The Straits Times, 2 April 1987

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    15 1 The Straits limes Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86
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    Lock icon US rules out trade war
    542 1 White House officials confident dispute with Japan can be settled WASHINGTON Senior White House officials have said US trade curbs against Japan would be imposed this month as planned but emphatically denied that the tough move would result m a trade war between the two
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    Lock icon UN ban
    40 1 WASHINGTON A State Department report to congressional leaders yesterday named Israel, Taiwan, and several Nato nations such as Britain and West Germany as violators of the United Nations ban on arms sales to South Africa, sources said. UPI
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    Lock icon Surrogate mum loses all rights to Baby M
    653 1 HACKENSACK (New Jersey) The surrogate mother of "Baby M" has lost all her rights to the child m a court ruling that gave the infant to the couple who contracted for her birth. The ruling on Tuesday by Judge Harvey Sorkow m
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    Sue or face Parliament panel, XL senator told
    336 1 Sue or face Parliament panel, KL senator told Unnamed member accused of 'wife selling' KUALA LUMPUR A senator accused of "wife selling" will have to face the parliamentary Committee of Privileges if he does not sue the Malay weekly that reported the matter, said Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Ben
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    Index drops 12 pts in quiet trading
    57 1 THE Straits Times Industrial Index lost 12.83 points to 1,943.94 as share prices fell m quiet trading yesterday. Investors kept away ln the absence of fresh encouraging news and turnover fell to 17.39 million units worth $37.84 million from Tuesday's 22.21 million units
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    Chest to get builder's $50,000 gift to symphony
    227 1 THE Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, has directed the Singapore Symphonia Company, of which he is the chairman, to re-donate the $50,000 it received from Liv Cho Chit to the Community Chest. Building contractor Liv pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the charge
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      Lock icon ARMS TRADE STOPPED
      46 1 STOCKHOLM Sweden said it was stopping arms exports to Singapore, ito biggest client, Foreign Trade Minister Anita Gradin said no exports would be approved ontil toe government had resolved an escalating saga of illegal weapons deliveries involving Bofors, Sweden's biggest ordnance Arm. Reuter
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    New way to grade SAF reserve officers
    413 1  - New way to grade SAF reserve officers EDMUND LOH System to be m line with active service's By RESERVIST officers will, from now, be assessed for key appointments using the same yardstick as that for active officers. From this month, their way up the senior ranks will be based on
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    Lock icon Cracks found in DC-10 tails
    138 1 Cracks found in DC- 10 tails LONG BEACH (California) Douglas Aircraft Company has advised airlines worldwide to check their DC-19 jets for cracks similar to those found ln toe tails of three of the planes. The warning applies to DC-19s that have spent more than 49,999 hours ln the air
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    Weekend East to be distributed with ST
    197 1 Weekend East to be distributed with ST WEEKENDEAST. the free weekly tabloid now delivered to homes m the eastern zone, will be distributed with The Straits Times from this week. The change after nine months of near-satu-ration home deliveries is part of an exercise to improve distribution. At present, more
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      22 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3-9 Asean 7 Causeway 8 Comment/ Perspective 29,21 Letters 22 Times Dollar 23-29 Racing 28 Sports 29,31
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      Home
      328 2 Sound method USING ultrasound waves, doctors are able to detect where a woman's ovaries are and to collect eggs from them. This offers hope to women who had been turned down for the test-tube baby programme because the eggs m their ovaries could not be retrieved. The new method
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      Comment
      387 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Labour Ministry is taking pains to persuade employers who are unhappy about the newly-imposed $141 levy on certain groups of foreign workers that it is a workable idea. The least employers can do is not prejudge the scheme and give it an honest try.
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      Around Asean.. and Acrose the Causeway
      144 2 Around Asean.. and Acrose the Causeway Thais retake hills THE Thai army yesterday said it had retaken some hills m a cautious drive to end an incursion by hundreds of Vietnamese into its eastern border region. Major-General Nareudol Dejpradiyuth said the army would continue operations "delicately and as long as
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      Timesport
      243 2 Top seed Robin ROBIN WHITE, ranked 20th m the World, will be top seed m the US$5O,OOO Singapore Women's Open tennis competition at Kallang from April 27 to May 3. She is the highest ranked professional for the tournament. Robin, 24, is also the 14th best doubles player on
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      Section Two
      519 2 Food for talk EVERYONE has suffered from food allergies, food poisoning or diarrhoea at one time or another after a meal or a snack. These are considered digestive diseases which also include gum and throat infections, gastritis, peptic ulcers, cancer of the stomach, intestines and colon, food poisoning,
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      259 2 STOCK EXCHANGE NOD FOR AVIMO'S LISTING AYTMO SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD had a double celebration yesterday its new factory was off) cially opened by British Secretary of" State for Defence, Mr George Younger, and "it received the approval of the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a listing on the exchange's
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      Around the world
      154 2 Snap polls ruled out AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke said yesterday he would not call snap elections although disarray within the opposition was a strong "temptation". He told a press conference m Canberra that elections would be held at the end of 1987 or early next year,
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      88 2 DIRECT POLLS FOR COUNCILS A READER, noting some questions asked by another reader on March 26, says that if town councils are to have any credibility or effectiveness at all, town councillors must be directly elected by the residents over whose destiny ihev will preside. He says he fails
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      Buyers' Guide
      269 2 Product Advertiser Section/Page fortnej Korean Air Banks Chase Manhattan Bank I 14 DBS Bank I 12 NZI Merchant Bank I 26 Standard Chartered Bank I 1 Beauty Sator Cristate de Pans Beddmf Linen Lace Books STP Distributors II Boubque Bern Conrad II MB Melwam Camera MHE Consume' Computers
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      Lock icon Soviets to send a delegation to Israel, says report
      364 3 TEL AVIV The Soviet Union will send a consular delegation to Israel within the next few days, marking the first diplomatic exchange of its'kind m almost 20 years, Israel Radio reported on Tuesday. The visit was agreed on at a meeting
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      Herzog for Switzerland and West Germany
      171 3 Herzog for Switzerland and West Germany TEL AVIV President Chain. Herzog left Israel for Switzerland yesterday on a 10-day official visit that will include the first trip to West Germany by the head of the Jewish state. He made no statement before leaving for Zurich with his wife, Aura. At
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      Lock icon A lift into the Guinness book
      55 3 LONDON A careful embrace, and strongman Jon Pall Sigmarsson of Iceland enters the Guinness Book of World Records by lifting the world's biggest bottle. Weighing 220 kg, the 1.8-m glass bottle was handmade for a whisky distiller's centenary celebrations and contains 185 litres of
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      Communist Party won't run HK or Macau, says China
      304 3 BEIJING China yesterday said the Communist Party would not be m power m a reclaimed Hongkong or Macau and people m these territories would be allowed to criticise the party but not spread their ideas to the rest of China. Mr
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      Lock icon Taiwan eases curbs to woo foreign investors
      312 3 Taiwan eases curbs to woo foreign investors TAIPEI Taiwan is to launch a major drive to woo foreign investment by easing restrictions on about 310 industries and liberalising exchange controls on firms m which foreigners invest, official sources said yesterday. Sectors being considered by the Council for Economic Planning and
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      Lock icon Beirut blast
      43 3 BEIRUT A bomb exploded at the Middle East Airlines office m West Beirut on Tuesday night a few hours after Prime Minister Rashid Karameh announced that Beirut airport would re-open at the end of the week after a two-month closure. AFP
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      Japan's rail system goes private
      246 3  -  Peter Hazelhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japan's largest public corporation, the country's national railway system, was handed over to the private sector yesterday after running up staggering losses about SSB6O every second m the past year. The 115-year-old history of the Japan National Railways (JNR)
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      Lock icon Dutch doctors help Aids victims to die
      533 3 AMSTERDAM Doctors m the Netherlands are performing active euthanasia on some Aids patients who ask for a dignified death, and as many as one m eight Aids deaths may have been hastened, doctors say. The private nature of mercy killing defies statists, but
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      Lock icon Tall tales on April Fool's Day
      232 3 LONDON British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, caught kissing Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on a park bench m Moscow's Gorky Park, had only one thing to say to reporters from a British newspaper: "Loof lirpa". The Daily Mirror said "Loof lirpa*" was an old Ukrainian
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      Lock icon Hawke rules out snap elections
      455 4 Labour lets divided opposition off the hook SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said yesterday he would not call snap elections although disarray within the opposition was a strong "temptation". He told a press conference m Canberra that elections would be held at the end
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      Lock icon Japan offer a ruse — Cable and Wireless
      193 4 Japan offer a ruse Cable and Wireless LONDON British telecommunications giant, Cable and Wireless, has cooled down speculation that it was close to a settlement which would allow it to enter the Japanese international communications market. Cable and Wireless (C and W) shares rose here on Tuesday after a Japanese
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      Lock icon Army alert after 43 killed in Salvador
      417 4 SAN SALVADOR Garrisons throughout El Salvador were on alert yesterday after guerillas killed 43 soldiers, including a United States adviser, m one of the boldest attacks of this central American nations seven-year civil war. The army was investigating how several hundred fighters of
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      Lock icon Follow Philippine example, Pope urges Chileans
      316 4 Follow Philippine example, Pope urges Chileans MONTEVIDEO Pope John Paul, bluntly describing military regime of Chile as "dictatorial", urged the Roman Catholics to help return t.neir nation to democracy as the Philip pine Church cid last year The Pontiff, beginning a two-week visit to Uruguay Chile and Argentina, did not
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      Lock icon Lan Smitti rebuked
      41 4 HARARF. Inforn ation Minister Nathan Shanuyar ira presented a motion m Parliament on T.esda\ vi ging the suspension of forrrer Rhodesian Prime Minis ter lan Smith from the assembly for making s,>eeches_ r.'-portedly supporting neighbouring South Africa AP
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      Lock icon Sunflowers' $85m price tag shocks art world
      320 4 NEW YORK Museum officials, dealers and art professionals are shocked and baffled by the U5539.9 million (SsBs million) sale of Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh's famous painting, Sunflowers, at Christie's auction m London on Monday. They predicted a price explosion m the world
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      Lock icon Chernobyl blast death toll over 15,000, says dissident
      263 4 WASHINGTON A dissident Soviet physicist who was living m Kiev during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion on April 26 last year has old more than 15,#* people died In tbe five months after the blast. That assessment by Mr Igor Gerashchenko,
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      Lock icon Thatcher happy with Gorbachev's reforms
      351 6 MOSCOW British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has welcomed the reform process begun by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, saying it would strengthen trust and confidence m his country. She said on Tuesday that after nine hours of talks with the Soviet leader, she had established a
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      Lock icon A sluggish 2.5% growth forecast by IMF
      237 6 A sluggish 2.5% growth forecast by IMF WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund predicts the industrial world will grow a sluggish 2.5 per cent m 1987, a sharp drop from the more than 3 per cent forecast six months ago, according to monetary sources. The forecasts, prepared by IMF staff, will
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      Lock icon Drug addicts give up
      60 6 SALAMANCA (Spain) Two drug addicts who held hostages m a failed bank robbery m this central Spanish city surrendered on Tuesday after police refused to give them heroin, police sources said. The two robbers, who told police they were addicts, earlier threatened to kill their three
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      Lock icon Joint ops
      28 6 SEOUL About 5,000 United States and South Korean Marines hit South Korea's east coast yesterday m a joint naval exercise, an American military spokesman said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Woman who made heads turn at the embassy
      233 6 Woman who made heads turn at the embassy MOSCOW The Soviet woman who lured a Marine Corps guard into a spying scheme left some indelible memories at the United States Embassy here. About 1.75 m tall, with shoulder-length brown hair and striking grey eyes, the woman, Miss Violetta Seina, stood
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      Lock icon Trapped 'Rambo' gang attempts suicide
      158 6 SEOUL Five men hunted by police for murder, rape and robbery drank poison m an apparent suicide attempt but were expected to survive to face trial. South Korean police said yesterday. A „9-hour search for the "Rambo" gang, which at one stage involved a helicopter
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      Lock icon Second Marine accused of spying
      422 6 WASHINGTON A second US Marine has been charged with spying and a third arrested on suspicion of lying about contacts with Soviet women m a growing scandal involving the American Embassy m Moscow. The United States Ambassador to Thailand has also been called home to
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      Lock icon Call for probe into deaths of men in defence projects
      247 6 LONDON A British opposition spokesman has called for an official inquiry following the third death m eight months of men working on sensitive defence projects. On Monday, defence researcher David Sands, 38. who had just completed a three-year contract for
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      Indonesia launches new cultural diplomacy
      236 7  - Indonesia launches new cultural diplomacy Yang Razali Kasslm JAKARTA Indonesia has quietly opened a new dimension m its foreign policy, launching what it calls a cultural diplomacy to popularise Indonesian culture overseas. Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja. who disclosed this m Jayapura. Irian Jaya. said this newdiplomatic thrust would be based
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      Lock icon Thai army recaptures some hills from Viets
      374 7 General confirms at least 19 Viets killed m fighting BANGKOK The Thai army yesterday said it had retaken some hills m a cautious drive to end an incursion by hundreds of Vietnamese into its eastern border region. Major-General Nareudol Dejpradiyuth toid reporters Thai
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      Vows to mark King's birthday
      74 7 Vows to mark King's birthday BANGKOK These people are taking the simple step into monkhood, at an event to mark their king's birthday. Monday's ordination of 160 people, organised by the Chinese Buddhist Sect, took place at Wat Pomarn Khunnaram, off Sathupradit Road m Van Nawa. The event commemorated King
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      Lock icon Thai soldiers injured
      48 7 BANGKOK Ten Thai soldiers were injured when an explosion occurred on Tuesday on the truck m which they and about 40 other soldiers were riding. Thai press reports said a cigarette thrown by a soldier ignited the fuse of an explosive on the truck. AFP
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      Lock icon Manila gets special aid from Ford Foundation
      108 7 NEW YORK The Ford Foundation, reporting record assets of US$5.2 billion (Ssll billion), has made special grants to the Philippines, according to its annual report. America's wealthiest private foundation reported assets that increased by US$B29 million to US$4.6 billion m the fiscal year
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      Lock icon Top Thai economist back from self-exile
      153 7 BANGKOK A top economist, who has been self-exiled since political violence peaked m Thailand m 1976, has returned for a visit to Bangkok from Britain, friends of his family said. Dr Puey Ungpakorn, 71, who has been unable to speak after a stroke m
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      Lock icon General declares support for Prem
      298 7 BANGKOK A top army officer yesterday declared support for Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda whose popularity, according to a poll, has declined drastically. Describing General Prem as the "most suitable" Prime Minister, assistant army chief General Sunthorn Kongsompong said he was the only leader able to
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      Jakarta paper raps 'impression' given by Spore
      559 7  - Jakarta paper raps 'impression' given by Spore YANG RAZALI KASSIM More reaction to BG Lee's remarks By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA The current regional display of Malay solidarity and hurt feeling sparked off by a controversial statement m Singapore would not have surfaced if the Republic had not given the impression
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      8 7 Berita Harian readers back Mattar's stand: Page 9.
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      Lock icon No polling for 131 MCA branches
      254 8 KUALA LLM PUR The Malaysian Chinese Association has disqualified 131 of its branches m four .-.fates from holding their elections this week. The branches have been disqualified for various reasons, including insufficient membership, failure of members to pay their subscription fees and failure to
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      Co-op case postponed to June
      316 8 $1 m bail extended for former chairman KUALA LUMPUR The High Court yesterday postponed to June 8 a $1,167 million criminal breach of trust and abetment case involving former Sakapp chairman Hew Ah Choo. ".-put;. Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Tan Tiong
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      MCA to stand for Front at Gopeng — Ling
      177 8 MCA to stand for Front at Gopeng Ling Xl ALA Ll MPI R Umno and the Gerakan have not asked for the Gopeng parliamentary seat, which former Malaysian Chinese Association President Tan Koon Swan is giving up, although some I mno and Gerakan grassroots leaders have been eyeing it. Tan
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      Tunku may not go
      87 8 PENANG Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman said he would only attend the Umno General Assembly on April 24 if the situation was not tense, the Star reported. "It is no use going to a place where there is a lot of fighting. I am an
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      Lock icon Ghafar and Anwar back one-vote win remark
      218 8 Ghafar and Anwar back one -vote win remark SHAH ALAM Umno Vice-President Ghafar Baba and Umno Youth chief Anwar Ibrahim have said there is no need for Dr Mahathir Mohamad to step down even if the Prime Minister retains the Umno President's post by just one vote. Mr Ghafar, the
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      Lock icon Give proof of bribery claims: Ethics panel
      158 8 KUALA LUMPUR The Umno election ethics committee yesterday urged the Wanita Umn< chief to furnish it with proof of her claims that some people had tried to bribe Wanita delegates to the party's general assembly. The committee's chairman. Tan Sri Mohamed Khir Johari
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      Ministry seeks father of five
      183 9 THE Community Development Ministry wants to contact a man to discuss the welfare of his five children who have been left m the ministry's care. The ministry said Mr Lee Teng Lim placed his children Lee Florence 12; Lee John Heng, 10; Lee Oat Seah,
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      Readers of Berita back stand
      610 9 Readers of Berita back stand Mattar's criticism on meddling by Malaysians But there should have been more tact, say some MALAY Singaporeans interviewed by Berita Harian have come out m support of Dr Ahmad Mattar's stand that any interference m the Republic's sensitive domestic issues by Malaysian politicians and commentators
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      Chok Tong to meet Malay grassroots leaders on April 11
      250 9 Chok Tong to meet Malay grassroots leaders on April 11 A CLOSED-DOOR discussion between First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and a group of Malay grassroots leaders on the position of Malay Muslim Singaporeans m a multiracial and multi-religious societv will be held on April 11. Organised by the
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      Shoplifting gang jailed
      238 9 THREE men, described m court as a shoplifting gang, were jailed for between eight and 18 months on Tuesday. The trio each admitted tobetween three and six charges, mostly involving shoplifting Lee Theng Hock, 23, fating six joint charges and Tan Kia Teng. 32, facing four joint
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      Face to face with the general
      193 9  -  Picture by LESLEY KOH SAFE m the arms of her father, three-year-old Esther Chua looked the general straight m the eye and paid close attention when he came by for a chat. The toddler was at the SAF promotion ceremony with her father, Capt
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      Sound of hope for women
      516 10 Doctors at NUH try out technique on 50 SOUND WAVES are bringing hope to women who have been turned down for the test-tube baby programme because the eggs m their ovaries cannot be retrieved by the usual method. This happens when the ovaries are hidden
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      New school building
      53 10 THE MP for Moulmein, Mr Lawrence Sia Khoon Seong, will open the new building of Lee Kuo Chuan Primary School m Ah Hood Road on Friday. This is the 208 th school to be built by the Government and was completed m July 1984 at a cost
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      Fair to help sell China to the 'right people'
      240 10  - Fair to help sell China to the 'right people' SHIRLEY TAN By CHINESE authorities are wooing Singapore entrepreneurs and industrialists to help develop the Guangdong Special Economic Zones, as well as Guangzhou and Zhan jiang. The Singaporeans will be the main guests at an eight-day exhibition and trade fair to
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      Seminar on coping with exams
      108 12 Seminar on coping with exams ABOUT 600 secondary school and junior college students will attend a oneday seminar on how to .ope with examinations on April 25. Organised by Youth Challenge, the volunteer social group which conducted a survey on the Cpntrppoini Kids last year, ll will be held at
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      Hotel lays off entire security staff of 13
      284 12 Firm hired to provide guard service MARCO Polo Hotel retrenched all 13 members of its security department two days ago. The 12 security officers and one clerk have been replaced by the services of a company, Apro Asian Protection. They were called
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      Thief caught red-handed at carpark
      120 12 Thief caught red-handed at carpark A MAN was yesterday jailed for two years and four months for stealing about $3,000 worth of property from parked cars. In three of the offences, Chan Kok Lai, 28, used a bent fork to unlock the doors of three cars. He was caught red-handed
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      What defence GPC will be scrutinising
      396 12  - What defence GPC will be scrutinising BERTHA HENSON By THE Government's purchase of Grumman E--2C aircraft will be one of the items that will be scrutinised by the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) on Defence and Foreign Affairs. "It is an area which has caused so much debate m Parliament and
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      Businessman opens five laundry outlets in one day
      368 12  - Businessman opens five laundry outlets in one day JENNY LAM By A BUSINESSMAN is planning to wash dirty linen m a big way. Mr Hobart Kay, 35, managing director of Expression Dynamics, which sells T-shirts silk-screened with stock expressions requested by customers, wants to own a laundry chain. He opened
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      Greens fail test
      92 12 TEN of the 36 samples of leafy vegetables and seven of the 15 samples of spring onions from Malaysia taken for laboratory analysis on Monday and Tuesday failed the pesticide level check The 17 samples that failed the tests involved 17 baskets weighing a total of 909
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      Restored Van Kleef expects more visitors
      296 13  - Restored Van Kleef expects more visitors EDMUND LOH By COME the June school holidays, children and tourists will not be the only ones to welcome the reopening ot Van Kleef Aquarium. The IO.DM fish and other marine life, which have been living temporarily at the aquarium's backyard for more than
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      Steven's Dracula is here but not his eggshells
      437 13 THE talking point about Hungarian artist Steven Doma's work is his miniature paintings on eggshells. Using a needle as his brush and an egg as his canvas, he has created 220 Lilliputian art works over the years. Yet when Mr Doma, 36,
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      Man faces more charges
      150 13 A COMPANY director, earlier charged with cheating three people of $50,850 meant for students" fees m a Swiss school, yesterday faced more similar counts involving a total of $67,800. Govinda Rajaloo so Vengalasamy Subramaniim Pillay, 42, claimed trial to all the charges. A trial date will
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      Man, 82, jailed for blinding woman
      277 13 AN 82- YEAR-OLD man blinded his landlady's daughter m the right eye with a knife after he was provoked by her, a district court heard yesterday. Woo Kam Kwan was a tenant at Miss Jenny Chan Beow Leng's Tessensohn Road home when the incident
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      Businessman faces 24 charges of cheating
      77 13 Businessman faces 24 charges of cheating A BUSINESSMAN was yesterday charged with 24 counts of cheating Telecoms telephonists by claiming he was the subscriber of a deposit to make free overseas calls to Taiwan. Ong Kirn Kang. 36. is alleged to have incurred a bill of $686.40 over a fiveweek
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      Empress Place building: STPB to call for tenders
      291 14 Empress Place building: STPB to call for tenders THE 126-year-old Empress Place building is a step nearer reincarnation as a thoroughly modern premises behind a preserved but polished facade. And when work is completed, the building will house a museum for Chinese cultural artifacts, restaurants, and art and craft shops.
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      Youth orchestra to recruit members
      170 14 THE Singapore Youth Orchestra is recruiting new members m June. It is looking for three categories of members: performing, training and conversion. Those m the first category must have a level of performance skill m any orchestral instrument up to at least Grade 6 of
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      Finland sells itself with bold show
      311 14 FINLAND laid itself bare well almost last night when it launched a vibrant and colourful presentation of its land and people at a hotel. An item m the impressive combination of a multivision and stage show featured two men covered m nothing more than
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      Calligraphy
      37 14 THE Toa Payoh branch library will hold a talk on Chinese calligraphy on Saturday at 2.30 pm" It will be delivered by Mr Ho Chiuo Sai. a member of the Chinese Calligraphy Society Admission is free.
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      Scattered showers
      90 14 ISOLATED to scattered showers with thunder are expected mostly m the afternoon on six to seven days daring the next two weeks. Widespread early morning showers accompanied by strong, gusty winds are also likely on two days during the second week. The Meteorological Service said last month's rainfall
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      Orchids for a visitor
      62 14 MRS Diana Younger, wife of the British Secretary of State for Defence, was presented with box of orchids when she visited the Botanu Gardens yesterday. She also visited the National Museum where she was shown the Peranakan and South-east Asian collections as well as con tempo
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      Accused: I didn't make up park story
      285 14 Accused: I didn't make up park story 'Rape after beer' trial A MAN accused ot rape has denied fabricating a story about trying to have sex with the alleged victim m a parked car six months before the alleged offence Businessman Liew Kirn Yong. 30. is accused of raping the
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      Moscow must end role in Cambodia, says Younger
      466 14 Moscow must end role in Cambodia, says Younger THE Soviet Union must cut its involvement m Cambodia if it wants to win the confidence of the West and South-east Asian countries, visiting British Secretary of State for Defence George Younger said yesterday. He told a press conference this was a
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      Danish trade team Spore for talks
      154 14 Danish trade team Spore for talks A GROUP of 15 Danish businessmen, comprising representatives from various small- and mediumsized companies, will be m Singapore until Sunday to discuss business opportunities. A Royal Danish Embassy's spokesman said: "Besides being able to supply equipment, the companies are looking for agents for their
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      Guava-mania—all 10 tonnes of it
      511 15  - Guava-mania all 10 tonnes of it JOSEPHINE NG By THE most popular fruit m Singapore at the moment seems to be the guava eaten m a novel way. Importer Tan Kian Seng. 40. claims credit for boosting consumption of the crunchy fruit with a lumpy appearance. Mr Tan buys lorry-loads
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      Hotel association president resigns
      121 15 MX Sonnie IJen, General Manager of the Mandarin Hotel, has resigned as President of the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA). Mr T. K. Rieketts, General Manager of the Phoenix Hotel and former First Vice-President, has been elected the new President. A statement from the association gave "increasing
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      Heroin was for own use, not for trafficking, says accused
      398 15 Heroin was for own use, not for trafficking, says accused A SINGAPOREAN who stayed m south Thailand and worked as a tour guide there yesterday went on trial m the High Court, on a capital charge of trafficking m more than I H grams of heroin. Ho Cheng Kwee. 38.
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      Rabbit Year proof coin on sale
      124 18 THE mi Singapore Year of the Rabbit $10 silver proof coin will be sold .it the Havelock Community Centre trom April 6 between 30 am and 3.30 pm. Only 25,008 pieces of the coin, with half troy oz of silver content, have been minted
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      Cards help buses to arrive on time
      210 18 BUSES are keeping better times on their daily runs, says the Singapore Bus Service (SBS). And it attributes this to time cards. These cards are given to bus drivers on the various routes. I sing these, drivers not only start off on time
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      Worker killed by bales of plastic bags
      108 18 Worker killed by bales of plastic bags A WORKER was crashed to death by heavy bales of plastic bags which were being unloaded from a container m Tagore Lane, off Upper Thomson Road, on Tuesday. Police said the incident happened at 10.10 am when several bales, each weighing 215 kg,
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      Artist's works on display
      83 18 Artist's works on display A COLLECTION of 50 watercolour. oil and acrylic art works by artist Poh Siew Wah will be on show from today at the National Museum Art Gallery. Mr Poh. 38. teaches art at the Nanyang Junior College. and is a member of the Singapore Watercolour Society,
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      Geomancy
      41 18 A TALK by Mr Lee Siow Mong on geomancy for homes and for business dealings will be held ai Tai-Pan Ftamada Hotel on April 10. Organised by the Association of Business Executives, it will cost members $6 and non-members $8.
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      Chinese traders can play 'matchmaker'
      230 18 CHINESE businessmen here can play the role of "matchmaker" by helping foreign companies explore markets, transfer technology and co-operate m foreign investments for international trade, manufacturing and services. This point was made on Tuesday by the President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
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      Seminar on corporate tax
      153 18 Seminar on corporate tax TWO separate conferences on corporate tax planning and the new company and securities law. will be held this month. Times Conferences, a subsidiary of the Times Publishing group, will be organising a "Corporate Tax Planning for Singapore and Malaysia" conference on Monday and Tuesday at the
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      Help foreign investors expand: SCCCI chief
      186 18 "SCCCI should strengthen its ties with other local and foreign chambers of commerce and through Singapore's embassies and trade offices overseas and foreign embassies here. It should organise missions to each other's country to realise these aims." He said multinational companies felt that local
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      Chambers to meet on Saturday
      215 18 Chambers to meet on Saturday A MEETING to forge closer business co-operation and to discuss Chinese and Indian cultura values wil. be held on Saturday. This will be similar to the one which *as held by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Singapore Malay Chamber of
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      Contest to pick best fruit trees in schools
      167 18 ANY Singaporean school with at least five fruit trees stand the chance to be picked as the school with the most well-main-tained fruit trees. The contest is to highlight the efforts that schools have made m maintaining fruit trees planted at the
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      Travel group to change its name
      115 18 THE Tour Holdings Group of travel companies will change its name to Jetset following its acquisition by Jetset Tours last year. The group was bought over from trading house Harper Gilfilian last year by Jetset Tours, Australia's largest travel company with an annual turnover
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      Why some rescue attempts turn into double drownings
      414 19  -  and how to avoid tragedy SCHOOLBOY Neo Kok Chwee might still be alive today if he had not jumped into a monsoon drain to save his drowning friend. Both boys drowned. Two schoolgirls nearly lost their lives m the same way m
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      School where pupils learn to save lives
      358 19 "RELAX; reach for the stick, I will save y0u...". These are the comforting words used by these Secondary 1 schoolgirls as they lie by the poolside, using sticks to haul m fellow classmates at the Outram Secondary School swimming pool. These girls were
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      Water safety plan for schools
      338 19 Water safety plan for schools Ministry hopes to launch Aquapack programme A SPECIAL water-safety programme te likely li be introduced m every school here soon. The Ministry of Education is consideflaj teac__-« ing schoolchildren water-safety and rescue skills through the Aquapack programme, which is no* y a pilot project at
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      214 19 Total Diet I Programmes For A I Healthier, Better I y Looking Body. By It's perfectly natural to want to Ic-ok and feel healthy. But at what m m cost.' m B Most diet plans aren't as effective as they are claimed to be. Many m B work, but only
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      292 19 Gome and say^jy" The only thing better than the inside of our rooms is the outside. Perth, Australia. The prettiest city m a beautiful hotel provides courtesy transport. Historic country. Famous for being clean, friendly and Fremantle. is only a short distance away relaxed. Comeandenjoythesunandthefun Contact Andnowalsofamousforitsfinestinternational your local travel
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      TheStraitsTimes
      5 20 THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1987
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      Levy scheme worth a try
      273 20 THE Labour Ministry is taking pains to persuade employers who are unhappy about the newly-imposed $140 levy on certain groups of "foreign workers that it is a workable idea. It has promised to review the levy should costs to employers become too high and is
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      Iron Lady in bear's cave
      270 20 THE Iron Lady has proved her mettle once again. The message from Mrs Margaret Thatcher to Moscow this week is one which will not please the Soviets but it is nonetheless a correct signal. In underlining the West's clear-eyed stand on nuclear arms, the British
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    • I distrust one-book men'
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        The Bible and religion
        120 20 '"My political awakening was m England. In what was then Malaya, I was more interested m religion and philosophy, partly because I studied m a Catholic school. I was fascinated by the Bible. In fact, I took Religious Knowledge as one of my subjects m my
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        On books and Karl Marx
        175 20 "I am not a one-book man. In fact, I distrust one-book men those who only believe m the works of Karl Marx or Lenin or Stalin or Mao or the Red Book or the Blue Book or one religious book. I am very wary of
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        Political awakening
        132 20 "My political interest surfaced only later, m England. It came at a time when there was politicisation of people everywhere. Politics was the focal point of interest among my contemporaries. There was war m Spain, the rise of Hitler, of fascism, etc. "At that time, the interesting people
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      Through Raja's eyes...
      312 20 Through Raja's eyes Nehru Better as a freedom-fighter "NEHRU was undoubtedly one of the great statesmen of the world. But looking back, some people find that his achievements as a nation-builder do not measure up to his achievements as a free-dom-fighter. And that applies to many other leaders." Mao Zedong
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      Raja on early days of 'do-it-yourself foreign policy
      1052 20 Raja on early days of 'do-it-yourself foreign policy kjllllkkjklj HHow are foreign policy issues processed through the Government? What is the process of decision-mak-ing? What is the role of the Cabinet, the Prime Minister, the bureaucracy, Parliament? Are you satisfied with the level of debate and discussion m Parliament and
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      Japan breeding biotech fish to boost supply
      1409 21  - Japan breeding biotech fish to boost supply By Stephen Kreider Voder A-:!ng for Asian Vail Street Journal ISE (Japan) Ten male goldfish swim m lazy circles m a small glass tank at a government laboratory. Nothing unusual, except that two months ago these finny fellows were females. The goldfish got
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      Lock icon Soviets change tune and Maggie admits fascination with visit
      115 21 IT WAS the Soviets who first coined the phrase The Iron Lady to describe Mrs Thatcher Zheleznaya Duma, as the military newspaper Red Star put it m 1975.' These past few days, however, according to experienced diplomatic observers, they have accorded
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      'Supermag' steals the limelight
      743 21  -  Alan Hubbard Mrs Thatcher bewitches Moscow while Kinnock stumbles m Washington LONDON "Mother Russia melts for Maggie", proclaims one of the more predictable headlines m the largely rightwing popular press here this week. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, or "Supermag" as she has now been labelled,
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      Building owners will have to install escalator safety guards
      238 22 Replies WE refer to the letter 'The day boy got stuck between handrail and the floor above" from "Horrified" (ST. Jan 31). The writer reiated an incident m which a boy was trapped between the escalator handrail and the floor above.
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      Driver advised to be more considerate to passengers
      229 22 WE refer to the letter "Elderly women lost their balance when bus took off" by "Helpless Victim" (ST. Feb 2). We have advised the driver to be more considerate towards passengers m future. We will also moni- tor his performance to help
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      Bus with cockroaches has been checked and fumigated
      186 22 WE refer to the letter "Cockroaches all over" by Mr Jeffrey Wong (ST. Feb 24). We have checked the said Service 25 bus (SBS 5595) and have fumigated it. We will continue to monitor the service closely. All bus interiors are cleared
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      Officers helped her deal with nuisance calls
      219 22 Officers helped her deal with nuisance calls Bouquets I WOULD like to thank police sergeant Tan Kirn Swee and fire officer Yunos Shariff for helping me deal with a spate of nuisance telephone calls one recent weekend. On Saturday, as a result of the calls, there were no fewer than
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      Good work by PUB
      73 22 ON March 28, there was suddenly no water supply at my sister's flat m Block 97, Jalan Dua. I called the Public Utilities Board and the problem was dealt with shortly after. We were relieved to have the water supply back. I would like to thank
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      Sell the idea to the people before changing election system
      418 22 Sell the idea to the people before changing election system I REFER to Mr Lim Boon Heng's letter (ST, March 21). If the Government is convinced that the team MPs system will serve the interests of the electorate best, it should sell the idea to the people first. At the
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      Let us elect councillors
      421 22 On town councils and team MPs MPs need not be m charge of them I WOULD like to applaud Mr K.C. Tan for his letter on town councils (ST, March 26) which brought up several important points not previously debated m public. The dudes, powers and
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      Suspicious about intention
      178 22 I REFER to Mr Lim Boon Heng's letter on team MPs (ST, March 21). The concept is not undemocratic. This is because as long as the majority of the people is represented m Parliament, the criterion for democracy has been met. Therefore, the important point is m
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      Separate polls in US
      127 22 IN his letter (ST March 21), Mr Lim Boon Heng claimed for a second time that the president and vice-president of the Un.ted States are elected ar, a team. This is not tine. They are selected m sep arate polls of the electoral college. This is
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    • In the markets
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        Rises
        60 23 BatuUjwn 300 -45 Bauste*fco 114 +6 Met*Bci Spore 466 '4 PMUdf. 310 4 SM 406 -2 Him fv 3J2 ->■ 2 OUB 360 Ri»«»i*w 356 +2 Cl **fc|s 129 +2 MI ?2c 182 1 Pubic B;n* We 174 -1 6 S«i«it)ei 169 1 M'w Ui We 121 +1 .nUjfiitim
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        Most Active
        14 23 fan Chong 779,000 Jurong Engrg 732,000 Paper Products 631,000 Keppel Wrts 564,000
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        Shares move lower
        81 23 SHARE prices continued to drift lower m quiet trading on the Singapore stock market yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index fell 12.83 points to 1.043.94. The Business Times Composite Index shed 11.83 points to 914.22 and the DBS Index of CPF stocks eased 4 39 points to
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        Chief price changes
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        Indices
        104 23 Mar 31 Apr 1 BT Composite 926 05 914 22 BT OB OS 65 250 CAW 6470 6568 ::J3, Mv S «yg 6328 6353 OBV -*****9 +*****3 ST Industr.aK 1056 77 1043 94 ST Finance 2378 79 2359 42 ST Hotels 654 40 ***** ST Pfoperties 515 05 509
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        Sesdaq
        12 23 Closing Change Vol ('000) Smfapore National ftirters 2 45 1 507
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        INDICES — Highs & Lows
        51 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Fines Business Times Industrial Composite 1986 "87 High 1082 89 (10-3 87) 951.88 (26/3/87) 1986 8/ Low 563.34 (28 4 86> 470.92 (28 4 86) All time High 1082.89 (10 3 87) 983.C6 (8 2 84) All-iime Low 74 75 (17 9 64) 470.92 (28 4
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        Forex
        14 23 THE US dollar gained 105 ticks to close at DM 1.8165 m Singapore.
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        Exchange crossrates
        26 23 DM V FT S$ HK$ LSI US$ 1.8140 146.30 unq 2.1352 vn Q £***** \mb 146 70 6 0465 2 1380 7 8005 *****
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        Simex
        60 23 Eurodollar: Lost four ticks to 93.25 a contract. Deutschemark: Lost 33 ticks to 0.5537 a contract. British Pound: Lost 10 ticks to 1.5925 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost 23 ticks to 0.*****9 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 545 points to ***** a contract. IS Treasury bond: Lost two ticks to
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        Lock icon Taiwan to scrap fewer vessels
        128 23 TAIPEI Taiwan, the world's major shopbreaker, is likely to scrap 20 per cent fewer vessels this year than last because of keener competition from South Korea and China. The rising Taiwan dollar and US curbs on steel product imports will also nit the industiy, Mr
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        Lock icon $6.4 b offered for takeover
        106 23 $6.4 b offered for takeover NEW YORK Gaf Corp, the chemical concern that already owns 19.9 per cent of BoVg-Warner Corp. made a US$3-billion 556.41 billion) offer today for the rest of the large industrial conglomerate The L'Ss46-a-share offer follows Gaf's move on Friday to increase its stake m BW.
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        Lock icon Exxon expands
        73 23 NEW YORK Exxon Corp. the world's largest oil company, has said it will acquire a quarter of Australia's biggest onshore oil and gas production area by buying Delhi Petroleum Pty Ltd for US$69O million (551.473 billion from Australian conglomerate CSR Ltd. CSR and Exxon will split equally earnings
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        Lock icon Airline loses $66m
        76 23 LONDON The independent airline British Caledonian has announced a .*.19.3 million (5566.06 million) pre-tax loss for the year to last Oct 31, compared with a gain of L 21.7 million the year before. Chairman .Sir Adam Thomson blam_d the results on "a range of exceptional circumstances wholly
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      Stock exchange nod for Avimo's listing
      670 23  -  ANTHONY HOE Prospectus for public offer of 18.75 m shares to be out this week By AVIMO Singapore (Pte) Ltd had a double celebration yesterday its new factory was officially opened by British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr George Younger, and it received
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      Paper Products plunges into the red
      258 23  -  S. KUMAR By PAPER PRODUCTS, which was briefly placed under receivership m early February after it had run into financial problems, has plunged deeper into trouble. It suffered a group pretax loss of Msll.l million for the last calendar year, from a profit of
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      Lock icon Combined Australian bourses start working
      277 23 SYDNEY The Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (ASK) yesterday took up the responsibility for administering a new coordinated market made up of Australia's six former exchanges, now operating as subsidiary trading floors. At the same time, rules prohibiting corporations and non-stock-exchange members from holding more than
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      Parkway gains up on lower turnover
      124 23 PARKWAY Holdings, owners of Parkway Parade shopping complex who were formerly known as Singapore Glass (1974), announced a 31-per cent rise m group profits to $12.06 million on a 41-per cent drop m turnover to $31.14 million for the year ended last Dec 31.
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      Profits rise at Mentakab
      55 23 BETTER rubber prices and lower costs of production helped pre-tax profits at Mentakab Rubber Co (Malaya) Bhd rise 8 per cent to M 5447,000 for last year. Its directors said that if current rubber prices are sustained for the year, the pre-tax profit next year will
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      Lock icon New London stock system a big success, says official
      292 23 NEW YORK The restructured London Stock Exchange has proven itself an unqualified success m less than six months of operation, according to Exchange Chairman Sir Nicholas Goodison. More than 95 per cent of the business has left the trading floor and
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      Simex trades move up by 78% in first 3 months
      230 23 THE newly-introduced Nikkei Stock Average Futures helped push up trading volumes at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) by a robust 78 per cent m the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year. Simex
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      Esso Malaysia posts strong results despite 'difficult year'
      416 23 IMPROVED margins helped Esso Malaysia Bhd to report a 51.8 per cent higher group pre-tax operating profit to M 5139.7 million from its petroleum and ammonia operations last year m "a difficult year". And Esso has proposed a special non-recurring dividend of
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      Lock icon Silver prices up
      71 23 LONDON The climate for precious metals is improving with prices benefiting from renewed inflation fears and the switching of funds from dollar and stock markets, brokers Samuel Montagu and Co Ltd said Silver prices last month gained some 15 per cent m dollar terms due to a
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      Business done In Singapore
      3536 24 READERS should be aware of the kmitations of this information Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange is covered m "business done' Further, because ai dfaSngs at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      2100 24 iWJ.I RIALS Aj> .omoto (3068 3205) Alcom (7 18 735) (2) 76 (5) 75 5 11)72 (2) 71 AISB (998 100S) '17) 102 (43) 101 (5) 99 5 (7) 99 (43) 100 API 45)71 (10)70(4)69 ASM (2058 2075) (26) 211 (37) 212 (71 2'o (7)
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      How your stocks performed
      3028 24 All shares quoted have a par value of Jl. unless otherwise specified ftdiustec for scrip rights N Ta»-eiempte_ dividend ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the pnce quoted m dollars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme -£$iB!s3?*i_-_*K?_^ 1986/87 Last Yield Voi
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        Shares drift lower in absence of fresh news
        732 25 ACTIVITY shrank on the Singapore stock market yesterday as investors kept away m the absence of encouraging fresh news. Turnover fell to 17.39 million units worth $37.84 million from Tuesday's 22.21 million units at $52.71 million relatively quiet compared with the previous
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        Hongkong
        391 25 Apri 1 HKS Charge Assoc Irtl Hotels 1 75 -0 02 Bonk Ot East Asio 19 10 -0 3 Copitol Corp 3 70 0 325 Cathay Pacific Air 5 60 -0 1 Cheung Kong 43 00 -0 25 CNno Light 2 1 50 0 i City Resources 5 70
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        Tokyo
        366 25 I Apt 1 fen Chant* A^oomoto 4100 +100 Aka. 426 26 Amodo 700 1 0 Asah. Chem 1 30 -20 Asahi Gloss 1 850 1 70 Bonk O* Tokyo 1430 20 BfxJqestone 72V 4 Conor 736 +16 Covo Computer 990 20 Citizen 418 12 D Nip Prmt 1690 +10
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        Sydney
        350 25 Apri 1 Cents Change A C I 380 A N I 317-3 \berfoyle 1350 30 />gc 320 -5 Amcor 470S Ampol Exp 415 +3 Ar.pol Pet 305 +3 An, 528 unch Ancdne Aust 342 2 Asbton 380 -2 B H P 1 I 10 +5 Beach Petroleum 75 unch
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        Unit trusts
        225 25 Managers' prices for April 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.01—1.09 The Sayings Fund o.BB—o 95»d Spore Prog Fund 0 41—0 45 Spore Sec Fund 0 68—0 74 Spore Invest Fund 0.76 0.82 Spore Equity Fund 0.49—0 54 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.35— 1 43 Mai
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        New York
        224 25 Mar 31 US$ Change Alcoa 42% -h Allied Sig 4574 H» Amox Inc 19% Amr Corp 52V 4 -W Att 23% Bethlehem Stl 9V« Boeing Co 51 Mi Burroughs Cp 97Vi 7 Caterpillar Co 46H'« VS Chase Manhtn 38* unch Chrysler Cp 55* Ot.corp 50H -Vi Cons Not
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        London
        524 25 Arbuthnot J Income Trust 1 10.0 115 9 Yen Bond Fund. 209 219 ('denotes e« -dividend MINING Barlow Rand Charier Cons 328 -I Cons Gold 970 +6 Rust Plat 1631 ZCI 14W US$ AAC 23-11/16 Amgold 105 3 4 -2Vi AAI 52 unch Bracken 308 -5 Blyvoors 830 -14
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        INDICES
        74 25 J I I I I !_J I I L I j NST Index Wednesday 1,595.21 (1,611.47) —g Hongkong Hang Seng ->0 Wednesday 2,695.91 (2,713.81) §i_ Australian All-Ordinaries Wednesday 1,691.10 (1,689.90) Nikkei Stock Average H Wednesday 22,040.18 (21,566.56) Financial Times Industrials Tuesday 1,577.10 (1,582.20) I Dow Jones Average gp Tuesday
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        Bank rates
        322 25 1- Mn $1,000 2 F_» best ontomtr. only 3 OCBC Fiance 4 ...lab* al 06S Fnance 5 Qu_-*Y-nf that rjtes ire offered by u_bj«fary OUT. UOf'i also ...._bt< al i)of iho a»iii_t_ at DBS Finance. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES >j.<i^ daily 3 34 iVi 3 IMM)
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        162 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5040—1.5069 6.74—6.57 Canadian dollar 1.6351—1.6365 6.17—6.07 NZ dollar 1.2165-1.2192 8.35-8.09 Sterling pound 3.4218—3.4256 2.95—2.90 US dollar 2.1380 2.1390 4.70-4.66 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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        Forex
        108 25 THE US dollar closed firmer against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1355/65 and closed at 2.1380/90. It traded quietly within a range of 2.1355 and 2.1385. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed firmer compared to its opening of 1.8150/58. It
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        Gold
        152 25 HONGKONG Gold closed above NewYork's final level on a wave of short-covering after fairly wide fluctuations here yesterday. Local investors and US bullion houses sold gold earlier on and were joined by the Soviet Union. But Swiss and US short-covering buoyed the metal at its low of U*****. 50/6.00
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        Gold market
        22 25 GOLD USS/oz Wed Tues Singapore 419.10—419.60 419.00—419.50 Hongkong 418.20—418.70 419.20—419.70 Tues Mon New York 417.60-418.10 420.80 421.30 London 420.25-420.75 423.50-424.00
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        128 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit JUNE Eurodollar futures traded sharply lower at 93.17 during Simex's opening m response to an increase of 0.25 per cent m the prime lending rate by two major US banks. However, prices rebounded from the opening level on short-covering on a firmer US dollar. The Liffe session
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        Deutschemark
        79 25 CURRENCY futures opened sharply lower on a firmer US dollar due to higher interest rates. favourable remarks by US Treasury Secretary James Baker and continued central bank intervention. June deutschemark eased off to 0.5520 from the opening level of 0.5544, before closing 33 ticks lower at 0.5537. (US dollar
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        Japanese Yen
        51 25 JUNE yen slipped from 0.*****5 to 0.*****2 during the session before backing up to close 23 ticks lower at 0.*****9. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Job 81 0.*****0 0.*****5 0.*****2 0 *****9 M 9 Sept 0.*****2 Dec 0.*****6 Open Int (Tnes): 981. Act Vol (Toes):
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        Nikkei Stock Average Index
        62 25 JUNE Nikkei recovered from recent losses to close at *****, up 545 points. (S'ikkei Stock A\-erage Index. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot *****.14 2204CM8 *****.14 ***** 18 Apr Jon ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** 895 Sept ***** ***** *****A ***** Four Dec ***** *****8
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        US Treasury Bond
        70 25 JUNE US T-Bond opened sharply lower at 97.10 on prospects of higher interest rates m the near term but recovered on short -covering during the session. June bond finally closed two ticks lower at 97.23, after touching 97.24. (US Tivasur? Bond' Open High Low Sett Est Vol
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        British pound
        37 25 JUNE pound closed 10 points lower at 1.5925 (British Pound; Open High Low Sett Est Vol Jan 87 1.5930 1.5955 1.5925 1.5925 34 Sept 1.5815 Dec 1.5720 Open Int (Tnes): 2M. Act Vol (Toes): 44.
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        Gold
        30 25 i i'SS per troy ounce Open High Low Sett Est Vol Apr 87 419.10 Feb 88 442.10 Open Int (Tues): 28. Act Vol (Tues): Nil. Reports from BA Futures
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        Ships in port
        360 25 Vessel Berth Arr Dep (eppel Wharves Barber Hect KO9 aside 03 4 Equator IV K22 aside 02, 4 Folga Kl5 aside 02; 4 GL Selatan Kl7 aside 02 4 Helios 2 K2O aside 02 4 Ivybank K3O aside 03 4 Kota Jaya K3l aside 03.4 OC Treasure
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        Container schedules
        674 25 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Laura Ms (8706) 06/4(2300) F2 1430 1530 *****330 Al 'Fl *****430 61 Ceohe Ms (8705) 02.4(1700) F2 0800-0900 0700-0800 82-F2 Urn Modest (021 A- 02/4 (1900) FSA 1000-1100 F4 Family Ace (81B) 03/4(2300) FSA 1530 1630,1930 2030 P5 Ming
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        Rubber
        22 25 Rubber Closing prices cents kilo j Singapore May 195 00 up 0 25 cent Malaysia May 228.00 down one cent t
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        Tin
        17 25 Tin Closing prices MS/Mo XL Tin 16.65 up tour cents Turnover 92 tonnes down 17 tonnes
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        Copper
        23 25 ClosinE prices Copper 'run. Tues Spot *****-***** (955.00-956.00) 3 months 900 00— 901 00 (902 00-903.00) Market tone Steady Sales 23.550 tonnes
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        Silver
        30 25 bouni (xve. Silver USJ troy c Nee Tues Singapore 6 22—6 27 6 22—6 27 Tues Mon Ne* York 6 17-6 22 6 28—6 33 Source Credit Suisse Spore
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        Aluminium
        29 25 Ctounf pnce. Alummium torn* tail I Spo! 865 00-865 50 (862 00—862.50* I 3 months 811.00 811 50 (809 00-809 50) Market tone Steadier Sales 2 40C tonnes
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        Palm oil
        105 25 Crude ms tore*. palm oil Apr 765 (south l 760 (centrali 757 50 (north) Refined palm oil USS tonnes j RBD palm oi Apr May June 325 (sellers RBD Stearin Apr May June 280 (sellers) RBD Olein Apr 345 (sellers May 345 (sellers June 345 (sellers j Crude
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      Bonvests' net profit cut by half
      314 26  -  CONRAD RAJ By INVESTMENT holding company Bonvests Holdings, which has stakes m Liat Towers, the Burger King franchise and French departmental store Galeries Lafayette, showed only a slight improvement m its profit during the last three months of last year. Group pre-tax profit, of
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        Hotel Tai-Pan
        43 26 THE prospectus for Hotel Tai-Pan's recentlyannounced rights issue, expected to be sent out at the end of last month, has been delayed. The company said it was due to "certain legal technicalities". The books will therefore remain closed until further notice.
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        Eu Van Sang
        78 26 Eu Yan Sang EU VAN SANG Holdings, an investment holding company, has reported much improved group pre-tax profit of $906,000 last year, as against $354,000 for 1985. Directors attributed the improvement to lower operating costs and successful collection of rental m arrears by two subsidiary companies. No further improvement is
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        Hwa Hong
        90 26 DIVERSIFIED Hwa Hong reported a small fall m group profit for last year but expects this year to be better. The group announced a 9 per cent drop m pre-tax profit last year to $6.91 million, with turnover declining 9.5 per cent to $134.31 million. These results come
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        L & M Group
        146 26 L M Group A POOR show by L M Group Investments Ltd's Malaysian associates caused the group to suffer a 59.2 per cent fall m pre-tax profit to $748,000 for the six months ended Dec 31. Turnover dropped 21.3 per cent to $17.1 million. The group's attributable profit fell by
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        Palmco Holdings
        147 26 PALMCO Holdings Bhd plunged into the red with a M 57.3 million pre-tax loss for the six months ended Dec 31, compared with a Mss million profit previously. Turnover fell 38 per cent to M 5155.5 million. Both the palm and non palm-based divisions reported unfavourable results. The
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        First Allied
        96 26 FIRST ALLIED CORP BHD intends to double its paid-up capital to M 576.5 million through a one-for-one rights issue of 76.5 million shares of par value at 50 sen each. The issue price will be 60 sen Part of the net proceeds of $45.3 million is to go
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        Malaysian Assurance
        35 26 MALAYSIAN ASSURANCE ALLIANCE has announced a 25 per cent increase m its pre-tax profit to Msl.3 million. Directors foresee a satisfactory current year though no dividend is being proposed on the 1986 results.
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      Lock icon Citibank ups its prime in US to 7.75%
      270 26 Citibank ups its prime in US to 7.75% NEW YORK Citibank raised its prime lending rate to 7 3 4 per cent from IVi per cent on Tuesday, the first increase by a major bank since June 1984. The move was immediately followed by the Chase Manhattan Bank, and other
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      Lock icon US dollar firming
      96 26 LONDON The US dollar opened higher on major foreign exchanges yesterday. The dollar opened at 1.8175 marks m Frankfurt, up from Tuesday's close of 1.8051 marks, and was 5fr1.5198 m Zurich, up from 5fr1.5090. In Paris, it started at 6.0455 francs, against 6.0150 francs previously and m
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      Oriental's pre-tax gain drops sharply
      153 26 ORIENTAL Holdings Bh.Ps pre-tax profit for last year hit the lowest point since 1981. The Malaysian-based group, with interests m the distribution of Honda cars and motorcycles, construction, finance, and rubber and oil palm estates, reported pre-tax profit of only M 59.14 million for last
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      NST not likely to perform ! better in second half
      202 26 NST not likely to perform better in second half I THE New Straits Times j Press (Malaysia) Bhd expects profit m the second half of the current finan cial year to August, to remain stagnant despite the recent increase m newspaper prices m Malaysia. Interim results for the group, which
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      Steel firm profit doubled
      82 26 Steel firm profit doubled HIGHER exports ana wider profit margins more than doubled Amalgamated Industrial Steel Bhd 'fi interim pre-tax profit Turnover for the six months to Dec 31 last year increased 18.9 per cent to M 525.2._ million due to the concerted effort to penetrate the export market, the
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      Lock icon Bet Twice likely favourite in Florida Derby
      177 28 Bet Twice likely favourite in Florida Derby MIAMI BET TWICE. Talinum and Cryptoclearance head a field of six colts m the US$5OO,OOO (about Ssl.l million) Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The Florida Derby is one of the last major races to the Kentucky Derby on May 2. Bet
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      Celebrity looks in fine fettle
      358 28  -  MARKSMAN ON THE TRACK with PENANG Celebrity m was the most impressive of the few horses that did fast work yesterday morning. Wit.*, a riding boy astride, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred by Sound Reason looked m fine trim when doing 37.1 sec over 600 m.
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      Lock icon Richest race for two-year-olds
      155 28 DUBLIN IRELAND will stage the world's richest race for two-year-olds, worth US$l.4 million (about 552.9 million), at Phoenix Park here m October next year. The race was launched by the leading Irish bloodstock agency, Goffs, with a cleverly conceived proviso entries will be confined to the
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      Lock icon It Will pay to follow them
      226 28 It Will pay to follow them THESE horse, did well at Bukit Timah last weekend and they are vorth tollowing: --mar "-.una is ht ading for better things The five-year-old mare clocked a smart 1 10.8 sec when she romped hjme by 6 lengths m tf c Class 4 Div
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      Pair to start in Class 3
      159 28  -  FAIRWAY By PENANG Special and Without Obligation are the two Class 3 newcomers entered for the current meeting which starts on Saturday. Special (late Mytyme) is a three-year-old bay English gelding by Good Times out of Gudrun. He was unplaced three times last year.
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      Lock icon Eddery, Piggott off to good start
      429 28  -  LONDON CHAMPION jockey Pat Eddery and former archrival Lester Piggott served notice of glorious intent as the British flat racing season got off to its traditional start with the three-day Doncaster meeting on the weekend. Eddery opened his account m the Doncaster Shield with
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      ALONG THE RAIL
      21 28 "I.ou question my ability to win! I'll ha.c you know, Sir I'm the top jock at this track!"
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    First-round shocker as Cash falls to Cane
    456 29 First-round shocker as Cash falls to Cane Paolo dazzles on home surface PAOLO CANE, of Italy, defused the game of fourth-seeded Pat Cash, of Australia, for a 6-3, 7-6 upset firstround win in the U*****,000 ($734,850) Italian Indoor tennis championship on Tuesday. Cane. 21, dazzled a partisan crowd with crisp
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    Lock icon England captain confident
    228 29 England captain confident ljklkjlkjhj DUBAI England aim to sustain their recent resurgence by winning the Sharjah Cup, said John Emburey. captain for the limited overs cricket tournament starting today. "Make no mistake about it. We are here to win," said Emburey on the team's arrival on Tuesday for the four-nation
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    Lock icon India hope to bounce back in Cup
    83 29 India hope to bounce back in Cup NEW DELHI Kapil Dev's Indian cricketers left on Tuesday for a limited overs tournament m Sharjah seeking to bounce back from a trouncing by Pakistan m their recent one-day series. India, the World Cup holders, have an early .hance to avenge the 5-1
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    Lock icon Marsh against drugs
    75 29 Marsh against drugs PERTH Australia's former Test wicket-keeper Rodney Marsh said on Tuesday that he had once caught two Australian cricketers smoking cannabis. Bat Marsh, 39, who retiicd three years ago, declined to name the players or to say when the incident occurred. 'If you are playing cricket for your
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    Robin is top seed
    17 29 THE VIRGINIA SLIMS CARLSBERG SINGAPORE WOMEN'S OPEN Robin. ..ranked 29th m the world
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    Up, up and up with vertical events sport
    213 29  -  ALBERT JOHNSON VERTICAL MARATHON By FOR the first time, a Vertical Events Sports Association have been formed m Singapore. The aims of the association are to organise and promote all forms of vertical sport, including climbing steps or walking and running up
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    Lock icon Hill peters out to power play
    419 29 Hill peters out to power play SQUASH LONDON Fourth seed Geoff Williams, of England, was too big and powerful for Singapore's Peter Hill, winning the battle of the left-handers for the loss of only 11 points m the Cannons men's international squash championship here on Tuesday. Geoff Hunt, the Australian
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    Lock icon Fisa cancel Canadian Grand Prix
    142 29 Fisa cancel Canadian Grand Prix MOTOR-RACING PARIS The Canadian Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled by the International Motor Sports Federation (Fisa) because the organisers could not guarantee m time the running of the race, it was announced on Tuesday. The decision followed a legal dispute between the Labatt
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    American ace is highest-ranked professional to grace the Open
    489 29  -  JANICE SEAH By ROBIN WHITE, ranked 20th m the world, will be top seed m the second US$5O,OOO ($106,500) Virginia Slims Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open tennis tournament at Kallang from April 27 to May 3. Robin, who has beaten such luminaries
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    Lock icon Stone to hold clinic
    485 29 ALLAN STONE, an Aus tralian Davis Cup veteran. will be here during the Virginia Slims Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open tennis tournament from April 27-May 3, to conduct a clinic for juniors. Sponsored by Nabisco Brands, promoters Australia Sports Marketing say they will have room for about
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      285 30 181 Deaths 181 Deaths LIM HENG KENG AGE: 64 Passed away peacefully on is. April IJB7 leaving behind *ie Le* Guar Eng Son*. Daughters-in-law i im Jit Hint; Nancj N ng Inn Jit Ming losephtne Teo l .nn Ju Chye I vi (i. k Kiiii Daughters Sons-in-law I lm Boaj
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      171 30 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF OF SINGAPORE ORGANISATION OF SEAMEN (SOS) AND SINGAPORE MARITIME OFFICERS' UNION (SMOU) express their deepest sympathies and condolences to the families, relatives and loved ones of the following members who lost their lives m the sea tragedy when their
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      184 In Memoriam 184 In Memonam
      111 30 OUR DEAREST BELOVED DARREN CHONG KWONG WAI 25 Nov. 1967 2 Apr. 1986 Wham memories we shall always cherish Whose courage, love, wisdom and faith m the Lord Have greatly helped to sustain us In this one year past. It was a privilege to
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      184 In Memoriam
      97 30 In Loving Memory of ONG GUAN LIM Departed 29.3.1987 Sadly missed and always ramambarad by: Wifa: Khoo Hock Eng Son: Ong Choon Poh Daughtars: Ong Beng Guat Ong Hong Beng Sons-ln-Law: Sunny Kam Lim Kirn Leng Daughtar-ln-Law: Shirley Yeap Grandsons: Jeffery Ong Jason Ong Granddaughters: Dorothy Ong
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      39 30 THALAI THEVASAM Mr. A.N. Manikam Departed 13/4/86 Thalai Thevasam will ba held on Thursday 2nd April 87, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. at BIK. 50, #02-146, Dorset Rd. Please treat this as a personal invitation. Tal: *****60.
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    'Nothing is impossible'
    612 30  -  LEE WAI WUN NZ AMERICA'S CUP SKIPPER CHRIS DICKSON SPEAKING AT AN IBM CONVENTION Stories by Captain expounds maiden success m yachting's prized series NOTHING is a problem. Chris Dickson believes it, and you had better believe it. If ycu want to succeed, that is. It was
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    Prince of the high seas awaits his turn to wear the crown
    371 30 CALL it flair or natural talent. Bat m the same way that babies just naturally learn how to crawl, Chris Dickson has an Inborn instinct to sail. He still has baby photos of himself climbing on boats, and
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    All eyes trained on Sugar Ray
    518 30 Leonard conceals concern over his repaired retina m countdown to the Big Fight LAS VEGAS (Nevada) The only left eye Ray Leonard feels comfortable talking about belongs to Marvin Hagler. Heading into Monday night's fight against champion Hagler, Leonard has evaded questions about his
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    363 30 SOCCER SHORTS LONDON Northampton became the first English side to be promoted this season when Peterborough were beaten 1-0 at Torquay on Tuesday. The Cobblers are now assured of a place among the three clubs who automatically rise from Division Four without a play-off. Results Div
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    350 30 SPORT IN SHORT ATHLETICS A Chinese woman bettered the world record m the 10. 000-metre walk on Tuesday at a track meet m Xinglong, north-east of Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Xv Yongjiu finished m 44min 26.55ec. beating Russian Elena Ku_netsova's 44:32.5 set last
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    Lock icon BAS Cup will revert to old format this season
    481 31  -  PETER SIOW BASKETBALL By THE Basketball Association of Singapore have reverted to the old format for the BAS Cup Milo championship from Tuesday to April 18 at GayWorld Stadium. Instead of having the eight teams play a roundrobin League, they will
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    XL will host Asian titles in June
    114 31 KL will host Asian titles in June THE 1987 Asian Snooker Championship will be held m Kuala Lumpur m June, it has been confirmed. The Asian Billiards and Snooker Federation said Malaysia would host the fourth Asian tournament from June 15 to 20. The venue will be announced later. Singapore
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    Family 'tree' growing
    86 31 Family 'tree' growing SINGAPORE'S official snooker and billiards family" is growing. Three more clubs have successfully applied to become affiliated to the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council. The acceptance of Pinetree Town and Country Club, the NTUC Sports Committee and the NUS Society brings the number of affiliated clubs to
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    Moving out and moving up
    206 31 A NEW vice-president of the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council has been given the task of overseeing the next phase of snooker's image Improvement. Mr. Manmohanjit Singh, a Singapore Swimming Club delegate to the council, has been asked to head the council's House Committee. This
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    So simple for St Patrick's
    354 31 ST PATRICK'S Secondary forced their way into the Schools National C Division boys' tennis tournament semi-finals with an easy _-0 win over Swiss Cottage Se< ondary at Kallang yesterday. They dropped only two sanies m three matches. Results St Patrick's 3 Swiss Cottage Gerald Chew
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    Biggest and best-dressed
    319 31 ON THE SNOOKER SCENE... WITH PETER WATSON National championships get a touch of class The 1987 RPM National Snooker Championship, which cued off this week, will be the biggest m Singapore history and the best-dressed. For the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council are insisting on a strict
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    Council to give advice to clubs
    149 31 FREE technical advice is being offered by the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council to its affiliated clubs. It will come m the form of pointers on billiard table cloth, cut of cushions and pocket angles, strength of table lighting and standards of equipment, generally.
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    Borhan back with a chance
    67 31 4 Frankly I didn't expect him to recover m time. But he went for treatment and did lots of work on his own to speed up the recovery. Now, I must admit that Borhan (left) is one of the players with a strong chance of
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    115 31 MOSCOW Dynamo Kiev coach Valery Lobanovsky is leaving here today for Portugal to watch his team's European Cup semi-final opponents Porto m a league game, a Soviet Sports Committee said yesterday. The spokesman said Lobanovsky would be flying to Lisbon with one of two Porto
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    Hurt defender in shape for pre-Olympic clash
    359 31  -  JOE DORAI By JUST two weeks ago, young and talented Singapore defender Borhan Abu Samah was seen as a non-starter for this Saturday's pre-Olympic Games qualifying round match against Indonesia at the National Stadium. This was because of a bad injury he received
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      70 31 SNOOKER RPM National o'shlp Round One (National Stadium Clubhouse, 7.30pm SOCCER SBHFL Junior knockout quarter-finals: Goodwood Group v Carrier (Queenstown). Hitachi Elevator v Dynasty Hotel 'Jlr. Besar) both at 5.15pm. InterMlnlstrj Div 1: National Edu cation: Div 2: Labour v Education both at Farrer Park. 5.15pm TENNIS Schools Nation aIC
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    Japanese exec freed unharmed after 137 days
    192 32  -  ABBY TAN By Mjmlj Correspondent MANILA Kidnapped Japanese businessman Nobuyuki Wakaoji was released on Tuesday night, unharmed and without a ransom paid, after 131 days captivity m an episode which threatened to harm relations between the Philippines and Japan. In simultaneous statements, the
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    29 32 NEW YORK The DowJones average of 30 industrials fell 1 1 .36 points to 2,287.36 an hour after trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon South Korea grooms emigrants for life abroad
    580 32 Govt offers free language lessons, job training and orientation schemes SEOUL With the same sin-gle-minded drive that transformed South Korea's economy m little more than a generation, the government here is pressing an ambitious programme to groom aspiring emigrants for life overseas. Concerned
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    Smiles of support for new CPF scheme
    295 32 THEY had different reasons for wanting to top up their parents' Central Provident Fund retirement accounts but judging from the response yesterday, many Singaporeans favour supporting their parents with their CPF savings. A total of 95 CPF members applied to top up their
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    95 members apply to top up parents' accounts
    217 32  -  HSUNG BEE HWA By handled yesterdayOne of those who turned up at the CPF Building yesterday was Mr Ko Kwai Fatt, 34, a Singapore Polytechnic instructor. Mr Ko, who has two children, said: "I heard about the topping-up scheme when it was
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    Brunei now wants full trial against Khoo firms
    243 32  -  CATHERINE C. ONG By THE Brunei government has abandoned its move to recover $1 billion from companies linked to Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat without the need for an extended trial. Mr David Young, partner of Bonds, a Brunei law firm representing
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    What it should have been
    124 32 What it should have been IN MONDAY'S story, Spore trade mission to visit Cebu, it was stated that Mr Yap Sun Hing of the Sim Lim group of companies would head the mission. We have been informed by Sim Lim that no such person is employed by them. We are
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    429 32 Reagan orders reforms in Security Council Directive bars advisory panel from undertaking covert operations WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has ordered reforms m his National Security Council to prevent any recurrence of the Iran arms scandal. In a directive, Mr Reagan ordered "an NSC staff organisation that imposes clear vertical lines
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      205 32 Weather mm:-:mm^:- UP TO 1 p.m. Fair except for showers over a few areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 26 mm SUNSET today: 7.12 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 15/23 C Cloudy London 7,11 C Cloudy Amsterdam 012 C Cloudy
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      12 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1987 The Straits Times Section two
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      On food diseases and eating right
      836 1 4 More working days are lost through digestive diseases than any other illness, simply because they affect more m lives. Professor Seah Cheng Siang, National Foundation Of Digestive Diseases THE Chinese have a proverb: huo cong kou chu, bing cong kou ru. Translated, it
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      Talks on nutrition and health
      154 1 GET tips on healthy eating at the Food And Health Day on Saturday, at Mandarin Hotel, from 2.31 to I pm. Admission is free. Three nutritionist- will talk on Eating In (Mrs Fatimah Lee); What To Look Out For In Dining Out, Comparative Nutritional Values
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        8 1 Dietary fibre content of some foods Page Two
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        Lock icon Turtles m hot soup
        1180 2 MAY HO nibbles a little queasily through the gelatinous parts to find out what goes into turtle soup 4 Some take turtle soup for the shell, meat and offal. Others swear by it because they believe that the soup ensures longevity. The various herbs used for
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        All kinds of everything for a balanced diet
        929 2 On food diseases and eating right (from Page One) 4 Studies indicate that Singaporeans eat one out of every three meals outside and the ministry is aware that this trend may be permanent. Hawker food has plenty of monosodium glutamate, calories and
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        Lock icon When taste is missing
        191 2 WHEN author Jennifer Lang looked back on all her experiences m eating and cooking food, or reading about both, she found to her amazement that the one thing that was consistently missing was taste. By this, she did not mean "good taste", whether defined as wonderful
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        862 2 r^||^^BH__B___r The Department of Extramural Studies will be conducting the following courses during the Ist half of May 1987 T# Course Title No. of Fee Venue Start Day Time Sessions Date COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY BASIC Programming I (Class 1) 12 $120 Waterloo Centre 4.5 Mon Fri 7.00pm- 10.00pm BASIC Programming I
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        59 2 A ALPHA MEDITATION dissolve stress improve memory, concentration, IQ lATTEND A 3-HOUR j j_FRg PREVIEW April 8 (Mcd) 6.30pm April 12 (Stm) 2.00pm Mar 2 -Sat 2.00pm Mar 8 (Fri. 6.30pm at Mandann Hotel Bth Floor Room 833. intensive 3-Day meditation with positive programming Nc cult or reiigin,rassociation Btt 9tti
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        876 4 2 Eating Out 11 Pleasure Boats/ 12 Computer Products/ j 12 Computer Products/ 25 Sale: Other Sea Sports Services Services Products SLOANE COURT HOTEL. Large Tiger Draught Beer $4.50 f. Set lunch $5.90 <■ Steaks. Chops Oxtaii Stew at reasonable prices. Rooms daily from $45 upwards. Free parking. 17 Balmoral
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        293 4 We Teach Scuba Diving BEGINNER'S COURSE ADVANCED DIVING Guaranteed Unlimited Training Call: SSI Training Centre Tel: 535-7058 A 535-7295 Scuba School* International Sanctioned Programme SEA, SUN A Fun onboard a 43 ft. yacht. 8 hrs. of healthy entertainment far from the maddening crowd. Ideal for group outing, picnics, birthdays or
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        1661 4 HAVING PROBLEMS BUYING selling your transferable ordi- nar> i. corporate memberships Tanah Merah/ Jurong/ Keppel Sentosa etc Let your established Agent handle it on your behalf Tel *****33 Molly CONTEST- WON CTV. video for sale 5-memor\ pager for take over Interested page 503-9293 CTV., SPLIT A RM aircons fridges, washer,
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        909 5 fi.AN-1 TQTiiCO TELEPHONE SERVICE: aftk tj MM W E §ll_fi Mon to Fri: 9am to _> 30pm bpm deadline for next day) Sat: 8 30am to _pm IS Sm\ t WmW mmMmm deadline The Sunday limes) Pubk Hotday: 9am to lpm mWmmmt m i x r tv rs ***** class
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        682 5 BAN SENG ELECTRICAL Plumbing ..eruce, PUB licensing to install 8i rewire power socket St lighting points, aircon., heater, copper and steel piping, choke problem Call *****78/9 (day), *****88 *****97 (night) CERTIFIED. PUB LICENCE No I .8. Ang Kin: Slang Klec trtcal J* Plumbing contractor 24 hr. services !\>*er failure, pipe
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        768 5 51 Printing/ Copying Services INSTANT PAINTING IS OUR SPECIALITY Smg-ooif Ont, Round Ihe Clock Ptinlmg SeivKe Call Us for Ciealiw Reliable fitment Uigenl Punting Plus' [>en On Additional Colo.' Pf inting While U Wail Busine.. Caiil. lelteitie*l_ Bills (urttl numbenngl Forms fnvelope. [tf Print _,i_ct tiom tacto-j al a lower
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        1041 5 56 Industrial 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies Equipment/ Supplies SALES OF USED MACHINERY Bids are invited for the undermentioned used machine tools Description Quantity Heavy duty turret lathe gisholt model 4L with taper turning attachment 2 9.5" spindle bore 50 H.P. max. swing 32" max. length turn 69" Interested parties please
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        435 5 TAKEA CLOSER LOOK 'Wo Ai Ni. I love you.... a familiar line from a hii song not too long ago. The singer himself is now conducting singing lessons. Read the notes m classification 152. fo A «^HM||^HBHBHH_____________________________________B 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available I H Call 225 33
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        249 5 a Maids trained by IS pore Doctor m jk health care t i a Salary $220 /fl a Replacement fl 1 Guaranteed fl Fuli baefc-up services 224-1962 il 224-1926 m 225-9337 Come to us tc honest rehabif .a'dworkinj and trained DOMfSTK HtLP BABYSITTERS Salary Filipinoe $220 Indonesians $200 tin.: Tiedi(_'
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        505 6 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive BOOK EDITORS An international publisher requires suitably qualified candidates to fill tha posts of Editors m tha Arts A Science Dapt. Qualifications A experience: c Applicants must possess a good degree m Arts or Science, a With or without textbook publishing or teaching experience, c
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        608 6 67 Situations Vacant: 67 Situations Vacant: EDP EDP 11/ J MICROSKILLS MicßosKiLLs SERVICES PTE LTD l__===±l OURSEHVICES Com P utofCoun) andSomlnarsatoll i* Harctoara acquisition consultancy System Daslgn ond Software DovatopiT-Snt For our expansion program, w» require: LECTURERS The Job Conduct software courses tor professionals and students Conduct presentations and seminars
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        1181 6 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical ASAHI TV-GLASS PTE LTD REQUIRES FEMALE GENERAL CLERK CUM RECEPTIONIST c Mm. GCE with 3 '0' levels including English as Ist language Preferably with some knowledge of typing teiex Polite and pleasant personality Successful applicants will enjoy attractive fringe benefits.
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        517 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical IS4I-VO Those with relevant experience will be at an advantage Singaporean GCE O' level (English Stream) Must be able to type Secondary 2 education and above Able to write and speak simple English WALK-IN INTERVIEW Interested applicants, please walk m for an interview with I/C,
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        580 6 70 Situation* Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ~SmmZ TENRYU (S) PTE LTD Precision Engineering' Watch making industry We requires: GCE O Level preferably with credit m Mathematics Age below 25 years •1-2 years working experience preferably related to accounting works Able to type 25 wpm School leavers will be considered Interested applicants,
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        632 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Shipping company requires: MALE ACCOUNTS CLERK c LCC Intermediate Bookkeeping Certificate c Able to keep full set of accounts independenii) c Age 20 to 25 years old c Ability to Ijrpe FEMALE GENERAL CLERK mHb -H rears old. M X O level c Able to
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        828 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ManuLile (S) Pte Ltd requires hardworking. intelligent and experienced SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT Interested parties, please see Mis.. Choy: 7500A. Beach Road The Plaza #05-316 Singapore 0719 P S. Thoae who have applied before need not apply again. Permanent vacancies for Chinese Female applicants: c SECRETARIES i
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        1020 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical i FEMALE SHIPPING CLERK reqd Immediately with shipping documen ation experience Fast accural, typing skill Interested applicants please contact tel *****1. between 9a m sp.m for an interview. HARDWARE CO. ALONG Rangoon Koad regs immediately Female Accounts Clerk Able to keep full set of accounts
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        638 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical JUNIOR CLERK REOUIRED. Must know typing Interested, call: Mr Wong *****18, Block 1005, 301-2578 Hougang Aye.l. LAW FIRM REQ. Conveyancing Secretary' Clerk. 3 to 5 years' experience Able to work independently Salary neg. Tel: *****66 LAW FIRM REQUIRES conveyancing and litigation Secretaries, experienced or Inexperienced.
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        682 7 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales C rX__i^JE^UJE|JE?f T 3 3 I I We are one of the most active High Fashion House m Singapore. Due to our expansion plan, we would like to invite candidates for the following posts: 1) FEMALE SENIOR SALES ASSISTANTS c Basic salary:
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        343 7 JI^KJ METRO We require keen selfmotivated individuals who are interested m the challenge of a sales career to join us as: CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISORS a Above 20 years of age. c Passed GCE O' level with minimum of 3 credits, 2 of which should preferably be In English St Mathematics,
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        553 7 71 Situations Vacant: Sales r MALAYAN DACHING COMPANY requires: 1) SALES EXECUTIVES c Preferably with some knowledge of weighing equipment c Those not m related line but with proven sales record will be considered c Must possess own car 2) SERVICE ENGINEERS/ TECHNICIANS (Electrical/ Electronic) c 2-3 years' experience m
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        688 7 71 Situations Vacant: Sales VACANCIES IN AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION We are distributing a popular brand of product and to meet our expansion, we require a few career-minded BOOK ADVISORS REQUIREMENTS: Above 18 years with outgoing personality At least GCE '<_*' level Thoso without qualification but can speak fluent English Malay
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        808 7 71 Situations Vacant Sales SALES REPRESENTATIVES EXECUTIVES requtreo by established firm deal I ing m household products c Must have experience ln supplying to retailers wholesalers c Musi own a car Please write m (with non-re-j turnable photo > to The Advertiser ST. BOX A***** 390 Ktm Seng Road Spore
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        961 7 71 Situations Vacant Sales TOP 11 FASHION CHINESE SALES ASSISTANTS c Age above 16 c School leavers are welcome Interested applicants pleas* call personally after 10a m et 01-01 MIDPOINT ORCHARD (FORMER ORCHARD C4E, T iading Company require* SALES EXECUTIVE toi FRESH FRUITS Applicants must have few years experience In
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        1084 8 71 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Sales Technical Technical =l -iOi.'_>tNG AGENTS REQD With or iission i .ill .W.~>!9'_B Mtlua NUTRIMETICS INT L REQS. Lady f X^~^*v PART TIME INSURANCE AGENTS W__TCJV«. ILJ^ iff^j C»>*Cw I WU. REQO SALES ASSISTANT Super- U **> A Mandarin .v dialects
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        569 8 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Ihe current expansion of our business has created additional career opportunities for NTC 2/3 or ITC m Mechanical Engineering Minimum l 2 years' experience m maintenance mZ of auto-insertion &f placement machinery and general production equipment Able .o perform 2-rotating shifts NTC
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        330 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical MEIDEN >"■" ,w WALK-IN INTERVIEW from 2/4/87 to 3/4/87 Requirements Male Singaporean KnuwlerJge of electrical wiring and experience of working at site will be an advantage but not essential School leavers are also welcome Selected candidates will be required to work at various MRT Substations '4
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        606 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical I MASTEC MACHINISTS E NIC" 2 m Precision S E Machining s E Age below 27 years E E Completed NS E E Interested applicants, E please call Mr Peter E Ong or Ms Jeannie E 1 Cheong at Tel: *****55 E E today or tomorrow
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        547 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical REQO EXPr RfNcrO DriAUGH TS- man, M Techni. Lan with knowledge ot aircon. system <_f electrical installation with 3 years relevant experience. Completed N.S Despatch Rider. Call 744_>' 69 Protemps Employment Services, i*.o Paya Lebar Kd 08-.., Vi uuang Fty Bldg 5.1440, TECHNICIANS WIIH MOTORCYCLE reqd
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        402 8 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Jt JM WORKING §ml DAYS I WL A MONTH FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Kallang Senoko plants (Malaysians are also welcome) >• Minimum Primary 6 education mm No experience required Training will Pc provided 16- 35 years old Kallang plant Working hours: 7.00 am
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        610 9 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production tin estabtisbed electronic company is rapidly expanding and requires additional: ______P"____ _________P4___________B^W____________M_______________________l Age 16 to 30 years old Airconditioned comfort Primary education Working hours: Experience not necessary as training will be Monday to Friday
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        322 9 MALE PLANT OPERATOR urgently required by a chemical company G.C.E. O' level speak and write English with Mandarin preferred able to drive the j forklift Please tel: *****25 I or call personally at 22, TUAS CRESCENT SINGAPORE 2263 (S.B.S. bus no. 254 from Jurong Interchange). r Microelectronic Packaging requires Primary
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        346 9 73 Situations Vacant: 73 situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant 74 Situations Vacant Production Production Production Production Production Miscellaneous 1 I mmmm_____________ i yg_ mi^m^mm^^^^^^^^^^^.^^,—^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i W' i_h__w___l m f i^m m mjjj mmmmmm m JJj^Kemale Production^^Ji Operators Ist shift: 7.00 am 4.00pm 2nd shift:
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        320 9 68j has vacancies for a Mm Sec 2 education g X Sec Pri 6 education 55 S Working Hours jS j§_ Rotating 2 shifts pv fi t> 50am 2 50pm HS IBj Sat 6 50am 1 2 55pm Jj gj 2 5 spm —10 55pm X Sat I OOpm 7
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        479 9 DEXTER ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED^ A US multi-national company has immediate vacancies for PRODUCTION OPERATORS Male Minimum Secondary education Working experience preferably m chemical-re-lated environment Able to work shifts Preferably staying around Jurong area Benefits Attractive salary 40-hour week (5-day week) Free medical treatment Uniform provided Transport subsidy Meal allowances for
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        280 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous |'04S~| ammmm sewvuxs has immediate vacancies tor the follow ing positions: Expenence ir. repair maintenance of commercial vehicle Willing to perform shift duties Starting salary will commensurate with experience. Minimum GCE O' level Expenence not essential as training will be provided Willing tc perform i shift
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        450 9 BREAD CMOE We are specialists m Ihe production of breads a cakes we have immediate vacancies tor the following positions CHIEF BAKER Cakes Pastries (Salary $850 p m At leaM 4 years' proven experience m the production of cakes pastries Self-starter who has initiative drive and is able to withstand
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        341 10 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Jurong applicants Top pay, top training for Apro PROTECTION OFFICERS Gross Salary $*****00 Join ihe security organisation that's last becoming Singapore's No I rake up the challenge of an exciting highly responsible career with excellent prospects GCE level or secondary education. c
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        411 10 FITNESS CENTRE requires MASSEUSES (FatO-dasOtrfy) Between 2 1 -39 years of age Pleasant disposition Must have relevant experience Incentives: Attractive commission average income 51.500-52.500) Pleasant working environment Free meals Interested applicants please apply personally to: Personnel/ Admin and i Training Department 382 Havelock Road Level 4, Singapore 03 1 6
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        585 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous An electrical and electronics home appliances company based m Jurong requires: 1) FEMALE SERVICE RECEPTIONISTS Age lh and above with GCF. ■O' Level Bilingual and able lo speak major dialects. c Mature and friendly personality. Experience not necessary 2) MALE TEMPORARY PRODUCTION WORKERS Age between 20-30
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        661 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Urgently required 1) MALE CHINESE STOREHAND/ GENERAL WORKERS 2) EXPERIENCED CHINESE DELIVERY DRIVERS Physically lit. c 16 years above. c Hardworking, work orientated c Ahle to start work immediately. c School leavers are also welcome. c Driver must possess class 3 driving licence. Interested applicants please
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        800 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Required additional: 1) MOTORCAR WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR $800 to $1,200 p.m. 2) MOTORCAR MECHANICS $600 to $800 p.m. VEHITOR MOTOR PTE LTD 600 Hougang Avenue 3 Tel: *****33, Daniel/ Mr Lee. Required 1 CHINESE FEMALE COOK AND 1 HELPER 1 MALAY FEMALE COOK AND 1 HELPER urgently
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        956 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous FEMALE RECEPTIONIST/ OPERATORS. Mm 1 year's experience. Ability to operate switchboard an advantage Good spoken/ written English. Willing to perform 3 shifts Call *****36. FREIGHT FORWARDING CO. m Changi Airport reqs. Store-keep-er Interested pls. call personally: Blk B, Unit 46-04. Cargo Agents Bldg., Changi Airport. S
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        649 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous ESTAB. CO. REQS. hardworking &i experienced Drivers Tel *****47. EXPERIENCED HAIRSTYLIST jr stylist reqd. m Orchard area. Please call 734-7454. FEMALE CASHIER REQUIRED immediately. Call at: 81k.38 Telok Blangah Rise. =01-315. 5.*****) HAIRSTYLISTS JUNIOR Hairstylists required. Interested, call *****92. Margaret REQD. PART-TIME Full-time Malay food stall
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        663 10 82 Accessories/ 82 Accessories/ Maintenance Maintenance r 33.33% Interest! At "Mr Car Care" you pa> lor 3 full servicing and get 1 service free! And \>.e will collect deliver your car free! We provide 24 hrs Breakdown Service. The best deal m Singapore since Jan 1985! budget maintenance marketing 545
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        634 10 87 For Sale: Mercedes TANGLIN USED CARS CO. *****83/ *****69 offers good prices for all MERCEDES. BMW, JAGUAR. VOLVO, all Continental. Japanese and scrap cars 69, Killiney Road Singapore 0923. '81 1 OWNER. Mercedes 200. Manual Power steering' windows. srims. hifi. cassette. Import original body Lucky number Tel: *****04 after
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        891 10 88 For Sale Ford/Fiat 82 Q PLATE I notchback 5-speed New tax Tel *****38 83 FORD TELSTAR 1 6GL 1 owner r .steering, central lock, .lev. tax $23,500 447-2935 LATE 79 FIAT 132 New tax tyres Above $9,600 secures Tel *****54 89 For Sale Datsun/Nissan ABILITY TO ACCEPT ALL SECONDHAND
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        1011 11 90 For Sale: Toyota MID-77 TOYOTA CROWN Supei Deluxe Fuiiy auto Ne* t..\ s rims, cassette radio, pte owner, no PARF Beautiful condition Tel *****19 TOYOTA 1000 PUBLICA PARF eligible aireon r.id_. .issette, i rUas Sport] leoktna $6500. v:r. 4.-> Sembawang hui Drive, i Tel 498M0 CALL ME FIRST! Cash
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        969 11 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi ABILITY TO ACCEPT ALL USED CARS Cast. Payment Call us tir»t before you sell We purchase Ne. PARF Non-PARF &co regd cars. a Commercial vans pick-ups and trucks c Mini buses *ith private, Co. Of PB plate Kindly contact Mr Goh. Tel: *****33 (7am 11pm) '82
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        970 11 92 For Sale: Mazda j 73 MAZDA JUMBO, guaranteed accident free. Original cond. $4..V0 Pager *****66. '73 MAZDA 1500 c c Aircond, radio cassette, tax till June '87. $_.HOO Te1:*****18. pager: *****68 8/'B3 MAZDA RX-7, auto 2 owners, Blaupunkt hi-fi. tax till July. Tip top cond. $34,200 *****14 •81 MAZDA
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        817 11 94 For Sale: Daihatsu ABILITY TO ACCEPT ■II secondhand cars at ATTRACTIVE AND HIGHEST CASH PAYMENT PARF or non-PARF private, Q registered, commercial vans and pick-ups trade m considered MR./ MRS. KOH *****36/ 7/ *****38 (day) *****34/ *****54 (night) MING HUAT MOTOR TRADING 308, Telok Kurau Road, Spore 1542. '80
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        973 11 96 For Sale: Other Makes ALMOST '82 PONY 1400, pte owner. Tip top cond. $11,800 0.n.0 Loan $8,500. Tel: *****83. ENTHUSIAST GIVING UP 2 units of Volkswagen with full bodykit Aircon. Tip top cond *****78 JULY '80 SUBARU 1300 cc sspeed, aircon., radio/ cassette tax new. Tel: *****10. LATE '81
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        598 11 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 80 MITSUBISHI L3OO van 2nd owner Tip top condition. $6,500. Tel: *****76. 80 TOYOTA COROLLA DX Panel van. Aircond, radio cassette. Selling $4,800 0.n.0. Tel *****85. '81 ISUZU DIESEL Lorry 10' wooden deck. New paint, new tax Passed inspection $3800. *****45 '82 DAIHATSU 10. Tax
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        611 11 99 Vehicles Wanted 99 Vehicles Wanted IHli Pf^T^jJ W]^*_^ m^^ mmm^^™_______TfTTw m n 1 «-»«r BJSaaW.fc^^lfe if J b^v m \W____z w I ATTENTION I ALL VEHICLE SELLERS ufeWrtJf^i* I CASH PAYMENT HIGHEST OFFER a all PARF and non-PARF vehicles a all pick-ups and commercial vans a all private and
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        774 11 100 Scrap Vehicles CASH OFFER FOR all PARF scrap cars and good used cars. Please contact *****20/ *****20. NG: *****94, WANTED below 1000/ 1600/ 2000/ 2300 c.c. PARF scrap cars. Cash payment. OFFER HIGHEST PRICE for scrap cars from 1001 to 1600 c.c. Tel: *****33. Jimmy Ho (24 hrs). SCRAP
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        720 11 106 Accommodation Available: House? j D.21 D/STOREY BUNGALOW. r.e.-.: i fc_iiij__i Pk P furn $1,950 pm I Glenview *****64 D.27 2-STOREY SEMI-D. 4 bdrms 2 baths Furn. 5 mms walk to seaside Call: *****11 D.2880 SUNRISE VILLA new 2-stO-rey semi-d 3.600 sq.ft 3 bdrms.. servant's Tel *****01. Grace HOLLAND RD.,
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        885 11 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS TO LET OIST 1024 c 3 spacious bedrooms with attached bathroom Servant's quarter c Approx 2,700 sq ft c Fully aircond carpeted Reasonable rental Tel *****13 (No agts LUXURIOUS APARTMENT AVAILABLE FOP TOP MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL Big ana luxurious apartment near Newton Circus. Gross area
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        699 12 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments You experience our personal touch at Liang Court Regency. The experience begins w ith a special v elcome boucjuet. And during your sta. you'll notice the many little things thai gel done quietly and efficientlyCome st. iv with us and experience our
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        457 12 0.11 NEAR NEWTON, furn studio $550. D.ll Orchid Apt., walk-up. 3 I rms $950 Homer *****08 0.11 NEWTON VIEW 2800 sqft. 4-1 bdrms pool squash Avail, now. P turn Price neg *****28. agt. D.ll NOVENA VILLE 2 bdrms. $1000 Buku Batok maisonette $700 CaU *****26 '.agt.) D.ll PENTH'SE. 4.000 sq.ft.
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        969 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D 9 EXCLUSIVE APT. 3 I l Fully airciind furn 2200 sq ft. Pool $1,400 EaStWOOd: *****25 0 9 HORIZON TWR. 4 I 1 bdrm full condo futilities furnished $;UOO KenWOOd *****16 D 9 HORIZON TWR. 4 bdrms Partially or f furn Full facilities from $3,000
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        791 12 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms HOLLAND RD. RMS. In bunglw fur students single Big nn $400. small nil $300 *****12. MASTER BDRM FOR rent at Yishur>. Kent neg Full amenities provided. Call *****35, Mr. Ayob RM. AT ORCHARD Kd for foreign Students. Meals laundry provided Call: Mrs Ng. *****06 ROOM AVAILABLE
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        560 12 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses m)mmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmm ____________M_-MB_M____^-H^^M-_i^^^M______________________ ..■___________.M_________________«_^^^^^^™^^^^*'"^^^^^ OCBC FINANCE. HERE'S WHERE ATTRACTIVE HOUSING LOANS ARE BUILT Bfl ww ___^___7___T____^^_. m\ 88 1 I I m l \________\_____Wm w m mmm.iWfm.^m VI I I J--L i Wfl _______SS____________Q mmmMMr ill ___fc^__ w_m__\\__\\m TBf^Ww^n_/7v
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        533 12 D.lO LILY AVENUE 4 unita only semi-detached a 3-storey level. a 4 bedrooms 2 attached bathrooms. a Cul-de-sac. 3 units sold. Area: 3620 sq.ft. Built-in 2340 sq.ft. a 12 months completion. S7IOK investment. ERA YOUNG *****66 D.1441 SIN CHUAN GARDEN Shop $410,000 D/Storey Semi-D $580,000 D.15 FIDEUO STREET D/Storey detached
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        759 12 D.lO 2-STOREY BUNGALOW, 16,000/ 6,500 sq.ft. 5 bdrms. Lounge, study, servant's. $1.7 M. Deccan *****85/ *****49. D.ll DUNEARN RD. 2-storey semi-d. F'hold. 3,090 sq.ft. Built-in: 2,400. 3+ 1, 2 common. $480 K. Deccan *****85/ *****49. D.ll RENOVATED S/STOREY bunglw. near Orchid Inn Hotel 7 bdrms. 1600 sq.ft. price on application
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        1020 12 113 For Sale: Houses 19F CHARLTON LANE .-storey new bunglw 5 bdrms 7.400 sq ft Vacant. $720K Fu Hai Prop *****73/ *****59 BRADDELL HTS. well renovated d/ storey terr. d 13 2_oo sq ft. 3- 1 bdrms. $385K Villanelle *****81 DIST.IO GREENLEAF LANE, d/storey semi-d. 4.300 sq.ft Tenanted 3-1 $590,000
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        749 12 113 For Sale Houses D.27 GOOD BUY .torey well renovated corner terrace. 1,800 sq tl $225K neg Upland *****60 D.28 BRAND NEW 2- 1. 2-storey terr 3- 1 Ceramic parquet 2,500 sq ft. Fhold $430K N&W *****55 D.28 FLORISSA PK 3545 $520K D 16 Lucky View semi-d 3500/ j $._SOK
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        1017 12 114 For Sale- Private Apartments DIST.IO HOLLAND VIEW Luxurious 3 bedrui- Low Hoof walkup apartment facing granary Area 2216 aq.ft. 2 years ...Id FREEHOLD $465 000 OLYMPIC 255-3333 (8 linea i READY FOR OCCUPATION now" Freehold Dl 2 Balestier Point (27a Balestier Rd 5 mins to Orchard Rd Brand new
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        1008 13 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 116 For Sale: 116 For Sale: 116 For Sale: 116 For Sale: 117 Properties Wanted 118 Factory Spaces 121 For Rent Apartments Apartments Apartments HDB Apartments HDB Apartments HDB Apartments HDB Apartments j Office Spaces 41 1 1
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        734 13 D.14 LENGKONG GDN. 3 bdrms condo 1823 sq ft. High flr. $290,000 Top Housing *****90 D.15 AMBER PK./ Marine Pt High flr 3-1 Sea view Good facing, facilities $458k. Teamy *****66 D.15 BAYSHORE PARK New 2/ 3/ 4-bdrm High flr S2lok- $290k/ $430k Houseworld *****64/ 5. 0.15 EASTERN MANS., 3
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        683 13 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA: 2 rms 1474 sq.ft. seaview $269,000 ono. *****44 (agt.) JLN. RAJAH UDANG pte condo 1600 sq.ft. 4 bdrms./ lifts. F'hold. $250,000. KE *****01/ *****92. LEONIE TOWER PENTHOUSE, 6500 sq.ft.. Blk. A. 5- 1 bdrms. F'hold. Price neg. *****62 Chartered. LOYANG VALLEY 3+ 1 rms 2.000 sq ft Good
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        948 13 2-ROOM i Geylang Serai Blk 2 $18,000 3-ROOM Aliunied Blk 2 $26,000 A.M. Kio Blk 550/471 $46K Bedok North Blk 521 $52,000 comer Blk Hi:. 530 532 $63,000 Bedok Reservoir Blk 703 $48,000 Hougang Blk 24 $43,000 Kirn Keat Blk 194 $33,000 Marsiling Blk IA $40,000 Rochor Cenlre Blk 3
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        1017 13 3 (4) RM. Bedok North $45k ,sB:_k> Reservoir $48k sB6k (ieylang Fast StiOk (s97k) Suns Drive $44k (s79k) Upper Boon Keng $45k (s76k). *****00. 4-RM. BEDOK $82K. Holland/ Teck Whye $79K Pandan $94K Telok Blangah $<J2K T.Payoh $75K. World Property Mgt *****87/ *****26/ 7. 5-RM. BEDOK NORTH 81k.91, terrazzo floor,
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        1001 13 BEDOK 3-RM. 81k.70. high flr Sea view S43.IMK) only' AM. Kio 3rm 1. -corner $56,000 neg. *****53. BUFFALO RD. BLK. 661, 4-rm ceramic, kitchen bath wall tiles, only SIOSK. Donacrest *****24. CLEMENTI WEST 5-RM. blk 717 beautifully done, marble, cabinets wardrobe, aircon. *****22 CLEMENTI CENTRAL 3-RM. blk 133/ 328 near
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        508 13 i 5-RM. TELOK BLANGAH Rise Blk 39 Simple renovation Near market Si schs. $135,000 ono *****39. STIRLING RD 8LK. 166. 3rd flr 3 rms. $43,000 neg. Tel *****22 3-RM. A.M.KIO 81k.213, renovated, $45k (all CPF). Agt: *****73. 117 Properties Wanted A service you can rely on r sefeng .our HDB
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        628 13 SAIL AGENCY HAS readj buyers for Semi-D bungalows tor district 10. 11. 15 i. 21 Tel *****56 WANTED TO BUY pte houses. bungalows, semi-d, terrace apts, condos. land *****33 WANTED!! 3/4/5-RM HDB/ HUDC/ pte. apts.' houses. All areas Owners please ring *****13. 3/ 4/ 5-RM. HDB flats m Marine Parade.
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        737 13 NEXT TO LIFT, Rul.V lnd 1.900 sq fl tor rent with electrical fitting.-, lighting 4. fan ERA *****00 Tan SEICLENE HOUSE LIGHT Industrial Bldg at Delta Rd Viev. 'or yoursell nuke your choice lor your business *****66 *****88 2 1 .-STOREY TERRACE FACTORY cum office for rent at Hiilview Terrace
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        859 13 7_________z_^________________z______r OFFICES FOR LEASE Cecil Court 660 4 500 sq ft CPF Building 600 hong Leong Building 2 800 sq ft Hongkong Bank Bldg 7.000-9.00. International Plaza 400 Keck Seng Towers LKN Building 1 500 2 300 sq ft Marina House 1 500 6000 sq ft PIL Building l 500-
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        494 14 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces YOUR BUSINESS IS The World Trade Centre is the prestigious IUOfjFjD RY THE address that links you JV^WPI COMPANY IT KEEPS. and international trade fairs and conventions. to the city and near all key You'll
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        324 14 124 For Rent: i Shop Spaces SUPREME HOUSE EXHIBITION SPACE 2ND STORE V WEST WING Approx 587.13 sq.m (6.320 sq.ft Wide frontage visible from Penang Road I AIRCONDITIONED EXCELLENT SERVICES (AMPLE PARKING LOTS) ENQUIRIES SUPREME HOLDINGS LTD SUPREME HOUSE, 0923 i TEL. NO. 336-2466 PARKLANE SHOPPING MALL 35 Selegie Road
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        546 14 126 Restaurant/Lounge Spaces SEAFOOD RESTAURANT FOR sale Good location. Owner committed to other business. Interested pls. call (day) *****82 (night) *****48 127 Other Real Estate SHOP/ WORKSHOP PREMISES IN JOHORE BAHRU FOR SALE Suitable (or owner occupation or lor investment Well sited m a row of only 10 units. Freehold
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        581 14 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces PRODUCTS EXHIBITION Proposed Fair on Office Automation, Computer, VideoAudio, Photography, Home Appliance, Telecommunication, Safety Equipment, Musical Instrument, lightings, Kitchen Equipment, Optical, Sport Health, Toycraft, Aquarium, Bridal, Ladles Products, Travelling, Credit Money Show, Book Stationery, Arts Crafts, Fruits, Flowers, Gifts and
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        683 14 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours AMERICA HOLIDAYS FROM $3,140 The one inclusive price gives you return economy airfare on scheduled SIA flights: twin-sharing hotel accommodation; internal domestic flights and coach transport; daily American breakfast and most meals, including many Chinese meals; transfers; and meet-and-assist service
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        288 14 EUROPEAN MOEILEHOME TOURS Home Away from Home) 1 0 countries m Europe Equc>pe<_ with modem Kitchen I comtonabie bed. witt- sleeping t>oc one rdivKjuC. kxker j From sl7ooAf*clude< Airfare) Max Pox 16 only I dec 6 4 25, 9 5 Xi b V 18.7, I B, Is'B, 29 8, 12
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        473 16 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education i Diploma m Secretarial Business Studies Edwards offers an intensive 12-month diploma course leading to the LCCI Private Secretary Certificate Examinations. Regular course commencements July 1987, January 1988. All l.( I examinations Other Edwards Programmes: English Language tor Overseas Students Diploma m Management Studies
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        167 16 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses SHORTHAND (BEGINNERS) STARTING Sat 4 4 '87 2 30pm Rex j i Ccmmercial Sch 768-G L'pp I j Serangoon Rd *****00 *****85 1 TYPING 1/2/3 MTHS.: specially for Student. School Leavers. Spore Inst, of Commerce *****81. j *****49 TELEFAX TELEX ERB3 Course: $55 Individual coaching complete
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        265 16 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses ENGINEERING STUDIES Leading to exarr nations o' ECICEIi VITB C&G ETC Pari Time Classes Commencing In APRIL c EClCEhPart 1 &2 Architectural Draughtsmanship Electrical Engineering Pt 1 .2.3 a Electrical Installation Grc 3 a Quantin, Surveying !BQ c Basic Electronics Stage 1 7 a Mechanical Engineering
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        237 17 RAJOO ATHIAMAN Age 69 paaaed away peacefully on Wednesday, 1.4.87. leaving behind beloved WIFE G. Salachl SONS Rajoo Posan Rajoo Nagaraj R. Slvanesan R. Kumarason DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW S. Tamllselvl Maheswarl Bama DAUGHTERS R. Ammalu (Tamil Nadu) R. Letchimi (Taimil Nadu) SONS-IN-LAW Manickam Kandlar Palanivel Kandlar and friend* and relative*
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        43 17 The family of the late Paul Kwek Juan Peng (Bola) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, neighbours and members of the Mandai (RC) Church for their kind attendance, assistance, support, donations, condolence and wreaths during their recent bereavement
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        30 17 Our deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to MR. ONG CHOON POH on the demise of his father MR. ONG GUAN LIM From: The Staff of Dynasty Cleaning Services
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        8 17 More obituary announcements on pg. 30 (Main Section)
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        541 17 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES mmm 3TANT3 R*****1 MMMM I telefax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service. mmmmm <_» I mi« «_f uuu g^^ g^^t^. Tel *****11 Straits-Times 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD I ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc rm Posted ss: APPOINTMENTS SAL LEASING (PTE) LTD
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        602 17 pram I DIETHELM f CONSUMER DIVISION I FEMALE BRAND MANAGER I -COSMETICS fl Diethelm Singapore Pte. Ltd., a leading distributor ol fl branded consumer products, invites you to apply for tne fl challenging new position of FEMALE BRAND MANAGER fl m their Cosmetics Department. fl The Job: |fl You will
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        269 18 APPOINTMENTS _me^T?iffsffiTteT_____________i ■H_il^i^SiSi........H___L^2_fenfl_r_^..^l 88 Seagate s= SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY continually looks for high<aiibre individuals 5E s= who can pla\ a role m its thrust ahead as the leader m Winchester disc drives. ss ssj A career at SEAGATE means avenues of ample opportunities for those SiE who are positiveK-motivated to excel.
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        201 18 AMELCO SALES SINGAPORE PTE LTD |A subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corpa Jspan) invites applications for the post of Annual remuneration around $39,000 University degree m Accountancy or Business Administration Around 30 years old With knowledge of computerised accounting functions Some working experience m a similar position m a trading environment
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        873 18 1 1 A CHALLENGING I CAREER IN I I MARKETING I SE We are an established leader m a specialised field. We need HKfi HB additional senior personnel to support our existing and new BHj services. Applications are invited tor marketing positions m our BHj jjjgjjfl organisation. n HE Qualifications
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        963 18 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE BFS-WATTIE FOOD SYSTEMS PTE LTD BFS-Wattie Food Systems Pte Limited invites tenders for the under-described Automatic Wanton Pastry Manufacturing Line on an as is where is basis with tenders closing at the Registered Office of the Company. #12-08 Cathay Building. 11 Dhoby Ghaut. Singapore, at 5.00pm en
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        1193 19 NOTICES S3 CHUAN HUP HOLDINGS LIMITED I (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) i The Directors of Chuan Hup Holdings Limited are pleased to announce the unaudited M results of the Company and the Group for the half-year ended 31 December 1 986. S COMPANY GROUP fl 31.12.86 31.12.85 31.12.86 31.12.85 fl $000
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        739 19 C LKN J LIM KAH NGAM LIMITED m/ (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore) AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1986 The Board of Directors of Lim Kah Ngam Limited have pleasure m announcing the audited results for the year ended 31st December 1986. Group Company Group
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        256 19 i THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ACT. (CHAPTER 218). THE MEDICAL COUNCIL (ELECTION OF MEMBERS) REGULATIONS, 1953. To All registered medical practitioners m Singapore As there will be 5 vacancies m the elected membership of the Medical Council of Singapore, I have the honour to invite you to submit your nominations, duly
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        772 19 IN THE HIGH Ol Rl OK THK KEPI BUC OK SINGAPORF Suit No C 37 of l«7 Between I HMK _KD INSURANCE COMP AN. UMITED ...Plaintiffs And 1. HO KOK CHEONG 2. HO TONG CHEONG Defendants NOTICE To: 1. HO KOK CHEONG 2. HO TONG CHEONG, both now or latels
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        785 20 NOTICES Hongkongßank lhe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Change of Telephone Numbers for Hongkongßank Ocean Building Office and Hongkongßank Collyer Quay Office (Hongkongßank Building) We have upgraded our telephone systems with Direct Inward Dialing (DID) facility. The new DID numbers are: Switchboard number *****00 (To replace numbers *****77 *****44) Asian
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        174 20 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY No. 3493 of 198 C RE: KOH UANG SOON EX PARTE: FOUR SEAS COMMUNICATIONS BANK LTD CREDITORS NOTICE TO: Koh Liang Soon now or late of 891 Upper Seran«oon Road #9346 Singapore 1953 TAKE NOTICE that a
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        187 20 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18, lf» EDITION) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 683 OF 1987 Re: TAN JOO GEK (m.w.) Ex-parte: HARPER PRESS PTE LTD -Judgment Creditors In the Matter of a Bankruptcy Notice dated tbe 24th day of February 1987. NOTICE To:
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        845 20 run TENDER NOTICE SATS Catering Pte Ltd invites experienced and qualified ceiling contractors to tender for the Supply and Installation of Suspended Aluminium Celling Boards to Warewash Area at SATS Inflight Catering Centre, Singapore Changi Airport. Tender documents are obtainable from SIA Properties (Pte) Ltd, Development Department, Bth Storey, Core
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        915 20 IN THK HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 13 of 1387 In the matter of the Trusts at the Will of Teh Kirn Tie (a Tay Kirn Tye, deceased probate of which was granted by the High Court, Singapore on 17th August 1951 and Issued on
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        636 20 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY No. 4344 of IMC RE: TAN TIAW KEE EX PARTE: WOCOM COMMODITIES LIMITED JUDGMENT CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OP A BANKRUPTCY NOTICE ISSUED ON THE 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 198 C. NOTICE TO: Tan Haw Kee now
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        614 20 IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE D.C. Salt No. 9374 of 196S Between SINH AKO EXPRESS PTE LTD Plaintiffs Aad 1. TAN SIEW ENG 2. SH ARAN SINGH both formerly trading under the style or Onn of SJR TRADERS Defoadaats NOTICE OP ADVERTISEMENT To: SW ARAN SINGH
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        703 20 IN THE HIGH COURT OK THK REPI BLK OK SINGAPORK Suit No. 147 of 19X7 Between MALAYAN BANKING BERHAD Plaintiff And 1. PANG HICK LOONG 2. TAN ENG FONG (both trading as SLY BRIGHT TRADING CO, a firm) De.eada.it_ NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Pang Hick Loong now or lately of
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        659 20 THK BANKRUPTS ACT <( IT. 1* 1974 XI) IN THK HIGH OIK. OK SINGAPORK IN BANKRI PTC. NO 998? OK 1987 Re: LEE HlOk SKNG Xx part*- OVKKSKAS I NM)N TRI m UMITED Creditor* m the matter of a Bankrupt* •> Petition filed on the I3U> da> of March, 1987
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        581 21 APPOINTMENT In line with our expansion. a Japanese electronics assembly plant urgently requires: Male/Female Age 28 and above Diploma m Product ion /Mar, ufacturing Engineenng Bilingual m English. Mandam and Malay Be active and possess calibre and leadership quality Able to work under pressure Expenence m planning and organising production
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        334 21 NOTICE OF MEETING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPI BUC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. M of 1985 In The Matter of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) And In The Matter Of LAMIPAK INDUSTRIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED Take notice that a meeting of creditors m the above matter will
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        167 21 NOTICE OF MEETING IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBUC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 511 of 1985 In The Matter Of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) And In The Matter Of PANTHER PRIVATE LIMITED Take notice that a meeting of contributories ln the above matter will be held
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      752 23 JOHN de SOUZA previews Victoria Junior College's Hamlet, to be staged tonight and tomorrow at the DBS Auditorium. IN THE nine weeks of rehearsals for its play. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, everything went smoothly for Victoria Junior College. Don't believe it 9 At first, neither did Austen
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      587 23 T.K. SABAPATHY reviews Realism To Abstract, an exhibition by artist Poh Siew Wah. THE self-taught artist is by no means ignorant or unschooled. For him, the art museum becomes the academy and the work of masters, the teachers. Ultimately, such an artist is dependent on some
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      951 23 Paul Newman was seventh time lucky when he won the Best Actor award for The Color of Money (now showing at Orchard). MARIANNE GRAY interviews the actor who, at 62, is greying but still hustling. FOR a Hollywood legend Paul Newman isn't entirely to form.
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        478 23 What's On YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE Wah. National Museum Art Square. 11 am 6 pm. Free. days. National Museum, upper works by 31-year-old graphic citizens and permanent resi■ami FT hv Virrnria T.minr Gallery. 9am 5.30 pm. Free. Ends today. rotunda. 9am 4.30 pm daily, designer David Jian. Ikea, Ka- dents aged
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        1105 23 r— l Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz m VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 Another Morning. Another Show 7.00 News And Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning Another Show (cont'd) 7.30 Morning Financial News 7.40 Another Morning,
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