The Straits Times, 27 September 1988

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  • 15 1 The Strait s Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 92/12/87
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  • 361 1 FUTURE relations between Singapore and Indonesia will depend on their new leaders and how they manage to understand one another. Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said. "In Indonesia, if the new leaders are like President Suharto who has
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  • 623 1 Slowdown expected to be endorsed in face of rising inflation BEIJING China's Communist Party began a major meeting yesterday expected to endorse a slowdown in market-oriented reforms in the face of rising inflation and social dislocation. The official Xinhua news agency said 162 of
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  • 610 1  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The US presidential hopefuls, Re- publican Vice-President George Bush and the Dem- < ocrat governor of Massa- chusetts, Mr Michael Du- kakis, had their first direct duel on Sunday night be- fore a television
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 1 picture. KOnVSn UpS6t: Kenya's Paul Ereng crossing the finish line for the 800m final ahead of defending champion Joaquim Cruz (right) of Brazil, Morocco's Said Aouita (left) and Britain's Peter Elliot (behind Ereng). AFP
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  • 268 1 6 pages of reports inside THREE upsets were recorded as virtual unknowns stole the glory on the 10th day of the Olympics. Kenyan Paul Ereng out-sprinted Brazil's defending champion Joaquim Cruz to win the men's 800 metres, Moroccan Moulay Brahim Boutaib buried the opposition
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  • 569 1 Gold at 21 -month low as fears of inflation ease LONDON The US dollar firmed yesterday after major industrialised nations reaffirmed their commitment to stable exchange rates while gold fell to a 21-month low as market concern about inflation eased, dealers said. Finance
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  • 108 1 SEOUL American Olympic boxers appear to have lost their chance of winning a US$l,2OO (552,500) sweepstake prize after super-heavyweight Riddick Bowe let the cat out the bag at a press conference yesterday. Asked why he had come out swinging from the opening bell against Austria's Biko
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    • 87 1 LONDON Central banks hit an advancing dollar with concerted open market intervention yesterday, reinforcing the latest pledge from the Group of Seven industrial nations to keep exchange rates stable. Dealers said the banks of the I'nited States, West German v, France, Britain, Italy, Canada, Belgium and
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    • 82 1 *y~m '*o- tgz WOULD YOU PAY $250 TO WATCH KIM YONG-KANG BOX? Or $200 to hear Julio Iglesias sing? Some people do. Find out why. MORE CABLE CARS FOR SENTOSA MAY BE ON LINE THE OLYMPIC CHAMP NO ONE CHEERED FOR He brought Singapore a silver medal from Seoul. Hut
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    • 27 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3-« Focus 7 Asean 8 Causeway 11 Around Your Place 21 Comment Perspective 22,23 Letters 24 TimesDollar 25-29 Racing 31 Sports 32-39
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 346 2 Blueprint for success STUDENTS of Raffles Institution are soon to have a say in how their school funds should be used. Their voice on financial matters will be heard when they are invited to sit on the school's finance committee. This is but one among a series of programmes
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    • 204 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: ASEAN is revising its resolution on Cambodia to reflect recent peace moves. It will reflect international concern about the possible return of the Khmer Rouge to power. This should not be allowed to detract from the main issue of continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. Asean
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    • 280 2 Ppjitf*P l_HlHI.fi AY ■M Cdtv JJd-1 dill/A nui, v DiDMPfip *u~ „,^Ac << WHEN BURMESE hear the words peace and tranquility and law and order these days, they think of gunfire in the night, children being shot, people searched and arrested without warrants and summary executions. The
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    • 350 2 R/^l\ hi 11 \r\nvm: firnnorn IIUU J UUlltlCl yl pel I 111 °r£ E S t b2? y? UIl d S S.a^ not ta K king chances. Despite the act that the sport has yet to be included in the list of approved sports for next 22 I S
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    • 497 2 I?!|»~,., 4* ,v~, *T,^**m~.kv fa*a*a. rlllllS lOr yOUng l3nS WHAT do young people look for when they go to the cinema? "I have a passion for comedies, social dramas, J sad movies pretty indiscriminate, I know," wrote a 19-year-old film lover. "Good storyline and characterisation are what I
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    • 247 2 JAPANESE INVESTMENTS HERE REACH MORE THAN $6b •JAPANESE companies invested US$494 million (about $1 billion) in Singapore last year, bringing its cumulative investments in the Republic to just over US$3 billion. Singapore now ranks tenth in the world in terms of total Japanese direct investments, according to data released
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    • 186 2 Around Asean and Across the Causeway Spr3tlys solution? THE PHILIPPINES House of Representatives has proposed to the Manila government a regional dialogue among claimants to the Spratly Islands to explore a North Sea-type solution. Some 110 Congressmen, in filing a resolution on the issue, also proposed, as an alternative, a
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    • 99 2 HELPED TO NAB MOLESTER A SECONDARY 4 student who was molested on board a bus writes to thank the bus driver and a male passenger for coming to her assistance. She was on the way to school when it happened and felt so humiliated and angry that she quickly
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    • 353 2 Buyers' Guide SECTION II Classifieds Sect I 32 Classifieds Sect. II 6— 23 Appt Notices Sect I 29 31 Cinema Sect II 5 Comics Sect II 24 Product Advertiser Section/Page Urines Air Canada 10 SIA 1-7 Athletic Meet Times Inter-Business House I 33 Audio/ Video AUVI I 40 Philips I
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    • 578 3 'Recession unlikely till 1990 or later' forecast WASHINGTON The American economy will slow down in 1989 but probably will not topple into a recession until 1990 or later, economists for top US corporations predicted yesterday. The latest survey of the National Association of Business Economists found a panel of 60
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    • 169 3 Earthquakes hit Soviet Asia, India and Japan NEW DELHI Authorities in Moscow and New Delhi reported yesterday a powerful earthquake rocked the Hindu Kush mountains and Soviet south-cen-tral Asia, and a strong but separate tremor shook Tokyo. A seismological station in New Delhi said the quake, whose epicentre was recorded
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    • 459 3 PARIS Most French ministers would give their eye teeth to be able to take Le Monde caricaturist Jean Plantu to lunch. The baby-faced cartoonist, who lampoons the powerful in his daily sketches in the respected French daily newspaper, tells of ardent courtship by
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    • 258 3 50,000 in Berlin protest against summit BERLIN Thousands of left-wing activists took to the streets to protest against a forthcoming international economic summit, portrayed as a bid to consolidate policies that oppress the poor. An estimated 50,000 demonstrators marched through Berlin on Sunday two days before the scheduled start of
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    • 514 3 WEST BERLIN Japan has unveiled a new scheme to put its massive trade surplus to work in helping the debt-laden Third World. Under the plan, the Ex-port-Import Bank of Japan would extend loans together with the International Monetary Fund to help middle-income
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    • 682 4  -  ONG MING SEING The Bush-Dukakis debate By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The big question after Sunday night's presidential TV debate was "Who won?" Democrat hopeful Michael Dukakis or the Republican candidate, Vice-President George Bush. If the pundits are right, Mr Dukakis scored most
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    • 296 4 WASHINGTON Sunday night's TV debate was a critical test of nerve for US presidential hopefuls George Bush and Michael Dukakis but it was no less nerve-racking for their political handlers. The big fear among the campaign managers was that their man would make
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    • 513 4 THE following issues were addressed by Mr George Bush and Mr Michael Dukakis during their debate: FOREIGN POLICY: Asked about his lack of foreign policy experience, Mr Dukakis said "some of our finest presidents" were governors. A candidate's values, rather than experience,
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    • 335 4 LOS ANGELES A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology' announced on Sunday that they had developed a long-sought comprehensive theory explaining key aspects of superconductivity, the phenomenon in which certain materials are able to conduct electricity without resistance. The theory
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    • 203 4 SYDNEY Some 2,000 an-ti-nuclear demonstrators on land and in kayaks, dinghies and yachts swarmed around Sydney Harbour yesterday to harass an international fleet of warships assembling for Australia's bicentennial naval pageant. Police said no incident or arrest was reported in the demonstration, which shadowed the early
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    • 313 5 Aids child seeks miracle cure from beatified priest VATICAN CITY A six-year-old Aids victim, whom Pope John Paul II embraced last year in San Francisco, prayed in St Peter's Square on Sunday for a miracle cure from a newly-beatified 18th century missionary to California. Brendan O'Rourke travelled to Rome from
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    • 543 5 The paradox of 'peace and tranquillity' BANGKOK When Burmese hear the words "peace and tranquillity and law and order" these days, they think of gunfire in the night, children being shot, people searched and arrested without warrants and summary executions. The breakdown of government authority and the ensuing military takeover
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    • 212 5 ANKARA Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal has been beaten in a key referendum, with nearly 65 per cent of voters saying "No" to constitutional changes proposed by his government, but he said he would not carry out his threat to resign. Mr Ozal had
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    • 670 6 Deeds not matching plans, he tells media bosses, confirming mounting problems MOSCOW Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said his campaign to reshape the Soviet Union is faltering, undermined by a gap between plans and deeds. In a blunt acknowledgement that his 3Vi years
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    • 452 6 Moscow marks wartime Nazi massacre of Soviet Jews in Kiev MOSCOW Soviet officials in Moscow commemorated Jewish victims of a major wartime Nazi massacre on Sunday in a clear move towards open recognition that Jews were prime targets of Adolf Hitler's genocide policies. Several thousand people gathered at the Jewish
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    • 218 6 Chess computer outplays former champion NEW YORK Man has met machine and the machine has won. The man was 74-year-old Arnold Denker. who was the chess champion of the United States from 1944 to 1946 In his day, he was one of the most feared players on the international circuit,
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    • 454 6 Dentists urged to report cases of child abuse SAN FRANCISCO Dentists can serve as one of the latest and most powerful weapons in the fight against child abuse, according to an expert. "We don't want dentists to play investigator or make arrests in the waiting room, but we want them
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    • 208 6 LONDON The wife of the late Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963. carried on a long-running love affair with a Conservative MP. according to a new Macmillan biography. Mr Macmillan suffered a nervous breakdown because of anguish over his wife
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 973 7  -  PATRICK L. SMITH Sense of dependence on Emperor emerges as crowds throng palace gates By Intcrnational Herald Tribune TOKYO As Emperor Hirohito's condition worsened dramatically again during the weekend, many of his 121 million subjects began for the first time to deal with their complex feelings
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 257 8  -  MAYLEE CHIA By (J) ThMAMM ttunwiWl KUALA LUMPUR All the six members of Asean signed an agreement yesterday to set up a secretariat to collectively develop tourism in the region, and prepare for the Visit Asean Year in 1992. The Asean Tourism Information Centre (Atic)
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    • 269 8  - Combined efforts help S'pore to preserve heritage KUALA LUMPUR Singapore's success in preserving its cultural and historical heritage is due to the joint efforts of the Government at the highest level, city planners, tourism experts, foreign experts and the private sector. This was the "new movement" that Singapore Tourist Promotion
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    • 109 8 Australians the biggest group at Jakarta fair JAKARTA More than 50 Australian companies wUI participate in an exposition, Mining Indonesia 88, begining today in the Indonesian capital. The Indonesian Observer reported that the Australians, the largest overseas participants, would display a wide range of equipment, services and expertise available to
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    • 177 8 MANILA Asia could consider the details of a Soviet offer to leave its naval base in Vietnam in exchange for a US pullout from the Philippines, Thai army chief General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said here yesterday. But "I think it's our Philippine
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    • 237 8 MANILA President Corazon Aquino has criticised the slowness in the judicial system's disposal of cases, but said it was unfair to blame the entire military for the continuing human rights violations in the country Mrs Aquino admitted some soldiers committed crimes, say
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    • 344 8  -  ABBY TAN Proposal to look into North Sea-type solution to dispute By Manila Correspondent MANILA The House of Representatives has proposed to the Philippine government a regional dialogue among claimants to the Spratly Islands to explore a North Sea-type solution. Some 110 Congressmen, in
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    • 265 8  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Laos has formally proposed to Thailand guidelines for resolving the Ban Romklao border conflict. According to news reports yesterday, army chief Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said Laos sent an aide memoire to the Thai Foreign Ministry
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    • 192 8  - Thailand to back Sihanouk's call for conference BANGKOK Thailand is expected to back Prince Norodom Sihanouk's call for an international conference on Cambodia, The Nation reported here yesterday The newspaper, quoting diplomats, said Thailand wants the next round of informal peace talks a follow-up to the Jakarta Informal Meeting to
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    • 102 8 MANILA A paramilitary sergeant, who ran as the Philippine hope in the Los Angeles Olympic marathon u as shot dead by four unidentified men in a gamecock pit on Sun; lay. Sgt I^eonardo Hut. who ran the marathon in the 1984 Olympics and in the
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 429 10 Purchases will boost our defences, says Mahathir LONDON The signing of a memorandum of understanding between Malaysia and Britain today will enable Malaysia to upgrade its military defence system and improve border patrols along its economic boundaries, visiting Prime Minister Datuk Seri
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    • 238 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia recorded a balance of trade surplus of M56.3 billion (Ss4.B billion) for the first six months of this year, up 8.7 per cent from a surplus of Mss.B billion during the same period last year. The Statistics Department,
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    • 265 10 BUKIT MERTAJAM (Penang) Several architects are being investigated by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for helping contributors to fraudulently withdraw their savings to buy non-existent houses. Deputy Finance Minister Mohamad Farid Ariffin said on Sunday. He said these architects were believed to have
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    • 244 10 Education team in Canada on fact-finding mission KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is reassessing foreign academic qualifications and studying the type of entrance requirements laid down by foreign institutions of learning. A 12-member delegation of educationists and civil servants left last Saturday for Canada on a six-week fact-finding mission, one of several
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    • 134 10 KUALA LUMPUR The pisang tanduk, seen here in the hands of a iruit seller, will soon be competing with the pisang mas or "golden" banana in the export market. But while pisang mas is exported fresh, pisang tanduk will be canned. A joint venture, involving a
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    • 273 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Fest 88 has received unexpected and overwhelming response from the private sector, which has come forward to organise a festival of its own in conjunction with the 15--day festival which began last Saturday. "It's starting to become a festival within
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    • 39 10 PETALING JAYA If We Love This Country, a book written by former Socialist Democratic Party secretary general Fan Yew Teng, was launched on Sunday. The book is a compilation of Mr Fan's speeches and essays. NST
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    • 133 10 Parit Raja candidate's name soon KOTA TINGGI The National Front candidate for the Parit Raja state by-election next month will be announced at the end this month, Johor Mentri Besar Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday He decided to make the I announcement earlier as voters in Parit Raja were anxious to
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  • HOME
    • 644 11  -  NG WEI JOO To produce capable, cultured individuals By STUDENTS of Rafnes Institution are soon to have a say on how their school funds should be used. Their voice on financial matters will be heard when they are invited to sit on the school's finance committee
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    • 40 11 STUDENTS of Rl are to be groomed as future leaders of Singapore through a revolutionary three-pronged approach. The programmes, which will directly involve them in decision-making, are outlined in a new publication compiled by the school. They are:
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    • 125 11 One prefect will sit in the canteen committee together with stallholders and teachers to monitor the quality of canteen food and ensure that students get the food they like. There will also be a prefect on the school awards committee. Plans are being made to have students in
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    • 149 11 Research-oriented learning will encourage students to explore a topic rather than to simply learn its content. For faster learners, the normal syllabus may be covered in half the time so that the rest of the term can be devoted to research. This programme is in the pipeline. Information
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      44 11 EC A Students will have to go through at least one survival camp during their four years at Raffles. Students must play at least three robust activities like gymnastics, rugby and taek-won-do during their four years at Rl. This will be implemented in stages.
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    • 43 11 THK Philippine Embassy will hold a college entrance examination for those wishing to pursue degrees requiring at least four years of study in the Philippines It will be held at the embassy at 20 Nassim Road on Sunday at 8 am
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    • 104 11 A STATE of full emergency was activated at Changi Airport yesterday after a United Airlines flight from Tokyo radioed that it had problems with its landing mmm Airport police, fire personnel and the major gov- eminent hospitals were put on stand by after the pilot's
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    • 160 11 SAF to take part in medical equipment show THE Ministry of Defence will participate for the first time this year in Medic Asia, an exhibition featuring sophisticated hospital and medical equipment. The exhibition will be held at the World Trade Centre from Nov 9 to 12. The Singapore Armed Forces'
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    • 396 11 PRINTING in three languages Chinese, English and Malay means higher costs for Singapore Press Holdings, but it is a necessary part of life in multi-lingual Singapore, said its chief executive, Mr Frank Yung, yesterday. The SPH group of companies publishes seven
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    • 843 12  -  ELENA CHONG By A LORRY driver, depressed over his wife's affair with a factory supervisor, killed her with a brick after she refused his repeated requests to allow him to speak to her lover on the telephone. The High Court heard yesterday
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    • 642 12  - Arms -buying firm's ex-GM begins appeal against 4-year jail term NANCY LOH The Bofors case appeal By THE former general manager of a local arms-buy-ing firm, jailed in March for accepting more than $600,000 in kickbacks from Swedish arms maker A. B. Bofors and for forgery, yesterday began his appeal
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    • 204 12 Pyongyang embassy seeks help to trace seaman THE North Korean Embassy here is appealing for help to trace a missing seaman, Mr Choi Chong Hak, who was last seen at the Zhujiao Centre, Buffalo Road, two weeks ago. In a note sent to newspapers in Singapore, the embassy said that
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    • 139 12 16 fined for hiring illegal workers FOURTEEN employers were fined a total of $74,800 yesterday for hiring 77 Malaysians who did not have work permits. In addition, two other employers, Soh Tuan Heng, 48, and Soh Lean Swee, 41, both managing directors of foodstuff manufacturing companies, were fined $600 each
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    • 311 12 Unified Europe 'will mean more business' FOREIGN investments in Singapore and the region are not expected to decline following the formation of a European common market in 1992. a British minister said yesterday. Instead, a unified Europe, founded on economic liberalism and freed of unnecessary regulation, will mean more global
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    • Article, Illustration
      173 12 Count On Me S'pore by top Japanese singer ONE Singapore's Count I On Me Singapore, has one I Mika, 23, I sang I as guest performer the Karaoke organised by the Japanese Society the Kallang on Saturday Miss Shinno, Japanese: tol Singaporean songs in Japan before choseH this particular
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    • 139 12 •UMU mmammm u*.tm 0 THE hairy hands that can de-husk a coconut with consummate ease rest gently on the shoulders of banker Richard Yong (right) and zoo director Bernard Harrison. The hands belong to Tavvar, the only male orang-utan who breakfasts with visitors to the zoo. He
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    • 161 12 SOME 50 students from La Salle College of the Arts certainly believe in paying their own wav through school. Art pieces created by the students are up for sale. The money will go towards the students' school fees and art materials. They also hope
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    • 127 12 A 26-YEAR-OLD flasher, who exposed himself to a lounge hostess, whistled to attract her attention after she bowed her head to avoid looking at him. But he was later caught by her colleagues after she called them for help. Yesterday. Wong Hong San pleaded guilty to insulting
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    • 504 13  -  LYNETTE ONG By ARE Singaporeans getting burnt out on long-distance running? Some sports organisations believe so although others contend the number of runners is still high but is simply being spread over more events. Some athletes in top physical shape are reportedly
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    • 547 13 BUSINESSMAN Allan Ng was given the expected date of the relisting of the suspended Sealion Hotels shares on the same day he bought one million shares through a stockbroker, a district court heard yesterday. Mr Ng Eng Leong, former managing director
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    • 403 13 SINGAPOREANS should make a special effort to take interest in activities outside their work, Dr Ahmad Mattar, Minister for the Knvironment, said at the presentation of the National Youth Service Awards last Friday. He felt that through their involvement in ex-tra-curricular activities,
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    • 177 13 Health Ministry leaflets 'fairly easy to read PUT to a readability test before its patients, most of the Health Ministry's public information leaflets were found to be fairly easily understood. Three-quarters of the information leaflets were rated "fairly easy", a study conducted for presentation at the annual Pharmacy Congress found.
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    • 45 13 A THIRD oil company, Mobil, yesterday evening cut its diesel pump price, following earlier price reductions by Shell and Caltex. Mobil is now charging 36 cents per litre of diesel the same as Shell and Caltex. Petrol prices, however, remain unchanged.
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    • 487 14  -  CEPHAH TAN Ang Mo Kio South will spend $235,000 to improve facilities By DR S. VASOO chaired his last meeting at Ang Mo Kio South Town Council last Saturday. He leaves behind him a town with a surplus of $700,000 and a sinking
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    • 475 14  -  ANNE HO Low pressure due to narrower pipes put in by flat owners, says HDB By DINNER is always rushed at the Lange home. Mrs Angela Lange, 37, wants her family to hurry up so she can have all the dishes washed
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    • 261 14 AYP info service Making Waves: Learn to swim in 12 lessons in a three-month course at Bedok Swimming Complex. Organised by Marine Parade Neighbourhood F RC, this beginners' course is for women as well as children between seven and 12 years. The evening lessons will start as soon as enough
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    • 52 14 NEE Soon community centre was officially opened by Dr Koh Lip Lin, MP for Nee Soon South, on Saturday night. The $3 million centre, in Yishun Ring Road, was first opened to the public on June 20. Saturday's opening was followed by a variety show
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    • 280 14 SEEN AND HEARD THE old woman who lived in a shoe would be thrilled to see the children at play. Not to be whipped or ill-fed as in the nursery rhyme, the children go there to play and have a good time. The playground which
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    • 15 14 Fill her up at sea The motor-launch converted into a diesel station for sea-going craft.
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    • 651 15  -  SUMIKO TAN The Teo Soh Lung appeal By THE Court of Appeal will decide this morning whether detained lawyer Teo Soh Lung can appear in court to participate in her appeal. Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin yesterday said the decision would
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    • 937 15  -  AHMAD OSMAN By MR Justice Lai Kew Chai took a "fundamentally flawed" approach when he dismissed an application by detained lawyer Teo Soh Lung in June that she be freed because her detention was illegal, her counsel said yesterday. Instead of giving
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    • 229 15 S'pore dance SWING Singapore is over, but Singapore Swing is coming up. The Singapore Swing Super Carnival will be held from Nov 12 to 20, in conjunction with Merlion Week. The carnival will stretch from the Esplanade to part of Merlion Park, and for nine
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    • 192 15 Training 'too tough' so NS man took poison A SOLDIER who took weed-killer after complaining the training was too tough for him, said in hospital before he died that he regretted his rash act, a coroner's court heard yesterday. National serviceman Neo Chow Hian, 21, was attached to the Infantry
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    • 676 16 The Malay votes issue TWO Malay organisations, the Malay Journalists' Association and Majlis Pusat, have welcomed Mr Goh Chok Tong's recent statement on Malay support for the Government and Mendaki n, but said they need "fuller details" of the latter. They said
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    • 147 16 A WOMAN motorcycle pillion rider died in hospital on Friday, a week after she was badly injured in an accident along Tampines Road. Miss Radiah binti Abdul Halim. 22, who was unemployed, was riding pillion on a motorcycle ridden by Mr Samsul
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    • 82 16 Man finds flat burgled MACHINE-OPERATOR Asiman bin Samsi, 26, returned to his three-room Bukit Panjang flat after being away for three days and found he had been robbed of $13,100 in cash and valuables. He told police that he returned to his flat at about 11.30 am on Friday and
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    • 703 16  -  FOO SIANG LUEN By First aid: Use methylated spirit and hot water to relieve pain. Immobilise the affected limb by tying a plank to it. Surgical removal of spine Is advised. THE unwary beachcomber who picks up a pretty Blue-ringed
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    • 390 16 WITH five days to go before the draw for the grand Community Chest Charity Sweep, 98 per cent of the tickets have been sold. Officials are hoping that by the Oct 1 draw date, the remaining 3,200 tickets will be snapped
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    • 198 16 THE Community Chest hopes to raise over $500,000 from the sale of charity cards and stickers for Christmas and Lunar New Year. The stickers are sold at post offices at $1 for a sheet of 20, or five cents a sticker. The cards at 80
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    • 48 16 THE PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC) Secretariat and the Legal Service Commission (LSC) will move to the 10th storey of the PUB building, Somerset Road, on Friday and Saturday. They will be closed on these two days and will resume operations on Monday
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    • 150 16 THE battered body of an unidentified man, believed to be a Thai, was found in the void deck of an uncompleted block of flats in Hougang yesterday. The man, in his early 30s, had multiple injuries on the left side of his
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    • 314 17 New category for kids in music contest SOMETHING new is in store for children at next year's Music Competition organised by the Ministry of Community Development. They can take part in a new, non-competitive category Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon. Minister of State (Community Development), said this will "give our young
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    • 187 17 A RESTAURANT in Plaza Singapura was left $300 poorer after an Arablooking man "handled" a fistful of $50 notes taken from the cash register. Police said on Thursday, at 7.30 pm, part-time waitress Yap Siew Ching, 18, was manning the cash register at the
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    • 551 17  -  B. SUNUJA Offbeat names that confuse, amuse and attract customers By WHAT'S in a name? A lot, when it comes to the titles of many Singapore businesses. Some companies go for trendy, chic names like Bien Boutique or Glamourette. But a number of local
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    • 380 17  -  GERRY OE SILVA By ONE name is being men tioned again and again in the courts here of late. And the owner of that name is quite pleased. That name is Clas News. The "owner" is the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme, started two years
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    • 550 21  -  SHAUN SEOW Do your homework first, says Samsung's Dr Park By SMALL local businesses were yesterday given a tip on how to succeed by the speaker at the annual Singapore Productivity Lecture: Understand world trends to see how you can use them to your
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    • 228 21 A TRAINING advisory council has been set up to ensure that the training programmes of the Institute fo; Productivity Training (IPT) are relevant and meet the demands of industry. Council members include senior executives of leading companies and the National Trades Union Congress.
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    • 131 21 THE National Kidney Foundation will buy two modern kidney dialysis machines with $60,000 donated by two Buddhist organisations on Saturday night. Each machine can be used by up to six patients. A cheque for the amount was presented to the NKF by the Singapore Buddhist
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    • 85 21 THE Singapore Democratic Party has thought of a novel way to thank Potong Pasir voters for returning party leader Chiam See Tong to Parliament. Instead of throwing a Chinese dinner for voters and party supporters for their effort during the recent general election, the SDP
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    • 227 21 SOUTH Korean conglomerate Samsung is considering setting up a factory here making electronics components, Mr Han Tai Hwan, the managing director of its local office, said yesterday. Although Mr Han did not indicate when this would be, he envisaged that the factory
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    • 287 21  -  SHARON LAU By THE recent slump in gold prices has filtered through to the jewellery shops, but it has not brought a rush of buyers. Since gold prices plunged more than US$3O (Ss6l) a troy ounce to 19-month lows over the
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    • 201 21 Man slept with daughter's friend A MECHANIC had sex with his daughter's 15--year-old schoolmate in his bedroom while his daughter slept in another room. a court heard yesterday. Mahri Chinniah, 45, was jailed one day and fined $3,000 for having carnal relations with an underaged girl in the early hours
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    • 575 16 £cW Congratulations j/prrv Mr Chua Kow Chye W Secretary, Alexandra Citizens' LM^JsJf Consultative Committee W-fXmmW on being conferred the PBM (The Public Medal Sen/ice) by His Excellency the President of The Republic of Singapore i on the occasion of the -V 23rd NATIONAL DAY From: Alexandra Constituency PAP Community Foundation
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      • 617 22 OFF the battlefield, this has not been a particularly good year for the Khmer Rouge. In January, Prince Sihanouk met Mr Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, to discuss a settlement, their second such meeting. In July, the Prince resigned as President
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    • 2006 22 YOU have invited me to speak on the subject of Britain and Europe. Perhaps I should congratulate you on your courage. If you believe some of the things said and written about my views on Europe, it must seem rather like inviting Genghis
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    • 863 22 Our correspondent's file Peter Hazelhurst TOKYO TOKYO The death of a 21-month-old Japanese boy who waited in vain for a liver transplant in Australia recently begs the obvious question: Why had a baby, born in a land of 121 million people, been forced
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    • 947 23  -  MIKE THARP Yugoslavia and Hungary's decision to exchange permanent missions with South Kotea underlines Seoul's successful efforts to forge links with Eastern-bloc countries, much to the chagrin of North Korea. Seoul's attempts to reach out to what were once bitter ideological enemies are founded on
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    • 761 23  -  MURRAY SEEGER By ot the Economics Desk IN THE industrial world, slower but still healthy growth and modest inflation. For the Asian "Tigers", another year of strong growth. In the less-developed world there will be some economic winners and many losers,
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    • 79 23 Annual changes in percentages Current estimates (unless otherwise noted) 1987 1988 1989 World output 3.2 3.7 3.0 Industrial countries 3.3 3.8 2.8 Developing countries 3.4 3.6 4.0 Fuel exporters 0.6 1.4 2.3 Non-fuel exporters 4.6 4.5 4.6 Other countries 2.6 3.4 3.1 World trad* Volume
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    • 164 23 FURNISHING RENOVATING YOUR HOME? START WITH THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED AND WIN ATTRACTIVE PRIZES From 29 September to 29 What's more, for purchases of December 1988, on every last $50 and above at any of our Thursday of the month, The Straits participating outlets, you'll be Times Classified Home Furnishing
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    • 144 24 Picture was from Shah era WE wish to draw your attention to the report "Iran shifts focus to rebuilding economy as ceasefire nears". (ST. Aug 19). A careful look at the picture used as well as its caption "Iranians queueing for food supplies in Teheran will show that it is
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    • 104 24 Pioneered making of food flavourings WE refer to the report regarding the setting up of a new firm to make seafood flavours in Singapore, Food Biotechnology Industries (FBI). (ST, Sept 9). Whilst warmly welcoming new entrants to the food ingredients manufacturing industry, we feel du-ty-bound to point out the incorrect
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    • 881 24 Disabled have had to give up dry food and tidbits stalls SEVERAL months ago, amidst great fanfare and television and media coverage, three young hopeful disabled people were allocated stalls in various parts of Singapore. It appears that within six months or less, all three "pioneers" had given up their
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    • 242 24 I AM a Secondary 4 student. Every morning, I take Feeder Service 321 to the Hougang Interchange and then Feeder Service 327 to school. On Sept 19 at about 7.35 am, I boarded a Feeder Service 327 bus as usual. It was not too crowded
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    • 619 24 Half-baked, middle class society lacking in manners THIS letter is intended to unbaffle "Baffled Observer", who wrote about "Singaporeans who don't lift a finger to help". (ST, Sept 15). "Baffled Observer" has lived in Singapore only four years. I have lived here all my life. I am male and 31.
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    • 185 24 I DRAW the investing public's attention to the overseas share scam referred to in the Sept 5 Asian Wall Street Journal report "Stock-fraud swindles trap thousands". Like the investors in the report, I began receiving an unsolicited investment newsletter a few months ago.
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    • Replies
      • 489 24 ROV to study safety barrier for trucks I REFER to the letters "Lower truck bumpers may help in a crash" by Dr Hia Kwee Yang (ST, Aug 29) and "Install lower bumpers on big vehicles" by Mr K.T. Tan. (ST, Sept 8). The writers have suggested that heavy vehicles such
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      • 126 24 WE refer to the letter "$1 coins as tips*' by "HardEarned Money". (ST, Sept 22). With the increasing use of the new $1 coin and the eventual replacement of the $1 note with the $1 coin, adjustments to habits in using and receiving $1 coins are
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    • 158 24 To enable companies to accelerate development of a flexible wage system, the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) has come up with a publication, "Case Studies in Wage Reform 1988, Volume 2". This is a Mow-up to the first volume released last year and shows additional features and information not highlighted
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    • 54 25 SHARE prices on the Singapore stock market yesterday closed moderately lower across the board in dull trading. The Straits Times Industrial Index lost 10.61 points, to 1,023.10. Turnover was 14 million units, worth $22.64 million, compared with Friday's 12.53 million, valued at $28.1 million. Falls overwhelmed rises
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      • 15 25 Fober Merlin 867,000 DBS Land 682,000 RMCA Re 666,000 Sime Darby 50< 554,000
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      • 117 25 S«p( 23 Segt 26 BT Composite 913 08 902 47 BI OB OS 216 27; CAOt 6833 6926 lOdayMAvg 6702 6730 BT OBV 4 *****22 *****74 ST Industrials 1033 71 1023 10 ST F.njnce 2056 29 2042 20 ST Hotels 672 36 667 25 ST Properties 517 73 512
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      • 63 25 Closing Change Voi ('000) Anrtek Enfrj 2Oc 1 39 Fuji Offset 20c 0 885 G8 rtdfJ 10c 1 30 -1 45 Metatock 25c 0 76 -15 2 Nat Kap 50c 0 96 -2 5 4 Sintapore National Printers 50c 242 -1 5 5 Sinfatronks 20c 1.01 -1 11 Tks
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      • 35 25 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1987 High 1505 40(26/8/87) 1327 69(11/8/87) 1986 87 Low 563 34(28/4/86) 470 92(28/4/86) All-time High *****0 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) All-time Low 74 75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 25 25 DM Y FF S$ HK$ IS$ US$ ***** ***** unq ***** Closed £***** ***** 134 70 6 4100 2 0410 7 8105 £*****
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      • 11 25 THE US dollar gained 62 ticks to DM1.8847 in Singapore.
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      • 10 25 In Singapore, gold lost US$9.4O to U*****.20 an ounce.
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      • 50 25 Eurodollar: Lost four ticks to 91.31 a contract. Deutsehemark: Lost 18 ticks to 0.5349 a contract. British Pound: Lost 28 ticks to 1.6496 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained two ticks to 0.*****1 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 35 points to ***** a contract. Goid: Lost US$7.2O to U*****.50 an ounce.
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      • 106 25 SYDNEY Japanese investment group EIE Development Co Ltd said it had bought the Sanctuary Cove Gold Coast resort from Ariadne Australia Ltd for As34l million (*****.6 million). EIE in a statement said it struck the deal with Ariadne on Sunday after a counter-offer from Suntory Ltd encouraged
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      • 63 25 WELLINGTON Investment company Renouf Corp Ltd reported a NZ5401. 26-million (*****.57-million) loss for the year to June 30 against its NZ5152. 20-million profit last year. The loss is the second biggest corporate loss in New Zealand's history, following investment company Rada Corp Ltd's NZ5488.9-million setback earlier this
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      • 54 25 WELLINGTON Fletcher Challenge Ltd (FCL) said it has lodged an application with the Commerce Commission to acquire all the shares in the Bank of New Zealand. In a statement, FCL said it had lodged the application for maximum flexibility in the event the group wishes to
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    • 801 25  -  R. RAJENDRAN By Banking was top sector for Japanese investments last year Japan's foreign investment by sector JAPANESE companies invested US$494 million (about $1 billion) in Singapore last year, bringing its cumulative investments in the Republic to just over US$3 billion. Singapore
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    • 401 25 MALAYSIA Mining Corporation Bhd yesterday announced a 25-per cent rise in interim pre-tax profit and confirmed that it is still in the running for Petronas' Msl.3-billion (*****-million) gas pipeline project. However, its shares which gained 13 cents to close at $2.12 last week
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    • 263 25 Tonhow teams up with German plastic maker SESDAQ-LISTED Tonhow Industries Ltd has teamed up with a German plastic manufacturer to diversify its operations. Tonhow, which makes precision plastic components for the electronics industries, and its partner set up Europart Industries (S) Pte Ltd on Sept 17 with a paid-up capital
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    • 377 25 INTERNATIONAL Factors Marine (S) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of Singapore (ECICS), will today help to christen and launch a bunker cargo tanker the first vessel built under its ship-leasing scheme. The $4.5-million MT Neptank VII, built by local
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    • 211 25 Tax specialist gives tips on business expansion ENTREPRENEURS thinking of expanding a business overseas must do their homework thoroughly, otherwise they may find that conditions are not as conducive as they had thought. Not only should they study the business opportunities but they must consider tax regulations, financing and whether
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    • 87 25 C.K. TANG Ltd has received acceptances and excess share applications for more new shares than the number available through its rights issue. The listed retailer received acceptances for 99.62 per cent of the 8.45 million new rights shares, which are to be issued at
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    • 187 25 Hotel Grand Central pre-tax gain up 40 LIKE other hotels on the Orchard Road belt. Hotel Grand Central Limited has reported improved interim results. Pre-tax profit at the group, which operates a hotel of the same name at Orchard Road Cavenagh Road, rose 40 per cent to $2.15 million for
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    • 4438 26 M shares quoted have a par value ol $1. unless otherwise specified 'Adjusted tot scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investments Scheme. t Margin stocks ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with
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    • 2132 26 INDUSTRIALS A|inomoto (240 I 270) Alcorn (87 /885) 87 I 88 5 API (38 38 5) 38 (9) 38 (5) AISBfItS/ 115(24) 116(13) ASM (230 232 (I) 229 (1) 229 (3) 230(10) Antoh (159 160) 160(4) 159(1) 159 (44) Aokam (148 149) 149 (7) 148
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      • 406 27 1 I*l {1.000 2 foi best customm only 3 OCBC Finance 4 avalabie it D6S Fnanct 5 QuaMyint thai rain ace oWefed by jubwducy OUT 6 Mn SIO 000 7 ■.(novation loan only Flat ntcrnt add-on UOF 'i ratal aho avaiaMc at UOF aho avaiaMc at DBS Finance
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      • 213 27 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to S5lO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5881— 1 5909 6.41— 622 Canadian dollar 1 6680— 1.6702 6.05—5.95 NZ dollar 1.2525-1 2552 8.19-7.89 Sterling pound 3 3966 3 4003 2.97—2.93 US dollar 2.0400-2 0410 4.93-4.89
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      • 117 27 THE US dollar closed easier against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed slightly lower at 2.0400 10 in dull trading. It traded between 2.0400 and 2.0405. It opened initially at 2.0405 15. Against the deutschemark the greenback opened at 1.8815 25 and
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      • 164 27 THE kilobar market traded between 5526.006 and 5525,547 yesterday. In the Far East, the Hongkong market was closed for the mid-autumn festival. Gold opened at U*****.50 395. Light physical buying failed to move it higher as Australians were keen sellers. It closed for the lunch at U*****.50 394. It
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      • 40 27 GOLD US$/oz Mon Fri Singapore 389 00—389 50 399 40—399 90 Mon Sat Hongkong Closed 394 60 395 10 Fri Thurs New York 393 75—394 25 398 50— 399 00 London 398 25-398 75 396 75— 397 25
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      • 19 27 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore 212.50 October down halt a cent Malaysia 299 00 October down one cent
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      • 18 27 Tin Closing prices MJ/kilo KL Tin 19 64 down 16 cents Turnover 120 tonnes up 65 tonnes
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      • 27 27 Closing prices Copper tonne Fri Spot 1474 50-1475 50 (1448 00—1450 00) 3 months 1426 00-1427 00 (1402 50-1403 50) Market tone Firmer Sales 20.250 tonnes
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      • 28 27 Closng prices Silver USS. troy or Mon Fn Singapore 6 08—613 6 22-6 27 Fri Men Nev. York 616-6 21 6 23-6 28 Source Credit Suisse Spore
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      • 27 27 Ctainf prices Aluminium tonne Fri Spot 1388 00-1390 00 (1394 00-1395 00) 3 months 1365 00-1370 00 (1360 00-1362 00) Market tone Steady Sales 9.000 tonnes
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      • 279 27 Managers' prices for September 27 Singapore UnH Trust The Commerce 0 96—102 The Savings Fund 0 84—0 90 Spore Prog Fund 0 38— 0 42id S pore Sec Fund 0 64— 0 69 Spore Invest Fund 0 68—0 73 Spore Equity Fund 0 48—0 52 Asia Unit Trust
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      • 114 27 Crude MS tome palm oil September 962 50 (south) October 962 50 (south) 950 (central) Refined palm oil USJ tonnes RBD palm oil October 377 50 (sellers) November 382 50 (sellers) December 385 (sellers) RBD Stearin October 385 (sellers) Mov Dec 385 (sellers) RBD Olein October 382 50
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      • 66 27 _l I I I I I J I I L, I NST Index Monday 1,705.99 (1,718.86) —g Hongkong Hang Seng Monday Closed (2,454.38) g£L Australian AI-Ordinar.es Monday 1,543.70 (1,551.20) Nikkei Stock Average Monday 27,333.75 (27,390.12) Financial Times Industrials Friday 1,446.80 (1,440.70) Dow Jones Average xjljfi: Friday 2,090.68 (2.080.01) (Figures
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      • 379 27 Sept 26 Yen Chan t e Aiinomoto 2810 -40 Ako. 553 -12 Amodo 1190 *10 A»oh. Ch«m 998 +6 Atoh. Gk»j 1900 -20 I Bonk CW Tokyo 1570 +10 Bridg«*ton« 1230 ♦10 I Conon 1 420 1 0 Co«o Computtr 1410 20 Qfiz«n 850 I D Nip Print 2670
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      • 344 27 Hortogen Energy 1 35 unch Herold Hooker 202 +2 I C I 724+4 Ind Equity 144 -I kit Heolth 44S unch Leighton 65 -3 Lend Lease 1140 unch Magellan P«t Auit 260 20 Moyne Nickless 718 +6 Metals Explor N L IBOS unch Mid Eost V..n 30 unch Mim
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    • 906 27 PRICES closed moderately lower on the Singapore stock market in sluggish trading yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index and the Business Times Composite Index both fell 10.61 points to 1,023.10 and 902.47 respectively. Turnover was 14 million units, worth $22.64 million, compared with Friday's 12.53
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    • 143 27 Crude Product Prices FUEL oil prices weakened yesterday in line with a sharp fall in crude oil prices. Most players were sidelined as they awaited further news of the OPEC price committee meeting in Madrid. A 20.000 mt CSTIBO cargo for prompt delivery was reportedly sold at US$65 mt FOB
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      437 27 Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth Arr Oep PSB a side 29 09 k»on t P4A aside 27 09 P3E a Side 27 09 Asean Manner J9 a side 27 09 PIA aside 28 09 Inti Samudra J3 aside 27 09 PSA aside 29 09 Karuma Jaya )1
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    • Article, Illustration
      361 28  -  CHOW CHEE SUN By QWHAT DOES the term "grey market" mean? Is it the same as a black market? Is trading in a grey market illegal? If not, will I get a contract note for a deal in the grey market? A The "grey market" refers to the unofficial
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    • 470 28  -  LIM ENG HAI By INDEPENDENT shareholders of Roxy Electric Industries (M) Bhd have been advised to forgo their rights shares and let Sin-gapore-based United Industrial Corporation have them. They were also advised to vote, at the Oct 4 meeting, in favour of
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    • 222 28 LAYANG LAYANG (Johor) Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, Malaysia's largest plantation company, is actively pursuing cocoa cultivation to diversify its crop mix. Regional Controller of Guthrie's 10 Johor estates Ali Haji Ahmad, said 3,232 hectares in the southern region would be under cocoa cultivation within 10 years. He
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    • 300 28 United Estates' plans await study KUALA LUMPUR United Estates Project Bhd (UEP) has delayed further development of its land banks in Johor and Malacca till completion of a study into the tourist-re-lated development potential of its Malacca site. Chairman Datuk Seri Syed Nahar Shahabuddin said in the latest annual report
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    • Companies Desk
      • 128 28 KUALA LUMPUR Beverage manufacturer Guinness Malaysia Bhd, riding on a wave of higher consumer spending, recorded a 13.9-per cent increase in pre-tax profit to MJ26.7 million (5520.37 million) for the first half of this year from M523.43 million in the corresponding period a year earlier. This was achieved
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      • 101 28 KUALA LUMPUR Feedmill Manufacturer Gold Coin M Bhd recorded a 9-per cent fall in group pre-tax profit to M53.68 million (5J2.80 million) for the half year ended June 30 from MJ4.06 million previously. Group turnover rose by 36 per cent to M5157.14 million from M5115.35 million a
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      • 96 28 KUALA LUMPUR Kramat Tin Dredging Bhd has turned to the red with a pre-tax loss of MSMSB94,OOO (*****,211) for the half year ended July 31 against a pre-tax profit of M592,000 in the previous year. The loss was attributed to a shortfall in production coupled with expenditure
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      • 104 28 KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Kampar Tin Fields Bhd has reported a 16-per cent fall in its group pre-tax profit for the half vear ended July 31 to M5428,000 (*****,606) against M5508.000 in the previous year. However, at the company level pre-tax profit increased significantly to M5720,000, from M5151,000
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      • 108 28 KUALA LUMPUR Well-diversified Lion Corporation Bhd registered a 15-per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to M55.93 million (554.52 million) for the first half of this year from M55.15 million previously, the company has announced. It said that group turnover rose 18.9 per cent to MJ41.27 million from
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      • 83 28 KUALA LUMPUR Highlands and Lowlands Bhd. a leading plantation-based group, recorded a 137.9-per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to M532.09 million (5524.48 million) for the six months ended June 30 from M513.49 million in the previous year. Group turnover rose by 29.7 per cent to MJ67.97
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      • 94 28 KUALA LUMPUR Property-based YTL Corporation Bhd, which was formerly known as Hongkong Tin Corp (M) Bhd, reported a higher pre-tax profit to M510.22 million (5J7.79 million) for the year ended June 30 from Msl million previously. It said that group turnover also increased to M5135.3 million from M515.2
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    • 268 29 France lifts last curbs on foreign firms PARIS France has removed the last curbs on foreign companies setting up new businesses, to encourage international investment, the Finance Ministry said. Foreign companies, including those from non-Eu-ropean Community countries, will no longer need permission from the Treasury to start a business, while
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    • 587 29 IMF, World Bank meetings bring parties together WEST BERLIN New ideas for solving the six-year-old crisis over Third World debt are emerging that go beyond anything tried so far and break some old taboos. But officials of both developing and industrial countries believe
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    • 358 29 Report reveals low rate of suspicious -trading probes WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission probed less than half the suspect insidertrading cases referred to it in 1985 and 1986, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said. In a report to Congress it said a third of the referrals by two stock
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    • 114 26 Getting The Best out of yourself and others The author of The IBM Way, Buck Rogers, a man whose advice and services are sought out, time and again, by corporations large and small in America, tells you how. In Getting the Best Out of Yourself and Others, he discusses such
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    • 129 29 AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN WORLD BUSINESS THE CHINESE EXPORT COMMODITIES FAIR (CECF) known as Guangzhou Trade Fair sponsored by nearly a Thousand Foreign Trade Corporations from all parts of China dealing in 60,000 kinds of China's Export Commodities held regularly since 1957 in Guangzhou (Canton), China, from APRIL 15— MAY
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  • RACING
    • 679 31  -  ROGER YUE Papers presented by Singapore-Malaysia at ARC By Racing Editor ■SYDNEY Inquiries into the conduct of racing are necessarily of the nature of a criminal trial. This was stated by Tan Sri Datuk Chang Min Tat, a Penang Turf Club committee member, in a
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    • 89 31 PARIS Australian jockey Gary Moore has been ruled out of Sunday's Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe after being suspended for eight days. The suspension took effect from yesterday. Moore, a former Hongkong champion, was disqualified for being underweight after winning the Group Three Prix Du Prince D'Oranse at
      Reuter  -  89 words
    • 102 31 Warning turns on brilliant display LONDON Warning, ridden by Pat Eddery (above), produced a devastating performance to win the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes by five lengths at Ascot racecourse on Saturday. The 9-4 joint favourite toyed with the top-class field to land the £154,000 (*****,000) first prize for
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    • 218 31 At the 400m Pictures by AND At the finish VJm\a\mW% B*y*^Sl mmYmW EEHSi mT^mmW i-y.TH*i WmmlmX^m *W_ \.Ua\zW. ■;T^Jl Restricted terms Div B 1.200m 1. I Wish 2. Captain Atom 3. Miss Black Swan 4. Perestroika Margins. 3. 4. 2 Time 1:13.6 Class
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    • 266 31  - Thwaites gives Singapore meeting a miss DANNY KHOO By IPOH Malcolm Thwaites, despite losing further ground in the trainers' premiership, has given the Lion City Cup meeting, which begins at Bukit Timah on Saturday, a miss. The Ipoh-based trainer, who failed to saddle a winner from three entries, fell eight
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    • 767 31 WEIGHTS and ratings for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Class 1 Div 4 1,400m (Ratings: 143-131) E For Easy n 57 143 Future Buck 56 141 Time For Us 55 139 Mister Shoosh 54.5 138 Pride And Honour II 54 137 Articulate 53.5 136 Dreamer
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      465 32 321 Deaths WONG LUB CHEOK passed away peacefully on 26-9-88 at 2.30am leaving behind beloved: Wivee: Woo Llan Fong (deceased) Ng C'hlo Peng Son*: Daughters-in-law See Keng Sin Ngan Yew See Kong (deceased) See Kwan Ronnie Chang Ylh Kueh See Luen William Teo Poh Geo* Bm San Jimmy
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      33 32 323 Condolences With Deepest Sympathies Condolences to our General Manager Mr. N.B. Lulla on the demise of his beloved Mother MDM. LILAWANTI BHERUMAL LULLA Staff of Lulla Motion (S) Pte Ltd
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    • 451 32 Ths Family Of Ths Lata MR CHAN KIU wish to exprees their heartfelt thanks to all reletivea, frienda, colleagues and neighbours for their condolences, wreaths, donations, kind attendance and aaaiatance during their recent bereavement. Ths family of tha lata MARTHA TAN SIEW NOI Departed 22nd Sept. 1988 (Wifa
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      325 32 IST ANNIVERSARY In Everloving Memory Of Our Beloved Father NG LENG HUAT Alies AH PEE Deported 27th Sept. 1987 God took him home. It was His will. But In our hearts we love him still; His memory ls as dear today As In the hour he passed
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 192 32  -  JOE DORAI Top strikers set to blast Perak on Sunday By TOP strikers Kannan Kunjuraman and Salim Moin will be on a two-fold mission when Singapore meet Perak in the last preliminary-round match of the Malaysia Cup soccer competition at Ipoh Stadium on Sunday. The
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    • 260 32 kelantan v Perak (Kota Barn, 8.45pm) the role of a schemer and paved the way for midfielder Yahya Madon to score both goals in Singapore's 2-0 triumph. Their determination will help Singapore coach Seak Poh Leong's task of motivating the team easier. Said Poh Leong: "If the players
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    • 198 32 IPOH Foo Kok Keong beat top seed Rashid Sidek to claim the Perak Open badminton men's singles title at the Indera Mulia Stadium on Sundav. Kok Keong played with his usual aggression, but with a better array of strokes to overcome Rashid 15-10, 3-15, 15-9 in
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    • 231 32 KUALA LUMPUR Selangor will have to wait a little longer to know if they can get back their three points from their 4-0 win over Perlis on July 21. Perlis had protested to the FA of Malaysia over Selangor's fielding of Dollah Salleh,
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    • 386 32  -  MAHMOOO GAZNAVI By SINGAPORE'S top bodybuilders have been told to start training for next year's South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur. This is despite the fact that the sport is not on the list of approved events for the biennial Games. Explaining the decision, Singapore Amateur
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    • 102 32 GYMNASTICS The visiting Danish AAG team will give a demonstration of jazz gymnastics and synchronised vaulting and tumbling at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Friday The Danes will demonstrate general gymnastics a new discipline of the I FIG (the world controlling body). Advance booking of tickets at $1
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    • 454 32 LONDON England's cricket tour of India is dying a bureaucratic death with authorities in neither country prepared to officially cancel the visit. The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) met at the weekend in Madras to give what was to
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    • 543 33 RESULTS AND STANDINGS Victory gives Frenchman world championship lead ESTORIL Eventual winner Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were at loggerheads after the Brazilian's dangerous tit-for-tat tactics nearly provoked disaster just a lap into the Portuguese motor racing Grand Prix here on Sunday. The drama
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    • 93 33 33rd of his career and it enabled him to regain the world championship lead with 81 points to Senna's 76. There are three races remaining, the Spanish Grand Prix next Sunday, the Japanese on Oct 30 and the Australian on Nov 13. Said Prost: "I said I lost the title
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    • 307 33 LOS ANGELES Sweden's Mikael Pernfors won the U*****,000 ($846,600) Los Angeles Grand Prix tennis tournament on Sunday by beating top-seeded American Andre Agassi 6-2, 7-5 in the final. It was the fourth-seeded, 30th-ranked Swede's first tournament victory. Pernfors was competing in only his second tournament
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    • 348 33 PARIS Defending champions Real Madrid chose the day Spanish soccer managers boycotted their benches to notch up their first victory of the season. The first-half boycott was staged by Spanish-born managers protesting at the ever-increasing number of foreign colleagues being imported to take charge of
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    • 153 33 WW AMSTERDAM chairman Tom Harmsen and his board have resigned in fear of their lives after the Dutch club's disastrous start to the season. The directors quit en masse after Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Roozendaal KC left the three-time European Cup winners lying in 13th spot in the
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    • 508 33 UMCNTIIfI San Martin de Tucuman 1 NeweQ'a Old Boys 0, Instituto de Cordoba 0 Gimnasia 0 (Gimnasia won 5-4 on penalties*. Feno Carril Oesle 1 Racing Club 1 (Racing Club 4-2 on pen.), Racing de Cordoba 0 Deportivo Armenio 0 i Deportivo 3-2 on pen), San Lorenzo 1
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    • 228 33 BASEBALL Hiro shima beat Yomiuri 4-3 in a Japanese Central League match on Sunrl I Other results: Yakuli shin 5 Pacific league: Seibu *l Nankai T>. Kintetsu "> Hankyu '>. Nippon Mam 3 Lotte l CYCLING Charly Mottet, of Franca, won the Grand Pt ix des .Nations
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    • 311 33 STUTTGART Jose-Maria Olazabal, of Spain, had a closing 68 to win the German Masters golf championship after a putting lapse by compatriot Seve Ballesteros on the opening hole of Sunday's final round. Olazabal, 22, shot seven birdies in his four-under-par round to finish with a
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    • 198 33 Four perfect weeks for three teams NEW YORK The Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams all have perfect records after four weeks of National Football League action. The Bills stayed unbeaten with a 36-28 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday as Robb Riddick scored two quick touchdowns
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    • 59 32 BOUTIN! KallaM Open Hasten tournament (Kalian:' Bow lei Drome. 9km HOCkKY Premier league: SOC v Saf.sa i Tanglin. Div 2 semi-finals: SRC B v Dutch CM (SRC. 5.30pm i. NKTBAU. Div 3: Khalsa PCB (Petain Road. 6 40pm) BOCCHI 10th Inlei Statutory Board (James CPF V SSC (Bukit Chermin. 5.15pm)
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    • 124 33 111 Results of Draw No. l U I II 233/88 r V Monday. 2. 19*8 Dukc C[ay p Qt D ishCS»— V Group I Prize 14 $530 384 I 24, 31, 42 SetLunch/Dim,crs.6 00 V^ w (for 2 persons) GrOUD II Prize Add No Seafood Lunch/ Dinner $48.00 (for 4
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  • OLYMPICS 88
    • 433 34 Mecir gets chance to avenge Wimbledon defeat MWMW GOLD-MEDAL seekers i^^B Stefan Edberg and Milosbi|2 lav Mecir set up a repeat *m^m of theii Wimbledon semi-fi-nal showdown when they both overcame windy conditions at the Olympic tennis tournament yesterday With the second semi-final an ali-American affair between
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    • 613 34 Video tapes of Johnson are the key to her success FLORENCE GRIFFITH-JOYNER H FLORENCE GRIFFTTH-JOYNER once said she asked God to show her how to become the fastest woman on earth. Im k The temporal guidance has come from ii|| Ben Johnson. Florence attributed her -*"gjj metamorphosis this
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    • 3654 35 WEM 10 ■Si IM ATHLETICS Men's Him hurdles s-tlnals (top 4 In eaeh to final) Heat one: I ladimii Chi chkine S o v i 13 46sc. 2 Anthnnv Cambell (USA) 13.47 3 Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.55 4 Jona than Ridgeon (GBR) 13.68 i 9* phane Caristan (Fra) 13
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    • 78 35 ATHLETICS Roger Kingdom (USA) 110m hurdles (12.98 OR); Carl I^wis (USA) Long jump (8.72m); Sergei Litvinov (Sov) Hammer (84.80m OR); Paul Ereng (Ken) 800m (1:43.45); Brahim Boutaib (Mot) 10,000m (27:21.46 OR); Olga Bryzgina (Sov) women's 400m (48.65 OR); Sigrun Wodars (GDR) women's 800m (1.56.10);
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    • 330 35 Ang Angola; Afg Afghanistan; Alg Algeria. Arg Argentina Am Aruha; Aus Australia. An' Austria. \nt Antigua; Bai Barbados. 80l Bolivia; Bot Botswana; Bah Bahamas. Ban Bangladesh, Bel Belgium; Ben Benin, Ber Bermuda. BKF Burkina Faso. 81/ Belize, Bra Brazil, Bul Bulgaria; Bui Burma; BVI British Virgin Lslands; Cam Cameroon,
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    • Article, Illustration
      683 36 Who is the crown prince or princess of the Olympic pool? Many arguments have been put forth. Mostly, it is a toss-up between American Matt Biondi and East German Kristin Otto. Godfrey Robert, The Straits Times Sports Editor, plumps for Biondi. FOR the statistician, East German Kristin Otto's
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    • FAST FORWARD
      • 92 37 QA AMERICA'S show jumpers began the defence of their Olympic titles with a flourish yesterday with three riders scoring fast clear rounds in the opening contest. Joe Fargis, individual gold medal winner in Los Angeles, rode a faultless round on Mill Pearl over the 14-
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      • 101 37 nBTHE UNITED STATES men's basketball team advanced unbeaten to the semi-final round yesterday with an easy 94-57 victory over Puerto Rico, while Australia upset Spain 77-74 to be one game away from the final. The Americans, led by Danny Manning with 18 first-half points, played a
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      • 95 37 f-W MONIQIE KNOL of Holland led a mass sprint across the IS -^B finishing line to snatch the cycling gold in the women's Olympic mAUiI '"dividual road race yesterday. A photograph was needed to separate the bunch of about 45 riders who crossed the line virtually
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      • 91 37 WWWM BSOI TH KOREA celebrated their second Olympic gold medal in m. as many days, and their third in all, when Lee Kyung Keun won the WZ^m featherweight (65kg) judo title yesterday. In a fitting climax to the ammmmM chinsok national holiday to mark the
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      • 89 37 HB PAVEL KOIZNETSOV set three Olympic records and gave the Soviet Union their fourth weightlifting gold medal yesterday. He virtually clinched the 100kg category title with his first clean and jerk, leaving Andor Szanyi, of Hungary, the silver and Romania's Nicu Vlad the bronze. The Russian's
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      • 85 37 BB BRAZIL, Argentina, the Soviet Union and defending champions United States moved into the medal round of the Olympic men's volleyball tournament yesterday. In Friday's semi-finals, the US will play Brazil, the second-place team from the other six-team preliminary group bracket. The Soviets, winners
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      • 96 37 A FRENCH yachtsmen Jean-Yves Le Deroff and N,~olas Henard sailed to the Olympic gold medal in the Tornado catamaran class l^--*-" yesterday. Le Deroff and Henard finished fifth in the sixth Tornado race, giving them an unbeatable overall lead in the seven-race series at Pusan.
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    • 344 37 H HOCKEY giants Pakistan and India were forced aside in the battle for semi-final places in the Olym- pic men's tournament yesterday |yj|h the first time no Asian side have ""■^.^J reached the last four since India entered the competition in 1928. Holders Pakistan and
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    • 361 37 SOCCER SEMI-FINALS PREVIEW a THREE new talents on the international scene and a veteran with an insatiable thirst for goals hold the key to mm^ gold-medal ambitions in the Olympic IUJII soccer tournament. West Germany's Juergen Klinsmann, Brazil's Romario and the Soviet Union's Alexei
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    • VOICES
      • 499 37 Mr Fred Yeo, 51, insurance agent: "There is too much studio talk. SBC need not show the medal tally so often. We want a continuous flow of coverage. In swimming, as soon as the event is completed, SBC brings us back to the studio.
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      • 163 37 erage. There is a poor sense of priority. SBC is relying too much on New Zealand TV, which emphasises some sports events which are relevant to them but not to us. Where is SBC's 14-hour coverage? There are long-winded comments by presenters and too many replays." Mr Michael Walte, 41,
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    • SEOUL SCENE
      • 109 38 "PLEASE Lord, give us a glory-hunting, egotistical, self-centred prima donna because, Lord, we need such a hero just now. Amen.", reads the prayer in the guidebook to these Games from the Cook Islands. And the answer to their prayer may be Richard Pittman, boxer, potential marathon
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      • 76 38 SOUTH KOREAN judo gold medallist Kim Jae Yup will get a U5516,600 ($32,000) a year for life The 23-year-old, who won the silver medal at the Los Angeles Games, was rewarded by his country's National Sports Promotion Foundation for winning the hosts' second gold medal. The
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      • 87 38 FEARS of growing anti-American feelings here have prompted US television network NBC to warn their staff not to wear the company's distinctive "peacock" logo in public. NBC, who paid more than US$3OO million for the exclusive broadcast rights for the Games, have been bitterly criticised for their
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    • 330 38 What's scheduled for the 11th day of the Olympics today (all Singapore times). Fourteen golds will be at stake today (cycling 1, equestrian 1, fencing 1, judo 1, diving 1, weightlifting 1, yachting 8). ARCHERY: Preliminary round: 8.39 am Women's 70 metres and men's 90m 12.39 pm Women's 60m
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    • 135 38 6.45 am (all on Channel 12): Opening announcements and programme highlights followed by Seoul Update 7.M am: Athletics (highlight! S.M am: close. 9.5(1 am: Opening announcements and programme highlights followed by Seoul Update. *II.H am: Olympic (highlights): Cycling Mens road race. HIM am: Olympics '88 (highlights): Canoeing (all
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    • Article, Illustration
      588 38  -  ALAN HUBBARD Carl gets long jump gold but loses his cool with officials By ■WITH Ben Johnson just a blur in the memory, Carl Lewis proved yesterday that he can take defeat in his stride. The American created his own little bit of history by becoming the first
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    • 393 38 Still Roger's kingdom picture. His reign as hurdles king continues _i ■AMERICAN Roger Kingdom, looking like a scuba diver without a mask in his rubberised bodysuit, improved on his own 110 metres hurdles Olympic record to 12.985ec yesterday. With that, Kingdom finally lost his his "lucky winner" tag. The 26
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    • REVOLT IN THE FIELD
      • 227 38 Vaulters join hands to force shutdown AMERICAN, Soviet and Polish athletes formed an unlikely alliance yesterday to force a shutdown of the preliminary pole vault competition at the Olympic Games. "A few of us got a little pole vaulters' union started and said there's no reason to jump anymore. Let's
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    • REVOLT ON THE TRACK
      • 232 38 Pullout threat by Indian relay women THREE of India's six-strong all-women track team threatened an Olympic mutiny yesterday in a row over who runs in the 4x400-metre relay. The trio said they would to pull out of the Games unless their country's relay team were changed. India's track and field
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    • 380 35 MSBAL TALLY Q 3 B T Soviet Union 32 16 26 74 East Germany 27 21 19 67 United States 14 16 14 44 Hungary 8 4 2^ 14 Bulgaria 7 7 6 20 West Germany 7^ 6 5 18 Rumania 5 9 6 20 Italy 4 3 3 10
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    • 81 39 TWO PAIRS of twins in the US wrestling team face a quandary which of them should binge while the other goes on diet. Bill and Jim Scherr and Dennis and Duane Koslowski must decide this because the rules allow each country only one entry per category.
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    • 63 39 MORE TROUBLE is in store for Troy Dalbey and Doug Gjertsen, the two American swimmers accused of theft from a Seoul nightclub. Police want to question both men and their coach, Ernest Grynde, today. US Olympic officials had earlier said that South Korean officials had agreed
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    • 62 39 FORMER Olympic champion Dawn Fraser had a role in Australia's surprise 60-48 victory over the Soviet Union in the women's basketball competition. Coach Robert Cadee had invited Dawn, who won three successive gold medals in the 100 metres freestyle starting at Melbourne in 1956, to give
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    • 71 39 ANATOLI KOLESOV, head of the Soviet Olympic sports programme, fell and cut his head as he was entering the Olympic Stadium yesterday. Kolesov, who won a wrestling gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was treated by a Soviet doctor before being taken to the Athletes
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    • 61 39 THE LONGEST journey for athletes competing in the Olympic Stadium is the one from the dressing room to the starting line. And they are fed-up. The long wait is due to the stringent security measures adopted by the hosts which include multiple identity checks, examination
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  • 84 39 KENYA'S Paul Ereng (left), upset the form book yesterday when the won the 800 metres title beating both the reigning Olympic champion Joaquim Cruz of Brazil and the Moroccan marvel and odds-on favourite Said Aouita. Ereng came from behind to snatch victory from Cruz in the
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  • 459 39 i 9r^?y I A SUDANESE boxer lost his bout even before the first punch was thrown in the ring. His coach, Abdel Atis Abbas, threw in the towel three seconds after the bell sounded as a sign of protest against "ridiculous" decisions in favour
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  • 267 39  -  JAVELIN throwers Petra Felke and Fatima Whitbread did their bit for glasnost when, just before the gold medal was presented to the East German, they hid in the ladies' 100 and smoked a cigarette like giggling schoolgirls. Britain's Fatima explained: "Petra and
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  • 86 39 Oops and ouch! fl THAT extra kilo proved too much for Czech weightlifter Juraj Dudas who escaped serious injury when a bar carrying 172.5kg fell on him after he failed to lift the weight in the 100kg category yesterday. The 24 year-old sports instructor from Trencin lay prone on the
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  • 605 39 ALAN HUBBARD a DATELINE :SECUL ®J ■THE emergence of the Dark Continent as an ominously-significant force during the World Athletics Championships in Rome a year ago is being repeated with a vengeance in the Olympic Games. Amid such contrasts in climate that both the Summer
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  • 387 40 COLOMBO At least three unidentified gunmen assassinated a Sri Lankan Cabinet minister, Mr Lionel Jayatilake, yesterday while he was on his way to attend a Buddhist ceremony, police said. Mr Jayatilake, 64, was shot in the face and died instantly, a
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  • 378 40  -  RAV DHALIWAL By TENDERS for the muchneeded pedestrian underpass across Orchard Road from Tangs have been called off but the project will go ahead, with some changes. A gazette notice on Friday simply said tenders called on July 22 for building the underpass
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  • 109 40 subject of dispute between the PWD and Tang Choon Keng Realty, the developer of Tangs complex. Then in July, the PWD called for tenders. Under the PWD's revised plan, the underpass will still link the MRT station to the Tangs complex before connecting
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  • 268 40  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By A NOODLE seller and his wife were scalded by boiling soup following a quarrel with another hawker. Boiling "won ton" soup was reportedly thrown at them after the noodle seller quarrelled with a woman hawker over the
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  • 24 40 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 1.07 points to 2,091.75 in the first houi"of trading yesterday. I AP
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  • 137 40 BEIJING Companies in Guangzhou and Hongkong have formed a joint-ven-ture to market graves for overseas Chinese who wish to be buried in China. The official Xinhua news agency said yesterday the joint-venture is offering 2,000 "tombs" on a hillside 20 km from Guangzhou,
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  • 388 40 Opposition decides to take part in elections RANGOON The Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) which ruled Burma for 26 years of increasing poverty and political repression changed its name yesterday in preparation for general elections promised by the junta that
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  • 294 40  -  Peter Hazelhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Hundreds of thousands of Japanese thronged the environs of the Imperial Palace yesterday as doctors, fighting for the life of the world's longest-reigning monarch, pumped more blood into the frail form of Emperor Hirohito. Japan's
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  • 449 40 Reagan's farewell address to the UN UNITED NATIONS President Ronald Reagan, in a farewell address to the United Nations, said yesterday it is "more than a possibility" that a treaty curbing intercontinental ballistic missiles can be signed with the Soviet Union within the
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    • 234 40 Weather Showers over in many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 min SUNSET today: 6.58 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.52 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 827 C Fine Los Angeles 17 23 C Cloudy Amsterdam 10 17 C Goudy Madrid
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      • 563 1 White blousons and wispy ties and scarves mark the pick of ideal schoolgirls' uniforms designed by Teens readers. GIRLS IN GEAR FOR SCHOOL K An ''i%&3fti »T-"^*f?l--Bl mk \W functional black xX\N\\rT|MrAQOx^^ white, powder ll l\i \m Al J f^*m\mm\\ Z^ 4 H^Sv^H^^^H m\W f 1 /A fl I W^»
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      • 184 2 I AM a boy, yet I shed tears. I am afraid this openness of emotion is inexplicable. I admire another boy who is, way beyond explanation, better than me. His name is Christian Bales the little boy who played Jim in Empire Of The
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      • 452 2 AN ADULT comedy which features failed relationships, materialistic people and sexual fantasies can't really be enjoyed by teenagers, you think? Well, you're not far wrong. Three teenagers, ages ranging from 13 to 18, pronounced the movie, Surrender, "barely watchable". So what went wrong?
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      • 309 2 I LIKE good English shows that are meaningful, though interesting Chinese shows, like Shao Lin Xiao Zi (Shaolin Kids) shown last vear, are welcome. I also have a taste for adventure shows such as^^ 007, Crocodile Dundee, The Temple Of Doom and the long-ago Clash Of The Titans. Some
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      • 158 2  -  ARE yon a latchkey child (or did you grow ap one)? If so, how do did you cope? Where do you keep the house key? Who do you call if you need help? Can you phone your parents at work, or consult
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      • 612 2 By JANE COUSIN MILLS MY FRIENDS laughed when I said I'd been invited to be a radio station agony aunt, especially the ones to whom I've poured out my own problems for years. But it wasn't funny. It was sad. Few of the callers
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      • 920 3 MeiLJLo lode DID you know that one pencil can be used to write about 45,000 words? I read that in a magazine. Flipping through magazines when you browse in bookstores can be fun. You discover interesting bits of information that you may not get in
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      • 1074 4 TAN BAN HUAT reports on a Chinese radio programme which uses oral history records to illustrate interesting facets of Singapore's past. w FRAGMENTS of Singapore's past come alive every Monday when People And Places goes on the air. You get to know something about how rubber
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      • 504 4  -  LEE SAN CHOUY DRAMA Victoria Theatre, last Friday YOU may have read that Wang Zhaojun, 78-year-old playwright Cao Yu's latest work to date, is unworthy of the grand old master who helped shape the modern Chinese stage with classics such as Thunderstorm,
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      • 606 4 HONGKONG television and film stars are planning to boost solidarity in the industry with the creation of an association to help actors find work, maintain standards, and encourage interest in the acting profession. Initial recruits to the Artiste Training Alumni Association will be from
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      • 831 5 JEBAN SULAIMAN pays tribute to Malay songwriters and lyricists. VERY often when a song becomes a hit, it is the singer who lives in the memory of the listener. Yet just as music, rhythm and lyrics are closely linked, so are the composer,
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      • 545 5 MUZIK, irama dan senikata saling bersandaran. Senikata perlu indah dan menarik, sementara irama muziknya harus segar dan dapat menghambat hati pendengar. Begitulah juga halnya dengan penyanyi, penggubah dan penulis senikata. Mereka sentiasa saling memerlukan demi kejayaan sesebuah lagu, khususnya lagu-lagu pop Melayu. Selama
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      • 120 5 Bahagian 3 Word Quiz BU Part 3 INSTRUCTIONS: In the space below there are groups of letters arranged horizontally and vertically. Write down eight words only on the lines provided by using the letters given. The words you give must have the meaning of: SEJENIS DULANG
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      • 5243 9 98 ESSSLZTSSLi M E° ,m n y, a nt M -lokifona Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant. 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant i9B Positions Vacant 98 P0..t.0n. v«^nt Sacratanal/ Clar.cal Sacratar.al/ Clancal Sacrstarial/ Clerical S>cratarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clarical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical SeJre?a
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      • 1165 25 Some have described TheatreWorks, the three-year-old professional drama company, as decaying. JUDITH HOLMBERG finds out how the group's new artistic director intends to breathe new life into it. ON STAGE, there were chachas and chi ehi cabaret girls to dazzle. But the glitz
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      • 80 25 THREE television stars, Betty White (The Golden Girls), Phyiicla Rashad (The Cosby Show) and Harry Anderson (Night Court) will be the principal stars of The Magical World Of Disney TV special on Oct 9. The NBC programme will also feature Richard Mulligan, Kate Jackson, Judd Hirsch and
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      • 278 25 POPULAR South Indian film star, Revathy, will deliver a different sort of performance at the World Trade Centre Auditorium on Thursday at 8 pm. Revathy, 24, whose real name is Asha Menon, will be displaying her skill in the highly expressive and exacting barathanatyam dance
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      • 205 25 CATS are the pet subjects of two young women who have overcome severe muscular disability to find achievement and self-expression in Chinese brush painting. Both have cerebral palsy. Chang Yee Chiew, 22, who is deaf and spastic, likes cats "because they are cleaner than dogs
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      • 332 26  -  CAROL LEONG Tuesday Premiere Johnnie Mae Gibson (Ch 5, 11.35 pm): This 1986 movie is based on the true life story of the first black woman (played by Lynn Whitfield) selected to go undercover for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She tries to excel
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