The Straits Times, 11 January 1986

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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    CPF: Employers' rate to be cut
    683 1 Special account may be suspended to help with house payments By our Parliament team THE Government has decided to cut the employers' rate of Central Provident Fund contributions for several years and it will help badly-affected home owners to make their mortgage payments. It
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    Parliament to be prorogued
    90 1 Parliament to be prorogued PARLIAMENT will be prorogued after yesterday's session. Finance Minister Dr Richard Ha, In introducing the Securities Industry BUI, said he learned of this from the Leader of the House, Mr S. Dhanabalan. It is believed the Government wants to announce its strategy to deal with the
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    Lock icon Dollar down as talk of Arab retaliation spreads
    227 1 Dollar down as talk of Arab retaliation spreads NEW YORK, Fri. The dollar dropped sharply in hectic foreign-exchange trading yesterday as rumours swept the markets that Arab nations would pull their money out of dollar investments in retaliation for US sanctions against Libya. The dollar fell by more than three
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    Lamipak, Panther to be wound up
    298 1 SINGAPORE'S largest plastics manufacturer, Lamipak Industries, and its subsidiary, Panther Pte Ltd, were ordered by the High Court yesterday to be wound up. Lamipak and its subsidiaries owed some $140 million to two dozen banks. Yesterday, six banks petitioned the court to nave Lamipak
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    Another two claim trial
    227 1 The Alfa-Pacific case TWO directors of AlfaPacific Securities Pte (APS) claimed trial yesterday to charges under the Companies and the Prevention of Corruption acts. Anthony Teo Chong Jin, 40, and Francis Chu Leong Mun, 46, both faced two charges each under the Companies Act for failing
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    Bill seeks to prevent another crisis similar to Pan-El
    322 1 THE Singapore Government has taken steps to prevent another Pan-Electric Industries type of crisis by introducing a Securities Industry Bill in Parliament yesterday. The Malaysian authorities are also believed to be set to introduce similar laws around April of this year.
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    Curbs proposed on publications which 'interfere'
    740 1 Curbs proposed on publications which 'interfere' THE Government is proposing new laws that would restrict the sale, but not the circulation, in Singapore of foreign publications that "interfere in our domestic politics for their own ends". They would affect publications that exploit controversies and play on matters such as language
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    Lock icon Off again
    32 1 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida). Fri. The Mast-off of the shuttle Columbia was put off today for an unprecedented seventh time because of a non-stop deluge of rain and low clouds. UPI
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      318 1 BEHIND EVERY SONY PRODUCTIS SCNYService THE ONE AND ONLY I The Sunday Times Tomorrow A land of grumbletonians Tiresias joins The Sunday Times tomorrow as a sharp observer of the Singapore scene. She says provocatively in her first column-. "I don't believe there can be a bigger gathering of grumbletonians
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      9 1 Sanctions will have little effect, say US officials PageS
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      214 1 When Chiam was caught giving somebody else's views Page 15 Pan-Electric: Text of Ministerial Statement Page 17 Hi Model Citizen w A Every once in a while, you'll come across one. One who works productively, reliably, quietly and compatibly with others. Now consider the Citizen printer. It gives immaculate near
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      Home
      336 2 Open verdict STATE CORONER Sarjit Singh recorded an open verdict on the death of 74-year-old Madam Kho Geok Ee, saying that it was clear to him that a test strip used by a doctor to record the patient's bloodsugar level had been contaminated with either glucose or dextrose. Madam
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      Comment
      159 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: President Reagan's effort to garner support from his allies for sanctions against Libya is hampered by too many doubts, too many differing national interests and too many practical uncertainties. But it can be argned that prompt, concerted action against terrorism is entirely justified, but such
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      Timesdollar
      132 2 MAS. ON HOW LOAN PIE WAS CUT BORROWING WAS up from last October, but the loan pie was drastically re-portioned between the end of 1980 and October, according to the latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. For example, the building and construction industry, which include housing loans
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      Forum
      109 2 PRESERVE OUR PAST THE GENERAL manager of a tour company regrets that the proportion of time, morey and effort spent to preserve what few historical areas we have appears miniscule in comparison to efforts to create and improve tourist attractions. He calls on the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board not
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      Around the world
      511 2 Medical cuts IGNORING PROTESTS from the trade union movement, the Japanese government is pressing ahead with plans to abolish a large number of state hospitals and privatise other medical institutions and the deficit-ridden Japan National Railways. It has assured the powerful National Railway Worker's Union that it
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      Around Asean...
      311 2 and Across the Causeway Marcost Polls on NEXT MONTH'S snap election in the Philippines will go ahead as planned unless communist rebels began attacking the cities, President Ferdinand Marcos has said. But, he added, the New People's Army, with an estimated strength of 16,500 guerillas, has no capability
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      Timesport
      267 2 Character club IN THE "toughest football league in the world", Everton seem to be the club with the strength in depth, adaptability, and balance to lift the Canon Division One Championship, writes MARTIN PALMER. Statistical proof came with the publication, at the turn of the year, of the "League
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      Section Two
      268 2 Debt crisis II SINGAPORE IS experiencing an economic recession in a world reeling from a mountain of debts. But it won't end there. A second debt shock worse than the first in 1982 will hit the world economy by the end of this decade, changing the world's monetary
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      Buyers' Guide
      375 2 Goods/Services Organisation Section/Page Acknowledgement Selangor Pewter Antiques Mee KoK Chong Trading II 6 Appointment Ad inteh Mgmt Services I 24 Audki Hwee Seng Electronics (Pioneer) I 5 Bank Citibank II 28 Bjtnroovn Accessories Nan Wah Mktg Beverage Nestle (Milo) I 29 Cirpets Amir Sons I 32 Gnee Hong
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon Aiko, thanks so much for your letter...
      339 3 TOKYO, Fri. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev today thanked a 12-year-old Japanese girl for writing to him and sent her a book on Lenin, a pair of picture albums and a samovar but no invitation to the Soviet Union. Sixth-grader Aiko Fukuda received Mr
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    • World briefs
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        Lock icon TV series put off
        66 3 THE US TELEVISION network ABC has postponed production of a US$4O million (SsBB million) series about a Soviet takeover of the United States after the Kremlin threatened ABC's Moscow news operations. Mr David Burke, vice president of ABC News, said that the Soviets expressed their objections
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        Lock icon Nobel poet dies
        41 3 NOBEL PRIZE winner and Czechoslovakia' s best-loved contemporary poet, Jaroslav Seifert, 84, died in Prague on Thursday night of heart failure. Mr Seifert was in and out of favour with authorities for most of his turbulent career. AP
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        Lock icon Murderer executed
        57 3 JAMES TERRY ROACH, who murdered two teenagers when he was 17, was executed yesterday after the US Supreme Court rejected his appeal from the United Nations, Mother Teresa, former US President Jimmy Carter and human rights groups. Roach was 25 at the time of his execution in the
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        Lock icon Reunion blood test
        45 3 BANGLADESHI CHILDREN seeking to join their migrant parents in Britain would have to take a blood test to verify parenthood. The blood groups must match to establish parenthood, said Mr Timothy Eger, UnderSecnHarv at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Reuter plc
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      Lock icon See who wants a seat on school board
      175 3 FOR A NEW APPROACH VOTE EVELYN ARROYO **i H I \.i i .ma itr. SOME politicians take off their gloves In an election campaign and come oat swinging. Evelyn Arroyo, who Is seeking a seat on the H»beken Board of Education, has
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      Japan to abolish some state hospitals
      373 3  -  PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. The Japanese government plans to abolish a large number of state hospitals and transfer other medical institutions to the private sector in the next phase of a general crackdown against, the country's inefficient and bankrupt public sector.
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      Lock icon India-Pakistan accord on trade, commerce
      356 3 India- Pakistan accord on trade, commerce ISLAMABAD, Fri. Pakistan and India today agreed to double public sector trade, allow private commerce and expand communications at the first of three meetings aimed at improving ties between the rival neighbours. Pakistani Finance Minister Mahbubul Haq and his Indian counterpart Vishwanath Pratap Singh
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      Lock icon Hongkong mobs 'move to Taiwan'
      123 3 TAIPEI, Fri. Police said today that gangsters from Hongkong were shifting operations to Taiwan before the return of the British colony to China in 1997. A spokesman said mobsters from Hongkong's criminal triad societies had links with local syndicates, such as the Bamboo Union, and
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      Lock icon Beijing wants body to control private ventures
      239 3 Beijing wants body to control private ventures BEIJING, Fri. China will set up a national federation to protect and control private enterprises, the official English language China Daily reported today. Some 1.1.5 million private firms were legally registered in China by November 1985, the paper quoted Wang Zhongming, an official
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      18 3 SAPPORO (Japan), Fri. About 8,1)00 people were stranded at Sapporo Airport yesterday because of heavy snowfall. AFP
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      Lock icon HK censors TV film
      63 3 HONGKONG, Fri. The Hongkong government has censored a television documentary on censorship. The British made programme, duo to be screened in March, is part of an award-winning series about TV. Censors decided to cut scenes of frontal nudity and love-making. "I don't think the general audience
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      Lock icon Driver 'drunk' on steak
      84 3 ALICE SPRINGS (Australia), Fri. A driver, arrested for being three times over the legal alcohol limit, blamed a meal of marinated steak and po- tent gravy for his condition. Christian Wendel told a Magistrate's Court in this central Australian town yesterday that he did not know
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      Lock icon Sikhs held for highway sit-ins
      134 3 Sikhs held for highway sit-ins AMRITSAR, FYi. Scores of Sikh radical youths were arrested for staging highway sit-ins that brought road transportation to a virtual standstill today in many parts of India's Punjab state. About 75,000 police and paramilitary troops were deployed during the daylong road blockade called by the
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      Lock icon 10,000 US Aids patients will incur $13 b bill
      422 5 WASHINGTON, Friday THE first estimate of the economic impact of Aids in the United States shows the first 10,000 victims will cost US$6.3 billion (5513.3 billion) in hospitalisation and lost income, researchers have reported. The Aids victims used up nearly as
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      Lock icon Turning old notes into new
      74 5 picture. Mr Don Allison, is seen scooping US$l million from a revolving dram on Wednesday. The IB.OM notes have worn oat by constant revolving in the dram and will be replaced. OLD dollar notes need not be thrown away. They can be laundered, Ironed and
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      Lock icon Soviets violating Salt II, says US
      326 5 Moscow 'has deployed 45 SS-25 missiles' WASHINGTON, Fri. United States Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said yesterday that the Soviet Union had deployed 45 SS-25 inter-continental ballistic missiles in violation of the Salt II nuclear arms pact. His statement, in a speech at the Carnegie
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      Lock icon Stallone highest paid actor
      122 5 NEW YORK, Fri. Sylvester Stallone is the high-est-paid actor in the world, commanding twice the price paid to film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, Parade magazine reported yesterday. A talent agent told Parade that Stallone received US$l2 million (Ss2s million) for Rocky IV, the latest
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      Lock icon Stowaway freezes to death in plane
      117 5 FRANKFURT, Fri. A 34-year-old American found dead on a taxiway of the Frankfurt international airport on Wednesday froze to death after stowing away on a flight from Miami to Frankfurt, an airport spokesman said. Spokesman Reinhard Rochus said yesterday an autopsy showed that Terence
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      Lock icon Duvalier shuts schools to halt demos
      131 5 Duvalier shuts schools to halt demos PORT-AU PRINCE, Frl. Haitian President -Jean-Claude Dnvalier has closed all schools indefinitely and many students have been arrested folowtng antl-Dnvalier protests. The biggest demonstrations were in Gonalves and the port of Pet-it-Goave, 31 km west of the capital. Security forces picked up students in
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      Lock icon Purchase of French daily illegal, says panel
      296 5 Purchase of French daily illegal, says panel PARIS, Fri. A feud between France's socialist rulers and press baron Robert Hersant intensified yesterday when a government anti-trust commission declared illegal his purchase of France's fifth biggest provincial daily. The six-member commission, which has only advisory powers, called for legal proceedings against
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      Lock icon More jobless
      55 6 LONDON, Fri. Britain s unemployment figure rose to 13.2 per cent last month after three months of steady decline, the Department of Employment said yesterday. The new seasonally-adjusted total that excludes school leavers shows that 14,700 more people were out of work last month, bringing the number of
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      Sanctions will have little effect, say US officials
      455 6  -  LI AK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Fri. Top Reagan administration officials conceded yesterday that American economic sanctions against Libya will have little effect on Libyan behaviour but said they are a necessary political statement. "It would have been more comfortable
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      Lock icon Heir to title and a polite, deft charmer
      254 6 LONDON, Fri. Britain's new Defence Secretary, George Younger, heir to a title and a veteran of the Korean War, has been In charge of Scottish affairs since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to power El Ml A dark, youthful 54-year-old,, commentators say
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      Lock icon Tambo's statement allowed on the air
      289 6 JOHANNESBURG, Friday IN AN unprecedented move, South African Law and Order Minister Louis Le Grange has authorised the broadcast here of a statement by Oliver Tambo, leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC). Mr Tambo, at a news conference at the organisation's exile
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      Lock icon Birth of 12th Dutch province
      130 6 LELYSTAD (Netherlands), Fri. Queen Beatrix has formally added the new man-made province of Flevoland to her realm, crowning 50 years of Dutch labour to reclaim farmland from the sea. Flevoland, a fertile plain the size of London and its environs, was once covered by the
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      Lock icon We're ready to go to war says Gaddafi
      387 6 picture. Libya's warning to US LIBYAN leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, accusing the United States of "stinking, rotten crusaderism", has warned that Libya could go to war at any time to combat the "state terrorism" of the US and Israel. He also said
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      Lock icon A 'glamour boy' rout of tune with Thatcher
      317 6 A 'glamour boy' rout of tune with Thatcher LONDON, Fri. Mr Michael Heseltine, who resigned as British defence minister yesterday, was the "glamour boy" of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. Mr Heseltine, 52, has been tipped as a future Prime Minister, a post to which he openly aspires. Tall
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      Red phone box on the way out
      130 6  -  DONALD HIGGS By London Reporter LONDON, Fri. One of Britain's traditional hallmarks the red telephone box is set to disappear. Increasingly these phone boxes have become a favourite target of vandals, and they simply aren't built to cope with such rough treatment. The
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      416 3 Thu melon shapfd teapot, da'.ed nrca 1895, isju.it one of the many beautiful dengnt in the Exhibition Dr Wong Kai Yuen Guest of Honour, The Director Staff The National Museum, Singapore, All guests for their kind presence and good wishes on the occasion of the first ever Pewter in Southeast
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Marcos: Polls go on unless Reds hit cities'
      307 8  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Reporter MANILA, Fri. Next month's snap election would go on as scheduled unless communist rebels began attacking the cities, forcing reimpocition of martial law, President Ferdinand Marcos said today. But, Mr Marcos stressed that the communist New People's
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      Lock icon Jakarta preacher jailed
      127 8 JAKARTA, Fri. A militant Indonesian Muslim preacher was yesterday sentenced to nine years' jail for delivering subversive sermons. The judge found Tony Ardie guilty of inciting people to rebel against the government and to establish Islamic laws in Indonesia. Ardie, 31, who had earlier admitted the charges
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      Lock icon Cory woos with a dance
      231 8 PHILIPPINE presidential candidate Corazon Aquino (second from left) dances with tribal leaders while campaigning in Lagawe town in Ifugao province on Thursday. Mrs Aquino shuffled In a circle for about three minutes to the beat of ancient brass gongs, heirlooms taken out by the mountain
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      Lock icon Beijing denies 'Bangkok hotline' report
      194 8 Beijing denies 'Bangkok hotline' report BEIJING, Fri. China today denied that it had set up a hotline to Bangkok to ensure swift Chinese reprisals for any Vietnamese artillery or border attacks on Thailand. "This is not true," a Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters. The Hongkong-based weekly, the Far Eastern Economic
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      Lock icon Army general 'refused to join Thai coup bid'
      197 8 BANGKOK, Fri. The commander of Thailand's most powerful army group, Lt-Gen Pichitr Kullavanijaya, refused to join plotters in an attempted coup to overthrow the Thai government in September, causing the bid to crumble in about 10 hours, according to testimony in a
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      Lock icon PNG minister to visit Jakarta, Canberra
      97 8 CANBERRA, Fri. Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister is to visit Jakarta and Canberra to hold discussions on his country s troubled border with the Indonesian province of Irian Jay a. The tour will be Mr Legu Vagi's first since his appointment by Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Foreign investment drops in Indonesia
      423 8 Foreign investment drops in Indonesia But domestic commitments up sharply last year JAKARTA, Friday FOREIGN investment approvals in Indonesia last year fell to about US$BOO million (551.71 billion) from US$l.l billion in 1984, but domestic investment rose sharply. Mr Ginanjar Kartasasmita, head of the Investment Co-ordinating Agency, said after a
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      Lock icon Lee and Prem to discuss Cambodia
      140 8 Lee and Prem to discuss Cambodia BANGKOK, Fri. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew will discuss the Cambodian problem with Thai leaders daring a one-day official visit here next week, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. Mr Lex- will meet Prime Minister Prem Tbisolanonda and Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila on
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      Lock icon Thailand may bar Aids victims
      117 8 Thailand may bar Aids victims BANGKOK, Fri. Thailand may soon bar foreigners suffering from Aids and expel those who have the incurable disease, an immigration police spokesman said today. The Immigration Department has asked for Aids to be added to the list of medical disorders disqualifying foreigners from visiting or
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      Lock icon More visitors
      43 8 JAKARTA, Fri. A total of 730,000 tourists visited Indonesia last year, a 4 per cent increaseabove the previous year's figures, the Director General of Tourism, Joop Ave. said today. Thenumber was, however, below the expected annual target of 1.2 million AFP
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      Lock icon Musa to tour country to explain Baling affair
      202 10 BAHAU (Negri Sembilan), Fri. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam and several governmient and Umno leaders will tour the country to explain the Baling incident to the people. Information Minister Datuk Rais Yatim, who announced this today, said Datuk Musa would counter
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      Lock icon Unemployment threat in Penang
      303 10 5,500 people have lost jobs already PENANG, Friday TKIS year appears likely to be a difficult one for Penang as the retrenchment of workers threatens to make unemployment a major problem in the state. About 5,500 people have lost their jobs in Penang and another 5,000
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      Lock icon Rubbish in the trees
      96 10 IT MIGHT be a city cleaner's nightmare. For rubbish seems to be growing on the trees near some high-rise, low-cost flats at Jalan Ton Razak in Kuala Lmnpur. How the trash got entangled in the branches Is anybody's guess. But perhaps a more pertinent one is
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      Lock icon Singapore police unhelpful, alleges trader
      254 10 Singapore police unhelpful, alleges trader JOHOR BARU, Fri. A Johor Baru businessman has alleged that the Singapore police were "unco-op-erative" when he told them he had been robbed and assaulted by a man at Woodlands on Wednesday. Mr Heng Aik Lee, in his mid-thirties, said that, as he was reversing
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      Lock icon Norway gift
      36 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Norway has given Ms4 million in aid to the National Electricity Board to buy equipment for two mini-hy-dro electricity projects. A contract to formalise the grant was signed here yesterday. AP
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      Lock icon Pesta '86
      34 10 PENANG, Fri. The state government today officially launched the Pesta Pulau Pinang 1986 which will last throughout the year. The Pesta will feature various programmes such as entertainment and musical shows. Bernama
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      Lock icon Tin mines may be Perak's new tourist attraction
      236 10 IPOH, Friday SEVERAL tin mining companies in Perak may open their mines to the public for guided tours to promote tourism and earn extra revenue. A spokesman for the miners in Perak sa?d they would do this after trading of the metal
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      Lock icon Proton Saga for Kuwait
      54 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The National Contracts Group of Kuwait is negotiating to buy the first Made-In-Malaysia'ear, the Proton Saga, Omar Mutawa, President of the kuwaiti firm, said today. Mr Mutawa said if the deal is successful, the group would import several thousand of the cars annually
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      Lock icon Sabah wants KL to take over Labuan project
      210 10 PAPAR (Sabah), Fri. Talks are being held to enable the federal government to take over the Ms7oo million Labuan gas project, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said. He said Sabah state and federal officers were taking part in the talks
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      Lock icon Drop charge, Carrian men ask again
      226 10 HONGKONG, Fri. The Carrian business empire's former boss and his chief lieutenant, charged with fraud in connection with the group's 1983 collapse, today re-applied for proceedings to be deferred or dropped. The High Court application by former Carrian chief George Tan and Bentley Ho
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      Lock icon MP resigns to join PBS
      45 10 KOTA KINABALU, Fri. Berjaya MP fo- Bandau. Mr Newman Gaban, today resigned to join the ruling Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). Mr Gaban, who was also Berjaya Youth deputy president, will continue to serve his constituency as a PBS MP. Bernama
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      A lesson from our ancestors
      100 11 AN MP yesterday hoped that the old pewter articles now on show at the National Museum Art Gallery would Inspire Singaporeans to emulate their immigrant forefathers. Dr Wang Kai Yuen, MP for BakU Tlmah, said the pewter articles conld show how oar ancestors moulded materials
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      Air show picks S'pore as permanent site
      320 11  -  RICHARD NG Changi will be venue for Asian Aerospace display By SINGAPORE will permanently host the third most important air show in the world, Asian Aerospace. This is one of the most prestigious international exhibitions in the world and one with a potential
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      Former detective fined $80 for shouting
      161 11 Former detective fined $80 for shouting A FORMER police detective was yesterday fined $80 for disorderly behavioui at Central Police Station, where a taxidriver had driven him to settle a dispute over destination. Lim See Tuan, 44, denied he had behaved in a disorderly manner at the station, a "public
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      Doctor's test strip was contaminated, says coroner
      412 11  - Doctor's test strip was contaminated, says coroner L. E. PREMA Open verdict on woman's death By THE State Coroner yesterday recorded an open verdict on the death of a 74-year-old woman and said that it was clear to him that a test strip used by a doctor to record the
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      Rape suspect, aged 15, held
      166 11 A 15-YEAR-OLD boy is helping police with investigations after a schoolgirl was raped in a vacant house in Siglap Plain early this week. The suspect was arrested yesterday by detectives who had been keeping watch on the area after the victim, aged 12, was waylaid
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      New notes for exchange
      57 11 MEMBERS of the public can now exchange their money for new notes at any bank. The Board of Commissioners of Currency has provided banks with 67 million new one dollar notes. These notes can also be exchanged for at the board's exchange counters at 79 Robinson
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      Hospitals already doing what coroner advised
      96 11 Hospitals already doing what coroner advised WHAT the State Coroner recommended yesterday on procedures in blood sugar level tests had been implemented in government hospitals for some time. A hospital spokesman said yesterday the procedures were implemented almost a year ago, soon after a woman, admitted with stomach pains, died
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      Bank of America and unions to hold talks on lay-off of 100
      180 11 Bank of America and unions to hold talks on lay-off of 100 TWO unions will meet the Bank of America management on Monday to discuss the retrenchment of about IN officers and clerks. Leaders of the Singapore Bank Employees' Union (SBEU) and the Singapore Bank Officers' Association (SBOA) met yesterday
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      Man charged
      44 11 AN UNEMPLOYED man, Hon Ka Yee, 48. was yesterday charged with robbing a man of $48 at Choa Chu Kang Christian cemetery on Thursday at about 12.10 pm. Hon has been remanded and his rase will be further mentioned on Jan 17.
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      More rain forecast over the weekend
      416 13  -  SUMIKO TAN Thursday wettest January day in five years By IT'S been a week of almost ceaseless rain with Thursday the wettest day in January in the past five years. It's been a week, too, of children going to school in windbreakers, sweaters and
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      Inhalant sales may be regulated
      400 13  -  SURESH NAIR Tougher measures under study to curb glue-sniffing among teenagers Jaya By THE Government is considering introducing laws to control the indiscriminate sale of harmful inhalants, and to counsel young people who are addicted to glue-sniffing. Disclosing this last night, Home Affairs Minister Prof
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      University hospital to set up heart surgery unit
      308 13  - University hospital to set up heart surgery unit KONG SOOK CHIN By THE National University Hospital (NUH) is planning to start a heart surgery unit later this year. Dr Victor Chang is among three medical experts from Australia advising the hospital at Lower Kent Ridge Road on the setting up
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      Yeast-based Hepatitis B vaccine safe
      283 13 Yeast-based Hepatitis B vaccine safe SINGAPORE trials with a new yeast-based Hepatitis 3 vaccine have shown the gen e 1 1 ca 1 ly-englneered vaccine to be safe and effective. This was announced yesterday by Associate Professor Oon Chong Jin of the National University of Singapore's Department of Medicine. Prof
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  • Parliament
    • In short
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        A day of Bills
        38 14 DEBATES on 11 Bills passed in Parliament yesterday plus other lengthy speeches contributed to the sitting being one of the longest. When it ended at 9.10 pm, there was visible relief on many faces.
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        Reminder from Speaker
        61 14 Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng reminded members at the start of the day's business that the hour-long Question Time was strictly for asking questions, and not for making statements as some MPs were inclined to do. Also, the questions must be relevant to the subject being discussed. Before
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        Devan's pension
        35 14 There has been no pension set aside for former President Devan Nair because he declined it, said Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu who displayed skill in keeping answers short and to the point.
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        The Pan-El affair
        85 14 It is always easy to be wise aftor the fact, remarked Dr Hu when he said the Government should have paid prompt attention to reforms in the stock market. He said because the stock mar-cet was considered a small component of the financial system here (only 0.6
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        More muscle for MAS
        50 14 The securities ma;ket will come under the supervision of the MAS when the Securities Industry Bill introduced yesterday is passed. It will bring an end to forward contracts, require auditors to make fuller reports to shareholders and give MAS direct access to the books of stockbrokers.
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        Enough is enough
        68 14 He put his foot firmly down. No more requests to use the CPF savings for this and that. Otherwise the savings will be nibbled away, said Acting Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan. "I must draw the line somewhere. It must be only for home purchases. It is
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        CPF reduction
        70 14 The only hint Mr Lee Yock Suan made was "the employers' rate must be reduced". No mention of the workers' contributions. The Special Account portion of the CPF may be suspended to allow money to go to the Ordinary Account for home purchases. Anything in excess of $15,000
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        Easing court load
        169 14 Relief for the High Court is on the way. The Subordinate Courts are to take over some of the workload. Three Bills were passed to increase the jurisdiction of the lower courts. Some of the changes: District courts will soon be handling cases involving claims of up
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        New judicial posts
        22 14 Seven more judicial posts have been created and six new courtrooms will be built to accommodate this extra workload.
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        Nervous magistrates
        54 14 Anson MP J.B. Jeyaretnam said there might be magistrates and district judges who "look over their shoulders" each time they make a judgment as they were wary of incurring the displeasure of the Legal Service Commission and the Government. "The Judiciary must be independent of the displeasure of
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        Gambling standards
        47 14 Some MPs accused the Government of having double standards on gambling. They said it legalised the operations it ran but outlawed others run by private individuals. Mr Heng Chiang Meng (Jalan Kayu) even went as far as saying: "Close the Singapore Pools or privatise it."
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        Squeeze on gaming
        90 14 You can bet on it that three Bills passed yesterday against illegal gaming are bound to have the syndicates on the run. More than that, the new laws would lead to HDB void decks, coffeeshops and hawker centres being cleared of throngs of illegal punters on weekends.
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      More powers given to nail offenders
      1180 14 Debate on illegal gambling Bills THE police were given more powers to crack down on illegal gambling yesterday with the passage of three Bills. They are the Betting (Amendment) Bill, Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Bill and Road Vehicles (Special Powers) (Amendment) Bill. Professor S.
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      Refer the Bill to Select Committee
      406 14 MR J.B. Jeyaretnam (Anson) said the Betting (Amendment) Bill smacked of double-standards and asked for it to be referred to a Select Committee. Questioning the motive of the Bill, he criticised the Government for "legalising" betting centres set up by Singapore Pools on the
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      Consider residents' views on bet shops
      104 14 THE MP for Changkat, Dr Aline Wong, urged the authorities to consider the views of residents when approving betting centres in housing estates. Debating the Eletting (Amendment) Bill, she said many members of the public had voiced their concern about the effect of such
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      Close S'pore Pools call
      101 14 THE Government should not provide instruments for gambling, the MP for Jalan Kayu, Mr Heng Chiang Meng, said. He urged the Government to close Singapore Pools or privatise it and allow enterprising businessmen to go Into this business. Mr Heng said the Government should have no
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      Control gambling, not ban it
      354 14 THE Government should consider "licensing" out places to some syndicates to run as betting centres instead of just flushing out illegal gambling from public eyes. Mr Jek Yeun Thong, MP for Queenstown, who made this proposal during the debate on the Betting (Amendment) Bill, said
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      One cause of the recession
      299 14 One cause of the recession GAMBLING was cited by an MP as one of the causes of Singapore's economic difficulties. Dr Augustine Tan (Whampoa) said Singapore had produced a very speculative environment, full of gamblers. Speaking during the debate on the Betting (Amendment) Bill, Dr Tan defined a gambler as
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      When Chiam was caught giving somebody else's views
      1280 15 When Chiam was caught giving somebody else's views Opposition MP apologises for not revealing source of arguments OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong apologised to Parliament yesterday after he was made to admit that he was not giving his own views during the debate on the Betting (Amendment) Bill. He told
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      Pledge to shops hit by MRT projects
      296 15 NATIONAL Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan has given an assurance that he will ask his ministry to look into the cases of shophouse tenants whose businesses have been substantially affected by Mass Rapid Transit construction projects. He said MPs can write to him
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      Protection for MRTC men
      64 15 UNDER a Bill passed yesterday, Mass Rapid Transit Cot poration employees will be protected against lawsuits taken up against them individually, but they will still be liable if they are guilty of criminal negligence in the course of their work. Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Minister for
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      Chok Tong: Why I spoke on President's powers in the US
      553 15 MB GOH CHOK TONG said he spoke In Boston recently about the proposed constitutional amendment to give a future President power to protect the nation's reserves because the matter was of Interest to American businessmen. The Fletcher School of
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      The day HDB fined a worker
      354 15 THE Housing Board has disciplinary rules to prevent its parking wardens from being negligent or from abusing their authority when issuing summonses. National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan told the House that the rules were formulated to ensure that the public was not inconvenienced.
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      From the Gallery It's cut and thrust in a 10-hour marathon session
      1149 15  - From the Gallery It's cut and thrust in a 10-hour marathon session IRENE HOE By WHATEVER they expected, the wide-eyed firsttime visitors to Parliament who packed the Strangers' Gailery certainly couldn't have anticipated the 10-hour marathon that unfolded before them yesterday. Many showed as much stamina as the 20 or
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      Subordinate Courts to be expanded
      651 15 Subordinate Courts to be expanded THE Subordinate Courts have been given approval to create seven new judicial posts, and six new courtrooms will be added by the middle of this year to help ease the congestion in the High Court. Announcing this yesterday, the Second Minister for Law, Professor S.
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      Real reason for the lifeboat fund
      317 16 THE $180-million lifeboat fund created to help stockbrokers settle share deals, is not intended to bail out individual brokers "In fact it is quite possible that companies which have been imprudent will fail," Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said in reply to a question
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      Dr Hu on firms involved in big forward contracts
      299 16 THE authorities are investigating whether it was proper or prudent for siockbroking firms to have involved themselves in large forward contracts. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said he did not want to prejudge the matter by commenting on it and disclosing
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      Insider probe inconclusive
      254 16 INVESTIGATIONS by the Stock Exchange of Singapore in 1984 into anonymous complaints of insider trading in shares of Pan-Electric Industries proved inconclusive. This was revealed by Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu in reply to a question by Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam on whether the Minister was aware of
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      Property transfer to HUDC owners
      180 16 Property transfer to HUDC owners THE Housing Board will soon be able to transfer common property in the Housing and Urban Development Corporation estates to the residents there. This is made possible with the passing of the HUDC Housing Estates (Amendment) Bill 1985 in Parliament yesterday. Moving the second reading
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      Closure of SES intended to stabilise prices
      890 16 FINANCE Minister Dr Richard Hu last night said the decision to close the Stock Exchange of Singapore after the Pan-El debacle was a wise one as the main priority was to stabilise the market and prevent panic among investors. Dr Hu told Parliament
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      No to CPF for repairs
      86 16 SAVINGS from the Central Provident Fund will not be allowed for repairs x> flats. Acting Minister for Labour Lee Yoc< Suan said this in reply to a question from Mr Eric Cheong (Toa Payoh) on whether he would allow flat dwellers in older housing estate?;
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      Brokers' objections delayed that Bill
      846 16 The new Securities Industry Act A NEW Securities Industry Bill to tighten control over the stock market and prevent the kind of crisis caused by Pan-Electric Industries was read for the first time in Parliament yesterday. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said that the Bill
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      Review editor on Press move
      309 16 THE editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Mr Derek Da vies, told The Straits Times in an interview from Hongkong today that "a closed information system" could hinder Singapore's economic recovery. Commenting on the announcement in the Singapore Parliament that sales of foreign publications
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    • Article, Illustration
      Excessive trading caused the crisis
      1754 17 f i Dr Richard Hu's ministerial statement on the Pan-El affair 'Lifeboat' fund to ensure obligations of brokers 61 would tike to stress that the 'lifeboat' fund is not meant to bail out individual stockbrokers who have become insolvent through their own imprudence. Such brokers
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      156 15 '86^Mjopillo H BEDDING COLL#i9nnH|jTURE 3HCW I Mercury Room 18th Floor Date: 4 Jan —1 2 Jan 1 985 fl |H} Dunlop C\H\ Y Mattress M^ M v^ slL For 55 years, Dunlopillo has been helping people sleep comfortably, night after night, year after year. Considering the fact that 16 of
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      160 17 mml m En I I En I ILJ "vcad nr mr tipcd" TBgllujr inc iiucn |PF WE'VE PUNNED A PACKAGE OF DELIGHTFUL HAPPENINGS fTC v V iffe\^ TO USHER IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER WITH A ROAR! fc Jtk^m, 4 "Starting off with the fcsinating world of vanishing trades
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    The Straits Times says Concerted action is needed
    508 18 The Straits Times says Concerted action is needed THE US is experiencing again the frustrating difficulty of coming to grips with international terrorism as West European states shy away from following President Ronald Reagan's lead in imposing new economic sanctions against Libya. The earnest effort by the US to garner
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    T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane
    207 18 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane LEAST EXPECTED BUT... Happenings least expected can become historic. At last Saturday's opening of the Legal Year 1986, I saw an unusual scene of several lawyers closetted together in a guessing game of sorts while waiting for the day's new year programme
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    Campaigns succeed if the individual gains OPINION
    716 18  - Campaigns succeed if the individual gains OPINION TYE KIM KIAT By THE Greenpeace environmental group deserves international accolade and support for crusading against French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. After all, the South Pacific is not the group's backyard. Therefore, it was all the more commendable that the group
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    Knowing when 'yes' actually means 'no'
    1822 18  -  MAKIO MATSUS AK A Doing business in Japan By 4 Everyone tries to ride on the president's opinion, not to be against his opinion, but to give additional or significant modification so that the president will not become disturbed or annoyed. Therefore, again no
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    This week's parting shots
    94 18 "You've got to understand: (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi loves America. He's stung by our rejection/' An American political analyst. "The lesson of Singapore is that economic 'miracles' don't depend on the genius of planners but on the enterprise of individual citizens." Wall Street Journal editorial. "It has
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      Little fear that terrorists will hit targets in US
      864 19  - Little fear that terrorists will hit targets in US MICHAEL WHITE By WASHINGTON: We have all been here before. When US-Libyan relations rapidly deteriorated after the air battle over the Gulf of Sidra in 1981, there was excited talk of Libyan hit squads setting out to take the anti-imperialist struggle
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      Lock icon Stampede in US for 'status' diaries
      1032 19  -  LISA BELKIN Americans seek to be organised By NEW YORK: Miss Allison Hudnut Clarkson can tell you what she had for dinner on her honeymoon. Or who she called each day last week. Or which of her friends have birthdays in September. The dinners
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      Lock icon Black boxes hold no miracle answers
      657 19 Black boxes hold no miracle answers TORONTO: "Black boxes", deemed vital in determining causes of airline crashes, remain the most important pieces of evidence in disasters but rarely provide answers on their own, investigative agencies say. "They are the most valuable investigative tools we have but there's nothing that automatically
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  • FORUM
    • Letter
      Flat owners can't all have all the advantages
      486 20 I WOULD like to comment on the various points raised by your reader "Let There Be Peace and Quiet" in her letter "Too much noise from the expressway". (ST, Jan 2) I can appreciate the problem of noise froim traffic, especially after
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      Hydril strike should not have been allowed to happen
      263 20 I AM extremely disturbed by the news that the employees of Hydril Pte Ltd went on strike recently, breaking the seven-year strike-free record in Singapore. It is my opinion that the union leaders who organised the strike should have been more
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    • Letter
      Dear Readers
      87 20 THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. Brevity is an advantage.
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      Save Pulau Seking
      547 20 Must JTC acquire this natural but hardly promoted attraction? I READ your article on Pulau Seking entitled "Steps to preserve kampung life" (ST, Dec 24) with much sadness: It reminded me again of the near-destruction of Chinatown and Little India, and of the total annihilation of Bugis
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      Petition writers should be in one building
      157 20 Petition writers should be in one building I WROTE a letter some yea -s ago on the dispersal and slow disappearance of petition writers as a result of redevelopment. I am still one but would not like to disclose who I am. I formerly operated my typing service in my
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      Cystitis report misleading, says SMA
      675 20 Cystitis report misleading, says SMA THE Singapore Medical Association views with concern the publication of the article by Aileen Yeoh entitled "Cystitis: Tips on diet and lifestyle". (ST, Oct 10 Health and Fitness Section) and regrets that The Straits Times has chosen to publish an article that contains the following
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        Draw rules soon
        95 20 I REFER to the letter "Donation draw result not in the paper" by "J.T.". (ST, Dec 3»). Guidelines and regulations on donation draws and lncky draws are being finalised. Certain types of lucky draws by commercial organisations will be exempted under the Common Gaming Houses Act. Organise^
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
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        Prices stay down
        93 21 m THE Singapore stock market remained weak following news that a local stockbroking firm had refused to pay for a forward contract and that Malaysian businessman Tan Koon Swan was linked with Hongkong's troubled Ka Wah Bank. The Straits Times Industrial Index fell 2.37 points to 638.06.
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      • Chief price changes
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          Rises
          54 21 Ron Elect 280+20 Cir_-ets 450 14 MTC 360 +30 Kim 100 230 +10 D6S 498 +.< Sri Hartamaj 220 3 Spore land 207 +6 Mraco 156 +6 Nal Iron 210 +5 MtiaAicj 150 +5 J C Enl 93 +5 MMC 71 +5 SIA 498 +4 Parkway H 85+4 Cerebos
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          Falls
          53 21 Guthrie Ropel 238 -27 SPH 580 -10 K Kelas 570 -10 H Lewis Fin 240 -10 CASH 172 -10 r M 2H knatei 190 -7 Transmarco 68' SM CCM 400 -6 Tronoh Mnes 360 -6 Keppel Ship 90-6 Bedfwd 86 -6 G Lumber 80 -6 OCBC 740 -5 Duff
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          Most Active
          12 21 SI A 1,494,000 Promet 1,071,000 Cerebos 768,000 Tuan Sing 618,000
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          Indices
          82 21 Ian 9 Jan 10 Jan 9 Jan 10 BT Composite 553 06 552 15 BT Indicator *****54 *****29 ST Properties 385 73 386.12 BT OB OS +212 +232 ST Minings 308 38 306 86 CADI -6329 —6366 ST Plantations 2204.99 2201.94 OBV *****8 -*****5 OCBC ***** ***** ST IndLSlfials
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          INDICES — High & Lows
          36 21 INDICES High Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1985/86 High 852.65 (7/3/85) 757.79 (8/3/85) 1985/86 Low 596.18 (23/12/85) 517.42 (23/12/85) All time High 1071 91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) Alltime Low 74 75 (17/9/64) 517.42 (23/12/85)
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          Forex
          14 21 THE US dollar lost 328 ticks to close at DM 2.4360 in Singapore.
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          Exchange crossrates
          16 21 US$ 1.4565 2.***** 201.60 unq 2 1180 unq ***** ***** 201.80 7.7752 2.1175 7.8030
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          Gold
          9 21 In Singapore, the gold price was not available.
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          Simex
          33 21 Eurodollar: Lost six ticks to 91.90 a contract. Deotschemark: Gained 53 ticks to 0.4128 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 17 ticks to 0.*****9 a contract. GOLD: Gained US$6.BO to U*****.80 an ounce.
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          Lock icon IBM denies takeover rumour
          67 21 IBM denies takeover rumour NEW YORK, Fri. International Business Machines Corp denied market rumours that it is interested in taking over Merrill Lynch and Co Inc. "There's no truth to those rumours," said Pamela Hawkins, an IBM spokesman. Merrill's stock, which rose on rumours of a Chrysler Corp takeover earlier
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          Lock icon Sony to set up in US
          64 21 OSAKA, Fri. The Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp plans to start production of 8-mm home-use video tape recorders in the United States within a few years. The company's chairman Akio Morita told a press conference today that initially, Sony would ship most of the
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          Lock icon Fujitsu in for a fall
          86 21 TOKYO, Fri. Fujitsu Ltd, a leading Japanese computer and semiconductor maker, and its subsidiaries and affiliates are expected to suffer a sizeable net profit decline in the year ending March, largely due to sluggish semiconductor sales. Company officials said today the company's consolidated sales in
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          Lock icon New Tokyo office
          56 21 CHICAGO, Fri. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced yesterday it will open an office in Tokyo. The Tokyo office, to be opened later this year, will help to develop and launch trading of a futures contract tied to the Nikkei 225 Stock Index in Singapore, said Mr William
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          Banks get go-ahead in Sweden
          74 21 STOCKHOLM, Fri. The Swedish government yesterday approved applications from 13 foreign banks to establish subsidiaries in the country. Sweden is almost the last country in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, apart from New Zealand and Iceland, to allow foreign bank operations. Twelve foreign
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      Bank loans went up by 85% in five years: MAS
      669 21  -  DOREEN SOH Sub-committee's report on banking and financial services THE banking and financial sob-committee says in its report that loans to the building and construction industry took op 21 per cent of total bank loans. Here is how the loan
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      Suntec seen as HK's first multinational effort
      448 21 HONGKONG, Fri. The coterie of Hongkong heavyweights who have combined to form a new Singapore-registered investment company represents the territory's first effort at forming a multinational conglomerate. Mr Robert Wang, a director of Suntec and its company secretary, yesterday described the initial $50
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      Ways to improve lab quality tests being evaluated
      243 21  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By LABORATORY services for quality tests of goods manufactured here were intensively studied by the Economic Committee's sub-committee on services. And the sub-committee's recommendations are now being evaluated to help enhance the development of the industry, said Mr Chua Sian
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      Singapore broker refuses to honour forward contract
      393 21 FOR the first time since the Pan-Electric crisis broke last month, a Singapore stockbroking firm has refused to pay for a forward contract on the grounds of "legal impediment". Lin Securities (Pte) failed to make a 553.78 million payment for Sigma International shares
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      UOB cuts savings rate
      48 21 THE United Overseas Bank group will lower its savings interest rate by l A per cent to 4 3 /4 per cent on Monday. United Overseas Finance will cnt V* per cent off its savings rate to 5 per cent on the same day.
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      Words of assurance from SIA chairman
      291 21 Words of assurance from SIA chairman "DO NOT panic; it will right itself. This assurance meant for Singapore Airlines employees is also good advice for shareholders of SI A, and it comes from the company chairman, Mr J.Y.M. Pillay. Mr Pillay's new year message in Outlook, the airline's in-house magazine,
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      Lock icon Ka Wah Bank and director in $269 m suit
      180 21 Ka Wah Bank and director in $269 m suit HONGKONG, Fri. Intercontinental Housing Development Ltd has filed a suit seeking U*****.6 million (*****.23 million) in damages from Ka Wah Bank Ltd and its director, Low Chang Hian, linked to an alleged fraud conspiracy case, court documents showed. The suit accused
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      Business done in Singapore
      2734 22 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the stock exchange, is covered in "business done". Further, because all dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend in
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      2289 22 INDUSTRIALS A Choc 2.348 2.365) (2) 2.36 Cd AISB (0 708 0.7 15) (2) 0 73 (1) 0 71 (3)0.70Xd Alcom (0.688 0.705) (1) 0 67 (1) 0.70(11)0 68 Amd (4 00S) Antoh (3 288 3.305) (2) 3.20 (IM) 326 02) 322 (1) 3 24
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      How your stocks performed
      2829 22 Al shares quoted have a par value of JL unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N Tai-eiempied dividend. ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dollars 1985/86 Last Yield Voi Day Iffh Low Company Sale Change ('000) High Low
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        Bank rates
        331 23 1 Mh $1,000. 2 For best customers only. 3 OCBC Finance. 4 only available a! DBS Finance. UOF's rates." aho avaiaWe at UOF. also available at DBS Finance OCBC OUB JOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 5 x 5 5 5 Monthly 5 V, Autosave 4Vi Fixed deposit
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        141 23 Interbank Over the Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4681—1.4709 6.91—6.73 Canadian dollar 1.5186—1.5199 6.66—6.54 NZ dollar 1.0754-1.0801 9.50-9.18 Sterling pound 3.0929—3.0965 3.27—3.22 US dollar 2.1170-2.1180 4.76-4.71 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.3494—12.3606 81.92—79.75 Belgian franc (com) 4.2424—4.2487 238.44 234.10 Danish
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        Forex
        107 23 THE US dollar closed lower against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1180 and closed at 2.1170/80. It traded within a range of 2.1155 and 2.1180 in active trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed lower compared with its opening of
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        Gold
        125 23 HONGKONG, Fri. Gold closed firmer today in fairly active trading reflecting the greenback's weakness, dealers said. The metal ended at U*****.90 339.30 an ounce, compared with New York's U*****.90/ 338.40 close. Reuter. The usual kliohar market and Far East gold market reports were not available yesterday. The London (old
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        Gold market
        28 23 GOLD US$/oz Fri Thurs Singapore 339.50-340.00 333.50 334.00 Hongkong 338.90—339.30 332.90-333.30 Thurs Wed New York 337.90 339 40 333.10 333.60 London 334.30 334.80 332.40 332 90
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        Unit trusts
        230 23 Managers' prices for Jan 11 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 96 I 02 The Savings Fund 0 81 0 86 S pore Prog Fund 0 39—0 42 Spore Sec Fund 0 63-0 67 S pore Invest Fund 0 50—0.53 Spore Equity Fund 0.43-0 46«d Asia Unit Trust
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        66 23 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar opened unchanged from IMM's close at 91.92 and traded narrowly between 91.89 to 91.91. (100 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 91.92 90 91.92 91.89 91.90 721 Jan 91.72 91.74 91.71 91.72 243 Sept 91.56 91.57 91.55 91.54 13 Dec 91.34A
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        Deutschemark
        72 23 CURRENCY futures opened higher as the dollar came under pressure in the spot market due to Arab nations' threat to disinvest their assets in the US. Future prices continued to trade higher as the dollar remained weak. Deutschemark closed 53 ticks higher at 0.4128. (US dollar Deutschemark) Open High
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        Japanese Yen
        35 23 MARCH yen closed 17 ticks higher at 0.*****9. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Mar 0.*****4 0.*****9 0.*****4 0.004%9 44 Jon 0.*****2 Sept 0.*****6 Opeu lit (Thurs): «J. Act Vol (Thurs): 217.
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        Gold
        55 23 GOLD for delivery in February closed sharply higher at U*****.80 an ounce as the market was buoyed by speculation that Arab countries might be investing in gold. (In USt per trov ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Feb 341.808 341.80 61 Mar 343.60 Apr 345.70 Open Int (Thars):
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      Rubber
      18 23 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore January 155.25 up one cent Malaysia January 180 00 up 1.50 cents
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      Tin
      8 23 Tin Closing price: MJ/kilo KL Tin suspended
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      Copper
      24 23 Closinj prices Copper £/tonw Thin Spot *****-***** (*****-967 50) 3 months 1000 00 1000 50 (994 00-944.50) Market tone: Steady Sales 14.750 tonnes
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      Silver
      26 23 Dhninf pricti Silvar USJ/troy oz Fri Thun Singapoi* 610-615 5 87-5 9 Thus Ntd New York 610 615 5 88-5 9 Source Credit Smsse Spon
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      Aluminium
      29 23 Ctaint prices Aluminium £/tome Thurs Spot *****-***** (***** 776 50) 3 months 807 00 808 00 (803 50—804 00) Market tone: Barely Steady after Firmer Sales: 8,300 tonnes
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      Palm oil
      105 23 Crude MS/tomw palm oil Jan 700 (south) 695 (north) 692 50 (central) Feb 727 50 (north) 720 (south) Refined palm Oi US$/tomn RBD palm Jan 327.50 (sellers) Feb 332.50 (sellers) Mar 342.50 (sellers) RBD Olein Jan 340 (sellers) Feb 347 50 (sellers) Mar 355 (sellers) RBD Stearin Jan
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        Prices stay weak as news troubles investors
        620 23 SHARE prices remained weak yesterday on the Singapore stock market following more adverse news. Dealers noted there was a rush by speculators to sell in the early morning following a report that a local stockbroking firm had refused to pay for a forward
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        Hongkong
        311 23 )an 10 HCS Chance Assoc Intl Hotel 0 96N unch Bank Of East Asia 25.50 +0 3 Cheung Kong 21.50 +0 I China Light 16 30 +0 2 Cross Harb Tunnel 10 00 -0 1 F E Consortium 0 59 unch Far East Exch PMex 0 060 +0 0)5
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        Tokyo
        350 23 lan 10 Yen Change A|.nomofo I 80 unch Akai 355 -26 Amodo 775 -30 Asah. Chem 781 -5 Asoh. Gloss 833 -65 Bonk Tk 745 -5 Br.dgestone 517 unch Canon 1100 +30 Cosio Corrputer 1740 10 Citizen 456 -4 D Nip Print 1290 unch D Nippon Screen Da.e. 798+7
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        Sydney
        325 23 Ian 10 Cents Change (tat) A C I 300 +5 A N I 298 unch A P M 306 -4 Aberfoyle 920 unch Age 250 +5 Alliance Oil Allied Mill 315 -5 Ampol Exp 265 +5 Ampol Pet 240 +2 Anz 467 +1 Ashton 129 +1 B H P
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        INDICES
        69 23 I I I I I I I I I I NST Index Friday 1,144.89 (1,155.53) Hongkong Hang Seng -?.0 Friday 1,807.94 (1,798.51) g£_ Australian All Ordinaries Friday 1044.1 (1043.9) Nikkei Stock Average Friday *****.21 (*****.19) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 1106.1 (1123.8) Dow Jones Average Thursday 1,518.23 (1,526.61) f£ (Figures
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        New York
        233 23 lan 9 I -J Change Alcoa 38* unch Allied Chem Cp 46% Allis-Chalmers 4* -Vi Am Tel Tel 23* -Mi Amax Ine I 4M_ vj Amr Corr- 40* Bethlehem Sti 1 5V 4 Boeing Co 50* Burroughs Cp 62* Caterpillar Co 40* Chase Monhtn 72Mi -2* Chrysler Cp
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        London
        544 23 Jan 9 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 263 -7 Ass Doiries BTRPLC...: 368 -5 Bobcocks 165 -11 Barclays 447 -7 Beecham 323 -12 BICC 248 -5 Blue Circle s*B -5 BOC Group 279 -5 Boots 239 -6 Bowater 280 -10 BATS 310 -8 Britannia 136 -1 BP 540 -8 B
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      Container schedules
      491 23 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyafe) Arr Carfo Time Block Laust MS (8602) 13/1 (2330) F5 1430-1530/2200-2300 Al 1330 1430/2100-2200 Bl 1230-1330/2030-2130 Fl Sin Bhum (753N) 11/1 (1730) Fl 0830-0930 Nl Tambang VIII (8080) 11/1 (1830) F7 0930-1030 L4 Fenhe (28E) 11/1 (1800) Fl 0900-1000 L7 Frankfurt E (26/501)
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      Ships in port
      239 23 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Anangel Ares Kll aside 11/1 Oaxmg K34 aside 111 Lampung Kl IA aside 11 1 Lmden Kl6 aside 11/1 Manoloeverett K33 aside 111 Nedlloyd Amersfoort KO9 aside 111 Nghia Binh K2l aside 11/1 Sena K24W aside 11/1 Sophie Rickmers KlB aside
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      Three buy 85% stake in Sealion
      213 24 THREE Malaysian businessmen have bought into Sealion Investments Pte Ltd, possibly signalling future corporate manoeuvres. The three paid a total of $8.5 million for 85 per cent of the investment company. An announcement to the stock exchange disclosed that Mr Mat Shah Safuan acquired
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      Lock icon Unico decides to buy into GUH
      480 24 Negotiations still going on with Koon Swan KUALA LUMPUR, Friday AFTER spending more than a month weighing the options, Unico Holdings Bhd has decided to go ahead with its plan to buy a major stake in Grand United Holdings from politician-busi-nessman Tan Koon Swan.
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    • Stock market weekly round-up...
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        Early optimism is dampened by bad news
        592 24 Singapore A NOTE of optimism early in the week on the Singapore stock market was later overcome by more adverse reports from the financial arena. As sentiment generally improved with the resumption of ready trading on Monday, bargain-hunting, took share prices higher for
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        Market weakens after first 3 days
        264 24 Market weakens after first 3 days Kuala Lumpur INTEREST in speculative stocks at the start of the week spilled over to quality stocks and share prices said to be significantly helped by the better Singapore stock market rose for the first three days. But in line with the Singapore market,
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    • Most active stock
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        Singapore Airlines
        327 24 SINGAPORE Airlines dominated trading throughout the past week with its share reaching the offer price of $5 for the first time since its listing three weeks ago. After losing oat to Promet Bhd the previous week, SIA was the most active stock with 7.8 million shares traded. The
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      Top five stocks
      88 24 THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high and low for 1 985/86. Company Volume Price High (J) Low (000) Jan
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      Malaysian Tobacco to pay higher dividends
      195 24 Malaysian Tobacco to pay higher dividends SHAREHOLDERS of Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd will be paid higher dividends this year. The cigarette aid tobacco company turned in 27 per cent more in pretax profits of $110 million for the year to Sept 30, 1985 on marginally lower sales of $760 million.
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      2 S'pore firms appointed Guangdong trade reps
      296 24 ENTREPRENEURS and businessmen in Singapore and South-east Asia can now plan their investments and trade with Guangdong province through two local companies instead of going to China. The companies are Chee Keng Investments Pte Ltd and Chuang Tung Factoring Ltd, both located at
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      Lock icon Citroen signs car pact
      79 24 NEW DELHI, Fri. French carmaker Citroen has signed an agreement with Indian engineering firm Escorts Ltd to manufacture 10,000 cars a year in India, an Escorts official said. Under the agreement, Citroen, a subsidiary of Peugeot S.A. of France, will earn an undisclosed fee for supplying
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      Lock icon No more aid to firms
      54 24 TAIPEI, Fri. The government, embarrassed by its attempt to rescue the Cathay business group last year, will not offer help 10 private companies or banks with cash flow problems, a Finance Ministry spokesman said. The decision was taken after a meeting of senior ministry officials
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      Police raid meeting: 13 youths detained
      230 25 Police raid meeting: 13 youths detained THIRTEEN youths gathered at a fourth-storey Housing Board flat In Kim Tian Road early on Wednesday to pray for help In selecting a medium among them. But try as they did, none of them went Into a trance an Indication of the selected one.
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      Fire damages coconut oil factory
      55 25 Fire damages coconut oil factory A COCONUT oil factory in Pandan Loop, Jurong, was damaged by fire on Thursday. The fire at Lam Hong Oil Industry started at 1.15 pm and firemen took about three hours to bring the blaze under control. Several bales of copra in the factory were
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      Probation reports
      59 25 A DISTRICT judge called for probation reports on two teenage housebreakers on Thurs day. Chai Ko Leong, 17, and Tan Wei Seng, 18, a Malaysian, admitted breaking into a house in Jalan Bahasa, near Adam Road, on Aug 29, 1985, and stealing about $2,000 worth of goods. Their
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      The sun sets on Apollo Sentosa
      487 25  -  VALERIE LEE But hotel may be turned into private club By SINGAPORE'S only resort hotel will close on Feb 1 and may be turned into a private club with stay-in facilities. The decision to close the Apollo Sentosa was made early this week, said
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      Man stopped police search of soya sauce, court told
      435 25  - Man stopped police search of soya sauce, court told L E PREMA By A POLICE sergeant was searching a factory for bottles of soya sauce believed to bear counterfeit trademarks when he was stopped by a man who claimed to be the owner of the goods. See Kock Kwong demanded
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      Man charged with mischief by fire
      64 25 Man charged with mischief by fire A MAN was charged on Tuesday with causing mischief by fire in a room in Sing Hoe Hotel, Mountbatten Road. Muhindharan s/o Alagiri, 29, was alleged to have burnt a pillow case and caused $165 damage to the hotel at 12.50 pm on Aug
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      Rhythmic exercise
      61 25 A RHYTHMIC exercise class for beginners will be held at Chong Li Primary School in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 from Jan 30. The one-hour classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays will begin at 8 prn. Application forms, which can be obtained from the Singapore Sports Council, must be
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      Man on rape charge
      46 25 AN unemployed man was charged on Thursday with raping a 12-year-old schoolgirl at a vacant plot of land in Sime Road, off Lornie Road, on Jan 5. Tan Woon Teck, 40, was remanded and his case will further mentioned on Jan 16.
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      Taxi company to conduct survey
      154 25 TAXI drivers from Singapore Commuter Ltd who were keen to find out just what passengers think of the service they provide have found their management receptive to the idea. The company has agreed to conduct such a survey among passengers some time in March or
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      Cable car safety wins praise from Swiss expert
      285 25 Cable car safety wins praise from Swiss expert A WORLD authority on cable car transport has given the Singapore cable car system top marks for safety. A Singapore Cable Car Pte Ltd spokesman disclosed this yesterday and said the Swiss expert, Mr Walter Hadorn, from the Swiss Federal Office of
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      $700 fine and year's ban for drunken driving
      100 25 A BRITON was yesterday fined $700 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for one year for drunken driving. Dougals Kynoch, 31, pleaded guilty to committing the offence on Jan 8 last year at 5.30 pm in Dunearn Road. He was
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      Ruling on safety officers' cert revised
      202 25 Ruling on safety officers' cert revised THE Ministry of Labour will not accept as safety officers from 1989, holders of the Full Technological Certificate (FTC) from the City and Guilds of London Institute. Since 1975, this certificate has been recognised by the ministry as the equivalent of a technician's diploma
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  • OBITUARIES
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      184 In Memoriam
      202 26 IN FOND MEMORY OF Departed 11 January 1983 Gone from our lives one so dear. But in our hearts forever near. Dearly missed but always remembered by loved ones. In Loving Memory Of Departed 11.1.76 Rest in peace, dear loving husband and father, Ten long years have
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      182 Acknowledgements
      35 26 The family of the late Aged 70 (Departed 27/12/85) thank all relative* and friends (or their kind attendance. Prayers will be held on 12/1/86 at 7,00pm «t Sivan Temple. MR. V MARIMUTHU MANDORE
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      Connorton the rider to follow
      361 26  -  MARKSMAN Elegant Star and Bujang Senang look best By our man on the track THESE horses have won or done well on a wet: RACE 1: Better Prospect, Cheers n. RACE 2: Alrowana, Elegant Star. RACE 5: Satchmo, Pukawa, Natural Justice, Taiping Lake. RACE C:
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      What the tipsters say
      387 26 RACE I RACING ED I MARKSMAN TONTO LUCKY LEO MISTER X 1 Better Prospect 2 Adamas 1 Better Prospect 1 Better Prospect 1 Batter Prospect 1 3 Serom 6 Gem Of Doris 4 Liverpool 2 Adamas 4 Liverpool 5 Outlaw 4 Liverpool 7 Cheers 3 Serom
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      Champions relax this weekend
      362 26 By THE RACING EDITOR THE top trainer-local rid-er-owner combination of Teh Choon Beng, Ismadi Ismail and Auric Stable can afford the luxury of a holiday while the races are on in Ipoh this weekend. Teh has entered only two hones for the meeting and both are
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      Today's Ipoh card
      4124 26 GOING FORECAST: GOOD MMPpUtt 1.45 CLASS 6 DIV 2 1,200m MTWi\M^W (Ratings: 30-13) MMttMMHi (Stakes: $10,000) 1 094*** Better Prospect 57 (M) Joo Chiat-Ahmad 5 nzg +4 (1200m). Went with pace but failed to accelerate, finishing 2% -length 4th to Max Scottra Div 2 Pg 1400m soft
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      Lock icon Pincay gets double award
      120 27 Pincay gets double award SEATTLE, Fri LAFFTT PINCAY, 39, who earlier this week won an unprecedented fifth Eclipse Award as 1985 champion jockey, has also been voted winner of the Big Sport of Turfdom award. The Turf Publicists of America presents the award annually to the person or horse who
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      Still a lot of zest in old Chancellor
      421 27  -  MARKSMAN ON THE TRACK with IPOH, Fri. Old campaigner The Chancellor showed this morning that age (he is seven) has not slowed him down. With Abdul Hamid astride, the gelding worked brilliantly to clock 36.9 sees over 600m, finishing deep into the
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      Week's top gallops
      156 27 TUESDAY (good going): Adorable n, Against All Odds and Front Page n 35.9 together, Graceful Ascend 40, Cincinnati IV 39.7, Sweet Candice and Zan Shin 36.3 together, Pete's Dragon 36.4, In The Mood 36.6, Bo Bo's Pride 36.2, Good Mah 36.3, Silence Is Golden n and Fertile
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      Lock icon Rant And Rave going to Sydney as planned
      231 27 Rant And Rave going to Sydney as planned PERTH, Friday STAR colt Rant And Rave will still be sent to Sydney for the rich autumn carnival despite his defeat in last week's A $250, 000 (about *****,000) Perth Cup. Owner Laurie Connell was pleased with Rant And Rave's effort in
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        Leading jockeys
        157 27 Total No. of placlngs Placlngs for last 11 rides rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 Tliey 357 57 St 42 ********** 2 *lsm_nU 2815.533. ********** 3 Leong 356 4t 4t 38 ********** 4 Cook 340 43 4t St ********** 5 Johnston 197.1252- ********** I Lacas 313 St 19 13
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        Leading owners
        52 27 Jerry Sang o( Auric Stable Wins Places Stakes Auric 43 80 $1,336,644 Goodman 29 67 $627,754 Bloegrass 21 23 $598,014 Chens 22 51 $506,303 HTWee 8 18 $423,751 Agasam 11 45 $260,372 Sonny Khoo 8 45 $244,854 Ace-In-The-Hole 5 8 $236,313 Triomphe 5 8 $159,676 George West 7
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        Leading trainers
        88 27 Ist 2nd 3rd Teh 107 89 81 Allan 57 43 30 E Breokelen 46 51 45 Zaflr 46 33 32 Yeoh 43 21 43 Bedgers 36 53 49 KLeoag 35 18 20 West 34 40 36 Dragon 33 31 25 Ue 32 39 34 Bmaag 32 28 31
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      Tomorrow's card
      1576 27 yyt'll 'l*a 130 restricted terms DIV B I,loom (3 year olds) 1 Nobody's Fool 57 K Chong-Owner 3 nzg (1200m) Samsol 3 2 Note Maker 57 Note Maker-Ahmad 3 nzg (1200m) Sestich 4 3 82 Yulls7Yuli-Rodgers3nzg(l2oom) Lucas 6 4 Adorable II 57 Shanmugam-Owner 3 ag (1200m) Lam 1
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  • OBITUARIES
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      182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements
      122 27 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements W Mr Yeow Beng Teng B Mr Yeow Beng Seong 1 Mr Yeow A Ti Mr Yeow Beng Hwa 1 I I Departed 6 Jan 86 1 B wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to |f fi all relatives, friends, business associates
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      218 27 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Age 69 years Managing Director Pacific Traders Pte. Ltd. passed away peacefully on 10 Jan. 1986 leaving behind his beloved: Wife: Sim Chye Hiah Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Kok Hiang Chua Choon Buay Tan Kok Jwee Ong Stew Choo Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lily Tan Chow Leng Hoon Molly
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      214 27 181 Deaths 181 Deaths (NG AH POH) Aged: 69 passed away peacefully on 10th January leaving behind: Sons Diiughtera-in-law Yeo Lam Hoe Jessie Chong Chio Tee Yeo Kang San Aw Giok Keng Yeo Kang Stah Grandsons Grand-daughters Rendy Yeo Seng Huat Yeo LI Li Yeo Kiong Kheng Yeo Lena Yeo
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      121 27 ANNOUNCEMENT The wedding of Mr. Peter Ang Kah Ann and Mits Fiona Chong Sook Hong to b« hold on Saturday, 11 January 1906 at 7.30 pm at Prince Room Restaurant. has b—n postponed until further notice. Wo apologise to all friend* and colleagues of Peter and Fiona for
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      Lock icon Fifa ban Kuwait over 'million-dollar scandal
      400 28 KUWAIT, Fri. The International Football Federation have suspended Kuwait from international competition in a move linked to a multi-mil-lion dollar scandal over alleged misuse of state funds. Kuwait Football Association secretary-general Khalld Al-Harban said Flfa informed them of the decision on Wednesday. The Flfa
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      Everton for the League?
      879 28  - Everton for the League? MARTIN PALMER Kendall's men zero in on title By LONDON, Fri. Even while British soccer's international standing, both on and off the field, has been diminishing over the past decade, its reputation on the domestic front has rarely been challenged. It is a fact, acknowledged from
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      ENGLISH DIVISION ONE TIES
      44 28 Birmingham v Ipswich, Coventry v Villa, Everton v QPR, Leicester v West H&m, Man City v Southampton, Oxford v Man United, Sheffield W v Arsenal, Tottenham v Forest, West Brom v Newcastle, Chelsea v La ton, Watford v Liverpool (tomorrow).
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      Lock icon Clash of the titans
      261 28 ZURICH, Fri. Hopes that this year's European Cup would produce a "dream" final were dashed here yesterday when holders Juventus were paired with Spanish soccer champions Barcelona in the quarter-finals. The European Cup draw also produced two other outstanding ties. Aberdeen, of Scotland, have to return
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      460 28 FEARS that the ailing English League would be broken up by the creation of a breakaway "Super League" were dispelled on Thursday when the League's Second Division clubs agreed to a series of reforms at a meeting in London. The Second Division chairmen agreed to a package of
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        207 28 ENGLAND LONDON, Fri. Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson will have no time for sentiment when he takes the leaders back to one of his former clubs tomorrow. United, five points clear, travel to the quaint Manor Ground to take on First Division newcomers Oxford and they need
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        310 28 ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN ROME, Fri. The advent of manager Rino Marchesi has triggered a revival at struggling Como but the north Italian club will be hard pressed to prolong their six-game unbeaten run when they travel to leaders Juventus on Sunday. Como, third from bottom
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      Lock icon United's double blast
      166 28 United's double blast LONDON, Fri. Manchester United strikers Frank Staple* on and Mark Hughes fired the Football Association Cup holders into the fourth round as they beat Rochdale 2-0 ai Old Trafford yesterday. United took the lead in the 15th minute following a poor goal-kick by Ftochdale goalkeeper Dave Redfern.
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      Double standards
      572 29 Alan Hubbard hits out at the political bouncers who threaten to split world of sport in two First r /Person First Person welcomes contributions from readers bat we request that all articles contain the name and address of the author. Address your sporting thoughts to: First Person, Sports
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      266 29 $3 million question LONDON, Fri. English cricket would have to provide more than £1 million ($3.04 million) a year in extra wages if it wished to put an end to controversies surrounding players who visit South Africa. That would be the cost of putting every County player who qualified for
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      182 29 LONDON, Fri. Frank Bruno's world heavyweight title eliminator against white .South African Gerry Coetzee, the former World Boxing Association champion, will definitely go ahead, despite the latest threat to disrupt this year's Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Yidnekatchew Tessema, president of the Union of African Sports Confederations,
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      Lock icon McEnroe's all set to light up New York
      358 29 ATLANTA, Fri FORGET about overtaking Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl for the No. 1 ranking in the world for 1986. Forget about salvaging something good from an otherwise dismal 1985 season. Going home to New York for next week's Masters is the only motivation
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      Lock icon Swede reminder
      139 29 ATLANTA Fri. Sweden's Stefan Edberg scored his first victory over John McEnroe last night in an eight-man round-robin challenge tennis tournament here. After his 6-3, 7-»i victory, Edberg said: "I don't know if I could have served better. I know I can beat McEnroe if I play very
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      Lock icon 50-50, says Fleming
      129 29 LONDON, Fri. American Peter Fleming reckons that his former doubles partner, John McEnroe, has only a 50-50 chance of winning the Masters tennis tournament in New York next week. Fleming said he practised with McEnroe in New York last week and felt the former World No. 1,
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      Lock icon Lloyds ready to quit circuit
      189 29 LONDON, Fri. Britain's John Lloyd has admitted that he and his wife, Chris Evert-Lloyd, are ready to quit the tournament circuit. The Lloyds are about to sign a £500,000 ($1,520,000) deal in a five-year contract that would see them set up home and coach at
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      Lock icon IOC boss is still confident
      219 29 LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Fri. An agreement enabling North Korea to be involved in the hosting of the 1988 Seoul Olympics could be reached in June, believes International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch. Chung Guk Chin, vice-presi-dent of the North Korean Olympic Committee, is also optimistic.
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      Lock icon Azha now ready for Cup
      150 29 Azha now ready for Cup BRISBANE, Fri. A stunning reminder cf Mohammed Azharuddin's presence was not the least of worries with which Australia emerged from this week's Third cricket Test against India in Sydney. Azharuddin's contribution total to India's 600-4 was a meagre 59, but it was enough to suggest
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      Lock icon Pride in defeat for Susan
      162 29 Pride in defeat for Susan WASHINGTON, Fri. World champion Martina Navratilova dispatched 15-year-old Susan Sloane in just 46 minutes in a US$l5O,OOO ($318,000) women's tennis tournament yesterday, but the 6-3, 6-3 second-round loss was the highlight of the American teenager's fledgling career. Just being on the same court with Martina
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      Duo under fire by the SAAA
      460 30  - Duo under fire by the SAAA PETER SIOW Paul and Amuthavalli face disciplinary action By THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association are considering disciplinary action on two athletes sprinter Paul Su and walker Amuthavalli Jeyabal. Paul wants the association to reimburse his company, Singapore Airlines Group, for the medical costs incurred
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      Soon's 'double' standards
      313 30 LTC KESAVAN SCON, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's vice-presi-dent for training and selection, has come up with a novel way of setting the qualifying standards for both the Commonwealth Games in July and Asian Games in September. Ltc Soon arrived at the qualifying marks by marrying the
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      QUALIFYING MARKS
      105 30 Men IMm 11.5C, 2Mm 21.23, 4Mm 47.12, BMm 1:48.«, I.s«tm 3:51.35, 5,Mm 14:11.31, ll,Ntm 39:53.89, Him hurdles 14.38, 4Mm hurdles 5».95, 4xl Mm 39.91, 4x4ttm 3-.M.75, 21km walk 1:32:22.54, 3,«Mm 8:56.77, marathon 2:25:11.M, Ugh jump 2.18m, pole vault 5.95, long Jump 7.89m, triple jump 16.95m, shot putt 17.33m,
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      Lock icon Britain scalp Pakistan
      231 30 KUWAIT, Fri. Britain continued their role as giantkillers when they beat Pakistan for the first time since 1952 yesterday, on the second day of a four-nation men's hockey tournament. Britain came from behind to beat the world champions 3-2. On Wednesday, they beat pre-tournament favourites India for
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      Lock icon Kite, two others in the lead
      155 30 CARLSBAD (California), Fri. Defending champion Tom Kite shot a six-un-der-par 66 yesterday for a three-way tie with fellow Americans Calvin Peete and Mark O'Meara for the halfway lead in the US$5OO,OOO (1,055,000) Tournament of Champions golf tournament. They had totals of nine-under-par 135. Bernhard
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      302 30 ATHLETICS: Zola Budd flies back to Britain next week after a training stint in South Africa and will return to Raf Cosford, central England, to defend the national 1,500 m title on Jan 24-25. One of her main rivals will be Scotland's Yvonne Murray, run-ner-up a year
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      Error leaves Peter wild on the draw
      266 31 SINGAPORE'S Peter Hill may be out of the running for the British Under-23 squash title even before the first ball is served on Jan 18. An administrative error has led to the Republic's national champion being inadvertently left out of the draw. "This
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      Lock icon Jahangir to skip KL meet
      95 31 Jahangir to skip KL meet KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Pakistan will defend their men's team title at the Asian Squash Championships here from Jan 22-Feb 1 without world champion Jahangir Khan. Despite Jahangir 's absence, Pakistan are still seeded first, followed by Singapore, India and Malaysia. Twelve nations will take ptart
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      Washed out
      33 31 YESTERDAY'S Singapore Business Houses Football League Division Two matches were called off because of rain. The friendly rugby match between England's Haberdashers Aske and the National Juniors was also washed out.
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      How to get the better of that good catch
      535 31  - How to get the better of that good catch AQUARIUS By WHEN the fish are around, and with a good presentation of bait, getting the fish to bite is no problem usually. Actual hooking of the fish is only 10 per cent of the problem... 9o per cent is to
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      SRU remain cool to the hot outburst
      291 31  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By THE Singapore Rugby Union have decided to all but ignore the allegations made against them recently by one of their top affiliates, Blacks Rugby Football Club. Although Blacks have publicly stated, among other things, that "the SRU lack courage
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        Lock icon Like father, likeable son
        459 31 r /Saturday Person V. SUNDRAM Moorthy is currently Singapore's most popular soccer striker, but that is nothing new; he has been likeable all his life. His cute mischievousness has attracted attention since he was a toddler, especially when he went with his father to the Canberra
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        Hashim is still out
        287 31 REGULAR midfielder Hashim Hosni turned up for training last night but failed to regain his place for the Malaysia Cup match against defending champions Johor at the Larkin Stadium tomorrow night (8.30). This will be the third Malaysia Cup-tie Hashim will be sitting out since he
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        Lock icon Zainal slams five home
        256 31 KUALA LUMPUR, FRI. Zainal Abidin Hassan displayed his skill by scoring five goals to help Selangor rout Brunei 6-2 in a Malaysia Cup soccer match at Stadium Merdeka here tonight. Zainal scored in the 30th, 36th, 41st, 47th and 59th minutes. Selangor's other goal came from
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      71 31 BOWLING Peter Stuyvesant Travel Classic: 4th weekly final (Jackie's Katong, 5.30 pm;. RUGBY Cathay Paclflc/SRI knockout final: (losers' pool) Safsa v SCC Tankards (4 pm); (winners' pool) Safra v SCC (5.15 pm). Both at Padang. SQUASH Sth Pepsi Youth tournament (Kallang, 2 pm) SWIMMING Sasa single agr group meet (SSC,
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    Kodak pullout won't affect many S'poreans
    219 32 Kodak pullout won't affect many S'poreans FEW Singaporeans will be affected by the American court order stopping Kodak from producing or selling instant cameras and film. Those who own these cameras and film and dealers who still carry stock can expect a press statement by the Singapore office early next
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    Lock icon Deluge of calls on swap offer
    114 32 ROCHESTER (New York), Fri. Fifty telephone operators at Eastman Kodak Co were not enough to cope with the flood of calls yesterday as consumers took advantage of the company's offer to exchange its soon-to-be worthless instant camera for other Kodak merchandise. Kodak estimates that
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    Sperry to set up $10m service centre
    455 32  -  GRACE CHNG Plans for manufacturing plant and buying office in two years By SINGAPORE'S aviation industry has received a boost with the decision by an American multinational, Sperry Corporation, to locate a support centre here. Sperry will invest $10 million in the centre
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    559 32 Heseltine move casts doubts on Thatcher' s leadership style LONDON, Fri. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is facing the most severe challenge to her style of leadership with the resignation of Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine. Mr Heseltine yesterday shocked co leagues by walking out of a Cabinet meeting and later launching
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    229 32 Mid-air scuffles almost cause plane crash NEW YORK, Fri. A twin-engine commuter aircraft twice went into a steep dive and nearly crashed when a passenger attacked the pilot who had earlier told him to stop smoking, airline officials said. During a fight for the controls, the plane dropped more than
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    63 32 TOKYO, Fri. North Korea said today its naval craft captured a Japanese fishing boat that had illegally intruded into its territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. The (North) Korean Central News Agency, monitored in Tokyo, said the boat was seized this morning in waters southeast of
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    31 32 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrials rose 0.12 points to 1,518.35 in the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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      8 32 Profiles of Younger and Heseltine on Page 6
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      133 32 Weather UP TO 1 pm: Cloudy with occasional light rain, moderate at times. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 28 max., 23 min. SUNSET today: 7.14 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.12 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 12/26C Cloudy Manila 17/28C Sunny Amsterdam t Melbourne 14/20C Overcast Bangkok 16 28 C Fair
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        Lock icon 'We're in for a second shock'
        931 1  -  SOH TIANG KEHG Singapore is now experiencing an economic recession in a world reeling from a mountain of debts. This book highlights the grim implications. DEBT SHOCK By Darrell Delamaide Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985 280 pages, $32 Reviewed bv 4 What triggered off the
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        Blunders through the ages
        854 4  -  HOMER CHEN Opinion By A minister brought a book to public attention recently. Today, we begin an occasional column for writers and readers to talk about books and related issues. 6 Decisions are often made without complete information and therefore the outcome is difficult to assess.
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        The roots of civil defence
        673 4  -  MICHAEL LIM CIVIL DEFENCE IN SINGAPORE 1939-1984, Singapore Civil Defence Force, 1985, 142 pages, $8 Reviewed bv 4 A ludicruous example after the smoke and dust of the Japanese December 8 air raid had settled, 'it was later found that the official with the key
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        Lock icon 'Papa's soft side
        852 6 6 The novel's bisexual theme is a stark departure from the masculine themes popularly associated with m Hemingway. AN UNPUBLISHED novel that Ernest Hemingway worked on over the course of 15 years will be published in May by Charles Scribner's Sons. Entitled The Garden of Eden, the
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        Lock icon Tragic portrait of the writer
        589 6  -  CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT HEMINGWAY: A BIOGRAPHY By Jeffrey Meyers Harper Row, 644 pages, $27.50 Reviewed by IT IS surprising to realise that, despite the flood of memoirs and studies that have been written about Ernest. Hemingway, Jeffrey Meyers's Hemingway: A Biography is only the second full-scale
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        Lock icon Why Castro reads Hemingway
        758 6  -  GEOFFREY MATTHEWS Personality A By MEN'S men both: hard drinkers, cigar smokers, bearded, hell-rais-ers in different ways, above all, romantics obsessed with the beauty, mystery and unpredictability of that most cruel sea, the Caribbean. Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro. In a wide-ranging interview just published in
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        Lock icon Democracy viewed from many angles
        574 7  -  FLORELLA OROWAN DEMOCRACY By Joan Didion Pavanne, 1985 174 pages, $9.35 Reviewed by THE titJe of Joan Didion's fourth and newest novel may seem at first inappropriate, melodramatic. Its most obvious reference is to Henry Adam's Democracy, An American Novel, concerning the political corruption of
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        New Arrivals at the Bookshops
        371 7 COLDITZ, THE FULL STORY by Major P.R. Reid (Arrow Books, 1984, 352 pages, $14.15) This final part of a war trilogy documents the events at Colditz Castle, a formidable German fortress used to house officer prisoners of war during World War n. It contains accounts
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        Lock icon Dinesen in the limelight again
        592 7  -  EOWIN MCDOWELL By Update THE film, Out Of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, has spurred a revival of interest in Isak Dinesen's works. Half a dozen books by or about her have been published to coincide with the release of the movie, with
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        Nasty maybe, but never Dahl
        1224 8 Young Reader The nastier, the better for the popularity of Roald Dahl's children's books. The maestro of storytelling is Number One in the bestsellers with The Witches, which has aroused a spate of feminist anger. He talks to POLLY TOYNBEE Below are reviews of two
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        Making mice out of children
        416 8  -  CARLA CKUA THE WITCHES By Roa'd Dahl Puffin, 1983 208 pages, $9.40 Reviewed bv "A REAL Witch is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on earth." That is a pretty horrifying thought. More horrifying still is that Real Witches don't even look
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        Shadows that are not scary enough
        463 8  - Shadows that are not scary enough MIRANDA TAY ROALD DAHL'S BOOK OF GHOST STORIES Compiled by Roald Dahl Penguin, 1985 249 pages, $14.20 Reviewed bv GOOD ghost stories are damnably difficult to write, says Roald Dahl. He should know. This master of the macabre is the scribe of some of
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        322 1 The Garden of Eden 6 Hemingway's 10th posthumous book Spotlight on a Danish writer 7 Meryl Streep and Robert Redford star in the movie An interview with Roald Dahl 8 The writer of macabre children's tales Will Mahani fly the Golden Kite? 27 Kannan Chandran will find out mm diiijß
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    • Do-it-yourself
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        All the colours of a rainbow
        709 2 Instead of just discarding them, you could try and salvage your old clothes by the simple method of changing their colour. JOSEPHINE NG tells you how. IF YOU'D rather die than be caught wearing those old rags again, consider dyeing instead. When done properly,
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        Putting together your broken china
        507 2  -  Ang Lay Wah Miss Fix-it BEFORE you attempt to glue the bits of your favourite tea cup together, decide whether the effort will be worth it. Repairing china is meticulous work and the results can never be perfect. Also, as a nile, you should never
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        A cutter-stripper's great for fuse jobs
        207 2  -  Simone Vaz Handy Helpers USE a cutter-stripper to strip protective PVC covering from electrical wires, without cutting the metal wires beneath. This instrument, which can be used to cut through just the plastic covering of electrical wires without damaging the wires themselves, is particularly
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        290 5 CAPITOL: OPENS YODAVV: (Phone *****59) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 No Free List Kreta Ayer PEOPLE'S: OPENS TOMORROW! I (Phone *****72) 4 SHOWS daily 1.00, 3.30, 7 9.00 No Free List A bite of "HOT DOG" has never L v been so much SAUCY FUN! B The most
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        302 5 Golden New Town dementi Princess and New City NOW SHOWING! G: 11, 1.30, 4, 645, 9 30 NT: 1.30, 3.30, 7.00, 9.00 C: 1.30, 3.30, 7.15, 9.30 Pr: 1.30, 3.30, 7.30, S. 30 N Ci: 3.30, 7.15 4 9.15 "ABNORMAL MAN" Mand FAST PACED ACTION THRILLER! NEWCROWN"S^r DAILY at 1.00,
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        611 5 MJ B' ■By W| BfJ Wy p^ Experience the sound of Philadelphia X with A Different Class's repertoire of x the latest top hits. Also be enthralled O by Hang Loose with Kaye Hamid but x with Tania only till 20th Jan. fi Watch out for Gwen Brisco on the
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        229 5 f j"*| PARKWAY PARADE. NO. 80. MARINE PARADE ROAD. J 1 W \mmmJ #B1 072/073 SINGAPORE 1544, C SMSMSR.2HSSSSSS TEL: *****43. *****80 jl r .mat-- *jjPsH** £> sJ^S J^lMk jHPPjE^^^m^ «^R SHU^S^^^ jf r^^- BLACKWOOD FURNITURE SHOWROOM m^ 8 A. PrOSp6» ll J T_ j^ M fk "W^ IJu.twood Rosewood
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        469 5 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODO ORCHARD: LAST DAY! (*****88) 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.00PM You never knew m whft looking out for yon. lewis Simtii JmiKicimartli^ M Jm NOW SHOWING at CATHAY K /A T H A PEOPLE'S ODEON-KATMNG CATHAY (*****00) 5 SHOWS: HAM, 1.30. 4.00, 6.30 t 9 00PM PEOPLE'S (*****72)
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        278 6 ■H^^^^^ HF jl la i'«^ ir~ #V finl|| Large 5 sealer w centre table from Large 5 seater with coffee corner tables ■P Thailand(rosew^jd colour) ;< r '*i£j£|ft m im*& c£3^ dlßEii idfea A Y^KB&fti <^> jgg j "^SBS^^^BPiP^PB liiTiported I IB^F UP_SS,-58CT --w** s 1 leather BBKT i IBf
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        148 6 Usher in flic Hear oHhe Tiger Miih our beautiful porcdalmvore! Genuine quality. Imported from China. Wl^^^ To grace vour homes lor *<«^ Good Luck Prosperity- *J I Guard vour homes with 2 Stone X "'*f\^l f Lions. Size 5" to 72". 4 Retractable lai ihi sword »ith r"jt intricate ornate
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        217 7 DINOSAUR ill EXHIBITION jH Time: 12 noon 10 pm (Mon Fri) j^^H^P^"__^ J Venue: World Trade Centre, M 3 E& m^ji. (*Dinosaur booklet can be purchased at $1 with admission ticket) WJT^^BqSJL\ m&ki< AS^^^^ m sit' *^w •IT ,1 /~y-\ jA^^P^^^S *V y4 At L««l > a 1 t-vi 1
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        387 8 Performance o/ Lion fIpRHHHHIHHHHHHHHH^r Dance Troupe Buffet f party u>i// be /ic/d at 2 OQvni on _l£ir^lSsr?^^l~ 11th January 1986 Mr |Pl^ AW arc Welcome! If 11 Free Desert From H/l/86 31A786 dGfEIIS^OOn KCSteUTBlit Whatever the ttme-may be. tt's gotng to be a m*mm**mj&m*m*m^^f^o^gg^ place where the whole family can
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        260 9 V A Splendid ffi 9£ Gu&rant&e UMing sot- set with EmL«ssed Carving |J r^^' 6 piecf'S 50 Nei' |u|^^^^^^^^^^ Mini) «>'» se' «"tr< Dragon Carved I Ming sofa set with jgNMf Mr thr.xigh Round Carving A^J Partial Mother-of- Pearl Y l3fc^^J mSBI X m t^ffVT^^W^Hfm TTTT^Ki P ip ces New
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        292 9 LEATHER SOFA CENTRE IN TOWIifiHBG H^T] EMAS DESIGN MARKETING PTE LTD v > ul fVI PTi v J}=J VENUE -75 BEACH RD GRD FLOOR. FU YUEN BLDG M^ V' jM «l"~^~-~-^~-^ f /7T I 1 -'tw^*' Jv^lS SINGAPORE 0718 (OPP PRINCE JADE THEATRE' 3 \4 vJ&k N HPIHb Vl>] TEL:
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        16 9 Ads which add fun to the day fl H '^-1 W .^M 1 flu B£H^nHIH|H||9| Bi»7^iffTiiffy7ff^'""T^^B"^-^7M¥vnwrwT*w^B
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        87 9 Meeting job requirements is no laughing matter, soUVIACHUA, 21 an undergrad with the National University of Singapore, has come up with some ads she'd like to see. kune-fu movie and 1 STUH T PERSONS (8 vacancies) j EXT RAS dSvaca^) The successful P—J^ing wffi hourly basis and the^ stunt persons
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        76 9 W MPAWf 1 a W" 1 1 I and a career m hlg *> pw» NOVEMBER Is threads of rain Drawn across a sky Split by seeking swallows; When light drifts grey and older Than its concrete walls, To burn in echoes of chill orange At eve. November Is the
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        238 9 Qkntrh nf Raad Street SIMON HUANG, 26, architectural post-grad ordu.ii w now «u on student Unveil your talent EXPRESSIONS offers an outlet for creative and artistic effort by you and for you. So if you're a closet writer, composer, painter or photographer, now's the time to unveil your talent. Whether
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        837 10 *****66 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out Wh~ BOULEVARD HOTEL B2 Level Cuscaden Wing, B& 200. Orchard Boulevard, Singapore 1024 Reservations Tel: *****79 JB Bb NOW THE MOST IiXCITING NORTON INDIAN RESTAURANT HAS COWE JO TOWN IN A M MAGNIFICENT WAY TO THE BOULEVARD HOTEL I i THE PRICES ARE
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        768 10 2 Eating Out HOMECOOK THAI FOOD. Prepared by Thai Chefs. Very reasonable charges. Private function $140/--per table. Haadyai Beefball Restaurant. 467, Joo Chiat Road. Tel: *****34 BABA CAFE- Authentic Peranakan. Laska, Ayam Buah Keluak, Babi Chin, Chap Chye. 258 Lor. Liput (Holland Village). 11am9p.n. *****59. Closed on Mon. 3 Catering
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        717 10 12 Computer Products/ Services REPAIR 81 SALES of Multitech, ARC, IBM Apple Compatible Computer Systems Peripherals. Apple lie offer at $2,100.00. Practical Computer Pte. Ltd. Tel: *****26/ *****72. BBC, AMSTRAD, SPECTRUM Enterprise original softwares bargain! Disc, from 40% to 70% off UK prices. Perimedia, 81-44 Bukit Timah Plaza, tel: *****48.
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        674 10 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing SKOY FURNITURE PTE LTD buy direct from manufacturer at genuine factory price. Showroom: Blk. 1 Lor .B Toa Payoh Industrial Park #01-1393 Tel: *****33/ *****36 Mon- Sat 9.30-6.30pm Sun: 12noon-6.00pm BUY DIRECT SAVE 40% CARPET CLEARANCE LOOSE, LOT LIMITED STOCK ONLY Free edging for rugs, free
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        903 10 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 00am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30am to 2. OOpnrW "am deadline for the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9 00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Times Orchard Centre, #02-105 Lucky Plaia Monday-Friday: 10.00am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm for next day) Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road
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        584 10 24 Garage Sale PHILCO WASHING MACHINE $500 Sony CTV 20" portable $450. Hitachi VHS vedio $450 other appliances. Tel: *****72/ *****17. LIKE NEW PINE bdrm. and dining rm. set. Children's cabinet. Reasonable offer. Tel: *****97. SELLING CHEAP 2 sofa sets, 3 coffee tables, etc. Ring *****85. 25 Sale: Other Products
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        740 10 RATES Ordinary: $5.00 per line (Min. $15 00) Semi-display: $20 00 per col. cm (Min. $60.00 Straits Times) $20.50 per col. cm (Min. $61,50 Sunday Times) Display: $25 00 per col. cm. (Min. $75.00 Straits Times) $25.62 per col. cm. (Min. $76.86 Sunday Times) Box Charges: $5.00 (collected) e $10.00
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        776 10 CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Food/Entertainment (2 5) Personal Servicas/MerchandiM (11 39) Business to Business (49 58) Employment (63 74) Vehicles (81 100) Properties (105 127) Travel Guide (135 139) Education A Instruction (146 160) Announcements (166 174) Obituaries (181 186) ITAKEA CLOSER Christmas may be over but the spirit of giving is
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        852 11 37 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators AIRCON./FRIDGE PROBLEMS? Prompt 24 hrs. island-wide service. Sale, repair, install room/ split unit, aircon., commercial/ domestic fridges. Re-spraying service available. 24 hrs. complete aircon. system installation. SANYO DAIKIN 1-rm. $1,480 $1/500 2-rms. $2,550 $2,680 3-rms. $3,500 $3,850 4-rms. $4,350 $4,950 SUAN SENG AIRCOND A REFRIGERATION Tel: *****28/9,
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        669 11 49 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/Removal Specialist in household, goods transportation to and from HUB. estate, office removal, Special care to piano organ in transit. Experienced and reliable service. Prices very reasonable. 8 am. 10 pm. (7 days a week). Tel: *****00 Specialise in house removal any transportation service. e Experienced reliable
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        578 11 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities Investment in CHINA made easy We advise, arrange and register your business from a turn-key factory to as small as a food outlet in any of the main cities in CHINA. Just REGISTER with us today, and we will do the negotiation and formation
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        411 11 64 Domestic Help Available FILIPINO INDONESIAN SALARY: $200 j*2so Trained BSDD f^LJ* orientated QEXSL^K., Replacement^, /jy^t fuarantee \^^s£Ji. Fid insurance protections^ Professional service X Fii documentation \\-/gi Reasonable fee with K^fp no hidden cost!!! *****56/7 J P MON-fRI: 9*m-Bom SM-Stft 9«n-spm Or Lictixa No. C-OSI*-Ot PERSONALLY SELECTED PROVINCIAL MAIDS THRU'
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        672 11 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available FILIPINO $220 THAI $220 SRI LANKAN $186 INDONESIAN $200 OFF DAYS COMPENSATED We select, train orientate our very own girls Good attitude, hardworking honest, obedient Complete placement tee includes: Airfare. $5,000 Security Bond. $10,000 PA Performance Bond. Visa Fee Medical Exam process
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        633 11 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive An established property developer has an immediate vacancy for the post ofESTATE SUPERVISOR (Resettlement) Kay Reeponeibilitiee: To carry out periodic Inspections of squattered properties and report all unauthorlsed erection and unauthorised occupations. a To assist in clearing all squatters and conduct census Interview, assessment and
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        463 11 69 Situations Vacant: Domestic FILIPINA MAID WANTED urgently, honest, pleiisant, good cooking general h'sework to star work Feb Tel: *****22/ *****19 REQD. IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED Filipino maid. Must do general household duties also to babysit. Salary $300 *****35 THAI MAID FOR Immediate employment, dialects/ English speaking and cooking. Tel: *****90 (C-0902-01).
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        703 11 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following positions: A GENERAL CLERICAL OFFICERS Salary Scale ($380)400x20-460/495x25--670/710x30 890 Functions To assist in general clerical duties and any other assigned duties. Requirements (a) GCE 30" level passes including a pass in English
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        61 11 FEMALE GENERAL CLERK req b a trading co. Able to type. Bilin gual in English Mandarin. PI: write with full resume expec ted salary to: The Manager. No f Kaki Bukit Road 2, -02-27 Rub Warehouse Complex. S(1441). ATTENTION SCH. LEAVERS! tire* finding for job? Phone *****7! We req a
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        558 11 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical fTnr^^^^^^^a^^^^^T^^^BM^^^^'Fl j- A wall aatablishad Japanaaa f construction firm urgently re- U f quirer t FEMALE RECEPTIONIST V A CUM TYPIST i\ for its Singapore b.'anch office. V Minimum GCE O' level. E Age: 20 to 25. J K With at least Ito 2 years
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        636 12 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical I Duty Free Shoppers We have vacancies for the position of ACCOUNTS CLERKS |i You are invited to apply if you meet with the requirements:— I At least 5 GCE O' level credits with LCCI r^ intermediate book-keeping. _j At
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        443 12 Urgently required by established shipping group FEMALE GENERAL ASSISTANT e At least 2 years' experience, e Able to type accurately, e Knowledge of shorthand. Please apply in own handwriting giving full personal particulars ft salary expectation to:THE ADVERITSER 200 Cantonment Rd. #08-01 Southpoint Singapore 0208 FEMALE GENERAL CLERK reqd. by
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        713 12 71 Situations Vacant: Sales An established medical scientific company with offices in South-East Asia requires: 1) LABORATORY SALES REPRESENTATIVE e Possess diploma in Chemical Process Technology or 'A 1 Level in Sciences. 2) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SALES REPRESENTATIVE e Possess diploma in Electronic Engineering or male nurse with SEN or SRN
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        606 12 71 Situations VacantSales Established Air Diffusion Equipment Supplier urgently requires a FEMALE SALES COORDINATOR Applicants must have 2 yrs. experience in aircon. design and able to do correspondence independently e Good in typing technical drawing Efficient in English, Chinese dialects. Preference will be given to those living in Jurong or
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        447 12 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical tf(W)MCmMHH.A I v S Electronics Pte Ltd., Components Division INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE iTC ELECTRONICS SERVICING/ENGINEERING COMPLETED OR EXEMPTED FROM FULL TIME N.S. JOE3 INVOLVES MAINTAINING AUTO-PLATING LINE. CNC MACHINES. HIGH SPEED PCB i TESTERS; AND THE
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        186 12 GTM-COIGNET J.V. urgently requires ASSISTANT COORDINATOR (Site) Able to establish finishing work programmes •To control and ensure work quality of sub-contractors To liaise with HDB Diploma holder with minimum 5 years of similar experience SITE CLERK GCE 'O' level holder with at least 2 years site experience SITE STOREKEEPER GCE
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        565 12 72 Situations Vacant: Technical HITACHI CHEMICAL (S) PTE LTD 20, Bedok South Road Singapore 1646 A leading consumer and mul-ti-layer circuit board manufacturer requires: PROCESS ENGINEER Requirements: e Degree/ Diploma in Chemistry or Mechanical Engineering or other related discipline. At least 2 years' experience in chemical process control, chemical analysis
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        411 12 72 Situations Vacant: Technical |IQl) Gold Coin Limited invites applications for the post of: Requirements: G C.E A level or Poly graduates with credits in Chemistry and Biology Knowledge ot compute operation will be an advantage Interested candidates, please submit applications in own handwriting stating full personal particulars qualifications, salary
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        548 12 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Microelectronics Pte Ltd :j£i; We invite applications for the following positions: TTie Job: The successful candidate will report to the W^ QC Engineer and will be responsible for t training Production and QC operators on Mi QC criteria workmanship standards and qualifying
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        456 13 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^r THE SINGAPORE ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB We invite suitably qualified applicants for the following positions: -1) Captains Assistant Captains (Female) Must have 2 years experience in similar position Must have pleasant personality 2) Waiters/Waitresses Must have pleasant personality and a willingness to
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        440 13 Well established Electronic Company I has immediate I vacancies for: Working Place: Centrepolnt Orchard Road Working Hours: > 10.30am to 9.00pm Must speak fluent English and 1 or 2 Chinese dialects Must possess valid W driving licence Working Place: Tan Boon Liat Building/ Outram Road Working Hours: 9.30am to 6.30pm
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        648 13 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous ACCOUNTS CLERK Female Singapore Citizen. Must possess GCE O7 'A' Level with CREDIT in English and Maths. Typing speed of 35-40 W.P.M. neatly and knowledge of Shorthand. Able to handle correspondence and telex machine. Ability to keep full set of accounts, Invoices and billing, etc., with
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        763 13 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous INTERIOR DESIGNER required e Preferably with at least a certificate from Baharudin Vocational Institute or equivalent e Knowledge of typing, filing basic clerical work essential Those with clerical experience and interested in interior design may also apply. Call personally at: #02-30, Balestier Plaza Tel: *****59/ *****37
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        2579 13 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Safe: Alfa/ Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo —THE ALFA 33* nfe_ THE NEW LINE j^ OF BEAUTY Lb^LP^ tt^'^ft L^Lar^^ **^^iB 3 Wr j| PHHHIHHiBHHIvI >y Mode/ illustrated is the Alfa 33 1.5 Green Cloverleaf^ '$35.500 PARF
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        664 13 95 For Sale: Suzuki DEC. '82 SUZUKI 800 Well maintained New tax. 1 owner. Aircon., radio cassette $12,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****73. I9Br SUZUKI 800, aircon., tape, good condition, 2 owners. $11, 500'-. 68 Mackenzie Road, Ricky MID '83 SUZUKI 800 Aircond hi-fi, power windows, tax 4/86 Good cond. $12,500 neg.
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        893 13 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles ALMOST '84 ISUZU double cabin diesel truck. Really beutiful cond. 1 owner New tax/ insurance, passed inspection. Aircon radio. *****.%/ *****29 '78 TOYOTA LITE ACE van July '83 Mazda T3OOO lorry. '82 Datsun pickup (diesel). Good cond. Highest offer secures Interested pis. tel: *****44/ *****59.
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        733 14 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat Cool, calm and collected I -A^^ I^^ "r r^:"U!'''/^^ B^ I f JBy^^^BMBHBf Fiat Regata 100 S $32,300 net! PARF for models with power steering. The Fiat Regata. independent suspension and servo-assisted brakes. Distinctively
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        418 14 99 Vehicles Wanted TEACHER REQ. small c.c. cars Lancer. Pulsar, Laser, Civic. Highest cash payment. *****27 VW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE wanted, PARF/ non-PARF. Tel: *****04. $10 SERVICE CHARGE only, we can sell your car fast at max. price. Tel: *****60 f7a.m. -11p.m.). 100 Scrap Vehicles BETTER PRICES OFFERED for PARF scrap
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        465 14 106 Accommodation Available: Houses DIST.I9, GARDEN VIEW Estate (in Serangoon Garden), brand new 2-storey semt-detached and terrace houses for rental. Tel: *****62 or *****03 Miss Tan. D.lO GALLOP PK. Botanical Gdn. vicinity luxurious d/storey bunglw. 4 bdrms./ servant's. Large patio overlooking pool. $7,500. Soel, *****11/ 4. D.16 NO. 24 Jin
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        356 14 106 Accommodation Available: Houses D.20 TERRACE HOUSE for rent. Reasonable charges. Interested, call *****16. D.21 CLEMENTI PK. 2-storey bunglw. Newly renovated, furn., ceramic tiles. $2,800 neg. *****24. D.23 BAMBOO GROVE d/storey semi-d., 2 alrcons., p/furn. Phone: Roger *****88. No agts. D.28 SELETAR HILLS s/storey seml-d. 3 bdrms., unfurn. Newly painted.
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        1160 14 96 For Sale: 96 For Sale: 96 For Sale: 96 For Sale: 96 For Sale: Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes Other Makes s^^ •ii ■V W HBHI 188 mTT £P J '-*"-j!sß| *.j •<, V ■i.^-ii-.- fc»_-a* ii v■' mm Mm Wit al lISSBB Sin Tien Scsig
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        713 14 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments BEASIDE NEW TOWNHOUSE. 4 bdrms. $1,200 Pool, squash, tennis. Dtst.9, 10, 11, 21. Flats/ Houses. Hoe-Tan *****21 A.M.KIO, BEDOK, Bt. Batok, Jurong, Tamplnes, Lor. Ah Soo, T.Payoh. 2-5 rm. *****53/ *****67. APOLLO QDN. CHANGI new mats. Aircond., carpeted. 4 bdrms. 2000 sq.ft. $600 p.m. Tel: *****15.
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        695 14 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms KATONG MAIN ROAD, Private apartment, groundfloor, big room, free parking, $250. With furniture. Suitable for couple/ singles. Cooking allowed. Convenient. Tel: *****87. LADIES ONLY 5-RM. Apt. off Net! Rd., Spottiswoode $220 unfurn. $250 furn. Cooking allowed *****34 (Sat) *****08 (Sun). LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL (Orchard dlst.) offers
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        729 14 112 Short-Term Accommodation: Local/ Foreign D.9 SERVICE RMS. apts. from $35/day $350/week. Clean, quiet. Long-term neg. Tel: *****18. 113 For Sale: Houses KEW DRIVE Upper Ea*t Coast Road New 3-storey semi-detached terrace houses. Unique western design. Only taw unit* leftl Special discount wi!l be given. Price* from $550,000 upward*. Attractive
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        809 14 113 For Sale: Houses GOOD BUY. D.19 s/storey bunglw Lange Rd. Off Hillside Dr. 5,600 sq.ft. J+l bdrm. F'hold. $380,000 o.no. *****53 (no agent please). KATONG BRANDNEW TERR, (corner) 3*l bdrms. Marble fir Built-in 2,100 sq ft Selling $460,000 ono. Harvest *****88 MUST SELLI D.16/19 D/storey terrace. 3*l/ attached. Split-level.
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        370 15 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Location Tembehng Rd/Eaat Coast Rd Sole Agents: UNIVERSAL REALTY PTE LTD 66 Tannery Lane #05-08, Sindo Building, Singapore 1334. Telex: RS ***** ACRO. TEL: *****66 (5 LINES) (Showflat for viewing by appointments) Dovelopers licence 0197. Lot No: MK XXVI Lot
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        2603 15 123 For Sale: 123 For Sale: 123 For Sale: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces Shop Spaces ■sffff?^ J ji j I ili I; I' ffSp^WJi Located at busy Orchard Road, along Cuppage Road's shady pedestrian mail Near MRT Station Surrounded by 6 international hotels Facing Parkview Holiday Inn and Cuppage Ma-ket
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        61 15 121 For Rent: Office Spaces OFFICE TO LET at 110 Middle Road, Chlat Hong Bldg. 650 sq.ft. with partitions including maintenance service charge. Please contact tel: *****54. OFFICE SPACE VACANT, 1,752 sq.ft or 3504 sq.ft. Won Hup Complex, $1.80 p.s.f inclusive maintenance. Call Miss Fun: *****96, PEOPLE'S PK. CTR. 797
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        186 15 121 For Rent: Office Spaces RIVER VALLEY, AIRCON. off. rm $550 incl. PUB. Furn. Carpeted Free parking. Toilet attached Outside CBD. Call *****04 123 For Sale: Shop Spaces DIST 1441 JALAN KEMBANGAN 2storey shophouse for sale/ rent Total area 3500 sq.ft. Ampl» parking. Good frontage. Near MRT. Tel: *****74 0.13
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        308 16 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces I "supreme house! EXHIBITION SPACE on 2nd Storey Approx. 587.15 sq.m. (6,320 sq ft.) Wide frontage visible from Penang Road. AIRCONDITIONED EXCELLENT SERVICES (AMPLE PARKING LOTS) ENQUIRIES SUPREME HOLDINGS LTD SUPREME HOUSE, 0923 TEL. NO. 336-2466 SHOPHOUSE AT GEYLANG for rent, $1,000. Coffeeshop at Joo
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        83 16 CHINESE NEW YEAR 5-day Deluxe Haadyai tour Dep. 9, 10 Feb. Special full board programmes with dinner show and Nite-Club. 5-day Hong-Kong Dep. 10th Feb. Tel: *****52 or *****31/ 2.(TA 454). WELL TRAVEL *****88/ *****47. 5-day Haadyai tour precious gems lucky draw only $199 incl. hotel, full meals, roast pig
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        578 16 137 Tours 137 Tours ll ww brings together Chinese New Year Special a seller WEST MALAYSIA JjJ (BY MR) and a 'xT ADaVS S^6o Tim saving and bUVCr AnQli^^ comfortable i^neraty v /BOaYSS I*^3^1 3^ Tour Penang, irOITi A A/r!T' lpo r V CamBron Katong V V ua a um
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        784 17 I 138 Where To Stay 138 Where To Stay Chelsea -Cloisters The best placed short stay apartments in London. Fully serviced, ci'nlrally-tieated apartments of 1 2or '.I rooms 24 hour uniformed porterage 24 hour telephone and message taking service Laundry and dry cleaning service available Boardroom, telex and secretarial service
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        763 17 147 Academic Courses COMMERCE CLASSES Student Pass' Deferment Recommended: Free Advice to N' Level students S'pore Inst. of Commerce #04-283 Selegie Complex *****81/*****49/*****01^ GRADUATE ENGLISH TEACHER offers O-Level tuition in Hougang Demanding but progress assured. Tel: *****27. MATHS. TUITION GIVEN by qualified teachers. $5 per hour. Tarnpines/ Bedok areas. Francis
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        955 17 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses BOOKKEEPING (Beginners) DSun 10.00-11.30am 12/01 2) Wed 7.30- 9.30pm 15/01 3) Thurs 6.00- 7.30pm 16/01 4)K JAPANE^Snner.r OI 1) Sat 2.00- 4.00pm 11/01 2) Sun 2.00- 3.30pm 12/01 3) Wed 6.00- 7.30pm 15/01 ENG. FOR COMMERCE 1) Sun 11.30- I.oopm 12/01 2) Tues 7.30- 9.00pm 14/01
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        673 17 152 Music Courses BAROCK MUSIC SCH. offering piano, organ, guitar theory lessons. Beginners to Diploma. 140 Upp. Bt.Timah Rd. »03-03 Beauty World Plaza. *****15/ *****74. Transport can be arranged. DIPLOMA CLASSES FOR Nov 86 R.S.M T.CX. written viva voce examinations. Commencing Feb. Apply Secretary, Victor Doggett Music Studios, *****24. TECHNICS
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        892 18 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES mmawK ormnTO nccnOQl HHHHBBH Telefax No: *****59 Kates: Box Service: WBKBSBOA SI AN I O KdDUOOI IBBBffIH Sa|es service: Straits Times: 5525.00 psc cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD Tel: *****11 ext 5724-7 ***** Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo L APPOINTMENTS |Bl Price
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        425 18 m FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO SEE IT AS fL A* AN OPPORTUNITY AND HAS PROVEN t/± TRACK RECORDS IN COMPUTERS OR ll* TJI. TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR ELECTRONICS /Wk I OR CAD/CAM BUSINESS WE WANT YOU. THE ENTREPRENEUR/CHALLENGE Has energy and drive to turn business ideas/opportunities into profits. Looks for autonomy and authority.
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        1128 18 M PCI engaged in manufacturing of telecommunication equipment using SURFACE MOUNT M TECHNOLOGY, invites candidates with SMT knowledge, or who are interested in new challenges for the following positions: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS He will be responsible for the complete plant Candidates for this position will possess a diploma layout
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        959 19 APPOINTMENTS Price f Vaterhouse I Management Consultants Pte Ltd I Consultants to senior management in a wide range of services including: executive recruitment, x organisation and corporate planning, productivity and efficiency analysis, financial planning x x x-xxx and control, information technology, market and economic studies, as well as personnel ■xxx-x
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        250 19 buck&decker" Manufacturing Engineer (Plastic Moulding) The ideal candidate should possess a degree or diploma related to fields in plastic or chemical process technology and have strong engineering background. He should also have a minimum t>f 2—5 years experience in plastic injection and j compression moulding processes in a high volume
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        614 19 I Ace Fabricators are a well established company I involved in design, engineering and fabrication of equipment for offshore production refining, petrochemical, food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries located in the region. Due to continued expansion and diversification in our activities we invite applicants for the following positions: SALES EXECUTIVE To
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        1001 19 frrn j I WIJJM WEARNES TECHNOLOGY (PTE) LIMITED %£A I GENERAL MANAGER WL OUR CLIENT, Wearnes Technology (Pte) Ltd, is a member of the Wearne Brothers Group which is involved in the distribution of motor vehicles and heavy equipment, engineering and construction, property development, agricultural technology and the manufacture of
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        665 20 APPOINTMENTS Til «^K> MARINA L \wy> MANDARIN ■.V: 9W SINGAPORE EWR **%lli'> -i BHHp Everything as you would expect. And more. Invites applications for the positions of: SALES MANAGER JAPANESE ACCOUNTS Japanese national Degree in Arts or Business Administration At least 3 years sales experience in handling Japanese trade and
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        604 20 tfIHIIVOHM.vI ARE YOU THE RIGHT PERSON TO JOIN OUR TEAM OF HUMAN RESOURCE PERSONNEL? WE HAVE VACANCIES FOR:- Degree in Arts/Social Sciences or Business Administration Possess effective interpersonal communication skills Minimum 2 years working experience in development of job evaluation programmes, salary and compensation packages Able to work independently in
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        1343 20 We've an environment both enriching and invigorating. •;::::•:•:•:■:•:■:•:•>:• You've the opportunity H both challenging and rewarding. American Telephone Telegraph (AT&T), the giant US telecommunications leader has recently set up an advanced IC manufacturing facility, AT&T Microelectronics Pte Ltd in Singapore. Qualified professionals who yearn for self-development and career advancement opportunities,
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        750 21 APPOINTMENTS Otr Company, Cipher Data Products, is an "Exciting Company" leading the field in mass storage technology In order to achieve our jsl challenging objectives and realise the full potential of our Subsystems. Sg mm have the following vacancies:- 13 I INCOMING QC ENGINEER I Qualifications: B? Degree in F.lectronics
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        705 21 Standard Chartered V Invites suitably experienced and qualified candidates to M\ apply for the following vacancies: BI I SENIOR BANK OFFICER I H Applicants should be university graduates in Accountancy, fi fi Economics, Business Administration, Commerce (Banking) H 9 or equivalent qualification and/or possess a Diploma in B| S Banking
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        710 21 We are an established multi-national organisation which excels W^^l'' in innovative electronic technology. Today, we have significant r^fvC facilities in Singapore manufacturing and marketing advanced products v and systems. Excellence is our trademark, long achieved by an exceptional team of dedicated people. And now, we are inviting people with similar
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        178 21 ARCHITECT Architect, with a minimum of 4-5 years professional experience, is required to travei into China to research develop and present hotel projects Working knowledge of Mandarin is essential Applicants should submit personal resumes in own handwriting in the English and Chinese with photographs not later than 1 8 Jan
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        621 22 APPOINTMENTS The Singapore operations of a leading group of companies with worldwide trading activities requires MANAGEMENT TRAINEES wishing to pursue a career in petroleum and commodities trading, based in Singapore. Candidates must be graduates in Business Administration with 'A' level passes in Chemistry and Physics, be numerically inclined and can
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        712 22 DATA GENERAL CORPORATION is a Fortune 500 Company which designs, manufactures and sells general purpose computers. Our success is based on comprehensive customer support, product compatibility, industry-lead in quality and reliability as well as our highly trained and skilled employees throughout the world. We are expanding our Far East Regional
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        705 22 We are a large business venture involved in precision metal machining activities. We are looking for the following personnel to join our establishment: MACHINISTS e NTC 2 or 3 in metal machining Minimum 2 to 3 years' experience in lathe/milling/grinding machines Preferably with CNC experience Able to interprete blueprints STORE
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        624 22 A multi-national chemical service company in Jurong invites applications for the following >■ position LEAD FIREMAN Nature oi Work To be in charge of the fire fighting team on a duty watch To supervise and carry out routine duties (eg drills, equipment maintenance, pumps testing, checks for flammable vapours and
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        789 23 APPOINTMENTS (j v L OREAL. the world's SSSJMw leader in hair care products, fl^^Pl^| invites appfceations tor the position of: V^B^i Technical Assistant IBM Are you an experienced hairdresser agid I H^^^^^H 2125? 1 Mt J Do you enjoy talking to groups of people 7 I fl^^H 6 Are you
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        520 23 Jok Ml JBk W f^f HSEL.I dRIEiNT IKm^mK A^^B iotmj luuut mo I I A number of vacancies exist on permanent or contract basis for: Aircraft Sheetmetal Workers At least 5 years' experience in related field Must be familiar with aircraft skin repairs, the repairs and fabrication of sheetmetal parts,
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        580 23 I NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL I (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD The National University Hospital Dental Centre is scheduled to be operational in May. The following positions are available for young, competent and courteous persons, preferably with some experience working in dental clinics: STAFF NURSE Duties To provide medical care for dental patients
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        768 23 ll We are a multi national manufacturing company Sa and we have vacancies for the position of:— "**^B^J^^fek 11 QA ENGINEERS li Applicants should be a Science graduate from a recognised university and preferably with 1-2 years of working experience. II He/She should have good communication skills and a sysi|
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        655 24 APPOINTMENTS We are a top local company with extensive operations. We are looking for a well. qualified person for the post of: CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY The successful candidate will report to a senior manager and will be responsible for various secretarial as well as administrative duties. If you are a self-motivated
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        907 24 f YARD MANAGER BOAT BUILDING f Company newly engaged in manufacture of aluminium motor yachts needs Yard Manager able to take full charge of all phases of boat building from lofting to final product. Requirements: Must be able to handle direct workers Prefer older man with sensible approach to problem
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        453 24 OPPORTUNITY FOR A I TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVER Our Singapore Technical Staff is Expanding. We are looking for a Chemical Engineer/Chemist with an I aggressive problem solving attitude and a history of success in this area. Our Technical/Staff supports a highly motivated, successful technical sales team throughout Asia. Our success in
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        266 24 invite applications for the position of: Sales Engineer (Professional Television) for our Technical Division. The Job: To promote and sell professional colour television equipment represented by the company. Requirements: Polytechnic Diploma (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering. Previous working experience in broadcast or professional television equipment advantageous. Ability to design such
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        426 25 NOTICES 0J I Cl3 COMPAGNIE D'AFFRETEMENT ET DE &Bu TRANSPORT I 1 %M\ (FRANCE) I HE I CAT^ Air CAT (FRANCE) are pleased to announce that with effect from 1 January 1986 the appointment of I FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD I JIL FLE AIRFREIGHT PTE LTD 10. Anson Road
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        454 25 SUBORDINATE COURTS, SINGAPORE D.C. Summons No. ***** of 1985. Between General Electric Technical Services Company Inc. trading as General Electric (USA) Asia Co. Plaintiff And Arifln Wldjaja Defendant NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Arifln Wldjaja late of 17-P Grange Heights, Grange Road, Singapore 1024. Take notice that an action has been
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        551 25 CHANGE OF NAME j HEATH HUDIG LANGEVELDT PRIVATE LIMITED HHI. REINSURANCE BROKERS PRIVATE LIMITED (Multi-national Insurance Brokers, Risk Management, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance Consultants) Notice is hereby given that with effect from the Ist day of January 1986 the names HEATH LANGEVELDT ROLLINS PRIVATE LIMITED and HLR REINSURANCE BROKERS PRIVATE
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        412 25 IN THE MATTEK OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 AND IN THE MATTER OF GROWTH ENGINEERING FTE LTD < Incorporated ia Uw Republic of S»nK*p»rr) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1011 Cecil Street #18-02/05, Tong Eng Building, Singapore
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        534 25 LIVING LANGUAGE This series of two books Nature Calls and People Talk was born from the popular Sunday Times language column in 1982 1983 Many of the confusing and often illogical idioms which native speakers take for granted are presented and explained with clarity and humour. /I $6.50 $6.90 Igoodbooks^opsj
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        78 26 r| Raam 11 wa oroiesstonaVs \1 For order and further enquiries please call Tel: *****55 ext. 2216/2217 or write to: Marketing Department, Federal Publications (S) Pie Ltd Times Jurong 2, Jurong Port Road Singapore 2261 frrfii distributed by U FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS \m ikH IPwi rT*WT*n i VuK J --4 ■Til
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        23 26 HBJ-Wt I Ttwrl^Sfe' iSWiSM^r y '*M*irt^^B .^^dtf u- ill II lllllviS Times Jurong. No 2. Jurong Port Road. Singapore 2261 111 ||y) DistriblltOlPS
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        544 26 I ATIMETHEROMANcA /^UlWt^-Wc,! KpiPVOU <£^-» f PEKMAPS VOUpA LOOK IT OVER I LL TMiS LOOKSINTEK£STIN6.. 44 H^/ 606S duT OF fVE^y/ hrro^^ ICOMWN«WiH/P.7 ENJOWOUR L3 CAKE TO SEE y^x BE BACK IN A MOMENT "PO6FOOPMOUSSE'' HA VT MA«ftl*de---y UtW-QQ MEAL,SI^?/A OURPESSERT /K A) TO TAKE YOUR ORPER J_l^> fl 5^
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        597 27 The Golden Kite Song Contest takes place in Kuala Lumpur tonight. KANNAN CHANDRAN fills you in on the contest, and talks to Singapore's representatives, songwriter Abdul Razak bin Saad and singer Mahani Mohammed. 4 When I heard it, I liked it. It's very suitable
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        251 27 EVEN if his song doesn't win the top prizes, Abdul Razak bin Saad, the writer of the lone Singapore entry, will still be satisfied. This professional musician submitted his first composition to the Second Golden Kite World Song Festival. And, out of the 335
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        613 27 The Practice Performing Arts School goes lon a tour of community centres from tomorrow. CAROLINE NGUI reports. THE Practice Performing Arts School will take to the road with An Evening of Comedy, beginning tomorrow and ending on March 9. The intensive tour will cover 14 community
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        679 27 What's On ■■■■■■■■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■i MUSIC Centrepoint. teau and starring Jean Ma- 19th and 20th centuries. sion: $2 each for adults and schools, DBS Auditorium and SSO CONCERT Featur FAIR ria J ositti Da y and Michel National Museum Art Gal- $1 each for children. On till the Singapore Guitar Society ing
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        995 27 —I Radio One Linda, Victor and Charlee host an hour of fun in HAPPY TALK (10.05 am), in which children phone in to take part in a quiz 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News in Brief 6.05 Another Morning, Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report
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        1518 28 mMY VIEW an Catherine Ong (Ch 5 and 12 programmes) and Leon 9 Weng Kam (Ch 8 programmes) ■■■iiimi mi ■■imin 1 1 ■mil iiiiiiiiimim 11m ■imimmn 1 m^immmmmmmmmmmKmwi Saturday Matinee M #IS»«a>«a»«#a *«*wu#l the scourge of the 20th p 45 s .,t y <c 5 a flipping gooia r^p^'^T^
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