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Title Section18 1982-08-27 1 new nation PUBLISHED BY THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LTD. Friday, August 27, 1982 M.C. (P) No. 19/5/82 30 cents18 words
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85 1982-08-27 1 UPI MEXICO CITY: UNION and business leaders estimated that more than 500,000 workers have been thrown out of work in Mexico's current economic crisis. However, the country's most powerful labour boss, Fidel Velazquez said he will not call for a nationwide strike despiteUPI - 85 words
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Article58 1982-08-27 1 BEIRUT: As many as 1,000 of the guerillas being evacuated from Beirut are not even Palestinians: There are radicals from all over the world, including at least 12 Japanese Red Army terrorists. Scores of security officials from West Germany, Italy, France, Britain and the US58 words
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Article64 1982-08-27 1 UPI TOKYO: To stem the number of Japanese teenagers dying from traffic accidents, the national PTA Federation has decided to ban students from riding motor cycles. High School students will be prohibited from obtaining motorbike permits nor riding on the twowheeled vehicles. Last year, 721UPI - 64 words
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Article64 1982-08-27 1 WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve Board yesterday cut its principal lending rate by half a point to 10 per cent, paving the way for another round of reductions in other US interest rates. It was the fourth reduction in six weeks by the central bank64 words
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Article26 1982-08-27 1 UPI SYDNEY: An 11-year-old boy died in a hospital yesterday from injuries he received when he climbed into a 33,000-volt power transformer.UPI - 26 words
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104 1982-08-27 1 UPI KUALA LUMPUR, Friday A RARE species of Asian pet fish have been eating even rarer meals lately 10 frogs, a' cockroach chaser ana a lizard or two for dessert. Superstitious Chinese will go to any extreme to pander to the supper-timeUPI - 104 words
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977 1982-08-27 1 LAM MO LIAN - By LAM MO LIAN WITH some building materials cheaper, will HDB flats also cost less to applicants, especially since HDB contractors have the fluctuation clause written into their contracts? The fluctuation clause covers the price of major building materials such977 words
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Miscellaneous12 1982-08-27 1 THE WEATHER: Showers in a few areas in the early after* noon.12 words
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Article283 1982-08-27 2 TO CHEE ENG - By TO CHEE ENG FOUR bodybuilders three of them women will go ahead with plans to take part in a bodybuilding contest in London next month in spite of threats by the Singapore Amateur Body Builders' Federation (SABBF) to ban them for life, according to one of283 words
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Article112 1982-08-27 2 SENIOR Citizens Club at the Queens town Branch Library is organising a reading aloud competition for children agea between four and six. The event, which is being run in conjunction with the National Reading Month, will be held on Wednesday, September 8, in the library's112 words
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Article, Illustration82 1982-08-27 2 YONG POW ANG - Picture and story by YONG POW ANG FIREMEN were called In yesterday to clean the road In front of the Teiok Ayer Food Centre a scene which puzzled many passersby and motorists. The tinmen had been called by a mobile aquad policeman because of an oil slick82 words
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160 1982-08-27 2 SINGAPORE supermarkets are comparable to those in developed countries but their products could be more creatively displayed. This is the view of Mr Bryan Palmer, a marketing expert from a Lon-don-based international consultancy, who feels there is room for improvement in two areas. He160 words
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Article165 1982-08-27 2 NOBODY is that keen to buy the Burmese vessel, Friendship 387, which was seized by Customs for sailing into Singapore with nine kg of opium on board. During an auction to sell off the vessel on Monday, the highest bid offered was $20,000 which was165 words
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Article227 1982-08-27 3 Recommendation by Chong Boon MP COMMUNITY service should be a recognised extracurricular activity in schools according to Mr S Chandra Das, the MP for Chong Boon. In a speech, delivered this morning on his behalf at the 30th anniversary of Bartley Secondary School of which he227 words
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Article171 1982-08-27 3 CHUA NGENG CHOO - By CHUA NGENG CHOO THE HIGH pass rate of employees from Japanese companies in a basic manufacturing management examination last December was so encouraging that 65 participants from 12 non-Japanese companies took the exam for the first time earlier this week. A total of 580171 words
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Article152 1982-08-27 3 POLICE detectives from Changi Airport and Joo Chiat have succeeded in curbing the tneft and vandalism which has plagued the airport since it opened last year. As a result of sending in additional plainclothes men and carrying out spot checks late at night and during152 words
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208 1982-08-27 3 Reuter PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday urged Japan to inject more funds into the long-delayed billion-dol-lar petro-chemical project here. Mr Lee made the call at a meeting with former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda and chairman of the Sumitomo Chemical Company NorishigeReuter - 208 words
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Article480 1982-08-27 4 LEE CHIU SAN - Scrap car prices continue to rise despite downtrend By LEE CHIU SAN THE price of PARF-eli-gible scrap cars continues to rise despite the general downtrend in the new and secondhand car markets. The price of 1,000 cc scrap cars has risen from $4,600 at the beginning of the480 words
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Article117 1982-08-27 4 PAT D'ROSE - By PAT D'ROSE RAMPS for the disabled that some community centres have set up only go up to the first floor. The new Changi community centre, for example, has a multi-purpose hall, a homecraft room and a basketball court which the handicapped can reach as they117 words
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Article, Illustration343 1982-08-27 4 TWICE-DETAINED Dr Poh Soo Kai (picture), released yesterday ander certain conditions, was once an influential figure in the pro-communist Barisan Sociaiis. He was the Barisan's Assistant Secretary General when he was arrested in February 1963 during Operation Colds tore, a security sweep designed to cripple343 words
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230 1982-08-27 4 IT IS not by accident that Singapore nas chosen the Medisave scheme instead of a medical insurance scheme. Countries such as the United States, Britain and the Netherlands have all fallen victims of a much-abused health insurance scheme. The Dutch experience, Singapore's economic adviser230 words
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Article45 1982-08-27 4 THE Siglap Community Centre's Venturers' Club is organising a series of adventure orientated matches tomorrow afternoon at its grounds. Called Siglap Venturama '82 it is part of its National Day celebrations. The event will start at 3 pm and finish at 6pm.45 words
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Article, Illustration826 1982-08-27 5 SIT YIN FONG - Compassion from all quarters helped in their happy reunion By SIT YIN FONG THE law tailed a mother of six for 17 days in 1978. but its compassion saved Madam Pu Ens Lai, then 35, from repatriation to Malaysia, and possible separation from ner826 words
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Advertisement205 1982-08-27 5 Haupunkt Car Stereos. Mighty sound dunce. Blaupunkt's revolutionary FM circuitry is so sensitive it reproduces crystal clear sound in even weak signal areas. Its excellent overload capacity ensures equal quality reception in strong signal areas. The finest testimony to its quality comes from the makers of the world's best cars205 words
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345 1982-08-27 6 BANGKOK, Fri. VIETNAMESE troops have stepped up their military action against the Khmer resistance forces despite the arrival of the rainy season, Moulinaka. leader Col Nhem Sophon told the Bangkok Nation in an exclusive interview inside Kampuchea over the week-end. He also said his345 words
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Article, Illustration58 1982-08-27 6 SECURITY guards and spectators struggle with animal welfare campaigners as they try to disrupt the Miss UK beauty contest at the Cunard Hotel In London on Wednesday. One of the prizes in the contest was a natural fur and the contest is sponsored by a fur company.PICTURE: AP - 58 words
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291 1982-08-27 6 UPI BEUINQ, Friday FOR connoisseurs too impatient to lav down their bottles of wine for toe ten or more years they will take to mature, a solution has come from an unlikely source the Qiqihar Fifth radio factory in northern China. AUPI - 291 words
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Article70 1982-08-27 6 BEIJING, Fri. NO sightseeing tours will be organised for the 1,600 delegates to next month's Communist Party Congress and they will have to pay for their own theatre and movie tickets, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. It said the party would practice70 words
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Article133 1982-08-27 6 UPI LONDON, Fri. BRITAIN'S largest nurses union voted 2-to-l yesterday to turn down the government's pay increase offer, setting the stage for renewed strikes in the nation's public health service. The vote was a boost to militant blue-collar health workers who have been stagingUPI - 133 words
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Article210 1982-08-27 6 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Fri. AFTER 40 years of rugged service, the venerable jeep is about to be replaced with the highmobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, or, as the army affectionately calls it, the hummvee. Two years ago, the Pentagon decided that it needed to replace its aging fleetLAT-WP - 210 words
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Article133 1982-08-27 6 AP UPI AP SALERNO (Italy): Terrorists firing automatic weapons attacked a military convoy apparently loaded with arms, killing a policeman and wouncT ins four others yesterday, police reported. The attack occurred less than two weeks after a police station was bombed by unidentified terrorists. AP. VIENNA: An AustrianAP; UPI - 133 words
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Article, Illustration33 1982-08-27 8 Mexicans wait in line to pawn personal possessions on Wednesday at the Mexican government's pawn shop in Monte de Piedad. People were hard hit currency and rising prices. PICTURE: APPICTURE: AP - 33 words
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448 1982-08-27 8 UPI CALCUTTA, Friday THE President of the International Mission of Hope yesterday angrily denied that her agency sold Calcutta slum babies in the United States and produced 62 telegrams from American couples to hick up her claim. Cherie Clark said the telegrams poured intoUPI - 448 words
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168 1982-08-27 8 AP PARIS, Friday JEAN-MARC Rouillan, founder and leader of France's most feared extremist group, Direct Action, has written to authorities saying he plans to surrender, police said yesterday. In a letter to assistant criminal brigade commissioner Claude Cances, the 31-year-old fugitive said heAP - 168 words
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Article94 1982-08-27 8 UPI OTTAWA, Friday CANADA will try to sell Sonth Korea a second nuclear reactor when President Chun Doo-hwan arrives tomorrow, External Affairs officials said yesterday. Briefing reporters on the president's four-day state visit, the officials said Canada had a good chance of making a second Candu reactorUPI - 94 words
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Article78 1982-08-27 8 UPI SANTIAGO (Chile), Friday CHILEAN president Augusto Pinochet, for the second time in four months, fired his entire cabinet yesterday, a spokesman announced. Ministerial secretary general Julio Bravo said Pinochet asked his ministers to resign and would designate new cabinet members next week. He emphasisedUPI - 78 words
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Article340 1982-08-27 9 US marines told to look straight ahead during evacuation operations AP WASHINGTON, Fri THE 800 US marines in the Beirut peacekeeping force have been told not to talk with Palestinian guerillas whose evacuaon they are overseeing, the US Defence Department said. Disputing reports thatAP - 340 words
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Article94 1982-08-27 9 Reuter BEIRUT, Friday MICHAEL HERBISON admits it bothers him a little, being one of the very few soldiers in Beirut with an unloaded gun. The 20-year-old private from New York has plenty of ammunition for his Ml 6, but he has to get permission to use it ifReuter - 94 words
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167 1982-08-27 9 AP NEW YORK, Fri THE failure of 572 businesses last week was the highest number in 50 years and was up 71 per cent from the same week a year ago, according to a Srivate credit-informa-on service report The surge in business failures in theAP - 167 words
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118 1982-08-27 9 LE HAVRE, Fri THE French freighter Borodine, loaded with three giant compressors, sailed for the Soviet Union in defiance of the US embargo on exportation of equipment for the trans-Siberian natural gas pipelaine. President Reagan has threatened sanctions against embargo violators, but reports from Washington118 words
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Article78 1982-08-27 9 LOS ANGELES, Fri A FORMER coroner's aide yesterday repeated claims that he was forced into signing Marilyn Monroe's death certificate and charged tne actress was murdered 20 years ago, but offered no evidence. Lionel Grandison, who resigned from the Coroner's Office in 1962 after using78 words
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857 1982-08-27 10 MR S RAJARATNAM - MR S RAJARATNAM, Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs). MR J B Jeyaretnam accuses me of having "twisted" his great thoughts when recently I said that he had made "dissent the Workers' Party battle-cry. (Straits Times, Aug 24). If so then it is857 words
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273 1982-08-27 11 THERE IS GOOD RESPONSE TO ACCS IT IS with great disappointment that I learn of the government's intention to stop the Air-Condi-tioned Coach Service (ACCS) with effect from Sept 1, 1982. The reason given was "poor response." But the reason for the poor response273 words
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Article110 1982-08-27 11 MELANIE NG - MELANIE NG THE BAN on the equestrian event for the Asian Games in Delhi as reported in New Nation, 24 August has had little impact on Singapore. The low standard of local riding, plus the cost of flying horses to Delhi, forbade the sending of110 words
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Article44 1982-08-27 11 THE traffic police should do something about the illegally parked vehicles along Kampong Ampat off Macpherson Road where I live. The same stretch of road is also in poor coridition. Can the PWD resurface it? HEARTACHE Singapore 031444 words
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Article411 1982-08-27 10 DELTA HONG - By DELTA HONG I HEAR Britain is agog over reports of Princess Anne's latest holiday off with her mother, Queen Elizabeth, for the annual summer holiday at Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. The point that is causing speculation is that the Princess's husband, (plain Mr) Mark Phillips, is not411 words
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Miscellaneous37 1982-08-27 10 BEYOND THE HEADLINES '10 4' 9 J iim. m N ■St JS "T 111. m \ss( w' K* >m w m ft. L I < CAS' > rsTi-;> r« w t.i/* v #f r E.T i ,i.\ 12ftV' v37 words
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Miscellaneous28 1982-08-27 11 Beyond the headlines 1(4 YHWS WAR GANlfc, V£>U PIRST K££P<?H WHEI?E THE MEXT feULLET WOUUP £OME PROM. AW THEN, WriEt"?E THE MEVCT MEAL v WOUUp COME f r/428 words
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Miscellaneous281 1982-08-27 11 I have seen and heard of men who, upon finding W competence, strove with might and main to equal it; others who, catching sight of incompetence, withdrew as If removihg a hand from boiling water. I have heard of men living in retirement from active life in order to seek281 words
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Article, Illustration827 1982-08-27 12/13 The East Asian experience Growth nations Singapore has achieved economic development without recourse to heavy borrowing from the World Bank. It had only US$lOB million outstanding on June 30, the end of the World Bank's fiscal year, having borrowed nothing over the 12 months. It827 words
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Article, Illustration846 1982-08-27 12/13 ECONOMIC growth continued in the region, although at a somewhat slower pace. Growth rates were slashed because of widening recession among industrial countries. In several instances, economic activity was also affected by poor weather that hurt agricultural growth and, as a result, aggravated balance-of-payment problems. South Asian846 words
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Article165 1982-08-27 12/13 DESPITE an acute shortage of cultivable land and a high degree of international isolation, China has successfully mobilised massive human' and financial resources in pursuit of two main objectives: industrialisation and elimination of the worst aspects of poverty. But future growth and improved living standards165 words
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Article, Illustration62 1982-08-27 14 SHARE prices pushed higher in heavy trading yesterday as the stock rally extended beyond the blue chip issues into energy and technology stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average was up about 11 points, bumping against the 900 level. The average, tne key market indicator, has not closed62 words
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Article58 1982-08-27 14 MOBIL Oil Singapore will train 24 Saudi Arabians in refinery operations at its Jurong Refinery. The two-year training programme begins next month. The trainees, high school graduates aged 17 years and above, are employees of Petromin Mobil Yanbu Refining, a joint venture between General Petroleum and Mineral Organisation58 words
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Article576 1982-08-27 14 CATHERINE ONG - By CATHERINE ONG LOCAL computer firms are sceptical of being able to compete in the regional and international markets after their worst fears of not getting a slice of the $100 million government's computerisation programme have been confirmed. National Computer Board (NCB) chairman Philip Yeo576 words
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Article123 1982-08-27 14 THE STAR ALUMINIUM Company of Malaysia has plans to set up a smelting plant in a venture with tne Malaysian government but unfortunately has not been able to achieve any concrete results, Mr C w Birkett, Alcan Aluminium vice-president for Asia and a director of Alcom,THE STAR - 123 words
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157 1982-08-27 14 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Datok Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the country faces a critical phase in its development characterised by an Increasingly uncertain, even hostile, international economic environment. He told a gathering of bankers that industrial reforms in the West for newReuter - 157 words
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40 1982-08-27 14 AN international panel of banking and computer experts will address a seminar on the implications of telecomunications and computer systems for banks of the future at the ShangriLa Hotel on October 7 and 8.40 words
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Article58 1982-08-27 14 WILLINE will have at least one direct sailing a month from Singapore to Doha from October. The Norwegian line has previously sent shipments via Bahrein. Two vessels will be used: the Torrens, which will arrive in Singapore on October 6, and the Taronga, which58 words
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Article23 1982-08-27 14 SINGAPORE Institute of Standards and Industrial Research is organising a seminar and workshop on computer aided plastics design from September 6-10.23 words
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Article42 1982-08-27 14 Reuter JAKARTA: Indonesia will stick to the Opec price of US|34 (Ss74) a barrel and to its Opec production level of 1.3 million barrels a day despite speculation to the contrary, Oil and Energy Minister Subroto said. ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Article24 1982-08-27 14 Reuter BANGKOK: The World Bank will lend US$lOO million (about Ss2ls million) to Thai banks to finance loans to farmers. ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article32 1982-08-27 14 HONG KONG: A dispute ovep French import controls on Hong Kong goods, particularly quartz watches, is to be referred to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade council.32 words
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Article466 1982-08-27 15 FOCUS ON THE NATIONAL WAGES COUNCIL IN SPITE of the government decision to play a progressively minor role in the National Wages Council (NWC), it must continue to retain "the conciliatory and advisory role...when and where necessary", NWC chairman Professor Lim Chong Yah savs466 words
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Article402 1982-08-27 15 The six aims by Prof Lim Prof. Lim sets out the objectives of the NWC as follows: Orderly wage increases: Since it was set up in 1972, the NWC has been able to submit every year a by-consensus recommendation to the Cabinet, an achievement in itself but more important, the402 words
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Article, Illustration83 1982-08-27 15 Your (Foreign Exchange) Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US$ 2.1550 2.1450 2.1330 sterling 3.7831 3.7551 3.7341 Australian 2.1194 2.0969 2.0769 Canadian 1.7529 1.7294 1.7134 New Zealand 1.6024 1.5809 1.5609 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Deutschemark 88 8051 87.6051 87.1551 French83 words
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558 1982-08-27 16 Deal to involve purchase of 25pc of total concession awarded to Elf by Petronas PROMET Bhd may take a stake in another oil concession from So ciete Nationale Elf Aquitaine (ELF) of France, offshore Sarawak. Promet may purchase about 2025 per558 words
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Article68 1982-08-27 16 Star PROMET Bhd signed an agreement for a loan syndication of Ms2s million to part finance the Menara Promet (formerly Belmont Centre) project in the "Golden Triangle" of Kuala Lumpur. The loan was arranged by Aseambankers Malaysia. Participating banks were Malayan Banking. Chartered Bank, United Asian Bank,Star - 68 words
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287 1982-08-27 16 THE STAR LIEN HOE Industries is on the lookout for new and better investment opportunities now that it is in a cash-rich position following the disposal of its 51 per cent interest in South Malaysian Industries for M|16.5 million cash. In reply to KualaTHE STAR - 287 words
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Article483 1982-08-27 16 DESPITE depressed steel prices, the National Iron and Steel group of companies improved their profits to $18.25 million in the first six months of this year comred with $9.92 million the first half of last year. Turnover increased in the first half of this year to $174.78483 words
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Article76 1982-08-27 16 THE gold market to trying to consolidate itself at its present high level, but it to also nervous of its recent sharp gains due to the uncertainty over the trend of the next round of US interest rates changes, United Overseas Bank says. IT—-visfnn -m 5 gm ScWag 11176 words
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Advertisement84 1982-08-27 18 NOTICES PUBLIC AUCTION CHAPTER 222 (PAWNBROKERS) Umdaama* tlitgii mad* «e to Fabraar? IMS ma*a»lat «< aoM and «U*ar orw linittAikUllmt act 3 B 1 Mm Lrt It] East IM Hk 111 I =E rn utaa 3S 4— tr" -w i J a "i; ■r CHBONG KOON SKNC CO (PTX) LTD84 words
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Advertisement200 1982-08-27 18 llii w I .ml IX ACT. CAP.IBS ANGLO-ASIAN INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in pursuant to Section 272(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 that a final general meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at Unit 206, Colombo Court, Singapore 0617 on200 words
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Advertisement663 1982-08-27 19 tvt 35 r* rr rr<wm mm m u X u MkM 3k K :*r Ui HAPPY HRS: Mon to Sat 20% from noon to 7 pm v,e/3 PETE N LYNN k 7 Dm to 1 am ImfMR m WUL m IMMS 5- *1 A Discover the lde Worlde Charm of663 words
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Advertisement100 1982-08-27 20 ALL-STAR WRESTLING 8.30PM Gay World Stadium 4* HAHN LEE STEVE RICKARD 0, V T See the return of last week's LARRY OT>AY Sensational Brutal, Savage and JtWk Vicious TAG encounter Rickard Lee will fight Baker and O'Day in a w ring, enclosed by a steel cage which will keep the100 words
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Advertisement226 1982-08-27 21 Are you looking for a good pair of jogging ehoeo? AV/A is extending a 10-day wear test guaranteed toyou. Dont'wait....Try on an AV/A today. ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE: AVIA's finest running shoe for high mMeege runners and for runners with a greater tendency towards injury. The KT26 combines exceftent stability and shock226 words
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Advertisement90 1982-08-27 22 V p; ■V-' t V-} The Tretorn Ultra is ready for the most gruelling of races. SWEDEN Ultra by Tretorn the most comfortable and durable walking/jogging shoes you'll ever find. With ultra thick cushioned inner soles and rugged outer soles to keep up with any blistering pace. Available in Grey/Black,90 words
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Article, Illustration786 1982-08-27 22 KEN JALLEH Jr - THE South-east Asia Age Group swimming championships will be held at the Kallang Basin sports complex from Sept 3-5 and today we profile the man who plays a big role in the Singapore team chief national coach Kee Soon Bee, the man behind the success of786 words
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Article, Illustration438 1982-08-27 23 Badminton WILL India's defending champion Prakash Padukone Be able to retain his title? or will All-England champion Morten Frost Hansen of Denmark be able to wrest it from him and become the first European champion? Or will the crown remain in Asia orf the438 words
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Article, Illustration594 1982-08-27 23 MUSHTAQ ALI SHAH - Squash By MUSHTAQ ALI SHAH SINGAPORE Cricket Club stalwart Tang Chiang Sim qualified for the semifinals of the Boys Under 19 event in the Pakistan International Airline Closed squash championships at the Kallang Squash Centre yesterday. The top seed proved too strong for Wone Shee594 words
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Article93 1982-08-27 23 Reuter LONDON, Friday MANAGER Brian Clough of former European Cup champion Nottingham Forest last night signed Utrecht's Dutch international goalkeeper Hans van Breukelen for a reported £200,000. The signing ended weeks of speculation over who woula replace Peter Shilton, England's World Cup goalkeeper who has joined Southampton,Reuter - 93 words
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Article, Illustration544 1982-08-27 24 SNOC to name C'wealth Games entries today ALL five nominees swimmers Ang Peng Siong and Mavis Ee, marksmen Lee Kum Cheok and Tan Boon Huat, and strongman Chua Koon Siong (or the Commonwealth Gaines are expected to get tie nod when the Singapore National Olympic Council544 words
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297 1982-08-27 24 The Star KUALA LUMPUft, Friday AUSTRALIA played to a plan aimed at inhibiting Pakistan's free-flowing style and scored a 4-1 win in yesterday's semi-final that says that it pays to play hockey straight from the drawing board. Australia scored all fourThe Star - 297 words
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Article, Illustration69 1982-08-27 24 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Friday RAJA Azlan Shah will be formally elected a vicepresident of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) at its biennial congress in here this mornin fL Three others S. M. Atif Khan, of Pakistan, M. O. Cowlishaw, of England, and M. A. M. Ramaswamy,The Star - 69 words
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Article, Illustration565 1982-08-27 20 Singapore Amataur Golf Championship DIFFICULT, tricky pin placements and slow greens were the talking points after the first day of the Singapore Amateur Open gou championship played over the Jurong Country Club's course yesterday. Jimmy Stewart, the defending champion, felt that the pin565 words
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Article229 1982-08-27 20 SINGAPORE professional golfers are confident of beating their Malaysian counterparts when they clash in the inaugural international Polf match for the Old 'arr trophy at the Subang course in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Lim Swee Chew, the resident professional of -Jurong Country Club, said: well be playing away, we229 words
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Article209 1982-08-27 20 FIRST round scores in the Singapore Open amateur golf championship: 73 Jonn Wilkinson. 74 Seokmandi. 75 Philip Frame, Jimmy Stewart. 76 P M Samy, S Yani, Douglas Ooi. 77 S S Liang, Duncan Seeko. 78 Charles Lim, Prem Sachdev. 79 Stephen Poon, Ting Sa Tee, Mohd Yusoff209 words
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Article205 1982-08-27 20 UPI NEW YORK, Friday TIM Gullikson and Laura Dupont both received some potentially distressing news yesterday they will have to play the top seeds in the first round of the United States Open tennis championships, which begin on Tuesday at Flushing Meadow. Gullikson will meet JohnUPI - 205 words
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Article92 1982-08-27 20 AP TOKYO, Friday A TAIWANESE and three Japanese players fired 68s yesterday to share the first round lead in the KBC Augusta golf tournament in Fukuoka, southern Japan. Taiwan's Chen JhiMing and Yurio Akitomi, Keiichi Kobayashi and Minora Kawakami had the identical fourunder par scores overAP - 92 words
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Article, Illustration42 1982-08-27 21 JEFFREY Soo (left) rode kit first winner of the season at Bnklt Timah last Sanday. In Race 2, he won from barrier 8 on Mohd Zafir trained Thirteen Wonders, which paid $46 and $18. Soo rode three winners last year.42 words
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Article, Illustration454 1982-08-27 21 B J SMITH - By B J SMITH THE richest race on the Singapore-Malaysia circuit this season, the $200,000 Perak Derby to be run on September 12, has attracted entries from 24 of our top stayers. The list of entries, reading like a Who's Who manual, achieved just the454 words
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Article344 1982-08-27 21 By TRACKSTAR THE grey Bilozi, who finished a fair eighth to Loud N Clear at Penang over 1200 m in July, showed sparkling action in a workout on a good Bukit Timah track yesterday. With a riding boy astride, the five-year-old by Grey Bird344 words
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Advertisement140 1982-08-27 23 V J* The adidas "Squash Champion' court shoe. K-lZi-i? ht- \'■i r. One thing squash doesn't squash. Squash is a tough sport. Quick turns, hard strokes, heel strikes, rough stops require special equipment for the player's feet. We at adidas are proud of our last development in squash shoes: Squash140 words
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Advertisement13 1982-08-27 24 RESULTS: Australia 4 Pakistan 1, India 3 Holland 2, Spain 2 Canada 013 words
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Advertisement269 1982-08-27 24 The World's First SLR Camera Powered by the Sun. 5.V V jt*" y t V W A RICOH The new Ricoh XR-S. Space-age technology utilising the sun. The solar ceJls provide power to the storage battefy which lasts 5 long years The futuristic SLR camera embodies micro-computer quartz control for269 words
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Article, Illustration439 1982-08-27 25 Treat from Hong Kong's avant garde directors Mimmai A SEASON of mw wave films starts at tha Pramlar Thaatra from Saptambar 4 for a fortnight. Seven films by a naw bread of Hong Kong dlractora have been chosen by R K Way* film439 words
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669 1982-08-27 26 FRANK WITT - Most books for the very young are not much more than picture books ana that is at it should be. Pictures should be clear and uncluttered. They should be big and in primary colours and part of the natural world. By FRANK WITT HOW669 words
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Article293 1982-08-27 26 VIOLET OON - Review by VIOLET OON IT was a homecoming concert of a native son last night at the Victoria Concert Hall when Singapore pianist and conductor Yu Chun Yee returned from England with the East Herts Youth Chamber Orchestra to give a performance. It was a family293 words
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Article305 1982-08-27 26 SOLVANQ (California), Friday IT was a scene right out of Mary Poppins. Thirtv-two professional chimney sweeps, dressed in top hats and tails and armed with the brushes of their trade were crawling up ladders, dancing across roof tops and dusting out the chimneys one day305 words
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Article, Illustration496 1982-08-27 27 THE children's serial A Little Silver Trumpet (Channel 5, 6.55pm) is based on the book written by Elizabeth Thomasina Meade in 1885. This BBC production features Siobhan O'Carroll as Alison Jessop and lan Land as Johnny Cleaver. The story has been rewritten496 words
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Article, Illustration366 1982-08-27 31 Angela Herickx - flVlodu. Director Waris Hussein Starring: Jack Wild, Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde Music: The Bee Gees Showing: Lido Reviewer. Angela Herickx TEN years after its first appearance Melody comes up as bright and shining as a newly minted coin. I have to confess, not having seen366 words
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Advertisement51 1982-08-27 25 R K WAY has offerrod Now nation readers a special discount valid for tho Now Wave Festival. Wo will run a coupon dally high- lighting oach film during tho festival and roadors who present the coupon will only pay $1.50 for admission. Usual price for admission to the Premier is51 words
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Advertisement157 1982-08-27 25 SECTIONS B C Sections A, B and C of this paper come off the presses folded into one, mainly for ease of distribution. At your door, there is less risk of pages coming loose. To derive maximum benefit from the design of the paper, you should puU out sections B157 words
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Advertisement137 1982-08-27 26 < Smcthm] 'Si'uhil front Took Cfk'cmj Cjcfifsmitfis i 0 Jul (buy [JiUntL f J)i) j .hi 219. Souffc B'idg* Rood. S>nqoporeGlOS letepKone: *****51 Break the wind-trap that causes the pain Acidity is only partly the cause of Indigestion pain. Wind la tha main culprit. Whan your delicate stomach balance la137 words
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Advertisement76 1982-08-27 26 Traditional Malaysian Hospitality Quiet Comfortable Luxury Romantic and Exotic Beaches The memories you'll make for yourself A'; > j s p y *?v.' V V f B, v ■i h k ST/ V "Wt l—M M- Complete facilities for invigorating beach sports, exotic island touring, tropical gourmet toasting total min76 words
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Advertisement333 1982-08-27 27 Stylish, Comfortable, Practical and lasting. ify 1 983 WEEK END famous Italian sports and casual shoes, is the symbol of fine craftsmanship, excellent quality and uncompromising good taste. *SNTON/N! sports shoes are sanitized to prevent odour and infection. It guarantees your feet maximum comfort for any sporting activity and keeps333 words
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Article, Illustration192 1982-08-27 28/29 CATHARINE FERNANDO - Latest in beach wear WORDS BY CATHARINE FERNANDO CATCH the last few weeks of sonshine before the rains move in with the new range of swimsnits which reflect the bright, bold colours of the season. What's even better (for the budget, at least), the new swimwear do192 words
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Advertisement136 1982-08-27 28/29 Le Goiamet offers it. P^PatriarchefiromEscofßer. Dine at Le Gourmet, the intimate French restaurant at the Orchard Hotel and which house wine will you be served? No less than P6re Patriarche. The full-bodied and robust red and white wines from Pfcre Patriarche come from one of the most illustrious houses in136 words
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Miscellaneous863 1982-08-27 30 Of the pangs of first love MELODY Lido (*****14): 11am, 1.45, 4, 6.45, 9.15pm MADE 10 years ago, Melody comes around again as good as new. The setting is a London co-ed school and tells of friendships, and the pangs of first love. Starring Jack Wild and Mark Lester (of863 words
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Advertisement304 1982-08-27 31 s In conjunction with Emporium Holdings Black Label Whisky the (ioldminc is having an island-wide promotion for the months of August September '82 With even purchase of Black Isabel Whisky from any of the Mmporium Holdings' chain of stores, you will receive an exclusive imitation card, which entitles you to304 words
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Advertisement161 1982-08-27 32 I W r: 4 Dine and wine in the Palm Court of Table reservation, please ring *****41 RomxGum GERMANY'S BEST SPECIALLY MADE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE -LABHLJNG, PARCH POST EIC To meet the exacting demands of factories, offices schoOls and homes, come* a super adhesive ROTAX GUM.With properties no other gum161 words
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Miscellaneous1284 1982-08-27 32 Ahmad the musician Ahmad Jatfar I§ personality of tha waak MUTIARA SENI (6.25 pm Ch 5): Personality of the week is Ahmad Jaffar, leader of the SBC Orchestra and a part of the organisation since 1965. The Sumatran born musician plays the saxophone, the drums and many other instruments and1,284 words
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