The Straits Times, 2 February 1987

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86
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  • 882 1 Chinese New Year festivities important so that the young can look back with fond memories THE Prime Minister, giving his first speech in the Year of the Rabbit, had this message for Singaporeans yesterday: Bring back the colour and gaiety of Chinese New
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  • 716 1  -  PAUL JACOB Chok Tong: Starting independent schools and more town councils By THE establishment of independent schools and extension of the town council concept were spelt out last night by First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as being high on the Government's list of
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  • 185 1 KUALA LUMPUR It would be an offence to smoke or eat while driving on highways under a law proposed by the Works Ministry against what it believes are "bad driving haoits". Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu. who disclosed
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  • 468 1  - 2,4,6,8 but cheerleaders fail to titillate JANICE SEAH The colour and spirit at Chingay '87 By THEY whirled their pom-poms and shouted themselves hoarse, bat the cheerleaders failed to get the adrenalin pumping at Chingay Parade '87 yesterday morning. The crowd, six deep in some places and perched on containers
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    • 40 1 Day of fairies, gods, dragons and princes More reports and pictures on Page 8 Inside TV guide on Page 32 Summary 2 World News 3,4 Asean 5 Causeway 6 Comment/ Perspective 12,13 Letters 14 TimesDollar 15-18 Racing 33 Sports 34,35
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 360 2 Model wage pact A COLLECTIVE agreement between a group of companies and its union, which was reached before the current move towards flexible wages, has been suggested as a model for Singapore employers. Neither the group nor the union has been identified. The agreement was presented at a recent
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    • 243 2 Boost for US science THE REAGAN administration is giving science and technology a boost by sponsoring the development of more research centres at universities. It plans to increase these centres from the present 11 to 21 by the end of the 1988 fiscal year, with funds increased
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    • 212 2 Wigan in major upset THIRD DIVISION Wigan provided Saturday's major FA Cup upset, beating Norwich 1-0 at Springfield Park to reach the fifth round for the first time in its history. It was a gem from Paul Jewell which put Wigan into the next round, Norwich's lan Butterworth deflecting
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    • 440 2 Hearing voices SOME PEOPLE may hear voices talking to them when there are no people present. Or, they may see things which others cannot see They are not psychics or mediums but victims of a mental illness called schizophrenia. The voices or things they see are not real
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    • 374 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE new Central Provident Fond "topping up" scheme approved by Parliament last week came as a surprise to most. For the many filial Singaporeans at least, it makes eminent sense to be able to transfer some CPF funds to their parents accounts. One point the
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    • 250 2 ANALYSTS THINK HK STOCKS ARE STILL A GOOD BUY DOREEN SOH in her Your Money column says that analysts still think Hongkong stocks are a good buy. although the stock market there soared to its highest level since 1980. At the start of this year the bull run not
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    • 219 2 Around Asean.. .and Across the Causeway Search for rebels IN THE BRUSH-COVERED foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains just outside Manila, governmen: forces are playing a grim game of hide-and-seek to track down rebel troops, remnants of last week's abortive revolt. The search was part of a mopping-up operation following
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    • 95 2 i 'SHOW FILM ON ABORTION' A DOCTOR says he would describe the controversial abortion videotape as "distasteful" rather than gory. However, he feels that some foi~m of education and counselling is without doubt necessary, and suggests that the film The Silent Scream be shown on TV', arguing that "since
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    • 192 2 Buyers' Guide Darwin "Experience the excitement of Australia's cosmopolitan city with beautiful scenery and wildlife abound The invitation is at classification 137 J Classifieds Pg 24, Section Two r^y~~> Product Advertise* Section 'Pafe Bank Un'ted Overseas Bank Camera Nikon Shriro (China I Ltd I Campaifr Ministry of Health Computers TMC
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  • around the WORLD
    • 106 3 TOKYO More than 3.000 people protested here yesterday against a proposed 5 per <*ent sales tax that Aoukl go into effect next > earLed by the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan, they marched through the Ginza shopping area The council chairman said
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    • 374 3 COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government faced mounting protests yesterday as it continued to deny accusations that security forces had killed more than 200 civilians in an anti-gueril-la operation. A spokesman for the citizens' committee in the eastern district of Batticaloa said more reports were
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    • 333 3 Civilians flee Indo-Pakistan border as talks continue NEW DELHI India and Pakistan began a second day of talks to defuse border tensions here yesterday as newspapers reported that civilians have begun to flee India's extreme northern frontier villages. The civilian exodus began from villages in the Samba and Hiranagar area
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    • 209 3 Trapped 18 die in Taiwan hotel fire TAIPEI Eighteen people died and 13 were injured yesterday when fire swept through a hotel in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. All the dead were trapped by flames on the top two floors of the fourstorey hotel in the centre of Kaohsiung,
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    • 202 3 HOLLYWOOD Platoon, a film drama about American soldiers in Vietnam, won top honours in the 44th annual Golden Globe awards. It won the award for Best Motion Picture Drama in the presentations on Saturday night It also won awards for Best Director. Oliver Stone, and
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    • 409 4 More science and technology centres to be set up at varsities WASHINGTON The Reagan administration is sponsoring the development of science and technology centres at universities to spur industrial and technical innovation. In his State of the Union message last week, President Ronald Reagan
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    • 249 4  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Missing church envoy Terry Waite left messages before he disappeared in Lebanon that no ransom was to be paid and no attempt made to rescue him, it was learned here yesterday. A letter with these Instructions was handed
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    • 184 4 British sub 'lost secret radar set' LONDON A British nuclear submarine lost topsecret Nato radar tracking equipment in a recent encounter with a Soviet submarine beneath the Barents Sea, according to the Mail on Sunday. It said the submarine, HMS Splendid, a 5,000--tonne Hunter, and a Ty-phoon-class Soviet submarine were
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    • 24 4 OAKLAND (California) Blues vocalist and guitarist Mississippi John Waters. 51, died of cancer on < P" M CM after a long illness. UTI
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    • 48 4 picture. THIS seven-metre high and 35-metre long alligator casts a gleeful look as New Orleans float builder Biaine Kern checks out its teeth. But at the recent Mardi Gras parade, it was probably more concerned with looking good than devouring Mr Kern. Reuter
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    • 244 4 Reagan loses out to Congress in poll NEW YORK Most Americans say Congress has greater ability to solve the nation's problems than President Ronald Reagan has, according to a Newsweek poll released at the weekend. In the poll, conducted after the President's State of the Union address on Wednesday, respondents
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    • 90 4 MOSCOW Watching television in the Soviet Union can be fatal. The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper said on Saturday the number of fires caused directly by defective colour television sets which exploded totalled 5,490 in 1985. Some of those fires were fatal. "Statistics show that
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    • 27 4 WASHINGTON The Chief political adviser to President Ronald Reagan, Mr Mitchell Daniels, has resigned to return to private life, the White P-— w c"""--day. AFP
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    • 273 4 Libyan and IRA plot to free jailed guerillas foiled, says paper LONDON BRITISH security forces have foiled a plan hatched between Libya and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to free top-security guerilla prisoners from jail, the Sunday Times newspaper reported yesterday. It said representatives of the Libyan People's Bureau in
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    • 300 4 Israel 'made Iranian deal before US overtures' NEW YORK Israel's Defence Ministry approved arrangements to sell USsst million (SSIO6 million) worth of Israeli-made weapons to Iran almost two months before the first reported American request for Israel's help in approaching Teheran, the Israeli businessman who arranged the deal said on
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    • 178 4 WASHINGTON A Senate committee investigating White House involvement in secret US arms supplies to Iran is expected to seek access to President Ronald Reagan's private notes, the Washington Post said yesterday. It said White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan told a closed session of
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    • 156 4 Poland and US to expand contacts WARSAW The United States has announced ex- I panded economic and po- litical contacts with Po- land following talks between Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski and US Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead. Speaking to reporters before leaving for Czechoslovakia, Mr Whitehead said the
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    • 36 4 CORINTH (Mississippi) About 1.000 people were evacuated from their homes on Saturday after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed. Several freight cars caught fire, spreading poisonous fumes hut no onp was injured. AFP
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    • 42 4 MARSEILLES Two suspected bank robbers were killed when a bomb exploded in a car outside a primary school. Windows were shattered, but pupils and staff escaped unhurt One of the victims had previous convictions for armed robbery AFP
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    • 268 4 Tapping new prospects. Since independence in 1957, Malaysia has had three decades of invigorating change. Its economy grew by an average of nearly 8% a year in the 1970s and its government remained stable. This week, The Economist publishes its first survey of Malaysia in seven years. Prosperity was based
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 592 5 23 million voters will decide fate of new Constitution and Aquino government MANILA Today 23 million Filipino voters are to respond "yes" or "no" to a question that boils down to this: Is the Philippines better off with a flawed Constitution or no Constitution at all?
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    • 331 5 6 Marcos (left) can flex his muscles all he wants for television, but in reality he just isn't very important There's a sense of paranoia about Marcos among the Aquino people. They tend to overreact to what he does. There is no strong support
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    • 406 5 'Filipino leaders over-estimating Marcos influence' WASHINGTON P.iilippine leaders are over estimating the power of dej.K)sf-! President Ferdinand Marcos w stir up opposition in his homeland, aad should tu-n their attention to the country's real problems instead, American analysts say. A year after Mr Marcos was toppled from power and invited
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    • 421 5  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN By and in ivianua MANILA In the brush-covered foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains just outside Manila, government forces played a grim game of hide-and-seek to track down rebel troops, remnants of last week's abortive revolt. Colonel Javier Carbonnell, commander of
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    • 138 5 MANDATES an independent judiciary and a legislature of a 24-mem-ber Senate and a 250--member House of Representatives. DECREES state promotion of sports and banning abortion and child abuse. It requires the government to assign the highest possible budgetary priority to education. LIMITED degree on Muslim autonomy
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    • 274 5 JAKARTA INDONESIA has ruled out any move to re-schedule its mounting foreign debt as it would do more harm than good. Finance Minister Radius Prawiro said. He told parliament on Saturday that Jakarta would try to arrange new external financing on easier terms
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    • 180 5 TOKYO Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja says Japan should maintain its exclusive defence policy even after it has lifted its military spending ceiling of one per cent of gross national product Dr Mochtar, on a visit to Japan, said this in an interview published
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    • 123 5 BANGKOK A punter who got a wrong ticket won about I,SM,#M baht (Ssl3t,4M) when the horse covered by the mistaken stub finished first in a race here on Saturday. The bettor, whose name was not disclosed, had intended to wager on No. 11, his favourite
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 527 6 News report violates party's election ethics, says minister JOHOR BARU Johor Umno will soon lodge a complaint with the Umno Supreme Council and the party's ethics committee over a Bernama report which it claims violated the party's election code of ethics. The deputy chairman
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    • 214 6 IPOH The Home Affairs Ministry has temporarily suspended the publication and circulation of a local Chinese weekly for "publishing sensitive reports that can cause anxiety and dissatisfaction among the public". Disclosing this yesterday. Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said
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    • 129 6 Ghafar is undecided on No. 2 party post BANGI Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba says he has not decided whether to contest for the Umno Deputy President post at the party General Assembly in April. He told reporters on Saturday that so far he has not been nominated by any
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    • 109 6 Schoolgirl found drowned at waterfall KOTA TINGGI A 10year old schoolgirl was found drowned in a pool at the Kota Tinggi waterfall on Saturday. A police spokesman said Imrah Mohamad went swimming in the pool alone when her parents and four other members of her family were having lunch. The
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    • 264 6  - Criticisms reflect phobia of Islam, says MP JOHOR BARU AN UMNO Member of Parliament has claimed that non-Muslims are suffering from a "phobia" of Islam and Muslims which could undermine national unity. The MP for Pulai, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, told a press conference here on Saturday that this could lead
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    • 253 6 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and India will co-op-erate in the production of motor vehicle component parts, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Speaking to reporters on his return from a threeday official visit to India, Dr Mahathir said both countries could also set
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    • 204 6 KANGAR Malaysian politics lacks ethics as evident in the prevalence of money politics and manipulation of ethnic and religious issues, says Aliran, a social pressure group. Aliran President Dr Chandra Muzaffar told a forum, organised by the Perlis Graduates
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    • 381 6 MALACCA The jail breakout by seven detainees at a police station here last Friday was believed to be well-planned as four policemen on duty at the time were caught off-guard, a preliminary investigation has revealed. The investigation found several startling weaknesses in
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    • 113 6 3ATU PAHAT Johor Vlenin Besar Haji Muhyid iin Yassin has urged Chilese trade associations ind businessmen not to "lose their doors on Maays wishing to join them n business. It is important for all he races in the country to lelp each other
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    • 111 6 KUALA LUMPUR Some Indonesian illegal immigrants here have set up business by claiming to be able to predict the numbers to be drawn in fourdigit lotteries. Operating outside shops and along back lanes in the city area, they charge betwee'n $10 and* $20 for
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    • 40 6 <UALA LUMPUR The Vorks Ministry s still studyng the proposed new toll ates for highways of beween 5 cents and 7.5 cents *>r kilometre The curren' oil rate is 2.5 certs Der kilonet re. Bernam a
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    • 613 8  -  AGATHA KOH Chingay '87 Reports: IRENE NG and ROSNAH AHMAD Pictures: JACKIE HO, ARTHUR LEE and H.L. CHAN Galaxy of characters and floats makes Orchard Road a funland By GOSSAMER-CLAD fairies, an imperial prince, fire-snorting dragons, men from the lost kingdom of the
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    • 654 8 Big, strong and friendly CLAD in a pink sarong kebaya pendek, the rotund bibik had a distinctly macho gait. A look at her legs told the whole story, for peeping from beneath her sarong was a pair of man's legs in grey pants and black shoes.
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    • 263 8 A 'masquerade' that now means so much more LITERALLY translated, Chingay means the art of masquerading. Bnt for Singaporeans, Chingay has become synonymous with carnival time, a colourful spectacle of floats, and song and dance. This is quite unlike the original Chingay, said te have its roots in Penang in
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    • 421 8 If only crowd was livelier THE veterans took it breezily in their stride as they marched, danced, sang or walked on stilts under the blazing sun. Understandably, some first-timers had butterflies in their stomachs. But everyone enjoyed themselves. Perhaps their one complaint was the lack of response from spectators, despite
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    • 547 9 Group's innovative agreement signed before move towards flexible pay A COLLECTIVE agreement between a group of companies and its union reached before the current move towards flexible wages has been suggested as a model for Singapore employers. Neither the group nor the union
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    • 326 9 President Wee: My three wishes 4 Never compare yourselves with people next door or the Joneses people with Rolls-Royces. As long as you have a roof over your head, good friends, good relatives and make a good living, be ft contented. President Wee. HEALTH, an economic upturn and peace are
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    • 482 9  -  TERESA CHEONG By WHILE other children are counting their hongbao. 13-year-old Lyn Lee Tsenyi's mind is filled with snow and Santa Claus. There is good reason why she is dreaming of a white Christmas at such an unseasonal time
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    • 311 9  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By ROMANCE and intimacy are in the air in this Year of the Rabbit. It is a good time to get married and have children, say two Chinese geomancy consultants and fortune tellers. They predict more marriages and a coming
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    • 345 9 'Be familiar with terms and issues in pay reforms' THE problems in making the switch to flexible wages should be the newfocus of discussions on wage reforms, and unionists can help by becoming conversant in the basic terms and issues, said the latest issue of NTUC News. Included among these
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    • 295 9  -  LEONG WFNG KAM By POPULAR SBC actor Wang Yuqing seems to have struck a new chord among many of his fans. The 25-year-old star of Awakening and Flying F\sh fame was loudly cheered yesterday when he sang before hundreds of onlookers at the Chinese Garden
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    • 282 10 Tailors need TDB visa for sending clothes to US TAILORS sending parcels of tailored clothes that have been ordered by an agent in the United States now have to get a textile visa from the Trade Development Board first. Without the visa, these parcels. whV**i are considered commercial textile shipments,
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    • 110 10 Chance for the young to tell tales YOING storytellers with an enthralling tale to tell can find themselves an audience this month and next in a competition organised just for them. And if they are really good, there will be a happy ending when they receive shopping vouchers valid at
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    • 103 10  -  JOSEPHINE NG Seven batches sent to Japan since December By IN THE dark of the night, a diver with an oxygen tank slips silently into a pond filled with thousands of prawns. He beams a torch at the crustaceans in the filtered sea water
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    • 117 10 Farrer Court vi sitws to pay for parking NON-RESIDENTS of Far rer Court win have \r pa> if 'hey park In the <ar lots, there siarTtn|; this month For secunf} reason* the management camnft tee of the e>QHte vwunns lo discourage infruders frttrr, using the cafpark*. ac cording to its
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    • 324 11  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE Beware the 'professional' and 'seasonal' beggars By "NOT all destitutes are beggars and not all beggars are destitute.'" An official from the Community Development ministry said this when he urged people not to give alms indiscriminately. People should consider donating the
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    • 189 11 C'wealth award for English writers WRITERS of plays, novels and short stories published last year are eligible for a new literary award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize, which will be given out in London in November. To qualify, the authors must be citizens of one of the 49 Commonwealth countries and
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    • 42 11 THE Singapore Swimming Club will be holding its 21st Double Age Group Swimming Meet this month. The meet will be spread over three days. On Feb 9 and 10, ,i will begin at 7.30 pm; on U from J 30pm
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    • 559 11 ONE man cleans the toilets for $15 a month. Another pastes address slips on magazines, earning $40 a month. A third is mentally sub-normal. They are destitutes at Woody Lodge, near Woodbridge Hospital. They are among the 1,128 residents of
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    • 75 11 GAMES, dances and a buffet await O-level singles at the Great Eastern Hotel on Valentine's Day. The Kallang Community Centre SDS (Social Development Section) Club will be organising a Valentine's Chinatown Disco there on Feb 14 from 2 to 9 pm. Tickets at $13 each can be
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    • 257 11 THE Orchid Jaycees is looking for 150 families to be hosts to some of the delegates from 20 countries coming to Singapore in May for a conference. As part of a four-day event to promote the concept of world peace, the Orchid Jaycees
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    • 206 11 BETTER business man■igement and measures to achieve greater productivity are among the subjects to be discussed at the First Annual Asian World Publishing Congress. It will be held at Raffles City from Feb 23 to 27. The speakers at the Congress will come from
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    • 35 11 A LUNAR New Year gathering for children will be held at the Telok Blangah Community Centre on Sunday from 9.45 am to 1 pm. It is organised by the community centre's youth group.
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    • 399 11 SHE comes round each morning without fail with her pushcart to pick up discarded cardboard boxes from the roadside in the Serangoon area. Her bent frame, behind the heavy load of boxes, has evoked many a sympathetic reaction from tourists and passers-by. But Madam lim
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    • 379 11  -  IRENE HOE By LIFE-LONG education is not just a slogan, a noted educationist, Prof Malcolm Skilbeck, said in a public lecture recently. "For the first time, we're coming to grips with the reality of life-long education," he said at the National University of
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    • 451 11 Govt welfare grants totalled over $270,000 last year MORE than $270,000 was given in official handouts last year to 29 welfare organisations. But the amount runs into the millions when indirect assistance is included through such avenues as income tax exemptions and free medical care for the needy. Miss Lim
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    • 65 11 RESIDENTS of St George s Road and Sims Drive should feel safer from Wednesday whe.; two police posts open. The posts at Block 2, St George's Road, and Block 55, Sims Drive will be manned by police officers from 8 am to 11 pm daily.
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    • 184 11 isrmai SINGAPORE RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION TRAINING CENTRE RETAIL TRAINING PROGRAMME FEBRUARY -APRIL 1987 Commencing No. Course Title Dote Doy/Time 1 Customer Handling Feb 9 Mon, Wed Fri Skills 2 -5 pm 2 Retail Supervisory Feb 9 Tue Fri Management 6 30 9 30 pm 3 COSEC Feb 9 Mon, Wed
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 385 12 THE new Central Provident Fund "top-ping-up" scheme approved by Parliament last week came as a pleasant surprise to most. The scheme will no doubt be welcomed by many filial Singaporeans who have always considered it their duty to provide for their aged parents. For them at least, it
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      • 188 12 THE invitation recently extended by the Indian Prime Minister Mr Rajiv Gandhi, to Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq to attend a cricket match in the current India-Pakistan test series must surely rate as a novel form of diplomacy. With Indian and Pakistani troops facing each other eyeball to
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    • 633 12 More happy people if more were made Datuk Regional comment Edit oriaL headlined Spread titles and happiness, published in The Sunday Star on Jan 25. WHY is such a fuss being made just because some Yang Berhormat are involved in financial shenanigans of one sort or another? Could it be
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    • 1859 12  -  Dr HENRY KISSINGER Japan could make a more significant contribution to global peace by increasing aid to developing nations than with a large military programme By 6 It will make a huge difference whether Japan increases its defence effort gradually or suddenly,
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    • 2562 13  -  SHAHRIR ARIFF By writing for Singapore Business Management, marketing and finance are the three main problems faced by most Malay businesses here. By improving their companies' management and marketing, they would enhance their credibility and find it easier to get the necessary finance
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    • 754 13  -  ROBERT LINDSEY By SAN FRANCISCO The buoyant, optimistic American West, whose economic growth has outpaced the nation over much of the past 20 years, has begun the new year facing a new set of realities: Declining population growth, persistent problems in important industries and growing
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  • FORUM
    • On the 'gory' abortion videotape
      • 173 14 Why many don't wear hearing aids at home WE wish to clarify further our speech teacher Miss Beth Anne Maren's comments in your report on Jan 14. It is true that a large percentage of hearing-im-paired children do not wear hearing aids at home. We have found that this is
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      • 210 14 I WROTE to you to inquire about the need for my daughter to take home economics instead of technical studies in Secondary 1 (ST, Jan 16). The Ministry of Education replied on Jan 26 but failed to enlighten me on
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      • 356 14 I REFER to the letter "Scrap 'gory' videotape on abortion" by "Abort The Film" (ST, Jan 24). As the writer is a woman, it is understandable that she would "hate to believe that there are women who would casually go for an abortion purely
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      • 188 14 I REFER to the letter "Scrap 'gory' videotape on abortion" by "Abort The Film" (ST, Jan 24). I do agree with the writer that no woman would casually go for an abortion as a method of birth control. I do
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    • On bus services
      • 240 14 THIS letter is about an incident on board a bus; one which clearly shows that the bus companies need to reiterate to their drivers the need to practise considerate driving. At 12.35 pm on Jan 9, two friends and I (all
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      • 187 14 WE are a group of students in the morning session in Tanjong Katong Girls School. We have to take Service 31 but find it virtually impossible to board the bus between 6.30 and 7.10 am. We are not the only ones affected. We feel very frustrated
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      • 204 14 AT 11 am on Jan 13, I boarded a Service 167 (292G TIB) bus along Sembawang Road. I am a housewife. I use the bus services frequently. I was, therefore, rather taken aback when the conductor demanded that I pay the fare for my 24--month-old
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
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      4 15  -  ANTHONY HOE By
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    • 350 15 Feb 2: The National Productivity Board will start a seven-session "Quality Control Circle Leader" course for supervisors and senior executives. The course will cover techniques and skills for starting a QCC in the workplace. Participants will also be shown how to manage their circles' activities. On Mondays. Wednesdays
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    • 348 15 TRANS-ISLAND Bus Services (Pte) Ltd and Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd have appointed Mr Tan Hup Foi their general manager. Mr Tan was previously with the Registry of Vehicles and Borneo Motors. Holiday Inn Asia-Pacif-ic has promoted Mr Robert Wilson to regional director of market development and Mrs SerIna
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    • Short stops
      • 92 15 US steel strike ends PITTSBURGH The lorgest US steel strike ended here on Saturday when an overwhelming majority of union workers voted to accept pay cuts at industry leader USX. After being on strike for six months, the steelworkers voted 19,621 to 4,045 in favour of a fouryear contract costing
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      • 89 15 BANGKOK The Thai Government will accept barter trade with Viet nam if it serves Thailand's economic needs, the Nation newspaper reported here The newspaper quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr Saroj Chavana virat, as saying: Thai land does not object to this kind of trade with Vietr.am if it
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      • 77 15 BEIJING China's geld production increased by a record 14.1 per cent last year to achieve its highest output. The official China Daily newspaper said China. which claims to have the world's fifth largest gold reserves, would invest US$l62 million (***** million) in its gold industry this year, twice
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      • 72 15 WELLINGTON The New Zealand government has asked its Securities Commission to investigate claims by a Wellington company that some investment tips it provides to clierts are based on inside information. The inquiry, ordered by Justice Minister Geoffrey Palmer is expected to be held next Thursday. Several companies provide
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      • 96 15 NEW YORK Antonio Gebauer, former senior vice-president at Morgan aiaianty Trust Co, has been sentenced 'o 3 j years and a US$lOO,OOO (SS2ROOO) fine for fraud and income tax evasion in a Manhattan court. Gebauer previously pleaded guilty to falsifying bank records which approved fraudulent loans
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    • 774 15  -  DOREEN SOH Analysts expect market to remain bullish By YOU may have watched the Hongkong stock market soar like a rocket. In fact share prices in Hongkong scored their sharpest rise last year since 1980, with the major market barometer the Hang Seng
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    • Your money
      • 158 15 Transaction costs: 1. Stockbrokers' commission charge: 0.5 per cent. (Some firms quote a minimum charge of HK$lOO a contract). 2. Hongkong government stamp duty: 0.3 per cent. 3. Hongkong stock exchange transaction levy: 0.0025 per cent. Size of lots: This varies according to the
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      • 283 15 LONDON A watchdog panel in London's financial centre, known as The City, is to toughen its rules on mergers and acquisitions. The new rules, which will come into effect on Feb 16, follow a series of insider dealing scandals and allegations of breaches in the law.
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    • 818 15 Arbitrageur: a dealer in stock which is the subject of a bid, in the expectation of a higher bid. He makes money whoever wins the corporate battle. Black book: a defence against an unwanted bid planned in advance by a target company, to be brought into
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    • 433 15 MA AILIAN takes a humourous look at the new language that has grown around the takeover and merger mania in the US and Britain and in another article provides an interpretation of the new words and phrases. NOT long ago, the chairman
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 18 16 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) S P H 23(25) $73,198(142,414) Aug 86
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      • 21 16 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Glenealy 5(5) M5240(5231) Dec 86 MCB Hldgs M5i.509(5777b) Sep 86
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      • 354 16 MR KHOO Teck Puat and 15 Singapore companies linked to him have been given tour weeks to show why a trial should be held instead of letting the National Bank of Brunei take out a summary judgment against them. The Arab-Malaysian Development Bank group has launched its latest
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      • 50 16 pj 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Financial Times Industrials h Friday 1441.00 (1427.00) Dow Jones Indusinals L Fnday 2158.04 (2160.01) I Nkkei Stock Average Saturday ***** 55 (200^8.35) (Ftfures in brackets refer to those of the previous tradirg day) LIIIII 1 I I I I I
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      • 161 16 SYDNEY A bearish sentiment prevailed over Australian stock markets throughout the week, with some brokers saying the slide was due to a market correction and others pointing to general uncertainty about direction. Brokers said that an anticipated poor consumer price index released on Wednesday, which gave Australia a rise
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      • 237 16 (an 30 USJ Ctunfe Alcoa 39*, -H Aided S*g 47* -t- Amox Inc 14% -Vi Am Corp 564 -14 An 24*4 -I 3e*ier>em SH 7 7 i unch Bocnq Co 50 l unch Burroughs Cp CaterpJIor Co 43W W Chase Monhtn 39-*» v» CnrysJer Cp 475<i I Citicorp
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      • 338 16 ian 31 fen Change Alinomoto 1990 -10 Akoi 380 +9 Amodo 805 10 Asohi Chem 776 4 Asoh. Gloss 1360 unch Bonk ol Tokyo 1440 -50 Bndgestone 699 4 Conon 947 +26 Cos,o 1330 +60 Gtuen 455 +13 Duct 1300 -20 Do.-kh, Kongvo 2730 unch 0 N ppon Print
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 554 16 Debate on value of ticker tape revived NEW YORK The stock market's increasingly heavy trading volumes and computerdriven fluctuations have unnerved many brokers and revived an old debate about the value of a familiar Wall Street symbol, the ticker tape. In an era when access to instantaneous information
        AP  -  554 words
      • 152 16 TOKYO Share prices on the Tokyo stock market soared to record highs even trading day last week with the Nikkei Stock Average topping the 29,999-yen mark and capitalisation exceeding mm billion yen for the first time. The 225-stock key market barometer finished at 29,948.35 yen on Friday, surpassing the
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      • 146 16 HONGKONG The Hongkong stock exchange ended the Year of the Tiger on an upbeat note, assisted by Bet#ng's purchase of a stake in the British territory's main airline. After stumbling 15.98 points on Monday, the Hang Seng Index rallied to 2,553.25 points at noon on Wednesday when the market
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      • 81 16 LONDON London share prices rose again last week in line with strong advances in New York and Tokyo. The Financial Times Industrial Index closed 15.1 points higher over the week at 1,441. Prices rose amid relatively buoyant prospects for corporate profits and an optimistic forecast from the employers' organisation,
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    • 517 16 Jan 30 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 331 +4 Ass Dairies BTRPLC 282 Babcocks 200 +1 Barcloys 537 -2 Beecham 477 +3 BICC 316 +2 Blue Circle 683 -5 BOC Group 416 unch Boors 266 -3 Bowater 383 -I BATS 500 +9 Bntannia 1584 -I Brit Gas. 674 unch B
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    • 3239 16 w wares quoteo nave a par value ot Ji unless otherwise specmeo aoiuvk for tcrip/rifhts. N Tai-eiempted dividend AWi n traded m tots of 10 shares each, with the prke quoted in dolars Trustee stocks under CPT Approvee Investment Scheme 1986/87 Last Yield Net Vol Week
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      • 216 17 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3 1 1 2'/2 3 Monthly 3' 2 Autosave 3 2 Fixed deposit 2% 2% 2 3 /4 2 3 /4(l) 2 months 2MD 3 months 2% 2^ 2% 2^ (1) 6 months 3 3 2V« 3(1) 9 months
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      • 364 17 BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Wed, Jan 28 Bank PLR Algemene Bank 6*4 American Express 7 Am Dam R terdam Bank 6 J < Arab Bank Ltd 7W Arab Banking Corp IV* Asia Commercial 6 1 A NZ Banking Group 6^ Ban Hin
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      • 102 17 Interbank Over the counter Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4068—1.4103 7.25—7.00 Canadian dollar 1.5913—1.5940 6.35—6.22 NZ dollar 1.1512—1.1544 8.95—8.58 Sterling pound 3.2887—3.2939 3.07—3.02 US dollar 2.1300—2.1320 4.71—4.67 Austrian schilling
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    • Stock market weekly round-up
      • 553 18 Singapore Top five stocks THE following is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Wednesday and the high and low for 1986/87 INVESTORS
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      • 134 18 Resounding goodbye to the Year of the Tiger Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur stock market was generally more resilient throughom the holiday-shortened week Share prices drifted lower with The New Straits Times Industrial Ordinar> Share Index easing four points on Monday. But while the Singapore market had a big setback
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      • 183 18 MCB posts M$1.5m profit MCB Holdings, which is seeking to re-list its shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange after a long period of suspension has reported a group pretax profit of MJI.S million for the six months to last Sept 30 This was achieved on the back of a
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    • 305 18  -  LuiKhang B» STRAITS TIMES INDUSTRIAL INDEX Moving in a downtrend for almost two weeks, the ST Index made an attempt to rally on Lunar New Year's Eve, Technically, the softness in the market over the past two weeks looks as though it is going to he given
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    • 278 18  -  LEONG WENG KAM By CYCLE and Carriage group's Chief Executive, Mr Thomas Chua, said yesterday that the exit of his brother, Mr Chua Boon Unn, from the company's board signified the shift of a family business concern to a public-listed company owned
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    • 158 17 NOTICES We wish to thank all our business associates and friends for their past support and look forward to their continuing support. The following staff Richard Loo NRIC NO. *****88/ J Sujit Paul NRIC NO. *****47/B Cindy Choo NRIC NO. *****97/D Jasie Cheng NRIC NO. *****14/H Abu bakar NRIC NO.
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    • 1 17 NOTICE
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    • 52 17 i IN THF. HIGH rorRTOFTIE RKPI BLJ< OF SINGAPWUISuii No. i3Sr, S Of Betwwn hIKST < OMMKRTIAL BANK PteMftfc And 1 LKK (Ml VIH t HI NG TING Hli 3. LEE CHENG KAN6 4. THAN CHI PING NOTICE OF Al)\ KRTISEMENT To: Hung Tung Hul 1" Grange Gardea, Singapore IK4.
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    • 586 18 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES fIaWH STANTS R^RORRI Hi Telefax No: *****59 Kates: Box Service: S^^H O I Mil I O nOJUOO I g^pyj^. Tel *****U Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telev Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS MKsi TIMKAD ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo APPOINTMENTS SPORTS STATION at Marina
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    • 552 18 A leading multi-national company manufacjEß turing audio products, invites applications front Vfr suitably qualified persons to fill the following m vacancies: W Senior Supervisor Possess a B. Sc. in Production or Electronics B Engineering or its equivalent E Possess relevant experience B •To supervise a section in the production H
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    • 107 18 NOTICE In the Subordinate Courts of the Republic of Singapore Writ of Seizure Sale No: 8856 of 1986 BETWEEN Roe International Pte Ltd Plaintiffs AND Look-East Real Estate Pte Ltd Defendants AUCTION SALE OF Word Processor, Electronic Typewriter. Office Furniture Etc Venue: #13-04A, Block C Singapore Warehouse 608 Martin Road
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    • 127 18 37,50 M at Kuala Lumpur's newest hotel *ifyotel (fautct CoHttHetttat, W&Sm 2«gi.- E xtl?n^ e^ check-out tinit j to SiiiS at health Centre plus _^dill- J charge for children below j^^S^gJ^^ m h^~ 12 yrs. old sharing parents' room M IWiT Tf^TT^^ Ample validated car parking < For minimum of
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  • The Straits Times Section Two
    • 317 19 REMEMBER Psycho, Psycho II and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? If you've seen any of these movies, you may have some idea of schizophrenia. Actor Anthony Perkins' role in the 1969 Alfred Hitchcock horror movie, Psycho, is a classic example of paranoid schizophrenia,
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    • 793 19 Being schizophrenic doesn't mean having a split personality. And contrary to the impression given by film characters such as Norman Bates in the movie, Psycho, victims are not necessarily violent, though they have hallucinations, thought disorders and delusions. This mental illness can affect about 1 per cent
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 409 19 APPOINTMENTS I^^— "i^—^"^— l □89 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Applications are invited for appointment to the following posts:--1) SECRETARY GRADE 111 2) CLERICAL OFFICER GRADE IV QUALIFICATIONS POST 1 ia) GCE. Ordinary Level passes in 3 subjects including English Language, or the Cambridge School Certificate with credit in English Language;
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    • 440 19 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK CROUP ||l| E"? SENIOR RESEARCH OFFICER The successful candidate will report to the Research Manager and will assist him in supervising a team of officers monitoring economic developments in Singapore and Malaysia. The person will be expected to generate timely and comprehensive economic reports for the Management.
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    • 279 19 NOTICES I ANNOUNCEMENT I TOSHIBA CORPORATION OF JAPAN take pleasure in announcing the appointment of I DATA DYNAMICS PTE. LTD. as I SOLE DISTRIBUTOR FOR SALES AND SERVICE of the full range of I TOSHIBA COPIERS IN SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI For the complete range of I TOSHIBA COPIERS, TOSHIBA KEYPHONE
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  • Science Watch
    • Article, Illustration
      596 20 Sopranos with swollen throats, actors with sore calves, dancers with bow legs, and even Bruce Springsteens drummer, are getting a special kind of tender loving care in 'arts medicine'. THE appointments book at the Miller Institute Medical Clinic reads like the latest copy of Billboard magazine. Patients come
      UPI  -  596 words
    • 547 20 MEANWHILE, according to UPI, a researcher has reported a new diagnostic technique that can catch pros ate tumours at an early, curable stage. Ultrasound scans, vhich use reflected sound waves to provide a visual image of internal organs, may eventually prove a valuable screening tool
      The Economist  -  547 words
    • 266 20 —When schizophrenia strikes (From Page One)- SYMPTOMS TO WATCH OUT FOR: PSYCHIATRISTS Tan Chue Tin and Chee Kuan Tsee list some of the signs of schizophrenia: Eccentricity. Unkempt appearance, looking dishevelled or dirty. Change of personality. Talking to oneself. Other forms of abnormal behaviour,
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 1754 20 APPOINTMENTS Shangri-La hotel SHANGRI-LA l\ UKV\I k )V\| HOIK Ut> lmitt' applications for the 1987 Shangri-La Hotel Scholarship leading to a Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management at one of thtfollowing universities in the United States of America: 1. Cornell I'niversitj i. I ni\ersit\ of Denver I ni\ersit> of Nevada,
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    • 740 20 NOTICES TIIK BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 2388 OF 1986. j KK: Ong Ee Hwk (a partner) j trading as Yonli Trading Co. j (Import Kxport) EX PARTE: Standard Chartered Bank Creditors In the Matter of a Bankruptcy Petition Hied the llth
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    • 256 21 lucky (lAki) adj. ier iest. 1. having or bringing good fortune. 2. happening by chance, esp. desired. Var. of lucky draw, as in <Win $100,000 in cash in the UOB Group's 1987 Lucky Drawl abbrev. for 'retire tomorrow, you lucky person'. All our savings account customers can qualify I So
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 738 22 NOTICES iv (Ml M ITTEI or mi COMPANIES \< 1 \l' MS \N|) IN IHK M ITTER OY i ODES] \H I'Kl\ ITE LOOTED i In. .irtx.r.itf<l in Singapore) At the Extraordinary I General Meeting of Lode- 1 Mar Private Limited dulyl convened and held at n! Jalan Jentera, Jurong
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    • 708 22 IN ihk si MMUMNATE t>l Kl OP IHE REPI BI.K OF SINGAPORE M < suit No. '!•**> of IftM Between ■ONG LEONG FINANCE LIMITED Plaintiff s lad YEO KIM HEM. Deirndant NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Yeo Kim Heng of Block 101. Henderson Crescent. 12-16, Singapore 0315. TAKE NOTICE that an
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    • 143 22 NOTICES SHERIFFS SALE In The Hiqh Court of The RapubSc Of Singapore Originating Summons 121 1 ot 1986 Writ of Distress No 131 of 1986 In the Cause ol Chong Gay Theatres Ltd Plaintiff(s) versus Beetaxco Furnishing Supermarket Pte Ltd Defendant(s) AUCTION SALE OF 5 sets of sofas 3 showcases.
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    • 170 22 THK BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COI'RT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 2138 OF MM RE: NGO CHIN KAH EX-PABTE: HONG LEONG FINANCE LIMITED Creditors NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF A BANKRUPTCY NOTICE FILED ON THE 24TH DAY OF JUNE 19X6 To: NGO CHIN KAH
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    • 161 22 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We. Sykhn Shipping Pte Ltd of 10 Anson Road j 16-17. International Plaza, S'pore 0207 hereby give notice that in consequence of our purchase, we have I applied to the Registrar of S'pore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act
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    • 176 22 THE BANKRI'PTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THK HIGH COl RT OF THE REPIBLIC OF SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy No. 4572 of 1986 Re: E Toh Kx-parte: Hua Kwee Building Material Pte. Ltd. Judgment Creditors NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: EToh Blk 19, Eunos Crescent #§2-2731 Singapore 1440 TAKE NOTICE that a Bankruptcy
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 724 22 -immm E!_3_iy__aHi.. SUN TAN By Collette PEANUTS By Schuix ■Tadmx/tMM/^/^M fiTHiNKVOuSufPE*F*ctA\ Wfy(kJr\TU>Mi£ /S THAT^^ I \r? 1 I. ■*•*-*'—*->■.» I r7 1 W /NTEUEC'U/iLLyFA* LDELUS.OKSOFdKWNDEMft- 1 YOU SUFFER FfcOM 1 MAAM, PO YOU THINK MOW ABOUT UAVBE A I SUPBRmrD^LLrAYj t,Mm07}MH*ND 1 fiM iKmSlONSOFflUMlLflY// THERE'S STILL A CHANCE I 5ALUTATORIAN
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  • Bilingual
    • 876 23 The film Tai-Pan, which is now showing in Singapore, launched Chinese actress Joan Chen to international stardom. She tells JOHN PINE about her career, which began in Shanghai. This role would come as a great shock to everyone back home They expect me to be
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    • 791 23 TWO YEARS ago, huaju (meaning "spoken play" or modern Chinese drama) went into a decline. The writing, direction and performances of most plays fell into predictable stereotypes. Faced by this crisis, people in the theatre sought a way out, leading to
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    • 336 23 More experiments in the realm of literature CHINESE writers are experimenting in both subject and style, and more variety in characterisation has appeared in Chinese fiction since 1979, said critics in a panel discussion about Chinese literature recently. In the last few years, the rigidity that prevailed in Chinese literature
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 341 23 *.WL%.3£r§- THIS programme is compiled by Rediffusion and broadcast daily in Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese. The broadcast times over SBC's Radio Four are 9 pm in Teochew and 11.45 pm in Hokkien on Mondays, 9 pm in Cantonese and 9.45 pm in Teochew on Tuesdays, 9.45 pm
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  • Bilingual Dwibahasa
    • 874 24  -  SALEHA ALI By R >R an industry which has had more than its usual share of hard knocks, the present economic despondency is just another dark speck in the tinsel world of Malay film-making. The industry had suffered a severe blight soon after
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    • 947 24 BAGI sebuah perusahaan yang telah beberapa kali turun naik uan menghadapi masa suram. keadaan ekonomi yang meleset sekarang ini merupakan perkara biasa. la hanyalah satu lagi bintik hitam yang boleh dipandang enteng dalam dunia perfileman yang kilau-kemilau itu. Selepas zaman gemilangnya
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    • 894 25 V £S^ u^ M inn MonloFri- SjiMo'i JOpm ibpindfddhneloi nextdayi •Sat:BJoam to ?pm m. #k <J' 8 HfU 1 lam deadline tor Ihe Sunday Times) Public Holiday: Inn to lpm mamwmmmM mm^ N V COUNTER SERVICE: M m .7- -Toonoon frc "I«S ORCHHRO CENTRE. #02-105 LUCKY PLAZ« Mon to Fri:
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    • 572 25 67 Situations Vacant: EDP Established Computer Company requires ANALYST/ PROGRAMMERS Min qualification C&G 747. Only those with Ito 2 years experience on Uatabf.se Management System need apply. Knowledge of Dataflex' DBMS will be an advantage. Call/ write to: Pan System (S) Pte Ltd 180 Paya Lebar Road Yi Guang Bldg.
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    • 364 25 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical METAL BOX SINGAPORE LIMITED invites applications foi the following positions: Secretary GCK Aor level with credit in Lnglish LCCI PSC advantageous At least 3 years secretarial stenographic experience Working knowledge of Mandarin Clerk/Typist At least 3 GCK '(J level-, with
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    • 696 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SECRETARY required by a leading computer company Prerequisites e <_; i' E A Level with credit m English e Mm ,i >e.irs of experience preferably in personnel field Fluent communication skills e Able to operate modern office machines equipment e Possesses PSC Attractive compensation fringe
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    • 746 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A well established trading company require* a RECEPTIONIST Requirements e Age 18-25 years e GCE O' level Speaks fluent English and Mandarin Pleasant personality e Able to type Knowledge of operating PMBX switchboard e Must be able to start work on 2nd Keb '87 Interested
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    • 747 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical LIFE ASSURANCE AGENCY has vacancies fnr female Sales Representatives with good O' Levels and 5 years' working experience. Commissions and guaranteed income Call *****58. PERMANENT NIGHT RECEPTIONIST reqii urgently by health i-en-tre Working hrs: spm 11.30pm Salary $500. Call personally at: 5001 Beach Road -01-54/55
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    • 1270 26 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales We are a well established multi-national freight forwarding company with an urgent need to (ill the position of SALES EXECUTIVE The right candidate will have more than 2 years direct experience, have an 'A' Level or belter education and be of a
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    • 361 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant Technical Technical V~ w^^mmt^KLmJU^^^^mt 'Manufacturer N j L^^ ot udl Products V U^^ In the process of expansion we f\ave vacancy to *^M^^^^^EOUIREMENTS TTCV/ ijN*^^^^ Engineering or NTC PV fjC n Elecfronics Servicing "ij/J^ CompieteO Nafionai Service Preferably some expenence in radio assembly REMUNERATION:
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    • 2072 27 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production requires I FEMALE PRODUCTION I OPERATORS I I Age 16 to 30 I Minimum primary education Able to work on 3 rotating shifts I Fringe Benefits M Shift Allowance ($4 for 2nd shrft &$8 for I 3rd shift) Salary Increase after 3
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    • 501 27 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous Ar establishcc manufacturing company in Jurong has immediate vacancies to« 3CE A O levei wrtf. in English LCCi Private Sec letarvs Certificate 1-2 years experience in hanaiing correspondence ITC NTC 2 3 in Electrical or Electronics Engineering Canaiaates with experience in maintenance o* aircondrtionmg system electrical
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    • 551 28 74 Situations Vacant 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous /^_^t_ _^V j ~7,~ 4k 4T A leading American manufacturer of looseleaf binder mechanisms invites applications for MATERIAL HANDLERS CARTON MAKERS Candidates who have at least primary education have completed National Service jre physically fit are prepared to work shifts )me for
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    • 300 28 1 I The Club has immediate vacancies (or its poolside kiosk CASHIERS I» Preferably with experience in electronic cash I register Able to converse In English Must be polite and pleasant in personality Salary shall commensurate with experience. (Applicant;- are requested to write in or call personally II (between 3p.m.
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    • 691 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous INCORPORATED To assist engineer to update engineering documents, perform simple work and method studies Minimum GCE O level with credits in Maths English and 2 years of working experience in a manufacturing environment. Knowledge of personal computer would be advantageous Requires to opjrate a ROLM CBX
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    • 456 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous 2 CHINESE GIRLS With QCE O' reqd as Dental Nurses cum Receptionists No experience necessary Call *****31 -4ti6752«. TEMP LABOURERS REQUIRED. Staying Changi Bedok area. $2.t per day Call: 5412(>717 WANTED SECURITY GUARDS tor Hillview town area Take hOßie pa) 800 Tel 74.Sr>8K9 81 Vehicles For
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    • 729 28 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance SIN THAI hin offers new used car loan at competitive interest rates Easy terms. No advance instalment Nun-transfer arrangeable. Call: 339-5511 for immediate approval. 13 Short Street. -01-52/ 54, S'pore 0718. SHENSON LEASING: Used cars loan A; mortgage loan (nontransfer I Immed approval Easy terms. 360
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    • 973 28 90 For Sale: Toyota i Q' '80 CRESSIDA 5-speed 1! OWII--ers, new tax, guaranteed no rust. excellent cond *****91. Jack '0' '80 MODEL, Crown DL auto 1 owner, like new $5,000 0.n.0 View 492. Tanglin Halt Rd Q 82 TOYOTA Super Crown 2.8. fully auto aircon cassette, *****35. 1 CO.
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    • 761 28 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles LEE ENG FOO BROTHERS MOTORS PTE. LTD. 391. Balesher Road (1232) Tel: *****26 (5 lines) '85 Toyoace petrol 9' low bed Toyoace petrol 9' aircon. 84 Ford Econovan PB bus Mazda T3OOO diesel 14' Ford Trader 14' steel Toyota Hi-Lux petrol pick-up Cabstar petrol 10'
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    • 487 28 106 Accommodation Available: Houses FRENCH SCHOOL wrinily m>-> S/Storej Colonial Bungalow. A rms i Nice patio. Pool $4500 IN-GROUND POOL VICTORIA PARK viclnit) Colonial Bunglw. 3 nns WHITEHOUSE PK Exclusive bunglw. Inns Large terr 7 balcony D.lO BRAND NEW Architectural De •ign Bunglw. 6 nns 14,500 sq.ft. D.lO KINGSMEAD ROAD
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    • 957 28 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available Available Apartments Apartments ARCADIA LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Located in District 11 and the vicinity of country clubs 4 spacious bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and attached balconies. Fully fitted kitchen with microwave oven, dishwasher, central airconditioning, etc. Swimming/ wading pools, squash courts, jogging track, children's
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    • 779 29 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments K Grange Road, Disi I" < V® o^^*^^ J> Prime Location: District 10. Singapore's Y<£^~- ==bsJ 3^^^ t s v r> Unique architecture: Ht^i^neil hv I'aul W\^^^ 1 -iiimVf mm^*' R ii i, i! tei'l A ll |r
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    • 658 29 113 For Sale: Houses Bernma Road, 2-storeyed bungalow. Prime elevated location 3* 1 bedrooms family area Partially renovated Vacant possession. $990,000 0.n.0. Oft Thomson Rocd. spacious 2-sto-reyed bungalow. Quality finishes 4 1 bedrooms family area. Vacant possession $795,000 COMPREHENSIVE REALTY *****22/ *****49 D.lO BRAND NEW Architectural Design Bungiw. ti rms
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    • 1347 29 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 p or sale: Houses zrz. i You make the choice. We make the arrangements. Buying a home is now easier. Just choose the home you want: a bungalow, a terrace house, an apartment or a condominium unit. Then call at Credit
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    • 694 29 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 4-ROOM NEW GENERATION Hougang Ave 3 Good location. Ceramic flooring throughout, kitchen cabinets $72,000 negotiable Tel *****71. Simon BEDOK N. 3 rm Recently renovated throughout beautifully See to believe 54K Exclusive 2931)183 Sam CLEMENTI PURE 4-RM. Blk 301/ 712 307 349 ceramic terrazzo. cabinets. See
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    • 1101 29 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces ."^^JJjjjJ^^ SINGAPORE SINBOR HOUSE j(^SS, E tSV^d) (Paya Leb» Road near PIE) *ST« m rt Fa tea* hn 2.067 st to 14 469 sf »J >xgm Commw 1 uooc owr I !jc4iwi ij^i, f,n»otettw mtw Comp'W'x 'ft a pjKdftt -o Enqu™* o~
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    • 497 30 124 For Rent. Shop Spaces From 194 to 452 sq ft Ideal for following business 1 Fastfood snack bars 2 Cocktail Lounge Restaurant 3 Florist gift shop ■i Computer showroom 5 Travel agency 6 Pharmacy 7 Hairdressmg salon 8 Music school LAVENDER ST SHOPS. Approx 1333 sq.ft. Asking rental $3.50
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  • Arts & Leisure
    • 820 31 American dramatist John Lion had a close look at the Singapore drama scene recently Before he left last week, CAROLINE NGUI collared him for his impressions of and suggestions for Singapore theatre. ON THE SINGAPORE DRAMA SCENE •The general level of acting in high.
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    • 222 31 GIVEN the mystery surrounding the United States' Reagan administration's secret effort to keep the Nicaragnan rebels supplied with arms, it seemed inevitable that there would be talk about a movie. Two groups are said to be trying to buy film rights to the story from
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    • 201 31 AMERICAN dramatist John Lion was in Singapore recently to observe the drama scene. He gave two talks and four workshops. Mr Lion also visited various drama groups and got feedback on their problems, read a number of local scripts and dropped in
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    • 652 31 At 61, Paul Newman has not hung up his cues. He's back in a sequel to The Hustler. ALTHOUGH nominated several times for an Oscar, Hollywood's perennially young superstar, Paul Newman, has never yet won. Perennially young? Well, in 1985. at the Golden Globe
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 617 31 WHAT'S nN LUNAR NEW YEAR an appointment. music. IMALS. Exhibition includes stones depicting themes asso- 10 am 4 pm on Mondays to FESTIVITIES CIRCUS National Library Arts Re- the stonefish, scorpion and li- ciated with the Lunar New Fridays and 10 am 1 pm on DAVFY'S f'RFAT BRITISH source Ce
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    • 1083 31 I Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz in VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anhem. followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News m Brief 6.05 Another Morning Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7 10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning. Another Show cont'd 7 30 Morning Financial News 7.40 Radio
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    • 119 32 Memories of your love ones are treasurable. So have them on METALPHOTO plaques/cards (from U.S.A.). The sapphire-hard surface is impervious to acids, fungus, salt spray, moisture, weathering and most corrosive extremes. Because the METALPHOTO image is photographic, your pictures can utilize any typeface, any line drawings, any photographs. It can
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    • 329 32 A' LEVELS? AAT? Y Doitt wait For Your SPM Results Book your April courses NOW! A' Levels 18 month course in London Your best route into a UK university or Polytechnic. AAT 15 month course in London If you are an accountant at heart then join our 15 month Association
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 1706 32 "For the Young "i"" M y v «ew by kannan chandran— "m ■■■■in i —^»f^L— i DVNOMl 11 IMX. WON- IHHIHHllP^IHR! HP^ -4JB K h p Today's tunes and a tribute to Rick Nelson ■RISK H steal all the steel from Big j iPJtir^l^liPI City to create an army of
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  • RACING
    • 18 33 picture The finish of the 1987 Tunku Gold Cup at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. NST
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    • 2546 33 $238 shock 3y Millsum By OUR RACING TEAM KUALA LUMPUR Trend Stable's Ace Jet, with visiting American jockey Rick Dominguez astride, powered his way from last to win the $150,000 Tunku Gold Cup Race 5) here yesterday. Starting second favourite,
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    • 183 33  -  JACK ELLIOTT MELBOURNE Ravenaux, winner of the Victoria Derby last November, fooled his trainer, Jim Moloney. and manv punters when he won the A$50,"000 (about S$70.000) Debonair Stakes for three-year-old colts and geldings at Flemington on Saturday. Ravenaux. who had just resumed after a
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    • 29 33 FIRST: *****2 SECOND: *****5 THIRD: *****4 STARTERS: *****9, *****3, *****4, *****5, *****7, *****0, *****4, *****7, *****6. CONSOLATIONS: *****6, *****6, *****4, *****4, *****8, *****0, *****0, *****1, *****6, *****0.
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    • 93 33 THE stewards questioned Thomas on his handling of Santa Sikandar at the 800m in Race 6 on Saturday. After showing him the tape, they informed him that Santa Sikandar had rolled in at that stage, tightening Photophone onto Falcon 11, racing on the rails, causing that horse to
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      191 33 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED FATHER ONG TENG CHEONG 2/2/78 2/2/87 "I may be able to speak the languages ot men and even ot angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell n 1
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 563 33 WLMM m 148 Computer Courses COBOL STUDENTS Analys Programmer with 6 years wor: ing teaching experience offe intensive revision in COBC techniques shortcuts for pra tical paper Sunday mornir from Feb. 8. Coffee/ tea Class fone *****30 (off. hrs Ref: 395! LOTUS 1-2-3, DBASE 111 Syn phony, Wordstar, Computer A,
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    • 660 33 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses rs New Classes for June 1987 L Exam, commencing 2/2/87 g onwards. ICSA/ CACA ig LCCI Revision Statistics, Accounting. Costing. Econs. RHON'S TRAINING CENTRE #02-09 S'pore Finance House J. 470 North Bridge Road g Tel: *****69/ *****23 JT Pearls Centre A\ graphic design Tl course {includinq
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    • 559 33 159 Fitness/ Sports 159 Fitness/ Sports Instruction Instruction V i kVA 3-HOUR WM FREE PREVIEW M m*^k Feb 3 (Tues 630 prr g^ Feb Btii (Sim 1 1 30 prr IL^^""^^Hhll 2t Mandarin Hotel I T 1 3|j W 1 154 Dancing Instruction STEVEN a VIVKN Dance Studio conducts Morning
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    • 41 33 171 Found 1 WIRI -I t: DASHCHUND 1 inund DtaL] K6BPCA 173 Religious Announcements OM SAI RAM j Mondays ai Sri Knshnan Temple 152 Waterloo St., 5.0718 from 7.45pm -9p m Enquiries: *****00 ij 1 More CDituanes j on Page 34
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 77 34 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The family Of the late MR VICTOR NG SEOW HEANG (Personal Assistant tO Manager, Shanghai) Age 30 passed away suddenly on 21-1-1987 at Shanghai wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to: all friends, relatives and colleagues. Management ft Staff of Singapore Airlines, Shanghai. Beijing, H.K. offices
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      208 34 CHNG CHONG KIAT. DANIEL AGE: 80 was called nome to b« with The Lord on 12. 87 Leaving behind: Beloved wife: Voon Kim Neo. Nellie SONS Fng Huat, Eric Eng Hai. Eugene Eng Hoon. Evan (Bennv) Eng Han. Edwin Eng Hui, Ernest Eng Hee. Richard DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Ng Chek
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      182 34 MR LIM KOW KHOON AGE 56 putsed away peacefully on Sunday, 1/2/87 leaving >*hind Belov.K) wiie Ho Kum Ying Son*: Lim ;<ien Hwee Lim Xien Heng Brothers: Lim Kow Boon Lim Kow C'huan. Bernard Sitters: Lin Kwee £ng Lim Kwee Hong Lim Kwee Ngoh LIB Kwee Guek Lim
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    • 47 34 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam f The Lord ,my Shepherd: ,ha.. not want." MDM ONG CHIT NEO SUNNY SOH KIM CHENG Departed 1/4/85 Departed 2/2/81 e k r„• Lovingly remembered by Lilian, Sut, Chwee, Geok, Kim, Richard. Alvin. Poh Chai. Yew Jin. Yu Min A Terence.
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      212 34 MR. TAN CHEO SEAH AGE 77 patted away peacefully on 31-1-67 leaving btt.ind: Beloved Wife: Lim Puak Siam SONS:— Tan Kok P ew Tony Tan Kok Kng James Tan Kok (."him DAUGHTERS- N-LAW Cindy Tan Poh Choo Teo Li Li DAUGHTERS:— Lilian Tan Hui Joo Wendy Tan H;.i
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    • 122 34 Th« Family Of The Late CPL.RAM.Y* MOHAN wishes to express their heartfelt cG^Comr^anX^RSA^Com' srab^co Men 120 Sqn; Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Spore High Commission in K.L.; Officers SNCOs of Hql PDF Comd; S'pore Artillery Khatlb Complex; ECOGE employees (Tube), relat'ves and fnends for their kmd assistance, contributions. wreaths
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    • 43 34 in loving memory of LAW POH NEO 0-parteo 2-2-se Peacefully sleeping, reetmg a. last. The world's weary Iroubtos and tnais are past """ilence she su«ere_. in patience TmGod'called her home ,o suffer no more S:r:n y. mndlfn.o n Shirl*y'K 'nn-lh-
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 181 34 Sprott ends Woods' record LONDON Rangers goalkeeper Chris Woods on Saturday set a British soccer record of 1,1% minutes without conceding a goal before Hamilton's Adrian Sprott not only ended the England No. 2's unbeaten run but also put the League-leading Glasgow giants out of the Scottish FA Cup. Sprott
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    • 1230 34 FA Cap fourth round: AlJershot 1 Barnsley 1, Arsenal 6 Plymouth 1, Bradford 0 Everton 1, Chester 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1, Stoke 2 Cardiff 1, Luton 1 Queens Park Rangers I, Manchester United 0 Coventry 1, Newcastle 2 Preston 0, rottenham 4 Crystal Palace 0, vValsall 1
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    • 117 34 LONDON Saturday's only English First Division soccer match saw Nottingham Forest continue their recovery after a long slump with their second successive 1-6 win they beat Everton the previous week— as they outplayed Charlton here. Nigel Clough, son of Forest manager Brian Clough, scored
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    • 399 34 Wigan win creates club history Jewell's gem puts team through to fifth round LONDON THIRD Division Wigan provided Saturday's major FA Cup upset, beating Norwich 1-0 at Springfield Park to reach the fifth round for the first time in thenhistory. It was a gem from Paul Jewell which put Wigan
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    • 339 34 FA CUP HIGHLIGHTS Arsenal C Plymouth 1 Arsenal romped into a 3-0 lead by half-time through Charlie Nicholas (23rd), with Niai Quinn (38th) and Viv Ander son (44th). They scored twice in a minute through Anderson (75th) and Paui Davis (76th and David Rocastle (87th) added a sixth Darren Rowbotham
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    • 26 34 First Division: 31 Clive Allen (Tottenham). 27 Ian Rash (Liverpool). 25 Tony Cottee (West Ham). 21 John Aldridge (Liverpool). 18 Colin Clarke (Southampton). AFP
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    • ON THE TENNIS SCENE
      • 246 34 SYDNEY Miloslav Mecir yesterday became the first Czech to win the US$105,000 ($223,650) New South Wales men's open grasscourt singles championship here. The 22-year-old player took just 76 minutes to subdue Australian Peter Doohan 6-2, 6-4, on the sun-drenched centre court. History books showed
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      • 145 34 HANOVER Britain upset hosts West Germany and Switzerland beat favourites Czechoslovakia on Saturday to go through to the final of the European Cup men's team tennis competition. Britons Jeremy Bates and Andrew Castle reversed the roles they played on Thursday when Castle was a singles
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      • 230 34 BASKETBALL The Detroit Pistons edged oat the New York Knicks 114-113 in an American National Basketball Association match on Saturday. Other results: Washington 106 Philadelphia 105, Cleveland 102 Indiana 100, Denver 142 Sacramento 113, LA Clippers 114 Utah 113 <OT) Seattle 118 Phoenix 112 (OT). HOCKEY Egypt's
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      • 148 34 TOKYO The top-seeded pair of Czechoslovakia's Helena Sukova and West Germany's Claudia Kohde-Kilsch defeated sec-ond-seeded Americans Elise Burgin and Pam Shriver 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) yesterday for the Bridgestone Doubles '87 women's tennis title. The winners earned US$60,000 ($127,800) and the losers US$30,000 out of
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    • 232 34 BARCELONA England marksman Gary Lineker struck a hat-trick to give Spanish League leaders. Barcelona, a 3-2 win over Real Madrid :n the top-of-the-table clash here on Saturday night. Lineker seemed to have settled the match with two goals in the first five minutes and a third
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    • 161 35  -  LEE WAI WUN SINGAPORE OPEN BOARDSAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS dv 1 A TALL Norwegian blond named Hakon Nissen- lrti^ V k .on „,,nK r in tho SnritP Qin Lie emerged as best all-iounder in the Spnte Singapore Open boardsaihng championships, whicn ended at Changi yesterday. Hakon 22
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    • 58 35 (Singaporeans un.e*. stated) Marathon: I Ri,hard Myer scough (Can) 2Ho Kah Soon 3 Nlssra-Lle (Nor) 4lp Kwok Wing 5 Ang Wee Teck 6 Dacha Hommanee (Thai) 1 Sara Wong (HK) Godfrey Yo Lorgan Wont Hirose Tak«W (Jpn). lilant slalom: 1 akon Nis gSrSSnSUT?I^ Kah Soon 6 Lorgan Wong. runboard
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    • 306 35 THE AMERICA'S CUP \/> Straight beating FREMANTLE Kookaburra 111 another thrashing yesterday to move within two races of In the second race of the best-of-seven final series, £eA mem-an challenger J^aS onhe AusSklUsec anead ot tne Ausrra han boat. Kookaburra 111 raised a protest flag shortly before
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    • 337 35 Australia Wllip 'weary' England cricket L MELBOURNE Australia made almost certain they would be the first team into the World Series Cup finals with a 109run win over England here yesterday. Sent in by England captain Mike Gatting. Australia compiled a formidable 248 for five on a difficult wicket. In
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    • 62 35 .NDIAN ASSOCIATION h( >a' Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by eight wickets in a friendly crick- match at BaleStier Road -esterday M Patni contributed a well-compiled 14 while S. Ramaswamy took a devasatmg four wickets for just 13 runs to consolidate a comfortable Indian Associ
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    • 74 35  - Tong Chye and Peter in q-finals LIM KEE CHAN pakakta s^apor, welierweiKht N K Ton K (hye joined team-mate Petor Utke In the quar£b;o°'^/b ■ssss uiiti \nuer Sail in ies.s than one nUnute of the first round. Peter, a lißht-fly-weight, drew a bye and will meet Japan's Honda Hiroaki tonight
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    • 100 35  - Melanie pitches for astroturf HAKIKAT RAI PLAYER-COACH Melanie Martens has called for greater commitment from sjnssTSss squad cu™tly in training September's South-easi Mel, 26. who returned recently from a 10-day Olympic Solidaritv course in hockev coachine in New Zealand said that she could come un with ideas )me up witn
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    • 347 35 41 really don't want to jeopardise my chances of playing in the All-Eng-land and that is why I am not too keen on playing in Singapore. I doubt if I will be able to play in the Konica Cup because some top Indonesian pairs
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    • 154 35 PREMIER LEAGUE 3«8 (9 pts): Sembawang (M. asws I^fn^(4^cae^nlie:h^7 n Ke I vln SV^nnTKaifm77^.^ 1" 315 (7): TMCC (Stephen Poon 76. Charles Lim 78, Teo Lip Moh 80, Bill C.J. Tan 81). SICC (R. Langdale T1 Tom Gurnee 78. Ong Chew Bee 79, H.M. Dyne 82). 318 H'2^ 1
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    • 150 35 Belgian gp final a clash of Kiwis r~ 1 SQUASH -^—^-o^^-: vincing semi-final winners over unseeded opponents in ,he Beigian Grand Prix squash tournament or j Saturday. Defending champion Norman beat Sweden's Jonas Gornerup 9-2,9-7,9-1 and Davenport, the second seed. w »n 9-6, 9-5, 9-2 against Englishman Stuart Hailstone. Gornerup,
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    • 195 35 on local and foreign fairways pebble BEACH (Califorerfrat7d Af^n'hShSav eDratea ms «rth birthday on Saturday by shooting a third successive 69 and i !L ?PJ W-°n'S?h°P 78 0 u Pebble Beach Dro-am ml tournament The American, chasing his tournament victQ g ry since
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    • 240 35  -  JOE DORAI tt t. 'jX^Z^l .^Ld to struggle before beating Toa Payoh United 2-0 |n the National Football League Division on.match a. Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. In fact, the experienced Tiong Bahru side would have Ixn-n in seri OIIS trouble had Toa Payoh's coach-player, Mo
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    • 214 35  -  HAKIKAT RAI SEMBAWANG took the icing but Warren continued to prove that they were capable of matching the big guns during the second leg of the Singapore Golf Association's Premier League yesterday While Sembawang's quartet of M. Balraj, M. Murugiah. P.M. Samy and A.
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    • 235 35 Johnson and Angela set world bests OTTAWA -Canadians Ben Johnson and Angela IssajenkoTaylor swept to world Dest times in theii respective 50-metre sprints at the Ottawa VMnterna- »<"£ !r^or r^%H!? -tWen« meeting on Saturda J o Sg£n clocked 5.55«c German "J Manfred Kokots mark of 'n East Berlin in LL'it
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 58 35 SOCCER NFL Dfv. 1: Farrer Park Utd v Changi CSC (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). SBHFL Div. 2: Shell SC v FJW Industries (Geylang). Travenol Lab v Cold Storage (Tanglin 2). Div. 3: DigitPc v Westin Plaza Westin Stamford (Tanglin 4). Goodwood Group v Crown Prince Hotel (Farrer Park.. Hitachi Elevator v
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  • 300 36 Special health insurance scheme for the seriously ill FOR probably as little as $2 a month, you may be able to ensure that your Medisave account need not be depleted during prolonged or major illness, if the Government goes ahead with
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  • 242 36 'Hostages will die unless 400 are freed' BEIRUT An underground Muslim group has threatened to kill four university professors, including three Americans kidnapped in Beirut, unless Israel hreea 400 captives within a week. Two other foreign hostages, both West Germans, were said to have written to their government and families.
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  • 245 36 Baldnge predicts US deficit will shrink WASHINGTON Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige has predicted the US trade deficit, now at an all-time high, will drop by US$30 billion (S$64 billion) to US$40 billion this year and that a trend towards a decline will help stop 'any protectionist legislation of the worst
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  • 353 36  -  SUMIKO TAN The $1.3m gold robbery By LESS than a week after a $1.3-million hold-up at a gold jewellery workshop, detectives have recovered nearly 34 kg of the 43 kg of the precious metal that was stolen. CID detectives on Saturday searched a house
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  • 63 36 BEIRUT Middle East Airlines, Lebanon's national carrier, suspended its flights to and from Beirut international airport yesterday and the country's only public air transport facility was closed down indefinitely. MEA president Salim Salam said the move followed a decision by foreign insurance companies to cancel insurance on MEA
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  • 385 36  - Military patrols stepped up for Manila ballot GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN By and in Manila MANILA The PhilipPjne military was on high left-or right-wing forces to prevent President Corazon Aquino from legitimising her revolutlona t ry government in a 'TltTnfT^S. constitution in today's vote will confirm the 54-year-old w?dow In
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  • 206 36 Baby's ear cut off and held for ransom by woman MOSCOW A woman was sentenced to seven years' jail for hacking off the ear of her former husband's one-year-old baby and then demanding a ransom before returning it so the child could have it sewn back on, according to a
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  • 269 36 Police seize BBC film and documents on spy satellite GLASGOW A team of police detectives searched the British Broadcasting Corporation's Glasgow office on Saturday night and took away material used to prepare a now-banned documentary about Britain's first spy satellite. An Edinburgh judge had earlier suspended the police search warrant,
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  • 31 36 What it should have been A REPORT in The Sunday Times yesterday incorrectly identified Mr Chee Keng Soon as the Accountant-General. He is the Auditor-General. We are sorry for the error.
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