The Straits Times, 24 March 1985

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    14 1 The Sunday Times No: 2546 45 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 96/1/85 MARCH 24, 1985
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    Lock icon This is Melvin Chen with what he eats on a typical Saturday. And Melvin is typical
    32 1 This is Melvin Chen with what he eats on a typical Saturday. And Melvin is typical Turn to Page 2 for a Sunday Times survey every parent should read. Picture: PHILIP LIM
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    Lock icon Mutiny aboard Chinese ship
    413 1 SEOUL, Sat. South Korea said its warships fired warning shots and jet fighters were scrambled m a show of strength to force three Chinese naval vessels to withdraw from Korean territorial waters today after an apparent mutiny on a Chinese torpedo boat. The South Korean Defence
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    When girl meets boy... they fill out a form
    537 1  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By THE road to acquiring a spouse starts with an 11-page survey containing 48 questions on everything from sex to intelligence. The questionnaire is produced by the Social Development Unit, set up last year to encourage single graduates to
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    Higher child-care fees may deter women from working
    229 1 THE recently-introduced increases m fees at child-care centres may deter women from entering the job market. Dr Aline Wong, the MP for Changkat, m calling for a revision, told Parliament yesterday that the average woman earning $500 a month, after paying her
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    Lock icon Britain acts to curb Aids
    83 1 LONDON, Sat. From today, British courts will be empowered to confine to hospital anyone suffering from the commonly fatal Aids disease. Health Minister Kenneth Clarke told Parliament last night that snch decisions would only be taken m "very exceptional circumstances." He was revealing the measures
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    Indoor stadium cost review
    252 1 Indoor stadium cost review THE Finance Ministry has asked the Singapore Sports Council to take a second look at the cost of building an indoor sports stadium. The initial estimate of $45 million was too low and the ministry wanted a re-cosiing. the Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development), Mr Teo Chong
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      146 1 ey UMBC Asian lU Currency I •'^W tall Mr Daniel Loh X^ '^V at tel 22*6028/9 »J«. f tor the latest O deposit rates FOCUS The thoughts of Comrade Gorbachev SJSPII Coffee, Jgm^ tea Schools Council: How effective? SUNDAY PLUS Foreign aide and influence gST9K' A woman ■^P remembers EA
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      8 1 The famous obscurity of Ivan Allan Page 22
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      547 2 NIKKO SAGA CONTINUES: Pacific Hotels International is likely to manage what was formerly known as Hotel Nikko. Mr Rolando Luceri, president of Pacific Hotels, confirmed their meetings with the Harapan Group, owners of the hotel which is expected to open m August or September. Page 14 'REMOVE
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      SPORTS
      202 2 NOT BRUCE LEE: Janice Seah's first lesson m Shitoryu karate left her with an aching body and a sore throat. But, she says, there's something about being m combat the primitive high of doing battle with bare hands. Page 21 HEADLINE HEROES Norwich City shuffle a pack of potential
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      Lock icon Don't eat your heart out
      1315 2  -  HEDWIG ALFRED THE Sunday Times food "experiment" lasted a week and it involved 10 pupils from 10 schools. Their ages ranged from eight to 17 years and their other personal particulars, including weight, height, ethnic group, school extra-curricular activities and pocket money were noted. The
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      Seminar aims to raise standard of tuckshop food
      268 2 Seminar aims to raise standard of tuckshop food THREE government ministries will come together next week to conduct a nutrition seminar for school principals. The aim is to raise the standard of tuckshop food through the lectures on eating trends among young Singaporeans and the values of snack food available.
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      Lock icon Meet the family Lforeign VIPs drop in to visit
      636 3  - Meet the family L foreign VIPs drop in to visit EVANGELINE GAMBOA By IMAGINE entertaining the Lord Mayor of London. China's Foreign Affairs Minister and the President of the Maldives. They ring your doorbell, step into your Housing Board flat and wander through your living room, kitchen, bedrooms and even
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      Is the Bukit Timah nature reserve dying slowly?
      810 3  -  IRENE HOE By THE Bukit Timah Nature Reserve may be dying a slow death. Some naturalists here believe that the 75--hectare reserve, one of the last patches of primary forest that is, the undisturbed rainforest is too small to regenerate. They point
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      124 2 UP TO 1 pm. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 33 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.16 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.09 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER k. I.umpur 23 33c M:nn> Manila 21 33 C Sunny London 5 9C Cioudy Melbourne 19 33C Cloudy Adelaide 17 31 C Showers Moscow
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon GONE FOR A BURTON
        89 4 Elizabeth Taylor (right), twice the wife of Richard Burton, will not receive any of the US$2.7 million (556.05 million) estate left by the late actor, the Bermuda Supreme Court decided on Friday. Burton, who died of cerebral haemorrhage at his Swiss home last August at the
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        Lock icon TIGERS FOR MEDICINE
        62 4 A Chinese drugs firm plans to breed rare tigers, leopards and bears m zoos so it can make profitable medicines from their bones and bile, the Xinhua news agency has reported. It said about 100 varieties of traditional Chinese drugs and tonics were m short supply because
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        Lock icon Pow MYSTERY
        87 4 An ex-Marine convicted of collaborating with his Vietnamese captors has told a Washington news conference that American prisoners of war were still being held m Hanoi when he left m 1979, six years after all prisoners were officially freed. "I was not and I am not the last
        Reuter  -  87 words
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        Lock icon RISING WINE
        49 4 English wine, a relative rarity among European vintages, is about to be launched on the Japanese market. The famous Tokyo department store, Mitsukoshi, which has a reputation for stocking quality imported goods, has ordered 400 cases of St George's red and white wine worth £10,000 (5526,600). Reuter
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        Lock icon RADIOACTIVE KNEES
        70 4 Injecting short-lived radioactive material into crippled knees can dramatically relieve the pain and swelling of arthritis victims who are not helped by other treatments, American researchers say. After tests on 150 people at Harvard Medical School, doctors believe the experimental therapy can slow or temporarily halt the relentless
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        Lock icon FOSSIL FAKERY
        83 4 One of the most famous fossils at the London Natural History Museum is Archaeopteryx. The 150 million-year-old bird-like reptile, found m a German quarry m 1861, has been put forward as conclusive evidence of the evolution of reptiles to birds. But this has now been challenged by famous
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        Lock icon NEW COMMUNIST CHRISTIANS
        67 4 A new generation of Christian beiievers is growing up m communist countries despite the prevailing "atheism of boredom and despair," a Roman Catholic Church document has reported. The church's Secretariat For Nonbelievers, m making the report at a Vatican meeting, also said that church dialogue with some
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        Lock icon BOY GEORGE SINGLE
        73 4 Boy George (right), the gender-bender singer famous for his outrageous dresses and tresses, says he will never marry, become a father or settle down because he is too "eccentric". In an interview with Woman's World magazine m London, he was quoted as saying: "All those reports about
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        Lock icon PUTTING THE BITE ON
        92 4 When Jeffrey Ravi, a dentist m Hutchinson. Kansas, was unable to obtain the US$B65 (551.937) he wis charging a patient for a dentu c, he had the perfect answer he confiscated the false teeth as collateral. "It's just like having a car repossessed for missing payments.*'
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        Lock icon NO ROOM IN LONDON
        58 4 London already has put up the "House Full" signs to foreign tour operators as the British capital braces for a record summer tourist invasion. There are even suggestions that some hotels may be overbooked. Attracted partly by the cheap pound, more than 3 million Americans alone
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        77 4 _____7TlT________l __> _H _H 'We don't have groupies around, we don't sleep with fans. I'm no fool. They would not be having sex with me (but) with my veneer and I don't want that' Boy George talking to Playboy magazine about his life as a cross-gender singer 'In this country
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      Lock icon Stock prices dip in aimless trading
      88 4 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. Wall Street prices closed lower yesterday m aimless trading despite the prominence of takeover and merger speculation m several major stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.77 points to close at 1267.45. Falls outnumbered gains Volume on
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      Singapore wants to pay UN less
      468 4  - Singapore wants to pay UN less LILLIAN CHEW 'Method of assessing contributions unfair' By Washington Correspondent NEW YORK, Sat. Singapore officials are now busy arguing their case m a United Nations' committee that the Republic should pay less to the UN Budget. They are doing so m preparation for the
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      Lock icon Reagan recalls US arms talks chief
      239 4 WASHINGTON, Sat. President Ronald Reagan, making a major push for approval of his MX missile programme, has recalled chief United States arms negotiator Max Kampelman to convince Congress the weapon is essential to success at the Geneva talks. Mr Kampelman will also give the
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      Lock icon China, Russia river accords
      358 5 Agreements reached on boundary navigation BEIJING, Sat. China and the Soviet Union reached several agreements concerning navigation on boundary rivers at a meeting m the Soviet border town of Blagovescensk that ended yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Agreements were reached on most subjects discussed
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      Lock icon Bangladeshi, Indian troops exchange fire
      98 5 Bangladeshi, Indian troops exchange fire NEW DELHI, Sat. Indian and Bangladesh border troops exchanged fire and four Bangladeshis were arrested after trying to seize an Indian villager, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said today. The news agency said 400 Bangladeshis armed with sharp weapons attacked an Indian village m
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      Lock icon Stanley Wong's daughter dies after testifying
      202 5 The $113 m heroin case SYDNEY, Sat. A wealthy Chinese woman restaurateur, Tina Wong, died today less than 24 hours after she collapsed while giving evidence m court m connection with Australia's biggest heroin case. Police said Wong, 49, died of suspected cerebral haemorrhage.
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      Lock icon Passenger lands plane after pilot dies in air
      177 5 Passenger lands plane after pilot dies in air ST LOUIS, Sat. A businessman, who had never flown an airplane, said he was not scared but numb when he had to take over the controls of a small plane after the pilot died during the flight. Pilot Frederick Krabbe died, leaving
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      Lock icon Two killed, 19 hurt in train crash
      100 5 Two killed, 19 hurt in train crash BRISBANE, Sat. Two men died and 19 people were injured when two electric trains collided head-on m a Brisbane suburb today despite a "failproof" signalling system installed two years ago. Officials said it was the first major accident on Brisbane's suburban train network,
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      Lock icon Wrong tape gives flight passengers a fright
      118 5 Wrong tape gives flight passengers a fright LONDON, Sat. For two heart-stopping minutes, passengers aboard a British Airways (BA) flight from Portugal to London last week feared the worst as they prepared for a crash landing m the English Channel. "This is an emergency," came a taped message over the
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      Lock icon Hard work the norm in China's schools
      115 5 Hard work the norm in China's schools THE school where this girl is intently reading a book carries a certain distinction about it it's the school where Mao Zedong once studied and later taught. This may be the reason why the school is known as the No. 1 Normal School
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      Lock icon Sihanouk wants US to be more serious about peace
      318 5 BANGKOK, Sat. Democratic Kampuchea President Prince Norodom Sihanouk today urged the United States to "involve itself more seriously" m efforts to bring about peace m Cambodia. He told a press conference before leaving for Beijing that a US congressional sub-com-mittee proposal
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      Lock icon Saunders quits
      47 5 GRAND TURK (Turks and Caicos Islands), Sat. Norman Saunders, the Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands who was indicted for conspiring to smuggle drugs into the United States, resigned from his post yesterday. The British-appointed Governor-General, Mr Christopher Turner, made the announcement. UPI
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      Lock icon Iran no longer insists on Hussein's ouster
      461 6 Iran no longer insists on Hussein's ouster LONDON, Saturday IRAN is no longer insisting on the removal of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq as a precondition for peace talks with Iraq, the Times of London said today. "'lran has been willing for some time now to hold peace negotiations with
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      Lock icon Three Blacks hacked to death
      450 6 Pretoria orders judicial inquiry into Thursday's shooting THREE Black youths were hacked to death and burned today and police found two more charred bodies as tension rose m South Africa's eastern Cape region, police and eyewitnesses said. They were killed as thousands of Blacks massed
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      Glamour boys of journalism
      508 6 LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW From London > FOREIGN correspondents are portrayed by Hollywood as the glamour boys of journalism: Tough guys who know every good bar m Europe and are on first name terms with the men and women who make the news. The stereotype changes when
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      Lock icon Gorbachev acts to inject fresh blood
      330 6 MOSCOW, Sat. The Kremlin named a new and younger power industry minister today, a move Western diplomats said was further evidence that new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was moving swiftly to replace old officials. The official news agency Tass said 74-year-old Pyotr Neporozhny had
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      Lock icon Driving a truck would be right up my alley: Anne
      187 6 LONDON, Sat. Princess Anne could earn a living by driving heavy vehicles if the royal family were abolished. Queen Elizabeth's daughter said m a television interview yesterday that she and her husband, Captain Mark Phillips, held licences for heavy goods
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  • ASEAN NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Asean to try for ADB post
      329 7 Asean to try for ADB post KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Sights set on one of three vice-presidential seats, says paper ASEAN will field a candidate for one of the three vicepresidential seats m the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Malaysian Business Times reported today. The posts will be contested m 1988.
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      Lock icon Liquidation of largest Philippine savings bank approved
      219 7 Liquidation of largest Philippine savings bank approved MANILA, Saturday THE Central Bank today said it had approved the liquidation of Banco Filipino, the Philippines' largest savings bank which has been under receivership since January because of insolvency. It said the bank could not resume business with safety to its depositors
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      Lock icon SAF men among top in Baguio
      123 7 SAF men among top in Baguio MANILA, Sat. Two Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) officers graduated among the top 21 out of a class of 2t5 cadets at the Philippine Military Academy m Bagnio City yesterday m a parade before President Ferdinand Marcos. Second-Lieutenants Chua Mill Hock, 23, and Lim Hock
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      Lock icon Deadline to renew ICs extended
      191 7 KOTA TINGGI, Saturday THE deadline for those who have passed the age of 18 to renew identity cards has been extended indefinitely. This was done so that the public would not panic or be inconvenienced, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday. "I am
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      Lock icon Rajiv and Siddhi agree to expand ties
      157 7 NEW DELHI, Sat. Thai Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetasila and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi yesterday agreed to expand bilateral co-operation and establish regular contacts at the secretary level, an official spokesman said. During talks here, Air Chief Marshal Siddhi, who
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      Lock icon Nomadic tribe found in Aceh jungle
      151 7 JAKARTA, Sat. A nomadic tribe of 111 people has been found m the province of Aceh m north Sumatra, the second to be discovered this year. The tribe was found m a jungle m the Sungai Mas district, about 250 km south-east of the
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      Lock icon Strong-arm approach
      84 7 IT was an occasion which called for the strong arm of the law as this policeman m Manila found out on Friday. Some employees of Shoemart, one of the Philippines' largest stores m Makati financial district, picketed the store over a wage dispute. Dressed m store uniforms, the
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      Filipino building company to file $112 m 'political risks' suit
      340 7  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Reporter MANILA, Sat. A Filipino construction group, Landoil Resources Corporation, will file a US$5O million (Ssll2 million) suit m political risks claim m London against Lloyd's Insurance and its brokers, Alexander and Alexander of New York,
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      Lock icon MAS will go it alone in flights to US
      230 7 MAS will go it alone in flights to US KUALA LUMPUR, Sat THE Malaysian Airline System (MAS) will operate flights to the United States via Tokyo on its own and not jointly with Northwest Orient and Japan Air Lines, MAS Managing Director Datuk Haji Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Quake hits Java
      52 7 JAKARTA, Sat. An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked Jakarta and some towns m west Java last night. The epicenter of the quake, which lasted about 20 seconds, was m the Sunda Sea, 200 km south-west of Jakarta. There were no reports of casualties or
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  • HOME NEWS
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      'Scrap Asean exit taxes' appeal
      198 8 'Scrap Asean exit taxes' appeal A RESOLUTION calling for the removal of exit taxes for Asean countries was adopted after an Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) meeting m Bandar Seri Begawan earlier this month. It could see more tourists, who are currently discouraged by the high exit taxes, to travel more
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      Lock icon Peek-a-boo in the car park
      82 8 THE Lunar New Year is over and these dolls have gone into hiding but there is still plenty of mischief m the air. They have set up their own underground "amusement" park, to the horror of some motorists. The larger-than-life dolls have been giving shoppers
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      Man drove while under ban
      126 8 WHEN sales manager Tan Beng Yeow was stopped by a traffic policeman along Whampoa Drive last year', he was found to have committed three offences. First, he was driving when he had been disqualified; and second, he had no insurance cover, a court heard on
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      Typewriter firm faces showdown
      403 8  -  IVAN LIM By 400 Smith-Corona workers cast their votes for union action AMERICAN typewriter company Smith-Corona is facing industrial action over its retrenchment programme for 400 workers. The workers yesterday voted to give the United Workers of Electronic and Electrical Industries (UWEEI) a free hand to
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      $1,500 more a year to study in Australia
      303 8 SINGAPORE students planning to study at Australian universities next year will have to pay at least Asl,--000 (551,570) more m fees; the new minimum fee is A53,500. The annual fees will be even higher for those who want to study medicine, dentistry
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      The Colonel is still missing
      330 9  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By Kentucky symbol 'kidnapped' by four men m pick-up THE search is on for Colonel Saunders > symbol of fingerlickin' chicken. He was picked up m the wee hours of Friday morning and carted off m a pick-up truck. It was a
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      Cheaper JB petrol causing more air pollution
      208 9 Cheaper JB petrol causing more air pollution SINGAPORE motorists filling up with cheaper petrol m Johor Baru are causing more air pollution here and getting away with it. They are pumping twice as much lead into the air as motorists who buy petrol here. This is because Malaysian petrol has
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      Economic slowdown hits membership at private clubs
      289 9  -  BENG TAN By THE days of long queues to join exclusive private clubs and paying an arm and a leg for the entrance fee seem to be numbered Membership to at least two clubs are now going abegging, one for $25,000 and the
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      Creative thinking expert here for seminars
      95 9 AN internationally-acclaimed expert m creative thinking, Dr Edward de Bono, is here to conduct two seminars. One teaches participants how to fight complacency and the other how to adopt a systematic approach to search for business opportunites. They will be held at the Shangri-La
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      Eunos to have glue abuse campaign
      157 9 Eunos to have glue abuse campaign AN ANTI-DRUG and inhalant abuse campaign will be conducted later this year m Eunos constituency. "Figures of inhalant abuse m the constituency are high enough to warrant serious concern," Eunos MP Zulkifli bin Mohammed said yesterday. Because most glue-sniffers were young children and teenagers,
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      STPB goes Down Under
      190 9  -  CHRISTINA TSENG By HOTELIERS and travel agents will be m Sydney and Melbourne this week to sell Singapore to Australians. The team of 27 hoteliers and 16 travel agents will be led by Mr Joseph Kong, Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, and
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      Handicraft Centre to take on Covent Garden air
      242 9 LONDON'S Covent Garden bazaar will come to Singapore, but with a distinctly Singaporean flavour. The Singapore Handicraft Centre will come alive with flower fairs, artists and their works, photography exhibitons and stalls featuring vanishing trades. And twice a week, there will be
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  • PARLIAMENT
    • In short...
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        Business as usual
        62 10 THE Budget estimates for the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Community Development were passed. Apart from a number of drawn-out exchanges between Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam and ministers, it was business as usual at the unusual Saturday sitting. The ministry-by-ministrty
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        Storm over Pock Too
        114 10 IS the post of political secretary a political appointment or a civil service appointment. Asking that. Mr Jeyaretnam wanted to know which clause m the Constitution provided for the appointment of political secretaries. His question concerned the People's Action Party candidate whom he defeated m Anson.
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        Jeya's campaign blues
        98 10 MR JEYARETNAM renewed his call for an elections commission to be set up. He said some of the election rules were absurd, such as the need to have all campaign posters stamped and the need to name all speakers when applying for a political rally permit. Mr
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        Chiam's 'roar'
        64 10 THE debate over election rules did not stop there. In the verbal tangle that ensued, Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir) got up to speak too. He demanded a clarification from Mr Goh. referring to Mr Goh's salary. "At last the mouse has roared," replied Mr Goh, referring
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        Care for the aged sick
        125 10 MR S. VASOO (Bo Wen) wanted more to be done for the aged sick. Supporting this, Dr Dixie Tan said those who needed help m caring for the aged sick were not necessarily the poor. She called for greater community involvement m providing the help
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        One more 'C'
        47 10 ADD one more V to the RCs, CCCs and CCMCs. The Minister of State (Community Development), Mr Ch'ng Jit Khoon. told Dr Lav Teik Soon (Serangoon Gardens) that a coordinating committee was being set up for smoother coordination of the three grassroot groups' activities.
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        Renewed US interest
        85 10 DR LAU took the debate beyond Singapore shores when he asked Mr Dhanabalan for an update on the South-east Asian security situation. Mr Dhanabalan said that compared with 1975, there was now a greater Soviet presence. But the good news, he said, was that there seemed to
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        Culture Club
        101 10 SOME MPs are still unhappy that there is no longer a Ministry of Culture. This time, the protest came from Dr Ow Chin Hock (Leng Kee), who said that the least that could be done now was to rename Mr Dhanabalan's other ministry the Ministry for Culture and
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        Talking it over helps
        105 10  -  ALAN JOHN -By MR WAN Hussin Zoohri (Kampong Übi) was concerned over the high number of Muslim marriages that break down every year. He wanted more counsellors attached to the Syariah Court to help couples with marital problems. There were only two counsellors handling more than
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      Dhana welcomes US aid to Khmers
      672 10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs FOREIGN MINISTER S. Dhanabalan said yesterday that he was heartened by signs that the US Congress was responding to public opinion and was now prepared to give aid to Cambodian resistance groups. He told Parliament that such aid was essential
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      4 child-care centres to be set up as pilot project
      414 10 4 child-care centres to be set up as pilot project Ministry of Community Development THE Community Development Ministry plans to run four child-care centres m four constituencies as a pilot project. Mr Wong Kan Seng, Minister of State (Community Development and Home Affairs), said m reply to Mrs Yu-Foo Yee
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      More volunteers needed to care for aged sick
      225 10 More volunteers needed to care for aged sick MORE people and grassroots bodies must get involved m the care of the aged sick, Community Development Minister S. Dhanabalan said. He told the House that the problem of caring for the aged sick would become bigger and government action alone was
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      Purchases of overseas properties total $110m
      141 10 Purchases of overseas properties total $110 m THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has so far spent $110 million to buy overseas properties, Mr S. Dhanabalan said. The ministry is looking at residential properties m London, Paris, Brussels and Hongkong, and $19 million has been being set aside for the purchases
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      Bank loans: Some firms get EDB help
      539 10 Bank loans: Some firms get EDB help Dr Hu tells of intet vention TRADE and Industry Minister Richard Hu said yesterday that the Economic Development Board had intervened m some cases to persuade banks to be more flexible m recalling loans to ailing Singapore companies. He also said that the
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      Pock Too's post: Let courts decide, Jeya told
      522 11 Pock Too's post: Let courts decide, Jey a told MR J.B. Jeyaretnam was challenged yesterday to take to court his claim that Mr N Pock Too, the defeated PAP election candidate m Anson, was illegally appointed as th Political Secretary to the Prime Minister before the la; general election. The
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      Integrity of men ensures clean polls
      918 11 IT IS not the form but the substance of the system that will determine whether elections are honest, clean and fair, the First Deputy Prime Minister said. Replying to allegations by Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam (Anson) of "unfair advantages" enjoyed by the PAP m the
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      Budget for cultural activities doubled
      345 11 rHE Government has endorsed a new five-year plan to promote cultural activities, which will see a doubling of the present $5 million annual budget for such activities. Mr S. Dhanabalan, who said this yesterday, felt it was "altogether proper" that cultural promotion should be a
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      More Muslims having marital problems
      513 11 More Muslims having marital problems Number of disputes up 50 over 1 0 years —Dr Mattar THE number of marital disputes among Muslim couples has been rising steadily, with a 50 per cent jump m the past 10 years, Dr Ahmad Mattar told Parliament yesterday. Dr Mattar, the Minister m
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      Chok Tong to head new grassroots 'peak council'
      265 11 REPORTING BY: Lee Kirn Chew Ahmad Osman Paul Jacob Wong Ai Kwei Haung Bee Hwa Conrad Raj A COMMITTEE, chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, will be set up to co-ordinate the overall policies of grassroots organisations. It will
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      Sparring session with plenty of cuts
      781 11  -  PHILIP LEE From the Gallery -By AS IF a parliamentary sitting on a Saturday is not unusual enough, yesterday's meeting had to be exceptionally boisterous as well. It was a day of many interruptions, repeated challenges and long exchanges. It was also a day
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      Right people needed for honest and open system
      4656 12 Right people needed for honest and open system The Prime Minister on why ministers' salaries must be raised 676 earn more but who makes vital decisions? I accept that stockbrokers, lawfl yers, doctors, dentists earn more than my colleagues. I cannot accept that there are 67H people who are more
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      The people starve, the leaders live it up
      235 12 4 IT IS a well-known fact m diplomatic circles and I think the Minister for Foreign Affairs and diplomats will bear me out that the poorer the country is, the more ostentatious the lifestyles of their leaders, whether m terms of travel,
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      STPB confident of tourist industry growth
      330 14 STPB confident of tourist industry growth CAN Singapore's tourist industry rise to greater heights? That was the question on the minds of many people at the topping-off ceremony of the 73-storey Westin Stamford, the world's tallest hotel, at Raffles City yesterday. Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, Minister of State (Trade and
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      Pacific may run Nikko
      417 14  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By Announcement expected soon as hotel is due to open m few months PACIFIC Hotels International is m the running to manage Hotel Nikko m Havelock Road. With its wide expertise m hotel management, the chances of the Harapan Group, the developers of
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      Ad firm director offers Josey aid
      405 14  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By I will give him $400 a month, he says THE governing director of an advertising agency has offered to give Mr Alex Josey $400 a month the cost of his medicine as long as he remains m Singapore. Mr Tom Tan,
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      Grandfather off to climb Himalayas
      333 14  -  DELICE GAN By Mr Chin, 66, goes with adventure team NOTHING is insurmountable for Mr Chin Weng Koon, not even the sixth highest peak m the Himalayas. At 66, when most people his age are playing with their grandchildren at home, Mr Chin prefers to
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      Westin man heads STPB panel
      145 14 MR DAVID Paulon, Managing Director of the Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza, Raffles City, has been appointed Chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's marketing committee. Mr Paulon has sat on the committee since March last year, and took up his new post this month.
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      Malaysian drive 'will not affect rights of non-Muslims'
      243 14  - Malaysian drive 'will not affect rights of non-Muslims' ISMAIL KASSIM By MALAYSIAN Agriculture Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reassured non-Muslims m his country that the current Islamisation programme of the National Front government will not erode their fundamental rights. He added that the National Front, which comprised all ethnic political groups,
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      Man fined $500 for a push
      149 14 Man fined $500 for a push A MAN who pushed a car park attendant after tearing up a parking surcharge notice for his nephew's car was fined $500 by a district judge yesterday for using criminal force on her. The court heard that Goh Ah Liat, 48, was on the
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      School streaming a hit with Jakarta minister
      264 14 School streaming a hit with Jakarta minister INDONESIAN schools can take a leaf from Singapore's streaming system, the visiting Indonesian Culture and Education Minister, Di Nugroho Notosusanto. Bald yesterday "Indonesia has a stiff system and we want to improve it. VYe found your streaming system a notable feature to pick
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    • The Sunday Times
      • Article
        Cheap in the long run
        356 15 It is an irony of the debate over ministerial salaries that it takes place m a country which is known worldwide as Singapore Inc. If that title was a reality rather than an apt description of the way we pursue economic health then the debate
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    • Article
      25 YEARS AGO
      156 15 What The Sunday Times repotted on March 27. 1960 NEARLY $1,000,000 was wagered on the totalisator at Bukit Timah yesterday as the Singapore Turf Club, with the co-operation of the police, tightened its control on illegal bookmaking on the course. The tote turnover was easily a record
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      The thoughts of Comrade Gorbachev
      754 15 The thoughts of Comrade Gorbachev WHAT kind of man is Mikhail Gorbachev, the enigma who is now one of the two most important men m the world? Believing that the best clues are found m the words of the man himself, the London Mail on Sunday traced the conversations of
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      89 15 l o»___ tnß I's" i W v? M\d atter^^^giii^Jli^^ JpF* Sund^nmes picks Brooke Bond ■"m ~M m"m PTTI a_ I/An |/ACA lAQI AQ Because its fragancc is delicate and tempting. JlP^vP It has a full-bodied flavour, it is excellent quality and 4| value for money. It's England's favourite and they
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      If I may make so bold ... coffee, tea or me?
      912 16 If I may make so bold coffee, tea or me? 1 Lim Phay-Ling It would seem modern girls no longer have to sit and wait to be asked while the chaps dithered. But alas, that was what happened at a\ the dance. 7 THERE we were. Nine singles squashed into
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    • Article
      Authority figures must earn their lofty perch
      563 16 Chua Beng Huat Unfortunately, it is common for those m positions of authority to become negligent over time and defensive when challenged. Faced with such a tendency, the individual must operate between the two statements of the Prime Minister and the President: Respect
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    • Article
      Promoting culture is far more than a spectator sport
      981 16 1 Irene Hoe Will they get the support from their family and friends that they need? Or will they be subjected to thoughtless or thoughtlessly wellmeaning advice to get a useful degree "to fall back RONALD Albuquerque, 26, is a pianist.
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      A bookie needs his kicks
      576 16 AFTER reading newspaper reports of illegal bookies raking m $50 million a race day, the entrepreneurial blood of my immigrant forefathers started pounding. Before I knew it, I found myself walking the streets, looking for a bookie. I had an urge to to sit at
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      When principals keep their own counsel
      1862 17 Feedback may be the national buzzword today, but it got an official stamp of approval as long as four years ago when the Schools Council was formed. That pioneering move m March 1981 to involve those who had to live with government policy m
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      Forgotten is baby's right to live
      910 17 Forgotten is baby's right to live LETTERS 1 Abortion/Condolence ads I READ with interest Irene Hoe's ideas on counselling for the irresponsible father m her article last week. "When MPs shake their heads over unwed mums". I agree with her that one o c the problems of teen abortions "is
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      TO EACH CHAIRMAN A STYLE OF HIS OWN
      42 17 DR GOH KENG SWEE Laughed a lot but asked challenging questions DR TAY ENG SOON Punctual and businesslike, took notes on everything DR TONY TAN Too early to tell, but seems warm and open
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      Say it for all of us
      95 17 MY husband and I read Suzanne Ooi's excellent article on charities taking up expensive media space to express their condolences to Runme Shaw's family. We read it separately and independently concluded that she said it all for us, plus, I'm sure, for several others.
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  • RACING
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      Finder's keepers
      450 18  -  THE RACING EDITOR Late bloomer out for three m a row By IT has taken Path Finder 111 Uate Kingbagus) a long time to strike winning form. Now that he has found it, it is the wise punter who will keep following a paying proposition. He is obviously
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      STC committee
      92 18 MR TAN Hock Chong and Mr George Teo Eng Kirn have been elected to the Singapore Turf Club committee. The 1985 committee comprises: Mr Tan Chin Tuan (chairman), Mr R.G. Bennett, Mr R. Jumabhoy, Mr Milton Tan, Mr Shaw Vee Meng, Mr Teo Cheng Hay, Dr J.W. Hoe,
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      TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH CARD
      4759 18 9ff m f m^ m Wm 2.00 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,200 m hI^AJvJ (Ratings: 50-38) 1 88*10* Yoo Asked For It 111 (late Cruise Missile) 56.5 (49) For It-Ismail 5 nzg ul 4-_5 (1200 m) Beat only one home m field of 12 m Div
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      MUDLARKS
      97 18 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track RACE I: You Asked For It 111 (late Cruise Missile). Scorpio to, Gentleman D RACE 2: Coronation Sun, Holly Dolly, Calgary. Dick Turpin. Menang Lagi n. Top Fit II RACE 3: Win The Battle. Biloxi RACE 4: Classic
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      400 18 RACE RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO LUCKY LEO WENG SOOK 9 Scorpio 10 Sherwood Oak 5 Gentleman 7 Jardimer 2 Never Fear 1 10 Sherwood Oak 11 Solar Energy 11 Solar Energy 6 Satchmo 9 Scorpio 11 Solar Energy 2 Never Fear 2 Never Fear 10 Sherwood
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      Twin Cam gets into top gear
      363 18  -  PEDIGREE By our man on the track TWIN CAM gets his chance to open winning accounts when he meets nine under-strength Class 5 Div 2 rivals over 1,200 m m Race 3 at Bukit Timah today. This four-year-old Irish entire, who was unplaced m
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      Johnston, Sairi and Nicolai warned
      792 19 STIPE'S REPORT THE stewards questioned jockey Malcolm Johnston (Chimbu) after Race 1 at Bukit Timah yesterday and warned him as to his future riding. Sairi Suliman (Discover) and visiting jockey Peter Nicolai (Sandy River) were shown the patrol film after Race 2 and warned that
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      Lock icon Glory be! It's 'smart' money
      2421 19  -  OUR RACING TEAM Chiam brings m hot newcomer, then lands a double astride Early Bird By PUNTERS "m the know" smelt the scent of "smart" money m Race 6 for Class 3 Div 2 horses at Bukit Timah yesterday. There were whispers that newcomer Garda's
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      Three poisoned horses die
      694 19  - Three poisoned horses die JACK ELLIOTT Queensland reels from spate of nobblings By of the Melbourne Herald BRISBANE, Sat. Queensland is reeling from a spate of nobblings (tampering of horses) and positive swabs m recent weeks. Three horses died from after being poisoned at a stable on the Gold Coast
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      Lock icon Seven trainers suspended
      180 19 NEW YORK, Saturday SEVEN trainers at Buffalo Racetrack have been suspended for from six months to a year after post-race drug tests showed traces of the drag, bumetanide, m seven horses that raced at the harness track last month. The State Racing and Wagering Board has ordered
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths
      235 19 JAMES WEE TIANG CHOON AGED 67 passed away peacefully on 23.3.85 leaving behind Wile: Alice Oob Hay Lye Son*: Robin Hock (/live Michael Ho, k Quan Anthony. Hock Blew Francis. Hoc k _ettg Daughters-in-law Lucy, Lee Huang Lisa. Let- No; Daughters: Maureen (noon NOO Stella ChOOn Kirn Son-in-law:
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      182 Acknowledgements
      55 19 The family of the late Oeclan Chen Choong Jin Age 21 wish to express their hear. felt thanks to relatives, friends. Pastors. ACS friends, principal, itaft and Students of The College of Physical Education. Admin Cepl Finance Division MINDEF for their kind assistance, attendance, con dolenes. donations and
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      183 Condolences
      14 19 CORRIGENDUM The annouro 80l MR TEO SIEW BOX I he pubiishei m-h:
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      184 In Memoriam
      92 19 IN LOVING MEMORY OF CPT CHUA HENO Dearly missed by parents. Lrothert sisters, brothers-in-law. sis-ters-m-law and Margaret In Loving Memory Of CPT CKUA HENG Departed 24.3 1984 Tune chances many thlngi Hut not tin- nii-mur; _1 brtaci Always remembered by Colin Theseira. Chris Chan Clara Loh John
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      184 In Memoriam
      74 19 Mr Andy Wong Veang Kiat Departed 24th March 1964 Ood look him home. it wa.- His will. But m our hear we love him Mil! this memory is as rit-ar toda\ as m the hour he pa.vseo a\*a> Sadly missed by Beloved wife a children. In Memory
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      185 Requiem
      28 19 SWARAN KAUR wife of Tara Singh Harchowa! passed away on 16.3.85 Path-da-Phog loday (*****) between 3 5 pm at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Wilkie Road Singapore
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      Arab boycott puts no one in a fix
      934 20  -  JEFFREY LOW LOWDOWN ON SPORT TT HE Arabs have cried foul again, this time from faraway Abu Dhabi and not Kallang, where their reputation for playing good football occupies a better part of our memory than the wealth that boosted them to
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      Malaysia Cup final is now in July
      397 20 Malaysia Cup final is now in July Nationwide THE 1985 Malaysia Cup soccer final, scheduled for May 12, will now be held on July 6. The two-leg semi-finals will also be held after the Muslim fasting month m June. This was decided last night by the Football Association of Malaysia,
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      Lady Luck a March her?
      276 20 THE Year of the Ox, it is. But, for Singapore sport, is it the Year of the Woman? Already, one of the two Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sports Achievement of the Month awards has gone to a girl, squash player Lina Ong. And BOTH awards so far
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      Lock icon Worldwide
      630 20 Bey fails drug test DAVTD BEY has failed a dope test taken after his unsuccessful challenge for the International Boxing Federation title against champion Larry Holmes. A "urine sample taken from Bey after his defeat m Las Vegas on March 15, was positive, said Sid Rogich, president of the
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      The one-shot Brunei affair
      538 21 Merdeka Games will not be an annual event, says senior official BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sat. Organisers of the Brunei Merdeka Games yesterday revealed for the first time that the sports festival would not be held annually. The Games, which starts today, will only be a one-shot
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      Lock icon Doctor in distress
      393 21 PETER SIOW FINDS THE REPUBLIC'S TENNIS TEAM IN A QUANDARY It's Disadvantage Singapore as manager calls a fault BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sat. As befits his profession, Dr John Choy, manager of Singapore's tennis team, is a cool man. Real cool. In the light of this, it might
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      Deep in the heart of plexus
      625 21  -  JANICE SEAH SAID AND DONE AA y solar plexus is on strike. My feet are pock-marked with little pieces of gravel residue. My throat feels like it's been grated. I had my first karate lesson last week. Clara Tan, a girl of China-doll like
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      Power to the Piggies
      457 21 MISS Piggy would approve. After all, la pig de resistance has done it herself on several occassions when the tenderness bit didn't work. Without removing the lavender gloves. She proved that it is possible for women to get involved m macho pursuits and remain at the
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      Singapore crash
      691 21 MAHMOOD GAZNAVI ON THE SINGAPORE CRICKET CARNIVAL SINGAPORE made a shock exit m the semifinals of the Singapore Cricket Carnival when they lost by 29 runs to Perak at Balestier Road yesterday. In the final, Perak will meet Federal Territory, who scored a thrilling one-wicket win over FED
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      Sporting Sunday
      178 21 CRICKET Singapore Cricket Carnival: Winners' Final: Federal Territory v Perak. Plate final: Johor v Brunei. Both at Padang at 10.45 am. Friendly: SCRC v UWC (Balestier Road. 1.30 pm). NETBALL Inter-Constituency tournament: Cheng San v Henderson. Fengshan v Brickworks. Chong Boon v Jin Kavu. Kebun Baru v Alexandra,
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      The Sport of King Ivan
      1937 22  -  ALAN HUBBARD WHY A SURE-FIRE WINNER IS A NAP TO PUT SINGAPORE ON THE RACING MAP ALWAYS ON SUNDAY Like living the impossible dream 4 Sometimes I sit down and think, and I feel just like a kid. I never dreamed all this could happen.
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      -Not always spot-on Sunday!
      448 22 A READER, Mr Sunny Goh. of Eunos Road 5. Singapore 1440. writes: 41 assume you were joking when you suggested las! Sun day that "if a club like Chelsea goes to the wall as a resuli of crowd violence or if England are outlawed from international
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      Mallets in wonderland...
      1106 22 Mallets in wonderland. ESI DERMOT Py PURGAVIE .TTTIT. QN this first weekend of v spring, m one of the newer sporting rites, thousands will advance upon America's lawns with mallets aforethought. It is best not to get m their way. They are formidably armed and consumed by battle lust after
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      Over the blue moon
      1438 23  -  ROB HUGHES 4 Over 30,000 tickets have been snapped up from this area. I only hope the lads play like demons and behave like a% angels. 7 Norwich boss Ken Brown MILK CUP fW) FINAL W SPECIAL gtA 4 We should not bang the drum if
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        Norwich
        414 23 CHRIS WOODS, 26. One of the four players m the Norwich side who have played at Wembley. The six-footer joined Norwich from QPR three years ago and is regarded as a natural successor to Peter Shilton m the England side. PAUL HAYLOCK, 22. The regular right-back is an East
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        Sunderland
        386 23 CHRIS TURNER, 26. Signed from Sheffield Wednesday m 1979. It has proved money well-spent for the brave Turner is now one of the most dependable and able goalkeepers m the First Division. Has six England Youth caps. BARRY VENISON, 21. Young full-back of great potential. Captained the England Youth
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      Time to watch it, Senior
      521 25 FINAL SCORES TO Chen Tze Ming (Tai) 68, 67. 68. 70. -T8 Jamie Crowe (Aust) 72. 69, 71, 66. r» P Senior (Aust) 69. 71, 69, 70. -82 Hsu Sheng San (Tai> 73, 74, 66, 69. -83 John Jacobs (US) 72, 73, 70, 68. -84
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      597 25 Norman Lim captures the precision golf that Chen Tze Ming displayed m winning the Rolex Masters WTLSDORF would have been proud of Chen Tze Ming at the Rolex Masters golf championship yesterday. The tanned Taiwanese showed clockwork precision as he cruised to the title at the Bukit Course
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      Crowe of delight
      483 25 JAMIE OVERCOMES THREE-STROKE HANDICAP TO JOIN ELITE CLUB OF 66 JAMIE CROWE was a picture of delight as he sat at the Bukit Course clubhouse with his friends yesterday. He had every reason to feel happy for he shot a five-under-par 66 to joined the elite company
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      773 25 FOREIGN GOLF- LAS VEGAS, Sat. Tom Watson shot a three-under-par 68 yesterday to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the five-round Las Vegas invitational golf tournament. Watson's total of 14-under-par 199 put him three strokes ahead of fellow Americans Mike Smith and Bill Glasson.
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      612 24 awarded the 1985 Rolex Masters Green Jacket. A regulation three on and two putts to victory ml a mec k° cre 5 over par 76 on the first day but privately sponsored local tournament but, more Wwßhh came k^ a tenacious performance of importantly, because it is one of four
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Golden birthday wish
      585 26  -  PETER SIOW By 41 want a gold medal. I want to win it for my country, myself, my par ents and every- m body else. 7 Norshidah, the centre of attraction at a special birthday treat yesterday. Picture by Jonathan Choo Dateline Brunei: The Singapore challenge Norshidah
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      The Inside Story: A racing certainty
      111 26 RIDING HIGH. Champion trainer Ivan Allan's luck may have been out at the Turf Club yesterday, when he failed to saddle a winner. But it is racing certainty that 1385 will prove a milestone m the memorable career of Singapore's most successful sports personality.
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      Badminton blow
      236 26  -  J. RAJENDRAN By SINGAPORE'S badminton hopes suffered a blow when it was announced that No 1 Wong Shoon Keat will not play m the singles event. He is slated to play m the doubles and will lead the team against Thailand tomorrow, a match which will decide a
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      Kelvin first casualty
      321 26  -  TAY CHENG KHOON reports from Manila ALEX TAY and Kelvin Sng, Singapore's East Asia squash championships debutants, emerged from their fiery baptism on different ends of tense five-setters when the individual tournament got under way at the Manila Boat Club yesterday. After relatively easy firstround matches m
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      Lock icon Grimes still in the lead
      446 26 NEW DELHI, Sat. Canada's young Tony Grimes kept up his chase for the Indian Open golf title here today with a third-round card of one-under-par 71 and an overall lead of three strokes. Leading scores: 208 Tony Grimes (Can) 69, 68, 71. 211 Danny Briggs
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      508 26 Frost feels the final heat-and Zhao! LONDON, Sat. Defending champion Morten Frost, of Denmark, and the dangerous new threat to his position as world No 1, Zhao Jianhua, of China, reached the men's final m the All-Eng-land badminton championships today. The top two seeds m the chase for the title,
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      637 26 Goals galore as leaders set the pace BRITISH SOCCER LONDON, Sat. Evert on stayed top of the English First Division after beating Arsenal 2--0 today but Tottenham's 5-1 win over Southampton, including Ossie Ardiles' first League goal for three years, kept them level on points with the leaders. Manchester United
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      8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, March 24, 1985
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      FOREIGN AIDE AND INFLUENCE
      1499 1 FOREIGN AIDE AND INFLUENCE More and more households here are being run by Filipinas, Sri Lankans and Thais. Are families getting used to new dishes and are our children speaking m foreign tongues? LEE GEOK 801 spoke to various families to find out the cultural impact that these girls have
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        Set up 'summer camps' for our youngsters
        566 2  - Set up 'summer camps' for our youngsters LEE GEOK BOI TALKING POINT By MY GIRLS were agog and busy during the recent school holidays. They were organising a pyjama party. A little friend was coming to stay the night. It was their friend's first overnight visit without her parents. She
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        A woman remembers the first kiss, a man the latest
        825 2 DAVID GUNSTON muses on the differences between the sexes VIVE la difference! as French men say long live the difference between the sexes. We talk just as gliby about someone being "a real man" or "all woman". Yet very few
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        She'd be ideal if only you'd stop wishing
        429 2 WHEN any of us start a new relationship with someone of the opposite sex, we feel "an unconscious need to create, as it were, a new picture, a new edition of ourselves, to present to the fresh person who claims our interest;
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        323 2 Painless way to clean out cavities TEETH SOME of the dread MMI out of the dentist's office when a new, painless methoa for cleaning out cavities v.eu\ on the market m Anient a re cently. The method called the Caridex 100 Caries Removal System consists of a machine like a
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          Helping asthmatics
          101 2 ALTHOUGH a bronchial aerosol is an effective treatment for asthma, some children have trouble inhaling the mist properly from the nebuliser. Now a simple solution is available: an aerosolrebreathing system made from a onequart household freezer bag. After a corner of the bag is cut off, a mouthpiece
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          No link with thyroid
          93 2 GOOD news for women with low thyroid function: Though it has been feared that the medications used to correct thyroid problems could increase the risk of breast cancer, this now appears not to be the case. Investigators at America's National Cancer Institute m Bethesda and the
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          Skip the worry
          113 2 HEALTHY people who have abnormal heartbeats don't face a higher risk of heart disease or early death, contrary to previous research. A 10-year study, published m a the New England Journal of Medicine, monitored 73 healthy people who had an average of 566 extra hean beats each
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        Look on the bright side
        390 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING By Knockout: Generously-cut cotton knit jacket with padded shoulders and wrap front ($178) over narrow orange tank top ($6B) and slinky tube skirt ($108). Black nylon-framed sunglasses ($15.90), narrow orange bangles ($1.50 each) and drop earrings ($5.50) all from B+ D. Pictures by
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        Colour your face radiant
        86 3 WITH strong-coloured outfits, you wiL also need a more vivid make-up. Helen Chua of Shiseido did Serene's make-up using their new Positives palette of upbeat oranges and sizzling reds for lips and nails. For bright eyes, a triple-shadow system called Hop Skip Jump Brown. What we
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        Funky shoes step into the limelight
        285 3 TRENDY women will be taking to streets this year with lace and tropical prints on their feet from casual flats to perky pumps. Shoe designers m the United States recently showed inventive styling m new colours, offbeat ornamentation and funky fabrics for spring 1985,
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        A Dream of China
        4671 4 L I began to dream dreams of China. The strange mountains and still waters. The weird beast (was it a unicorn? I was certain it was a unicorn) In China there were fat laughing fairies that could adopt fantastic shapes. There were spirits m the trees
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        The secret ingredients that made a top tale
        464 4  -  J. HOLMBERG THE AUTHOR YOU need all your wits about you for a chat with Ovidia Yu. Not only can the 23-year-old keep a conversation flowing effortlessly, she can also discuss an endless variety of subjects. Which was why I forgot to
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        Watts to help you work
        682 5 In the dark about how much light you need at home? CHEN GUOXIAN explains why lighting is not just a matter of decor but must first be practical HOW you light up your home is an individual matter. For the warm dim lights which bring
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        Different schemes for different rooms
        572 5 LIVING ROOM: The heart of the home, a system here has to throw light on a diversity of activities: Chatting, watching TV, reading, writing and even eating. It needs a general light on or suspended from the ceiling, though on its own, it makes a
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    • FOOD
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        MORSELS
        276 6  -  PAIK-CHOO By Spoon keeps the fizz m IT'S an old (and rich) wives tale but it works. How to keep the champagne bubbly after you've uncorked the bottle to find more than half your privileged guests don't like the stuff? Drop a spoon into the bottle's mouth the handle
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        Snapper most perfect, giant crabs most meaty
        778 6  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT By Yishun Seafood Village, 2 8 Jalan Legundi, iei *****11, *****77 Hours; Daily 11 am to 2.30 pm, 6 pm to 1 am Recommended: Steamed live red snapper $3 per 100 g (a fish weighs from 500 g to
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        Good old standbys at prices to suit most pockets
        747 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI By Frier' Bean Cord (Cost: $2.-4) 4 large squares beancurd 2 cloves garlic, chopped 100 g small prawns, shelled 1 stalk spring onion, cut into finger lengths 2 Tbs oil 3 tsp cornstarch Va cup water Few drops
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        Getting a headstart at the breakfast table
        357 6  - Getting a headstart at the breakfast table LEE GEOK BOI By BETTER BUY WHAT is the difference between jams, preserves, conserves and jellies? Jams are cheaper to make and contain less fruit, which is often crushed. Conserves and preserves he ye more whole fruit and are less sweet. All three
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          Overcoming obstacles
          426 7 A three-page report to mark Bangladesh's 15th Independence Day on Tuesday MESSAGE Lt-General Hussain Muhammad Ershad President 4 ON THIS auspicious occasion, I offer my highest tributes to those known and unknown martyrs who made supreme sacrifices for the liberation of our motherland. Bangladesh, m its 15th year
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          Impact of pragmatic foreign policy
          379 7 MESSAGE H R Chowdhury Adviser for Foreign Afairs 4 ON THE occasion of the National and Independence Day of our country, I congratulate our brothers and sisters who are staying m foreign lands. Today Bangladesh has entered the 15th year ot its independent existence, and
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          A bridge between South and S E Asia
          440 7 MESSAGE Brig Feroze Salahuddin High Commissioner 4 IT IS a matter of profound satisfaction that m spite of several constraints, it has been possible to bring out a supplement this year to mark the National and Independence Day of Bangladesh. On this
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          BRIEF FACTS
          712 8 Geography The People's Republic of Bangladesh is surrounded by Indian territory, except for a short south-eastern frontier with Burma and a southern coast fronting the Bay of Bengal. It covers an area of 143,998 sq km. and nas a tropical monsoon climate, with periodic cyclones. History The modern
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          Lock icon Big plans for small farmers
          649 8 Dhaka hopes to help 26,000 rural families by making them self-reliant BANGLADESH is planning something big for its small farmers. Through the Small Farmers Development Programme (SFDF), the government hopes to reach 26 000 "uraJ families mainly the landless. Actually the SFDP started earlier, m
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          Three options for a brighter future
          1171 9  - Three options for a brighter future IYANATUL ISLAM By A specialist m development economics BANGLADESH is one of the world's poorest countries. Its per capita gross national product was US$l4O (Ss3l6) m 1982, according to the World Bank. This is below the average of US$2BO for lowincome economies. Some critics
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          Odds on Australia
          546 10  -  TAY CHENG KHOON A two-page report published m conjunction with the Singapore Open Golf Championships and the Asia Pacific Golf Show '85 By AUSTRALIA and the United States will put aside their long-standing friendship m this region when they battle for supremacy of the Bukit course this
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          Through the
          196 10 SOUTH AFRICAN Brian Wilkes was only 19 when he did it. But Taiwanese Hsu Chi San was already 42 when he collected the Singapore Open trophy. Wilkes created quite a storm when he won the title back m 1962 for the field that year included big names such
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          105 10 Roll of Honour 1961 Frank Phillips < Aust 1962 -Brian Wilkes (SA) 1963 Alan Brookes (SA) 1964 Ted Ball (Aust) 1965 Frank Phillips < Aust 1966 Ross Newdick (NZ) 1967 Ben Arda (Phil) 1968 Hsieh Yung Yo (Tai) 1969 Tomio Kamata Jap 1970 Hsieh Yung Yo (Tai) 1971 Haruo Yasuda
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          'We want to be among the richest'
          278 10  - 'We want to be among the richest' I A DOLLAR doesn't stretch too far these days. But when these crisp notes pile up, it can amount to a tidy sum. At least, that's what the organisers of the Singapore Open found out when they totalled the dollar-a-month levy imposed on
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          First exhibition in the region
          524 11 Venue: World Trade Centre, Hall 2 Date: March 25 to 28 Time: Noon to 5 pm for trade visitors 5 pm to 8 pm for the public On March 28, noon to 8 pm for all Admission: Free THE Asia Pacific Gulf Show '85 tees
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          Teeing off above Shenton Way
          126 11 GOLFERS who are unhappy with their handicap or that birdie they missed may be cheered up by Tom Hepburn and Selwyn Jacobson's book. South East Asia's Toughest Golf Holes. It has pictures of strange golf courses done with trick photography and touching-up. There are pictures
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          Why the grass is greener on the course
          649 11  - Why the grass is greener on the course ANG LAY WAH By THERE'S a lot more to maintaining a golf course than just cutting the grass. Besides the green carpet of grass, the plants and trees that decorate the course need care too. The sand bunkers and other obstacles which
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          And you thought only the ball was round ...
          153 11 And you thought only the ball was round A NEW kind of club that's guaranteed to eliminate slicing looks set to take over the golf courses here. The Power Pod made by Orizaba m the United States is a driver with a futuristic design. The most striking feature is the
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    • TRAVEL
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        Hotel bathrooms, the traveller's nightmare
        605 12  -  LAN MATHEWS By WHERE have those old-fashioned, practical taps gone? The ones which told you which was "hot" and "cold"; the ones which you could grip with your whole hand. I ask the question after several week's globe-trotting, during which I was faced with the
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        Latin America the deluxe way
        872 12  -  SANDRA EE By WHEN you have seen the Great Wall of China, paid homage to the splendid European cathedrals, cuddled a koala and greeted Mickey Mouse m both Los Angeles and Tokyo, what else can you do? You could look south-west and head for the
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        Bring beach gear as well as sweaters
        446 12 Travel notes EUROTOURS and Travel Pte Ltd #05-04, Singapore Shopping Centre m Clemenceau Aye (tel 339-2222) offer several packages of varying length. Prices range from $7,200 to $9,300 for 33 days. The most popular tour is the 24--day one, costing $7,900 last year.
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      141 1 .Red Cross Blood Centre Ist Anniversary W MmmW A\ m mmWm\ B Without the caring support of our donors, sponsors and Red Cross members, we would never have made it to a successful year. Since we first opened, more than 2,500 people have kindly given Thus on our Ist Anniversary
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      133 6 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY S_-!!9 A memder of Kaytt Holdings Group X I 4^i/i|ii^^ -I_p^Mf *t_'fc___K<i _H ~_^l_^_i^3 1 JPS___W^^S_-ji -I I ___________W_W__^* ~38 x^S§lHM£< wt _^_W$ i _^_ll P v, < i ■MM-_-l--l l| ---l __Vil_o_il z- m Tfi
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      464 7 COHGRATULATIONS &DEST WISHES \l to the Government People of >■ the Peopte's Re^blic of tengWesh 1 on their Independence Day _^.-^W AM\\ JT\\_\ 10 COLLYER QUAY #23 03 OCEAN BUILDING M fill /Wl I .tt SINGAPORE 0104 S I CORPORATION TEL: *****1/*****20 CO P ssS£ TELEX: RS *****, CABLE: MILEE
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      62 7 occasion of their Independence Day OCEAN FREIGHT FORWARDERS PTE LTD WISLY ENTERPRISES 35 Tannery Roaa. #06-03 Tannery Bloc* Mailing Address. Ruby Industrial Complex S pore 1 334 Maxwell Road. P O Box I 962 S pcre 903S Te1:*****34 (3 lines! Cable Add "OFFSINAY" AIR/SEA FREIGHT FORWARDING, PACKING, INSURANCE AND WAREHOUSING
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      100 8 We extend our Best Wishes \G r to the government people of the People s Republic of Bangladesh on the occasion of their Independence Day wS§ Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (ESTABLISHED UNDER PRESIDENTS OROER No. 14 OF 1978) 100 Agrabad Commercial Area Shipowners, Operators Regular Service from Bangladesh JJPJ Unlpaclflc Transportation
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      564 9 I Congratulations I I best wishes to I the Government I and people of I B I Bangladesh I I I on their National Day. I flf_Bfl I I Devon Industries Sdn. Bhd. I 5^ 396A B, Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore 2880 G.P.O. Box 559 Singapore 901 1 B
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      121 1 TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE STANDING TALL. Western about a small time cattle rancher who is harassed when he refuses to merge his property with that of a powerful and ruthless rancher. Stars Robert Forster, Linda Evans and Chuck Connors. Chs, 3 pm. MILK CUP FINAL *85. Live from Wembley Stadium, the
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        859 1 CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 8 CHANNEL 3 SStJ^H^^r^oweßY I trr^^^^r^om^ KS&SSBS^ 9 rrY^Crß^d S ays F L H,end Y s TH^XuRESOF TOM SAWYER (C). 10.44 rail l AMD SPAGHETTI. Cartoon plan a surprise birthday party for him. 330 CH MESE MATINEE: The Flying Rainbow. Qin 1109 9.35 FRAGGLE ROCK. An argument
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        624 1 K_Z______7. 3-DiCNSIONAL: I 1 I X&X I A V N OPERA: _\m Exhibition of < F&] he X 'T n G r eZ3; .^WMW j contemporary West M W^i i 1 m related drawings e bT36S-lstors S Tarn jßi^^^. eight plays^ 7^30 P^. Kreta Ayer to 5.30 pm, National Museum.
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        989 2 For years, viewers have been spending their precious evenings lapping up a diet of made-in-Hongkong serials. Las! week, for a change. Hongkong viewers had their first taste of a made-in-Singapore concoction. CHONG KOU Ll reports from Hongkong on The Awakenings historic debut, while
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        593 2 L Our stars are foreign to overseas viewers. That's a very big disadvantage because audiences not only go for a high quality show but also prefer to watch famous personalities. David Lee. head of SBC "s Programme Sales Unit WHEN it comes to exporting
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        Horrifying images of inhumanity
        727 3 The Killing Fields, which has stirred the conscience of audiences worldwide, is a strong contender for Best Film at tomorrow night's Academy Awards presentation. LIM KAY TONG reviews the season's most talked-about movie, while DOUGLAS THOMPSON meets the Cambodian doctor who is tipped to win an
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        899 3 HE ate carefully, savouring every bite of his poached salmon m the sumptuous surroundings of the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel. As he lifted cups of lemon tea with his right hand the little finger wasn't there to protiude. The Khmer Rouge
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        Uproarious spoof of gangster movies
        390 3  -  JULIE TAN By JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY Coming to Golden Sultan Starring Michael Keaton, Marilu Henner, Joe Piscopo, Maureen Stapleton and Danny DeVito Directed by Amy Heckerling TO call this a comedy would be an understatement. If you liked Flying High, which spoofed airplane disaster movies, and
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        409 3  -  LIM KAY TONG By LIFE Coming to Chong Gay cinemas Starring Zhou Lijing and Wu Yufang Directed by Wu Tianmin< IT'S easy to understand why this China-made film has been nominated for an Academy Award. Life has magnificent photography of equally grand countryside, gem-like
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        194 3 __M MiuM laJ^_ u f l __m W V J t_* /j < SSaaß-S NAVE YOU JOINED H B"^ IN THE PUN Since February this year, 2 free fancy stickers (there overwhelming entries for are 72 designs have you the Vitagen/Uncle Kenny collected them all?) It's World of Fun Not
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        407 4  -  TEO LIAN HUAY By LOOK EAST YES, love is m the air, but give us a break. So pleaded actor Qin Han m response to pressmen hounding him for the latest on his affair with old flame Lin Qingxia. He admits that they spent two
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        Same old ideas for prime-time shows
        532 4  -  LIM KAY TONG I By TV REVIEW I CAN tell you for certain that one of the greatest influences on fashion, hairstyles, behaviour and attitudes for people worldwide is the prime-time TV programme. And the latter is usually influenced by predecessors such as Charlie's
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        590 4  -  PAIK-CHOO By THE day of the marathon man is over. It is the time of the 100-metre dasher. As fast food edges movable feasts off the table, the same is to be said of television. TV m the automatic 80s has gone the
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        320 4  - Empress Wu opens up drama slot on Sundays JULIE TAN By FANS of Chinese serials will get an extra dose of Hongkong drama when when a new show. The Legend of Empress Wu, begins m May. The serial, which was a big hit m Hongkong, will introduce a new slot
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        204 4 :¥iSi_f_7i ORG N s 0 < mS^MmIWI b NOW SHOWING No free List PRINCE B _l ))om 130,4 00.6 45,9 15 H a LIBERTY CHANGI B A SAVOY -PRESIDENT I I am. I 45, 4 00, 6 45, 9 i 5 fl ORIENTAL B Mom, 100 3 1 5, 700
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        191 4 P -i ■■■■■■■■--IB 1 LIDO: Thursday, March 28 at 9.15 p.m. B A Charity Film Premiere B under the distinguished Patronage of B the Minister for Foreign Affairs M Community Development B Mr. S. DHANABALAN B m All proceeds to The Community g Chest Of Singapore S Tickets at $5.
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        217 4 S GAPiTOLT IBth Action DAY 3 I (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 i'__A* I^-__l I _L*/fl_i I P I _-_iii»B---->e^ V I r '^s ___H P KlflJ Hkf ImmWr W**%, -H D___jEl I JADE: 32nd RECORD DAY I (*****80) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30,
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        182 4 Golden New Town < Clementi Princess and Palace LAST FEW DAYSI G: 11, 130, 4, 6.45, 9.30 NT: 1.30, 3.30, 7.00, 9.00 t C: 1.30. 3.30, 7.15. 9.30 PR 1.30, 3 JO, 7 JO, 9.30 P*M*7.ls 9.30pm J jHßfe«Jimi-wESTC«MW j [DOCUMENTARY MOVlflraa. New Crown Raja LAST 2 DAYSI i N
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        212 4 < JURONG DRIVE-IN/ODEON-KATONG/MAJESTIC/ VENUS 0 J> BROADWAY/BEDOK/REGAL/GALA/KONG CHIAN/ZENITH Q li JURONG OftlVe-iN (*****94) 2 SHOWS 730 9 30pm ODEON KATONG (*****19) 4 SHOWS I 00, 3 30, 700 9 00pm Q I KONG CHIAN (*****76) LAST 2 DAYS I 00, 3 00, 7 30 9 30pm Q i t MAJESTIC
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        155 4 O '*****88) 5 SHOWS I lorn, I 30, 400 6 30, 9 15pm 5 THE NEVERENDING STORY i@b NOAH HATHAWAY-BARET OLIVER -TAIVIt STRONACH J A SPECIAL EMI OFFER J Get the original motion picture sound cassette ol THE NEVER 5 ENDING STORY" at 58.75 (UP. $13.50) from any Records Dealer
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        386 5 In a ground-breaking approach to strategic f fet 5 S[ j»Q5f M 1111 I I I I I— LL^TTTT] JPllg /Alll^*inf I lAmlwiXJ W Arn planning m the world of business, Kenichi flglHfllffln^faTll^lFfraß ~TL'CZ^ LrF^lt- TflP KjflflflMAN W i lAI l_t/_i ktYFt\ tt A 11% Ohmae goes beyond the standard
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        3099 5 i UNDA v VOT TT? WEFK ATTFAH times 1 ,/Ulv YY Hi Ijj XV A*amaamMamm*mmmmmmmmWmmwmmmwaamMaaaammmmammmmmwAammwam rt 1 A^__________m_____________\ de la Mare Wilham Blake. Lewis IflUllllAT mUNDAY f_\ Wak Carroll. A. A. Milne, Oscar Wilde, and H#l l I Gllbert and Su van are dramatised by SOLID GOLD SUPERSTAR S (Part
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        26 6 RHMM MMTr MapßPgM Easy-to-understand Guide to _\____WSmm\\ HPIBSBH H^^l^^^^^^M 4 i v ImJP aMMM^| MMI Home Computers Atari Apple Games Available at all Good Bookshops llJi>istribu!orv
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        3208 6 MONDAY C TUESDAY WEDNESDAY^) .nn S?S CHANG PING (C r) Serial 6.06 SCENCE. Learn how botanists classify 2.56 T* STRUGGLE (C/r). Ser.al. 606 LErs R£AD W|TH BAS|L mm Pepper's 3.06 THIS LAND IS MINE (C/r). Senal. <** AND CHEE? 4.00 TS NOT ME. Story about a woman who Plants. 4.30
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        614 7  -  GEORGINA EMMANUEL By CLASSICAL REVIEW WITH the sth National Music Competition just concluded last Sunday, I've found myself thinking a lot about the effect of the increasing sophistication of the compact disc (CD), the gramophone record and the handy little cassette on live performance.
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        935 7 Rock superstar Prince bared his chest, the kooky Cyndi Lauper flaunted her bodyguard, and Tina Turner simply dazzled. Onstage, the never-ending Grammy Awards ceremony shown last Sunday provided an eyeful. Offstage, reports USA Today, the action was equally fascinating ON the way to
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        353 7  -  CHOW SOOK YIN CHINESE REVIEW By UN YUSHENG Vol 3 (Synco) LIN shows marked improvement m this third recording of his. Not only is the music more commercial, he has also dropped the unnecessary falsettos proliferating m his previous albums. The
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        381 7 Edwards College Secretarial Studies Western Australia 1985 Enrol now for an exciting and rewarding training year m beautiful Perth, Australia X^^j^^^g^^^^^^X^^W^'i Edwards Secretarial College. Perth. Western Australia, invites s^^fl I applications from students with commercial studies background |PJB I including shorthand theory and typing to join a 2-term Secretarial m"^MmmWkfti''^^*
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        702 7 QUALIFY^ promotion through ICS SPECIALIZED COURSES FROM U.K. IN MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS Improve your position b> learning at home and be paid what you are realK MMtfe ICS lunc-MMd) courses ha\e helped thousands ot ambitious men and women achieve promotion anc bettei pa\ Moderate tees all books supplied lake
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        234 8 LIFE can be very unfair, don't you think? While we don't always get what we deserve, others seem to have more than what they deserve all the time. Look at Johannes Gutenberg, our inventor for this week. He never got rich from his invention, but died poor and
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        366 8 JOHANNES GUTENBERG HE was the man who made cheap books and newspapers possible. Before his invention of printing by movable type, books were very expensive because they were either handcopied or produced by a very slow method. Johannes Gutenberg cast his letters m metal, which were then arranged
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        303 8 You can make little puppets for your fingers and even toes. These little fingerpuppets are good for storytelling. They can be decorated to fit the characters of the story you cue gumg iv tell. You will need: Felt of different colours Glue Scissors Strong glue
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        462 8 —A\\ ____r Aw —Am\Aw AWAw Aw Aw AAmmmW W .^Lm*^ [//(r\ Colour this and win vourseF an Easter meal at Milano Pizza. It's that time of the year again. The Easter Bunny F is back with lots of goodies. And so is Milano Pizza. V/V/S A S^^K. P^ The Easter
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        1104 8 WWW spoi fajzi^aMl ßßSEgg^^g r >h r^i«arai Vha.ic-«iiMANAt ||i|| /^^A^^H/r? n i v2r C^f \s~> nA7WU MeUI: How long have you What iS a Cyclone? Jril C^^^/^U\ &i> (noun): a covered W^^^^k i\S (&%AaK been workin, here? A cyclone is a type of Eg If I i^s3^ r^©i JV^A vehicle
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        451 9 _SSS_ \Ntfter_ fhe Writing School, founded m 1949, shows you how to write articles, short stones, novels, romances, radio and 1 V scripts that sell and keep on selling, lop professional writers, through the medium o\ the school's comprehensive home-study courses, give you individual tuition, showing you how to produce
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        85 9 M >K iV\* for speed with accuracy SHORTHAND -_-_-_-k. mM __aF LEARN SHORTHAND IN fi \A/FFK^S and land a glamor ■I* Vl IffLLIAU job with a top firm. In just 6 weeks, step into an exciting, high-paid secretarial job. Abreviatrix Shorthand is based on simple abcs You can quickly learn
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        261 9 I <Sr J'M HUa/orVJ WHAT kinld OF ModTH 1 HoW ABOdT. U-- vT 1 WATERING, UP- SMACKIM& TONSIL- SOME. YUMMY, DRIED f WHEAT I <©* TEASING GOODIES CAN Yod SUGGEST ALFALFA SPROJTS A p R IC -OTS I GERM J B V jJB ?x Hl Jl B n Mftr HiALTH
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        480 10 JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY IS the first founder of International Defence Review and author of Military Editor Christopher Foss Founder editor of commentator on naval matters Terry Gander Janes Military Vehicles and Ground defence journal With both the authority and widely acclaimed books on military aviation Jane's Defence Review and editor
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        324 10 I TODAY'S WORLD 1 "Look at it this way, the overtime will "It's a self-portrait, I believe he didn't "What do you mean after sale BEAST OF ANP I P V^EPE yOUP T^BB Mq^E/ER, CT f PENANCE Cf?Ber< MAPE SUSPECT -THROO&M SCEP^/CIS^., 1 THERE'S OfSE Mil f ITS FIRST APPEARANCE
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        828 11 [SAKURA DREAMS) TSUKUBA A EXPO'BS BIG TOP JAPAN, HONGKONG EXPO 85 8 DAYS $2155 TsukuPa Expo '85/ Tokyo Disneyland Mount F_/BUM Tram/ Hakone/ Nagoya/ Kyoto,' Nara,' Osaka Hongkong/ I Ocean Park/ Sung Dynasty I Dep 24/3. 31/3 74 14 4 21 4 28/4, 5/5. 12/5. 19/5. I 26/5 Sundays TOKYO
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        545 12 SUCCESS-1 I ofF[| Wolsey Hall and you 1 H H Btf^ Take Wolsey Hall. Oxford, for example It has beer X A__\ providing correspondence since 1894. and is w< -H -_-_-----B _H known for the high rate examination of tI I^MIA. AT students ah user rhe world 1 m^mmf 1
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        974 13 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: f\ Monday Friday 9-0-. mto 5.00pm Run-On: $5 00 per line fMn $16 00, Food/Entertatnment (2 —5) 1 _—mm—. -Mt ■m _m_ Saturday B. 3oarn to 2.oopm f» iam _W -J <a^^^\.f\ f\ a^^^ Jf _"V jrlk r _^V fjk deadhne tor the Sunday T.mes)
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        808 13 11 Pleasure Boats 11 Pleasure Boats ~NEW ZEALAND BUILT YACHT 39' World cruiser m Fibreglass. 1979. Ultimate In quality. Kxtensive inventory eg S anchors. Sat nay. Depth, HF/VHF radios. Auto-pilot, RDF. I>eep freeze. Fridge. Aries. Sewing Machine. 1 0 Sails. 8 Man Liferaft. Dinghy. Survival equipe, etc Lying Brunei Why
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        407 13 24 Garage Sale EXPAT MOVING. ELECTRICAL appliances, furniture, carpet. games, toys and miscellaneous items 3, Merry n Rd., S. 1129 (10am to 4p.m.) on 24.3.85. GARAGE SALE— SINGLE/ pullout bed, ceiling lamps, hi-fi set. toaster, gas cooker hook, baby chair trolley. BIk.SOD. Marine Parade Rd =24-22. Amber Ville. HOUSE REMOVAL
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        542 13 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing WW L^M Jr^^M Scandinavian Design Teak Dining, y^| K9 1 B I Office Furniture. fcj Bl 1 I W H UJ|, ?s^|. ■S3 I _tf 23rd 31st March '85 WArm mrnrnrn—^ 10 am 7
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        430 13 34 Gardening/ Landecaping SPECIALISTS IN TREE/ grass cutting, removal and disposal. Tel: *****90 Mr. Xavier. Anytime. 35 Houee Cleaning/ Painting ICI PAINTING for HDB flats: 3-rm $280, 4-rm $380. 5-rm $480. executive $550, HUDC $700. *****41. TEXTURED SPRAY COATING suitable for HDB, private hse, etc. Please contact *****25. 36 Houee
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        400 13 36 House 36 House Renovation/ Decor Renovation/ Decor ■Rmpo^kitchencabinets^H W $170.00 PFR. including instaMaHow H TILING $5 50 PS F H |H HDB 3-room $2,900 j 4-r00m $4,500 5-r00m $5,850 ;^H Electrical. Plumbing Works. Window Grilles. Lightings. Wallpapers. Carpets H TIME CONTRACT FURNISHING H Blk 1014. Geylang East Aye 3.
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        398 13 57 Business Opportunities INVESTORS IN FINE OPALS We will be arriving m Singapore on 25th March '85 with export quality Australian-cut Opals for the discerning buyers. We will be staying at:THE MING COURT HOTEL from 25th March 30th March. Please contactRAY S ANNETH EDIS TEL: *****33. NEED ANY SATAY for
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        642 13 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive An established construction A engineering company requires: 1. PROJECT MANAGER c Candidates should have a diploma degree m Building Civil Engineering c Minimum 5 years experience m HDB 4-storey buildings c Able to take complete control of current project. c Age 30 to 50 years
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        448 13 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical We are a dynamk American Company m the high tech. industry. Due te rapid expansion we have additional need for another PRODUCT ENGINEER (Tt ST) The person we are looking for should have the following: Qualification Degree/Diploma m Electronics Experience 3 to
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        552 13 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous AIRCONDITIONING FIRM RE QUIRES Clerks with knowledge ol accounts able to t>pe and handle phone calls Experienced Mechanics Apprentices preferably with driving licence Please ring *****65 HIGH PAY FOR Mala> Took urgentl> required Tel *****17 83 85 Pasir Panjang Road REQUIRED HELPER TO iook after an
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        853 14 87 For Sale: Mercedes SEE TO BELIEVE -laaltfol COWI j OSEI tultv auto with tion.il eir, SC .< !:m i\ control j aircon. 1 careful owiu-i, htghesl v 11 1 Sommen i!i«- t ■M MERCEDES 9EN2 BS SIC. 1 J owner In beautiful condition j us s.iuic s Regn no
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