The Straits Times, 23 June 1985

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    14 1 The Sunday Times No: 2559 June 23, 1985 45 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 96/1/85
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    CPF ceiling to go up next month
    298 1 CPF ceiling to go up next month THE Government will go ahead with plans to raise the salary ceiling on Central Provident Fund contributions to $6,000 from next month. In July next year, another increase will bring the ceiling to $7,000. A Labour Ministry statement said yesterday that it was
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    Government drops credit-card plans
    477 1  -  LEE SIEW HUA By PLANS to spread the use of credit cards for the payment of government bills have been scrapped. Not only will this proposal be dropped but an existing scheme allowed at five government hospitals is expected to be discouraged. The main reason is
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    Lock icon US calls off Mengele hunt
    462 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. The US government has called off its worldwide manhunt for Josef Mengele, accepting the findings of an international team of experts that a body exhumed in Brazil was that of the Nazi death camp doctor. The key to identifying the bones exhumed two
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    Lock icon 'How should I explain this to my pupils?'
    138 1 THAT cry of outrage came tram a schoolteacher to Japan. Because this Moody scene was snapped by a newspaper photographer standing coolly by while a man was being murdered before his very eyes. The photographer wasn't alone. About reporters and cameramen were
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    Man shoots mother near Shultz's office
    281 1  - Man shoots mother near Shultz's office LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sat. A young man armed with a rifle yesterday killed his mother and then himself in the State Department, only metres from Secretary of State George Shultz's office. Although State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb was quick to
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      7 1 In colour: Junie's new look Back Page
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon How the pursuit of a story led to horror headlines
      809 2 FOR a few days, Kazuo Nagano was the most closelywatched man in Japan. Newspaper reporters and television crews dogged his trail, even camping outside his Osaka apartment hoping to interview him or get his picture. News gatherers often do that
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      Swede develops a laser 'bleach' for patchy skin
      201 2  -  ROY CARSON By MocKtioim Reporter STOCKHOLM, Sat. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may travel to Stockholm soon to get his head seen to. Swedish scientists, playing a Star Wars of their own with argon lasers, have found a method to erase discoloured skin
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      High profile makes S'poreans a target
      531 2 Why more visitors are being robbed in Johor SINGAPOREANS are continuing to stream across the Causeway in their cars despite recent reports that some were being threatened or beaten up by thugs demanding money. Official sources in Johor Baru said there was "no noticeable
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      Lock icon Malacca to have special police unit for tourists
      188 2 MALACCA, Sat. The Malacca police will set up a special unit to look after tourists. And visitors are all in favour of the idea. They feel the Unit Polis Pelancong (tourist police unit) will give them a sense of security while they
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      Case call to Elba agents
      103 2 THE agents for Elba ovens should reveal the serial numbers of those ovens which they suspect may have defective glass doors, the Consumers Association of Singapore said yesterday, following the third and latest report of a glass oven door shattering. Elba's agent, Casa, had said
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      Lock icon All ready to cook, Asian style
      501 3  - All ready to cook Asian style LEE SIEW HUA By NO MORE tears. Today's busy housewife doesn't have to spend hours at the ehopping-board slicing onions and other veggies paper-thin. Or buy a whole bagful of garlic when all she needs is two or three cloves to flavour her one-dish
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      Lock icon McNuggets named as one of five worst fast foods
      261 3 McNuggets named as one of five worst fast foods I WASHINGTON, Sat. Bacon cheeseburgers, ham biscuits, fried chicken and stuffed potatoes products sold by some of America's most popular restaurant chains are cited by a consumer group as the "new worst" fast foods on the market because of high fat
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      Un-suitable! So Aussie couple wants to sue
      313 3 TWO Australian tourists, riled by what they claimed was poor workmanship on a woollen suit, have said they would take the shop-owner to court. The husband-and-wife pair from Victoria said they would fly back to Singapore to file a lawsuit against a Lucky
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      Lock icon New growth drug for dwarfs
      151 3 PARIS, Sat. A synthetic human growth hormone which can help doctors treat dwarfism in children will soon be on sale in France, a pharmaceutical laboratory has announced. Called the Synthetic Growth Hormone Releasing Factor (GRF), it stems from a brain molecule which affects growth hormones
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
      127 3 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY What we leave our kith and kin PROPERTY and stocks and shares make up about half of the value of estates assessed by the taxman. The average estate assessed in 1983 had a gross value exceeding $325,000 i^^™^^^™" As %of estates assessed by
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      736 2 AT A GLANCE OPENINGS FOR WOMEN: The economic slowdown has created opportunities for enterprising women. Those who gave up their jobs for their families should be encouraged to start small businesses, a productivity expert says. But entrepreneurship is not for everyone, and some women tell how hard it is to
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      111 2 UP TO 1 pm. Fair. TEMP. (C) t p to 6 am tomorrow: 33 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 7.12 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.01 am. TRMVELLEjIS' WEATHER Adelaide 4/15C Showers Manila 23/31C Rain Amsterdam 11/18C Cloudy Melbourne 3/12C Fine Bangkok 26/32C Sunny Moscow 12/24C Cloudy Beijing 20/33C Sunny New York
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon 2 Nepali groups say they set off bombs
      348 4 Attacks aimed at overthrowing the monarchy NEW DELHI, Saturday A SECOND group claimed responsibility today for bomb blasts in Nepal that killed seven people and it vowed to continue its attacks until the country's monarchy was overthrown. A spokesman for the group
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      Lock icon Spitting habit dies hard
      85 4 BEIJING, Sat. More than 100,000 people here have been caught defying an anti-spit-ting law passed last month, and were fined 50 fen (about S4O cents) each. They were caught by "hygiene superintendents", who have been on patrol since a law was introduced on May 20 banning
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      Lock icon Live music in a HK tram
      75 4 Live music in a HK tram MEMBERS of the Chinese Instructor Orchestra of the Music Office of the Hongkong government performing while crammed inside a tram in Hongkong. The performance on Friday drew the attention of hundreds of bystanders along the tram's route. The music was also shared by European
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      Lock icon Japan opens up to foreign banks
      162 4 TOKYO, Sat. Japan relaxed its tight banking rules today to allow foreign banks to start handling Japanese pension funds, Finance Ministry officials said. It allowed six United States and three European banks to start trust banking, previously the exclusive preserve of eight Japanese banks.
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      Lock icon China defends support for Khmer Rouge
      242 4 China defends support for Khmer Rouge BEIJING, Saturday A SENIOR Chinese official has defended Beijing's continued support for the Khmer Rouge, saying the communist guerilla organisation had changed its policies since ruling Cambodia between 1975-78. The Khmer Rouge, now part of a three-faction United Nations-recognised coalition, is widely held responsible
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      Lock icon Solar vehicles to race across Australia
      231 4 SYDNEY, Saturday THE first international solar vehicle race across a conti nent will take place in Australia in November 1987. British Petroleum said yesterday it is backing a 3,200--km race for vehicles powered by energy from the sun. The race will start from Darwin
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        Lock icon 107 Mafia suspects held
        73 4 POLICE HAVE arrested 107 suspected Mafia mobsters in a crackdown against Italy's organised crime, authorities in Rome reported yesterday. The suspects were picked up on Friday in a day-long operation in Rome, Milan, Bari, Brindisi and Rimini. They were charged with criminal association in connection with
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        Lock icon Chemical firm bombed
        74 4 A BOMB DAMAGED a 10-storey building in Brussels housing offices of the West German chemical firm Bayer yesterday. The hitherto unknown ecologist group calling itself the Peace Conquerors said it was in protest against the company's dumping of chemical waste in the North Sea. No one was
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        Lock icon Help for flood victims
        76 4 TROOPS HAVE been called out in eastern and northern Bangladesh to rescue about 100,000 people marooned by monsoon floods, officials in Dhaka said yesterday. They said more than 16,000 people had been moved to relief camps in the eastern districts of Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria and
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        Lock icon 8 Shi'ites arrested in London
        82 4 EIGHT SHI'ITE Muslims have been arrested in London on suspicion of planning to overthrow the Gulf state of Bahrain, British newspapers reported yesterday. Several papers quoted security sources as saying that the eight were likely to be expelled after their arrest on June 12. It
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        Lock icon Violence again in Ahmedabad
        87 4 AT LEAST 10 people were wounded in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday when two bombs were thrown in an apparent fresh outbreak of Hindu-Muslim violence, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. It said an unidentified group drove up in an motorised rickshaw and
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      Lock icon We won't give in to demands, says Shultz
      232 5 We won't give in to demands, says Shultz WASHINGTON, Sat. America will make no concessions to the hijackers in Beirut or ask others to yield to their demands, US Secretary of State George Shultz told Israel yesterday. In a telephone conversation, Mr Shultz told Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres that
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      Lock icon World pilots demand tight airport security
      250 5 LONDON, Sat. IFALPA, the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations, yesterday demanded that all nations ensure tight airport security and warned Lebanon that all passengers from Beirut would be screened at their next point of arrival unless its government took security measures. The federation
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      Lock icon TWA flight number hot favourite
      114 5 TWA flight number hot favourite NEW YORK, Sat. One of the most popular choices for gamblers choosing numbers in New York's state-run lottery this week was 847 the number of the Trans World Airlines flight hijacked to Beirut. It ranked second only to the day's date, which is the most
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      Lock icon Berri: US preparing for military action
      438 5 But Washington denies jets flew over Beirut BEIRUT, Sat. Shi'ite Muslim leader Nabih Berri said today the United States was preparing for military action over the TWA airliner hostage crisis, while Washington denied a report that US warplanes overflew Beirut during the night. Mr
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      Lock icon Hijacker gives up for beer
      176 5 OSLO, Saturday A DRUNKEN ex-convict who hijacked a domestic airliner with 115 passengers and five crew yesterday, later surrendered peacefully to a policeman in Oslo's Fornebu Airport in return for beer, police reported. The hijacker took control of a Braathen Safe Boeing 737 flight from
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon JARGON BUSTER
        82 6 One woman's war against impenetrable jargon used in British government forms has been nationally recognised. Or, in the plain English she loves, Chrissie Maher, 47, has won a cup for her fight against gobbledygook. She has received the 1985 Rosemary Delbridge Memorial Trophy awarded annually for "campaigning which
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        Lock icon REMBRANDT VANDALISED
        66 6 One of me most treasured works in Leningrad's celebrated Hermitage museum, Rembrant's Danae, has been vandalised reportedly by a Lithuanian nationalist, who threw acid at the picture. Painted in 1636 and acquired by Catherine the Great in the following century, the picture depicts a young girl seated on
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        Lock icon MARY POPPINS IN CHINA
        66 6 A tornado in a rural Chinese village carried an umbrella-carrying peasant woman hundreds of metres above the ground and safely dropped her to earth, the staterun China News Service has reported. The report from Hubei province said 40-year-old Yang Youxi- ang was "lifted several hundred metres
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        Lock icon PRINCIPAL BRIDE
        49 6 "Dallas" star Victoria Principal (below) has married a Beverly Hills, Cali- fornia, surgeon in a small, private ceremony at a Dallas Hotel. Miss Principal, who plays Pamela Ewing in the popular television soap opera, married Dr Harry Glassman, 42, whom she has known for three years. AP
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        Lock icon TATTOO AIDS
        59 6 The New South Wales government is to crack down on tattooing and acupuncture for fear they could transmit Aids disease, already described as the one of the severest health problems facing the country. Acting State Health Minister Kevin Stewart said the new regulations would severely restrict practioners of
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        Lock icon WHERE'S OLD COKE?
        69 6 The man battling to prevent coca Cola changing its 99-year-old recipe failed to pick the old flavour from the new in a supervised taste test in Seattle yesterday. But Gay Mullins, 67, President of Old Cola Drinkers of America, claimed the test was unscientific. Despite the setback,
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        Lock icon END BULLFIGHTING
        79 6 Spanish animal lovers have brought a storm of protest on themselves by launching an attempt to stop the popular sport of bullfighting. The Association for the Defence of Animal Rights (Adda) is for the first time openly campaigning against the annual slaughter of some 6,000 animals in Spanish
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      Lock icon Old Smithy's last stand?
      448 6 Former Rhodesian PM faces tough fight for White votes HARARE, Sat. The battle between seven Black political parties in next month's Zimbabwean general election will be prefaced by a small but intriguing sideshow that may well be dubbed "Old Smithy's last stand". On Thursday, 32,000 Whites
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      Lock icon UN blasts Pretoria for Botswana raid
      223 6 UNITED NATIONS, Sat. The United Nations Security Council yesterday unanimously condemned South Africa's commando raid on Botswana a week earlier the third time it had denounced the Pretoria regime in three days. The 15-member council said the June 14 attack on alleged bases of
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      Lock icon Market surges by 25 points
      129 6 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. The stock market surged by almost 25 points in active trading yesterday to nearrecord levels as investors responded to signs that the economy could be improving and takeover rumours swirled around General Foods. Trading reached fever pitch in the final
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      Lock icon Ambushed
      23 6 KAMPALA, Sat. The military commander of Uganda's western brigade, LieutenantColonel Obot, was killed together with several soldiers in an ambush yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon Cricket tour boss attacked
      144 6 SYDNEY, Saturday A BLACK South African today punched and wrestled with rebel cricket tour organiser Bruce Francis when he arrived at Sydney airport from South Africa, witnesses said. The former Australian test opener was punched in the face and hit in the body with an attache
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      Lock icon Hassan invites Arab heads
      55 6 RABAT, Sat. Six Moroccan emissaries left Rabat yesterday to deliver King Hassan's invitations to Arab heads of state to attend an extraordinary Arab summit in Morocco on the Palestinian issue. Morocco hopes to have all 21 members of the Arab League attend, Ambassador to Tunisia Mohamed
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      Lock icon US raps 'shameful' Soviet aid effort
      81 6 DALLAS, Sat. President Ronald Reagan yesterday contrasted United States famine aid to Ethiopia with what he claimed was the "shame" of Soviet treatment of its Third World allies. In a speech here, Mr Reagan said the US had supplied Ethiopia with 425,000 tonnes of
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      LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW When women have the last word...
      405 7 LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW When women have the last word... From London THE feminist movement is now an established and growing force in the United States and Western Europe, but the leaders do not believe that women have achieved full equality with men. It is pointless to remind them that a
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      Lock icon Parade against Khomeini
      72 7 DEMONSTRATORS, one disguised as Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, march through London on Thursday to draw attention to the day of martyrs and political prisoners in Iran. Up to 5M anti-Khomeini demonstrators marched for an hoar from Russell Square In North London to Jubilee Gardens. Some held
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      Lock icon Bored MPs tune out
      117 7 LONDON, Sat. British Members of Parliament, bored by long debates, have devised a new way to stay awake in the chamber watching cricket on pocket television sets. Opposition Labour parliamentarian Brian Sedgemore told the House of Commons yesterday fellow members were sneaking miniature televisions into the
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      Lock icon It's bull's eye for Star Wars test
      343 7 Laser beam hits target on space shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Sat. The United States has succeeded in the first successful space test for President Reagan's proposed Star Wars anti-missile defence system. A brilliant low-power beam fired from a mountain top in Hawaii yesterday
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      Lock icon Aids on the rise in Europe
      234 7 GENEVA, Sat. The World Health Organisation said yesterday that the Aids epidemic has continued to spread in Europe since the beginning of ,the year, at a weekly average rate of 14 new cases of the deadly viral disease. Seventeen European countries reported a total
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      Lock icon Sex-torture case: 18 photo albums found
      259 7 WILSEYVILLE (California), Sat. Authorities said they had found 18 albums containing photographs of dozens of women who may have been tortured and killed by two men in northern California. The albums were used by Leonard Lake, 39, who killed himself with a cyanide pill
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      Lock icon The writing's on the wall for offenders
      104 7 The writing's on the wall for offenders NEW YORK, Sat. To combat graffiti on walls and subway trains here, the New York City government yesterday made it illegal for anyone under 18 to buy spray paint and certain brands of permanent marker. The new legislation, which has been approved by
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Hundreds flee as typhoon slams Philippines
      266 8 Hundreds flee as typhoon slams Philippines MANILA, Sat. Typhoon Hal, packing peak winds of 140 kph, today pounded the rice-rich northern Philippines, sending hundreds fleeing to higher ground and leaving at least three people dead. The Manila Weather Bureau said the first typhoon to hit the country this year slammed
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      Lock icon Police lift the lid on mummy trading ring
      156 8 Police lift the lid on mummy trading ring JAKARTA, Sat. Police in South Sulawesi this week broke up a mummy trading ring and seized the shrunken remains of a woman, a newspaper reported today. The Kompas said nine people were arrested on Wednedsay at a hotel in the South Sulawesi
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      Lock icon California dreaming in Kalimantan
      368 8 Presence of foreign oil workers obvious BALIKPAPAN, Sat. There's a little bit of southern California in eastern Kalimantan. The palm-lined avenues, manicured lawns, swimming pools and luxury townhouses of the snugly insulated foreign enclaves seem out of place amid the thatch and corrugated metal hovels of
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      Lock icon He's got the largest croc in captivity
      93 8 THIS ferocious five-metre crocodile which weighs more than a tonne, is the main attraction at the Crocodile Farm in Samut Prakan, Thailand. According to farm manager Charoon Youngpraphakorn, the reptile is the largest of its kind in captivity in the world. The crocodile,
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      Lock icon Thais to trim smugglers' rail express
      200 8 BANGKOK, Sat. Thailand will drop some railway cars from routes between the Malaysian border and the southern Thai city of Haadyai because they are used almost exclusively by smugglers who operate with impunity in concert with corrupt officials, a railway official said. Mr Banyong
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      Lock icon Stone Age canoe hits a bad patch
      262 8 JAKARTA, Sat. Eight people trying to sail across the Indian Ocean in a Stone Age canoe have been towed into the Cocos Islands after their boat sprang a leak and one crew member fell ill. Expedition leader Bob Hobman said the Sarimanok was
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      Lock icon Punish promoters of prostitution, not the girls
      142 8 BANGKOK, Sat. Experts from seven Asian nations want prostitution decriminalised, its victims protected and its promoters punished. They were taking part in a United Nations seminar here, and come from Hongkong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The experts urged
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Bank Bumiputra reports a profit
      386 9 M5973 m loss in 1983 wiped out: Chairman KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Bank Bun iputra Malaysia Berhad (BBivlB) has managed to wipe out its losses, which totalled a massive M5973.6 million in 1983, and replaced it with an after-tax profit of M5480.6 million for the year
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      Lock icon Mahathir receives young visitors
      117 9 THESE children were among the thousands of people who called on Thursday at Seri Perdana, the official residence of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to greet him and his family on Hari Raya Pnasa. The visitors, including foreigners, from all walks of life began
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      Lock icon Proximity talks plan 'viable'
      204 9 BANGKOK, Saturday MALAYSIAN Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Kadir Sheik Fadzir said yesterday that he had discussed with Cambodian resistance leaders the possibility of "proximity talks" aimed at ending the Cambodian conflict. Malaysia had proposed the talks, in which the three resistance groups and the Vietnamese-installed government
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      Lock icon Berjaya: Tussle for key posts on July 14
      213 9 KOTA KINABALU, Sat. A keen tussle for all key posts in Berjaya, which fared poorly in the last Sabah state election, is expected at its congress here on July 14. This is the first time in its 10 years of existence that
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      Lock icon Committee uncovers fresh evidence
      147 9 Committee uncovers fresh evidence KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The committee of inquiry into the Bumiputra-Malaysia Finance (BMF) loans scandal has unearthed fresh evidence which it will compile into a special confidential brief. The brief deals mainly with criminal offences and violations of banking procedures. But it has to be kept confidential
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      Two hotels waiting and hoping
      755 10  -  STU GLAUBERMAN By Go-ahead for schemes may give River View and Meridien Changi edge in tough business FOR Singapore's newest hotels the Hotel Meridien Changi by the sea and the River View Hotel along the Singapore River getting their plans off the ground has been
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      The staying power of old-world charm
      373 10  -  TRACY HO By TWO of Singapore's oldest hotels continue to perform well at a time when newer, better-looking ones are feeling the sting of poor business. While the bigger hotels in the deluxe class are struggling to keep their room occupancy rates at 60
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    • Article
      Boys' Brigade to shoot with AR-15 rifles
      198 10 Boys' Brigade to shoot with AR-15 rifles MEMBERS of the Boys' Brigade will soon be taught to shoot and handle AR-15 automatic rifles. The first batch of 120 boys will have a go at it during a five-day arms drill and musketry course from tomorrow at the National Cadet Corps
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      Seminar on packaging for Japan
      65 10 THIRTY representatives from the food industry will attend a five-day seminar and consultation on how to improve packaging for the Japanese market beginning on Tuesday. Mr M. Fujita, chief designer of Yao Design Institute, with wide experience in packaging techniques, will give marketing tips. The
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    • Article
      Bill to tighten up securities industry drafted
      384 10  - Bill to tighten up securities industry drafted LORETTA MCLAUGHL AN By of Business Times A DRAFT Bill to tighten up the securities industry in Singapore has been prepared by officials at the Attorney General's Chambers. The draft of the proposed Amendments to the Securities Act of 1973 has already been
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      Two lanes of Leng Kee to be closed
      119 10 Two lanes of Leng Kee to be closed TWO lanes of Leng Kee Road will be closed for about six months from tomorrow to allow for the construction of a Mass Rapid Transit viaduct. The closure will be the first in the building of the Phase 1A route between Tiong
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      Free posters on fire safety
      67 10 FREE posters on fire safety, produced by the Singapore Fire Service, are now available. The posters show what should be done during a fire and how to use a fire extinguisher. They will be distributed to factories, private and government buildings and residential flats next
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      Be your own boss, mums wanting work are advised
      843 11  - Be your own boss, mums wanting work are advised DELICE GAN By Opportunities exist, feels NPB man, but women say it's a slog WOMEN who give up their jobs for their families should be encouraged to start small businesses as the alternative to going back to work for others. A
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      Judge laments decline of old ways of arbitration
      222 11 Judge laments decline of old ways of arbitration MR JUSTICE Punch Coomaraswamy yesterday recalled how arbitrators had a special role to play before business practices in Singapore became modern and multi-racial. "In the old days, many clan associations and specialist trade groups, particularly among non-English speaking Chinese businessmen in Singapore,
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      Lock icon Tina looks back with pride
      83 11 WHEN 54 cadets marched with silver wings glinting m the morning sun at the School of Commando Training at Changi yesterday, one of them stood out. She was Cadet Lieutenant Tina Suryani, of St Francis Girls' School, the only girl m the Seventh National Cadet
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      Ex-Nantah Council member dies at 78
      179 11 Ex-Nantah Council member dies at 78 MR Ng Aik Huan, a prominent businessman and for many years an outspoken Na nyang University Council member, died on Friday. He was 78. In 1965, he publicly said he was prepared to go to jail to see that Nantah retained its character as
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      Best of both worlds
      568 12  -  STELLA DANKER By MP tells how she raised her son on Dr Spock and some good old-fashioned advice WHEN sociologist Dr Aline Wong, 43, gave birth to her first son 17 years ago, she was deluged with advice from older relatives. Overwhelmed by such a flurry
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      Pitch in to educate parents, agencies told
      155 12 PARENT education must continue after Family Week, the Minister of State for Community Development, Mr Wong Kan Seng, said yesterday. He appealed to voluntary organisations and community groups to make parent education a part of their services. Mr Wong, who is also the
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      Opposition see election ballots destroyed
      138 12 Opposition see election ballots destroyed BALLOT papers and other documents used in December's general election went up in smoke yesterday. Three opposition leaders and Dr Ow Chin Hock, of the People's Action Party, inspected 174 sealed ballot boxes before they were burned at the Ulu Pandan incineration plant. The boxes,
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      Residents to have lesson in water distribution
      80 12 Residents to have lesson in water distribution WATER supply to Tanah Merah residents will be "disrupted" today at 4 pm. When this happens, residents of Block 39, Bedok South Road, will carry out a water distribution exercise, witnessed by MP Ibrahim Othman. They will collect water from a wagon, hydrant
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      For some, a full dress rehearsal
      299 12  -  KATHLYN TSANG By IT WAS casual dress for most but some thought only their sophisticated best would do as more than 100 hopefuls turned up for a Singapore Broadcasting Corporation talk on the Miss/Mr TV Personality 1986 Contest. One sported bright red glasses, lenses
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      Thai princess arrives today
      141 12 Thai princess arrives today PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand arrives in Singapore today for a sixday official visit. Mr Teh Cheang Wan, Minister for National Development, will receive her at the airport. Princess Sirindhorn, who was invited by the Acting President Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, will attend the 6th
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      No handouts please, NTUC chief tells employers
      475 13  -  IVAN LIM By Non-unionised workers should pay own levy: Teng Cheong THE NTUC has said "no" to the idea of outright grants by employers to help unions in their membership campaigns. Union leaders risk losing their credibility with members if they accept handouts,
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      Comfort cabbies will get new medical benefit from July
      289 13 NTUC Comfort taxi drivers will be able to claim up to $30 a month each as reimbursement for their outpatient medical fees from July 1. This is in addition to the insurance scheme on hospitalisation and surgical treatment for 7,000 Comfort
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      Peranakan Place draws far more Singaporeans
      386 13  - Peranakan Place draws far more Singaporeans HEDWIG ALFRED By TOURISTS are trailing behind Singaporeans who have been packing the shops at Peranakan Place since it opened three weeks ago. Food is the top draw, particularly with Singaporeans, who are less keen about the photography salon, antique shop and a museum
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      Slim or sink for dragon boat rowers
      360 13  -  VALERIE LEE By ';ladflfka;slfdl's Buses: Special loop service 410A will run from Bedok Interchange, Bam-2pm You can get off at the underpass opposite the Lagoon. Fare: 40 cents Other services: 401. 31, 41,135, 149, 196, 211 THE dragon boat teams from Australia, Norway
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    • Article
      King off the fruits humbled by rice dumpling
      310 16  - King off the fruits humbled by rice dumpling DELICE GAN By THE durian, the king of fruits, has been dethroned in this season's glut to be replaced in the money stakes by the humble rice dumpling, now also "in season". Once considered to be worth its weight in gold by
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      Where deals are clinched over mahjong
      472 16  -  LEE SIEW HUA By THE Chinese businessmen's clubs squat cheek-by- jowl with shophouses and bars along Bukit Pasoh Road in Chinatown. Outside, large plastic signs proclaim "No Admission except for members". But walk up the red-carpeted stairs anyway, as I did one afternoon, and
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      Why Josey can't leave yet
      176 16 AUTHOR Alex Josey, 75, has put off leaving Singapore for another six months because he cannot live with his sister in Britain. "My brother has become seriously ill and my sister cannot possibly look after two sick old men," Mr Josey told The Sunday Times.
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      Ministry hires expat teachers for younger pupils too
      482 16  - Ministry hires expat teachers for younger pupils too HEDWIG ALFRED fiy All they need now is a pass degree THE Education Ministry has started hiring expatriate teachers for lower secondary classes when previously they were reserved for pre-university and upper secondary students. One result of this is that the ministry
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      STPB girl killed on first day home
      201 16 A SINGAPORE tourism officer in Taiwan was back for less than a day when she was killed in a traffic accident on Friday. The death of Miss Tan Mni Peoh In a two-car accident at the junction of Still and East Coast roads
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  • FOCUS
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      The Sunday Times VIEW It's also up to the players
      314 17 The Sunday Times VIEW It's also up to the players AS the curtain rises on Wimbledon, the most glamorous tennis tournament of them all, the air, as always, is thick with the usual sort of speculation. Will John McEnroe thunder through as he did last year? Will Ivan Lendl be
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      25 YEARS AGO
      98 17 What The Sunday Times reported on June 19, 1960 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday pledged that the United States would stand firmly behind Taiwan "against any aggression" from the mainland or elsewhere. He said: "The US does not recognise the claim of the warlike and tyrannical Communist regime in
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      SMA's man of moderation
      1237 17 Manufacturers' chief TAN WAH THONG tells how the govt can help industries ride the hard times 4 His philosophy of life is to do things in moderation. Applied to business, he is against abrupt changes in policy such as has occurred over the phasing out of
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      Why MPs' families should get into the act
      983 18  -  Irene Hoe 4 How families feel about politics is bound to have an impact on how the politician sees his own role and the satisfaction he derives from it. The very fact that families are involved is one way of convincing people
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      The main event for shareholders
      600 18  -  Michael Lim "HOW would you like a free lunch at the Marco Polo Hotel?" asked my brother-in-law the other day. Never one to refuse the prospect of a lavish repast amidst posh surroundings, I said yes. "Good. It's on June 7 at noon in the
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      How severely should we treat white-collar criminals?
      501 18  -  John O' Sullivan #Ki_n_i9 It seems that whitecollar criminals must be treated with particular severity precisely because they are respectable. They cannot be condescended to by people pitying their poor background. CONSENSUS on anything in American society is so rare that the almost
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        Punchlines are hard to find
        421 18 WHAT a boon and a blessing Lee Sow Ling's talk tips for politicians (Sunday Times, June 9) should prove for the People's Action Party MPs who must surely dream of penning in quick, bright strokes, rafter ringers that are fresh, vivid, yet anchored in wit
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        Other priorities
        92 18 WHILE I respect and even admire the principal's intentiom to make Victoria Junior College the top JC within the shortest possible time (Sunday Times, June 9), I wonder if she would consider some points raised by the principal of Anderson Junior College. Students ought to be aware that
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      It's never the real thing
      482 18 macw MY 10-year-old nephew Alex does not believe in magic Aladdin's lamps. Geniuses like him are well aware that Aladdin's evil uncle cornered the market for magic lamps long ago. In any case, the warranty date for such lamps expired ages ago and the magicians
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      Women's decade of uneven gains
      2232 19 The United Nations designated 1975 as International Women's Year to raise awareness of the work of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, established in 1946. At a world conference in Mexico City, the themes of equality, development and peace were adopted, and 1976-1985
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      ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
      5 19  -  Collette
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      61 19 Beginning the World Karen Armstrong At seventeen, Karen Armstrong became a nun. Seven years later she left the Order and started her struggle to become ordinary' again. This is a brave story by a brave women. It will make you wonder how you took life for granted. I oth? WORI£«
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  • RACING
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      Loch Bijou day's best
      294 20  - Loch Bijou day's best PEDIGREE Ride that cost Tiley four days By our man on the track PENANG, Sat. Consistent Loch Bijon looks a cut above his 12 rivals in the Class 3 Div 3 event over 1,700 m (Race 9). In his last outing last month, this three-year-old by
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      391 20 RACE RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO I LUCKY LEO WENG SOOK 9 Pulau Sembilan 8 Puerto Rico 5 Chirpy 1 Takanawa Prince 1 Takanawa Prince 1 5 Chirpy 5 Chirpy 9 Pulau Sembilan 9 Pulau Sembilan 8 Puerto Rico 6 Jolly Be True 1 Takanawa Prince 1
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      TODAY'S PENANG CARD
      5054 20 googing forest'dl MMHMg«pH| 1.45 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,200m ■rIW=M (Ratings: 52-42) (Stakes: $11,500) 1 *****0 Takanawa Prince 57 (52) Noble Steed-G Breukelen 5 nzh d3 same Trailed field, finishing 12th of 13 Div 1 1400m last week; even-money favourite run previous and was not disgraced when
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      THE MUDLARKS
      58 20 THESE horses have won Reputation II Bridge 11, Fleet Foot, or done well on a wet RACE 6: Upper Gros- Useful Advice track: venor 11, Tequila Sunrise, RACE 8: Brilliant Hue, RACE 3: Tiny Twinkle Whodunit, The Chancellor, Bylon, Pukawa 11, Bunga Api II Mork RACE 9: Spanish
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      Battling for $615 Win
      2173 21 Leong forges ahead in jockeys' table Race 5 blunder: Yeap injured FIRST *****9 SECOND *****8 THIRD *****7 STARTERS *****9, *****2, *****2, *****4, *****4, *****0, *****1, *****2, *****6, *****6. CONSOLATIONS *****7, *****7, *****0, *****4, *****4, *****1, *****1, *****6, *****7, *****3. By OUR RACING TEAM PENANG, Sat. Today's
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      Go, Gogong, go!
      485 21  -  RHETT KIRKWOOD Bid to win his second Grand National Steeple By of the Melbourne Herald MELBOURNE, Sat. New Zealand gelding Gogong (by Rangong), whose original claim to fame was that he shared the same paddock as 1976 Melbourne Cup winner Van Der Hum, is back in Australia
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        Slippery Sam put down
        755 21 PENANG, Sat. Seven-year-old Slippery Sam 11, who shortened strides quickly approaching the 600 m in Race 7 today and was pulled up, returned lame off-fore and was put down. The Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races: RACE 1: Win The Ba f tle (Masruhen), who was
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      Lock icon Two rivals to clash again in $1m Cup
      192 21 Two rivals to clash again in $1m Cup INGLEWOOD (California), Sat. Greinton and Precisionist, who clashed in five races this year, head a field of seven in the 46th running of the US$5OO,OOO (about Ssl.l million) Hollywood Gold Cup tomorrow. Greinton won in their last meeting a fortnight ago, taking
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      The only visitor
      59 21 CHAMPION Hongkong jockey Tony Da Cruz, now in action at Penang, has been granted permission to ride at the Queen Elizabeth II Cup Meeting starting next Saturday at Bukit Timah. Da Cruz, who rode a winner (Terry Moore) yesterday and won on newcomer Pagan Legend last Saturday,
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      463 21 TONIGHT! ISi L^ aT H Bjb Kh *^*y^"^ v fsfV'\ Presented by Singapore Phonogram Videogram Association and :a^j V_y The International Federation of Phonogram Videogram Producers »JP» GINGERBREAD F C OT onl y > r u et t hear 4 f Counesv of Paramount Hotei/A.v.w Singapore s hottest groups live,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      44 22 183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences Deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family of the late MR NG AIK HUAN From UNITED ASIA REINSURANCE CORPN. LTD. SPORE ASIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. HONGKONG ASIA TRADERS INSURANCE CORPN. PHILIPPINES P.T. ASURANSI CENTRAL ASIA, INDONESIA
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      248 22 181 Deaths 181 Deaths PROF. HO SHIH CHUN AGED 80 Passed away peacefully on 22.6.85 Deeply mourned by: SON: DAUGHTER-IN-LAW Shang H.Ho Nell Ho GRANDSONS GRANDDAUGHTER: John Ho Peggy Ho James Ho NEPHEWS: Jack H.Y.Ho Ho Hsin Hsiung Ho Hsen Hung GRAND NEPHEWS GRAND NIECE Paul (Xiao Da) Nina (Xiao
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      181 Deaths
      178 22 MRS IVY TSANG JAT MENG nee IVY WEE CHYE MUI passed away peacefully on Fri. 21 June, 198$ leaving behind beloved husband, children Cara, Kenneth Corinne to mourn her loss. Body lying at 54 Oriole Crescent. Cortege leaving residence for Ml. Vernon Crematorium on Tues 25 June, 1985
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      181 Deaths
      94 22 MR ANANTHA PUSHPANATHAN AGED 50 Passed away suddenly on 22/6/85 Leaving behind beloved wife, RAJALAKSHIMI, 2 sons and 1 daughter. Cortege leaves at 3pm on 23/6/85 from Rangoon Rd. Secondary School Qtrs. to Chua Chu Kang Hindu Cemetery for burial Tel: *****42. MR. THIVINATHAN ANTHONISAMY (AGED 31) Passed
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      34 22 183 Condolences 183 Condolences Friends of sth BRIDGING PIONEER COMMANDER'S COURSE wish to express their deepest sympathy and condolence to the family of late. MR. FOON CHAW WEE l Departed 19/6/85 "OUR CHERISHED COMRADE"
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      184 In Memoriam
      105 22 In Memonam 20th Anniversary In loving memory of late BERNARD AMBROSE departed 2-i-06-«5 aged 67 yrs. "Sweet are the memories silently Kept Of one we love dearly and never forget." R.H. Maas at Holy Spirit Church, Upper Thomson Road on 23-06-85 at 5.30pm. Always remembered by Wife
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      182 Acknowledgements
      36 22 The Family of the Late MRS. DOLORES THERESA JANSEN with to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, donations and condolences during their recent bereavement.
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      184 In Memoriam
      57 22 In Loving Memory of MR. SIM MUI CHUA Departed: 23 June 1984 It was a year ago today that you left us. Your sudden departure was a sad one. Memories of you will forever traverse our minds. While we swim in this river of life. Sadly missed
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      185 Requiem
      64 22 ATHMA SANTHI POOJA The family of the late KANNOO GOVINDASAMY (RAJOO) (departed on 9 June 1985) express their heartiest thanks to relatives and friends for their prayers, condolences, kind attendance, wreaths, assistance during their recent bereavement. ATHMA SANTHI POOJA will be held on 24 June 1985 at Sivan
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      ATHMA SANTHI POOJA
      61 22 MAIYAYEE d/o ADAIKKALAM passed away peacefully on 9.6.85. Karmathi prayers will be held on 23rd June commencing 10 p.m. at 81k.434 Clementi Avenue 3, #08--234, S'pore-0512. Athma Santhi Pooja will b« held on 24th June at Sivan Temple, Serangoon Road at 7 p.m. Please treat this as
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  • SPORT
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        407 23 The six English clubs prevented from taking part in European competitions next season, because of Uefa's indefinite ban following the Brussels tragedy, are set to launch a tournament to fill the void. Everton, Manchester United, Norwich, Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton have discussed the competition, which
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        106 23 LONDON, Sat. Tottenham Hotspur are spearheading a campaign to stop the British government from banning alcohol at football grounds. The First Division club have played host to members of the All-Parliamentary Football Committee in a bid to show them what is being done at White Hart Lane to
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      1327 25  -  JANICE SEAH 61 paid Aslo2 to fly to Sydney to make the flight to Singapore and I don't even know if the Singapore Sports Council are going to reimburse me. Sport in Singapore is really going to waste. And this Blueprint thing is a bit late,
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      332 25 WITH just over one week to go before entries close for the Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month Award, snooker ace Lim Koon Guan must feel pretty confident about his chances. His record break in the Asian championships puts him in pole
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        601 4  -  LEE GEOK BOI By LIVE crabs are a delicacy in landlocked Munich but not in island Singapore. German wursts or sausages abound in stands all over Germany but are delicatessen food here. Lindt chocolates from Switzerland are displayed at THE delicatessen
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        272 7 Location Luxembourg, or the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as it is officially known, is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, by France to the south, and by the Federal Republic of Germany to the east. It covers an area of 2,586 sq km. Administratively, the territory
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        1022 9 'Intimacy' a key factor, says Ivo Dawnay of Financial Times z If you presented me with a company with all its plans fully drawn up, I could deliver two ministers' signatures approving the scheme within 24 hours. 9 Mr Raymond Kirsch, President of Luxembourg's
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        540 10  -  SUSANNA KULATISSA A two-page report published in conjunction with the Singapore International Dragon Boat Races '85 By Picture by 9 AFTER work each day, Mrs Vijaya Kumari makes her way as she has been doing since April not homewards, but to the Marine Police headquarters for
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        233 10 BRONZED muscles, loud drums, cheers and chants will combine today to transform the usually peaceful East Coast beach into a hub of frenzied activity. So if you want a bit of excitement, come down to the East Coast Parkway (near the 6km mark), to watch
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        441 11  -  JOSEPHINE NG By I SCUBA-DIVING is an equipmentintensive sport. Not to be confused with skin-diving or snorkelling, it makes use of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus or scuba. Scuba-diving schools in Singapore are affiliated to the Singapore Underwater Federation or one of four international diving associations the
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        526 11  - Why I've never learnt to swim AUDREY PERERA By I IT ALWAYS ends or starts with me in hysterics. By this time, my companion would usually have swum away in the opposite direction, towards the deep end where he would be safe from me. Children are born without fear of
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        1119 12 LULIN REUTENS discovers that the country today has many similarities to Singapore 15 years ago FARMER Huang Feng Yuan and his wife Madam Jin Yu Zhen have never had it so good. At Double Peak Village in Hangzhou, they own a three-bedroom, two-storey, corner terrace
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        695 12  -  SATISH SREEDHARAN Malaysian Corner Pulau Kapas, Trengganu By THERE'S nothing like a horde of visitors to ruin the beauty of a scenic spot. Far too many tourist attractions have been ruined this way. Pulau Kapas, an island off Trengganu, is one such place but
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      482 1 He's being called the new John Wayne. Hollywood's all-macho hero, quick on the draw and slow on the drawl. But is Sylvester Stallone who returns as Rambo in the new record- breaking smash First Blood II just another muscle-bound idol? Or is he a creative artist whose
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        1869 1 H/^)iiftfjjgH*^^ !P___ Amm BV! B___ ___k ____S_nrlM_9eSi_l \m_\w' 'mmmmMmWmmmmWfSmmmmWßm Mm atma^^ il mIWW 5 nH 1 the colourful floral pageant, held in Pasade- Hk* 1 \\W^ '^*^3 _H _^_K_s__^l^l^^^ fffVl na, America, on Jan 1 this year, in which the §BS_? IM Drill i___ _BB___il___w r^ _T Singapore entry won
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        415 2  -  LIM KAY TONG By TV PREVIEW Robert Kennedy and His Times Monday, Ch 5, 9.15 pm WITH selected events falling so pat into place in this sevenpart series, the first question which arises is: Were the Kennedys a family so good and blessed?
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        New era of active debate
        686 2 The TV debates return, and a new league faces the cameras for a weekly display of sharp wit and blunt rebuttal. LIM KAY TONG sits in on the recording of the first quarter-final to pen some impressions of this year's talent WELL, they had over
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        Reporters go ga-ga over star
        373 2  -  TEO LIAN HUAY look east ~J TAIWANESE reporters mobbed actor Chow Yuen Fatt when he arrived in Taipei after winning the Best Actor award at the recent Asian Film Festival in Japan. The female reporters cast aside their note-pads and tape-recorders to jostle for autographs
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        Kurosawa's 'Hollywood' extravaganza
        354 2 TVPWEVISW Kagemusha Today, CH 1 2, 8.35 pm WITH help from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, samurai film veteran Akira Kurosawa was given a golden opportunity to make an expensive film. And so he made kagemusha, which picked up the grand prize at the 1980 Cannes
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        427 2 B^nowshowhlg^^ Q JURONG DRIVE-IN/MAISTIC/ODEON-KATONG/ZEMTH Q X BROADWAY/BtDOK/REGAL/GALA/KONG CHJAN/VENUS 9 V JURONG DRIVE-IN <2«*****): 2 SHOWS 7 30 9 30pm V Q ODEON-KATONG (*****19): 4 SHOWS 1 .00, 3 30, 7.00 9 00pm \J Q BROADWAY (*****94) 4 SHOWS: I 30, 3 30, 7.00 9 00pm iS X BEDOK (*****77) 4
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        112 2 A NEW CONCEPT OF HEALTH RENE W YOUR ENERGY You witt be bursting wrrh health wh«n you come oul from ouj^^ 5^ hearth centre in the Jr IV Orchard Tower mT&& ns, 4 We offer urparafleted'/ swSb service by quatffied flL and charming jf A masseuses. Our f^^^ _*>^tf^ newly
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        182 2 mmmaa s je m s ORGANISATION I NOW SHOWING No Free List W m prince 11 am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 Liberty-President-Jurong S 4 SHOWS: 1 45, 4, 6 45, 9 15 1 1 ft Ifo I Today 1.45, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 I "AFFECTIONATELY YOURS" Mandarm in Scope-Color Tomorrow "The
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        166 2 CHINA FILMS' PKSTIVAL »85 Golden Princess NOW SHOWING! Not* Timesl G: 11, 1.00, 4, 6.45, 9.00 Pr: 1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30 "HUA TUO and CAO CAO" SNTBTAINING 00MBOV ABOUT «to LBBKWD4ET ITOKmi HI TfO CLEMEMTI 4 r^VJ DAILY at 1.30, 3.30, 7.15, 9.30 NEW TOWN "$£A n DAILY at 1.30,
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        2191 3 MONDAY /jflFffiS.jfrl —^J^^L——JLH I __PP_K LUNCHTIME CULTURAL 0 nrvnrnx i/rMMmv _oi^-^_^--_B--______i-_-_-_: m _____n i pntppthmmfnt *t iNff 1 |S| programme: P^ ROBERT KENNEDY [J fl I 1;« ____il_k ra ==D^ AFT Irrr.n EMM^ m s^t i and his times mm LMm CENTRE: _F.l "Tfti 1.8 David Lim. performs. Programme K
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        3298 4 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2.30 P.M. SBCTEXT. Sample pages. 530 P.M. SBCTEXT. Sample pages. 2- 20 P M MC ™"J?- m i e 2 ageS 5 30 P M SBCTEXT Sample pages 2 30 P>M> SBCTEXL Sample pageS 5 30 P M mmi Sam P |e P a B es 3.00
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        843 5 They're being touted as Britain's answer to America's Hall and Oates. Meet Go West, the new duo whose two hits We Close Our Eyes and Call Me are currently on Singapore's Top 10. JOHN SMALLWOOD reports THEY are the newest duo in Britain's heart-throb
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        Class act that looks to be promising
        465 5  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN POP REViEW -B, CLASS ACTS Various Artistes (WEA) TAKE five Singapore groups. Add nine songs of largely original material. The result: Class Acts, one of the most promising local albums released in a long time. Class Acts is a bold venture,
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        Nice if it had worked
        690 5  -  CHRIS LEWIS JAZZ REVIEW By NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Ella Fitzgerald and Andre Previn (Pablo Today CD) THERE came a point in Ella's career when listening to her older material (of 20 to 30 years ago) became more satisfying than enduring her
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        637 5 h -■"•■■■■■•■l jf JMk^T" v^var Bf^^^ 1 Train As A Companv Sales Executive and leave that poor job behind you! The happy family, the house and Holders of the MAMSA Part 1 1 Diploma the car could be Yours. With you in Sa)es Marketing will be totally in p,«p ß
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        274 6 THIS is a reminder to those of you who may not have seen our invitation to write in on the topic of whether you like being the sex you are. A month ago, I asked those of you who enjoy writing to write on that topic. We will
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        Mobile bird for your window
        312 6 You can make this bird mobile for your window or you could tape it to your ceiling. Get an adult to help you hang it up, especially if you have an open window without grilles. Even if the window has grilles, you should not try
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        WOMEN PIONEERS MARIA MONTESSORI
        320 6 WOMEN PIONEERS MARIA MONTESSORI THE WAY you were taught at kindergarten probably owes a lot to the revolutionary ideas of an Italian woman doctor called Maria Montessori. By the time she died in 1952, at the age of 81, her method of teaching young children was being used all over
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        460 6 QUALIFY*, promotion through ICS Independent Home-Study Programs now available from the U.S.A. in addition to the latest Courses offered by our U.K. and Australian Offices as shown below. I.C.S. started the correspondence method of instruction in the States 95 years ago and have since enrolled more than 8 million people
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        143 6 We welcome all SBS/NTWU members and guests to the Jurong Bird Park on their Family Day- a JUBONG BIRD ERRK Jurong Hill, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Jurong Town, s^ >, Singapore 2262. uBiO -,nO^ )jf I \(fl* /»O<^* lie* lit I »#ft irtfl** I" nWWBI "Iff II i W 1 1
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        191 6 32 VOLUME ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANMICA EASY TO READ EASY TO USE EASY TO OWN READY REFERENCE KNOWLEDGE IN DEPTH An encyclopaedia in itself lets you find Quick Basic Facts in Here you'll find learning in depth and in detailed coverage with the thoroughness for virtualfy any area of knowledge. which Britannica
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        42 6 Where are the oldest bathrooms in the world? In Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley in Pakistan. They date back to around 2500 BC. There are: A large bath, a group of smaller baths and some bathrooms in several of the private houses.
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        46 6 SPOT 'EM There are eight things in drawing A that are missing from drawing B. How many can you find? ANSWERS: jaqiunu asnoq pue 'asnoiq UO }dl|3od 'JIBLf sjjiS uj JdMoy 'quioo s.uaq 'uue sjiiS '5 az\_ uo da^s '}jius s.ueui uo suonnq '.uoies uo ujanej
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        45 6 ATTACH (verb): to fasten or join to; to think of something as having: e.g. to attach importance to the event; (adjective) attached: fastened, fond of; (noun) attachment: something attached; a joining by loye or friendship. ATTACHECASE (noun): a small case (see picture) for papers, etc.
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        33 6 13 12 .11 a- «o Everything's going along swimmingly in this picture, but something's missing. To find out what it is, join the dots from 1 to 2 to three and so on.
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        64 6 Baoyu Where can you always find money? Meili: In the dictionary. Gnosdang: Why do storks stand on one leg? Meili: If they lift both, they will fall over. Seen on the bionic man's gravestone: Rust in peace. Doctor: The cheque yon gave me came back. Patient: So did the pain
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        197 7 THE STRAITS CHINESE HERITAGE SERIES X r>4- r~y\ This is a collector's guide to Straits I --J^. mrtg&Hk WB&W y^Z^^"*'^ CViYOCXS L^mMRSC Chinese silver, the product of a curious PfIBISISB HP'S U-^^ nTTTTTiIT\ blcnd between tlu ult and religious also b > thc saill^ author i^-^^l IB* > U4l t^Wfiii3^jPP^^fcSlP™
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        208 7 IUE RD9I LDQPR I/mev,\ |/soi^Ars\ a r I TODAY'S WORLD IHE DHIi UI3U, M\( K£/ mapped J 6^ SI I watt </a£ rife \/>/ >thormv?t^ W\ l^ si^J u 1 /mlmw^ irrm BSi awards n q —Aic^- fflW lIJJIIJ luiI u i I WAS SORRY TO MEAP.^) j^/wAl^Ks" lIT MOST
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        127 8 f THIS NEW SCHEME OF VOORS IS THE- V //OH, REALLY. l| f ANP JUST HOW, f L 4^ I'M 6ONNA SHOOT J SLIMIEST VET, MILES M WON'T LET X/ it JESSIE' 1 MY PEAR, PO SOU Jh. WYW AMEMOTHAUt R^SHOar«EAMEMo7I i /hoWCOOLP r L^B^^THE MEMO'S U INPEEP... UAI f
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        245 8 Hlfej 4 M 5 R /vy f^^^^ JM ALWAYS T^E BBARER OF T'^ SfSV PEOPJ-E SEI-i. SLIR .^r 4 VOLj OU<&HT To &>lt> fjEWS I *ET BLAMED THEIR CARS EVEN 7HEI£ sJ* S&J* o^ I BE A TAX FOR T** LAWS I DIDN'T J£meg™%sj?Z* >t&* THESE PA/5 I COLLECTOR CREATE
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        723 11 *****66 I 2 Eating Out FOR QUICK LUNCH Reservation, visit Lai Wah Restaurant: 377C, Jalan Besar (Aircond). Tel: *****03/ *****94. Branch: (Blk. 44) 1436 Bendemeer Road (Aircond). Tel: *****60/ *****61. FRISCO REST. INTRODUCES a scourse candlelight set dinner at $18 nett. 21 Collyer Quay, 81-02 Hongkong Bank Bldg, S'pore 0104.
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        297 11 13 Musical Instruments JVC ORGAN FOR sale $1,100. Interested please call *****20/ *****00 after 3pm. YAMAHA ORGAN CSSN, excellent condition. Price: $3,000. Tel: *****04 Peter. YAMAHA PIANO M2G, Petrof, Struss, Steinberg $600 and above. Shelley Piano Co. *****27. YAMAHA PORTASOUND PC-100, playcard system organ $300. Tel: *****07 (8.00 5.00pm). YAMAHA
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        707 11 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts f CHINESE ANTIQUE I EXHIBITION SALE THE GALLERY i v 4th LEVEL PARAMOUNT HOTEL^rW: (Opposite Parkway Parade) _T<l^ JUNE 20th— 23rd 1985j\>£lN<3 TIME: 10AM TO IOPMfI W£f i QUAINT PERFECTION rVSp 3[ I 81-152 PARKWAY PARADE. TEL: *****50, *****03 jL Antique blackwood, rosewood, lacquer
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        578 11 24 Garage Sale FAST CHEAP SALE! Aircond, fridge, dining set, leather settee, chairs, beds, plants, hall divider, curtains, lamps, lightings, chandelier, tv, video, tapes, carpets, washer, dryer, dogs, altar table, bar counter, oven, pawnttckets, heaters kitchen cabinet. *****58/ *****97. GERMAN MADE PIANO, Queen size bed, teakwood sideboard, shell carved/ coppertone
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        659 11 27 Wanted ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST PRICES offered for your gold, diamond, jewellery, watches and pawnshop tickets. Telephone: *****9, *****9, Address: #03-02, Third floor, People's Park Centre. 28 Health Centres/ Massage DOUBLE-FORTUNE HEALTH CENTRE. #04-12/ 13 Fortune Centre, 190 Middle Road. Massage/ sauna. All rooms with shower attached Daily 10.30am to 11pm.
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        721 11 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9 00am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30am to 2.00pm (11am deadline for the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9.00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Times Orchard Centre, #02-105 Lucky Plaza Monday-Friday: 10.00am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm for next day) Time* Houm, 390 Kim Sang Road Monday
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        535 11 57 Business Opportunities Distributor For J Australian Pork wanted a To handle sales of 4 4 fresh pork, liver kidney from Australia a for the Singapore a market. a f Write to: 4 H. S. F. Loh J Trans Property Agencyy J 19 Park Rd, Milton 4 QLd., Australia TIT
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        757 11 RATES Run-On: $5 00 per line (Min. $15.00) Semi-display: $20.00 per col. cm. (Min $60 00 Straits Times) $20.50 per col. cm (Min. $61.50 Sunday Times) Display: $25.00 per col. cm (Mir. $75.00 Straits Times) $25.62 per col. cm. (Min. $76.86 Sunday Times) Box Charges: $5.00 (collected) $10.00 (posted) 69
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        703 11 CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Food/Entertainment (2 5) Personal Services/Merchandtse(ll 39) Business to Business (49 58) Employment (64 74) Vehicles (81 9S) Properties (105 127) Travel Guide (13S 139) Education ft Instruction (146 157) Announcements (166 174) Obituaries (181 185) 86 For Sale: BMW '83 MODEL 728iA, fully auto, low mileage, pte owner,
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        814 11 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan MUST SELL EITHER '84 Nissan Sunny 1.5 GL or Datsun 280ZX (sports). Highest offer secures. Please ring Lim *****48. 1979 DATSUN 120V stationwagon. PARF, accident free original paint, aircon, new tax. $10,500 43A Lor 25, Geylang. 1980 OATSUN 100A. Aircon, s/rims, expensive hi-fi, new paint, road
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        955 12 90 For Sale: Toyota MID '80 Corolla Dx Llftback PARF. Metallic maroon colour, 1 s'nms, p/windows, new rd tax/ insurance. $14,900. *****44 I SEPTEMBER 1981 TOYOTA Corolla I DX. Excellent condition. Highest i offer secures. Tel: *****81, i *****82. 82 TOYOTA COROLLA 1 3GL sspeed. Ist owner, new tax, air-
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        855 12 92 For Sale: Mazda 84 RX7 TURBO, power steering, LSD Gotti 8x15", 3 piece rims with wide body image. Enthusiast pise tel *****5, Patrick Leek. MAY 78 MAZDA 323 1000 c.c. sdoor, s/'ims, radio cassette, aircon. $8,700. *****79 after 2pm. MAY '83 MAZDA 1.5 GT Saloon. Nev; road tax, sun-roof,
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        825 12 94 For Sale: Other Makes ONE OWNER 1983 Toyota Supra, 2-tone in grey colour, accident free, with full accessories. Highest reasonable offer secures. Tel: *****61 1971 FIBREGLASS BODY sports car. Aircon, radio, cassette, tax/ insurance. View: 32D, Lorong Ampas (dist.l232). 1981 DAIHATSU CHARADE 1000. 5-door, excellent condition, aircon, hi-fi. H.p.
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        708 12 97 Vehicles Wanted WILLING TO PAY good price for quality used cars. Reasonable offers to: Mr. Koh, *****77. 98 Scrap Vehicles ATTRACTIVE PRICE FOR PARF vehicles. Cash payment. *****86/ *****67 (Sun Mon.) BEST PRICE OFFER for all PARF scrap/ used cars. Cash payment. *****61, Huang (day/ night). HIGHEST ATTRACTIVE PRICE
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        927 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses I 1 I Hill-top Luxury Residences 1 I Elevated locality. Easy Transportation I Situated beside Shangri-la Park and the p^7ZT- r I well-known St Nicholas Pri Sec School at /^""wjm r p°"/ a Olk f ;Sl %c I Thomson area. Near MRT station. A new fT
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        285 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms DIST 1954 2 RMS, hall, cooking, bathrm, PUB, private entrance. Maid's service. $550. *****28. D.15 2 FURN. RMS for students. Aircon, TV, meals/ laundry arrangeable. *****02. D.9 FURN. AIRCON rm. Pool. Expat/ foreign students. Laundry/ meals arrangeable. $500. *****13. EXPAT WANTED TO
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        226 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms SHARE QUIET AND Cosy fully furn. apt with condo facilities. Tel *****67 TANGLIN COURT HOTEL- Central, clean, comfort convenient. Carpark. Daily $48 $53. *****81. UPPER CHANGI FURNISHED room in semi-d. Quiet locality. Single only. $150. *****09 after 10am. 1 ROOM BUKIT Batok
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        477 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses I fcHDB PROPERTIES TO LET Tenders are invited for the lettings of the following unfurnished residential ties:Tender Deposit A) CHIP BEE GARDENS Payable (Off Holland Road) (i) Double-Storey Terrace (3 bedrooms) at 3 Jalan Rumia $1,050.00 (ii) Double-Storey Terrace (3 bedrooms) at 51 Jalan Rumia $1,050.00
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        261 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses 114 For Sato: Private Apartments D.15 KATONG FORT Rd, Paterson Mansion (groundflr) 1,400 sq.ft. Freehold, 3 bdrms, bathrm attached, 2 hails, free carpark. $230,000. Sin Hua Hin *****57. FREEHOLD PTE APT. 2 rms. with big balcony. Excellent cond. 1800 sq.ft. $198,000. Tel: *****60. View: 361 A
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