The Straits Times, 18 January 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 642 1  - Big boost for services CATHERINE C. ONG S. KUMAR EDB to 'elevate' importance of sector m fuelling growth By and THE Government has picked the long-neglected services sector as another engine of growth to rev up the economy. With this priority m mind, the Economic Development Board (EDB) will be
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  • 332 1  -  H. L. LIM PM m Burma By FIRST-TIMERS at a Burmese banquet had a few surprises on Thursday night. The biggest and it was a pleasant surprise was that Majulah Singapura came with the champagne. It was unusual, to say the least, to have
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  • 27 1 TOKYO, Fri. Ryuzaburo Umehara, one of Japan's foremost Western-style oil painters, died of pneumonia at Keio University Hospital m Tokyo yesterday. He was 97. AP
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  • 284 1  -  KONG SOOK CHIN By A HIGH-LEVEL government committee has been formed to look into the declining fertility rate of Singapore women and how to cope with an ageing population. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister of State (Health and Foreign Affairs), speaking to reporters yesterday,
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  • 609 1 Mahathir: Report to be made public when it's safe Auditor-General criticised for making the BMF issue public KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad stressed today the final report of the committee looking into the Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) loan scandal will only be made public when
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  • 448 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Gold prices soared to the highest level m 19 months m fast-moving dealings m New York and on European bullion markets yesterday, fuelled by rumours of a mystery buyer and a possible fall m world interest rates. The surge
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 363 2 Bonuses kept up MOST TRADE unions were able to keep up bonus levels last year, despite cost-cutting pressures. A National Trades Union Congress survey of unions representing about 150,000 workers shows that m 566 branches, employees got the same amount m bonuses last year as the year before. In
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    • 186 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE POLICE have come op with an Imaginative, creative and Innovative way of winning over young people. The disco parties, rock concerts, sports, and other recreational and social activities organised over recent months are an attempt by the police to speak the language of youth.
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    • 92 2 POISONOUS YARNS THREE LETTERS today comment on an interview Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam's recently gave an Indonesian newspaper. One says Singapore was cast m a very bad light when it was alluded that it profited at the expense of its neighbours. The reader points out that all economic relations among
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    • 166 2 SELCO REVELATIONS THREATEN PAN-EL RESCUE SALVAGE CLAIMS by Selco Salvage, which appear to be lower than originally estimated, are threatening to scuttle attempts to save its parent company, Pan-Electric Industries. This was revealed by PanEl's receivers and managers, Price Waterhouse, m their second and latest report, released on Wednesday
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    • 471 2 Evacuation plans SOME FOREIGN governments are arranging to evacuate their nationals from South Yemen, where fighting between rival factions has been raging for the past five days. The Soviet Embassy was expected to help coordinate the evacuation of nationals of other countries, Western diplomatic sources said. Meanwhile,
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    • 434 2 Goods/Services Organisation Section Page Arts t Crafts Fuzhou Arts Crafts I 23 Audio Thorn EMI I 25 Hwee Seng Electronics (Pioneer) I 13 Banks Overseas Union Bank Ltd 1—1 Bathroom Accessories Nan Wah Marketing II 20 Supreme Heater I 11 Beverage Cold Storage (Magnolia) I 2 Binds Haller
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    • 191 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Move on maids INDONESIAN MAIDS can only work m Saudi Arabia if they are employed by the royal family, civil servants or members of the armed forces, the government decided. Indonesian newspapers have dubbed "sex slaves" some women returning from Saudi Arabia with lurid tales
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    • 239 2 Neat Norwich IN A DIVISION where the emphasis is on the physical, Second Division leaders Norwich City are a warming sight, writes MARTIN PALMER. With manager Ken Brown's accent on one-touch and two-touch football, Norwich have earned a reputation as one of the nations most attractive outfits. Page 38
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    • 255 2 Nalla Tan's library SEX, SCIENCE and Shakespeare. These are some of the books that have influenced Nalla Tan's writing and her life, reports REBECCA CHUA, who spoke to the Second Prize-winner of last year's Asiaweek Short Story Competition. Dr Tan's winning story, What You Asked, was inspired by
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  • around the WORLD
    • 386 3 LONDON, Fri. Britain has again refused to grant full British nationality to some 10,000 non-Chinese residents of Hongkong, saying such a step would encourage others around the world to claim the same right. Mr David Waddington, Home Office Minister responsible for immigration,
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    • 262 3 How to walk round the world in 30 seconds SYDNEY, Fri. Around the world m 30 seconds this is not a space age fantasy but the time it takes to accomplish that journey at the South Pole, said Mr Walt Seelig, US co-ordina-tor of the Antarctic programme at Christchurch, New
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    • 347 3  - Islands row a cloud over talks PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. A territorial dispute over four islands north-east of the Japanese archipelago continued to bedevil talks between the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union and Japan today. Officials from both sides haggled throughout the day over the terms
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    • 245 3 BEIJING, Fri. Sino-So-viet economic and trade relations showed "remarkable progress" last year, but political ties have "not fundamentally improved" because of three major obstacles that Moscow refuses to discuss. Chinese Foreign Minister Mr Wu Xueqian said this yesterday m a report to the standing committee of
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    • 75 3 BEIJING, Fri. Eight months after the first American port call to China was cancelled, the United States and Chinese navies have conducted a Joint "passing exercise" In the South China Sea, a Western diplomatic source said yesterday. The meeting at sea took place on Jan 12 about
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      • 65 3 SPAIN AND Israel signed a formal agreement yesterday m The Hague that established diplomatic relations between the two nations, an Israeli Embassy spokesman said. The Netherlands Press Association reported from Madrid that the signing ceremony took place m the Dutch capital because Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers had
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      • 44 3 COLUMBIA'S ASTRONAUTS were ordered to stay m orbit an extra day after bad weather blocked a second landing attempt m Florida yesterday. They will try a landing again today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- tion announced m Cape Canaveral. UPI
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      • 68 3 TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE were reported killed when troops and militiamen loyal to Lebanese President Amin Gemayel recaptured key crossroads on the northern and eastern flanks of Lebanon's Christian heartland yesterday m a tank-led counter-attack on Syrian-backed leftists and Muslims. Meanwhile Mr Gemayel's defeated Christian rival Elie Hobeika,
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      • 62 3 THE BROTHER of the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to London has been released following payment of a US$3 million (556.2 million) ransom after being kidnapped. Mr Mohamed Sadiq Al-Tajir, 45, was held for 11 days, police said m London yesterday. News of the abduction was withheld from
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      • 76 3 A PROMINENT member of Britain's Sikh community was shot and wounded m London on Thursday and police sources yesterday said the act was being investigated as a possible political assassination attempt. A police spokesman said Mr Sangtar Singh Sandhu, injured m the right eye and ear,
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    • 185 5 NAIROBI, Fri. A physician m Newfoundland, Canada, has been able to make a neurological diagnosis at a dlstanee of thousands of kilometres of a patient In Kenya, thanks to a special satellite link. Professor Max House of the Memorial University of Newfoundland carried
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    • 38 5 LONDON, Fri. Iran has reached an out-of-court settlement with Chevron Corporation to pay the American oil company US$ll5 million (*****.65 million) m claims arising from the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Middle East Economic Digest said. Reuter
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    • 439 5 Foreigners to be evacuated from South Yemen DJIBOUTI, Fri. Some foreign governments are arranging to evacuate their nationals from South Yemen where fighting between rival factions has been raging for the past five days. Djibouti Foreign Minister Moumim Bahdon Farah said the Soviet Ambassador here had asked him to assist
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    • 414 5 Pretoria acts against school boycotts JOHANNESBURG, Fri. Police and soldiers forced students and teachers to hold classes at gunpoint at an Indian high school yesterday as the government took a arm step against classroom boycotts launched to undo apartheid. For the first time since the latest
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    • 272 5 Israeli citizenship for man who saved thousands JERUSALEM, Fri. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who disappeared m 1945 after helping thousands of Hungarian Jews escape the Nazis, yesterday became the first man to be awarded honorary Israeli citizenship. The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, passed a special Bill to enable the award
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    • 128 6 Break from VDU work 'helps' ease stress' GENEVA, Fri. People working at video screens should be switched periodically to other duties to help ease physical and mental fatigue often associated with their Jobs, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) study says. The document says managers, union officials and workers must heed
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    • 267 6 BRUSSELS, Fri. European Commission President Jacques Delors will fly to Tokyo on Monday with a clear message Japan must take concrete steps to boost its imports or risk restrictions on its exports to the European Community (EC). His first visit to Japan follows publication yesterday
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    • 174 6 MOSCOW, Fri. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his colleagues would favour a total prohibition of vodka, but for the moment dare not take this step because they fear serious social unrest, according to a survey. Dr Boris Iskakhov, of Moscow's Plekhanov Institute of Economy,
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    • 301 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States yesterday formally announced it would not join Moscow m an extended Soviet nuclear test moratorium but President Ronald Reagan said he was grateful for a new Kremlin arms control offer. Both the White House and Defence Secretary
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    • 143 6  - Move to scrap juries in British fraud trials DONALD HIGGS By London Reporter LONDON, Frl. Sweeping changes to the conduct of major fraud trials, including a controversial proposal to scrap juries m some cases, have been proposed for Britain. A committee headed by Lord Bosldll, examining ways to tighten the
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    • 81 6 THIRTY primary school pupils are seen here taking a computer lesson not m a school classroom, but m a bus. Primary schoolchildren m the Netherlands already have computer lessons, but the government cannot afford computers for all of them. So the Dutch town of Woerden came
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    • 262 6 Bonn and Paris to boost military ties BADEN-BADEN (West Germany), Fri. PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand and Chancellor Helmut Kohl, at their first summit meeting this year, have pledged to intensify military co-operation between France and West Germany. The theme of their talks, at French armed forces headquarters m Baden-Ba-den yesterday, was
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    • 362 7 Joint economic sanctions against Libya LONDON, Fri. United States Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead, on the first stop of a European tour to seek joint action against Libya for its alleged major role m international terrorism, failed yesterday to reverse Britain's objections to
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    • 220 7 NEW YORK, Fri. A US judge has thrown out attempted murder charges against so-called subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz in the celebrated case of a man who shot four youths demanding money on a New York underground train. Judge Steven Crane, who ruled prosecutors erred
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    • 67 7 BENGHAZI (Libya), Fri. About IMM people have offered to Join suicide sqoadg to defend Libya against any US attack, Libyan leader Col Mnammar Gaddafi's sec-ond-in-command, Major Abdul Salaam Jalloud. said yesterday. "We have received letters from some ll,Mt young Arabs and Muslims asking to be trained
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    • 353 7 World Bank earns $1.4 b on record borrowings WASHINGTON, Friday THE World Bank, charged with promoting economic growth m impoverished and developing countries, posted strong growth of its own m the first half of fiscal 1986, with a record US$695 million (551.47 billion) net income on record borrowings of US$6.B
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    • 127 7 US industrial output up 0.7 last month WASHINGTON, Fri. Industrial production m the United States rose 0.7 per cent last month, the Federal Reserve Board said yesterday, indicating improved prospects for growth m the economy. Retail sales posted a strong increase as car purchases soared, while unemployment dropped to its
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    • 192 7 NEW YORK, Fri. RESEARCHERS have found the lock-and-key by which the Aids virus zeroes m on its target m the body's immune system, raising new hopes for a vaccine against the deadly disease. In a report to be published today m Science Magazine,
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    • 121 7 STUDENTS m the second grade of Chicago's Saint Stephen's School seen here decked out m American football gear to demonstrate the Superbowl Shuffle on the Oprah Winfrey television show on Wednesday. The Superbowl Shuffle is a song and video recording made by some
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    • 107 7 Heart-op Donna: I'm sad but thankful SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Donna Ashlock, the 14--year-oid whose boyfriend Felipe Garza pledged to donate his heart to her before he died, is recovering well from a transplant operation and yesterday expressed thanks for the extraordinary gesture of love. "I was surprised when dad told
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 345 9 Move follows reports of sexual abuse by employers JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesia has announced moves aimed at reducing the number of maids working m Saudi Arabia after reports that some of them had been mistreated and sexually abused by their Arab employers. Manpower
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    • 399 9 Another Aquino polls worker killed report MANILA, Fri. A local official supporting opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino m the northern ptovlnce of Qoeos Snr was shot and killed m a rlcefleld early today, Mrs Aqnlno's campaign headquarters announced. It was the second killIng of an Aquino campaign worker m three
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    • 43 9 THE HAGUE, Fri. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja began a two-day visit to the Netherlands yesterday with brief talks with Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. The Netherlands chairs a 12-nation inter-governmental group co-ordinating development aid efforts m Indone- sia. Reuter
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    • 164 9 JAKARTA, Fri. An Indonesian opposition party has urged President Suharto to seek anotherpresidential term from 1988 to 1993, the pro-government newspaper Suara Karya reported today. Mr Syarifuddin Harahap, a spokesman of the Islamic Development Union Party (PPP), said at a parliamentary/ plenary session
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    • 57 9 JAKARTA, Fri. A Chinese mission is due m Indonesia on Tuesday to discuss the recent re-opening of direct trade, the official Antara news agency said today. The visit will be the second by the China Council for Promotion of International Trade since trade ties between the
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    • 273 9 Judge disallows questions on senior officers Thai coup bid case BANGKOK, Fri. A criminal court judge today quashed repeated defence efforts to raise questions about the involvement of senior serving officers m last September's coup attempt. Judge Prasert Boonsee, m charge of the trial of 40 people accused of armed
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    • 64 9 MANILA, Fri. At least seven people were killed and 36 wounded when Muslim separatists ambushed a passenger bus m the southern city of Zamboanga yesterday, the official Philippine News Agency reported. Southern military commander Brigadier-General Jose Magno said a renegade group of the outlawed Moro
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    • 73 9 BANGKOK, Fri. A Thai army helicopter gunshlp crashed today m soothern Thailand, killing eight military and paramilitary personnel and wounding five. The crash, caused by engine trouble, occurred m Betong district of Yala province, 1,193 km south of here near the Malaysian border. Three crew members
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    • 66 9 CANBERRA, Fri. A fiveman delegation of Australian opposition Members of Parliament will leave for Jakarta on Sunday on a 13-day fact-finding and familiarisation tour of Indonesia, it was announced here yesterday. The team will hold discussions with Indonesian officials for closer parliamentary co-operation and regular reciprocal
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 161 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Malaysian Tourist Development Corporation (TDC) Is prepared to pay USSSM,Mt (551.15 million) for the services of American comedian-entertainer Bob Hope at the Pacific Area Travel Association (Pata) conference on tourism here m April. However, the chances of Mr
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    • 505 11 We will remain party MCA KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE MCA will remain a communal party committed to the idea of a multi-racial government for the time being, the party's Secretary-General, Datuk Lee Kirn Sai, said today. However, he did not rule out the possibility of the party becoming multi-racial and
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    • 330 11 Malaysia, Thailand to share information on hideouts BANGKOK, Fri. Malaysia and Thailand today agreed to step up joint military offensives against terrorists of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) operating along their common border. In a joint statement af- ter a one-day annual meeting
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    • 230 11 KUCHING, Fri. SECURITY forces m Sarawak have gained a big propaganda advantage with the surrender of top communist leader Übong anak Nuing, The Borneo Bulletin reported m its latest edition. The influential 62-year-old Iban leader, for whom authorities had offered a M 54,000 reward,
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    • 112 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A kidnapper was shot dead Mid his three accomplices arrested when police raided their hldeomt at Tainan Buklit Teratai m Cheras today. Their victim, a finance company executive identified only as Mr Tan, managed to escape before the raid. The kidnapper, Tan
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    • 390 12  -  IVAN LIM Unions hold the line despite recession By TRADE unions had been able, by and large, to hold the line on bonus payments last year despite cost-cut-ting pressures during the recession. This has been borne out by an NTUC survey of 644 branches
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    • 135 12 A WOMAN called oat to her husband that she loved him before Jumping IS storeys to her death. A coroner heard yesterday that Er Boon Ilan, 24, had, earlier on the night of Jane IS last year, quarrelled with her husband who had
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    • 108 12 THE State Coroner yesterday heard a married man describe how his lover fell to her death after she appeared unexpectedly at his 14th storey bedroom window, perched on the outside ledge. Mr Chew Han Kin, a car salesman, said that
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    • 848 12  -  H.L. LIM PM's visit to Burma and finally caught up with the PM on the river By The tide is oat. The rains have gone. So Rangoon River m the dry season bares its mad banks and keeps some boats below even pontoon level. When
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    • 418 12 Same event, same stories, same difference RANGOON, Fri. All six of Burma's daily newspapers today had identical stories of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's first day m Burma. But that is not surprising. They usually publish the same not similar, but identical news stories. What was a surprise was that none
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    • 334 13 ASIAN Aerospace '86 is open to the public from 1 1 am to 6pm today. It is the only chance for the public to see some of the most advanced aircraft and arms technology. Journalist KHOO TENG GUAN, who is also a
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    • 265 13 "THE fighter of the future Grumman's X-29 is also on display. However, it is only a model al- though prototypes have been built. This forward-swept wing aircraft with canards (little wings m front) is reputed to be highly agile, skittish as a thoroughbred. It ought
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    • 125 13 What's new in the cockpit WHAT'S also rather new •m the commercial jet world is the Electronic Flight Instrument System or EFIS. The A320 and A3lO, which Singapore Airlines has, are equipped with EFIS cockpits. The pilots, instead of looking at many dials, counters and gauges, now look at small,
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    • 168 13 CHINA and Brazil are taking part m the show for the first time. The Chinese have very spartan stands and some models and pictures of their armaments like the Long March-2 rocket and missiles. Brazil is showing its 18- passenger prop- jet, the Embraer Bandeir-ante-110.
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    • 165 13 PEOPLE who want to release objects Uke balloons Into the air or fly model planes and certain Idles most get the written approval of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. A CAAS spokesman said yesterday that Singapore's air space Is congested and such
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    • 325 13 US multinational seeks buyer to expand plant AN AMERICAN multinational, TRW, is looking for an investor who is willing to pump $5 million into its Singapore plant. This investment is to provide TRW Turbine Overhaul Services at Tuas with equipment, more workers and a new or bigger factory. TRW of
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    • 335 13 AN AUSTRALIAN aviation company, Hawker Pacific, has given the Singapore aerospace industry a boost by investing Ss3 milLion m an engine service centre here. The centre will be equipped with a special test laboratory which will check gas turbine engines overhauled at Seletar Airbase
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    • 438 14  -  DAVID TOH Mercedes m Lamipak fleet By TWO MARBLE lions once stood proudly outside the door at 202, Kallang Bahru, the premises of Lamipak Industries. Yesterday, the two lions were still there but their heads were covered by black plastic garbage bin
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    • 357 14 Services sub-committee report EIGHTEEN working groups studied the industries covered by the sub-committee set up to study the services sector. Here we pres- ent reports by four of the groups. Reports of the other groups will appear over the next THE services sector is not
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    • 226 14 Agrotechnology services A PROMOTION agency to develop the agrotechnology industry and make Singapore a centre for such services is needed. The working group said the agency, besides co-ordinating development and helping investors, should also manage all designated agricultural land. Agrotechnology services apply technology to
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    • 246 14 Hotel management services MORE than 5 ,SN people with hotel management skills will be needed for the new hotels over the next two years, according to the working group on hotel management services. Demand will exceed supply because the Singapore Hotel Training and Educational
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    • 300 14 Plans to ensure a major role in the economy Arts and entertainment SINGAPORE'S arts and entertainment scene will have a major role to play m Singapore's economic future fi the recommendations drawn up by the working group are implemented, the report said. The group argued that such improvements m arts
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    • 360 14 11% growth expected to continue Publishing services THE publishing and printing industry is expected to sustain its past real growth rate of 11 per cent over the next decade. The industry enjoyed real growth m value added of 10.7 per cent between 1976 and 1982, contributing 1.2 per cent to
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    • 128 14 A HOTEL guest could hardly believe his eyes when he found that a $1,000 note he had left m his car had unaccountably become a $1 note. The man, a company director working here, had asked a hotel car jockey to park his car
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    • 440 17 Why Norway finds Singapore attractive SINGAPORE'S location and adaptibility make it attractive to Norway, which is keen to expand economic ties beyond shipping relations, Norway's Prime Minister said yesterday Mr Kaare Willoch, who is here on an official visit, said the Republic has a "number of factors" m its favour.
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    • 59 17 A COURSE on career planning will start on Wednesday for those looking for supervisory or executive jobs. The two-session course will be conducted at the Institute of Education from 7 pm to 9.30 pm by the National University of Singapore's Extramural Studies Department. The fee
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    • 238 17  -  NG WENG HOONG By COME m and see us. That's the invitation extended to all Singaporeans by the Fire Service. In an effort to step up its fire safety drive this year, the service wants members of the public to visit its stations
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    • 716 17  -  BEN DAVIDSON Cassette dealer's appeal By AN AGE-OLD practice where lawyers who want to raise certain issues on their criminal cases, heard m the lower court, to the High Court do so by submitting a motion was questioned by the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday.
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    • 167 17 A bloom in time for VIP's visit THIS unnamed orchid reached its prime of bloom Just In time for the visit of the Norwegian Prime Minister's wife, Mrs Anne-Marie WUloch, at the Botanic Gardens yesterday. If not for the orchid's perfect timing, the name Dendrobiam Anne-Marie WUloch could well have
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    • 272 18 Ad girls will take phone calls A NEW service for advertisers of The Straits Times' classified advertisements (CATS) starts on Monday and It will mean a great relief for those who are bosy. Called Classifone, It Is a free telephone answerIng service. Advertisers who do
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    • 91 18 A STRETCH of Paterson Hill between Paterson Road and Grange Road will be closed from 2 pm today to 5 am on Monday, and from 2 pm on Jan 25 to 5 am on Jan 27 for roadworks. During the closure, traffic along the stretch of
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    • 41 18 THE Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union will hold its scholarship award presentation ceremony tomorrow at King's Hotel at 10.30 am. Fifty-eight awards will be given away. The union's adviser and MP for Fengshan, Dr Arthur Beng, will officiate.
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    • 341 18 They may get financial aid to computerise SMALL businessmen can soon apply for financial aid tc buy computers to help them improve their productivity. A scheme is being finalised jointly by the Small Enterprises Bureau (SEB) and the National Computer Board (NCB), said
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    • 236 18 Woman loses appeal for $350,000 claim THREE judges yesterday dismissed the appeal of a former factory operator who sought a $350,341 damages claim against a motorcyclist for head injuries she suffered m a road accident m 1980. Madam Tominam binti Tukimin, 31, had appealed after her claim against Mr Toh
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    • 648 19  -  IRENE HOE think it's fabulous! It's just common courtesy, not just to the audience m but to the performers. music critic Georgina Emmanuel. 4 In a wayang, people wander m and out they stay only if they're interested. One of the nicest things about Singapore
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    • 175 19 FIVE minutes after the doors of the Conference Hall auditorium had closed on the opening night of the Sixth Festival of Choirs last night, about 29 latecomers came up. They were not allowed In. Although they had to
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    • 446 19 HDB changes rules on renting and transfer of rental flats THE Housing Board is changing its guidelines for renting and transferring of rental flats. This is to complement its efforts at encouraging citizens to own homes. Only last month, the Government had announced an easy-payment package to help low-income families
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    • 75 19 Outraging modesty case adjourned THE case against a 34--year-old man was yesterday adjourned for two weeks for the prosecution to look into the charge. District Judge Lee Cheong Hoh questioned the appropriateness of the charge which is one of outraging the modesty of a boy. Kong Yuit Kay, the accused,
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    • 108 19 Mobil gives $40,000 to Community Chest ONE third of the staff from Mobil Oil Singapore put aside part of their pay for more than a year and collected $20,768 for the Community Chest of Singapore. And on Thursday they handed over to the Chest $40,768, the additional amount being a
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    • 187 19 More cars but fewer m- cycles stolen last year MORE motorists lost their cars last year compared with 1984, but the number of motorcycles stolen dropped over the same period. Police said yesterday that 694 cars were stolen last year, compared with 542 m 1984. A total of 2,78^ motorcycles
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    • 405 17 YEAR OF THE TIGER 1986 heralds the auspicious beginnings of the year of the FIRE TIGER. A year that promises to be both Dig and bold, forceful and vigorous. This is the year to breathe new life and energy into all ventures and endeavours. Indeed, the year of the TIGER
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  • 552 20 The Straits Times says Police on to a good beat POLICE used to be nothing more than a British pop group to whose beat some Singapore teenagers were fond of gyrating. And ignorant parents would be forgiven if they thought their children were attending a concert given by that band
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  • 509 20 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane THE GOOD OLD DA YS MY MIND slipped back nostalgically last week to the good old days of 1939 thanks to a surprise gift from a thoughtful architect friend. The gift: A good fhoto-copy of the Aug 3. 939, souvenir programme relating
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  • 710 20  -  THE ECONOMIST OPINION By A PANICKY Singapore risked converting a temporary setback into something more permanent when it closed its stock market for three days after the financial collapse of Pan-Electric a month ago. Fortunately, the Government has since regained its nerve. Its willingness
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  • 83 20 "You know things are bad when Whites start learning Zola." The Financial Mail (Johannesburg). "'Well, let me tell you, tomorrow Is more Important than today because today lasts for 24 hours. Tomorrow Is forever." Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office). "The worst offenders (people
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  • 1246 20  -  ISMAIL KASSIM MCA-Gerakan merger plan Around the region By There is not much time left for the two parties (MCA and Gerakan) as the Front administration is planning to seek a new mandate m the next few months All the indications are
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 673 21 Two want 1986 named Year of the Older Woman COLUMBUS (Ohio): Miss Sandy Good, a divorced mother who owns her own business, is not afraid to say she is 46 years old. And, she says, as the first of the post-war baby boomers
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    • 900 21  - Great expectations for aerospace industry in Asia-Pacific region MICHAEL DONNE By writing for The Financial Times SINGAPORE'S, bid to become a major force m the aerospace i idustry m South-east A.ia and the Far East has been given a further boos, this week with the participation of more than 60)
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      • 244 22 Owners very happy with new flats in Tampines I FEEL there is a need to commend certain government boards, especially the Housing Board, for the good work they are doing. I was called some months ago to select my new flat m Block 431, Tampines Street 41. 1 was very
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    • 474 22 S'port is a good neighbour More readers comment on opposition MP's remarks m Indonesian newspaper POLITICIANS who utter irresponsible comments and statements should not go unchallenged. I am referring to the interview which Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam, the opposition MP, gave to the influential Indonesian newspaper, Kompas, about Singapore's relations with
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    • 130 22 I AM a small-time businessman who occasionally exports to our neighbouring countries. I make a small profit, and our neighbours benefit from the import duties that are paid. The Workers' Party sec-retary-general, Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam, should clarify his statement (ST, Jan 8) that "Singapore must be
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    • 249 22 A bid to sour our ties with others OPPOSITION MP Mr J.B. Jeyaretnam is reported to have told the Indonesian newspaper, Kompas, that Singapore should change its attitude towards its neighbours m order to improve its relations with them. (ST, Jan 8). He said that Singapore profited from its relationship
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    • 245 22 AUPE chief and legal poser report I REFER to the report "Legal poser on 13th month pay" m The Straits Times yesterday, and m particular to the following paragraphs: "The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees (AUPE), which has 20,000 members, is looking into the legal and other implications of the
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    • 126 22 THE school bags of primary students are still too heavy. The students often bring along all their books as they fear forgetting any that may be needed. I would like to make some suggestions to lighten the burden of these school children. The exercise books should
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    • 270 22 TV contest age limit set for specific reason I REFER to the article "Looks and personality? That's a tall order" by Ms Betty Khoo. (ST, Jan 9). The writer asked why SBC set an age limit of 18 to 30 for those taking part m the Mr and Miss TV
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 57 25 SHARE prices remained weak yesterday and the Straits Times Industrial Index fell 5.29 points to 614.35, The Business Times Composite Index fell 4.46 points to 529.32. Falls led rises 100 to 28 with 40 issues unchanged. Volume rose slightly to 8.5 million shares worth $14.68 million from
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      • Chief price changes
        • 68 25 MsunFnds 135 +15 landmarks H 178 +10 OUT 190 +5 Berjaya Corpn 108 +5 Metroplei 102 +5 KlKeponj 182 +4 UCH 110 +4 Glumhw 80 +4 Isetin 160 +3 SIA 494 +2 DBS 490 +2 Smlm 174 +2 IMC 174 +2 H TaiPan 75 +2 Fed Cables 72 +I>2
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        • 71 25 DKeramat 494 -16 OCBC 710 -15 Weames 260 11 FtN 570 -10 !CB 400 -10 Mill 141 -9 H Leonj kid 128 -9 M Binfcinf 440 -8 Magnum Corpn 268 -8 MUpha Spore SO -7< 2 KfhiLow 195 -7 lintu 78 -7 Gentints 432 -6 OU6 248 -6 Cold
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        • 83 25 Jan 16 Jan 17 BT Composite 553/8 529 32 BI Indicator *****08 *****02 BT OB OS -53 -158 CADI -6559 -6651 OBV *****3 -*****9 ST Industrials 619 64 614.35 ST Finance 2299 39 2290 69 ST Hotels 65? 08 649 61 Lan 16 lan 17 ST Properties 375.70 375
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        • 11 25 Promet 781,000 SI A 731,000 HwaHong 361,000 UMW 296,000
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      • 33 25 INDICES High Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1985/86 High 352.65 (7/3/85) 757.79 (8/3/85) 1985/86 low 596 18 (23/12/85) 517.42 (23/12/85) All lime High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2 84) Allt.meLow 74.75(17/9/64) 517.42(23/12,85)
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      • 14 25 THE US dollar gained 107 ticks to close at DM 2.4642 m Singapore.
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      • 22 25 t DM V FF S$ H$ US$ ***** 2.4630 202.30 unq 2.1245 unq ***** 2.4642 202.35 7 5030 2.1250 7.8070
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      • 12 25 In Singapore, gold gained US$9.BO to close at U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 33 25 Eurodollar: Gained three ticks to 92.03 a contract. Deatschemark: Lost 14 ticks to 0.4081 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost two ticks to 0.*****2 a contract. Gold: Gained US$5.3O to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • Short stops
        • 93 25 HONGKONG, Fri. The Nippon Credit Bank Ltd and the Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co Ltd of Japan have been granted banking licences to operate m Hongkong, the government announced today. The Nippon Credit Bank has a wholly-owned registered deposit-taking company and a representative office m Hongkong.
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        • 60 25 TOKYO, Fri. The Bank of Japan has 745 tonnes of gold reserves and is highly unlikely to be a significant buyer of bullion to cover a planned minting of commemorative coins, gold traders m Tokyo have said. Market speculation has said a London house is buying substantial amounts
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        • 58 25 TOKYO, Fri. Wholesale prices m Japan were down 1.1 per cent last year from 1984 for the third consecutive time, largely because of de- clines m the import of oil and other materials and weaker domestic demand, the Central Bank announced today. The Bank of Japan said
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        • 44 25 BEIJING, Fri. China has replaced 90 per cent of top managers m 3,000 key state firms as part of a major shake-up begun m 1982 to phase out older cadres with younger, bet-ter-educated and more competent ones, the China Daily said. Reuter
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        • 56 25 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Apple Computer Inc said it was cutting the price of its Macintosh computer and announced at a trade show prices of new products including the Macintosh F'lus, which will be available later this month at U552,599 (555.535 The price of the 512-kil-obyte Macintosh was cut
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        • 66 25 NEW DELHI, Fri. India's foreign exchange reserves, excluding gold and special drawing rights, fell to 64.81 billion rupees (5511.28 billion) on Jan 3 from 68.08 billion on Nov 22, Finance Ministry figures show The reserves dropprd by 3.35 billion rupees between end-March last year and the beginning of
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    • 572 25  -  N. BALAKRISHNAN By THE current dispute about the legality of forward contracts m shares has led the supervisory committee overseeing the stock market after its recent suspension to ask the Stock Exchange of Singapore to study the whole issue of forward
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    • 223 25 m 7 WOWWUSCITKOfTHIWOWD PUBLISHING heavyweights Newsweek and American Express Publishing Corporation have come together for the first time to produce Travel Leisure Asia, a monthly publication. The editorial of the new magazine will be similar to its 15-year-old American counterpart Travel Leisure, published by
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    • 677 25  -  CONRAD RAJ S. KUMAR By and Selco's salvage claims found to be lower SALVAGE claims by Selco Salvage, which appear to be lower than originally estimated, are threatening to scuttle attempts to save its parent company, PanElectric Industries, from its financial morass. This
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    • 442 25  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By PUBLIC-LISTED companies m Singapore and Malaysia do not usually change their auditors because an auditor has qualified their accounts, a recent study has found. Qualified reports, as opposed to clean reports, refer to an auditor's statement m annual
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    • 429 25 NEW YORK, Fri WALT Disney seems to be recovering its touch. The company reported on Thursday the best quarterly earnings m its history. For years, the firm that charmed the world with such creations as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Bambi, created
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    • 61 25 BEIJING, Fri. China has announced new domestic banking regulations which Western diplomats said were aimed at improving banking standards and curbing malpractices. The People's Daily said the new regulations, issued by the state council this month, forbid any unit or individual from ordering a bank to
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    • 2522 26 READERS should be aware of the limitation. of this information. Not evsry transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because al dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 2133 26 INDUSTRIALS A Choc (2 208 2 355) Aisb (0.678 0.685) (5) 0.67 (2) 0 67' 2 (1)0 68 Xd Alcom (0 608 0 625) (15) 0.61 (2) 060 Amd (4.005) Antoh (3 408 3.425) (2) 3.32 (1) 3 30 (4) 3.34 (35) 3 40 (1M)
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    • 2668 26 Al shares quoted have a par value of Jl, unless otherwise specified. •Adjusted for scrip /rithts. N Tai-exempted dividend ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each with the price quoted in dollars. 1985/86 Last Yield Vol Day rtgti Low Company Sale Chance ('000) Hlfh
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 660 27 A QUIET and nervous week at the Singapore stock market ended with a 5.:J9-point fall m the Straits Times Industrial Index yesterday to 614.35. The Business Times Composite Index also fell 4.46 points to 529.32. Falls swamped rises 100 to 28,
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      • 294 27 Lan 17 HKJ Charge Assoc Intl Hotel 0 96N unch Bonk Of East Asia 25 70 +0 2 Cheung Kong 21.30 unch Chmo Light 16 70 +0.3 Cross Horb Tunnel 10 00 unch F E Consortium 0.59 +0.01 Far Eost ExchPhilex 0 050 unch G I Cement 8 40S
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      • 339 27 Ian 17 Yen Chanje 1180 +40 •la. 396 +16 •vmada 782 -3 Chem 793 +3 Glass 896 +4 _ank Tk 720 -5 .ridgestone 518 -4 Canon 1120 -20 Casio Computer 1740 -30 Citizen 465 -2 3 Nip Print 1320 -20 3 Nippon Screen 3a.e, 880 +41 3aiichi Kangyo Bk
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      • 60 27 NST Index Friday 1,103.70 (1,115.82) "Tg Hongkong Hang Seng Friday 1,806.86 (1,797.22) Australan AB-Ordinaries E Friday 1,066.7 (1,060.9) Nikkei Stock Average Friday 13,009.70 (13,027.13) Financial fines Industrials Thursday 1,113.2(1,109.5) Dow Jones Average Z0 Thursday 1,541.63 (1,527.29) (Figures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day) 1 I
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      • 244 27 Jan 16 US* Change Alcoa 40 f Allied Chem Cp 45* k AKis-Chatmers 3% -V* N Am Tel Tel 23% -V* k Amax Inc 15% J Amr Corp 44% +2* I Bethlehem Stl 15% I Boeing Co 48 41 I Burroughs Cp 62% +V4 I Caterpillar Co 42%
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      • 531 27 Ian 16 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 266 +3 Ass. Doiries BTRPLC 373 +10 Bobcocks 170 -2 Barclays 452 +8 Beecham 325 unch EMCC 253 +3 Blue Circle 563 +5 BOC Group 282 -I Boots 234 +4 Bowater 283 +3 BATS 336 +3 Britannia 138 unch BP 550 +5 B
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 343 27 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 5'/ 4 5 4 3 i 5 Monthly 5M Autosave 4l/ 2 Fixed deposit 1 month 4'/ 4 4V< 4 4'/ 4 (l) 2 months 41/ "(U 3 months 4 V t 4'/ 4 «W 4 '4(1) 6 months 4Vi
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      • 157 27 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4829-1.4846 6.84-6.66 Canadian dollar 1.5142-1.5160 6.67-6.56 NZ dollar 1.1058-1.1095 9.22-8.92 Sterling pound 3.0539-3.0575 3.30-3.25 US dollar 2.1245-2.1255 4.74-4.69 Local dolars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      • 173 27 Managers' price* for Jan 18 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce O.SS— I.UI The Savings Fund 0.81 0.86 Spore Prog Fund 0.39-0.42 Spore Sec. Fund 0.61—0.65 Spore Invest Fund 0.50—0.53 Spore Equity Fund 0.43—0.46 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.51-1.66 Mai Prog Fund 0.53 0.60xd Mai Security Fund
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      • 136 27 THE kilobar market traded between 5J24.160 and 5524.800 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.50/360.50, made U*****.50/361.50 and was quickly sold down by overseas sellers. It closed for lunch at U*****.20/357.20 and reopened at U*****.50/358.50. It fell to the day's low of U*****.50/355.50. Buying interest from
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      • 100 27 THE US dollai- closed firmer against mosi major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed slighty higher at 2.1245/55 m quiet trading. It traded between 2.1235 and 2.1250. It opened at 2.1240/60. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 2.4625/35 and closed at 2.4620/30. It
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      • 22 27 GOLD USS/oz fri Thurs Singapore 357.50—358.50 339.70—340.20 Hongkong 359.25—360.25 351.00—351.75 Thin Wed New York 356.10—356.60 349.10-349.60 London 361.50 362.00 346.00—346.40
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        • 118 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit EURODOLLAR futures had a nervous opening because of uncertainty over the outcome of the G~5 meeting during this weekend. March Eurodollar opened higher than EMM's close at 92.05 after the post futures cash bond gains, which were brought about mainly by lower oil prices and low discount
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          53 27 AFTER opening slightly lower, currency futures were locked m narrow ranges as dealers preferred to stay away from the market before the G-5 meeting. (US dollar /Deutscbemark) Oven High Lew Sett Est Vol M«r 0.4084 0.4085 0.4060 0.4081 453 j u 0.4116 Sept 0.4151 Opea lit (1%«n): 7«. Act
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        • 35 27 MARCH yen closed marginally lower at 0.*****2. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Mar 0 *****2 0.*****3 0.*****2 0.*****2 131 ST 0.*****5 JZji 0.*****0 Ope__ lot (Ttart): Mil. Act Vol (Than): 188.
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          52 27 FEBRUARY gold closed US$5.3O higher at US$36l an ounce- Speculation that the G-5 finance ministers would agree to lower interest rates kept prices high. Reports from BA Futures (In USS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Feb 361.00B 361.00 61 Mm- 362.80 Open la* (Than): Act Vol
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      • 8 27 fin Ctaitf prices MS/Ho I Tin suspended
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      • 22 27 Ctosfeif prices Copper £/tonm Thun Spot 999.00—1000.00 (997.00—997 50) 3 months 1024.00— 1024 50 (1025.50-1026.00) Market tone: Steady Sales. 17,500 tonnes
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      • 26 27 Ctosinc prictt !)ilv«f IBS/toy v Fri Urn Smtipoft 6.17-6.22 6.15 6.20 liwi «M New York 6 136 18 6 12 6.17 Source: Credit Suisse, Spore
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      • 21 27 Ckrwij price* Aluminium £/tanw Mm Spot 801.50-802.50 (795.00-796.00) 3 months 829 .00—830 00 (822.00-823.00) Market tone: Steadier Sates: 9,375 tonne
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      • 17 27 Rubber Closinf prices cents/kio Singapore February 159.50 up 1.50 cents Malaysia February 184.00 up one cent
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      • 94 27 Cflld* MS/tome pafin oi Jan 655 (north) 652.50 (south) 645 (central) Feb 665 (south) paknoi US$/tomes RBO palm Feb 307.50 (sellers) Mar ***** (sellers) Apr 330 (sellers) RBC Ol«tn Feb 317.50 (sellers) Mar 330 (sellers) Apr 340 (sellers) RBO Stearin Jan 290 (sellers) Feb/Mar 295 Crude stearin Neutralised
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    • 512 27 LCL P-ceivirif Receiving SNp (Voyage) An Carp Tine Bloc. Lexa MS (8602) 20/1 (2330) F5 1430-1530/2200-2300 Al 1330-1430/2100-2200 Bl 1230-1330/2000-2100 Fl A Alabama (7) 21/1 (2300) F7 1130-1230/1230-1330 L2/N2 L Snman. (36E) 18/1 (2100) F7 1200-1300 G4 Sin Bhum (254N) 19/1 (0200) Fl 1700-1800 Nl .entree (2/86) 19/1
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      218 27 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppei Wharves Alrazi Kll aside 18/1 Barber Nara KO9 aside 18/1 Dajinchuan K34 aside 18/1 Gretke Oldendorff Kl7 aside 18/1 Koheng K32 aside 18/1 Kota Segar K29 aside 18/1 Makmur K2SW aside 18/1 Waheng Kl9 aside 18/1 Anxi K34 18/1 24/1 Jenhol K22
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    • 98 28 THE Managing Director of Tuan Sing Holdings, Mr Lim Tjoen Kong, resigned yesterday. However, he will remain as Chairman. At the same time, four new directors John Goh Tiong Ean, Sim Mong Chai, Ow Yok Leng and Song Lee Chai were appointed
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    • 486 28 Early results of franchise 'encouraging' SELLING pizzas may be a new venture for listed food company Cerebos Pacific but its 1984/85 annual report describes the early results of its Pizza Hut restaurant franchise m Singapore, which was bought early last year, as "encouraging". Less encouraging, however,
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    • Stock market weekly round-up...
      • 509 28 Singapore FROM Promet's boardroom squabbles to brokers backing out of forward contracts, it was no wonder that nervous investors shunned the Singapore stock market during the week. Average daily volume was low at 7.4 million shares, compared with 12.4 million shares previously. Share prices drifted
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      • 173 28 Kuala Lumpur WITH the problem of forward contracts deepening and the investigations into the BMF scandal heightening, XL investors were indecisive about their share commitments. Instead, more adverse reports on the financial arena, which also affected the Singapore market, continued to haunt the market. Not much
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        • 233 28 SINGAPORE Airlines retained its position as the most active stock during the past week. Bat its total volume of 3.6 million shares was relatively low compared with the 7.8 million shares of the previous week a reflection of the very quiet trading week for the whole market. The
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      • 84 28 THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. It gives the turnover m thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high and low for 1985/86. Company Volume Price rCfh Low (000) Jan 17 '85/86
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 222 25 tniov LaserDisc the risk-free way with entertainment is the LaserDisc player. Rent from Thorn EMI and Iggp^^^^BMiMl^^BWM enjoy it the risk-free way. "w^ No big cash outlay i^HHH_H.^SiS^^_____e^ral Instead of paying out nearly V^ m^^^^^^mm^^^^ Wtm Mmmt $2,000. you can rent from jJHB^, .-^ailli^WHI I Thorn for as little as
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    • 28 26 MM iniiwmriiMtE^F A variable a t all good bookshops nfl Ijnj XIITIGS and newsagents 111 lIUI Distributors B SINGAPORE usiness Now available at all leading bookshops $4 MONTHLY
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    • 388 28 |F3^ u> iiiiiM BB"^^^^ la it-it g^Si Laiqeb seater w centre table from L^irijn b se.iter will, itfuc S< cornet tables Thailand frosevvi>£>cl colour) v fTI i.^£ii Ji "fl"" "^H iimported B l^r UPS 2 58 J leather Hk* J Ht Nuw 4 00--« -<^H j»— sofa -*£h| *i''-j's '^SS^Bl'st'H
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    • 207 28 A good place to meet and eat at Singapore Squash Centre, Canning Rise; Central Park, Spore 0617 Tel: *****40»*****61 IBusindss Hours For Munch: ?11.45ar!n 2.30pm Dinner: 6.ooprm 10.30pm L j 1~-~— 4N@|!>^'Kon j 9'-styl©j u£~~ j You can taste a little bit ot a lot ot Bustness :11 45am Z3Opm
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    • 783 29 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: V S XSTSSL FridBy 8 30am !o 2 0&»*» OfdilWy; SSJO per Wn. (Mm. $15.00) Food/Ent rt i n (2 -5) rf <f Vl L_ J-L A/-^AmrN A\ _*"*V AS y o^VSSL,mmi S«ni._i.pl.r. $20.00 per co. cm p%rtonai B™k»./l».rch_n_«. (11 39) S f/f /a\k_^>n_n, r^S
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    • 794 29 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out Restaurant (Pte) Ltd lk ff 207 Cantonment Road (beside overhead bridge) Singapore 0208. Tel: *****16/ *****69 Our specialities: I Raw Fish Roast Goose I Braised Tiger Shark's Fins Roast Pigeon $7XIO each \L, Airflown daily Wholesale A Retail Welcome |L. Open daily from 11a.m.
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    • 653 29 12 Computer Products/ Services NEW YEAR OFFER! IBM Compatible 640k with NEC 14" RGB monitor lor only $2,190 including fr«« gifts of: Computer table. 10 pcs. diskettes. 1 pc. storage box. 1 pc. disk cleaning diskette. 2 pcs. manual. Plus lucky draw of: New Year hampers ROQENRY COMPUTERS PTE LTD
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    • 2217 29 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing Furnishing ''^^o^^3^^^ Start the New Year with |^P^GOOD IDEAS AT IDEAL BATHROOM CENTRE! r^ Quality Imported Bathroom products at special wholesale prices Offer valid while stocks last 2F™ f Imported from Australia F^« (suitable lor
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    • 745 29 TMEA CLOSER LOOK If you have problem trying to obtain a driving licence, you may want to consider learning to ride a reindeer and get yourself a Reindeer Driving Licence. Take a ride to classification 137. h m A -*«^b^E3b^H I^bSbHL^Bb>. V** Mfg V 25 Sale: Other 25 Sale: Other
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    • 645 30 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massago RELAX REFRESH YOURSELF AT GREAT EASTERN 4^ HEALTH CENTRE \\p reat Eastern Hotet Vi^jPS k 4t>l MacPherson Road |$r%H Singapore 1336 BBaTBSHHSS-5-^^r:rTi««Ji*.. 29 Beauty Culture IMMED. EFFECT TO solve skin problems for ladles men. Tel: *****51 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    • 627 30 34 Gardening/ Landscaping SPECIALIST IN TREE/ grass cutting, landscape, grass turfing, disposal and gdn. maintenance. Call *****73/ 4. Pager: *****07 SPECIALIST IN TREE, grass cutting, grass turfing, gdn. maintenance, disposal removal. Contact MJ at tel: *****75 anytime. 35 House Cleaning/ Painting PROFESSIONAL PAINTING, ICI, 3 rms. $400. 4-rm. $550. 5-rm.
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    • 887 30 37 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators KOWA ELECTRICAL SPECIALISED In repairing, installing, spraying trade-in all kind of aircons, refrigerators washing machines. Tel: *****28/ *****17. SPECIALISED IN SALES, installation, all types of multl split airconditioners. Daikin, National, Sanyo. Sale at reasonable price. Please call: *****56/ 5. SPLIT-ROOM UNIT AIRCON., fridge for repair. Sale, rent,
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    • 730 30 51 Printing/ Copying Services EXPRESS PRINTING SERVICES call *****65 Interalfa Instant Printing Pte. Ltd. Middle Rd. Guan Hua Bldg #01-09. 54 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services PROFESSIONAL FIRM WISHES to take over part-time/ full-time book-keeping and secretarial services. Write to: Maxwell Road, P.O. Box 247, giving Turnover of business and
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    • 588 30 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities FOR SALE BUSINESS IN TORONTO, CANADA Successful manufacturing business m ladies needle-trade fashion industry. Plant is modern, up-to-date and progressive. Sales continue to increase and are presently several million Canadian dollars annually. Company is very profitable. Management prepared to remain, if required. Reply m
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    • 414 30 Domestic helpers babysitters carefully selected.trained. Agency managed by Filipino S'porean professionals. Member R-pore ha* «f HsMaiwt With 5 years track record plus our associates' 7 yrs. U.K. A Mid East experience you can be assured of excellent service. 1 $«5I PACK AGE FEE] include documentation, etc, bond, P A replacement
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    • 520 30 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive CHILD CARE SERVICES We are looking for energetic persons who enjoy working with young children and adults for the following posts. Candidates must be mature, pleasant and able to work independently. Good career prospect and local overseas training opportunities are available. A) SUPERVISOR Minimum age
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    • 654 30 68 Situations Vacant: Tutorial FULL-TIME E/ ADD Maths Economics teachers required Please apply at SCS 15A Mackenzie Road. (0922). FEMALE TUTOR WANTED. Sec 3 Maths, Science, English Kealty Park (1954). Call *****60 SCHOOL TEACHER REQUIRED to teach Pre-U. 2 students Physics Maths B. Call *****86. SCH. TEACHERS, NUS grads needed
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    • 507 30 70 Situations Vucant: Secretarial/ Clerical ==ss AT&T Applications are m- vited from suitably M qualified persons for the position of: GCE O' Level with I credits m English j| and Mathematics Ability to type at 40 w.p.m. 1 2 years' relevant f| experience Ability to work on j computers preferred
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    • 693 30 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A local subsidiary of a U.S. multi-national corporation and a leading supplier of chemical additives for lubricating oils has the following vacancy: CONFIDINTIAI OBtK Possess GCE 0 level with credit m English and Maths Good typing ability Able to operate telex machine (ER 83) Minirn:;ni
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    • 623 31 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A WELL ESTAB. trdg co. requires a Secretary At least Gt'E 'CV level with credit m English Shorthand Hi typing speed of 100 wpm 40 wpm respectively. 1 to 2 years' experience desirable but not necessary Knowledge of export/ Import documentations/ procedures preferable Interested applicants
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    • 657 31 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales omßon OMRON who is one of world top leaders m Retail Systems and Banking Systems Wants MARKETING MANAGER FOR Store System Products (POS, Data Transaction) and Telecommunication Equipments (CAT, FT, CD, ATM) Age: 27 —40 years. Highly experienced either m Store Systems
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    • 312 31 Established Co. urgently requires 1. SALES SUPERVISOR 2. SALES REPRESENTATIVE Please apply with detailed resume Including age, employment history, contact phone number, non-returnable photograph expected salary. All information will be kept confidential and only applicants with car stating detailed Information will be considered. Please write to THE ADVERTISER, Car Care
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    • 789 31 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical ORION I OVERSEAS TECHNICAL TRAINEES A progressive Japanese company with affiliates m South-East Asia, Germany, USA and Europe, invites applications from tuttabry qualified single males for a two-year training In Japan. REQUIREMENTS: Diploma holders or ITC m Electronics Engineering or NTC 2
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    • 407 31 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production Production i _AoKf^^ MimScnbeMßßfe. jtt^Bß^^ k'V. leader m the manufacture of d&B^r computer peripherals. .v^jSSEi If you have completed Secondary 4 education (English steam) §SB§& \&|JE^|ii3 *J/\f% y° u can earn
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    • 448 31 72 Situations Vacant: Technical i PCB Artwork XDeslgn Technician* I A fast growing I company m the field of electronics requires a PCB ARTWORK DESIGN TECHNICIANS to join the Team The candidates should have qualification of ITC/NTC m Electronics and have: Preferaby 1 year working experience. Successful candidates will be
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    • 363 31 Microelectronics Pte Ltd AT&T Microelectronics Pte Ltd has im- 1 mediate vacancies for: QC Operators I Inspect and test products to ensure that quality goals are met Minimum Sec. 4 educational level with at 1 least 1 year's relevant working experience I m a semiconductor environment Willing to work on
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    • 524 31 A well established company with rapid expanding programme haa vacancies for A) STOREKEEPER B) STORE ASSISTANT a Mm. 1 to 2 years' relevant store experience m factory. c Sec. education level, read write simple English. a Physically fit. a Age 28 to 40. a Must have interest In store work.
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    • 285 32 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous ■I m One Company I ...TWo Investments I SGS SEMICONDUCTOR a company I i which brings semiconductor technology I closer to its customers. With two big plant I investments, we are continuing our commit- I ment to semiconductor development m the region
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    • 262 32 f Dn\ white f t =5 industries!!! 5 An international m company currently ■j building 15,000 apart- £j ments for HDB is g ■i seeking Operators jg g d forP& H4OT crawler E jj crane and (.rove 40T gj w hydraulic crane. rj •7 Interested applicants, ■1 please call Mr
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    • 625 32 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous An offshore construction company requires A) ERECTION CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER Hood knowledge of electric and instrument. Minimum 5 years experience B) MALE OFFICE CLERK Minimum Secondary education. Able to start work immediately Applicants must be willing to work offshore and preferably those residing at Dist. 21 22.
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    • 849 32 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Expanding Travel Agent requires: 1) TRAVEL MANAGER with at least S years experience In all aspects of travel industry with proven sales record 2) SALES REPRESENTATIVES Please apply m confidence with full details telephone number to: ST. BOX A***** 390 Kirn Seng Road Spore 0923 Private
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    • 640 32 81 Vehicles For Hire SMtNSON: VANS, PICKUPS, lorries for rental. Call: *****04 380 Changi Road. 82 Accessories/ Maintenance FREE. COMPUTERISED ENGINE performance check with printed report. US trained Technicians Vehito, *****63, Mr Lee. ZAINAL AUTO SERVICES undertakes routine servicing, major repairs and breakdowns. Tel: *****28/ *****74. 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance
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    • 782 32 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Sale: Alfa/ 85 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo Peugeot/Volvo ALFA 33* r*^ THE NEW LINE gfe* OF BEAUTY <i? Model illustrated is the Alfa 33 1.5 Green Cloverleaf '$35.500 PARF on the road Milan AutO (Singapore) Pte Ltd (A
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    • 447 32 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan CO. REGD. LATE '83 Sunny GL, 5-speed. 1 owner, $12,800 neg. *****11 Tony JUNE '85 NISSAN March I.OGL. New model. 1 pte. owner. $21,500. Call *****19. LATE '80 DATSUN 100A, pte. owner, aircond., radio/ cassette. Tax Aug. '86. $11,800. Tel: *****43. MAY '85 NISSAN Pulsar 1.0,
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    • 457 32 90 For Sale: Toyota •80 TOYOTA 1.3 DX', liftback. Road tax: 5/86. Good condition. View: 81k.226C, A.M. Kio Avenue 1 carpark. Tel: *****80. '82 TOYOTA COROLLA GL, 1 yr. tax, 1 pte. owner, radio, cassette. Accident free. Selling $17,300 0.n.0. Tel: *****09. •84 TOYOTA COROLLA GL, 1 owner. Aircon. S/rims.
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    • 471 32 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 1983 MOST SPORTY Cordia m town complete with full skirting, sun-roof and full accessories. Accident free, 1 owner. View at.: 181 West Coast Road Esso Service Station, B.ooam 7.00pm. AUG. 1984 MITSUBISHI Lancer 1.3 GL Road tax expires Jan. 1986. $19,500. Tel: *****23. NEAR 1978 LANCER
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    • 708 32 92 For Sale: Mazda 2/81 MAZDA 323 13 5-speed, r'otchback 1 owner, aircon., hi-fi, tax new, gd cond *****54 4/'B5 MAZDA 323. 5-speed 1.3. Notchback. Warranty valid ti:i April '87. $23,500 0.n.0. *****19 78 MAZDA 323. 1000 c.c. 5 door aircon., radio/ cassette, tip-top cond. $8,200/- *****85 '82 MA2DA 929
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 838 33 96 For Sale: Other Makes SIN THAI HIN TRADING PTE LTD Plot 'E' Fringe Carpark Kampong Java Road Singapore 0923 Telephone: *****11/ 5 (Open from 9.00 am 5.30pm) TRADE-IN ft LOAN ARRANGEABLE 1964 Toyoace Lorry. 1963 Honda Prelude EX. manual Toyota Toyoace Datsun Pick-up petrol 1600 Mitsubishi L3OO. 1962 Nissan
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    • 771 33 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 85 DAIHATSU DELTA/ Nissan Cabstar. 2 units. Both petrol, low deck Tel: *****88 Peter. View: 11 Jin. Mas Puteh. 1977 TOYOTA PANEL van 1981 Datsun pickup. Highest offer secures. Tel: *****59. 1961 DATSUN C2O van. 1 owner, atrcond., tax new, tip top condition. Tel: *****97
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    • 856 33 99 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE CASH for PARF, Non-PARF or commercial vehicles. Any model. *****53/ *****80/ *****19 Heng Hoe Bros. Trdg. Co. Jin. Toa Payoh Caltex Stn. WANTED QUALITY USED cars. Premium price will be paid for your car. Drive-in for on-the-spot valuation/ transaction. Call: Mr Koh, *****77. HONDA ACCORD, POWERBIRD
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    • 1581 33 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation Available: Houses Available: Houses SIHDB 1 To let out on Open Tender basis: I 28 Ridout Road II 30 Ridout Road 111 36c Ridout Road Unfurnished single-storey detached bungalows with 3 bedrooms located m exclusive residential district 10. Closing date: 29 Jan. 86 For further enquiries
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    • 835 33 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartment* Go out on Sunday 1 We never have time! y^*T\ Sundays are spent 4 0 CS^P^ wit^ ncnc "y c*P at s^tdfy\ v^p yT> neighbours playing £*fi >^^3 tennis, swimming, lunch M^T] t&f by the pool. We get full Vy^fft'' .^.^t=>_ jR
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    • 651 33 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms FURN. RM. AT Boon Teck Tower. Balestler Rd. for 2 foreign sch. girls. Pool security. Meals laundry provided. Tel: *****73. FURN. RM. IN Jurong West to let at $350 lncl. laundry. Single lady or bachelor preferred. Contact Mrs Soon, *****30 Sat. afternoon. LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL (Orchard
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    • 825 33 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms $290 P.M. FURN. room at Scran goon Garden terrace. Tel: *****64 1 FULLY FURNISHED bedroom couple single lady only. Please call: *****50, 11am to 6pm 1 RM.. 1 hall at Marine Terrace, next to market, ample parking. Tel: *****46 Tay, 9a.m. to 2p.m 2 BIG ROOMS
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    • 826 33 113 For Sale: Houses D.21 CHUN TIN, 3 bdrms 2-storey semi-d, renovated, high ground Area 3300 sq ft. Freehold. $450,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****34/ *****48 agt. D.28 SELETAR HILLS several units s/storey semi-d. from $280,000 upwards Area 3,200 sq.ft 995 years Harvest *****88 D.2879 JLN. TARI Dulang (off Jin Kayu). D/storey
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    • 598 33 114 For Sato: Private Apartment* D.lO SOMMERVILLC PK. Luxurious condo. 3 bdrms 1302 sq.ft. Olympic size pool. Squash and tennis $335,000 Holland *****79 D.ll SUFFOLK APT. 3/4 bdrms. apt 1300 sq ft. to 2300 sq.ft. $320,000- $400,000 F'hold with pool squash *****63 (agent) D.15 BRAND NEW 2 bdrfiu. apt. on
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    • 664 34 115 For Sale: HUDC Apartments D.15 NEPTUNE COURT 81k .2. High fir Facing sea. 3 1 bdrms 1625 sq ft. $220,000 Everton *****11 (Sat./ Sun) BRADDELL VIEW PHASE I. high fir nicely furn tennis court, free carpark. Tel: *****54. BRADDELL VIEW PHASE 2 Mais. 1800 sq.ft. 3+ 1 bdrms. Morn.
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    • 845 34 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 3 ROOM CIRCUIT Road Block 93 corner partially renovated big kitchen area Price $***** neg Contact Sandran Tel: *****47. 7 to 10pm. 3-RM. BT. MERAH View, very good location Well maintatmd. $46,000 neg Call *****07 or *****03 after lpm. 3-RM. HAVELOCK RD. Blk 29, convenient
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    • 599 34 117 Properties Wanted to 4/ 5 rooms HDB flat owners. At reasonable market prices, we undertake to sell your flat within 2 weeks. We are confident because: Weareoneofthepioneers m HDB resale flats We have a long list of qualified buyers We provide complete documentation work We are equipped with complete
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    • 486 34 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces Storage Spaces K. B. WAREHOUSE COMPLEX (Kaki Bukit Road 2) j^fSf lr^^ TT~ IT artll^aMa^a^fcttn No Restriction on Foreigners Ready For Occupation SING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (32, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2) f fl mmi WRfn wmn mm m rrS
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    • 157 34 137 Tours No** io** Itoiroo* f GENTING PENANG ttftS CAMERON >^ Dep Every Mon RAMADASBB 2 to a Rm, Meal tour CAMERON 2D3N $59/$79 Daily Departure J Z pgw wG I) 3 Days Air $369 Beach or City Hotels Daily Departure J 2to3DaysWeekday $79 2to 3 Days Weekend $99 Daily
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    • 354 34 137 Tours Jet *< ivdm AMERICA $1,000 CALIFORNIA SPECIAL 12 DAYS $2880 Dep 8 2 9 2. 10 2 1 1 2. 12 2. 13 2 4 3113, 18 3. 25 3. 303 31 3 GOLDEN TRIANGLE 16 DAYS $3488 Dep 72.82. 9 2, 102, 112 12 2. 13 2
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    • 613 34 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours AUTUMN IN NEW ZEALAND %j^o m gf IM< igij. i|i|Jk dii m a l 4Ki A GOLDEN DAYS YOU'LL REMEMBER WITH WARMTH Contrary to popular belief, run lodge. There are also motels specially New Zealand is quite the place to visit well
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    • 192 34 ARCHIPELAGO TRAVEL (TA 126) #01-38 Lucky Plaia *****39, *****65/2, *****30 WEST MALAYSIA (Daily) Coach, Train, Air CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL 8/10 D Hat/Bkk./Pat./CNX $595 4D Phuket (Club Mcd) $550 7D Hat./Songkla/Phuket $275 6D Gent/Pen./Hat/S'kla $275 5D Hat Yai/Songkla $120 5D Gent./Pen. /Cameron $275 4D Mai /Gent./Kuantan $250 4D Penang/Gentlng $250
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    • 805 35 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours CHINESE NEW YEAR If Iff n nimcDC uni sn/w l^tCSKi fIRIFNT 17 Days Diners Japan/USA jir^||^Aj|j^^^^^<^Liy 5 Days Pattaya Popover from $/35. 7 Q ays rjj ners Hawaii Hopover Sk f *^^r 8 DTyfHlgk V on r g/Macau *****5.O $1505.
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    • 463 35 WEST MALAYSIA^ SPECIAL PACKAGE^ TOUH IN THE LA TEST IMPORTED LUXURIOUS PICTURE WINDOW COACHES EQUIPPED WITH TV/VIDEO SD/6N GENTING/K LUMPIJR/PENANG/ CAMERON MALACCA $369/$289 DEP DATE: 7/2.8/2,9/2.10/2,11/2,12/2 5 DAYS GENTING K.IUMPIJR /PENANG/CAMERON/ MALACCA $349/$269 DEP. DATE: 8/2,9/2.10/2.11/2.12/2 Accommodation: X LUMPUR SHANGRI-LA/ MING COURT HOTEL i 2K— GENTING NEW CASINO HOTEL 5
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    • 714 35 137 Tours 137 Tours 2LV3N GENTING $79/$99 M'WffiM STRAWBERRY OJljnrJß PARK $79 3^mmmL^m *fik (Cameron Highlands) •^JT*W mm Xl BfASI> t^*Lta*»<«wfp. y jf 5 DAYS Genting/Penang/ pijltF 4;<jtr Cameron Highlands UJL.~**AJ <A» $259/$) 85 Our fleet of Deluxe air-conditioned coaches equipped with TV/Video set for your travelling pleasure. //A\\-\ NEWSMAN
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    • 646 35 147 Academic Courses TUTORIAL CLASSES FOR O' 'A' LEVELS Subjects offered: c General Paper c English Language c Mathematics c Science c Chinese as 2nd Lang. New Classes commencing daily from Mon. Sat. at 2.00 3.30pm; 3.30 5.00pm COMMENCING NOW LOW FEE: $15 p.m. For enrolment, please call at: CLIFFORD
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    • 356 35 148 Computer Courses dBASE HI A Programmer's Module Commencing: Ist Feb. 1956 Fees: 5220 per participant Organised by: Softpack Computer > Training Centre Tel: *****01/ *****79 ACM OFFERS BASIC program ming (Beginners/ advance) computerised accounting system, Wordstar, Pre-U Sec, En glish for beginners, accounting marketing courses. Course; commencing end Jan.
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    • 658 35 152 Music Courses TECHNICS MUSIC SCHOOL offers Organ lessons for BeginnersAdvance levels. Theory of music courses also avail Enquire at: IS Holland Or Rd (1027) *****14 CLASSICAL PIANO/MUSIC theory. Organ/Synthesizer. Pop Plan Drum, Pop Guitar (6-12 mth) Polyphonic Music Sch *****18/9 ORGAN LESSONS FOR beginners by experienced teacher. Moder- ate
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    • 267 36  -  MARKSMAN By our man on the track IPOH, Fri. Trainer Dr Yeoh Kheng Chye, whose horses found one to beat m two races last Sunday, has three runners today and should get his first winner of the new season with Pamela's Magic m
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    • 3146 36 GOING FORECAST: GOOD pHMMMBI 2.15 CLASS 4 OIV 5 1,400 m fTWX*fm (Ratings: 67-58) MgMtaWM (Stakes: $13,000) 1 80 Dangerous Mission 57 (67) Nick-V Chong 3ag dl +.5. Never likely, finishing 10th of 12 with 56.5 to Lawmaker Div 4 1200 m last week; also unplaced m
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    • 14 36 All that is left of Ismadi's car after the crash
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    • 117 36 Honest Bid: Today looks the day By THE RACING EDITOR IT HAS taken Honest Bid n (late Mogul) a long time to come to hand. His last three outings (second, fifth and fourth respectively) have been encouraging and he should hit pay dirt m Race 6 today. A long trip
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    • 212 36 Ismadi still not told friend died in smash-up IPOH, Friday CHAMPION local rider Ismadi Ismail, seriously injured In a car smash last Saturday, has made some progress In hospital. He can now sit np m bed for his meals. Ismadi suffered a fractured pelvis and injuries to his chest, arm,
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    • 64 36 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Pamela's Magic, Diplomatic Joy. RACE 3: Fit To Fight. RACE 4: Heng Heng, Waikiki 11, Keep The Change. RACE 5: Roller Coaster, Better Prospect, Cheers n. RACE 6: No Apology, Honest Bid 11. RACE 7:
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    • 325 36 RACE RACING ED MARKSMAN TONTO MISTER X WENG SOOK 3 Taiwan 2 Pamela's Magic 4 Twinkle Toes 3 Taiwan 3 Taiwan 1 2 Pamela's Magic 6 You Look Good 3 Taiwan 6 You Look Good 6 You Look Good 6 You Look Good 3 Taiwan 5
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    • 683 37  -  MARKSMAN ON THE TRACK with IPOH, Fri. Perseverance III, a non-acceptor last week, prepared for his Sunday engagement with a pleasing workout this morning. With a riding boy astride, the Allgrit gelding showed keen action over 600m in 36.8 sec, finishing deep into the back
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    • 204 37 NEW YORK, Fri. A former horse trainer left a paraplegic when he fell into a manure pit at Aqueduct racetrack settled out of court for US$2.7 million (about 555.7 million) yesterday. Everett Green Jr, 30, sued the New York Racing Association for negligence on the grounds that
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 179 37 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MRS. JANE TONG Nee Yuen Yock Chin Age 36 years jvas called home to be with the Lord on ruesday, 14th January 1988 m London ieaving behind beloved Husband Kok Chiang Daughter Jia Wen and relatives to mourn her loss. Memorial service will be conducted at
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    • 122 37 The Family of the late MDM. KULLAPPA NAIDU ALAMALOO (w/o late R. Murugaiah) Departed 3/1/86 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to the doctors and staff of Ward 31 T.T.S.H., relatives and friends for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi on
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    • 100 37 The family of the late MR LIM HUA SENG Departed: 13.1.86 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Drs. A Staff of TTSH, ward 35 12; KWSH; St. George's West RC; Subordinate Courts; relatives, friends, and colleagues for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations ft wreaths
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    • 48 37 102 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The family ot the late INSPECTOR GAN KIM TIAN Departed 12th Jan. 1986 with to expres* their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to relative*, friend* and hi* colleague* m the Singapore Polic* Fore* for their kind attendance, condolence*, donation* and wreath* during their recant bereavement.
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    • 194 37 183 Condolences 183 Condolences With deepest condolences sympathies to the family of the late MRS. JANE TONG From: Mr. Mrs. Denis Low Mr. Mrs. Lian Hock Lian Mr. Mrs. Moses Lee Mr. Mrs. Dennis Yong Mr. Mrs. Lim Ec Seng Mr. Mrs. Yeo Eng Seng Mr. Mrs. Jimmy Yuen Mr.
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      149 37 ROBERT MOTE WININGS Departed 18.1.78 God took him home, it was His will. But m our hearts we love him still; His memory is as dear today As In the hour he passed away We often sit and think of him When we are all alone; For
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      139 37 In Loving Memory o» MR. A. PALANISAMY Departed: 18.1.1964 Our thoughts are always with you, i Our hearts are sore with pain: This world would be like heaven If you were here again. Always r«m»mb«r»d by wife, ton*, daughter S daughI t«rt-in-law. MOM. LIM SOH HOON Departed
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      32 37 ATHMA SANTHI POOJA for the late M. P. KRISHNAN Dapartad 3/1/S6 will b« hold today 18/1/86 at ?.oOpm at P»rum»l Tampta, Scrangoon Road. Plaaa* traat tht» aa a paraonal invitation.
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 1231 38 MARTIN PALMER ON ENGLISH SOCCER Canaries still with the flair and finesse DIVISION ONE FIXTURES Birmingham v Everton, Coventry v Watford Leicester v Arsenal, Liverpool v West Ham, Luton v Aston Villa, Manchester United v Nottingham Forest, QPB v Newcastle, Sheffield Wednesday v Oxford United, Southampton
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    • 549 38 ENGLISH SOCCER LEAGUE PREVIEW LONDON, Fri. There's an old joke m English soccer which poses the question: "What do West Ham and decorations have m common?" The answer is: "They both come down after Christmas.'' And for years, the London team have fuelled
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    • 270 38 FOCUS ON EUROPEAN SOCCER LONDON, Fri. Ah influenza outbreak could jeopardise Roma's hopes of staying m touch with Italian League leaders Juventus this weekend. Both Polish striker Zbigniew Boniek and Italian Worid Cup winger Bruno Conti have been hit by the bug and manager Sven-Goran
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    • 287 39 MILK CUP SOCCER SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW Liverpool, Chelsea heading for triple clash LONDON, Fri. Liverpool and Chelsea could meet three times m Cup matches within the next seven weeks, following the Milk Cup semi-final draw, made m London yesterday. Chelsea are already due to meet Liverpool m the
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    • 446 39 TOMMY DOCHERTY has put his name forward for the still-vacant post of Republic of Irelard manager. The much-travailed Docherty, who has had 13 manager; 1 appointments during his colourful career, has been out of British football since his dismissal by Wolverhampton last July. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, m the midst
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    • 125 39 FOCUS ON EUROPEAN SOCCER Chamberlain the hero LONDON, Fri. A diving header by winger Mark Chamberlain m the 87th minute last night earned Sheffield Wednesday a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion and a place m the fourth round of the Football Association (FA) Cup.
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    • 38 39 Aston Villa or Arsenal v Oxford or Portsmouth, Queens Park Rangers or Chelsea v Liverpool or Ipswich. (First-leg ties to be played on Feb 11 or 12, second-leg ties on March 4 or 5.)
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      167 39 Fourth time as manager BIRMINGHAM, I ri. Bon Sannders yesterday resigned as manager of beleaguered English First Division clnb Birmingham, 48 hours after a humiliating M home defeat by minor-league side Altrinchftm m the Football Association (FA) Cap third-round match. Saundeirs, who joined Birmingham from Aston Villa four
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    • BADMINTON
      • 217 40 Sze Yu makes mincemeat of Butler TAIPEI, Fri. Top-seeded Sze Yu, of Australia, impressively launched his challenge m the Taipei Masters badminton championship by beating England No. 3 Steve Butler 15-9, 15-2 m the second round yesterday. Sze seized the initiative m the first set and led &-3 before Butler
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      • 109 40 LONDON, Fri. A promising newcomer and an illustrious veteran have been drafted m to strengthen the England women's challenge for the Über Cup. Barbara Sutton, 32, has been given a surprise recall and brings experience to the side m the absence of the injured Gillian Gilks and
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    • ON FOREIGN FAIRWAYS
      • 304 40 PALM DESERT, Fri LARRY Mize birdied his final hole yesterday to grab a share of the lead with fellow-American Craig Stadler and 12-un-der-par 132 after two rounds of the $650,000 (Ssl.4 million) Bob Hope Classic. Mize, playing his round at the Bermuda Dunes Country
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      • 82 40 NEW YORK, Fri. Nancy Lopez, who had a record-setting season on the women's tour, was yesterday named the 1985 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. It is the second time she has won the annual award. Nancy was named on 48 ballots cast by 221
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    • GRAND PRIX MASTERS
      • 195 40 WORCESTER (Massachusetts), Fri. Fifth-seeded Bulgarian Manuela Maleeva was eliminated from the New England Classic by Australian Dianne Balestrat, while Hana Mandlikova and Carling Bassett survived scares last night to advance to the third round. Dianne, who was winless since the Australian Open m November, beat
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      • 319 40 Gomez moves into the semis NEW YORK, Fri. ANDRES Gomez, of Ecuador, and West German teenage sensation Boris Becker reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Masters tennis tournament at Madison Square Garden here yesterday. Gomez, 25, who shouldn't have taken part, played calmly and collectedly to beat erratic American
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      • 120 40 NEW YORK, Prl. John McEnroe's Ignominious exit from the Grand Prix Masters tournament m the first round here on Wednesday has cost him a farther l'Ssl JM (S2,IM). Hie Men's International Professional Tennis Connoll yesterday announced that the former world No. 1 had been fined US$l .Mi
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      • 434 40 McEnroe at the crossroads of his career NEW YORK, Fri. Just as it did for Bjorn Borg three years ago, a time of reckoning is at hand for John McEnroe. The man who lost only three matches m 1984 now has been beaten three times m the space of a
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    • 388 41  - Ramesh proves to be a fighter TAY CHENG KHOON PEPSI SQUASH RAMESH DHANABALAN made sure that his absence from the Republic's World Junior squad will be sorely felt when he put on a creditable performance m the Pepsi Youth championships at Kallang last night. Although the former youth international lost
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    • 348 41  -  TAY CHENG KHOON ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS By Republic's ace shocked by Sohail's arrival m London THE game of musical chairs between Sohail Qaiser and Singapore's Peter Hill carried on yesterday with the Pakistani's unexpected appearance m London for the British Un-der-23 championships starting today. The Republic's national
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    • 257 41 Kum Thong to captain U-23 squad J. RAJENDRAN ON RUGBY CENTRE Chee Kum Thong, who was left out of the national team last year, has been named captain of the team who take on Malaysia m their annual Under-23 in-, ternational at the Padang today (5 pro). Bogged down by
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    • WORLD OF CRICKET
      • 183 41 Extended tour England B LONDON, Fri. The England B team's ill-fated winter tour, of which the Sri Lankan section is the only surviving leg, is to be extended by more than 10 days, it was announced at Lord's yesterday. Following the cancellations of the visits to Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, the
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      • 103 41 Lankans in strong position COLOMBO, Fri. An unbroken third-wicket stand of 170 between Sumithra Warnakulasuriya and Asanka Gurusinghe put the Sri Lankan Cricket Board President's XI m a strong position at the start of their match against England B yesterday. After winning the toss, the Board XI were 263-2 from
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    • 114 41  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI PERENNIAL rivals Singapore and Federal Territory have been drawn m the same group for this year's Malaysian Cricket Association inter-state league competition. The others m the South Zone are Johor and Negri Sembilan. The winners of the round-robin competition will advance into the
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    • 169 41 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. Fast bowler Carl Rackemann tore the heart out of South Africa's batting to give the Australian rebels the upper hand m their five-day third and deciding match yesterday. Rackemann captuxed 6--74 to reduce South Africa to 184-8 at the close of the first day after
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    • 158 41 DR CHAN PENG MUN, the Singapore Rugby Union's executive vice-president, will chair a disciplinary committee inquiry at Singapore Cricket Club on Monday into the sending-off of three players during last Saturday's Cathay Pacific/SRU knock-out final. He takes over as temporary chairman of the committee from
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    • 830 42 Red Devils' bull in sight of greener grass ■9 W /Saturday f I Person Rob Hughes assesses the future of his Manchester namesake LONDON, Fri. The three hard currencies m soccer are goals, pesetas and Lire. And whatever the shape, nationality and colour of the genuine goalscorer, the odds are
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    • 579 42  -  AQUARIUS By Fish tales BARRAMUNDI (Lates Calcarifer) belongs to the family Centropomidae. They are also called Silver Barramundi, Giant Perch and Barra m Australia (not to be confused with Barracuda). Locally they are more popularly known as Siakap (Malay) and Kirn Buk Lor (Chinese).
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    • 323 42 AMERICAN FOOTBALL Running back Walter Payton. who helped lead the Chicago Bears to a 15-1 regular-season record and a berth in Superbowl, on Thursday won the Maxwell Club of Philadelphia's Bert Bell Award, given annually to the National Football League Player of the Year. Payton, the all-time
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    • 1^ijjl^7#""" MALAYSIA CUP'86
      • 89 43 ALOR STAR, Fri. Kedah held Trengganu to a goalless draw m a Malaysia Cup soccer match at Stadium Darulaman here tonight. The home team, playing m front of 15,000 fans, came close to scoring m the second half through substitute Abdul Rahman Tasu when his shot
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      • 52 43 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Former England and West Ham soccer midfielder Trevor Brooking has signed up (or a two-week stint with City Hall. Brooking will don City Hall colours m the Dunhill Intercity tournament from Jan 27Feb 1 at Merdeka Stadium m conjunction with Federal Territory Day celebrations.
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      • 621 43 JOE DORAI previews the Malacca versus Singapore match at Kubu Stadium today (4.30 pm) Hussein banks on Salim's switch upfront MALACCA, Fri. The mood m the two camps on the eve of Singapore's clash against Malacca here is m stark contrast: anxiety, external pressure and temper
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      • 315 43  -  JOE DORAI fgdf 6 First of all, if my return to Malacca is going to cause an upheaval m the team, I would prefer to be out. I think I can easily walk to another state side. Chin Aun MALACCA, Fri. Former Malaysian strongman
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    • 372 43  -  PETER SIOW By INDONESIA made their presence felt at the Singapore Open boardsailing championships, crowding the top spots at East Coast yesterday. Miki Sampelan, Abdul Malik Faisal and Ayub Subekti had almost everyone singing praises of Indonesia's prowess on the high seas when they finished first,
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    • 432 43  -  LEE WAI WUN By -61 get quite tired sometimes, but I try to finish the race and usually manage to. I'm never among Q the best, of 7 course. Tor K/elsberg HIS name means God of Thunder. Perhaps, it should have been Neptune because
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    • 288 43  - Change in roles promises exciting show LEE WAI WUN THE regular pairs have split, and it's going to make this weekend's Lark races one of the most interesting m the Singapore Yachting Association series of national dinghy championships. Defending champion and veteran sailor Simon Loh has switched to the role
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    • 48 43 F. J. W. Industries beat Garrett 6-4 m a Singapore Business Houses Football League Division Two match at Farrer Park yesterday. Other results Div 3: General Motors 2 Hitachi Elevator 1; Haw Par v River View Hotel and Polycore v RDC (both postponed due to rain).
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    • MAHMOOD GAZNAVI ON HOCKEY
      • 207 43 SINGAPORE Hockey Association president Anwarul Hague's call for schools to play more competitive hockey has been well receive^. For the tirst time, six school teams United World College, Josephians, Rafflesians, Raffles Junior College and two sides form Victoria Junior College have entered for the Staminade six-a-side
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      • 143 43 SEET SWEE TECK has been given the go-ahead to play m tomorrow's Staminade six-a-side hockey competition at the Partang. The former international was sacked for dissent by umpire Charan Singh while playing for Armed Forces m a Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match
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    • 93 43 BADMINTON F*N/Yonex National (Unking League 4th cycle (SBH, 7 pm). BASKETBALL Sohool I IX In vttation tournament: 3rd placing final (Gay World, 6.30 pm). RUGBY 11-23 International: Singapore v Malaysia (5 pm). SRU President's XV trial match (3) both at Padang SOCCER Malaysia Cap: Malacca v Singapore (Kubu Stadium, 4.30).
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  • 442 44  -  AGNES WEE HDB's three-offer limit ruling By THE first group of applicants for Housing Board flats to come under the new three-offer limit rule will receive their first offer after the Lunar New Year m February. If you are among them, you will
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  • 60 44 WARSAW, Fri. Two leading Solidarity activists were detained by police yesterday, apparently to prevent them from holding a dissident news conference to coincide with the start of an international peace congress m Warsaw, family sources said. They were identified as Janusz Onyszkiewicz, the banned free trade union's
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  • 34 44 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Herbert Armstrong, founder and Pastor-General of the Worldwide Church of God and originator of the widely-distributed Plain Truth magazine, died yesterday at Pasadena, Cali- fornia. He was 93. AP
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  • 31 44 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrials dropped 7.34 points to 1,534.29 m the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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  • 385 44  -  RA V DHALIWAL By Breathalysers to be used next month THE first breath analysers designed to detect drunken drivers will be m use m about a month's time. Traffic Police have purchased 275 of the gadgets, its Commander, Assistant Commissioner Chua Chin Kiat, said yesterday.
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  • 249 44 A GROUP of drivers will be given a chance to prove that they can drink and still drive safely at a "party" to be held at the Ang Mo Kio driving circuit on Feb3. The Traffic Police and Automobile Association of Singapore are
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  • 349 44 Group of 5 to discuss lowering of L interest rates But immediate action unlikely to be taken WASHINGTON, Fri. Leading industrial nations will discuss the possibility of bringing down their interest rates together when they meet m London this weekend but they are unlikely to agree on action right away,
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  • 168 44 Plane crash victims found 12 hours later CIONWAY (South Carolina), Fri. Aviation authorities are trying to determine why the wTeckage of a single-en-gine airplane near the local airport was not discovered until almost 12 hours after the plane went down. Two men, from Singapore and Sweden, lay unconscious m the
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      • 311 1 FT WAS an easy pregnancy that started it. "I had been married eight or nine years and I'd just had my third baby," remembered Dr Nalla Tan. She had so much maternity leave she didn't know what to do with it. It was her
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      • 775 1  -  KENNETH KOH Dr Nalla Tan: 'The Second Sexis a classic which every woman should read. It goes deeply into woman m all aspects-.' Picture by Nalla Tan's short story, What You Asked, won Second Prize in last year's Asiaweek Short Story I Competition. She talks to REBECCA
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      • 1385 2 Update BARRY NEWMAN, writing for The Asian Wall Street Journal, traces why American books are getting minimal exposure overseas. A SHOPPING-MAULED American book buyer may not believe it, but it is harder than ever to buy, borrow or be given an American book, m a foreign
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      • 740 2  -  TREVOR GOODMAN By 4 Freedom to real, and it works. The economy of the future will be bated more and more on information technologies. And the creative flow of information requires freedom freedom of thought and communication. Ideology has nothing to do with this;
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      • 830 3 In defence of children and animals 6 If all the cows, calves, pigs and hens who have been robbed of their 'human rights' in this country could get away from their 'factories' and assemble in a kind of animal tribunal, then the tales of blood they would scream out would
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      • 404 3  -  Betsy Byars GLORY GIRL By rTHE Puffin, 1985, 114 pages Reviewed by CELINE SIA, aged 15 Young Reader POOR Anna Glory! Life certainly has not been kind to her, or so she thinks. Being the only member m the Glory family who cannot "carry
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      • 469 3 Little iS Book room" DEAN'S Big Book Of Fairy Stories (Dean's International, 1985, 191 pages, $15.51) A dazzling, beautiful Queen of Snow who falls m love with a mere mortal of a man; a smart, talking rabbit who is really an English King;
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      • 777 14  -  IRENE HOE DOLLARS SENSE By Margaret Allen Times Books International, 1985 $19.50 (paperback), 298 pages Reviewed by 6 (The book) makes instructive reading ahead of future good times and the kind of ephemeral euphoria that only love at first sight and the stock market index
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      • 722 14  -  JOHN de SOUZA THE BODY SHOP BOOK Mac Donald and Co, 1985, 224 pages, $24.95 Available at Times bookshops and The Body Shop outlets. Booklets on individual chapters ($10) available from Body Shop outlets only Reviewed by THE future of beauty
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      • 404 14 JOB, A Comedy Of -Justice by Robert A. Heinlein (New English Library, 1985, 3SB pages, $14.15) Alexander Hergensheimer goes cruising and stops over at an island of some exotic culture. He witnesses a fire-walking act and takes on a hundred-dollar bet that he, too, could
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      • 1261 1 The most popular choice m Singapore today wW^^H B ~i Brißß r A^Hi* X mX" It Nippon Paint, a member of The The leading paint Special Compositions Nippon Paint is coatings. Nippon Paint provides free tech- The weatherometer and infrared Bk Wuthelcim Group, m its quest manufacturer a^' e manufacture
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      • 101 1 "We have morel A m common than you BE-^t M think"2 Bltf* George Shultz's H X |P controversial address p|oi at 48th PEN meeting Want an American book?! Get the British version from Singapore A Nobel prize for Astrid Lindgren? Sweden's most widely-read author is also its unofficial national conscience
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      • 546 2 iS~~ WORLD'S LARGEST EXHIBITION OF FINE IMITATED ANTIQUE PORCELAIN li WARES FROM JIANGXI AND FUJIAN PROVINCES, CHINA. We are honoured to be appointed as Sole Agent for China National Arts Crafts Imp Exp Corp Guangdong Branch for Rosewood Vase Stand. FREE Rosewood Vase Stand for every purchase of Jiangxi vase
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      • 297 3 B Offer $433 "•taLiiiftr fiflK?/ vS^ n m« 61 DC fl l|<^Rk^'i 91 6 (22k) vSSME&P'M 91 6 (22k) B diamond pendant BBuLußr^l diamond earring </ 1 offer $386 J§V iiililrßr^^y^L ■■■■■■m wmimlßl 8 *"*>lfc WSa&Sllffm Offer|&Slo I I 91 6 (22k) 91 6 (22k) tMß^fl^jJ S diamond earring diamond
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      • 936 4 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES MHBH STANTS RSSOBBIBHHHB sales^ervire: Tel *****11 Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD ext '5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo APPOINTMENTS Price Waterhouse f|P I Management Consultants Pte Ltd (onsullants to senior management m a wide range of services including:
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      • 500 4 1 -Mentor "1 I Graphics I Mentor Graphics is a world leader m computer-aided-engineering (CAE) with a I market potential of US$2 billion by 1990. In line with our expansion plans, we invite applicants seeking for a dynamic and challenging career, for the following position i of:R D SOFTWARE TECHNICIAN
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      • 1076 4 VA WA T ft^ M ftl »^K fVI A TOR UI cn s an international fire protection company. One ol the i-Tor nnrvrpPTinM divisions of the Singapore subsidiary lias newly created tins V IRE-PROTECTION p ()sitK) n ijUMrAIN I Initially tin: incumbent will understudy the Divisional Manager Global Operations and
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      • 587 5 APPOINTMENTS The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) invites applications for the following management position: ASSISTANT MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER The position offers professional challenge and good career prospects. Key duties include actively participating m the implementation of policies relating to the market development, maintaining close contacts with member firms and prospective
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      • 649 5 We are looking for mature and achievement-oriented individuals who have the experience and capabilities to fill the following key positions: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER The successful candidate should possess a Degree or Diploma m Mechanical or Industrial or Production Engineering with 1-2 years experience m a manufacturing environment. Fresh graduates are also
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      • 780 5 INTERNATIONAL BANK Head, Accounting Department <es/6oic2> Salary: 5570,000 5590,000 per annum Our client, a well-established and reputable European bank m Singapore requires a dynamic and suitably qualified individual to assume the position of Head, Accounting Department. The successful candidate will take charge of the bank's Accounting Department with responsibility for
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      • 680 6 APPOINTMENTS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IBM Singapore a leader m the field of information systems, word processing and related products is expanding to support its existing and rapidly growing list of customers. We invite qualified and ambitious men and women who want to be tomorrow's leaders m this high technology industry to
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      • 572 6 H^ATsT IT Microelectronics Pte Ltd ■■HI —I——™ I AT&T Microelectronics Pte Ltd has immediate vacancies for the following positions: PTest Systems Development Engineer Plan, strategise and implement test transfer and qualification programs Improve and design innovative test software efficiency and methods Tactically strategise and develop software and hardware realisation of
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      • 950 6 I A NATIONAL If <Ar\ COMPUTER 1 1 XZZft* BOARD I NCB The National Computer Board (NCB) is responsible for the implementation of the computerisation programme m the Civil Service. We offer many challenging I opportunities for experienced professionals m a wide range of application systems and operating environments. We
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      • 262 6 A well established international sales organisation is expanding its activities m the field of Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronics. Applications are invited to fill the following positions:SALES SERVICE ENGINEER Requirements Completed N.S. Minimum Diploma m Electrical/Electronic or equivalent Minimum 2 3 years relevant working experience Able to work independently Class 3
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      • 525 7 APPOINTMENTS mmm ENGINEERING EH CAREER AT m£m GM SINGAPORE GM SINGAPORE is located m Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park I and currently employs over 2,000 employees involved m the manufacturing and assembly of Radio Circuit Boards, Integrated Circuits, Engine Control Modules and Hybrid/Thick Film Engineering Products. To meet our expansion
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      • 780 7 .JF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 1 WITH THE 2T^ TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD I The Trade Development Board (TDB) is an emerging and dynamic statutory body established m 1983 to: j§ identify international business opportunities for Singapore i exporters i facilitate the development of Singapore exports I We are an international organisation with
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      • 729 7 Our search for engineering talent has brought us all over the world. Having established ourselves here m Singapore, we are still moving ahead. To achieve new heights of success, we need additional talent to grow with us as we strive together for greater technological advances. Hewlett-Packard believes that the success
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      • 269 7 ©TENANT COORDINATOR Due to increasing number of Tenants m the MARINA SQUARE Shopping Mall we require further assistance with out Tenant Coordination. The successful applicant will join a small team responsible for integrating the individual Tenants into the Shopping Mall. Applicants would require a good knowledge of Architectural or Interiors
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      • 574 8 APPOINTMENTS Our client is a Fortune 500 Company which designs, manufactures and I sells mini and mainframe computer systems. The company has an B enviable record of financial solidarity, profit and growth, and is now i well established m the Singapore market. Rapid growth has created M ft the following
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      • 297 8 OPPORTUNITY FOR A TECHNICAL PROBLEM SOLVER j Our Singapore Technical Staff is Expanding. We are looking for a Chemical Engineer/Chemist with an aggressive problem solving attitude and a history of success m this area. Our Technical/Staff supports a highly motivated, successful technical sales team throughout Asia. Our success m the
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      • 668 8 DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION is the second largest computer manufacturer m the world and a multinational leader m manufacture, sales and servicing of mini-computers Arising from the expansion of our Singapore subsidiary, we are looking for dynamic, self motivated individuals for the positions of Banking Sales Executive Applicants should be Engineering/Computer
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      • 506 8 IS igIEMETRON I"" I m V B^ <■> fit f Jf p-«i Mill sduA 1^ I 0 Demetron Singapore is a modern established subsidiary of the leading DEGUSSA Group of West Germany engaged m the S manufacture of high quality PCB metal components for the electronic industry. QC ENGINEER (PCB
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      • 697 9 APPOINTMENTS The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following positions: (A) ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (1) ASSISTANT RESIDENT ENGINEER (DESIGN COORDINATION) (Rcf: EM/AE(D).2S) Salary Scale ($2200 ?350)2500x150 3850/4000:150:4150 Function To assist m the review and approval of coordinated E M services drawings and design submissions. Review and resolve E M
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      • 625 9 ffNANYANGTECHNOIOGICALfI I INSTITUTE I Applications are invited for appointment to the following posts 1) EDUCATIONAL I MEDIA SPECIALIST I Entry Requirements: HE Candidates should possess relevant Master's qualification and experience m the area of M ij educational technology and media production H They should have wide practical experience m instructional
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      • 648 9 WAKE OFF SINGAPORF a rewardin 9 aerospace career AIRCRAFT We offer young people with GCE O'/NTC 3 qualification INDUSTRIES the °PP orlunities t0 be trained for a worthwhile career m a high technology industry Pick from the following two specialized fields Aircraft Radar/Communication W GCE O level with credit m
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      • 522 9 psss 1, I 1 1 1 nil iihii II The Sembawang Group of Companies, a leading Singapore indus<j trial group with interests m shiprepairing, engineering fabrication, 1 shipowning and construction, invites applications for the post of:GROUP PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER t The Public Relations Manager will be responsible for:- Planning and
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      • 478 10 APPOINTMENTS lunixoiou I Our Company, the leading manufacturer of Winchester Disc Drives is seeking dynamic and qualified personnel as:HVTT7TT7T7BH Degree/ Diploma m Computer Science Minimum 5 years experience m inventory control or materials planning m a manufacturing environment Knowledge of computerised MRP and MANMAN System is essential Diploma m Production/Mechanical
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      • 620 10 J Company m optics with expanding international sales invites applicants for the position of: M Optical Consultant I Marketing Executive I Responsible for the marketing and sales of the X company's special products. S Most of his/her time will be spent on the road, g Overseas travelling may be required.
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      • 1014 10 f MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING IJ< Jj^ VL I MANAGER I I tSSS^S^ I I (Singapore Facility) I B B Publisher of Nan Yang Kin Zhou Lianhe Zaobao and Nan Yang An internationally established company engaged m the S Kin Zhou Lianhe Wanbao. B manufacture of electrical/electronic connectors seeks a m Invites
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      • 631 10 ET An internationally established Company with a network of fi| subsidiaries seeks a top-notch individual for the post of: m Manager 3 Technical Planning '"B The successful incumbent will be responsible for the Company's opera- tions m the Asean region m the functional areas of advanced manufac- M turing engineering,
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      • 474 10 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No 928 if 1985 Between SOCIETE GENERALE Plaintiffs And SAMUEL TAN SIAK HAK Defendant FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT To: SAMUEL TAN SIAK HAK late of 24 Robey Crescent Singapore 1954 the abovenamed Defendant. TAKE NOTICE that an action has been
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      • 739 11 NOTICES I ANNOUNCEMENT This is to inform the public that Gina Lav Ming Choo, I/C No. *****31/H and Sam Koh Gion Liong, Malaysian I/C No. *****31 have left our Salon and are therefore not authorised to transact any business or collect any monies on our ■j behalf with immediate effect.
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      • 598 11 I SHERIFF S SALE I IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE In the cause of Suit No 4194 of 1985 Execution No 1454 of 1985 Chummy Construction Pte Ltd PLAINTIFFS VERSUS Goh Gie Chiang Trading as Soon Lee Construction DEFENDANTS AUCTION SALE OF Television, Video Cassette Recorder,
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      • 672 11 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 RATHY PRIVATE LIMITED (In voluntary liquidation) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON Wh January, 198 C At an extraordinary general meeting of the company held on the 9th day of January 1986, the following special resolutions were passed a. That the company be wound up voluntarily; b.
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      • 247 11 pJ^^^bJ 3BHJH \4 iiiA^BS d ■"*s%^Eaf /yji may jh /j^ «*m& i»« ''j<\.i (>intl\ Organised b\ (Ujikkdkm-^x^mknt Funan Centre Merchants Assn. towards a better city o^**' Choose front our wide range of I displayed Four Star Spring Mqffress^g^^J^^ f*^* Headboard Divan Set f**^ M 7^^^ j Funan Centrt Exhibition Hall,
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      • 223 13 BHbhl B i ,tgMHUiLllr<ifißteT?raTn l_wjw»w^» i ■■■^■■■^1 J-^iT^viEXSS H" iBbI ■■■■■1 JlffJJlßlClliria?^^^—^s*3^^*^*^ ■■SH^HHH^BfI "feS^Srf'a^ '*_^i2_^_jßß| lf -nm.j'i, < yffiatf"^'aßjgK' -"W""a AVfiSHflßßfißßl 1 1 ?flflflS "^gSB|H|jS3|HBBBViBBBHBBBBBBKBB ■p4yBMBMBHBBBB|B^BB; i HMIBB wrf^SJlßßP^^^^l^sßri^wS^^^^^^^WWßßli l^Eß BHEBH sj^^ttEfißHßßßs*^^BSSP'JfißßP^ x—j isfl BBBfIBHHHBBBBHHI^H \555 m^sfc^*""^^*^^^ w^^^^j*fir^ty^-~_^^ M^j^^BßßßßWiK*^^3^^^^B> jj^^BT *^^^B^^^^^^^^^B^B^BW^^^^^P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bßß^^B^^^^^^^^BßßßßßM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^K |HB^!P"WWlp^wp»ww^^^>^^^^'^^^^^^^ h .<. T^^B^t^ _z^aMfla Br U**P. E. aat
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      • 390 14 jj^Br^ jBV jJiH W^^M Another chance to get attractive household and kitchen items money can't buy! Due to overwhelming response, we have decided to extend our redemption scheme for another 3 months. So now you'll have more opportunities to *m?&\ shop for our new stock of saucepots. saucepans, i Jmfcy'
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      • 154 14 Believe it or not! Haller® vertical blinds costing as little as curtains. It is true. Haller' vertical blinds initially require an P^^*V^i investment of thrice the normal pnce of cheap curtains j 1 However. Haller' vertical blinds lasts for b years and :$F -/^V mere, and during that period you
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      • 665 15 mi wwl I n IvUH A I Iwl AHI I ni ifi vnlll/ INSTEAD OF CASH AT TRAFFIC POLICE EMPORIUM HOLDINGS Meridien Shopping Centre ESSO B 851 Upper Serangoon Road Maxwell Road (Traffic Fines, Oriental Emporium 100 Orchard Road YAOHAN Jin Boon Lay Service Station Duplicate Driving Licence) Anq Mo
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      • 761 16  -  ANDREW GOH By 30, air traffic controller MY GRANDFATHER believed m reincarnation. So, on his deathbed, he gathered his whole family all 35 of them to hear his last sermon. "I'll be born again," he said. "In what form, I do not know." The women m the family
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      • 184 16 I took to the pen one day In hope that the ink would flow. But I held Lot the day at bay The lines at night ran cold. Would you know the things to write? Should you be solemn? Or should you dab some touches
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      • 198 16 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 you write, compose music, paint, sculpt or draw (cartoons, illustrations or drawings), send it to
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      • 152 16 I m^ latest acs l^ turer 9ir^^o^tf' i-#1 Now only Wtf'Zm i \i par v^a^^^ Specie* Witntushions, wamwr 4 Seater „^@Pfi^ fIISCOUntS table «a*^ yWLI/Cn > Ui hi il In I ilißWi'"^ L f g§m*§ sam tmmttd Showroom 7bOOA Beach Road 02-313 The Plaza Score 0719 Ji i M?|fc2»lJSai |f*i
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      • 202 17 CONGRATULATIONS TO NETS We are proud to be the supplier of EFTPOS Terminals and Network Access Controllers for Singapore's Cashless Shopping and Payment Service. omßon EB €f Communications <kypercom> 73 Ayer Raja Crescent #07-05, Singapore 0513. Tel: *****66 Telex: RS ***** EBSIN Fax: *****80 Viil Delivering computer solutions for finance.
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      • 1373 18 MODERN methods of manufacture have made available so many different types of glass, that we quite take it for granted. It's only when glass cracks or breaks that most of us notice it. Yet it lets the light m, keeps the weather out, and apart from
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      • 189 19 A couple of hours, inexpensive balsa wood, some leftover fabric and voila! a light m your life DECORATIVE lamps add interest to any room but can be expensive if you buy the mass-produced variety. Their purpose is to add atmosphere and a pleasing
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      • 204 19 THE rage for costume jewellery is on. A trip to the haberdashery store will give you all kinds of ideas for making your own designer accessories and save you quite a sum of money, too. For instance you can make a necklace with an ethnic
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      • 110 18 Y& Thousands and Thousands Jtilm f it following items on sale:if S S <!^^* ll^ 1 Housenold Utensils i^^^^ j^ Bathroom Accessories ///I I 7. Gardening Tools Flower Pots r '^II lE HERE! k 1 J \I! (x^N. -I^K Golden Tower ■P I L/ i^'if "'^^Enterprises Pte. Ltd. m W\
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      • 68 18 Starting this week, Putterin' Pete will alternate with Miss Fix-It to help solve D-l-Y problems Putterii?' Pete WE ALL EtfCOuWER SCREWS 7\ U)ECAI4'TI?EMO>feg^RE6OU^/ fA^AN^.-fH^E ASE SE\IERAI N)Httl TOOIS fOR POIMG y/ p|^^ eASIIv g ilH^^.iPS^li&r i»HWHw»"roTi>w.| oi> c f* I vtt© A SLO<T WltH A ACk:s^ I 8 jV^^ vfflliliP^
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      • 158 19 CONGRATULATIONS TO NETS ON THEIR OFFICIAL LAUNCH We are proud to be associated with Singapore's Cashless Shopping and Payment Service. Mobil I W I V&/ _k/ I DENMARK ENTERPRISES PTE. LTD. BINTAI KINDENKO PTE. LTD. M@bii keeps you moving 9^ 149 Rochor Road #05-13-14-15, Fu Lu Shou Complex R 0ffjce
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      • 444 20 X (*****88) 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.15pm V EXTRA SHOW TOMORROW al 11 00 am Win do thc> call it kk adulter>," g J 8 them act like K-f^^^f^ 5 < X stsw T OVTNfi I i j ?^lg, COUPLES !j GOLDEN SULTAN K A R V E E
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      • 300 20 <■ Dine m romantic Hi I New Menu for 4-Course T^W^^^F^-y n J! Set Dinner Specials "^-^s—^jit/r /^hHH J I $1 2.90 5.30pm 9.30pm daily. /^^^^H 5 I Your choice of 3 main courses: f 0 v 4 Course Set Lunch $6.50 B»f^^^lM 5 A choice of 3 to 4
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      • 301 20 Bl^b^^ l^fc*J JHtti^^^H j^fefek High Gloss Lacquer Display Unit PJPJBKI <^f^ Genuine Full Leather Sofa Sets \S. i V\\ ©CENTRAD WARKETI NG PTi LTD ./£j^Js Tel: *****06/*****61 j-Bk (Cjsss*^: Warehouse: I l V Bukit Batok Industrial Park A, Block 2024, Street 23. #01-38 Singapore 2367. XiDO:" OPENS fODAY!': I (Phone
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      • 493 20 i 2nd WEEK! a YAMT (*****80) 5 SHOWS AT dl %9 £\MJMLt 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30. 9.00 Jason is back. And this is the one i you've been screaming forl P I I hhß3Shp^ Jii^B^B =iS S tr^-V I *fi'*- v HI I -*^Br 1 I ILi itn I P
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      • 131 20 o mbers Game SUPER I JACKPOT I I FOR TOMORROW'S DRAW 6/86 TO BE HELD OVER I REDIf FUSION AFTER I 520,000 WON In draw 5/86 Coupon 8.989J136 I sold by an agent m iurong won the Group II cash prize NOW SHOWING AT JUBILEF'M/>NDARIN.'EMPRESS TO« r»VOH'JALIT/LIW*GU QUEENST sVt\ 'PLA2*/
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      • 362 21 DESIGN DECOR H^^^OPv^iJfl Model 207 is designed not only as a elega^ipj^H HP^^A^^flfl bedroom set. it provides ample storage space too. p a B^VSvv^^bß The dressing table comes with built-in drawers. A 5' 9 C-V^^^ll I 4-door wardrobe, with 2 mirrors on the doors is j« X^H^^^H cleverly designed to
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      • 80 21 A NEW CONCEPT OF HEALTH RENEW YOUR ENERGY You will be bursting with health when you come out from our health centre m the Orchard Tower We offer unparalleled service /r^r by qualified and charming jvf masseuses. Our newly h\M renovated centre is B$P equipped with complete modern facilities. Let
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      • 334 21 Wmms ''H S"' ■•>■■■ Ik I i I 1 pRi pi I m^^iui^Mi r X l^t w 111 menswear Exclusively available at: DAIMARU LIANG COURT GALARIES LAFAYETTE GOLDHILL SQUARE ISETAN HAVELOCK APOLLO HOTEL ISETAN KATONG PARKWAY PARADE ISETAN ORCHARD LIAT TOWERS METRO GOLDEN MILE THE PLAZA METRO GRAND LUCKY PLAZA
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      • 93 22 More than a dozen goldsmiths and jewellers stocked with the widest range of jewellery to choose^^. For your shopping pleasure Jewellery Fashion Show 2pm on 18 and 25 January and 1 February 1986. The shows feature fash ion wear and jewellery from a different Jewellery Mart jeweller each week. Beauty
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      • 7 22 k i -^Odean Katong Shopping Complex I
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    • Page 22 Miscellaneous
      • 590 22 111 L^T^-^^^^^^B SUN TAN Br Col/ene PEANUTS Bjr ScAvix ■pP*TREMEI4J«.MyfH/LD 4 WH€NI /ALWAYS CONSULT^ ■^■JfT/AF-rER YouVc M^E^B r^V/^^^^^J V^^^^'-J r^% I nobopv APPRECIATES OUR LIVES ARE IN KNOl^ uJMAtNT] cc rn 6£, n6£ g ENERTS l^¥WvJ^ a i^li^rr 3Sr |/^^|L7 HOUJ uJISHV OUASMV constant torment ojiswv-ouashv^ J i THE BOHN
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      • 632 23  -  T. K. SABAPATHY 8a: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art By eight artists Alpha Gallery Till Jan 31 Reviewed by 8a is an exhibition of 25 works by artists who have been associated, m various capacities, with the Alpha Gallery for some time. These
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      • 422 23 Tne United World College goes Japanese this weekend. LEONG WENG K AW reports. A 'TRIP' to the Land of Cherry Blossoms and a taste of Japanese food that's what students at the United World College promise their visitors this evening and tomorrow
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      • 350 23  -  CAROLINE NGUI IN MARCH, STA*RS will hold its production of Where The Sidewalk Ends as part of the Community Development Ministry's special programme for young people's theatre. STA*RB is looking for seven to II actors and actresses aged 11 to 14, who have strong
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      • 332 23 K. MALATHY reviews the new 13-week season of the popular Indian entertainment programme, Oli Oli (Saturdays, Ch 8, 6 pm), which began last week. THE new series of Oli Oli, going "live" for the first time, kicked off with a
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    • Page 23 Miscellaneous
      • 100 23 What's On ASIAN AEROSPACE '86 AEROSPACE AND AIR-CRAFT-RELATED EXHIBITION. Southern and Western dispersal area, Singapore Changi Airport. 11 am 6 pm. Admission: $5 (adults), $3 (children). SBS services 1, 2, 9 and 17 from the city or shuttle bus service from Bedok Interchange. Drivers go to Car Park B at
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      • 99 23 Metropole Theatre). 10 am 5 pm (schools); spm 11 pm (public). Admission: $2 (adults), $1 (children). On till Feb 16. SSO CONCERT WITH SOLOIST STEPHANIE CHASE. Programme includes Pergolesi's Concerto No 2 For Strings In G Major, Schubert's Symphony No 5 In B Flat, D 485; Prokofiev's Concerto For Violin
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      • 92 23 by local participants. Today: Design judging for individual section of kite-making competition (preliminary). 2 6 pm. Marina South Kite Flying Site. Free. A-V PRESENTATION OUR HISTORICAL SITES. Today's screening: Serangoon Road Little India. History of Singapore Gallery. 11 am and 2 pm. Admission: $1 (adults), 50 cents (children aged 6-12).
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      • 89 23 Association. Proceeds to the aged. The association's premises at Clemenceau Avenue. 10 am 4 pm. FILM KINGS OF THE SUN. Yul Brynner plays an Indian Chief m this historical film about the ancient Mayan civilisation. Cafe Le Lagon, Hotel Meridien. 8.15 pm. AUDITION FOR THE INDIAN DANCE NIGHT, for the
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      • 101 23 days. On till Jan 26. BATIK FROM CENTRAL JAVA. 3rd floor, Hilton Hotel. 11 am 7 pm. Extended till Jan 30. CHINESE PAINTINGS. By the students of James Tan, well-known Lingnang-style painter. Lone Pine Gallery, Ming Court Hotel. 11 am 7 pm. Last day tomorrow. CHINESE ROSEWOOD PALACE/WALL LANTERNS. Futoh
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      • 79 23 ures. Daily from 9 am to 9 pm. Admission: $2 (adults), $1 (children below 12). Pay at museum entrance. TOMORROW PUBLIC LECTURE THE WORLD OF SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF A NOBEL LAUREATE. In English and Mandarin, by renown Chinese physicist C. N. Yang. World Trade Centre Auditorium. 7.30 pm.
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      • 999 23 I Radio One Tune m to the 'live' broadcast of the Malaysia Cup '86 match m which Singapore plays against Malacca (5.05 pm). 5.58 AM Nationa! Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 Another Morning, Another Show 7.00 News And Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another
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      • 231 24 storage box m #m^ Li (j^ >j^ FJELLDAL sofe-bed m white /^v f^ DrowTl r^i IC^ with mattress set m various colours jsi9^L^ tb X"V V^l K^V r l I-< Sr'LTAN FAST wooden j|ime spring X^-^ ifJ^J /f j t -C~ FJELLDAL bed ililBWi^BIlllHHHBBr -A. Vy v-/ mattress with beech
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      • 159 24 JlSljfcjLjjyL&JU; j ■MY VIEW CATHERINE ONG (Ch 5 and Ch 12 programmes), LEONG WENG KAM (Ch 8 programmes) A touch of something special from King Hu Chinese Cinema A Touch Of Zen (Part I) (Ch 8, II pm): THIS is no run-of-the-mill gongfu flick. Directed by King Hu m 1972,
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      • 136 24 A special agent visits the fort and provokes Yang to a duel. Gu then learns that Yang is the daughter of a court official who had been killed by his colleagues. The rest of the story is about how Yang tries to avenge her father's death and how her enemies
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      • 99 24 jh M 4 B- *«Bi Hf .JHb^^ «wv iBBBy _s A?^^B Bj^^B w SOB By «hS Hbv <-.-^J v it x w |p m Xv Feng (right) is a spunky swordswoman m King Hu's epic narrative, A Touch Of Zen (Ch 8, 10 pm). him m the midst of a
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      • 45 24 Merlion City: Traditional Entertainment Indian Dance and Dondang Sayang (Ch 5, 7 pm) Miss Carolyn Chin, an American-Chinese research assistant who was m Singapore and happened to tune m to this new documentary, found to her surprise that she became fascinated with the Chinese opera.
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      • 60 24 "Chinese opera music used to grate on me but now that I understand it's history and form, I might even attend a performance," she said. I wasn't very interested m Chinese opera either. But last week's programme was so well put together that I sat through it and emerged enlightened.
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      • 803 24 dian dance and Dondang Sayang should also be as educational and entertaining. Focus SI (Ch 8, t.SI pm): This fortnightly Chinese current affairs programme features the forthcoming general election m the Philippines and the Third Asian Aerospace 1986 Show m Singapore. I QPP C All programmes ir [ngksh unless otherwise
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      • 152 24 Pop Hits From The Night Studio (Ch 8, 8.3$ pm): More stars from Japan entertain with their pop hits m tonight's edition of this musical series. They include Hiromi Go, Hiromi Iwasaki, Anzen Chidai. Sachiko Kobayashi and Hiroshi Itsuki. Give Us A Cine (Ch 5, fc»pm) Television charades are nothing
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