The Straits Times, 15 January 1996

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY JANUARY 15, 1996 60 CENTS MITA (P) 047/12/95
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    Lock icon EU seeks new trade agenda at summit
    612 1 Asia-Europe meeting should open dialogue on values BRUSSELS A landmark Asia-Europe meeting (Asem) m March m Bangkok should attempt to plot an ambitious new round of world trade liberalisation and open a new era of political dialogue between the two continents, according to
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    Lock icon Taxmen's morning walk to new home
    345 1 MORE than 200 officers from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore gave up their Sunday morning sleep-in yesterday to walk 6 km from their old office m Fullerton Building to their new building. They were flagged off at Bam by Iras commissioner Koh Yong
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    Lock icon Here come the flushing brides
    141 1 I do's m the 100 TAICHUNG (Taiwan) Eight Taiwanese couples got married yesterday inside a luxurious US$l million (S$l.4S million) public lavatory that one of the couples had designed and built Bride Chlu Chlu-kuel designed the toilets, set m a public park m the central
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    Gotong-royong spirit 'alive among Malay-Muslims'
    559 1 BG Lee: More help for community justified They have fostered a sense of confidence m the community, a climate where problems are discussed openly and tackled rationally, and a forward-looking attitude which is essential for coping with the challenges ahead.' BG Lee on how the
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      95 1 Muslims pay respect to loved ones: Page 25 The Golden Pillow, which ends tonight, has scored many firsts. It has netted TCS $10 million. J KEEPS YOU HEALTHY C lS^2^\ HVM Beiklin is packed bl «-:iiri IW with 24 vitamins/ ij BEII^H.; > 3^ minerals/amino acids. 24 CAPSULES /i7i/iyiV^-» A
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon China prepares new laws to control religion
      444 2 'Severe crackdown' on those who use it to split nation Register all places of worship. Deal with difficult religious problems. Cultivate young patriotic religious preachers. BEIJING China will beef up its arsenal of religious laws so that religion cannot be used against socialism
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      Handphone, pager numbers may be retained under new system
      425 2  -  Tammy Tan By TAS to decide on acility by mid-year SINGAPOREANS using handphones or pagers may be able to retain their numbers even when they switch operators m future, if the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) decides to introduce the number
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      Lock icon Cyclist killed along PIE
      242 2 A BANGLADESHI worker died after his bicycle was involved m an accident with a car along the Pan Island Expressway yesterday morning. Mr Mohammed Shalil Miah, 44, was cycling along the expressway towards Changi Airport at about 10.50 am when the accident happened, just before the
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      Labour chief cites challenges ahead
      563 3  -  Chua Lee Hoong By Unions must be relevant and 'of value' to workers LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday spelt out the challenges ahead for the labour movement following Singapore's elevation to developed nation status. He cited economic trends which would affect unions, including the
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      Lock icon India to export mass-produced, short-range missile: Report
      273 3 NEW DELHI India wants to mass-produce and export a controversial short-range missile m defiance of intense US pressure to scrap its missile programme, a newspaper has reported. The surface-to-surface Prithvi (Earth) missile, which had undergone several user trials, had been listed by the
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      Lock icon Factory fire causes $20m in damages
      196 3 Five-hour blaze at Benoi Place A FIRE at a factory at Benoi Place m Jurong on Saturday night caused about $20 million m damages. No one was injured. But the blaze was put out only after 60 firemen spent five hours battling with it.
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      Close PAP-NTUC ties have 'changed Singapore in one generation'
      388 3 Close PAP-NTUC ties have 'changed Singapore in one generation' THE close relationship between the People's Action Party and the NTUC has transformed Singapore m one generation, labour chief Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. Noting that the PAP Government had also involved employers m this partnership, he described all three as
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      Lock icon Manila Senate panel 'yes' to paternity leave Bill
      119 3 MANILA A Philippine Senate committee has approved a proposed law granting married men paternity leave with pay "to provide a comforting presence" to their wives during childbirth. Senator Ernesto Herrera, disclosing this yesterday, said the Bill gave husbands m the private and
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      718 2 THINGS Iwrsgss ITEENS and [grannies how dose .are they? I Mai TheßusinessTimes Temasek Holdings In USsloom Investment venture ♦With two of Asia's most powerful corporate players m tow, the government investment company will seek to invest m the region's promising young companies. Where's the stock market headed? ♦A sampling of
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      424 3 #hat Things In life are Worth The Wait? Your perfect partner OMC3B l^tete The perfect home environment Your dream home It is said that the good things lifestyle standards for HD3 homes. So aren't you glad you haven't m life are worth the wait. Aith sleek, elegant lines that decided
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Whitewater probe to be extended
      468 4 Republican move will push investigations well into presidential election year WASHINGTON In a move sure to fuel accusations of partisanship, congressional Republicans will announce this week that they intend to extend the tenure of the Senate Whitewater Committee beyond its Feb 29 expiration date, pushing
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      Lock icon French govt hushed up Champs Elysees bomb attack: Report
      319 4 PARIS A small bomb went off on Paris' Champs Elysees avenue late on Dec 30 but police kept the incident secret to avoid causing panic before New Year's Eve, the weekly Le Journal dv Dimanche said yesterday. The blast, on the
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      Lock icon No bone of Contention this time
      53 4 FRENCH Prime Minister Alain Juppe walking past a display of whale bones on Saturday at Bordeaux's Natural History Museum, where he inaugurated a new exhibition. He was caught m a crunch recently between plans to reduce France's deficit and striking: 1 unions which opposed
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      Lock icon Republicans eyeing White House trade barbs in televised debate
      430 4 JOHNSTON (Iowa) Nine Republican US presidential candidates traded barbs m a televised debate at the weekend, with frontrunner Bob Dole taking some blows but magazine magnate Steve Forbes bearing the brunt of the attacks. The debate, sponsored by the Des Moines
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      Lock icon Aussie opposition 'can win election by 30 – 40 seats'
      392 7 Aussie opposition 'can win election by 30 40 seats' Only 44% would vote Labor: Poll Three policy areas critical to election outcome The Economy Employment Health system SYDNEY Australia's conservative opposition currently has enough voter support to score a landslide victory over the ruling Labor Party m a general election,
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      Lock icon Minister promises pension for Walesa
      277 7 Or he may go back to shipyard 'He must earn money to support the family.' Mrs Danuta Walesa, wife of former Polish President Lech Walesa (above), who wants to return to his old shipyard. WARSAW Poland's Labour Minister has promised a pension for Mr Lech
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      Lock icon Blair praises Thatcher but says she is locked in the past
      361 7 LONDON Opposition Labour leader Tony Blair yesterday praised Lady Margaret Thatcher for making a "big and gutsy" speech about the future of Britain's beleaguered government but said she was locked m the past. Mr Blair, opinion-poll favourite to be
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      Internet can be like a drug: Psychologist
      122 7 LONDON The Internet can have the same effect on the mind as drags and may even cause family break-ops, it is claimed by a psychologist He was Investigating evidence that the worldwide Information network can give users a "cocaine-like rush*', The Dally Mall
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        Lock icon SHARKS AHOY
        51 7 Large sharks were moving closer to Australia's East Coast to hunt their tuna-fish prey, a fishing expert said yesterday after a 4m shark sank a small launch. Shark catcher Ted Hollis said a number of large sharks were following bigger-than-average tuna schools nearer to the coast this year.
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        65 7 British miners' leader Arthur Scargill announced on Saturday that he was forming a new Socialist Labour party, which would be "as red as red can be". He said the party would come into being on May 1 on a platform of re-nationalisation of industry, free health care and
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        Lock icon LANKAN MOVES
        34 7 Sri Lankan security forces were moving more soldiers into the island's east at Batticaloa, ahead of a major offensive against jungle bases of rebel guerillas, defence officials m Colombo said yesterday.— AFP
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        Lock icon TOURISTS UP
        57 7 Northern Ireland saw a 68-per-cent rise m the number of holidaymakers m the first year of peace after guerilla ceasefires m 1994, tourist officials said on Saturday. But a survey commissioned by the Northern Ireland tourist board found visitors complaining of a lack of public toilets, litter and
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        81 7 High spirits explained the nocturnal goings-on at a Catholic school where teacher Brother Cyril would storm into the dormitory and sink his teeth into the buttocks of recalcitrant schoolboys, a court heard at the weekend m Winchester, England. Brother Cyril, 56, who Is charged with indecent behaviour, told
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        46 7 Thousands of companies and shops m the Gulf emirate of Dubai were readying to put their goods on sale during the Middle East's biggest shopping festival scheduled for Feb 15. The festival was expected to woo nearly 1.5 million local and foreign visitors. AFP
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      Lock icon Chechen gunmen ignore deadline to free hostages
      427 8 Russia seeks to avert showdown OUTSIDE PERVOMAISKOYE (Russia) Chechen gunmen defied a Russian ultimatum to release dozens of hostages yesterday, raising the stakes m a five-day-old stand-off m southern Russia. Russia's state security service extended a 10 am deadline to try to avert
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      Lock icon India's poor reminds Chretien of his past
      259 8 1 come from a family of 19 children I know what poverty is.' Prime Minister Chretien. CANADIAN Prime Minister Jean Chretien chatting with two boys who greeted him on his arrival at New Delhi's Bhanwar Singh Camp with a dance yesterday. Dressed casually,
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      Lock icon Palestinian police foil Abu Nidal terror campaign
      342 8 GAZA CITY (Gaza Strip) Palestinian police have captured members of the radical Abu Nidal group who were preparing an assassination and bombing campaign against the autonomous territories, officials said yesterday. A spokesman for Palestinian security chief Ainin alHindi said a group of Abu
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      Lock icon 60 teen deaths from designer drug since 80s
      547 9 *You realise that Ecstasy isn't worth the dance with death.' Girl who almost died LONDON Ecstasy, the designer drug of Britain's rave culture, is now believed to have killed at least 60 people with teenagers spurning warnings that they are "dancing with
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      Lock icon Free holiday? I'm sticking to walks
      114 9 WHEN the holiday offer arrived, It was packed with creature comforts: A sun- and fun-filled week m Orlando home of the Disney World theme park followed by a luxurious four-day cruise to the Bahamas. The Dally Mail reported that on Jan 4, the lady
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      Lock icon IRA political wing eases position on disarmament
      318 9 DUBLIN Irish and British officials said on Saturday that Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, had shown a new flexibility m recent days that could end the impasse m the Northern Ireland peace effort. The officials said that Sinn
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      Lock icon Govt plans nationwide blitz on drugs
      407 9 SYDNEY The Australian authorities are formulating a national plan to crack down on the increasing use of the designer drug Ecstasy, which has claimed five lives m the past year with the latest death last week. Police and health officials said that although the
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      Lock icon Colombian prison chief gunned down near Cali
      134 10 BOGOTA Gunmen killed the director of a maximum-se-curity prison late on Saturday near Colombia's south-west city of Call, headquarters of the powerful Call drug cartel, said the authorities. Justice Minister Carlos Medellin, speaking m an interview with the Caracol radio network, said Ms
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      Lock icon Impose taxes on activities that harm environment, govts urged
      410 10 WASHINGTON A Wash-ington-based research group has urged governments to switch taxes on income to levies on activities harming the environment, warning that the world was becoming less able to support its population. Falling grain stocks, rising food prices and huge increases
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Meticulous Mitterrand
        12 10 picture. Mr Mitterrand: Stopped taking all drags except painkillers. File
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        Lock icon He prepared for his death and even chose the day
        146 10 PARIS Former President Francois Mitterrand prepared meticulously for the end of his life and even chose the day of his death, friends and associates said. Saturday last, Mr Mitterrand, who suffered from prostate cancer, asked Dr Jean-Pierre Tarot what would
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        Lock icon From mayor to sweeper
        108 10 BUENOS AIRES An Argentine small-town councillor who lost her seat was given new duties as a street sweeper by the winners of the election. Ms Alcira Florentin de Yelem of the Peronist Party started sweeping the streets of Wanda last Monday, wearing a sign around her
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        Lock icon Bush joins Quayle centre
        84 10 Bush joins Quay le centre WASHINGTON Former President George Bush has just become a paying member of the Dan Quayle Centre and Museum m Huntington, Indiana. The Bushes gave "significantly more" than the basic US$3O (Ss42) family membership rate. The centre's latest exhibit, "The Spoiling Life", features Mr Quayle's Little
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        166 10 Meanwhile ROCKER HURT: Stephen Stills of the rock group Crosby, Stills and Nash was hospitalised after he slipped and hurt himself m his hotel bathroom m Durban, South Africa, on Saturday. REEVE'S OFFER: Actor Christopher Reeve, who suffered a horseback-riding accident last year, has offered his name to a proposed
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        47 10 *I don't believe you will encounter I anyone smoking our shoes anytime soon.' Adidas America president Steve Wynne, responding to criticism by US anti-narcotics chief Lee Brown that the company's latest line of The Hemp" shoes glorifies drug culture by capitalising on the street term for marijuana.
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      Lock icon Pope urges immediate global ban on nuclear weapons
      210 12 Pope urges immediate global ban on nuclear weapons picture. VATICAN CITY In a stern speech to the international community, Pope John Paul II has called for a global ban "without delay" on the proliferation and testing of all nuclear weapons. In a "state of the world" speech, m French, to
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      UN watchdog acts to expose secret N-weapons projects
      628 12  - UN watchdog acts to expose secret N- weapons projects R. Senthilnathan By In Vienna The proposed new monitoring techniques include: Monitoring by way of checks on the environment near suspected sites. Scientists could analyse soil, water and vegetation samples for minute amounts of material arising from nuclear facilities. Immediate transmission
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      Lock icon Polls fever goes to his head
      110 12 A YOUNG Portuguese announces his preference by plastering his face with the name of former conservative Premier Anibal Cavaco Sllva during a rally on Saturday. Voters went to the polls yesterday to elect a president to succeed the hugely popular Mario Soares who most
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      Lock icon Bahrain summons cleric over unrest
      275 12 MANAMA Bahrain had summoned a Muslim Shi'ite cleric opposition leader and seven others and warned them to stop using mosques to fan anti-government riots or face legal action, said officials. 'Today the Interior Ministry summoned Sheikh AbdelAmir al-Jamri and seven other persons with him," a
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      Lock icon US to play bigger role in settling Muslim-Croat disputes
      533 13 ZAGREB The presidents of the United States and Croatia have agreed to a bigger American role m mediating the growing number of disputes between Bosnian Croats and Muslims which threatens to derail the fragile peace process m the Balkans. The agreement
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      2 mental patients committed murder when returned to the community
      357 13  - 2 mental patients committed murder when returned to the community Neville Stack Blow for British health-care programm By m London BRITISH Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has conceded shortfalls m an official health-care programme for mental patients, under which they are allowed to return to the community, after two such patients
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      Lock icon Police seize deranged man 'out to kill Queen Elizabeth'
      198 13 LONDON Police Intercepted a mentally-de-ranged man armed with a large knife and apparently Intending to kill queen Elizabeth, the third incident of a potential threat to members of the royal family In days, the Sunday Express reported. Timothy Bevan, 42, was
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      Lock icon Judge blocks New Mexico buffalo hunt
      200 13 SANTA FE (New Mexico) A US federal judge has blocked a controversial buffalo hunt planned on a US military base following protests by local American Indians and animal-rights activists. Judge Martha Vasquez issued a 10-day injunction on Friday halting the hunt and will hold
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      Musicians' instruments give them away
      144 13 LONDON Musicians' character traits can be linked to the instruments they play, say psychologists. Brass players, for example, tend to be boisterous and outgoing, while string sections are said to be more serious. Woodwind players are seen as intelligent and introverted while percussionists are. fun-loving
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon These swimmers don't have cold feet
      53 15 picture. A WOMAN holding a coat for a participant of a winter swim as they get psyched up for the dive into the icy water m Beijing yesterday. More than 4M, aged six to 75, swam 50 m In a local reservoir m the
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      Lock icon Don't lend masterpieces to US: Protesters
      186 15 TAIPEI More than 200 Taiwanese, including a presidential candidate and a vice-presidential candidate, took part m a protest yesterday to urge the island's largest museum not to lend 400 of its masterpieces to the United States. Sitting on the steps of the Chiang Kai-shek
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      Lin-Hau team set to challenge Teng-hui in polls
      385 15  -  Yap Gee Poh Chen- Wang team gets 400,000 signatures By FORMER Kuomintang stalwarts Lin Yang-kang and Hau Pei-tsun collected the signatures of more than 660,000 eligible voters and were certain to challenge President Lee Teng-hui m the island's first-ever direct presidential election
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      140 15 Burger ad withdrawn after complaints HONGKONG An Advertisement for McDonald's hamburger chain has been withdrawn after parents complained that it set a bad example by encouraging children to lie to their parents. Press reports said on Saturday that parents were outraged over scenes showing a child lying to his mother
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      Lock icon Taiwan 'promoting two Chinas, undermining talks'
      261 15 SOURCES m Beijing accused Taipei of continuing to engage m activities to promote "two Chinas" and of undermining the basis for talks between the two sides. 'Taiwan's re-establishment of ties with Senegal and the recent stopover m the United States by its Vice-President U
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      Harry Wu in HK'to gather book material'
      137 15 HONGKONG American human-rights activist Harry Wu, expelled from China last year for spying, is iw Hongkong to collect information for a book he is writing on his imprisonment m China, according to a local newspaper report yesterday. "I don't intend going into China
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      31 17 picture. Shuttle Commander Brian Duffy (toft) and Japanese astronaut Koich! Wakata and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (right) exchanging greetings daring the video hook-up on Saturday. Reuter
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      188 17 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, on the US space shuttle Endeavour, successfully retrieved a Japanese satellite from its orbit on Saturday. Officials of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said that Mr Wakata used a 15-m robot arm to snare
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      186 17 KOBE Cash-strapped Kobe would soon stop financial aid for victims of the city's massive earthquake last year, a newspaper said yesterday. The Kobe Shimbun daily said the city had taken the decision as the central government was scheduled to end emergency funds
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      453 17 Equipment part of $6.4 b Geneva deal PUSAN (South Korea) The first shipload of equipment for use m the construction of two light-water nuclear reactors m North Korea left the South Korean port of Pusan yesterday. The equipment is part of a US$4.5-billion
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      371 17 Defence likely to argue that bribes were 'traditional donations' SEOUL The bribery trial of jailed former President Roh Tae Woo is scheduled to resume today with the cross-ex-amination of Roh and 14 other defendants, most of them top businessmen. Newspapers said yesterday that
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        57 17 A teenage baby-sitter was locked m a storage closet for six days by a couple, the Shanghai Evening News reported. Shanxi province police said the couple, who claimed Mao Yinjuan, 14, stole a ring, hit her with sticks and also stabbed her with a screwdriver. Police found her
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        71 17 An additional 100 terra-cot ta warriors (above) and traces of construction of the pit for the terra-cotta figures have been discovered m the world-renowned Museum of Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses. Among the rare finds are warriors on horseback, shooting warriors and a carriage with four warriors, the first
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        48 17 An electronics component company m Hongkong was robbed of about HK$l.5 million (*****,000) worth of electronic components on Saturday morning. Three robbers disguised as delivery men tied up a proprietress and hit an employee on the head before escaping with 30 cartons of integrated circuits. Xinhua
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        46 17 A month-long blitz on rats will be launched today m Hongkong to reduce the number of rodents ahead of the Year of the Rat. A government spokesman said peatcontrol teams would step up checks on backianes, refuse collection points, hawker areas and markets. AFP
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        62 17 Two men from a Shanghai cosmetics company have been arrested for illegally detaining the company's product quality inspector Changning District authorities said that the two and a third man broke into Mr Tang Shangxian's house last month and beat him up for allegedly damaging the interests and reputation
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        35 17 province, offers more than 40 kinds of goods and services for the handicapped. Mr Jin Yongxing, who lost his left arm in an accident, also plans to set up a help hotline. Xinhua
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      344 19 KANCHANABURI A Buddhist monk has confessed to robbing and murdering a British woman tourist who went missing last month, Thai police said yesterday. A decomposed body, identified by police as that of English woman Johanne Masheder, was found m a ravine near a Buddhist
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      484 19  -  Sinfah Tunsarawuth By m Bangkok THAILAND will approach foreign manufacturers of aircraft engines to set up their repair centres m the country as part of the government's initiatives to expand the civilaviation industry. Mr Srisook Chandrangsu, director-general of the Transport and Communications
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      345 19 BANGKOK A senior United States official has said that while Washington will have no hesitation m supplying Thailand with F/A-18 Hornet jet fighters, the sale of certain advanced missile systems to South-east Asian countries might lead to a regional arms
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      247 19 JAKARTA The Indonesian military (Abri) has pledged not to use force to win the release of hostages, including seven foreigners, held captive by rebels m the easternmost province of Irian Jaya, reports said yesterday. "The Trikora military command will continue
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      33 19 picture THAI Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa surrounded by children dressed m police a army uniforms on Children's Day at the National Stadium m Bangkok on Saturday. The Sunday Post
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      488 20 US wants Yangon to extradite drug lord Khun Sa We have never bothered to ask for his extradition because he was always out of bounds. But now he is within reach.' A US official, on drug lord Khun Sa (right). We will deal with the guy ourselves. We are not
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      256 20 HANOI Vietnam was to amend a new land law which threw the banking system into chaos and outraged local companies by forcing many to pay twice for land, a report said yesterday. The law, introduced last February, made state firms pay rent to
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      75 20 DEVOTEES and participants reaching oat to touch the sacred image of a black Jesus Christ daring the seven-hoar procession last week to honour the Black Nazarene, the patron of the Roman Catholic Qalapo church. Daring the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene, which falls on
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      Jakarta police probe $60m fraud
      181 20 JAKARTA Police have launched a probe into a nearly 100-billion-rupiah (Ss6o million) fraud at the branch office of the Hongkong Bank here and will co-operate with Interpol m other Asian nations to investigate the crime, which might involve global crime syndicates, according to a report
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        65 20 A baby being delivered m a hospital m a southern Philippine province was beheaded while a doctor was pulling him out of his mother's womb, police said on Saturday. A witness said the doctor pulled the baby too hard. Police said the baby's body was removed from the
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        70 20 Five East Timorese who on Friday entered the New Zealand Embassy m Jakarta had agreed to go to Portugal, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said m a statement issued here yesterday. Mr McKinnon confirmed that while requests were originally made (or asylum m New Zealand, the five "readily agreed"
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        76 20 policeman convicted of killing Us wife has become the 111 th person to be sentenced to death m the Philippines since capital punishment was restored m 1994, a senator said yesterday. Senator Ernesto Herrera said police officer Leonardo Joyno, 34, was convicted m the southern city of
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        67 20 Asian host nations and Western donor countries gathered m Bangkok yesterday for a series of meetings on the more than 40,000 Vietnamese refugees languishing m camps m the region. About 100 participants were expected to attend the closed-door meetings, sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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        56 20 Nine Filipino fishermen whose boat capsized m heavy waves have been rescued afte being adrift at sea for 20 hours, the Coast Guard said yesterday. The nine were rescued on Friday by a foreign cargo ship, the M V Green Era, off Mindoro Island, 200 km south o
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        57 20 Philippine President Fidel Ramos yesterday directed police and military commanders to purge their ranks of drug users, the presidential palace said. A palace statement said Mr Ramos ordered the Philippine National Police and the armed forces to "share information on drug abuse among their men and open
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      304 23 Mahathir checks out new golf and country resort PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad showing his sporting spirit by taking to bowling, snooker and tennis, all In a day. He was game when asked to try his hand at the various sports facilities at the opening
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      361 23 Aim to ensure more higher-education opportunities throughout country MALACCA Private universities proposed to be set up by corporate bodies would be spread out among the various states to ensure wider higher-education opportunities, Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. He said the government
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        68 23 A Pahang policeman prevented a detainee he was escorting to the Kuantan hospital for medical treatment from escaping, despite being hit with an iron pipe. Police said the 38-year-old detainee, who was allowed to go to the toilet with one of his handcuffs off, had called out
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        39 23 Panama-registered vessel, Golden Kris, has been detained by the Malaysian authorities. According to the Environment Department, it was found discharging sludge m the waters near Pulau Sembilan by the police air unit on Jan 8. Bernama
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        BAKUN DAM PAYOUT
        59 23 Sarawak will pay compensation soon to some 10,000 natives affected by the Msls-billion (SsB.4-billion) Bakun dam project m Belaga, the Sunday Star said. It quoted state finance public utilities minister Datuk Dr George Chan as saying m Miri that the money would be paid out m stages
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        LAND-SALES PROBE
        51 23 Several village heads m Selangor are under probe for allegedly persuading villagers to "sell agricultural land" allotted by the state government at prices below market value to get commissions. The Sunday Star quoted Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib as saying that he had received many such
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        MCA'S ASSET PLAN
        56 23 The Malaysian Chinese Association will be setting up a trusteeship for its party assets which run into several hundred million dollars to ensure that the assets would be well looked after. The Sunday Star quoted party president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik as saying that it
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      PWD told to submit reports on dangerous slopes
      227 23 JOHOR BARU The Works Ministry, fearing landslides near sections of roads, has directed the Public Works Department to submit reports on dangerous slopes. "The foundations of certain sections of roads nationwide may cave m when we least expects," The Sun yesterday quoted
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      307 24 KUALA LUMPUR Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's three-day visit beginning today is expected to boost business ties and seal a bid by an Australian company for a US$l.5 billion (Ss2.l billion) contract to build patrol boats for the Malaysian navy. Reports m
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      532 24 BUTTERWORTH Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has advised candidates vying for the posts of Umno vice-president m the party elections m November to adhere to party ethics. He said Umno had ethics and certain guidelines which must be adhered to
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      'It's up to Johor Umno members'
      363 24 SEREMBAN Umno vicepresident Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has said that he would leave It to Umno Johor members to decide on who to support In the race, following Defence Minister Syed HamId Albar's decision to ran for one of three party vice-presi-dent posts. Minggnan
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      55 24 picture. THESE two boys are looking for ma11 In an old outboard motorboat engine given a new lease of life as a letterbox. The boys' father, Mr Mohamed Kamlsar Abdul Karim, of Taman Ibnkota m Gombak, near Kuala Lumpur, came up with the creation, which to a hit m
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      222 24 Luxury cars are out, road transport officers told KUANTAN All Road Transport Department officers will be barred from driving luxury cars m an attempt to improve the department's image. Those who flout the rule face disciplinary action. RTD directorgeneral Pahamin Rajab said officers must not drive such cars although they
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      Lock icon Upgrading project for elderly folks' 1-room rental flats
      480 25 RESIDENTS of a block of rental flats m King George's Avenue will soon have new toilets and lifts that stop at every level. Upgrading work m Block 7, comprising one-room rental flats, will start m March next year and will be completed
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      Lock icon Paying respects to their loved ones
      450 25  -  Ginnie Teo Part of observances before Muslim fasting month By MR AHMAD AMAN and two of his family members woke up at 4am yesterday and made their way from Bedok to the Choa Chu Kang Muslim cemetery, where they cleaned his daughter's grave. They
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        New twinning programme gives more tertiary education options
        274 25 MENDAKI Holdings on Saturday signed an agreement with a Malaysian body to provide another avenue for Malay /Muslim students to pursue their tertiary education. Under a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia's Mara Education Foundation (YPM), students will spend a year or two
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        Community groups' efforts effective, says Sidek Saniff
        225 25 MALAY/MUSLIM students should now strive to make qualitative improvements m their educational achievements, said Senior Minister of State for Education Sidek Saniff on Saturday. Noting that the educational standards of the students had improved each year, he said it was a positive trend,
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      Efforts against cigarette smugglers show results
      566 26  -  David Miller pThree times as many caught last year as m 1994 KReports by p«MORE than 600 people were dealing m contraband Bcigarettes last year, three Rimes the number arrested m Court fines meted out to ■smugglers, distributors and efrbuyers also jumped from $21.9
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      Arrest of 14 key players hit contraband trade
      247 26 SEVERAL major cigarette smuggling syndicates were hit last year with the arrest of 14 key players, said the direc-tor-general of the Customs Department, Mr Koh Chong Hwa. He said: "Our intelligence sources indicate that there are about seven active syndicates operating here.
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      HK tourist who lost $38,000 in lake calls off search
      252 26 HK tourist who lost $38,000 in lake calls off search THE Hongkong tourist who lost his wallet containing more than $38,000 In the lake at Sentosa's Asian Village called off a planned search on Saturday. An Asian Village spokesman said that Mr P. S. Karanaratna did not give any reason
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      212 26 ABOUT 70 litterbugs, served with corrective work orders, cleaned up at seven housing estates yesterday afternoon. They worked for between one and two hours at Holland, Jalan Besar, Sembawang, Tiimpines, Jurong, City Centre and BF shan/Serangoon town councils. Heads bowed, they huddled m
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      428 28  -  Thomas Lee Move is to allow aerial displays from Asian Aerospace to take place By Place: Changi Exhibition Centre. DatSS: From Feb 6 to 11. Open to the public on Feb II and 11. Tickets: $12 for adults and $6 for children
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      Grassroots leaders pick up tips on Chinese customs
      460 28 IT IS all right for non-Chi-nese not to bring Mandarin oranges when they visit Chinese friends during the Lunar New Year, but it would probably make the hosts happier if they do. Mr Leong Chun Loong, chairman of the City South District
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      Over $17,000 raised for centre for children of low-income families
      181 28 MORE than $17,000 was raised m a charity walk at the East Coast Park yesterday morning. The money is for a centre m Ang Mo Kio for children from low income families. The 2.4-km walk was flagged oft by comedian
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      Keys left at letter-box helps thief in break-in
      142 28 A MAN left his flat's keys at his letter-box, and a burglar took them from there to enter the flat. The culprit got into the Jurong West Avenue 1 flat when no one was at home and helped himself to a video
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      101 28 Road works Location Duration Department Sewer pipe laying Clementi Road" between Now to Feb 29 ENV railway track and (Sewerage Dept) sewerage pumping station Tel: 282-4336 Commonwealth Aye from Now to March 31 ENV Commonwealth Drive to (Sewerage Dept) Queensway Tel: 282-4336 Gas pipe laying Kallang Bahru near
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      Internet security: No need to worry, say service providers
      523 30  -  Hau Boon Lai Reassurance follows break-in into Malaysian firm's system By CYBERWAY: Will adopt a "total security approach" by having staff who understand security, as well as the right software and control procedures. SINGNET: Where feasible, will Implement new and more
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      Lock icon CityCab's courtesy fleet drives home the message
      302 30 THE next taxi that a commuter hails may be covered with painted daisies and butterflies, penguins or a futuristic space scene. It will also bear a message: "Courtesy That's My Kind of World", part of City Cab's yearlong courtesy campaign, launched on Saturday.
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      NTUC studying use of the Internet to reach out to members
      344 30 THE National Trades Union Congress is looking at how it can use the Internet to reach its members and, it hopes, attract new ones. Mr Lim Geok Hwee, NTUC's deputy director of planning and research, who heads the committee
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        DID YOU SEE THIS CRASH?
        122 30 Seven people were injured when a lorry, which police said was making an illegal U-turn, collided with a car travelling m the opposite direction on Wednesday at about 10.30 pm at Xilin Avenue, off Upper Changi Road East. The car then went across the road
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        RECYCLING FOR CASH
        91 30 A recycling project has been launched m Tampines North m which cans deposited into special bins will be collected and sold to raise money for the Tampines Family Service Centre. The project's sponsor, Kmart, will pay for the bins as well as match dollar-for-dollar the amount of
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        NS REGISTRATION
        75 30 Male citizens and permanent residents born on or between June 9 and Sept 14, 1978, both dates inclusive, must register for national service at the Central Manpower Base m Depot Road from today onwards. They must report for registration even if they have not received the notice to
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        BLOOD DONATION DRIVE
        67 30 A blood donation exercise will be held at the Eastern Specialist Centre m Block 210, New Upper Changi Road, on Jan 27 between lpm and 5 pm. It is organised by the centre and the East Shore Hospital m support of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. All
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        NUB LINKS WITH INDIA
        114 30 THE National University of Singapore (NUS) will sign memoranda of understanding with three of India's leading academic institutions this week the Indian Institute of Technology m New Delhi, the Indian Institute of Science m Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology m Madras. The signing will
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      S'pore may accede to more human rights treaties
      399 31 This does not reflect the domestic reality where respect for human rights is of a much higher order than m many other countries which have acceded to most of these conventions/ Professor Tommy Koh (left) on the unfortunate light cast on Singapore
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      Society for international law to be launched here tomorrow
      555 31  -  Susan Sim Group to hold public seminars, publish journal of international law By IT IS a society with a "very romantic" start but a very serious purpose to promote interest m international law here. The Society of International LaW (Singapore), which
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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        Divorce in the family court
        667 32 WE WELCOME the move to bring divorce under the jurisdiction of the newly-set up family court. What is undoubtedly a major reform m societal terms may, however, look like demotion when viewed from a purely legal angle, for cases will be heard m future by
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      103 32 "As for William Safire, The New York Times columnist who has emerged as Hillary Clinton's chief scold, there is this to be said: Mr Safire has two signal qualifications for expertness on candour or its lack. Before he was a pundit, he was a public relations man and a speechwrlter
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      10 32 Source: Outlook, December 1995 Timegraphics G. CHANDRADAS
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      No reason growth can't be sustained
      1097 32  -  Ramkishen S. Rajan Critical points ignored m debate over total factor productivity's role By Cornerstones of rapid growth Neither policy-makers nor informed observers of East Asian growth have ever claimed that growth m this region was miraculous. It has always been maintained, tot, at
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      Closing the gap between First, Third Worlds
      538 32 The Sacramento Bee, California We are plagued by a frustratingly split vision. We pursue the high-tech future even as we long wistfully f or a secure, comforting and (and sometimes imaginary) past. THE cliche about events running ahead of human capacity to adapt
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      The dangers of Natos march towards the East
      1015 33  -  David Fischer William Potter Uneasy Russia might turn away from nuclear treaty By and The seeds of distrust The carnage m Chechnya Strains over Bosnia Mr Yeltsin's personality and debilities The failure of the market to rescue the Russian economy The rising
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      Mitterrand was the consummate politician, but never a statesman
      851 33  -  William Pfaff 6y International Herald Tribune 'The face, the profile, the conscious style that imposed itself even from Roosevelt's wheelchair, the consummate subtlety m political practice, the total pragmatism and lack of ideology the lack of principle, their enemies said! and
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  • FORUM
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      Public transport: Think social benefits' in plans
      477 34 AS A citizen concerned about the growing problem of road congestion, I am indeed pleased to read about the Government's plans to improve the quality of public transport. This is the only true way to solve our traffic woes. I would like to
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      Noisy bikes nuisance from across Causeway
      159 34 I REFER to recent letters on noisy motorcycles published m the Forum page. The Kranji Expressway is another milestone m our efforts to improve the transportation network. However, I would like to highlight two points to the relevant authorities. First, there is increasing noise
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      Sacrificing trees for convenience
      300 34 I WOULD like to begin by thanking the Parks and Recreation Department for all its hard work. I was, however, alarmed to hear that Tanglin Road is going to be widened to ease traffic, which must inevitably mean a loss of greenery. Tanglin Road has some
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      Posting letters causes much illegal parking
      214 34 I REFER to the report "Illegal parking: $230 to claim cars towed away" (ST, Jan 12) about the Traffic Police towing away vehicles parked illegally. Even those waiting m their car are not spared. Almost all post boxes m Singapore are located along main
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  • SPORTS
    • Article
      Nine-ball team to pocket extra $10,000
      379 36  -  Peter Khoo SNOOKER By SINGAPORE'S triumphant nifie-ball team, which won the Republic's first billiards and snooker gold medal at the 18th South-east Asia Games m Chiangmai last month, has been rewarded with $10,000 by the national body. This means that the fourman team will
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      Marathon duo among four on list for Olympics
      357 36 ATHLETICS MARATHONERS Yvonne Danson-Tan and M. Rameshon, who bettered the Olympic qualifying marks last month, are among a list of four that the Singapore AmateUr Athletic Association will be nominating for the Atlanta Games m July. The others are likely to be
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        Dong's title
        96 36 CHINA'S Dong Jiong overpbwered Malaysian Rashid Sidek 15-11, 15-4 to snatch the men's singles title m the Taiwan Open badminton championships yesterday. In the women's final, world No. 1 and defending champion Ye Zhaoying of China went down to Indonesia's Susi Susanti 5-11, 2-11. Other results (all finals)
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      Lock icon Johor promises to settle Hasnim's tax
      588 36  -  Joe Dorai Until then, footballer cannot enter Malaysia SOCCER By KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national soccer coach Claude Le Roy, who bore the brunt of criticisms following the team's failure at last month's South-east Asia Games m Chlangmai, has called it quits. It is learnt
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      Millennium serious about victory
      352 36  -  Cecilia Chan YACHTING By BATAM It was a race that did not matter much to Millennium, but the Australian boat competed m Race 5 anyway and duly did the line honours and emerged champion of the TAG Heuer Straits Regatta yesterday. Never mind that eventually it
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      Double yesterday, so it's a SRC treble
      188 36 HOCKEY SINGAPORE Recreation Club made it a historic hockey treble when it edged out Kilat Johor 3-2 m the Johor Baru Super Cup final at the MPJB Stadium yesterday. Having won the JB Super League title on Jan 3, SRC completed a hat-trick
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      Taiwanese Yeh bags crown by five strokes
      242 36 GOLF HONGKONG A closing three-under 67 was enough to land Taiwan's Yen Changting the Omega Asian PGA Championship title at the Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club yesterday. His total of nine-under 271 ensured "him a comfortable win over Welshman Mark Mouland, who
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      Lock icon Leading lights look shaky in year's first Grand Slam
      608 36 MELBOURNE Defending champion Andre Agassi hopes to prove his tournament fitness by making short work of his low-rank-ed first-round opponent when he opens his Australian Open campaign today. Agassi, like top-seeded rival Pete Sampras and women's favourite Monica Seles, goes into
      Reuter  -  608 words
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      MEN
      525 36 PETE SAMPRAS (US): Finished 1995 as world No. 1 after claiming Wimbledon and the US Open. He started the year as runner-up to Andre Agassi at the Australian Open. Won three other titles, Indian Wells, Queen's and Paris. Third best match record of 72-16. Power serve his best weapon,
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      WOMEN
      371 36 MONICA SELES (US): Three-time winner here and playing her fourth tournament since her well-docu-mented stabbing during a Hamburg tournament m April, 1993. Undefeated m 21 matches and bookmakers have her odds-on to continue m the same vein. Beaten by Steffi Graf at last year's US Open, but did not
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      Cricket now a core school sport, bowling to be part of programme
      708 37  -  Santokh Singh By ECA points can be used for JC entry from 1998 STUDENTS will be allowed to use their extra-curricular bonus points to gain entry Into a junior college from IWB. First announced by Education Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Dong claims first win over Kusuma
      183 37 BADMINTON TAIPEI World No. 6 Dong Jiong of China upset his Indonesian opponent Alan Budi Kusuma m the semi-fi-nals of the U*****,000 ($175,000) Taiwan Open badminton championships on Saturday. Dong, who slipped several times on the ground, had his bad luck reversed when Kusuma
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      608 37 BASKETBALL NBA.- Indiana 103 Minnesota 94, Toronto 106 Washington 100, Atlanta 106 Boston 105, Detroit 91 New Jersey 80, Sacramento 119 New York 111, Chicago 120 Philadelphia 93, Charlotte 103 Dallas 83, San Antonio 106 Orlando 105, Portland 118 Denver 117, Vancouver 69 Miami 65, Houston 115
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      570 37 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths CHUA POO TOH AGE: 83 passed away peacefully on Saturday, 13th January 1996 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: (Soon Hoe Chew, deceased} Brothers-in-law: (Soon Peng Leong, deceased) Soon Peng Yam Sisters-in-law: Soon Ah Poo Soon Bee Hwa Sons: Daughters-in-law: Soon Boon Teck Ong Siew
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      459 37 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MDM KOH AH CHIANG AGE: 86 passed away peacefully on 13th Jan 1996 at 8.20 am, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: (Khoo Swee Chiang, Deceased) SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Khoo Lim Song Lim Kirn Mvi Khoo Lim Phet, Andrew Seah Zee Nya Khoo Lim Tong, Vincent
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      882 Acknowledgements
      59 37 The family of the late Francis Goh Chin Phong > Departed 10.1.96 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and ap- preelatton to ell relatives, friends, elders, deacons and members of Bethesda Bwdok Tempines Church and Staff of Yeo Hlep g Seng for their prayers, many expressions of iove,
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      854 Condolences
      39 37 OURDEEPEST i SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE TAN BIH RU passed away peacefully m Canada on 25th Dec 1995 We will miss you always: Cheow, Shoon, Cherfc, Mci Lin. Swat, Selina, Janet, Coleen, Mary, Audrey
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      31 37 More death notices In the Classified Section on Pago 36 Captain Davey, Frank v OBITUARIES SECTION THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED "In Memoriam" is for *%ssk^je, the loved ones whom you remember.
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  • SPORTS/RACING
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      Lock icon South Africa trounces Cameroon for dream start
      447 38 B^^n^^f^3c^^K^^^^^3^^^i^^K^^^iß AFRICAN CUP i JOHANNESBURG Host South Africa made a dream start to the African 1 Nations' Cup soccer finals on Saturday with a 3-0 thrashing of twice-winner Cameroon. It was the biggest win--3.1 ning margin for South Af- rica m 34 internationals
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      Rambokang wins gift filly for owner Nafisah Stable
      256 38  -  Malcolm Bastians IPOH ROUND-UP By FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Jan 14 1996 FIRST 5142 SECOND 1400 THIRD 7785 STARTERS 4772 3024 9729 2775 3243 1490 0269 9259 6741 6506 CONSOLATIONS 4343 9629 2827 5026 3784 9518 0134 6431 9407 6941 THE connections of Nafisah
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      Lock icon Shearer's strike helps end Blackburn's away jinx
      902 38 English Premier League Soccer Man Utd fails to close gap on Newcastle after home draw LONDON A late goal from England marksman Alan Shearer gave defending champion Blackburn Rovers a 1-0 victory at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday for its first away win
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      Lock icon Blenot turns giant-killer
      391 38 EUROPEAN ROUND-UP PARIS A gross blunder by Bastia goalkeeper Bruno Valencony gave Fifth Division Blenot a 1-0 win over the First Division club m the first round of the French Cup on Saturday. Corsican club Bastia was reduced to 10 men m the final moments after midfielder
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      Lock icon Ball: Shame no one wants England job
      138 38 LONDON Former England World Cap soccer winner Alan Ball on Saturday blamed shabby treatment of past England managers as the reason why no top names are rushing to replace Terry Venables as team boss. "The England job should be the proudest thing any
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Siu Lynn is youngest Asian champ
        83 38 MALAYSIA'S Leong Siu Lynn became the youngest Asian Squash Championship women's title holder when she beat India's top seed Misha Grewal m the final m Jordan on Saturday. Siu Lynn, who turns 15 on^ Sunday, put up a gutsy dis-" play to come back
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        Seles takes Sydney crown
        92 38 MONICA SELES claimed a narrow victory m the Sydney International tennis final yesterday, beating fellow American Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3. Davenport, who has been runner-up twice m a row after losing to Gabriela Sabatini last year, fought hard, losing a match point m the
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        Jordan leads Bulls' rout
        67 38 MICHAEL JORDAN scored a season-high 48 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 120-93 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers m their American National Basketball Association clash on Saturday. He shot 18-of-28 from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range, and added 10 rebounds before sitting
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        Moore nets US winner
        73 38 THE United States survived a shock from a lively Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday to win its opening Concacaf Gold Cup soccer Group C match 3-2 m Anaheim, California. German-based striker JoeMax Moore scored the winning goal m the 53rd minute with a stunning shot into
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        Harlequins wants Lomu
        62 38 LONDON rugby union club Harlequins is prepared to pay any price to sign New Zealand winger Jonah Lomu, according to a report m Saturday's Daily Mail. The report says Lomu's manager Phil Eingsley is prepared to give the club first refusal on the All Black after Harlequins,
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        Malaysians beaten
        36 38 MALAYSIA'S national hockey squad lost the opening match of its two-game tour of London when it went down 0-1 to Britain on Saturday. Calum Giles scored the winner for Britain m the 29th minute.
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      YESTERDAY'S IPOH RACE RESULTS
      1055 38 RACE 1 CLASS 2 DIV 2 1,900 m 2 ULYSSES ■57c 54 (19-5)... Salee (4) 2 1 1 3 DAMN BREAKER 55.5 (11-5) Foonf (1) 1 2 2 5 TOENDSH* FOREVER 54.5 (42-12) I Azhar (7) 6 3 3 Others m finishing order: Kingston Bay (41-13)
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      ST INDEX
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      60 39 Jan 12 Cham* ST Industrials 2402.02 +32.53 ST Finance 5085.34 +31.07 ST Hotels 2132.80 +14.69 ST Properties *****4 +20.95 BT Composite 2250.02 +22.59 BT-AWA 1126.21 +17.49 BT 08/ OS +446 +79 BT CADI -***** +81 BT OBV +*****066 +*****2 DBS CPF Index 660.51 +8.88 OCBC 1613.42 +20.45 UOB OTC
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      WEEK'S SCOREBOARD
      65 39 MAIN CLOB Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Industrial 94 37 16 48 4 3 Finance 20 8 4 10 4 0 Hotels 112 2 2 0 0 Properties .9 4 2 22 0 1 Plantations 0 0 0 10 0 0 Mining 0 0 0 2 0
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      WEEK'S TOP ACTIVES
      34 39 Berjaya Group 54,060,000 Mulpha Intl 50c 52,666,000 Amcol 25c 48,520,000 Promet 41,718,000 Sri Hartamas 41,577,000 CASH 50c 39,550,000 Insas Bhd 38,851,000 Idris Hyd 50c 37,640,000 Spore Land 36,974,000 FACB 50c 32,321,000
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      64 39 Total Market Thu Fri Industrials 119.500 m 165.951 m Finance 29.344 m 32.327 m Hotels 6.847 m 11.355 m Properties 41.264 m 45.043 m Loans Stocks 34.559 m 55.217 m Plantations 6.050 m 6.835 m Mining 3,000,000 2.741,000 Total volume 240.564 m 319.469 m Total value m S$
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      HIGH & LOW
      40 39 HIGH LOW Straits Times Industrials 1996 High 2402.02 (12/1/96) 1995 Low 1916.94 (23/1/95) All-time High 2471.90 (4/1/94) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) Business Times Composite 1996 High 2250.02 (12/1/96) 1995 Low 1799.33 (24/1/95) All-time High 2398.87 (5/1/94) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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      BANK BATES
      311 39 BUSINESS LOANS Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (LEFS) and Local Enterprise Finance Overseas Scheme (LEFSO) loans are available from 30 banks and finance houses. Export Factoring 1 year l h* Domestic Factoring 1 year 6Vi* Equipment and Factory loans up to 4 years %Vr Equipment and Factory loans 4—lo
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      PRIME LENDING BATES
      527 39 Prime tending rate* at the ctOM of business on Friday, January 12 ABN AMRO Bank NY 6V« ABSA Bank limited 7 Allied Irish Bank 7 American Express 7 Arab Banking Corp 7 Arab Bank PLC 6V4 ANZ Banking Group 6V4 Asahl Bank Ltd 7 Ban Hln Lee
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      Previous weeks' sustained rally likely to be maintained
      611 39  -  GOH SOO MAY MARKET REPORT THE Singapore market which has seen a sustained rally m the first fortnight of the new year is likely to remain positive m the weeks ahead. Analysts said while the upward march is likely to be tempered
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Malaysian share prices close 2% higher
        229 39 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian share prices gained two per cent over the week as institutional funds poured m last Friday energised by a strong close on Wall Street. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 100-stock weighted Composite Index rose 19.71 points to 1,061.77 from 1,042.06 last
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        131 39 HONGKONG share prices rase 01 per cent during last week as overseas buying helped the bourse recover from earlier losses, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index gained 10,11 points from the previous week to finish at 10,540.01. Average daily turnover amounted to HK$B.25 billion
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        233 39 JAPANESE weekly share prices fell back on profit-tak-ing last week after the previous week's sharp rise, with a plunge on Wall Street also dampening sentiment, brokers said. The Nikkei stock average shed 381.61 points or 1.8 per cent, to end the week at 20,287.42, reversing a four per cent
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        134 39 AUSTRALIAN weekly share prices finished 0.9 per cent down after profit-takers took the glitter off gold stocks, which had dominated the week, touching a 14-month high last Monday and taking the market with them. The Australian Stock Exchange's barometer, the All Ordinaries Index, fell 21.3 points to finish the
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        69 39 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose 11.68 points, or 0.9 per cent, last week on heavy buying by foreign institutional funds to close last Friday at 1,375.91 points, brokers said. Average daily volume was 148.4 million shares, little changed from 147.4 million the previous week, but the
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        160 39 THE Jakarta bourse closed 3.3 per cent higher last week as foreign buyers focused on large cap stocks m sectors expected to benefit from the increased state budget spending plan. "From early on, foreign investors have gone after various big shares, mainly those m the consumer goods, infrastructure and
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        285 39 THE Budget standoff and fears that the high tech industry's dynamic growth would soon slow pushed down share prices on Wall Street last week. The Dow Jones Index of 30 blue chips dropped 120.31 points (2.3 per cent) for the week to close at 5,061.12, its lowest close
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        Lock icon LONDON
        54 39 SHARES on the London stock exchange ended last week m decline, dragged lower by a weak performance on Wall Street, after reaching a new record closing high last Monday. The FTSE-100 Index of leading shares closed at 3,657.3 points on Friday, registering a weekly loss of 47.2 points, or
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    • CURRENCY REVIEW
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        US$ dips and rises
        72 39 THE greenback retraced some of its recent gains m the early part of last week against the Singapore unit. It I hit the week's low of 1.4217 on i Thursday before climbing up again on Friday to close the week only slightly lower at 1.4232. For
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        Ringgit steady
        61 39 IT WAS an uneventful week; for the ringgit as it traded' broadly steady against thei Singapore unit last week. It 1 closed on Friday slightly low-i er at 55.51. The charts do not indicate i either a bearish or bullish; trend for the ringgit at this! moment. Again,
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        Yen up slightly
        63 39 THE yen made a slight recovery last week. It climbed steadily from last Monday's low of 1.3508 to reach the week's peak of 1.3579 on Thursday. On Friday, it weakened again but ended the week up at 1.3538. Although the yen is going through a bearish trend,
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        Sterling corrects
        44 39 STERLING underwent i|s much needed downward correction last week. It ended the week lower at 2.1948 on Friday. As the Stealing is still on a bullish trend, prospects of further downside is limited. In the week ahead, tt should inch upwards again.
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        A$ moves sideways
        48 39 ALTHOUGH the Australia^ dollar is still on a bullish trend, it traded sideways against the Singapore unit last week. The Aussie unit wi}l strengthen further against most currencies on the back of the growing Australian economy unemployment has dropped and business loans have been growing.
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      Lock icon Japanese banks cutting executives' pay by 10%
      412 40 Losses stemming from loan write-offs expected The action is also aimed at criticism that banks have not done enough to streamline their businesses when taxpayers are being asked to pay billions of dollars to liquidate housing loans firms that failed following sharp declines
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      Lock icon Daiwa to transfer US trust accounts
      147 40 NEW YORK Japan's scan-dal-ridden Daiwa Bank has agreed with the Bank of Tokyo to help depositors at its US trust subsidiary transfer their accounts to the latter's US trust unit, Daiwa officials said over the weekend. This is expected to move many depositors at
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      Lock icon Trade surplus in sight: Aussie minister
      418 40 CANBERRA Australia is set to move into a surplus on its balance of trade well before the end of the decade as a result of increased exports to consumer markets m Asia, Australia's Trade Minister Bob McMullan said yesterday. He painted a bullish picture
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      Lock icon Thailand's tourism sector booms despite problems
      427 40 BANGKOK Despite inconsistent development of tourist spots and money-grubbing tour guides, tourism remains Thailand's top money maker and even more visitors are expected to come to the Southeast Asian nation this year. Mr Scree Wangpaichitr, governor of the state-run Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT),
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      Lock icon Manila taps banks for railway project
      137 40 MANILA The Philippines' Metro Rail Transit Corp (MRTC) has asked for US$3OO million (*****.84 million) from Credit Suisse and an additional US$29O million from the Export-Import Bank of Japan to finance a Manila mass railway system, the MRTC said yesterday. The company will provide
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      Lock icon BARNEY'S' BLUES:
      63 40 Pedestrians passing the Barney's flagship store on 7th Avenue m lower Manhattan, and the original "Barney's New York", the legendary retailer founded m 1923 by Barney Pressman, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan 4. Barney's which now operates 15 stores m the United States and two m
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      Lock icon Jurong Engineering min $84m Hanoi sugar plant joint venture
      219 40 HANOI Vietnam has licensed a group of companies, Including Jnrong Engineering Ltd (JEL), to open a USSM million (5584.77 million) sugar processing plant south of Hanoi, a report said yesterday. JEL will Invest In the plant along with four Philippine companies
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      140 40 MIYAZAKI Farm minister Ichizo Ohara hinted yesterday at the possibility of Japan's central bank extending loans to agricultural cooperativerelated financial institutions that have become saddled with bad loans of crippled mortgage companies. "In my personal view...if money is short, loans from the Bank of Japan
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      257 40 WASHINGTON Investors and other economic decisionmakers have been flying blind, with no economic indicators to guide them since the start of the year because of the prolonged US government shutdown. The impact of the shut- I down on government econom- ie indicators
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      211 40 TOKYO The government is unlikely to reach a final decision by the end of the fiscal year m March on whether to break up Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), newly appointed Post and Telecommunications Minister Ichiro Hino said m
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        66 40 MANILA The Philippines' reserve money level has stayed near the 215.7-billion peso (5512.32 billion) target set by the International Monetary Fund, central bank statistics released yesterday showed. Reserve money during a 10-day test period covering the last five days of last month and the first five this
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        77 40 Lagrange (Illinois) General Motors Corp's electro-motive division said it signed a 10-year, US$3OO million (*****.84 million) agreement with Indian Railways to provide diesel-electric locomotives. GM is to deliver 21 assembled and partially assembled diesel-electric locomotives valued at US$4O million, under the agreement. The agreement also covers
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        91 40 KUWAIT Kuwait's central bank governor said over the weekend that the government's projected US$4.4 billion (S$6.21 billion) budget deficit could be eradicated in five years by curbs on state spending. "We are calling for a fundamental solution for the budget deficit," the al-Watan newspaper quoted the
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        75 40 COLOMBO Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with a foreign consortium to provide consultancy sendees for a US$94 million (*****.8 million) Japanese-funded telecommunications project, officials said yesterday. The group formed by Japan's Nippon Telecommunications Corporation and Sorecom of France was awarded the US$7 million contract
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      581 41 One of govt's main tasks is to liberalise interest rates BEIJING China will persist with its stringent monetary policy this year, keeping control of inflation at the top of its economic agenda for the year, central bank governor Dai Xianglong told a
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      73 41 Commuters riding past an advertisement for Chinese-made computers offering to "make their dream of owning a computer come true", m Kunming, the capital of south-western China's Yunnan province, yesterday. Less than 0.5 per cent of Chinese urban families own personal computers, compared to 31 per cent m Europe
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      271 41 BEIJING China will risk fuelling inflation this year by raising prices it pays farmers for grain and cotton to maintain the momentum m agricultural output after a record grain harvest last year, official media said yesterday. "The Chinese government plans to increase its grain
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      Lock icon Taiwan's trade surplus swells 73% in December amid growth slowdown
      414 41 TAIPEI Taiwan's merchandise trade surplus last month widened 73.1 per cent from a year earlier to US$l.29 billion (551.83 billion) amid a slowdown m growth of exports and imports, the Finance Ministry said. "Growth is easing at a time when
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      Lock icon China draws 30% more foreign investment in 1995
      513 41 This year, the number of contracts signed with foreign firms will also be lower, principally because of the elimination of some advantages previously accorded joint ventures such as a tax exemption on imports of capital goods/ BEIJING Foreign investment m China rose
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        70 41 BEIJING: The Chinese capital, Beijing, registered economic growth of 12.6 per cent last year, with total production reaching 139.8 billion yuan (Ss26 billion). Growth was particularly strong m transport, banks, and insurance companies, according to the Municipal Statistics Bureau. Inflation m Beijing was 13 per cent and
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        61 41 TAIPEI: Taiwan's Investment Commission has approved U5596.6 million (*****.1 million) worth of overseas investments by domestic firms, the Economic Daily News reported yesterday. The approved investments included a US$3O million project by Hualon Corp to set up a subsidiary m Malaysia and a US$2O million project by
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        84 41 BEIJING: Postal savings m China reached 161.7 billion yuan (Ss3o billion) at the end of last year, up from just 18 billion yuan m 1990, the China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. The share of postal savings out of total individual savings accounted for 5.3 per cent,
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        79 41 PARIS: British-French energy group GEC Alsthom said it had won an order valued at around £16 million (Ss3s million) to supply a power plant m China's Hubei province. The order, obtained by its European Gas Turbines (EGT) subsidiary, includes the first Frame 9E gas turbine, which can
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        70 41 BEIJING: China began to import gold coins last year as domestic sales soared by 65 per cent from 1994 with more Chinese seeking shelter from inflation, it was reported yesterday. The shift from exports of gold coins resulted from rapid growing purchasing power among the newly-rich m
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        64 41 BEIJING: The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is to step up the establishment of trade unions m foreign-funded enterprises this year. About 60 per cent of foreign-funded enterprises, which employ a total of 12 million people, have set up trade unions of their own. The federation will
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      667 42  -  William Choong Economic growth and political stability continue to support currency By THE Singapore dollar's upward trend is likely to continue on the back of its 3-8 per cent appreciation against most currencies last year but the gains may not be
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      204 42 SEPANG Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the Malaysian government was confident that the XL International Airport m Sepang could be completed on schedule, now that the problems encountered by its management had been resolved. He added that
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      267 42 MASTERCARD International has chalked up a whopping 375 per cent growth m card volume, to US$ll5.l billion (*****.3 billion) m the AsiaPacific region, m the four years since 1991 when it set up its regional office m Singapore. For the third
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      Healthy demand will help growth keep momentum: UOB
      288 42 Healthy demand will help growth keep momentum: UOB HEALTHY external and domestic demand will help Singapore maintain its growth momentum but rising costs and declining productivity may get m the way, says the latest report from the United Overseas Bank's research division. In line with official and other private sector
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      TDB leading energy mission to Vietnam
      222 42 THE Trade Development Board (TDB) will be sending its first-ever energy mission to Vietnam today, to help Singapore companies explore business opportunities m the energy sector there. A TDB statement yesterday said that with Vietnam's quickening pace of industrialisation, the country is expected to
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      315 43 To date, only one Chinese company, China Shekou Merchant Port Services Co, has a secondary listing on the SES, although several other Chinese companies have also indicated an interest m floating on the local bourse. THE Stock Exchange
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      233 43 SEMBAWANG Shipyard has secured separate contracts for upgrading work on three luxury cruise ships, the company said last Friday. The contracts involve upgrading work on the 40,000 gross registered tonne (grt) Star Pisces owned by local firm Star Cruises Pte Ltd; the 9,766
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      S'pore investors set to splurge $1.4b on hotels
      256 43 SIMGAPORE investors' appetitF for hotels outside Asia will continue to grow, with wet over US$l billion (551.42 biMon) worth of acquisitions expected over 1996 and 1997, said the head of an international hotel and tourism consultancy. Mr Peter Barge, chief executive officer
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      142 43 HONGKONG Hongkong equity funds were the best performers last year among all the Asian equities funds, said the Hongkong Investment Funds Association (HKIFA) m a statement yesterday. In 1995, Hongkong equity funds posted a 19.67 per cent annual investment return. This compares with 7.48 per cent
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      Lock icon 4 to hold 32% of PIHP
      106 43 PETAUNG JAVA Four top company officials of Pernas International Hotels and Properties Bhd (PIHP) will eventually hold 32 per cent of the company's stake m a proposed management buyout (MBO), it was announced last Friday. "Another 5 per cent would be reserved for its
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        Lock icon Hong Fok trading at 61% discount to appraised NT A
        357 43  -  Gofi Soo May Compiled by HONG Fok owns the leasehold Concourse at Beach Road (715,000 sq ft office cum retail and 87 service apartments) and the freehold International Building (110,000 sq ft office cum retail). Both are occupied fully. In
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        Lock icon Total Access 'to underperform'
        347 43 TOTAL Access Communication (TAC) recently announced it had agreed to provide the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) with 11.1 per cent of its shares (42.8 million) m exchange for a rebate on the revenue share that TAC provides to TOT. The rebate was 172.8 million baht
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      326 43 KUALA LUMPUR Repco Bhd yesterday said the Malaysian government has renewed the licence of a gaming firm it was m the process of acquiring m the eastern Sabah state. Repco is buying Everise Capital Sdn Bhd, whose subsidiary Everise Ventures Sdn
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      At least 20 new unit trusts to be launched here this year
      761 44  -  Chan Sue Meng Tan Li Eng By and Upturn m regional stock markets, better investor interest reasons for optimism 'In the past, local investors used to invest on their own, but this is getting more difficult as markets
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      285 44 KUALA LUMPUR Japan's Hitachi Ltd and South Korean's Lucky Gold Star will invest jointly m a M 53.12 billion (551.75 billion) project m a wafer fabrication plant m Kulim, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said on
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      Will the stock market sizzle or will it fizzle?
      899 44  -  Chan Hwa Loon TAKING STOCK By SO, will the local stock market, or for that matter bourses m the region, sizzle or fizzle this year? With foreign funds piling into Singapore and other regional markets so far, as the US market
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life MONDAY JANUARY 15, 1996
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        449 1 IvanHeng: Jfc^jj Don t box P',| me up m H a corner |fl^ I '0^ UCI IKsL U. I ICU IV |d W|de Web ■■■HP M Golden Pillow, XHj J b rr rQ and whafs m them I |Br i which ends I V ton^^«« I Singapore ms I Owl?
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        230 1 Malaysian music industry -I fcj faster ■F2*^^B growth Bj#^_ I this year w BH I ■HMMlMiilfcM^M^^fcai i■■ nH r\ m X-4^%. I»^\*»A ,1. V* A I.Vh.'w AA 1 A/ 'M»' *f At the heart of one of Singapore's established resider. iilas transports you into a suburban refinement. And because Bartley
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        Lock icon Zoe Tay: Acting opposite a veteran like Alex Man helped me stretch myself
        439 2 IN GOLDEN PILLOW, arch rivals Zoe Tay and Farm Wong appear together for the first time, with the former appearing to have come out tops. Tay plays a demure, industrious village girl ever ready to make sacrifices,
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        Mega serial winds up with records galore
        1223 2 TONIGHT, viewers will see the concluding episode of the multi-million-dollar TV epic Golden Pillow on Channel 8. You may not know it, but it has created a number of firsts m TV history here, aside from being the most expensive serial a whopping
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        Xie: Walking with that limp was no easy, feat
        341 2 ACTOR Xie Shaoguang would have loved to be m Alex Man's shoes. The leading role m the rags-to-riches story is every actor's dream, he said. Instead, he ended up playing Sai Wei, the vengeful, limping half-brother of Man's character. But it
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        358 2 Come and stay at the Sheraton IVnang for only RM1 95.00-4- You will enjoy a great value stay, with accommodations m a deluxe room with sea view and a host of in-house complimentary benefits including daily buffet breakfast at OWE CHOICE. l f^ GREAT VALUE. Hmt4'%:W^ aa A A A
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        Internet home pages turn into newsletters
        587 3  -  SERENE GOH Three years ago, home pages were maintained by obscure academics. Now, ordinary Singaporeans have started offering their views and life stories on the Internet IF YOU have not yet visited a home page on the Internet, you must at least have heard
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        MTV video jockey could be one reason to access the Net
        307 3 IF ALL that has been hyped about the Net has not yet persuaded you to get an account, Nadya Hutagalung should. MTV Singapore's video jockey has her own teaser page on the Net an El-vira-type photograph to whet the
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        Lock icon Monkey in Indian bus attacks passengers
        106 3 A MONKEY got into a crowded bus m the Indian capital of New Delhi, urinated on a passenger and attacked two more who tried to take a seat occupied by it, The Hindustan Times reported on Sunday. The monkey first sat on the head
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        Over-cautious publishers taking kiasi-ism to ridiculous lengths
        751 4  -  KOH BUCK SONG MONDAY WITH WHEN so popular a writer as Catherine Lim has to publish her latest novel, The Bondmaid, herself, something must be wrong. She must either want greedily to secure for herself every penny of her roy- J alties, or
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        Lock icon Another Smokey Mountain rises in Manila
        472 4 FOR the past 20 years, m the northern suburbs of Manila, another rubbish dump has been slowly reaching mammoth proportions. It looks very much like its infamous predecessor, Smokey Mountain, which was closed three years ago. Six bulldozers move constantly about the 20-ha expanse
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        Lock icon Autopsy ordered on art forger
        260 4 ENGLISHMAN Eric Hebborn, a world-renowned art forger who boasted that many of his paintings were m major museums as old masters, has died m Rome following head injuries. An autopsy has been ordered to establish the precise cause of death. The 61-year-old painter, who lived
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        155 4 THE HOUSE OF LIM GARFIELD (1 I^R_ f^r-^r-^-^-^Sa^ &ot bitten on the s^n.^edn't^v r^J/JsJ» WV r tS P A" /A HWEGONETOTHECUNICAND(\SKED =z I- -*^r^ L_ J J2il_s_-J Vnr (V^l jb^ftmm^! 1 WIZARD OFID MY REPORT? YES, EJEET 1 1 SORRY, MA 1 AM.. I I uJMEN YOU 6ET OLD, I
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        Impressive set, but play about motherhood lacks real insight
        703 5  -  Susan Tsang Drama PLAYING MOTHERS Action Theatre Drama Centre Friday IfIpTHERS tend to stir up Mtong emotions m people you love them or hate them, of are driven batty by their nagging. So it is rather puzzling that Ovidia Yu's Playing
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        427 5 BACK m 1983, when he was working towards his doctoral degree, Mr Donald Foster came across a little-known Elizabethan elegy, bound as a 21-page pamphlet and stored m the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The printing was done m 1612 by Shakespeare's publisher. The text itself referred
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        Lock icon Sweden censors Scorsese's Casino
        257 5 SWEDEN'S film censor board has ruled that some scenes m American director Martin Scorsese's new film, Casino, are too violent to be shown m the country's cinemas, a board spokesman said last week. Sweden's National Board of Film Censors said cutting scenes showing one character having
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        83 5 At last A real Irish Pub m Singapore! Molly Malone is now m town, and you can find her on Boat Quay every day from 1 lam 12 midnight Join Molly for A real pub atmosphere The best of whiskey and Irish beers A fine pint of draught GUINNESS Fantastic
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        Emergence of more Western style as Malaysian music scene expands
        583 6 Aggressive promotion heats up competition as a more vibrant and sophisticated market accepts homegrown performers THE Malaysian music industry which experienced an encouraging growth last year, is expected to develop at a faster pace this year, say several music professionals.
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        Lock icon Redefining erotic art within Indonesia's cultural evolution
        584 6 Today's transitional society is confused about the role eroticism plays m cultural development, and mistakes it for pornography of Western origin. THE issue of Western culture polluting Indonesian society was a hot topic at a recent seminar entitled The Value Of Eroticism m
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        Father resolves crisis over second marriage*
        1318 6  -  Li Lien Fung Bamboo Green Because Mama had always been too modest to confide m anyone her private communications with my father, no one knew of the letter he wrote, m which he had tenderly reaffirmed his love and earnestly begged for her forgiveness.
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        75 7 Due to the rapid business expansion, a progressive buying office have immediate vacancy for: MERCHANDISE MANAGER He/She who possess good interpersonal, communication, influencing skills and have a minimum 5 years experience m a garment export business, well verse m both knits and woven need apply. Good written/spoken English with good
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        539 8 We are a well-established market leader m the sales of LAN/WAN products and systems for major government agencies and I multinational companies. We are looking for ambitious and experienced candidates to fill the following posts: I <t. SENIOR SALES ENGINEER 1 I B. MIES ENGINEER I Degree/Diploma m Electronics Engineering
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        470 8 MARINA CENTRE HOLDINGS PTE LTD, developer, owner and manager of Marino Square Shopping Moll is seeking suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: n The Job: To plan and implement preventive building maintenance programmes To co-ordinate and supervise contracting work pertaining to building services contracts and tenancy works To perform
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        93 8 In The Subordinate Courts of The Republic of Singapore Writ of Distress No. 535 of 1995 IN THE CAUSE OF Tan Mvi Khoon t/a Chan Eng Soon Service ...Plaintiff(s) Versus Ginsin Holding Pte Ltd Defendant(s) AUCTION SALE OF Qty of equipment, nails, Galvanished wire etc. TO BE HELD AT 8
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        910 8 MOTOR SHIP OR VESSEL "OCEAN HOPE" (ADMIRALTY IN REM NO. 468 OF 1995) PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel "OCEAN HOPE" Call Sign HP 7058 Port of Registry Panama Type all steel welded/constructed motor tanker with cargo tanks forward engine/navigation/accommodation space aft. Dimensions 76.80 m L x 1 2.00 m
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        492 8 110 i i I I SALE BY TENDER I i Machinery and equipment for screening, cleaning and bulking of agricultural products incorporating laser technology for high speed sorting and throughput. i 1 SGS Testing Control Services Singapore Pte Ltd invites all interested parties to submit sealed bids by 31 January
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        368 8 1 NOTICE OF GENERAL LICENSING SESSION OF THE LIQUORS LICENSING BOARD, SINGAPORE, TO BE HELD UNDER REGULATION 9(1) Of THE CUSTOMS (LIQUORS LICENSING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1994 A General Licensing Session of the Liquors Licensing Board of Singapore will be held m Court rio. I. Subordinate Courts. Havetock Square. Singapore on
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        3983 9 Renong RENONG BERHAD (Incorporated In Malaysia) wrmrc nc EYTRAfIRDINARY GENERAL MEETING Article 12 Provided that the accidental omission to give notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of NUIHCUrBAIIIAUIMmvuiT """"t 11 1" 11 By substituted the followina new Article for the existing Article 12:- notice of a meeting by,
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        4295 10 I Renong RENONG BERHAD (Incorporated In Malaysia) NATICF Of LOAN STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING Article 11 A Article 53 nJUIIVEWLUMria uurinuLutna At Qannnn ByinsertinathefollowingnewArticleHAimmediatelyafterArticleii:- By substituting the following new Article for the existing Article 53:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Loan Stockholders' Meeting of Renong Berhad (Renong) nyinsen.ngm.ioo g "An annual genera!
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        1504 11 KIM ENG j HOLDINGS saw.4oo.nno principal amoi int of 3.5% UNSECURED LOAN STOCK DUE 1997 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Pursuant to the terms of issue of the 5548,400,000 3.5% Unsecured Loan Stock 1997, interest payment on the Loan Stock for the period 3 February 1995 to 2 February 1996
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        159 11 NOTICE BY NATIONAL COMPUTER BOARD It has come to our attention that a notice has been circulated by an unknown party claiming to be the Software Licence Officer of the National Computer Board (NCB) acting for and on behalf of the NCB, listing and warning the recipients against five computer
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        361 12 I isMSLUSiiwBS^fiS I^V!^* 'I'TOLSi 1 COMING YOUR WAY SOON I today at 9.00PM only —S^SS^'^SSiWM BLOCK buster of the year \BBKm3BHB/mHBBBBKffIWmBBaBB3BBBmBW ■HBHH HHH^I ISfITO iffl^BHf^fflHlFPha JILL. J^—HWHiLUJI I TODAY AT 12J0 NOON, 34MPM, 6.00PM, 845PM Al2 M'NITE 'TODAY AT 3.00PM t&OOPM S^Spm jHBU BrWiwOri Hfe^Kl ict PRPMIERE IN Nii I
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        330 12 I WATCH THE nLMTOHND "A COMEDY OF OUT THE PRICE OF BEAUTY SEXUAL PECCADILLOES" LAST FEW DAYS NOW SHOWING GOLDEN/ COMMONWEALTH ONLY AT GOLDEN 2 NEW TOWN/ PRINCESS |»ffM| QUEENSWAY/ GOLDEN VILLAGE ftjiSlltffll ENG WAH AND SHAW CINEMAS VJ I ~shHr^ '>•"? I HxfIZQQ t FINNISH PIALOviUc jtStf BBBWMw B
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        36 12 NOMINATED FOR g GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS j? w^MWIIONFICIWHIrt»(k*'IBr«ra^^ F SESTPBPOINUKII?aACmSSiMMO^ £> i fsi H 1 I nf^nnjSpi. OPENSTHURSDA^ SEE INDIVIDUAL CINEMA O)RgCTOR>ES FOR SHOW TIMES j' I H B H HBB SB Wm9mm PffHPHPf I I NOJiFsHOUING^
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        1037 12 What's On DrDTADIi AUAr(* Clementi Road. Today tomorrow: 10.30 am 5 pm. Thirty com- Jennifer on 256-2033. rr KrilKlflllNlir^ panics from the public and private sectors to help students prepare M r3iiAi pi ay r LIU Vlimnn VLO or their )oh search organised by the Student Counselling Unft of nt
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        339 12 Television Radio TV 1 6.00 AM Seiamat Pagi Malaysia/News 6.10 CNN International (English) 6.30 Motivasi Sihat/Senaman 2020 7.02 Asia Business News/Asian Market Report (English) 7.30 Bingkisan Semasa (Current affairs) 8.02 Sarapan Malaysia (Cooking series) 8.15 Lakukan Sendiri/Topik Semasa (Current affairs) 10.02 CNN (English) /Selera Sabah (Cooking series) 11.02 Sesame Street
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        480 13 Television CHANNEL 5 6.00 AM AM Singapore (News magazine) 9.00 Aerobics Ox Style (Instructional/stereo) 9.30 Iris The Happy Professor The Moon/My Teeth (Car toon/stereo) 10.00 Free Willy (Cartoon/stereo) 10.30 The Legend Of White Fang An Adventure At Every Turn (Cartoon) 11.00 Home Shopping 12.00 NOON News 5 Today 12.10 PM
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        499 13 Television Mi PRIME 12 9.00 AM CDIS (ETV) 10.00 Close 2.00 PM Home Shopping 3.00 CDIS (ETV) 4.00 Our Home (Lifestyle): Featuring the newest kitchen gadgets, kid problems, perfect lip makeup and low-fat recipes for kids. 5.00 Low Cholesterol Gourmet (Lifestyle) 5.30 Growing Up Together (Lifestyle) 6.00 George And Mildred
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        310 14  -  LIM SENG JIN IVAN HENG hates being boxed up m a corner. "It's not my fight," says the man trying to make it as an actor m London. "I have bigger issues. They expect you to sit m that corner and fight." "I am
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