The Straits Times, 31 March 1985

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    14 1 The Sunday Times No: 2547 MARCH 31. 1985 45 CENTS MX. (P) No. 96/1/85
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    Seriously though, watch that meter tomorrow
    382 1 THE Registry of Vehicles has taken precautions to ensure that you pay the right fare when taxi fares go up at midnight tonight. Not all taxi meters have been adjusted, so be alert when you board a taxi. First, look at the meter to
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    Schools: Multi-million price of excellence
    545 1  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By THE pursuit of excellence among teachers at the O levels cost the Government a staggering $7 million to $17 million. This money was paid out in each 12-month period since 1981 when a scheme was introduced to encourage teachers to get distinctions
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    Bizarre tragedy of Tina Wong
    238 1  - Bizarre tragedy of Tina Wong LIM SAY BOON By Melbourne Reporter MELBOURNE, Sat. Lying in the Chinese section of the Rookwood Cemetery outside Sydney are two graves, symbolising the double tragedy of one of Australia's most influential and respected Chinese families which not even their great wealth could avert. Miss
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    The night 900 phones at SBC rang non-stop
    349 1  -  GERRY DE SILVA By SINGAPORE'S first ring-your-donation charity TV show got off to a ringing start last night. In the first five minutes, all 900 telephone lines, manned by about 100 volunteers, were engaged. Telephone calls pledging donations which were televised "live"
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    When 12 x 5 equals a million to one
    110 1 HORSES carrying saddle cloth No. 12 won five races in a row at Bukit Timah yesterday. This is the first time in living memory that five horses with the same number won successive races on the turf here. Experts said the
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      7 1 Graduate mums: The third-child trap Page 11
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • AT A GLANCE
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        GRADUATE MUM'S CONCERN
        53 2 After the announcement of the graduate mother policy in January last year, the Wangs decided to have a third child. That's Jeremy, now five months old. But last Monday, the government announced the policy would be scrapped. The Wangs hope to still be able to choose Jeremy's
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        THE BIG CATCH
        50 2 This eluded many of the 300 anglers who cast their lines tor the first time into Kranji Reservoir yesterday. Unlike this man above), some anglers got nary a bite. Others caught mostly tilapia, while the lucky ones reeled in an aruan or a soon hock. Page 15
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        NEW WAY TO SELL CARS
        56 2 A used car market with a difference will due to open on April 14 at the National Stadium car park. The Used Cars Centre, the company which has set it up, will provide car sellers and potential buyers with a meeting place where they can
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        HELP FOR MISFITS
        57 2 Leave your hang-ups behind and learn to have fun with us. That's the invitation from the Council of Social Service to youths who do not have the skills to fit into the workforce and who are overlooked by society. The council has four projects to mark the
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        SILENCE IS GOLD
        34 2 Teachers should talk less so their pupils can speak and think more, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education), Mr Ho Kah Leong, yesterday told the Science Teachers' Association of Singapore. Page 15
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        NOT A WORD WILL CHANGE
        58 2 China's legislature will not revise the Sino-British pact on Hongkong after it is approved next week, said parliamentary leader Peng Zhen. Hongkong people would also be represented on a projected committee to draft the basic law which will govern the future shape of the territory
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        'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' TRIP
        49 2 A caravan of two dozen camels laden with food, medicines and relief workers started off for a remote and isolated region of Sudan. Organised by the Unicef, the caravan will bring much-needed supplies to isolated Beja nomads living in the Red Sea Hills. Page 5
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        SQUABBLE WITH GREECE
        42 2 The European Community, which reached a historic agreement to admit Spain and Portugal, was plunged into an internal squabble with Greece, which threatened to veto the deal unless it gets up to $4.4 billion of special aid. Page 6
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        FALSE RAPE CLAIM
        41 2 Cathleen Crowell, 23 whose false claim that she was raped sent Gary Dotson, 26, to jail for six years was granted forgiveness by his mother in a scene watched by millions on television in the US. Page 6
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        NINE MILLION JOBS
        49 2 That's how many Indonesia aims to create in the next four years, said Planning and National Development Minister J. B. Sumarlin. He said the target could be achieved if the current government campaign to offer more investment incentives and cut down administrative requirements succeeds. Page 7
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        DISCO KING'
        64 2 Breakdancing may be out by the time Prince Charles (left) takes to the British throne but at the moment, he's just keeping up with the times. Prince Charles, who tried it out in a Sussex discotheque on Friday, didn't do a headstand. He gave his impromptu performance during
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    • SPORTS
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        SARAWAK HEAD-HUNTERS
        41 2 Singapore scalp is what Sarawak are after when they meet in a Malaysia Cup-tie at the National Stadium tonight. Taking a cue from folklore, their manager said: Traditionally, we are head-hunters. Fear can't be associated with us. Page 22
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        TAMPERING WITH TENNIS
        51 2 The game was not as easy as it looked on television. So they made the rackets bigger. But that wasn't enough. Now they've made the balls bigger. The new Wilson ball, called Rally, weighs the same as the standard item but is seven per cent larger. Page
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        A SCOT IN SPAIN
        47 2 Steve Archibald is among football's dying breed of glory seekers. For millions of Catalans, the Scot is their hero, their goal-scorer, their figurehead in a side who after 11 long, expensive years have recaptured the Spanish League title, says Rob Hughes. Page 23
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        IT'S HARD WORK'
        43 2 John Jacobs, here for the Singapore Open, is the game's leading money spender, but he doesn't like golf. "I just wake up early enough mornings in the year to make enough money from it," he told Janice Seah. Page 25
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      When just one drink is one too many
      1334 2  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG The disease even the afflicted will deny exists By Are you at risk? ASK yourself the following questions and answer them as honestly as you can. Yes No 1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking? o
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      What we spend on alcohol
      230 2 What we spend on alcohol SINGAPOREANS are spending more on alcohol. The Consumer Price Index based on the Household Expenditure Survey for 1977-7-78 showed that a Singaporean household spent an average $5.47 of its monthly expenses on beer and stout and $1.71 on wines and spirits. The monthly average rose
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      How Jackie fought her way back from the brink
      562 2 How Jackie fought her way back from the brink JULY 10, 1982. That is a very special day in Jackie's life. It was the day she tossed the drink and drugs out of the window and opened a door to a new future. For nine years Jackie, 25, fought an
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      Raising the profile of the real killing fields
      786 3  -  LILLIAN CHEW America wakes up to Cambodia's tragedy By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sat. "I thank God Buddha that I am even here tonight," Academy Award winner, Dr Haing Ngor, said when he received his Oscar for best supporting actor. The 34-year-old Cambodian
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      Miss Joaquim makes a comeback
      152 3  -  NGHAI CHEE WAH Picture by SHE bloomed, she blushed and then she faded tint's the story of the Vanda Miss Joaquim. Bat the courtship of her purple splendour continues with the Parks Mid Recreation Department's efforts lest Singaporeans forget her in her natural beauty. Chosen
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      Lock icon Shipping proves to be too expensive for Jardine Matheson
      610 3 HKs9lBm loss, but taipan is optimistic HONGKONG, Saturday JARDINE Matheson, Hongkong's oldest and most powerful trading company, has announced business losses for last year totalling HK$9lB million (*****.62 million) and said that it was pulling out of shipowning and other unprofitable
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      Lock icon China to open onshore oil and gas areas to foreign firms
      157 3 BEIJING, Sat. China will open onshore oil and gas areas to foreign companies for the first time in a bid to speed up exploration and production, the Ministry of Petroleum has announced. "China will adopt flexible policies in order
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      140 2 UP TO 1 pm. Cloudy with showers over a few areas during the night. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.12 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Adelaide :C t Manila 23 35 c Sunny Amsterdam 10 14 c Cloudy Melbourne fC
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Rao arrives in Russia for talks on arms purchases
      208 4 Rao arrives in Russia for talks on arms purchases MOSCOW. Sat. Indian Defence Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao arrived in the Soviet Union today for talks with Soviet military officials, which are expected to centre on possible Indian arms purchases. Mr Rao arrived at Tashkent for a sight-seeing visit in
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      38 4 HARARE (Zimbabwe), Sat. Faction fights, harassment and fatal assaults on opposition party supporters indicate that Zimbabwe's first postindependence elections would lie violent, Mr Mike Auret, chairman of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission charged yesterday. AP
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon FINNS' THIRSTY DAYS
        73 4 Finnish drinkers face thirsty days ahead after workers at state-run liquor shops went on indefinite strike on Friday. Sales staff at 212 shops, the only retail outlets for strong drink in the country, want more pay and shorter hours. One customer bought 1,000 bottles of beer in
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        Lock icon ESCAPEE'S FINAL ESCAPE
        58 4 The "Escape King," one of France's most flambuoyant criminals, has died from injuries suffered during his third attempted jailbreak in four years. Bruno Salak, 29, a former Legionnaire known for his dapper dress, fractured his skull jumping from the second floor window of a prison south of
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        Lock icon ROBBERS KILL FIVE
        79 4 Thieves shot dead a diamond mercnant and four of his staff in east Beirut on Friday and escaped with US$l.5 million (553.3 million) worth of precious stones in what newspapers called Lebanon's bloodiest civil crime. "It was a massacre," said an associate of slain merchant Loulou Kurkurdjian,
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        Lock icon PARIS BLAST
        67 4 The mother (below) of one of the two victims of a blast in a Paris cinema on Friday night wails in despair as others try to console her. At least 20 people were hurt, six seriously, when the bomb exploded in the cinema which was showing a festival
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        Lock icon TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS
        78 4 The European Court of Human Rights will soon hear charges brought by a British transsexual against Britain for not recognising his sex change and thus barring him from marriage. Born a girl in 1942, Mark Reese had a sex change operation in his late 20s. But British authorities
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        Lock icon TRANSPORT PLANES CRASH
        42 4 Two Canadian Armed Forces Hercules transport planes crashed near Edmonton, Alberta, when their wings touched during a formation fly-past over a military base at an altitude of only 500 metres. A military spokesman said 10 people had died. AP
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        Lock icon DANISH WALKOUT
        82 4 Hundreds of thousands of Danish employees walked out on Friday in protest against government plans to impose a settlement on a week-old industrial conflict involving 300,000 private sector workers. Schools closed, hospitals sent patients home, transport and postal services were disrupted and government ministries were hit as public
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        Lock icon HOLD TIGHT, TOKYO
        192 4 1 Quote L 'We were no longer angry and do not hate the American people. We highly appreciate them and know like us they suffered a lot from the war' Vietnamese Politburo member Nguy Dinh An, speaking to foreign reporters visiting the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.
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      All night long ... fatally
      77 4 All night long fatally NEW DELHI, Sat. A 21-year-old man died of exhaustion in the sooth Indian city of Madras today after a night spent standing in a queue, the Press Trust of India reported. The news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying teat the unidentified man was among
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      China 'will not revise HK pact'
      375 4 China 'will not revise HK pact' Joint committee to draft basic laws BEIJING, Sat. China's legislature will not revise the Sino-British pact on Hongkong after it is approved next week, according to China's parliamentary leader Peng Zhen. Hongkong people would also be represented on a projected committee to draft the
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      Taipei won't let boat issue hurt Seoul ties
      320 4 TAIPEI, Sat. TAIWAN Foreign Minister Chu FuSung today said relations between Taipei and Seoul must not be damaged over the South Korean return of a torpedo boat and its crew to China. Mr Chu rejected calls from several Taiwanese legislators that Taipei
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      Lock icon Baghdad bombs Teheran again
      288 5 The Gulf war BAGHDAD. Sat. Iraq said its warplanes bombed Teheran last night, hours after Iran rejected a ceasefire bid and suggested, instead, a new moratorium on attacks on civilian targets and Persian Gulf shipping. Baghdad television interrupted programming to broadcast a government statement about the
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      Lock icon S. African police not attacked, says vehicle commander
      280 5 S. African police not attacked, says vehicle commander UTTENHAGE (South Africa), Sat. A South African policeman told a judicial commission yesterday that he had not seen any petrol bombs thrown at police before they shot dead 19 Blacks at this eastern Cape town a week ago. Law and Order Minister
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      Lock icon Peruvian wins Hemingway award
      135 5 Peruvian wins Hemingway award PARIS, Sat. A book about a 19th Century peasant uprising in Brazil won the first Ritz Paris Hemingway award yesterday as the Best Novel of 1984 for Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The award was created by Mr Pierre Salinger, an American television newsman and former
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      Lock icon Disco king Charles 'rules' the floor
      154 5 Disco king Charles 'rules' the floor BREAKDANCING may be outdated by the tune the Prince of Wales takes to the British throne but for the moment, he's not averse to giving it a try to keep up with the times. That's what Prince Charles was doing (left) when he put
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      UN's camel caravan to reach starving nomads
      271 5  -  MINU THAROOR By Geneva Reporter GENEVA, Sat. A caravan consisting of two dozen camels carrying food, medicines and relief workers will start a "Lawrence of Arabia" type of journey today for a remote and isolated region of Sudan. The journey, organised by the
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      Missions that help maintain peace
      552 5 LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW J From London w SOME years ago the Russians withdrew one of their 22 divisions in East Germany, and I was invited to watch its departure. I assumed that a replacement division would arrive after I had gone, but it was an
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      Lock icon US says it opposes retaliation
      378 6 US says it opposes retaliation As anger grows over Japan's trade barriers WASHINGTON, Sat. Resentment flared in the United States Congress once more yesterday as senators warned they will retaliate unless Japan removes trade barriers, and the Reagan administration said the matter was of "highest importance". "They (the Japanese) are
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      Lock icon Greece locked in conflict with the rest of EC
      309 6 BRUSSELS, Sat. THE European Community (EC), fresh from reaching a historic agreement to admit Spain and Portugal, was today plunged into an internal squabble with Greece, which threatened to veto the deal. Community leaders said after fruitless attempts to solve the
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      Lock icon Judge takes over as Greek President
      175 6 Judge takes over as Greek President ATHENS, Sat. Judge Christos Sartzetakis takes over as Greece's new President today after winning election in a disputed vote that threatens to provoke bitter divisions in Greek political life. Backed by Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou's PanHellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) and the small Moscow-line Greek
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      Lock icon N-plants voted out of Danes' energy plans
      146 6 COPENHAGEN, Saturday HURRAHS rang through Denmark's Parliament yesterday as the opposition voted nuclear power plants out of Denmark's energy planning despite protests from the government. The shouts of jubilation came from anti-nuclear activists watching from the public galleries as SocialDemocrats, the radical left
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      TV confession of woman who claimed she was raped
      125 6 TV confession of woman who claimed she was raped NEW YORK, Sat. A young woman whose false claim that she was raped sent an innocent man to jail for six years was granted forgiveness by the man's mother yesterday in a scene watched by millions on national television. As tears
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      Lock icon Pregnant
      144 6 The response from Mrs Dotson was instant: "Yon are forgiven Cathy. I just want my son back and I thank you so much for coming forward.. It took a lot of courage." Miss Crowell, who decided to tell the truth two months ago because she said she could no
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      Lock icon Dollar falls in spite of good news
      121 6 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. Sentiment against the US dollar has become so strong that even good news about the American economy has failed to stop it frcm falling sharply. The dollar closed in New York yesterday at 3.0575 Deutschemarks, compared with its
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      Lock icon Plan to save rare wildlife
      75 6 QUITO, Sat. Firefighters have restricted the spread of a 35,000-hectare blaze threatening rare wildlife on one of the Galapagos Islands and hope to extinguish it within a month, scientists said yesterday. The blaze on Isabela IsLind, believed to have been started a month ago by
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      Lock icon Poles warned
      32 6 WARSAW. Sat. Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski yesterday threatened a crackdown on dissidents and supporters of the banned Solidarity union if they continued to oppose the country's communist system. UPI
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      Lock icon Armenian group's bomb threat
      232 6 TORONTO, Sat. An Armenian group has threatened to bomb buses and subway cars on Monday unless the government releases three men charged in an attack on the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa on March 12, police said yesterday. Toronto Police Chief Jack Marks issued a public alert
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Soviets 'ready to guarantee S-E Asia peace'
      429 7 Soviets 'ready to guarantee S-E Asia peace' We'll take part in Cambodia peace talks, says Kapitsa JAKARTA, Sat. The Soviet Union is prepared to be a guarantor for peace in Southeast Asia, visiting Assistant Foreign Minister Mikhail Kapitsa said here today. He added in an arrival statement that Moscow was
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      Lock icon Suharto to discuss Batam with PM
      183 7 JAKARTA, Sat. Mr Lee Kuan Yew will arrive at Ujung Pandang, south Sulawesi on Tuesday for talks with Indonesia's President Suharto on international problems including the world economic situation, Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore Rais Abin said here today. Daring the three-day visit, the Singapore
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      Lock icon Sanusi denies taking part in bombing plot
      172 7 The Jakarta bombs trial JAKARTA, Sat. A former Indonesian minister today denied that he had taken any part In plotting the bomb attacks in Jakarta last October In which two people were killed. Mohammad Sannsi, who was Industry Minister In the *****, told
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      Lock icon Manila strike turns violent
      219 7 MANILA, Sat. Striking employees of the biggest Philippine chain of department stores clashed with pro-man-agement staff yesterday in Manila in renewed violence that left some men on both sides injured and threw shoppers into panic. Witnesses said the incident occurred during morning shopping hours at Shoemart,
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      Lock icon Indonesia needs 9 m more jobs in four years
      343 7 Indonesia needs 9 m more jobs in four years JAKARTA, Sat. Indonesia needs to create about nine million jobs during the next four years under the country's fourth five-year plan Repelita IV, Minister for Planning and National Development Prof J. B Sumarlin said yesterday. Prof Sumarlin said the target could
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Financial master plan for KL
      470 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Move by Bank Negara to deregulate banking system BANK Negara is drawing up financial master plan to deregulate the banking system in Malaysia and bring about more efficient mobilisation of resources into the system. The central bank would get help from the
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      Lock icon Thais destroy four CPM camps at the border
      171 8 Thais destroy four CPM camps at the border BANGKOK, Sat. Thai security forces have destroyed four camps of the banned Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in Thai territory on the Malaysian border, killing or wounding at least 20 insurgents. Colonel Panthep Puvanatnurak, Deputy Commander of the Special Task Force involved,
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      Lock icon KL crackdown on illegal workers sparks debate
      276 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A government crackdown on illegal immigrants has sparked a controversial debate in Malaysia over the presence of thousands of Indonesian workers employed illegally in the country's thriving agriculture and construction industries. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Razdzi Sheikh Ahmad told Parliament
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      Lock icon Sabah panel can't probe 'polls bribes' claims
      187 8 Sabah panel can't probe 'polls bribes' claims KOTA KINABALU, Sat. The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) today said it had no jurisdiction to investigate claims of opposition parties attempting to bribe leaders of the ruling Berjaya Party in Sabah to defect before Nomination Day in the state elections next month. State ACA
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      Lock icon Don't resent our democratic system: Dr M
      291 8 Don't resent our democratic system: Dr M KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad told Malaysians today they should not resent or apologise for the fact that the democratic system of their country differed from those elsewhere. "Our system is for our country," he said when launching
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      Lock icon Two S'poreans among four killed in crash
      123 8 KLUANG, Sat. Four men, including two Singaporeans, were killed while another was injured when their car collided with an express bus in Simpang Renggam near here yesterday. Police identified the dead as Mr Tan See Chuan, 22, of Muar; Mr Foo Chuan Tai,
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      89 8 The Jobfinder's Seminar GET THE JOB YOU WANT how to choose where to look how to get one how to keep it Venue RELC Auditorium Date 13 April 1985 Time lpm spm Fee $49/- per person Lecturers: Rosalind J Boyd BA Dip Tchi Constance Lee BA Cert Ed Dip TEFL
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      Will policy change set Jeremy back?
      618 11  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By Mother had third child to go on priority list THEY love kids but stopped at two because getting their kids into a school of their choice was important. Last January, the Government announced the graduate mother policy and they were delighted.
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      Causeway collision man dies
      89 11 THE driver of a mini-bus which collided with an SBS bus at the Causeway on Friday died yesterday. Mr Zaukefli bin Yusof, 21, of Johor, died at 1.40 am at Alexandra Hospital here. Two other passengers in the mini-bus, Mr Ya'akob bin Ahmad, 19, and Mr
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      Nurse bought diamonds, gold with cheques that bounced
      243 11 FOR two months, a private nurse went around buying diamonds and gold which she later sold at a discount to tourists. The jewels were real but not the cheques she had issued. Yesterday, Mabel Ang Lien Hong, 30, was jailed for a
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      Collette draws the crowds
      294 11 Like Sun Tan, he proves to be a sensation SUN TAN, the endearing cartoon character who has kept many readers entertained, needs no introduction. But his creator Aubrey Collette rarely makes public appearances, although he did yesterday at the launching of a book of Sun Tan
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      Bring back that old kampung spirit
      125 11 4 In the old days, staying in a kampung seemed like being members of one big family. In times of festivities, like Chinese New Year or weddings, everybody joined in the merriment. In times of need, everybody helped in words and deeds. Children played
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      New way to buy and sell used cars
      133 11 New way to buy and sell used cars A USED car centre with a difference is due to open on April 14 at the National Stadium car park. The plan of two businessmen, Mr T.T. Ang and Mr Eric Sng, it aims to provide car sellers and potential buyers with
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      Survey to see if poor can afford tuition fees
      111 13 Survey to see if poor can afford tuition fees A SURVEY will be done to see if students from poor families in rented Housing Board flats in Telok Biangah can afford to pay their tuition fees. If not, the fees for those attending tuition classes conducted by grassroots bodies may
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      Man charged with murder
      48 13 NURUL Islam, 22, a Bangladeshi, was charged yesterday with the murder of Mr Ong Thian Tiang, 38, a personnel manager, in his Toa Payoh flat on Wednesday night. He was ordered to be remanded until next week when his case will be mentioned again.
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      Pee-ping Tom
      42 13 FOK Fuk Hon, 27, a Hongkong citizen, was fined $900 by a district judge yesterday for peeping at a 28-year-old woman in the ladies' toilet on the 16th floor of the Hongkong Bank Building in Battery Rjad on march 14.
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      OMO service
      27 13 SINGAPORE Shuttle Bus will convert its CSS Service 5, which plies between Sin Ming and Bukit Merah Interchange to the one-man-operated (OMO) system from tomorrow.
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      FSE fighter jets for defence of Singapore, Malaysia
      300 13 FSE fighter jets for defence of Singapore Malaysia SINGAPORE will replace its Hunter aircraft in the Integrated Air Defence System with 16 FSE fighter jets from tomorrow. Along with upgrading its involvement in the lADS, eight of the 16 F5Es will be deployed at Butterworth, Malaysia, for the first time
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      SAF exercise
      112 13 SAF exercise THE Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises in the Lim Chu Kang, Marsiling, Mandai, Wing Loong and Sembawang areas from tomorrow to Thursday daily. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The Republic of Singapore Air Force will conduct livefiring exercises at the Southern Island Live Firing Range
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      'Spinster' wife pays the price of spite
      114 13 A MOTHER of six who sought to re-marry just to spite her husband was fined $500 by a district judge yesterday. She was convicted of making a false declaration at the marriage registry that she was a spinster. Thanapakiam, 47. said she and
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      Buddhist monk robbed of $14,000 in temple restroom
      93 13 A BUDDHIST monk has reported the loss of $13,992, believed to have been stolen while he was asleep in the Singapore Buddhist Temple at Punggol Road on Friday. Mr W.F. Suit, 64, went to sleep in the restroom about noon after he
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      Look at that card in the cab don't get taken for a ride
      105 13 TA«r*gmywoN WITH UT-CI WMp IAJW H-MJj W MMMMI TO CONVCftSION TAM-E AND OtWM tWIrCHAIK-lS tHOUrN (NOT VAUD IF PtAO DOWN fsA\t SHOWS «L0O) If you see this sticker on the dashboard, it means the taxi meter has
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      Take a shot at winning HK tourism photo contest
      196 13 Take a shot at winning HK tourism photo contest HONGKONG is all set to boost its tourist industry with its first South-east Asia photographic competition to be held in five Asean countries simultaneously. In Singapore where the competition is being launched today, the focus for amateurs and professionals who wish
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      Industrial team to visit Japan
      70 13 A TEAM led by the Chief Inspector of Factories, Mr Low Wong Fook, will visit Japan next month to study methods used by companies to prevent accidents. The 12-man mission will examine the role of industry associations in developing and promoting self-regulation in safety and
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      Containers deserve greater weight, MP says
      173 14  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By THE MP for Chua Chu Kang. Mr Tang See Chim, will ask the Registry of Vehicles to increase the allowed weight limit of containers. He said on Thursday that he would see the ROV as soon as possible on behalf
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      Requirements
      116 14 With a 40-foot container, which can carry up to 30 tonnes of goods, the vehicle's total tonnage is 41 tonnes. But the present loading limit of 32 tonnes could only be increased to 36 tonnes when companies applied for it, he said. On the question of halfyearly inspection for
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      'Join the fun' invitation to youths
      631 14  -  JUDITH HOLMBERG Council of Social Services to hold activities for the 'overlooked' young By HANG UP your hang-ups and come learn to have fun with us. That's the invitation from the Council of Social Service to youths who do not have the skills to
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      New book by S'pore youth
      243 14 New book by S'pore youth NO pretty pieces, please, just tell it like it is. This request was made by Mr John Ang, Chairman of the Singapore Council of Social Service's International Youth Year Committee. He was referring to contributions for the council's forthcoming book, Window on Youth, a compilation
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      Lock icon Woodlands says it with flowers
      114 14 IT may not look like it yet, but this taped outline on the grassy verge of a Housing Board estate at Woodlands will eventually become a garden in the shape of the Republic. When completed, a brightly enbloomed natural map win greet road travellers entering
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      Museum to re-open in May
      144 14 RENOVATION work at the National Museum has been completed, and curators hope to have exhibits ready for a re-opening in midMay. The museum's galleries have been rewired, air-conditioned and fitted with new showcases and lighting, the Ministry of National Development has announced. Floors have been
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      SBC job for ex-head of Arts Festival
      106 14 SBC job for ex-head of Arts Festival FORMER Singapore Arts Festival secretariat director Mr Michael Loke is now a divisional director with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Loke, 41, who was also a deputy director with the former Culture Ministry, opted for early retirement under the Pensions Act late last
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      Police seek woman's relatives
      69 14 POLICE want to contact the relatives of a woman who died in Woodbridge Hospital on Thursday. Madam Chan Ah Liang alias Chan Ah Nim, 78, was admitted into the hospital in 1970. Her last known address was 19, Sago Street, a shophouse which has since been
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      Hospital insurance most sought after
      320 14 Hospital insurance most sought after EIGHT out of 10 members of the Peoples Association Retirees' Club who bought insurance policies last year chose to cover themselves for hospitalisation at 16 cents a day or $60 a year each. Many bought another policy, covering themselves also against personal accident at $7
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      Lock icon Nothing but nibbles at Kranji
      353 15  - Nothing but nibbles at Kranji DAVID KOH Reservoir opening a let-down for some eager anglers Story by Picture by THEY came as early as 7.30 am, eager for the big catch, and by 10.30 am more than 300 people were casting their fishing lines for the first time into Kranji
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      Cars hit by falling tree
      90 15 THREE cars were damaged when a tree fell on them at 2 pm on Friday. The 10-metre tall tree dented the rooves of two cars in the carpark behind Block 82 at MacPherson Lane. The other car was slightly damaged. The owner of one of
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      Silence may yield gold for teachers
      174 15 TEACHERS have been urged to talk less so that their pupils can speak and think more. "If we want to develop critical thinking and active learning among our pupils, then we should talk less, question more and also allow and encourage them to question
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      'Give pupils diary to help them study better'
      277 15 SCHOOLS can help pupils study better by giving them a year-round diary of events. Simple as it may seem, this little act makes it possible for pupils to plan for the whole year. By knowing important dates in advance, such as Sports
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      Man gave passport as surety for loan he could not repay
      179 15 Man gave passport as surety for loan he could not repay A FREELANCE broker in electronic goods, who lied that he had lost his passport when he had given it as surety because he was unable to settle a US$35O loan, was jailed for a day and fined $2,500 by
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      New Finnair service
      59 15 FINNAIR will begin a new weekly service from Helsinki to Bangkok and Singapore on Dec 3. A statement from the airline said the DC-10 service would leave Helsinki on Tuesday nights. It would take about 10 hours to reach Bangkok and another three to reach Singapore. The
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      Industrial park gets police help in security planning
      454 15  - Industrial park gets police help in security planning NG WENG HOONG CHUA CHIN CHYE By and HENDERSON Industrial Park was cited yesterday as the first project to have included security features with help from the police right from the start. Launching the crime prevention committee at the industrial estate, Mr
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      Pharmacies at Changi Airport
      153 15 TRAVELLERS leaving Changi Airport can soon buy whatever medicines they need at the last minute from a pharmacy in the Departure/Transit Lounge. And those who need it immediately after landing can go to another in the tunnel dividing Basement 1 with Car Park A. The Civil
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      Workshop on innovation
      129 15 SINGAPORE managers will have a chance to hear one of the hottest "company doctors" in America speak on April 11. Dr Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor of Organisation Behaviour and Management at Yale University, is the author of the bestselling Men and Women of the Corporation. Her latest
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      NTUC chief aqainst membership by force
      391 16  - NTUC chief aqainst membership by force IVAN LIM By Teng Cheong: Up to unions to woo members MR ONG Teng Cheong has come out in favour of using persuasion instead of compulsion to increase union membership. More specifically, the NTUC chief sees labour leaders playing a catalyst's role in winning
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    • Article
      Speedboat collision: Driver 'not looking'
      345 16 A MAN noticed the driver of a speedboat was not looking in his direction seconds before the speedboat hit the dinghy he was in causing him and his companion to fall into the sea. Mr Alfred Loffel, 21, a Swiss, said that Miss Michele Martina
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      Helicopter crash: Marine pilot takes first steps
      274 16  - Helicopter crash: Marine pilot takes first steps YEO KIM SENG By MORE than two-and-a-half months after a helicopter accident which left him in a month-long coma, Mr Chhabra Kumar can now walk with some help. He is still unable to speak bat his transfer three weeks ago to the Department
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      Hostels and homes for ESN youth needed Dixie
      273 16 Hostels and homes for ESN youth needed Dixie HOSTELS and permanent homes for young educationally subnormal people are needed here because it will hecome increasingly difficult for them to manage in flats Running costs of these hostels should not be too high since the ESN youth could do their own
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      City land acquired
      49 16 PARCELS of land in the city area, totalling about 22,686 sq m, have been acquired by the Government for urban redevelopment, says the Government Gazette. A plan of the affected areas may be inspected during offce hours at the office of the Collector of Land Revenue.
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      Hotel's helping hands will make park a nicer view
      218 16 GARDENERS Tan Guek Mui and Chan Kim Ho often wished they had more hands to help with their work. Yesterday they got just that when 55 pairs of hands from the new Holiday Inn Parkview pitched in. Tending the grounds at
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      'Harness talents of retired'
      148 16 A TOP Singapore Airlines officer said that the talents of its retired employees should be harnessed and put to good use. Mr Lim Chin Beng, Deputy Chairman of SIA, was speaking on Friday at a ceremony to present retirement awards to officers of SIA and Singapore
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      30 15 Republic of China Agricultural Food Products Dynasty Hotel Ballroom (3rd Storey) 3-5 April 1985 11.00 am to 7.00 pm daily FREE sampling of cooked pork, tea others. of china Stag-p-tv
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      362 16 APPOINTMENTS T 1 ASSISTANT MANAGER IB The successful candidate, preferably between the age of 25 and 35, should be a holder of A. C.1. 1. or possess a Degree in Law and i j have a minimum o c 5 years' experience in handling shipping/ i marine insurance claims. Candidate
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  • The Sunday Times VIEW
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      Children of policy
      306 17 Policies are reversible, children are not. On page 11 today we put flesh on the bones of that reality by highlighting the case of a couple who had a third child when they were encouraged to by the graduate mother priority scheme and now find themselves in
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    25 YEARS AGO
    131 17 What The Sunday Times reported on April 3, 1960 IN the two years ending December last, Singapore's population leapt by 127,300, bringing the total to 1,611,900. These figures were released by the Chief Statistician yesterday. In the last two years, the population increased at an average rate
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  • FOCUS
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      Anwar magic south of the border
      1046 17 A masterly performance by a Malaysian political star captivated Singapore audiences in two talks last weekend. ISMAIL KASSIM reports on the style of the man tipped to become prime minister someday In Singapore, where it is often said that politics is dry and politicians
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      424 17 New Definitive Postage Stamps Jfe* "Insects"^ .iIS A new series of definitive postage stamps will be released in 1 985. The first range of low-value definitive postage stamps of 5, 1 0, 1 5, 20, 25, qSP'Vfll 'H 35, 50 and 75^08^ denominatbns will be placed on sale at all
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      Devan' s resignation: See it in perspective
      920 18 1 Irene Hoe What is the nature of Mr Nair's downfall that some see it as a stain on the nation's honour? It wasn't corruption, nepotism, misuse of his powers or even squandering of public funds, far worse offences committed by many a
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      Why should divorcees and the widowed lose their homes?
      860 18 Ng Shui Meng MR Teh Cheang Wan's recent statement on repossessing the flats of families which have become single-person households through death or divorce is a potentially contentious issue for it touches upon the principles of ownership. The Housing Board ruling
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      If Mammon determined how politicians should be paid
      669 18 IN. Balakrishnan Love of money breeds love for more of it, and there is no one point after which one can say that a man cannot be corrupted. The supremacy of idealism and ideals in politics should always be upheld. AN unsolved
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      Beat traffic jams — export them
      521 18 Beat traffic jams export them [macaw^ LAST Friday night was eerie for a reason I could not at first put a finger on. And then it struck me the neighbourhood was strangely silent. Like two million other flat-dwelling Singaporeans, I can stand any amount of home-grown noise, but how could
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      A chat with Maggie: The Iron Lady looks East
      2911 19 Q There are not that many m advocates of the kind of society which is run in Singapore, which I am trying to run here. What I call enterprise-culture, deregulation, lower taxation. It does not necessarily appeal to some Commonwealth countries
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  • RACING
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      Mudlarks
      92 20 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track RACE 1: Scorpio 111. You Asked For It 111, Harrigan RACE 2: Biloxi. Win The Battle RACE 3: Swift 111. Rich And Famous, Bunga Api 11, Max Scottra RACE 4: Bintang Cantik, Costa Rica, Singapore Boy, Without Hesitation,
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      386 20 RACE RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO LUCKY LEO WENGSOOK 7 Scorpio 3 Harrigan 1 Thirteen Wonders 3 Harrigan 1 Thirteen Wonders 1 4 You Asked For It 7 Scorpio 7 Scorpio 5 Platini 6 Sherwood Oak 6 Sherwood Oak 1 Thirteen Wonders 11 Better Prospect 7 Scorpio
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      Without Hesitation 'saved' for today
      274 20  -  PEDIGREE By our man on the track WHEN Credentials II wrapped up the Class 5 Div 1 race over 1,400 m at Bukit Timah last Sunday, stablemate Without Hesitation, who was also in the pink of condition, did not accept. Quite mainly, the connections of
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      Loch Bijou strongly fancied to take top sprint
      253 20  - Loch Bijou strongly fancied to take top sprint LUCKY LEO By LOCH BIJOU, with a win and a third from only two outings, is an extra good thing in Race 7, the main sprint for Class 3 Div 1 horses over 1,400m. An expensive importation by the fashionable New Zealand
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      Rory's Jester takes Slipper
      168 20 SYDNEY, Sat. Rory's Jester, a II 1 shot ridden by top Sydney Jockey Ron Qninten, won the AS6N,M4 (about SSS3S,M4) Golden Slipper Stakes tor two-year-aid colts, geldings and fillies at Rosehill today. The colt, trained by Colin Hayes, won by a length Cram the hitherto unbeaten
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      Racetrack supervisor who enjoys his job
      739 21  -  JACK ELLIOTT Whatever happened to Les Coles? By 0< the Melbourne Herald FORMER jockey Les Coles rode six classic winners on the Singapore-Malaysia turf the 1965 Singapore Gold Cap on Grenadier, the INS. 1967 and 1969 Tonka Gold Caps on Credit Balance HI, Champagne
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      Lucky 12, five-in-row
      2149 21  -  OUR RACING TEAM By BIG SWEEP FIRST *****7 SECOND *****6 THIRD *****7 STARTERS *****8, *****8, *****7, *****8, *****2, *****4, *****2, *****3, *****7, *****5, *****5. CONSOLATIONS *****4, *****5, *****9, *****8, *****4, *****3, *****6, *****7, *****9, *****8. Phenomena started it —then that magical number kept coming up WHEN Path
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      Beau Bijou dies after race
      864 21 STIPE'S REPORT FIVE-YEAR-OLD Beau Bijou, trained by Major A.M. Heddle and ridden by ap prentice Luke Danis, collapsed and died on returning tc the unsaddling enclosure after Race 4 at Bukit Timah yesterday. The stewards ordered a post-mortem. Jockey David Kwong was suspended three race
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      They didn't Suspect
      101 21 LIVERPOOL, Sat. LONGSHOT Last Suspect won the £82,929 (about *****,000) Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree racecourse today. Last Suspect, who started at 59 1, shot to the lead in the final 299 m to beat Mr Snuglit (12-1) by lVz lengths in the gruelling 7,200 m race.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements
      80 21 The family of the late JOSEPH TEO TIEN CHEONG wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all relatives, colleagues and friends, doctors and nurses of TTSH. Rev Fr Fossion. Rev Fr Paul Lim, members of St. Vincent De Paul Society, Little Sisters Of The
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      155 21 With Deepest Sympathies And Condolences To The Family Of The Late PETER KHOO ENG WATT Director Of KIM SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD From:Management Staff Of SINGAPORE TRANSPORT SUPPLY SERVICE PTE LTD With deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of the late JOSEPH CHOO KIM CHWEE
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      213 22 CHAN CHER CHONG passed away peacefully on 30.3.85, leaving behind beloved Wife: Phua Shog Huang Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kok Hiong Heng Hui Cheng Wee Hiong Low Guek Meng Tiang Hiong Choo Poh Choo Chee Hiong Chua Seow Neo Pang Hiong Tan Kar Hong
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      97 22 Deepest Condolence to our Financial Director, MR CHENG BUCK POH on the demise of his brother, MR CHONG GATE KOON From: Management Staff of HAI LECK ENGINEERING (PTE) LTD 308, Thomson Road Singapore 1130 Deepest Sympathy Condolence to the Family of the late MR
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      184 In Memoriam
      26 22 BORN 13/2/83 Miss Goh Mui Eng passed away suddanly on 31/3/84. Laaving behind morhar, tia. Alica. Halan, 4 Lynda, Slamr Eng S Soofng.
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      184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam
      171 22 In Sweat Remembrance of Our Dearest Parents MR. KOH KIM SOO MDM. WEE LENG CHAY Sadly missed by Mabel, Hendrick, Charles and loved onaa. In everlasting memory of my late husband K.V. VELAYUTHAM In our hearts your memory lingers. Your absence to us Is
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      184 In Memoriam
      93 22 In Loving Memory of MRS. NEELAMBIGAI O/O MUTHOO Departed 31at March 1984 Gone from our lives one so dear, But In our hearts forever near. Sadly mieeed by mother, aletere, brolhara-in-law, unci**, aunta, brothers, aiatera In-law and loved ones. Prayers will ba haW at 11.00am at Stock
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    SPORT
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    Heads, Sarawak win
    735 22  -  JOE DORAI Preview...by FOOTBALLERS from Sarawak, the land of head-hunters, arrived yesterday with a promise that they would scalp Singapore when they meet in a Malaysia Cup-tie at the National Stadium tonight (8). Since their last tie a 2-1 defeat by Brunei in Bandar Seri Begawan on
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    It's a whole new big ball game
    935 22 DERMOT PURGAVIE afr§ 1 flMrtjj- M ot long ago, if you were hot for social success or power networking, it was essential that you slipped into something white and took up tennis. Tennis was Smart. Tennis was Keeping Up. Tennis was lifestyle. Tennis
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  • SPORTS WORLDWIDE
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      Lock icon Glorious Gordon
      748 22 OPENER Gordon Greenidge hit his 12th Test century, an exact 100, and steered the West Indies out of trouble in their first innings of the First Test match against New Zealand in Port of Spain yesterday. Greenidge shared an important painstaking third-wicket partnership of 185 with Richie Richardson
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      Lock icon Mixed day for Singapore
      397 22 TABLE TENNIS GOTHENBURG, Sat. Singapore suffered mixed fortunes at the World Championships here yesterday. Their men trounced Puerto Rico 51, while their women went down 3-1 to Malaysia. Meanwhile, Poland's Andrzej Grubba lived up to his reputation as the most improved player in the game when
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      Lock icon Wolfhounds silence prey
      345 22 RUGBY UNION HONGKONG, Sat. Singapore felt the bite early on the opening day of the Hongkong Invitation Sevens tournament here today. Their opponents in Group D, the Wolfhounds, marshalled by former England international Les Cusworth, tore into the Singapore side and notched up a 30-4 scoreline. Singapore's
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      80 22 Golden Witchbreed Mary Gentle Nearly destroyed by the technology which belonged to their planet's once great civilization, the Ortheans have deliberately turned away from the past. An envoy, Lynne de Lisle Christie was sent from Earth to win the confidence of Orthe's leaders. In a conflict which threatens to explode
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    Singapore the ball in a game of gulf
    602 23  - Singapore the ball in a game of gulf JEFFREY LOW Bribes charges spell rift in Asian ranks Lowdown on Sport |U|OW the real Arab motive is slowly beginning to unfold: That all the talk about boycotting Singapore as an international soccer venue is actually a smokescreen for other pursuits. Hot
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    Another boast?
    400 23 My choice is i Sport I Reason I j Name J Address Telephone I Send to: Sports Award, Sunday Times, j 390. Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. j ...J SQUASH could well serve up another winner... and In similar scintillating style. Una Ong boasted the first Sunday Times/Coca-Cola
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    Ole, Archi-goles!
    1204 23 The Catalan centre of attraction in football's dying breed of glory seekers 4 You either have the knack of scoring or you don't. I have. I'm absolutely at ease with both feet. I'm sharp, I have nerve and I get the ball on target. I also love the
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      137 23 I Our deepest condolences to our Chairman, II I Mr Ong Chwee KOU and his family ll IK mJJ ji I on the demise of his mother-in-law, the late 1 1 9 -_r- i I -i _^_^_l- 1 I Mdm Teo Kim Eng, on 28 March 1 985. 1 1
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      117 24 two great tastes. That quiet afternoon in 1954, as Ray Kroc observed the southern California crowd clamouring to buy Mac and Dick McDonald's 15 cent 1886, to becoming "the best known trademarked product Im&t **""Sjfc\ sold throughout the world" Coca-Cola has mirrored (lB^N^'s@^llFl '^JSjlJi Ray Kroc's belief in quality and
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    Wives who play a weighting game
    311 25 Wives who play a weighting game THERE'S more to being a professional golfer's wife than just travelling around the world and living off your husband's paycheck. In fact, it's a whole bag of tricks. You don't see them here often because caddies abound. But in other countries, especially Australia, it
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    Life's a party for JJ
    1003 25 Life's a party for The man who can't drive a wedge between the greens and the greenbacks JANICE SEAH oAHJ ANU DUNfc 4 Why make money if you don't spend it? I just wake up early enough mornings in the year to make enough money from it. I can make
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    Lock icon The final ray of gold
    297 25  -  Peter Siow J. Rajendran Jonathan Choo James Toh Our team in Bandar Seri Begawan: Reports by and Pictures by and SATURDAY The national intermediate soccer team will be Singapore's final hope of achieving what all their other representatives to the Merdeka Games have failed so
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    Sporting Sunday
    119 25 BADMINTON Inter-con-stituency Bnal: Marine Parade v Tiong Bahru (8 p.m.); Thirdplace Kg Übi v Geylang West (7 p.m.). Toa Payoh Stadium. CRICKET SCA Senior League: SCC Ist XI v SCRC (Padang), CSC v SCC 2nd XI (Balestier Road), Safsa v UWC (Tanglin), SRC v Tanglin Taverners (Padang), all
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    HI, LONE SILVER!
    257 25 SATURDAY After a whole lot of bronzes, Singapore finally won their first silver medal when the national hockey team beat Thailand 3-2 at the Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium in Gadong today to clinch second place in the one-round league. Malaysia won the gold and Thailand the bronze. A
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    Nothing to row about
    363 25 SATURDAY The 30-km drive from Serasa beach to the Game village in Gadong was mostly covered in silence by the Republic's oarsmen this evening. For the Majulah Singapura record remained in its sleeve despite high hopes that it might finally leave the shelf. Singapore had only
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    Karate Kid with a terrific future
    316 25 Karate Kid with a terrific future IT'S been almost two weeks now, and Robert Tan's knee is still as big as a baseball and as tender as a marshmallow. He will not easily forget Larry Scott, the man responsible for kicking his chances in the fourth Asian Shitoryu karate championships
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Brunei set to push us in the basement
      606 26 Brunei set to push us in the basement SATURDAY "Where's my BMW?" the teenager asked his date as they stood on the front steps of the Brunei Sheraton. Ordinarily, I would have dismissed the incident as an idle boast. But this is Brunei, where oil gushes out faster than a
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      Back down Coronation Road again
      1097 26  -  TAY CHENG KHOON BRAZILIAN BLEND v SINGAPORE SAMBAL IN BRUNEI SOCCERS FINAL BATTLE SEE PAGE 25 By Singapore Open Golf Scores 2M Chen Tze Ming 67, 69, 68. 2*B Greg Turner 69, 68, 71; Lim Kian Tiong 70, 69, 69; Jeff Lewis 68, 69, 71;
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      Kian Tiong putting on the style
      454 26 Kian Tiong putting on the style Lim Kee Chan on the Singapore Open Golf Championship AS expected, Chen Tze Ming played another round of under-par golf yesterday to take a four-stroke lead into the final 18 holes of the Singapore Open on the par-71 Bukit Course. But the toast of
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      Follow the leaderboard
      330 26  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By HE'S never had it so good in the Singapore Open. Ever since he got into the professional fray in 1973, following a sizzling 66 that equalled the course record in the Keppel Open at Bukit Chermin, he has always been hogging the local limelight
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      Kevin cracks the spell and Everton steers clear
      427 26 Kevin cracks the spell and Everton steers clear LONDON, Sal. Kevin Richardson struck twice in three minutes to earn Everton their first win at Southampton in 15 years as the enthralling race for the English League soccer championship took an unexpected twist today. Richardson's goals early in the second half
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      French feat
      21 26 PARIS. Sat. France beat Wales 14-3 and Ireland defeated England 13-10 in Five Nations rugby championship matches tonight. Reuter.
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      217 26 Ist tee LSI a.m. Terry Gale, Tom vainen. Pernice, Mario Siodina. 7JB Alan Pate, Sukree IMt Tee —7 M e.m. F.A.G. Sofyan, SamOncham. Kuo Chie Hsiung. 7.45 Alan Tapie, N. son Gimson. 7J7 Poh Ee Kiat, Dominique Fujike, Rudy Lavares. 7.52 Michael McLean, Boulet, Douglas Ooi. 7.44 S. Say Nha
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      Masthead
      13 1 SUNDAY PLUS FDFSDSD FSDSDSDFSDF Mind and Body Food Fashion Motoring Arts Books Travel
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      Selling the national jewels
      1363 1 Selling the national jewels [1 QUOTE C The Al-Fayed brothers would spend money on Harrods, build a swish new restaurant, create more store space, franchise the name. "Look at what Yves St Laurent or Dior do. Harrods is a better name," said Ali AT-Fayed (left) And, like other British 'jewels'
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      Others who couldn't stay British
      650 1 Fortnun; and Mason, the London West End food store, established 1707, was bought in 1951 by the Canadian industrialist, Garfield Weston, and passed on to his son Gary (pictured) in 1978. Since the Weston family took over, the company has retained its reputation as a
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    • MIND & BODY
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        TALKING POINT Thirty-four, world-weary and very willing
        587 2  - TALKING POINT Thirty-four, world-weary and very willing WILFRED YEO By The heart's aching to love and be loved, the ears are ringing from the sounds of silence, and the pockets are discomfortingiy light. I LOVE wine, women and song. Not necessarily in that order. Those who know me and just
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        The Pill confers some unexpected side-benefits
        604 2 WITHIN a few years of its introduction a quarter of a century ago, the Pill was blamed for increasing the risk of strokes, heart attacks, breast cancer and blood clots in many of the millions of women who came to rely on it as
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      • MEDICAL BRIEFING
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          Exam stress affects cells
          173 2 BOTH mild stress and loneliness might make us more susceptible to disease, accord ing to two neu studies. Researchers at the Ohio State University College of Medicine looked at the reactions of medica^ students during their final examinations. In a study of 75 students reported in
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          Sore throat that isn't
          79 2 Y/HAT seems like a sore throat may not be one at all A common, often unrecognised condition in which the throat feels sore sometimes accompanied by ear pain and face pain is carotidynia, a tenderness up the side of the neck. Doctors may overlook the condition,
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        Johnny's angry but no use getting furious yourself
        773 2 PARENTING twEnaim*. Parents and teachers should show an angry child that they accept his or her feelings, whiie suggesting other ways to express the feelings. From the US Department of Hearth and Human Services HANDLING children's anger can be puzzling, draining, and
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    • FASHION
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        Blooming beauties
        547 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING By EVERYTHING well, nearly is coming up roses and flowers in this year's spring collections from Paris, Milan and New York. The chintz blitz is on. That old furnishing fabric is making waves on a grand scale, adding romantic appeal to ordinary cotton separates for day
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        FASH FLASH
        246 3 Splashes from the palette ART IS the canvas on which this year's new spring clothes are painted, reports The Times of London. Bold brush strokes of colour, spatter prints, sculptural shapes and loose smock shirts all combine to draw art into fashion. From the abstract fiowers of Paris
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        Toyota's two-seater winner
        427 3  -  WINSTON LEE I IALl__llS«l-tH I By THE MR2 richly deserves the title of Japanese Car of the Year, an accolade it won for 1984/85. In 1983, at the Tokyo Motor Show_.Toyota unveiled a twoseater sports car as a prototype to test public reaction. The enthusiastic response prompted
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        Economy rally takes on a new significance
        283 3 CAR TALK THE 1985 Shell Economy Rally, the year's premier motoring event, will have even greater significance than before. For motorists slapped with a 25 per cent increase in petrol prices, improved fuel economy means substantial monthly savings. The 200rkm route would bring
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    • FOOD
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          Luscious Vienna pastries
          69 4 PASTRY lovers should make a beeline for the cakes at the Austrian food promotion at the Goodwood Park Hotel on till April 3. The cakes are sinfully good and live up to the Viennese reputation for great pastries. They are available for tea between 3 and 6
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          Picnic in Scotts Road
          70 4 YOU will soon be able to picnic on Scotts Road without running afoul of the law. Picnic is the latest food centre to join the Orchard Road Fast Food Lane. It is a sort of hawker stalls in the basement of Scotts, a shopping complex many
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          If you drop by in the Bras Basah area
          111 4 AND finally if it can't ever get too hot for you, a good place to sweat it out and over some local food is Sweet Home cafeteria, right smack in the middle of Bras Basah Road Park. For $5 you can
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        Treat yourself to an eyeful
        1155 4 There are not many places where you are tempted to linger over your meal simply because the surroundings are so pretty and peaceful MARGARET CHAN eats at two such places where the children can run about freely and you get a view with your food
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        Making a sense of ingredient labels
        231 4 wsimui MANY of us read ingredient labels when we buy packaged food. But technical terms can be confusing. Here are some things to look for, reports the newspaper USA Today. Sugar. Sugar calories can enter foods in many forms. So look for corn syrup,
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        Time-saving claypot fishhead
        487 4 Claypot Fishhead 1 small ikan kurau fishhead 1 tub soft beancurd 5 dried mushrooms 4 cm piece of old ginger, sliced 2 large onions, sliced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 4 Tbs oyster sauce Salt Pepper to taste \Xiri «.8.13Ea THE children sat down and finished off most
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    • ARTS & BOOKS
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        Hitchhiker's gem of an idea one starry night
        532 5 Hitchhiker's gem of an idea one starry night DO you yearn for open spaces? For new worlds to explore? To go where no man has gone before? You might want these directions for leaving the planet Telephone Nasa (the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Explain that it is very
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        Behind bad writing
        472 5 BOOK ENDS WHAT is the most common cause of bad writing? After a lifetime of writing and teaching, Jacques Barzun arrived at this answer in Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers Harper Row): "The root difficulty in all cases was the state of being blind and
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        Why Mona wore a moustache
        810 5  -  CAROL LIM By ART I YOU are interested, perhaps curious about art but know little about the subject. No matter. You screw up your courage on a free Sunday and enter the intimidating, vaguely menacing portals of the National Museum Art Gallery or any of
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        Are mail-order curios a good investment?
        557 5 KAREN LAU puts the question to the Franklin Mint and finds out about those collectors' items offered in the post YOU don't need to leave the home. Just fill in the form and a cheque, and you could be the owner of a $4,500
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    • SPOTLIGHT Modern office
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        Lock icon How buildings become 'Intelligent'
        654 6  -  GIT A SANKARAN By I THE new architectural wonders of Singapore, such as Raffles City and Marina Square, are going to be "intelligent" buildings. They'll anticipate your requirements and take care of your comfort and safety. The lights will be on when you enter your office
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        A high-tech, labour-saving system
        463 6 I AT THE forefront of the new building automation industry is Honeywell, the world's leading controls company, closely followed by Johnson Control and Mark Controls Corporation. Honeywell, which has been operating in Singapore for 10 years, has installed about 30 sophisticated systems in commercial buildings. Its
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        Workers given a say in space planning
        500 7  -  SUSANNA KULATISSA By I YOU don't have to be a manager to have a say in redecorating the office. Now, with the help of a computer and questionnaires, office workers can tell interior designers what they would like. They can say how much
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        Uplighting for the electronic office
        524 7 LIGHTING is a complex issue in the electronic office. But its an area that often receives inadequate attention. Office managers ignore it at their own risk, because video display units are by no means proven healthy for everybody to use under any old conditions. Bad
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        If walls could talk . . .
        718 8  - If walls could talk LOW MEI MEI By THE walls speak for themselves. Whether it's a sleek office block in the Central Business District or an unpretentious building tucked away in a housing estate, the walls do talk. The messages, prints, photographs and ornaments on them whether serious, sentimental, naughty
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        The people who clean up after you
        850 9  -  JOSEPHINE NG By 6 A training school for people in the cleaning business should be set up, to teach basic maintenance, awareness of chemicals used and simple wiring and electrical knowledge It's important to have a professional approach towards cleaning, especially with the
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        Furniture and equipment exhibition
        101 10 I IF YOU'RE looking for ideas on how to design your office, go to the World Trade Centre on April 24. A four-day exhibition. Office '85, will feature, among other things, office furniture, partition systems and computer support equipment. The exhibition has attracted about 60 office
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        Sewing machines to typewriters
        395 10 I IN 1908, two brothers in Japan set up a company to make sewing machines. The business took off, but they decided to shift their main business from sewing machines to typewriters. And 25 years ago, the first Brother typewriter was born a simple, very basic
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        Natural tones or nut-brown stain
        165 10 PRODUCTS TWO years ago, the Swedish furniture makers Ikea decided to begin creating office furniture. The result was the Signatur range. T This range includes work and office tables, conference tables, file carts with fittings, cabinets, bookcases, partition screens and shelves, and drawer units and
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        Conference system
        211 10 EUROPE'S largest office furniture manufacturer, Voko Franz Vogt Company, came to Singapore last month. The 75-year-old West German company is bringing in a wide range of office furniture, including desks and conference tables in both steel and rosewood. Designs combine the traditional and modern. Voko office furniture comes
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        Fifty copies a minute
        88 10 THE XEROX 1055 aims to deliver big copier performance and flexibility while maintaining the convenience of a compact copier. This copier, which was introduced last December, can make 50 copies a minute. There is also a built-in sorter and a special image shifting function that makes
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        Dual function
        167 10 SECRETARIES, take note. There is a new product that's mid-way between an electronic typewriter and a personal computer. The Wang Office Assistant launched last December promises to meet all the needs of a secretary or office worker at affordable prices. The new computer has a multi-tasking operating system
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        Office automation goes under the carpet
        526 12 MORE and more companies in Japan are introducing "office automation" (O A). One problem they face is that of safely and conveniently installing the wiring and ancillary equipment required to supplement the business computer terminal units. This is especially the case where Local Area
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        Enter the electronic salesman
        959 12 SALES and marketing departments in the developed world are facing the most profound upheaval since the advent of television advertising because of the spread of information technology. Wholesalers, agents, order takers and field sales staff are all at risk. Their jobs are likely to be changed
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        Lock icon Terminal disease
        698 13 RUSSELL BAKER looks at how the computer age affects lifestyles I ONE consequence of the jl computer will probably be the elimination of the office. With a terminal at home, tied to the company's central computer, work thai is done with electronic help doesn't require the workforce to
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    • TRAVEL
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        Few takers for Eastern Europe
        664 14  -  LIM PHAY-LING By EASTERN EUROPE may be the adventurous traveller's dream but it is not popular with the Singaporean tourist. Travel agents said visa hassles and the generally unfavourable reputation of the communist bloc are the main reasons for the unpopularity. Many of the East
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        Prague through Pa window, slightly ajar
        817 14  - Prague through Pa window, slightly ajar WENDY CHAN By I CHOSE to fly Czechoslovak Airlines to Paris last autumn because of a tight budget. That also meant a free stopover in the Czech capital of Prague considered by some to be the "most beautiful city in Europe". Getting the airline
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      21 1 TV PLUS ____PPKPI up The Sunday Times, March 31, 1985 •TV Eye /TV Listings Scene Music Young Life Comics Classifieds Cinema
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      476 1 It's Mozart as you've never Imagined ioud, irreverent, even idiotic. And he's the subject of the Oscar-winning movie that LIM KAY TONG thinks is the best thing Hollywood's done for classical music. ADAPTATIONS usually don't do justice to originals. But director Milos Forman and playwright
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        517 2  -  JULIE TAN By MORE box-office hits and critically-acclaimed movies are in the SBC pipeline. In an effort to further upgrade its programmes for Chinese movie fans, SBC has acquired the recent King Hu film, All the King's Men, a period piece
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        476 2  -  TEO LIAN HUAY LOOK EAST By THE show goes on. Actor Liu Yong, who had a hefty share of offscreen drama last year following his assault on his wife, will return to the big screen in a James Bond-type adventure. The swordplay
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        592 5  - Bach-style improvisation of Beatles' themes CHRIS LEWIS JAZZ REVIEW I By BACH MEETS THE BEATLES John Bayless (Pro- Arte CD) A FEW years ago, I bought a Ron Goodwin EMI recording of The Beatles Concerto, which is an orchestration of familiar Beatles' tunes a la Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Chopin et al.
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        488 5  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN POP REVIEW By WE ARE THE WORLD I nited Support Of Artistes For Africa (Columbia) THIS is America's answer to Britain's Band Aid. Just like Do They Know It's Christmas, We Are The World is aimed at helping the Ethiopian victims.
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