The Straits Times, 23 February 1985

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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  • 303 1 4,000 community leaders are guests of new Cabinet TODAY'S informal get-together at the Istana between members of the new Cabinet and about 4,000 representatives from community organisations underscores the determination of Government leaders to build rapport with the electorate. The occasion is unprecedented for these reasons:
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  • 219 1 IF YOU were one of the thousands of people who visited the Istana grounds on the second day of the Lunar NewYear, you might have seen President Devan Nair. He was not in formal dress, but mai.v of you would have had
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  • 491 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN By CANDIDATES in the last general election spent a total of $607,511. The amount was spent by 130 candidates before, during and after the hustings last December. On average, each candidate spent more than 40 cents for every voter in an electorate
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  • 307 1 MRS YU-FOO YEE SHOON, the MP for Yuhua, likes a sweet smelling telephone. When she was the PAP candidate contesting the constituency in the last general election, she spent part of a $155 bill to buy a spray for her telephone. This
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  • 105 1 Why it has been so hot THE weather for the past few days has been hot during the day and warm at night because the North-east Monsoon has slackened. A spokesman for the Meteorological Services Department said the lack of rainfall since Feb 17 has also contributed to higher daily
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  • 59 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusuiraatmadja said he would visit Vitlnam in the next few days to find out if it is ready to discuss a Cambodian solution with Asean. ''I have asked Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach to ensure that during my visit,
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    • 65 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. Five suspects In India's spy scandal said today they wanted to withdraw their confessions, charging they made them under pressure from investigating officers, the Press Trust of India reported. The news agency said S. Sankaran, personal assistant to President Zail Singh's press officer, was
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  • 282 1 Regain: I won't step in WASHINGTON, Fri. President Ronald Reagan sent the US dollar surging forward again yesterday by ruling out intervention on money markets and telling America's worried trade partners to protect their own currencies. The immediate result was the further weakening of the West German mark, British pound
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  • Section Two
    • 40 1 Zhou Enlai: Charm and enigma We review the latest book that tries to capture the complex and contradictory character of Zhou Enlai, China's top administrator and chief spokesman to the outside world for almost 30 years after the communist takeover.
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  • 494 1 Thatcher backs US position in row with NZ WASHINGTON, Fn BRITISH Prime Minis ter Margaret Thatcher ended her successful visit to Washington yesterday by fully backing President Ronald Reagan's hard-line position in a row with New Zealand over port visits by nuclear-armed warships. She told a press conference that, like
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  • 30 1 NEW DELHI, Fri Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will pay official visits to Washington, Paris, Algiers and Cairo in June, a Foreign Office spokesman an nounced here todav. AFP
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  • 251 1 2 Cambodian airports 'can take MiGs' BANGKOK, Fri Two airports in Vietnameseoccupied Cambodia have been expanded and modernisec to allow Soviet-made MiG-23 warplanes to land there, a Thai Air Force spokesman saic. He told reporters a MiG-23 was detected on radar making a landing at Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport and
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    • 16 1 Plenty of cheer to welcome the New Year Page 8 SEE PAGE 6 SKE PAGE 3
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    • 47 1 Dollar's rise breaks previous record: P. 17 Pagei Outlook 2 Cinema 7 Comics 8 Notices 4-6,8-10 Radio and TV 10 Inside 40 pages today SUMMARY 2 WORLD NEWS 3,5 ASEAN 6 CAUSEWAY 6 EDITORIAL 14 LETTERS 15 BACKGROUND 16 TIMESDOLLAR 17,18 CLASSIFIEDS 19-25,27 RACING 26,27 SPORTS 24,25,23,29
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    • 486 2 Where crowds throng THE heat may have kept many at home over the Lunar New Year, but thousands took advantage of the clear skies to go out to eat, stroll in the parks, laze in airconditioned malls, or enjoy the night scenes in Chinatown. Among the places the hordes
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    • 342 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: A SHRINKING membership roll is the nightmare of any trade unionist. But making union membership compulsory is hardly the correct remedy. It is easy and convenient to resort to legislation to bolster union ranks. However, dipping into the workers' pockets is not quite the same
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    • 78 2 SHIFTING GROUND? SWITZERLAND has always been proud of its strictly-neutral stance which has kept the country out of foreign wars since 1815. But recently. Lieu tenant-General Jorg Zumstein, the nation's Chief of General Staff, hinted that a more pragmatic view might be necessary in times of crisis. He has
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    • 202 2 SINGAPORE INTEREST RATES LIKELY TO REMAIN SOFT MONEY MARKET dealers believe that Singapore interest rates will remain soft despite the prospect of higher US rates after US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker's remark on Thursday that the US central bank has ended its easier credit policy. Although the Fed
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    • 251 2 Hongbao for Alex ALEX TAY who had been living on a shoestring diet of potato chips in London received a much-need hongbao on Sunday just before he flew home after a six-week training-rum-competition stint. The Singapore squash fanatic, who is due for his first international cap in the Ovaltine
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    • 555 2 '1,500 arrested' THE military government of President Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq has arrested about 1,500 opposition activists for promoting a boycott of next week's general elections, opposition sources said on Thursday. But a government spokesman said the total number of arrests did not exceed 369. The government figures
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    • 183 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Growing Asean role ASEAN is becoming more important to the United States because the group collectively is America's fifth-largest trading partner. As a result, it will play an increasing role in American foreign policy, said US Secretary of State George Schultz. Mr Schultz said that
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    • 366 2 The elusive Zhou THE late Chinese premier, Zhou Enlai, was arguably the most popular modern Chinese leader and China's most appealing diplomat at the time of his death in 1976. Much has been written about his legendary charm and intellect, yet little is known about the real man.
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    • 274 3 Crackdown follows call for boycott of elections ISLAMABAD, Fri. The military government of President Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq has arrested about 1,500 opposition activists for promoting a boycott of next week's general elections, opposition sources said yesterday. A government spokesman in Islamabad, however, said the total number
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    • 279 3 Gulf prisoners ill-treated UN report UNITED NATIONS, Friday PRISONERS taken in the Iran-Iraq war are harshly treated and physical violence is particularly common in Iraqi camps, but in neither country are they treated as badly as the other side alleged, a Lnited Nations team reported yesterday. "The existing situation on
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    • 89 3 BANGKOK, Fri. The partial remains of 13 American servicemen, missing in action in Indochina for more than 12 years, arrived in Bangkok today enroute to Hawaii where attempts will be made to positively identify them. The remains, which included teeth, bone fragments
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    • 118 3 Israelis crack down on guerillas DESPAIR and anguish takes hold of this Shl'ite woman as she throws up her hands In helplessness after Israeli forces that had crossed their new front-line sooth of Sldon bulldozed her house on Thursday. The troops razed several villages, killing three people and destroying 13
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    • 65 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. The South Korean government expressed regret yesterday over the rough treatment by South Korean police of Americans who accompanied opposition leader Kim Dae Jung on his return to Seoul after two years in exile in the United States, a State Department spokesman said. "We have
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    • 376 3  - Super vegetables sprout with Japanese hi-tech PETER HAZELHURST BY Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. Can you imagine a lettuce which grows twice as fast as those cultivated under normal conditions, an immense five-metre wide tree capable of bearing up to 500 tomatoes and a high yielding species of mushrooms produced by
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    • World briefs
      • 83 3 GAULLIST LEADERS in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have threatened to call mass demonstrations unless the French government suspends an expulsion order served on Thursday on five rightwing White settlers accused of fomenting ethnic disturbances. The threat came in a statement issued by the neo-Gaullist
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      • 64 3 A GENERAL strike protesting against the government's failure to curb inflation and currency depreciation brought work to a standstill in mostly-Muslim West Beirut yesterday. Schools, shops, restaurants, banks and other businesses were closed, and in some areas youths took to the streets to burn car tyres. But police
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      • 65 3 POLISH PRIMATE Cardinal Jozef Glemp (above right), on a 10-day British tour, received a warm welcome on his first stop, in Scotland's capital on Thursday. The Cardinal, whose arrival in Britain was delayed by fog, flew straight to Edinburgh after being greeted at London's Heathrow Airport by
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      • 61 3 PRESIDENT CHUN Doo Hwan's ruling Democratic Justice Party (DJP) yesterday pledged to push for democratic reforms in South Korea. A resolution adopted at a full meeting of newly-elected DJP Members of Parliament said: "We will expedite the development of democracy by reflecting the broader will of the
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      • 64 3 THE ISRAELI government has raised fuel and basic commodity prices, causing protests from labour leaders and industrialists who threatened yesterday to pull out of a package deal aimed at stabilising the inflated economy. The Treasury raised prices of subsidised foodstuffs by 25 per cent. The price of
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    • 139 3 BEIJING, Fri. China is to pomp one billion yuan (about ***** .6 million) over the next six years into boosting its tourism facilities, the China Daily reported yesterday. Mr Gao Yin. the director of China Travel Services (CTS), said the number of hotel beds would
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    • 267 3 Rajiv orders change in codes to beat spies NEW DELHI, Fri. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has ordered changes in codes used to send diplomatic messages because of the country's spy scandal, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. It added that investigations into the spy scandal revealed that
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    • 138 3 COLOMBO, Fri. Separatist guerillas in Sri Lanka set off a landmine killing five policemen and abducted two government officials in separate strikes today in the northern province. Official sources said a police sub-inspector and tour constables were killed when the jeep in which they were
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    • 111 3 CAIRO, Fii. Customs authorities have seized what a Cairo newspaper yesterday dabbed "the world's most expensive chicken" worth nearly I Sslo,ooo (5522,300). It was an ordinary cooked chicken, the government -owned daily, Al Goichuriya, said. But it was staffed with 12,018 Egyptian pounds which
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    • 233 5 US repatriates first group of 23 Cuban refugees HAVANA, Friday TWENTY-THREE Cuban refugees, described as criminals and mental pa tients. returned home from the United States yesterday, the first of 2.700 Mariehtos the Reagan Administration plans to deport. Ihe group came under last December's US Cuban accord in which Washington
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    • 126 5 'Nuclear fuel melted in reactor' MIDDLETOWN (Pennsylvania), Fri. Scientists disclosed for the first time yesterday that some nuclear fuel melted in the reactor core during the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island power plant near here. Recent studies of rubble taken from the core show that temperatures reached about
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    • 259 5 Gorbachev warns of tough moves to boost economy MOSCOW, Friday POLITBURO member Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that "all legal and moral measures" must be used to strengthen the Soviet economy. He gave the warning in a strong speech that was seen as a confirmation of his status as presumed successor
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    • 99 5 King' Brynner dazzles with his act IT'S not often that one sees a king clowning in his palace. But "King" Ynl Brynner, at 64, is feeling as fit as a fiddle and is seen doing a balancing act on the set of The King and I at the Broadway Theatre
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    • 380 5 Catholic church bitterly opposes relaxation of law DUBLIN, Friday PRIME Minister Garret FitzGerald yesterday hailed a vote in Parliament in favour of relaxing Ireland's strict law on birth control as an affirmation that the state was independent of the Catholic church. The Catholic
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    • 277 5 Isabel Peron quits as party chief BUENOS AIRES, Friday FORMER Argentine President Maria Estela Martinez de Peron has resigned as president of the Peronist Party, ending a 40-year family hold on Argentina's now bitterly divided opposition party, top Peronist officials said yesterday. In a one-sentence letter from her home in
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    • 138 5 Games-eve killing: Man sane, rules jury SANTA MONICA (California), Fri. A diagnosed schizophrenic convicted of murdering a teenag^d tourist and injuring scor<?s of pedestrians by driving his car down a crowdi-d pavement was legally sane at the time, a jury declared yesterdav Superior Court judgf Jacqueline Weiss set z. sentencing
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    • 188 5 MOSCOW, Fri. Dictator Josef Stalin's 13-year-old American granddaughter is said to be stubbornly refusing to adjust to her new life in the Soviet Union for her. an alien country whose language she does not speak. Soviet authorities, apparently seeking to coax Olga
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    • 465 5 WASHINGTON, Fri A WORRIED United States Navy is going to unusual lengths to keep its aircraft carrier pilots from giving-up their uni forms and heading out for civilian life. The service is willing to pay up to U5536,000 in lump-sum bonuses to
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    • 240 5 Dog trapped in no-man's land rescued by East German guard WEST BERLIN, Fri. A shivering cocker spaniel that barked and whimpered in a Cold War no-man's land for two days was rescued by an East German border guard in a flexible crane yesterday from between two sections of the Berlin
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    • 180 5 Publisher of paper shot dead in Athens ATHENS, Fri. Gunmen shot dead the publisher of a right-wing opposition newspaper in the centre of Athens yesterday. A clandestine left-wing group claimed responsibility for the killing. Mr Nicos Momferatos, 61, publisher of Apoghevmatini, was shot by three gunmen who were following his
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    • 105 5 MEXICO CITY, Fri. Mexico City will be uninhabitable by the year 2000 if radical measures are not taken quickly to clean up overwhelming air pollution and halt the influx of people already straining the city's limits, according to a study published yesterday by the Mexican Ecology
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    • 31 5 ST ALBANS (England), Fri. Viscount Linley, the 23--year-old nephew of Queen Elizabeth, was fined £45 (SS110) yesterday for speeding at nearly 160 kph nn a rnarf outside London. Reuter
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    • 8 3 Renewed call to expel Tamil rebels: Page 11
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    • 57 5 Mummy, Mummy, There's a Chingay Procession on Sunday, February 24. The Sunday Times' Young life is also holding a special 1985 Chingay Procession Drawing Competition on the same day. All we have to do is to watch the procession and draw. And there're lots of prizes to be won. Can
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    • 458 5 Hill-top Homes at Holland Road>| How you wish you could get away from the /llX\rd A w^w^ N. I 1 I hustle and bustle of city life yet, be close to/2y^ WJ^~ v/^o PDPTUni fl I Aklß I Orchard Road. To spend your days in a /^ZWv^ rnCCnULIi LMPIU I
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  • AROUND ASEAN... and Across The Causeway
    • 173 6  - Sultan of Brunei gives $4 m to British groups Borneo Bulletin BANHAR SERI BEUAWAN Fri. Six British institutions have received a total of almost $4 million from the Sultan of Brunei The> are the latest benefu uines of the Sultan's international ges- n 'f largesse. The Sultan gave the money
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    • 267 6  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Reporter MANILA, Fri. Pathologists and forensic experts lead a list of witnesses in the Philippines' criminal trial of the century the Benigno Aquino murder hearing which began today. Tight security was imposed in the courtroom for the trial
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    • 134 6 Sihanouk, Pham invited to Bandung meeting TOKYO, Frt. Indonesia has invited Prince Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia's antiVietnamese coalition government, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong to attend a 90--nation conference in Java, a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmadia, who met Japanese
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    • 385 6  -  LILLIAN CHEW By Washington Correspondent Shultz says increased trade will mean closer links SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Asean is becoming more important to the United States because the group collectively is America's fifth largest trading partner. As a result, Asean will play an increasing role
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    • 320 6 K JALA LUMPUR, Fri THE Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) is investigating certain Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM) officials for allegedly demanding money from distributors for screening their films, The Star reported today. It is also investigating certain producers who are alleged to have pocketed the fees
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    • 72 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Universit>of Malaya Student;Union has requested the university's disciplinary commr tee to postpone the hearing of a case involving nine students who watched a video record ing of the funeral of a Pas (Islamic Party) member in Kedah. The union is asking for the
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    • 193 6 KUANTAN, Fri. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad today received 10 A-4 Skyhawk fighter jets on behalf of the Royal Malaysian Air Force and launched the Sixth A-4 Skyhawk Squad ron at the RMAF base here. Dr Mahathir, who is also the Defence Minisier,
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    • 222 6 Couple who don't believe in taking baths SEREMBAN, Fri. The Lais do not take baths because they believe it is bad for the health. The Malay Mail reported today that Seremban sauce factory owner Lai Tho Meng and his wife, both 85. only sponge themselves daily. They feel the heat
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    • 54 6 JAKARTA, Fri. At least nine people were killed and five others injured when heaw rains triggered a landslide on the island of Lombok, the Indonesian news agency Antara said toda> The agency said the landslide yesterdaj morning buried a village near Ixunbok's uesi coast, 1,996 km
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    • 135 8 FIRE engines on special I oaar New Year patrols rearhed the scene of a fire within four minutes of receiving a telephone call ami prevented the fire from spreading Two wooden houses and a storeroom were razed. But another storeroom remaining SKXt.IKK)
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    • 126 8 WHILE many of their colleagues were celebrating the Lunar New Year, about 20 staff from the stock exchange trading floor traded their time for an afternoon with Singapore Cheshire Home residents. Together with friends and some residents from Block 729, Ang Mo Kio, the
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    • 86 8 Two admit shoplifting charges A TAIWANESE woman was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $500 for shoplifting at Metro Far East on Tuesday. Tseng Pi-Yu, 30. pleaded guilty to stealing a handbag and a pair of sandals worth a total of 598 at the department store in Scotts Road.
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    • 121 8 READ the newspapers carefully. Analyse daily happenings. And then decide how and where things are going, because thev could affect vou. That was MP for Kampong Chai Chee Major Fong Sip Chee's advice to the constituency's community leaders at a Lunar New Year gathering yesterday.
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    • 192 8 Stay away from these roads during the big parade A NUMBER of roads along the Orchard Road tourist belt will be closed from 7 am to 12.30 pm tomorrow for the Chingay Parade. Some of the affected roads are: Claymore, Orange Grove, Tanglin (between Napier and Orange Grove roads), Tomlinson
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    • 68 8 THE Senior Citizens Club of Eunos Crescent community centre will hold its first anniversary celebrations next Saturday at 8 pm. About 300 guests are expected to attend the celebrations, which will include a concert and reception at the Kampong Übi community centre. Mr Wan Hussin
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    • 408 8  -  LITO GUTIERREZ ARTHUR LEE Singapore turns on the treats for a lively time Story: Pictures: and MAZLAN BADRON CLEAR skies saw many Singaporeans stay home, daunted perhaps by the heat or preferring to watch television or play mahjong during the Lunar New Year
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    • 17 8 THE Japanese School band will perform at the MacRitchie Reservoir tomorrow from 5 to 6 pm.
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    • 376 9  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By Guidelines expected from daily sessions EVERY morning, since last Wednesday, (op Traffic Police officers start off their day on a rather unsavoury note. As early as 7.30 am. they gather to conduct a post-mortem on all the serious road accidents
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    • 172 9 No fatal accidents in three days THE three days since the Lunar New Year Eve were free of fatal road accidents. During the period, only one serious and 69 minor accidents happened. Eight people were held for suspected drunken driving. This is an improvement over the last Lunar New Year
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    • 83 9 A TECHNICIAN. John Ong Khen^ Guan. 37. has been charged with corruptly trying to obtain $16,650. He is alleged to have tried to the money from Mr Yong Poh Chin. Managing Director of Marching Engineering Pte Ltd, between June 25 and Aug 24 last year as
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    • 60 9 IHE ofxrators of two night r:ubs. whom police allege ■fCBCd tr»Mr promises for business in December without public entertainment licences, will appear in court on Thursdaj ■I believed the clubs Midnu'h: Kxpievs ,in<) Poiari.s IWqiM ;n Peoples Park K it ag, next to Joo Chiat polii
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    • 424 9  - I only wanted to disgrace landlady, says accused BEN DAVIDSON The Ang Mo Kio triple-murder case By ONE of the accused in the Ang Mo Kio triplemurder trial told a prison hospital doctor that he only intended to "disgrace" his landlady because she was constantly "cursing and swearing" at him.
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    • 57 9 THE visit of Mr Paias Wingti, Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister, has been cancelled, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday. Mr Wingti was scheduled to make a four-day stopover here on his way home from Bangkok. It is understood that he
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    • 56 9 A FRENCH woman, Denise Marie Huxham. was yesterday given a discharge amounting to an acquittal after an immigration offence against her was withdrawn. In the charge. Huxhum, 37, was said to have worked as a director of a trading company from June 6, 1983 to June 7 last
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    • 230 9 SEAFOOD lovers will soon have a new haunt when a centre with space for eight restaurants opens at East Coast Park The $5 4 million centre, located next to the East Coast Park swimming lagoon, is expected to be •eady by June It
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    • 137 9 HDB slide show on shape of new towns VISITORS to the Housing Board can get an insight into the shape of new towns to come with a newly-produced 30-minute audio visual slide show. Entitled Wider Vistas in the Eighties, the show brings the visitor from the early days of the
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    • 130 9 PRESIDENT C.V. Devan Nair gets a crisp salute from Guides as he enters the Jurong Stadium where the Singapore Girl Guides Association celebrated "Thinking Day" last night. The occasion was also to celebrate 75 years of Girl Guiding and the International Year of the Youth. In
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    • 228 9  - A child under three can go with mum to prison NANCY LOH By A CHILD under three may accompany its mother to prison, a district court heard yesterday. The child's stay may be extended for a year until he or she is four should the prison doctor find it "desirable
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    • 607 11 Accord gets new head and three new members THREE newcomers to the Defence Ministry's advisory council have pledged to wark for a stronger link between the sectors they represent and Mindef. Their views underscored the point made yesterday by Dr Yeo Ning Hong that
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    • 209 11 We can't go on paying high overheads, says chamber chief THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) said yesterday that many businessmen cannot continue to pay high overheads as their businesses are hard-hit by bad times. Overheads, such as high rentals for space in shopping centres, industrial premises,
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    • 176 11 IT IS now up to the Chaozhou and other smaller clans of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry to nominate a candidate to be a vice-president in the new 43rd council of the chamber. Sources said yesterday the Fujian clan is awaiting their
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    • 95 11 THREE senior officials from China will arrive next month to meet people in the computer and building industries who want to do business in China. The visit by representatives of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is aimed at promoting two
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    • 324 11  -  CHRISTINA TSENG By SINGAPOREAN travellers are giving Manila the cold shoulder because of the recent spate of hotel fires. Travel agents report a drastic drop in the number of Singaporeans going on tours to Manila over the past three or four
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    • 303 11  -  PAUL WEE By A PAN-MALAYSIAN crime network, which steals motorcycles here and sells them across the Causeway, has been cracked in a joint operation by Singapore and Malaysian police. Three suspects a Singaporean and two Malaysians were arrested in raids In Singapore
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    • 222 11 SRI Lankan Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa has again called on India to expel Tamil separatists who Sri Lanka says find refuge on the Indian mainland. In a pre-recorded interview by SBC for its Friday Background programme, shown last night, Mr Premadasa said the Tamil
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    • 190 23 Two form club just for women THUMBING their noses at men's-only clubs in town and country, two women have formed Green House Beauty and Fitness a women's-only club. Situated on the fifth level of The Ascott, an executive residence along Scotts Road, the club will be a place that women
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    • 320 23  -  DAVID TOH Ministry acts on suggestion by staff By THE no-smoking campaign in hospitals will be taken one step further, and it's more bad news for smokers. Government hospital canteens and shops will soon be banned from selling cigarettes. Some of these outlets have
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    • 432 23 WHEELCHAIR-BOUND Benjamin Tan may not be able to use his limbs but he can still paint with his mouth. And he wants to use this talent to raise money for the Community Chest. Mr Tan, 25, would like to paint a
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    • 58 23 THE Defence Ministry is looking for principals, teachers and Education Ministry officers to serve as instructors in its Outward Bound School. Those selected will be seconded to the school for two to three years, and may be sent overseas for outward bound courses. Applications should
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    • 116 23 THE Australian Senior Trade Commissioner to Singapore will speak on business opportunities in the Singapore market at a seminar in Perth, Western Australia. Mr Graeme Hargreaves will address Australian businessmen on the latest developments in the Singapore market and recent changes in Singaporean's
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    • In brief
      • 81 23 A MECHANIC. Ling Teng Meng, 34, whose left leg became a centimetre shorter after a traffic accident, yesterday settled his suit against a taxi-driver for $11,500. He was also awarded $2,000 costs. Mr Ling was riding his motorcycle along an unnamed road off
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      • 90 23 A MAN WAS yesterday charged with housebreaking and theft at the Marine Parade Beer Garden Coffee House in East Coast Parkway on Jan 29. No plea was taken from Chia Keng Meng, 26, who is alleged to have stolen cigarettes and liquor worth a
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      • 88 23 TWO MEN, who already face 10 charges of conspiring to cheat various people, were yesterday accused of 30 counts of alleged abetment-by-conspiracy to cheat and cheating involving about $245,000. Ng Soo Seng, 44. and Ng Ah Tee, 34, a Malaysian, were alleged to have induced
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      • 62 23 A MAN. Hussein Miah bin Ismail, 46, on Tuesday claimed trial to a charge of committing a rash act from the 11th storey of a block of flats. He is accused of throwing wood, a sickle and some debris from Block 110, Ang Mo
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      • 53 23 I A SEAMAN was fined $200 yesterday for touching a woman's back at Merlion Park off Colly I er Quay on Lunar New Year's Day. Soomar Chawra s o Haji Yousuf, 46, a Pakistani, admitted using criminal force on the 26-year-old woman. He said that
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    • 8 11 Hospitals to ban sale of cigarettes Page 23
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    • 314 11 k@\^^ Chinatown Cuisine SSSfISj! Court presents 9ofiWi auspicious Welcome wmW\ the Year of the Ox CHINATOWN Set Fare CUISINE This unar ew ear our enterprising master chefs have really outdone themselves! We are happy to present a choice of f<^^^^o\^^^^^ sumptuous set courses for you and your family to joyously
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  • Spotlight on Raw Fish
    • 558 12  -  HOO YEW GEE By SELF-SERVICE as a right in a Chinese restaurant? Many would have protested in ordinary circumstances. But this is different. This is the time for yu sheng. For why should you pay the restaurants for the waitresses to stir up their fortunes? Naturally
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    • 497 12 ■b' 4hbV -BwbV'<Jl^^ 'y* 7 B»V V. L '^B QB| V, bbP^^ <* COULdM^EYOUA j] MILLIONAIRE! q. Order a dish Of GOOd Fortune raw fish at BJMember of the Emporium Holdings Group your favourite Oriental Restaurant any time between February 21 and March 6 and receive a free Hong Baowith
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    • 49 12 Wishing all our Patrons and friends j| "GONG XI FA C AI" Come and try our "LUCKY YU SHENG" "FACAI YU SHENG" will be I served from 20/2/85 to6/3/85 K DD ill SHANGHAI Yl PIN XIANG RESTAURANT 262-264, RIVER VALLEY ROAD, SINGAPORE 0923 I j TEL: *****69, *****78 |k
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    • 200 12 GONG XI FA CAI ft *&> vm »< UNION FARM EATING HOUSE s*" 435-A. Clementi Road, Singapore 2159 "M* JUT Tel: *****76, *****42 »J_ Specialities: X* (Great Dishes from the East) flfl 4 "ZHIBAOJI" "ROASTED PIGEON" I jI We are open today I J Ample Free Parking Available Jg* t
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    • 261 12 f Riverland !s^% AncniriniK "Sf Lunar New vear Speciality Set Course To help you usher in the Year of the (X Riverland Seafood and Shark's Fin Restaurant has wrapped up a succulent 10-course meal package for you and your beloved family. Lunar New Year Set Course at $388/Prosperity "Yu Sheng"
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    • 142 12 I >-v I Enjoy our Ckkk! Luck Raw hsh (Yu Shenj;i with special Chinese New Year menu at Pin Hsiar^ this festive season. Our special Chinese New Year menu prices from S2VI+ WK)+ per table The special menu include Yu Sheng. Melon Ham Soup with Quail ha.us. Stewed Miieed Vegetables
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  • Raw Fish
    • 695 13  -  LOW MEI MEI By I AM not money-faced. I only hope for smooth V sailing throughout the year, though tossing the fish may seem otherwise. I always feel high-spirited after consuming raw fish. Maybe it's all in the mind. The ingredients, like lemon, ginger, lime juice, peanut
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    • 17 13 rUOONGYICKKEE RESTAURANT wishing you all "LAOQI" ttlS*^ s 31 -32 Bugis Street Singapore. CW TEL: *****09 V
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    • 588 13 From the sth till the 15th day of the Mffjjg| Lunar New Year, we present sumptuous fiE3EJS@fI and exquisite Chinese cuisine. Step-in O|9 now this New Year! Usher the Year of the Ox. come to Shenton choicest receipes. r v Way Seafood Restaurant and enjoy an "LaoQi" for a "prosperous"
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    • 91 13 y GONG XI F A CAI n all our patrons and friends Come and Celebrate the Lunar New Year with our "Lucky Raw Fish" A RESTAURANT PTE. LTD. Ist 2nd firs. 291-A, New Bridge Road, Singapore 0208. (Next to Oriental Theatre) TEL: *****31-2 ■U bfP Wishing all our patrons and
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    • 245 13 USHER IN THE w.. fw \-*L LLI *1 Wm*. NEW YEAR V mSu SWBICW'S 1 1 jl mx. .nr.vv «k^a it flp Wishing all our patrons, business associates and friends a Happy and Prosperous Lunar JJfi New Year. Join us from the 22nd Feb to 6th March as ligjW we
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    • 123 13 J- Si. r'i I'V E /Mr* i i /Af "PA C* A! i J^ k onbNvj Szechuai #tlilfia Palau ItesUuiunt Weinngtcr Buiidioq H B'Oelo'C Roac 02-00 S-ngapofe 0922 Te! 235'378 1 LEUNG'S I RESTAURANT 11. Seng Poh Lane. Block 62 Singapore 0316 Jig Tel: *****86/*****06 rUUCrC^RAW^FISHTYLTSHENG) Our specialities include:S| Special
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  • 485 14 The Straits Times says Benefits are for all workers THE NTUC Assistant Secretary-General and MP for Boon Lay, Mr Goh Chee Wee, raised quite a few eyebrows recently when he criticised non-union workers who enjoy benefits which the unions had helped to secure. To correct this "inequity", Mr Goh asked
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  • 733 14 SUPPOSE for a moment the seeming never-ending power of the United States dollar does come to in end Another key currency then naturally will step forward to join it or take us place of power in the global foreign exchange markets.
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  • 756 14 'Allow president to be chosen by popular vote' COMMENT By THE ECONOMIST LONDON The South Korean opposition's success at the polls last week was a shock for President Chun Doo Hwan. As with any general-turned-president in a newish democracy, his temptation will be
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  • 594 14  - Our slips are showing here, there, everywhere PHILIP LEE This and that By THE Singaporean entrepreneur can be fanny when he gets too earnest. You can tell he is trying hard to tell his customer how special his product, his skill or his service is. Sometimes in his zeal, he
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  • 525 14 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane THE Ox, the Bull and the Cow. They are from the same family herd. With them it is one for all, all for one. Hence, it bothers them not one bit to which of the trio the present
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    • 228 14 TRITIQfi the name for man music »i:o v.,. 4-«» tomti Hidhi^<PEAK KM FrequcncN R<Np.-nseili.M «0 ***** Ciuuovcr Frc^uencv I (H/l NN.>vc'Frequenc> :iH/i MMO.CabaM Biis Rellcx \U\ "01 >. .mtrol Range •I MB ihquaUiet SectKint. Conirol F«4Nk;iHjl 60^50. IK..' >K lOK<Eqa^utr Section} Frequent^ RnpoßM Mk2O-2OKHi< Idßl.Pboao JO-20 KHI I :jßi \u\
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  • FORUM
    • 283 15 I AM a sergeant in the army. I usually go to Macßitchie Reservoir for a run when I am free, and have been doing so for almost 10 years. I find it a good place to exercise and, judging by the number of runners who go there,
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    • 393 15 MR Vincent Khoo Kan Tat. who wrote the letter •'Stream students but don't label them" (ST. Feb 9). fails to recognise that the mere substitution of labels will not help eliminate the trauma of those in the monolingual stream. It will only transform it into
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    • 70 15 AS part of the government's plans to develop our coastal areas into recreational spots, could I as a citizen make a suggestion that slipways be built at suitable locations on the East and West Coast parks for the launching of light sailing craft and the
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    • 114 15 Collect rent monthly, JTC I NOTE with great interest the report that the Jurong Town Corporation is withholding factory rent increases and is contemplating reducing the rates (ST, Feb 16). As a new entrepreneur, I feel it should also review its rent collection policy so that it can assist local
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    • 153 15 WOULD the Singapore Mint please clarify for the benefit of its Standing Order Deposit Account (Soda) scheme members whether they have the option to accept less than the arbitrary allocation of new coin issues? When I joined the scheme many years ago
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    • 110 15 CONGRATULATIONS on your editorial of Feb 19, which asked some pertinent questions about the new Housing Board rules. The restrictions on single persons buying or renting public housing and on those who have to wait 30 months after selling their houses before they can register
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    • 274 15 THERE must be hundreds of people with the problem I m writing about. I applied to purchase a bigger Housing Board flat on Dec 29, 1983. (BDT-E/*****7E). Being a flat-owner, I was required to pay a $600 cash deposit (instead of $200 for non-flat-owners), as
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    • 95 15 l^fl HHJHIfI Why Vietnamese food 1 is so popular? The answer is at our place CLUB HOUSE Vietnamese Restaurant You don't need to go to Vietnam for good Vietnamese Food. We are one of the best not only in Town but in the World. Dinner: Traditional taste. Tropical atmosphere, Reasonable
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    • 292 15 II )o^^k li f. A T>|^H v Toss the traditional raw fist"i salad f/v^Sl^^B s* l] ,o to hearty cheers of 'Lao Qi(LoHei). |p^r>' i The auspicious New Yea' dish that i p symbolises success and the r\yX^MM&£--- 1/ renewal of ties between family 'Tarr 1^ k -f s^y ana
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 965 16 Armed forces chief sees need for bigger professional force GENEVA Switzerland has always been proud of the strictly neutral stance which has kept it out of foreign wars since 1815. But recently, its Chiefof- General- Staff, Lieutenant-General Jorg Zumstein, has implied that a more
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    • 641 16 BEIRUT The longawaited withdrawal from Sidon of the Israeli occupation army leaves the Lebanese government with the delicate and crucial task of reasserting control over an area that has been in near chaos for almost three years. The government cannot afford to fail. An
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    • 589 16 Custodian of America's inventive genius WASHINGTON "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Mr Charles Duell. Commissioner of the Patent and Trademark Office, said to President McKinley in 1899. Eighty-six years and 3.8 million inventions later, the Patent and Trademark Office continues on, justifying Mr McKinley's decision to ignore
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    • 277 16 f" D iihaiMl ERAWAN RESTAURANT We wish all patrons m A HAPPY PROSPEROUS H U LUNAR NEW YEAR. X Introducing traditional home cooked THAI CHINESE DISHES. Opens daily: 11 .00am 10.00pm I Address: < }Jp M9 Rochor Road (opposite Rochore Centre) |p| It 0 Fu Lu Shou Complex, Singapore 0718.
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    • 95 16 r DeluKc'Bs J furniture CHhjbjtion <^ f Date 23/2/85 to 27 285 KwTkSi /V^.^J I Time 1 2.00pm to 10.00pm I Venue NTUC Conference Hail. l2lliii*£iil^li^^tl^^BlF^^fß i I Shenlon Wav i. V I IB JiT tr^^M I 3 Ihb ■^^^te^^^l'i'' f^ \S\ /^^.l Bed Room Suite Frotvi $1090 to $1800
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Article, Illustration
      249 17  -  ANTHONY HOE Some events and signals at home and abroad that will influence the stock markets this year By THE American economy is expected to grow by only 2 to 3 per cent this year after a projected 6 per cent or more for 1984. America's burgeoning Budget
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    • 187 17  - Dollar's rise breaks previous record MARA FERNANDEZ B| THE US dollar set new records when the Singapore forex maikei opened yesterday, bettering its perform am v in New York on Thuisday The greenback's high against the Singapore dollar was $2.2750. which is 30 points higher than the 6' -year record
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    • 473 17  -  DOREEN SOH By MONEY market dealers believe that Singapore interest rates will remain soft despite the prospect of higher US interest rates. US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker had said on Thursday that the US central bank has ended its easier
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    • Short stops
      • 117 17 BRITISH AIRWAYS has placed an order for three more Boeing 757 twinjets. The order, announced on Tuesday by Boeing in Renton (Washington), US, follows an earlier order for three of the Rolls-Royce-powered airliners When British Airways takes delivery of the last of the six new planes
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      • 36 17 LONDON. Fri Shell Transport and Trading Co PLC said Mr Peter Holmes, a Managing Director of the Royal Dutch Shell group, will" become Shell Transport Chairman from July 1 when Mr Peter Baxendell Reuter
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      • 94 17 HONGKONG, Fri. Hongkong Customs last month prosecuted 56 cases involving counterfeit goods ranging from fake designer T-shirts to an impostor essence of chicken. A Customs and Excise Department report yesterday said several people were fined and others jailed for possession and sale of goods bearing false
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      • 57 17 Trade show in Shanghai HONGKONG, Fri. An exhibition of goods made in Hongkong will be held in Shanghai from May 8 to 13, the government-funded Trade Development Council announced yesterday. The council said that 91 manufacturers and exporters would take part in what it called the "largest product exhibition ever
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    • 177 17 LON'DON. Fri. Ships under construction and on order in world shipyards fell to 30.7 million tonnes in the fourth (juarter of last year, down from 31.4 million tonnes the previous quarter, Lloyds Register of Shipping reported today. Most countries registered an increase, but Japan, the
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    • 58 17 KUALA LI'MPrR. Fri. The Malaysian government said it raised the export duty on SMR 10. 20. [»o and General Purpose rubber to i sen per Kg from i sen last week, effective yesterday Gazetted prices on SMR 10. M, 50 and GP rubberrose to IX3 sen per
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    • 122 17 A tip or two on how to run franchises WITH "problem" franchises hitting the news recently, a conference on franchising in the Asian Pacific region is indeed timely The organiser, Institute for International Research, has lined up 13 speakers including Dr Leroy Cougle, Consultant to McDonald Inc, Budget Rent-A-Car and
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    • 385 17  -  JAMES LEE By EUROPE'S largest furniture maker, the Jacques Parisot group, will be moving into Singapore soon. The company, whose annual furniture sales total about $400 million, has been interested in the Singapore market for the past two years and feels the
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    • 183 17 British banks to appoint ombudsman LONDON, Fri. Seventeen British retail banks said they had agreed to appoint and fund a banking ombudsman to resolve complaints from personal bank customers after they have exhausted existing complaints procedures. The independent ombudsman will have the power to make an award of up to
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    • 125 17 Seoul aims to be banking centre SEOUL, Fri. The South Korean government plans to develop Seoul as a centre of international finance in north-east Asia to cope with the changing domestic and international business situation. Financial sources here said recently that the government had directed relevant agencies, including the Korea
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    • 81 17 HONGKONG, Fri. Hongkong's toy exports rose 30 per cent to total US$l.47 billion (about 553.3 billion) last year, making it the world's leading toy exporter, an official trade body announced on Monday. Hongkong ranks higher than Taiwan, Japan and the United States, its largest toy
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 268 18 FOB in bales Forward prices RAS KLCE (S cents kito) (M cents/kio) Standard rubber prices (noon) 1 ton paiets RAS MRELB Feb Mar Feb Mar (Current Month) (Forward Month) (Current Month) (Forward Month) RAS MRELB (S cents kio) (M cents/kio) Noon Close Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt 1985
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      • 53 18 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market's price yesterday remained at the International Tin Agreement's floor level of M529.15 per kgThe buffer stock manager was the sole buyer. Turnover fell to 54 tonnes from 95 tonnes on Tuesday as most miners were still absent after the holidays. No foreign concentrates or
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      • 23 18 Ctosmj prices Copp«r tonne Thurs ipot 1251 50—1252.00 (1290 50-*****0) 3 months 1278 00-1278 50 (*****0-*****0) Market tone Firmer Sales 27.025 tonnes
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      • 25 18 Silver aoSm biivor us$/l,oy oz Fri Thus Singapore 6 00-6 05 Closed Closed Thus Ned Ne* York 613-618 Closed Closed Source Credit Suisse. Spore
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      • 25 18 Cfoint prices Aluminium £/tomw Thin Spot 1004 00-1005 00 (*****0—1012 00) 3 months 1039 50-1040 00 (1046.00-1046 50) Market tone Steadier Sales: 14.850 tonnes
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    • 249 18 •toon ctaat Coffee piers S 100 k( API FOB NSW 570 00 sellers) COCOnUt AP2FOBNSW 512 00 (sellers) F.M FOB NSW 541 00 (sellers) M Robustj 20 25% 3«i» fO6 155 0C -sellers' FOB NSW «77 50 (sellers) OMtfum FOB 16S00 setters' V. drun, FOB 172 00 (sellers)
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    • Overseas Markets
      • 153 18 Fri. Wall Street stock prices closed lower yesterday on weaker volume as investors remained puzzled over the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and worried anew about the size of the US money supply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.09 points to 1279.04. Overall, losses outnumbered gains by 1,034
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      • 128 18 Fri. A steady undertone prevailed on the London stock market yesterday as leading shares moved a few pence in either direction. Mr Paul Volcker's statement on Wednesday, which offered no hope of an early fall in US interest rates, overshadowed gilts which were down up to one eighth of
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      • 58 18 Fn. Share prices nuciuated throughout the day, finally heading steadily higher in late afternoon buying and driving the Nikkei Dow Jones up 18.60 to 12,147.06 at the close. Buying centred on financials, which were in the limelight yesterday, and spilled into selected specula tives. A moderate 320 million shares
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      • 32 18 Fri. Heavy trading in Hooker Corp featured as widespread profit-taking pushed down Australian share prices, brokers said. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was down 10.4 points at 785.2. Reuter
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    • 328 18 Ft* 22 Ten Chjnt« A^>omoto 1080 20 A. 461 10 Amodo 1250 -10 Aioni Chetn 661 +1 AioN Oo« 879 +8 Bcr* TW 666 3 Bndgestone 520 I Canon 1360 -20 Ccnio Corrx>uter 1960 unch Cituen 580 -2 D N*> Pnnt 1010 +10 D h*ppoo Screen 1600 unch Dcwi
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    • 356 18 Rubber Clo f* P rices cents/Mo Singapore February Closed Malaysia February Closed Closing prices Tin Ms/kHo KL Tin 29.15 unch Turnover: 54 tonnes down 41 tonnes Ft* 22 Cents dunce (tot) A C I 186 -4 A N I 263 -2 A P M 240 5 Aberfoyle 920S Age
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    • 23 18 GOLD USS/oz Fri Thurs Singapore *****—299.10 Closed Hongkong Closed Closed Thurs Wed New York 298.75—299.25 303.80 304.00 London 299.50-300.00 302.75 303.25
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    • 148 18 Natural rubber exports up 22.4% KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Peninsular Malaysia exported 139,726 tonnes of Natural Rubber (NR) in December last year, up 22.4 per cent from the previous month, but 6.9 per cent lower compared to the same month in 1983. According to the latest issue of the Rubber Market
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    • 132 18 THE KILOBAR market opened at 5521,912 and closed at 5521,897. The Far East gold market opened at U*****. 00/40 and traded very quietly with slight buying on the physical gold. Market traded in a very narrow range between U*****.70/9.50. It closed for lunch at U5J298.70/9.20. It opened in the
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    • 241 18 Fib 21 USS Chance Alcoa 37* Allied Chem Cp 38* unch Airs-Chalmers 7* -IW Am Tel Tel 21* unch Amox Inc 1814 W Amr Corp 39* Bethlehem SH )9*ti -W Boeing Co 63H -1% Burroughs Cp 60W Caterpillar Co 31* Chase Monhtn 52% -IV* Chrysler Cp 32* +W
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    • 587 18 Feb 21 Pence Charge INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 176 unch Ass Dairies 150 unch BTRPLC 641 -I Bobcocks 142 -2 Barclays 614 -3 Beechoms 358 -5 BICC 238 -2 Blue Circle 503 unch BOC Group 298 -2 Boots 167 -2 Bowoter 246 +2 BATS 363 +10 Britannia 104 -2 BP 568
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    • 86 18 THE Singapore dollar opened at 2.2600/50 against the US currency, but softened further to close at 2.2640/70. It was traded between 2.2650 and 2.2718. The greenback strengthened marginally against most major currencies in very quiet trading. Against the Deutschemark, it ended at 3.3625/35. compared with its opening of 3.3575
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    • 30 18 DEPOSIT p.a. RATES Savings account 6 > Autosave 5' 4 Fued deposit 1 1 month 5 1 3 months 5 i 6 months 5^ 9 months 6 4 12 months 6'<
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    • 50 18 LOAN RATES2 P.a Prime rate 3 8 Personal/Renovation (Flat rates) 1 1 j years 6 < I 4 years 7 Housing (discounter. Up to 10 years 9' j II to 25 years 9-'« Hire purchase Cars 1 year 5 i 2 years 5 4 3 years 6 4 4 years
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    • 53 18 BUSINESS %p a LOANS Commercial properties 1 15 years 10 >< Small Industries Finance Scheme (SIFS) Factory loans 9 Machinery loans 9 Working capital loans 5 Construction Equipment Finance Scheme (CEF3) 10 '< MAS rediscount rates lor export bills 6 '4 Source: DBS Bank 1 Mn $1,000. 2 Indicative rates.
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    • 196 18 Interbank Over the counter Foreipi Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SJIO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.6108 1 6198 6.33—6 06 Canadian dollar *****—***** 6 14—6 02 NZ dollar 1.0097 1.0133 Sterling pound 2.4496—2.4551 4.13—4 03 US dollar 2.2640—2.2670 4.45—4.40 Local dolars to lOOunrb
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    • 188 18 Managers' prices for Fob 23 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 2 22—2 36 The Savings Fund 159—169 Spore Prog Fund 0 95— 101 Spore Sec Fund 1 40—1 48 Spore Invest Fund 0 97—103 Spore Equity Fund 0.95—1.01 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund Closed Mai Prog Fund
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    • SIMEX FUTURES
      • 136 18 THE April gold took a plunge of US$4.6O from Tuesday's close of U*****.90 to open at U*****.30. Trading was moderate as it slipped from U*****.40 to US$3Ol.OO in response to the strong dollar. Prices recovered from the low of U*****.70 to close at U*****.30. THE March Deutschemark, which opened
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      • 91 18 3-month deposit A RISE in US interest rates led both the March and June contract to open lower from the New Year eve close. The opening of the London market forced the March contract to a low of 90.44. Profit -taking towards the close saw the March and Jun^
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      • 42 18 THE March Japanese yen opened at 0.*****6, seven ticks below* the IMM close. Trading activity remained thin as the yen weakened further. It settled quietly at 0.*****1. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 85 0.3826 0.3826 0.3816A 0.3811 5
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    • 479 18 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo Delivery of FCL import containers LCL containers unpacked at the contair ers freight station on Feb 22 (2300) LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Zim Trieste (8W) 24/2 (0700) TA3 *****900 1800 1900 B£ E Grade (003RE)
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    • 175 18 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Arrow King 44 a'side 23 2 Malaysian Pride 15/6 a'side 23/2 Silver Light 20W 22/2 23/2 Cape Cornwall 5 23/2 27 2 Jenhol 22 23/2 23 2 Kapitan Mezentsyev 47 23/2 24/2 Komandaram Fedko 15/6 23/2 25/2 Ned Mo|i 44 23/2
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    • 1034 19 A BiGGER BITE To Mr Steven Say Manager of Mariner's Corner Restaurant, the recent Valentine's Gallery in The Straits Times Classified was one of the best things that happened. His decision to advertise in the classified pro/ed right: it brought a bigger crowd to his restajrant. He said, "Reservations were
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    • 394 20 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities A well established company in Singapore is looking for JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS. The current partners are Singaporean based j together with a leading European Manufacturer. We are involved in the sales distri- j bution of food and food equipment in the S.E. Asian region.
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    • 230 20 65 Situations Wanted ACCOUNTANT, 30 YRS age. professionally qualified with ICMA has had 5 yrs experience with American Multi-National. Senior most position to date is Finance/ Administration Manager seeks employment as Accounting Manager or Finance Manager or equivalent at salary of $45,000 per annum all-in but excluding CPF Offers addressed
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    • 345 20 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical RESTAURANT WENDY'S, known to be the fastest growing quick-service hamburger restaurant in the world, has a vacancy for the post of: ACCOUNTS/ADMIN MANAGER/ MANAGERESS He/ she is responsible for the entire system of corporate administration and control, financial or otherwise.
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    • 487 20 '0 Situations Vacant Secretarial/ Clerical GLOBAL (S) PTE LTD RECEPTIONIST quirements CiCE < > Minimum L' ye;ir^ working experiem -r Ability i<> type 3! wo*" 11 1 uper.itt- tel<->. mac Pleasant voice transport provided Interested pleas* write lo Mr Lim L.N M Pandan Road Singapore 2260 w Legal Firm has
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    • 533 21 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical 1) RECEPTIONIST/ TYPIST e mi personality (',.•!>.! command .>! English > n'.ii lyptnit skiiN ,i .ir-. working t-xpfrietirr 2> LAND SURVFY COMPUTER lnWTeMe.l upptirunls pif.isr- itppl) lu The A.' >■•.!■ S T BOX A***** )90 Kim Seng Road S pore J923 TRAVEL AGENCY REQ lukft
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    • 591 21 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales 7 An international electrical switchgear switchboard components sales organisation requires SALES EXECUTIVES/ ENGINEERS (Male/Female) Diversification and expansion in company s activities with agencies held has created immediate vacancies tor dynamic aggressive and enterprising sales personnel Products range from contactors thermal reiays and
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    • 567 21 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous isetan smgapore-tokyo DEPARTMENT STORE in Orchard Road has immediate vacancies for the position of:WAITRESS a Age 16 -26 years e Singapore citizens e Secondary education e Able to work on shifts e Experience not necessary as training will be provided Starting salary $560 further adjustment upon
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    • 417 21 World Famous I Car-Care Products 9 T^*^9kzt 1 SCREEN WASH I-RIM TYRI ONI v LJKI 3 Bi »c« tmamond -bim a _>S JmFT*mVPQ BUMPI P PI ISH PEyMKj^,,'. t VISTA PROTECTOR JM irf toarat dnc .nler.Of inmmings d 3 Available at Petrol Kiosks, accessories stops st SOLE AGENT for Singapore
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    • 191 21 87 For Sale: Mercedes 77 MERCEDES 250 good colldllion, owned maintained by Engineer Aircon cassette (31.000 294 1976 MERCEDES 200 PAI ble Excellent rondition Call *****2(i alter 2pm 72 MERCEDES GOOD Mdition New cylinder head Aircon $f,.BO<> o n.o Call M***** 81 280S. FULLY auto. 2 pte own ers Brand
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    • 450 22 S3 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 93 For Sale: Honda Insurance Insurance I j^___^^^^_^^_^_. 1981 HONDA PRELUDE ltio2 Anton, hlfl cassette Sport rims Tax Insurance 5 85 1 owner Tip-lop condition $22,800 Tel: *****85 SEPT 82 ACCORD KX. 3-dr. Au- to. power steering, s rims, agent W h©r© do vou
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    • 525 22 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan 1983 NISSAN PULSAR 1000 C.C. Aircon, 1 owner $19,000 *****72 90 For Sale: Toyota 83 Q PLATE Corona GI.S. auto, aircon.. powered windows, radio, cassette, etc 2 units: 1 navy blue 15.000 km. 1 green. 30.000 "km 1 owner Offers invited. Tel: MOBBM Saturday. 9 00am-
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    • 522 22 SIN THAI HIN TRADING PTE LTD Plot E Fringe Carpark Kampong Java Road Singapore 0923 Telephone: *****11/ 5 (Opens from 9.00am 5.30pm) TRADE-IN LOAN ARRANGEABLE 1983 Maada !i26. auto BMW 5201a. Honda Ballade 1.3, manual. BMW 3!5. manual Nissan Pulsar 10 DX. manual. 1982 Suzuki 800 Van Honda Accord EX'
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    • 686 22 96 For Sale: Motor Cycles/Scooters VESPA 1976 SPRINT plate AR 2109H Selling cheap $250 Call Soh 4.T***** after office hours. WANTED KAWASAKI GPZ4OO (Old model l Interested to sell please contact Francis 2.5414'.13. YAMAHA LCI2SRZ EARLY 1984. Asking $2,.«K)0n o Call Thomas 44f),"i;>63 alter working hou^ 1973 HONDA 175 motorcycle,
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    • 609 22 m cm. *P 0^ k Units of Accommodation ills i-wS 106 Accomodation 106 Accomodation 107 Accommodation Available: Houses Available: Houses Available: Apartments URBAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CO PTE LTD (UDMC) PROPERTIES TO LET Tenders are invited for the letting of the following unfurnished residential. properties at Alexandra Park:-Single-Storey Tender Deposit Payable
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    • 605 22 TO LET At the junction of Scotts/ Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel. Immediate Occupation. Long or Short Lease. 14.000 sq ft Hotel Style Lobby. Swimming Pool. Tennis Court and many other |l facilities. Ample indoor Car parking lots. 24-hour Security System. <"ii Enquiries: ■31 FAR EAST JBI ORGANIZATION ■Si
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    • 461 22 I 113 For Sale: Houses i DIST 10 OFF BUKIT Timah Hoi- 1 land Rd d-storey semi-d 3-1 bdrms. 3700 sq ft Freehold. 5535.000 (Agent) *****41 Ram i NEW YEAR SPECIAL! Upp East Coast 2-storey semi-d Baths at- j tached. 3 bdrms $475,000 Admi- ral: *****22 *****07 SELETAR HILLS S/STOREY
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    • 691 22 114 For Sale Private Apartments JRGENT OPEN HOUSE I iRh C't Approx IH.tO >(J Jl Hltfh ir Kacmg I W islBB 3 S.f View U m) Apt e\ *****7^ Agape *****38 HOLLAND DR 3-RM flat. Blk Hi ,ii. kill hen MO.OOO 0.n.0 Tel *****W SPOTTISWOODE PK. RENOVATED 116 For Sale
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    • 279 23 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments i Bukit Timah 1 Mansion Penthouse High class facilities •Tip-top residential area h Beautiful scenery Tropical garden Swimming pool Children s playground I 24-hour security system Freehold 90° o Loan Please call *****58 Mr Chong/Miss Doreen 118 Factory Spaces 118
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    • 1221 23 120 For Sale: 120 For Sale: 120 For Sale: 120 For Sale: Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces 'f h-i ■a i^W win M m a k i I ™T»i IXi XIM* H Mr f KVBI W l^TTMiti i SI 'I Crystalline structure towers over the golden-shoe area.
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    • 267 23 150 Commercial/ Technical FURTHER EDUCATION For 'N' Level, O' Level and -A' Level Candidates Courses Available: Secondary 4 Pre-U 1/2 Computer Programming Engineering Studies Business Studies Private Secretary's Certificate Bookkeeping English for Commerce Shorthand Typewriting Commencing in MARCH Deferment from National Service and Student Passes for foreigners can be arranged.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 957 24 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours I NAM HO 1 TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD. I With us, you'll enjoy tries* extras Ist class hotels Good meals, mostly grand dinners Extensive itinerary coverage Guaranteed flight departures. direct flights Friendly bilingual guides So booK earry to avoid disappointments! val ue-for-money hol
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    • 50 24 157 Other Courses TAI CHI CHUAN ORIGINAL YANG STYLE New classes commencing 7th March 85 Monday A Thursday (8 00pm 9 00pm 239 241 Cantonment Road Tel: *****66/ *****53. Instructors: Lim Pek Yam A Lim Yuet Ting. DAISY FLORIST OFFERS Klower arrangement courses I'Nr call *****10 (.HlXlam 1<» IM»t titt
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    • 208 24 170 Lost BLACK YORKSHIRE TERRIER wit tan lace and underside Dog i sick and requires special medi cation. Dearly missed by fatml; Lost along Thomson Green l Thomson Hills Estate. Hand some reward for its return. Ca *****10 or *****55 (office). I.FAN TE MAU. passport numbe 73MFA 148t«X)7 lost on
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    • 521 24 157 Other Courses 157 Other Courses SITC TETE-DE-RAN, SWITZERLAND International Training Centre for the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Time Industries An introductory seminar will be given on February 25th at the Hyatt Regency Singapore Hotel at 4 and 7 pm The Centre will be represented by Mr Paul A.J. Wools
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 335 24 THE Belgian Soccer Federation are planning to add to the multitude of fund-raising schemes for Ethiopia with what they say is the world's top soccer match in aid of famine victims. The March 19 game, a week ahead of Belgium's World Cup qualifier against Greece, will
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    • 105 24 Brazilian striker Zieo win iea\e Italian t-irst division club I dines? at the end of the season, but may sta> on in Italj with another club, his wife said. .^though he uould like to return to Brazil, Hea would ramsfal in Itai> lor at least one
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    • 1056 24 THE MARTIN PALMER COLUMN FIXTURES Division )ne: Arsenal v Man U, Coventry v Chelsea, Leiceser v Everton, Liverpool v Jtoke, Newcastle v Luton, v Southampton, QPR Sunderland, West Brom v rottenham, West Ham V /ilia, Norwich v Sheffield Vednesday, Watford v Ip;wich (postponed). Division
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    • 345 24 LONDON, Fri ENGLAND striker Tony Woodcock's international soccer future could be decided tomorrow as Arsenal prepare for their home clash with Manchester United. If he is recalled to the Arsenal side and does well, he can expect to play for England against Northern Ireland
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    • 300 24 ROME, Fri MANY of Europe's leading soccer players may be distracted as they prepare for this weekend's crucial domestic League games with World Cup fixtures looming. The Italian First Division, packed with a galaxy of international stars, is the most vulnerable in this
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    • 128 24 NEW VORK, IYi. Th< North American Soccer league, struggling (or sur\i\al with onl\ titur teams, will decide b> FYida> whether to suspend operations. "Of course, it's an option," spokesman 4im Henderson said in referring to persist. >nl reports thai the league might fold. "Bui at the
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    • 305 25 LONDON, Fri. A pickpocket lifted Sot Chitalada's L95.000 ($234,650) cheque, over £800 in cash and an array of credit cards from the world champion's entourage just before the Thai's first World Boxing Council flyweight title defence against Briton Charlie Magri on Wednesday. The crowd at
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    • 71 25 DETROIT, Fri. Leon Spinks capped his return to the boxing ring after a two-year absence last night by stopping Lupe "Macho" Guerra 43 seconds into the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round cruiserweight bout. former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Spinks, 31, had knocked down Guerra earlier
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    • 56 25 FORMER champion K. Krishnan has resigned from the Singapore Amatuer Boxing Association. Krishnan, an army officer, cited "military and academic commitments" as his reason for stepping down as the assistant secretary. Krishnan, the 1976 Sportsman of the Year, was a SABA committee member for several years,
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    • In a nutshell
      • 418 25 Monaco GP is back on the road THE International Motor Sport Federation I Fisa i announced in Paris on Thursday that the Monaco Grand Prix would be reinstated on the World Championship calendar and would be held on May 19 as scheduled. Fisa's decision, which came after extensive bargaining earlier
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    • 482 25  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Alex clinches surprise second in East Sussex Open By ALEX TAY who had been living on a shoe-string diet of chips in London received a much-needed hong bao on Sunday just before he flew home after a six-week training-cum-com petition stint. The Singapore
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    • 137 25 MELBOURNE, Fri. Rising 19-year-old West Australian swimming star Tony McDonald became the first Australian to break the two-minute mark for the 200 metres butterfly in his own country at the Australian Championships here last night. McDonald sliced 1 39 sec off the Australian record held by
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    • 155 25 NEW DELHI, Fri. India wants to stage the 1992 Olympic Games in New Delhi, Sports Minister R.K. Singh said today. He told reporters the government was examining how much it would cost to hold the Games, but intended competing against countries like Britain for
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    • 62 25 NUREMBIIRG (West Germany), Fri. Police raided the home and fitness centre of Olympic wetghtlifting champion Karl-Heinz Radschinsky yesterday and seized anabolic steroid drugs, judicial officials said. A spokesman (or the Nuremburg public prosecutor said legal proceedings were being taken against Radschinsky (or drug law violations. Radschinsky
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    • 184 25 REPUTATIONS seem to mean little to the Tanglin Club as they continue to make a name for themselves in the Guinness Snooker League. Tanglin took on PUB A, league leaders in Green Group and knocked them sideways. The 4-0 win featured Joe O'Connor's straight-frames win over Lim
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    • ON THE CRICKET SCENE
      • 173 25 BENDIGO (Australia), Fri. England's cricketers yesterday struggled to I 2£run win over a Victoria Second XI who had just three players with first -class experience England were given a fine start by wicket-keep-er Paul Downton, who hit 111. but they collapsed from 212 for one
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      • 172 25 MELBOURNE. Fri. Duleep Mendis and his Sri Lankan squad had their first taste of the Melbourne Cricket Ground lights at an intensive training run last night. The Sri Lankans play in the first of this weekend's World Championship oneday matches here when
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      • 158 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The one-day match between Malaysia and Sri Lanka at the Padang on Mar 14 has been cancelled by the Malaysian Cricket Association Council. Reason: A Sports Ministry ruling that their approval is necessary for any foreign team to take part
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    • 119 28 \KW VOKk. Fri. Almost two weeks after the *-\ent look place, Valerie Brisco-Hook.s ha* been declared the winner of a WO-nietre raoe at the IS OKinpic nmuii.in.il track and field meeting in East Kuther'ord, New Jersey. Valerie's victor\ over Diane Dixon on Feb 9 b\ a tv.argin
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    • 335 28 Champ wishes Mary could give push NEW YORK. Fri Olympic 3,000 metres champion Maricica Puica. of Rumania, is out to break two of American Mary Slaney's world marks in one race at the \.ttional Indoor Athletics Championships tonight. She only wishes Mary, who was injured in a collision
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    • 383 28 ON THE FOREIGN TENNIS SCENE Sadri toppled, Connors, Jarryd shaken in Grand Prix surprises TORONTO, Fri. Bud Schultz, playing in only his fourth Grand Prix event, upset seventhseeded fellow-American John Sadri 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the U*****,000 ($275,000) Toronto Challenge Grand
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    • 379 28 OAKLAND (California), Fri. Chris Evert Lloyd outlasted fellow-American Peanut Louie 6-3, 6-2 in the Virginia Slims of California tournament. Peanut, with a baseline style to mirror Chris's, made her share of strong shots but could not match the steadiness of the top seed. The six-time United
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    • 557 28 Hakikat Rai focuses on marathon men Gam Seng and Elengovan going the distance GOH GAM SENG and R. Elengovan don't come anywhere in the mould of Carlos Lopes or Steve Jones. Neither do they harbour any illusions of matching the exploits of Lopes, the
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    • 437 28 Twiggs rides the wind ON THE FOREIGN GOLF SCENE MIAMI, Fri. PGA tour newcomer Greg Twiggs overcame stiff winds yesterday and shot a four-under-par 68 to take the first-round lead in the US$4OO,OOO ($892,000) Eastern Open. Twiggs, a 24-year-old Californian who failed to make the cut in three previous tournaments
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    • 84 29 Pictures by Local flavour. ..Singapore's trio of Kelly Chan, Lorgan Wong and Ramie Salleh add some spice to the competition. Foreign flavour... Stephen van den Berg washes down his disappointment as he trails the Thais for overall first position. Lapping up the plaudits and
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    • 189 29  - Singapore opt for March 5 date JOE DORAI THE Football Association of Singapore have set aside March 5 for the friendly match against Pahang at the National Stadium. And the FAS yesterday cabled the date to the Pahang Football Association for their approval. Last Sunday Singapore beat Pahang 2-1 in
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    • 31 29 BBC Brown Boveri beat Heli Orient 1-0 in a Business Houses Football League Division Two match at Queenstown yesterday In another match at Tanelin. OCBC beat Cold Storage
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    • 56 29 BEIJING Fn. Soviet icehockey players battered and punched Chinese opponents at a collegiate game in Italy th it the Soviets won 12-2, the official press agency Xinhi.a said toda> "the first S:no-Soviet hockey encounter in nearly 20 years was a rough-and-tumble affair, said the dispatch from the
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    • 708 29 Joe Dorai sets the scene for tonight's classic pre-World Cup clash at the National Stadium Coach Mori singles out Singapore stars who spell danger SINGAPORE: David Lee; A.R.J. Manl, Au-yeong Pak Kuan, Norhalis Shafik, Sodiat Dali; Hashim Hosni, Malek Awab, Razali Saad, Yahya Madon; Tay Peng
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    • 246 29 WHO will follow squash starlet Lina Ong as proud recipient of the next Sunday Times CocaCola Sports Achievement of the Month award? And could YOU be the fan whose choice earns a lunch date with the sportsman, or woman, you think has done most
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    • 336 29  - Anan takes it all in his stride JANICE SEAH By HE MAY consider the course impossibly long, but Thai Anan Hosuwan managed to keep his lead nonetheless in the Ray-Ban Singapore Open boardsailing championships at the East Coast yesterday. The lanky 18-year-old, known to all as ET because of his
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    • 178 29 LATE entries are usually frowned upon and either accepted or rejected with a stern word. That may or may not have been the case when a young Malaysian, with an entourage of older men. signed up for the Ray-Ban Singapore Open boardsailing championships at the East Coast
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    • 115 29 NOT many rugby internationals can claim to have scored a try against the New Zealand All Blacks. Greg Cornelson, then, is rather special. Not only has he scored four tries against the Kiwis, he did it in one match. Cornelson, who achieved this feat in 1979
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    • 415 29  -  HAKIKAT RAI HOCKEY.. .By STUDIES and work commitments were the two main reasons why Singapore's leading hockey players shied away from yesterday's trials to select the squad for the Merdeka Games in Brunei from March 24-31. And with it went hopes of a fresh
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    • 191 29  - Coming out of the shadows PETER SIOW COACH Chan Kwok Hong, who has generally tamed a deaf ear to the Basketball Association of Singapore's call for active duty, has finally relented. The 38-year-old education officer, who returned with a coaching certificate from Russia In 1978 after a two-year stay, has
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    • 460 29  -  J. RAJENDRAN RUGBY... By THE beers flowed freely at the Singapore Cricket Club last night, but not as freely, they say, as the action will in the two-day SCC rugby sevens starting at the Padang this morning (9 am). Last night's briefing for officials
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    • 103 29 KL'ALA LUMPUR Fri. National hockey coach C Thavanayagam will be attending the Brunei (James next month as an umpire, handing over command of the Malaysian squad to assistant M. Mahendran Thavanayagam is top of (he umpires' list for upgrading to international status." said MHF secretary G.
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      329 25 MR. JOHN TAN YONG HONG (Aged 73 years) called home to be with the Lord on Friday, 22nd February 1985 leaving behind. Wife: Mdm Theresa Chng Sons Daughters-in-law Simon Tan Shirley Wee Peter Tan Helen Ser Andrew Tan Stephen Tan Judy Ho Thomas Tan Cindy Liu Daughter Son-in-law
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      233 25 MR. HO JANG YU AGED 63 YEARS called to be with the Lord on 21-2-85. Memorial Service at SI Joseph s i Parlour of Repose in Queen Street (Tel: *****64) at B.oopm 23 24-2--85. Funeral service on Monday 25-2-85 at 11.30am. and thence to Mt Vernor. Crematorium. "For
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    • 38 25 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR LOH KIM CHONG Departed 17th February 86 wishes to thank all relatives friends, neighbours and colleagues for their kind atttndance. wreaths. messages ol condolence and donations during their recent bereavement.
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    • 289 25 The Family ot the late MR. VINCENT TOH JOON OON Di parted 18th Feb '85 Wish tc express their heartfelt thanks aid appreciation to all relatives. tn?nds colleagues Doctors Staft <jI C.C.U.. Ward 44 S.G.H Archbishop Gregory Yong Msgrs Lau Coh Rev Fathers Nuns Bansh C suncn of
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      43 25 With Deepest Condolence to the Family of the Late MR. TANG TAI LAM (EDDIE) Departed on 21.2.85 Body lying at 4 m/s Upper Serangoon Road. (Funeral Parlour) Cortege leaving at 2p.m.. 23 Feb 1985 (or Mt Vernon Crematorium. From: 12 Brothers
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      90 25 With dMpatt sympathy and condol*nc» to the family ot the late MR WEt CHWEfc ANG (C.A WEE) AGE 38 who p»»»«c away peacefully on 2 tat F»b 1985 Body lymc. at 17 Lorong Tai S*nc Leaving at 12.00 ptn on 24th Feb 1985 (Sunday) tor KONG MENG SAN
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      125 25 In Loving Memory o 1 WONG WENG KOU Departed: 23rd Feb 1984 "Your memory is as dear today, As in the hour you passed away." Dearly mittect by wile Jessie Tong son Mur Ying daughle' Mun Tz:r.g mother-in-law Tan Be« Eng broth ers-in-law> sisters-in-law niece* nephews In
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    • 26 25 STRAITS TIMES RATES FOR OBITUARIES $15.00 for 3 lines (run-on style) $60.00 for 3cm x 1 col (semi-display style) $75.00 for 3cm x Icol. (display style)
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    • 50 25 Cherished memories ol HESTON SEE GIM MOCK Departed 23/2/68 Deeply respected, fondly remembered by wife, children and grandchildren MR SEAH KEOK SENG 1901 1984 The l>ew is on the Lotus! The Dewdrop slips mu> the Shining Sea' DEARLY REMEMBERED ALWAYS "In Memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember
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  • RACING
    • 318 26  -  EPSOM JEEP By BKLDALK PKOSPKCT, a bright new staying find, ran stake a claim for a berth in the $125,000 Tunku Gold Cup by passing his first test in the top class in Race fi at Kuala Lumpur today. An American-bred four-year-old. Beldale Prospect
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    • 40 26 THE $36,153 tierce Jackpot which no off-coarse punter at Bukit Timah struck in the last race of the amateur meeting at Ipoh on Thursday will be added to the tierce pool in Race 2 at Kuala Lumpur today.
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    • 57 26 Piggott in NZ race AUCKLAND, Fri. Leading English jockey Lester Piggott j will take the mount on So Dandy in New Zealand's richest weight-for-age race over 2,000 m at Ellerslie racecourse here today. Piggott won this race in 1960 on Arbre Chene. He also i rode three other wi nnorc
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    • 210 26  -  MARKSMAN By Our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Stratos can give punters a flying start in Race 1 for Class 2 Div 4 horses over 1,200 m. This New Zealand gelding showed up nicely in a gallop on Wednesday when clocking 39.8
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    • 103 26 RACE I: Anak Per ah Seattle Steel late Designer's Dream I, Lusa Dale RACE 2: Helloha. Black Dinero, Trump Card I\ Dakiari. Elrond. Merdeka Bridge 11. Pins RACE S: Sheikh 11, Amir. Go Fred Go. Victoria Park Treat Me Nice RACE 4: Sir Toby 11, Betsys Pet 11. Be
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    • 4023 26 GOING FORECAST: GOOD mmmmmgm 2.15 class 2 div 4 1,200m ifA*3 m m (Ratings: 101-93) (Stakes: $15,500) I *****." Splendour 11 51 (ltl) Splendour- Bougoure 4ag dl -*-.5 (1200m) Beat only two home when sth to Interceptor II in Div 3 Ipoh 1200m Jan 20.". H Bakri
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    • 360 26 RACE EPSOM JEEP RACING ED TONTO MARKSMAN WENG SOOK 4 Seattle Steel 4 Seattle Steel 3 Anak Perak 2 Stratos 4 Seattle Steel 5 Hunting Eaglp 2 Stratos 4 Seattle Steel 3 Anak Perak 3 Anak Perak 3 Anak Perak 5 Hunting Eagle i 5 Hunting
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    • 377 27  -  MARKSMAN ON THE TRACK with KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Classy sprinter Mostgnuid, with two wins a second and two thirds from only five outings, did a splendid workout here this morning. With jockey M. Ariffin astride, the three-year-old Moon Sammy gelding went fluenth oxer 600 m in
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    • 149 27 Week 's top gallops TUESDAY (good going): Sunny Smile 36.1, Valley Fame 37.9, Versailles Palace 38.1, Beldale Prospect and Longevity n 38.5 together, Able Monarch 38.1, Gala Display n 37.4, Fascination m 37.2, Loyal Commission and Kelab Istimewa 36.9 together, Falcon n 37.3, Safe Home m 39.2, Toraa Toma 37.5,
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    • 173 27 ARCADIA, Fri PAT DAY. the jockey with the most winners in the past three years, was presented the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award at Santa Anita Racecourse The award, given to a jockey whose performance is a credit to racing, honours the memory of George Woolf, who
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    • 103 27 LOIIS\TLLE (Kentacky), Fri. The eight runners in the first race in Louisville Downs on Wednesday finished in the exact order of their barrier positions the first time it has happened in the history of this track. Deer Creek Dan, starting from barrier 1, won the race and
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    • 190 27 was ridden out to clock 35.7. Safe Home 111 breezed over 600 m in 43.5. Tresor IPOr II and Shoot Up High (Jaffari) did pace work. Purity, Candidi (apprentice Azhar) and Symbol Of Courage exercised on the sand. RACE 7: Asean n was
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    • 250 27 Total Noofplaclngs Placings for last 1 S rides rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 Connorton 41 12 6 5 ********** 2 Johnston 59 11 8 11 ********** 3 Seiches 43 6 9 6 ********** 4 Subian 34 6 5 4 ********** 5 Cook 33 6
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    • 1436 27 f^TfyTnjt 145 CLASS 2 DIV 5 1,200m i i -H W (Ratings: 97-90) (Stakes: $15,500) I *6**sl I nfsrxrtUMe U »«.5 tnforgettableUv 6 iug p»- -Jil2oom) *Jaflart 5 I 6*4106 RiKkt Temp* 5C (»5) Right Tempo-Buang 5 iug dl sam<> 1 1200m) Allan 1 3 7*irr»« M»rp»r» 55.5
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    • 202 26 Ten Kings Pin Astral Horoscopes Gemini: An interesting character a a good deal of .ivacity and intellectual energy Leo: A jefmite leader of his chosen pack just as the lion is in the jungle Virgo: Splendid power of discrimination It takes much to meet this creature's heart Libra: Just and
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    • 40 29 In tomorrow's Asia Magazine CHINA'S SMART ROMULO IN APPROACH RETIREMENT The modernisation plan An interview with the includes a swing to latest Philippines" elder statesman fashion styles I^^^/KLi ESCAPE FROM THE NIGHTMARE h More gripping excerpts from THE KILLING lILLDS
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    • 81 29 HOCKEY SHA Sr. K.O: IA v Safsa. Fraser and Neave Elite Cup: SCC v SIA (Farrer Park AC, 3.30 and 5 pm). RUGBY SCC Sevens (Padang, 9 am). SOCCER Pre-World Cup: Singapore v Japan (Nat. Stadium, 8 pm). NFL Div. 2: Kaki Bukit v Mountbatten (Geylang), Cairnhill v Telok Blangah
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  • 307 30  -  LILLIAN CHEW 'It's a communist regime that betrayed promises of freedom' By Washngton Correspondent WASHINGTON Fri. President Ronald Reagan has called for the removal of Nicaragua's Sandinista government, saying it is a communist regime that has betrayed the promises of freedom made when it
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  • 198 30 MOSCOW. Fri Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko. ailing for the past two months, will not appear today to deliver a major speech he was due to make, a Fo r i g Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman was giving the first official word that Mr
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  • 253 30 Bishop and 3 nuns among 9 kidnapped ZAMBOANGA CITY, Fri. A Roman Catholic Bishop, three nuns and five other people were kidnapped today by unidentified armed men on a highway in the southern Philippines, church and military officials said. The Most Rev Federico Escaler, 63, an outspoken government critic, was
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  • 102 30 Barking up the wrong tree CALUMET CITY, Illinois, Fri. Alice Zorn, 76, left a tape recorder running when she left her flat, hoping to prove her poodle wasn't the barking pest her neighbours claimed. Not only did she get proof, she also received an added benefit a recording of two
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  • 71 30 DANBURY (Connecticut), Fri. The American chemical group Union Carbide has reported a net profit of US$323 million (5J697.6 million) for 1984, auadrupling its 1983 result despite a special provision for a loss of US$lB million set aside for the Bhopal disaster in India last December.
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  • 433 30  -  LITO GUTIERREZ Packages for those getting married, young women execs and retirees By MARRY and honeymoon in Singapore. This is among the ideas the STPB will use to draw more Japanese here. An official from the tourist board who returned recently from a marketing
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  • 296 30 S. African govt withdraws plan for mass removal of Blacks CAPE TOWN, Friday THE South African government yesterday announced a major concession in plans for the mass removal of Blacks from townships near here that has already led to riots that killed 23 people. Black residents with the legal right
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  • 172 30 Woodlands collision driver claims trial A MAN was charged yesterday following the collision along Woodlands Road on Monday morning In which six people died. Lakhbir Singh, 25, a Malaysian, was charged with failing to properly control the prime-mover he was driving. The charge alleges that the prime-mover went over to
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  • 243 30 AN APHRODISIAC supposedly made from moose, reindeer and tiger organs, is offlimits as far as the Health Ministry is concerned. On closer examination, the chocolate-coloured pill was found to contain excessive amounts of lead and mercury enough to kill a man if taken
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  • 165 30 Artificial heart allows patients to run MARSEILLES, Fri. A French research team says it has developed a compact artificial heart that will allow recipients to run for a bus and take part in sports. Dr Jean-Raoul Monties, of the University of Aix-Marseilles Faculty of Medicine, hopes to have the heart
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  • 56 30 WASffINGTON, Fri. Mrs Geraldine Ferraro, America's first woman vice-presi-dential candidate, has taken the route adopted by so many others who have become household names the television commercial. Mrs Ferraro has filmed a 30-second television commercial for Diet Pepsi, which paid her more than UStfOO.OOO (Ssl.oB million)
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  • 84 30 TOKYO, Fri. A Malaysian cargo ship capsized in rough seas in Osaka Bay today, after the captain and 20 crewmen had been rescued, the Maritime Safety Agency said. The 3,675-ton Siti Freda was carrying logs from the Philippines when high waves and strong wind caused it to
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  • 32 30 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 1.10 points to 1,277.94 in the first half hour of trading on the New York Stork Rxchanpe today. AP
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    • 113 30 CONGRATULATIONS To the Government of his Majesty Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah and Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam and the People of Negara Brunei Darussalam on the occasion of Negara Brunei Darussalam's National Day Today From The President Board of Trustees Hotel Bl Tourism School "Les Roches" CH-3961 Bluche Sur
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    • 124 30 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 7.20 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.15 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 20/27C Sunny j Manila 21/32C Fair Amsterdam JC t Melbourne 18/29C Goudy Bangkok 25 32 C Goudy j Moscow -9/-8C Snow Beijing
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  • SECTION TWO
    • 2 1 SECTION TWO
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    • 1268 1  -  Dick Wilson LIM YOON LIN CHOU THE STORY OF ZHOU ENLAI 1898 1976 By Hutchinson, hardcover 349 pages, $61.30 Reviewed by He was notoriously stingy in spending money, even on clothes and food. It was said that when he had finally worn out a
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      • 629 1 More BOOKS in Page Four IRkESISTIBLY BOGART FROM ONLY SI9. V Bflfl K Kkflflfli '\H r^V\"C-4"- 1 Si IHr i\ V»Vlwfc Vllll\lVfcSi?^^N, BMBHa^^^^^9^H^ B^R^^B^V^^^^R^^^>^^B^^^^9^^^^^^^flf^^9' BBbBBI BS ■>" |BBIB^MB^ M^ w^'^'^riiiiiflßk^ wSar li^TTflßr Bm^' Vi imsmVSMl m ft.B. l|||i t^^^Bßßßfci^jC^fcfc^l''-- *ffit^^S^^Ww3B^wS^7*^ti^Bßkwfll 818 I lloml llb] BF^ Hf^l"J p 1 1 B)
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      • 18 1 What to do with leftover egg whites OUTLOOK, Page Two Sheena and the jungle bungle LEISURE, Page Nine
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      • 714 2  -  TAN LEE LENG Leftover egg whites are versatile ingredients for a range of mouthwatering desserts. Here are some guidelines on storing and using them. By WONDERING what to do with all those egg whites left over from baking that kueh lapis? They are perfect for making
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      • 457 2  -  Christine Khor edited by Lemon meringue pie 1 cup sugar 3 tbsp flour 3 tbsp cornstarch i tsp salt 1 cups boiling or hot water 3 egg yolks 2 tsp grated lemon rind 1 3 cup lemon juice 1 to 2 tbsp butter baked pastry shell for 20 or
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      • 40 2 Our biggest dear-out ever! HHHHHH I r We d soo ler seU thanC^^s 0/? '^-'"^^^^PPBB^PIPK^ count it -all excess <<<0/^ /)r\ i-r tJP ~^^Kk> stocks must go at A/tr^ 1 giveaway prices!^ s^^ X -^^^^P/^««' < lP' ate Sd Ci^ tS*^
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      • 346 2 Cheers! 0 trust your Lunar New Year celebrations have proved as enjoyable as mine! Thanks (and cheers; to all you kind readers who have sent me cards. Alas, like Clark Kent. I cannot reveal my true identity... Of you seek a good number this week. SpJ might 1 suggest 1
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    • KIDS & THINGS
      • 520 3 IN THE distant land of Frubb, there lived a fierce giant called Puzuff. He was brutal and stupid, but because he was much bigger and stronger than the others around him. he would bully these dwarfs and get them to do all his work for
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      • 208 3 m§l^JL^4l tyiwtitffi' ty m h&'C' Ye^ e t^^tto wtH flr M I y^ru a^ r?^j /e^d^ v >^^^W^f^Z^^' (>w4U?ws; Hie busier Wpirtiue, u -h^^^^Qq3 be-ttef. fyw&vnbeY yw; hzve- to went PilQ >^7) uoiurcnon fa&nt 3nd little people (mJCovJc-Uxl WMtMroom?? in dialed™ mdudt ihzwi m ijc^y picture ]W caia p/ace Zviyioktre,
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    • BOOKS
      • 567 4  -  Malcolm Bradbury SHASHI THAROOR EATING PEOPLE IS WRONG By Arena Books, 1984 298 pages, $10.35 Reviewed by PROFESSOR Stuart Treece is head of the Department of English at a provincial university in 1950s Britain. He is scholarly, decent, liberal, well-intentioned, hopelessly unmodern, studiously uninvolved in the
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      • 453 4  -  Peter Watkins Julia Dobson Anna Sebba LIN LIN-DEE ERIC LIDDELL: BORN TO RUN By Julia Macßae Books, 1983 42 pages, $1 1.80 MOUNTBATTEN, SAILOR HERE By Julia Macßae Books, 1982 42 pages, $1 1.80 MOTHER TERESA By Julia Macßae Books, 1982 42 pages, $1 1.80 MARGOT FONTEYN By
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      • 428 4 HALLEY'S Comet by Donald Tattersfield (Basil Blackwell, $26.65) Halley's Comet appears once every 76 years. It will appear this year. But will it collide with Earth? What does it look like? What does it consist of? How close will it get? Donald Tattersfield answers
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        310 4 INDIA: The Siege Within by M J Akbar (Penguin, $12.10) When India was partitioned in 1947 and Pakistan was created, the forces that continue to challenge the country's unity were unleashed. The culmination of Sikh nationalism, rising fundamentalism and separatism brings this analysis up-to-date with the uprising
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    • Page 4 Advertisements
      • 805 4 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES fHHI STANTS RSRflftfil HHHH Telefax No: *****59 Kates: Box Service: ll11 OlHni noouoo I iiwuHwiuimm Sa|ps j^.j^. Straits TirneS 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS TIMKAD Tel: *****1 1 oxt 2724-7 2669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo APPOINTMENTS I Ffl SINGAPORE ll I
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      • 741 4 |(M) MOTOROLA^ A Leader in the communications and electronics industry Wk MOTOROLA ELECTRONICS PTE LTD has made a major J8 ,^P investment in computer aided design technology and we lam W® are looking for the right person to fill an important position. Hk I CAD DESIGN CENTER I I SYSTEM
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      • 544 5 APPOINTMENTS Sembawang Construction Pte. Ltd. u wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembawang Shipyard Limited) seeK-. professionally qualified and experienced candidates to join 1 its Management Team. I I PROJECT ENGINEER A Degree in Civil Building Engineering At least 3 years of relevant experience Preference will be given to those with experience in
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      • 658 5 H usa Si I THE CHINA CONNECTION I |g| Opportunity exists for a person who can communicate in English em& Mas well as Mandarin to work for GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA), §wj a leading Fortune 500' Company. |s| aB The incumbent we seek will be working specifially for the W& H
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      • 535 5 MECHANICAL HANDUNG ENGINEERING (S) PTE. LTD. (Member ct X Jebsen Jessen Group ol Companies j South Eas* Asia) We are expanding in fhe field of integrated material handling, distribution and storage systems We Invite dynamic, young and highly motivated persons for the post of I To participate in the field
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      • 485 5 PBI A newly established Japanese manufacturing company has immediate vacancies for:--1) RECEPTIONIST/ TELEPHONE OPERATOR Age 19 24 years Minimum GCE '0' Level Pleasant voice, personality and well mannered. Able to communicate in English fluently and tactfully Knowledge of typing Possess at least 2-year of relevant experience 2 PURCHASING/ SHIPPING CLERK
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      • 912 6 APPOINTMENTS INTERIOR DESIGNER around Ms3o 000 pa. Ttiumph International requires an Interior Designer, stationed in Petaling Jaya, to take care of their displays in Malaysia, S pore Brunei. As such frequent travelling will be necessary The desired candidate is preferably a M'sian citi ren, male female, aged between 25 32
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      • 473 6 gg| We are the world's largest and most diversi-^^^^fc^^^ fied electrical manufacturing company. Our h| Asia Pacific Division, located in Singapore, covers Sk Asean countries, Australasia, Southwest Asia, People's m& Republic of China and Northeast Asia Regions. It provides aB marketing, sales and services and financial support for GE Ha
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      • 114 6 II boruuil A member of the Barwil chain of international shipping agencies has an immediate vacancy for CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY Requirements: Minimum GCE "O' with good written and spo- j ken English Shorthand not required but applicants should have experience in audio typing ditaphone and be proficient in typing. 2-3 years'
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      • 375 6 T^P But do you know that behind all the buttons and panels, there is a special team of Singaporeans dedicated to make our operations the most successful Y/r We're now offering you a chance to take up more than just a job the de zaan challenge. AREA SALES MANAGER Reporting
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      • 506 7 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooc^ CATHAY: 9th BIG DAY! ft X <383J0O l 5 SHOWS Horn 130 *****0 9 iSpm jl^ 5 r R x X A at 'A l"| v j»| WL* i tLEcTRic boOcalooT^ ry^ V V I -1985 BREAKDANCE FINALS ill! SATURDAY, 9th MARCH at 10.00am > < TICKETS: $3.00, $5.00
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      • 289 7 B^ldanceChampionship -o- Miminary Rounds BREAK YOUR Wff TO THE FINALS If you're a breakdancer, join your Attractive prizes for all finalists, friends in electrifying us with your talent. Entry forms available at the disco. There'll be locking and popping all over GRAND FINALS AT THE ORCHARD the Copa's dance floor.
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      • 770 7 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■HBHH CAPITOL-LIBERTY: NOW SHOWING (CAP *****59) 11am. 1.45. 4.00 6.30. 915 No Free List (LIB *****68) 11am. 1 45. 4 00. *****5 No Free List H C^i B JADE-JURONG: NOW SHOWING (JADE *****80) 11am, 1.30. 4.00. 6.30 9 .00 No Free List (JUR *****70) 11am, 1 45. 4.15. 6.45. 9.15
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      • 165 7 8^ CATHAY O MR 800 MEETS POM POM V Q MV LUCKV STARS O ORGAWISATIOW "fj<iiusL, ar il^i^: i j Hi»."W-'-.;.-fl..i- r-|.l B Ij^mmi M' Boc Meets Pom Porr I JUBLEL MANDARIN EMPRESS TOA PAYOH, PEOPLE S/DALIT LIWAGU/HOLLYWOOD/HAPPV QUEENSTOWN/ PLAZA \uw MiimiM. no iki:i \\<\ &\JKf SICHASDNO r V«B^f >IK.It4M)MI
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 137 8 APPOINTMENTS Black Decker Maintenance Engineer We are looking for a candidate who can effectively manage the Maintenance Section to provide day-to-day services to the plant. The desired candidate should possess a Degree or Diploma in Electronic or Electrical Engineering with several years of proven experience in preventive maintenance works, repair
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      • 57 8 The rapid expansion of our dealing room has created a vacancy for a TELEX OPERATOR Minimum requirements: 1-2 years experience on the telex in an active dealing room. Preferably able to operate Reuters dealing system. G.C.E 'O 1 level Please apply to: Manager Capital Markets Group P O Box 2483
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      • 659 8 APPOINTMENTS I PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD The PUB invites applications tor the following posts: Applicants must have a good honours dea from a recognised university or a recognised professional qualtfication. Preference will be given to those with experience in the manage- j ment of stores. j The appointee is responsible to
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    • Page 8 Miscellaneous
      • 740 8 COMICS 2° I GARFIELD By Jim Davis PEANUTS BySchulz VOUR6 LAZV, GARPitLT. f~ r? r I—,1 i i 1 V LAZV, PC VOU MLAR AAE? N '.MAT^V A ?Ab C= l >0t >0 EVES" -i vvTa ''v (!FVOOMAC7ANVAAAeiTION. LIKE THE WORLP"S I- J $zi£ MX I ThESE ROCk5 -^Tm=n tSc
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    • LEISURE
      • 367 9  -  PATRICK SHEN SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE Now showing at Golden Sultan Reviewed by SHEENA, Queen of the Jungle, can be described as a comical ami romantic adventure But this doesn't sa> much about the quality of the film, which is pretty poor. I' he
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      • 314 9  -  K ANNAN CHANDRAN SUNDAY MATINEE MURDER, SHE WROTE Sunday, Ch 5, 3 pm Previewed by IF YOU grew up on a heavy diet of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or if you just love a good whodunit, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation^ new prime-time series, Murder, She
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      • 150 9 TODAY: Singapore Harbour 7.25 am (0.7 m), 1.22 pm (2.8m), 8.05 pm (0.4m). Sembawang (applicable to Punggol) 7.05 am (0.9m), 1.39 pm (3.1m), 7.20 pm (0.5m). Sedili Kechil (applicable to Desaru) 6.17 am (1 m), 12.21 pm (2.3m), 6.32 pm (0.7m). Port Dickson 8.43 am (2.5 m), 3.03
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 622 9 APPOINTMENTS EXON A CAREER WITH _L— CHEMICALS SALES ENGINEERS 1 Exxon Chemical companies in Singapore are affiliates of a m\ leading multinational chemical company. H We are looking for highly motivated self-starters to fill market- S ing positions in our organisation. Candidates should possess S! a good degree in chemical
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      • 121 9 BAILIFF'S I SALE IN THE I SUBORDINATE I COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN THE CAUSE OF Writ of Distress No. 17 of 1985 Orchard Centre Holdings (Private) Ltd I Plaintiff i Versus Tan Joon Peak Defendant AUCTION SALE OF Colour video cameras, I power units, amplifiers, Racks, speakers,
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      • 624 9 Are you creative and want to be in the forefront of technology? =r==r Singapore |p=E==E Newspaper z= Services Pte Ltd We want people who are innovative and seek an interesting career working with the latest technology to join our new team. We are looking for: A Senior Graphic Designer Graphic
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    • Page 9 Miscellaneous
      • 271 9 What's on CIfINATOWN New Year tidbits and sea- life in Singapore during Sho Kosugi plays a man LKiHTS I P sonal food and flowers the Japanese Occupation, forced to flee Japan when h such as p<\ich and cherry There will be slide shows a band of Ninja warriors I blossoms
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 254 10 NOTICES SHERIFF'S SALE IN THE HIGH COI'RT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN THE CAUSE OF Suit NO. 563 OF 1984 Execution No. 771 of 1984 Bian Hin Co (S) Pte Ltd Plaintiffs Versus j Ong Eng Ho t/a B. H. Ong Construction 2i Defendants AUCTION SALE OF Antique Furniture.
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      • 329 10 I RESEARCH I I SCHOLARSHIPS I M Research Scholarships are available to 9 H outstanding university graduates registered in, 9 or admissable to. masters and doctor's degree H programmes by research at the National M University of Singapore. H The Scholarships are tenable for one year in the S p
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      • 150 10 Brooke Bond Exports Ltd, is pleased to announce the appointment of ganta (s) pte ltd as their exclusive distributor in Singapore and Brunei for the following range of quality products with immediate effect. Brooke Bond Green Label Tea Brooke Bond Red Rose Tea Brooke Bond brands of Coffee Fray Bentos
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      • 192 10 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIPS NAME We. Eastern Navigation PuLtd of 51 Anson Road #06-53, Anson Centre. Sin gapore 0207 hereby give notice that in consequence of our purchase of the vessel "Marang". we have applied to The Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant
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      • 155 10 THE HEART OF THE DRAGON I $45.00 A quarter of the people on earth live in China, yet it has remained a mystery. Tne Heart Of The Dragon opens the door on this most secret of continents, and illuminates the world of its 1000 million inhabitants as has never before
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      • 1383 10 YOUR VIEWING AND LISTENING GUIDE %J And the wimiei 1 is i sbcs ~i rßad»oone n 12.20 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample the Juventus players include Mich- 5>58 AM National Anthem 3 .M News in Brief 5.15 Pages el Platmi and Pao Rossi followed by Opening An- SBCO in Concert
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