The Straits Times, 3 February 1992

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1992 50 CENTS MITA (P) 27/12/91
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    Lock icon Bush, Yeltsin forge new US-Russia ties
    725 1 More arms cuts planned; both leaders say past enmity has ended forever WASHINGTON President George Bush and his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin have proclaimed a new c a of "friendship and partnership" m Washington-Moscow ties and signalled their determination to speed up the arms
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    Lock icon New friends who think the world of each other
    254 1 WASHINGTON Like America and Russia, presidents George Bosh and Boris Yeltsin are new Mends who think the world of each other. "I consider I would be very lucky In life, both as a political person and Just as a man, to
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    Model's stunning secret that went horribly wrong
    75 1 Model's stunning secret that went horribly wrong SHE looks like a million dollars, so the expression goes. But behind her curves, enhanced by silicon breast implants, lies a horror story of sorts. Turn to Page 11, to find out what happened to model Deborah Ellingson, who was m Singapore recently
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    S'pore's total trade last year up 5.4% to record high of $216b
    595 1 S'pore's total trade last year up 5.4% to record high of $216 b But volume of non-oil exports shrank 2% m last quarter SINGAPORE'S total trade reached a record high of $216 billion last year, although it grew by a slower 5.4 per cent, compared with the previous year's 11.4-per
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    Lock icon Tokyo may drop peace corps plan
    140 1 TOKYO Japan's Foreign Minister said for the first time yesterday that Tokyo might give up plans to contribute troops to United Nations peacekeeping activities m Cambodia and other trouble spots m the future. Mr Michio Watanabe said m a television interview that while Japan
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      24 1 Other reports on Page 4: What's wrong SHS liflfh nAIMCf should be intellectual ft 111 l UvlllK as well as intelligent. an egghead? putfra-q
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      224 1 I FEEL THE LUXURY that's I SANCHQ ABARCA An No 6036 J|^^|T^ .^^m X &£sk Ss/e/^an: Arexte Enterprisai Pt» lid Tel *****55 Pax *****19 Key index signals lengthy struggle for US economy: Back Page Only One Camera Zooms Beyond Expectations. European Zoom Carm Just as there j^L Ik Of Vie
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      IN SUMMARY
      245 2 Record number off divorces m Spore An average of 10 couples were divorced every day m Singapore m 1990, pushing the figures for marital break-ups beyond the 3,500 mark. Recently-released figures from the Department of Statistics show that a total of 3,634 divorces and annulments were granted that
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      BG Lee: PAP activists must defend govt policies
      558 2 ACTIVISTS m the People's Action Party must have the courage of their convictions to stand up and defend government policies, Brigadier-Gen-eral (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking at a ceremony to present long service awards to more than 60 PAP members,
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      Lock icon 142 dead, 150 missing after avalanches
      360 2 ANKARA Rescuers found 32 more bodies yesterday m Kurdish mountain villages swallowed by avalanches m south-eastern Turkey, and about 150 villagers remained missing. Officials said 26 civilians were found dead m the village of Gormec, 15 km southwest of Sirnak, and the bodies of
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      Lock icon Strongest quake in 6 years injures more than 30 in Tokyo
      334 2 TOKYO More than 30 people were injured and two fires were reported yesterday after the strongest earthquake m more than six years jolted Tokyo and surrounding regions, authorities said. The tremor, measuring 5.7 on the open-ended Richter scale, struck
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      S'poreans postponing marriage till late 20s
      704 3  -  Serene Lim Couples will be m their 30s by next decade if trend continues By IN THE next decade, the groom will most probably be m his mid-dOs and the bride m her early 30s if the present preference of Singaporeans to get married
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      Monkey float to lead Chingay
      256 3 TALK about a big family outing! Father monkey will be taking his family out for a joyride this Lunar New Year and at the same time, celebrate his year. This new lunar year is the year of the Water Monkey. The family of eight will
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      Lock icon S'poreans racing illegally in JB
      335 3 JOHOR BARU Singaporeans arrested for illegal racing on Malaysian roads would be reported to the Singapore Traffic Police, Johor Traffic Chief, DSP Mohamad Hashim Mohamad, said yesterday. It was up to the Singapore authorities "to take whatever action they felt necessary" against the offenders, but
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      245 2 TRADE FAIR CASINO Police raid Bukit Timah fair. Nine arrested. SALLY YEH: WHY I QUIT MAKING MOVIES I I rW] I I L^PWlvl will L *9wJ There's pay, and there's pay c Just how well sure Singapore's managers paid? And how do their pay packets compare, m purchasing power terms,
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      39 2 What's wrong with being intellectual? Koh Buck Song joins m the debate about eggheads and mediocrities. He pleads: Why are people so against intellectuals? Plus: The Oscar Race Hots Up. Life! Family on Monday. Arts and Entertainment Every Day.
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      242 3 Off love, marriage... and divorce Marital break-ups hit new high. See Page 13. Write down the ten most important things m your life. 1 We've got friendly neighbours. We've got 2 strong allies. We've got good defence. And, <« frankly when we look around, there are no visible threats to
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      61 3 Gift Box gets $106,000 m hongbao: Page 10 pr^" na pi WRj^m fl '^^T^^K MlK^_^^nriMnna^^H B^H l^lß Metro wishes you a happy and prosperous Lunar New Year. 1 1i4 1 Our stores will close at 5.00pm today. We will be closed on I/*M ETRO Feb 4th and sth and will
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      187 3 WEATHER Windy with showers over a few areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.20 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 0/4 C Cloudy Madrid 3/16 C Clear Athens 0/4 C Cloudy Manila 22/31 C Sunny Auckland 18/22
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Khmer groups to deploy officers at each other's headquarters
      418 4 Move enhances prospects for lasting ceasefire: UN PHNOM PENH Cambodia's four rival factions agreed to deploy military observers m each other's zones of control, enhancing considerably prospects for a lasting ceasefire, a United Nations spokesman said. According to BrigadierGeneral Jean Michel
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      Lock icon S. Africa's two main black groups dance together at rally
      325 4 MPUMALANGA (South Africa) Supporters of South Africa's two main black groups danced shoulder to shoulder yesterday at a historic peace rally symbolising the end of one of the country's most violent township wars. About 500 members of Mr Nelson Mandela's
      Reuter  -  325 words
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      Lock icon French govt left to mend political damage as Habash returns to Tunisia
      393 4 TUNIS Radical Palestinian leader George Habash has returned to Tunisia, leaving the French government to cope with the disastrous political fallout from his three-day stay. Witnesses at Tunis airport on Saturday said that Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader
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      Lock icon Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low
      412 4 Bush's approval rating hits an all-time low NEW YORK US President George Bush's approval rating has hit an all-time low of 44 per cent, two days after his State of the Union address, according to a new poll. The Time Magazine/Cable News Network (CNN) telephone poll of 1,000 Americans on
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      Lock icon A snip, and former sumo grand champ's retirement is official
      68 4 picture. master Kokonoe cats off his longJlrkgr The champion retired from snmo wrestmig last May after chalking ap an all-time record of 1,145 victories and SI championships. Japan's former somo vsestHng grand champion Chiyonofnfl making his -recent retirement official by
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      Lock icon US doctors continue giving silicone jabs despite warnings
      392 4 US doctors continue giving silicone jabs despite warnings WASHINGTON Despite warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the practice is illegal, scores of doctors m the US are continuing to inject silicone directly into the bodies of women, most often to puff up parts of the face or
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      Lock icon Breast implants can still be done in Britain
      206 4 LONDON Britain's chief medical officer has told doctors that they can continue to use silicone gel breast implants despite a temporary suspension of the procedure m the United States. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended a 45-day moratorium
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        Lock icon Come home, China tells its 100,000 students abroad
        137 5 BEIJING China has appealed to its 100,000 students abroad to return home and has promised to place them m jobs that make appropriate use of their skills, according to a report m Friday's edition of the Guangming Daily. Of the 150,000 students
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        Lock icon Judge dies during hearing
        143 5 SAN FRANCISCO A judge hearing a lawsuit challenging a nurse's dismissal from nursing school for inadequate emergency response died suddenly m the courtroom despite the plaintiff's efforts to help him. Municipal Judge William Mallen, 55, died of an apparent heart attack on Friday as he was
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        Lock icon Jobless girl is Miss Albania
        110 5 picture. TIRANA (Albania) A 19-year-old Albanian high school graduate won the first-ever beauty contest to be held m Europe's poorest country. Miss Valbona Semllari from Tirana also became a symbol of the situation m the shortage-stricken, former Stalinist state. She, like most of her 25
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        Lock icon Playwright Albee charged
        109 5 MIAMI Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Edward Albee was arrested and charged with indecent exposure last month, the authorities said on Saturday. Police m the south-eastern city of Key Biscayne, Florida, said the 63-year-old Albee was found naked on Jan 19 m a little-used area of a local
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        Lock icon Files on Nazis to be opened
        90 5 BUENOS AIRES Argentinian government files on Adolph Eichmann and other Nazis who fled Germany at the end of World War II will be opened to the public. President Carlos Menem ordered the move personally after a request by Mr Edgar Bronfman, president of the
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        Lock icon Labor loses Tasmania polls
        98 5 SYDNEY The minority Labor government was dumped from power m Australia's southern island-state of Tasmania after the Liberal Party won a landslide election victory on Saturday night, election officials said. Labor Premier Michael Field conceded defeat after the Liberals won more than 54 per cent of
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        Lock icon Say cheese, Schwarzkopf
        39 5 picture. Former Gulf war commander Norman Schwarzkopf poses for photographers m St Mark's Square daring a sightseeing tour of Venice. The now-retired general was In the Italian city 0,1 Friday to attend a business convention. Reuter
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      Lock icon Ties with the West 'can combat threat of fundamentalism'
      361 5 Ex-Soviet republics on how joining CSCE helps PRAGUE Muslim states of what was once Soviet Central Asia have said that newlyforged ties with the West could help them build democracy and combat the threat of Islamic fundamentalism. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, two
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      Lock icon 30 Algerian preachers held over mosque clashes
      338 5 ALGIERS Algerian security forces, struggling to silence the political voice of Muslim fundamentalism, have arrested about 30 preachers m the latest outbreak of violence, according to the official news agency APS. The reports said on Saturday that about 30 people were wounded and
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      Lock icon Iraq 'still producing Scud missiles'
      135 5 WASHINGTON Iraq is still producing Scud missiles at a secret location and now has 800 of the weapons m its arsenal, according to the US News World Report magazine. Production of the missiles "continues on a round-the-clock basis at an underground factory that escaped detection
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      Lock icon Failure of reforms could bring war, warns Yeltsin
      532 6 Countries and investors criticised for being slow to help Russia OTTAWA Russian President Boris Yeltsin has criticised countries and investors who are slow to help his troubled nation and warned that failure of reforms could lead to war. Mr Yeltsin, at a
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      Lock icon Call for international observers to end fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh
      501 6 BAKU (Azerbaijan) Groups of armed Azeris and Armenians fought yesterday m aad around the disputed territory of Nagorno-Kara-bakh, agencies from both repi- Ucs reported. And an Azeri Defence Ministry official accused Armenian gunmen of crossing into Azerbaijan early yesterday morning to
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      Lock icon Bonn 'Vetoes arms deal with Taiwan'
      106 6 BONN The German government has banned a 17-bil-lion-mark (Ssl7 billion) arms deal with Taiwan, despite initial approval given by the Defence Ministry and the Chancellery, according to a German weekly newspaper. Der Spiegel reported yesterday that Economy Minister Juergen Moellemann and Foreign Affairs Minister
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      Lock icon Russia to start pulling out troops from Baltic states soon
      303 6 Russia to start pulling out troops from Baltic states soon MOSCOW Russia had agreed to start withdrawing its troops from two of the newly-independent Baltic states within a matter of weeks, official statements said. A Russian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Shakhrai agreed, m separate negotiations, to start
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti women 'barred from voting'
      204 6 MANAMA Kuwaiti women, many of whom risked their lives as members of the resistance during the Iraqi occupation, had been barred from voting m legislative elections planned for October, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported yesterday. "No woman will be registered" m the voting rolls that opened
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      Lock icon Baghdad cracks down on drinking, singing
      229 6 BAGHDAD The Baghdad authorities are cracking down on drinking and singing m the city of the Thousand and One Nights. Under plans reported yesterday by al-Thawra, the newspaper of the ruling Baath Party, singing m public restaurants would be banned and the sale of
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      Lock icon Siamese twins separated
      62 6 picture. Doctors at Taiwan University Hospital m Taipei preparing for an operation to separate Siamese twins, Yang Hslao-ren and Yang Hsiao-yi, on Saturday evening. Because a human heart was unavailable, the doctors had planned to transplant a monkey's heart Into one of the twins temporarily If necessary.
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      Lock icon Israeli army to 'shoot armed thugs on sight'
      335 6 JERUSALEM The Israeli army, m a campaign to prevent Palestinian gun attacks on Jewish settlers m the occupied territories, had told its troops to shoot armed terrorists on sight, military sources said yesterday. "If a soldier sees an armed terrorist, the instructions
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      Lock icon Ii Peng to focus on return of Macau during talks in Lisbon
      302 6 LISBON (Portugal) Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng arrived m Lisbon yesterday for a visit expected to focus on the return of the Portuguese territory of Macau to Chinese control m 1999 two years after Britain hands over Hongkong
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      Lock icon Jiang pledges to strengthen socialism
      124 6 BEIJING Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin has called for the unity of Chinese everywhere and vowed to consolidate the country's socialist system, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. In a New Year greeting m the latest issue of Outlook magazine released today, he said: "Ensuring
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      Lock icon IRA launches triple bomb attack
      160 6 BELFAST The Irish Republican Army launched a triple bomb attack on Belfast hotels on Saturday night, prompting a leading nationalist to accuse the guerilla group of pursuing a "scorched earth policy" m Northern Ireland. The IRA, battling to oust Britain from Northern Ireland, has firebombed
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      Lock icon NZ women 'tricked into marriages of convenience'
      365 7 Single mums, divorcees target of foreigners seeking citizenship: Report WELLINGTON Hundreds of New Zealand women were being duped into marriages of convenience by foreigners seeking citizenship, Wellington's Dominion Sunday Times newspaper reported yesterday. The report quoted Immigration Service and Internal Affairs Department officials
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      Lock icon Chinese peasants cash in on fireworks curbs
      323 7 BEIJING Peasants are smuggling millions of homemade firecrackers into Chinese cities before the Lunar New Year, defying police efforts to take the bang out of celebrations. Beijing police had destroyed more than 3.9 million pieces of illegal fireworks so far, including some rockets
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      Lock icon US lawyers urged to back doctor-aided suicides
      286 7 DALLAS A group of lawyers is urging the American Bar Association (ABA), the world's largest legal organisation, to support laws that would allow doctors to assist terminally-11l patients to commit suicide. "Under present law, patients can refuse treatment They can choose to starve
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      Lock icon US repatriates first group of Haitian refugees by force
      235 7 MIAMI The US military has begun the repatriation of thousands of Haitian refugees held at a tent city at a US naval base m Cuba after the Supreme Court approved their forced return home. A Coast Guard ship left the naval
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      Lock icon Salvadorans celebrate official ceasefire
      89 7 SAN SALVADOR Thousands of jubilant Salvadorans packed a downtown square at the weekend to celebrate an official ceasefire ending nearly 12 years of civil war. The ceasefire was part of an overall peace agreement signed on Jan 16 m Mexico City. The day began with President
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      Lock icon Abrasions 'point to forced intercourse'
      296 7 Tyson rape trial INDIANAPOLIS Mike Tyson's lawyers m his rape trial on Saturday argued successfully for exclusion of evidence about his past sexual conduct while a doctor testified that the alleged victim suffered abrasions not usually found m consensual sex. Dr Thomas Richardson, the emergency-room
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      Lock icon Protests in Australia over ruling on female priests
      116 7 SYDNEY Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside churches across Australia yesterday to protest against a court ruling barring the ordination of the country's first Anglican women priests. Police bomb squads checked pews at St Saviours cathedral m Goulbura, New South Wales, where 11
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      Lock icon US to give $40,000 aid to Vietnam's cyclone victims
      233 7 HANOI US General John Vessey, a special envoy of President George Bush, has announced Washington's first disaster aid for communist Vietnam after talks with Hanoi officials on missing American servicemen. He told a news conference on Saturday: "Both sides reiterated the
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      Lock icon Labour Party denies report of past dialogue with Soviet envoys
      331 7 LONDON Britain's opposition Labour Party has reacted angrily to a newspaper report detailing repeated contacts between party leaders and Soviet diplomats. Under the headline "Soviet files reveal Labour's private dialogue with Kremlin", The Sunday Times published reports of meetings from
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      Lock icon Mummy scientists to meet this week
      271 7 MADRID International experts m the study of mummies want the world to know why they are wrapped up m their work and will meet m the Canary Islands this week m a conference billed as the first of its kind. "We think this is
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Help me campaign for Ramos, Aquino urges her family, friends
      673 8 She hopes Filipinos will reject Imelda's presidential candidacy m view of past abuses MANILA President Corazon Aquino, whose political-ly-powerful clan is split over her choice of candidate m the May 11 presidential elections, appealed to dissenting family members yesterday to
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      Lock icon Village chief gunned down
      132 8 Meanwhile, m Iligan, southern Philippines, gunmen on Saturday shot dead a village headman and his three-month-old daughter m a fresh outbreak of violence ahead of the elections, police said. Mr Gandawali Mansomayan was escorting a group of poll workers to a voters' registration centre m Panuruganan
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      Philippine bishops call for honest, peaceful elections
      254 8 Philippine bishops call for honest, peaceful elections MANILA Roman Catholic bishops appealed yesterday for honest and peaceful polling m May and called on the candidates to conduct issueoriented campaigns. The appeal was issued by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines m a pastoral letter read during services yesterday. "We
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      Lock icon Thai polls volunteers shun godfather's territory
      275 8 Thai polls volunteers shun godfather's territory BANGKOK A govern-ment-backed watchdog set up ahead of next month's elections had failed to find volunteers to monitor polling m the home province of the country's best-known godfather, it was reported here yesterday. Poll Watch, a body comprising academics and lawyers, had failed to
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      Lock icon Beware internal threats — Suharto
      107 8 Beware internal threats Suharto JAKARTA President Suharto Mm called on initnirUm to stay alert to Internal threats to their country's stability, now that external dangers are on the wane, according to an Antara news agency report. "The most dangerous threats nowadays emerge from onr home country," Antara yesterday quoted the
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      Students seek ban on state lottery
      395 8 Students seek ban on state lottery AN INDONESIAN student movement has called upon President Suharto to ban the widely criticised state-spon-sored lottery. The call was made m a statement by the Gerakan Mahasiswa Indonesia Untuk Penghapusan SDSB (Indonesia Student Movement to Abolish the SDSB Lottery), according to a Jakarta Post
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      Anand defends Bills on defamation by the media
      524 8 THAI Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun has strongly defended two new Bills Imposing unprecedented penalties on the mass media for defamation, according to an Englishlanguage newspaper. "Why worry if you don't go around calling people names?" the Nation quoted him as saying when
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      Lock icon US Navy to begin pullout from Subic 'by mid-May'
      395 8 MANILA The US Navy will begin pulling out from its largest base m Asia by midMay and will turn over the garrison to the Philippines by the end of the year, according to The Stars and Stripes. The unofficial newspaper of
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Four police tips to curb spate of pirate attacks
      407 9 More men and vessels deployed as sea patrols are stepped up KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's marine police have recommended several measures to help shipowners curtail the rising spate of pirate attacks on vessels m the Straits of Malacca and the South China
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      Sabah leaders defend race relations in state
      274 9 Sabah leaders defend race relations in state SEVERAL Sabah political leaders have hit out at certain federal leaders for alleging that race relations m the state have deteriorated under Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) rule, according to a report m the Borneo Bulletin. The newspaper quoted PBS Supreme Council member Steven
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      Lock icon Pre-dawn fire damages KL shops
      187 9 KUALA LUMPUR A predawn fire swept through several shops including a department store m Jalan Chow Kit here on Saturday morning, causing damage estimated at more than Msl million (S$610,000). Among the shops badly damaged m the fire which broke out at 4.30 am were
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      Lock icon Work for economic integration, Chinese urged
      321 9 KUALA LUMPUR MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik has called on the Chinese community to help Malaysia achieve its goal of national economic integration by the year 2000. "Let us carry out this resolution as we strive to become a united, positive
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      Lock icon Probe into sale of Chinese rice mills to bumis
      224 9 AIR HITAM (Kedah) The Agriculture Ministry is carrying out a probe into the sale of rice mills to bumiputras by Chinese rice millers m the country, according to it. minister, Datuk Seri Sanusi Junid. He said on Saturday the ministry had
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      Bumiputras 'own less than 2% of land in JB'
      169 9 THE Johor Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the state government to act immediately to stop the sale of land to foreigners, as land owned by bumiputras m Johor Baru has shrunk to less than 2 per cent. The
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      Lock icon Former Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak dies
      136 9 KUCHING Former Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Sim Kheng Hong died of heart failure at the Normah Medical Specialist Centre here on Saturday. He was 71. He was admitted to the centre on Wednesday after complaining of breathing difficulties, his nephew, Mr
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      Lock icon PAS govt seizes Pergau dam project equipment
      390 9 KUALA LUMPUR Construction of the Msl.3 billion (S|79o million) Pergau dam hydro-electric project m Jeli, Kelantan, may be delayed following the state government's seizure of part of the construction equipment. The Energy, Telecommunications and Post Minister, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, said yesterday
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      Lock icon Judges give Lorrain the nod to apply for habeas corpus
      326 9 LONDON Two judges have allowed former Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Limited (BMF) chairman Lorrain Osman to proceed with his seventh application for habeas corpus after an unprecedented early morning sitting of the High Court here on Friday to hear the basis
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  • HOME
    • Gearing up for the Lunar New Year
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        Gift Box gets $106,000 in hongbao
        545 10 SWEPT up by the hongbao spirit, charitable Singaporeans gave $106,584 to the first Lunar New Year Gift Box at Chinatown Point. But red packets were not all. Many also trotted to the giant ingotshaped box during the past two weeks to give a total
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        More monkey antics
        215 10 More monkey antics .JUGGLING may not be that difficult. Even twirling plastic hoops around your ankles can be done with some practice. But doing both while standing on your head takes a lot more time. It took this nine-year-old two years to perfect this stunt. Singaporeans can catch this feat
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        A birthday for everyone
        721 10 This is the second part of our focus on the lesser-known traditions of the Lunar New Year. On Saturday, we reported on the traditions related to the Eve and Lunar New Year's Day. Today's report, culled from Dr Evelyn Lip's book on Chinese Beliefs and Superstitions
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      • Article
        Starters stolen from lorries
        66 10 FIVE motor starters worth $7,600 were stolen from lorries parked at an open space along Jalan Mata Ayer, off Sembawang Road. Mr Heng Pung Huat, 35, told the police that he parked his lorry there on Friday at about 6.30 pm. Next morning, the starter was
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        Chinese play-reading sessions for new writers
        103 10 NEW blood for Chinese drama takes centrestage when 15 budding playwrights read out their works at the Substation later this month. The writers have recently completed their six-month playwriting studio course, sponsored by Singapore Press Holdings. They were trained by Madam Yu Yun, a
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    • Article, Illustration
      Model reveals implant job turned bad
      1014 11  -  Serena Toh By DISFIGURED FOR LIFE 'I am totally disfigured. One of my nipples points up and the other points down.' Ms Ellingson. AN ATTRACTIVE, curvaceous model went for a photo shoot m which she was squeezed into a tight-fitting gown last year. Later,
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      A few cases, but women refuse to talk
      271 11 Ruptured implants: The situation m Singapore THERE have been a few cases of breast implants rupturing m Singapore, although no local woman has spoken about this publicly so far. Last month, the Health Ministry asked doctors to stop performing breast implant surgery,
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    • Article
      Costs high, so Asean travel fair may be privatised in the future
      472 11 A MAJOR travel fair which is 1 part of the Asean Tourism Forum (ATF), a regional tourism event, may be organised J)y the private sector m future •because of the high costs incurred by the host country. The
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      Ex-supermart employee tried to steal from former work place
      139 11 A FORMER employee of an NTUC Fair Price Supermarket m Clementi was fined $300 on Friday for attempting to steal $41.50 worth of goods. A district court heard that Tan Siew Lian, 32, went to the store m Block 451, Clementi
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      130 10 wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmkMmm%mm%mwmr\ Business Times There's pay, and there's pay Just how well are Singapore's managers paid? And how do their pay packets compare, m purchasing power terms, with other Asian managers? Gadjah Tunggal and its SDRs What's happened to the proposed listing of depositary receipts m Singapore by Indonesian tyre maker
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      53 11 Isetan wishes one and all 60NG XI FA CAI All our stores, including IN, INKIDS and Kimisawa Supermarket will close at 4.30 pm today. We will be closed on February 4, 5 and 6. Business will resume as usual on February 7. Isetan SINGAPORE ISITAN OMHARD ISITAN HAVUOCIt ISITAN KATONO
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  • Article, Illustration
    Reservists undergo up-to-date training for Milan missiles
    572 12  -  Mathew Pereira By RESERVISTS are being trained to handle new weapons and missiles acquired by the Singapore Armed Forces and apply what they have learnt m live-firing exercises. The move is aimed at keeping reservists who are treated like frontline troops updated on
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  • Article
    $4m spent to upgrade Jalan Besar GRC last year: Peh
    192 12 MORE than $4 million was spent by Jalan Besar Town Council last year to repair and redecorate areas m the Jalan Besar GRC, said MP Peh Chin Hua. He was speaking at the opening of a covered linkway at Block
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    A wheelathon next for this fund-raiser
    258 12 A wheelathon next for this fund-raiser PARAPLEGIC William Tan, 35, will push his wheelchair -round Singapore for five days to raise at least $50,000 for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) m July. The feat, called "William's Challenge", will round off a six-month series of Lifeforce Games, an annual NKF fund-raising
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    Promoting higher studies in France
    458 12 MORE than 20 delegates from French tertiary institutions are here to promote study opportunities m a wide spectrum of disciplines m Prance. Their visit, for the second year running, is an indication of the "political will" of both Singapore and France to develop education links,
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  • Article
    SAF EXERCISES
    130 12 SAF EXERCISES THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting military exercises m the Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Tampines, Upper Jurong, Jalan Bahar, Kranji, Seletar and Tuas areas from 8;m on Thursday to noon on Saturday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The public is advised not
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  • Article
    Y-shaped or slanted queues? It won't matter
    575 12 Y-shaped queues soon at Tanjong Pagar MRT Lining-up may be introduced at all stations Saturday's ST report on the new MRT queues. 'I am afraid I'm one of the guilty ones who rush for the door. That's because I am worried it might
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  • Article, Illustration
    Marital break-ups hit new high
    486 13 ■10 couples divorced every day m 1990 Non-Muslims accounted for most cases AN AVERAGE of 10 couples were divorced every day m Singapore m 1990, pushing the figures for marital breakups beyond the 3,500 mark. Recently-released figures from the Department of Statistics show that a
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  • NEWSFRONT
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      Parking warden's job made light and easy
      250 13 FOR some traffic wardens, issuing parking offence notices is simply a matter of punching a few buttons. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) plans to give hand-held computers to its parking wardens. Called the Electronic Handy Terminal, the mini-computer will issue printed notices about
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      Travel essay competition
      141 13 WRITE about your travels and win a free trip to China. The president of the Singapore Literature Society, Mr Yap Koon Chan, said that a worldwide essay competition will be open to all Chinese-speaking communities except those from China. Participants have to write about their travels m
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      BirdPark's rare duckling
      164 13 A RARE duck which faces extinction has been bred for the first time m Singapore at the Jurong Bird Park. There are only about 200 pairs of the White-winged Wood Duck left m the wild. To try and save the bird, a British conservation group, the Wildfowl
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    • Article
      Snatch thief drops handbag
      157 13 A SNATCH thief dropped his loot m a carpark after his victim and a passer-by chased him last week. Miss Chung Hwee Koon, 19, a secretary, told police that she was walking up the stairs to her flat m Block 130, Simei Street 1 at about
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  • The Straits Times
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      Strengthening union ranks
      657 14 THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Secretary-General, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, should be pleased with the Labour Ministry's guidelines, released last Monday, on executives joining workers' unions. This paves the way for more junior supervisors and executives to join trade unions made up of rank-and-file members. Mr
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      116 14 ghhj "I follow the remark of Mark Twain, the famous American author, who said rumours of my death are slightly exaggerated." Russian president Boris Yeltsin brushing aside rumours of ill health. ''Saddam Hussein still has his Job. Do you?" A bumper sticker seen m New Hampshire, a state hard hit
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      Punchlines
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      Lock icon N-weapons: The need to revise target list
      1185 14  -  Lawrence Freedman Why nuclear powers will always have their arms strategies By The Independent WHEN Boris Yeltsin told American television that he intended to "turn our intercontinental ballistic missiles away from all cities of the United States", he claimed this represented an important
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      Why voters must know about a candidate's sexual behaviour
      431 14  -  Janet Daley By The Times WHAT a good smirk we have about American prudery when yet another political career goes down the tubes thanks to a private peccadillo. Waiting smugly to see whether Governor Bill Clinton is consigned to the same
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      FATAL DISTRACTIONS
      475 14 The politicians who have come spectacularly unstuck m recent years have not been crucified for, say, a single long-running affair with a sympathetic woman. What is fatal is a history of squalid bimbo-chasing: the stream of beauty queens, "starlets" and airhead glamour pusses who become an accoutrement of
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      Confusion and high prices chill 'Buy American' fever
      1311 15  -  James S. Hirsch Dana Milbank By and Asian Wall Street Journal c l want to support this country, but where do I draw the line on getting the best value for my money? It's a real mixed emotional thing' Mrs Debbie Riggot,
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      Time is ripe to revive UN Trusteeship Council
      705 15  -  David J. Scheffer By 'Its aim would not necessarily be the break-up of nations but the evolution of peaceful change within countries where separatist or other rebellious pressures can no longer be called internal affairs.' WASHINGTON With governments crumbling m eastern Europe
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      302 15 >4^ i^^v^ 2^K3^^^B jt^sjjL > *'v r*i Gong Xi Fa Cai! Amara Celebrates Lunar New Year In Many Auspicious Ways. "Fa Cai" Set Menus 2-18 February 1992 2-18 February 1992 For a prosperous year of the Monkey, select from our set menus of For that auspicious start to a prosperous
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  • FORUM
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      Solution to letting disabled use trains can still be found
      579 16 SMRTs reasons for barring wheelchair-bound shows it is unsympathetic Yet I feel that m its paternalistic stance with regard to who may not use the MRT, it appears indeed very unsympathetic and shows a complete lack of understanding of the
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      Lost purse, cash and credit cards returned
      88 16 I AM a Japanese housewife. I lost my purse which contained a lot of money, and some credit cards. However, some Singaporeans found my purse m the taxi and sent it back to me that evening. I was very surprised because I didn't
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      Will those who stick gum in lifts do the same to their TV?
      273 16 should devote about a 9OJHE Singaporeans should devote about a minute to read one of the chapters m a Chinese textbook now used by our primary schools. The title of the chapter is "Take care of out
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      Barrier-free code is mandatory for all new buildings
      281 16 I REFER to the letter "Do help the disabled to lead independent lives" by Judy Wee (ST, Jan 27). In the letter, Ms Wee said that "the Code of Accessibility, although a wonderful compilation, is still only a guide for developers who
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      Crash bars on trucks can help save lives
      155 16 THE "shaved-off" top of the taxi that slammed into a parked truck along the PIE shows the terrible injuries and even decapitations that are possible should a car crash into the rear of a lorry. In such accidents, the bonnet of the
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      Hawker centres have a social role
      363 16 I REFER to Tan Sai Siong's article "Modernising the hawker" (ST, Jan 25). Hawkers, or hawker centres, serve a social role m providing local food at affordable prices to the common man. The fact that the rich also patronise them does not invalidate this
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      Change to crossing system will confuse pedestrians
      151 16 I REFER to the letter "Adjust timing of traffic lights to make crossing at Sunset Way safer" by Mike Gorrie (ST, Dec 19). The provision of pedestrian crossings at signalised junctions has been adopted since 1976. For these crossings to be safe, turning
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      91 16 i i '<'>lss'''''''' ■^■'■**§Nr3fcs^'^'" ■^B'Sw&i'*'"'""''*'"' .■.-.>■.-.■.■ :>:■:■.■:■_■:■>:■: B MH I s m m OSOLD AS PROSTITUTES FOR TWO BUFFALOES A Thai mother tells our writer why she sold her two teenage daughters into prostitution because she wants money to buy the buffaloes. But they still love her... OCROCODILE KRANJI Our
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  • SPORTS
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      'Balek-kampung' boy makes good
      1282 17  -  Tay Cheng Khoon Premier League soccer: Gilbraltar's son' returns Focus on Safsa goalkeeper Steven Ng Spotlight on ball-boys Azmi's return has boosted his and Gibraltar's goal tally By J #<^1 THE RATINGS ~RACE~J i M Paulic Goran (7 games). I 41 Marko Kraljevic (7). 4* Zulkifli
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      From wanting to score goals to preventing them
      459 17  -  HAKIKAT RAI FOCUS Steven Ng STEVEN NG'S enthusiasm for soccer was nourished on the bumpy pitches of Toa Payoh, where he spent his early teens. Even then, he showed signs of his goalkeeping ability, diving recklessly at the feet of opposing kids
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      Lock icon Perfect way to watch matches
      582 17  -  TAY CHENG KHOON THE PERKS OF BEING A BALL-BOY AND WHY IT PAYS TO BE A PICKER SPOTLIGHT on the ball-boys EIGHT boys have found the perfect way to watch Premier League soccer matches. They get free admission, a ringside view of the action, free
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      India stands in the way of Singapore's progress
      395 17 BADMINTON SINGAPORE has to clear a giant obstacle m India if it hopes to make it past the Thomas Cup preliminary rounds, which will be held m Hongkong from Feb 17-23. The Republic has been drawn m Group A with India, Pakistan
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Thais trounce Singapore 5-0
        49 17 Thailand won the last two singles matches to trounce Singapore 5-0 m their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group Two first-round tennis match m Bangkok yesterday. In the reverse singles matches, N. Srichaphan defeated Fredrik Ho 6-2 6-4, while T. Srichaphan beat Sherman Lim 6-1, 6-0.
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        Wade winner
        27 17 Paul Wade scored as Australia defeated Sweden 1-0 m a soccer friendly m Melbourne yesterday. It was Australia's second victory. The other match was drawn.
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        Ceron's title
        26 17 Mexico's Dionicio Ceron won yesterday's Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon m a record time of 2hr 08min 36sec, beating Japan's Koichi Morishita's 1991 mark of 2:08:53.
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      Palmer survives late Charge in final round
      1224 18 Peter Khoo reports on the Johnnie Walker Classic golf meet m Bangkok II Johnnie Classic 1| FINAL-ROUND SCORES Bfitons, unless stated: m lan Palmer (SA) 66 67 67 68. SA Bernhard Langer (Ger) 67 66 68 68, Brett Ogle (Aust) 68 66 67
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      Lock icon Germany walking a tight rope
      467 18 DAVIS CUP TENNIS LONDON Former Davis Cup champion Germany was ii\ danger of a sensational first-round upset by Brazil, which snatched a 2-1 lead m front of a noisy home crowd m Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Holder France and 1990 finalist Australia moved into
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      DAVIS CUP FIRST-ROUND RESULTS
      99 18 World Group Australia 3 Yugoslavia 0, Fiftnce 3 Britian 0, Italy 3 Spain 1, Brazil 2 Germany 1, Switzerland 3 Holland 0, Czechoslovakia 3 Belgium 0, Canada 2 Sweden 1, United Sates 3 Argentina 0. Euro-African Zone Group One: Kenya 3 Romania 2. Asia-Oceania Zone Group
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      Lock icon Sabatini spoils Martina's record bid
      307 18 OTHER TENNIS TOKYO Gabriela Sabatini beat Martina Navratilova yesterday to capture the singles title of the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament, stopping the American's bid to set an all-time victory mark. In a repeat of last year's final, top seed Sabatini scored a 6-2,
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      Stars keen to play in Singapore
      415 18 WORLD No. 1 lan Woosnam, world No. 2 Nick Faldo and European No. 1 Severiano Ballesteros are keen to play m Singapore should it win its bid to host the US$l million ($1.62 million) Johnnie Walker Classic golf tournament next year. Woosnam said after
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Wattana tops League with upset victory
        84 18 Thai snooker ace James Wattana stormed to the top of the Matchroom League m Scotland on Saturday with a 6-2 drubbing of England's world No. 7 Steve James. Wattana had breaks of 42, 114, 43 and 52 to open a 5-0 lead, and finished
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        Boon Keng soccer trials
        70 18 Boon Keng Youngsters Sports Club will hold soccer trials at St Wilfrid Sports Complex field tomorrow and Wednesday at 3 pm to select players for an Under-16 team for the Football Association of Singapore's national youth tournament m April. Only those born m August 1974 or
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        Separate ways on the cards
        61 18 Independent republics from the former Soviet Union may still be able to compete as separate teams m the Barce- lona Olympic Games m July. The International Olympic Committee said that a united team would take part m the. Albertville Winter Games this week, but held
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        World mark by Perkins
        55 18 Australian swimmer Kieren Perkins set himself up as favourite for the Barcelona Olympics by smashing the 1,500 metres short-course world record at the second I Grand Prix swim meet m Canberra yesterday. He clocked 14min 32.405 ec to take s.2sec off the old world mark of
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        Close bout for Eubank
        56 18 British boxer Chris Eubank successfully defended his World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight title m v Birmingham on Saturday, four months after his last fight which ended with com- patriot Michael Watson m a coma with brain damage. He narrowly won a split de- cision 12-round fight against*
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      813 18 ATHLETICS Qrmmi Prix fflMt la Pert I* ad: (Americans unless stated): Mtm'm If ■etna: 1 Davidson Ezinwa (Nig) 6.275 ec t Osmond Ezinwa (Nig) 6.36. Mai harass: 1 Dan O'Brien 7.20 I Keith Baker 7.64. BMm: 1 Shannon Lemora 1:51.3 2 Ted Haml.n 1:52.9. Mile: 1 Alan
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      286 18 r NOTICE s vrrk r rTr > 'i? S I I If h, h^h^ DRAWTODAYI •LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS C i^v^ixv^MLr TfiTfi 1^ 1982 Patrons are kindly informed of the following for the TUTU LUNAR NEW YEAR \l5/ 28£K«SBSU«i7 Lunar New Year holidays:- IUHIjU w»^w tw^. *-«r^ Tlm 1230p01 N^^Z
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      154 19 850 Deaths 850 Deaths RENGAYYA MOORTHY Aged 62 patted away peacefully on 2nd February 1992, leaving behind beloved: Wife: Mdm Anusuya Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chandrasegeran. M V. Vlmala NJanasekher. M B. Sharmila Qunaaekher. M R. Site Palani. M Muthu. M Daughter Vasanthl. M Friend* and relative*. Certege leave* Apt Blk 17,
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      88 19 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MRS SHIRIN FOZDAR AGE 86 PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 2ND FEBRUARY 1992 leaving behind beloved Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jamshed Parvati John Grete Minoo Marge Daughters: Sons-in-law: Mona Udayan Chinubhai Zena Soli Sorabjee and 17 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Body lying at 33-J
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      852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences
      41 19 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS SHIRIN FOZDAR DEPARTED 2 FEBRUARY 1992 j FROM: THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF SINGAPORE ON BEHALF OF THE SINGAPORE BAHA'I COMMUNITY
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      851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements
      425 19 851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements t I THE FAMILY OF THE LATE I CHRISTOPHER NQ SIAK KWANQ Departed 28/1/92 wishes to express their sincere appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths, donations and assistance during their recent bereavement. Especially to: Rev. Edmund Urn Rev. Noel
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      853 In Memoriam
      116 19 II In Loving Momory of I I PEK HAN POH Departed 3-2-«5 Today recalls sad Memories of a dear Father gone to rest And the ones who Think of him today Are the ones who Love him best. Dearly missed by Wtte Sim Kirn Heok. Son*: Tony.
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      853 In Memoriam
      144 19 In Loving Momory of MR. SIM SIANG JIN Departed: 03.02.69 Of a wonderful father we will never forget His absence to us Is a sorrow. His loss we will always regret Dearty wlMid and always remembered by wit* Mdin, Tan En^ Hoog. children 900 Eng a Chon
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      851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgement
      87 19 851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgement I Tim family of the late MR. LIM KIM CHWEE, CHARLIE Departed 27-1-92 withes to express their heartfelt thank* and sincere appreciation to all relative*, friend* and all those who had helped v* m one way or the other, tor their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths, donations
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      853 In Memoriam
      124 19 In Loving Memory of I MDM. KHOO PECK KIAN Departed: 3.2.83 God knows how much we miss her. Never shall her memory fade; Our loving thoughts ever wander. To the spot where she Is laid. D—rty mliiid by mm, daughter*. daughttr»-in-l««. ton-in-law and grandchildren. I In tovmg
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      853 In Memoriam
      178 19 The memory of you.' t> lingers on It seems only like, yesterday The very thought of you. makes life sad to carry, on Words you left makes us ponder day to day Very thought of you makes tears rolling on May your soul rest m peace from
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      184 19 ANNOUNCEMENT The deadline for obituaries to be published tomorrow is 6pm today. i I THE STRAITS TIMES -L#L# J 18% CLASSIFIED BffSl§l?\s_l I _Ui_MMiSt_l T 1C vcrBeB 1 IHU^^^HI this booklet !_^»S^^#i complied In the jKS^S™Sf- sincere hope of WHBNr* rendering a service to those *jj desirous of publishing an
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon Leeds regains lead, snaps up Frenchman Cantona
      1789 20 ENGLISH SOCCER RESULTS AMP TABLES BELGIAN DIVISION ONE Genk 0 Aalst 0, Anderlecht 0 LierseO. DUTCH Willem II TUburg 5 Fortuna Sittard 0. ENGLISH Arsenal 1 (Rocastle 44th minute) Manchester United 1 (McClair 27th). Attniuee: 41,7 M. Crystal Palace 0 Coventry 1 (Smith
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        Marseille increases its lead
        76 20 French champion Marseille' bounced back to form with a decisive 2-0 victory at Ton.- louse on Saturday, ana stretched its lead by a point as closest rival Monaco was held to a draw. After an ignominious home defeat by Toulon last week and an unhappy draw
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        Souness wins award
        45 20 Liverpool boss Graeme Souness won his first managerial prize m England on Saturday when he was named Manager of the Month. The former Glasgow Rangers boss will receive a specially commissioned plate, a Jeroboam of champagne and a cheque for £250 ($715).
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        South African talks fail
        65 20 South African talks fail Talks designed to bring about unity m South African professional football failed again m Johannesburg on Saturday. The failure raises the possibility that the July congress of the world body, Plfa, could block South Africa's readmission to the international fold. The National Professional League is sticking
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        Geyer admits to spying
        71 20 Eduard Geyer, the last trainer of the former East German national team, worked for the, hated secret police, the Stasi, for 21 years, he has admitted m an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel. Geyer, currently m charge of Hungarian club Banyase Siofok, admitted what he
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      STEWARDS' REPORT
      536 20 RACE 1: Forget He Rest broke through his barrier and had to have his saddle re-adjusted before being re boxed. Near the 800 m, Velour Pet dipped. Ocean Success, who raced poorly throughout, has to pass a 600 m trial and a veterinary examination. Velour Pet returned lame.
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      Lock icon Aussies are in command
      375 20 Aussies are in command I SCOREBOARD AUSTRALIA Ist Iniu M. Taylor c Srikkanth b Kapil Dcv 2 W. Phillips c More b Prabhakar 8 D. Bs«a c Sidhu b Prabhakar 107 A. Border c Srikkanth b Kapil Dcv 59 D. Jones c Srikkanth b Raju 7 T. M*«dy c Vengsarkar
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      Azhar, Dominguez treble
      246 20 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Feb 2 1992 FIRST 8023 SECOND 6441 THIRD 7376 STARTERS 7Q07 4823 1152 6580 5790 8024 0449 6260 6555 5543 CONSOLATIONS 7146 2558 8432 9147 2509 4741 7210 6017 2945 9791 RACING XL round-up WITH three inspiring wins at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Azhar Ismail swept
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      Lock icon Black Tie Affair is Horse of the Year
      183 20 US RACING LAS VEGAS Black Tie Affair, wlraer of the 191 1 Breeders' Cup Classic and six ether stakes races, was named lttl Howe ef the Year In the annual Eclipse Awards announced •n Saturday. Black Tie Affair earned nearly US$2.5 million
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      Lock icon England is poised for second victory
      323 20 CRICKET I SCOREBOARD 1 ENGLAND lit Inn: ttt. NEW ZEALAND lit tuna: 142. ENGLAND 2nd taws: SSI. NEW ZEALAND 2nd Idm: B. Hartlaad c Russell b DeFreitas 0 4. Wright lbw b Lewis 0 A. Jmms lbw b DeFreitas 5 M. Ciwwe c Lamb
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      YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RESULTS
      898 20 RACE 1 CLASS 5 DIV 3 1,200 m 7 CHEETAH IV (11-7) Dorinfutz (1) 2 1 1 1 FORGET THE REST 57 c 54 (22-7) Au (8) 3 2 2 6 TOMG TM 53.5 (36-10) to* (3) 9 7 3 Island Eajte (321-45) Wan, Take A
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    • CURRENCY REVIEW
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        US$ may test 1.6197
        81 21 THE US dollar has reached a stage where it has a high probability of forming at least a medium-term price low, after gyrating about over the past 3 i: t weeks m a manner that bore characteristics of a price turn. It could be moving into
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        Ringgit up one cent
        69 21 Ringgit up one cent THE ringgit rose another one cent to a high of 62.31 last Friday before it finished at 62.23 for the week compared to 61.27 the previous week. This is above last October's congestion high of 61.78. The next chart level is the November 1990 low of
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        Yen could stage rally
        69 21 THE yen did retrace to the 1.3000 area to make a low of L 2944 last Thursday and then turned back up. ..It finished at 1.3011 on Friday. It has the reassurance of support at a higher level now, compared to the 1.2800 low of last
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        Sterling consolidates
        46 21 THE sterling did not break out of the 2.8868 to 2.9585 consolidation range yet. The build-up for a corrective rally continues, and with an upside day-reversal pattern last Friday, the sterling is poised to test the 2.9585 upper band of this consolidation this week.
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        Sideway trading likely
        67 21 IT IS beginning to look like the 1.2000 psychological support may not be broken after all, at least m the immediate future. While gains were capped at L 2305 for the last weeks, losses were halted at 1.2030 to 1.2048. The Aussie dollar may spend some time
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      LONDON
      449 21 Frtdni— on Nm. MINING Pmm INDUSTRIALS Charter Cons 510 -5 Allied-Lyons 662 +14 De Beers 2778 1* -31 W Amec 158 1 Genoor 202 Asda Group 40 +5 Minorco (GBP) 811 B Airways 242 1* +3 Orangu Fremtate 1975 -28 B Telecom 328 H Rustenburg Plats 2006 v, BATlnd
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      NEW YORK
      724 21 PiMay January si uts Interlace 5 2/8 1/8 Johnson 4 Johnson 110 3/8 -3/8 ATT M s/ X Mart 45 2/8 1 5/8 Alcan Aluminium 10 4/8 v£l£*^ I] 2^2 t22 AlaghanyW 38 -2/8 2c I 2 t S<2 wmarraaucn 3 2/1 Z/B AMlnrt CinnAl 41 j. LOCKftaaO
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      SYDNEY
      307 21 Prtdf tmumif «1 Canta ICI 560 +12 ANI 191 2 Ind Equity ANI9INts 340 Int Health ANI96Nts 340 unch LeJghtoo 148 -2 Abeffoyle 426 -4 Lend Lease 1582 +8 ArnaM 846 +6 MBFI Aust 9 unch Amcor 645 -f- 5 MIM 245 unch AmpolExpl 286 Magellan 215 unch Anz
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUND-UP
      • Article
        Lock icon Tokyo stocks rise after 3 straight weeks of declines
        320 21 SHARE prices rose substantially on the Tokyo stock market last week after declining for three consecutive weeks, as individual investors who have long been away returned m the last few days. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closed last Friday at 22,023.06
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        191 21 THE Hongkong stock market finished slightly higher on the week even after profit-taking dragged the Hang Seng index down twice. The key indicator gained a negligible 1.7 points, or 0.04 per cent, to close at 4,601.78 on Friday. Average daily turnover, however, dropped considerably to HK11.93 billion from HK$2.6B
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        241 21 THE first month of 1992 bore a striking resemblance to 1991 on Wail Street. The economy was still down, but stocks were up again suggesting that little had changed despite a lot of political turmoil and confusion about the outlook for businesses, consumers and workers. When the market
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        Lock icon LONDON
        114 21 STOCK market prices rose last week, encouraged by the governing Conservatives briefly regaining a slight lead m two opinion polls, by a strengthened British pound and by hopes of a cut m interest rates. The Financial Times share price index of 30 leading British companies closed 51.7 points higher
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        241 21 WIDESPREAD bargain-hunt-ing on Friday reduced losses on the local bourse and prices ended off their lows last week. Selected quality stocks posted handsome gains on strong buying m the final 30 minutes of the week's trading day before the market closed for the weekend and for the Lunar
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        180 21 THE Australian share market finished the week marginally firmer m spite of solid trading m most major stocks. The main market indicator, the All-Ordinaries Index, rose 3.7 points on the week to finish at 1,619.5. Turnover was high, averaging 145.5 million shares worth an average A5342.8 million for the
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      BANK RATES
      318 21 OCBC OUB (JOB DBS TIB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 2^4 3 3 2'/« 2Vi @3f 2Vi Fixed deposit 1 month 3 3% 3% 2% 2V« 3 3 months 3 3% 3% 3 3V4 3V*> 6 months 3'/« 4 4 3'/i 3/4 3Vi 12 months 3'/i 4 4
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      PRIME LENDING RATES
      321 21 Prim* tending rates ciwm** B*ik I WwFayoiUkt JH' at Jh« dec* of Ctmnc Mm« Mm In* 7H busiiMM on Friday, <**■* na 7 Imm mj January 31 Crtdrt 0» No»d 7* Mo^m Gnaraatj 7* «Wh*ta* 7w :J ncwib* 7W AmeriCM Ciprtu 7V* m "*wo 7H MppM Craft
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      HIGH & LOW
      40 22 HIGH LOW Straits Tims Industrial* 1991/92 high 1565.58 (3/6/91) U9l/92Low 1149.08 (16/1/91) All-time High 1607.12 (27/3/90) All time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) Business Tints Composite 1991/92 High 1333.08 (3/6/91) 1991/92 Low 1022.52 (16/1/91) All-time High 1435.43 (16/7/90) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      4033 22 WEEK ENDED: JANUARY 31, 1992 ?2 d hm a P |r valu€ J1 specified. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N far erempted dtwdend. P/E ratios reflect Hw Ust annual consoMafed results. P/E ratios and poss yields of foreirn shares are adjusted for currency differences a Trustee stocks under CPF
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      WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE
      34 22 Amcol 25C 5,687,000 City Oev Wt 4,933,000 OUB 4,906.000 NOL 4,258,000 City Dcv 50$ 3,762,000 DBS Foreign 3,696,000 UIC 3,161,000 H Plaza 50C 3,006,000 Nat Steel 500 2,977,000 UOB Foreign 2.920,000
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      TURNOVER (CASH)
      37 22 Sector (Fri) Volume Value Industrials 1.418 m 1.946 m Finance 360.000 1.023 m Hotels 70,000 60 240 Properties 196,000 263,660 Loan Stocks 532,000 458,310 Plantations 78,000 68,515 Mining 25,000 36,090 Total 2.679 m 3.856 m
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      Bush speech and Asean summit make little impact
      645 22  -  Phua Kok Kim I WEEKLY MARKET REPORT I 1~- By TRADING on the bourse continued to slow last week, with few signs of the traditional Lunar New Year rally. Two major political events US President George Bush's State of the Union address
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2116 22 WEEK ENDED: JANUARY 31, 1992 MALAYSIAN STOCKS I 1 hi_? 1 T 0 /.-If r. U Vb! Week Last Quote Drv Not Lew Code Company Traded Sate +or- BOO High Low Buyer Seller Pit 155 107 t 1139AISB50* 128 115 127 120 10 86V* 51V* X 1301 AMDS
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        SINGPORE
        154 23 Average daily volume: 36.68 m units Average daily value: $107.59 m Indices Jan 31 Jan 24 ST Industrials 1529.69 1542.32 ST Finance 2474.22 2472.72 ST Hotels 1090.67 10P8.31 ST Properties 749% 758.16 BT Composite 1290.63 1294.02 OTMGA 740.83 744.13 BT 08/ OS -133 +125 BT CAW 9850 9746 BT
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        INTEREST RATES
        110 23 PRIME RATE Average Prime Lending Rate: 6.125% Average of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT Contract data: 31/1/92 CUREHCY 1 MTH 3 MTM SMTN 9 MTH 12 MTH CAU VALUE MTE tJSS 3H 3% 3% 3V4 3H 3 6/1/92 A| 6 < 6'« i 6 6H
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        170 23 SPOT RATES DM V SI HK* AS/USI £/US$ m Open 1.6180 125.70 1.6325 7.7615 0 7485 ***** Close ***** 125.65 1.6390 7.7615 0.7477 ***** Source: Astley Pearce COUNTER RATES Siny*poc# dollars to on# unit of forotQn currency Buyrt 00 Sefcij US dollar 1.6208 1.6380 Sterling pound 2.8637 2.9270
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        GOLD PRICES
        101 23 SINGAPORE Physical (SJ) Fri Thurs Kilobar 18,542-18,662 18,734—18,854 100 gm 1.860—1.885 1,879-1,904 50 gm 932 -947 942-957 20 gm 371-382 376—387 5 gm 93-102 94-103 1 gm 19-27 19-27 Buflon coins (Ss/oz) Spore bullion com 575—591 579—595 Canadian maple leaf 596-^O2 599—605 Australian nugget 595—601 602-608 OUB gold
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      Firm reaches accord with Philips' S. African unit
      371 23 Marketing pact 'will give Flecon foothold m otherwise remote market' SINGAPORE company Flecon Multi System has reached a distribution agreement with the South African subsidiary of electronics giant Philips which will market and install Flecon's room control system m hotels m the
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      Stanchart cuts prime rate by 0.75 point
      127 23 STANDARD Chartered Bank has lowered its prime lending rate (PLR) by 0.75 of a percentage point to 6.625 per cent. Its PLR which is the rate banks charge their best customers is higher than the 5.75 per cent offered by some of the
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      Firms' long-term earnings growth outlook 'moderate'
      366 23 WHILE falling interest rates are expected to result m greater support for local equities m the short term, two stockbroking firms m their latest reports have voiced concern over the moderate earnings growth outlook for the longer period. W.I. Carr said that while the
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      Honeywell upbeat about Asean market
      275 23 INDUSTRIAL and building automation systems group Honeywell, which recently moved to a new $10-million facility m Chai Chee, has forecast continued buoyant growth m its Asean market over the next five years. Speaking to The Straits Times, Honeywell South-east Asia managing director Samir Fahmy said
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      Lock icon Seoul's foreign debt may hit record $81b
      269 23 Seoul's foreign debt may hit record $81b SEOUL South Korea's foreign debt is expected to top a record US$5O billion (5581.05 billion) this year because of its snowballing current account deficit, newspapers reported yesterday. Preliminary Finance Ministry figures published m several Seoul newspapers showed that the nations outstanding debt totalled
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      Lock icon China signs biggest post-Tiananmen deal
      243 23 GUANGDONG China has signed a major power station contract with Hongkong's New World Development Co Ltd to ease acute electricity shortages m the rapidly developing southern province of Guangzhou. In what it described as the biggest foreign investment m China since the 1989 Beijing massacre,
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      CORPORATE REVIEW
      517 23 Ffcurn n bracktb art tor the pmtan conttpomfcc p«rW. I: Loss. !L Tax Exempted, ft N«t. HTfc Not Yet Abatable, (l): Ad|usted tor scrip issues, (b): In rro»on Dutch Flonos. (c): Prof* after tax, In mrthon HR$. (t): Company's profit. (0: In mHhon yen. *oM after tax 1
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      MOST ACTIVE STOCK
      146 23 Amcol Holdings AMCOL Holdings, a hot stock among punters m recent months, was last week's most active counter with a turnover of 5.69 million shares. Its price closed unchanged at $2.48. Dealers said interest m Amcol was sustained by a report last Wednesday that quoted New World
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  • The Straits Times Money
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      WEEK'S SCOREBOARD
      61 24 MAIN CLOB Up DnUnch Up Dn Unch Industrial 22 63 13 26 30 7 Finance 6 13 6 6 6 0 Hotels 6 7 2 110 Properties 3 10 2 8 10 3 Plantations 0 0 0 4 7 1 Mining 0 0 0 10 0 BLW 15
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      WEEK'S TOP RISES
      39 24 Semb Shipyard 870 +30 GPB Ssl 60 398 +16 CMB Packaging 570 +25 Robinson 610 +25 KhongGuan 220 +20 UOBWt 330 +18 lnnoPacLn94 95 +17/2 OUE 905 +15 H Royal 240 +11 Asia Pacific 1180 +10
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      WEEK'S TOP FALLS
      44 24 SIA Foreign 1910 -60 Inchcape 500 40 Jurong Ship 50c 1050 40 SPH Foreign 1340 40 C4C 665 -30 Roth Inds 50( 760 -30 Spore Land 565 30 Singmarine 50( 510 25 Spore BusF 500 725 25 C4C Wt 340 -22
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      Is Singapore still competitive? It's company profits that count
      788 24 ONE lesson of the 1965 recession which hit Singapore planners from out of nowhere has to be this: Never again should the signs of an impending economic downturn be missed. This is easier said than done, of course, but tracking the
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      Sharp fall in number of new companies formed
      518 24  -  Chan Hwa Loon By Biggest decline seen m the manufacturing, financial and business services sectors THE number of new companies formed m the first nine months of last year fell dramatically to its lowest for any comparable period since the 1985-86 recession.
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      Lock icon Key index signals lengthy struggle for US economy
      332 24 WASHINGTON The US government's key economic forecasting gauge kept (ailing m December, adding to evidence that a lengthy struggle may lie ahead before the United States emerges from recession. The Index of Leading Indicators, designed to forecast growth m three to six
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      Telecom wins deal to develop cellular phone system in Vietnam
      341 24  -  Phua Kok Kim By SINGAPORE Telecom International (STI) has clinched a multi-million-dollar deal to develop the infrastructure for cellular mobile phone services m Vietnam. The first phase will be ready before the middle of this year, with the system for
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      Lock icon Guangdong to open doors soon to foreign banks
      227 24 GUANGDONG China's southern city of Guangdong is well on its way to setting up the nations third stock exchange, and foreign banks will be allowed to open branches there soon, Deputy Mayor Lei Yu said. He told a news conference on Friday
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      16 24 it was plain sailing selling my cabin cruisef Call today for results tomorrow. CA.TA I *****—
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      92 24 The New Paper/Aiwa Promotion I |pl r llio StraiteTimeß nSwurtty and economic autuni on !hr 1\»O killed m Wn< to»h CT h,m^u3-pon,lo a d CT to d.y (j^^ SJ President Bush arrives for visit i! 1 IJ !2 t A copy ofThe Straits Tunes on Feb 4 BALK ■^■■■■■H and
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! MONDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1992
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        105 1 Koh Buck Song But we need 'eggheads' Today's men speak up about today's women as lovers, friends, bosses. They give the low-down on us, warts and all. February's HER WORLD includes: 50 GREAT BEAUTY TIPS our must-keep make-up guide to perfect skin, luscious lips, great eyes SECRETS WOMEN NEVER TELL
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        9 1 All your letters on New Kids On The Block
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        Lock icon Silent saviours
        2165 2 4 Yeah, Fve got two mothers. It's called m extra family. Brandy 41 never felt I had to tell my kids I loved them. I thought they knew. With James, we had to start ->V over, like with a baby, nurturing and showing ft him how much we
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        Safe in the arms of Grandma
        750 2 WHEN the weather turns cold and bitter, 59-year-old May Toman and her two granddaughters pile blankets onto the worn living-room couch and chairs m their rundown terrace house m Richmond m the United States. There, around the ancient gas burner, they sleep at night.
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    • Family
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        Kids clash
        889 3 New Kids On The Block. The critics slam their music, the fans exalt their moral stance. MARY ROSE GASMIER attempts to bridge a yawning gap. "HANG tough, Kids, we're here to defend you," yelled the supporters of New Kids On The Block, before unleashing a minor avalanche of
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        Full-time opportunities
        642 3  -  R. Chandran Theatre Talk WOULD it not be nice to fill those inquisitive little official forms that ask the question "Occupation" with this word "Actor"? The truth is that today you can do it m all sincerity and cherish the bewildered look of anyone who reads the form.
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        Gan for gold
        504 4 National swimmer Harold Gan tells LIM SIN THAI what makes this gruelling sport worthwhile. The Face IF YOU cannot listen to a Walkman when you swim, the next best thing is to turn on your "mental radio". Which is what swimmer Harold Can (right) does. "Swimming is
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        Love her more than I can say
        1311 4 Dear Agony Aunt I HAVE this problem. I adIqJ mire my teacher too much. Although she is the same sex as me, I love her more than I can say. I am attracted to her way of speaking, dressing and teaching. Every day
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        310 4 1 ROMANTIC N I ESCAPADES I A little romance travels a long way... especially when you place a love note m Valentine's Lovelines m The Straits Classified or Tke New Paper Fastads. Win attractive prizes, including return air tickets to New Zealand, Bali and Bangkok, compliments of Air New Zealand.
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        55 4 IF RETAIL IS YOUR BUSINESS I>l TIMESZDNE CENTRAL AM IS YOUR ADVERTISING MEDIUM ifwm Your weekly entertainment shopping tabloid. Every Thursday with The Straits Times. C^^l A^V Call Marvin Chin (740 2080) or Allan Kow (740 2071) J/U IPKr to find out how you can take advantage advertise at only
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        Simply red
        900 5 According to the Chinese, a big fat hongbao can open many doors the ones to Heaven and Hell included. MELODY HSIEH traces the history of the red packet. NO GIFT can open more doors than the hongbao, or red packet. Attach a piece of red paper to a
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        Lock icon Lunar New Year taboos
        465 5 TRY sweeping the floor during the Spring Festival, and you would be warned instantly not to sweep towards the door unless you would like to sweep away your year's supply of wealth and good luck. Because of the Chinese concept of taboo, or jinji, there seems
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        Lock icon The Marshes — The Story Of Lin Chong
        941 5 The Marshes The Story Of Lin Chong Last instalment WARMING himself for a while by the fire, Lin Chong still felt cold. Then he thought: "The old soldier told me there was a tavern nearby. Why don't I go there and get some wine to warm myself?" Then he locked
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        254 11 330 AHa For Sale ALFA ROMEO A331.5ie Fuel Injection Power Steering Central Locking Power Windows $64,000 WITH SPECIAL LOW INTEREST PLUS FREE COE! MILAN AUTO 338-5252 345-3300 •468-5252 *****60 332 BMW For Sale ■87 BMW TWA. Pte. owner, leather seats, aircon., radio cassette with E.H. control. Immaculate cond. Tax 4/
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        904 11 348 Mercedes For Sale ISOE 2J 16V, Top of the 190 model, ABS, Close ratio gear, sunroof, original sport-rlms, 190BHP, showroom cond., (New 2.5 16V approx. $290,000) Tel: *****56 348 Mitsubishi Per Sale SBQ 8/81 LANCER OLX, 1.3. 12 valves, power steering, 1 owner, brand new, s/rlms. Mlchelln MXV, hi
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        796 11 380 Vehicles Wanted VEHICLES WANTED. HIOHEST offer for your used car, commercial and Q' plate. Loan available. Tel: *****88. ATTRACTIVE HMHtST OWEN for PARF/ non-PARF, pt«./ co. cars/pickup Tel. *****93/*****24 ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT for all secondhand Japanese cars. Oood price assured. *****01. BEST PRICES FOR all vehicles. Cash payment. *****28/
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        1292 11 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent (Dists Qf-11) (Dists ot-11) Orchard Scotts OjSMIIS) SaWICsM MfttßkMtS i\ d Opposite Sheraton Towers Hotel, Scotts Road c Leasing Oept. TEL: *****11 c c For Long or Short Term Leases Immediate Occupation Advanced Booking Available Spacious fully-furnished flats A maisonettes In the
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        841 11 418 Rooms For Rent AIRCON. ROOMS FOR rental. Rates: $15.00 (2 hr); $30 (overnight); $40 (per day). Convenient carpark. No. 31, Lor. 20, Oeylang; no. 13, Lor. 37, Oeylang. Call: 741-6258 or 742-8027. O.IS behind long Beach Restn. studio apt. 1 rm., hall/ kitchen. Short lease. $500 Upland: *****60. D.9,
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        891 11 438 Private Apts For Sale (Diets 12-20) O.IS CARPMAEL ROAO Ist floor, walk-up apt. Near Halg Road market, 1100 sq.ft. Freehold. 3 rms. Free parking. $220,000. Please page *****25. No agents. 0.18 LAGOON VIEW. 3-1 bdrms Oood facing/ location. Well maintained. AYS *****87 EQUAL HOUSING WISISNO all clients b friends
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        667 11 470 HDB Apartments Wanted (Buy) ATTN: h.k pr» with rash urgently requires flav in Jurong Bast/ West, Bt. Batok, ClemenU, Telok Blangah b A.M. Klo. *****41 aft. DEAR HOME OWNERS, we provide professional it efficient service. Best price assured for HOB apt RK, *****56 ERA. Ist In service' CASH BUYERS
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        489 12 TRAVEL GUIDE ArTb-h 500 CnMm 502 RwetEaayTnMi 506 tocaiAtttcUm 510 Resort* 515 Spidal Manet Trawal 530 Tours 526 Trawl Fnanorf 527 Trawl Neadt 528 WhMtoStay 530 501 Air Tickets JASONS TRAVEL *****77 WorldWide budget air fares, hotels. Club Mcd holidays. Specialised In tours to Thailand, Hongkong Indonesia. Best value 5
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        384 12 526 Tours 526 Tours rTS3NEWSWWTRAVEL 4 jhV 100, Orchard Road •02-30, 70/lflolo Bar Maridton MoOJ Shopping Cv Tel: /j4j^ZZ M •To Psrad* Road *%M rnnnn ■1 8 i 8134 Partcway Parade Ts)i;O4OSIO9U t p i.Co»»man»r»a< #o2-27 OOQOCOC A Th«Ad^phj TeIrOOO^DZD ■9 1 101. Uppar Craaa Street tZOQQHOO JsT sßViTPsopis't Park
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        323 12 611 Commercial Courses Courses Commencing In Fab/March 1992 COMPUTER I COURSES J C BOOKKEEPIMC) C~LCCI PBC SHORTHAHD^ I (TiwofT/Sp—fJ) J MMPORT^XPORrt I PROCEOMREB J JAPANESE ENG/MATHS L tuition J For more details, please call Bukit Merah J urong East *****11 *****55 612 Language Courses STUDY JAPANESE (Orchard Road/ Cecil Street)
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        536 12 611 Commercial 611 Commercial Courses Courses [3[D[3[3[3[E[3[D[3[D[a[a[3 CHINESE CHAMBER TRAINING CENTRE Offers member firms the following programs: SCCCI Diploma In Accounting (4th Intake) Commtnoss on Fsb 25, tvery Tuss ft Fri 7.00pm 9.30pm SI 80O(SOF 50%) This Is a on* year program, it covtrs Eoonomica, Buainas* Statistics, Financial Accounting, Buskwas
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        168 12 680 Driving Instruction CATHAY DRIVING CTR. conduct basic it final theory course $40 $50. Hourly $12. *****53/ *****11. EMPLOYMENT AOnV BroMf Tradv Potations 735 tonrtk» Podbcm 755 BMuWMVHsrS%MPMIMt 7« D4w/OtlMnyD«jpsMPsalom 775 HoW/ tatant/ Uu«i PortJm 760 ITPortJom 720 OfMrPMMom 795 PMinm/lmpomiPMUoi* 790 PoMtofM Wvivn 705 Production Porttors 750 I**m*ntftMi*m PwHiia
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        674 12 725 Teaching/ Tutorial Positions IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENTS FOR tutors. All levels/ dists Call *****67, 10.00 am B.oopm. 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positrons THE TOWN COUNCIL Potong Pasir The Town Council is looking (or suitable applicants for the positions of: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS 2 vacancies OCE O7 'A 1 level or PSC Oood
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        1070 12 730 Secretarial/ Clerical 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Position* Applications are Invited to fill the position of CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT Pre-requisitea: Minimum GCE O' Level with credit m English. Able to type 35 wpm with about 2 years working experience. Pleasant personality In early twenties. The position is ideal tor one who
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        345 12 740 Sales Positions 740 Sales Positions j£aS SALES COORDINATOR If you have spend at least 3 years m the shipping industry or worked m a freight forwarding environment and feels ready for a challenging sales position, please write m with a recent photograph not later 1 than 1 0 February
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        201 12 795 Othf Positions WE HAVE A VACANCY FO& OPERATIONS ASSISTANT I Preferably A' level Computer literate MUST possess class 3 lie. Preferably with experience Please write OR call DOWNTOWN TRAVEL SERVICW him 913 Buktt Tlmah Road Singapore 2158 Tel: 4» 8455 CLEANERS REQUIRED TO work In hotel kitchen. 11p.m. to
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        904 13 The StraitsTiines APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES NOTICES SUNGAI BUDI ENTERPRISES PTE 1 LTD CETECO TRADING PTE LTD, both of 62 Cecil Street #06-00 TPI Building, Singapore 0 1 04, hereby give notice as follows: Mr Alexandra Soegeng, Passport No. *****78 Mr Chan Wong Seng, NRIC No. *****91 /Z Mr Alan Awyong, NRIC No.
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        662 13 KAMPUNG MELAYU GEYLANG SERAI Malay Village Pte. Ltd. invites tender for lease of the following 1. 51 Shops/ Shoplets. 2. 9 Eating Establishments/ Foodstalls. Location Kampung Melayu Geylang Serai (Geylang Serai Malay Village) Lease period 3 years Tender document Tender documents for items (1) and (2) are available for purchase
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        610 13 IN THF. lIK.II C Ol H I OK THK HK'IBIK Ol SINGAPORE ompanifN Winding I p No. I of 1942. In the matter of the ompaturN Act Chapter 50 (1900 RoKrd rdition) And In the Matter of Sumiro rlectriral Knfineerinft Pie Ltd ADVERTISEMENT OK PKTITION NOTICE IS HFRFBYGIVFN th.ii a
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        950 14 .^a^aßllltH[SlfeTaCTtJaKillMß[oßSFllfl Note 1991 1990 $000 $000 ASSETS Cash and short-term funds 4 937,316 537,499 Investments 5 285,500 272,029 m Advances to customers 6 2,137,027 1,729,875 Statutory deposits with Bank '-•--V Negara Malaysia 174,520 121,800 Fixed assets 7 10.487 9,759 I Other assets 8 23,266 19.492 TOTAL ASSETS 3.568,116 2,690.454 LIABILITIES
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        748 14 4. CASH AND SHORT-TERM FUNDS 1991 1990 $000 $000 Cash and bank balances 38,816 24.949 Deposits with financial institutions 898.500 512^550 937.316 537.499 Cash and short-term funds include an amount of $74,924,000 (1990: $13,714,000) placed with the holding company. 5. INVESTMENTS 1991 1990 $000 $000 Treasury bills 26,668 34,104 Malaysian
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        814 14 14. INCOME 1991 1990 $000 $000 Interest income 306,451 202,410 Interest expense (205.457) (123.248) Net interest income 100,994 79,162 Net interest m suspense (6,284) (6,941) 94.710 72.221 Other income (Note 15) 2.245 1,783 96.955 74.004 15. OTHER INCOME 1991 1990 $000 $000 Gross dividends from unquoted investments 319 262 Fees
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        679 15 The Straits Times APPOINTMENTS 1 1 J.M. SASSOON CO. (PTE) LTD 1 1 We are a Singapore incorporated international 1 1 share brokerage house and a member of the Stock 1 1 Exchange of Singapore Ltd. In line with our 1 1 expansion, we welcome applications from 1 1 experienced
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        1197 15 ir An International Hospitality Supplies Company < invites applications for < I SAUSfifMARKEHNGEXECUnVE i The successful candidate is responsible for meeting personal J sales targets and development of new product lines. < Age from 25 to 40 years J Possess tertiary education J Good contacts with hotels and interior designers
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        265 15 ■■■■■■■I INSURANCE COMPANY OF TOL Tf* 1 J'W NORTH AMERICA invites ■WsMMJUrifIJI qualified applicants for the position of: vua I umcn ocnviuCd The supervisor is responsible for the smooth operations of the Customer Services Department. The candidate should preferably have Experience m practical Customer Services operations Good educational background with
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        204 15 A SALES A COORDINATOR If you have spend at least 3 years m the shipping industry or worked m a freight forwarding environment and feels ready for a challenging sales position, please write m with a recent photograph not later than 1 0 February 1 992 to:S.T. Box N***** 390
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        39 16 Ig- y|> Ft/ iS M ju shfl cheng ti i ttp*«'>** PILING SAND INTO A PAGODA LEARN CHINESE THEFUNWAY Please read LIANHE ZAOBAO "ChaGuan"page For your Everyday Idiom j LT nH H WEEKENDeast Call 7401 1 46/7401 1 52
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        47 16 thepec^rfe wfaomake your future happen Job hunting? Doesn't it make sense to look m the same place the employers are advertising? That is why it makes sense to look m today's Straits Times Appointment Section, for the most opportunities of finding the job you are looking for.
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        58 16 If you are holding an event you want our readers to know about, please write m to What's On, The Straits Times, 390 Kirn Seng Road, Singapore 0923, or tax 734-6301. If you have pictures, please send them as well. Your material should reach us at least three days before
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        194 16 CONCERTS CHINBBE MUSIC EVENING Victoria Concert Hall B«»urday:8 «»urday: 1.15 pm Conducted by Lim Yau. Featuring Dou Jun Vi on the violin and «v Xiaozhong on the guanzi (woodwind instrument). The programme includes Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, Guanzi Concerto Silk Road Fantasia and Dream" Of Dun Huang Ballet Suite. Tickets
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        161 16 I Vol. ,lV^'. «bw^ 5 1^ /a. -j* '■•v^rsMl j iff v\ La«^ ™la% aw L < i 'l 3JL i Ceramics on show at Gems Of Chinese Art, Til* Empreea Place Museum. buff and puff and blow-down Yoga, India. Fee: $100 for three tale. Best for four-year-olds. months. Limited
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        222 16 What's On ceramics and bronzes assembled by Mr T. T. Tsui, a connoisseur of Chinese art. Admission: $3 for children aged below 12 and senior citizens, and $6 for adults. Family package (two adults and three children): $12. On till end of the year. WORKS BY SINGAPORE ARTISTS Tha Empress
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        222 16 sculptures, antique furniture and porceiainware from the Qing dynasty. Closed on Sunday and public holiday. On till Feb 28. INTERNMENT YEARS: 1942-45 Sontosa Fort Siloso 9 am-7 pm An insight into life during the Japanese Occupation through maps, documents and old photographs. Plus colour illustrations of the Death Railway by
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        232 16 SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS Cluny Road Monday to Friday: 5 am -11 pm Waokond/pubHc holiday. 5 am midnight Latest attractions: New cygnets and water hens at Swan Lake near the main gate. Free. For regular gardening courses and educational tours, call 470--9924/9900 SINGAPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS SO Mandai Laka Road 8.30 am
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        662 16 On display are sketches and watercoiours, a pair of rail spikes from the dreaded Thai-Burma railway, and a photograph of the guilt made by women inmates. Embroidered with their names, it was the only signal to their male counterparts that they were still alive. JURONG CROCODILE PARADISE Naxt to tha
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        740 16 from the Monkey God fable, a cultural village displaying a wide spectrum of Chinese artifacts, and popular artistes and foreign talents performing on a mammoth floating stage. On till Wednesday. CHINATOWN LIGHT-UP Today: 7 pm 6 am Weekday and Sunday: 7 pm midnight Saturday: 7 pm 2 am To usher
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        84 17 MODERN Uanhe Zaobao (March 2, 1992) The StraitsTiines (April 6, 1992) Hcn/s your chance to advertise m a special feature that will enhance your products or services. .and to reach out to your target audience effectively. Our feature on MODERN OFFICE is geared to attract a brge number of readers
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