The Straits Times, 21 July 1985

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    12 1 The Sunday Times No: 2563 45 CENTS MX. (P) No. 96/1/85 adfasdfas
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    We'll get over it: Chok Tong
    756 1  -  LEE KIM CHEW and AHMAD OSMAN Government coming up with cure for current economic ailments By FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday assured Singaporeans that the present economic crisis could be overcome. He said the people had been through worse crises before.
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  • Article
    Give us the right to cane, say many teachers
    656 1  - Give us the right to cane, say many teachers HEDWIG ALFRED By MANY teachers want to bring the cane back into the classroom in the face of a growing discipline problem in schools. The first-ever study on school discipline reveals that about half the teachers think that they should be
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    Lock icon A bald display of friendship
    77 1 AP picture SOME people will do anything for their friend. And these young men show what friendship can mean when they willingly gave up their hair. Their friend, Manuel Garcia, 39, has lost his because of treatment for cancer. So 5# of his friends decided
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    Lock icon HK closes two beaches after oil spill
    124 1 HONGKONG, Sat. A Brazilregistered cargo ship ran aground today south of Hongkong and ruptured its fuel tanks, spilling oil that fouled the city's most popular beaches, officials said. There were no casualties but the ship continued to leak after it was towed to
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    Reagan goes home
    100 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House today just one week after undergoing major cancer surgery. In the business-as-usual pattern the White House has sought to maintain since the operation, Mr Reagan made his regular Saturday radio broadcast from his hospital room. Then he
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    Lock icon Peace Fleet yachts sunk in Perth
    101 1 Peace Fleet yachts sunk in Perth PERTH, Sat. Two yachts from a self-styled "Peace Fleet" which shadowed the arrival of a US naval task force in Fremantle port yesterday were sunk during the night, Peace Fleet representatives said today. They said holes had been drilled in the hulls of the
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    Chap ji kee and under-18s are out
    273 1  - Chap ji kee and under- 18s are out CHRISTINA TSENG By CHAP ji kee is out, says Singapore Pools. And for 4-D and Toto, you'll have to be above 18 years before you can place any bets. This statement by Singapore Pools yesterday came Hiiiid some unhappy public reaction to
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  • AT A GLANCE
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      GANDHI KILLING THEORY:
      51 2 The main defence lawyer in the Indira Gandhi assassination trial has suggested that a Gandhi family "conspiracy" was behind Mrs Gandhi's death. Pressed outside the court to explain his statement, he said: "Wait for some time, I will bring it up (but) it's too early now." Page
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      DAM DEATHS MOUNT:
      66 2 The death toll in the Dolomite Valley dam disaster in Italy could rise to more than 260. Rescue workers, ploughing through the mud for bodies (above), have so far recovered 93 bodies. An immediate inquiry has been ordered into the cause of the incident which occurred 60
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      REAGAN NOMINEE'S HUMBLE START:
      67 2 President Ronald Reagan's nominee for the post of Budget Director, Dr James Miller, started off as a grocer's boy but rose to obtain a doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia. He is best known as a champion of deregulating American industry. But he has
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      SOVIET SEA POWER SHOW:
      71 2 The present Soviet naval exercise in the North Atlantic was the largest projection of Soviet sea power in history, said Nato's Supreme Atlantic Commander Admiral Wesley McDonald on Friday. He said that the exercise appeared larger than the giant Okean 75, which involved about 100 combat
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      DR M REBUKES BUSINESSMEN:
      60 2 The Malaysian business community yesterday came in for a tongue-lashing from Prime Minister Datuk Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said that while the government was trying to become sophisticated in its administration and policies, the response from the community was not up to requirements. He said
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      NO CASH INSURANCE:
      68 2 Employers who still pay in cash will have to face greater risks. The Government will ask insurance firms to stop insuring cash payrolls while Cisco will be urged to stop its armed escort service. These measures were described as further efforts to persuade employers to adopt cashless
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      FIRMS COOL TO MATCHMAKING:
      77 2 Private firms'have been unenthusistic about efforts to get the k Social Development Unit to get their unmarried men (I and women executives to attend the unit's activities. Two thousand companies approached by the unit have limited their response to handing over the SDU's booklet to their
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      ARCHITECTS' CALL FOR HELP:
      79 2 Architects here want more work from the Government to stay in business. There are so few new private sector jobs available that only firms which are still handling "big projects" will have enough work to keep them going, said Mr Gan Eng Oon, President of the
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    • SPORTS
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        FAT'S NO OBSTACLE:
        62 2 FAT'S NO OBSTACLE: wee Peng Siong's 75 kg weight ai the a&e 13 not st0 P k. im frorn dreaming of making good in badminton. In only three years of hard work, the youngster (left) scored a string of successes. Janice Seah, in her Said and Done column, profiles a
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        CASHING IN ON SPORTS:
        65 2 An American cable channel is cashing in on the appeal the Los Angeles Olympics still has with Americans and is re-running a hyped version of the games. Alan Hubbard says the series, complete with gold medal winners doubling as presenters, is symptomatic of the changed face
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        FIRST GOLF, THEN OTHERS:
        49 2 A golfing competition to raise money for charity is all right. But, says Tay Cheng Khoon in Tee to Green, charity begins at home and suggests that money also be raised to promote golf. He offers suggestions on how this can be done. Page tl.
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Two G's which may spell trouble The misdemeanours
      401 2 Two G's which may spell trouble The misdemeanours The state of discipline in schools A teachers' union report. I GLUE-SNIFFING, drug abuse and boys molesting girls are problems Singapore teachers rarely have to deal with. Pupils are generally well-behaved. Vandalism usually scratching school desks and scribbling on toilet walls was
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      How mischief-makers see themselves The problem pupils
      1015 2 ITEACHERS may label them problem kids, but how do the pupils who get into trouble see themselves? To find out, 40 pupils identified by their teachers as mischief-makers were interviewed in the Singapore Teachers' Union survey of school discipline. Many of them came
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      Some hit out in forbidden ways The punishments
      379 2 B SOME teachers have been physically punishing their pupils although the Education Ministry forbids this. Teachers sometimes tweak their pupils' ears, pinch them and pull their hair for infringements like not doing homework, disobeying instructions and misbehaving in class. Really exasperated teachers
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      Colon cancer rate here top in Asia
      520 3  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By I THE sketch shows where 48 cm of President Ronald Reagan's colon was removed together with the cancerous growth. Up to a quarter of the I.smlong colon or large intestine where the final stages of digestion and the preparation for
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      Furore breaks out over 'holiday camp' prison
      412 3  - Furore breaks out over 'holiday camp' prison DONALD HIGGS By London Reporter A ROW has broken out in Britain over the opening of the first of 16 new "luxury" prisons. Wayland prison, set in the beautiful Norfolk countryside, is as far removed from the grim, grey Victorian "houses of correction"
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      Bhopal: Plant closes, but not the wounds
      365 3 THE grief, suffering and inevitable recriminations after such a terrible disaster will continue for many years after last week's formal closure of the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal. For the Madhya Pradesh City, whose name has become synonymous with one of the worst
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
      8 3 I STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY
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      Coca-Cola Classic: You'll have to clamour for it
      303 3  - Coca-Cola Classic: You'll have to clamour for it HEDWIG ALFRED By IF YOU want to drink the old Coke after the new Coke arrives, you are' going to have to kick up a fuss. Last week the Coca-Cola Company bowed to consumer pressure and said it would put the old
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      117 2 UP TO 1 pm. Showers over several areas after midday. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.16 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.05 am. TRAVELLERS 1 WEATHER Adelaide 8 16C Rain Manila 23 32 c Clear Amsterdam 14/19C Cloudy Melbourne 3/13C Clear Bangkok 24/32 C
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Japan, EC to hold trade talks in October
      325 4 BRUSSELS, Sat. Japan and the EC will hold wide-ranging talks on all the major causes of trade tension in October, once officials have analysed the likely impact of the Japanese action programme to step up imports, due to be announced at the
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      Lock icon Arrests boost heroin prices
      149 4 COLOMBO, Sat. Since the arrest of five Singapore-based foreigners at Colombo international airport last Saturday, street prices of heroin have doubled to US$l2 (Ss26) a gramme. This has reinforced police suspicions that the five may be linked to Sri Lanka's booming drugs trade. The group was
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      Lock icon We won't starve public to pay debts: OAU chiefs
      167 4 We won't starve public to pay debts: OAU chiefs ADDIS ABABA, Sat. African leaders winding up a crucial economic summit today said their people could not be condemned to famine and servitude in order to repay foreign debts. Addressing an Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meeting of heads of state
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      Family-plot theory is next Gandhi trial drama
      510 4  - Family -plot theory is next Gandhi trial drama PHILIP GANGULY By New uemi Reporter NEW DELHI, Sat. The Indira Gandhi assassination trial, which began on July 8, has already lived up to the drama that surrounded the Prime Minister's killing last year. There have been frequent clashes between the prosecution
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      Lock icon Refugee castaways rescued after two months at sea
      176 4 TOKYO, Sat. A group of eight Vietnamese castaways, rescued off southern Japan yesterday, told doctors they spent more than two months at sea after leaving a village in South Vietnam's Mekong River delta. Dr Motoi Nishimura, director of the National Minami-Kyushu Hospital
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        Lock icon Emergency declared
        53 4 SOUTH AFRICAN President P. W. Botha yesterday announced a state of emergency from midnight in 36 of the riot-torn country's districts, including Johannesburg. Police reported continued widespread rioting in Black townships and one more death when police fired on a crowd stoning a Black policeman's home near Port
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        Lock icon Five killed
        80 4 FTVE PEOPLE were killed in sporadic violence in India's Gujarat state, marring a peace pact between the local government and leaders of a protest campaign against an official policy on minorities. The Press Trust of India said two people were shot dead near a place of worship, another
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        Lock icon Strict airport checks
        61 4 LEBANESE GUARDS yesterday enforced strict checks on passengers at Beirut airport and a senior airport official said security had been greatly improved since the Trans World Airlines (TWA) hijack crisis last month. Guards body-searched passengers twice before they entered aircraft, witnesses said. An electronic gateway to detect
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        Lock icon Iranian oilfield hit
        64 4 IRAQ SAID its navy attacked Iran's Cyrus oilfield in the northern Persian Gulf on Friday, setting ablaze four wells and a pumping station. A military spokesman said all the naval ships returned to base, destroying an Iranian tugboat on the way. Yesterday, Iran said its forces shot
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        Lock icon Lira collapse probe
        74 4 ITALIAN PRIME Minister Bettino Craxi yesterday ordered an inquiry into a sudden collapse of the lira against the US dollar and the West German mark which led to the temporary closure of Italian foreign exchanges on Friday. The Bank of Italy and Treasury say they ordered exchanges
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      Lock icon Court sells building for $4m to repay Cathay debt
      113 4 Court sells building for $4m to repay Cathay debt TAIPEI, Sat. A court auctioned a building owned by the scandalridden Cathay Industrial Group to repay debts, a court official said today. The property, sold yesterday for US$l.B million (553.96 million), was the first of Cathay assets frozen by the court
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      Lock icon Court rejects killer's appeal for freedom
      102 4 Court rejects killer's appeal for freedom TOKYO, Sat. Japan's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by a 93--year-old convicted killer for his release after 30 years on death row, court officials said. Sadamichi Hirasawa and his lawyer had argued that the Statute of Limitations on carrying out the death penalty
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon RAMBO'S FALL:
        52 5 Actor Sylves- ter Stallone, of Rambo fame, is planning to marry Danish model Brigette Nielsen, the New York Daily News has reported. But Stallone and 23-year-old Brigette have not yet set the date because he is still awaiting a final divorce decree from his wife of 10 years,
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        Lock icon SPEED TYPING:
        56 5 A West Ger- man woman has found the key to typing success by hammering out 712 characters per minute to win the speed title in the World Typewriting Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. Against 179 other typists from 17 countries, Gabriele Monag also banged out 649 characters per minute
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        SHORT GAIN:
        68 5 A South-east Asian drug that spectacularly boosts male sexual performance causes impotence and even death after a few months of regular use, an Argentine doctor has told a medical conference on sexuality in Rio de Janeiro. Carlos Allarcon said the drug, known as Nam, was developed in South-east
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        Lock icon WRONG SONG:
        98 5 A distressed Rarnona Hardeman collapsed on the floor in hysterics when a singing telegram man hired by her boyfriend launched into an obscene song, accompanied by display of a soap shaped in the form of male genitalia, in front of her co-workers, according to a lawsuit filed in
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        NO REGRETS:
        80 5 London house- wife Kim Cotton, labelled a heartless mercenary when she became Britain's first-known commercial surrogate mother, says she was motivated by love and money when she accepted £6,500 (5519,700) to have her "rent a womb" baby last January. "I was just enchanted by the idea of doing
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        Lock icon GANBEI!:
        78 5 China's oldest and big- gest brewery, set up by Germans and the British more than 80 years ago, has decided to challenge its former masters m the world's most lucrative markets. The Tsingtao Brewery sent 42,000 tonnes of its frothy product to 22 countries last year, which is very
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        Lock icon HOME-MADE A-BOMB:
        97 5 A French magazine claims one of its journalists was able to buy enough uranium and plutonium to make an atomb bomb, the only real problem being the price. Patrick Bertheu, a reporter for the weekly magazine V.S.D. told how a retired arms dealer helped him in six months
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      Lock icon Li to start historic US visit today
      420 5 Formal talks with Reagan begin on Tuesday BEIJING, Sat. Chinese President Li Xiannian begins an historic, 10-day visit to the United States tomorrow, the first by a Chinese head of state since the 1949 communist revolution. Mr Li, accompanied by his wife, Lin
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      Lock icon Woman teacher to join shuttle flight
      181 5 WASHINGTON, Sat. After months of rigorous testing and a highly-publicised, nationwide search, Mrs Christa McAuliffe, a teacher, was selected yesterday to be the first American teacher to fly into orbit aboard the space shuttle. Mrs McAuliffe, 36, whose selection was announced by Vice-Presi-dent George
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      Lock icon Third record in a week
      121 5 Dow Jones NEW YCRK, Sat. Wall Street muscled ts way to its third record of the week yesterday as investors responded enthusiastically to healthy < Drporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 8.72 to a record close of 1 359.54, overtaking Wednesday's mark
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      Lock icon New US budget chief champions Reaganomics
      273 5 President's nominee started business as a grocer's boy WASHINGTON, Sat. Dr James Miller, named yesterday by President Ronald Reagan to the politically powerful post of Budget Director, learnt about business as a boy stocking shelves at a grocery store. That experience may not be
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      Lock icon Soviets deny Israeli report on renewing ties
      189 5 MOSCOW, Saturday THE Soviet Union today denied as groundless an Israeli report that Moscow's ambassador to Paris had indicated to his Israeli counterpart willingness to renew diplomatic relations, and had suggested a deal involving Jewish emigration. The five-line announcement carried by Tass news
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      LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW When press should keep silent
      291 6 LOUIS HEREN'S VIEW When press should keep silent From London BRITISH Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher last week appealed to the media to limit their coverage of terrorist hijackings. Press and television should have a voluntary code of conduct under which, she suggested, "they would not say or show anything
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      Lock icon Burst dam's death wave
      387 6 Burst clam's death wave STAVA (Italy), Sat. RESCUE workers were toiling through the night to extricate bodies buried under tonnes of mud by a burst Dolomite valley dam as officials said that the final death toll could rise to more than 260. So far 93 bodies have been recovered, some
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      Lock icon For heart man, death can wait
      114 6 For heart man, death can wait STOCKHOLM, Sat. Stockholm businessman Leif Stenberg told reporters yesterday he still hasn't cancelled the order for his own coffin, but he feels "terrifically well" with an American-made artifi- cial heart ticking away in his chest. Doctors said the 53 yearold Stenberg had probably recovered
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      Lock icon Soviet exercise 'biggest show of sea power'
      370 6 BRUSSELS, Sat. The current naval exercise in the North Atlantic was the largest projection of Soviet sea power in history, Nato's Supreme Atlantic Commander Admiral Wesley McDonald said yesterday. He said the exercise, bringing together submarines and surface ships from the Kola peninsula
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      Lock icon Sweet and sour tricks in the wine trade
      336 6 LONDON, Sat. The use of antifreeze to sweeten a batch of Austrian wine has sent a shiver through the normally self-assured world of wine but the practice of doctoring wine is not new. Ancient Greeks and Romans used honey and spices to
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      Lock icon Threat to fine Greenpeace
      151 6 BRUSSELS, Sat. An Antwerp appeal court yesterday threatened to fine the environmental group, Greenpeace, one million francs (*****,000) a day if It continued to obstruct Belgian ships from dumping chemical waste, lawyers said. The ruling extended a lower court ban on Greenpeace blockades of territorial waters
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  • ASEAN NEWS · ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Indonesia aims to match Japan by year 2000
      341 7 VBENNA, Saturday INDONESIA will equal Japan in industrialisation by the turn of the century, Dr Bachrudin Habibie, Indonesian Minister of Research and Technology, has said. "In the aviation industry we already equal Japan, and we will see to it that we maintain
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      Lock icon Ipoh boy now secretes threads from both eyes
      164 7 Ipoh boy now secretes threads from both eyes IPOH, Sat. Schoolboy KYogalingam, 10, whose right eye secreted threads periodically, now has both his eyes secreting multi-coloured threads. The latest development was discovered by his father, Mr K. Kanesan, 31, one morning at his Water Works quarters in Sungai Siput about
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        Lock icon Extremists on trial
        76 7 JAKARTA, Sat. Two Muslim extremists went on trial today for subversion, accused of inciting a riot here last September in which 30 people were killed and many more injured. Salim Qadar, 50, and Yayan Hendrayana, 35, were charged with preaching subversive sermons in mosques in Tanjung Priok
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        Lock icon Chinese team to play
        60 7 JAKARTA, Sat. China will send its first soccer team to Indonesia m two decades when they take part m the Independence Cup tournament scheduled for Aug 9 to 20, a spokesman of the organising committee said today. China and five other countries Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South
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        Lock icon Deportation after jail
        87 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Immigration Department would deport Indonesians who had served their jail sentences for illegal entry into the country, its DirectorGeneral, Mr Abdul Malik Abdul Aziz, said today. This had been the usual practice of the department, he said, commenting on a statement by the
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      Lock icon Free flow of people from S'pore urged
      146 7 Free flow of people from S'pore urged JOHOR BARU, Sat. The Singapore Government has been urged to allow its citizens to continue visiting Johor Bam without any restriction. The call came from National Front state assemblyman for Kulai, Mr Khoo Che Wat, after Singapore had been reported as intending to
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      Lock icon Cut out the games and grow up, says Dr M
      449 7 WE gave them the Commodities Exchange and they played with it and m no time destroyed it. Now they are playing with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. KULIM, Saturday Malaysian business community gets tongue-iashing for immaturity THE Malaysian business community
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Chiam is blasted for stirring up resentment
      583 8  - Chiam is blasted for stirring up resentment LEE KIM CHEW and AHMAD OSMAN What Chok Tong said about meritocracy and newspapers at the Singapore Press Club lunch yesterday By frBEEHSBf I BELIEVE m a more invigorating and creative environment. I believe m making Government more accessible to the people. I
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      We'll do it our way...
      211 8 SINGAPORE would be in trouble if the younger political leaders failed to find their own effective way of communicating with the people, Mr Goh warned. Good persuaders might emerge as an alternative group of leaders, he said. However, they might not have a vision to
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      Doing it Tang's way
      167 8 Doing it Tang's way MR GOH had a discussion with some MPs before his talk to the Singapore Press Club yesterday. He told them he wanted to discuss the PAP's vision of the future for Singapore. One MP wished Mr Goh good luck. He felt the topic was not suitable
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      A monopoly isn't government's wish
      270 8 MR GOH is not in favour of a press monopoly in Singapore. "I am not against having another newspaper to compete with The Straits Times," he said. But he stressed that it was the quality and not the number of newspapers that would benefit the
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      A good press needs right environment says editor
      242 8 A good press needs right environment says editor THE ability of the local press to do a better Job depends on the environment the Government allows or encourages in Singapore, Mr Peter H. L. Urn, Editor-in-Chief of The Straits Times Press, said yesterday. It was one of three requisites that
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      Weigh what foreign press says
      221 8 SINGAPOREANS should use their judgement and ask whether they should believe everything they read on Singapore in foreign publications. Mr Goh said the Government must also convince the foreign media to see things objectively. He was prepared to give foreign journalists more access to political
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      Criticism: How it's said matters
      163 8 THE Government will accept positive criticism if expressed in the right language and backed by sound arguments and convictions, Mr Goh said. But the Government cannot give an assurance that all criticism would fall under this category, Mr Goh said in his reply to a
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      If bureaucrats don't give satisfaction
      136 8 MR GOH offered this advice to journalists looking for stories on government policies: Try the bureaucrats first. If you want more ask the political leaders. He said this in reply to a point made by Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, editor of Berita Harian, who spoke
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      Standard of Chinese can be kept up
      213 8 SINGAPORE can keep up the standard of Mandarin if more Chinese Singaporeans are encouraged to speak the language even if double-weight-age for languages in the Primary School Leaving Examination is removed. Mr Goh said this yesterday in response to a question on the
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      Govt wants to stop insurance cover for cash payrolls
      434 9 Cisco to end escort service too EMPLOYERS will find it more and more risky to pay their workers in cash with the latest Government move to encourage cashless paydays. The Government is soon to ask insurance companies to stop insuring cash
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      Ming Court lays off 35 to trim costs
      201 9 Ming Court lays off 35 to trim costs MING Court Hotel retrenched 35 employees on July 15 in a streamlining exercise that will save the hotel about $45,000 a month. Mr Claude Ricca, General Manager of the hotel, said yesterday this would trim the staff ratio to one per room.
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      Lock icon China models — some were factory girls — arrive
      161 9  - China models some were factory girls arrive LEONG WENG K AM By THEY are tall, slim, young and pretty, and are here to show for the first time China's latest in fashion wear. The 11 models from Shanghai, all standing at least 1.72 m and aged below 24, arrived last
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      Glamour Awards night turns into a test of endurance
      188 9  -  KATHLYN TSANG By GLAMOUR was what it was all supposed to be about. Bat as the finals of The Glamour Awards on Friday night dragged on, over three hoars behind time, it became more and more a test of endurance. Scheduled
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      No salary advantage for PhD, masters graduates
      189 9 No salary advantage for PhD, masters graduates A HOLDER of a master's degree or a PhD who joins the civil service as division one officers will no longer get a higher salary than an honours degree graduate. Similarly, civil servants who obtain such higher degrees will not get pay increments
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      Woman helped to sell stolen parts
      171 9 Woman helped to sell stolen parts A WOMAN was yesterday fined $2,000 for helping to sell stolen tractor parts worth $500,000 an illegal deal that also involved her husband and two security guards. Sentence against Liauw Pow Min, 29, who had pleaded guilty earlier, was postponed to yesterday pending restitution
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      Private firms cool to govt Cupid
      506 10  -  DELICE GAN So SDU decides to go public for first time By MANAGEMENTS in private firms have been cool to efforts by the Social Development Unit to get their unmarried men and women executives to attend the unit's activities. Two thousand companies approached by
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      Acid attack case put off for a week
      185 10 THE cases against six men, accused of injuring a former Deputy Director of the NTUC by throwing acid on him on July 4 this year, are adjourned for another week until July 27 pending police investigations. Mr Ramasamy s/o Packirisamy,/ 64, the
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      Women grads who hope to help their sex go further
      225 10  - Women grads who hope to help their sex go further DELICE GAN By LESS-EDUCATED women may soon get financial help to further their studies. Scholarships for these women are one of the aims of the newly-formed Singapore Association of University Women. Associate Professor Nalla Tan, the pro-tem President, said: "Associations
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      Lock icon Life's good as a top dog
      156 10 YOU would think that some dogs never get to use their paws to pad around anymore. Instead, their doting owners pop them into cane baskets or even plush limousines, and ferry them everywhere. Dog-tired or not, these precious bundles of fur get frequent joyrides
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      39 maids held in raids
      300 10  -  LEE SIEW HUA By IN island-wide raids this week, Labour inspectors booked 39 foreign maids for being illegally employed as farm hands, factory workers, hawker stall assistants and in other non-domestic jobs. These maids face being sent home while their employers will be taken to
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      Peace hopes higher, says Singapore
      191 12 Peace hopes higher, says Singapore THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday the prospect of a political solution to the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia had brightened because of a recent statement from the Khmer Rouge. A Ministry spokesman said the Khmer Rouge's July 6 statement appeared to accept the possibility
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      Flyover closed
      59 12 REPAIRS will be made on the flyover at the junction of the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) and Paya Lebar Road today between midnight and 8 am. The flyover will be closed to traffic during this time. Drivers heading towards Changi and Jurong will be diverted to Exit 11,
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      Architects want more govt work
      379 12 'Farm out projects or firms may close' ARCHITECTS want and need more work from the Government. Otherwise, many of the 170 architects' firms here could soon be out of business. There are so few new private sector jobs available today that only firms which are
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      S'porean beats a world field for top design prize
      447 12  - S'porean beats a world field for top design prize STU GLAUBERMAN By A SINGAPORE architecture student in Britain has won first prize in an international design competition. He beat more than 950 entries from 36 countries. Mr Tan Kay Ngee, 28, earned top honours and a £1,500 (554,620) prize for
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      VITB prepares for the big Class of '87
      317 12 THE big rush for vocational training is expected in 1987 after many Normal course pupils sit for the O levels next year. With the relaxing of promotion rules, more of them can join Secondary 5 next year. But, many are not expected
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      New training centre open to private firms
      198 12 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board's new $9.4 million Centre of Vocational Training is open to private companies. While its main aim is to meet VITB's manpower needs, the new centre will be able to help train small groups of instructors from industry.
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      Diesel siphoned — while Lorry owner watched
      173 12 Diesel siphoned while Lorry owner watched A DRIVER used a rubber hose to siphon and steal diesel from a lorry's petrol tank in broad daylight while the owner watched. On Friday morning Mr Chong See Ken, 30, a lorry driver, was waiting in his ninth storey flat in Block 287
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      507 12 "yr Trade Industry Fair 85 27 JULY -4 AUGUST 1985 12 NOON -10PM WORLD TRADE CENTRE Admission is Free The Trade Industry Fair 85 Trade Fair (S) Re /Ltd. Exhibits such as bedroom, j~j~ ware, wall finishes, brings to you the greatest Jewelfair'Bs brings living room, kitchen I I'j1 'j
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  • FOCUS
    • Article
      The Sunday Times VIEW Disneyland, still young at 30
      334 13 The Sunday Times VIEW Disneyland, still young at 30 DISNEYLAND is 30 years old this month, but "the happiest place on earth" is as young as it was on the day it opened. It is a magical world where adults can be children again, and children can see their favourite
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      25 YEARS AGO
      89 13 What The Sunday Times reported on July 31, 1960 A 176-WO&D Proclamation repealing the 12-year-old Emergency Regulations Ordinance from tomorrow was signed today by the Malayan Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. In a message to the nation, he referred to three lessons learned during the terrorist war
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      Face to face with a genius
      919 13 At 13, Ruth Lawrence tackles complex maths problems while her peers struggle with Pythagoras Theorem. Being gifted has won her acclaim but there are drawbacks, reports STEPHEN PILE of the London Sunday Times "STATE the monotone convergence theorem for the Lebesgue integrable and indicate
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      Lock icon HOW DAD DID IT
      175 13  -  LAURENCE MARKS By RUTH and her father go everywhere together: to lectures, parties and even to Ruth's tutorials. Mr Harry Lawrence believes that intelligent adult company provides the most fruitful environment for a bright child. Ruth never went to school and has little contact with other
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  • FOCUS/ Viewpoints
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      The way many treat maids is a national disgrace
      964 14  -  Irene Hoe I'm not thinking only of extreme cases like the employer who was jailed for sexual abuse of his maid but of quite ordinary, middle-class families who can afford to hire a maid but are actually out to secure a
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      What I want in a new newspaper to fill the gap
      856 14  -  Reg Joseph What we lack m a newspaper is what we should get. In a word, a "popular" paper may be the winning ticket. The paper should be racy, it should be about people, it should be a light
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      Beyond that Nobel Prize proposal
      629 14  -  N. Balakrishnan Some are so grateful for this painless formula for charity that they have nominated the concert organiser for the Nobel Peace Prize a prize that has gone m the past to a nun who spent years working for the poor and homeless m
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      LETTER Monitor's closure
      225 14 How much do people matter? WITH the closure of the Singapore Monitor, thoughts about the Human Resources Management course that all Arts undergraduates here must read jelled. HRM (as it is known among undergrads) professes to view man not as a selfish creature who cares and works
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      When bootball became football
      379 14 __P KmJ W m. m A IT WAS Alex, my 10-year-old nephew, who started the ball rolling. "Uncle Mac, why is football called football, and not feetball?" he asked. "After all, they do use both feet to kick the ball, don't they?" Weaker mortals who spend
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      Multi-million-dollar headache begins THE MONEY
      440 15  - Multi-million-dollar headache begins THE MONEY JUSTINE PICARDIE It was a media extravaganza that restored the faith of many in human goodness, yet after Live Aid, the job of helping Africa's starving is just beginning, as these London Sunday Times articles show I By AS thousands of fans trooped home from
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      Rain or no rain, the hunger in Ethiopia continues THE FAMINE
      622 15  - Rain or no rain, the hunger in Ethiopia continues THE FAMINE KEITH SALT By A FORTNIGHT ago I walked into a gloomy isolation shelter constructed of black plastic stretched over eucalyptus poles. Sprawled on the dirt floor was a young lad we had nicknamed Snakebite. He was brought in by
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      Cynics and saints at Wembley THE EVENT
      681 15  - Cynics and saints at Wembley THE EVENT STEPHEN PILE By IN an unprecedented outbreak of human goodness, rockers, rollers and ravers on both sides of the Atlantic last weekend raised millions for the starving of Africa. Nobody got paid. Blessed are the pop singers for they have done their bit.
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  • RACING
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      Still a lot of Dash
      275 16  -  TONTO Little trouble in completing a double By Our man on the track IPOH, Sat. Dashing Commando, who merely toyed with the opposition when scoring his maiden win by s'/4 lengths in the top division of Class 5 last Sunday, is in high spirits and
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      286 16 RACE RACING ED TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO WENG3OOK 4Buck»peed 6 Gentleman 3 Wealthy Steed 4 Buckspeed 4Buckspa#d 1 7Effendi 3 Wealthy Steed 5 Smart Slick 6 Gentleman 3 Wealthy Steed 1 Classic Lines 4 Buckspeed 6 Gentleman 7 Effendi 6 Gentleman ID. Commando 1 D. Commando
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      Top rider can end three-day drought
      105 16 Top rider can end three-day drought IPOH, Sat. Leading jockey S.Y. Leong (above) has failed to land a winner from 13 rides on the first three days of the current meeting. It is the first time that he has drawn a blank three days running since his return to the
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      MUDLARKS
      57 16 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Gentleman 11, Chicago RACE 2: North Atlantic m RACE S: Silk, KumCheong Wanchi, Lady Castlefield RACE 4: Compulsive Gambler RACE 5: Biloxi, Spice Of Life, Ultra Wheel, Best Always RACE S: Solar Power RACE 7: Supreme
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      TODAY'S IPOH CARD
      3245 16 asdfsasdfg «Hff9W 2 15 CLASS 5 DIV 2 1,200m l;fA»2HfcM (Ratings: 53-43) (Stakes: $11,500) 1 20*623 Classic Lines 57 (53) Classic Lines-K Chong 5 nzg ul same Rough passage early but came with determined bid to finish shd-shd 3rd to Hornbill in Div 3 1600m last week;
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      'Tricky' gets seventh win in the rain
      1686 17 At last, a respite for parched Ipoh turf FIRST *****0 SECOND *****0 THIRD *****8 STARTERS *****2, *****7, *****1, *****3, *****3, *****3, *****2, *****4, *****5. CONSOLATIONS *****9, *****0, *****4, *****8, *****4, *****9, *****6, *****8, *****4, *****5. By OUR RACING TEAM IPOH, Sat. The rains
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      Tai Lee's trainer fined $400
      683 17 IPOH, Sat. Trainer Eddie van Breukelen was fined $400 for withdrawing Tai Lee from Race 4 without valid reasons. Jockey W.Y. Chee was questioned by the stewards over his handling of Gaining in Race 3. After showing him the tape, the matter was adjourned to
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      Horse breeders hit at tax moves
      440 17  -  RHETT KIRKWOOD By of the Melbourne Herald MELBOURNE, Sat. Ken Cox, Chairman of the Australian Horse Council, has slammed the Australian Federal Government's new tax proposals. Cox, Principal of the biggest stud in Australia, who has been involved in breeding thoroughbreds for 31 years,
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      228 16 J f <3i '-Hi §i 'ss fe m 1 H ts ft I lii atWraai H RAFTLES INSTITUTION trust in God that this Institution maybe the means of civilising and bettering the conditions of millions wrote Sir Stamford Raffles after he laid the foundation stone for the school in June
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      214 17 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Aged 58 passed away peacefully on Friday 19 July 1985 leaving behind: SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Cheong Kian Huah Tay Slew Ing Cheong Kian Keong Sng Slew Lay Cheong Kian Peng Belinda Kaur DAUGHTERS SONS-IN-LAW Cheong Bee Choo Cheong Bee Hoon Leong Mun Chai Cheong Bee Eng Tay
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      181 Deaths
      112 17 patted away on the 17tti July 85. The family withe* to extend heartfelt thankt to all friendt and reletivet and ttaff of Little Sittert of tn# Poor for ttt#H flttonoMico* A Requiem Matt will be held at the Church of Holy Family Chapel Road at 8.00 pm 2i«t/7/85.
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      181 Deaths
      37 17 Age 29 Passed away peacefully on 20th July IMS. Body lying at Mount Varnon BMg No. 1. Cremation at Mount Varnon on 22nd July 1985 at 12.00 p.m. Tel: MMTO4 Mr. Brando Leo Chw*« Chua
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      182 Acknowledgements
      70 17 The Family of the late Departed on 16.7.85 wishes to express their linear* thanks to relative* and friends tor their kind attendance, assistance condolences etc during their recent bereavement. TtM family of the late departed 13/7/85 wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to friends, relatives, Church groups for
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      184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam
      50 17 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of JOHN LOH TOH MET, JP Passed away on 2 1 -7- 1 958 x God wants him back It was his will But in our hearts We love him still.' Forever remembered by beloved wife, children and grandchildren.
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      23 17 183 Condolences 183 Condolences WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE FROM: STAFF OF REGISTRY OF VEHICLES EX-COLLEAGUES MR. CYRIL RODRIGUES
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      183 Condolences
      37 17 With DMpMt Sympathy 1 Condolence To THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DATO TAN SUAN POH, D.P.M.J., J.P. From: nncti ni|iiww»^irLiii Chee Suat Kim Seng Chee Har Hoover Chee Peng Guan Soon Chee Yim Yuen Hing
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      182 Acknowledgements
      105 17 Mr PiQ B#n Hot* md tfM feMnily of tno lst# Departed 17th July IMS wish to thank rvlativas mig frwfMW for thoir •ttondanco. aasittanco, condottneos, prayers* wr#«fih* and donations during th*»ir rocont bonMvomont. (MRS. F. BERNARD OEHLERS) Wish to thank friend* 4 relatives for their kind attendance assi*tance,
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      184 In Memoriam
      45 17 DEPARTED on 21/7/12 Gone from our live* on* to dear, but in our heart* forever n*ar. Always remembered by: Wile, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. 21«t July 1984 Always remembered by Beloved Wife Rudy and Family. MR. A. PALANISAMY P. RAJARATNAM
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      184 In Memoriam
      164 17 In Evwr-tevlng Memory Of Our Omtml F«th«f Departed: 21 July IM4 Gone from our lives one so dear, But In our hearts you're always there, May your soul rest in peace D**ply fruM#d by wfte, soitt dftugh tors, tooi-in-l«w, tteugtiter-kt I—r, Departed: sth day of 6 moon
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      153 17 JOHN DAVID (FORMERLY or Telecoms, KL) aged 69 passed away peacefully on the 20th of July '85 leaving behind beloved wife Elsie, sons Prof Charles Vijayan David (U.H.), George Anthony David Dass (Rashid and Lee), John Sundaraj, daughters Nirmala Cecilia David, Patricia Sharmilla David (Shook Lin and Boh), Premilla Ann
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon Weighting for success
      1162 18  -  JANICE SEAH SAID AND DONE 4 Peng Siong was fat, really obese. Nobody would really take him seriously but he was very keen so I thought, why not? And look, he's turned into a fine player. John Ng, the man who recommended Peng Siong to F&N coach
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      Plan to sink Atlantic record
      949 18  -  DERMOT PURGAVIE Eyo on Antorics Britain bid to wrest the Blue Riband THE Blue Riband trophy, a large and ornate swirl of gold and silver awarded to successive ocean liners as they broke the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, has glinted in
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      Last of the forty-niners?
      92 18 WITH a fine sense of theatre, unretiring heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes will go for his 49th straight win against Michael Spinks in Las Vegas on Sept. 21. This just happens to be the 30th anniversary of the night Rocky Marclano set the mark of 49
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      Lock icon Sundstrom cooled by German blast
      419 18 WORLD OF TENNIS BAST AD (Sweden), Sat. Swedish star Henrik Sundstrom suffered a surprise 6-3, 6-3 quarter-final defeat at the hands of West German Damir Keretic in the Bastad Grand Prix here yesterday. Keretic, born in Yugoslavia but a West German resident since 1975, played
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      Lock icon Lammerts' message to his manager
      393 18 TOUR DE FRANCE LIMOGES, Sat. Dutchman Johan Lammerts won the 20th stage of the Tour De France yesterday and proved his manager was wrong to underestimate him. Manager Peter Post had said Lammerts was not a winner and gave him a place in the Tour
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      Lock icon REST OF SPORT
      486 18 Revving up a record: The re lentless quest for speed in Formula One motor racing took a big leap forward on Friday when 10 drivers wrote themselves irto the sport's record books at Silvtrstone. All 10 shot round Silverstone faster than the previous best time ever recorded
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      Fifa's No-belly prize
      958 19  -  ROB HUGHES TaftolSoccar j They seek to add life, but give Live Aid to no one I F 808 Geldof gets the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of pop music's humane efforts for the starving in Ethiopia and the Sudan, what should Fifa receive for the contributions
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      Badminton plans rebirth
      364 19 New clubhouse to be the springboard, says Teng Cheong THE Singapore Badminton Association are banking on a revival of the game with the completion, around the end of the year, of their new clubhouse in Guillemard Road. The clubhouse, which is being constructed at a cost of
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      Lock icon SOCCER WORLDWIDE
      527 19 PADUA, who resorted to bribery and corruption to stay in the Italian Second Division, have been condemned to the Third Division. The Italian Football Federation found the club guilty of fixing the last game of the season. The federation's disciplinary committee heard in Milan on Friday how the
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      SPORT NATIONWIDE
      681 19 RAMLE SALLEH made a clean sweep of the first two races in the East Coast Sailing Centre windsurfing championship at ECSC yesterday. It also increased his chances of being selected for the Asian Yachting Federation regatta in South Korea in September. Kelly Chan is lying second with a
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      All avenues lead south
      318 19 DEJECTION Ex-stars suffer drop to Second Division THE relegation race of the Division One soccer League ended last night with newly-promoted South Avenue suffering the drop when Fairer Park Dynamos beat them 2-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. South Avenue, last year's Division Two champions, followed
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      Early promise fizzles out
      386 19 DISAPPOINTMENT SINGAPORE crashed out of the Malaysian Hockey Federation Under-23 competition when they went down 5-1 to Federal Territory in the semi-finals in Johor Baru yesterday. The Republic, who were unbeaten in their three Group A matches, looked set to create an upset when they played
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      Li Ping ends Patricia's reign
      448 19 DESPAIR PATRICIA Kim's reign as national women's table tennis champion came to a tearful end at Toa Payoh last night. The top seed and defending champion suffered a gruelling fourset defeat in the semi-finals at the hands of sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Koh Li Ping. After dropping
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      Ah Heng's goal tugs at the heart strings
      478 20 Ah Heng's goal tugs at the heart strings YOU might not think that conceding 22 goals in a soccer match qualifies for our Sporting Achievement of the Month award. But 14-year-old goalkeeper Tan Cheng Heng exudes a philosophy which surely sums up the real spirit of sport: "I still like
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      Let's play it again, Uncle Sam!
      1088 20  - Let 's play it again, Uncle Sam! ALAN HUBBARD Presenting... the great American dream show that runs and runs iUway» on Sunday Behind the screens, it's all so quiet on the West Coast front 4 It sounds like sport's answer to Rambo— mania, but let's allow America a little sugarcoated
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      The Four Tops get down to business
      366 20 The Four Tops get down to business OPENING-DAY honours must certainly go to Ng Bock Huat, Francis Nathan, Choo Suan and Kandasamy Jayamani when the third Times InterBusiness Houses track and field championships get underway at the Ang Mo Kio Stadium this afternoon (2.30pm). All four national athletes should clinch
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      466 21  - Trapped in the House of Horrors TAY CHENG KHOON dfgsds Singapore Open By FACES from Putra Cups past came back yesterday to haunt the young ones on the third day of the Singapore Amateur Open golf championship at the New Course. While difficult pin-placings, coupled with back tees and strong
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      846 21 THE BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Rain or shine, the money's on the 'man of steel' dfs SANDWICH (England), Sat. The confidence in his game and the knowledge that he has done it once already are nudging Bernhard Langer towards his second major victory of 1984. The 27-year-old West
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      267 21 139 David Graham (Aust) 68, 71; Sandy Lyle (Brit) 68, 71. 149 Christy O'Connor Jr (Ire) 64, 76; Don Weitring Jr (US) 69, 71; Tony Johnstone (Zim) 68, 72. 141 Peter Senior (Aust), 70, 71; Robert Lee (Brit) 68, 73; Howard Clark (Brit) 70, 71; Bernhard Langer
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      Eng Soon slumps with a 74
      246 21 Eng Soon slumps with a 74 4 Johor Classic JOHOR BARU, Sat. The lead in the PFP Classic changed hands in today's third round. This time, it is with Malaysian M. Ramayah, whose one-under-par 71 put him a stroke ahead of the field at the Royal Johor Country Club Course
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      271 21 ATHLETICS Times Inter-Busi-ness Houses meet (Nat Stadium, 9, AMK Stadium, 2.30). BASKETBALL MABA Cup: Singajxwe v Malacca (Gay World, 8). CRICKET SCA Dlv 2: SRC v SCA Jrs (Padang), CSC v Tang'in Taverners (Balestier Rd) boih matches at 1. SCC Double Wicket competition (Padang, 10.30). CYCLING Road Race:
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      793 21 By George, the Golden Bear's blown it in the wind Sandwich's 'open house' is not the one that Jack built SANDWICH, Sat. A savage, howling wind swept Christy O'Connor out of the lead and Jack Nicklaus out of the tournament and turned the 114th British Open into what one contender
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      945 21  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Teeto6reen Dreams can be built on the proverbial faith, hope and charity JkM ANY, many years ago, pri- mary school children in Singapore used to swear by (some swore at) the New First Aid In English a text-book that was a
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      159 21 Jitters for JaiMt: Brush fires that had been burning out of control for days in norther California had American women golfer Janet Coles who was playing in the US Open recently in jitters. Reason: Janet lives in northern California where the fires had been wreaking havoc. Said Janet:
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      344 22 Misbun meets Kjeldsen in final KLa^-v LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia's Misbun Sidek qualified for the men's singles final of the Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open badminton championships when he ousted England's Nick Yates 15-10, 10-15, 15-9 in the semi-finals at the Stadiun Negara here tonight. The seventh-seeded exMalaysian champion will play
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      256 22 Men's 2Mm: 1 Thomas Jefferson (US) 2 Ade Mafe (Brit) 3 Darwin Cook (US) 20.70. 4Wm: 1 Aleksandr Kurochkin (SU) 2 Steve Heard (Brit) 3 Roger Black (Brit) 46.18. 4Mm B: 1 Darren Clark (Aust) 2 Todd Bennett (Brit) 3 Darrell Robinson (US) 44.80. BHm: 1 Sebastian
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      595 22  -  HAKIKAT RAI sdfgsd By ONE of Hong Jinsheng's greatest thrills is helping wash the glasses at his father's coffee stall. But yesterday, he took time off from his daily chore in Jurong and headed for the bright lights of Orchard Road for a large bowl
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      358 22 British Open golf latest SANDWICH, Sat. Defending champion Severiano Ballesteros saw his slim hopes of retaining the British Open golf title vanish on the dreaded last four holes at Royal St George's today. Heading for a superb four-under-par 66, the 28-year-old Spaniard dropped four
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      485 22  -  LEE WAI WUN Masters completes hat-trick for Miss Big of bowling By LIKE an orchestra building up to its crescendo, Singapore's Adelene Wee struck her finest performance in the Asian FIQ Youth bowling championships yesterday and danced away with the Masters gold. The defending champion proved herself
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      54 22 Seeing stars and stripes again A YEAR ago today Los Angeles was celebrating the most outlandish overture m Olympic history. Now America is enjoying an emotion-charged TV action replay. ALAN HUBBARD looks back on LA and the subseouent events which have changed the course of sporting history JERRY SEH. P2O.
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        717 2 Conquering Mount Kinabalu is just the start of the adventure, reports STEVE VINES SIR EDMUND HILLARY probably wouldn't have been too impressed but I was exhilarated at having climbed Mount Kinabalu, which at 4,100 metres is South-east Asia's highest mountain. It's high enough to give you
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        174 2 DOCTORS have discovered the link betw-?en tampons and toxic shock syndrome a rare but potentially fatal disorder. Harvard Medical School doctors found two fibres used in tampons tliat remove magnesium from the body, creating the perfect environment for the bacteria that causes toxic shock.
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        177 2 YOU'RE not burning off; body fat if you. exercise twice.J a week or* less. But peo-J pie who exer-j cise at least* three times a week will lose? body fat even if they're not ow a weight-reducing diet, re-, ports USA Today. j Fat is
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        911 3 They are the main weekend afternoon attraction at Centrepoint young trendies in big, bright clothes, streaked hair and loud accessories. They tell LIM PHAY-LING that the look is bought with pocket-money and each item rarely exceeds $30 4 Style is a personal thing. Some people look good,
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        325 4 WHILE the Japanese tea-drinking ritual has fascinated the world, few take heed of the Chinese etiquette in drinking tea. Yet, this too involves an art that begins with the possession of the right crockery. A large covered cup could double as the teapot
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        Chinese tea gains wider appeal
        793 4  -  LEE GEOK BOI By WALK into any office and you are as likely to be offered a cup of Chinese tea as a cup of coffee. In supermarkets, too, tins of different Chinese tea can be found easily among the more-familiar Boh, Lipton and Twining
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        591 4  - Giant dian xin hall packs in the crowds EAT OUT MARGARET CHAN By Lido Palace Niteclub and Restaurant, #05-01 Glass Hotel Shopping Centre, 317 Outram Road, Tel: *****55. Hours: Daily 11 am to 3 pm, 7 pm to 10.30 pm. Sundays and public holidays from 10 am. Recommended: Dian xin
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        Breakfast staple for dinner
        372 4 MY CHOICE DISH SAUSAGES is a canned or frozen staple in many homes. More often than not, it is breakfast food. But in the hands of Mrs Mona Heng it becomes a tasty one-dish meal that goes well with rice or bread for the evening meal.
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        824 5 So you thought computer games were only for those well-endowed with finger muscles and little else? Budding lawyer-cum-computer game enthusiast TERENCE TAN thinks differently. SPACE Invaders and Galaxians aside, there are other computer games which call for thinking and planning. And their advantage over
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        298 5 Dracula and the Werewolf were really sick people Science IB NOT everyone with porphyria, a rare blood disease, winds up looking like Dracula or the Wolfman. Vampire lore may have a medical basis, but the painful, disfiguring iUness that may have prompted Draculi to drink human blood is the rarest
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        33 5 For celery curls, cut celery into six-cm sections. Cut into thin strips to within IV4 cm of other end. To curl, soak in bow! of very cold water for an hour.
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        Designer furniture with a dash of humour
        682 5  -  JUDITH HOLMBERG By WHAT makes Italians such good designers? "Our history," explained architect Mr Paolo Piva, "and the fact that we have little raw material to export." "It forces us to think of other products we could sell, such as design." Mr Piva
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        1083 6 "I could tell you a hundred tales," the man in the light blue shirt and sober tie said, swaying a little on his bar stool. "Once upon a time, I used to be somebody. Had four or five cars; had a Porsche, a Ferrari, a
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        1212 7 GEOFFREY MURRAY, after countless glasses, files this report on where the cheapest beer is 4 There's something about drinking beer as a duty rather than a pleasure that somehow takes away the froth. It's a bit like being a brewery worker. After a while, m the
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        Go Japanese at Suntory
        242 7 |WHEN Restaurant Suntory opened the first outlet of its international chain of Japanese restaurants 15 years ago, its hometown, Tokyo, was not the natural choice. Instead Mexico City was chosen. This was because the management felt that the restaurant could help to promote other Suntory products
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        Where most of our lives revolve
        239 8 WAS there life before Orchard Road? Judging from the activities that go on, the answer appears to be No. While it's certainly not the centre of the world, It's where most of our lives seem to revolve. You can literally eat your way around
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        Lock icon The pick of the crop
        1242 9 Pictures bv I Need a goldfish in a hurry? Or maybe you need to have your family crest etched in gold on a crystal goblet Whatever it is, SIMONE VAZ has compiled an Orchard Road directory of goods and services. Arusi materials, ai uraiim ariist
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        Some old acquaintances ...
        91 10 Some old acquaintances So you think you're an ace at Trivial Pursuit. Quiz yourself on these homegrown mind-bogglers. Here are four pictures of buildings that once stood along Orchard Road. Yes, if you're over 25, you've passed them all before. They don 7 look familiar? Look again, and think. The
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        207 10 not forgotten A. DELFI is a Japaneseowned shopping centre which opened for business in December 1984. It replaced 2,500 sq m worth of double-storey shops. Shops such as Washington Dry Cleaners, Shanghai Arts Furniture and Shantung Company bade farewell to the corner of Orchard Road and Claymore Drive when developers
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        Confessions of a former fast food fan
        642 11 Confessions of a former fast food fan ANNA LEE, whose best friend used to be a hamburger, tells you where to go for a satisfying bite A BURGER-EATING spree along Orchard Road should be great fun for a nonchoosy food guzzler. That's what my colleagues thought when they voted me
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        A night out with or without the boys
        787 12 There's no lack of places to go to for some music and dancing. But as SIMONE VAZ reports, more and more women are finding out that it can be just as much fun without the men. A NIGHT out with the girls
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        Where to dance the night away
        297 12 Venue Charges Live bands/ Hours Remarks disc music TheKasbah $15+ (first drink) Sat-Thurs Both Bpm-2am Mixed crowd. Mandarin Hotel $27+ (first drink) Fri-Sat (Sun-Thurs) people of Bonus drink: if you get there Bpm -3am all ages. before 9pm (Fri-Sat) Gasmi Disco Ladies' nights: Free
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        Mow Mr X spends his nights
        528 13  -  ANG LAY WAH At work while others play By TEN pm on the hottest night of the week Saturday and he's usually home, tuned into the BBC. On this particular night at the semi-detached house which he shares with fellow disc jockeys at One
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        366 13 SIDEWALK cafes, exhibitions and demonstrations are some of the attractions Orchard Road workers want during their lunch breaks. Mdm Doreen Lim, 33, a sales supervisor at Metro department store, is on her feet all day and looks forward to her lunch break. The nature of her job
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        574 13  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN And at play all night long By IT'S three in the morning. Chatterbox, at the Mandarin Hotel, is full and living up to its name. Outside the coffeeshop, there's a group of giggling, gaily-dressed youngsters waiting impatiently for a
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        338 14 BLACK glazed silk, once the fabric of warlords and later, part of the standard uniform for black and white amahs, is making a comeback into high society. With a little help from Hongkong designer Peggy Chua and a scarcity created by a halt
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        713 4 Last weekend, an estimated two billion people around the world watched the 16-hour music marathon Live Aid live via satellite. Though Singaporeans had to be content with a delayed three-hour edition, the show still proved to be an eye-opener, says LIM KAY TONG WHEN Mick Jagger
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        187 4 j (*****88) 1 1 OOom, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9. 15pm X i j The sure thing comes O I J tBI** JbS Hl?~'^BM O K gA** V^" STARRING JC 0 ,(jE\ ,^r^ Rot, Re,neri new romantic comedy DAPHNE ZUNIGA O 8 GOLDEN SULTAN: NOW SHOWING! (*****76) 4th Floor, Sultan Plaza,
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        205 4 A searing story of love and heartbreak, revenge and soaring passion. Concerto by the bestselling author cf Stormspell Anne Mather w^HHH^Hfl^E^flSH For years Lani i»HH|BiH|^^BMflH| St John had |HNHpl!yM7^| ove d Jake BPnlM^Ps r flfiS Pendragon from HSj F jjf fjf&Uf f or this brilliant P&^£Ul^spSdpjS«B concert pianist kM V97s
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        256 4 ■!IBiBII]llll!!<Biii!B:!!iB!l!IBll l !Bi!!IB!!. > !B!1!!B1!!B'!!KllBll!!B!!'!Bi!:;il CAPITOL: 32nd BIG DAY! CHANGI-WOODLANDS: LAST DAYS I 1 Admission PRICES $3.00 $4.00-NO FREE UBT m CAPHOL (*****58) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.15 CHANQI (*****59) 11.00am, 145, AM, 6.45, 9.15 1 WOODLANDS (*****41) 4 shows 1.45, 4, 6.45. 9.15 RAMBO IS KING! I broke:
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        2711 5 YOUR WEEK AHEAD Monday fSSffnft fmpay j MONDAY THURSDAY^ I HsS^L a craft ItTTnVH H™™ (T0 _ifttt solid gold, c A 5, m^ BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S CENTRE: Mmm I1 I B MWMf L^S*sl An exhibition ot water- Ik Laura Bramgan (left) sings Heart in this 1 Today Music by acs
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        636 7  -  CHRIS LEWIS JAZZ REVIEW I By YOU'RE UNDER ARREST Miles Davis (Colombia) THERE are not many Davis albums that I have enjoyed of late Decoy and Star Child not being exactly my favourite albums but I was immediately taken with Davis' shot
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        388 7  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN pop review ■b» GREATEST HITS VOL I VOL II Billy Joel (Columbia) EVERYBODY knows what Joel's capable of. At one point or another, we've heard his music Just The Way You Are, Uptown Girl, The Longest Time, It's Still Rock
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        246 8 IF YOU were to ask Dad what kind of toys he played with when he was young, the answer would probably be teddy-bears and marbles. Mum would perhaps say dolls and tea-sets. They would not have had Action Man and batteryoperated toys and certainly not computer games like
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        370 8 asdfasdfsa HELEN KELLER, the famous blind, deaf and dumb girl who learned to read, write and speak, has actually set foot in Singapore. She visited this country in 1955. Helen was born a normal baby in 1880 in a small town in Alabama, in the United States. But
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        337 8 Bagatelle is a game similar to pinball, and you can make one for yourself with some help in cutting the boards. The boards used for mounting pictures are the easiest to get hold of. Buy them from a picture framer. Adjust the board size to suit the size
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        37 8 BATTLE (noun): a fight, especially between armies, (verb): to fight hard. BATTLESHIP (noun): a heavily-armed and armoured warship (see picture). JOY RIDE: Whit are the children above riding? Join the dots to fM out.
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        61 8 Rahman: Why did the lion scratch himself? Abdullah: Because he was the only one who knew where it itched. Faridah: What is foil of holes and yet holds water? Zainah: A sponge. May: I have teeth but I can't eat. What am I? Ben: A comb. Customer: Til
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        206 11 Singapore's first creative leisure fair for the family Mandarin Hotel 22-26 November 1985 Growing affluence is leading Singaporeans towards a higher quality of life with emphasis on creativity and increased spending on hobbies and leisure. Hobbies Leisure '85 is the first ever exhibition designed to promote the concept of creative
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        551 13 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing 3 EXECUTIVE TABLES and 2 units of aircon. (or sale. Please call: *****83 (or viewing. 57 Business Opportunities SNACK BAR F/FURN. at 81-85, Golden Mile Twr. (or takeover *****60 Business still operating. 65 Situations Wanted 9M;^jJSy;{d| FILIPINO $200/ $220 Off Days Compensated. SALARY: SRI LANKAN-S1S0; INDO-NESIAN-S200:
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        665 13 RATES Run-On: $5 00 per line (Mm $15 00) Semi-display: $20 00 per col cm (Min $60 00 Straits Times) $20.50 per col. cm (Min $61 50 Sunday Times) Display: $25 00 per col cm (Min $75 00 Straits Times) $25.62 per col cm (Min $76 86 Sunday Times) Box
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        651 13 CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Food/Entwrtainment (2 5) Personal 3er«tees/Merchandiee<ll 36) Business to Business (49 58) Employment (64 74) Vehicle* (81 98) Properties (105 127) Travel Quid* (135 199) Education ft Instruction (146 157) Announcements (198 174) Obituaries (191 185) 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical REQUIRED FEMALE ACCOUNTS Clerk. Min. 2 years' experience.
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        290 13 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous DESPATCH RIDER urgently required a Possess class 2 driving licence. a Speak/ write simple English. a Good knowledge of Singapore roads. a Possess own motorcycle. a Able to commence work immediately. Walk-In Interview on 22/7/85 between 9am to spm Tai Lon Knitting (S) Co Re Ltd
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        926 14 85 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/Volvo ALFASUD Tl EG registration, reconditioned mechanically, new Konl shocks, tyres, etc. Needs body work, $6,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****42 after lpm. ALFA 1750. IMMACULATE cond. Chrome engine. Complete accessories. Tax, insurance 2/86. $9,000 0.n.0. View 1, Rambal Rd., S. 1542. NOV. -80 ALFA 6 4-door, 2.5
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        835 14 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan I ITT^^J Ik! r~l ~j l t B Interest rates Dm DELTA MOTOR Buklt Timah Showroom: Tel: *****55 Katong Showroom: Tel: *****55 I 'Showrooms open on Sunday 10 am to 4 pm" 1991 DATSUN BLUEBIRD 1600, co regd. Alrcond. Cassette. Agent maintained accident free. Excellent cond.
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        967 14 90 For Sale: Toyota 72 -E6SO9' TOYOTA 1900. Selling $1,000. Ang Mo Klo Ave. 4, Street 13, no. 81 carpark. Phone number attached in the car. NOV. *81 TOYOTA Carina 1600DX. 1 pte owner, tax 10/85, radio cassette, s/rlms, $15,700. *****16 SEPT. 76 COROLLA 1200, PARF, aircon, radio cassette, tip
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        945 14 92 For Sale: Mazda 81 MAZDA 323 1.3 Notchback. 1 owner. Excellent cond. $15,800. No dealers please. Tel: *****74. '82 MAZDA 929, auto Power windows/ steering, tip top cond. *****19. •83 MAZDA 628GLX Auto. Expensive radio/ cassette. New s/rims. PARF. $23,500. *****20 Edmund. •84 MAZDA 13 GT. Tax till Dec.
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        2453 14 94 For Sal*: 94 For Sal*: 94 For Sal*: 94 For Sal*: Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes Being driven fjl^jf- t>YY°" I car? i^^^aW 8 m^^tawWk^a^&k-'jxz***—- I H^l I *°M BBSS m i_^JaWkWam W mamm^m BfiHaV^ 4 Subaru 700 Subaru J lO 5-specd lOOOcc) FREE private registration
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        869 14 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms UNFURNISHED ROOM to let at Jurong East Street 21. Preferably working couple. Tel: *****38. UNFURN. ROOM TO let at West Coast are?.. $180 -$200. Preferably couple or working lady. *****58. POINT BLK. ROOM for rent. AM Kio Ave.lo. Tel. *****77. ROOM OF PRIVATE Apt. Holland Rd.
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        919 14 114 For Sale: Private Apartments D.2251 LAKEPOINT DRIVE maisonette, lots of facilities, 2100 sq.ft. Owner occupy, good security system, tastefully renovated. Call *****78 12pm to Bpm. No agents please. D.26 GREEN MEADOWB upp. mals., 3 bdrms. Freehold. 1768 sq.ft. $358,000 or rental. *****76 DJ MERGUI RD high fir, f'hold. 1570
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        821 15 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation Available: HOUS*S Available: Houses Available: Houses ________MB_B— —I^^S^mSm _____B_B— i Sl B ■___S_—————S___BBJ_————BS__——B—Baaßaßß— I Hill-top Luxury Residences I Elevated locality. Easy Transportation S I Situated beside Shangri-la Park and the p^T^Ti B I well-known St Nicholas Pri Sec School at H f?"A or s
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        483 15 116 For Sal*: HDB Apartments 4-ROOM PAKDAN GARDEN, facing reservoir, well renovated. $80,000. Tel: *****49. 5-RM BEOOK NORTH, Blk. 139. F/furn. with alrcon. and built-in cabinets. $125,000 0.n.0. *****72. 5-RM POINT BLK. High fir. Chal Chee Ave. Lavishly renovated. $139,000. Tel: *****96. 5-RM. POINT BUCJS. Well renovated, facing sea at
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        696 15 137 Tours 137 Tours Economy Fare In Deluxe Hotels BY RAILVBY COACH/BY AIR 5 fitft Snttif/Pttltf/CaiMfH Dep Every Mon $185 Gentlng Casino Hot*! Pe nan g Ea stern Oriental H oiel Cameron Strawberry Park Hotel AH hotels wtfi swimming pooh 3 Days Sllt!i| (By Air) Dep Daily $259/5279 3 Days
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        435 15 154 Dancing CLASSES COMM. TODAY. Social dancing 2p.m. Disco 3p.m. Next wk, social dancing, Mon, Wed, Frl 7.30p.m. Wed, Thur, Frl. 0.30p.m. Disco: Tues 7.30p.m. Jazz: Tues 6.30p.m. Sat 3p.m. Pte lessons by appt. David's School Of Dancing, #07-25 Cuppage Centre, *****61. BEGINNERS SOCIAL DANCE (Rock 'N' Roll, Chacha, Disco
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        438 15 A FEW WORDS ON EATING ■IMMUHMIIIin APPETISING EffiUCKHJS EXOUSIVE GREAT MARVELLOUS PALATABLE SUCCULENT TEMPTING WOW! Any of these words could very well describe what's dished out by our advertisers during The Straits Times Classifieds Food Festival a platter of very palatable ideas on eating out. And there's another word exhilarating
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    • Arab Republic of Egypt
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        Pharoah Land comes of age
        292 16 A two-page report to mark Egypt's 33rd National Day on Tuesday THE memories of the remarkable Pharoahs who shaped Egypt's magnificent past still cast a strong presence in modern Egypt through their legacies the pyramids and the huge structures. But Egypt is not living in
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        Cordial relationship a mutual benefit
        217 16 Cordial relationship a mutual benefit MESSAGE Mr Hassan A. Shash Ambassador 4 ON THE 33rd anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of July 23, 1952 and on behalf of the people and the government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, I would like to seize the opportunity to pass this message.
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          54 16 The Arab Republic of Egypt occupies the north-east-ern corner of the African continent, with an extension across the Gulf of Suez into the Sinai region. Egypt is roughly squareshaped, with the Mediterranean Sea to the north; the Red Sea and Israel to the east; Sudan to the south and
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          27 16 The country is 997,738 sq km in area, but only 3.5 per cent can be said to be permanently settled. The remainder is desert or marsh.
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          Population
          43 16 The population was about 46 million in 1983. Ninety-nine per cent of the people live in the Nile valley, which comprises only 4 per cent of the country's area. A quarter of the population is to be found in the capital, Cairo.
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          37 16 About 90 per cent of Egyptians are Muslims, and almost all of them follow the Sunni tenets. Four million Copts form the largest religious minority. There are also other Christian minorities and a small Jewish minority.
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          154 16 The economy has been fundamentally influenced by the wars and now the peace with Israel. Egypt's hydrocarbon sector has had a major impact on the economy. In 1980, petroleum exports accounted for 58 per cent of the export revenue. Food processing and textiles traditionally dominated the industrial sector, accounting
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          26 16 Arabic is the language of almost all Egyptians. Most educated Egyptians speak French or English, more often the former. There are a few Berberspeaking villages.
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          77 16 The President is nominated for a six-year term by at least one-third of the members of the People's Assembly, approved by at least two-thirds and elected by popular referendum. The head of state is President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak. The People's Assembly, elected for five years, is the legislative body
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        New course for progress
        669 17 4 Egypt's hope for the future lies in its resurgent economy. This is characterised by its open-door policy towards people, ideas and activities from other countries. Without a change, there would have been a serious imbalance in the economy. 7 EGYPT'S hope for the future lies
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        512 17 A guide for travellers on business THE best period for business in Egypt is from September to June. Working hours are more regular and the weather milder. Visas Visas are necesssary for those with Singapore passports. A tourist visa costs $55 and you will need a photo. A visa for
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        170 16 Our learTiesr t oimr.iniMrioiis to The Government and People Of The Arab Republic of Egypt on the occasion of their National Day M WE PROVIDE YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS IN THE ARAB WORLD AND ASEAN LONDON fucpn/ VARKK \\\\V 111 illSi! FRANKFI'in'U^ 'BAHRAIN tm mmmmm mm 'JM*!!* 11 I l iS/
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        149 16 Our Heartiest Congratulations to The People Of The Arab Republic of Egypt on the occasion of their National Day AUTOMOTIVE IMPORTER EXPORTER BOSCH NISSAN SUSUKI TOYOTA I GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS MAZDA MITSUBISHI HINO HONDA GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS GENUINE PARTS SUPER MOTOR EXPORT
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        70 17 Congratulations Best Wishes to the People oftheArab Republic of Egypt on the occasion of their National Day INTRACO LIMITED 456, Alexandra Road, #14-00, NOL Building, Singapore 0511. Tel: *****11, Telex: RS *****, Cable: INTRACO, Fax: *****38. Our Heartiest tongrarularions The People Of The Arab Republic of Egypt on the occasion
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        74 17 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES TO J THE PEOPLE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARAB M REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR NATIONAL DAY FROM DIPAjK m,<%/ (Estabtalwd 1953) Z7u*U**f *S** m£A*. Export*.. Importer* and CommtoHon Ag*it*. 150. South Bridge Road 12-04 Foe* Hal Building. Singapore 0105 Tel: *****6/ *****6 Telex: RS
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        128 17 Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government People of the Arab Republic of Egypt on the occasion of their National Day Gulf east Internationa! Pte Ltd 3, Shenton Way #25—01 Shenton House Singapore 0106 Tel: *****66 ill vt/^ j— «—<to-* J fc *y^*3y «e*m te\~*h *tfi^ Ur I Uur Hear
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        281 17 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES TO A THE PEOPLE GOVERNMENT OF I THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT I ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR NATIONAL DAY I FROM 1 HWA HONG EDIBLE OIL INDUSTRIES PTE LTD m, A member of Hwa Hong Corporation Ltd B 29 Jurong Port Road, Singapore 2261 B Tel:
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