The Straits Times, 27 October 1987

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1987 50 CENTS MCI (P) 108/12/86
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  • 979 1  -  ERIC ELLIS Share values in colony plunge by 33% as slide continues in financial capitals By in Hongkong HONGKONG The Hongkong stock market lost one third of its value as a tidal wave of selling hit the exchange at its re-opening yesterday after a four-day
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  • 214 1 Latest NEW YORK Wall Street stocks plunged more than 100 points yesterday as it struggled to avoid a repeat of the 508-point collapse a week ago that triggered fears of a worldwide recession. Following the lead of stock markets from London to
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  • 436 1  -  LIM ENG HAI By SHARE prices continued to tumble on the Singapore stock market yesterday on news of a slump in Tokyo and the crash in Hongkong, but the fall was not as bad as many had feared. Dealers had earlier
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  • 327 1 KUALA LUMPUR The Selangor government is considering a constitutional amendment to provide for the banishment of any subject of the state who is disloyal to the Sultan. The Sultan said yesterday that the state legal adviser was studying the matter, adding that before independence in
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  • 540 1 Move fuels fears that ruling party will win presidency SEOUL Mr Kim Dae Jung will break from South Korea's main opposition party headed by his rival Mr Kim Young Sam and found his own party to back his bid for the
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  • 31 1 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday, Nov 9, at 11 am, a statement from the Clerk of Parliament said yesterday. MP's questions for the House Page 14
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  • 65 1 ABU DHABI Turkey's President Kenan Evren has urged rich Arab and Muslim nations to take advantage of his country's technological skills to produce weapons they cannot obtain "by other means". President Evren, in an interview with a United Arab Emirate daily published yesterday, urged the oil-rich
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  • 59 1 JERUSALEM The Israeli Foreign Ministry has denied paying money to the Rumanian government in return for allowing Jews to emigrate to Israel. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Israel only paid for the transportation costs of the Rumanian Jews who immigrated to Israel, a practice also applied
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 361 2 Advice to unemployed IF UNEMPLOYED Singaporeans do not want to remain jobless for a long time, they should be more flexible in their expectations, said Mr Lim Boon Heng, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Labour. He cited four cases handled by the Labour Ministry's Employment Service Department
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    • 237 2 US deficit talks PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan and congressional leaders were scheduled to begin talks late yesterday aimed at reducing the Budget deficit and restoring confidence in the United States' economy following the stock market collapse that reverberated around the world last week. A political stalemate over the
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    • 298 2 Careca sent off BRAZILIAN striker Careca, one of the many imported stars in Napoli, was sent off 10 minutes after the interval for head-butting when Napoli held Roma to a 1-1 draw to keep their three-point lead at the top of the Italian League. Besides Careca, the Maradona-led Napoli
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    • 426 2 Women have pals too HOLLYWOOD had a surfeit of the male buddy films. But now, the American film industry is awakening to the fact that not only do women go to the movies, a generation of younger women with different priorities are keen to see films on what
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    • 359 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: GIVEN the risks that professionals are exposed to in doing their job, it is only sensible that they "cover" themselves by taking some form of Insurance against claims for malpractice. That Singaporeans are generally non-litigious is no cause for professionals to believe that this happy
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    • 229 2 SIMEX MAY FORFEIT PROFITS ON UNAUTHORISED TRADES THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange is considering introducing new rules to forfeit profits made by locals from unauthorised trades. But the locals would still be made to bear the losses of their unauthorised trades, or overtrades, which occur when they trade contracts
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    • 147 2 Backing for Aquino A SENIOR United States official has arrived in Manila with a message of support for President Corazon Aquino amid moves in the Philippine Congress to investigate alleged US meddling in a coup attempt. Mr Michael Armacost, Under-Secretary of State for Political
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    • 64 2 'PREVENTIVE PSYCHIATRY' A READER says that the increased incidence of children and teenagers seeking psychiatric treatment is a very serious problem. But instead of training more psychiatrists to meet the increasing demand, it is more important to look at the causative factors. And practising "preventive psychiatry" may go a
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  • around the WORLD
    • 224 3 Ageing leaders' hot topic health China's 13th Communist Party Congress BEIJING When China's ageing leaders get together, they sound a lot like senior citizens everywhere. The No. 1 topic is each other's health. The official Communist Party newspaper, People's Daily (Renmin Ribao), gave readers a glimpse yesterday of the bantering
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    • 250 3 BEIJING The Great Hall of the People opened to the outside world yesterday and foreign tourists flocked into the vast building where the Chinese Communist Party is holding its national congress. Taking their lead from acting party secretary-general Zhao Ziyang's call on Sunday to
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    • 420 3 BEIJING After its most public opening ever, the Communist Party moved behind closed doors yesterday to chart China's future. Television cameras and Western reporters were allowed to witness the opening session of the party national congress for the first time ever on Sunday when Prime
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    • 125 3 TAIPEI Thousands of troops began a major clean-up in northern Taiwan yesterday as weathermen warned that the storm that flooded the region had changed course and might threaten other parts of the island. The confirmed death toll from Typhoon Lynn here rose to 34. Rescuers found
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    • 389 3 Fiji seeks new allies in policy shift Soviets and Asian countries the target SUVA Fiji's military government has decided to seek recognition from the Soviet Union, China and other Asian countries as part of a major foreign policy shift. A five-page document outlining the new policy made available to Reuters
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    • 298 3 MANAMA The six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council has strongly denounced Iranian attacks in the Gulf region, but stopped short of calling for an end to diplomatic relations with Teheran. In a toughly-worded communique, after a two-day meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Riyadh, it also
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    • 375 4 Move also aimed at restoring confidence in US economy WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan and congressional leaders were scheduled to begin talks late yesterday aimed at reducing the Budget deficit and restoring confidence in the nation's economy following the market crash that
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    • 207 4 NEW YORK United States economic policies will prevent a recession in the wake of last week's stock market crash, but surplus nations should also do their part, US Treasury Secretary James Baker said in an interview published yesterday. "It's important that monetary authorities
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    • 145 4 WASHINGTON Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that she would not seek the Republican nomination for President in 1988. She said in a statement: "I've carefully considered this issue and firmly decided for personal and
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    • 310 4 The stock market crisis HONGKONG Thousands of panicky investors stripped billions of dollars off the value of shares yesterday as Hongkong's stock exchange celebrated its anniversary with its worst losses ever. Elaborate wreaths honoured the first anniversary of the exchange and fullpage newspaper
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    • 384 4 HK tycoon fails to curb share slide HONGKONG One of the world's richest men, Mr Li Ka-Shing, threw millions of dollars into the Hongkong stock market to help save it from collapse yesterday and emerged bloodier and poorer. The government, faced with falling stock prices, yesterday relaxed restrictions for a
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    • 298 4 TAIPEI Taiwan is to reduce exports to the United States from the current 45 per cent to 33 per cent in five years to ward off protectionist threats from Washington and expand overseas markets, a government official said yesterday. Taiwan's
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    • 119 4 Police units rushed to Tahiti to keep the peace PAPEETE (Tahiti) One squad of police reinforcements has arrived and two more 100-strong units are expected shortly in this French South Pacific territory rocked by violence last week. The reinforcements, flown in from Paris and New Caledonia, bring to 1,000 the
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    • 123 4 The French Junior Minister for Pacific Affairs, Mr Gaston Flosse, arrived here on Sunday and said in a radio interview that he was on a fact-finding mission. He added that he would ask Paris to provide financial assistance to the many businessmen whose shops were destroyed
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    • 130 4 LONDON Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government faced strong pressure yesterday to make a statement in Parliament on allegations of fraud and excessive profits at Marconi, a subsidiary of Britain's biggest defence contractor. The British Parliament starts a two-day debate on defence today. As part
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    • 175 4 LONDON The familiar "bongs" of Big Ben were silenced on Sunday after engineers performing routine maintenance found an apparent fault in the strike mechanism. The famous clock, its four huge faces glowing in newly-gilded splendour atop its tower at the Houses
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    • 24 4 DHAKA Bangladesh Foreign Minister Humayun Rasheed Choudhury will pay a week-long visit to Moscow from Dec 7, official sources said yesterday. AFP
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    • 202 6 BELGRADE The Yugoslav authorities sent riot police to turbulent Kosovo province and Western diplomats said it was meant to warn Albanian and Serbian trouble-makers that the government would get tough. The central government sent 380 paramilitary police to strengthen local security in Kosovo late
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    • 398 6 HAVANA Prostitution, lesbianism and political prisoners were all discussed in the Cuban press last week in what analysts saw as a sign that Sovietstyle glasnost may be coming to Cuba. All in the same week, the magazine Somos Jovenes (We Are Young) ran an
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    • 349 6 British papers highlight royal rift again LONDON Princess Diana drove away from Prince Charles on Sunday just 20 hours after a much-publicised reunion, fuelling a new flurry of press speculation that their six-year-old marriage was in trouble. Reporters outside the couple's country home at Highgrove, western England, said the princess
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    • 160 6 Riyadh acts to curb smoking RIYADH Saudi Arabia, having achieved some success with an anti-narcotics drive, has launched a national anti-smoking week. Education Minister Abdel Aziz Al-Khuwaiter signalled the start of the anti-smoking bid with a statement on Saturday stressing that "Islam prohibits the intake of anything bad or harmful".
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    • 53 6 OTTAWA The United States is to conduct a cruise missile test over northern Canadian territory today, the Canadian Defence Ministry announced. The missile, mounted on a B-52 fighter-jet, will be tested on a flight between an Arctic Ocean location and Cold Lake, Alberta, the ministry said
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    • 179 6 Porn queen MP turned back at Wailing WaU JERUSALEM Furious orthodox Jews yelled "abomination" and chased Ms Ilona Staller, Italian pornography queen turned politician, from the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday. When Ms Staller, known as "Cicciolina" (Little Cuddly One), approached the ancient wall, revered by Jews as a
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    • 180 6 WASHINGTON The Cuban military has secretly taken over much of the country's tourism industry, reaping large profits in hard currency that enable many in the high command to maintain a plush lifestyle, a Cuban defector says. Brig-Gen Rafael Del Pino Diaz, who defected last May,
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    • 163 6 London's "business' airport opens LONDON A new London airport built mainly for business travellers opened officially yesterday just 9.5 km from the city's financial centre. London City Airport, which cost £30 million (Sslo3 million) to build, is situated among derelict wharves in the revived docklands area of the British capital.
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    • 238 7 300 held in midnight swoop to foil Dhaka siege DHAKA Police arrested more than 300 Bangladeshi opposition politicians in a midnight swoop on Sunday to frustrate plans for a protest siege aimed at bringing Dhaka to a halt. Home Minister Mohammad Abdul Matin said other opposition leaders had gone into
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    • 51 7 VATICAN CITY A doctor who cared for the poor in the southern Italian port of Naples has been declared a saint by Pope John Paul 11. Giuseppe Moscati, who died in Naples in 1927 at the age of 47, was canonised in an outdoor mass on Sunday.
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    • 311 7 LONDON Britain has warned other leading members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that it may review its membership unless secre-tary-general Edouard Saouma is replaced, the Sunday Telegraph said. British ministers and advisers at the Foreign Office argued
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    • 389 7 Gorbachev will do little to improve human rights, he says VIENNA Soviet "refusenik" Vladimir Slepak, who arrived here from Moscow after waiting nearly 18 years for permission to emigrate, said he believed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev would do very little to improve human
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    • 270 7 Pact to curb terrorism to be signed KATHMANDU The South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation at its third summit meeting early next month will reportedly agree to curb terrorism and establish a food reserve system. The meeting will be the first held here, and the first since the group's secretariat
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    • 34 7 LONDON Worker absenteeism costs British business £5 billion (5517.4 billion) a year, the Confederation of British Industry said yesterday. Workers cited sickness most frequently as the reason for absence, it said. Reuter
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 712 8 China's 13th Communist Party Congress Zhao's speech was about China's open door. But this open door can swing both ways depending on who holds power. An Asian diplomat. BEIJING Deng Xiaoping's reforms may have a better chance of living on after
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    • 1207 9 WASHINGTON The label may say "Made in America", but that does not mean it is not "owned in Japan". Or England. Or France. Or West Germany. What is certain is that foreigners are buying a number of America's top names, from Tiffany's (to the Japanese)
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    • 59 9 A SINGAPOREAN FAMILY IN THEIR CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN CAR. a \l tl j.-i^y^j^MBWMMjiiMWMWIIIiIIBMiBHIiBBMIBHBBS^^ w»"u> M' ;i aTW mi ti Hvi y4^^> IXl^l L|J| ■I'll As IM «^i^MHH^jlß^Hk There are altogether 6300 COMFORT Cabs travelling Singapore daily. Round-the-clock, rain or shine, they take you anyplace you want to go. They drop you right
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 394 10 Message of support as Philippines moves to probe alleged US role in coup bid MANILA A senior United States official has arrived in Manila with a message of support for President Corazon Aquino amid moves in the Philippint4 Congress to investigate alleged US meddling in a
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    • 312 10 MANILA Rebels bombed a businessmen's conference, killing three people, on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines. Six bridges in the southern Philippines were also bombed. A grenade hidden in a bag of sandwiches exploded on Sunday in a Roman Catholic college dormitory being used
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    • 73 10 THIS locomotive lying on its side was on its way to pick up wreckage from Indonesia's worst railway disaster when it, too, went off the tracks. Six of its 22-member crew were injured in the mishap last Saturday, which took place near
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    • 126 10 MANILA Philippine President Corazon Aquino has vowed to prosecute her politically-powerful brother Jose Cojuangco if evidence shows that he is involved in shady deals. "Nobody is above the law," Mrs Aquino said on a radio programme on Sunday. "If an illegal act
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    • 286 10 Aquino wants immediate sale of airline MANILA President Corazon Aquino said yesterday she wanted the state-owned Philippine Airlines sold to private investors immediately, along with luxury hotels taken over by the government. She made the announcement at an international congress of travel agents. She asked the gathering of travel agents
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    • 533 10  - Two S'pore banks served as conduits, says witness CATHERINE C. ONG The National Bank of Brunei case Funds transferred on telex orders, court told By BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN American Express Banking Corporation and Far Eastern Bank were the two Singapore banks which served as conduits for funds fraudulently obtained by
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    • 104 10 BANGKOK Customs officials at the airport here seized 700 kg of Africabound marijuana at the weekend. A Customs official yesterday said it was their biggest airport drug seizure. He said the marijuana, found on Sunday in boxes labelled "ceramic ware", was bound for Sierra
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 142 11 BATU PAHAT A 34--year-old woman and five members of her family were seriously injured when hit by stray pellets during a robbery at an adjacent coffeeshop in Kampung Sungai Punggur on Sunday. The coffeeshop owner's brother fired a shotgun at the robbers, but
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    • 287 11 KUALA LUMPUR The High Court has sentenced a lawyer to six months' jail and a fine of $1,000 for possessing photostat copies of secret official documents belonging to the At-torney-General's Chambers and police investigation papers. Phang Ah Hee, 30, had on March 2
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    • 271 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Selangor MCA Youth says it has worked out a contingency plan to deal with the situation in the event that MCA deputy president Lee Kim Sai loses his Cabinet post. The plan involves actions to be taken
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    • 210 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association's President, Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik, has expressed his complete support for Labour Minister Lee Kim Sai as the party's deputy president and also as a member of the Cabinet. Datuk Ling, who returned last night from Holland, told
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    • 245 11 Umno MP on solving conflicts, sharing power TAMPIN The parliamentary system has proven to be ideal for a multiracial country like Malaysia as it provides a mechanism for solutions to competing interests, MP for Kok Lanas Datuk Abdullah Ahmad said. "Points of conflict among us are bound to arise," he
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    • 189 11 KOTA BARU Thai fishing boats are continuing to encroach into Malaysian waters with the help of a helicopter, according to local fishermen. About 25 fishermen said on Sunday that they saw several fishing boats encroaching into Malaysian waters with a helicopter acting
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    • 396 11 Efforts to restructure society won't stop in 1990: Dr M KUALA LUMPUR The government will continue its efforts to restructure society and eradicate poverty when the New Economic Policy expires, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said NEP objectives were meant
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    • 188 11 KLANG Five people, including two schoolchildren, were burnt to death in a fire which gutted a double-storey bungalow in Taman Berkerly near here early yesterday morning. The five were identified as a 45-year-old woman, her 23-year-old daughter and three relatives of the woman. The
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    • 277 11 KOTA KINABALU The Sabah Law Association is against the idea of a merger of the High Court of Malaya and the High Court of Borneo. SLA president Valentine Willie said yesterday the move would be in contravention of the pre-condition to the formation
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  • HOME
    • 564 12  -  RONALD WONG By SINGAPORE'S crime rate, although rising, is among the lowest in the world. In fact, the Republic's crime rate is the second lowest, after Japan, in a nine-country international comparison. According to police figures here, the rate of
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    • 104 12 THE MP for Fengshan, Dr Arthur Beng, wants to know the steps being taken by the Government to maintain Singapore's position as the world's busiest and congestion-free port. He will pose the question to the Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, at
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    • 59 12 A MAN was yesterday charged with having a gun and 14 bullets near Peirce Reservoir, Upper Thomson Road. No plea was taken from 0 Yong Chuan, 44, who allegedly had a .32 Llama automatic pistol and .32-calibre bullets last Friday. He is remanded at the CID
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    • 78 12 THE Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry will hold a workshop on Nov 17 and 18 on documentary credit and fraud. Mr Bernard Wheble, honorary chairman of the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice, will conduct the workshop, at the Pavilion Inter-Continental hotel.
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    • 132 12 Asiaweek subscribers told of suspension ASIAWEEK, the Hong-kong-based weekly magazine whose local sales have been restricted to 500 copies per issue, has informed readers here that their subscriptions have been suspended. In a letter to subscribers, Mr Thomas S. Brand, general manager of Asiaweek Ltd, said the 500 copies available
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    • 448 12 UNEMPLOYED Singaporeans should be more flexible in their expectations if they do not want to remain jobless for a long time, said Mr Lim Boon Heng, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Labour, yesterday. He cited four cases handled by the Labour Ministry's
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    • 267 12 THE Labour Ministry is considering the possibility of providing unemployed Singaporeans and permanent residents with a list of job vacancies offered by employers through its Employment Service Department. It is also studying a proposal to set up job centres in large public housing
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    • 337 12 A 16-HOUR marathon, covering 80.8 km on a wheel chair! No mean feat this. But then, the winner of August's Guinness Stout Award is quite an amazing person. Mr William Tan Kian Peng, 30, a paraplegic, not only completed the arduous marathon, but
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    • 48 12 BRUNEI'S Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Dato Haji Hussain, left yesterday after a five-day visit here. During the visit, he was briefed on the Republic's fostering scheme, child-care centres and culture. He visited the People's Association, Singapore Sports Council and Central Narcotics Bureau.
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    • 315 12  - Mass exercises CCs' biggest crowd-pullers LIM KWAN KWAN By MASS exercises such as taijiquan, taekwondo and waidangong are drawing people to the community centres. Taijiquan is No. 1 among the sports activities organised by the People's Association, attracting 13,222 enthusiasts. This is almost a quarter of the total number of
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    • 581 14 Holders of most bus passes to get MRT concessions THE 500,000 bus passengers who hold concession passes can use them to get Mass! Rapid Transit concession tickets but Singapdre Bus Service shareholders will not be given this benefit. Singapore MRT's traffic manager, Mr Pok Sheung Foo. confirmed yesterday that the
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    • 469 14  -  LIM KWAN KWAN Present feeder bus services may become outdated, it says By HIGH-TECH transport systems may well replace existing feeder bus services in housing estates in the future. The Public Works Department feels that with the rising standards of living, the
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    • 130 14 A LITTLE guide-book that tells all about taking a train ride in Singapore. The basic features of the Mass Rapid Transit system, maps on each of the stations, fares and tickets, the signs in the stations, and how a passenger uses the system all
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    • 487 14 TDB forms working group to boost countertrade THE Trade Development Board has formed a working group to step up Singapore's efforts to develop into an international countertrade services centre. The 15-member group comprises representatives from the eight pioneer countertrade companies, bankers, specialised contractors and exporters. It is headed by Mr
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    • 219 14 A LOVE triangle involving a man, his common law wife and a private detective developed one day into a bloody confrontation, a court heard yesterday. It happened on Dec 6 last year when Lim Choon Hock, 32, manager of a cleaning services
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    • 157 15 Rent control lifted on Tg Pagar pre-war shophouses ALL pre-war shophouses in the Tanjong Pagar conservation area bounded by Tanjong Pagar, Neil and Craig roads are no longer under rent control. This was announced by the Ministry of National Development in a notification, under the Control of Rent Act, gazetted
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    • 637 15  -  CHARMAINE CHAN Support for former minister's points on twin health problems By KEY leaders of Singapore's medical community have expressed support for Mr Howe Yoon Chong's challenge to tackle the twin problems facing them controlling the high cost of quality medical care and deciding who
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    • 196 15 THE Toa Payoh police division is the most courteous division for the second year running. Toa Payoh police have won the Inter-Unit Courtesy Competition Challenge Shield three times in the past four years. The officer-in-charge of the division, Superintendent Seng Kuang Meng, said
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    • 180 16 PASSENGER and cargo traffic through Singapore airports continued its strong growth in September, increasing at a much higher rate than the rise in the number of flights. The 928,063 passengers who passed through the Republic last month, pushed up the total figure
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    • 160 16 LAWYERS have accepted a proposal which will make it compulsory for them to take professional indemnity insurance to cover the loss of clients' money through the negligence of lawyers or their clerks. The insurance scheme, recommended by a Law Society sub-committee set up
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    • 125 16 2,300 trees to be planted on Sunday SOME 2,300 saplings, mainly fruit trees, will be planted in schools, housing estates, open space, military camps, community centres, new roads and parks this Sunday. The Prime Minister, ministers and advisers to the citizens' consultative committees will lead residents to plant trees and
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    • 469 16  -  TAN TECK HUAT By SIGN your work with pride is the National Productivity Board's challenge to all Singaporean workers, from managing directors to office boys. The board wants them to "own up" to their work by putting their names
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    • 447 16  -  THAM KOK WING By WEDDING anniversaries are happy occasions for married couples but for Mr Mustaffa bin Abu Bakar and his wife, their anniversary, which falls today, is tinged with sadness. As it has been since 1973. Tragedy struck Mr Mustaffa, 49, now a curry-puff
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    • 354 16 A 14- YEAR-OLD boy died in hospital on Sunday, a week after he was found with serious head and face injuries at a block of flats in Lower Delta Road. A police spokesman said yesterday that police went to the
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    • 150 16 A DRUG addict was yesterday sentenced to 11 V4 years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane for slashing a policeman, consuming morphine, and possessing and trafficking in heroin. Low Mui Chua, 36, jobless, had six previous convictions for robbery, housebreaking
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    • 420 17 SBC has prizes for both winners and talent scouts A SLEEK car and other prizes worth $100,000 await the closet actor or actress who becomes the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's latest television star, to be selected at the televised finals of the SBC
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    • 205 17 A MAJOR retailer is clearing out all its regular merchandise at the end of this week and putting it away in a warehouse for nine days. No, nothing is amiss! Just Galeries Lafayette doing for the first time in Singapore what its Parisian store
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    • 62 17 A 24-HOUR dance marathon is being organised for Nov 27 and 28 at the YMCA Auditorium, Orchard Road, to raise funds for the YMCA. Participants will raise funds for its community work, using donation cards. These cards and entry forms can be obtained from the YMCA
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    • Briefly
      • 77 17 A HOTEL GUEST molested a chambermaid making his bed, a district court heard yesterday. When Sherim Zada, 35, a Pakistani, first touched the 30-year-old woman on the buttocks, she thought it was accidental and carried on working. But she discovered it was no accident when he went
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      • 93 17 A MAN thought he could cheat several banks here by depositing overseas cheques he knew would bounce and drawing money on their strength. He was yesterday jailed for two years. Stephen Tye Lap Yan, 42, pleaded guilty to two charges of cheating Citibank and Malayan United
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      • 67 17 A TAIWANESE couple were yesterday charged with engaging with each other and others unknown to cheat a bank through the purported loss of their travellers' cheques. The woman, Wu Li-Chu, 33, allegedly engaged with the man, Lin Lien-An, 43, to cheat the Bank of America in
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      • 66 17 A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy, Wu Qi Ming, left temporarily unsupervised, strayed off in January this year. When his family members realised he was missing from their Cambridge Road home, they got help to search for him. He was found in a rain-swollen drain. Taken to Tan Tock
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      • 78 17 A TEENAGER said to be a non-swimmer drowned at the disused quarry at Bukit Batok in March this year. Zainudin bin Abrahim, 16, had gone there with his friend Kamarol Azmi bin Baharom, 17. While Kamarol was swimming, he saw Zainudin in the water flailing his arms and
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      • 85 17 TWO MEN, accused a week ago of grievously hurting a hawker's assistant, now face a murder charge as the alleged victim has died of his injuries. Ham Kong Woon, 28, and Beh Cheng Lee, 27, were charged last Monday with hurting Mr Gwee Ah Huat, 39,
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    • 170 17 Kplr^ip^W ghoulish Halloween 1 O A VjU Skeletons and a coffin greet in the/v' )am interior of El Marocco. 'Witches' attend I \j^m to y° ur needs. A hair-raising dance item tnc azz Motion Dancers guarantees to make you quake. Howl when we bring on the j^W^^B Eerie Dress Contest.
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    • 212 17 WHY MORE THAN A MILLION FRENCHMEN GO MAD EVERY YEAR. No, it's not Bastille Day. Or the midday sun. What sends IV2 million French shoppers rushing headlong into battle every year is the big event at Galeries Lafayette. For day after hectic day, the store is filled with brand new,
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    • 108 18 How to evaluate an architect Incorporates your needs and aspirations into an effective plan Anticipates your future requirements to minimize costly alterations and additions Has maintained long-term relationships with clients Applies innovative ideas and technology to solving problems Specifies quality materials and scrupulously Concerned with initial capital outlav as well
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 214 19 TAMPINES residents will be served by a new $3 million community centre from next October. On Saturday, the MP for Tampines, Mr Phua Bah Lee, laid the foundation stone at its site, at the junction of Tampines Avenue 7 and Street 41. Work
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    • Article, Illustration
      325 19 Free legal counselling: At Joo Chiat and Yio Chu Kang CCs, tonight, 7.30 pm to 9 pm. At Thomson CC this Friday, same time. Given by volunteer legal counsellors. Showtime: By PA Cultural Troupe, at the open ground beside Blk 66, Kallang Bahru, at 7.30 pm tonight,
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    • 785 19  -  MUNI BHOJWANI BY WHEN Gregory Markiewicz, 41, sits down at his neighbourhood coffeeshop in Yishun, he is served his favourite beer without having to place his order. Shopkeepers here recognise him instantly. He is one of the very few Western expatriates who have
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    • 271 19 FROM this week, a series of talks and exhibitions will be held at community centres to explain how the public can benefit from the various Central Provident Fund schemes before reaching the age of 55. Speakers from the CPF Board will talk about the
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    • 349 19  -  CHAN KIN SANG By < THE three Ang Mo Kio town councils are in the process of choosing logos that they hope will help create a separate identity for each of them. The West council, which is now inviting residents and non-residents
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    • 78 19 ABOUT 500 children between three and six years old will display their talent this weekend in a two-day concert to celebrate Children's Day. The children, from People's Association kindergartens and day-care centres, will sing, dance and act, picking the celebration of local festivals as their theme, at
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • 561 20 The StraitsTiines Two-way safeguard TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1987 LAST week's workshop on professional indemnity insurance policies organised by the Medico-Legal Society highlighted a problem which professionals should seriously look at. Given the risks that professionals, whether they be lawyers, doctors or engineers, are exposed to in doing their job, it
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    • 2265 20  -  PATRICK DANIEL THE world is still assessing the impact of last week's great stock market sell-off. Here in Singapore, the question is whether and how the economy will be affected if stock prices continue to fall. First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong
      Reuter  -  2,265 words
    • 1226 21  -  Abby Tan MANILA Her role in rallying people power not enough to influence peace committee Our correspondent's file ADMIRERS of Mrs Corazon Aquino must have felt keenly the disappointment that their idol did not win the 1987 Nobel peace
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    • 1115 21 4 A president must have the right instincts. The vision needs to be the right vision, both noble in itself and achievable in the context of the times. A president must be his own man, with a knowledge not just of his ambitions
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    • 659 21 SSIST' Don't miss the most important management event of the year! Uf f The Future of 1 I Information Technology: I Impact and implications for businesses and managers H JOHN DIEBOLD *m^\ I "FATHER OF ►"W^ m I AUTOMATION" mJb John Diebold, internationally-acclaimed Ma^ BSBh leader in the fields of
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  • FORUM
    • 327 22 Privatisation does not always spell efficiency THE Straits Times reported on Oct 10 that consultants are studying the feasibility of privatising the gas and electric operations of PUB. A similar study is apparently in progress for Telecoms. In evaluating these studies, the public must keep in mind that the alternative
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    • 319 22 It's ability, not age, that counts I MUST take strong issue with the interviewer in "37 and too old for job" (ST, Oct 21). Although this is the age of enlightenment, it is unfortunately common to meet people of this type who are self-appointed preachers of this fallacious and mischievous
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    • Replies
      • 153 22 I WISH to thank "Patriotic Singaporean" (ST, Oct 15) for his interest in the National Science and Technology Awards. First, let me say that age was not a criterion in deciding the winners. The judges, comprising experienced people from both the
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      • 96 22 WE REFER to the letter "Syringe was used again" (ST, Oct 15), and the letter "Disposable syringe" (ST, Oct 24) from the chairman of the Singapore Red Cross Society. We would like to reassure our blood donors and the public that blood donation is safe
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    • 441 22 On psychiatric help for children WE REFER to the report, "More teens, kids going to psychiatrists" (ST, Oct 23). We feel that the increased incidence of children and teenagers seeking psychiatric treatment, from 30 to 40 per cent between 1982 and 1986, is a
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    • 168 22 Firms registrars lacked courtesy A COUPLE of months ago, I had occasion to transfer some of my holdings in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to a relative. I sent the share certificate and the transfer deed to the registrars, Central Registration Hongkong Ltd, requesting registration and undertaking to pay
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    • 190 22 Bouquet NOW that the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has ended, kindly allow me to express my heartfelt gratitude, through your Forum Page, to the form teacher of Primary 6B of Ang Mo Kio North Primary School. No effort spared in helping pupils
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 96 23 RlfieS Spore Land 408 -127 nlS Pe* Plant 394 -86 SintkwtFin 360 +110 JjJ** 1 *J5 Sai Henf Chan 270+70 f« 'J Cotd Store lOp 3»4 +16 Aral Steel 5Oc 150 +12 Iji clorl RothMsSOc 190 +10 J« MO -60 D»(iYun| 60 +10 rj* "*J Kl Repent
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      • 13 23 IUIC 5,076,000 Keppel Wrts 3,648,000 Singapore Re 3,025,000 SI A 2,818,000
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      • 94 23 Oct 23 Oct 26 BT Composite ***** 801 18 BT OB/ OS 506 635 CADI 6583 6660 lOdayMAvg -6311 6375 OBV +*****75 +*****30 ST Industrials ***** 911.23 ST Finance *****1 2130.26 ST Hotels 660 38 650.67 ST Properties ***** 498 77 Oct 23 Oct 26 ST Minings 306 63
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      • 33 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1987 High 1505.40 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) 1986/87 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470.92 (28/4/86) All-time High 1505.40 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) All-time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 26 23 I DM YFF S$ HK$ US$ US$ 1 7762 141 70 unq 2 0825 unq 1.6800 1.7770 ***** ***** 2 0805 7 8090 1.6836
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      • 43 23 Closing Change Vol ('000) Am»ek Enpg 20c 109 -17 460 GB HMjs 10c 0.70 -26 291 Singapore National Printers 50c 1.70 -23 95.5 Sinjatrorks 50c 0.95 -15 733 Tibs 086 -14 69 Tonhow kid 50c 0.96 -6 220 Wepco 095 -8 90.5
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      • 13 23 THE US dollar lost 295 ticks to close at DM1.7770 in Singapore.
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      • 10 23 In Singapore, gold gained US$2.5O to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 60 23 Eurodollar: Lost three ticks to 92.61 a contract. Deotschemark: Gained 98 ticks to 0.5660 a contract. British Pound: Gained 295 ticks to 1.6775 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 103 ticks to 0.*****8 a contract. Nikkei: Lost 255 points to ***** a contract. US Treasury bond: Gained 17 ticks to
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    • 313 23 Stay calm, advises Malaysian investors body THE Malaysian Investors' Association yesterday advised stock market investors to stay calm and not over-react to the panic in overseas stock markets. MIA President P. H. S. Lim, said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur that the fundamentals of the Malaysian economy had improved
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    • 470 23 THE bears that raided the stock market did not spare Sesdaq continued selling pressure yesterday saw all seven counters pushed to new lows. The UOB Sesdaq Index dipped 7.7 points to 45.92, as all counters except Singapore National Printers stayed below their offer
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    • Short Stops
      • 78 23 LONDON Courtaulds PLC said it has signed an agreement to acquire the US Porter Paint Co for US$140 million (SJ291 million). Porter, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is a supplier of architectural paints and protective coatings and is expected to have a total turnover this year of about
        Reuter  -  78 words
      • 100 23 AMSTERDAM Algemene Bank Nederland has said it will acquire Lane Financial Inc of Illinois for US$200 million (S$416 million). Lane Financial is a bank holding company, comprising Northwest National Bank of Chicago, Lake View Trust and Savings Bank, Northbrook Trust and Savings Bank and the Bank of
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      • 97 23 MELBOURNE Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd associate David Jones Ltd said it has increased its stake in National Australia Bank Ltd to 13.34 per cent from 12.34 after buying 4.89 million shares at AH50 (S$6.68) to AJ5.70 each last week. David Jones said it held 64.85 million
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      • 88 23 STOCKHOLM Swedish forestry group Mo Och Domsjo AB wants to raise its stake in paper maker Holmens Bruk AB to around 80 per cent and has offered to buy out the firm's remaining major shareholder, Marieberg AB. "I can confirm we have received a bid, which is
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    • 311 23 PERTH Leading Australian businessmen and the Western Australian state government have joined forces to provide a As3B4 million (Sss7o million) rescue package for Perth-based merchant bank Rothwells Ltd, State Premier Brian Burke said. Mr Burke said on Sunday the move followed a
      Reuter; AP  -  311 words
    • 319 23 KL share prices fall across the board in nervous trading KUALA LUMPUR Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday finished broadly lower as nervous operators, unsettled by the news from Hongkong and Tokyo, dumped their shares. Business activity was more noticeable among financial and industrial counters. Observers attributed
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    • 572 23  -  TRUDY LIM Singapore stock market action and reaction By ONE counter stood firm amidst the plunging prices on the Singapore stock market yesterday newcomer Singapore Reinsurance. Although the current falling market was not the best time for a debut, the finance counter managed
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    • 736 23  - Simex may forfeit locals' profits on unauthorised trades DOREEN SOH By THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange is thinking of introducing new rules to forfeit profits made by locals from unauthorised trades. But the locals would still be made to bear the losses of their unauthorised trades, or overtrades, which occur
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    • 3946 24 READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the stock exchange, is covered in "business done". Further, because all dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend in
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    • 2783 24 Al shares quoted have a par value of SI. unless otherwise specified. Margin stocks are shown in bold print. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dollars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment
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    • 3503 24 INDUSTRIALS Aetna Ajinomoto Ale« Hldg(— Alcom (755) AISB (828 90S) (2) 86 (3) 85 (8) 81 (21) 80(4)79(14! 81.5(2) 78 (34) 82 API (428 435) (1) 48 (2) 47 (4) 46 (12) 42 (9) 44 (1) 45 (2) 41 (10) 42 5 (13) 43 ASM
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 386 25 1 Mm $1,000 2 For best customers only 3 OCBC Finance. 4 avaiable at DBS Finance 5 QuaSfyinj that rates are offered by subsidiary OUT. UOF's rates'* alsoavibble at UOF. also available at DBS Finance. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3U 2VS 3 Monthly
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      • 159 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SS10 foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4848-1.4865 6.79—6.62 Canadian dollar 1.5854—1.5874 6.36—6.26 NZ dollar 1.3473—1.3521 7.56—7.29 Sterling pound 3.4986—3.5023 2.88—2.84 US dollar 2.0825-2.0835 4.83-4.79 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      • 107 25 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.0830/40 and closed at 2.0825/35. It traded within a range of 2.0820 and 2.0840 in thin trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed higher compared with its opening of
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      • 133 25 THE kilobar market traded between 5531,796 and 5531,963 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.50/5.00. Dealers sold the market down to U*****.10/.60. With IOWer dollar, the market was short-covered to higher levels and stayed within U*****.00/.50 and U*****.80/5.30 the rest of the morning. Afternoon trading followed
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      • 27 25 GOLD US$/oz Mon Fri Singapore 475.00 475 50 473.00—473.50 Mon Sat Hongkong 475.00—475.75 474.75 475.50 Fri Thurs New York 473.20—474.00 469.70 470.80 London 472.00—472.50 470.50-471.00
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      • 291 25 Managers' prices for October 27 Singapore Unit Trust ThH^mniP 0 95-105 The S»a|S Fund 0 82-0 91 Spiitc PfOR Fund 0 37—0 42*d Spot* Sec Fund 0 63-0.70 Spur* Invest fund 0 67- 0 75 Spot* tquily Fund 0 48-0 53 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1
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    • 18 25 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore November 213.50 down 1.25 cents Malaysia November 265.50 down half a cent
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    • 17 25 Tin Closing prices mm KL Tin 17.12 down four cents Turnover 36 tonnes down 27 tonnes
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    • 25 25 1 Closing prices Copper E/tomw Fri Spot 1219.00-1220.00 (1200 00-1202 00) 3 months *****0—1127 00 (1095 00-1100 00) Market tone Firm Sales 19,550 tonnes
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    • 29 25 Ctosmf prices Silver USJ/troy o: Moo Fri Singapore 7 53-7 58 7 50— 760 Fn Thurs N»* York 7 53-7 58 7 40-7 50 Source Credit Suisse. Spore
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    • 20 25 Closing prices Aluminium tonne Fri Spot 1125.00—1128.00 (1155.00—1156.00) 3 months 1065.00—1068 00 (1085.00—1085.50) Market tone: Steadier Sales: 6.850 tonnes
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    • 46 25 Crude MS/tonne palmoi Oct 760 (south and central) 757.50 (north) Nov 765 (south) palm oi USS/tonnes RBD palm oil Oct/Nov/Dec 325 (sellers) Jan/Feb/Mar 330 (sellers) RBD Stearin Nov/Dec 300 (sellers) RBD Olein Nov/Dec 335 (sellers) Jan/Feb/Mar 340 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq palm oil
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    • 40 25 (MS/tonne) Month Price Last Trade Sales Nov 755-759 757 61 Dec 761-762 761 263 Jan 761-762 761 313 Feb 762-772 Mar 764-774 Apr 764-774 May 764-774 Jul 769-779 Sept *****9 Market tone: Lower Sales: 637
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    • Simex futures
      • 77 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit DECEMBER Eurodollar backed off on profittaking to close three ticks lower at 92.61 i j (100 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 87 92.22 92.63 92.20 92.61 ***** Mar 88 92.02 92.43 92.00A 92.38 2047 Jane 91.90 91.90 91.50A 91.87 246 Sept 91.33A
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      • 37 25 December deutschemark closed 98 ticks higher. (US dollar Deutschemark) M, Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 87 0.5654 0.5660 0.5633A 0.5660 192 Mar 88 0.5697 June 0.5741 Open lot (Fri): 471. Act Vol (Fri): 134.
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      • 40 25 DECEMBER pound closed 295 ticks higher. (British Pound) Open High Low Sett Est v Vol Dec 81 1.6735 1.6775 1.6735 1.6775 30 f Mar 88 1.6705 j une ***** I Open Int (Fri): 141. Act Vol (Fri): Nil.
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      • 36 25 DECEMBER yen closed 103 ticks higher. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 81 0.*****5 0.*****8 0.*****6 0.*****8 387 Mar 88 0.*****6 jane 0.*****1 Open Int (Fri): 64«. Act Vol (Fri): 1S8.
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      • 47 25 DECEMBER Nikkei ended 255 points lower. < Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot *****.42 *****.78 *****.88 *****.56 Dec 87 *****/ ***** *****B ***** ***** 1286 Mar 88 ***** *****B ***** ***** Two Open Int (Fri) M3S. Act Vel (Fri): 3342.
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      • 35 25 DECEMBER US T-bonds closed 17 ticks higher. (US Treasurv Bond) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec 87 88.17 Mar 88 87.21 June 86.28 Open lnt (Fri): NU. Act Vol (Fri): NU.
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      • 30 25 I f S$ per trov ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Deo 81 478.80 Feb88 484.90 Open Int (Fri): Nil. Art Vol (Fri): NU. Reports from fl^ Futures
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        257 25 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Ananas K27 aside 31/10 Canopus 7 K2O aside 27/10 Indera Perta Kl9 a'side 31/10 Karl M Stadt C2B a'side 28/10 Koheng C35 a'side 28/10 Kota Berlian C32 a'side 27/10 Kota Timur K3l a'side 27/10 Mudanshan K33 a'side 04/11 Raven Arrow Kl5
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      • 436 25 KUALA LUMPUR The turmoil on world stock markets is expected to hurt early turnover on the Kuala Lumpur tin futures market, which opens today, trade sources said. "It's very unfortunate the market begins trading tomorrow. It will be a cautious opening and a
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      • 326 25 Oct 26 HKJ Change Assoc Intl Hotels 1 92 -0 38 Bank Of East Asia 10.00 -19 Capital Corp 1.58 -0.87 Cathay Pacific Air 5.25 -2.3 Cheung Kong 8.00 -3.3 China Light 16.60 -7 9 City Resources 2.40 -13 Cross Horb Tunnel 10.30 -2.5 Dao Heng 1.20 -0.35 F
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      • 341 25 Oct 26 Yen Change Aimomoto 3130 -260 Akc 465 -16 Amodo 869 -51 Asohi Chem 1030 -70 Asahi Glass 1670 180 Bank Of Tokyo 1300 -70 Bndgestone 1140 -40 Canon 911 -39 Casio Computer 1120 -50 Citizen 492 -33 D Nip Print 2170 -10 D Nippon Screen 899 -31
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      • 292 25 Oct 26 Cents Change (Aust) A C I 340 A N I Aberloyle 560 -20 Age 250 unch Amcor 360 -20 Ampol Exp 300 -15 Ampol Pe? 270 +20 Anz 385 -15 Ariadne Aust 110 -10 Ashton B H P 736 Beach Petroleum 50S o Bell Group 736 +186
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      • 262 25 LONDON Rising prices on most base metals markets this year have restored industry profitability to levels approaching the "boom conditions" of 1979-80, according to the latest Metals Analysis and Outlook (MAO) review. In a report titled The Five Year Outlook, the analysts predict that
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    • 195 26 Asean Resources appoints financial adviser ASEAN Resources, which recently reached an out-of-court settlement with Ka Wah Bank, has appointed an adviser to help in its capital restructuring. A company source said yesterday that they have appointed Bain and Co Securities financial adviser and would be seeking court approval to reduce
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    • 393 26 PEAK Hua Industries Bhd, the Malaysian investment holding company which has been losing money for the last two years, has blamed low turnover and high interests for the 28 per cent rise in its operating loss to M$4.98 million for
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    • 333 26 TRADING in Paper Products (Malaya) Bhd shares will resume tomorrow, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) said yesterday. The exchange suspended the stock on July 14 when they were traded on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SES) at 88 cents each after the loss-mak-ing company
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    • 269 26  -  TRUDY LIM By QCAN a bankrupt withdraw his CPF savings before he reaches 55 to bay a house or flat, either in his name or jointly with his children? What would happen to his CPF savings if he should die before reaching 55? Will there be any difference if
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    • 197 26 LONDON The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is investigating the defence mounted by AE PLC, the engine components company, against the £250 million (SsB74 million) takeover bid by T and N PLC last year. The DTI has requisitioned books and papers from Hill Samuel, the
      Reuter  -  197 words
    • 187 26 TOKYO A Japanese consortium of banks, trading houses and construction firms is to set up a joint-venture company with Australian firms to build a 1,500 km railway line in Australia. The planned railway line between Darwin and Alice Springs in northern Australia will
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    • 118 26 TOKYO Hitachi Ltd forecasts parent company net profit of 65 billion yen (S$950 million) in the year ending next March 31, up 22 per cent from this year, a company spokesman said. Current profit in 1987/88 is expected to rise
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    • 620 26  -  LIM ENG HAI By DUTA Consolidated Bhd, the troubled flagship of Malaysian businessman Duta Yap Yong Seong, has escaped being wound up for the moment and is now working on a rescue package with two parties. The two parties one an unnamed
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    • 355 26 SOUTH Pacific Textile Industries Bhd (SPTI) has bought a 49 per cent stake in Knitwear Fashion (M) Sdn Bhd. SPTI bought the 73,500 shares of Msl each from Mr Allan Tan Hong Lai and his family for M5110,250 cash, valuing the shares at M51.50
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    • 321 26 Van der Horst subsidiary to sell bulk of assets RIG Supply Inc, a whollyowned subsidiary of Van der Horst USA Inc, has agreed to sell the bulk of its assets to a private US company for U*****,000 (5J640.000). Van der Horst Ltd said yesterday the sale to Custom Die Insert
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    • 276 26 Govt expects to finalise sale of MAS and MISC stakes next year KUALA LUMPUR Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein said yesterday that the government's move to sell its stake in Malaysian Airline System and the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation is expected to be finalised next year. Describing the
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  • RACING
    • 187 27  -  FAIRWAY PENANG A new feature race will be added to the SingaporeMalaysia racing calendar when the Malayan Racing Association stages the first of four MRA Cups at Ipoh next year. The others will be held at Bukit Timah, Penang and Kuala Lumpur
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    • 305 27  -  TONTO By PENANG Former Class 1 sprinter Sovereign Escort n, who was retired to stud after winning two classic races, has sired a potential champion with his first crop. Joel, his only progeny so far to race on the local circuit,
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    • 222 27  -  TONTO PENANG These horses did well over the weekend and can be followed: Silver Arrow 11, having only his third start this season, showed a return to form. He led into the straight before going down a l'i-length second to Nobody's Fool in Class 5 Div 1
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    • 1279 27 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Class 1 Div 1 1,400m (Ratings: 187-157) Olympic Torch 111 62.5 187 St Gallen 62 186 Feu Vert 59.5 181 Carlos Lopez 57.5 177 Siapa Rajah V 57.5 177 Remember Me V 57 176 Han Dynasty 55.5 173
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 404 28 Careca and Renica sent off ROME Diego Maradona's Napoli, playing much of the second half with only nine men, snatched a 1-1 draw at Roma on Sunday to keep their three-point lead at the top of the Italian First Division. The defending champions' star
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    • 429 28 SPANISH LEAGUE MADRID Real Madrid produced another dazzling display of form on Sunday with a 4-0 trouncing of Valencia to go six points clear at the top of the League table. Goals by Mexican striker Hugo Sanchez, defender Manuel Sanchis
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    • 289 28 BRITISH ROUND-UP Aberdeen lose in penalty shoot-out GLASGOW Glasgow Rangers retained the Scottish League Cup in dramatic fashion on Sunday by beating Aberdeen 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 3-3 extra-time stalemate at Hampden Park. European Cup hopes Rangers found themselves a goal down when Jim
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    • 277 28 BASEBALL Yomiuri Giants beat Seibu Lions 7-3 on Sunday in the opening game of the best-of-seven Japan Series. In Havana, Cuba clinched the eighth Intercontinental Cup tournament as unbeaten champions on Saturday after beating Taiwan 3-2 in their last game. The United States beat Japan 5-3 to
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    • 661 28 Unbeaten Porto put two past Maritimo PORTUGUESE LEAGUE LISBON European champions Porto bounced back after their narrow mid-week defeat by Real Madrid to beat Maritimo 2-0 on Sunday and open up a four-point lead at the top of the First Division. A goal in each half from Algerian striker Madjer
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    • 171 28 Violence forces suspension BUENOS AERES Argentina's First Division 10thround match between Independiente and Union de Santa Fe was suspended on Sunday due to violence in the stands. The incidents began when the visiting squad's Franco Navarro scored the equaliser three minutes before the final whistle. Angry local fans responded by
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    • 105 28 Yugoslavia are youth champions SANTIAGO Yugoslavia won the sixth World Youth Championship on Sunday when they defeated West Germany 54 on penalties in the final. The final went to a penalty shoot-out after 30 minutes of extra time failed to break the 1-1 deadlock. Yugoslavia appeared to have clinched the
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    • 262 28 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEW YORK— The National Football League resumed play with regular teams on Sunday for the first time since the end of the players' strike. The 24-day strike collapsed on Oct 15, but striking players were turned away from last weekend's games by team owners
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    • 549 29 Britain moves into new era with Olympic places at stake LONDON British athletics will move into a new era next year when, for the first time, men and women will compete for Olympic places at the same meeting. The AAA and Women's AAA championships, which have been held separately for
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    • 203 29 Wells is tops in Nice Triathlon NICE Richard Wells, of New Zealand, led from start to finish to win the Nice Triathlon on Sunday, finishing the swimming, cycle race and road race in shr 59min 53sec. American Scott Tinley was second and France's Henri Niquet third. In Belong, China's Chen
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    • 270 29 Aurelia blooms on beam ROTTERDAM China's Lou Yun overshadowed the Soviet men to win two individual gold medals at the World Gymnastics Championships on Sunday. Lou, 23, became Olympic vault champion and silver medalist in the floor exercises at Los Angeles three years ago
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    • 343 29 VTENNA (Austria) Jonas B. Svensson, of Sweden, came from behind to defeat Israel's Amos Mansdorf 1-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U*****,000 ($322,400) CA Trophy Grand Prix tennis tournament on Sunday. Mansdorf, seeded No. 6, seemed the likely winner as he breezed
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    • 420 29 TENNIS BRIGHTON (England) ARGENTINE teenager Gabriela Sabatini overturned the seedings by toppling American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4 with her top-spin passing shots to win the women's Brighton Classic on Sunday. Gabriela survived a disastrous start in both sets and a warning for slow play to
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    • 614 29  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Swiss now stand in Singapore's way to last eight reports from London RESULTS Group A: Pakistan bt Malaysia 3-0; West Germany bt Greece 3-0; Sweden bt Norway 3-0. Group B: New Zealand bt Denmark 3-0; Wales bt United States 2-1. Group C
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    • 234 29 CANADA and Finland spent a sleepless night yesterday, knowing that their fate in the World Open squash championship may well be outside their control. The problems for the two countries, who are locked in a close battle to see who finish second in Pool
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    • 468 30 England take wind out of the Windies ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Richards' men unlikely to make last four JAIPUR West Indies, for so long the kings of one-day cricket, were left with only the merest hope of reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup after stumbling to a 34-run defeat
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    • 230 30 INDIA v ZIMBABWE AHMEDABAD India comfortably defeated Zimbabwe by seven wickets in a World Cup Group A match here yesterday, a victory that convinced all but the mathematicians that they are now into the semi-finals. It would take an improbably sequence of results in
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    • 207 30 PREVIEW: AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND CHANDIGARH Australia, who can clinch a World Cup semi-final berth if they beat New Zealand here today, will wait until the last minute before naming their side. They will only take the decision after a late inspection of the wicket
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    • 262 30 A BRUISED ankle kept Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan from completing his bowling quota in the match against Sri Lanka here on Sunday, but he said the injury was not serious. Fast bowler Imran winced soon after bowling the second ball of the fourth of his allotted
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    • 166 30 MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Twins captured the 84th World Series of Major League baseball when their ace pitcher Frank Viola won a tense 4-2 victory over the St Louis Cardinals on Sunday. For the first time in World Series history, every game was won
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    • 622 31  - SSC to provide increased aid for some sports MAHMOOD GAZNAVI Associations must prove themselves first By 4 We realise that we now have more money in the kitty and therefore we need to help that much more...To be realistic, we have identified only some sports which we feel can do
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    • 261 31  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI BODYBUILDING SINGAPORE'S three representatives to the World Bodybuilding Championships were eliminated in the first round in Madrid on Sunday. Ibrahim Sihat, Fatholomein Ali and Hashim Salim found the competition too tough and were shown the door by the more powerful bodybuilders
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    • 456 31  - Becker, 72, is a genuine French vintage ALBERT JOHNSON ALTHOUGH Frenchman Jean Becker may be vintage, he is one of those rare sportsmen still playing even at the ripe old age of 72. The affable and soft-spoken Becker, the grandfather and doyen of French veterans' tennis, represented France at Wimbledon
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    • 180 31  - Make or break for the champs JOE DOR AI SOCCER: PRIME MINISTER'S CUP DEFENDING champions Bukit Panjang face the threat of losing their hold on the Inter-constituency soccer title for the Prime Minister's Cup. They have to win tonight's match against Nee Soon at the Toa Payoh Stadium (7.30) to
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    • 209 31  - FAS awaiting word from Oman on tour JOE DORAI By THE Football Association of Singapore are still awaiting word from their Oman counterparts on the proposed visit to Muscat. The Singapore national team were scheduled to leave on a 10-day tour at the invitation of the Oman FA on Sunday.
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    • 39 31 TOKYO China qualified for the Seoul Olympic Games when they beat Japan 2-0 (half-time 1-0) in the second leg of their Eastern Zone qualifying match here yesterday. Liu Haiguang (37th min) and Tang Xiadong (82nd) scored. Reuter
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    • 182 31  - Civil Service to leave for Queen's Cup ALBERT JOHNSON THE Singapore Civil Service Sports Council have selected an 18-member team to take part in the Queen's Cup soccer tournament in Bangkok from Friday until Nov 10. The majority of the players come from the Singapore Intermediate squad. The other players
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    • 20 31 BALESTIER United edged out Uhindits, of Western Australia, 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at Toa Payoh yesterday.
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    • 290 31  -  ALBERT JOHNSON KARATE Fighters face tough test By FOUR top karatekas from the Singapore Oyama Ka-rate-Do Kyokushinkai-kan-will represent the Republic at the World full contact knock-down championships at the Nippon Budu Kaikan in Tokyo from Nov 6-8. The four are: Patrick Teo Kok Hoon, Hon Nath
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    • 276 31 Reid wins to break 11 -year lean spell GOLF TUCSON American Mike Reid ended 11 years of wondering whether he would ever win as he came from behind to win the US$6OO,OOO ($1.25m) Tucson Open golf tournament with a 20-under-par 268 total. "I'm just grateful to my family and friends
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    • 396 31 SNOOKER READING (England) Scottish whizzkid Stephen Hendry collected the first major title of what is likely to prove a glittering career when he won the international snooker Grand Prix by beating former world champion Dennis Taylor 10-7 here on Sunday. The victory also meant
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    • 171 31 HOCKEY KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Hockey Federation's disciplinary board will meet on Nov 7 to decide on the punishment to be meted out to three national players for indiscipline. Two others will face the board the same day to answer charges of assaulting spectators during the
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    • 52 31 ALEXANDRA edged out Kampong Kembangan 41-40 in an Inter-constituency basketball match at Geylang on Sunday. Other results: Bukit Batok 62 Moulmein 49, Yio Chu Rang 69 Kreta Ayer 41, Changkat 72 Punggol 42, Geylang West 47 Leng Kee 40, Ayer Rajah 73 Delta 45, Hong Kah 88 Boon
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    • 122 29 COMPUTERS j r ."f WBm WFJHr JB Kjprji *J| ICatch up with Computers i \%> I The Straits Times "Computers" on November 1 8 will be the essential reference to the latest in computer software, hardware and applications. Key editorial topics include: Computer schools and how they are still packing
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 483 30 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM LIM LIANG SIAN Aged 83 passed away peacefully on Sunday, 25th October 1987, leaving behind: Son Daughter-in-law Lnh Soo Heng Shova Chatterjl Daughters Sons-in-law Ilph Poh Tiang Ho Seng Geok Loh Poh Choo Lim Seow Khim Grandsons Granddaughter-in-law Ho Ann Soon Hlo Ann Hock Ho
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      36 30 2nd Year Anniversary NARAYANASAMY PASUPATHY Departed 20.10.1985 Prayers will be held at Blk 20 Bedok South Road, «25-35 on Wed 28/10 from 10am-12noon. Lunch will be served. Please treat thii as a personal invitation.
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      87 30 In Fond Memory Of MR. TSU YANG HSIEN Departed 27/10/68 Upright and Just In all his ways Loyal and true through all his days Silently suffered, patiently bore God took him home to suffer no more. Atwyi remembered by loved one*. In Loving Memory Of WONG CHUN
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    • 56 30 THE FAMILY OF the Late Mrs. Yeo Chwee Beng nee Goh Ee Soon wish to express our heartfelt thanks to relatives, colleagues, friends, members of SAF ASC, members of the various Brethrer Groups for their help, support and donations during our recent bereavement. When in need, The Straits
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    • 55 30 The Family of the Late THERESA HENG GUAN HIANG express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Rev. Father P. Abrial and Padre Pio Prayer Group of St. Francis Xavier's Church, neighbourhood Church Prayer Groups and to all relatives and friends for their kind attendance, assistance, wreaths, condolences and
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    • 36 30 323 Condolences 323 Condolences THE SINGAPORE HOTEL ASSOCIATION (SHA) BOARD THE SHA SECURITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE offer their deepest condolences to the family of the late I MR WEE KIM SAN I on his recent demise. J
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    • 42 30 The Family of the Late MR. N. INDRA SENAN Departed 21.10.87 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to doctors and nurses of NUH Ward 43, relatives and friends, for their condolences, wreaths, kind attendance and assistance during their recent bereavement.
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    • 101 30 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements fAL-FATIHA THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR CHAN TIAN KIM alias CHAN BASHYRI DEPARTED: 23.10.87 wishes to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Brother HJ. Hamzah A. Mutalib and staff of Darul Arqam, staff of ward 36, TTSH, relatives and friends for their prayers, assistance,
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    • 346 30 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. TAN NGO NANCY ROSA Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 25th October 1987, leaving behind beloved: HUSBAND: Mark Ong Boon Jee SONS: DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Ong Kheng Hock, Wilfred Lim, Daisy Ong Kheng Leng, Spencer Ong Kheng Soon, Joseph DAUGHTERS: SONS-IN-LAW: Ong
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 58 31 NETBALL SWNA Off-season League Div 1: T. Orioles 2 v Besco. Div 3: SRC v UWC. Div 4: Anson v WeyhilL Div 5: Standard Chartered v Ken-Air. All at Petain Road at 6.40pm. SNOOKER RPM Classic (SBSC Clubhouse, 7.30). SOCCER Inter-ronstltaency tournament: Bukit Panjang v Nee Soon (Toa Payoh, 7.30).
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  • 514 32 Economy better and more are entering job market, says GPC SINGAPORE is likely to see a drop in the unemployment rate during the third quarter of this year, a Labour Ministry official said yesterday. The upturn in the economy is likely
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  • 428 32 China's 13th Communist Party Congress BEIJING China yesterday announced that it would have to increase food prices and said farmers could freely sublet land for the first time since 1949. Mr Du Runsheng, head of the China Rural Development Research Centre,
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  • 316 32 STOCKBROKER E.G. Tan and his wife, Mrs Tan Geok Eng, were made bankrupts by the High Court yesterday on petitions by two banks. Mr Tan, a son of the late rubber magnate Tan Lark Sye, owes the Arab Banking Corporation $7 million while
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  • 541 32 UNITED States Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be in Singapore for discussions with Asean economic ministers who begin a two-day meeting here on Thursday. The Asean ministers are meeting to finalise the package of proposals they agreed to in principle when they
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  • 217 32 Tiger rebels slip out of cordon set up by Indian army COLOMBO Rearguard units of Tamil Tigers in Jaffna harassed Indian troops with sniper fire yesterday as reports reached here that most guerillas were slipping out through a cordon thrown around the city. The Indian High Commission said Indian soldiers
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  • 619 32 Little guide [~^^j^\ Half a book that fS^TT r million to tells all jw^j benefit from about the =^tfifc* concession MRT pass ruling MRT Countdown Page 14 11 days Page 14 A LIST of offences which gives commuters a guideline on how to
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    • 186 32 Weather Showers over several areas in the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m tomorrow: 32 max., 25 min SUNSET today: 6.51 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.46 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 11/27 C Fine Los Angeles 17/24 C Clear Amsterdam 11/15 C Gear Madrid 8/16 C Cloudy Athens 13/25 C Clear
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    • 580 1 The Witches Of Eastwick, with three female stars, spearheads Hollywood's new wave of movies about women's friendship. NANCY MILLS reports. CAR manufacturers noticed several years ago that American women bought cars, so they started advertising in women's magazines. Now, the American film industry is awakening to
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    • Teens
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      • 244 2  -  IRENE PATES AFTER the final school exams, which for many teens end this week or next week, comes about a fortnight of waiting, suspense, speculation about how they fared in the exams and report books. How do you present your report book
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      • 875 5 Malay women and their aspirations As editor of the country's most popular women's magazine, Jelita, Ms Rohani Pa'wancik, keeps abreast with the progress of Malay women in Malaysia. She shares her views with MARDIANA ABU BAKAR. 6 "Being a woman, Malay or otherwise, is the greatest challenge yet. Most times
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      • 493 5  -  Oleh MARDIANA ABU BAKA WANTTA Melayu di Singapura dan Malaysia sedang menghadapi cabaran hebat mengimbangi peranan tradisional mereka sebagai ibu, isteri dan pengurus rumahtangga dan pada masa yang sama menghadapi cabaran kerjaya. Buat wanita kerjaya, mereka telah terpaksa membahagibahagikan tanggungjawab mengurus rumah
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      • 253 5 PANDUAN: ACROSS (melintang) 1. Sejenis bekas air (porcelain jar) 3. Mengemokakan pendapat (propose) 5. Habls (end) 7. Intan (diamond) 8. Mencnci badan dengan air (bathe) 9 Susan nntnk berflkir (slow-witted) DOWN (membujur) 1. Sejenis gendang kecil (small drum) 2. Gngur (fall) 3. Sudah luntur (faded) 4. Sejenis kera (a type
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      • 1143 5 APPOINTMENTS/NOnCES TEL 730-5724/5/6/8 5669(010), 737-00 11 TELEFAX: 732-2759 TELEX: RS ***** TIMEAD RATES: The Straits Times -$26 85 per col.cm The Sunday Times-$28. 15 per colon BOX SERVICE: $5.00 (Collected) $10.00 (Posted) NOTICES IVfc_ VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL /MOSTI I Vl7 TRAINING BOARD Moa U >« I I Register now for part-time
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      • 584 5 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CAP 2f 198C ED.) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 351C OF 1987 Re: NG KAH CHWEE Ex parte: BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION ...Creditors In the matter of a Bankruptcy Notice issued on the 18th day of September, 1987. To:
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      • 5097 6 "^^pjjf^ijjjj^r C A T S TLX: R*****3 CLASS t FAX: 732-0230CLASS l l < 1 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out |(jntSV&/ •I' Restaurant Pte Ltd We cater for weddings, 5& -"W db j&B"£ar birthdays other happy is^iii occasions [P^i*^ Outdoor catering is available 5^ HAIRY CRABS FROM SHANGHAI, WHOLESALE
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      • 1122 6 50 Hairdressing 50 Hairdressing (q^of S J^to*%«^^WljNNEß OF GOLDEN SCISSOR m s^^jjf g^^ AWARD *86 M 2ND RUNNER-UP-STORE HAIR TIME > 87 'mm, Ur COURSES AT VERY AFFORDABLE FEES! ENROL NOW! SPECIAL 4 MONTHS PROFESSIONAL COURSE ONLY WITH eOOO $O£o DEPOSIT Models Required Cut $4, Perm $8 For enquiries please
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      • 770 7 60 Private Investigation/ Security Agencies CONFIDENTIAL ft PTE. investigation by agency licensed by CID. Call Sigma, *****52/ *****06. GLOBAL INVESTIGATION We're licensed Private Detectives. Call our hotline: *****22 (24 hrs.) PRIVATE INVESTIGATION BY licensed investigators. Call: *****40. *****38 Mon. -Sat. 71 Courier Services CANT TAKE LEAVE? Occupied? I provide motorcycle
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      • 827 7 73 Office Equipment/ Supplies CANON COPIER PC2S $1.21X1 Xerox 1020 $880. Sharp 5F755 $750. Ricoh 3020 $980, DTBSO $550. Toshiba $450 Typewriter. *****06. USE WITHOUT WORRY 1 reliable low cost fax In very new cond. with 1 yr. warranty, approved by Telecoms. Call 220-0310/ 224-9358. XEROX COPIERS 2300 1030, A4
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      • 884 7 78 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies 1 QX J^^ Pallet Truck For a limited period only while stocks last. Don't miss this S^~-• opportunity to buy Swedish fjjjfc made quality products. W^^j^^L fjflß fHP^B J^oo^^^ Also available lifters and stackers (manual and battery operated) so* *g-» < siocftiw £23 GROVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT
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      • 583 7 78 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies 79 Business Opportunities PARTNERB OF FACIAL salon giving up. Fully furnished with equipment in good cond. Area. 345 sq.ft. Location established hotel, Orchard area. Interested in taking over: call *****03. Priority given to earliest response. THINKING OF INVESTING wisely? We cater for various financial condition of
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      • 534 7 92 Domestic Help Available 92 Domestic Help Available FILIPINO MAIDS SPECIALIST The Advantage COMPLETE PACKAGE AT Strict control, specially SSS4O/~ picked* Pre-SeieCtiOP JLfcS*. Includes Full Documentation on video Trained Service 55.000 Back-up f~^f Oth«rServk« UAK(S)PTE.LTD.# 190 Middle Road. #04-07/08 Fortune Centre Singapore 0718 Tel: *****87/*****42 -0869-0' 304 Orcnard Road. #04-07
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      • 364 7 92 Domestic Help Available I Call us today for IMMEDIATE SERVICE I ISRILANKAN/Sl5O I FILIPINO/5300 FAOOUTI I Tel: *****55 ~l L#l2-05Tanglin ShoppingOl Centre, Orchard Road H<e)ai:<fl;f:liil SS4BO Package /l Free Reptacement /M m\ Passport/Work Permit M 224-1962 J| I 224-1926 i\l I 225-9337 Jj tJEA Fi**pino Maids '■WV Al-in-Package 5
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      • 362 7 92 Domestic Help Available 94 Positions Vacant: Professional/ Executive ft aggressive C!ut7 dealing with a unique sport hobby urgently requires a MANAGER Job responsibilities: Ensure smooth running of organisation. e Formulating Implementing policies procedures. Co-ordinate the various activities. Handle all queries/ complaints. General matters pertaining to the Club. The candidate
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      • 522 7 94 Positions Vacant: Professional/ Executive < TAMAN JURONG CLINIC requires Part-time Female Doctor. Contact Dr. Llm. *****28. 95 Positions Vacant: EDP COMPUTER KEY PUNCHER required urgently. 'O' level e Bilingual: English/Chinese e Experience In using IBM P.C.. preferably with worklng knowledge of DBASE3 WORDSTAR, LOTUS 1-2-3 Interested applicants please contact
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      • 338 7 97 Positions Vacant: Domestic WANTED PART-TIME AMAH In Jh lan Kayu for morning or afternoon work. Contact *****40. 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical An established company manufacturing and marketing fast-moving products requires: GCE O or N 1 Level certificate Ability to type Fluent in English and must be able to
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      • 507 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical KENWOOD ACCOUNTS Hi-Fi STEREO I r m r\%f "We are a Japanese manufacturer of high tech home and car audio LUh equipment We are expanding in Singapore Soon, we will operate \J L.L. n IV from Ang Mo Kio (next
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      • 235 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Use CATS when in need. rmpam* I Hke it here I feel great to be a J k CATS tele-ad girl. And be jKj|frj| part of a very unique team r^^L^^w the only one in all C Mf4f Singapore. Helping thousands each day to get
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      • 67 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical \l NEPTUNE OMENT LINES LTD requires FEMALE CLERKS/ TYPISTS 3 GCE 'O' level with credits in Maths. English or English Literature Typing speed of at least 30 w.p.m. FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERKS 3 GCE 'O' level with credits In Maths. English or English Literature LCCI Intermediate
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      • 94 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ~RICHARD TAN ORGANISATION EXPANDING PROGRAMME requires 1) SECRETARY 2) RECEPTIONIST Requlremenents for Post (1): e Mln. GCE 'O' Level Cert. e Min. 1 year working experience e Pleasant personality e Possess LCC Private Secretary's Cert. e LCC/ Pitman Typing/ Shorthand e Pleasant personality e Able
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      • 88 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical The finance Department of a well established company in Jurong requires immediately STENOGRAPHER/ ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Requirements:e GCE 'O' level with good credits In English and Mathematics. Good typing skill (at least 40 w.p.m.) and shorthand speed of 90 w.p.m. Hardworking and pleasant. e Knowledge of
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      • 579 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Call us for Bank Jobs. We've more than 20 immediate position* available with S pore's largest Offshore International Banks. If you want to break into the banking line, call: *****44/5/6 today without delay, for following Jobs: Bank A/Cs Clerk 10 positions Temp. Perm. Jobs available
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      • 532 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Commercial Division A lot of Girls have successfully found perm, jobs with multinational cos. through us. If you're looking for a Job, why not let us do the searching for you? caii: *****44/5/6 Accounts Dept. e Sr. A/Cs. Clark 1. Required by a Management Co.
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      • 517 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical has immediate vacancy for: SHIPPING CLERK Requirements: GCE 'O' level or Preliminary Certificate in Business Studies from National Institute of Commerce Must be able to type well e 1 to 2 years experience in import/ export and shipping documentation work advantageous Please contact Noelle for
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      • 682 8 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical STENOGRAPHER Legal firm. Shorthand 80/ 90 w.p.m. WP Knowledge. $30/ day. JUNIOR SECRETARY River Valley. Engineering firm. Duties shorthand, telex, facsimile and secretarial duties. 21 years above. SSOO $700. Immediate vacancy. 2 JUNIOR ACCOUNTS CLERKS 3 months. Senton Way. $22/ day. WP OPERATOR Changi Airport
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      • 610 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical DORMA CLERK Scheduling Dept. e GCE O 1 level with credit In Maths e Typing ability 35 w.p.m. e Experience in working with PC Send in handwritten application with photo or call personally to: DORMA, S'PORE BRANCH 2 JALAN TERUBAN SINGAPORE 2261 (Behind Jurong Bus
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      • 634 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Engineering Firm urgently requires a: FEMALE GENERAL CLERK cum RECEPTIONIST e Able to type accurately, e Able to answer phone calls, e Able to start work Immediately. Intereated please call personally or write in to: Metax Engineering Corp. Pte Ltd No. 6 Wan Lee Road,
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      • 621 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical International Forwarding Company requires FEMALE RECEPTIONIST CUM TYPIST e Typing speed 40 w.p.tn. e GCE O' level with good credits in English. Interested applicants please call *****66 for Miss Tan for an interview at- #01-01 Teck Chiang Realty Bldg. 14 Arumugam Road, S'pore 1440 Off
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      • 629 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical IxPERIENCED FEMALE GENERAL CLERK urgently required Walk-In interview at: Yokosin Marine Co. Pte. Ltd Blk.lool, Eunos Ave. 8 #03-34/ 36 Singapore 1440 TEL: *****85/ 6 FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK e in. possess LCC Accounting Certificate, e Willing to start work immediately, e Able to speak Chinese
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      • 1010 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Urgently required: GENERAL CLERK cum RECEPTIONIST minimum GCE 'O 1 level pleasant personality fluent in English and good telephone etiquette ability to type well Interested applicants, please write in to: THE ADVERTISER 130, GENTINQ LANE, (off Kallang Way) S PORE 1334 Well established firm in
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      • 872 9 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical JUNIOR SECRETARY REQUIRED by engineering co. at Tamplnes Ind Est With secretarial qualifications Age 20 to 28. Salary $700 to $900. Can start work lm mediately. Call 785-0029. REQUIRED EXPERIENCED CLERK with knowledge of simple accounts, typing telex. Apply personally at #81-19 Fcrum Oalleria, Orchard
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      • 690 9 99 Positions Vacant: Sales 99 Positions Vacant: Sales 99 Positions Vacant: Sales 99 Positions Vacant: Sales SALES EXECUTIVES/ TRAINEE MANAGERS 8 ambitious men/ women required for interesting sales positions to service existing clients A develop new market. Must possess own transport. ROD personnel are also welcome as training will be
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      • 584 10 99 Positions Vacant: Sales One of Singapore's fastest growing Storage and Materials company urgently requires a SALES REPRESENTATIVE The right person should have a minimum of 1/2 years Industrial sales experience have completed N.S. own a car able to converse fluently In English age between 22-25 This position offers excellent
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      • 683 10 99 Positions Vacant: Sales WORLD ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION In line with our expansion, we have several openings for young and mature men and women to Join our Marketing Division. Experience Is not essential, however, candidates must have a minimum GCE 'O' level qualification, speak fluent English and one local dialect, enjoy
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      • 638 10 99 Positions Vacant: Sales Nusanta Pte Ltd We are a retail co. dealing In electronic products such as camera, video, hi-fi. Due to rapid expansion, we have vacancies for: EPERIENCED SALES EXECUTIVES e Must have completed N.S. TRAINEE BALES EXECUTIVES e No experience needed. FEMALE CLERK 8 e Age 21
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      • 925 10 99 Positions Vacant: Sales Make Life Insurance selling your professional career Join one of the top agencies with THE PRUDENTIAL For appointment call Peggy at *****35 today tomorrow SALES EXECUTIVES e Age 21 and above e Pleasant personality e Mln. GCE 'O' level e Some computer knowledge essential e Experience
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      • 803 10 99 Positions Vacant: Sales SALES REPRESENTATIVE required to promote West German products. Salary $600 to $1,500. Training transport provided. Interested tel: *****81. CHINEBE SALESGIRLS WANTED for location at Liang Court. Age 17 to 25. Experience not necessary. Interested tel: *****82. ESTABLISHED REAL EST. organisation required Marketing Executives with own transport.
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      • 504 10 100 Positions Vacant: Tachnical 100 Positions Vacant: Tachnical MESA, an established multinational corporation dedicated to the production and continuing refinement of audio products is inviting suitably qualified candidates to apply for the following vacancies: i I I Supervisor Minimum Diploma in Mechanical, Electronic and Production Engineering Preferably possess relevant experience
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      • 552 10 100 Poaitiona Vacant: Technical u.s.a. VJi^llO Capable of trouble-shooting and maintenance of refrigeration units and plant I air-conditioners Preferably with at least 3 years' experianoa in the air-con and refrigeration •>■ field Candidates should preferably possess Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Certificate Must be prepared to work 2 rotating shifts i Attractive
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      • 489 11 100 Positions Vacant: Technical We have an immediate vacancy for the position of: Associate Engineer (Regional Industrial Management) The Job: To facilitate all planning activities and monitor project costing within the technical support group by creating and maintaining a system operated on Personal Computer. Pre requisites: Diploma in an Engineering
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      • 614 11 100 Positions Vacant: Technical A OvMy- Business MATERIAL PLANNERS e NTC 2/ ITC in Production/ Mechanical Engineering e Working experience In Mfg. drawing, material planning, material list will be advantageous e Some knowledge of purchasing would be useful e S'pore Citizen, age 20 to 30 e Salary: $900 $1000 inel.
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      • 700 11 100 Positions Vacant: Technical SKILLED MACHINISTS required 1) MILLERS 2) GRINDERS 3) TURNERS 4) APPRENTICES (Min. with NTC 3) 81k.6015, Ang Mo Kio Ind. Park 3 #01-346 Tel. *****66 Urgently required 1) WELDING INSPECTORS 2) ULTRASONIC INSPECTORS 3) UT TECHNICIANS For posts (1) (2), min. requirements: CSWIP qualifications. For post
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      • 500 11 101 Positions Vacant: Production 101 Positions Vacant: Production Mondays to Fridays (8.00 am 5.30 pm)^^^ I I \^^A Rotating 2 Shift, Personnel Department Psrmansnt Ist Shift (6.50 am 3.05 pm) DI.-| M e «««««r« Pt* I *A Permanent 2nd Shift (2.55 pm 11.00 pm) (Additional Shift allowance: $80) ??^|L oh
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      • 331 11 101 Positions Vacant: Production f A^£Kr 1 If manufacturing 1 u dispotable medical i supplies invites applicants to apply for the positions of: KTTi|l|WnnT»B mmm^m^Mmmm 3 rotating shifts Able t0 read wnte Chinese Experience m Plastic Injection Moulding is preferred Salary will commensurate with experience in plastic maintenance of" mould
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      • 339 11 101 Positions Vacant: Production Fs^mjd Microelectronic^jiiji zfSwU Packaging (S)^ Mjfl WANTED! Wm The following personnel for our Tuas Bukit ■•M^JV Merah Plants Engineering Operators/ ''M^m QC Inspectors jSJife Sec 3 above with pass in Mathematics QjljLJ Training provided Tuas 2 rotating permanent afternoon snift HP"? Bt Merah permanent morning/afternoon shift
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      • 85 11 101 Positions Vacant: Production r.n IM JIJBQMQ REQHIRFS 1) Female Machine Operators. tel. Blk 221, Boon Lay Place, #01-220, Boon Lay Shpg. Ctr. S. 2264. Tel: *****50/ *****28. PRODUCTION OPERATORS required. Please call at: Pan Abrasives (Pte.) Ltd., 24 Pioneer Sector 2 (Feeder Service 257 from AU4TcamT> Change> PHARMACEUTICAL CO.
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      • 316 11 101 Positions Vacant: Production 101 Positions Vacant: Production LEVITEC ENGINEERING PTE LTD =EE We are looking for:- Working experience with computerised injection Moulding machine EjEEEE Experience in inspecting plastic parts Those without experience will also be considered 1 A very attractive salary package will be offered to the successful candidates.
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      • 340 12 101 Positions Vacant: Production PELMECj I A large ball bearing I manufacturing company in Jurong has vacancies for: Male/female Singaporeans No experience required Prepared to work 3 rotating shifts Benefits: High starting pay Confirmation increment Attractive shift allowance and full attendance incentive Free transport and uniform Alternate 5-day week Interested
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      • 403 12 101 Positions Vacant: Production Gross Income $650 $700 pm including OT and allowances Male Singaporean or Malaysia citizens Secondary 2 and above Completed NS Gross Income around $600 pm including overtime Male, Singaporean Minimum Sec 1 No shift work We offer free transport and uniform and other fringe benefits. Interested,
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      • 425 12 101 Positions Vacant: Production Japanese Garment Company requires: QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR (Male) e Age preferably between 22-25 e Must be upright bilingual e Preferably with experience In a knitted garment factory e Must be prepared to travel frequently for garment inspection Those interested please com* per tonally today (between 9im
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      • 165 12 Ttm a/ttmrtnv to hofl rmmunim I A place you are proud to serve Meet us today tomorrow 10.00am 12.00pm 2.00pm 5.30pm Waiters/ Waitresses ($550 $750) Cooks ($5BO -$800) General Clerk ($5OO $550) Beverage Stewardess ($550 $650) Attractive starting pay confirmation incre- j ment I Free meal, uniform, j laundry transport
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      • 202 12 Paramount Hotel We invite applications for the following positions: Night Auditor Telephone Operator Bell Hop Housekeeping Clerk Linen Maid Chambermaid Waiters/ Waitresses Room Service Waiter Lounge Waitresses General Clerk/ Typist (Minimum '0* Level) Pantry Maid Leading Cook Front Desk Officer All applicants must be able to perform shift duties. Apply
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      • 511 12 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge HOTEL ROYAL requires (1) FRONT OFFICE RECEPTIONISTS Ability to speak Mandarin essential OCE 'O' Level Oross salary (512/ $581 (2) FRONT OFFICE CASHIER Oross salary $522/ $591 (3) PURCHASING/ STORE CLERK OCE 'O' Level Oross salary $472/ $541 (4) WAITERS/ WAITRESSES No experience required
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      • 526 12 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge SAIGON RESTAURANT requires WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (day or night shift) KITCHEN HELPERS (flexible hours) Partial working week acceptable. Interview today and tomorrow: 2.45 pm 5.30 pm Level 4, Cairnhill Place, 15, Cairnhill Road, S'pore 0922 (behind Crown Prince Hotel, Orchard Road) AN EBTAB. DISCO requires
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      • 242 12 Completed at least Secondary 2 education 1 2 years' relevant experience prefened Preferably completed Primary education Age between 16 and 40 years Completed Secondary education 1 2 years' relevant experience Possession of Class 3 Driving Licence Completed Primary education Able to understand and write English Must be physically fit Able
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      • 282 12 r RECEPTIONIST CUM TYPIST With or without experience. Min. GCE 'O' level. Bilingual In English and Mandarin. Able to type. STORE ASSISTANT e Min. Sec.2. Able to speak/ read English. e Completed N.S. Possess Class 3 driving licence. Preference will be given to those staying around Jurong. Please call personally
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      • 403 13 104 Other Positions Vacant I -^I 111 llw?\-.l llw'V*' I Solution* for Data Storage We hove vacancies for Ss Completed Secondary 2 education Mi Minimum 1 year's relevant experience *gf Ex-Army/ Pol ice Experience an advantage pR Willing to work 12-hour rotating shift Physically fit Age below 50 years Attractive
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      • 139 13 104 Other Positions Vacant American Publishing Company on 5-day week requlrea an additkmal: STORE ASSISTANT CUM DRIVER due to our recant axpanaion in operation* Interested applicants must complete Primary 6 (English stream education and possess a valid class 3 driving licence) Please call personally for an ln- *">«* at: JOHN
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      • 637 13 104 Other Position* Vacant /jT A Japanese marine T^ /I engineering consultancy Ks| I company located In Jurong I/j i has vacancies tx the K I positions of: M A Female, below 24 yn of V *8 e t\ GCE O level with credit V In Mathemalcs I H LCCI
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      • 611 13 104 Other Positions Vacant Centrepoint requires Security Guards a Completed secondary one education e Previous experience in security, police or armed forces preferred. e Ability to write simple reports In English e Must be prepared to work 12 hours shift e Below 50 years old Interested applicants please call personally
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      • 619 13 104 Other Positions Vacant "driver cum despatch rider Possession of class 2 and 3 driving licence. Must possess own motorbike. Completed N.S. Able to start work Immediately. Intereeted plssss caM tSI: *****46 for sppolntmsnt Established Medical Laboratory" requires LABORATORY ASSISTANT Suitable for fresh school leavers s Training provided Plsaas apply
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      • 1053 13 104 Other Positions Vacant TRAVEL AGENCY REQUIRES One Accounts Assistant. Able to maintain full set of accounts. 3 Experienced Drivers. Ability to speak and write English. Must be prepared to work at all hours and to travel to Malaysia. Preferably staying around d.03. or Changi Airport. Write in giving full
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      • 789 13 104 Other Positions Vacant RESIDENT ELDERLY ATTENDANT/ Handyman with Class 3 licence required for clinic. Apply 221 East Coast Road. SHIP CHANDLING FIRM requires Delivery Clerk with class 3 licence. Preferably Indian. Ring Mr Rajan, te1291-5521. SRAY PAINTER NEEDED urgently Experience an advantage. Salary based on experience. For interview, call
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      • 350 13 128 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Mortgage Loan up/ Available nr/ Housing i?t) share Lian Huat Hang Finance 81k.45, "01 -177, Te10k BlangahDr. Singapore o4 lo. Tel: *****77/8 ap okm iBSI TAI THONG LEE TRADING PTE LTD Offers low Interest rate on car loan and non-transfer loan. 4 yaara rapaymant. Immadiala Approval.
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      • 591 13 128 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance 130 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo •83 VOLVO 244QL manual. 1 pte. owner, power steering/ window, tax 1/88, low mileage. $54,000. *****12 •Q' "85 VOLVO 240 OL. Fully auto. 1 owner, 33,000 km. Alloy rims. Like new. 475-5591. 1975 PEUGEOT 1 3. In good condition. Selling
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      • 984 13 132 For Sale: Mercedes TANGLIN USED CARS CO. *****83/ *****69 offers good prices and sell all MERCEDES, BMW. JAGUAR, VOLVO, all Continental, Japanese and scrap cars 69, Killiney Road Singapore 0923. 1974 MERCEDES 280S Automatic. Guaranteed beautiful condition. Road tax new. Beautiful number plate EDBBBBY. Highest offer secures. T.I: *****85
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      • 987 14 133 For Sale: Ford/ Fiat 7/82 FORD LASER 1.5 OL 5- speed 2nd owner full accessories tip-top cond. tax 12/87. $22,800. *****01. NOV. '81 FORD Laser 1.5 Ohla. Alrcon, radio, cassette. $19,000. Tel: *****25 after 2p.m. Q PLATE "82 Fiat 131 auto $8,800 loan arrangeable Blk 13 Short St. #01-151
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      • 938 14 134 For Sale: Datsun/ Nissan 12/82, NISSAN STANZA. Pte. owner. Power windows, central lock. Tip top cond. $23,900. Tel: *****33. 1976 DATSUN 200L, alrcond., hl-fl, new paint, new tax, tip top cond. Selling $5,500 neg. *****55. 1979 DATSUN 12OY OL. Alrcon. Sport rims, PARF eligible. Tip-top condition. Tel: *****34. 1979
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      • 1069 14 135 For Sale: Toyota NON-PARF BEAUTIFUL 78 Toyota Cresslda manual 2.0. Alrcon, cassette, new tax till Feb./'BB. $11,800 0.n.0. Tel. *****35, Edwin. 10/81, CO. REGD. Toyota Cresslda OL Auto. $19,800 0.n.0. View 143, Lavender St., S'pore 1233. Tel: *****08, Robert (after 10.30a.m.). 10/83 COROLLA QL 5-speed. New model, 1 owner,
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      • 1004 14 135 For Sale: Toyota ■81 COROLLA DX, PARF, alrcon., radio/ cassette, well kept. Highest offer to *****12 •81 TOYOTA CREBSIDA OL auto. 2nd owner, 1 yr. tax, expat leaving. 475-5591. •82 COROLLA 1300 DX, 1 owner. Alrcon., radio cassette. Tax 6/88, $22,800. *****55 •82 'Q* PLATE Cresslda 2.00L auto. 1
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      • 916 14 136 For Sale: Mitsubishi Get a MITSUBISHI service for only $52 From now to December 3lst, we can engine oi!) and original Mitsubishi give your Mitsubishi car a better oil filter. servicing that leaves it purring with Adjustment of contact point dwell perfection. All you have to do is leave
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      • 783 14 136 For Sale: Mitsubishi 137 For Sale: Mazda 73 MAZDA 8/ WAGON. 1.5, alrcon. radio cassette. $3900. Downpayment $1400. *****04/ *****14 78 MAZDA 323, good cond., alrcon., hl-fl, 'EK\ nice plate. Tel: *****08 '81 MAZDA 1.3, 5-door, alrcon, hl-fl, tax new, beautiful cond. $19,800 Tel: *****20. •81 MAZDA 828 Saloon,
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      • 859 14 136 For Sale: Mitsubishi 138 For Sale: Honda 9/83 PRELUDE EX, expensive hl-fl/ new s/rlms tyres, beautiful paintwork, tax 2/88. $38,800 neg. Steven: *****00/ pg. *****50. ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT- all Honda cars. Tel: *****33 Miss Goh 7am- llpm. We also sell. A HOUSEWIFE NEEDS 1 Prelude/ Civic/ Accord. Selling also
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      • 905 14 139 For Sale: Daihatsu •84 JULY DAIHATSU Charade Turbo. Excellent cond. Radio, cassette, s/rlms. Highest offer secures. Page: *****74. •86 DAIHATSU CHARADE I.OCX, 1 pte. owner. Tax 3/88. Showrm. cond. $30,500 0.n.0. View 81k.147, #02-89 Potong Paslr Ave.l. AUG. '85 CHARADE Turbo 3-dr. Good cond. S/rtms. $33,200. Tel: *****60. END
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      • 974 14 141 For Sale: Other Makes The legend lives on. Sales, Service Parts. Auto Italia Pte Ltd, 9 Leng Kee Road, Singapore 0315. Tel: 474 99/6/7. Telex. RS ***** BLEMPO Open on Sundays Wam 4pm. •87 MAY RENAULT SGT Turbo. 1 owner, with full accessories, vehicle maintained by agent and in
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      • 947 14 141 For Sale: Other Makes 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles LEE ENG FOO A BROTHERS MOTORS PTE. LTD. 381, BaioaMar Read (1232) Tat *****28 (5 Hnaa) •85 Daihatsu dlaaal 10" van 2 lan '84 Mitsubishi L3OO van 1439 c.c Toyo#c# potrofl 9* Nissan patrol dteeel ptefc -up Niaaan E23 patrol
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      • 770 15 Commercial Vehicles Niiy^m^M^ TMSF^r" VJ urgent spare parts straightaway. Or to answer t J W\ mmK±* Our Service Centres. 3>10,900 B^B IHLk 3«BlbW*^ H Sin Tien Seng *•Ltd Station WaTon u P HNd Office Sin Ming Centre: *****66 J™'^ $17,960* Kallang Centre: *****66 Whampoa West Showroom: *****66 $£J,9ZJ IrAKrJ* OAiHWiu
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      • 475 15 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 144 Vehicles Wanted $200 For every car which you recommend and sell to us we will offer you $200 on the spot. WE BUY AND SELL Attractive cash payment for PARF, non-PARF and company registered cars of any model and capacity. H.P. can ba arranged
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      • 726 15 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 144 Vehicles Wanted 10-SEATER OR 12-SEATER passenger van required urgently. Pte. plate. Please contact 264-4955, Stella office hours. CARS ANY MODELS required. Cash payment. Reliable service assured. Call: *****11. FREE VALUATION FOR all makes of vehicles. Cash payment. Fast sale of your car. *****04/ *****14.
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      • 808 15 142 For Sale: Commerc.a. Vehicles 172 Accommodation Available: Houses D.15 EXTREMELY CHARMING. S/storey. Well renovated. 4+l rms., spacious living/ dining, huge patio, long driveway, landscape garden $2,800 nag. AMERICAN SCHOOL VICINITY. Double-storey with excellent presentation. Quiet, serene environment, 4+ 1 rooms, well furnished $2,700 nag. UNIVERSAL REALTY: 743-1166 MUST VIEW
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      • 391 15 142 For Sale: &S. 172 Accommodation Available: Houses D.5 2-YR. OLD 3-storey townhse. 3+l rms. Furn. 2600 sq.ft. $1,500. *****33 Solo Real Est. D.9 LENGKOK ANGBA 2/storey seml-d., 3+l, f/furn., 4,000/ 2,000 sq.ft. $1,650. *****47 agt. EXCLUSIVELY FURN. 4500 sq.ft. 3+l aircon. $1200 neg. Hong Kong Park. SA *****70 FULL
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      • 651 15 173 Accommodation Available: Apartment* a^^^V^\»^ Long or ShoriLease "If A^S*^ FAR EAST PLAZA 1 Hotel Style LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS if At the junction ol ScotU/Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel. 14,000 sq ft Hotel Style Lobby Swimming Pool, Tennis Self Service Free Court, Squash Court, Launderette Billiard Room, Ample Indoor Car
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      • 682 15 173 Accommodation Available: Apartments REGENCY PARK DIST. 10 Newly completed luxurious apts. with excellent recreational facilities. 3/ 4 bdrm. apts. with balcony. Available immediately Contact *ole agent Jonas Lang Wootton *****44/5 *****88 Tanglin Hills Amidst greenery, upper maisonette, 4 bedrooms, split-level living/ dining, centrally aircondltloned, overlooking swimming pool. $3200 NEWMAN
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      • 1023 15 173 Accommodation Available: Apartments D.ll, HILLCREST ARCADIA, terr gdn. apt. 1,900 sq.ft. 3 bdrms., study. Nicely furn. Tel: *****47. D.ll SURREY COURT $1,200; Brookvale $1,900; Hlllcrest Arcadia $2,000; Promart: *****32/ 3. D.ll VILLA DE Flores tastefully furn. 3 bdrms. Pool/ squash. $2,500 neg. Allstate 732-7020/ 1. D.ll WATTEN EST. Condo.
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      • 1057 15 174 Accommodation Available: Room* DIST.9 F/FURN. RM. with bathroom, attached. Full facilities. Preferably single (female)/ couple. $600 p.m. Phone: *****20. D.15 FURNISHED AIRCON. room at St Patrick's View for foreign students. Meals it laundry arrangeable. Tel: 344-4734. FURN. RM. FOR rent at Bedok Central 5-rm. flat, near bus Interchange. Married
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      • 511 16 176 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments HOB.' HUDC/ apt/ hses 2-5 rnv urgently wanted Any dist. Immed. occupation. *****12/*****68. HDB/ HUDC/ PTE Apts./ Hses. 2-5-rm. reqd by ready clients. Pis call us at: *****22/ 3 HDB A HUDC flats required for small families working couples *****66/ Pager *****78. HDB/ PTE. APT./ bunglw
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      • 312 16 179 For Sale: Houses One of the Best Housing Loans Low interest rates From just 6 K p.a. for first time homeowners. High loan quantum Up to 100% of valuation with CPF. Long repayment period Up to 30 years where appropriate. Also, attractive loans are offered for the purchase of
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      • 232 16 179 For Sale: Houses D.28 BEGONIA DRIVE off Yeo Chu Kang. Extensively renovated modern design double storey semi-d with many extras. Marble, ceramic tiles, full height wall tiles parquet flooring, alarm system, etc. 4 1 bdrms. with 2 attached toilets, situated on high ground, 1 floor above back unit, quiet
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      • 463 16 179 For Sale: Houses R.V. REAL ESTATE (TEL: 235-8383) Otien all landed properties Invest/ buy now before you regret. Dint. 2l Off Dunearn Road detached house $918,000. Diit.ll Off Dunearn Road detached house $980,000. Ditt. 27 Off Sembawang Road detached house $758,000. Di«M9 Off Yio Chu Kang detached house. $890,000.
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      • 1066 16 179 For Sale: Houses D.ll NICELY RENOVATED Rare 2 storey semi-d. Big gdn. Porch for 5 cars. Approx. 8400/ 3500 sq.ft. Autogate. 3 1 huge rms. 4 baths. $980K. Greenacres *****88. D.ll RAFFLES PK. s/storey bunglw. 10,000 sq.ft. Approx. 3000 sq.ft. s+l. Cul-De-Sac. Quiet surroundings. $1.2m neg. Standard *****66. D.ll
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      • 1061 16 179 For Sale: Houses D.15 SIGLAP VICINITY. 2-storey corner terr. 2600 sq.ft. 3+l rms. Fully renovated. Marble floor. $490,000 eng. Greenacres *****88. D.15 SIGLAP VICINITY d/storey corner terr. 3000/ 1900 sq.ft. 3+l rms. choice location. F'hold. $520K Patron *****15. D.15 S/STOREY CORNER terr Beautifully renovated, 2+l/ attached, extended kitchen, 2,100/
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      • 1004 16 179 For Sale: Houses D.15 GOOD LOCATION d/storey corner terr. 3+ 1 bdrms. 2900 sq.ft. GR: *****42. sole agent D.15 KERIS DR., d/storey brand new terr., facing south, 3+ 1 rms. F'hold. HL *****69 (Agt.) D.15 OFF EAST Coast Rd, d/storey detached. 8,000 sq.ft. 8 rms. F'hold. $900,000. MAE. *****96.
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      • 889 16 186 For Sale: Private Apartments DIST.9 EN-BLOC APARTMENT OF 10 UNITS ft 1 PENTHOUSE WITH SWIMMING POOL. (Can be sub-divided into 17 apts. and 1 penthouse.) Total built-in: 37,000 sq.ft. Asking Price: $7.5 Million Nag. REUBEN ft RYAN REALTY *****26 D.05 VISTA PARK. 2 bdrms. Tenanted. Well furn. $2SOK neg.
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      • 1076 16 186 For Sale: Private Apartments D.15 OFF STILL Rd. 3>-a yrs 3 bdrms. walk-up apt. 1250 sq.ft. partially renovated with low maintenance f'hold. $245K Olympic *****22. D.2057 'THE WINDSOR' apt. Grd. fir Pte gdn. 3 bdrms. ceramic flooring. Full facilities. $390K neg. Call Classifone *****30 (during office hrs). Ref: #*****.
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      • 1058 16 186 For Sale: Private Apartments D.15 TELOK KURAU cul-de-sac new 2'i storey townhouse. Pte. gdn. 3+ 1 bdrms. 2,300 sq.ft. $490,000. Denker *****11 0.15 VIEWPOINT CONOO. 3-bdrm High floor. Sub-sale. Full facilities. Freehold. $420K Completion date 1989 KeyHomes *****69 D.15 VIEWPOINT CONDO at Meyer Rd. F'hold, 1.313 sq.ft., f/facllltles. High
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      • 1143 17 186 For Sale: Private Apartments D.lO YONG AN Park. 21st fir 4 1 bdrms 3280 sq.ft Good facing. Tel: *****86. Strictly no agts. 0.11 ADAM GARDEN. 1389 sq.ft. Freehold. 2 bedrooms. Selling $*****0. DG: *****82/ 3. D.ll AKYAB APT. Peaceful. Condo facilities 2368 sq.ft. $410,000. Top Housing *****90 D.ll. BUCKLEY
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      • 1105 17 186 For Sale: Private Apartments D.9 AA CENTRE high fir S+l bdrms. 1,540 sq. ft. C'ondo facilities. $395,000. Denker *****11 D.9 ASTORIA/ GRANGEFORD 1/ 2 bdrms. Renovated. Full facilities. $310K/ $365K. Agt. *****81. D.9 CAIRNHILL HILL-TOP renovated 3+l bdrms. F'hold. 2,400 sq.ft. $475,000. Denker *****11 D.9 CAIRNHILL GDN. 2 bdrms.
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      • 1078 17 191 For Sale: HDB Apartments ANG MO KIO 3' 2 RM. BLK. 247/ 535 beautifully renovated well kept full CPF $54,000 (3 RM. BLK. 302/ 319/ 322/ 331/ 416/ 550 renovated $41 $45,000) BEDOK RESERVOIR 3< 2 RM. BLK. 606 renovated near market $65,000 neg. BEDOK NORTH 3 RM. BLK.
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      • 1077 17 191 For Sale: HDB Apartments GEYLANG SERAI 2-RM. Muslim family Blk.l, kitchen, bathrms., fir., wall, ceramics, new sink and copper piping $22,000 BEDOK NTH. 3-RMS. b1k. 532/ 110, near market shops, terrazzo, kitchen bathrms ceramics, wall-tiles up to ceiling/ terrazzo kitchen cabinet $52,500/ $46,500 (full CPF) CLEMENTI 3-RM. 81k.303, convenient
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      • 1123 17 191 For Sale: HDB Apartments TOA PAYOH 3-RM. b1k. 32 New renovation, wires, pipes, fridge, sofa, heater, all cabinets. No cash. SRM *****54. Pg. *****52 3RM. A.M. KIO Ave. 4. Blk. 154/ 180. All ceramic/ terrazzo cabinet. No blocking near central Exclusive: *****83. (Kenny). 3-RM A.M.KIO Ave. 10. Blk. 417.
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      • 867 17 191 For Sale: HDB Apartment* T.PAYOH 3-RM. BLK 199. all marble, kitchen ceramic, cabinets. $40K neg. Full CPF. *****44. URGENT! BEDOK RESERVOIR 3rm b1k.619, all marble, kitchen ceramic, cabinets, $52K *****00 WHAMPOA 3-RMS. HDB. Near market/ bus terminal. Asking: $30,000. *****95. No agts. WHY WASTE YOUR time looking around? We
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      • 689 17 192 HDB Apartments Wanted ALL AREA HDB reqd by genuine buyers with cash. Quick transaction. Highway: *****68/ *****23. BEDOK AREA HDB: Chai Chee, Tampines/ Eastern S'pore wanted urgently. Miss Chow: *****88. GENUINE BUYER/ TENANT wants 2/3/4/5-rm HDB in all locations. Tel *****89 HDB 3/4/5 RM urgently required by hawkers with
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      • 387 17 193 Properties Wanted 193 Properties Wanted 55 LEI. ILnl(Ls Genuine first-time home T**" buyer looking for Freehold If Pr(Y property in district 9 10 11. URGENT LY? 2Sss Rat 2000 sq ft $280,000 IMMFniATF Semi-D S380!000 I IWIIWIB Bungalow $500,000 DUYER Tel *****70 AWAITI NG «P"--9pm No agents 194 Factory
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      • 604 17 195 Warehouses/ Storage Space* EUNOS WAREHOUSE COMPLEX Strategic location Eunos Link/ Airport Link Area: 3.700/ 4,600/ 16,000 sq.ft. UNITED OVERSEAS LAND LIMITED *****33 EXT. 21 41 *****11 EXT. 479 ft 460 INDEPENDENT STORAGE UNIT 500 sq.ft. Free parking. Handling equipment. Bukit Timah Warehouse Pte. Ltd. 6 m.s. 8-1/2 m.s. Bt.
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      • 485 18 197 For Rent: Office Spaces 'MAMA Wis£ J SHENTON WAY PRIME OFFICE SPACE AND FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR LEASE Rent Negotiable Ring *****67 Extramaly attractiva praatigioua OffiC# 9p9C9 Bt TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE Carpeted, partitioned, excellent views. Ample parking, bank, restaurant. Close to Orchard Rd, outside CBD. About 650 sq.ft., reasonable rate.
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      • 1037 18 197 For Rent: Office Spaces PRESTIGIOUS OFFICE, HONG Leong Ctr., SIF Bldg, Int'l Plaza, Cecil Hse., Shaw Twr., Tong Eng Bldg etc. From 500 sq.ft. onwards. Reasonable rental. Winfleld Property 338-3000 THE ARCADE 500/ 750/ 1000/ 2300 sq.ft. Rental from $2.50 p.s.f. Very nicely partitioned carpeted. Debenham Tewson Si City
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      • 644 18 199 For Sale: Shop Spaces B^LB' ■^■^V L^^B^^^L^r^y^BMai ■ajLj^J /',m~ raVSjrflSjilrS^^^^^ffr^Br'- aWilWrPifili^MMM^^ 482 units to choose (rom e Ample car parking space ■yflffliTpfMl Fully equipped with latest amenities atrium cum skylight, escalators, ■HPRHmBI 3 glass capsules and 4 central elevators Fully air conditioned, latest in Ky^ytlOM^^^^^H power and communication 275()5q
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      • 398 18 199 For Sale: Shop Spaces 203 Land: Sale/ Wanted DIST.9 EN-BLOC APARTMENT OF 10 UNITS 8 1 PENTHOUSE WITH SWIMMING POOL. (Can be sub-divided Into 17 apts. and 1 penthouse.) Total built-in: 37,000 sq.ft. Aaklng Prlca: $7.5 Million Nag. REUBEN RYAN REALTY *****26 D.14, NO. 25, Jalan Senang, 10,000 sq.ft.
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      • 157 18 199 For Sale: Shop Spaces 204 Other Real Estate 750, UPP. BT. Timah Rd., S. 2367, vacant land for lease. 25,000 to 50,000 sq.ft. Tel: *****04. 241 Tours Don't miss it our SPECIAL Mm TIOMAN «C 3D/2%Air 5J249.00 3D/2N+iNFree| W Fairwind Holidays Pte Ltd 81. Beach Road, SmqapofP 0718 11
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      • 269 20 261 Foreign Education Engineering Training in England MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING L MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT COURSE for those to be managers, supervisors, etc. fls AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING 1 fully approved maintenance licence course SE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT W leading to C.I.T. and T.O.T.A. qualifications 9 ENGLISH COURSES 8 special Technical English in
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      • 160 20 261 Foreign Education 262 Home Tuition PRIMARY S50, Sec. $75, Pre-U $125. Individual Home Tuition. Any Dlst. *****64 (9-7pm). Lynn Croft TUTORS SPECIALISE IN all subjs. Individual home coaching. All levels, all dlsts. Tiffany *****67 TUTORS SPECIALISED IN Chinese willing to give tuition from Primary to Pre-U level. *****50/1. WE
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      • 442 20 261 Foreign Education 264 Computer Courses SCHOOL HOLIDAYS COMPUTER COURSES Specially programmed for Primary and Secondary School Students, School Leavers and Adults. JUNIOR LITERACY (6 to 13 years) BASIC (Beginners) BASIC (Intermediate) BASIC (Advanced) WORDSTAR LOTUS 123 For more Information, please call us: BMC Commercial Training Centre (BUKIT MERAH) Blk.
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      • 540 20 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses l£v n* CamsEf trac wmT^Jam^jSm School of Computer Training V^J^. 1 Sophia Road Level 6 Peace Centre #06- 25 Singapore 0922. L ij^|| ml Brttith Computer Soctaty'NCß Part I IHtgher National Diptoma) Wahav*achiaved rapaatad tucnti 9HHfMR| with Comtertrec students totalling more
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      • 592 20 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses 266 Commercial/ 266 Commercial/ Technical Courses Technical Courses QUALIFY as a professional while you work Now you can train for a recognised professional qualification through SOA at home in your spare time. No need to quit your job or waste time on travelling to
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      • 489 20 266 Commercial/ Technical Courses The education people with your Interest at heart. LCCI 1988 Examinations REGN.: 12 to 30 OCT. Ple«»e Register Early CERTIFICATE/ DIPLOMA COURSES commencing: OCT./ NOV. '87 PLEASE ENROL EARLY. ACCOUNTING e ADVERTISING BOOKKEEPING (Beginner*) e BOOKKEEPING (Inter.) e BUBINESB STATISTICS COMMERCE FINANCE e COMMERCIAL LAW e
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      • 623 20 266 Commercial/ Technical Courses LC.E. SCHOOL OF ARTS AND DESICN (WGIS'f "f D WITH MNSTRT Of f DUGMIOH' FULL/ PART-TIME CLASSES INTERIOR DESIGN ADVERTISING ART AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE e PERSPECTIVE COLORING (Leeding to UK Diploma) #03-22/23 Peece Centre Tel: *****41/ *****55 Advertising/ Commercial PHOTOGRAPHY Lighting Technique/ Still Life/ Production/ Portrait/ Studio
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      • 744 21 278 Other Courses/ 278 Other Courses/ Instruction Instruction 1 COURSEWB A practical and highly effective reading (3 study programme I designed to help you improve your I ;_v e Reading Speed e Retention Power I' e Comprehension Study Ability B I Course is conducted using lectures and specially designed I
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      • 687 21 274 Hairdressing/ Beauty Courses ENROL NOW FOR November Hair and Beauty Course at special fees. Hurry! Call *****65/ *****39 275 Tailoring Courses FASHION DESIGN Dressmaking classes by London graduates Instructor. Morning, Afternoon, Evening sessions. Circle One #03-14/15 Fortune Centre, Middle Road. Tel: *****38, *****69. 276 Fitness/ Sports Instruction NEW CLASSES
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      • 609 21 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES TEL: 730-5724/5/6/8 5669(D1D), 737-001 1 TELEFAX: 732-2759 TELEX: RS ***** TIMEAD RATES: The Straits Times- $26.85 per col.cm. The Sunday Times~s2B 15 per col.cm. BOX SERVICE: $5.00 (Collected) $10.00 (Posted) APPOINTMENTS lATOCHEM SOUTH EAST ASIA, regional j subsidiary of ATOCHEM France (Elf Aquitaine M Group), one of the largest
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      • 315 21 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPI BLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding I'p No. 492 of 1987 In the Matter of the Companies Art (Chapter 51) And In the Matter of ANSON PILING (S) PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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    • Page 22 Advertisements
      • 480 22 APPOINTMENTS I TME~W -j-\ TME Systems Re Ltd, a young and dynamic company dealing with high 211 .Ji technology equipment, invites suitable applicants for the post of: -J-j- Pre-Requisites: -|g~ Degree/Dipioma in Electronic Engineering/Applied Physics. M Good knowledge in RF communication or microwave. |-h Good communication skills creativity in selling
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      • 151 22 Pondering over something A£ S Tfc^ unique to give away? You can find it in HBB^^ffi CHINESE CHARACTERS BBgfflf DIARY 1988 '251 The desk diary has 366 Chinese characters .^:.~!P^^PPPsss^^^^... (one for each day) which represent the most fj ff3t~~ Jl(*''m 3*§?? '>or~ commonly used Chinese words. Business i^W^&'^kt^ I
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      • 540 23  -  LIVIA CHUA By FOR the past 10 years, artist Christine Mak has worked exclusively in Chinese brush painting. It has brought her some measure of success. At her first one-woman exhibition held last year, for instance, she sold more than half of her exhibited works.
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      • 318 23 STEVEN SPIELBERG, will hold a premiere of Empire Of The Sun in Dec 8 to benefit the St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica. The film is the first major Hollywood studio production to be filmed in China and is an epic drama of war as seen
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