Only experience full-time tutors or teachers need apply. Please call Mrs Wong, tel: *****76, after 10.00am. PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS REQUIRED to teach
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      303 31 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SSB9BB urgently requires Secretary Responsibilities: e Handles correspondence independently e Provides general secretarial support e Conduct sales follow-up Minimum Requirements: e Possess Private Secretarial certificate e 2 years secretarial experience e Pleasant personality with courteous telephone manrters e Ability to communicate at all levels We
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      368 31 w biiunTions vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical i rir EMPORIUM HOLDINGS GROUP requires 1) CONFIDENTIAL CLERK (at Oriental Kimisawa Superstore, Hotigang) Bilingual In English and Mandarin. Ability to type at 35 w.p.m. 2) GENERAL CLERKS GCE 'O' level. Knowledge of typing. 3) KEYPUNCH OPERATORS Secondary education. 4) TELEPHONE OPERATOR/ RECEPTIONIST Bilingual In
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      483 31 im situations vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A US Multi-National Company has an immediate vacancy for: DELIVERY CLERK REQUIREMENTS: Completed National i Service i Must be honest and hardworking Must be able to read and understand En- Possess a Class 3 driving licence We offer attractive salary and fringe benefits: fi*j Annual
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      882 32 67 Situations Vacant: 67 Situations Vacant: 67 Situations Vacant: EDP EDP EDP CALAY ASIA is a .Tomt-Venture company between Calay Germany and Scientek Computers Singapore for manufacturing sales and technical support of its proprietary computer aided Calay specialises in PCB design applications who has earned the reputation in fully automatic
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      1203 32 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical '"'"Vgp^y) Singapore r^SCj^" fp We are an established Electronic Pi M Company inviting applications for the g| j» post of:— Ws 11 Requirements: b| if Age 18 and above Wm M GCE O' Level W 1 year's similar experience prefer-
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      664 32 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical j PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO the Bus>. preferably use. good at typing, with some knowledge of Chinese Salary negotiable. Apply office hours 8 Seletar West Farm way 1. of! Jalan Kayu. Singapore 2879 NEW FACTORY AT: 8 Seletar West Farmway 1. Oft Jalan Kayu requires import/
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      488 32 71 Situations vacant: i onudiions va^am. Sales Sales An established engineering firm has immediate vacancies for: SALES REPRESENTATIVES to promote West German made products: Wroughtlock, Wrought iron railing, Wrought iron grilles, etc. Interested please write in with full personal resume, contact telephone number, 1 non-returnable passport size photo and expected
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      617 32 Established Garment Manufacturing Company requires 1. Sales Representative (Female) Experience preferred but not necessary. e Possess Class 3 driving licence/ transport provided. Attractive salary commission will be offered to the successful candidate. 2. SALES PROMOTER (Female) Please come personally for an interview at BLK 79A, #02-406/ 408 INDUS ROAD SINGAPORE
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      552 32 Technical TOSHIBA Toshiba is a MultiNational Corporation manufacturing colour TVs and radio cassette recorders in Singapore Owing to our expansion programme .we have openings for: NTC 2/3 m Electronics Servicing or ITC in Electronic Engineering Age 21 years and above Candidates with NTC--3 qualifications will be appointed as Trouble Shooters
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      357 32 Technical We. a weli-estabhshed printing company invite suitably qualified candidates to apply for the post of: ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN Requirements: Candidates should possess Technician Diploma m Electrical Engineering or Candidates should possess NTC 2 in Electrical Fitting and Installation or Electronics Servicing, with at least 2 years relevant experience Candidates without
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      563 33 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical ==i fSjS) SINGAPORE NATIONAL PRINTERS S^ (PRIVATE) LIMITED CAREER IN PRINTING We are a well established commercial printing firm providing services in computerised typesetting, electronic colour separation. 1 to 4 colour offset printing and bookbinding. In line with
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      325 33 3 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production iC*y H I I XkC j>gr"l I HHBi Wk Hitachi Electronic Devices(S) Pte Ltd I uSbhwe are hwexpandimgJ Due to rapid expansion, our multi-million Colour Television Picture Tubes Manufacturing Company in Jurong has the vacancies for keen and dynamic men who seek
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      362 33 73 Situations Vacant: Production fCHIORIDIBI requires Starting Total Earning Sssso Per Month Starting pay ***** (or higher with relevant experience) Willing to work 3 rotating shifts We pay 556.00 per day for 2nd shift and 556.50 for 3rd shift Those with NTC 3 in Electrical or Mechanical maintenance will 5?
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      394 33 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous "u ORCHARD HOTEL SINGAPORE u~ M/1 JJKIBU 1 itOup Invites applications for the following positions: Clerk Typist Front Office Cashiers Kitchen Helpers Stewards (Dishwashing) Attractive fringe benefits will be offered to successful candidates. Interested applicants please call personally or write in to:
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      369 33 Plastic injection moulding factory requires urgently: 1) SHIFT LEADER (CHINESE) Must be able to work on 3 rotating shifts. At least 3 years' experience. 2) MATERIAL HANDLERS Permanent 2nd shift 3pm to I lpm. Salary $540 p.m. 3) FEMALE MACHINE OPERATORS Permanent morning shift 7am to 3pm. Permanent 3rd shift
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      425 33 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous requires immediately Cook (for the Coffeehouse) (Salary between $500 $675) Security Officer (Salary: $495) Room Clerk/Cashier (Salary: $615) Pleasant personality Minimum 3 GCE 'O' Levels Ability to speak foreign languages will be an advantage Steward (Male Cleaner) (Salary: $505) Elevator Operator (Male) (Salary: $440) Must be
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      543 33 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous GOvBfNCHO s Vfer-OeryJUD Our company with a chain ol exclusive Member's Clubs catering lor higher management executives has the following vacancies: 1) PUBLIC RELATIONS STEWARDESSES Age above 17 27. Daily basic salary $35 and above. e Attractive commission, monthly incentive and yearly bonus, fringe and medical
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      760 33 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous EXPERIENCED DRIVER for Company's Director e Must speak English and possess a clean driving licence Interested applicants please ::ll personally at 111, North Bridge Road #11-02 Peninsula Plaza Singapore 0617 between 10am to 6pm. OFFICE BOY REQUIRED e Able to understand and write English. Commence work
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      380 33 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous URGENTLY REQUIRED AN Office Girl Boj i Preferably i ompleted wanted class 3 Drivers um Delivery Salarj t6oop.m Please apply Bill 151 Ang Mo Klo Avenue 10 in 1757, S'pore-2066 81 Vehicles For Hire Jjfik SUNRISE CAR RENTALS We offer good quality cars and commercial vehicles
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      416 34 Those planning for an overseas \m pjt Q f\ r** Christmas in cold countries, InlicL bu v yourself this jeep with th LXJ C— l snow tyres at classification 95 ilmmiTimfli Sparkling, clean cars in Daily/weekly/monthly/ top form yearly rental Unlimited mileage Special weekend and A choice of self- or
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      359 34 84 Registration Numbers CAR REGISTRATION NUMBER for sale. E9995. $5,000 including transfer fee. Call *****60. PRIVATE REGISTRATION NUMBER 10A, highest offer secures. Call: *****68. Office hours. 85 For Sale: Alfa/ Peutjeot/Volvo 1977 VOLVO 244 DL manual, 1 Q plate owner, dark blue, original paint. Suitable for small company usage. No
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      596 34 86 For Sale: BMW 1983 BMW 5201A. Aircon, radio cassette, silver colour, beautiful number plate: 520', private owner. Reasonable price secures. In showroom condition. Call David Ng: *****5. JAN. 1980, BMW 3231. Excellent condition. Aircond. sports rims, radio, cassette. PARF. $34,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****80/ *****32, Ho. MID 1978 BMW 730A.
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      713 34 I 82 Accessories/ 82 Accessories/ 82 Accessories/, Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance 1 m __(K__h. Yes, your old car stercso, disregard of the brand and condition, we will give you $150/= when you purchase *he i^y_>^\ lastest PANAVOX 'Canada ff// O(iA/\ J~ ■~-™'""-^T«_____i____m oy_f Equipped with Double Loudness, producing deep, rich Bass
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      554 34 87 For Sale: Mercedes '75 MERCEDES 200, manual, non-PARF, expatriate leaving, $10,000. Tel: *****75. 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 2 MONTHS OLD 1.3 Laser, hatchback, 700 km done. Guarantee accident free. Showroom condition. Aircon, radio. Onwer transfer. Price: $23,000 0.n.0. Call at: 193, East Coast Road, during office hours, Singapore-1542. NON-PARF
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      722 34 87 For Sale: Mercedes 87 For Sale: Mercedes 87 For Sale: Mercedes 87 For Sale: Mercedes X MERCEDES-BENZ Why settle for a second hand Mercedes Benz when you can get one Nearly New? A wide range of Mercedes-Benz, almost new reconditioned, thoroughly checked and given the ili Seal of Approval
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      662 34 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan '78 DATSUN 120Y. Full accessories. Tip top condition. $10,900 0.n.0. Loan arrangeable. Tel: *****05. '79 DATSUN 160J SSS. Sports rims, aircon, radio cassette, excellent condition. PARF. $12,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****63 before lpm. '82 NISSAN SUNNY 13 GL, 1 private owner, aircon. radio cassette, tip top condition.
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      655 34 90 For Sale: Toyota COMPANY TOYOTA COROLLA. QEG registration, very good condition. Highest offer secures Tel: 287-9992. DECEMBER 1979 TOYOTA Corolla 1 owner, low mileage, cassette radio, new tax, tip top condition. $15,600. Tel: *****40. JULY 1978 TOYOTA Corona 1600 cc private owner, aircon, radio cassette, tax insurance till June
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      352 34 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi ALMOST 1978 SIGMA 1600 OS. PARF, aircond, radio cassette. sports rims, new carburettor, tax till May '85. excellent condition. 559,800. Tel: *****51 before 12.00pm. *****22 afternoon. 1981 LANCER GSR. Aircond, expensive sports rims and tyres, high power radio cassette, tip top condition. Selling $18,800 Loan available,
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      863 35 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 1979 MITSUBISHI COLT lamer i ion si.. 2nd company owner. aircon., cassette, $i4.:500 0.n.0. Interested call *****37. 1982 MITSUBISHI TREDIA. I owner. 1 600 kx. very beautiful condition, $20,500 0.n.0 Contact Roland *****98 1983 LANCER F 1400 OLX, Single private owner. In excellent condition Highest offer
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      823 35 93 For Sale: Honda mm amm m m^ i^ mm 1 OWNER ALMOST 1079 Honda Civic 1.3 5-door hatchback. PARF Aircon. Selling cheap. *****54. 1977 HONDA CIVIC 3-dOOT. Alrcond, radio cassette, beautiful condition. Price $9,950 0.n.0. Tel: *****2a Robert. 1982 ACCORD (STANDARD). One owner, full accessories, low mileage, accident free.
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      824 35 94 For Sale: Other Makes PORSCHE 924 Special Anniversary Model! Registered January '82, 1 owner. Complete with rear spoiler, turbo rims. Selling $58,000 0.n.0. TEL: *****28 SPECIALLY IMPORTED FULL ACCESSORIES, LUXURIOUS INTERIOR e RX7 Turbo e Toyota Levin Coupe View at: 5/ 7/ 9 JALAN KILANG BARAT NEW SUBARU 5-SPEED
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      2135 35 95 For Sale: 95 For Sale: 95 For Sale: 95 For Sale: Commercial Commercial Commercial Commercial Vehicles Vehicles Vehicles Vehicles It's aVforld Beater! It's just arrivedin Singapore! It's the New Nissan Cabstar .IgpM^iMMaaHr Wlth the Cargo Deck that's IZ i3l WOODEN for durability, IJ§;IBl^ Jnp I FLAT for convenience and
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      569 35 li§ii||*P*> For $6,000 a month you can q| I jxJh^JS&S have a comfortable home and I^P^lilP^l ffjj^ii^lll an enclosed courtyard and a Wt./'.. uij^^m^r^ patio within a 4,000 sq.ft. mai- $Jw<B |l||l l| !if» SjT fj sonette. See classification 106 l§lp I 106 Accomodation 106 Accomodation Available: Houses Available: Houses
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      279 35 2-STOREY FULLY FURNISHED semi-detached houses, 4 bedrooms, with servant's quarters, at Jalan Limau Manis and Jalan Greja. Rental $1,200 and $2,400 respectively. Available immediately. Contact *****88/ *****12. DIST.II HILLCREST PARK, newly painted huge double-storey semi-detached, 3 bedrooms, servant's. Fully furnished. $2,200. Deans Property: *****55. DIST.II MERRYN ROAD, renovated 1-1/2-storey detached,
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      380 35 106 Accomodation Available: Houses PRIME LOCATION ($3,500) bungalows. Kingsmead Road/ Holland Road/ Hillcrest Road/ Merryn Trevose Crescent. 3/ 4 bedrooms Han Boons *****70/ *****12. SEMI-DETACHED SINGLE-STOREY 3-BEDROOMED, furnished/ unfurnished. Seletar Hills/ Serangoon Garden Estate. Contact *****79 No agents. UPPER SERANGOON RENOVATED semi-detached, residential district. Fully furnished (ctv. washing machine, cooker).
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      565 36 106 Accomodation Available: Houses dist 5. faber heights semi-de-tached, central alrcon, partially lurnished S spacious rooms Tel: *****46 *****11 FULLV RENOVATED 2-1/2-STOREY terrace In dial IS. Land area: 4,000 sq.fl sale considered. Call: *****97 HENRY PARK/ JALAN Ampang detached, 1 bedrooms servants.s3.7tK) $4,300 Contact Victor Chla it Partners. *****2H. HILLVIEW
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      753 36 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments It's not only, how well you live, it's where you live. i yflrt/uifff Jl Ideally located, A V>^ zJi^ W 6 just s minutes j~) A/w~ >• Nsa walk from the I*/?/ /j/f j/ Orchard Road i^t^t// rl*
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      636 36 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments OPEN HOUSE i Long or short lease Luxurious apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just off Orchard Road and Scotts Road 3-bedrooms; large lounge; ample parking Furnished or unfurnished Rental from $3,600 per month including service charge Visit our show
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      555 36 CITY AREA APARTMENT for rental. 2 bedrooms, 1.400 sq.ft. and 3 bedrooms. 1,600 sq.ft. Bathrooms attached with aircon. fully furnished. Nearby swimming pool, squash, tennis courts. Reasonable rental. Tel: *****34. DESIGNER FURNISHED APARTMENTS: Miramar Mansion/ Pandan Valley. 4 bedrooms, condominium facilities. $3,500 negotiable. Distinctive: *****15/ *****66. *****33 ext. 116 (anytime).
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      856 36 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments 515T.11 KHEAM HOCK Road, :>raiirl new exclusive townlouses, 3 bedrooms, partially furnished, tully aircond. pool securities. $3,500. Call 2951H28 !944fi50 (agent). 315T.5 west coast Road Brand iew 3-bedroomed condominium jvith sea view. Tennis, .squash ind .swimming facilities. Near Japanese high school Call *****08 (Una 315T.9 CAIRNHILL
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      859 36 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments DIST. II NEAR NEWTON brand new luxurious 3-bedroomed condominium, pool squash $1,800. Voiit; lonii Enterprises, *****77/ *****75. DIST. II3O, FURNISHED 3-BED-ROOMED apartment, well furnished, with airconditioner Rental SI. IOO to 51. 500 Call *****59 *****11. DIST. II3O GILSTEAD ROAD 2-bed-roomed flat Partially furnished Restful, private environment,
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      812 36 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments 3-BEDROOMED APARTMENT WAN Tho Avenue, dist 1334 Unfurnished Rental S9OO p.m inclusive maintenance charges and private carpark Tel: *****12 8, RIVER VALLEY Close. '09-30, Pacific Mansion 3 bedrooms bathrooms, furnished. 11,400 Immediate occupation Tel: *****49' *****59. CITIPORT PENTHOUSE OPPOSITE World Trade Centre, 3 bedrooms, partly furnished,
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      571 36 108 Accommodtion Available: Rooms FURNISHED AND AIRCOND Rooms with baths attached Has big garden. Rood quiet environment and near Jurong, Pol> and NUS Wciuld like to rent to respectable Chinese, single couple Rental $450 and $500 p.m Cleaning and laundry services r.,n be ar ranged Interested parties call *****67 KATONG
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      780 37 108 Accommodtion Available: Rooms FURNISHED ROOM OFF M u I'hti son Road, neai bus stops tor students working singles couples Tel *****15 *****93 FURNISHED 4-BEOROOMED AT JOO Chlat M2O p.m tree access to kitchen, hall, phone, tv. rrtdge Milm Ong *****05. FURNISHED/ UNFURNISHED rooms. Hats, apartments available m various districts
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      638 37 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses To be held at:- e| The British Council Theatrette Q Basement, Singapore Rubber House, m 14, Collyer Quay, Singapore 0104. B 1) 9 Amber Gardens #03-15 m Maryland Park Block D *?j Singapore, 1543 (MK 25 Lot 3392/U3B) H Title: Freehold Dl
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      632 37 113 For Sale: Houses Call Wayfoong for Fast approvals on loans Competitive rates Friendly, efficient service Waytoong Mortgage and Finance (S) Ltd A wholly -owned subsidiary ot e Hongkong Bank 6 Claymore Hill »03-00 i Claymore Plaza Singapore 0922 a. < SELLING BELOW MARKET VALUED! District 16 Exclusive Residential Estate
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      565 37 113 For Sale: Houses DON'T MISSI CHEAP Offer, dist.ls, double-storey semi-detached (new), 5700 sq.ft. 4 plus 2 bedrooms, attached bathrooms, good facing Owner must sell! $600,000 secures. Hap Seng *****58. BUNGALOW AT SEMI-DETACHED price. Dist. 2l Clementi Park. 3 bedrooms, servant's. 6.400 sq.ft. Split-level, Freehold. $680,000 negotiable. Standard Properties: *****11.
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      773 37 113 For Sale: Houses DIST.I9 SERANGOON GARDEN semi-detached. 3 bedrooms. Away from main road. Close to shopping area. $2,800/ $340,000. Holland Housing *****79 DIST.I9 TAI HWAN vicinity dou-ble-storey terrace, 3 bedrooms/ servant's. 2.400 sq.ft. Freehold. Good orientation. $445,000. *****28/ *****29/ *****88 (Agent). DIST.2O. DOUBLE-STOREY CORNER terrace, near to Yaohan and
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      575 37 414 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private n* r-or baie: private Apartments Apartments Apartments I CHUflM 9flßK sr^ll 1 JL-^-J^l^l Chuan Park is the 4^rJ resort.^ home you have H Chuan Park a high-class B condominium located at i Thomson/Braddell Road H^lo 0 H •NearMRT Station. Easy transportation. y
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      542 37 114 ror saie: rovaie Apartments SUFFOLK APARTMENTS FOR SALE/ LEASE Fully furnished unfurnished 4 bedrooms apartment with swimming pool, squash court Interested please telephone *****18 yong~an~park condominium^ Eugenia (Type T) 1,722 «q.(t. With 3 bedrooms and maid s amenities on Bth floor I :r-t class development with quality finishes and
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      267 38 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Buying a home Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently n i/<v Up
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      79 38 DIST.S WESTVALE 3 bedrooms mail one! te fa< ln( pool 1,950 n {420,000 Han B ons *****70. DIST.B 698 RANGOON Road, walk-up apartment, 3 bedrooms. 1,200 sq.tt. $180,000. Tel: *****88 FAIRWAYS CONDO. NEAR K. ppel club, l-bedroom apartment, split-level living dining. 905 sq.ft $240,000. Tel: 253-7188. GOOD BUY!! Hoon TeclJ
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      283 38 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Exciting Lifestyle \*sS£*7 of the East Coast. V<<*7 Anchor Gardens, 2 splendid blocks of modern Condominium along Upper East Coast Road. 4 units on 4 Storey newly built apartments with private lift. Top quality finishes, built-in wardrobes and Kitchen cabinet.
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      194 38 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments SELLING CHEAP! 3-ROOM HDB, Commonwealth Drive 81k.52, $23,000. Holland Drive Blk.ll, terrazzo throughout, wall tiles, $39,000. 3-room corner (much bigger) Marine Terrace, facing sea, hall marble, rooms terrazzo, kiu hen cabinets, kitchen terrazzo, $50,000. Tel: *****2/ *****8. HURRY! 2 ROOM HDB, Commonwealth Crescent 81k.109. Tanglin
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      389 38 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments FARRER ROAD, OFF St. Margaret School Nanyang <;iris' School 3-room Mat. No common corridor, fully renovated. $49,000. Tel: *****93 (Agent) HDB POINT BLOCK, 4-roomed at Syed Alwi Road. Walking distance to shopping centres, cinemas and market. Highest offer above $83,000 call Billy. 45H1122. MACPHERSON ESTATE.
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      733 38 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments CLEMENTI PURE 4-ROOMED new generation Avenue 4. Terrazzo Flooring. $73,000 (negotiable). DTPS *****30 *****01. DEPOT ROAD 4-ROOMED Blk 111. lower floor. Peaceful, quiet .surroundings Selling SHO.OOO Call: *****01. EUNOS CRESCENT, 8LK. 14 sroomed, high flour, terrazzo throughout, kitchen cabinets, $108,000 negotiable. *****11. FIVE-ROOMED POINT Blk-221
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      409 38 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces If rfSSft Choice IrV^r)) Commercial/ y_— .> *2 s^g^djj Industrial iflbftrf B [^PACEIORIEASr] |j||| 8 r s»^ Si If. cum workshop wl^ n o fg" or e y §§j| Jf_>* w e o C rkshop a and a side office jgj|j| TSuilt-up area: 1.811
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      214 38 JTC FLATTED FACTORY cum office about 2,000 sq.ft. on groundfloor, in lower delta Road, is available for immediate rental. Ring: *****55/ 6 for further details. RUBY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX -06-07. 1305 sq.ft. Rental: $1.20 p.s.f. Suitable for warehouse cum office. Tel: *****41. TONG LEE BUILDING 2820 sq.ft. for sale. $125 p.s.f.
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      480 38 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces ~m, tfJNOSfIHH Warehouse. Strategic location Eunos Link/Airport Full tire protection Link system Mechanical dock Immediate occupation levellers Special concessionary Forklifts are accessible rent for long term lease to all units Canteen on ground Office space can be floor included 12 loading/unloading 24-hour
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      204 38 121 For Rent: Office Spaces A~ OFFICE CUM FLAT available at BUKfT TIMAH SHOPPING I CENTRE I Area: 1741 sq.ft. 1819 sq. ft. Please call L«W HOLDINGS PTE. LTD TEL: *****55 883 sq ft 1283 sq ft 1752 sq ft 3670 sq ft Rental below $2.50 psf Free Fitting-Out period
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      542 39 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ 119 W r r^° u rM Storage Spaces Storage Spaces Storage Spaces storage spaces spi Convenient Location. Located close to the Pan-island Expressway, intrepid 1 _Jss m 1 warehouse complex has easy access to Reasonably priced Changl Airport. Jurong and the PSA. with financing
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      451 39 121 For Rent: Office Spaces (^STRAITS TRADING^ BUILDING Battery Road 3rd storey 2.468 sq.ft. 4th »tor«y 795 •q.ft. Sth storsy 817 sq.ft. 7th storey 529 sq.ft. 9th storey 1.092 sq.ft. 9th storey 855 sq.ft. 11th storey 674 sq.ft. 14th storey 1,099 sq.ft. 16th storey 1,094 sq.H. 19th storey 825 sq.ft.
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      352 39 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces I PRIME RAFFLES PLACE LOCATION I •MAGNIFICENT SEA-VIEW PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT I ©ONLY $3.00 psf per mth. Call Alice Lam/Richard Tel: *****2^ PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE, 9th floor. «09-14. Corner unit with windows. 420 sq.ft. Tel: *****82. SHENTON VICINITY- 200 sq ft.,
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      341 39 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces PRIME LOCATION SHOP SPACES FOR RENT LUCKY PLAZA Shops 205 667 sq.ft. FAR EAST PLAZA Shops 313 620 sq.ft. ORCHARD PLAZA Shops 217 392 sq.ft. FAR EAST SHOPPING CENTRE Shops 161 1,561 sq.ft. KAUTY WORLD PLAZA Shops 291 1,432 sq.ft. ORCHARD SHOPPING CENTRE Shop space
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      612 39 123 For Sale: 123 For Sale: 123 For Sale: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces Shop Spaces |||§StreeTJ| Prime shops of various floor areas for lease or sale w All trades will do well here Book early limited units available Cuppage Plaza Food Street is located at booming Cuppage Road Pedestrian Mall.
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      321 39 127 Other Real Estate DIST. IO VACANT LAND on hill top, planning approved for 2-1/2-storey bungalow. 20,000 sq ft. freehold. Good view. $1.95m. *****97. 135 Air Travel HAADYAI 3/4 DAYS TOUR $399 DEP: 20, 23, 25, 30 DEC 1 JAN ONEWAY BY AIR $169 RETURN BY AIR $320 PHYA (S)
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      307 39 137 Tours NEW YEAR SPECIAL TOURS 2D3N Fraser's Hill by coach Dep. 28/12/84 $149 e 3D4N Fraser's Genting by coach Dep. 29/12/84 $199 3D4N Genting by coach Dep. 29/12/84 $179 NEW SHAN TRAVEL SERVICE City Plaza, Geylang Road #01-09/10 Tel: *****33 TAIO6 M I irAMj.n m |jl[!-|iiiHTTiii jjEj^jtiyi'lTHi 138 Where
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      472 39 147 Academic MotMiiK) Afternoon f wnuig Si'ssh ms (oi S< it nc >• An 8, ('i>mmi Streams Full Part Time Classes Commencing on January Sec 4 S3O foi the Ist mth Prf u S4O forth* l*t mth Dt'teriiHTi! from National Scivii f .nut jppiii ation on Student Passes i an
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      1121 40 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours I #NAM HO J TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD. With us, you'll «njoy these extras Ist class hotels Good meals, mostly grand dinners Extensive itinerary coverage Guaranteed flight departures, direct flights Friendly bilingual guides. So book earty to avoid disappointments! VALUEFOR MONEY HOLIDAYS §5
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      702 40 137 Tours 1 3 7 Tours 137 Tours I TRAVEL THE ORIENT WITH DINERS HOLIDAYS UNBEATABLE VALUE Japan (Tue/Thu/Sat) Hong Kong Philippines/ 8D SAPPORO HOLIDAYS- ***** Thailand Special Dep: sth 7th Feb 85 80 HONG KONG/MACAU (Mon) 8-1 1 D JAPAN DISNEYLAND EXPRESS- -$1505 -fromS226B 3D PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG/MACAU 10-13D ALL
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      511 40 150 Commercial/ Technical Prepare yourself for an exciting and interesting career m the business world -as a receptionist cum telephonist Stamford now offers a special 14-week intensive course that includes m the syllabus Typing Book Keeping An introduction to the Modem Business Environment Human Public Relations Charm Personality In addition,
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      791 40 17 Tours 137 Tours Sakura Delights Disneyland Bullet Train All Japan/ Okinawa/ All Kyushu Kagoshima/ Miyazaki/ Beppu Sugmoi Palace Hotel/ Mt Aso/Kumamoto/99 Amakusa islands/ Pearl Line s Bndges/Nagazaki/Fukuoka/Osaka/Nara/Kyoto/ Tokyo/ Mt Fujs/ Hakone/ Atami /Bullet -Tram /Tokyo Disneyland /Korea /Seoul/Taiwan/Hong Kong/Bangkok 11/17/20/22 Days. 1 1 17 Days from *****0/5531 50 '11/1/85.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements
      109 42 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family of The Late: MR. WOO CHEONG PAU WOO WEI SOON MDM LOW FATT THYE MR. WOO NUAM CHEOW (RONALD) MR. WOO NAM KHIONG wishes to express their deep appreciation to Dr. Tony Tan, Minister for Finance Minister for Trade Industry; Mr. Lee
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      383 42 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths NAM WAH BATTERY CO. (PTE) LTD. MANAGING DIRECTOR TAN WAH TIONG AGE: 67 Passed away peacefully on 19th Dec. 1984 leaving behind beloved. > WIFE: WEE GUEK TIN SON: 808 TAN BENG CHIN j DAUGHTER: MAY TAN BI XiANG DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: SUSAN TAN CHOONG GEK
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      47 42 TAY KIN LAI Age 37 Passed away on 15th December 1984, leaving behind: Beloved Wife: Mdm Tan Ellen Sons: Daniel Tay Wei Jong Mark Tay Wei Klen Daughter: Celina Tay Geok Pel God-daughter: Ong Hul Sien For information of funeral arrangements please call *****19/ *****00.
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      184 In Memoriam
      69 42 In Everloving Memory of Jerome Soo-Tho Siu Onn Departed: 21/12/79 Time will never erase memories of the moments we shared. Fondly remembered by. Wife Phing Yue Ching, Josephine Children Doris Margaret Lyinda Janey In Loving Memory Of BERNARD TAN KIAN HONG Pt.23: 'The Lord is my Shepherd.'
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      526 42  - Lovencare moves fluently LUCKY LEO ON THE TRACK with LOVENCARE, with J.F. Heng astride, still had plenty in reserve after striding out faultlessly over 600 m in 42.3 sec at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. The going has improved to yielding, but fast work was again confined to the sand track.
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      467 42 Jeep's mail LOONSHIANG V, Entertainment X, Siapa Rajah IV, Keep Going V, Camberly 11, Wonderful Surprise 111, Tien An Mun IV, Regal Tan II and Ten Hugs n. These are some of the horses racing at the moment renamed after classic winners of the past. So I
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      145 42 LONDON, Thurs. Top steeplechaser Burrough Hill Lad looks set to meet Wayward Lad, the only other horse seemingly capable of giving him a race at level weights, for the second time this month at Kompton Park on Dec 26. But the sport's "Big
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      107 43 INJURIES IN ITALY MILAN, Thurs. English soccer international Mark Hateley suffered another setback yesterday when he learnt he would miss AC Milan's Italian League fixture at Ascoli this Sunday. Hateley suffered bruises on his right knee, on which he underwent a cartilage operation last month, during
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      54 43 NAPLES, Thurs. Argentinian Diego Maradona, the world's most expensive footballer, may miss Napoli's crucial match against Italian League champions Juventus in Turin on Sunday after pulling a thigh muscle during training, Maradona is expected to have intensive medical treatment before deciding whether to declare himself unavailable. AFP
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      66 43 ROME, Thurs. Roma's Brazilian footballer Paolo Roberto Falcao, troubled by a lingering knee injury, left here yesterday for the United States, where he will be examined by a specialist. Falcao, who scored in Roma's 2-1 win over Napoli last Sunday, said he thought the problem was not
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      91 43 LONDON, Thurs. Internationals Mark Lawrenson and Kenny Dalglish could return to the Liverpool line-up for tomorrow's English Football League Division One televised game at Queens Park Rangers. Defender Lawrenson has missed two games with a hamstring injury and striker Dalglish was a lastminute withdrawal from last
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      Big blow in Athens for Greece
      507 43 Belgium force goalless draw ATHENS, Thurs. Greece's hopes of reaching the World Cup soccer finals in Mexico sagged further when they could only draw 0--0 with Belgium in a European Group One qualifying game here yesterday. Greece, who lost to Poland in October, have
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      462 43 UN condemn English rugby union UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. A UNITED NATIONS body cited the English Rugby Football Union (ERFU) yesterday as the most serious violator of UN resolutions against apartheid in sports for sending their national team to South Africa earlier this year. The body also said Britain had been
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      142 43 BELFAST, Thurs. Barry McGuigan knocked out Clyde Ruan to retain his European and British featherweight boxing titles last night. The talented Northern Irishman wound up an outstandingly successful year with as good a left hook as he has ever thrown to dump Ruan on
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      Lock icon One for all and all four won
      359 44 Team work was the key to Swede success GOTHENBURG, Thurs. Hosts Sweden's 4-1 victory over the United States in the Davis Cup tennis final was a triumph of teamwork and a tribute to the country's national training programme. It also owed much to
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      England look ahead
      241 44 4 What separates the best players from the others is how they use the skills. It's like learning to drive. You have to be taught the basic mechan- ics first. Sexton (right) LILLESHALL (England), Thurs. For 90 minutes every day in the heart of the English countryside,
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      237 44 "I cannot promise we will discover an army of internationals this experiment has never been tried before," said Robson. "I just hope that careful selection and good grooming will produce exceptionally good players." Only recently, with convincing victories over Finland and Turkey
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      Lock icon 'Gentleman Tim' turns villain
      219 44 'Gentleman Tim' turns villain ADELAIDE, Thurs. Second seeded "Gentleman Tim" Mayotte, of the United States, was fined US$B5O ($2,193) after an outburst in his secondround match against Englishman Jonathan Smith in the South Australianmen's Open tennis championships today. Dubbed "Gentleman Tim' by the British Press last year, Mayotte won the
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      Lock icon Gilad blooms in Bowl
      66 44 MIAMI BEACH, Thurs. Unseeded Gilad Bloom, of Israel, ripped fourth-ranked Jaime Izaga, of Peru, 6-1, 6-1 in the boys' Under-18 division of the 38th annual Orange Bowl international tennis championships here yesterday. In another major upset, unseeded Augustin Moreno, of Mexico, rallied from an opening-set loss
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      Pair get the nod for Seoul
      150 45  - Pair get the nod for Seoul PETER SIOW By THE Singapore Taekwondo Federation have given thetr approval for featherweight Chua Tiat Siong's ancj lightweight Teo Boon Kiat's training stint in Seoul next month. The pair will leave for the South Korean capital on New Year's Day. They will train at
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      Singapore ensure full participation
      288 45 Pesta Sukan Merdeka: SNOC confirm list for all 11 sports SINGAPORE will compete in all 11 sports at the Pesta Sukan Merdeka in Brunei from March 24 to 31. The Singapore National Olympic Council yesterday confirmed the Republic's entry by number (188 147 competitors and 41
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      189 45 LE MANS (France), Thurs. The Le Mans 24-hour endurance race may have been staged for the last time. Organisers said yesterday the race was facing serious financial problems because of lower attendances and heavy taxes. Race official Jean-Marc Desnus disclosed that next year's race, scheduled
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      114 45 Flash back on the respirator MANILA, Thurs. Doctors unsuccessfully attempted to wean cancerstricken Filipino boxing great Gabriel "Flash" Elorde off the respirator as he entered his sixth day in hospital today. The 49-year-old former world champion was "gasping for breath" when the respirator was removed last night, prompting them to
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      Lock icon Olajuwon takes shine off Jordan
      237 45 Olajuwon takes shine off Jordan AMERICAN SPORT NEW YORK, Thurs. It was the first time the National Basketball Association's premier rookies Michael Jordan and Akeem Olajuwon had sparred as professionals and the decision was Olajuwon by a knockout. The two-metre Houston centre scored 13 of his 24 points in the
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      560 45 THE Football Association of Malaysia competitions committee have decided to recommend to the FAM Council for a change in next year's Merdeka Cup soccer tournament structure. The committee felt that the FAM should invite three top European clubs together with five other Asian countries in addition to the
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      413 46 4 Each country will get back what we billed them for. This includes accommodation and other expenses. ..The Olympic surplus, which belongs to the United States, was generated by the world. The sum of (US)s6.Bm is insignificant when compared with the total profit. Ueberroth
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        313 46  - A Lawrence broadside for the SRU HAKIKAT RAI By SINGAPORE rugby has wallowed in the mud for too long. And the only way out, according to Lawrence Hoh, whose links with the sport goes back 30 years, is a massive face-lifting job. The College of Physical Education lecturer says the
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        104 46 Suggestions to make game safer LONDON, Thurs. The English Rugby Union are proposing two major law changes to try and make the game safer. They have been introduced at Under-19 level in England already, but the ERU are to put them forward for consideration by the international board in Paris
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      Lock icon Move to patch up row in Test team
      330 46 NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Indian Cricket Board have summoned captain Sunil Gavaskar and star all-rounder Kapil Dev to a meeting on Saturday in an attempt to defuse a damaging row in the Test team. Board president N. K. Salve said the meeting
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      172 46 Marks steals the march for England GAUHATI (India), Thurs. Inspired off-spin bowling by Vic Marks put England's cricketers in a strong position on a turning pitch against East Zone here today. Marks snapped up three wickets in nine deliveries and finished with four for 48 as East Zone were skittled
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      Lock icon Greenidge likely to miss Test
      97 46 Greenidge likely to miss Test MELBOURNE, Thurs. West Indian cricketer Gordon Greenidge may miss the Fourth Test against Australia because of a viral infection. Assistant manager Cammie Smith confirmed that opening batsnrtan Greenidge has a sore throat and has been unable to eat. Injured fast bowlers Michael Holding and Winston
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      The Lions go Marching on
      338 47 Joe Dorai on the soccer scene 4 THE committee considered our requests and have obliged us. It will benefit all concerned and we're very grateful for the committee's a assistance. FAS executive secretary Steven Tan left) Singapore's re-scheduled ties March 10: versus Negri Sembilan in
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    • MALAYSIA CUP... ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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        136 47 KELANTAN's Anizan Daud is out of next season's Malaysia Cup and the fate of skipper Yassin Mohammad Noor will be known on Monday. A knee injury which has been causing endless problems to the former international left-winger will reduce him to a spectator's role when the season
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        74 47 KEDAH sent the Penang Cup squad back to the drawing board when they won 3-0 in a friendly match at Penang's City Stadium on Wednesday night. Striker Rahman Tasu scored all the goals after capitalising on Penang's defensive slips. The defence was a big setback in the
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        68 47 INTERNATIONAL midfielder Azizul Abu Hanlfah, whose absence caused Perak's Cup squad anxious moments, surprised the team by showing up for training on Tuesday. Azizul, whose absence from the month-long centralised training triggered speculation that he was leaving the State, worked out with the 22-man squad,
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        74 47 BRUNEI, who took a battering in their last Cup campaign when they finished second last, are undergoing a major change. Seven of their regulars, including skipper for the past three years Pengiran Tajuddin and veteran goalkeeper Ali Ismail, have opted out of the squad in
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        84 47 PLAYERS dropped from Sarawak's squad will be given a second chance. Sarawak FA president Datuk Amar Hamdan Sirat said they will make up a state back-up that will serve as a feeder to the state squad. Announcing the final squad of 23, he said that a
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        89 47 THE deadline for the registration of players for the coming Cup season has been extended to Wednesday five days after the closing date. All participating teams have been warned by the FA of Malaysia Competitions Committee to register by the date or face the consequences. "Of
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      Double-header
      214 47 WHAT a "glorious" start the National Football League will have next year, kicking off on the same day that Singapore are due to play the North Koreans in their World Cup campaign at Kallang. Was the Jan 19 date an oversight by the organisers or did the Football Association
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      Warning: Register or get the boot
      91 47 THE Singapore Business Houses Football league have threatened to ban 12 affiliates from next year's competition for not submitting their players' registration forms. SBHFL secretary K. S. Manickam said that the affiliates had not responded despite two reminders and now stand the risk of
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      Asia light up in fine style
      504 47 Hakikat Rai on basketball's Commercial Cup Three-prong attack earns entry to final ASIA ELECTRIC flowed into the final of the tournament with a 74-58 win over Tai Hua Food in the men's semifinal match at the Gay World Stadium last night. The pace was
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      28 46 TODAY'S EVENTS BASKETBALL Anchor Beer Commercial Cup semi-finals (Gay World Stadium, 7.30 and 9 p.m.). HOCKEY Frtendlv: National Squad v State Bank of India (Farrer Park, 5.30 p.m.).
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    643 48 Majority say that 1999 target can be achieved Male plumber, 55 Certainly, yes. At present, the w production rate is high and m workers are hardworking and efficient. Male shopkeeper, 38 4 Children are learning higher technology and advanced sciences. They A should achieve this vision. 7 Female teacher, 24
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    176 48 Unesco pullout: US confirms decision WASHINGTON, Thurs. The United States has confirmed its withdrawal from Unesco at the end of 1984, saying reform of the Parisbased UN agency had not gone far enough to satisfy the Reagan administration. Mr Gregory Newell, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organisation Affairs, said
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    355 48 Soviets will foil any Star Wars defence LONDON, Thurs. Soviet Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev has reportedly indicated that if the United States goes ahead with its "Star Wars" space defence system against missiles, Moscow will not try to copy it but will adopt methods to penetrate it. Mr Gorbachev, now
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    28 48 MOSCOW, Thurs. A record low of -35° Celsius was recorded on Tuesday night in the southern region of the Soviet central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan. AFP
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    30 48 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 7.73 to 1,215.77 in the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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    92 48 Woman regains voice after 12 years SYDNEY, Thurs. AH Marie Heffernan wanted for Christmas was her voice back. And 12 years after she suddenly went silent after eating her mother's Christmas padding, her wish has come true. Eight weeks ago, 25--year-old Marie developed a sore throat. A coughing fit produced
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      Developers sit and wait
      792 1  -  ILENE ALESHIRE Few buyers and depressed prices developers are cutting back supply of private houses and flats By Landscope Edited by ILENE ALESHIRE 6 Even if the developer is foolhardy, the bankers won't support him. 9 Mr Teo Tong Wah, a director of Tong Eng Brothers
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        Compromise on building codes
        693 2 AT A RECENT seminar organised by the Construction Industry Development Board, it was pointed out that architects and developers often find it difficult to design and build within the limits of present building codes. This was especially so for modern, multi-million dollar and multi-purpose complexes. An
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        Waiting time for HUDC flats reduced by half
        362 2  - Waiting time for HUDC flats reduced by half MATHEW YAP Flat talk By DESPITE a pick-up in the demand for HUDC flats in the last six •months, the waiting time for applicants has been cut by as much as 50 per cent over last year. This is because 2,400 HUDC
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        Old apartments, but with new fittings
        178 2 Coming Up THEY look new but the three-bedroon apartments in OXLEY GARDEN are actually about 20 years old. Owner Hin Giap and Company Pte Ltd has refurbished the interiors of all the 46 walk-up apartments in Oxley Rise with new tiles, sanitary fixtures and
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        New wing for a new image
        1134 4  - New wing for a new image IRENE HOE There's enough room under its roof for about 120 four-room HDB fiats. That's a total of about 11,150 sq m of floor space on five floors, which will make Tangs the largest single store here when the whole of the new wing
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        A-tissue! and the cold disappears
        371 4  -  CHRISTINE DOYLE By in Washington TENSION grew in the closely-knit group of poker-playing students. For 12 hours, 20 students had shuffled cards, gathered chips and watched their "fortunes" wax and wane. But there was more at stake than money. Eight students with colds sniffled and
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        Of 'pancake' days
        833 5  -  MAY HO By A beauty consultant who retired after four decades in the business is making a comeback. She compared trends, past and present, in the business. WHEN beauty consultant Anna Sim started her career 42 years ago, she had a tough time selling the concept of
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        The wanderer who designs ethnic jewellery
        557 5  -  M AGO ALENE LUM By HE'S got the gypsy in him. Ethnic jewellery designer Richard Ivanoff, 34, left his native France in the early 1970s to travel to the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. Today, more than a decade since he set out
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        1523 6 The linear camel Safire on language 6 'People who think linearly get frustrated by that,' says Miss Switzer. 'They're afraid of change. They camel an idea to death.' 4 Linear thinkers, muses the inspirationalist, rarely shout 'Eureka!' In that use, linear paperback). 4 The question is: Is calling someone a
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        671 8  -  WILLIAM INN AN By in Texas 6 Mosquitoes breed in the fields, then follow the lights to the big cities. Nowadays, the suburbs are expanding to the fields. In Houston and Beaumont (Texas), the bugs can practically walk to work. JIM OLSON heads a
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      1512 13 APPOINTMENTS Y METROPOLITAN TRAVEL SERVICE PTE LTD A fast expanding travel agency invites applications for the following positions:SALES EXECUTIVES Minimum 2 years experience in airline or travel agency sales or servicing. Those with sales experience in other related field may also apply TICKETING OFFICERS Minimum 2 years experience in airline
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      258 13 NOTICES BY ORDER OP THE LOGISTICS DIVISION MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, SINGAPORE VUTOR MORRIS PTE LTD i WUI Sell By Public Auction 1 To Be Held At Bnildlng 5», Lee Building Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Pays Lebar Airport, i Singapore 1953 on Friday, December 28, 1984 commencing at 11.45 a.m. Auction
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      1558 13 CANTEEN TENDER Tenders for Canteen Caterer are invited by a newly established cocoa processing facility located in Jurong with a workforce of about 200 to manage and service its company's canteen. The selected caterer must be able to provide: Daily catering services for 3 rotating shift employees Chinese, muslim and
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      619 13 IN THK HIGH COI RT OF THK REPUBLIC OK SINGAPORE Companies Wlnding-l p No. 382 of 1984 In the Matter of the Companies Art, Cap. 185 And In the Matter of BOOTS SADDLE CUB PTE LTD. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding-Up of
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      651 14 NOTICES MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIPB and PWD Registered Contractors (or the following: DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT (I) Minor Drainage Works in the Republic of Singapore Rnr: TEN(ENV>OB/84/47 Restricted to Contractors in Civil Engineering all classes. (II) The Supply of Low-Loaders/Trailers on Hire for the Transportation
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      758 14 -<*«- PUBLIC UTILITIES V^/ BODRD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the following: 1 Supply of fibreglass coated steel drums Eligibility: Registered Contractors in Supply (j) Miscellaneous Articles all classes and Specially Registered Contractors* 2 Supply of high speed hacksaw blades Eligibility: Registered Contractors in Supply (j) Miscellaneous Articles all
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      774 14 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from PWD and CIDB Registered Contractors for the following -(A) SOS 78 83 Engineering Survey and Investigation, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Interchange at Pan Island Expressway Jurong Town Hall Road (B) CQS/63/84 Construction of Junior College at Tampines New Town (C) COS 64
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      858 14 NOTICE INSURANCE ACT (CHAPTER 193) UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON LIMITED a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Public Limited Company, hereby give notice that with effect from 31st December 1984 they will cease to issue new policies or to renew existing policies and they have applied to
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      348 14 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Comj missioning of the following Tender No: E.629/84 20 UNITS j ELECTRONIC COUNTER 10 UNITS 8085-BASED SYSTEM DESIGN j TRAINER BOARD I 30 UNITS DUAL I TRACKING REGULATED DC I POWER SUPPLY 31 UNITS 4% DIGIT DIGITAL
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      597 14 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Tenders are invited for the supply at 1 1 00 am on date shown against the items: 1. FIBRE LIGHT HEADLAMP, SURGERY Tender No HQMS/SP/ 42/84(T) Closing Date: 1 1 -I -85 Tender Deposit: $250.00 2. CASE, FIRST AID KIT Tender No: HQMS/SP/ 43/84(D Closing Date: 1
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      979 15 I Tender Notice mm Tenders are invited for— S I BUILDING fl| Tender No. AMBfr/84/076— Construction of the proposed lift shaft at |ff| t W& Queens town Telephone Exchange at 2, Stirling Road, Singapore 031 4 jjiS Eligibility: Registered Contractors— Class C& D gam (Relevant Categories) Wm tjmg Non-registered Contractors—
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      488 15 NOTICE ■<- HHHHHa t)oaooa nHnaTa irxxxxl rnTOTTj £oCostl Underneath View End View Iran tEffIJH aILBOiCMLEEDj Side View Fragmentary Section Fragmentary Section On Line X X On Line Y Y Notice is hereby given that lonhow Industries Pte. Ltd. ol No. 90. Eunos Avenue 7. Singapore 1440 are the registered proprietors
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      1287 22 A look at events of the year THE WORLD 1984 (English) (Ch 12, 8 p.m.): The round-up looks at such major events as: PRIME Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination; PRESIDENT Reagan's re-election; STARVATION in Ethopia THE grandeur of the Olympics in Los Angeles. Closer to home, the programme focuses on: BRUNEI'S
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      77 22 Pick of the day Tamil versions of this documentary will be telecast on Sunday. FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE 810 LOBO (Chs, 11.51 p.m.): An exciting train robbery starts off this rambling Civil War-era story with John Wayne as a colonel on the trail of stolen gold and two traitors. His investigations
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      189 22 EVENING AT THE BALLET AND OPERA DANCER (LAST EPISODE); AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (Ch 12, H.15 p.m.): The first segment concludes the profile of the presenter of the series, Peter Schaufuss, one of today's great male dancers. Schaufuss suffered an injury in 1976 but retrained his muscles and danced
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      71 22 SBC 12 8.00 PM Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The World 1984 (English) (See Pick of the Day) 8.55 Bits and Bytes: A look at the computer as an instructional aid and how "Eliza" works. The limits of artificial intelligence are also discussed. 10 15 Evening at the Ballet
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      365 22 SBC 5 2.25 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Pages 9.45 Remington Steele Steele Eligible (Malay subti--2.55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by ties): Steele is honoured when he is listed in a The Passenger (Mandarin/r) magazine as one of the five most eligible 4.20 Kidsworld: Today's edition features a 14-year-old
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      469 23  - Movie king who reigned to the end CHONG WING HONG By This is a tribute ot Cheong Ying, the versatile actor who, for 47 years until his death last week, charmed countless fans with his many roles AT A hospital in Toronto, Canada, last Saturday, actor Cheong Ying $feJ* died
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      279 23  -  TNG SOK CHNG By MKRRY CHRISTMAS Udeon Katong, Jurong Drive-in, Majestic, Broadway, Bedok, Regal, (»ala, Leisnre-drome, Kong Chlan and Venus Midnight tonight and tomorrow at Jurong Drive-in, Majestic, Odeon Katong, Broadway, Bedok, Regal, Gala and Kong Chian. Sunday morning at Majestic, Broadway, Bedok,
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        934 24  -  YAO SOUCHOU CHINESE CLASSICAL MYTHS Edited and translated by Jan and Yvonne Walls Joint Publications Hongkong, 1984 134 pages Hardcover: $18, softcover: $12.50 Reviewed by Books THE title of this interesting book is somewhat misleading. What are referred to as "classical Chinese
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