The Straits Times, 7 February 1997

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    15 1 The Strait s Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • Article
    China hits out at US criticisms
    658 1  -  Mary Kwang Beijing accuses media, govt of trying to vilify country By China Correspondent NYT "(Creating) an atmosphere that will poison the relationship between China and the US at a time when there is a tendency towards improving bilateral relations. Inquirer "Nothing but endless
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    3 teen probationers first to do community work
    552 1  -  Raoul Le Blond By Ordered to sweep and do chores m old folks' homes THREE teenage boys who committed vandalism and mischief are the first to be sent by the Juvenile Court to perform community service m old folks' homes as part
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    No ST. BT tomorrow
    63 1 The Straits Times wishes its Chinese readers a Happy Chinese New Year. There will be no publication tomorrow. Publication will resume on Sunday. The Business Times will also not be published tomorrow. Publication will resume on Monday. The New Paper will not be published today. It
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    Lock icon Quah's New Year feast for family
    419 1  -  Wong Chee Meng By Annual exodus proves to be smooth and orderly. Double celebrations m order at Greenridge. They cash m on festive spending. $600,000 m Hari Raya Charity Box. SIXTY-nine-year-old Quah Cheong Hock was one husband who did not wait for his wife
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    Banks issue more new notes this year
    412 1 IT LOOKS like the Year of the Ox will see some nice, fat hongbao being handed out. In the two weeks up to Feb 1, POSBank customers withdrew $168 million m crisp new notes. This was more than the $120 million the bank
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Persuading Myanmar: 'Best left to Asean'
      467 2 Persuading My anmar: 'Best left to Asean' 1 have to say I think the Aseans are the people who are likely to have the greatest influence on the Slorc They are doing more than people realise to encourage reform m Burma, but if s taking a long time.' Australian Foreign
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      Lock icon Amazons 'may have lived m Russia'
      113 2 LONDON Amazons, the mythical female warriors first described by the ancient Greeks, may have once existed m Russia, New Scientist magazine reported yesterday. Ms Jeannine Davis-Kimball of the Centre for the Study of Eurasian Nomads m Berkeley, California, told New Scientist that 2,000-year-old burial
      Reuter  -  113 words
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      Malaysia to ban those under-18 from smoking
      346 2 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians under the age of 18 will be banned from smoking, possessing cigarettes or chewing tobacco. The ban will come into force next month with amendments to the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations 1993, said Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng.
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      Lock icon NEW TIBS UNIFORM
      82 2 MrAngSiak Guan, 41 (seated) and Mr Wong Pak Meng, 36, showing off the new uniforms which Trans-Island Bus Services drivers are getting from today. They now wear yellow-and-orange print shirts, which come m both short and long sleeves, with dark brown trousers. Previously, drivers wore the trousers
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    • Lawsuits against Tang Uang Hong
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      Lock icon 3,128 dengue cases here last year
      585 3  -  Dominic Nathan Also a resurgence m chickenpox and malaria cases Btf THfe 3,128 cases of dengue fever reported last year was the highest number ever m a year, said the Environment Ministry. Three people also died from the disease, all m the second half
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      Busting breeding sites and public health education
      229 3 DESTROYING the breeding sites and public health education are the main dengue control strategies employed by the Environment Ministry here. Some of the different measures introduced over the years include: Installing anti-mosquito devices m gullies at the void decks of all Housing Board
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      146 2 TmkßusinessTimes QIC to buy stake m Philippine building The venture is GlC's first foray into Philippine property Hock Lock Slew Taking a lesson from Creative 's turnaround BeritaHarian Finetuning haj system Changes to the haj registration system are being looked into to overcome quota problems. Ber'gongxi' Rayall The double celebration
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      85 2 Investor urges more US investment m Myanmar: Page 1 2 OPENING THE NEW YEAR WITH I WARMEST GREETINGS Happy Lunar New Year Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri from all of us at Intra-Motors. We will be closed during the festive period and will re-open for business on 10 Feb 1997,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Russian plan to sell atomic plants to India draws US protest
      398 4 MOSCOW Russia's cash-starved nuclear establishment is planning to sell two nuclear reactors to India, a move that has prompted protests from Washington. But Russian nuclear officials are unrepentant about their drive for foreign sales and said the sale of
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      Lock icon Bid to save lives ended in Israeli copter crash
      613 4  -  Abraham Rabinovich By, m Jerusalem Netanyahu firm on staying m south Lebanon THE helicopter disaster which took the lives of 73 Israeli soldiers and airmen on Tuesday night stemmed from an effort to save lives by leapfrogging over Hizbollah ground ambushes
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      Lock icon Tragedy plunges Israelis into mourning
      290 4 'Everyone knows at least one person who's on his way to a funeral today This is like the Rabin assassination all over again/ University student Noa Shimoni, whose friend from high school was among the dead. JERUSALEM Not since Israelis lost their Prime Minister to
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      Lock icon Cracks spotted in another section of Antarctic ice shelf
      343 4 SYDNEY Cracks have appeared m another section of a vast Antarctic ice shelf, the northern section of which collapsed two years ago, a leading geologist says. The 12,000-sq-km ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula known as Larsen B "will be destroyed
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      Record bonuses for fund managers spark concern
      425 6  -  Neville Stack British body fears operators may take improper risks By m Lonaon 'Managers must have the ability to look not just at the short-term performance of their customers' assets they must have the management acumen and strong systems control to ensure that
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      Lock icon Panel to free Internet from grip of address monopoly
      164 6 WASHINGTON An international committee on Wednesday announced plans for an expanded system of Internet addresses that would end the virtual monopoly of Network Solutions Inc to register addresses on the global computer network. The International Ad Hoc Committee said this week
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      Singapore reaches out to Washington folks with a classical concert
      611 6  -  Lee Slew Hua By US Correspondent Event part of moves to show that the Republic is multifaceted WASHINGTON Singapore will reach out to the Washington community next Wednesday when it invites more than 2,000 guests here to a classical concert
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      Lock icon Bulgarians rejoice
      43 6 AN OPPOSITION supporter celebrating an agreement by Bulgaria's ruling Socialists on Tuesday to hold an early general election and return their mandate to form a new government, against a backdrop of burning tyres at a protest barricade m Sofia. Reuter picture.
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      Lock icon NZ students expelled for trying to rob bank as part of exercise
      273 6 HAMILTON (New Zealand) Four 17-year-olds who tried to rob a bank as part of a school exercise to study the impact of crime have been expelled and the course scrapped, a school official said yesterday. The attempted hold-up
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    • WORLD RLE
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        Lock icon UNION PROTEST
        50 6 Ecuadorean union supporters clashed with police on Wednesday m a 48-hour strike to protest against government austerity policies and called for President Abdala Bucaram's resignation. At least 10 demonstrators and eight policemen were hurt as the protesters tried to approach the President's palace m Quito, the sources. Reuter
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        Lock icon COCAINE MOM
        58 6 A three months pregnant Peruvian woman was arrested at the Santa Cruz international airport carrying 0.5 kg of cocaine m her stomach, Bolivian officials said on Wednesday. She was picked up by the police while boarding a plane bound for Italy. The Santa Cruz police said she had
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        Lock icon BOXER NANNIES
        65 6 A new generation of kick-boxing "super-nannies" is being trained m Russia to combat a rise m the kidnapping of children, the Mayak Radio Station m Moscow said on Wednesday. A St Petersburg teacher-training institute has begun three-month courses with a local kick-boxing association. Demand was created by 138
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        Lock icon U.N. PULLOUT
        51 6 Citing a deadly surge of attacks on humanitarian-aid groups, the United Nations withdrew hundreds of relief workers from western Rwanda m armed convoys on Wednesday and sharply curtailed operations m the rest of the country. The emergency pullout followed Tuesday's brutal ambush on five UN staff members. LA
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        Lock icon DEADLY PLUNGE
        61 6 A speeding bus hurtled down a 200-m ravine m central Mexico on Wednesday, killing up to 17 passengers and injuring 23 others, the state news agency Notimex said. It said the Omnibus de Mexico veered off a widely-travelled highway between Mexico and the US border m Hidalgo. The
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        Lock icon KEEPING TABS:
        41 6 The French Senate accepted the possibility late on Wednesday of taking digital fingerprints of all non-European Union nationals who apply to live and work m France. Digital fingerprints would also be taken from foreigners without correct residency papers. AFP
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      Lock icon Clinton begins drive for better education
      684 7 Day after the State of the Union address UNDER the Hope scholarship tax-credit plan, students enrolled m a community college at least half-time could get a tax-credit for two years as long as they earned a "B" average. The plan is modelled on a
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      Lock icon $2.4 trillion spending plan soon to balance the Budget
      397 7 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton, honouring his pledge to balance the US Budget m five years, will unveil a US$l.69 trillion (552.4 trillion) spending plan that achieves a US$l7 billion surplus m 2002, according to a budget summary obtained on Wednesday. If
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      Panic stations as Clinton and O.J. vie for air time
      451 7  -  Louise Branson By m Washington AMERICAN TV nearly went berserk on Tuesday. The worst nightmare of news anchors, producers and executives became reality. Their good news: the jury m the O.J. Simpson civil trial reached a verdict. Their bad news:
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      Lock icon Having her cake... but not eating it
      102 7 Having her cake but not eating it MRS FRANCES Kuyper, 78, from Pasadena, US, with an exhibit m her shrine to one of the more irresistible sweet temptations of Western cuisine. The world's only cake museum, which opened 2V2 years ago, includes about 150 exhibits, some of which are up
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      Lock icon OECD membership talks for Russia
      714 8 Western powers, especially the US, seek to further Moscow's economic reform MOSCOW Russian unemployment is far more acute than recognised officially, said a new study, which claimed more than a third of the industrial workforce was "suppressed unemployed", the Financial Times reported yesterday. The report,
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      Lock icon Plan for Paris summit on Nato enlargement fails to get US backing
      285 8 WXSHINGTON US officials said on Wednesday that they had "not encouraged" reported French ideas of staging a five-nation summit m Paris to discuss Europe's future securi- ty system, and did not believe it would be held. I "We
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Military dress for mums-to-be
        39 8 THE HAGUE A Royal Netherlands Air Force staff on Tuesday modelled the first military maternity dress to be introduced to the Dutch military. The uniform consists of a blouse, skirt, trousers and jacket. Reuter picture.
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        Lock icon Dynastic duo in house deal
        124 8 WASHINGTON —As buyers and sellers go, the principals 1 m this Virginia deal might best be called the dynastic duo. Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy has sold his 2.6-ha McLean estate for nearly US$6 million (SsB.4 million) to Mr Eric Hotung, head of a legendary Hongkong
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        Lock icon Pamela sparks crush
        95 8 BRUSSELS Pizza Hut might have bitten off more than it can chew m hiring sex symbol Pamela Anderson Lee (above, displaying a child's painting given to her m Brussels) to front its new publicity campaign, if reactions to her m Belgium on Wednesday are anything to judge
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        Meanwhile...
        112 8 Meanwhile SEPARATIST ARRESTED: Tasio Erfczia, the leader of Herri Batasuna, the political arm of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA, was apprehended on Wednesday m a highway check at Muskiz, near the city of Bilbao. JAZZMAN'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL: Legendary London dub owner and jazzman Ronnie Scott died of an accidental barbiturates
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        40 8 The great achievement of the 19th century was the ability to make people move. The great breakthrough of this century is that we can move information and ideas easily. So, is there any reason for cities?" Management guru Peter Drucker.
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      Lock icon EU split over single-currency move
      622 9 Italy insists on being among first to qualify amid reported plans to delay its entry BRUSSELS Europe's divisions over which countries will qualify for a single European currency burst into the open on Wednesday amid reports that a plan was being prepared to let Italy
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      Lock icon In celebration of grey cells
      65 9 A MEMBER of the Mocidade Independente Samba school putting the final touch on a float dedicated to the human I jrain m Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday as the school prepared to parade and compete m the city's annual carnival from Feb 9 to
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      Lock icon Nicaragua bans eating of iguanas
      158 9 MANAGUA— The Nicaraguan authorities have banned the eating of green iguanas, the main ingredient m favourite Holy Week dishes a government official said on Wednesday. The ban is m effect from Feb 1 to April 30, covering Holy Week, during which Nicaraguans traditionally cook a
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      Lock icon Top Swiss banks to set up $98m fund to help Holocaust victims
      460 9 ZURICH The biggest Swiss banks increasingly under fire at home and abroad for ftieir role m World War 11, when neutral Switzerland had fast business dealings with Nazi Germany have announced that they are setting up a US$7O-million
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    • MEDICALNOTES
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        Lock icon Good lifestyle keeps diseases out
        114 9 LONDON A healthy lifestyle not only makes you feel better but can also double the chance of avoiding heart attack, stroke or diabetes, medical researchers said. They said that losing weight, taking exercise and giving up smoking had a huge impact on living a life
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        Lock icon Artery surgery on child a first
        101 9 i ALBANY (New York) —US surgeons performed intricate artery replacement surgery on an 11-year-old boy on Tuesday m what doctors said I was the first operation of its kind on a i child. Christian Wood of New York was m j surgery for 3v%
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        Lock icon Fruit and greens good for the heart
        99 9 LONDON Eating fruit and vegetables is far better than taking vitamins if you want to prevent a heart attack, says a British heart specialist. Dr Andrew Ness of Addenbrookes Hospital m Cambridge told a conference on cardiovascular-disease prevention that taking Vitamin C, Vitamin
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        Lock icon Doctors help HIV patients die
        125 9 BOSTON A new survey of more than 100 doctors who regularly care for people with HIV the virus that causes Aids has found that more than half have helped patients asking to commit suicide, according to the study m yesterday's edition of the New England
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        Lock icon Drugs help people with clots
        79 9 BOSTON Prolonged use of clot-fighting drugs by people who have had blocked veins m their lungs or legs may be more effective m cutting down on future clotting, a Swedish study has concluded. The study m yesterday's New England Journal Of Medicine said continued use
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon US denies promising N. Korea specific food aid
      512 10 US denies promising N. Korea specific food aid But it signals that extra deliveries may be made soon WASHINGTON The United States has insisted that it never promised North Korea a specific amount of food aid m return for Pyongyang's participation m a briefing on proSsed Korean peninsula peace ks.
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      Lock icon New Year, new clothes, why not a new face?
      64 10 THESE Chinese women, with mudpack on their faces, were waiting for their beauty treatment to be removed at a cosmetics parlour inside a Beijing shopping mall on Monday. People m the Chinese capital are trooping to the shopping malls to buy
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      Lock icon 2 more S. Korean bankers grilled over Hanbo loans
      325 10 SEOUL South Korea's state prosecutors yesterday summoned two more leading bankers over massive loans to insolvent Hanbo Steel Co, a prosecution official said. He said Mr Chang Myung Son, president of the Korea Exchange Bank, and Mr Kirn Shi Hyung, head
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      Lock icon Palace denies Princess Masako is pregnant
      114 10 TOKYO Despite a growing flood of reports, Japan's Imperial Household Agency denied yesterday that Crown Princess Masako is pregnant finally. "Recent reports that the Crown Princess is pregnant Ire nothing but rumours," an agency spokesman said. He confirmed, however, that the former diplomat had.
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        'SMART' ARMY
        71 10 The People's Liberation Army's Headquarters of the General Staff has announced a three-year plan to improve the military's knowledge m high technology, the Liberation Army Daily reported yesterday. The plan is m response to Central Military Commission chairman Jiang Zemin's concern m developing an army that can fight
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        Lock icon MAN BITES COP
        77 10 A man who was refused entry to an adult movie, although he was 25 years old, fought and bit one of four policemen sent to deal with him,, a Hongkong court heard. Simon Maclay Howat bit one police officer's finger, kicked another's buttock and punched the nose
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        Lock icon ECSTASY HAUL
        44 10 Hongkong Customs officers have seized 3,075 kg of chemicals commonly used m the manufacture of the designer stimulant drug, Ecstasy. The chemicals are valued at HK5300,750 (5555,157) and officers have arrested one American man, two Chinese men and one Chinese woman. AFP
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        Lock icon PIRACY RAIDS
        57 10 Chinese police have seized 1.38 million pirated video cassettes, 485,000 laser discs and 85,000 computer programs over the past year, the China Daily reported. Another 1.14 million books had also been confiscated during 37,300 raids carried out m 17 provinces. An official crackdown on abuses of intellectual property
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        Lock icon FAKE TICKETS
        53 10 Chinese police have smashed a syndicate which was printing and selling fake train tickets allowing passengers to travel all over the country from southern China. Eleven members of the gang were arrested and more than 1,400 computerised tickets for soft-berth trains were seized, the New Evening Post said
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        Lock icon FISHERY TALKS
        81 10 Japan and China will hold the second round of working-level talks m Beijing on Feb 18 and 19 to expedite the signing of a new bilateral fisheries treaty, said Japan's Foreign Ministry. The two sides have been making efforts to conclude a treaty since they ratified the United
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      KMT likely to field big guns for county polls
      862 11  -  Sunny Goh party stalwart to be nominated for Taipei mayoral contest due m 1998 "Reports by Party quashes rumour it is backing opposition candidate THE ruling Kuomintang has moved m quickly to quash a rumour that it was supporting an opposition
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      Lock icon China jails 2 Mongolians on charges of separatism and spying
      332 11 BEIJING China has jailed two Mongolians for up to 15 years on m. charges of separatism and espionage, the London-based humanrights group Amnesty Interna--n tional said yesterday. Hada, 41, former manager of the Mongolian Academic Bookshop, and Tegexi, 30, who
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      Lock icon WINNING PERFORMANCE
      24 11 A Chinese acrobat troupe, winners of the 21st International Monte Carlo Circus Festival, performing during the awards ceremony on Tuesday. Reuter picture.
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      Lock icon Directors of state firms to sit for 'know-how test'
      258 11 BEIJING All directors of China's trou bled state-owned firms will be forced to sit for a "know-how test" this year to establish if they are qualified for their jobs, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The results will be used "to
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      Lock icon HK officers to make quick badge switch on handover
      333 11 Ui mfw mm' Ju| r^ m.m mm WLm IV Mm a w m W I HM DAYS TO GO HONGKONG The Hongkong government has unveiled its post-colonial badges which will be ready for uniformed officers to make a last-minute change of
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      Lock icon Hongkong's chief-to-be now less popular than Patten: Poll
      317 11 HONGKONG Hongkong Governor Chris Patten, dismissed by some as heading a lame-duck administration, is more popular than Chief Exec-utive-designate Tung Chee Hwa, a pollshowed. According to Asia Television's survey, Mr Patten's popularity level has eclipsed that of Mr Tung. The latest poll
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      Lock icon KL paper offers job to reporter freed by China
      186 11 HONGKONG Mr Xi Yang, a China-born Hongkong reporter released recently from prison by Beijing, has been offered work with a Malaysian newspaper, a report said yesterday. Mr Xi, 40, served three years of a 12-year jail term for stealing state secrets
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      Kidnappings raise security concerns in Manila
      352 12  - Kidnappings raise security concerns in Manila Nirmal Ghosh Situation m Chinatown comes under scrutiny By Philippines Correspondent Agents from the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission will be put on patrol duty m Chinatown. The ethnicChinese community has already organised volunteer patrols. MANILA The kidnapping of two Filipino-Chinese traders near Chinatown on Wednesday
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      Call for Philippines to act on cheating scam
      454 12  -  Leticia Perez By m Manila THE Philippine Embassy m Singapore has called on its Foreign Affairs Department to look into reports that a company operating m the Philippines allegedly defrauded Singaporean investors. Citing a report m The Sunday Times on Feb 2
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      Lock icon Thais to move Karen refugees to safer areas
      254 12 BANGKOK Thailand has told the UN here that ethnicKaren refugees m the north of the country who face attack from pro-Yangon guerillas are to be moved to safer locations, a UN official has said. Some 8,000 Karens of some 80,000 currently staying
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      Lock icon US oil firm urges more investment in Myanmar
      397 12 WASHINGTON Unocal Corp, the largest US investor m Myanmjjfc has called for more AmericaSinvestments m the country, saßtg that this was the best way ofXuuoting democracy there. mm. 'firm said on Wednesday tnHugns such as fast-food giant MwoijLlds could join it there.
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      Lock icon Hun Sen's party in new alliance ahead of polls
      241 12 This is a faithful wedding, not a shotgun wedding.' Mr Hun Sen. !OM PENH One of bodia's two ruling es, the Cambodian PeoParty (CPP), formed an ice with a third member ednesday m what anasaw as another step tos marshalling its
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      Lock icon Baby boy is Indonesia's 200 millionth citizen
      284 12 JAKARTA A baby boy born on the eastern island of Lombok was officially proclaimed as Indonesia's 200 millionth inhabitant on Wednesday and named Wahyu Nusantara Aji by President Suharto. The name means 'Valuable divine revelation for Indonesia". Population Minister Haryono Suyono, when making
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        87 12 Philippine teachers who organised a school trip to a Manila prison to visit a legislator charged with paedophilia were condemned strongly by President Fidel Ramos, who on Wednesday called the trip a brainstorm by an "unbalanced" mind. "If they want to go, let them go as friends
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        Lock icon RIOT SUSPECTS
        71 12 Indonesian authorities suspect four men of inciting a violent riot m the West Java town of Tasikmalaya last December which left four people dead, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Deputy of the West Java high attorney office Armin Aribowo was quoted as saying that the case against
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        RE-ENTRY VISAS
        83 12 Thailand is expected to introduce multiple re-entry visas and three-year work permits m two weeks' time, moves designed to make things more convenient for foreign investors, according to a report m the Bangkok Post. Mr Veerakorn Kamprakob, Minister m the Prime Minister's Office, was quoted as saying that
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        BOAT CAPSIZES
        66 12 A commuter boat collided with a barge carrying sand on the Chao Phraya River m Bangkok early yesterday, throwing about 50 passengers into the water when it capsized, city officials said. An early report said that about 22 people were rescued but one television station said that 40
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        Lock icon SHADOW GOVT
        71 12 Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali AJatas has dismissed as risky and bizarre a plan by East Timor resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta to form a shadow government, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. "Apparently, Ramos Horta has run out of ideas to attract the sympathy of the international
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        Lock icon CHILD SEX
        71 12 The Philippine government is preparing charges of child abuse against an HIV victim for having sexual relations with a teenage boy, local ABS-CBN television reported on Wednesday. Senior state prosecutor Hernani Barrios was quoted as saving that the 24-year-old woman will be charged with four counts of child
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      Call to ban Malay teenagers from discos
      488 13 KUALA LUMPUR The move to close all nightspots by midnight will affect the tourist industry, Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Sabaruddin Chik has said. The Star yesterday quoted him as saying tourism would be affected because karaoke lounges and nightclubs were B>pular
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      Lock icon US human-rights report Infringed KL's sovereignty'
      319 13 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth yesterday objected strongly to the 1996 human-rights report issued by the US State Department although it was predominantly positive on Malaysia's human-rights record. Its deputy chief, Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, said the continuing existence of the report was an affront
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      Uphor police nab two for filing fake haled chicken
      155 13 JOHOR BARU Johor police have "Irfested two men following public complaints that "halal" chicken Jtoghtered by non-Muslims were beNfcsold as halal m markets m Johor Biru. «*A Malay tabloid, Harian Metro, re■Ufcrted yesterday that the suspects, irtro were not Muslims, were
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      Lock icon Meet KL's paramedics on wheels
      279 13 WHIZZING their way through crowds on their bicycles, they can easily be mistaken for professional mountain bikers vying for first places m a rally. However, the huge black bags hooked up to the sides of their bicycles and the first-aid kits attached to the back
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        68 13 Malaysian police have detained a man believed to be the mastermind of an international gang involved m an attempt to cheat Bank Bumiputra Malaysia of Msl.s billion (*****.5 million) using forged time drafts. The 53-year-old man, a partner of a London-based security firm, was picked up at
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        47 13 Johorpolice seized 400 obscene compact disks from five video shops at the Holiday Plaza complex m Johor Bam m an operation against pornography on Wednesday. State CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Ali Hanafiah Hashim said 10 employees were arrested to assist m investigations. Bernama
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        Lock icon HUDUD LAW 'SOON'
        69 13 Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has said that it is only a matter of time before hudud law, the Islamic penal laws, is implemented m the state. The implementation of hudud law would become a reality, just like the Islamic banking system had
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        Lock icon SALVAGING WRECKS
        49 13 A foreign marine archaeology group has offered to help the Johor state government salvage wrecks of historical value. The group made the offer after discovering several ships on the seabed m the South China Sea while salvaging the 14th century Ming junk, Royal Nanhai, last year. NST
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        59 13 Negri Sembilan police, aided by the army, detained 41 illegal immigrants, including 10 Indonesian women, m the wooded area of Kampung Sen Parit, Lukut, near Port Dickson. The district police chief, Supt Sheikh Mustapha Sheikh Ahmad, said the aliens, aged between 20 and 45 years, were raid.
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        52 13 A politician has filed for a court order to stop the gov- ernment from demolishing Stadium Mer- a deka dan Stadium Negara after next year's Commonwealth Games. Mr S. Selvanathan, a lawyer, contested and lost the Petaling Jaya Selatan parliamentary seat as an independent candidate m the 1995
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        VEHICLE SIZE COUNTS?
        70 13 The Transport Ministry has proposed that motorists who cause accidents be punished according to the size of their vehicles. The Star yesterday quoted Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Wira Mohamed Ali Rustam as saying the traffic court should mete out penalties commensurate with the size of the vehicle
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      Lock icon Sales of off-road vehicles, convertibles shooting up
      580 14  -  Leong Chan Teik By J SINGAPORE is hardly a place to drive off the beaten track, or zip around m topless cars, but motorists here splurged an estimated $60 million on off-road-ers and convertibles last year. They snapped up 316 of 1 these
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      Lock icon HER SUZUKI VITARA-FOR WORK AND PLAY
      107 14 DAPHNE Fong, 42, is one of a few women here who own offroaders and push their vehicles to the limit by taking part m rallies. She drives a Suzuki Vitara through rugged terrain m Malaysia. "Sometimes it's very difficult, but it's always exciting going
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      Three medicines contain excessive levels of metal
      262 14 THE Health Ministry has warned the public not to buy or take three types of Chinese and Indian medicine products found to contain excessive amounts of arsenic, mercury and lead. One Chinese medicine, Haemorrhoid-C, has more than the legal permissible limit of five
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      9 inmates escape from drug halfway house
      211 14 NINE inmates of the Jamiyah Halfway House escaped from the centre earlier this week, and it is understood that they are still at large. Two of them absconded before a urine test could be done, while the others ran off soon after the
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        WORKER DIES
        73 14 Bangladeshi worker, who was heard screaming in pain at a West Coast construction work site on Wednesday, was found dead an hour later. The 26-year-old man, employed by Doo Ree Engineering and Trading, was working at the Hyundai construction site on board a floating dock when his screams
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        OFFICE BURGLED
        107 14 Burglars broke into a shipping office m Benoi Road off Pioneer Road m Tuas earlier this week and made off with an iron safe containing $300,000 m cash. It is believed that the theft took place between 2.30 pm on Sunday and 8.30 am on Monday, when the
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        KIN SOUGHT
        53 14 Police:' are looking for the relatives of Madam Chan Lin Nah, 80, who was found dead m her flat at Block 510, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, at about 10.20 am on Jan 18. She was believed to be living alone. Her relatives should call Investigation Officer Sarfoji
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        NS ENLISTMENT
        42 14 There will be a National Service Enlistment Exercise on Feb 19 at the Central Manpower Base (CMPB) at Depot Road Camp from 7:30 am to 1 pm. Police advise motorists to avoid Depot and Henderson roads leading to the CMPB.
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        M-CYCUSTHURT
        65 14 60-year-old woman was hurt when the motorcycle she was riding on was involved in an accident with a car. The accident happened on Tuesday at about 10.45 pm at the junction of Carlisle and Bristol roads. The motorcyclist suffered head and chest injuries. The 66-year-old driver of the car
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        TWO HURT
        76 14 Two people were injured on Monday when a motorcycle hit a pedestrian who was crossing the road. The motorcycle was travelling along Alexandra Road towards Henderson t Road at 8.10 am when it knocked into a pedestrian at the road junction. The motorcyclist, 61, was unhurt but his
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      Polyps crayfish research goes commercial
      452 14 SHELLFISH lovers can look forward to juicier crayfish on restaurant menus by the end of next year if all goes well with Ngee Ann Polytechnic's research. The polytechnic has been conducting intensive research into improving the quality of the Australian redclaw crayfish here. It is
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      Lock icon help ppread festive cheer to needy
      469 15  - help ppread festive cheer to needy Jason Leow By GASH and more cash that his been on the minds of many i Singaporeans, from professionals to businessmen to grassroots groups and associa- tipns, m the past year. But m some cases, the money chase has been for a good cause,
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      Dr Ow: How Chinese reacted to Tang affair
      761 15  -  Leong Ching Ching gang's views *not those of jnost Chinese-educated' By 1 always believe people can see with their own eyes. When we produce enough evidence, either through debates m committee hearings or court proceedings, if people know what we say is
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      Bikers' charity ride may be annual affair
      207 15 Bikers' charity ride may be annual affair AN IDEA to get his bikep Mends to visit the sick an% elderly during the Chinese New Year season may nowbecome a yearly activity for," Mr Joseph Lee. The 40-year-old sales manager called somei Mends who had talked about, doing charity work last,
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      They cash in on festive spending
      735 17 Holiday happenings: Reports by Wong Chee Meng, Yasmeen Hameed, Ting Siew Lee and Sharon Vasoo Some stallholders at the seasonal bazaars make as much as $250,000 IFOR the past fortnight, university student Lin Siow Yee and pier four friends took a break prom the
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      Lock icon Double celebrations in order at Greenridge
      220 17 T WAS Chinese New Yearns eve, but Tan Kok long, 17, was wearing a baju kurung and singig a Malay song along with 13 of his Malay choolmates, m celebration of Hari Raya *uasa. The Greenridge Secondary student said: "I earnt Malay and I
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        Annual exodus proves to be smooth and orderly
        483 17 IT WAS a smooth and orderly festive exodus at many departure points on the morning of the eve of the festive weekend. Even the Causeway at Woodlands was clear of traffic. Despite bus companies and the railway reporting being fully booked earlier,
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        $600,000 in Hari Raya Charity Box
        330 17 THE Hari Raya Charity Box has raised $600,000 and the charity's patron, Mr Sidek Saniff, hopes that by Monday, a day after Hari Raya Puasa, it will meet its $1 million target. Mr Sidek, who is the Senior Minister of State for the Environment,
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      Jail terms for cargo thieves increased
      331 18 Jail terms for cargo thieves increased !!O former cargo workers o served their jail terms for :ft at the Changi air-freight minai will go back to jail afHari Raya because the ief Justice doubled their itences. Former cargo officer Kama Idin Maon, 29, and ex-cargo listant Sahad Kasmari, 46, o
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      Quack dentist fined
      173 18 i MAN passed himself off as a entist and operated from the itchen of a flat m Marsiling >rive for three years until the iw caught up with him. Chua Peng Kwee, 55, was bed $1,000 by a district court [n Tuesday for practising denistry without being
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      Cuddly, furry and scaly newcomers at the zoo
      336 18 Zoo babies await visitors this festive season, with 14 new arrivals within the last few months. Chang Ai-Lien looks at some of the zoo's cuddly, furry and scaly newcomers. The two-month-old White-handed Gibbon, bom last December, is the zoo's first birth of
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      Educationists hail focus on IT and creativity
      579 19  - Educationists hail focus on IT and creativity M. Nirmala and Moves seen as helping Spore to compete By Wtytg Chee Meng THlt moves to make creative thtifcng and information technolfiy (ID a priority m Singa-pore-schools would help proBucm workers able to compete m lie 21st century, said 14 priifcpals and
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      PRIORITY FOR EDUCATION
      168 19 mHJCATION looks set to be a Awrity area for the Governrwit's new five-year term. tThe Deputy Prime Minisw and Defence Minister, Dr Tony Tan, will take charge of the two universities. >' His priority is to turn the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University
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      Lock icon Nanyang Poly students peek into new campus
      344 19 ABOUT 80 Nanyang Polytech■c students had a preview of jpeir new campus when they toured the partly-completed founds m Ang Mo Kio on Wednesday. And they are impatient to move into their new feome, part of which will be featy later this year.
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      3 Toa Payoh CCs renamed
      161 19 HE People's Association yes:rday announced that three Mnmunity centres and clubs Xs) have been renamed, hile a community centre has een closed for upgrading. In a statement, it said that tth effect from last Saturday, opn Teck Community Centre id become Toa Payoh East ommunity
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      Lock icon At home with computers — in school
      320 19 At home with computers in school Reactions to Education Ministry changes AT RULANG Primary m Jurong West, pupils have been using the eight computers m the library on their own. "Some of them are better on them than the teachers," said Miss Lim Poh Suan, the school's principal. Rulang now
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      15 17 Today's UiffißHHflfllis m Life! section. Don't miss the specials on Yu Sheng A^Lunar Greetings. |GAXS.
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      69 17 I Anytime is I I £Z^>rtt&LG6fTimel 1; We are open for business from 8:00 am to 12 midnight over the Lunar New Year and Hari Raya holidays. Come and try our gourmet pizzas, calzones, pastas, steaks, crepes, chargrilled ribs, specialty pizza and pancake desserts, and cakes. WtCa/r I Brasica At
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      402 18 Our extensive menu will allow family and business associates to feast m style, MX JtM mSRMKS while our attentive staff will remind you of the grand spirit of Chinese New Year. .M ff^ J| mMjM mM ikm Make an auspicious start m your business femrVW W -jjl P^^^^^^^ffP^S tn i
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  • The Straits Times FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1997
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      No reason for troop cutback
      692 20 Are 100,000 American troops m Asia one too many? That the question is even raised, at the start of President Bill Clinton's second term by his new Pentagon chief, is something that must cause concern among US allies m Asia. American troops, mostly stationed m
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    QUOTES
    101 20 "Do not blame multimedia. Do not blame nightclubs, the Internet or the fact that we have 24-hour entertainment today. The question must be 'Why are these problems more prevalent among Muslims?' Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad launching an exercise to find out why Malay youths are
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      Sharif s huge win raises hope of stability in troubled Pakistan
      1467 20  -  Nazir Kamal Nawaz Sharif s unchallenged parliamentary power means that Pakistan has a rare opportunity to revitalise itself. It also means that no excuse will be granted to him for any failures or shortcomings. By N AWAZ Sharif s
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      Lock icon Differences need not hold Asean-EU ties back
      757 20  -  Lee Kim Chew EYE ON THE WORLD By T WO sticking points that could introduce a sour note to the Asean-Eurooean Union ministerial talks next week East Timor and Myanmar are longstanding problems that should not prevent both sides from putting more zip
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      A sense of decline — some of it unwarranted — grips S. Korea
      1324 21  - A sense of decline some of it unwarranted grips S. Korea Andrew Pollack Its like you're doing 80 miles per hour and suddenly you have a speed limit and have to drop to 60/ By, i he New York Times SEOUL During the dirt-poor years following the Korean War, South
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      Hair-trigger for nuclear war needs to be removed
      1010 21  -  Tim Zimmermann By US News World Report To increase stability under Start II we need new presidential guidance that cuts the Leu/EeL USt CUcuS UICcLIL V 7 and the requirements for damage. Otherwise our forces will rely more on rapid alerting m
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      68 21 AlicLionel &c King Group of Companies Prosperous New Year We are open: Changi Airport Terminal 1 Cafeteria 24 hours DAILY World TVade Centre Cafeteria From 8 Feb onwards National University Hospital Cafeteria DAILY National University Hospital Restaurant From 9 Feb onwards National University Hospital Food Court From 9 Feb onwards
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      We can learn quite a few things from the West
      468 23 Western vs Asian values We might forget that there are certainly quite a few things that we can pick up from the West. It would be unfortunate if we miss out on these learning opportunities because we define Western' as
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      Start RPS at 7 am to ease the crush
      262 23 MY PARENTS and I travel along the Central Expressway every morning at around 7 am. We have noticed that the CTE gets moderately congested, even at that early hour. Surely these are not people who work from 9 to 5? It
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      Allow replacement of tiles in new flats
      364 23 We understand that it is good not to waste materials that have been provided, such as the floor tiles. But has the HDB really considered the reasons why many home-owners replace them? SINCE Jan 1. the Housing Board has implemented a ruling that
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      Inform Comfort if cabbies flout the rule
      97 23 Smoking and driving I REFER to the letter "Cabbies who smoke and drive" by Mr Lee U-Wen(ST,Feb3). Comfort takes a serious view on the issue of our taxi drivers who smoke while driving a public vehicle. Our drivers have been reminded regularly not
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      Some superaiarts present a health risk
      200 23 WHILE shopping at the Tiong Bahru Plaza branch of Cold Storage, I discovered that the frozen food on display m one of the upright cabinets was defrosted. Thinking that the machine was faulty, I informed a department manager who was nearby. She said that
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      141 23 Need to send Chinese New Year greetings across the Causeway? With rates cut by up to 43%, just pickup the phone! Conveying Gong Xi Fa Cai to family and friends? Wherever they may be m Malaysia, your sentiments of the /Sin P£l Tlf)l*£ season is only a phone call away.
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      Lock icon Injured Samson withdraws from Honda Classic
      271 24 QOLF A PULLED muscle has forced Singapore's Samson Gimson out of the US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) Honda Classic which started m Bangkok yesterday. The burly 32-year-old strained himself during the proam round on Wednesday and, despite two treatment sessions, had to rule himself out before his
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      Goncalves jpquiry on hold Until Thursday
      318 24 THE lack of a suitable interpreter has forced the S-League to postpone its disciplinary committee meeting on the Egmar Goncalves case to next Thursday. The committee was supposed to have met before the Chinese New Year but changed the date as no Portu-guese-speaking interpreter
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      Jurong loses $300,000 deal
      409 24  -  S. Murali SOCCER by JURONG FC has lost its club sponsor Gooday Impex and, with it, $300,000. According to official S. Krishnan, the sponsor could not come m because its principal marketing tool, Bavaria Beer, cannot be used m tandem with SLeague title sponsor Tiger Beer,
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      Desperate or not, don't compromise quality for quantity
      531 24  -  GODFREY ROBERT NOW that Tiger Beer has put its weight behind the SLeague, Singapore's professional soccer organisers are frothing m their mouths with high expectancy for the new season beginning on March 15. The biggest hurdle that of finding the title sponsor
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      Lock icon Gough, Caddick shatter Kiwis
      189 24 CRICKET WELLINGTON England bowlers, led by Darren Gough and Andy Caddick, cut through the New Zealand top order on the first day of the Second Test, shortened to one session yesterday. The home side was m deep trouble at 56-6, with Nathan Astle on 15 and
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      611 24  -  Lee Yulin NETBALL By 1 love the game and I love playing for my country...lTl try my best to balance motherhood, work and netball.' Seah Ching Ching. SEAH CHING CHING, the ace who shot Singapore to world record fame at the 1993
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      405 24 ATHLETICS lAAF indoor meeting m Madrid (winners only) Men's 60m: Deji Aliu (Nig) 6.555 ec 400 m: Davis Ka moga (Uga) 48.30 1,000 m: Andres Diaz (Spn) 2min 22.085 ec 3,000 m: Anacieto Jimenez (Spn) 8:01.05 60m hurdles: Colin Jackson (Brit) 7.52 Triple-jump: Yoelvis Quesada (Cub) 17.20
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      Marry, marry quite contrary
      323 24 TIGER WOODS, the hottest property m golf, jetted into a simmering family dispute over who he should marry and news of a face-saving compromise over proposed Thai citizenship. Woods, whose mother is Thai, has sparked "Tigermania" for his first professional appearance m Asia. In a television
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      $10,000 prize for golfer who tops rankings?
      392 24  -  S. Murali By THE golfer who tops the Singapore Professional Golfers Association rankings at the end of this year may stand to gain $10,000, revealed SPGA president Phua Thin Kiay yesterday. Currently, the prize goes to the top performer on the local circuit
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      Phua: Locals ready for regional impact
      304 24 REGULAR tournament play has produced some of the best golfers the Republic has ever had and Singapore Professional Golfers Association president Phua Thin Kiay believes that they can make a regional impact this year. He said: "Our local circuit and the Omega Tour has
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      533 25 TENNIS Davis Cup French skipper's Cup defence helped by Philippoussis' absence LONDON Yannick Noah sets out op his personal quest for a third Davis Cup title today, helped at the first stage by an injury to Mark Philippoussis. The latter is Australia's top singles
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      Lock icon Pankratov first to own all butterfly marks since Gross
      502 25 Russian clocks 51.935 ec for 100 m fly SWIMMING IMPERIA (Italy) Double Olympic champion Denis Pankratov, denied by an organisational blunder m Paris a year ago, broke his second short- course world swimming record m less than a week on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Quesada outjumps champion Harrison
      202 25 ATHLETICS MADRID Cuba's Yoelvis Quesada defeated Olympic triple jump champion Kenny Harrison with a dramatic lastround effort m an international athletics meeting on Wednesday. Quesada, bronze medallist at last year's Atlanta Olympics, jumped 17.20 metres, a performance he alone has bettered during this indoor season. The
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      Lock icon Slaney, 38, makes comeback at Millrose
      220 25 NEW YORK Nearly 60 international Olympians and the return of Mary Decker Slaney to the Millrose Games will highlight the 90th running of America's premier indoor track meet today at Madison Square Garden. But there will be no Jackie Joyner-Kersee or Gail Deyers as
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      295 25 NBA BASKETBALL INGLEWOOD (California) The National Basketball Association's big games were on the West Coast on Wednesday, as the Los Angeles Lakers, without Shaquille O'Neal, beat Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, and the Utah Jazz defeated the SuperSonics. Elden Campbell, playing centre m place of
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      176 25 850 Deaths 850 Deaths HENG CHOO WHAY Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 6th February 1997 Wife: Ang Sok Hoon Sons: Daughters-in-law: Heng Kueh Seng Tham Swee Fun Heng Kueh Boong Jenny Lim Kan Kan Heng Ngak Kirn Heng Ngat Khau Tham May Kuen Daughters: Sons-in-law: Heng Leek Tio Eng
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      89 25 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 6th Anniversary IN LOVING MEMORY OF PETER BOSE Departed 7th February 1991 His helping hand was always first To render any aid he could; His voice was always raised m praise, His words were wise and good. Dear father, since you
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      45 25 ANN TAN QUAN NEO AGE: 82 passed away peacefully on 08-02-97. leaving behind Daughter*: Nancy, Nellie Sons-in-law: Bani, Trevor Grandchildren: Zarina, Zahari, Tanya Body resting at Spore Casket Emerald Room. Cortege leaving for Mt. Vernon Crematorium Hall 2 at 09.45 a.m. on 07-02-97.
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      548 26 SOCCER European Super Cup PALERMO (Sicily) Juventus, completing an academic task, won the European Super I Cup on Wednesday when it beat Paris St Germain 3-1 m the second leg after routing the French side 6-1 away m the first leg. Italian soccer international Alessandro Del
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      Lock icon Valencia squanders lead in shock exit
      249 26 SPANISH CUP MADRID Valencia crashed out of the Spanish Cup on Wednesday to Second Division Las Palmas after squandering a 2-0 lead from the first leg before finally losing on penalties. Deportivo Coruna, the 1995 winner, is also out after the goalless draw at
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      Lock icon Uefa, English FA to meet today
      213 26 NOYON (Switzerland) The European football union (Uefa) will meet the English Football Association m London today to discuss the row over Germany and England bidding for the 2006 World Cup. Vice-presidents Per Ravn Omdal of Norway and Sines Erzik of Turkey, along with Uefa
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      Injury rules Confidence out of Cup
      327 26  -  fan Thean Loon RACING By DUAL-CLASSIC winner Confidence V has been ruled out of the M 5200,000 (Ssl 12,000) Tunku Gold Cup over 2,000 m at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday because of a minor leg injury. Trainer Francis Nathan said yesterday that his stable
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      616 26 14 Valley Of Gold (14) *Selvam 48.5 3.1 S RACE 4 C 4 D 3 1200 m (SC) 1 Harbour Tower (1) "Yap 57 2 Money Bag (2) Powell 55.5 3 Ambush (13) KCNg 54.5 4 Aquarius 111 (9) *Teh 53.5 5 Revival II (10)
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      Lock icon Poor Dons set to *rob' the rich boys
      720 26 *Every manager we've had has helped this club, and we've built on all of their achievements brick-by-brick to reach this stage.' Wimbledon chief Sam Hammam. ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Just 20 years after Wimbledon shed its non-league status and was elected to the
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      Jockey Kway will be back in April
      201 26 INJURED Singaporean jockey Moses Kway expects to resume race-riding m April. The 31-year-old, who is nursing a slightly fractured right shoulder, said yesterday that he was confident of being able to ride m morning trackwork m about six weeks' time. He said: "I
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      Lock icon City marches into FA Cup fifth round
      209 26 LONDON Manchester City booked a fifth-round FA Cup date with English Premiership Middlesbrough on Wednesday when it defeated visiting Second Division Watford 3-1. City went clear after 24 minutes through Neil Heaney and the First Division side looked to be heading for an
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      Lock icon Lim: I paid goalies to predict matches
      381 26 WINCHESTER (England) The Malaysian businessman at the centre of a sensational soccer match-fixing trial made a heartfelt plea of innocence, saying he never paid players to throw matches. "I have been waiting for two years to come here and explain my situation. I
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      Lock icon Trend Setter looks primed for fifth win
      597 26  -  KLTRACKWORK KUALA LUMPUR Trend Setter IV underlined his chances of a comeback win m Tuesday's Class 1 Div 2 event over 2,000 m (Race 9) with a smart workout yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Selvam, the seven-year-old En-glish-bred gelding by Stanford cantered one
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      1675 27 MALAYSIAN STOCKS (m Ss) Gr't 1996/07 Curr Last Vol Day Div Nat M Cap Hlflh Low Company Tradad Sala +or- 000 High Low P/E $mll •25 360 m s AISB 50c 406 +2 5 408 400 5.0 84.6 418.5 126 84 m AMDBSOC 123 +2 1502 123 120
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      TOKYO
      318 27 February 6 1997 YEN Mitsui Engineering 230 +2 AdvOTetlCorp 6350 unch MjliiJko*!.. Ajinomoto 1050 unch "f^l! 1 0 w s Mai Electric 336 -8 oril^ft, ,x£ 7Q5 .18 MurataMfg 3920 +20 *2*S h lnd \lll U nc° gST^ i uJ re:: ::S Cflo 892 unch N nStee 292 -1
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      BANK RATES
      304 27 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Swings 3 2^ 2W 3 3 2tt 2% Fjxed deposit 1 month 34 3'/. 3v, 3'/. 3h 3'/, 3 months lv> 3% 3% 3v» |vt 3/* 6imonths Pa 3% 3% 3% 3% 3« 1(2 months 4 4 4 4
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      62 27 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$) BBL BRENT BLEND Mar +0.10-0.10 22.42 22.47 WEST TEXAS Irtterm Mar 0.00 23.87 23.91 DUBAI FATEH Mar +0.10-0.10 20.45 20.50 TAPIS BLEND Mar 0.00 24.25 24.35 MINAS Mar 0.00 23.60-23.70 NAPHTHA (CIF Jap) +2.00-2.00 244.00-246.50 NAPHTHA +0.20-0.20 24.80-25.00 CST-180HSF0 +1.00—1.00 96.00 97.00
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      CURRENCY
      164 27 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1.4023 1.4184 Sterling pound 2.2841 2.3402 Australian dollar 1.0572 1.0905 Canadian dollar 1.0349 1.0586 NZ dollar 0.9534 0.9861 EC unit 1.6779 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.8691 12.4034 Belgianfranc
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      GOLD PRICES
      86 27 SINGAPORE Physical (Ss) Thurs Wed Kilobar *****-*****.44 *****—*****.01 100 am 1568—1642.85 1560-1634.61 50 gm 786—826.06 782-821.94 20 gm 313-335.78 311-334.75 sgm 78-91.67 78-90.64 1 gm 16-24.72 16-24.72 Bullion coins (Ss/oz) Spore bullion coin 500—506 498-504 Canadian maple leaf 500—506 498—504 Australian nugget 501-524.27 498-521.18 ÜBS gold Kinebar™(Ss/oz) 499—534.57
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      SIMEX FUTURES
      353 27 February 6 1997 Brent Crude Open High Low Sett EstVol Mar 97 22.47 22.47 22.47 22.47 2 Apr 22.00 50 May 21.45 0 Jun 21.09 0 Act Vol (Wed): 50. Open Int (Wed): 52. Spot US Dollar/Japanese Yen Open High Low Sett EstVol Mar 97 123.34 123.858 122.95A
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      Lock icon Indonesian stocks rise to record high
      491 27 INDONESIAN stocks rose to a record as investors continued to warm to Indonesia's improving economic picture and the outlook for faster profit growth m the coming year. The benchmark Jakarta Stock Market Composite index rose 7.42 points, or 1.08 per cent, to a record
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      133 27 Contract date: February 6 1997 unit ONE 3 6 9 12 VALUE UN(T MTH MTH MTH MTH MTH CALL DATE USS 4% 4'Vi« 5 5 s'/, 6 4V 16 10/2/97 AS 5»/,, s'/,, 5 5 5«/, 5 10/2/97 NZ 6* 6V, 6 6»/,, 6»/,. 6V,, 6>X, 10/2/97
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  • OBITUARIES
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      852 Acknowledgements
      56 27 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE D. GNANAMARY Departed 31st Jan 97 sincerely thank Fnthart Paul Goh, Joachim Kang ft Anthony Raj, Doctor* ft Nurses of Ward 73 SGH. Tamil Charismatic and Church of St. Tere*a Prayer Groups, colleagues, relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendances, condolences, prayers
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      856 In Mentoriam
      58 27 In everiovtng memory JOSEPH TAY BUANHENG Departed on 8.2.66 Remembered by beloved ones IN LOVING MEMORY KOH MARGARET Departed: 7/2/96 Your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond true There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Always ranwmbsrad by Esther, Bobby, Patricia,
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      856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam
      166 27 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam 2nd Anniversary In Sweet Remembrance of Alice Tordy Antonin Tordy Departed 7 7.2.95 Departed: 7.10.98 Fondly remembered by: Elsie and Family. IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF BELOVED LEE POH CHUA Departed: 7th February '90 Love's greatest gift Rememberance. Time changes many things. But not
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      64 28 February 6 Change ST Industrials 2203.39 +7.61 ST Finance 4400.44 +4.44 ST Hotels 2132.53 +0.97 ST Properties 1979.82 +8.76 8T Composite 2287.93 +8.96 BT-MGA 1088 80 +3.98 BT-SRI 1107.03 +9.65 BT 08/ OS +31 +79 BT CADI -***** +46 BTO6V +*****279 +***** DBS CPF Index 623 97 +2.33 OCBC
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      SCOREBOARD
      65 28 MAIN CLOB Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Industrial 53 36 35 25 8 6 Finance 13 4 7 5 2 0 Hotels 3 2 2 3 0 0 Properties 9 1 3 10 4 5 Plantations 0 0 0 5 3 0 Mining 0 0 0 2 0
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      TOP ACTIVES
      28 28 MBf Hldgs 50c 24,113,000 SMB United 10c 15,990,000 FACBSOC 7,711,000 Promet 6,925,000 lOlCorpWt 4,959,000 Berjayalnd 3,607,000 RenongWtOO 3,147,000 Mill 2,834,000 AmsteelWt 2,812,000 Mulpha Intl 50c 2,471,000
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      62 28 Total Market Wed Thurt Industrials 67.482 m 59.301 m Finance 27.203 m 30.903 m Hotels 2.546 m 1.665 m Properties 22.416 m 21.390 m Loans Stocks 39.293 m 25.929 m Plantations 1.941 m 960,000 Mining 875,000 495,000 Totalvolume 161.756 m 140.643 m Total value m SS 331.983 m
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      SES MAINBOARD
      2531 28 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transacgof^Date^Febfuaf^6J99^J 1998/97 Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net MCapWtAvg Hl^h Low Comply Trad«J Sato +or- '000 High Low Dtv% P/E $mil Price ASE NTIIO 200 US 1000 900 ASF US$O.Ol 100 US 900 90.0 214 165 Acer 50c US 188 S.ON 10.4 278.1 «4. 300
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      FINANCE
      448 28 ABN Amro5fl(10) 72.0 9900 9000 BMT$10(100) 9000 8.4 64.3 49.3 9360 MOO 865 ml DBS 910 unch 50 910 905 18.0 10.3 3875.2 913 *67 187 I DBSCPS2OO 178 unctl 16 178 175 177 2090 1570 ml DBS Foreign 1920 +20 125 1930 1910 16.0 21.8 5071.9 1947 300
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      Lock icon Share prices up slightly despite half-day trading
      443 28 MARKET REPORT SHARE prices rose slightly m naif-day trading yesterday, with Clob stocks taking centrestage yet again. The Straits Times Industrials index went up 7.61 points to 2,203.39 while the UOB-Sesdaq index rose 0.58 point to 104.55. The UOB-OTC index continued on its
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      PLANTATIONS
      12 28 Inch Kan 10p 50.0 Inch Ken 10p200 1100 60.0 67.2 908
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      1713 28 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Alt shares quoted have a par value of $1 unless otherwise specified, bi trading m this stock is restricted to buying-in market only. Adjusted lor scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results. P/E ratios and Gr's Yid of foreign shares are adjusted
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      454 28 Mgrs 1 Prices, FebJ 1 Abtrint Fund Mgrt Abtrust Spore GrFd 0.9920-1.0430" American lntlA»»ur AIA Unit Linked Fund 1.100-1.158# .M 7 Fortress Fund 1.047+ Citicorp kivtßanli Citi Global Bond Fd 1.040—1.050" Citi Asia Wrastruct ire Fd 1.18—1.23" Credit Lyormaisrrtl Asset Mgt CLAsiaPacGrFund 0.980-1.030xd" CL Spore Gr Fund 1.045—1.
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      SESDAQ
      629 28 1996/97 Curr Last Vol Day Or* Not MCapWtAvg 1996/97 Curr Last Vol Day Gr'e Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sal* +or- 000 High Low Dlv P/E Smil Price High Low Company Traded Sale +or- '000 High Low Dlv% P/E $mil Prlct 280 135 c ABR Hldgs 5c 164
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      HOTELS
      483 28 440 230 ANAHOtelt 340 43.0 183.0 346 102 5 72 a Allianc* Tach 73 -5.3 802 74 156 128 ml Apollo 138 2.5 40.0 139.8 136 4,150 3500 t Goodwood Par* 3900 100.0 48.1 1755.0 3764 157 118 ml Grand Cwitral 139 unch 1 135 135 4.0 22 5
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      MAS sets new rules to control financial guarantee business
      549 29  -  Patrick Tan Insurers must have minimum paid-up capital and good agency rating By The financial guarantees enhance file credit ratings of debt instruments, especially for higher-risk infrastructure projects, thus improving their marketability to institutional investors. THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
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      Lock icon US Fed funds rate stays at 5.25%
      454 29 WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday left the overnight bank lending rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, a sign central bankers are content with the subdued pace of US growth and inflation that by one measure is the lowest m three decades.
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        Lock icon Sony's microchip investment
        65 29 TOKYO Japan's Sony Corp is to invest about 50 billion yen (***** million) to build a new 0.25 micron microchip line capable of handling eight-inch wafers, an official said yesterday. Sony aims to strengthen its position with large-scale integrated(LSl) microchips on rising demand for dynamic random access
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        Lock icon Northrop Grumman gain up
        56 29 LOS ANGELES Northrop Grumman Corp said its fourth-quarter earnings rose 19 per cent before a charge tor plant closings, fuelled by gains m its electronics and aircraft component businesses. The aerospace and defence group said profit from operations rose to US$69 million (5597.3 million) from US$5B
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        Bourse holiday closures
        31 29 THE Singapore stock market will reopen on Tuesday after the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya holidays while the Kuala Lumpur stock market will resume trading on Wednesday.
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        Lock icon Goodyear, Sumitomo tie up
        70 29 T'AKRON (Ohio) Goodyear Tire Rubber Co formed **an alliance with Japan's No. 3 tyremaker, Sumitomo "-'Rubber Industries Ltd, strengthening its presence m the fast-growing Asian market. Goodyear, North America's largest tyremaker, and Sumitomo Rubber said they will make tyres for each other m their home countnes
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        Lock icon Barrick No. 2 gold producer
        48 29 TORONTO Canada's Barrick Gold Corp said on Wednesday it had supplanted Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd to become the world's second largest gold producer. But Barrick said its fourth-quarter and full-year profits fell, due mainly to higher oneratine and exploration costs. Reuter
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      Lock icon Panel urges revision of Bank of Japan Law
      209 29 TOKYO An advisory panel to Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka called yesterday for the first sweeping revision of the Bank of Japan Law m half a century to make the central bank more independent. The Financial System Research Committee put forward m
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      Lock icon Apple chief suspends executive bonuses
      257 29 CUPERTINO (California) Apple Computer chairman Gilbert Amelio told the annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday that he was suspending Apple's executive cash bonus plan until the struggling computer maker returned to profitability. "Let me assure you that my highest priority is to get this company m
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      Lock icon News Corp's profits up 18% to $479m
      434 29 News Corp's profits up 18% to $479 m SYDNEY News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's global media company, has turned m lower-than-expected earnings for the three months to Dec 31 of A5446 million (***** million), dragged down by poor performance from its US television division. Operating profit before onetime items rose 17.7
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      Lock icon Suharto's family shoots up to 9th on list of Asia's richest
      326 29 CANBERRA The family of Indonesian President Suharto jumped to ninth on an annual ranking of Asia's richest people published yesterday up from 93rd last year with a combined wealth estimated at US$6.3 billion (SsB.9 billion). Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah,
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      Lock icon Dean Witter to acquire Morgan Stanley for $14.6b
      370 29 Dean Witter to acquire Morgan Stanley for $14.6 b NEW YORK Dean Witter, Discover Co agreed on Wednesday to buy Morgan Stanley Group Inc for U5510.37 billion (5514.63 billion) m stock, forming the biggest US securities firm and likely to spark a wave of mergers on Wall Street. The new
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      49 30 TOP RISES Cents Asia Pacific 830 45 5.7 JMH US$O.25 400... 630 25 4.1 FELSSOC 710 30 4.4 Gentingssoc 995 25 2.6 Auric Pac 50c 222 21 10.4 CAC 1520 20 1.3 DBS Foreign 1920 20 1.1 KeppelCorpn 1110 20 1.8 SlAForeign 1350 20 1.5 IPCOSI.7O 267 12 4.7
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      50 30 TOP RISES Cents Auric Pac 50c 222 10.4 21 SMB United 10c 42 6.3 2.5 Asia Pacific 830 5.7 45 Noel Gifts WtOl 28.5 5.6 1.5 DCBHIdgsWt99 272 5.0 13 Dovechem 128 4.9 6 MBfHldgssoc 86.5 4.8 4 IPCOSI.7O 267 4.7 12 FACBSOC 81.5 4.5 3.5 KayHianlOc 139 4.5 6
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      443 30  -  Douglas Wong Govt firm ties up with listed Philippine bank for $322 m project By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is making yet another foray into the regional property market, this time into Manila's Makati City for a prime
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      7 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7,1997
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        395 1 t *ievie^ s Jackie Chan, Ueena Davis and John Travolta Give me a home w^^r^ i-K^ Wlirrr Till green things roam B^B 9 B I j| I I J Child star Farm Wenqing s w f^ -^'S if^ ftf I s sister] HI Up B/l B^ w^^^ B^ 1 y
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        Strong as an ox. No bull.
        535 2 Strong as an ox. No bull. FOR the Chinese, today marks the first day of the Year of the Ox. What makes up an Ox? The book, Reception Of The^Sod Of Wealth For 1997, by geomancy expert Tan Khoon Yong says those born m the Ox year have a seemingly
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        Reap what you sow
        232 2 WHAT lies ahead for everyone m this Year of the Ox? "The following is culled from an interview with architect Evelyn Lip, author of more than 30 books on fengshui and horoscopes, and books written by astrology expert Lori Reid and geomancy expert Tan Khoon Yong.
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        Lock icon I don't rush into things
        519 2 M r YEARS DRWONGMENGVOON Academic and writer, turns 60 m July AS AN OX, I am hardworking and persistent. But when dealing with other people, I let them have their views and won't try to argue. But when it comes to my own work, I'll
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        Lock icon Work hard, bo pian
        539 2 iU m years rW^OLD MOSES LIM Comedian, turns 48 m December AS AN OX, I like to do things my way. I like to plan everything nicely and put it down m writing. If others might have a giant file for everything, I will have a
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        I Like money a lot
        596 3 years OVIDIAYU Playwright, turns 36 m April AS AN OX, I am not gregarious, no. I hate making small talk at parties and generally hate parties. I hate feeling insecure. I hate living without creature comforts like hot showers, clean bedsheets and fresh fruit. And
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        Lock icon I'll hunt down whoever hurts my family
        663 3 OX TALES: FIVE GENERATIONS FAMOUSOXEN: Retired Senior Parliamentary Secretary Ho Kah Leong, Singapore writer Simon Tay, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and actress Meryl Streep BORN IN YEARS: 1901, 1913, 1925,1937,1949,1961,1973, 1985, 1997 COMPATIBLE PARTNERS: Snake, rat I or rooster OPPOSING SYMBOLS:
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        Once a decision is made, that's it!
        374 3 10 YEARS BHHold FAN WENQING Child star, also known as actress Farm Wong's little sister, turns 12 m April AS AN OX, I have stamina. I can take long filming sessions. (She has starred m serials like Channel Bs The Teacher's Diary and
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        25 2 wm Hk TH f'j?' ff| The Members of the Association of Employment Services y^h one and^it\^^^KM/KKj^^^Bm Prosperous Lunar MfSSSmJM 9eiamat Htfi Kaya H^^^^^H jrmJiiJimiJlJLlAi m.%
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        373 3 B"l onaw PouLU C*Ubr*lio*S Ok sWos^ (7 2L^ fitr-u^r-y Lion and Dragon Dance on his head, a pugilist with special powers lifting a stack of Hari Raya Cultural Show Indian Variety Show 9 Feb, 6: l spm, Ferry Terminal and Musical Fountain *J>lfai cards without laying a finger on them!
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        Lament of the plant-lover without a green thumb 1
        1133 4  -  CHERIAN GEORGE If THE human family were divided into those with green thumbs, and those without, I must confess to belonging to the species with no trace of chlorophyll under its skin. That m itself would be no great loss. The
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        Fast And Loose
        214 4 "I don't wear cologne. I eat a lot of apples, so I emit a" J natural apple scent." Simon Yam (above), Hongkong acton when asked if he had a favourite colognl "I removed the pages because I loved them so much; I» couldn't help doing it." Library
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        Lock icon Criminals walk into free money trap
        192 4 OFFBEAT 1 "GO directly to jail." The message, familiar to Monopoly players, might have been printed on false cheques written by New York police who arrested 261 escaped criminals with the lure of easy money. Bronx police staged the operation m the last two
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        Lock icon Maximising TV ads robs viewers of enjoyment
        291 5 Maximising TV ads robs viewers of enjoyment AS a devoted fan of The Simpsons TV show, I must complain vehemently about TCS's nasty habit of snipping off bits of the show just to make room for more than its fair share of commercials. Last week's final epi9pde, for example, clocked
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        Lock icon Yes, this word puts off buyers
        267 5 If you have something to get off your chest on any issue concerning matters covered m Life!, drop us a line by Tuesday for publication on Friday. We will consider longer arguments for our occasional Open Letter column. We will accept for publication only
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        X-Files adhering to its script
        132 5 I REFER to the letter, Mystery Of The Missing X-files, by Hamish Brown (ST Jan 31). We wish to inform Mr Brown that we have adhered to the telecast order provided by the distributor of the programme. This is the same order as that aired
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        122 5 mj \r ,^r 3^ exclusive CD-Rom(for PCs Only) RAy Jackie Chan W 'JEJT^^B^^ file folder |J Jj 1 of Wiz ™M^P'^\mlj^^ Watch w Pern WLL^+'m X Jackie Chan m action with 5«i ;§l fast paced trailer I B^>^ P and exciting pl^^screen shots from the movie Win two 1 return
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        Chan kicks mafia butt Down Under
        420 6 MOVIES SANDITAN Plenty of action but not too much violence m this tale of a chef turned hero, which made $680,000 m its first two days of showing m Singapore At Cathay, Golden Village, Shaw, Eng Wah, Overseas and Studio cinemas AFTER doing somersaults
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        From muffins to mayhem for Bond, Ms James Bond
        463 6 fieena Davis complements the stunts of Jackie Chan m this heart-thumping action thriller ,iSm LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, PG Bath ii) and Golden Village BaMES BOND preparing dinner and doing the laundry? Pierce Brosnan may scoff at it but Geena Davis takes
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        Travolta takes wing and bombs
        386 6 Rascal-good guy formula wears thin m badly-executed comedy MICHAEL, PG At Shaw, Cathay, Golden Village, United Artists and Studio cinemas POOR John Travolta. After his Pulp Fiction comeback, he might never be able to walk normally again. Since then, his movie entrances have often been
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        Lock icon Star Wars relaunch grosses $50 in at opening
        515 6 SEVERAL days ago George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, joined an office pool betting on how much money the re-issue of his film would earn last weekend. He guessed US$lO million (Ssl4 million) and lost. It took m a huge U5536.2
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        905 7  - SANDI TAN by ONE FINE DAY, PG Director Michael Hoffman X, Golden Village, Shaw, Eng Wan, Artists, Overseas and Studio IS OLOGETICALLY soothing to the eyes, uncommonly relaxed and yet confidently masculine, George Clooney has created the new standard the first old-fashioned leading man since HarriCocky and sharp as trenchcoat-clad
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        Man on the run and a virtual killer
        824 7 WARNER BROTHERS is celebrating its first Video CD release with a contest. Readers are invited to write, m 50 words or less, which Looney Tunes character they like best and why. Five winners will each receive a set of six Stars Of
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        Lock icon Films get longer in Hollywood
        402 7 MOVIES do not just feel longer these days, they are longer. Call it cinematic creep. In decades past, feature films almost never went beyond two hours. Now, even romantic comedies like Jerry Maguire meander past two hours without so much as approaching the credits. And
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        Full-on album leads the house revival
        952 8  -  Chris Ho Funky Green Dogs 9 critically-acclaimed debut dance album Get Fired Up is the premier release on a new American garage-house label Pop Life HERE is a poser: Name one dance-artiste whose album does not contain any ballads. (Discounting star deejays' pre-mixed compilations
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        Schumann's cry from the heart gets a revival
        607 8  -  Goh Yew Lin Classics On CD SCHUMANN Sonatas 1 and 3 Nikolai Demidenko, piano (Hyperion) MOST pianists know Schumann's first two sonatas. The Third is almost forgotten. Many professional pianists I know have a jaundiced view of the piece. Too long, they
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        68 6 ImriM ill l m <*<WP4tnew lf&M> f 7/2, 8/2: Closed isr;FrwaN"EWl S 9/2; Business as usual ♦♦**\jo*"**<U A CHANCE TO WIN •HjfcM«ff $I.SMHLIOn 2 CW^i^t^ 1 One big sweep ticket will be Z J% fcC 0 given to every customer on every w visit to our health centre 9 2
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        64 7 Life! WEEKLY CONTEST PRIZES 3 LASIR DISCS 3 VIDEO CASSETTES TO Bl WON WEEKLYI Just answer the following question Who played 'Earl Richer 1 In *A Family Thing"? Then mail this completed entry coupon to WARNER HOME VIDEO 9 Temasek Boulevard, #15-02, Sunfac Tower Two, Singapore *****9. Nome i Adres*
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        60 7 r J http^/webl.asial.com.sg/wiz cSToMlilronw Pulverize tanks with the mighty A- 10 Thunderbolt j^ pß?ss£^ simulation *H Archimedean generation fighter^ V^r^ m EF2OOO <^ ij Available at: g 7-Eleven Stores To Subscribe, Challenger Superstore, rail 7dA 1 4fti Klnokunlya, •MPH, uan^w iwi m ShQ|| Se|ect Sho stQ press Singapore i m
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        129 8 TftE HOUSE OF LIM I SEE THAT BOTH Wl AND CINDV ARE 11 1 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. aRANDMA, I I \"ttßscWMK™ m tSMs\ THAT WE'RE NOT USED TOW SORT OF r;^A^M DTHEPOCkETS| LUNAR NEW W^N BUT WU SgM TD 1 WTIREJN FACT.WVS NEVER PUT THEM L UoROURtiQNGBAOSJn^ IiEfUMBUNG ALL
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        134 8 GARFIELD "7" /THAT WAS 60Me\| PRETTY PA6T, f (GARfieLP?) o 6LEP RIPE, HOHJ /^w^ \°/^iM^ IT\ iU/)^ V rr U/Lq back anp < WIZARD OF ID SCAUPS (PlT^fPg er/LI me I I sELtl^^ t?P&PA I l^ TJJgTHEATgR 7I I A X V. TI^K&T^ 7 1 ANDY CAPP CI997MGN I| I
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        Festive gatherings for clans, community groups
        223 9 WINDOWTOTHECHINESEPRESS TANYI-UNG CHINESE clan associations, community and business groups are celebrating this Chinese New Year with annual gatherings of members and friends, Lianhe Zaobao reported on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be the guest-of-honour at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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        Hard time at pawnshops
        139 9 PAWNSHOPS m Singapore are not doing as well as they did during the last Chinese New Year, Lianhe Zaobao reported on Wednesday. However, most stayed open up to New Year's Eve yesterday. An official from the Singapore Pawnshop Association said the poorer business this year could
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        New books on beauty of art, writing
        289 9 TWO new books, sponsored by the Chinese Language Journalism Fund and Times Press Foundation, were launched by Singapore Press Holdings' group general manager (Chinese newspapers division), Mr Chew Keng Juea last week, Lianhe Zaobao reported last Friday. The books are Mci De Zu
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        HDB centres draw festive shoppers
        300 9 WHILE some still prefer the large crowds at the Chinese New Year night markets m Chinatown, an increasing number of shoppers head for the convenience of neighbourhood centres instead, the Lianhe Zaobao reported on Tuesday. Mr Shen Yaxing, 40, a construction contractor, with his family
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        Yummy, look what's cooking for Indian fans on the small screen
        653 9 SIVASAKTHI (Chinese New Year Special): Today, 3.30 pm. Stars Satyaraj, Prabhu and Ramba. Siva, a Mafia leader with a heart of gold, teams up with Sakthi, an aerobics and cooking instructor, to avenge the death of his father. MUSTHAFFAA
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        Chinese Community Newsflash
        310 9  -  Chin Soo Fang Seeing red LOOKING for a scenic place for family shots this festive season? The Chinese Garden is having a Red Umbrella Celebration with a display of 8,000 red umbrellas. Red signifies prosperity and blessings for the coming year. Other programmes include lion dances, cultural
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        Battle of Heavenly Rings
        465 9 What's Hot In Chinese Pop HuWenyan THIS week's pop scene is a battle of three of the "Heavenly Kings". Jacky Cheung and Leon Lai released their albums at about the same time and veteran pop king Leslie Cheung's former recording company released a compilation of his
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        574 10 The Straits Times APFOJNTMENIS& NOTICES M.E.I, is a multi-national company which provides professional services m the fields of process piping, instrumentation, mechanical, electrical, civil structural and industrial engineering. In line with the current planned company expansion, we are currently seeking staff with experience and a sound academic background with the
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        555 10 TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following:Upgrading of Neighbourhood Police Post Reception Area m the following Groups:--(A) CQS/31/97 Group 1 (B) CQS/32/97 Group 2 (C) CQS/33/97 Group 3 (D) CQS/34/97 Group 4 (E) CQS/35/97 Group 5 Briefing: For Items (A) to (E) 1 4.2.97 at
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        381 10 H/Sk HONG KAH TOWN COUNCIL i| I HOMO KAH TOWN COUNCIL Tenders are invited for Minimum Document Cost/ I the following: Category Closing Date MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE OF M£Q] $50/-AIR-CONDITIONINC SYSTEM AT |(U Above) I2 g Feb 97 BLOCK 509 #02- 159 JURONC WEST STREET 51 FOR HONG KAH TOWN
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        739 10 Tenders are invited for:TERM CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE ALARM/PROTECTION SYSTEM. ETC TERM CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE, TESTING AND SERVICING OF FIRE ALARM/ PROTECTION SYSTEM, EXIT/EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT TO ALL JTC'S PROPERTIES IN NORTH AND WEST ZONES FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS Tender Ref JTC/T/43A/96
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        1263 11 Hfjr\ housing* 1 4> DEVELOPMENT lUJ BOARD J Separate Tenders are invited j Reference/ Minimum Document Cost/ I for each of the following j Showround Category Closing Date I CONSTRUCTION OF WET I *****52 CWOI-C5 $50 I MARKET CUM MULTISTOREY! 28/02/97 I CAR PARK at Bedok I Neighbourhood 7 Contract
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        618 11 OC\ HOUSING I X^^H DEVELOPMENT U J BOARD I f"OR RENT" Tenders are invited to rent the following premises m: i Block 258 Pasir Ris Street 21 (Loyang Point) S/No. Unit No. Approx. Floor Area (m 2 Lock-up Shop 1 #02-311 115.00 I Family Amusement Centre/Child Play Centre 2 #02-313
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        440 11 VENHONIA™ DESIGN REG. JEWELLERY -t*V "0* «t» WE. &T NOTICE OF DESIGN REGISTRATION NOTICE is hereby given that VENHONIA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD of 1 Park Road #01-32/33, Singapore *****8, is the registered proprietor of the copyright m the designs shown hereunder. These designs are registered m the United Kingdom under
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        1040 13 ll IVjI Wmr^^^^^ ?^«s?^^tß \-s*ia« Jl »<^^» I mm mi Sd I IE BBBfaPWiaiHHHiSitt IB Pi Cool YOUr thirst this The Management Staff of I ll I" C^^^WC Pfl Lunar New Year the I Ip 2 Irving Road. Lot 3 3 wSSif"'" IjKffPC: FfofeSS f« I J— H!j Paya Lebar
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        1022 14 fli Hi T V #^1 FhH I ffH I I dlF^dnr Tf (B rtlf I PaM B^^T. I■II I Ik ¥iB I r-^ 1 fill I* Ifl v S' Jk'^^ I HHP ■T^p JIIL wi I IHf I ■fe^atH UP/ H SWI 1^ ®vS Hmt Lucky Ntwjm! TRADITIONALLY, the Chinese
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        484 16 dl iiyl^ "f ii i lonn 707 act s I■li V%l _f *J loUU"/3/"ll00 fm\ r JlcataH Unlimited Hong Kong Shanghai Dim Sum with A I I New Year's selections at $18.80 per person up to 13 Feb B BMB I with "Lo Hei: Salmon fish and shark's Fins... $338
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        110 16 I! BENG THIN HOON KEE W RESTAURANT HOKKIEN (Cuisine since 1947) #05-02 OCBC Centre 65 Chulia St Spore 0140 FA CAt VU-SH6NG From today to 21/02/97 LUNAR NEW YEAR^ji Set menu/ \m 6 Persons to s 10 Persons A, st We are closed on 6/2, 7/2, 8/2 (Open on 9/2)
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        513 16 ANNOUNCEMENT C.A.T.S. is closed today. There is no publication of The Straits Times tomorrow. We will be at your service on 10 February from 9.30 am to I.oopm. [cats. jji Gong Xi Fa Cai Be 5 Bakeries/ Delicatessens fl JWCTI H DIAL-A-DEUVERY BIRTHDAY CAKES Marine Parade *****00 ToaPayoh *****13 Tampines
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        540 16 72 Musical Instruments MUSIC LODGE. #02-106 (MM Bldg. Used grand/ upright piano for sale. Rental, tuning available. Used piano wanted. Tel. *****78 YAMAHA BEST ORGAN HSB selling $3000, orig. $12,000, piano $1500. Tel. *****82. (Also wanted used piano) CRISTOfOM MUSIC specialise* m piano, digital piano, organ wishes all Happy Lunar
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        607 16 108 Home Furnishing j\] AJUES LIIJFUINITUREFACWIT KITCHEN* WARDROBE CABINETS, HOME OFFICE FURNITURES For free quote call Philip at Tel: 453 4135 or Pg: 9509 6443 112 House Cleaning/ Painting NO DEPOSIT. 100% ICI. 3-year painting guarantee plastering, rocks-tone, varnishing, cornices Nippon 3 m 1. Express reliable service. *****88/ 9-*****56 CHEAP
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        612 16 Acceptance of Obituaries 1 There is no publication of The Straits Times J tomorrow. Bookings m The New Paper tomorrow are accepted at Times House, 390 Kirn Seng Road II from 6.00pm to midnight today. Please bring along the following: 41 IC (of person placing the notice) II Original death
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        441 16 GREEN EAST PROVIDES Filipino/ S. Lanka/ Indon. maids. Tel: *****89 (closed today). C *****18 GREETINGS FROM EUT Management Staff. Call *****79, *****08 (C*****1C) HAPPY LUNAR NEW Year. We are closed today. Call as on 9/2. LLOYDS (C*****1E) HAPPY LUNAR NEW Year. We are closed todayl Call us on 9/2. DENRICH
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        595 17 D.lB PEACH GARDEN. 2766 sq.ft. 4+l. 4 attached. Freehold. C.S. Tan *****172 DW HOMEM ASTER REALTY Pte Ltd wishes all clients friends Gong Xi Fa Cai Selamat Hari Raya MAKENA. GOLDMINE OF the Eastl 1163 sq.ft. 3+l. F'hold. 466 Dl 7-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris PTE APTS Sale EQUAL HOUSING WISHES
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        767 17 GONG XI FA CAI to our clients business associate. Thank you for your support. Your Professional Real Estate Specialist B. Knight BLK. 308 4 f Shunfu, high fir Renovated, no blocking, near amenities, valued S2BBK, AB 9 *****63 CASH $28K. 4 'A' Bishan 262. 5 yrs. High fir. Lift level.
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        419 18 527 HUDC/HDBApt» Wanted (Bent/ Buy) I, ANXIOUS BUYER (PR) wanted flat at any area. 3/ 4/ 5-rms. Good budget. Call Mary 9829 6840. I SUSIE, TAIWAN PR with ready cash to buy 3/4/ 5-rm./ exec. flat. Owner pis. call 5522-533 no agts. INDIAN BUYER URGENTLY wants HDB apt. near MRT/
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        614 18 537 Shop Space For Rent EBTHTJ> I C(0 Vo*v Mcl Sots TbMf X /'Location ASSIGNMENT! OUTRAM PARK. Blk 19. Outside CBD. 120 sq.ft. Price neg. View to offer. For enquiries, pg. 9403-9565 ERA. TANGLIN SHPQ. CENTRE 460 sq.ft. Good frontage. Ist storey. Sole agt. 9303-7871 ET Co 538 Shop Space
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        728 18 581 Tours I LOOKING FOR STAR Cruise, Malaysia tours etc. Pis. contact Linus at *****00 TA^SO, 587 Where To Stay PERTH HOLIDAYS ARTS, fully equipped, central location. Tel: *****17 fax: *****25. 612 IT Positions COMPUTER OPERATORS EXPERIENCED m MVS, AS4OO, UNIX, DOS/ VSE required. Please call 221 3316 for immediate
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        602 20 NOW SHOWING: GOLDEN/PRINCESS/NEW CROWN/COMMONWEALTH/MARINA/MANDARIN I They met m secret CHARLIE*SHEEN J. 11CJ IIICI 111 3CWI Cl. iiTIIBTBIIT TTVTT^V A -i_T TAX >TTT T'i^X'KT <3«iJ Ixl I 1 AvH tx IV/I I 111 I\J 1 al" n n A t /^^^bT^^b w A\» "'^l Hfli' fTi^l I 1 aB b 9
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        377 21 I OUR CHINESE NEW YEAR HARI RAYA PUASA ATTRACTION! llMlti^mmmmn- 1 NOW SHOWING AT 20 CINEMAS ISLANDWIDE HV 5/i^ zv as having M^^^^' J- t» TBk a perfectly Sad day... mm Pp Then he came along E^Q^^Q ■H|^H^^HB^i^^ Read The New Paper j Bam«aBpßy^h|.. onboard these airlines; i^ 1 1\
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        2022 22 for children and $16.50 for adults. For details, call 770-4780. THE SAMARITANS OF SINGAPORE Looking for day-time volunteers aged over 25. Duration of training will be six months, starting m April. Mondays and Thursdays from 2 5 pm. Call 227-0309. SINGAPORE YOUTH CHOIR Wanted: Male and female singers for the
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        714 22 TVI 6.00 AM News/CNN International (English) 6.30 Mesej Pagi/Gerak Sihat/Motivasi 7.02 CNBC News (English) r, 7.30 Bingkisan Semasa/Tele Sihat/Sarapan Malaysia 8.30 Bicara Khas/Sana Sini/Kita Pengguna 10.02 CNN (English)/Fesyen (Fashion magazine) 1 1 .02 Dwi Vista Piano Arozza (Drama) 12.00 NOON News/Muslimah/Bisnes Hari Ini 1.00 PM Friday Prayers (Live)/Nasyid 2.00 Pentas
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        664 23 CHANNEL 5 6.00 AM Singapore (Breakfast show) 9.00 The Magic School Bus (Cartoon) 9.30 Lunar New Year Children's Special I Chipmunk Adven■t tures att.so Lunar New Year Children's Special II The Magic Pearl 12.00 NOON News 5 Today 12.10 PM Lunar New Year Variety Special 1 1996 Elite Model Look:
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        605 23 Today's TV PRIME 12 1 0.00 AM Ya Alif I (Educational/Malay/r) 10.30 Columbus (Malay-dubbed cartoon) 1 1 .00 Malay Telemovie Dedahan: A boy, whose parents are too busy with their work to take care of him, becomes rebellious and plays truant. Stars Eman Manan, Nanu Baharuddin and Syed Falik Syed
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        555 23 CHANNEL 5 6.00 AM Holiday (Variety) 6.30 Outer Bounds (Children's sports variety). 7.00 Wild About Animals (Children's variety) 7.30 Ghostwriter Over A Barrel Show 1 (Children's variety) 8.00 Kasaii And Leuk Danger On High (Cartoon) 8.30 Hip-0 And Friends (Children's variety) 9.00 Sylvester And Tweety (Cartoon) 9.30 Lunar New Year
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        418 23 Tomorrow's TV 1 1 .00 Pentas 4U2C (Malay musical) 12.00 NOON Malay Movie Do Re Ml (B/W): The adventures of three happy-go-lucky men create much laughter. Stars P. Ramlee, A.R. Tompel and Ibrahim Din. 2.00 PM Taj Mahal Takita Dhin (Hindi variety) 3.00 Aboorva Raga Rahman (Tamil/part 2) 3.30 Tamil
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