The Straits Times, 4 August 1988

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Kstd. 1845 THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1988 SOCKNTS MT! (P) 92/12/87
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  • 800 1 He will aim to get more youths into politics when he succeeds PM FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has sot himself the task of drawing more young Singaporeans into politics when he succeeds Mr l^e Kuan Yew as Prime Minister. Many of
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  • 257 1 THE move to have an elected President with power to block the squandering of Singapore's vast reserves has nothing to do with whether Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew trusts his successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said. In
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  • 464 1  -  CHUA CHONG JIN By EXCELLENCE Toother Singapore Forever. This slogan, chosen for the National Day celebra lions this year, was not quite what student lam Thiam Hee, 17, suggested Hut his entry was close enough. The Chinese High School student's slogan was
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  • 631 1 Martial law declared in Rangoon BANGKOK Burmese authorities declared martial law m Rangoon yesterday as they fared the biggest political crisis m 26 years of socialist rule. Rangoon Radio said a state of emergency and martial law were im|x>sed indefinitely from 7 pm after seven days of scattered anti-government demonstrations
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  • 13 1 PARLIAMENT will sit next Thursday, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday
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  • 76 1 EIGHT-TIME All-England badminton champion Rudy Hartono will not undergo surgery for his heart problem. A day after his father, Mr Zulkarnain Kurniawan, disclosed that the former Indonesian ace would soon undergo heart surgery :n Australia, Mr Hartono said he has decided against the
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  • 459 1  - Four 'Asian tigers' play big part in growth of world trade SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM By THE low "Asian timers" made a roaring contribu tion to the growth m world trad*' last year The latest annual npoH by Gatt. the multi-lateral trade organisation, said that world trade expanded hy 5 per cent
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    • 42 1 H VNHIV. lON IT.sl drni Ronald Reagan has \.-tiM-d a I S$2M5 billion (SJ6IX billion) d.-f»'nre authorlNatlon Bill on Kroundn that It will push thr I nltrd KtatfH bark Into a pMlUon of mlllUr\ VS.Hkll.ss ONG MING SEING
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    • 37 1 HKIJING Oilnft* and Soviet officials are to meet here around Auk W for the first talks between the two countrle* on way* to bring peace to Cambodia, a wellplaced Soviet source said here ycwterday. AFP
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 280 2 Male teachers THKRK HAS been no bum|>er crop of men recruited into the teaching profession this year al though 52 per cent more males applied to the Institute of Education compared to last year The number of men who accepted places repre sented only a marginal increase compared to
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    • 182 2 TIIK STRAITS TIMKS SAYS: LAST Tuesday's Feedback I nit discussion suggests that Singaporeans want a more thorough examination of the Issue of an elected, non-executive President. There Is nothing to prevent Singaporeans from writing to the press, the Feedback I nit, their MPs, or First Deputy Prime Minister, on
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    • 261 2 'Foreign conspiracy' INDIA has accused unidentified international agencies of backing Tamil separatists m Sri Lanka and supplying them with surface-to-air missiles. The allegation came after commandos captured a SAM missile and launcher from Tamil guerillas m Sri l..mka\ northern Jaffna peninsula. It came a day after the
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    • 248 2 UOB GROUP UPS LENDING RATES AFTER 2Vt YEARS THK DAYS of (heap money may soon be over as the United Overseas Bank group became the first of the Big Four to raise lending rates m two-and-a-half years. The group, comprising United Overseas Bank, Chung Khiaw Bank, Far Eastern Bank
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    • 95 2 LAWS MAY BE ENACTED REFERRING to the July 23 letter on the abuse of power m some churches, a reader says that he would, to the extent of what was written, urge the parties m question to be more circumspect. He says church leaders should take heed, lest all
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    • 177 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway A church divided THE Roman Catholic Church m the Philippines is being weakened by two (actors. There are divisions m its ranks and tnt^e are differences with the military. These have resulted m a waning of church influence with the Manila government that it helped
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    • 292 2 New selection policy BRITAIN'S track and field selectors decided on Tuesday to base selection for next month's Olympic Games m Seoul on this week's three-day national trials m London. The new controversial Olympic selection policy could leave stars like Steve Cram, Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread behind when the
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    • 567 2 Singapore fashion SAY "Singapore fashion"', and people overseas think of garments little better than those with which Hongkong floods the world. How to boost our image and earn big export bucks'.' One solution could be glitzy, pricey wear-, as two local women designers Evelyn Chan, owner -designer of
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    • 475 3 'Hostile' US policy cited as reason for suspension of co-operation iianckok Vietnam is suspending co-operation with the United States on humanitarian issues he cause of "hostility" from Washington Hanoi radio, monitored here, yesterday said It had tem|H>rarily suspend ed planned joint searches by Americans and
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    • 432 3 Chinese allowed to have second child if first is girl HKIJINCi Chineso farmers whose only child is a girl are now allowed to havo a second child m the hope they have a boy, a family planning official said yesterday. Tho statement was the first official confirmation of the policy
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    • 469 3  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON To defuse an issue which could hurt Republican prospects m the presidential election, President Ronald Reagan has allowed a plant closing Bill to become law without his signature Republicans were overjoyed when the White House
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    • 384 3 Fresh Iraqi air raids as ceasefire talks stall NICOSIA Iran reported fresh Iraqi air raids yesterday as UN talks on a ceasefire m the eight-year-old war remained stalled over Baghdad's demand for face-to-face talks with Teheran. Iran said it shot down an Iraqi jet that raided "industrial-labour units" m the
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    • 272 3 HALTJMORK A group of astronomers making routine measurements on star have found the first confirmed evidence of a planet orbiting a star othei than our own Sun Mr David l-athain. who led the team that made the discovery, said the planet kg :*),UOO times
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    • 59 3 KeuUT picture. A passer-by Raws at a sculpture of a giant thumb as It rests m Its packing crate. The giant bronze, titled The Thumb, Is by French sculptor Cesar and will be set up In an Olympic Park created In southern Seoul as part
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    • 505 4 Guerillas being supplied with missiles, it says NEW DELHI India accused unidentified international agencies yesterday of backing Tamil separatists m Sri Lanka and supplying them with a sophisticated surface-to-air missile. The allegation was made m Colombo by the Indian High Commission there after crack commandos
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    • 293 4 NKW DELHI India's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sen tences of two Sikhs convicted m the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi, hut overt urned the conviction of a third. The three-judge panel took only two minutes to deliver its verdicts
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    • 304 4 BEIJING China's navy is upgrading its rapid response capability and uses ships and planes to constantly patrol a South China Sea archipelago also claimed bf Vietnam, an official news paper said yesterday. An unidentified senior naval officer, m an interview with the China
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    • 191 4 Taipei keen on free trade pact with US, says paper TAIPEI Premier Yu Kuo-hwa said Taiwan mutfed I free trade agreement with the United Stales, its largest trading partner, a Taipei newspa per said yesterday. Mr Yu said pressure from Washington on Taipei to lower its import tariffs had benefited
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    • 357 4 Taiwan to lift ban on foreign workers TAIPEI The Taiwan authorities have drafted gutdettnce to localise foreign workers to help ease a serious manjnwer shortage m labour-intensive industries, a government official said here yesterday The guidelines aim to assist manufacturers who have been hurt by wage hikes, caused by the
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    • 262 4 HONCKOISK; More than 50,000 Hongkong people are exacted to emigrate this year, almost twice the 1987 figure and four times that of lW»i, an independent study said yesterday The study was based on figures supplied by local consulate! of countries that have proved popular
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    • 207 4 Corruption trial for Brezhnev's son-in-law Moscow a senior Soviet law official said yt'stri day Yury Churbanov, son m law of iate Ktvmlin chief Leonid Brezhnev, would no on trial for cot i uption before a military court on Sept 5. Mr Alexander Sboyei of the stall 1 prOMClltar's of (ice
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    • 108 4 WASHINGTON Compul <m pro Mem have delayed the Soviet I'nion's fust un manned |MC( ihllttlc launch until at least the •ml nf the year a lelevi sion MlWOril has reported The NBC network quot eil US sources on Tuesday as saying Soviet officials hail hoped to
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    • 150 4 Sofia a Bulgarian pas senger jet crashed and burned sha ily aftei take off aeai Sofia an port, kill m« at least 23 of Ihe :<T people sboai d. Ihe official news agency said The Balkan Mrlines Yak 10 v. as an > InR 33
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    • 606 5 Tortures, bombings, murders feature m 4 war of the cartels' MEDELLIN (Colombia) Colombia's most powerful drug lords, once united m crime, are fighting each other m a vicious war" for dominance of the multi-bil-lion-dollar international trade m cocaine. According to narcotics officials
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    • 390 5 BOSTON Moderate alcohoi consumption appears to sharply decrease the risk of a heart attack or the most common type of stroke m women, according to the largest study of its kind. The study, which involved more than 87.000 nurses m the
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    • 121 5 STOCKHOLM A mystery illness that has already killed more than a third of northern Europe's seals could wipe out their entire population m the North Sea and Baltic area m days, Swedish experts warned on Tuesday. The disease was first spotted
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    • 254 5 Saturated fat linked to severity of breast cancer in study WASHINGTON The type of fat m a woman's diet appears to play a role m determining how severe a case of breast cancer she may get, a group of Canadian researchers has reported. The researchers found evidence linking a diet
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    • 301 5  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON l'rcs, dent Ronald Reagan has ordered all government agencies not to discnmi nate against employee! m Itdtd with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Aids) In his order issued here on Tuesday. Mr Reagan said government employ ees
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    • 423 6 China to benefit most among communist nations WASHINGTON The United States has relaxed its curbs on the export of lower-level computers and omputerised equipment to China, the Soviet Union and Kastern European nations. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday the most significant changes affected
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    • 410 6 (JENEVA Cuba and Angola yesterday rejected a surprise South African proposal for a ceasefire m Angola and independence for Namibia. South Africa announced m Pretoria on Tuesday that it was prepared to begin implementing a United Nations independence plan
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    • 272 6 148 white S. Africans denounce military service CAPE TOWN Some 143 white South Africans, including an army captain who renounced his rank, announced yesterday their refusal to report for compulsory military service on the grounds the military defends apartheid. The announcements were made m simultaneous press conferences m Cape Town,
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    • 184 6 Rajiv's former finance minister heads opposition alliance NEW DELHI Vishwanath Prmtap Singh, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's former finance and defence minister, is to head the new four-party Indian opposition alliance formed last week, the party said yesterday. Mr Singh was named president of the Samajwadi Janata
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    • 93 6 FOUR YEAR-OLD Flora Keays. daughter of Britain's Energy Secretary Cecil Parkinson, leaving a London hospital on Tues day after undergoing a delirate five-hour brain operation earlier this month m an attempt to cure her epilepsy. Flor;i. seen here with her mother Sarah Keays, was at
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    • 380 6 WASHINGTON A group representing all 23 black members of the US Congress has accused Japan and Japanese companies of racism against American blacks and warned it might start an economic boycott m retaliation. The legislators, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, said on Tuesday
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    • 148 6 TAIPEI More than 4,000 teachers who had been assigned to conduct intelligence work on college campuses and schools have been dismissed from their controversial jobs, officials said. An Kducation Ministry official said on Tuesday the four-decade-old practice .of having each (uibU* s**h<V)l appoint oof of
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 789 8  -  MICHAEL WIDLANSKI Israelis and Palestinians ponder reason for Jordan's break with the West Bank By /Vfw Yi>rii Junes Hussein knows the Israelis won't talk to the PLO, and he wants the PLO to fall flat on its face or come begging for his help. A supporter
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    • 829 8  -  JYOTI SHANKAR SINGH By Writing m the International Herald Tribune NKW YORK The population of Asia will reach three billion on or about Aug 10, the United Nations Population Fund estimates. That is almost GO per cent of the present world population
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    • 731 9  -  Carol J. Williams By MOSCOW Soviet savings hanks hold deposits equal to nearly 1,000 roubles (about 553.200) for every man. woman and rhlld m the country, reflecting consumers' frustration m find ing anything to spend their money on. The savings figure, released
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    • 780 9  -  ANNE SENIOR By I was walking through and it was there on the wall right m front of me, a picture of a na- ked woman. I just stopped dead. American Nancy Goldstone, recalling her first day m British dealing room I/ONDON
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 363 10 Be wary of communism, Indonesian writers told JAKARTA Indonesian military <-hi«'f General Try Sufiisno yesterday warned Miters ami JOUT na lists to be wary i>f linn munJsm "You should (><• careful when you are writing," he tohi Journalists, saying articles that are "tenden ttous. open to differeni m terpretationa, thriving
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    • 72 10 BANDAR SER] BEGAWAN Mr Son Sann, head of I nationalist faction of the m partite Cambodian resis tance movement, arrived here yesterday foi four day visit Thr head of the non-com miinist Khmer People's \.i tional Liberation Kumt (KPNLF) will hold talks with Brunei's Sultan Hassan
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    • 451 10 Prem willing to act as govt adviser for now But he declines to rule out a return to power, says newspaper HANCKOK Former Thai Pie niiei Prem Tinsulanonda has de dined to rule out a return to power saying it was a "matter for the future" and that, for the
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    • 272 10 Manila Elected offl rials from the northern po liticai stronghold of ok posed president Ferdinand Marcos have formally pledged to support the Con/on Aquino administration, government spokesmen said yesterday The officials, from the llocos region m northern Luzon, made the vow on
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    • 142 10 MANILA Missing: 1.71)0 kilo RMtlCf of Philippine highways If found, contact the Philippine De pnitmenf Of Public Works. Public Works Secretary .luanito Ferrer told a House of Kepresenta h.es committee on Tuesday that a recent survey found the government had been paying
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    • 130 10 Six from sunken Philippine ship saved PERTH Six survivors from missing Philippine bulk CVlier have l*M>n rescued after nearly a month adrift m the Indian (Vein The Federal Sea Safety Centre m Canberra said yesterday that the shim vors from the Sinjja Sea were sighted on Tuesday m a lifeboat
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    • 357 10 BANGKOK Thailands House nf Representatives. m its first working session ■lace the general elections, yesterday elected a memin-! of the Chart Thai Party as Speaker, confirming support for the party to ItM a new coalition gOV--I'inmcni Chart Thai Party leader Chatlchal Choonhavaa is
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    • 215 10 Manila asks for fishermen to be freed MANILA Philippine offi<i.»is yesterday appealed fni the release of 4X Kilipi no fishfi men detained tor allegedly fishing m Malaysian waten following the death i»f oat <>f their con panions m Kota Kinahalu Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus said Philippine diplomats sent a note
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    • 156 10 BANGKOK Thai health experts, warning that the country faces an ex plosive Aids epidemic, have called fol Untold increase m funds for treat meni. prevention and detection of ihe deadly disease DoctOn and public health officials recommended at i seminar on Tues day that TSS'J
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    • 128 12 Civilian likely to head Pertamina JAKARTA Indonesia plans to break with tradition by appointing a civilian to head the state-owned oil and gas company Pertamlna, State Secretariat Minuter Murdlono said on Tuesday. "He will come from within Pertamina not an outsider and not the mill tary." Mr Murdiono told reporters.
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    • 302 12 JAKARTA Indonesia's non-oil exports for the first five months of this year Jumped to USS4.I7 billion (S$K 5 billion), up !S0 per cent from the same period last year reflecting fcood pros DtCtl for exports, Trade Minister Arifin Siregar said "What
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    • 444 12 I picture. MANILA Divisions m the ranks and differences with the Philippine military over the communist insurgency have weakened the Roman Catholic Church's influence on a government it helped catapult to power more than two years ago. In February 1986, priests and nuns
      AP; Reuter; File  -  444 words
    • 230 12 BANGKOK Thai police have renewed bounties on drug warlord Khun Sa and another top drug baron and said they will expand the list of men with prices on their heads. The Bangkok Post newspaper uuoted the commander of the criminal records division as saying
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    • 340 12 MANILA The Ualttd States and Philippine Ml Rations went into recess yesterday after resuming negotiations on compensation for two major US mili tary bases m the country, a joint statement said. The talks had PMHMd on Tuesday after a one week impasse
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  • 343 13 JOHOR BARU Police unrovered a drug processing laboratory and seized various items and 400 g of heroin In Taman Sentosa housing estate here last month. .lohor CID chief Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohamed Sairi Osman said yesterday police had earlier detained nine
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  • 305 13 Johor Baru to deploy more police during by-election JOHOR BARl T More policemen will be deployed here Jo beef up security for the Johor Baru parliamen tary by-election and the National Day celebrations. Deputy director of internal security and public order Senior Assistant Commissioner Abu Bakar AM said the additional
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  • 244 13 MALACCA A total of M 57.6 billion <Ss6 billion) has been allocated by the Rovernment for road construction and improvement programmes to facilitate travel within the country. Mhiister of Culture and Tourism Datuk Saharuddin Chik said yesterday. He said the construction of the East-West
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  • 348 13 They ensure strong industrial structure Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will continue to encourage the growth of small industries as they are important to the country's economic development. Opening the new Bank Pembangunan building here yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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  • 333 13 Butterworth disaster KUALA LUMPUR A royal commission will Inquire into Sunday's Jetty tragedy m Butterworth m which 31 people died and about 800 injured, Prime Minister Datuk Serl Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced yesterday. Of the more than 200 m the various hospitals m
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  • 171 13 Tribunal has submitted report to King The Tun Salleh affair KUALA LUMPUR The tribunal looking into charges against suspended Lord President Tun Salleh Abas has submitted its report to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. The Prime Minister however did not say when
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  • 196 13 'Old Umno had only 800,000 to 900,000 members' KUALA LUMPUR The old Umno only had between 800.000 and 900.000 members before it was deregistered, not 1.4 million, New Umno secretary-gen-eral Datuk Mohamed Rah mat said. The Star quoted him as saying that this was discovered following a party investigation. "From
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  • 403 14 'Don't let self-proclaimed experts on Islam sow disunity' KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Set i Or Mahathir Mohamad has advised Muslims to be careful m accepting anyone with some knowledge of Islam as religious authorities or ulamak. He said they should first study the
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  • 151 14 KL-Jakarta army exercise begins today KUCHING A week-long joint military exercise involving the Malaysian and Indonesian armies begins here today. The exercise, codenamed Kekai Malindo, under the auspices of the Malaysia-Indonesia General Border Committee (GBC), will involve 904 soldiers of the 18th Batallion Royal Malay Regiment based m Miri and
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  • 262 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Defence Ministry will send more armed forces personnel for the nine-month course at the Defence Forces Academy m Canberra, Australia. Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Abang Abu Bakar Mustapha said on Tuesday that Malaysia made the best use of courses and training offered
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  • 265 14 Number of certified mentally ill teachers put at 145 KUALA LUMPUR One hundred and forty-five of the 180.000 teachers m the country have been certified mentally and emotionally disturbed, Deputy Education Minister woon See Chin said. The Star quoted him a« saying that another 158 teachers were believed to be
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    • 638 14 ll|HMlljllli||H|lH|i|uH A space satellite is the latest vehicle Borneo Motors rhe chance of human erro« is reduced, and the is using to get spare parts more quk kly to Toyota < >wi lers di rfi iry of parts to out customers can be carried out m iingap< re more effk
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  • 576 15  - Marginal rise in men recruited into teaching LIM YEEN FONG By although 52% more males applied, says ministry TIfKRK has r>een no bum \Vt, crop of men recruited into the teaching profes sion this year although 52 |»r cent more males ap pl»ed to the Institute of Kctueation compared to
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  • 336 15 ACADKMIC performance may be important, but parents, principals and art tenchers should also encourage children to develop creative flair through art This point was made by Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, the Minister of State (Community Development), when he s|Mtke at the opening of
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  • 158 15 'Smashing' act costs man, 69, $400 K»)N(; Yew Mum s srn.ish hn iMM for marx ti n a jxilicc CM park cost him $>IX) That was tlw fin»- a court Imposed yeiterda) <m thr •>'.» y<-ai old n-tucc wli.-n h< 1 plraded guilty lo sm ishmn the headlight <if .1
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  • 65 15 Charged w ith causing fire A H YEAR 01.1) hawkei w.is rharfffd on Tup.silay i with omiintimi: riu\< hn-1 by lt«v;i'cl In h.iv<' si'i fur lo .i nl.iss pmelltd don and bgi id it Si.hu: M<K-k < <n i> m iNiirstu'i Road on Jul) 10 lib v<mi ,n IV) .mi
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  • 195 15 A MOTORCYCLE thief ran into trouble when he re turned the machine he had stolen He arrested A court heard yesterday that Md /-ikeraya bin Ar ial. 2*>. Njßjtd a pair of scis sors to start a $700 motor cycle parked at Marine
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  • 453 15  - New council wants Malay cultural group in every modern CC ROHANIAH SAINI By a Nf-;w' council formed by Ihe People's Association has s<M its sights on hay mi!' a Malay cultural group m each of ihe 117 modern community cen ties by the end of this year and m eight
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  • 248 15 A YOUNG CHILD was heard crying for his mother before he plunged four •toreyi tO his death The coroner'i court heard <>n Twos day that three year-old Mitchell Lam was alone m his Tampines home on May 31 this year Mis mother had to
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  • 125 15 THK telephone became a focus of fear for a 72-year old housebound crippled man. Every time it rang during a period of two weeks Mr Ijee '"hong Kang froze m fear that it might be yet another life-threatening call. And it rang
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  • 191 15 MBtfiWiM Spot anything newsworthy happening m your neighbourhood? Or you may have some views to express Call us on 737-8700 from 9am- 5 pm weekdays and from 9 am noon Saturdays. a police report. Mr Lee, who is semi paralysed on the left side after a stroke seven years
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    • 481 15 Beauties, a talentime and OPERA ONLY AT SENTOSA #%g||r It jKk i 2v K^fi^ Beauties it the Colonnades M 4flft vX Photo enthusiasts' 20 finalists of the Miss smgapi >re 9 %Ll Asia P.k ifn Ouest HH will p^>se ,it the o. >liMinddes B "f v. i'n/( s worth $6,000
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  • 262 16 Payment for prizes of $5,000 and above will be made from Aug 5 and all prizes of $3,000 and below from Aug 10 at Singapore Pools (Pte) Ltd, 10 Anson Road. n O3- 13/26, International Plaza, Singapore 0207. Draw No. H HH Ist prize: *****52 $1 million
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  • 112 16 A MAN was charged with wrongful confinement, theft and intimidation. The court was told on Monday that Chan Fook Choy, 54, allegedly confined Madam Ho Swee Yoong, 54, at 95 Desker Road from Mar 16 to 23, this year to extort money from her.
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  • 726 16  -  KOH BEE ANN Baby product sales soar and bed space is scarce m hospitals By THE DRAGON baby boom has flvca birth to a roaring trade for baby-re-lated businesses and professions m Singapore. A supermarket chain reported a more than 160 per cent
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  • 422 16 Legal aid scheme for criminal cases proves a success A GROUP of lawyers gh ing legal aid to ptopll M criminal charge* has set a good track record m de fending clients one m three cases they handled was dropped About 40 of the \'M) com pleted cases handled by
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  • 94 16 A NATK >N \l s.-im, fir. vi ii as i h.u i;<ml estei ill with robbing and extorting IktM I N'II"U soldici iti .m airm ramp Am.ii N.i T h sll >\ m dan. 19, allegedly robbed Mi Rifpin inn HatamaM i«f at
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    • 604 16 CHEF PIERROT, MASTERCHEF. I 1 I THE 7TH BELGIAN GASTRONOMIC EESTIVAL. I EXCLUSIVELY AT THE HUBERTUS GRILL I II AUGUST 4-14 I ■■■■■■■■r f j^^^^^^^^^^^^^PV A For tho 7tn y° ar m succession. Belgian masterchet. Chef Pierrot returns ■I T^l to the Hubertus Grill to bring you ft^ j^^^H Bj
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    • 424 16 A RffTHI s|N(iA|>ok| |nsi nil io» L \lKll 1(11 (111 > 1 1 T I llkl.lMlS.ltl, HI PJ SIPM LAUNCHES DIPLOMA I At (fie end ol (fie program ihe p.irtu ip.int would h.ivc .i< quired an indepth I knowledge ot personnel management .is a spei urftsl .md be able to
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  • NEWSFRONT
    • 155 17 AT A glance, these mangoes can easily Ixmistaken for papayas. They are Maha mangoes from Malaysia, each of which can cost up to $7. The one The Straits Times bought weighed 0.7 kg and cost $5. A spokesman for Cold Storage, which sells the
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    • 129 17 A SCHOOLBOY was draffed few metres by a bus after it moved off as he was boarding Luckily, Foo Suan Yu, 13, escaped with just a 2.5-rm cut on his right knee. A magistrate's court yesterday awarded him damages of $585 with costs and interest against the
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    • 211 17 A SINGAPORE doctor, l)r Patrick Goto, has been named the Outstanding StudSßl of the Year for hwh by the preotigioui United stales Sjmhlv Academy, making him the third Singaporean to receive the honour. According to Mr Tan Ki:j» Yoon, also a graduate from the academy and
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    • 129 17 A INTRACTi who forgol to lock his html •lorn and grille gate made v easy for burglars to bieak into his Tos l'ayoh flat and gel awaj with $i,2()0 vutith of Jewellery Mr Cttia Kirn Kwan. 34, told police that his wife returne I to then three
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    • 77 17 A 2r> YEAR <>l .1 woman was rhai ijed yesterday vuth causing hrn I lo hei :u yeai old hushand M Hi a choppei Tan Suai Lvi, I head waitress, allegedly attacked Mi Yon^ l.im Meaw, a cook, at the Oriental Iteslaurant m Ann Mo Ki<» Avenue
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  • 475 17  - MPs go on group tours in some Team MP wards CEPHAH TAN BERTHA HENSON By and MEMBERS of Parliament m some of the new (Iroup Representation Const it v encies (d'RCs) have begun touring their wards m teams, meeting residents and explaining the Team MP concept to them MPs from
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  • 354 17 MPs of 2 scrapped wards working in other wards TWO Menibris of Parlia m«»n1 whOW wards have txvn scrapped have bt'tfun appearing m other constituencies, sparking speculation that they might be moving there Dr S VMOO, whoM Bo Wen constituency has be«>n scrapp«'(l, has boon touring three wards to be
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  • 82 17 Finance chief on CBT charge II II'! fin. 1111 p rlircrloi of .1 local hotel as charf^ed on l uesday nli n Iminal liic.\ih t>f 11 nsl u( SIKO.IHX) Hind Kaytnax, S7. i Tw k ish n.ilinii.il 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 b\ Pan I'.n ifn
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  • 491 17  -  RAY DHALIWAL By BUS driven who do not stop lor passengers bring Singapore Fins Service (SBS) its largest number of complaints Other major grouses include Irregular bus frequencies, inconsiderate and rude bus crew, and reckless drivers This breakdown of main passenger
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    • 296 17 ILL! a^LH oqJlL^^^^^l SBS briCkbatS Average Public complaints JS=> number of received by SBS case a o/ 7 r month FaHed to stop for passengers 38.7 25.2% Irregular frequency 28.5 18.6% Inconsiderate behaviour 25.5 16.6% Rudenew 21.0 13.7% Reckless driving 12.0 7.8% Care of customer safety 7.7 5.0% Fare disputes
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  • 170 18 A MIDWIFK whose husband was killed while crossing a road 6 1 years ago yesterday settled a civil claim against a lorry driver for $60,904. Madam Celine Wong, 49, and Mr Scan Peng Swee, the administratrix and co-administrator of her late husband's estate, had sued
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  • 422 18  -  AGNES WEE Board awards him $433,000 more than Govt's initial offer By AN ARCHITECT, Mr Ang Thian Soo, whose Punggol bungalow was acquired by the Government, has won a rare victory m his appeal against the amount of compensation he was offered. The Land
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  • 503 18  - Downtown retailers set up shop in HDB estates DOREEN SIOW By THE competition is hotting up for shop space m Housing Board estates. Retailers who have been familiar names m Orchard Road and other downtown areas are now expanding into HDB estates. They include local clothes retailer Second Chance, new
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  • 96 18 HOLDERS of Singapore identity cards who were born m 1971 must re-regis-ter by Dec 12 at the National Registration Office, Colombo Court, between Ham and 4pm on weekdays, and from 8 am to noon on Saturdays. Arrangements will be made with principals to carry
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  • 44 18 FAMILIES keen on fishing can take part m a family fishing competition at Mari na Bay on Aug 14 from H3oam to noon. Enthusiasts CM register at community centres and the Singapore Sports Council at the National Stadium Closing date is today
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  • 286 18 Good deeds to be retold in book form soon TAXI driver Scow Soo Hee thought nothing of going out of his way to help a paraplegic b) Hiving her hntC rides for fmn months from the Singapore Chesh ire Home m SerangOOH GardtM to her workplace m Kalians Mr Scows
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    • 1132 18 A TIME-: TO CELEBRATE la^^gV singapore'SMi "MEDAL OF SUCCESS" rfr^^iiJß&fS^MmSSl SW W2l L^^P^lw^ Otticial Opening of MRT. Amidst grent Idnldre .md cxc itcment fhc v^ < *\N. <^lig^g^9' yff I vyfl L\ E JrTW^*^. MRTSystemw«isi)ftici«illviKHl.ir(«cii)pfM incMrly I «H8 It took 1 year ''^e^a^HaJVl i^HH B^W JjJ^Eti2& complete dnd is onco
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  • 340 19 WMKN the rehearsing gets tough, take a bile and a sip About 11. (Mi schoolchildren had pastries to tuck Into when they were given srturk boxes during the National Hay Parade re hfarsnl last Saturday A parent had com plained to his Member of
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  • National Day snippets
    • 96 19 CAM. ;il the National Day Art Fair at News Centre m Grating LaM between Aug and II and yon may find just the photograph, oil or watercolour painting to decorate Ihe wall at borne More than WM) works by local artists, Including I >r Chen
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    • 110 19 POLICE have advised motorists to park at the desig nated places when they attend the National Day Car nival at Marina Centre from tomorrow The designated car parking areas are at Marina Centre. Kaffles City. Battery Koad. llallpike Street and Raffles Place. Police will strictly enforce the
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    • 127 19 ■PP^^*^H|A KI-AV mads leading to the Singapore will be closed m view of the large i W snjasnjßm lcrowd expected for the Singapore Hivei I IKegatta on Sunday M The regatta will i*> held at the per j >>f the iiv.'i between Klr.m Bridge ■msmtaa^amsmand Cavenagh
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  • 371 19 VISITING a Ninja house So;ikinn m a black sand hath Riding on the bullet train and spending a night at a traditional Japanese inn AM these and more will come true for four read cis of The New PfcMr. each
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  • 341 19 Retiree Seah shows his unflagging patriotism MX JOE SEAH, 6H, is one Singaporean who deserves top marks for patriotism The retired businessman has spent about $4tiO to decorate his Ang Mo Kio flat for National I)ay In addition to the usual large flag, he has also put up small flags,
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  • 220 19 Man talked into swapping Rolex for fake A MAN has tolil DOUcC that he uas CQMWd of his gCMI mr Kolex watch for counterfeit oniv Mr AtiK S«'n^ Chuari, IH. reported to police that h«' nn'l a pedlar telling watches m a market alone, Mohamad Ali l.ane off South Bridge
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  • 164 19 TWO workers were injured when some slevl Ix'ams M the hack of a lorry btCMM dWodgMl and pierced them m an accident along Air port Road ynmrday Police said Mr Mamid bin Mohamed, 2».», and Mr Nordin Hin Awang, ,Y2, suf fered AMp BMMI
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  • 182 19 1986 1987 1988 It's top choice of business travellers m world survey CHANG] Ait port has raced past Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport as the No 1 choice of seasoned business travellers after fxMnj,' m the runner up slot for four years And it could not have
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  • 146 19 A TKAM from th« Sin^a port Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) «rtH r>.' m Jakarta next wrck to sell Slagapore'i latest tonrtet attractions to travel agents thci <• Led by STPB boanl memht'r othinan Wok, th»> toatn. which includes Sin Kapon* Aiilint's staff, will
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    • 249 19 Phone I Prices have I fallen Prices Prices Refurbished Models Before Now Brand-New Models Before Now IDIOMX IUIMV 30 20 X Tl)44Lipfon 125 90 lIHI MX' IL'SIH I 50 :>i) TD47 Manta 115 100 FDS9 Uniphone 90 50 11)48 Acty 120 KM) 11)39 Diavox 110 50 11)49 Pioni 150 120
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  • 719 20  -  MATHEW YAP Some reservists m Boon Lav urban warfare exercise also live m the same HDB estate By Helping to sell the idea Reservists live m estates all over Singapore. If they are themselves convinced that training m HDB estates is important, they could help sell the
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  • 216 20 How flats occupied by enemy soldiers are cleared Urban wnrfaro usually involves small and tightly organised teams of soldiers The SAF's basic fighting unit m a built up area is made up of throo soldiers Tho first man will load a tonm supported by a second man whilo
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  • 113 20 nTho loador of tho tonm proparos to toss tho gronado whilo tho othor two mon .ire on alort 1 ime.ijr iphu B First soldior poops to MS if doorway is clear and thon tosses a hand grenade whilo tho second man rotreats against tho wall
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  • 93 20 a MOTORCYCLIST dtod m hospital two days aftor h«' skidded and fell from his machine m SMBbftWMf. Mr Sulaiman Inn Moha mad Amin, 21, a handy man with the Tanah M»m ah Country Club, suffered .severe head injuries after he lost control of his ma- chine
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  • 407 20  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA TOH CHONG By and A BURGLAR died m hospital yes terday four hours after he fell from an eighth-storey flat m Vi shun New Town. Housewife Wong Ah Keh woke up m the early hours and saw the man ransacking the
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  • 423 20  - Kids may not make good witnesses, molest accused told NANCY LOH By A MAGISTRATE yestei day told an acupunrtui Ist, who wanted to have his >i)iin»: suns testify m his defence on a chat ge <>f mo testing woman patient, th.it children's evidenn could I*- unreliable Mi I >;mn'l Koh,
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  • 33 20 lUX I- irsl !■<. i Payoti i»n«l;n v School vuli hold i I"-' li il.is lucl.iy US |>.ti I ..I its i. ii\ Hi,-, ihi i •■N'lii .or its 'tiiii ;mni r
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    • 43 20 >■ ii M V |V I fl^. ■'H H I I 450W ISOrV ;m r« andi I i s I Vis 1 our Ni»winl Bronth ot Morino Squaro l M fc Daily !0 50 am HOO pm M CATHAY PHOTO STORE (PTE) LTD fcltEf^j^^
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  • 608 21  -  RAY DHALIWAL More riders trained under old system are killed on the roads By MOTORCYCLISTS who are trained under the new, more comprehensive system are proving to be Baler riders than those who went through the old school. The rate of road deaths among
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  • 315 21 A CLOSER encounter with polar bean is what visitors to the StagapOTC Zoo can expect come November A special underwater enclosure, built as part of the $f>2O,lKX> renovation to the polar bear exhibit, will gtw visitors a chance to see the bears
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  • 285 21 CO m<>kk women turning to crime If recent figures are anything to by, more and more women ate find mX it Increasingly appeal in>» to make a ijuick huck through ci Iminal act |v| ties Police statistics show that more local women
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    • 621 21 Sin Ktti%\ Kirn \u. in. I .m Im; «»il i-.<. k>«i| 3K LJ 1 X L N imsimK. iind I. liHintlui liv k\ people tire till i..i" muwcM) W I I If l.'.' I. lljv, w linn -i .1 if I h< I l,i. 111 n« I )[..n n |{.un;kuk
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    • 1131 22 An exciting technological breakthrough for Singapore ELECTRO mfIGfIETIC (S) LTD GRAND OPENING OF THE V-O PLANT By the Chairman of the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, MR. PHILIP YEO on the 4TH AUGUST 1988 i s— MESSAGES MKIUDIONOon OINKI()N(, F~ MR PHILIP YEO HL^L^BIBLB MR STEVEN CHAN CHENG HAI MAIRMAS IMS CHAIRMAN
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    • 212 23 iC eiKTRO mflGfieTK (S) LTD I GRAND OPENING OF THE IJIIiL 1^ J BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, 1 Wij^^kHHiv^ MR. PHILIP YEO ON THE 4TH AUGUST 1988 nHtfj" \\<,~ m^L-mWkhM The leading Korean manufacturer and supplier of polyester film of renowned quality CHEIL SYNTHETIC SAMSUNG TEXTILES
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