The Straits Times, 29 December 1988

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 44/12/88
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  • 549 1  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States and the European Community moved closer towards a trade war yesterday with the 12-na-tion bloc saying it would retaliate against Washington for imposing sanctions worth US$lOO million (Ssl93 million) a year against
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  • 449 1 BG Lee on national ideology 4 guiding principles outlined; tolerance the key minister TRADE and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night identified four guiding principles which he would like to see incorporated m Singapore's national ideology. Spanning the political, social, ethical and personal spheres of life, they emphasise the
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  • 583 1 JURONG Town Corporation, the largest industrial landlord m Singapore, is spreading its wings overseas. For a start, it is looking to develop a 404-ha industrial estate m Thailand m joint venture with Thai partners and a Singapore construction company. In its 1987/88 annual report
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  • Latest
    • 61 1 Bomb caused Pan Am crash it's official LONDON The crash of the Pan Am jumbo jet over Scotland was caused by a bomb, British investigators said yesterday. Samples from the crash debris were "consistent with the performance of plastic explosive", the Air Accident Investigation Branch of the British Transport Ministry
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  • Singapore River Hong Bao carnival
    • 526 1  -  By NG WEI JOO ORCHARD Road will take a back seat come February when the Singapore River Hong Bao carnival returns to the Singapore River to herald the Year of the Snake. Winding its way from Hong Lim Park, via North Canal
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    • 263 1 THE idea of turning part of the Singapore River into a gentle lotus pond was germinated after a suggestion at this year's Singapore River Hong Bao Special by First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Recalled Mr Foo Ket, the co-ordinator of this
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    • 23 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3,4,1,7 Focus 8 Asean I Causeway 10 Comment/ Perspective 18,19 Letters 21 TlmesDoUar 21-24 Racing 25 Sports 2C-2f
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    • 112 1 HE WATCHED A MOTORIST KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND A boyfriend talks about the horror of holding her lifeless body m his hands. Eyewitness accounts of the tragedy from him and the cabbie who helped corner the suspect. CRACKS IN THE ROOF OF THE WORLD Uprisings against China shatter the calm m
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 339 2 Accountant wius case A SENIOR partner of Coopers Lybrand, an international audit firm, yesterday won his High Court appeal against a five-year suspension for alleged professional misconduct. "In my opinion, what he did falls short of the degree of culpability attached to an act or default discreditable to an
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    • 185 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: BY NOT responding creatively to the recent PLO Initiative, Israel has found Itself on the defensive and faces increasing international Isolation. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir is coming up with his own peace initiatives, hot it looks like he is buying time. The Bush administration
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    • 91 2 NO WAY TO TREAT ELDERLY A READER is deeply disappointed with the comments of three of the seven people interviewed m the Dec 19 report "Greying of Singapore: Part 7". They, all young people, were quoted as saying that old folks are too dependent, that many do not behave
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    • 290 2 RoY cracks down SOUTH Korean President Roh Tae Woo said yesterday m a live televised statement to the nation that South Korea was suffering from the "throes of democratisation" and ordered a tough crackdown on violent anti-government protests and illegal labour disputes. In his attack on radical
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    • 206 2 Norwich on top NORWICH bounced back to the top of the English First Division soccer table after they beat West Ham United 2-1 on Tuesday. Dale "Flash" Gordon put Norwich ahead m the 53rd minute and teammate Andy Townsend prodded home on the hour. The Hammers replied through a
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    • 395 2 Clothes tell on you THREADS are real tattle-tales when it comes to signalling personalities. A deeper than usual neckline might be sending come-on signals while a pair of rugged jeans might establish you as anti-establishment. The way you dress can be either an aid or a deterrent m
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    • 213 2 LUM CHANG TYING UP DEAL FOR 60% OF OCEANARIUM DIVERSIFIED construction group Lum Chang Holdings is set to take up a major stake m Sentosa Island's $20-million oceanarium project, Underwater World Sentosa, which it will also build. An agreement that will give the publicly-listed group a 60-per cent share
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    • 177 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway 'Do not delay talks' INDONESIA wants Cambodian resistance leaders to drop their plea for a postponement of the second Jakarta Informal Meeting (JIM-II) and Vietnam has urged that the talks be held even if the guerilla groups do not attend. "Indonesia is of the view
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    • 466 2 WHO IS INVADING JABWESE TERRITORY? A traditional Japanese bastion has been besieged by a ferocious 83 year old feminist from Singapore, a worldwide stress time-bomb, and an obnoxious-smelling Malaysian prawn paste You guessed it. Intersect now features articles from the Asiai^ region. You'll find these, and other thought provoking stones
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    • 24 2 SECTION II Classifieds It* II 10 to 29 Appts Not.ces Sect II 3, 6, 8— 29 Cinema Sect II 8 Comics Sect. II 7
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  • around the WORLD
    • 577 3 Najibullah to be flown out before pullout deadline paper LONDON Moscow has apparently decided to abandon its puppet regime m Afghanistan and airlift President Najibullah and his senior Cabinet ministers to the Soviet Union before the Feb 15 deadline for the complete withdrawal of
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    • 206 3 TAIPEI Nearly 10,000 members of Taiwan's Hakka minority paraded through central Taipei yesterday to demand television programmes m their own language. Clutching portraits of Dr Sun Vat-sen, the Hakka founder of Nationalist China, protesters chanted slogans and sang songs during a peaceful
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    • 110 3 BEIJING Racial unrest subsided m eastern Nanjing yesterday after a series of anti-African protests, but 135 African college students under government protection were being prevented from leaving the area, foreigners m the city said. The city appeared calm after three days
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    • 164 3 NEW DELHI Rioting sparked by the murder of a state legislator continued m Andhra Pradesh for the third day yesterday with the death toll rising to 30. Thousands of supporters of rival political groups defied a curfew m force m 24 towns and cities
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    • 220 3 COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government said yesterday it was setting up a commission to investigate allegations that former finance minister Ronnie De Mcl had received unlawful payments from two British companies. Government sources said the commission would also probe companies m which
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    • 82 3 LOS ANGELES Pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck has filed a US$5O million (5596.5 million) suit against the National Enquirer alleging the tabloid defamed him m a story that said he has the deadly Aids virus. In a story m Tuesday's issue, the tabloid reported that
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    • 335 3 Pakistan and India likely to sign N-pact ISLAMABAD Pakistan and India, which have fought three wars, are expected to sign an agreement soon under which they will refrain from attacking each other's nuclear installations, officials of the two countries said yesterday. They said it was not certain whether the accord,
      Reuter; AFP  -  335 words
    • 167 3 KHARTOUM Thousands of Sudanese poured onto the streets of Khartoum yesterday demanding that the government resign and trade unions called an indefinite strike to protest against price rises. The protests and strike call by the influential Sudanese Federation of Trade Unions posed Prime Minister
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    • 518 4 SEOUL President Roh Tae Woo declared yesterday that South Korea was suffering from the "throes of democratisation" and ordered a tough crackdown on violent antigovernment protests and illegal labour disputes. Mr Roh delivered his attack on radical workers and students m a live televised
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    • 226 4 Seoul says 'y es to high-level talks with Pyongyang SEOUL South Korea sent a message to communist North Korea yesterday agreeing to high-level political and military talks to reduce tension on the divided peninsula. Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon suggested to his North Korean counterpart Yon Hyung Muk that they
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    • 175 4 BEIJING Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's widow, who is now serving a life prison term for her role m the leftist Cultural Revolution, is critically ill, an official daily said yesterday. The China Daily quoted a Justice Ministry official as saying Jiang, 74, is receiving
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    • 161 4 LONDON British scientists say they are developing "through-the-feet" Braille to help blind people avoid hazards like lamp posts, road signs and trash cans and show them where to cross roads and find platform edges at train stations. The blind will "read" the warnings by
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    • 544 4 WASHINGTON A number of recent structural failures involving ageing aircraft is prompting officials to re-examine the question: When is an airplane too old to fly? The effect of ageing aircraft on safety gained widespread attention eight months ago when
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    • 214 4  - British unit to help poor countries privatise ALAN HUBBARD By a u rope cauor LONDON Privatisation, one of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's most committed ideals, could soon be earmarked for export to developing countries. A right-wing "thinktank" which frequently advises the British government says it should set up a
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    • 289 6 Paper: Constitution changed to reflect new foreign policy HANOI Vietnam has amended the preamble of its constitution to reflect a new foreign policy of improving relations with traditional foes, the Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan said here. The amendment removes an entire passage summarising
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    • 350 6 BEIJING China's first officially approved movie with sex scenes has been screened to sell-out crowds m Guangzhou. Widows' Village is about the experiences of three young couples m a fishing village before and after the communist victory m 1949. The film's director, Wang
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    • 260 6 Exhibition of nude paintings upsets the models BEIJING Nude models who were not consulted before paintings of them were displayed m China's first exhibition of nudes are angry and refuse to pose for art classes at the Central Art Institute, a news report said yesterday. The models, who said they
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    • 273 6  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States and Laos have agreed to meet m Vientiane next week for talks that will centre on the issue of some 550 US servicemen listed as missing m action (MIA) m Laos from the Vietnam
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    • 300 6 i CANBERRA Australian aborigines are dying m police custody, many hanging themselves m despair, an official inquiry said yesterday. The five judges who conducted the inquiry into 103 deaths, mostly of prisoners jailed for minor offences, called for urgent steps to prevent
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    • 59 6 WASHINGTON The World Bank has approved a US$3O million (about SssB million) emergency loan to help Jamaica rebuild after Hurricane Gilbert's devastating tour through the island three months ago. The bank said on Tuesday that 55 per cent of the homes on the island were damaged
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    • 589 7 Japan now aims for Nobel prizes not just profits But we need new system to help individuals bloom, says official TOKYO Japan is out to reform its scientific research establishment into one that produces Nobel Prize winners, not just profits. After years of striving to catch up with the West,
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    • 266 7 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has ordered a resumption of US economic aid to Fiji, suspended after the May 1987 military coup m the South Pacific archipelago, the US State Department said. State Department spokesman Phyllis Oakley said yesterday that the US goal was "to
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    • 332 7 MOSCOW Leading human rights campaigner Andrei Sakharov has returned from a week's visit to the Transcaucasus aimed at mediating between warring Armenians and Azerbaijanis, a source close to him said on Tuesday. The source said Dr Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner, had visited both
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    • 50 7 picture. WOMEN m Moscow will be entering the New Year m style if the clothes worn by these two models are any Indication. The two were showing off dresses for the New Year celebrations on Monday. The dresses are from the state department store m Moscow. Reuter
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    • 259 7 YORK In the waTT? of the devastating earthquake m Armenia, geologists hope to hasten the coverage of the globe with new networks of highly sensitive seismic stations that will monitor the earth's tremors with unprecedented accuracy. At least seven major
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 959 8  - Phnom Penh uneasy as Hanoi begins its pullout STEVEN ERLANGER By PHNOM PENH Ten years after arriving m the baggage train of the invading Vietnamese army, the leaders of the Cambodian regime are proud of their accomplishments after the savagery of the Khmer Rouge, whom they replaced. The cities, emptied
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    • 737 8  - Egypt sitting on a fortune in old masters JOHN ROGERS By CAIRO With paintings by Impressionist masters fetching record prices on a booming international art market, Egypt is sitting on a little known goldmine. At up to US$lO billion (5519.5 bilJon), the estimated value of the contents of just two
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 584 9 Jakarta calls for talks to be held as other forums have failed JAKARTA Indonesia wants Cambodian resistance leaders to drop their plea for a postponement of the second Jakarta Informal Meeting (JIM-II) and Vietnam has urged that the talks be held even if
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    • 299 9 BANGKOK South and South-east Asian countries are expected to enjoy continued strong economic growth m 1989 due to restructured economic and trade policies, a senior United Nations official said yesterday. The nations of South and South-east Asia achieved strong economic growth
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    • 188 9 JAKARTA Heavier penalties m Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore have forced drug traffickers m the region to use Indonesia as their main transit point for shipments abroad, Suara Karya reported yesterday. Col Rusdihardjo. head of the police anti-narcot-ics section, said on Tuesday that growers m the border
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    • 359 9 MANILA Philippine Defence Secretary General Fidel Ramos says the military plans an all-out offensive against communist rebels m the country next year. The objective is to break the back of the insurgency by the end of President Corazon Aquino's term
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    • 140 9 Thai army to take over forest protection BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet is reported to have agreed to a proposal by Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan to have the military take over responsibility for reafforestation and forest protection. According to the Bangkok Post, Gen Chatichai had expressed his concern over the ineffectiveness
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    • 48 9 BANGKOK A predawn explosion m a petrochemical factory m eastern Thailand killed two workers and injured five others. The blast occurred when a raging fire engulfed a chemical storage area near Rayong, capital of eastern Rayong province. The cause of the fire is yet unknown. AFP
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    • 312 9 MANILA Deposed president Ferdinand Marcos moved provincial and municipal boundaries for years to draw his own profile secretly on the map of the northern Philippines, a newspaper m the capital reported. The Daily Globe published on its front page a portion of
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 429 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association yesterday expelled a veteran party leader and warned other members they risked the same fate if they consorted with any group opposed to the National Front. The decision to expel Mr Wong Chan Shin was made at
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    • 376 10 Bank Bumiputra gets go-ahead to auction PWTC KUALA LUMPUR The Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), which houses the Umno headquarters and the Pan Pacific Hotel, together with the land on which they stand, will be sold by public auction on April 11 next year. Justice Datuk Ajaib Singh granted the
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    • 364 10 Shahrir welcomes offer of seat on Supreme Council JOHOR BARU Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, the independent MP for Johor Baru, has welcomed an offer to sit on the New Umno Supreme Council. He said m a statement on Tuesday that he regarded the offer as a good sign. The New
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    • 191 10 KUALA LUMPUR Police have for the first time invoked the Dangerous Drugs Act 1988 (Forfeiture of Properties) to seize about M 517,600 (5512,848) worth of jewellery from a suspected drug trafficker m the federal capital. Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohamed Bakri Omar
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    • 96 10 THIS Is what was left of a car and an express bos after they burst into flames following a head-on collision on Tuesday on the Karak Highway near Kuala Lumpur. The driver and passenger of the car, Hamzah Abn Bakar and Kamariah Zakaria,
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    • 152 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Deputy Minister m the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Oo Gin Sun, has quit the Cabinet, Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Lee Kirn Sai said. Mr Lee said Datuk Oo's resignation is the first step towards his complete retirement from politics.
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  • HOME
    • 609 12  -  BEN DAVIDSON SSA suspension on Coopers senior partner excessive, says judge By A SENIOR partner of Coopers 6 Lybrand, an international audit firm, yesterday won his High Court appeal against a five-year suspension for alleged professional misconduct. "In my opinion, what he did falls
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    • 357 12  -  GERRY DE SILVA By SINGAPORE Airlines is not happy with the way its dirty linen is being washed. So it is starting its own laundry business. Sats Apron Services Pte Ltd has signed a pact with Initial Holdings
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    • 96 12 3 mangoes cost man $400 A MAN who plucked forbidden fruit from a school (or cooking landed m hot soup on Tuesday. Govindaraju Panerselvam, 32, a labourer, was fined $400 for stealing three mangoes from St Theresa's Convent School at Telok Blangah Way on Monday. The court heard that police
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    • 280 12 A BUKIT Batok hillock that was parted during the construction of MRT tunnels has been restored. The slopes that gave way to a gaping valley have been meticulously recreated. Only one more thing needs be done: turfing the hillock to
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    • 281 12 $10,000 fine for helping to sell gold loot A MAN was fined a total of $10,000 for helping to dispose of stolen property which was part of the 1490,000 worth of gold ornaments robbed from a goldsmith. Goh Tack Lik. 35, a health-centre supervisor, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • 153 13 TALK about a flurry of early birds! Singaporeans, having just gone tnrough a frenzy of shopping for Christmas, are at it again this time for the Lunar New Year which falls on Feb 6. Early purchases mean lower prices both for
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      • Article, Illustration
        180 13 THE staff and pupils o Bukit Ho Swee Primary School were stunned yesterday at the news of the death of their principal, Mrs Christina Yap. They went to the home of Mrs Yap, 51, who died of bone and lung cancer on Monday, to pay their respects. Some
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      • 180 13 STAR Search winner, Zoe Tay, who will play a policewoman m Patrol, a new SBC serial, is bent on learning to drive a car and to ride a motorcycle. This spunky SBC star is taking crash courses at the Ang Mo Kio test circuit on both
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      • 76 13 A COMMUTER on a Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT) train reported to police that a pickpocket made off with his watch worth about $18,600 on Christmas Eve. Mr Eric Lim, 37, who boarded the train at the Novena MRT station at about 1.30 pm, discovered his Piaget
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    • 531 13  - Electronics industry output up 32 GRACE CHNG But picture marred by setbacks m disk drive sector By COMPACT-DISC players, hi-fi stereo systems and other home appliances boosted the electronics/electrical sector which recorded a 32 per cent increase m output m the first nine months of this year. But this rosy
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    • 345 13 Undergrad stole bank cards and withdrew $4,000 AN UNDERGRADUATE from the Nanyang Technological Institute yesterday admitted stealing a fellow hostelite's bank cards and using them to withdraw about $4,000. Low Cheng Keat's fate is now m the hands of the district court. If the 22--year-old Malaysian is convicted, he will
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    • 78 13 Ballroom dance tapes on sale A SET of two video tapes featuring the Singapore Ballroom Dancing Championships 1968 held m November can now be ordered from the Hong Kah Community Centre Building Fund Committee. The tapes cost $120 per set. Orders can be placed with a cheque payable to Hong
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    • 235 13 THE Economic Development Board has so far approved $1.2 billion m loans to more than 5,300 small and medium enterprises (SME) projects. The approved financing was made since the Small Industries Finance Scheme was launched 12 years ago. A further $70
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    • 285 13 Visitors throw brickbats at snow park IRATE visitors to the Wonderful Snow Park m Kallang have called The Straits Times to complain that they saw no snow m the park but hard ice. They said the park offered little by way of entertainment and had but five stalls which one
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    • 374 14 Hotels tighten security to keep out touts MANY hotels m the toutinfested Orchard Road area are tightening security to counter touts' forays into their premises. At the Dynasty Hotel, a security officer patrolling the lobby keeps a sharp lookout for touts. "We know who the regular touts are. We tell
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    • 617 14  -  SHARON LIM Move comes m the wake of police clampdown on their street activities By TOUTS are defying a police clampdown on their street activities by knocking on doors of hotel rooms and even brazenly boarding tourist buses to drum up
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    • 142 14 TWO sisters were charged m court on Tuesday with two counts of theft at Marina Square on Christmas Day. Yong Siew Lan, 37, and her sister, Yong Siew Chin, 33, are alleged to have stolen a wallet from Miss Lucy Thoy at the
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    • 24 14 POLICE Boys' Club members will perform songs and dances at the Bedok community centre at 7.30 pm tomorrow. Admission is free.
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    • TRAFFIC ALERT
      • 47 14 THE road along the bridge at Commonwealth Avenue West to dementi will be closed from 11 pm tomorrow to 6 am the next day for repair works by the Public Works Department. Motorists can use Boon Lay Road which has been made two-way.
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    • 582 14  - Council wants tighter control over Indian cultural groups VALLI SUBRAMONY By A BODY set up by the People's Association to co-ordinate and promote Indian cultural activities wants closer control of its cultural groups at the community centres. The chairman of the year-old PA Indian Cultural Groups Co-ordinating Council, Captain M.G.
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    • 456 16  - National Museum to close for $5.5 m restoration work JACQUELINE WONG By TERMITES are gnawing away bits of Singapore's heritage. The insects have infested the timber structures of the 101-year-old National Museum, which is a national monument housing the nations permanent art collection and other artifacts. Besides this, there is
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    • 190 16 Secretary, 19, cheated firm to pay off debts A TEENAGE secretary, who invested m commodities and lost about $5,000, stole a pre-signed blank cheque, made it out to herself and banked it into her account to pay off her debts, a court heard yesterday. The court was told that on
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    • 458 16  -  SERENA TOH By LAW graduates, dentists and accountants who join the civil service are now starting off with less pay than their peers m the teaching profession. This is a significant change from the past when teachers used to
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    • 287 16 POLICE are investigating a case m which a Telecoms employee reported the discovery of a fake $100 bill while making a deposit m a bank. Mr Leong Yew Thong, 38, had withdrawn his life savings of $8,000 from the Jurong
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    • 529 17  -  SERENE LIM By PETROL companies have decided to call a truce m the gifts war for the time being at least, said the spokesmen of five oil companies yesterday. But they will continue to monitor the market before deciding if this will
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    • 473 17  -  CAROLINE CHAN Overcrowding m fish farms may be the reason, say PPD officials By STRESS that is what killed the fish washed up on the shores of Pasir Ris. Primary Production Department officials, who were at the beach on Tuesday to
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    • 408 17 THE New Year will be ushered m by residents of Block 55, New Upper Changi Road, m grand style. It will be so, thanks to five big-hearted Singaporeans Mr Victor Goh, a resident, and his business partners, who are splurging
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    • 104 17 Man charged with vandalising PUB cables A MAN was charged with five counts of vandalising underground cables worth more than $10,000 at several Public Utilities Board sub-stations. Vangadsalam Ramasamy, 42, allegedly cut and removed the cables with three others at four substations belonging to the PUB from October to Dec
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    • 214 17 THE coming travel trade exhibition, Travex, has attracted a record 250 buyers from around the world, exceeding the organisers' expectation of 200. This is believed to be the highest turnout since Travex was launched m 1982, said a statement from the Singapore
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    • 30 17 TELECOMS has extended its data transmission services, called Telepac, to India, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Tahiti. Telefax services have also been extended to Kenya and Panama.
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    • 132 17 AN OFFICE-BOY was kicked m the stomach when he struggled with a snatch-thief who tried to make off with the money he had drawn from a bank minutes earlier on Tuesday. Mr Salim bin Wari, 37, reported to police that he cashed a cheque for
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 634 18 AS the Palestine Liberation Organisation has dedicated more than four decades to the destruction of Israel, it is difficult for Israelis to accept that the PLO has finally given up this aim and is willing to live side by side with them m peaceful harmony.
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    • 1040 18 Chinese parents should strike a balance between exercising their authority as elders and respecting their children's rights as individuals this view was expressed by Prof Lin Yu-sheng of Wisconsin University at a seminar "Major and Minor Chinese Traditions What Asian values deserve
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    • 705 18  - Lesson from the Maldives: Small is vulnerable SHRIDATH S. RAMPHAL By LONDON The world sometimes forgets how vulnerable small states can be. Within the Commonwealth, a co-operative association of Britain and 47 of its former colonies around the globe, there are 17 countries with populations of fewer than 250,000 people.
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    • Tan Bah Bah's new town
    • 1710 19 The controversy which erupted when Kelantan's State Secretary sent out transfer orders to 20 state administrative officers on Dec 4 has taken several twists. What should have been a routine administrative matter now threatens to become a major constitutional crisis m the Malaysian state.
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    • 1065 19  -  MARY BRASIER By me buaraian MICHAEL Milken, America's junk bond king, emerged last week as the most likely casualty of the record US$65O million (5J1.267 billion) settlement agreed on between his firm Drexel Burnham and US government lawyers. Drexel agreed to the
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  • FORUM
    • 449 20 THE report "Greying of Singapore: Part 7" (ST, Dec 19) contained the comments of seven people on the elderly. I am deeply disappointed with three of the comments, i.e. those by SBC actor Chen Zhicai, student Audrey Khong and student Vivien Tan.
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    • 54 20 WE refer to the letter "NUS school should improve assessment of students'' by Mr L.K. Chai. (ST, Dec 9). The matter is regularly reviewed by the Faculty of Business Administration. We thank the writer for his comments. NG sr AN ENG (MISS) Asst Director University liaison Office
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    • Replies
      • 166 20 I REFER to the letter "Would prompt medical help have saved man?" by Mrs Suzanne Chan. (ST. Dec 24). The writer's 70-year-old father was brought on the morning of Dec 8 to the Accident and Emergency Department, SGH, for an attack of asthma. Soon after
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      • 188 20 WE refer to the letter "Hotel's security guard rude to guests" by Mr Peter Lim L.G. (ST, Dec 15). We appreciate Mr Lim's understanding of the hotel's policy of not allowing people to loiter m its premises, especially during the festive season, and agree that
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    • On temples/cult houses
      • 327 20 I REFER to the Ministry of National Development reply "Ministry has ordered stop to 'temple cult house' activities" (ST, Dec 20) to the letter Temple/cult house' m neighbourhood" by "J.H.A. (Seletar Hills)". (ST, Dec 16). I have noticed an alarming increase m the number of
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      • 86 20 IN January, a temple was set up m a house m Sing Joo Walk, right m the middle of a residential region. It has a medium who operates at night, wearing ghostly robes. It also uses gongs and trumpets every fourth weekend. Another temple was set
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    • 363 20 Cardphones for overseas calls in noisy places IT CAN be a frustrating experience trying to conduct an overseas telephone conversation, especially when one is using Telecoms cardphones. Cardphones are certainly a boon to telecommunications m Singapore but it is obvious that those responsible for siting them have not had to
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    • 140 20 OntheHDß REFERRING to the Housing Board's plans to build common rubbish chutes (ST, Dec 17), I wonder whether the following negative points have been fully considered: 1. Wet rubbish which is not completely wrapped will dirty the common corridor. How many people will, m practice,
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    • 151 20 SHOULD a "Dirtiest Block m Ang Mo Kio Contest" be organised, I am very sure Block 437 will win it hands down. The cleanliness of this block has deteriorated so much that most of the residents have noticed and commented about it. The cleaners spend
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 82 21 PRICES on the Singapore stock market yesterday posted across-the-broad gains for the third day m a row. Widespread gains m all sectors especially by quality stocks pushed the Straits Times Industrial Index up 10.4 points higher to 1,046.93, its highest level m more than three months. The
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      • Chief Price Changes
        • 42 21 S I F««tn ISM +M SI* 1290 30 S I K TOO 12)0+30 FtN CM +30 ICS CM +30 FIR* MS 25 SPHFaiip 780 15 iMtmSOc MO +15 VhImDM IN +13 ICB 3S| +12 Gf Lit 1200 +10 DBS 7*5 +10
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        • 32 21 5 pore Land Rts 1,969,000 Lum Chang 50< 1,211 '000 A N A Hotels 1,064 000 Keppel Inv Wrts 1 ,039 000 QAF Ltd 40< 932,000 Sim Lim 796 000
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        • 105 21 Ok 27 Ok 28 D«c 27 Dk 28 BT Composite 920.16 928.38 ST Plantations 1463 92 1463 40 BT 08/ OS +155 +232 OBSCPFtode. 33*12 342 22 BTCADI 7068 7001 OCBC 765 98 ***** BT 10-Oiy MA 7233 7210 006 Composite Ml 57 504 68 BIO6V +*****05 +*****56 UOB
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      • 34 21 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) AJJtime High *****0 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) Ad-time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) ***** (28/4/86)
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      • 17 21 THE US dollar closed unchanged against the Singapore unit at 3 pm yesterday m dull trading.
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      • 53 21 In the Malaysian forex market, the US dollar ended at M 52.7170/80, sterling at M 54.8660/715 and the Singapore dollar at M 51.3960/70. Source Reuttf. Astley t Pearce DM Y S$ HK$ A$ U8I/C Open ***** ***** ***** 7 8085 0 8530 ***** Close 1.7865 125 35 *****
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      • 70 21 Physical (SS) Tins Wed Kilobar 26.094-26,244 26.057-26.207 100 gm 2,623—2.648 2,615—2,640 50 gm 1,314—1,329 1,310—1.325 20 gm 523—535 522—534 5 gm 131—140 130—140 1 gm 26—35 26—35 Bdfan coins (SJ/oz) Spore bullion coin 814—830 814 830 Canadian maple leaf 837—843 837-843 Australian nugget 839—847 837—845 OUB |oM
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      • 27 21 USS/oz Tues Mon New York 417.50—418.00 Closed Wed Tues Hongkong ***** 416 30 Closed Wed Tues Singapore 415.30 415 70 *****-418.70 London morning fix 413.65
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      • Short Stops
        • 92 21 TAIPEI Most Taiwan share prices closed at their 5 per cent lower limits after widespread selling, dealers said. The Weighted Index dropped 257.9 points, or 4.6 per cent, to finish at 5,345.46 compared with Tuesday's 5,603.36 close. Turnover was NTJ32.19 billion (5J2.21 billion) against NT546.87 billion. Falls
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        • 82 21 LONDON Crude oil prices jumped as much as 85 US cents a barrel on world spot markets on Tuesday after an accident m the North Sea over the weekend that may reduce British production by 10 to 12 per cent, oil traders said. North Sea Brent
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    • 413 21  -  LIM ENG HAI Construction group to build and take up major stake m Sentosa project By DIVERSIFIED construction group Lum Chang Holdings is set to take up a major stake m Sentosa Island's $20-million oceanarium project, Underwater World Sentosa, which it
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    • 255 21 AFTER some initial uncertainty, investors yesterday valued the two separate entities that arose from the British-incorporated Cold Storage Holdings at about the same price as their predecessor. Shares m the new Singa-pore-incorporated Cold Storage Holdings closed at $3.98 yesterday, compared with the old
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    • 332 21 JAPANESE banks, which already dominate world banking, predictably swiped most of the top 50 places m financial magazine Euromoney's 1988 ranking of Asian banks. This is because the growth of Asian banks, although creditable, continues to be outpaced by that of Japanese banks.
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    • 45 21 TRADING m shares of Mulpha (S) Ltd resumes today. The company was suspended on Aug 18 while it completed a capital reduction of its existing ordinary shares of $1 par into shares of 20 cents par. It last traded at 47.5 cents.
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    • 27 21 THE Singapore rubber market will be closed for the New Year holidays from 1 pm tomorrow to Monday. Trading will resume on Tuesday.
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    • 434 21 INNO-PACIFIC Holdings Ltd has become the second company to buy a stake m International Factors (Singapore) Pte Ltd. The listed Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee follows Sesdaq-listed Trans- Island Bus Services Ltd, which acquired a 13.49-per cent stake with the purchase of four
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    • 377 21  -  STEVEN PAK By GOODWOOD Park Hotel Ltd and listed subsidiary, Hotel Malaysia Ltd, turned m another disappointing performance during the financial year ended Sept The Goodwood group flagship of Malaysian property tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat which includes the Goodwood Park, York and
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    • 510 21  -  SHARON LAU By LISTED Hotel Properties Ltd yesterday took its dramatic battle with US-based hotel management chain Hilton International Co into the opponent's court. It questioned Hilton's Area Vice-President Oskar von Kretschmann's Oct 14 statement attributing the high occupancy rates of Hotel
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 441 22 Singapore Better sentiments continue prices up for third day A CONTINUATION of the strong showing on the Singapore stock market yesterday saw share prices rise across a broad front for the third straight day. Brokers said market sentiment was underpinned by the second successive record close m Tokyo on the
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      • 166 22 SHARE prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday were higher across the board for a second day. Volume increased markedly m active trading. Following Tokyo's higher opening, share prices began at a level slightly above the overnight close, m moderate trading. Brokers said the up-trend then began
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      • 47 22 NST Index Wednesday 1,813.90 (1.798.54) Hongkong Hang Seng Wednesday 2,696.44 (2,656.59) Australian Al Ordinaries Wednesday 1,486.80 (1,484.10) Nikkei Stock Average Wednesday 30,159.00 (30,050.93) Financial Tines Industrials Tuesday Closed (1,436.20) Dow Jones Average Tuesday 2,162.68 (2,168.93) (Figures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day)
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      • 274 22 RIDING a wave of optimism for the New Year the Tokyo stock market yesterday rallied to a record high close. "A lot of it is just year-end window dressing, but there is also some fundamental buying for the New Year," said broker Bruce Babcock of PrudentialBache Securities (Japan) Ltd.
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      • 126 22 YEAR-END window-dressing pushed Hongkong stocks sharply higher m the first day of trading after the Christmas break, share analysts said. "It is not what I call intelligent buying," an analyst said. "The buyers, mostly locals, are just pushing the market up before the end of the year." A stronger
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      • 127 22 THE post-Christmas week, traditionally one of the slowest on Wall Street, began true to form on Tuesday. Prices drifted lower as both bulls and bears slumbered on the New York stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 6.25 points, to 2,162.68, with most of the drop occurring
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      • 22 22 TRADING on the London stock market was scheduled to resume yesterday, after the exchange had been closed for the Christmas holiday.
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      • 135 22 A SPRINKLE of local institutional buying yesterday, particularly m major bank stocks, boosted Australian share prices. The All-Ordinaries Index had edged up 2.7 points to close at 1,486.8. "There has been a little bit of local buying around," one broker said. "A small amount of buying is going to
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      • 3492 22 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts N Taieiempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results. P/E ratios and {ross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investments
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    • 2309 23 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 28, 88 Adjusted for new issues: Par value Msl unless otherwise specified IM* Last Vol Day High Low Company Sate or- ('000) High Low INDUSTRIALS 150 79 AISB 50* 133 unch 48 133 132 56 26% API 32 unch 24 32 32
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      • 36 23 Eurodollar 3-month deposit Open High Low S,tt l Vol Mar 8$ 9> 5477 Inn* •S'pt 90.60 HarM 90 50 Jan* 90.33 Mar 91 90 39 June 90.36 Srpt 9034 Open Int (Tucs): H4a. Act \ol (Tue>
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      • 19 23 Open Hl^h Low Shi Vm Vul Mar 89 lane Sept Open Int (Tues): Sit. Act Val (Tnes): 2».
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      • 18 23 Open High Low Sett Vol MarM 1.7786 Sept Open Int (Turs) 55. Act Vel (Tats): Ml.
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      • 85 23 Wednesdoy, December 28 1988 ion 8 V Jon 89 puti High Lo« H.gt, Low laH M CAI 55 j 56 70A 66 181 21 57 69C 72 SB 5A 3 1531 IS7 59 2SOB 255 60 CAB F*b 89 co>i> F.b 89 pvt> low lan m^*, lan 2
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      • 49 23 RACING Doubtful starter for Hongkong race Wednesday. December 28 1988 M«lt Mo. SO put, High Lo- Higfc Low WN 9000 8S 8 13? II 34A 2 It 20 20 20 331 32 9100 498 681 67 4 9200 Jun« 89 pv.-. Set> M,9k 1.0- IM 9150 9
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      • 38 23 Crude Product Prices ghtly higher maiket Playngapore barrels ienl some short Bullish of mt FOB Sin. -}Ktt -related rOte CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (USS* KFST ate BRENT BUND DUBAI FMEH NM T/IPIS BIENO CSI-180 VI GASOi NAFHTHJ NAPHIHA
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    • 63 23 27 Ctai|t Goody.or T« 50* Afc.d S£ 32H H.w».tt Pock 52=2 -t, gtt= R :i Kr~ h Ear 3 Chry^ Cp 25W -H MoW Cp 45% .t* Crf«:orp 25^ NovntoT 5 +u r 0 unch 32* -t» CPC^t^. S Pon Am Cof 2^ Ti P is ru L
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    • 356 23 Dec Zt Ytn Change Mittub Etoc 1000 -30 Mif»ub Estot. 2650 +40 VY 0 10 3 °oo +60 MrHub Kkovy 1000 +12 638 -7 Mitsubishi 1330 -20 Amodo 1240 +10 Mitsui Co 979 -I Chw 1060 -10 Mrt*m SNpbtdg 803 10 2040 +30 MitsuiSm.tt.no. 727 unch Bonk Of Tokyo
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    • 332 23 2S m Cta*. j^SfcHM*. 9.J0 g2 Awoc ln« Hot.X 2.675 -0 025 Ka Won Ston«» 097 voch Bank Of Eo*t AHa 19 70 +0 3 KMB 850 -0 i Copitol Corp 060 unch Lan- Crowford 1500 -0.3 Cathay Pacific Air 930 +005 Hing 2.40 unch Ch«ung Kong 815 +0
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    • Article, Illustration
      429 23 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppe) Wharves April GL Kl9 a side 29/12 Equator V K22 aside 29/12 F E Nave* K3O aside 03/01 Inmawa K2l aside 29/12 Kola Naga K32 aside 30/12 Koheng C2O aside 01/01 I )ai Bontan KlB aside 30/12 Of Hope K34 aside 29 1?
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 348 23 I *n $1,000 2 fo» best customers only 3 OCBC Fiance 4 nibble it DBS fiance 5 Quaifynf But rjtei we offered by wbsidury OUT 6 Wn $10 000 7 Renovjbor lojn onty Flat nterest «W-«i UOf' i ittn" jho jvilible it UOf »tw xaiUblf it DBS Fiunce
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      • 104 23 Counter rates Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Foreifn Currency Buying 00 Mta| US dollar 1.9325 Sterling pound 3.4644 Australian dollar Canadian dollar HZ dollar Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling Belgian franc (torn) Danish kronor 27 > Deutschemark 1 08 26
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      • 5 23 Income Bond Policy
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      • 26 23 Crude MS/tonne palm oil January 985 (south) 970 Refined palm oil US$ tonnes RBD palm Feb March 39/ RBD RBD Match CruoV Unq pale
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      • 6 23 Rubber Closing prices cents /kilo
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      • 17 23 Tin Closing prices MS/kilo XL Tin 1982 up seven cents Turnover 105 tonnes up 27 tonnes
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      • 19 23 Clounf prices Silver USJ 'roy ai t»»d lufj 116 16 6 tue» Man Hew York hl4 619 Closed
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    • 204 23 i Managers 1 prices for I December 29 Singapore Unit Trust The ON 098 l The Savings Fund 0.85—0.91 Spore Prog fund 0 37-041 Spore Sec Fund 0 64-0 69 Spore Invest rund 0.67—0. 7Z Fquitv Fund 0 46— 0 M)id Asia Unit Trust I 43 Mai Prog
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    • 635 24  -  KHNG EU MENG By There will be changes but present employees will be retained SINGAPORE'S pioneer fast-food chain, A& W, changed hands last week. The franchise for operating the chain m Singapore and Thailand was passed on to Scotts Holdings (Pte) Ltd by Bowater
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    • 228 24 Ringgit slides to new low against US dollar MALAYSIA'S ringgit yesterday continued its slide, falling to a new low of M 12.7170 to the US dollar m Singapore indicating continued commercial buying of the greenback. Its previous low was M 52.7095 to the US unit, set on Tuesday. Dealers said
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    • 119 24 Chase to sell KL retail businesses KUALA LUMPUR Chase Manhattan Bank announced on Tuesday that it would sell its individual banking credit card and mortgage lending businesses m Malaysia to Citibank NA. Chase Country Manager Robert Welch said m a statement that the sale reflected the bank's desire to sharpen
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    • 158 24 Consolidated Hotels chairman dies at 53 CONSOLIDATED Hotels Group Executive Chairman Stephen Yap Teck Chiong died on Monday at the age of 53. Although his wife, Mdm Angeline Lim, is also a director of the company, it is not known who will replace him. The group owns three hotels m
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    • Companies Desk
      • 21 24 THE net tangible asset value for the Thai Prime Fund Ltd on Dec 23 was U559.24 per share.
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      • 136 24 FOOD-BASED group QAF Ltd yesterday signed a $30-million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of six banks led by French bank Credit dv Nord. The standby facility, which will cost 6.75 per cent a year based on current interest rates, will be used to refinance the group's more expensive
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      • 99 24 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation has obtained court sanction to merge its publiclylisted subsidiary, International Trust Finance Ltd, with its unlisted Forward Oversea Credit Ltd. The merger, which should result m economies of scale, will therefore become effective from next Tuesday. The following day, ITF shareholders will meet to approve a
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      • 140 24 KUALA LUMPUR Plantation-based Emtex Corporation Bhd has announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire 1.47 million shares of Msl each representing 49 per cent of the equity capital of Linbar Estate Sdn Bhd (LESB) for M 52.94 million (552.09 million) m cash. The agreement was reached
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  • RACING
    • 861 25  - He' s Dawan hit by injury TAN THEAN LOON I Doubtful starter for Hongkong race I b> PENANG Sprint sensation He's Dawan is a doubtful starter for the HK$l.5 million (*****.000) Hongkong Invitation Cup to be run at Sha Tin racecourse on Jan 29. Fate has dealt a cruel blow
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    • 232 25  -  TAN THEAN LOON PENANG C'eet SI Bee 11, a non-acceptor last weekend, showed delightful action yesterday. With Azhar Ismail astride, the four-year-old Australian gelding breezed over 600m in 36.45ec. The going has improved to good. C'est Si Bon n is still a maiden after
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    • 124 25 Chee will partner St Gallen PENANG Trainer Ivan Allan has engaged apprentice Danny Chee to ride St Gallen in the 2,200m Governor's Gold Cup on Sunday and has pulled out his other Cup hope Fine Tune. Chee has ridden the nine-year-old gelding twice for a win over the Bukit Timah
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    • 1072 25 IPOH A total of 268 horses, comprising 105 in Class 3, 76 in Class 5 and 87 in Restricted terms have been entered for the Perak Turf Club January meeting starting on Jan 7. Eight races have been scheduled for the first, third and fourth days and nine
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    • 67 25 FIRST DAY: Class 3 Divs B and D 1,200m; Class 5 Div B 1,200m and 1,400m, Div C 1,400m; Restricted terms Divs B, D and E 1,200m. SECOND DAY: Class 3 Divs A and C 1,200m and 1,600m, Div B 1,600m; Class 5 Div A 1,200m and 1,400m,
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    • 1412 25  -  PENANG New Zealand's foremost female jockey Maree Lyndon has returned from a six-week vacation and was busy working horses yesterday. Lyndon, whose expatriate licence has been renewed another six months with effect from Feb 1 by the Malayan Racing Association, brought out three horses, including Governor's
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  • OBITUARIES
  • TIMESPORT
    • 373 26 Upbeat hosts stroll to 4-0 victory MAHMOOD GAZNAVI reports on the Coke Cup Under-16 soccer tournament from Jakarta INDONESIA A proved too strong for Thailand m the Under-16 Coke Cup soccer tournament final when they strolled to an easy 4-0 win yesterday. More than 15,000 fans packed the Pelita Jay
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    • 200 26 ENGLISH SOCCER NORWICH A moment of inspiration from the man they call "Flash" Gordon helped Norwich beat West Ham 2-1 and bounce straight back to the top of the English First Division soccer table, above Arsenal, on Tuesday. Dale Gordon took full advantage of Alan McKnight's
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    • 233 26  - Phelps to fight Pical for title A. SURENDREN BOXING By WORLD International Boxing Federation junior bantamweight boxing champion Ellyas Pical will defend his crown m Singapore on Feb 24. The Indonesian champion will stake his title against Texan challenger Mike Phelps at the National Stadium. The soft-spoken Pical signed a
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    • 115 26 Windies take control A grinding century-plus performance from Richie Richardson and a smashing 63 from captain Viv Richards put the West Indies m an impregnable position at stumps on the fourth day of the Third' cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. The West Indies completely outplayed the Australians
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    • 34 26 Lubos Rob sparked a four-goal outburst during a nine-minute span of the second period on Tuesday and led Czechoslovak kia over Norway 7-1 m the World junior hockey championships m Anchorage, Alaska.
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    • 27 26 Hana Mandlikova confirmed on Tuesday that she had divorced her naturalised Australian husband Jan Sedlak. Czechoslovak-born Hana declined to reveal the reason for her divorce.
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    • 53 26 AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has rejected an approach from Spanish club Barcelona to buy Dutch soccer star Ruud Gullit. Berlusconi told the newspaper, Gazzetta dello Sport, on Tuesday that Barcelona's vice-president Juan Gaspart telephoned him recently to ask whether the Italian League champions were prepared to
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    • 31 26 Walsall have dismissed manager Tommy Coakley and his assistant Gerry Sweeney. The Walsall board decided to dismiss the two men after Monday's "humiliating" 5-1 home defeat by Oxford United.
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    • 33 26 Tanzania Olympic Committee chairman Raphael Kugaba and his secretary, Erasto Zambia, have been sacked m a move aimed at raising the standard of sports and discipline m the East African country.
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    • 42 26 Kuwait beat Iraq 2-0 m a friendly match on Tuesday, the first soccer international m Iraq since Fifa lifted a four-year ban. Fifa lifted the suspension, imposed because of the Gulf war, last Saturday. A ceasefire was declared m, August.
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    • 42 26 Thailand booked a semi-final clash against South Korea after defeating hosts Hongkong 4-0 on Tuesday m the preliminary rounds of the 17th Asian schools Under-18 soccer championship. In another match, Indonesia sneaked into the semi-finals when they beat Singapore 3-1.
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    • 35 26 John Fashanu, 31, out of soccer for the past three years with a serious knee injury, could be back m action m the next few weeks with English Second Division club Manchester City.
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    • 30 26 A British entrepreneur is trying to bring Argentinian soccer ace Diego Maradona and former Beatle Paul McCartney together to record a song for the children of the world.
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    • 337 26 BASKETBALL American NBA: Hawks 128 Knicks 126, Rockets 101 Heat 93. Cavaliers 107 Bulls 96, Mavericks 110 Spurs 101, Bucks 120 Pacers 107, Nuggets 130 Celtics 109, Warriors 119 76ers 112, Clippers 104 Supersonics 100, Kings 112 Trailblazers CYCLING Cologne six-day race standings after Ist night: 1
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    • 303 27 January sports diary: American football Badminton Boardsailing Bowling Soccer Squash Table tennis Tennis Yachting SOCCER DANISH international Allan Simonsen, the 1977 European Footballer of the Year, will be on the bench to guide Premier League title contenders Jurong Town FC m their opening match against
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    • 144 27 YACHTING TWO events will kick off the yachting programme for 1989 the Singapore Yachting Association Hobie 16 and 470 on Jan 1-2 and Jan 7, and the SYA Lark and Laser championships, on Jan 14-15 and 21. Both events will be held at Changi. All South-east Asia Games
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    • 169 27 BOWLING GRAND Finale Jatico Bowling Tournament of Champions winners Mike Wee and Grace Young will be out to show that their triumphs early this month was no fluke when they take to the lanes for another season of the series from Jan
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    • 166 27 BADMINTON CHINA'S Xiong Guobao and Denmark's Morten Frost are set to dominate the Fuji World Grand Prix badminton finals m Hongkong from Jan 4^B the climax of the gruelling 19--event GP circuit. Their chances m the men's singles have been enhanced by the poor form
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    • 269 27 World stars to clash IN East- West duel TABLE TENNIS FANS can expect an extravaganza of world stars m Singapore for the Fourth Euro-Asia table tennis competition from Jan 8-9 at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. World Cup champion Andrzei Grubba, European champion Mikael Appelgren, South Korea's Olympic goldmedallist Yoo
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    • 152 27 BOARDSAILING TOP-CLASS shortboard sailing comes to the shores of Singapore with the inaugural Singapore Shortboard Open, starting on Saturday, at Changi beach. The three-day international competition brings together one of the fastest sailors m the world, American Fred Haywood, and some of the region's best
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    • 168 27  - Norhalis may wear Geylang's colours Joe Dorai SOCCER By FORMER Singapore international Norhalis Shafik is negotiating with defending champions Geylang International to play for them m the Premier League, starting on Sunday. The former national squad stopper left Singapore four years ago to join Trengganu with another footballer, Ahmad Paijan.
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    • 231 27 Hard-hitting Steffi has the advantage AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS THE Australian Open tennis from Jan 16-29, m Melbourne the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments will help throw light on who can stop West German powerhouse Steffi Graf from repeating her Grand Slam feat. The hard-hitting 19-year-old possesses a blistering
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    • 117 27 Youngsters chance SQUASH YOUNG squash players have a chance to show their prowess m the 9th Sprite Youth Championships from Jan 14-21 at the Kallang Squash Centre. This tournament will bring together players m the Under-19, Under-16, Under-14 and Under-12 categories. The first three groups will have both boys' and
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    • 219 27 OBITUARY PETALING JAVA Chua Eng Cheng, one of the best-known personalities m Malaysian sports m the early fifties and sixties, died at the Assunta Hospital here on Tuesday after a long illness. He was 67. A double international, Eng Cheng represented the country m hockey
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    • 173 27 AMERICAN FOOTBALL JANUARY is Super Bowl month, when all true- I blue American football fans get into the spirit of 1 the game. The championship will be fought out on Jan 22 m Miami. The finalists have not yet been decided as the I tournament is
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    • 1988 YEARENDERS
      • 393 28 Concluding Timesport's Olympic-yearenders: Jerry Seh and Albert Sim capture the drama m pictures TODAY we bring to a close Timesport's Olympic year yearenders. As m the past two days, the focus is on the number five for the five rings m the Olympic logo. On
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    • 792 29  -  HAKIKAT RAI The five major issues m 1988 The five things we would like to see happening m 1989 By THE backroom boys m Singapore sports hogged the headlines more than the players this year. They had more to say and do than the athletes on
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    • How some of the minor sports fared in 1988
      • 171 29 CRICKET MOHAN Rajalingam was named the Republic's skipper m the South-east Asia Associate Members' Cup m Hongkong m February, but was replaced by Mukhtar Ahmad the next month. MUKHTAR failed to lead the team into the Malaysian Cricket Association League finals, but made up for
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      • 189 29 RUGBY SINGAPORE'S seniors were beaten m all three matches by Thailand, Japan and Taiwan at the Asian Rugby Football Union championship at Hongkong m November. South Korea and Japan, the champions and runners-up respectively, proved to be a cut above the rest
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      • 169 29 SEPAK TAKRAW THE Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association (Perses) helped break new ground m the region. It began two years ago during an Olympic Council of Asia meeting m Kuwait when Mr S.S. Dhillon, secretary-general of the Singapore National Olympic Council, proposed the sport's inclusion m
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      • 170 29 SOFTBALL OVERSEAS tournaments will continue to be a major concern of the Singapore Softball Association as they still do not have a site to build a permanent playing diamond. THE SSA decided to concen- trate on nurturing youngsters and introducing new faces m the
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      • 180 29 HOCKEY B. VHAYAN was named national coach m January. He quit m October, unhappy over the Singapore Hockey Association's decision not to send the junior team to the Junior World Cup Asia Zone qualifying rounds m India. IN AUGUST, Singapore won the four-team Pesta Sukan
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    • 496 29  -  By PETER SIOW UNLIKE Aladdin, I cannot count among my worldly possessions a magic lamp to make wishes come true. So when the Sports Editor asked me to make five wishes on the direction I would like Singapore sports to take m the coming year, I
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  • 448 30 Former minister's overtures to PAS comes under strong attack KUALA LUMPUR New Umno Youth has decided to go all out to oppose Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and his group for seeking political co-operation with the opposition Parti Islam (PAS), The Star has reported.
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  • 169 30 LONDON A 28-year-old man from Liverpool, on the dole for seven years, has become the highest paid butler m the world m just a few months. The Ivor Spencer International School for Butler Administrators and Housekeepers said the young
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  • 462 30 THREE touts who chased a Straits Times photographer around the Subordinate Courts Complex to try to get him to give up his film of them were fined $2,000 each yesterday. In passing sentence on Tay Chong Meng, 21, Leong Shui Lap, 30, and
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  • 296 30 DHAKA Almost 200 people were feared dead after an overcrowded ferry was rammed by a cargo vessel and sank near here on Tuesday, officials said yesterday. They said rescue workers recovered 11 bodies floating on the Dhaleswari river but nearly 200
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  • 586 30 The Pan Am crash LONDON Signs of a bomb blast have been found on wreckage, luggage and bodies recovered from the Pan American Airway Boeing 747 crash site m Lockerbie, Scotland, according to media reports. The Times of London yesterday said
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  • 148 30 Short-sighted people are more intelligent study LONDON Near or short-sighted people are slightly more intelligent than people with normal vision, according to a Danish study published m the British weekly medical review The Lancet. On average, people with myopia score IQ points higher than those with normal sight, although intelligence
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  • 76 30 What it should have been IN OUR reports. STPB wants penalties against touting to be made stiffer (Sunday Times Dec 25) and How HK solved its tout problem, m yesterday's Straits Times, we said the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board had raised the problem of touts with the Ministry of Communications
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  • 22 30 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 0.71 to 2,163.39 m the first hour of trading. AP
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    • 205 30 Weather Showers over a few areas m the late afternoon and early evening. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7.09 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.06 am GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 14/22 C Cloudy Log Angeles 314 C Cloudy Amsterdam 5/10 C Cloudy Madrid -3/12 C
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    • Women
      • 765 2 Two famous women are branching into new fields. Jean Bailey reports on the Olympics glamour girl who is writing children's bedtime stories In the other article, Michele Digirolamo spotlights Aretha Franklin's entry into the fashion world. IN A comfortable house m Newport
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      • 550 2 LOOK out, Hollywood. Watch out, fashion world. The legendary Queen of Soul is about to arrive. Aretha Franklin, the goldenthroated owner of 24 gold records and 14 Grammy awards, is branching out. And there's little doubt the lady from Detroit will command
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      • 462 2 THE baby had to be washed, changed, fed and nursed to sleep before I could write this. Then lunch had to be prepared and the washing hung out to dry! I have joined the ever-increasing ranks of stay-at-home men for
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      • 52 2 COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA The complete all-family reference source essential m every home where knowledge and education are respected. STP Distributors Sdn~Bhd~ 1 Times Centre. 1 New Industnal Road Singapore 1953 Without obligation, please send me more information for the Compion's Encyclopedia Name j Address Occupation j e STP Distributors Times Publishing
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      • 834 3 Watching television several hours a day increases the chance of children becoming more aggressive and more anxious, says a Swedish researcher. Alan Eisner reports. "I WAS scared when the man's stomach was ripped open with a knife and the blood went everywhere," said an
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      • 490 3  -  Yang Xue Lin Anako A weekty column on pawnfmg from a modern mother"! viewpoint A FAMOUS Chinese idiom goes like this. Wang zi cheng long, wang nu cheng feng." Roughly translated, it means "to hope that one's sons become dragons and one's
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      • 311 3 TALES OF THE FAR EAST Help your child discover a little cultural heritage TALES OF THE FAR EAST present the stories behind traditional proverbs, riddles and quaint sayings All m a light, flowing style with plenty of colourful illustrations pffjg^7tw> \js ta*T fSeTc 'I*~ '^M $6.50 each Time* The Bookshop
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      • 587 3 'riu'tttnuts'rinMN APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES APP^NTMENTS I FAR EAST ORGANIZATION I invites applications for the following senior posts 9 I (1) GENERAL MANAGER I Must have over ten years experience as genera] manager or H other senior post m large commercial organisations orproperty H development companies m managing project development, 9 B industrial
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      • 588 3 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO: 731 OF 1988 RE: TAN MUI JOO (m.w.) EXPARTE: THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED CREDITORS In the Matter of the Bankruptcy Petition filed on 1 4th Jury 1988 NOTICE To: TAN
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 792 4 The Leningrad Theatre of Modern Ballet comes to town next week. T. Sasitharan reports. LENINGRAD is to ballet wha Milan is to cars. It is a focus of peerless quality m the field Leningrad is home to the leg endary Kirov Ballet and the renowned Leningrad
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      • 383 4 Obituary HAL ASHBY, who won an Academy Award for his film editing and whose critical and popular successes as a director included Harold And Maude, Shampoo and Coming Home, died of liver and colon cancer at his home m Malibu, California, on Tuesday. He was
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      • 1254 4 TWO MOON JUNCTION. Midnight SCROOGED. At Prince 1. on Saturday and Sunday at Lido Christmas is over but the story of and Changi 1. the Scrooge still holds strong. This movie has all the right m- Charles Dickens' Ebenezer gredients for a steamy soap opera. Scrooge takes a modern twist
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      • 1041 4 I Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 MHz m VHr Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 600 News In Brief 6.05 On Air 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 On Air (confd) 7.45 On The Road 7.50 On Air (confd) 8.00 News 8.10 On
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      • 558 5 The road to Plum role did not run smooth Van Feng Ying, the Tuesday night drama serial on SBC 8, is about an opera star of the same name who risks her life to give China one of its gems m the history of its performing arts the Yellow Plum
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      • 419 5 YELLOW Plum is one of many types of traditional opera found m China's long history. It originated from the Huang Mci (Yellow Plum) town of Hubei province along the Yangtze River and was developed to its peak m An Qing
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      • 103 5 #pp^(Z^ »3S«fflf"a3£ K4fclfcitftftJ*tt t A ft?** H**±7 ft ft rTS vO <fi ill .15 A;&" ft -t. ii *fe #J r m n* iv, X£ #15lfeffj£*f|WHX u»B*r 4 m iiiuiiA^ rM 51 (1930 1968) -Hi ft*" *t*ii -ay. -.5 s a 2: rt-:*^ M<r« ifeiK.f, W,tcWJ ife»* ft 8 &#£#J
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      • 637 5  -  Tan Ban Huat By BEIJING artist Zhang Ding can use colour m his paintings as freely as other artists. But he does not want to any more. He specialises now m a rare style of Chinese painting using jiaomo or coke-ink painting thick black ink that
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      • 317 5 ONLY two women m the imperial family of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) are generally considered worth writing about. One is the Empress Dowager Ci Xi and the other is Empress Xiaozhuang. The former has been portrayed m numerous novels, films and television plays while the
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      • 144 5 MM it isi -it pi fr*n m fli k- pi "inn &&m&mvi)k+& ilf m j* as m% b♦j* 'r< pi ft<j j^ r j? s g Ml ifii f- f.i O'j (V- fl 9J5 C («C SO Jb S >^ Nii It m fci; i.i r jft H'.j tt "I
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      • 322 6 FINE PRINT AT LAST publishing recognition in Malaysia of Singapore's Malay writers: An anthology, Warna Bert emu (Three Colours Met), and a record of the development of Singapore short stories, Temasik, made it into the Malaysian Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka list of literary publications. (At least
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      • 438 6 Mendaki has an active programme to assist parents and students tackle educational problems. December saw a spate of seminars held by the council's Child and Family Development Department. Mardiana Abu Bakar reports. JUMPING JUPITERS hop their way through the corridors of
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      • 601 6 Apples, potatoes and sharing of feelings SHARIF AH SHEIKHA HARUN ALJUNIED, 10, is convinced that you can enjoy yourself and still pass examinations. Sheikha, who will be m Primary Five m Haig Girls' School next year, was one of the 39 participants at the A
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      • 220 6 BULAN Disember merupakan bulan bengkel buat Jabatan Pengembangan Kanak-kanak dan Keluarga (JPKK) Mendaki. Perkarangan Mendaki meriah dengan suara dan hilai ketawa pelajar-pelajar, dua minggu ber-turut-turut baru-baru mi. Mereka adalah kumpulan pelajar yang mengikuti bengkel A 1 dan A Star yang dianjurkan untuk pelajar sekolah rendah dan
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      • 169 7 SUN TAN *jr Collette THE BOHN LOSER B^ itrr Smasom THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appfrby 'Ifue'S fN UIS PARKl<tX>V<] (r7AII .....N /X 1 ozk/elop mz own fT\( jr BLONDIE Bjr Dean Young wWA-rs twe ""^l' 1 |r>? years /||||(C yes, i I lout the way things I I A ught
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      • 403 14 WALL PAPER FROM $2 00 $3.00 sSK^* 8 $5.00 per roll 10 meter) T^* m CEILING PAPER $12.00 per roll I SPECIAL PRICE FOR ALL I II CURTAW WITH FREE m SEWING (Normal Pleat Only) ■IMa ®Carlton Trading Co W? (Pt«) Ltd r M #02-35. Ouaansway Shopping Compiax j B^^MaiH
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      • 2540 15 1 C A T S -1 TLX: R*****3 CLASS FAX: 732-0230 2 Eating Out 2 Eating Out 23 Musical Instruments 30 Antiques/ 38 Airconditioners/ 1 Arts/ Crafts Refrigerators I d^G^^^/\^^ ANNUAL PIANO SALESI World v3HP/ I f«ee visit to sentosa? I II~S IaEiSsST <>^f o*»7>^ m- Harmony Music Centre. #02-632
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      • 1899 15 48 Babysitting/ Child 4S Babysitting/ Child Care Centres Care Centres __^T" See Our 5-page turn spare time Soread On INTO REWARDING TIME <*H1««U vn Home Renovation >T\ be A child care Furnishing fe i GIVER UNDER THE Iftea* TOOAY m IV^X FAMILY DAY _™5 S^LIL M CARE sch eme The
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      • 851 16 53 Club Mambarships BILTMORE, THE ESTABLISHED Club Agent handle sales k purchases on your behalf. Tanah Merah, Jurong, Sentosa. Keppel, American, Raffles, Warren etc. Golf Memberships, ordinary/ corporate Contact *****30. CHANOI GOLF CLUB Transferable membership Asking $*****/--ono. Inclusive of transfer fee. Call Spencer tel *****09 office hours. SERANOOON OON. COUNTRY
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      • 798 16 56 Sata: Othar Products 56 Sale: Othar Products SHIRTS FROM f^O 50 Limited to 2 shirt* b^^blb^^H p«r customer Whlle w stocks 9.30 am 6pm at 150 MacPherson Rd. Spore 1334 last! MACHINERY EOiNPMENT SALE BY TENDER Former Textile Mill In Jurong has the following machines L equipments for Immediate
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      • 768 16 73 Office Equipment/ Supplies 1 OOOo"useDCANON PC24 Copier; enlargement/ reduction. $1300; Olivetti brand new word processor, $1900, calculators, vacuum cleaners. *****53/ *****55. BRAND NEW FAX TEC PN2OOO, i $1,800 with 1 year warranty. Telecoms approved. Q2/3 20 journal print 4 2kg Call PTC *****84. TELEPHONES MOOEL ESS*, com- plete set.
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      • 1340 16 73 Office Equipment/ 73 Office Equipment/ Supplies Buppl|— fioiiiw^ftSsK"jßßijp Limited Stocks only l ~~"^B-]tTh^bbk One-year warranty UP $470 -**j M- FEATURES datty wht«l I W\*K\r^rmn*\ Un« »01-07 P«nin»ul«Pl»2« ifUQldllQ 1 "-*«'>BridQ.Roid.S-por.06i7 I ELBcrn=o\ics w IJM4 f*»* 76 Book-keeping/ 79 Business Secretarial/ Opportunities Answering/ r==^_ Translation Services established beta*, shop deal
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      • 1590 16 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help S^^^^7ZS^ AvBllBbw) Avsllsbte Avsilsbte A^SJb f MORE THAN Pareona'hr interviewed overseas and screened from provinces frequently^ 1 9 flflfl FAMII IFS Thai Fil'iPino Sri Lankan Indonesian w Javanese Chinese Malaysian a. K wvv iHllllLlLg Our Aaaurancea For Employew:PAU'T DC WRnNfi Strictly
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      • 764 16 95 EDP Positions PROGRAMMER required. Knowledge of Dbase 111 Clipper. Able to work Independently. Write to: LHK Computer Manufacturer Pte. Ltd. 110 Paya Lebar Road, #07-03 Slnbor House, Spore 1440. SCHOOL LEAVERS. WANT to be Trainee Computer Programmer? Come for lob briefing today at 11 am or 2.30 pm at
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      • 454 16 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions J FEMALE STOCK J CONTROL CUM X GENERAL CLERK I!* Mln OCE -O' level c Able to type. ffl* Preferably with experinQ ence m computer func Hj tlons. S Attractive salary and beneSj fits will be offered to sueSj cessf ul candidates. S.S-day work week, transport
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      • 405 17 96 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions WALK-IN-INTERVIEW SATURDAY, 31 DEC 88 9.00 AM— l2.OO PM (A) TYPIST/ CLERICAL ASSISTANT Requirements (i) GCE 3 O Level passes, or (n) Preliminary Certificate m Business Studies, VITB. plus 2 GCE O" Level passes m English and Mathematics, or I (m) Preliminary
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      • 648 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions invites applications from suitably qualified candidates For the following appointments: COMPUTER OPERATORS The successful candidates will be responsible for the monitoring of the Company's computer systems. They will also handle billing routines, systems back-up, recovery housekeeping and attending to users requests. Applicants
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      • 625 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions 5-day week established Prtnting A Supplier of Gift items Company has immediate vacancies for the following positions: RECEPTIONIST CUM GENERAL CLERK a Age 19 to 28 years a Mln. completed Sec. 3 a Able to type at mln. speed of 35 w.p.m. FEMALE COORDINATORS a O.C.E
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      • 526 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Position* Due to company's expansion, we require: MALE DISTRIBUTION CLERK Requirement*: Secondary education Must be willing to work on Saturday and Sunday -V above 24 B) Preferably staying In postal district 0612. 2159. 2260. 2264 Some experience tn Issuing and receiving of goods Cross salary 5750 per
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      • 610 17 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Poaitiona fAn established importer *1 I Distributor ot Bakery Ingredients requires:ACCOUNTS CLERK a Minimum OCE 'O' level a Bookkeeping knowledge a Able to type Please call for appt. at:--455-1322 or Walk-In to:--i 407 Tagore Avenue Binqaporo 2671. A Established local Marine Company has immediate vacancy for: GENERAL
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      • 629 17 98 Secretarial/ Clarical Positions SECRETARY Immediate vacancy available m an international Airline organisation a OCE. O' Level c Accurate shorthand and typing skill 100/ 45 w.p.m. respectively c Experience In similar capacity c Knowledge of WP/ PC c Able to work independently Interested candidates please write to: The Director lATA
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      • 666 17 98 Sacratarial/ Clarical Positions Due to expansion program, «a have vacanclss tor 1) RECEPTIONIST CUM TYPIST 2) STOCK CLERK a OCE O' Level or equivalent a Oood command of spoken EnglUh. a Preferably with typing and telex knowledge, a l year experience m similar capacity. Please call: TEL: 888-1188 for
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      • 590 17 96 Sacratarial/ Clarical Positrons Commertcai Ssnrles Company FEMALE GENERAL CLCRK a OCE O' level a Able to type a Oood command of English, a Experience not neccessary as training win be provided. interested candidates please walk m for Interview JS» Ist Caawl Rsi, #83-20 awigapora 184Z "ii rnmnsnu laipwias PORCHASINO
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      • 707 18 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions MVWVt#Otof# VtC#nCi#C! A) GENERAL CLERK c OCE NY O' level. c Experience not neccetsary as training will be provided School leavers are welcome B) DCLI VERY CUM DRIVER Holding class 4 driving licence. c Preferably residing at Ang Mo Klo ana. Interested applicants please call: aa*-esi7
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      • 983 18 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Urgently required by trading co. EXPERIENCED FEMALE SHIPPING CLERK c 'O' Level Able to type. c Knowledge of shipping and bank documentations. English L Mandarin Interested please call at: SPSS MecPharaoi. Road #OS-14. Citimac Ind. Complex Singapore 1336 Tel M 7-0814 Well established ship chandling company
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      • 807 18 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY requires an Admin. Assistant with 3-5 years' secretarial experience accounting qualifications. Call *****63 after 11a.m. maid AGENCY REQUIRES Office Assistant. Apply with full experience, salary expected k contact phone no. to Maxwell Rd. P.O. Box 713, Spore 0014. PERM 7 TEMP CLERK. Tel./
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      • 672 18 99 Sales Positions 99 Sales Positions LOOKING FOR A JOB THAT PROVIDES EXCITING CAREER, UNLIMITED INCOME AND GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT? A very eatabiiahed company Trendwell Investments Private Limited having proper end legalised direct link with the Manila International Future. Exchange »nd W^ 1 (FuM H**"***) looking for individuals to be
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      • 1196 18 99 Sales Positions 99 Sales Positions A leading trading company with a long record of achievement ln rtDCCOCD D un i Singapore ls seeking the follow-uncaacri-MANU ing additional sUff to further requiree: strengthen Its sales team In the Plumbing Division: rciwiALt SALES t< sales executives CO-ORDINATOR Successful candidates will RHuinm.ni.
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      • 591 18 99 Sales Positions Urgently required 1. SALES SUPERVISORS Able to work Independently tt supervise Hardworking/ honest 2. Part/ Full-Timo SALES ASSISTANTS 10 years b above c With or without experience Applicant, mv.l bo *M* to spook MGftoaWtfV Salary dopond* on *xperience Interested please call personally to: #01-32/ 33 Wiima Atria
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      • 691 18 99 Sales Positions Trading Company requires. 1) SALES EXECUTIVES Experience m selling consumer products to self-service outlets, supermarkets factories, Industries and/ or Institutions preferred. 2) SALES REPRESENTATIVES Experience In selling consumer products to provision stores and mini-markets preferred. Oood benefit* negotiable for the right cendicate* Interested parties please write with
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      • 858 18 99 Sales Positions LADY PROMOTERS for branded handbags Age 20 to 35* Can speak English. Mandarin. Chinese dialect* tt if possible. Japanese. Must have experience. UKI TO H YOUR OWN BOSS c Flexible Ume c Fully Independent c Earn $80,000 and above annually Attend our free career seminar on 30/12/88
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      • 602 19 99 Sale* Poaitions EXPCRIENCEO CHINESE SALES GIRLS required by boutiques. Pleaae call *****50 FORTUNE JEANS CENTRE requires Chinese Salesgirls. Pleaae call *****79 FULL/ PART-TIME INSURANCE agents required Training provided Call Eddie. 235-4777. FULL/ PART-TIME PROPERTY Agents needed. 9b*> commission, training L clients SRS *****81. FULL-TME CHINESE SALESGIRLS (20-30 yrs.) required
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      • 816 19 100 Technical Poaitiom j 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions I Enjoy The Best Or Bow Worlds 1 EARN WHILE YOU LEARN I SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (1978) LTD I invites applications for the post of: VEHICLE ELECTRICIANS (ELECTRONICS) An Apprenticeship Training Scheme m NTC 3 Electronics Servicing I Requirements I
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      • 426 19 JjOOJT»chnlcal Po»ition« 100 Technical Portion* When we grow, you grow too. And with over 120,000 healthcare products worldwide carrying our name, you'll never stop growing with a stable American MNC Baxter. MOLDING TECHNICIANS If you only want to be associated with advance machinery.... here's your chance. You'll be involved m
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      • 347 19 100 Technical Position* 100 Technical Positions REDA PUMP COMPANY (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD A US multinational company requires: Pre-requisites: NTC 3or NTC 2in Metal Machining At least 2 years relevant experience Able to work 2 rotating shifts Ist shift 7.30 am to 4.00pm 2nd shift 4.00pm to 12.30 am Mondays to
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      • 570 19 100 Technical Poaitiona 100 Technical Positions I PURCHASING ASSISTANT 1 (MALE) I B »GCE A level or Diploma m Mechanical or X Electrical Engineering Minimum one year experience ma H manufacturing firm rt I Possess Class 3 license Age 24 -28 years Able to communicate m Mandarin k I STOREKEEPER
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      • 515 20 100 TBchnical Poaitions 100 Technical Positions rll established company requires INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE MECHANIC TRAINEES NTC/ ITC In mechanical engineering 1 to 2 years experience m maintenance ol machines but not essential Local and overseas training will be provided to the success(ul candidates. Interested applicants please contact telephone number 33C22M
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      • 578 20 Start Protect M with A Big Bangl And Fulfill Your Now Years Resolution. We've got permanent and temporary opening to get you start your Engineering projects. c ELECTRICAL/ MECHANICAL TECH. (PERM.) NTC 2/3 m Electrical/ Mechanical Engrg. (Jurong). Salary $800 above c PROCESS PIPING/ MECHANICAL DRAFTSMAN/ WOMAN ITC/ NTC m
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      • 672 20 100 Technical Positions WING TAI Female Assl. Supervisor (Woven Label* Dept.) Singaporean Age below 30 Driving Licence Preferably with relevant experience but not essential rnterested applicants pis. call personally or write m, stating full resume, expected salary, tel no. to: The Personnel Depl. 107 Tampines Road Singapore 1953 (n—t Oriental
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      • 875 20 s 101 Production Positions 101 Production Po»itk>ns 101 Production Positions 101 Production Portions MAKE THE (^Technical A RIGHT START ASSI^ NTS mmmm^mm M M ITC or NTC 2 (Electronics/ I Wl Mmm MMSS L lectncal/ Mechanical or G( I: A' j ■raWaW Iff level m Technical stream I I TODAY,
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      • 453 20 101 Production Positions i 101 Production Positions j 101 Production Positions A NMB Singapore Limited H Urgently requires jm I -Ist shift: 7.00am-3.00pm 2nd shift: 3.00pm-1 1 .00pm I 3rd shift: 1 1 .00pm-7.00am Requirements: we Offer: Primary 6 education Shift Allowance Minimum 1 6 years of age 2nd shift:
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      • 158 20 (NETSttp A Swim Company manufacturer of pla sic injection machinery parti require* 1 2 years' working experience Eager to acheve/ maintain topworkmanship Willing to work shift (weekly rotation) 1 2 years working experience Eager to achieve/ maintain topworkmanship 1 2 years' working experience Salary: SSBSO SS9SO Post 1 SS7OO SSBOO
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      • 409 21 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions =l Rl!^ Beecham l \kJM Pharmaceuticals requires MALE MANUFACTURING OPERATOR Ths Job: To be involved m the production of syrups, tablet*, injections and capsules. Requirements: Singapore Citizen Completed full-time National Service Secondary education, preferably with GCE 'O' level Certificate Gross Starting <^ Salary Above
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      • 1209 21 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions /(KtM JL HILTON <*v.«f«M» nil. I un HT J INTERNATIONAL renowned for its excellent service invites I r E applications for the following entry level I requires positions, through which you could 1 f^^^J,'^*"®^ advance
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      • 1076 21 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions Lounge Positions I IftiSS/cWI I WVLK-IN INTERVIEWS sco iou NG i Thurs 29 Fri 30 Dec '88 DGUest'relations j 2 P m 5 P m OFFICERS 2) USHERS Come join a Fortune 500 American disk drive Jj CASHIERS company Western Digital.
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      • 499 21 104 Other Positions 104 Other Position* rt M!W '(!> rill Jj NEW TECH PARK 6-storey high tech complex 477,000 sq. ft 24-hour security State-of-the-art security system The complex is due for completion soon and has the following vacancies: Qualifications Experience Completed Sec. 4 At least 2 years supervisory experience m
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      • 608 22 SALES-OFFICERS 1 Would you like to work with an organisation which cares for your career? j We are an International company distributing a wide range of popular educational products which I are m great demand because of Its relative connection to school syllabus. We require Singapore and Malaysian citizens who
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      • 334 22 A local expanding injection moulding factory requiree 1. MACHINE OPERATORS c minimum completed primary education c must be a Singaporean c able to work either morning shift or midnight shift a experience preferred 2 0. C. OPERATORS c male c able to work on shift duty c age: not exceeding
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      • 573 22 104 Otner Positions to expansion, a well I established Trading Co I m d15t.2678 requires GENERAL WORKERS Age 10 -35 years Preferably applicants with Class 3 driving licence and able to drive forkllft c Able to understand simple English c Preferably residents of AM. KIo, Ylshun, Toa Payoh or nearby
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      • 441 22 104 Other Position* /ACTUSI Multi-national mattress manufacturing furniture company m Jurong has immediate vacancies forI Ha^l^BUßH^alHßti^l^l^la Experience m mattress cover sewing preferred To supervise sewing operators fabric cutters To schedule new development items GCE O 1 Level No experience required Ability to type Interested applicants please write m with full
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      • 663 22 104 OthT Positions Fast expanding furniture company urgently requires: DRIVER CUM DELIVERY Salary above $700 Walk-in-interview Alter 11am 217 East Coast Road Singapore 1543 Tel: *****23 195 Lavender St #03-01/08 Eminent Plaza Singapore 1233 Feat expanding nursing home requires immediately a DOMESTIC HELPER Working hours Bam to 2pm. Interested please
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      • 1032 22 104 OthT Positions We require MALE WAREHOUSE CLERK Experience not required as training will be provided. Completed N.S. preferable. Interested candidates please call personally or write In to. Th« Manager Now Wava Transport (8) Pla Lid 133 CtcH BttMt K«ck S«ng Towir #03-01 Singapore 0106 T»l *****4* APPLICANTS REPLYING to
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      • 861 22 104 Other Position* URGENTLY REQUIRED ONE Driv er. Call personally Block 91 I Corporation Drive »01-764, Singapore 2262 Tel *****20 URGENTLY REQUIRED INDIAN/ Malay Pickup Driver. Attractive salary. Walk-In Interview at: 82A Telok Ayer St. Spore 0104 VIDEO PRODUCTION CO. requires Trainee Assistant Video Editor Write to: 469 Macpherson Road.
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      • 519 22 125 Car Grooming DYNASTY CAR spray c, r speol 1 K 2k pamt Ja P s mm. I *****60 Johnson 126 Car Air-conditioners/ Hi-fi SUPERCOOL AUTO AIRCON. Services. Blk 1019. Yishun Ind Park A. *01-372 Tel 755-3635 127 Other Vehicle Accessories PORSCHE 924/ 911 accessories, s/rlms. 6 sets, new Turbo
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      • 925 22 130 Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo For Sale S«« our latest rang* of ALFA 33 1.5 Ti and ALFA 33 1.7 Grean Pricad from $56,500 I ARF on the road. Milan Auto Tel: *****52 *****00 I *****80 I FOR EXPORT ONLY, Alfa Montreal. Complete engine rebuilt by agt Whole car fully restored.
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      • 906 22 132 Mercedes For Sal* MERCS IN TIP-TOF I I CONDITION I] I It won't be expensive- H I you know where to g0... I (Essqj Swvic* Station 4870 Buch Road fnmptf ennrw noitiad interior ft Bodywork mtoraton Electronic Engine Tun* Up Centra) Locking. Power Wmdow and om*r Elecmcel faults 1
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      • 1067 23 132 Mfcsdss For Sato '78 MERCEDES 200 good cond $45,500 Tel *****09 lI A Blnjal Pit 9/71 MERCEDES BENZ 200 manual. Power steering. Immaculate cond assured Tel *****44. '90 MERCEDES 200 auto. SBC plate, complete accessories. Tel: 252-2288. 91 MERCEDES BENZ 280 S. auto., aircon., cassette, sport rim. Tel: *****35
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      • 850 23 134 Nissan For Site New Nissan Pulsar 1.4 Super with Power Steering Central Locking p/window, 12 Valve $5,300/- j| Downpayment I $1 000' Free Tour Vouchee High Trade m value acceptable Easy Hire Purchase Arrangement Low Insurance Premium Own one Today TAN MOTORCAR ENTERPRISES Blk 15V #01-3040 Ang Mio Kio
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      • 1028 23 134 Mis— n For Sato LATE '93 SUNNY 1 3DX New paint, aircon., hi-fi, beautiful cond. Can trade-In Tel: *****00. MEAR V1 OATSUN 120 Y. full accessories, new metallic paint. $17,500. Loan/ exchange. *****25. MrD -SO OATSUN 100A Alrcond., radio cassette. Good cond. Asking $14,800. Tel: 781-8319. MX) -93 SUNNY
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      • 721 23 134 Nissri For Sals 9/'B3 PULSAR I.OOX new model, 2 owners, aircon. s/rims. Hi-fi, tax 2 89 $25,600 neg. *****82 Yusof. 135 Toyota For Sbmi We sell and buy QUALITY USED CARS TOYOTAS and other fine vehicles BORNEO PFI MOTORS I*l Pte Registration 88 SEAT MALAGA GLX 1 5 87
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      • 1662 23 135 Toyota For Sato 135 Toyota For Bala Giving the old home a new look? Then turn to The Straits Times Classified for great ideas on home decor and renovation m our Home Furnishing Renovation Special. Win home appliances m our exciting contest. Details on pages 10 through 14 today.
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      • 1052 23 138 Mitsubishi For Sal* ABANDONING ALL CARS? Good CASH PRICE for: Honda, Mazda. Toyota. DatMin, MiUubi.h. Mwcmlh, J*p«n*M continental cart and any condition. Non-PARF/ PARF. Pte./ co. regd Vans/ pickups. Also sell. HKT MOTOR TRADING (Mr. Ong) 310 Bodok Road (1*44) Day: *****50 (Bam. -7pm.) Night: 7810SS8 <7pm-llpni Good Prtc*
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      • 1046 23 136 Mitsubishi For Sato 05 MITSUBISHI COLT. I owner 2-door. Alrcon. hl-ft, s/rtms. Beautiful cond Tel: *****92 85 MITSUBISHI COLT 3-dr. Hl-fl sports rims, original paint, well maintained. 449-7950. 9/ao GALANT i.a. Big bumper, alrcon.. hi-fi, engine 1 body tip top cond. $17,600. Tel *****98 0/11 MITSUBISHI Lancat I.6GSR. s/rlms.
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      • 1061 23 138 Honda For Sal* 1 OWNER. 0/02. Honda Accord 16 EX Tax 5/80. alrcon., radio, cassette, power steering, central lock. Like new. Tip top cond. $32,800 0.n.0 Loan $24,000 *****22. 11/13 HONDA ACCORO EX. sspeed, 2nd owner. Alrcon., radio cassette, sports rims. Tax 5/"89 Orlg. metallic blue. Al cond. $36,800
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      • 1014 24 138 Honda For Sato 1083 HONOA ACCORO Std 2 pte owners, radio cassette, showroom cond $28,800 *****03. 18S2 HONOA CIVIC, metallic red. Up top cond. $24,000 0.n.0. Call Jason Tan: *****70. after 12 noon ISM HONOA ACCORD EX Fully auto. Sunroof. Nice no. Tel: 345--8375 Exchange welcome a/tO HONOA CIVIC
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      • 932 25 D.lO TANGLIN PK. Best unit. 3+l bdrms, full facilities, $4,200. J.S. Lee (Realty) Co. *****22 D.lO TANGLIN PK. Brand new p/furn. 3+l study top fir. $4300 p.m. Radiant *****09. D.lO TULIP GARDEN Mals. 3+l rms. F/furn. Alrcon. Full facilities. $2,500 Citlview: *****88. D.lO VILLA DELLE Rose. Renovated bdrms. Si kitchen.
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      • 1121 26 186 Prlvata Apartmants For Sat* D 00 CAIRNHILL PLAZA. 2.800 sq ft High rir. 3 l rms. Well renovated/ f/furn. $750K *****33 x 82 agt D.l, PEOPLE'S PK. Complex 3+l SI7OK. D 15 Joo Chlat/ T.Kurau apu. S2IOK UWA *****55 C D.IS BEVERLY HILLS, high fir., 4100 sq.ft. 4 bdrms
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      • 771 26 5 YRS. OLD. Model A 1 4-rm. Bt. Purmel (off Kg. Bahru). marble. High fir., sliding window, big hall, $143K neg. Waterloo St. Blk 262 $109 K. R.V. *****30. MARSILING DRIVE PURE 4-rm. Good view. Tastefully renovated. Near school Si market. (Full CPF $58K Tel: 769-8828. owner. ONLY $3SK ONWARDSI
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      • 1087 26 191 HDB Apartmants For gala BEDOK N. 3 rm Blk. 75 High fir Terrazzo cabinet (full CPF $35K Asking $31K neg *****22 BEDOK N. S-RM. $105K neg Blk. in, well kept. Renovated Ceramic floor. *****78 BEDOK N. BLK.t3 3-RM Near mkt. marble floor. Well kept $44k neg. Full CPF $47k.
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      • 1074 26 191 HOB Apartmants For Bafa 3-RM. WHAMPOA DRIVE 81k. 75, ceramic t cabinet $40,000. Azman. *****38/ *****26. 3-RM. $44K ONLY. CPF $52 3 K Clementl West b1k.701, high fir. Near market, bus stop. *****62. 3 ROOMS STIRLING Rd. Blk 172 High fir near MRT $36,000. Eurohome. *****22 3ROOM ANG MO
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      • 878 26 194 Factory Spaca JURONQ i storf r detached fty Built-in 23,000 sq ft Land 70,000 salt High amp electric crane. Shen Property *****47 LIGHT FTY./ WAREH'SE at Upper Bt. Tlmah. 1,991 to 6.661 sq ft Grd.flr wareh'se/ showrm. 5,250/ 5.156. Sixth Aye. 7,000. *****43 TH. PAVA LEBAR FTY. for rent
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      • 1083 26 197 Office Spaces 197 Office Spaces For Rent For Rant Goldhill Plaza has it all Quality Office Space outside CBO aaa^aaa^B^aaa jgsggwHt mar jPT^^^^*^^^a»a^Br *a^BHß^KafiEr~"** M opposrte Novona MRT Station up to 10,000 sq. ft. available convenience of banks, shops and restaurants spacious and excellent car parking facilities top maintenance
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      • 785 27 200 Shop Spaces For Rent FOR LEASE LUCKY PLAZA Prime Shop Space fronting Orchard Rd. on 02 level Area: 310 498 sq.ft. Suitable for electronics/ boutique/ computer/ showroom etc. TEL *****11 SHOWROOM Available at Clttmac Industrial Complex. Oround Floor unit facing Macpherson Road 5317 sq ft with roller shutters Suitable
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