The Straits Times, 8 February 1994

Microfilm: NL18996
Total Pages: 60
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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994 50 CENTS MITA(P) 045/12/93
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    Lock icon $2.4 trillion Budget for US
    519 1 115 programmes dropped; deficit to be slashed for third year running Tf the declines we project m the deficits for 1994 and 1995 take place, it will be the first time deficits have declined three years running since Harry Truman occupied the Oval Office/ President
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    Lock icon STEER CLEAR:
    37 1 Picture by Fair Price Photo Electronic is one of seven shops on a blacklist of the Sincanorp Tourist Promotion Rnarri which is h;_n_ 1 nut tn tourists. The blacklist says: "Avoid these shops." AZIZ HUSSIN
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  • Article
    Regional bourses take a tumble
    174 1 Regional bourses take a tumble REGIONAL stock markets from Tokyo to Wellington tumbled across the board yesterday, spooked by the 96--point plunge on New York's Dow Jones average last Friday. The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 46.52 points or 2 per cent to 2,314.45. Dealers said the fall was m
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    20 1 NEW YORK The Dow fell 4.22 points to 3,867.2 m the first hour of tradi rig yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon UN chief seeks Nato nod for bombing runs
    524 1 BRUSSELS United Nations secretary-general Boutros Ghali has asked the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) to give him the option of bombing mortar positions around Sarajevo, one day after the deadliest attack on the city m the 22-month siege by Bosnian Serbs. But
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    Electronic links being set up for CPF, SES and 8 banks
    649 1 THE Central Provident Fund Board, its eight agent banks and the Stock Exchange of Singapore are taking steps to speed up the settlement of share transactions financed through CPF savings. Electronic links are being set up between them which
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      14 1 Spore bourse 'not likely to dive': Page 32 Market reports: Pages 29 and 30
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      238 1 P aW MAM IN ITALY r 1 THE MENS FASHION W^ I S T R E -i «M! Paragon By Sogo k -Jm WwL i \\km Bim VVlsma 2 views on hot arts issue: Should performance art and forum theatre be supported? Not so fast, says Koh Buck Song Yes,
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      IN SUMMARY
      265 2 Poultry merchants seek new sources Singapore poultry merchants are looking beyond Malaysia to ensure there will be enough supplies to meet demand. A spokesman for Singapore's Poultry Merchants' Association said Singapore merchants were paying 20 to 50 per cent more for the birds and that suppliers were holding
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      S'pore is biggest investor in Indonesia with record $1 bil
      469 2 Investments are mostly m the Riau islands SINGAPORE has emerged as the biggest investor m Indonesia last year with the amount of investments jumping more than 15 times to a record high of U*****.3 million (SSI 06 billion). The Indonesian
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      Lock icon Prince escapes aerosol spray attack
      237 2 AUCKLAND A man tried to spray Britain's Prince Charles with an aerosol spray can as the heir to the throne chatted with well-wishers at a yacht harbour here yesterday. Prince Charles, who is on a five-day visit to New Zealand, was not hurt. Police later
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      National Front and PBS plus clash in all 48 seats
      303 2  -  Ismail Kassim By KUALA LUMPUR The National Front led by Umno yesterday made its most serious attempt to date to oust the Parti Bersatu Sabah-led state government, dubbed the PBS plus, m the state polls on Feb 18 and 19.
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      'lift-out' blacklist of errant retailers in STPB guidebook
      647 3  -  Ray Dhaliwal Prominent and handy list makes an easy shopping reference for tourists By GIVING THE THUMBS-UP This is a great idea. We have been m Singapore three times m the last three weeks. The first time, we did not have this
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      Thai 'killer-policemen' confess to kidnapping of 100 other visitors
      263 3 A GANG of Thai policemen arrested for allegedly robbing and killing at least 15 Asian visitors have confessed to kidnapping 100 other foreign tourists and businessmen, but said they released them after extorting money. Investigators were trying to determine whether more
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      Lock icon QUICK ESCAPE
      112 3 You could say that climbing the corporate ladder taxes on a literal meaning for the 10 offices m this row of three-storey, restored shophouses at Bukit Pasoh Road, off New Bridge Road. The ladders, installed as a fire escape, can be extended to the ground, allowing tenants to
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      207 2 Loan shark attacks JSHma $500 loan incurs $40,000 m payments. Bnaro hdb fiat put on sale to pay off debts Forget the Dream Team Worden: Get ready for the Real team M'sian joint venture bags Msl.6b electrical contract Which companies are involved? Read BT to find out. Hock Lock Siew
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      275 3 HOW DO SINGAPOREANS RATE SANYO AIRCON? NUMBER 1 OF COURSE! IN THE SURVEY OF BRAND IMAGE, SANYO AIRCON IS RATED NUMBER 1 IN ALLTHE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. 3ANYO^IRCOt<=OUREIMMEDIATf £COHPETITX)R^ ~^Rp||^jh|jr AT°L TA'*y '**t*t"ll liyjjcjjaUuaLj"^ "^7n QUA)- *z Cool room fast 38% IB%> m %ma^P m^ mmmammmmmmm wmmmmmmmmmmmmammaaaamaeammmmaaammmaaaaa^ YES, WE ARETHE NUMBER
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      183 3 WEATHER Showers over many areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.21 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 2/5 C Cloudy Madrid -1/11 C Cloudy Athens 8/16 C Cloudy Manila 22/31 C Cloudy Auckland 18/24 C Cloudy Moscow
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Shouldering his responsibility
      84 5 US President Bill Clinton, with Timothy West, 3, a leukaemia patient from Anchorage, Alaska, on his shoulders on Sunday. Mr Clinton was visiting children undergoing cancer treatment and attended the American Cancer Society children's party held at the Four Seasons Hotel. Some children sat on his lap
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      Lock icon US reservists told to prepare for possible exercises in S. Korea
      507 5 Orders soon to ship out over 1,000 troops, says report WASHINGTON The Defence Department has told some reservists to prepare for possible joint military exercises with South Korea that North Korean leaders have portrayed as a symbol of planning
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      Lock icon No N-arms, Kim II Sung assures Clinton in message
      164 5 No N-arms, Kim II Sung assures Clinton in message SEOUL North Korean leader Kirn II Sung had sent a message to United States President Bill Clinton saying that he would not develop nuclear weapons, a South Korean official was reported as saying yesterday. In the message carried by Christian evangelist
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      Hosokawa under more pressure as talks fail
      326 5  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japanese Premier Morihiro Hosokawa, due to leave for Washington on Thursday for talks with US President Bill Clinton, faces mounting pressure as talks yesterday failed to resolve the deadlock among coalition parties over the financing of
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      Lock icon Beijing picks 2 sites near Hongkong for third N-plant
      168 5 HONGKONG China has picked out two sites near the British colony to build a third nuclear-power station. Mr Dominic Tai, a spokesman for Hongkong Nuclear Investment Co Ltd, said Chinese officials had yet to decide on the size and design of
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      Lock icon To market, to market... ... for a game of billiards
      38 7 To market, to market for a game of billiards picture. Crowds gathering at a weekend market for an outdoor game of billiards m Beijing on Sunday. Billiards is fast becoming a popular pastime m the Chinese capital. Reuter
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      Lock icon Whores, cadres 'cheat' clients
      62 7 BEIJING Fifteen Communist Party officials who sent prostitutes into hotels and then fined guests caught consorting with them have been arrested. The Liaoning Legal News, an official newspaper, said the cadres of Jiangsu province and the prostitutes worked together to force the customers to confess their
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      Lock icon Fake notes 'from Taiwan'
      49 7 BEIJING An official Chinese newspaper is blaming Taiwan counterfeiters for a flood of fake 100-yuan (Ss2o) notes. The notes were printed on top-grade paper and included not only a watermark but also an embedded metal strip, the state-run International Finance News said on Sunday. Reuter
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      Lock icon State secrets in name cards
      46 7 BEIJING China's harmless national habit of swopping name cards is arousing security concerns. The army's official newspaper, the Liberation Army Daily, yesterday accused soldiers of handing out cards with top-secret information such as their military units' name and phone number. AFP
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      Lock icon Inadequate rail system in way of China's growth
      424 7 Inadequate rail system in way of China's growth B The bottleneck With just 54,000 km of railway to cover a land mass of 9.6 million sq km, China's rail system could now cope with only 68 per cent of total freight needs. B The cause Artificially low stateset rates which
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      Lock icon China warns of severe punishment for firecracker culprits
      215 7 BEIJING China had vowed M se v ere punishment" tor firecracker enthusiasts who defy a new official ban on the traditional explosives during this week's Lunar New Year holiday, state media reported yesterday. Special anti-firework patrols will blanket Beijing, one of the
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Lad of the manor
        247 9 Boy, 15, inherits $24m estate and a butler LONDON A 15-year-old boy has inherited a £10 million (5523.7 million) country estate with a manor house, priceless antiques and even a butler. Simon Cunliffe-Lister, who loves watching Neighbours and plays the saxophone m a band called Shagway,
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        Lock icon Lucky escape for woman cop
        182 9 NEW YORK An off-duty police officer caught m a gun battle with three robbers m a hair salon had a lucky escape when one of the robbers put a gun to her head and it misfired twice. Police said Officer Arlene Beckles, an instructor at
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        Lock icon Star of Citizen Kane dies
        211 9 LOS ANGELES Joseph Cotten, who starred m Citizen Kane and was a leading man with Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe, died on Sunday from pneumonia. He was 88. Cotten left the stage for Hollywood m 1940. His first film was the 1941 Orson
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        Lock icon Whoopi! I am the host
        128 9 HOLLYWOOD Oscar-winning actress and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg was named on Sunday to host this year's Academy Awards ceremony. Goldberg, the first woman and first black performer to serve as a solo host of the show, replaces Billy Crystal, who said last month that he would
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      Lock icon Embattled Major, rising star Smith
      290 9 British PM vows to stay on m office LONDON British Prime Minister John Major has vowed to stay on m office even il his government does badly m the upcoming local and European elections. The latest monthly poll from Markei and Opinion Research Internationa showed
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      Lock icon Labour Party chief rated higher than his predecessors
      276 9 Caring: 81% Likeable: 74% Decisive: 68% LONDON Britain's Labour Party leader, Mr John Smith, is rated higher than any other Labour chief m opposition for more than 20 years, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The findings suggested that Labour, out
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  • FOCUS: US BUDGET
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      Lock icon Clinton seeks $421b for two-war strategy
      444 8 Clinton seeks $42 1b for two-war strategy WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton sent Congress a 1995 defence budget of U*****.7 billion (*****.9 billion) yesterday for a military force able to fight a war m Korea if necessary and another war somewhere else at about the same time. The budget includes US$2.4
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      Lock icon WIN-WIN STRATEGY
      128 8 Former Defence Secretary Aspin: Developed the strategy as part of a sweeping post-Cold War policy. The two-war strategy was developed by former Defence Secretary Les Aspin last year as part of a sweeping post-Cold War policy to slash the United States military while nurturing Its fragile domestic arms
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      Lock icon Few changes made to State Dept budget
      366 8 WASHINGTON The State Department unveiled a revamped Budget for fiscal 1995 yesterday that reflected new post-Cold War priorities but few practical changes. The total International Affairs appropriation request was for U5520,861 billion (5533.6 billion), an increase of US$44 million from fiscal 1994. The
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      117 8 PERFORMANCE MOTORS WISHES ALL OUR m* CUSTOMERS r I A VERY HAPPY i» I NEW YEAR. m, mm am m m To celebrate the Lunar New Year, our workshops and offices at Alexandra Road and Dunearn Road will be closed on 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th February. In the unlikely
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Save water, Thais urged
      403 10 Canals start to dry up Serious shortage m provinces THAI Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai appealed to the public to conserve water as canals started to dry up and several provinces began to feel the effects of a serious water shortage. The Sunday Post quoted Mr Chuan
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      Lock icon Economic drive to boost border security
      193 10 BANGKOK The MalaysiaThailand General Border Committee, long-established as a security-based forum, will now give attention to economic development. This was decided at the 38th GBC meeting which ended here yesterday. Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his Thai counterpart General Vijit
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      Lock icon Asean, UN to hold security talks
      67 10 BANGKOK Officials from Asean nations will hold talks next week with the United Nations on regional-security concerns. The talks would be held on Feb 17 and 18 m Bangkok. Asean and the UN co-operated closely m pressuring an end to Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia
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      Lock icon Kidnappers kill 2 Thai kids
      73 10 BANGKOK Kidnappers killed brutally two children aged four and six m eastern Thailand after their parents failed to pay a 1.5-million-baht (5594.800) ransom demand, police said yesterday. The bodies of Wisanu and Somphong Kingkeaw were found late on Sunday floating m a pond m Prachin
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      Lock icon 13 missing as barge, tug sink
      76 10 ILIGAN (Philippines) A barge carrying thousands of bags of cement and a tug that was pulling it sank m rough seas m the central Philippines, leaving 13 crewmen missing, the tug's skipper said yesterday. Three crewmen were rescued. The incident happened last Friday between
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      Lock icon Thai school head killed in car blast
      65 10 BANGKOK The headmaster of a provincial school m southern Thailand was killed when a powerful bomb exploded m his car, police said yesterday. Mr Sukhum Sajjachaliew, headmaster of a school m Trang province about 1,000 km south of here, died instantly m the
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      Lock icon RIVER OF LAVA
      50 11 picture. Indonesian villagers watching cooled lava flowing with a river down the slopes of Mount Semeru m east Java yesterday Officials said the latest fear was of landslides on Semeru, which has erupted 16 times since last Friday, killing five people and forcing 1,500 to flee. Reuter
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      Lock icon Ramos agrees to suspend oil-price hike, averting strike
      500 11 Govt, protest leaders to study alternatives MANILA President Fidel Ramos yesterday agreed to suspend an unpopular oil-price increase, averting a general strike this week that threatened to cripple cities and derail the Philippines' economic recovery. The Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) late yesterday
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      Lock icon $332m World Bank loan for Manila
      238 11 $332 m World Bank loan for Manila MANILA The World Bank said yesterday it had approved a US$2ll million (***** million) loan to the Philippines for a geothermal power project tapping underground volcanic steam to help reduce the country's dependence on imported oil. Private financing will account for 38 per
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      Suharto for giving the people political education
      250 11 INDONESIAN President Suharto has proposed that the people be given political education to inform them of their civic rights and obligations. The Jakarta Post newspaper yesterday quoted Mr Suharto as saying that greater political awareness among the people would also strengthen Pancasila m
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      Lock icon PAL crews call off planned strike after govt issues prohibition order
      442 11 PAL received a new lease of life after it came under private control m January 1992. The planned strike was to protest against longer working hours. MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight attendants said yesterday that they were calling off
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      101 11 Pfjl University of VS/ South Australia sth Intake Closing Date: 1 2 Feb 94 A two-year programme 360 seminar hours 100% m Singapore The University was placed Second overall m the 1994 Australian Research Council's Collaborative Research Grant Also gained 6 Australia Postgraduate Research Awards (Industry) This programme is specially
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Long arm of the law
      144 12 This Bangladeshi was pulled out of a water tank on top of a block of flats after trying to escape from the police during an operation against illegal immigrants m Kuala Lumpur. Berita Harian Malaysia reported that police raided the six-storey Hicks Mansion following a
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    • Article
      Lock icon 6 Kelantan imams queried over trip sponsored by KL govt
      197 12 KOTA BARU Six Muslim prayer leaders who went on a federal government-spon-sored visit to Turkey and Saudi Arabia last month have been issued show-cause letters by the Kelantan religious authorities. The letters from the Kelantan Religious and Malay Customs Council
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      Lock icon KL-based technicians 'behind theft of electricity'
      439 12 KL-based technicians 'behind theft of electricity' Special gadgets used to slow users' meters MUAR A Kuala Lumpurbased group of technicians is believed to be behind the "theft" of electricity m Johor. The technicians are believed to have tampered with electricity meters to reduce the bills of heavy consumers. The national
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      Counselling service to help families cope with drug addicts
      200 12 THE national anti-drug abuse association, Pemadam, has set up a family-counselling service to help families of drug addicts cope with their problems, according to The Star. The service, dubbed Antidote Bureau, will guide family members on how to help their former
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      Mahathir rejects PBS demand for more oil royalty
      457 13 Sabah elections -44 If Sarawak and Terengganu can develop themselves with the same amount, how come Sabah cannot? Dr Mahathir on the 5-per-cent royalty on oil THE Parti Bersatu Sabah state government could not ask for more royalty on oil found m
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      Lock icon Fight revives dissension within PBS over KL ties
      214 13 KOTA KINABALU Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) vicepresident Datuk Clarence Bongkos Malakun kept his promise to challenge the party's choice m the Moyog constituency by filing his nomination papers as an independent candidate yesterday. Observers said that Datuk Malakun's entry into the contest
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      Lock icon Kitingan to continue as Chief Minister if party wins
      233 13 TAMBUNAN Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said here yesterday that he would continue as Chief Minister if his Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) won a new mandate m the state election on Friday and Saturday next week. "It is only logical for me
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      Lock icon Gas explosion in flat injures 7
      180 13 KUALA LUMPUR Seven people, including a five-year-old girl, suffered severe burns when a gas cylinder exploded m a flat at Wangsa Maju estate here on Sunday. Five of the victims were from one family while the girl had been sent to the flat for
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      Lock icon N-S Highway 'a privatisation success'
      298 13 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the completion of the NorthSouth Highway yesterday was proof that the government's privatisation policy was highly beneficial to the people. Commending Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (Plus) for completing the work 15 months ahead of schedule, he
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  • HOME
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      Poultry traders look beyond Malaysia for supplies
      508 14 'There's no fear of not enough chickens, only the chickens may be smaller because younger birds have to be sold to meet seasonal demand/ Mr Fong Kok Yong, president of the Federation of Livestock Farmers' Associations of Malaysia. POULTRY merchants m Singapore, who
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      On a slow boat to Clarke Quay from Clifford Pier
      470 14 TOURISTS, office-workers, retirees and families all gave the thumbs-up to the bumboat taxi service that started plying the Singapore River yesterday. Very good and very convenient that was the verdict of 13 passengers that The Straits Times spoke to. "It's
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      Shades of Jurassic Park in this year's Chingay
      319 14 THE Lunar New Year may signal a new beginning, but the Chingay procession this year will also feature something old: dinosaurs. Harking back to the land -before time is Hello Dino!, a float with a green mother dinosaur and her three playful
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      Applications open for British Council, Mendaki awards
      217 16 MUSLIM students can now apply for a subsidised English language course at The British Council. Mendaki and the British Council are offering 20 awards to full-time Muslim students from Lower Secondary to GCE A' level for the twice-weekly rourse. Mendaki and the British
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      Eurasian pupils to get Chinese, Malay tuition
      443 16 The CDAC and Mendaki have been very supportive. We are small so it makes sense to 'piggy back' on them. But .we will pay for the tuition places that our students take up.' Mrs Ursula Quah of the Eurasian Association. EURASIAN students will
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        The card's bark is as good as its bite
        154 16 A NOVEL greeting card sent out by a local advertising firm will bring some good cheer to a few homeless dogs m this Year of the Dog. Ace:Daytons' Lunar New Year greeting card, with its witty copy and dog puns, comes
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        Wedding bells for Sentosa
        115 16 WEDDING couples have one more destination for taking photographs: Sentosa. The resort island has introduced a $180 wedding-photography package which allows wedding parties to drive a bridal car into Sentosa and then catch a coach that will take them round for photographs at scenic spots. There
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        Weaving skills for disabled
        204 16 THIS handloom takes any type of thread cotton, silk and even pieces of scrap material, and weaves it into fabric. Saori handweaving, as the technique of blending thread and materials is called, originated m Japan m the late 1980s. Now, it has come to Singapore. The
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        Money tumbles into S'pore
        114 16 MORE than 1,500 lots of coins and notes from all over the world, including the old Straits Settlements, will be auctioned on Feb 24. The Singapore Coin Auction will precede the Singapore Taisei International Coin Convention, which will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre from
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      3 MediShield Plus scenarios
      131 17 A PERSON with company medical benefits and private health insurance policy can still find MediShield Plus useful. The advantage of CPF health insurance schemes like MediShield and MediShield Plus is that coverage is longer, up till the age of 70. Premiums and deductibles can be paid
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      If your firm pays bills
      262 17 SCENARIO 1: MR T HAS A HEART BYPASS A person with company benefits may not want to use MediShield Plus if the company already pays his hospitalisation and surgical bills m full. He may, however, want to join the enhanced health insurance scheme when he
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      For those without policies
      177 17 SCENARIO 3: MDM J BREAKS A HIP A person with no insurance or company health care programme is an obvious candidate for coverage by MediShield Plus. They could be workers whose employers do not offer medical benefits, or retirees. MADAM J, 53, was hospitalised after falling
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      Tickets for Asian Aerospace go on sale today
      265 17 TICKETS for the region's premier air show Asian Aerospace 94 will go on sale from today The six-day event, at the Changi International Exhibition and Convention Centre, starts on Feb 22. However, it will be open to the public only on Feb
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      For private policy holders
      282 17 SCENARIO 2: MR. X, WHO IS SELF-EMPLOYED Those with private health insurance policies can still use MediShield Plus to pay beyond their private insurance limits or for the older ages, such as 65-70, which many companies will not cover. MR. X is 35, self-employed and has
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      Plan designed for major surgery and hospitalisation
      255 17 WHAT IS MEDISHIELD FOR? MEDISHIELD is what the insurance community terms a "catastrophic" insurance scheme, designed to cover hospitalisation and surgery for major and long-term illnesses like cancer and kidney failure. It has premiums which vary m amount depending on the policyholder's age,
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      Banned pellets being sold in Chinatown
      305 18 SEVERAL stalls m Chinatown were selling Pop Pop pellets yesterday, despite knowing that they are banned. The Straits Times carried a report yesterday reminding the public that it is illegal to possess or sell the crackers, which explode when they hit a hard surface.
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    • Article
      We did it 'only to improve skills'
      1091 18 Alvin Tan and Haresh Sharma on why they attended Marxist workshops THE two key ersons m The Necessary Stage, a drama company which pioneered forum theatre here, yesterday explained their attendance at two workshops run by a Marxist group m New York City
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      THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
      737 18 IT WAS m October last year that Mr Felix Soh, then News Editor, first got wind of the attendance at two workshops run by the Brecht Forum m New York. From then till publication of his articles last Saturday, he had kept m touch, via phone
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      Court reserves judgment in Amcol case appeal
      369 19 Court reserves judgment in Amcol case appeal THE High Court yesterday reserved judgment on the prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of Amcol Holdings director Kang Hwi Wah on a corruption charge involving $1.5 million. Mr Kang, 56, was acquitted by a district judge last year of receiving the money from
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      SDP member versus CEC: Case postponed
      283 19 THE trial of a case between a Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) member and the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) was adjourned yesterday to a date to be fixed. Justice Warren Khoo ordered the case to be postponed after lawyers from both sides made submissions
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    • Article
      Lounge bosses jailed for karaoke death
      318 19 A KARAOKE lounge operator and his brother were jailed by the High Court yesterday for their part m a fight m which a drunken customer was attacked with a baseball bat and died. In sentencing the boss, Tan Tai Seng, 28, to a year's
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      Whampoa Secondary alumni's plea: Don't close school
      46 19 [WBSBpBBp. 1 1 1 JfJ ll Whampoa Secondary had 1,500 students m Its heyday In the 70s. Now, there Is an enrolment of only about 4N and the school is to be closed by the end of the year.
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      187 17 r-'t. KNOCKOUT! n "The audience wept and gave a standing ovation to a stellar cast that RIPPED THE KALLANG THEATRE APART with the most joyful noises ever to be emitted from its solemn halls. There is no way you can fault Les Miserables it's got everything and lots more." Jaime
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      500 19 1 A v I! 111 The British Council m mm I J Business Intensive Courses E #8 (February June 1994) i a Better Letters and Memos A course to help you write reader-friendly letters and memos that build good relationships with customers. Duration: 2 days. Dates: a) 2l- 22 Feb
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      230 19 An Opportunity For A Scholarship In Export Marketing j The Export Institute of Singapore is offering an Export Marketing Scholarship to suitably qualified applicants. The Scholarship is for the sth intake of the Diploma m Export Marketing Programme, commencing on 18 April 1994. The two-year diploma programme, recognised as degree
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
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        CPF banks must do better
        644 20 DESPITE a string of complaints about problems suffered by CPF members m settling their share purchases on time because CPF agent banks making payments were unable to cope with the volume, the CPF Board is retaining the system. No doubt the CPF has its reasons,
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      Another Crimean war looming on the horizon?
      492 20 Russia's increasingly menacing foreign policy is causing worries m the countries of the former Soviet Union. We look first at Crimea, then the Baltic states. The Economist PLENTY of dreadful things have happened to Ukraine since it became independent. The worst may well
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    • Article
      Russian-Baltic relations simmering
      675 20 The Economist NIGHTMARES and history have similar themes m the Baltic states. Memories of torture, exile and destitution at the hands of Soviet invaders remain undimmed. These days, though, the sleep of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians is troubled by older fears raised anew by the resurgent imperial
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      Control money or minds to make economy work
      774 20  -  Andrei Ostalsky By AN OLD Soviet joke of the 1970s asks: "What is small, green, rustles at the touch, but is not money?" Answer: "A 100-rouble banknote. But why do you say, then, that it is not money? "Because 100 roubles isn't
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      US foreign policy tug-of-war: Economics versus human rights
      868 21  -  Thomas L. Friedman By New York Times Service WASHINGTON The raging arguments over relations with Vietnam and China are at the core of a sharpening debate m American foreign policy. In a world where every nations motto is now "export or die,"
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      Read all about it — the British take on the wicked continent
      816 21  - Read all about it the British take on the wicked continent Roy Denman By 'Americans need to realise that most of the British press, for diverse and not very respectable reasons, chooses to depict Europe as the land of the Wizard of Oz, with John Major as Dorothy and Jacques
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      20 20 PORT SHOTS The latest m sea, air and land transportation Shipping Times Monday to Friday. "T^^ SINGAPORE Business Times aammmam
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  • FORUM
    • Letter
      Fixed-fee schemes may not benefit employees
      177 22 Keeping health care costs low I WISH to raise concerns about the move towards fixed-fee medical insurance schemes. Employers will benefit from the scheme as it removes the headache of budget overruns, and they know exactly how much the whole year's medical bills would
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    • Letter
      Patients need more information when deciding on treatment
      298 22 IT IS encouraging to see the fixed-fee scheme offered by Gleneagles Hospital because this offers concrete choices to the patients m deciding which hospital to choose for his or her treatment according to their procedure. This trend should be encouraged. It is
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    • Letter
      How many will live to enjoy fruits of CPF?
      157 22 I SHARE Goh Ann Long's view "Not a good idea to raise withdrawal age" (ST, Feb 4). It would be such a pity not to be able to enjoy the fruits of one's labour. You work so hard all your life
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    • Letter
      Govt must show public where money is going
      297 22 IN THE Sunday Times of Feb 6, two articles drew attention to a trend where Singaporeans are now more critical and cynical of the Government's policies however well-intentioned they might be. The people's image of the government is that all their policies
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    • Letter
      Staff retrenched at 40 may find it hard to find new jobs
      134 22 IT IS easy to talk about working until you are 60 years old and to raise the CPF withdrawal age from 55 to 60. But m reality, it is not easy for most people m their 40s to
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    • Letter
      Iras accepts rate of exchange given by taxpayer
      168 22 WE REFER to the Forum letter "Exchange rates should accompany tax forms" by Stephen Mm Tet Tie (ST, Feb 4). Most taxpayers apply the rate of exchange at which their foreign income was converted into Singapore currency for purposes of reporting their
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    • Letter
      SCV chafed $10 for disconnection — why?
      105 22 SCV chafed $10 for disconnection why? IN NOVEMBER last year, I had a Singapore Cable Vision decoder installed m my house, taking advantage of the cable network's 50 per cent promotional discount for two months, November and December. Besides the monthly rental, I paid $50 for installation fees. Last week,
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      549 22 A Happy Prosperous W*J Lunar New Year To All I%c\ i/1-.r Grand City Special Raw Fish I Jfl. '■■'-Ifmßr (Made with Abalone. Lobster, Salmon MJ^ -J3HL al' *<WWT A*-' and Fresh Water Goby) «S r BB_W__. J-./f% 11 LC -i a yt*^\[ ti*^^^^^^ Superior Shark's Fin m Claypot The management
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  • SPORTS
    • Article
      Can Singapore bounce back from defeat?
      667 23 SINGAPORE was thrashed 0-4 by Pakistan m a Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group Two tennis tie at home over the weekend. The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association is resigned to the fact that the Republic is good only for Group Three. But has it done enough
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      Kho quits for studies again
      334 23 FORMER national champion Kho Tung-Yi has quit professional tennis. The 22-year-old is now back m Sydney starting his academic pursuits afresh he had put his engineering studies on hold two years ago to play professional tennis. However, after a series of starts and stops, an
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      Lock icon Striker Nodin gets surprise recall
      438 23  -  Joe Dorai Worden needs another player upfront and he fits the bill SOCCER By STRIKER Nodin Kalil received a call-up to the national soccer squad yesterday three weeks after being dropped. The surprise recall for Nodin, who appeared m just one of the 18 SemiPro
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      Hussein to take charge of Tampines Rovers
      243 23 NATIONAL Football League Division One club Tampines Rovers has recruited former Singapore and Brunei national coach Hussein Aljunied for its League campaign this season. Hussein, 49, who handled the Singapore national squad m 1986, returned to Singapore last year after serving a three-year
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      Australian venture picks quality players
      258 23 THE yet-to-be-named Western Australian side that will play m Singapore's Premier League starting March 26 has only 10 players training at the moment but the players are quality ones. The shortage of players is because many First Division clubs m Perth refused to release their
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    • Article
      Mauritius no match for Singapore
      323 23 CRICKET SINGAPORE'S cricketers got just the start they needed on Sunday for the difficult International Cricket Conference Trophy tournament assignment m Nairobi, Kenya next week. With fine individual contributions from Goh Swee Heng (53) and John Stevenson (a hat-trick while capturing six wickets for 13
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      Kapil ready to enter history books
      282 23 AHMEDABAD The prospect of Kapil Dcv beating Sir Richard Hadlee's record of test wickets is sparking interest m the third and final test between India and Sri Lanka beginning today. The series is already won, with India overwhelming the visitors m both matches by
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      Zhao likely to sign SBA deal this week
      167 23 BADMINTON CHINA'S former world and All-England champion Zhao Jianhua is expected to join Singapore's legion of eight foreign badminton coaches by the end of the week. The 28-year-old said yesterday that barring any major complications, his name should go on the dotted
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      Four countries pull out from Cup tourneys
      171 23 NORTH KOREA and the Philippines have withdrawn from the Asian zone preliminary rounds of both the Thomas and Über Cup badminton competitions m Singapore from Feb 20-27. Two other countries, Mauritius and Taiwan, have pulled out from the Über Cup. With the withdrawal
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      Fandi to go for test
      57 23 NATIONAL striker Fandi Ahmad will undergo a medical checkup at the Singapore General Hospital today for the anus wound he suffered m a freak bus accident m November last year. Said Singapore team manager Omar Ibrahim: "We dont know whether he will be admitted or
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      Lock icon Handy Andy strikes for Villa
      513 25 English Premier League Soccer Townsend hits superb winner LONDON A superbly-taken goal by injured Andy Townsend after 70 minutes gave Aston Villa a 1-0 win over Leeds United m an uncompromising English Premier League match on Sunday. Townsend beat the Leeds defence to a long,
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    • Article
      Lock icon BRITISH FIXTURES
      129 25 Saturday, Feb. 12: English Premier League: Aston Villa v Swindon, Everton v Ipswich, Manchester City v West Ham, Oldham v Chelsea, Sheffield Utd v Coventry, Tottenham v Blackburn, Wimbledon v Newcastle. English Div.l: Barnsley v Stoke, Derby v Bolton, Grimsby v Crystal Palace, Leicester v Luton, Millwall v
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      Milan tightens grip with four-point lead
      323 25 ITALIAN LEAGUE MILAN AC Milan bounced back from a midweek defeat m the European Super Cup to tighten its grip on the Italian League championship with a determined 2-0 away win over AS Roma on Sunday. The reigning champion restored its lead to four
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      Lock icon Second setback for Barcelona
      307 25 EUROPEAN ROUND-UP MADRID Barcelona, eliminated from the Spanish Cup m midweek by Second Division Betis, suffered a fresh humiliation on Sunday when it was beaten m the League and m front of its home fans by Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona went down m a dramatic five-goal thriller
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1141 25 ATHLETICS Stuttgart Indoor Meeting (winners only): Men's mam: Robert Kumicki (Ger) 20.81 sec. l,5Hm: Jens-Peter Herold (Ger) 3min 41.465ec. s,tNm: Aissa Belaout (Alg) 13:31.02. Mm hurdles: Colin Jackson (Brit) 7.42. High jump: Hendrik Beyer (Ger) 2.32 m. Triple jump: Ralf Jaros (Ger) 16.89 m. Women's 2Mm: Danette
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        Indurain to skip Spain tour
        159 25 TOP Spanish rider Miguel Indurain (right) will skip the Tour of Spain for the third year running m order to concentrate on the Giro d'ltalia as a build-up to the Tour de France, the coach of the Banesto cycling team said. Indurain's decision casts a
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      • Article
        Davis bounces back
        125 25 SIX-TIME world snooker champion Steve Davis stormed back to beat Scotland's Alan McManus 9-6 on Sunday and win the Regal Welsh Open m Newport. The Englishman was m deep trouble as McManus rattled m breaks of 92, 93, 88 and 48 to post a 4-0 lead. But
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        Sullivan's nightmare debut
        165 25 UNITED KINGDOM snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan's debut m the Benson and Hedges Masters turned into a nightmare m London on Sunday as he was trounced 1-5 m the first round by Irish veteran Dennis Taylor. The 18-year-old admitted: "I haven't been happy witb my game for a
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        'Diego needs psychiatric help'
        132 25 DIEGO MARADONA needs urgent psychiatric help, Ar* gentir.e soccer experts said m Buenos Aires on Sunday. "He's losing one of the mainstays of his identity and visibly he's not carrying that very well. And this couM become dangerous," Oscar Mangione, a psychologist who spent five years
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      223 23 jiIPDATE No sign-on fee for Perak Perak is taking former Johor coach Michael Urukalo's word that it does not need to pay any sign-on fee for Australian soccer players for the Malaysia League. Perak Football Association deputy president Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar said this yesterday after meeting Urukalo, who
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      81 23 TODAY'S EVENTS I HOCKEY: Friendly: Singapore Selection v Bank Simpanan Nasional of XL (Delta Sports Complex. 5.30pm). SOCCER: Civil Service Cup, 3rd ft 4th placing: Club HDB v SAF NCO Club (Jln Besar, 5 15pm). Final: Safsa v SCDFRSA (Jln Besar, 7pm). West Zone Schools C Div, 3rd ft 4th
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      706 24 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths NG KIM HONG AGE: 50 was called home to the Lord on 7th February 1994 leaving behind Beloved husband: Lim Seng Han Sona: Peter Lim Hian Kwee Andrew Lim Hian Boon Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Lay Hoon Lo Ngai Nung Michelle Lim Lay Mvi Eric
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      850 Deaths
      108 24 Uma Dcvi D/O Rajagopal Ag* 10 Passed away peacefully on 7.2.94 leaving behind loved ones to mourn her. Wmaaawam Mr Rama-samy Father Mr Raja go pa I Mdm Krlshnaveanl Brother Sakthlyakumar and relatives and friends. Body leaving from SGH. Blk on 8.2.94 at 3.30pm to CCX. Hindu Cemetery.
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      851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements
      421 24 851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements JOHN LIM CHOO WOO Departed: 2 Feb. 94. Wif»: Mdm. Lucy Koh Sona: Daughter. >n law Peter Llm Tsung Thiam Theresa Lee Bee Lan Lawrence Lim Tsung Seng Sunny Llm Tsung Ngee Angelia Loo Lay Mvi Francis Lim Chung Huat Daughter: Son in-law. Agnes Llm Mvi
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      852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences
      301 24 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences With deepest sympathy our condolence to our Director, Lawrence Lim Hoot Khoon on the demise of his beloved mother, the late MDM Y AP SIA KEING From The Management Staff of ASTON PACKAGING PTE LTD '> WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO MULIYIL C.
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      39 24 The Straits Times $7.00 per line The Sunday Times $7.00 per line The Straits Times $25.70 per col.cm. The Sunday Times $27.00 per col.cm. The Straits Times $31 .50 per col.cm. The Sunday Times $33.20 per col.cm. CATA 737-1166
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  • Obituary
    Late Obituaries
    145 25 "I dream of you, dear loved one. And see your smiling face. And know that you arc happy In your Fathers chosen place." "Not dead, but passed beyond Thc mist that binds us here, Into thc newer larger life, Of that clouded sphere" I have lost my soul's
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      350 25 mS^mL*^\m**^*m^--^ The following must be produced: 1) ORIGINAL DEATH CERTIFICATE 2) IDENTITY CARD OF PERSON PLACING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ALL OBITUARIES MUST BE PREPAID Telephone Service Mon Fri 8.30 am to 5.30pm Sat 9.00 am to 2.00pm Pub. I lolidays 9.30 am to 1 OOpm (For booking on Sunday, please come
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • Article, Illustration
      After Japan, Samson has his eyes on the big US pie
      621 26  -  Tay Cheng Khoon GOLF By 'My ambition has always been to play m the US. The Japanese Tour is just a stepping stone, something to help me prepare for the US. That is where all the top players are...'
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • Article
        Favourites Zola, Bitok outrun rivals
        72 26 South Africa's Zola Budd-Pie-terse and Kenya's Ezequiel Bitok both lived up to their favourite tags as they won the lAAF world challenge Au-chan-Nord-Eclair cross-coun-try event m Tourcoing, France, on Sunday. Budd clocked 16min 17sec and was followed by France's Farida Fates, Romania's Julia Negura and
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        Easy path for Hendry
        54 26 Scotland's five-time Benson and Hedges Masters snooker winner Stephen Hendry went through to the quarter-finals m London on Sunday with a 5-2 win over Wales' Darren Morgan. Defending champion Hendry dropped the opening frame before finding his form and taking a 3-1 lead with breaks of
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        Good batting saves Kiwis
        71 26 Defiant batting from promising pair Stephen Fleming and Shane Thomson enabled the New Zealand XI to draw its three-day cricket match against the touring Pakistan side m Napier yesterday. Having started the day needing to bat through to prevent a convincing Pakistani victory, the New Zealand
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        Colombia held by Saudis
        57 26 Saudi Arabia and Colombia drew 1-1 m a friendly match m Jeddah on Sunday. The two teams were gearing up for June's World Cup soccer finals m the United States. Colombia's Ivan-Rene Valenciano scored m the 6th minute for a 1-0 lead at half-time, but Saeed
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        Van Poppel wins deadheat
        59 26 Dutchman Jean-Paul Van Poppel won the Etoile de Besseges cycling event m Besseges, France, on Sunday despite failing to shake off French rivals Christophe Leroscouet and Christian Chaubet. All finished with the same time of 16hr 50min 37sec at the end of the five-stage race but
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      Lock icon Miller's two-over 74 still good for title
      223 26 PEBBLE BEACH (California) American Johnny Miller, 46 years old and five years into retirement from professional golf, shot a two-over-par 74 on Sunday and improbably won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at seven-under, one stroke ahead of compatriots Tom Watson, Corey Pavin, Jeff
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      Lock icon Ewing, Oakley show own magic
      374 26 BASKETBALL: NBA NEW YORK Patrick Ewing had 32 points and Charles Oakley added 13 points and 21 rebounds to spark the New York Knicks to a 95-77 victory over the Orlando Magic m a National Basketball Association match on Sunday. New York won the seventh
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      Phun made objection in good faith
      237 26 TRAINER Joseph Phun never knew he was out of order when he lodged an objection on technical grounds at Penang last Saturday. The Penang-based trainer claimed yesterday that he genuinely thought that "all future RT horses after 1991 must not have been raced m
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      NBA STANDINGS
      165 26 Atlantic Division W I L I Pet GB New York 33 12 .733 Orlando 26 20.565 71/2 Miami 22 22 .500 101/2 New Jersey 21 23 .477 11 1/2 Boston 20 1 26 .435 131/2 Philadelphia 19 26 .422 1 14 Washington *****1.3331 18 Central Division I W
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      Gold Melody was 'properly classified'
      501 26  -  Tan Thean Loon RACING By 'Gold Melody's registration was 100 per cent bona fide.. .A lot of time and trouble could have been saved had trainer Phun known about the matter.' MRA Chief Handicapper William Paton-Smith GOLD MELODY, last Saturday's Restricted Terms winner that was
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      Lock icon Top seed Chang bundled out by sixth seed Furlan
      299 26 TENNIS SAN JOSE (California) Sixth-seeded Renzo Furlan of Italy won his first ATP career title, banging out a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory over top seed Michael Chang of the United States at the San Jose Open on Sunday. "I feel great,
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      Lock icon No Jordan, but Bulls charges on just as well
      256 26 FOCUS: Chicago Bulls NO THREE-TIME defending champion m sports history has ever been so lightly regarded as the Chicago Bulls. The reason, of course, is the retirement of Michael Jordan, but as the NBA season reached its halfway point, the most
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  • MONEY
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      Lock icon China to cut work week to 44 hours next month
      322 27 Country's official working hours still one of world's longest BEIJING China yesterday said it was giving state workers a 44-hour work week from next month, down from their usual 48. This m essence allows them Satur day afternoons off for
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      Lock icon VIETS GEAR UP FOR NEW YEAR
      50 27 picture. Shoppers queueing up to pay on Sunday at one of Vietnam's first supermarkets m Ho Chi Minh City. Despite government appeals for people to celebrate Tet (the Lunar New Year) m an economical way, rich families are spending huge sums of money. AFP
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    • MONEY WORLD
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        Lock icon Sanyo ups Indonesia VCR output
        80 27 TOKYO Sanyo Electric Co Ltd will increase its videocassette recorder (VCR) production m Indonesia by 80 per cent m the 1994/95 business year to minimise export losses resulting from the strong yen, a company spokesman said. In the year starting April, PT Sanyo Jaya Components
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        Lock icon ADB's new global US$ bonds
        59 27 HONGKONG The Asian Development Bank said it intends to launch its first global US dollar bond issue soon. The issue would be for US$75O million (551.19 billion). The ADB said the bonds would be offered simultaneously m primary distribution m Japan, Asia, Europe and the
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        Lock icon Nissho Iwai's Vietnam venture
        65 27 TOKYO Japanese trading house Nissho Iwai Corp will establish a chemical fertiliser joint venture m Ho Chi Minh City as early as March, a company spokesman said. The venture will export 200,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Japan this year and will build a factory able to
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        Lock icon Thomson's Aussie regional Hq
        57 27 CANBERRA French defence and electronics group Thomson CSF said it will establish its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters m Australia to enable it to target the expanding Asian aviation market. Australian Industry Minister Senator Peter Cook said the move could create annual export earnings of Assso million <
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        Lock icon Japanese hot on foreign stocks
        70 27 TOKYO Japanese investors bought a record US$3.5 billion (555.6 billion) worth of foreign stocks m December, boosting net purchases m 1993 to a four-year high of US$l5.3 billion, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The heavy buying, which helped boost long-term capital outflows almost three-fold to
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      Lock icon Japan's current account surplus up
      120 27 Japan's current account surplus up TOKYO Japan's current account surplus grew 9.3 per cent from a year earlier to US$l2.6 billion (Ss2o billion) m December, boosting the imbalance for the year to a record US$l3l billion, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The ministry said the 1993 surplus, up 11.7 per
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      Lock icon Foreign group gets bite at Indonesian power plant project
      427 27 JAKARTA Indonesia is to sign a deal with a foreign consortium to produce electricity from a planned US$2.3billion (553.65-billion) coalfired power plant m East Java, industry sources said yesterday. The sources said the Paiton power deal, the first major one involving
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      Lock icon We wanted to leave Rover in British hands: Honda chief
      333 27 LONDON Honda president Nobuhiko Kawamoto said his company could have bought Rover before BMW to gain 100-per cent control of the car manufacturer but refused because it was the last British car company. Mr Kawamoto told the Financial Times m
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      Formed: World's first international countertrade body
      499 28  -  Chan Sue Meng By Barter where two parties trade goods and services without using cash as a medium of transaction is the simplest example of countertrade. Others include buy-backs and offsets. A SINGAPOREAN lawyer has set up the world's first international countertrade body here,
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      Ong Beng Seng 'buys another hotel in London for $65m'
      369 28  - Ong Beng Seng 'buys another hotel in London for $65m' Gerry de Silva By SINGAPORE hotelier Ong Beng Seng is believed to have acquired another London hotel, this time m upmarket Park Lane. Sources yesterday said Mr Ong's family company, Kuo International, bought the Londonderry Hotel for £28 million (5564.68
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      Double tax deduction plan for manufacturers
      131 28 MANUFACTURERS here will be able to enjoy double tax deduction (DTD) for expenses incurred for customising packaging for overseas markets. This follows a move by the Trade Development Board to extend the Double Tax Deduction (DTD) scheme to cover packaging for exports from year
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      Training classes on GST for retail staff
      162 28 THE Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) yesterday said it has begun training classes on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for retail staff. The classes, which are also offered to staff of non-mem-bers, will be conducted on a regular basis to cope with the
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Hang Seng Index plummets 6%
        407 29 HONGKONG share prices plunged 6.11 per cent m volatile trading yesterday, triggered by last Friday's sharp plunge on Wall Street following the increase m US short-term interest rates. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index dived 743.3 points to 11.414.27. It was a hefty reverse on Friday's
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        80 29 THE SET Index slumped 99 points, or 6.86 per cent, to 1,344.81 yesterday, as sentiment soured on news of an increase m US interest rates. Turnover was 10.9 billion baht, eight billion of it m the morning alone, against Friday's 95 billion. "No support levels can be seen because
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        179 29 SHARE prices tumbled across the board m nervous trading yesterday as the local bourse reacted badly to Wall Street's steep fall. However, light bargainhunting was seen slowing down the decline ahead of the close, leading the prices up slightly above their intra-day lows. The 85-share Composite Index edged
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        131 29 STOCKS ended sharply lower yesterday, with the Nikkei average just off the day's low m quiet trade. Investors waited for a longawaited economic stimulus package and the resolution of political turmoil within the ruling coalition, brokers said. The Nikkei average hovered just above the 20,000 level for most of
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        80 29 AUSTRALIAN shares lost more than 2 per cent yesterday as investors reacted nervously to the US interest rate hike. The All-Ordinaries Index fell 51.7 points, or 2.2 per cent, to 2,281.1. Dicksons broker Diane Jenner said Australia generally was not affected badly. "We did not get much of a
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        54 29 SHARE prices closed down m moderate trading yesterday as the approaching Lunar New Year left the market with no fresh impetus, brokers said. One said the US interest rate hike would have little direct impact on Jakarta because returns here were still high. The Jakarta Composite Index fell 7.71
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      HONGKONG
      350 29 Monday February 7 HKt X M Bus 17 30 -0 40 ASM Pacific 4.40 -0.075 5~ k JI f!PSj ny m m Von Allied Ind Infl 0.99 -0 05 X" ma o al 3fo l°™ "2 IS Allied Oversea 1.29 -0.08 L?^* A 2^ IMS Amoy Properties 12.40 -1.00
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      TOKYO
      401 29 Monday February 7 YEN MitSUkOShi 915 -3 Ajlnomoto 1380 -20 Mitsumi Elec 1900 unch Akai Electric 455 +12 orm a9 .«Z Amada 1070 -10 M rata Mf 8 *gj J«J Asahl Chem Ind 696 -7 N ]°<~ 12 Asah. Glass 1160 -30 Insulators 120 -20 Bank of Tokyo 1600
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      OVERSEAS INDICES
      47 29 Feb 7 Chv.it NST Industrial *****3 209 38 Hang Seng ***** 27 743 30 Nikkei Average *****.40 287.03 Australian All Ord 2281.10 51.70 Dow Jones (Fn) 3871.42 —96 24 FT 30 (Fn) 2669 20 2440 Jakarta Composite 594 12 —7 71 Thailand SET *****1 9900
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      CURRENCY
      233 29 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buyinf 00 Sefcf US dollar 1.5796 1.5974 Sterling pound 2.3177 2.3715 Australian dollar 1.1088 1.1416 Canadian dollar 1.1691 1 1960 NZ dollar 0 8885 0.9189 EC unit 1.7721 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.5179
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      BANK RATES
      386 29 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 2>4 2 2V« P4 2V* 2V 4 1 3 4 Fixed deposit 1 month 2V 2 2V 8 2 5 8 l s 4 2 5 b 2M; 3 months 2 3 4 2 7 /s 2 7
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      112 29 Contract date: 7/2/94 CUWEWCY 1 MTH FIfTH 6MTH 9MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 2V« 2V 4 2% 2K 3 2V, 9/2/94 A$ 3V 4 3 7 /i 3% 3H 3V4 3 9/2/94 WJ 3 3 3'/i 3^ 3'/i 3% 2H 9/2/94 4V 4 4H IK
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      78 29 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (U8$)« BRENT BLEND Mar -0.50 0.50 14.25 14 30 WEST TEXAS Intermediate Mar 045— 0 45 15 46— 1550 WB*' FATEH Mar -0.30 -0 30 13.05 13 15 TAPIS BLEND Mar -0.10-0.10 16.80- 16 90 ■■WS Mar +0.10 010 15.60— 15 70 NAPHTHA
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      2769 29 Transaction Date: February 7, 1994 1994 Last Vol Net High Low Company Sal* 4/- ('000) P/t 750 440 Mycom 740 BO 652% 32 9 940 486 NCK Corp 630 -50 105 34 910 645 NST Bhd 780 -30 157 22 6 880 680 Nanyang 750 -35 15 28
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        British pound
        33 29 Open Hfh Low Sett Lst Vd M* 94 ***** ***** ****** 1477? 30 tun 14/0? ***** ***** 1471? 6 S«P ***** Dec ***** Ad Vol (Fn) Nl Open M (Fn) 61
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        Deutschemark
        30 29 (US tHM/Deutxtmurt) Opn Hdi low Sett Est W Mar 94 ***** ***** ***** ***** 72 k» ***** Sep ***** Ok ***** Ad Voi (fn) E0it Open kit .In ??8
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        Spot US Dollar/Japanese Yen
        26 29 Spot US Dollar/ Japanese Yen Open ttfh low Ssti Fst Wo* Mv 94 ***** ***** 108/SA ***** 71/ Act Vot <Fn) 166 Open mi (fn) 1774
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        Euroven — 3-month deoosit
        81 29 Euroven 3-month deoosit Open H(h Low Sett E$t Vd Mar 94 97.83/ 97 84 9/81 97 82 1386 978? Jun 9785 9787 9781 9784 3093 Sep 97 83 97 86 9/80 9782 4110 fee 97 74 97/9 97 72 9/ /4 3335 M* 95 9/59 ***** 9759 9759 1285 Jun
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        Gold
        38 29 Open Her. Low Sett Est Vol feb 94 *****A ***** Apr *****A ***** kin 39? SOA 392 SO Aug 394 /OA 394 70 Oct *****A ***** Dec *****A ***** Act Vol (Fn) Ml Open Int (In) Tan
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        Japanese yen
        28 29 Op«n tl(h Low Sett E$t Vd Mai 94 *****82 *****07 00O9178A 0 *****1 130 Jun *****33 S<P 0009?75 Act Vo) (fn) 193 Open M (Fn): 221
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        Nikkei Stock Average
        44 29 Optr Hjt. Low Sett Est Vd Spot ***** 93 ***** 93 *****20 *****40" Mat 94 *****/ ***** ***** ***** ***** ?O0O0 Jun ***** ***** ***** ***** 412 Sep ***** Ok ***** 95 ***** Act VoJ (fn) ***** Open lot <fn) *****9
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        Fuel Oil
        42 29 ftw Low Sett 1st Vd Fet>94 7000 7000 6800 6840 710 M* 68M 6870 6800 68?0 110 Apr 6800A 6790 Ma» 6750 •un 6980 M 6980 A« 6980 Sep 6980 Ocl 6980 Act Vol (fn) 407 Open M (Fn) S247
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        10-Year Japanese Government Bond
        28 29 Open rtfh Low Sett i st Voi Mar 94 II3?1 ***** ***** ***** 148 Jun ***** Act Vol (fn) 99 Open W (fn) /96
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        SPOT US Dollar/Deutschemark
        34 29 I Open tfgh Low Srtt Est Vd Mar 94 1 767b 1 7630 1 7584A 1 7613 ?88 VI Vol (in) POO Open M (In) 109/ Spot Wei on martet dosed.
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        Simex MSCI HK Index
        30 29 Opm tf(h Low Sett Est Vd Spot 8083 28 8083 78 7716 V> *****5* Feb 94 77?OA 7770 Act Vol (fn) Sa Open H (fn) Swen
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        82 29 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 mft$d trttrat utet Open H01 Low Sett (it vd Mar 94 9639/ 9641 9638 9641 ***** 9638 Jim 9604 9608 9604 9608 ***** Sep 95 73 95 77 95 73 95/5 ***** Dec 95 33 95 36 95 33 95 35 5300 Mar 95 9516 9518
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        Euromark — 3-month deposit
        56 29 Euromark 3-month deposit Open Hch Lou Sett Est Vd Mar 94 9430 9431 9479 9431 MO Jun 94 70 94 /S 94 69 94 /S 1400 Scp 94 9500 9505 9498 9505 800 Dec 9518 95?0 9515A 9520 865 Mar 95 9535 Jun 9540 HP 9536 Dec 9525 Act Vdl
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        OPTIONS
        104 29 voi ft Open Int (Fri) CjI hit Act Open Act Open Vol Int Vot kit Eurodollar 50 710 50 1076 Euroyen 500 5983 0 5585 Ntkkei 4806 ***** 3249 6479? Nikkvi Sett Feb 94 Cafe Puts ***** 10/0 30 ***** 6?0 6b 2OOOO 270 220 ***** 95 520 *****
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      RAS COMMODITY EXCHANGE
      341 29 Rubber futures (Prices traded on NEAT at lpm Feb 7 1994 RSS 1 Contract (S cents/kg) Mont)- >*h low <ttt W O*n W Mai 94 ***** ***** ***** 875 3125 Apr ***** ***** ***** 2450 5000 14? 00 138 75 ***** 700 6925 Jun ***** 139 75
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      GOLD PRICES
      100 29 SINGAPORE Physical (Ss) Mon Fri Kilobar *****-***** *****-***** 100 gm 1982-2006 1979—2003 50 gm 993-1008 991-1006 20 gm 396-407 395—407 5 gm 99-108 99-108 1 gm 20—28 20-28 Buion coins (SS/oz) Spore bullion com 628 634 632—638 Canadian maple leaf 628 *34 632—638 Australian nugget 635-641 634-640 OUB
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      Tin
      13 29 Closing prices (M$/kilo) KL T.n 114 55 0?0() Turnover 109 39 tonnes)
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      Silver
      25 29 Closing prices (US$/troy oz) Man Fri Singapore 5 32-5 33 5 46-548 Fri Thurs New York 5 41-5 42 5 46-5 48 Source Rothschild
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      Aluminium
      23 29 (Official closing quotation. USS/MT) Mon Fn Cash 1276—1277 1288 b 1289 3 friths 1294 5 129b 1308— 1jO8 5 Settlement 1277 1?8«
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      CoDDer Grade A
      32 29 (Official closing quotation. USS/MT) Mon Cash 1861 186Z 1886 5 i&«7 b 3 (nth 188? 5 1883 1907 S 1908 Settlement 1862 1887 S Source Outokumpu (S.EA.) Pte ltd
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      HIGH & LOW
      46 30 HIGH LOW Straits Times Industrials 1993/94 High 2471.90 (4/1/94) 1993/94 Low 1531.11 (4/1/93) All time High *****0 (4/1/94) All time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) Business Times Composite 1993/94 High 2398 87 (5/1/94) 1993/94 Low 1307 65 (13/1/93) All-time High 2398 87 (5/1/94) All-time Low 64 83 (29/6/65)
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      MOST ACTIVES
      35 30 Goldtron 20c 16,338,000 Faber Group 10,134,000 Kamunting 50c 9,252,000 Renong Bhd 50c 9,129,000 CASH 50c 6,018,000 Idris Hyd 50c 5,791,000 Promet 5,271,000 DBS Con Prefso 4,995,000 Johan Hldgs 50 4,188,000 Innovest Bhd 3,827,000
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      TURNOVER (CASH)
      37 30 Sector Volume Value Industrials 1 897 m 3.986 m Finance 785.000 1.927 m Hotels 199,000 511,800 Properties 813,000 1.643 m Loan Stocks 274,000 464,885 Plantations 166,000 466,660 Mining 2,000 5,680 Total 4.136 m 9.005 m
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      74 30 Total Market Mon Fri Industrials 110.260 m 174 528 m Finance 22.120 m 22 609 m Hotels ***** m ***** m Properties 37 372 m ***** m Loans Stocks ***** m 39 272 m Plantations 9 589 m 10 794 m Mining 177.000 210.000 Total volume 222.782 m
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      INDICES
      78 30 Fcb 7 Chance ST Industrials 2314 45 46 52 SI Finance 5447 14 143 15 ST Hotels 1576 94 13 17 ST Properties 1649 63 60 04 BT Composite 2084 41 66 78 BTMGA 1100 40 26 27 BT 08/ OS +73 172 BT CADI ***** 180 BT OBV
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2009 30 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1 unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/ri|tits. N Tax-eiempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results. P/E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences, t Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investments Scheme, s:
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      OPTIONS
      674 30 Strike Last voi i»«,*« Strike LaM Vol High Low Company Eip.ry Price Sale -C0O0) High Loo Company Eipfey "r*ee Sato 000) s City Dev 94/03 C MM 10 8 s NalSto* 94/03 P 410 8 13 10 s City Dev 94/03 P 500 13 t NatStaal 94/03 C 440
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      5096 30 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Tran— ctlon Date: F.bruarv 7. 1994 I HW/94 Curr Lmi Vol Day Qfa Nat M Cap M*gh Low Company Trwted Sal* oc- -000 High LOW D.w P/E $mil 1440 260 t Acma 1200 -30 60 1230 1180 12 5 519 827 1 760 220
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      MARKET REPORT
      370 30  - MARKET REPORT KOH KEAT KIAN SHARE prices here fell across the board yesterday m tandem with last Friday's 96-point slide m the key US Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Straits Times Industrials Index shed 46.52 points, a 1.97-per cent drop, to close at 2,314.45 points. Oeaiers said that this was
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      Far East group gets nod for condo projects on state land
      451 31  -  Ann Williams By PROVISIONAL approval has been given to the Far East group to build a total of 970 condominium units on state land. Another property bigwig, listed City Development, has also been granted conditional permission to develop 492
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      Lock icon Petronas to list more of its subsidiaries on KLSE
      370 31 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national oil corporation Petronas plans to list more subsidiaries on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Following the listing of its domestic marketing arm, Petronas Dagangan Bhd, which is currently taking place, it will add to the list next
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      Lock icon Petronas marketing unit's public offer gets good response
      230 31 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national oil giant Petronas yesterday said it had received overwhelming response for the public listing of its marketing subsidiary, whose shares were forecast to fetch a premium of over 190 per cent on flotation "This is very easily going
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      Lock icon Mahathir concerned about investing attitude of the public
      206 31 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday expressed concern over the investing attitude of the Malaysian public, saying that some are buying shares for short-term gains only. "I am afraid they do not want the shares for dividends because
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      Semcon wins $42m building job for FCC's Tampines project
      229 31 SEMBAWANG Construction Pte Ltd (Semcon), the construction arm of Sembawang Shipyard, has clinched a $42--million building contract from First Capital Corporation to build the superstructure of a new shopping centre m Tampines. The six-storey suburban shopping centre, to be called Century
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      Lock icon Jakarta timber tycoon's planned bid for Cash timely
      212 31 KUALA LUMPUR Indonesian timber tycoon Prajogo Pangestu's proposed acquisition of Construction and Supplies House Bhd (Cash) comes at a time when development of growth triangles within the Asean region is being promoted. This reverse takeover of a Malaysian company by Mr Prajogo
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      Lock icon Answers needed for many questions on Barito group's reverse takeover
      504 31 News Analysis KUALA LUMPUR There are many questions begging answers pertaining to the reverse takeover of Construction and Supplies House Bhd (Cash) by the Barito Group of Indonesia, via the injection of the latter's three timberbased subsidiaries into the company.
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      Michael Fam to undergo medical treatment in the US
      178 31 THE executive chairman of the Fraser Neave Group, Mr Michael Fam, will be leaving later this week for the United States to receive specialist medical consultation and treatment for a prostate condition. F&N said m a statement yesterday that a surgical
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
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        Tuan Sing in 2 new ventures
        126 31 TUAN Sing Holdings has signed agreements to enter into two joint ventures with companies from the Mm Hang district of Shanghai. It will form an investment holding company, Shanghai TS United Development Co, with Shanghai Si Hai Investment Co. The other joint venture, Shanghai
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        IPC's HK distributor
        91 31 COREX Technology (S) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPC Corporation Ltd, has set up a company m Hongkong to distribute computers, computer paits and peripherals to the Hongkong and China markets. Corex Technology (HK) Ltd will have an initial paid-up capital of HK$l million (*****.000) and
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        Goldtron issues $25m in bonds
        98 31 SESDAQ-LISTED Goldtron Ltd, has tapped the local bond market for the first time with the issue of $25 million worth of fixed rate bonds to be signed today. The proceeds from the bond issue will be used for Goldtron's working capital purposes. A statement issued
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        C&C stake in Indochina unit
        76 31 CYCLE Carriage LTD (CCL) announced yesterday that it had subscribed for 3,096,790 ordinary shares of $1 each m its wholly-owned subsidiary, CCL Indo-China, for cash at par. The statement from CCL said that the enlargement of CCL Indo-Chinas capital to $3,096,792 would allow it to
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        Tonhow suffers bigger loss
        97 31 TONHOW Industries suffered bigger after-tax losses for year ended December 1993. Sesdaq-listed Tonhow Industries Ltd announced yesterday that its after-tax loss had increased to $1.89 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1993 from $239,000 m the previous financial year. Turnover fell to $9.06 million from
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        Econ's Sri Lanka subsidiary
        45 31 ECON International Ltd announced yesterday that it has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, Econ Lanka Investments Pte Ltd m Singapore with a paid-up capital of $2. Econ Lanka will carry on the business of general contracting and investment holding m Sri Lanka.
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      457 28 I Coopers Budget And I Lybrand Tax Update Seminar MONDAY 28 FEBRUARY 1994 BALLROOM 3. PAN PACIFIC HOTEL 4.00 PM TO 6.30 PM l_f ssssi^ammrr^^a^mv.- Ty--y t^mm* How will the 1994 Singapore Budget affect you and your business? What will be the impact of the proposals put forward by the
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      138 28 I m^B^ ft Ira/* n r -=m J r Ml^' M WK m^sLmm iliS \m/^et us help you win her heart over c<y on Valentine's Day this year! We I begin with a 5-course candle light dinner A at Tiffany Coffee House just for *$88.00++ per couple. Our pianist will
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      210 31 We would like to extend invitation to all interested investors to: I China Yantai Municipal Government Presentation on I INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN YANTAI 19 February 1994 Saturday 2 pm 5 pm With the inception of Singapore Food Distri-Park, Yantai, a seminar cum cocktail reception will be held to commemorate the
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      Telecom takes '20% stake in US satellite company'
      429 32  -  Gerry de Silva By SINGAPORE Telecom has taken up a substantial stake m an American satellite communications company which has been listed m the United States. Sources said that ST, the heavyweight on the stock exchange here, has taken around a one-fifth
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      Lock icon S'pore bourse 'unlikely to plunge this week'
      524 32  -  Robert Ng By ANALYSTS said the Singapore stock market is unlikely to fall substantially lower this week despite yesterday's knee-jerk reaction to the US Federal Reserve Board's move to raise its short-term interest rate last week. Those contacted yesterday said the local market,
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 1994
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        A pianists' pianist
        1166 2 I am very attracted to Asia. There is something about the people which to me is fascinating. I cannot explain why. But I like Asia. It's alive and the people are very different from Europeans and Americans. a Most musicians like to talk only about music. I
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        Lock icon I don't know why they call me the Last Romantic
        367 2 SHURA CHERKASSKY was born m Odessa m 1911, but his family migrated to America m 1923, where he studied under one of the most revered names m the history of piano playing, Polish-born pianist Josef Hofmann. Although his reputation is
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        Students produce CD of Lunar New Year songs
        477 3  -  LEONG WENG KAM FORTY school children became recording stars when the Mandarin speech and drama training centre they attended produced a compact disc of their Lunar New Year songs, poems, short plays and stories about the festival. The children, aged between eight
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        Lock icon What, COEs for Amsterdam next?
        287 3 A SMALL piece of Asia came to the Dutch capital on Saturday with the start-up of a rickshaw bicycle taxi service m a city famous for its pedal power. Thirteen students from the Haarlem Business School started the service as a nine-week project that is
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        Coke-Pepsi marketing war moves into China
        557 3 COCA-COLA likes to describe China's potential thirst with a promising calculation: If the Chinese drank the same amount of Coke per head as Australians do, it would sell some 10 billion cases annually there instead of the 100 million it sold last year. On
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        Liberalising the arts takes time
        1226 4  -  KOH BUCK SONG The performance art and forum theatre issue: Two viewpoints IN THE liberalisation of censorship, patience is the first lesson to be learnt. After the flap m 1991 over Restricted movies which m retrospect allowed viewers to see too much too soon Restricted
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        Do not proscribe political art
        1726 4  -  T. SASITHARAN THE public discussion m the wake of what performance artists Josef Ng and Shannon Tham did at Parkway Parade on New Year's Eve, has centred, almost entirely, on two questions: whether or not what they did is art, and whether or not it
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        Change Alley: Gone are the honey-tongued moneychangers
        613 5  -  DEBORAH HENG I like the new environment. w It's really fantastic and I think it's definitely a for the better. y Ray Brunton, 59, British Airways employee, who has visited the old Change Alley r The old Change Alley had more atmosphere. It
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        Singapore Dance Theatre to give debut act in Australia
        490 6  - Singapore Dance Theatre to give debut act in Australia PHAN MING YEN f They liked our repertoire and we hope to interest the Australian audiences with a our work. s Mr Anthony Then, one of the artistic directors of SDT A SINGAPOREAN arts group will be spending its Lunar New
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        No good food and hong baos this year
        193 6 SINGAPORE Dance Theatre company manager, Ms Ng Siew Eng, will miss her mother's cooking this Lunar New Year's Eve. While the Australian debut may mark a step forward for the dance company, it will also mark 39-year-old Ms Ng's first time away
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        361 6 HISTORY remembers the pianist Ignace Paderewski as a virtuoso, a gifted composer and a statesman. Insurance firm Mutual of New York remembers him as a darned good insurance risk. In 1921, Paderewski, then 61, and living m Paso Robles, California, applied for a US$5O,OOO policy,
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        Microsoft gets into video games market
        703 7 WOULD you let your children play video games with Bill Gates? Microsoft, Mr Gates's company and the world's biggest software maker, dominates the market for PC operating systems. This has made it rich: On Jan 19, the firm reported that, m the six months
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        Learn about whales on screen
        286 7  -  Francis Chin Software Roundup IN THE COMPANY OF WHALES FOR a brief period last month, Singaporeans were able to see up close a whale that was stranded m the shr ilow waters off Tuas. Although Singapore's own "Willy" has since died, you can still enjoy
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        Playing with English
        189 7 TRIPLE PLAY IN ENGLISH IF YOU have children, relatives and foreign friends (or maybe your maid) who are still unsure about their ABCs, tell them about Triple Play In English. This CD-ROM program from Syracuse Language System of New York teaches spoken English at roughly Primary 3
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        Addictive and inexpensive
        190 7  -  MAJOR STRYKER IF CD prices are killing you, consider some shareware programs from Data Unlimited, available m Times and MPH bookstores. Two new and very addictive games, each at $9.90 only, will certainly give you more than your moneys worth m hours of mindless fun. Major Stryker
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          136 7 COMPAQ today announces its first sub-notebook: the Contura Aero. The 1.6-kg midget is only about four-fifths of an A4 page m size, and has a 486SX, 4 megabytes of memory, a 170-megabyte hard disk and built-in trackball. Optional are a 3 2-inch disk drive and a "convenience base"
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          NETWORK WITH SLUG
          75 7 LINUX, a public domain Unix operating system with source codes developed by hobbyists, is now available from the Singapore Linux Users Group (Slug). The newly-registered group is committed to the promotion of Linux on more PCs, and it is m the process of creating Slugnet, an island-wide
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          CIGARETTE-SIZED HARD DISK
          68 7 THE MHD Premium, a drive that connects to a PC's parallel port, uses 2* j-inch hard disks to achieve 80 to 250 megabytes m a box the size of a pack of cigarettes. Up to four can be daisy-chained to increase capacity. In addition, the data on
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          ISLANDS OF NEW SOUNDS
          82 7 TURTLE BEACH has two different sound cards for different applications. The first, Maui, generates MIDI musical instrument sounds with 2 megabytes of pre-programmed wave-table, and has 256 kilobytes of memory for your own custom instruments. The second, Tahiti, uses a Motorola ***** digital signal processor to
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          A TAXING TIME
          67 7 THE JT-Tax Personal computes Singapore income tax m the Year of Assessment 1994. It files this April's returns based on your earnings last year. It is for tax professionals and multinationals who need to handle complex tax computations, such as double-taxation reliefs and tax-on-taxes. Price: First copy
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          CORDLESS DIGITISER
          58 7 THE high resolution (40 points per mm) Graphtec digitising tablet never gets into a tangle because it uses wireless pointers you have a choice between a stylus pen, a four-button cursor, or a 16-button cursor. The tablet comes m sizes from 300 460 cm m width. Price: Starts
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        A ROYAL RUMBLE
        1180 8 Pop. Rock. Jazz. Opera. What a pick! What a week! Here is all you need to know about how the various heavyweights squared off m the week that was. JUNIPER FOO reports STING ■In the celebrity corner: Frrrrom Britain, his royal rockerness. Better known as: The Hit
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        Lock icon Geologists find algae that build stalagmites
        676 9 -Researchers m Guizhou reveal the secrets behind the strange limestone formations of Zhijun Cave THERE is a saying among well-travelled Chinese: "Once you have toured Zhijin, you don't need to visit any other caves." With its 300,000 sq m of karst or subterranean limestone
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        Dog-lovers in Beijing ignore official ban
        518 9 It changes our image as a nation cruel to animals and eating a anything that moves. s A Beijing dog-dealer, on the boom m the dog market DEALERiH^jeijing's biggest dog market last Sunday shrugged off <^fcial attempts to exterminate their prizes and said it
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          100 YEARS AGO
          163 9 THE steamer Macduff, which arrived from Japan and China, brought 34 Japanese men and women of whom the police took charge. These people were taken to the Chinese Protectorate. The police are acting under instructions from the Japanese Consulate, and it is believed that the people left
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          60 YEARS AGO
          66 9 THE S. C. C. soccer selection committee received something of a shock last evening when, m the first trial match, Colours, which consisted of the majority of the players expected to form the first 11 this season, could only obtain six out of the 13 goals scored.
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          40 YEARS AGO
          319 9 SPENDING at Lunar New Year this year was marked by extreme caution and economy, Singapore traders said. Some shops specialising m imported Chinese delicacies said they ordered only about half the quantity ordered last year. Gold shops appear to have been hard- est hit. A spokesman for
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          80 YEARS AGO
          70 9 A TAILOR m Craig Road has had his premises broken into. Jewellery, 41 suits and 11 rolls of cloth were stolen. IN CONNECTION with current festivities, the Chetty community is giving a display of special fireworks on the reclamation opposite Raffles Hotel. There will be several unusual
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        The tiger who meekly stands trial
        449 9  -  Zhu Hong KOH SIEW TIN Books Sword m m THE gong'an (crime or courtroom) fiction of the Song-* dynasty (AD 960 1279) did not have a distinct structuredSome of the court cases involved swordsmen; others were* l shrouded m superstition. The story of Wang
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        Lock icon Back to basics for superior Terengganu silk
        562 10 SMOOTH, cool and shimmering silk often conjures an image of sheer opulence, elegance and comfort. No wonder the fabric has been an obsession among the Chinese for centuries. Though it costs a little bit more than other fabrics, silk is a good choice
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        Lock icon A song and dance for democracy
        118 14 A RICH tapestry of colours, music and festivity greeted spectators at India's Republic Day parade m New Delhi on Jan 26. This float from Punjab, richly decorated with larger-than-life figures and a bevy of dancing singers, was one of many representing the various Indian
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      54 7 What Happened To Boozy After 5 This Friday, Boozy's hot on the trail of something very rewarding. \v. ]1 Follow him and you may also be s&lk rewarded with an $88 cash 'hong bao'. /^^^SJ^s Details m AFTER 5, (ml your weekly entertainment guide m Plg^. j^ Tlie New Paper
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        656 1 103 Aquariums VlEW™Ou77SwAßD™wlnnlng> Sanke 55cm lst Prize, Kohaku 65cm 3rd Prize and an excellent variety of Kols it Ryuklns arrived 7/2 from Japan. 10.30pm at Macho Ranchus 77, Sims Aye. *****42. Business till 12.30 a.m. We wish all patrons a Happy Prosperous Chinese New Year HAPPY CHINESE NEW Year to
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        684 1 109 Gift Ideas 109 Gift Ideas HOI\C> BAO «.IKI IDIyVS nS For the Year of the Dog, instead of the traditional "red packer, give your loved ones this special "Hong Bao Pack", a very precious collector's item that appreciates m value. Hong Bao Pack consists of: R "\u- Choice of
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        409 1 OTHER PRODUCTS/ SERVICES Boutiques 166 Bndal Services 167 Domestic Help Available 1 7c Domestic Help Wanted 1 71 Factory/Warehouse Sale 17S Garage Sale 17( Gold Pawn Tickets 177 Health Centres/Massage 18C Ot*-er Personal Products 1 9C Other Personal Services 191 Pnvate Investigators 181 Rentals 182 Repair Services 183 Wanted 18S
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        310 1 170 Domestic Help Available 1 1 Wf*fi vtenffrWn WTjfmWKjmfmfffmt I_WBBFWWa#WKi!Bii Kl!S"»__ff!ffiWWW^fffH i I|^ 7^^B I I J lj* I V 7% T7\ <■<$£**■ Over 200 Biodata foTSelection, 60 days strict training.English Speakjng.Personal Interviewed I Bukit T.mjh Pto F» New or Transfer Indo &Fl^ English Speaking J I Reliable Hardworking fl
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        238 2 181 Private Investigators COMMERCIAL CASES I MATRIMONIAL CASES 24 HR TEL: *****101 I BE3&S3 f&JaWft '\mgQj_j_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_w KSSS ESTABLISHED SINCE 1984 undertakes various Investigations at $80 short term St $280 for photographs. We have professional expertise to serve our clientele with various investigation services by way of reliable St discreet investigations.
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        653 2 m^mmk>. BUSINESS SERVICES/ PRODUCTS Bookkeeping/Secretarial Answering Services 200 Building/Construction Matenals 201 Business Financing Leasing 202 Business Opportunities 203 Commercial Vessels 210 Computer Products/Services 211 Courier Services 212 Exhibrhons/Trade Fairs 220 Industnal Equipment Supplies 225 Office Equipment/Supplies 230 Office Fumitura Furnishing 231 Other Business Products/Services 250 Pawing Storage.- Del very Removal
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        697 2 203 Business 203 Business Opportunities Opportunities IBSI Come discover how 1 M^d ERA Top Producers mSSi make millions ERA is an international real estate organisation with 3.000 offices and 30,000 ERA Real Estate Specialists worldwide. Singapore achieved a record m^Wtmrnm. $1.1 billion propert> I I our FREE ERA m jA^^f
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        2112 2 211 Computer 211 Computer Products/ Products/ Services Services 1 PHißes Output Irom CorelDraw Harvard Graphics. MS PowerPoint. WordPerlect Presentation. Freelance Graphics, Compel. Microgralx Designer, Microgralx Charisma, Auto Cad. 3-D Studio and many others AUTHORISED IMAGING centre wnm IDEAMART anffißS Kf 298 0785 Bk 235 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal HOCK SOON
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        539 3 238 Phones/ Faxes/ Pagers/ Special Numbers 5 MONTHS OLD Seld. mi IM«_ NKC Spokesman with Etac System for sale Page *****44 I 237 Printing/ Copying Services Nama Carda (While You Walt) •Letterhoa.lt Forma Invoices Invitation Cards Fnvelopes Sockets CAU US TOOAY AT: •03-44 People's Park CenUo TM: *****32, *****43 V.
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        802 3 300 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance TAI THONG LEE TRADINO PTE LTD Offers low interest rate on car loan and non-transfer loan 10 years repayment. Immadiala Approval. Buying and Selling New and Used Cars Insurance Agent 17 A 18, NANKIN STREET TEL: *****65 *****02 100% COE FINANCING. Also available lowest insurance premium
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        3189 3 340 Honda For Sale 340 Honda For Sale mmmmmmmmSSSSSSSS For New Used Cars Variable rate loans at -hflm and *Ha% above OCBC prime rate for new and used cars respectively. Fixed rate loans at as low as 3Vb% pa flat. Prompt approval. VOCBC F!M®IN)aE (A Member of the OCBC Qroup)
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        667 3 I 340 Honda For Sale S/'M HONOA CIVIC 1 ri ESi auto White 1 owner Tip top cond Call owner *****02 6/' M ACCORO I.6EX. COE (SI6K) Full accessories Tax 5 '94. Downpayment $4800 *****29 6/' M ACCORD I.6EX manual COE $28,120. Tax 594 Cd player Accident fret? 54.1.300 74C56Z7
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        1013 3 342 Hyundai For Sale 10/ M STELLAR 1.6G51 1..>■: -..>■: Orey np- top condition $28,800 Loan $25K 14 Jalan Lokam. Tai Keni{ tourt Call *****22 6/M EXCEL 4-dr. Well kept. New paintwork With remote control Power windows .s runs Price neg Pg: *****99/ Tel *****11 •/•»3 ELANTRA 1.« iu t,.
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        915 3 346 Mercedes For Sale I The electronic rust proofina product of the tuture. 10-year rr.anufacturer's warranty again* rust perforation on all net*. venicies. Check wnn your car salesman tor more details. ■**********7 [BUY SELLI Quality Co A Re Cer^l -COE/NON-COE 1 Provides Financing,' I Insurance Servicee (Includ— COE Loan) I
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        826 4 346 Mercedes For Sale to MERCEDES 300 SEL 1 owner. 4 electric seaU Full walnut. Nice no Low mileage *****81/ *****62 90 MERCEDES 200E 1 owner. ImmaculaU cond. Highest offer secures *****08 (930 am -7pm) 90 MERCEDES 200E auto New facelift, accident free, trade-In/ loan. *****11 to 190 2.0 auto.
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        682 4 348 Mitsubishi For Sale tS MITSUBISHI COLT 1 6 (il.Xl 3 dr. auto. 1 owner Tip-top cond. Asking $80,800 above *****70. tS MITSUBISHI LANCER 16 GLXi Auto. Alarm. S/rlms. Tax new New car cond Tel *****53 350 Nissan For Sale NEW YEAR SPECIAL PROMOTION $5,000/- Over-Trade Down payment $13,900/- Nissan
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        589 4 350 Nissan For Sale 2/89 PULSAR 1.4 SLX 1 owner, power steering, immaculate cond $42,800 neg *****28 3/1983 PULSAR I.OOX COE 2002 Beautiful cond.! $26,800 loan $21K. Lot 3 Irving Rd 382-0100 3/tl NISSAN 200SX Turbo Manual ABS. 2 owners. Showroom cond. $92,800 neg *****57 3/93 SUNNY I.S Manual. CD.
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        748 4 353 Porsche For Sale 19*9 PORSCHE 911 (4 1 pie oilier. Very low mileage. Accident free Showroom cond *****12 354 Proton For Sale BAN TECK HAN ENT. We Buy S Sell All Proton Models other Japanese cara 483-0000/ 481-3978 Mr Tan 03/t3 Iswara Aeroback I.SGL 03/93 Iswara I.3GL 4-dr 01/93
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        898 4 359 Subaru For Sale 12/ 90 SUBARU LEGACY IJOL Auto. Ist. owner. $61,500 neg Page owner: *****73. S/tl SUBARU JlO. 1 owner. Tax 4/"94. S/ rlms. Low mileage. Accident free Mint cond. Tel *****55 7/t0 LEGACY 2 2GX Parf $43,800 4 wheel drive. Nice no. Accessories. Accident free. Tel *****52
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        1022 4 362 Toyota For Sale NEAR 90 COROLLA 1 I BlattOSlWagon 1 owner, accident free tip-top cond $56,800 *****28 OCT. '88 TOYOTA Corolla 1.6 GL. Tax 3/94 Red Beautiful condition $46,800 Tel *****59 OCT. 89 TOYOTA Corona CD fully auto. 1 pU. owner. Asking for $61,500 0.n.0. Tel *****88. SPORTY 82
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        844 4 364 Volvo For Sale 9/88 VOLVO 740 .int.. 2S I'AKI $13k S/rlms cruise control. Good condition. Pr 318-6634 9/89 VOLVO 740QLT, auto. 2.3 CC PARK $43,700 Sunroof MainUln by SM Motor Well kept. *****11 93 VOLVO 400GLE 2 0 Fully auto. 1 owner, cond like new Under warranty *****85 1/89
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        915 4 374 Lorries For Sale i YONG CHUAN MOTOR TRADING BUY ft SELL ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TEL: 345-1777 (3 Line*) #81-27 Kalong Plaza (Oavid Lim) '93 Nissan Vanette 5-dr "03 Nissan cabsUr 10ft dlesel "92 Isuzu doublecab 10ft. dlesel •92 Fuso FK4ISM 6-ton box van "02 Canter FE444 16 ft. hood
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        890 4 382 Motorcycles/ Scooters Wanted WE OFFER HIGH cash price for any motor bike, scooUr. scramblers *****42 19 Upp Weld Rd 386 Vehicles Wanted TRUE NEWSI WE'RE tired of comparing prices but we assure the most satisfactory price you can get from us Cash on the spot/ extra higher/ 6 months
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        926 4 403 Houses For Rent (Diata 00-11) D.lO NCW LISTING OFF SIXTH AVENUE Beautiful 2-storey deUched Spacious 4-bdrm Family area servant's Patlo overlooking pool Lush greenery P/ furn. $14,500 SOEL 2SO-7777 GOOO VALUE FOR MONEYI 0.10 PINETREE CLUB. Huge 5+ 1. Very cosy, good size gdn $6000 D.lO HILLTOP BUNOLW. Lots
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        948 5 400 Property Financing j 400 Property Financing 400 Property Financing 400 Property Financing r m hr FREEZE-IT mmm m mm m MOUSING LOAN BY DBS FINANCf \L OP w* i ,vO W— Wt Freeze your housing loan rate at 5.25% p.a. (monthly rest) jts for 36 months to take full
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        221 5 Luxury living m thc heart of Singapore Service Apartments available m Orchard Road vicinity complete with swimming pool, sauna, free parking and house-keeping services. Our newly redecorated and fully equipped service apartments are now available for your guests m Singapore. Please call Leasing Office *****36 Fax *****73 No. 21 Leonie
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        410 5 NEW LUXURIOUS CONDOS. D.lO Dormer Pk. 1300- 2600 sq.ft. .illi Quiet. $4600- $8500 D.lO Pinawood 1600 sq.rt. :i 1. quiet, full facilities. $5300 D.lO Aatrid Maadowa 2100 sq.ft. 3*l. big balcony. $7000 0.10 Chataltl 1800 sq.ft. 3*l. Face pool. F/furn. $5500 D.ll Arcadia Gdn. 5000 sq.ft. 4 1. Best unit.
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        1663 5 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent j 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) w 3 I^ LEONIE CONDOTEL ■$8®m c I DELUXE SERVICED ARUniVIENreWTraRVNORA\nCSE^ k Leonie Condotel is endowed with a myriad
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        204 5 D.lO TAMAN SERASI 1400 sq ft 3 1. Beautifully renovated, furn $3000. Immediate ARN *****07 0.10 TANGLIN PK. Excellent facilities. 3 1. Majestic balcony. $4800 RCPL *****68/ *****76 D.lO THE ESTORIL 2000 sq ft I 1 rm. F/furn Pool. Convenient $5000 Jolly Ent. *****15/ *****12 D.lO 3 BDRM. 1600 sq
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        780 5 411 Apartments For Rent (Oists 09-11) RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT rti.ini.is W ilk Belmont R<> id Short term Immediate UtWB TANGLIN PARK 1690 sq It .i-l Mils Kull facilities Nice view Quiet P turn MM *****91 CHITANGLIN HILL CONOO. Upp mais 4 1 rms 1 lurn Airron [mmcd $6,500 neg Tel
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        705 6 412 Apartments For Rent (Dists 12-20) D.19 EASTERN LAGOON II 3 bdrms. Pool view. Immed Rent neg Daphne *****31 ERA. O 16 EASTERN LAGOON 1 studio, beautiful decor/ facing pool. Pg *****22,' Tel *****22 (agt.) D.19 SHORT/ LONG term Bayshore Pk. l-rm./ 2-rm Newly furn $2100/ $2800 *****71 Aim D.17
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        737 6 416 HDB Apartments For Rent HOB NEW 4-RM. Choa Chu Kang Central Next to MRT. Renovated. Unfurnished $750. *****00 NOB 1/ 2/3/4/5 nn avail In all areas with/ without owners occupying. 564-3454 P-Llnk HOB 5-RM. PASIR Rts. near MRT F/furn. Newly renovated. $1300 0.n.0. Tel *****71/ pg. *****27 HOLLANO ROAD
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        666 6 418 Rooms For Rent FURN. RMS. MCNAIR/ Telok Blangah/ Bishan/ AM. Klo. Indian owner 289-2647 Agt. 2 pm. FURNISHED RM. AT Buklt Batok for single or couple. Price $250--$350. No cooking. Call *****83 IMMEDIATE RMS. AVAILABLE. In any areas. Nice friendly owners. To view *****28/ *****18 AX INOIAN FAMILY HAS
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        966 6 427 Houses For Sale (Dists 09-11) D.lO BIN TONG PK. Cosily renovated bunglw *****/ 5000 sq ft Squarish land. Pool/ gdn. Quiet. 0.10 NAMLY brand new d/storey detached 7000 sq ft Elevated squarish land. Nicely designed. BINJAI PK VICINITY. Renovated d/storey detached. Nice squarish land 6000 sq ft. Big gdn
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        998 6 428 Houses For Sale (Dists 12-20) D.17 S/STOREY SEMI-D. 4300 sq fl .i-i rms. Nice squarish land. F'hold. $1 18 M neg A&G *****11 D.lB ELIAS TERR. Brand new 3storey Inter terr. 1650/ 2500 sq ft. s*l. TOP soon *****03 agt. JH D.19 HIGHLAHO TERR. 2 yrs. 3 storey Inter,
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        898 6 430 Houses For Sale 430 Houses For Sale (Mixed Dists) (Mixed Dists) The Number One Choce for a housing Loan c Attractive Housing Loan rates on Monthly Rest Same attractive interest rates for Bridging Loan Attractive repayment scheme up to 30 years Full use of CPF Savings for purchase and
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        809 6 437 Private Apts For Sale (Diata 09-11) D.lO DORMER PK. 1270 1668 1690/ 2540 sq.ft. 3/3+l/4 1 new Best units. Colossians *****91 0.10 OUCHESS CT. Lower mats Tenanted $6,800/ $1.5 M. 3-1. 2.700 sq ft. Eastwest *****92 D.lO FARRER CT. no obstruction, nice layout, facilities, sell near valuation 1770 sq.ft.
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        1066 6 438 Private Apts For Sale (Dists 12-20) O.IS CANDEVILLE (OFF Still Rd.) brand new, 1227 sq.ft. 3 1 rms Best unit Price neg *****18 DW O.IS EQUATORIAL 2411 sq ft 4 1 Full condo facilities Reasonable price Tel *****64 agt D.IS FLAMINGO VALLEY 2-bdrm Tenanted- 12/95. F'hold. Facilities. S62OK neg
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        985 6 j 442 Private Apts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) BUY/ RENT APTS. In Ml 10 il. 15. 16, 17. 20.26 wanted by expats foreign clients Rent: $2,500 $15,000 Sale $500,000 S3 million Owners pls call *****68 (5 lines) ELMIRA HGTS/ LINCOLN Lodge/ Newton Pt./ Dunearn Gdn Orangeford/ Rlvershlre/ The Regalia/ West Peak/
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        954 6 456 HDB Apts For Sale (Bt. Panjang/ Choa Chu Kang) PANORAMIC. IMPRESSIVE 5 1;' blk Bt Panjang Ring Rd No blockage, well renovated, windy. Chinese not eligible, low cash Musl sell Supra *****06 ERA 2 UNITS (NEXT door) exec apt. Bt Panjang F/renovated. No blockage Amenities Must view to offer'
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        816 7 446 Property Auction 446 Property Auction Data 24 Fefanitry 1994, Thwutay Time 2_3opm| j Yeaue Mm View jtffcM Hotel, 2nd Sty, Maple Rm, Anson fld AUCTION OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY AT 39 CAIRNHILL CIRCLE, S 0922 Type: 2-sty corner terrace house with an attic Land Area: 462.2 sqm/4,975 sqft Title: Estate
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        414 7 469 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) 4-RM. NG YISHUN Blk 227 V renovated, low flr. $170,000. Agt. 344-6002/ 217-5864 4-RM YISHUN BLK 782. f/furn. Renovated, well kept. Low flr. Amenities Lloyd Prop. *****43 470 HDB Apts For Sale (Other Estates) ■•ROPE RTV 3-RM Bendemeer Road 45 3-RM Clementi Aye 4
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        772 7 470 HDB Apts For Sale 470 HDB Apts For Sale (Other Estates) (Other Estates) Resale/ ink Loans for Purchase or Renovation of HDB Resale Flats G Up to $100,000 financing i Up to 8 years loan tenor G Interest rate at 8% p.a. (Annual Rest) All you need is a
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        801 7 472 HDB Apartments Wanted (Rent/ Buy) ALL AREAS HOB FLATS WANTEO o Commission 1% o Buyers willing to wait long o Free valuation report o Cash m advance arrangeabie o PR buyers India. M'sia. China o Highest price guaranteed o Financial difficulties to sell o HDB Specialist, lmmed. service o
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        643 7 474 Factory Space For Sale PRIME INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES NEAR REDHILL MRT fty wareh'se for sale' lease Land 7800--built m 5000 sq.ft Suit engrg printing, food. etc. Sale lease MACPHERSON ENBLOC SALE. Built m 24.000 sq.ft High celling with 2-storey off. Compound for 20-25 cars. Ideal fabrication etc. PAYA LEBAR detached
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        486 7 476 Factory Space Wanted CITIMAC COMPLEX 2800 mj [t warehouse I off $1 70 p.s.f Amenities Eastwest 469-1992 478 Warehouses/ Storages Space JURONG S/storey built m 7UUO 9000 *****/ ***** *****/ ***** *****0 sq ft for .lie lease Ideal all appliances, auto machinery spares, consumer, food, hardware, office equipment, chemicals
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        587 7 481 Office Space 481 Office Space 481 Office Space For Rent For Rent For Rent FOR LEASE V^Si An intelligent 25-storey office tower to be augmented later with two 8-storey industrial blocks. With all the amenities and facilities that only a state-of-the-art complex can have. And nestled m a favourable
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        540 7 481 Office Space For Rent OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Located at 21 Moonstone Lane #06-01 Poh Leng Bldg. Singapore 1232 (Omoilli Berangooa Koad I- ire Station 1.530 sqft Furniture it fittings inclusive Available as ol May 1. 1994 Interested parties please I .ill Patrick at 2 9 8 2 608
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        1103 8 487 Shop Space 487 Shop Space 487 Shop Space For Rent For Rent For Rent ■^^^^^^^^^UPPAGEPUZ^^2BOtn46^qf^B FOR LEASE far east plaza 323/592 sqn II FAR EAST SHPG CTR 484/6215 sqft I T»T»TWT? GINZAPLAZA 644t***** sqft- rKIMc GOLDEN LANDMARK 194t***** sqft LUCKY CHINATOWN 238/334 sqft f inPATTHM LUCKY PLAZA 258 to
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        597 8 506 Free Easy Travel 506 Free A Eaty Travel 506 Free A Eaay Travel FLIGHT STA\.^m^» FREE transfer aervice from your home to Changr^VjjC'V^' Airport and limousine bus between Narita Airport -^l x*a t\ US 0 and the ANA Hotel Tokyo 0\ VI HTS Duilvbreakfitat COMPLIMENTARY Japan telephone card J
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        529 10 710 Professional/ 710 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions J— An International Financial Company seeks applicants —J J— for the posts of: —J W— Requirements: —W GCE 'A' level and above Outspoken with excellent communication skills W m— Result-oriented with good leadership qualities r jpl»llHlfl*M*4Jsllh_lW*ti| H Requirements: m 2— GeE 'OVA'
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        378 10 715 Art/ Creative Positions We need enthusiastic, creative independent people to Join us as GRAPHIC DESIGNERS 1 year experience Knowledge of Pagemaker Interested please call 291-3412 720 IT Positions |9p Inchcape Male or Female GCE ft ICT Level No experience required, an the job training provided Operate IBM mini-system A
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        846 10 710 Professional/ 710 Professional/ 710 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Positions World Index Intarnational Qroup has vacanciaa In its H financial institution for tha positions off: aa Bit flu fl H H _Km Requirements: i -fc- GCE 0' level, GCE N' level or Secondary I Requirements. standard Degree Holder/Diploma/GCE
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        521 10 730 Secretarial/ Clerical 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions [iSI ROBINSON JiNjM GROUP QF COMB\NIES L^' ""'l^.J Robinsons. John Little. St Michael The Robinson Group of Companies is o successful ond established Group of department stores since 1 840 UUe are now looking for the right candidates to join our support
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        620 10 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions >^^SKHFt ARIES ****m****m***M*r**m P«o»l«'s Part $1500 1800 LCCH-gher Pse. W.star&WP mr 2 yrs exp m travel industry Ayer Rj|ah :S day SHOO A LCCI Higher F/set 0 MacPherson Jurong $1200 w 1-2 yrs exp. partial a/cs Orchard $900 A o level a/cs training provided Lor Chuan
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        558 11 730 Secretarial/ Clerical 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions Ucastron THE LEADING LUBRICANT SPECIALIST I SENIOR ACCOUNTS I CLERK -I CASTROL SINGAPORE, the first SS ISO 9001 Certified Company, has vacancy for the above position. Candidates should Kave the following: *S GCE 'O' or 'A' level with LCCI Intermediate m Accounting
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        517 11 730 Secretarial/ Clerical I 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Poaitions Positions Our company it looking for suitable applicanta to (ill Iho following poaitiona 1. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT IA'CI Intermediate or Higher 3 years experience handling (ull set accounts preferably ln a computerised environment Able lo start work Immediately 2. SECRETARY Cum ADMIN. ASSISTANT
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        309 11 ACCOUNTS CLERK ($1150) Mln. 3 'O' credits Including Maths CBS good accounting grades 2 years experience In accounts payable Female age 20 28 STOCK CHECKERS ($829) Mln. Sec.3 Physlcally fit, strong St alert Female, age 18 25 5-day week for all posts. Interested please walk-In with certificates trom 3pm to
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        732 11 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions FEMALE CLERK Ov 'N' Level with pass In Eng Si Maths •s Knowledge of Lotus 123 Some experience Apply personaly at 136/ 138 Neil Rd. Ask for Ms. Santhl GENERAL CLERK Experience needed Knowledge of computer Walk-In interview at: No. 9A Trengganu SI. Tel: *****66 LOOKING
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        663 11 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions FEMALE CLERK REQUIRED with Secondary education it some experience Call *****43. FEMALE DATA ENTRY Clerks Good typing I Lotus $IK AM. Klo Adele. *****42 FEMALE SALES CLERK ln Übl Chinese/ O' level/ typing 35 wpm $1000 Tel *****96 GENERAL CLERK URGENTLY required Pls call *****03 Blk
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        771 11 740 Sales Positions 740 Sates Positions A A rapidly expanding financial servite* < ompany would M like to fill the following position*: J I^^^^^^^^"^^^^^^^^^^^ j A Attractive remuneration package mj Ist year $24K and above A v j 5-day work week w I Excellent opportunities for career advancement with f
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        227 11 WE ARE LOOKING for promoters for household appliances at local departmental stores Interested enquire. Pg *****54 Mr Llm TEMP. SALES PROMOTER required for luggage at dept. store. Pay St commission. Tel. *****88 745 Technical Positions The management of a newly St extensively refurbished large commercial complex In Singapore invites suitably
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        669 12 745 Technical Positions j 745 Technical Positions 745 Technical Positions 1 I •flf* Slngmporm Prmmm Holding* Ltd As one of the region's largest publishers of newspapers m Malay, Chineseand English, popular period icalsand magazines, we know exactly how exciting the publishing business is. Now you can be part of this
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        472 12 745 Technical Positions 745 Technical Positions llf Established Medical Equipment co. has immediate vacancy for: NTC 2 or Diploma m Electronics Expenence m electro-optics preferred Overseas training will be considered for the right candidate j Able to correspond m English j Possess own transport Age below 30 Please call 744
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        291 12 750 Production Positions Mm Sec education Singaporean/PR only Shift allowance $8.00 per day Transport attendance allowances Interested, please call or walk In for interview The Personnel Department AVX/Kyocera (S) Pte Ltd 39A Jalan Pemimpin #07-00 TAL Building 5(2057) Tel: *****09/514 KALLANG FEMALE OPERATORS c 7am.-7pm. $55 +51 c 9pm.-7am. $62
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        667 12 758 Store/ Inventory Positions Established trading company requires: STORE ASSISTANT Age 23 to 40, Chinese speaking Preferably with some store experience Salary $900 to $1000 Please apply personally: 49 Jln. Pamimpin, #05-09 APS Induatrial Building Singapora 2057 Tal: 258 2064 STORE SUPERVISORS. Mandarin speaking, age below 40 $1K neg. Jurong.
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        733 12 760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 760 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions I 9_9 j! SINCAPORE Wo havo immediate vacancies for tno following positions: ■s(4^TNBWusrj77MiTri'T''f!l3'TT^B mmT mm »TU (Malaysian applicants must have at least 6 SPM credits). Please fax, write In or walk-In for an interview during office hours to: The Personnel
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        647 12 790 Part-Time/ Temporary Positions Hf A DAY! PROD/GEN WORKER Call or See Us Todayl *****48 Int I PlazaJ PT»ART TIME^I JOB AVAILABLE!! We are looking lor hardworking and ambitious personnel to join us m our rewarding career. Business Personnel, Retirees and Housewives are also weicome. Flexible working hours. Monthly Income
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        543 12 795 Other Positions A wall aalabliahad S axpanding Engmeenng S C handling Company m Pandan Loop haa vacanciaa for dynamic A dediceted paraonnal* lo join our worklorca immadiataty. 1) SALES ENGINEERS Diploma m any discipline uf Marine Engineering Self-sttrter with at least 2 years sales/ marketing experience A flair for
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        675 13 795 Other Positions 795 Other Positions Leading desk top publishing Printing House invites applicants fur the following posts: EXPERIENCED OFFSET PRINTING OPERATORS Salary $1000 $1200 p.m. excluding O'T OFFSET PRINTING APPRENTICES Training provided Salary from $750 $900 p.m. exculdlng O/T BOOK BINDERS Salary from $700 $1000 p.m excluding O/T DESPATCH
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        308 13 CLINIC ASSISTANT with experience required by a clinic m Tampines New Town. Call Mdm Leong tel. *****07 after 1030 am. CLINIC NURSE REQUIRED for Woodlands Medical Centre Tel: 269 8888. FLOAT TEAM CLEANERS wanted urgently. Must be able to run machines Good pay Pg 400-BE6O FULL/ PART-TIME FEMALE Clinic Assts.
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        1306 13 Monday to Friday 8.30 am to s:3opm (spm deadline for next day: fax orders 4pm) Saturday 9.00 am to 2.00pm (11.30 am deadline for Sunday: fax orders ll:OOam) Public Holiday 9.30 am to I.oopm TIMES HOUSE: NEWS CENTRE: 390 Kirn Song Rd, 5(0923) 82 Genting Laos, 5(1334) Monday to Friday:
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        939 13 DFJ DLJF KLDSJF LKDF DKLF PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY I TENDER NOTICE I Tenders are invited for: I UNDERGROUND CABLES I Tender No: PO/2.053(8) I SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STRANDED I COPPER CONDUCTORS XLPE/SWA/PVC I POWER CABLES I (ADVERTISED ON 28 JAN 94) I Cost of Document $10.00 I Closing
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        608 13 mm CIDB i 1 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD fTENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the:SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND TESTING OF MACINTOSH, VAX AND IBM COMPUTER NETWORKS AT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING INSTITUTE AT BRADDELL ROAD Tender No CIDB OT 71/94 Showround Date 15 February 1994 Time 10.00 am Meeting Place Board
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        1277 13 f m W SINGAPORE TOURIST jg& PROMOTION BOARD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for: (A) PRINTING OF 1994/95 TRAVEL AGENTS MANUAL Tender No STPB/M-01/94 Eligibility CPO/STA/10 Financial Limit $500,000 (S4) (B) PRINTING OF THANK YOU CARDS ENVELOPES Tender No STPB/M^)2/94 Eligibility CPO/STA/10 Financial Limit $50,000 (Si) (C) V-LIB LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
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        379 14 The Straits Times W*J J kmW I i' ■tmify I m j AT tM kmmt^^^^ m mm^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mmmmtmmmmMtm MCm CARSEM (M) SDN. BHD. To support our aggresive growth plan, with the completion of CtWTSem (M) Sdn Bhd is another new building providing a manufacturing floor space of 63,000 sq ft., we
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        584 14 Our Electronic Publishing Division which provides news and information via the latest on-line and voice technologies has the following vacancy m its Audiotex Section: The Job Operate and maintain the audiotex and PABX systems Write Dbase programmes for processing data Perform documentation and housekeeping duties The Requirements Minimum GCE O'
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        240 14 A distributor of high-tech industrial equipment 1 1 1 has vacancy for the post of: I Basic Requirements: GCE 'A or 'O' level Able to work independently correspond with overseas distributors and customers Fluent m Mandarin English You should be m your late 20's or 30's Job: Co-ordinate export orders
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        345 14 tm) TRAMM Singapore CAREERS An immediate vacancy exists for the position of Accounting Officer with the following qualifications: Diploma m Accounting or equivalent Relevant working experience Pleasant personality and able to work independently Familiar with computer softwares such as ACCPAC, Lotus and Excel Knowledge of shipping and banking documents Duties
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