The Straits Times, 10 August 1992

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1992 50 CENTS MITA (P) 27/12/91
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    Lock icon Bull's-eye, Singapore!
    881 1  -  K.F. Tang By The National Day Parade has always been an emotional experience for me, a renewal of a bond with the country.' Mr Robert Loh, 28, a technician who was attending his third NDP. THE WIND-TOSSED free-fallers tumbled 1,200 metres towards the National Stadium, hovering from taut
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    OUR CONCEPT
    153 1 SHOW PIECES THERE is an old Chinese saying: "Only when there Is a Nation will there he a Family/' Which Is why The Day of the Nation hi as much a day far the family tea. The Healthy Life, Healthy Tomorrow Item at the parade f eatored a
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      42 1 p^ Asia-Pacific set to be hub of world trade, says OECD: Page 10 Illegal fishing charges against seven fishermen dropped: Page 20 Smashing time for two US relay teams: Page 26 Thousands flood into Shenzhen for chance in stock lottery: Page 32
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  • People Watch
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      Sing S'pore — even in HK
      188 2 Sing S'pore even in HK CHRISTOPHER Loh, 10, is not a choirboy, but he sang Count on Me Singapore and cheered with so much gusto that even a friend tried to shut him up. The reason for his exuberance: Christopher, a Singaporean, lives in Hongkong because his father works there
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      A little neighbourly act
      123 2 IF ANYONE wanted to see Singapore's multi-ra-cial spirit in action, they need only have turned up at the parade. One person who displayed it was Mrs Shail Maheshwari. who took her neighbours son to the parade because the boy's mother was ill. Though Mum was not
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      The Parade Team
      127 2 EDITOBIAL: Felix Soh, Yap Koon Hong, Carl Skadian, K. F. Tang, Iris Koh, Sandra Davie, Mathew Pereira, Brendan Pereira, Dominic Nathan, Leong Chan Teiki David Miller, Cephah Tan, Elena Chong, Julia Goh' Charmaine Chan, Tan Hsueh Yun, Eileen Lau, Kwari Chooi Tow, Vanessa Ho, Tan Ooi Boon,
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      The mane attraction
      157 4 POM-POM girl Martini Mohammad's ponytail hangs even lower than than her frilly cheerleader skirt and she intends to grow it even longer. The 18-year-old secretarial practice student from Bishan Institutes of Commerce caught the attention of many spectators with her long flowing hair. Martini who has always
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      When homework goes click
      106 4 WHILE other youngsters came to watch the parade and have fun, students from the Temasek Polytechnic were doing their school homework at the National Stadium. The group of Graphic Design students were armed with cameras and rolls of film for a photography assignment. They were there
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      Fan display was no breeze
      88 4 SISSY? Not at all! In fact, Victor Shao, 15 who sang in the 1,000 strong combined schools choir yesterday, found singing and dancing with fans challenging. "It quite interesting, and difficult, too. You have to do two things at the same time: sing and do
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      Her day in the spotlight
      109 4 FLOWER girl Lee Puay Shan got what she always wanted to be a celebrity, at least for yesterday. The 13-year-old was sitting alone behind the stadium, waiting for her turn to take part in the "We Care, We Share" item, when a Straits Times photographer
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      Her peek-a-boo parade
      104 5 EVERY year, Madam Jacklin Tan gets only glimpses of the National Day Parade even though she is at the National Stadium. The reason: She runs a fishball stall outside the galleries. Said Madam Tan, 40: "I can only hear what's happening inside the stadium. But when there
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      Hooked on their job
      109 5 ADDICTIVE that is how the comperes at the Parade felt about their role in the event. "We're the catalysts at the centre of the crowd reaction, and it's euphoric to call out to them and have them respond," said Hamish Brown, 29, who made his first
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      The men stayed home
      127 5 THE women were there, all three generations of them, while the men stayed home to catch the parade on television. Miss Irene Teo, 31. came with her mother, aunt, grandmother and grand-aunt to their first Parade. She said that her grand-aunt, Madam See Roo Yuen, 73,
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      Very tired? Have a seat
      94 6 HOW to avoid getting your white pants dirty when you sit down? Driver Weng Youyi, 48, had the perfect solution. He was spotted taking a rest inside a big paper carton before the start of his qigong dance. He said: "Aiyah, very tired lah. I
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      Let's do the shake, mum!
      118 6 TWISTING and shaking with a dexterity that would put many youths to shame. Madam Peo Chee Keng. 54, was a picture of health and fitness at the post-parade bash. The mother of three grown children made a handsome pair on the field with her eldest
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      Cashing in on the mess
      108 6 ENTERPRISING hawker Tan Kee Hiok, 63, decided to go into the recycling business for a day. The poultry seller at Tanjong Rhu market cashed in on the mess of empty cardboard boxes dumped outside the stadium. From 3 pm, he collected, stacked and tied up
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      Spectator for 27 years
      84 6 MR TAN Ah Tee, 74, has never missed a National Day Parade for the past 27 years. "I'm here every year without fail because I am a Singaporean." he said firmly. He explained that as the former secretary-general of the Telok Ayer branch of the PAP,
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  • Parade Talk
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      Free-fall display scary
      66 2 "I thought they would fall on as. It's a good thing they didn't fall oa the gram bat landed oa target. "it's scary. I wouldn't want to learn how to do that." Mark Poh, nine, a Primary 4 student of Anglo-Chinese Junior School, describing what he felt
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      Things are good here
      68 2 "Things arc g*od here, not like in other countries, where there's righting. We have all the soldiers aad I feel sale. I really love Singapore! "I also feel very proud to be a Singaporean as I can get e> ery thing here. Singapore has all the
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      It's fabulous to be home
      66 4 "I've Just returned after studying abroad for seven yean aad haven't seen the parade since I was ysnng. It's f a balsas to come home after so long aad feel so much a Singaporean, seeing It at Its very best." Miss Joyce Chen, 25 (right),
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      Undampened by rain
      61 4 "Even though It was raining earlier, it didn't dampen the crowd's spirit. People are more outgoing aad more demonstrative nowadays. "It's very different from when I first went to the parade at eight years old with my elder brother. The people kept more to themselves then." Aflss
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      Logging hours of practice
      73 4 "Although we have been carrying logs daring oar Basle Military Training, we needed a lot more practice this time because now we also have to throw the logs. In fact, we had one or two men whose teeth were knocked out at the beginning because we
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      A sign of good times
      63 5 "I HOPE we will continue to have National Day parades like this every year because It means we will have continued peace and prosperity. If there is a year when we don *t have this, we know we are hi trouble." SAF Major Urn Tiong
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      Better food this year
      35 5 "Well, the food's good compared to the army food we got for Swing Singapore last year. That was bad." Insp (Res) Tony Ang, 36, on crowd control duty at the stadium.
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      Kudos to the lovely crowd
      45 5 "I expected problems with rowdy crowds bat the spectators are so well-behaved and co-operative. I'd like to watch it 'live' every year now." Teacher Mrs Mirnigar Begum, in her 30s, and who had not been to a parade in years.
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      N-Day in older eyes
      54 5 "When we were young, we looked for different types of excitement like going to discos and listening to music but as we grow older, our perspective changes. For me, I now realise how Important nation-building Is." URA technician H. F. Eu, 40, who was with his
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      No sweat for granny
      66 6 "There's no need to eat tonic food. Practising qigong for our performance Is already a very healthy thing for me. "We were told to pat some make-up on to make ns look better. Bat I only applied some powder. Too much will make people laugh at
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      The crowd's just great
      54 6 "I enjoyed the crowd very much and I made many friends. I took part last year also, hot this year Is much better. I'll be here next year if they need I'll come." Mr Layman Surdie (right), 55m<is part of the Tien Wah Press umbrella contingent
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      A picnic in the stands
      68 6 "It's Uke a picnic. My husband, daughter, son, daughter-in-law my five grandchildren and our f on r maids are all here. "We have fried rice, prawn noodles, soft drinks, lemon tea aad even Jackfrnlt, which I grew In my gardea." Madam Lim Gin Tiew (right),
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  • Kids' Stuff
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      So loud, but oh so fun!
      517 2 Parade LOG CHILDREN should be seen, not heard, the old saying goes. It was turned on its head at the stadium yesterday. You heard and aaw them everywhere. Some like Bengi Lau, 3, will be remembered for his military outfit, complete with a red
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      Queueing for tickets? No problem for this fan
      104 2 ENTHUSIASTIC and eager Is how yon would describe Sam Seah (right). Not many five-year-olds would wake op at 5 am and accompany their fathers to queue for tickets for the National Day Parade. Said dad Joseph Seah, 36, a process technician: "We
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  • The Cheer METER
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      What a scream! Spectators' loud cheers hit 92 decibels
      555 2 Babies squealed, teenagers screamed and adults roared last night at the National Day Parade. Using a sound-level meter obtained from a company specialising in sound production, The Straits Times measured the noise level to determine which items at the parade gave
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  • Parade Eye
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      The Singapore SPARKLE
      170 3 The Singapore SPARKLE TOP: It sizzled at the National Stadium last night. Comets, Roman Candles, Guttering Mines were all part of a spectacular fireworks menu which lit ap the Right and drew "oons" and "aahs" from around the stadium. The finale did net disappoint a cascade of golden streamers. A
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  • The Young Ones
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      Party night for teens
      341 4 Parade LOG FOR Singapore teenagers who would usually throng the shopping centres and fast-food places on weekends, the National Stadium was the "in place" yesterday. They turned up in full force to take part in the mass display items or watch from the gallery and still
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      Shake, rattle and roll ... so many ways to move
      335 4 Shake, rattle and roll so many ways to move EVERYONE was ready to party that much was clear. Long before MC Florence IJan gave the spectators the all-clear to Join the 4,5#t mass participants on the field for the post-parade bash, eager teens were already pouring down In an Impatient
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  • Thirtysomething
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      Just for kids? Sure...
      557 5 Just for kids? Sure Parade LOG THE ADULTS they are the ones who tell you the parade is for the kids, the old folks. Although they are there in force each year, they never say they come to the parade for themselves. It is always because they are "doing it
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      After SDU, couple is Still Dancing Untiringly
      140 5 THEY met at social dance classes, courted daring ballroom and l-atln- American dance sessions and later married. And yesterday, the two couples performed the routines they fell In love to before an audience of thousands at the National Day Parade. One couple, Robert
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  • The Golden Age
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      Old faithfuls stand tall
      362 6 Senior citizens put aside aches, pains just to be there Parade LOG HE DID not sing as loud or wave as hard. But when the national anthem reverberated through the stadium, he stood ram-rod stiff, proud to be counted among the patriotic thousands at the parade.
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      First-time spectacle for old-timers...
      136 6 First-time spectacle for old-timers YOU are never too old to go the Parade. Mr Chong Meng Kong, 84, never thought he would ever attend a National Day Parade. Bat aa old folks' home made the arrangement* and he seised the opportunity. Two others in their 71s were also there for
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      Getting hooked is a lot of hard work
      338 7 Getting hooked is a lot of hard work WONDER how the commandos in the Stabo-rig display get down from their perch beneath the Super Puma helicopters? Setting them down safely is a job that requires a crew of 18 men, both on the ground and in the helicopters. The Stabo-rig
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      Weight of jumpers the biggest factor
      156 7 BODY weight, not experience, decides the sequence of the five jumpers in the precision jumping display at the National Day Parade. This is because the heavier a person, the faster he falls. Since the last jumper has to stay in the air for the
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      Lock icon 'Cold' show is hot stuff
      451 7 A WEEK'S worth of preparation, endless testing, 200 pieces of fireworks and a kilometre of cable all that went into the 12-second display of "cold" fireworks at the Parade. Even before they make their way to the stadium, the fireworks are subject to a battery
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      Fancy brollies light up at a touch...
      216 7 Fancy brollies light up at a touch... THEY will not keep raindrops from falling on your head but these brollies added glitter to last night's National Day Parade. Umbrellas with lights attached were used as props by the 1,500 participants in the grand finale item. Lighting up the Future. Costing
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  • HOME
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      Youth hurt in fall during raid at Cuppage centre
      299 8 A YOUTH who tried to escape a police raid at Cuppage food centre broke his arms and legs when he jumped from the third storey on Saturday night. The police had been after people thought to be using the centre for
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      Man found unconscious, injured in bin centre dies in hospital
      303 8 A MAN was found unconscious in a rubbish bin centre in Telok Blangah on Friday morning after a fight. He died in hospital yesterday. Mr Oon Yew Lai, 35, unemployed, had been a psychiatric patient at the Woodbridge Hospital. Police
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      NATIONAL DAY AWARDS 1992
      2158 8 EFFICIENCY MEDAL PresMeat's Office Mr Ling Chye Kee, Store Officer Grade A. Judiciary Mr Toh Boon Gen alias Toh Boon Gin, Senior Clerical Officer, Subordinate Courts. Mr Harry Lim, Legal Assistant, Grade 111, Supreme Court. Ministry of Communications Mrs Ong Goh Sock Khim, Gerical Officer Grade
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      Blast site being examined under guard
      230 8 STTE investigations are underway at the uncompleted Ginza Plaza where an explosion on Friday killed three men and injured 61 people. Tight-lipped police and building contractors looked on as workers removed part of what looked like an underground gas pipe yesterday afternoon, a day
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      What it should have been
      46 8 IN YESTERDAY'S Sunday Plus cover story. Divided We Stand, travel agency owner Sabina Imeri-Chua was described as being part-Serb and part-Muslim. Mrs Imeri-Chua has clarified that although her maternal grandmother was Muslim, her family has been Roman Catholic for several generations.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Top Shi'ite Muslim scholar, Ayatollah Khoei, dies
      223 9 BAGHDAD Grand Ayatollah Abdolqassem al-Khoei, the world's highest-ranking Shi'ite Muslim scholar, died on Saturday in Kufa, southern Iraq. He was buried yesterday in the holy city of Najaf. The Iranian-born Ayatollah, 92, left Baghdad's Ibn alNafis hospital two weeks ago after surgery to
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      Lock icon Nothing ruled out in getting humanitarian aid to Bosnia: Bush
      563 9 'But early diplomatic pressure more effective than reckless use of force' KENNEBUNKPORT (Maine) President George Bush has said nothing is being ruled out in getting humanitarian aid delivered to the besieged people of Bosnia-Herzegovina but continued to stress caution about
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      Lock icon Bosnia's Serbs 'to let Red Cross into camps'
      335 9 Bosnia's Serbs 'to let Red Cross into camps' SARAJEVO Bosnia's Serb leaders, seeking to deflect international outrage over reports of torture and executions in squalid concentration camps, have promised to let the Red Cross enter and even help to run their detention centres. But, according to visitors to camps in
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      Lock icon Untac chief wants Vietnam to act as transit point for UN peacekeepers
      411 9 HANOI The head of the United Nations authority in Cambodia yesterday urged Vietnam to promote the peace process by acting as a transit point for UN peacekeepers. Mr Yasushi Akashi, head of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia
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      Lock icon UN team finishes first day of searches in Iraq
      142 9 BAGHDAD A UN arms team, barred by Baghdad from entering government ministries, completed its first day of searches yesterday without triggering a new standoff with Iraq. "It was an inspection day, the first one. That is all it was," Mr Nikita
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific set to be hub of world trade, says OECD
      664 10 'Region will account for half of all output by 2040' SOME FORECASTS| The Asia-Pacific region will account fer one third of world production by 28li, compared with roughly one quarter ln lfM. By 2t4f half of global output will be
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      Lock icon 'Progress being made in final stages of Nafta talks'
      230 10 WASHINGTON Talks to establish a North American free trade zone dragged on on Saturday, and were expected to continue yesterday, but trade sources said there was progress in the difficult final stages of negotiations. The US said last week that final
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      Lock icon Pyongyang 'sought Seoul help on N-plants'
      191 10 SEOUL North Korea has asked its non-communist southern neighbour to help it develop its nuclear power plants, press reports here have quoted an unidentified government official as saying. The official Yonhap news agency quoted the official as saying that the request was made when
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      Lock icon Couple stars of next shuttle flight
      312 10 CAPE CANAVERAL Never mind the four South African clawed frogs, two Japanese fish or 30 chicken eggs. The stars of the next American shuttle flight are Mark Lee and Jan Davis, who will become the first married couple in space. The two were married
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      Lock icon Clinton govt will be repeat of Carter years, says Bush
      362 10 Run-up to US presidential polls WASHINGTON President George Bush, in his sharpest attack yet on the Democratic challenger for the presidency, Mr Bill Clinton, has charged that "a Clinton administration would be a repeat of the Jimmy Carter years". Dogged
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      Lock icon Typhoon Janis slams Japan, leaving 2 dead
      128 10 TOKYO Typhoon Janis, which killed two people and injured 41 in Japan, headed out to sea yesterday after triggering landslides and floods and disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people. The most powerful storm to hit Japan this year brought high winds
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      441 11 JERUSALEM Israels new government would propose legalising contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, officials said yesterday. The Justice Ministry said that it was drafting an amendment to a 1986 law that forbade contact with the PLO, which Israel had long considered a
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      Lock icon Book boosts Deng to Mao's level
      351 11 Move aimed at strengthening his hand before party congress BEIJING China's paramount leader, Mr Deng Xiaoping, is getting an image boost before a crucial Communist Party congress this year. The People's Daily newspaper yesterday reported the publication of a book that apparently elevates Mr
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      Lock icon Chinese woman gang-raped by husband and in-laws
      173 11 Chinese woman gang-raped by husband and in-laws BEIJING The Communist Party newspaper People's Daily has given prominent play to a story of a peasant woman whose husband and in-laws gang-raped her when she fled from constant beatings. The story, published on Saturday, called on the authorities to better protect the
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      Lock icon Taiwan may lift 40-year ban on mainland Chinese labour
      268 11 TAIPEI Taiwan may lift a four-decades-old ban on the hiring of mainland Chinese labourers to ease a worker shortage on the prosperous island, according to Prime Minister Hau Pei-tsun. The China Times yesterday quoted him as saying that a limited number
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      Lock icon Lankan govt appeals for calm after rebels' mine kills 9 officers
      265 11 COLOMBO The Sri Lankan government appealed for calm yesterday after a Tamil rebels' mine killed nine senior military leaders in the north of the island. "At this time of national grief, the Ministry of Defence calls upon the general
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      Lock icon 20,000 call for Brazilian President's impeachment
      142 11 SAO PAULO (Brazil) About 20,000 demonstrators gathered in the centre of Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, on Saturday to call for the impeachment of President Fernando Collor de Mello. Demonstrators carried banners that read "Impeachment Now" and "Collor Out", in what was the first
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      Lock icon Gas blast kills 32 in Turkey canteen
      124 11 ISTANBUL Thirty-two workers were killed and at least 64 injured in a massive gas explosion under the canteen of a textile factory in the European part of Turkey on Saturday, state television said. Mr Senol Engin, Governor of Tekirdag, said on television that
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      Lock icon Russians start dismantling heavy arms
      164 12 Russians start dismantling heavy arms WUENSDORF (Germany) Under the watchful eyes of American and other Nato monitors, Russian troops on Saturday began destroying more than 2,000 armoured vehicles to fulfil a treaty reducing non-nuclear arms in Europe. Russia became the second country to start dismantling heavy weapons under the landmark
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      Lock icon US acts to stop unproven claims over health supplements
      499 12 NEW YORK A new aggressive policy by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights a simmering battle between mainstream medical science and an alternative health movement, which argues that unconventional treatments, like mega vitamin therapy, can be effective, whether or
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      Lock icon Patten assures China executive-led govt will continue
      303 12 HONGKONG Governor Chris Patten has given an assurance on the continuation of an executive-led government to Mr Lu Ping, the top Chinese official in charge of Hongkong affairs. Government Information Coordinator Michael Hanson said Mr Patten emphasised in a message passed through diplomatic
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      Lock icon HK dognappers cash in on penchant for pedigree pooches
      336 12 HK dognappers cash in on penchant for pedigree pooches HONGKONG Man's best friend has found a powerful enemy in Hongkong, where dognappers are taking advantage of the growing penchant for pedigree pets. "Dognapping has increased so quickly this year," commented one police officer, citing a recent spate of incidents in
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      Lock icon Indian police kill top Sikh militant in blow to separatists
      304 12 CHANDIGARH (India) Indian police killed a top Sikh militant yesterday dealing a major blow to a separatist campaign that had cost thousands of lives. Senior police officials said that Mr Sukhdev Singh Babbar, chief of the Babbar Khalsa International militant
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      Lock icon Pro-democracy HK party is tops with young people polled
      142 12 HONGKONG Hongkong's pro-democracy liberal politicians topped the popularity stakes among young people in a recent opinion poll, the Hongkong Standard reported yesterday. In a survey of 640 people by independent pollsters Asian Commercial Research, the United Democrats won 35 per cent.
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      Lock icon India's main centrist party on verge of split
      272 12 NEW DELHI India's main centrist opposition party was on the verge of a split on Saturday after 20 dissident MPs parted company with the central leadership of former Premier Vishwanath Pratap Singh. The group appeared before Parliament Speaker Shivraj Patil on Friday
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      485 15 Move needed to end distrust between blacks and whites, says panel JOHANNESBURG An in-ter-racial commission investigating political violence in South Africa has called for an investigation of police and military forces to help end distrust between blacks and whites. Judge Richard
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      Lock icon Teeny weeny baby of a girl
      65 15 Five-day-old Sheyanne Welch, under Intensive care at Martin Lather Hospital In Anaheim, California, on Friday. The S4f-g baby was removed from the womb alter 24 weeks of pregnancy as her mother, Robin, suffered from Hellp Syndrome, which causes hypertension and liver problems. The smallest
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      Lock icon Canada's 10 premiers to hold unity talks today
      334 15 OTTAWA Canada's provincial leaders will hold crucial unity talks today which could bury a separatist threat and satisfy Quebec's demands for greater autonomy. The 10 premiers, including Quebec's Mr Robert Bourassa, will meet at Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's summer retreat to thrash
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      Lock icon Mandela phones de Klerk to seek guarantee on rally
      288 15 CAPE TOWN Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela said on Saturday that he had spoken to President F.W. de Klerk on the telephone, apparently for the first time since all-race democracy talks broke down in May. State radio said Mr Mandela told
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      Lock icon Montreal fans rampage after Guns 'N' Roses rock concert is called off
      234 15 MONTREAL A cancelled heavy-metal rock concert sparked outbreaks of arson, looting and vandalism by disappointed fans on Saturday night, the Canadian press reported. More than 200 helmeted policemen, swinging clubs and firing teargas, chased rioters through streets around
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      Lock icon Premier outlines Russia's plans for $1.6b IMF loan
      457 16 Critical imports and currency reserves to receive top priority MOSCOW Russia's Acting Prime Minister, Mr Yegor Gaidar, has outlined government plans for the first US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) tranche of an international aid package. But Mr Gaidar told Russian television on Saturday
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      Lock icon Yeltsin 'may not raise Kuriles issue in Tokyo'
      198 16 MOSCOW Russian VicePremier Mikhail Poltoranin said on Saturday that the question of the disputed Kurile islands might not be raised during President Boris Yeltsin's visit to Tokyo. But Mr Poltoranin, returning from Japan where he travelled to lay the groundwork for Mr
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      462 16 Stalin's prisoner wants to return to US to visit parents' grave PETRICHI (Ukraine) At least one US citizen, held by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin after World War 11. is alive in the former Soviet Union and wants to return home to visit his parents' grave. Mr Michael Semko, now a
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      290 16 KABUI Rival Afghan mujahideen factions traded heavy artillery fire here on Saturday and dissident guerillas pounded the city centre with rockets, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 50. A Defence Ministry spokesman blamed the hardline Hezb-i-Islami group for the
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        114 17 TAIPEI A Taipei court has found a doctor guilty of malpractice for forgetting to stitch up internal incisions during a hernia operation on a four-month-old infant girl who later died. According to The Independence Evening News, the infant went into
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        125 17 LOS ANGELES A man, accused in the near-fatal beating of a truck driver during the riots in Los Angeles in April, wept in court on Friday as he listened to his emotional tape-recorded admission that he participated in the attack. "I pray every night for
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        41 17 picture. A street vendor displaying a range at English-lan-guage magazines In the southern Chinese city ot Shenzhen an Friday. A city within a special economic zone, Shenzhen In noted for tin wide arrav of Western goods. Reuter
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        131 17 TOKYO Researchers are hoping to control the exploding population of black bass in Japan by performing mass vasectomies on the troublesome fish, according to a newspaper here. Scientists hope that by sterilising the black bass they can slow down their rapid breeding and cut down
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        51 17 picture. Office workers la central Athens queuing to take an army truck home an Saturday. Hundreds of trucks have been mobilised to ferry the city's commuters since Jnly 23 when Athens public-transport workers went an strike to protest against the government's decision to sack 1.200 employees.
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        143 17 HOUSTON A child molester who once offered to be castrated in exchange for probation was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by a US jury which convicted him earlier of raping a 12-year-old girl. Steven Butler, 28, blinked back tears and his family became
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      371 12 SINGAPORE *m SYMPHONY J~ ORCHESTRA IB 14 15 August 1992 Victoria Concert Hall 8.15pm SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT UM YAU MARGARET CHEN NG YU YING conductor organ violin Bruckner Overture in G minor Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, op. 19 Barber Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra, op. 36 Schumann
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      31 12 Governor Patten ...drives a bus... ...meets the people... rides the trajn.„ ...kisses babies... ...and teaches them to drive Wait a minute, he's not jQ^t stmih chin.t Muming t'nst running for office
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  • ASEAN
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      Asean leaders reaffirm commitment to grouping
      609 18  -  Bertha Henson Pledge comes on 25th anniversary of group's founding By THE ANNIVERSARY LOGO Symbol of 25 years of co-operation .and progress SIX countries flying In unison towards progress. This lag* was specially designed to commemorate Asean N 25th anniversary. The Asean committee on
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      284 18 MANILA A Philippine government committee has recommended that Washington be given access to military facilities in the country after American troops leave by next January. The committee, chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), completed a review of Philippine-US relations
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      Lock icon Investors in industrial zones outside Manila 'safe from communists'
      215 18 MANILA Philippine defence officials have assured potential investors in industrial zones outside Manila that they can protect them from communist insurgents. They were reacting to threats by guerillas of the communist New People's Army (NPA) that they would demand extortion payments
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      541 19 Democratic system can resolve nation's problems, says army chief A RARE APPEARANCE BY SUCHINDA Farmer Prime Minister General Sarhlnda Kraprayoon (left) and lien ls&arapong taking a break for a drink daring their golf game at the Navathanl coarac on
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      Security approach of government should be eased, says Rudini
      235 19 INDONESIAN Minister of Home Affairs Rudini has proposed the easing of the gov ernment's "security approach" because it has stifled freedom of expression, the Jakarta Post has reported. "The security approach was a legacy from the Dutch colonial era and should
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      Pro-democracy group 'to sit on panel probing missing Thais'
      375 19 THAILAND'S Interior Ministry will nominate members of a prcwlemocracy group to sit on the new government committee investigating the fate of the hundreds of people missing after troops fired on pro-democracy protesters in May. The Nation on Saturday quoted Air Force
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia to request for full report on Clementi plaza blast
      204 20 KAMPAR (Perak) Malay sia would ask the Singapore authorities for a full report on the explosion at Ginza Plaza in Clementi West on Friday in which three Malaysian workers were killed and 61 other people were injured, Human Resources Minister
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      79 20 KUALA LUMPUR A total of 4,200 police personnel, including senior officers, have been referred to the Disciplinary Board for alleged abuse of power and violation of discipline in the last 18 months. Police Director of Management Datuk Ang Phaik Chin said yesterday, that 2,800 were referred to
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      Illegal fishing charges against seven dropped
      614 20  -  Ahmad Osman Seized trawlers and other items to be returned too By PENGGERANG (Johor) Malaysia yesterday dropped its charges against the seven fishermen, including two Singaporeans, who were accused of fishing illegally in Malaysian waters in May. They heard the good news when they
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      Lock icon MIC will not protect members who break law, says Samy Vellu
      427 20 IPOH (Perak) The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will not protect its members from prosecution if there is conclusive evidence to prove that they have committed an offence, party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has said. "Whatever action taken
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      Lock icon Police chief on rape charge gives cameramen the slip
      200 21 Police chief on rape charge gives cameramen the slip KUALA LUMPUR A police inspector, who pleaded not guilty to two charges of raping a 17-year-old schoolgirl last month, exchanged clothes with another man soon after he was freed on bajl on Saturday to give press photographers the slip. Inspector All
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      Lock icon More laser-based training equipment for army
      408 21 KUALA LUMPUR The army will expand its training facilities soon with the order of more laser-based simulation equipment for land warfare training from a British manufacturer, according to a Defence Ministry official. The official said yesterday that a package of laser- based simulation equipment
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      Lock icon Malay rulers who commit crimes 'will not be spared under hudud law'
      305 21 KOTA BARU Malay rulers who commit crimes will not be exempted from the hudud law if it is implemented in the country, according to Parti Islam (PAS) Deputy President Haji Abdul Hadi Awang. "Hudud law originates from Allah.
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      Lock icon 'Lower cost of transport too, not just hotel room rates'
      191 21 LANGKAWI (Kedah) The government should ensure that the cost of flights and other transportation to tourist destinations is not too high, according to a spokesman for the Hotel and Chalet Operations Association yesterday. Mr Roslan Abdul Rahman made the comment
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      172 21 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian flag should be flown from all buildings during commemorative events as well as festivals to show loyalty and love for the country, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said yesterday. "Citizens should show
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      202 21 Johor prince asked to appear before hockey body KUALA LUMPUR A Johor prince who allegedly assaulted a Perak hockey goalkeeper during the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Johor Baru last month has been asked to appear before the Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) disciplinary board. It will meet on Aug 21 and
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      583 20 BusinessTimes IMM and the mart Yaohan is not just happy with the performance of its International Merchandise Mart it also plans to put this mart on the stock market. Is bigger better? The Singapore Manufacturers Association thinks all other manufacturing associations should join it in a Confederation of Singapore Industry.
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      Taming the predators
      701 22 IT IS an old word, not usually found in the lexicon of live-and-let-live politics. Courage. In recent days, Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister, Mr Anand Panyarachun, has removed the Supreme Commander and Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananil, and the Army Commander-in-Chief, General Issarapong Noonpakdee. The
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    130 22 "I'm warried about kids being killed on the streets here at home. I think we've have mare people killed la America today than are killed In Yugoslavia, or what used to be Yugoslavia." Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. "He reminds me of one of those old horror movies with the
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      Why so worked up over morals survey?
      827 22  -  Felix Soh SECOND LAST WORD By There is a fear that the conservative weight of the survey would influence the eventual recommendations of the CRC. Instead of a more liberal policy towards films and publications, the vice could be tightened further. "Upon the
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      Russian army has political clout
      1000 22  -  John Lough By SANDHURST (England) Boris Yeltsin's May 7 decree creating the Russian Armed Forces marked the end of efforts to keep together the old Soviet army using the Commonwealth of Independent States' framework. Mr Yeltsin had declared that Russia would not create its own
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      Russian MiGs now fly the friendly skies of former foe
      1169 23  -  Bruce B. Auster By US News World Report USUALLY, Doug Schultz flies big Boeing jets for Delta Airlines. But he has always dreamed about flying a MiG-21, a fighter he saw a few times as a tiny blip on his
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      Congress' radar fails to track escalating costs of B-2 Stealth
      650 23  -  John F. Fialka MEANWHILE V By Asian WaH Street Journal IN 1987, when the United States Air Force and the Northrop Corp planned to build 132 B-2 Stealth bombers to replace America's 30-year-old B 525, the super-secret radar-evading planes were
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      Start schemes to help teen smokers quit
      312 25 I REFER to the report "Teenagers may find it harder to light up" (ST, Aug 1). I support the proposed move by the Government to ban under- LBs from smoking in public. Although implementing the ban will not fully solve the problem of
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        Buses have 30% safety margin for passenger capacity
        248 25 I REFER to the letters "Bus safety guidelines are vague" by Mr Paul Crispin Casimir-Mrowczynski (ST, Aug 4) and "Black box in vehicles will deter speeding" by Mr Tan Kok Tim (ST, Aug 5). Mr Casimir-Mrowczynski asked for the safety margin allowed
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      291 25 I APPLAUD the photographer for his very telling picture captioned "A burning issue" (The Sunday Times, Aug 2). I wish to bring up a related issue- Should there be more stringent rules on where Housing Board flat dwellers
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      Morally wrong to pay employees who stay fit
      378 25 I REFER to the suggestion made by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Aline Wong, reported in The Straits Times on Aug 6, that rebates or some form of reward should be given to workers who stay fit and who do
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  • 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES
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      Lock icon Lewis, 31, still going strong after three Games
      703 26 FOCUS: Cart Lewis CARL LEWIS' HONOUR ROLL Lewis' results In major events since 1183: 1983 Ist, Helsinki world championships 100m, 10.07 seconds. 1983 Ist, Helsinki world championships long jump. 8.53m (28 ft. Oin). 1993 Ist, Helsinki world championships 400m relay, 37.86 (world
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      Lock icon Johnson in scuffle with security guard
      246 26 OLYMPIC LATEST BEN JOHNSON, thrown oat of the Seoul Games for doping, scuffled with a security guard at the Olympic Village here yesterday, the Canadian team said. Team spokesman William Hersh said Johnson aad the guard were embroiled la a brief push aad-sbove contest
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      Lock icon Smashing time for two US relay teams
      1192 26  -  GODFREY ROBERT rT^rTsfrom Barcelona 'When you have a dream team in front of you, it's easy. We put out a clinic in relay running out there today. I've been thinking about this race all night and it's probably the best mechanical 4xloom ever
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      TWO WORLD RECORDS
      161 26 WWBtaWm et mea'a 4 x lOtm world record (la order of time, eeoatry (team), veaoe, dote) since IMS: mtIM US (King. Gault, Smith. Lewis) Helsinki 10.8.83 37.83 US (Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith. Carl I>ewts) Los Angeles 11.8.84 Jl.lt FYance (Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal,
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      MEDAL TALLY
      377 26 I* At press time. t ii i Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL 1CIS 45_ 38 28 111 j United States 37 34 35 106 3 Germany 32 21 27 82 4 China 16 22 16 54 5 Cuba 14 6 11 31 8 Spain 13_ 6 2 21 7
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      ALL SATURDAY'S GOLD WINNERS
      141 26 ATHLETICS Mob's 4x188m: US. I.SMm: Fermin Cacho Ruiz (Spn). IJMtaa: Dieter Baumann (Ger). Javeda: Jan Zelezny (Cze) 89.66m. 4x488m: US. Womee's l^otsa: Hassiba Boulmerka (Alg). 4i488m: CIS. High lamp: Heike Henkel (Ger). 4x188m: US. BASKETBALL Mea: US. BOXING Baauun: Joel Casamayor (Cub). Light: Oscar de la
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      YESTERDAY'S EARLY GOLD WINNERS
      40 26 BOXINti Wmmfm Chot Choi Su (NK). Wtmmm Andreas Tews (Ger). UX-t-wtMtfr: H.V. Charon (Cub). Light J.C.L. GarcU (Cub). Llgfct- Torsten May (Ger). MMM -SCSI RB. Mendez (Cub). EQl K8TEIAN ImMvW-U _mw J-Bpteg: Ludffer Beerbaum (Ger). VOLLEYIALL-Mc_:Bra_l
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  • BARCELONA OLYMPICS
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      Lock icon Boulmerka wins race for Algeria
      684 27 Algerian woman triumphs against all odds Zelezny captures elusive major title Cuba punches well again in the rinq til THIS WAS the easy part. p^_*^ A closely-packed field in the women's 1,500-metre fiiam nal, coming around the fiKodak I nal turn at tne Olympic Stadium.
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      Lock icon Record protest inspires Zelezny
      325 27 FOCUS: Jan Zelezny CZECH Jan Zelezny, who has been breaking world records for most of his javelin career, finally sealed the major title which had eluded him for so long on Saturday. Ironically, it was the possibility of having his latest world record taken away from
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      Lock icon Seven-gold Cuba still rules amateur boxing
      415 27 USu^H CUBA'S boxers fell short of their V> target of a medal in every Olym4pojt pk? class, but they will still go home from Barcelona as comfortmtm.m^m^) abl y the most powerful nation in !^£sfiK the sport. Seven golds and two I silvers from
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        Rain in Spain hits planes
        80 27 FIERCE thunder storms struck Barcelona yesterday and caused chaos at the airport which was gearing up for a mass exodus of Games visitors. "Flights were stopped for an hour because the rain was so heavy you couldn't see anything," said a controller at El Prat
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        Havelange for treatment
        50 27 JOAO HAVELANGE, the International Football Federation (Fifa) president, was taken ill on Saturday a few hours before the Olympic soccer final between Spain and Poland. Officials said he was flown by chartered plane to Zurich for treatment. Olympic officials said that Havelange, 74, was suffering from fatigue.
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        Up to $9.6 million profit
        109 27 OLYMPIC organisers declared the Barcelona Games a financial success with an expected profit of US$5 or US$6 million ($8 or $9.6 million). "The Games are paying for the Games," Pedro Palacios. spokesman for organising committee COOB, said yesterday, the final day of the Olympics. "We
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      Lock icon Ashford, 35, quits a winner
      397 27 FOCUS: Evelyn Ashford AMERICAN Evelyn Ashford. the Mother Courage of the track, retired from competition on an historic note on Saturday and declared it was time to start eating again. Ashford, 35, ended her fourth Olympic Games with a gold medal in the 4xloo metres
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    • The stuff of sweet dreams
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        Lock icon Americans wake up in time to claim the gold in style
        673 28 -Mf] THE US Dream Team looked *S drowsy early on but woke up in mfk the second half to beat Croatia 117-85 in the Olympic final on Saturday and become officially ROB3MI the world's greatest basketball 2*y,sjj side. The
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        Lock icon Patriotic solution to row
        339 28 AMERICA'S Dream Team of basketball stars found a patriotic way to avoid giving free publicity to sportswear firm Reebok in Saturday's Olympic gold medal ceremony they draped themselves in the Stars and Stripes. Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and team bad boy Charles Barkley all spon- sored
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        Lock icon Reluctant man Hilgers ends up a two-goal hero
        463 28 ~T 1 GERMANY clinched the mens hocka£j. ey gold medal but for Michael Hilgers, '^^C* 0 the winning-performance was very much like a dream. The striker scored K I both goals to carry his team to a 2-1 IMMWK win over Australia
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        Lock icon All in the Keller family
        247 28 IF HEREDITY has anything to do with sporting ability, do not be surprised to see 16-month-old Felix Keller winning an Olympic medal in the German hockey team early in the next century. Felix's father and mother won silver and gold hockey medals for Germany here
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      Lock icon Winner Rosset nearly gave up hope
      375 28 A .a I MARC ROSSET won Switzerland's first summer Olympic gold for 12 years in the men's singles tennis on Qfr Saturday. But he nearly defaulted be~^^^^n cause of illness during his epic, fiveKodak hour struggle to beat Spain's Jorde ojfc*£*j Arrese. A rank
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      Lock icon Narvaez prevents Spanish nightmare
      502 29 /^£W SPAIN embarked on its biggest Olympic fiesta on jLas£ Saturday night after Quico Narvaez rescued his >^^g& country from a nightmare defeat in the soccer final against Poland. Narvaez, who is more used Knflalr t0 sav^ n 8 bis struggling First Division side Cadiz |P
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      SATURDAY'S LATE RESULTS
      583 29 ATHLETICS (All finals) Men's I*l Mm relay: 1 US (Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) 37.405ec (world record) I Nigeria (Oluyemi Kayode, Chidi Imoh, Olapade Adeniken, Davidson Ezinwa) 37.98 3 Cuba (Andres Simon Gomez, Joel Lamela Loaces, Joel Isasi Gonzalez, Jorge Luis Aguilera Ruiz) 38.00
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      331 27 Advertisement Open Champion Faldo Welcomes Johnnie Walker Challenge Nick Faldo took the qualification for the honours at the 1992 World Championship. British Open at In paying tribute to the Muirfield, Scotland, for crowd, Faldo said "I owe the third time in five you a big Scotch someyears after one of
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      382 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths HAN KIT JUAN AGE: 87 patted away peacefully on 7 August 1992, tadly mourned by: Wife: Sister: Lim York Hln Han Kwee Eng Sona: Daughters-in-law: Han Ann 800 Ina Lie Siok Jen Han Ah Sal Francis Han Jan Kwang Agnes Tan Chwee Luan Daughters:
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      851 Acknowledgements
      38 30 TIM faWTvily of the lete CHUA HOCK LU Departed 7 Auguat 199? wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, attendance, wreaths, donations and assistance during their recent bereavement
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      851 Acknowledgements
      68 30 The family ot the late FRANCIS TEO NAM CHYE Departed 3 Aug 1982 wishes to thank sll relative* and friends for their condolences, wreaths, donations and attendance during their recent bereavement. The family of the lata MRS. ADELINE CECILIA SCHARENGUIVEL wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives,
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      261 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MARY FERNANDEZ AGE: 64 Passed away peacefully on 98 92 Sadly missed by family and loved onei Husband: Fernandez John Manuel tons: Daughter* in law Manuel Welen Christina Fernandez Manuel Anthony Dewar Beatrice Fernandez Marquis Shenton Manuel Eddy Daughters Sons-in-law Lucy Ira Manuel Terence Shashin Theresa
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      851 Acknowledgements
      90 30 The Family of the Late MOM TAN AH HONG Deported on sth Aug. '92 would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the relatives. friends, colleagues and staff of ward 7 Toa Pa yon Hospital for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their
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      124 30 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS. PHILOMENA OORAIRAJ wiahaa Io convey their heartfelt thank* and appreciation le Rev Fr Aleysiue Dereissmy, Lourdee Alter Soya, Lomrdoa Tamil Choir St. Jotcph t Tamil Bible Group Or Mohan Chetiappe. Dr Ng Hoe Wah. Or Khor Tong Hong and nura•ng tlaff of
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      854 Requiems 854 Requiems
      122 30 854 Requiems 854 Requiems ANNOUNCEMENT Friends and associates will be aware by now of the death of Group Captain Lord Cheshire on 31 July at Cavendish. England. Words cannot express the sadness that everyone throughout the world will feel at this great loss. At the same time we know how
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      852 Condolences 852 Condolences
      37 30 852 Condolences 852 Condolences I With I Deepest Sympathiee A Condolences I to the family of the lete I Mdm Lee Yuen Lan Departed: 8 Auguat 1992 From: The Management A Staff of Abadi Jaya Pte Ltd
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      851 Acknowledgements
      66 30 The family of the late MRS. QUAH 001 CHIM (nee YEW SENG KIN) Departed 3 August 1992 wishes to thank all relatives and friends for their attendance, donations and assistance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to the Ven M M Mahaweera Nayaka There and members of the
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      853 In Memoriam
      116 30 BRIAN JAY Remembered with love Departed 10/8/86 Hia entiling way and pleaeent face Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kind word tor each And died beloved by ail Deerly missed by psrents end loved ono* Maea will bo colebrated on the 10/9/92 st oam st
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      853 In Memoriam
      94 30 3rd Atwwver secy In Loving Bttatfaj of CAPTAIN DAMIAN CHOO FOOK YOON Departed 10 Auguet 1000 The years may wipe out many things But this they'll wipe out never. The memory of those happy days Which we had spent together Alweya and dearly remembered by wife Veronica,
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      854 Requiems
      66 30 PARAMAIYAH fa JAVARAM DEPARTED 11 8 99 Always remembered by: Wife: Armi Silvia Daughter: Sheron Sharmila Parents: Tangarajoo Meenachl Brothero: Krishnan Harldas Marimuthu Veerappan Sisters: Letchlmi Indra Chella Amman San t ha Kumari and all loved oneo. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held ot Sivan Temple, Serongoon Road
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Leeds grabs Shield after 23 lean years
      501 30 SOCCER Leeds 4 Liverpool 3 LONDON French striker Eric Cantona scored a hattrick at Wembley on Saturday as League champion Leeds beat Cup winner Liverpool 4-3 to win the Charity Shield in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English soccer season. Cantona, who joined
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      Lock icon Pakistan in charge, thanks to Waqar
      330 30 CRICKET LONDON Waqar Younis put Pakistan on the brink of a 2-1 series victory over England at the Oval on Saturday. He took four second innings wickets to leave England struggling on 137-5, still 36 runs behind Pakistan's first innings total of .?30. Only
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      666 30 AUSSIE FOOTBALL Carlton 18.14 (122) bt St Kilda 12.15 (87), Adelaide Crows 17.8 (110) bt Brisbane Bears 11.11 (77), West Coast Eagles 15.14 (104) bt Rich mond 12.12 (84). BASEBALL America* Leagae: Red Sox 4 Yankees 2, Athletics 5 Royals 3, Indians 6 Orioles 0. Brewers 4
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  • RACING/SPORTS
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      Lock icon Hard Rock rocks Raffles
      541 31  -  Tan Thean Loon Shock winner bags third classic in 7V2 months SINGAPORE RACING By FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Aug 9 1992 FIRST 8023 SECOND 8956 THIRD 5753 STARTERS 4713 9499 8520 3198 7849 1999 8868 7529 7599 9231 CONSOLATIONS 6064 9578 8122 7740 0117 5348 7578 6526 5422
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      YESTERDAY'S SINGAPORE RACE RESULTS
      1123 31 RACE 1 CLASS 3 1,850m 6 RED CHEF R53 5 (23 8) Lam (9) 2 1 1 1 ARCS PRDC 55 (269) Yamazaki (10) 3 3 2 SBERIAN STAR 53 5 (5414) rjonanguez (2) 1 2 3 Others in flashing order: BUcfc Minimi (62 14) Sng.
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      SINGAPORE STEWARDS' REPORT
      1169 31 RACE 1: Tawflq's Pride was slow into stride. Shortly after the start, Gaabaria had to be eased off the heels of Star Heritage. who was taken in by Siberian Star. Near the 1,600m, Gaabaria again eased off the heels of Star Heritage who was in turn steadied
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      Liang averages 231 to lead in Singapore Open
      411 31  -  Thomas Koh BOWLING By ANCHOR DCllil UNHERALDED David Liang is stealing the thunder away from big names like Jack Wong, Sam Goh and national champion Chris Yeo at the $300,000 Anchor Beer Singapore Open bowling championships. Liang, a familiar face at local
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      Lock icon Azinger shoots 66 to share lead
      232 31 GOLF MUNICH American Paul Azinger and Sweden's Anders Forsbrand fired six-under-par 66s to share the third-round lead in the BMW International Open golf tournament on Saturday. The pair had 17-under totals of 199 to lead by a shot from Bernhard Langer, who also shot
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Marseille and three title challengers win openers
        62 31 Defending champion Marseille and its title challengers of last season Monaco, Paris St Germain and Auxerre took up where they left off when they scored victories in the new French soccer League which opened on Saturday. Marseille beat Toulouse 2-1, Monaco crushed Toulon
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        Battling to a 1-1 draw
        70 31 Indonesia and Malaysia drew 1-1 in a sixth Independence Cup soccer tournament match at Jakarta's Senayan Stadium on Saturday. Malaysia's Zainal Abidin Hassan scored in the 21st minute, but Singgih Pitono equalised in the 28th. In another tie, South Korea beat Thailand 2-1 with goals
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        Lee cues to world record
        65 31 England's Steve Lee set a new world snooker record of 26 successive frame wins in professional tournaments when he defeated Glenn Stevenson 5-0 in qualifying rounds of the International Open in Blackpool on Saturday. Lee, the 17-year-old former English amateur and British Under-16 champion, overtook
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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      89 31 TODAYS EVENTS BOWLING Aaeaer Beer S'asea Opaa (Victor's Super bowl. 8.30am). POLO Rstex jateraatleaal < Spore Polo Club. Ipm). RUGBY Griffla Kinetic Cap U-23: Police v Safsa (PA), SAOBA v Blacks (SAS), ORA v NUS (NUS) all matches at spm). SHOOTING Pesta Sakaa IPSC shoot off (Nee Soon. 2pm). SOCCER
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  • MONEY
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      Lock icon Thousands flood into Shenzhen for chance in stock lottery
      509 32 Police with electric cattle prods, bamboo canes called out to control surging crowds SHENZHEN Clutching wads of cash and dreaming of overnight riches, hundreds of thousands of would-be capitalists from across China engulfed this southern boom town on yesterday for a
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      Lock icon China sets up dealing centre to shake up its forex trading
      417 32 BEIJING In a move to reform its cumbersome foreign exchange trading system, China has set up a state-level dealing centre in Beijing. The National Foreign Exchange Swap Market, which began operation last Saturday, is part of government plans to
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      Lock icon Taiwan to allow direct dealing with China banks
      226 32 TAIPEI Taiwan, easing restrictions on economic ties with China, will let its banks deal directly with their Chinese counterparts to ease trade, financial officials said. The Bureau of Monetary Affairs said it would soon propose a set of rules governing financial contacts.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Seoul's GDP 'to grow 7.4% a year in 1996-2000'
      155 32 SEOUL South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow an average 7.4 per cent a year between 1996 and 2000 as its industry becomes increasingly technol-ogy-intensive, a press report said yesterday. GDP increased 10.1 per cent a year in 1966-1990 and
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      Lock icon Weaker full-year result seen for Hutchison
      384 32 Li firms seek loans HONGKONG Cheaag Kong (Holding) and Its associate Hutchison Whampea plan to borrow HK$252 million through a syndicated lean to finance property developments. Bankers said the 18--month transferable facility, with Interest at the Hangkaag Interbank altered rate pins 45 bawls points,
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      Lock icon Pakistan to buy Malaysian palm oil
      156 32 KUALA LUMPUR Pakistan has signed an agreement to use a M sloo- mi 11 ion (Ss64 million) credit limit from Malaysia to buy 300,000 tons of palm oil from it annually, officials said on Saturday. The line of credit for palm oil purchases and
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      Growth of Indonesian ports 'could hit S'pore's re-export role'
      470 32  -  Chan Sue Meng By > in Semarang THE rapid expansion of ports in Indonesia could threaten Singapore's role as a major transhipment and re-export centre for Indonesian cargo in the region. Semarang's port manager, Mr Chalid Thahir, said Indonesia is likely
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    • MONEY WORLD
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        Lock icon Tokyo firms in LNG project
        103 32 TOKYO Japanese oil and trading companies will join an international consortium investing US$2O billion (Ss32 billion) to develop offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) resources in Papua New Guinea, Tokyo's leading financial daily said yesterday. The consortium of eight firms from five nations has agreed to
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        Lock icon New Thai currency notes
        130 32 BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand will begin issuing a 1,000- bahi note, the highest denomination note to be put in circulation, the government has announced. The central bank will begin issuing 25 million of the notes from today, which are worth about US$4O (Ss64) each, the
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        Lock icon Fewer motor vehicles sold
        141 32 KUALA LUMPUR Sales of new motor vehicles in peninsular Malaysia dropped 18.8 per cent to 70,993 units in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, an industry official has said. Chairman of the Malaysian Motor Traders Association Aishah Ahmad,
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        Lock icon Daewoo for Uzbekistan
        120 32 SEOUL South Korea's biggest conglomerate, the Daewoo Group, plans to set up three joint-venture plants in Uzbekistan by 1995 producing vehicles, electronics and textiles. Group chairman Kim Woo Choong and Uzbek President Islam Karimov agreed on the joint-venture deal, which would cost a total of US$75O million
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        Lock icon Seoul's Japan trade deficit
        100 32 SEOUL South Korea's accumulated trade deficit with neighbouring Japan has reached US$66.l billion (*****.76 billion) since the two nations opened diplomatic ties in 1965, the central bank said on Saturday. The trade deficit with Japan is the main cause of South Korea's bulging current-account deficit, which
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        Lock icon Turbine system for India
        163 32 TOKYO Two Japanese firms and an American company have won a 29-billion-yen (*****.28 million) contract for a gas compressor and turbine system to India for use on an offshore oil rig, one of the Japanese firms said. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. C. Itoh Co, a general
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    • CURRENCY REVIEW
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        Downward pressure
        72 33 US Dollar WHILE probing for an Intermediate support level, the US dollar came under more downward pressure than was expected. This affected the underlying structure of the recent consolidation to favour upcoming weakness. The bearish stance was made more pronounced by the weakness of the dollar in reaction
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        Ringgit in tight range
        50 33 Malaysian Ringgit ALTHOUGH the ringgit is still trading within a tight range, the range shifted lower last week. It broke the 64.37 support last Tuesday by reaching 64.35. After retracing to 64.45 midweek, it closed the week at 64.37 with momentum building up for a decline.
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        Lower band tested again
        42 33 Japanese Yen THE yen did not rebound last week but instead, it re-tested the lower band of the previous week's range. The outlook remains the same, however, and the rebound to the 1.2800 region should begin this week.
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        Rally shows strength
        67 33 Sterling Pound AS TIME passes by with the sterling yet again unable to break the current low of 3.0610, the corrective decline to 3.0000 may not happen after all. Instead, the strength of the sterling's rally seen last Thursday and Friday hint of a more sustained advance
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        Aussie dollar turns weak
        57 33 Australian Dollar THE Australian dollar failed to break above 1.2100, which ought to have happened by last week for the corrective rally to materialise. Instead, it turned weak, and this put the Australian dollar back on its downtrend. It closed last Friday at 1.1881. Resistance is
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      LONDON
      430 33 AJaad-Lyons 607 -6 Amac 74 -10 't Aada Group 24 -1 BAmyi 263 -3 H B Tatocom 333 -4H BATInd 736 -10 »CC 258 -3 H BOC Group 598 -6 BP 187 V* -5 V* BTR pic 41S 3 Barclays 320 -13 BtuaOda 176 3 Boots 425 unch Bowatar
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      NEW YORK
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      SYDNEY
      299 33 *May Aaaart 7 (Mi ANI 174 2 ANI 91 Nts 356 ANI 96 Ntt 380 unch Abertoyte 485 5 AmaM 006 -10 Amcor 789 unch AmpolEapl 395 An* 342 2 Ar«dnt Autf 2 unch Arnom 750 unch Aahton 17« a BHP 1324 6 BTRnyto m 1 Koup 7 Bond
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Tokyo share prices down as NTT tumbles to new low
        511 33 SHARE prices suffered a substantial setback on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in extremely thin trading last week as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) snares tumbled to an all-time low. The Nikkei Stock Average ended Friday at 15,518.27 points, down 392.01
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        65 33 PROFIT-TAKING in view of the lack of fresh leads led share prices in Kuala Lumpur to close on a lower note last week. The KLSE Composite Index closed 4.42 points lower at 597.11 from a week ago. Ready turnover for the week rose to 310.853 million shares valued
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        152 33 WALL Street headed south last week after a spectacular climb the previous week. Nervousness ahead of Friday's key employment report and disappointing news on earnings prompted investors to take profits from the previous week's hefty gains. Mr Alan Ackerman, executive vice-president at Reich and Co, said the market
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        Lock icon LONDON
        106 33 PRICES fell on the London stock market Last week as the pound continued to slide against the German mark and bad news hit oil giant British Petroleum and a leading bank. The Financial Times share price index of 30 leading British companies closed 50.5 points lower over the week
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        83 33 AFTER falling every day for a week, the Australian share market finished at its lowest level in 16 weeks, despite being boosted slightly by bar-gain-hunting at the week's end. The main market indicator, the All-Ordinaries Index, closed some six points above its lowest point on Friday and 31 points
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        124 33 MOST share prices remained stagnant on the Jakarta Stock Exchange over the week, or fell as the bear continued its prowl. The JSE Index also continued its slide for the fourth consecutive week, closing at 312.729 on Friday compared with the 319.685 of a week ago. The volume and
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        73 33 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand Index closed on Friday at 764.43 points, up 20.01 points for the week despite a slight dip before the weekend. The average daily volume during the week was 120.17 million shares traded, up strongly from the daily average of 85.1 million shares the previous
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        HONGKONG
        122 33 THE lack of any major stimulus has left the Hongkong market in the doldrums. The Hang Seng Index drifted within a narrow range of 69 points and closed last week 31 points lower. Cheung Kong and Hutchison were big losers as the latter reported an interim loss of HK$78
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      BANK RATES
      291 33 euseess loans Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS) Rates are supplied by EDB Please refer to respective batiks Export factoring 1 year 4'/* Domestic factoring 1 year 6Vi Equipment and factory loans up to 4 years 6Vi Equipment and factory loans 4-10 years 7 MAS Rediscounted rates 3Vs Rates
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      PRIME LENDING RATES
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      HIGH & LOW
      43 34 HIGH LOW Straits Fanei Industrials 1992 high 1545.92 (27/1/92) 1992 Low 1352.83 (9/4/92) Alltime High 1607.12 (27/3/90) All-time Low 64 83 (29/6/65) Business Timei Crjfnposrte 1992 High 1333.08 (21/2/92) 1992 Low 1191.31 (9/4/92) All time High *****3 (16/7/90) All time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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      WEEK'S MOST ACTIVES
      40 34 Keppei C Wt 97 17.911,000 Keppei Corpn 10.176.000 FUS 50< 9.291.000 FELS m 5.816,000 S Steamship 50c" 4.278.000 DBS Land 3.139.000 Liang Court 50C 2.983.000 Gotdtron 20C 2,407.000 Jurong Ship 50C 2.325,000 Keopel C Bd 97 2.241.000
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      TURNOVER (CASH)
      35 34 Sector (Fri) Volume Value Industrials 969,400 1 606 m Finance 141,000 232,400 Hotels Nil Nil Properties 136,000 156,230 Loan Stocks 112.000 49,215 Plantations 60,000 54,280 Mining Nil Nil Total 1.411 m 2.098 m
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      73 34 Total Market Fri Thws Industrials 16 690 m 20 872 m Finance 2.702 m 6 459 m Hotels 819,000 1 230 m Properties 7 786 m 5 660 m loans Stocks ***** m 14 953 m Plantations 447 000 364 000 Mtmng 358,000 290.000 Total volume 40.225 m
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      INDICES
      85 34 St Index for the week WA 27.25 11 7 kot 6 SI Industrials 1424 59 *****3 SI Finance 2657 46 ?646 24 SI Hotels 1010 20 1013 41 ST Properties 705 98 707 19 Bl Composite 1219 38 1214 41 INK* 686 41 686 38 Bl 06 .'0S 196
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      4032 34 M shares quoted have a par value ol $1 unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip/rrfhts N Tai-eiempted dmdend P/E ratios reflect the last annual coraoMated results P/E ratios and poss yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investments Scheme, s:
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      Local bourse likely to open week on anxious note
      562 34  -  Chan Hwa Loon WEEKLY MARKET REPORT By HAVING taken a battering of marine counters last week, the local bourse is likely to open this holiday-short-ened week on an anxious note. Over the weekend, the Government announced that Singapore's economic growth edged
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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      NASDAQ
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      A birthday reflection on success, change and signposts
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      426 35  -  Lim Say Boon By and Jean Chia RAFFLES City (Pte) Ltd the company which owns the shopping centre of the same name has continued the turnaround achieved in 1990 following a financial restructuring. Figures released by the company showed that it
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      145 35 SYDNEY The Australian government remains committed to the sale of its two airlines international carrier Qantas Airways and domestic Australian Airlines despite opposition from within the ruling Labor Party. "The government is committed to it and I'm confident that the party, as it has
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      644 35 Sing 'may rise further against the greenback' Economists forecast a 5% appreciation to 551.55-551.61 by year-end Greenback to Singapore dollar Forcaster End 1992 Crosby uptoSsl.SB BZW-Pacific 551.60 Union Baring Securities 551.60 Smith New 551.60-551.61 Court Merrill Lynch 551,55-551.60 'Historical exchange rates. end-1991:551.6305 end-June 1992: 551.6*50 THE Singapore dollar will remain
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      136 35 MARINA Centre Holdings (MCH) Pte Ltd turned in a $6 5-million pre-tax profit in 1990, after suffering consecutive losses since 1986. The company owns the shopping mall and half of each of the three hotels in the Marina Square complex. Latest
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        1886 2 CAUTION, BALANCE, EXPLORATION MORE THOUGHT, GREATER AUTHENTICITY BOLD NOT THE SAME AS VULGAR Zailani Kuning, 27, sculptor, painter, poet and musician. WE NEED both liberals and conservatives to be a balanced society. It's important for the artist to know himself very well, to know his own stand,
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        230 3 Sabri Buang, 27, a graduate with top honours in performing arts from the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, scriptwrit-er-director, and executive at Renaissance Holdings. I DON'T think artists should conform to the feelings and perceptions of the majority, otherwise no one will be writing about Aids, sex-changes
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        240 3 Gopal Baratham, 57, neurosurgeon, author of several books, including Sayang (1991) which deals with homosexuality, Aids, drugs and "unnatural sex". I HAVE made my position very clear. Let me see what I want to see, you don't have to see it. Allow people to
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        241 3 Ong Keng Sen, 29, artistic director of TheatreWorks, is taking his production of Madame Mao's Memories to the Edinburgh Festival this month. IF I had heeded such a survey, I would not have done a play like Private Parts for the recent Arts Festival. And 13,000
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        894 4  -  Dinah Lee DINAH LEE, a mother of three, stands up against liberal' values. Sounding Board There should always be a balance, just as there are two sides to every coin. The sexual freedom advocates have been slowly but surely gaining ground over the past few years. Now,
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        1243 4  -  Janice Seah Family Life 4 Full-time motherhood has fulfilled me in a way nothing has before. It also exhausts me like nothing A ever has before. IT WAS nearing dusk the other day when my two-year-old son Ryan came running in and began pulling at my shorts.
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        985 5  -  Tuminah Sapawi In the first of a weekly column, Mrs Queenie Tan talks about how the tragedy of her son Jonathan's death has drawn the family closer. Me My Family I'VE not really got over BBt Jonathan's death. Every w*w time, I hear of cancer patients, I'm
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        139 5 JONATHAN TAN was diagnosed as having leukaemia on May 1, 1983. He died on July 16, 1984, three weeks before his eighth birthday. His mother, a nurse, Queenie Tan, 43, and father, a system analyst, Tan Yow Kheng, 46, accompanied him to Israel where he underwent a bone
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        627 7 How do you make a man invisible? The makers of Memoirs Of .An Invisible Man, a movie coming to Singapore, tell you. Z. If a character, say, was fully clothed, except for his head, we see a character standing there headless. But we also need to see the
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        Wen's narrative songs are best
        424 7  -  Philip Looi Music VOCAL RECITAL: WEN KEZHENG Singapore Conference Hall Last Friday WEN KEZHENG seems to function best as a singer when his acting skills are also brought into play, and he wisely included in his programme a good many songs of a narrative nature
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        783 8 BIG-NAME treats The presumptuous players The legendary cellist Rostxopovich is coming to town! PHILIP LOOI looks at a series of performances that should send music lovers over the moon. MUSIC lovers in Singapore are in for a treat during the second half of the year. Yes, the legendary Russian cellist
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        699 9  -  Goh Beng Choo Brush Up I want greater freedom of expression. I'm very much into oils these days because oils allow a richer range of colour and presentation. WITH its long history and set techniques, the Chinese brush painting tradition can be intimidating to the novice. But
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        661 9 None of Peking Opera veteran Wang Jinlu's students met the director's requirements, but he was impressed with the fact that a man in his 70s could still touch his forehead with his foot. AT THE age of 73, Wang Jinlu never dreamt he
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        700 9 Chinese Ghost Stories FOR two consecutive nights, an elderly school teacher heard a woman sobbing in his study. He was alarmed and wondered whether it was the cry of a ghost. To boost his courage, he made sure that his table lamp burnt doubly bright throughout
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        779 10 TUMINAH SAPAWI reports on a concerted two-pronged effort by the Association of Muslim Professionals to do its bit for the community in education and social programmes. WHAT IS AMP? THE Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) was initiated at a National Convention of Malay-Muslim Professionals in
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        566 10  -  Adibah Amin Bahasa Made Eas IF YOU forget yourself and start strutting or boasting a little, friends are likely to say: Tingginya taiming! The word taiming is from the English "timing". A car engine is unduly loud when the "timing" is too "high". The
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        609 2 235 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal A COA4PANV TO RHy on Hocjr. Soon Heng Transport Services for office and house removal! Clear rubbish: Experienced anq responsible workers. Storage St warehouse space available. Res.. sonaole rates. Also boxes for sale Pis tel: *****08 Miss Ysp S4N LEE HUAT Transport. House/ office/ fty.
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        1072 3 340 Honda For Sale Specialist in Honda i All kinds of models PARF a non-PARF Commercial/ Q plait/ Scrap cars *****84 j Hup Heng Lee Enterprise Mr Ong. day/ night 1 OWNER *SS near Civic 13 4-door c 16-valve Metallic grey Accident 1 free View: Sun. a Mon Blk 431.
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        908 3 344 Maida For Sale 1333 MA2DA 323GT Lad> owner ■ull accessories, body kit COE >ald $9K $25,800 ono *****69 ./'SS MAZDA 333. 5-dr White Ux 0 92 Very beautiful cond with car phone *****93 73 323 1-DR 1.0. new tax. s/rtms. 11- ft. Tip- top cond $12,500 neg MS Jurong
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        1110 3 346 Mercedes For Sale 1385 NEAR MERCEOES 190F 8. F Auto 100% ln showroom con- ui dltlon Very well maintained. W $«.SBOO neg. Tel *****58. B 2 CAREFUL OWNERS. Mercedes S 200 auto Tax 10/92 Expensive I hl-fl. S/rlms Mint cond $UBK T Tel: 738-3122 t 2 UNITS. 73 Benz
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        930 3 350 Nissan For Sale 'Sl. IST OWNER Prt-sea 1 6 Man si. Lucky no. Full accessories letalllr beige Low mileage rand new cond Tel: *****11 CLLINQ CHEAP. S7 Sunny OSOX Manual. 2 owners. Ip-top cond $39,800 *****22. -S3 NISSAN PULSAR 10 COE sld. New tax Well maintained. Q.200 on o
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        794 3 356 Renault For Sale 356 Renault For Sale 356 Renault For Sale 356 Renault For Sale o*; se PJ I ou a_ .^a/f V-*/ 72 1# s W RMNTRODUCING 1 1 THE IH9 FAMILY i (VOTED EUROPE'S MOST RELIABLE CAR) Ca R-19 STX S 1721 cc (95 bhp) Automatic 4
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        487 3 366 Other Makes For Sale i 1 j CEUCA GT4 TURBO ■Cartoa Seartz' LIMITED EDITION Brand new red 4WD/ 4ABS 2058HP 3 Done 3.000 km. Complete Sony Audio Sound System j Please contact 7 1 S 7 S 7 S I RX7 TURBO CABRIOLET I e Power roof e Leather
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        538 3 369 Q-Plate Cars IBM MERCEDES BENZ 280S auto I co. owners. Tax 12/92 Beautiful rendition See to believe. $49,000 3 no Tel *****23/ *****29 0 PLATE -87 Nissan Laurel 2.0E. manual. 1 owner, full accessories, excellent cond. *****71 370 Weekend Cars »/*S2 PROTON SAOA. expensive hl-fl. Selling for $31,900 ono.
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        497 3 375 Commercial Vehicles For Sale '82 SUZUKI SSS van Alrcon. radio, cassette. (COE paid $2380) Mint cond $8500 Loan $7000 285-2323. '82 SUZUKI SOO Van. 5-dr Tax new. COE. Selling $8,600 Loan $7000 Tel: *****48 •82 TOYOTA PANEL Van alrcon. Tax 12 '92 COE. Selling $8900 Loan $7000. Tel *****24.
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        920 3 360 Vehicles Wanted 000 NEWS FOR all car owners/ tiers we pay (extra for all .RK ft non-PARF. COE/ withit COE, *T8 "90. offer for Ist M» stomers only until 1/9/92 Call *****/ *****57' *****04. 24-hrs so buy vans, pick-ups. lorries. .HICLES WANTED. HIGHEST fer for your used car. commer.l
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        792 4 404 Houses For Rent (Dists 12-20) OPEN HOUSE 10/8/83 Mon 1 .lpm Windsor Park bungalow 6 aVaaJBM 20.000 7000 sqft S pool I ong driveway Big patio gdn Page *****50/ *****57 DPL D.IS 2 STOREY SCSB-O Jalan Ulu Siglap 41 1 rms Morn sun. Quiet 4500 2500 sqft Unfurn $2300
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        1539 4 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) bbbbbbbbbbbbbN M*bs» bbsT I You can have fun at Issbbbbbbbbl lft\i BbL I P' J V f t roun( \^^m\rTk? fLW I T enc "y m,,,( es m£f aSBsW^ I tne tennis/squash I courts, workouts -*s*BBBBB*sL3iJBB, aerobics in
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        1024 4 412 Apartments For Rent (Dists 12-20) D 19 LAUREL PARK LOSSM SSBSI Cl-rniK lor rental Avail 1 8 92 Please phone 286-5018 Oi* NEW 4-RM. A Hougang Ctr 18 flr Scenic view, beautifully furn 1150 sqft. $1300 *****87 D.IS OFF BARTLEY Koad .1 rm 1.500 sqft I ully furnished $1,600
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        1036 4 418 Rooms For Rent MASTEBBORM yishun AIRCON Ht-.tt^r Antique bdrm s*-t Near Khatlb MRT 5450 Tel 7SBIIOS RM. HI TERRACE BS*JBB in MacsssfSHßß Rd for students/ singles With laundry Tel: *****.S RM. TO LET in shared house in Bl Timah area, rent JMMipm Tel 466-7138 RMS AT T.PAYOH. Telok Blangah.
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        999 4 436 Private Apts 436 Private Apts 436 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 436 Private Apts For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale (Dists 01-06) (Dists 01-06) (Dists 01-06) (D ists 01-06) (Dists 01-06) I emerald" p aIkSL I II THE METROPOLITAN LIFESTYLE I |p*r— ~**r ■<» J
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        479 4 427 Houses For Sale (Dists 09-11) 0.11 WATTEN TERR. D storey linked bunglw. F'hold. Tranquil, yet easy access to main rd. 3977 sq.ft. Renovated Near valuation. Steven Loh Valuers pg *****04 0.11 COSY D/STORCY semi-d Renovated. 4 1 rms. 3700 sq.ft. Carporch. matured gdn. $1 3M neg Boon pg: *****09
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        494 4 428 Houses For Sale (Dists 12-20) OPEN HOUSE 2 30pm 5 OOpm O.IS, No 3 SIRAT ROAD (oft Highland Road) Brand new superb design 3-storey corner terr Huge 4 bdrms./ servant's/ store/ 2 family halls e Land area 4388 sq ft Built-up area 3800 sq ft TOP Issued' F'hold 3
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        514 4 428 Houses For Sale (Dists 12-20) D 19 BRANO NCW Hougang corner terr 2248/ 2436 sq It 3-storey. 4 1 rms TOP Oct 1993 $865K Montane *****70/ pg *****94. O.IS Ll HWAN vicinity 2 -storey terr Split living/ dining Marble/ parquet 1700/ 2000 sq It Sole Agt 235 9191 708
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        487 4 429 Houses For Sale (Dists 21-28) 0.21 AT VALUATION $1 IBM ISM still neg 2 semi-d 5165 sq.ft. I spacious rms.. balconies. 3 halls. 3 baths Big frontage. South Llve-m cond Sole agt *****48 D 21 SELLING NEAR valuation 2 storey 2 basement. Semi-d 5165. 3600 sqft 5+ 1 Family/
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        988 5 437 Private Apts For Sale (Dists 09-11) CHATSWORTH COURT MO 1 CHATSWORTH ROAD SINGAPORE 1034 Located In Singapore's most prime neighbourhood, quiet St tranquil surroundings BEST FACINO Unobstructed view, overlooking lush greenery Indonesian Embassy FREEHOLD FOREIGNERS ELIGIBLE 316 aqm (3401 sq.ft I 5 rms.. large split level living' dining, separate
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        881 5 437 Private Apts For Sale (Dists 09-1 1) o.l*. OBAVCOTT TWB. 2 840 sq fl I rms. High flr. Full faclllUes Tenanted tl 2SM *****28. no agt. 0.10 HOLLANO VILLAOS area. 2 bdrms Pool, squash facilities S44OK PNPL 236-0911 Albert Lim D 10 HOTEL EOaUATONUL vicinity walk-up F'hold 2 rms
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        944 5 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) (Diets 12-20) (Diets 12-20) mmm, lAMmuUu.ihi.mmAm Nestled amidst more than 12 acres of lush, soothing tropical greenery, a walk
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        534 5 o.l* LAOUatA PK. 3+ 1 bdrms. 1680 sq f t High flr Sea view, morning aun. Few units Kobe pg *****80 D.19 MANDARIN ODN. 2100 aq.ft 3+ 1 rma Beautifully furn. Full faculties. S79OK Agt *****17 D.19 MARYLAND PARK. High nr. Unobstructed view. 3+l. Renovated F'hold Tel. *****00 D.IS NEPTUNE
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        467 5 439 Private Apts For Sale (Diets 21-2t) CASHEW HEIGHTS PHASE 1 Type Al 1847 sq. ft 3-2 Very high floor No afternoon aun Well renovated by Interior designer Air-cons./ fully equipped kitchen/ wardrobes Beautiful view of Bt Timah Hill' Greenery Direct facing pool/ tennis/ squash courts Price: SfJBSK nett Papa
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        434 5 440 HUDC Apartments For Sale OPEN HOUSE a,** BJBJBBJ D.l* SERANGOON NORTH AVE 1 BLOCK 12*. #12*4 (MAIS Low cash. Price near valuation Highest offer secures 3+ 1 rms. Ceramic/ parquet Split alrcon Facing Sth Quiet Breeay. Near amenlUes. Nice decor. YVONNE: PO *****08 SML WELCOMC TO SML Open House
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        537 5 452 HDB Apts For Sals (A.M. Kto/BeS-taaWl) AJB. KJO PL 81k .430, facing pk. fc greenery. East view Windy No blocking 5 mlns. to MRT. See to appreciate! Must sell 1 CPF SUOK $235K Hap Seng *****28/ *****82 BISHAN 5-RM BEAUTTFULLY renovated fc well kept. Peaceful Oood facing. Near 24-hr.
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        1039 5 454 HDB Apts For Sale (Beiatote/Tsmpines) 9 A' TAMPINES St 91 Blk 932 09-405 Open h'se. 2pm-6pm Well kept, newly renovsted, wardrobes, cabinets *****08 agt S-RM. A' TAMRBSCS Blk 278, near Slmei MRT Tastefully renovated, quiet Well kept (CPF SI27K) Only $180K! Hap Seng *****67 S-RM. PT. BLK. 508, Bedok
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        1125 5 462 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong/Bt. Batok) HOLIDAY SPECIAL I MONDAY 10 AUGUST *S2 ERA OPCN HOUSC 3 OOpm 5 OOpo, BLK 222 BT. BATOK EAST AVE 3 Exec, walk-up apL 16 units. 3 mlns. to MRT/ central mkt. School/ chudcare centre e Near PIE/ Toh Tuck. Renovated. 3-1- 1
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        1156 5 466 HDB Apts For Sale (Other Estates) S-RM. TOA PAYOH Pt. Blk. 230 High flr. Renovated. Marble flooring. Near amenities. $195K neg. Oood facing. Zach fc Associates Prop Consultants fc Valuers *****38/ *****96 (Dave). 7/74 ASTB4 MNN 1000 Manual. Radio cassette. Red. COE $5,431 paid on 12/ wl expires in
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        984 6 470 HDB Apartment. Wanted (Buy) CAN PAY CASH $15K s* $t>OK V R single urgently requires HDB ln any dist *****92 TA CA3H BUYER. ON hand urgently seeking 3/ 4. 5-rm. In all (lists Owners, call A A Realty *****33 CA.H BUYERS WANTED: Any areas HDB flats. *****98/ *****3.) pg
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        552 6 481 Office Spaces For Rant PARKWAY PARADE OFFICE space for lease, (immed 10-01, 148 sq.m./ «08-09. 164 sq.m./ 12-01 148 sq.m./ 12-00. 164 sqm Tel: *****22 DPM Pte Ltd. PENINSULA HOTEL COMPLEX 2nd level office/ showrm 733 sq.ft Opp MRT Tel 220-1322 UNION BLDG.. NEAR MRT Alrcon 490 sq ft
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