The Straits Times, 26 August 1988

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 92/12/87
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  • 803 1 General strike, new demos hit capital RANGOON The Burmese capital was m the grip of a general strike and fresh demonstrations yesterday, as the country's rulers capitulated to popular demands and freed political prisoners, including top dissident Aung Gyi. The government appeared to be rudderless with
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  • 77 1 JOHOR BARU Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, who symbolises the opposition to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was early this moming heading for a clear-cut victory m the Johor Baru parliamentary by-election. At press time, the counting had not been completed, but based on the sorting
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  • Article, Illustration
    92 1 ONLY one day left before the BIG, BIG party. The Sunday Times will publish a special issue of the Swing Singapore party along Orchard Road m a handy, tabloid format barely hours after It is over. You can get a copy from midday on Sunday at Times The
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  • 301 1  -  SHARON LIM By HAVE fun at tomorrow's Swing Singapore party but keep the electioneering out m the interest of public safety. That was the message police had yesterday for all political parties. The police said Swing Singapore, which is the climax of this
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  • 317 1 THE campaigning for votes m General Election 88 began yesterday with the first volley fired by the Workers' Party at a lunch-time rally m Fullerton Square. In the evening, the People's Action Party replied with a mass night rally, led by First Deputy
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  • 95 1 THE Employment (Amendment) Act, 1988, which has received the President's assent, comes into effect today. The (Amendment) Act, which was passed by Parliament on Aug 11, essentially allows companies to give variable payments to workers. It provides the legal basis for the introduction of flexible
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  • 649 1  -  BEN DAVIDSON Retracts remarks made m last polls By FORMER Barisan Sosialis leader Lee Siew Choh apologised to the Prime Minister m the High Court yesterday for defaming him at two rallies m the 1984 general election. Mr Lee Kuan Yew was present when
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    • 9 1 Entertainers to whip up party mood: Pa Re 15
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    • 62 1 DEATH IN THE FAST LANE A speeding motorcylist and his pillion carelessly try to pass a pick-up and die. The pick-up stops and thetr friends crash into it but live. ENGLISH SOCCER LEAGUE FIXTURES Our exclusive colour chart. I MADONNA AND WHITNEY SING IN SIGLAP Friends of dying cancer boy
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    • 31 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3.9 Wan 10 t a use way 12,13 ii ound Your Place 27 Comment Perspective 28,2$ Letters 39 Times Dollar 31-35 Racing 38 Sports 41 4;
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 327 2 Building up the mood THE party will begin at 9.30 pm tomorrow but the (un will begin even earlier about 7 pm. That is when 17 entertainers including snake charmers, magicians, stilt- walkers, a fire-eater, an egg-walk-er and moving statues will be keeping the early birds at Orchard Road
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    • 241 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: JAPAN'S Prime Minister Noboru Takeshlta is In China. The Investment protection treaty which he will sign there represents a significant effort by the both sides to overcome some of the difficulties of doing business In China. The US$l billion (SSI2 billion) loan which he will
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    • 87 2 WHAT'S A TRUE SINGAPOREAN? A READER says the Aug 21 article about "Negative Western influences in Singapore" expresses ''the author's very subjective ana Judgmental opinion of certain Singaporeans she categorises as geh angmd' (fake Europeans). He says one point the author overlooked is that we are an immigrant society
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    • 273 2 'Breakdown m govt' REPORTS have been reaching Rangoon over the past few days of a breakdown of formal government m several centres, as demonstrators continue to press for a democratic political system. In Victoria Point town, anti-government demonstrators were m effective control yesterday after troops and other
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    • 229 2 SHANGRI-LA PRE-TAX EARNINGS TO HIT NEW HIGH SHANGRI-LA HOTEL LTD, the operator of the world-renowned hotel m Orange Grove Road, Is all set to ring m the best ever earnings m its 18-year history. In the first six months of this year, Shangri-La had already chalked up $25.6 million
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    • 162 2 Thailand to stress ties THAI Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan presented a policy platform to parliament yesterday stressing improved relations with the Asean countries and neighbouring Indochina. The Premier said his government would boost political, economic and social co-operation with neighbouring countries, especially with fellow Asean
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    • 416 2 SECTION II Classifieds Sect. II 10 28 Appt Notices Stct. I 37 40 Appt Notices Sect. 1130-33 Cinema Sect. II 8 Comics Sect. !l 29 Product Advertiser Section/Pate Mrfews SIA 4 Vh I Crafts Hua Shi Oriental N 9 Audb Philips I 43 Asia Sound Equipment I 48
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    • 225 2 Tyson wants Green WORLD heavyweight champion Mike Tyson wants to fight Mitch Green m the ring. Tyson, who fractured his right hand m a street scuffle with the former contender, said he was ready to whip Green any time, anywhere and at any place. In the scuffle with Green,
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    • 433 2 Bolshoi sell-out THE Bolshoi Ballet troupe flies m for a one-night, sell-out, once-in-a-lifetime show at the Kallang Theatre on Sunday. In a letter to its prima ballerina, Natalia Bessmertnova, CHRISTINE KHOR welcomes the 38--member touring group on their first visit to Southeast Asia. The group includes Bessmertnova's husband
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  • around the WORLD
    • 406 3 Japanese PM hopes for new phase m ties with Beijing BEIJING Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita yesterday announced loans of 850 billion yen (5112.92 billion) for Chinese development projects, and pledged continued support for China's modernisation drive. Mr Takeshita, m a meeting with Chinese
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    • 403 3 WARSAW Polish riot police stormed two coalmines m Upper Silesia and attacked strikers, reliable sources said yesterday, as authorities called an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. Units of zomos riot police forced their way on Wednesday into the Moszczenica mine at Jastrzebie and
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    • 184 3 NEW YORK Romina Danielson. who made headlines last year when she testified during the Joan Collins-Peter Holm divorce trial, is carried into a giant champagne bubble bath at Cave Canem, a New York night spot. The party was held to promote the
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    • 182 3 Japan to boost defence budget to counter Soviet threats TOKYO Japan's Defence Agency applied yesterday for a 6.1-per-cent increase m defence spending for the next financial year to counter what it called a growing Soviet military threat m East Asia. The agency said worldwide moves to improve East-West relations had
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    • 327 3 GENEVA Iran and Iraq yesterday began their first face-to-face talks on a permanent settlement of their eight-year-long war. Foreign ministers Tareq Aziz of Iraq and Ali Akbar Velayati of Iran met at the United Nations' European headquarters m Geneva for talks chaired by UN
      Reuter  -  327 words
    • 128 3 Man killed as fire guts historic district in Lisbon LISBON A huge fire raged through a historic shopping district yesterday, gutting dozens of 19th-century buildings, killing an elderly man and injuring at least 27 people, officials said. "This is a real catastrophe," said President Mario Soares, who toured the charred
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    • People power in Burma
      • 727 4 Protesters press on for democratic system VICTORIA POINT Reports have been reaching the Burmese capital of Rangoon over the past few days of a breakdown of formal government m several centres, as demonstrators continue to press for a democratic political system. In one such centre,
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      • 461 4 RANGOON The only hopeful sector m Burma's moribund economy after 26 years of General Ne Win's socialist rule is its black-market economy, the Far Eastern Economic Review reports. According to the weekly, the estimated total value of the smuggled trade (excluding drugs) is commonly
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    • 263 4 BANGKOK Some 200 Burmese residents staged a demonstration outside the Burmese Embassy here for the second day yesterday, demanding that the government resign and abolish the ruling Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP). During the peaceful protest lasting slightly more than an hour, the
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    • 544 6 New farm technology and overcrowded factories the main reasons BEIJING Chinese factories have between 10 million and 20 million workers too many while millions of peasants may soon face unemployment due to new agricultural technology, the official Chinese press reported. Labour Minister
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    • 392 6 BELFAST Eight men have been arrested m the bombing of a British Army bus that killed eight soldiers as British government officials plotted strategy on how to thwart the Irish Republican Army's upsurge m violence. The eight detainees, known advocates of a
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    • 152 6 Japanese businessman buys Rust's Cessna FRANKFURT A Japanese businessman has bought the single-engine Cessna that West German Mathias Rust landed m Red Square last year, a television station has reported. The Kremlin landing on May 28 last year sparked a shake-up of the Soviet mili- tary command after the i
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    • 71 6 SOME may find death macabre, but not Mr Fred Hunter, seen here with some items from Florida's first funeral museum, one of a handful m the United States. A third-generation funeral director, Mr Hunter inherited some of the displays. Here he shows off a 1917
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    • 156 6 TAIPEI About 1,500 Taiwanese aborigines marched through Taipei yesterday to demand the return of ancestral land they claim was annexed by the government. The demonstrators ended their four-hour march at the Executive Yuan, or Cabinet office, where they handed a petition to a government representative.
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    • 396 6 Canada church allows gays to be ministers I don't think there are going to be very many of us for the next 10 years at least who will stand up and say: 'I'm lesbian or gay. I'm seeking ordination or commissioning.' The Rev Eilert Frenchs. a member of a national
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    • 409 8 Western military secrets passed on for at least 10 years, says paper WASHINGTON American and West German officials have uncovered a German-based spy ring that has been supplying East bloc intelligence agents with Western military secrets for at least 10 years, the
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    • 247 8 BEIJING Several hundred soccer fans, angered at their team's defeat, ihrew bricks and attacked security officials m the third violent clash between civilians and police reported m China m three days, the Legal Daily News said yesterday. Fighting first broke out among soccer
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    • 301 8 TEL AVIV Israeli soldiers confined 200,000 Palestinians to their homes m the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday after widespread clashes m which at least 18 demonstrators were injured. The army said it clamped a curfew on the 80,000 residents
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    • 49 8 A BRIGHT orange wall thermometer made to promote Marilyn Monroe's 1959 film. Some Like It Hot, fetched a sizzling £4,600 (about 5515,600) at a London auction on Wednesday. The 1.2-metre-long thermometer, which shot past its expected £800 price tag, was sold to a private collector. Reuter picture
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    • 89 8 SANTIAGO Chile's military government announced it was ending its emergency powers yesterday, six weeks before a plebiscite on continued military rule, officials said. The state of emergency, m effect almost since the armed forces seized power under President Augusto Pinochet m a 1973 coup,
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    • 388 8 Burundian army slaughtering Hutu people, say refugees NGENDA (Rwanda) The Burundian army is killing Hutu tribesmen m an increasingly large area of northern Burundi, refugees and Rwandan officials said at this remote frontier village. "The killings are still going on," Mr Aloys Rugenera, the administrator of Ngenda district said on
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    • 165 8 BOSTON Even small amounts of lead appear able to permanently retard a child's development, according to a new study of over 500 youngsters born to women living near a lead smelter. The study, conducted by a group of Australian researchers, tested blood
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    • 37 9 Controversial vice-presidential candidates 1152: RICHARD NIXON allegedly accepted bribes from wealthy businessman. 1172: THOMAS EAGLETON raised eyebrows with revelations that he had had shock treatment tor emotional problems. 1184: GERALDINE FERRARO was questioned abont her husband's finances.
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    • 585 9 Quayle's woes show problem of picking No. 2 He is latest running mate to face controversy WASHINGTON Republican presidential candidate George Bush's running mate Dan Quayle is the latest m a line of controversial vicepresidential candidates who have plagued their political parties. Senator Quayle joins Richard Nixon, Thomas Eagleton, Robert
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    • 313 9  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Organised labour has officially committed itself m America's presidential election, putting its weight behind Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis. Eighty-eight of the AFL-ClO's affiliated unions joined its president, Mr Lane Kirkland, m backing the Massachusetts governor on Wednesday.
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 287 10  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Former Prime Minister General Prem Tinsulanonda is being bestowed with multiple honours m recognition of his work as one of the lon-gest-serving premiers m recent Thai history as he celebrates his 68th birthday today. King Bhumibhol Adulyadej
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    • 334 10 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan presented a policy platform to Parliament yesterday, stressing improved relations with the Asean countries and neighbouring Indochina. Mr Chatichai, 66, outlined the policies of his government during a 30--minute speech m Parliament, broadcast live by state-owned radio. The
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    • 289 10  - Aussie minister designate to visit Indonesia Yang Razali Katsim By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Australian Foreign Minister-designate Gareth Evans will be visiting Indonesia m October amid a visible warming of ties between the two mutu-ally-suspicious neighbours. Antara news agency, reporting from Brisbane, quoted Mr Evans as saying he would be m
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    • 278 10 Opposition says policies are vague BANGKOK Opposition MPs have criticised the Thai government for its vague policies, which they said did not focus on specific ways of addressing urgent issues confronting Thailand. During a day-long policy debate m the 357-seat Lower House on Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan's policy speech, more
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    • 47 10 MANILA Nine Vietnamese refugees were rescued by Filipino fishermen off Zambales province near here after an 11-day sea voyage, the official Philippine News Agency said here yesterday. The Vietnamese said they set off from southern Vietnam aboard a motor boat on Aug 14. AFP
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    • 43 10 OSAMU Kurihara, 55, a Japanese, being investigated at the Philippine immigration headquarters m Manila on Wednesday after he was detained for aUegedly running an illegal business allowing JaDanese Datients to buy kidneys of Filipinos for transplant. AFP picture.
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    • 75 10 Roh plans to visit Asean, Japan SEOUL South Korean President Ron Tae Woo wants to visit the Asean countries and Japan, probably around November, authoritative sources here said yesterday. Foreign Minister Choi Kwang Soo told newsmen that nothing official had been decided yet, but said the government had been planning
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    • 425 10 Manila move to block Marcos' bid to return MANILA Solicitor-Gen-eral Francisco Chavez said yesterday that he will file a petition next week seeking to block former ruler Ferdinand Marcos from returning from Hawaiian exile to attend a special hearing m November. Mr Chavez challenged a petition by the Marcos" family
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    • 80 10 MANILA About 200 communist rebels attacked a town hall and soldiers pounded a guerilla c>mp with mortar bombs m fighting that killed 16 rebels m the northern Philippines, the military said yesterday. A spokesman said army helicopters strafed the mountain province town of Sadang yesterday after rebels
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    • 202 10 Enact law against subversion: Murdani JAKARTA Indonesian Defence Minister General Benny Murdani has called for the enactment of a national security law to deal with subversion m the country. The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. He made the appeal when receiving Mr Albert Hasibuan, chairman of the Indonesian Lawyers Association, according
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    • 177 10 JAKARTA A Jakartabased Soviet diplomat intruded into an international conference on Afghanistan which ended here yesterday but was thrown out by its Indonesian organisers. The diplomat, a second secretary, tried to sneak m again later but was stopped, causing a brief distraction outside
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    • 10 10 Prem's tenure an era of stability for Thailand: Page 29
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 582 12  -  ISMAIL KASSIM The Johor Baru by-election But Election Commission denies allegations By National Front candidate Masud Abdul Rahman (above) gets a friendly pat on the back by a supporter of Independent candidate, Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, at the polling booth at Sekolah Menengah
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    • 172 12 JOHOR BARU More than 60 per cent of the 60,292 voters had cast their ballots m the Johor Baru parliamentary by-election when the polling stations closed at 6.30 pm yesterday. In the 1986 general election, there was a voter turnout of 62 per
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    • 225 12 New unit to check noise pollution in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment plans to set up a vibration and noise control unit to check noise pollution m the country. Its Minister, Datuk Amar Stephen Yong, said yesterday that two West German experts had rec- ommended
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    • 31 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Yang di-Pertuan Agong sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Uruguay, Dr Julio Maria Sanguinetti, on the occasion of the republic's Bernama
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    • 313 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is likely to attain the status of a newly industrialising country (NIC) by 1995 and definitely by the next century, a university professor said yesterday. Prof Fong Chan Onn of the University of Malaya's Division of Applied Economics said
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    • 273 12 IPOH The drug menace m Malaysian institutions of higher learning is not a major problem and could be checked, an educationist said yesterday. The higher education adviser m the Education Ministry, Prof Tan Sri Awang Had Salleh, said: "Only a small number of
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    • 173 12 KUALA LUMPUR The hearing of applications by the New Straits Times (M) Bhd and Utusan Melayu (M) (Bhd), to set aside an interim injunction stopping them from publishing articles which may injure two former Umno members, was postponed yesterday to a date to be
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    • 519 13 No more medical benefits for another 1,000 there KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian and other foreign students m Australia will have to pay higher fees from next year following the Australian government's decision to cut education subsidies. According to The Malay Mail, more than 9,000
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    • 155 13 Two doctors suspended for six months KUALA LUMPUR Two doctors have been suspended for six months each by the Malaysian Medical Council for abusing their professional privileges. They are Dr Tune Teang Teng alias Tune Peang Teng and Dr Ganesparan s o Nagalingam, said MMC president Tan Sri Dr Abdul
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    • 245 13 j KUALA LUMPUR i About half of the children j m primary schools suffer from malnutrition, a recent survey showed. The survey, conducted m selected rural schools, showed that these pupils were either underweight or stunted m growth. The survey, undertaken by the
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    • 27 13 KUALA LUMPUR Islamic Development Bank president Dr Ahmad Muhammed AH yesterday called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at his office here. Bernama
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    • 209 13 PASIR PUTIH (Kelantan) Hundreds of people have flocked to Kampung Kubang Telaga, 12 km from here, where a wooden bridge is said to have suddenly disappeared last Thursday night. The bridge links Kampung Kubang Telaga and Kampung Pohon Barat. To add to the mystery, water
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    • 282 13 Saudis warn of plot to liberate' holy cities KUALA LUMPUR Saudi Arabia has charged that an international conspiracy is being hatched to "liberate" the holy cities of Mecca and Medina from Saudi Arabia. And the movement has even spread to Malaysia, said Saudi Ambassador Sheikh Fouad Abdul Hamid al-Khateeb. He
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    • 127 13 Closer ties in more areas with Brunei KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Brunei have agreed to step up co-opera-tion m language, education and the literary and cultural fields. Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim disclosed this at a dinner m honour of his visiting Brunei counterpart, Pehin Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamed Taib, here
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  • HOME
    • 403 15  -  JUDITH TAN They will keep the crowd amused before the big party begins tomorrow By THE party will begin at y.30 pm tomorrow but the (un will start even earlier about 7 pm. That is when 17 entertainers including snake charmers, magicians, stilt-walkers, a fire-eater, an egg-walker
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    • 227 15 THE 150,000 people who are expected to attend the Swing Singapore party tomorrow can carry on dancing and singing m light rain if they so wish. But if the drizzle turns to a downpour of thunderstorm proportions, the party
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    • 572 15  -  MATHEW PEREIRA By ORCHARD ROAD last night reverberated to the "big boom sound" of high-powered music from clusters of speakers m strategically located stations. The sound level was kept within 90-100 decibels. This is wha 1 you will hear m a typical disco.
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    • 253 17 Local firms urged to tie up with software leaders LOCAL software developers should seek strategic alliances with leading international companies so that the best computer programs of these "biggies" can be further developed m Singapore. By doing so, local firms can build up expertise which will allow them to better
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    • 107 17 MOST Telecoms service outlets and post offices will be closed on Polling Day, Sept 3. There will also be no delivery of mail that day. Those who need to send telegram, telex and telefax messages or make international telephone calls may do so
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    • The man who lost his dream home
      • 572 17  -  LESLIE SIM Disqualified winner may get 'token prize' as a gesture of goodwill By Esso contest: No bar on staff "OUR Cash-On-Friday $10,000 Draw is open to everyone, including employees. As long as you are a consumer you are eligible to enter the draw,"
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      • 385 17  -  TOH CHONG By SINGAPORE has been identified as a distribution centre for the re-export of fake top-grade perfumes to the Middle East, Africa and other parts of Asia. This followed a major joint crackdown by police, private investigators and the European distributors of the
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      • 433 17 Shell has every right to withdraw prize, say lawyers SHELL has every right to withdraw its "dream home" from Mr Ng Hung Kwang, according to lawyers contacted yesterday. As an employee with a participating Shell station, he was disqualified right from the start, and by taking part, he had breached
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    • 416 17 SOME milked cows, and some made hay. Others worked at the supermarket or babysat. For 18 months, 33 children from New Zealand did all that on their weekends to raise money (or a trip to Singapore. Said their tour-leader, Mr Rob Mcmurray: "These kids
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    • 468 18  -  YAW VAN CHONG Is judge empowered to hear Aussie fraud case here? By TWO Queen's Counsel locked legal horns m a magistrate's court on Tuesday and again yesterday over whether the judge before them was empowered to hear the case that had come up. "Yes,"
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    • 513 18  - Hunt for man behind gems heist hotting up BRENDAN PEREIRA By POLICE have intensified their hunt for the Singaporean "mastermind" and two other suspects involved m this year's biggest goldsmith heist. The Straits Times learnt that several raids were conducted last night to flush out the man behind the $1.2-million
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    • 244 18 Project body to look into Medinet soon A PROJECT organisation is expected to be formed shortly to study the feasibility of MediNet and to look into its functional requirements. Announcing this yesterday, Mr Tan Chin Nam. chairman of the National Computer Board (NCB), said an NCB team has been gathering
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    • 505 18  -  BEN DAVIDSON By I A HAPPILY married man went into the kitchen one day, saw his wife standing by the sink and stabbed her to death. Airport policeman Teo Khay Hua, 39, was unable to give any reason for the slaying, deputy public
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    • 128 18 A 20-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday with having carnal relations with an underage^ girl and procuring her as a prostitute. Hoh Tan Seng allegedly had carnal relations with the girl m a house at Sims Avenue m July last year. The law forbids sexual intercourse
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    • 241 18 HIGH-TECH investors are attracted to Singapore because of its pool of skilled workers, despite labour costs which are higher than those m other developing countries. Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Minister of State (Education), said this on Tuesday when he noted that this
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    • 56 18 THE case against a foodstall owner, summoned to court for not having a catering licence, was yesterday adjourned to Sept 22 as his lawyer had just been briefed. Oh Kee Eng, 48, catered (or a wedding dinner at the Marsiling community centre after which about 400
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    • 145 18 Man to go on trial for armed robbery with gun A FORMER worksite supervisor will be tried m the High Court for a robbery while armed with a gun at a Tanjong Katong goldsmith, involving $219,000 worth of jewellery, m 1985. Khor Boon Kheng, 27, a Malaysian, allegedly committed the
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    • 69 18 A YOUTH was yesterday charged with using criminal force on a girl with intent to outrage her modesty Lee Chin Wee, 17, allegedly kissed and caressed the girl on July 23 at 10.45 pm m Ang Mo Kio West Garden. He was also accused of fondling her on
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    • 327 19 A fourth tourist board executive resigns SENIOR tourist board executive Emile Thai has resigned, bringing to four the number of key officers who have left the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board this year. Mr Thai, who was appointed to his present post of regional director (Asia) only m June, will join
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    • 413 19  -  ELENA CHONG By TWO men and a woman who were originally jailed for five months each for drugging a woman and making her pose seminude had their jail terms reduced on appeal to the High Court yesterday. Mr Justice
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    • 291 19 10-year-old beard to go to raise school funds A TEACHER who has had a beard for 10 years has decided to shave it off for money money for the school, of course. And he will do it during Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical Schools 33rd food and fun fair on Sunday.
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    • 528 19  -  SHARON SIMON Panel also seeks back-up services like vocational guidance, placement By A CENTRAL co-ordinating body to look after the training needs of the disabled should be set up as a matter of urgency, says a committee m a report to the
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    • 519 21  -  RAY DHALIWAL It will have its own staff to do job full-time By SINGAPORE'S watchdog body on advertising is to go on the offensive on its own against unethical advertisements. The Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore, set up m 1976 to regulate advertisements, plans
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    • 263 21 S'pore survivor of Butterworth tragedy returns home A SINGAPOREAN housewife who survived the Butterworth Jetty tragedy returned home after three weeks m a Penang hospital. Madam Goh Hock Hong, 50, is still nursing a fractured pelvis. Family members yesterday said Madam Goh, a mother of three, still finds it difficult
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    • 135 21 POLICF arelooking (or the relatives of two elderly men who died last Friday. Foui nlay has been ruled out m both incidents. AN UNIDENTIFIED Chinese man was found dead m a vacant house at Malay Street, off Victoria Street, at about 8.40 am.
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    • 161 21 CHINESE State Councillor and Minister of MachineBuilding and Electronics Industry, Mr Zou Jiahua, is visiting Singapore as a guest of Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, the Trade and Industry Minister and Second Minister for Defence (Services). During his five-day visit, starting today, Mr Zou
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    • 101 21 Waitress jailed for flinging bag from flat DISTURBED from her sleep at 3 am, a bar waitress threw down an empty plastic bag. A group of people below, who were preparing a wedding feast, ignored it and carried on with their activity. Teo Geok Buay, 34, then aimed a water-filled
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    • 75 21 Bus SSI to operate for 2 more hours GOOD news for Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) commuters m Yishun New Town. Since yesterday, the Trans-Island Bus Service SSI which plys between the Yio Chu Rang MRT Station and Yishun New Town has extended its operation for another two hours until 9.30
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    • 64 21 THE alumni of Kent Ridge Hall, a hostel at the National University of Singapore, will be having a farewell dinner for the master of the hall. The dinner for Professor I,ee Soo Ann, who is going on sabbatical leave, will begin at 7.30 pm
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    • 299 21 Two Ngee Ann graduates are tops m their courses CARING and sharing paid off in gold for Mr Low Yew Seng and Mr Liow Seow Poh when they graduated top of their class yesterday Both gold medallists are among the more than 800 diploma and
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    • 244 21 Boy, 7, hit by car on way to granny's flat A PRIMARY 1 pupil was seriously hurt when he was knocked down by a car after school on Tuesday. Mohd Hazuli bin Abdul Halid, seven, was walking to his grandmother's flat when the accident occurred along Tiong Bahru Road at
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    • 188 22 THE High Court yesterday jailed a man four years for sodomising a then 10-year-old schoolboy m an empty flat more than two years ago. Sikendar Sellamarican, 28, a hawker's assistant, had denied committing two offences against the boy m a flat at Block 23, Norfolk
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    • 437 22 That's how much it has benefited from computerisation THE civil service made a net return of $1.71 for every dollar it spent on computerisation. Having made an annualised investment of $73 million into the Civil Service Computerisation Programme (CSCP), the civil service reaped a
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    • 341 22 Teargas' robber gets four years and 12 strokes THREE men ended up misty-eyed on Valentine's Day this year. But it was not tender thoughts which brought tears to their eyes. A court heard yesterday that a spray resembling teargas was used by three robbers on the men, who were carrying
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    • 64 22 Asean booths to get choice sites at fair ASEAN participants at Travex 89 (Travel Exchange) will be given a choice location of booths next year. They will be stationed m the front half of Hall 4 m the World Trade Centre. A ballot will be held to allocate the location
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • 155 22 MISS LUCY TAY, daughter of Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Minister of State for Education, is the overall winner of the First Pacific International Final for the Plain English Speaking Award (Pesa) 1988 held m Melbourne on Wednesday. The competition comprised three
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      • 186 22 SINGAPOREANS will have to part with about $4,980 (A53,000) if they want to ride m a London cab when it is here on a stopover of the Great Canon Taxi Ride from London to Sydney. However, a less expensive way to contribute to charity
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      • 158 22 AN ORANGE haze was spotted over the eastern part of Singapore yesterday morning. Miss P. K. Lye, an assistant manager, called the News Line to say visibility was poor from her office on the 33rd floor of UIC Building m Shenton Way. "My office faces Marina
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      • 136 22 A PEEPING Tom who had talked his way out of a tight spot returned to the scene of his "crime" and was caught. A court heard yesterday that on Aug 15 at 10.30 am m Plaza Singapura, a woman clerk saw Leong Sai Kai lying on the
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    • 174 23 Toto's biggest jackpot won SINGAPORE Totos biggest jackpot of almost half a million dollars has been won by a lucky punter at the 7-Eleven store m Tai Thong Crescent. All the seven numbers which he betted 13, 35, 06, 24, 31, 32 and 27 were winners m last Thursday's draw,
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    • 128 23 Traffic alert THE stretch of Keppel Road between Telok Blangah Road and Nelson Road, and Ayer Rajah Expressway between the entry and exit slip roads, will be closed to traffic from lam to sam tomorrow. This is to enable the Public
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    • 92 23 Blaze at electronics company A FIRE gutted the production line of an electronics company m Upper Bukit Timah Road yesterday. The blaze on the third floor of Hock Soon Building started at about 2.30 am. Firemen took 30 minutes to bring it under control. No one was hurt and preliminary
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    • 456 23  -  MICHAEL LIM Link between education and myopia By ONE OUT of four male Singaporeans is shortsighted and the better educated they are, the greater the chances that they wear glasses. These were the findings of three doctors who studied the eyesight of 320,409 Singapore
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    • 458 23  -  SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM By A MULTI-billion-dollar American electronics giant, Harris Corporation, will make its presence m Singapore with the purchase of GE's two semiconductor plants here. This is part of a package deal which Harris worked out with General Electric USA earlier this
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    • 405 23  - Woman vanishes after commotion, arson attempt on son's flat DAVID MILLER By A WOMAN has disappeared after she reportedly tried to torch her son's Housing Board flat m Jalan Kayu following a morning family quarrel yesterday. Police said the woman, m her mid-60s, fled soon after she burnt a pile
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  • ELECTIONS 88
    • 565 16 Chok Tong to voters: Bear this in mind PAP rally Voters shouldn't assume PAP will come back into power on Sept 3 \jyT\ THE People's Action Party's \\yj re-election campaign kicked L^^-i off last night with assistant secretary-general Goh Chok Tong outlining some home truths the electorate should bear m
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    • 632 16 Workers' Party rallies O^T] THE Workers' Party, launch- Qgl ing its campaign with a lunchL^?_l time rally at Fullerton Square yesterday, challenged the Government on several counts its terms for the 1963 merger with Malaysia, its use of the Internal Security Act, its
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    • 279 16 THE proposal for an elected President came under fire from several Workers' Party candidates at their Fullerton Square rally yesterday. Secretary -general J. B. Jeyaretnam challenged the People's Action Party to a television debate on the issue. Veteran politician Lee Siew Choh, the
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    • 631 16 TODAY they walk out of one party, tomorrow they walk into another. Mr Goh Chok Tong isn't sure whether to call them walk-in or walk-out candidates. Last night at a PAP rally, he named several opposition candidates whose shifting party loyalties made it difficult for
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    • 404 16 SDP rallies ■7^l DENYING the People's ff 1 Action Party a twolE^ 1 thirds majority m Parliament was the central theme of the Singapore Democratic Party's first four rallies last night. This was necessary to prevent the PAP from changing the Constitution
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    • Article, Illustration
      642 17 What running the country is like "It's like the housewife preparing a meal for her family. Some members will like the dishes she cooks, others not. It is not easy to please everyone. "So, it is not possible for a government to score 100 marks every year Singapore
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 97 16 Today's rallies '"pTrT 8- 10 pm Vacant land beside Blk 61 62 Stirling Road (Long Kee) 7- 10 pm Vacant land near Blk 126 Yishun Ring Road (Sembawang GRC) 7 -10pm Carpark No 6 Bedok Town Centre (Bedok GRC) 7- 10 pm Vacant land m front of Blk 178 Bishan
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 64 21 BOOK DISPLAY Venue Hougang Oriental Superstore (Ground Floor) Date Now till 28th August 1988 Time 11.00 am to 9.00 pm Books On Display 'Young Peoples Science Encyclopedia 'Science Technology Illustrated Encyclopedia 'Science Invention Encyclopedia 'Growing Up With Science Encyclopedia 'Family Health Encyclopedia 'Encyclopaedia Britannica 'Children's Britannica 'Compton's Encyclopedia 'Concise Encyclopaedia
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    • 226 21 puisar •'jf' m Overall Winner. A/so winner Class 2(\oolcc-l lOQcc) rM Z^^' I /^k /I f^. I II I 11^/ ft r J" Pulsar delivered 37.6 km per litre! .^^^^f I Only 5.48 litres of fuel used over total 206.43 km distance. I ■■■■■■I I Feel the difference for yourself
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 195 22 Authentic 9n6oneofon mvr •»v ft' T> a *Am^ "^mr t ijjm^ -INDONESIAN RESTAURANT- T"^ «v ip Savour true-to-Indonesia cuisine right here. 5 1 J^| Specially prepared by invited chef Sohyar *^j IS V^ytt and his team from the well-known Sahid u$ £mmm\m m Jaya Hotel m Jakarta. Exotic. Sumptuous. jft
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    • 304 23 V uLjSm Mf* Brt« ■JSnYN* _v mj_*HW_MBBW^ -^^^bbWbb bbbb^^l. r-f //^/al BKiV^L^ ABB^^oßi ß^v^B b^t^HbißmbLi, .^b^b*vab^bjhbhbmmhm /#^f j^h tt\ aI BV^mMBBBM .^Blßy .^■^^^aF^HT f SbK m%J*lmdmAi£&m^lL^M A /^Bi Bb2^V^ '-BBK^fl BHbBbBMmbT '^'^F «B 1' '*V v Ai§S CCCS bbMi A* /^4bbl ■a^^tf^^^JßßJß^^^ BL^ vv A^B jßßßJßßßßn^^^^^^^^^ \^V r ji 3Hbl
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    • 126 23 V h 1 Ib^a> 4 9 i ft! d^Ki^^^^^^Bk^SQr > 1 *^f ft .J It's all CROCODILE items m this fantastic I^^ G H£ar l ni warehouse sale. J^SK P°usll fa^J^ Hurry and snap up the best buys! Bnetss4 $3.20 Shorts 513.80-519.90 Wnstbands S4 9o $4 M I Singlets $450
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 1469 24 1908-7988 (z3§) Great Eastern Life QA 1908 y x <S YEARS OF LIFE I^^^^^HH Chairman's Message Our Products And Services W\rm^mmJs Great Eastern Life, founded m the Our fundamental concern is to provide financial ne primary business of Great tastern life is S^k Straits Settlements on 26 August security against
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    • 176 25 Congratulations I Congratulations I] \q I Great Eastern life I Great I I on your 11 C^^-^X I I 80 years of service II t3ST©rn I I to the community II m I Life I 1 1 your 80th anniversary I Oversea I Wearne Brothers, Ltd A V^Vd 6 5
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    • 384 26 Great Eastern Life II Great Eastern Life I I your 80 years of service to the community II I j^yr\ j£. 4* sa in £o t&\4\ II pQr^ SIMBL (Jw) 0.C.8.C. FINANCE (SINGAPORE) LIMITED JJ Jk OD a"^^!^^?^ 1 s^e« nt aM > *s k—^ Head Office: 101 Cecil Street
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 565 27  - Food and fun the stuff to please the spirits IRENE ANG Feasts and auctions m month of 'hungry ghosts' By DUSK falls, and a boisterous spirit pervades as the sound of feasting and auctioneering ring out. It is the Feast of the Hungry Ghosts, a time when many Chinese celebrate
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    • 295 27  - Speeches aplenty at first CC toastmasters club 'do' GOH YUE YUN Thomson By THE dinner guests came from all walks of life among them, a used car dealer, a dental nurse, a housewife. But they all had one thing m common: the desire to stand up before an audience and
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    • 424 27 On the go from choir practice to qigong Kallang "I LIKE to keep busy. I am happiest when I am busy," says Madam Lee Ah Phee, 57. No one can dispute that. Four years ago, this gregarious vicechairman of the Kallang Senior Citizens' Club started learning English. Today, Madam Lee
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    • 319 27 Dance course: Learn the cha-cha, rock 'n' roll and disco rock m a threemonth course held on Sundays from 2 pm to 4 pm by the Joo Chiat CC Youth Group. The fee is $32 for non-members and $30 for members. If you prefer more romantic dancing
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    • 33 27 ■^heßSb^MuQplSSB9l^^k' >•**'•**' i*^S*^fcBß^^BP^ ?3^l^^e(^^Du^^^^ *^-*iEun vqEQBS^I KBV^3 ti» IS^CCT^^K^HtKiCi tTTi^^^^W.^Bftc3«fr i i "V- tv /■ftanjßffJH^B CONGRATULATIONS GREAT EASTERN LIFE ON YOUR 80 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. (f|n) FraserA Neave (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 615 28 JAPAN'S Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita is m China. It is the first visit by a Japanese head of government since Mr Yasuhiro Nakasone went there m 1986. On the surface the purpose of the visit appears primarily economic. In Beijing, Mr Takeshita will sign an investment protection
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    • 1125 28  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM Indonesian Vice-President Sudharmono acknowledged this week that the political temperature m Indonesia was rising m the run-up to the coming Golkar congress. At the same time, Armed Forces Commander General Try Sutrisno told a local magazine that it was not
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    • 695 28  -  YOICHI FUNABASHI By > TOKYO A new awareness of Japan as a world economic superpower is emerging. To some extent, this enhanced economic influence translates into political power because of the relative erosion of the leadership of the
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    • 619 28  - 'Singapore is indeed a modern miracle' REV. GEORGE P. CARLIN Viewpoint By Commentary published m the July 28 issue of the Philippine Leader a Manila weekly. SINGAPORE is a delight. It proves that a city can be clean, safe, pollu-tion-free, with fast-moving and orderly traffic patterns, a courteous and self
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    • 1128 29  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK General Prem Tinsulanonda's tenure as Thailand's Prime Minister coincided with the most prosperous years the country had seen m recent times. On the eve of the general election last month, Gen Prem had confidently predicted
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    • 1124 29  - Children flying alone viewed as a growth market ROGER COLLIS Airlines woo a younger set of passengers By International Herald Tribune One airline's research found that the children "hate being patronised, labelled as children, talked down to". They complain that duty-free is too expensive and that there's nothing for them
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 27 28 Learn to make decor statements the way you make fashion statements. Take a tip from auCj— t i,' p i JSHH Newsstands ■ju^ibk| A Times Periodicals Publication
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    • 366 28 Krups super Open and Win contest allows you to do just that. Open Win! r*" k I Mod* 701 or 702 You can't lose with Krups. W~^' w Maker of exquisite home ->X BBP^ gy— J appliances. Every purchase JUT I te j j a Krups Deep Fryer Jf .f
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 43 29 V%APW V. .^m IMMNHHBBHHHMHHHHBHHIIHI l£ Sale is here. Savings from 20% to 80% m every department. Ladies' dresses from $19. Men's shirts from $9. Le Sale ends September 11, what are you waiting for? Liat Towers, Orchard Road. OUB Centre, 1 Raffles Place,
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  • FORUM
    • 185 30 I SEE from your Aug 22 report that a new car insurance system is being worked out. It is stated that younger and reckless drivers, salesmen, hawkers and journalists would pay more but women, married and older drivers would pay less. In my view,
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    • 426 30 I WOULD like to respond to Tan Sai Siong's Aug 21 article about "negative Western influences" m Singapore. The article expresses the author's very subjective and judgmental opinion of certain Singaporeans she categorises as geh ungmo (faking as whites). One point that Ms Tan overlooked
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    • 934 30 Treasure vessel was Albuquerque's flagship: Expert I REFER to the letter "Is treasure ship really the flagship?" by Mr B.J. Fernandes. (ST, Aug 23). Our historian and expert m ancient maritime history, Dr Paul Andell, has researched the history of the ship Flor-de-la-Mar. over a period of 10 years m
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    • 183 30 Why sweep and mop when people are eating? I AM writing this letter after an unpleasant incident m a fast food restaurant m Lucky Plaza. My husband and I were about to have what we thought would be a quiet dinner. It was not to be the case. We had
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    • 186 30 Caterer provided poor quality food RECENTLY, my husband and I found a slip of paper advertising a home catering service. Since we are working (and living away from our parents) we de^ cided to give it a try. We telephoned the nuniber given and were told the monthly rate for
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    • Reply
      • 192 30 I REFER to the letter "Help man who poses a danger to own kids" by "Concerned". (ST, Aug 18). We wish to thank the writer for his concern for the welfare of the children. The ministry takes a serious view of child abuse. Our primary focus m
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    • 474 30 Beauty m cane.... Exclusively: Cane C/ieations Cane-like you've never seen before Showroom: 207-207A Upper Thomson Road Singapore 2057 Tel: *****33 A PROJECT OF SWEE SENG HONG ENTERPRISES PTE LTD WORLD-WIDE DELIVERY AVAILABLE. ENQUIRIES WELCOME "1 MlMfftfiiia'l California Kelsey Plum. IOOg 59C California Peach. 2 pcs $1 .80 USA Red Seedless
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 62 31 SHARE prices m Singapore closed higher yesterday for the first time m 12 days. The Straits Times Industrial Index moved up by 5.82 points to close at 1,070.85. Turnover was an extremely thin 25.5 million units, worth $46.18 million, a fall from the previous session's 33.06
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        • 15 31 Amol Steel 50c 1,564,000 Roxy Elect 1,370,000 Promet 1,215,000 Ton Chong 50( 964,000
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      • 10 31 In Singapore, gold gained US$2.BO to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 52 31 Eurodollar: Lost one tick to 91.27 a contract. Deu tsche mark: Gained 59 ticks to 0.5344 a contract. British Pound: Gained 124 ticks to 1.6884 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 50 ticks to 0.*****9 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 90 points to ***** a contract. Gold: Gained US$4.5O to U*****.70
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      • 36 31 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Tines Business Tines Industrial Composite 1987 High *****0 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) 1986/87 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470 92 (28/4/86) Ml time High *****0 (26/8/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) All time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 24 31 DM V FT 8| HKI USf USf 1 &82? 133 83 unq ***** 7 8035 ***** 1.8744 ***** ***** ***** ***** 1.6910
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      • 13 31 THE US dollar lost 221 ticks to close at DM1.8744 m Singapore.
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      • Short Stops
        • 83 31 TOKYO The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it has applied to the Finance Ministry for permission to list Ford Motor Co on its foreign stock section from next month. Daiwa Securities Co Ltd would be the listing agent. Ford plans no new share issues for the Tokyo
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        • 88 31 TOKYO The Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), the second largest market m Japan, will use the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average m stock index options and stock index futures options transactions, OSE officials said on Wednesday. The trading of options using the Nikkei, the closely watched market gauge
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        • 71 31 PanAm facing $242 m bill WASHINGTON Pan American World Airways Inc has said that it might have to pay US$ll9.l million (*****.84 million) m annual pension contributions for the fiscal years 1987 and 1988. In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, it said it
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    • 418 31  -  LIM ENG HAI By SHANGRI-LA HOTEL LTD, the operator of the world-renowned hotel at Orange Grove Road, is all set to ring m the best ever earnings m its 18 years of history. In the first six months of this year, Shangri-La had
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    • 439 31  - SNP proposes 1-for-l rights and 26 jump in profit SHARON LAU By SESDAQ-LISTED Singapore National Printers Ltd yesterday announced a I-for-I rights issue and a 26 1 -per cent rise m pretax pro*it to $1.38 million for the six months ended June. But group bottom-line earnings slipped 4.5 per cent
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    • 367 31 Bank loans and advances rise further in May BANK credit m May continued its recovery from the downturn following the October stock market crash. According to statistics from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, total loans and advances (including bills financing) extended by banks rose by $378 million to $38.37 billion
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    • 309 31  -  DAMIEN LIM By BETTER trading conditions and increased contributions from its associated companies has helped food and beverage group Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd post higher earnings for the first six months of this year. After-tax profit rose more than a third to
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    • 476 31  - ECICS net surplus for first half hits four-year high R. R A JENDR AN By THE Export Credit Insurance Corp of Singapore Ltd has turned m its best interim results since 1984 with a net surplus of $12.2 million for the first six months of this year. The figure is
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    • 167 31 TRANSMARCO LTD, the up-market retailing subsidiary of Metro Holdings, has incorporated a 60-per cent owned subsidiary m Hongkong, Welltime Services Ltd (WSL). WSL has an issued and paid-up capital of HKJ4S million (551.17 million). Its main activity is that of investment holding, and
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    • 4448 32 AH shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted x dividend P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investments Scheme, t Margin stocks ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each,
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    • 2500 32 INDUSTRIALS A|inomoto (262/265) Alcom (96/97) 95 (2) 94 (5) 96 API (46/47) 45 5 (3) 45(1) 47 (4) 46 (23) AISB 1 28 1 29) 1 25 (43) 1 26 1 3) 127 (22) 124 (7) 124 (1) 129 (24) 130 (2) 128 (5) 129
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      • 425 33 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB DEPOSIT RATES Saving:, daily 3 2 l -t 2 1 2 2*4 3 Monthly ?< 4 Autosave 3 Fixed deposit 1 month 3 3 2'« 2MI) 3(6) 2 months 3 2*4(1) 3(6) 3 months 3 3 2 4 2 1 4<1) 3 6
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      • 201 33 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Ss!o foreign currency Australian dollar 1 6644-1 6672 6.08—5.94 Canadian dollar ***** ***** 6.11—6.01 NZ dollar 1 3010 1 3036 7.82—7.60 Sterling pound 3.4398-3 4435 2.94—2.90 US dollar 2.0360—2.0370 4 94-4.89 Local doiiars
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      • 114 33 THE US dollar closed easier against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed easier at 2.0363 69 m erratic trading. It traded within 2.0380 and 2.0365 after opening at 2.0380 90. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 1.8830 37 and closed at
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      • 156 33 THE kiiobar market traded between 5528,540 and 5528,620 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.20 434.60. It locked m a fairly narrow range between US$434 434.40 and U*****.40 434.80 m quiet morning market and closed for lunch at U*****.35 434.75. It reopened m the afternoon at
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      • 21 33 i Rubber Closing prices cents kilo Singapore 249 50 September up two cents Malaysia ***** September up one cent i
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      • 36 33 GOLD USS/oz Thus Wed Singapore 435 00 435 50 432.00 432 40 Hongkong 434 80—435 30 432 10—432^0 Wed lues Nfew York 434.50 435.00 432.00 432.50 London 434 20—434 70 432 25 432 75
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      • 280 33 Managers prices for August 26 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 99—1 (ft The Savings Fund 0 87-0 93 Spore Prog Fund 0 41—0 45 Spore Sec Fund 0 65— 0 70id S pore Invest Fund 0 69—0 74 S pore Equity Fund 0 49—0 53 Asia Unit
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      • 16 33 Tin Closing prices Xl Tin 19.68 up two cents Turnover 65 tonnes down 27 tonnes
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      • 27 33 Ctoinf prices Copper tore* M Spot 1373 00 1374 00 (1366 00-1368 001 3 months 1358 00—1359 00 (1353.00—1354 00) Market tone Firm Sales: 8.310 tonnes
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      • 29 33 Qotmf prictt Silv.r IBS troy oj Ttan «M Singapore 6 78—6 83 6 71-6 76 tun New rork 6 76 681 6 70—6 75 Source Credit Suisse Spore
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      • 27 33 i Ctaatf prices Aluminium £/toraw Ned Spot 1764 00—1766 00 (1680 00-1685 00) 3 months *****0—1612 00 (1580 00—1582 00) Market tone Steady Sales 10.300 tonnes
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      • 95 33 Crude MS/tome palm ofl August 980 (south) ***** (central) September 985 (south) Refined palm oil US$/tames RBD palm oil Aug/Sept Oct 397 50 (sellers) RBD Stearin October 395 (sellers) RBD Olem Aug Sept 400 (sellers) October 410 (sellers) No v/ Dec 410 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq palm
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      • 9 33 Income Bond Policy 1 7S 1 81
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      • 69 33 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sept 88 91.28 9128 91.26 91.27 543 Dec 90.78 90.79 90.76 90.77 2243 M»rBJ 90.78 90.78 90.75 90 77 414 Jon*' 90.62 90.62 90.61 90.61 30 Sept 90.49 90.49 90.49 90 49 2 D« 90.39 Mmr* 90.33
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      • 35 33 <L'S dollar Deutschemark Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sept 88 0.5323 0 5349 0.5320 0.5344 904 Dec 0.5368 0.5395 0.5367 0.5387 19 Mar 89 0.5429 Open Int (Wed): IMS. Art V*l (Wed): 1123.
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      • 30 33 (British Pound) Open High Low Sett Est V«l Sept 88 1.6806 1.***** 1.6806 1.6884 7 ■W 1.6760 Mm 81 1.6658 Open Ist (Wed): *8. Act Vol (Wed): 21.
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      • 33 33 (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est V«l Sept 88 0.*****9 0.*****0 0.*****9 0.*****9 584 Df* *****56 0.*****4 0.*****6 0.*****9 16 MuN 0.*****6 Open Ist (Wed): 51M. Art Vol (Wed): int.
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      • 46 33 (Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Sp»t *****.50 *****.93 *****.85 *****.44 Sept 88 ***** 870 ***** ***** ***** 1576 Dee ***** ***** *****A ***** 104 MarB» *****8 ***** June *****8 ***** Open Int (Wed): 111(8. Art V.I (Wed): ZS*.
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      • 22 33 l'Ss per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Ad* 88 436.70 Open Int (Wed): NU. Act Vol (Wed): Ml.
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      • 116 33 Thursday, August 25 1988 W 8» colt. S*p< M p<.t> High Loo S«ft M^d Loo S*tt 50 3A 2 52 11 11 13 53 671 71 37 37 42 54 991 30 30 107a 103 55 M -12 IMA I*4 56 263* 250 57 H 1 59 CAI
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 901 33 SINGAPORE prices rose slightly across-the-board yesterday, with the Straits Times Industrial Index posting a 5.82-point gain to end at 1,070.85. It was a welcome change for the Index which had suffered 11 consecutive declines. The broader-based Business Times Composite Index also rose, but by
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      • 227 33 Auf 24 USJ Chant* Akoo sO*» +t*i Allied S.g 33<-« Amox Inc 21H H Arm Corp 43>-« IH Art 25 +W B«thtehem Stl 21<4 Boeing Co 56H +2 Coterp*or Co 56Vi +1 Cho»« Monhtn 28H +W Chrysler Cp 22H H Cihcorp 23*4 +\k Corn Not Got 37H Consol
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      • 61 33 i i i -i 1,1 NST Index Thursday 1,756.34 (1,760.08) Hongkong Hang Seng ->0 Thursday 2,520.86 (2,520.29) Australian All-Ordinaries Thursday 1,636.30 (1,633.30) Nikkei Stock Average Thursday 27,870.44 (27,799.67) Financial Times Industrials Wednesday 1,467.50 (1,466.10) Dow Jones Average o_'ffi Wednesday 2,026.67 (1.989.33) P- (Figures m brackets refer to those of
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      • 341 33 At* 25 HKS Ounce Auoc kit! Hotah 3 00 0 02! Bonk Of Eott A*»o 16 90 +0 I Capitol Corp 0 830 +0 01 Cothoy Pocrf« A* 8 255 +005! Ch«ung Kong 7.15 unch Owvj light 1600 +0 1 Oty Rmoutcm I ISN Crow Horb Tunnrt 15 10
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      • 369 33 *"t 25 Yen Chante A»nomoto 2900 unch Ako. 615 +10 Amodo 1260 -10 Aiohi Ch«fn 1060 unch Asohi Gla\i 1880 +30 Bonk Of Tokyo 1550 -20 Bndo«%ton« 1280 -30 Canon 1490 -10 Covo Compuitr 1470 +10 Citizen 811 +1 D Nip Prmt 2600 +20 0 Nippon Scr««n 1080 -10
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      • 332 33 Aut 2b Cents Chjnje mm A N I 208 +3 Ab«rfoyl« 570 unch A(>c Amcor 516 +4 Ampol Exp 255 unch Ampol P«t Aru 506 voch Anodn* Au»t 18 unch Aihfon 153 unch BHP 834 +4 B«och P«trol«um 26 unch M Group 240 -22 Bood Corp 217 +2 Borol
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      • 565 33 *°f 2* Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Atdo MFI 154 -1 All*d L,on 416 2 Am»< 380 uo<h mr nc 275 -4 korcloyi 408 -3 Boocfcom 477 4 BICC 344 3 Blim Circle 4SB 2 BOC Group 40S +3 Boom 216 5 Bo»ot*' 42S -2 MTS 437 +11 B Airwoyt '.8
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    • 504 33 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppd Wharves to*' K35 as.de 31 08 G Mountain K36 aside 27 08 Gydmsky Kosy K3O aside ?6 08 Karl M Stadt K2B aside 27 08 Kota Mutiara K3l aside 29 08 Kris Madura K?4W a side 27 08 L Petahn R K22
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    • 333 34 ROTHMANS Industries Ltd has found some consolation m the export and duty-free markets as it continues facing an unfriendly anti-smoking climate m Singapore. By building up export and duty-free sales, the cigarette manufacturer was able to increase group pre-tax profit 9 per cent,
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    • 384 34 KUALA LUMPUR Tin is at last shrugging off the effects of a crash nearly three years ago. It is shining once more m commodity markets, buoyed by strict supply quotas and renewed world demand. "There is a growing realisation that there is a deficit
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    • 246 34 Amcol Holdings suffers 27 decline in its operating profit ELECTRONICS manufacturer Amcol Holdings Ltd, which recently spent $48 5 million boosting property activities, yesterday reported a 27 per cent fall m operating profit to $5.98 million. It attributed the lower result for the first half to the inclusion of surplus
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    • 292 34 Commercial paper facility breaks new ground for S'pore SINGAPORE Nomura Merchant Banking, the local banking arm of the world's largest securities firm Nomura Securities, has arranged a commercial paper facility for the Singapore branch of Italian bank Banca Nazionale Del Lovoro (BNL). The Bull and Bear Asian Commercial Paper (CP)
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    • 260 34 Sing Investments reports poorer first-half results FINANCE company Sing Investments Finance has turned m lower earnings for the half-year ended June 30. Interim operating revenue dropped about 10 per cent to $6.56 million from $7.33 million previously, but pre-tax profit fell a heftier 17 per cent to $2.4 million after
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    • Companies Desk
      • 73 34 ESTATE FINANCE Ltd, Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat's listed vehicle m Hongkong, has increased its stake m Goodwood Park Hotel by 1.55 of a percentage point to 8.27 per cent. The increase arose from the purchase of 700,000 shares m Goodwood for $7.35 million, or an average
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      • 39 34 THE board of Sime Darby Bhd will meet on Sept 3 at 10 am to consider the company's preliminary announcement of results for the year ended June 30 and to recommend the payment of a final dividend.
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      • 48 34 L A HOLDINGS PTE LTD has increased its stake m Dah Yung Investment Ltd. Between July 19 and Aug 15, L A Holdings purchased 812,000 Dah Yung shares from BIL (Asia) Nominees Pte Ltd. As at Aug 20, it holds 3.32 million Dah Yung shares.
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      • 98 34 KUALA LUMPUR— Hexza Corporation Bhd has entered into an agreement to buy 375,000 ordinary shares of Msl each m Norschem Latex Products (M) Sdn Bhd (NLP) from Rejuneva Enterprise Co Ltd. The purchase, which represents 25 per cent of the paid-up equity m NLP, cost M 5521,600 or
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      • 45 34 KUALA LUMPUR Dutch Baby Milk Industries (M) Bhd has recorded a 3-per cent increase m pre-tax profit to M 53.11 million (552.38 million) for the half-year ended June 30. Dutch Baby said turnover was M 589.12 million aeainst M 568.59 million previously Bernama
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    • 196 34 KFC (S) proposes new name to better reflect its activities KENTUCKY Fried Chicken (S) Ltd (KFC) yesterday announced a proposal to adopt "Inno-Pacific Holdings Ltd" as its new name. KFC feels the new name will better reflect the company's activities, which are that of a holding, management and investment company.
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    • 220 34 Bata posts interim pre-tax earnings of $4.3 m KUALA LUMPUR Bata (Malaysia) Bhd made a pre-tax profit of M 55.62 million (554.3 million) for the six months ended June 30, compared with MJS million m the previous corresponding period. Bata said m a statement here on Wednesday that its turnover
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    • 288 35 Greenback at right levels say US officials -WASHINGTON The Reagan administration sees the current value of the US dollar as acceptable and would not like to see it continue rising. Government officials said on Wednesday. The greenback, whose two-year decline helped the US come to grips with a massive trade
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    • 318 35 LONDON Capital has been pouring into British industry after years of sparse investment when its factories lagged behind many others m Europe m efficiency. "Industries are seeing an enormous renaissance of profit," said economist Bill Martin, who works with London stockbrokers Phillips and Drew.
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    • 321 35 VW setting up road for expansion via new China venture FRANKFURT Volkswagen, the West German motor group, is aiming to expand m China and the Far East through an agreement with a Chinese automobile concern. It could lead to a new factory producing 150,000 cars a year. VW and First
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    • 398 35 TOKYO New York Stock Exchange Chairman John Phelan Jr on Wednesday called for international rules and definitions of insider trading on the world's stock markets. Different rules and definitions were hindering control over insider trading m equity markets around the world, he told
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    • 369 35 TOKYO Japanese banks, m this week adopting a new code of regulations designed to root-out insider dealing, have followed other financial institutions m responding to complaints that standards m Tokyo are too lax. After Tuesday's approval of the voluntary code by the
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
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  • RACING
    • 234 36  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS Almost certain loss m Trophy race on Sunday By PENANG The Penang Turf Club is almost certain to suffer loses m the $150,000 Penang Sprint Trophy race on Sunday, but the club will not change the weight-for-age classic to a handicap
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    • 308 36  - Ice On Fire latest to return positive swab JACK ELLIOTT PERTH A horse owned by one millionaire Robert Holmes a Court, who won the 1984 Melbourne Cup with Black Knight, has joined the list of horses showing a positive test to methylprednisolone here. Ice On Fire, trained by Frank Maynard,
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    • 152 36 LONDON Former champion jockey Lester Piggott, who is currently serving a three-year prison term for tax evasion, was allowed to leave prison on Wednesday to visit his seriously injured wife m hospital, the Home Office said. He was escorted by police from Highpoint Prison m southern
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    • 258 36 IT IS Penang Sprint Trophy time again, but the occasion is marked with a tinge of sadness. For the 1985 winner of the Trophy, Happiness n, has been put down following a mishap m which he fractured a leg The
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    • 284 36  - Mardi Gras has much in reserve ON THE TRACK with MALCOLM BASTIANS PENANG Mardl Gras II sped over 600 m m 40.8 sec m his winding-up gallop yesterday, finishing full of running. Apprentice T. Jaffari was astride. The going turned soft after overnight rain and fast work was done on
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    • 545 37 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES B $26 8S per a* cm The Sl/ I •bpeicotcm iCo»ecte<Jl«sio 0O .1 1 I Ministry ot Health BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Tenders are invited for the supply of. 1) Water Purification System Tender BMET ***** Closing Date: 19/9/88 2) Adult/ Neonatal Ventilator Tester Tender BMET ***** Closing Date: 19/9/88
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    • 1008 37 21 TOOLS No PTBOOB2O Closing Date 18 10-88 Head CSD HWT 1 Financial Limit SlOO 000 j 22 MOBILE STORAGE RACK randW No PTBOOB2I Closing Date 16-9-88 Head CSD FUR i CSD FUR 2 Financial Limit 5 25 000 23. PURCHASE OF RIBBONS FOR VARIOUS BRANDS PRINTERS TYPEWRITERS Tender No
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    • 1005 37 UOB Plaza Invitation to Tenderers for Curtain Wall and Entrances The United Overseas Bank Group is developing a new Head Office building to be linked to the present UOB Building at Bonham Street. Raffles Place, Singapore. The Concept and Master Plan Architect is Kenzo Tance and Associates. The Project Architect
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    • 485 37 x fe^gfrj YEO HIAP SENG LIMITED (Incorporated In The Republic ol Singapore) Th« Director* of Yeo Hiap Seng Limited with to announce the unaudited result* of the Group and the Comoanv for the six months ended 30 June 1988:--1988 1987 change Group Company Group Company Group Company $000 $000 1
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    • 816 38 NOTICES" I I A 1 M NCB National Computer Board I TENDER NOTICE I Tenders are invited by the National Computer Board for the following fl 1 (A) Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of hardware, system B and application software for a multi-site S computerised entry and exit control Sft
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    • 926 38 I Tender Notice B Tenders are invited for 1 I BUILDING 8 I (a) Tender No. AMB/T/88/056 Term con- B B tract for the supply and erection of fen- B| B cinq, gates and other associated works |H B to all Telecoms' premises for the period B 1 Nov 88
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    • 592 38 Tender Notice ■H con 't H IV OTHERS I |H (a) Tender No. ADS/T/88/009 Comprehensive quarterly maintenance servicing and 24 hours on call services for a period of three (3) years of Halon 1301 Total Flooding System m 9 Telecoms premises. H (b) Tender No. FNT/01/14 Supply, conver- fl| sion
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    • 1089 38 Hongkongßank <X^ I The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation fl Incorporated m Hong Kong with limited liability J| 1988 Interim Report I The Directors announce that the unaudited profit for the six months ended 30 June 1988 attributable to the shareholders of the Hi Bank was HK51.674 million (1987: HK51.412
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    • 865 39 PORT Of SMCAPORE AUTHORITY 1 TENDER NOTICE J fl tenders tn invited for S *i(1) CONSTRUCTION OF CONTAINER STACKING I YARD AT TANJONG PAGAR TERMINAL I tf BUILDING SITE S j^ Cost of Document Drawings $200 00 g < Closing Date 4 Oct 88 m Eligibility CIDB Civil Engineering I
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    • 936 39 Cost of Document $3000 fl fl Closing Date 6 Sep HH fl fl howround 30 Aug 88 at 10<!O ,im Mt-H ,ii jS Stall No 1 of Pasir Panjang I fl Lighter Wharves Canteen I H (Godown W4) fl fl Tender documents are obtainable from the I I Cashier s
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    • 1011 39 SINGAPORE NATIONAL PRINTERS LTD (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore i The Board of Directors of Singapore National Printers Ltd announces UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1988 Company Group Half year to 30 June Half year to 30 June 1988 1987 1988 1987 ssooo ssooo ssooo
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    • 763 40 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COIRT OF THE KITI HI l< OK SINGAPORE < umaaalrs WlndlnK P No. SU ef IKB. In ike Matter of thr (ompanle* Art (Chapter it) And la thr Matter of offee lntkutries Singapore Pte Ltd ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given tha* a Petition for
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    • 1012 40 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPI'BLJC OP SINGAPORE Com panic* Winding Ip Ne. tti of IWX In the Matter of the ompanlra Act, Chapter M And m the Matter of ASIAN CULTURAL VILLAGE PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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    • 718 40 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THK REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Salt No. ISM of I ft* Between CHOO KWAN CHOONO Plaintiff •ad I IM KWANG HUA Deteatoat NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Llm Kwang Hua lately of 21 Greenfield Drive Singapore 1545 TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you
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    • 102 40 1 I L Jl j t| I What has happened to the compact disc with the arrival of the digital audio tape? Who's snapping up the Jj latest audio-visual products? How large is the /^^^Ji mini-TV market? /U If you want a bigger consumer share, make your presence felt m
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    • 359 40 The Straits Times special Banking Finance this September 28, 1988 provides the best coverage on the subject. It will be timely, up-to-date and in-depth with accurate analyses, fact-filled articles and interesting reports by prominent bankers, economists and our Straits Times financial journalists. Advertisers can expect an unparalleled editorial spanning: DOMESTIC
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    • 145 41 Pictures by Posh finish. ..ltalian Formula One driver Andrea de Cesaris has to posh his Brabham-BMW towards the finish to secure third place m last year's Belgian Grand Prix. De Cesaris ran oat of fuel a few hundred metres before the line. REUTER Traffic problem.
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    • 649 42 In the absence of the East bloc countries from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, West German athletes reaped a hefty haul of gold medals. But m Seoul next month, their expectations are more modest. Their search for honours will fall squarely on the laps of
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    • 520 42 Biondi eyes Spitz's seven -gold feat PARIS Ever since Mark Spitz and Shane Gould overshadowed the swimming competition m the 1972 Munich Olympics, everyone has eagerly awaited a repeat perfomance of such legendary proportions. Spitz won a record seven gold medals m one Games, and although Shane collected only three,
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    • 430 42 Drug abuse worse in US doctor COLORADO SPRINGS Five years after American sports officials declared war on drug abuse by athletes, the use of banned substances is probably worse m the United States than m East bloc countries, according to the US Olympic Committee's chief medical officer. "To say that
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    • 503 42 BOSTON The competition between China and the United States is expected to be fierce for the Olympic medals m diving at next month's Games m Seoul. The US have long been the dominant nation. At the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the US captured
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    • 300 42 LESS than a month away from the Games, Brazil's soccer squad are m disarray with key players m open dispute with the Football Association. Coach Carlos Alberto Silva said on Wednesday he was close to quitting, tired of acting as the go-between m an unending dispute between the
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    • 524 43 Indian star hampered by injury NEW DELHI India's star athlete. P.T. Usha, skipped an Olympic warm-up competition here on Wednesday because of injury, deepening speculation that she may miss the Seoul Games. Usha, 24, stayed away from the Masters athletic meet because of the same heel
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    • 272 43 TORONTO World 100 metres record holder Ben Johnson is thinking of leaving for Japan next week to complete his Olympic rebuilding after two shattering defeats m Europe. In order to combat the 14-hour time difference with South Korea, he said he was thinking
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    • 513 43 THEY have not met m 16 years nor competed m the same Olympics since 1976, yet the men's basketball rivalry between the United States and Soviet I'nion not only has survived, but grown m recent years. Teams from the two countries are the favourites
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    • 615 43  - Rules should not be bent for ex-Olympian Coe ALAN HUBBARD FIRST PERSON By 41 live in a part of the world where people have to work for what they get. It's not appreciated when people have something handed to them on a plate. Cram, on Coe THEY are gathering for
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    • 516 44 BOXING NEW YORK Mike Tyson hit me and ran like a sissy. His hand is a licensed weapon. I want to m settle this like a gen- tleman. WORLD heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who fractured his right hand m a street scuffle with former
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    • 493 44 ON THE TENNIS SCENE JERICHO (New York) Ivan Lendl gave himself a rave review after drubbing Jakob Hlasek, of Switzerland, at the Hamlet Challenge Cup on Wednesday m his opening dress rehearsal for next week's United States Open championships. Lendi, the top seed here
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    • 489 44 Pate sprints away to end Japan's domination CYCLING picture GHENT (Belgium) Stephen Pate, a 24-year-old bricklayer from Melbourne, powered his way to the World cycling professional sprint title on Wednesday. The muscular Australian beat reigning champion Nobuyuki Tawara, of Japan, m the semi-finals and then polished off the experienced Italian,
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    • 269 44 BASEBALL Kevin Mcßeynolds capped a two-run eighth inning with a sacrifice fly m the National League m Los Angeles on Wednesday, sending the New York Mets to a 2-1 victory and a three-game series sweep of the LA Dodgers. Other results Chicago 3 Houston 2. Montreal 7
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    • 232 44 LONDON Terry Lawless, Britain's most respected boxing manager, on Wednesday voiced disappointment m undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, injured m a street brawl m New York early on Tuesday morning. Lawless, manager of Tyson's next challenger. Frank Bruno, said: "I'm disappointed with him. ..l can imagine
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    • 521 46  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Disqualification costs him possible victory By S. VELASAMY was yesterday close to claiming his first tournament win after about 10 years of professional golf only to be disqualified for failing to sign his scorecard. That spared M. Murugiah the necessity of a
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    • 177 46 smMACHO (Japan) Hajime Meshiai, posting seven birdies on the back nine, shot a 65 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead m the opening round of the 50 million yen ($779,520) KBC Augusta Golf Tournament. Meshiai, winner of the tournament m 1985, collected one birdie and one bogey
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    • 331 46 Rush may miss first game of the season LONDON lan Rush, Liverpool's star re-signing from Juventus, may miss the first game of the season at Charlton Athletic tomorrow because he is short of match fitness. The Welsh goal ace had his first training session with his new team on Wednesday
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    • 373 46  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By AFTER their lacklustre showing m the recent Razak Cup tournament, the Singapore hockey squad have the chance of making amends when the Pesta Sukan inter-state quadrangular gets underway today. The Republic finished a dismal ninth m the 14-team Razak Cup tournament m
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    • 454 46 Franco bald: A disappointing French side struggled to continue their unbeaten run m 1988 when they drew 1-1 with Czechoslovakia m a friendly international m Paris on Wednesday. Young striker Stephane Paille gave France the lead m the 52nd minute but Jan Daniek grabbed a deserved equaliser (or
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    • 188 46  -  A. SURENDREN By THE Singapore Open Boxing Championships, which start at Toa Payoh Sports Hall today, provide evidence of the parlous state of the sport m Singapore. The championships were originally scheduled to last three days, but the disappointing entry list has meant that the programme
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    • 54 46 THE visiting New Zealand Te Puke High School volleyball team beat hosts Victoria Junior College 15-5, 16-14, 15-4 at Marine Parade yesterday. It was the Kiwis' second win m three matches. They beat Whampoa Secondary School but lost to Hwa Chong Junior College. They will meet
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    • 426 47  -  JOE DORAI Jamal and Nasar receive special training By 4 In the next two day*, I'll have to monitor their form and response to training before deciding whether or not to field them. ..These two players have the ability to contrib- ute to the task.
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    • 293 47 Last pair boost Sri Lanka LONDON An unbeaten last-wicket stand of 54 between Ravi Ratnayake and Graham Labrooy helped Sri Lanka recover to 184-9 at tea yesterday on the first day of the cricket tourists' only Test against England at Lord's. Ratnayake was unbeaten on 59 with Labrooy on 34
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    • 168 47 Australian date in Pakistan changed ISLAMABAD The first two matches of Australia's cricket tour of Pakistan, beginning early next month, have been brought forward a day to avoid playing on a sensitive national holiday. Pakistan Cricket Board secretary Arif Abbasi said the opening three-day match against a President's XI m
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    • 402 47  -  SHIRL YNN HO By NATIONAL champion Koh Li Ping flirted dangerously with defeat before overcoming Phang Bee Choo m a crucial reverse singles match to help Shing Wah A retain their title m the national senior women's inter-team table tennis championship at
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    • 415 47  -  PETER KHOO By NATIONAL snooker champions Benjamin Choo, of Malaysia, and Lav Weng Yew, of Singapore, had to labour for their places m the semi-finals of the RPM Carlsberg Triangular International at the Singapore Billiards and Snooker Council Clubhouse yesterday. Benjamin had to come back
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    • 289 47 TODAY'S CUP FIXTURESKELANTAN v PERLIS (Kota Bahru, 8.45pm) KEDAH v SELANGOR (Alor Star, 8.30pm) PAHANG v PENANG (Kuantan, 8.30pm) ALOR STAR Anything less than a victory over Kedah here today could see a new Malaysia Cup soccer skipper for Selangor, who are searching for points
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    • 379 47 Martins come to grief in second round AUCKLAND Australia's three Martins Rodney, Brett and Michelle had more m common than their names yesterday, all departing from the New Zealand Open squash championships with sec-ond-round defeats. As defending champion and fourth seed, Rodney Martin was at least expected to reach the
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    • 193 47  - Bankers come through on penalties MAHMOOD GAZNAVI TWICE they trailed. And twice Hongkongßank came back to eventually secure a semi-final berth m the Singapore Business Houses Football League senior knockout competition. After a 3-3 scoreline at full-time against Consumer Electronic, the bankers squeezed into the last four with a 9-8
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    • 311 47 Wing Cheok loses after line call BEIJING Singapore's national champion Lav Wing Cheok frittered away two match-points and lost 15-10, 7-15, 14-15 to England's Mathew Smith m the second round of the Dunhill China Open badminton championships m Shanghai yesterday. Wing Cheok had led 4-1 m the opening game before
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    • 185 47 Sidek trio to face tough opponents KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Sidek brothers Misbun, Razif and Jalani who fizzled out m the recent Hongkong Open, will face tough openers m next week's 555 World Cup badminton championships m Bangkok. The trio must brace themselves for a difficult start. The fixtures list just
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    • 253 42 Nothing beats being m the Olympics. Advertisers who want to command an exclusive audience must get into a winning medium The Sunday Times special Olympics supplement on September 11! An unrivalled editorial covers the spectacular Seoul Olympics with these topics: Setting the mood taking m what the Games are all
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    • 76 42 The Race Against Time is a global event organised to raise money for needy children around the world. In Singapore, the money will go to local children charities. The Race is a 5 km fun run. For a minimum donation of $5.00, every participant gets a unique global race number
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 287 45 321 Deaths 321 Deaths PAUL CHIA BAH CHEE AOC:M CalUd to our Lord on 24th AugtMt M teavtng bohind: Balo»ad WWo: Maria Choo Kwal Kong Sona: Daughlara In tow. Chee Seng, Adrian Daisy Tan Suat Keng Chee Heng, Michael Jennifer Tan Choong Aye Joseph Daughter*: Bono In law: Sal Qek,
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    • 429 45 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements The Family of the late I DATO DR CHOO JOO KONG I AGE: 81 I DEPARTED on 21 AUGUST 1988. I Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and B appreciation to Prof. Seah Cheng Siang, staff I of ward 45 Singapore General Hospital, Elder
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    • 119 45 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With Deepest Sympathies And Condolences To The Family Of The Late MR. CHING KWONG LUM The Board of Directors of National Aerated Water Co. (Pte.) Ltd. Wishes To Express Its Condolences To MR. CHING KWONG YEW On The Death Of His Brother on 22
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      168 45 W« thank our OOD upon ovary TONY TAN AH TAY Cefted Home M AJKT Not by works of righteousness which we have done, out accordIng to HU mercy He saved ua. Titus 3:5 Psapjymlsssd by Roeo, Lauronoe i In vw##t M#ftiory of MR. T. RAMANATHAN Departed August
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    • 359 45 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam IN FONDEST MEMORY OF MR. P. MARIMUTHOO (Departed August 26, 1987) Dearest Dad, we knew nothing of grief till you left us, Breaking the family circle, leaving us all alone, We know no words that can pen down the deep wound In our hearts.
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      26 45 PATH-DA-BHOG MR CHANCHAL SINGH SARD Departed 18.8.88 Bhog c*r*mony will b« hold at SRI GURU SINOH SABHA on Bat. 27/t/M from 3pm to Spm
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    • 63 45 "There are many good reasons why you should advertise m The Straits Times Classified. It's versatile you can sell almost anything with a classified ad m" The Straits Times. It's inexpensive. It's easy. But the best reason to use The Straits Times Classified is very simple: It gets ThcStraiLsTimesClassificd® i*^.*.
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    • 38 46 Congratulations RANKO'CONNOR'SSINGAPORE on being awarded the Laboratory Accreditation Certificate for Calibration and Measurement CORPORATION ELECTRIC CO. PTE. LTD. Authorised dealer of FLUKE 20/50/70 series meters 10, Jalan Besar »81-18 Sim Lim Tower Singapore 0820 Tel: *****70 TIxRS *****
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  • Page 47 Miscellaneous
    • 97 47 BOXING Spore Open (Toa Payoh Sports Hall, 7 30pm). HOCKEY Pesta Sukan rjuadrangul.n JobOTC V Perak; Spore v M. Armed Forces (Farrer Park AC. I.M pm. 5.30pm) WINI-TFNMS National inter-primary school junior boys finals (Delta Sports Complex. 2pm/ SNOOKER RPM Carlsberg International Individual (SBSC, semi-finals 2pm, final 7.30pm >. SOCCER
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  • 322 48 14.2% growth seen m first six months THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is confident that it will hit a record four million tourist arrivals by this year, going by the figures at mid-year. The board's figures up to June showed 1.% million
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  • 320 48  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The Soviet Union has fallen as much as nine years behind the United States m the production of tiny silicon chips used m weapons and computers. This was disclosed by US Deputy
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  • 324 48 WASHINGTON The US economy slowed between April and June but still grew steadily at an infla-tion-adjusted annual rate of 3.3 per cent compared with the previous quarter, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Inflation climbed to an annual rate of 5.1 per cent, adding
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  • 24 48 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 17.78 points to 2,008.89 m the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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  • 65 48 NEW DELHI Thousands of communists halted trains across the Marxist-ruled Indian state of West Bengal yesterday to press demands for Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's resignation, the Press Trust of India (PTI) said. Supporters of the State's ruling left-wing coalition physically blocked rail tracks, stopping the movement of
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  • 21 48 ATHENS Premier Andreas Papandreou flew to London yesterday for medical tests after Greek doctors diagnosed a heart problem. AP
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  • 368 48 $2 10 m for a new Tan Tock Seng First hospital to offer day-care for the aged THE 5210-million redevelopment of Tan Tock Seng Hospital is part of the Government's concern for the people's health, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the Acting Minister for Health said yesterday. The hospital will be
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  • 540 48 A MINISTERIAL committee will be set up to study ways of using the Central Provident Fund for education. This was revealed by Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu on Wednesday when he said the committee would comprise the Education and Labour Ministers
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  • 74 48 KUALA LUMPUR Four people including a woman detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for the past 10 months were released last night from Taiping's Kamunting detention camp. The camp's commandant, Supt M Ramadan, said they were the assistant director of the Roman Catholic National
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  • 370 48 NEW YORK The Mars family, whose company produces confectionery favourites like Mars bars, M and Ms and Snickers bars, is the wealthiest m America. But they are ranked third worldwide, beaten to the top two spots by royalty, according to a report to
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    • 137 48 TODAY IN BT TODAY IN BT TODAY IN B T TODA 1 1fy Today m jj I BUSINESS TIMES I Exclusive reports For sale: Changl Merldlen •j The last of three hotels owned by beleaguered Indonesian businessman Hendra Rahardja is being put up for sale. >- c=) A tale of
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    • 219 48 Weather Showers over many areas between mid-morning and early afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 30 mar, 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.10 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.02 am. GLOBAL MATHER Adelaide 320 C Goudy Lot Angeles 19 30 C Goudy Amsterdam 12 16 C Goudy Madrid 16 32 C
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    • 5 1 The Straits Times Section Two
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    • 455 1 As the Bolshoi Ballet troupe flies m for a one night sell-out performance on Sunday, CHRISTINE KHOR writes a letter to its prima ballerina, Natalia Bessmertnova. 3fc*v Mufa/u^ A warm welcome on your first visit to Singapore and South-east Asia. And to the other 36 Bolshoi
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    • 200 1 Rudolf Nureyev, 50 19fl: The first Soviet dancer to defect to the West (Paris) at age 23. The former Kirov dancer is now the artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet. He is credited with introducing ballet to vast new audiences on TV and film and putting himself
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      • 944 2  -  ZAKI By I DON'T know about you but eating out with experts is just about the most humbling experience you can ever get. Of course, meeting an expert m any field can be unnerving. A friend of mine is arguably the best tailor m Singapore. This
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        • 818 2 Responses to T. Sasitharan's call for more of the workshop approach to drama. I REFER to the article, Lessons to be learnt from a cat (ST, Aug 16). At this stage, we should not be unduly concerned with quickly achieving a distinct Singaporeaness m our plays
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        • 280 2 T. SASITHARAN'S reflections on the English language theatre m Singapore, with particular reference to Kuo Pao Kun's recent experiment, Mama Looking For Her Cat, raised some pertinent points to ponder. First, can such a play really be classified as an English language play with a
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        • 500 2 I WRITE to commend Kuo Pao Kun for his superlative Mama Looking For Her Cat, which ended all too soon last week. I have rarely been so greatly entertained by a play as I was by this Practice Performing Arts Ensemble's effort. But Mama
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      • 163 2 Take the wrong advice and y^t]^^ up ■■jjj^HHHMMHjiH Let's face it. The glasses you house are as V in^ortant as picking the right optician And A w X I when it comes to making a selection, one name M i *"V* Bfl stands out clear: Pans Miki <*■' 't^^- There
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      • 818 3  -  CAROL LEONG Switched On MOVIE stars and Hollywood tales they constitute the raw material that try to satisfy the bottomless well of the chronic curiosity that always afflicts people about the movie industry. People lap them up. Like the instance when an actress asked
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      • 657 3  -  KOH SIEW TIN On Caldecott Hill THE Perfect Match, which I voted most entertaining m my verdict on locally-produced variety shows a month ago, will enter its fifth season m mid-September. With a viewership of 720,000, the popular Mandarin games series on
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      • 1709 3 Advertisement My best friend's name isLaurier I Soft, Comfortable and Saf^H Hi, I'm Michelle. I am one of those jfl 11!^__ M- l 1 who had a dill lcult tune adjusting to XT *%m£T a ♦iwffa mother nature. I would 'nt know what I M^ j^ would have done without
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      • 831 4 The top three dance-floor hits in the discos: Warehouse (River View Hotel) 1. Mercedes Boy (The Pebbles) 2. Locomotion (Kylie Minogue) 3. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard) Rumours (Forum Galeria) 1. Check This Out (L.A. Mix) 2. Theme From S'Xpress (S'Xpress) 3. Bring
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      • 809 4 TOP 40, ROCK AND DANCE Zone II (Seavtew Hotel) THIS is Joe Cruz And The Cruzettes' last week here. The nine-piece Filipino band ends its contract here next week and will be replaced by another nine-piece showband from Manila. Their repertoire commercial pop and Top 40.
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      • 182 4 congratulates RANK O'CONNOR'S SINGAPORE on being awarded the Laboratory Accreditation Certificate for Calibration and Measurement /W^ H| *7 ne sophisticated precision I _ft fc fi instruments built by Fluke include \J/ O j| some of the most accurate available. O 33 Calibration is fundamental to the <C VHIIB^ I P-<
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      • 594 5  -  CHRIS HO The pop life FIVE years ago, it was cool to look dowdy. The spirit of '67 lived m rock's progressive circle then. It was a time to feel anti-materialistic and spiritual. Dubbed the "new paisley movement", it was taking hold m
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      • 638 5 Ella and a winning combination Jazz on CD j Ella Fitzgerald: The Rodgers and Hart Songbook Vol 1 (Verve *****9-2) NG MANY people remember Richard Rodgers for his partnership with Oscar Hammerstein Jr, a partnership which produced such popular musicals as South Pacific and The Sound Of Music. In fact,
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      • 289 5 SINGAPOREAN Farid Ali who's studying music arrangement at the Berklee College of Music m Boston, has been invited to sing with the Richard Evans Orchestra at the Curacao International Song Festival to be held tonight and tomorrow. (Curacao is an island m the West
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      • 360 5 WITH the Vietnam War dogging the vice-presidential hopes of a '60s student and the release of the first government-ap-proved hair restorer m the United States last week, it was a good time for the baby boom generation to look back on
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      • 747 5 1: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Rolling Stones (1965) 2. Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan (1965) 3: 1 Want To Hold Your Hand. Beatles (1964) 4: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye (1968) 5. 1 Want You Back. Jackson 5 (1969) 6: Respect,
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      • 705 6 Physics and music do go together. At least that's what local singer and physics undergraduate Lee Ec Wurn says. GUAN LIBING reports. HIS debut album has sold more than 8,000 copies m Singapore since it was released here three weeks ago,
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      • 685 6 NAME a foreign production shot m Hongkong or Macau Noble House, Taipan. Harry's Hongkong, Madonna's Shanghai Surprise, the Hongkong episode of Dallas, The World Of Suzie Wong back m 1960, and the American mini-series Around The World In Eighty Days and behind the scenes you
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      • 487 6  -  WEE HWEE SIAN CINEMA CHICKEN AND DUCK TALK Midnight tonight at Cathay and midnight tomorrow at Odeon Katong, Broadway, Cathay, Golden Sultan, Majestic, Regal, Central, Bedok and Zenith JUDGING from the title, you might think that this is another mish-mash*of crude and senseless slapstick
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      • 582 7 Tamil associations have sprung up m the United States m a bid by the Tamils to promote and preserve their ethnic and cultural identity. S. SIVANANDAM talks to Dr S. Sithanandam, president of a US Tamil sangam. K. RA JENDRAN reports m Tamil. THE Tamil
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      • 580 7  -  RAY DHALIWAL By Kala Mandhir's cultural show THE Kala Mandhir (Temple of Fine Arts) will stage a cultural performance on the Carnatic and Hindustani styles ol music next week. The show will feature mainly vocal music presented by Mrs Kalyani Puranik and
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      • 446 7 7 m^km I^W i ii Again Super 5 is at the The Microcomputer Industry event of the year August 25-28, 1988 Hall 3 World Trade Centre, Singapore Come and discover the wide range of Super 5 printers for every application, y y^ EP 1 201A^^^^^j^^^^ f 'X MADE IN JAPAN^^W
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      • 11 7 Results of the Tamil Word Contest will be published next week.
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      • 500 8 9th ACTION" DAY at ORIENTAL 1 JURONG-PRINCESS-NEW CROWN-NEW TOWN ORI j-n 1 30 3 30 7 900 JUR 1 30 3 30. 7 9 15 PRINCESS < NEW TOW^ 4 SHOWS DAILY 1 30. 3 30. 7 30. 930 NEW CROWN 4 SHOWS DAILY at 1 00 300 7 00
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      • 1876 8 iw btiiihiiitiimiii ■■■■iiii_m|wi c ath ayqr gan PROMOTION TIME AGAIN AT jR W^sms^^X£?s^\ DIM UCI A Kin B\^ K& SSSS:*'™-" 10 D:I his^g^^ adventure/ i ll^l n^lAAl^lv^ Q w tK\ ■«u r <ri«y l -»ifc r^i«(fi««v H I A STALLONE 88l _B% Bl ■■■%A% M \^>'. r^'^l JiMK Brarh Rood
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      • 916 9 —^^BP^ A c A^^■---'** y^^ s^\^^*s M.CBOWAVE AND^j^siss^^rvr Ib^ ISPCTI[SS4r?EI2UmmII TOLAY TEXTILE CO. (ELECTRIC) llCsl 111 Rfi Hi iT^J^MMr^Pg 743 North Bridge Road HlmllfcMl 81l BfMBW WJJM J^?W^l tS^M Singapore 0719 *****1 l HHI&i PWR72kl3fltf Teik3l937 *****88^! 64 69 h Tl iiwiiiiii $305 4_ 7 M ;n9Macfl ne Front oadin9
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      • 2931 10 c.a.t.s. pnx: R*****3 class fax: 732-0230 TELEPHONE SERVICE; 1 Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (sp.m. deadline for next day) Saturday: 8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. (11a.m. deadline (or The Sunday Timee) Public Holiday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. COUNTER SERVICE; TIMES HOUSE 390 Kirn Sang Road. Singapore
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      • 628 10 You could receive WBHB I over $1 million 1 1 U l |Ty c when you take j/J VrJ^J advantage of the PPyPPI incentive offered •111 Mil at the Properties Ivl'hWi Section. I g\ I 22 Computer Products/ 22 Computer Products/ Services Services IG3 ftT^TWT-^^ 3 5 FLOPPY SONY DRIVES
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      • 978 11 30 Antiques/ Arts/ Crafts JUST ANTHONY (Antique wholesaler &i retailer), no 379 Upp Paya Lei ar Rd Tel *****22. *****84. 28. 4782 Direct from China, large stock of authentic antique furniture, porcelains, wood-carving and many more BUY/ SELL/ RESTORE Nonya/ Chinese antique furniture, porcelain, lamps, mirrors, clocks tt many varieties
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      • 757 11 40 House Cleaning/ Painting ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONAL PAINTING using 2 coats of ICI paint Rockstone all floor polishing, parquet sanding, varnishing, carpet shampooing/ steaming St other minor repairs. Job guaranteed, no deposit. Tel--*****71 We work with trust. SPECIALISE IN PAINTING cleaning, parquet sanding/ varnishing, carpet steaming/ shampooing, all floor polishing, marble/
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      • 730 11 41 House Renovation/ Decor SPECIALISED IN ZINC guttar, PVl' downplpe, flushing, roofing, leakage other metal works. Please call: 748-8778 UNIQUE ALUMINIUM SPECIALISED Ampllmesh (reg grlllej, HDB Alumlnlmum grilles. Aluminium windows/ doors Tel. *****07 ISLAND MARBLE WORKS. Marble cut to any slze/shape/colour. *****74 All enquiries welcome. MARBLE FLOOR SPECIAL offer: Rosa,
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      • 689 11 50 Hairdressing Tima 6 month* Hairdressing Course Commencing soon I NORMAL NOW OFFER I S!$1600 $gQo|^ FREE EQUIPMENT to first 10 students $J MODELS Cut $4 Perm $12 V x; REQUIRED Colouring $10 #04-42/43 Funan Centre SS Tel: *****18 FREE GIFTS OFFERI 1 Free brush for cut and 1 Free
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      • 958 11 54 Gold/ Pawn Tickets TOP TEN GOLD Si Jewellers top price for your Pawn Tickets. Watches, Jewellery, Dupont Lighters, Gold (9K, 14K, 18K, 20K. 22K Si 24K) and White Gold <9K, 14K. 18K. 24K) Orchard Plaza #02-29. Tel: *****52/ *****98 TOP PRICE FOR your pawn tickets, gold, watches. 244R Upp
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      • 879 11 72 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal A BUDOET PRICE. Professional delivery, removal Si disposal services. Specialist In pianos, organs Si safes removal. Contractors for government Si statutory boards. Careful uniformed workers Si team leaders. Shalom Transport. Tel: *****17/ *****91 $M ONWARDS HOUSE, office removal, transportation, disposal Si delivery service Specialist In
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      • 807 11 76 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services ABSOLUTELY UNBEATABLE!! STH Anniversary package offers for: A) Prestigious registration address answering telex fax ($25). B) Registration address or answering fax ($l5). Contact 336-8866. (Free $10,000 personal accident insurance specially arranged for all new clients). AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER, have your own personal secretary to
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      • 1741 11 79 Business 79 Business 92 Domestic Help Opportunities Opportunities Available I P H R M <- y- <sDM^eabc«^ J- Tht h*»l« ttopThera! s« the CHEMIST RETAIL E?™H~ Big modern pharmacy 2 .500 sq ft of Retail Shop and D.spen^n JTiTmi^n tv 7?Turnover m top 7% of aIJ New Zealand Pharmaties
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      • 733 12 92 Domastic Halp 92 Domestic Halp 92 Domestic Help Available Available Available t HUMANA HAS THE ANSWER TO THE EMBARGO ON FILIPINA MAIDS KIII4IISII speaking Sri Lankan maids and Indonesian mauls Each personally Screened and professionally handpu. kt-d to Humana's standards. Then, o using our successnil, u matcn-making M ,we
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      • 419 12 94 Positions Vacant: Professional/ Executive OFFICER REQUIRED BY AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ENGAGED IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BECTOR PROCUREMENT Candidates should preferably have a degree or a good Q.C.E. 'A' level certificate and an excellent command of the English Language. Experienced person preferred, Ideally In competitive tendering worldwide (experience In aircraft
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      • 731 12 95 Positions Vacant: EDP An eetaMielted Japaneee computer firm requiree: SENIOR PROGRAMMER c Mln. 1-2 years' experience. c Experience In either: COBOL, BASIC, dBASE. RPG II 4 111 Salary will commenaurale with qualification* and experience. Interested applicants, please i submit full personal resume, together with a recent photograph (non-returnable) and
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      • 401 12 97 Positions Vacant: Domestic -ILIPINO MAIDS FOR ImmertlaU>mployment with expat, famlles Call *****44 OREIGN MAID REOUIRED from Sept Write to 43 Tham Soong \venue. Spore 2159 Tel: *****33 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical WATT AKKERMANS PTE LTD urgently requires Requirement*: Minimum GCE O level or Certificate m Business Studies Ability
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      • 885 12 98 Position* Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical ■^•j^P^^ A subsidiary of the largest colour TV-glass manufacturer requires AT FEMALE Ay' PRODUCTION CLERK j^Bz Mm GCE N' levels including English Maths j^Mj Preferably with some knowledge of typing H School leavers may apply
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      • 450 12 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical I YAMAHA MUSIC SCHOOL 1 H requires I Orchard Branch fl I Tannery Lane fl I Pre-requisites: B GCE O or A level fl I Ability to type fl Bilingual m English and Mandarin fl For Post A. be able
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      • 337 12 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical <<< SINGAPORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS PTELTD requires A) Accounts Clerk GCE A level LCCI m RtHikkeepinn, Accounting, etc Preferably with one year accounting experience Ability to type B) Clerks/ Typists GCE 'O' level, NIC or euuivalent Able to type at 35wpm Experience m clerical duties is
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      • 531 13 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical cmKs CMX Singapore (Pte) Ltd, a world leader m PCB manufacturing invites applicants for the position of GCE O 1 level Able to type No experience required as training will be provided We offer attractive salary A fringe benefits to
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      • 553 13 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Aflat— L M CONSOLIDATED HOTELS LTD P 9| requires j SECURITY/PERSONNEL CLERK I B CLERK/TYPIST T PURCHASING CLERK I WALK-IN-INTERVIEW I IS The Personnel Dept Consolidated Hotels Ltd 111 North Bridge Road H #30-00 Peninsula Plaza H| |H Singapore 0617
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      • 506 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Ak i NAGASE SINGAPORE (PTE.) LTD. An established trading company has 2 vacancies for GENERAL CLERK c Minimum GCE A 1 Level c Able to type and some experience In sales office c Female and below 25 years old Fringe benefits c 5-day week c
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      • 679 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON INC g m American Express Co., is s lead- ing full-line Securities firm serving f clients m the U.S. and throughout the world requires: AOMIN. ASSISTANT R s You will perform a comblna- c tion of secretarial, liaison anrt operational functions a
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      • 653 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical ilablished manufacturing compa- I y urgently requires i iENERAL CLERK/ RECEPTIONIST I Vorking hours 12 30pm to < :10pm Monday to Friday) lequiremenU Matured working altitude preferred Proficiency m English a I must < Able to handle general and < administrative duties independently < >
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      • 711 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Sue to expansion sn established v nternational freight forwarder ocated m town has a few vacan :ies for ACCOUNTS CLERKS I- >rnule age 20 -24 GCE O' Level LCCI Intermediate Book- keeping Mm 1-2 years accounting experience s Able to type Interested candidates pleese write
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      • 682 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical German Btn(ap< n Joint enture Company requires SECRETARY <i( r O' or A level with credits m English Si Maths Able to type it operate telex J accurately Salary $750 to $800 per month lUerested pis i all pt-rs' mally on 6/8 a 27/8 from
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      • 657 13 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Required: 1) FEMALE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK 2) FEMALE GENERAL CLERK ioth positions require 3 GCE 'O' .evel passes including English •'or Position < 1 ability to type Is •ssen'.lal (alary will commensurate with qualifications and experience rVnte. giving contact telephone lumber to Medical Director. SATA 267
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      • 672 14 96 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A large organisation requires FEMALE PERSONNEL CLERK c GCE O' level c Able to type c Knowledge of PC an advantage c No experience required Pteaee apply with a n.r. photo and contact telephone number to: TEBAN GARDENS P.O. BOX 679 SINGAPORE 9190 A leading
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      • 590 14 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical FFMALE GENERAL CUM ACCOUNTS CLERK a GCE O' level c Age 18 to 25 years c Ability to type c Preferably Chinese c Knowledge of basic accounts advantage Interested applicants pis call Catherine: 472-0900, OR write to: PETRA CARBON PTE LTD 450/452 Alexandra Rd. #06-00.
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      • 990 14 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Soil Testing Firm m Jurong requires: CLERICAL ASSISTANTS A RECEPTIONIST a Able to type c Experience not essential c Training will be provided Walk-In Interview at: IS Neythal Road. Jurong. Spore 2262 Tel: *****36 Trading company located at Jalan Besar requires FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK GCE
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      • 1017 14 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical $750-$650 P.M. for experienced typist Knowledge of Wang word processor an advantage. 5-day week m (list 1544 Interested, write to: ST Box A*****, 300 Kirn Seng Road, Spore 0923 with c.v. and n.r. photo. CLERKS REOUIRED BY Co In Jurong Possess O' level with knowledge
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      • 529 14 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SALES CUM GENERAL Clerk needed to work near (list 0105 Should possess good telephone manners skills Pis call *****02 SHIPPING ASSTS./ CLERKS urgently required for Shenton Jurong Salary $800-11,000 Tel £*****0/ *****20 TEMP BANK CLERKS to assist In data entry general clerical work. Duration 2
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      • 580 14 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions VacantSales j Sal— Sales BOTTEGA VENETA I 0 When your own initials are enough" 1 The 18th Bottega Veneta Boutique opens m Singapore at Shaw Centre, with Ie a complete range of exclusive, refined quality handbags and accessories. Applications are invited for
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      • 493 14 MALE A FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES required tor Mies of quick, easy and saleable educational teaching We provtde: c Guaranteed Income 1600 c Attractive commission. bonus Incentives c Career advancement to right candidates RoOjUiremefits: a 18 years and above, with or without experience c Training provided FEMALE SALES PROMOTERS c 18
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      • 661 14 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions VacantSales Salea PANAVEST GROUP OF COMPANIES Due to rapid expanding Industry In our futures market for the past 2 years, our International Organisation on Its expansion plan requires only 10 Males/ 10 Females tor the poet ot BUSINESS EXECUTIVE We provide: Guaranteed Income of $800/
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      • 636 15 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: Sales Sales Due to expansion, leading manufacturing company hat immediate vacancies for male and female MARKETING EXECUTIVES (Wholesale Division) a Incumbent will be responsible to market our fastmovlng products, c Able to communicate effectively, c Minimum 2 years' sales experience SALES CO-ORDINATORS (Consumer Division)
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      • 479 15 99 Positions Vacant: Sales l ISETAH I Singapore DEPARTMENT STORE has immediate vacancies for the position of FEMALE/ MALE SALES ASSISTANTS Salary ***** Ss62o Experience not necessary. Further adjustment upon confirmation. Requirements c Age 16-28 years c Singapore citizens c Secondary education c Able to work on 2 rotating shifts
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      • 593 15 99 Positions Vacant: Sales Earn m excess ot 552.500 a month after successful training period of 2 3 weeks as: FEMALE INDOOR SALES CONSULTANT An international Company specialising In beauty-related business has vacancies (or the above mentioned post. The successful applicant must poseaes the following qualifications c Tough. ambitious and
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      • 695 15 99 Positions Vacant: Sales MALE/ FEMALE SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEES We are looking for SALES MANAGEMENT TRAINEES If you are dynamic and ambitious. we would like to meet you. You can:- earn a minimum monthly Income of $800 00 rapidly advance to management positions achieve a well-deserved overseas holiday receive medical
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      • 687 15 99 Positions Vacant: Sales INDOOR SALESMAN An established motor car firm has vacancy lor the above. a hinese age 20 -28 years old. with pleasant personality c Bilingual an advantage a Possess class I driving licence with good record c Training provided for MaCCeaatal candidates Call personally at. 11 Lang
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      • 920 15 99 Positions Vacant: Sales SHOWROOM CO-ORDINATORS required for a light fitting company m Plaza Singapura a With/ without experience c Salary negotiable commission after probationary period c Working hours 11am to 7pm 7pm to 8 30pm overtime Interview 2pm 6pm at PATENT FURNITURE CO. PTE. LTD. #05-02/ 03 Centrepoint 176
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      • 645 15 99 Positions Vacant. Sales SAPPHIRE REALTY REQUIRES ,i I Ti tUUtIWI lent for the ambition- i us i' *****02 make nn appt WANT MONEY? (HoUdaf In ((iniei Bf a Dastfnai Dealer at Metro's available 2/9/88 to 11 988. call Veronica *****71 for details PART/ FULL-TIME LIFE Insurance Agents wanted Intensive
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      • 492 15 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Technical We are a progressive group ol companies with diverse business m this region and j\ <*« have vacancies foi the following I ELECTRICIANS I I c possess NTC with ai less) 2 yean releI? vani experience .m an Electrician .1 c I
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      • 734 16 100 Positions Vacant. 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Singapore t E NJOY OUR HIGHER REVISED SALARY CHEMI-CON I Gross: $730 per month (2 rotating shifts) 1 $93° Per month (Permanent 3 shifts) An established electronic company m Jurong
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      • 403 16 [miyata] Miyata Industries (S) Re Ltd requires: Die Setters Possess several years of experience m similar capacity, preferably m the metal stamping industry and well-versed m setting up dies set Salary will commensurate with ability and experience Tooimakers The candidates should possess Craftsmen Certificate m tool die making Required to
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      • 670 16 100 Position* Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Technical Technical W Moving You Ahead We offer you better career prospects TRAIN OPERATORS Gross Salary Range: $542 to $863 per month Functions To operate passenger and engineers' trains, ensure safety of passengers and smooth running of trains, handle emergency
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      • 242 16 O INGERSOLL-RAND requires a DRAUGHTSMAN Requirement**. c Singapore citizens above 20 years old. preferable male. Technical school/ ITC Draughtsmanship. c Preferable 1 year experience In Mechanclal/ Electrical drawing. c Ability to do plant room and piping layout drawings an advantage. We offer a An attractive starting salary. c 5-day work
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      • 597 16 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Technical j \\y/ An expanding international company based m Jurong invites you to apply for tfX the position of I ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN \V Completed GCE '0' Level AN NTC 2 m Electrical Fitting and NN Installation \V; s\ Able to install, trouble-shoot, service
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      • 374 16 H| ManulKturtr ot quality HI Hi instrumtnU satki suitably HI qualified persons tor ttie pjpj HI following position ELECTRICAL/ ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN "J (SUPERVISORY) A vacancy has arisen gpj HJ tor a person HI pj experienced m the as H| construction and HI ■pj calibration of electrical Hi instrumentation and am
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      • 712 17 100 Positions Vacant: Technical A well established mould manufacturing company In Kallang has vacancies for (1) ASST. DESIGNER With technical background m Mechanical Knglneerlng (Preferably STI or Polytechnic qualifications i a Ability to work independently c Knowledge of mould design is an advantage, but not necessary If you meet our
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      • 730 17 100 Positions Vacant: Technical A STRUCTURAL STEEL engineer ing COOipan) requires urgently 1) Skilled Riggers 2) Semiskilled Workers 3) General Workers Call 345-5739 for Interview or come personally to: Eversendai Engineering Pie Ltd Spore Indoor Stadium Project Site, next to Kallang Theatre ARCHITECTURAL DRAUGHTSMEN REQUIRED by computer drafting firm Training
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      • 489 17 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: Production Production Production \^^r Join GM as p^FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS GM truly cares We are keen to make you happy when you work with us Unbeatable benefits I CONFIRMATION BONUSES I I INCREMENT <) BONUSES INSURANCE /^Sj EMPLOYEE COVERAGE SAVINGS PLAN
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      • 205 17 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: Production Production Production GROSS ~7 /|/> 4 X 7 > SALARY < /XH/^|S^ MIN SALARY < $800^y^%^7> $510 < 'JFIQrX fc!* c Excluding overtime <r S^J/XS XjOv/ allowance pJ\ jX o* vJWJftWMm M■»l/ i m 1 n 7 7///7/ 'A*-! ■T^#A>
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      • 672 17 101 Position* Vacant: 101 Position* Vacant: Production Production We have changed We are a progressive Printing and Books Binding Company m Singapore. We are expanding our overseas markets and invite applicants for the following positions: A. PRINTING OPERATORS B. PRINTING ASSISTANTS C. PLATE MAKER MALE D. PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS E. GUILLOTINE
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      • 180 17 SO GOODI I You can even eat it on j iti own I WALK-IN INTERVIEW j Mai*/ Female j PRODUCTION WORKERS/ Male GENERAL j WORKERS I c Able to start work J immediately I Gross salary $700 per mlh. I Age 23 and above I We offer: I c Attractive
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      • 1201 18 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: 101 Positions Vacant: Production Production Production PAPER BOX INDUSTRIES (1988) PTE LTD (A MEMBER OF THE AMCOL GROUP) h 5, Chia Ping Road, Singapore 2261 X Tel: *****66 An expanding corrugated box manufacturers m Jurong invites C suitable applicants who are looking for good
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      • 612 18 102 Positions Vacant: 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Lounge aMajaBBBBIe^BBBBBBMBBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBBBBBBBVBMBIBBiSB^BB MERIDIEN I SINGAPOUR I Join a leading deluxe hotel that Is I expanding the team of dedicated professionals to meet the I increased demands of oar growing fl clientele. The Meridien is a unique I hotel with
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      • 526 18 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Sf/Mt/ff/SN ULf C Jt/>emflf>ff «ailn*Mrf«*fnn -~^Zrequires 1. HOSTESS Secondary education Age: 18 to 26 years 2. WAITER/WAITRESS Secondary 1 education 3 shifts/split shift 3. CASHIER (Front Office) ♦GCE'O' level Cashiering experience 2 shifts 4. TELEPHONE OPERATOR ♦GCE'O' level 3 shifts 5. LAUNDRY OPERATOR/ VA
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      • 355 18 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge HOTEL I I PHOENIX urgently requires 9 1. Front Office 9 Clerk Minimum JB GC E O level M 2 Carpenter cum I I Handyman Possess Trade Certificate m B Carpentry or with I relevant S experience fl 3.R00m Maids a 4. Houseman/ I
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      • 470 18 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounga (JJ) dynasty ROOM CLERK/ CASHIER I Confirmed Salary $835 DOORMAN Confirmed Salary $455 OUTBTATION CASHIER Confirmed Salary $585 GENERAL CLERK (STORE PORTER) Confirmed Salary $515 MAE TECHNICIAN Confirmed Salary $745 JUNIOR HOUSEKEEPER Confirmed Salary: $750 ROOM STEWARD/ STEWARDESS Confirmed Salary $530 HOUSEMAN/ HOUSEWOMAN Confirmed
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      • 408 18 104 Othar Positions 104 Other Positions Vacant Vacant V. ASAHI A fast expanding electronics manufacturer of telephone answering machines and radio cassette tape recorders invites applications for the posts of Diploma m Electronics Engineenng or ITC m Electronics Engineenng with 2 3 years relevant expenence Diploma m Mechanical Engineering or
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      • 849 19 i— i^— i 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions V»c«nt Vacant Vacant WALK-IN INTERVIEW AT CARLTON HOTEL 6th floor Business Centre 76 Bras Basah Road i (Opposite Bras Basah Complex) 10.30 am to 4.30 pm 27 August 1988 SATURDAY We require suitably qualified persons who are prepared
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      • 620 19 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions Vacant j Vacant cc Singapore Newspaper Services Pte Ltd Ve^tsef ol S pgapo'e P<e« Mod.ngs G'Oup Our Company is committed to excellence m newspaper printing and distribution services We print the major newspapers of Singapore and several well known international dailies for regional distribution,
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      • 628 19 104 Othar Positions 104 Other Positions Vacant Vacant S MITSUMI ELECTRONICS I (S) PTE LTD I requires I ■■■■■■IHpjIBfJBH I LaaV* P^L^^La^^^J^^^J Ik Age 21 2X >c.v«. Minimum GCE "O* Levd Knowledfe of typing Completed N.S. Age 14 years and above New starting wage Transport, lea. attendance allowances Production incentives
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      • 442 19 104 Other Position* Vacant MESA Repair Technician Mm NTC 2/3 m Electronic Servcing Preferably with some practical experience m tepairing and servicing of radio and radio cassette sets Machine Technician a Mm NTC 3 (any discipline) or GCE 'O' level Must be willing to perform 3 rotating Shifts Preferably with
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      • 592 19 104 Other Positions Vacant SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB 45 Tanjong Rhu Road Singapore 1543 Tel: 345-2122 requires SHORTHAND TYPIST GCE O' level with credit m English c Typewriting and Shorthand speed of 45/ 100 wpm respectively At least 2 years' working experience Secretarial experience an added advantage Salary will commensurate with
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      • 459 19 104 Other Positions Vacant NEW SALARIES OFFERED i We have vacancies for NTC ITC m Electronics Mechaironics Both Normal and Rotating shift work available m our Bukit Timah fty Clerks Bukit Timah fty Purchasing Clerks Marsiling fty GCE O PCBS Cert Females with Sec education Bukit Timah ftv orly Choose
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      • 670 20 104 Other Positions Vacant SCHENKER SINGAPORE h«« immediate vacancies for Singapore citizens, completed N.S. as: EXPERIENCED SHIPPING CLERK 2 DESPATCH RIOER For (1), only those experienced In shipping documentation procedures, and able to type need apply For (2). must pOMtM own motorcycle Pis call personal!) at SlO Thomson Road «08-02.
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      • 942 20 104 Other Positions i Vacant Required CHINESE MALE TRAINEE CLEANING SUPERVISORS With or without experience Only those prepared to work long Irregular hours need to apply Those with class or 3 licence will be an added advantage Salary $600 it above Interested please call *****87 Trading co. m Shenton War
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      • 864 20 104 Other Positions Vacant URGENTLY REOUIRED FULL/ part time Despatch Kiders with own motorbike Call personally at: -24-irj Jalan Sultan Centre on 26 27 of Auk during otfice hours VACANCY FOR LORRY Driver Experienced In KM lorry with ClaSI 4 licence Interested. walk-in interview at 54 Amoy Street Singapore dliKi
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      • 638 20 121 Vehicles For Hire BTW WEEKEND SPECIAL 3 DAYS PACKAGE 10' 14' truck $141/LJIJ Hlace \nn $111/I.lteace van $101/Pick Up $71/Bllnd V.m $71/CALL US FOR BOOKING AT *****30 "iNTER-RENT THIS WEEK SPECIAL OFFER Mitsubishi Lancer/ Sunny $50 Mazda 626 Auto $55 Mitsubishi (i-ilati! Tredia $60 Corona Auto New Pulsar $65
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      • 1673 20 128 Vehicle Financing/ 128 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance FOne of the best I car loans available Low interest rates new cars from 2% pa flat used cars from 3% pa flat Loan quantum up to 90% of value (instalments payable m advance) Overseas Union Trust Ltd. I A Subsidiary Finance
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      • 807 20 133 For Sale: Ford/ Fiat 80 Q' FORD Teresa 1 6 GL New tax. alrcon hl-fl, s/rtms, new paintwork. Downpayment $3,500. Can trade-in Tel: *****31 '84 NEAR FORD Telstar 20 Ghla (auto) Digital deskboard Alrcon, hl-fl, immaculate cond. $38,800 Can exchange *****44 O NEAR '84 Telstar 1 6 1 owner,
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      • 937 20 134 For Sale: Datsun/ Nissan 7/' BO 12OY GL I Nquarelamp owner, alrcon radio cassette, s/rlms. Tip top cond $18,300 219 Rangoon Road SOB2l 'SS NISSAN MARCH 10(11. sspeed. 5-dr 1 pte owner, aircon hl-fl Road tax 12/88, accident free $29,900. loan $24,000 *****91 ALMOST '81 BLUEBIRD 16 Metallic grey.
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      • 1082 20 135 For Sale: Toyota MANUFACTURED 83 CARINA pc 1 tiXK 21 engine 2nd CSI Xx pensue aircon. hifi. s runs Original paint. Accident free Low mileage Vehicle like new Asking $35,800 Tel 4SHS7:U .ifter 12pm No dealers pis. CO. REGD. MIO 83 Toyota Corona 1800 auto 1 owner, alrcon radio
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      • 981 20 135 For Sale: Toyota 82 TOYOTA COROLLA I/ fi tSJ I toe 88 $23,900 .1 Zahiirl .*****05/ *****34 82 TOYOTA I.3GL 5-speed Aircon rstttttt new paintwork. PAM CSJI 250-2612. 'S3. TOYOTA CARINA DX 5-speed Alrcon cassette Very good cond $28,900 o no Tel *****85 84 COROLLA 1.6 OL hatchback 2
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      • 546 21 MUST SELL. 'Q' '82 Talbot Solara SX fully auto. New tax Reasonable offer secures Pg 407-8017. NEAR 74 MINI S VACOB, aircon. scrims, new tax $4,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****73. NEAR '81 CITROEN GS 1200 Pallas Aircon hl-fl. very economical comfortable $17,800 *****90 NEAR 84 ISUZU JJ 20 manual 1 pte.
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      • 719 21 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 1986 NISSAN URVAN 1 7 ton L sei. 1986 Cabstar 19 Low deck Petrol. 1985 Suzuki 800 Bllndvan. 1985 Nissan Cabstar 19 low deck diesel. 1984 Nissan C2O longbody van. 1983 Nissan C2O Van 5 doors 1982 Nissan C2O Van, 1981 Datsun Pickup Diesel Flatbed
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      • 606 22 142 For Sale: 142 For Sale: 142 For Sale: Commercial Commercial Commercial Vehicles i Vehicles Vehicles No mattmr what the job, there's a ford commercial that's right for you. And now getting into one is easier than ever. C^tAn Because we've mode the down y*t«lOU payments as low as possible:
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      • 433 22 144 Vehicles Wanted We otter ■tt^Tbbl accept: Excellent prices foryourcar of any model cc, commercial vehicles (vans. pick-ups) and company registered cars, scrap cars or trade-in COLT CREDIT PTE LTD 21/23-D, Gay Work! Par* Geylanq Road. Spore 1438 ABB.ITY TO ACCEPT AM SECONDHAND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AT HIGHEST OFFER Lorries with
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      • 970 22 144 Vehicles Wanted LOOKING FOR 1968 Monria Civic I.S auto or brand new. Tel: *****29 VEHICLES WANTED. Any make. any model Pis contact *****71' *****85' *****38 after Ham WANTED ANY CARS. '.000 to 1600 cc urgently. Auto, or manual Krlshnan *****01/ *****35 WE OFFER ATTRACTIVE cash for all PARK' non-PARK
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      • 774 22 172 Accommodation Available: Houses 0.9 EMERALD MILL tOWnh'Mf (Peranakan style) 4*l Beautlfully renovated $5,000 See to appreciate *****43 Trevose FERNHILL VICINITY MODERN hse (pool) 4.' servant's. Privacy $9,000 I) 11 hse (pool) $6 500 Swlsshomes *****25 HUA OUAN AYE. S/Storey Semi-l) Large garden $900 Sunset Hgt Detached house P/furn $3,500
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      • 627 22 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartment* Apartments Apartments [apartments at cairnhill place for enbloc tender A 32-storey tower block consists of 146 apartments located at Cairnhill Road/ Bideford Road CAIRNHILL PLACE Floor area ranges from 45.18 m 2 to 1 118.64 m
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      • 612 22 SERVICED APARTMENTS District 10 Holland Road yZ One, two or three bedrooms fully furnished >£ apartments complete with well-fitted kitchen Housekeeping services. 6 >Z Attractive rental from $1650 p.m. ■S FAR EAST ORGANIZATION IQI 14 Scorts Road #06-00 Far East Plaza 2 ■El Singapore 0922 Tel: *****1 1 V®^ FAIRLODGE
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      • 686 22 THE BALMORAL Unique townh'se with roof gdn. 4 1 rms THE CLAYMORE (Pte owner) superior apt. of 4 1 rms ARCADIA GDN. (quiet facing) huge balcony 4 1 rms. FONTANA MGTS. tastefully fun; apt. of 4 1 rms large balcony NASSIM MANS. apt with tranquil outlook 4 1 rms BALMORAL
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      • 1086 22 173 Accommodation Available Apartments D 7 DRAGON MANSION 3 rms $950. Nyn y River Valley 3 rms $1,000. D.22 Lakepolnt 3 I 1 $1,500 Tel *****00 Lite Realty 0 21 BROOKVALE PK. (lower/ upp mals 3♦ 1 bdrms Near Amer Jap sch S/pool. squash, tennis P/F/furn AJP *****65 D 21
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      • 958 23 173 Accommodation Available: Apartments 0.20 FAR HORIZON luxuriously furn 2-bdrm apt S. pool, tennis squash etc $1,300 Rodge *****79 0.20 GREENMEADOW lower mats 2200 sqft 3* 1 rms f furn $900 Talho *****03 *****31 D 20 LUXURIOUS APT. 2 1 rms Full condo facilities t furn $1,250 o n o
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      • 792 23 174 Accommodation Available: Rooms BEHIND TELECOMS BLDG. Whitley Road Thomson Rd X furn alrcon room Bathroom attached, heater, pte entrance. Single $400 255-2095 ORCHARD A THOMSON (June of Balestler Rd f furn alrcon. all facilities Meals, laundry avail Suitable for rorelgn students Tel: 255-1368/ 256-6906 ROOM AVAIL. FOR working females
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      • 589 23 176 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments URGENTLY REQUIRED 1 to 3bdrm HUH apts !ur working girls (preferably Yishun). Couples small families *****62 HDB 3-RM. A.M. Kto or Toa Payoh Budget $350 $400 wanted Pis rail C Tan 475-4177 morning. HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICE for rental of your apts rise. Is assured by over
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      • 580 23 179 For Sale: Houses 179 For Sale: Houses y^/^ re MkLrGrovo Highlight* Durru! 10 r-T t vfuda AmMCblm cie^i^v. Vi ell pianneci interiors BurgLiT li/tirm SoLir [uniting rvtffm /C> \tvir term Kt" free guarantee Auttrmatu: gate fpf bungaliHi I an d more Pkut'-'Ttd brick feru.es v ith £cUe "^^•^J^** Rustic
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      • 359 23 OPEN HOUSE SPM-7PM, D 19 No 8 St. Xavler's Lane, near Hal Sing Girls' High Sch. off Upper Serangoon Rd. Brand new 2-storey luxurious split-level seml-d. 4722 sq.ft. F'hold. 4+l rms. Bath attached. Marble/ parquet. 2 car spaces. Quiet area. $600,000. Contact *****91 (sole agent) BAN QUAN PK., opp. Gold
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      • 666 23 179 For Sal*: House* 179 For Sal*: Houses LILAC PARK A BUKIT SEMBAWANG PROJECT IN SELETAR HILLS ATTRACTIVE 2-storey terrace and semi-detached houses High-class finish with built-in cupboards m bedrooms and kitchen. A well-established location. Market, shops, banks and post office near by. Easy connections to CTE and MRT Ang
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      • 755 23 179 For Sale: Houses 179 For Sale: Houses MICHALI SINil 1 ft ASSO( IATTSfc To be held at the Reception Hall sth Floor. South Wing 1 Mandarin Hotel on Tuesday. 6th September 1988 at 2.30 pm. 1) 48 HILL VIEW TERRACE *02 04 (factory) 136 sq m. Freehold 2) 90
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      • 634 23 D.lO FORD AYE. 2-storey bungalow, land 27.000 sq.ft. 5 rms. $2.1 M Classlfone *****30 (office hrs) Ref: *****. Strictly no agts. D.lO MOONBEAM VICINITY. D/storey Seml-d 3800 sq.ft. 3+ 1 bdrms., gdn./ extended patio F'hold $600,000. Fields: *****11 0.10 MT. SINAI Dr d/storey terrace house, 4 bdrms. 999 yrs. lease.
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      • 902 23 179 For Sale: Houses D 21 CHENG SOON I I rnnier terr.ice. 3 1 bdrms, 2900 sq.ft. f hold. $535,000 Deans Property (West Zone) *****55 D.21 CHENG SOON Gdn. D/storey Terr Good orientation Facing morn sun. Well kept. 2200 sq ft Khold $500K Soel 256-7777 D 26 SPRIHGLEAF GARDEN. Brand
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      • 1059 24 179 For Sale: Houses 0 15 TKURAU r*no«at»d 2 store> terr 2400 sq ft 4-1 rms F hold S47SK Vlllanelle 2822H81 0 15/ 18 BRAND new terr seml-d Khold with big gdn *52(>K onward-, I. MS *****97 D.15 2-STOREY RENOVATED terr 3-1. fhold Well kept REAT *****13 MMM 0.15. 3-BTOREY
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      • 707 24 186 For Sal*. 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale. 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale 186 For Sale: Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments I Private Apartments Private Apartments mZi I "\yS> 1 /4r V||^ Its a whole new way of living! r^Hp^s CAT jf jr C- ~"~X
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      • 182 24 D.15 PEPYS HILL Terrace apartment. i Brand new I Full facilities. Freehold i Facing pool. I Marvellous seavlew FOR SALE/ RENT "l«a«« call Owner: 260-9111 axt. 146/ 169/ 160 DIST 15 FLAMINGO VALLEY. 2 bdrms 1,100 sq.ft. Designer furnishing S3SOK Mandarin Gdns. j I 2 bdrms Seavlew. S32OK. D.9 I
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      • 750 24 I Kettong Park I ToMfpf s ForSalelLeaae Lifts access from casement car park to ■V every floor Hj Choice of 8 different designs H Area from 1.500 ft' to 2.300ft J I Complete recreational facilities No restriction to foreigners Developer Ocean Park Development PteLtd. Enquiries Holly Realty Co (M) Pte
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      • 522 24 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale. 186 For Sale. Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments r L < x WML |fc f*?Jl 4VJMH| JM VsS A Prestigious Lifestyle at the Peak! 65 units of exclusive 2 and 3 storey terrace and 2 units of 3 storey semi-detached houses. Fine Location
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      • 576 24 CHOICE INVESTMENTS c 0.10 Lien Twr*. High fir. 5046 sq.ft. Huge living dining. 2 servant's. Freehold Tennis/ pool Vacant possession $*****0 c D.9 Belle Vue Excellent unit facing pool 3 bdrms. 2325 > sq.ft Tenanted c D.9 The Beaumont 2205 sq.ft. 4 bdrms Tenanted till 3 89 Pool/ squash $6*0,000
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      • 440 24 D.9 130-N CAIRNHILL RD. walk-up apt (4th storey) 1. 152 sq.ft. S2SOK D.14 CITY PLAZA a 12-06 1.614 sq.ft $300K Dl 2 21 KIM KEAT CLOSE 3 bdrms grd fir apt 1.593 sqft $16OK D.21 PANDAN VALLEY 14-315 Chempaka Court 4.112 sq.ft. SStOK OURS 44W117/ *****86 Agents welcome OPEN HSE.
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      • 1089 25 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale: Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments yr JL rT -m-\ a— Mini i iiiim j£3t^ ,aC»rC* »w 3t^MMsß^^»MJl^ir^^BiWMsßßiS^wJ ■yX I«^ a^VW v^aslaMdßarfßflNrVoT lir.% »*3 *^4n I J" a^HH Ms^aVt t Ii 1» Immediate returns on investment
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      • 710 25 D.5 HIN SENG Gdn newly renovated, f/ alrcon. grd. fir. with gdn. 4 rms full facilities $520K Jonsen *****33. 0.5 PASIR PANJANG lower mals. 2400 sq.ft 4 bdrms, all attached, quality cabinet. Beautifully design, alrcon. $460k Agt. *****44. OB MERGUI COURT Fairly new 2 bdrms./ attached bath. Foreigners eligible 1050
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      • 725 25 D.lO PINEWOOD ODN. Twr. blk. 1650 sq.ft. 3 bdrms. Full facilities. $580 K. City Real Estate *****91. 0.10 PINE WOOD GARDEN, Tower Block. High floor 1,625 sq.ft. $575K FiW: *****14/ Pg: *****64. a 10 HIDGEWOOO CONDO 3 rms, 1620 sq ft. 5 alrcons full facilities $388K neg Cindy *****39/6. D.lO
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      • 1137 25 186 For Sal*. Private Apartments D.17 CHANGI GDN. rondo 3-1 rms. Luxuriously furn Praise *****47. D.16 FREEHOLD, 4 bdrms, fully renovated, 2,200 sq ft Asking $375K neg Tel: *****87 Agent D.19 TOHO GARDEN, 3 bdrms 1.450 sq.ft.. freehold. $288K neg Tel: *****87 Agent D.19 WALK-UP APT. In Charlton area quiet
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      • 1101 25 190 For Sal*: HUDC Apartments DIST.IS LAOUNA PARK 3*l bdrms 1770 sq.ft High fir, morn, sun, well maintained, renovated $270,000 neg Rolf *****11. GILLMAN HGTB. Ideally located upper mals 1830 sq.ft., 3*l, renovated, well kept. Selling below cost. Executive Manors *****55 BEOOK RESERVOIR ORDFLR./ courtyd 3+ 1 bdrms 1880 sq.ft
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      • 1140 25 191 For Sal*: HOB Apartments 5-rm. Maia. Dakota C'raa, ceramic, cornices, re-wlrlng/ piping, no blocking, well-kept $205k 4-rm. Bt. Batok Blk 338. (model A), ceramic, rockstone, cornices, full kitchen cabinet. $98k 5-rm. Jurong Eaal Slab blk 234 305. marble/ ceramic, near market/ Interchange, MRT. $125k 4-rm. Pandan Qdn. Blk 402
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      • 1160 25 191 For Sale. HDB Apartments DON'T MI88: FULL CPF 3-rm Tamplnes A 1 model Fully renovated Near market/ school Tel *****78. agent. EXEC. MAIS. Tamplnes, prime location close to all facilities. F/furn. with top quality fittings Contact *****41 HOUQANQ S-RM. A model blk 302, all marble, kitchen cabinets, wardrobes, alrcon.
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      • 1125 25 191 For Sal*: HDB Apartments BEST LOCATION BEACH Hd rms Sea view High fir Near market, etc $53K Agt *****04 8LK. 721 BEAUTIFUL EXEC. Apt Bedok Res Marble parquet $198K 0.n.0 Penthsg 743-4777 CLEMENTI 3-RM. BLK 305, fully renovated with sliding windows Well kept. Price neg T.J *****40 CLEMENTI 3/3'
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      • 888 25 191 For Sal*: HDB Apartmentt 3-RM. MARSILING $37,000 only Malay family Full CPF $42,500 Tel 368-2582 Landseer 3-RM. ONLY $44k on o Dover Cres Near MRT. cabinet Sliding window 254-8107 ERA 3-RM. UPP. ALJUNKD 81k.2. fully renovated No blocking $33K neg Agent: *****68/ *****33 3'i-RM. WEST COAST. Seavlew Marble throughout,
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      • 879 26 192 HOB Apartments Wanted V4-RM HDB urgently iv ready Bttfan with CPf m AM Klo. Bedok. dementi etc Quick transaction. 7 days Khallfah Mousing *****tfU *****03 24 hrs JRGENTLV REQUIRED 3/ 4 5-rm apt for Immediate buyers with rash Si CPK Alhaj Hounlmr WE OFFER 8300 tion refund) to .my
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      • 831 26 194 Factory Space WE SPECIALISE IN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. SALE/ RENT A) Jurong S/Storey Oetached Fty./ Warehouse for aala or rent. Land Area Built m area I) 22.490 14.000 II) 80,000 25,000 III) 51,839 31,387 Iv) 125.000 37.383 v) 95.810 45,090 vl) 118.500 70.000 B) Alaiandra 1) s/storey with mezzanine floor
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      • 692 26 195 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces I /L^\ RUBY f M*4 WAREHOUSE «X. COMPLEX H 8 Kaki Bukit Road 2 H (off Eunoi Link) V Areas: 1500 3000 sqft (Short/long laate) SIONO HOE WAREHOUSE at Lorong 1, foa Payoh for Immadiata laaaa. sth storey: 1,171 sq ft 4th storey 1.166/ 1.624 sq.ft.
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      • 660 26 197 For Rent: Office Spaces DIST. 15 PARKWAY PARADE FOR LEASE Office unit of 925.36 sq.ft. In high floor with magnificent seavlew. TEL: *****19 Just outside CBD. 24-hour security. Professionally managed Ample parking space. Attractive rental and terms. can 732-5533 for immediate advice and service. I FOR LEASE PRIME OFFICE.
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      • 1017 26 197 For Rent: Office Spaces CHOW HOUSE ROBINSON Road Area: 400 2626 sq f t Central alrcon partition Reasonable rental Call: *****66/ *****01. 0.20 PEMIMPIN IND. Building Furn./ partitioned/ alrcon. Approx 300 sq ft $400 lncl. maintenance It PUB Genesis *****07 D.9 ORCHARD AREA 800 10.000 sq.ft. Inside/ outside CBD,
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      • 782 26 200 For Rent: 200 For Rent: 200 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces i Shop Spaces jfZ^IURBAN I (|IIjKKI)KVKU)FMKNT AUTHORITY 1 TOWARDS A BETTER CITY L PROPERTIES TO LET (FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED) SHOPS Albert Complex Orchard Point Beauty World Centre r unan Centre Blanco Court OFFICES Albert Complex Orchard Point Blanco Court
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      • 1115 26 For Rent: 200 For RentShop Spaces Shop Space* "■US HDB""^ TO LET BY PUBLIC TENDER A) EMPORIUM B) SUPERMARKET SCATION Situated within an area bounded by Jurong East Central. Jurong Town Hall Road and Jurong East Streets 12 13. HOWROUND A showround will be conducted on 16.9.88 at 11.00 am.
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      • 125 26 241 Tours 2D3NA CBUS $69 2O3NRAIL $89 2D3N RAIL AIR $159 3OAV AIR $239 EVERY MORNING b NITE) 2D3N A CBUS (EVERY NITE) $89 2O3NRAILMNCL DINNER) $129 I PEP:CTEHTFmwm! 2D3NA CBUS (EVERY NITEI $89 2D3NRAIL OEP FRINITE $139 INCL STEAMBOAT DINNER 3D4N RAIL RAIL $169 INCL DINNER IB FAST DEP:
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      • 439 27 241 Tours 241 Tours i 241 Tours "J^jj^pßaßaaaaaaaa Baaaaaaaßaaai aaaaajaaaaai bb^b^b^^^^^sßl i^^^^^^3^^bl I J l !7!tia3ai i ii kii i w pimv i^ yl j irr '.I HBMBHpBjBjVHBBaaUIHH I 3 v? i 7j I aiT 1 A-JML Northeastern China/Mongolia Eastern China/Xian 14 D 30 D Oef dep: 14/9 I*P 20/
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      • 349 28 241 Tour* 241 Tours ■•j'tu^w star mlm^^ c^3N2D FRASER'S^i I >INE RESORT Fram s69 i I 4N/3D FRASER'S/ (M uVI GENTING $1 2%f| 3/4DPENANG^ $295 I I WKENTZTOUtm 190 Middle Road #03 31 Fortune Centre TEL:*****22 Budget Tour From 45D Bali Island $599 450 Phuket Island 499 4/50 Hong Kong/
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      • 641 29 267 Languag* Courses ~ATT LANGUAGE CENTRE *!.^^B B^L^B^Laß^BaV' ENGLISH COURSES FOR ALL LEVELS AND AGES. Tel: *****22 *****55 #08-01 Tanglin Shopping Centre. i LEARN JAPANESE THE right way from Yamabuta Language School. All classes are conducted by Mr. Yamabuta himself who has 19 years of experience. In Yamabuta. you don't
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      • 704 29 268 Music Courses Dm PARENTB! Develop your child's Interest In VIOLIN You're Invited to a FREE Talk/ Recital by LYNETTE LIM, Violin Pedagogue on 27/8/88 at 4.00 pm at: Metropolitan YMCA 60 Stevens Road VIOLIN LESSONS are scheduled for September. Please call *****00 for more Information QRAMERCY MUSIC SCHOOL conducts
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      • 92 29 272 Cookery Instruction STARTING 27/ i. Bangkok Kaya Cake. English Fruit Cake. Agar-Agar Fruit Cake, Banana Chiffon, Mosaic Roll, Tokyo Roll, Log Cake, Strawberry Cheese and Peppermint Cake. Tel: *****87. Mrs Tan 27/ i HONG KONG Char Slew Pao I^ng Yung Pao Slew Tow Tel *****71 Mrs Yong Balestler Rd
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      • 210 29 LEARN DRESSMAKING. English lady offers a course of 8 Informal and friendly lessons which will take you from the basics right through to creating any Item m your wardrobe. Class sizes small. Personal service and guidance guaranteed. *****37. 276 Fitness/ Sports Instruction NEW FAT BUSTERS created by UK Professional Avrll
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      • 969 30 APPOHMTMENTS/NOTICES APPOINTMENTS FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS ym^ Group Of Companies We are an established and leading INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING Group of Companies with five overseas branches and an international network of agencies. Currently we are seeking qualified personnel to strengthen our staff force of over 250 personnel Applicants are invited for
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      • 1059 31 APPOINTMENTS FINANCE CONTROLLER We are a medium size group of light engineering company located m Jurong engaged m the manufacture of metal products. Applications are invited for the position of Financial Controller. The Financial Controller will be a member of H/ senior management m the parent company. He will be
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      • 447 31 A. MARKETING EXECUTIVE B. ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS EXECUTIVE Minimum QCE A level or equivalent. 2 3 years experience m marketing, advertising or promotions. Good communication and inter-personal skills. Possession of own vehicle preferred. C. ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE Degree or Diploma m Accounting or equivalent. Minimum 2 3 years' experience m medium-sized company.
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      • 471 31 ADVENTURE! EXCITEMENT! CHALLENGE! JOIN US AT Thrilling Adventurous Entertaining JURONG CROCODILE PARADISE Singapore's newest tourist attraction! If you are the type of person who likes adventure and can't stand the mundane 9 to 5 office environment, then you have a future with us. We are looking for dynamic and highly
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      • 340 31 F. CASHIERS (Female) G. SALES ASSISTANTS (Female) Secondary education. Basic sales experience especially with fashion products. Must be pleasant and service-oriented. Ability to speak Japanese an advantage. H. TRAINEE CROCODILE PERFORMERS Minimum secondary education. Physically fit and alert. Keen interest m reptiles. Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Successful
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    • Page 32 Advertisements
      • 589 32 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE H Tenders are invited for -2Lb 1) Provision of drafting services for 3BB£ Mechanical. Electrical and Civil ifira Systems/Facilities at Singapore Jaßfi Changi Airport. 2) Term Contract for the photocopying of documents, manuals and ''ffirf: drawings for a period of one year from 1 Dec 88 to
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      • 978 32 -<*>- PUBLIC UTILITIES V^/ BOBRD I TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from eligible CIDB CSD Registered Contractors for the following 1 Supply of mild steel penstocks to Jurong Tidal Gates. Registered Contractors m Mechanical Engineering. Supply of Mechanical Equipment. Machinery and Plant all classes 2 Supply of window air-conditioners (17
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      • 992 32 QAF LIMITED NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of ihe Company will be held on Friday, 9 Septembei I'WH al Ihe Hyatl Regent y Singapore, Sii Stamford Room, 10 l2Scotts Road, Singapore 0922 al 1.30 a.m. or, as the case m.iv be,
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      • 663 32 lIIIHPWDIIII TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following (A) COS 10 88 Nominated Sub-Contract for Design. Supply. Fabrication and Complete Installation of Aluminium and Glazing Works to Hougang Junior College (B) PWD(R) CT/32/88 Proposed Screen to Pedestrian Overhead Bridge at Whitley Road near Merryn Road
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      • 569 32 ~T SINGAPORE ,><*£ POLYTECHNIC (^TENDER NOTICE^ Tenders arc invited for the Supply. Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of: A) Tender No: E EC 88 0023 GBC 4 L'NTTS AUTOMATIC RCL METER Document Fee: $20.00 B) Tender No: E/ EC 88/0024 /GBC 12 UNITS \M/FM SIGNAL GENERATOR 12 UNITS FREQUENCY COUNTER Document
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    • Page 33 Advertisements
      • 426 33 NOTICES NOTICE REGISTERED DESIGN NO. *****09 PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM ABOVE, THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE BRAUN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT of Frankfurt/Main, Federal Republic of Germany, hereby give notice that they are the registered proprietors of the above design m respect of an electric shaver which is registered m the United Kingdom under
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      • 485 33 NOTICE REGISTERED DESIGN NO. *****07 PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM ABOVE, THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE BRAUN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT of Frankfurt/Main, Federal Republic of Germany, hereby give notice that they are the registered proprietors of the above design m respect of an electric shaver which is registered m the United Kingdom under No.
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      • 923 33 YEO HIAP SENG (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (Incorporated m Malaysia) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors wish to announce the u:ivjdited results of the Group and the Company for the first 6 months ended 30 June 1988 1987 CHANGE GROUP COMPANY GROUP COMPANY GROUP COMPANY (MRTJOO) (MRTJOO) Turnover 100.051 42 995 39^20 +32
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      • 725 33 I TENDER NOTICE I Tenders are invited from registered CIDB contractors <)nd CSD suppliers for the following proiet* A PROPOSED LT CABLE TRENCH AND ANCILLARY WORKS AT BLOCK 1091 LOWER DELTA ROAD. SINGAPORE I B TERM CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY AND I DELIVERY OF FORKTRUCK SPARE PARTS T O I
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    • Pop Parade
      • 113 34 DEBBIE HARRY (left) fans suffering from withdrawal symptoms since her last vinyl offering, Rockbird, can look forward to a forthcoming Debbie Harry /Blondie remix package. The album Is In the planning stages and will probably feature classics like Backfired, Feel The Spin, Heart Of Glass and Rapture. Meanwhile,
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      • 186 34 PROBABLY the most important greatest hits package to be released this year is by Eric Carmen (below). Before you scoff or giggle (either at the thought or at the geeky picture of Carmen on the cover of the album), try to imagine the 70s without songs like All
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      • 282 34 JUST who is Billy Ocean? The reclusive self-effacing singer of hits like Caribbean Queen and the recent Get Outta My Dreams was born Leslie Sebastian Charles m a tiny village called Fyzabad m Trinidad. At the age of eight, he and his family moved
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      • 58 34 CELEBRATION time! New York's garage rock veterans, The Ramones are 14 years old! Following a successful European trip, they have returned to the United States with a series of club dates m Southern California. The irreverent rockers are also toasting their 14th year with a greatest hits album,
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      • 130 34 DON'T be fooled by Lloyd Cole's outwardly meek appearance. Underneath lies a confident young man who's proud of his music and is not afraid to admit it. "Really I can't decide whether I'm arrogant or not. The thing is, arrogance is very easy to spot m people with
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      • Article, Illustration
        164 34 THE Bananas, whose function m the British music industry was for a long time regarded as purely decorative, finally polished up their act last year with their breakthrough album Wow. With the guidance of production gurus Stock Aitken and Waterman, Wow spawned five hit singles, establishing Bananarama (below)
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      • 173 34 WE ALL know that they love the Beatles, the Mamas And The Papas, the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane and other '60s groups. But what do the Bangles (below) like to watch on the telly when they take a break from the stressful world of making music? "We
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    • Page 34 Advertisements
      • 158 34 m I A^. 4MHB^« *^S -^r^KB BlSf'V^ J^^^^D» FREE Japanese Tea Cup with Dumex Full Cream Milk Now, when you buy any size tin of How to exchange your Dumex Dumex Full Cream Milk with the special Free Gift Coupons flash, you'll find Dumex Special Free Gift Call personally at
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      • 295 34 _^_SJ_IHQME DECOR vv__pP^_^fl| IP\SI Lm vj~oll r I oo IJ^J^^^^^PP^^^?-^' THE HOME-CATERED PARTY GUIDE B^^^^^^B PPy^_f^?^_^_J _X Formal-western, Asian buffet or barbecue, let the caterers do _k 't for you. We fill you m on Ideas Information. l^SjHJl^^ A PLUS: DRESSING FOR A HOME PARTY mjiyi^ J^ --> Cover Story:
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    • Page 34 Miscellaneous
      • 161 34 TOMORROW The 1988 Montreux Rock Festival (Ch 5, 8 pm): This last of three programmes features Jermaine Stewart, Big Trouble, Taylor Dayne, Sting (below), Ziggy Marley, and new talents Sandra, James Reyne, Sinitta, Glenn Medeiros, Blue Mercedes, Double, Then Jerico and Aztec Camera. SUNDAY Dolly (Ch 5, 2 pm): Dolly
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • Article, Illustration
        1034 35  -  T. SASITHARAN By What's new m the park MOTHER Nature, whatever else she may be, is never partial m her contempt. Of the five Asean sculptures m Fort Canning Park, one has been ruined outright by the elements, and one other is on the way there. Taming Sari,
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      • 712 35 The final report of a three-part diary by SNG POH YOKE on the Chinese Theatre Circle at the Edinburgh Arts Fest. ONE pm is not the best time of the day to hold a performance, especially when there are seven shows to present
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      • 538 35 JUDITH HOLMBERG reviews Happy Families (Snap!), performed by The Necessary Stage at the Drama Centre on Wednesday night. AS A ground-breaker for the drama section of the forthcoming National University of Singapore Students' Union Arts Festival, this double-bill does its duty more than adequately.
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    • Page 35 Miscellaneous
      • 649 35 -What's nn FILMS ditorium. 12.45-1.30 pm. Ad- Book Room at Golden Mile noon to 7.30 pm (extended to for children below 12. children) and $3.50 for senior BRITISH FILM WEEK: mission free. Tower, Youth Book Company 9.30 pm on Friday and Satur- Tickets are also available at citizens (60 years
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      • 1103 35 I Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz m VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 On Air 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 On Air (contd) 8.00 News 8.10 Crime Beat 8.15 On Air (cont'd) 9.00 News In
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    • Page 36 Advertisements
      • 139 36 Strawberry Mi^^Mvl&«4l^nl tKyftOkc**** 1 riMiWiiiiliiiii "3 y>a i For HDB st ore Room r I^L^Sr !*H r HlHlßaniHll^r And Warehouse Use I|Jsr^F 'Tdi- >pJL steel Plate i^#^jJ^*S^fi H E iqH 200 Lbs Load/Shelf **+Xtf-M VXUF Adjustable Height Grey Colour H^fTr f*4 J D 1 Free Delivery *<-*L. .-+U i*&* •■■l^**^
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      • 90 36 'TJBWIPJi P^^^JNr^^^_ .y Tonight, treat yoursell to one oi the m m XTr^TV^AT 1 M i aramel Symphony. Four individual servings Jj —1 j. i" i\vyUvJ/\l 111 m B^j|t7^^B ot creamy smooth icecream with surprising J Kk ffl M Or try our olhei choices. Surprisingly I 1 ~4&s%^ 1 JIL
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    • Page 36 Miscellaneous
      • 1381 36 3.00 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed by Junction is a love story that casts Richard Tyson Kids 1 Corner (Children's programme): In Nod and newcomer Shenlyn Fenn m the lead roles dy, Noddy otters Tessie Bear a lift to the market 8.15 Musical Interlude Excerpts From and also helps
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      • 465 36 4 GL nn he Xd K e Rock-A-Bye-Baby (Ch jfl mflr' ''"m^f I 12, 8.38 pm): At last, a science series that M Q is easy on the eye. In fact, an almost WB Wp David Attenborough-type of film. BVMN^^. Wk"' For tnose s0 inclined, this series is an 3|
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