The Straits Times, 13 December 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 485 1  -  CONRAD RAJ White-collar criminals may get bill for bringing them to justice By THE Commercial Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance has served notice that it may make the white-collar criminal pay the costs of bringing him to justice. So he can expect to be
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  • 314 1 Price boost as Opec tackles quota issue GENEVA Opec. its new resolve to drive up oil prices reflected in sharp price gains in the past 24 hours, yesterday began to tackle the divisive issue of how to control its production to achieve its goal of an US$lB (Ss39) barrel. Delegates
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  • 50 1 STOCKHOLM Natureloving Sweden is to introduce a national battery recycling scheme to help to clean up the environment. The scheme aims to Rive householders money to encourage them to return spent batteries so that potentially-damaging chemicals such as mercury and cadmium can be disposed of safely. Reuter
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  • 296 1  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM YANG RAZALI KASSIM Grouping will survive the test, says Mochtar By and BANGKOK Thai Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila said on Thursday that he did not think the unity of Asean would be affected by the controversy surrounding the recent visit
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  • 472 1  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG By DAPHNE and Diana, Singapore's first test-tube twins, arrived abont three weeks ago and their parents couldn't have wished for more although they nearly got it. Mrs Evelyn Loo, a 33--year-old nursing sister, was told in March this year
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  • 568 1  - Bank sues Teck Puat for $395m and slaps writs on 14 firms CATHERINE C. ONG HAN LING By and Brunei Correspondent TYCOON Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat's besieged financial empire was rocked by a second flurry of suits yesterday as the National Bank of Brunei zeroed in on 14 of
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  • 39 1 THE Government has accepted the National Wages Council's recommendations on wage reform. And the Singapore National Employers Federation has named 12 of the companies which are willing to take the lead in getting it underway.
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    • 22 1 Inside Sumnian 2 World News 3,1,6,7 Asean 8 9 Causeway 10,11 Comment/ Perspective 21,25 Letters 26 TimesDullar 21-31 Racing 32,33 Spurts 34.39
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    • 20 1 'We respect S'pore's right': Page 9 Ministry's reply to Malay chamber: Page 15 Leaders must bless people's actions: Page 25
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 445 2 Police uncover plot POLICE investigating Wednesday's Yishun kiosk fire, which killed oil-rig worker Thanapal Ramasamy, have uncovered a plot to burn down the voiddeck provision kiosk and claim fire insurance. They say the plot backfired when one of the two arsonists died in the blaze. The kiosk, Rengasamy Store,
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    • 186 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE TIME is right to get down to the nit-ty-gritty of implementing the wage reform proposals, now that support for them has been gained all round. The goal is to link the wages of employees to the performance of their companies. Bat the question is
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    • 83 2 TWO ISSUES AT STAKE A DOCTOR, commenting on the proposed opting out scheme of the Human Organ Transplant Bill, says there appear to be two issues at stake whether such a law should be passed and, if not, what to do to solve the problem of insufficient donors. He
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    • 257 2 Military furious MILITARY fury rose yesterday at rebel ceasefire conduct as Philippine authorities reported the first death of a soldier since the 60-day truce with communist guerillas went into effect on Wednesday. Officials said that a member of the part-time para-military civilian Home Defence Force
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    • 285 2 Arsenal prepare KENNY SANSOM, captain of leaders Arsenal, was happy to stay at home this week while champions Liverpool played under blue skies in Dubai. With no midweek match, Arsenal might have sought warmer climes than England in December, but they opted to stay home to prepare for today's
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    • 435 2 Long March reviewed CHINA: The Long March, a book conceptualised to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in history, is reviewed by WEE BENG HUAT. The event is retold through the eyes and skill of 19 world-class photographers, who were handpicked to document
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    • 141 2 SESDAO TO START TRADING AFTER LUNAR NEW YEAR SINGAPORE'S second securities market will start trading soon after the Lunar New Year even if only one company is listed. The exact date for the start of the Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation Market will be decided by
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    • 206 2 Nato proposes talks THE NATO military alliance, worried about superior East bloc conventional forces if nuclear arms are reduced, has proposed new East-West talks on troop cuts throughout the whole of Europe. It is the first time that all members of Nato, including France which is not
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    • 303 2 Product Advertiser Section/Page Artnes Singapore Airlines I Arts 6 Crafts Bao Yuan Trading Audro Amateur Photo Stores 40 Auvi I 2 Baby Show Protessronal Management Bant UOB Carpets Amir Sorrs Gnee Hong Carpet Hassans Carpet < Chinese Carpets Oriental Carpet Palace 40 S pore Carpet Manufacturer —19 Chocolate
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  • around the WORLD
    • 373 3 WASHINGTON A HIGH-RANKING State Department official has hailed United States relations with both China and Taiwan but said the US would play no role in seeking to resolve differences between the two. In a speech giving a positive assessment of US ties with
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    • 146 3 Income tax comes to China BEIJING China has announced a nationwide income tax scheme for the j first time since 1949 in an attempt to narrow a growing divergence in incomes brought about by economic reforms. Xinhua news agency said yesterday that more j and more people were j earning
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    • 287 3 India's new border state not legal, says Beijing BEIJING China yesterday protested to India over New Delhi's decision to form a new state in the remote disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh and warned of serious repercussions. A Bill ratified on Tuesday by India's Parliament made the territory on its north-east
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    • 263 3 Aids test kit may be sold next year for $22 TORONTO AMERICAN and Canadian developers say they have come up with a simple 10^ minute test for exposure to Aids using a disposable plastic cartridge, and that they hope to have it on the market next year. They predicted yesterday
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    • 130 3 WELLINGTON New Zealand and Australia, in a joint statement yesterday, reaffirmed that the close defence relationship between the two countries would be maintained. The statement came at the end of three days of what Australian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden and Prime Minister David Lange
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    • 289 3 BREMERTON (Washington) A suicidal man trying to telephone a relative got a wrong number, but the woman he reached accepted his collect call and kept him talking while police traced him to Georgia. "He was a fellow human being in trouble and I
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    • 106 3 Where shoes grow on walls AMSTERDAM'S Staatslieden baurt area is more famous in the city for its squatters than its art. But this work of art by artist Wlllem Neil may well change that. Mr Nell has decorated the outer walls of six houses in the district with shoes. The
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    • 263 3 Parcel bomb kills man in Tamil Nadu MADRAS A man was killed and five people wounded when a parcel bomb exploded at a post office in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Police have detained four people for questioning, including an American, identified only as Mr Schiller who posted
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    • 183 4 LUSAKA President Kenneth Kaunda cancelled last week's 100 per cent increase in the price of high grade maize meal after four days of riots and looting in Zambia's copperbelt killed at least 11 people. Mr Kaunda said on Thursday night the price of the urban staple,
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    • 123 4 Princess Diana 'crowns' Prince Charles THERE are smiles ail round as Princess Diana smashes a bottle over Prince Charles' head. But no harm was done and it was not a marital tiff. The Pinewood Studios Stunt Department gave Prince Charles a bottle of sugar-glass, which shatters harmlessly in head-smashing fighting
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    • 396 4 BRUSSELS The Nato military alliance, worried about superior East bloc conventional forces if nuclear arms are reduced, on Thursday proposed new East-West talks on troop cuts throughout the whole of Europe. It is the first time that all members of Nato, including
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    • 151 4 THE HAGUE The Netherlands has scrapped plans for Queen Beatrix to visit Japan following fierce protests from war veterans held in Japanese camps in World War II and from parliamentarians, the government said on Thursday. A spokesman for the Government Information Service said Prime Minister
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    • 336 4 WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said on Thursday the Soviet Union had begun building three new radar receivers that could support a missile defence system violating the anti-bal-listic missile treaty. Mr Weinberger stopped short of accusing the Soviets of violating the 1972 ABM accord
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    • 214 4 Weight control 'best way to tackle diabetes' WASHINGTON Simple weight reduction remains the best prescription for controlling most diabetes, while exercise and particular foods used in diets play only minor roles, an expert panel said this week. The panel, assembled by the National Institutes of Health to examine ways to
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    • 93 4 MOSCOW Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre was attacked by an official newspaper on Thursday for resting on its laurels and failing to join a drive by other theatres to improve their productions. The daily Moskovskaya Pravda said the Bolshoi had developed such a prestigious image
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    • 163 4 British N-plant told to shape up or close LONDON Government health and safety experts on Thursday ordered Britain's only nuclear reprocessing plant to make a series of improvements within one year or be shut down. The improvements were ordered in a report published on Thursday after the biggest investigation ever
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    • 92 6 Big stink over navy's uniforms H U.IF.W (Nova Scotia) New combat uniforms (or I anada's s, lit sailors ait causing a stink and production has been put on hold. The Hre-reUrdant uniforms give off an "obnoxious smell" which may cause headaches, Defence Department officials said. department spokesman said government officials
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    • 231 6 BEVERLY HILLS Sylvester Stallone, indicating Rambo may be less violent in the future, on Thursday agreed to give Carolco Pictures Inc the US home-video and foreign distribution rights for his next 10 feature films. Mr Stallone said the 10 films would probably
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    • 431 6 The Iran arms caper WASHINGTON Congressional pressure is mounting on President Ronald Reagan to fire some key advisers who are pleading ignorance that funds from US arms sales to Iran were shifted to finance Nicaraguan rebels. As two weeks of investigations by three
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    • 146 6 'Soap' fans unhappy over 'live' hearing NEW YORK The Iran arms sale has provided some high drama but it pales in comparison to soap operas, at least according to some of their fans. ABC and NBC were flooded with calls from angry viewers who tuned in to watch their favourite
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    • 304 6 WASHINGTON Iranian arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar says he went to Lebanon to personally arrange the release of three American hostages and said there was hope the remaining five could eventually be freed. Mr Ghorbanifar, whose name has surfaced repeatedly in hearings in Washington on
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    • 209 6 Cancer society disputes tobacco study NEW YORK A study commissioned by the tobacco industry says that it would take more than three continuous weeks in an office or more than two weeks in a restaurant for a non-smoker to be exposed to the nicotine equivalent of one cigarette. However, an
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    • 245 6 Isolationist road leads nowhere, says Baker CHICAGO US TREASURY Secretary James Baker said that American leaders must avoid the isolationist road in forging an international economic policy with the leading industrial nations. On the eve of a visit to Europe where he will discuss economic policy with European ministers, Mr
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    • 209 6 RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian workers yesterday began a 24-hour general strike to protest at government austerity measures. Minutes before the 24--hour strike began at midnight on Thursday, transport workers in Sao Paulo voted to stop working, ensuring that most of the millions of
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    • 281 7 W \SHINUTON Israeli officials recently held an un publicised meeting In Washington with representatives of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey. The subject was the scarcity of water In the Middle East, a problem confronting all the countries, said Dr Joyce Starr, a
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    • 192 7 LONDON A mysterious piece of mediaeval jewel:ery found by a treasure hunter has been sold for a staggering Q.43 million >$4 46 million), nearly fi\e t'mes the highest presale estimate. Antique shop owner Ted Sea on, 51, found what is nov. called the Middleham jewel while
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    • 242 7 LONDON The jewels which the Duke of Windsor gave to Wallis Simpson, the woman for whose love he gave up the British throne, will be auctioned in Geneva next April, Sotheby's announced on Thursday. More than 200 items are on offer and are
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    • 340 7 JOHANNESBURG The L'ruted Democratic Front, South Africa's largest legal anti-apartheid organisation, says it will soon challenge the government's restrictive new press laws before the country's highest court. The UDF. a non-racial alliance with about two million members, said in a statement that its lawyers
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    • 376 7 BONN A HIGH-RANKING West German official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for communist East Berlin. But he appears to have been caught before he could cause any major damage to national security, senior Bonn officials said. The man, a 48-year-old civilian physicist
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 203 8 Aquino to stop demolition of slum dwellings MANILA President Corazon Aquino told thousands of cheering slumdwellers on Thursday she would stop the authorities from ripping down their shacks. She said she had ordered the government housing authority to suspend the collection of debts from urban poor and had also ordered
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    • 446 8 Red display of arms provocative, says Ramos MANILA MILITARY fury rose yesterday at rebel ceasefire conduct as Philippine authorities reported the first death of a soldier since the 60-day truce with communist guerillas went into effect on Wednesday. Officials said that a member of the
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    • 95 8 MANILA President Corazon Aquino has refused to allow ousted strongman Ferdinand Marcos to return to the Philippines to see his ailing 98-year-old mother, Dona Josef a. Presidential spokesman Teodoro Benigno said Mrs Aquino was willing to send Dona Josefa to the Marcos exile home in
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    • 367 8  - Fathers should not pay for sins of their sons judge HAN LING By Brunei Correspondent BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Two pastors have been sacked by a Sarawak church over a crime their sons committed. Now the judge in the case has called for the fathers to be reinstated. "They should not
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    • 228 8 MANILA Defence Minister Rafael Ileto said yesterday the military was worried about a loss of "democratic resolve" by civilian leaders in the propaganda war with the communists. Speaking at an American Chamber of Commerce lunch, he said the military supported the ceasefire and
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    • 63 8 JAKARTA A woman walking along a village pathway in West Java tumbled into a wild boar trap and was severely gored by its angry occupant before villagers could rescue her. The 40-year-old victim was saved when rescuers rushed to the pit and distracted the boar, bull-ring
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    • 272 9  - Mochtar: We respect S'pore's right Yang Razali Kassim Br tanarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia is •ot quarrelling with Singapore's argument of nation- al sovereignty in the controversy over the recent visit to the Republic by Israeli President Chaim HerZOg. Making this clear yesterday, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said Jakarta's j
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    • 484 9  - Increase for Thai army's secret fund approved ALBERT RAMALINGAM More than 110 MPs abstain from voting By Bdngkok Correspondent BANGKOK After a heated debate, the House of Representatives approved a controversial 12 million baht (*****.000) increase in the army's secret fund. During the debate the army, and particularly its commander,
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    • 276 9 BANGKOK Thai Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila has announced he will visit the Soviet Union next year. The Moscow visit is the result of an invitation extended by the Soviet ambassador, Mr Valentine Kassatkine. Air Chief Marshal Siddhi is expected to meet his counterpart, Mr Eduard
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    • 219 9 PHILIPS X'MAS FAIR (13-21 December 1986) Featuring the latest Philips /^^s /7^\ r a m tec P^kx! only, home appliances, audio X^ /y Check it out. Visit our Gifts ideas for X'mas. |R M ii^Es DISC OUNT FAIR. All at Discounted Prices. JK tdp World Trade Centre 1622 X*^* BlB-^HDS36I
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 156 10 MIRI A painter yesterday became the first person in Sarawak to be sentenced to death by the High Court for unlawful possession of firearms under the Internal Security Act. Jamaludin Ahmad, 31, was found guilty of having two .38 Webley and Scott revolvers
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    • 366 10 Don't question Malays' status, warns Sultan KUALA LUMPUR The Sultan of Selangor yesterday reiterated his warning that no one should question the status of the Malays as the indigenous people (pribumi), the position of Islam and Malay customs and traditions if he wished to continue living in the state. He
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    • 195 10 No tin losses 'if old rules had stayed' KOTA BARU Maminco, the government-owned private limited company set up to buy tin on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in 1981 as part of a price support operation, would not have suffered losses if LME had not changed its rules halfway and
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    • 295 10 Mahathir hits out at 'opportunist groups' KO'l A BARU Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has hit out at certain groups he said had set up voluntary organisations to advance their own political interests and to try to deny the majority voice. They considered themselves more qualified to run
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    • 222 10 KUALA LUMPUR US Senator Daniel Evans said yesterday it was more favourable to have direct trade contacts between his country and Malaysia than having Malaysian lobbyists in the American Congress. There was mixed reaction to countries which had "agents" lobbying for them in
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    • 117 10 PENANG Two Malayawata Steel plant technicians died yesterday after molten iron spilled on five of them at the plant on Thursday. A hospital spokesman said Mohamad Noor Osman, 35, and Hamid Zakaria, 29, had suffered IN per cent burns. The condition of another
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    • 133 11 kl ALA LI MPI K The HUh Court here has canfelled the hall of former Malaysian Overseas In\estment Corporation managing director, Mohamed Abdullah Ang and former kooperasi Beliah Bersatu chairman, Tee An Chuan, pending sentence on Monday for criminal breach of trust. Justice N.H. Chan
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    • 362 11 Suspected Aids victim admitted to hospital KUALA LUMPUR A 45--year-old Malaysian-born American who returned here to see his parents is suspected to be suffering from Aids and has been admitted to the University Hospital in Petaling Jaya. Director-General of Health Services Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Sahan, disclosing this last night,
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    • 309 11 KUALA LUMPUR Names of convicts hanged in prisons do not constitute confidential matters coming under the Official Secrets Act, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said yesterday. They could only be regarded confidential if the families of the convicts had not
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    • 74 11 TEMERLOH After Trengganu and Kelantan, it seems to be Pahang's turn to face the floods. Heavy downpours in Temerloh district over the past few days, coupled with the overflow of Sum li Semantan. has flooded a number of villages and roads. Fifty villagers
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    • 194 11 KOTA KINABALU The commission of inquiry set up by the ruling Parti Bersatu "Sa bah (PBS) government will investigate the affairs of 25 state government departments, agencies and their subsidiaries or associated companies, Commission Chairman H. E. Chan said yesterday. The investigations
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    • 310 11 JOHOR BARU Any revision of water rates for Singapore would be referred to the Federal government for approval, said the Chairman of the Johor state Public Works and Utilities Committee, Mr Ahmad Abdullah. He said the Johor state government had in fact
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  • HOME
    • 208 12 Yishun kiosk fire A PLOT to burn down a voiddeck provision kiosk and claim fire insurance backfired when one of the two arsonists died in the blaze. The plot was uncovered by police investigating Wednesday's blaze which destroyed the kiosk in Block 719, Yishun Street
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    • 103 12 AMERICAN Senator Daniel Evans held talks with First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan yesterday on the first day of his two-day visit here. Mr and Mrs Dhanabalan also hosted lunch for the visiting senator at the Westin
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    • 47 12 WATER games, magic shows, beachwear fashions and a buffet lunch are some highlights of a swimming carnival to be held at the Temasek Club's swimming pool in Portsdown Road on Jan 18. Interested members can register at the club before the end of this year
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    • 42 12 A BLOOD donation drive t will be held on Dec 21 by the Kampong Kembangan con- stituency citizens' consulta- tive committee at the social function hall at Block 539- A. Bedoh North Street 3, from 9.30 am to 2 pm.
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    • 300 12 TAKE a trip to a post office, collect a fuel ration coupon and hand it at the kiosk when you buy your petrol. The Ministry of Communications and Information is going round to woo motorists in three areas to do this during
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    • 127 12 Officials from Brunei due tomorrow BRUNEI'S Permanent Secretary (Communications), Awang Haji Chuchu bin Panglima Asgar Dato Paduka Awang Haji Abdullah, and five officials will arrive tomorrow for a four-day visit. The officials are the Controller of Ports, Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar bin Pengiran Seri Indera Pengiran Haji Ismail; the Deputy
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    • 130 12 Arson case put off pending report A FORMER research officer, accused of mischief by fire, was yesterday remanded further and had his case adjourned to Jan 9 as his lawyer is awaiting a psychiatric report on him from a private doctor. Two weeks ago, a government medical report stated that
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    • 285 12  -  GILLIAN POW CHONG Singapore's first test-tube baby, now 3 1 likes watching video film of his birth Report: THERE'S nothing that Samuel Lee, Singapore's first test-tube baby, enjoys more than watching on television the video recordings of his birth. Seldom does a day go
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    • 94 12 Man admits vandalising 70 public telephones A 26-YEAR-old man yesterday admitted vandalising about 70 public telephones, mostly in September and October this year. The offences committed by Saruan bin Jumari occurred mainly around Changi Road, Tampines, Bishan, Braddell, Bartley and Chai Chee. The court was told that he committed 82
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    • 227 12 Quick lesson in economics of survival IT WAS a quick lesson in the economics of survival that some 500 students of the Nanyang Junior Colj lege received from Briga- dier-General (Res) Lee i Hsien Loong last night at j their graduation dinner. Comparing Singapore j with Burma, he told his
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    • 129 14 COLONEL Ha Weng Kong, the Commandant of the Singapore Command and Staff College, has died. Col Ha, 42, died yesterday morning at the Singapore General Hospital after a long illness. He leaves his wife Molly, daughter Marianne and son Mark. Yesterday afternoon,
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    • 55 14 TWO Singapore Anti-Narcot-ics Association officials are attending a conference on drugs in Sydney from today to Friday. They are Mr K. S. Rajah, the vice-president, and Mr Stephen Goh, the honorary executive secretary. The Bth Conference of the Non-Gov-ernmental Organisations will be held at the
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    • 59 14 ABOUT 50 school cadets will make their first parachutejump on Thursday at Sembawang Air Base. Trainees of the 9th Modified Airborne Course, which attracted 200 applications, will receive their NCC Airborne Wings at the end of the course at a ceremony to be held at the
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    • 151 14 MORE than 6,7N families have applied to boy HDB flats under the Housing Board's easypayment scheme for low-Income households. Of the 6,769 applicants, 5,302 opted to pay a 5 per cent deposit while 1,467 chose to pay a II per cent deposit, said a board
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    • 171 14 A ZINC casing around a tree caused such an uproar between two neighbours that it eventually became a court case. Tan Piak Sang, 36, a welder, took offence at his neighbour, Mr Choong Swee Hing, for nailing the zinc covering around the tree
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    • 280 14  -  JUDY TAN Fewer shops, more precincts, highway link-ups By FUTURE Housing Board estates will have fewer but better-de-signed shops, better link-ups to expressways, and more precincts where clusters of blocks are built around recreational and commercial facilities. The modifications are to cater to the
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      • 36 14 EXECUTIVE flats proved more popular comprising 8.1 per cent of total units sold. This is a big increase over the previous year's figure of 4.9 per cent. More people buying these flats.
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      • 52 14 FEWER people are renting flats, especially the one-room units. The number of one-room flats rented dropped from 6,761 the year before to 2,041 in financial year 1985* 86. The HDB said this was partly because of the incentives to help the lower income groups to own
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      • 38 14 A NEW 16-position switchboard with 20 lines replaced the old one which had 10 lines at the Essential Maintenance Services Unit and a total of 2,100 calls are now answered each day, compared with 1,400 before.
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      • 23 14 THE $72 million project to treat silt and restore the devastated sand pit areas in Tampines is nearing completion.
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      • 27 14 HDB contractors have to carry out soil treatment against termites at ground flooi level as this was incorporated in building tenders from January this year.
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      • 44 14 THE increasing use of machines has resulted in cleaner HDB estates. The board said this was because machines were more efficient, particularly since the quality of labour had dropped in recent years. Use of machines has helped In maintaining cleaner estates.
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      • 13 14 THE HDB's last wet market in Jurong has been completed.
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    • 280 15 Reply to Malay chamber on Herzog visit THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has said that Singapore is constantly mindful of maintaining its relations with friendly nations and of its interests, including those of private organisations. It was responding to the Singapore
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    • 72 15 MORE than 200 black-and-white and colour prints are on display at the 1986 Asean Salon of Photography, which officially opened at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hill Street on Thursday. The public exhibition, which ends on Monday, is open from 10 am to
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    • 34 15 THE First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, will attend the first anniversary celebration of the Marine Parade Boys' Club at 7.30 tonight at the Tao Nan School in Marine Crescent.
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    • 97 15 Raja's reply 'surprises' Malay group THE President of the Malay Journalists Association V a M: Saadon Ismail, said Mr S. Rajaratnam's response in the press yesterday to the association's letter has taken him by surprise. "I'm surprised because N'.JA has not received the :ep> from Mr Rajaratnam. he said The
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    • 193 15 THIS game is not called Samson Strike for nothing one needs to be Samson to lift the pole and send it crashing down. The force of the strike in tarn poshes ap the "ballet" to bant the balloon. The First Lady gamely
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    • 112 15 A THAI prostitute, barred from entering Singapore last year, sneaked in again by sampan from Johor For three months, Sawet Khirawong. 34. eluded the .luthorities until Thursday when she was arrested by Anti-Vice enforcement officers. The woman, who has three other names (Ramai Radaphan, Lamool
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    • 447 15  -  CONRAD RAJ It will handle only offshore law after two years By FRESHFIELDS, the British law firm which was recently asked to stop practising Singapore law in two years, has decided to stay and practise offshore law "on the same basis as the other expatriate
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    • 596 16  - More than 12 firms will show the way HSUNG BEE HWA Report of the NWC sub-committee on wage reform How Singapore compares with other countries Productivity vs real earnings (annual percentage change) By MORE than twelve companies will lead the way in implementing a flexible wage system, the Singapore National
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    • 282 16 Shipyard and union sign flexi-wage pact Workers who upgrade skills to get pay rises A SHIPBUILDING union and the management of a shipyard yesterday signed a wage-reform pact which will grant workers pay rises provided they keep on upgrading their skills. This does not necessarily mean that workers of Singapore
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    • 271 16 UNION leaders and their members must maintain close co-operation and communication if their organisations are to function smoothly during the present recession. Making this point last night, Mr Oscar Oliveiro, president of the National Trades Union Congress said communication with members must
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    • 73 16 THE Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, will open Charity Week 1986 and the National Kidney Foundation exhibition on Monday at 2.30 pm. The public exhibition will be held at Centrepoint Shopping Centre in Orchard Road. Charity Week 1986 is organised by Youth
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    • 157 16 WORKING a 12-hour shift is no sweat for workers at the Yeo Hiap Seng factory. Since Dec 1, about 56 of them have been doing so without complaint, said manufacturing manager Mr S. P. Chan, to cope with orders for the company's newly-ac-quired Seven-Up
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    • 444 16 9 What should be adopted H The sub-committee identified \h< tol lowing as feature* found in the other countries which should be adopted: WAGES that reflect the value of the job; SALARY ranges that are short This ensures that older workers
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    • 638 19  -  CHARMAINE CHAN Police sergeant on negligence charge Two freed themselves and escaped from police station BY TWO SUSPECTS escaped from a police station, a court heard yesterday, by unlocking the pair of handcuffs that held them together with the key that was still
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    • 357 19 Children blessed with that artistic touch AN eleven-year-old's impression of a satay man at work was one of three entries from Singapore that gave 11,700 others the brush off at an international children's art competition. Yong Kim Yaw's creation of wire, paper and wood
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    • 228 19 THIRTKKN-YF.AR-OLD artist Tan Wen-XJ is in lu\e with rats and nowhere Is this more evident than in his paintIngs. On Thursday, the child prodigy from China demonstrated his brash work, taking just 12 minutes each to finish three paintings of his favourite subject
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    • 158 19 THE Education Ministry will start Islamic Religious Knowledge classes for Malay students in secondary schools in 1988. The number of classes will, however, depend on how many students are interested, said a ministry spokesman. Application forms will be distributed to students when schools
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    • 138 19 SECTIONS of the East Coast Parkway and Lorong 40, Geylang, will be closed to traffic soon for Public Works Department operations. The East Coast Parkway at Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Telok Ayer Interchange will be partially closed for 6 1 2 months from Monday for the PWD
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    • 208 22 MYSTERY surrounds the prize-winning sculpture to be put up in a corner of Manna Park next year to mark the end of the 10--year programme to clean up the Singapore River. "We'd like the design to be a surprise," said Mr Richard Lau, deputy
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    • 145 22 THE National Productivity Board has cleared the air. Its cafeteria in its new 22-storey building in Bukit Merah Central is the only place where smokers can light up. Smoking is taboo everywhere else. This includes the 28 main training rooms for the estimated 200
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    • 550 22 I will never hire a foreign maid again, he says A BUSINESSMAN, earlier charged with wrongfully confining his maid in his penthouse while he was on holiday, was yesterday fined $250 on a reduced charge of committing a rash act. Vasanmal Murli, 47, admitted
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    • 21 22 THE Singapore American School Band will perlorm at the Macßitchie Reservoir Park tomorrow from 5 pm to 6 pm.
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      • 63 23 V 16-YKAR-OM) SCHOOLGIRL yesterday admitted stealing her classmate's automated teller machine card and using it to withdraw $1,000 on two occasions. Lim May Ting stole the. card at Westlake Secondary School on July 16 and withdrew the money that day and the day after. The court
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      • 26 23 TRAFFIC POUd will continue their vigilance H weekends to prevent accidents during the festive period. Suspected drunken motorists will be given breathalyser tests.
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      • 53 23 MR S. RAJARATNAM, the Senior Minister Prime Minister's Office), will be the guest speaker at the National University of Singapore Society's next political forum. His talk on the Theories and Practices of Parliamentary Democracy will be held at the society's Kent Ridge Guild House on Dec 22
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      • 68 23 SINGAPORE BIS Service concession stamps will be sold at various outlets from Monday to Jan 5. The stamps will also be sold at the SBS Travelcentres in Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bukit Merah, Clementi, Hougang, Jurong, Jurong East, Toa Payoh. NTOC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd, post offices,
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      • 48 23 THE CREATOR of a mouth-watering and nutritious sandwich stands to win a $100 hamper at the Healthy Sandwich contest which will be held at Joo Chiat community centre at 4 pm today. The contest is part of the centre's Nutrition Week celebration, which started on Monday.
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      • 56 23 TWO SINGAPORE-BASED foreign correspondents have been named Australia's journalists of the year. They are Mr Bruce Dover, who covers Southeast Asia for the national Herald and Weekly Times newspaper chain, and Mr Cameron Forbes, who writes for the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald. They received the Graham
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      • 30 23 THKKK WILL be no more multi-revenue collection centres for the public to pay certain bills from government bodies when the remaining seven close on Jan 2.
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    • 461 23  -  EDMUND LOH Fashion designers and writers don't totally agree with British expert By CASUAL and comfortable clothes may be the norm, but the real "Singapore fashion style" remains elusive. Singapore fashion designers and writers, when asked to comment on Mr Mikel
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    • 202 23 FEWER armed forces drivers are involved in accidents these days. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating our records speak for themselves/' said the Commander of the Singapore Armed Forces Transport, LieutenantColonel Zee Chee kiong, yesterday. The figures he quoted show that
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    • 174 23 94 SAE workers given quit notice NINETY-FOUR workers of a government-owned company, Singapore Automotive Engineering (SAE) Pte Ltd were yesterday given notice to quit. General Manager (Operations), Mr Lye Fei, said the retrenchment was due to "a business decision aimed at tightening up operations." He did not elaborate. Those retrenched
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    • 540 23 Written replies to parliamentary questions LAW Minister E. W. Barker has said the purpose for which land is acquired, whether for a specific or general use, is, as a matter of policy, always stated. In a written reply to Mr Chiam See Tong Pasir),
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • 619 24 The Straits Times SATURDAY,DECEMBER 13,1986 Wages: Time to start THE TIME is right to get down to the nsty-gritty of implementing the wage reform proposals. Support for the proposals his been gained all round, with memories of Singapore's worst economic recession still frtsh and a recovery in the offing. The
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    • 1257 24  -  PATRICK DANIEL Even professional and office work can be defined and measured By 4 White-collar workers account for more than three-quarters of the labour force, and the proportion may increase as Singapore develops further as an international business centre. It must follow
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    • 340 24  -  PATRICK DANIEL 4. few companies had models to measure white-collar work, and even these suffered from a traditional weakness: Over-emphasis on quantity instead of m quality. THE American Productivity Centre (APC), a Hous-ton-based non-profit organisation, surveyed and consulted several hundred US companies and publicagencies in 1983 to
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    • 641 24 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane FRESH AS EVER MANY senior citizens have green memories. Memories stored away but fresh as ever for recall at the right place and time On Burmese soil last weekend. l,aw Minister Mr E.W. Barker found himself in bubbling reminiscent mood. Out there,
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    • 824 25  -  KEN POTTINGER By PARIS France's ruling conservative coalition is counting the political and economic cost of three weeks of nationwide student protest and street violence which forced a humiliating U-turn in its attempts at higher education refoi m. Prime Minister Jacques Chirac backed down in the
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    • 1278 25  -  TAN SAI SIONG Look Back In Wonder A personal view of the week's news By IT IS probably the most touching piece of writing I have read this week Business Times' midweek editorial which starkly reminded its readers that those with plenty
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    • 258 25 What is still being said about the Herzog visit Letter by Hamsul H.S., headlined The people must be given an opportunity to act, published in the Utusan Malaysia on Dec 11. "PM: To oppose Zionists is not to prevent tourists." That was what a headline
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  • FORUM
    • 207 26 THERE must surely be a better and a more effective way of obtaining da ta than the method used by the organisers of the recent Singapore Infor matics exhibition. In their eagerness to obtain new and additional data for
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    • 316 26 I WAS prompted to write after reading the letters "Whose instructions do the banks follow?" from "Blur" and "Why were deductions made from account?" from Ms Theresa Chua. (ST. Dec 9). Some time this year, I went to update my Post Office Savings Bank
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    • 83 26 Bouquets I WOULD like to comment on the prompt and efficient manner in which the road maintenance branch of the Public Works Department recently carried out road resurfacing work along Jurong Town Hall Road near the JTC Building. It carried nnr wnrk within a short period of
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    • 229 26 Black patches marred happy outing MY friends and I travelled on a Service 7 bus from Nicoll Highway to Orchard Road on Dec 8 just after 5 pm. We were all looking forward to an enjoyable tea time downtown. But, when I stood up to press the bell to alight,
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    • 1058 26 The potential donor must be spo- ken to privately or in small groups. He must be told of the last good deed he can do in the event of his death. He must have his fears clarified and his queries answered. We owe
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    • Reply
      • 429 26 Concrete bays have stood up very well WE refer to the letter "Concrete bus bays: A lot of unnecessary activity" by Dr Kho Kwang Po (ST, Nov 29). We would like to take this opportunity to explain the rationale of converting bus zones, bus lanes and approaches to major junctions
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      • 270 26 Ban smoking in bus interchanges THE authorities must be applauded for launching a more vigorous anti-smok-ing campaign this year. It is appreciated that they are willing to lose direct and indirect revenue for the sake of the health of the people. This clearly shows that the government cares for the
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 79 27 SHARE prices improved yesterday on weekend covering, bargain-hunting and interest in some quality stocks. Rises led falls 94 to 38 and The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 4.95 points to 889 13. The Business Times Composite Index added 297 points to 780.62 but the DBS Index of
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        • 70 27 Wl Inst 12* ♦I* 510 -12 tt.l Mr 426 12 FiK 900-10 CS 790 -MO MfM-n wo 2«2 +1 *tjn». 505 1 CwtOo. 50c OO -t- 6 MTCSOC 350-6 SPTex* 161 -t-6 Mem _ti 565 5 M»__rt 515 -5 <_— vjt 295 ■M 4ei t Qtct U2 5 SHH
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        • 69 27 DuttßM 2» -41 IM-dl| Spore 332 -16 TrwkMnti 388 -12 OCBC 905 -10 kfc-Cour 250-10 hm 450 -6 SH 785 -5 M Brtw-i- 645 -5 Cora r_n» 50c 2(1-5 H «<-* 103 -5 FttS 412 -4 SoM Con 226-4 TrKtan 279 -3 Hwa Hn| 140 -3 3 Umtumav 474
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        • 99 27 Dec 11 Dec 12 BT Composite 777 65 780 62 3T in-calor *****180 *****939 r -so -:s CJW -6883 -6836 -***** ***** ST Mntri-s 384 1 8 389 13 ST Finance *****1 2046 4/ ST Hotels ***** 577 07 Dec 11 Dk 12 ST Properties 430 03 432 01
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        • 13 27 Pegi M'jio 1,485,000 S.me Darby 1,258,000 DBS 857,000 Sel Properties 766,000
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      • 47 27 INDICES Highs Lows Straits fines Business fines Industrial Composite 1985 86 H^h 940 64 3 11 86' 834 57 (3/11/86) 1985 86 Low 563 34 (28 4 86) 470 92 (28/4/86) H-b-t H*h *****1(8/2 84) 983 06 (8, 2 '84) Kt-tmt Low 74 75(17/9/64) 470 92(284 86)
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      • 12 27 THE IS dollar gained 170 ticks to DM 2.0260 In Singapore.
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      • 26 27 DM 1 PT SS HK$ US$ US$ 2 0135 162 70 unq 2.1910 unq £***** 2 0260 163.10 6.6450 2 1925 7 7910 1.4272
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      • 10 27 In Singapore, gold gained US$O.lO to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 60 27 Eurodollar: Lost four ticks to 93.84 a contract. Deutsehemark: Lost 35 ticks to 0.4940 a contract. British pound: Gained 40 ticks to 1.4285 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost 16 ticks to 0.*****1 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 20 points to ***** a contract. IS Treasury Bond: Lost 101 ticks to
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      • 64 27 NEW YORK The world's largest producer of glass containers. Ow-ens-Illinois, has received a US$3.3 million tS$7.2 million) takeover offer from Wall Streets leveraged buy-out specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis. which has used leveraged buyouts to take over a string of big companies, will turn Owens-Illinois into a
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      • 50 27 TOKYO Mitsui and Co. one of Japan's biggest trading houses, has reported a 36 per cent higher net profit in the six months ended September despite a 23.5 per cent fall in turnover. Profit was 2.8 billion yen (5J37.5 million) and sales 7.03 trillion yen. AFP
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      • 72 27 NF.W YORK The world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger. will take non-recurring charges of .lbout US$l 7 billion (SS3 7 billion i against profits in '.he fourth quarter due to the slump in domestic US ■>si drilling. The company said the charges included US$l.4 billion against its oilfield
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      • 69 27 LONDON Britain has approved its first satellite television network, designed to beam four new channels into homes from 1990 and introduce a round-the-clock news on screen service. A consortium of music and airline tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Group, the Amstrad computer organisation, and two independent regional
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      • 71 27 HONGKONG Sir Y.K. Pao's Wharf Holdings is likely to show profit growth of more than 20 per cent when it reports first-half results next Tuesday, with the gains largely from its property operations, securities analysts say. They also forecast the rompany will raise its interim dividend
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    • 599 27  -  ANTHONY HOE Eight-man committee named to oversee its development By SINGAPORE'S second securities market will start trading soon after the Lunar New Year, even if only one company is listed. The exact date for the start of the Stock Exchange of Singapore
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    • 300 27  -  ANNIE CHIA By THE biggest outlet for Marks and Spencer's merchandise outside Britain will open at Centrepoint in April. The Robinson group, which sells Marks and Spencer's goods, trademarked St Michael, will take up 20,000 sq ft of space at the
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    • 105 27 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has invited Mr Tan Chok Kian Executive Chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore, and his deputy, Mr George Teo, to its members' dinner tonight. It is not known if both would be going or if they
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    • 239 27 Exchange may act against illegal HK traders THE Hongkong Futures Exchange may take legal action against brokers who swindled 700 Malaysian clients of Ms7 million through illegal trading. Malaysia's Commodities Trading Commissioner, Haii Ismail Haii Ahmad, had already said 15 Hongkong nationals were believed to be involved in the fiasco
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    • 346 27  -  JILL HUM By MORE companies are taking advantage of low interest rates to raise funds. Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS) and Minebea Investment will each tap the market for $50 million through note issuance facilities (NIFs). A NIF is credit facility that
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    • 286 27  -  GRACE CHNG By A NEW computer system will help the the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) detect undesirable practices which may arise in trading. The SES has Installed a Hewlett Packard $SM,Mt computer system and six people are now working on the software. SES Projects Manager
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    • 88 27 Equatorial buys HK company HOTEL Equatorial Pte Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of contractors Lim Kah Ngam Ltd, has acquired a Hoagkong incorporated comoany for HK$2 (56 Singapore cents) on Nov 24. The con-pany. Hotel Equatorial International Ltd, has an authorised capital of HK$l9O,OOO of which HK$2 is paid up. It
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    • 384 27  -  CONRAD RAJ By GRAND United Holdings, the former flagship of jailed Malaysian business-man-politician Tan Koon Swan, is selling its entire shareholding in Malayan Weaving Mills Sdn Bhd (MWM) and two pieces of land with the industrial buildings on them for M510.69 million. It has
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    • 3021 28 READERS should be aware of the krrvtatwm of this information Not every transaction nor every price dealt in at the stock e»chan(f n covered in "busmss done' Forthet becaus* al deaings at a particular price are lumped together, the taWe does not show the trend in
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    • 2180 28 INDUSTRIALS Acma .!60B> A|inomoto (2906) Ale. Htdg< Alcom (735) (2) 74 (3) 73 AISB 595) (5) 57 (2) 58 xd API,51B52S)(10)5O(12!5l asm 1306 1335) (H 131 (5) 132 .5) 133 xd Antoh ,1948 1955) (22) 196 (15) 197 (2) 198 (44) 195 (64> 192 (54)
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    • 2835 28 Al shares quoted have i par value of SI. unless otherwise specified Adjusted tor scnp/riftrts. K Tai-eiemptcfl dividend. ABM a traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the pnce quoted in dolars Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme 1986 Last Yield Vol Day Ugh
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 361 29 OCBC OUB UO6 DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3 l < 2 1 2 3 Monthly 3 1 Autosave 3 2 Fixed deposit 1 month 2'< 2% IV* 2^(1) 2 months 2 3 4(1) 3 months 2% 2 3 4 IV* 2 3 /4(l) 6 months 3
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      • 168 29 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4434—1.4462 7.05—6.85 Canadian dollar 1.5901—1.5914 6.36—6.25 NZ dollar 1.1190—1.1217 9.12—8.84 Sterling pound 3.1301—3.1337 3.22—3.17 US dollar 2.1920—2.1930 4.59—4.55 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      • 109 29 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1910/25 and closed at 2.1920/30. It traded within a range of 2.1910 and 2.1930 in dull trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed at 2.0150/60 compared with its opening
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      • 143 29 THE kilobar market opened at 5527,608 and closed at 5527,619 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****. 20/ 390.70 and traded to the day's high of U*****.40 390.80 before drifting to the low of U*****.70 390.20 in extremely quiet conditions. The metal re-opened in the afternoon
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      • 28 29 GOLD US$/oz Fri Thurs Singapore 390.00 390.50 390.00 390.50 Hongkong 390.20 390.70 389 85 390.35 Thurs Wed New York 390.25-390.75 389.50—390.00 London 388.50 389.00 390.50 391.00
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      • 206 29 Managers' prices for Dec 13 15 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce o.BB—o 95 The Savings Fund 0.80—0.86 S'pore Prog Fund 0 34—0 38 S'pore Sec. Fund 0 58—0 63 S'pore Invest Fund 0 68— 0.73 Spore Equity Fund 0 4 1 0 45xd Asia Unit Trust Mal Invest
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      • Simex futures
        • 108 29 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar opened eight ticks lower at 93 96 as the market reacted bearishly to the higher oil price and inflation outlook. The March contract, however, managed to bounce off Chic go's low. Trading was narrow. Snort -covering at the close saw the March contract ending a
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        • 83 29 CURRENCY futures opened lower than the previous close as the dollar strengthened in view of the better-than-expected increase in i m-auto retail sales. Trading was very thin due to year-end factor. Short-covering of the dollar on the spot market saw March deutschemark close dr wn 38 ticks at 0.4952.
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        • 39 29 BRITISH pound closed eight tid* higher due to higher oil prices. 1 British Pound) Open Int (Thurs): 13*4. Act Yol (Thars): VU. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec K ***** Mar 87 1.***** 1.4100 Jun 1.3920
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        • 45 29 MARCH yen closed at 0.0061= L, down 24 ticks. Japanese Yen) Open Int (Thurs): IHS. Act Vo! (Thurs): 7(1. Open High Lew Sett Est Vol Dec 86 0 *****3 *****43 0.*****1 0.0«131 31 Mar 87 0.*****1 0.*****1 0)***** O.C-'«151 90 j un 0.0*6177
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        • 56 29 MARCH Nikkei ciosed higher at ***** in a quiet market. (Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open Int (Thurs): 1»53. Act \ol (Thur>) 3«. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot *****.77 *****.52 *****.77 *****.64 Dec 86 ***** ***** *****A 1f790 304 Jan ***** Mar 87 ***** *****
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        • 57 29 MARCH US T-bonds opened 41 ticks lower at 98.20. It touched a low of 98.17 but recovered to close near the day's high at 98.28. (US Treasury Bond Open Int <Thun 1149. Art Vol (Thurs): 21«. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 86 99.28 Mar 87
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        • 31 29 < USJ per troy ounce I Open Int (Ti urs) Two. Act Vol (Thurs): Nil. Reports from BA Futures Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 86 389.90 Feb 87 393.10
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      • 508 29 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Ocean Legend (5) 14/12 (0900) FSA *****930 A New Jersey (11) 15/12 (1500) F7 1130-1230/1230-1330 P2 Ned Delft (446) 15/12 (2000) F7 1530-1630/1630-1730 S2 Clara Ms (8702) 15/12 (1500) F2 1430-1530/1330-1430 Al 1230-1330 Fl E Genius (012RW) 17/12 (0300)
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      • Article, Illustration
        215 29 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Auby K2SW a'side 13/12 Bum Ju K29 a'side 13/12 Itaimbe KIO a'side 13/12 Nedlloyd Baltimore KlB aside 13/12 Straits Pride K24E a'side 13/12 Bintang Belait K2SE 13/12 13/12 Kota Megah K36 13/12 16/12 Kota Pelangi Kl9 13/12 14/12 Lampung K2B 13/12
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      • Stock markets round-up
        • 701 29 .SHORT-COVERING for the ueekend, some bargain-hunt-ing and interest in some quality stocks pushed up prices on the Singapore market yesterday. Rises led falls 94 to 38 and The Straus Times Industrial Index rose 4.95 points to 889.13. The Business Times Composite Index gained 2.97
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        • 365 29 Dec 12 HKJ Chanje Assoc Intl Hotels I 71 -0 01 Sank Of East Asia 21 50 -0 3 tothoy Pacific A«r 565 +0 05 Cheung Kong 36 00 1 25 Chmo Light 20 80 unch Cross Hart> Tunnel 10.20 unch f E Consortium 054 -0 01 S I
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        • 358 29 Bee 12 Yen Chanfe Aimomoto 2020 10 Ako. 388 -2 Amodo 900 unch Aso*. Chem 825 -9 Asoh. Gloss 1390 +20 Bar* Of Tokyo 900 +25 Bndgestone 737 12 Canon 1050 -30 Casio Computer 1480 +50 Cti.en 493 5 tskp Print 1980 +40 O Nippon Screen 790 unch Doi-lchi
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        • 345 29 <>« 12 Cents Chan t e (km) A C I 406+1 A N I 302 -3 Aberfoyle 1080 unch Age 315 -5 Amcor 390 -3 Ampol Exp 325S Ampol Pet 270 -3 I An. 600 +1 0 Anodne Aust 358 4 Ashton 255S BHP 872 -8 Beach Petroleum 63
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        • 46 29 NST Index Friday 1,318.05 (1,313.95) Hongkong Hang Seng Friday 2,463.23 (2,467.13) Australian All-Ordinaries Friday 1,437.70 (1,437.40) Nikkei Stock Average Friday 18,830.64 (18,731.25) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 1,284.70 (1,285.50) Dow Jones Average Thursday 1,923.65 (1,932.93) (Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading day)
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        • 230 29 )ec 11 USJ Chante Mcoa 33*. Mhed Sig 42V. \max Inc 12* -V. \mr Corp 55*4 -V. Ktt 26*4 -V. lethlehem Stl 4* -Vi loemg Co 51*4 iurroughs Cp 814 -2 7 i laterpillar Co 39* Ihase Manhtn 36* -*4 .hrysler Cp 38* -iticorp 53* K lons Nat
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        • 530 29 Oec 11 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 307 +2 Ass Domes BTRPLC 275 +5 Bobcocks 183'. -IV. Barclays 488 -2 Beecham 419 -6 BICC 258 +1 Blue Circle 647 -i-2 BOC Group 349 unch Boots 231 unch Bowoter 332 -1 BATS 458 -5 Britanmo 145Mi +1 BP unq B Telecom
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      • 16 29 Tin Closing prices MS kilo 16 39 down I? cents Tumour 40 down 5 tonnes
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      • 14 29 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore January ***** unchanged Malaysia January 216 50 unchanged
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      • 21 29 Ctosmf price! Copper tome Thurs Spot 933 0; (9?7 0: 3 months 953 00- 953 50 (9*B 50-949.00) Ma'ket ton>
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      • 12 29 Clowij prices Silver IJSS trot 02 fn Thurs I'M! mm He*
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      • 22 29 uosnf prices Aluminium tonne Thurs Spot 801 00--BC. 00 i ttis 81 i5O (807 50-*****) Market tone Steady Sates 4.600 tonnes
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      • 67 29 Crude MS tome paten oil Dec 65b (soi 64b (cent Jar 660 Refined palm oil US$, tonnes RBO palm oil lan 270 Ma--275 cRBO Stearin RBD Oleir Ma' Crude ste ed Unq Closing prices on the KLCE (Ms/torme) Month Price Last Trade j Sales Dec *****0 lan 646
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    • 301 30 Sime acquires BMW franchise for Malaysia MALAYSIAN plantationbased conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd has expanded its activities further by acquiring the BMW motor franchise for Malaysia and the pharmaceutical business of Singapore trading company J.L. Morison. Son Jones (Far East) Pte Ltd. Sime Darby Bhd will import, assemble and distribute BMW
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    • 319 30 Malaysian company cites depressed market KUALA LUMPUR Hong Leong Industries has shelved a number of its property projects because of the depressed market. Managing director Roger Tan said Sri Ferringhi had put off plans to build a condominium project at Batu Ferringhi. Penang. Kasih
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    • 203 30 NEW YORK The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has approved two Japanese financial institutions as primary dealers in US government securities, the first Japanese firms to gain the designation. The Fed also announced it approved two acquisitions by Australian- and
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    • 473 30 KUALA LUMPUR Pilecon Engineering, which supplies patented tripiles and tensar systems to the engineering and construction industries, is seriously moving into the housing sector, especially low-cost houses. For a start, Pilecon, which is one of the contenders for the NorthSouth Highway project,
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    • 286 30 COIN investors and collectors will have a field day when more than 2M dealers attend South-east Asia's first major international coin convention in Singapore next February. The public will be able to buy and sell collectors' coins with dealers from Japan, Australia,
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    • 356 30 KUALA LUMPUR Antah Holdings is proposing a one-for-one rights issue of 50 sen shares each at MSI.IO each to part-finance its proposed acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in Ar-ab-Malaysian Development Bank (AMDB) from Datuk Azman Hashim. Antah said it also intended to
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    • 631 31  -  LIM ENG HAI Stock market weekly round-up By Singapore Volume dropped to lowest level in four months on Wednesday THE market \*\is looking for some excitement but the week was anything but exciting. It began on an upbeat note when The Straits Times Industrial Index
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    • 256 31 Kuala Lumpur AFTER falling for the first three days, imprest in the Kuala Lumpi<; market revived late in the week with yesterday's volume double that of any of the other days. Investors had started the week undecided about what to do. Nervousness crept in
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    • 197 31 KUALA LUMPUR Computer products distributor Microcomputer Centre (M) Sdn Bhd will apply for a listing of its shares on the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore stock exchanges in 1988. MCSB technical director Leong Meng Foo said his company had already set up a branch in Singapore in
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    • 199 31 Most active stock SIME Darby was the most active stock of the week with a total of 5.91 million shares traded. Several block deals were done in the Malaysian conglomerate's shares on Wednesday, Thursday and yesterday. The counter topped the active list only on Wednesday when 2.1 million
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    • 63 31 THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week Company Volume Price (J) rlfti (J) Low (J) C000) Dec 12 '86 '86 Sime Darby 5.909 180 1.84 1 75 Pegi 4.315 0425 0.43 0.37 UIC 2,952
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    • 433 31 Thai bull run 'may continue till next year' BANGKOK THE five-month-old bull run on the Thai stock market is expected to continue at least until the middle of next year. The President of the Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET), Mr Maruay Phadungsith, cited falling domestic interest rates, high liquidity, a
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    • 53 31 -if' L^/^'^j ta i 1 x glj#~% H*c I A Ml I K I TIT s lls«l^^Nit 1 1 i\V-"> y— < f'-*^*p i k^l i I A2VHR SON'S R5 I (SINCE 1921) H A. *03-01 to 07 LUCKY PLAZA. Orchard Road. Singapore Tel *****83 JU Weekdays Saturdays Open 10am
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  • RACING
    • 349 32  -  MARKSMAN Keep your eye out for Thomas By Our man on the track THE solution to today's quartet event (Race 6) appears to rest with the top half of the 12-horse field and I expect How Now to show the way borne. The Imperial
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    • 125 32 Top jockey takes a breather LEADING jockey K.C. Ng, the centre of much drama in recent weeks, has decided not to ride at Bukit Timah this weekend. Ng's appeal against a four-month ban, incurred qver his handling of Heart's Delight at the last Brkit Timah meeting, is still pending. The
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    • 63 32 THESE horses have won $r done well on a wet track: K ICE 2: Diplomatic joy K VCE 3: Humble Boy. RACE 4: Whimsicality. Discover, Tron. K VCE 5: Rangoli. Young And Beautiful, Roller Coaster. Mork. Universal 11. KXCE 6: Hard To Be Humble. Auctioneer 11. K ICE 7:
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    • 209 32 Tierce betting again in quartet race By OUR RACING TEAM THE Singapore Turf Club has decided to reintroduce tierce betting in the race nominated for quartet betting as of today. Tierce betting in the other races in the card will continue. This applies to oncoarse and off-course betting as well
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    • 5111 32 GOING FORECAST: YIELDING TO SOI'T mmmmtmgam 2.00 restricted terms div b I,loom T T jE (3 and 4 year olds) BgMIMMMI (Stakes: $15,000) 1 si Power Plus II 51 Mrs JJ Hecldle-Heddle 4ag (1200m). Never in the hunt in both starts in restricted terms KL November
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    • 364 32 RACE RACING ED MARKSMAN PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO MISTER X 9 Kaya Kaya 6 Eurodollar 5 Highfalutin 9 Kaya Kaya 6 Eurodollar 1 4 Oh So Nice 3 De Pretender 6 Eurodollar 4 Oh So Nice 2 Darren's Delight 5 Highfalutin 5 Highfalutin 2 Darren's Delight 6
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    • 754 33  - Andrews' new role— as a stipe ROGER YUE 10 wins and 10 seconds from only 43 rides here By Raang Editor 4 When Brian Clements (a Harness Racing Board steward) mentioned the idea, I just laughed. But the more he mentioned what a great job it was, the more I
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    • 307 33 ON THE TRACK with MARKSMAN SPLENDID 111 drew attention to his chances with a good workout at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Kept well in hand by a riding boy. the six -year-old grey easily reeled off 600m in 40 .7 sec. The going has improved
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    • 72 33 TIESDAY (good with some "give"' Tron 37. 7, Direct Flight 37.8, Shoot Up His?h n 39.8. Falcon's Flight 38.1. Prosperous Spring 36.9, Lover's Paradise n 37.7, Eurodollar II 39.3. WEDNESDAY i heavy): Ace Attack 40.8, How Now 44.3, Checktoh 42.2. THURSDAY (heavy): Moon Gazer 41.3, Very Vain
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    • 143 33 Rides lst 2nd 3rd Plaeings for last 11 rides INg ***** 21 13 ********** 2 P Johnson *****3527 ********** 3 Sestich 273 32 36 25 ********** 4 Leong 234 26 28 18 ********** 5 Cook *****3525 ********** 6 *Azhar *****2124 ********** 1 Oo *****3231 ********** 8 Danls 215
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    • 93 33 lst Snd 3rd Goodman 26 23 21 Auric 17 24 21 Chong Keng Leong 14 9 13 Blnegrass 14 7 6 Shanmngam 12 6 5 Chens 11 16 12 Agasam 11 7 12 Chong Kok Lim 10 11 4 A JK 8 6 3 Sonny Khoo 7 9
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    • 1234 33 ■"TTTTPB 1 45 CLASS 5 DIV 1 1,400m .*Af M (Ratings: 53-47) (Stakes: $16,500) 1 o*6*Bl Capital Grewth 57 (53) Capita! Growth-K Chong 7 nzg pc 2 (1850m) Rahmat >':•'-, (.IWWn »«..> (52) R-Noordin 6 eg -.5 Cook 3 I*4*sM Santo Bravo j«.i (52) Agasam-Lee sag ul 5
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    • 90 33 lst Snd 3rd Teh 62 69 67 Dragon 38 41 34 E Breukelen 37 51 35 Read 36 30 23 Noordin 33 26 25 K Leong 33 16 14 West 31 30 30 Shanmngam 31 21 16 Yeoh 30 39 30 Samsnrl 29 18 22 Rodgers 28 36
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    • 136 34 With deepest sympathies and condolences to Prof. S. Jayakumar, Minister for Home Affairs, 2nd Minister for Law and M.P. for Bedok, on the demise of his beloved mother Mrs. Gnanambal Shunmugam who passed away peacefully on 12th December 1986. From Bedok Citizens' Consultative Committee Bedok Community Centre Management Committee Bedok
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  • TIMESPORT
    • WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER... WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER...WORLD OF SOCCER.. WORUI
      • 912 34  -  MARTIN PALMER By Wimbledon's rush-and-grab style earns few followers LONDON The campaigners for an English return to European competition, cheered by a surprising increase in gates this season yet conveniently dismissive of the violence which remains insidious, should begin to feel the quality rather than the
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      • 319 34 Dennis proves still the Menace SOUTHAMPTON Mark Dennis, the former England Under-21 defender with a seemingly endless capacity for attracting bad publicity, is in trouble again. The Southampton left-back faces expulsion from the English Players' Union and punishment by the First Division club and the Football Association for revealing in
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      • 158 34 Mexico reap rewards ZURICH The Mexico World Cup finals made a profit of U5542.5 million ($90.5m) from total revenue of USJBS.7m, the International Football Federation (Fifa) announced on Thursday. Fifa said the profit was USs4. sm more than the 1982 finals in Spain which cleared USs3o.4m. The Mexican organising committee
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      • 855 34 DEATH KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OF A GREAT CLUB 4 There's so much tradition here. I feel the ghosts walking the corridors. Wherever you talk to people who have supported the club for years, they cannot accept the situation we have found ourselves
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      • 303 35 LEAGUE ACTION ENGLAND LONDON Appealing though a winter break in the sun may be, Kenny Sansom, captain of leaders Arsenal, was happy to stay at home this week while champions Liverpool played under blue skies in Dubai. With no midweek match Arsenal might have
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      • 221 35 Diego says he has had talks with Real Madrid MARADONA MOVE THE ADMISSION MADRID Diego Maradona, who led Argentina to their World Cup triumph in June, was quoted on Thursday as saying he had discussed signing for Real Madrid in talks with the Spanish League champions. "Napoli are interested in
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      • 202 35 Reports come as a surprise to Napoli officials MARADONA MOVE THE DENIAL NAPLES Napoli on Thursday reacted with astonishment to reports that they wanted to sell their star player, Diego Maradona. Asked about the report, a Napoli spokesman said: 'It's totally false, impossible. I can't believe Maradona could have said
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      • 315 35 Clogged up: Inter-Milan's thirdround, second- leg L'efa Cup match against Dukla Prague in Milan, abanloned because of bad visibility on Wednesday, was postponed on Thursday due to more fog Club officials were meeting Uefa representatives to arrange a new date for the fixture. Airs well that ends foul:
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      • 44 35 Today: Aston Villa v Manchester United, Luton v Everton, Manchester City v West Ham, Newcastle v Forest, Norwich v Arsenal, QPR v Charlton, Southampton v Coventry, Tottenham v Watford, Wimbledon v Sheffield Wednesday. Tomorrow: Liverpool v Chelsea, Leicester v Oxford.
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      • 386 35 LEAGUE ACTION SPAIN. ITALY AND FRANCE 'Keeper hopes to keep a clean sheet MADRID Barcelona manager Terry Venables will hope his good fortune continues against Atletico Madrid in the Spanish League this weekend after an inspired substitution on Wednesday helped his side reach the Uefa Cup quarter-fi-nals. Venables
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    • 472 36  -  HAKIKAT RAI SSC, SAAA patch up to pool Kallang's resources By Working out at the KATC means that athletes get the best equipment and coaches. It also ensures that athletes get the best of services from John Whitson and the athletes' own coach. In the end,
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    • 311 36 Top athletes meet IOC on eligibility LAUSANNE (Switzerland) A of 11 Olympic athletes appeared before the International Olympic Committee's executive board on Thursday with proposals on a wide range of topics including athlete eligibility and drug abuse. The proposals by the lOC Athlete's Commission will be considered by the executive
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    • 251 36 Fatigue fears, still Becker's hat-trick nears STUTTGART Holder Boris Becker remained on course for a Young Masters hat-trick by reaching the semi-finals wit' a 6-4, 6-1 win over American Jonathan Canter on Thursday. But Becker, beaten in Monday's final of the Masters Grand Prix by Ivan Lendl, seemed tired at
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    • 91 36 Korean power for Ipoh HOCKEY KUALA LUMPUR Asian champions South Korea have, for the first time, been Invited to play in the third Raja Azlan Shah men's hockey tournament in Ipoh next April 14 to 21, a senior official said yesterday. K. lndran, secretary of the Perak Hockey Association, said
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    • 256 36 Gomez and Hans upset by Visser and Steyn TENNIS LONDON South American sidekicks Andres Gomez, of Ecuador, and Chilean Hans Gildemeister, normally the most cunning of partnerships, were lured into an ambush at the Grand Prix Masters Doubles championship on Thursday. Seeded first by virtue of then five tournament victories
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    • 130 36 Lendl gets off UN S. African blacklist LONDON Ivan Lend] has been cleared to compete in a proposed invitation tournament in Edinburgh next year by the removal of his name from the United Nations' South African blacklist The South African NonRacial Olympic Committee confirmed* that the worid No. 1, who
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    • 299 36 GOLF BOCA RATON (Florida) Bob Tway and Mike Hulbert dodged a succession of heavy showers on Thursday to shoot a scorching 13-under-par 59 for a one-stroke first round lead in the US$6OO,OOO ($1,314,000) PGA Invitation team golf championship. PGA champion Tway and his partner birdied their
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    • 451 36 Hill hits high: Unbeaten light-heavyweight Virgil Hill scored a 12-round decision over Clarence Osby on Thursday night to claim the vacated Continental Americas championship in New York's Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum. In the co-feature, 1984 Olympic gold medalist Meldrick Taylor stopped Danny Vargas at lmin 49sec
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    • 315 37  -  JANICE SEAH SWIMMING AND WATER-POLO Swim ace smashes university's 100 yards backstroke mark By DAVID LIM continues to make waves in Utah. Singapore's Sportsman of the Year began the new collegiate swimming season by breaking his university's 100 yards backstroke record last month. The 20-year-old business
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    • 244 37  - Sasa pick 15 to prepare early for Jakarta By ALBERT JOHNSON FIFTEEN swimmers seven boys and eight c;irls have been initially chosen to undergo ea:ly centralised training in preparation for September's South-e:ist Asia Games in Jakarta. The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's panel of coaches, led by national coaches Kee Soon
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    • 305 37 CRICKET At'STRALIA G. Marsh b Edmonds 43 D. Boon c Whitaker b Embury 103 D. Jones not out 27 A. Border not out 19 Extras 15 Total (for 2 wkts) 207 Wbts fell at: 113. 185. Bowling: Dilley 14-1-55-0, DeFreitas 18-4-58-0. Emburey 25--9-39-1. Edmonds 28-Li-11-l, Gatting 7-1-13-0.
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    • 89 37 WELLINGTON Top New Zealand batsman Brace Edgar quit international cricket yesterday because of what he called "a loss of personal drive and motivation". The 3t-year-old left-handed opener played 39 Tests for New Zealand in a career that spanned eight years. He scored 1,958 runs for his country
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    • 196 37  -  ALBERT JOHNSON TITLE-CHASING Queenstown cruised to a lacklustre 5-0 victory over Police in the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's Open water-polo championships at the Police Academy pool yesterday. But Queenstown, among the premier clubs in Singapore, did not display their usual flair and took things
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    • 138 37 Four-day for county matches LONDON Four-day cricket matches will be played for the first time in the English county championship, starting in 1968. The counties voted in favour of the idea, the most significant of changes to the domestic programme agreed at Thursday's meeting of the Test and County Cricket
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    • 277 37  -  TAY CHENG KHOON SQUASH By THE annual Singapore versus Malaysia international is in jeopardy after Ovaltine decided to withdraw their sponsorship for next year. Ovaltine's local agents, Wander (Singapore) Pte Ltd, have decided to stop their generous support of sports in the Republic. Said a
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    • 358 38 Stiff test for Lions in 1988 JOE DORAI ON SOCCER Three giants in same group for Asian Cup Group A China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, India and Yemen AR. Group B Kuwait, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan and Jordon. Group C Singapore, Nepal, Iran, Syria, North Korea and Hongkong. Group
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    • 228 38 KUALA LUMPUR National youth soccer coach Khaidir Buyong has been ranting and raving since trials for the 1989 World Under-19 Championship squad began a week ago. Sixty-nine players were called up but only 46 have checked in. And only 33 are with him because
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    • 199 38 FREMANTLE Tom Blackaller, flamboyant skipper of radical America's Cup challenger USA, believes his yacht can reach the semi-finals in the remaining four races. His boat stayed fifth overall in the 11-strong fleet after Thursday's yachting jury rejection of a protest by sixthplaced British
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    • 106 38 KUALA LUMPUR Visiting Bayern Munich ended a drab friendly encounter with h 3-0 margin against a Malaysian Selection here last night with the goals coming from two penalties and an own goal. The home team were clearly overawed by their opponents who fizzled out after an encouraging start
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    • 36 38 Gilbraltar sevens GILBRALTAR CRESCENT will be holding their Nike sev-en-a side soccer tournamen; at the Sembawang Shipyard Sports Complex on Dec 21 Entry forms are available from Tian Bey (telephone 336--0933 ext. 136) or Ravi (257--1348).
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    • 420 38 NZ battles to win by six seconds FREMANTLE New Zealand came from behind to edge out Britain's White Crusader by six seconds yesterday, improving its record in the America's Cup challenger trials to 30-1. American entry Stars and Stripes took over second place in the standings, 44 points behind New
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    • 693 39  -  By J. RAJENDRAN sth ASEAN SCHOOLS BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS Report: ALL THE RESULTS Boys Singles Ist rd: Ali Husain (B) bt Wilfred Buena (RP) 15-8, 15-6. Q-flnals: A. Wirajaya (I) bt Tan Chye Leng (S) 15-1, 15-0; Monthol Bumpenkeatikun (T) bt Ali Husain 15-0, 15-0; Rexy Mainaky
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    • 399 39  -  LEE WAI WUN By 4 Her career peaked with a bronze medal from last year's Southeast Asia Games at her hometown, a Bangkok. THERE are two loves in Ladawan Molasartorn's life badminton and dogs And the 16-year-old is as totally devoted to her canine
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    • 239 39  - Makkawv on hand to give fitness tips MAHMOOD GAZNAVI BODYBUILDING By SPORTS enthusiasts who want some free expert advice on how to keep fit and be in good shape should turn up at the Singapore Sports Councri Auditorium tomorrow (4pm). For in attendance will be two-time Mr Olympia runner-up Mohamed
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    • 40 39 RHYTHMIC exercise classes will be conducted at Qiaonan Primary School (Tampines Street 11) from Jan 6. Application forms, to be submitted with the $45 registration fee. are obtainable from the Singapore Sports Council. For further information, call 340-9571.
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    • 132 39  - Nicky to bank on experience MAHMOOD GAZNAVI NICKY QUEK will have to rely heavily on his experience in his quest to retain his National University of Singapore title. The second-year business administration student remains the favourite in the over-65kg category' in this year's competition at Kent Ridge on Monday (7.30
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    • 204 37 Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT Shareholders of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad ("RPMM") are reminded that the above Scheme will become effective on 23rd December. 1986. The record date tor entitlements to the Scheme will be 22nd December. 1986. The register of members o\ RPMM
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    • 334 38 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MRS. GNANAMBAL SHUNMUGAM, 84, passed away peacefully on 12.12.86 leaving behind husband S Shunmugam and, Sons: 8 subramaniam B Mani Vasagan S Ramdas S Govlndasamy S Jayakumar Daughters: I S D Rani 1 S Jothi. I and daughters in-law, sons-in-law and many I grandchildren and grjat
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    • 62 38 The family of the late MDM. CHUA HOCK NEO Departed 6.12.86 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all friends relatives for their condolences, attendance, donations support during their recent bereavement The family of the late OR. EDDIE HO GUAM LIM thank relatives, friends and colleagues
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    • 421 38 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam In Loving Memory of Late MR. ANG HAN KIONG Ist Anniversary Departed 23 December 1985 <W0H fl -g> You are always in our heart We will always remember how you toiled for your families all your life and your principles We will carry on
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    • 157 38 183 Condolences 183 Condolences With deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the Family of the late COLONEL HA WENG KONG who passed away peacefully on 12th Dec. 1986 From: MAJOR GENERAL WINSTON W L CHOO Chief of the General Staff and Officers and men of the General Staff SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES
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    • 62 38 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements lOM SAI RAM I The Family of the Late I MRS. MAHESVARY THEVARAJAN who passed away on 4.12.86 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to Doctors of I NUH Oral Surgery, Staff of NUH Ward 44, relatives, I friends and colleagues for their condolences, atten- I
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    • 89 38 The four generation family of the late Kathleen Mary Klyne Rappa wishes to express their sinrere thanks to various Catholic Church organisations, friends, relatives, guests and especially the Religious of our Faith, for all their hospital visits, prayers, masses and donations during our recent bereavement. The family of
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      25 38 With deepest sympathies to the family of the late COL HA WENG KONG From: The Commanding Officer and all ranks of SAF Provoaf
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    • 34 38 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR TAN AH SIAN Wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation u> relatives, friends and colleagues for their assistance, donations and kind attendance during their re-
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    • 85 39 BADMINTON Asean Schools SOCCER FAS 1-19 tournament: Championships: Individual events Hai Sing Park Rangers v Fairer Park (SBA Hall, 7pm). Utd (Queenstown), Mountbatten v GENERAL YMCA Festival of Kaki Bukit (AMK), Changi Utd v Sports (NTI, 10am). Punggol (St Wilfrid's). Redhill RangRLGBY Prudenttal/SRU Div 1: ers v Gibraltar Crescent (Geylang)
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  • 486 40  -  ILENE ALESHIRE Nearly 50% drop in sales, board's annual report shows By MANY people are still applying for Housing and Development Board flats, but when it comes to buying them they are reluctant to part with their money. While the number of applications
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  • 425 40  -  ROSNAH AHMAD By AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl suffering from diabetes died four days after her mother stopped giving her the insulin injections she needed. Norsallta Sherin binti Manfnz had been getting these injections daily for the past 3 1 2 years after she
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  • 30 40 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 0.56 point to 1.923.09 in the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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  • 297 40 French students vow to fight other govt moves PARIS French student leaders, buoyed by their victory in forcing the scrapping of education reforms, vowed yesterday to fight other planned government legislation and combat alleged police repression. They made the pledge at the end of a lengthy final meeting of the
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  • 107 40 Here's the news all handwritten THE newspaper must make it to the newsstands, no matter what. The daily De Morgen in Brussels nearly didn't make it when its computer system failed on Tuesday. So its editors and journalists hand-wrote all their articles which filled the 32 pages. And the tabloid
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  • 132 40 TOKYO A post office in northern Japan has offered to send real snowmen through the mail. For a mere 3,000 yen (Ss4o), you can order a handmade snowman complete with charcoal eyes and a button nose to be delivered in a day to any door
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    • 205 40 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Showers expected over several areas from late morning onwards. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 30 max., 24 min SUNSET today: 7 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.58 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 14 18 C Cloudy London 5, 9 C Sunny Amsterdam 25 C Cloudy Los
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    • 12 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1986 The Straits Times Section IWO
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    • 822 1 CHINA: THE LONG MARCH Jointly published by Intercontinental Publishing Corporation Ltd. China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation and China Photographic Publishing House, 1986 320 pages, hardcover, $59 Reviewed by WEE BEN6 HUAT I WOULDN'T recommend this book to those who merely want to look at
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      • 72 1 People and places 4 A photographic feast The islands of Indonesia 6 An aerial expedition fiverrvH [CHRISTMAS I mr Ho ho ho. ha ha ha 8 Your Christmas joke book Child wonder Midori 38 Cool as cucumber Performing problems 39 At the Drama Centre and the World Trade Centre Books.
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      • 960 2 LIFE Ml DEATH IN SHANGHAI By Nien Cheng Grafton Books, Britain, 1986 R6vlBW6d by MtfNCL SPEEOEM MANY people are still suffering under repressive political regimes with programmes of mass torture and murder. Those who survive will carry their terrifying testimonies to the rest
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        470 2  -  THIO LAY HOON Compiled by ANCIENT Tales and Folklore of China by Edward T.C. Werner (Bracken Books, 1986, 454 pages, $19.56) This book was first published in 1922. The writer was then a British Consul in Foochow, whose fascination for Chinese myths, superstitions and beliefs led him to
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      • 963 4 LICHFIELD ON TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY: Making the Most of a World of Pictures By Patrick Lichfield Constable Company Ltd, 1986 200 pages, $39.50 Reviewed by KENNETH KOH "SUCCESSFUL photography is, above all. a matter of attitude," says Lord Lichfield in this book. And, as a photographer, I agree
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      • 512 4  -  Thio Lay Hoon Browsing in the Library HISTORY, culture, heart and soul are frozen in images, many intensely personal, all recording a moment in memory. Here is a potpourri of photography books, authoritative, glossy and handy references not just for the buff, but also
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      • 495 6 Update WITHOUT doubt, Evelyn Waugh would hate it now. Even 50 years ago, the ill-tempered novelist didn't much care for the chaotic hotel in which he set Scoop. The hotel depicted in that famous novel still looks less than a picture of order.
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      • 715 6 BEIJING By Leong Ka Tai and Frank Ching Times Editions, 1986 156 pages, $49.50 Reviewed by SNG POH YOKE A VISITOR to this capital of China, home to more than nine million people, sometimes gets the feeling that the elegant roofs and awesome courtyards sit
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      • 576 6 INDONESIA FROM THE AIR Edited by Dana Lam Published by P.T. Humpuss and Times Editions 1986, 224 pages, $69 Reviewed by ONG YILI THIS book is the intrepid tourist's guide to the Indonesian archipelago. What the reader gets from this aerial photographic expedition
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      • 387 8 Young Reader MERRY CHRISTMAS A JOKE BOOK By Joel Rothman Dragon Grafton Books 96 pages. $8.40 Reviewed by WEE SHENG FELIX, 11 One cartoon showed a woman who, when she saw him on the roof of her house, shouted Look Fatso I don't care
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      • 521 8 THE CAVES OF KLYDOR By Douglas Hill Puffin, 1986. 120 pages $6 Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER CHONG IC HUGE snake-like monsters waiting for someone to pass; dark, misty, cold caves; a forest of weird telepathic trees; giant flesh-eating monsters and shadowy, deadly aliens. That
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      • 530 8 ENTER TOM by Jane Oldham (Puffin Books, 1986, 189 pages, $5.41) Up to now, women have been only an optional extra for 17--year-old Tom. Beyond loafing around, eating, writing scurrilous non-publishable articles for the local rag, turning up at school, debating with friend and classmate Dave, nothing else
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      • 665 11 36 House Renovation/ Decor JOO FOO CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION CONTRACTOR HOB Licsncs: CL/C***** Attention to sll nsw snd old house owners take note 1 WE PROVIDE TOTAL RENOVATION, special rates for complete renovation projects. We are licenced contractor snd we specialised to undertake sll range* ot renovation works to your HDB
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      • 823 11 37 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators REPAIRING, RESPRAYING buying selling of used domestic commercial refrigerators Si aircons Manufacturer of commercial refrigerators Friendly Refrigeration Si Aircon Service, tel: *****38 All enquiries welcome. BUY/ SELL FRIDGE, rm. split aircon., video, CTV, washer, cooker, hood. *****93/ *****15. CORONA AIRCON. Refrigerator, install multi-split, repair, service secondhand alreon.
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      • 764 11 49 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/Removal LOWEST CHARGE $25. House removal, transportation service, office removal specialised In pianos, organs delivery and disposal service. Experienced, reliable and responsible workers provided. Reasonable charges, good fast service. Day/ night service. We are at your service 7days a week. Tel: *****83. LOWEST CHARGE $30 House, office
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      • 707 11 57 Business Opportunities OPPORTUNITY NEW ZEALAND PARTNERSHIP IN PLASTICS BUSMESS The owner of a small, growth orientated plastics business located In Auckland N.Z. Is looking for a partner to Join him to realize the full potential of this dynamic business. You must have experience in some aspect of the plastics
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      • 973 11 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available Filipino: $230 P.M Sri Lankan: $150 P.M #Eflffß!flPT|flß>^, ff^X Full Documentation $5,000 Security Bond $10,000 PA Medical AsH[ Check-Up -Visa Fee -Airport Pick-Up '2 Years Contract/ v ji(JS~i BackUp Service Home Training Free Unitorm giyj^^^y^^^MMß^Blittfl^MßlMMßlSMHiiMMßiaMM V>. /^2 Our Maids arehard-worKing andhavegood working
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      • 546 11 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive 7 CARLEE lIWF Electronics PteLtd S Member of the Metal Container Group of Companies invites applications for the position of. The Job: I Planning of process for new prod jets conduct time and motion studies and other engineering support functions. Requirements: Degree/Diploma in Engineering with
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      • 574 11 66 Situations Vacant Professional/ Executive VACANCIES Mechanical Electrical ENGINEERS Qualifications Degree from a recognised University with relevant experience. Apply with telephone no. to: RANKINE a HILL (S) PTE. LTD. Consulting Engineers 38 Kim Tian Road 002-04 Kim Tian Plaz* Singapore 0316 SERVICE OF A Competent translator is required to translate
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      • 414 11 70 Situations V»r»n' Secretarial/ Clerical Oil We ore looking for highly motivoted and hordworV- ing personnel to |Oin our fast-growing molti- national company as Age 20 25 years GCE O level Completed N.S. Preferably with expert ence knowledge in for I wording shipping pro- cedures This will prove to be
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      • 708 12 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical A progressive investment company has vacancies for the posts of: CLERK I Minimum 3 GCE 0' Level credits including Maths and English. Must possess a good typing speed of at least 35 wpm and preferably with working knowledge on word
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      • 478 12 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical DATA GENERAL CORPORATION, a Fortune 500 US Company that designs, manufactures, sells and services a full range of advanced computers and related peripherals has a job opportunity for you if you possess the following qualifications: GCE 'O' Levels with minimum
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      • 319 12 RECEPTIONIST CUM TELEPHONE OPERATOR Requirements: G.C.E. 'O' Levels Pleasant personality Speak fluent English Mandarin Able to type at least 45 w.p.rn Age between 16 24 years old Interested applicants, please contact Ms. Jennifer for an interview at Tel: *****77 or write to: THE MANAGER OUB CENTRE LIMITED 1 RAFFLES PLACE
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      • 694 12 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical WAREHOUSING A TRANSPORTATION PTE. LTD. A Company situated at Juror invites application from cand dates with suitable qualifier tions for the post ofCONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY Requirements:Possess good GCE 'O' levi with strong credits In En glish and Mathematics LCCI Typewriting an Shorthand Certificate Minimum 1»? years
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      • 809 12 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical TEMPORARY SHORTHAND CLERK Requirements: e With working experience i- Shorthand and typing speed of 80/ 40 w.p.m. e Able to operate telex Duration of t;mployment beel tween 1 and 3 months. Salary $600 p.m. j-j Interested please write giving full resume and contact number to:
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      • 543 12 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Pa travel related service industry in its expansion programme, requires hardworking, young and dynamic sales personnel for the position ot: SALES EXECUTIVES (Male/ Female) Minimum 5 'O' levels, with credit in English. Good communication skill Leadership qualities essential. Age: 25 to 35 years SALES REPRESENTATIVES (Male/
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      • 589 12 71 Situations Vacant: Sales HITACHI CREDIT CORPORATION Invites application for the post of CREDIT REPRESENTATIVE Minimum GCE 'O' Level Age between 24 to 28 years Own a motor-cycle Must be living in Ang Mo Kio Yishun Area Interested parties, please call *****22 for an appointment to be interviewed at: 268
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      • 691 12 71 Situations Vacant: Sales TOP 100 FASHION require 1 1) CHINESE SALESGIRLS 2) CASHIERS Interested please call personally al 80 Marine Parade #01-52/62 Parkway Parade (Next to Parkway Top 20 Fashion) AGGRESSIVE PART-TIME SALES Persons required for X'mas Home Decorative items on a door-to-door basis High commission Age 16 above
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      • 545 12 72 Situation* Vacant: Technical Precision Casting Pte Ltd A member of me CRA Group ol Australia requires Hardworking ana gooa knowledge in mould making Minimum 2 years' hands-on experience We expect to fill the above positions m January 1987 Please submit your applications with resume present expected sc and contact
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      • 693 13 72 Situations Vacant 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical ptAsconTl Su6jjc//ar^ o/ \Rohm an</ Jiaas Company We are a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 EE MV engaged in the manufacturing of 3 epoxy molding compound for the semi- EEJ conductor industry. As part of our 3 pa expansion into a new
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      • 569 13 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical TIMES PROPERTIES SDN. BHD. (A member of Singapore Press Holdings Group) invites suitably qualified and experienced applicants for the post of: BUILDING MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT I) BUILDING MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT (ELECTRICAL) Requirement*: NTC-3 in Electrical Fitting and Installation. PUB Electrician Licence. 3 years working
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      • 1254 13 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Jtunph JACK CHIA INDUSTRIES (S) PTE. LTD. A member ot the Jack Chia-MPH Group We have a vacancy for the position ofMAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN The candidate should possess the following: GCE 'O 1 Level with NTC Grade 2/3 in mechanical engineering or equivalent
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      • 578 13 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production We are a large food manufacturing and distribution company inviting applications for the following post: BAKERY PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR 2 years of working experience at the Supervisory level, preferably in food manufacturing industry. Must be prepared to work on weekends and public holidays.
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      • 955 13 74 Situa ions Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Misci lianeous Miscellaneous 1 FUJITEC I ELEVWOR 1 ESCAIAIOP CITYR^RK A ttbrldwide Organisation 1 The Urgest lift manutacturing Company in Singapore requires 1: «SRN El Indus rial experience an asset I*3 GCE 'O including English e 35 worn typing For Telok Blangah and
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      • 4186 14 '4 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 81 Vehicles For Hire 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ 89 For Sale 89 For Sale: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous I Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance Insurance Datsun/Nissan Datsun/Nissan __=_=______^5 N DEPOSIT REQD. Sums Hock I j ==^z^^z^^z==Z
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      • 612 15 90 For Sale: Toyota SUNDAY CAR MART A ROARING SUCCESS m 40S of cars displayed were sold within the first two hours Sellers, don't miss this opportunity. Sell your car at our CAR MART tnls Sunday from 10 00am to 2.00pm Attractive free gifts for sellers NOVA AUTO PTE LTD
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      • 928 15 90 For Sale: Toyota NEAR SO STARLET Pta OWMI alrcon. hl-fl. very good cond $11,600 ono Peter '.M***** Q PLATE '80 Model Toyoto Corolla 1.3 DX 1 owner Hlfi. well kept $6,500 Tel *****57 Q' 'BO TOYOTA Super Crown auto. 1 owner $12. .(00 Tel *****55 1978 TOYOTA CRESBIOA, due
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      • 810 15 92 For Sale: Mazda •83 MAZDA 82«. 5-door Hatch back 2 pte owners Powe steering windows Central lock ing View: Blk 15, Anthony Gdr =01-31 5E0922 $25,800. 4 MONTHS OLD. Mazda 323 EG! 16 Fuel Injection. 3-door Metal lie black. Blaupunkt set. Inter ested please page: *****68. 5/81 MAZDA 626
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      • 870 15 93 For Sale: Honda ALMOST '83 CIVIC, 5-speed. (4 door), alrcon, radio cassette, ta: 3/87. $19,200. *****23 Desmond ALMOST 85 ACCORD EX. 12 valves. 1 pte owner. Brand ne\ cond. View: 143 Braddell Rd. ALMOST 85 HONDA Accord Auu 1 owner, new tax, high powerei cassette. Tel: *****11. APRIL '83
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      • 972 15 96 For Sale: Other Makes x 73 MINI SPECIAL good condition s/rlms radio cassette sporty looking tax 2/87. $3800. 69 Mini statlonwagon tax 3/87 $1,900. 75 F'ord Escort 4 drs. 1.1 good cond tax new $3,450. Call *****69 0.n.0. '82 LANCIA MONTE Carlo. Nearing. Alrcon. Convertable. New tyres sports rims.
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      • 2639 15 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Available Available Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartme.its Apartments Ktstesig Pmrk w*^\>^.: t*Oa£& 1 Panoramic view of the horizon and the city skyline 4 Each apartment enjoys most of the Jlr&f 2 Refreshing, spacious and sophisticated surroundings "T£>* CftflP ft 3)
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      • 590 15 D.9 LUXURIOUS BEVERLY Hill, high fir. 4 bdrms. Spacious layout Full facilities Occidental *****00/ *****31 F/ FURN. APT. at Neptune Court Marine Vista. 3+l bdrms Rent p $1,000 neg. for immediate lease. Contact Mary *****12/ *****11 W YONG AN PARK. Brand new. 1/2/3 bdrms. Large balcony. Condo fa- cllltles $1,300-
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      • 399 16 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms AIRCON FURN RM students at Holland Rd Ulu Pandan pte. condo. Laundry meals provided Pis call *****89 O M ROOMS IN pte hse near St. Patrick School for foreign students. Food, laundry. guardlan Call Aunty: *****02 few ROOMS IN Orchard bungalows avail. Quiet Si convenient. Stay
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      • 502 16 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms TMOMSON GROVE PENTHSE I vacant nil with furniture Females only. Contact Mr Llm *****84. 1 FURNISHED ROOM near Sennett Estate 4 Sedar School for rent. Pleas- phone *****03 2 P/FURN. RMS. to let at Clementl Ave 4 preferably ladles. No cooking $200 Pis call *****49 2
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      • 301 16 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses Freehold w .aV^^LaaM a A^BBBBaaV _j( fll bm£' bbbl *aaaaßaai^BH^dJ9aßmsSi*9ir I «afp ■j**Sssi "^SbHbbi^K&^^S^^^^^^^^^^bbh BBBBBiß*aV."ai!^Ba^^^^ flSj^ l^-—"^ LT New Design Double-storey Split-level Terrace Houses Now is the Time to Invest. There isn't a better time than now to
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      • 100 16 D18T.19 CHARLTON LANE, renovated 2-storey terrace, 1,800 sq.ft. Freehold. Separate living/ dining with back extension, 3+ 1 bdrms., marble flooring, $425,000. Deans Property *****55. FEW UNITS BRAND new design 2V»-storey terr. Choice location. 5 rms. Land 2000 onwards. Easy access. For bookings, call sole agt Khal Chin Realty, *****80 SERANQOON
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      • 108 16 OPEN H'SE! SUNDAY 10am to lpm. 4pm. to 7pm. 19 Llpo Ave. (2678). D/storey corner terrace. Extensively renovated, extended kitchen, 2422 sq.ft. 3+l. Facing North-East Ramon: *****33 off./ *****75 res. Pager: *****4Z SERANGOON QDN., 8/BTOREY terr. 999 yrs. $260,000. Serangoon, apt. 3+l rms. 999 yrs. Easy transportation. $300,000 neg. Quek
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      • 427 16 113 For Sale: Houses D.15 BRAND NEW 2/storey bunglw. 4+ 1 bdrms. marble/ parquet. 6,200/ 3500 sq.ft. $760K. *****23/4 Grandsfleld. D.15 -OPEN HOUSE' 11a.m. 6p.m. 4 Elliot Wlk. Tastefully renovated d/storey seml-d. F'hold. 4 1 rms. *****92/ *****98 D.16 BEDOK RD. d/storey terr newly renovated f/furn. 2200/ 1700 built-in 3
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      • 372 16 113 For Sale: Houses D.15 MODERN DESIGN new 2-sto-rey semi-d. 3500/ 2800. Many extras. $525K Upland *****60. D.15 BEMI-O. 4.200 sq.ft. F'hold 4 rms. Quality finishes. $650,000 Richard Low Housing: *****18. D.16 UPPER BEDOK RD. vicinity, new 2-storey bunglw. 5600 sq.ft. 4 rms. Selling cheap. Agt *****70. D.1846 RENOVATED S
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      • 226 16 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartment* Apartments BEDOK COURT] A garden for every condo l^ P* Each of the 280 condominium units features />s a spacious forecourt which can serve as a l£^ landscaped terrace or a turfed garden. Full recceational amenities are provided tennis court, squash
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      • 114 16 DA REGENT GARDEN lower maisonette with private garden 2,400 sq.ft SSSOK rwg. D.ll THOMSON MANSION 3 bdrrns 1.970 sq.ft S3BOK n*g D.15 KATONG GARDEN 3 bdrms. 1955 sq.ft S3SSK n^ Sunshtn* Horn— Dvcor T*l: 337MM/ p^w *****33 OPEN HOUSE TODAY From 1C.30.nn to 3 30t>rr #10-01, Satovtwf Court penthouse 3
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      • 445 16 114 For Sale Private Apartment* OPEN HOUSE SAT SUN %arr. tc iprri OXFORD RD SPORE OBJI Marble flooring, carpeted bedrooms/ parquet. Built-in kitchen cabinets Freehold Approx 1200 sq.ft From $190,000 to $216,000 T* *****02 7«30»4t 0.15 ROSE GARDEN No 135A Ist fir Amber Rd (inner blk.) 1100 sq.ft. 3 bdrms.,
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      • 1030 17 114 For Saie Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Country Club Living ic^^ At Very Affordable Prices f W^3^< HWKI/C JBardens )[J^>f WLp&BP "*^SB BSP"'*TB| H| Conveniently located on the outskirts of Yio Chu Kang and Ang Wr Mo
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      • 741 17 116 For Sale: HOB Apartments 5-ROOMED A.M.KIo 249/539 553,5123-$129.000 Bedok 99/120/413. $108-$142.000 i r :>« ZiO 240.5123-SI29K Spottiswoode Pk. 110. $153,000 i 4-ROOMED Bedok 70/121/623. $86-$BB,OOO Halg Rd. 11, $95,000 M.Parade 62/74. $86,000 T.Payoh 214/201 f/furn. $62-S7IK 3-ROOMED A.M.KIo 216/247 corner. $42-38K Bedok N. 74/115, $42-$52.000 C'wealth 111/39A, $41-S49K Sims
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      • 655 17 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments ANG MO KIO 5-room 8LK.250. 539, 553. 4-room blk 177, 216, 229, 231 435. 572. 635. Homan Parkton: *****62/ *****52. BEDOK NORTH BLK 76. 3-rm. $42,000 Ang Mo Kio Blk 249, srm. slab. Low floor. $110,000. Pentagon *****33 BEDOK NORTH 5-RM. Blk 120. terrazzo fir
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      • 541 17 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments MUST SEE CLEMENTI 4-rm. All beautifully done up. Tip-top condition. Owner: *****48 NORTH BRIDGE RD., 5 rm High fir. No obstruction. $138K. (CPF loan $141K). D.E.S. *****20. NO CASH NEEDED! Aljunied Crescent blk 101, 3 rms., ceramic, cabinet. $63K (full CPF). *****03. OWEN RD PURE
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      • 701 17 117 Properties Wanted hd!Tflats~ WANTED So far we haven't dlsappointec any of our principals (sellers). Call us today and we'll take gooc care of your HDB flats. TEL: *****28 BUYERS WITH READY cash CPF urgently req. 3/ 4/ 5-room flat; in Aljunied/ Clementi/ Bedok/ A.M. Klo/ Haig Road- Juront East/
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      • 711 17 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces I 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces Located at Singapore's most thriving and busiest Orchard Road/Scotts Road junction. Between Goodwood Park Hotel Hyatt Hotel with many tou'ists Forms a golden triangle with Metro Orchard and O.K. Tang in
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      • 557 17 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours Introducin' OUR HOT FAVOURITES *^jmoJk Nobody gives me MANILA/VILLA I IK rMfi\%l(llk\ ESCUDERO ffiaJlQiW for $789 (5 days)! Tv'^*^j^t p 3 san i ari v ll| 8 Escuaco/Eiaguio/ Malacanang Paiace^d X^Jjjki $399 for JAKARTA ~\l^fj /£fimL~-\ 4 da y s l is a steal!
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      • 663 18 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 TourB jiniinjMwuor'- ti^g. I'nlock the splendour of I^lf na Ullh Z^"-...'; EIWJjyJJ Onent Vacations Gamso Tours IK Chin Travel Diamond Tours Universal Express Sunseekers KTP Travels C&E Holidays I Square Will Furama Shopping Ctr #01 29 Pearls Ctr #01
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      • 276 18 3 Days PENANG (By AIR) $299 i -Inrluave of City Tour Jjincto) $329 3D/4N PENANG (Coach/ Air) $219 3 DAYS GENTING (BY AIR) $279/S2G9 3D/4N GENTING (Coach/Air) $229/$209 (WITEL STAG'S: AWANA CONDO OR NEW CASINO HIGHLANDS) 3 DAYS CAMERON (BY AIR) $379/$299 3D/4N CAMERON (Coach/ Air) $269/$199 (HOTEI. STAYS: STRAWBERRY
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      • 676 18 137 Tours 137 Tours -jYhalland THE MOST EXOTIC COUNTRY IN ASIA 4/5 DAY BANGKOK, PAnAYA $640/$7OO 6 DAY BANGKOK, CHIANG-MAI $760 7/8 DAY BANGKOK, PAnAYA, CHIANG-MAI $820/880 SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT (TRAIN AIR) 8/10 DAY PENANG, BANGKOK, PAnAYA, CHIANG-MAI SIN-PEN-BANGKOK BY TRAIN, BACK BY AIR. $7?0/<840 DEP: EVERY WE NITE TAKING DELUXE
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      • 903 18 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education ii k-jJ r*) HOTEL Wy MANAGEMENT STUDY IN SWITZERLAND Before you lake that important step. find out all about: Choosing the RIGHT program Courses? fees? paid-training? Swiss-American training SEMINAR VIDEO SHOW Sunday 1 4 December 1 986 ORCM ARD MOTCL 3 PM Educational Resource
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      • 494 19 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses HOLIDAY TYPING 12 3: specially for Students School 1 e.tvers S pore Inst. of Commerce *****81 .*****49 PSC REVISION CLASSES: Starting Jun Reg before 30 Dtc Raja's *****70. *****03 SHORTHAND BEC.'NNERS 16 12 86 Tues 6.00 730 Peace Centre Commercial School (*****30). There's no limit to
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      • 564 19 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses PSC Private Secretary t Cortilicate FULL/ PART TIME Classes commencing on 5 JAN '87 Application for student passes can t>« arranged (or foreigners REVISION CLASSES All »übj»cts available daily nightly including Audio Shorthand Typewriting Duties Commencing in DECEMBER Registration for LCCI PSC '87 Exam. 1/12 19/12/86
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      • 650 19 173 Religious Announcements You are cordialiy invited to The Mahaprajna Buddhist Society's Ist Anniversary Celebration on Sun. 14 Dec. 86 at 11.00 a.m. at Pek Chuan Bldg. 116 Lavender St. S'pore 1233 Tel: *****43 There will be a mini-exhibition and a vegetarian buffet. (Gifts bouquets are declined with thanks. Please
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      • 290 19 Your children deserve the best in life Give them the CHILDREN'S BRITANNICA Children remember better when they look up things themselves. "^CS^^^^^^ Now with the revised Children's Britannica. they can conveniently refer to today's most topical subjects like computers, lasers 2**fcL??s!!s**^^^fc! and nuclear power, and find facts fully explained with
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      • 728 20 ''~~"'^ilbW Wm Lfc '^^BI^BBJ V S-'ereo Cassette H| i^ i «e^o T he n ad V hone "^B V/ fBJ HP^^ AM/FM Bb Bsbh i v KB B| |i HJWjI H If r— >V EWmJnEA '■•■BHBP' SBI^nB Canon My Card Super Slim Solar B|BB|H tBHIbT Sony Speakers for Calculator /jJpßffllk
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      • 774 21 DESIGNED BY NATURE. SOLD BY IKEA.YOURS FOR 0N1Z?69. At last a real Christmas tree guaranteed to last the season. From Scandinavia, with unique gift ideas and home decorations. Celebrate a Swedish Christmas this year with free ginger cookies, fun and games for kids and the traditional Lucia Parade. (Our beautiful
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      • 514 22 Do you r festive 1 1 ii -c-j j ■!> n l»j ii»TI shopping at 3 great (WttSUtUffF COriSUITI6t* TClifS Fnntn^tir rtff^r^ nrpat i3w^M^Bp^W^ baraains and I now into its fifth successful year 1 everything you need J S^XfZSSfiZmfci if ffllscownb ASIAN 1, fajp jftg Dec 13 21 1986 World
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      • 167 22 Sunshine J«L^€ HAMPERS J^~^mi For Style and Value, You've the Best....J%r These hampers are specially designed and selected for J§jshi, WJfi% expressing your deepest appreciation to your f^M business associates and dearest friends. r 7^T« w^ ~lßm^ f 5515^ Designer's Award -^II De fjftWm Hi*;;; y: I 2 U— I
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      • 793 23  -  GEMEVIEVE SOH CHAY NGEE By 16, Fairfieid Methodist Secondary School 4 We look at our fingers, nervously picking at invisible bits of lint. We look at our feet We look at the ceiling, and notice the cobwebs and their inhabitants, happily scurrying about their untouched'
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      • 254 23 H^kl ■■■^*h.. »S fV lstecan Lyri-^y^tina > vZj P^ KOSE Promotion Counter Exclusives! Look out for our special KOSE Promotion Counters where you can pick up these exclusive gifts and offers. Com Purse OR Lf^Vj^^f Tissue Pouch OR Triangle Jewellery Box (House) OR Jewellery Address Book OR m~m. ■~~^+£ff o^
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      • 427 24 A chef, Mr Kwok Wing Cheung, gives some tips on vegetable carving. SANDRA DAVIE reports. WITH the festive season around the corner, why not learn to brighten up your dishes and impress your guests with a decorative rose or some other creations carved out
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      • 339 24 DinTCt lu nc n -\n extravagant offering of deliciously exciting Indonesian favourites. Mutton or Ayam Soup, Beef Rendang, Curry Kambing, Chicken Korma. Satay. Sotong Istemewa, Nasi Goreng and more. And for dessert, a range that s rightly described as mouth-watering: Gula Melaka. Green Bean Soup Goreng Pisang Tandor Served every
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      • 151 24 Putterip' Pete KIDS LOVE SAIL&OAT RACES. lAAWE A COUPLE OF BOATS IN A HURRY, FIKD SOWVE SCRAP BOA.«DS AND UStVOOR KNIPE; tn^ST-»y r\ MAKE RUDDER SLIT. jrpr- jsr ~j \s*~ Tthe rudder i^ ~Vfwoft] IJAPORTAKTTTO TN^SgSz^^^-' n ot!p N^AklE BOAT "T^-y 3^ |7f GO STRAIGmi) v. FORCE KWIFC T n
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      • 494 25 llllU^^ 12 10 14 Dec 86 llllW 9:ooam s:3opm \j^&>^ k C o X 342 Circuit Road/Paya Lebar Road, Swee Hong Industrial Building. JL doIJLLVJII nCl^&iriill 1 jk ,^d^^^_.^k <■ Colour T.V. 3b| guarantee. 1 Technical The trend-setters in Swimwear are here at the 1 lon Lounge! See fashion swimwear
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      • 402 25 dest range of furniture in town! The Direa-From w<*shop Hurry! Visit the exhtonon that has me w,^ fll n <MMtett 6^P**' FURNI^|M^S ff||lia Ifl iii «^^H w^HMte I Dec to 1 Dec <M I BMBBBB tf f Time nfiXO i i m dil^klw iiS Organ ,ed By 5A Pte Lml
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      • 136 25 in tomorrow's osier magazine fTIME PRESENT We look at the incredible growth of the watch industry Alllll have been forced to fight for DOWN AND OUT their survival following fierce IM HAWAII competition from Asian 111 nMWMII watch manufacturers. An exclusive interview with ZZZZZZ^III Ferdinand Marcos, the BhlT"^" former President
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      • 441 26 GREAT HOME VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT! i UPPER THOMSON YISHUN I ORAGON VIOEO (*****33 *****66) I #01-217 BiK 293 Yisfiun St 22 I YISHUN VIDEO; *****17) #01 -393 Blk 110 Yishun Ring Road ARTS VIDEO ,*****32 *****02) #01-65A81K5 Upper Thomson Road CIT> AUDIO *****534) I #01-09 Thomson Ptoa 301 Upper Thomson Road
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      • 349 26 2nd FUN-TAST IE WEEK at CAPITOL 1 (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 I SCHOOL HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH FUN! h</ I >*wif) v omon PRINCE: NOW SHOWING! (*****05) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00. 6.45 A 9.15pm KRETA AYER PEOPLE'S THEATRE OPENS TOMORROW! (*****72) 4
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      • 375 26 at tf e /Vt -h»P W"* Sundoy. 14 December 1986 b a c>3 S^^rU P° sS m one'- t>™ <>°o™ ".ooam nftt-^ ..-.irfrCn a -inn l<t v «nue Circus Site cH^anV^iead" 1155 auears° ld) o—^o— orino 3 S 1 A\ftl\bV I Commonwealth Ave. West) 4 SPECIAL EVENT jdst JflK PRINCEW^
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      • 990 29 APPOINTMENTS f PA Personnel Services W PA Consulting Services Pte Ltd A A 1 1 l)hoh\ (ih.iui 10-in. .niui\ Building, Singapore o922. A I Telex: RS:)I»UM UN \1). Licence No. A-0010-02 1 SECURITY: No information will he given to our client unless 1 k authorised by ybu at a personal
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      • 1320 29 Manager ■wßO^^p^^' Manager Procurement WWMf^lk JTP—#^ Materials Planning Control The candidate will lead a team of Procurement IVl\p «v WkW\flk\\W Engineers and be responsible for a multi-million dollar IV% smooth operatior international procurement of mechanical, electronic and plastic components for the company's manutactunng operations in Singapore %Af l^n^Jl ajfMr I
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      • 1089 30 APPOINTMENTS *^Af TANDEMCOMPUTERS Irii-f SENIOR SYSTEMS CUSTOMER ENGINEER MMIW? ANALYST ■|jpL^i|H VAfWWIy mimmurn °f 4 years expenence in maintaining ll^r^J^fc JH Requirements: medium to large systems. Preferably with expenence A well-qualified computer professional in on-line maintenance Jf%W4fc C V PCV^kVtt'ft C rninilTlurn °f 5 years relevant expenence Work under minimal
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      • 373 30 WARTSILABQggBIL (SINGAPORE) Pte ud I ISM1 S M We are a diesel engine manufacturer in Jurong. We invite suitably qualified candidates to fill the post of: ASSISTANT SALES SUPERVISOR, SPARE PARTS Requirements: Holder of Technical Diploma or equivalent in Marine Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic or equivalent institution. At least 3-5
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      • 409 30 RELATED An American Express i". invites suitable candidates to fill the position of: MANAGER Human Resources Development The incumbent will report directly to the Personnel Director. Major Responsibilities Coordinates the training and organisation development activities of the Company including developing strategies, programme implementation and stewardship reviews Determines training priorities and
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      • 679 30 urn SH W<*mS^ We are an established multi-national organisation which excels in innovative electronic technology. Today, we have significant facilities in Singapore manufacturing and marketing advanced products and systems. Excellence is our trademark, long achieved by an exceptional team of dedicated people. And now, we are inviting people with similar
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      • 689 31 APPOINTMENTS E23 NATIONAL xa-T UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE I Applications are invited for appointment to the j posts of: 1) LABORATORY TECHNICIAN in the Faculties of Engineering and Science 2) SECRETARY GRADE 111 QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Post 1 (a) A University degree. Preference will be given to candidates who read Chemistry
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      • 798 31 Expanding International US-based merchandising corporation representing a diverse group of retail stores seeks dynamic, committed and achievement oriented professionals. I (A) MERCHANDISE MANAGER I (around 5560,000 P.A.) This is a senior management position reporting directly to the j Local Office Director. The successful applicant will be responsible for the overall
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      • 946 31 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL HALF THEWORL^^^^^^^ 3 *jSUBBBBWBBBt^ fSS ■Jik'u^'i Jf .-x ■f^y ~^kV"iwS-'^-'»»SSB| IaHB/ -ifl^H WEr^a^'mMJ^St wk jM I #ypT^.^w# m^i MM IF* jM Our network now stretches across 53 cities in 35 countries and we are adding new destinations. We need more flight stewardesses to service our
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      • 838 32 APPOINTMENTS ARCHIVE, ttio leader In Advanced Tape Drive Technology, is expanding I further rt» Singapore operation. By earty next year, another floor will be added II IS II to the existing tacilrtles to manutacture new products Incorporating the laiest II II II proprietary tape drive technology We invtte talented and
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      • 519 32 I OVERSEAS I I CAREERS I Would you like the challenge of working in different countries? If so. a satisfying career awaits you in SIA. We are looking for honours graduates with 3-4 years working experience. Initially, they will be based in Singapore where they will have the chance to
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      • 638 32 A leading multinational of telecommunication systems and networks invites Malaysia citizens to apply for the positions of: SYSTEM/FIELD ENGINEER (2 positions) Degree/diploma in Electrical/ Electronic/Computer engineering Minimum 2 years hands-on experience in PDP-11 Proficient in English Ability to do field work provide technical support to clients Experience in telecommunication SCADA
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      • 529 33 APPOINTMENTS A loading Fortune 500 multinational eompan> is looking for an energetic and self-motivated person to fill a newly -created position. TV'S LJJTHE PERSON 77?e sLhxx^ssf'ul iwididate will have a tertmr. education and have worked in a trading it ucem or l)een in the shipping line. Familiarity with shipping documentation
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      • 1279 33 The Power To Be Your Best. ■.fjnr'TJrmim:™ The candidate must possess lf V OU h ve P« sio for 9«"lt JM! WH I BW>4I I .I J A»J Ji nniHH a Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineer- products, great technology and a great d ate should possess a Diploma in
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      • 303 33 y LITYAN DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (A MEMBER OF THE CHUAN HUP GROUP H Appointed Sole Distributor by B THE PLESSEY COMPANY PLC For its range of office telecoms products for Hong Kong, and the I H southern provinces of China has concluded a successful I marketing iaunch and is looking
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      • 262 33 i p I i \^p Pharmacia I Pharmacia is a rapidly growing Swedish I biotech and pharmaceutical company. 9 Pharmacia was founded in 191 1 Our product I range comprises of ophthalmic surgery, I oncology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, I infusion solution, diagnostics dermatology. In I many of these areas, we are
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      • 665 34 APPOINTMENTS f PROJECT MANAGER 1 I FREIGHT FORWARDING I We are a fast expanding international freight forwarding company with regional offices and covering several well-developed specialities including seafreight, combined transport, j NVOCC transport. airfreight, transhipment and ancillary activities. i We have been entrusted with important transport projects comprising considerable tonnage
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      • 543 34 An established Company with project >v in Beijing, People's Republic of China is looking for suitable applicants to join v as: M Applicants for the above positions should possess a degree in their relevant field of work and must be conversant in both written and spoken English and Mandarin A
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      • 529 34 I M^»'BHh MmwTU 41 1 Hh^B^^^M^kht I Engineering Challenges I I with the Leader. I Seogote Technology, one of the fastest disc drive manufadurers in the world is expanding its Singapore operations. We have attained leadership through a commitment to zero defects and this same commitment will steer us ahead
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      • 617 34 Due to rapid expansion into the China market, we are looking for a high calibre personnel to take up the position of I GENERAL MANAGER I IV based in our Hong Kong office. The right candidate should |i| A Degree or Diploma preferably in Electronics lIP Electrical Engineering or Telecommunications
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      • 695 35 APPOINTMENTS NEC the world leader in the fieid of semi-conductor |fflj devices seeks a high calibre young male professional to Jb J join its management team challenging into the *****. H Assistant fj H Accountant Zj A good Accountancy degree from any recognised universities HMfi or minimum qualification of ACCA
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      • 642 35 I requires I OPERATIONS I SUPERVISOR I At least 2 years working experience Must possess a Technician Diploma in Mechanical Engineering j I Have good communication skills and ability to j interact with all levels of staff I Be able to do shift work I Main duties include I Liaison
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      • 694 35 fr DBSBANK CLERICAL OFFICERS QUALIFICATIONS At least 4 GCE "O" level credits including English and Mathematics Ability to type is an advantage REMUNERATION Those with full "A" level/NIC Certificate in Business Studies (Accounting) and/or who have relevant working experience can expect a higher commencing salary. The Bank also provides a
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      • 483 35 A Our multi-million dollar colour television tube manufacturing comf pany in Jurong has immediate vacancy for the post of: Assistant Engineer (Utility) Duties: Electrical installation and plant maintenance Project co-ordination and supervision Requirements: Diploma in Electrical Engineering Fresh graduates may also apply Must be prepared to work on Sundays and
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      • 624 36 APPOINTMENTS LIEBERMANN overseas trading pte ltd invites application for the position of A) CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY to th« D«poty General Manager Should De mature and of pleasant personality. Able to work independently Ability to communicate effectively Minimum 3 years of experience A good command of English B) SALES/PROMOTION EXECUTIVE Mm GCE
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      • 716 36 NOTICES ESIHbI I ADMISSION TO FULL-TIME I COURSES IN JAN 87 H| Applications are invited from Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents, who possess fhe relevant entry qualifications, to appry for admission to the j full-rime Preliminary Certificate in Business Studies and National Trade I Certificate courses commencing 5 Jan 87
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      • 631 36 run PREQUALIFICATION TENDER FOR ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TERM CONTRACT 1987/1989 Singapore Airlines Limited invites PUB licensed and CIDB registered electrical contractors to submit prequalification applications for Term Contract on Electrical Maintenance and Minor Works for the period 1 March 1987 to 28 February 1989. The estimated value of work is $200,000
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      • 619 36 IN THE SI BORDINATE COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE D C Salt No. ***** of lim. Between THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Plaintiffs AjhJ 1. FREEDY TAN GIN YONG 2. JIMMY OEI SOEY HOCK Defeaduite NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Jimmy Oei Soey Hock now or late of Block
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      • 663 36 THK BANkKI PTt V ACT (CAP. 18 1I7« ED.) IN THE HIGH COIHT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKKI PTCV NO. 243 OF I*4 Re CHLA KAH TLAN Ex par*: AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL INC Creditors In tbr matter ot a, B&akropu-) Notice died ttor 14th d»> July, ISM NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT TO:
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      • 394 36 SHERIFF S SALE In The Hijjh Court of The Republic of Singapore In The Cause Ot Suit No 4990 of 1966 Execution No 1 194 of 1986 Ong Hoa Siem Plaintiffs versus Alpoly Piasttc Products Pte Ltd Defendants Auction Sate el Plastic bag manufacturing machine/accessories and Motor accessories Tc Held
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      • 186 37 /^T7 I JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1986-87 definitive reference of contemporary naval craft JL,B9th edition fully revised i .Jl. Worldwide coverage, notably of Soviet and Chinese navies Now in its 89th year of publication. Jane's Fighting Ships is accepted as the only definitive annual publication in its field. Providing comprehensive, accurate
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      • 145 37 You may have tried the delicious and sumptuous dishes at the restaurants, now try your hands at cooking them with 100 CHICKEN RECIPES PEKING COOKING SZECHUAN COOKING This book contains 100 recipes Peking Cooking contains 84 Szechuan Cooking contains 86 from famous chef from well- recipes for family dining and
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    • Page 37 Miscellaneous
      • 597 37 SUN TAN By Coliette PEANUTS By Schmlz W teu ■.-.es'^^^" I™*"B|1 *"B| WiMTweHMETc admit l^^=s!'s™ —illllß mi^B 1 i f 4R£ NOT HUMAN.' THAT OUR. HUSBANDS TUATS BECAus£\ 1 A/,o Lft/l^ 4- MXfln>JuL lltim ccm^ (Pi^ac J* /frt UiKfAW/MAtSy ft I^DMANAfigA.ftLC^y <J*ut Xo^™^ Canned THE BORN LOSER By Art Sansom
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      • 1094 38 She was making her debut as a soloist and was playing Leonard Bernstein's serenade for violin and string orchestra from memory while Bernstein was conducting. Suddenly her E string snapped. With only a slight pause, she turned, borrowed the Stradivarius of concert master Malcome Lowe, and
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      • 529 39  - 'Twas the night before Christmas CAROLINE NGUI By Last Wednesday, two performances at different venues seemed jinxed. At the Drama Centre, the lights suddenly went off during A Chrismas Carol. Over at the World Trade Centre auditorium, the pianist, whose flight was delayed, kept the audience waiting an hour for
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      • 565 39  -  CHRISTINE CHIN By THE evening started off on a sour note. At 8.15 pm, 15 minutes after the curtains were supposed to go up, it was announced that the pianist was unavoidably delayed. His flight was late. The magic that started to
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      • 294 39 THE saxophone moaned sensually, women cavorted across the stage and a goat butted the cellist. Welcome to "pop mechanics", an anarchic fusion of performance art and improvised rock, jazz and classical music periodically permitted to take to the stage of a
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      • 77 39 if you are holding an event you want our readers to know about, fill in th€ coupon and send it to: What's On, Section 2, The Straits Times, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Your coupon should reach us three days before the event. Name of event: Staged/presented by: Venue:
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      • 914 39 WHAT'S ON PERFORMANCES hood Association (SPPA), Mrs annual Christmas Fair. For- try charges to the museum at panther and leopard. School. Macßitchie Reservoir SINGAPORE SYMPHONY Barbara Mah, a volunteer ty-five food, handicrafts and $1 for adults and 50 cents for AUDIO-VIDEO SHOWS Park. 5-6 pm. ORCHESTRA. Condu<-tei"b> Ul h the
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      • 1603 40 mmm MY VIEW By Catherine Ong m, IMIWI American girl attempts to unmask the geisha i Saiurda> Night Movie IHI^HHHP fI^V" IVVB<I^iH for all the cmldren in lne (P la y ed by Debra Paget). R'^dH American Geisha 1 world Jeff Chandler plays the re- SNORKELS (Ch 6, 2.15 (Ch
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