The Straits Times, 20 January 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 562 1 9,000 feared dead or wounded; Marxist President flees country BAHRAIN, Sunday SOUTH Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed appeared to have been ousted today after a week-long battle with fellow Marxists which some sources said had left at least 9,000 dead or wounded. Aden Radio broadcast a
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  • 461 1 FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister S. Dhanabalan said yasterday that Singapore would support Thailand's proposal for an Asean summit meeting but did not disclose any further details. Mr Dhanabalan, who is also the Community Development Minister, said: "The idea is still nebulous and vague. But the
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  • 322 1 Few firms have retirement benefits for execs MOST Singaporean executives will not get any retrenchment benefit if they lose their jobs. Only 30 per cent of 360 companies provide retrenchment payments for executives, according to a survey last year on fringe benefits for Singaporean executives. Nearly half of the companies
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  • 194 1 GUATEMALA CITY, Sun. A plane carrying tourists to the ruins of an ancient Mayan city crashed m northern Guatemala yesterday, killing all 90 people aboard. The French-built Caravelle jet was circling a jungle landing strip when it slammed into a cloudshrouded mountain
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  • 375 1  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM By /a/ira/'ta Correspondent JAKARTA, Sun. The Indonesian government has urged a consortium of donor countries assisting Jakarta's development to further extend concessionary loans m view of the country's current economic difficulties. Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, who returned today from a tour of
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  • 98 1 THE man behind far theme songs of some SBC Mandarin drama serials turned singer last night and was proclaimed Best Male Vocalist In the amateur section of this year's SBC Chinese Talentime. National serviceman Lee Wei Shiong, 19, has composed songs for such serials
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  • 394 1  - Tokyo says Moscow has yielded on key point PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Sun. Japan claimed today it had wrested a significant concession from the Soviet Union m a 40--year-old dispute over four islands seized by Russian troops at the end of World War H. According to Japan's interpretation
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  • 54 1 THE Second Deputy Prime Minister and National Trades Union Congress Secretary-General, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, will visit Indonesia next month to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between the Singapore and Indonesian labour movements. While he is m Indonesia, Mr Ong will also attend the annual meeting of the
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    • 69 1 BOYCOTT THREAT LONDON, Sun. Chinese badminton players have been accused of deliberately losing to their team-mates to give them easier passages through tournaments, and this could lead to a boycott of international events. Players from other countries are to meet during the Japanese Open m Tokyo next week to consider
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    • 316 2 Claims 'questionable' ONE SEGMENT of a recent SBC documentary, Friday Background, suggested that the health of parking attendants was affected by the excessively-high carbon monoxide levels m underground car parks. Spokesmen from the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Labour have responded by saying that the documentary
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    • 190 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: LACK of discipline at theatres and concerts continues to concern the Ministry of Community Development, and caused it to issue a statement reminding the public of etiquette at performances. There are two points that are worth making: First that the larger audience should not be
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    • 168 2 PROMET'S FUTURE HINGES ON RESULT OF CHIEFS' SHOWDOWN THURSDAY is a crucial day for marine, property and oil exploration group, Promet. The results of the "showdown" between Promet Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Ibrahim Mohamed and Managing Director Brian Chang may well decide whether the wings of the high-flyer have
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    • 86 2 HOW TO KEEP NOISE DOWN EXPRESSWAYS have fast become a common sight m Singapore. A reader has written m with some suggestions to alleviate the noise nuisance affecting residents m the blocks of flats at the sides of these roadways. Another reader, meanwhile, issues an appeal to the authorities
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    • 330 2 Asian mobs growing THE IMAGE of the Asian immigrant as a "model minority" m the United States is being tarnished by the apparent growth of organised crime within some Asian communities. Law enforcement officers are increasingly concerned over the activities of Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese gangs m
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    • 181 2 Around Asean... and Across the Causeway Bleak year ahead INDONESIAN INDUSTRY, after a bad year m most areas, is facing even bleaker prospects for 1986 with little hope for boosting employment, say bankers and diplomats m Jakarta. Entire industrial sectors are m danger of collapse without government help, they add.
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    • 325 2 Staking claim m Cup PAUL WALSH is well aware that one bad game for Liverpool will probably mean his instant banishment to the reserves. And that is why, for the present anyway, the free-scoring young soccer striker is remaining on the transfer list despite taking his goal tally to
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    • 382 2 Treat squints early HAVING a crossed eye is no laughing matter. Apart from the embarrassment caused to the person, this visual malfunction can lead to severe, irreversible loss of vision if left untreated. According to opthalmologists at the Singapore General Hospital, a defect spotted early can be put
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  • around the WORLD
    • 428 3 Economic reforms led to bigger changes than expected BEIJING, Sun. China's economic reforms resulted m bigger changes than predicted last year, and there will be a pause m the reform programme this year, Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang has said. Chinese newspapers yesterday
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    • 271 3 NEW DELHI, Sun. Indian businessmen and politicians have stashed away about US$2O billion (5542.8 billion) of untaxed money m secret Swiss bank accounts, a leading columnist reported today. Mr Kuldip Nayar said m the Tribune newspaper that India's Finance Ministry has abandoned plans to
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    • 347 3  -  KOICHI ISHIYAMA By Tokyo Reporter One tramp, who asked not to be identified, said with a grin: "I do not have any problem m making a living. I sleep m a subway promenade and the food left by restaurants and bars are great. "I
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    • 167 3 ISLAMABAD, Son. A quarter of a million people, living m camps since Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan almost 15 years ago, may soon realise their dream of moving to Pakistan thanks to huge rehabilitation lands raised by voluntary organisations, Informed sources said here. Known as
      AFP  -  167 words
    • 321 3 US senator helps two Viets reunite with mum picture. 6 THE Vietnamese, I think, are excellent negotiators and mattors at understanding and using Amori- can public opin- ion. Congressman Bob McEwen, remarking on how the Vietnamese had kept the release of the children quiet until the end of the two-day
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    • 123 3 Call to execute corrupt party officials BEIJING, Sun. A member of China's ruling Politburo called today for corrupt communist party officials to be executed to show that the leadership meant business m its antigraft campaign. The official People's Daily quoted Politburo member Hu Qili as saying the party must place
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    • 46 3 ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast), Sun. The neighbouring West African governments of Mali and Burkina Faso yesterday agreed to withdraw their troops to the positions before hostilities broke out on Christmas Day. The accord was announced m a communique after .a summit meeting "Jure. AP
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    • 268 4 Blacks in US better off, says Reagan WASHINGTON, Sun. President Ronald Reagan, speaking before the first national holiday to commemorate the 57th birthday of Rev Martin Luther King, the assassinated Black leader, yesterday said the position of Black Americans had improved under his government and called for a "truly colourblind
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    • 125 4 Shuttle ends its troubled flight EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE (California), Sun. The space shuttle Columbia touched down m the California desert yesterday, ending a mission plagued by delays, technical troubles and sheer bad luck. Columbia and its crew of seven landed here after bad weather prevented a Florida touchdown for
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    • 204 4 NEW YORK, Sun. A Manhattan resident was arrested last night m connection with the European abduction of an Arab billionaire's brother. Mustafa Zein, 43, was arrested at his home yesterday on kidnapping charges, said Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman Joe Valiquette.
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    • 328 4 Crime wave among Asians in US mars 'model' image WASHINGTON, Sun. The image of the Asian immigrant as a "model minority" m the United States is being tarnished by the apparent growth of organised crime within some Asian communities. Concern over the activities of Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese gangs m
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    • 199 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Snn. The Apple Computer Company has settled ont of court a lawsuit against co-founder Steve Jobs that accused him of stealing trade secrets and luring away Apple employees to his new company, it was announced yesterday. The lawsuit was filed last September after
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    • 77 4 Instant answers NEW YORK, Sun. A telephone services company m Omaha, Nebraska, is to hire 1,800 people to handle 50,000 telephone calls per day from people seeking information about an offer by Kodak to exchange 16.9 million instant cameras based on a system copied from a competitor. These instant cameras,
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    • 27 4 VENICE, Sun. Fire swept through a department store near Venice's Grand Canal, killing four people and injuring 12, hospital officials said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 400 5 WASHINGTON, Sun PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan would soon issue an executive order pledging to fight terrorism through all legal means but avoiding the issue of when military action would be used, a government official said yesterday. The order would follow recommendations from a
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    • 292 5 DAMASCUS, Sun. A senior Palestinian guerilla leader says that Abu Nidal, the Palestinian accused of having organised the Rome and Vienna airport massacres, receives various types of support from conservative Arab countries as well as radical movements. Any state that finds it
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    • 176 5 4 die as Lesotho forces crush mutiny MASERU, Sun. Lesotho's armed forces have crushed an insurrection within their ranks over the last 48 hours, it was announced here last night. The Information Minister, Mr Desmond Sixishe, said four people were killed during the insurrection, two of them mutineers. He said
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    • 180 5 TRIPOLI, Sun. A British "tax hostage" held In Libya for more than two years because his former employers owe £1 million (513.15 million In I Jbyan taxes has found a Job as gatekeeper at the Italian Embassy. Mr Malcolm Pike, 32, from Blandford, Dorset,
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    • 296 5 Fighting worsens in Uganda with bombings KAMPALA, Sun. Fighting on the outskirts of Kampala between government troops and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) escalated yesterday with artillery and rocket fire from both sides and the army using a helicopter to bomb enemy positions. An unconfirmed report said the army helicopter
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    • 67 5 SAN SALVADOR, Sun. About 8,000 people marched through San Salvador yesterday to protest against an economic austerity package the government of President Jose Napoleon Duarte is expected to announce next week. The massive protest came as leftist guerillas stormed electricity towers m the northern and eastern sections
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    • 351 6 Envoy sent out to talk to Hussein and Peres WASHINGTON, Sunday THE Reagan administration, seeking to break the impasse on Arab-Israeli peace talks, has sent its top Middle East official on an unannounced trip to Europe for talks with King Hussein of Jordan
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    • 127 6 LONDON, Sun. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government is planning to sell Britain's major airports to the private sector for an expected £5M million (Ssl.s billion). The government, which unveiled its Airports BUI recently m Parliament, plans to sell seven airports as part of its
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    • 289 6 STOCKHOLM. Sunday FRENCH President Francois Mitterrand prodded Soviet officials into allowing the son and moth-er-in-law of self-exiled Russian Him director Andrei Tarkovsky to come to the West and they were preparing for a reunion today m Paris, friends said yesterday. Ms Irena Elkonin-Jo-hansson, speaking
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    • 49 6 picture. THE sign says "No Diving", and to make sure people stay clear of this frozen pond, Larry Goldoo of North Platte, Nebraska, has stack a mannequin, feet np (complete with ice-skates), in it. In warmer weather, the manneqntn to ontfltted with what elm? flippers.
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    • 226 6 LONDON, Sun. A European consortium bidding for a stake m West land, the troubled British helicopter manufacturer, yesterday said it had asked for a meeting with the company's board of directors after shareholders rejected a rival bid by Sikorsky of the United States and Fiat
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    • 339 6 Group of Five ministers silent on meeting LONDON, Sun. Finance ministers of the Group of Five leading industrial democracies last night drew a veil of secrecy over a meeting at which they are widely thought to be debating a move to bring down interest rates m concert. Officials said the
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    • 109 6 NEW YORK, Son. Millionaire Aldo Gucci, whose father founded the world-famous Gucci leather goods business, yesterday pleaded guilty to evading US$7.4 million (8115.58 million) m US taxes. He agreed to pay the entire amount due, made a downpayment of US$l million and was
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 388 7 1986 'a bleaker Suharto JAKARTA, Sun. INDONESIAN industry, after a bad year m most areas, is facing even bleaker prospects for 1986 with little hope for boosting employment, bankers and diplomats here say. Entire industrial sectors are m danger of collapse without government help, they add. The government had been
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    • 286 7 picture. TAGBILARAN (Philippines), Sun. President Ferdinand Marcos said today he had heard rumours that the opposition would stage a mock ambush or kidnapping of presidential candidate Corazon Aquino to gain the sympathy of Filipinos m next month's election. With bandages on both hands
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    • 49 7 ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Sou. A grenade exploded m metres (ram opposition presidential candidate Corason Aquino as she addressed an election rally In this violence-torn southern city today, bat police said no one was hart Mrs Aquino said later she had been AFP told car tyre had exploded.
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    • 143 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. The United States has reached an agreement to site military bases on Belaa In the Soath Pacific as possible replacements for Its politically-threat-ened bases m the Philippines. A State Department spokesman said yesterday that the agreement still had to be approved by
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    • 240 7 'Likely pardon' for suspected plotters The Thai abortive coup BANGKOK, Sun. The Thai government is likely to grant amnesty to suspected coup plotters now on trial m order to avert a major political conflict, a Cabinet minister was today quoted as saying. The Bangkok Post newspaper quoted the unidentified minister
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    • 54 7 JAKARTA, Sun. Indonesia and Australia are to sign an agreement here tomorrow on Australian aid of A511.7 million (5517.31 million) for the development of polytechnics m Indonesia. The Australian embassy said the accord would be signed by Indonesian Education Minister Fuad Hasan and his Australian counter-
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    • 89 7 US to sell Indonesia eight F- 16s: Report JAKARTA, Sun. The United States has agreed to sell eight F-16 fighters to the Indonesian Air Force. The armed forces daily said m a front-page report yesterday that the decision was made last month. The report, which quoted an unnamed diplomat, did
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 407 8 It will look into complaints against journalists KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A media advisory panel to investigate complaints against journalists and newspapers will be set up by the Malaysian Organisation of Newspaper Editors (MONE) m a bid to improve the standard of journalism m
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    • 132 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Son. Umno Youth leader Anwar Ibrahim has rejected rumours that a number of top National Front (NF) leaders are Involved m the !H52.5 billion Bmnlpntra Malaysia Finance (BMF) loans scandal. He said snch stories spread by certain groups m
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    • 187 8 Foreign firm 'flooding market with broilers' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A Bangkok-based poultry company, reported to have control of about 60 per cent of the market m Thailand, is believed to be behind a move to flood the Malaysian market with chicken broilers, Malaysian Poultry Farm Association sources claim today. They
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    • 54 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen has expressed hopes that West Germany's Heidelberg Unversity will make available places for Malaysian students. He had expressed this to senior members of the university during a three-day official visit to West Germany, the minister said on
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    • 239 8 Building industry to take in those laid off RAUB, Sun. More than 50,000 private sector workers who have been retrenched are expected to be absorbed by the building industry m the government's plans to build about 80,000 low-cost houses this year. Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government Puan Napsiah
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    • 85 8 IT'S "operation sandbag" as these workers from the Mfll million beach hotel Pantoi Primula man the shovels. The men are filling gunny sacks with sand to help stop soil erosion caused by the fierce waves of the South China Sea. As a result, the hotel (background),
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    • 297 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun BANK Negara is looking into complaints that several commercial banks are deliberately delaying the clearing of cheques m order to cheat customers of daily interest on their savings. The central bank's adviser, Mr C. Narandram, said: "We have received some
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    • 254 8 World Bank willing to up loans to Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia has a high credit-rating m the world's financial markets and will continue to do so because of its strong economy, a World Bank Vice-President, Mr Attila Karaosmanoglu, said today. In view oi Malaysia's credit-worthiness, he said the World
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    • 81 8 SANDAKAN, Sun. Plans are said to be afoot by some people m Sabah to form a new Chinese-based party m the state which will co-oper-ate with the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno) and an unnamed Kada-zan-based party. Sources said today the proposed party, to be known as
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    • 77 8 No-visa business visits JAKARTA, Sun. Businessmen from a total of 29 countries would m future be able to visit Indonesia for up to two months without a business visa, the government said yesterday. The concession applied to working businessmen and stay without a visa could not be extended beyond the
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    • 200 9  - C inning's a breeze for brother and sister YAP YEW PIANG Students Hua Chiang and Hua Lin sweep top prizes at kite festival Picture by SIOW HUA CHIANG and his sister Hoa Lin made winning seem a breeze as they swept the top prizes at the Ute festival yesterday. Hoa
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    • 320 9  -  BURESH NAIR By THE sister of flight instructor Aloysius Wong Kune Mun, whose plane crashed m Conway, South Carolina, on Wednesday, is preparing to fly to the United States to visit him. Dr Wong Sau Mci, 27, is expected to go straight
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    • 89 9 ANGLO-Chinese School will be celebrating its 100 th year m March with a number of activities. ACS and Methodist Girls' Schools students will spend three months cleaning up a beach. About 100 past and present sportsmen are being sought by the school principals for a 100-km
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    • 379 9  - More firms recruiting NUS graduates JUNE TAN By two years," said an IBM spokesman. For other employers, holding recruitment talks is an annual exercise. The Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, for example, holds recruitment talks at the NUS every year. Another is the Public Utilities Board, which held a talk at
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    • 82 9 A SALES manager died instantly after the car he was driving crashed into a stationary prime mover at Sims Avenue on Saturday. Police said Mr Heng Chiang Kwang, 34, of Block 71, Bedok North Road, was travelling towards Paya Lebar Road at 2.2.
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    • 519 9  -  DAVID TOH 'Too many questions unanswered m programme' Stories by TWO ministries have responded to a recent episode of the SBC documentary, Friday Background, which dealt with the issue of carbon monoxide (CO) levels m underground car parks. The documentary, televised on Jan 3, contained
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    • 224 9 ABE oar basement car parks really stuffy, with poor air circulation and excessive levels of carbon monoxide? Do underground car park attendants suffer from the physical effects of inhaling carbon monoxide (CO) dally? The Straits Times made a tour of some underground car parks
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    • 88 9 EMPLOYERS should do more to help their workers cope with excessive smoking, drinking, stress and other health threats. Dr Oon Chong Hau, head of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and coordinator of the Multiphasic Health Screening Program at the Singapore General Hospital,
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    • 420 10  - Bright career awaits 'stars' LEONG WENG KAM This year's Chinese Talentime a closely-fought affair By A BRIGHT career m show-business awaits the five young Singaporeans who took the top spots m the keenlycontested finals of this year's SBC Chinese Talentime held last night. Besides walking away with trophies and handsome
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    • 467 10  - Nobel laureate Prof Yang pulls in the crowd GRACE CHNG By cdvb THERE was excitement m the World Trade Centre last night. People hurried across the lobby of the WTC, and squeezed into the lifts, although not so much because they wanted to hear a world-class scientist giving a talk
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    • 254 10 SAF offers 300 Poly scholarships THE SAF wants to sponsor about 3M young people with GCE O level qualifications for technical education at Ngee Ann and Singapore polytechnics. The awards are for courses m electro-mechan-ical engineering and electronic engineering. These are tenable at Ngee Ann. Four other courses are available
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    • Article, Illustration
      261 11 Chief executives miss out on some fringe benefits THE Singaporean chief, executive is not getting many of the perks normally associated with his position. Company ca^s are common for the top brass. But very lew get a share of the profits made by their companies. Only a
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    • 287 11  - Quieter time for Chinatown during this year's light-up LEE SIEW HUA By COMMUNITY leaders from Kreta Ayer have decided to have quieter Lunar New Year celebrations during this year's Chinatown light-up. After the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board announced that no cultural shows would be staged during the light-up, from Feb
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    • 129 11 'Compile history of labour and unions' FERN Toh Pau, a monthly Chinese publication of the National Trades Union Congress, can play a role m collecting historical material of Singapore labour and trade unions. This point was made by Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs) Chin Ham Tong at a Lunar New
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    • 260 11 A SHORTAGE of volunteer aftercare officers (VAOs) has forced the Singapore Anti-Narcot-ics Association (Sana) to resort to group counselling m rehabilitating former drag addicts. The groan sessions, with one VAO counselling It to 12 former addicts, started last week at eight police stations Central,
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    • 318 12  -  VALERIE LEE 40 inquiries but only one kept appointment By A NEW sex counselling service run by the Family Planning Association of Singapore (SFPA) has run into a teething problem callers who want to be heard but not seen. Since it started about two
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    • 206 12 FOURTEEN blocks of Housing Board flats m Kirn Keat constituency will have warning signboards to ward off criminals. The first signboard at Block 228 In Lorong 8, Toa Payoh, was travelled yesterday by the Second Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Kirn Keat,
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    • 228 12 FOUR artistes will take the stage on Jan 30 to receive the Cultural Medallion Awards for 1965. The winners come from the fields of art, drama, literature and photograThere were no nominees m the dance category last year, compared with the 30 nominations the
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    • 146 12 CABBIE Liow Poh Meng thought he was going to make some money when a passenger directed him to go to Yishun from Clementi. At the end of the journey, the fare meter read $15.80. The passenger, however, handed him a wrist watch and promised
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    • 285 13 Services Sub-committee report Warehousing and distribution SINGAPORE should establish a cargo city to enhance its reputation as a warehousing and distribution centre. This city, to be set up m a free trade zone, will centralise warehousing and distribution facilities dealing with importing, storage and
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    • 133 13 Call to set up maritime R D institute Sea transport A MARITIME research and development institute should be set up to help the sea transport sector. As a start, the Government could inject $2 million as a one-time research grant and $200,000 annually m its formative years. The institute, to
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    • 309 13 Computer services SINGAPORE should aim to become one of the five biggest computerised nations m the world, the Computer Services Working Group said m its report. To achieve this, major policy changes are needed while private sector companies should be allowed to
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    • 157 13 Air transport THE Mass Rapid Transit line should be extended to Changl Airport to attract more In Its recommendation to the Government, the Air Transport Working Group, headed by Mr Llm Hock San of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, has also suggested the
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    • 219 13  -  LIM K WAN KWAN By EVEN after 38 years on the job, Mr Qu Teng is still meticulous at work m the production department of morning daily Lianhe Zaobao. As a paste-up man, he arranges articles, headlines and pictures on the pages
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    • 112 13 A NEWLY-WED carpenter died instantly when he was run over by a lorry along Woodlands Road last Saturday. Mr Pek Seng Kee, 34, from Ulu Tiram, Johor, was on his way to work at 6.55 am when his motorcycle skidded at a bend neaF
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  • 503 14 The Straits Times says Harmonising cultural interests A NATION of immigrants is an assembly of various cultures with its groups of people having their own ideas of "life, the universe and everything". Although these differing cultural values may not clash, they may not naturally harmonise either. For a place like
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  • 1332 14 How workers face up to retrenchment We can't be choosy workers 4 The setting up of the Job Placement Unit by NTUC it good for retrenched workers in that it can help them to get alternative jobs quickly. The workers, however,
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  • 132 14 Every job-seeker can find work ministry HOPE is at hand for retrenched workers at the Labour Ministry. According to the ministry, there is a job awaiting every new jobseeker. Ministry officials who run the Employment Service Department feel that every job-seeker can find a job, as there are as many
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  • Regional comment
    • 621 14 Editorial headlined, Dissent doesn't equal rebellion, published m The Sunday Star of Malaysia on Jan 12. THERE is something m the Malaysian psyche that shies away from public expression of disagreement. Call it Asian diffidence or cultural politeness, it is a single-minded pursuit of
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    • 327 14 Editorial headlined, A vacant post, published m The Jakarta Post on Jan 15. SINCE Ambassador John H. Holdridge left Jakarta about two weeks ago at the end of his assignment here, the post of the United States envoy to Indonesia has been
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 1223 15  -  LIAK TENG KIAT Uphill task as US Congress reopens By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON: When congressmen return to work here this Wednesday, they will find on their agenda issues ranging from toxic clean-up to trade and from tax reform to whether Senate proceedings should
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    • 342 15 Family commitments make finding another job urgent Retrenchment From Page 14 responded. This indicates that those above 40, who are usually those with families and school-going children, need an alternative job more urgently than the younger workers. Mr Muthu, 45, had been a bus conductor for 20 years. He was
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    • 920 15  - Plan for free port threatens innocence of the Andamans JAGDISH BHATIA By writing for the Far Eastern Economic Review PORT BLAIR: The Andaman and Nicobar islands, which stretch like a 700 km-long string of emeralds m the Bay of Bengal, some 1,200 km from the Indian mainland, have weathered many
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    • 940 15 ffff Half Marathon The Desaru Half Marathon '86 is organised by Lembaga Kemajuan Johor Tenggara [KEJORA] and assisted by Johore Amateur Athletic Association and is under the patronage of the Menteri Besar of Johore. Date Sunday 2nd March, 1986 Time 7.00 am Start/Finish Desaru Complex, Desaru, Johore [about 90 km
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  • FORUM
    • 15 16 A more common sight these days expressways going past blocks of flats
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    • 179 16 Speed traps will help curb noise I WOULD like to make the following suggestions to minimise the level of traffic noise along expressways close to residential areas: 1. More speed traps should be set up m these areas, especially m the early mornings. Drivers and motorcyclists tend to speed during
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    • 400 16 PLEASE allow me to respond to your reader "You Can't Have The Cake And Eat It" (ST, Jan 11), who commented on the letter "roo much noise from the expressway" by "Let There Be Peace and Quiet." (ST, Jan 2). There are people
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    • 319 16 Reply to letter on expressway safety WE refer to the letter "Expressways are not places for dangerous habits" by "Concerned Motorist Part H". (ST, Dec 19). We would like to thank the writer for his views and interest m road safety. Expressway driving is
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    • More replies
      • 61 16 PLEASE refer to the letter "Don't tax sum" by "Taxpayer". (ST, Jan 6). Payments for compensation for loss of office do not attract tax. However, income disguised as retrenchment benefits will be taxable. If "Taxpayer" will telephone me on *****06, I will be happy to review
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      • 66 16 I REFER to the letter "Job-seeker had no chance at all" by "Observer". (ST, Jan 13). It is regretted that such an incident has taken place, due to miscommunication between the interviewer and interviewee. The society has always treated its interviewees seriously. It regrets any inconvenience caused
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      • 236 16 PLEASE refer to the letter "Course should have been better planned". (ST, Jan 9). Mr Douglas Choo referred to the scheduling of the session plan for the certificate m computer programming course and his request to change his training schedule. Part I of the
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    • HDB replies
      • 200 16 Project to speed up sale of season tickets PLEASE refer to the letter "Issue and collect" by "Displeased" (ST, Jan 6), who complained of having to go to two counters at the area office m order to purchase a season parking ticket. During the sale of these tickets, the motorist's
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      • 127 16 PLEASE refer to the letter "Mosquitoes make a comeback with project" by "Victim" (ST, Dec 28), who complained about the mosquitoes and air and noise pollution m Jalan Bahagia. We have backfilled the excavated trenches and graded the ground to prevent the stagnation of water.
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    • 493 16 YOUR reader (ST, Jan 10) who believes that not many governments would have performed as well m adversity as the Singapore Government is quite right m his conclusion. The Government deserves to be congratulated on handling the present economic situation on
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    • 293 16 I REFER to the exchange between the opposition MP for Potong Pasir. Mr Chiam See Tong, and the Minister for Home Affairs and Second Law Minister, Professor S. Jayakumar, during the debate m Parliament on the Betting (Amendment) Bill recently. (ST, Jan 11).
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • 288 17  -  Lui Khang By CONBPLANT: Building up like a pressure cooker, this stock's price is moving into the apex of a wedge-like formation. Closing at $2.07, it is moving along the very strong upward resistance level. A definite direction should be established during the next trading week.
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    • 822 17  -  DOREEN SOH Group's future hinges on outcome of 'battle' By THURSDAY is a crucial day for marine, property and oil exploration group, Promet. The results of the "showdown" between Promet Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Ibrahim Mohamed and Managing Director Brian Chang may well decide whether
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    • Happenings
      • 14 17 Declining minimum lending rates of banks Timeschart^ Sv^--J_--^Soorc«: MAS Monthly Statistical Butletin, November 1985
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      • 274 17 This week I Jm 21 to SI: Managers of small and medium enterI prises can attend a "ManI agement Assistant Programme for Small and Medium Enterprises" at the National Productivity I Board. The course will cover management skills, management accounting and I cost control. Organised by the Na- tional Productivity
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      • 348 17 MISS Chin Kwee Frag has been promoted to marketing manager, Pharma division, Roche Singapore Pte Ltd. Miss Chin was formerly the sales manager, a position she has held since July, 1964. She is now responsible for the marketing of Roche's pharmaceutical specialities m Singapore and Brunei. Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore,
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    • 380 17  -  DEUCE GAN By m Stockholm SWEDISH investments and investment commitments m Singapore increased last year over 1984 despite the Republic's poor economic performance, reflecting continued business confidence here. Direct Swedish investments m Singapore rose by almost four times, according to figures released by
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    • 481 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Promet Chairman Tan Sri Ibrahim Mohamed today said he was prepared to face the shareholders at the Jan 23 extraordinary general meeting which was being convened to consider a move to oust him from the board. He said m an
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    • 181 17 HONGKONG, Sun. The government has approved new rules that give the Commissioner for Securities expanded powers over stock trading and require timely disclosure of corporate information by public companies. The rules, which go into effect on Feb 1, give the commissioner power to
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 27 18 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) r c 5 (20) $5,071 ($43,432) sept 85 Metal Ctainers -<-) $8,340 L ($2,993 L) June 85
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      • 19 18 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Temerloh 13 (3.3) M 51,573 ($2,619) Oct 85
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      • 9 18 Chin Teck: Proposed bonus issue of one-for-four.
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      • 517 18 C X Tang Ltd has changed its financial year-end from Dec 31 to Mar 31. DBS Bank has launched its telephone banking service to all personal account holders. Duff Developments has purchased 15 million shares m MBf Holdings for Ms 36 million. Duff has also entered into agreements
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    • 30 18 Financial fines Industrials Friday 1118.7 (1113.2) Dow Jones Industrials Friday 1536.70 (1541.63) Nftkei Stock Average Saturday *****.78 (*****.70) (Figures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day)
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    • 143 18 TOKYO, Sun. Share prices posted a minor gain on the Tokyo stock market this week m lacklustre trading. The Nikkei Stock Average finished at 13,009.70 yen on Friday for a meagre 11.49-yen gain from a week earlier during the holiday-shortened week. Trading was thin as many investors held aloof
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    • 233 18 Jan 17 US$ Chan* Akoa 39% Allied Chem Cp 45* Allis-Chalmers 4 +Vt Am Tel Tel 22% -W Amax Inc 14% -H Amr Corp 44W Bethlehem Srt 16* Boeing Co 47% Burroughs Cp 61V4 -1% CoterpXor Co 43M. Chose Manhtn 78 Chrysler Cp 42* +M. Citicorp 51W -W
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    • 311 18 Jan 18 Yen Chanfe Aunomoto 1180 unch Ako. 395 -1 Amodo 788 +6 As-ohiChem 788 -5 Asohi Glass 890 -6 Book of ToVyo 725 +5 Bridgestone 517 -I Conon 1130 +10 Casio 1790 +50 Citizen 464 -1 Doiei 882 +2 DaHchi Kangyo !510 -20 D Nippon Print 1 320
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    • Overseas markets'weekly round-up
      • 465 18 New York Slow trading predicted until court decides on Bill NEW YORK, Sun. In the weeks and months ahead, many Wall Street analysts believe the course of the stock and bond markets will be set by the legal progress of a law mandating
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      • 166 18 HONGKONG, Sun. The local stock market got off to a sluggish start this week, bat picked up later with the Hang Seng Index finishing over the 1,800 mark for the second week running. The index closed on Friday at 1 .8 M.86 ,1.18 points off from last Friday's finish
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      • 92 18 SYDNEY, Sun. Australian share markets continued their bullish New Year surge, closing the week at record levels despite a fall on Tuesday following worse than expected December balance of payments figures. At the close of the week's trading, the All-Ordi-naries Index had risen 23 points on the previous week's
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      • 171 18 LONDON, San. Share prices edged marginally lower en the London stock market, with Investors still nervous over last week's government decision to raise Interest rates. The Financial Times Share Price Index of 31 Industrials closed 1.1 points lower over the week at 1,118.7. "Frayed nerves In the stock market
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    • 539 18 Lan 17 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 265 -1 Ass Doiries BTRPLC 373 unch Babcocks 170 unc Barclays 467 +15 Beechom 323 -2 BICC 263 +10 Blue Circle 563 unch BOC&oup 284 +2 Boots 234 unch Bowater 283 unch BATS 333 -3 Britannia 138 unch BP 546 -4 B Telecom
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    • 2842 18 M shares quoted have a par value of $1. unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rithts. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dolars. 1985/86 Last Yield Net Vo) Week Htyi Low Company Sale Chanji! P/E ('000)
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 306 19 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 5 1 5 4% 5 Monthly 5Vi Autosave 4 1 Fixed deposit 1 month 4V* 4V4 4 4 V 4 1 2 months 4V, (l) 3 months 4Vi 4V4 4 V* 4%(1) 6 months 4 1 4'/_ 4V4 4'/ 2
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      • 458 19 BANKS' prime lending Bank 8 rates at the close of busi- g« IK ness on Friday 17. Hab(b Bank gI/i Hokkaido Takushoku 1M Bank PLR Hongkong Shanghai Pi oJq Indian Bank 8 1 < ft SSSTS— IM 7 setae*, m u e s r.n n ;r n> Asia
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      • 181 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average r« deposit rates for the $> \m a 1 month 7Vfe 7 week ended 1/ Jan. 3 months 6% 6V4 Wpoirrc months 6% 6V2 "<«*» 12 months 6 9/16 6Vi US$ «|h i-ow Stetfnf 7 days 8% 8 1/16 M(h Low 1 month BV4 8
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      • 155 19 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 lOOuntts of foreign currency Austrian
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      • 29 19 Ctosiij pricts Spore XL cents cents S/kilo M/kiio Jan 13 156.00 180.50 Jan 14 157.25 182.00 Jan 15 157.50 182.50 Jan 16 158.00 183.00 Jan 17 159.50 184.00
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      • 25 19 Ctoiinf Turnover TM pricn Tomts Gtnts (M)/kilo S/kilo M/kilo Jan 13 susp Jan 14 susp Jan 15 susp Jan 16 susp Jan 17 susp
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      • 185 19 THE greenback finished the week on a mixed note m anticipation of the G-5 meeting m London this weekend. The market fell on remarks by West German Economics Minister that US Treasury Secretary James Baker wants the G-5 countries to discuss co-ordinated interest rate cuts. However, the greenback finned
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      • 62 19 IN LONDON, traders described the rubber market as "very steady" this week. Values moved ahead to their highest for three months on good buying interest and news of a shortage of raw material m the Far East. The steadier market gave the International Natural Rubber Organisation's buffer stock manager
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      • 60 19 FIRM. Prices reached their highest since October last year m sympathy with gold evidence that silver still reacts as a precious metal despite arguments to the contrary from London Brokers Shearson Lehman and others. Shearson said because of oversupply, silver is now acting more like a base metal, responding
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      • 52 19 STEADY. Values reached their highest for four months early m the week and continued higher on weaker sterling, reports of Japanese buying and strength m New York where the metal pushed through resistance levels. Profit-taking set m later, but investment fund buying underpinned sentiment and prices closed off their
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      • 51 19 FIRMER. Prices reached their highest for more than six months on good fundamental factors and bullish sentiment m New York, helped by weak sterling and despite aggressive selling m midweek. US producers sold out of both January and February supplies, traders said, with some becoming net buyers of metal.
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      • 9 19 THE tin market remained suspended until further notice.
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      • 236 19 THE dramatic gold price surge was the highlight of the financial markets last week. The metal was momentarily dealt at US$3BO an ounce during Thursday's European trading. Many factors, such as fears of inflation and Middle East tensions, were rationalised on hindsight by analysts to explain the
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      • 21 19 Buyhf Sefni Mglwst-LowKt «|twst-Low«t Ss/pn Ss/pn Bank of China Unav Unav OUB 24.20—23.05 24.35 23.20 UOB 24.57 23.03 24.72-23.18
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      • 18 19 GOLD USJ/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 354.00 355.00 359.25 360.25 Fri Thurs New York 355.50 356.50 356.10—356.60
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    • 544 19 SNp (Voyaie) fcr Lexa MS (8602) 20/1 (2330) A Alabama (7) 21/1 (2300) Ming Fortune (16E) 20/1 (1600) Hamburg E (72/503) 20/1 (2100) Jannu (812) 21/1 (0200) Anson (*****N) 21/1 (1300) G Petrenko (36CE85) 21/1 (0800) B Angsana (211) 21/1 (0900) Chung Lie (601) 21/1 (1030) Tambang VII
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Gambela Kl9 aside 20/1 Equator 3 K22 20/1 21/1 Jenson 4 K23 20/1 21/1 Pask Panjang Pomex Pioneer PIA aside 20/1 Frankfurt Express P2B aside 20/1 Gulf Daoud P2B 20/1 21/1 Mikhail Vlaciimirskiy P4A 20/1 21/1 Porer P3 20/1 22/1 Putra
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    • 430 20 SIME Darby Bhd, the largest multinational corporation m Malaysia and Singapore, has acquired the Perth-based Mortlock Brothers. Sime, which still depends on rubber and palm oil plantations for most of its revenue, has been diversifying out of the plantation sector recently by moving into manufacturing
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    • 193 20 TIME Engineering Bhd has reached an agreement with United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd for the purchase of a substantial stake m an electrical company. Time Engineering said the purchase of 400,000 shares or 40 per cent m Electrical Power Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd was one of several
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    • 177 20 WASHINGTON, Sun. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former Allied Corp official with violating federal securities laws by trading m the stock of Instrumentation Laboratory Inc at the same time that he was helping Allied decide whether to attempt a takeover.
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    • 442 20  -  DOREEN SOH Your money By EVEN if you inevitably break every New Year resolution, it may pay to make and keep this one: I won't neglect my finances. And if you stick to this resolution and work at it with the help
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    • 377 20 BOSTON, Sun. International Business Machines Corp's improved fourth quarter results may have disappointed investors because net income still was not strong enough to give IBM higher earnings for the full year, analysts said. IBM today reported its first quarterly earnings increase of
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    • 191 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Chin Teck Plantations Bhd has revised the basis of its proposed bonus issue to one-for-four instead of one-for-two as announced earlier. The company announced on Nov 13 last year the one-for-two bonus issue of 22.28 million new shares of Msl each.
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  • RACING
    • 2557 21 By OUR RACING TEAM IPOH, Sun. Jockey M. Gopal, dis lodged from Perseverance HI at the start of Race 7 today, bounced back to win the last event for top division Class 4 horses over 1,400 m on Lead Singer. The five-year-old mare, a notoriously bad
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    • 185 21 Dahlan out again IPOH, San. Jockey S. Dahlan returned from a three-day suspension today, rode a winner, and was promptly put out for another three days. His troubles date back to Dec 29 when he rode Peace Now n into ninth place at Penang. Stewards found that he could have
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    • 123 21 Up to 50 horses killed in blaze NEW YORK, Sun. FIRE ripped through the Belmont Park race track stables early this morning, killing as many as 50 thoroughbreds and injuring one man, authorities said. It was not immediately known how many horses died m the fire, but "anywhere from a
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    • 116 21 Lashkari. Trainer loses licence NEW YORK, Sun. The New York Racing and Wagering Board has revoked the licence of trainer Alain de Royer Dupre, whose horse Lashkari proved positive to an illegal drug m the US$2 million (about 554.2 million) Breeders' Cup turf race last November. The drug etorphine, or
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 144 21 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The family of the late Mr. Chua Chor Teck wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the clergy of St. Andrew's Cathedral, doctors and nurses of Ward 57, SGH, relatives, friends and colleagues for their ministry, kind attendance, assistance, condolences and donations
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      132 21 JEYAMARY Age: 87 yrt. Passed away peacefully 19.1.86 leaving son Anthony Rajam, daughter LUy, grandchildren and great-granddaughter. Body lying at Little Sisters of the Poor. Cortege leaves after services In the chapel at 2pm to CCX today. No wreaths please, all donations to Little Stater* ot the Poor.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      83 21 Mrs. Lam Chuan Yean nee Low Sow Yong Ag*d 84 ptmd away peacefully on 19.1J6 leaving behind 3 torn, 2 daughter*, 2 daughters-in-law, 3 grandchildren and 1 •later to mourn her lo«». Cortege will leave No. 20 Jalan Buloh Perindu to Si Mathew't Church at 1.30 pm sharp
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      264 21 MDM MAGGIE CHOO SWEE YONG Departed 20.1.85 The world changes year to year, And friends from day to day, But never will the one we love From memories pass away. Sadly miased A always remembered by parents, aiaters, brothers, brothers-in-law tt »istar»-m-law M KRISHNAN Dep: 20-1-1961 Deeply
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 530 22 Liverpool lad stakes claim for World Cup berth LONDON, Sunday UNLIKE most players who can endure the odd bad spell without coming under undue pressure, Paul Walsh is well aware that one bad game for Liverpool will probably mean his instant banishment to the reserves. And
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    • 559 22 Birmingham Evorton 2 (1-1): Gary Lineker's 35th-minute header and neat side-foot finish just after half-time finished off Birmingham. The hosts played with spirit but not enough skill and crashed to a ninth successive home defeat. AttniMee: IMfB. Coventry Watford 2 (ft-1): England international John Barnes scored two
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    • 1295 23 Birmingham 0 Everton 2, Coventry 0 Watford 2, Leicester 2 Arsenal 2, Liverpool 3 West Ham 1, Luton 2 Aston Villa 0, Manchester United 2 Nottingham Forest 3, Queens Park Rangers 3 Newcastle 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Oxford 1, Southampton 1 Ipswich 0, Tottenham 0 Manchester City 2,
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    • 301 23 Hopkins may be taken to court for tackle WELSH international Jeff Hopkins could become the first British professional to be sued for damages because of a tackle. Huddersfield defender Dave Burke has commissioned a solicitor to act for him concerning the challenge by the Fulham player, which broke his left
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    • 334 23 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. Newly-appointed Brazilian coach Tele Santana considered his team favourites to win this year's World Cup m Mexico because they will play attractive, attacking "art soccer" similar to their style m 1982. "I favour soccer played skilfully, on the attack, and
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    • 209 23 PARIS, Sun. Paris St Germain stretched their record unbeaten start to the season to 26 matches last night, but it was Monaco who stole the headlines with a remarkable 94) victory over last year's champions Bordeaux. French internationals Bernard Genghini and Daniel Bravo
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    • 165 23 MILAN, Sun. AC Milan directors held a meeting here yesterday to discuss the club's financial crisis following the departure of president Giuseppe Farina. The Italian First Division club have to find US|2.4 million ($5.09 million) by tomorrow to pay back taxes or face the possibility of
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    • 480 24 GRAND PRIX MASTERS TENNIS Wimbledon champ Boris masters Jarryd SEMI-FINAL RESULTS Singles: Ivan Lendl (Cze) bt Anders Gomez (Ecu) 6-4, 7-5. Boris Becker (WG) bt Anders Jarryd (Swe) 6-3, 6-4. Doubles: Joakim Nystrom and Mats Wilander (Swe) bt Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (US) 6-2, 6-0.
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    • 223 24 WHEN Bjorn Borg made an appearance on Friday night at the Nabisco Masters, it marked his first visit to a major tournament m 10 months. The last time he attended a competition was m Milan last March. "It is very rare I go to tournaments, and it
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    • 255 24 WORCESTER (Massachusetts), Sun. Top-seeded Martina Navratilova recorded her 29th victory m a row yesterday, defeating fellow-American Bonnie Gadusek 6-1, 6-0 to reach the semi-finals of the U*****,000 ($530,000) New England Classic. Martina will meet compatriot Pam Shriver m the semi-finals. Pam, who lost to Martina m
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    • 283 24 Kicking their way to tie world record FIVE-NATIONS RUGBY LONDON, Sun. Two young men showed the golden touch with the boot as they kicked themselves to a world record-equalling feat on the opening day of the 1986 Five-Nations Championship yesterday. Scotland's debut-making fullback Gavin Hastings, of Cambridge University, kicked six
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    • 187 24  -  J. RAJENDRAN By SINGAPORE'S impressive IW> victory over Malaysia m last Saturday's annual Under-23 rugby match was the first international triumph for coach Hamzah Mohammed. But, by the look of things, it is unlikely to be his last. Long before the match, the Singapore
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    • 105 24 LONDON, Sun. British Boxing promoter Mike Barratt is already pressing ahead with his plans to match Frank Bruno with new World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon at the Wembley Stadium here m the summer. Witherspoon outpointed defending champion Tony Tubbs m Atlanta,
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    • 202 25 Malaysia Cup soccer spotlight SEREMBAN, Sun. SELANGOR had to slog for their 3-2 victory over Negri Sembilan m a Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Municipality Stadium here this evening. And high-riding Selangor must thank youngster K. Jeyakandan for the beautiful goal he scored three minutes from
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    • 73 25 LUMUT. Sun DOLLAH Salleh bagged a hat-trick as defending champions Johor trounced Armed Forces 4-0 m a Malaysia Cup soccer match at the TLDM Stadium here tonight. Dollah put the visitors ahead after one minute when he headed m Muhidin Hussin's free-kick. He made it 2-0 m
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      137 25 Master meets his match.. .Chin Aon (right) comes up against Salim Another one for the album.. .Sundram Moorthy (on the ground) chalks up his fifth goal m the series. Spore 4 4 0 010 112 Selangor 4 3 0 112 5 9 Malacca 4 3 0 15 4 9
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    • 476 25 Singapore to reach the semi-finals, says Chin Aun Report: JOE DORAI; Pictures: JERRY SEH WHEN a player earns the respect of a talented and experienced footballer such as Soh Chin Aun, it can be said with confidence that the player is not far from
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    • 195 25 Negri 2 Selangor 3, Forces 0 Johor 4, Perlis 0 Trengganu 4 KANGAR, Sun. TRENGGANU easily defeated Perils 44Ib»M«laysla Cop soccer match at Stadium Datnk Sheikh Ahmad here Oils evening. The visitors dominated all departments and crippled every Perils move. The presence of their Imported players
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    • 286 25 ON FOREIGN AND LOCAL FAIRWAYS PALM DESERT (California), Sun. Jodie Mudd fired a four-under-par 68 for a one-shot lead yesterday m the fourth round of the Bob Hope Golf Classic. Mudd, 25, had his 68 at La Quinta and it marked the third straight day
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    • 301 25 MIKE WEE, elder brother of internationals Patrick and Adelene, had an unexpected break m the Peter Stuyvesant Travel Bowling Classic at Jackie's Katong yesterday. He came on m place of Sam Goh, disqualfied for late arrival, and went on to top the qualifiers
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    • 134 25 PERTH, Sun. Australia beat New Zealand by four wickets with 4.5 overs to spare m the one-day World Series Cup cricket match at the WACA ground here today: Scores: New Zealand 159-6 m 50 overs (J. Crowe 63, J. Coney 33, S. Waugh 2-28);
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    • 238 25 Philip pulls away by two strokes PHILIP KANG (handicap 17) won the Tanah Merah Country Club Medal of Medals competition for the Sim Kee Boon Trophy by two strokes when he returned a nett 70 yesterday (reports LJm Kee Chan). Philip had his handicap reduced by one stroke. Runner-up was
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    • 71 25 K. JOHNSTON and S. Ranjit were the heroes m Mass Rapid Transit Corporation's nine-wicket thrashing of The Straits Times m a friendly cricket match at Balestier Road yesterday. Johnston smashed a quick 38, including five boundaries. He also claimed 3-16. Ranjit's contribution was a remarkable 3-3.
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    • 17 25 RAIN forced yesterday's Sinfapore Hockey Association taminade six-a-side tournament at the Padang to be abandoned.
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    • 308 25 WONG Shoon Keat, once the undisputed kingpin of Singapore badminton, recaptured some of his lost glory by winning the 1985 F&N/Yonex National Ranking League title at the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday (reports J. Rajendran). The 28-year-old national player-coach, who has not won a major title m
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    • 465 25 ATHLETICS American Antonio McKay set a world indoor record m the 440 yards on Saturday with a time of 45.455 ec at the Johnson City (Tennessee) invitational meet, beating the old mark of 46.40 set by compatriot Sunder Nix m 1984. BASKETBALL The Boston Celtics edged out
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    • 127 25 First big win for Tan Ching CHUA TAN CHING scored his first major triumph m boardsailing yesterday when he beat a strong field m the Singapore Open off the East Coast. The national sailor had a good start and never let up. At the finish line, he was about 100
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    • 140 25 Sze stamps his superiority TAIPEI, Sun. Australia's No. 1, Sze Yu, beat Indonesian Icuk Sugiarto 4--15, 17-14, 15-5 m the men's singles final of the Taipei Masters badminton championships here today. In the women's event, Denmark's Kirsten Larsen beat defending champion Helen Troke, of England, 11-12, 11-6, 11-4. Other results
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    • 611 26  -  AGNES WEE 17 cents a name but it adds up to a multi-million business here By YOUR name and address is worth at least 17 cents each time it is used. If you are a professional and fall into certain categories of age and income,
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    • 328 26 MB MICHAEL On, M, was an early Mrd In the direct-mail badness here. He began niii business In his apartment In IK2 using the phone book, a government directory and a manual typewriter. "I wan Inspired fey an article In Time magazine, which had
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    • 348 26 Reagan 'may compromise on Star Wars' WASHINGTON, Sun. President Ronald Reagan may be willing to compromise or his controversial Star Wars missile defence system if the Soviet Union will agree to cut back sharply on "first strike" nuclear weapons, it was reported today. A report released by the Knight-Ridder newspaper
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    • 190 26 Auchswitz survivor wins $llm suit LOS ANGELES, Sunday A JURY has awarded U555.25 million (SXII.I million) to a Nazi concentration camp survivor who sued a Swedish man for claiming the holocaust, m which some six million Jews died, was a hoax the plaintiff helped perpetrate. The Los Angeles County Superior
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    • 302 26  -  MICHAEL LIM By RESERVIST medical orderlies will be attached to government hospitals during their annual incamp training. They will be sent to the hospitals once every two years under an arrangement between the SAF and the Health Ministry, The stints are to give the reservists
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    • 215 26 $7b twin rail tunnel plan for Channel LONDON, Sun. Britain and France have decided to build a twin rail tunnel but no immediate roadway across the Channel, according to newspaper reports today. The Observer and Sunday Telegraph said British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterrand had selected
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    • 146 26 Berliner sprints 100 in to the West BERLIN, Sun. An East Berlin worker escaped to the West, dashing through a heavilyguarded border crossing before startled communist security guards could react, police said yesterday. They said 23-year-old Andreas Bratke's 100-me-tre sprint was the first of its kind through Checkpoint Charlie, one
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  • Section Two
    • 2 1 Section Two
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      • 738 1 4 Every morning I would wake up and feel so relieved that I still could see The after-effects may be uncomfortable, but the surgery is very safe. It's great to feel as normal as other people. Patrick Mahimy 4 "I'm getting married this
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      • 880 2 If you don't see eye to eye YOU may giggle at the mention of "cross-eyed". You may have played at squinting to elicit some laughs. And you may even have been guilty of tormenting and calling squinters names. But this visual malfunction is no
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      • 285 2 A SQUINT, or strabismus, can develop through weak or unbalanced eye muscles. This muscular weakness could be congenital or caused by injury, refractive error (usually longsightedness), or disease (such as a tumour m the eye). But medical science has not fully understood the underlying causes. According to
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      • 310 2 From Page One with a cheerful, bubbly personality. "I'm getting married this September, and my husband-to-be has encouraged me to go ahead as our medical technology is so advanced today. "I want to look good on my wedding day and not have to show only my
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      • 152 1 VWII your husband guess youte giving him Heat Eat Complete Meals? l^rf He certainly won't be able to from the taste. mm eat at sic rst ran S e °f complete frozen meals to Ix* a created especially to suit Singaporean tastes. t There's Sambal Fish or Prawn, Vegetarian, Chicken
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      • 54 1 Leader or follower? 3 The growing gap m high tech Genius or mad artist? 17 Is the creative spirit fuelled by inner turmoil? Giving the force a kick 4 Meet the Johor Police's chief karate instructor Science Watch Edited by Grace Chng Bilingual Edited by Teo Han Wue Arts Leisure
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      • 289 2 Sharp reaches historical level HBP*V|^H 200 million units |a^ M^|^^ M 1 electronic calculators since making the *m!^^*BS^&!K& "Jr IiHHMHB^^EI I world's first transistorized electronic 1 calculator m 1964. During those 20 years me wows first **&T Jr ra fflßß W f .2IE Sharp has been reducing the size and
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      • 83 2 $s EViriLlnmliili^Lll LfLJ(i-^LiJBUI«SiITM}-m >A// af greatly reduced prices mt§W\\ JAN-2ND FEB 1986 SQUARE 3rd STOREY 11 am -9 pm DAILY &*£>£ ADMISSION FREE r rt^ C Cane Dining Set *Ji fl^^^r Jib Jli jgy- Rosewood Blackwood Sofa Cane furniture Leather Sofa Mattresses Italian Bedroom Sets Italian folding Doors Venetian I
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      • 293 3 CONTRARY to popular belief, macho attitudes are less to blame than physiology for the paucity of male contraceptives. Men produce millions of sperm continually, whereas the supply of female eggs is finite and women normally release only one egg for possible fertilisation
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      • 994 3 Technology moves at a very rapid pace. Countries have to decide whether they want to be leaders or followers m the high tech game. ALAN CANE of the Financial Times discusses how technology affects industry and people. ABOUT 35,000 years ago, Neanderthal man coexisted on Earth
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        • 291 3 THE Sun is helping the people m the African state of Botswana to turn brine into drinking water. A recent article m The New Scientist magazine said that technologists are now extracting pure water from saline by a simple distillation process using solar heating. Field tests
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      • 317 3 HL\ MB fIV I Vife setput 111 I I I r [in bdnking. a a^H B&\i H. M4'^^^ C?m la^^B^l We added understanding. j S| B""I'P S The more we know about you and your business the better we |JL R«« jsficii t^B^^a^a^L^ can assist and advise y° u Together
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    • Bilingual
      • 892 4 KOH SIEW TIN meets John Lvi, newly-appointed chief karate instructor of the Johor Police Force, whose illustrious career included a stint as assistant martial arts instructor with a Taiwan TV station and a string of 'beauty' titles to his name. AS A young boy,
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      • 192 4 Earthworm nutrient resurfaces Chinese drink it daily BUSINESSMEN from all over China flocked to the Shanghai Light Industry College after it was reported recently that a new liquid with medicinal and nutritional properties had been brewed from earthworms there. "Earthworm fluid" is a concentrated solution of the worms' body fluids,
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      • 769 4 LIU KUO-SONG, a pioneer of abstract Chinese painting m Taiwan m the *****, has earned rave reviews m Beijing by urging young artists to discard everything they've been taught starting with the Chinese brush. "I want to liberate them from the brush," he said
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      • 30 4 M^^'^'Hf^ fr-ltifl i m&u*x friw m m m "/If" Zm ISikfa&Xm *ii cm 'fist? ahi IT ft gi94ssuu*tH *&mmm HUH* '<*7 I" J'" Ift fc N T"i m&8 IS iRf
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      • 262 4 Let's Learn Mandarin J^£lf&l&i& THIS programme is compiled by Red iff iision and broadcast daily m Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese over Doth Rediffnslon and SBC'S Radio Three on Mon Son at 11.95 a.m. The English notes are provided by us. Lesson 330 Macßitchie Reservoir VOCABULARY: l)£>ffl^Wu Gongyong Shlye Ju Public
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    • Bilingual Dwibahasa
      • 611 5  -  NUR IZFAR By "DANCES have two ways of communicating with the audience," wrote Dr Mohd Ghouse Nasaruddin who teaches classical ballet, traditional dance, modern jazz, and contemporary dance; m the June issue of Dewan Budaya published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Language and
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      • 590 5  -  Oleh Z. N. SOHARMAN KALAU disebut tentang peraduan, tentu terbayang di kepala mengenai sesuatu persaingan yang akan dijalankan. Bagaimana pula dengan peraduan tarian? Bagaimanakah mutu tariantarian yang bertanding dalam Peraduan Tarian anjuran Persatuan Bahasa Melayu Sekolah Menengah Teknikal Queenstown? Melalui peraduan mi, say a
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      • 88 5 Bahagian 3 Word Quiz AL, Part 3 INSTRUCTION: In the columns below you find two boxes occupied by the letters E and I. Fill m the empty boxes with suitable letters. Use the clues given to form the words you require. PANDUAN: (CLUES: 5. bau busuk
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      • 1475 6 i *****66 2 Eating Out CHICKEN PALACE for chicken rice. Set meals $350/ $6.00. Many delectable Item.* at reasonable prices. Ample car park beside restaurant. 262/ 264 River Valley Rd. Tel: *****39. 3 Catering LICENCED HYGIENIC, DELICIOUS lunch Si dinner delivered to your office Si home. Also caters buffet for
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      • 582 6 25 Sale: Other Products DOMESTIC WARE SALES J.L. MORIISON 100J PASIR PAN JANG ROAD English Crockery, Tiara glassware/ crystal. Brushes, hangers, window cleaners, rolling pins, etc. Items selling at cost. Mondays-Fridays: Sum -sp.m. Saturdays: 9a m. 1p m TANAH MERAH CLUB Corporate membership for sale. Enquiries *****96/ *****44 27 Wanted
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      • 1059 6 29 Beauty Culture 29 Beauty Culture 9 Face Line pr 1 MEN'S SALON f A TREATMENT FOR MEN I Mgt>' I WITH PROBLEM SKIN 11 1 Being an established facial salon. Wml Am we have experienced and qualified |T\ jl male therapists to analyse and 3k i „*•<. AmF attend
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      • 850 6 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday Friday 9.00 am to 5.00pm Saturday 8.30 am to 2.00pm d lam deadline tor the Sunday Times) Public Holiday 9 00am to I.oopm COUNTER SERVICE: Time* Orchard Centre, #02-105 Lucky Plaza Monday-Friday: 1 0.00 am to 12 noon I.oopm to 5.30pm (4.00pm for next day) Times House,
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      • 918 6 RATES Ordinary: $5.00 per line (Mm. $T 00) Semi-display: $20.00 per col. cm. (Mm. $60.00 Straits Times) $20.50 per col. cm (Mm. $61.50 Sunday Times) Display: $25.00 per col. cm (Mm. $75.00 Straits Times) $25 .62 per col. cm. (Mm. $76.86 Sunday Times) Box Charge*: $5.00 (collected) $10.00 (posted) 37
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      • 1198 6 CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: Food/Entertainment (2 5) Personal Services/Merchandise (11 39) Business to Business (49 58) Employment (63 74) Vohicle* (81 100) Pr >perties (105 127) Trt v»i Guid* (135 139) Education ft Instruction (1)46 160) Announcements (166 174) Obiti aries (181 186) 55 Commercial 55 Commercial Vessels Vessels VESSELS FOR SALE
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      • 492 7 58 Other Business Products/ Services WHARSAGE WOODEN JETTY, wooden planks, beans, wooden piles Various sizes, lying around about 150 tons to be taken away free of charge. Contact Peter Loke, tel: *****43 •RED SEAL' Do it yourself instant white ant exterminators available at #02-04, Fortune Centre. Tel: *****56/ *****18. 64
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      • 1277 7 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available I FILIPINO $220 THA! J220 SRI LANKAN SIM INDONESIAN $200 OFF DAYS COMPENSATED We seiec! trained orientate OU) very own girls Good attitude hardworking honest obedient Complete placement fee includes: Airfare $5000 Security Bond $***** PA Fertormancptond Viia Fee. Medical Exam orocess
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      • 728 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical I Minimum Qualifications: c GCE 'A' level with good 5 command of English. c c At least 5 years' working 7 experience, preferably g able to operate word processor and telex, c A secretarial diploma would be an advantage, c Age 24 to 30 Starting
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      • 613 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical URGENT I Immediate vacancies for SECRETARIES CLERKS/ TYPISTS GIRL FRIDAY DRIVERS OFFICE BOYS i) JUNIOR ACCOUNTS CLERKS RECEPTIONISTS i) PROMOTERS (School leavers may apply). Call *****32 now HUMAN RESOURCES iENERAL CLERK REQD. GCE O' evel. Commercial stream. Typng 35 wpm. Experience prefera>ly but not necessary.
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      • 1986 7 NEWS at work WORKING ffiMHT EROM THE PLBNT. by EAVESDROPPER The Schoeller Elec- with a brief action plan onto Club Mediterranee those few days of inter tronic Division of to be implemented at for a day of swimming action and living togeDemetron which the Singapore plant. and relaxation. ther. "We
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      • 346 7 71 Situations Vacant: Sales STUDENTS, SCH. LEAVERS or ROD personnel req'd for 2 to 3 wks. Earn extra dollars at home or during your free time. Classlfone *****30 (off. hrs.) Ref. *****. PART/ FULLTIME INSURANCE Agents, inclusive of life general. Training provided. *****65. PART/ FULL-TIME LIFE Insurance Agents. Must be
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      • 456 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical tSjemetron Demetron is a modern and growing multi-national electronic company engaged m high value-added manufacturing activities, namely printed circuit boards and bonding wires. SENIOR TECHNICIAN Selected candidate will contribute towards trouble-shooting and maintenance of sophisticated microprocessor based controllers and other equipment He is also expected to
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      • 127 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Minimum salary upon confirmation $690 Completed N.S. Can do mould-setting and trouble- shooting m plastic injection moulding Prepared to do 12-hour shift on a 3 days work 3 days off basis Walk-in interview 9am to 4pm at: ENPLAS CO. {S) PTE LTD 131 Kallang Way #02-26
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      • 562 8 72 Situations Vacant Technical A leading manufacturing company has immediate vacancies for: ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS c Applicants must possess Diploma or Certificate m Electrical/ Electronics Engineering. c Applicants must have completed N.S. c Must possess Class 3 driving licence. Please write In with your resume, recent photo (non-returnable), expected salary and
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      • 536 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical DRAUGHTSMEN DESIGNERS. Motivated person keen to work for a young and fast growing company. Should submit all pertinent personal particulars. Previous experience, professional qualifications reqd. Responsibilities commensurate wltn experience. Complete benefits package, salary neg. Write to: S.T. Box A*****, 390 Kirn Seng Road, Spore 0923. 73
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      • 558 8 73 Situations Vacant: Production FEMALE PRODUCTION flgWm *1 I M OPERATORS (TEMPORARY) (fF^l) I jraH •No experience required Minimum Primary 6 education \£~*LiTliolA^*rj i BH M Ist shift: 700 am -3.30pm v 4^r t""" SB W& Gross Salary: %/M iM 'a 1 1 MB 2nd shift: 3.30pm -11.15pm 6^OA -i**^£^J^^^^H
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      • 347 8 73 Situations Vacant: Production 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous requires CARPENTERS Requirements: c Preferably holder of NTC 3 m carpentry and 1 year similar experience Must have completed or be exempted from National Service We offer: Minimum starting salary $650 per month for those who pass a trade test c Attendance
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      • 531 8 73 Situations Vacant: Production 73 Situations Vacant Production s i 1 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous f Aim High M with a high growth industry. Career seekers, you have a stable future I ahead with one of Singapores most stable and pi fastest growing industries the aerospace
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      • 834 8 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous 1 r Xi \in m iiiwni '"H i' 'U \-V^| |/j|BIACK&DECKER\ GCE 'O' level (Technical)/NTC or ITC m 1\ Mechanical Engineering Some experience m set-up, repair and maintenance of automatic cordset machines I I preferred I{ Starting Salary: I between $548 $647
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      • 625 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous MALE FACTORY WORKERS Age 18 35 Free food and drinks provided. Bam spm; 9pm 7am. 5.45pm 11pm (part-time). PI«»M call *****22 or call at 396-A Yio Chu Kang Road 15km Singapore 2880 PERSONAL DRIVER required c Must have a few years of experience c Preferably with
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      • 446 9 81 Vehicles For Hire VAN, PICKUP. LIGHT truck fo short/ long term rental. Rei sonable rate. Spartan Express *****00, *****59. *****72 HIAP HOE MOTOR: cars/ pickups vans for rental. Free mileage Tel: *****60; Katong: *****81 MALAYSIAN CAR AVAIL, for ren at $70 per day. Call at: Ming Ar cade, #06-09.
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      • 1048 9 86 For Sale: BMW SEPT. 1984 BMW 3201A 4-dr. Orlgtt lnal white, 16,000 km Expensive stereo. See to appreciate. $59,000 Tel: *****08. 5/84 72SiA Q plate. Standard accessories. Price: $60,000. Tel *****16 for appointment. •80, BMW 728 i. Fully auto. 1 pte t owner. Nice no. Accident free Original paint
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      • 1059 9 90 For Sale: Toyota •78, COROLLA 1200. PARF Alr- con., radio, cassette. Beautiful cond. Now tax. $7,900 0.n.0. Loan $5,500. Tel: *****80/ *****32, Ho. I *81, TOYOTA CORONA 1600 Air- con., radio, cassette, s/rlms. $12,800. Tel: *****06. -83 COROLLA I.3GL, 5-speed, alr- con., radio cassette, low mileage, tax 7/'B6, excellent
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      • 817 9 95 For Sale: Suzuki '84 SPORTY SUZUKI 3-door 1000 c.c. Power windows, sports rims, expensive hi-fi. Loan arrangeable. Pager *****93, Joe. OCT. V 4 SUZUKI SA3IOGL, 5-dr. 1 owner, radio cassette. Tel: *****56, Johnson Wong. 1962 SUZUKI 800. 4-door Aircon. cassette. New tax. Tip-top condition. Tel: *****46. '85 SUZUKI SA3IO,
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      • 778 9 99 Vehicles Wanted CASH PAYMENT HIGHEST OFFER for any model PARF, nonPARF, secondhand vehicle, Q registered vehicle or any model commercial van/ pick-up. Trade-In considered. Also scrap vehicles wanted. 1000 c.c. $5,400, 1600 c.c. $6,100, 2000 c.c. $10,000 and 3000 c.c. $16,000 Tat: *****17/ *****07 (MR. LIM) 23, LORONG BIAWAK
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      • 813 9 106 Accommodation Available: Houses BUNGALOW I IN CLEMENTI PARK Dist 2159 5 bedrooms with large garden Quiet Prestigious Residential Location Rental $3900 Tel *****66 *****66 D.ll WATTEN CLOSE $2,000. D.ll JLNNAGASARI $1,500 D.lO GROVE LANE $2,000 D.21 BttWAIPARK $2,400 D.21 CLEMENTI PARK $2,500 D.lO KINGSMEAD ROAD $2,800 AMWEST REALTY: *****80
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      • 618 9 106 Accommodation Available: Houses QUEEN'S ROAD DOUBLE-STOREY seml-d, 4 bdrms., split level living/ dining. $1,500 neg. Furn. Yumln *****3/ *****1 VANDA CRESCENT, 2 storey bunglw., s+l bdrms., fully furn alrcon., reasonable rental. City Valuers *****74. WATTEN CONDO. Townhouse, central air-con. Fully furnished full facilities. 3+l rms. $2950 pm Tel: *****00
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      • 651 9 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartment* Condominium living along the Singapore River. Just completed apartments for lease. |1^ J between South and New •^*i— <i ,il Bridge Roads within the '^I" 7]-~ CenFral Business District IB2! Z" *i Partly or fully furnished > *f»S v w h h|
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      • 590 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments Ditt.9 new 2/ 3/ 4 executive apts lownhouses. Swimming pool, tennis, squash Good rental. Shvltord Gram/ Yanc Gdn New s+l rms, balcony, s/pool, squash 3800 sq.ft $3.0 onward*. Sophia Court/ Watten Est. 2/ 3 rxlrms furn., s/pool, squash. $1.000-$1,250. Laadon Hgta./ River Walk 3 bdrms tastefully
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      • 1134 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments INT'L PLAZA $1,000, Concord Apt i $1,200, Tat Lee Ct. $1,400, Thorn- I son Grove Penth'se $1,600, Tulip i Gdn $2,000. Holland Hill $2,200. Vermont $2,400, Grangeford i $2 800, Beaverton Ct. $4,200, Part- sian $4,500, The Claymore $5,800, Angullia Mans. $6,000. Mldfleld Realty *****66. D.9,
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      • 1037 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments SPACIOUS FLAT AT Kirns Aye. Reasonable rental. Why rent a room when you can have the whole flat for yourself' 1 Interested call: *****70. WATTEN ESTATE CONDO.- 2 bdrmed apartment In quiet condo. $1000 furn. Gilstead Mansion Ground floor apartment. $900/-/ $1100. Grandvale *****81. D.lO DRAYCOTT
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      • 1033 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D 19, 3 BDRMS. spacious l!v- ing/dining. Furn. $800. Sale: i $250,000. Contact *****74/ *****93. t D.5 HIN SENG Condo 3 bdrms, j spltt-level, fully furn. with full facilities. Tel: *****55/*****77. D.5 PARKVIEW CONDO. 3 bdrms 1200 sq.ft Pool/tennls/squash $1600. Houseworld *****04/5 D.5 PARKWEST CONDO. New
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      • 951 10 110 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments lAPANESE COUPLE WITH 2 grown jp children urgently requires 4pt. at Sherwood Twr. Mais. Will consider any other good residential areas. Co. lease with good leposit assured. Call: *****33. lAPANESE/ EUROPEAN CLIENTS ■equlre h'ses./apts. Good budget Houseworld *****15/ *****65. lAP./ EUROPEAN REQ. 1-4 bdrm. :ondo apt.
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      • 1593 10 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses SUNRISE VIIIA Yio Chu Kang area. \j»' jMngJIIML R L Near Yio Chu Kang and c v~^®>H Hfll I HOCK Ang Mo Kio MRT stations. sweeh,ll ■•,s'. STATION 2(fSB SERENE An excellent location with #c iwt B|flz| PARK
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      • 774 10 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses MORTGAGEES' SALE To be held on 23rd January 1986 at the Mercury Room, 18th Floor Apollo Hotel, Havelock Road Singapore At 230 pm RESIDENTIAL LANDED Land at Coronation Walk Lot 1892 MX 2 6514 sqft freehold 168 Coronation Road West 2 storey
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 764 11 114 For Sale: Private Apartments FiyNM PARK CONDOMINIUM Your Country- Resort Home Freehold Covered carpark Bookings Enquiries GOOdland (Re) Ltd (A member of Keck Seng Group) Tel: 338 2828 Expected Date Ot Legal Completion 31 1 2 1 996 Developer Licence No 3847 MX 111 Lots 109-2. 111-2. 1 10-3.
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      • 680 11 114 For Sale: Private Apartments 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 5-ROOM POINT/SLAB BLK. A M.Kio 306/312 115-118,000 Bedok N. 96/415 115-130,000 Dover Cl./C'res. 12/26 125,000 Everton Pk. 2 150,000 M.Parade 12/28/79 133-138,000 Marslling 5 100,000 Sims Drive 51 132,000 Toa Payoh 223/229 95- 98,000 Upp. Boon Keng 38 (2 units)
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      • 841 11 116 For Sale: KDB Apartments HAIG ROAD. (OPPOSITE Yokoso) 5-rm. point blk. High f'r Marble/ built-in. $142,000. DTPS *****61/0, *****00/1, *****28. HILLVIEW/ TECK WHYE 5-rm Good facing, well kept, all ceramic, cabinets. $127,000/ $98,000 neg. *****22. MARINE 4-RM. 8LK. 55/ 18. Fully renovated, cabinets. $77,000/ $74,000/ Whampoa Blk. lol terrazzo,
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      • 729 11 117 Properties Wanted HDB FLATS 4/5-RM. URGENTLY REQUIRED BY BUSINESSMEN IN A M Kin j Clementi .ij Bedok Toa Payoh City Zone others SKY PROPERTY AGENCY *****64/ *****20 IMMED. CLIENTS REQ. 3/ 4/ 5-rm. HUB at Clementi, Bt. Merah, Holland, Marine Parade, Telok Blangah. Other areas considered. Tel: *****88 (5
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      • 704 11 118 Factory Spaces < HDB PROTOTYPE FACTORIES AT DEFU INDUSTRIAL PARK AND WOODLANDS INDUSTRIAL PARK E Prototype factories are available for letting on first-come first-served basis. Land areas from 900 sq m to 5, 1 92 sq m. Factory floor areas from 31 2 sq mto 1, 080 sq m.
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      • 600 11 118 Factory Spaces 1,500 SO FT. FACTORY cum Office Space for rent with 415 volts at $1,200 p.m. mcl. maintenance. Tel. *****10 Mr Chong. 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces WAREHOUSES FOR LEASE We have available warehouses ideally located for use as a consolidation, transhipment and distribution of bulk and general cargoes
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      • 1561 11 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces 121 For Rent: Office Spaces S I Ik Mjjl KSliS3&S2^yi stamford house PRESTIGIOUS COLONIAL Ularehouse Factory cum TLs CB Off ice for Lease Competitive rate. •Central Air-con Small area tailored to your needs. lts of a siz f s Avai.ab.e for short/.ong
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 441 12 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces TO LET: I Eating House Location: 24 Ayer Rajah Crescent, Spore 0513 Showround: Friday 24 Jan. 86 at 2.30 pm. Meeting place is at the eating house. II Shophouse (2 units) Location: Kranji Road, Spore 2573 Tender forms and further details obtainable from: Estates Department
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      • 536 12 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Jnits Sq.ft. 11 -07/08 "62.74 11-15 ***** 13-42 447.99 13-44/45 1,153.57 13-49 209.68 14-18/23 2,115.54 M-25 339.06 14-47 356.72 14-51/52 785.23 W-55 698.58 15-01/04 1,333.22 15-26 351.66 15-27 351.66 15-28 351.66 15-44 667.90 15-47 356.72 15-49 209.68 15-50 477.81 15-54 413.00 15-60/66 2,900.67 Suitable for:
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      • 368 12 135 Air Travel ECONOMY I Plus unsurpassed proficiency and reliability Next time you travel call the true name m travel TRU TRAVEL (SINGAPORE) ia 184 #0245, International Plaza, Tel *****85. *****91, *****03 Telx RS ***** (SIN) TRU ALSO RENTS CARS J ECONOMICAL AIRFARES WORLDWIDE, Europe tours etc. available. Travel Trend
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      • 468 12 135 Air Travel 135 Air Travel The choice is yours! HONG KONG GUANGZHOU GUtUN TOUR four Daily Dep. Group Dep. J3D/7N"~ ~5T5607-"~| $1 ,488/HONG KONG/MACAU TOUR Tour Daily Dep. Group Dep. 4D/3N ~51,150/- SD/4N $1,210/- $1,150/--_6D/5N_ j $1,250/- $1,200/- Group Dep Feb 4, 6, 8, 9 10 AIRFARE HOTEL PACKAGES:
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      • 363 12 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours f > lit r&i~L*t- w' 7 w Mk. aI L** HP MLfilt Win i j—jiju- J*diH^fcPs£fer P^*li\ «1 «-»w.. f* "iiiu^Ei to -*<■ Holldai^^ f HIGHLIGHTS MAA/ MOffm K§%3%3/ /America, Japan, Hongkong .Taiwan PACIFIC fr^Ss "7 HIGHLIGHTS *%jm\ Australia, New 4mTTm %Jf /Zealand, Tahiti,
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      • 376 12 137 Tours 137 Tours ZEALAND I /UPER /fIVER I JBk LUNAR NEW YEAR T~.£ SPECIAL nSw 8 DAYS From s?ffl ***** DEPARTURE DATE: 7 FEB 86 11/13 DAYS ALL NEW ZEALAND/ SYDNEY DELIGHTS from $2888 12/14 Days All New Zealand/ Sydney Special from $2988 15/17 Days All New Zealand/ Sydney
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      • 658 13 137 Tours 137 Tours SANTA TOURS, Lunar New Year special dep. 4, 8, 1 1 Feb. 7 Days GUANGZHOU SPECIAL *m $1388 ISI Cuangzhou/Lian Hua Shan/Conghua/Guangzhou t, (Dtp every Sat I Special dtp, 4. H, 11, 15, 22/2. *Ci 7 Days SCENIC CHINA n. $1488 -—^^71 Guangzhou/Guilin/Lian Hua Shan/Guangzhou r
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      • 547 13 137 Tours 147 Academic Courses Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening sessions for Science, Arts Commerce Streams. Full/ Part Time Classes Commencing on January 20th 27th 1986 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Sec. 4: $30/-for the 1 st mth Pre-U: $40/- for the 1 st mth Deferment from National Service application for student passes can
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      • 609 13 147 Academic Courses FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER avail for Maths/ A. Maths tuition, Sei 1 to 4 and Pre-U. *****49 FULL-TIME EXPERIENCED TU TORS offer tuition to all levels suj./ dlsts. *****68/ *****20 GCE 'O 1 MATHS D, Yishun arei by Mr. Koh, responsible, effec tlve group teaching. *****13. GRAD. OFFERS
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      • 996 13 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses B f^^^w^ Fi*^^^T^jir r* 1 1 1 i X At TMC, we offer you the best m Computer Education. 5 1. CONTINUOUS EDUCATION: COURSES OFFERED: I A typical student can enter the school 1 NCC DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER W with no
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      • 860 13 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses Private Secretary's I Certificate I COURSE COMPRISES j Office Organization Secretarial I Procedures Shorthand/Audio Typing Duties l Word Information Processing Structure of Business Communication EXAMINATIONS Internal Exam m collaboration with LCCI examiners PSC LCCI Pitman Group Secretarial Cert Student passes can be
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      • 622 13 152 Music Courses RESPONSIBLE PATIENT organ teacher for beginners at any dlst Keu.Minable rates *****46 153 Driving Instruction LAMBERT'S DRIVING SCHOOL 10 j Balmoral Koad, 30 years of leaching experience won't fail you Tel *****94/ *****29. ASIA DRIVING SCHOOL. Fetch/ Send. 01-36 Kirn Seng Shpg Ctr, Kirn B«lg Road *****78/
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    • Page 14 Advertisements
      • 828 14 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES R^nflftiHH Telefax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service: IHi O I Mil I a nOvJUOO !HH Sales Service: 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: SflO.flO APPOINTMENTS s v Yusen Air Sea Service (S)
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      • 133 14 NOTICES PUBLIC AUCTION SURPLUS HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY BELONGING TO VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TRACTOR/EXCAVATOR FORKLIFT/CRANE 1 CAT 977 L TRJfiKjR 1 MITSUBISHI 2.5 TON 1P H EXCAVATOR v.-f c -^^^fc^44P ANO/FUSO ~10 TON MATERIALpBT/TOWER CRANE N^^MCAR/LORRY/PRIME MOVER INSPECTION DATES 20th, 21st SSPjANUARY, 1986 Auctioneers: JJSJIFS; TAHA, RUSHTON BAILEY iwlrJ consultants
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      • 878 14 The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (A Government Of India Enterprise) 'Shipping House' 245, Madame Cama Road, Bombay 400-021 TENDER NOTICE Sealed tenders are invited from experienced/reputed Shipchandlers who are having at least two years' of practical shipchandling experience with shipping companies of repute and preferably who are also a
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 462 15 NOTICES HAS MOVED With effect from January 20, 1986 AUTOMATION SERVICES Security Pacific National Bank FUTURES COMPANY Security Pacific Asia Futures Inc Tlx No: RS ***** SPNBOP LEASING COMPANY Security Pacific Leasing Corporation Singapore Branch 21 Collyer Quay #10-01 Singapore 0104 Tel No: 225-0145 Tlx No: RS ***** SECPAC MERCHANT
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      • 675 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THE MATTER OP MAKASSAR JAVA SHIPPING TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) (IN LIQUIDATION) (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed Company which is being voluntarily woundup, are required
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      • 709 15 ■■■■■I TE ■!:aniWiiiW:iiMi!»- O 1 organisation" I L:)| l 'N<l-^' l 'j l '|'JH*|-T;Tn P*Jl I Hum I 30 4 (X) 6 4b, 9 15 rt^tf^W ■■■■■■■1 ORIENTAL NOW SHOWING M *^mm^ I Ham ioo 3 1 5, 00. 91 5 J*^^V m^^^\ LIB-PRES NOW SHOWING X \a. r A
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      • 343 15 Bl BB 1 IB BM"' H 'Wk "H "'H H Bl H H H B H H fll H B LIDO: NOW SHOWING! (*****14) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 BY PUBLIC DEMAND... REGAL: OPENS TOMORROW! 1 (*****59) 4 SHOWS DAILY: 1.00, 3.30, 7.00 9.30 stimm- I*-1 PAPILLON!
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      • 425 15 qpooooooooocoooooooooooooo j![ GOLDEN SULTAN k a r cce c t r a PEOPLE'S THEATRE J 6 NOW SHOWING! (5 GOIKN SULTAN (*****76) 4 SHOWS 1.30, 4.00, 530 900pm Q PtOPIL'S (*****72) 4 SHOWS: 1 00, 3.30. 7.00 9 30pm 6 .jfa A NEW KIND OF MARTIAL Q f)r ARTS COMBAT
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 74 16 Full Colour Illustrations^,^ V^^y TOTAL WORKOUT Build strength, gain definition, tighten 5 V and tone flabby i. muscles wherever g'fM* ■aj-.yiMjysawymrwW'' *^^^^^^^^^^HB SB" I*wH1 wH 1 yrfjBjHBBBP^ FLATTEN STOMACH 7 -day programme guaranteed to produce the kind of lean hard stomach v f that makes you look and feel trim,
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    • Page 16 Miscellaneous
      • 465 16 Jl I\«l I J MWLJ, mUlll/«l, JHItUMM *.W, I'W»* -m. —^^^^^a-,,...,..,. J JMM MM JMM SUN TAN b^ c.»i/erte PEANUTS By Schttiz rz y^Mth &M L Jfi£f\°£& "If /e^wSeSjw^^ I xp>T ßt .J*- 1 1 I T«Kc OFF.LIKC J/pjsy "TO FLY ,TH€Y WOULD J m^ Mn -r,,,,- F^° M f
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 1983 17  -  SAMUEL G. FRIEDMAN Are Arts Focus neces- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sarily mad? Is the creative spirit fuelled by inner turmoil? This essay discusses some charged questions about art and artists. By! 4 There's a creative urge that gets inside you, like Alien. For me, it's a constant
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    • Page 17 Miscellaneous
      • 453 17 What's On h«i«ii— pmnHHHH X-RAY for children. Sentosa, 9am PT ,^S SimuSm bythl 7 pe«anakan place Acting workshops m4l MINISTRY OF HEAITH MUSEUM. Guided tours |r 4 JH i a-Ssrjre iS?S~«i that sound like fun |P#^H| years and above from 8.30 Place, 180 Orchard Road. 11 pW JR** IH^f^ am
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      • 1066 17 -I Radio One YOUR LUNCH DATE (12.05 pm) today is hosted by Thomas Jacob. 90.5 mHz m VHF Band N 5.58 AM National Anthem followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News m Brief 6.05 Another Morning, Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning, Another Show
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      • 103 18 The new National Gio makes town doesn't miss any actonr BB^^ ■PLAYfSk. I' Tf Mm I jP'""*!' 1 11 1 1 11 111 I 1 I I 1 ,_i_ I With Auto Power On/Play. Auto Eject. Power Off Eject. Auto Voltage. 14-rnode wireless infra-red remote control. 14-day, 4-Programme Timer. Super
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    • Page 18 Miscellaneous
      • 1351 18 ■h MY VIEW mm CATHERINE ONG >- -^■p mm mW^' J. aMm\\w?^m2m\ fiP^_____P_tte ____________P ""'7 mmrnVr mmmrnwi^^. 1_________r t $$$Mm~ I A robot turns into a human with a past Small Wonder The Adoption (Ch 5, 8.31 pm) MELISSA TAY, eight, from the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, says
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      • 86 18 ■A\ m*&-m%. WmWa wPtt JfmAM W* m mr^Ti ■■W%*a^^ r W Aa jf JSE. H _______R-___Ti-_l_ I I __B Mm iSfl 7 Jjl ,____■_-_>_____ _R i# j v t^fK mT t,_B.™ /*^H IB*_j_j_l__lB_i*_ -^_t___l_fe?^i___ Air Supply teams up with Dionne Warwick on Solid Gold tonight (Ch 5, 10.30 pm). Crown
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      • 36 18 to do was to ask directions to a bus shelter. Prosecuting counsel Eloise Hunter (Rosalie Crutchley) and defence counsel Andrew Corry (Mark Eden) attempt to uncover the details for the jury and the Honourable Judge Morrison.
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