The Straits Times, 15 August 1986

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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    The S'pore worker still expensive, so wage restraint must persist, says PM
    636 1  -  IRENE NGOO By THE Singapore worker has become more expensive than the Japanese worker, considering his productivity, and is just a pip below the American. Disturbed by this, the Prime Minister said last night that wage restraint must
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    Koon Swan may plead guilty
    856 1  -  CATHERINE C. ONG Hearing into 9 charges begins; 5 stood down to CBT-abetment charge m the High Court: DPP By MALAYSIAN politician Tan Koon Swan intends to plead guilty to an amended charge of abetting m criminal breach of trust (CBT) before a High Court
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      Lock icon S'PORE SHIP IN COLLISION
      85 1 BOMBAY A Singa-pore-registered freighter, Attalr, was hit en the port side In a collision with a Panamanian-reg-istered cargo ship about 5 nautical miles off Bombay harbour yesterday. Damage to the Attalr was not Immediately known. In a related development, a Singapore-owned ship, Triplexeamaco, sank on Wednesday
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    Kok Liang out on bail
    123 1 FORMER Pan-Electric Industries financial director Tan Kok Liang, 41, was freed yesterday on $75,006 bail pending appeal, which was again adjourned to a date to be fixed. He is appealing against a 15-month jail sentence imposed m February for two charges of criminal breach of
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    THE CHARGE
    194 1 YOU, Tan Koon Swan, NRIC No. *****92 FOM are charged that you on or about the 11th day of September 1985 in Singapore abetted one Tan Kok Liang, a director of Pan-Electric Industries Ltd (the company) in the commission of the offence of Criminal Breach of Trust in
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    ST Index breaks 800-pt level
    88 1 ST Index breaks 800-pt level TIIE stock market continued its rally yesterday, led by strong rises m OCBC and DBS shares, and The Straits Times Industrial Index broke through the 880--point barrier. The ST Index finished 4.72 points up at 8t2.62 after touching 815.89 m the morning. The Business Times
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    Lock icon Benazir held in Karachi
    311 1 Benazir held in Karachi KARACHI Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was arrested here yesterday after police fired m the air and used tear gas to break up political riots m Karachi and Lahore, the two largest cities m the country. Three armed policewomen served a 30-day detention order on Miss
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    Lock icon Two feared trapped as ship sinks
    63 1 SYDNEY A 2,558--tonne Dutch ship, Gabriella, sank while being unloaded yes;terday and two marine surveyors were feared trapped inside, police said. The heavy-lift carrier, which overturned and sank at Port Kembla, about 80 km south of here, had limped into port on Monday after
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      26 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3-7 Aswan 8,9 Causeway 10,11 Around Your Place 17 Comment/ Perspective 18,11 Letters 20 Times Dollar 21-24 Racing 26 Sports 27-29
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      302 2 MRT safety system A SOPHISTICATED safety system will ensure that the Mass Rapid Transit trains keep their distance from one another. If a train breaks down, or if there is a power failure, other trains will automatically slow down and stop. "It is a fail-safe system," said Mr Chris
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      Comment
      238 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE SOVIET UNION'S latest diplomatic overtures to Asia and the Pacific have drawn little more than scepticism since they were made by Communist Party general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev In Vladivostok more than two weeks ago. Mr Gorbachev should not be surprised that most states m
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      201 2 KEPPEL CORPORATION LIKELY TO BREAK EVEN THIS YEAR KEPPEL CORPORATION, which suffered a massive $129 million loss m 1985, will probably break even this year. Chairman Sim Kee Boon, who said this m a statement released yesterday, added that the results of Keppel for the rest of the year
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      Forum
      79 2 VIEWS ON HDB BILL SEVERAL READERS comment on the passage of HDB amendment legislation which provides for the eviction from flats of families whose members are convicted of killer litter offences. One says the legislation sets a dangerous precedent for a host of other offences committed m HDB estates.
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      Around the world
      271 2 Chemical arms delay THE UNITED STATES House of Representatives has narrowly voted to delay for a year resumption of chemical weapons production after a 17-year hiatus and to prevent President Ronald Reagan from removing existing stockpiles from Europe. The 210 to 209 vote m the Democratic-led House
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      Around Asean... and Across the Causeway
      230 2 Around Asean... and Across the Causeway Viet overture VIETNAM HAS congratulated Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda on his re-appointment and said it is ready to improve strained relations. At the same time, Thai Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila said he detected a new Vietnamese readiness to negotiate for an end to
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      Timesport
      235 2 Johnson still fastest CANADA'S BEN JOHNSON, the fastest man m the world this year, scored another triumph over his great American rival Carl Lewis on Wednesday night when he won the 100 metres at the Grand Prix athletics meeting m Zurich, Switzerland. Johnson scorched home m 10.03 seconds to
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      Section Two
      403 2 It's Talentime again ON MONDAY and Tuesday this week, 41 singers, 11 bands and 10 dance groups vied for 30 places m the Talentime semi-finals to be telecast from Sept 2. That's right, the biennial SBC Talentime has come round again. And this year, bands and dance groups
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      Buyers'Guide
      440 2 Buyers' Guide I Product Advertiser Section/Page Mrfncs Air India I 7 Cathay Pacific Airways I 8 Audio Auvi I 2 Hagemeyer I 8 Banks Asia Commercial Bank I —17 Standard Chartered I —21 Oversea Chinese Banking Corpn I 1 Bicycle Magnum Trading B 28 Metro/ Toys R 1 Us I—9
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      Lock icon Rubik's new game will even puzzle imitators
      232 3 Rubik's new game will even puzzle imitators HONGKONG The manufacturers of a new puzzle by the inventor of Rubik's Cube hope to foil counterfeiters with a new product, which is even more fiendish than the original. The new product, dubbed Rubik's Magic, is more challenging than its predecessor because it
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      Lock icon A slip on housewife
      58 3 NAIROBI Kenya's Defence Department admitted with embarrassment on Wednesday that it was wrong to invite tenders for supply of a housewife. Officials said the adver^ tisement should have read "supply of a housewife pack, containing needles, sewing, yarn, worsted, mending, olive drab, pair of scissors, thimbles,
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      Lock icon Marathon ace gets his prize 50 years later
      234 3 SEOUL A South Korean who won the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games left here yesterday to receive his belated prize a Greek warrior's helmet dating back more than 2,000 years. Mr Sohn Kee-Chung, 74, waited for 50 years for the
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      Lock icon Seoul frees 885 to mark liberation
      362 3 SEOUL The South Korean government yesterday released 885 prisoners, including 36 dissidents, m an amnesty marking the 41st anniversary of the country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. A Justice Ministry spokesman said the release, under a presidential clemency order, was to help promote a
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      Lock icon 'Terrorism' envoy
      57 3 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has nominated career foreign officer Paul Bremer, 45, to be Am-bassador-at-Large for Count-er-Terrorism, the White House announced. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr Bremer would replace Mr Robert Oakley, who is being reassigned, spokesman Larry Speakes said. He has been serving as United States
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      Lock icon Drug bust
      44 3 LA PAZ About 50 cocaine production centres have been destroyed m the first 30 days of a campaign m Bolivia's north-weastern jungle with logistic support of 170 United States military personnel with six helicopters, Interior Minister Fernando Barthelemv said on Wednesday. AFP
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      Lock icon Stop bleeding foreign firms, Chinese told
      324 3 Stop bleeding foreign firms, Chinese told BEIJING China has called for an end to the practice of bleeding foreign businesses for quick profits, and said more help should be given to overseas investors, the official newspaper, International Business, reported yesterday. "It is China's hope that businesses using foreign capital will
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      Lock icon 'Hotline' set up to ensure safer plane travel
      302 3 'Hotline' set up to ensure safer plane travel TOKYO JAPAN, the United States and the Soviet Union will inaugurate a new system today to ensure safety m civil aviation m the North Pacific, nearly three years after a Soviet warplane shot down an off-course Korean airliner. The key component m
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      Lock icon Ex-bank manager admits fraud
      149 3 HONGKONG The former general manager of the Overseas Trust Bank (OTB) pleaded guilty In the High Court here yesterday to charges of conspiring to defraud the bank of USfM million (8*143.22 million). Court officials said Chung Chin-Fat, 45, also agreed to testify against three former colleagues,
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      Lock icon Protection for officers who attacked Sikh temple
      282 3 Protection for officers who attacked Sikh temple NEW DELHI Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi yesterday promised to provide security for army officers involved m the 1984 attack on the Sikhs' Golden Temple at Amritsar. His promise came amid concern that officers involved m the assault might be attacked by Sikh extremists
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      Soviet offer still falls short, says China
      310 4 BEIJING Despite welcoming a recent Soviet proposal for improved relations, China says it still fell far short of removing three major obstacles to better relations between the two countries. Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian told the Soviet Charge d 'Affaires, Mr V. P.
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      Lock icon NZ ships for exercise with British Navy
      258 4 WELLINGTON New Zealand frigates will exercise with Britain's Royal Navy m the South China Sea next week despite London's displeasure with Wellington's anti-nuclear policy, defence officials said yesterday. The war games will take place under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) linking Britain,
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      Lock icon Beirut car bomb blast kills 15, injures 40
      250 4 Beirut car bomb blast kills 15, injures 40 BEIRUT At least 15 people were killed and 41 wounded when a massive car bomb exploded close to a hospital m Christian East Beirut yesterday, local radios reported. The reports said a car rigged with il§ kg of high explosives burned seven
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      Lock icon Drinkable drugs new threat
      123 4 Drinkable drugs new threat TOKYO Police and health officials, faced with unprecedented use of stimulants m Japan, have expressed alarm at the spread of a new drinkable form of drugs known as "goldfish" and "rockets". The new type of drugs are easier to use, unlike traditional powdered stimulants which are
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        Lock icon Air Lanka probe
        63 4 PRESIDENT JUNTOS Jayewardene appointed a three-member commission with wideranging powers to inquire into the national airline, Air Lanka. The government said m a statement m Colombo yesterday the commission was empowered among other things to inquire into and report on appointments and administration of staff, management of
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        Lock icon Communists fall-out
        58 4 TWO SENIOR Soviet officials held partly responsible for the April 26 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been expelled from the Communist Party for negligence, and another four have been reprimanded, the Tass news agency reported m Moscow yesterday. The sanctions are the third wave of
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        Lock icon PLO recognition
        42 4 SPAIN GAVE official and virtual diplomatic status yesterday to the Madrid mission of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). The mission, opened m 1977, would now enjoy all diplomatic facilities, including diplomatic pouch, except inviolability and immunity for its members. Reuter
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        Lock icon Labour ahead
        80 4 BRITAIN'S OPPOSITION Labour Party has moved further ahead of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ruling Conservative Party m popularity, according to a poll published m London yesterday. The survey, conducted by Gallup for the Daily Telegraph, showed 36 h per cent of those polled would vote for Labour m
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        Lock icon No shrine visit
        52 4 PRIME MINISTER Yasuhiro Nakasone has averted overseas criticism by deciding not to make an official visit to the Yasukuni Shrine for Japan's war dead to mark the 41st anniversary of the end of World War n today, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masaharu Gotoda said m a statement m
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        Lock icon PM's warning
        36 4 SOLOMON ISLAND'S Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea said m Wellington yesterday that failure to reach agreement m tuna fishing talks between the United States and the South Pacific island nations will destabilise the region. Reuter
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      Lock icon Kremlin names new deputy foreign minister
      171 4 Kremlin names new deputy foreign minister MOSCOW The Soviet Union has appointed Igor Rogachev, a 54-year-old Asian affairs specialist, as a new deputy foreign minister, the official Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. No details of Mr Rogachev 's background or his new duties were disclosed m the Tass report.
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      Lock icon West Africa told to act now to fight locusts
      281 5 ABIDJAN Countries In west Africa must mobilise all available planes, and stockpile fuel and Insecticides, by the end of the month If they are to prevent massive destruction of crops and food stocks by locusts, a United Nations Pood and Agriculture
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      House votes to delay chemical arms output
      434 5 WASHINGTON The US House of Representatives has narrowly voted to delay for a year resumption of chemical weapons production after a 17-year hiatus and to prevent President Ronald Reagan from removing existing stockpiles from Europe. The 210 to 209 vote m the Democratic-led
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      Lock icon Oh, never, never again, says the King of Snakes
      289 5 GULF BREEZE (Florida) A HOMESICK German who has lost weight and his girlfriend since stepping into a glass cage with 24 poisonous snakes three months ago was due to break his 90-day record yesterday but he vows he will not try
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      Lock icon The Pill 'does not raise cancer risk'
      240 5 BOSTON The largest study to date of possible links between oral contraceptives and breast cancer indicates women who take birth control pills do not have a higher risk of breast cancer, medical researchers said on Wednesday. The nationwide study of 4,711 women with
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      Lock icon Senate approves $218m aid for Contras
      189 5 WASHINGTON The Senate has rejected warnings President Ronald Reagan is leading America into another Vietnam quagmire and has approved his chief foreign aid request US$lOO million (Ss2lB million) for Nicaraguan rebels. Senators first cracked a stubborn filibuster against the hotly contested aid package, then
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      Lock icon Secrecy shrouds Israeli mission
      289 6 The South Africa dilemma JOHANNESBURG A high-lev-el Israeli trade delegation is on a secrecy-shrouded visit to South Africa amid reports that Pretoria is seeking economic lifelines to side-step Western anti-apart-heid sanctions. Headed by the Director-Gener-al of Israel's Finance Ministry, Mr Emmanuel Sharon, the fourman team has
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      Lock icon Blacks offered chance to elect advisory body
      295 6 DURBAN South Africa's white-led government has offered to allow the first nation-wide elections for blacks to select representatives who would negotiate with President Pieter Botha on power sharing. Constitutional Development Minister Chris Heunis, speaking to a congress of the ruling National Party on
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      Lock icon 'Recognise ANC' move fails
      157 6 WASHINGTON The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a measure calling on the South African government to recognise and negotiate with the outlawed African National Congress (ANC). The non-binding resolution was supported by 245 votes to 177 but came up under special rules for
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      Lock icon Minister who used funds for birthday quits
      203 6 COPENHAGEN Danish Public Works Minister Arne Melchior resigned on Wednesday after state au- ditors accused him of paying for his birthday party with public funds. After meeting Prime Minister Poul Schlueter,' Mr Melchior said he had asked to be released from his duties
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      Lock icon Hunt for man who raped 50
      79 6 NANTERRE French police are looking for a dangerous sex maniac said to have raped about 50 women m and around Paris. The rapist always walks into unlocked apartments with a stocking over his head and threatens his victims with a knife. The women, aged
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      Lock icon Fossil of oldest bird identified
      274 7 WASHINGTON Fossil bones 225 million years old found m the United States have been identified as remains of the oldest known birds, strengthening the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds, a scientist has reported. Texas Tech University paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee said the crow-sized birds, with
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      Lock icon Oil blow to Soviet hard currency
      329 7 Oil blow to Soviet hard currency Predicted loss of at least $15 billion VIENNA The Soviet Union faces a loss m its hard currency earnings this year following the crash m the price of oil, its main export to the West, according to a report published on Wednesday. The Vienna
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      Lock icon Soviets 'have no right to fish near Falklands'
      164 7 Soviets 'have no right to fish near Falklands' LONDON Britain has ruled out rights for Soviet fishing fleets m waters around the south Atlantic Falkland Islands, the Foreign Office said here on Wednesday. The Foreign Office statement said: "British sovereignly over, and administration of the Falklands confers on the British
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      Lock icon Iran oil base almost back in business
      207 7 BAHRAIN Iranian repair crews, working nonstop, have restored some facilities at the southern Golf ell terminal on Slrrl Island, and shipping sonrees said tankers might be loading again there within a day. Slrrl was blasted on Tuesday by Iraqi warplanes, which also hit
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      359 7 gj Singapore Productivity Lecture 1986 Have You Registered For the Event of the Year? i=| THE SINGAPORE PRODUCTIVITY LECTURE is the Productivity Highlight of the year. Held annually, it is the pace-setter m the productivity arena. This year, M^ Wk we are proud to bring you Mr Po Chung, Chairman
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Lock icon Vietnam to free Thai fishermen
      199 8 BANGKOK Vietnam has decided to release a number of Thai fishermen who are being held for allegedly intruding into Vietnamese or Cambodian territorial waters, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said. The decision was taken to mark the recent 10th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
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      Lock icon Hanoi wants to mend fences with Bangkok
      461 8 'Readiness to solve Cambodian issue' BANGKOK VIETNAM has congratulated Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda on his re-appoint-ment and said it is ready to improve strained relations. At the same time, Thai Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila said he detected a new Vietnamese' readiness to
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      Lock icon Marcos' men plotting to kidnap Aquino — Enrile
      315 8 Marcos' men plotting to kidnap Aquino Enrile MANILA Supporters of ousted President Ferdinand Marcos are plotting to kidnap President Corazon Aquino and other officials to pave the way for the deposed President's return, Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile said yesterday. But Mr Enrile, m the same speech m which he
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      Lock icon Reds 'ready to resume peace talks'
      200 8 MANILA A government negotiator said yesterday he expects to resume peace talks with communist rebels m a day or two. Agriculture Minister Ramon Mitra told a news conference that rebel negotiators Satur Ocampo and Antonio Zumel had sent word they were now ready for
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      Lock icon Japanese investors go cold on Indonesia
      458 9 JAKARTA JAPANESE companies, a decade ago the most enthusiastic investors m Indonesia, are now reluctant to invest here because of stagnant domestic markets, high costs and lack of incentives, according to a Japanese trade official. Mr Hiroshi Oshima, Director of the Japan External Trading
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      Lock icon Investment in Philippines down 34 %
      94 9 Investment in Philippines down 34 MANILA Foreign and local investments m the Philippines dropped 34.5 per cent m the first half of this year, bat showed signs of improvement m the second quarter, the Board of Investments said yesterday. Investments from January to Jane totalled ISW7.J million, down from UBflt3.fi
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      Lock icon 36 killed, 64 hurt in two bus accidents
      117 9 JAKARTA Thirty-six people were killed and 64 injured m two bus accidents on Wednesday, the official Antara news agency reported. Twenty-four people died and 45 were injured when a passenger bus tried to pass a truck and hit an oncoming bus about
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      Lock icon Thailand to push for more private investment
      185 9 BANGKOK Thailand's new Finance Minister, Mr Suthee Singhasaneh, has said he will pursue a cautious economic growth policy that will not endanger fiscal stability. Mr Suthee said his top priority is to streamline corporate and e:;port tax structures to provide greater incentives for
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      Lock icon Aquino orders crackdown on strikes
      310 9 MANILA President Corazon Aquino yesterday ordered a crackdown on illegal strikes after a series of work stoppages m the past few months. A presidential spokesman said Mrs Aquino wanted the Labour Ministry to be more aggressive m dealing with strikes, particularly those instigated by leftist
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Present policies will continue, says Dr M
      515 10 4 The government is convinced that we need the work ethic found m the East and not m the West If it is necessary for us to emulate the East, it is not because we wish to be their slaves but because there
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      Lock icon Model among 10 held in KL drug raid
      149 10 KUALA LUMPUR City police arrested 10 suspected drug traffickers, including a part-time woman model, and seized 6.32 kg of narcotics m a raid early yesterday. City Anti-Narcotics Branch chief Supt Othman Talib said four of the men were from Negri Sembilan, three
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      Lock icon Proton Saga revs to the top despite rising yen
      266 10 Proton Saga revs to the top despite rising yen KUALA LUMPUR The Proton Saga has gained more than half of the total market share m its category and appears set to maintain the lead despite depressed sales caused by the rising yen. Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) acting general manager
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      Lock icon Special rally test
      99 10 SHAH ALAM Twelve Proton Sagas will take part m a gruelling twoday 1,111-km Sabah-Sara-wak "Sagathon" beginning on Tuesday. Journalists will drive the cars from Kota Klnabalu to Kuchlng to test their durability over extremely rough terrain, said EON General Manager (Sales) Donald dm. "Sagathon Is the first
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      Lock icon Malaysia to buy 10 railbuses from Hungary
      187 10 Malaysia to buy 10 railbuses from Hungary KUALA LUMPUR The government has decided to buy 10 railbuses from Hungary for use on several routes, including trips to Singapore, Transport Minister Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. About Msls million has been allocated for this under the Fifth Malaysia Plan.
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      Lock icon Perlis' new MB and the hard life
      134 10 Perlis' new MB and the hard life KANGAR A medical student who had to work as a labourer when his studies were disrupted by the Indo-Pakistani War was sworn m yesterday as the fourth Mentri Besar of Perlis. Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, 42, worked as a labourer with the Agriculture
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      Lock icon Cheng Kiat to assume duties on Monday
      257 11 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Finance Minister Ng Cheng Kiat said yesterday he will assume official duties on Monday following clearance from Bank Negara regarding his position m Koperasi Jayadiri (Malaysia) Berhad (Kojadi). Mr Ng, who was sworn m with the other ministers and deputy
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      Lock icon Penang cable plant lays off 138
      217 11 Penang cable plant lays off 138 PENANG The Leader Cable Industry Sdn Bhd at the Tikam Batu industrial site here has retrenched 138 workers, making it the fourth cable plant m the country to lay off workers this year. Its personnel and general affairs manager, Mr K. A. Sree Vijayanayagam,
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      Lock icon Convicted missionary files appeal
      116 11 Convicted missionary files appeal KUALA LUMPUR A Christian missionary convicted of hurting the religious feelings of a Malay businessman by criticising Islam, has appealed, his lawyer said yesterday. Grant Nesdale, 28, from Hamilton, New Zealand, was found guilty by a Kajang magistrate on July 31. 16th Century English law The
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      Lock icon Pekan produces another top man
      104 11 KUANTAN Kampung Langgar m Pekan is one village that has produced an abundance of leaders at both state and national level. The latest is Datuk Mohamed Khalil Yaakob, the new Pahang Mentri Besar the fourth Kampung Langgar "old boy" to hold the title. The village
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      Lock icon Accounts freeze on some co-ops lifted
      344 11 Move to enable them only to pay for essential services KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara has lifted a freeze on the accounts of selected co-opera-tives to enable payments for essential services. These are some of the 23 deposit-taking co-opera-tives the accounts of which have been
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      Lock icon National cyclist killed in crash during training
      164 11 KUALA LUMPUR National track cyclist Wan Ramlee Abdullah, 21, died at the General Hospital here after he was involved m an accident with an express bus while training along the Kuala LumpurSeremban highway yesterday. He was scheduled to leave today for training m
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      The 9 charges
      1835 12 IYOt, Tan Koon Swan, NRIC No. *****92 FOM are charged thai you on or about the sth day of September 1985 abetted one Tan Kok Liang m the commission of the offence of Criminal Breach of Trust as a Servant, the said Tan Kok Liang t>eing a
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      Lock icon Accused keeps his cool in thick of proceedings
      1102 12  -  CONRAD RAJ The Tan Koon Swan trial By Steel outside, fractures inside? How do you know? What you are looking at is only the outside steel structure. Inside may be all fractured. Hope I don't collapse like that hotel (referring to the
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      Share deal guaranteed by Pan- EI, broker told
      376 13 Share deal guaranteed by Pan- EI, broker told A MALAYSIAN stockbroker agreed to buy six million Grand United Holdings (GUH) shares for $10.6 million m May last year on behalf of Orange Grove Property because financial director Tan Kok Liang had said that Orange Grove's parent company, Pan-El, would guarantee
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      Hotel 'failed to take delivery of 7 m shares ordered'
      501 13 Hotel 'failed to take delivery of 7 m shares ordered' TAN Kok Liang asked the nowdefunct Lin Securities last year to finance the purchase of more than seven million Supreme and Grand United Holdings (GUH) shares for Orchard Hotel but each time the contracts matured Orchard Hotel failed to take
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      We ended up holding 11.8 m shares — dealer
      356 13 We ended up holding 11.8 m shares dealer A SENIOR dealer with James Capel Far East Ltd recounted m a sworn statement read out m court yesterday how the firm ended up still holding six million' Grand United Holdings shares and 5.88 million Growth Industrial Holdings shares. The share deals
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      Statements of 22 read out
      235 13 The Tan Koon Swan trial THE SWORN statements of 22 witnesses the general manager of the stock exchange, stockbrokers, bankers and a police inspector were read out m court yesterday during Tan Koon Swan's trial. They gave details of the share transactions carried out at
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      Court told of uncrossing of cheque for $5,000
      262 13 ALL unused cheques of Systems Consultants, a company belonging to the Pan-Electric group, were crossed "Account Payee Only; Not Negotiable". But Tan Kok Liang, who wanted some money, told a former director of the company on the evening of Aug 5, 1985,
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      1.3m Supreme shares bought for Trans Eastern
      207 13 1.3 m Supreme shares bought for Trans Eastern TAN Kok Liang asked a share dealer last August to buy Supreme shares on the open market on behalf of Trans Eastern. Mr Arthur Ng Elk Shin of J. Ballas and Co said m his sworn statement that acting on Kok Liang's
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      Shares 'bought in sister's name'
      176 13 STOCKBROKER Tan Chuan Seng said Tan Kok Liang had instructed him to buy Supreme Corporation Berhad shares m the name of the latter's sister, Mrs Janice Aw. A director of Lim Tan, Mr Tan said a total of 1.763 million Supreme shares worth $3,104,996.23 were
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      Remisier 'told to buy shares to shore up prices'
      407 13 Remisier 'told to buy shares to shore up prices' A FORMER remisier said Tan Kok Liang instructed him last year to buy shares of three companies from the open market because "he wanted to push up or maintain the market price" of these companies. Mr Tay Way Hong, who was
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      Sure way to avoid MRT train crash
      478 14  -  RAY DHALIWAL By A SOPHISTICATED safety system will ensure that the Mass Rapid Transit trains keep their distance from one another. If a train breaks down, or if there's a power failure, other trains will automatically slow down and stop. "It is a
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      First ride for 1,200 community leaders
      229 14 ABOUT 1,2 M community leaden will go on their first MBT train ride next month a token of the MBT Corporation's appreciation «f their help m the project. The ride, en Sept 7, will he part of a visit that MBTC is organising for
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      Fatal accidents more frequent in August
      134 14 DEATHS and injuries from road accidents tend to be more frequent m August than most other months, statistics over a six-year period revealed yesterday. Traffic Police said the last six Augusts recorded an average of 25.3 fatal road accidents. This compared with the overall
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      Man on hurt charge
      66 14 A MALAYSIAN was charged yesterday with hurting a taxi-driver with a penknife on Tuesday night at the car park of Block 146, Yishun Street 11. No plea was taken from Ong Chye Seng, 32, who allegedly injured Mr Koh Boey Lim m his taxi. The case
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      Man died after falling at home
      131 14 AN UNEMPLOYED man who had been drinking fell and fractured his skull, a coroner heard yesterday. The court was told that Mr Lim Chuan, 47, of Block 122, Yishun Avenue 5, had a bottle of Chinese wine with his dinner on Feb 12 before
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        Illegal immigrants
        64 15 A MALAYSIAN WAS charged on Wednesday with five counts of trafficking m illegal immigrants by landing them on a beach here. No plea was taken from Chan Long Cheong, 28, unemployed, who is accused of bringing three Thai men m a sampan m May and two Thai women
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        Iraqi YIP on visit
        61 15 THE UNDER-SECRETARY of Iraq's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mr Wissam Al-Zahaw-ie, arrived yesterday for a three-day visit. He held a meeting with Mr Peter Chan, Second Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs), soon after his arrival from Indonesia. He will pay a courtesy call on Mr S. Dhanabalan, the
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        Coralarium treat
        50 15 THE CORALARIUM at Sentosa has been repainted and exhibits have been re-arranged to attract more visitors. Its new curator, Miss Helen Newman (right), said yesterday she would be asking zoology undergraduates to work as part-time guides during their term holidays. She also plans to start a volun-teer-guides programme.
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        Land to be acquired
        47 15 THE GOVERNMENT has gazetted 49 plots of land totalling 28,428.8 sq m for acquisition to make way for general development, according to the government gazette. Some of the plots, the largest being 5,101.8 sq m, are m Ulu Pandan and Ang Mo Kio.
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        Robbed in car
        51 15 TWO MEN, one armed with a knife, robbed a school vice-principal of his wallet containing $150 and drove off m his car on Tuesday morning. Mr Urn Chin San, 45, of Queenstown Primary School, was then m his green Mitsubishi, EX 3744A, near Block 128, Serangoon Avenue
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        Fire at factory
        36 15 A TWO-STOREY perfume factory of Sin Chik Sing Enterprise m Joo Chiat Road caught fire at about 3.40 pm on Wednesday. No one was injured. The cause of the fire was not known.
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      SNEF executive director to join ILO as adviser
      248 15 THE Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) yesterday paid a glowing tribute to Mr Tan Peng 800, its executive director, who is leaving his post m November. Mr Tan, 45, will join the International Labour Organisation as its adviser to employers' organisations m
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      Officer is fined $40,000 plus $100,000 penalty
      553 15 Officer is fined $40,000 plus $100,000 penalty Free renovation case SENIOR technical officer Thomas Jacob s/o V. T. Chacko was yesterday fined a total of $40,000 for four corruption offences. He was also ordered to pay $100,000 m penalty. Jacob, who faced 12 such charges where the maximum penalty was
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      Man who tapped water illegally has fine raised
      165 15 Man who tapped water illegally has fine raised A SUB-CONTRACTOR who was earlier fined $400 for illegally taking water from the Public Utilities Board had the fine increased to $2,500 by the High Court yesterday. In October last year, Ang Thye Poh, 42, admitted drawing water from a pipe behind
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      MP to open school
      50 15 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs), Mr Yatiman Yusof, who is also the MP for Kampong Kembangan, will open Bedok Town Secondary School on Thursday at 5 pm. The $9.5 million school m Bedok North Street 3 has 45 classrooms and can accommodate more than 1,500 students.
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      Banks, unions hold wage talks
      365 15 Tough bargaining likely over pay retramt TOUGH bargaining is likely as a group of 29 banks and the unions begin negotiations to implement the wage restraint policy recommended by the National Wages Council. The banks are seeking a wage standstill for this year as a
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      Qantas takes a line from PM
      280 15 Tteb\H^..V»...to-<»MrHrt.«n<.«<rHiiiiM— ii ii|H— Mr »—»■■< I > IWIIHKtf«*«* Talking point the advertisement that is appearing in the Australian media. Quote used m advertising blitz m Australia A QUOTE from the Prime Minister has been used m an advertisement m Australia by Qantas, the national
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      Buildings affected by tremor found to be safe
      214 15 Buildings affected by tremor found to be safe FTVE building owners who were advised by the National Development Ministry to check their buildings after Tuesday's earth tremor said yesterday that the buildings checked out as absolutely safe. Public Works Department engineers carried out inspections on Tuesday after an earth tremor
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      Civil Defence demo
      43 15 RESIDENTS of Pasir Panjang constituency will be shown on Sunday how people trapped m buildings or on the ground are rescued. Officers of the Singapore Civil Defence Force will hold a demonstration at Block 24, Dover Crescent, at 10 am.
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      Peter, the antique dealer who does more than sell
      530 17  -  THIO LAY HOON Friday People By HIS infectious charm and affable ways will floor even the most hardened maiden. For antique-deal-er Peter Wee, 40, is more than just a businessman. He is also a loquacious entertainer. Which perhaps explains why he
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      Chong Boon The block that dazzles every night
      160 17  - Chong Boon The block that dazzles every night LIM KWAN KWAN By A CORNER of Block 429 In Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 is transformed into a wonderland of lights every night. The spotlight Is on Chong Boon Zone A Residents' Committee centre, now dressed np with arches, coloured lights,
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      More Malays in community work
      330 17 One m 10 residents' committee members is a Malay. And more are expected to join the RC movement to help promote neighbourliness m Housing Board estates. The Community Develpment Ministry is encouraging Malays to join its 303 RCs m 77 constituencies. AUGUSTINE LOW speaks to
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      Teacher among the first to respond
      232 17 WHEN the call for people to join the residents' committee m his estate was made seven years ago, Mr Aman Jaffar, 43, was among the first to respond. Now Chairman of the St George's West RC m Kallang after serving as its secretary for
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      Eunos 10 years' service and still at it
      182 17 Eunos 10 years' service and still at it AT 35, Mr Mohammad Yahya Zakaria has become a veteran m community work, having served at all levels of grassroots committees for the past 10 years. He is Vice-Chairman of the Eunos Zone 5 Residents' Committee, a member of the Eunos Citizens
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      Shooting incidents highlight Seoul-Pyongyang tensions
      932 18 Geoffrey Murray FRESH outbreaks of shooting along the 38th parallel have once again focused attention on the tension that has existed between North and South Korea for the past 30 years. The pattern is familiar to any Korea watcher: The silence across the bleak, heavily
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      A betrayal of life and hope
      804 18  -  HAROLD EVANS By writing for US News World Report There is hardly anything more demeaning of the American dream than the spectacle of parents of sick children plunging into a media circus where talk-show casting directors assume the role of God. a WASHINGTON The
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      Cynical East Germans' ticket to West
      333 18 Cynical East Germans' ticket to West Editorial, headlined Cynics behind their wall, published m the New York Times on Aug 14. THAT Ignoble monument to communism's failure, the wall through Berlin, was built 25 years ago on Soviet orders, to halt the humiliating flood of refugees from East to West.
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      Opposition in Taiwan still divided
      851 19  - Opposition in Taiwan still divided PATRICK L. SMITH By writing for the International Herald Tribune TAIPEI As Taiwan moves tentatively towards a more democratic future, political opposition m the country faces a challenge familiar m Asia: Unpractised m the responsibilies of power, the movement is ill-pre-pared to assume more than
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      Co-ops: Questions that must be answered
      1297 19  - Co-ops: Questions that must be answered SUPRIYA SINGH By writing tor the New Straits Times What should not be overlooked... is that such a large number of depositors put their faith m co-ops m rather than m banks. KUALA LUMPUR It was known for a long time that Malaysia's co-operative
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        Suspicious overtures
        604 18 THE Soviet Union's latest diplomatic overtures to Asia and the Pacific have drawn little more than scepticism since they were made by communist party general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev m Vladivostok more than two weeks ago. He should not be surprised that most states m the region are more
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  • FORUM
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      HDB should look for other ways
      320 20 HDB should loo k for other ways I AM writing as a citizen and as a concerned layman. This is my personal view and I would like to share it with all. The killer litter legislation is too harsh. I would like to make the following points: 1. It is
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      It is better to help offenders reform
      146 20 IT IS very unsettling to find that the whole family can be evicted when one member is convicted of a killer-litter offence. I agree with the Member of Parliament who pointed out that the amended law goes against the spirit of criminal law
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      Jail or bigger fine more effective than eviction
      386 20 Jail or bigger fine more effective than eviction The killer litter law: Are there alternatives? Should it be retroactive? How should MPs vote? I REFER to the legislation empowering the compulsory re-possession of flats from those convicted of killer-litter offences. I watched the parliamentary debate on the legislation and read
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      Why do MPs speak against Bill and then vote for it?
      302 20 THE recent debate on the killer litter legislation has raised the interesting question as to whether the backbenchers of the ruling party can vote against any of its proposed measures. It seems odd to me, and I am sure
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      Laws should not be made retroactive
      308 20 THE MP for Rochore, Dr Toh Chin Chye, brought up a very pertinent and crucial point when he abstained from voting on the killer litter law. I fully agree with him on the harm the retroactive aspect of the legislation will cause by setting
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      Votes should follow the people's views
      147 20 I WAS surprised by the way parliamentary proceedings are conducted and by the power a ruling party may have when the Whip is applied. The killer-litter legislation has been referred to as being minor, but surely the minister can see that its retroactive effect
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        Temple Street traffic won't be reversed
        198 20 WE refer to the letter "Do something about Smith Street traffic" by "Pain In The Neck". (ST, July 16). Smith Street is located m Chinatown, a colourful and unique part of Singapore. It is not realistic to expect the same level of traffic services
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        Children to learn more about safety
        170 20 Children to learn more about safety PLEASE refer to the letter "Let's have seat belts on school buses" by "Graduate Mother of Two". (ST, Aug 1). Seat belts may not be the practical solution to getting school children properly seated m school buses. "Graduate Mother of Two" has suggested one
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
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      UIC chairman sells 11 million shares
      578 21  -  DOREEN SOH By UNITED Industrial Corporation chairman Lee Kirn Yew has sold the bulk of his stake m the chemical, trading, hotel and property group and may nave made more than $6.5 million on the deal. More than half the shares sold went to
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        Stocks keep rising
        77 21 THE Singapore stock market improved further yt-.srday despite mid-day profit-taking. 'ihe Straits Times Industrial Index gained 4/iz points to 802.62 while the Business Times Composite Index, helped by strong gains m bank shares, rose nine points to 681.84. Rises led falls 111 to 37, with 24 stocks
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          Rises
          70 21 Spore land 482 +32 OCBC 7«5 +30 Metro Wdfs 372 +30 life 1790 +20 DBS 790 +20 C Properties 3M +20 FEIS 340 +12 Metal Boi Spore 33S 12 Kentucky Spore 290 +11 hetan50c 2™ +11 HLeonfFin 255 +11 DuHBhd 520 +10 Straits Tridinf 324 +10 SM 310 +10
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          86 21 Aug 13 Aug 14 BT Composite 672 84 681.84 BT Indicator *****039 *****440 BT OB 'OS +248 +305 CADI -6573 -6513 OBV -***** -***** SI Industrials 797 90 ***** ST Finance *****0 *****7 ST Hotels 580 07 582 01 Aug 13 Aug 14 ST Properties 379 39 387.55 ST
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        INDICES — Highs & Lows
        33 21 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1985/86 High 852.65 (7/3/85) 757.79 (8/3/85) 1985/86 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470.92 (28/4/86) All-t.me High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All-time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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        Forex
        15 21 I THE US dollar lost 90 ticks to close at DM 2.0580 m Singapore.
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        Exchange crossrates
        21 21 I DM YFF S$ HK$ IMS US$ ***** ***** Unq ***** Unq ***** 2.0580 153.65 6.6950 2.1560 7.7845 1.4885
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        Gold
        13 21 I In Singapore, gold lost US$O.5O to close at U*****.50 an ounce.
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        Simex
        33 21 Eurodollar: Gained 10 ticks to 93.82 a contract. Deotschemark: Gained 18 ticks to 0.4863 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 13 ticks to 0.*****3 a contract. Gold: Lost US$l.7O to U*****.80 an ounce.
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          Lock icon $2.27b may not be enough
          82 21 $2.27 b may not be enough WASHINGTON French industrial gases group Air Liquide's cash tender offer for the shares of Big Three Industries, a leading US gases and energy equipment supplier, may be too low for the Texan company's stockholders, US analysts have said. The US$l.O5 billion (552.27 billion) merger
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          Lock icon Profit jump for Philips
          77 21 AMSTERDAM Europe's biggest electronics firm, Philips, has reported that a surge of consumer buying helped boost its profits 18 per cent m the second quarter of the year. Philips said its lossmaking US unit was near break-even and the European consumer electronics sector was booming. Second-quarter
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          Lock icon Tin broker hopeful
          103 21 Tin broker hopeful I LONDON The London broking operation of the international Gerald Commoi'iiies Group suffered a tots loss of US$l4.5 milli( $31.46 million) as a result of last year's crisis I m tin trading here, group 1 spokesman Mr Ralph Kes- tenbaum has said. London Metal Ex- 1 change
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          Lock icon Second BA director resigns
          74 21 Second BA director resigns SAN FRANCISCO Mr Charles Schwab, Chair- man and Chief Executive I Officer of Bank America's Charles Schwab and Co I discount brokerage unit, has resigned as a member of Bank America's board I but said he would devote I his time to his unit's I operations.
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          Lock icon Futures association
          63 21 LONDON The Associa- I tion for Futures Investments (AFI) has been formed to promote and protect the interests of those who use futures, forward or options markets m conjunction with collec- tive investment schemes. The group will look closely at legislation, regulation and taxation affecting its members and
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      Metro chiefs joint venture hopes to 'Excel' in gloomy car market
      564 21 Metro chiefs joint venture hopes to 'Excel' in glo omy car market METRO'S Jopie Ong and Hotel Properties' Robert Quek have gone into the car business. They have secured the agency for South Koreanmade Hyundai cars, whose sales figures m Singapore have stalled since late 1984 when its previous agents
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      Daim denies talks on sale of UMBC stake
      136 21 Daim denies talks on sale of UMBC stake KU ALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Dalm Zatnuddln yesterday denied persistent market talk that he was negotiating to sell part of his controlling stake m United Malayan Banking Corp Bhd (UMBC), Malaysia's third-largest bank. "It's not true that I'm selling my shares to
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      Keppel Corporation on course for a good year
      551 21  -  ANTHONY HOE Shiprepairing giant slashes losses for first six months By KEPPEL Corporation, which suffered a massive $129 million loss m 1985, will probably break even this year. Chairman Sim Kee Boon, who said this m a statement released yesterday, added that
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      DBS Bank buys out partners in local discount company
      393 21  - DBS Bank buys out partners in local discount company N. BALAKRISHNAN By IN WHAT is seen as a move to prepare itself for the restructuring of the local government bond market, DBS Bank will buy out its two partners, Overseas Union Bank and Morgan Guaranty International Finance Corp, m the
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      Another blow to M & L's Bangkok bus project
      446 21  - Another blow to M L's Bangkok bus project MARA FERNANDEZ By THE big project to revamp the Bangkok transport system by Singapore company Motor Leasing has taken yet another U-turn. M L was told on Wednesday that newly reelected Thai Prime Minister General Prem Tinsulanonda had ordered the entire multi-million
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      Captive company
      47 21 Captive company CHUAN HUP Marine Ltd has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, Amethyst Insurance Company Ltd, m Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. This subsidiary, which began operations on July 28, will be a captive insurance company, handling initially, the insurance and reinsurance of Chuan Hup's fleet of vessels.
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      Business done in Singapore
      3423 22 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because all dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      2161 22 Business done in Kual a Lumpur INDUSTRIALS Alcom (768 78S) (1)71 (1) 70(1) 72 (13) 73 (3) 73', (5) 74 (7) 75 (1) 76 (1) 75', (I) 77 (1) 78 AISB (618 625) (1) 61 (11) 62 API (758 75,5) (15) 742 (1) 74 (15)74(2)75', asm uisb ii6S) <n iv
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      How your, stocks performed
      2800 22 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1. unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tai-exempted dividend ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dollars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme. 1986 Last Yield Vol Day High
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        Bank rates
        349 23 1 Mn $1,000. 2 for best customers only. 3 OCBC Finance 4 available at DBS Ftiance. UOF's rates.** abo available at UOF. also available at DBS Finance. I OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 4V4 4 l A 4 4>4 Monthly 4'/ 2 Autosave 4 Fixed
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        161 23 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SJ10 foreign currency Australian dollar 1.3217 1.3245 7.76—7.41 Canadian dollar 1.5527—1.5540 6.51—6.40 NZ dollar 1.0783—1.0809 9.60—9.08 Sterling pound 3.2123 3.2160 3.15—3.10 US dollar 2.1545-2.1555 4.67-4.63 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency
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        Forex
        107 23 THE US dollar closed easier against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed at 2.1550/60 m dull trading. It fluctuated within a range of 2.1555 and 2.1575. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 2.0640/50 and closed at 2.0580/90. Trading was narrow, fluctuating
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        Gold
        130 23 QUIET and featureless m the morning session. There was slight buym«? from Kutodp m late ing iium cuiuptr m mie attemOOn. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.60/4.00. It dipped to the days's low of U*****.40/3.80. It touched the day's high of U*****.20/5.70. The metal closed at
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        Gold market
        26 23 GOLD US$/oz Thurs Wed Singapore 384.00—384.50 385.50—386.00 Hongkong 384.40 384 90 384.60—385.10 Wed Tues New York 384.70—385.70 385.40 386.40 London 385.00 385 50 384.00—385.00
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        Unit trusts
        215 23 Managers' prices for Aug 15 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 86— 0.92 The Savings Fund 0 77—0.83 Spore Prog Fund 035— 0 39 Spore Sec Fund 0.59—0 64xd Spore Invest Fund 0 59— 0 64 S pore Equity Fund 0.42—0.46 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund 1
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          Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
          119 23 Eurodollar 3-month deposit EURODOLLAR futures gapped up strongly at Simex opening following the big credit market gains m Chicago. December Eurodollar opened 13 ticks higher than the previous close at 93.88 but backed off under prof-it-taking pressure to 93.84 by mid-session. Liffe opening m the afternoon saw further profit-taking, which
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          Deutschemark
          54 23 CURRENCY futures opened slightly higher as the dollar remained bearish m view of poor US economic fundamentals. DEUTSCHEMARK closed 19 ticks higher at 0.4863. (US dollar Deutichemark) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sept W 0.4855 0.4865 0.4850 0.4863 724 Dec 0.4884 Mar 87 0.4905 Open bit (Wed): 1121.
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          Japanese Yen
          42 23 SEPTEMBER yen gained 13 ticks to close at 0.*****3. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sept 8t 0.*****7/ 0.*****0 0.*****2 0.*****3 212 0.*****6 Dec 0.*****68- 0.*****9 Mar 87 0.*****38 0.*****8 Open Lit (Wed): 1818. Act Vol (Wed): 432.
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          Gold
          32 23 (USS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Ang 8C 384.80 Sept 386.00 Oct 388.00 D«c 390.40 391.70B 390.40 391.70 Eight Open Int (Wed): 56. Art Vol (Wed): Seven.
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          British pound
          12 23 SEPTEMBER pound closed firmer at 1.4850. Reports from RA Futures
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        Rubber
        17 23 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore September 176.75 down 0.75 cent Malaysia September 221.00 down two cent
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        Tin
        15 23 Tin Closing prices MJ/kilo XL Tin 14.10 unchanged Turnover 82 tonnes down 4 tonnes
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        Copper
        24 23 Closing prices Copper tonne Wed Spot 881 00 881 50 (882.00—882 50) 3 months 900.50-901.00 (901.50-902.00) Market tone Barely Steady Sales 5.950 tonnes
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        Silver
        30 23 Cfoinf prices Silver USJ !ro» o: Thurs Wed Singapore 5 28-5 33 5 35-5 40 Ned Tun New York 5 28-5 33 5 37-5 42 Source Credit Sutsse. Spore
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        Aluminium
        23 23 Closing prices Aluminium tonne Wed Spot 753 00-753.50 (756 00-757 00) 3 months 761.50-762.00 (761.50-762 00) Market tone: Steady Sales 3,200 tonnes
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        Palm oil
        97 23 Crude MS/tomw palm oi Aug ***** (north) 435 (south) 425 (central) Sept 435 (south). Refined palm oi USJ/tonnes RBD palm oil Aug 200 (sellers) Sept 195 (sellers) Oct/Nov/Dec 190 (sellers) RBD Stearin Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 150 (sellers) RBD Olein Aug 215 (sellers) Sept ***** (sellers) Oct/Nov/Dec 210 (sellers) Crude stearin
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      Container schedules
      268 23 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyaje) Arr Cargo Time B'rck A Utah (5) 18/8(2130) F7 1030-1130/1130 1230 Nl/Pl *****330 S! Leda Ms (8610) 18/8(2330) F5 1430 1530/1330 U30 *****330 Fl B Suria (276) 19/8(1700) Fl *****630/1630 -1710 P2/S2 Of Minister (26) 19/8 (1000) Fl 1730 1930 F4 E Govern
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      Ships in port
      249 23 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessel Keppel Wharves Handil Sakti llmamui Barber Tampa K09 aside 15 8 Inter City 1 Motovun K32 aside 15/8 Iramuar Ginga Maru K36 15/8 19/8 Maiu Yong Hua Jenson K22 15/8 16/8 Niaga 39 Jinsha K15 15/8 22 8 Patchann Kota Angkasa K30
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        Banks lead the way up — ST Index above 800
        709 23 Banks lead the way up ST Index above 800 BANK shares led the Singapore stock market to higher ground yesterday and The Straits Times Industrial Index broke through the psychological 800 level despite some late morning profit-taking. OCBC jumped 30 cents to $7.85 and DBS 20 cents to $7.90 for
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        INDICES
        55 23 NST Index Thursday 1,224.33 (1,209.79) Hongkong Hang Seng Thursday 1,925.16 (1,908.02) Australian All Ordinaries ir Thursday 1,163.80 (1,160.20) Nikkei Stock Average Thursday 18,264.71 (18,000.76) Financial Times Industrials Wednesday 1,261.00 (1,242.00) Dow Jones Average Wednesday 1,844.49 (1,835.49) (Figures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day) liiiii i
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        Hongkong
        310 23 Auf 14 HKS Change Assoc Inrl Hotels 1.01 +004 Bank Of East Asia I860 +0 5 Cothoy Pacific Air 5 65 unch Cheung Kong 24.30 +0.2 China Light 16.40xd 0 I Cross Horb Tunnel 9 60 +0 05 F E Consortium 0.435 +0015 G I Cement 8 60 +005
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        TOkyo
        352 23 *H M Yen Change tjinomoto 1820 +20 Jcoi 395 unch imoda 780 unch .soh. Chem 852 +17 .sohi Gloss 1200 unch or* Of Tokyo 885 -25 ridgestone 645 -5 onon 945 +25 osio Computer 1260 -20 itizen 508 -4 Nip Print 1880 unch Nippon Screen 750 -30 ai-khi KongyoBonfc
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        Sydney
        334 23 Aiip 14 Cents Change (Oust) A C I 355 -1 A N i 265 unch Aberfoyle 800S Age 3OOS unch Amcor 335 -3 Ampol Exp 202 +14 Ampol Pet 205 unch Anz 470 +5 Ashton 155 B H P 828 +2 Beoch Petroleum 65 unch Bell Group 930 -10
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        New York
        232 23 Xuf 13 US$ Chance Alcoa 36*4 unch AWied Sig 40% +H Am Tel Tel 23H -V4 Amax Inc 13W W Amr Corp 53* +1% Bethlehem Stf 8H -fc Boeing Co 59* Boiroughs Cp 71H +IVt Caterpillar Co 47H +M Chase Manhtn 42* +IV4 Chrysler Cp 39* unch Citicorp
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        London
        534 23 Auf 13 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 323xd +18 Ass Dairies BTR PLC 290xd unch Babcocks 186 1 Barclays 467 unch Beechom 401 +5 BCC 270 +2 Blue Circle 548 +2 BOC Group 324 +8 Boots 220 +2 Bowoter 310 +10 BATS 393 +3 Britannia 136 unch BP 590 -3
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      First countertrader to get pioneer status
      481 24  -  HBUNG BEE HWA Incentive helped Cargill decide to set up office here By CARGHX Trading has become the first company to be awarded pioneer status for countertrading, a complex form of barter involving several parties. The award came m the nick of time too.
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      HP picks Spore as regional support base
      301 24 HEWLETT Packard will make Singapore its regional support base, which will give customers with software and hardware problems quick solutions. The company's choice of the Republic as the Far East Response Centre is a boost for Singapore's efforts to promote comput-er-related services. Mr
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      Lock icon Spore director on Renong board stripped of executive power
      817 24 Spore director on Renong board stripped of executive power KUALA LUMPUR EVENTS at Renong, which recently saw some management changes and the appointment of two directors, appear to have taken a new twist. Singapore entrepreneurlawyer Lim Kiap Khee, who was one of the directors appointed recently, has been stripped of
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      Hotel Negara suffers loss of $157,485
      105 24 HOTEL Negara suffered a pre-tax loss of $157,485 for the first half this year compared with a profit of $444,936 for the same period last year. Turnover also fell by 42.6 per cent to $1.21 million, reflecting the current depressed state of the hotel
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      Trading in Unilite shares to resume
      161 24 TRADING m Unilite Electrical Industries shares, which has been suspended since 1978, will start again on Monday. In a statement released yesterday, the Stock Exchange of Singapore said a total of 33.97 million shares will be listed and quoted. These comprise the existing 540,000
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      Steamers profit up 190% to $4m
      543 24  -  ANTHONY HOE By STRAITS Steamship has done remarkably well m the first six months this year, while fellow Keppel Corporation subsidiary Far East Levingston only managed to do marginally better. Results released yesterday show bottomline profits at Steamers, 82.2 per cent-owned owned by Keppel,
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      New drive to curb abortions
      395 25  -  DAVID TOH Counselling service and pamphlets to help stem the tide By A COUNSELLING service to dissuade pregnant women from seeking abortion has been started by the Ministry of Health. The service, which took off on Aug 1, is part of the ministry's two-pronged strategy
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      Dhana briefs Mochtar on talks with Sihanouk
      250 25  -  PAUL JACOB By FOREIGN Minister S. Dhanabalan yesterday briefed his Indonesian counterpart, Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, on the recent talks held here with Prince Norodom Sihanouk, head of the Cambodian resistance coalition. Prince Sihanouk, who was m Singapore for talks earlier this month, will
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      Picnic at the zoo
      49 25 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force will hold a picnic for its 2,500 officers, national servicemen, volunteers and their families at the Singapore Zoological Gardens on Sunday. The third batch of volunteer instructors and participants m the advanced first aid course will receive their certificates there.
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      More pass mid-year second language exams
      137 25 More pass mid-year second language exams A HIGHER percentage of A level students passed the mid-year second language examination this year compared to IMS. The examinations, In Chinese, Malay and Tamil, were held In Jane so that these who pass well need net sit for the paper daring the main
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      Seminar to review teaching of Malay
      100 25 Seminar to review teaching of Malay THE teaching of Malay M a second language Id secondary schools, preunlverslty centres and Junior colleges will conic under close study at a seminar next month. The seminar, organised by the Malay Language Unit of the Ministry of Education, will ahw discuss ways to
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      NCB to offer scholarships leading to doctorates
      294 25 NCB to offer scholarships leading to doctorates THE National Computer Board will offer scholarships for the first time to professionals and scholars to pursue doctorates m the computer field. The scholarships are to attract top computer people to do research, a spokesman for the board said yesterday. Under the scheme,
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      Editor fined for littering in Carpark
      206 25 AN EDITOR who campaigned against littering m his housing estate has been fined $80 m a subordinate court for throwing a cigarette butt m a carpark. Khoo Teng Soon, the editor of Weekend East, a free weekly tabloid, and the constituency newsletter Marine Parade
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      Six common poisonous snakes
      60 25 H bitten by a snake, do not panic. Look for fang mark*. M viaiMa, you mutt tee a doctor immediately. Apply broad and firm tourniquet above area of bit.. Reteate it for half a mmut« ovary half hour. Wipabittan m— and cover with draaaing. If anaka
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      What to do when bitten
      251 25  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By DON'T panic if you come across any of the 13 poisonous land and sea snakes found m Singapore. This advice is contained m a chart being distributed by the Venom and Toxin Research Group. The Poisonous Snake Chart, with colour pictures
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  • OBITUARIES
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      182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements
      135 26 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late MDM. WONG WEE LIAM Departed 9th August 1986 express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendance, condolences, wreaths, scrolls, donations and other forms of assistance during their recent bereavement. k a The Family of The
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      181 Deaths
      97 26 MR. CHOO MAH KIT AGE: 78 passed away peacefully on 14th August '86 leaving behind: Beloved wife 3 sons 3 daughters 3 daughters-in-law 2 sons-in-law 7 grandchildren to mourn his loss. Cortege leaving 81k. 38, Lorong 5, Toa Payoh, #01-493 on 18/8/86 (Monday) at 2p.m. for burial at
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      173 26 181 Deaths 181 Deaths mm HO TECK KIM AGE: 78 (SINGINI TRDG. A MFG. CO.) pMMd away peacefully on 14/S/86 leaving behind: Wife: Mdm Wong Yok In Sons: Dsughterc-ir.-law: Ho Jau Helen Tan Kirn Liang Ho Pan Hong Sect Son Ttang Ho Yeong Van Sally Scow Yen Ho Van Klan
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      184 In Memoriam
      37 26 HIM IlilMlMW—— MRS. TS'AI SENG KIM (Dorothy Koh Lao Hueh) Departed August 15, 1985 WE MIBB YOU, MOTHER DEAREST. R<»nv»mlx»r#d by your children: Minnie Margaret Alice Barbara Chris Ethel wid M lowd on—. mammmmmammtmmcßmmmm
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      184 In Memoriam
      38 26 In Loving Memory Of VINCENT CHAN THAM CHOON departed 15 Aug. 1962 Though years may go our tears still flow for you we love so true. Fond memories of you stored deep m our hearts.
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      184 In Memonam
      132 26 GOH HOI TIANG Departed 15th August 1974 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Dearly missed by Grandmother, Mother, Brothers, Sisters, Nieces, Nephews, In Loving Memory of HENRY SIOW THAM KIM Departed: 15/8/85 Memories of you will always remain m our hearts. Fondly
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  • RACING
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      Titan goes nicely
      450 26 Kept on tight hold all the way to clock 43.45 ec ON THE TRACK with MARKSMAN KUALA LUMPUR Titan m, a non-acceptor last week, caught the eye when he strode out fluently m a workout yesterday morning. Paced by stablemate Phaeton, Titan m was kept on a
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      Tomorrow's Kuala Lumpur card
      1251 26 ■"V|PJ"JM| 2.15 CLASS 3 DIV 6 1,200 m B y;^'F (Ratings: 88-78) (Stakes: $14,500) 1 *70 Ernie's Brother 57 (88) Blue Cap-Bou-goure 4 eg same Ng 2 **B*o Intelligence V 57 (88) HC Tan-Samsuri 5 ag d 2 same *Samsurt 3 7**9 Fortnne Finder 57 (88)
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      Top combo skips this weekend's races
      235 26  -  MARKSMAN KUALA LUMPUR Leading apprentice Ismadi Ismail and jockey Peter Johnson will not be riding this weekend. Ismadi has returned to Penang while Johnson has gone home to New Zealand for a holiday. REASON: Champion trainer Teh Choon Beng does not have any runners
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      Lock icon Lashkari cleared
      450 26 Disqualification of Aga Khan's horse is reversed NEW YORK THE New York State Racing and Wagering Board has overturned the disqualification of the Aga Khan's colt, Lashkari. who finished fourth m the Breeders' Cup Turf race late last year. The board said it changed the ruling because the
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      Lock icon VD scare: Horses from Norway barred
      131 26 VD scare: Horses from Norway barred WASHINGTON The American Government said on Wednesday that it would bar imports of horses from Norway because a venereal disease known as contagious equine metritis has been discovered m horses there. The Agriculture Department said the action is needed to protect American horses from
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      166 26 DAVID ABODAHER'S BIOGRAPHY OF THE MOST DYNAMIC BUSINESSMAN OF OUR TIME »!IHHHH;I David Abodaher's life of Lee lacocca provides a fascinating appraisal of a man whom many observers would like to see as a force not only m business, but m the world of international politics. Here is a portrait
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  • TIMESPORT
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      Lock icon ALL THE RESULTS
      286 27 Men's IN metres: 1 Ben Johnson (Can) 10.03 sec 2 Chidi Imoh (Nig) 10.22 3 Carl Lewis (US) 10.25. 2Mm: 1 Calvin Smith (US) 20.30 2 Kirk Baptiste (US) 20.33 3 Floyd Heard (US) 20.35. 4Mm hurdles: 1 Andre Phillips (US) 47.69 2 Harald Schmid (WG) 47.89
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      Lock icon Bugner seeks outside help
      155 27 Bugner seeks outside help SYDNEY Big Joe Bugner is rapidly running out of sparring partners as he fights towards full fitness. Bugner, 36, will end a two-year exile from the ring when he tackles a top, as yet unnamed, American heavyweight at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Sept 15. A
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      456 27 SELECTED first-round scores and points (double eagle: lOpts, eagle: 5, birdie: 2, par: 0, bogey: -1, double bogey or worse: -3). 12 points: Jim Gallagher 68; Steve Pate 66. 11: Morris Hatalsky 67. II: Bill Glasson 70; Donnie Hammond 70; Davis Love 111 68.
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      Lock icon Stableford's system survives
      227 27 CASTLEROCK (Colorado) The scoring system being used at the international tournament this week owes a debt to Dr Frank B.G. Stableford, a British surgeon and retired colonel who saw service In the Boer War and World War I, and golf enthusiast. In 1931, after a day of
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      197 27 LONDON The cry "Bring back Botham" is ringing across England as cricket fans demand the recall of lan Botham to halt a shattering run of Test defeats. Supporters stunned at Tuesday's defeat by New Zealand believe England's only hope of preventing a ninth defeat m
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      Lock icon Canada and US dominate
      223 27 MADRID Canada's Carolyn Waldo carved a clear lead m the first half of the synchronised swimming figures programme which opened the World Championships here on Wednesday. Carolyn, solo silver medallist m the 1984 Olympics, was 1.5 points clear of compatriot Sylvie Frechette as Canadian and American
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      Lock icon Johnson scorcher
      593 27 FOCUS ON THE ZURICH ATHLETICS GRAND PRIX sps**": Big Ben leaves 100 m rivals stranded ZURICH (Switzerland) Canada's Ben Johnson, the fastest man m the world this year, scored another triumph over his great American rival Carl Lewis on Wednesday night when he won the 100 metres at
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      Lock icon John and Jeff put the Kiwis right
      296 27 BIRMINGHAM Halfcenturies by John Wright and Jeff Crowe spared New Zealand's blushes when they were jolted by a four-wicket burst from England Test prospect David Capel on Wednesday. Opener Wright made a painstaking 59 and Crowe scored 58 as the touring team recovered
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      Lock icon World mark equalled
      94 27 SOFIA lordanka Donkova equalled the six-year-old world record (or the women's IMm hardies when she clocked 12.365 ec at the Bulgarian national athletics championships here on Wednesday. Poland's Grazyna Rabsstyn first set the time m Warsaw In Jane, IfcBt. The 24-year-old lordanka was the «tm hardies bronze
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      Lock icon Reno boy Lemond is home and dry
      194 27 RENO (Neveda) American Greg Lemond sprinted into his casino resort hometown on Wednesday to win the fifth stage of the Coors International Cycling Classic. Lemond, who attended school near here, took the 158.6 km stage from Squaw Valley m 3hr 59min 34sec. Lemond
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      428 27 Athletics still the high note Lewis ZURICH (Switzerland) Carl tewis, sporting superstar, pop singer and actor, arrived m Europe on a business trip on Tuesday buC declared that athletics was still 1 the high note of his life. Lewis, who showed up for the Zurich Athletics Grand Prix despite announcing
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      Lock icon Mac shows flashes of old brilliance
      328 27 TORONTO John McEnroe, serving and playing with increased authority, took another step along the comeback trail on Wednesday night by coasting past fellow-American Todd Nelson 6-2, 6-3 m the second-round of the U*****,000 ($813,750) Player's International tennis championship. McEnroe, who won 82 per cent
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      Algeria may play
      374 28  -  JOE DORAI Last-ditch bid for a full field By ALGERIA are the Football Association of Singapore's last hope of securing a full field for the Merlion Cup tournament starting at the National Stadium m nine days. Steven Tan, the organising secretary, dashed to Jakarta on Tuesday night
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      Lock icon A surge into the semis
      112 28 JAKARTA Algeria beat Indonesia's B team 2-1 on Wednesday night to secure a berth In the semi-finals of the Independence Cap soccer tournament here. The Algerians, who fielded only two of their five World Cup players, lacked skill and speed Initially. Bat they were startled
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      A win and a worry
      382 28  -  Irish thrashed but Singapore lack Cup condition THE score read Singapore 5 University College of Dublin 2. By all counts, each of the more than 900 fans, team officials and players should have left the National Stadium last night elated and full of hope for
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      Lock icon Barcelona give go-ahead on Hughes, Lineker
      168 28 Barcelona give go-ahead on Hughes, Lineker BARCELONA Barcelona on Wednesday named British imports Gary Lineker and Mark Hughes as the two foreigners they will be allowed to field during the 1986-87 Spanish season. Coach Terry Venables told a news conference the new signings would replace Scotland striker Steve Archibald and
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      440 28 PARIS French manager Henri Michel is still hoping midfielder Jean Tigana will go back on his decision to quit international soccer. The 31-year-old Bordeaux star, who has played 46 times for France, said even before June's World Cup that his international career would end
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      235 28 THE Dutch company that operates the North Sea ferry Beatrix, scene of last week's violence among a group of British soccer hooligans, says it is considering following the lead of Britain's Sealink ferry company and banning fans from its ships. The company's lawyers are examining whether a ban can
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      332 28 BREST Brazilian World Cup soccer star Julio Cesar is already proving an extrovert customer after his surprise transfer to modest French club Brest. The 23-year-old, who joined Brest along with Argentine World Cup winner Jose Luis Brown, arrived m France on a
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      285 28 BANGKOK Thailand A beat Singapore 3-0 m the opening match of the third Kings Cup sepak takraw tournament here on Wednesday. The Thais, runners-up to Malaysia last year, beat Singapore 15-5, 15-6 m the first regu, 15-2, 15-3 m second and 15-10, 15-8 m the third. In
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      Lock icon Morning maiden
      452 29 Mother of seven is big hit at Striker's Bowl letie's long wait along the lanes pays off IT WAS 1.30am. And while most of Singapore were in deep slumber, one lady jumped up and down excitedly in a bowling alley in Hougang. Ietje Ferry had every reason to
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      Still queen at 48
      369 29 SHE has raised seven kids, is grandmother seven times over and still giggles with the mirth of a child. Ras Suganda is an evergreen m more ways then one. At 48, she still claims the honour of being Indonesia's queen of bowling. Everyone m the region
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      GUTTER CHATTER
      163 29 A GLEAMING white Toyota Supra is on display outside Striker's Bowl for all to admire. It's the muchcoveted prize for a perfect game. Every night, a representative from the sponsors, Borneo Motors, drives it away for safekeeping. And m the morning, hey presto! the $125,000 sportscar appears again.
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      Murugiah heads ranking list
      258 29  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF SCENE MURUGIAH MADASAMY has topped the first ranking list prepared by the Sigapore Golf Association for this year. The list, which will form the basis for national selection, has Sembawang's Murugiah in the lead with 119 points, followed by Sentosa's Premier Leaguer
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      Sport link
      550 29  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Annual squash clash between Singapore and Finland By SINGAPORE will have their first annual sports link with Finland when the two countries meet m a squash international on Sept 6 at the West Coast Recreation Centre. Called the Five Finns International after sponsors Finnair, Kone,
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      Two in,one more to go to face the world
      286 29 Two in, one more to go to face the world JUST one raw diamond that's what national squash coaches Neven Barbour and Rob Crothall are hoping to dig up and polish m time for the world championships m London m October next year (writes Tay Cheng Khoon). The two experienced
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      Way open for China
      262 29  -  JANICE SEAH TENNIS SCENE By SINGAPOREANS may just get to see China's No 1 tennis player, Liv Shu Hua, m action at the DHL Singapore Open Grasscourt tennis championships, from Nov 1-9. The organisers' visa application for a China team has been approved, and organising committee
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        Japan date for five karatekas
        136 29  -  HOO YEW GEE SINGAPORE will send a five-member contingent to the All-Japan Goju-Kai Karate-do championship on Sunday. Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association Goju-Ryo Karate-do club's chief instructor Hui Yew Kok said Singapore hoped to improve on their second placing m the 1981 tournament. They were
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        Cheng Noi tipped to win Open event
        159 29  -  J. RAJENDRAN CHUA CHENG NOI, who won a gold medal at last year's South-east Asia Games m Bangkok, is strongly favoured to win the women's Open title m the Pesta Sukan judo championships at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Sunday. She will also
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      Bayen is better in shoot-out
      241 29  -  PETER SIOW SHOOTING A PULSATING shoot-off m the rapid fire individual event the first since the Pesta Sukan Open championships started last Friday had the spectators on tenterhooks at Mount Vernon yesterday. Singapore Police's Steven Low and Selangor Shooting Association's Bayen Lok sent the pulses
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      377 29 CULVER CITY (California) Seeing his proper name and nationality placed on a city plaque honouring Olympic marathon winners means more to Kee Chung Sohn than winning the race. The South Korean, now 74 years old, won the 1936 Olympic Marathon m Berlin m 2hr, 29min 19.2 sec. But
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      Identity established
      393 29  -  J. RAJENDRAN By AT Raffles Junior College, the paper chase is rivalled only by the chase for sports honours. This year alone, RJC have bagged 12 titles, both boys and girls at national level, and there is still one more which they are hoping to win the Softball
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      96 29 TODAY'S EVENTS BOWLING Slnnapore International; Singles, Doubles, Trios finals. Masters (jualifying. (Striker'! Bowl. 7.30 am) HOCKKY School* National C Boys final: Petcal v Raffles (Fairer Park AC, 9am t. 3rd placing: Virtoria v Ahmad Ibrahim Ifialestier Rd, X3onm) SWHA Dtv 2 LcaHue: CSC v NO) Club (Balestier Rd, 530pm) SOCCKR
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    S'pore bid to be data centre for venoms and toxins
    266 30 S'pore bid to be data centre for venoms and toxins SINGAPORE intends to be a leading centre for research on venoms and toxins. Since December last year, a venom and toxin research group has been assembled to study poisonous animals and plants found here. It hopes to develop a regional
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    28 30 LONDON Half of Britain's 40,000 firemen are overweight and m poor physical condition, according to a report commissioned by the Home Office, issued here yesterday. AFP
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    Linguistics professor is next LKY Visitor
    144 30 Linguistics professor is next LKY Visitor A WELL-KNOWN linguist, Professor Michael A. K. Halliday, has been named the ninth Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor. He will deliver eight public lectures on the theme, Language and Learning: Linguistic Aspects of Education and Scientific Knowledge, m September and October. Prof Halliday, who
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    Lock icon Looking for a girl to fit the bill
    113 30 Looking for a girl to fit the bill BEIJING A bachelor wrote a description of himself and his address on a one-yuan note to try and find the girl of his dreams, a Shanghai evening paper reported yesterday. Xinmin Wanbao said an alert bank employee earlier this month spotted a
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    Lock icon 'Video boy' dies
    42 30 HONGKONG A nine-year-old boy hanged himself yesterday after his grandmother had refused to give him money to visit a video game parlour, the Hongkong Standard newspaper reported. The boy, Chow Chun-Bong, was described as a "video ad- diet". UPI
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    Newest national song a top seller
    270 30 73,000 copies of tape sold and orders for more IT MAY not makt the Top of the Pops but Singapore's latest national song, Count On Me Singapore, has become a top seller nevertheless. Sales of cassette tapes with the song have rocketed to 73,000
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    Lock icon A bit of playing which set a room on fire
    207 30 FIVE-YEAR-OLD Ong Cheng Hock must feel he's been a bad boy despite the comfort offered by his older sister and a young neighbour. Cheng Hock, playing with matches, started a fire which damaged a room m his family's flat m
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    Lock icon Lankan refugees deny they came from Europe
    306 30 ST JOHN'S (Newfoundland) Two days after the arrival of 152 Sri Lankan refugees here, Canadian authorities were none the wiser as to how they appeared m two poorly-equipped lifeboats south of Newfoundland. The survivors of the mysterious ocean voyage denied reports yesterday that
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    30 30 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 2.25 points to 1,1*42.24 m the first hour of triding on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon House votes against troop pullout from Europe, Asia
    275 30 WASHINGTON The Democratic-led House of Representatives has defeated a move to withdraw roughly 200,000 US ground troops from Europe and Asia over the next five years. The vote on Tuesday was 322 to 90 against an amendment to the 1987 defence bill
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    Lock icon Nancy's maid charged with arms smuggling
    205 30 Nancy's maid charged with arms smuggling WASHINGTON First Lady Nancy Reagan's personal maid has been placed on administrative leave following her arrest on arms smuggling charges, the White House disclosed yesterday. Spokesman Larry Speakes identified the woman as Anita Castelo, 45, a naturalised American born m Paraguay. He said she
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      137 30 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Showers over a few areas m the morning. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.14 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 9/11 C Rain Melbourne 5/17 C Overcast Bangkok 26/33 C Cloudy Moscow 15/21 C Rain
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      It's Talentime again
      504 1 Siti Nurbaya Mohammed, 18, from Tanjong Katong Girls School, says she's back m this contest after the 1984 Talentime and this year's Malay talentime For Stan Lee (m the foreground), 28, getting called up for the quarter-final auditions on Tuesday, the day before his 28th birthday on
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        54 1 The ultimate nightmare 5 Kannan Chandran reviews The Hitcher I'm not a nasty guy 9 2 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch speaks up More glamour for Xiuming 10 From sales, modelling, beauty contests to acting Weekend Edited by Richard Lim Bilingual Edited by Teo Han Wue Timetzone Page 4-5 CtawHied*: Page
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        Media mogul Murdoch speaks up
        1845 2 Media mogul Murdoch speaks up Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who's poised to run the biggest communications empire m the English-speaking world, offers a generous glimpse of himself m this interview with RALPH GARDNER JR. 41 see money only m terms of the opportunity it affords me to achieve things m
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        239 2 SBC replies Weekend B 1 Mailbag fg§ PLEASE refer to the letter from "Angry Dad" (ST July 18). It has always been our practice to insert commercials at appropriate junctions with least disruptions to viewing pleasure, and normally the points for insertion of
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        Rashomon and Samurai to be shown again
        100 3 THE two Aklra Kurosawa classics, Rashomon and The Seven Samurai, were so popular during the recent Kurosawa Festival people had to be turned away that the Singapore Film Society has arranged to show them again at the Goethe-Instttut Auditorium, Singapore Shopping Centre, this
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        Brainy bunch gets into mischief
        374 3 UNDER the guise of its brains-oriented title, this is just another zany, American college comedy. The difference here is that instead of potential drop-outs stirring up mischief, a bunch of extremely intelligent students dream up the pranks. Which does make for more ingenious creations. When
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        The ultimate nightmare
        440 3  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN reviews The Hitcher, now showing at Capitol, Changi and Woodlands, and previews Real Genius, tomorrow midnight at Cathay and Orchard. IT'S the ultimate nightmare. It's times like these when you wish you'd listened to your mother and had never spoken to strangers or picked up
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        Let's hear it for these boys
        907 6 I The pop life Chris Ho AT LAST, a video of the Replacements. Wow. The record company executive must have thought I was nuts when I pleaded with him to let me watch the promotional video clip of three songs from the group's album,
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        Jazz from the good ol' days — minus the hiss
        581 6 Jazz from the good ol' days minus the hiss I Compact Discs Chris Lewis IT IS indeed fortuitous that the advent of recorded sound coincided with jazz taking off as popular music. What this has meant to historians and enthusiasts is that jazz is well documented almost from its inception.
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        698 7  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN By DESPITE tragedy striking the group soon after its formation, The Bar-Kays have bounced back with their irrepressible funk-oriented style. In 1965, The Bar-Kays released Soul Finger, a compulsive dance tune that became an international biggie. This was followed up with
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        Big Splash to promote music
        993 7  -  PAT D' ROSE By "THE idea behind this Big Splash fiesta is to let people know that the Musicians and Singers Association of Singapore is alive, and not dead, as some people think," said Steven Gomez, a committee member of the recent-ly-revived association. The Big
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        372 10 MR VAMPIRE PART 2 <«P#J£> Midnight today and tomorrow at Eng Wah cinemas. TRUST the film-makers to cook up yet another ludicrous vampire encounter. Vampires m Chinese films are invariably clad m Qing period costumes. Those m this story are no exception. This time, a
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        744 13 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies X) 1981 Toho model D 29/58 hydraulic feed diamond core drilling powered by 'Bocota' diesel engine c/w mast Selling 557,000. 9) Dlafor 250 drilling machine with 3hp. 220 V. Made In Japan Selling 551,500. Dunlite Petrol skva, Bhp portable generator. Selling 552,000 J) USA volclay ultra
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        1075 13 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities We are expanding our general goods department. We request for quotations from suppliers to supply us the following items. 1. Electrical goods. 2. Electronic goods, e.g. clocks, radios. 3. Canned food, soft drinks. 4. Dec. ration Items. 5. Motor car accessories. 6. Toiletry items.
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        1031 13 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical r KWE is Japan's leading air freight company with^ its international network covering North America, Europe and throughout the Pacific, invites top-calibre candidates to fill the position of: SECRETARY TO GENERAL MANAGER Basic requirements: c Minimum GCE 'A' level. Neat
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        690 14 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Established internatinal manufac- turing firm has immediate vacan- cies for: 1) SECRETARY/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT c GCE O' Level education Secretarial experience/ completed Secretarial Course c Good command of English c Ability to communicate, type and handle correspondence well c Sound knowledge of office administration and
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        849 14 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Well established company m Jurong requires immediately TELEPHONE OPERATORS/ RECEPTIONISTS GCE O' level Preferably with PABX switchboard experience Well verse In English and simple Mandarin Starting salary $500 $600 per month Please call Mrs Chua 2****** for an appointment or write m with contact number
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        864 14 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical FORWARDING COMPANY REQUIRES Documentation/ Wharf Clerk. Knowledge of custom procedures, with class 2/ 3 licence. Call personally: Landmark Freight Forwarder, 24 Peck Seah St. #08-09/ 11, Nehsons Building. Spore 0207 RECEPTIONIST CUM TYPIST required. Pleasant personality, general clerical duties, preferably Chinese. Able to speak well
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        635 14 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales If SALES ENGINEER II Male/ Female The job: To promote Property Maintenance products and services. Requirements: At least GCE 'A' level certificate. Possess a pleasant outgoing personality. Able to communicate effectively. "t c Minimum 2 years sales experience c Age below 30
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        483 14 International Business Organi- i tation with newly eetaMished m branch office m Singapore requirea candidates for the following position IIhMiIH^tISHIIII N a Minimum GCE 'O' level, a Marketing experience not necessary as Intensive on-the-Job training C will be provided, a c Attractive remuneration package. a Bright prospect for ad- vancement
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        629 14 71 Situations Vacant: Sales /^fk/tw%4>'SeA,'P,e Lid t We are an eatabliahed company dealing with auto- matic gates/ doors, cctv, video intercom and other building products. We have immediate vacancies for: SALES EXECUTIVES (Female/ Male) i c GCE 'O' Level. a Aggressive, selfmotivated and results oriented. a Applicants having relevant experience
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        954 14 71 Situations Vacant: Sales FE Established Real Estate Company fo requires eh SALES EXECUTIVE vi< (MALE/ FEMALE) Fl i Must be diligent honest re > Possess own transport. q, Experience preferred. cc i Attractive commissions plus transport allowance. GATEWAY HOUSING PTE LTD !f 54 Maude Road #03-05 ?f Townahend Building.
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        621 14 71 Situations Vacant: Sales MALE A MALE sales staff reqd. r exclusive boutique m Orard Rd. Call *****18 for interJW. ILL TIME FEMALE Promoters quired. 80 Genting Lane, 03-04 :ntlng Blk Ruby Industrial implex. Tel: *****23. •W ORGANISATION IN public rvices reqs. full/ part-time les personnel. Age below 28 yrs.
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        717 14 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following positions: OPERATIONS DIVISION (A) TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT RAILWAY SUPERVISORS (1) Station Supervisors (2) Train Crew Supervisors (3) Depot Control Supervisors Salary Scale For (1) (3): ($415:435) $455x20-495/ 660x40-940/980x40-1340 Functions Railway Supervisors will be required to
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        556 15 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical (SPseagate I a urgently requires A NTC 3 m Metal Machining Training will be provided Completed or exempted from NS Female applicants are also welcome Prepared to work m our Senoko plant aH Come personally with your Identity Card for an interview
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        291 15 Established multi-national firm m Jurong requires: Q.C. INSPECTOR c NTC 3 (preferably Refrigeration Airconditioning) c Must have completed N.S. c Free uniforms provided c Free transport provided Interested applicants pis. come to: 7 TUAS AVENUE 3 SINGAPORE 2263 (SBS 254 from Jurong Interchange) FIRE PROTECTION SUPERVISOR CUM DRAUGHTSMAN required by
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        2087 15 73 Situations Vacant- 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production Production Production KMHV" Part-Time HiSf Production Operators |pjK S^l^p^ 0 (Male Female) 2^sJBHsf^Mp|H^^BKSfe > bingaporean Interested applicants, please walk m for an interview SOR^wflaKlmvi^Blr W° r^ in g
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        462 15 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB requires A) Bowling Alley Technician (Island Location) Qualifications: NTC 3 Certificate Age 25 to 35 years (Male Completed NS.) Experience m maintaining bowling equipment will be an advantage c To assist m maintenance of automatic bowling equipment. Willing to work on shift up
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        561 15 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous MISTER MINIT (An internationally well known shoes repair key service Co) Join us now as a Training provided No qualifications needed II Completed NS Opportunity for overseas I training Good starting salary from S4lO pm Earn around $600 to $800 after few months Apply now (walk-in
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        986 16 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous PURCHASER cum SECRETARY 21 above, female, Singapore Citizen G.C.E. 'O' level or equivalent Knowledge of engineering products essential Minimum 2 years purchasing experience especially hardware, steel related products. Interestred applicants, please write with full resume together with non-returnable photo expected salary to: The Manager Libra Perfex
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        2884 16 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance Good news for buyers of used cars. Now you can get help from DBS Finance. If s easier to buy that second- I Repayment Period Interest Rate I Finance is
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        877 16 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan ■85 NISSAN MARCH I.OGL, 1 owner. SBB plate. Accident free. Like new. Offer above $20,900 secures. *****33 Jasmine. ALMOST M, SUNNY DX 4-speed. Q regn. Alrcon. Showrm. cond. $14,000 0.n.0. *****68. ALMOST '80 OEL Datsun 200 L. Fully auto. Alrcon., hl-fl, beautiful cond. Highest offer to
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        2412 16 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat The World's Fastest 2-litre Hatchback Fiat Ritmo Abarth 130 TC. 0-100 km/h m just 7.7 seconds. A by 2-3 km/h. scorching maximum speed of over 190 Note too the new coil spring, variable km/h.
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        519 16 95 For Sale: Suzuki 5 FEW UNITS Suzuki 1000/ 1300 c. 3-dr./ 5-dr. Ist owner, show)om cond. Highest offer selres. View: 249, Alexandra Rd. el: *****59/ *****33. 84 SUZUKI SA3IO 1000 GL, s>eed, 1 owner, alrcon., hl-fl, tax »/'B6, PARF, Downpayment 1,900. Loan $14,000. *****72 5 SUZUKI 413QC 5-drs. 1
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        2144 17 95 For Sale: Suzuki 95 For Sale: Suzuki 95 For Sale: Suzuki 95 For Sale: Suzuki Now at a special nett price of ;*f rfc nRk lV X\ 4&MKmMk&\ E2 -&"*i2m rtlilli ill mmntf*' ii (PARF) Excludes insurance <<M llfiH and scrap car. X ■BaWHBHHWH B^v%alaW«/W Call us now *****11/*****20
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        780 17 99 Vehicles Wanted CASH PAYMENT Highest Offer. Good Prices For: All models Mercedes Benz. BMW, Volvo all Continental cars. a All Japanese cars. a Commercial vans. a Trade-in acceptable. a Ample free parking lots. a Conveniently located at Leng Kee Road. PACIFIC MOTOR CREDIT PTE LTD 11 LENG KEE ROAD
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        899 17 106 Accommodation Available: Houses GARDEN VIE\AA ESTATE Brand new Semi-Detached and Terrace Houses for rent Tel: *****62 or call for viewing at 28 Con way Circle, V^ Spore 1955. J D.13, 15, 9, 21, 10, 19, Braddell Hgts. Ktg., Namly/ HK. Pk.:--s/storey, detached bunglws., air-cons. 4-bdrms., servant's rm. carporch 5,
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        728 17 106 Accommodation Available: Houses FULLY FURNISHED BRAND new bungalow for lease at Ladyhill Park 5 bedrooms, with pool. Tel: *****00 x 292. NICELY FURN. 3-STOREY bunglw 2-storey seml-d. at Bt. Timah 7 m s and apt. at Grange Tower for r°nt. Tel: *****22/ 3. SUNSET GROVE, D/STOREY detached bunglw. Unfurn.
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        1025 17 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments tOY ibtylC* Avenue Park is a little village of only 48 low-rise units. It is not one of those endless high-rise complexes that crowd you m. But quality living and quiet living as well. All the units are
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        1025 17 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments WHITE HOUSE PARK APARTMENT 67 Stavant Road, Diatrict 10 Low rise condo centrally located with pool, squash court. playground covered carpark c 3- l-bedroom Townhouse. 1900 sq ft Fully furnished. 5 aircon bedrooms sitting room Avail. 10/7/86. Prica nag. Tel: *****85/ *****40/ *****08 c 3 bedrooms
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        1411 18 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments 'It's a holiday camp atmosphere. We made friends the first weekend around the pool^^ The expat community makes us rf&\ U:e\ really at home We also enjoy fj/Qi/&%) /^jftfr friendly country club amenities. \lvf H&irC* excellent Orchard Road location. \z^^ rrls jsj,
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        1019 18 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D 1025, LUXURIOUS WALK-UP apts. Furn., aircon. Immediate occupation. Tel: *****21/ *****20 D.ll NEAR NEWTON, furn. studio $600. D.15 near Parkway, 3 rms., unfurn. $650 Homer *****08. D 1130 GILSTEAD RD. 2 bdrms. 1 servant's. Restful, pte. environment. P/furn. $700. *****53 D 1130 MANDALAY COURT walk-up
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        885 18 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL. Weekend special $35 for couple. Monthly $350 $500. Tel: *****11. MACPHERSON SEMI-D. 1 rm $280 Single ladies/ students/ couples. No cooking. Tel: *****22. NEWLY FURNISHED QUIET room with bathroom attached at Pearlbank for rent. Tel: 225-9215. NEWTON ROAD, AIRCONDITIONED room with bathroom attached.
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        662 18 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses WMI help you buy a house now with complete |XK 4 are of mind IjV> ':-:^jb^ l| *>^ ll Ljr M^? n Kflj^^flß^B^BHifl^Bß^K > |BP^/ jbbbW b^bV *S^^«^* f HSkS^hbhl B^B. r > fwfwtr'''^ 9^BBbIBkChase Complete Home Loan
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        834 18 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses To be held at: The British Council Theatrette Basement, Singapore Rubber House 14 Collyer Quay, Singapore 0104 on Wednesday, 27th August 1986 at 3p.m. 1 3 Ridgewood Close 10-01 Lunalilo Rise, Ridgewood Condominium Singapore 1027 (MX 4 Lot 3863/U9 A3863/U9) Title: 999-year
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        792 18 D-11 COSY S/STOREY bungalow. 3+ 1. Study. Modern kitchen. Good gdn. 8,000 sq.ft. F'hold. $700,000. Clover: *****18/ *****10. 0.10 EWART PK.: Luxurious bungalow with s/pool, tennis ct., beautiful landscaping 50,000 sq.ft. $2.5 m. Sunnyland *****13 D.lO NAMLY GARDEN. 2-storey seml-d. 3500 sq.ft. Facing south. Beautifully renovated. 4+l bdrms. $530,000. *****61/2
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        833 18 113 For Sale: Houses 0.14 INTER. TERR. Area: 2000 sq.ft Fully renovated. $360K neg. Holland *****73/ 4 D.15 EAST COAST vicinity 2 storey seml-d 3+l rms Well kept gdn. Acumen: *****11 D.15 KATONG 2 yrs. old d/storey bunglw 6000 sq.ft. 4+ 1 rms. Pool. $1.1 M Holland *****79 D.15 KATONG
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        1452 19 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments o»f* tgl J! Z^i Z^ k 1 1 No Restriction To Foreigners IL^ '-_**y '^fc M Mm i i_| wo units tastefully furnished m_* <*r Jl* Jm apartments for your viewing pleasure. I ""t* *fli
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        1148 19 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments FiyMMPARK \l CONDOMINIUM I Your Country-Resort Home [gpHPßM_ft wfc -4^____^___R_ m______4 D Iplv'^' ____f_H^Bß^^^^^^4 ?^sißt jfeftd _-_^-_mJß_V___________M_lß_J_H_l '^__ki^-__iM_i__^-_^__Ba__c_^__K_r T __________________________________H_H_fl J Bookings Enquiries GOOdland (Pte) Ltd (A mem_,er of Keck Seng Groupj c Tel: 338 2828 S Show Unit Tel:
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        1034 19 114 For Sale: Private Apartments MO CASA ROSITA New Mediteranean style, 3 bdrms., big patio, urn. $4,000. LR Est: *****82. M 0 CORONA VILLE Townh'se/ ondo 1600 sq.ft 3 bdrms. Renoated. $320,000. Tel: *****01 (agt) M 0 HIMIKO CT. condo. 1900/ 2100 q.ft. 3 1 bdrms. Full facilities. 355,000/ $390,000
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        1150 19 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments E 5-ROOMED BLK. $000 s A.M.Kio 520, 729 134-138 f Bedok Ctr. 413. 415, 505 128-142 2 Bedok Nth 90 96. 97. 99, 111 112-132 C Chai Chee 51. 52 128-132 t Clementi 413, 414, 415, 606 129-142 k Depot 114 129 r Dorset 48,
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        1066 19 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments lOON LAY DRIVE/ 4-ndrm./ 85 I q.m./ marble throughout/ high i lr./ nice view. $52,000. EM i *****5/ *****42. DEMENTI PURE 4-RM. Blk 410 >eautifully done, clean well tept, all marble, cabinets $88,000 leg. Near bus-stop. *****33. :lementi 3-room blk 323 ;eramic, kitchen cabinets, no
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        927 19 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments CLEMENTI, PURE 4-RM. Hlk4.lt) corner, ceramic, opposite Interchange $80,000. No agts. *****83. CLEMENTI 4-RM. CORNER, Blk 437, ceramic. High floor. Tel *****69 after Bpm. CLEMENTI AYE 3. Central 3 room New Generation. No renovation. Price negotiable *****83. CORNER. CLEMENTI. 3-RM. Aye 4 81k.314 $59,000/ 81k.363
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        593 19 117 Properties Wanted I ■^M^k. y WANTED V JURONG EAST BEOOK ANG MO KIO OTHER AREAS CALL MISS CHOW 732 8288 WE EMPHASIZE M SERVICE... VCHEN6 AND LEW ENTPy A Christian Group requires land to build a church, any locality, minimum around 30,000 to 35,000 sq.ft. Please contact *****00 I
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        685 20 118 Factory Spaces FOR LEASE UNION CENTRE T 4th to 6th storey""] 7,000 to J^OOOs^ft. Newly completed 6 2 storey light industrial building at Jalan Pemimpin c 2 cargo lifts ot 4,000 lbs 2 passenger lifts ot 2.500 lbs loading c Building complied to government OTTV regulations complete with tire
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        599 20 118 Factory Spaces FACTORY SPACE AVAIL. In Mac- Pherson Industrial Complex for rental. 2.700 sq.ft. Wendy: *****92. FOR SALE D.13 D/storey terr. fty. for light Industries. 19,000 sq.ft. *****41 Windsor Prop. MACPHERSON IND. BLDG. 3,100, 4,700, 8,000, 10,000 sq.ft. Sale $95 0.n.0./ rent $0.45 p.s f. *****97/ 8. 119 Warehouses/
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        1139 20 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces A WAREHOUSE SHOWROOM P V Long short term leases Godown services n LAM THYE HANG PTE. LTD. 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces W TONGENG BUILDING H jS&H Junction of Cecil Street/Boon Tat Street. aßf HI Noted for
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        1215 20 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces i Goklhiil Square Prestigious, convenience offices of reputed international multi-corporation. LIMITED PRIME SHOP OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Close proximity of CBD U .^^j Over 650 car park lots \l 7^ss« Professional building _/T\\ services team Future
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        849 20 125 Shop Spaces 1 Wanted WANTED TO RENT shop space m Hougang/ Serangoon/ Thomson If] Near HDB. 300- 400 sq.ft *****16 t--250 TO 300 sq.ft. shop space for If] boutique wanted at Wlsma Atria. Please call: *****13 after 12pm. 1^ 126 Restaurant/Lounge \2 Spaces i^ FURN. RESTAURANT. Cheap sale! In
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        600 20 137 Tours 137 Tours iS^k THi; MOST POPI lIAR il -IEHI IVIASSWII)DING& 0 L^B^ HONI^MOON TOURS TH x l DATE OF CEREMONY: Wk 3 I] 21/9/86:17/5/87 JwL'^B I DEPARTURE: »■ss£* i] 22/9/86;18/5/87 rf%Mf--Ll ENQUIRIES, WELCOME. HHkS SEE §!NOW I INSUMMERIII I I Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route 7 Days $2188 b Osaka/Nara/Kyoto/Lake
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        2541 21 =^SS 137 Tour. I 137 Tou,. 137 Tour, 137 Tour. 137 Tour. "7 Tour. 137 T.ur. J 137 Tour. JIIIQQICDAQG se^CX 4SK^m^ The largest f- vX. *jP_ \Ay. *h ,t, "^Mfflfriniiid —!-Z. jgl Vy{§ accommodation Skvtl^drCL/ JmaßM^l| jjgj^'il^fT^mJigßl ■\f*f y!wv^li«l H^S^i I L^ chain m Australia 8 v KSP^^la pBcka
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        567 22 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses PJfcl> s COMPUTER USERS KSV* Can you apply what W)V you have been RPS^^S taught to r^&L yOUrJ b?^ V^ Be trained the professional way by the Training Specialists. Forthcoming Courses: Commencing Date/Day Symphony (Ver 1.1) 25 Aug '86 (Mon) lUS Accounting 25 Aug
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        493 22 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses COMMERCIAL^ TRAINING CENTRE offers Intensive training leading to LCCI PRIVATE SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE June 1987 Examinations (We use electronic typewriters) Call *****56/*****50 now for information Brighton. ..for a brighter future... 325 Boon Lay Place #03-02 UOB Building k Singapore 2264 A 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses BOOKKEEPING (Elementary)
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        1516 22 150 Commercial/ 150 Commercial/ 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses Technical Courses Technical Courses LCCI Diplomain^^^B^^ntman Commercial Managerial Principles Croup Certificate months Full-time (day) 9 months Principles of Bookkeeping Management Accounts Advertising Commerce Public Relations English for Business Commencing 16 Communication September evening. Unders tanding Computers Module B 6 months Business Industrial
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        763 22 NOTICES W*"^ NOTICE P NOTICE is hereby given that VAN YA HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS ENTERPRISES PTE LTD |f of 85, Playfair Road #03-01 /02, Tong Yuan Industrial Building Singapore 1 336 are the registered 1 proprietors of the copyright m the design obtained under United Kingdom Design Registration No. 101 9055.
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        351 22 MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT TENDER NOTICE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT (I) The Desilting and Cleansing of Sungei Kallang from Braddell Road to Jalan Toa Payoh Ref: TEN(ENV)OB/86/54 Showround: Meet at Lorong 8, Toa Payoh near HDB Blk 22 1 on 20.8.86 at 8.30 a.m. N.B. Contractors who fail to attend the showround
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        1153 23 APPCHONTMENTS/NQT^ESI mmmmsm CTAiITC RCitfiftAl WwWk Telefax No: *****59 WKwM bIAW I 5 KdOUOO I HMP g^ Service: Tel *****11 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMKAD e xt 5724/5/6/8 5669 APPOINTMENTS The MRT (Corporation post of ASSISTANT MANAGER (COMPUTER SERVICES) (REF: AMPCS/1) Gross Salary Range: $57,300 to $83,500 P.A. Applications are
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        957 23 The Singapore branch of SRI INTERNATIONAL (formerly Stanford Research Institute) a leading not-for-profit research based consulting organisation seeks a Senior Management Consultant to build upon the existing base of corporate strategy and corporate restructuring work within South East Asia. Age and nationality are of less importance than experience and personal
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        390 23 l r n^i national 5P3 UNIVERSITY I WOF SINGAPORE I DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS Applications are invited for teaching appointments from candidates who possess a PhD degree or equivalent and who can teach m one of the following areas: a) Economics of Banking b) Economic Development of Southeast Asia
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        2923 24 APPOINTMENTS pBBBMWBJ NOTICES ff-zr:r:::::::.izrf^^ WMft^^MMMSMMMMMMM A well-known boutique ty tender notice mSSSSSmSmM merchandising iS H IC? i m iS!S Tenders are invited from qualified contrac- I an international range 355 JL l3im. «S8 S^^'JSLK? "iSTS: !S^S TENDER NOTICE /lfr.^ Of fOOtWear and %«<»r Sculptures located at Fort Canning Park. The
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        462 25 NOTICES NOTICE OF DESIGN i REGISTRATION I U.K. Design Registration No. 1,028,499 FIG I PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM ABOVE, M> TOWARDS THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE Jp FIG 2 PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM BELOW, TOWARDS THE REAR AND THE ONE SIDE FIG. 3 PLAN VIEW FROM ABOVE Igj /ill k\ r*"* i
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        1274 25 SINGAPORE PHONE BOOK JULY 1986 Telephone subscribers are informed that as from 18 August 1986, the Singapore Phone Book July 1 986 will be distributed only at:- Telecommunication Sub- (i) Telephone House Offices 15 Hill Street (0617) (ii) Blk 114 Aljunied Aye 2 #02-75(1438) The hours of collection are:Mondays to
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        821 25 Tender Notice I Tenders are invited for: I I BUILDING I a) Tender No. AMB/T/86/010R Term I contract for cleaning services to New I Central Telephone Exchange, City South I Telephone Exchange and Sentosa I Satellite Earth Station for a term period I of 18 months from 1 Oct 86
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        616 25 CENTRAL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT The following tenders ore invited by the Chief Supplies Officer:A) 168 NOS WOODEN KITCHEN CABINETS for Singapore Police Force Tender No CSD 3/F 247/0786 Financial Limit $50,000/Head: CSD/F/l B) CROCKERY ITEMS For Singapore General Hospital Tender No CSD 3/tG 296/0886 Financial Limit $50,000?Head: CSD/HS/1 The closing time
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        727 26 NOTICES PUBLIC UTILITIES V-/ BOHRD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from eligible CIDB/CSD Registered Contractors for the following: 1 Supply of 3,020 tonnes anhydrous ammonia to Senoko and Pulau Seraya Power Stations Registered Contractors m Chemicals B 5 only and Specially Registered Contractors* Site Showrounds: (a) Meet at Senoko Fbwer
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        594 26 PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT Tenders are invited by the Parks Recreation Department for the following items:--(1) Construction of footpath, benches and litter bins at Penang Road/Oxley Road Open Space, Singapore. Site Showround on Monday, 18 Aug 86 at 1 1 00 am Meet at junction of Penang Road/ Oxley Road Eligibility:
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        544 26 notice: to creditors of FIRST MEETING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. M of 198 C In the matter of Companies Art Chapter 185 and In the matter of SINDOCATER OFFSHORE SUPPLIES PTE. LTD. (In Liquidation) (Under the Order for winding up the
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        603 26 MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Tenders are invited for the supply of the items below (Closing time is I 1 00 am of date shown) 1. HARTMAN'S SOLUTION Tender No: HQMS/ 47/ 86(T) Closing Date: 5-9-86 2. PROCAINE PENICILLIN Tender No: HQMS/ 48/ 86(T) Closing Date: 5-9-86 3. FORCEPS, HEMOSTATIC Tender No:
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        683 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 771 of 198 C. In the Matter of the Property comprised In a Deed of Assignment dated 7th December, 1982 and a Mortgage-in-Escrow made between the Defendants of the one part and the Plaintiffs of the other part.
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        851 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up C No. 451 of 1986 > In the Matter of the Companies Ii Act (Chapter 185) A AND In the Matter of VALIANT b REALTY PTE. LTD. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given t that a Petition
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        761 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 523 of 1986 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of INFORMATICS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up of the
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        768 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 471 of 198 C In the matter of the Companies Act, Chapter 185 And In the matter of AVTTRA PTE. LTD. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding Up of the
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        683 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 4M of 19M In the Matter of tfce Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of ARABELLA FURNITURE A UGHTING PTE LTD Advertisement Of Petition Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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        719 27 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 437 of IMC In the nutter of the Companies Act, Chapter 185 And In the matter of PEOPLE'S PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding Up
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        675 27 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 965 OF 19M. RE: CHEONG MUN KWONG, VICTOR EX PARTE: THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED Creditors NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF A BANKRUPTCY NOTICE FILED ON THE SIST DAY OF MARCH, 19SC. ?o: Cheong Mun
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        609 27 ikT/^i 1 ¥/> _C C OFFICIAL NOTICE RI%I 1 ILrJ) PROPOSAL TO CHANGE xmmi im_ _M|||H|_||||mi| ■||M|||||||||| lIMIIII 1 1 W SHIP'S NAME lcßl^Ullll799lTUilBH99pVnHTrfl We, Argo Dua Shipping _R^i!|iVffl!^_R^Pf_^^_Pf?^Pm_m]Mj NOTICE pte Ltd a Singaporean ____________L____________USd_Hjl-H-iK company having our regis- I^ l l^ l^ l This serves to rectify the tered
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        490 27 SUN TAN ByCollette PEANUTS By Schulz Tm^lNC^lilH^T^^M^P )!sL~—^S^ I I TME FIRST MEETING OF II I 5V66E51 TMAT WE I F foiMvA j \(l WIThITRAuJ THE V ir^esmAfU^<^^\^^lis^^f7^rr^ >€^i yooms our local pesert club form a group anp y\^ VJ\ _y suggestion J\ v^___of rL /to* J s&ffl I *^ry^
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        2007 28 m Bi: AS mJ **********b(XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXK>COCO0D OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ sßsssfuss :riMui*ttP!i,«»>4.tti.n*. l |pEo^THEA™«GOLdEHiuL^ iKjTriivlsyti CAPITOL (*****59) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30 9.15 B A". ()0 M u '.^ft t i njWi(i^iMi(' 'tv jj.;)< >/j 'I >) Kff VT fi rinfllC TfIHIIVI 8 8 flfjik Hll■ S 1 1 O CHANGI (*****59) 11am, 1.45, 4.00,
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        1008 29  -  CATHERINE ONG It's Talentime Again (From Page One) By DJ's Electrobeats are (from left) part-time People's Association dancers Liz Tan, 18, Zamri Mohamad, 21 and twins Jamil and Jamal Maswan, 21. Said Jamal: "We sent m our application forms just before 5 pm on July
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        302 29 THE seventh game of the World Chess Championship between defender Garri Kasparov and challenger Anatoly Karpov was adjourned on Wednesday after an exciting encounter. Experts said the bitter rivals were likely to agree to a draw before the game resumes the next day. In the adjourned position,
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        750 29 What's nn— PERFORMANCES Branch Library. 2.30 pm. 12.30 1.30 pm. Daily except On till Monday. shuttle service is available and $1.10 for children THE MERRY WIDOW. By the Free Tickets from the Chil- Mondays. Till Aug 31. Free, WATERCOLOUR EXHIBI- from most major hotels at $10 Dr Penguin's Magic Circus
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        1021 29 B_f_P"_S _VV__V^__ bph HP"mV_F"_____l I M__ H-H Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz m VHF Band II 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 (cont'd) 7.30 Morning
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        753 30 For the Young episode discusses the pets people keep. MKK^ j^^| There is a song entitled I Love My Pets V Jjj Wk jUEm and a story called Little Brown and Little Jtflfek *P^WPF Black. jE| mk Three children dress up as a dog, a cat f|f i» \s l%M/m
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        122 30 I'^i^pipßjPlplWPljr^ CASH < SPAIN "'^^IJNDOWBL----^^ 32-36 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923 I T'^ -/^^^^^l^ t Jffij^Jyi|| mSSHS^mam^ BetH-«n Orchard Vaohan Hongkong Shanghai Bank, there 4B 1 Wlt ff*jß f^^f tjfafca^^H is a NEW IRA CAR PARK. (We are next lo Hongkong A ViV^^lßP''''" LINDA fH '■F 1 *^^j Shanghai Bank Opposite
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        1601 30 MY VIEW h Catherine Ong mgmmgggsBMBSSMSSBSSBMHBM JBM 9HHBBQSI a glass ugi a bottle and a P\i fll p^r y Hue^ ii maf i iinn i»holl driye vnu mad asstsr-iSu^.^ffi W WL\l Mmfa- A Presents (Ch 5,, 10.30 M I Uull IIUU VwllU UIIVC jfwll lilOU gang must do quite a
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