The Straits Times, 26 October 1985

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1985 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85 I
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    Light-up in Little India tonight
    174 1 Light-up in Little India tonight THF lights come on tonight In Little India for the Deepavali festival period until Nov 23. Serangoon Road, f roir the Bukit Tlmah Roatl junction to Kitchener Road, will be a blaze of lights from 1.36 pm to 2 am daily. STTB board member Mr
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    KL boost for private sector
    704 1  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM ISMAIL KASSIM Budget's twin aims: Stimulate private initiative, trim operating expenditure By and KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin today announced a 1986 Budget aimed at stimulating the private sector to play a bigger role m the Malaysian economy. The public sector,
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    Mayor of Atlanta due here
    56 1 THE Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Mr Andrew Young, and his wife Jean arrive this evening for a three-day visit. The mayor will tour the Singapore waterfront tomorrow morning and attend a lunch hosted by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr S. Dhanabalan, and his wife m
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    Economy gets $1 billion stimulus via concessions
    289 1 THE series of fiscal and non-fiscal concessions announced by the Government since July this year to stimulate the economy will cost the State an estimated loss of more than $1 billion m revenue for fiscal year 1985/86. Looked at another way, it means
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    Helping hand for business
    206 1 Announced July 26: Estimated annual loss r j m government revenue $450 million 30% property tax rebate on all owner-occupied industrial and commercial properties for IV2 years. 10-50% cut m some Telecoms charges 10-33% rebate on PSA warehouse and handling charges 15% cut m some airport
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    Lock icon Trading in London, KL markets halted
    318 1 The world tin crisis LONDON. Fri. The International Tin Council suspended trading m the metal on the London market yesterday after the ITC's buffer stock manager was reported to be running out of funds. The Kuala Lumpur tin market, which usually follows the pricing
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      Lock icon SHULTZ SET FOR MOSCOW
      86 1 NEW YORK, Frl. Unites States Secretary of State George Shnltz said today he will go to Moscow (or talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Nov 4 and 5 m preparation (or the superpower summit m Geneva two weeks later. Mr Shnltz made the announcement following
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      Lock icon ARGENTINE EMERGENCY
      26 1 BUENOS AIRES, Fri. President Raul Alfonsin today declared a state of emergency m Argentina for 61 days, Interior Minister Antonio Troccoli announced. Reuter AFP
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    Lower fees expected at child-care centres
    559 1 Lower fees expected at child-care centres PARENTS can look forward to lower fees at some child-care centres with a government subsidy offer announced yesterday. The Government now gives subsidies ranging from $50 to $100 to operators of centres which charge $150 to $250 a child, depending on the combined income
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    Lock icon A toast, then two men jump to death
    166 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Two men filled their flat with flowers, toasted each other with expensive wine, linked themselves at the waist with a silk sash and then plunged together 35 floors to their deaths, police reported. Neighbours said they thought one of
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      18 1 Manufacturing gets best deal Higher growth of 6% forecast These and other reports on Pages 8 and 9
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      566 2 Fewer driving tests FORTY-EIGHT thousand learner-drivers can be tested every year on the driving circuits. This is under half the 139,000 tests conducted last year. But the Traffic Police have assessed that the demand for the practical tests will drop markedly with fewer people passing the basic and final
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      Around the world
      643 2 China's trade woes CHINA'S trade situation is continuing to worsen with imports soaring and exports sagging because of falling world commodity prices and protectionism, according to official figures released yesterday. The People's Daily said imports were up 67 per cent m the first nine months of this
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      207 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE suspension of PUB tax on electricity and gas and the cat m PUB electricity rates are the latest of three lots of concessions costing the Government a total of $1 billion. After this massive injection to stimulate the economy, it would be unrealistic for
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      70 2 NOT ENOUGH EXAM PAPERS A SHORTAGE of 50 sets of science examination papers was recently discovered at Siling Primary School during the Primary School Leaving Examinations, according to a reader. Pupils taking the exam had to wait for over an hour before the situation was rectified. How did a
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      Section Two
      383 2 Bible's great effect HIS EXCELLENCY Mr David Marshall, Singapore's ambassador m France, says that the book that has had the most profound effect on his life is the Bible, which he discovered when he had nothing to read as a sickly, bed-ridden youth m his early teens. His
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      155 2 REVISED TAKEOVERS CODE GIVES MORE PROTECTION THE small shareholder has been given further protection by the long-awaited revisions to the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers officially announced yesterday. The revised Code, which ties up the loose ends m the existing rules, takes into account the amendments made to
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      256 2 Twin asset THERE is little doubt that teams who possess two men upfront to share the duties will thrive. And at Ipswich today, the pair who are top of the League's hit parade, West Ham United's striker Frank McAvennie and Tony Cottee, will be proving this. McAvennie, with 13
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      Around Asean
      188 2 Bleak times ahead INDONESIANS have been given an official warning that they must face a period of belt-tightening if the country's oil-dependent economy is to cope with a weakening world oil market. Finance Minister Radius Prawiro said after meeting President Suharto on Thursday that the government looked set
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      16 2 The "who's who" of shopping m your very own neighbourhood. Every Friday m The Straits Times
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan to cut tariffs
      493 3 Japan to cut tariffs They will cover 1,800 items TOKYO, Fri. IN LINE with its mar-ket-opening programme, Japan will introduce on Jan 1 sweeping tariff cuts averaging 22.5 per cent on 1,849 items of major concern to its trading partners, government officials said today. The officials said the decision included
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      Lock icon Anti-apartheid activists held
      317 3 Anti- apartheid activists held CAPE TOWN, Fri. AT LEAST 60 anti-apart-heid activists of all races were detained by police m early morning raids on their homes m the Cape Town area today as violent protest against the White minority government continued m the region. They included leading members of the
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      Lock icon Bad news for Lange's rival
      159 3 Bad news for Lange 's rival WELLINGTON, Fri. Hours after a poor showing m a public opinion poll, New Zealand opposition leader Jim McLay got more bad news his blood has traces of Legionnaire's disease. Mr McLay, leader of the main opposition National Party, said m a statement yesterday that
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      Lock icon Japanese boat sunk by N. Korea
      233 3 Japanese boat sunk by N. Korea TOKYO, Fri. North Korea said today its patrol craft sank a Japanese boat which "illegally intruded deep into" the country's military zone m the Sea of Japan on Wednesday but rescued its crewmen. The official (North) Korean Central News Agency said the incident occurred
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      Lock icon Aussies are told being like Norm is poor form
      141 3 Aussies are told being like Norm is poor form CANBERRA, Fri. The Australian government today launched an assault on an overweight, beer-drink-ing television addict it has dubbed "Norm". A new booklet aimed at ridding Norm of his poor eating habits and lazy lifestyle was released by Sports and Recreation Minister
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      Lock icon 67% surge in China's imports as exports drop
      396 3 67% surge in China's imports as exports drop BEIJING, Fri. China's trade situation is continuing to worsen with imports soaring and exports sagging because of falling world commodity prices and protectionism, according to official figures released today. The People's Daily said imports were up 67 per cent m the first
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      Lock icon N-test at atoll a success: France
      527 4 Greenpeace protest yacht seized hours earlier MURUROA (French Polynesia), Fri. FRANCE announced today it had carried out a successful nuclear test at Mururoa atoll m the south Pacific, hours after French commandos seized the Greenpeace protest yacht Vega. Admiral Rene Hugues, Commander of the
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      Lock icon Prince Charles not meddling, govt told
      250 4 Prince Charles not meddling, govt told LONDON, Fri. Buckingham Palace said yesterday it had assured the government that Prince Charles was staying out of politics after he stepped into a growing controversy over the plight of people m Britain's decaying inner cities. A palace spokeswoman said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's
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      Lock icon Judge rejects Chinese doctor's divorce petition
      328 4 LONDON, Fri. A judge yesterday refused to grant a Chinese woman a divorce from her husband m Beijing so that she could marry the Englishman she loves. Family Court judge Sir Trevor Reeve dismissed the divorce petition filed by Dr Shu Qi Zhang, 39.
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      Lock icon Reagan and Craxi make up
      312 4 The Achille Lauro affair NEW YORK, Fri. United States President Ronald Reagan and Italian Premier Bettino Craxi buried the hatchet here yesterday over the Achille Lauro affair, which had chilled relations between the two leaders. "Friends like before," Mr Craxi was quoted by a US
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      Lock icon Opec urges dialogue to stave off 'disaster'
      330 4 Opec urges dialogue to stave off 'disaster' LONDON, Fri. Opec President Subroto has called for a dialogue between the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Western oil producers and consumers, saying it could be "disastrous" if they were unable to agree on global fuel production, consumption and pricing. "It will
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      Lock icon US warned on Jordan ties
      131 4 AMMAN, FRI. King Hussein of Jordan haswarned that if Washington has delayed or frozen the United States arms deal with Jordan it would immensely affect not only the credibility of the Americans, but also relations with Washington. In a statement here yesterday, King Husein said
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      Lock icon UN joy spoilt by lack of unity
      521 5 Nations fail to agree on declaration UNITED NATIONS, Fri. THE United Nations woke up with a hangover today after a two-week-long birthday party, which would have been more enjoyable had a joint final declaration been reached. Delegates eased their schedules after the marathon
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      Lock icon Ball-point pen inventor dies
      101 5 Ball-point pen inventor dies BUENOS AIRES, Fri. Jose Ladislao Biro, inventor of the common ball-point pen, died yesterday at the age of 86. Biro died m the morning at the capital's German hospital after what was described as a brief illness, according to relatives and hospital officials. Bom m Hungary
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      Lock icon Guerillas free Duarte's daughter
      378 5 SAN SALVADOR, Fri. Guerillas freed the daughter of El Salvador's President after holding her and a companion for 44 days, but a complex deal involving the swop of more than 100 left-wing rebels hit a snag last night. Complications arose m the deal, mediated by the
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      Lock icon New York children plead for peace at parade
      178 5 NEW YORK, Fri. More than i.m singing children marched to the beat of brass hands and African drams near the United Nations yesterday, calling on the world leaders to work for peace. Billed as the Children's Parade for Peace, the youngsters, from
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      Lock icon Gorbachev wants a constructive summit
      523 5 VIENNA, Fri. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will be seeking "constructive solutions" at his summit meeting with President Reagan m Geneva next month, the Soviet news agency Tass said today. "We now have, one may say, a unique chance to achieve a mutually acceptable accord which
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      Lock icon 32 blows to head 'was not suicide'
      111 5 32 blows to head 'was not suicide' HOBART, Fri. A coroner who criticised the police for classifying as suicide the death of a man who suffered 32 hammer blows to the head said neurosurgeons told him such a cause was impossible. Lake County coroner Daniel Thomas said yesterday that he
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      Lock icon Lange urges bond of small states
      207 5 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said yesterday small and vulnerable countries had more m common with each other than with the big powers. "It requires both political will and political courage to set aside the calls of geography and ideology,"
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  • AROUND ASEAN... and Across the Causeway
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      Lock icon Warning of hard times
      420 6 Jakarta to trim state budget JAKARTA, Friday INDONESIANS have been given an official warning that they must face a period of belt-tightening if the country's oil-dependent economy is to cope with a weakening world oil market. Finance Minister Radius Prawiro said after meeting President Suharto yesterday
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      Lock icon Kriangsak pleads not guilty
      52 6 Kriangsak pleads not guilty BANGKOK, Fri. Former Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan and 39 other people accused of involvement m a failed coup attempt last month pleaded not guilty. The charges of rebellion, filed m a criminal court here against 40 of them, carry the maximum penalty of death or life
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      Lock icon Man named as Aquino's assassin
      137 6 MANILA, Fri. The prosecution m the Benigno Aquino assassination trial named for the first time today the soldier who allegedly shot him and asked for conviction of armed forces chief Gen Fabian Ver and 25 others for double murder. In a 90-page memorandum summing up
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      Lock icon Govt to look into flow of students to S'pore
      194 6 Govt to look into flow of students to S'pore JOHOR BARU, Fri. The government will have to study the implications of an increasing number of parents who send their children to Singapore for primary education, Deputy Education Minister Haji Bujang Ujis said today. Speaking to reporters after opening the parentsteachers'
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      Lock icon US traders meet on protectionism
      336 6 JAKARTA, Friday AMERICAN business leaders of the Asia-Pacific region met here today to draft strategies aimed at "stemming the rising tide of protectionism". In a keynote address to the 34th semi-annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce, Indonesian Minister Coordinator for
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      Lock icon Thai textile workers condemn embargo
      154 6 Thai textile workers condemn embargo BANGKOK, Fri. About 4,000 Thai textile workers rallied m front of the US embassy today to protest against an embargo of Thai textile and apparel products. The workers unfurled banners condemning the move, which they said would cost Thailand three billion baht (*****.6 million) m
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      Lock icon Crackdown on beggars
      58 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A total of 120 people suspected to be beggars were rounded up in a dusk-to-dawn operation in the city beginning yesterday evening. However, 35 were released after questioning when it was found they had not violated the Destitute Persons Act 1977, Federal Territory Welfare
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
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      Priority to be given to agriculture sector
      211 8 Priority to be given to agriculture sector KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Agriculture will be given priority to reflect the government's emphasis on raising living standards m rural areas. The sector will get about Msl.7 billion or 19 per cent of the total development allocation. The funds will be used to develop
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      Lock icon Defence spending cut by about one-third
      122 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Expenditures on defence and internal security have been slashed by 30 per cent. The total Budget for fiscal 1986, which starts on Jan 1, would be M 530.812 billion, a 3.3 per cent increase from the previous year. However, defence and
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      Lock icon Thumbs up for the 'growth' Budget from all sectors
      415 8 K. LUMPUR, Fri. "A non-shocker." University of Malaya Vice-Chancellor Professor Ungku Aziz, reacting to the Malaysian Budget. POLITICIANS, businessmen and economists werefull of praise for the "painless" Budget which they declared did not burden the people but encouraged economic growth. Acting
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      Lock icon How the govt will spend the money
      125 8 How the govt will spend the money OF THE Budget, M 52 1.9 billion is for operating expenditure and MsB.B billion lor development expenditure. The bulk of the revenue (72.1 per cent) will come from borrowing and use of government assets. Corporate taxes will contribute 13.4 per cent, petroleum taxes
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      Lock icon Manufacturing gets best deal
      374 8 M anuf ac tur ing gets best deal KUALA LUMPUR, Friday Time to get perks together Daim Malaysian Budget 'ftfi MALAYSIA'S manufacturing sector get the biggest chunk of goodies from Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin today when he announced his Budget proposals. The Finance Minister said that over the past few
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      Reward for bringing home overseas funds
      159 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysians with capital abroad will get tax incentives if their capital is brought back. Ih his Budget speech today, Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said the government believed Malaysians owned substantial funds outside the country. It is eager to encourage more remittances
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      Tax incentives to boost tourist sector
      172 8 Tax incentives to boost tourist sector KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Several tax incentives to boost earnings m the tourist industry will take effect from next year. Mr Daim Zainuddin explained that the government wanted the tourist industry to play a bigger role m the earning of foreign exchange to help reduce
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      Tax claims for flights on all airlines now
      82 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Company employees entitled to free air passage can now travel on any airline without the company losing its ability to claim the travel as an expense for tax. The tax exemption, which was confined only to tickets issued by
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        Debt to rise
        73 9 MALAYSIA'S outstanding debt both domestic and foreign is expected to increase 9.1 per cent to M 572.9 billion this year from M 566.8 billion last year, according to the report. The government has to fork out M2B cents for every dollar of its operating Budget this year,
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        Close checks
        57 9 THE spending habits of Off-Budget Agencies (OBAs), one of the government's biggest financial headaches, are being closely checked to prevent undue strain on the country. The government, with the help of the International Monetary Fund, has formulated a new format for the collection and monitoring of the OBA's
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        Cost of pay rises
        67 9 THE salary adjustment for lower category civil servants that came into effect m July was largely responsible for pushing up the federal government's budgeted operating expenditure this year by 1.6 per cent. The economic report said salaries represent about 35 per cent of the total operating
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        414,000 jobless
        54 9 SOME 414,000 Malaysians or 7 per cent of the workforce of 5.9 million are currently unemployed. The economic report tabled m Parliament disclosed that moderate economic growth estimated at 5.2 per cent for this year and 6 per cent for next year could push overall unemployment to 7.6
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        Warning to Japan
        55 9 MALAYSIA warned that Japan's policy of favouring imports from developed countries was rapidly becoming "a contentious point" m bilateral relations and Tokyo's ties with Asean. The economic report said that although Tokyo had announced seven packages of market liberalisation measures since December 1981, only one had covered
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      Higher growth of 6% forecast
      443 9 Optimism due to record crude oil output KUALA LUMPUR, Friday An economic report for the year 1985/86 by the Finance Ministry accompanied the Budget speech yesterday by Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin. It analysed the domestic economy and its prospects, as well as the international
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      Plan for perks to boost export sectors
      220 9 Plan for perks to boost export sectors KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE government is planning to give more incentives to attract greater local and foreign investments m resourcebased, export-oriented industries. At present, investments m the manufacturing sector are largely m importsubstitution industries such as steel and mineral products. The government's economic
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    • On Singapore...
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        Number two trade partner
        167 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Singapore continues to be Malaysia's second biggest trading partner after Japan. According to figures released by the economic report, Singapore takes about 20 per cent of her total exports while Singa-pore-made goods account for about 16 per cent of her total imports. Japan
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        Ringgit up and down
        158 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Malaysian ringgit has depreciated against most major currencies, with the exception of the Singapore dollar, since the beginning of this year. The appreciation of the ringgit by 1.9 per cent to M 51.093 against the Singapore dollar by midSeptember is attributed to
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      Lock icon Good-bye to high growth
      126 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia's high growth rate of eight per cent per annum m the Sixties and Seventies can never be sustained m the Eighties, the Treasury has confirmed. The economic report said the main reason for this is the changed international economic environment coupled with
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      Moves to promote KL as financial centre
      193 9 Moves to promote KL as financial centre KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The government intends to adopt measures to promote Kuala Lumpur as an international financial centre by expanding investment opportunities. The Economic Report for 1985/86 said one step being considered is to relax the rules on mergers between stockbrokers and financiers,
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      38 banks in Malaysia
      63 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. There were 38 commercial banks operating m the country with a network of 741 branches at the end of June this year, according to the Economic Report tabled m Parliament today. Commercial banks had mobilised 73 per cent of the total deposits placed
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      359 10  -  MATILDA GABRIEL By DANCING girls will dazzle you with their performance from across the lake waters while music from the stage fills the air at the Botanic Gardens. As the lights come up the audience will see Singapore's new open-air theatre revealing a hutlike
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      Demand for test circuits to be monitored
      544 10  -  RA V DHALIWAL Capacity is 48,000 L-drivers a year By I FORTY-EIGHT thousand learner-drivers can be tested every year on the driving circuits. This is well under the 139,000 tests conducted last year. However, the Traffic Police believes demand for practical tests will
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      Thieves hit 5 shophouses
      56 10 THIEVES broke into five shophouses m Upper Pay a Lebar Road and stole cash and valuables worth a total $10,000. The row of shophouses on the third and fourth floors of the Dajin Factory were locked and left unattended at 8 pm on Wednesday. The thefts
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      Renewing road tax through insurance firms
      356 10 THE Registry of Vehicles will send out cards soon to tell motorists that they can avoid the queues by paying their road tax through 14 insurance companies. With the phasing out of Multi-Revenue Collection Service (MRCS) centres, the insurance companies can fill the void.
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      395 10 T] The Chance for a Career m J/t^ Computers! m T^P i^ Bk. Yes! And a c ol7l^ 1 I'^1 cd Se over your friends T^tf fl j HL anc i colleagues. With the present tight Wb employment market, the right computer |S 1^ qualification will certainly make the difference.
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      PM's 48,000-km walkabout
      23 11  -  PATRICK CHIA NOLIAH MUSTAPHA Graphics by and within the spacrof a few days but he October and his busy schedules.
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      356 11 HHH HHH At Frank's you can be sure of friendly service and a great deal. Frank Shops m Lucky Plaza and People's Park have a well-earned reputation for friendly and knowledgeable sales staff. Together with a complete range of National and Technics audio products, all at very reasonable prices. So
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      SIA subsidiary gets nod for flights to Pattaya
      209 12 A SINGAPORE Airlines subsidiary has been given the green light to operate the first commercial flight to Pattaya's Utapao Airport. Pattaya is a popular beach resort. The Thai Communications Ministry gave the nod earlier this month to Tradewinds, a charter subsidiary of
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      S'pore float voted most outstanding in Osaka
      116 12 THIS orchid-bedecked float, complete with BIA flight stewardesses and Miss Singapore/Miss World 85, was voted the most outstanding international entry at this year's M ido.su ji Parade m Osaka, Japan. Watched by more than one million people along the four-kilometre route, the float,
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      Group eyes China projects
      462 12  -  ANNE KOH HSUNG BEE HWA TDB grant for five professional bodies m tie-up By and FIVE professional bodies have teamed up to sell their expertise to China. In this, their efforts will be boosted by a government grant awarded to the group. They are the first
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      It'll be talks and more talks to 'sell Singapore'
      237 12 It'll be talks and more talks to 'sell Singapore' THE "sell Singapore skills" effort will start with lots of chit-chats with Chinese majors, city planners and university professors. The Singapore group of professionals will visit six cities Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xian, Chongqing and Guangzhou m February and March. Initial discussions
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      Chanrai loses protracted dispute over shop space
      461 12 MEN'S WEAR retailer J.T. Chanrai yesterday lost its property dispute with Consolidated Hotels Ltd over the proposed purchase of shop space m Peninsula Plaza seven years ago. Gfaanrai had accused Consolidated Hotels of having improperly allowed Bata Shoe (S) Pte Ltd to occupy
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      Court yes to 3rd 'wife' in shop row
      354 13 Court yes to 3rd 'wife' in shop row A WOMAN, described as the third "wife" of a businessman, yesterday suceeded m getting an extension on an interim injunction against her "husband" and his second "wife" to stop them from disposing of the business assets of a partnership. The three "wives
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      New pendants from SIA
      54 13 SINGAPORE Airlines is introducing a set of five pendants for sale on board its aircraft from Nov 1. Called the Silver Kris Col's lection, the design is based on t the SIA logo. Prices range from $92 to $240 and buyers may opt to buy a
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      On-the-spot choice of resale flats from Nov 1
      415 13 On-the-spot choice of resale flats from Nov 1 PEOPLE who urgently need an HDB flat will soon be able to select on-the-spot from a list of some unsold resale flats at HDB headquarters. Flats that have been on HDB's resale list for three months with no takers will be put
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      Trade expo livens up spirit of Deepavali
      97 13 DRAWN to the bright lights, this crowd gathers at th.« trade expo m Serangoon Road's Little India to see what's m store for the Oeepavali festival. The expo, organised by the Rochor and Cairnhill Citizens' Consultative Committees, features 60 stalls, many of which
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      Stolen motorcycle tripped up two on a mission
      174 13 TWO armet men, on their way to settle a score with a money-leider, had to stop halfway because of trouble with their stolen motorcycle's engine. A policeman spot-check-ed them and they were arrested for two offences having offensive weapons and thet of
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      Cheery farewell to GE
      305 13  -  DAVID TOH Workers take retrenchment m their stride By IT WAS the last day of work for about 500 General Electric workers yesterday but they were far from unhappy. In fact, when they walked out of the company's consumer electronics plant at Toa Payoh North, many
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      Four youths to stand trial for murder
      112 13 Four youths to stand trial for murder A MAGISTRATE yesterday ordered four youths to stand trial m the High Court for the murder of a youth m a flat m Upper Cross Street. Mr Lee Wee Ming, 17, a carpenter, is alleged to have been killed on Feb 16 by
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      More firms turn to automation
      320 13 Good progress m use of robots SINGAPORE is making good progress m the use of industrial robots and related equipment. But there is a long way to go. There are 5.7 industrial robots for every 10,000 workers m Singapore compared with Japan's nine for every
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      NTUC president starts round of visits
      295 16 NTUC president starts round of visits THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) President, Mr George Chua, has started a round of meetings with affiliated unions to discuss their problems and to get to know the members better. He visited the Singapore Bank Employees' Union at the NTUC Annexe m Shenton
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      Barker's date
      27 16 THE Minister for Law, Mr E. W. Barker, will lay the foundation stone for the new St Joseph's Institution at Malcolm Road on Nov 1.
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      All-out bid to spruce up public toilets
      514 16 All-out bid to spruce up public toilets Developers to get set of rules Public ...and inconveniences nuisances Percentage of public toi- Percentage of public lets checked and found to toilets found with the be poorly maintained at following faults the following places Wet floor 15.3% Bus interchange 87.5% Unflushed Stadium
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      Caesar would do away with the UN, but let's not, says Dhana
      580 16  -  IRENE HOE By THE United Nations, the world's favourite punching bag, has found a loyal defender m Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan. In philosophical mood last night, Mr Dhanabalan weighed the achievements of the UN against its imperfections and
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      Talk at noon
      35 16 A LUNCHTIME talk on Broadcast Technology Its Implications For Communicators, will be held at the Boulevard Hotel on Tuesday at noon It is organised by the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore.
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      447 14 l^Or i 4 Fitter Approach TO Life. At Green Life Square, S|ft(Tloor Yaohan Orchard. Offers Valid While Stocks Last. **kfi' S&f i lliuilil B^hk 1 W iw^iißt^ißin^^"^ 1^ 7 "*mjmp^ 4W PUMA Cabana jogging shoes. g| irrftP™"'! i "^"ißß'ffii 811^ P^S SSB \\W&^ .iu^ ii/ sH Ifcrtr^ I I M^JBflfri/ißlilßiißi
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      814 16 m Jr' 111 v at Feng Cheng Lou Iteochew Restaurant Maven t you heard? The word s got around that our Businessman's «t, l urn heon is excellent value tor money, lor only $18t you can W choose from a varied menu of 60 dishes. Select temptations such SJ*^o as
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      8 16 Drama a bigger hit with young Page 33
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      328 16 MfSPORTS Km J^^The Sports Supermarket jF^T OVERWHELMING RESPONSE \f NEW STOCKS Prince Precision Graphite M U.P. $299 NOW I nrV For Sat. Sun. only t v^*""^ JHennis Balls ITT 6000 >/ ■^W if Tretorn XI (Box of 4) iM] Al *<%>.■ W up $n 50 HVf.w" J*^_ Mow $9.00 IT.""
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      90 17 Opening Frameworks MKms-' wKKm. y- ,J MHHUH^HHHHHBII^Hv mm l_gyjg| 4 M6tro Grsnd 3t Scotts. blouse $46.00 and skirt $46.00. 2) Ananas co-ordinates tt wW% jEJ .^^MPB it^».Jf Jw M&^jtk ™P^ F-MM W^Br cap-sleeved tunic blouse $33.00 and skirt $2.3. 00. 3) Generra _^c^fi HT sSmfl^^ mxwßT St^mrn^ldwt^\m«t9mJ/^ *Br' JKi^BPr^^BßF^a^^E.*. mm
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  • The Straits Times says
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      Put reliefs to good use
      502 18 THE Government's suspension of the 10 per cent tax on electricity and gas charges and the Public Utilities Board's decision to reduce electricity rates by 5 per cent make up the third lot of concessions extended mainly to business and industry m the past three
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  • Article
    This week's parting shots
    144 18 "THE United Nations is a field officer working with farmers in remote villages to increase the yield of their crops; it is a calm and persevering official of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees trying to bring some solace and hope to refugees forced oat of
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down Memory Lane
    524 18 T.F.Hwang takes you down Memory Lane THOSE WERE THE DAYS THE old Singapore Harbour Board (SHB) days. Those were the days when luxury ocean liners used to call at our port while enroute to Europe or on return trips to the Far East. They were huge passenger liners sporting such
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    It's time to ease up and preserve what we can
    2341 18  -  BETTY KHOO "Oh, give land, lots of land under starry skies above don't fence me m English poet Rupert Brooke. We cannot have this m land-scarce Singapore. So how else do we create an environment, some semblance of space that
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      310 18 ■^V^c V\V^>^' mm' ■B ra, vl Architects, Designers Contractors Specifiers See You At JMTIfaPIEC YOUR EVENT OF THE YEAR Venue Worid Trade Centre Halls 4& 5 Dates October 23 25, 1985 Time 12 noon 6pm (Trade Only) 6pm 9pm (Trade Public) Dates October 26 27, 1985 Time 12 noon 9pm
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      Why some S'poreans won't plug into hi-tech
      985 19  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By Resistance to change, not fear of computers, is the main reason To some, it's like eating dou-fu 4 Some people ask me why it (the computer) is so dumb? They do not react to it as iff it were
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      New computer users face similar psychological barriers
      395 19  - New computer users face similar psychological barriers GILLIAN POW CHONG BE THEY managers or secretaries, first-time computer users go through similar initial psychological barriers when facing the machine, said a computer consultant. A phobia car be built up for two reasons. First, the person could have had a bad experience
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      49 19 (I B Bvi Bk HMflBiV *-«<' w>B ■<# B^^^^^^_^l r^M^ H^j n g HPB^ Mr- f iSai/ HURRY TO THE J J ->7if t JBißi BATA WAREHOUSE TODAY! I CTO "o ci. BfeSiiß At 66 Telokßtangah Road, Singapore 0409. 4r JAROINE STEPS t^kWHCyW r e cable car wtc w Hr
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      228 19 PBL A Today and Tomorrow. While stocks W^KamrW k aye to u^ some 1 11^ 001 or outdoor. |y I Big ones or little ones. Orchids, Cacti, Creepers, 8| «i Ferns, Succulents. All kinds. From as little as $3. A A I^b^bbm!^^ you want more we aye a l an
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      School was short of exam papers
      484 20 School was short of exam papers RECENTLY my son sat for his 1985 Primary School Leaving Examination at Siling Primary School. As I was concerned for him and had a little time on my hands, I went to my son's school to see how he had fared m his mathematics
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      Terminus is 'unsightly'
      54 20 THE bus terminus at Queen Street is unsightly for both tourists and Singaporeans. It has not seen any form of improvement for decades. I am wondering whether it is going to be preserved to remind us of how we have been travelling to Johor since time immemorial.
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      Sports committee organised the project
      104 20 WITH reference to an article on page 15 of The Straits Times of Oct 19, it was stated that "The accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand will be holding a charity walk..." The project was organised by the sports club committee of Coopers and Lybrand
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        Enough swimming pools for the public
        497 20 I REFER to the letter "Why should public pools be leased out" (ST, Oct 16). It is the policy of the Singapore Sports Council to encourage the use of swimming complexes by members of the public, be they individuals or organised groups, which include
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      307 20 The Sale We've Waited A Year For. a This month we are one year old. In return for giving us a J|j^&: successful first year we are offering you our biggest and best Pl^Lj^ bargains so we can celebrate together |pg&«te»_. g ee these an( j many o th er
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      67 20 /.Vv \jSy In the city's dark underworld a psychopath prepares to strike again Some random stroller through the theatre district may soon be the target for a heavy object hurled from the roof of a crumbling building. And this time veteran detective Francis Mooney comes into direct conflict with one
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    • In the market
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        Small gains seen
        63 21 STOCKS made further small gains on the Singapore market yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index moved up 3.86 points to close at 785.02 and the Business Times Composite Index added 2.73 points to 673.93. Rises led falls by 100 to 64, with 44 stocks unchanged. Turnover was
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          Rises
          65 21 M Crtta 620 +45 MMnon 344 +42 Keunr HMp 490 +40 MTP 390 +20 S«acorpsOc 267 +17 NST 740+15 HleotifCredH 715 +15 Prima 515 +15 TDM 468+14 Mabyaaata 93 +13 MaimmCorpn 432 +12 EuYanSanf 277 +11 O Keramat 765 10 M Bankint 600 10 MOass 418 +10 MBf HMp
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          Falls
          80 21 Paramount 225 -14 X I Ktponf 223 —12 TmeEnfri 276 —11 G E life 1560 -10 Skn tin 205 —10 Piecon Bhd 50c 255 -7 M Flour 316—6 Kian too 50c 270 —6 OCBC 850—5 ICS 630 -5 Gmtinfs 605 -5 P MR I Me 150-5 M Oredf 50c
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          Most Active
          14 21 Sedion 2,480,00 Mognum Corp 963,000 S Land Loan 815,000 XL Industries 574,000
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          Indices
          71 21 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 25 BT Composite 671.20 673.93 BT Indicator *****24 *****47 ST Properties 456.58 459.78 BT 08/ OS +61 +158 ST Minings ***** 338.96 CAW -5188 -5159 ST Plantations 2329.89 2330.56 OBV -***** -***** OCBC 580.15 580.71 ST Industrials 781.16 785.02 OUB Composite 381
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          INDICES — Highs & Lows
          33 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 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All-time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 550.78 (2/8/82)
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          Forex
          13 21 THE US dollar closed at DM 2.6445 m Singapore, gaining 15 points.
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          Exchange crossrates
          20 21 DM V FF S$ H$ US$ 1.4230 2.6535 216.60 unq 2.1405 unq 1.4260 2.6445 214.80 8.0630 2.1385 7.7960
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          Gold
          9 21 In Singapore, gold was at U*****.00 losing US$O.3O.
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          Simex
          33 21 Eurodollar: Lost one tick to 91.78 a contract, j Dentochemark: Remained unchanged at 0.3801 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 28 ticks to 0.*****8 a contract. Gold: Gained US$2.2O to U*****.60 an ounce.
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        Lock icon Texaco profit up
        84 21 Texaco profit up NEW YORK, Fri. Texaco, the third largest American oil company, yesterday announced a 28 per cent hike m its consolidated net profit over the third quarter this year to US$3Ol million (*****.14 million), up from US$235 million m the same period last year. Over the first nine
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        Lock icon First loss in decade
        70 21 TOKYO, Fri. The calamitous drop m semiconductor prices worldwide has pushed Japan's largest electronics company, Hitachi, into its first halfyear profit decline m nearly a decade. Hitachi yesterday reported pre-tax profits down by 16.9 per cent m the six months to September to 101 billion yen
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        Lock icon Potential Aids cure ups prices
        96 21 FRANKFURT, Fri. Rumours that the West German Degussa Chemicals and Precious Metals Company could soon develop a medication against Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) pushed its shares up 11 per cent by 51 deutschemarks (5541.31) to 514 deutschemarks here yesterday. A Degussa. spokesman said that
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        Lock icon Cause of ICI's drop in profit
        65 21 LONDON, Fri. Imperial Chemical Industries PLC said its lower profit m the third quarter reflected seasonal weakness m several businesses and also unusually low demand for fertilisers m Britain. Margins on commodity chemicals m Western Europe were also squeezed m the quarter, Id said.
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        Lock icon Renault to cut losses
        74 21 PARIS, Fri. Renault is planning a top management reshuffle m France and at American Motors Corporation (AMC), the American car maker 46 per cent owned by the troubled French state car group, m a further effort to cut losses. AMC is also actively pursuing contacts with
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      Fairer deal for small holders
      510 21  -  NORA CHENG By Takeover Code changes will give them more protection THE small shareholder has been given further protection by the longawaited revisions to the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers officially announced yesterday. The revised Code, which ties up the loose ends m the
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      Trade board gears for India business
      315 21 THE Trade Development Board's Bombay office will be ready to service local companies by January to take advantage of India's new economic policy. Singapore will be present at two major trade fairs Electronics India and Maiintec In India next October and November. Tbe board's
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      Specialty chemicals to lead growth industry
      180 21 Specialty chemicals to lead growth industry SPECIALTY chemicals will be the prized product m the chemical industry m the next few years with strong growth being forecast. The industry grew by 10 per cent last year to achieve an output of $1.4 billion. In a statement on Thursday, the Economic
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      Lock icon Bank of England denies forgery in bank rescue
      321 21 LONDON, Fri. The Bank of England has denied charges that some of its officials committed forgery to revive Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd JMB, a gold dealer and bank, was rescued by the central bank from Johnson Matthey a year ago after the
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      Lock icon Japanese bond prices plunge in heavy selling
      149 21 TOKYO, Fri. Prices of Japanese government bonds plunged here today on massive selling triggered by Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita's warning against speculative bond trading. In inter-dealer trading, the 6.8-per cent No. 68 10- -year issue, a market indicator, plumetted 3.42 yen
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      Lock icon Avis founder trying to buy back his firm
      255 21 NEW YORK, Fri. The man who founded the Avis Rent-A-Car service 39 years ago and sold it eight years later for millions now wants to buy it back. Mr Warren Avis said yesterday he and a group of American, European and Middle
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      Limitations builders face in China
      442 21  - Limitations builders face in China DOREEN SOH By BUILDING opportunities m China are vast but foreign consultants and contractors should be aware that projects for domestic use are still virtually closed to foreign builders. Moreover, hotel developers should be careful where they site their hotels as they risk a room
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      Business done in Singapore
      3445 22 READERS should be aware of the irritations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, is necessarily covered m "business done". Further because all dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      3027 22 INDUSTRIALS Ajinomoto (3.405) ACh0c(3.165)(10)3.16 AMD (4 606)02)4 60(1) 4 62 A1c0m(0.938) 0)0.90 0)0.91 (2) 092 AISB (0.958) (8) 0.92 0) 0.90 (23) 0.91 (12)0.93 (6) 0 94 (5)0 95 API (0.98 B) (7) 0.97 Rpt (7) 0.95 (7)0 96(7)0 97(3)0.98 0) 1.00 (5) 0 99
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      How your stocks performed
      2730 22 All shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N Tax-eiempted dividend. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dollars. 1985 Last YMd Voi Day Htyi Low Company Sale Chance ('000) fffh Low
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        Bank rates
        304 23 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 5Va 5Vi 5 5Vi Monthly 5V 2 Autosave 4% Fixed deposit 1 month 4/4 4V 4 4 4Vi (1) 2 months 4MO 3 months 4V4 4V4 4V4 4MO 6 months 4 '/a 4V4 4'/ 2 4 2 1 9 months
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        155 23 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local doHars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4944—1.4972 6.78—6.61 Canadian dollar 1.5651—1.5669 6.45—6.35 NZ dollar 1.2002—1.2051 8.54—8.20 Sterling pound 3.0519—3.0555 3.31—3.26 US dollar 2.1395-2.1405 4.70-4.66 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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        Forex
        101 23 THE US dollar closed lower against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed lower m narrow trading. It fluctuated within a range of 2.1380 and 2.1410. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 2.6540/55 and closed at 2.6405/15. Trading was hectic, fluctuating within
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        Gold
        118 23 THE kilobar market was traded between 5522,404 and 5522,852 yesterday. The Far East gold market opened at the day's low of U*****.80/326.20 and remained quiet all morning. It rose to the day's high of U*****.70/327.10 and closed at U*****.00/326.40, The London gold fix was U*****.65, down US$l.3l. Closing price
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        Gold market
        23 23 GOLD US$/oz Fri Thurs Singapore 326.20—326.70 326.00 326.50 Hongkong 326.10—326.50 326.30 326.70 Thurs Wed New York 325.50-326.00 326.20-326.70 London 326.00—326.50 326.50—327.00
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        Unit trusts
        225 23 Managers' prices for Oct 26 28 Sing apore Unit Trust The Commerce 177 1 88 The Savings Fund 1 31 1.39 Spore Prog Fund 0 76--0 81xd Spore Sec Fund 1 10 117 S port Invest Fund 0 79-0 84 Spore Equity Fund 0 79 -0 84 Asia
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      • Simex futures
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          Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
          74 23 Eurodollar 3-month deposit A FAIR amount of activity was seen m the December contract though the price range was still narrow. Many participants squared their short positions for the weekend. (100 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Deo 91.76 91.79 91.76 91.78 774 Mar 91.46 91.48 91.46
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          Deutschemark
          76 23 AN ORDER to sell the dollar m the market brought the December contract price sharply higher m nervous and active trading as operators squared their short positions. The price, however, closed lower above its opening level as corporate demand for the dollar emerged. f US dollar Deutschemark) Open High
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          53 23 SHARPLY higher yen deposit interest rates resulting from demand from Japanese banks provided a big boost to the yen contract. Trading was active and nervous. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 0.*****4 0.*****2 0.*****4 0.*****8 578 Mar 0.*****3 jnn 0.*****5 Open Int (Than): 1155. Act
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          48 23 VERY little interest was seen m the gold pit as trading was very thin. (In US$ per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 328.60A 328.60 60 F eb 332.80 Open Int (Than): 87. Act V«l (Thurs): 60. Reports from Security Pacific National Bank /SPAFI
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        18 23 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore November 156.75 down 2 25 cents Malaysia November 182.50 down 1.50 cents
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        9 23 Tin Closing prices mm XL Tin suspended Turnover:
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        22 23 Ctosine prices Copper £/tonne Than Spot *****—991.00 (992.00-993.00) 3 months 1006 00 1006 50 (1001.00—1002.00 Market tone: Steadier Sales: 28.050 tonnes
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        23 23 Closnf prices Silver US!/ troy oi Fn Thurs Smcdpoie Unav 616-6 21 Thuts Wed New York Una* 615-620 Source Credit Suisse Spore
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        23 23 Cloiiij prices Aluminium £/tomw Thus Spot *****-***** (667 50—668.00) 3 months 695.00-696 00 (690.00— 691 00) Market tone: Steadier Sales. 10,300 tonnes
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        85 23 Crude MS/tonne palm oi Oct 682.50 (Utah) 675 (central) Nov 680 (central) palm oil USS/tomes RBO palm Nov 332.50 (sellers) Dec 337.50 (sellers) Jan 3*5 (sellers) RBO Olein Nov 330 (sellers) Dec 335 (sellers) Jan 340 (sellers) RBO Stearin Nov/Dec/Jan 305 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised unq palm oil
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        666 23 PRICES rose for the third day m a row on the Singapore stock market but the gains were mainly small. The Straits Times Industrial Index moved up 3.86 points to close at 785.02 yesterday while the Business Times Composite Index moved up
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        270 23 0c 25 HKJ Chan t e Associoted Hotels 1.05 unch Bank Of Eost Asia 23 10 +0.1 Cheung Kong 1950 -02 China Light 17 10 -0.1 Cross Harb Tunnel 9 908 F E Consortium 065 unch Far East Exch Ph«ex 0.050 unch G I Cement 840 unch Great Eagle
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        344 23 Oct 25 Yen Change ™,tsub Estate 996 -44 1 Mitsub Heavy 393 -17 A,.nomoto 1190 unch ftS^S 'Jo n Mitsui Co 4ZD -iy Aka 7, n Mitsu. Shipbldg 156 unch Am d Mitsu. Smelting 392 unch Asoh °*n> £68 -2 Mltsukoshj 645 -15 Asah, Glass Bs9 +8 M 730
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        305 23 Oct 25 Cents Chanje ■C I 226S (Aust) Leighton 123 +3 1 Lend Lease 680 unch Magellan Pet Aust 235 5 ACI 308 +3 Mayne Nickless 340 +10 AN I 290 unch Metals Explor APM 306 +1 NL 40 -1 Aberfoyle 1000 -30 Mideast 27 unch Age 286 +6
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        66 23 *****1 I J 1 1 U NST Index Friday 1,350.15 (1,335.73) ~~s. Hongkong Hang Seng Friday 1,671.73 (1,670.51) Austraian All-Ordinaries JL Friday 1.052.2 (1,051.8) Nikkei Stock Average Friday 12,854.99 (12,969.08) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 1,051.6 (1,051.3) Dow Jones Average g£ Thursday 1,362.34 (1,367.16) (Figures m brackets refer to those
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        229 23 Oct 24 USJ Change Goodyear Tire 26* unch Gulf Res 15% unch Alcoa 32V4 Hewlett Pock Allied Chem Cp 43% Intl Busi Mach 128% -1% AHis-Chalmers 4% Intl Harvester 7 Am Tel Tel 20% -Mi Intl Tel Tel 35% Amax Inc 11V4 John Jhsn 46 Amr Corp 40
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        536 23 Oct 24 Pence Change AlKed-Lyons 270 -1 Ass Dairies 146 +4 BTRPLC 373 unch Bobcocks 148 -2 Barclays 419 -8 Beecham 315 unch BICC 230 unch Blue Circle 576 +8 BOC Group 294 -2 Boots 209 -1 Bowater 313 -2 BATS 268 +5 Britonnia 127 +1 BP 566 +3
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      340 23 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo Delivery of FCL import containers LCL container* unpacked at the containers freight station on Sep 25 (2300) Ship (Voyage) Arr CFS B Melor (489) 24/10 F3 B Kemumnß (44N) 25/10 F3 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block
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      395 24 Hume Industries HUME Industries (Malaysia) Bhd's diversification from its traditional activitives of manufacturing asbestos cement, concrete and steel products has begun to pay off. "Growth has been substantial across the group's new areas as corporate strategy of diversification begins to generate returns," said Chairman
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      311 24 Pacific Chemicals SHARES of Pacific Chemicals Bhd (PCB) have been valued at Ms 9 each for the purpose of the company's share swap with Grand United Holdings Bhd (GUH), making the deal worth Ms 99 million. This was stated by PCB m reply to a query
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        340 24 Singapore THE Singapore stock market made further gains this week but turnover was light, although investors showed increasing preference for the higherpriced quality stocks. The Straits Times Industrial Index broke through the 780 level on Thursday, which some chartists said was a sign of a new
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        152 24 Mmmmm Sealion Hotels HEAVY trading In Sealion Hotels Ltd shares yesterday poshed the counter to the top of the most active list for the week. Sealion saw 5.14 million of Its shares traded for the week, with 2.M3 million of them changing hands yesterday. The stock ended
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        80 24 THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. It gives the turnover m thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high and low for 1985. Conviny Volume Price Hjh Low (000) Oct 25 '85
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      215 24 Kuala Lumpur ANTICIPATION of a probusiness budget m Malaysia helped the Kuala Lumpur market make good gains this week. The New Straits Times Index improved every day and by more than 10 points on four days. It finished 54.67 points higher at 1,350.15 when the
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      233 21 You can now use your CPF savings to r A^^^^i ~i invest m more than J private residential yg/^££<_J property at Clementi Park Phase 3C. 9^^°T ik^'^ c Ham *,s* rf 7 tically designed condominium blocks set amidst acres ot sprawling landscaped meadowland just off Sunset Way, a mm location
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      68 22 r Major Industrial Investment Leased to International Tenant 450 BELMONT AVENUE, CORNER LEACH HIGHWAY, KEWDALE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Major Road/Rail Transport Terminal •25 year lease to international tenant Offices 1 549m 2 Warehousing 1 698 1 m 2 approx. Land Area 6.085 Ha 1 5 acres) PUBLIC TENDER CLOSING 4 p.m.
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      360 24 FOR SALE ON SITE AUCTION on 21st November. 1985 at I 1 .00 a.m. (unless sold beforehand) AUSTRALIA'S FINEST HARBOURSIDE PROPERTY The Sydney Residence of Mr. Robert Sangster "TOISON DOR" 7 Wolseley Crescent, Point Piper. Sydney, New South Wales. Australia. (#S****'B^|| <^ ■;< I y.u S^BL v; ~^»O''!5:8 2B BBn^wiK
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      704 25 I 737*11*66 1 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out {COCKPIT REST 7. JRANT> DIAN KIN Countless Varieties i^AjO^J^T Specially prepared by Master Chefs from <&* aC& Hong Kong. l^\ %*V^ Ampie X JOJUI^I Parking Space Basement 1, Penang Road, Singapore 0923. For reservation. Call: *****01, *****11 (Doreen) We serve quality
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      470 25 2 Eating Out Your authentic Malaysian Meals Penang Lakta. Nasi Briyani, Steamed Otak, Hor Fun, Ka jang Satay, Kempong Desserts A Home Cooked Penang Dishes lor lunch/ dinner. Take-Away Catering Its nice Its fashionable Cornel* Relax Open Daily 1 1 am. 10 p.m. 32 Greenwood Aye, off Dunearn Rd, (1128)
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      832 25 4 Nightclubs/ 4 Nightclubs/ Lounges/Discos Lounges/Discos IT'S HAPPENING I AT KATONG! j^ The latest night spot that will keep you on $9 your feet all night long. $t0 a drink \^^^\l| {gffiy^Make a date at: '^■■tajl Formerly Ambassador Hotel) "*"*9[ No: 42/46 Meyer Rd, Spore 1543.^^^W TEL: *****11 12 Computer
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      562 25 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9.00 am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30 am to 2.00pm (Ham deadline tor the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9.00 am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Times Orchard Centre, #02-105 Lucky Ptau Monday-Friday 10.00 am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm (or next day) Times Houm, 390 Kirn
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      483 25 18 Horn* Furniture/ Furnishing D.V. (Duo Votenta) Co. #01-32 Paramount Shopping Ctr. T»l: *****06/ *****64 We specialise m quilting of bed spreads. Chargaa mduaiva of flora infill and cotton backing: Single-bed $50 Double-bed $95 Curtain sewing $3 per panel CaN ua or viatt our showroom. KITCHENS FROM TECH CRAFT Kitchen/
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      731 25 RATES Ordinary: $5.00 per line (Mm. $15.00) Semi-display: $20.00 per col. cm (Mm. $60.00 Straits Times) $20.50 per col. cm (Mm. $61.50 Sunday Times) Display: $25.00 per col. cm. (Mm. $75.00 Straits Times) $25.62 per col. cm. (Mm. $76.86 Sunday Times) Box Charges: $5 00 (collected) c $10.00 (posted) CLASSIFICATION
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      771 26 22 Stamps/Coins SPORE STAMP CLUB Annual Auction. 27/10/85. 1 p.m. Spore Conference Hall. All are welcome Lots viewing from 10a. in. Catalogues avail on 27/10/85. 23 Shopping Guide EXCLUSIVE SILK FABRICS dresses to clear 40% off. Ming Lady, Ming Court Hotel lobby. 24 Garage Sale SALVATION ARMY THRIFT Store Saturday
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      805 26 25 Sale: Other 25 Sale: Other Products Products j BOOKjSWAP I FAR EAST PLAZA Fin* S+Uctton of u»*d p»p*r bmckt We buy, sell, exchange and rent Comics, Books and Magazines /UNMY gOOK/HOP 14 SCOTTS ROAD ["si m cast puza mo n I 03-02 FAR EAST PLAZA S I I I
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      689 26 30 Hairdressing ASHKIN A M.STUDIO completely trained m London, stylist Sakinah (Kin), professional cut from $16.00, perm from $35.00. Models reqd- cut $3.00, perm $10.00 Courses avail. Beginner, Intermediate Si Advance. Beginner $650 4 mths. Tel: *****07, #04-15 Far East Plaza. HAIRWAYS MASTERCLASS REQ. Models for Sunday Workshop. Principal Linda
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      1925 26 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage Massage 4* foiitf <£flas? riWtii -{'tftitir. Bur For real soothing massage Our young, attractive and experienced masseuses will give you a thorough massage to soothe away your cares. In beautiful surroundings too. Facilities include sauna and MtiflVt jH i,...(.;.n,in-"
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      660 26 39 Other Personal 39 Other Personal Services Services WE CARE for the sick, the aged ijijij: those recuperating from illness. Features: |i|:|:| 24-hour medical care by in-house doctors and qualified nurses j:j*|: 6 wholesome meals specially formulated by dieticians recreational programs planned by physiotherapist and occupational therapist •jijiji •m our
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      488 26 65 Situations Wanted DOMESTIC HELPERS I SALARY: Filipino $200/$250 Sri Lanka $150/$lBO No need $5,000 deposit (Bond arrangeabte) 1^ Mo»-Fri 9am 9pm Jr Sat/Sw 9am 4pm jRL. TEL: *****96/*****83 ML canKNm unworn *HMY b »13 10. SHAWTOWfRS -7W AWt 100 BEACH ROAD (0718) m t^^^ (Prince theatre) \j Yuc»notNo:C-0421-01 Personnal
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      589 26 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive An expanding company dealing with building materials is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the post of: SALES MANAGER c Thorough knowledge of drywall system. At least 5 years m the drywall market. c Organised and self- motivated. c Must possess own means of
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      688 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB Invites applications lor the post ol STENOGRAPHER Applicants must have at least 3 years working experience, be proficient m English and should be able to use an electric typewriter and word processor. The successful applicant wttl have to do secretarial work arffl
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      837 27 BsVJi I mm A Sales Manager is required by a j9B dynamic group for ,ts jewellery divi«aS Ham .I mi sion y° u P°**e** a professional certificate m gemnology and have 3 Ir^ 5 years' experience m jewellery shop, the advertiser at classification 71 eai^^ would like to hear from
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      628 27 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A trading company m Jurong has Immediate vacancy for a BOOKKEEPER Requirements: c Above 25 years of age with at least 3 years working experience m the same capacity c Pursuing ACA studies c Able to work independently and under pressure c Preferably with experience
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      721 27 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical URGENTLY REOD. CHINESE female general clerk. Experience not necessary. Pise, call personally at: Blk. 204, £02-109 Hougang St. 21 (next to bus terminal). FEMALE GENERAL CLERK reqd by furniture showroom. Tel: *****96. (10a.m. -7p.m.) »01-07 Sultan Plaza, Jalan Sultan. REQUIRED FEMALE GENERAL Clerk. Call personally
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      1349 27 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Sales I SALES REPRESENTATIVE I We are a leading international textbook publisher. As part of our pro- I I gramme for expansion we are seeking an aggressive sales representative I I to handle our growing range of business and
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      729 27 71 Situations Vacant: Sales MALE/ FEMALE CANVASSERS required for door-to-door sale Basic pay and commission with attractive bonus scheme. Call: Mra. Tay *****77 for an appointment Printing Company has vacancies for SALES REPRESENTATIVES c GCE 'O' level Preferably with some knowledge of printing industries. Pis. apply stating full particulars, contact
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      715 27 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical 7r r -hnxal A9Bt sgi;*A§ftp*s |H We manufacture high precision springs, metal stomping parts and wl reforms for local and overseas markets. We are looking for weft-experienced and qualified candidate* to fill the following K55 positions:TOOLMAKER eSj Minimum 4 years experience m repair
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      615 28 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical Consumer Products Pte Ltd American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), the telecommunications leader m the USA is m the process of setting up a high quality telephone manufacturing facility m Singapore. Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for
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      232 28 73 Situations Vacant: Production CARLEE ELECTRONICS PTE LTD A Member of the Metal Container Group of Companies servicing the computer/ electronic industry invites applications for the positions of: Production Assistant (Female) c Minimum Secondary 2 education and able to communicate m English c Duties include soldering, rework, maintenance and operation
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      299 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous An expanding Chinese fastfood restaurant m Orchard Rd. invites applications for the following FULL/ PART-TIME POSITIONS:1. ASSISTANT MANAGER 2. SUPERVISORS 3. CAPTAINS 4. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS 5. CASHIERS 6. WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Applicants should be bi-lingual. State preference to work full/ part-time and submit full resume with photogtaph
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      660 28 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Management Opportunities TRAINING: Making skillful with specialized instructions Long John Silver's, the only America's seafood restaurant chain m Singapore wants to train you for responsible positions m management begining with ASSISTANT MANAGER. If you are young, ambitious and have the desire and
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      731 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous TEMPORARY WORKERS Immediately. Pay $15.00 per day. Overtime extra. Please apply m parson at: BATA SHOE (S) PTE LTD 66 Telok Blangah Road Singapore 0409 EXPERIENCED CAPTAIN A WAITRESSES WANTED Applicants must be able to speak fluent English. Interested please call: HER RESTAURANT TEL: *****34/ *****70
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      1073 28 I infirm Keen on a 1966 Moiris Minor? \Y P Spot thi collector's item at U UU J** 1 classification 94. 82 Accessories/ 82 Accessories/ Maintenance Maintenance AY rUBt P 100 81 if uts^^g y° u really care li jjmm for your car. •mi TMt WORLO FAMOUS HUHMIUUHNO Calac Chemicals
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      710 28 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat ALMOST '82 FORD Laser 1.3 L, Hatchback, 5-dr, aircond., hi-fi, radio/cassette, new s/rims. Tax 4/'B6. PARF. Beautiful cond. $14,900. Loan $11,000. *****57. 1960 FIAT 131 Mirafiori. Original colour, 2-digit no. Accident free. Original sun-roof. Aircond., hi-fi, tax 1/86. PARF. Asking $9,800 0.n.0. Tel: *****)4/ 5. BEAUTIFUL
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      949 28 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan '81 BLUEBIRD 1.6 GL. Aircon. s/rims. 1 pU?. owner. $11,800. Jin Toa Payoh Caltex Station. '81 DATSUN 100A. Aircon radio, cassette Asking $12,800 0.n.0 Display Pager: *****69 ■84 NISaAN PULSAR 1.0. 1 owner showroom cond., aircon.. s/rims. hi-fi, new tax. $19,900. *****83. 90 For Sale: Toyota
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      2063 29 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat yjSi Wf locking system with power windows Antiroll bars Front rear spoilers Tiltable This is the sensational new addition to the steering column Power steering (optional) Ford Laser range. It's got style. Comfort. Power.
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      321 29 92 For Sale: Mazda 9/78 MAZDA 323 5-dr. 1.3. 2nd pte. owner. Aircon., cassette, tax 2/86, beautiful cond. Tel: *****66. 93 For Sale: Honda MARCH '83 HONDA Accord 4-door. Hondamatic power steering Saloon, 1598 c.c. with aircon., powerful radio cassette, only 18,000 km. PARF eligible. Road tax Feb '86. Interested
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      202 29 93 For Sale: Honda '82 CIVIC NOTCHBACK. 1 owner, 5-speed, cassette, metallic red, accident free. $16,500. *****76. '83 PRELUDE. 1 owner, complete with high power stereo, sports rims, etc. $32,600. Tel: *****83. '84 HONDA PRELUDE EX, 5-speed, sunroof, s/rims. I PARF owner. Good condition. *****38 '84, PRELUDE EX. 1 pte.
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      270 29 94 For Sale: Other Makes SIN THAI HIN TRADING PTE LTD Plot 'E' Fringe Carpark Kampong Java Road Singapore 0923 Telephone: *****11/ 5 (Opens from 9.00 am 5.30pm) TRADE-IN LOAN ARRANGEABLE 1983 BMW 520ia. Mazda 626 'GLX'. 5-door Honda Prelude 'EX', manual Datsun Pickup, petrol 1600 c.c. Nissan Sunny 1.3
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      507 29 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda 93 For Sale: Honda The best time for the best buy NOW, EVERYTHING YOUVE EVER WANTED IN A HONDA ACCORD IS HERE. HIGH TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED ENGINEERING, THE LATEST INNOVATIONS AND THE RIGHT PRICE Nett Price PARF Honda Accord
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      391 29 94 For Sale: Other Makes '83 SUZUKI 800 Saloon. 1 pte. owner. Aircond.. cassette. Accident free. Showroom cond. $13,500. Tel: *****87/ *****89. 84 SUZUKI 1000 C.C. SA3IO 3 doors 1 pte. owner air-con, radio cassette PARF excellent condition. *****42. DEC. '83 CITROEN Visa GT. Showroom cond. Rims, hi-fi. Selling cheap.
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      406 29 94 For Sale: Other Makes '74, ROVER TC 2200. Very good cond. $2,200. Tel: *****40. 9/84 SA3IO, 3-DOOR. Radio cassette, highest offer. Tel: *****88. 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles '80 OCT. FORD Trader 2977 c.c. Lorry. Just passed SIS inspection. '82 July Datsun pickup 1600 c.c. with canopy. Both m
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      359 29 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles '84 MAZDA T2OOO, 10' steel lorry. 1 owner. Good cond. Rd. tax 2/86 $5,900 negotiable. *****88 x 367. '84 SEPT. MITSUBISHI Canter diesel, low deck metal lorry. Tip top condition. Call: *****90. 96 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters YAMAHA 100 $250. LC3SO/ RXKI3S. Suzuki GSI2S/ TRSIIB/ GSX4OOR/
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      796 29 97 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT Any models below 2000 cc. PARF or Non-PARF used cars. c Private company registration, c Commercial Vans/ Pickups 6 PB' Registration Trade-in acceptable JINCHI YILI MOTORS PTE LTD NO .-.9 LOWLAND ROAD SINGAPORE 1954 TEL: *****88/ *****22/ *****02 WANTED! Any make of good secondhand
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      921 29 106 Accommodation Available: Houses EXECUTIVE BUNGALOWS WITH MATURE GARDEN AND SWIMMING POOL. c 3 King's Albert Park 23 Kings Albert Park c 148 Watten Estate Road c 23 Vanda Drive Tel. *****44/ *****16 DIST.I9, GARDEN VIEW Estate (m Serangoon Garden), brand new 2-storey semi-detached and terrace houses for rental. Tel:
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      637 30 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments 'Go out on Sunday? We never have time! S**T\ Sundays are spent 0 (3"f s>^ wim rienc "y expat tdA fl yS> neighbours playing MlZl _t]_Zj'»" I—"T*^.^?1 "T*^.^? tennis, swimming, lunch fiftf I \/Tr^v by the pool. We get full vyAjiL ,^.^fc=*_
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      713 30 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments NEW LISTING AGAIN DIST.S FAIRWAY CONDO NEW 3 bdrms apt. High fir. Balconies overlooking pool. $1,800 DIST.9 ORCHARD RD Brand new apt/ mais. 3/4 bdrms, servant's. Large living/dining. Fully aircon. Furn./ p/furn. Pool, tennis etc... $3,000 SCOTTS TWR/ ARDMORE POINT/ CAIRNHILL VIEW/ THE CLAYMORE 2/3/4 bdrms
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      919 30 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D-9 DEVONSHIRE CT. 3 rms. F/furn. $1,500 0.n.0. D-ll Shelford mais. $4,000. *****08/ *****19. D.0511 PASIR PANJANQ Rd. private flat. $700. Unfurnished. Contact Mr Tay: *****27. D.lO, BALMORAL CT., studio. Newly painted/ refurbished, f/furn. Quiet area. *****38. D 10 NEAR JAPANESE/ American Sch. 3 bdrms with
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      743 30 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms HOUGANG 6 1/2 MS. 2 rooms available. Convenient. Privacy. Tel: *****38. JURONG EAST FURNISHED rooms m quiet area at reasonable rate for singles. Tel: *****94. JURONG WEST, ROOM to let. Preferably couple/ single ladies/ students. Contact: *****89. LADY FLAT MATE reqd. to share a f/furn. condo.
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      853 30 113 For Sale: Houses OPEN HOUSE VIEWING AT NO: 4 JALAN PIALA TODAY FROM 2P.M. TO SP.M. 10,000 sq.ft. doublestorey bungalow. Cul-de-sac. Highest reasonable offer for letting or purchase secures. Tel enquiries: *****01 Today/ Tomorrow From 6p.m. to Bp.m. No agents please Bukit Panjang 2 storey condominium, 3 bdrms., 1
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      902 30 114 For Sale: Private Apartments D.15 STILL RD. Walk-up apt 1550 sq.ft. $200,000. D.15 Neptune Ct. 1650 sq.ft. $230,000. D.12 Ruby Plaza 1615 sq.ft. $270,000 Sin Hua Hln *****57 (5 lines). Sat/Sun. D.17 LOYANG VILLAGE (SI A Condo). 2 large bdrms., 1500 sq.ft., marble throughout, full condo. facilities. Good orientation.
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      968 30 116 For Sale: HDB Apartment! 5-RM. POINT 8LK.97, Bedok North. 25th fir. Facing sunrise, very quiet, near market, fantastic open view of Johor Hill, airport and island. Terrazzo, kitchen cabinet and room— aircond. Owner migrating. Must sell $120,000 0.n.0. Tel: Aziz. *****24 PANDAN GDN. 5-RM. upper fir Terrazzo fir. Kitchen
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      735 30 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments MARINE CRES. 5-RM. High fir Morning sun Terrazzo/ vinyl flooring. $128,000 ono. 255-3333 MARSILING LANE 5-RM. Point 81k.216, Armstrong tiles, p/furn $95,000 neg (all CPF) *****44. PANOAN GARDEN 5-RM. Slab Blk. 406 Type A. Terrazzo, cabinets $95,000 neg All CPF. *****17/ 8. PANOAN GDN. 5-RM.
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      337 32 166 Anniversaries MR. MRS. S. T. STEWART M your Golden Wedding Anniversary Mum Dad Congratulations! With love jj Your daughters, fl Jj "They are rich indeed who fl B have a treasure of golden g W memories to spend at their fl |i hearts' content." a 170 Lost X SACHI
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      270 33 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MRS. LUCY V. MAX MDM LUCY LIM Age 53 passed away peacefully on 25th OCTOBER 1985 leaving behind to mourn her loss. Beloved Husband: Michael Mak Hoe Meng Children: Marianne Mak Choi Choo David Mak Kum Hoong Joanna Mak Choi Foong Body lying at Nos. 22
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      42 33 183 Condolences 183 Condolences f With Deepest Sympathies and Heartfelt Condolences to: MR. TAN BENG SEOW, BENNY on the demise of his Beloved Father-in-law MR. SEOW SWEE HOR FROM: THE MANAGEMENT STAFF OF IDANCOMAIR INDUSTRIES PTE LTD DANCOM ENGINEERING PTE LTD .^4
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      181 Deaths
      257 33 MISS IRENE LIM HWEE HUANG Age 30 years Passed away suddenly on 24th Oct 1985 Leaving behind beloved: Mother: Leow Chap Imm Brothers: Koh Bak Khun Lim Chwee Soon Sister: Lim Lee Huang Nieces: Koh Shiang Cheng Koh San Chin Cortege leaves Ngee Ann Kongsi Funeral Parlour on
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      184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam
      135 33 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam g IN LOVING MEMORY OF I MRS. THANKAMMA EAPEN I Entered into eternal rest 26th Oct. 1984 Safe m the arms of Jesus, f Safe on His gentle breast. Always remembered by husband, children and grand- children M In Cherished memory of our beloved
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      182 Acknowledgements
      44 33 The family of the late Mr. Tan Chong Pho Departed 21st Oct. 1985 Express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to M.P. for Yishun, all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates, for their condolences, wreaths, scrolls, donations, visits and assistance rendered during theirrecen^ereavement.
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      Economic package 'only a stop-gap measure'
      180 33 GOVERNMENT measures to reduce operating business costs here are meant to be supportive, shortterm steps to help business and industry overcome the current economic problems. Raising productivity is the "long-term" guarantee to our economic revival and progress, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Parliamentary Secretary (Finance
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      Drama a bigger hit with young
      348 33  -  PHILIP CHEAH Festival survey produces some surprising results By THIS year's Drama Festival attracted mainly the young. This finding from the Drama Festival '85 audience survey dispels the notion that culture is a stuffy past-time for an older audience. Sixty-two per cent of the
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      US assigns top diplomat for trade post in S'pore
      436 33  -  CATHERINE C. ONG Move is a sign of Republic's growing importance to America By FOR the first time, the United States will be assigning the highest-rank-ing diplomat m charge of commercial affairs to Singapore. Mr Beaumont Lower, a 45-year-old former banker
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      Everbloom CPF case adjourned once more
      117 33 Everbloom CPF case adjourned once more THE Central Provident Fund case against Everbloom Mushroom Pte Ltd has been adjourned again. The company's lawyer told a district court judge that it wanted another three weeks to reach a settlement. District Judge Chang Kok Ming fixed the case for mention on Nov
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      Zoo party for those turning 21
      62 33 Zoo party for those turning 21 THE zoo is giving a birthday present to those celebrating their 21st birthday tomorrow. They can join a birthday bash with Ah Meng, the zoo's orang utan, who celebrates her 21st birthday the same day. The party will be held at 5 pm. The
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      Total Defence at Radin Mas
      35 33 A TOTAL Defence presentation will be held at the Radin Mas Community Centre auditorium on Tuesday at 8 pm. The constituency's MP, Mr Chng Hee Kok, will be the guest-of-honoiir
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      Pedigrees please, we're Singaporeans
      325 33  -  ANG LAY WAH By DOGS may be man's best Mends bat many Singaporeans seem to want them only as status symbols or as cheap security guards. More than 71 callers rang a p the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) on Tuesday m
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      Question on the cost of asking questions in Parliament
      248 33 Question on the cost of asking questions in Parliament HOW much does it cost taxpayers each time queries are raised m Parliament which require compiling statistics? Mr Heng Chiang Meng (Jalan Kayu) will ask the Finance Minister when the House next sits on Oct 31 for the cost of preparing
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      Energy course
      30 33 NGEE Ann Polytechnic and the Public Utilities Board will jointly hold a month-long course on energy management at the polytechnic from Monday. For details, call 4«***** ext 261.
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      35 33 IF YOU can speak Mandarin and are about to use dialect again, stop yourself and start m Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin but may also be shy. Be the initiator!
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      34 33 MR RAYMOND KUAN Passed away peacefully on 24th October 1985 Sadly missed by nephews and nieces: Kee Ming wife, Yvonne Mary husband, Hie Kie Kee Hing Judy Shirely and grand-nieces, Nicole Janine, grandnephew, Alexander.
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      E For Easy good bet despite topweight
      180 34  -  PEDIGREE By our man on the track PENANG, Fri. Last-start winner E For Easy II looks first past the post again despite topweight and a promotion m Race 5. He will again be ridden by S.Y. Leong. A non-acceptor last week, the six-year-old
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      What the tipsters say
      360 34 No Apology (Race 4)... ran a good second last week and should score again. RACE RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN 4 Singapore Flyer 4 Singapore Flyer 7 Six Flag* 4 Singapore Flyer 4 Singapore Flyer 1 1 Amulet 7 Six Flags 4 Singapore Flyer
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      4166 34 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING HHpPPHai 2.15 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV C 1,200 m I F T H (2 and 3 year olds) MiMMi (Stakes: $11,000) 1 8 Amulet 57 Workaholic-E Breukelen 3 aig. Fair debut last week handy till straight, finishing Bth to Chok Dee with 57 Div C
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      MUDLARKS
      65 34 RACE I: Scorpio 111, Malaysian Pearl. RACE 3: Commandant, Honest Promise. RACE 4: Max Scottra, Why Like That 11, No Apology, Ammushanti. RACE S: Kita Punya, Pulau Tioman V, Pingat Mas n. Southfolk. RACE 6: Right Combination 11, Fulfilment, Sparkling Eyes 11, Evertrust. RACE 1: Gympie, Nine Dragon. RACE
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      Jockeys' big night to foster closer ties
      296 34 PENANG, Fri. The Persatuan Joki-Joki Malaysia (Malaysian Jockeys Association), established m 1983, will hold its first annual dinner at the Nirwana Ballroom of the Kuala Lumpur Hilton on Nov 22 to make itself better known. The main objective of the function is to
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      Lock icon Danis back earlier than expected
      174 34 Danis back earlier than expected PENANG, Fri. Jockey Luke Danis has returned from Japan earlier than expected and has three rides here this weekend. Danis, who rode m two invitation races held m conjunction with the 18th Asian Racing Conference m Tokyo earlier this month, stayed on for more rides
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      Drawn to win!
      433 35  -  JACK ELLIOTT $750,000 weight-for-age race a boon for three-year-olds By of the Melbourne Herald Latest betting 4-1 Drawn 6-1 Hayai, The Filbert 7-1 Delightful Belle 8-1 King Phoenix, Riverdale, Centaurea 10-1 Foxseal, Spirit Of Kingston 12-1 Kingdom Bay 15-1 Rising Prince, Acumen 25-1 Roman Artist 33-1 Importune
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      W.S. Cox Plate
      98 35 1 131 KING PHOENIX 59 Mick Goreham 1 2 ***** HAYAI 59 Malcolm Johnston 11 ***** RISING PRINCE 59 Kevin Langby 2 2230 RIVERDALE 59 Noel Barker 9 5 ***** THE FILBERT 59 Gary Phillips 3 ***** FOXSEAL 59 Peter Johnston 5 1 227 KINGDOM BAY 57
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      Mare shows lot of spark
      426 35 ON THE TRACK with PEDIGREE PENANG, Fri. Spark ling Eyes 11, engaged m Race 6, showed plenty of zest here this morning. The five-year-old Australian mare worked at half pace on the grass before taking charge of apprentice A. John and bolting another round. She
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      Week's top gallops
      61 35 TUESDAY (heavy going): Peel House 40.1, Jubilation IV (apprentice Ismadi) 41.8, Ying Yang 45. WEDNESDAY (soft): Thorold (Ismadi) 40.1, Honest Bid II 43.9. THURSDAY (yielding): Ammushanti (apprentice A. John) 40.5, Jubilation IV 41.2, Express Car II 39.9, Peak Of Perfection DC 39.7, Sparkling Eyes II 41, Katong
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      Leading jockeys
      155 35 Total No. of plactngs rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 TUey 257 42 27 29 2 Leong 258 41 29 29 3 *Ismadi 209 38 41 25 4 Cook 280 38 36 36 5 Johnston 197 31 25 27 Snbtan 155 25 15 21 7 Lucas 232 23 16
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      Leading owners
      86 35 Ist 2nd 3rd Auric 35 22 18 Goodman 21 12 18 Chens 16 17 13 Bluegrass 15 4 5 Agasam 9 12 10 Mdni TL Long 9 4 Sonny Khoo 14 15 X Chong 7 5 6 AJK 7 2 2 Hall 7 10 Chong Kok lim 6
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      Leading trainers
      86 35 Ist 2nd 3rd Teh 79 65 56 Allan 44 41 23 Zaflr 40 24 29 E Breukelen 36 38 37 Rodgers 33 38 39 Yeoh 33 15 28 West 28 35 29 Bnang 26 24 24 X Leong 26 16 15 Lee 24 28 30 Bongonre 23 25
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      Lock icon 'Tension' costs Carson four days
      86 35 LONDON, Fri FORMER British champion jockey Willie Carson was suspended for four days after winning on High Tension m the Great Western Handicap at Newbury yesterday. His mount caused interference to Waterlow Park, third past the post. The stewards placed High Tension fourth and promoted
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      Lock icon A royal finale
      80 35 LEXINGTON, Fri. A field of 10 three-year-old fillies has been entered for the U5575,000 (about S|160,000) Queen Elizabeth n Challenge Cup, Keeneland's closing day feature tomorrow. The Challenge Cup over 1,700 m was inaugurated last year when Queen Elizabeth II attended the races and presented a trophy
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      1240 35 i"-"f ItVJHi 20 RESTRICTED TERMS liijifiil I 1 m W DIV B 1,200 m (3 year olds) (Stakes: $11,000) 1 *7* You Are Special 57 BT Lim-Loh 3 amg 00l 3 2 00 Brinny Cross 57 Police-V Chong 3 irq Sairi 9 3 333 Dollar Issue 54.5 X
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      Lock icon Jackson pitches to promise
      605 36 BASEBALL WORLD SERIES 4 He's (Jackson) a finisher. He's a gamer. Use any word you want. He has confidence m himself and I've got all the world of confidence m him. He gave them that run m the first inning and just shut them down after
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      Lock icon Rivalry that could mean jail or death
      292 36 AMERICA'S CUP SYDNEY, Fri. Rivalry between the two Australian yacht syndicates fighting to defend the America's Cup could end m jail or death, syndicate boss lain Murray said yesterday. Murray v old reporters he could have been killed when his small power boat
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      380 36 BASEBALL: Hanshin defeated Yumiuri 10-2 and clinched the Japan Baseball League m Tokyo yesterday with .602 points. Other results: Hiroshima 10 Chunichi 2 (first game), Chunichi 5 Hiroshima 2 (second game. 10 innings), Taiyo 8 Yakult 7 (first game), Taiyo 7 Yakult 5 (second game).
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      Lock icon Prakash upset by Nierhoff
      527 36 DANISH OPEN BADMINTON COPENHAGEN, Fri. Denmark's Jens Peter Nierhoff knocked Prakash Padukone, of India, out of the men's singles yesterday m a surprise first-day result at the Danish Open badminton tournament. A determined Nierhoff, who has fallen from the top rankings since reaching the semi-finals of
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      Lock icon No mercy as Davis downs Higgins
      214 36 No mercy as Davis downs Higgins ROTHMANS SNOOKER READING (Southern England), Fri. Steve Davis put Alex Higgins firmly m his place with a 5-0 drubbing m the fifth round of the £250,000 (S$900,000) Roihmans Grand Prix snooker tournament here last night. It was Davis' 14th win m 18 meetings with
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      Lock icon No Ardiles to Spur another rout
      485 37 No Ardiles to Spur another rout LONDON, Fri. Ossie Ardiles' everpresent record this season could end tomorrow when Tottenham play their first League game at White Hart Lane for five weeks against Leicester. Spurs were forced to postpone their home games against Orient, m the Milk Cup, and Birmingham following
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      Lock icon Juve eye record in Udinese tie
      505 37 ROME, Fri. Juventus, held to a goalless draw m the Champions Cup by Verona, aim to stretch their 100 per cent Italian League run to a record eight games on Sunday. The European champions equalled a 1976 League mark, set by the Turin club
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      Hammers terrors
      872 37 MARTIN PALMER ON BRITISH SOCCER Mighty 'twins' McAvennie and Cottee blaze West Ham trail Aston Villa v Newcastle, Birmingham v Coventry, Chelsea v Manchester United, Ipswich v West Ham, Liverpool v Lnton, Manchester City v Everton, Forest v Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom, Southampton v QPR, Tottenham
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      Lock icon Close battle expected
      192 37 TOKYO, Fri. Japan take on South Korea m the first of a two-leg tie here tomorrow with a slot m next year's Mexico World Cup finals the prize for the winner. The second leg will be played m Seoul on Nov 3. Both ties are expected to
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      Lock icon Thumbs-up for Rufers
      105 37 ZURICH, Fri. The International Football Federation (Fifa) will allow the Rofer brothers, who are m dispute with Swiss club FC Zurich, to play for New Zealand In the World Cap Oceania Group tie against Israel tomorrow. Fifa said FC Zurich's decision not to release the Rufers came
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      Thinking like a fish will help you spot them
      830 38  - Thinking like a fish will help you spot them AQUARIUS By Fish tales AQUARIUS will answer any questions yon may have on fishing, as a reader service. Send yonr queries, with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to Aquarius Fishing Club, 53, Jalan limau Purut, Singapore 164 C. IMAGINE fishing for hours
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      Mother of pearl
      469 38 Madame Misic provides indispensable touch W /Saturday y I Person j THERE is much to be said about a woman's touch, and few could say it better than Madame Misic Nicole. Should sport rear its head of caprice, and Yugoslavia lose to Singapore tonight m the Merlion
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      Lock icon Chance for Becker to get even
      335 38 Chance for Becker to get even WORLD OF TENNIS TOKYO, Fri. Wimbledon champion Boris Becker will meet United States Open title-holder Ivan Lendl m the semi-fi-nals of the U*****,000 ($802,500) Tokyo Grand Prix tournament tomorrow. The match will give Becker his chance to avenge his defeat by Lendl at the
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      Flash SC's walk-a-jog
      45 38 THE Flash Sports Club will hold a Walk-A-Jog tomorrow (8 am), starting at the National Stadium. The run, open to all, will cover 6 kilometres and will be nagged off by Dr Ec Peng Liang, President of the Community Chest of Singapore.
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      Singapore duo feel the pace
      400 38 ON FOREIGN AND LOCAL FAIRWAYS SINGAPORE'S Lim Swee Wah and Poh Eing Chong carded four-over-par 74s on the opening day of the Benson and Hedges Spanish Open m Barcelona on Thursday and still faced an uphill task of making the half-way cut. With Northern Ireland's
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      Caddy Yusof is tops at Warren
      145 38 MOHD YUSOF shot a gross 77 to win the Warren Golf Club's caddy competition at Folkestone Road yesterday. Second was Rahmani Hameed and third M. Gazali on 78 and 79 respectively. The mixed fourball was won by B. Razali and Joyce King, whose nett
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      Lock icon Watson makes short work of Hinkle
      330 38 Watson makes short work of Hinkle TUCSON (Arizona), Fri. Defending champion Tom Watson defeated fellowAmerican Lon Hinkle five and four yesterday m the first round of the Tucson Matchplay Championship. Watson jumped to a four-hole advantage after seven holes. He then closed Hinkle out on the 14th hole. Selected first-round
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      Malaysia odds-on to reach final
      304 38  - Malaysia odds-on to reach final J. RAJENDRAN RUGBY By UNLIKE previous years, Singapore know only too well that when they return from Kuala Lumpur on Monday, they are unlikely to be accompanied by the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup. For one thing, this year's hastily-assembled team just do not have the
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      Make this your fair, fans...
      297 39  - Make this your fair, fans... GODFREY ROBERT By IT'S been two years since the National Stadium was Oiled to near-capacity for a soccer occasion. The euphoria of Singapore's historic semi-final victory over China and the ecstasy surrounding the magical feet of Fandl Ahmad attracted 55,Mt spectators to the Merlion Cup
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      Ahmad injury setback
      228 39 SINGAPORE, already lagging m standards against Yugoslavia for tonight's Merlion Cup soccer final, suffered another setback last night when midfielder Ahmad Paijan was ruled out because of a swollen right knee. It came as a rude shock for Ahmad, who had made desperate attempts m the last
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      Cagers to gear up in China
      338 39  -  JANICE SEAH COUNTDOWN TO THE SEA GAMES By THE best recipe to get the optimum effects of training and competition is, apparently, to get away from it all. Thus it is that the national men's and women's basketball teams leave for a two-week training
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      Koon Siong heads lifting list
      279 39  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By THREE national sports associations table tennis, weightlifting and shooting have so far submitted their nominations to the Singapore National Olympic Council's Selection Committee for December's Bangkok Games. The committee, comprising Mr E.W. Barker, SNOC president, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Chan Chee Seng,
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      Rahmat in line for Bangkok berth
      227 39 RAHMAT AHMAD must have been the most pleased among the 17 national bowlers who took part m the selection trials for December's Games at Kirn Seng Bowl yesterday (writes Lee Wai Wan). After a miserable start m the first roll-off, Rahmat has been steadily
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      Faith, hope and sanity
      594 39  -  JOE DORAI JERRY SEH Singapore accept underdogs tag and cross fingers for 'miracle' Preview by Pictures by FAITH can move mountains, so the saying goes. The Singapore team hope to be motivated by faith m this adage when they take on formidable Yugoslavia m the Merlion
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      Four top windsurfers for Pattaya meet
      248 39  -  LEE WAI WUN By FOUR of the Republic's top windsurfers Ramie Salleh, Chua Tan Ching, Kelly Chan and Ho Kah Soon have been named for December's Games m Pattaya. They were selected by the Board Sailing Association of Singapore this week based on performance
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      WHAT THE COACHES SAY
      100 39 There's no doubt that it's going to be an impossible mission for us. Our winning chances are slim. My players know that. I've told them to give of their best and fight for every ball. We want to leave the field with our heads held high.
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      How they reached the final
      125 39 YUGOSLAVIA: Qualifying round beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 (Zoran Pavlovic and Slepcevic Zviko). beat Singapore 2-0 (Damir Vrabac and Ratko Dostanic). beat Malaysia 5-1 (Damir Vrabac 2, Zoran Pavlovic, Nebosa Oroz and an own goal), beat Indonesia 10-1 (Damir Vrabac 4, Zoran Pavolic 2, Aso Sadrisa
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      Rajan's double knocks Khalsa out
      315 39  - Rajan's double knocks Khalsa out MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By J. RAJ AN captured the best of his fiery form when he scored both goals m Police Sports Association's 2-0 victory over Khalsa m a Singapore Hockey Associa tion senior knockout match at Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. The centre-half, who was
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      89 39 LAHORE, Fri. An inspiring 91 not out by Javed Miandad helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five wickets m the third one-day cricket international today to take a 3-0 winning lead m the four-match series. Miandad was ably supported by Rameez Raja, who hit an useful 56.
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      193 38 DIRECT INWARD DIALLING (DID) TO PUB We have installed a new computerised telephone exchange at PUB Building equipped with Direct Inward Dialling facility. With effect from Ist November '85, you can call any telephone extension number at PUB Building direct by dialling 731 followed by the extension number. This saves
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      144 38 BOWLING Anchor Beer national women's league (Jackie's Orchard, 5.30 pm). Sea Games trials: 4ih roll-off (Plaza Bowl, 9 am). GENERAL Singapore Schools Colours Award (Victoria JC, 10 HOCKEY SHA Janlor ko: SCC B v Khalsa B (3.45), Safsa v Gurdwara Katong (5.30) both at Tanglin: CSC B v NTI (Balestier
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      47 39 I With Deepest Heartfelt I I to the family of the late I I MR. JIMMY YEAP LEONG AUN I I Executive Director of I I BAN HIN LEE BANK BERHAD I I on their recent bereavement. I n I 1811 BAN HIN LEE BANK BERHAD I
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    Lock icon US will go ahead with 'subsidised sales' plan
    417 40 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Reagan administration, stepping up its trade offensive, is going ahead with a plan to subsidise selected United States sales abroad without waiting for congressional action on the President's proposal for a US$3OO-million (***** million) export fund. The Export-Import Bank
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    'You may lose out' message to 500,000
    615 40 NTUC launches membership recruitment campaign Appeal also goes out to bosses THE NTUC began its yearlong membership recruitment campaign yesterday with a warning to non-unionised workers and an appeal to employers. To the 500,000 workers outside the union fold, the message was: You
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    What it should have been
    194 40 What it should have been IN THE Straits Times yesterday, some figures m the chart on the electricity rate cut were transposed. For nondomestic users, the new rates are: Between 1 and 1,000 kWh per month, it is 19.97 cents per kWh; above 1,000 kWh per month, it is 18.47
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    Racing steward attacked by gang
    172 40  -  PEDIGREE By PENANG, Fri. Penang Turf Club Stipendiary Steward Lee Thong Choon was attacked by two men armed with iron rods as he was leaving a hotel here this morning for track work. Mr Lee, 53, has been warded at the General Hospital with head
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    Lock icon Clinically dead girl, 12, brought back to life
    274 40 MARIO Corradi holding up the near-lifeless body of 12-year-old Michelle Worth, after he plunged into a flooded stormwater drain to rescue her. Michelle was brought back to life by parademics with mouth-to-month resuscitation and heart massage after being pronounced clinically dead. The
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    Lock icon Qantas grounds Aussie team for 'foul play'
    291 40 SYDNEY, Fri. Forty Australian footballers were left behind m Honolulu today after being thrown off a Qantas flight following what the airline called a loutish rampage. The captain of the Boeing 747 flight to Los Angeles refused to carry the players any further
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    31 40 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dew Jones Average of 30 industrials fell 1.12 points to 1,361.22 m the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. Reuter
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      141 40 Weather UP TO 1 pm: Showers over several areas late morning onwards. TEMP. (C) up to 6am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 6.50pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.46 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 11/21 C Fine Manila 22/26 C Sunny Amsterdam 2/12 C Cloudy Melbourne 10/18 C Fine Bangkok 24/32 C
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    • Title Section
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    • Books
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        Marshall: 'What revelations...'
        1378 1 What VfH I Read V David Marshall, Singapore's ambassador to France, Spain and Portugal, talked to JOHN de SOUZA m Paris about the continuing literary influences m his life "I HAVE always been very much affected by what I read," says David Marshall. "I find inspiration more
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        Pivot of French TV
        1220 2  -  JOSEPH FITCHETT By Writing for the International Herald Tribune IN FRANCE, a television journalist is an improbable figure for cultural stardom, yet Bernard Pivot, 50, host of a literary talk show, has become an arbiter of intellectual taste. Yet Pivot's clout out-matches that of any other
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        Bear in Mind
        310 2 SLOW LEARNER by Thomas Pynchon (Picador, 1985, 185 pages, $14.15) These early stories of the man who has been called the Gargantua of modern fiction were written between 1958 and 1964 and include The Small Rain, his first published story. It is easily a collector's item. Pynchon
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        Lock icon Tradition of burning books
        490 2  -  WILLIAM ST CLAIR BY THE first book to be publicly burned m England was Histriomastix, or The Player's Scourge, 1633, by William Prynne. The last was the anonymous Present Crisis with Regard to America Considered of 1775. Proposals to revive the custom have since been made
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        Human psyche explored
        539 4  -  Francoise Sagan SUSANNA KULATISSA Gueret, in turn, is awed by the older woman's indifference to a society whose norms and expectations evokes only fear in him. Like a child, he becomes increasingly attached to her and it's hard work for LE CHUN COUCHANT By W.H. Allen, 1985
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        New Arrivals at the Bookshops
        442 4 ABOUT Tilly Beamls by Samner Locke Elliott (Pavanne, 1985, 252 pages, $12) Tanya and Tilly were inseparable. Tilly was a dreamer loved by everyone. Tanya saw reality and longed to escape from her. But Tilly was the stronger then and Tanya had to suffer her
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        Lock icon Author to plan Thatcher's campaign
        381 4  -  DENIS HIAULT By BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has chosen besteelling novelist Jeffrey Archer, 45, to revamp the image of her ruling Conservative Party and help win the 1988 general elections. The man who has sold 25 million copies of his novels was appointed the
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        Still at a loss about Atlantis
        613 4  -  Charles Berlitz LEONG CHAN TEIK ATLANTIS By Fontana, 1985 213 paqes, $14.15 Reviewed by DEEP beneath the Atlantic Ocean, there lies the remains of the legendary island continent, Atlantis. In its heyday, there were great cities, splendid palaces, goldenroofed temples and crowded harbours from
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        Welcome to the neighboohood
        750 5 Welcome to the neighb oo hood (ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S) HAUNTED HOUSEFUL By John Kendrik Bangs, Jack Bechdolt, Walter R. Brooks, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Donald and Louise Peattie, Constance Savery, Mark Twain and Manly Wade Wellman Random House, 1985 262 pages, $6.20 p Reviewed by CARLACHUA, U aged 16
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        Little Bookroom
        410 5 Little Bookroom EMIL Gets into Mischief by Astrid LJndgren (Beaver, 1985, 126 pages, $6) Emil was so naughty on the third of November that his mother never wrote about that day m her diary. But he got into mischief all the time, except when he was ill. You can read
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        Garion's quest for the Orb
        513 5 THE BELGARIAD Magician's Gambit, 305 pages Castle of Wizardry, 373 pages Pawn of Prophecy, 258 pages Queen of Sorcery, 327 pages The Enchanters' End Game, 372 pages Corgi, 1985, $9.35 each By David Eddings Reviewed by STEPHANIE HO, aged 16 THIS quintet is the history
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        166 1 Le Chien Couchant by Francoise Sagan 4 A spine-tingling French novel about a murder suspect and his landlady Bernard Pivot 2 Host of French television's most popular literary talk show Expressions: The World Wildlife Find 7 A wryly humorous cartoon strip about pandas Hitchcock's House off Horrors 5 The neighbours
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        443 3 Wf^^^/t/tt/^^ Let Courts show you just how good your bedroom can look. Singapore's biggest ■H^^H^BlMH^^^^^l^v SuluullUlf 111 lUU ■■HffMl real space saver the B^BBlJpfnP^Wk^Sj^SlMßßß^^^^^^l^^^B Dnuhla Qi?a Hh/on I_ l9'*"* l]^^S4\ I*3 Sft O%s%J B mm UHfli^* lax, BHB^j9^9i r^^^^W^Xv'.,*^! entire divan base opens > \lSlaLlHflHHpß^"^^^^^^l MM^tfdfldß UOUOIu vlZu UfVuil JBF
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        231 4 Teppanyaki Treats At Senbazuru BBB^ "Vk JBB&BJ^^B BT 9 B BBBp^^ ™L /si'sw; ju Jo^ vjlßl BhV Mnj B i '■nH^^Rjr^^B^Tfii^M^^i jP/hK^*^^^^Mßßtifl9fll BO^^Bys _|f^^BMBMBI BjLVMr^-:!lh-jWtt j^B^BP^^ BBi^^ «^^Hft'>« sf jß^P^ B^B^B^S^B^^^^tfßl B -<i^^B^^ L^B^BB BHL 1 ll^^H Br Every meal is a treat at Senbazuru. I OUR TEPPANYAKI CORNER Our
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        128 5 xJIT Is it a ZOO <^mJt Ah A. It's a super Celebrity fund raising. A concert for the whole family Venue: Victoria Concert Hall. Book at with music that's fun (and some that's Victoria Concert Hall noon to Bpm Mon funny). With the most unlikely group of to Sat, noon
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        162 5 'ihX^pgll^ Manufacturer and Kiportcr jag Hilt ft ft ll*' AM at Hotel Equitorial (25/10-31/10) 12pm-10pm \mP se^y -'tMKi^^^^^^K^.'^^^^^^HMkStfti^^&u. |l il l i A tfffrlMtii1 TiMBBBHMBM8^MMMBK 3D0V6 3?DUU^^ **^Sjj^si dHBH "ll^*S A4AAA LJ II w §1090 $890 ,2,'Si QNLY »me to our showroom at j&_ 102 i 102-C Jalan Jurong KecM
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        273 6 peaudouce BabySlips SUPER ABSORBENT: Soft, quilted padding and one-way liner to disperse FREE Novelty soap with every and absorb moi stu re Keeps purchase of single-pack only. baby drier longer. (Offer while stocks last!) BABY SHAPED: BHH| A unique shape, cut away at the legs gives increased comfort and mobility.
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        206 6 Unveil your talent EXPRESSIONS offers entry form below, an outlet for creative Copyright is retained and artistic effort by by the addressee, you and for you. Entries will not be So if you're a closet returned unless they writer, composer, are accompanied by a painter or photogra- stamped, self-ad-pher, now's
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        34 6 2/oat Qjy i »&s ■'"■a I 5££ N0\ ~T UKE HARM IN ADOPTING, A VT _j F£W WESTERN J rf S \casr<0M5... /< f\ I If) f-ti TAKING THEIR ]?>£ .GUYS OUT' J a A -a
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        492 6 Gals! Gals! If you settle the bill, she thinks that it's and jealous, only your duty, If you get the stares, she thinks it is all If you decide to go Dutch, she finds you because of her. stingy. If you kiss her goodnight, she thinks If you want her
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        407 7 .riflfAflnfl^ "We are closing, every item m si^V ~*€tfW «fl\ mlßTjl our showroom must be sold." X S^XV^>l^>tx iA UHtt^ «L Jflf^HflflT fl^ long as it is higher than our lowest /XS^\ t i^^^ ><X W* njy flWß^BT^Trtia fl\^^^R. possible price, and if no other < N >s ■flk 1
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        165 7 50MEWHKE IN THE WOLONfi NATURE RESERVE IN CHINA ttOFE9W LI WNXU W HIS COLLEAfiUf ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES IN THE SEARCH FOR XIN-XIN, K f >* J gM^^ THE WORLP'^ ONiy mKINfl IA>Nr A^ A J ..^..^^.^j mWETERREP, THEY J i 0^^^'yf Jl J,~,^. HAIKU L Wind breaks detached leaf
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    • Going Places
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        The special charm of 'little Europe'
        889 8  -  TAN CHUNG LEE Scenic Holidays New Zealand has been dubbed 'little Europe' because it contains virtually everything Europe has, from lakes and fiords to mountains and beaches. Ruined castles are about the only thing missing, but it makes up for it by offering the
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        If you go
        434 8  -  Tan Chung Lee Getting there AIR New Zealand flies direct to Auckland twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Travel agents quote a round trip fare of $1800. When to go Summer (December to February)is the peak season. Spring (September to November) and autumn (March to May) are
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        392 8 Aw-/-- 1 :ti^F /*\v 0 1[l» ft B Jr If itv *4 I Available at all leading Supermarkets, ,j Sole Distributor: M Chmese druggists and provision shops. Storage Trading m Charles Handy draws on a formidably bHbHHHHbbbbb^^^SbbbbbbbbbbbH wide range of case histories and "V^^H references, including for this edition many
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        149 9 4 x 111 I ffl < f i .'V tt Cabinet I 1 --i-tli H 1185 > nlij Jd^HH^M t Wk POfn HPki ,J*oskt»- Kb Stianghai, |MLJLJßaffy| 1 W^jmH |P"^^ China. ajffi^^^^^^^^ ■fc JlOHvMa BP^ 86 x -40 x UX)cm. |H iIM^, itllPfeßH^^^^^^ (34" x 1 5 1 ."x ~STiilB
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        45 9 >^*^^^^; J^ lit /^S«B Lr WSmff' Jr V^ Aa Wm/J j^ jSk %Jo o ks&j, few i ■If j^^^m WW 45^// I I; 1 O Tse Sui Luen Jewellery Co Pte Ltd 176 Orchard Road #01-23/24 Centrepoint Singapore 0923 Tel: *****36 Business as usual on Sunday
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        501 9 fIySISyJLIiimJNHi I SUN TAN ByColiette PEANUTS By Schulz MFrf rAf /fWAfs WHAT/ HAT^AftOfT I^P^" "T^l 'J^'A^-ISV" W^ I 1 I IFT VH \~Z 1 I—^ PrJi^—f RAM VouNe/£ftKNow^«AT I■ rr^^— J f^ ti T^Si!i7uSI l THERE GOES YOUR I SEE ME S FINALLY f BUT I M NOT SURE PEOPLE
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    • Di-it-yourself
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        Place to repair to for all the works
        868 10 Even a confined area can be transformed into a workshop. Here's how to go about it. IF YOU are lucky enough to have a room (or perhaps just a part of one) as a workshop, it is worth spending as much as
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        Treat that rust patch on your car
        440 10 LEAVING a rust patch on your car's bodywork will only mean one thing it will grow bigger. Here's how you can treat it. 1. Use ordinary sticky tape to form a border between the patch needing treatment and the rest of the car.
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        A cover-up job for your stairs
        894 11 A cover-up job for your stairs Each Saturday, we'll show you how to Improve your home. This week: Carpeting your stairs. CARPET on your staircase helps cut down noise and adds a dash of elegance to the home. If you don't like wool, there are carpets made of man-made fibre
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        Why not potter your time away?
        563 11 GO INTO pottery you'll enjoy it. For what can be better than seeing something literally growing from your fingertips? As Mrs Eileen Chan, 30, a housewife turned potter, says: "It works like a therapy to take away stress." She learnt pottery six years ago
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        253 10 EgJlT Tc B jfs io Car en nusBas s do-it-yourself and save on servicing! Our ijfeiWn wFI Superstore is loaded with everything you need to fix or W tJB 1 HH rft^ soup up your car. Car batteries, distributor caps, fan belts mm. Zs^^^s^tf*^ octane boosters, even fuel computers. So
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        41 11 The Longest fairest parquet floor tiles m town! SAIMA BIRCHWOOD PARQUET Do-it-yourself No hacking No polishing Various sizes and designs Light-coloured kL&C Building Supplies Pte Ltd 50 ARMENIAN STREET, SINGAPORE 0617 TEL: ***** 1 1 (4 LINES) TELEX: RS ***** LC.
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        365 11 mm 1 There are only few companies BPH ma gk&kWk 0k I throughout the world who li P I I#l er sue 1 a wi^ e vrariet > 7 °f to P mm mm U U m mmm quality products as we do. J V Our research and development M•■Qfn
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        402 12 REGAL: OPENS TODAY! no f-™ lm CATHAY (*****00) I 1 OOom, I 30, 4 00, 6 30 9 00cm REGAL (*****59): 4 SHOWS I 00, 3 30. 7 ,00 9 30pm BEPOK (*****77)~4 SHOWS I 30, 4 00, 7 30, 9 30pm CHRIS SARANDON WILLIAM RAGSDALE RODDY McDOWALL I DOLBY
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        437 12 0 L^Sff^*^ J From 26 10 85 To 3-11-85 j!j EMAS DESIGN market rd? L o2r LTD H^^E^^^ LM™rit- 'i^^wi \Jl i 4 Tf^pPffißß C FuVuEINBLDG. (OPP PRINCE; JADE THEATRE! :VC j If'W'f jfHj x TEL: *****20 Jooiooo i^ yZT** I**~'1 i^^^ n X OPENING HRS: 12.00 NN TO 10.00
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        27 12 fIPCAII Enst Cmist RH UUCAIV Tel: *****45 TODAY t TOMORROW ONLY 1 30; 3.30; 7 30; 9 30 PM lOM HANKS DARYI HANNAH MONDAY: "POM POM" M,,.d
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        8 12 The Straits Times Classifieds hot line is 737-1166
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        133 12 HP wk^ IT* I a.* 1 1 1 HBHH L& 1 1 ■t 5 2jl IiiNWMiWIiH aajMyMpVl T/mW^ Mflm#PHo<(\i« B ■I P^SplUilr COFFEEHOUSE I tHH^H^P^Bi ISP Orchard/ Somerset Road |S| BHKlK^^^Bb^^ulrf Jj-" Singapore 0923. SB iHBBHHB^F^Bffi i^iflffflF^iiniiliw Te1: *****66 I SI raHi 1 D I^h PHRRw m appreciation of your
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        79 12 JUBILEE/MANDARIN/ EMPRESS/TOA PAYOH/ HOLLYWOOD/PLAZA/HAPPY/ DALIT/LIWAGU/ QUEENSTOWN/ METROPOLE/SAVOY NOW SHOWING 2ND WEEK! MET I 15 315 715 915 LJ I 30, 3 30, 7 30, 930 H WOOD I 00, 3.30, 7 00, 9 15 Met 145 3 15 700 9 15 Dalit I 15. 3 15, 7.30, 930 Unw ritten
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        464 12 gndWEEK'!! 1 CAPITOL: SEASON ENDING SOON I (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 j I JIMMY WALKER (J.J. of TV's Good Times)! IS DOiN' TIME ON THE BIG SCREEN! Jftin ißrnnur Tiur 1 «^<M*T,' WM i I ipVr /Ifv [PfJ^ JEFF ALTMAN -DF V YOUNG and RCHMldiULLlGMl'as'Manito
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        115 12 1 [Golden New Town i OPEN TODAY! 1 G: 11, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30 NT: 1.15, 3.30. 7.00, 9.15 I dementi Princess OPENS TODAY! C: 1.30, 3.30, 7.15. 9.30 Pr: 1.30 3.30. 7.30, 9.30 X L#L forever IMAmylovb I DAI Af IT >"»«• I TODAY at 3.30, 7.15, 9.30 "DEEP
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        39 13 'timbers Game SUPER I JACKPOT I It? I TOMORROW'S i DRAW 85/85 M I TO BE HELD REDIFFUSION TUNE IN TO I CHANNEL 5 PAGE 188 I FOR THIS DRAW'S ML RESULTS [Let I HER WORLDS fashion your life
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        283 13 y JACK'S PLACE a place for steak l^flßr, \it:::' v o'^^^rft-*-* *4|^pi'- B^^Bki l^ 4 Ni^oß»*v^ t .^JB^^_ ._j/^Bff *f; JJe^Js I N^~-^*aEaB»g*j AIRFLOWN NEW ZEALAND (IST TO 3 1ST OCTOBER 1985) JACK'S 20 WAYS OF STEAK PRESENTATION Come to Jack's and get the taste of the tender, juicy NZ
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        438 15 NOTICES Indian Overseas Bank (Wholly owned by Government of India) to serve you better We are Moving to OUR OWN Building Shortly Our New Address: 108 BUILDING 64 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE 0104. TENORMIN TAKE NOTICE that the following Patents, which are m force, have a claim to the chemical product
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        223 15 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 8157 of 1985 Between Forward Oversea Credit Limited Plaintiffs And 1. Anthony Tan Poh Ann 2. Cheong Kum Wah Defendants To: Cheong Kum Wah, the abovenamed 2nd Defendant of 27 Lily Avenue, Singapore 1127 TAKE NOTICE that an action
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        648 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND KEN NGEE PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed Company, which is being voluntarily wound up, are required on o r before 31st December 1985 being the day for that purpose fixed
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        1244 16 APPOINTMENIS/NOTICES: DCRnftfti Telefax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service: mm SIAH I O nOJUOO I Sa|ps service: Straits Times: 5525.00 psr. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD Tel: *****11 ext 5724-7 5669* Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: SSIO.OO We've got a great challenge ahead. l— Consumer Products
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        898 16 y Sarawak Shell Berhad/ Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Limited QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER Applicants are hereby invited from suitably qualified Malaysian citizens (preferably Bumiputra of Sarawak/Sabah origin) for the above position m our Engineering Quality Assurance Department, based m Lutong, Sarawak. The Job: The successful candidate will be required to develop
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        821 17 APPOINTMENTS BK€«BHHHB SALES ENGINEER JEDDAH (SAUDI ARABIA) BRC ALFADL (SAUDI) LIMITED wish to appoint a Sales Engineer to be based m Jeddah. The Company The Company is a member of the BRC Group which has manufacturing plants m many countries throughout the world. The Saudi Company was established m April
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        735 17 I TECHNICAL SERVICES I I ENGINEER I M Singapore Airlines invites applications for the above d I appointment. I I REQUIREMENTS kfi A degree or professional diploma m Aeronautical Engineering p I from a recognised institution. Preference will be given to those m with industrial experience. 1 REMUNERATION 1 The
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        738 17 r Property Manager Jakarta Very attractive salary comprehensive benefits (Ref. J/3588) A prestigious 19-storey building will The position clearly requires an shortly be opened m the heart of Jakarta. experienced professional with a proven In addition to 30,000 sq. m. of high track record m property management. He quality office
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        277 17 CORPORATION WELLHEU EOUIPMENT DIVISION A multi-national American company, Is the market leader In the FAR EAST REGION In the design, manufacturing, sales and services of wellhead and Christmas trees for the exploration and production of oil and gas. Opening now exists for the position of ANALYST/ PROGRAMMER In the FAR
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        641 18 APPOINTMENTS „^f> fiV<;l Standard Chartered A well established merchant bank invites applications for the following positions m its Banking Department. 1. CREDIT ANALYST 2. CLERK/TYPIST The ideal candidate should possess the following: For (1) A tertiary qualification, preferably m Economics or Business Administration, with a minimum of 2 years working
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        597 18 Due to our Company's plan to restructure its operations we have a pool st. wo, oct^ -as 1 of skilled and experienced personnel m their own functional areas of specialisation available for out placement. The knowledge and experience B they have acquired over the years will prove valuable to your
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        487 18 fife are a very established multi-national company with the following vacancies: Reliability Engineer The Job: To advise the organisation on how to improve the reliability of TV sets and to analyse the failure components. Pre-requisites: The applicant must be a degree holder m Electronics with a minimum of one year
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        529 18 Poised to challenge ■t* the challenges. nnfl I Leading edge technology our answer to the t^^^F demands and challenges posed by the ever-changing electronics industry. This has made Texas Instruments the world's leader m the manufacture of semiconductor components as well as Singapore's leading MOS Centre for DRAM and EPROM
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        595 19 APPOINTMENTS I E3i-JIVI-=E>C: I requires I PHARMACIST We are looking for a young Singapore citizen with a degree m pharmacy registrable m Singapore to fill a position m our Marketing Department. The position involves detailing to the medical profession, liaison I with the appropriate public authorities and planning the sales
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        976 19 (M) MOTOROLA \^S Advanced Electronics for a More Productive Wbrld. Motorola, a high technology American multinational Company m the top 100 of the Fortune 500 Companies is again expanding its Research Development and Manufacturing facilities. We are engaged m the development of state-of-the-art communications equipment, and we are looking for
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        221 19 @BGS World leader m inspection services Societe Generate De Surveillance (SGS), the world's largest control and inspection company, is represented m more than 140 j countries by 132 affiliated companies. SGS owns 1 1 2 laboratories and has < 290 offices. In line with the expansion of our imports supervision
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        236 19 JFTJEwopeavTegional Manufactures W^ engaged m We d,stribut on of a wide I I I range of office supplies and accessories IB lif requires male or female w LiMiiwi, MiMjiiM^M^niaMMKMiiMC.JltißilliHllWtß.MBßffiß I THE JOB: You will be responsible for marketing a reputable brand of computer/typewriter ribbons, carbon papeis, etc. THE PERSON: You
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        631 20 APPOINTMENTS JIT gs&BBBbB^B£SSS3 staff recruitment division B^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^^^~ Management Consultant Services (Pie) lul MJ SmM CHH| 257 Selene Road tf 16-277 1281 ff m Um mmmmm 1 Singapore W 'lB Tel: *****55/*****87 Mr m mfmmmmmmw /./<■««* \<, b-mmh-oi An established electronics company, manufacturing electrolytic capacitors. H invites suitably qualified applicants for
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        25 20 U rOW NAME IS AVENGER! NINJA WARRIOR! MASTER OF THE MARTIAL ARTS! TRAINED IN tmww wxm xm& Wm mK&i t Jmt ffM LEVELUnTimes U Distributors
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        563 20 rWe invite applications for the position of V Sales Engineer m our Technical Division. The Job: To be responsible for the sales and market development of a large range of scientific and laboratory instruments represented by the Company. The Requirements: Diploma m Chemical Process Tech- f nology or equivalent. Those
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        1037 20 NOTICES I BAILIFF'S SALE IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF THE H^ BnB^ n^ n^ E^ HriaH «|«gM^^ REPUBLIC OF singapork m the i CAUSE OF WRIT OF If, "Mm UATin^l/V! S SEIZURE SALE NO p[ r Jfian nMIIUiinL ssuofims \&M<&T -I lIMIV/CQQITY Oxy-Acetylene Supply VHfl^P/ UWIVCnOI I I CoPteLtd Plaintiffs
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        171 20 I I appointments! From 2nd November, You can acknowledge applicants to your recruitment advertisements m this column Here're some sample acknowledgements:POST OF: SECURITY GUARD FEMALE INDUSTRIAL NURSE (Permanent Night Shift) ACCOUNTS CLERKS QA TECHNICIAN GM Singapore 501 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 y/ Singapore 2056 POST OF: Accounts] E
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        977 21  - 12 more reasons to tune in CATHERINE ONG By WE'RE just two and a half months away from 1986 but there are still a dozen new TV shows to enjoy. This is thanks to the revamped TV schedule, effective from Monday, which creates one more feature film slot on Tuesdays
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        1334 21 Kasparov's dramatic gesture GARRY KASPAROV made a 18. R»w Rel dramatic gesture on Thurs- a* bh day as the 19th game was n! Bds <*n adjourned, revealing his a. Qe2 Bee sealed 42nd move and mdi- <*** eating that he was on the 25! n» Rg7 verge of victory. 21!
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        1043 21 I Radio One Two topics are discussed m THE PRACTICAL WORLD (7.15 pm) today. Growing Trees m the Laboratory looks at the tree from which quinine, important as a basis for other drugs, is produced. The tree is not easy to cultivate successfully but scientists m England have developed a
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