The Straits Times, 20 July 1985

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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  • The Sunday Times Tomorrow
    • 38 1 They are the main weekend afternoon attraction at Centrepoint shopping centre teens in big, bright clothes, streaked hair and loud accessories. They tell Lim Phay-Ling where they get the money and ideas for it all.
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    • 48 1 Thirteen-year-old Ruth Lawrence recently graduated with first-class honours in mathematics from Oxford University, the youngest graduate in its history. What is it like to come face to face with such a genius and how did her father nurture such a gifted child?
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    • 36 1 Eleven models from China are due to arrive today to show off about 140 made-in-China silk outfits. Sashi Thapa reports on how the Chinese fashion industry is trying to take a leap forward.
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    • 34 1 The best hamburger, the cheapest beer, the places for single women and the newest lateafternoon craze plus other articles in an eight-page supplement on the street that never sleeps.
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    • 28 1 See whether you agree with a reader's recipe for a new paper to fill the gap left by the death of the Singapore Monitor.
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  • 603 1 Federal Reserve chief sees better prospects in second half WASHINGTON, Friday GOVERNMENT figures show the US economy is in worse shape than previously thought but Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker remains convinced an upturn rather than a recession lies ahead. The Commerce Department said yesterday
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  • 225 1 ROME, Frt. The Italian Treasury Ministry today closed the foreign exchanges temporarily following the collapse of the lira against the American dollar In early dealing. The move has set off speculation of a devaluation. The lira fell It per cent In a few hours of trading,
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  • 249 1 Why little Eve can't go to kindergarten THIS is three-year-old Eve Van Grafhorst, who has been barred from attending her kindergarten in Gosford, Sydney, by the New South Wales Health Department because she has lymphadenopathy, an Aids-related disease. She is believed to have contracted the disease from a blood transfusion
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  • 50 1 MOSCOW, Fri. An orbital Soviet menagerie has returned to earth after a week-long space flight to test animals' reactions to weightlessness, Tass news agency said today. The mini-zoo, made up of a highly-trained monkey, rats, lizards, fish and insects, was sent into orbit on July 10.- Reuter
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  • 141 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. The House of Representatives is seeking to prohibit the Library of Congress from reproducing Pliyboy in Braille, despite its popularity among the blind. Despite chuckles from some Members who dismissed the issue as frivolous, the Democratic-controlled House voted 216
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  • 248 1 200 feared dead in Italian dam disaster STAVA (Italy), Frl. Up to 2tt people were feared dead today when an earthworks dan bant In northern Italy, sweeping away at least two hotels ana between II and 21 booses. A Civil Protection Ministry spokesman In Rome said the death toll was
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  • 394 1  - School projects may be cause of mutilated library books IRENE HOE By TEACHERS who ask their pupils to use pictures, maps and diagrams for their projects may unwittingly be lending vandalism a hand. And because of this danger, pupils should be asked to make their own illustrations, said Mrs Hedwig
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  • 368 1  -  S. KUMAR By THE stock market recorded its biggest one-day jump this year, with a 19.61-point rise in the Straits Times Industrial Index to 755.87. Across the board price gains, fuelled by rumours that Malaysian Finance Minister Dairn Zainuddin had instructed Malaysian inst i t
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  • 30 1 KATHMANDU, Fri. Nepal's veteran diplomat and former foreign minister Major-General PadTia Bahadur Khatri died today after a prolonged sickwss due to an intestinal tunphir He was 69. AP
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    • 225 1 I Inside 56 pages today Summary 2 World News 34 Asean/ Causeway 7 Editorial IS Background 17 Letters 18 TlmesDollar 19-22 Classifieds 23-33 Racing 32, S3 Sports 34-37 9roW \~'M. 1 I Br Br i^^idflßHßTHßiaJßßfli r J GIVE YOUR CHILD THE GIFT OF MUSIC. It's a lifelong present For decades
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 392 2 4-D bosses meet UNDERGROUND lottery bosses have met to discuss how to handle the competition from the Singapore Pools computerised betting system that will be launched next year. The 4-D kingpins want to find ways to keep their bettors from going "legal" once the Pools opens its 150 outlets
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    • 279 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: MUCH of what ails the Singapore economy can be attributed to the belated effects of a global economic downturn, bat it Is undeniable that we are going through a painful period of structural adjustment. We must acknowledge that we have grown a little flabby, and
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    • 136 2 ALLOW FOREIGN FUNDS CALL A ONE-TIME sceptic now sees the Government in a different light. He sees it now as one which is flexible and responsive to public opinion; as has been shown by the scrapping of the graduate mothers' scheme, the change in the taxi policy and the
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    • 109 2 HIGH PRICE OF SUGAR HERE IS F N'S PROBLEM THE truth is out. It's more than just the bad weather that's been bothering Fraser Neave all these years. The influx of cheap canned soft drinks from overseas manufacturers has led to a paradox for the company rooted in the
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    • 301 2 Christy in the lead IRELAND'S Christy O'Connor Junior shot a record seven successive birdies in a first round of 64 at the British Open golf championship on Thursday as title-holder Severiano Ballesteros laboured to a five-over-par 75. Ballesteros, hot favourite to win the Open for the third time, had
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    • 652 2 OAU summit opens THE 21st meeting of the leaders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) opened on Thursday in Addis Ababa, the site of the organisation's headquarters. The four-day meeting is intended to focus on Africa's deteriorating economic situation. Ethiopian leader Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, in
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    • 156 2 Around Asean... and Across the Causeway 'Hands off call PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday told Malaysian politicians to stop interfering in administrative matters. They should leave the job to government officers, he said. The role of politicians was to ensure the smooth implementation of government policies and
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    • 494 2 Dictionary that'll help IF YOU have still not figured out the vagaries of the English language, resorting to the dictionary is sometimes no help. Not when "Chumley" is spelt Cholmondeley or 'Fenshaw" is spelt Fatherstonehaugh. One medical dictionary unequivocally equates cancerous with carcinogenic, and vice versa, leaving the
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  • around the WORLD
    • 101 3 CANNES, Fri. A son of executed Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has been found dead in his apartment here. Mr Shahnawaz Khan Bhutto, with his brother Murtaza, headed the Al- Zulfikar urban guerrilla group. Police said there were no signs of foul play,
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    • 389 3  -  PETER HAZELHURST Warning comes amid call in US for import tax By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. Japan may witness a slowdown in its growth rate and face a serious trade war later this year. This, in blunt terms, is the warning issued by two
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    • 282 3 Floods claim 275 lives in south-west China BEIJING, Friday DAMS burst, the earth caved in and 275 people died when torrential rains caused the worst flooding for several decades in south-west China, the Civil Affairs Ministry said today. About 30,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and the lives of about
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    • 114 3 Accord to end Gujarat unrest NEW DELHI, Fri. The government of India's western Gujarat state and leaders of a four-month-old protest campaign have signed a truce to end unrest in which more than 200 people have died. The campaign was against official job and college quotas for underprivileged castes. Campaign
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    • 41 3 HONGKONG, Fri. The number of divorce cases in Hongkong has risen six-fold in the past decade, according to official figures released today. A total of 4,766 divorce cases were recorded last year, compared with 789 in 1974. AFP
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    • 201 3 BEIJING, Fri. China assured overseas Investors today It would 1 not retreat from Its "open-door" policies, despite economic problems and cutbacks fSln seme coastal areas M#«et aside for foreign imd, China's announcegfnent this week that it £Zwould slow foreign -Investment In II of Its
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    • 109 3 I LONDON, Fri. The Air India Boe- ing 747, which crashed into the sea i off Ireland on June 23 with 329 people on board, could have been hit by the debris of a Soviet space rocket, the Daily Mail reported today. It said investigators believed that
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    • 314 3 Breach of trust and forgery case TAIPEI, Fri. The government is investigating the former head of Taipei's Finance Department in connection with Taiwan's biggest bank scandal, a prosecutor said today. Prosecutor Chen TsungMing said Ko Pei-Pao, 67, had not been arrested but was being
      Reuter; AFP; AP  -  314 words
    • 174 3 TOKYO, Fri. Japan's imports are at a standstill and this could contribute to trade friction, the Economic Planning Agency said today. In its monthly economic report, the EPA said imports of food products dropped 12.4 per cent in June over the previous month on a
      Reuter  -  174 words
    • 219 4 WASHINGTON, Friday THE State Department yesterday rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres for rejecting the names of Palestinians proposed for talks with the US on the Middle East peace process. Spokesman Robert Smalley dismissed the idea of an Israeli veto on the names but
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    • 297 4 Focus on continent's worsening economic situation ADDIS ABABA, Friday THE 21st meeting of the leaders of the Organisation of African Unity opened yesterday with a call for greater self-reliance, a sharp attack on the West, and the election of a man regarded as a political
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      • 66 4 BELGIUM HAS asked a Soviet trade official to leave the country after he was arrested in the port of Antwerp earlier this week while trying to buy scientific documents, the Justice Ministry said in Brussels yesterday. It confirmed newspaper reports that Vladimir Makeyev, an official of the Soviet
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      • 60 4 THE SOVIET Union has apologised to Norway after a Russian warship on Atlantic manoeuvres cut the cable of a Norwegian vessel making seismic tests in the Barents Sea. A Soviet diplomat in Oslo delivered a full apology on Thursday, the second this year for incidents in the Arctic
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      • 65 4 SOUTH AFRICAN police used teargas yesterday to scatter 2,000 stone-throwing students at a school in Soweto after 24 hours of rioting in 16 Black townships across the country. Witnesses reported sporadic stone-throw-ing outside in several areas of Soweto, South Africa's largest Black community. The biggest clash with police
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      • 71 4 THE TURKISH authorities lifted martial law in Ankara yesterday after six-and-a-half years, but it showed no sign of ending in the south-east of the country, where Kurdish rebels skirmish almost daily with troops. Martial law was imposed on Ankara and 12 other provinces on Dec 26, 1978,
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      • 63 4 PRESIDENT RONALD Reagan has decided to appoint Federal Trade Commission chairman James Miller m as his new budget director, replacing Mr David Stockman, Congressional sources said in Washington on Thursday. The President's decision to tap the FTC chairman was his first major action since undergoing cancer surgery last
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      • 72 4 NORTH AND South Korean Red Cross officials met for a second round of talks at Panmunjom yesterday, but failed to agree on how to arrange for the first exchange of family members separated by the Korean War. They agreed to meet again at the border truce village
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    • 128 4 MONROVIA. Frl. Liberia has broken off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and given Soviet diplomats 72 hoars to leave. A Foreign Ministry statement yesterday said this followed the arrest of 14 students caught visiting the Soviet Embassy, in some cases to pass on
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    • 34 4 TEL AVIV, Fri. Israel will free 100 Lebanese prisoners next week as part of its phased mease of inmates rounded up in south Lebanon, a defence official said yester-' day. AP
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    • 33 4 BEIRUT, Fri. Iraq and Iran both reported shooting down enemy aircraft on bombing missions over the northern battiefront where ground troops have engaged in four days of fierce cross-border fighting. UPI
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    • 222 4 TEL AVTV, Fri. The Soviet Union is softening its position or allowing Jews to emigrate ana would be willing to discuss restoring diplomatic relations with Israel state-run radio said today. The change in attitude surfaced at a Paris meeting of the two countries' ambassadors
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    • 109 4 GENEVA, Fri. The President of the Central African Republic, General Andre Kolingba, came under automatic weapons fire during a clash with elephant poachers in late May in one of his country's big game parks, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a statement hero yesterday.
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    • 295 5 US makes bid to hold meeting this year GENEVA, Friday THE world's major trading nations today failed to agree on a date for high-level talks aimed at stemming a rising tide of protectionism. But the United States invoked a surprise procedure to try to
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    • 178 5 ANN ARBOR (Michigan), Fri. Indochinese immigrants who entered the United States after 1978 are making steady economic progress, and their children are shattering school grade records, a University of Michigan researcher said. Cultural values and family-centred achievement goals apparently were the reasons for the strong showing,
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    • 64 5 WASHINGTON, Fri, Add "Made in Space" to the list of product labels. The US announced on Wednesday the first offer for sale of a product manufactured in space. The Commerce Department's National Bureau of Standards said billions of tiny polystyrene spheres, each only 10
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    • 230 5 The Latin American debt that is 'not payable' HAVANA, Fri. Latin American and Caribbean trade unions meeting in Havana have proclaimed the region's huge foreign debt "unpayaole" and called for a day of protest throughout the region. A draft final document still under discussion last night fell short of Cuban
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    • 209 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Frl. Authorities have smashed a cheque-steal-ing ring involving an estimated 3i,MO US Treasury cheques worth millions of dollars which were stolen from US mail and sent overseas for cashing. "This is the largest itch cheque-stealing scheme the secret service has ever uncovered and
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    • 495 5 World Bank makes record $2.5b profit WASHINGTON, Fri. The World Bank achieved a record profit of US$l.l4 billion (552.5 billion) for the financial year ending June 30, surpassing the previous high of US$752 million in 1983 anc amounting to 90 per cent over 1984's net earnings of US$6OO million. The
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    • 60 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. A decade after the last United States combat troops withdrew from Vietnam, America today saluted almost 2,500 servicemen still missing and unaccounted for in the jungle of South-east Asia. Memorial services, raised flags and balloons marked the day honouring the troops, some of whom
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    • 125 5 NEW YORK, Fri. Rock superstar Madonna climbed another rung in the celebrity world when her US$l.2 million (552.6 million) bid for a flat in an exclusive Central Park building was rejected by tenants. The rejection put the flashy singer in league with such celebrities as former
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    • 462 6 Pay-rise row as polls show swing against her LONDON, Friday PRIME Minister Margaret Thatcher, battered in new opinion polls, ran into fresh controversy yesterday by announcing doubledigit pay rises over the next year for judges, senior army officers and civil servants. The staggered increases of up
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    • 211 6 MOSCOW, Fri. Soviet officials, normally vacationing at the Black Sea at this time of year, are working on directives aimed at getting new leader Mikhail Gorbachev's ambitious economic plans off the ground. The government newspaper Izvestia yesterday published three directives ordering a re-evaluation of the
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    • 151 6 BONN, Fri. A scandal threatening to wreck Austria's wine expert trade took on new dimensions yesterday as the Health Ministry here named 82 Austrian wines intended for West German shoppers which It said contained toxic chemicals. The ministry, which issued the list after
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    • 120 6 BRUSSELS, Fri. One of a pair of apes King Baudouin of Belgium brought back from a state visit to Zaire has died, sparking off new protests by animal protection groups accusing the monarch of violating laws protecting rare species. A veterinary surgeon at Antwerp
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    • 209 6 Britain to set up intelligence unit to fight drugs LONDON, Fri. Britain will set up an intelligence unit to fight drug abuse, the Home Office said yesterday. Known as the National Drugs Intelligence Unit, it will be staffed by police and customs officers and led by former head of London's
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    • 125 6 MAINZ (West Germany), Fri. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl yesterday denied any knowledge of an alleged multi-million dollar tax evasion racket when he faced a corruption inquiry in his home state of Rhineland Palatinate. Showing occasional anger, Mr Kohl told a committee in
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    • 127 6 ROME, Fri. Giuseppe Piromalli, a leader of the Calabrian Mafia, was given 11 life sentences yester day for as many murders at a trial at Palmi of 6 members of the underworld that logged a total of 11 centuries in prison terms. Fifty-one of
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  • AROUND ASEAN... and Across the Causeway
    • 377 7 Let officers do their jobs, politicians told KULIM (Kedah), Friday PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Moh amad today told Malaysian politicians to stop interfering in administrative matters, saying that they should leave the job to government officers. Politicians' role was to ensure the
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    • 209 7 Mochtar to Kadin: Stick to business JAKARTA, Fri. Foreign Minister Dr Mochtar Kus u maa tmadia today warned a delegation of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) not to discuss politics when it makes its first visit to China next week. Speaking to reporters here after a meeting
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      • 57 7 THE MALAYSIAN Armed Forces yesterday began a nationwide exercise, codenamed Pox Rentap Khas, involving the headquarters of all military formations in the three Services. The three-day exercise was in preparation for a major nationwide exercise to be held on Tuesday this time involving troops, police personnel and goverment
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      • 76 7 A GATHERING of the youth wings of component parties in Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 16 to discuss common problems and seek ways to resolve them through negotiations, Umno Youth leader Anwar Ibrahim announced yesterday. Mr Anwar, who is
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      • 76 7 THE PHILIPPINE Supreme Court yesterday ordered Defence Minister Juan Pince Enrile and acting Armed Forces Chief Lt-Gen Fidel Ramos to produce at a hearing on Thursday a dissident Roman Catholic priest allegedly kidnapped by military agents on July 11 in the central city of Cebu. The government
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      • 59 7 CSA, THE Czechoslovakian state-owned airline, will resume weekly flights to Jakarta via Hanoi early next month, an airline spokesman said in Jakarta yesterday. The flight would be the first commercial air link between the Vietnamese and Indonesian capitals. The spokesman said CSA stopped its flights to Jakarta
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    • 337 7 Mak to make final appeal against death sentence HONGKONG, Fri. Malaysian Mak Foon Than, convicted of murdering BMF official Jalil Ibrahim, is making a final attempt to appeal against the death sentence imposed on him more than a year ago. Mak, 34, has been given legal aid by the Hongkong
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    • 52 7 JAKARTA, Fri. Salt water has damaged around 300,000 .hectares ot agricultural land in north Sumatra, a newspaper here reported. The daily Sinar Harapan quoted a provincial official as saying the penetration of the water from the sea might have been caused by forest deterioration in the
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    • 59 7 JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesian naval patrol boats have seized five foreign fishing trawlers and arrested 25 crew members in the past six months, the Kompas nespaper reported today. The newspaper quoted intelligence officials as saying four of the trawlers were Malaysian and the fifth was a Thai
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    • 49 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu gave an assurance today that the toll proposed for the Penang Bridge will not be higher than the ferry fares. However, he said he could not guarantee that the ferry fares would remain at the present level. Bernama
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    • 196 7 BANGKOK, Fri. Six people were arrested yesterday on charges of collaborating with a Thai woman accused of cheating about 12,000 people out of millions of dollars through an illegal investment fund. Mrs Chamoy Thipyso, 43, the alleged head of a so-called chit fund,
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    • 135 7 The dead letter of the law JAKARTA, Frl. Where in the world does It cost If dead rats to get married and 21 dead rats to get divorced? In the Indonesian village of Wlrakan, West Java, the village head has Imposed an Ingenious tax system to combat a plague of
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    • 323 7  -  ABBY TAN Opposition won't back threat by Marcos By Manila Reporter MANILA Fri. The PhUippine's largest opposition coalition will respect the military bases agreement with the United States and it is unlikely to support a government threat to abrogate it. Mr Salvador Laurel, President
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    • 797 8  -  LAI YEW KONG THE illegal 4-D operation has existed here for decades and is so well entrenched that most Singaporeans have learnt to live with it even though some may feel it should not be allowed to operate at all.
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    • 298 8  -  MATHEW YAP By HOUSING BOARD applicants may be able to just drop in at their area offices to find out when they will be allocated flats. A feasiblity study, which will be completed by early next year, is being done to see how this
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    • 760 8 Schoolboy's raffle led to 'birth' of underground lottery A SCHOOLBOY has the dubious distinction of having spawned today's multi-million dollar underground 4-D lottery. He wanted to sell his bicycle and decided to do this through a raffle. The boy, from Kulim, Kedah, sold 100 $1 tickets, each bearing two digits.
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    • 470 9  -  JEEVARAJAH YASOTHA Crash of retaining wall after heavy rain confirms their worst fears By THE Cheok and Png families living in Jalan Kebaya, off Holland Grove Drive, had worried about the danger posed by their neighbour's retaining wall, which they felt was structurally unsafe. They found
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    • 157 9 Ex -maid forged boss' signature A FORMER domestic maid was yesterday jailed for eight months for forging her then employer's signature on three cheques to withdraw a total of $1,594. Rohani binti Hassim, 31, now a contract labourer, had pleaded guilty to three counts of forging the signature of Mr
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    • 236 9 Floods now hit homes instead of road LUTHERAN Road, off Farrer Road, is now less likely to be flooded when it rains, but the problem seems to have spilled over into the compounds of houses nearby. The road was raised one-and-a-half metres in May to prevent it from flooding, but
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    • 284 9 BUSINESS rivalry turned into a fight between two groups of men when b"th groups boarded a ship to peddle their wares. A court heard that the seven-man crew of a bumboat boarded a Pana-manian-registered ship, Turquoise, at the Eastern Anchorage on Sept 23
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    • 20 9 THE Jurong Secondary School Band will perform for an hour at Macßitchie Reservoir Part tomorrow at 5 pm.
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    • 434 11  - Dh ana's stories of excellence JUNE TAN By THE topic was one's approach to the pursuit of excellence and the metaphorical examples given were the artist and the accountant. As Mr Dhanabalan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Community Development, saw it, the way of the artist is superior to
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    • 143 11 'How was cyanide taken out' inquiry A FACTORY supervisor is helping police with investigations into how cyanide was allegedly smuggled out of the man's factory recently. The suspect was held for questioning by police after a team of Health Ministry and Paya Lebar police station officers raided an electrical components
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    • 161 11 HOUSING Beard clerk Tee Watt Kee has only been one-and-a-half years on the job, bat she is already wellknown for her friendly ways. Her smiles and politeness caught the eye of Mr G. Slngam, an evangelist, at the HDB office in Maxwell Road on
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    • 212 11 Kind stranger took little lost boy home JONATHAN Ang, 10, slept m the bus on his way to his mother's office on Thursday afternoon. When he woke up, he realised he was lost. Luckily, Mr Tan Boon Kee was around and kind enough to see him home to Jurong West
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    • 426 11 Accused 'had the facilities for tests' The Chow Dih case IT WAS not true that a polyclinic, such as that of kidney specialist Dr Gordon Ku, has better facilities for tests than the clinic of a general practitioner such as that of Chow Dih, a court heard yesterday. Dr Ku
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    • 96 11 UPF wants sultan appointed THE United People's Front has proposed that Parliament appoint a Sultan as Head of State instead of a President. Mr Harbans Singh, the UPF general secretary, yesterday told a press conference that the Sultan should be appointed from a descendant of Sultan Hussain Mohamed Shah, who
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    • 321 13 SIMON Yong is a painter with a past to live down. Nothing sinister. It's just that he'd rather be known for his art than for his martial arts. Mr Yong, who is holding his first one-man exhibition here, trained in graphic design in London
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    • 31 13 A TELEMATCH for residents of Potong Pasir will be held tomorrow at Braddell Primary School, starting at 2 pm. It is organised by the Potong Pasir community centre management committee.
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    • 76 13 RAMBO has outgunned James Bond for top billing among Singapore cinema-goers. Shaw Organisation has reported that Rambo First Blood Part II brought in $1,296,846 in the first 29 days of its screening. A View to a Kill, the latest James Bond film showing now, netted $1,288,618 after
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    • 499 13 Help for show organisers Ministry brings in two trainers THERE'S no business like show business. And the more one knows 1 about the nitty-gritty of the business of organising cultural activities, the better prepared one is. Bearing this in mind, the Ministry of Community Development is conducting for the first
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    • 299 13 Dance, theatre will get $60,000 boost DANCE and traditional theatre are getting a better than $60,000 boost under two new production assistance schemes just launched by the Ministry of Community Development. Registered dance societies and groups connected to educational institutions and social or civic organisations can apply for up to
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    • 113 13 IT WILL be an offence, from Sept 1, to sell, hire out or offer, expose and advertise for sale or hire, portable cable reels which are not approved by the Public Utilities Board. Offenders will be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
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    • 409 14  -  KONG SOOK CHIN A touch of nature for flat-dwelling students By BRINGING nature to flat-dwelling students this is the aim of a primary school that has landscaped gardens, hanging vines and a science garden. The profusion of greenery that starts at the school's entrance and is found
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    • 215 14 Tug boat officer's death: Open verdict THE State Coroner has recorded an open verdict on the death of a tug boat officer who was run over by a lorry. The lorry driver slowly reversed his vehicle, which was on the barge, when he suddenly stopped. He got out of his
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    • 281 14 Parents told to act on aspirations for children MANY Muslim parents want their children to do well in their studies but their actions are often inconsistent with their aspirations. The Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information), Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri, said this yesterday at a presentation of bursaries when he quoted
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    • 48 14 A MAN was charged with causing mischief by setting fire to a flat at Block 196, Kim Keat Avenue yesterday at about 12.05 am. No plea was taken from Soo Eng Kheng, 42, who was remanded at Toa Payoh police station until Friday.
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    • 213 14 WITH less than two weeks to go before applications close for the third Singapore Festival of Dance 1985, only 10 entries have been received. Ministry of Community Development officials, who have been expecting more entries than the last festival's, are resigned to
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    • 227 14 ABOUT 70 per cent of more than 3,000 people who have gone to the Counselling and Care Centre over the past five years for help to cope with stress said their main problem was stress at work. In response to this, the centre will
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    • 195 14 THREE more charges were yesterday brought against a business adviser to a bank who was accused last week of two counts of cheating a finance company to get loans of $100,000. Julius Ang, 45, is alleged to have agreed with one Tang Kheng
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    • 84 14 A JOBLESS youth was placed on two years' probation on Tuesday for stealing a clutch bag left in a golf buggy during a golf tournament at Jurong Country Club. Mohamad Razali bin Kesimin, 17, who pleaded guilty on June 11, will also nave to remain
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    • 100 15 POLICE have come up with a bright idea to ensure that all police stations and departments can be easily spotted by the public. They are patting up lighted signboards at vantage points outside police buildings. Police hope that the signboards, which are lighted at night,
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    • 114 15 A WOMAN and a transvestite were charged yesterday with doping a tourist's beer and stealing his cash and property totalling $3,015. Selvi d/o Suppiah, 25, and Ang Tung Hwoo, 30, who was dressed in a red blouse and skirt, are
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    • 526 15  -  CHRISTINA TSENG Hotels give special cards in bid to retain clientele By A NUMBER of hotels are rewarding regular patrons with generous food discounts in a bid to retain their clientele during the present business slump. With food and beverage earnings at hotels and restaurants falling to
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    • 569 15 Elba agent on $200,000 'safe ovens' campaign It aims to dispel misconceptions CASA (S) Pte Ltd, the sole agent here for Elba ovens, says it has checked 4,000 Elba ovens out of an estimated 40,000 sold here. It has now embarked on an aggressive consumer assurance and education campaign. Casa's
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    • 152 15 Policeman faces two charges of corruption A POLICE constable was yesterday charged with two counts of corruption involving a total of $6,000. The first charge accuses Goh Cheng Chuan, 41, of corruptly accepting $4,000 from Madam Liou Siew Hiong, an illegal four-digit lottery collector, at Stangee Place on a day
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  • 467 16 The Straits Times says Better to shed fat now SINGAPOREANS have had little to cheer about in recent months. The economic downturn we have been experiencing is a stark contrast to the boom times that we were accustomed to. With depressing sentiments pervasive throughout the country, the less-than-optimistic assessment by
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  • 722 16  -  PHILIP COOREY P.B. By STX months after I had come to Singapore for employment, I casually opened my International i h iving Licence one day and found to my horror, 20 bucks inside. Please note that I say 20 bucks; I am
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  • 1136 16  -  THE ECONOMIST By Individual freedom won't last long if excesses condoned LONDON A couple of pop concerts in a day raised an estimated US$7O million (Sslso million) for the starving of Africa. A handful of terrorists in Beirut exacted their price for releasing civilian airline
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  • 494 16  - T.F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane THE RIVER BY THE Singapore River, once our economic lifeline. It was by its riverside along Boat Quay on Monday evening that my friend, Sin Qui (SQ), and I went a-strolling. "Wallaree, I can hear the river call," SQ sang softly. "So could
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  • 175 16 "IT IS not good enough for the second most powerful country in the world to do nothing." Bob Geldorf, organiser of the Live Aid rock show in aid of African famine victims, criticising the Soviet Union for its lack of support. "I'm glad that that's all
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    • 1258 17  -  NANCY CHNG By i Bangkok Correspondent In 1979, China decided to open its doors to tourists. Since then, millions including an increasing number of Singaporeans have visited the country. Yet, China has a long way to go to improve its tourist facilities. BANGKOK China
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    • 734 17  -  DANIEL GOLEMAN By NEW YORK Some feuding parents try to hide their fighting from their children; others make a point of letting their children see that parents do become angry at each other. There are parents, too, who do not seem to
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  • FORUM
    • 614 18 Small business needs helping hand to survive I REFER to the letter ''Banks not prepared to lend him even a dollar" py "Not Yet Terminal". (ST, July 8). I share his views on the plight faced by small industries here. i I run a factory employing 25 workers. Our products
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    • Reply
      • 150 18 I REFER to the letter from Ms Cecilia Leong requesting programmes on cooking to be shown on Channel 5 at 3 pm. (ST, July 1). The programmes are scheduled at i later hour so that those who have to work on Saturdays can get
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    • 86 18 THE Straits Time* 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.
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    • 159 18 They do not need aircon buses THE Ministry of Communications and Information Is doing right In not encouraging any farther expansion of the air-conditioned bus services. So far, these services are not drawing adequate response from car-owners, towards whom they are directed, and there Is no logical reason why this
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    • 174 18 Please do not disrupt water supply I MOVED into my HUDC flat a little over a month ago. Although the situation is better now, I found my water supply being frequently disrupted for a period of two weeks. I had to make numerous telephone calls to the Housing Board's office
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    • 982 18 4-D change welcome, now act on foreign funds 4 More important, this step (legalised 4-D betting) will lead to normal socio-economic activity in Housing Board estates residents will be able to do their marketing at the weekends and watch their children play in
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    • 147 18 LAST Sunday, my husband and I had the infuriating experience of having to pay over $10 in parking fees at the World Trade Centre for parking from 9 am to 6 pm (at 60 cents per half hour). We wanted to go across to Sentosa to
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
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    • 110 19 THE market recorded its biggest one-day jump this year yesterday, with a 19.61-point rise in The Straits Times Industrial Index to 755.87. Across the board price gains, fuelled by rumours that Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin had instructed Malaysian institutions to buy stocks, enabled the market
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    • Chief price changes
      • 30 19 MAA 2100 +80 Peak Huo 290+55 f N 535 +25 DuffDey 470 +20 OCBC 850+20 Gentmgs 585+20 Horrhom Msks 354 +18 M Flour 266 +16 Metro HWgi 268 +16
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      • 35 19 SPK Sentoso 92 -13 New Serendoh 252 -8 J Cement 120 -S Allied Choc 160 -5 Uetan 186 -4 ToMk Cement 366 -4 Seolion 160 -4 Lion Corp 211 -3 Hume Msio 234 -1
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      • 13 19 Pahong Inv 1,950,000 Fed Cables 967,000 Pon-EI 762,000 Johan Hldgs 721,000
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      • 65 19 July 18 July 19 BT Composite 646.01 661.58 BT Indicator *****55 *****22 BT 98/0S -228 16 ST Industrials 736.26 755.87 ST Finance 2208 84 2242.88 ST Hotels 738.96 ***** My 18 July 19 ST Properties 428.82 435 65 ST Minings 300 26 ***** ST Plantations 2312.49 2319.90 OCBC 557.02
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      • 33 19 INDICES- High Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrials Composite 1983/84 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1983/84 tow 712.29 (5/1/83) 684.88 (4/1/84) All-time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All-time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 550.78 (2/8/82)
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      • 12 19 THE US dollar closed at DM2.8770 in Singapore, gaining 32 points.
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      • 20 19 DM Y FF 8| H$ US$ 1.3980 3.2805 238.43 unq 2.2030 unq ***** 2.8770 238.00 8.7300 2.20*5 7.7470
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      • 9 19 In Singapore, gold was at U*****.00 losing US$2.
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      • 33 19 Eurodollar: Lost 34 ticks to 91.78 a contract. Dentschemark: Lost 35 ticks to 0.3492 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost 28 ticks to 0.*****2 a contract. Gold: Lost US$3.2O to U*****.20 an ounce.
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    • Short stops
      • 105 19 Chrysler's profits dip 25 HIGHLAND PARK (Michigan), Fri. Chrysler Corp, the No. 3 American car manufacturer, yesterday announced second-quarter profits of US$596 million (Ssl.3 billion), a 25 per cent drop from 1984's second-quarter figure of US$BO3 million. Though sales for the quarter were a record US$6 billion compared with US$5.4
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      • 32 19 LONDON, Fri. Habitat Mothercare said that it bought 500,000 Burton Group ordinary shares on Wednesday. Habitat Finance Director lan Peacock said the company previously held no Burton shares. Reuter
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      • 81 19 HONGKONG, Fri. Two major Hongkong banks announced yesterday a one percentage point cut in their prime lending rate to 6 per cent a year, the second such cut in less than a week. The announcement by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corp and the Standard
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      • 82 19 Beijing has paging service BEIJING, Fri. A Hongkong company yesterday started Beijing's first telephone pager service, handing out more than 200 paging receiver units to government officials for a free one-month trial. The manager of Star Paging Ltd, Mr Shum Lap-Chun, said that the company started China's first paging service
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      • 73 19 BEIJING, Fri. China yesterday announced it bought 17 Soviet TU-154M airliners as the state airline CAAC reported booming business with passenger numbers up by almost 50 per cent in the first half of this year. The Xinhua news agency said the contract for the 17 three-engined
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    • 464 19  - F N hit by cheap canned soft drinks NORA CHENG By THE truth is out. It's more than just the bad weather that's been bothering Fraser Neave all these years. The influx of cheap canned soft drinks from overseas manufacturers benefits consumers, but to the soft drinks giant it has
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    • 58 19 Coke profits rise 6 ATLANTA, Fri. Profits of Coca-Cola rose modestly by six per cent to U*****.06 million (about Ss43l million) in the second quarter, the company said yesterday. In the comparable 1964 period, the company earned U*****.03 million. Revenue also rose by six per cent in the latest three
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    • 369 19  -  N. BALAKRISHNAN dfasf By SINGAPORE'S money supply grew at a slower rate last year, compared with 1983, because of the slowing down of the economy in the last quarter of 1964, the Monetary Authority of Singapore says in its annual report. The slower growth was even
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    • 109 19 IN SPITE of the downward revision of the second-quarter US economic growth to 1.7 per cent, the US dollar did not fall but strengthened against major currencies. It had been falling for the past two weeks and a correction was due. On the Singapore foreign exchange
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    • 171 19 KUALA LUMPUR, FW. A Msl Millon investment fund will be set up by the government to help the private sector finance business ventures in manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. Announcing this at the opening of the Menara United Asian Bank here, Finance Minister Dalm Zalnnddln said
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    • 320 19  -  MARA FERNANDEZ Turnover up from $300,000 to $2 m a month By THE door to Homestead's third showroom has barely opened and already the agent for the Britishbased Mullard Furniture Industries (MFI) is shopping for sites for three more stores. Its two other stores are
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    • 245 19  -  DOREEN SOH By APART from OverseaChinese Banking Corporation, which was one of the lucky 17 foreign banks given a full banking licence in Australia, it is understood at least one other of the Big Four banks is in the process of applying for an
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    • 187 19 MONTLUCON (Central France), Fri. A marriage of convenience between Japan's Sumitomo and French Dunlop seems to be succeeding, notably at the Montlucon plant, one year after its purchase by the Japanese. But the President, Mr S.R. Foster, said: "The future looks tough, and we all know how
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    • 3421 20 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the Siifapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, b necessarily covered in "business done". Further because al dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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    • 2450 20 INDUSTRIALS A Choc (1.61B) (IM) 1.60 (1) 1.60(1) 1.61 AISB (5) 0.86 (1) 0.86 Vi (18) 0.87 (3) 0.89 (26) 0.88 Akom (0.968 0.975) (2) 0.91 (6) 0.92 (2) 0.91 Vi (3) 0.93 (2) 0.94 (8) 0.98 (4) 0.96 (7) 0.97 AMD (3 006 3.025)
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    • 2547 20 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL The price difference column is unavailable because of a technical fault SECTION TWO INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip/rifMs. N Tai-eiempted dividend ABM is traded in tots of 10 shares
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      • 292 21 1 Mi SI.OOO 2 Tm bttt arimn «rfy. 3 OCBC Finance. 4 mty avahMt at DBS Fiance. UOFi ratw. avahMt it UQF. avrfaWt at DBS finance OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings s>/2 5% VA 5V 2 Autosave 5 Fixed deposit 1 month 4V2 4 1 4V«
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      • 154 21 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5655 1.5684 6.47—6.29 Canadian dollar 1.6357-1.6377 6.17-6.08 NZ dollar 1.1113-1.1140 9.15—8.88 Sterling pound 3.0803—3.0839 3.27—3.22 US dollar 2.2050-2.2060 4.56-4.52 Local dolars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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      • 100 21 THE US dollar closed lower at 2.2060/70 in quiet narrow trading at 3pm yesterday. It fluctuated within a range of 2.2050 and 2.2065 after an initial opening of 2.2065. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed at 2.8890, slightly higher than the opening of 2.8860. It traded within a low
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      • 108 21 THE kilobar traded between 5522,510 and 5522.765 yesterday. The Far East gold market opened at U*****.30/318.70 and remained steady to close for lunch at U*****.50, 318.90. It then eased to U*****.60/318.00 before rallying on overseas buying to the high of U*****.60 /320.00. It settled at U*****.00/319.40. Source Rothschild The
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      • 22 21 GOLD US$/oz Fri Thurj Singapore 319.00-319.50 322.80-323.20 Hongkong 319.00-319.50 322.20-322.60 Th*s Wed New York 318.00-318.50 323.00-323.50 London 320.00—320.50 325.75 326.25
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      • 186 21 Managers' pricaa for July 20 A 22 Singapore Unit Trust Tin Commerce 1.65—1.75 The S»«op Fmd 1.29 1.31 Spore Pro| Fend 073—0.77 S pore Sec Feel 1 06 1 12 S'pore Invest Fmd 0 79-0.84 Spore Equity Fund 0.73 0.77 DBS Bank Shenton Growth Fund I.oo— 1 06
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    • 16 21 Tin CMcpricM w/u» KL Tin 30.87 rose 12 cents Turnover: 75 tonnes down two tonnes
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    • 16 21 CWw piicat CMb/Mb Singapore August 171.50 down 0.75 cents Malaysia August 191.50 down 1.50 cents
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    • 21 21 tji»»i Qoan prices UB/trty« Fit Ttei Singapore 612—617 618—623 nun Mti New Vort 6.10 6.15 622—6.27 Source. Credit Smsse, Spore
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    • 17 21 Spot 1049.00-1049.50 (1040.00-1041.00) 3 months 1053 00— 1044 00 (1045.50-1046.00) Market tone: Steady Sates: 13.975 tonnes
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    • Simex futures
      • 99 21 Eurodollar 3-month deposit PAUL VOLCKER'S forecast of a more-than 4 per cent growth in GNP for the remaining half of the year and a breakdown in the US budget deficit talks kept prices of the Eurodollar futures down. Although the September Eurodollar climbed from the opening, the rally was short
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        68 21 DESPITE a low 1.7 per cent rise in the second-quarter US GNP figures, Deutchemark futures opened lower in Simex. A technical correction carried the Deutschemark futures up to close at the day's high of 0.3492. (US dollar Deutschemark) Open High Low Sett Est V«l Sept 85 0.3483 0.3492 0.3474
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      • 53 21 STRONG fundamentals supported the Japanese Yen. Although the September Yen ended the day at the intra-day low, it settled higher than the previous day's high. Open High Low Sett Est Vd Sept 86 0.*****6 0 *****2 0.*****4 0.*****2 12 Dee 0.*****1 NvN 0.*****2 Opea tat (Than): 124. Act
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        67 21 UNDER the influence of a weak greenback, and expectations of easier credit conditions, gold surged higher over the previous day's close. It however declined towards the close as the US dollar chalked up some gains in the spot market. (In USS per Troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est
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    • 102 21 Closing prints Crude Ms/t«me pakn ofl July 989 (north) 1002.50 (central) 1010 (south) Aug 982 50 (south) Sep 952 50 (south) 950 (north) Refined palm oil US$/tonWS RBOpahn July 530 (setters) Aug 490 (sellers) Sept 500 (sellers) RBDOtetn July 485 (sellers) Aug 482.50 (setters) Sept 460 (sellers) RBO
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    • 21 21 Ciostnc prices Aluminium £/tomw Thm Spot 735.50-736.50 (734 00-*****) 3 months 757.00-758.00 (755 00-755.50) Market tone: Irregular Sales: 13.500 tonnes
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    • Stock market round-up
      • 570 21 THE KUALA LUMPUR market yesterday staged another spirited rally with share prices closing broadly higher in heavy trading. With buyers dominating activity, many counters recorded double-digit gains. Trading, which up to now has been mainly confined to situational issues, was more widespread with
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      • 261 21 Mr 1» HKS Chance Associated Hotels 0.506 unch Bonk Of East Asia 22.90 -0.2 Cheung Kong 18.10 +02 China Light !640 +0.2 Cross Hart) Tunnel 10.90 +0.2 F E Consortium 071 unch For East Exch Philex 0.06 +0.01 6 I Cement 8.55 -0.05 Greot Eagle 074 -0.02 Heng Lung
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      • 345 21 My 19 Ym Chime Ajinomoto 1120 -20 Akoi 409 -I Amoda 850 -15 Asoh. Chem 844 -7 Asor* Gkns 880 +20 Bank Tk 902 -17 Mdgestone 560 unch Canon 991 -9 Cevo Computer 1470 -40 sEen 420 -5 D Nip Print 1130 +10 D Njjpon Screen I Daiei 686
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      • 198 21 My It IBS Chance Alcoa 35% AKed Chem Cp 44* -W AKs-Chalmers 5* Am Tel* Tel 22* Amax he 14* Am Corp 48* -I* Bethlehem SH 18 +M Boeing Co 49* Burroughs Cp 61* Caterp«ar Co 34* Chose Manhtn 62* Chrysler Cp 35* Citicorp 48* Cons Nat Gas
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      • 546 21 My II Penes Chmf< INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 229 +4 Ass. Dories 138 unch BTRPLC 323 +3 Babcocfcs 129 +2 Barclays 399 unch Beecham 306 unch BICC 201 unch Blue Circle 540 +12 BOC Group 270 +4 Boots 196 +4 Bowoter 257 +4 BATS 303 +2 Britannio 97 +1 BP 513
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      • 317 21 My 19 Centi Ch**e («wt) A C I 275 -I A N I 258 +2 A P M 285 -I Aberfoyie 1100 uneh Age 262 +5 AKonce CM 105 unch Allied Mil 280 unch Ampd Exp 260 unch Ampo) Pet 195 unch Anz 524 unch Ashton 115 +1 B
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      • 49 21 NST Index Friday 1222.55(1200.37) Hongkong Hang Seng Friday 1678.87 (1672.04) gitAustraian M-Ordtaries Friday 920.2(922.3) Nkkei D J Average Friday *****.54(*****.63) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 932.8 (933.6) Dow Jones Average $if Thursday 1350.92(1357.97) (Fhpres in brackets refer to those of the previous tradbif day) I i i I I
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    • 527 21 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo Delivery of FCL import containers LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyafe) Air Carfo Time Btocfc Vira Bttum (UN) 21/7 (0300) Fl 1300-1500 Nl C R Abidjan (8R) 21/7(0700) Fl 1100-1300/1800-1900 U4 Urn Humanity (006RB) 21/7(0700) Fl 1100-1300/1730-1900 S3 0 Strength (41A)
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    • 50 21 BEIJING, Fri. The number of ships at Shanghai, China's largest port, has reached a record 168, forcing the authorities to take emergency measures to deal with the congestion, Xinhua News Agency said. Rail and road services, including 100 military vehicles, were being used to ease the problem. Reuter
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    • 463 22  - Singapore Eventful week that ended with big surge S.KUMAR sdfasd IT HAS been an eventful week for investors. First, it was news of American President Ronald Reagan's cancer. Financial markets around the world reacted violently but recovered later in the week to hit record highs. Wall Street started the ball
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    • 197 22 Kuala Lumpur The bulls rush in after Daim's statement MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin's statement on Wednesday that the Kuala Lumpur stock market would soon stage an upturn definitely had its desired effect. The faltering market of the past few months quickly gained momentum and buyers began packing the trading
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    • 179 22 Heavy buying spurs Pahang Investments SPURRED by heavy Hongkong and American baying, Pahang Investments finished the week as the most active stock. On the week the Malaysian-based company gained 5.5 cents to $0.54. A total of 1.15 million shares were transacted under improving market conditions. Though listed
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    • 249 22 Amex at your beck and call for $1 m deposit IF YOU are prepared to bank in half US$l4 million (Ssl million) with the American Express Bank, that bank is now prepared to cater to almost any need you may Have. Under a personal banking service cafled "Premier Services", which
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    • 126 22 Bond bid foe half of brewery SYDNEY, Fri. Multimillionaire and America's Cup yachting winner A&n Bond today bid for half the beer giant Castlemaine Tooheys. The Bond Corporation, estimated to have acquired eight per cent of, the brewer's shares since tearly June, is offering As7.li (S$ll) a share to increase
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    • 211 22 Sime's stake in Kempas Edible Oil to be sold to Consplant SIME Darby's plan to sell a small plantation company to its subsidiary Consolidated Plantations Bhd (Consplant) is to place its plantation activities under Consplant, Sime Chairman Tun Tan Siew Sin said today. Consplant owns the
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    • 145 22 KING'S Hotel reported lower operating profits of $396,000 on a turnover of $17.2 million for the half year ended April, 1985. In the previous comparable half-year, the group made a profit of $3.5 million in a turnover of $18.8 million. City Developments made a consolidated
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    • 104 22 DBS LAND and Temasek Holdings, the shareholders of Raffles Holdings, have agreed to wind up Raffles Holdings and to settle all its liabilities. DBS Land and Temasek Holdings will now have a direct shareholding of 30.6 per cent and 29.4 per cent respectively in
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    • 298 22 WAREHOUSE SALE Imported Scandinavia Furniture wwQrenouse price* From: 20-7-85 to 28-7-85 Time: 10am to Bpm daily B i II ai I V| F^s^ Ml MltiiiW If IP*- m Wi Yxj^BeSkl ShP <af a #*s >■ Bl»y JV I s*:^ IWajJt-. r w'\ mmm I I Jt m *a» i* a-
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    • 558 23 wrmcK CLAY-POT RICE SPECIALIST ffifiPOT LUCK EATING tiPgl HOUSE TEL:M4S»o 1 99. E»*t Coast Road OUTSIDE CATERING: *****79 *****47 ft t aHnM hK ■■t^^^ Hi H IB# IH Ml jar |£b a zj/ Ml B&t Jbß 3K- a^,-* W For a unique 'mix-match' menu IJfW*- -^mM Wr with a strong
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    • 557 23 Welcome to Dragon City I You'll discover some of the finest I Sichuan and seafood dishes available Wf^**Jm >n town. I An amazing 228 in all! Vviligj^l Each masterfully prepared to delight your taste buds. DrogiinGty mwmmm Dragon City Sichuan Restaurant no^ l€l Novotel Orchid Inn (Plymouth orchid ion Wing
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    • 463 23 Experience The Flavour 0f... Tim* 1^ \v MaLishun I Seafood Vill^eCS) Pte, Ltd. > ImmmmtiMmcmmmikm II Sembawang Road 13 Mites Main Rd Bring Your Family along and Enjoy the Excellent Cuisine. Weddings, Birthdays and office functions, all are welcome. Business Hours: Daily 11.30am 2.30pm., 6.00pm 12 Midnight. Weekends, Public Holiday's
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    • 464 23 TO?UUCK WESTERN ORIENTAL FOOD TOP LUCK EATING B HOUSE (PTE) LTD 03 26. Parkway Parade OUTSIDE CATERING: *****79 *****47 AFEW WORDS ON EATING ■DMItlHMIlim APPETISING DELICIOUS EXCLUSIVE GREAT MARVELLOUS PALATABLE SOCCOLENT TEMPTING WOW! C w Any of these words could very well describe what's dished out by our advertisers during
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    • 652 24 *****66 2 Eatinq Out mm* Plum Village Restaurant Sew SAHE H FOR QUICK LUNCH Re tmn. visit Lai Wall Restaurant: >l,ui Besar (Aircond) Tel: *****03/ 2Wl«>4. Branch: (Blk. 44) ndemeer Road (Aircond). Tel. *****(10/ *****61. FRISCO REST. INTRODUCES a Bcoui se candle-light sel dinner at $18 nett 21 Collyer Quay.
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    • 676 24 11 Pleasure Boats 11 Pleasure Boats CATCH THE CRUISING SEASON IN YOUR OWN CRUISER! Pugged no frills S3' hardwood trawler hull flybridge pleasure cruiser, ideal as diveboat/ housoboat and for cruises to Batam/ Tioman. Unbeatable stability and tpaciousnes* Superstructure and deck sheathed in fibregl«<i!>. Economical AFC 100 h.p. diesel tngine
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    • 566 24 16 Flowers/Plants WEEKEND SALE! Colourful flowering plants and ferns from Holland Goodwood Florist Pte Ltd, homson Bd, B'pore 1129 FLOWERS/ ARRANGEMENTS for asions. Call *****20 Euro[ni rnati inal Bide »oi-17. WE DELIVER FLOWERS for any occasion ai reasonable rates. Tel: *****35/ *****11 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing REMOVAL SALE AT Mt-ng
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    • 832 24 20 Pets/Pet Care OWNER REMOVING. PET Birds Doves: Barbary $16, Indonesian $13. Singing Merobok $20. *****46 Tan Sat/ Sun. 11am 5 30pm. AFRICAN GREV PARROT. Tame whistler. $480.00 with stand. Cash and carry *****02 (Sat./ Sun). CUTE AUSTRALIAN SILKY Terrier puppies, male, $350, with papers. Tel: *****40. CUTE a HEALTHY
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    • 673 24 24 Garage Sale EXPAT. SELLING PHILIPS colour TV $250, sewing machine $180. Washing machine $160. Box fan $35. Typewriter $60. Floor polisher $60. Rice cooker $20. Stand fan $55. Table fan $20. Miscellaneous. *****03. 5 PCS. IMPORTED Grandfather's clocks with or without Mother of Pearls new American folk chairs (Japan
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    • 1230 24 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9 00am to 5.00pm Saturday 8 30am to 2.00pm (Ham deadline for the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9.00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Timaa Orchard Cantra, #02-105 Lucky Plaza Monday-Friday: 10.00am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm for next day) Time* Houaa, 390 Kim Sang Road
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    • 1539 24 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 (Mm. $61.50 Sunday Times) Display: $25.00 per col cm. (Min $75.00 Straits Times) $25.62 per col. cm. (Min. $76.86 Sunday Times) Box Charges: $5.00 (collected) e $10.00 (posted) CLASSIFICATION
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    • 684 25 36 House 36 House Renovation/ Decor Renovation/ Decor Why take all the trouble hunting for J|l i Contractors Renovation Ideas? COME AND VIEW OUR VIDEO FILM ON INTERIOR DECORATION/RENOVATION Subiects: Latest Renovation Idea Latest Renovation Material How to save money and get the best result For viewing Appt. pletMe contact:
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    • 465 25 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing COMPANY UPGRADING. For sale office furniture, lightings, cooling towels, KDK exhaust fans, bar counter with sinks, louvres curtain, Ikea bookshelves, complete Ikea lounge set, secretarial trolley table c/w drawers shelves, conference tables etc. All in good condition. For viewing, pis call at: Blk 162, #08-3555 Bt.
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    • 697 25 57 Business Opportunities STUDIO MANAGER REQD. to run ■mall business direct sales co. We provide facilities and training. Call: Johnson at Singapore Shopping Centre, =05-29 (Clemenceau Ave today at 2p.m. SINGAPOREAN RESIDENT IN Spain in wholesale business seek to represent exporters. Also consider other business possibilities. *****43. LEADING CAR A
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    • 539 25 U I CISCO is expanding its M operations in equipmentKm f-w based security, hence requiring more Technicians. SueIfS cessful candidates for this I ■US post will receive incentive 0 I payment, an option for vehim UT\ fjM cle and renovation loans and other attractive benefits. More details can be found
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    • 540 25 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive BRIDGEPORT MACHINES SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD A multi-national Machine Tool Manufacturer has the following vacancy for a: PURCHASING OFFICER 1. The successful candidate will be a mature individual capable of dealing at the highest level of vendor management. He will form part of an Integrated team
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    • 479 25 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive isAm l WMJT THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF SINGAPORE invites applicants for for Rotational Shifts in A 1. Obstetric Gynaecology Unit r 2. Medical/ Surgical Unit A Qualifications: I Post Graduate certification Y or experience is preferred in Midwifery, Paediatrics or Orthopaedic Nursing. A Benefits: I
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    • 431 25 69 Situations Vacant: Domestic LOCAL/ FOREIGN MAID wanted for babysitting/ general housework. Tel: *****61 after 7pm. 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical has a vacancy for a Receptionist We see this an important job as the incumbent will be the first point of contact with our Company and will be capable
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    • 562 25 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical Vyaterhouse invites applications for the position of: I TAX PREPARERS I The successful candidates will be involved in the computation of both personal and corporate tax for our US clients. The desired candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of
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    • 81 25 FEMALE JUNIOR ADMINISTRATIVE Executive sought. Should be independent able to set up the administrative system for a new ind. servicing firm Musi ttave pleasant personality able to type. Reply with photo to: The Advertiser, P.O. Box 1288. Maxwell Rd. S'pore 9025. Something For Everyone... In Today's Straits Times Classified Thinking
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    • 527 25 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY BOARD invites applications from Singapore Citizens for appointment as: CLERICAL OFFICER Requirements: a) Minimum 3 GCE O' level passes including English and Mathematics; OR b) Preliminary certificate in Business Studies (PCBS) plus 2 GCE 'O 1 level passes (Grade 1 to 6)
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    • 511 26 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical The Representative Office of MSEJ3 CREDIT SUISSE invites suitable applicants for the post of JUHMB SECRETARY Qualifications required: GCE 'O' Level with credit in English Minimum 3 years' working experience, preferably with a bank Shorthand Typing speeds of 100 w.p.m.
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    • 190 26 An established Indonesian Company requires: 1) SALES CLERK with min. 'O' level and some working experience. 2) DELIVERY ASSISTANT with PSLE and Class 3 driving licence. Interested please call personally for interview or write to: 9 Eunos Ave. 8A Tong Aik Industrial Building Singapore 1440 TEL: *****49 A U.S. based
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    • 570 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical CISCO Applications are invited for the post of Requirements e At least GCE 2 A' and 2 0 levels or full HSC, with a pass in General Paper (English medium), or Diploma in Business Studies or equivalent e Must have at least 5 years of
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    • 863 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical F An established U.S. Reinsurance Company invites applicants for the I post of: RECEPTIONIST/ GENERAL CLERK J Requirements: e GCE O' level and above. Jj Ability to type 30 w.p.m. J e Switchboard experience pre- j ferred. e Fluent in English and p knowledge of
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    • 535 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical 'ÜBLIC ACCOUNT ANTS FIRM req Ludit Staff at various levels 'lease reply to: The Staff Partler, #13-06 Stm Lim Tower, H In Besar, S 0820 SENERAL CLERK REQUIRED /lust be able to type, bilingual alary $350. Interested contact Alss Choong: *****98 for appt. lEOUIRED FEMALE
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    • 1044 26 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales An established electronic component sales company invites applications for the post of: SALES ENGINEER 1 Qualifications: i e Diploma holder in Electronics from recognised technical college. e Have 1 to 2 years' working experience in electronic industry, e Valid Class 3 driving
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    • 1023 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situation* Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical The upstream Company of Singapore's $2 billion Petrochemical Complex invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the following positions: Production Technicians The successful candidates will report to the Supervisor and be involved in the smooth operation of the
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    • 709 27 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical We are an affiliate of a US Company manufacturing high speed computer printers and invite suitably qualified personnel for the positions of: Q.A. TECHNICIAN The Job Undertake sampling and testing procedure of incoming materials, production processes and finished goods. Perform first article
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    • 521 27 72 Situations Vacant: Technical CISCO The Corporation is expanding its operations in equipment based security. To support our expansion programme, we invite applications for the following position The Technician will be responsible for installing, testing and maintaining security systems in all types of premises, maintaining Central Alarm equipment and connections,
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    • 617 27 72 Situations Vacant: Technical TECHNICIANS We are a joint-venture company with the Manufacturer of Yamaha Products in Japan, responsible for the promotion of culture and music education as well as the marketing of their products and services in Singapore Malaysia. We invite Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents to join us.
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    • 471 27 72 Situations Vacant: Technical WELDING INSPECTORS Minimum CSWIP 3.2/ ASNT Level 11, familiar with ASME, API, BS, ABS, ANSI, Lloyds, DNV, AWS codes relating to petrol-chem projects. Specific experience on construction/ commissioning/ testing of jackups, drillships and process/ production piping/ equipment advantageous. All nationalities. Send resume to: Tha Advsrtiser 2038
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    • 1056 27 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production /w/NEW ZEALAND MILK PRODUCTS is part of an SSff International group of companies of the New II I Zealand Dairy Board engaged in the Bl I merchandising and manufacturing of dairy and related products. Due to envisaged expansion of H| our Singapore
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    • 640 27 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Digital Equipment Corporation is the second lartzr^T computer manufacturer in the world and a multinational leader in the manufacture, sales and servicing of mini-computers. We have vacancies in our Singapore subsidiary for the positions of: I I Pre~requisites: 5 GCE 'O' levels
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    • 361 27 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous DIEHL (PTE) LTD A subsidiary of a large European Group of Companies have immediate vacancies for:1. PRODUCTION CLERK Pre-requisites: e GCE 'O' level Familiarity with data entry/ record e Accurate and proficient typing at 35 w.p.m. e Preferably 2 years relevant working experience 2. SALES CLERK
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    • 746 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous PRINTING FIRM IN AM Kio re- quim Darkroom Asst, Offset Plate Maker, Film Stripper, Graphic Trainee Delivery Asst, Please call In person at l.oiitho I'te Ltd., Hlk 5055, A.M. Klo Ind Pk 2. 01-1141. S'pore 2056 SINGAPORE POLO CLUB requires Bartender. Applicant* please call at: Singapore
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    • 584 28 iyju\J A panther is known for its rmOOr^D speed, so is a car in classiTrlSl IP fication 94 that takes after U UUl=] its name. This two year-old C"qS /qS /7t CmS sports car is for sale at 82 Accessories/ Maintenance \W 11 8* UPHOLSTERY A CARPET steam cleaning (for
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    • 574 28 87 For Sale: Mercedes 1979 MERCEDES 200, white colour, converted to 1982 model. Hi-fi set, s/rims, central locking. $33,000 0.n.0. *****06, Mr. Lee. 1984 MERCEDES 280SE, fully auto, 1 private owner, aircon, cassette, beautiful registration number. Tel: *****03. 8/82 MERCEDES SOOSEC with full AMG specification. Immaculate condition. Call: Peter Wong:
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    • 712 28 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan END '82, SUNNY 1.3 DX. Ist. owner. Aircon., radio, cassette, s/rims, power windows, new tax. Tip top cond. $17,500 0.n.0. Contact Charles, *****18/ *****72. NOV 80 120A Coupe. 1 lady owner, tax: 10/85, s/rims., aircon., stereo, power windows, 5-speed. $14,000 0.n.0. Owner leaving. Loan: $10,000 arrangeable.
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    • 892 28 90 For Sale: Toyota TOYOTA CARS FOR SALE 83 Toyota Celica 2000 XT auto. (Private) 83 Toyota Celica 2000 XT auto. (Q) 83 Toyota Cressida GLI 6 auto. (Private) 82 Toyota Cressida GL auto. (Private) 82 Toyota Cressida GL manual (Private) All the above cars, 1 owner, in showroom condition.
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    • 608 28 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 78 MIT. LAMDA 1600 cc PARF Aircon, radio cassette, s/rims. $10,300. 18 Maju Ave, Serangoon Gdn. '83 COLT GALANT GLS'. Power steering/ windows, central locking. 1 owner, aircon., cassette, original paint. $16,800. *****14. 10 MONTHS OLD Galant 1600GLS. Power steering/ windows, s/rims. *****5 Leslie Leong. 12/
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    • 818 28 92 For Sale: Mazda 12/81, MAZDA 323 1.3 Notchback Aircon., radio, cassette, tax 12/85. Good cond. $15,800 0.n.0 *****02. 1967 MAZDA 1000, passed Vicom, selling $3,000. Tel *****04. Marvin. 1973 MAZDA STATIONWAGON, 1500 c.c, good running condition. $1,800. Tel *****49, Mr Lee. 75 MAZDA 808, aircon, pte owner, new tax,
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    • 771 28 94 For Sale: Other Makes Call Wayfoong for Fast approvals on loans Competitive rates Friendly, efficient service Waytoong Mortgage and Finance (Si Ltd A wholly -owned subsidiary of g Hongkong Bank 6 Claymore Hill »03 00 i Claymore Plaza Singapore 0922 a. < SUBARU 4-DOOR SALOON, 1.6. 36,000 km only,
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    • 871 28 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles •Q- -83 C2O Stationwugon, '83 Toyota Hiace. petrol, PB bus. '82 Nissan E23. diesel. PB bus. All aircond. *****26 REGD. AUG. 1979 Isuzu KBD-25 diesel pick-up, wooden body with aircon. radio cassette. $2,600 0.n.0. Tel: *****12, Mr Yap 4/85 NISSAN CABSTAR 1.9 petrol. Aircon. radio
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    • 729 28 97 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE CAsTTpAYMENT FOR PARF or Non-PARF used cars Private, company registered commercial/ vans/ pick-ups. Any model, any c.c. all welcome. Trade-in considered Kindly contact Mr Goh/Ong. Tal: *****88/ ******* (Night 7*1096*/ 4441*13) ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT FOR ANY MODEL ft C.C. PARF or Non-PARF 'Q' Regn/ Scrap car
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    • 666 29 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda AWAY FROM THE MAINSTREAM JfIZZ HONDAS ZAPPY 1.2L PERFORMER TALL-TOP JAZZ: LIGHT ON FUEL. EASY ON THE RUN. THE INDIVIDUALISTS RUNABOUT d__jl______F^ Wafifi-'w- I ___B^________________________l______ > J ____^^mm ARF inclusive of AirCond $25,401 .00
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    • 134 29 106 Accommodation Available: Houses RAFFLES PARK, S/STOREY bungalow, 3 rms/ servant's, spacious patio, approx 10,000 sq.ft. *****48 9am lpm. *****15 after lpm. D.lO 3 KENG Chin Rd 2-storey semi-d. F/furn., avail, for rent. Call: *****58/ *****47. D.15 WELL MAINTAINED renovated 2-storey semi-d. 3+l bdrms. Furn. *****77. No agents. D.15, 3
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    • 380 29 106 Accommodation Available: Houses SEMBAWANG HILLS EST., Jin. Kuras terrace. 3 bdrms, 2 halls, recently renovated. Avail, now. $680. Tel: *****25/ *****38. 2-STOREY SEMI-D AT 24 24- A, Lorong Tanggam, unfurn. 4 1 servant's rm. Highest offer secures. Tel: *****12, Mr. Ang. D.1646 LIMAU GDN. Fully furn. double-storey terrace. 3+l
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    • 302 29 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments ™Bf^^aißfts> [Fflß EfIST PUUB I Hotel Style Luxurious Apartments TO LET At the junction of Scotts/Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel. 1 4,000 sq ft Hotel Style Lobby. Swimming Pool, Tennis Court and many other facilities. Ample indoor Car parking lots. 24-hour Security System. Enquiries: a
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    • 1502 29 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Houses Available: Houses Available: Apartments HDB To let out on Open Tender basis: NORMANTON ESTATE I 3 Warwick Road An unfurnished double-storey semi-de-tached with 3 bedrooms and one detached servant's room situated in a pleasant surrounding. CHIP BEE GARDENS II 3 Jalan Rumia
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    • 1727 29 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments r I APARTMENTS AND MAISONETTES AT ANTHONY GARDEN FOR LETTING Off Clemenceau Avenue •No restriction to foreigners •No income ceiling •No family nucleus required Company can apply for staff Well finished Ample car parking lots Rental: $1350 for
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    • 1724 30 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses M iTiß ifMM »rt a 1 m. %> g i SUNRISE VIU A Situated in Thomson/ \\>^ YK )c^aLroad .JEi Yio Chu Kang area. V#wj nwrJl 1,/ Near Yio Chu Kang and \A vJ^^^M il •s^eehill Ang Mo
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    • 1004 30 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments In prestigious An ultraArdmore Park, 3mins contemporary g R from Orchard Road design jjjji A small 'Hanging jjljj development, gardens balcony ]{|!j very exclusive concept |||IL Developer Sole Marketing Agents
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    • 697 30 URGENT! D.ll SHELFORD Gdn. mais. 3 bdrms/ attached, split-level, pool, 3,000 sq.ft. $465,000 0.n.0. Hap Seng *****58. DIST.IO TAMAN SERASI. 3 1 bedrooms, furnished, renovated, $300,000 0.n.0 Call *****%. D15T.1232 BALESTIER RD. Apt. 4 bdrms. F/furn. 1500 sq.ft. Tel: *****72. DIST.I6, RENOVATED WALK-UP shophse. apt. F'hold. $220,000 0.n.0. Contact George,
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    • 595 30 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 4-RM NEW GENERATION in West Coast Drive. Marble, parquet fir built-in kitchen cabinets Pleasant surrounding, within close proximity to facilities, future MRT station recreation ctr. $85,000. Call *****50 after Bpm. 3-RM BEDOK NORTH staircase corner, terrazzo fir., $54,000 Haig Road 81k. 3, marble/ terrazzo, $58,000
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    • 885 30 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments BEDOK NORTH CENTRAL, pure r 4-room Terrazzo flooring throughout $77,000 neg *****29 BEDOK NORTH 3-ROOM. Blk W 115/ 420/ 523. All renovated Price negotiable. Tel: *****29/ *****17 BEDOK RESERVOIR 4-RM. corner, blk 702, 11th fir. Carpeted/ f/furn $80,000 neg. *****42. BEDOK SOUTH 8LK.47, pure 4-
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    • 656 30 118 Factory Spaces 'RIME 2 1/2-STOREY TERRACE ACTORY/ OFFICE/ WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR SALE AT HENDERSON INDUSTRIAL PK )eveloper's prica: $2M taking price: $1.4M 0.n.0. ■roundfloor: 2636 sq.ft. Mezzanine Floor: 1625 sq.ft. at storey: 2949 sq.ft. Interested, tel: *****11 For AH Industries Ca*****~3888 ACTORY SPACE FOR light inlustries at Dist 1233
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    • 544 31 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces if CHOICE "111 I FACTORY I I SPACE FOR I I LEASE I Factory space of various dimensions at Sims Ave/ Eunos Road for lease. Please contact Mr Chong/Alice/Doreen Tel: *****11 or *****58 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces JJ PRIME WAREHOUSE
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    • 1057 31 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours u #NAM HO i TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD. A With us, you'll enjoy these extras e Ist class hotels Good meals, *I mostly grand dinners e Extensive itinerary coverage Guaranteed flight j Y departures direct flights e Friendly bilingual guides V «a> So
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    • 524 31 Y? Tours 137 Tours OXLEY 12TH GRAJID MASS WEDDING StHOnEYMOOn TOURS Date of Ceremony 29 .9 .85 iM|| Date of Departure: 30.9.85 a5%2# THF GRAND WEDDING SHOW will be held tcSsJ// on January 1986 «^vjß Call us for your invitation card today. MiJAPAN KYUSHU TSUKUBA EXPO'BS 9-DAYS $2099 ONLY 12
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    • 763 31 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours Holiday Best Sellers I NEW RANGE OF UNMATCHED, VALUE-ADDED TOURS! Exclusives 1 IDAHO FALLS YELLOWSTONE thr world s first Kl?wh! national park OMNIMAX THEATRE (CAESARS PALACE the f'Tr JF spectacular MGM Niteclub /Theatre Revue All USA Tours via Tokyo includes a full day s
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    • 315 32  -  TONTO By our man on the track IPOH, Fri. The Agasam Stable-Moses Lee combination looks poised for another victory with Bratasena II in Race 5 tomorrow. The "old firm" has scored twice since Lee's recent return to the saddle with Pagan Dancer at Bukit Timah
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    • 136 32 It's Cook versus the local riders IPOH, Fri. With the exception of Graham Cook, local jockeys will fill the rest of the bill in this weekend's reduced card of 14 races here. This is the first time in many years that only one expatriate jockey will be riding on a
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    • 290 32 RACE RACING ED TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO WENG SOOK 8 Chuan Jit Mah 6 Tambun 9Kanaly 6 Tambun 8 Chuan Jit Man 1 6 Tambun 8 Chuan Jit Mah 6 Tambun 9 Kanaly 7 Bayonet 7 Bayonet 9 Kanaly 7 Bayonet 5 First One 6 Tambun
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    • 3289 32 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Mfpim 2.30 CLASS 5 DIV 3 1,200m M 'T.T^ (Ratings: 47-39) mmmmmmmm (stakes: $11,500) 1 06*0* Divide And Role 57 (47) Horas-Lim 3 nzg 2.5 Handy early, faded to finish last of 10 in restricted terms Div A KL 1200m June 9; unplaced in
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    • 141 33 LOS ANGELES, Friday JOHN HENRY, the remarkable lt-year-old thoroughbred who has earned a record US$l.5 million (about 5514.3 million), has sustained a new injury and may never race again, trainer Ron Mclnally said yesterday. "He has developed a filling in the deep flexor tendon
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    • 314 33 ON THE TRACK with TONTO IPOH, Fri. Dashing Commando, a runaway winner last weekend, is on target for a double at this meeting following an impressive workout here this morning. With winning rider Luke Danis up, the Irish gelding by Raga Navarro stretched out well over 600 m
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    • 70 33 TUESDAY (good going): Beverley Turk 42.5, Only Sunshine 42.7, Bold Baron 40.8. WEDNESDAY (good): Useful Advice 41.4, Gentleman n 37, Roller Coaster 38.5, Moon Travel 37.2, Chuan Jit Mah II 37.2, Wealthy Steed 40.2. THURSDAY (good): Tambun H 44, Genuine Members 38.5, Scorpio m 38.7, Nine Lines
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    • 175 33 Total P lacings Placings for last II rides rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 Leong 136 28 12 18 ********** 2 Tlley 168 21 18 II ********** 3 *Ismadl 112 2224 11 ********** 4 Johnston 158 *****3 ********** 5 Cook 183 27 25 ********** 6 Lucas 179 18 12
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    • 81 33 11st 2nd 3rd 50 35 32 33 16 18 28 30 15 23 9 19 uee 22 21 25 KLeong 20 13 11 EBreukelen 19 29 19 Rodger* 18 30 24 Dragon 18 16 11 Buang 18 14 19 Samsnri 17 17 14 West 16 30 18 Bougoure
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    • 91 33 Ist 2nd 3rd Auric 23 10 11 Chens 13 9 7 Goodman 12 8 10 Bluegrass 12 2 2 Agasam 8 9 9 M dm TL Long 8 2 3 Hall 7 10 AJK 6 2 2 True Friend 5 3 1 Trend 5 2 3 Inderapura 5
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    • 954 33 |,f i WU 2.15 CLASSS OIV 2 1,200m vMT'T.I (Ratings: 53-43) (Stakes: $11,500) 1 20*623 Classic Lilies 57 (S3) Classic Lines-K Chong 5 nzg ul same Ceok 2 2 075*** Rangoll 55.5 (51) K Chong-Owner 3 nzg 1.5 Samsol 6 S 00*0** Wealthy Steed 55 (49) Monyplies-Buang 4
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  • OBITUARIES
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      130 33 CYRIL RODRIGUES AGE: 59 Pa**ed away suddenly on Friday 19th July 1955, leaving behind loved one*: Philip, Charles, Cecelia, David, Agatha, Richard, Sabariah and Kum Peng to mourn hi* lost. Cortege lying at CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING, ANG MO KIO, Ave 8. Funeral Service* will be conducted
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      166 33 Mr. Yen Suan, John Age: 80 Passed away peacefully on Friday, 19th July 1985 leaving behind: Son Yen Eden Daughter-in-law Molt Kim Peck Grand Daughter Yen Wen Ni, Winnie Service will be held on Saturday 20th July 1985 at 8 p.m. at 585-A, Upper Changi Road, Spore 1648.
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      111 33 In Loving Memory Of MDM WONG YOKE CHING Three years today we had to part With our mother whom we love Intensely. You loved us in a way no one else could. Mum, you were Incomparable. Ahvay* remembered by family and k>v#<j oo#s. TAN CHENG departed on
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    • 234 33 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Born 9.11.54 MRS DORIS TAN nee WONG KWAI YENG beloved wife of MR HENRY TAN GIM CHYE was called home to be with the Lord on 19th July 1985 Sadly missed mourned by: Mother Lai Swee Thai Brothers Sisters Wong Thiam Choy Wong Wei
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    • 54 33 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam In loving memory of MR BHERUMAL ATMARAM LALWANI Departed 20th July 1981 Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Dearly loved and stdly missed by sons, daughters-in-law,
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    • 150 33 The family of the late WILLIAM RUSSELL SOLOMON wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to all relative* friend*, colleagues, Bedok Methodist Church, Holy Family Charismatic Group, Church of OLPS, Ex-Ser-vices Assn., 25-Yr Club, Handicaps Welfare Assn. TKBS Advisory Committee, Staff A Management of Cabin Crew, Fit. Operations, F.C.T.C,
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 486 34  - Douglas back in reckoning TAY CHENG KHOON Singapore Amateur Open By DOUGLAS 001 proved that his trusty irons had not gone rusty despite a long layoff when he shot into a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Singapore Amateur Open golf championships at the New Course yesterday. The
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    • 193 34 SINGAPORE'S Poh Eng Soon stole into the sole lead of the PFP Golf Classic when he added a three-under-par 69 to his overnight 70 at the Royal Johore Country Club yesterday. After bogeying the fourth, the Seletar professional carded birdies on the fifth, ninth, 11th and 18th
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    • Article, Illustration
      564 34 BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Christy leads with record 64 SANDWICH (England), Fri. IRELAND'S Christy O'Connor Junior shot a record seven successive birdies in a first round of 64 at the British Open golf championship yesterday as titleholder Severiano Ballesteros laboured to a five-over-par 75. Ballesteros, hot favourite to
      Reuter; AP  -  564 words
    • 198 34 LATEST Nicklaus may miss the cut SANDWICH, Fri. Jack Nicklaus struggled through wind, rain and cold to a five-over-par 75 and appeared in danger of missing the cut today in the second round of the British Open championship. Nicklaus, with three British Open crowns in his record collection of 17
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    • 486 34 M Christy O'Connor Jr (Ire). C8 David Graham (Aust), Sandy Lyle (Brit), Philip Parkin (Brit), Tony Johnstone (Zim), Robert Lee (Brit). David Whelan (Brit), Gordon Brand Jr (Brit), Bill McColl (Brit), Fuzzy ZoeUer (US), Don Weibring Jr (US). 71 Larry Nelson (US), Howard Clark (Brit), Payne Stewart (US),
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    • 252 34 DANVERS (Massachusetts), Fri. Laura Baugh shot a hole-in-one on the 16th yesterday, but the veteran American golfer said it was putting that gave her the first-round lead at the U*****,--000 ($492,750) Boston Five Classic. Laura's ace, which went in without bouncing, helped give her a five-under-par
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    • 195 34 BARCELONA, Fri. Olympic champion Philippe Boisse, of France, defied a painful back injury to take the men's epee title at the world fencing championships yesterday, beating Czechoslovakian Jaroslav Jourke 10-8 in the final. The slightly built radiologist breezed through the direct elimination rounds and then
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    • 359 34 LONDON, Fri. WEST Indies' captain Viv Richards, with a controversial 87 not out, steered Somerset to a four-wicket victory over Yorkshire in a Nat-West 60-over cricket match yesterday. Somerset, who had contained the home side to 208 for eight in the second round tie
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    • 304 34 TAMWORTH (New South Wales), Fri. A brilliant goal from inside-forward Peter Haselhurst earned Australia a 1-0 victory over England in.the first hockey Test yesterday. BASEBALL: American League Minnesota 8 New York 4, Chicago 10 Cleveland 0, Boston 10, California 1, Baltimore 8 Kansas 3, Oakland 6 Toronto 4,
      UPI; Reuter; AF; AFP  -  304 words
    • 211 34 SILVERSTONE (England), Fri. World championship leader Michele Alboreto and the five other drivers with a finger on the motor-racing crown could take Formula One into uncharted territory this weekend. All six, plus 20 others, assemble at Silverstone for Sunday's British Grand Prix and one should
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    • 48 35 I wasn't very confident in the first set. I was a little scared to come to the net. But in the second set I gave it a go. m That's more my game. Hu Na (right) on her tie against Chris (left)
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    • 431 35 Chris shows Hu Na the way NEWPORT (Rhode Island), Friday TOP-SEEDED Chris Evert Lloyd played subpar tennis but still beat Chinese qualifier Hu Na 6-2, 7-5 yesterday to lead an advance of seeded players at the US$l5O,OOO (*****,000) Newport women's tournament. Third-seeded Wendy Turnbull, of Australia, sixth seed Gigi Fernandez,
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    • 296 35 THE US Davis Cup team that will face West Germany and Wimbledon champion Boris Becker next month may be rated underdogs but they are well suited for Hamburg's red clay surface, a top official said yesterday. "It's the best team we have for the type of
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    • 324 35 TOUR DE FRANCE BORDEAUX, Fri. BELGIAN cyclist Eric Vanderaerden again got the better of Ireland's Sean Kelly in the Tour yesterday. Vanderaerden, disqualified from first place after he and Kelly had jostled each other in the finish to the sixth stage, held off the
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    • 171 35 BORDEAUX, Fri. Holland's Henny Top won the third stage of the second half of the women's Tour yesterday. She clocked 2hr lsec for the 87.2-kilometre ride from Luxey. West German Vera Wasmuth followed Henny home with Marion Levin, of Switzerland, taking third spot. All three riders clocked
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    • 213 35 CRANS-MONTANA, Fri. WIMBLEDON tennis champion Boris Becker, of West Germany, is back in hard training in this Swiss Alpine resort. His coach, Guenther Bosch, was quoted in a newspaper as saying a typical day comprised eight-hours training, including three-to-four hours tennis with the experienced Czech
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    • 561 35 Let'S hear it for Wales: Scottish supporters may not gei any tickets for the crucial World Cup qualifer agains Wales in Cardiff in September. Welsh Foo ball Association secretary Alun Evans said on Thursday they were prepared to sell all the tickets to Welsi fans. "If we can
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    • 225 36 Win that could fill the till JARROW (England), Fri. New 1500m world record holder Steve Cram could nearly double his earnings this year after slashing 1.1 seconds off Steve Ovett's two-year-old world best in Nice on Tuesday. The Jarrow-born 24--year-old will see little of it because of rules defining amateur
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    • 178 36 Cram gives Coe encounter a miss LONDON, Fri. Steve Cram, the new 1,500 metres world record holder, last night pulled out o' a clash with 1,500 metres Ol3 r mpic champion Seb Coe. The two Britons were to have met at London's first Grand Prix athletics meeting at Crystal Palace
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    • 980 36 Action replay... but this time Mary aims to keep her feet and put a little lamb to the slaughter Alan Hubbard on the revenge race that may be a non-event First f Person 4 What TV and the promoters want is an athletics version of
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    • 186 36 LONDON, Frl. Zola Budd, Britain's Sooth African-born athlete, admitted yesterday that she expected to be beaten by American Mary Slaney in their 3,00i metres re-match here tomorrow night. Zola, speaking at a press conference here an hour after the girl she accidentally
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    • 174 36 LONDON, Fri. American Mary Slaney will be racing against the deck, not Britad's Zola Budd, here tomorrow. The 26-year-old doable world champion made that clear on her arrival In England yesterday to prepare for the re-match. "This will be more of a personal
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    • 501 36  -  HAKIKAT RAI New marathon to curb loneliness' of the long-distance runners By I MOBIL Oil Singapore and the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association yesterday jointly announced the creation of the Mobil Marathon, an event they've billed as the "People's Marathon". The inaugural race will be flagged off on
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    • 111 36 OSLO, Fri. Morocco's Said Aouita, the Olympic 5,000m champion, will miss the Dream Mile at Bislett Stadium here on July 27. Aouita, who finished a close second to Steve Cram when the Briton broke the world 1,500 m record in Nice on Tuesday, has chosen to
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    • 109 36 DUSSELDORF (West Germany), Wed. Jnrgen Hingsen, the Olympic and World Championship silver medallist for the decathlon, faces an agonising wait to know whether his season is finished after being injured in training. The 27-year-old West German, runner-up to Britain's Daley Thompson at both the Los
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    • 109 36 PARIS, Fri. Russian pole-vault-er Sergei Bubka, who set a world record of six metres at an athletics meeting here last Saturday, has received a medal from the French capital to mark his performance. Bubka received the "Grande Medaille de la Ville de Paris" from Deputy Mayor Jean
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    • 645 37 Tackle it your own way SINGAPORE'S new rugby coach, New Zealander J.A. "Taffy" Davies, unveiled his Blueprint for Goals yesterday. But he acknowledged that aiming for success will be no easy conversion. His initial piece of advice to the Republic's rugby players is as simple as an All Blacks try:
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    • 644 37 Admiral's Cup countdown CONFIDENCE and enthusiasm is high as the Cap challenge looms closer. While the Singapore crews get to grips with the weather and the food, SIMON LOH, who will skipper the Marionette when the races begin on July 31 off Cowes, charts the
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    • 343 37  - Homing in on small change JOE DORAI Confusion reigns as Toa Payoh United take gate collection in 'away' match By CHANGI UNITED, the relegated Division One football club, had a rude shock on Thursday night when their officials went to collect admission charges for their home match against Toa Payoh
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    • 20 37 THE LAST FOUR Misbun Sidek v Nick Yates Steve Baddeley v Michael Kjeldsen M isbun...only Asian left
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    • 276 37 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri MALAYSIA'S Misbun Sidek was the sole Asian shuttler to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's singles in the Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open badminton championships after staging a late fightback against England's Steve Butler. The homester, seeded seventh, ousted Butler 15--7, 7-15, 15-12 in
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    • 214 37 Men's singles, quarterfinals: Michael Kjeldsen (Den) bt Rashid Sidek (FT) 15-8, 15--8; Nick Yates (Eng) bt Hargiono (Indo) 15-5, 15-11; Steve Baddeley (Eng) bt Sze-Yu (Aust) 18-16, 15-6; Misbun Sidek (Mai) bt Steve Butler (Eng) 15-7, 7-15, 15-12. Women's singles, qnarterBn»b: Helen Troke (Eng) bt Tan
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    • 241 37 S'pore in semis SINGAPORE advanced Into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Hockey Federation under-23 tournament when they held favourites Johor to a 3-3 draw at Johor Bam yesterday. The Republic, needing a draw to make sure of a place In the last four, had a dream start when reliable Nordin
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    • 435 37  -  PETER SIOW By FOUR-TIME runner-up Tan Kai Kok pulled off a surprise 19-21, 21-17, 21-13, 21-17 victory over former international Ang Wah Heng in the opening round of the national table tennis individual championships at Toa Payoh last night. Kai Kok, who played second fiddle
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    • 136 37 SINGAPORE'S Adelene Wee is in fourth position after the first Masters semi-final of the Asian FIQ Youth bowling championships in Jakarta yesterday. She has 1,567 points (1,522 pintails plus 45 bonus points) from eight games. The top four finishers in today's second semi-final will qualify for the
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 297 36 BOWLING Asian FH| Youth c 'ships: Masters step-ladder Bkt Panjang v Kg Übi, Kebun Baru v Eunos. All at Farrer Pk Tg finals (Jakarta). Anchor Beer National League (Jurong Bowl, 5.30). Bahru v Ulu Pandan, Henderson v Clementi, Mountbatten v Tg CRICKET SCA Sr k.0.: Safsa v IA (Tanglin); SRC
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    • 360 37 Who made Japan's first photographic film 1 Imm *%M if* m If m 1 m f*sZ**jf a t J m jk. f fl i k m f^aff Xgi S am. kaf 1 Jl mWk ■r m I >■_■_■■ b^b^b^bV ar a^aa aVaV Kimono des/gn based on a 17th century Yuzen
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  • 228 38 Too many grads chase too few jobs GENEVA, Fri. A university degree is fast becoming a ticket to nowhere, with too many diplomas hunting too few jobs, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said yesterday. Despite a steady frowth in employment or highly-qualified professionals of up to 20 per cent in
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  • 44 38 WEST BERLIN, Fri. Demonstrators protesting against President Ronald Reagan's Nicaragua policy yesterday rampaged through the streets, pelted police with bottles and rocks and set fire to waste paper containers. There were no reports of injuries, but police said six people were arrestea. UPI
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  • 490 38 NEW YORK, Fri. Experts here say the security of American computers, with access to business and military secrets and even the ability to move satellites in space, is under growing attack from schoolboys out for a technological lark. The problem has been highlighted by
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  • 176 38 PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, making his first public appearance since he entered hospital on July 12, gives reporters an "OK" sign from his third-floor balcony at Bethesda Naval Hospital on Thursday when they asked how he was feeling. He was described yesterday by his doctors
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  • 155 38 Cheating with credit cards: 5 charged FIVE people from the Philippines were yesterday charged in connection with credit card cheating offences. Four face one count each of using other people's credit cards to cheat shops of goods worth $1,782, while the fifth is accused of having tried to cheat a
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  • 31 38 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 1.79 points to 1,352.71 in the first halfhour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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  • 283 38 BANGKOK, Fri. The Soviet Union will more than double its economic aid to Vietnam during the next five-year period (1986-1990) compared with the past five years, the official Vietnam News Agency has reported. Moscow has also agreed to defer Hanoi's repayment of previous debts,
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  • 105 38 CAMBRIDGE, Fri. Britain's oldest publishing house is trying to cut out smoking among its staff by not paying them for the time they spend having a cigarette. The 450-year-old Cambridge University Press said it introduced the policy after a poll among its 200 employees, most
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  • 318 38  - Hearing is expected to last three weeks BEN DAVIDSON Andrew Road o^ triple-murder W trial mf By THE Andrew Road triple-murder trial opens in the High Court on Monday and is expected to last at least three weeks. In the dock will be Sek Kim Wah, 21, who denies three
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  • 221 38 Money a woman prayed for is no godsend GATES (New York), Fri. A destitute woman, who thought her prayers were answered when she found an envelope containing US$lO,OOO (5522,000) in a church shrine last year, has been charged with grand larceny. Gates police investigator Jim Marasco said Margaret Burke, 37,
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  • 42 38 NEW DELHI, Fri. The government today ordered foreigners in New Delhi to carry their passports at all times next week in an apparent move to tighten security for a meeting of trade ministers from at least 32 develooine countries. Reuter
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  • 49 38 NISHINOMIYA (Japan), Fri. The world's only "leopon", a cross between a leopard and a lion, has died of old age at a zoo here, zoo officials said today. At 24, the male leopon known as Johnny was the equivalent of 112 years old in human terms. AFP
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    • 122 38 Weather UP TO 1 pm: Showers over several areas. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.16 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.05 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 4/15C Fine Manila 22/31C Goudy Amsterdam 13/20C Cloudy Melbourne 3/12C Fine Bangkok 24/32C Fair Moscow 1425C Sunny Beijing 20/32C
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  • Section Two
    • 2 1 Section Two
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    • Books
      • 933 1  - Tome for our climes REBECCA CHUA A dictionary is a dictionary. Or is it? Here's one designed for South-east Asians that doesn't just give the definitions of words, it also helps readers who have difficulty with the language, lists local words, and reminds you what to watch out for in
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      • 663 2  - Police story from Raffles to NPP PAUL WEE IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION By John Drysdale Federal Publications 1985, 219 paaes. $48 Reviewed by 4 The book provides instant reference for researchers and yet keeps casual readers interested a testimony to Mr Drysdale's ability to weave facts and figures
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      • 469 2  -  JAMES BROOKE Update By in New York AS JOHN DECSEPEL, a stockbroker, pulled weeds from his garden in Connecticut one recent weekend, he switched on his portable cassette player and listened to a chapter of Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Political columnist George F. Will
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        317 2 BIOGRAPHY of a Planet by Chet Raymo (PrenticeHall, 1984, 176 pages, $30.50) Take a trip across four billion years of life on earth and learn about geology, astronomy and the evolution of life on earth. Through compelling sketches, the author, a professor of physics and astronomy, charts
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      • 450 4  -  CARLA CHUA JOGGERS DIE EARLY By I.H. White Federal, 1985 104 pages, $12 Reviewed by NO MATTER how morbid the title, don't be deceived. The book is not the hall of fame for martyred joggers. It is, in fact, a delightful book
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      • 876 4  -  WILFRED YEO REVELATIONS OF A SOCCER MANAGER By Terry Neill Sidgwick and Johnson, 1985 189 pages, $22.25 Reviewed bv THE dubious honour of having the most perilous job in Britain does not, as one would think, belong to Mrs T. Uneasier lies the head that
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      • 434 4  -  NATHANAEL LIM Young Reader leviewed by PUFFIN STEP AHEAD BOOKS For readers aged 3 and 4: Early Reading Skills For Readers aged 5 and over: Reading Comprehension By Betty Root Puffin, 1985 $7.20, 32 pages each PARENTS who take an active part in
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      • 306 4 CATWITCH by lisa Tuttle (Doubleday 1983, 79 pages, $20.80) This is the story of Jules, the cat that became a witch and is l>ersuaded by fairies on the TV set to save their captive prince. Who could resist the sumptuous illustrations by Una Woodruff, or
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      • 2111 6 Extract from the book Oh No, Its the Kitchi Boy Gang! due out next month "YOUR NAME is mud, Marimuthu," Goyang said. "This is a very small town, Marimuthu," said Sag Singh gravely. "A very small town indeed. Today you do something, next day the whole
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      • 88 7  -  LEUNG PEK KER By 14, a student There was a little girl named Sylvie Who loved horror movies She went to the cinema Accompanied by her grandma They entered the backstall Clutching food fit for a ball Both got so excited Just because the inside was not
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      • 40 7 Expressions Section Two Times House 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore 0923 Name j Age IC No j Occupation j j Address j I I I Telephone I affirm that this work is original and unpublished 5 Signature I U__ J
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      • 191 7 [SILLY EXCUSES FOR BEING LATE I "TRAFFIC SNARL", TRAFFIC LIGHTS V CONKED -OUT" OR EVEN "ROAD S SUNK~/Aif*... I WONDER WHAT.. J I By T.6. NONIS, 26, an advertising artist Unveil EXPRESSIONS offers two pages of creative and artistic effort by you and for you. So if you're a closet
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      • 821 8 This essay by ASAD LATIF first appeared in the Business Times on Thursday IT IS time for peace again. That, among other things, was the message of Joan Baez, the radical singer whose ballads turned the passions of an entire generation into music, at the opening
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      • 708 8 Twenty years is a long time Saturday Observer Irene Pates ONCE upon a time, when we didn't know about condominium living; when all cars were fitted with gears but it wouldn't have mattered anyway because we were too poor to afford them; when we didn't know about psychologists and therapists,
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      • 567 8 Chess Leslie Leow A TEAM representing the republic survived a close call to win the inaugural Singapore-Malaysia match on July 6-7, thus extending a long and unbroken run of Singapore victories over its neighbour. The friendly match will become an annual affair with the two
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      • 110 8 FROM the diagrammed position, the game continues with 17 Qg3 Bc3, since Qg3 was the most popular move submitted. A total of 146 entries were received, out of which 42 gave the correct answer of 17 Qe4. Out of the correct entries, a Chess Companion 2 Chess
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      • 360 8 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE COMPANIES Winding Up No 32S of 1985 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of Sergio Pascucci Fashions Pte Ltd formerly known as Enrofashions Pte Ltd ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a
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      • 1367 9 sdfas Coastal California has been touted as one of the world's most spectacular drives, largely because of its wild dramatic coastline. THOMAS H. BOOTH writes about the delights of motoring from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Z Suddenly, at the top of the peninsula, the
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      • 1055 10 A European-based international company with an enviable reputation in Europe for its range of specialised construction and associated equipment seeks suitably qualified personnel for its Singapore operation covering the Far East Region. The introduction of the company's range of plant and equipment to the region is relatively new, thus the
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      • 576 11 APPOINTMENTS r-=^»=l GTHYL6NG GLYCOLS (SINGAPORE) PRIVAT€ LIMITED We are one of the downstream companies in the $2 billion Petrochemical Complex on Pulau Ayer Merbau. Our plants have started operation, producing NITROGEN, OXYGEN, ETHYLENE OXIDE and ETHYLENE GLYCOLS etc. MANAGER, Accounting Finance (Designate) e Recognised Accounting qualification e Minimum 5 years'
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      • 701 11 The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following position OPERATIONS DIVISION SENIOR TECHNICAL OFFICER Salary Scale $1900 x 100 2300/ 2425 x 125 2925 Functions Officers will be trained in one of the following: Permanent Way Rolling Stock Locomotives Railway Signalling Power Supplies and Cabling Communications Automatic Fare Collection Environmental
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      • 880 11 A worldwide manufacturer in fast-moving consumer products invites suitable applicants for the post of: PRODUCT MANAGER Our products are market leaders in their own fields and our customers are wholesalers, departmental stores, supermarkets, minimarkets and sundry shops, etc. The successful candidate must be able to plan, implement and control advertising
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      • 709 12 APPOINTMENTS 1 We invite suitable applications for the following new appointments: SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER THE CANDIDATE: University degree or equivalent working experience. At least 4 years practical experience with MVS/SP, JES2, TSO/ISPF and IBM prog. Products in a large IBM mainframe environment Knowledge of system performance measurement and tuning will
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      • 769 12 SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION W: Applications are invited for the following positions: H lA. ASSISTANT MANAGER (MARKETING) I Duties and Responsibilities Responsible for marketing the attractions and facilities of Sentosa to individuals, travel agents, commercial groups, special interest groups and £S educational groups. 88 To package tours on Sentosa for tourists
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      • 488 12 I GM Singapore ml r Pte Ltd. 1 GM Singapore can provide you with opportunities in your search for individual excellence. An interview with us could lead to a turning point in your career. Currently, we are looking for suitable applicants to fill the following positions: I FEMALE INDUSTRIAL I
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      • 591 12 If fintj CHILD CARE SERVICES I We are looking for energetic persons who enjoy working with young children and adults for the following posts. Candidates must be mature, pleasant and able to work independently. Good career prospects and local and overseas training opportunities are available. A) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATOR Qualifications
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      • 557 13 APPOINTMENTS PORT Of SINGAPORE AUTHORITY Applications are invited for the post of I ELECTRONICS ENGINEER Duties Responsible for the computerised system to be used for civil vessel traffic management. Training Selected Engineers will be sent overseas for training. 0 ualifica tions Applicants should have a recognised degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
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      • 590 13 Progress With The Leoder In Semiconductor Technology 0 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS is the world's j^^ jlH^ leading supplier of semiconductor comB^r^Bf^B ponents and materials. For over 20 years we ave een at t^ ie ore^ ront semiI|J conductor technology. TI Singapore is the MOS Memory Centre producing DRAM and EPROM products
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      • 623 13 M \m\SKYPAK\ m THE WORLD WIDE COURIERS jpiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mi" i" ■in" I Sales Executive M 0 Dynamic 0 Self -motivated \7\ Aggressive I 3 Intelligent 0 Results-oriented (7]Well Presented If so, TNT SKYPAK, the world's fastest growing international courier company wants to hear from you, NOW! TNT SKYPAK, part of
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      • 790 13 HI i*£f?* VV9'J'9F9V H^ HH HBw The Centre For Computer Studies H Addt onai COMPUTER SUPPORT STAFF are H realised to support the cont;nu no development o* THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTER STUDIES, H Aiich was established in 1982 as an autonomous Hx: academic centre located at Ngee Ann Polytechnic H
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      • 623 14 APPOINTMENTS DATA GENERAL CORPORATION is a Fortune 500 US Company which designs, manufactures and sells general purpose computers. Our success is based on comprehensive customer support, product compatibility, industry-lead in quality and reliability as well as our dedicated, highly trained and skilled employees throughout the world. We seek a highly
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      • 527 14 GEARHART GEODATA SERVICES LTD An Oilfield Service Company requires the following MWD Electronics 1 Technician The MWD Electronics Technician should 8 be a young mobile Graduate wishing to enter this expanding and exciting market. Training will be in Scotland but the post will be Singapore based, with much travel, often
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      • 246 14 Flight Attendants Pan American World Airways will be recruiting Flight Attendants (Male Female) in Singapore. Successful candidates will be stationed here and fly our routes throughout the Orient. Our basic requirements: Minimum age 20 At least 158cm in height Weight must be in proportion to height Minimum educational qualifications GCE
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      • 281 14 We're looking for two professionals to fill up key positions in our established organisation. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, then you'll find satisfaction working with us. BUSINESS MANAGER Preferably male Age between 35 50 Must be bilingual Minimum qualification: G.C.E. 'A' Level Knowledge of F B operations,
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      • 704 15 APPOINTMENTS This is a special opportunity for suitably qualified individuals who desire to make a career with an established international bank. For our expanding business operations, we have the following vacancies: Bank Clerks/ Typists/ Tel lers The candidates we are looking for should have: GCE 'O' level with 4 credits
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      • 424 15 A new software house with solid overseas connections is commencing operations in Singapore and seeks highlymotivated people to fill the following positions: j I Analyst! Programmer experience in system analysis and programming. 1 1 Trainee fresh graduates with the desire to succeed in the computer software industry. Qualities Preferred: Desire
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      • 532 15 NOTICES e SHELL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY SCHOLARSHIPS Applications are invited trom qualitied candidates for four Shell International Petroleum Company Scholarships for post-graduate courses in Energy Technology leading to the degree of Master of Engineering or Master of Science beginning in January 1986. These scholarships are tenable at the Asian Institute
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      • 640 15 I NOTICE This is to advise that Mr Syed Hussain Bin Haroon Aljunied I/C No *****04/E and Madm Sherifah Rukayah Binte Haroon Aljunied. I/C No *****35/Z are no longer directors and shareholders of Balqis Arabian Caterers Pte. Ltd. with effect from 15th July 1985 and therefore they have no authority
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      • 222 16 Mastering Simplified Chinese wllU^UUldd A fl /'?&>'■ I fib fl We «nF \>^ t jf HI liliii Za™ ™/e af 56.50 P^^i from a// bookshops Clear and concise in its approach, this is an indispensable reference to the learning and understanding of Simplified Chinese Characters. Delightfully illustrated by Peng, this
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      • 592 16 SUN TAN ByCoiUftte PEANUTS By Schulz VOH/W£^6o(TToH^V€ m I iJ'S Jotr SuPetSTtTiOH 1/ W\ AND \/!Aj£vOS A«£ ic luflcn \v AKb YOU REAPV HERE r v AffNAMaAi. seTftAoc ry iv y y r x^^^h^Jj TlE^fx__^- W/tr/ -^o comes a new excuse.' THE BORN LOSER ByArtSansom BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker
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      • 467 17 NOTICES The following Ordinary Share Certificates have been reported lost: AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES PTE LTD Certificate Nos. In the Name of No. of Shares 9 GOH YOKE HIAN 499,999 20 GOH YOKE HIAN 600,000 24 AVITRA PTE LTD 472.50C NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that if within fourteen days from the date
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      • 243 17 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Divorce Petition No. 1788 of 1184. BETWEEN TI TEOW YONG Petitioner AND NG CHIONG TUT Respondent AND CHAN LEE PING Co-Respondent NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: NG CHIONG TUT 765 Mountbatten Road, Singapore 1543. And CHAN LEE PING Apt Block 122, #08-86,
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      • 1771 17 H Radio one i- 1 kkk s^r Workshop on reading sllli I 1 PARENTS* ROLE IN FUN FISHING r Muleum f Wk READING DEVELOP- SENTOSA CANOE AUDIO-VISUAL M R^ MENT. Organised by the CENTRE. 9amto 6 pm. Malayan Nature Society's Department. The closing The characters include a PRESENTATION. At the
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      • 1334 18 I iw MY VIEW Catherine Ong .■iimhiimi mm— I-" SSCW»s Lassie fare for the «»H: M&f^f^o± (Ch 5, 2.30 pm) #*lt*lillf tt% I^H lin artiste, his Can't Take My mW^^^lt L^ MW JAMES Stewart, of the Idlfllly lO IdD UD Eyes Off You and My Eyes W^ fadgM Wk, "aw
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