The Straits Times, 22 January 1988

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 92/12/87
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  • 1708 1  -  LESLIE FONG Origin of concept made public to show that it is not a conspiracy to fix' the opposition By 4 Look, we are different, bat that doesn't mean we 111-treat each other. We are different, we reserve each other's right to be different. Yon
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  • 415 1 US may decide on GSP soon Yeutter WASHINGTON US trade representative Clayton Yeutter said the United States may decide m the next few weeks whether to drop or reduce US duty-free treatment for Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hongkong. Mr Yeutter, who is to visit China and Hongkong from Jan
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  • 147 1 THE Prime Minister will attend the funeral of Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo on Jan 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be accompanied by Mrs Lee, Second Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong, Mrs Ong and officials. Three other
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  • 123 1 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Chinese Association youth leader Datuk Kee Yong Wee yesterday pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of criminal breach of trust involving M 53.3 million belonging to Komuda, a cooperative society. Deputy youth and Sports Minister Wang Choon Wing and
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  • 580 1  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA Armed Forces Chief General Fidel Ramos was named the new Defence Secretary yesterday following the sudden resignation of Mr Rafael Deto, who cited his frustrations m trying to reform the fractious Philippine military. In a television address,
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  • 64 1 ST index falls 14 points THE Singapore stock market yesterday came into line with the downtrend on major overseas markets and The Straits Times Industrial Index shed 14.46 points to 909.60. A sharp fall on Wednesday in New York, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 57.20 points, dampened enthusiasm
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  • 103 1 CONSUMERS will enjoy an average 6 per cent cut m electricity and gas tariffs m the next three months starting Feb 1. The Public Utilities Board said m a statement yesterday that the reduction is due to lower fuel oil prices. Under the coming tariff reduction, households
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 403 2 No-smoking zones IF YOU are out next week with your family or friends for a meal m a restaurant, ask for a table m the no-smoking section. Chances are the restaurant will oblige and you can enjoy your meal without taking m the acrid smell of cigarette smoke as
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    • 213 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE skilful diplomacy practised by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is proving a challenge for the West. Since coming to power, he has been able to persuade Europeans that he is a man of peace and that the Soviet Union is no longer a threat to
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    • 105 2 CONDOMS: ERODING MORALS TWO readers have written a letter against the lifting of the ban on condom advertisements. They say it must not be forgotten that the root cause of Aids is not the lack of condoms but the unhealthy practice of sex outside marriage, and that by allowing
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    • 259 2 France gets tough FRANCE has declared the toughest Western policy for confronting Iranian attacks on Gulf shipping, warning that French warships will fire on any gunboat ignoring orders to break off an attack on a merchant vessel. The commander of French forces m the Gulf, Vice- Admiral
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    • 207 2 Oxford United m OXFORD UNITED proved the bane of its more illustrious opponent, Manchester United, carving out a 2-0 win for a place m the semi-finals of the English League Cup soccer competition. First-half goals by Dean Saunders and Gary Briggs killed off Manchester's challenge. PageS4 Chris beats Martina
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    • 507 2 Art m the open BIG, bold and often controversial, murals, paintings and sculptures have been burgeoning m Singapore's public places over the last 10 years. This everyday art for the everyday man can now be found almost everywhere on the walls of Housing Board void decks, on the
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    • 262 2 QAF NOW EXPECTS AFTER-TAX LOSS OF $8.2 m QAF Ltd, the food-based group that was supposed to turn around this financial year, is now anticipating an after-tax lots of $8.26 million for the year ending March 31 and an even worse result has not been ruled out. 'lie startling
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    • 184 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway I Polls fraud charges PHILIPPINE election officials asked for more police and troops to guard counting centres against angry politicians and supporters as the counting of votes m the local elections continued yesterday. Large numbers of unruly supporters gathered at canvassing centres around the capital,
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    • 421 2 Classified Sec 2 Pages 1 1 to 27 Appointments/ Sec 2 Pages 27 to 35 Notices Cinemas Sec. 2 Page 8 Comics Sec. 2 Page 35 Product Advertiser Section Page Airtnrs Air Canada Audn Auvi I 9 Wo Kee Hong I 2 Bafts Lombard North Central Pic Tat
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  • around the WORLD
    • 496 3  -  ONG MING SEING Evidence of its guilt m Korean Air blast 'is compelling' By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON ITie United States has added North Korea to its list of countries that support terrorism, saying it does not "live up to the standards of civilised
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    • 222 3 TOKYO North Korea warned yesterday that unless the North and the South resolved their problems, the divided Korean Peninsula could face a possible war. Rodong Sinmun, organ of Pyongyang's ruling Workers (Communist) Party, quoted by the official North Korean Central News Agency
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    • 335 3 NEW DELHI A Soviet defector, who sought asylum m the Australian High Commission here more than a month ago, arrived m Sydney yesterday under a humanitarian scheme, a High Commission spokesman said here. Post-graduate bio-chem-istry student Alexandr Babiy left India late on
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    • 110 3 HONGKONG One of Hongkong's top television stars and a business tycoon are to become members m China 3 parliament, the National People's Congress. Lisa Wang, host of Hongkong's longest running variety show "Enjoy yourself tonight", and Henry Fok, a businessman with close ties
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    • 154 3 Taiwan's new President to act as chairman TAIPEI Ruling nationalist party leaders have decided to name newly installed President Lee Teng-hui as acting party chairman, a pro-govern-ment newspaper reported yesterday. The Great China Evening Post said the decision was made at a secret meeting among unidentified party leaders on Wednesday,
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    • 222 3 DHAKA Strikers set off home-made bombs and set fire to two election offices and several vehicles on the second day of new anti government protests across Bangladesh yesterday, police and eye-wit-nesses saiii. Twenty-one opposition parties called the stoppage, the 19th since last November,
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    • 155 3 BEIRUT Palestinian men were yesterday free to venture out of two battered refugee camps m Beirut for the first time m three years after Shi'ite Muslim Amal fighters ended their siege. Witnesses said about 250 steel-helmeted Syrian troops armed with Kalash- nikov rifles took
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    • 296 3 Israeli authorities Lease curfews in troubled Gaza TEL AVIV Israeli authorities eased curfews on Palestinian towns and refugee camps m the occupied Gaza Strip yesterday and allowed more than 100,000 residents to leave for work m Israel. Brigadier Ariel Ramot, head of the Israeli civil administration m the troubled Strip,
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    • 459 4 MANAMA (Bahrain) France has declared the toughest Western policy for confronting Iranian attacks on Gulf shipping, warning that French warships will fire on any gunboat ignoring orders to break off an attack on a merchant vessel. The commander of French forces m the
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    • 323 4 Tigers keep up disobedience campaign COLOMBO Tamil rebels kept up a forced civil disobedience campaign m eastern Sri Lanka for the fourth day yesterday despite increased Indian army patrols, officials and residents said. Indian troops opened government offices that had been forced to shut down by the dominant Liberation Tigers
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    • 259 4 Warrants out for arrest of Low brothers HONGKONG Two former directors of Hongkong's Ka Wah Bank, charged with fraud and related offences, failed to appear m court yesterday and the government called for the forfeit of their US$2.7 million (555.4 million) bail. Low Chung Song, 50, and his brother Low
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    • 197 4 BEIJING China replaced its minister m charge of birth control yesterday following official criticism over an accelerating population growth caused by millions of families ignoring a one-child-per-family rule. Wang Wei, who had headed the state family planning commission since 1983, was replaced by a woman, Peng
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    • 168 4 BRITISH pilot BrUn Milton stretches himself after arriving In Australia yesterday, setting a record for mlrrolight flight between London and Darwin despite a series of near-tragic mishaps. Mr Milton, taking X flying days, became the second person to successfully complete the 17/7 M km trip. The
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    • 122 4 JABALPUR (India) A High Court Judge yesterday agreed to hear an appeal by Union Carbide Corp against an order that it pays US$27O million (Sss4B million) m interim relief to victims of the 1984 gas disaster at its Bhopal pesticide plant. Justice S. K.
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    • 237 4 Monks among 59 freed in Tibet BEIJING Tibetan authorities yesterday released 59 people, including monks, who had been detained for participating m anti-Chinese, pro-indepen-dence demonstrations last year. The official Xinhua news agency, reporting from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, said the 59 were among more than 80 detained following unrest
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    • 437 5 WASHINGTON Democrat Gary Hart's troubled presidential candidacy faces new upheavals following reports that a wealthy Hollywood producer of erotic videos made possibly illegal contributions to his campaign. The Miami Herald reported that the 51-year-old former Colorado senator may have accepted financial assistance from
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    • 93 5 Opposition leader held on return to Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE A prominent Haitian opposition figure was arrested on his return from a trip to Canada and the United States. Mr Louis Dejoie, 59, was detained at the airport and taken to Central Jail after hours of questioning by the police, witnesses said.
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    • 319 5 BEIJING An official Chinese newspaper has accused Time magazine of distorting the truth and showing "no understanding of the times" m its reporting on China. The Press and Publishing Journal made the accusation m a commentary, under the headline: Wise on general trend, stupid on
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    • 484 5 Aids will hit developing nations hardest, says US official WASHINGTON Aids poses its greatest threat m developing nations where it frequently strikes young, productive adults, disrupting agriculture, industry and commerce, a top United States health official said on Wednesday. While Aids m the US and other developed nations strikes primarily
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    • 341 5 Blood test may detect risk of alcoholism BOSTON Government scientists have developed a simple blood test to diagnose alcoholism that may also offer a way to screen people to see if they have inherited a risk for becoming an alcoholic, it was reported yesterday. The test, which measures two enzymes
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    • 439 6 No govt aid until pullout from Cambodia, Hanoi told WASHINGTON The United States has rejected charges by Vietnam that Washington is defaulting on a 1987 accord and has said it will not give direct government aid to Hanoi until Vietnamese troops are withdrawn from
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    • 103 6 Rice and medical supplies for Hanoi BRUSSELS The European Community and Japan have decided to give aid to Vietnam and Cambodia, both hit by natural disasters recently. The EC announced this week that it will provide 10,000 tonnes of rice each to drought-plagued Vietnam and Cambodia. The aid is valued
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    • 21 6 PARIS Baron Philippe de Rothschild, a French producer of fine wines, died here on Wednesday. He was 85. AFP
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    • 276 6 BBC to lose 61 -year radio monopoly LONDON In a radical shake-up of radio services, the government has announced plans to break the British Broadcasting Corporation's 61-year-old monopoly on national radio broadcasting by creating at least three national commercial stations. Home Secretary Douglas Hurd told the House of Commons that
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    • 228 6 BEIRUT British church envoy Terry Waite began a second bleak year of captivity m Lebanon on Wednesday with prospects for his release dimmed by a report that he was m the hands of Iranian revolutionary guards. A senior Shi'ite militia official said revolutionary guards
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 1029 7  -  MAGGIE JACKSON By TOKYO From plans for parks built on garbage to visions of colossal islands m the sea, various blueprints for developing Tokyo Bay are crowding the desks of private and government planners alike these days. But a seeming lack of co-oidination or restraint
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    • 636 7  -  BARRY PARKER By GURKHA (Nepal) The legendary Gurkha name, adopted by Nepali-speak-ers m India fighting for a separate state of Gurkhaland, springs out of this sleepy Himalayan outpost from where mercenaries still set out m search of war and fortune. Nearly 250
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    • 171 7 Among the pIMM for the development of Tokyo Bay are the following: ONE OF the largest plans is a Tokyo government blueprint for a 440-hectare "city subcentre", which will have as its centrepiece a high-tech business centre called Teleport, all built on city-owned reclaimed land.
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    • 825 8  -  ANDREW GUMBEL By LONDON Every morning, millions of people m Britain turn over the front page of their daily newspaper and stare at a picture of a topless model cheerily exposing her breasts. The models have become known as "Page Three
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    • 673 8  - Police role may sap Israeli army's morale BERNARD TRAINOR Soldiers tackle Palestinian rioters m a job for which they are ill-prepared By WASHINGTON Since early last month the Israel Defence Force, envied among armies of the world for courage and performance, has been playing an unaccustomed role as policeman m
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 347 9 Businessmen hope economy can now take centre-stage MANILA The Philippines can now focus its attention on the economy instead of politics after the successful holding of local elections, businessmen here said yesterday. They were relieved that there will be no more elections for four years after the frenzied campaigning for
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    • 191 9 Prem suspends govt official in royal forgery case BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda has suspended an adviser m connection with a royal decorations scandal, a Cabinet official said yesterday. Mr Paiboon Thongmit, Acting Deputy Secre-tary-General to the Cabinet, was suspended on Wednesday, following his arrest on Jan 13 for
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    • 205 9 BANGKOK Thai troops recaptured a position held by Laotian forces on a disputed border hill where fighting has been underway since December, the state-run Thai News Agency said yesterday. The agency quoted Lieu-tenant-General Siri Thiwaphan, Commander of the Third Army Region which covers northern Thailand,
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    • 173 9 JAKARTA The government has substantially speeded up the disbursement of foreign aid funds for development projects since a special team was formed m July 1986, a senior official said yesterday. The team president, Mr Saleh Afif, said after reporting to President Suharto that disbursement
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    • 163 9 China call to set up trade offices in Beijing, Jakarta JAKARTA China has suggested the setting up of representative offices m Beijing and Jakarta to further boost expanding trade between the two countries, Indonesian officials said. The issue was raised during a meeting m Jakarta on Wednesday between Mr Shen
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    • 112 9 I'm almost broke, says Marcos HONOLULU Deposed Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos said mounting legal fees and living expenses have left him "almost penniless" and that he is living off the generosity of his supporters. "We have borrowed for our legal fees as well as for our living expenses. But right
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    • 47 9 BANGKOK Police arrested two men and seized 73.6 kg of heroin they were trying to smuggle intc the United States. A police spokesman said yesterday the drugs, worth an estimated 22 million bant (551. 76 million), wen* found hidden m a car on Tuesday. AP
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    • 228 9 BANGKOK Thai police have detained two Europeans on charges of possessing heroin and also on suspicion of involvement m the recent murder of an Australian woman here, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Police Lieutenant Colonel Sorakai Pravitbunnanon said Frenchman
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    • 442 9 The Philippines local elections MANILA Election officials asked for more police and troops to guard counting centres against angry politicians and supporters as the counting of votes m the local elections continued yesterday. The military announced it would remain on full alert until the
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  • Asean /Across the Causeway
    • 584 10  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA The Indone- ian Congress may be forced to break the tradi--11 of consensus politics iud take a vote during the v.'neral assembly following \n impasse over some key litical issues, including Javanese mysticism. An all-party working k-ommittee
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    • 187 10 vUANTAN A woman, believed to be about 35- years-old, has fleeced several men of their winnings it the Genting Highlands isino after luring them to ut up with her m a hotel at the resort. Among those who fell into her trap were an Indonesian
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    • 241 10  -  SALIM OSMAN By m Bandar Sen Begawan A LEADER of the opposition Brunei National Democratic Party (PNDB) has resigned from the party, citing differences over the leadership's continued hardline stand against the government and Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. Mr Arshad Marsal, 67, accused
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    • 269 10 N-free zone: US reiterates its stand JAKARTA Mr Gaston Sigur, the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, said yesterday that it was up to Asean to decide whether it wanted to follow the nuclear-free zone concept m the region. However, he reiterated Washington's opposition to
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    • 105 10 KUALA LUMPUR China is planning to set up a multi-million-dollar steel mill In Selangor. "We are having preliminary negotiations on the plant and will have to conduct feasibility studies before deciding," said Mr Tang LJzhi, vice-president of the state-owned China Metallurgical Construction Corporation. liie
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 252 11 Learn foreign languages, urges Dr M 'Not necessarily a sign of disloyalty' KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday urged Malaysians to take the bold step of mastering foreign languages to enhance their knowledge. Learning a foreign language would not impair one's nationalistic spirit provided one
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    • 251 11 New schemes under study, says minister KUALA LUMPUR Employees Provident Fund contributors may soon be able to withdraw a part of their savings for pilgrimage and higher education. Deputy Finance Minister Senator Mohamed Farid Ariffin said the two schemes were being discussed by the
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    • 180 11 KUALA LUMPUR The opposition Democratic Action Party said yesterday that its detained secretary-general, Mr Lim Kit Siang, has offered to resign his position to comply with the Societies Act. DAP chairman Dr Chen Man Hip said m a written statement that
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    • 115 11 JOHOR BAKU A group of Taiwanese businessmen called on Johor Mentri Besar Haji Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday and expressed their desire to increase investments m the state. Haji Muhyiddin said they also showed interest m expediting the transfer of technology to Malaysia. The 11-member
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    • 82 11 DATIN Paduka Dr Siti Hasmah receiving the 1988 Professor Kazue McLaren Leadership Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution to primary health care m the country. The Prime Minister's wife is the first Malaysian to receive the award, established by the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public
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    • 199 11 Large mineral and gold deposits found IPOH The Geological Survey Department has discovered large quantities of industrial minerals and gold that would boost the flagging mining industry. Deputy Primary Industries Minister Alias All, m announcing the finds here yesterday, said efforts were under way to mine these deposits. He said
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    • 106 11 KL gives hydro-power contract to India KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has awarded a Ms4l million hydro-power contract m Perak to India m a bid to redress bilateral trade imbalance, an Indian official said here yesterday. The National Electricity Board signed the contract with India's state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Mr Jesudass
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    • 125 11 M$750 m campus for Islamic varsity PETALING JAVA The International Islamic University is building a new campus m Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, at a cost of MJ7SO million. University rector Tan Sri Prof Dr Muhammad Abdul Rauf said yesterday the first phase of the project is expected to be com- pleted
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  • HOME
    • 184 12 A HOUSEWIFE pleaded guilty on Wednesday to applying (or a Singapore restricted passport m her name but using the photographs of her brother's Taiwanese wife instead. See Ah Gek, 33, was charged with deceiving a passport officer from the Immigration Department m her
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    • 67 12 Destroyer here for maintenance THE British destroyer HMS York arrived at the Sembawang naval base from the Persian Gulf on Tuesday night. It will be here for two weeks for maintenance work and (or its crew to rest. The HMS York is the flagship of the British r aval presence
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    • 131 12 THIS lovable lion, waiting to make its first public appearance as mascot of the Sing Singapore show on Jan 30 needs a name. The two-metre-high rust-coloured "creature" is meant to symbolise the exuberance and enthusiasm of youth, said the show producers, Fraser Neave Company,
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    • 357 12 CHOPSTICKS, Chinese clogs and even drink cans filled with wooden stubs may be used to make music at the Sing Singapore show on Jan 30. They would be instrumental m turning the evening of music at the Padung into a pulsating experience as thousands
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    • 356 12 Contributions to retirement scheme totalled $100.3 m at year end SINGAPOREANS last year demonstrated their determination to look after their parents and themselves m their old age. More than 10,000 Central Provident Fund members put $100.3 million into its toppingup retirement account
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    • 208 12 Asean women's group to meet in Singapore THE third general assembly of the Asean Confederation of Women's Organisations (ACWO) will be held m Singapore at the end of this month. The four-day assembly, which lasts from Jan 29 to Feb 1, will see more than 160 representatives from six umbrella
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    • 374 12  -  ABBY TAN Temporary ban on Filipinas working as maids overseas By Manila Correspondent MANUKA The need for formal pacts to protect workers' rights has been suggested as the main reason for the Philippines' sudden decision to temporarily ban the export of maids
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    • 218 12 Robber out on bail to settle 'family matters' A MAN who admitted robbing a Jewellery shop of more than $110,000 worth of gold items yesterday had his case adjourned to settle what he called "urgent family matters". Quah Tat Khiro, 34, is out on bail and will have to return
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    • 68 14 What restaurants can do: PROVIDE a no-smoking section m food outlets m a prominent and pleasant location. PUT up signs saying "no-smoking section" or similar messages, which may be standing signs, or those on walls or table-tops. TRAIN waiters and waitresses to ask customers routinely whether they prefer the smoking
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    • 212 14 MANY hotels which have separate sections m their eating outlets for nonsmokers are getting the thumbs-up from their guests. A check with nine major hotels showed that the response from diners to nonsmoking sections ranged from encouraging to very good. Some hotels believe that
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    • 598 14  -  By IRENE NGOO IF YOU are out next week with your family or friends for a meal m a restaurant, ask for a table m the nosmoking section. Chances are the restaurant will oblige and you can enjoy your food without taking
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    • 342 14  -  MICHAEL LIM By THE French certainly believe m arriving m style and two supersonic Mi-rage-2000 fighters, making their debut appearance here, were no exception. Here to take part m the aerial and static displays during the Asian Aerospace air show next week, the sleek delta-wing
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    • 53 14 THE National University of Singapore Society is holding a forum tonight on the subject, Philippines: The Insurgency and the Aquino Government. It will be held at the Guild Hall, Kent Ridge Guild House, at 7.30 pm Those who wish to attend may call Valeric on 779-1811 ext
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    • 39 14 Tbe High Commission of India will be closed today to mark the death of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Mr Khan Joined Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent fight for India's independence. He died on Wednesday at the age of 98.
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    • 602 14  - Air show expected to bring in $10 m for S'pore firms SALMA KHALIK ASIAN AEKOSPACE'BB By THE Asian Aerospace '88 show, which opens next week, promises to generate about $10 million or more m welcome trade (or a host of Singapore businesses. Thousands of people here for the five-day exhibit
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    • 293 14  -  SUMIKO TAN By THE four-year-old boy who fell to his death from a 12th storey flat m Bukit Batok on Wednesday night was "very active", said his father. The boy, Mohd Hairul bin Samshudin, was boisterous and liked to run about, Mr Samshudin
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    • 525 17 TDB hopes others will follow biscuit maker's example A CHANGE m its packaging designs helped biscuitmaker Khong Guan boost sales m the US and Japanese markets. Although it had been exporting to the US since the early *****, its biscuits had previously been selling only m
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    • 163 17 10 cabbies booked for overcharging punters OFFICERS from the Registry of Vehicles posed as punters recently and booked 10 taxi drivers for overcharging passengers at the Turf Club m Bukit Timah. The cases are now under investigation, an ROY spokesman said yesterday. The Jan 10 operation followed complaints to the
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    • 19 17 QUEENSTOWN Swimming Complex wffl be closed for major repair* and renovations from Sunday until further notice.
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    • 410 17 Finance seminar to examine property market HOME buyers, property investors, developers and financiers can gain a better understanding of Singapore's property market at a seminar to be held at the Pavilion Inter-Continental Hotel today Property consultants and finance managers will be sharing their knowledge and experience at the seminar on
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    • 176 17 Big bash at Marina Square opening THE owners of Marina Square threw one big bash yesterday evening. The bill came to more than $500,000 but after all, it was their official grand opening. Shoppers and passers-by watched hundreds of welldressed invited guests gather at the open area of the sprawling
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    • 52 17 AN anti-<irug-cum-glue sniffing exhibition will be opened after mass prayers at the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, Serangoon Road today at 7 pm. Member of Parliament for Cairnhill, Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, will be the guest of honour. Dr R. Karunanithy, chairman of SANA Hindu Aftercare (Counselling), will give the
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    • 364 17 Developer fails to show up at meeting with flat owners Cheng Hong Mansion evacuation ANGRY homeowners of Cheng Hong Mansion waited for two hours last night at the management corporation offie? to meet developer Kee Kah Seah, who had agreed to see them, but he did not show up. The
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    • 61 17 TWO brothers were fined $500 each on Tuesday for possessing dangerous fireworks at the Woodlands Checkpoint m Singapore. They were arrested on Monday evening during a spot check, -\rulandu Sagayaraja, 18, a factory delivery man, had 16 sticks of firecrackers m his rear trousers pocket. Arulandu Devasagayam, 18,
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    • The origins of the Team MP concept
      • 428 18 Joint memorandum from the Prime Minister and National Development Minister Aim to ensure a minimum number of Malay MPs PM asks Mr Goh Chok Tong to get reactions of younger ministers and Dr Ahmad Mattar DRAFT TOP SECRET AND PERSONAL 7th July 1982 Copy No.
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      • 263 18  -  GOH CHOK TONG Mr Goh Chok Tong writes to the Prime Minister 70ct82 Prime Minister TWIN CONSTITUENCIES Ahmad Mattar's memo to me on the above subject is attached. We discussed, together with Jayakumar, and I told him to pen his thoughts for transmission to you. It
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      • 672 18 Mattar explains why he is against idea Dr Ahmad Mattar responds to twin constituencies idea From: The Minister for Social Affairs Pearl's Hill, Singapore 0316 To: Mr Goh Chok Tong, Minister of Defence Date: 30 Sept 82 Re: Twin Constituencies I am not m favour of the idea. We should
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      • 141 18 'I can understand Mattar's reaction' PM replies to Mr Goh's letter 'Let the lesson be learnt the hard way' 8 Oct 82 Mr Goh Chok Tong Minister of Defence TWIN CONSTITUENCIES Refer to your letter 7 Oct. I can understand Ahmad Mattar's reaction. He has expressed his feelings at the
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    • 155 19 New Year goodies step out A DANCE by 65 part-time members of the People's Association dressed as familiar New Year goodies, such as love letters and peanuts, and pulling large trays of pineapple tarts, mandarin oranges and a sweet, sticky cake called nien-kao. Smile! The funnies
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    • 515 19  -  JACQUELINE WONG The Chingay Procession Reports By THE crowd at the Chingay parade next month will be invited to take to the dance-floor and create their own fun. Apparently, the whirling pom poms of the cheerleaders who entertained at last year's festival
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    • 218 19 THE Year of the Dragon will see what is billed as the world's longest legendary creature spewing fire and smoke on spectators at the Chingay parade. The 140m-long dragon, which stretches as far as a complete MRT train, will be
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    • 415 19 Restriction on sale of the Review THE Prime Minister's press secretary, Mr James Fu, yesterday accused the Far Eastern Economic Review of shutting out arguments by declaring correspondence on its dispute with the Singapore Government closed. "When the Review loses the argument
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    • 163 19 AN 80-year-old man, hit by a car while crossing the road, was among four people who died m road accidents on Wednesday. Mr Wee Kee Kwang was crossing Jalan Anak Bukit, behind the Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, when he was knocked down by a
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    • 535 23 Housing: Dons urge role for private sector THERE is demand for a wider variety of public housing judging by the increased spending on home renovation over the years, say economists from the National University of Singapore. All HDB flats may look the same from the outside, but inside the decor
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    • 294 23 THE Mass Rapid Transit contractor taken to court following a fatal accident at its Dhoby Ghaut site won half the battle yesterday when the firm was cleared of one of the two charges brought against it for breach of safety rules. Campenon Bernard
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    • 263 23  - Surgeons need not always consult specialists: Witness BEN DAVIDSON Inquiry into death after brain surgery By A BRITISH expert denied yesterday that m all brain operations involving the pituitary gland, a neurosurgeon must work with an endocrinologist (a specialist m hormone treatment). The neurosurgeon decides on treatment and what options
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    • 164 23 Questions on newsvendors, cabbies for Parliament THE MP for Changi, Mr Teo Chong Tee, will raise three questions at the next Parliament sitting. He wants to find out from Environment Minister, Dr Ahmad Mattar, the number of newspaper vendors issued with summonses to appear m court for setting up stalls
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    • 215 23 SCHOOLBOY David Thomas Sullivan will vouch that giraffes can move fast he was nearly knocked down by one. David, 11, experienced some hair-raising moments at the zoo yesterday while posing with Nino, the baby giraffe. Nino's over-protective daddy, Kino, suddenly came
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    • 156 23 THE Soviet Union can be a frigid place m March, but five students from Nanyang Technological Institute are expecting a warm welcome there. They are going there for two weeks to find out more about Soviet students and their country. Mr Silas Wong,
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 362 22  -  CHAN KIN SANG MUNI BHOJWANI 4 blocks are tallest buildings PSA has had to demolish By and FLOOR by floor from the roof down, excavators are nibbling away four 25-storey blocks of flats m Low Hill Road, off Keppel Road. These blocks of four-room flats
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    • 285 22 Most Ang Mo Kio East residents know of Town Council's work: Survey OVER 80 per cent of residents m Ang Mo Kio East Town Council are aware that it is the council and not the Housing Board that manages the estate since town councils came into being. In a random
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    • 340 22 Kindergarten classes in Tamil at seven CCs KINDERGARTEN classes conducted m Tamil will soon be available on Sundays at seven community centres. Bukit Batok CC will start its classes this Sunday while those m Yio Chu Kang, Telok Blangah, Radin Mas, Pek Kio, Kolam Ayer and Chong Boon will begin
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    • 197 22 FOR YOUR INFO Volunteers needed: Mountbatten CC Youth Group is looking for volunteers to give free tuition to underprivileged primary schoolchildren, and help administer holiday programmes and related activities such as educational tours and camps. A trainIng course on tutoring children and basic child psychology will be held m March
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  • The Straits TImes
    • 624 24 IT WAS no doubt pure coincidence that the latest White House report on threats to United States security was released smack m the middle of Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's first foray into Western Europe since the signing of the intermediate nuclear forces (INF) treaty m
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • 1243 24  -  MARY DEJEVSKY Russians can gain political capital from a summit By The Times of London THE Soviet leader has now taken direct to the Chinese an idea he has floated with a succession of foreign visitors m recent weeks. Interviewed m the Chinese
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    • 735 24  -  GEOFFREY CROTHALL Liberals' resurgence ensures law will be adopted By A NATIONAL bankruptcy law, one of the most contentious pieces of legislation m recent Chinese history, seems at last to have secured a place m the statute books. Eighteen months ago the first bankruptcy
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    • 857 24 Japanese version of Last Emperor gives Rape of Nanjing a miss Our correspondent's file Peter Hazelhurst TOKYO A NEW generation of Japanese is being offered a disinfected view of the unsavoury parts of their history. In the latest attempt to whitewash the actions of Japanese troops fifty years ago, film
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    • 617 25  -  BRIAN MOYNAH AN By Sunday Times of London PARIS The fortunes of terrorists m Western Europe have slumped as suddenly and devastatingly as those of any of the capitalist speculators they so despise. In France, Spain, Italy, West Germany and Belgium, police forces are
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    • 373 25 THE trip between Tel Aviv and Bucharest has become a familiar but frustrating one for a young Israeli lawyer who, for the past 18 months, has been acting as a middleman for 25 Israeli couples trying to adopt Rumanian babies. The lawyer prepares the papers
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    • 916 25  -  PETER KERR By The New York Times The case for testing We have a prison overcrowding problem that is killing us, a drug problem that is overwhelming, and everyone is wringing his hands. Well, I think we finally have got something that
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    • 289 26 1 REFER to the letter "Different visitors, different periods of stay" (ST, Nov 10 last year) and the Immigration Department's reply "Visitors usually given 2 weeks but longer stays are allowed" (ST, Dec 22). Having experienced much the same unpleasantness with immigration officials at
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    • Replies
      • 125 26 THE letter "Why have students been streamed at Pr 2?" by "Steamed" (ST, Dec 23) probably refers to my school. CHIJ (Toa Payoh) Primary School does not practise streaming from Primary One to Primary Four levels. The teaching programme at these levels calls for group teaching and
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      • 114 26 WE refer to the letter "Buzz from car business upsets residents" by "C.F.P." (ST, Jan 4). We believe the writer is referring to 20, Bournemouth Road. The DBCD of the Public Works Department has served an enforcement notice on the person responsible for using the residence as
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    • 255 26 Bosses at mercy of maids, agents and embassy I WAS least surprised to read your report about more Filipino maids running away to their embassy (ST, Dec 29) and the letter "Maid tried to run off to Canada" by "Jaded Employer" (ST, Jan 4). Recently, I employed a maid through
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    • 469 26 WE refer to the articles "Ban on condom ads lifted to fight Aids" (ST, Jan 3) and "Condoms may not stop Aids, say some experts" (ST, Jan 13). Let us not forget that the root cause of Aids is not the lack of condoms but
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    • 231 26 They had to transfer from tour bus to tour bus WE recently went on a 'our to the Cameron High;ands. We had looked forward to a pleasant trip, only to And it marred by the way the tour was organised. In fact, we had to go through extreme inconvenience throughout
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    • 347 26 Still waiting for money from sale of flat THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if
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        • 58 27 MMumWuj 570 +45 Mk«Mhn US +25 MIC Tie J5O 12 Cjrktarf 4*4 -1-1 Sta»rvli 430 1 Of 312 +6 MM 17C +f FtN 114 +S 4M +4 SariMMM 14C +4 liutCawl 130 *M>Pwpm 41 4-3 FAvHrti «'•> +i tim^m 102 +2'i SM 4a +2 Cm Start 3M +2 IMC
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        • 13 27 Keppel Wrts 1,524,000 MMC 1,508,000 QAF Ltd 1,481,000 Fober Merlin 1,297,000
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        • 33 27 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Fines Business Tines Industrial Composite 1987 H«h 1505 40(26/8/87) 1327.69(11/8/87) 1986/87 Low 563 34 (28/4/86) ***** (28/4/86) AlltimtHtgh 1505 40(26/8/87) *****9 (11/8/87) All lime Low 74 75(17/9/64) 470 92(28/4/86)
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        • 46 27 Closing Change Voi ('OOO Amfe* Enpf 20c 1 23 unch 22 G8 Mdp 10c 0 65« d 1 3 Snfiport Nabocul Prtitm 50c 1 66 -1 2 Stacitnrict 50c 0.82 -2 25 Tin 0.68 Tortxm M SOc 084 +1 14 Wtpco 0 80 +1 12
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      • 29 27 DM V FF 8f HkJ UBs UM 1 6660 127 10 unq ***** 7.7920 1 7990 1 6580 127 00 ***** 2 0190 7 7890 1 7978
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      • 13 27 THE US dollar lost 75 ticks to close at DM1.6580 m Singapore.
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      • 10 27 In Singapore, gold lost US$O.6O to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 51 27 Eurodollar: Gained 12 ticks to 92.60 a contract. Dentachemark: Gained 30 ticks to 0 6065 a contract. British Pound: Gained 110 ticks to 1.^940 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 46 ticks to 0.*****5 a contract. Nikkei Lost 175 points to ***** a contract. Gold: Lost US$l.2O to U*****.40 an
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      • 100 27 SEOUL South Korea's Samsung group is to make a major investment m aircraft production with the goal of building high-perfor-mance jet fighters and helicopters by 1991. Samsung Aerospace, a subsidiary of Samsung business group, will invest a total of U***** million (*****.4 million) by 1991 m three projects
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      • 80 27 PARIS The sale of the French Government's 51 per cent stake m defence and telecommunications group Matra has begun amid criticism that the public offering was ill-timed. Former Socialist Economics Minister Pierre Beregovoy said: "The state is the loser. This is the first time a privatised company
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      • 81 27 STOCKHOLM Swedish car maker Volvo has reported record pre-tax profits of nine billion crowns (553.2 billion) for last year, shrugging off speculation that a declining dollar might harm its sales m the United States. The result was substantially better than analysts had expected. Most had said the
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      • 58 27 RICHMOND (Virginia) American Home Products Corp was the apparent victor m a bidding war for A. H. Robins after Robins' board of directors agreed to be acquired by the New York-based company. American Home will provide funding to satisfy claims resulting from Robins' Dalkon Shield birth control
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      • 67 27 SEOUL South Korea's vehicle production will Increase by 43 per cent to 1.4 million units this year, while imports of parts and components will be reduced. Passenger car production would reach 1.13 million units with production of buses, trucks and other vehicles hitting 270,000 units. Imports
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    • 745 27  - QAF now expects after-tax loss of $8.2 m for current year LIM ENG HAI By QAF Ltd, the food-based group that was supposed to turn around this financial year, is now anticipating an after-tax loss of 18.26 million for the year ending March 31 and an even worse result has
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    • 475 27 NEW YORK The New York Stock Exchange will consider a proposal to halt trading temporarily m individual stocks if their prices rise or fall by a certain amount. The proposal would bring the most significant change m the way the market functions
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    • 583 27  -  DAMIEN LIM By DEALERS m Singapore are strongly against having limits to curb drastic rises or falls m share prices. All those interviewed yesterday objected to the idea of "artificial" restraints on what one described as an already "restricted" market because of the
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    • 352 27 ASSETS of yet another Ho Kok Cheong-controlled company, Kwong Kum Sun (Singapore) Pte Ltd, are up for sale. Mr Ho, 48, best known as the developer of People's Park, was the main shareholder of Kwong Kum Sun, a manu facturer of
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    • 169 27 Businessman of the Year to be named tonight SINGAPORE'S Businessman of the Year and its most enterprising small company will be named tonight. The competition is jointly sponsored by Business Times and courier group DHL Worldwide Express. There were 11 nominations for the Businessman of the Year award and 13
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    • 430 27 S'pore shares fall as world downtrend continues INVESTORS In Singapore gave up their resolute stand yesterday as share prices continued to fall on major foreign markets. After defying the downtrend on Wednesday, stocks lost ground and The Straits Times Industrial Index shed 14.46 points to 909.60. Some dealers said the
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    • 4312 28 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because al deafrifs at a particular price are lumped tofether, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 2842 28 ■DUSTWALS Acma(— Aimemoto (3305) Alex Htdg Alcom (538 555) (2) lt> (2) 55 AISB (986 995) (7) 100 (5) 101 (2) 98 (3) 99 xd API (41 58 425) (5) 40 (1) 40 5 (2) 395(22)41 (29)41 5(1)40(3)41 5 (7) 42.5(10)43 (103)42 ASM (1956 1975)
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    • 3099 28 179 60 Wapco SO* 80 +1 12 80 79 M shares quoted have a par value of $1. urtesj otherwise specified. Marpn stocks arc shown in bold print. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N Tai-ciempted dividend KBH is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price
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      • 191 29 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SJIO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4404 1.4422 7.02 6 84 Canadian dollar 1.5724 1.5738 6.40 6.29 NZ dollar 1.3365 1.3392 7 60 7.37 Sterling pound 3 6355 3.6393 2.78-2.73 US dollar ***** 2.0185
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      • 764 29 THE Kuala Lumpur market saw subdued trading yesterday with prices ending slightly weaker over a broad front. Losses were marginal. The New Straits Times Industrial Index declined 9.29 points to 1,427.74. The index gained 13.53 points on Wednesday. The decline was partly attributed
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      • 293 29 Lan ?1 fart? Ctanft Hordw Jomes 260 -2 {kn\) Honooen Energy 165S Herold Hooker ISO -4 AC I 388 IC I 405 -5 ANI 167 +2 Ind Equrty ?68 -2 Aberfoy.. 410 -10 In, Heorth SOS Jr*h Age 340 +5 Leighton 45 unch 385 -5 LendLeo*e HOO unch fimpot
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    • 114 29 THE US dollar closed weaker against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.0230/50 and closed at 2.0175/85. It traded within a range of 2.0180 and 2.0250 m thin trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed lower compared to its opening of
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    • 101 29 THE kllobar market traded between 5531.03H and 5531.202 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.00/477.50. It firmed to U*****.80/478.30 on the back of an easing ?;"c h r a a« d ss&sr U5J478.20. It reopened at 1J***** 50/478 00 It eased to U*****.70/ U*****.20 and closed
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    • 34 29 GOLD USJ/oz Thws Ned Singapore 477 00 477 50 477.70 478 20 Hongkong 476.90 477.40 477.50 478 00 Wed Tuts New York 475.90 476.50 477.30— 477 90 London 477.25 477 75 477.00-477.50
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    • 65 29 1-1 I I I I I -I I I I l I NST Index Thursday 1,427.74 (1,437.03) ~~g Honckonf Hang Sent Thursday 2,412.32 (2,484.29) Australan Al-Ordinaries Thursday 1,276.60 (1,295.20) Nkkei Stock Average Thursday 22,710.26 (22,843.14) Financial Times Industrials Wednesday 1,409.20 (1,423.00) Dow Jones Average Wednesday 1,879.14 (1,936.34) (Figures m
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    • 282 29 Managers' price* for January 22 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 93— 0 99 The Savmp Fund 0 81—0 8/ Spore Pro* Fund 0 37—0 41 Spore S«c Fund 0 67—067 S pore Invest Fund 0 66—0 71 Spore Eourty Fund 0 44—0 48 Asia Unit Trust Mai
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    • 230 29 Jai 2t IBS Chamt G«n Motors 61 s -IH Goodyeor Tire 57H -IH Alcoo 41* -IH GuH Re* I2H -H Aided S»g 30 h Intl Bu* Moch Mo4k I*. Amox Inc 17H -IH to Corp 46 -1 Amr Cocp 33 -I** Jhsn 4 Jhns 7lfc -2H Att 28
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    • 18 29 Rubber Closing prices cents/kio Singapore February 220.25 down 1 25 cents Malaysia February 277.50 down one cent
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    • 21 29 Cto«cpncn Copper E/tHM M Spot *****0-*****0 (1479 00-1480 00) 3 months *****0-*****0 (1365.00-1366 00) Market tone Steadier Sates 21.650 tonnes
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    • 21 29 ClHfcf prices Aluminium £/tonm M Spot 1124.00—1125 00 (1154.00—*****0) 3 months 1056.00-1057.00 (1075.00-1076 00) Market tone Steady Sales: 10.000 tonnes
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    • 93 29 palm of January 1200 (north) 1185 (central) 1195 (south) palm oi US$/tomes RBO palm oil February 500 (sellers) March 500 (sellers) RBD Sturm ianuary 410 (sellers) March 410 (seders) RBO Otein February 527 50 (seders) March ***** (sellers) April 510 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq palm oil Ckwinf
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    • 285 29 SSKs: "Si '3 !8 1 *Bter 'Si V «stob rriPtC 247.27 -5 73 >*S—4 9mk 398 +10 C 4—* m m-+ndmm\ ttmfni 41 mcfc Bobcort, VK undi 4m»mcmm*n4m4 G>a«, Cop* Ml +4 Sordar*. 490 -3 J*o S2S -9 O~«, 50 wd> iNdaa 453 -7 7 -Vt MNMG Hotw 574
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      • 62 29 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 implied interest rmtei Open High Law Sett Est V«i Mat ffi 92.56 57 92.60 92.53 92.60 6521 Jim 9234 92.38 92 31 92 38 905 Sefi 92.10 92.10 92.09 92.09 17 Dee 91.82 91.82 9181 91.81 22 M*r» 91.50B Iim 91.36 8e.fl Dee 91.02 Mar* 90.89
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      • 28 29 (US dollar Deutsr.Vmark Open High Low Sett Est NwH 0.6067 0.6086 0.6053 0.6065 196 Jw 0.6119 B^* 0.6177 Oftm Ist (Wed): 128. Act Yd (We 4): Ml.
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      • 22 29 (British Pound) Opea High Law Sett Eat V«l Mmra 1.***** 1.79« J»e 1.7865 Opea Ist (Wcrf): Act V»l (Wed): Ptar.
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      • 34 29 Japanese Yen) Open High Law Sett Eat 0 *****4 0.*****6 0.*****2 0 *****5 708 Jim 0.*****5 0.*****5 0.*****5 0 *****8 2 »f* 0.*****2 Ores bit (Wed): WB. Art V.I <We 4): B*4.
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      • 43 29 N±kH Stock A vtnge Index Open High L«w Sett Eat V»l X *****.57 *****.57 *****.08 *****.28 88 ***** 50 ***** ***** ***** 821 Jim ***** ***** ***** ***** 3 Sept ***** Ope* Ist (We 4): Mtf. Act V«l (Wed): itK.
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      • 20 29 (US$ per troy ounce) Open Hlgk Low Sett Ert Fefctt 477.40 Opea lit (Wed): NIL Act V«l (Wei): Nil.
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      • 171 29 T>Hir»dcy, Jonuory 21 1988 Fab 88 colls Feb 88 puts High Low S«tt High Low V>rt 55 CAI 5* CAB 57 365 2 5» 249 -5 5» 170 14A 12 M Ml 99 37A 35 61 431 47 86A 82 62 171 19 159A 154 63 m I
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      • 203 29 Feb 88 colls Feb 88 puts High Lew Sett High Low IBM 70 CAB 71 CAB 72 CAB 73 1 74 75 402S 407 4 76 3088 313 13 9 11 77 2208 225 22 22 22 78 1448 48A 148 48A 45 79 858 89 89A
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      • 192 29 Mor 88 colls Mar 88 puts High Low S«tt High Low S«tt 8900 3558 359 CAB 8950 3058 309 CAB 9000 2568 260 CAB 9050 2068 210 CAB 9100 156* 160 9125 1311 135 9150 1068 110 3 9175 838 86 3 3 4 9200 608 63 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      363 29 Vessel Berth An Dep Vessel Ktppd Nhanrts Dolphin Hana Bang Progoti K19 aside 22/01 Hoegh Cairn Diana Island K34 aside 23/01 Horizon Star Donguang K3S aside 25/01 babela laste'n GL K28 aside 22/01 Jumpa Fe Pilot K21 aside 22/01 Moksong Forthbank K16 aside 23/01 Sirrtian Freidri Eng
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    • 725 30 •■JEW YORK Several of he biggest US banking companies have reported mge losses for last year afer raising reserves to cov- ■> troubled foreign loans. The results were expeced and industry analysts (aid there were few surprises In the earnings re>orts by
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    • 227 30 LONDON The Kuwait Investment Office's shareholding m British Petroleum is being considered by UK Director-General of Fair Trading Sir Gordon Bonie. Sir Gordon will advise the government on whether the stake now about 18.36 per cent warrants an investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers
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    • 334 30 WASHINGTON Mismanagement rather than depressed economic conditions has been the chief cause of the rising number of US bank failures m recent years, Comptroller of the Currency Robert Clarke has said. The comptroller's office studied 162 failures of national banks since 1979 and found management
      Reuter  -  334 words
    • 324 31 PHARMACEUTICAL and supermarket group George Town Holdings' strategy to rvtum to the black through its major restructuring h;:s shown results it has announced a group pre-tax Of M 51.31 million for tl\e six months ended last 30. The figure, which reversed five yean of
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    • 225 31 A SUBSIDIARY of South Malaysia Industries (SMI), Erioo Estates Sdn Bhd, will get a 10 per cent stake m Uula Pernk Bhd m exchange for selling 335 h« stares of oil palm estates to the troubled sugar plantation
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    • 206 31 KUALj\ LUMPUR laysia's national equity trust, Perniodalan National JJJid, \ws Ix-comp th est shareholder m UMW Holdings Oh a stake of 20.09 per cert m the company's enLirp.cd share capital of MsloB.B million folljwir.g its rights tane. At the tame time, the
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    • 355 31 Computer stocks hit by nervous Wall Street NEW YOUK Wall has turned exceedingly bearish on the computer in-dusti-y as conceru mounts that i owth this year wijl squr i w profits at companies bip la i■ aajrio several times m I c. mputer fell short of expectations. ad thai belles
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    • 128 31 Homles a Court loses bid for BHP i lost I puttinr ai for t lio ar.y. i Per c f:;nding (Ssi.4-i t: be A52.68 A fu n v.ould be m BW ils of the asset sale. of Asl billion or mor<> .n vestments and MHP to recoup part ■lainfain borrowings
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  • RACING
    • 97 33 Jockey Chew dies SINGAPORE Jockey K.H. Chew, 3C, died m Auckland General Hospital yesterday without regaining consciousness! after a race tall last Thursday. News of his death was sent to the Malayan Racing Association by Jim Fleming, racing control manager oi the New Zealand Racing Conference. Chew, who went to
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    • 653 33  -  ROGER YUE LIONEL LEE Turf clubs expect bumper crowds on Sunday By and A TREAT is m store for racing fans m Singapore and Malaysia on Sunday. The Hongkong Invitation Cup over I,Boom at Shatin racecourse m which six of our
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    • 619 33  -  LIONEL LEE ON THE TRACK with TRAINER K. Shanmugam's trio of Let's March (V. Nathan), Daaay n (apprentice Asogan) and ODarHag (Au-Yeung) did a sizzling workout at Bukit Timah yesterday. They went stride for stride and clocked 36 sec for 600 m. The
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    • 113 33 GALLOPS yesterday at Bukit Timah by horses engaged on Sunday: Newcomer Olmiml 37, Go Fred Go (Junaidi) 42, SugaJ Raja 38.1, Past Eddie 40.5, CMamMaa Emerald 38.1, Moonlight n (Sairi) 38.6, Respect n (Chiam) 37.6, Av*nvaJe 37.3, L*b« L»b» (Baxter) 39.1, Exclusive (Masruhen) 42.1, newcomer Heckler
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    • 129 33 (to be run at Shatin racecourse on Sunday) CLASS 1 1,800m (Stakes: HKS1.5 million) From left: Horse, trainer, weight, jockey and barrier CHEEKO (A Chan) (57) K L Tsui 2 FLYING DANCER (P C Kan) (57) B Leisher 8 GOLD BELT (P C Chan) (57) P Leyshan
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 279 34 LONDON Oxford stretched their proud unbeaten home run m the English League Cup soccer tournament to 27 matches on Wednesday when they booked a place m the semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Manchester United. First-half goals by Dean Saunders and Gary Briggs killed off United 's
      Reuter  -  279 words
    • 309 34 ROME Championship contenders AC Milan and Roma crashed out of the Italian Cup soccer tournament on Wednesday as holders Napoli marched into the quarter-finals m their push for a League and Cup double. Welsh striker lan Rush shrugged off his lacklustre League form and silenced
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    • 215 34 Kankkunen looks set for victory NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania) A sandstorm forced the cancellation of the 20th stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally on Wednesday, consolidating the position of leading Finn Juha Kankkunen with two days of the three-week race to run. World rally champion Kankkunen, who propelled into the lead after compatriot
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    • 126 34 THAILAND A thrashed Oman 3-1 to Join Austria's FC Tyrol m the semi-finals of the 19th King's Cup tournament at Bangkok's National Stadium on Wednesday Indonesia defeated China's Uaoning 2-0 m another Group A match. IFK GOTHENBURG have made contingency plans m case their coach, Gunder Bengtsson, accepts
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    • 226 34 MONTE CARLO European soccer chiefs deferred a decision on the re-admission of English teams to Europe's three club competitions on Wednesday, but left the way open for a return next season. The Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) turned down a Scottish move for an
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    • 219 34 MADRID Real Madrid needed extra-time to beat humble Sabadell and scrape through to the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup soccer tournament on Wednesday. Real, who lost the first leg 3-2 last week, looked far too relaxed to make up the difference m the first half
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    • OLYMPIC FILE
      • 265 35 OSLO A drugs scandal m the world of internation al speed-skating has drawn police into a criminal investigation of whether Soviet star Nikolai Gulyayev smuggled steroid tablets illegally into Norway. Inpector Truls Fyhn, of the Oslo drugs squad, said his probe might involve police m
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      • 128 35 ATLANTA The new executive director of the United States Olympic Committee has resigned after less than three weeks on the job and will return to his former position as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, a published report said. The Atlanta Constitution reported that
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    • 382 35  -  ALAN HUBBARD Win or lose, Mike is m the money By /All fighter I V respecteu him because he had guts. When he went down he always got up and I liked him for that. I was never really a fan of hit but
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    • 487 35 THE Mike Tyson-Larry Holmes heavyweight title fight will be telecast "live" over Malaysia's TV3 tomorrow at 10am. Reassuringly, there are signs that Tyson is maturing into a decent young man who is much m charge of his own destiny. This was reflected m one of the
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    • 138 35 loka in good form for defence OSAKA World Boxing Council strawweight champion Hiroki loka, Japan's only world champion, ran through his first public sparring session on Wednesday for his first defence match, against South Korea's Lee Kyung Yung on Jan 31. loka, who turned 19 on Jan 8, displayed speedy
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    • 156 35 LONDON Cliff Thorburn, Canada's former world snooker champion, became the first non-Briton to join the Matchroom team on Wednesday. The 40-year-old world No. 4, who split with manager Robert Winsor last month, has signed a five-year contract for the Barry Hearn stable. "Barry can do a
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    • 176 35 SYDNEY Australia's triple Olympic lOOmetres gold medallist Dawn Fraser was not guilty of the deed which cost her a four-year ban from competitive swimming and ef- fectively ended her career, it was revealed yesterday. Dawn was accused of stealing several flags at
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    • 321 36 MELBOURNE CHRIS EVERT will play Steffi Graf m the women's singles final of the Australian Open tennis championships after defeating her friend and rival Martina Navratilova 6»2, 7-5 yesterday. Chris, using her twohanded backhand with deadly effect, was always on top of an
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    • 338 36 Top seed sweeps past compatriot Claudia MELBOURNE Steffi Graf ruthlessly snuffed out early flickerings of hope for fellow-West German Claudia Kohde-Kilsch yesterday to reach her first Australian Open tennis final. The tall Claudia won the first nine points of the semi-final as Steffi, the world No. 1,
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    • 257 36 MELBOURNE The "Pat Pack" have reunited for the first time since Wimbledon. The three men and a woman embraced by Pat Ccsh after his victory climb through the crowds at Wimbledon last July have combined m MeluoU'TTe to plot his Australian Open tennis caii.jci?ti. "We
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    • 103 36 Men's doable** semi-fi-nals: Rick Leach and Jim Pugh (US) bt Marty Davis (US) and Brad Drewett (Aust) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Jeremy Bates (Brit) and Peter Lundgren (Swe) bt Andrew Castle (Brit) and Roberto Saad (US) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. Mixed doubles quar-ter-finals:
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    • 205 36 MELBOURNE Top seed Ivan Lendl and Wimbledon champion Pat Cash clash m the men's semi-finals of the Australian Open today with all the hallmarks of a classic final. The other semi-final will be an all-Swedish shoot-out between defending champion Stefan Ed berg and third seed Mats
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    • 403 36 Mayotte only American in main draw of Olympics MELBOURNE Swedish aces Stefan Edberg and Mats Wilander and West German Boris Becker head the list of direct entries for the Olympics tennis competition. Edberg and Wilander, ranked second and third m the world, and fifth-ranked two-time Wimbledon champion Becker were among
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    • 245 36 MELBOURNE Players from 17 countries m the Asia /Oceania zone will compete for six spots m the men's singles draw at the Seoul Olympic Games this year, the International Tennis Federation announced on Wednesday. Players from 11 countries will chase the two spots reserved for the
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    • Nominations for two
      • 444 37  -  J. RAJENDRAN By Yen Chye has a lot of potential and we feel that the Olympics will be a good experience for him. He lacked a little endurance during the Shoriki Cup, but that's because he was not fully prepared. SJF president
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      • 246 37  - Hard work, medals make Fathol SABBF's choice MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By FATHOLOMEIN ALI has again been nominated for the Sportsman of the Year award. Fatholomein, the Republic's only professional bodybuilder who was un successful m his first attempt last year, has been recommended by the Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation. The SABBF
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      208 37 Qasim, Younis suspended 7 years for accusing team-mates of drug-dealing ISLAMABAD Pakistani Test cricketers Qasim Omar and Younis Ahmed have been banned for playing cricket m Pakistan for seven years for accusing other Pakistani players of drugdealing, press reports said yesterday. The ban prohibits the 30-year-old Nairobi-born
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    • 128 37 Imran says 'No' to Asian Cup ISLAMABAD Imran Khan, who is coming out of retirement for a West Indies tour, has said he will not appear m the Asian Cup tournament m Bangladesh next month, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said yesterday. The fast bowler has agreed to lead
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    • 316 37 WELLINGTON England won a one-sided 50-overs cricket match against Wellington by eight wickets yesterday after being set the task of scoring 203. Wellington, who won the toss and chose to bat on a placid pitch, quickly lost former New Zealand opener Bruce Edgar ibw to Graham Dilley
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    • 111 37 PRKSTON Javed Miandad. who led Pakistan to victory m their recent acrimonious series with England, is to play English League cricket here this summer. The brilliant right-handed batsman has signed a £10,000 ($36,000) contract to be Preston's professional m the Northern League. Meanwhile, former Australia Test seamer
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    • 272 37 Monnet's claim disputed LONDON French sailor Philippe Monnet has had his claim (or a world record shot to pieces by a British rival and a New Zealand newspaper. The 26-year-old Monnet says he sailed round the world last year m 129 days 19hr 17min on a 65-foot trimaran called Kriter
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    • 311 38  -  HAKIKAT RAI By ZAINAL ABIDIN, Anthony Chua and Ong Soo Heng breezed through the first two rounds of the Asian Individual squash championship m Kuwait City but not debutant Simon Yang. The 26-year-old Simon hammered out a 3-0 win over Iraq's S. Shareef before bowing
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    • 338 38 BLOIS (France) Three seeds perished In the opening round of the Blois International squash tournament on Wednesday, but world No. 1 Jansher Khan made no mistake on his way to the second round. Third seed Tristan Nancarrow, of Australia, fell to South Africa's Paul Symonds 10-9,
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    • 471 38  -  J. RAJENDRAN BADMINTON By SINGAPORE'S Lav Wing Cheok and Hamid Khan were bundled out of the US$BO,OOO ($160,000) Japan Open by an Indonesian and an Englishman respectively m the second round on Wednesday. Indonesian teenager Ardi Budi Wiratana defeated Wing Cheok 18-14, 15-2, while
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    • 441 38 BASES ALL Pain Postema, ihe only female umpire m the pro game, will take charge of National League games during spring training and could break new ground by umpiring m the majors this season. Para, 34, has been m the minors for 11 seasons. BASKETBALL Dominique Wilkins
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    • 301 39  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Though we may be playing for money, friendship will not take a back •eat. There will be plenty of kidding and ribbing during the match. It will be fun. 7 Norman THE Great White Shark was seen at Changi last
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    • 146 39  -  JOE DORAI SOCCER striker V. Sundramoorthy was advised to keep the Singapore national team close to his heart during his professional stint with Switzerland's Division One club FC Basle until June. This message was conveyed by Mr Teo Chong Tee, the chairman of
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    • 49 39 SPRITE INTERNATIONAL BOARDSAILING Picture by Hoping to make waves at the Sprite International Circuit, which starts today In Knantan, are Singapore windsurfers Ramie Salleh (right), 24, and Shadat Anwar, 15. The pair were among 21 who left for Knantan yesterday. JERRY SEH
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    • 316 39 FOREIGN GOLF INDIAN WELLS (California) Jay Haas enjoyed a spectacular day with his putter on Wednesday and it gave him a nine-under-par 63 and the lead after the first round of the £1 million ($3.61 million) Bob Hope Classic. Sandy Lyle, of Britain, and Andy Bean
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    • 247 39 SWIMMING WAN TSE YANG and Kenneth Yeo both smashed the Boys' Under-14 record m the 100 metres butterfly m the Singapore Swimming Club's single age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu last night. The new record of lmin 06.08 sec was established by Tse Yang while Kenneth froze
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    • 78 39 MARK HILL outlasted Abdullah DaSari 9-2. 6-9, 9-3. 9-10. 9-7 m the men's Open quarter-finals of trie West Coast Nike invitation squash championships yesterday. Otfcer ramlto: Darmadi Adi bt Chua Eng Koon 9-0. 9-2. 94 KeUy Choo bt Victor Koh 10^, 9-2, 6-9. M; Jazreel Tan bt
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    • 216 39  - 5-minute siege ends with two penalties JOE DORAI By JURONG TOWN FC plucked themselves from the Jaws of defeat with two penalties five minutes from the end to hold Police Sports Association to a 2-2 draw m the Premier League match at Bedok Stadium last night. After a goalless first
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    • 34 39 PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER JURONG TOWN FC 2 POLICE 2 Picture by Police goalkeeper Yakob Hanhlm makes a splendid diving save past a wall of players. JERRY SEH
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    • 452 39  -  J. RAJENDRAN Intriguing tale of hockey's cops and 'robbers' By A LETTER stands m the way of leading goalscorer Ranjit Singh and his appearance m the F&N Elite Cup hockey tournament, starting today. The saga began last year when international winger Ranjit played for
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 603 38 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths LMR. VOO KIN CHAT AGE: 61 YEARS passed away peacefully on 20/1/88 at 10.45 p.m. leaving behind: Wife: Chan Chci Sons: Daughters-in-law: Woo Ser Hian, Don Tan Guek Ec, Hazel Voo Tong Sung, Gene Lim Van Peng, Linda Voo Pui Sen Sam Daughter*. Grand
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      76 38 MRS. PETER COLIN OLIVEIRO and family on the demise of her husband BQT. PETER COLIN OLIVEIRO From R. VIJAYNDRAN NATHAN DORAIBAMY With dsspsst sympathies and condolences to the family of the late BGT. ZULKIFI B. ZAINOL Always remembered by: Officer* A Man of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion Singapore
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    • 71 38 The Famll, e« lha L.I. MR. LAU WEIN KEE wts/i to inaww mi rvwrivvt, rrtonos r nil an-- A*** ik^l, li_j ■no n^^pa^*tm w* uwi iiiw aiif/fidancm. oondotancaa. donations and wr««th« Jurlng Ihalr recant ImWe, lti# vMfHiy Of the late MR. UM CHCNO TECK 7 DMfcu Road wlah
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      50 38 MOM LIM KIM NEO Departed 22nd Jan, IMS The depths of sorrow we cannot tell, Of the loss of one we love so well, And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep, Her memory we shall always keep. Always remembered by husband, •one, daughter*, deughters-m-law, *on*-ln-law and grandchildren.
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    • 71 38 MILLINGTON AIR COMMODORE E.Q.L. MILLINOTO.H C.B. CBE D F C Much lov«xj Imisomm Of Ann# 4W)G tether of Jane died peacefully In London on 16th January. The funeral will be held at St Columbe's Church, Port Street, London on Tuesday 28th January. A memorial service will be held
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      145 38 HAM OM BANBILAL B BHAH Departed 22/1/83 Five years have passed It sadly missed but never forgotten by wife, children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. m LortOfl wmomocj of EDDY TAN BENQ CHUAN D«p*rfd on 22 IMI It's one year since you're gone But loving thoughts still linger
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      87 38 In loving mamory of K. KELAPPAN Departed 22.1.1973 Rest In peace, dear loving father, IS long years have passed away; You are gone, but still are living In the hearts of those who stay. Always r«mimb«r»d by: wHa: Choy Madhavi •one, daughters, aons-in law, daughtara-in-law A grandchildrafi.
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      115 38 BENNIAH VELIAMAN (VALLI) Dapartad on 8/1/IMB The Ovwniahl (I«th Day) Prayer* will b* »wtd on Friday 22/1/1« M from 7pm. onward* at Blk.B, #04-18 Qu*«fli Craacant, S'por* 0314. The Athma Shantl Pooja will be held on Saturday 23/1/itM at BIVAN TEMPLE. Sorangoon Romj at 7pm. Please treat this
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    • 79 39 HOCKEY F*N Otto Cip: SCC v Khalsa (Padang), SIA v Police (F Park) 5.30pm. SOCCER 8BHFL Dlv 3: Holiday Inn Park View v Hong Leong Group (Tanglin), Haw Par v May bank (Tanglin), Polycore v Westin Stamford (Fairer Park), MAS v Singapore S'bldg 6 Engg. (Farrer Park) all at 5.15pm.
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  • 512 40 Stalemate over Viet pullout and the Khmer Rouge SAINT-GERMAIN-EN -LA YE (France) Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk and the Prime Minister of the Viet-namese-installed Phnoni Penh regime, Mr Hun Sen, pushed on with the second round of their peace talks here yesterday despite
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  • 187 40 $lm for Aids victim who sued doctor BOSTON An Aids victim and her sons were awarded U5|750,000 (Ssl.s million) m what was described as the first medical malpractice verdict involving the disease. A state court jury ruled that Dr Kenneth Bernstein was negligent m his diagnosis and treatment of Ms
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  • 707 40 41 know some people were lobbying for the Philippines to stop sending domestic help to the Middle East. Sexual and physical abuse of our maids m the Middle East is horrendous. There must have been some confusion and Singapore got included. I hope
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  • 791 40  -  ELENA CHONG By A SENIOR lawyer appeared before a threejudge court yesterday to show cause why he should not be dealt with for trying to forge a will m the name of his father-in-law who died intestate. Mr J. G.
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  • 289 40 Both recipients in satisfactory condition First transplant law beneficiaries THE first two people to receive transplanted kidneys under the new Human Organ Transplant Act were m satisfactory condition yesterday, a Health Ministry statement said. It also added that the donor, who was not identified, died from head injuries suffered from
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  • 68 40 US navy destroys faulty missile CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The US navy destroyed an unarmed Trident 2 nuclear missile by radio yesterday when it developed a fault over the Atlantic Ocean during a test night, an air force spokesman said. It was the first failure m nine test firings of the
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  • 30 40 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 16.74 points to 1,862.40 m the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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    • 178 40 Weather Showers over several areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mki SUNSET today. 7.18 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.15 am. GLOBAL MATHER AAeUWe 17/24 C Cloudy Las Angelr* tC t Amsterdam 5/8 C Cloudy Madrid :C AtkM» 6/12 C Cloudy MaalU 20/33 C
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  • The Straits TImes Section Two
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    • 307 1 ART BREAKS OUT INTO THE OPEN A DRAMATIC transformation has taken place m our visu- I al environment. I Many of us may have been too busy to notice it, but art C bigger, bolder and more flamboyant has knocked F down the doors of the galleries and the museum
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      • 1082 2  -  ZAKI By IT WAS at a party that I saw the light, or rather, was coaxed to see the light. The party was really a mini food convention. There were about 20 guests, a good many of whom want to be, indeed insist upon being, called
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        • 345 2 CATHERINE ONG'S article "Why always the same faces?" (ST, Jan 8) left me confused and baffled. She pointed out that the local music scene has always been saturated with the same people, so much so that the cast of any locally produced
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      • 1128 2  -  SHEILA SULLIVAN By ARE you little, 60 and female? If so, you qualify as I have just done as a Little Old Lady. Everyone who is younger (which seems to be most people) knows exactly what Little Old Ladies are like.
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      • 195 2 WEEKEND P^ flß^^ Koh Siew Tin picks her three winners for the Chinese Tafentime 36 Y.L. Goh on the violinist of the century 4 Street Smart's dumb, says Whang Yee-Ling 5 C 111 I 5 Hi I gygk|2a Yours for $29 with any Estee Lauder purchase of $45 or more.
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      • 1583 3  -  JUDITH HOLMBERG By ART BREAKS OUT INTO THE OPEN THIS time. 10 years ago, they could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today, you can confront a piece of art at Changi Airport, shopping at Marina Square or basking at the
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      • 1372 3  -  T. K. SABAPATHY By THERE has been an efflorescence of art produced for public spaces m Singapore. The support for this art emerged sporadically m the 70s, and gained vigour and momentum after the inauguration of the Asean Sculpture Symposium m 1981. In April
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      • 980 37 Act 3 will dramatise three stories by Catherine Lim early next month, reports LIM HSU FEI. ADELINE NG AI CHOO will be seen on stage soon. No, she is not the latest starlet m Singapore, but students here will recognise her. Adeline is a
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      • 1252 37 I Audio/Video Golden Auricle A reader writes: I REFER to Golden Auricle's column on the Robertson 2600 preamplifier (ST, Jan 8) and I assume that the model referred to is the new Robertson 6020, as Robertson does not have any model 2600.
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      • 633 37 PERFORMANCES SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT. With pianist Janis Vakarelis. Conducted by Choo Hoey. Victoria Concert Hall. Today and tomorrow, 8.15 pm Tickets at $4, $7, $10 and $15 ($2 and $3 for senior citizens and students) available at Centrepoint, Tangs and Victoria Concert Hall box office. TOP GIRLS.
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      • 204 37 Chess By Knight FOUR players shared first place with 7 points each m the Cairnhill Community Centre 3rd Open International Chess Championship 1987 for the Dr Wong Kwei Cheong Challenge Trophy. The nine-round Swiss event attracted 113 entries, which included 18 from
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      • 787 4  -  Y. L. Goh 1 Compact Discs HEIFETZ on CD (all items from RCA) Beethoven/ Brahms Concertos Bruch Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy/ Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 5 Tchaikovsky Mendelssohn Concertos Sibelius/ Prokofiev Glazounov Concertos Beethoven Concerto (1940 recording with Toscanini) coupled with Rubinstein/Toscanini recording of Beethoven's
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      • 812 4  -  Chris Ho I The pop life BELINDA CARLISLE has come a long way. Not long ago, this weak-voiced (and then-chubby) singer showed little potential as a soloist when she was fronting the all-girl band, the Go Go's. She was overshadowed not only by
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      • 847 6  -  PAT D'ROSE By TOKYO SQUARE has kept a relatively low profile m the club scene last year, will concentrate on recording albums this year. The first release of the year will be a solo album by the group's female lead singer, Linda
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      • 359 6 JUST how big is the Tina Turner gig going to be? It will be the biggest concert held here for an English-language artiste, according to a Jasper Productions spokesman. A turnout of 15,000 fans over three nights, starting on Feb 20, is expected at
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      • 349 4 New BFrigidaire Showroom .^tfMA _^S) .^SI .^SI .^Bl 4BJ Congratulations to Singapore Refrigeration on their newly renovated showroom featuring the full range of Frigidaire refrigerators from USA. j|H Siiy?aporr K<'frineraUon Co (Showroom): #01-23 GoldhUl Plaza. Newton Kd 1 130). Tel: *****37/*****:38 Branch: #02-16/17, 18 Thomson Plaza. (pp Thomson Kd (2057).
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      • 11 4 Watch out for our new, all-colour Pop Plus page next week
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      • 605 5  -  WHANG YEE-LING STREET SMART Coming to a Cathay cinema LURID prostitute dens provide the setting for Jerry Schatzberg 's thriller, Street Smart. Christopher Reeve plays New York journalist Jonathan Fisher, whose fabricated cover story about a pimp m a magazine is the latest
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      • 276 5 AFTER a rash of movies about alcohol and drug abuse Ironweed, Barfly and Less Than Zero Hollywood is swearing off the hard stuff. A handful of film projects scheduled for this year will focus on abstention and rehabilitation, setting a different tone
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      • 331 5 IN 1961, The African Queen steamed its way down an east African river to film glory with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Recently, The Queen ventured another passage on an American inter-state highway. Once the focus of director John Huston's classic film, The African Queen, now
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    • Sight & Sound
      • 1151 7  -  Catherine Ong I Staying Tuned TWO weeks ago, m this column, I complained that I was put off by the same old entertainment staples miming the same old songs featured m TV variety shows of different names, but almost identical formats, that were weeks
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      • 648 36 KOH SIEW TIN picks her winners for the Chinese Talentime 87/88, to be held at Kallang Theatre tomorrow. WHO will emerge the winner at the Chinese Talentime 87/88 is anybody's guess. There is no firm favourite among the 12 m the finals, which
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      • 338 7 J^% I LIVING A LANGUAGE Mhlml New Dancing Lounge This ser.es of two Extended by Popular Demand books Nature Calls saM Bk v r. ti and People Talk IS^L^ Baby 77x j was rn K fr •j I jfl R^^ popular Sunday Times Hi^mA^ Most vers >!l' e F no
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      • 577 9 A BROKEN marriage made Taiwanese actress Tien Niu return to show business. Since her divorce from an Indonesian businessman last year, this spirited 30-year-old has thrown herself back into her work. When she got married m the mid '80s, Tien Niu retired
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      • 415 9 A new Taiwanese serial, Deep Garden, will replace Little Missy, m the 6.45 pm slots on Saturday and Sunday from Jan 31 on Ch 8. FTERY tongues of flames engulf the Bo mansion m Taipei, reducing it to ashes and sending its frantic occupants darting for
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      • 429 9 Film OHL Boundup |j ROUGE 'ill Midnight tomorrow and morning shows on Sunday at Eng Wan cinemas MORE spooky tales are m store for moviegoers this week. In Rouge, a ghost, Ruhua, comes back to this world, but not to take revenge or to wreak
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      • 574 9 Solution 322 CROSS-language Crossword Puzzle is published every Friday. It Is a Chinese crossword, bat the clues are given In English. Eleven winners will be picked from the all-correct entries. One will receive $51 cash and the other II, $29 cash. *5fcash: TAN KIM
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    • Bilingual
      • 1051 10 The betel leaf has a special place m Indian tradition and is used on all auspicious occasions But m Singapore, there are only four or five betel leaf sellers (or panwallahs left while m India they are as common on the streets as buses. SAKINA
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      • 687 10  -  DAVID SPARK By ELEVEN years ago, a labourer named Ramamoorthy dug a deep pit behind his house m Tamil Nadu, south-east India, for sand to build a cattle shed. He unearthed a set of nine bronze Hindu temple images portraying the god
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      • 183 12 38 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators ISLANDWIDE SERVICE FOR Repair, respray, rental, sell trade-in, Install, service all kind new or used alrcons. frldgt Free delivery guaranteed. Cal us anytime, tel: *****58/ *****35 NEW/ USED COMMERCIAL/ do mestlc fridge, alrcon., cookei dryer, washing machine fo sale/ trade-In/ rental, repair service/ install/ respray alsc Day
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      • 353 12 38 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators NEW/ USED COMMERCIAL/ Domestlc fridge, alrcon, washing machine for repair' service Si Install. Day: *****84; Night: *****37. OUR SHOP INBTALLB, repairs alrcon., water heater, fridge, washIng machine, ctv., wiring plumbing. *****22/ *****41 RENTAL/ REPAIR FRIOOE/ Alrcon. We Install/ maintain/ supply new/ used split/ room unit alrcon. Tel:
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      • 530 12 39 TV/ Video/ Hi-fi USED GEAR IN excellent, condition Threshold S/500 stasis power amp $5300 still with warranty. Robertson 4010 power amp. $1250, Pink Tralngle pre- amp. $650. Spectral MI-500 $120 per pair Absolute Sound *****60 AERIALS INSTALLATION: 3 sets 6 channels $220. 4 sets 0 channels $300. booster $70
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      • 710 12 40 House Cleaning/ Painting IMMEDIATE PAINTING, CLEAMWo" parquet sanding/ varnishing Si floor polishing. *****54/ *****73 PAINTING SERVICE: 3-RM. $300; 4-rm $450, 5-rm. $580 Tel *****37/ Page *****02 SPECIALISE IN PAINTING, reasonable Si reliable, lmmed painting available *****01 anytime. STILL RECEBBION PRICES. Painting only. Chinese Workers only Tel: *****68/ *****53 41
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      • 843 12 41 House Renovation/ 41 House Renovation/ Decor Decor i WHEN THE QUALITY OF INSTALLATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT ITSELF \^kf\ itt^^M MB 3i \-O's\ N jJJ ALUMINIUM IRON WORK \y y\{ '^Sl Ir^^ll AT WILLIE Al UMINIUM it IRON \<O \> 'Os W^\A WORK. WE
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      • 396 12 49 Beauty Culture ELECTROCOSMETOLOGY- PAINLESS, FAST, Effective results for face/ body. Electrolysis/ budget waxing avail. Suvln *****01 BRING ALL YOUR skin St hair problems to Denlsll No. 1 Beauty Clinic. Telephone *****36. CHINESE NEW YEAR'S offer. Facial $18, Bridal make-up package $250. Tel: 339-5432. JORUBI ALOE VERA Promotion Facial with
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      • 512 12 49 Beauty Culture 49 Beauty Culture 49 Beauty Culture 522 A BAD COMPLEXION? Feb. 1988^^^ Hove a free facial on us, with every purchase of products worth $50, ond gain a clear complexion. PLUS FREE: one set of skin care sample. V^ 0^ Products use JEAN PIERRE FLEURIMON, PARIS F<x
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      • 523 12 54 Gold/ Pawn Tickets I EMINENT Goldsmith Jewellers HIGHEST PRICES OFFERED FOR YOUR PAWN TICKETS GOLD^ PLATINUM, WATCHES, JADE, JEWELLERY DIAMONDS #02-12 Eminent Plaza "96 S! (Nsxl TOP PRICE FOR your Pawn Tickets, Watches, Jewellery, Dupont Lighters, Gold (9K, 14K. 18K. 20K 22K i 24K) and White Gold (9K. 14K.
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      • 731 12 56 Sale: Other Products FOR SALE 3 unusef Nlrl Disc Gearboxes 1 33:1. type MON 168. suitable for engines 50--80 HP The gearboxes are surplus to our requirements Price 553.000 each Call Moss *****51 KIRBY VACUUM CLEANER 5350 Vacuum cum polisher $100. Bmm sound projector with sound camera $200 Hl-fl
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      • 802 13 72 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery Removal SMONWARoi House, office removal, transportation, dtspueal and delivery serftce Specialist In piano/ organ removal Economical rates. We supply 15' lorry Responsible, reliable and experienced workers provided 8 am 8 pm. TEL: *****39 FOR FAST, RELIABLE household L office removal services, call *****98/ *****73/ *****44 FOR
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      • 746 13 76 Book-ka«ping/ Sacratarial/ Anawaring/ Translation JUrvtcaa REGISTRATION ADDRtSS $10 swerlng $10, Telex Free, typing Tel: 33&M78/ *****44 RELIABLE NEON./ MAILING add (17). tel. answering service ($7), telex fax. typing, etc 330-0015 RELIABLE CO. PROVIDES taxation for Sole Proprietor/ Partnership/ Ltd. Co Nam Keow *****20 TYPMO WOMO Processing serv for letters/
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      • 973 13 79 S Utln i M 79 sUiln#"5 Uiln# S4l n Domaatic Halp 92 Donwatic Halp 92 Domastic Help 92 Domastic Help Opportumtias Opportunity* Availabla Available Available Available W\ MORE THAN Personally interviewed overseas and screened from provinces frequently. lIIUIIL. I 1 11-111 Filipino Thai Sn Lankan Indonesian Javanese Chinese 19
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      • 426 13 92 Domestic Help Available I Muslim Chinese Christian! "CALL US TODAY I FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE"! Salary 150 250 300 IT: 732 3355 1| FADOUT-. 1 12-05 Tanglin Shopping Ctr.| OFFERS SPECIAL PACKAGES Filipino Thai Indonesian TRY US. REPLACEMENT p^^a^^j^^J!j!^»j^^nar7m 810-DATAS OF FILIPINA maids avail, for home service. Also full-time stay-in
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      • 783 13 WE SPECIALISED IN FILIPINO DOMESTIC HELPERS and BABY SITTERS t^M. a^j. (Personally selected and carefully trained to adapt to employers standards.) yQMj PACKAGE INCLUDES: COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION A7r"^ with free insurance premiums for 55. 000 bond ■> FILJPINO SALARY RANGES Ssl 50 UP F^SSF\ 9 W^A SPEOAL WE ALSO OFFER' VIEW
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      • 488 13 96 Positions Vacant: Tu;orial ARC (REOft NO. *****0/00 X) requires sen teachers, grads., undergrads.. 'A' tutors for tuition Immed. All dists *****75/ *****05 REQUIRED TEACHERS/ U. Grads for Maths./ Science at Thomson. Serangoon, Katong, Chang) etc. Tel: *****68 EXPEMENCED TUTORS REQUIRED to teach all levels/ dlsU. Call Sally 345-0107. EXPERIENCED
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      • 459 13 96 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical We are a people-oriented company involved m import A export of automotive equipment and related ectivttiee. Wa believe our prime a*aat* are our staff Wa eeefc to eppomt:SHIPPING CLERK a Mln. O' Level. a Conversant with Import/ export documentation. c Co-ordination of Imports exports. a
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      • 606 13 95 Position* Vacant: 95 Positions Vacant: EDP i EDP EXPANDING RFTAI! HAl\ REQURE.s EXPERIENCED PROGRAMMER Al DM H( NA< I qualified B) 2 years pn)grimmin|i application takwtm m P( environment C> Advance knowledge of DBIII and Dauflex D) Fxpenenced m pas mil amounting, irtail softw.^and svsterm analwis Please apply not
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      • 975 14 98 Position. Vacant: 96 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical GOLDBELL ENGINEERING PTE LTD requires:GENERAL CLERK Minimum GCE O' level 1 2 years working experience Knowledge of word processor and telex Typing speed 45 wpm. Please call Miss Jenny at *****07 to arrange for an interview Transport will be provided
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      • 1664 14 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical TiiminanMi PRtMA LHNITEO r An aipandmg trading company I IDUicllw requires requires a Shipping/ Purcheaing Clerk RECEPTIONIST/ JofaS *qukeme«t.: <l< GENERAL CLERK clerk/ Tvc.t n Com P lele<i National Service. (HK o Level uanerai utarx/
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      • 618 14 96 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical EaUbHahtd ProlSMlonol Firm urgently laqwirM a FEMALE ADMWt ASSISTANT a OCE O 1 level a Must be able to type fast and accurately a Able to operate telex and fax machines Wmihil, nlaaoa write In with full r##Min># 4MIO GOfn4)Ct ItO. I O The Managing
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      • 1565 14 96 Positions Vaca.it: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Due to expenalon. established SIWPPINQ CLERK Printing Organiaatton requirea: urgently required by A) MM COMPOSER TYPIST trading company PrEtm^^S^cSon"* OOd ot ""PO^Y c) wmmt Imu PHODOCTio»i export documentation It CO OROINATOR psa procedures Training will be given to those a
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      • 1411 14 98 Positions Vacant: 99 Poaitiona Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Sale* rOUR CO-ORDINATOR (FEMALE) •equlred by travel agent. Must be slllngual (English/ Mandarin) Abllllty to speak Thai though rrijti flot essential *****t>9 for appt i C IYI MLC rRAWMO CO. REOUMES a Recep- MIITRITinN ilonlst Clerk Please apply per- T%%J I 111
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      • 3359 15 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant Vacant Sal 8 Sal j Sal«s Sales Salss Sales Tachnical Tachnical Tachnical Technical SALES CO-ORDINATOR URGENTLY i^^— ttt^SßSffa=MSS=:^ sales execut.ves (male) I be
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      • 3049 16 "■ass*-* i "aa^ I iw aa'- t ~%ssx*-~ "asa"-* "sbs.*"'* r^gassr-* j^mr-* sm-^ as^—* ftm H i i I r i I 1 pmm i I—l1 I bVßßßb^bßb^b^b^b^b^b^b^b^b^bVb^bVbßbVßßßßßßßbib^b^bMbHbß Klertr;ral Engineering Company Ib^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l ln Jurt "8 has vacancies for > :^TA mKr I*J II I I .^^i technicians iiji I 1/
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      • 2904 17 101 Positions Vacant. 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: 102 Positions Vacant: 102 Positions Vacant: 102 Positions Vacant. 103 Positions Vacant: 104 Other Positions p Production Production Hotel/ Restaurant/ Hotel/ Restaurant/ Hotel/ Restaurant/ Part-time/ Vacant Vacant Vacant TEMPORARY FEMALE TYPIST /^j:: BBMBMMHHKaVMHMBHHH^BBHBBBJHBBBBVBaBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBKBBBBBI I 1 required by company Tel ■jpjBBBBC''' LaBBBBI
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      • 3937 18 104 Others Positton. 104 Og^R^Hlon, 104 O^P«»Hiom 104 O^^o«'t-o"« 104 Oth^Poßi.ion. 104 Oth.^ Po.i«ion. 128 V^c^Fin-ncing/ 128 Vrtj^in-H*^ 128 V-h^Financing/ 132 For S.U: M^_ E.. MALE MATERIAL HANDLER re- PART-TIME JOB FOR Sec 1 Sec a Tit* National Ktdn^r Fooodatloo quired by American Electronics 2 students. Deliver brochures A leading
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      • 6110 19 133 E or J? a J? 133 For Sale: 133 For Sal#: 133 For Sal#: 133 For Sale: 133 F r Sala: 133 For Sale: 133 For Sale: 133 For Sal* Fofd/ Fm Fo'<*' F '«t Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat Ford/ Fiat
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      • 4047 20 141 <41 SsJt£» 141 r <Z£'X*.. 141 SSfIL- 141 SBJitL, I<l SiJtU, I<l Xtt*. w 5^^ w 1 SBJ»£>, I 1 SSJtLB E ss«*g§£ "~^v An Incomparable Deal at 0 Interest a V s4 ,X Only $8,888 Downpayment. jfe-IBUL, ,j^-.^v> t Pay no interest Just a low downpayment of $8,888
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      • 4902 21 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 174 Accommodation 176 Accommodation 179 For Sala Houaa* i Available Available: Available Ava.lablo. Available* Ava.lable: Room. Wanted: Ap.rtm.nt. Houaaa 179 For Uala. Houaas Apartments Apartments Apartmanta Apartmanta Apartments Apartment. l-— z ORCHARD AREA I WANTED STUDIO APARTMENT D.
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      • 3998 22 179 For Sala: Houaaa 179 Foe Sakr. Hou>- 179 For Sal.: Hou— 179 For Saf Houa»a 179 For Sal>: Hou,- 179 For Sato: Hou— 179 For Sato: Hous- 179 For Sato: Hou— 179 For Sato: Hou— 179 For Sala: Hou— I Dls *iMNETT EBT. s/storey OPERA ESTATE- 1545. ,4rfH bunglw
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      • 5214 23 186 For Sale 186 For Saia: 186 For Sala: 186 For Sala: 186 For Sala: 186 For Sal*- 186 For Sala- 190 For Sale Privata Apartmants Priv.ta Apartmant. Privata Apartmant. Privata Apartmant. Privata Apartmant. Privata Apartmant. Privata Apartmanta HUDC Apartmant. H?B Apartmant. WB A^rtmant. D.9 SOPHIA ROAD vicinity near DJ
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      • 4127 24 191 MSR S lrlirtm.m. 192 HDB Apartmants 194 Factory Spaca 195 Warahousas/ 196 For Sala: 196 For Sala: 197 For Rant: 197 For Rant: 197 For Rant: I 199 For Sala HPB i Want#d Storaga Spacaa Offica Spacaa Offica Spacaa Offica Spacas Offica Spaca* Offica Spacaa Shop Spacas «EW GENERATION
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      • 2118 25 203 Land: S.to/ W.nfd 2" Tour. 2" Tour. 2*l Tour. 2" Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. i ~Tour. OIST 19 HIGHLAND OOM. vicinity ■—■■m_^^__^S^=ss I 14.500 sq ft land subject for approval of 1 pair of seml-d ii 1 I HUH lUlk^BVl^B^ B^UHblK3blb^HbW^Hb^blbSb^bSbVb^Mb^bVE9E<l .^^BiHßHi^^B^i^^i^HiHHißH^H^Mai^i^i^^H^i^^^^ Sl^grSSiJ 9
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      • 3676 26 241 Tours 241 Tours 241 Tours I 261 Foreign Education 261 Foreign Education 261 Foreign Education 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses 264 Computer Courses E3siyi*"Wi I-Tffl I KENT COLLEGE I 'WlH&m&gl*!'' ifj 11 'lltU^'. mtU 1 faVy l\*l SI mmWrmM PEMBURY, KENT, UK ■MaigUiniTilliTriirilii Illii- M
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      • 2987 27 an «®i ssreafr"- R^ei life vyiiN l IVOM 10/ IMw I ILrto I ■UITT r'»B Pending) Bunka Lang. Pte Sch I WC^^jtt^al IL^ TEL 7 30-5724/5/6/8 5669<DID\ 737-001 1 TELEFAX 732-2759 TELEX RS ***** TIMEADB RATES The Stra.K T^t^ t^HlrMBMi '^-'2 Dem orchard *****0. 2 73 Floral Arrangement box service
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      • 1780 28 APPONTMENTS I ~H H^/ttnd. Here are the FACTS. Rk -1 it- Moiuleh.is restructured on a regional basis and from January 1988, U.D.G., the spirits division FACT 1 M p \unrlci laarlinn e//r>n//or IiAWJuMiM otc;iiinness pi.c. will join with Moet !k-niK-ss> as the majority partners m the company. At the same
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      • 2796 29 APPONTMENTS I Dissatisfied I NOTICES Visualisers or FA artists, LM^I Y*a^k'Xa r l afkn i^a^ n^k -^^^^^^^ay LavWBVQ PS HvSrS r^LaBTaTS I Ivdll Ull foJ^ ~i^wk gf BMbflßHMflflßHttßflllfl|fl This is the year you do something about it. -j- m V^j .ll K^^aa^^B^Tlllßa^i^^A^yi^llJ As Sin^ipi ire s Iculmo iik It pel
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      • 3557 30 NQTJCES i" 11^™ I^™ llird:PWDlli iij»r~--- ■■■-^JBag- »v- > i^fe Nfl Tender Notice BilsyrflKiil V^^"VMH% V S;SSc5f Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors 1^ g fii MINISTRY OF DEFENCE H Tenders are mv.ted for: H PWD/64/81 Production of a PWD AudioS? fl tLLttlflwifiPsll I LANDS AND ESTATES ORGANISATION I
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      • 2291 31 fWE ARE UAlfl O» TECHNOLOGICAL 1303EJ8 wg wr Im. Hi 11 11 II lM X H■■ v<^ INSTITUTE r re" c Elec onics Grou p 1 1 V II V V V v I COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS I NETWORKING AND tf^ ■m a #tf%tf% A 5-DA\ rRAINING COURSE WW IVVA A
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      • 3024 32 notices /^x s=^^^ JEBMSSSISM =i A igj PUBUC UTIUTIES BOHRD iWumilß jRr mmmmmmm mm t tender NoTict r tender notice MNCB NatiOna/ COmpUter BOard I TENDER NOTICE Wtti Tenders are invited from e.«.ble CIDB CSD Tenders are invited for: sß| Registered Contractors for the following UtH I CIMUbR NOTICE p...
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      • 3640 33 I V^L^\J KKm^ W~ GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF £S NATIONAL mMJSZM I Singapore PRODUCTIVITY •^"f?vi unn-^ c I i^"i^"»»^^ I Th l e ic loTa^^ a armn r mZ ce t nt I I board 1 1 IclMUbrio PCT C^/^L^ 1 TENDER NOTICE I I declaration under section 28
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      • 4986 34 r-i n j-i IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE I IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE I IN THE HIGH COURT Of THE I I KlfYTlf^Lr^ CORRIGENDUM republic of Singapore m ti«k iiu.h roi ktokthk rkpvvuc of Singapore republic of Singapore ly\J I I^rLlO I Company Winding Up No REP
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      • 301 35 IT'S TERRIFIC. IT'S ZANY. ITS STEVEN FRANCIS FRIENDS. PERFORMING NOW AT ZANY IFROM 9.00PM to I.OOAM ON FRIDAYS SATURDAYS. RESTAURANT r S *> i y METRO PARAGON, 290 ORCHARD ROAD #03-02 PARAGON BUILDING, SINGAPORE 0923. TEL: *****38 BUSINESS HOURS: 10.00 AM 1.00 AM Ifyou want to tap the market with
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      • 174 35 MANAGING THE NINE CRISES OF BUSINESS Drawing on three decades ol personal experience m the Imhßß^R^ auto mciuslr > an d three years' work researching the fSflKuUj^l important business crises oi our time for his crisis nig |Cj mana^ cmcnt programme, Gerald C Meyers has developed r^tß^ lili Vl h
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    • Page 35 Miscellaneous
      • 199 35 Vl>O V 0« Eve* ADDRESS VowC^ -v^ *-=C^ f~7^o WHAT* VjZ ~T~ MiNDT&TMEMOftfPftoPoUMD C^A fos ODUdSE I DO— I T>E *N*nCt J \«W^Sic*L^KST.ONS-n<ATfei f I OFTEN ASK MVSELP V J^r^T-T^TVEAKSwEt »<Fi«N frrrTf\*--. WHAT ISTMC MtANfMC V \tr&i I HtfTMERf I'ULKWCK. A l\t>tir' v^3 -T^l [OFUFC AND WHY \{G)& INTM€^OUiCr*<*ViK«i J^^^\
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      • 327 35 PEANUTS g y Schulz HOuJuJOULP YOU LIKE I ALL I WANT iS FOR I /uJwAT m 't?\ I ii i ikiV 'e wn,. --> TO PO WE A LITTLE YOU TO DO MY I K°,^ E SSS2S FAVOUR Bi6 BROTHER HOMEWORK FOR TME V£^o^ ~?^&t~~Z y NEXT TWELVE YEARS... j
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      • 339 36 A Special Promotion YOUNG PARENTS magazine has lined up Sat. 26th March '88 1 lam to 4.30nm Dynasty Hotel 1 Learn from the beauty and child-care experts m a terrific tact-filled programme presented ffl^ i: j by Clarins, Johnson Johnson and Mothers-In-Vogue boutique. You get gifts and prizes T' and
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    • Page 37 Advertisements
      • 79 37 If you are holding an event you want our readers to know about, fill m the coupon and send it to: What's On, Section 2, The Straits Times. 390 Kirn Seng Road. Singapore 0923. Your coupon should reach us three days before the event. Mama of •vnt: Stagad/praaa ntad by:
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    • Page 37 Miscellaneous
      • 1037 37 Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz m VHF Band H 5.58 AM National Anthem, folowed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 On Air 7.00 News And Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 On Air (confd) 8.00 News, followed by Radio Patrol 8.10 On Air (confd) 9.00 News In
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    • 597 38  -  JUDITH TAN MY VIEW by Italian Football (Ch 12, 7Jt pm): Napoli, spearheaded by Argentinian Diego Maradona, takes on Sampdoria m this clash of two top contenders for the Italian First Division soccer title. Napoli scored a stylish 4-0 win over Florentina
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    • Page 38 Advertisements
      • 56 38 ONCE ONLY CLEARANCE I NOW ON AT CENTREPOINT, ORCHARD ROAD AND ICB BUILDING, SHENTON WAY I Shopping Hours extended to 9.00 p.m. only at Centrepoint Store. B m Af^m^m W m Aw Aw Aw mAT At AT M WAT\m k m\ i Am At m m M At B^^Af the
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    • Page 38 Miscellaneous
      • 1292 38 |k^^^E^^2^sEEs^J I SBC 5 w /yi ptogtammes m English unless otherwise indicated 3.00 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, follow- 6.25 Programme Highlights ed by Polka Dot Door (Children's pro 6.30 The Adventures Of Toddy Ruxpin gramme) The Faded Fobs (Cartoon) 3.35 Now Zoo Rovuo (Children's pro- 7.00 Top Of Tho
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