The Straits Times, 20 June 1985

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, JUNE 2s, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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  • 605 1 Hostage drama: Appeals to Red Cross and Assad to mediate but little progress so far WASHINGTON, Wed. THE deadlock over the release of some 40 American hostages held by Shi'ites m the aftermath of the hijacking of a TWA jetliner continued today as US
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  • 282 1  -  BENG TAN Story: BEING early pays off when you get to be m the front row to shake hands with popular singer Rahimah Rahim and hear her greet you with a "Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri." Last night, this happy crowd
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  • 60 1 MELBOURNE, Wed. The pilot of an Indonesian jetliner today tried to land at the wrong Melbourne airport before being warned oft by air traffic controllers, an Aviation Department spokesman said. The Garuda Airways pilot mistook the smaller Essendon Airport for the runway at Tuliamarine International Airport. There will
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  • 96 1 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. A police corporal was killed and his two colleagues injured when a cannon used to signal the commencing of fast misfired at Bukit Pak Apil here at dawn today. Cpl Mohamed Noor Zakaria, 35, from Van, Kedah, was pierced by shrapnel and died on
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  • 306 1 NEW YORK, Wed ANALYSTS are predicting that major United States banks may soon make further cuts m the prime rate after they reduced the key loan charge to a seven-year low of 9.5 per cent. Economists said the prime, which is the loan
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  • 50 1 SYDNEY, Wed. Hundreds of people reported sightings of a UFO today that gave off a "mysterious bright light" as it hovered m the skies over Sydney. Radio stations were inundated with calls from people saying they saw a brightly coloured object as they went to work. AP
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  • 239 1 Frankfurt airport explosion kills three FRANKFURT, Wed. A tomb exploded m a crowded departure lounge at Frankfurt's international airport today, killing three people and wounding 28, police said. Two of the dead were children and the other a man, police spokesman Kurt Kraus told reporters. He said all three were
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  • 108 1 Coke it is or face a pay cut ANNISTON (Alabama), Wed. A US$l6l (Ss33l) pay cat and suspension for three days ...that's the price a Coca-Cola employee had to pay for drinking a Pepsi Cola on the Job. Mr Dexter Gooden, who works at the CocaCola bottling plant here, said
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  • 505 1  - Two hurt in Johor highway attack NG WENG HOONG By A CAR chase on a Johor highway ended with a gang of four armed men slashing two Singaporeans when they stopped their car at Air Hitam, barely 200 metres from the police station. A third Singaporean escaped unhurt. The terrified
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  • 36 1 MOSCOW. Wed. Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad new into Moscow today and was expected to hold talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on the situation m the Middle East and Bei rut m particular Reuter
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    • 28 1 Inside 50 pages today Summary 2 World News 3,4,6,8,9 Asean 10 Causeway 11 Editorial 22 Background 23 Letters 24 Times Dollar 25-28 Classifieds 29-34 Racing 36 Sports 34,35,37-39
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 757 2 Starsky's end STARSKY, the guard dog which savaged to death a security guard, was finally put to sleep yesterday morning. The dog's death was ordered by police on the advice of the Attorney-General's Chambers. Starsky was given a lethal injection by a veterinarian. Several dog lovers and dog handlers
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    • 284 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: LETTING educationally sab-normal children share the experiences of normal students m the school assembly hall, canteen and playground is an acceptable idea if the normal schools are able to cope with their special needs. Some questions, nevertheless, are bound to be asked by principals, teachers
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    • 106 2 ALLERGIES ON DISPLAY REPLYING to a reader's letter on the need for medical staff to liaise on the drug allergies of patients, the Ministry of Health says revised inpatient and outpatient records and case folders have space for the prominent display of any drug allergies. It gives the assurance
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    • 100 2 BANKS GET READY FOR ANOTHER RATE CUT SINGAPORE banks are bracing themselves for another round of interest rate cits now that US pace-setter banks have lowered their rates Bank money-market dealers widely e>peot the current 8 per cent prime rate to be cut b> 0.25 per cent before the
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    • 503 2 Betting on Boris JOHN McEnroe and Martina Navratilova are heavy favourites to repeat as champions at Wimbledon, but the big surprise is 17 -year-old Boris Becker of West Germany who is" drawing the bettors' attention. He is listed among the top four despite being unseediHi. Becker is a 14-1
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    • 414 2 Holding on to arms A TAMIL separatist group has said m Madras that Sri Lanka's announcement of a ceasefire did not entail the laying down of arms or giving up their armed struggle. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said it had demanded the withdrawal of the
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    • 212 2 Loan offers refused INDONESIA has rejected offers of about US$2.6 billion (554.57 billion) m loans for fear that it would not be able to repay them. The newspaper Sinar Harapan reported that Mr Saleh Afiff, Deputy Chairman of the National Development Planning Board, said
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    • 347 2 Day of celebration lIARI Raya literally means "big day" or "great day". But the word raya can also mean "celebration". The word puasa means "fast". The term Hari Raya Puasa, therefore, means the day of celebration after the fast. It is not the first day of the Muslim
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  • around the WORLD
    • 373 3 NEW YORK, Wed. When President Ronald Reagan visited China last year, the White House rejected cable television broadcaster Kan Yue-Sai's request to join the accompanying press corps because "they didn't think I was important enough". It is unlikely that sort of snub will
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    • 129 3 BANGKOK, Wed. Vietnam says it has smashed a plot to incite rebellion through poetry recitals, songs and jokes. The Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan said m an edition received m Bangkok today that leaders of literary groups had been arrested and had pleaded guilty to "extremely
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    • 440 3 We've made no agreement, say separatists NEW DELHI, Wednesday A TAMIL separatist group said today Sri Lanka's announcement of a ceasefire did not entail the laying down of arms or giving up their armed struggle, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The group. Liberation Tigers
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    • 137 3 COLOMBO, Wed. Sri Lanka's Board of Airline Representatives (Bar) said today all airlines operating from Colombo would have to adhere to a unitary fare structure from July 1. The Bar, chaired by Sri Lanka's national airline, Air Lanka, said four of its
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    • 184 3 TOKYO, Wed. Japanese journalists and photographers who stood by yesterdciy as two men broke into a house and killed the central figure m a gold-sales scandal have come under fire for not trying to prevent the murder. The Japan Broadcasting Corporafon (NHK) received 750 telephone
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    • 227 3 Reports about rich Chinese farmers 'misleading' BEIJING, Wed. An official Chinese newspaper today warned that glowing reports m the media about peasants becoming prealthy under China's economic reforms are fostering false hopes among city dwellers who hope to get rich quick. "Giving too much publicity to farmers who have become
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    • 361 3 Seven killed in Taiwan coal mine explosion TAIPEI, Wednesday SEVEN miners were killed by a gas explosion today at a Taiwan coal mine which may have been operating illegally, defying a closure order that followed 96 deaths there m December. Eighteen others were injured m the pit blast and a
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    • 422 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT American hostages must be freed to ease tension By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Wed. The hijacking of TWA flight 847 could have a serious impact on United States- Israeli relations unless the Americans about 30 of them still being held hostage m
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    • 163 4 Incident is excuse for US threats: Soviets MOSCOW, Wed. The Soviet press said yesterday that the United States was aslng the hijacking of the TWA aircraft as a pretext for military threats m the Middle East, and that an Invasion was possible. In what diplomats said appeared to be an
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    • 25 4 picture. Mr Berri gesturing to reporters to make way for pop singer Demis Ronssos after his release. Reuter
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    • 227 4 BEIRUT, Wed. A three-man American crew aboard the hijacked TWA jet today discouraged any rescue operation to end the six-day drama, saying if such a move was carried out, "we'd all be dead men". The three crewmen spoke to the American television network ABC
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    • 180 4 BEIRUT, Wed. Greek pop singer Demi^ Roussos said yesterday he sang for the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim gunmen who held him captive on the hijacked TWA airliner. "I don't see why I shouldn't have, he told a packed news conference on his release. Mr Roussos
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    • 144 4 WASHINGTON, Wed. The United States State Department warned American travellers yesterday that there was a high risk of exposure to terrorism on flights using Athens International Airport, the boarding point of the men who hijacked the Transi World Airlines Boeing-727 last Friday. In ATHENS, the Greek
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    • Briefly
      • 86 4 PEASANTS IN the central Chinese province of Shaanxi occupied government buildings and rioted last month m protest against the government requisitioning of land, a highly reliable source said m Beijing yesterday. The authorities had requisitioned land belonging to peasants near the provincial capital Xian to build a reservoir,
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      • 83 4 RED CROSS ambulances entered the Bourj AlBarajneh Palestinian refugee camp m Beirut yesterday to evacuate dozens of wounded trapped after a month-long siege by Shi'ite Muslim militiamen, witnesses said. A security committee including a Shi'ite, a Palestinian and two Syrian intelligence officers toured the camp under a ceasefire
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      • 74 4 SENIOR OFFICIALS of South Pacific nations have drawn up a draft treaty for a nuclear-free zone in the region, the drafting committee chairman said. The treaty could become the "major arms control agreement of the decade", committee chairman and senior Australian diplomat David Sadlier said in Suva. The
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      • 60 4 A SWISS DIPLOMAT was shot and wounded by an unidentified gunman m Istanbul yesterday, police said. Consul-General Hans Freiburghaus, 62, was hit m the chest and taken to hospital for emergency surgery. Diplomatic sources said the circumstances of the shooting were unclear but it appeared that he
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      • 64 4 CHINA HAS named former Foreign Minister Ji Pengfei. 75. to lead a group that will draft a "mini-constitution" for Hongkong, which reverts to Chinese rule m 1997. Among the 58 others on the panel are Hongkong industrialist T. K. Ann and shipping magnate Sir Yue-Kong Pao.
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      • 94 4 MELBOURNE POLICE conducted house-to-house searches on Tuesday night for a gunman who shot and wounded four policemen and escaped after a car chase. The gunman, who has a record of violent crime, shot two policemen late last night after being stopped m his car near Moorabbin Airport. He
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    • 342 6 Iraqi bombing of Iran one of reasons TEHERAN, Wed. The Soviet Union has started withdrawing about 800 technicians working on economic projects m Iran because of Iraqi air strikes and to protest against the lack of progress m relations between Moscow and Teheran, East European
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    • 184 6 US will not break off with South Africa WASHINGTON, Wed. President Ronald Reagan said last night that South Africa's raid on Botswana last week would not provoke him to cut off diplomatic relations with Pretoria. "We're very concerned about it," he told a news conference. "It's not something we heartily
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    • 107 6 Shot: Boy with a letter for president LIBREVILLE, Wed. Security guards yesterday shot and seriously injured a schoolboy who attempted to hand a letter 10 Gabonese President Omar Bongo as the president accompanied Angolan Head of State Jose Eduardo Dos Santos to the airport YIP departure lounge. Security guards jumped
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    • 220 6 Saudis looking to profit on petrochemical plants CHICAGO, Wed. Saudi Arabia's petrochemical plants, many of which are coming on stream this year, are likely to post an operating profit by next year, a key Saudi official said yesterday. Mr Abdulaziz Al-Jar-bou, a Director-General of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic), said
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    • 48 6 WHEN 11-year-old Robert Windham of Baltimore, Maryland, bought a card for his grandfather, Edmund Meeh, he enclosed a lottery ticket as a gift. That ticket has just won Mr Mech US$2.9 million (about 556.5 million) m the state Lotto draw. picture. AP
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    • 213 6 CAIRO, Wed. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, temporal guardian of the holy city of Mecca, led appeals for Muslim unity yesterday as the Arab world ended the sacred fast of Ramadan grieving over its divisions and bloodletting. Little of the customary
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    • 285 8 Moscow reacts to changes for annual meeting WASHINGTON, Wed. FOR the first time m the 14--year life of a Soviet-American agreement on preventing dangerous incidents at sea, naval officers from the two nations have failed to hold their annual meeting. Reagan administration officials said Moscow
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    • 65 8 PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan said last night he was optimistic that he would meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He told a televised White House news conference that the superpowers were discussing a time and a place, but he could not indicate how far the talks had progressed.
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    • 116 8 LOS ANGELES, Wed. A judge yesterday denied a request by actress Donna Reed that the producers of the popular television series Dallas stop filming scenes In which Miss Elite, the character she no longer plays, appears. Miss Reed was replaced by Barbara Bel Geddes
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    • 319 8 CAPE CANAVERAL, Wed. The space shuttle Discovery becomes a giant, moving target for a laser today as it carries out the first space test of President Ronald Reagan's Star Wars project. Space agency officials insist that the low-grade laser blast will not be powerful enough
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    • 188 8 Vote deals another to MX project WASHINGTON, Wed. The House of Representatives last night dealt President Ronald Reagan's military programme another blow by reducing to 40 the number of highly accurate MX nuclear missiles authorised for deployment. The key vote m the opposition Democrat-led House last night was 233 to
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    • 85 8 MIAMI, Wed. Colombian cocaine kingpin Hernan Botero was convicted of conspiracy and fraud charges yesterday for allegedly laundering US$55 million (SJI2I million) m drug money through Miami banks. A federal jury deliberated six hours before convicting Botero of conspiracy and fraud and five counts of mail fraud.
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    • 482 8 Soviet bloc trying to recruit more US soldiers as spies WASHINGTON, Wed. The army says Soviet and other Eastern European intelligence services are trying harder to recrait American soldiers as spies. In interviews, armj officers said soldiers made 481 reports last year that they were approached by people they suspected
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    • 124 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Ronald Reagan offered Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba a bit of a civics lesson yesterday as the two chatted m front of photographers before sitting down to formal discussions at the White House. Mr Reagan was asked by a reporter if he would like
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    • 440 9 Belgian soccer officials testify on Brussels' night of death and violence BRUSSELS, Wed. MISTAKES were made at all levels m the organisation of the European Champions Cup Final at which rioting left 38 dead and more than 450 injured, a Belgian parliamentary committee has
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    • 460 9 Mengele 'had little trouble avoiding capture' BONN, Wed. Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele had little trouble evading justice during more than 30 years on the run, according to his son m a magazine article published today. "They (the authorities) were looking for a man who lived m a white villa
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    • 235 9 LONDON, Wfed WESTERN European defence ministers have postponed a decision on plans for a US$3O billion (S$6G billion) joint combat plane after failing to clinch a compromise deal. After two days of inconclusive talks, the five nations involved agreed to meet next month m
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    • 25 9 ATHENS, Wed French President Francois Mitterrand will inaugurate Athens as "Europe's culture capital" at the Acropolis on Friday, it was announced today AP
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    • 223 9 ROME. Wed. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish terrorist who claimed he was acting on Soviet orders when he shot Pope John Paul 11, first admitted his story contained "inventions" and "mistakes". And then he said he was telling only the truth. Agca
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    • 98 9 LONDON, Wed. A year-old security guard Is being held at Watford pending sentencing on charges that he grabbed women In the streets and nibbed shampoo In their hair for sexual pleasure. Keith Everltt of Bovington, nicknamed Jack the Crimper by the British press, admitted
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 276 10 Indonesia loan offers It doesn't want to run up debt arrears JAKARTA, Wed. Indonesia has rejected offers of about US$2.6 billion (554.57 billion) m loans for fear that it would not be able to repay them, the newspaper Sinar Harapan reported yesterday. The paper said Mr Saleh Afiff, Deputy Chairman
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    • 45 10 picture. An armoured personnel carrier trying to break through a human barrier m Pilar, 48 km northwest of Manila, as thousands block roads m various towns m protest against a nuclear power plant. Five people were injured none seriously. Reuter
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    • 176 10 JAKARTA, Wed. Sharikat Islam, one of the four factions that formed the Islamic Development Union Party In the *****, plans to quit the country's most powerful opposition party next month, Pellta reported today. The newspaper quoted an official of the organisation as saying yesterday
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    • 51 10 MANILA, Wed. Prisoners m a crowded Manila jail took turns with a baseball bat to beat another inmate to death over a 500-peso (Ssss) debt. Police said the 30 prisoners clubbed ice-cream vendor Marciano Basibas, 20. after one of them claimed Basibas owed him the money.
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    • 317 10 MANILA, Wed. Thousands of demonstrators paralysed towns west of Manila today when they put up barricades to close roads to traffic m a strike to protest against an almost-completed nuclear power plant. At least eight towns m Bataan province, about 80 km from the capital, were
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    • 108 10  - Thai Cabinet approves F-l6 jet purchase NANCY CHNG By BANGKOK, Wed Despite strenuous objections from Finance Minister Sommai Hoontrakul. the Thai Cabinet yesterday approved the purchase of the advanced F-16 jet fighters from the United States, ending a year-long controversy over the multi-mil-lion dollar deal. The Depuu Defence Minis ter.
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    • 104 10 JAKARTA, Wed. Five officials m the Tangerang regency showed they were just as bad at catching lizards as they were m collecting taxes. The Jakarta Post reported yesterday that only four out of nine officials, who were ordered to catch green garden lizards over
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 227 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. VENEREAL disease is increasing m Malaysia, with the incidence of gonorrhoea almost doubling m the past four years, according to official records. A total of 4,845 gonorrhoea cases were reported countrywide last year compared with 2,714 m liBt a 78
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    • 26 11 BRUSSELS, Wed. Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen arrives here tomorrow for a three-day visit for talks with Belgian and European Community officials. AFP
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    • 342 11 Be thankful for what you have, says Dr Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday THE Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has called on Muslims who have been bickering with one another to repent and instead be thankful for what they have. They should also uphold
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    • 180 11 Public Bank crisis is over KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The crisis is over. Things returned to normal this morning at the affected branches of the Public Bank and Public Finance m Penang and Ipoh. Nevertheless, the Association of Finance Companies of Malaysia assured the public today that there was no cause
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    • 147 11 Thread boy may switch to a new hospital IPCH, Wed. There seems to be no end to it. Threads continue to be produced from the right eye of 10-year-old K. Yogalingam. His father, Mr K. Kanesan, 31, is now thinking of sending the boy to University Hospital for treatment because
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    • 74 11 MALACCA, Wed. A Japanese cemetery near here, opened m the early part of this century, has become another tourist attraction, especially for the Japanese. The cemetery, In Jalan Penghulu Abbas, Bukit Baru, four kilometres from here, contains 70 graves. Last year, a group of Japanese tourists
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  • HOME
    • 344 12  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By STARSKY, the guard dog which savaged to death a security guard, was finally put to sleep yesterday morning. The dog's death was ordered by police on the advice of the Attorney-Gener-al's Chambers. Starsky was given a lethal injection by a
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    • 395 12  -  STELLA DANKER New hospital authorities 'more experienced' By SPECIALISTS at Mount Elizabeth Hospital are looking forward to a better relationship with the new management. One specialist said yesterday he expected things to be smoother because the new owner, National Medical Enterprises Inc. was more experienced
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    • 206 12 Hunt on for hell-rider in police chase A HUNT Is now on for a hell-rider after a traffic policeman was seriously hurt daring a chase for the suspect on Tuesday night. Constable Arajen Singh, of Tanglln police station's traffic squad, skidded on his motorcycle, leaving the rider to speed off.
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    • 50 12 NG CHOON HOO, 30, was charged on Tuesday with robbing Mr Lee Yeung Kwok of 10 gold bangles at Hang Lung Jewellery, at People's Park Complex on Monday. No plea was recorded from Ng who is remanded until Tuesday when his case will be mentioned again.
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    • 276 12 IT WAS a familiar aroma. Some wiggled their noses and then broke out m big, wide smiles of recognition. Others could not resist picking up the thorny durians to give them the time-tested sniff-listen-and-shake test before the feast. The old folk of the Little
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    • 226 13  -  AGNES WEE By MORE Singapore households paid less for utilities last year, with almost a third of them paying less than $35 a month. But Public Utilities Board Deputy General Manager Michael Khor says that awareness of the save-water and save-energy campaigns may be only
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    • 142 13 A $100,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a $1.45 million gem robbery at a jewellery company m Ayer Rajah Crescent. Singapore Gems Metals Co Pte Ltd was robbed when three knifewielding men held
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    • 191 13 CHINA hopes to find business partners m Singapore for a few hundred projects at the third China Business Conference to be held at the Mandarin Hotel on July 29. Twenty-five top officials from Beijing, Tianjin, Yantai and Qinhuangdao and Sichuan, Hubei, Liaoning and Guizhou provinces, will
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    • 381 13 AS MORE Singaporeans picked up the keys to their new homes last year, the Public Utilities Board's list of accounts grew and grew. At the end of last year, it had a record 116,000 new accounts and its total number of accounts stood at
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    • 217 13 FURTHER discussions are to be held following "inconclusive" talks m Wellington between Asean and New Zealand officials to avert a decision by New Zealand to strike Singapore and Brunei off its trade preferences scheme from July 1. Mr Tan Keng Jin. Asean Director m the
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    • 251 14 Sabah youth gets four years for store break-ins A SABAH youth who burgled the Daimaru department store was yesterday sentenced to a total of four years' jail. Tan Ken Kok, 18, also admitted breaking into Galleries Lafayette at Goldhill Square between May 11 at 9.30 pm and May 12 at
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    • 23 14 THE National Courtesy Campaign will be launched by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tons, on June 28.
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    • 482 14  -  ILENE ALESHIRE MATHEW YAP Its offer: Nine lots for chancery and staff quarters By THE United States government has asked for proposals, and potential sites, for a new embassy m Singapore. The US government would swap nine pieces of land it owns m
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    • 33 14 THE Chairman of the Publir Service Commission. Mr Tan Terk Chwee. has been re-ap-pointed for another five years. Mr Paul Chu Yao Ju. a PSC member, has been re-appoint-ed for three years
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    • 193 14 S'pore picked as computer repair centre WEST German computer firm, Nixdorf, is making Singapore its repair centre for the Asia-Pacific region. The centre will be located at its plant m Kallang Bahru A spokesman for the company said that previously machines which developed serious problems were sent back to West
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    • 357 14 Evidence heard behind closed doors Cheating of patients case THE case against medical doctor Chow Din, 35, accused of cheating his patients, was heard behind closed doors yesterday when his lawyer told the court that he had to "skip around gingerly" m his cross-examination of a prosecution witness. Mr Francis
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    • 233 14 FOUR more beggars were rounded up by officers of the Community Development Ministry m Geylang Serai on Tuesday night, m the second raid m three days. Two were Malaysians a 41--year-old blind man from Trengganu who was found with $540, and a 55-year-old man from
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    • 460 17 Judgment reserved in secrets case THE High Court yesterday reserved judgment on the appeals and cross-appeals of the Public Prosecutor and a former senior civil servant relating to offences under the Official Secrets Act. Frederick Tan, formerly Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Protocol and Consular Division, appealed against
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    • 154 17 A 17-YEAR-old girl who had to give up her illegitimate baby girl for adoption because her family could not support the onemonth old child became depressed subsequently. Police Constable Tony Siu, of Queenstown Police Station, told a coroner's court yesterday that
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    • 99 17 A SECURITY supervisor, while visiting his managing director's Cluny Road residence early this year, saw two youths running after a moving lorry. Mr Neo Lian Bee, 31, became suspicious and chased the youths. He caught one of them, Karunanithi s o Muniandy.
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    • 311 17 MOTORISTS are benefiting from the slowdown In redevelopment projects. The Urban Redevelopment Authority announced yesterday that it will complete nine temporary car parks with space for 1,080 cars over the next year. These car parks will be built on land that the
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    • 280 17 MP visits Bo Wen residents hit by voltage surge MORE than 100 families of Block 222, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, who were affected by a voltage surge last Friday, were visited by their MP on Monday evening as he wanted to find out the extent of the damage. About
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    • 23 17 A DISPLAY of vintage cars will be held on Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm at the Marco Polo Hotel.
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    • 105 17 A 36-YEAR-OLD man was about to start a fire near an electrical switch-box at Club Street when he was stopped by a passerby, a district court heard yesterday. Mr Yee Hung, 71, was visiting friends m the area on May 28 and shouted for help when
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    • 521 18  - Exports to US in April topped $1b BOEY KIT YIN Jump of 26.5% after falls m previous two months By of Business Times EXPORTS to the United States climbed 26.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis to more than $1 billion m April after they had fallen m February and
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    • 362 18 SINGAPORE has proposed several projects for funding under the AseanAustralia Economic Cooperation and the Trade and Investment Promotion programmes. The proposals will be discussed at a five-day meeting between Asean officials and representatives from the Australian Department of Trade m
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    • 91 18 Course on industrial hygiene EXPOSURE to noise, heat, vibrations and chemicals at the workplace could affect a worker's health and must be controlled. This topic will be part of a 18-hour course on industrial hygiene, starting on July 9, organised by the National Productivity Board. The fee is $190 and
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    • 35 18 A TOTAL of 338 Special Constabulary officers and Vigilant^ Corps members received their graduation certificates from the MP for Fengshan, Di Arthur Beng. at the Police Academy m Thomson Road on Tuesday
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    • 273 18 A TWO-TONE red and beige telephone, with a cut cable of optical fibres sprouting like a sparkler. And m the background rows of highrise flats. This is what Telecoms subscribers will see after July 10 on the covers of the English
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    • 461 20  -  JUDY TAN More writs likely to recover unpaid rent By PARKWAY Properties has taken court action against at least two Parkway Parade tenants for not paying rent. It is understood that more writs will be served to stop tenants from moving or selling their goods until
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    • 319 20 Red arm band protest at Esso called off A RED armband protest by Esso workers has been called off but the dispute that sparked it off is not completely over. A partial settlement was reached during talks at the Labour Ministry yesterday with the union dropping its case over ending
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    • 132 20 Ad man tops course AN ADVERTISING agency account manager received two awards yesterday for topping last year's Certificate m Communication Studies course. Mr John Tee, 26, Leo Burnett account manager, got the Time Magazine Award for being Best AilRound Student and the Colgate Award for being Best Student m Communication
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    • 46 20 A PAKISTANI was accused on Friday of trying to use five counterfeit 1,000 Dutch guild,ers at the cashier's counter of the Hilton Hotel last Thursday morning. Zaheer Ud Khan, 28, is remanded until tomorrow when his case will be mentioned again.
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    • 298 20  - Flip ads on buses to catch the eye VALERIE LEE By SIGNS that flip that's the latest advertising attraction. Fifty SBS buses are being fitted with these signs that have been m use m 140 neighbourhood coff eeshops since Apri 1 this year. The moving signs have been brought to
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    • 278 20 Photo contest to focus on Total Defence SNAP a picture tonight when the Hari Raya lights come on m Geylang Serai and you could win cash. The Defence Ministry and Fuji Photo Film Singapore Pte Ltd are combining m a photography contest which aims to increase awareness m Total Defence.
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  • The Straits Times says
    • 474 22 LETTING educationally subnormal children share the experiences of normal students m the school assembly hall, canteen and playground is an acceptable idea if the normal schools are able to cope with their special needs. Some questions, nevertheless, are bound to be asked by principals,
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    • 730 22 Alan Hubbard 4 Many Black and Asian people m Britain would regard racial tolerance as myth Yet Britain has moved much closer towards multiracialism m the past 20 years than have some areas of the United States, Australia or New Zealand. But,
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    • 1310 22  - Where is the Bab a culture heading? IRENE HOE LAST month, the National Museum launched a Straits Chinese gallery. Three weeks ago, Peranakan Place opened its doors to an eager public. Tonight, these roots go on display over television m a SBC documentary titled Memories Relived. The unaccustomed limelight could
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 1239 23  -  JON CONNELL and By MARK HOSENBALL QUOTE WASHINGTON An intensive effort is under way m Washington to assess the damage done to Western naval operations by the Walker family spy ring. The American navy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the
      The Sunday Times  -  1,239 words
    • 665 23 Fight between Fuji and Kodak begins to hot up TOKYO Fuji's green box is to the Japanese what Kodak's yellow box is to the Americans something instantly associated with phyBut m the multi-bUlion-dollar international photo market, Fuji is net exactly a household word. Tokyo-based Fuji Photo Film Company is Intent
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  • FORUM
    • 234 24 REPLY PLEASE to the letter "Doctors and nurses must liaise on patients' allergies" by Miss S. Kumarasamy. (ST, June 10). All Ministry of Health hospitals have always had standing instructions regarding the inquiry and recording of drug allergies. However, the Ministry of Health has
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    • 126 24 Students did not notice instructions I WOULD like to comment on the instructions given m the recent GCE *O' leve) mid-year examination Chinese paper In Paper I, the instructions said candidates could answer one of the three letter-writing questions given. Some of the candidates then proceeded to attempt questions 1
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    • 245 24 RECENTLY, my daughter came back from a junior college library camp held at Marine Vista looking very exasperated and worn out. When I asked her what was wrong, she replied that she had spent two very uneasy nights. I was surprised to
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    • 246 24 NCB's Boston office set up for three reasons I REFER to the report "NCB to set up office m Boston". (ST, June 14). I would like to thank you for providing prominent coverage of this news item to inform your readers of the National Computer Board's decision to set up
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    • 165 24 Reply I REFER to the letter "Organisers should not keep too many tickets" from Mr C.P. Wong. (ST. May 27). I would like to thank him for his interest m and support of our cultural activities. My ministry normally requests those who book our
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    • 71 24 THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. Brevity is an advantage. We reserve
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    • 151 24 I WAS surprised to hear a Consumers' Association of Singapore official state on television's Feedback programme last Thursday that Case favoured parallel imports. The statement that parallel imports force the sole agent "to be even better m after-sales service" is ridiculous because
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    • 181 24 OUR existing laws do not provide enough protection to businessmen who deal with limited companies, i.e. those with limited liabilities. So the way is open for unscrupulous people to exploit the system. They can get away from their debtors under cover of their limited company.
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 95 25 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange preHari Raya Puasa holiday kept investors away from the Singapore market yesterday. Volume dropped to 5.6 million valued at $11.8 million, although prices generally rose slightly m late trading. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 0.44 points to 782.96. It was
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      • 208 25 Rises Falls HI NUN 297 +14 BatuKaaai 365 -23 M B f Hdp 50c 202 +10 OUT 235-20 MUM* 50c 203 -.8 Tractors 224 -10 Spare land 272 +6 U ft C 250-8 Pa»G5-C 243 +6 Wd Stare 10p 240 -7 GmHv 610 4-5 Rotetas -hu 328
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      • 33 25 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Tines Business fines Industrial Composite 1983/84 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1983/84 Low 712.29 (5/1/83) 684.88 (4/1/83) All-time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) AlMimelow 74 75 (17/9/64) 550.78 (12/8/82)
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      • 12 25 THE US dollar closed at DM3.0060 m Singapore, losing 41 points.
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      • 21 25 DM Y FY SS HS USS ***** ***** 246.30 unq 2.2170 unq ***** ***** 246 70 9.1720 2.2255 7.7540
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      • 10 25 The gold price was at U*****.20 gaining US$6 yesterday.
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      • 33 25 Eurodollar: Lost one tick to 92.34 a contract. Deatschemark: Gained four ticks to 0.3338 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 15 ticks to 0.*****1 a contract. Gold: Gained US$3 to U*****.20 an ounce.
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    • 457 25  -  DOREEN SOH Money-market dealers widely expect lower prime of 7.75 By SINGAPORE banks are bracing themselves for another round of interestrate cuts now that US pace-setter banks have lowered their rates. Bank money-market dealers widely expect the current 8 per cent prime rate
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    • Short stops
      • 86 25 Taiwan follows Singapore TAIPEI, Wed. Taiwan is to set up promotional offices m the United States and Europe to attract foreign investment. A senior Economic Ministry official said similar offices set up by Singapore had achieved good results and the government hoped the Taiwanese offices could bring m more capital.
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      • 72 25 TOKYO. Wed. Leading Japanese camera-film maker Fuji Photo Film has reported a 25.6 per cent gain m consolidated net profit on a sales increase of 12.6 per cent m the six months to April 20. It said consolidated net profit was 33.52 billion yen (***** million),
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      • 119 25 TOKYO, Wed. Japanese electronics giant Sony has announced that its unconsolidated sales m the three months to the end of April were 14.3 per cent up on the 342.03 billion yen (SJ3 billion) m the same period last year. The sales rise was led by 8-mm
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      • 52 25 CAMBRIDGE* Massachusetts), Wed. Lotus Development Corp is haiving the price of its Lotus software spotlight, Version 1.1, to US$75 (SJI6S). The software was one of the products from Software Arts, which Lotus acquired recently. I^otus said the product would officially Join its product ranee on July
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      • 72 25 OAK BROOK (Illinois), Wed. Hamburger chain McDonald's Corp says it will apply for its common stock to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange next year. The company said it intended to appoint Daiwa Securities Co Ltd as listing agent, the Toyo Trust and Banking
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    • 364 25 HONGKONG, Wed. The Bank of China's involvement m arranging a standby credit For Ka Wah Bank Ltd is a sign of its increasingly active role m Hongkong's financial markets and China's growing political stake m maintaining stability m the territory,
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    • 624 25  -  NORA CHENG By SINGAPOREAN Low Chung Song, whose family controls the Ka Wah Bank m Hongkong, yesterday refuted reports that the bank was facing liquidity problems. Earlier press reports had quoted Hongkong's Chief Secretary, Mr David Akers-Jones, as saying that
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    • 189 25 HONGKONG, Wed. Panin Holdings Ltd, a Hongkong-listed company, said m a statement it signed an agreement to set up the first joint venture bank with China. Xiamen International Bank will have registered capital of HK$BOO million (***** million), with an initial paid up capital at
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    • 192 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Association of Banks m Malaysia announced today the base lending rate will be reduced by 1 per cent from 11.25 per cent to 10.25 per cent from Monday to generate and stimulate economic growth. Consequently, interest rates for fixed deposit and
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    • 185 25 Marketing is vital, MP tells teams in game IN HIS opening address for the Singapore Institute of Management's 15th National Management Game yesterday, Mr Philip Tan, the MP for Paya Lebar, stressed the importance of marketing. Singapore has come a long way since the Government "introduced simple manufacturing •■tills when
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    • 255 25 Lower bank rates push down greenback THE American dollar opened sharply lower m Singapore yesterday after most US banks cut their prime lending rate. The half -point cut to 9.5 per cent m the prime lending rate on Tuesday sent the dollar below the DM3 level m New York for
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    • 93 25 SYDNEY. Wed Qantas has said it made a record profit of A562.7 million (Ss93 million) m the year ended March 31 because of big increases m passengers and freight carried Chairman Jim Leslie said this topped the AJ58.3 million mark set the previous year when the
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    • 56 25 TOKYO, Wed Japan has agreed to grant 600 million yen (555.28 million) to Mada gascar to help improve the country's public transport system, the Foreign Ministry said today Japan also agreed to reschedule a 1.2 billion yen loan from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund because of
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    • 65 25 NAGOYA, Wed Toyota Motor Corp has said its joint venture with General Motors Corp is to start assembly production of five-door Nova sedans as well as four-door vehicles from September The California-based company New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. equally owned by Toyota and GM initially
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  • TIMES
    • 2686 26 READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information Not every transaction nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because al dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 690 26 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia's natural rubber industry is m for an overhaul to ensure its leading position m the world market which has become more and more competitive. Minister of Primary Industry Datuk Paul Leong is having talks with statutory bodies and
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    • 290 26 LONDON, Wed. The Bank of England has named 29 financial groups as the dealers m a radically reformed market m British government securities. Already m London there are mounting fears that the market will be too competitive and there will be huge losses.
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    • 2444 26 1985 Last Yield Vol Day M(h Low Company Sale Chance ('000) High Low INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 185 119 Acma 124xd +1 4.0 4 124 124 146 88 Alcorn 90 +2 5.5 1 90 90 270 170 A*__ Choc 174 134 95*4 Amal Steel 50« 101 +1 3.9
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      • 319 27 1 Mi $1,000 2 F« btst aßtemn arty 3 OCBC f iunce 4 only avaiable at DBS Fiance. UOfi rates. aho atafaMt it UOf abo avaiaMe at JBS Finance. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings 5 3 4 6 5' 2 5 3 Autosave 5 1 4
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      • 136 27 Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo Australian dollar 1.4903—1.4932 6.87—6.67 Canadian dollar 1.6271-1.6291 6.21-6.11 NZ dollar 1.0409—1.0447 9.80—9.50 Sterling pound 2.9241—2.9277 3.46—3.40 US dollar 2.2195-2.2205 4.54-4.49 Austrian schilling 10.4990—10.5062 95.94—92.77 Belgian franc (com) 3.6601—3.6641 275.39—269.54 Danish kronor 20.5347-20.5468 49.14-47.93 Deutschemark 73.8848-73.9550 13.67-13.34
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      • 103 27 THE kilobar traded between 5523,233 and 5523,411 yesterday. Gold Opened at U*****.60/326.10 and eased to U*****.20/ 325.70 at lunch time. It reopened at U*****.00/&6.50, rose steadily to the high of U*****.70/327.20 and fell on profit-taking to the low of U*****.80/ 325.30 before settling at U*****.20/325.70. Source: Rothschild. The London
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      • 22 27 GOLD US$/oz Wed Tues Singapore 325.20—325.70 319.20-319.70 Hongkong 325.00-325.50 319.00—319.50 Tues Mon New York 327.50-328.00 318.50—319.00 London 325.00—325.50 319.10 319.60
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      • 100 27 THE US dollar weakened against the Singapore dollar to close at 2.2190 at 3 pm yesterday. Trading was nervous but found support at 2.2190. It traded between 2.2190 and 2.2215 after opening at 2.2180. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed higher at 3.0025/45 m nervous trading between 2.9920 and
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      • 174 27 Managers' prices for June 20 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.73— l.Mxd The Savings Fund 1.33—1.41 S pore Prog Fund 0.76—0.80 Spore Sec. Fund 1.12-1.19 Spore Invest Fund 0.83— 0.88xd Spore Equity Fund 0.77—0.81 DBS Bank Shenton Growth Fund 0.99—1.05 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 2.00—2.13 Mai
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    • 661 27 Stock markets round-up THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's pre-Hari Raya Puasa holiday kept investors away from the Singapore market yesterday. Volume dropped to 5.6 million valued at $11.8 million, although prices generally rose slightly m late trading. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose
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    • 265 27 June 19 HKJ Chmre HK Elect 7.75 +0 35 Hutchison 24.00 +1 Shk Props 11.50 +1 h* Elect Worr M City 0.81 +0.06 Sime Darby Associated Hotels Hk Gos 10 10 +0.6 JordVie Math 11.10 +0.6 Sino Land 0.88 +0.1 Bank Of East Asia 22 00 -0 2 Hk
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    • 324 27 lun- 19 Cents Chanfe (tot) A C 250 +4 A N I 235 unch A P M 269 +8 Aberfoyle 1030 unch Age 233 I AKance D_ 110 unch Allied Mui 260 unch Ampol Exp 225 +7 Ampo. Pet 181 I Ani 446 +2 Ashton 105 +5 BHP 614+8
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    • 340 27 June 19 Yen Chance Aimomoto 1080 -30 Akoi 390 -6 Amada 912 -17 Asohi Chem 982 -18 Asohi Glass 875 -5 Bank Tk 836 +3 Bridgestone 541 -II Canon 1120 -10 Casio Computer 1590 -10 Citizen 445 -10 D Nip Print 1100 -20 D Nippon Screen 1040 -10 Doiei
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    • 53 27 NST Index Wednesday Closed (1247.22) ~g Hongkong Hans Seng ~7. 0 Wednesday 1510.28(1427.08) %trAustralian Al-Ordinaries Wednesday 851.3 (840.2) Nikkei D J Average H~ Wednesday *****.59(*****.11)- Financial Times Industrials Tuesday 985.8(988.3) -I Dow Jones Average ol_ Tuesday 1304.77(1298.39) (Figures h brackets refer to those of the previous tradfot day) 1
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    • 217 27 June IS USS Chaw Alcoa 32 unch Allied Chem Cp 41*4 Allis-Chalmers 5_ unch Am Tel-l Tel 24 Amax Inc 15* unch Amr Corp 45* 1* Bethlehem SM 16* unch Boeing Co 44* Burroughs Cp 56* Caterpillar Co 33* Chose Monhtn 58* Chrysler Cp 35* -K Citicorp 47*
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    • 584 27 j^eiS Pence Cham. mm INDUSTRIALS AHied-Lyons 210 -7 r, w R nd 7 +3 Ass Dairies 150 unch Charter Cons 188 unch BTRPLC 355 -3 fomGold 544 +2 Bobcocks 150 unch R"*-t Plat 8 -HA Barclays 382 +8 ZCI U unch Beecham 338 unch US$ BICC 213 -2 AAC
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      307 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit THE September Eurodollar opened below IMM's close. Squaring of long positions ahead of the release of the US GNP flash estimate for the second quarter on Thursday night m New York brought the September Eurodollar down from the day's high of 92.39 to close at
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    • 455 27 Delivery of FCL import containers Ship (Voyage) Boies AvaiaUc Ratana Bhurri (22N) COD 19 fc 1400 X Chance (22W) COD 19 6 USOC Nawabshah 126-OW COD 19 '6 < ISOOI Pelopor (140) COO 19 6 '1800 Wan Lie (508) COD 19 6 (2M Ned Houtman (213) COD 19
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    • 548 28 De La Rue, Bradbury Wilkinson fill their order books LONDON Making money by making money is the aim of two British-based firms that are the world's leading suppliers of printed currency. Central bankers around the globe are courted by salesmen from Thomas De La
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    • 205 28 MILLIONAIRE Paul Tan Phang Kwang is now out of his food manufacturing company, Effort Holdings. The latest buyer of the remaining 50 per cent stake m the company belonging to him and his wife, Madam Goon Ngan Thye, is listed as Mulpha (Singapore)
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    • 181 28 LONDON, Wed. The London Stock Exchange said trading will start m option contracts on the US dollar/ mark exchange rate tomorrow. The exchange's first currency option on the dollar/Sterling rate started trading on May 16. Both contracts are based on the existing contracts traded
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    • 162 28  -  ANGELINE TAN Innovations By A CAPSULE manufactured by an American company can deal with corrosion m hard-to-see places. The Zerust Vapor Capsule, made by Northern Instruments Corporation, can be used to protect metallic surfaces within an enclosure such as electrical switchgear boxes, integrated circuits, runway
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    • 235 28 Data General lays off 1,300 workers NEW YORK, Wed. More bad news from the US computer industry came when Data General, a strong force m the desktop market, laid off 1,300 of its 18,000 workforce, and warned that lower than expected sales may bring an operating loss for the June
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    • 56 28 Chemical to purify water A CHEMICAL-eum-disiniYetant which is colourless, ordourless, tasteless and harmless can be used to purify water, according to the Singapore marketing company, Scientific Engineers Pte Ltd. The Swiss product, Sanosil, can be used for bathing, swimming and drinking water and also to disinfect rubbish chutes. For more
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    • 142 28 FROM July 1 Endet Cleaning Services Pte Ltd, a (5 per rent owned subsidiary of British based Brengreen (Holdings) PLC, will change its name to Exclusive Environmental Services Pte Ltd. The new name is Brengreens operating name for its cleaning services m Britain and
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    • 79 28 BANGKOK. Wed Thailand exported two million tonnes of rice from January to May this year, up 11.1 per cent from the same period last year, an official of the Board of Trade of Thailand said today Earnings were estimated at 12 billion baht (SS9B9 million) Nigeria
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    • 38 28 EASTERN Realty Co Ltd has reduced its stake m Overseas Union Bank from 5.86 per cent to 5.858 per cent after selling 6,000 OUB shares. These shares are held through Oversea -Chinese Bank Nominees Pte Ltd
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    • 26 28 QAF Ltd has confirmed that it has not been approached nor is it interested m the takeover of United National Finance Bhd m Brunei.
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    • 21 28 THE financial year-end of Dunlop Malaysian Industries Bhd and all its subsidiaries will be changed to June 30.
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    • 820 29 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: rty 1 t S%. JI J I-J Saturday Friday l^lm to 2 00pm d ram Run-On: $5 00 per hne (Mm $15 ooT"| Food/EnUrtainmant (2 -5) J^ jfcjy. 1 MvL X^_^\ A^^3% If Zj ilf ,—^M ivi. s~*\. msß deadline for the Sunday Times) Semi-display:
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    • 320 29 49 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/Removal HOUSE REMOVAL/ TRANSPORTATION SERVICE Office removal specialised m pianos, organs delivery a disposal service. Experienced, reliable and responsible workers provided. Reasonable charges, good and fast service. Day/ night service. We are at your service 7 days a week from Ba.m. to 10p.m. TEL: *****97. HOUSE REMOVAL/
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    • 1364 30 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical [JALBMC 1 BIGGEST TOUR I WHOLESALER IN JAPAN I has immediate vacancy for I Minimum GCE 'O' Level •18 28 years old I Experience m 9 book-keeping preferred I We offer attractive salary according to qualifications I and experience Please I apply m writing by
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    • 261 30 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical LAW FIRM requires SECRETARY Preferably with experience. Please apply m writing to: The Advertiser 9 Battery Road #17-08 Straits Trading Bldg Singapore 0104. CLERK WANTED, CREDITS m ELI, Maths CL2. Good spoken English important. Age strictly 18 to 21. Completed NS. Good prospects, advancement, tel:
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    • 557 30 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales SALES MANAGER We are a wholly owned subsidiary of an international group. Our main line of activity is the manufacture of products for the building and home furnishing markets. Several of our brands are already well known m the Asean market. We
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    • 753 30 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical 7/ ll t. N .^ssssssssssssV s< .^BSsl BSSY SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES M^ HBMnßH aa i Ma i^i^ BMW^MMl (I t. The Singapore Aircraft Industries Group of Companies is involved m the overhaul and modification of aircraft and components, L manufacture of aircraft
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    • 441 30 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat VERY SPORTY FORD BtOMt with body kit Only one m Spore. Tel: *****31. 1981 FORD LASER 1.31. Notchbai k j 5-speed Aircon. tip top condition. $13,900 neg. *****04 1981 FORD LASER 1.5 Notchback 2 pte owners, silver colour excellent condition *****77 3/' BO f-ORD CORTINA 1600GL.
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    • 960 30 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan 1983 NISSAN SPORTSWAGON .iv. He i ati on radio i assrtii i\ 6 B 5 i^iiHiK' *****1 C SU 010 i IM iej lane OATSUN BLUEBIRD i: con titgh powei i ad ;tte loan arrangeaMi cxc« mdiUon (*****1 3 nissan sunny Bseed pte om nei s
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    • 909 31 90 For Sale: Toyota 4/82 TOYOTA CARINA. owner km mileage. $17. ,500 ono OOOd B lilion IYI 454.i8.50 1 80 TOYOTA CARINA 16 QL 5Alteon, radio cassette. good mod iyi Hi*--7 /S3 COROLLA DX. MW nuutel. 1 anrr Kxpensue hi-fi OOOd !i,1.-ion BJM9J Tel 47J1649 73 TOYOTA CORONA $1 500.
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    • 891 31 92 For Sale: Mazda OCT. 84 MAZDA 929 sedan auto with tax valid 1 year Aircon. radio cassette, central locking, all m ,!<>oil i oiulltion $39,000 o n o Tel *****83 (home). DEC. -77 MAZDA 383 10. aircon. PARK, nulio. new accessories. 6 mths. rd tax *****89 Yeo END -S3
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    • 890 31 94 For Sale: Other Makes URGENT SALE 1982 Suzuki 800. accident free, excellent condition. Used as 2nd car Highest offer secures. Call *****62 1979 DAIHATSU CHARADE X IK. new paint tyres, aircon. radio cassette, original white, excellent cond. $10,800 *****78 AUG. "84 AUDI 100 CD auto, metallic blue Showroom cond.
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    • 793 31 96 For Sale: Motor Cycles/Scooters GOOD YAMAHA RD3SOLC $900 RDI2SLC $700. RXKI3S/ RXSIIS $480. Kawasaki ARI2SLC $680. 7.250 Z4OO $850. KHIIO $280. Suzuki TRSIIB/ PEI7S $280. RG2SO $1,300 Honda M8X125 $650. C 0125 $250. HXI3S $1,500. CBX4OO $850 Call *****62, Peter. 12 Oopenp St. Spore 0207. (opp Tanjong Pagar Plaza.
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    • 800 31 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments rttrdmore OPEN HOUSE Long or short lease Luxury apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just off Orchard Road 3-bedrooms, large lounge, ample parking Furnished or unfurnished Rental from $3,600 per mth mcl. service charge Visit our show flat, 10am to spm Monday to Saturday
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    • 808 31 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D.lO KIMLIN MANSION, Grange Rd. Renovated. Tel: owner, *****04. D.lO NAPIER RD Apt. 3 bdrms, 3 baths, aircon, partially furn. Rental $1,300. Tel: *****17. D.1336 HAPPY MANS. 3 bdrms, 2 aircons, 2 attached bathrooms. Rental: $900. Call Irene: *****53 D.15 FULLY FURNISHED 3-bed-roomed apartment. 1300 sq.ft.
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    • 693 31 109 Accommodation Wanted: Houses UNIVERSAL REALTY PTE Ltd requires bungalows, apartments for multi-national Corporation. Call Monday to Saturday *****66. 110 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments EXCLUSIVE CONDOMINIUMS/ DETACHED bungalows urgently required by banker on co. lease, flexible budget, careful tenants. Owners pise contact Dati Property *****73/6 STUDENT REQUIRES FURN/ unfurn. 3/4 rooms
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    • 1205 31 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses I New Double-storey Split-level I I Semi-detached/Terrace Houses I SUNRISE VIUA I Many out-door facilities for recreation. 6 public open spaces/ I Children's playground. Complete range of facilities fittings. I I Situated m Thomson/ Yio Cnu Kang area.
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    • 794 32 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces I SPACE FOR 1 I LEASE I I Factory Space of various I s dimensions at Sims Aye./ I 1 Eunos Road for lease. 1 Please contact X i Mr Chong/AHce/Doreen I Tel: *****11 or *****58 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces
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    • 16 32 137 Tours rw^Eiiwy EUROPF^ GLOBAL EUROPgBS BUDGET EUROPE JAPAN EXPO '85 \W |BS^ MR^^vVsMßa! AMERICABS eSsbtKElj
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    • 876 32 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours I XNAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD. o J With us, you'll enjoy these •xtras c Ist class hotels Good meals, 1 mostly grand dinners Extensive itinerary coverage Guaranteed flight V departures A direct flights Friendly bilingual guides V 9 book early avoJd
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    • 468 32 IZbur Classification Guide FOOO/ENTERTAWMENT X FwS*:«H* n c n Cycles Scooters aingOut 97 Vehicles Wanted J Catering Vehirles 4 Nightclubs lounges Dscos 5 Others PROPERTIES PERSONAL SERVICES/ 105 Property financing MERCHANDISE Accommodation Available Houses 1! Pleasure Boats 07 Accommodation Available 12 compute. Product, Service: Apartments 13 Musical Instruments 108 Accommodation
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 389 33 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam 182 Acknowledgements The Family of the late 184 In Memoriam ALFRED PETER OTTO THOMAS regret to announce to our friends and business colleagues that our Director MR ALFRED PETER OTTO THOMAS passed away suddenly m Kuala Lumpur on
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    • 79 33 181 Deaths 181 Deaths GEORGE KHOR BUCK KHIM Called Home On 18th June 1965 Deeply Loved Husband Of Ruey Jen And Father Of Jen Ming Jen Hee, Louis and Jen Lock, Christopher The cortege leaves 3 Holland Park #10-05 at 1.00 pm on Saturday 22nd June to paas the premises
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      49 33 ATHMA SANTHI PRAYERS MR R. KALIAPPAN The Family of the late Mr. R Kaliappan cordially invites all friends A relatives to the Athrns Santhi Prayers to be held on 20.6.85 at 7pm at Sivan Temple at Woodlands Road. Tel: *****60. Kindly accept this as a personal invitation.
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      64 33 THALAI THEVASAM P. SADASIVAM Departed 30th June 1984 Sadly missed always remembered by beloved wife, sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, son-in-law, grandson and grand-daughters. All relatives and friends are invited to attend the Thevasam prayers at Apt. Blk 405 Pandan Garden* #05-34 Singapore 2260 on 20th June 1985 (Thursday) between
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    • 46 33 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family Of The Late CHOO KIA KENG Departed: 13 June 1985 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives. friend*, colleagues, Clan association and business associates for their prayers, kind condotencos, assistance, attendances, donations, wreaths and scrolls during their recent bereavement
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    • 34 33 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memonam IN LOVING MEMORY OF Charmaine Jeanne Aviet and Janice Michelle Carnegie who died together m Darwin, Australia on 20 June 1983. Dearly misaed by family and loved one*.
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    • 588 33 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education ACADEMY osa MAINE. USA. Estd. 1845 US MOH SCHOOL DIPLOMA GRADES 9 12 ENTRY: SEPT '85 1 JAN '86 e Prepares students for High School Diploma Grades 9-12 (Se^ 3 P.U.) TOEFL. SATS tor admission to reputed U.S. Universities. Majors m Arts, Sciences, Maths.
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    • 388 33 150 Commercial/ Technical ENGLISH FOR COMMERCE Saturday 5.00 6.30 pm 22/06; Monday 6 00 7.30 pm 24/06; Monday 7.30 9.00 pm 24/06; Thursday 6.00 7.30 pm 2706. People's Park Commercial School. Tel: *****81/ *****82 BOOKKEEPING BEGINNERS STARTING Friday 6.30pm. Rex Commercial School. 768G Upper Serangoon Road. Tel: *****00. HIGHER ACCOUNTING
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    • 115 33 NOTICE U^ UAM A%AI (WIFE OF THE LATE MR TAN JIT TENG) PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY TAN PECK KEE BOX TIN FOX TAN MEOW KWEE LOW SENG BEE TAN PECK CHENG ONG CHIN TUAN, RANDY GRANDCHILDREN TAN POH LIN LOW MIN YONG TAN POH KEAT LOW MIN YING TAN PEH ZHEN
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    • 1264 34 Martina the magic and the mystery WIMBLEDON WARM-UP: FOCUS ON MARTINA NAVRATILOVA My attractions social, emotional, profes- sional, intellectual, sexual were toward women. I guess I'd known that for a long time. When I had urges to be with some of the teachers, I wanted to know everything about them
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    • 106 34 Call for a ban on diuretics COLOGNE, Wed. Professor Manfred Donike, one of the world's leading experts on doping m sport, yesterday called for an international ban on weight-reducing diuretic drugs. Prof Donike, a member of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, told a seminar that diuretic drugs were widely
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    • 378 34 LONDON, Wed GLOUCESTERSHIRE, bottom last season, sped to the top of the English County cricket championship yesterday with their fourth win of the season a stunning eight-wicket triumph over Northamptonshire. Bad weather nearly cost Gloucestershire dearly, but the target of 71 m the
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    • 121 34 LA eyes 2004 Games LOS ANGELES, Wed ix>s Angeles, which made a profit of US$225 million (sssom t from staging the Olympic Games last year, will submit a bid for the 2004 Games, the president of the Southern California Olympic Committee. John Argue, announced yesterday He said Los Angeles would
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    • 859 35 Sligles Men: John McEnroe (US) v Peter McNamara (Aust). Nduka Odizor (Nig) v qualifier, Stephen Shaw (Brit) v Chris Lewis (NZ), Qualifier v Givaldo Barbosa (Bra), Qualifier v John Frawley (Aust), Hans-Joerg Schwaier (WG) v qualifier, John Fitzgerald (Aust) v qualifier. Victor Pecci (Para) v Johan Kriek (US).
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    • 313 35 WIMBLEDON WARM-UP Boris is the boy to watch m men's singles, say bookies LONDON, Wed. Oddsmakers yesterday made John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova heavy favourites to repeat as champions at Wimbledon, but 17-year-old Boris Becker is drawing the bettors' attention. McEnroe, who has reached the finals
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    • 162 35 Men's singles, first round: D. Mustard (NZ) bt G. Niebur (US) 64), 6-0; B. Cox (US) w.o. C. Fancutt (Aust); T. Cain (US) bt B. Dyke (Aust) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. Second round: A. Maurer (WG) bt S. Menon (Ind) 6-3, 6-2; A. Giammalva (US) bt D. Cahill (Aust)
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    • 550 35 Comeback kid Peter the perfect aperitif for champ McEnroe LONDON, Wed. John McEnroe escaped a taxing start to the defence of his Wimbledon tennis title next Monday when he was drawn against Australian Peter McNamara, back from semi-retirement after a debilitating knee injury. The
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    • 341 35 ACTION IN EASTBOURNE AND BRISTOL EASTBOURNE (England), Wed. Gabriela Sabatini, of Argentina, seeded 15th for Wimbledon, was given a lesson m grasscourt play yesterday when she was beaten by France's Pascale Paradis m the second round of the Eastbourne women's tournament. Gabriela, 15, who this
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    • 632 35 BASEBALL: Kansas City handed Minnesota a 10-1 trouncing m the American League m New York yesterday. Other American League results: New York 6 Baltimore 4, Detroit 9 Boston 8, California 7 Cleveland 3, Milwaukee 4 Toronto 1, Texas 8 Seattle 5, Chicago 4 Oakland 3. National Leagae: New
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    • 681 37 A great jump for the memory Banks A DREAM COME TRUE FOR TRIPLE-JUMP CHAMPION WILLIE, BUT IT'S A PIPE-DREAM FOR TOP MILER MARY INDIANAPOLIS, Wed. One night last August Willie Banks lay on his bed m a Los Angeles hotel, and wept. American team-mates Al Joyner and Mike Conley were
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    • 416 37 BONN. Wed. Recriminations are flying m West Germany over the dismal performances of the national soccer team m their World Cup warm-up games m Mexico last week. Team manager Franz Beckenbauer"s honeymoon with the Press since taking the job last summer appears to be
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    • 311 37 Uefa decide today on Liverpool ban Zl RICH, Wed. Liverpool could face a fiveyear ban from European football when the European Football Inion (I'efa) decide tomorrow on specific sanctions against the parties Involved m last month's tragic European Cup final. I efa have already banned all English clubs from their
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    • 121 37 NKW YORK. Wod. Last-ditch efforts were under way yesterday to keep the financially-ailing New York cosmos soccer team from collapsing with eight games left on the team's international exhibition schedule. "Were still alive and well." coach Ray Klivecka told reporters after a three-hour meeting with
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    • 218 37 Mary misses world mark by a mile VANCOUVER, Wed. Mary Decker Slaney, of the United States, failed m her quest for a world record m the women's mile at the Harry Jerome International athletics meeting here last night. Mary, 26, won m 4 mm. 22.30 sec., much slower than the
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    • 559 38 AUSTRALIA Ist inns 3D ENGLAND Ist inns 533 AUSTRALIA 2nd inns '24 ENGLAND 2nd inns Goecli lbw O'Donnell 2* Robinson b Lawson 21 Gower c Border b O'Do i MB 5 Garttng c Phillips b LawMi 12 Lamb not out .V. Botham b O'Donnell 12 Wlllej
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    • 271 38  - Carnival boost for school cricket MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By A THREE-DAY schoolboys cricket carnival will begin at Balestier Road next Tuesday. The Singapore Cricket Association, who had planned to stage the competition on an inter-school basis, have decided instead to group the participants into six teams m two groups and play
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    • 430 38  -  LEE WAI WUN Sailors skip Hari Raya merry-making for practice race By THERE won't be any festivities for the Admiral's Cup sailors today not with their milestone m Singapore's yachting history just over a month away. It will be the Republic's first official challenge
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    • 349 38  -  Inter-Business Houses meet brings back a golden oldie IT MAY be 12 years since Nor Azahar Hamid set a national and South-east Asia Games high jump record of 2.12 metres. But the 36-year-old athlete still has lots of spring and will be participating m his pet
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    • 293 38 SIXTEEN teams will participate m the Port Authority Recreation Club league soccer tournament starting on Monday at Bukit Chermin. The teams are: Div 1 Fire Dept, Port Marine Craft, Container Terminal Engineering Dept, PSA Police, Container Terminal, Gatx Selection, Pulau Brani, Tug Wanderers; Dlv 2 Keppel
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    • 541 39 Forces must think in Premier terms Sports Editor GODFREY ROBERT laments the dousing of Forces' fire on the hockey front. THE white flag is up. The Singapore Armed Forces have surrendered playing Premier League hockey. The decision is not only shocking but also discouraging. It's discouraging to their own players,
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    • 755 39 41 don't really know what I expect of myself m this meet. I want to prove that I can actually do the things I never thought I could. It's been tough with exams and everything and my father wanting me to do well at
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    • 480 39 India's soccer off -target Lack of success puts the game m danger of dying a natural death NEW DELHI, Wed. Indian football has hit the bottom of the barrel according to its followers with one national coach claiming "women could have played better" and another saying the current players were
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    • 318 39  - Peter climbs to the top of Masters ladder LEE WAI WUN By PETER LEW'S 1,307 pinfalls at the National Bowling Championships yesterday not only rocketed him to the top of the men's Open Masters ladder, it also made him the first to crash through the 1,300 barrier since the qualifying
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    • 111 39 SEOUL, Wed. Poland have sent their national flag and taped national anthem, indicating that the Communist country will attend the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Seoul Olympic Organising Committee officials said Poland and 16 other countries had responded well to their March 12 request to send samples of
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    • 275 39  - Singapore out of Pacific meet JANICE SEAH THF Singapore Amateur Swimming Associa tion will nut send an> one to the Pan-Pacific Games, scheduled foi mid-August m Tokyo. SA S A secretary general Woon Sui Km said the derision was made after a meeting ot the various coaches. "We had the
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    • 536 36 ON THE TRACK with PEDIGREE PENANG, Wed. Three-year-old Oriental Pearl IV, withdrawn on veterinary grounds just before the start last weekend, showed that there is nothing amiss with him when he galloped fluently this morning. With leading apprentice Ismadi Ismail astride, Oriental Pearl IV
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    • 179 36 He won 1980 classic with Beldale Ball PERTH, Wed. British pools tycoon Robert Sangster, who won the 1960 Melbourne Cup with Beldale Ball (John Letts up), has entered England's best stayer, Gildoran, for this year's Cup on Nov 5. Gildoran and stablemate Clanrallier were nominated by
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    • 503 36  - Big W. Aussie assault on $1.5 m Cup PAUL McDONNELL By PERTH, Wed. Horses from Western Australia will be the dominant force for the Melbourne Cup, worth Aslmillion (about Ssl.s million) this year, at Flemington Racecourse on Nov 5. That was the unusual situation that arose as entries for the
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    • 84 36 TWENTY-TWO horses are among the latest batch to be deleted, according to the latest Malayan Racing Association's classification list. They are: Class 1: Concession, Joint Command m, Vivre L'Amour, Shipping Magnate. Class 2: Americo, Rouge Royale. Class 3: Betsy's Special, Bonus Bond, Storming Thru. Class
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    • 200 36 Lovers' wrangle Lisa back in the saddle PERTH, Wed WESTERN Australia's leading apprentice, Lisa Harris, 18, the central figure m a "love triangle," is back to race riding after a month's inactivity. An agreement has been reached to transfer her from her master, Noel Pateman, to trainer Don Hammer on
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 25 39 TODAY'S EVENTS BOWLING National Championships qualifying rounds (Kirn Seng Bowl. 9.30 am). CRICKET Friendly: Tanglin Taverners I v Tanglin Taverners II (Balestier Road, 12.30 pm).
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  • 424 40  -  PAUL WEE CHUA CHIN CHYE YEO KIM SENG Ten workers thrown into sea after cables of 10-tonne platform gave way By and ONE man died and another was reported missing after 10 work ers fell off a work platform into the sea m
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  • 28 40 NEW YORK, Wed. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrial stocks fell back 1.79 points to 1,302.98 m the first half hour of trading today. AP
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  • 96 40  - S'pore woman held in $12 m drug haul LIM SAY BOON By Melbourne Reporter MELBOURNE, Wed. Australian police today detained a Singapore woman for questioning following an AsB.s million (5512.4 million) drug haul. The 34-year-old woman was held at Brisbane Airport. A police spokesman said that no charges have yet
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  • 317 40 WASHINGTON, Wed. Four of the nations biggest banks are paying the price US$l.2 million (552.6 million) m fines for failing to tell the government everytime US$lO,OOO or more changed hands between 1980 and 1984, the Treasury Department said yesterday. Assistant Treasury Secretary
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  • 35 40 MOSCOW, Wed. Soviet engineers are planning a new railway, including Europe's longest tunnel, through the southern Cucasus mountains to avoid detours on current freight and passenger routes, the daily Pravda said today. Reuter
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  • 300 40  - S'poreans may see edited version of Live Aid CATHERINE ONG By MUSIC lovers m Singapore may have to be content with watching an edited version of the transatlantic marathon charity concert, Live Aid. According to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, technical hitches may prevent Singaporeans from joining an estimated one billion
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  • 420 40  - Taxi fare confusion and the ugliness RAY DHALIWAL By THE various changes m taxi fares since April 1 have left a number of passengers confused and open to being cheated by unscrupulous taxi drivers. While very few people complain of taxis that do not stop when hailed, the Registry of
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  • 97 40 What it should have been THE NEW Jurong East Interchange will open on June 30 and not this Sunday as reported m yesterday's Straits Times. IT WAS erroneously reported on Sunday that a former Public Utilities Board foreman Anthony Chan was allegedly given bribes on two occasions by a subcontractor.
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  • 144 40 RAYLEIGH (England), Wed. A 14-year-old schoolboy was lucky to be alive after a door fell off a twin-engined light aircraft, plunged 300 metres and hit him on the head. Lan Sullivan was walking along the street with a friend when the five-kg emergency hatch
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  • Section Two Food Fashion Fitness
    • 32 1 Section Two Food Fashion Fitness Bilingual begins on the front page today, with a feature on the Hari Raya celebration. Another feature, m Malay and with more pictures, is on Page Six.
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    • 997 1  - Today's the big day First to the mosque, then the cemetery HARON A. RAHMAN By Hari Raya literally means 'big day' or 'great day. But the word raya m this sense can also mean perayaan or 'celebration. The word puasa means 'fast. The term Hari Raya Puasa, therefore, means the
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    • 306 1 IT IS not the custom among Muslims to invite friends and relatives to send formal invitations, that is to come to their houses on Hari Raya. Of course, some dignitaries do; but that is the exception rather than the rule. The invitation is an open one.
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    • Food
      • 625 2  -  MAY HO By THIS fortnight's promotions feature a varied spread that covers food from Asean countries, Vietnam and West Java, and from Europe (namely French Provencal and Switzerland). You may also opt for prime ribs, barbecued food or food prepared with mango and sharksfin. It is also
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      • 271 2 ,'^a' j Mjflk flB 4HBK flHßl^^ fIHHB^ 9HIHH MB ESSENCE OF BLACK CHICKEN Scotch essence of chicken is a natural food extracted from selected quality black chicken. This nutriment contains proteins which can be easily digested. It is hygienically produced by modern process. CONTEX TRADING 200. Jalan Sultan, #09-08 Textile
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    • Fashion
      • 522 3 In this last of three articles on Soda, JOHN de SOUZA muses on the new designer group's possible impact on our fashion industry. THE deafening applause, ecstatic brouhaha and fervent congratulations following Soda's first official show last Friday are over. The collections, popular with fashion aficionados at
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      • 384 3 JdS's Pick of Soda 3: ESTHER TAY LAST of my three top Soda choices but not least is Esther Tay, a charming but very private person. Only after much arm-twisting does she reveal even basic points about herself she is 31 and has about 10 years' experience.
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      • 361 3 TALENT, fun, charm, glamour, surprise last Friday's Singapore Designers' Show, which officially launched Soda, had it all. Certainly, the sell-out audience of current and would-be glitterati, who were a show unto themselves as usual, hadn't expected such polished, well-presented and unusual theatre! But we
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      • 95 3 Now all F&N Cordials come m One- Way bottles. There's no deposit to pay, no empty bottles to return. Just a lot more convenience m q one-way better bottle. Inside, it's the same premium auality cordials that have been awarded the coveted Monde Selection Gold Medals for excellence. F&N Orange
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    • Food & Fitness
      • 1450 4  -  Aileen Yeoh The Tao Way to Health In the first of a two-part article j)tl asthma, we feature the symptoms, causes and guidelines for prevention, with charts on foods to take and avoid TRADITIONAL Chinese acupuncture classifies asthma into four main types asthma caused by: EXTERNAL wind-cold
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      • 756 5 Some Chinese painters took up the challenge of squeezing their landscape, flora and fauna into small, fan-like paintings. The results are fan paintings, excellent for decorating walls. TEO HAN WUE previews an exhibition of fan and other brush paintings which features some masterpieces by Qi Baishi,
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      • 270 5  - On a mission to China TAN BAN HUAT MANDARIN teacher Goh Cho Khoon is visiting China to pick up tips on how to teach the language more effectively to foreign students. Miss Goh, vho works with the Singapore American School m King's Road, will be the only Singaporean among academics
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      • 290 5  -  TAN BAN HUAT By CHINA, the home of the largest number of Chineselanguage users, is m need of teachers of the subject. The shortage is most acute m universities and institutions of higher learning, said a a team of academics from the East China Technical University
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      • 149 5 FANS have a long history m China bat the folding type did not originate there and were not popular until the Ming Dynasty (1386-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644--1911). According to a 11th century book, folding fans were recorded as imported artifacts from Korea. The
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      • 379 5 Dial-for- JtA Mandarin Dlshfke *****77 Kaizhai Jie Lesson 10 Had Raya Puasa il X Kewen Lesson W% w\-.\ t H'J U 'ii f W!^' Wa! Zhuoshang de gaodian hao xiang a! Ma, sru nih mai de ma? Wow, the cakes on the table smell delicious! Did you buy them, Mum?
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    • Bilingual Dwibahasa
      • 647 6  -  Oleh BUDIMAN A.R. KESIBUKAN sudah diibaratkan sebagai 'tradisi' bagi orang-orang Melayu Islam di sini bila menjelang Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Tidak kira kanak-kanak, orang dewasa ataupun orang tua sibuk dengan persiapan masingmasing. Biasanya, masa yang paling sibuk sekali ialah seminggu menjelang hari yang mulia mi. Banyak
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    • Page 7 Miscellaneous
      • 694 7 SUN TAN ByColiette^ PEANUTS By Schulz W^^^^^\ l ¥L M icL z fruerßDutLt iz\ -—^^^B I yes sir., i want my II if you pon't 6ive me I lalutpoes is rain! 6iC M n a ia X Ptc^c TodXy.. _FV P%L^ C^_lf-s I X fIT'STwSTTHATH MONEY BACK.. THIS 15 MV
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      • 236 8 SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI CHINA FILMS' FESTIVAL *85 Golden Princess NOW SHOWING! Note Times! G: 11, 1.00, 4, 6.45, 9.00 Pr: 1 JO, 3JO, 7 JO, 9JO "HIM TUO and CAO CAO" mmuwwß oombdt uwi m» iMBMKDAWf nann ti* too dementi New Town NOW SHOWING! C: 1 JO, 3.30,
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      • 1506 9 5.58 AM National Anthem followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News 5* 4^W I^P^BO VI B n 8' ef 6.05 Another Morning Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Bifl HUl^^^^iu!. 'i^KmJe 1 Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning Another Show W-^^^^j* 9 '*> I B JI cont'dl 7.30 Morning Financial
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