The Straits Times, 10 December 1985

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1985 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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  • 511 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN Retrenched among 100,000 union members eligible for skills upgrading By ABOUT 100,000 union members, including those who were retrenched, will soon be able to apply for training grants from their unions to upgrade their skills. They can ask their unions to pay for the
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  • 132 1 THE Singapore Organisation of Seamen Is thinking of setting aside $SM,IM to help train about 2,5H unemployed members to get land Jobs. More than 71 per cent of the Jobless seamen half the membership of the onion want to take up alternative shore Jobs.
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  • 88 1 OSLO, Mon. This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, both among the world's leading cardiologists, had to interrupt their press conference here to give cardiac massage to a journalist who had a heart attack. Professors Bernard Lown of the United States and Yevgeni Chazov of
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  • 349 1  - Philip Yeo to be EDB Chairman from next month BALAKRISHNAN By N. MR PHILIP Yeo, the head of the National Computer Board, is to become the new Chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB) from next month, senior EDB staff were told yesterday morning. Mr Yeo is a member of
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  • 431 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. A new experimental cancer treatment that generated widespread publicity and enthusiasm when it was announced last week has killed one of the patients receiving it, the National Cancer Institute's top surgeon said yesterday. The death occurred weeks before the announcement last
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  • 105 1 GENEVA, Mon. A Swiss crematorium has ordered that heart pacemakers be removed from bodies because the devices have been exploding and damaging the incinerators, the crematorium's management said here. Under the intense heat, the pacemakers explode and cause the stone walls of the incinerators to crack
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  • 329 1 Flights to watch Halley's Comet in demand LONDON, Mon. British Airways has begun flying passengers into the night sky to watch Halley's Comet, and organisers say they cannot lay on enough flights to meet demand. "This thing has really taken off, if you'll pardon the pun," said Peter Maxwell, whose
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  • 123 1 THE Singapore stock market continued with its recovery yesterday as prices rose for the second day In a row after the sharp declines of last Thursday. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 18.27 points to M 1.41 after a 21.18-point Improvement on Friday and
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  • 575 1  - Shareholders plan to sue Pan-El board and brokers CONRAD RAJ By ANGRY and despondent shareholders of PanElectric Industries are planning to sue their directors and those stockbrokers who they see as having brought their company into the current crisis. "All our life savings have gone down the drain and somebody's
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  • 107 1 Swimmers win S'pore's first gold SINGAPORE won their first gold medal at the 13th South-east Asia Games when the men's 4 x 100 m freestyle quartet of Ang Peng Siong, David Lim, Tay Khoon Hean and Oon Jin Gee swam to an impressive record-breaking victory at the Hua Maak Stadium
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  • 49 1 BEIJING, Mon. China's central bank said today it would issue special collectors' gold and silver coins to commemorate 1986, the Year of the Tiger m the Chinese traditional calendar. The coins, issued by the People's Bank of China, are to be sold at home and abroad. AP
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    • 74 1 MANILA, Mon. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announced tonight he had seven possible vice-presidential running mates (or the Feb 7 poll and named former Foreign Minister Arturn Tolentino as "one of the top-ranking candidates". Mr Tolentino, dismissed last March after attacking government policies, has said Mr Marcos must
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    • 387 2 N-level results TEE N-level results were released yesterday and the students who came for them were a mostly subdued lot. The examination was introduced only last year and many pupils were not sure whether their aggregates were above or below average. "The only thing they know is whether they
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    • 205 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE seven-nation Sooth Asian Association for Regional Co-operation launched m Dhaka Is a regional grouping with much going for it on paper at least. It represents a distinct geographical entity, and the countries within it have much to gain by addressing the issues that concern
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    • 100 2 ILL WIND 'ONLY A BREEZE' WE SHOULD not allow the current economic downturn, the problems of Pan-Electric Industries, and the short suspension of trading on the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges to worry us too much. The reader who gives this advice says the ill wind which has
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    • 208 2 6UH MAY LOSE UP TO Ms6o M IF PAN-EL FAILS GRAND UNITED Holdings, the flagship company of Malaysian businessman-politician Tan Kooii Swan, stands to lose between Msso million to Ms6o million if Pan-El should fail, a company source said yesterday. GUH has a 44 per cent shareholding m Singa-pore-listed
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    • 349 2 $21m shot m the arm ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT has approved an extra US$lO million (about Ss2l million) for health care as hospitals, unable to pay their bills, said they were running out of food, fuel and medicines. The extra money is for the health fund of the Histadrut
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    • 122 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Laurel's unity hopes FORMER SENATOR Salvador Laurel filed his candidacy for the Philippine presidency yesterday and said the door was still open for reconciliation with the widow of murdered opposition leader Benigno Aquino. Mrs Corazon Aquino has not yet filed to run for the presidency
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    • 261 2 World Cup draw NEXT SUNDAY'S World Cup draw could upset traditionalists by putting Brazil m the same firstround group as Argentina, pairing Scotland with England, and Poland with the Soviet Union. The proposed new system for the draw, which is certain to spark controversy, was outlined by Joseph Blatter,
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    • 300 2 Care of the aged AS THE population ages, the question of who will care for the aged sick inevitably arises. Three local organisations are not just debating the issue but taking immediate steps to rally to the aid of old folk. MAGDALENE LUM reports on what are being
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    • 437 3 Mrs Milligan becomes Australian to make her point SYDNEY, Monday FLO MILLIGAN, mother of comedian Spike Milligan, became an Australian citizen today partly m protest over her son's citizenship battle with Britain. "I've been a little bit hurt and upset about the way they've been
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    • 375 3 Guerilla leaders 'surrender to PNG authorities' SYDNEY, Mon. THE Commander-in-Chief and the Defence Minister of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) have surrendered to the Papua New Guinea authorities, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency reported here today. AAP said that the OPM overall commander, Mr James Nyaro, and his
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    • 189 3 SEOUL, Mon. A Japanese student has been arrested here on charges of spying for North Korea and stirring campus unrest m South Korea, security officials said today. Yutaka Inaba, 24, from Japan's Saitama prefecture, was detained m September while trying to flee South Korea, the
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    • 157 3 China hosts display of Taiwan goods HONGKONG, Mon. China's showcase of economic development, the southern city of Shenzhen, is hosting an exhibit of Taiwanese goods to promote trade with the anti-communist island, a sponsor said today. The exhibit of toys, textiles and electronic goods began last week and is slated
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    • 132 3 DHAKA, Mon. A row over a postage stamp showing a map of territory claimed by both India and Pakistan broke out yesterday at the first summit conference of South Asian leaders. A ceremony was cancelled m which the seven leaders were to postmark first-day covers
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    • 99 3 WELLINGTON, Mon. The New Zealand Forest Service will use the deposits of Auckland Zoo's tigers m a bid to buy time for maturing valuable crops. The pungent droppings are to be scattered around the North Island's Manawatu region m the hope that the Sambar deer will be
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    • 328 3 Pakistan puts down tribal revolt DHAKA, Mon. Pakistani troops put down a tribal revolt m the Khyber Pass bordering Afghanistan last week, President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq said today. He told reporters peace and tranquillity had been restored m the Khyber area of North-West Frontier Province after military action that lasted
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    • 111 3 SEOUL, Mon. South Korea hopes to limit its population growth to one per cent a year by 1993, seven years earlier than planned, by giving incentives to couples to have smaller families. A draft government plan made public today would give greater benefits m tax,
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    • 186 3 TOKYO, Mon. Seventy per cent of students m Japan subjected to illegal physical punishment by teachers sustain some kind of injury, according to a Justice Ministry survey. The ministry examined cases of teachers hitting or otherwise abusing 2,433 students between 1975 and 1985.
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    • 243 4 JERUSALEM, Monday Govt approves extra $21 m to ease funds shortfall ISRAEL'S government today approved an extra US$lO million (about Ss2l million) for health care as hospitals, unable to pay their bills, said they were running out of food, fuel and medicines. A Cabinet spokesman
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    • 318 4 PRIME Minister Robert Mugabe says South African troops are massing near the Zimbabwean border, but his government is prepared to ward off any invasion. Mr Mugabe, who returned yesterday from a visit to the Soviet Union and Austria, told a news conference the South
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    • 91 4 LONG BEACH (California), Mon. A four-year-old golden retriever named Tess has been named the best-behaved dog m the United States, beating 189 other competitors m such exercises as staying, hurdling and the "long sit". Tess and her owner, Mr Dee Dee Anderson, 22, a
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    • 35 4 TEL AVIV, Mon. French External Relations Minister Roland Dumas arrived here today on a two-day visit for talks with Israeli officials expected to focus on the Middle East and Common Market issues. AFP
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    • 240 4 Pretoria drops treason charges against 12 JOHANNESBURG, Mon. South Africa has dropped high treason charges against 12 leading opponents of the apartheid policy, hut Is going ahead with the ease against four others m a trial which has provoked International criticism. The surprise move, after months of legal arguments, was
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      • 67 4 EIGHT ISRAELI soldiers were killed and seven injured m a fire at a military base on the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli military spokesman said yesterday. An anonymous telephone caller said the Palestine Liberation Organisation's elite corps, Force 17, was responsible. The group had also claimed
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      • 88 4 THE AUTHORITIES plan a big crackdown on gambling m Shanghai, the gamblers' Mecca of pre-1949 China, where the pursuit is resurfacing m a big way. The Liberation Daily said authorities would pardon all gamblers who gave themselves up to police and pledged to give up their illegal
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      • 73 4 NEW ZEALAND will not name warships that have been denied port access under planned nuclear-free legislation, Prime Minister David Lange said yesterday. A law enshrining New Zealand's ban on nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered vessels is due to be introduced m Parliament within the next 10 days.
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      • 76 4 A 75-YEAR-OLD pharmacist of Vietnamese origin has been held m Paris m connection with the murder of four Cambodians, one of whom was former deputy head of a Khmer Rouge re-education camp. The pharmacist, who was not identified, came to France m 1936 as a refugee
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      • 72 4 VINICIO CEREZO, a Christian Democrat whose avowed aim was to end three decades of military domination and institutionalised violence, has won a landslide victory to become Guatemala's first civilian president m 15 years. With 50 per cent of the vote from Sunday's run-off counted, Mr Cerezo
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    • 422 5 'Soviet co-winner was anti-Sakharov' OSLO, Monday THE 1985 Nobel peace prize has provoked a controversy as final preparations are being made today to present the award to co-winners Soviet physician Yevgeny Chazov and his American colleague, Bernard Lown. Dr Chazov, co-chairman with Dr Lown
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    • 39 5 GRAND RAPIDS (Michigan), Mon. A jaguar left its cage, then attacked and killed zoo keeper Gail Booth, 30, at the John Ball Park Zoo yesterday, authorities said. Zoo officials tranquillised the jaguar after the at- tack. AP
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    • 164 5 DEYA (Spain), Mon. Robert Graves, the British poet, novelist and classical scholar, was buried yesterday at a modest hilltop churchyard m a tiny village on the Spanish island of Majorca. Only 15 people attended the two-hoar burial at the .small Deya churchyard (or Graves,
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    • 257 5 Canadian 'all set to take over the Telegraph' CANADIAN businessman Conrad Black is about to take control of Britain's Telegraph newspaper group after a board meeting on Friday, rival newspapers said yesterday. The Sunday Times and the Observer, the Telegraph's main competitors m the heavyweight Sunday newspaper market, said a
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    • 146 5 MOSCOW, Mon. Six people died after drinking methanol during celebrations on the eve of last month's Revolution Day holiday, the Soviet government daily Izvestia reported yesterday. Police were called m to control those who had consumed smaller amounts and who were drunkenly wreaking havoc m
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    • 152 5 Labour acts to oust Liverpool activists LIVERPOOL (England), Mon. Britain's opposition Labour Party has launched an inquiry into its Liverpool branch m a move to oust militant activists. The latter has been seen by the national leadership as the party's biggest electoral liability. Party officials m Liverpool said they were
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    • 80 5 FRENCH actress Brigitte Bardot carrying one of the five dogs she adopted after a visit to Cabries Kennels in southern France, last week. Bardot, whose love for animals is well known, has been actively campaigning to protect their welfare since she retired from acting some years
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    • 109 5 PARIS, Mon. Police said they believe a "maniac", not a terrorist, was responsible for bombings at two department stores that left 35 people injured, 12 of them seriously. But Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, who said he was "profoundly shocked" by the attacks on the Galeries
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    • 346 6 Poland cited as world's most polluted nation WARSAW, Monday POLAND is suffering from the worst pollution m the world and 12 million of its people are living on the "verge of ecological catastrophe", a Communist Party report contended yesterday. "The threat to the environment m Poland is believed to be
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    • 69 6 THIS painting on the wall of an apartment block m Berlin, West Germany, has got a passer-by stumped. The novelty of it aside, one really can't say much for it, except that you might just recognise your favourite actor or TV programme in one of the
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    • 364 6 But W. German firms can receive contracts BONN, Mon. West Germany will not sign a formal Star Wars research agreement with the United States, but will lay the groundwork next year for German firms to receive contracts. Mr Volker Ruhe, Deputy Chairman of the
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    • 193 6 Big spy swap on the cards paper BONN, Mon. A bigger swap of spies involving the Soviet Union and several Western countries is reportedly expected to take place following an exchange of convicted spies between East and West Germany. The newspaper Bild reported today that the latest swap involved two
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    • 173 6 VIENNA, Mon. Yugoslav and Austrian police jointly arrested four Yugoslavs for kidnapping children who were then sold or "rented" to pickpocket groups m Italy, police said yesterday. Acting on a tip, police stopped the four m Spielfeld, near the border with Yugoslavia, on Friday and freed 11
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    • 195 7 FIRST Lady Nancy Reagan looks on as President Ronald Reagan addresses a ceremony to pay tribute to six of America's legendary performers who received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honours of 1985. "Each of you has made life a happier thing for all of us," Mr Reagan
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    • 117 7 Stallone gets Sour Apple Prize HOLLYWOOD, Mon. Sylvester Stallone of Rocky and Rambo fame was yesterday awarded the annual Soar Apple Prize by the Hollywood Women's Press Club for being the least noteworthy and most Inaccessible star of the year. Actors Clint Eastwood and Bill Cosby and actress Elizabeth Taylor
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    • 342 7 Students with false papers 'practising as doctors' WASHINGTON, Mon. NEW York State is investigating the sale of fake medical credentials to more than 1,000 students from Caribbean and Latin American medical schools. Two business "brokers" and between five and 10 New York City doctors are
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    • 139 7 Three exiles from Ghana held over arms offence THREE Ghanaian exiles were arrested yesterday and charged with trying to buy hundreds of weapons, including surface-to-air missiles and anti-tank guns, Customs officials said. The men were arrested near Newark Airport after they met an undercover agent to make final arrangements to
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    • 79 7 The three men sought to buy 10 anti-tank guns, 10 machineguns, 100 M-16 rifles, 10 grenade launchers, 10 mortars, three anti-air-craft guns, three surface-to-air missiles, three blowpipe missiles, dozens of pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, Mr Stiffel said. They also wanted to buy field
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    • 60 7 Mensah also had papers m his possession saying he is a member of an organisation called the Ghana Democratic Movement, Mr Stiffel said. They are charged with conspiracy and violation of the Arms Export Control Act. If convicted, they could be sentenced up to 15 years
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    • 37 7 BOGOTA, Mon. Unidentified gunmen killed 18 youths with single shots through the head during the past two days m Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, police said today. Most of the youths had criminal records. Reuter
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    • 40 7 NEW DELHI, Mon. At least 10 people were killed and 51 injured when a bus plunged into a river after colliding with a truck m India's western Gujarat state, the Press Trust, of India re- ported today. Reuter
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    • 156 7 TOMS RIVER (New Jersey), Mon. The daughter of a man who recently won a US$l.4-million (Ss3-mil-lion) lottery jackpot has sued her father, claiming he fathered her retarded daughter during a 12-year incestuous relatioaship. Doreen Stoeckel, 27, listed her parents, Ralph and Mary Stoeckel, as
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 59 8 THESE young musicians are school dropouts Coming from East Jakarta, the group roams who say they would rather sing to make a living the city, performing mainly in alleys, hoping for than attend school where they are constantly "tips" from people who like their music,
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    • 185 8 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia has adequate laws governing child labour, but employers often ignore them and children are usually afraid to report breaches, a former Labour Minister said today. Speaking at the opening session of a two-day seminar here on children's rights, Dr S.K. Trimurti also said
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    • 163 8 25,000 to stage strike against abuses BACOLOD (Philippines), Mon. About 25,000 protesters reached this capital city of Negros Occidental province m central Philippines yesterday after a five-day march to protest hunger, poverty and military abuses m the province. Negros Occidental, the main sugar-producing province m the Philippines, has gone into
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    • 459 8 MANILA, Monday FORMER senator Salvador Laurel filed bis candidacy for the Philippine presidency today and said the door was still open for reconciliation with the widow of murdered opposition leader Benigno Aquino. Talks on a joint opposition ticket between Mr Laurel, 57, and
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    • 156 8 NEW YORK, Mon. Mm Corazon Aquino, the widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, is being "used" by his political enemies and wont receive more than 2$ per cent of the vote, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said m an interview released yesterday by
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    • 380 8  -  NANCY CKNG By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK, Mon. Non-communist countries should be included m informal or "cocktail party" talks aimed at resolving the Cambodian problem, a Khmer resistance leader has said. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Supreme Commander of the Nationalist Sihanoukian Army, said the idea of informal
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    • 28 8 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia plans to produce widebodied planes with a capacity of up to 130 passengers m 1990, the official Antara news agency reported today. AP
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    • 251 8 VIETNAM'S success early this year m quickly overrunning Cambodian resistance camps on the Thai border has dealt a severe blow to the noncommunist Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) headed by Mr Son Sann. This is the view of Dr Larry Niksch,
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    • 292 9 Neo's man takes up Tan's offer KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The first of six non-Tan Koon Swan faction supporters who were offered seats m the Central Committee of the MalaysianChinese Association, has accepted the offer. He is Datuk Wong Seng Chow, a former Deputy Minister, who announced his decision today after
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    • 222 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A national volunteer service corps will be introduced among Malaysian youth early next year, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Dr Sulaiman Daud said today. He said Malaysia would be among the Asean countries to form the corps aimed at improving
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    • 264 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sultan Azlan Shah was installed today as the 34th ruler of Perak m an elaborate ceremony steeped m Malay tradition. The Snltan former Lord President of the Malaysian courts Is also the Deputy King elected under the country's unique system of revolving
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    • 294 9 Bid to stem 'confusing' claims by opposition JOHOR BARU, Mon. The government will ban all publication, sale and possession of books on last month's Baling incident, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said. He said the government considered the incident a sensitive
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    • 98 9 Mob tries to free arrested suspect KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An off-duty policeman fired a warning shot when a mob tried to free a suspected snatch thief whom he had arrested yesterday. The incident occurred at about spm when the constable who was on his way home, saw a man running
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    • 248 9 K. LUMPUR, Mon THE final report and the special brief part three on the Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) loans scandal were handed over to Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd today. The final report and the special brief, which came m 11 bundles, were delivered to
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      380 10 No cheers or tears By VALERIE LEE THERE was none of the cheers and tears that usually accompany major examination results. In fact, when the N level results were announced yesterday, many pupils were not sure whether their aggregates were above or below average, because the examination is
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    • 373 10 SECONDARY schools with N-level students are well prepared for the big jump m the number of students m Secondary 5 next year. Those interviewed yesterday had already gauged the situation and proposed that tho number of Secondary 5 classes
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    • 314 10  -  TAN SUAN ANN Man who died at demolition site found work after going hungry for two days Picture by AN UNEMPLOYED man, who had not eaten for two days, finally found a Job. But three days later, Mr Snrlyan Muisiin, 2t, a
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    • 175 10 A JAPANESE worker died m hospital early yesterday after suffering head injuries m a fall at the City Hall Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) worksite on Sunday morning. Mr Tomio Aso, 47, a foreman, was supervising the installation of steel beams at 6.30 am
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    • 102 10 Director faces cheating charge A MANAGING director of a trading company was charged yesterday with cheating a bank by pledging 200,000 counterfeit share scrip as security for $1.3 million m credit facilities. No plea was taken from 81-year-old Jo (Yeoh) Teng Sin, who owns Song Pit Brothers (Pte) Ltd. Jo
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    • 722 11  -  HSUNG BEE HWA Manpower Sub-Committee's report By SEX equality at work and equal responsibilities m the home that is how a group of managers and union representatives thinks more women can be attracted into the job market. The Manpower SubCommittee,
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    • 461 11 How growth of 4% a year can be achieved SINGAPORE can achieve average productivity growth of 4 per cent a year for the next 10 years, but to sustain this, small and medium-sized firms must be more efficient. The Manpower Subcommittee, headed by Minister
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    • 70 11 A MAN was charged yesterday with robbing a 71--year-old woman of a gold bracelet and punching her m the eye during the robbery. No plea was taken from Sim Chau Khee .vho allegedly robbed Madam Kho Kirn Cheng on Saturday morning on the second
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    • 142 11 THREE foreigners waiting at the Changi Airport transit lounge stole $450 from another passenger after the man handed his waliet to one of them. A court fined the three men, all Pakistanis, $2,000 each, m default three months' jail, after they pleaded
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    • 48 11 STUDENTS m Yio Chu Kang who need financial aid can apply for bursary awards from the constituency's citizens' consultative committee. Application forms and details are available at the residents' committee centres and the Yio Chu Kang community centre. The closing date is Dec 31.
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    • 34 11 SCANDINAVIAN Airlines System will introduce from Jan 17 a new direct flight from Singapore to Stockholm every FYiday, the first time a direct air link has been established between Singapore and Sweden.
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    • 285 12 Robber gets 3 years, cane for hold-up in flat ONE of three men who robbed a hawker m his flat was yesterday sentenced to three years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane. One had escaped while the other fell to his death while fleeing from the police. The court
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    • 55 12 New datel and telefax services TELECOMS' datel and telefax services were introduced to two more countries yesterday. Date! and telefax (subscriber-to-subscriber) services to Fiji are now available. The calls can be made from IDD lines and through Telecoms operators. Telefax (administration-to-administration) service to Seychelles is available at all post offices
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    • 115 12 PART-TIME musician Kadir bin Bujang, 42, was fined a total of $50,000 yesterday for having 62 obscene and 831 uncensored videotapes and for operating a video library without valid licences. The videotapes were found during a raid on a flat m Block 31, Chai
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    • 377 12 Story: VALERIE LEE Pictures: WONG KWAI CHOW IT OPENED too late for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's contest for the best tours m town. Otherwise, a shrewd entrepreneur might well have hit on a winner by packaging a trip along the
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    • 19 12 The Bokit Tlmah Expressway offers a relaxing drive through another Singapore.
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    • 322 13  -  IRENE HOE By THE earliest pieces of local history ever to go on show here are being put together for an exhibition on Singapore before Raffles. Old maps, charts and texts some dating back to the 14th century will be displayed alongside pottery shards and
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    • 112 13 Cabby lost three teeth in assault A TAXI driver picked up a passenger from Clifford Pier early one morning without knowing that the man was being pursued. A court heard yesterday that Mr Lee Chu Cho's NTUC taxi was intercepted at St Andrew's Road m front of City Hall by
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    • 288 13 Three killed in crash after annual get-together AN ANNUAL get-together for nine friends ended tragically when three of them died and another three were injured m a car crash on their way home on Sunday. Mr Lim Choon Onn, 20, unemployed, Mr Koh Chin Siang, 17, and Mr Toh Kwee
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    • 221 13 For non-emergency calls MEMBERS of the public can use a new police telephone hotline to be set up early next year. Unlike the emergency 999 network, the new hotline will enable the public to contact the police on non-emergency matters. The hotline,
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    • 122 13 Student helps to arrest robbery suspect SCHOOLBOY S. Sathanantham, 17, was the toast of Queens town police station yesterday for helping to arrest a suspect after a businessman was abducted and robbed of $59,500 on Sunday. The money, belonging to Mr Yong Heng Chai, 43, was recovered. Two bearing scrapers
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    • 463 15 Army camp for a few days Students get to hear Total Defence message at seminar BEDOK North Secondary School was turned into a military camp yesterday. Armoured fighting vehicles were parked neatly m the school compound, while infantry weapons like mortars, anti-tank guns, recoiless rifles and machine guns were on
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    • 318 15 Polls night at Telok Blangah 'tense' PC Murugason trial A POLICE constable told a court yesterday of the tense scene he witnessed m Telok Blangah on the night of the general election last Dec 22. PC Gooi Hong Peng, a photographer with the Criminal Investigations Department, was testifying at the
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    • 239 15 IT PAYS to watch old men play chess that's what Singapore's two Chinese Chess masters will tell you. Both Mr Sin Yuen Chin, 45, and Mr Wong Teck Heng, 20, Singapore representatives at the Asian Inter-city Chinese Chess Masters Championships, started as watchers one
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    • 53 15 THE Republic of Singapore Air Force will conduct an air exercise today at the Southern Islands live-firing range on Pulau Pawai and Pulau Senan This will be between 7am and 8 am. The nublic is advised to keep clear of these islands and Pulau Sudong, which lies within
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    • 391 15  -  JUNE TAN By PRIMARY school gifted pupils will be able to exercise their brain power and analytical skills more next year. They will be given only one major project to tackle m the entire year, enabling them to research deeper into
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    • 95 18 Head of Malay party dies THE chairman of the Singapore Malay National Organisation, Haji Rahman Zin, died m the Singapore General Hospital on Sunday night. Haji Rahman, 67, was buried at the Pusara Aman Muslim cemetery yesterday. He leaves behind 11 children and 16 grandchildren. His brother, Mr Hussain Zen,
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    • 415 18 But watch schemes m housing estates keep a lid on crime HOUSEBREAKING m high-rise commercial and shopping complexes more than doubled for the first nine months of this year. It went up by 138 per cent over the same period last year. However, break-ins at
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    • 220 18 CHOW DIH, the doctor sentenced to two years' jail for cheating his patients, appeared m court again yesterday to face another 166 counts of cheating three other patients of a total of $5,237 m medical fees. Chow, 35, who is out on bail,
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    • 66 18 A JOBLESS youth was charged yesterday with murdering a 50-year-old man along the Eunos Pan-Island Expressway on Nov 22 at 1.34 pm. Shamm bin Sulong, 18, is said to have murdered Mr Kudus bin Mohd Meah, a washerman, with two other people. No plea was taken
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 657 17  - Angry letter that led to sympathy for family AUGUSTINE LOW Chong Boon By CLARENCE Soh, two-and-a-half years old, often wakes up m cold sweat and cries uncontrollably for long periods. His nightmares are the result of his traumatic experience since he was found to be suffering from leukaemia m July.
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    • 498 17  -  LIM KWAN KWAN Yio Chu Kang By ALMOST every evening, Mr Teo Yeow Kiang and his friends "hang out" with groups of youths on the void decks. They play chess or just chat with the youths, sometimes into the wee hours. But the hours
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    • 172 17 PA dreams up a Christinas fantasy WHEN children think about Christmas, their first thoughts are likely to be of Santa Claus, decorated trees and bags of toys. But the People's Association has taken the traditional shepherds and three kings and mixed them with the forest creatures of A Midsummer Night's
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    • 219 17 Buying or selling a car? Try the Shaw Plaza ABOUT 20 motorists paid $15 each to enter the fourth-storey car park at Shaw Plaza m Balestier Road on Sunday. It was the price they paid for taking part m a car fair which brought together second-hand-car sellers and buyers. More
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    • 206 17 >Jm iffilp K|yl^| LIVG it UD! JM ft K^^Q Pv. From Ist October to 31st M Wlw WwSKHKt' :^^^imUf i December 1985, just order an Old *^M- 'm^^m^r^^^k"^ Parr or Hermess V XO or a Hl^^W^^ J^M?/; cocl<taii witn e itn r Smirnoff v— v J s?i- Vocll<a Gilbeys Gin
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    • 408 19 The Purolator 24-Hour Pick-up Game Can you spot the difference? When you work overtime, The scenario is all too familiar. The staff works at a frantic pace, way past office hours. They must put together a critical report with a yesterday deadline. They make it. The document is ready for
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    • 405 19 Club 101 Discotheque 'JOS '^^SS^^WS S"' •*>»• <f\ *J& Hw^rfHß y^awwH^jlM i^^2fl^B. ii iii iimiiiiii uHMi^inr»riii- > niaiiii "ti i iIJW No Cover Charge Every Night From Sundays toThursdays Welcome to Club 101 Disco There fc nQ night, from Sundays to Thursdays. And on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of
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  • 502 20 The Straits Times says Necessary but not easy THE South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) that was formally launched m Dhaka on Dec 7 is one regional grouping that might have been expected to emerge a long time ago. It represents a distinct geographical entity. For Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
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  • 580 20 Art Buchwald Spies and their secrets WASHINGTON: The toughest thing about catching a spy is seeing that he gets the punishment he deserves. As soon as one is arrested, his attorney starts bargaining for a lighter sentence m exchange for the fink's revealing how much information he turned over to
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  • 909 20  -  SETH LIPSKY Trouble m the Philippines By Writing for the Asian Wall Street Journal ONE day m the fall of 1980, Mr Benigno Aquino of the Philippines joined a few newspapermen for dinner m Massachusetts. He was then m exile at Harvard University,
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  • 584 20  - US threatens aid to Manila LIAK TENG KIAT By WASHINGTON: The Reagan administration has been making it clear m the past few days that it does not accept the verdict m the Benigno Aquino trial and is sending heavy hints that President Ferdinand Marcos risks losing American aid if he
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  • 521 20 What others say Editorial, headlined Stock market resumes trading, published m Lianhe Zaobao on Dec 5. ALTHOUGH the measures taken by the authorities are somewhat belated, there is no doubt that they will help to ensure the steady growth of the stock market and restore confidence.
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    • 28 20 I'RJEBW ?Wffill AND OnHBE WW DoYOU IN IRE PBUPRSES TO GET ft PEOPLE VANT? BETTER TOOT)IH6 a A BASIC HOW RIGWSAND^ [fkP^^ IME KKDOPER ELECTIONS- I Wfl ASTARi:
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 824 21 But first they must build shuttle 4 Eventually, we dream off creating this big town (m space), to have representatives off all the branches off sciences, all nations, branches off industry. We will plan to have shops, m hospitals, kindergartens, maternity homes. Dr Vyacheslav
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    • 747 21 Halley: More than name behind comet THE association of Edmond Halley's name with a comet has for centuries concealed the fact that he was one of the most remarkable scientists Britain has produced. For 60 years, he researched a staggering number of subjects, his work overshadowed m his lifetime only
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    • 578 21 AMCOR THE NAME FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY AIR FRESHENERS From scientific findings it is very obvous that the air ir.doors is far from clean and fresh and can sometimes be as dirty and polluted as the air outdoors And it does not appear that the quality of indoor air is getting
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  • FORUM
    • 87 22 I AM prompted to write this letter after reading Mr Sia Khoon Seong's (MP for Moulmein) letter "Jeya's cash drive raises questions". (ST, Dec 2). If Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam s appeal to the Privy Council is allowed, then a person, say a manager of a company,
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    • 91 22 I REFER to the recent appeal by the Workers' Party for funds to help Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam and his party chairman take their on-go-ing legal problem to the Privy Council. I thought Mr Jeyaretnam was m the legal proceedings m his capacity as secretary-general
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    • 528 22 It's a little setback, put aside the negative thinking THERE is understandably a nervousness abroad stemming from the problems of Pan-El Industries and the short-term suspension of trading on the stock exchanges of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, coming, as they did, m the wake
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    • 141 22 Bouquets Fire victim grateful I AM writing to express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to the men of the Singapore Fire Service and the officers of the Kallang Airport area office. I was one of those affected by the early morning fire m Jalan Satu, off Old Airport Road, on
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    • 305 22 Employer also wants greater protection On the Govt survey on maids IT IS interesting to note that the government is conducting a survey on the annual leave, 13th month payment and so on of foreign maids. (ST, Dec 1). Perhaps, it should also look into other issues like the security
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    • 149 22 WE are quite pleased thai: the Singapore Government is conducting a survey on how Singaporeans treat their foreign maids. In the meantime, we would like to express our disappointment on finding that we do not come within the ambit of the Employment
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    • 343 22 Many reasons why this graphical calculator should not have 1 been barred from A level exam- WE WISH to draw attention to the Ministry of Education's ban on the Casio FX-7000G graphical calculator during the recent GCE A level examinations. We feel the decision was
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    • Reply
      • 192 22 I REFER to the letter "Passing trucks worry resident" by "Resident". (ST, Dec 5). The MRT Corporation has considered the suggestion to re-route all heavy trucks approaching and leaving the Maxwell MRT site by using Peck Seah Street. Further to a site review, we
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    • 443 22 A sinple plan is all it takes to install a Carrier Mdjisplit in^your HDB flat IFor those HDB Butwon't^an extra Because only Carrier dwellers, unfamiliay*^ ICALS .RooM model t compressor consume more promises an aftersales service oleasure this is j^.---4- On the contrary K/lore it !I"i i' I m fj*"!
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 87 23 INVESTORS went bargain-hunting on the Singapore stock market yesterday and The Straits Times Industrial Index improved another 18.27 points to close at 649.49. The index had already regained 21.68 points on Friday after the record 82.27 plunge when trading resumed last Thursday. The Business Times Composite Index
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      • Chief price changes
        • 50 23 BafaiLMa* 530 +30 Mm 470 22 IDM 228 +22 OC8C 795 +20 NST 630 +20 MfDtv 600 +20 DBS 530 +20 HLjonfFin 245 +20 S***c 80 +20 MUM(| 139 +19 Duti Com 100+19 Chun*«i 168 +18 B Rayi 98 18 kronfFnt 212 +17 UOB 324 16 bUfh 246 +15
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        • 55 23 M Breweries 530 -45 Orient*! HM|S 230 -29 PleconBhd 187 -23 Metal Boi Spore 170 -16 UOf 165 -15 BerjayaCorp 105 -11 OUE 210 —9 KtfmMsia 150 —7 Sport Fodder 200 —6 Hjrimiu 92 —6 IMC 195 -5 Diyapi M 123—5 Shel 302 -4 Apok 88 -4 Metal Ctaintrt
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        • 11 23 Promet 790,000 UOB 640,000 UIC 522,000 Sime Darby 430,000
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        • 72 23 Dec 6 Dec 9 Dec 6 Dec 9 BT Composite 552.54 568.18 BT Indicator *****62 *****55 ST Properties ***** ***** BT 08/ OS -588 —407 ST Minings 326.02 326.13 CAW -6225 -6137 ST Plantations 2208.43 2215 97 06V -*****9 —*****0 OCBC 468.33 483 70 ST Industrials 631.22 649.49 OUB
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      • 33 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1984/85 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1984/85 Low 609.54 (5/12/85) 531.27 (5/12/85) 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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      • 14 23 THE US dollar gained 95 ticks to close at DM 2.5350 m Singapore.
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      • 20 23 DM V FF X$ H$ UBs 1.4760 2.5260 203.55 unq 2.1150 unq 1.4595 2.5350 203.50 7.7290 2.1220 7.8060
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      • 12 23 In Singapore, gold lost U552.55 to close at U*****.25 an ounce.
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      • 31 23 Eurodollar: Unchanged at 91.81 a contract. Deetechemark: Lost 16 ticks to 0.3947 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost four ticks to 0.*****2 a contract. Gold: Lost US$2.BO to *****.90 an ounce.
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        • 96 23 CHICAGO, Mon. Investment analysts have praised Caterpillar Tractor's statement that it will spend US$6OO million (Ssl.2 billion) to install more automation m nine plants over the next four years as part of its efforts to cut costs. Officials at Caterpillar, the world's No.
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        • 61 23 PETALING JAVA, Mon. The Trade and Industry Ministry proposes to set up a sub-contracting exchange centre aimed at improving co-operation between the large industries and sub-contractors. Its Deputy Minister, Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, said the centre was found to be essential as there was an absence of
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        • 79 23 TOKYO, Mon. Mitsubishi Electric Corp said today it suffered profit declines on increased sales for the first half of fiscal 1985 ended last Sept 30. The company said sales of Mitsubishi and 28 subsidiaries amounted to US$5.3 billion (Ssll.l billion), up 5 per cent over the same
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        • 84 23 TOKYO, Mon. Hitachi Ltd, a major Japanese electronics equipment manufacturer, said today its consolidated sales for the first half of fiscal 1985, ended last Sept 30, registered a slight increase but not income suffered a substantial decline. The company said net income decreased 14 per cent from
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        • 74 23 TOKYO, Mon. Japanese steel manufacturers are losing their shares in the Chinese steel irarket because of growing competition from Brazil and Eastern European countries. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Chinese imports of Japanese steel products jumped 53 per cent to 5.7 million tonnes during the first
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    • 718 23  - Pan-El failure could cost GUH M$50 m NORA CHENG By m Kuala Lumpur Six months to decide whether to write off loss GRAND United Holdings, the flagship company of Malaysian politician and businessman Tan Koon Swan, stands to lose between Msso million and Ms6o million if Pan-El should fail, a
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    • 297 23  - Directors stocking up with prices low DOREEN SOH By LOW share prices have prompted several businessmen to bay more shares In companies of which they are directors. Mr IJew Choon Kee, the Chairman of Wannian Holdings Ltd, bought another 118, Ml Wannian shares at 52 cents each last Friday one
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    • 242 23 THE new restrictions on trading on the Singapore and Malaysian stock exchanges have made dealings between them difficult. A Singapore broker said restrictions such as immediate delivery (with scrip and payments to be made within 24 hours), asking sellers to produce scrip before
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    • 370 23 AT A TIME when most other companies are trimming staff, household appliance giant Electrolux added at least 100 people to its staff last month and expects to add another 100 by next year. This is part of an attempt to maintain the market share
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    • 464 23  - Debts are under control Promet tells bankers CONRAD RAJ By PROMET Bhd reassured its bankers yesterday that its debts were under control and that it was still a healthy company. The former rig-builder, which has diversified into oil exploration and resort development, called a meeting of its bankers to quash
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    • 26 23 TOKYO, Mon. Japan will slash a voluntary quota for video tape-recorder exports to West European countries next year to ease trade fric- tion. UPI
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    • 3105 24 READERS should be aware of the limitations 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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    • 2270 24 INDUSTRIALS A Choc 2.785) AISB (0 80S) (21) 0 79 (30) 0 80cd Alcom(0 73B)(l)0 75 Antoh (3.908 3.965) (6) 3 82 (1) 3 88 (6) 3 92 (26) 4.090 Rpt (26) 4.00 (74) 4 02 (25) 4 04 (67) 4.06 (14 408 (5) 4.10
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    • 2721 24 All shares quoted have a par value of SI. unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dollars. 1985 Last Yield Voi Day High Low Company Sale Chance ('000) High Low
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    • commodities, Finance
      • 356 25 1 Mn $1,000. 2 Fur best customers only. 3 OCBC Finance. 4 only available at DBS Finance. UOF's rates." also available at UOf also available at DBS Finance. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 5>4 5 4 5 5' 4 Monthly 54 Autosave 4 :I 4
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      • 157 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4324—1.4352 7.07—6.85 Canadian dollar 1.5168—1.5186 6.67—6.53 NZ dollar 1.1951 1.1988 8.53-8.24 Sterling pound 3.1117—3.1153 3.24—3.18 US dollar 2.1190-2.1200 4.76-4.69 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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      • 108 25 THE US dollar closed higher against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1160/80 and closed at 2.1190/00. It traded within a range of 2.1155 and 2.1190 m quiet trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed higher compared with its opening of
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      • 23 25 GOLD USVoz Mon Fri Singapore 319.90—320.30 323.10—323 50 Hongkong 322.10—322.50 319.60-320.10 Fri Thurs New York 322.30—322.80 323.00 323.50 London 322.50—323.00 322.40—322.90
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      • 210 25 Managers' price* for Dec 10 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce I 17— 124 The Savings Fund 0 93 0 98 Spore Prog Fund 0 48— 0 51 Spore Sec Fund 0.74—1.78 Spore Invest Fund 0.64—1.68 Spore Equity Fund 0 51 0 53xd Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund
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      • 124 25 THE kilobar market was PHYSICAL Buyen-Sefcn traded between 5521,898 gn^ and 5»22,U0 yesterday. Nobaf nJ m^im In the Far East mar- Igm 23-32 ket, gold opened at s m 109-120 US$322 10/2 SO Tt wac 10 m 219-230 jj v" l 20 «n> 438-450 traded to a high of
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      • Simex futures
        • 72 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit EURODOLLAR futures gapped up at the opening m Simex due to the news of an agreement by the US House and Senate on the balanced budget plan. After opening at 91.86, the March contract was quietly traded for the greater part of the session. However, Liffe opening
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        • Article, Illustration
          65 25 FOREX futures opened lower than Friday's close and eased further during the day as the US dollar strengthened to 2.5360 deutschemarks m the spot market. March Deutschemark closed 16 ticks loweer at 0.3981. (US dollar Deutschemark) Opes High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 0.3960 0.3960 0.3947 0.3947 98 Mar
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        • 38 25 DECEMBER yen closed 6 ticks lower. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dm 0.*****3 0.*****5 0.*****3 0.*****2 47 Mar 0.*****5 0.*****0 0.*****1 0.*****5 71 Ju 0.*****1 Open Int (Fri): Ml. Act Vol (Fri): 328.
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          51 25 GOLD futures moved lower m thin trading on a firmer US dollar with the February contract closing US$2.9O lower at U*****.80. (In USS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 319.90 Peb 323.80 323.80 323.80 323.80 92 Mar 325.80 Opea bit (Fri): 18. Act Vol (Frf):
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      • 16 25 Rubber Closing prices cents/kio Singapore January 151.00 down 1.25 Malaysia January 175.00 down one cent
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      • 8 25 Tin Closing prices Ms/klo XL Tin suspended
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      • 21 25 Ctosine prices Copper E/toone Fri Spot 953.00 953.50 (933.00-933.50) 3 months 968 50—969.00 (952.50—953 00) Market tone Firmer Sales: 38.075
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      • 28 25 Closfif prices Silver USI/troy oz Man Fri Singapore 5 97-6 02 6 05-610 Fri Thus N«w York 6 02 6 07 6 06—611 Source Credit Suisse, Spore
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      • 25 25 Closinf prices Aluminium £/tome Fri Spot 670.00 670 50 (661.00-661.50) 3 months 692.50 693.00 (684 00—684.00) Market tone: Steady after firmer Sales: 34,675 tonnes
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      • 101 25 > Crude MS/tomw Dec 780 (central 775 (south* Jan 790 (central (south) Refined palm oi Uss/tonnes RBD palm Dec 362.50 (sellers) Jan 365 (sellers) Feb 370 (sellers) Mar 380 (sellers) RBD Olem Dec 370 (sellers) Jan 377.50 (sellers) Feb 382 (sellers) Mar 392 (sellers) RBD Stearin Dec/Jan 325
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      • 62 25 i i i i i -i NST Index Monday 1,213.98 (1,214.75) —g Hongkong Hang Seng -y.O Monday 1,724.27 (1,721.89) §t_ Australian All-Ordinaries Monday 985.6 (984.1) Nikkei Stock Average Monday 12,798.23 (12,790.90) Financial Times Industrials Friday 1,117.6 (1,110.4) Dow Jones Average Friday 1477.18 (1482.91) (Figures m brackets refer to those
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      • 285 25 BEIJING, Mon. The price reform of non-staple food prices begun m June has increased the retail cost of these commodities and prices are likely to remain high for some time, today's edition of the weekly Beijing Review said. The Beijing Review said
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      • 635 25 PRICES improved across the board on the Singapore stock market for the second trading day m a row and The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 18.27 points to close at 649.49. Dealers said the market opened firmly m the morning and, during the
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      • 306 25 Dec 9 HM Chanie Hk Gas 1 3 40 -0 2 Hk Hotels 34 50 unch Assoc Intl Hotel HK Land 6.60 -0 05 Bank Of East Asia 23 70 unch Hk Land Loan 85 00S -I Cheung Kong 20 70 +0 1 Hk Land Warr 1250 +03 China
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      • 351 25 Dec 9 Yen Chance A|inomofo 1 130 10 I Akai 410 unch 1 Amodo 875 +6 I Asahi Chem 794 -10 Asahi Glass 870 14 Bonk Tk 725 unch Bndgestone 518 +2 Canon 1150 +20 Casio Computer 1820 -20 Citizen 479 +9 D Nip Print 1290 10 D Nippon
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      • 324 25 Dec 9 Cent* Chanje (Awt) A C I 260 -15 A N I 260 -5 A P M 286 -I Aberfoyle 820 unch Age 240 unch Alliance Oil Allied Mill 300 unch Ampol Exp 265 unch Ampol Pet 220 unch Anz 435 -40 Ashton 110 -5 B H P
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    • 503 25 LCL Receiving Receiving SI* (Voyace) Arr Cargo Time Block T W Bridge (27E) 10/12 (1700) Fl *****900 G3 Ming Cheng (2) 10/12 (1800) Fl *****000 S5 Zim Sydney (7W) 10/12 (1730) F7 *****930 B8 MS Mango (64S50N) 10/12 (2300) F5 *****500 B2 Anson (*****N) 10/12 (2300) F7 1400
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      297 25 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Ve.sel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Juronf Equator 5 K23 aside 10/12 Dewi Seraya J7 aside 10/12 Gambela K2O aside 10/12 Fel S/B Jl2 aside 10 12 Kota Angkasa K3O aside 10/12 Lake Suwa JlO aside 10 12 Thomaseverett K2l aside 10/12 Megah
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    • 290 26  - Marginal rise in F N profits MARA FERNANDEZ By SOFT DRINKS maker Fraser Neave has been able to improve, albeit slightly, its pretax profits at half-time and the company promises to strive as much for the rest of the year. Before-tax profits increased very narrowly, by less than 1 per
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    • 130 26 Trade shows merged to cut costs THE next ChemAsia and Instrument Asia exhibitions will be "merged" to boost attendance and help exhibitors cut costs. The enlarged show, scheduled for May 1987, will also incorporate a new event, Ana Lab Asia, featuring laboratory and analytical equipment. Mr John Huang, Managing Director
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    • 227 26 From the companies desk Batu Lintang Rubber BATU Lintang Rubber Company Bhd has received approval from the Capital Issues Committee to sell its plantation land and to buy two property companies. The company will sell its plantation land and plantation-related assets to Kulumpang Development Corporation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of
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      477 26  -  DOREEN SOH By QMY parents died last year and left me their house, which is paid (or. I would like to rent oat the house and use the income earned to renovate the house and to level the sloping garden. Are there any legal procedures I have to go
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    • 929 27  -  ANTHONY HOE PanjEl case has been big news around the world Compiled by THE Pan-El crisis and the subsequent stock market suspension haven't only been big news m Singapore newspapers around the world have given the events plenty of coverage. In London, The Times
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      13 27 "We're m a period of reassessment following a period of assessment".
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    • 131 27 BOMBAY, Mon. India's highly publicised crackdown on its huge "black" or untaxed economy is beginning to pay dividends, said officials. Raids by taxmen on businesses and celebrities, stricter enforcement, stiffer penalties for evasion and a cnt In Income tax rates have helped boost
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    • 128 23 MONTBLANC THE ART OF WRITING ..MEISTERSTUCK" the pride of the MONTBLANC Collection is probably the most famous writing instrument of our times. Representing the best m design, it combines technical excellence and perfect styling from the piston-filling system to the 1 4-carat gold nib and the gold-plated fittings. The MEISTERSTUCK
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    • 216 24 COMPENSATING the EMPLOYEE COMPENSATING THE i,ltfflflfli I EMPLOYEE is a comprehensive I 9 uicie t0 tne now ancl wtn y t•« j -M^-'i% *^^^rW] tf kL3 I cor P° rate P a y practice salary, 9 k kT^^^MBM fringe benefits, merit increases j^ J^Snf^L I and incentive schemes. H^^H^ Hn#B
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    • 25 25 15 NOVEMBER 1985 A monthly journal of economic affairs r §\s*_ Ads of the same nature flock together m The Straits Times Classified for results
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    • 32 25 This runaway bestseller disects the secrets of America's most successful corporations and has distilled their success into eight basic findings which make exceptional sense 524.65 (Half the hardbound price). ITMfjL THE BOOKSHOP
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    • 219 26 ilk. Let Shmg Loong show you the difference Higher interest rates X\ SSSS&I Better gifts for all our fixed I f^*C/\ m f\S^X V^ vUS s deposit customers between JF X\ fiv*^ 2 December 1985 and A .JT I ly^/ 1 oil 1 OP A Ml 1 stvv^^'^ v 20.00
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    • 255 27 f You Name It! A And Walk Away g With Fabulous 1 I The newly created walkway between v^djj^L Scotts Shopping Centre and the Hyatt Regency Hotel gEHfe^ will be officially opened m early 1986. 1M We are askinu you to :hoose a name jgjtj, flk or tne vva wa
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    • 1189 28 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Monday Friday 9.00 am to 5.00pm Ordinary: $5 00 per line (Mm $15 00) Food/Entertainment (2 —5) Jf^U_V^p*L S^?=\]l I #A fri^ fG^ ||t-^J /gyS fi\ /^vN friT Public Holiday fooam '°o rWpm^ (Mm $60.00 Straits Times) Business to Business (49 58) F y^V^T 111
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    • 759 28 11 Pleasure Boats 3 YRS. OLD 23' half-cabin fibregla.ss cruiser with anchor pulpit m prestine cond., powered by twin Johnsonj 150 h.p. Well equipped, safe, fast comfortable with echo/ fish finder. VHF, fridge, radio, tv. extra shower, toilet, gas COOfcfF, anchor, ex-tra-large fuel tank many extras to provide you for
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    • 710 28 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts IVORY CARVINGS WANTED by collector. Only excellent or unique pieces. Contact Irene, tel: ***** 1 1 during office hours. LU PAN ANTIQUES Kxhibition Sale Today at Antiques of the Orient, Lower Basement, TanKlin Shopping Centre Extension. ANTIQUE FURNITURE Junk wanted. Young Antique, 42 Watten Rise. *****91/ *****89
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    • 966 28 —I^^l^^—^M^ Mg^ MMM mmmmm l^— 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing SLIMLINE BLINDS For Light Control, Sun Control, Privacy, Ventilation, Beauty. Over 40 designer colours to suit your decor. Made-To- Measure to fit any window. .?ifJmijJMiJ[r.aifjuriiJirfi'nrrmr j -"'rr-i /memm?*. *jr\+\ -T^ j^-^^S^^BmWmmmmmW 1 ri ri ri rrilrirrrirnilllTri l
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    • 1090 28 29 Beauty Culture 29 Beauty Culture r Salon Monsieur Skin-Care For Men 35, 89t9gim Hoßd #bi-23 |y "^UE I p>rkl > n Shpg Malt. BJr£> A* 1 Singapore 0718 1 1am-7pm r^s}r Close on Monday I HAVING i 10 9 IBt 1 PROBLEM SKIN? l I W* *p«ciali*« m •l*ctroth«rapy
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    • 1083 28 TAKEA CLOSER LOOK Most of us just don't have the means to own the real thing but have to be content with miniature models of planes, boats and exotic cars. At classification 25, Libra International is selling such models at ly^^ attractive discounts. 36 House Renovation/ Decor ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION SERVICE
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    • 822 29 38 TV/ Video/ Hi-Fi SEE FWA SPECIALIZES In Video I'olour TV. Hi-ti system repairs. antennae Installation Tel: *****14 *****95 1 complete SET ol National M,>del A2 video camera. Well kept. ***** Call *****84 39 Other Personal Services MAINTENANCE OF ALL household needs (plumbing, electrical' carpentry i for HDB, HUDC. pie
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    • 734 29 51 Printing/ Copying Services VW s(hm ulisc m prinlinq visiting i ,irds i**tter hf ads iWhile you uuif» Bills mvOKC* and all kind ol StalKmery items Designing »•'.!(>, isMnq .iiso available hen I >K QUICKCREATIVt RF.I lABI t QUALIIY PRINTING I'AI I US TODAY A I ■03-44. Hroplrs I'.uk nttra
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    • 759 29 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies ridgid 535 pipe threading machines required :i units Rockweld Lister engine welding sets HA3 or HR2 required 2 units Contact: *****46/ 284.%78 57 Business Opportunities DEBT COLLECTION EXPERT. We guarantee to undertake efficient prompt collection of your outStanding debts Do not allow bad payments to course
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    • 568 29 65 Situations Wanted 65 Situations Wanted FILIPINO $220 THAI $220 SRI LANKAN SIM INDONESIAN S2OO OFF DAYS COMPENSATED We select train orientate our very own girls Good attitude, hardworking, honest, obedient Complete placement lee includes: Airfare. $5,000 Security Bond $10,000 PA Performance Bond Visa Fee Medical Exam process complete documentation.
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    • 554 29 RELIABLE MAIDS. Service feeFilipino $450. Sri Lanka $750. Indian $800 Contact Black White Services. C 0549-01 (*****42/ 3). 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive MOVEMENT FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED OF SINGAPORE invites applications for the following positions: A) OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST The job: To initiate plan and organise new habilitative and rehabilitative
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    • 962 29 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical KSIM.IIII (lIYOIOt.VI We are the leading manufacturer of Winchester Disc Drives and require additional clerical staff as GCE"O" Level /Preliminary Certificate m Business Studies Able to type 35 to 40 wprn Training will be provided GCE"O" Level /Preliminary Certificate m
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    • 769 29 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical International Sales Office requires: GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST Requirements: GCE O' level Typing speed 40 wpm Able to operate telex machine. Kxperience m operating computer will be an advantage. Interested applicants please write m with full resume, expected salary and contact tel. nos. to: The Advertiser
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    • 640 29 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales TITUS INTERNATIONAL LTD requires Attractive remuneration plus commission Good career advancement Singapore citizen Male or Female Those who have experience m counter sales would be an advantage Interested applicants, please contact Mrs Doris Lum Tel: *****46 for an interview. A local established
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    • 543 30 71 Situations Vacant: Sales W We are an international I organisation inviting young I and enthusiastic men and ladies to fill the post as SALES REPRESENTATIVES (5 vacancies) Requirements:- Dedicated and prepare to make sales a career Valid Class 3 driving licence preferred ROD and inexperienced persons are welcome Benefits:-
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    • 793 30 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Urgently required Indoor/Outdoor Sales Promoter (Male/Female) Preferably between 18 to 26 year <>! age Sale experience is not necessary as training will'be provided Working at all the shopping point Interested call personally at: 20 Maxwell Road, #10-15, Maxwell House, Singapore 0106 FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES Wanted Minimum
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    • 622 30 71 Situations Vacant: Sales sport shoes and Travelling goods company (different store) required Sales (iirls l.ucky Plaza 02 fit) See Mr Poll CHINESE SALESGIRL FOR Boutique Apply at: o:i-i23 City Plaza, Geylang Rd (1 p.m. to 6 p.m.). EARN EXTRA INCOME during your free tune by selling our latest ladles
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    • 436 30 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical An established local contractor requires: ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR The Job: Candidates must be able to handle the setting out of architectural and structural works To supervise sub-contractors' work Qualifications: Minimum 3 years of practical experience m HDB Housing Projects Interested candidates please tel:
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    • 333 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous SINGAPORE £M g xce/sior notcl Requires FOOD& BEVERAGE Hostesses Waiters/Waitresses Cashiers Bartenders Cooks Kitchen Helpers Dish Washers FRONT OFFICE Bell Hops HOUSEKEEPING Floor Supervisors Housewomen (permanent midnight) Chambermaids Gardener ADMIN. GENERAL House Detectives (male) Interested applicant please call personally to:The Personnel Department Excelsior Hotel Pte Ltd
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    • 958 30 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD Our Child Development Centre has an immediate vacancy for the post of Day care Teacher Candidates should have at least 3 GCE 'O' level subjects, including English. Preference will be given to those who have attended
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    • 714 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous invites applications for the tollowing positions: COOKS CAPTAINS WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Interested applicants, please apply personally between 3.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. today or tomorrow at: 21, Collyer Quay #81-02 Basement Hongkong Bank Bldg TEL: *****11 We have immediate vacancies: COOKS 3 years experience m Western Cuisine Able
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    • 695 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous JURONG COMPANY REQUIRES Engl is h speakin g Security Guards. 2 rotating shifts. Interested pis tei Steven *****K8 NEWLY OPEN SALON ill River Valley urgently requires Shampoo Girls and Assistant Hairstylist. Tel *****22. OFFICE GIRL WANTED by Antique Jewellery Firm. Must be able to speak English.
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    • 736 30 82 Accessories/ Maintenance CAR STEREO SYSTEM foms l4o Seat Covers $35 T> Power Windows $120 \K-. Spoiler $35 > FREE. COMPUTERISED ENGINE. performance check with printed report. US trained Technicians Vehito. *****63, Mr Lee PRf -CHR.STMAS OFFER, AUTO MOBILE seats .leaning 1500 < c and below $100 ***** C.C and
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    • 859 31 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat BEAUTIFUL NON-PARF ER plate Sii Flat 131 Super 1600T/C Tax 2 wi Aircond new sports runs. metallic paint, tip top condition 15.800 Contact: *****22 FIAT 131S AUTO late l<r<B Tax end April Expat, leaving *****0 but highest offer would take au.u excellent car Tel *****44 (Office)/
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    • 887 31 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan 78 iooa fii. Aircond radio cassette new tyres PARF eligible. Accident free Tel: *****76 79 DATSUN 120 Y. Aireon s runs Radio cassette Beautiful condition $9,500. *****28 8/80 100A GOOD cond. Aircond cassette. Tax till 7/86 *****04. $1 1.400 neg 34 Perak Rd. •80 DATSUN 120Y
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    • 885 31 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 1981 SIGMA 1600 OS, aircon. sports rims, radio cassette, 1 pte owner, original paint $11,200 Jin. Toa Payoh Caltex Station. •79 MITSUBISHI SUPERSHIFT 1400 GLX 3-dr. PARF Aircon.. s/rims, radio cassette $9,800 18 Maju Aye., Serangoon Gdn. 8/82 TREDIA I.6GLS. 1 owner. Aircon., radio cassette, power
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    • 774 31 92 For Sale: Mazda 79 MAZDA 626. Good cond. PARF Asking $8,000 Tel *****66. 93 For Sale: Honda •84 JAN. CIVIC 1 3 1 pte. owner, metallic red, radio/cassette, aircond., power windows, tuff-kote, low mileage. Well maintained. $23,500. Tel: *****29 NEAR '84 ACCORD auto 4AT, 12 valves, 1 pte. owner,
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    • 891 31 94 For Sale: Other Makes DAIHATSU CHARADE. 1979. PARF eligible. 5-door. Low mileage. Excellent condition. Factory aircon.. etc. Expat leaving must sell. Best offer over $10,000 secures. Tel: *****71. TWO UNITS 1980 Holden, Commodore SL auto. Company registered Road tax until April '86. View at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane,
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    • 900 31 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles LEE ENG FOO BROTHERS MOTORS PTE. LTD. 391, Balestier Road (1232) Tel: *****26 (5 lines) 1984 Datsun 720 petrol pick-up Nissan Cabstar petrol 10' Toyota Hilux pick-up flatbed Toyoace petrol 9' steel Daihatsu diesel 14' hood 1983 Isuzu diesel 10' tipper Isuzu diesel 15' box
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    • 783 31 97 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT c Any models below 2000 CC. PARF or Non-PARF used cars. Private company registration. c Commercial Vans/ Pickups PB' Registration. Trade-in acceptable. JINCHI YILI MOTORS PTE LTD N0.39 LOWLAND ROAD SINGAPORE 1954 TEL: *****88/ *****22/ *****02 CASH PAYMENT HIGHEST OFFER for any model PARF',
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    • 701 31 98 Scrap Vehicles A GOOD OFFER for I'AKK scrap cars export documents Inl pis. contact Kong Beng Motor. 128 Prinsep St. -02-01 Tel *****76/ *****59. HIGHEST ATTRACTIVE PRICE for 985 to 4000 c.C. scrap cars *****3/ *****5 Ricky Tay (24-lioursi SCRAP CARS WANTED below 1000/ 1600/ 2000/ 2300 c.C, highest
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    • 892 31 105 Property Financing 105 Property Financing I SMF attractive housing loan package Jvi MW» MWw I Interest Rates 5 years 7V 4 10 years 8% 15 years 8 1 4 Up tp 100% of valuation (Including CPf) Easy loan repayment* Bridging loam available Plus a range of other services specially
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    • 469 32 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments C 2 5^ FfTO EfIST PUOfl Z\*W^<* Hotel Style i^S^k LUXURIOUS ffWRTHENTS ■/^JSffi©* At the junction of Scotts/Orchard Road yqpir next to Hyatt Hotel. I 14.000 sq ft Hotel Style Lobby Self Service Free I Swimming Pool, Tennis Launderette Court, Squash Court.
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    • 535 32 Belle Vue (2 rms.) $2,000 D.lO penthse $5,500 Hacienda $2,000 Harmony Mans. (2 rms.) $1,500 Himiko Ct. (2 rms.) $1,900 Holland Twr. (3 rms.) $1,900 Kismis Ct. $1,900 La Chateau (2 rms.) $2,000 Leedon Hgts. penthse $2,200 Leonie Twr. (4 rms.) $2,500 Shelford Green (3 rms.) $2,000 St. Patrick Gdn.
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    • 820 32 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments The Claymore $7,250 Cuscaden Twr $7,000 Beverly Hill $6,000 Yang's Odn. apt. $5,000 Nassim Mans $6,000 Himiko Ct. $3,500 Wing On Life Udn $5,000 Parisian $6,000 Duchess Ct Townh'se $4,500 dementi Ik $1,800 TREVOSE HOUSING *****43/ *****25 THE PLAZA/ INTL PLAZA. 2 3 rms. facing .sea.
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    • 922 32 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D-10 OFF HOLLAND, heautltul apt Lush greenery. :i hu^e bdrms, patio New expensive fixtures/ dryer freezer/ disti washer Pool $2,900 Vanda *****18. D.lO MARBELLA Ct. 3 bdrms apt Facing morning sun, quite low density furnished, facilities s/pool. squash security. $1,700 Kenwood *****16. D.20 CLOVER PARK. :i
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    • 887 32 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments DIST. I2 FORTUNA COURT. ;i bdrms., furnished $800 Mc'Robertson *****88 DIST. IS BRAND NEW 2-bdrm condo. Aircon.. fully furn.. s/pool. squash Contact: *****34 DIST.S, FABER HILL Condo F/furn. 3 bdrms. with aircon Rental $1,400 *****95 owner DIST.9, OXLEY GARDEN. 3-bed-room walk-up apt. Swimming pool. Furn./ unfurn.
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    • 775 32 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments 2-5-RM. HDB AND private house tiir rent In any dist. *****62 (3 lines) Agents 4-RM. FLAT AT Yishun Est. to let. Unfurnished Call *****01. from Bam to 3pm or after 7pm. 5-RM. FLAT, FULLY furn for rental at Aljunied Crescent. Interested, call after spm, tel: *****18.
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    • 774 32 110 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments HOLLAND HILL/ SOMMERVILLE/ Orchard vicinity, D.IO/ 11/ 21. H'ses./ others welcome *****83/ *****91/ 2. JAPANESE FAMILIES REQUIRE apts. with facilities m dist.s, 9. 10. 11. 15. 16 21. Owners pis call Jonathan Charles: 278-8777 MERRY X'MAS OWNERS! Expat urgently requires accomm m d.9. 10. 11. 15.
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    • 795 32 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses At Mandarin Court A 4th Floor Mandarin Hotel at 2.30 p.m. 1) 33 JALAN LEBAN (s/$ semi-detached) 2) 1, IA, 18. 1C ID ROWELL ROAD 3) LAND AT KING ALBERT PARK 2 UNITS OF DETACHED BUNGALOWS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. MUKIM 4 LOT
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    • 743 32 D.21 ENG KONG Gdn 2-storey terrace. 3 bdrms./ servant's. 2GOO sq.ft. Fir. nicely renovated. $360,000. Delfi Realty: *****84/ 5. D.21 MODERN 2 1 *-STOREY terr 3-Bdrms., store-rm. 4-Bathrms (2-attached) Terrazzo/ parquet $405,000 neg Greenacre.s *****88. D.26 SPRINGLEAF GDN. New d/storey bungalow. 9.000/ 3.800 sq.ft. 5 bdrms. F'hold. $795,000 0.n.0. Patron.
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    • 802 32 113 For Sale: Houses D.21 ENG KONG Odn. d/slorey semi-d 4 I bdrms 3.400 sq ft SMIO.OOO Wayland *****08 D.21 GREENBANK PK. d/storey semi-d. 4.000/2.200 5 rms 5 yrs F'hold $500,000. Patron *****15/8 D.26 SPRINGLEAF GDN. d/storey semi-d freehold 4.000 sq.ft snu $480,000 *****77, *****75. 0.5 HONG LEONG (idn. renovated
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    • 701 33 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments pjlgfedife i/J lit UiJHFV&a "We pay less for our new home with an OUB Housing Loan" At Overseas Union Bank, we offer one of the best interest rates available for Housing Loans. Which means that m the long run, you
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    • 641 33 D.1953 CHARLTON GDNS. Walk-up apt. 3 bedrooms. 1,911 sq.ft. Sale $380,000. Rental $1,500. Call: *****88. No agents. GOOD BUY! D.15 Katong. extensively renovated 4-bdrm. walk-up apt. Balcony. 1650 sq.ft. $235,000. CapitaUfl *****92. NORMANTON PK. APT. High fir., morning sun, good view. No obstruction. SAF officers only. Price neg. Tel. *****37
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    • 908 33 114 For Sale: Private Apartments D.5 HONG LEONG Shopping Ctr 3 bdrms 2 hathrms Ceramic parquet flooring. Owner: *****54 D.5 WALK-UP. WELL maintained 3 rms attached bath. 1400 sq.ft. $185,000 F'hold. SHS: *****87. D.9 CAIRNHILL RD. 2.000 sq.ft. Freehold. 3 bdrms with balcony. Selling $430,000. Fields: *****11. D.9 CAIRNHILL PLAZA,
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    • 898 33 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments A.M. KIO 5-RM. 81k.521 (pt I Ceramic Mk.64H (Slab) broken marble Renovated it well kept. $135,000. $129,000 neg. *****11. ANG MO KIO 5-rm, 81k.710/ 437/ 552/ 553/ 521/ 561/ 648/ 458/ 620/ 132 4-nn. 81k.344 324/ 329. Renovated. Prices neg Tel: *****47. BEDOK NORTH ROAD
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    • 731 33 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments HOLLAND AYE. BLK 8. 4-rm Unobstructed view. Interested buyers, pis. call *****73 HOUGANG 8LK. 17, 3-RM. New generation Marble flrg. $46,000 negotiable Claymore *****23. IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY! TELOK Ulangah Hgts. Low fir sea view all terrazzo. $148,000 neg. *****22. KIM TIAN RD. pure 4-rm. 81k.128. near
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    • 616 33 117 Properties Wanted HDB RESALE FLATS WANTED Ang Mo Kio, Bedok. Clementi. Marine Parade. Toa Payoh, Telok Blangah BUDGET PROPERTY *****84/ *****41 GHIM MOH. BEDOK, Bedok Reservoir. Clementi. Dover, Marine. Telok Ulangah urgently required *****35. AMBER PARK/ HUDC apts. and others wanted by ready buyers. Unlwest: *****15/ *****4 V BUYER
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    • 893 33 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces 128 HILLVIEW AVENUE Single storey factory double storey office building i n Title: 999 years E Office: 354 sq m U Zoning: Industry H Canteen: 121 sqm d Area: 4,982 sq m U Factory: 2341 sq m HAsking price: Upon Application *****33 FOR SALE/LEASE
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    • 534 33 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces M I Modern warehouse for sale m i I or lease by unit. Easy instalments. I I Located at the junction of I MacPherson Road/Airport Road with various dimensions and I up-to-date facilities. Please contact IV Mr Chong/Alice/Doreen WM Tel: .*****11 or
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    • 936 34 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Goldhill is convenience Outside CBD. Over 1,000 car parks. Future MRT station opposite building. Shops, restaurants and more all within the same building. Carpets and blinds provided. Professional building services team. GOLDHILL SQUARE: Offices from 720 to 11,000 sq.ft. I
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  • RACING
    • 346 37  -  PEDIGREE Top card, record crowd IPOH, Mon. Young American jockey Declan Murphy proved the vital ingredient yesterday when a record crowd of 30,000 enjoyed a racing feast of four feature events on one card. With three winners on the first weekend, 19-year-old Murphy had already won
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    • 205 37 WHILE leading rider Nigel Tiley basked m the glory of winning the Sultan's Gold Vase sprint on Count Of Honour at Ipoh on Sunday, spare a thought for the loser, jockey Marzuki Saini. It was the third time that a classic race has slipped from him
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    • 261 37 DECLAN MURPHY stole the thunder at Ipoh. Meantime, back m the United States, fellow American Willie Shoemaker, hailed as the most successful jockey of all time, reached another milestone. The legendary Shoemaker, standing just 1.47 m (4 ft 10 m) tall, rode his 8,500 th
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    • 1847 37 WEIGHTS, barrier draw and ratings for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Clam 3 Div 2 1,850 m (Rating* 89-77) 4 South Pacific IV 57 89 12 Chinese Wall 56.5 88 8 Flush With Funds 55 85 6 Jacado m 55 85 14 Get The Message
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    • 222 37 At the dOOtn FMmt *y Jonathan choo and lee poo san At the finish Class 5 Div 3 1,200 m 1. Polynesian m 2. Tiba Tiba II 3. Without Hesitation 4. Hema-Malini Dist: 2%, nk, nk Time 1:17 Class 5 Div 4 1,200
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    • 276 37 Rant And Rave has treble at his mercy SUMMER CARNIVAL ROUND-UP PERTH, Monday SENSATIONAL three-year-old colt Rant And Rave, winner of the West Australian Derby last month, has captured the A5175,000 (about *****,000) Rothwells, second leg of the Ascot summer carnival Classics Treble. The Rothwells, over I,Boom, was formerly known
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    • 179 37 Bone Crusher for sale— at bone crushing price PERTH, Mon. A crack New Zealand three-year-old gelding invited to run m the Australian Derby here on Dec 26 is up for sale. But don't bother inquiring unless you are prepared to pay something like A5420,000 (about S$600,000) for him. That's the
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 360 38 SOCCER SPECIAL: WORLD CUP, EUROPEAN LEAGUES, ENGLISH FA CUP Format may upset traditionalists MEXICO CITY, Mon. Next Sunday's World Cup draw could upset traditionalists by putting Brazil m the same first-round group as Argentina, pairing Scotland with England and Poland with the Soviet Union. The proposed new
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    • 71 38 FRENCH Bomb scare at match STRASBOURG (eastern France), Mon. A btmb scare at tke French First Oivislaa match between Strasbevg and Mown-* here yesterday ted to the mud being evacuated and the match Intempted. Police searched the Stade de 1* Metaan tat found nettling. The seeend half gat underway 3S
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    • 113 38 SPANISH Barcelona stunned MADRID, Mon. Champions Barcelona suffered a humiliating home defeat by modest Real Betis last night to leave Real Madrid three points ahead at the top of the Spanish League. Betis beat the Catalans 2-1, with the winning goal coming m injury time from Andres Alonso Ito. Real
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    • 296 38 ROMF, Mon. Napoli scored twice m the last 13 minutes to beat AC Milan 2-0, delighting their supporters m an 80,000 crowd, and cut Juventus' lead at the top of the Italian League to three points yesterday. Juventus, the League leaders and European Cup
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    • 150 38 DUTCH Marco's record six THE HAGUE, Men. Ajax Amsterdam striker Marco van Hasten equalled a Dutch scoring record last weekend when he hit six goals m his dab's M thrashing of Sparta Rotterdam AJax's second big win m successive League games. The Dntch champions, who heat Twente Enschede 8-1 In
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    • 146 38 HUNGARY coasted to a 1-0 win over South Korea m a friendly international m Mexico on Sunday. The goal was scored by striker Jozsef Kiprich m the 55th minute after a Korean defender had brought down forward Kalman Kovacs. TUNISIA gained a surprise 1-0 win over World Cup
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    • 167 38 PORTUGUESE Sporting share top spot with Benfica LISBON, Mon. Benfica and Sporting Lisbon took over at the top of the Portuguese League yesterday when they both won to take full advantage of Porto's defeat by Guimaraes. Benfica beat Belenenses 1-0 thanks to Danish striker Michael Manniche, who headed m after
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    • 617 38 Argeatiae: Independiente 3 Union 0, River Plate 0 Huracan 0, Chacarita Juniors 1 Instituto Cordoba 0, TaUeres Cordoba 2 Temperley 2, Racing Cordoba 3 Platens? 1, Newell's Old Boys 1 Ferro Carril Oeste 0, Velez Sarsfield 5 Boca Juniors 2, Gimnasia Esgrima la Plata 0 Deportivo Espanol 1.
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    • 166 38 City wait as Vale try in vain LONDON, Mon. Manchester City will have to wait until tomorrow, at least, to find out who they play m the third round of the English FA Cup after yesterday's goalless sec-ond-round draw at Port Vale. Try as they did, Fourth Division Vale were
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    • 301 39 SWIMMING Silke sails to a US Open record AUSTIN (Texas), Mon. East German world record holder Silke Hoerner yesterday won the women's 200 metres breaststroke m a meet record time of 2min. 29.78 sec. on the final day of the US Open championships. Silke, who also won the 100 m
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    • CRICKET
      • 286 39 Old names, new faces in Aussie XI SYDNEY, Mon YOUNG Victorian pace bowler Merv Hughes took three wickets m his State's match against India today, and came off to find himself named m the Australian Test side. Hughes will play his maiden Test m Adelaide on Friday as a shock
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      • 231 39 Q'land take Shield lead HOBART, Tues. Queensland took over the leadership of the Sheffield Shield table today by beating Tasmania by seven wickets on the final day of their match m Devonport. Queensland, needing 85 runs for victory m their second innings after dismissing Tasmania for 335, hit off the
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    • ATHLETICS
      • 243 39 HONOLULU, Mon. Kenyan Ibrahim Hussein won the 13th Honolulu Marathon m a course record of 2hr 12min 08sec yesterday, outrunning more than 9,000 competitors through the streets of the city. Hussein pulled away from American Bill Reifsnyder just past the 33km mark to break the previous record of
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    • 122 39 PUNGGOL Constituency Sports Clob will hold a six-a-side hockey competition at Balestier Road next Sunday. Open to all Singapore Hockey Association affiliates, each dob will only be allowed to field two teams. Pnnggol convenor and team manager Raj Dcv Singh said each team will be allowed to field
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    • 486 39  - Curtailed but still confident JOE DORAI The Razak Cup Soccer Tournament By 6 Our main obstacles will, of course, be Federal Territory who are expected be the team that'll top our group. They are one of the Malaysian States with an age-group training scheme m Kuala Lumpur. But we have
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    • 250 39 GRAND PRIX SQUASH MUSCAT, Mon. World squash champion Jahangir Khan celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday by beating 13th seed Kelvin Smith, of Australia, m the opening round of the Al-Falaj World Grand Prix tournament here. But the Pakistani champion showed signs of fatigue and made a
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    • 457 40 TENNIS Australia's Wally Masur upset 15thseeded Nduka Odizor, of Nigeria, 7-6, (7-2), 6-2 m the first round of the Alberto New South Wales Men's Open at Sydney's White City yesterday. Otter results (AmrtralUn onIms stated): Bud Schultz (US) bt Brod Dyke 6-4. 6-4; Wolfgang .Popp (WO) bt Jeremy
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    • 266 40  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By THAILAND'S top four men tennis players will play m this year's Ellesse Circuit '85 Masters Championships which starts at the Singapore Tennis Centre on Dec 20. Leading the quartet is Panomkorn Pladchunil, reputed to be one of the finest stroke
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    • 101 40 SWEDISH RHAPSODY AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS MELBOURNE, Mon. 'This has been one of my greatest tournaments ever, and right now, this is the greatest moment In my life," Stefan Edberg said to the crowd as he held the big silver cnp high
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    • 524 40 The Grand Slammer Edberg whips Wilander to win title MELBOURNE, Mon. Swedish teenager Stefan Edberg blitzed defending champion Mats Wilander 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 today to win the US$l.5 million ($3.18 m) Australian Open tennis title. Edberg, who downed world No. 1 Ivan Lendl m their semi-final yesterday, took less than
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    • 214 40 Rinkers brightest of stars LARGO (Florida), Mon. Larry and Laurie Rinker birdied the 16th and 17th holes yesterday to win a US$6OO,OOO ($1.2 million) tournament featuring mixed teams of stars from the US men's and women's pro tours. The Rinkers, one of three sets of siblings who play on the
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    • 116 40 SINGAPORE'S reserve badminton team were mauled m the recent John Player International m Sri Lanka, finishing fifth m a field of six countries. The four-man team suffered a setback when key player Eddie Goh came down with diarrhoea and fever the day after they had arrived m Colombo.
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    • 226 40 A SMILE FOR LANGER SUN CITY (South Africa), Mon. West German Bernhard Langer won the Sun City Challenge golf tournament yesterday after a last-round 71 that gave him a 10-under-par 278, two strokes ahead of Lanny Wadkins, of the United States. Three successive birdies around the
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    • 127 40 A SCOWL FROM SEVVY SUN CITY, Mon. Spain "s Severiano Ballesteros yesterday criticised the United States Professional Golfers' Association for withdrawing his player's card for next year's circuit. Ballesteros had heard on Friday that his appeal against the ban had been turned down by the PGA's policy
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    • THE 13TH SOUTH-EAST ASIA GAMES
      • WINTER SPORTS
        • 289 41 LABRADOR CITY (Newfoundland), Mon. TTie Swedish men's team, who dominated the 15-kilometre World Cup cross-country individual event on Saturday, won the 4xlokm skating relay yesterday. Starter Erik Ostlund led the field by 25sec. Jan Ottosson increased the cushion to 58sec. At 30km, Torgny Mogren raised the
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      • 247 41 Discus thrower Lai has the lonely feeling BANGKOK, Mon. The Games most prestigious event, track and field, get under way tomorrow, but most of Singapore's athletes will have to confine themselves to the terraces as spectators. Only woman discus thrower Lai Chan Hong will feature m the afternoon's programme, where
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      • 188 41 BANGKOK, Mon. Officials of the Singapore squad produced a surprise when they withdrew their competitors from the individual all-round programme at the National Stadium here this morning. But the mass absence of the Republic's gymnasts had nothing to do with the controversy-plagued
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      • TENNIS
        • 308 41  - Mahader and Co overcome setback JANICE SEAH By BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore edged out Burma 2-1 m their first match of the team championship at Hua Maak Stadium today. And it could have been a clean sweep if not for Hashim Sidek's bad cramp during the third set of his singles
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        • 419 42 GAMES SNIPPETS AS far as gymnastics is concerned, the darling of the Games is neither a gold-medallist nor a Thai, but a shy Singaporean poppet whose only complaint is that the vault is the same height as she is 1.2 metres. Eileen Chai has been pinched, tickled, patted, interviewed and
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        • BASKETBALL
          • 252 43 Cagers off to a winning start BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore's medal hopes m basketball got off to a promising start when they outplayed Indonesia 81-62 ?t the Thai-Japan Sports Complex today. Apart from the first two minutes, Singapore never gave their Chinese coach, Shao Guanqun, any reason to leap off his
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        • CYCLING
          • 154 43 It's the pits for our road team BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore's road team m the 100 km cycling competition finished m the pit along highway 344 here this morning. The Republic's lads could not even beat rookies Brunei as Indonesia (2hrs 23mins 58.225 ec), Thailand (2:28:01.40) and Malaysia went on to
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      • 301 41  -  HAKIKAT RAI GYMNASTICS...By BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore have warned that they would not take part m future regional or international competitions should the organisers fail to appoint neutral technical delegates. This was the decision of Lee Seng Huat, president of the Singapore Amateur Gymnastics Association, following the
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      • 521 41  -  HAKIKAT RAI ATHLETICS...By Asian ace aims beyond Bangkok BANGKOK, Mon. Isidro del Prado, Asia's fastest quarter-miler, is looking beyond Bangkok even before the Games are over. The 26-year-old Filipino police sergeant, unbeaten over the 400 m since last year, is eyeing an even bigger catch the Seoul
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      • 556 42  -  JANICE SEAH By BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore did as expected and struck gold m the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay at the Hua Maak Complex here today. The quartet of Ang Peng Siong, David Lim, Tay Khoon Hean and Oon Jin Gee clocked 3 mm
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      • Singapore sonsation Peng Slong to rule the waves
        • 297 42 BANGKOK, Mon. Finally, it comes. The 100 metres freestyle. And Ang Peng Siong is ready to perform his magic tomorrow by making his opponents disappear into his backwash. He has been quiet about it as usual, only hinting at what he's going to do. But
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        • 251 42  - Singapore zero in on skeet medal PETER SIOW SHOOTING BY BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore are well m sight for a team medal m the skeet competition at the Hua Maak Complex here today. Thanks to Tang Kee Kong, Peter Lee, Tan Sian Kwang and Lee Kum Cheok, Singapore are handily placed
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        • 271 42  - Opening victory but not satisfactory JANICE SEAH WATERPOLO BY BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore, chasing their ISth gold, won their first match 7-4 against Malaysia but seemed less pleased about it than their opponents. Team manager Tan Hwa Luck, while satisfied that the side were combining well, admitted being unhappy with the
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      • 172 43 THE Athletic Association of Western Australia have invited Swift Athletes Association of Singapore to take part m an international meet m Perth from Jan 22-25. The meet will be held m conjunction with Western Australia's six-month "Festival of Sports". Other events, like the America's Cup
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      • 287 43 BANGKOK, Mon. Singapore brushed aside the opening day's bines with a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal on the second day. Everything went according to plan. Well, almost. With the exception of the rifle and pistol shooters, weightlifter Teo Yong Joo, the IN km cycling team,
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      • 60 43 Singapore's swim relay quartet touch gold. Singapore beat Malaysia at waterpolo. Malaysia's Nurul breaks 400 m IM record. Republic's soccer team edge out Indonesia. Bowlers Adelene, Patrick and Jack recover. Our Fireball pair win first race. Mahader and Co overcome setback. Boycott
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      • 247 43 BANGKOK, Mon. Teo Yong Joo's desperate bid to shed more than two kilogrammes m bodyweight this morning proved a futile exercise. As a result, the Singapore gold medal prospect m the 52kg weightlifting category, had to move up to the next higher
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      • 128 43 YACHTING Fireball duo make waves PATTAYA, Mon. Singapore's yachtsmen got off to a bright start here today. After the first of the series of seven races, they returned to base with one first and four second placingsThe Fireball team of Tan Tee Suan and Siew Shaw Her, who recovered from
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      • 314 43  -  PETER SIOW By Indonesia downed as Singapore strike it right BANGKOK, Mon. Hard-tackling V. Sundram Moorthy, who more than once threatened to break a few legs at the National Stadium tonight, pumped m the winning goal to help Singapore defeat Indonesia 1-0. But it was super-substitute Salim Mom,
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      • 1330 43 BADMINTON: Men Malaysia 5 Philippines 0, Thailand 3 Burma 2, Singapore 4 Brunei 1 (Singapore first): Ham id Khan bt Foo Suan Seng 15-3, 15-5; Lav Wing Cheok bt Wahab Moksin 15-8, 15-4; Wong Shoon Keat-Wong Shoon Soo bt Suan Seng-Ishak Mohamad 15-1. 15-11; Hamid-Wing Cheok conceded
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      • 209 43 BOWLING Bowlers fit to roll for gold BANGKOK, Mon. The diarrhoea-scourged Singapore bowling team today received their certificate of fitness, barely 24 hours before the competition gets underway at Starbowl. Patrick Wee, Jack Wong and World Games champion Adelene Wee all received the thumbs up from the men m white
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      • 250 43 Today's Games programme ATHLETICS: (women) 400 m heats, 100 m final, 1,500 m final, discus final, high jump final; (men) felOOm relay final, 10,000 m final, shot put final, triple jump final, javelin final. BADMINTON: Men's A women's teams finals (Thai BA Hall, 6 pm). BASKETBALL: Men's A Women's teams
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  • 398 44 BEIJING, Mon. Chinese leader Deng Xiao ping today pledged to support "for 100 years" the struggle to oust Vietnamese occupation troops from Cambodia. In a meeting with the three leaders of the antiVietnamese coalition government of Cambodia, Mr Deng said China would continue
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  • 358 44 Move will mean $4.3 million cut m annual revenue THE Port of Singapore Authority has become the latest statutory board to reduce rents on its commercial properties this year. Aimed at helping tide companies over the current difficult times, the move will cost PSA
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  • 103 44 THIS Is a replica of the Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Republic of Singapore Navy's newest weapons system. It was shown for the first time yesterday at an exhibition of SAF weapons and equipment. The exhibition was held m conjunction with the six-day Total Defence students'
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  • 158 44 Carrian's George Tan out on bail HONGKONG, Mon. The former chairman of Hongkong's collapsed Carrian property group, George Tan, arrested on Saturday on new charges of bribery and conspiracy to defraud, was freed today on bail. Tan, 53, was released despite objections by prosecutors at a closed-door hearing, court officials
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  • 132 44 LONDON, Mon. Busi- to hide their smiles as a ness m the House of fellow MP joined Mr Commons came to an Leigh m searching for abrupt halt over the the tooth. It could not be weekend when a legisla- seen whether the missing
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  • 387 44 Opec ministers agree to defend cartel's market share GENEVA, Mon. Opec ministers today ended their three-day conference with an unanimous decision to defend their share of the world oil market. But Indonesian Oil Minister Subroto, talking to reporters as a final news conference began, said no figure for the share
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  • 37 44 NEW DELHI, Mon. A strike called by students m protest of education policies favouring low-caste Hindus forced schools and offices to close m western Gujarat state today as police braced for possible caste violence. UPI
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  • 31 44 NEW YORK, Mon. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrials surged 14.56 points to 1,491.74 m the first hour of trading on the Npw York Stork Evrhanop today. AP
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  • 148 44 What it should have been A REPORT last Saturday stated that the High Court dismissed, with costs, an injunction taken out by 10 recording companies to commit a businessman to prison for allegedly infringing a court injunction. This is not correct. Mr Justice L. P. Thean had m fact dismissed
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  • 302 44 Marcos to retire Ver and Ramos, says paper MANILA, Mon. President Ferdinand Marcos is set to retire armed forces chief Gen Fabian Ver and his deputy, LtGen Fidel Ramos, m about a week, it was reported here today. Business Day reported the retirement plan and said that the "leading" candidate
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  • Section Two Home & Family
    • 4 1 Section Two Home Family
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    • 872 1 With the problem of caring for the aged sick growing, two projects to provide housing and medical attention are welcome solutions. MAGDALENE LUM reports. THERE'S no place like home even if it's one for old folks. So when residents of the Ang Mo Kio Community Home, a
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    • 514 1 A LION is not only brave, but is magnanimous as well. In keeping with this spirit, an international group of Lions have done something for our Lion City that's worth roaring about. The US-based Lions Clubs International Foundation recently donated more than 5563,000 to the
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      • 479 1 \&r iety is the soul of pleasure. If variety is the soul of pleasure, then $20.00 Adult, 14.00 Child (under 10 years). December 31 st, Tuesday Ring out the The Marco Polo, with two of Singapore's The Marco Polo Lounge, Special old year, and ring m the new, with the
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      • 88 1 Property trusts 2 One consultant's suggestion for boosting the market Superma! 3 Why the work never ends The flawed kitchen 4 How to eat m a narrow space Goodbye to all that 10 Poet Robert Graves passes on Ghost story m two languages n That's what Singapore's first bilingual theatre
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    • Property
      • 646 2  -  ILENE ALESHIRE By You can't just lift something that, m my opinion, is not working that well m other countries and just plant it here. Mr F.C. lake, commenting on Dr Seek's property trusts proposal SINGAPORE'S small investors don't have much scope when it
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    • Hobbles Parenting
      • 672 3  -  MAGDALENE LUM An interior designer has 120 hippos m his flat and is still collecting what he considers beautiful creatures BY HIP hip hurray! Even if you're as fat and clumsy as a hippopotamus, don't worry because somewhere, somehow there's someone out there m
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      • 806 3  -  MAYA JAYAPAL By Personally Speaking AN OLD Jewish proverb says that God could not be everywhere, so He created mothers. That explains the tendency of every man, woman and child to invest the mother with almost superhuman powers, a tendency which has her
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    • Decor & Design
      • 686 4 Create more space in your flat One flaw with this new four-room HDB apartment is: you dine in a narrow kitchen. But you can make functional changes. In Your Home Edward Khoo architect ONE look at this 4-Room Model "A" (Corridor End) HDB Apartment and you real- ise that the
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      • 391 4 Start the Saving Habit and earn ATTRACTIVE INTEREST RATES BSu|HHE/|HHHHH| Rates subject to change without notice. BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD (Member of the OCBC Group) Head Office: 101 Cecil Stre#, #01-02 Tong Eng Building, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****66. Branches: Ang Mo Kio: Blk 157, Ang Mo Kio Aye 4, #01-578/580.
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      • 89 4 D'"'"9SetO r1t0m»299 Bedroom \j«,afi Qte** Todau OniUo M Model 100% Scotchgard for purchase of 9 m^ msO A ai>o^^ r --|i2.oonn 6.00pm iT l^^^^SiLX This Stool is yours I Jll^ I S^f*l I^/V for $3.50 only \r~Y jKKKHKM (While Stocks Last) (1 Onsets only) Mlfililit i^LJfK Tomorrow tCutKrnsent s^^, UE^bJ
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    • Bilingual
      • 721 5 CHONG WING HONG gives a summary of a talk by Norwegian scholar Christoph Harbsmeier on language, logic and science m traditional China at a luncheon recently TWO factors which have impeded the growth of modern science m China are the inherent vagueness m the Chinese language and
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      • Article, Illustration
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      • 671 5 This is a translation of an article m Chinese by Leslie Fong, chairman of the editorial board of Shin Mm Daily News, who attended the 18th biennial conference of the World Chinese Press Association m Taipei recently. ONE of the fundamental tasks of the Chinese journalist
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    • Bilingual Dwibahasa
      • 795 6  -  YEO KIM SENG By ABOUT thirty men m Punggol village can boast that their day-offs depend on the weather. They make their claims straight-faced because they are survivors of a breed of men whose livelihood is indigenous to the reputedly 200-year-old fishing village.
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      • 625 6 oleh YEO KIM SENG PATAH tumbuh, hilang berganti. Begitulah resam alam. Namun, buat sebuah kampung nelayan di Punggol, kehilangannya tidak akan berganti lagi. Kampung yang berusia sekitar 200 tahun itu adalah antara yang tertua di negara mi. Bentuk binaannya bagai kelong. Rakan rapatnya ialah kampung nelayan
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      • 38 6 ADVERTISEMENT dun I [sin drops m to Trader Vies T\ MUSTBeDRt^MIN6-PWWN(2)(:KTftILS, > >BpPJ| B^ l^J 0( i)4c v w ToLDM p -^Btr Every Wednesday Rj^f TRADER VK'S New Otani Hotel, Liang Court, River Valley Road. Telephone 337-2249, Ample Parking.
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      • 520 7 A^^H Fif\ wot TNfc TT" M TT "W IJfflSchpol 'Leavers 1 1 NTCO HOTEL APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME The Singapore Hotel Association Training and Educational Centre (SHATEC) is inviting applications for admission into the National Trade Certificate Grade 3 Hotel Apprenticeship Programmes. THE PROGRAMMES trade upon admission into the pro- I The
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      • 327 7 i "cAPITOI'IAST 2 DAYS! (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 LIBERTY: TODAY ONLY! i 1 (*****68) 4 SHOWS at 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 9.15 Z N.B. SEASON CONTINUES THURSDAY at PRINCE 1 GIRLS JUST WANT TO stay out late, v sleep all morning, wear exotic clothes, drive the
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      • 221 7 w c 6 y 'l A T w TODAY ONI V 1I am I 4b 400 645 9 15 POSSESSED II I n UNFORGETTABLE FANTASY N ■kwiftywiitr-twi' Ii am 4. .1 l CARRY ON DOCTORS 4 NURSES IkRHM "My Name JJ^__A_mJ_Suz ie '11 >M'» NOWSHOWIN B i lorn 100 3lb
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      • 560 8 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES CTAIITC DC^riQCM MM Telefax No: 7K2759 Kates: Box Service: HiaIANIO naOUOOIM Sales Service: Straits Times 5125.00 p» c-m Collected S$5.M) telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. R5 ***** TIMEAD Tel *****11 ext 5724-7 SGS»i Sunday Times 5525.62 psc nn I'osti-il SSlinm APPOINTMENTS J Ounove/t I jjjjjil tm '\J A well established company
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      • 396 8 (tsso) CONFIDENTIAL STENOGRAPHER Our Employee Relations Department has a vacancy for a Confidential Stenographer Qualifications GCE 'O' level with credit m English Typing speed of 45 w.p.m. Shorthand speed of 80 w.p.m. Experience Minimum 5 years related experience Working knowledge of word processor Applications with full particulars, a contact telephone
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      • 556 8 OPTICS "1 a growing industry I glowing with opportunities I lOINT INDUSTRIAL PRECISION OPTIC TRAINING CENTRE (JIPOTCI an f APPROVED VITB TRAINING CENTRE, seeks to train suitably qualified persons for a Craftsman Certificate m Precision Optics Training Learn the techniques of producing optic components i.c lenses, prisms wedges j mirrors
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      • 1036 8 NOTICES f ww TENDER NOTICE SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED INVITES TENDERS FOR THE FOLLOWING ON TURNKEY BASIS: Supply, Delivery, Commissioning and Testing of One unit Diesel Powered Lavoton Servicing Truck for ASU Changi Airport Tender Reference 1363 An application fee of 5525.00 (non-refundable) is payable for each set of tender application
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      • 633 8 TBE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18 1911 KD.) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THF. RKPI BLK OF SINHAPORK In Bankruptcy No. 1570 of 1985 Re: LAI LI AN SENG trading as CROSS-ROAD JF.ANERY Kx-parte: YANOTIEKIANG GARMENT MAM FACTIRING COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED Judgment Creditor NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT (In the Matter of a
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      • 337 9 B I n r i [5 I [7 T~ 6 l venting a collapse' 12 Young scamp raised I -U~LJ— (8 3>3) wrath B ettin g Eddie 23 Carry around one per- 1O soaked (11) mit for ablutions 7tc 13 Dodgy periods to one 1 1 I I I I
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      • 239 9 ©GOVERNMENT OF THE Bringing I companes under the general management I C P RE im OF OSBORNE 4 CHAPPEL INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD, 1974 registered stock JpQH (LOAN NO. 1) Children tin ore outputs for November ms 6 0/0 MATURING I9B9 1C fWlt TONNK (TAX FREE) lIUI GOPENG BERHAD AND ITS
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      • 798 9 NOTICES m mortgagees' Sale Of Properties By Public Auction To Be Held At No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04. People's Insurance Building. On Wednesday. 1 8th December 1 985 at 3.00 p.m. Particulars 1 Nos. 1 098 and 1 098A Serangoon Road Land Area 130.1 sq.m. Title: 99-year leasehold Solicitors: M/s.
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    • Page 9 Miscellaneous
      • 463 9 SUN TAN By Collette PEANUTS By Schulz 7aWN/ FAMiIV FRofll£MS\ [~Z fyoa VteWTHE HUS&ANDsV" p r^f •n^MSFCfUbMCTMCfft /re:! r£g V .1 -4 "£*t mmp m c /l\ /ME SURE LOOKS S L pss IN SJ *Aru MAYBE lAM IN JBEiA ATTfNTCON r^xMTHc/R >v jfZ-3k I^rrN *****11 Jt± A^ I LINE
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 754 10 Graves: A lifetime of going against the grain It has been a life of inspiring dignity and courage, of admirable intellectual force and irreverence, of constant interest He was a writer who had managed to survive without losing his integrity. Peter Levi, now m the chair Graves once occupied m
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      • 939 11 Singapore's first professional bilingual theatre group, Communications Theatre, will make its debut with a play about a ghost at the World Trade Centre auditorium from Dec 18 to Dec 21. It will be staged m English and Chinese. CATHERINE ONG meets the group. FOR his
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      • 544 11 AN EVENING OF BALLET Victoria Theatre Last Saturday Reviewed by JOHN de SOtiZA MAYBE, I thought, this last local evening would be strong enough to rescue the dance fest from its mire of mediocrity. Nowadays, almost anything goes under the name of "ballet" which,
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    • Page 11 Miscellaneous
      • 1077 11 What's On PERFORMANCE Street. 11.30 am 2.30 pm, er navigational safety aids. 40" artists who emerged af- velopment, and Mr J.G. Cus- year-olds. Limited to 25 chilTuran srwiPfipi? tooti 63 P m and 930 P m On till BEYOND the Pack Ice. ter the reform of the Univer- sell, veteran
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      • 1107 11 1 Radio One Edmond Halley, who gave his name to the famous comet, Halley's Comet, was a mathematician, geophysicist and engineer. Colin Ronan, a historian of science, tells more about the man and the scientist his character and achievements m SCIENCE REPORT (7.45 pm). FM Service 90.5 mHz m VHF
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 93 12 #Sole Agent and Distributor for Singapore, Malaysia. Brunei S Indonesia: tH/NCKLEY SINGAKXE WADING PTE LTD A member of the fIPQOT family 400 Orchard Road, #24-07 Orchard Towers. Singapore 0923. Tel: ***** 22 (5 lines) Telex. RS 501 53 APCOT Authorised Dealers: Singapore: Boutique Uaque Champs Elysees Daniel De Classici Far
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      • 119 12 M/ £ffiTZ/r/</£5,//fi9E/5Z7/7£^| PI PRDBLEIH UJHICH yOU II f DOm HFHIE TU 50IUE II BLM;:: f| n Thursday December 12. Leather Goods: etc. |S| V Business Times will give you Watches; W& something very precious time to Jewellery; §P think about your business instead of Cameras, Electronic Goods and I|> worrying
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    • Page 12 Miscellaneous
      • 1547 12 s^\ mini Jim m ■■■mi iiwii iMMwa»imM.i»piiinH ifimiBaa— m MY VIEW mm Kantian Chandran imm /^KJ/l vV r 1 1 ne8da y Premiere m mm mmmM^ k Z mmmm tinued struggle for indepen- j —gs^— i should be marketed, but SJt^\Z'W Florence Night- £1 111 EfSIIlO dence carries on The
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