The Straits Times, 14 December 1988

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 44/12/88
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    PM: Govt must remain secular
    970 1 Ministers and MPs must serve all Singaporeans regardless of their religious beliefs MR LEE Kuan Yew yesterday reaffirmed the secular outlook of the Government and said ministers and MPs were there to represent and serve all Singaporeans regardless of their religious beliefs. The Prime Minister
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    Lock icon Arafat launches 3-point M-E peace plan
    599 1 Arafat launches 3-point M-E peace plan Come for talks m Geneva, he tells Israel GENEVA The chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mr Yasser Arafat, yesterday launched a three-point plan for peace m the Middle East and invited Israeli leaders to come to Geneva for a United Nations peace conference.
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    562 take part in Buddhist ritual
    330 1 THE mood was solemn as 562 adults from all walks of life took part m a short and simple Buddhist ritual at Manjusri Secondary School m Sims Drive yesterday. Clad m black robes, the group assembled m the hall of the school, which is
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    Mahathir to deliver S'pore Lecture tonight
    249 1 Mahathir to deliver S'pore Lecture tonight MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will deliver the Ninth Singapore Lecture this evening at the Singapore Conference Hall. He will speak on "Regionalism, Globalism and Spheres of Influence: Asean and the Challenge of Change into the 21st Century". Mr S. Rajaratnam,
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    Singapore donates $39,000 to Armenia
    118 1 THE Singapore Government has donated US$2O,OOO (5139.0 M) to help virtims of the Anne- nian earthquake disaster. Foreign Affairs Ministei Wong Kan Seng ienl a message of condolem >■ to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnad terday, over the n which has left M.OOQ to 60,000
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    Lock icon Tokyo adopts plan to open markets and cut trade surplus
    317 1 j TOKYO Japan yesterI day adopted a wide-rang-ing programme to ease government control of the economy and open up its markets to imports m a new drive to reduce a huge trade surplus. "This deregulation is in- dispensable for improving
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      Lock icon REBELS FREE PRISONERS
      46 1 COLOMBO Suspects leftuing rebels lobbed grenades into Colombo's main jail yesterday and freed up to 32 political prisoners, police said. First reports said two prisoners had been killed as they tried to escape from the maximum security Welikade prison. Reuter SEE IVUJK .1
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      25 1 Inside Summary Z World News 3-5,7,8 For us 9,11 Asean 12,13 Causeway 15,16 Comment Perspective 28,28 letters 31 Times Dollar 31-34 Raring 35 Sports 3«-3S
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      316 2 On core values MAJLIS Pusat, the umbrella organisation of 45 Malay Muslim bodies, said it might be better to use the English language to teach Singapore's core values to pupils m schools. While it is desirable to teach the proposed core values m the mother tongue, using a common
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      Comment
      232 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE US and South Korea are discussing changes to their military relationship. Get* ting the South Koreans to bear a greater share of the burden of defending their own country is as important as solving the perceived problem of infringement of South Korean sovereignty by
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      88 2 DRIVING CENTRE BOOKED SOLID A READER who enrolled with the Singapore Safety Driving Centre m September is irked by the way the school allows potential students to enrol unchecked without expanding its fleet of cars and number of instructors proportionately. The reader now does not have a single suitable
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      Around the world
      270 2 'Unnecessary' deaths SOVIET Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov has said that many people died unnecessarily m the Armenian earthquake and promised to rebuild those cities within two years. "We believe gross violations were permitted" m planning and building the apartment buildings that collapsed on their occupants last Wednesday, he
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      191 2 FOREIGN CONSULTANCY JOBS FALL FROM LAST YEAR'S PEAK AFTER setting a record last year with a hand m overseas projects worth a total of $1.4 billion, Singapore's consultancy companies m the construction industry have failed to keep up the impressive pace this year. Figures released yesterday by the Construction
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      Around Asean...and Across the Causeway
      153 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Call for more ties INDONESIA and Australia need more institutional ties to ensure that their relations can overcome any recurring problems, outgoing Australian ambassador Bill Morrison said m Jakarta yesterday. "Both sides now really believe that we have to set up more institutional arrangements, more
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      Timesport
      218 2 China's shuttle reign THREE Indonesians have the best chance of preventing a clean Chinese sweep of the five titles at stake m the US$l5O,OOO (S$288,000) Marlboro Malaysian Open badminton championships starting at the Stadium Negara today. If Alan Budi Kusuma, Ardy Wiranata and Lius Pongoh can take advantage of
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      Section Two
      485 2 Prize-winning play GREEN SOCKS recently won the first prize m the Shell Short Play Competition. Written by law graduate Wilson Wong, it is a comedy which mixes up fantasy and reality. A lonely widow bemoans the loss of her TV set. Suddenly, a stranger appears on the scene
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      Lock icon Poor marks for Viet economy this year
      465 3 But reform policies will go ahead, Vice-Premier tells assembly HANOI Vice-Premier Vo Van Kiet painted a bleak picture of Vietnam's economy yesterday, but confirmed reform policies would go ahead and called for further expansion of the private sector. "The country's social, economic and
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      Lock icon Rebels declare 'curfew' ahead of Lankan polls
      413 3 COLOMBO Anti-government militants have announced a "curfew" ahead of the Dec 19 Sri Lankan presidential poll and warned newspapers not to publish details of the election campaign. The Sinhalese extremist group, Janatha Vimukti Peramuna (JVP, or People's Liberation Front), said m posters pasted
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      Lock icon Tourist shot in Lhasa riot cannot leave
      184 3 BEIJING Chinese police have confiscated the passport of a Dutch woman they shot during a riot m Lhasa on Saturday and m effect prevented her from leaving Tibet for medical treatment, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Ms Christina Meindersma, 26, recovering m a Lhasa
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      Lock icon A tweak from a tiny tot
      50 3 picture. Reuter WHEN four-year-old Kelly Sherwood decided to reach out and touch, he did it by the nose. Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke got this "nose job" while playing with the children at the opening of a multi-cultural child-minding centre In Melbourne on Monday.
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      Lock icon South Korea to hold referendum next year
      218 3 SEOUL The government party's new chairman said yesterday that a national referendum will be held next year to seek endorsement for President Roh Tae Woo's administration. He predicted easy victory. Mr Park Jun Kyu, named chairman of the Democratic Justice Party m a
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      Lock icon The women who would trade sex for a boutique
      121 3 BONN One m seven married women said m a West German survey they would jump into bed with a man if he offered to buy her a boutique or a house m return for sex. The Hamburg Institute for Marriage and
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      Lock icon S.Africa to loosen control of Namibia on April 1
      295 3 BRAZZAVILLE (Congo) South Africa has agreed to start dismantling its 74--year-old administration of Namibia on April 1 next year m return for a Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola by the middle of 1991, South Africa Foreign Minister Pik Botha said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Pledge to rebuild cities in two years
      515 4 YEREVAN Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov has said that many people died unnecessarily m the Armenian earthquake and promised to rebuild those cities within two years. "We believe gross violations were permitted" m planning and building the apartment buildings that collapsed on their occupants
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      Lock icon Turkmenia quake 40 years ago kept secret by Stalin
      155 4 Turkmenia quake 40 years ago kept secret by Stalin MOSCOW A massive earthquake 40 years ago m Turkmenia killed 100,000 people, a death toll that was covered up by dictator Josef Stalin and kept secret m the Soviet Union until details were released at a news conference on Monday. Foreign
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      Lock icon Wave of political killings in Iran, says Amnesty
      248 4 LONDON Iranian authorities have carried out the biggest wave of secret political executions since the early 1980s. Amnesty International said yesterday. The London-based international human-rights organisation said it had indisputable evidence of mass killings from relatives of executed prisoners and statements by
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      Lock icon 'Silk letters' on relics could be China's ancient alphabet
      266 4 BEIJING Mysterious signs on wine jugs and other ancient objects have led archaeologists to hypothesise that China, famed for its complicated writing system, once had an alphabet, according to the Xinhua news agency A researcher m Sichuan province found a 2.400--year-old
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      Lock icon Woman's tragic loss
      42 4 Reuter picture. A WOMAN weeping m front of her husband's coffin, one of the thousands killed m the Armenian earthquake, m Spitak on Saturday. Soviet Health Minister Yevgeny Chazov has likened the calamity to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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      Soviets talking of waging defensive war: US expert
      471 5 LONDON Soviet officials are now talking about fighting a defensive war for up to a month if attacked by Nato, instead of rapidly counter-attack-ing across Western Europe, US arms-control expert Paul Nitze said on Monday. If so, this could justify Soviet frontline
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      Lock icon Latin American countries to study joint debt plan
      340 5 Latin American countries to study joint debt plan RIO DE JANEIRO Finance officials from seven Latin American countries agreed on Monday to consider a concerted strategy to reduce the region's US$42O billion (*****.8 billion) foreign debt and revive their stagnant economies. "It is a threat to the stability of the
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      Lock icon Swedes claim new Aids drug is even more effective
      195 5 Swedes claim new Aids drug is even more effective STOCKHOLM Swedish researchers have presented a drug they claim is up to five times more effective against the HW- virus than AZT, the only previously registered medication to slow Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Professor Bo Oberg of the Medivir Research Company
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      Lock icon New 'bipolar transistor' works 12 times faster
      161 5 WASHINGTON Scion lists have invented I new transistor that can switch on and off 140 billion timfs a second, 12 times faster than transistors BMd m su percomputen, it was an nounced on Monday. The "bipolar transistor" was created at the AT&T Bell
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      Lock icon Slot machines in hospitals to treat gamblers
      84 5 SYDNEY Slot machines will be installed m some New South Wales hospitals as part of a campaign to treat gambling addicts. Officials are alarmed at studies which indicate that up to 1 per cent of Australians are pathological gamblers, Chief Secretary Garry West
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      Nato allies suspend low-level jet training in W. Germany
      306 5  -  ONG MING SEING By Washmgton Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States, Britain and Canada have agreed to join the Bonn government m suspending all low-level military jet training over West Germany until Jan 2, according to the Pentagon. The agreement came on
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      Lock icon 'Organs of convicts used in transplants'
      304 7 Guangzhou hospitals did not get permission: Paper HONGKONG The kidneys of executed criminals are being used by two Chinese hospitals for organ transplants without consulting the donor or relatives, according to a Hongkong newspaper. The South China Morning Post said on Monday that two
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      Lock icon Shanghai schoolgirls hire bodyguards
      102 7 BEIJING Many schoolgirls m Shanghai, weary of crude advances and even attacks from street urchins, have enlisted the aid of bodyguards to escort them to school, a newspaper reported. The girls go for the strongest lads they can find and pay them a fee of between
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      Lock icon Three van Gogh paintings stolen
      409 7 OTTERLO (Netherlands) Three paintings by Vincent van Gogh, including his renowned early work The Potato Eaters, were stolen from a national museum on Monday night, authorities said. The paintings were taken from the KroellerMueller National Museum m Otterlo, near the West German border, by thieves
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      Lock icon Kellogg to stop using tropical oils in oat bran cereal
      450 8 BATTLE CREEK (Michigan) Kellogg Co has told a consumer group it will stop using tropical oils m its Cracklin' Oat Bran cereal, keeping consumers who buy the cereal for its bran from getting saturated fat as well. "I'm elated," said
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      Lock icon Bush's may be costliest swearing-in
      578 8 Bush's may be costliest swearing-in Big plans for inauguration bicentennial WASHINGTON Mr George Bush will be ushered m as the 41st President of the United States next month m an extravaganza promising to be the costliest and most dazzling inauguration m the country's history. The events will also mane the
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      Lock icon Scientists stumble on hormone that cuts cholesterol
      281 8 NEW YORK Scientists m California have made the surprising discovery that a hormone produced by blood cells dramatically lowers the level of cholesterol m the human body. The effect is as great or greater than that achieved with the most powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs,
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      Lock icon Starving boa devours companion in Iran zoo
      159 8 NICOSIA A starving boa constrictor has devoured its smaller companion at Teheran Zoo. where animals are dying daily for lack of food, the Iranian news agency, Irna. said on Monday. The snake, which weighs i 70 kg and is 4 m long. 1
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      Lock icon President Ishaq Khan a great political survivor
      589 9 picture. ISLAMABAD Mr Ghulam Ishaq Khan, elected President of Pakistan on Monday, has been the country's most successful bureaucrat and a great survivor, never out of a government job m nearly 50 years. Last month he achieved his ambition of a peaceful, democratic
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      Lock icon Benazir's rise a boost for India ties
      539 9  -  Malcolm Davidson By NEW DELHI Ms Benazir Bhutto's rise to power is being hailed as the chance for a new beginning m the often bitter relations between India and Pakistan. "I have not seen m the entire 40 years of Indo-Pa-kistan relations such
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      Lock icon China mends other fences after forging US link
      794 11  -  WILLIAM KAZER By Ties with Moscow unlikely to be at Washington's expense BEIJING Ten years after forging links with the United States once denounced by Mao Zedong as a "paper tiger" China is cementing those ties and even mending fences with the
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      Lock icon Legalisation of satellite dishes forces Taiwan TV to fight back
      503 11  -  HELEN BERG By TAIPEI Legalisation of satellite dishes m Taiwan is forcing domestic television stations to offer better news and entertainment programmes or face losing their audiences. Last year, Taiwan ended nearly four decades of martial law, and political liberalisation
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      Airline booking plan blocked by Thai Govt
      314 12  -  TAN U AN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent It wants Hq of regional project moved to Bangkok BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet has ordered Thai Airways International to suspend its plans to join a regional com-puter-reservations system unless the headquarters of the system is re-located
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      Lock icon Philippines suffers from nurse shortage
      124 12 MANILA About 60 per cent of the Philippines' 160,000 nurses have left for jobs abroad, causing a domestic shortage, a professional association said yesterday. Many nurses have found more lucrative posts m countries such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada and Europe since the
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      Lock icon Ex-Manila security chief cleared of coup charges
      256 12 MANILA A court martial yesterday acquitted sacked Manila security chief Rolando Abadilla of charges that he took part m a 1987 coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino. The verdict paves the way for the former colonel to assume duties as a provincial vice-governor.
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      Lock icon Chavalit to visit Burma today
      281 12 Chavalit to visit Burma today BANGKOK Thai army chief General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is expected to travel to Burma today. He is the high-est-ranking foreign official to visit that country since military officers crushed a country-wide movement for democracy last September. Thai Supreme Command spokesman Lieutenant-General Naruedol Dejpradiyuth said Gen Chavalit
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      Antique Thai statue missing
      145 13  - Antique Thai statue missing TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK A priceless j antique statue has disap- j peared from the site of a Khmer temple m Phanom Rung. According to news reports here, Thai police re- i ported that the 13.5-cm stone statue of the god Siva, a
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      Lock icon Police officer and his son gunned down
      99 13 Police officer and his son gunned down MANILA Gunmen shot and killed a police officer and his son as they walked to work yesterday m the central city of Cebu, police said. Police said three unidentified men and a woman gunned down Major Jesus Megapaton and his namesake son. who
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      Lock icon Jakarta, Canberra 'need more institutional ties'
      386 13 JAKARTA Indonesia and Australia need more institutional ties to ensure that their relations can overcome any recurring problems, outgoing Australian ambassador Bill Morrison said here yesterday. "Both sides now really believe that we have to set up more institutional arrangements, more institutional bonds, so
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      Lock icon Aquino distributes 25,000 ha of land
      295 13 CAGAYAN DE ORO (Philippines) President Corazon Aquino has distributed 25,000 ha of land to farmers m the southern Philippines m what she called the "biggest land transfer" since she launched an agrarian reform programme last year. Mrs Aquino flew to the southern island of
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      Lock icon 1,000 border Reds expected to lay down their arms
      254 13 1,000 border Reds expected to lay down their arms BANGKOK About 1,000 Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) guerillas and their families will leave their jungle sanctuaries m southern Thailand and surrender to the Thai army, a senior Thai army officer said yesterday. The deputy commander of Thailand's Fourth Army Southern
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      194 14 At only $10 per roll, this simply isn't enough! ALE At Europa Wallcoverings' 10th Anniversary Sale. I IXV current stocks are making way for new ones l l^ Wall paper and ceiling coverings m all kinds of prints, designs, textures, colours at an unbeliev- _rV V^^^i able $10 per roll
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      Lock icon Kelantan PSC cancels Exco's posting orders
      606 15 KOTA BARU The K»> lantan Public Service* Commission at an emergency sining ht".f yesterday revoked the posting oraen for senior slate offiCCTI decided upon by the Executive Council. It also withdrew the con stitutional power of transfer which it had delegated to the stale
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      Lock icon Gailan dealer likely to be charged soon
      181 15 JOHOR BARU A vegetable wholesaler suspected of selling gailan with high pesticide residue is expected to be charged m court soon under the Food Regulations, 1985. The chairman of the state tourism and social development committee, Mi Jimmy Low, said on Monday the
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      Lock icon 'Number of jobless in Johor may go up'
      173 15 JOHOR BARU Singapore's decision to check the growth of its foreign work force is expected to further worsen the unemployment problem m Johor, the State Legislative Assembly was told yesterday. National Front assemblyman Khoo Che Wat said that with the return of
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      Lock icon New identity cards from January 1990
      140 15 PETALING JAVA A new identity card for Malaysians will be introduced from January 1990, National Registration Department director-general Datuk Syed Rosley Syed Abu Bakar said yesterday. He said the cards, the size of credit cards, would have high-quality security features and be more lasting
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      Lock icon Hygiene in 1 in 3 food outlets unsatisfactory
      163 15 KUALA LUMPUR More than 36 per cent of food outlets inspected m the country were still unsatisfactory m terms of hy giene. Minister of Health Datuk Chan Siang Sun said yesterday. He said they were found lacking m several areas including hygienic
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      Lock icon Hornets kill two boys
      146 15 KIAI.A LANGAT (Selangor) Two brothers died aftei they were stunt,' by bornets Bi Kampunj,' KanchonK Darat Hafi/ Mohamad Sidek, 11, died shortly after admission to the lianting District Hospital on Sunday evening while Hazli, fi^ht, <li«'d m the Tfntfku Ampuan Rahimah Gen era! Hospital, Kiant,'. at
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      Lock icon Mahathir 'to consider backdating pay rise'
      247 15 KUALA LUMPUR The president of the Council of Unions of Employees m the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs), Mr A. Ragunathan, said yesterday that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had agreed to consider backdating the salary adjustment for civil servants. He told
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      Lock icon New Umno branch backs MCA's bid to retain seat
      363 16 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association has the full backing of Selangor New Umno m its bid to retain the seat m the Ampang lava parliamentary by-clcc tion scheduled for Jan 28. Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Muhammad Taib said the decision
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      Lock icon Jan 14 is nomination day for by-election
      93 16 Jan 14 is nomination day for by-election KUALA LUMPUR The election commission has fixed Jan 14 as the nomination day for the Ampang Jaya parliamentary by-election. Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Talib said yesterday that m the event of a contest, polling would be held on Jan 28. The
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      Lock icon Ex-MP suspended for breach of discipline
      300 16 KUALA LUMPUR Selangor MCA secretary Dr Lim Ann Koon. who resigned as the MP for Ampang Jaya last week, was suspended yesterday by the party for breach of discipline. This was decided at a meeting of the party's disciplinary board presided by its chairman
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      Lock icon Utusan Melayu, chief editor win appeal
      237 16 KUALA LUMPUR Utusan Melayu and its editor-in-chief Zainuddin Maidin won an appeal m the Supreme Court here yesterday against a High Court order stopping them from continuing an essay contest published m Utusan Malaysia on April 18 last year. The Supreme Court held that
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      Lock icon Gunman wounds MCA youth wing leader
      161 16 JOHOR BARU The head of the youth wing of the Malaysian Chinese Association's Ledang division, Mr Goh Cheng Poh, was shot by a gunman who had trailed his car m Jalan Sialang-Tangkak near Muar on Monday night. ASP Ramli Arsahd said yesterday that Mr
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      Lock icon Fish sperm extract 'can preserve noodles'
      220 16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians may soon be eating noodles preserved m fish sperm. Food technologist Abdullah Abu Bakar said an extract of fish sperm called protamine. pulverised and mixed with noodles, was effective m controlling bacteria growth, making chemical preservatives unnecessary. "The noodles can be
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      Lock icon Govt will guard against spying in eye hospital
      258 16 LANGKAWI The Malaysian government would take the necessary security precautions for the proposed Soviet-Malaysian eye hospital m I^angkawi and close it down if rhe Soviets used it as a spy centre. Deputy Prime Mm ister Ghafar Raba said yesterday. However. Mr Ghafar
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      Use English to teach core values to pupils'
      398 18 Majlis Pusat says common language can act as catalyst m nation-building IT MIGHT be better to use the English language to teach Singapore's core values to pupils m schools, says Majlis Pusat, the umbrella organisation of 45 Ma-lay-Muslim bodies. While it is
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      Warder accused of hurting man
      81 18 Warder accused of hurting man A PRISON warder at Selarang Park Drug Centre was charged yesterday with fracturing the nose of a 34-year-old inmate. Eunos Shariff s o Anwar Shariff, 21, claimed trial to a charge of grievously hurting Mr Teng Beng Chong when they were m a block at
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      Folk dance
      31 18 TEN folk dances will be presented at a workshop at the People's Association auditorium at Kallang on Sunday. The workshop will be held from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm.
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      M-cycle gang beat up diners in coffeeshop
      278 18  - M- cycle gang beat up diners in coffeeshop STEVEN LIM By A MOTORCYCLE gang, armed with metal rods and broken bottles, beat up several diners at a Geylang coffeeshop on Monday, leaving one of them seriously injured. Mr George Baey, 38, was warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital after he
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      Hotel New World survivor expecting first baby
      284 18 Hotel New World survivor expecting first baby IT WAS only two years ago that her life hung on a slender thread m the Hotel New World horror. But today, Jerina Tan Oi Ling is ready to give life she is expecting her first child. 'My doctor said it's either after
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      Trade Board to hold exhibition, conference on export services
      166 18 Trade Board to hold exhibition, conference on export services SINGAPORE will be the venue of Asean 's first international exhibition and conference on the various services which exporters need from banking to communications. The Trade Development Board will organise Export Services International '89 from Oct 18-21. The event is aimed
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      Dr Tay:S'pore has room for third university
      529 18 Dr Tay: S'pore has room for third university Planners are aware of problems of duplication THERE is room for a third university m Singapore, but its planners are aware that it should not duplicate too many courses offered by the National University of Singapore. Senior Minister of State (Education) Tay
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      Student volunteers learn civil defence
      494 19  -  NG WEI JOO By Eight schools take part m pilot project SHOULD there be an emergency or disaster m Tanah Merah constituency, do not be surprised if you see a schoolgirl fighting a fire or evacuating a casualty That girl may well turn out to
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      Windsurfer swept out to sea by strong winds
      344 19  -  SHARON LIM By A SINGAPOREAN windsurfer found himself m dire straits when strong winds swept his surfboard completely off course and into international waters, off the eastern sector of the island. Mr Choo Seng Choon, 21, was about 8 km offshore on
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      Spurned man wrote abusive words near ex-lover's flat
      194 19 A SPURNED lover scribbled abusive Malay words on the floor and walls near the flat of the woman he once lived with. Abdul Ghani bin Yacob, 33, an odd-job labourer, and Madam Barron binti Abu Hassan, 39, a divorcee, had cohabited for
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      Buses and MRT trains will extend hours for Xmas, New Year revellers
      228 20 TRAINS and buses will run till the wee hours of the morning for the convenience of Orchard Road revellers on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. The last trains, both the northbound and west-bound, will depart from the
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      BP and Esso raise price of diesel
      67 20 BP and Esso raise price of diesel OIL companies BP and EsI so have increased their diesel prices following Mobil's lead on Monday. All three have now moved up their diesel i pump price from 36.4 cents a litre to 38.2 cents a litre. Esso's change came into i effect
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      54 cadets on course
      37 20 54 cadets on course FIFTY-FOUR National Cadet Corps cadets are attending the 13th Modified Airborne Course at the School of Commando Training m Changi. The cadets' first jump will be on Dec 22 at Sembawang Air Base.
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      SBS to scrap one service, amend 9
      360 20 ONE bus service will be discontinued and nine others amended or merged from Sunday, following the extension of the Mass Rapid Transit to Jurong last month. Singapore Bus Service said m a statement yesterday that it has studied the full impact of the
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        No big spenders, so no takers for 'mega gifts'
        172 20  -  KOH BEE ANN HEY, big spender, where are you? Not m town, apparently There have been many enquiries but no takers yet for three "mega gifts", one a $3.4 million yacht, which department store Metro has on offer for those with
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        Cabby taken for a ride
        122 20 TRUSTING a stranger, who claimed he had no change for a $1,000 bill, proved to be the folly of taxi driver Salleh bin Abdul Majid. The passenger, who boarded his taxi along MacPherson Road on Saturday, told Mr Salleh he needed $280 to urgently settle
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        Boy Scout's good deed
        109 20 BOY SCOUT Leong Yee Keat, 15. did his good deed for the day distributing pamphlets on breast cancer. This is the No. 1 cancer among women m Singapore, and cancer was the No. 1 killer last year. Hence, the Singapore Cancer Society hit upon the idea
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        Check cab meters'advice
        94 20 Check cab meters' advice WHEN you board a taxi on Friday, check if there is a blue sticker on the left-hand side of the dashboard advising commuters to pay the extra 20 cents m flag-down fare. Taxis with meters that have not been adjusted yet to reflect the new increased
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        Impersonation charge
        104 20 TWO men were jointly charged on Monday with posing as narcotics officers at about midnight on Nov 13 at Marina Park. Wong Chee Keong. 21. a casual worker, and Ho Ah Seng. 19, allegedly made student Isman bin Smin believe they were such officers by flashing a card
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        Ex-teacher faces CBT rap
        79 20 A FORMKR teacher of Chao Yang Special School was charged yesterda) uith commiting criminal broach of trust of $90 which was entrusted to her between Feb 2\ and April I Either Ruth Nathan. 48, claimed trial to the charge which accuses her of misappropriating the school's
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      Lard-free carrot cake? Yes, claim many hawkers
      511 23  -  SERENE LIM National Heart Week By CAN Singaporeans have their luo bo gao (carrot cake) and eat it without suffering a fat increase m their cholesterol levels? Yes, claimed most hawkers, m response to a Straits Times check yesterday. This is because they
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      Pork not as 'cholesterol safe' as many think
      165 23 PORK, which is the best-selling meat m Singapore, is not as "safe" to eat as many may think. A number of housewives believe that it is not as high m cholesterol as beef and mutton, according to local dieticians and nutritionists. But
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      Man beat up MRT worker who made wife cry
      273 23 Man beat up MRT worker who made wife cry AN ANGRY contractor beat up an MRT railway assistant at the Bishan station for making his wife cry. A district court was told yesterday that Ho Say Ngiu, 36, forcefully pushed open the passenger gate with his hands and assaulted railway
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      Charged with murder
      60 23 A RESIDENT of the Woodlands Home for the Aged was charged yesterday with the murder of an 81-year-old man who also lived there. No plea was taken from Law Kirn Scan, 50, who is accused of having caused the death of Mr Kesavan Pillai on Saturday at
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      3 councils to place joint ad for estate agents
      391 23  - 3 councils to place joint ad for estate agents CEPHAH TAN By i THE three town councils m Ang Mo Kio new town will be jointly advertising m the newspapers for experienced management agents this Friday. They will select their agents independently but are sharing an advertisement on the prequalification
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      Runaway teenagers
      1403 24  -  SERENA TOH sdf By A teenager says: "I learnt to smoke and drink beer after I joined a gang at Ang Mo Kio. There were more than 10 of us m the gang. We would stick together for protection." Habitual runaway "Aminah", aged 13. A mother says: "For
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      Holiday job in a 'dirty salon' for Angie
      510 24 M ANGIE, a slightly plump girl with freckles, celebrated her 14th birthday at Toa Pay oh Girls' Home m October. It was her second stay at the home, but this time it was more serious. She was deemed to be "m moral
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      Running away is just a symptom: Ministry
      146 24 THE Ministry of Community Development says the problem of running away is just one "symptomatic behaviour" of errant youngsters. A spokesman said the problem teenagers go to the ministry not because of the problem of running away but because they are found to
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      Archaeology buffs get sneak preview of Fort Canning finds
      403 24  -  J ACQUEL INE WONG By A SNEAK preview of some 4,000 artifacts recovered during excavations at Fort Canning was given for the first time to archaeological enthusiasts yesterday. From blue-and-white Sung Celadons (porce-lain-based artifacts) and Chinese coins to chips of glass
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      Plastic surgery may help castrated man
      229 24 Plastic surgery may help castrated man THERE is still hope for Mr I>ee Chwee Lim, 37, who had his penis severed and thrown away on Monday by a woman who alleged he had molested her 21--year-old daughter. Plastic surgery can fully reconstruct a new one, said a surgeon who specialises
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      Robber gets 3 years, 12 strokes
      182 27 Robber gets 3 years, 12 strokes A GENERAL worker, Ton Beng San, 27, was sentenced to three years' jail plus 12 strokes of the cane by a district court yesterday after he admitted robbing a 48-year-old woman hawker. The court heard that Madam Siew May Lan was waiting for a
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      10 from Malaysia accused of rioting
      150 27 10 from Malaysia accused of rioting TEN workers from Malaysia were m the dock yesterday to face charges of rioting on Sunday at Stadium Walk. Nine of them, all oddjob labourers, are said to have been part of an unlawful assembly which wanted to injure a group of eight people.
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      Teenager to be tried for rape and robbery
      95 27 Teenager to be tried for rape and robbery A TEENAGER was yesterday ordered to be tried m the High Court for raping and robbing a 20-year-old factory worker. Rajendra Prasad s o N.N. Srinivasa Naidu, 17, represented by Mr M.G. Guru, reserved his defence. The statements of 21 witnesses were
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      Driver who made off with firm's money jailed for 20 months
      415 27 Driver who made off with firm's money jailed for 20 months A FORMER driver who vanished with $1.43 million m cash and gold bars belonging to his employer a year ago, gave away part of his ill-got-ten gains, a district court heard on Monday. Umar bin Kunji Mohamed, 31, donated
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      Ogler caught with his pants down
      140 27 A JOBLESS man did more than just ogle as he watched women swim m a public swimming pool on Saturday afternoon, a district court heard on Monday. Lifeguard Tan Kirn Thaw, 27, saw C'hon^ Han Seng, 33, peeping while he stood outside the Bukit
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      2 charged with having weapons
      112 27 TWO men were charged on Monday with having 35 offensive weapons m three different bags. They were m a carpark near Block 122, Kirn Tian Place, last Saturday afternoon. No pleas were taken from Goh Eng Koon, 25, a Malaysian, and Wong Wing Yew, 24,
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      S'pore 'needs own certification system'
      483 27 Second Information Technology Week '88 SINGAPORE'S computing profession must tackle the issue of setting up its own professional certification system if the Republic is to become an information technology (IT) centre. Making this call yesterday, Dr Angela Goh, Assistant Director at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic's
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      Fun and lessons at poly camp
      374 27  -  SERENE LIM By WHILE some 20 students were busy learning how to produce their own twopage bulletins m one classroom at the Singapore Polytechnic, another group tried to assemble their own digital clocks elsewhere m the building. And m yet another room, a "mouse"
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      Test not one's friend
      647 28 EVEN the best of friends can grow apart. Some would argue that this is already happening between the United States and South Korea. Trade problems between the two countries had on several occasions strained their relations to the point that there was fear that they would
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      PM: Need for religious groups to be tolerant
      1335 28 PM: Need for religious groups to be tolerant Speech by PM Lee Kuan Yew to the Singapore Buddhist Federation yesterday Religious orientation of Singaporeans 1980 1968 Buddhism 56% 41 .7% Christianity 10.3% 18.7% No religion 13.2% 17.6% Not*: Percentage of population who are Muslims and Hindus remained staWe from 1960-88
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      Lock icon Armenia in complex quake zone
      821 28  -  JOHN WHITTOW By Times of London IF THE unofficial figures for death and damage m last Wednesday's Armenian earthquake are verified, it could prove to be one of the worst disasters to affect the developed world this century. As with San Francisco (1906), Tokyo (1923)
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      Singapore moves up the GNP per capita ladder
      645 29  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL But Republic still trails the richest economies Table talk By SINGAPORE'S per capita gross national product has reached just under US$B,OOO (5515,360), according to recently-pub-lished World Bank estimates for 1987. The World Bank Atlas 1988, which has leading economic and
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      The world's richest economies*
      108 29 The world's richest economies* Countries and territories with less than 1 million people excluded Basic data: The World Bank Adas (1963 1988) Country or 1987 GNP Wealth ranking territory per capita 1987 1980 Switzerland U5521,250 1_ 3 Norway US$l7,llO 3 5_ Japan U5515,770 4 18 Sweden U5515,690 5 4 United
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      Lock icon HK liberals stage hunger strikes in push for referendum
      895 29  -  SUE DOWNIE By of the Foreign Desk HONGKONG In the three-and-a-half years since a group of "drafters" started drawing up a blueprint to guide Hongkong's future under Chinese rule, few events have raised as much public interest as the current protest
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      152 28 Computer Assisted Learning a tool worth exploring for your child. Studying with Computei Assisted Learning can put a whole new dimension foi your child m subjects "t ai t. music, science, maths and a host ofothei academic subjects. Computer Assisted Learning provides the opportunity tor your child to create, demonstrate
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      More child centres
      202 30 Replies I REFER to the letter "Employer earns barely enough for maid". (ST, Dec 9). Madam Adeline Ang may wish to know that the Ministry of Community Development has since 1985 taken steps to encourage organisations and private operators to set up child care centres. To-date there
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      Avoid this road
      171 30 WE refer to the letter "Road too narrow" by "Regular User". (ST, Dec 2). Due to the space constraint along Chin Swee Road, a section of the road affected by the construction of the Central Expressway has been narrowed to allow the construction to proceed. It is
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      Aquarium setting is best
      140 30 PLKASE refer to the letter "Visitors hardly get to admire the fish" by Mr T.L. Cheong. (ST, Dec 7). The lakes m the Botanic Gardens are water catchments for surface runoff and drainage channels m their vicinity. The waters m tropical ponds are typically nutrient rich
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      Medical benefits
      118 30 PLEASE refer to the letter "Help these retirees" by "Anak Singapura" (ST, Dec 9) calling for medical insurance premiums to be tax deductible, like life insurance premiums. As the Medisave Scheme was started only m April 1984, it would be true that there are retirees who have no
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      How were marks, grades given?
      158 30 MY granddaughter took the Primary Six examination held a few months back. She has been awarded A grade m three subjects and B grade m the fourth. She has secured 237 marks m all. When I went along with her to her school to collect
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      SBC should repeat 9 pm news telecast
      186 30 I AM among one of those who prefer to watch the English television news bulletin rather than listen to the radio bulletion. This is because of its visual impact. On rare occasions, I manage to catch the 9 pm news telecast but the
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      Dear Readers
      95 30 THE Strait* Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would prefer
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      Driving centre in low gear
      308 30 I ENROLLED at the Singapore Safety Driving Centre m September this year because my friends told me the instructors were good Th^y really are. However, what irks me is the v&y the school allows potential students to enrol unchecked without expanding its fleot of cars
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      Salary comparison should be fair
      206 30 I REFER to your report "Salaries lower than m developed nations" (ST, Nov 30), which is misleading and gives a distorted picture of the salary level of a Singapore financial accountant. For any fair comparison between the salaries or wages of the two categories of
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      Most have more than one credit card
      444 30 Most have more than one credit card I REFER to your report "MAS concerned over easy access to credit". (ST. Dec 1). It is erroneous to equate the number of cards m circulation with the number of cardholders. Most cardholders hold more than one card. In fact, single-card holders could
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      In the markets
      3 31
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      Hotels boost market
      72 31 STRONG interest m hotel stocks boosted Singapore's stock market yesterday. The general market did better, though the Straits Times Industrial Index managed only a small 1.11-point gain to 1,002.51. Turnover was sharply higher at 25.93 million units worth *37.86 million compared with Monday's 12.01 million valued at
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        Rises
        41 31 Iron* Mn*t 4)0 +20 Cwtboi Me SSO +IS libun Hvd 215 +15 HonfFok 113 +14 Uttom 244 +13 Kaip I<S +1? XNDHotfts 1?4 +1? ttod Hatch 64 10' i SID ?ofl 1730+10 bttMMc S» +10 OUf 4)2+10 Ad* ISO +10
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        Falls
        43 31 Metro rtop SCS 20 HamsoraM-M «tO It G Securities 120 7 Pirtway lean 90' i -(> i Sporelmd 760 4 Rottnum Miv 700 5 6«fthnfj i2O 4 Bwjwta 213 4 l» France SOc (S 4 MB«*nf 444 -4 Omnkti 2M 4 MUI 174-4
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        Most Active
        33 31 Hong Fok 3,768,000 Apollo 2,964,000 Boustead 50c 2,179,000 ANA Hotels 1,398,000 VonderHtWrts 1,173,000 Tuon Sing 25c 948,000 Lum Chong 50c 637,000 Hind Hotels 624,000 Sime Darby 50c 564,000 Fober Merlin 513,000
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        Indices
        107 31 Dec 12 Dec 13 Dec 1? Dec 13 Bl Composite 887 94 888 94 SI Plantations 2461 33 1459 7? BTOB 0S -18 +6 OBSCPHmJen 324 33 344 92 BTCAOI 7223 7233 OCBC 740 68 739 82 BUD day MA 7266 7265 OUB Composite 484 S/ 484 08 BTO6V
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        INDICES Highs & Lows
        36 31 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times industrial Composite 1987 High 1505 40(26/8/87) 1327.69(11/8/87) 1986 87 Low 563.34(28/4/86) 470.92(28/4/86) All time High 1505 40(26/8/87) 1327 69 (11/8/87) All time Low 74 75 (17/9/64) 470 92 (28/4/86)
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        Forex
        16 31 THE US dollar closed firmer against the Singapore unit at 3pm yesterday m volatile trading.
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        Spot rates
        58 31 In the Malaysian forex market, the US dollar ended at M 52.6885 95, sterling at M 54.9210 65 and the Singapore dollar at MJ1.3875 1.3885. Source Reuter Astley 4 Pearce DM V S$ HK$ A$ ISS US$ Open ***** 122 92 ***** unq 0 8537 ***** Close *****
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        Singapore gold market
        70 31 Physical (SJ) Mon Tues Kilobar 26.217-26.367 26.050-26.200 100 gm 2.635-2.660 2.619-2.644 50 gm 1,320-1.335 1,310—1.327 20 gm 527-539 522-534 sgm 132-141 131 140 1 gm 26—35 26—35 Bufcon coins (Si/oz) Spore bullion coin 821—837 *****0 Canadian maple leaf 844—850 837—843 Australian nugget 843—851 838-846 OUB joW options
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        Gold markets
        34 31 USS/oz M Mon New York 422 30- 423.00 4 1 9 90-420 40 Mon Tues Hongkong *****-***** 419 90-420 40 Mon Tues Singapore *****-***** 419 50-420 00 London morning fix 420 05
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      Foreign consultancy jobs fall from last year's peak
      598 31  -  DOREEN SlOW By Value of building projects drops to $373 m after hitting $1.4 b last year AFTER setting a record last year with a hand m overseas projects worth a total of $1.4 billion, Singapore's consultancy companies m the construction industry
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      MAS steps in after Sing $ hits record against US unit
      460 31  - MAS steps in after Sing hits record against US unit R. RAJENDRAN By THE Singapore dollar firmed at midday yesterday to a new record of 551.9315 against the US dollar but later eased to close at 551.9390 following intervention by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, dealers said. A senior dealer
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      Brothers secure $25m option on Lucky Plaza space
      473 31  -  LIM ENG HAI By A PARTNERSHIP of two brothers has been snapping up Orchard Road shops to cash m on the demand for space along the booming shopping belt. Garment traders Raj Kumar and Asok Kumar Naraindas last week got a $25-million
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        Lock icon Record quarterly profits
        94 31 WASHINGTON Banks m the US posted record profits of US$5.9 billion (5511.37 billion) m the third quarter of this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) reported on Monday. FDIC Chairman L.William Seidman said: "I think you can say without much question that this year will be
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        Lock icon Nestle buys out partner
        68 31 SYDNEY Confectionary giant Nestle SA is buying out tobacco firm Rothmans Holdings' half share m their joint venture Aliens Life Savers Ltd, Rothmans officials said on Monday The deal, which still needs the approval of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board, would cost Nestle U5563.92 million r*****.23
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      UK broking firm advises 'strong buy' for SIA
      515 31 SINGAPORE AIRLINES has been recommended as "a strong buy" for long-term capital gains by Savory Milln, a UK-based stockbroking company. Citing its excellent management and exceptional public image as the national carrier's major strengths. Savory Milln backed its recommendation with a forecast
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      FAI founder's death sparks $162 m drop in company's capitalisation
      313 31 YESTERDAY'S death of FAI Insurances Ltd founder and Chairman Larry Adler peeled 50 Australian cents off the value of FAI shares and ASIOO million (*****.83 million) off its market capitalisation. Mr Adler's son, FAI Executive Director Rodney Adler, said m
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      OCBC cuts some rates
      66 31 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation yesterday cut a quarter of a percentage point off interest rates on new loans for commercial properties. Rates are now the same as DBS Bank's 7 per cent for loans of up to five years, 7.25 per cent for six to 10 years,
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      Singapore office to be regional centre for Dutch bank
      260 31 Singapore office to be regional centre for Dutch bank PIERSON Asia is set to become the centre for South and South-east Asian activities of Dutch merchant bank Pierson, Heldring Pierson NY. Pierson Asia, which obtained a Singapore merchant banking licence three months ago and started business on Oct 1, was
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      Singland gets nod to build underpass linking Clifford Centre to MRT station
      271 31  - Singland gets nod to build underpass linking Clifford Centre to MRT station I.I M ENG HAI PROPERTY company Singapore Land has received the official nod to build an underground pedestrian link connecting Clifford Centre, one of its three office buildings, to the Raffles Place MRT station. This was disclosed m
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      138 31 TUDOR: BUILDING. Cut from a solid block of stainless steel each mm^ s iTudor Oyster case is then shaped, polished and L -■^^^weld,blot or screw, the case retains the toughness and strength of the block of steel from which it J The winding crown of the water-proof, selfwinding Tudor is
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      How Stocks performed In Singapore
      4546 32 AH shares quoted have a par value ot $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights N Ta« exempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results P/E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences Trustee stocks under CPF Approved
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        lively hotel sector lifts interest on otherwise dull day
        427 32 lively hotel sector lifts interest on otherwise dull day WIDESPREAD gains posted by hotel stocks yesterday saved the Singapore stork market from another dull and featureless day. Brokers attributed the increased activity m hotel stocks to news that King's Hotel was now a substantial shareholder m Apollo Enterprises, owner of
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        Kuala Lumpur
        147 32 PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock market closed mixed-to-easier yesterday, amid generally quiet trading conditions. If not for the 15 million-plus Sime Darby units crossed, the total business volume would have easily dipped below 10 million units. Overall, weak sentiment was noted from the opening bell and operators
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        Tokyo
        74 32 A DIRECTIONLESS session m Tokyo yesterday resulted m share prices finishing the day lower. According to brokers investors are waiting for the US trade data, due to be released today. At the same time there were also evident worries about Emperor Hirohito's health. "No one is sure where the
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        Honkong
        67 32 STOCKS drifted lower yesterday on the Hongkong stock exchange m thin featureless trade with an absence of fresh news or much activity from foreign fund managers. "It was another dull day but there was some scant support around 2,600," an analyst said. The Hang Seng Index dropped steadily throughout
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        New York
        75 32 A DECLINE, late m the session, saw Wall Street close lower on Monday despite significant earlier gains. The New York market had put on more than 14 points m the early afternoon, yet the the Dow Jones Index of 30 blue-chip stocks posted a 3.91-point loss to close
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        London
        58 32 A STRONG early trend m New York and the release of encouraging retail sales figures helped lift the London stock exchange off its Monday session lows. However, the market closed down on Friday. Trading volume was a moderate 460.7 million shares, against Friday's 637.1 million. Dealers say they suspect
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        Sydney
        441 32 A TUMBLE m the gold price and falls m overseas markets yesterday prolonged the slide on the Australian na tional market. Trading was dull, with prices falling across the board m a market worried that US and Australian trade statistics due out this week could force up interest rates,
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        INDICES
        46 32 NST Index Tuesday 1.761.41 (1.758.80) Hongkong Hang Seng Tuesday 2.651.92 (2.665.94) Australian All-Ordinaries Tuesday 1.457.40 1.469.40) Nikkei Stock Average Tuesday 29.597.81 (29.672.29) Financial Times Industrials Monday 1.422.40 (1.429.40) Dow Jones Average Monday 2.139.58 (2.143.49) (Figures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day)
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      How stocks performed in KL
      2236 33 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 13, 88 i9Ba Last Vol Day High Low Company Sal* or- ('000) High Low INDUSTRIALS 150 79 AISB 50* 126 1 43 126 125 56 26% API 31% 27 32 31% 278 IS3 ASM sOe 238 -1 44 239 237 146 146
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      Simex futures
      568 33 Adjutted tor new Issuer, Par value Msl unless otherwise specified: Eurodollar 3-month deposit Open High Lou Sett Kst Vol I>ec H8 90.61 90.61 90 .59 90 60 MarX9 N. 74 H. 19 90.73 90 75 2715 June 90.7J H. 74 M.71 <«.i7l h76 Sept 90 71 90.72 90.70
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      London
      468 33 Dec 12 Pence Chaise johmoc, M.h, 354 -5 Julknmm 69 I IMniI^TRIALS Lond Sees S4B -8 INUUbIMIALS L.ool*G.n 284 -1 Lloyd. Bonk 319 -5 AuJo-MN 136 2 Lomfco 340 -7 Allwd-Lrom 442 -II Ueoi 514 -3 Amtc 3» -4 MoAl 140 -2 BTR PIC 287 unch M«tol 80. 235
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      Sydney
      394 33 Dec 13 Cents Chanje mm Aberfoyle 500 +4 Amotil 870 unch Amatil b 800 unch Amcor 453 -3 Ampol Expl 170 -3 An. 41 Nts 400 -50 Am &6 Nts 300 unch An, 159 -3 Am 542 unch Anodne Aust 5 +1 Arnotts 580 +10 Ashton 1 1 5
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      Tokyo
      370 33 0«c 13 Yen Charge A|inomoto 2890 unch Akoi 656 -6 Amodo 1 220 1 0 Asohi Chem 1050 -20 Asohi Gloss 1920 -20 Bank O« Tokyo 16(0 -20 Bf.dg«fone 1350 10 Conon 1350 -30 Coiio Computer 1290 unch Citizen o; 3 +2 D N.p Pnnt 2600 -30 D Nippon
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        Bank rates
        397 33 OCBC OU6 UOB DBS TLB DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 2' 2U 2*4 3 Monthly 2u Autosave 3 Fued deposit 1 month 3 3 3 2*4(1) 3(6) 2 months 3 2MD 3(6) 3 months 3 3 3 2*4(1) 3 6 months 3 4 3' 4 3 1 3(1)
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        161 33 Counter rates Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Foreign Currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.9245 1.9430 Sterling pound 3 5332 3 5868 Australian dollar ***** ***** Canadian dollar 1 6000 1 6287 NZ dollar ***** ***** Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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      New York
      217 33 G»n Mofon 86^ unch Goodyear Tire 47 S unch Golf Re* 13 *-lt» Hewlett Pock 50 >» Intl Buy Mach 1 20W Itt Corp 5H* Jhtn Jhro 85S V, Kaur Akxn Cp L.tton kidu»t 70^ I Lockh««d Airc 40 H Mcdonold» 47 V. .v, Mobil Cp 46^ +Vi
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      Hongkong
      367 33 Dec 13 HK$ Chant* Jardme Stra Hldgs 945 +0 15 Ko Woh Bonk I 86N unch Assoc Intl HoteK 285 -0 025 oh S ones I°> °°> Bonk Of Eost Asia 18 80 0 1 r u h Capitol Corp 065 unch lone Cro-tord 14 60 0 2 Cothay
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      Unit trusts
      265 33 Managers' prices for December 14 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 095 101 The Savings Fund 081 087 S pore Prog Fund 036 040 Spore Sr fund 063 068 Spore Invest fund "65 070 Spore F.Quitv Fund 04b 0 49id Asia Unit Trust I Mai Invest Fund 141 1
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      Tin
      18 33 Tin Closing prices MS/kilo XL Tin 19 7] up seven cents Turnover 90 tonnes down 12 tonnes
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      Silver
      12 33 CloMif prices Silv«r USJ |,o, oi fuel Mon Men Fr, Span
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      INSURANCE FUND
      9 33 Income Bond Policy 173 179 i z
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      Palm oil
      66 33 Crude MS/tonne palm oil December 990 (south) 977 50 (central) 975 (north) Jan 995 (south) Refined palm oil USS tonnes RBD palm oil December 387 50 (sellers* lanuary 395 (sellers) February 397 50 (sellers) Mar 40C (sellers) 1 RBD Stearin Dec lan 372 50 (sellers) I RBD Olem
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      Rubber
      19 33 1 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore 210.00 January down lour cents Malaysia 296 50 January down 1.50 cents
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      Copper
      30 33 Closing orices Copper tonne Mon Spot 1935 00-1940 00 (1992 00 -1997 00) 3 months 1694 00 1695 00 (1736 00 1738 00) Market tone Steady Sales 8.600 tonnes
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      Aluminium
      6 33 Closing prices Aluminium tonne Spot
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      Lock icon Japanese corporate raider achieves historic takeover
      354 34 Japanese corporate raider achieves historic takeover TOKYO In the first hostile takeover of a Japanese company, corporate raiders have seized control of Kokusai Kogyo, an aerial survey group worth 200 billion yen (5J3. 17 billion). Koshin, a speculative investment group, won control at an extraordinary general meeting of Kokusai Kogyo
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      Lock icon KLSE seeks rule changes on trading
      635 34 It plans to start automated trading next year and will vote on transfer fee hike KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is seeking to amend its trading rules to facilitate the switch to automated trading. The exchange plans to move to automated
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      Lock icon No takers yet for places on junior board
      230 34 No takers yet for places on junior board KUALA LUMPUR There is no sign of early listings on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's second board. So far there have been no applications for listing on the junior market launched last month. However, the KLSE said yesterday that it was not
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        Thai Prime Fund
        20 34 THE net tangible asset value of the Thai Prime Fund Limited last Friday was US$9.4B a share.
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        ITF
        52 34 INTERNATIONAL Trust Finance Ltd has announced that m line with its proposed merger with Forward Oversea Credit Ltd, its board of directors has proposed a change m name to Focal Finance Ltd. An extraordinary general meeting will be held on Jan 4 to seek shareholders' approval on the change
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        Metro
        53 34 METRO Holdings has clarified that the operating profit and interest expense of the group for the half-year ended Sept 30 should be $2,906,000 and $1,460,000 respectively instead of $4,081,000 and $2,635,000 as announced earlier. The percentage increase m operating profit and interest expense should be 1.7 per cent and
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        OCBC
        46 34 UNITED Securities (Pte) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, has incorporated three whollyowned subsidiaries m Singapore. The three companies, which have an issued and paid-up capital of $2 each, are Cairnhill Properties Pte Ltd, Chancery Pte Ltd and Tanjong Pagar Pte Ltd.
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        Lock icon United Malacca Rubber
        100 34 KUALA LUMPUR The United Malacca Rubber Estates Bhd (UMREB) has recorded a 97-per cent jump m group pre-tax profit to MJ5.44 million (553.88 million) for th<? halfyear ended Oct 31. Group turnover was 54 per cent up at M 59.59 million. UMREB attributed its better performance to
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        Lock icon Tractors Malaysia
        97 34 KUALA LUMPUR Cash-rich Tractors Malaysia Holdings (TMH) has entered into an agreement with bumiputra-owned Bapema Corporation to sell 40 per cent of Land Rover (M) Sdn Bhd for Ms4.B million (555.57 million) cash. TMH Managing Director David Park said the proceeds from the sale would be added to
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        Lock icon C I Holdings
        80 34 KUALA LUMPUR C I Holdings Bhd has received firm commitments from several buyers for its land at Jinjang and Batu Caves and part of its property at Bukit Kamuning m Selangor. Chairman Vincent Tang Fook Lam said the proceeds of about Mslo million (557.15 million) from the
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        Lock icon Malaysian Airline
        63 34 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Airline System will buy three Boeing 747-400 from the Boeing Co, a company official said. "We are currently negotiating the purchase price and delivery dates. We hope to close the deal soon," MAS Public Relations Manager Siew Yong Ganalingam said. The purchase will bring the
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        Kinta Kelas Inv
        42 34 KINTA Kelas Investments Public Ltd has acquired 30 per cent of Park East Holdings Sdn Bhd of Malaysia. Park East owns and operates Kelab Damansara Westpoint, a sports and recreational club at Taman Tun Dr Ismail m Kuala Lumpur.
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      Group promotion for Classes 4 and 3 horses
      276 35 MRA order goes out to handicappers BECAUSE of the low number of horses m Classes 2 and 3, handicappen of the Malayan Racing Association have been told to group promote horses m the new season The MRA Committee decided on this at
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      Local-breds run into blind spot
      343 35  -  FREDERICK QUEK By THE Malaysian Totalisator Board will not be able to fulfil its aim of staging three "closed" raoes this year for local-breds sold at the National Stud Farm's 14th auction sale last July. At best, only one Malaysian Maiden Stakes will be run
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      No festive cheer for jockey who won Tunku Gold Cup
      167 35 No festive cheer for jockey who won Tunku Gold Cup IT will be a bleak Christmas and New Year for Peter Moran, who rode for four seasons m SingaporeMalaysia (1970-74). The Perth jockey, who won the 1974 Tunku Gold Cup on outsider Chaya Timor n, was found guilty on a
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      Crest Of Fame has made headway
      334 35 Crest Of Fame has made headway ON THE TRACK with DANNY KHOO FOUR- YEAR-OLD Crest Of Fame looked a picture when working out at Bukit Timah yesterday. With a riding boy astride, the New Zealand gelding by Crested Wave strode out faultlessly over 600 m m 43.6 sec. The going
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      Lock icon Cup winner goes berserk at airport
      177 35 Cup winner goes berserk at airport MELBOURNE Plans to bring Bendigo Cup winner Betoota to Western Australia for the A5300,000 (*****.000) Perth Cup were aborted when he went crazy at the airport here. "They had to off-load him because he went berserk m the pallet," said trainer Wally Mitchell, who
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      Lock icon High Brite is so bright
      44 35 NEW V<»HK High Brite with An«»>l Cordero utricfe won ihe I"SS.Th,(HK) iSSUHUKIOi Gravcaand Mandii a|> at Aquedud racccourw here. Hißh Brit* tv.it Rlag'i 9waa *n low lon^ths and clixkoil i lq.«mc toe 'h.' LJOOm Only i m\ ran IP
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      Horse hurt in crash with car improving
      162 35  - Horse hurt in crash with car improving LIONEL LEE By SI'S GARDEN, the horse involved m a freak accident with a car just before the start of Race 5 at Bukit Timah last Saturday, is making progress at the equine hospital near the racecourse. "He's coming on well." a relieved
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      434 35 How they ran at Bukit Timah on Sunday At the 400m Pirtures by CHEW SENG KIM and I.IM SIN THAI 0 At the £ifliStl y Wl^BW^^B ■fB^B"BTBTBfBfwfwfwfa^^B^B^B^B^w^^M»^»^*»»" w JL t w^ m PTiiBBBrfk*.* x *^1^ ~f I <bbw^?Mk MMM^B Mb^b^b^bVbI b^b^bWsIW WM^b^bWbV b^^bI^b^bVb^bI ■b^b^b^C b *"9 i > > t
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      257 35 Harinder reporter -~~~< —iJ r^-^ W Si meets Angeline student f Monday was bonus day at Times House. I was ft* elated. I set out to interview Angeline Lim. She is only 10 years old. I knew her family wasn't well-orT, that she depended on donations of used textbooks each
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      Singapore hits the right Formula
      1304 36 LAST month a British Airways flight, en route from Australia to London, had an unscheduled sixhour delay at Singapore's Changi Airport because of a mix-up over relief crews somewhere down the line. Nothing remarkable about that, you might say, except that this particular aircraft was
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      Lock icon Jenkins jailed seven years for steroid trafficking
      245 36 DRUGS IN SPORT SAN DIEGO British Olympic runner David Jenkins, described by a prosecutor as a victim of "simple greed", was sentenced on Monday to seven years m prison for his role m a multi-million dollar ring that supplied phony bodybuilding drugs to
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      Lock icon Midfield crisis in N. Ireland
      177 36 BELFAST Northern Ireland are facing a midfield crisis for their crucial World Cup European qualifying Group Six soccer match m Spain next Wednesday. Luton's Danny Wilson will be serving a onematch suspension for two cautions and Manchester United's Norman Whiteside is injured. There are two
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      Lock icon Ferguson earns call-up for Scotland squad
      278 36 Ferguson earns call-up for Scotland squad SOCCER GLASGOW lan Ferguson, Rangers' powerful young midfield player, earned an unexpected promotion to Scotland's full international squad on Monday. The 21-year-old has been included m an 18-strong party for the Scots' friendly against Italy m Perugia on Thursday week. "He's a boy who
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      184 36 COACH Pal Csernai was sacked by West German club Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday after a dismal run which has brought them just four wins m 17 First Division matches this season. He had been with the club only since September. QATAR beat Japan 3-0 (half-time 0-0) m a
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      381 37 Call to stop exodus of talent Action to stop the exodus of top British sporting talent to United States universities is called for m a report published on Monday by the Central Council of Physical Education. They want the government, the sports council, sponsors and educationists to play a part
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      295 37  - Swimmers praised by Barker ALBERT JOHNSON By SWIMMING stars Ang Peng Siong and David Lim were praised for their efforts m upholding the Republic's sporting image. The tribute came from Mr E. W. Barker, the president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, when he spoke at the 1987 SNOC sports
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      408 37  -  J RAJENDRAN previews the Malaysian Open badminton championships KUALA LUMPUR Three Indonesians look set to prevent China from making a clean sweep of all five titles at stake m the US$l5O,OOO ($288,000) Marlboro Malaysian Open badminton championships starting at the Stadium Negara here
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      212 37  -  J. RAJENORAN KUALA LUMPUR Hamid Khan, who turned 23 yesterday, says that he will give himself another two years to make it m badminton, failing which he will concentrate on his career. But Singapore's newlycrowned national ranking league champion, a Fraser Neave sales co-ordina-tor, will not
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        69 38 322 Acknowledgement* I 322 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE KOH TECK TAR Age: 72 years Departed 5 Dec 88 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, business associates and friends for their condolences, donations, wreaths, scrolls, kind attendance and comfort during their recent
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        99 38 321 Deaths peacefully taken horn* to be with the Lord on 13 Dec 88. Deeply missed by: Son: Daughter-in-law Gerald Chit Neo, Maureen Daughter* Son-in-law Mcl Ylng, Veronica Lee Theng Klat Corlnne Grand-daughters Ylllng, Cheryl Shuling, Christine Brother Sitters Edward Yong Helen Son Nglt Choo Brothers and sisters-in-law
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        107 38 passed away peacefully on the 12 Dec. 1988. Deeply mourned by only daughter Patsy Urn, son-in-law Sidney Lim Grandchildren: Vernon Jeffrey Ann Richard Coral Glna Laura and 10 Great Grandchildren. Body lying at Si Joseph Parlour. Cortege leaving for Church of the Ri»en Christ (T P.) at 2.30pm
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        64 38 322 Acknowledgement* 322 Acknowledgement* THE FAMILY OF THE LATE DEPARTED 4TH DECEMBER 1988 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to pastors and elders of Jubilee Church, relatives, friends, business associates for their attendance, prayers, condolence messages, donations, wreaths, scrolls and assistance during their recent bereavement. Also
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        181 38 was called horn* to be with the Lord on 12th December 1988 leaving behind Husband. Adalklasamy Joseph (Ahboy) Mother: Aruputhammal Sons: Anthony. Vincent, John Roy, Dobson; Daughter*: Annamary, Telslya, Sons-in-law, Daughtert-in-law and Grandchildren to mourn her loss. Cortege leave* Block 405, Hougang Aye 10. #12-1140. Singapore 1953 on
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        53 38 The family of the Ist* wish** to •ijrtii their sincere thanks and appraciation lo all relati»ei, triends, church aldars and members (BBMH) and Bukil Arang Gospal Hall Chinas* AsMfnMy and Dr. Tay S.K. tor their condolence, donations, wreaths, assislanca and attendance during their recent bereavement MR. TAN AH
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        104 38 Departed 14/12/1987 His weary hours and days of pain, His sleepless nights are past. His ever patient frame Has found sweet rest at last. We who love him know How much we lost one year ago. Always remembered by wife, sons, daughter*, sons-in-law, daugh-ter-in-law mnd grandchildren. In
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        67 38 In Lowing Mvmory Of Memory wanders as shadows fall Back to days of happiness. Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us. So calm, so dear, so sweet. Of her Dps now silent And. whose lids are closed In sleep. Always loved and rmifflbtrtd by husband Stavan,
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        58 38 Just a token ot love's devotion. That our hearts still long Jor you. Miaaed by sisters Wan Lan J—ie> A brother Bobby. In Loving Memory The Lord is My Shepherd Psalm 23. Always remembered by wile, children, daughters A sons-in-law A grandchildren. LILY TAN WAN HOON
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      344 38  -  Albert Johnson SHOOTING By SHOOTER Khatijah Surattee, first-time winner of the Sportswoman of the Year award will undergo a month's training stint m Europe m May. Khatijah, who made her Olympic debut m Seoul last September, hopes that the trip to Germany and Zurich will help
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      Lock icon Youths boxing their way out of Kenyan slum
      618 38 The Mathare Club m the slum district of Nairobi spells hope for the many poor youngsters m the area. It can help some of them escape from poverty via the boxing ring NAIROBI Every night m the velvet dusk of east Africa.
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      201 38  -  Shirlynn Ho SOFTBALL By THE Singapore men's team battled to beat Thailand 2-1 yesterday and clinch a place m the final round of the Asean softball championships now on m Manila. After three victories, over Malaysia, Brunei and Thailand, the Republic have already made the
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      412 38 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Dolphins 38 Browns 31. BASKETBALL \merican NBA: J. 17/ 110 Heal 94 BOWLING Fred Perry Striker's International Championship at Sinker's Bowl Men's Open: 1 Rahmat Aha. i.ii Kill 2 Jeremy Fang \m 3 Donate Yum 12% 4 Jeffrey fan IL>74 5 Mike Wee 1268
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      492 39  -  JOE DORAI By Singapore 0 FC Tirol 2 KUALA LUMPUR Singapore bowed out of the Merdeka Cup soccer competition when they were beaten 2-0 by FC Swarovski Tirol, of Austria, at the Merdeka Stadium last night. In an earlier match. West Germany's SV Hamburg beat
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      432 39  -  A. Surendren BP GOLF By DUNHILL Cup representatives M. Murugiah, Poh Eing Chong and Lim Swee Wah confirmed their places for next year's preliminary round of the competition at Serapong on Sentosa. The trio finished well up m the list at yesterday's fifth and
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      378 39  -  JOE DORAI KUALA LUMPUR Attendances at this year's Merdeka tournament have hit an all-time low but the Football Association of Malaysia are not losing any sleep over it. After the first four nights of action, only 6,800 fans had been to the Merdeka Stadium.
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      304 39 Picture by < FILIPINA bowler Irene Garcia looks as if she belongs on the catwalk rather than on a bowling lane. But the one-time model is as likely to turn heads with her bowling figures at the Fred Perry's Strikers International tournament now
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      396 39  -  Tay Cheng Khoon YOKOHAMA GOLF By HOWARD WAN kept on course for Indonesia when he took a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Yokohama Tyres Golf Classic at Warren yesterday. Howard, a 15-year-old sev-en-handicapper, finished on four-over-par 74 on a windswept course.
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      256 39 Coventry captain gets sack THE LATE NEWS Brian Kilcline, central defender with English First Division soccer side Coventry City, has been stripped of the club captaincy for failing a breath test yesterday. Kilcline's punishment may not end there either, because if he is found guilty of driving under the influence
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    708 40 Helping young people adapt to change is a key aim of education, says minister I recall the family evening meal seated around the family dining table as a boy. Ours was a fairly typical, conservative family. At dinner,
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    201 40 HONOLULU A crewman aboard an Indian merchant ship died on Monday when the ship was struck by a practice missile launched from a US Navy jet during a military exercise, the navy announced. The non-explosive missile was fired at a target hulk
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    22 40 AP picture. Rescue workers tend an unidentified casualty of Monday's triple train crash near Clapham Junction In South London.
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    458 40  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Signal failure almost certainly caused Monday's railway disaster m South London which claimed the lives of 36 people and injured 113. British Rail has accepted "full responsibility" for the three- train smash. It blamed a technical
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    110 40 WASHINGTON The US current account deficit, the broadest measure of trade performance, shrank to U5530.89 billion (5559.62 billion) m the third quarter of this year, its lowest level m three years, the Commerce Department said yesterday. The July-September current account deficit followed a revised U5533.74
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    512 40  - Woman cuts off man's penis and throws it into drain David Miller Leong Chan Teik By and Victim allegedly molested her daughter after promise to wed A MIDDLE-AGED housewife, apparently m a fit of vengeance, severed the penis of a man who allegedly molested her daughter after having promised marriage.
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    28 40 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which lost nearly 4 points on Monday, was down another 7.29 one hour into the session. AP
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    501 40  -  Gan Cheong Soon Inquiry into death of brothel-keeper By A SURGEON who missed an 11-cm blade lodged m the left lung of a brothelkeeper, who later died, was found by a coroner's court yesterday to be not criminally negligent. State Coroner Hamzah Moosa
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      1414 1 What is real and what is not? A lonely widow, who can only relate to TV, confuses fantasy with reality and can't tell whether her long-dead son has really come back. Here is an extract of the comic play Green Socks, written by law graduate Wilson Wong, which
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        793 2  -  MURRAY SEEGER rev BOOM AND BUST: The Rise And Fall Of The World's Financial Markets By Christopher Wood Sidgwick Jackson/ 198 pages/$49.90 CRASHES: WHY THEY HAPPEN WHAT TO DO By Robert Beckman Sidgwick Jackson/ 264 pages/$49.90 THE worldwide stock market meltdown of October 1987, has
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        296 2 REBUILDING COVENTRY (Methuen 155 pages $19.90) is the first book of fiction written by Sue Townsend, the author of the international bestseller The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 4 and the subsequent Adrian Mole titles. This novel, about a woman who intervenes when a man is
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      158 3  -  HELEN CHIA TLJC M inspiration flfek. came from |i W "it* ~~r his own pair J* of green vlMr wear green socks so I thought why not build a play round something crazy like that? "I like to blend fantasy and reality. In Green Socks, the lead
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      1325 3 DAN: If I had gone down with the plane, my IC would have gone down with it m my pocket. If my IC didn't go down with the plane, then neither did I. If my IC still exists, then so do I. Get it? JOY: I see. (He
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        682 5 H6 previews Yellow Earth, which the Singapore Film Society will screen at the Goethe-lnstitut auditorium on Friday at 6.30 and 9 pm. The film was banned by the censors but passed by the Appeals Committee last Friday. IN ITS July 4, 1987 issue, The Economist
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        625 5 Moonwalker at Capitol is drawing the teenage crowds, but K ANNAN CHANDRAN gives it a thumbs-down. TEENAGERS have been going over the moon about his show. They have been turning up m droves at Capitol to catch Michael Jackson moonwalk across the big screen m Moonwalker.
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        656 5  -  JUDITH HOLMBERG SCHOOL FOR WIVES Fine Arts Media Enterprises (Fame) Drama Centre "RULE 3: A wife shall welcome to her home only those men who come to see her husband. Those wishing to see her shall not come m." If someone had pointed this out to
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        114 5 "What's On PERFORMANCES CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. Fairy tale enacted by The Stage Club. Victoria Theatre. 7.30 pm. Matinees on Saturday at 4 pm and 2 pm and 6 pm on Sunday. Tickets at $6, $10 and $15 from Tangs, Cold Storage (Jelita) and Victoria Theatre Box-office. THE SCHOOL
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        110 5 CHRISTMAS LIGHT-UP 88 FROM TANGLIN ROAD to Orchard Road and Marina Square. On till Jan 2. SHARITY CHRISTMAS FAIR HIGHLIGHTS include rides on a flying robot. Ngee Ann Kongsi grounds. Weekdays: spm midnight. Weekends: 11 am midnight. Admission: $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. On till Dec 26.
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        101 5 places: CHINESE AND JAPANESE GARDENS. $1.25. On till Dec 31. SINGAPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. $3.25 for those aged 60 and above. Valid all year round. II ROM, BIRD PARK. $2. On till Dec 31. PSA HARBOUR TOURS. $3 for Kusu St John's Island ferry services. Valid all year round. SENTOSA. 50
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        114 5 Netherlands Embassy. 10 am 10 pm. Marina Square, exhibition area (level 2). On till Dec 23. AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL ART AWARD '88 FOR YOUNG ARTISTS. Organised by the Singapore Australian Business Council with the Australian High Commission. Presented by the National Museum. National Museum Art Gallery. 9 am 5.30 pm. On
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        106 5 and gifts. There is also a magic act, carolling, story-telling for children and variety shows. Presented by Rising Distributors Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. People's Park Centre (basement exhibition hall). 11 am 10 pm. On till Sunday. Free. AT SENTOSA THE MAGIC GROVE OF TEMBUSU. The grove features a wishing well,
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        104 5 ets are available from Keday Kopi. THE ZOO ANIMAL SHOWS. Orang utan and snake shows: 10.30 am and 2.30 pm. Elephant and sea lion shows: 11.30 am and 3.30 pm. Admission: $2.50 for children and $5 for adults. VAN KLEEF AQUARIUM FEATURING MORE THAN 50 species of imported rare aquarium
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        1051 5 I Radio One FM Service 90.5 MHz m VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 On Air 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 On Air (cont'd) 8.00 News 8.10 On Air (cont'd) 9.00 News In Brief 9.05 On
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        1052 6 Should authors write down to the level of the lowbrow mass market? Shin Mm Daily have a rap on these questions and published their readers as Chinese language standards News gathered eight writers and one what they said. The following is an edited drop? How
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        283 6 Lan Yn: Surveys show that Shin Mm Daily News has 320,000 readers. The purpose of publishing the Selection Of Local Novels is that we hope to extend our readership to thousands of others outside the select circle of serious readers. I would like to ask Mr Li Yuankai,
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        217 6 Lan Yu: It is a fact that the standard of Chinese language is not like before. But looking from another angle, readers' tastes have improved. For instance, 10 years ago, Shin Mm carried m its women's page a column called Deep In My Heart. It was for young
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        548 6 Lan Ya: How long can a novel survive without readers? What will happen if writers do not cater for readers' taste? Where does Singapore literature go from here? You Jin: I think a writer must have his own unique style if his works are to survive. Many Taiwanese
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        730 7 Artist Iskandar Jalil thinks Jailani Kuning is one of his best pupils. Jailani calls his teacher, Iskandar, a national treasure. Both men make beautiful ceramics. They also share a strong urge to be themselves. LISA KONG spoke to them. "I LIKE earthy things glamour
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        382 7 TANAH liat menjadi permainan dan sumber ilham utama bagi Jailani Kuning dalam menghasilkan karyakarya seni tembikar yang bermutu lagi indah. Say a suka barang-barang yang diperbuat daripada tanah liat," kata pemuda berumur 24 tahun itu yang bergurukan Iskandar Abdul Jalil, seorang tokoh seni tembikar yang terkemuka.
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        59 8 rUj AlAf I Please bring this coupon U|% Mff I with you to the zoo r.VaiAAi# and exchange it for a Dlkl A I^Mm/llr drawing paper PlMFlvAjfV before December 31 1988 -yMP I Name: —Sex: KULAK School: JUT BEAI? 'B/Corl/CNo: Group: J V< J 'llf!^ Who adopted Nanook the Polar
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        519 9 TlieStmitHTbiieH APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES APPOINTMENTS j' f We are a leading British Electrical Distribution Company Due to expansion of business activities, we URGENTLY REQUIRE: 1) Sales Executive (Oil Gas Division) Requirements. A dynamic, result-oriented person with proven sales ability Minimum GCE 'O' Level 2 years field sales experience m offshore and petrochemical
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        602 9 r%l#estpac Banking Corporation Singapore Branch and Regional Office H Invites applications for the following positions: ACCOUNTANT Responsibilities Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Accountant will be responsible for: The timely and accurate preparation of all Financial. Management and Statutory Returns and accounting for variances. Identification, recommendation and implementation of Internal
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        631 9 COG Cheney Communications Group We are an international publishing and media company, and are expanding m Singapore. Next year, we will be launching an exciting new publication which will be one ot Singapore's largest circulated magazines. It you would like to be a part of a dynamic organisation, and have
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        361 9 PRECISION MACHINING TOOL DIE MAKING (PRESS TOOLS) TOOL DIE MAKING (INJECTION MOULDS) TOOLROOM MACHINING New Apprenticeship Term commences 1 February 1989 The EDB offers skills training leading to the award of a CRAFTSMAN CERTIFICATE m the abovementioned trades upon successful completion of I the 4 years apprenticeship. In addition, an
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        754 10 APPOINTMENTS At (Lvb Look to the future with microtronics it 'v^ «^fcit^ We are a leading local SME with regional and international Jv( ~^b" N b us ness interest m electronics. We are seeking X 'l^f K v cx P GrienCGd and q ualif ied Personnel to participate m our
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        659 10 jj Excellence m Customer Service and Quality (CALTEXJ WALK-IN INTERVIEWS The Regent of Singapore Oakwood Room, Level 11, 1 Cuscaden Road, Singapore 1024. THURSDAY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 16, 1988 From 8.30 am to 5.30 pm We invite applicants for the following positionsSENIOR MARKETING EXECUTIVE (Circa $60,000 pa) Reporting to the
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        520 10 wgmmm WkfJk^ INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA o 4 MARKETING EXECUTIVES y, We are growing, and we are looking for suitable persons to grow with us. The people we are looking for should be achievement-oriented, with aptitude and interests m marketing of insurance and related products. I v" 6 The
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        541 10 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. M AND SIME DARBY SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITED (In Member** Voluntary Liquidation) RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON BTH DECEMBER IMB At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Slme Darby Securities Private Limited held at 896 Dunearn Road *04-01 Sime Darby Centre, Singapore 2158, on Bth
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        531 11 CATHAYORGANISATIQNCATHAYORGANISATIQNCAIHAYnpaAKiis I 'I (BRSoO^^ttoWS^O^OAM^^ToS^S&S^OP^^l <2 OItI^HIIIII I Z MATIME6ATON. HKN-OCT/UC ACTION OF THE KM!" -ST OCT 20 On ■> n g lll*] ft ll C il! (******8) 5 SHOWS: 11AM, 130. 4 00, 630 A 9 15PM n AvdnnsMon $3 50 S4 bO (NO FREfc MST) P^MrV-'-^ m a man
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        276 11 For Memorable Holidays m Historic Melaka »^j dfl Hk^vJHPv* Located on 1 5 acres of lush JS *fe s- WkttmFm Bfcfc tropical gardens, with an H 0^» "^^SK extensive range of sports *k iSL^^^Pa and recreational facilities, g^H HE*^il^^iß^ *^B excellent cuisine and unsur Jlr passed service. iJPSj fA 7^^^?
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        691 11 f i^ ATI iX laV «jS> -k. *lk T in lilting style. 1 At the elegant Goodwood Park Hotel, the spirit ■i ot the Season is exquisitely captured. R-. Suhlime dinners, complimentary champagne, J sweet melodies and the magic ot the Season perfect I v >^ I intertwine for a
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        473 11 pfUBOORiaf DUE TO CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT LIDO: LAST DAY! (*****14) 5 SHOWS al 11am, 1 30. 4 00, 6.45, 9 15 JADE 2: OPENS TOMORROW! m 1982 it was' E.T." Mow rf s Mac IVle' OUT OF THIS WORLD AND INTO YOUR HEART. I Ba^aviaßßß^Ba^^ •ar^^LP^^aaafl I 1 IW&^wEj 4 I
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        1147 14 p^WI a Wifa 737-1166 N^^^BM^y^P^^^^PM iJI 1 C A T S *l 1 TLX:RSS3343 CLASS FAX: 732-0230 2 Eating Out 2 Eeting Out FREE Visit to SENTOSA? -£> i& 2- $i /l> 9 >£ 5? //Jf /*J /> KELONG RESTAURANT BEER GARDEN t^T ISJ ?f AT SENTOSA if) #IB SINGAPORE'S
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        260 14 5 Nightclubs/ 5 Nightclubs/ Lounges/Discos Lounges/Discos If you have not made any party plans yet, make them with the help of Christmas Revelry an entertaining menu of your favourite clubs and restaurants, each offering exciting Christmas packages for your selection. So make your reservation this Friday, December 16 m The
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        326 14 27 Gardening/ Landscaping WE SPECIALISE IN tree cutting, grass cutting, grass turfing, landscape garden and waste disposal. Call *****75 George. AMARA SPECIALIST IN turfing grass, trees/ grass cutting, rubbish disposal Tel: *****92 CHEAP A RELIABLE services for tree cutting uprooting, grass turfing disposal. Call *****77 SPECIALIST IN TREE cutting, grass
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        641 14 35 Home Furniture/ Furnishing ORDER YOUR FURNITURE direct from factory. We specialise In kitchen cabinets $95 p.f.r wardrobes $120 p.f.r St all carpentry works. Visit our factory Blk 2024 sOl-26 Bt. Batok 5t.23 Ind Park A 5.2365 Tel: 567-1033 for free on the spot designing/ quotation. KOREAN CHESTS THE in-thing
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        696 14 39 TV/ Video/ Hi-fi GIVING UP HOBBY. The Items will I not come cheaper! Linn Sondek I turntable Fidelity Research arm and cartridge- $700, Fidelity Research moving coll Toroidal I transformer (model 4)- $300. Nightingale floor speakers- $600. I Stax SR-5 headphones SRD-7 adapter- $450, LS3/5A Rogers box speakers original
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        828 14 41 Houae Renovation/ Decor futon OfSGNSTLOC RENOVATE YOUR NEW FLAT/ MOUBE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL TOUCH TO THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE. CREATE YOUR OWN UreSTYLE. GIVE IT THE DESIGNERS LOOK. Contact us at *****11 and have an appointment with on* of our Designers to create your new HOME
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        733 14 42 Plumbing/ Electrical CHOKING/ PLUMBING PROBLEMS? Power failures' Pipe Leakage/ Urgent repairs work' Install water heaters 9 Installation of lightning conductors l We offer fair charges 24-hr friendly service For Immediate attention, why not call our experienced servicemen Goodman Plumbing Si Maintenance Services. Tel: *****20/ *****03 now' AOHOC PLUMBING/ ELECTRICAL
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        505 14 Cruise into MM classification 241 I mJajij for a new year Inl j^]a|J celebration with a MIMNLI I difference. J| [|T|V{| IbsH 1 I 1 49 Beauty Culture 49 Beauty Culture tMt Tan: MY QREY HAIR htt GONE. It is now ALL NATURAL. I don't have to dye my hair
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        409 14 53 Club Membership* 3 GOLD'S GYM membership f sale Price neg Interested call: 225-4039 after 6.30pm 54 Gold/ Pawn Tickets Bx ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST F *ES^^ •f OFFERED FOR YOUR I Tel *****11 *****12 1 *03 02 THIRD FLOOR J PEOPLES PARK CENTRP i EMINENT GOLDSMITH HIGHEST OFFERED PAWN TICKETS GOLD,
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        857 15 55 Garage Sale FOR SALE NEW t SA klnf double decker tied, pine dining I 2pm 7pm mmerulle Pk r.irret Di B(103S) 56 Sale: Other Products WAREHOUSE STOCK CLEARANCE X!) Japanese model 2-door wardrobe *itn 1 ir.i^er.s $130, 3-doof with drawers $191 •ier^ $!:t9 l v bookcabtnet with sliding glasses
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        1314 15 56 Sale: Other Products 56 Sale: Other Products SHIRTS FROM &£t 50 Limited to 2 shirts per customer BBBBBBBS OPEN ON SUNDAY *r\J sVcTclfs 9.30 am 6pm at 150 MacPherson Rd Spore 1334 last! 72 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal MOVING ELSEWHERE? LET Hock Vong help you 2(! feet lorry for
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        819 15 78 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies I UOF offers I Equipment Financing HP or Leasing at Attractive Terms 6 UNITED OMERSE AS FINANCE *****26. Robinson Road. Singapore 01 06 Tel: *****82 (11lines) WE HAVE THE following good quality used machines for sale Deckel KIM.NV milling machine. Z&B surface grinder (senator 65), Oce
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        615 15 79 Business 79 Business Opportunities Opportunities Business Opportunity To/ From India. Ramsarup Industrial Corporation, 66 Parwati Ghosh Lane, Calcutta-7 (India) A large Import/ Export Company interested m selling: 1) Caustic Sods 2) Bleaching Powder S) Galvanised and ungalvanised wires 4 1 Wire products \i/. barbed wire, stranded wire etc S)
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        418 15 92 Domestic Help Available yiLL^SEARCHING?i The hassle stops here! See the domestic helper, you and your family always wanted Come and be our guest We provide reliable, "ardworking well Trained maids Filipino Thai^^^ Indonesian j Sri Lankan Local Part T \jor\ Cheap air tickets Passport and work permit renewal I
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        692 15 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help I Available Available Available f MORE THAN Personally interviewed overseas and screened fror 1 2,000 FAMILIES Tha Flllipmo Sri Lankan Indones.an Javanese CAN'T BE WRONG SUlctly Screened mjids Reliable Assessment by On- T,me ■rf^sa tor Nursing. Cooking, Experienced Personnel S^*m v?
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        380 15 94 Professional/ Executive Positions A Hong Kong Bated Exhibition construction firm has vacancies tor DESIGNER Requirements c must posseu recognised certificate rrom Professional Art centre (examples H.iharuddin) preferably with working experience In exhibition industry ability to work independently c preferably able t<> start work iminecliately pleas. int peraoneJlty Interested applicants
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        671 15 92 Domestic Help Available n provinces frequently. Chinese Malaysian Amvais Quality Maids icting M., IVICJIU3 r»g& Singapore r "II B —«Bfm7N. and I j lion With 2 Years /JKSL uHT3 ?25 0707 ir^=^J Hong Leong Building 94 Professional/ Executive Positions STAFF NURSE Keguired tor 8 well utabllirx chain of Dialysis
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        404 16 97 Domestic Positions EXPATRIATE EMPLOYERS RE QUIRE maids ftitl d IVwer 6th floor Luck) i <-oii EXPATRIATE EMPLOYERS urgently lllplna maids for imniedli v I'.mdiin CVilB93 FILIPINO/ THAI MAIO6 for immed vmenl Arrant bl own Konn (.'.in ■-.\JBti LOCAL MAIO WANTED Monday lay starting 16/ 1 89 >rk Call V.
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        651 16 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions i Positions Positions j Positions Positions Position* Positions We aren't offering you a temporary career, we're offering you a career as a temporary. The benefits of doing temporary
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        263 16 I§P BAKER OIL TOOLS fp (SINGAPORE) MANUFACTURING tß| requires ■I Junior ■I Accounts Clerk VfS pj Requirements: IP ii G^ 'O' level certificate, preferably mb jfi from commercial stream with pass m 9 Book-keeping S H Those with GCE *N' level will also be |B B considered mB. k A
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        338 16 Domain A US company dedicated to the manufacture of high-density recording media for disk drives m Singapore invites you to join us as: DATA ANALYSIS CLERK GCE O level with minimum 1 2 years clerical experience Ability to operate PC related software packages such as Lotus 123 will be an
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        412 16 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions SPEED BUILDING i?£vwf} I MAINTENANCE tv PTE LTD has Immediate vacancy for FEMALE GENERAL CLERK OCI O level with credit m English Able to type accurately at 35 w.p.m. Mm. 1 year of working experience BENEFITS: FIM uniform laundryFree duty meals Medical
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        509 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Poaitiona Poaitiona A well established Japanese Engineering Company urgently requires FEMALE =J ACCOUNTS CLERK I Requirements I ICC Elementary Book keepng I Typing spvecl 30+ wpm I Pleasant personality I Preferably with some knowledge of PC I Duties: I Prepare and type vouchers cheques
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        446 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Poaitiona Positions WING TAI invites ■ppttcattoiu (roan suitably qualified eaadtdaiaa In the p SHIPPING ASSISTANTS Attractive salary which commensurate with experience will be paid to selected candidates GCE O 1 Level a Able to type Preferably with relevant working experience In export documentation m
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        395 17 Expanding marine engineering company m Jurong, well established (or 26 years requires urgently ACCOUNTS CLERKS preferably from commercial school or with Book-keeping knowledge some experience m accounts payable preferred a some knowledge of computerised accounting RECEPTIONIST pleasar.t disposition with good telephone etiquettes Interested applicants, pleas* contact *****11 for interview appointment
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        500 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT required by American multi-national company located In the Upper Thomson Road/ Ang Mo Klo vicinity. Requirements In i (large of Accounts payable and costing a age 21 and above a GCE A' levels In English and Maths c LCCI Intermediate Book-keeping minimum c minimum
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        665 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Requires (1) Accounts Clerk able to handle full set of accounts and typing with years of working experience starting salary $1000 to $1200 (2) Accounts Assistant knowledge of bookkeeping preferably with experience m import/ export Is an advantage starting salary $600 to $800 (3) Femele Clerk
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        501 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Established laundry co. at Senoko requires immediately SECRETARY c (iood typing skilK a Pleasant personality c Able to work on PC a Able to do correspondence. fax telex Interested pis. call personally at: 76 SENOKO DRIVE SINGAPORE 2775 TEL. 758-7777 HUMAN RESOURCES Immediate Tamp./ Perm, jobs
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        619 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions M^^ MIM THRIFTY CAR RENTAL Placing top priority on Milan excellence, rult: RECEPTIONIST Female between 16 and 30 years old Minimum 'N' level Speaks good Fiiglish Able to type CLERICAL ASSISTANT Female between 18 and 35 years old Minimum 'O' level Preferably 2 years' working experience
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        976 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Trading Company urgently requires GENERAL CLERK c Able to type Knowledge „i simple book- I keeping Starting Mlarjf from mln tSSO and above for those j with exper Pleaaa call: 745-8558, Miss Heng for an appointment I I Urgently required 1) ACCOUNTS CLERK 2) GENERAL CLERK/
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        802 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions CHINESE ACCOUNTS CLERK ■/anted Parade Age !(<! Intermediate required. Mln 1 year experience Call Eve at 734-4242 CLERICAL ASSISTANT REOUIRED urgently Must be able to type Basic salary around $400 p m Please contact *****55 for an interview between 9a. m spm CLUB SECRETARIES WITH knowledge
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        604 18 99 Sales Positions 99 Sales Positions Times The Bookshop ATTENTION: a) THOSE ALREADY IN THE RETAIL TRADE. WHO WOULD LIKE A SWITCH IN CAREER TO PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLING b) THOSE GCE "N'V'O" LEVEL HOLDERS, WHO WOULD LIKE A REWARDING CAREER IN PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLING AND NOT A MERE JOB. We are the
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        649 18 99 Sales Positions 99 Sales Positions i We are urgently seeking dynamic MARKETING/SALES EXECUTIVES (Inward/ Outward) Gross Salary not less than $22,000 pa c Fxpenence m marketing/sales m shipping/ freight forwarding or related industry c Incumbents must be resourceful self starters who can work independently B Possess own vehicle SALES
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        585 18 B »*^""»»»^aBBBBBBBBBBBBB^Ba»aBBaaaaaaaaaa»Ma 99 Sales Positions An established international freight forwarding company requires: 1. SALES MANAGER 2. SALES EXECUTIVE Pre-requiaitea: c with experience a possess class 3 licence: preferably with own car c good shipping knowledge c attractive salary will be offered to the right candidate 3. TYPIST c preferably Chinese
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        619 18 99 Sales Positions INTERNATIONALLY ESTABLISHED COMPANY tins immedmle vai inctei tor several enthuslastu an.l personable ladles and gentlemen to Join the Com pair, SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEES (APPROXIMATELY SSIO.OOO/- PER ANNUM) No experience required as all Trainees will be trained through Company's procedure from square one Applicants trust possess the following:
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        665 18 99 Sales Positions Chinese i.tsMral Furniture Store requires SALES TRAINEES a O' level minimum 3 ersattti c bilingual In English Mandarin c salary plus allowance $750 p m. c Working hours 10am to 7pm dally c 6 days week c 3 months probation Please call Ann at tel: 734-2627 or
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        768 18 99 Sales Positions TECHNICAL SALES REP c VITB graduatei *itti knowlin Mechanical Englneering driving licence c H.i^ c Company vehicle provided c Able to start work Immediately c Botne knowledge Of pumps application an i I HOME FURNISHING DESIGN CUM SALES EXECUTIVE c Basic designing knowledge c Basic salary conimissi.in
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        573 18 99 Sales Position* SALES EXEC REQUIRED foi t g tractive remuneration i>: sharing Call 2M.517.1 Mr AISJ MLM GIRLS WANTED for bouttquea music shop Call *****31 I or tome personally at eßt-119, Katong Shopping Centre i VIDEO LIBRARY REQUIRES rmale Salei Assistant! Chlru s Call personally at Blk 177 I
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        520 18 100 Technical Positions v :.ed metal jT 0 stumping company m Toa yk 1 Payoh requires: > 1. DRAUGHTSMAN N Male Of fen. J STI Mechanical/ N Engineering 1 year's experience In N mechanical engineering a I drafting 52. TOOL DIE MAKER jf At ieast 3 years JF] R experience
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        676 19 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions &bUbJ»m£Mmlm4UbWhb«JU»uJ HsFB ew Tuas $3°° million ■^s^UUI a^s^sß 1 (Male Female) J factory facilities (Male) IVrh) *aW H eW Environment Ea^BfffW*W^M**^»«VPlH|»JVi*H Wk incentive"' UaJI ew Opportunities LaK^HßSJjMijflU »UVi >,^Jj sp^** Daily meal
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        409 19 ■B A subsidiary of Singapore Aircraft Industries I Bj I Immediate vacancies m Paya Lebar 1 > I I TECHNICIAN J me With good soldering skills essential M ITC/NTC2/VITB (m Electronics) R Attractive fringe benefits, 13th Month Pay, P |1 Productivity Incentive Bonus will be provided. Interested personnel are invited
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        281 19 Si me Darby Edible Products Ltd. has immediate vacancies for GCE 'O' or 'N 1 level Singaporean must completed NS Malaysian with minimum Form 5 with 5 passes Attractive basic salary Good shift allowance Prep to do shift work Just walk-in for an interview at 255 Jalan Boon Lay (2261)
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        555 19 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions Moving You Ahead WALK-IN INTERVIEW TODAY 9.00 am to 12 noon 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm TECHNICIAN (POWER) ($495 -$1541 pm) Functions: Assist m the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Power equipment like transformers, AC/DC high voltage switchgears. UPS and cables Requirements: 3 GCE
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        573 19 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions Minolta Singapore, has several r^ vacancies for independent, dedicated and resourceful people who wish to build a career and enjoy the long term benefits of working with an established multi-national copier market leader m Singapore. FIELD TECHNICIANS Candidates must possess the minimum of 4
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        71 19 ROUNDO FAR EAST PTE LTD (a Swedish joint venture company) requires SERVICE TECHNICIAN Qualification: a NTC ITC m Electrical Flpctronlcs. Kxperlence In ser. maintenance of machinery a Bilingual English Mandarin a Own transport Willing to travel around this region (Asean. Hong Kong and Taiwan) a Basic salary allowance generous bonus
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        413 20 I TTLII I I 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions In line with our expansion, we requireENGINEERING ASSISTANT Diploma m Mechanical Engineering or Shipbuilding Must have completed National Service The successful applicant will be required to perform time study, process engineering, design of jigs fixtures and other aspects of Engineering.
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        236 20 101 Production Potitiorn A VVKI.I. KSTABI.ISHED PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING COMPANY HAH IMMKDIATE VACANCIES FOR: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS lVnnanent Ist shift: "7 00am 3.00pm Permanent 2nd >.rn ft 3.00pm 1100pm We otter: Oood Marling wages Attendance stud allowance IncHiit'. itw medical and other attractive henefits Inlere.tt'd applicant*, please < al personal!)
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        619 20 101 Production Positions 101 Production Position* 101 Production Po.itions 101 Production Po«,t,on. 101 Production Po.it.on, Top Benefits with a production operators r-j-i T*lA"^M 1 1 f Permanent Ist 2nd Shift JL\J L/ JL V->I J^ldX IL* Must be able to speak write simple English Completed Primary 6 education I m
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        256 20 80 GOOOI You can even eat it on itt own WALK-IN INTERVIEW Female PRODUCTION WORKERS Abie to start work immediately c Gross salary $800 per mth c Age 23 and above We otter c Attractive starting salary and fringe benefits c Sat /Sun allowance and free meals c Training will
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        374 20 Established manufacturer of famous food and beverage has immediate vacancies for the following positions: Applicants should have passed minimum Secondary II or equivalent Welcome Malaysian workers having Form V SPM certificate with 5 credits at O' Level to apply Applicants should be prepared to do a rotating 2 shift work
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        414 20 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions OHITACHI Hitachi Express (S) Re Ltd JNSDECTOR 1 MALE/FEMALE for final inspection of colour TV Tubes $650 up, $700 VM We offer: M Perfect attendance bonus $40 pm L j Free transport at designated pick up yr j points •V Free uniforms Comprehensive training
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        423 20 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions |ft DISCOTHEQUE REQUIRES Kl. DEEJAY 02. FEMALE RECEPTIONIST 03. BARTENDERS 84. OFFICE CLERKS CUM TYPIST is. CLUB SUPERVISOR K6. WAITERS/ 6 WAITRESSES j t WALK IN INTERVIEW 1 7500E Beach Road. i j #01-206/221 The Plaza. 5.0719 Tel: *****13 V On Wednesday. Thursday and J>
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        363 21 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions mocoo hi polo Walk-in Interview Wednesday Thursday (10am to 12 noon, 2.00pm to 4.00pm) Age 18 to 30 years old. JYeferably height 5' 2 and above. Able to speak fluent English. Flair confidence In dealing with up-market clientele is an
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        569 21 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Position* Lounge Positions Chateau WatOcofb requires RESTAURANT MANAGER Requirements: We invite energetic and self-motivated applicants to jotn the hotel as Restaurant Manager In our Continental Restaurant. Applicants must have at least 3—5 years' relevant supervisory experience. Dutiee end Reeponelbllitlee: Reporting to the Fbß
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        264 21 (Managed by Japanese Co.) requires COOKS (Full /Part-Time) Age 18 and above Experience m Continental food preferred 2 rotating shirts Benettj indudt mail iNoranct. fret uniforms, ties medical and insurance coverage Interested applicants please apply personally from 10 am 8 pm, with a paaspon-sizsd photograph to: UCC COFFEE SHOP CAFE
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        391 21 103 Part-Time/ Temporary Potitiona CLASSIFIED CHRISTMAS COU£m)OWN 'jy^^ -+^jP*r '^fs2*^~ 11 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS Need a temporary job for quick Christmas cash? Check the Job offerings listed In classification 103. #3 C.A.T.S. 7>7-tl*4| REQUIRED MALE HELPERS (nonMusllm) to worK on the Island on Tuesday. Thursday Saturday from 8 30am
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        463 21 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions Datamini GES SINGAPORE PTE LTD, a leading computer manufacturer has immediate vacancies for: 1) Electronic Engineer Degree/Diploma m Electronic Engineering Knowledge and experience m computer hardware circuit design Excellent career prospects 2) Indoor/Outdoor Technician Diploma/ITC/VITB m Electronic Engineering Preferably those with experience m the
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        609 21 104 Other Positions j 104 Other Positions invites you to apply for the following position STOREKEEPERS (Ang Mo Kio/Hougang/Toa Payoh) Males who have completed NS Minimum Secondary 4 education Storekeeping experience preferred Salaries will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested candidates may come personally between 9am and 4pm, Mon
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        543 21 104 Other Position* aaaBMaB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBIB^BMaBBIBBBBaMaBBIBMaMaBiaM minimum I.TC. or V.1.T.8 certificate In Draughtmanshlp c minimum 3 years' experience In the construction field c knowledge of Interior design and architecture pleasant personality aggressive c self-motivated FEMALE SALES EXECUTIVES c minimum O.C.E O" level diploma In Building Management preferred c at least 2 years'
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        602 22 104 Other Positions Eipanding Group Companies seek long-term career, not job hopping candidates commencing from 1989 1) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY with k«h>ii educational level L command ol Encltati Musi he experienced m ihlpplna operation iinpui! export i. banking rnlalloru adnnnlairatli lecretarlal duties Compute! ktuiwletiKe ,m IWrl Good prospect A remuneration for
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        620 22 104 Other Position* Mii-i-m.| has vacancies for c Age 25 to 55 years Able to speak and write i simple English Vacancies exist m Jurong, West Coast Pasir Paniang, Clementi. Newton i Orchard Road areas c Vacancies exist m Thomson area tor Car Park Attendants Prepared to work 8 hours/
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        556 22 104 Other Positions Transport company require* 1) CHINESE LORRY DRIVER c (.'lass A Ueem c Able io handle port documentation 2) WHARF CLERK CUM DESPATCH c Knowledge o| port procedures, preferably With licence. c Must pOHMM own hike c Mu.sl tie able ti. start work immrdl.ltrly Interested, please call personally:
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        874 22 104 Other Positions Required urgently CARPET SAMPLE MAKER (Male/ Female) c Age between 20 .'(.t years c Anie to understand and write simple English c Able to work InitepeiXJUltlj Interested applicants please call personally at:The United Age flaM Pte Ltd. 15 Tagore Drive Singapore 2678. Tel: 456-2331 Required Urgently WAREHOUSE
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        982 22 104 Other Poaitiona VACANCIES FOR DELIVERY Man with claas 3 lietnea required by well estaMlaned turniturc conpam Interested call personally II Tlmah Rd Spore 2158 between ipm ;ipm REOUIRED CHINESE ASSISTANT Night Super I tax with at lea.st 1 ytai exptrience m polishing stripping and waxing of vinyl 1 lies
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        536 22 121 Vehiclea For Hire ©BTW Car Rentals BTW 3 DAYS SPECIAL TODAY ONLY L3oovan $99/Llteace van $89/-Plck-up $69/--10 Truck $129/Call Ua Early At Bukit Timah Tel: *****55 INTER-RENT OFFERS brand new Nissan 1600 cc $75/ $450 per day/ per wk New Pulsar 1300 $65/ $420 and 1300 cc $55. 1600
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        364 22 128 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance BBs^rT t^jT^^^^bt^^^Mßbsl I issEr^^^^^sT^MWsVslsjV Singapore m Finance gßJGiM*xifi/*i*ia T> J*7/^TT^^TeBBBi BBBaaaißaßßß**^^>^Bßßaasaßßsssi Hssßssiß^a>B^sJsfPH ■/\i SINO INVESTMENTS FINANCE LIMITED TEL: 221 9998 H smis^a^gs^s^Ja^J^^Lssssf ■sssaas^BSsalßßß^^B^ba^Bß FABULOUS LOW FINANCE DEALS ON New Cars New Machinery UsadCars PARF/NONPARF Q plates, Vans. P«k-Ups etc Insurance arrangeable Call *****98/*****97 HP/ MORTGAGE LOAN
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        853 22 130 Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo For Sale 87 ALFA A77 I i low, mileage i ownei Onlj ttIJMO Vie* „t v Uppei Aljunled Road Used Car i entn URGENTLY WANTED 1 Ul m.-o. any model Also selling I'lease contact pg 700-7XS:! 11/73 ALFA ROMEO MOD UTV O'teeri 100% rebuilt Prln< Ipals
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        1064 22 132 M«rc»d»B For Sale (MUST SEE TO to "M model with power steering Pta recn rotalli restored AccT*M»l Ipper Thomson Xii Hkm BP klOßji NEW CO DIRECTORS urgently reMen edei 200 1981 to 1987. 929 Cash payment rel *****38 gwiillam Ang Rrs *****77 Selling 1980 200 L A FOR EXPORT
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        874 22 133 Ford/ Fiat For Sale 1969 FIAT 850. .ii. .lineal UU -I 1 m Ml finite X.900 *****35 1987 FORD LASER 1 5 Ghla. s(te .Aiier latest model ■MWttaC *****21 John 2 UNITS 84 i 85 Ford Laser 13 Hatchback 5-door Aircon radio rims A 1 ond 4«***** 3/88 FORD
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        1131 23 IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR CAR BUYERS DOn fOr e u f nanCl Qf C3r y° U tO D^ Erectly With DBS I Repa y men t Penod I New UsedCar S I O •Vl 1 A Finance for a reliable car loan and enjoy one of the lowest interest rates m
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        741 23 134 Nissan For Sal* '81. NIBBAN LAUREL. Pte owner New tax Beautiful cond $35,800 0.n.0 Tel: *****U 12 BLUEBIRD, 810 bumper, 2 pte. owners. Power windows, central lock. $23,500. Tel. 466-7550. 12 NEAR DATSUN Bluebird 1.6 OL. Tax 5/88. hl-fl, alrcon., beautiful body Tel: *****09 •82 NISSAN 100A. Tax 1/80
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        938 23 135 Toyota For Sal* 7/84 TOYOTA CORONA 1 6OL (new model) power steering/ windows. Central lock, s/rlms. Hl-fl. tax. $38,800 neg. *****61 73 TOYOTA PUBLIC A 1000 c.c. Hlfl. alrcon, s/rlms. Beautiful cond. No repair. $9,600. Tel: *****56 or pg *****16. 8/79 TOYOTA CORONA, alrcon.. radio cassette, good engine L
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        858 23 135 Toyota For Sal* ■SO COROLLA COUPE. 2K white Beautiful cond. Seeing Is believing. Phone: *****88 ■SO COROLLA 1.3, PARF, alrcon., radio cassette, new paint, tax 3/80. tip top. $18,000. Tel: 284-2604 •80 COROLLA DX 1.3 1 lady owner, seldom used, gteed excellent cond.. $18,800 0.n.0. 408-7488. 'SO COROLLA 1.3
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        580 23 136 Mitsubishi For Sala 136 Mitsubishi For Sale 136 Mitsubishi For Sale 136 Mitsubishi For Sala pft -^$S%*£ I wKr^W^^^^^ i iaoH s W~^Nßjaj||gttfc B U B VJfc^^JC **'i-'- T S9W V B^BBP .^aBBiBB^BBaBBW^ "-YM'rTMW^IWKMstW^BWiy WKKr r^^BP* Mitsubishi Galanf BUY ANY MITSUBISHI NOW ENJOY 2 YEARS' FREE SERVICE MAINTENANCE pjjpjß||a|s^^
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        400 23 17 LANCER 1.3 OL. Hi-fi, alrcon., 1 owner, tip top cond. Tel: 748--5514. $37,800 0.n.0. 9/79 MITSUBISHI LANCER. Selling $15,500. Full accessories, tax 2/89. Tel 744-5604/ pager 502-3759 9/-81 MITSUBISHI Lanear 1 6GSR. s/rlms. Tax Feb. '89 Good condition. Tel: *****38 137 Mazda For Sal* ABANDONING ALL CARS ATTRACTIVE CABH
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        406 23 137 Mazda For Sale '83, MAZDA 626 5-speed. 5 doors, power steering, tax 4/89. alrcon.. radio, cassette, s/rlms, new paint Al cond. Tel: *****77 •84 MAZDA 626 Auto. GLX. private owners, alrcon., radio cassette, power steering, good condition *****44 •86 MAZDA 323 I.6GTXI. 2 owners, factory fitted sun-roof, power steering,
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        393 23 137 Mazda For Sale 11 MAZDA 323 1 r. Alrc hlfl. new paint. Tip-top cond. 11 Jin Saudaru-Ku. Tel: *****00 11 MAZDA 629 1 owner, power steering, ctr. lock, new tax. brand new cond. *****33 11 MAZDA 323, 13 4-dr 5-speed 2 pte. owners. Radio/ cassette Tip top cond $21,500
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        897 23 138 Honda For Sal* CASH PAYMENT HIGHEST OFFER Accord/ Prelude/ Civic Other makes, PARF or Non-PARF 2nd hand cars or commercial vans/ pick-ups Contact: Mr. Tan *****22 (Day)/ *****32 (night) L*i Fu Trading Co. 11 Kamington Park Road Sorangoon Q*rd*n Singapore IMS ABANDONING ALL HONDA cars. We specialise In buying
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        870 23 138 Honda For Sat* 1 PTE. OWNER near '81 Accord STD. full accessories, new tax, Al cond. $21,500 *****72 1/ti HONDA ACCORD 3-door Sporty. Alrcon. Tax 12 88 $19,800 Tel: 470-8112 1/' M HONDA ACCORD 16 auto with sports cap, radio cassette good cond $34,500 *****20 10/ti CIVIC 1.3. 3-door,
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        890 24 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* 141 Hyundai For Sal* Tr»i=J\/<=»l ll I VI m\/ Hf^C^C^ Comfortable Luxurious HYUnDdI I
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        516 24 }'91, '82, 83, Pony I It 11. New J paint, new tax, alrcon., hl-fl. Beautiful cond. Tel: *****77. 1 84. HYUNDAI STELLAR 16 sspeed Tax 2/89. White. Alrcon., radio, cassette Tel: *****58. ■84 HYUNOAI STELLAR good cond.. alrcon., s/rlms, radio cassette, $24,600 Tel. *****50 •84 HYUNDAI STELLAR 1.6. 1 pte.
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        386 24 143 Other Makes For Sal* HENLY ENTERPRISES CO (PTE) LTD Mackenzie Rd. Unit 3 Ueed Car Centre (opp. Rex Theatre), Spore 0922 Tel lynWl/ *****09/ *****09 •99 Mercedes 200 auto Hyundai Stellar 1.6 GSL Mazda 626 5-dr hatchback. auto "97 Honda Accord 4-dr EX Volvo 340 OL Hyundai Stellar 1.6
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        385 24 143 Other Makes For Sal* SO WEE MOTOR I CREDIT J 469 Mac pheraon Road #01-01 to #01-02, S 1336 Tel: 197 9999 (10 llnee) Authonaed ft main dealer ot: ■PEUGEOT CITROEN H Authorised by Telecom: hand-phone*, car-phone*, portable phone* ft payers 1 MTHLotus Turbo Esprit 2.2 •99 Hyundai Stellar
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        446 24 143 Other Makes 143 Other Makes 143 Other Makes 143 Other Makes 143 Other Mekes For Sal* For Sal* For Sal* For Sal* For Sal* Free Shopping! Only when you test drive a Malaga. A c t(;o 7in >.. Now, when you test drive a SEAT Malaga 1.5 GLX, you
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        323 24 85 HOLDEN COMMODORE 2.0 SL/X auto. 1 owner 2nd generatlonpower steering/ window *****28 2/87 JAOUAR SOVEREIGN 2.0 fully auto. 1 owner, g'teed like new. 734-1133. 4/90, ISUZU GEMINI, l, pte. owner. Tax 3/80. Tip top cond. $16,800 i 0.n.0. Tel: *****11. 6/79 MINI CLUBMAN. S/rlms. hl-fl, alrcond., PARF eligible. $11,700
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        152 24 •5 CITROEN 1.6 TRS Power steering, hl-fl, Up top cond. Used as 2nd car. 440-7950 ■86 AUDI 100 CO Auto. 1 owner. Orlg. superb cond. Under waranty Tel: *****80/ pg. *****31 '88 VW SANTANA 2.0 (audl engine), l owner, fuel injection. Loan/ trade-in avail. *****33. 9/ > 83 RENAULT 9
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        176 24 144 Commercial Vehicles For Sale ALL COMMERCIAL OWNERSII If you are expecting the highest price for your vans, pick ups it lorries, then call today Miss Sim day *****43/ night *****78. Also selling. All are welcome. CASH PAYMENT. Highest offer for commercial vans, pick-up, lorries tt s/wagon. Also selling. Call
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        175 24 144 Commercial Vehicles For Sale Tt DAIHATSU 14FT. lorry Wooden body 2000 petrol Passed Inspection. Tax 3/'B9, Insurance 21/11 '88 $2,400 Tel: 448-4590. ■2 TOYOTA HIACE van. alrcon new paint, 2 owner, loan arr&ngeable View Blk 14, «01-1175. Toa Payoh Ind Park Tel: *****17 •S3 MAZDA TSOOO 10- ft dlesel
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        547 24 144 Commercial Vehicles For Ssls 1979 AUSTIN MINI van In beautiful condition Selling $2300 neff. Tel: 755-6691 1980 MITSUBISHI L3OO van. alrcon., hlfl, 5-dr., new paint, excellent cond. call after 12pm *****51 1953 DATSUN 730 Pick-up, new I model, alrcon., hl-fl, very good cond Tel *****88 1953 DAIHATSU DIESEL, double
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        1550 25 146 Vehicles Wanted I r HIGHEST OFFERS CASH PAYMENT for all kind of secondhand used cars. Please call us now! *****88, Anthony/ Bob (8.30 am. to 8.00pm.) CASH PAYMENT for —cond-ttmnd cars, commercial A pickups Company or private plate Attractive offer Call: 2874*24/ *****93 9am to Bpm HIGHEST OFFER I
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        1024 25 146 Vehicles Wanted URGENTLY REQUIRED 1300-ISOO i- i automatic Cash payment. Pis i all 223-3084/ Pg 707-5501 WE OFFER ATTRACTIVE cash for all PARF non-PARF used cars, vans pick-ups *****35/ 4 Alex 147 Scrap Vehicles BUY A SELL 98 to 4000 c scrap, SZ cars. '81/ "82. Toyota Crown 2.8.
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        898 25 172 Houses For Rent D.19 SERANQOON 8/ STOREY Bunglw 8000 sq ft 3 bdrms Unfurri $1,500 Tel 742-1511 O&D D.21 CLEMENTI S/STOREY bunglw 6000 sq ft 4 < l-bdrm. Fully furn $2400 p.m Agt. *****15 D.2SSO SELETAR HILLS Est 3bdrm t«rr P/furn Avail. Immediately $650 Tel *****64. No agts GROVE
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        630 25 173 Apartments For Rent 173 Apartments For Rent The art of fine living. I !< .mtiiulK fin nistxHl (lining n toms, separate fully equipped kn< hens elegant e»ne or two bedroom suites right m the heart <•( trvhard Road At The Ascot i. we take pride m giving oui clients
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        1080 25 173 Apartments For Rent DlO ALLSWORTH PK II bedrms. 2 bathrms P furn $1,300. f/furn $1,600 (tncl malnt Full condo families X H Really *****88/ Page *****86 O 10 ASTRIDVILLE. 2400 sq ft 3 bdrm.s Fully alrcon. Large living/ dining area High celling Furn S/pool, squash, sauna. $3,000 pm *****55
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        1100 25 173 Apartments For Rent D 10 SPANISH VILLAGE J New furnishings Full condo facilities $2,000 Nobel *****41/2 D.lO UNIT a, 5- l bdrms (along Holland Rd i V furn Facing greenery $6,500 HB *****70 0.10 VILLAGE TWR. 3> 1 bedrooms Furn. Pool tennis squash $2,500 Eurohome 298-6022 D.lO VILLA DE
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        956 25 173 Apartments For Rent «BBBBBBBBBBBfIBBBKBBMBBIBBB^BBBIaB^BBHBBMBBB^BBHBMBB* SRM ÜBI MAIS./ Bt Batok Furn./ alrcond 4-rm Hougang Aye.2/ 4 P'furn JP 737-9611/ 2Z 174 Rooms For Rent Dl 5 FURN. BORM. attached bathrm m detached house Very quiet It jeaceful. Ideal for female students only Meals It laundry arrangeable Walking distance to TKOS/
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        716 26 178 Short Term Accommodation Local/ Foreign DELUXE SERV APTS O ea 3. alrcon bdrms Maid ser\ Dally $98. mthly $2,400 *****71 SHORT TERM ACCOM aftMtta J I bdrms. turn apt at D.l, 7. 9, 11, 16. 21 From $900 *****98 179 Houses For Sale REBECCA PARK (Off Btntong Pk./ Victoria
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        1089 26 179 Houses For Sale D 20 NEAR THOMSON V i, iiesinnrt rtouaa, patio overlooking pool fdn mterfej] kteej for entertainment 4 bdrms study serviints 15,000 sq.ft. r hold Highest offer sec ures Noel Properties Bt-J'J'M DIST.2O SIN MING Kd Near Thomson Plaza, d storey terrace Approx 950 sq ft 3
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        1024 26 179 Houses For Sale 019 OUEMOY PARK. I terr Land 2380 sq ft 3*l 1 999 yrs $475K Fuhai Property *****73 *****59 0.19 REALTY PARK, renovated spacious d Itorej terrace. Approx 3300 sq ft ;< 1 rms 999 yrs $490,000 Tel 339-6-«88/ 9 No agts D.19 RENOVATED D/STOREY corner terr
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        1013 26 179 Houses For Sale D.15 D/STOREY CORNER terrace Land 2,824 .sq ft 4-1 bdrms Fhold *****43 Trevose Housing D.IS O/STOREY TERRACE. 3 bdrms Beautiful renovation. (Sole Agt Prestige 258-7002 D.15 D/STOREY CORNER terr 3.000/ 2,200 sq.ft. 3 1 rms Good location $490K 0.n.0 *****00 D.15 EAST COAST 3-storey Inter corner
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        647 26 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments For Sale For Sale i For Sale ■V- WK Jy jf.T/g)/", i f f I Adioming Manhattan House/San Centre [^■jMJjWa^aWaMaMaaalaa^^aLAaM C nin Swee Road taaa I aV?i^7?l I Show Flat Open Daily for Viewing H I I^^^^^^^^N^B I No Restrictions on
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        862 26 RAJAH I TOWER Magnificient Luxurious Penthouse for Sale/Lease At Jin Rajah off Baiestier Road Partially furnished No restriction to foreigners Recreational facilities at the Condo including Swimming Pool. Sauna Bath Squash Court TEL.*****771 DJ Parfcweat. 1 i yrs. 3-1 bdrms Full facilities 1900 sq.ft. $368,000 D.9 Paaca Mansion. High fir
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        860 26 D.ll WATTEN EST. 3/storey townhouse. 3- I 2700 sq.ft. F'hold Pool. Foreigners eligible $555K neg Sole agt. *****88. D.12 BALESTIER COMPLEX, 5 yrs. old 3 bdrrr- 1360 sq.ft. Beautlf ilv renovated F'hold $250K \gt Malpore *****66. D.12 BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED. 1700 sq.ft. 3 bdrms F'hold 5 yrs. old No facilities Above
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        742 26 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments For Sale For Sale SALE OF PROPERTIES BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT MANDARIN COURT A, MANDARIN HOTEL 4TH STOREY 333 ORCHARD ROAD ON WEDNESDAY, 21ST DECEMBER 1988 AT 3.00PM 1) No. 26 Mayflower Way Land Area 2.032 sq.ft Tenure: Freehold 2) No. 2 Jalan Jamal
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        535 26 0.15 MANDARIN GDN. 2 rms. 1.000 sq.ft. Renovated $330,000 only! Richard Low Housing *****18 D 15 NEPTUNE COURT 1350 sq.ft. 3 rms. high fir. See to offer. *****47/ *****29 Julie Housing 0.15 OCEAN PK. 3 1 bdrms. 2100 sq.ft. High fir./ seavlew $600,000 0.n.0. Chang Realty *****22/ 3 D.15 OCEAN
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        890 26 186 Private Apartment* For Sale D2B MIMOSA CONOO near Nlm Park High fir 4-bdrm K'hold. I S3SOK neg Unlwest *****26 D.2S MIMOSA PARK. 1730 sq ft 3-1 bdrms Well maintained Maxvlew *****11 DM MIMOSA PK. 4 rms 1800 sq ft High fir K'hold Beautiful vie* S3SOK Islandvest *****68 0.3 PEARL
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        1001 27 191 HOB Apartments For Sale EXECUTIVE MAIS Bt Balok 195 Ju- >n 9 Eaat 169 Tamprna* i»5 5-ROOM AM Kio 112 Al|um*d Rd 139 Be<)dk North 12S Clamanr 135 Chai Che* M Dover. 1 12S Ghim Moh 13, 14 127 Jurong 239 126 Tamptnea M 288 i Model A) 118
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        1153 27 191 HOB Apartments For Sale 3 rm Clementi blk 402/378/710/731 3-rm. Bedok N $42K blk 138/426 3-rm. Holland blk 4/8/12 3-rm. T Blangah blk 13/60/64 3-rm. corner Holland blk 19 3-rm. corner T Blangah b1k. 33/62 4-rm. Model A Tampines b1k. 809 4-rm. Sim* Dr blk 44 4-rm. T Payoh
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        1120 27 191 HDB Apartments For Sale SELLING $37K ONLY T7T J-l m A M KlO Hlk lop. I pg MMMtI 3-RM ALJUNIED CRES Hlk 95. 98 I ilr Nr* wm, lows Near anenttlei Oood location $41K m-. v lutlve .'wwimm Alf 3-RM. A.M. KIO Hik Ml t.rrazzo. I ui-v. kitchen cabinet!
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        1139 27 191 HDB Apartments For Sale rAMPINES 3 RM BLK rerrauo, well kept I nil CPI Call Affl MMI3I PK *****72. TAMPINES A' MOOEL 4-rm Blk Kit. 2H4. all ceramic, cabinets Price* naf agt. T. BLANGH 3-RM. Blk 16 47 75 Marble terrazzo. full CPI-' $50 K $tY2K I. US I«ill97
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        983 27 191 HDB Apartments For Sale 4-RM CLEMENTI BLK 401. Ml 40-4 nlcel) renovated s«.ux>o Contact [slandvest .W***** 4 RM.. CLEMENTI. Blk 333 near MKT All marble kitchen ceramfc Ik tiuuisho TMIIbI agt 4-RM CLEMENTI 314/ Telok BlanKiih 57 Bt Merah 142 Polong IK.sir 134 Jurong E 257 *****67. 4-RM. CLEMENTI
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        555 27 194 Factory Space 194 Factory Space 194 Factory Space 194 Factory Space 194 Factory Space > THE CHOICEST INVESTMENT PER SQUARE FOOT V 8 BLOCK G i HENDERSON S 1 INDUSTRIAL PARK g I i: E^^js:^| Only s h sSEf :Eg; llunits left 5 f.i i i r w PTOnTTuSBp
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        606 31 m naj^ m The MRT Corporation Tender Notice The MRT Corporation invites tenders for. PRINTING OF ANNUAL REPORTS CLOBING DATE. Wed. 4 Jan 1989 at 12 noon Only suppliers registered with the Central Supplies Dept. Ministry of Finance under Head CSD/STA/10. Stationery and Printing ($25,000.00) will be allowed to tender.
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        286 32 C^s* •fl^»"^Wii r w '^X < Conman Levin (left) gets his just desserts from Hunt and his murder marks the start of the Billionaire Boys Club decline (SBC 5, 9.30 pm). Of sad goodbyes and violent endings Gerry is upset because he considers the Durrells family. What's the happy ending
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        493 32 3.00 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed by Five Foot Way (Mandarin, with English subtitles/r/episode 15 of 30): Jinlong is too embarrassed to reveal his condition so he accepts Jiayao's pregnancy quietly. 3.50 Kids' Corner Sesame Street (Children's programme/r) 4.45 Eye Of The Dragon (Children's programme) 5.10 The Smokey Bear
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        262 32 BW^VBW^SJP^aaSB^HHsUHaVsHBIBVHBB^aiB^BI 5.50 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed by Naadaga Arangam (Tamil, with English subtitles/r): A widower unwittingly falls for his son's teacher when she shows concern for the boy. 6.25 News (Tamil) 6.45 One Plus One (Two drama series, with English subtitles): In My Fair Ladies (Episode II of
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        383 32 7.25 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed by Style With Elsa Klensch Featuring Pans designer J. C. de Castelbajac, and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art which houses the most important collection of European art m America. Also, look out for a new machine that makes exercising easy. 8.00 Insight
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