The Straits Times, 17 August 1985

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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    Chaos as MCA awaits 'ouster'
    695 1  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM Three-way split; 'temporary' exit from ruling coalition imminent By in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) was a shambles today on the eve of a move by the ruling National Front to ask it to leave the coalition until
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    21 hurt in Bukom blasts
    620 1  -  PAUL WEE, SURESH NAIR CHUA CHIN CHYE By I and TWENTY-ONE workers were injured nine seriously in two explosions and a flash fire caused by ignited gas at the Shell refinery on Pulau Bukom yesterday. The workers were trying to contain a gas leak at
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    SIA public share offer expected in November
    445 1  -  S. KUMAR By SINGAPORE Airlines is expected to offer its shares to the public in mid-November, with a listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore to follow in December. At least 50 million new shares are expected to be offered for sale. The
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      Lock icon KOON SWAN TIGHT-LIPPED
      43 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MCA faction leader Tan Koon Swan tonight declined to say whether he regarded Datuk Mak Hon ham's election as acting party president valid. Mr Tan said solving the MCA's problems was of the utmost impor- tance. Bernama
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    I won't step down, says Neo
    154 1 I won't step down, says Neo KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Acting MCA president Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan today stood his ground and made it clear he would not step down from his post. He told party members faithful to him at a gathering at party headquarters: "I will be guilty
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    Hari Raya Haji date
    22 1 Hari Raya Haji date HARI Raya Haji will fall on Aug 26, the Mufti of Singapore, Syed Isa Semait, announced last night.
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    Telecoms' $75m plan for better service
    224 1 Telecoms' $75m plan for better service TELECOMS will spend $75 million over the next five years on an improvement programme to provide better service to the public. Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the Minister for Communications and Information and Second Defence Minister, outlined some of these plans yesterday. He was speaking
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    148 1 Bolivia's record inflation LA PAZ, Fri. Bolivia's runaway annual inflation rate has surpassed itself rising to a world record 14,173 per cent last month. The National Statistics Institute said yesterday this compared with 8,926 per cent in June and 1,051 per cent in the same month last year. The
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      24 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3,4,6,7 Asean 8 Causeway 9 Editorial' 18 Background 19 Letters 20 TimesDollar 21-24 Classifieds 26-35 Racing 36,37 Sports 35,38,39
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      569 2 More post offices A POST OFFICE in every town centre and another for every two or three neighbourhoods in newer HDB estates is part of the $75 million improvement plan of Telecoms. And more post offices will be set up if space is available in built-up older estates, while
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      Comment
      226 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE package of measures announced by the NTUC should help to persuade workers that they can reap tangible benefits from union membership. It is a good start to what is likely to be a long-drawn campaign to convince more workers to sign up. Given the
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      Forum
      78 2 'BEWARE OF CHIAM' A READER says the people should be wary of Mr Chiam See Tong's good-guy image and supposedly innocuous remarks. He gives examples of Mr Chiam's remarks to show that he isn't as sincere as he has made himself out to be. He dismisses Mr Chiam's claim
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      Timesdollar
      176 2 PAN-ELECTRICS PROFITS MAY NOT REACH LAST YEAR'S HIGH SO FAR, it does not look as if Pan-Electric 's profits will reach last year's record high. For to do so, the level of salvage operations this year has to be the same. "And so far it is not," said Mr
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      Timesport
      252 2 Juniors' tennis camp SINGAPORE'S 14-year-old Leonard Lee confirmed his potential by emerging the winner of the top group in the Cathay Pacific Junior Tennis Camp, held at the Jubilee Sports Centre in Sha Tin, Hongkong, last week. He was among the 30-odd young players from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hongkong
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      Around the world
      587 2 Troops kill 21 TWENTY-ONE people were shot dead by troops today after militant Tamil separatists tried to blow the soldiers up with a land mine. The incident came as talks were continuing in the Bhutanese capital, Thimpu, to try to reach a political settlement of the separatist
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      Section Two
      383 2 Dhana's favourites WHAT I READ is a new fortnightly series in which we invite Singaporeans from all walks of life to talk about the books that have given them comfort, companionship, warmth, inspiration and hope. To launch the series, we asked Mr S. Dhanabalan, the Minister for Community
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      Around Asean...and Across the Causeway
      217 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Suharto: Be on guard PRESIDENT SUHARTO today warned Indonesians to guard against further outbreaks of unrest but pledged that tough new laws passed recently would not affect basic freedoms. In a speech to the nation on the eve of the 40th anniversary of independence, he
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      26 2 W\ HER WORLD W Singapore's largest «!|f 1985 1 o<* 4(( A member ot the 5& Audit **S?^f;l." Bureau of Circulations (Australia) A Times Periodicals Publication
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      Lock icon Aussie police break up big drug ring
      447 3 SYDNEY, Fri. Police believe they have smashed Australia's biggest known drug smugling ring, which they say involved an international terrorist organisation. At least 35 people were arrested in four states in raids last night and today, and 10 have been charged in connection
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      Three die as blast greets Assam accord
      354 3  - Three die as blast greets Assam accord PHILIP GANGULY By I New Delhi Reporter NEW DELHI, Fri. The Assam accord was yesterday greeted with a powerful bomb explosion which killed three people in the state. Political observers predicted that the agreement would trigger potentially-chaotic movement of two million people across
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      Lock icon Bowing out
      38 3 BEIJING, Fri. More than a million veterans of China's pre-1949 communist revolutionary movement have retired from official posts sine 1 1982 as part of a shake-up of the country's administrators, the China Daily reported today. Reuter
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      Lock icon Troops kill 21 after land mine attack
      238 3 Troops kill 2 1 after land mine attack COLOMBO, Fri. Twenty-one people were shot dead by troops today after militant Tamil separatists tried to blow up the soldiers with a land mine, security sources said. It was the biggest death toll in a single incident since a June 18 ceasefire
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      Lock icon Aborigines seek return of head
      163 3 HOBART, Fri. The few remaining descendants of Tasmania's Aborigines once believed extinct are hoping for the return from Ireland of the head of an ancestor known as "Shiny". The secretary of the Tasmania n Aboriginal Centre, Miss Cheryl Fulton, said here yesterday that the University
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      Lock icon Vietnam advances date for troop pullout
      267 3 Vietnam advances date for troop pullout BANGKOK, Fri. Vietnam today advanced its deadline for withdrawing its troops from Cambodia from 1995 to 1990. A communique issued after a two-day meeting in Phnom Penh of the foreign ministers of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia said a total withdrawal would be concluded by
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      Lock icon Taiwan minister resigns
      83 3 Taiwan minister resigns TAIPEI, Fri. Taiwan's Vice-Finance Minister, Mr Li Hung-Ao, has resigned, after being named temporary head of the ministry yesterday following the finance minister's resignation over Taiwan's worst business scandal. Mr Li said he had not resigned in connection with the Cathay scandal but "to follow the minister
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      Lock icon 'More could have survived JAL crash'
      328 3 FUJIOKA (Japan), Fri. Some doctors said here today that there could have been more than four survivors from the 524 people in the Japan Air Lines jumbo jet disaster if rescuers had reached the wreckage more promptly. Rescuers, however, said that they had made
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      Lock icon World recovery still way off
      459 4 Only 0.2 rise in US output last month WASHINGTON, Fri WHILE everyone looks forward to a recovery in the world economy, the news is that it is still way off. The US industrial output rose 0.2 per cent last month. And this the Federal Reserve
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      Lock icon 27.5 % up — Israel's worst monthly inflation
      194 4 27.5 up Israel's worst monthly inflation JERUSALEM, Fri. Israel suffered its worst monthly inflation last month. Officials at the Central Bureau of Statistics said yesterday July's record 27.5 per cent surge in inflation was predicted when the government launched a three-month austerity package last month to put the economy back
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      Lock icon Tense Sudan puts troops on full alert
      166 4 CAIRO, Fri. Sudanese army troops have been put on maximum alert in southern and western regions because of rebel troop activities there, the Middle East News Agency (Mena) said yesterday. In a dispatch from Khartoum, it said the maximum alert had been announced
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      Lock icon Paper: Union Carbide leak gas 'can cause cancer'
      90 4 Paper: Union Carbide leak gas 'can cause cancer' AP LOS ANGELES, Fri. The Union Carbide leak on Sunday in West Virginia was more serious than first reported, the Los Angeles Times newspaper reported today. The Times said the cloud released on Sunday, which injured 135 people, was 65 per cent
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      Lock icon Expat named Uganda CJ
      74 4 KAMPALA, Fri. A British expatriate who arrived in Uganda 30 years ago as a colonial policeman was s*vorn in as Chief Justice yesterday by leader^ of the new military government. Mr Peter Allen, 55, who joined the High Court 15 years ago, built a reputation as
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      Lock icon US ready to act against trade restrictions
      221 4 US ready to act against trade restrictions WASHINGTON, Fri. Senate majority leader Robert Dole said he would warn Asian leaders that Congress was ready to adopt trade restrictions unless they opened their markets to more American goods. Mr Dole and six other senators left yesterday on a two-week trip to
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      Lock icon Japan to abolish computer tariffs
      139 4 Japan to abolish computer tariffs TOKYO, Fri. In a bid to ease trade friction with the United States, Japan will abolish tariffs on computers and related equipment, effective April 1 next year, news reports said today. Kyodo news service and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said the decision made by the
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      Ban on Grand Prix race?
      167 4  -  ROY CARSON By Stockholm Reporter SWEDISH Formula 1 racing star Stefan Johansson is at the centre of an antiSouth Africa battle which may lead to a ban on the South African Grand Prix race at Kyalami in November by international formula 1 Constructers Association (Foca)
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      Admen see red over use of rose symbol
      219 6  - Admen see red over use of rose symbol ROY CARSON By Stockholm reporter STOCKHOLM, Fri Swedish newspapers have been told they will not be paid for a deaths' column displayadvertisement, because the country's Social Democratic Party executives feel the international socialist "red rose" symbol (traditionally replacing a Christian cross as
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      Lock icon Nyerere's bequest to successor
      390 6 Nyerere's bequest to successor 'Worst economic crisis' in Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, Fri. President Julius Nyerere, known to Tanzanians as The Teacher and highly respected for his integrity, is bequeathing his successor an economic mess and policies he now regards as mistaken. He is stepping down in November and handing power to
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      Lock icon Global pilot flies into red tape
      145 6 Global pilot flies into red tape MEXICO CITY, Fri. A French pilot trying to be the first to circle the globe in an ultra-light airplane said yesterday his biggest problems had been bureaucratic, not technical. "Really the greatest difficulties are these administrative problems," Patrice Franceschi, who started his trip on
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      Lock icon Prostate cancer: Risk for nuke staff higher
      147 6 LONDON, Fri. The death rate from prostate cancer among Britain's nuclear workers is up to eight times higher than the national average, said a report released today. The study, by Medical Research Council scientists, of nearly 40,000 men and women employed by the
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      Lock icon Moscow jails activist
      169 6 MOSCOW, Fri. A member of Moscow's only known independent peace group was convicted yesterday of malicious hooliganism and sentenced to three years' jail, another member of the organisation said. Mr Vladimir Brodsky, a member of the committee to establish trust between the Soviet Union and the United
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      Lock icon W. German terrorists attack US army depot
      272 6 W. German terrorists attack US army depot BONN, Fri. Attackers thought to be members of West Germany's resurgent terrorist groups damaged a United States Army radio tower, the third American military installation hit by attackers in eight days. An army spokesman said the attackers cut through the fence of a
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      Fight against Mafia
      50 6 PALERMO, Fri. The Municipal Council of Corleone, birthplace of the most bloodthirsty Mafia godfathers, has adopted a resolution unanimously condemning organised crime. The councillors of the little town of 12,000 inhabitants, 60 km from Palermo, yesterdayurged the government to persevere in its fight against the Mafia. AFP.
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      Lock icon World leaders disappointed
      645 7 The Botha line US trade sanctions likely as Canada recalls envoy SANTA BARBARA, Friday WORLD leaders and politicians expressed concern, disappointment or both after the speech yesterday by President Pieter Botha of South Africa to his National Party, the creators of the system of apartheid which provides
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      Lock icon Botha is at the watershed of political career
      329 7 Botha is at the watershed of political career JOHANNESBURG, Friday SOUTH African President Pieter Botha who came to power in 1978 is renowned for his proapartheid views. Mr Botha, 69, has devoted his career to the Nationalist Party and the Afrikaner cause. He left university at the age of 20
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      Lock icon 4 deaths a day emergency toll
      276 7 DURBAN, Fri. An average of four people have died every day in anti-apartheid unrest since President Pieter Botha imposed a state of emergency 24 days ago. The following is an unofficial compilation of the death and destruction, based on daily police reports, newspaper accounts
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      31 7 Congratulations to the official opening of the new school Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Toa Payoh, Singapore With compliments from Chartered Bus Service 90 Jalan Chengam, Singapore 2057 Tel: *****22/*****00
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Stay on guard, says Suharto
      481 8 Indonesians warned against further unrest 4 WE still feel today that we must continue to be on guard against all kinds off threats, disturbances and other sources off unrest. President Suharto (left), in a speech to the nation on the eve of the 40th anniversary
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      Lock icon Call for more intra-Asean trading
      298 8 Call for more intra-Asean trading JAKARTA, Fri. The first meeting of young businessmen from Asean closed here yesterday with a statement calling for gradual expansion of intra-Asean preferential trading. The statement, capping a four-day meeting of 200 young Asean businessmen, also calls for a look at the possibility of setting
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      Lock icon 'Tree man' defiant
      143 8 JAKARTA, Fri. A villager in southern Sumatra who has spent the past 19 months at the top of a coconut tree to escape his creditors still refuses to come down. The newspaper Sinar Harapan said yesterday the villager, Tohiran. 42, climbed the 21m high tree in January
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      No Brunei visa needed for 6 groups of visitors
      106 8 No Brunei visa needed for 6 groups of visitors By HAN LING Brunei Reporter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Fri. Brunei has granted Britain and five other countries visa exemptions from Sept 1. At present, only nationals of Asean countries are exempted from visa laws introduced early this year. British citizens will
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      Thailand woos private sector as partners
      289 8 BANGKOK, Fri THAILAND will encourage the private sector to take equity participation in many infrastructure projects and enter into joint ventures in successful state enterprises and in public service organisations needing professional management. According to Dr Phisit Pakkasem, Deputy Secretary-general of the National Economic
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      Lock icon 4 more Jakarta ex-Reds to be executed
      160 8 JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesian Supreme Court Chief Judge Ali Said has indicated that four more excommunist leaders may soon be executed despite strong appeals for leniency. The four are Ruslan Widjajasastra, vice-chair-man of the Communist Party's central bureau, Rostomo, a provincial committee member. Gator
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      Lock icon Mend your ways then join us
      335 9 Dr Mahathir tells Pas: BESUT (Kelantan), Friday THE United Malays National Organisation (Umno) would welcome Parti Islam (Pas) to join it to strengthen the position of Muslims and the nation if Pas would mend its ways, the Prime Minister said yesterday. "We cannot accept
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      Lock icon Injunction served on Bar Council
      298 9 Injunction served on Bar Council KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Bar Council has been served with an injunction restraining it from acting on the resolutions passed at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the Malaysian Bar last Saturday. Council President Ronald Khoo said the injunction was obtained at the Seremban High
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      Lock icon Spying activities cause of 'cool' KL-Moscow ties
      186 9 Spying activities cause of 'cool' KL-Moscow ties ALOR STAR, Fri. The Soviet Union has been continuously carrying on espionage activities in this country and this is why Kuala Lumpur's relationship with Moscow has been "very cool" in recent years, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said here yesterday. Replying
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      Lock icon Organisers disqualify Miss Malaysia
      81 9 Organisers disqualify Miss Malaysia MANILA, Fri Organisers of the Miss Asia and Pacific beauty contest have disqualified a Malaysian contestant whose nude photographs were circulated in her home country. A spokesman said today the board of directors decided to disqualify Miss Malaysia Selina Perera after an emergency meeting on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Killer mothball
      106 9 TAIPING, Fri. An 18--month-old boy, Mohamad Firdaus bin Baharom, died in the district hospital here on Wednesday after swallowing a naphthalene mothball. His father an auxiliary policeman in Windsor Estate, Batu Kurau, took him to hospital on Tuesday in a serious condition. Mohamad Firdaus was his only child.
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      Lock icon Admit mistakes first — Pas
      176 9 Admit mistakes first Pas KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Parti Islam (Pas) would befriend the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) only if the latter revoked its "unIslamic" constitution and repented for its "past misdeeds," Federal Territory Pas Commissioner Haji Subky Latiff said today. He said that as long as Umno continued its
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      Post office in all town centres
      474 10 That's one of Telecoms' aims as it unveils expansion plans A POST office in every town centre and another for every two or three neighbourhoods in newer. HDB estates is part of the $75 million improvement plan of Telecoms. And more post offices will
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      Stamp of class and perfection for the 'new' GPO
      447 10  -  STELLA DANKER By PERFECT to the letter, was the enthusiastic response from visitors to the refurbished General Post Office at Fullerton Building yesterday. Finishing touches are being put to the 57-year-old building which is undergoing a two-year-long facelift costing $766,000. For
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      1,500 shipyard workers offer to forgo pay increases
      303 10 1,500 shipyard workers offer to forgo pay increases THE 1,500 workers of Sembawang Shipyard, all of whom are union members, are ready to forgo their annual increments this year. If the yard accepts this, it will save the company about $1 million in wage increases. The president of the shipyard's
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      Chok Tong to address brigade
      78 10 Chok Tong to address brigade THE First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr Goh Chok Tong, will be the Reviewing Officer at The Boys' Brigade Review 1985 today, to be held at the Toa Payoh Athletic Centre at 7.30 pm. He will address the brigade and present the
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      Project Orbis and ministry to set up eye centre
      270 10 PROJECT Orbis, the eye hospital in a jetliner, which flies out of Singapore today, will maintain its links here. It has reached agreement with the Health Ministry on a long-term working relationship which includes the setting up of a regional eye-care
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      Appeals by WP leaders dismissed
      786 11  -  BEN DAVIDSON Jeya and Wong fail in bid to reverse Chief Justice's ruling By WORKERS' Party leaders J. B. Jeyaretnam and Wong Hong Toy yesterday failed in their bid to reverse the Chief Justice's ruling that their four criminal cases did not merit a review
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      Bed-making for a lark...
      416 11  - Bed-making for a lark IRENE HOE By THE men took on the pale blue floral design, ruffles and all, while the women tackled the jungle print. Ruffles won seven to five. Not bad for two men who claimed that neither had really made a bed before. "Not like that, anyway,"
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      European Commission official here next week
      79 11 THE European Commission director-general for information, Dr Franz Froschmaier, will visit Singapore on Wednesday as part of a regional tour. He is expected to visit the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation and other government authorities. A meeting with Mr S. R. Nathan, executive chairman (Straits Times
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      Seafood centre offers accepted
      229 11 Seafood centre offers accepted FOUR restaurants given priority to lease units at th^ newly completed seafood centre in East Coast Park have finally agreed to accept the offers after long negotiations. They are Red House Seafood, Kheng Luck Seafood, Bedok Seaview Seafood and Chin Hwa Hin Seafood, all of Upper
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      First Farmers' Market wound up
      90 12 First Farmers' Market wound up FIRST Farmers' Market Pte Ltd was wound up by the High Court yesterday. The winding-up followed a petition by Cold Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd to which First Farmers owed $22,094 since November last year. MLss Anita Henry appeared for Cold Storage. Twenty-nine other companies
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      Cool reception for club's sauna plan
      140 12 Cool reception for club's sauna plan SAUNAS aren't so hot at the Temasek Club, in Portsdown Road, after the idea of building a sauna was given a cool reception by the Defence Ministry's sports medicine specialist last year. The specialist reported that weight loss caused by dehydration in the sauna
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      Showers in late morning forecast
      108 12 Showers in late morning forecast LOCAL showers in the late morning and early afternoon can be expected on five to seven days in the coming fortnight. Also likely are widespread rain with thunder and occasional strong gusty winds in the early morning on two to three days. During the first
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      Maximum fine for squash ace
      442 12 BallarcTs rash act resulted in friend's death CHAMPION squash player Stewart Neal Ballard was found guilty of committing a rash act which resulted in the death of his friend. Ballard, 22, was given the maximum fine of $250 under the Penal Code. He committed the
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      GE and National Semiconductor suspend execs' pay rises
      437 12 GE and National Semiconductor suspend execs' pay rises POOR business has forced at least two American multinationals to suspend annual wage increments for executive and management staff. The two, the General Electric (USA) group and National Semiconductor, are among a growing number of companies which have implemented measures to keep
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      Jobless man charged
      42 12 A 35-YEAR-OLD jobless man. Chew Chye Hock, was charged yesterday with having a flick knife at the car park of Moulmein Apartments on Wednesday at 10.30 am. He is remanded until his case is next mentioned on Aug 23.
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      Probe into death fall continues
      119 12 POLICE have not ruled out foul play as they continue with investigations into the death of a lounge hostess who fell from a fifth-storey flat in Moulmein Road on Wednesday. Miss Lai Ah Man, 28, from Sarawak, who worked at the Golden Star Nite Club
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      Call for new plans to boost property market
      356 12 Call for new plans to boost property market A PROPERTY developer has urged new tax incentives to encourage more people to buy property and stimulate the market. These include making interest on property loans tax deductible for owneroccupiers and exempting property from estate duty. In some countries, such as the
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      Former SUF man faces vandalism charge
      137 13 Former SUF man faces vandalism charge QUEK Teow Chuan, formerly of the Singapore United Front, claimed trial yesterday to a charge of committing vandalism at the main entrance of the Bank of China in Battery Road on July 18. Quek, 50, is alleged to have displayed a poster, a newspaper
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      Get-together
      37 13 OLD girls of St Joseph's Convent will meet for their sixth annual get-together on Aug 25 at the Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom. Those interested can contact alumnae officials on *****36, *****06 or *****25 for more details.
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      Student-workers 'given manual jobs'
      350 13  - Student- workers 'given manual jobs' TONG YOKE THO Task force wants changes to industrial attachment schemes By MANY tertiary institution students on industrial attachments find themselves shunted to do "painting, scraping, cleaning and other manual jobs only". Others are assigned to work on only one project. Thus, hands-on experience is
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      Free passes await fares selected every month
      439 13  - Free passes await fares selected every month RAV DHALIWAL Bus firms to reward courteous passengers By I TWO BUS companies are on the lookout for courteous passengers and will pick 10 every month over the next 12 months. Selected passengers will be presented with free passes for unlimited travel for
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      Music pirates cash in on S'pore group's hit songs
      351 13  - Music pirates cash in on S'pore group's hit songs MATILDA GABRIEL By A SINGAPORE music group has become the latest victim of the music cassette pirates. Local group Tokyo Square's hits Within You'll Remain and Silent Talk, both featured in a Singapore-produced album, Class Acts, now have the dubious honour
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      Jail and cane for man who smashed ATM
      156 13 GIVE it a good kick and it will work, or so went a saying. But when 20-year-old Ang Wee Wan smashed an automated teller machine because he could not withdraw his money, he ended up with a six-month jail sentence and four
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      Woman's death: Open verdict recorded
      76 13 Woman's death: Open verdict recorded AN OPEN verdict was yesterday recorded on the death of a woman who told her sister she had been forced into prostitution. The body of Miss Tan Pin Ai, 23, unemployed, was found at the foot of Block 230, Serangoon Avenue 4, on Jan 2.
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      Fire service exam
      61 13 Fire service exam AN EXAMINATION on the servicing and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers will be held at the Central Fire Station in Hill Street on Sept 2 and 3. Those who wish to sit for the test must write to the Director of the Singapore Fire Service, Central Fire
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      Bank unions growing bigger
      485 15 Membership up despite declining national trend BANK employees' unions are growing in strength despite the national trend of declining membership. The Singapore Bank Officers' Association (SBOA) has seen membership rise by 19 per cent to 1,412 from 1,186 three years ago. Its 56 per cent membership
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      The crabs never came...
      446 15 LABOURER Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Ayob said he would come home with crabs on Thursday, but he never made it. His body was found off East Coast Parkway yesterday after his boat had capsized while fishing. Marine Police and the Republic of Singapore Navy divers found
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      MP warns against avoiding facing problems
      157 15 MP warns against avoiding facing problems SINGAPOREANS most guard against the tendency to avoid responsibilities and fully facing problems, Mr Ho Kan Leong said. Mr Ho, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education) and MP (or Jurong, said this at Rangoon Road Secondary School's speech day yesterday. "We need to make each school
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      Do not lose hope, says Pock Too
      392 15 DON'T panic and lose hope. The current recession need not be a devastating experience for Singapore, Political Secretary (PMO) and Deputy Director of the NTUC, Mr Ng Pock Too, told bank employees yesterday. The government, he said, had sounded the alert to the
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      Savings 'the key' to nation's well-being
      318 15 SPECULATORS are like matadors the skilled ones make a killing while those who are unskilled are mercilessly gored to the ground by the bull. Not a pretty metaphor, but Mr Eugene Yap used it to drive home the point that Singaporeans must be careful
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      Creative cleaners
      451 16 HDB team improves trolley for bins SOME Housing Board cleaners have put their heads together and tailormade a more practical and cheaper trolley for rubbish bins. The improved trolley costs $85 and can potentially save the board a few "hundreds of thousands of dollars if all its 36
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      Bustling town centre for Kampong Ubi estate
      243 16 Bustling town centre for Kampong Ubi estate RESIDENTS of Kampong Übi estate or people applying for flats there will have a bustling crowd-pulling town centre. The Housing Board said this in response to enquiries from residents and applicants wanting flats in the Bedok Tampines zone. The estate's neighbourhood centre, now
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      Two senior estates officers move up to key positions
      361 16 TWO key Housing Board estates officers the manager of the estates and lands division, Mr Chong Kim Chang, and the chief estates and lands officer, Mr Tham Yew Fang were recently promoted. Mr Chong, 48, is now its deputy chief executive
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      US envoy arriving for a two-day visit
      117 16 THE United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr Vernon Walters, will arrive here on Monday for a two-day visit. He will call on the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and the Foreign Minister, Mr S. Dhanabalan, in separate meetings on
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      102 16 JAPE WONPIKLAND RESTAURANT Come Join a Mini-Auction of COIN BANKNOTE DISPLAY for Sale or Exchange ORGANISED BY: SINGAPORE NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION fv^c* l«^|f% ki^ k Jade Wonderland Restaurant ii 1 66/68 East Coast Road GRTH Building MMMri Singapore 1542 Sunday 1 8 August 1 985 «*»r^^ Mr^tW from jS ißlm^/ 9
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    The Straits Times says Persuasion will pay off
    482 18 The Straits Times says Persuasion will pay off A FEW months ago, NTUC leaders were publicly voicing their concern about declining union membership. Ideas were floated on how the labour movement's ranks could be bolstered. There was some talk about discriminating in favour of union members vis-a-vis "free-riders" workers who
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    How to get out of economic trough
    1523 18  -  JANE ITTOGI Focus on the Singapore economy This second part of a feature on the Singapore economy looks at suggestions on what should be done now to tide over this difficult period. It focuses on ways to stimulate economic cycles which are in
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down Memory Lane
    533 18 T.F.Hwang takes you down Memory Lane ON THE LEGAL FRONT ALL Is not quiet on the legal front. I mean it! Verily, I do. Albeit, net in the warring sense of the word, bat something much brighter and more in One with today's new situation. This thought went through my
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    This week's parting shots
    124 18 "ALL of us can decide not to shave and grow a beard till the economy picks up. It will make the headlines. But would it solve our problems?" Mr S. Dhanabalan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Community Development. "Nyerere is a gift from God. Let Tanzanians
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      Jakarta confidently moving onto world stage
      867 19  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM Indonesia celebrates the 40th anniversary of its independence Today is the 40th anniversary of Indonesia's independence from the Dutch. This article explains why the country is observing the occasion with particular jubilation. Around the region By TAKE note of that mammoth
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      Widespread child abuse just a facet of family violence in US
      604 19  -  ONG MING SEING By WASHINGTON Violence in the American family seems to be widespread, although studies and surveys usually underestimate its true incidence. Dr Murray Straus, a prominent researcher in family violence, maintains that the family is "by far
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      The BBC — and the correct wavelength
      461 20 The BBC and the correct wavelength I THINK it unsporting of people like "TSK TSK" and others to make fun of my friend Jeya. For example, "TSK TSK" makes the innuendo that thf BBC lied when it reported that the Goh Chok Tong forum took place in Kuala Lumpur. Of
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      Space out A level exam papers
      175 20 Space out A level exam papers THIS is an appeal to the Ministry of Education for a reasonable timetable for this year's GCE A level examination. Last year, the usual arrangement was adjusted such that most of the papers were completed in the first eight days of the examination. So
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      Too many bedroom scenes in Hotel
      119 20 I WOULD like to complain about the television series Hotel (above), which is shown on Monday nights. The series has an offensive moral tone, and too many bedroom scenes. Some weeks ago, viewers saw a brutal wife-beating scene. The following week they saw scenes
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      Bushes trampled into the ground
      90 20 I JOG regularly at the Macßitchie Reservoir park. I have noticed that the vegetation is being adversely affected because too many people go there. Numerous footpaths have penetrated the once thick bushes. The forest also seems to be thinning out. Perhaps, visitors should be educated
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      Few benches in Botanic Gardens
      58 20 THOSE who go to the Botanic Gardens find it a very pleasant and tranquil place, one where they can relax. However, the shortage of seating facilities is a great disappointment to many park lovers. I feel more benches could be provided at the many suitable
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      Shunfu estate lacks sports facilities
      96 20 WE are new residents in Shunfu estate. This estate lacks sports facilities. Although there is a modern community centre in the vicinity, residents cannot use the basketball court because night classes are held there. We would like to suggest that the open ground across Thomson
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      Four red packets to relocate urn
      198 20 I REFER to the letter "We paid $268 for $20 items at crematorium" by "Coerced" (ST, Aug 1), regarding the incident at Phor Kark See Crematorium. I would like to mention a similar experience. I had to relocate the urn containing my father's ashes
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      Beware Chiam's nice guy image
      1271 20 Those who listen to him are being led by the nose 4 His "$6OO a day for walking about" tactic is a classic example of the kind of raw feelings a person can arouse. Very clearly, Mr Chiam wasn't as sincere as he made himself
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      265 20 MERSING S^ T :j ShI Today we join Mersing's neighbourhood with our new branch and *^^lfesJBf Jt we invite y° u t0 cal! at our branch to experience our courteous and -sf enicient service. l^^-i H|t|^» Public Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Public Bank Berhad, K '*^^&«J one
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    • In the market
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        Market edges upwards
        71 21 THE market yesterday took heart from Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's remarks that negative growth would not cripple Singapore and edged upwards for the third day. The Straits Times Industrial Index gained 4.8 points to 758.29 and The Business Times Composite Index closed 3.4 points up at
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          Most Active
          13 21 Pon-EI 1,386,000 Pohonglnv 1,175,000 Fed Cables 1,135,000 G I Hldgs 1,076,000
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          Rises
          68 21 MAX 3200 4 100 Duff Dev 520 40 Kian 100 50c 762 t4O L»rutTin 190 +24 Dayapi kid 153 +21 Sea View 318 1 20 Kentucky Spore 272 +16 G I HW{S 50c 229 +16 Marnum Corpn 358 414 NOL 155+13 Acma 117 +12 Sim Lim 710 +10 C
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          Falls
          66 21 Guthrie Ropel 267 43 HK Tin Corp 50c 190 10 S P H 550 5 M Breweries 540 5 'tied Choc 165 5 DBS 496-4 Hume M 230 4 FEIS 267 3 Robinson 1 26 3 KB 484 7 MIP 121 7 Harrisons Msia 318 -2 Hi(h A Low
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          Indices
          66 21 ST Properties ***** 474/9 Bl Composite 649 65 653 05 ST Minings 799 59 299 71 BT Indicator *****17 *****91 ST Plantation': *****0 7293.29 BTOBOS -157 4 OCBC 556 42 ***** ST Industrials 753 49 758 79 OUB Composite 365 16 368.74 ST Finance 2377 80 2398 93 SES
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          INDICES — Highs & Lows
          35 21 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrials Composite 1984/85 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1984/85 Low 717.95 (15/7/85) 631.62 (15/7/85) All-time High *****1(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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        Forex
        13 21 The US dollar closed at DM 2.7550 in Singapore, losing 11 points.
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        Exchange crossrates
        24 21 DM Y FF S$ 11$ US$ ***** 2.7618 237.95 Unq 7 ?UOO Unq ***** 2 7550 237 00 7.7900 2.2040 7 7900
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        Gold
        9 21 In Singapore, gold was at U*****.80 gainng US$6.3O.
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        Simex
        33 21 Eurodollar: Gained 19 tick to 91.76 a contract. Deutschemark: Gained 14 ticks to 0.3642 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 16 ticks to 0.*****9 a contract. Gold: Gained US$6.3O to U*****.10 an ounce.
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        Lock icon BMW sales hopes
        74 21 BMW sales hopes MUNICH, Fri. BMW expects to make and sell more cars this year than in the last, managing board Chairman Eberhard von Kuenheim said. Mr von Kuenheim said strong exports in the first half of this year helped BMW set records in turnover and volume sales. BMW's car
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        Lock icon Two key rates cut
        66 21 FRANKFURT, (West Germany), Fri. West Germany's Bundesbank (Central Bank) yesterday cut two key interest rates for the first time since March 1983 in a bid to boost the country's sluggish economy. The reductions took the discount rate to 4 from 4.5 per cent and the Lombard
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        Lock icon Spending of private sector falls
        79 21 LONDON, Fri. Private sector capital spending in Britain dropped 13 per cent in the second quarter, after the April 1 reduction in first year- tax relief on investment, provisional Trade and Industry Department fig ures show. The second quarter decline follows a 15 per cent
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        Lock icon Limit up on forex holdings
        103 21 Limit up on forex holdings MANILA, Fri. The Central Bank has said commercial banks may now hold foreign exchange equal to 100 per cent of outstanding letters of credit, up from 70 per cent previously and up to 100 per cent of foreign exchange receipts, up from 30 per cent.
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        Lock icon HK builder gets WTC contract
        102 21 HK builder gets WTC contract HONGKONG. Fri. Developers of the US$2OO million fSSMO million) China World Trade Centre project in Beijing have granted the first construction contraci to Hongkong builder Shui On China Ltd for more than US$2 million S4. 1 million) Shui On. wholly owned by Shui On Investment
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      Pan-El hopes tide will turn in second half
      656 21  -  S.KUMAR By THE Pan-Electric chairman made no bones about it: "For profits to reach last year's record high, the level of salvage operations this year has to be the same. And so far it is not." Last year, the marine and property
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      Rubber reference price cut
      369 21 Reduction of 3% agreed on at stormy Inro meeting in KL THE International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) has cut its reference price by 3 per cent. The reference price the midpoint of a "band" of buffer stock prices is now 2.017 MalaysianSingapore dollars (an average of
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      More prime rate cuts
      46 21 THREE more banks have cut prime lending rates. Asia Commercial Bank cut its prime rate by a quarter point to 8 per cent yesterday. United Overseas Bank's new 7.5 per cent and Mitsui Bank's 8 per cent will take effect on Monday.
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      Lock icon It's hard times for top bus firm
      146 21 It's hard times for top bus firm PHOENIX (Arizona), Fri. The galloping greyhound, a symbol familiar to travellers in the United States, may soon disappear from many small communities a victim of declining bus traffic and more air travel. Greyhound Corp., the world's largest intercity bus operator, announced yesterday it
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      Lock icon Jet insurers see record losses
      353 21 NEW YORK, Fri. THE Japan Air Lines jumbo jet crash and the other two airline disasters in the past two months are likely to result in record underwriting losses for the international aviation insurance Industry this year. "We're looking at a new record in terms
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      Yards may find lifeline in China
      292 21 SHIPYARDS in Singapore may find their lifeline in China if they get to help the Chinese upgrade their fleet. China plans to add more than 400 ships to their fleet under its modernisation programme. This will help the industry there launch into building modern,
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      Teck Puat 'eyeing' local markets
      303 21 Agent says he has lost interest in HK stocks HOTEL tycoon Khoo Teck Puat will concentrate on investment in Singapore and Malaysia rather than Hongkong, his Hongkong finance and property agent said yesterday. The agent was quoted by Hongkong's Ming Pao Evening News as saying
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      93 21 /S*- *A~>4 im /^l m ml Im m^J /m\ 3 S B Mlf fm M sW^r I m/ km mi At mm j ww** m > mmmm I \/f Bw M/ Mi mm /M/l/y 4 fl fl^ j 1/ mm BM /m m W^**' I r- I the Government and
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      Business done in Singapore
      3416 22 READERS should be aware of the fonrtatiom of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, is necessarily covered in "business done". Further because all dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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      How your stocks performed
      2844 22 1985 Last Yield Voi Day High Low Company Sale Chance ('000) K(h Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 185 98V* Acma 117 +12 4 2 I 117 117 146 75 Alcom 83+3 43 83 80 270 160 Allied Choc 165 -5 2 165 165 134 87 h
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      2999 22 INDUSTRIALS A Choc (1. 905) (2) 1 90 AISB (0.905) (24) 0 90 (14) 0 89 (30) 0.91 dim (0.90B) Alcom (0.948) (2) 0.92 (10) 0.93 (1)0 96(2)0.98(11)0 95 AMD (3.168 3.205) (1) 3.00 (30M) 2 99 (I) 3 08 (1) 3.06 (13) 3.14 (6)
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        207 23 OCBC OUB UOB DBS Personal/Renovation nit r *li/ £7/ Up to 1 year 6 'a IV* 6% Up to l'/2 years 6% Up to 3 years 6V2 6 6% 7 Up to 4 years 6Vt 7 Housing Up to 5 years B%* B%*** Up to 10 years 8%
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        156 23 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SJ10 foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5421—1.5450 6.61—6.42 Canadian dollar 1.6271—1.6290 6.21—6.11 NZ dollar 1.1954—1.1981 8.52—8.22 Sterling pound 3.0953—3.0989 3.28—3.22 US dollar 2.2015-2.2025 4.57-4.53 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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        94 23 THE US dollar closed slightly lower against most major currencies in quiet trading. Against the Singapore dollar, it finished at 2.2020/30 at 3 pm yesterday and was traded between 2.200 and 2.2040. Against the deutschemark, it closed at 2.7505/15 against its initial level of 2.7630/ 40. It remained within
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        Gold
        97 23 THE kilobar market Closing price traded between HKS 311 g m The Far East gold PHYSICAL Buym-Seiers market opened at GOLD s$ U*****.70/332.10. It Kllobar 23.456-23.586 traded up to 1 gm 23-33 U*****.50/332.90 before 5 gm H7— 127 lunch. 10 gm 234-245 It reopened at 2 °B m 468-481
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        25 23 SOLD US$/oz Fri Thurs imgapore *****—336.00 327.80-328.20 longkong 336.75-337.50 329.00-329.50 Thurs Wed lew York 332.25 332.75 326.25 326.75 ondon 330.80 331.30 326.00 326.50
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        213 23 Managers' prices for Aug 17&19 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.65 1 75 The Savings Fund 1.32—1.40 Spore Prog Fund 0 73—077 Spore Sec Fund 1 03 1 09 Spore Invest Fund 0 78-0 83 Spore Equity Fund 0 74— 0 78 DBS Bank Shenton Growth Fund 1
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          99 23 Eurodollar 3-month deposit A huge US$5.3 billion rise in US Ml leading to fears that the Fed would tighten its monetary policy accounted for the bearish market sentiment, causing the September Eurodollar to open at 91.77, well below the previous day's close. It eased to 9L74 but rebounded to close
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          81 23 THE September deutschemark once again broke records, hitting a new high of 0.3649. Despite the high growth in Ml money supply, the US dollar succumbed to pressure from expectations that next week's economic data would show that the US economy is not performing as well as previously forecasted. (US
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          54 23 THE yen futures trading was featureless. There was little activity and the September yen closed at the day's high of G.*****9 in response to a weaker dollar. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sept 85 0.*****5 0.*****9 0.*****5 0.*****9 7 Dec 0.*****0 NirM 0.*****1 Open Int (Than): 443.
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          63 23 THE pace-setting December gold seemed to benefit from the weakness of the greenback and political tensions. It settled a convincing US$(h40 above the previous close. (In USS per Trey ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Aag 335.10 Sept 336.20 Oct 338.40 Dec 339.50 343.50B 339.50 342.60 89 Open
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        15 23 X,,, Cksmc prices MS/Uo KL Tin 30.87 cents Turnover: 80 tonnes down 35 tonnes
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        18 23 tintih.r Ckwnt prices R-00-r centvkfc Singapore September 166.50 up 1.75 cents Malaysia September 185.50 up one cent
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        Copper
        23 23 Ctosmf prices Co ">« £/«onr* Thurs ;pot 1021 50— *****0 (1023.50-1024.50 I months *****0-1046 50 (1047 50-1048.00 Market tone Steady Sales: 53,800 tonnes
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        23 23 «ihMr Qo«#if prices Fri Iht Singapore 633-638 6.32-6.37 Dm W»d New York 6 28— 6 33 6 27—632 Source Creat Suisse Spore
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        23 23 Ctonf prices Aluminium torn* 9m Spot *****-728.00 (735 50—*****) 3 months 750 00—750.50 (757 50-758 00) Market tow Easier Sales: 15,550 tonnes
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        94 23 Ctosjnf pnces Crude Ms/t«vw palm 08 Aug 870 (central) ***** (south) Scpt/Oct 840 (south) 847.50 (north) Refined palm oil US$/ tonnes rbo palm Aug 460 (setters) Sept 422 50 (setters) Oct/Nov 402 (sellers) RBOOtan Aag *50 (seK-rs) Sept 410 (sefers) Oct/Nov 402 50 (sellers) RBD Stearin Aug 345
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        Prices edge upwards as PM's talk taken to heart
        625 23 FORTIFIED by Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew's pep talk and advice against hasty salary cuts, stock prices rose marginally yesterday. "Buying was strong, especially in mid-morning but profit-taking towards the close of the day wiped out some of the gains,"
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      248 23 *u| 16 HKJ Chanje Associated Hotels susp Bank Of East Asia 22.80 unch Cheung Kong 1880 -(-0.1 China Light 16.00 unch Cross Haifa Tunnel 1 1 60 unch F E Consortium 0.59 +0.01 Far East Exch PNtex 0.0456 G I Cement 8.95 Great Eogle 0.67 -0.01 Hong Lung 8.25
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      336 23 Allf IS Ten Chante Mitsub Estate 923 -1 Mitsub Heavy 344 +13 Mitsubishi 621 +3 Ajinomoto 1170 -10 Mitsui Co 434 +14 Akoi 380 -6 Mitsui SWpbWfl 165 +3 Amodo 765 -5 Mitsui Smelting 518 +26 Asah. Chem 907 -18 Mitsukoshi 620 +5 Asohi Gkiss 807 +1 Mitsumi 741
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      308 23 *"t l6 Cenls Change ic I 215 unch (Ausl) Leighton 128 -2 Lend Lease 690 -4 Magellan Pet Aust 220 unch A C I 277 -1 Mayne Nickless 320 +2 A N I 265 -3 Metals Explor APM 292S NL 45 -1 Aberfoyle 1040 unch Mideast 32 Age 280
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      56 23 NST Index Friday 1231.77 (1226.45) Hongkong Hang Seng Friday 1700.37 (1684.55) §2Australian All-Ordinaries £l Friday 956.2 (956.9) Nikkei D J Average Friday 12,583.08 (12,484.02) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 976.7 (966.0) Dow Jones Average !sr^ Thursday 1317.76 (1316.98) (Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading day) I■liii
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      209 23 Aug 15 USS Change Goodyeor Tire 28* Guff Res 14% Alcoo 34* Hewlett Pock 36V. AMed Chem Cp 42 kifl Busi Moch 126* AKs-Cbolmers 5 Intl Harvester 9* unch Am Tel Tel 20* unch Intl Tel Tel 32* Amox Inc 15* John Jhsn 45* Amr Corp 47* -1
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      569 23 Aug 15 Pence Change Allied-Lyons 226 unch Ass Dairies 144 unch BTRPLC 358 +2 Babcocks 135 +1 Barclays 392 +3 Beechom 333 unch BICC 203 +5 Blue Circle 500 +5 BOC Group 277 unch Boots 200 +5 Bowater 323 +8 BATS 306 +3 Britannia 95 -1 BP 538 unch
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      Ships in port
      226 23 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth rr De P Keppel Wharves d, Tk. «?n -a 17/b Gulf Venture P2C 17/8 18/8 Sir e iS :-2 !5! So S SS !Ji5 S 2 K E 7t 8 Si?l2n*' KB wl \lfl r,. r K97 17/B 1B/fi banto Nino
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      491 23 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Um Handsome (008RA) 17/8 (1630) Fl *****830 S3 BAngsana (091) 17/8(2000) Fl 1030-1200 Nl Ratu Konsort (1*01) 18/8 (0400) Fl 1100-1200/1900-2000 Nl Asia Star (39A) 18/8 (0700) Fl 0700 0800/1500 1700
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      Consplant poised to announce record profits
      148 24 Consplant poised to announce record profits CONSOLIDATED Plantations, a 62 per cent-owned subsidiary of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby, is due to announce its year-end results soon. Judging by its first-half performance, when it registered a 48.3 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to M582.9 million, the fullyear results should be
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      No fizz despite F & N's show of confidence
      406 24 No fizz despite F N's show of confidence Weekly stock market round-up Singapore Top five stocks THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high
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      Most active stock UMW ends Pahang's five-week reign
      233 24 Most active stock UMW ends Pahang's five-week reign UNITED Motor Works has ended Pahang Investments' five-week reign as the most active stock on the Singapore market. IMW topped the volume table this week with almost 4.27 million shares traded. Dealing in UMW got busier as the week progressed almost 1.36
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      DIM contracts make a dim debut
      218 24 Kuala Lumpur THE anxiously-awaited delayed-one-month (DIM) contract trading turned out to be a damp squib. Traders perked up slightly on Wednesday on the eve of DlM's debut and increased trading volume to almost 13 million shares from what had been the usual eight million.
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      Lock icon GM offers lowest interest ever to spur car sales
      191 24 GM offers lowest interest ever to spur car sales DETROIT, Fri Car industry leader General Motors yesterday offered buyers of most of its 1985--model cars and light trucks the lowest financing in its history in an effort to spur sales. The offer of 7.7 per cent financing good until Oct
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      Letter from HP and Finance Association
      161 24 Letter from HP and Finance Association IN RESPONSE to your article published on Aug 16, on behalf of my association, I deny that the visit by the Association of Hire Purchase Companies Malaysia was to seek help from my association to curb fraud. I further stress that there is no
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      Kian Joo purchase
      47 24 KIAN Joo Can Factory Bhd has bought a piece of industrial land with an 89-year lease and a building at Batu Caves, Selangor, for MJ4.5 million cash from Mr Chen Tsu Peh. The sale is subject to the approval of the Foreign Investment Committee.
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        Sim Lim
        70 24 SIM LIM Investments announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sim Lim Company, had acquired 7.5 per cent of the issued capital of Kian Seng Realty Limited. Sim Urn paid $525,000 in cash for the 300,000 shares. Sim Lim and its parties now hold 44.5 per cent of KSR
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        OUE
        19 24 TRADING in the shares of Overseas Union Enterprise will be suspended on Monday pending the company's halfyear results.
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      SELLING SHORT
      11 24 "We're in a transition between stagnation and no growth."
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      333 24 A $A600,000 REDUCTION WELLINGTON STREET p"" 1^ 1 r oo 5 TELECOM |a o I hBUILDING X Lij I fc--i te i [i| i MURRAY STREET PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA We have been instructed by the owners of this prime central city property, to offer it for sale at $A3.9m a
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      158 24 -THE CHINESE JIANGSU ROSEWOOD FURNITURE SHOWROOM-, |g« GRAND OPENING SALE!!! You are cordially invited to our showroom to witness the nrtoa^. grand array of intricately handcarved furniture, all from the renowned Jiangsu Province of China. Now available I l^ PSMK L to you at most reasonable prices. See you soon.
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      1267 25 I_ J" j^| f^ I" I\J W\J\J 1 IWl^^fm \ko\J \*%J bbW I I X^ 111 _»t_r _y l_ W _r» ■—v I^l (jbnaratulations S< (SSestGXPishes to I S.E. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE F S on the occasion of their 3 Official Opening on 18 August 1985 5 _w AT MESSAGE
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      631 26 rwi ii.w^n WESTERN PI AV DOT DIPC w .A >^ -1 iimium LLAY-rui Kltt ORIENTAL SPtLIALIoI vbh 4^S vipH| FAST FOOD l^fiPOT LUCK EATING «S n| flB B [35] TOP LUCK EATING [CyVj HOUSE tel 3448t*0 <3& j^b9" b JbW -4^b^bh B*B m —^^fc^ait I Iff HOUSE (PTE) LTD 1
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      509 26 Welcome 1 to Dragon City You'll discover some of the finest HIPV Sichuan and seafood dishes available *~u m town iB n arnaz n 8 228 in all! aP^^Siß f' acn masterfully prepared to delight your taste buds. Dragon City mmmrnm Dragon City Sichuan Restaurant novotci Novotel Orchid Inn (Plymouth
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      431 26 RENOWN FOR THE BEST SZECHUAN CUISINE Come and Savour The Best There Is In Szechuanl rt^wjfl&Sxf* K repared only -Jw/A^raWiV b y° ur WR«^ 3 experienced i\ \SJJwv Taipei Cooks and try our fl£'*Fiy y chef's own delightful recetpe FV/K of "OMEI SPECIAL FISH" yiy^jX* We also cater for wedding/
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      736 26 W A True Culinary SHHZ] I Pleasure For The fi FT.IY* Discerning Gourmet H sft££ m %4* r jPf, Authentic Thai COlttfilE back. '^^"^HB^Hfcl^^^BSj^^^ Chinese vjrciit Service BS^ cpm Ljve seaf oc) B hi p 1-^M tuncuons. Cantonese Cuisine i^/^V,. «m> Chinese swimming Club Jlv (N jrar 1 Rlmnaam Restaurant
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      1300 27 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: j^>/V v Monday Friday 9 00am to 5.00pm Run-On: $5.00 per line (Min. $15.00) Food/Entertainment (2 —5) din >^"-Nn r\ s~\ f\ r^v/3 saturday s. m ar $200^0. cm *^*~«~im«*m«miii-m >"^ fcfe^. JVTFxJf II i f{3S& ll V^* IV^r' /ifV)l li\ ff^\i(r Publ.cHol.day 9.00am to
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      1111 27 12 Computer Products/ 12 Computer Products/ Services Services k POWERMATIC DATA SYSTEMS_jI w S 1 1 SERVICE ft MAINTENANCE lor all computer* at Reasonable Rate* from $5 ONWARDS Spacial Anniversary Sale (or our rang* of computar* at rock bottom prica. CALL: *****07/ *****43. CUBIC 88, 192K ram, monitor, 2drives, 80-C/
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      1755 27 18 HStfirT" 11 7 1« Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing HOMEMAKERS *^|who seek convenience, variety and value for mone^lßV EMINENT PLAZA I the ideal place to shop I A wide selection of home furnishing and decor items available e Furniture Kitchen Cabinets e Bathroom Accessories Ceramic Marble
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      1630 27 ■2228 K The Salvation Army Thrift Store is having a $1/- sale today on H selected books and clothings. K Hurry and select from classificaR^ tion 25. 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage RELAX REFRESH YOURSELF AT GREAT EASTERN HEALTH CENTRE Lw l\p re Eastern Hotel VifJ^ k
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      2714 28 i w%m ,i M A new hotel is offering "an excit9Rn 'rjH !§g ing opportunity to enter the serWFBf m I p-^ vice industry in a position unique ■SB I H LJB to Singapore. 1 The post is a But 99b fS ler. Find out why it's unique at WSB
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      219 28 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive 'The movement for the intellectually disabled in Singapore requires: SPEECH THERAPIST Qualifications: e Degree in Speech Therapy e Experience in working with intellectually disabled children. e Post graduate training (preferred, not essential). e Besides English, ability to speak Mandarin and/or other Chinese dialects (preferred, not
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      546 28 69 Situations Vacant: Domestic REQD. LIVE-IN SRI Lankan, Filipino or Thai Maid. *****12 before 9a.m. or after 7.30p.m. No agts. 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ZIMMER PTE LTD Is the regional office of Ztmmer International, a division of the internationally successful Bristol Myers group of companies. As a result of
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      581 28 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ASSlbaink This well established offshore bank is seeking personnels of high calibre for the following positions: RECONCILIATIONS CLERK The successful applicant will be responsible for reconciliation of No«--tro Accounts, including investigations and follow-up of delayed payments. He/she will be required to draft correspondence to the
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      596 29 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical IXIRVOI Requires I k FEMALE I PURCHASING I ASSISTANT Age 19-23 B Diploma in Commerce or Business j|j| J i Studies &fd. e Fluent in written and spoken English jKjg^ Good in typing and calculation MsT 1 Able to work
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      563 29 A large Multi-National E Company in Jurong has E E vacancies for: r I a) General Clerk I I B Receptionist/ 1 I Clerk I Requirements: Post (A) E 3 GCE 'O' Level Accurate typing be- tween 35 40 wpm 5 Experience in hand- 5 E ling confidential do- 5
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      658 29 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical EXPERIENCED ACCOUNTS CLERK required. GCE O' level, must possess class 3 licence. Part-time Workers. 5-day week, $18 per day. Interested please come personally at: Blk 1002, #03-50, Eunos Ave.B. Tel: *****81. REQUIRED FEMALE CLERK to handle overseas correspondence. Experienced in import/ export banking documentation. Must
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      638 29 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Sales Representatives wanted Field experience in related product lines (cosmetics and fragrances.) is preferred as you are expected to develop new and existing sales opportunities, while reporting to the Sales Manager. Candidates should have drive and initiative, be bilingual and conversant in
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      465 29 Sol* distributor of a wall known micro computer sacks result-ori-ented personnel as: MARKETING EXECUTIVES a Min. 'A' level with relevant sales experience, a Knowledge on MS-DOS/ Wordstar/ Lotus/ DBase/ Accounting. Applicants to phone *****13 for interview or writa in with contact number to: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 38 Genting Lane #03-03 Matal
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      828 29 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical We invite applications for the positions of:PIPING DESIGNER Requirements: GCE '0' level At least 5 years working experience related to offshore platforms, production and accommodation modules, pressure vessels and/or heavy industrial plates and complexes. Working knowledge of piping
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      956 29 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical j We art* a Multi-National High Technology Company seeking an experienced person with a knowledge of Avionic System Concepts. This position, based in Singapore, involves customer contact and technical support of aviation related products. An in-depth understanding of analog and digital systems
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      705 30 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production I SI U, VI I 1 1 < lIYOI O<.V I Our Company, the leading manufacturer of Winchester Disc Drives is expanding our Kailang factory. We have immediate vacancies for: No experience required Training will be provided m
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      395 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous PLAIN HEAVEN requires GENERAL WORKER CUM DRIVER Good driving record. Conversant in English. Salary $480 p.m. FULLTIME ICE CREAM CREW (in front of Dynasty Hotel) CiCE 'O' level. Pleasant disposition. Fluent in English. Starting $500 p.m. -with good career opportunities to the dedicated hardworking candidates. Pleat*
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      992 30 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous TURF CLUB.W owns and operates close-circuit CTV equipment providing live telecast of races to viewers in the grandstands at Bukit Timah I racecourse and the associated turf clubs in Malaysia. jJTC HI The Club is seeking professionals to
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      668 30 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous CONTECH, a people and technology Wmioriented company, invites you to join its team of young professionals for the '<&&£ following positions: Plant Electrician I Should have 2 years' experience in Ifflfi maintenance and repair of electrical mß&< parts of construction equipment seP
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      760 30 87 For Sale: Mercedes MERCEDES^ ACCESSORIES 23K GOLD PLATED 200 250 190E/ 230E 280S' SE SEL 380SF SEL/ SEC 500SF SEL SBC Front back star Boy net grill' boot strip etc More Information CABRIO MOTORS TEL: *****05/ *****02 1980 MERCEDES 200 aulo. 1 pte owner, low mileage, aircon., radio cassette,
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      988 30 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan MUST SELL, OWNER to work overseas 1980 Datsun Bluebird Aircon cassette, sports rims, original colour Highest offer secures View at: Blk 547 (carpark), plate no FN7B4OM. Jurong West Str 42. lpm to 6p.m Tel *****11/ *****09 1982 NOV. NISSAN Sunny 13 GL. 1 owner, aircon S/rlms
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      803 31 IuJJCvI Ashamed of the appearance of your car? Take heart, as AutoCS"JtJIf|7%QJ care at classification 82 can help Inl you restore your car's good looks U UU L=3 for as low as $38/- 90 For Sale: Toyota '85 TOYOTA COROLLA I.6GL, aircon, s/rims. new condition. Done 8,000 km. New $34,000;
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      781 31 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi '83 LANCER FI2OO, tip top cond. 1 pte. owner. Aircon, radio cassette. $16,000 ono. *****58 ■84 MITSUBISHI LANCER I.3GLX, Ist owner, showroom cond. Gold colour. Tel: *****62, 1 9pm. '84 TREDIA 1600 c.c. Auto. Immaculate cond. Full accessories. Best offer secures. *****34. 92 For Sale: Mazda
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      556 31 93 For Sale: Honda '79 DEC. WHITE Honda Prelude. 1602 c.c. Tax till Nov. Beautiful cond. Selling: $15,500 nett. *****20 Masiling Goh. ■79 HONDA ACCORD, good condition, aircon, auto transmission. 1600 c.c. Expat leaving soon. Call *****79 after 6pm or weekends. 80 HONDA ACCORD power steering centre locking air-con sport-rim
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      1209 31 94 For Sale: 94 For Sale: 94 For Sale: 94 For Sale: Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes fljHfe Affordable Luxury/ V^^H $37 500 PARF on the road I v> t> Vfll H»». a TB sffim^m^i 4 S ■it i H ALFA 33 1.5 Green Cloverleaf Power: 105
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      679 31 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicle* OLD DATSUN PICKUPS for sale Good running condition. Selling around $1,000. Call: *****88 x 367. VOLKSWAGEN VAN, new paint/ tyres/ tax/ battery, just passed inspection. $1,200 0.n.0. *****85. 1973 DATSUN PICKUP 1300 c.c. Reasonable offer. Contact: Tony Chua *****59. 1974 PICK-UP FOR Sale. Price neg.
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      528 31 96 For Sato: Motor Cycles/Scooters JL CYCLE OFFERS better prices for 2ndhand motorcycles. 583, Serangoon Rd. *****62/*****04. JUNE '83 VESPA PXISOE. 1 owner. Good condition. Insurance till May 86. $1,850. Tel: *****00, Teng. KAWASAKI REGD. MAY '85. 1 year comprehensive insurance. Perfect cond. $4,800. *****03. KAWASAKI NINJA 750. 1 owner.
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      810 31 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation Available: Houses Available: Houses Available: Houses I Hill-top Luxury Residences 1 I Elevated locality. Easy Transportation I Situated beside Shangri-la Park and the r^^Tr"^—^—-— I well-known St Nicholas Pri Sec School at «S2f* *,J I Thomson area Near MRT station A new rT i-
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      926 32 106 Accommodation Available: Houses DIST.2B SELETAR HILLS, 2-storey modern detached house, 4 htirms. servant's separate. Large garden, aircon, f/furn. Rental >lr.istuiilly reduced Tel *****60 0.15 D/STOREY SPACIOUS tmntilw quiet area Luxurious Finishes Walking distance to Eaal Coast I'arkway Fteereatlon .ireu S3.OCX) p in 34.*****, V Kaur. D23 CHESTNUT CLOSE, 3
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      166 34 181 Deaths 181 Deaths ONG HOI SEO ONG THIAM CHWEE AGE 77 Passed away peacefully on 15-8-1985 leaving behind beloved, Wives: Lim Kim Choo Lee Soon Peng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Li Sing, Ronnie Lai Kin Lee Lian, Edmund Low Lee Cher Gee Teck, A. Juremi Khamisah Ali Gee Aik, Roy Lee
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      93 34 184 In Memoriam 164 In Memoriam In Memory of MR. KOH MU TEE Departed: 17.8.84 Always and fondly remembered by wife, children, sons and daughters-in-law and i grandchildren^ IN SWEET MEMORY Ol James Leong who passed away on 17 8.84 In San Francisco Always remembered by Eileen Chung. In Loving
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      222 34 MDM GOH SOO KIM AGE 80 Passed away peacefully on 16/8/85 leaving behind: Daughter: Mdm. Sim Lee Kiang Son-in-law: Koh Bok Seng Grandsons: Koh Kok Jin Koh Kok Eang Granddaughter-in-law: Patricia Grace Bunnag Granddaughters: Koh Siew Leng Koh Slew Hoon Grandson-in-law: David Foo Kia Fai Great Grandchildren: Keith
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      682 34 138 Where To Stay SLOANE COURT HOTEL Daily $50 upwards: Monthly $1,600. Comfortable. Homely TV., telephone, bathroom attached. Close to Orchard Road Tel: *****11. LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL. Weekend $40 per day. Monthly $700. Aircon., balhrm. attached. 2, Lloyd Rd Close to Orchard Rd. *****11. TIOMAN STAY AT Salang Indah chalet.
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      53 35 MDM LOW TIAN NEO aged 86. wife of late Mr. Seow Choon Kee, of Blk 97. -13-1509. Bedok North, Avenue 4. passed away peacefully on 16/8/85 leaving behind 4 daughters Millie. Dolly, Baby and Kim Neo. grandchildren, grandsons-in-law and great grandchildren to mourn her loss For funeral arrangements,
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      110 35 The family of the late MR. WOON TAI JEE Departed 10th Aug. '85 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks ft appreciation to all relatives ft friends for their kind attendance, donations, condolences ft assistance during their recent bereavernent^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ The family of the late MDM. TAN CHIU LUI Departed:
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      24 35 With Deepest Condolences To The Family Of The Late: LTA. YUEN YEW WAI From: Commander, Officers Men of Reservists Armour Training Centre
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      119 35 THALAI-THAVASAM MR. VELLAYAN VETIYAN (SOLAMALAI) passed away on 29.8.84 Prayers will be held on 18.8.85 at 10am at Apt Blk 10, Yung Kuang Road off Taman Jurong, u 02-02, Spore 2261. Tel: *****55. KINDLY TREAT THIS AS A PERSONAL INVITATION. Time may heal the broken heart, Time may
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      43 35 IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF BAKULA BELAWALA DEPARTED 21 YEARS AGO ON 17TH AUGUST 1964 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Aiwavß remembered_bj^_La[it In fond memory of MDM. GOH NGUAN TEE Departed:l7.B.B4 Always remembered by_joy»d_ogg»:
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      90 35 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam In loving memory of ONG THYE WATT Departed 17.8.1981 Your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always remembered by wife, daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren. IN MEMORY OF
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      Lock icon Pinero's costly mistake
      346 35 Pinero's costly mistake AT THE TEE YORK (England), Fri. Spaniard Manuel Pinero's fight to regain his Ryder Cup place suffered a setback yesterday when he was disqualified from the York International golf tournament at Fulford. Pinero, eighth in the Cup rankings the top nine receive automatic selection for Europe's 12--man
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      Kiddies' Court
      547 35  -  JANICE SEAH Spotlight on the Junior Tennis Camp in Hongkong By Concentration and consistency the secret to Pacific potion LOOKING nothing like a tennis champion, Singapore's 14-year-old Leonard Lee confirmed his potential by emerging the winner of the top group in the Cathay Pacific Junior Tennis Camp, held
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        Lock icon World champ Cram heads track parade
        300 35 MOSCOW, Fri. Steve Cram, Britain's triple world middle-distance record-holder, heads a strong field of world and Olympic champions at the two -day European Cup athletics finals, starting tomorrow. But several top stars and world record-holders are missing because of injury or surprise drop-outs from
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        Lock icon Stage 12 goes to dodger Doug
        216 35 ON THE CYCLING GRID BOULDER (Colorado), Fri. American Doug Shapiro dodged cars on a makeshift course yesterday before the race was stopped 3.2 km short and he was declared winner of the 12th stage of the Coors International championship. Shapiro, who led for about
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        Great Dane Frost leads Masters pack
        267 35 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Morten Frost, of Denmark, will lead an array of 11 world-class players at the inaugural Benson and Hedges Malaysian Masters badminton championship in Ipoh from Sept 9-14. However, China's entries, according to AFP, will be confirmed only after approval from the
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        283 35 CLEVELAND INDIANS edged out Detroit Tigers 7-6 in an American League baseball game on Thursday. Other results American League: Baltimore Orioles 9 Texas Rangers 1, Minnesota Twins 14 Seattle Mariners 5, Milwaukee Brewers 7 Chicago White Sox 5. National League: New York Mets 10 Philadelphia Phillies 7, St
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      355 35 REST OF THE TENNIS SCENE Jimmy knocks out Curren MONTREAL, Fri. Fifteenth-seeded American Jimmy Arias, who has been slipping steadily in the world ranking, scored a stunning upset by knocking out Wimbledon finalist Kevin Curren 46, 6-3, 6-2 from the Player's International championships here yesterday.
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      Soccer fever grips town of tears
      752 38 Alan Hubbard on the rehabilitation battle facing Bradford and a tarnished sport BRADFORD, Fri. They'll be singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" on Liverpool's Kop tomorrow afternoon when England's football season kicks off into the unknown. Some might prefer a requiem. An hour or so's
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      132 38 OXFORD, Fri. Oxford, the English First Division newcomers, have offered Jack Char!ton the chance of an immediate return to management, following his weekend resignation as Newcastle's boss. The former England centre-half has met officials of the Midlands club, who have been searching all summer for a successor
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      Lock icon Howe pulls no Punches
      379 38 Howe pulls no Punches LONDON, Fri. Burly West German striker Hoist Hrubesch and French goalkeeper Joel Hats face their former team mates in two intriguing contests in this weekend's European League programme. And Howe has adopted a no-nonsense stand after four players, including captain Graham Rix, were banned from driving
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      337 38 LONDON, Fri. Burly Wesl German striker Hurst Hrubesch and French goalkeeper Joel Fiats face (heir former team-mates in two intriguing contests in this weekend's E u rope a n ,eague progi amme. Hrubesch will be anxious to prove a point when he makes his
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      Kick-off to misery
      874 38  -  MARTIN PALMER By Bleak forecast as season of discontent begins a week earlier IF EVER there was a football league season that could do without starting a week early, then it was this one. Indeed, wiih the game still groping for an appropriate response to the horrors
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      Area for improvement
      346 38 ENGLISH League champions Everton kick off the new campaign today at Leicester. Goalkeeper NEVILLE SOUTHALL (left), whose brilliant performances earned him the Footballer of the Year award, talks about the weakness both he and the team need to correct... First V Person OK, we won the League
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      Pride and the perfectionist
      660 39  -  PETER SIOW Quality streak earns lan a spare car By AUSTRALIA'S lan Bradford shed his Nearly Man image when he finally struck a perfect game in the 21st Singapore International bowling championships at Kallang Bowler-Drome last night. The 25-year-old quality engineer, who posted 10 successive strikes
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      Lock icon Biondi stamps his superiority
      430 39 TOKYO, Fri. World record-holder Matt Biondi, of the United States, added to his 50-metres victory yesterday by capturing the 100m freestyle on the second day of the Pan- Pacific Swimming Championships here today. The 19-year-old Biondi, who set the world record of 48.95 in Mission Viejo,
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      Zainal in line for fifth title
      362 39  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By FAVOURITE Zainal Abidin, as expected, cruised into the final of the Ovaltine men's A grade individual graded squash championships at Kallang last night. The four-time A grade champion packed too much power and easily disposed of a tenacious Albert Wee in
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      Trouncing
      37 39 INDIAN Association B trounced Port Authority Recreation Club B 5-1 in a Singapore Hockey Association Division Two match at Balestier Road yesterday. In the National Schools Under-14 match for third place, East Payoh beat Victoria 2-0.
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      Kaki Bukit surprise into final
      54 39 KAKI BUKIT shocked favourites Combined Schools 2-0 in a national Under-18 soccer semi-final at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Aziz Abdullah and Dollah Burhan scored. Other results Jurong Cup: United Motor Works 1 Leblond Makino 0. Port league final: PSA Fire 5 PSA Police 4 (on
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      Deadline nears for Fandi
      420 39  - Deadline nears for Fandi JOE DORAI By THE guessing game on whether Fandi Ahmad will stay in the Republic or exhibit his skills in Malaysia will end early next week when the ace striker meets officials of the Football Association of Singapore. Fandi 's business manager and uncle, Abu Sujak,
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      Jenny to do PE in Oregon
      184 39 Jenny to do PE in Oregon JENNY LIM, a leading woman 400-metres runner, has been awarded the Karina Mizuno track and field scholarship. She is the second local athlete to receive the award this year from the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association. Ranjit Kaur, a secondyear arts and social science student
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      $30,000 pep for triathlon
      196 39  -  LEE WAI WUN By I SUPER-FIT athletes seeking greater challenges can look forward to the fourth Singapore Triathlon to satisfy their appetites. The event, comprising a two-kilometre sea swim followed by a 65km cycle and 15km run, will be held on Oct 13 at Changi. DHL
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      Thrilling time in
      184 39 Thrilling time in BE prepared for some thrills in this afternoon's Pesta Sukan invitational track cycling finals at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre. But do keep your fingers crossed that there will be no spills! The local riders, who will be anxious to upstage the opposition which is expected to
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      Lock icon Swinger Ellison
      288 39 BIRMINGHAM, Fri. All-rounder Richard Ellison caused an Australian collapse with a devastating burst of four for 13 in 35 deliveries before rain held up England's progress in the Fifth cricket Test today. Ellison, in his first appearance of the six-match series, exploited ideal conditions for swing bowling at
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      Lock icon Gower clinches captaincy
      247 39 LONDON, Fri. David Gower was today handed the England captaincy for the tour of the West Indies, starting in January. The visit threatens to be the most arduous of Gower's 19-Test career as England skipper. It follows West Indies' 5-0 thrashing of hosts England last summer. Meanwhile,
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      Twice as nice for Thomson
      161 39  - Twice as nice for Thomson LEE WAI WIN THOMSON Secondary's 11-7 victory over Mei Chin Secondary in the National Schools' B Boys softball final yesterday was a double celebration their girls had won the B Division title only four days ago. Mei Chin's downfall at Dover Road yesterday follows errors
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      'Falcon' should wing home today
      273 36  -  LUCKY LEO By I Our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Four-year-old Millennium Falcon II is nicely sharpened up and looks set to get off the mark in Race 2 for Class 3 Div 6 horses over 1,200 m. The Australian gelding by Gay
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      What the tipsters say
      378 36 RACE RACING ED LUCKY LEO TONTO PEDIGREE WENG SOOK 4 Not For Show 4 Not For Show 3 Diplomatic Joy 3 Diplomatic Joy 4 Not For Show 1 2 Bintang Cantik 3 Diplomatic Joy 1 Holiang 5 Sudden Impact 3 Diplomatic Joy 3 Diplomatic Joy 2
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      The mudlark
      93 36 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track RACE 1: Bintang Cantik, Aeras. RACE 2: Daring Graphon, Concrete Wall, Millennium Falcon 11, The Chancellor. RACE 3: Instant Power 11, Fast Climber (late Victorious Colt), Money Messiah, Heng Heng, What A Diamond, Hand In Hand 11.
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      Ismadi back in action
      63 36 TOP apprentice Ismadi Ismail is back in the saddle today after a two-day suspension for careless riding. He has three mounts today (Races 2, 4 and 8) and four tomorrow (Races 2, 5, 6 and 7). Leading jockey S.Y. Leong will resume riding tomorrow after being
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      4194 36 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING i 2.15 CLASS 5 DIV 1 1,200m JT*J off (Ratings: 55-45) ■MMMmHI (Stakes: $12,500) 1 *****3 Holiang 57 (55) Holiang-Heddle 4em same Went with pace for 3*4--length 3rd to Speedy Recovery with 57 Div 1 1200m last week; beat Pete's Gal by 2
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      131 36 PERTH, Friday THREE-YEAR-OLD Palomino Star (above), co-owned by Bukit Timah trainer Ivan Allan and international owner-breeder Robert Sangster, has just won a 1,000 m sprint the Woodbridge Handicap at Belmont Park racecourse here. Palomino Star, now under the charge of leading Perth trainer George Way, beat Belgrano
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      Nine Lines in Trophy trim
      502 37 Easy 37 sec by slick Ipoh winner ON THE TRACK with LUCKY LEO KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Nine Lines, a sensational winner at his last outing, enhanced his chances in the $30,000 Selangor Trophy on Sunday with a splendid trial here this morning. Kept well in
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      Week's top gallops
      115 37 Week's top gallops TUESDAY (good going): Chollimah and Cmta-Ku II 39.1 together, Rising Sun 37.8, Never Miss II 36.9, Nine Lines 41.6, Swing Ahead 42.5, Signal n 42.2, Not For Show 41.1. WEDNESDAY (good): Great Choice 41.5, House Of Jade 37.6, Puerto Rico II 37.6. THURSDAY (good): Millennium Falcon II
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      ALONG THE RAIL
      14 37 BYJON "Don't be discouraged Ralph competition is tough in every profession/'
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      Leading Jockeys
      161 37 Total P lacings rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 Leong 160 31 15 21 2 TUey 184 36 29 17 3 *Ismadi 132 28 25 14 4 Johnston 181 25 24 25 5 Cook 211 24 29 27 6 Sabian 133 22 11 17 7 Lacas 195 19 13
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      Leading trainers
      84 37 Ist 2nd 3rd Teh 59 41 34 Zafir 34 16 21 Allan 32 36 19 Yeoh 27 10 22 EBreukelen 23 31 23 Lee 23 25 28 K Leong 22 14 12 Rodgers 21 33 29 Dragon 20 19 11 Huang 18 18 20 Loh 18 18 18
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      Leading owners
      90 37 Ist 2nd 3rd Auric 27 13 11 Goodman 16 9 11 Chens 13 12 7 Bluegrass 13 3 2 MdmTLLong 9 2 4 Agasam 8 10 9 HaU 7 10 AJK 6 2 2 George West 5 5 3 Trend 5 3 4 True Friend 5 3 2
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      Travers run to make or break Skip
      566 37 Travers run to make or break Skip SARATOGA SPRINGS, Friday ALL of a sudden, Maryland trainer Sonny Hine finds himself thinking seriously about winning the championship for three-year-olds with a colt who finished only ninth in the 1985 Preakness Stakes. "This just may be the best horse I've ever trained,'
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      1326 37 Jllfl 1.45 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,200m fcfcuiii\iiiSiiii!iKiiiiW (Ratings: 50-34) (Stakes: $11,500) 1 *****0 Imposing 57 (51) Imposing-Zain 8 nzg d3 1 V Nathan 5 2 ****** The Stylistic 5C.5 (49) Regal-Ahmad 6 nzg d3-.5 Foo 1 3 95*861 Great Choice 54 (44) CG Eng-V Chong 6 nzg
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      155 39 BOWLING Anchor Beer Spore International: Open Masters semi-finals Graded Masters finals (Kallang, 9). CRICKET SCA Sr K.O.: SRC v SCC 2nd XI (Padang). Jr K.O. final: SCA Jrs v CSC (Balestier Rd). Both at 2.30. CYCLING Pesta Sukan invitational finals (FPAC, 2). HOCKEY SWHA Div. 2 semi-finals: Police v Theresian
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    620 40 Defiant leader refuses to heed calls to end apartheid policy DURBAN, Fri. South African President P.W. Botha, in defiant and sometimes belligerent tones, last night firmly rejected foreign and domestic calls for major concessions to the Black majority. He refused to consider the principle
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    343 40  -  LAI YEW KONG By MORE forged share certificates are expected to surface as commercial crime officers intensify their probe following the uncovering of 10,090 such certificates earlier this week. Police will ask a bank and some stockbroking firms if they had also received forged
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    69 40 MONTREAL, Fri. Airlines lose about US$5OO million (Ssl.l billion) each year the equivalent of half of the industry's annual profits due to fraud, a spokesman for the International Air Transport Association said here yesterday. Some 400,000 flight tickets were declared "lost" or "stolen" throughout the world each year,
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    41 40 REYKJAVIK, Fri. The Greenpeace movement has threatened to launch a worldwide campaign to boycott Icelandic fishing products if the nation's whalers continue to kill the endangered species next year. The threat was printed as advertisements in local papers. AFP
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    380 40 Vessel may have struck part of Air India jumbo LONDON, Fri. A British powerboat which sank within sight of breaking the 33-year-old record for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic may have struck part of a crashed jumbo jet. Mr Ted Toleman,
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    273 40 Kharg 'badly damaged in Iraqi blitz' MANAMA, Bahrain, Fri. European marine salvage executives here confirmed today that Iraqi warplanes had inflicted enormous damage in a "massive blitz" on oil loading facilities at Iran's Kharg Island terminal. "The island was attacked yesterday afternoon and, according to radio messages received here, the
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    402 40  - Crack in rear bulkhead could be cause PETER HAZELHURST The JAL crash By I Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. Japanese investigators now suspect that a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 crashed into a mountainside on Monday after pressurised air from the cabin rushed through a crack in a rear bulkhead and
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    101 40 Why LKY Visitor did not fly in DR VICTOR CHANG, the next Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor, did not arrive yesterday as scheduled because his father-in-law is ill. Dr Chang, a cardiothoracic surgeon, was voted Australia's "Man of the Year" by readers of The Australian newspaper in January. A National
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    31 40 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 3.69 points to 1,314.07 in the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange todav. AP
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        1532 1  -  REBECCA CHUA What I Read is a new fortnightly series in which we invite Singaporeans from all walks of life to talk about the books that have given them comfort, companionship, warmth, inspiration and hope. To launch the series, we asked Mr S. Dhanabalan, the Minister for Community
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        Scales of fate as lopsided as ever
        616 2  -  Martin Amis SUCCESS By Penguin Books, 1985 224 pages, $8 Reviewed by ANG LAY WAH AT THE tender age of nine, Terry Service had the misfortune of seeing his psychopathic father beat his younger sister to death. The arrest and subsequent conviction of
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        366 2 THE Seizure of Power by Czeslaw Milosz (Abacus, 1985. 244 pages, $13.20) This first novel of Milosz who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980 deals with the chaos of Poland in 1944 as German rule crumbles, the Polish Resistance rises in open revolt and
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        373 2 Much ado about Shakespeare Update AMERICAN writer Calvin Hoffman is convinced William Shakespeare's 36 plays were actually written by fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. Hoffman said Marlowe did not die in a British pub brawl in 1593 but lived in hiding in Italy until 1627 11 years after Shakespeare's death. Hoffman
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        Return of Asimov's cop and robot story
        534 7  -  HAN MAY ROBOTS OF DAWN By Isaac Asimov Ballantine, 1984 $12.65 398 pages Reviewed by THIRTY years after his last robot story, Asimov gives us another novel involving the same characters. Elijah Baley, the middleaged, plainclothes policeman, is again summoned into space to
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        All about the hardships of war
        326 7 All about the hardships of war THE SILVER SWORD By lan Serrailier Puffin, 1983 1159 pages Reviewed by GERALD CHEN MMU.aged 12 THIS is a war story about a family in Poland, based on real life. When the Nazis came, men and women were carried off to prison camps and
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        Bumper horror package teases and tantalises
        743 7 SKELETON CREW By Stephen King MacDonald and Co 1985. 512 pages $27.85 (hardcover) Reviewed by JASMINE CHIA "A FRIEND of mine asked me a year or two ago why I still bother," said Stephen King in the introduction to his latest book, Skeleton Crew.
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        308 7 DANTE'S The Divine Comedy (Omega, 1984. 480 pages, $17.50.) The complete text of The Divine Comedy by the man regarded as the father of Italian literature, the great poet Dante Alighieri, with 136 intricate and emotive illustrations by Gustave Dore, make this book a particular
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        46 1 TNK TWISTED OMUrt f VTUrf V>, On Enid Blytbn If children like to read Enid Blyton, let them read, because they will outgrow it. It's important to get children to read and enjoy. After all, you don't expect them to read a Shakespeare straight away! 7
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        341 1 Expressions: Lee 4 The story of a young girl's homecoming Success 2 By Martin Amis, son of Kingsley Amis. A funny, powerful dissection of the state of English society. Skeleton Crew 7 By Stephen King. 22 gory tales from the King of the Macabre. Tomorrow's SSO Walkathon 17 Georgina Emmanuel
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        21 2 Congra tula tions to the SINGAPORE SHIPBUILDING ENGINEERING LIMITED 7 Benoi Road, Singapore 2262 Tel: *****44, *****44 Telex: SINGA RS *****
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      6024 4 Expressions Lee: Where East meets West Lee is a short story about how a Singapore teenager is reunited with her father here after eight years in the United States. The writer, CLAIRE THAM, is a 17-year-old second-year student at Hwa Chong Junior College AT FIRST, he couldn't pick his daughter
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        207 4 'MWmMWM^^r catalog 06 m^m.'.^A Paper ttjCkfs v"«*m k 'O K W Ne>^wed vTh'u* $16 *y Grey^•■^r 7^ $IUU Solid Pine II 3-Seater I ill 50 prices on most of our items I CtjK^O I^%^ at FLY have been very much |$66 73rKC\ V J^QOv :si v*^ I TANGO Dining Table
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        120 4 Unveil your talent EXPRESSIONS offers two pages of creative and artistic effort by you and for you. So if you're a closet writer, composer, painter or photographer, now's the time to unveil your talent. All entries should be previously unpublished, original work. No entry will be considered without the entry
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        140 5 AMOXYCILLIN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Beecham Group p. l.e. ("Beecham") a Company incorporated in England and the proprietor of U.K. patent 1,241,844 registered in Malaya under Certificate of Registration Number 196 of 1981 ("the Patent") has obtained from the High Court of Malaya a Consent Judgment against Duopharma Malaysia
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        664 5 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up NO. Ml of 1985 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 186) And In the Matter of P H GRACE PRIVATE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding-Up of
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        471 5 1 PART-TIME CONTINUING 1 EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES SEPTEMBER 1985 INTAKE 1 H Applications are invited for admission to the w following part-time Continuing Education Training courses commencing in Sep 85. I BUSINESS STUDIES COURSES I W& Course Centre The Association of Accounting Im Technicians (Level 1 Examination) W& The Association
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        1151 6 NOTICES ficttt* (MALAYSIA) BERHAD HALF-YEARLY REPORT I AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT 1 FOR PERIOD ENDED 30TH JUNE 1985 1 The Directors of Bata (Malaysia) Berhad have pleasure in announcing the unaudited results of the S Company's operations for the six months ended 30th June, 1985 with comparative figures as follows:- If
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        514 7 NOTICES 24 Hours Service O I l_X6l6i nOaO Singapore (0923) Providing postal and telecommunication services for you. j^ —X APPOINTMENTS m /Am Olr/ 1 I APV BELL BRYANT (SEA) PTE LTD i II If APV REFRIGERATION PTE LTD lT imp Lj a \/P MOVED 'H PLAZA HO I ElWl mMVC
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        535 8 A DDrtfNTMFNT^/ NOTIC FQ rssossim jas^r 9 ssme» fT| W W^ mI. li ML IW M Mud 1 Iff *rf I Ti^Vif^ ■^fr*Mjl^|J > Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RSSOBBITIMEAD Tel: *****11 ext 2724-7 2669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psr. cm. Posted: SSIO.OO APPOINTMENTS BMHMM @tKSSHHMHMM9K9ttHH9Bi I rrm national m* UNIVERSITY M*y OF
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        1278 8 |||i|gjß|l| OL LyDi dMU Associates provides a comprehensive range of management consultancy services aimed at helping clients increase the effectiveness and profitability of their aH^HPB organisation. These services include Corporate Development, Organisation Planning, Financial Control and Management Information Systems, Investment Planning and jMi'J m. Appraisal, Electronic Data Processing, Manufacturing and
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        553 9 APPOINTMENTS I THOMSON-CSF I (A world leadei in proiesuonal electronics) I A French multincrtional Company engaged I I in the manufacturing of semiconductors, I invites applications from suitably qualified I I candidates for the following positions: I The successful candidate, reporting to the I I Production Manager, will be responsible
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        851 9 f rrrjr, REGIONAL I Ln I SYSTEMS SOFTWARE SALES I GLJIiD Fourth Generation Technology Our client, SPL Systems, a member of the Software AG group, markets and m supports the most advanced Fourth Generation Technology products to large m and prestigious organisations. The component products include: 1 ADABAS Relational Capability
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        760 9 Coopers &Lybr3nd Associates provides a comprehensive range of management consultancy services aimed at helping clients increase the effectiveness and profitability of their organisation. These services include Corporate Development, Organisation Planning, Financial Control and Management Information Systems, Investment Planning and Appraisal, Electronic HData Processing, Manufacturing and Distribution Systems, Executive Selection, Marketing
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        2037 10 t WANTED! 1 VVe are looking for a young, poI sitive thinking, person suitably qualified I from an institution in building construc--1 tion and who thinks he may have a good aptitude to develop a career in business and sales as an alternative to I a professional engineering career. We
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        331 10 C ~~H Confidential Mj jfe Secretary This position reports to the Regional General Manager who expects high standards of performance. The appointee will perform the usual secretarial duties of shorthand, typing, filing, handling of confidential matters and operating computer-based office equipment. Respondents to this position must possess a PSC and
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        679 11 APPOINTMENTS CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD Aflfo a member of Sinppore TechnotoQy Corporation CIS, a well established locally-owned company invites applications for: Personnel Of ficer The incumbent will be responsible for the full range of personnel functions covering recruitment, salary administration, welfare and employee relations. Additionally, the successful candidate
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        655 11 Z We are looking for POWER people to lead or be in our I Z POWER MOSFET TEAM. If you have that little extra in you and I Z with a can-do' spirit you are just the right person we are looking for. H We have vacancies for a MANAGER.
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        709 11 15n******************************5151£rt*****1515^ fi OVERSEAS UNION BANK LIMITED APPOINTMENTS !N DATA PROCESSING 1 APPOINTMENTS DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES EXPERIENCE M Senior Systems Undertake systems development/ University degree or recognised p Sjjj Analysts/ design and implementation of new professional qualifications with a Systems Analysts applications and projects as well as minimum of
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        134 11 Foreign Company has immediate vacancy for the position of: TECHNICAL SALES EXECUTIVE The successful applicant should be able to work independently to achieve set objectives and have: A strong sense of responsibility. At least 2 years in sales and marketing, preferably in hardware products. Ability to negotiate with buyers at
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        693 12 APPOINTMENTS W SYSTEMS ENGINEERS Hewlett Packard is a major designer and manufacturer of precision electronic equipment for measurement, analysis and computation. As part of our continuous effort to provide quality ser- m vice to our customers, we are looking for professionals to fill the B above positions. You must possess:
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        589 12 Imjnited world college of south east asia I SINGAPORE The United World College of South East Asia offers a secondary education to boys and girls of all nationalities, boarding and day students, in the age range 11-18. There are 100 teaching staff and 1350 students in the College. Academic courses
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        901 12 NCR, the first major computer manufacturer to market and _PH_H_ MP"l| V^K support UNIX™ Operating System will conduct the M|v IH ai following courses: Hlk Pl__^ji^ h^H 1, UNIX™ MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW The course will provide management personnel a good overview of the ComnlPte ComDUter SvStGmS UNIX™ Operating System. Topics covered
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        284 12 gw Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the following positions: i Ml (A) (i) Electrical Electronic Jr Engineering Department m (ii) Mechanical Engineering P| Department H Technical Officer Gross salary range $1 081 241 6 K: (B) Electrical Electronic w> Engineering Department |j Technician |4; Gross salary range
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        623 13 APPOINTMENTS IB SINGAPORE COMPUTER "^r-1^ SYSTEMS PTE. LTD. Progress With The Leader In Information Technology The SCS group of Companies is expanding rapidly both locally and in the Asean region. We have an established record in providing computer hardware and software services. We have challenging career opportunities for suitably qualified
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        702 13 The Westin Stamford JLWestin Plaza CAREER CHALLENGES THE WESTIN HOTELS OF RAFFLES CITY managed by the internationally renowned Westin Hotel Company, will be two of the most luxurious hotels in Singapore. Opening in 1986, they will have more than 2,000 guest rooms, 1 7 food and beverage outlets and one
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        774 13 f r Z -.<S: I Career Opportunity at W Ordnance Development Engineering Co I f^l^ d I PartofSohlegel(x,rporatK»n i 55 Singapore «chn?lo°gv corporation an American multinational company I We are a Precision Fngineering Company PROJECT *iiIPPORT 1 providing completed Development and Manu- ■%Wi#fcWl inli rwn I f; facturing Modification and
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        356 13 ■A SPER^Y ■I Information Systems Group graduate training programme Sperry is at the forefront of the information processing industry and we employ over 77,000 people in more than 50 countries throughout the world. Over 60% of Sperry's people are professional, technical or managerial personnel who, together, design, develop and bring
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        352 14 APPOINTMENTS J3tn BEHN WiEVBfl G R^UP OF COMPANIES I invites applications for the following positions in their Singapore office: I i. Junior Sales I Executive 1 2 Sales Representatives (Consumer Durables Division) I Our Consumer Durables Division is marketing I a vast range of renowned products like I OLYMPIA office
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        314 14 NOTICES f M Wf SINGAPORE TOURIST jSk PROMOTION BOARD SHERIFF'S SALE T^ e owin 8 organisations have ceased operating IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF dS trdvel a enaes: SINGAPORE 1 Date ot In The Cause Of r Originating Summons No. 494 of 1985 cessation ot Writ of
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        134 14 SUN TAN By Collette THE BOHN LOSER By Art Sansom THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby BLONDIE By Dean Young I BOV, THESE ARE |li! I HAVE SOAE l^ DON'T "HI I DONT EAT THE CANDY hI I WONOeR WHAT ALL 7 REALLY GOOD y "7 A/ORE i— >Y AAINC? IP
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        369 14 PEANUTS By Schulz 8-17 ©1985 United Feature Syndicate inc I i r V. I HATE TO TELL YOU (l\\\S 15 WORSE BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker ANDY CAPP By Smythe KHoweYifiiiju^yy II II 1 TRICKS. J A\\\\ j, m FLO? A S F i Cm .ktt* N fsral-rHESwiEj cffitS blessings?)
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        616 15 fweta AwmTeOPLE'S THEATRE 5 GOLDEN SULTAN fi S TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! 8 (J GOLDtN SULTAN I 1 .45pm/PEOPLE'S 12 15am (No Free List) (J 5 THEY DREW FIRST 8L00D!.... Now he Unleashes his Fury j m li/SMh lif ntf''^' i r CATHAY ORCHARD— i 8 i L TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! J j?
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        329 15 CAPITOL: SEASON ENDING SOON (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30 9.15pm Admission PRICES: $3.00 $4.00— N0 FREE LIST 1 If you have seen "Rantbo" ONLY ONCE... You have not really seen the film yet! m mm m I LIDO: HURRY! LAST DAYS! (*****14) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30,
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        381 15 I JADE:ffPEN§" tODAY!' (Phone *****80) 5 SHOWS DAILY at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.00pm TWO ACADEMY AWARD WINNING SUPERSTARS in AN I ADULT, PASSIONATE, BITTERSWEET LOVE AFFAIR! B I Robert Meryl"" I I\llil> mtSt a They're both married, but not to each other. jjj lulling in i| Ifil I; PARAMOUNT
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        461 15 ORGANISATION a OPtNS TODAY )C l.; 4 SHOWS I 45, 4, 6 45, 9 15 P 1 "DANGER HAS 2 FACES" T W Mandorm in Scope-color Tonight M mte 2 Theatres WOODLANDS PRESIDE' "MUMMY DEAREST" I Mandarin in Scope-color__ o 4 SHOWS I 45, 4. 6 4b, 91 5 M
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        1065 16 Holiday Theme Trails Deep in Australia's Kakadu National Park lie 120 galleries of rock paintings, etched there centuries back by the earliest aborigines. This story brings us on the trail of early aboriginal art and tells us how it all began. NAMARRGUN had nothing
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        303 16 Getting there THE KAKADU National Park is located in the Northern Territory. The nearest point to get there is from Darwin which is served by a weekly flight from Singapore. Kakadu National Park is 250 km east of Darwin. There are only two ways to get there:
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        514 16 HER WORLD j^ Travel Photography Contest F^^^^Hf ff^Lj^ w tmmm^. Nikon S Bf OiO^ VT\ i M oliday photographs mean happy memories, and f <i<(> here's your chance to win the kind of holiday that i^afcn««_ jmWmmmJßSUnt 1 tj/S/mmWmmWßKk I 'dreams are made of: a week for two in Athens
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        518 17 PHILIP COOREY previews The Old Man and the Sea, which will be telecast on SBC's Ch 12 at 9.50 pm tomorrow IF THERE were a piece of fiction, a literary work, which would normally be considered unsuitable for the cinema, then it is Hemingway's The Old Man
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        778 17  -  GEORGINA EMMANUEL If you wish to support the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, be sure to attend the walkathon to raise funds for it at Kent Ridge tomorrow. The time: 7.45 am. By JUST after dawn, no cocks crowing, blearyeyed birds snapped out of Sunday slumber
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        425 17 Festival £^f^ LUIICIltllllG JOU |fl#l lUI lllOlll^W^ Compiled by ANU BALA DAY DATE PLACE TIME TITLE SYNOPSIS L .r- Tur. m r- n Act 3 is a professional theatre company involved with theatre for the young. This Aug 19 (Mon) Shell Theatrette IF THE BUTLER DIDN T DO IT tjmei
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        172 17 ART AND PHOTO EXHIBITION. Features black-and-white and colour prints in the photography section, and contemporary art and calligraphy in the art section. National Museum Art Gallery. 9 am 5.30 pm. Till Aug 31. Free. PAST CONTINUOUS. Exhibition of works in watercolour, and drawings and prints of Singapore from 1840 to
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        154 17 the board's services and approved electrical fittings. The PUB Building, Somerset Road. Mondays to Fridays, 8.30 am 5 pm; Saturdays, 8.30 am 1 pm. Free. ENTERTAINMENT SINGAPORE HANDICRAFT CENTRE. Macpherson Community Centre acrobatics, 5.30 pm 6.30 pm. Chinese Theatre Circle, 6.30 pm 7.30 pm. Combined Community Centres Music Group, 7.30
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        168 17 AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM One of the highlights is the History of Singapore Gallery. Open from 9 am 4.30 pm daily. Closed on Mondays. MORNING TOURS. Tuesdays to Saturdays at 11 am. On Tuesdays, there will be an afternoon tour at 3 pm. Meet at the information counter in the
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        161 17 ed by Dr Oon Chong Teik, a cardiologist. The topic is medical benefits and myths of jogging. Botanic Gardens, 5 pm. Entry forms for the Mobil Marathon are available at Mobil service stations, the National Stadium and all sports complexes. Registration closes on Sept 24. The $2 registration fee will
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        163 17 There will also be a performance by the Kreta Ayer Community Centre from 5.30 pm 6.30 pm, Chinese Theatre Circle 6.30 pm 7.30 pm, Simon's Music School 7.30 pm 8.30 pm, and George Phillips and his Sophisticated Hawaiians 8.30 pm 9.30 pm. MUSIC BAND PERFORMANCE. By St. Gabriel's Secondary School
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        1076 17 I Radio One Over the years, there have been suggestions that natural predators be used to control pests. Now these ideas are being put into practice by using predators such as micro-organism bacteria. In recent years, several developments have made these microbial pesticides a commercial proposition. THE PRACTICAL WORLD reports.
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        1367 18 ■i MY VIEW Catherine Ong jtiHtitokdtfKKKtt^ Non-stop music videos i For the young "■^^SS^S^I^SBmiBBBKSk O k >'trax (Ch 5, 7.50 j sheen and Cameron Mitch- pm) fe. e11 are among the first to jP^^B THIS is one of the A appear in this courtroom i S3R71I i^PP 1 H <3
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