The New Paper, 15 August 1990

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1 39 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
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    12 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1990 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS
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    Lock icon HOLD-UP
    53 1 k Four armed robbers, wearing ski masks, smash Yishun f goldsmith shop and run off with choice jewellery MOSQUITO II A CAUCASIAN MENACE BACHELOR HITS MARINA DECIDES TO SOUTH EE SPEAK UP Q CRYING FOUL OVER PETROL HIKE 0] Smashed: Glass shattered and metal prised open to go Pictures/
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Smash-and-grab at Yishun goldsmith shop
      405 2  -  By Yaw Yan Chong F armed men in ski masks robbed a Yishun goldsmith shop last night and took off with 10 trays of gold and jewellery items believed to be worth about $400,000. While one robber waved a revolver, the other three used sledge
      Pictures/ Choo Chwee Hun  -  405 words
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      Clarification
      101 2 Ms Chan: Ministry replies (TNP, Aug 13): In a letter to The New Paper from Mr Lee Yuen Hee, deputy director (planning public relations) for permanent secretary, Ministry of Community Development, it was stated that "We have mentioned that Ms Chan and her mother would not qualify for financial
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      Prices up at Esso kiosk before time
      229 2 A READER, Mrs EC Sng, called The New Paper last night to complain about an Esso kiosk. Mrs Sng, a 44-year-old company executive, went to Lee Hong Service Station at Dunearn Road yesterday at 10.25 pm to fill up her car. She found
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      35 2 Hotlineplus IF you want to share a point of view, call our HotlinePlus number, 734-7711. You can also write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, S'pore 0923. I rf* ii IIL/lUj
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Schoolgirl in uniform files for divorce
      232 3 A SCHOOLGIRL in uniform appeared in court yesterday asking for a divorce. She said she wanted her marriage with a sergeant dissolved because the man has had a change of heart. High Court judge P Coomaraswamy granted a decree nisi to the couple. The
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      Lock icon PRISONER OF WAR SHOW OPENS
      343 3  -  By Ganesh Rajaram A GREAT way to diet is how Mr David Marshall describes his experience as a prisoner of war (PoW) during the Japanese occupation. Mr Marshall, Singapore's ambassador to France, recounted his PoW experiences yesterday at the opening of a permanent exhibition, Behind
      Pictures/ Kenneth Koh  -  343 words
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      DIORAMA, MURALS AND SKETCHES
      132 3 THE PoW exhibition is in three sections. (1) A life-size diorama of two prison cells. The cells were built from sketches done by Mr W R M Haxworth, a Changi Prison internee. A five-minute video focuses on prison life under the Japanese. (2) Reproductions of the
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Chinese dilemma over Cambodia
      191 4 -A A I CHINA does not want to see a Cambodia dominated by the Khmer Rouge. Nor does it want to write off the dreaded guerilla force. Mr Lee Kuan Yew mentioned the Chinese dilemma in an interview he gave to the BBC on Monday. "I
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    • Article
      The Chinese, Thai solution?
      119 4 CHINA and Thailand have agreed to support a greater Khmer Rouge role in the proposed Supreme National Council (SNC) for Cambodia. Cambodia should be put under SNC until a general election, says a UN resolution. The agreement was reached after talks between Chinese Premier Li Peng
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      HEADLINERS
      63 4 The Straits Times: British navy checks on ships in the Gulf. Business Times: STPB selling 126 ha of land along East Coast. Lianhe Zaobao: US warships stop Iraqi cargo ships from leaving Gulf; war may erupt any time. Berita Harian: UN divided over sanctions against Iraq. BBC morning news:
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Faster re-tests
        49 4 FROM next July, Ngee Ann Polytechnic will: allow students who fail their examinations to retake their tests in six months instead of a year, reserve 150 places for national sports representatives, mature students and VITB graduates. They need not have to compete with fresh school-leavers when applying.
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        $1 million tussle
        108 4 ONE million dollars. Two women. A dead husband. These set the scenario for a High Court tussle. The money is in a Citibank fixed deposit account. The two women are Madam Tham Swee Ying and Madam Woo Kam Leng. The dead husband was Mr Chan Wai Kwan.
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        Capital to stay put
        71 4 CAPITAL owned by ethnic Chinese businessmen in Indonesia will not be moved to China following the resumption of JakartaBeijing ties last week. This assurance was given by Indonesia's top tycoons, Mr Liem Sioe Leong and Mr Ciputra. Both are of Chinese origin. Mr Ciputra said capital
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Going crackers over ideas
      366 6 Products do not have to be hi-tech to be well-designed. A sampling of the 75 entries for the Singapore Design Awards 1990 proves it. Apart from computers and software, there are pillows, a device to crack melon seeds, threadless buttons and a utility box for storing
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      Seen a rat? Call us
      92 6 RATS! It is true. Rats in schools. Rats in a transit market. Rats in drains outside apartments. The New Paper's call for readers to report their close encounters with rodents of the rat kind got a nibble yesterday. One man said the rats are so
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'Asian girls made me a better man'
      548 8 Is the Pinkerton Syndrome reported in this week's Sunday Times fact or fiction? Do Singapore girls really find 'white knights" more gallant? Yesterday, this idea was dismissed by a Singapore woman who married a Western man for love. Today a British expatriate tells
      Illustration/ Cel Gulapa  -  548 words
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      Old stocks? Then price hikes unfair
      739 10 Are oil companies using the Gulf Crisis as an excuse to make a fast buck at the expense of consumers? All Jive major oil companies here have raised their prices steeply. Only Singapore Petroleum Company has chosen not to so far. NG WAN CHING
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      OIL COMPANIES: JUSTIFIED INCREASES
      244 10 ACCUSATIONS of profiteering do not hold water, a Shell spokesman said in a press release. He cited figures which he said refuted charges that the company had been quick to raise pump prices when the wholesale prices went up but slow to lower prices when wholesale
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      Petrol bill up $30
      161 10 THE owner of a 2,000 cc Alfa Romeo said he spends about $300 on Shell petrol a month. His petrol bill will go up to $330 with the recent increase in the prices. The owner, who declined to be named, said that the $30 increase would
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      Betrayed wives' woes
      330 11 WIVES whose husbands are cheating on them turned the Aware Helpline into a hotline during its first day of operation at a new location yesterday. In addition to running two helplines at The New Paper, Aware also opened a Mandarin and dialect helpline at Shin Min Daily
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      $50 bribe offer cost bookie $2,500
      163 11 A HOOK IK forced a $f>() note into the hand of a security guard at Bukit Turf Club after the guard rejected his offer of "coffee money". That was a mistake. Chio Cheng Thun wound up having to pay far more $2,. r >(M),
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      MOSQUITO MENACE
      421 12  -  By Dominic Nathan SWARMS of mosquitoes are pestering people who visit the Marina South area. Golfers at the driving range and picnickers at the open area fronting the hawker centre are being bitten every night, despite the regular fogging of the area. It is believed that these mosquitoes
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      GLOSSARY
      121 12 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. abdicates: Gives up an official position, especially that of king. ambivalent: Describes someone who does not know or does not make it clear whether he wants or does not
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      492 12 THE NEW PAPER GOLD COAST CONTEST jin a 7-night stay at > Australia's Gold Coast > n jwUy reading about it. i* Mi ,-1 C w n f* yil if&> -y; ■■<£< >• tt j|Mu Every week, for three weeks, five lucky people Drink up the heady magic of the
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Woman plunges to death at fair
      346 13 NST, Bernama, Utusan Malaysia A HOUSEWIFE plunged to her death from a ferriswheel at a university fair in Bangi. Her two daughters survived the seven-metre fall. Her husband, UKM staff driver Esa Mat Dahlan, 37, saw the incident at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
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      Lock icon Bomb blasts in Manila
      228 13 AP. BOMBS exploded outside two government offices and a major construction firm in Manila late last night. No one was injured. A rice warehouse owned by a Chinese businessman said to have government connections also came under attack. Two motorcyclists threw sticks of dynamite at the
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      Lock icon No quick end to crisis, says Bush
      296 14 Router. US President George Bush sees no prospect of a diplomatic solution in the Gulf until economic sanctions force Iraq's President Saddam Hussein to retreat. Mr Bush said this at a news conference on his return to Washington yesterday after a two-day vacation
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      Lock icon Jordan is now focus of attention
      223 14 Wire services. JORDAN, caught between powerful neighbours, Iraq and Israel, is now the focus of world attention as the Gulf crisis drags on. Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba has also emerged as a loophole through which Iraq can get around a world-wide economic
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      Lock icon Death penalty for looters in Kuwait
      120 14 Reuter. IRAQ has decreed the death penalty for theft in Kuwait apparently to curb looting by Iraqi troops. The decree, read on Iraqi television yesterday, said a special tribunal would investigate cases. There would be no appeal against its decisions. People fleeing Kuwait since
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      195 14 THE NEW PAPER ELECTRIC CITY SPECIAL VISIT AND WIN! ffl If NO PURCHASES REQUIRED Simple! All vou have to do is to fill up your particulars in the coupon Delow. Deposit it at Electric City Forum Galleria (4th storey) before noon on 22 August 1990, for your chance to win
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Are expats bargaining chips? Iraq responds
      423 15 HUNDREDS of thousands of foreigners are still trapped in Iraq and Kuwait. They have not been given permission to leave. Are the Iraqis keeping them so that they can be used as bargaining chips if the Gulf situation escalates? The BBC's Jonathan Charles tried
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      Lock icon Bomb blast kills four, wounds 20 in Delhi park
      107 15 Reuter. A BOMB killed at least four people in Delhi on the eve of India's independence day celebrations. Twenty people were wounded. The bomb explod- ed late last night in a park where people were celebrating the birthday of the Hindu
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      Lock icon 85 Tamils hacked to death in Sri Lanka
      153 15 Reuter. ABOUT 85 Tamil villagers were hacked to death yesterday in eastern Sri Lanka. Local people alleged the Tamils were killed by Muslims in retaliation for the massacre of Muslims by suspected Tamil guerillas. About 100 more Tamils were reported injured when
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      Lock icon London
      238 15 Wire services. SHARES ended the session on a bright note on the London Stock Exchange yesterday in spite of a mixed opening on Wall Street. The Financial Times 30share index ended at 1,742.6, up 10.4 points. However, buying remained heavily constrained by the Gulf crisis and apprehension before the
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      Lock icon Tokyo
      79 15 Reuter. TOKYO stocks surged at the opening this morning. Buy orders flooded the boards as investors took advantage of a slight lull in the stream of negative news coming from the Middle East. Brokers said futures arbitrageurs bought up large tracts of the cash indices from the opening. After
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      INDICES/Closing
      53 15 FT Industrials Tue 1,742.60 (1,732.20) Dow Jones Average Tue 2,747.77 (2,746.78) ST Industrial Tue 1,294.72 (1,288.89) NST Industrial Tue 3,041.55 (3,017.51) o Hongkong Hang Seng Tue 3,067.53 (3,040.28) Australian All Ordinaries Tue 1,565.00 (1,554.00) n Nikkei Stock Average Tue 26,672.53 (26,176.43) Figures in brackets refer to those of the
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      Lock icon New York
      237 15 Wire services. WALL Street followed up Monday's topsy-turvy session with another late upward swing yesterday, erasing the morning's losses. But the swing was not as dramatic as Monday's and the Dow Jones index managed just a 0.99-point advance, to close at 2,747.77. With some 130 million shares changing
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  • Showtime
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      Star Search
      533 16 ON GJJARQ AT Who will be the new stars in SBC's Star Search 90? Twelve contestants are taking part in the finals that will include sketches, repartee and actual fencing with TV artists. LO TIEN YIN gives you the highlights o N guard! SBC's drama artists will fence
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      Spy princess Anita stirs...
      444 17  -  THE LAST PRINCESS OF MANCHURIA Starting today at Eng Wah theatres Preview By Lo Tien Yin SHE does it her way the tough devil-may-care Anita Mui way. And in the end, what stirs you is not the film, which is beautifully made, nor the story, which
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      A model miss who loves to swim
      67 17 TODAY'S PIN UP CATHERINE Ho won the subsidiary title for Miss Personality. Full Name: Catherine Andrea Ho Hwee Ling Age: 17 Birthday: 21/2/73 Birthplace: Singapore Marital Status: Single Height: 1.7 m Weight: 49 kg Occupation: Part-time modelling Hobbies: Swimming, playing the organ and
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      42 16 'MY BABY IS HAPPY WITH KM MERRIES, SO AMI 1 PERFECT COMFORTABLE FIT ANYTIME JOOHf v_ Only Kao Merries' unique ventilating outer cover has micro pores that ventilate by letting damp air out, so baby stays dry both day and night and
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      101 17 Ilappy Hours (4pm-Bpm) it's -f- Buy one drink and Ihe next is yours and yours alone absolutely free! (Except premium brands) KATHY'S TRIO Introducing Kathy bwd leader and lead vocals, Rostam Bin Nani keyboard player. Ra/.ak Bin Kadir bassist. jj Direct from the Philippines "Chato" and "Kamal". Every H ™HION
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  • SHOWTIME
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      S'pore's past is back on screen
      418 19  -  By Lo Tien Yin t i recent documentary series on Singapore's past, present and future is returning to the goggle box. The three-part series will be repeated on SBC 12, at 8 pm from today. It was produced by SBC's Current Affairs Unit. It
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      SBC: Judges will be fair
      275 19 JUDGES for the finals of SBC Star Search 90 will be fair and impartial. They will also be reputable personalities. This assurance cames from SBC. Lately, participants were said to have been harassed by a man claiming to be able to influence SBC's judgment on
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      Robocop 2, funnier than the first
      209 19 "ISN'T it funny?" marvels Peter Weller. "I've been trained in New York and on stage for 10 years, and suddenly I've turned into this action guy!" The 41-year old actor became a star in Paul Verhoeven's Robocop, a futuristic action movie, where he spent
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      Power Play IN THE GULF
      477 20 FRIENDS turn foes. Rivals become allies. Iraq turns against Kuwait and Saudi Arabia both Baghdad's supporters during its war with Iran. US seeks the help of Syria and Iran, long branded by Washington as troublemakers, to contain Iraq. The latest crisis to hit the Gulf
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      Power Players in the Gulf
      486 20 "*aq I Leader: President Saddam Hussein Role: Sparked the latest Gulf crisis by invading Kuwait and annexing it. Remains defiant despite world condemnation, economic boycott and US military pressure. Reason: Needs money trom rich Arab nations such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to rebuild his
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      878 21 wednesdaytv THE PIGLET FILES KF~*tfPPK SURVIVAL: THE WOLF- -j(Channel 12. 7.30 pm) RELUCTANT VILLAIN THIS is a new seven-part comedy series I .J| (Channel 12, 9.30 pm) based on real-life surveillance cases OF all predators, the wolf involving espionage. Nicholas Lyndhurst Wf resembles man the most. This K (right) stars
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  • Article
    Unfaithful wife, widower in love
    218 22  -  SEENLASTNIGHT By Lois Ng TWO sides to marital fidelity were featured in two programmes last night. In SBC 5's Celebration Special Out of Africa Meryl Streep seeks illicit love in another man's arms. In Papa We Love You (SBC 8), Adam Cheng plays a widower
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      112 22 THE WAY WHY WOMEN MYTH SINGAPOREANS LOVE LOSERS INFORMATION SHINE OF THE DRESS The appeal of men The beauty lies TIMES What's wrong who are nothing we've been told ok* il l with it but trouble G e[ n the heat ot the day SINGAPORE GIRL ABORTION f A U
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      193 22 celebration special: iHH iUMPIN MCK FLASH (Channel 5, 9.30 pm) L. WHOOPI Goldberg stars as Terry Dolittle, a bank employee who finds herself in a delicate position when Jack, I EBlfcfl a member of the British Intelligence trapped in Russia, M communicates with her through the bank's computer, asking f
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  • Article
    Pawnbroker keeps jewellery
    1021 23 DEARAGGIE Dear Aggie, Some time ago when a relative needed financial help, I pawned my $6,000 worth of jewellery as a pledge for a loan of $2,600 and kept the ticket. Six months later when I tried to redeem my jewellery, the pawnbroker told me that the
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      76 23 Fwaii H LADIES NIGHT (Mon Tue) $5 nett for Ladies PLUS Swimwear Fashion Show (inclusive of 1 standard drink) Sunday Thursday $10 nett (2 standard drinks) Friday (Gents) $15 nett (2 standard drinks) Sat Eve of P.Holiday $15 nett (2 standard drinks) TEA DANCE: Sun $6 nett (3 drinks) Sat
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      399 24 WEDNESDAYRADIO I BjQiQilEHl NOON Newt in Brief NOON Newt in Brief 12.0S Lunchdate 12.03 Popular Classics 100 News and Weather Report 1.00 News and Weather Forecast 1.15 Lunchdate (cont'd) 1.10 Currency Exchange Rates 2.00 News in Brief 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Afternoon Fare 1.45 Midday Market Report 3.00 News
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      249 27 C% (0% SEA FOOD CENTRE Restaurant j LICK JOO PAN( DAVID TAN Will lAM UN Mill WONG fOONG MUN MANAGER 4*. Oy MANAGER MANAGER Till »gM Dy MANAGER No. 2 Purvis Street, Singapore 0718 (Opposite Beach Road Camp) »:>*! 287. Outram Road Singapore 0315 FAMOUS 'LIVE' SEAFOOD CENTRE I T^mc
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      163 27 CALIFORNIA MAKI DAILY SET LUNCH from J $6.50++ onwards Business Hours 12 noon 2.45 pm (Lunch) 600 pm 10 45 pm (Dinner) fIQ^C A* SUSHI J. KOHARU #02 23 FAR F AST PL A/A TEL: *****72 pi KOHARU 1 1 JAPANESE RESTAURANT rj» fit* TT #05 26 FAR EAST PLA/A
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      222 28 r""" |B I g H®JMAY garden restaurant g E GENUINE ra S TAIWANESE CUISINE, 3 LIVE SEAFOOD E i SZE chuanf^ d n 1 Hi Private function rooms can be arranged by i advance booking without extra charge. 3 TEL: *****29/ *****67 j=fj i 1 r 111 i i*T lIT
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      198 28 Spice Uf) The Right Taste I ®ogp© at the ii I r f)utiea Sari J 7*u{fltttjiiui r &tjtauMnt Raffles Boulevard #03 239 Curry Fish Head I Ayam Kalasan j Ikan Bakar Bawal (Chilli Soto Jakarta 1/ 'f Baby Kai Lan Sari Udang Kcrtsik ■IWMiUfIWaM I !tt V&) SET A MENUS
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      235 28 Have you tried genuine Chaozhou m Cuisine prepared by Master Chefs m k] from Chaozhou, China? h ia(>u.s iMtdicn and vou wiKlx* able [3 i u'n »n> (S 1 soup and 1 dessert^[3 Q 6 persons 60.00) 4 main courses, 1 soup and 1 dessert i—i 8 persons ($118.00) 6
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      237 29 ■W999PViVPVPWn>OTi^vVP ,^VV^i l f a VVVP^MVfiVP|'PVPPVVVfPVVV^^H ladies' S£t«ici\ at rKmg's ?&(M Featuring a Salad Bar loaded with every imaginable salad from Asparagus to Smoked Salmon. Sweet Corn to Beetroot with assorted condiments and dressing, and a Soup du Jour. Main Course offers a choice of roast beef or pork alternating
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      43 29 it &if Duxton Palacc Seafood Restaurant rJ j V 4 persons set Lunch $38 5 persons set Lunch $48 6 persons set Lunch $68 10 persons set Lunch $128 "Mutual Affinity" including 9 dtMMMMbia Horn $220■ 140 Cantonment Rd., S'pore 0208. TEL: *****41,*****42
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      302 29 RESTAURANT lIOMIK.AOh ■Ml HEAD OFFICE: *19-07 Ort h-ird lowers. <M 0 Orchard Kiud SiriKjpnrf (N2.» I>l: 7.U1057 h\ 7.171 V.M HOSHIUOU suro l WJB 4'') ISj <$'(Dtfc lUUIiP_ 35at?l '«n J>TT;UV K.U..N .mll,. mh -I-MUM— J 'UlNltU'M l>T M'l«'( tlii|l> ill fyjt «».o.rala|.ri.. >.Ki L, g MtMJjBIOnB ukvmii (j ojjui
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      186 30 THE EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFIED SECTION tlx: RS ***** CLASS, fax: 732-0230 811 Personal Services/ Merchandise m DECORMARK DESIGN SpeaabK* m Alum*num Sliding ttftndow Sliding dour CWiB«»«rfi R«novalon A Hout* i«p«r (Roof guttar sir TIL *****63, ******2 FAX *****21 MACINTOSH COMPUTERS AND ACCESSORIES wanted Any model condition. good price Call Mr. W.M.
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      49 30 811 Personal Services/ Merchandise ROLEX WATCHES We have all models (secondhand) BUY A SELL with guarantee Can also exchange *****55/ 6/ 7 •42 Qvylang Road Wanted o »>■ 1 i -i ovconanma/ una MECHANICAL WEIGHING SCALES capable of 250 legs Prefers Avery, other makes also acceptable Call: 745-10 SI (Jane)
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      230 30 811 Personal Services/ Merchandise S CONTACT 293-1349/ 760-5420 J Direct from factory for your built-in kitchen B cabinet, wardrobe and all carpentry needs. Price from $100 p.l.r. TECK LAI OECORATION ENTE PRISE In conjunction with our nation's 25th Anniversary, we are offering special rate for any renovation/ aluminium works for
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      457 30 811 Personal Services/ 811 Personal Services/ Merchandise Merchandise PRESBYTERIAN WELFARE SERVICES SINGAPORE Home Help Service For The Elderly OBJECTIVE e to render comprehensive care for those senior citizens who are Incapable of looking after themselves or maintaining the normal functioning of the households SERVICE CONTENT e meal delivery e personal
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      221 30 831 Employment FEMALE GENERAL CLERK possess O CX. O' level 1 year's working experience ability to type 30 w.p.m. salary $080 per month MALE TALLY/ WAREHOUSE CLERKS aged below 45 years old salary $1,000 and above Including overtime BENEFITS medical and hospitalisation benefits annual bonus and leave confirmation Increment Intaraatad
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      553 31 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment V Fesmaco PTE LTD ESMACO Re Ltd, a joint venture company between DBS Land and HDB is providing estate management services to Town Councils. It wishes to engage highly motivated persons to fill the following positions immediately: 1) ACCOUNTANT Applicants must possess a recognised
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      234 31 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment If you have the drive to be the best, we want you to come on board. Come and drive Singapore's most modern and comfortable public bus fleet. Class 4/4 A Driving Licence H Benefits: I Monthly gross salary of about $1400 Various incentives, allowances,
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      357 31 831 Employment (1) ADMINISTRATIVE i i OFFICER > > (FEMALE) I Requirement*. I I| OCE A' or O' level i i Ii Able to work tndepen- i i i i dently i i iI Minimum 1-2 years I I I i experience i I> Bilingual in English &1 1 1
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      453 32 831 Employment 831 Employment 831 Employment STENOGRAPHERS S Applications arc invited front Singapore Citizens who possess 3 GCR level passes (including Knglish Language) and shorthand skills. Candidates will he tested in shorthand at 100 wpm and SO wpm and transcription by typewriter at 20 wpm and 16 wpm respectively. Those
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      316 32 831 Employment 831 Employment #JURONG CORPORATION WALK-IN INTERVIEW Dates Tuesday 14. 8. 90 Wednesday 15. 8. 90 Time 9.00 am 12 noon 2.30 pm 4.00 pm Applications are invited for the following positions:Qualifications (Entry Point) 2 GCE 'A' level passes ($691/- gross pm); or Singapore Cambridge GCE 'O' level Certificate
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      387 32 831 Employment 831 Employment TOP TEN ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD requires 1. HOSTESS 2. BARMAIDS Salary above $1000 per month Including tips Age 18 and above Charming and pleasant personality Malaysians with MCE/SPM 5 credit and above may apply Free meal*, uniforms, laundry, transport, bonuses, 14 days annual leave, medical and
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      257 33 831 Employment 831 Employment ———^1B PACIFIC CAN MANUFACTURING PTE LTD require*: ■y M CCOUNTS ASSISTANT I CCE '0' or 'A' Level i LCCI Accounting or student or ACCA/CIMA I Minimum 2 years' relevant experience X Starting salary $800 SHOO per month Admin, clerk 4" T CCE '0' Level I Able
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      497 33 831 Employment 831 Employment J.M. SASSOON CO. (PTE) LTD., A Singapore baaed international share brokerage houae, ia looking for auitable candidates to join the company WALK-IN INTERVIEW Date: 15 &16 August 1990 Time: 9.30 am to 12.00pm. 2.30pm to 4.00pm GENERAL CLERKS a Q.C.E. 'O' or 'N' level a Ability
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      502 33 831 Employment 831 Employment Due to expansion, established company require*: ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS Female aged 18 to 28 years Mln. GCE 'O' level Mln. LCCI Intermediate Book-keeping 2 to 3 years experience In keeping full set of accounts Knowledge of Lotus 123 advantageous Ability to type Must be able to commence
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      360 33 831 Employment W PERMANENT TEMPORARY Accountant $2 2500 (ACCA level 3, spreadsheet, Independent, Immediate). 5 day/wk Orchard AmL Stcrilary IS-1000 (matured, Tagore) a Jr Secretary *tl 300 (S'hand, WP, IBM Compatible) Girl Friday SS-MO a Account a Clark $#-#50 (Payable) a Clark Typtal $800 (Orchard, All. Sat.) a Racaptioniet/ Typtal
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      297 34 631 Employment A promising L people-motivated company Is looking (or COUNTER PROMOTERS to market a rang* of established A interesting products to our young generation. Male or Female, aged between 18 to 32 Secondary education Benefits f Basic salary and attractive commission Training provided Travel awards Incentives Transport provided at
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      305 34 831 Employment i A well established consulting I engineering company ha* i i i vacancy tor the post of: i ii ACCOUNTS i CLERK j[e Mln OCE'O 1 level. I e LCCI Certificate In j i i Accounting i ii e Ability to type. I i i Interested applicants I
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      372 34 831 Employment i An Established Firm require*: FEMALE clerk OCE -ov -N- level e Able to type. I' Interested please call fi personally at: 2 180 Pays Lebar Road #09-07 Yi Guang Factory Bldg. a Singapore 1440 a Tel: *****08 I——-I A Hong Kong baaed company urgently requires 1 FEMALE
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      334 34 831 Employment Established manufacturtr in JuronQ require*; SECURITY GUARD Day A night shift (Gross salary more than $800 p.m.) Interested please walk In for an Interview at: 2A Corporation Road Singapore 2261 Opposite old Jurong Bus Interchange, next to DBS Bank J FEMALE ACCOUNTS j I CLERK I i i
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      302 34 831 Employment Trading company requires 5 FEMALE ACCOUNTS S ASSISTANT LCCI Higher account- lng certificate e Mln GCE O level 9 e Must be able to keep 5 Z full set of books with I at least 2 years relevant 9 m experience a Computer knowledge g an advantage Interested
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      287 34 831 Employment A Tailoring company require* j DEUVERY ASSISTANT i e Possess a valid Class 2 licence L a motorbike. Int9f#9t9d ippl icantt, pifnt i call at I I 400 ORCHARD ROAD 1 #81-20 ORCHARD TOWERS between 2pm-Spm Expanding Company Seeks EXPERIENCE ACCOUNTS CLERK lUS Accounting Lotus Full set of
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      295 34 831 Employment CARPARK CASHIERS REQUIRED Must know simple English Maths, calculation. Katharine tel: *****55 190 Middle Road i #14-01 Fortune Centra Singapore 0718 Required SALES EXECUTIVES to Mil tut moving products in the market e With competitive salary. e Our new trainees earn $1,500 pm. e Experience not necessary. Training
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Cloud over poor Elliott
      380 35 AP. AFTER spending years in the shadows of Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram, Peter Elliott began to emerge this year as another of Britain's world-class middle distance runners. But he has faded faster than he started. Setting the fastest times of the season in
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      '100m record will fall'
      195 35 LEROY Burrell (right), the fastest man in the world for the past two years, predicted yesterday that the world 100 metres record would fall in today's Zurich Grand Prix meet. "I do really feel a world record is possible," Burrell said. "/Airich is a place where
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        Uncompromising... and yet so modest
        242 36  -  By Alfonso Chan FROM tennis to soccer to badminton to bowling, Swedish sportsmen are uncompromising. They are known as the best amateur bowlers in FiUrope, if not the world. Although their reputation precedes them, the Swedes readily disclaim this boast. They have come halfway round
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        Lock icon Just mad about bowling
        169 36  -  By Loh Than Lee DENA J Buxton is mad ahout bowling. Her hobbies? "I bowl", she replied, as if that wasn't obvious. Minutes before, the 19-year-old Australian administrative officer with Telecom had just notched up six strikes in a row. She was competing in the Youth
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      403 36 AFP. INDIAN wonderboy Sachin Tendulkar came of age at Old Trafford yesterday as he scored the first century of his international career to save the second Test with England. The Bombay teenager, dubbed the new Sunil Gavaskar before he had even left school, lived up to
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      271 36 AP. A PLANNED boycott of this week's LPGA Big Apple Golf Classic was averted when a black organisation official yesterday pronounced himself satisfied that the host club would speed efforts to recruit black members. Napoleon Holmes, the president of the New Rochelle office of the National
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      515 37  -  Iraq's invasion of Kuwait has cast a shadow over Asia's biggest sporting spectacle. With no word from both Iraq and Kuwait on their participation, Beijing now fears an Arab pullout By Ken Jalleh Jr WHAT was expected to be the biggest turnout for the biggest sporting spectacle
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      206 37 Wire services. LIVERPOOL boss Kenny Dalglish hung up his playing boots in style yesterday, getting a hero's welcome from 30,400 fans in his testimonial soccer game against Real Sociedad at Anfield. Dalglish, giving up at the age of 39, set up two goals and could have scored a hattrick
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      236 37 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL Men's world championship Q-finals, Gp It US 79 Australia 7H Gp 2: Yugoslavia 100 Soviet Union 77. Playoff, Gp 3: Spain 130 China 86 Gp 4: Italy 123 S Korea KM). BILLIARDS World championship in Bangladesh, India Gp A: Martin Spoorman
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      Face-saving bid by China
      159 37 BEIJING'S all-important face could be marred by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, scarring the image China has been trying to project by hosting the 11th Asian Games. Battered by last year's Tienanmen crackdown on the democratic movement, Beijing saw the Asian Games as a golden opportunity to
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      Singapore refs likely for next season's Semi-Pro League
      314 38  -  By S Gulam SI N( IA PORK referees may be blowing the whistle in next year's Malaysia Cup. The Football Association of Malaysia plans to invite Singapore referees for the new season. The refs wanted are likely to be Fifa qualified (International
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      326 38 UY S Gulam s J /mm EDWARDS j I BY SELANGOR FOR BEING W I W THE BEST IN THE SEMI-PRO LEAGUE W I I I SKLANGOR is interested Kdwards scored a hat-trick "They (Abbas and I not only in Singapore's while Abbas picked up a goal. Edwards) know about
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      239 39 The Watch for Winners Pfr The Big Rado Asian Games Contest offers 10 Rado DiaStar Anatom Watches Plus 90 $100 POSB Cash Vouchers worth nearly $30,000! Winners don't follow the crowd. Likewise the same can be said of the long-life Rado DiaStar Anatom. Its slim, anatomically curved shape moulds itself
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