Singapore Monitor, 5 September 1984, Afternoon Edition

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  • 18 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING EDITION r M C (P) No 21 5 84 Wednesday, September 5, 1984 30cents
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  • 580 1 Cancer takes the life of former Indonesian Vice-President Reuter JAKARTA, Wednesday FORMER Indonesian Vice-President Adam Malik died today of liver cancer at his home in Bandung aged 67. His special assistant Kim Adhyatman said Malik's family was at his bedside when he died at 8.05 am Malik,
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  • 94 1 SINGAPORE'S former Minister of Social Affairs Mr Othman Wok today expressed his sadness over the death of Indonesian Vice-President Adam Malik. "I knew he was not well and had just been to Japan for medical treatment," said Mr Othman Wok, who described the former Indonesian Vice-President
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  • 75 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad today expressed his grief at the death of former Indonesian Vice-President Adam Malik and described it as a loss to Malaysia and other Asean countries. The former Indonesian Vice-President, he said, had played an essential role in strengthening
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  • 299 1 Reuter OTTAWA, WtdMiday THE Progressive Conservative Party led by Brian Mulroney swept to a stunning victory in Canada's general election last night. It was a demoralising rout for the Liberals who have run Canada for all but one of the last 21 years. Official
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    • 30 1 There will te no publication off both editions of Tho Singapore Monitor tomorrow. Xin Yi Dai will appear on Friday. Wo wish all our Muslim readers Salamat Hari Raya Haji.
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  • home
    • 263 2 Story and picture by CHEW YEN FOOK MISS Poh Lian Hong and Mr Hay Lai Peng have just bought themselves a ticket for life they got married in a bus. The couple found that using a bus was the most convenient way of ferrying
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    • 511 2  -  By EE BOON LEE and LOONG SWEE YIN HONG KONG-BORN Dr Aline K Wong, a People's Action Party (PAP) candidate, this morning spoke of why she chose to make Singapore her home and how she developed her commitment to this country.
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    • 172 3 Lianhe Zaobao SCHOOL canteen hawkers will be allowed to sell a wider variety of food from next year. This new ruling came about after a meeting between the Ministry of Education and the Singapore School Canteens' Association in June. It means that hawkers
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    • 137 3 A 60-YEAR OLD man, in coma for one-and-a-half months, died in hospital without regaining consciousness. The coroner's court heard this morning that Hafiz Razak was found unconscious in a room at a worksite in Bata Warehouse along Telok Blangah Road on Jan 21.
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    • 200 3 MINUTES after a tin of glue was taken from him a youth was found dead at the foot of his block at Telok Blangah Crescent. The coroner's inquiry was told this morning that Ng Kim Lim, 18, came home on May
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    • 88 3 A WOMAN engineer, Lim Chiew Khim, 29, died last night after she was stabbed in the neck and left upper chest by a male youth in the compound of West Coast Peak. Police said Mdm Lim was in the ladies' toilet
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    • 549 4 A DRASTIC shake-up at Keppel Shipyard appears imminent with the announcement that Mr Sim Kee Boon is to become full-time Executive Chairman. A Press statement from the Prime Minister's Office last night said: "Mr Sim Kee Boon, Head of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary,
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    • 242 4 MR J B JEYARETNAM of the Workers' Party wants to ask Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew whether he will make a statement in Parliament on his recent proposal to amend the constitution to provide for the President to be elected by the people. In
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    • 104 4 A 24-YEAR-OLD housewife, Mary Soo, was fined a total of $3,600 yesterday for possession and consumption of drugs. Soo, from Brunei, pleaded guilty to having in her house one straw of 0.04 gm of aiamorphine, four sticks of cannabis and 16.25 gm of cannabis resin
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    • 455 6  -  GROUP OF MORE THAN 100 STRANDED AFTER SPENDING MONEY ON SHOPPING Story: K K FONG MORE THAN 100 Indian tourists, stranded here with no money, are seeking help from the Indian High Commission after missing their ship home yesterday. They said they were turned away at
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    • 158 6 AT LEAST seven people were injured and four vehicles damaged today in an accident in which a bus hit a tree and a van plunged into the Bukit Timah Canal. Traffic banked up almost to Newton Circus as the damaged vehicles blocked half the
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    • 77 6 OVERSEAS Union Bank is to open its second Brunei branch on Saturday. The new branch is at Kuala Belait, on the coast at the western end of the country. OUB set up its first Brunei branch in Bandar Seri Begawan 10 years ago.
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    • 1929 7 Hong Kong magazine extracts a lesson from PM's National Day address The formula for success: Keep politics out of your development plans MR LEE Kuan Yew's analysis of some Asian countries and regions is moat pragmatic and highly comprehensive. Mr Lee, always
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    • 74 7 "MAKING economic goals the be-all and endall, placing them above all other undertakings. In such a system, politics is completely subordinate to and made to serve economic goals where the government only seeks to satisfy the economic, social and cultural
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    • 75 7 "PLACING politics in command. All other undertakings, including economic development, are subordinate to politics. Two types of development may arise from this: First, the extreme case, where politics dominates everything. Mao's China, according to Mr Lee, is a typical example.
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    • 63 7 "PLACING total emphasis on economy, r where no politics is allowed to interfere with economic pursuits.' This means that even the principalsubordinate relations between economics and politics are done away with; economic needs dominate everything. Hong Kong, according D*' Mr
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    • 350 3 THE 1984 TIGER BOOT DRINKING CONTEST WINNER-LAST WEEK'S HEATS These are the 3 who have qualified for the Grand Finals: (Name) (Venue) (Time) Philip Heng Dallas Pub 8.17 sec. DJ. Gauge Peyton Place 7.15 sec. Valbir Singh Monte Cristo Coffee House 9.30 sec. Qualifiers: Michael Wong (5.15 sec.) Tony Tan
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    • 112 4 Thank you for making the most popular choice today COMPETITOR X 38% /v COMPETITOR Y 11% COMPETITOR Z 11% Statistics for car sales of IOOOcc and below provided by the Motor lYaders Association of Singapore, covering Jan Jun 1984. In the class under IOOOcc, Suzuki outsells Come into our showrooms
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    • 26 6 POCARI llsffSf"" I'Mr elUntilKlu'MOv Mk Son «««iW to. S*>g«K»» »nd «>un» j Otauka Pharmaceutical Co.. Lid. MQ Jardina Marketing Swvkm WM 100-C. Pasir Panpng Road. Singaporeosll
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  • world
    • 94 9 Reuter FORT LAUDeRDALE (Florida), Wednesday A WOMAN who had never flown a plane before landed a single-engine Piper Aztec safely yesterday after her pilot husband collapsed at the controls. Federal Aviation officials said Fort Lauderdale flight instructor Ken Winter flew another f>lane
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    • 423 9 Hong Kong Standard HONG KONG, Wed BRITAIN may issue a new travel document to Hong Kong British-pass-port holders after 1997. This is believed to be a major concession by China in the recent SinoBritish negotiations on Hong Kong's future. The nationality of the
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    • 111 9 AP FRANKFURT, Wed THE United States Army said yesterday that it is trying to track down soldiers who designed a poster saying, "we're here to kill Russians" but may not discipline them. Public Affairs officer Set Edward J Rolph said 10 copies of
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    • 174 9 MOSCOW, Wednesday A LEADING official newspaper yesterday printed a surprising criticism on the ageing Kremlin leadership. The newspaper, Soviet Russia, sharply criticised older leaders of the Communist Party for not keeping in touch with young people's concerns. The ruling Politburo consists mainly of men
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    • 72 9 Reuter HONG KONG, Wednesday HONG Kong narcotics officers said yesterday they had arrested two members of a syndicate specialising in smuggling drugs from Bangkok to Australia. Neither of the men was named, but one is a 24-year-old Australian and the other a 25-year-old West German.
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    • 130 10 Reuter BEIJING, Wednesday RESCUERS have snatched hundreds of precious ancient relics from the junk heaps of Chinese metal foundries, but uncounted archaeological treasures still disappear into industrial furnaces as scrap every year, Chinese cultural officials say. To publicise and fight this unwitting
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    • 509 10 PROFILE... LAT-WP TORONTO, Wed WHEN reporters accompanying Brian Mulroney on a recent campaign flight began chanting the names of opposition politicians to protest the Progressive Conservative candidate's standoffishness, he ignored them at first When they began calling out "Trudeau! Trudeau!" however, Mr Mulroney
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    • 213 10 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday DEVELOPING countries slashed their purchases of foreign goods last winter to get the money to pay the increase! rates of interest on their debts, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It was bad news not only for
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    • 222 11 AP CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Wednesday WITH one flick of the wrist on their giant robot arm, "Discovery" astronauts brushed a bothersome block of ice off the side of the American space shuttle yesterday and packed up to come home. "It worked
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    • 430 11 Agencies WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE United States has implied that East German leader Erich Honecker's visit to West Germany was blocked by the Soviet Union. A State Department spokesman said yesterday that while it was impossible to provide a judgment without knowing the details
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    • 202 11 AP BANGKOK, Wednesday AN IRAQI military court recently sentenced a Thai construction worker to death by hanging after he allegedly confessed to spying for Israel, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. The worker, Thitthai Chareondham, was one of six Thais who
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    • 199 11 ,„o •■gjSSg- ijsSt Singapore: Twenty-five fears of Development m Read about Singapore's Achievements in 25 Years Sou Ann c F' sca System of Singapore Dr. Mukul G Asher Money, Singapore Asso. Sheng-Yi ■Ml I PI in Population and Manpower Trends wl!. in Singapore Prof. Saw Sec Hock '-y Human Resources
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  • world / trends
    • 26 12 According to World Bank officials, the industnal and developing worlds are at economic crossroads together things are likely to go well or badly for both.
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    • 31 12 The strength of the US dollar has caused the worst imbalance in American trade in the last ten years. Ships are arriving fully loaded but departing less than half full.
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    • 255 12 TRENDS Economics KNT BOSTON: In ports all along the United States' East coast, ships are sailing in from Europe and Asia with containers stacked five high on their decks. But they're departing less than half full, according to industry officials. "It is
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    • 200 12 WASHINGTON: The industrial and developing worlds are at economic crossroads together things are likely to go either well for both or badly for both, World Bank officials believe. "The world has become so highly interdependent that the solution to every problem depends on
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    • 73 12 Disputes are surfacing between the Reagan administration and its European allies over exports of sensitive technology to Soviet bloc nations. The disputes come only weeks after the two sides agreed on new guidelines on the troublesome issue. The US blocked the export of a Belgian-made precision machine
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    • 64 12 Ss The number of affluent Americans is increasing faster than inflation, creating a growing market for business, USA Today reports. At least 42 million American adults one in four now live in households with incomes above S$84,000, says Fred Engelman, president of Mendelsohn Media Research, of New York.
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    • 296 12 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES: Now that the index of leading economic indicators has declined significantly for the second month in a row, the question arises once again whether the superheated growth of the economy will culminate in another premature recession. The threat is not an
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  • money
    • 212 13 R«vi«w«d by SUN HUNG KAI SUN HUNG KAI, in their review of the second quarter of Singapore's economy, predict an overall growth rate of between 8 to 9 per cent for 1984. However, growth in the second half of the year is likely to show
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    • 283 13 SES LISTING CRITERIA COMPANIES operating in an industry where the growth prospects may have levelled off can now be considered for listing in the local stock exchange if it has good management and a stable track record, although those engaged in an industry which
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    • 75 13 BOLTON Properties has announced a special issue to bumiputra investors of 8.39 million new ordinary shares at $1.80. The issue has been approved by the Malaysian Ministry of Trade and Industry. This special issue will enlarge the bumiputra shareholdings in the company to about 26 per cent.
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    • 194 13 THE PROPERTY market is unlikely to improve in the next few years, Malayan Credit chairman Mr Teo Soo Chuan says in the com- pany's annual report. The chairman stated that the year under review was characterised by a general weakening of all sectors
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    • 213 14 WHLLSTREET Reuter NEW YORK, Wednesday THE SLUGGISH pace of the long Labour Day weekend carried over into yesterday's stock market session as prices closed sharply lower in light trading. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 12.03 to 1,212.35. Overall, 1,068 issues declined in price
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    • 47 14 At the mid-day break, the OUB Composite Share Price Index was down 2.22 points to 463.52 from the previous day's close of 465.74. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade Weighted Index was up 0.3254 point to 130.9669 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 130.6415.
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    • 480 14  - F N looks good for mid-term investors By JOHN CHOW STOCKBROKERS Ong Si Co see Fraser Neave as a sound medi-um-term investment with stable growth prospects. The firm recommends buying around current prices. With the backing of its major shareholder, the OCBC Group, and an estimated NTA of $4.35 per
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    • 287 14 Selected stocks at midday Market tone: easier. Boustead 2.1S B Cold Storage 3.26 B F and N 5 75/5 80 Genting 5.45/5.50 GIH 2.65/2.68 Haw Par 2.19/2.20 Isetan 2 98 S Keck Seng 2.78 S Esso susp Hume 5.25 S Inchcape 2.75 B Intraco 2.79 B M Cement susp
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    • 118 14 Your 8$ to on* unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DO TT DO USf 2.1695 2.1595 2.1505 sterling 2.7957 2.7737 2.7637 Australian 1.8207 1.7966 1.7816 Canadian 1 6788 1.6588 1.6438 New Zealand 1.0801 1.0601 1.0401 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 10.6573 10.4072 10.3572 Belgian Franc/Comm
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    • 124 14 Reuter IN SINGAPORE, the US dollar rose against most major currencies in active early trading, supported by a high federal funds rate and a belief that US interest rates were headed higher. The dollar initially fell to 2.9315 marks but later recovered to 2.9370/80, little changed against
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    • 188 14 THE LOCAL bourse opened easier this morning in line with Wall Street's 12-point drop last night, with trading subdued and investors remaining on the sidelines. UIC did the top volume of 703,000, closing at $2.51, followed by Pahang Con which did 392,000 at
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 222 15  -  By ANNIE CHIA HOUSE BUYERS of landed property may like to take a hard look at a new residential development coming up in the Upper East Coast Road area. Sennett Ville, comprising six units of three-storey semi-de-tached houses and one unit of
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    • 523 15  -  By ANNIE CHIA FORECAST < THE PROPERTY market will consolidate for the latter part of the year, a review from Goddard Smith, Talhar Wong 1984 Property Market Report said. However, the consolidation for all sectors will be confined only to the newly-constructed buildings
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    • 474 16  -  It's less expensive and has a timeless appeal By FOO MEY KIEN PERIOD furniture is in. It is less expensive than antique furniture as it is only a copy 01 the style of an earlier period. In Singapore, period furniture is increasingly being sought
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    • 407 16  -  By ANNIE CHIA PROPERTY BUYERS should never take for granted the structural and water proofing aspects of a building when it comes to looking for a property. Chartered builder Jonathan Lewis said that most people tended to be interested in only
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    • 146 15 K| FORWARD OVERSEA CREDIT LIMITED Come to FOCL for the finance you Other services include: need in real estate. We have the industrial Equipment Financing expertise that will make thedifference Financial Leasing to your investment 9 Financing of Office Automation and H Our team of property specialists is Medical Equipment
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    • 258 15 WMORTGAGEE'S^ I of Properties By I I Public Auction To Be Held at No. 6 Cecil Street, #02-04, People's Insurance Building, on Wednesday, 12th September 1984 at 3.00 p.m. Particulars H 1) No. 22 Lorong 13 Geylang Land Area: 113.2 sq.m. Title: Freehold H Solicitors: M/s. Shook Lin Bok Shops
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  • 394 17 HOME SERVICE HOME FURNISHINGi EXECUTIVE Interior Decor is one of the "lucky" companies in Singapore that has been moving into new homes even before their owners do so. These "intruders" are the company's team of contractors, carpenters, electricians and plumbers who will carry out
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • features / letters
    • 243 18  -  S KUMAR Singapore 1232 ON BEHALF of the residents of Blocks 100 and 101 Whampoa Drive, I write this letter in the hope that something positive will be done to the lifts in these blocks. For more than a year, the lifts have been
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    • 820 18 Reuter Tourism is big business in the Soviet Union. Last year saw a record of five million visitors. The state agency, Intourist, smooths the way, sparing the visitor the gruelling task of handling Soviet organisations. By Chartos Bremner of R«ut«rs MOSCOW: Visitors to
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 72 18 LETTERS on any sublet of public mt«rwt wiN be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even If the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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  • opinion / letters
    • 431 19 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE DECISION by the Ministry of National Development to retain the special link with the Indian community in the redevelopment of the Serangoon Road area makes more than just commercial sense. Mr Chandra Das, Member of Parliament for Chong Boon, has
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    • 229 19 I REFER to Miss Looi Mei Kong's letter on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Development,(SM, Aug 24) in reply to my letter about Newton Circus (SM, July 6). Either Miss Looi does not drive or she does not use Newton Circus daily during
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    • 123 19  -  MRS CHOO WAI CHAN Public Relations Officer Public Utilities Board I REFER to the letter "Utilities bill that came 17 years later" by "Unfair" (SM, Aug 30). Mdm S M Lee applied for the utility supply at her premises at Choon Guan Street
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    • 129 19  -  SIMPLE SIMON Singapore 0821 IN HIS enthusiasm to improve the telephone directory, Mr Fung Chin Thai proposed to omit residential addresses from the phone book (SM, Aug 31). However, there will be problems with identical names, which are not
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    • 144 19  -  REPLIES MISS LOOI MEI FONG for Permanent Secretary Ministry of National Development WE refer to the letter "Traffic light at Neil Road/Kampong Bahru Road" by Dickie (SM, Aug 10). We would like to inform your writer that it is not advisable to reRlace the
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 945 20  -  TEAHOUSE: QUINTESSENCE OF CHINESE REALISTIC DRAMA By KUO PAO KUN IF THERE is just one drama from China you wish to see, make it The Teahouse (last two days at Clementi, Golden and New Town). Within less than two hours, you will be taken on a quick
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    • 648 20 WHEN British stage and screen director Peter Brook saw the stage production by the Beijing People's Art Theatre (BPAT) of The Teahouse in Paris, he called it "the best of its kind (realist theatre) in the world". The original production was conceived for the stage by
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    • 724 20 TALK about drama. Just when Liu Yung's television debut on ATV, The Legend of Empress Wu, was drawing rave reviews in Hong Kong, his domestic life took a dramatic turn that had affected his career. Although it was known throughout the entertainment circuit that Liu was
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    • Article, Illustration
      714 20  -  By WONG AH YOKE WHEN the lightning bolt splits the tree outside young Roy Hobbs' (Robert Redford) house, it is an unmistakable sign that The Natural is first and foremost a symbolic film. When it strikes again during Hobbs' first game for the New York Knights, that is
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    • 368 22 Pro-Holiday Movio High Noon Part II: The Return of Will Kane (E) (Ch 5,10.25 pm) LEE MAJORS takes over where Gary Cooper left off in High Noon as Will Kane, the legendary frontier marshal whose courageous stand in a blazing gunfight inspired and united an entire town.
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    • 414 22 Holiday Night Movie Avalanche Express (E) (Chinese Subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) ROBERT SHAW plays a Russian defector, Marenkov, who goes to the West under the protection of a hand-picked team of American agents (played by Lee Marvin, Linda Evans, Mike Connors and Joe Namath). But that does
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    • 400 23 I REFER to your report in the TV Scene column on the prizes for Talentime '84 (English) (SM, Aug 29) and wish to point out that Esso Singapore is the sole sponsor for Talentime '84 (English). Hitachi Consumer Products is not the co-sponsor as
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    • 99 23  -  ERNEST AYATHURAY S'pore 1544 I WOULD like to thank you for publishing the article, "Dylan in the '80s" (SM, Aug 22), the reason being that I am a fan of Bob Dylan. Thank you too, SBC, for televising the following musicals/concerts: Crosby, Stills and Nash; Billy Joel; Abba;
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    • 186 23 IN your critic's review of Supergirl (SM, Aug 30) he states that even "acrophobics" wouldn't be moved by her airborne stunts. Failing to find "acrophobic" in the dictionary, I can only assume that it was a typesetting error and that your critic meant "agrophobic" whicn, as we all
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 764 21 2.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by This Land is Mine (C) (r). 4.30 The Richard Simmons Show. 4.55 Wildlife on One At Home with Badgers (r) (Last Episode). Ashby constructs an ingenious artificial set with a special window through which he is able to
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    • 876 24 PUPPET SHOW THEATERRA, Object Puppet Theatre, presenting Peter and Barbara j IfflflKlwHlfr dfc£* Ketturkat from West Germany, will AflL^^yrimll^tf Krform the 45-minute puppet show, T*PS!L#ltfnflay ?T >n't Be Afraid of the Big Ones, to- ir.« AHSIh day at 2.30 pm, 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm at the Goethe-Institut Auditorium. The
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    • 145 24 MUSIC FOR EVERYONE THE Music for Everyone concert today at 8 pm at DBS Auditorium will feature a duo recital by cellist Victor Lim and pianist Shane Thio of the SSO. Tickets at $5 and $3 are available at the door. ORGAN PLUS THERE will be an Organ Plus concert
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    • 430 25 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA Someone is trying to attract September 23 to October 22 your attention and wants you A stranger may turn out to as a friend. An introduction have clos connections with will be made quite soon An someone you know well You
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  • TOYCRAFT '84 & Conbex 84 4TH STATIONERY & OFFICE MATERIALS EXHIBITION
    • 179 26 THREE fairs, all organised by MeComm Private Ltd, will be staged simultaneously at the World Trade Centre from September 5 to 9. THE Fourth Stationery and Office Materials Exhibition can be viewed in the WTC Hall Five. This fair is open to trade visitors only from
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    • 291 26 TOYCRAFT '84, the Toy, Gift and Handicraft Fair which opens today at the World Trade Centre, features about 120 stalls from 80 companies. The exhibitors come from 21 countries including Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and the European Countries. This is a ten percent increase in the number
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    • 133 27 THE 4th Stationery and Office Materials Exhibition which opened at the World Trade Centre today features exhibits of general stationery, drafting equipment and cards, books and other printed articles. Items on display include accounting machines, filing systems and planning materials. Duplicating and copy machines together with other
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    • 231 27 MESSAGE from Mr LING LEE HUA, Chairman, Commerce Committe, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry, at the opening of the Stationery and Office Materials Exhibition. SCIENCE and technological advancement have brought about many changes in our lives. One of these areas is the
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    • 97 28 COSDEL in Singapore represents a number of well-known brands such as Hallmark, Dakin and Garfield. The products they sell include a wide range of gift items which are available at all leading department stores and toy shops and at Kalm's Gift Gallery in Parkway
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    • 162 28 CALLING themselves "Educational Play Aids People," Kahan Associates are introducing toys to cater for the educational needs of children both at home and in school. Kahan now represents nine agencies; Quadro, Ravensburger and Leismann of Germany, Karnan of Sweden, Uniset and Rabo of
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    • 103 28 IF you're tired of your children breaking the toys you buy for them, visit the Kahan stand at Toycraft '84. Here you can see Rabo transportation toys, billed as the toughest in the world, and guaranteed against breakage for three years. Other items at this
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    • 154 30 GUESS the weight of Singapore's biggest rubber at the 4th Stationery and Office Materials Exhibition at the World Trade Centre from September 6 to 9. Getting the right weight for this giant eraser is one of the three parts of a contest in which
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    • 104 30 MEMBERS of the Singapore Association for Personal and Executive Secretary (SAPES), will receive gift-pack items at the A and T International stand. This gift pack includes a set of Tipp-Ex Super Set correction fluid and a stick of UHU glue. Secretaries who are not members
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    • 151 30 A and T International is also introducing two new Mutoh graph drawing machines. The ET3OOO is a highperformance scriber designed to shorten drafting time. In addition to the accuracy and the lettering speed of this system, the ET3OOO has a 32-character, 2-line display, enabling
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    • 282 31 KONGO Movable Racks are marching into space-starved local offices, into banks, government offices, even insurance and lawyers firms. This major marketing offensive is led by Dekon Private Limited. Today, space means money and high efficiency shows in a more organised and tidy environment. Things that have to
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    • 184 31 A new range of safety signs that glow in the dark without any electricity are being imported by Movitex. These signs, imported from America, are on display at the Stationery Fair at World Trade Centre, Hall Five. The managing director of Movitex, Mr
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    • 122 32 THE second Confectionery and Beverages Exhibition (Conbex) now on in the lower section of Hall Two at the World Trade Centre has on show a wide range of edible items.,,.* Comestibles on display include confectionery items such as biscuits, cookies cakes and pastries.
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    • 328 32 SAFETY with toys will be emphasised in the pamphlets which the Toy Safety Authority of Singapore will be giving out free to visitors at Toycraft '84 fair. HERE are some of the TSAS tips on how to choose safe toys. For
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    • 108 26 J new fluff. Meet Frou-Frou. m ajid she'll I A mWL& 1 Come to "Toycraft 84", 7th International Toy, gift and handicraft Fair, 5-9 September 84, World Trade Centre. Well be at Booths 166 and 167. A sure treat awaits any purchase Avfj -PvY\\ you make. Youll receive free (£y
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    • 137 26 LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER ATTRACTIVE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS COMBINING PERFORMANCE WITH QUALITY. FROM THE STATIONERY SPECIALISTS. tuMMir, drc M T /ng-i 1 ROYAL SOVEREIGN W. Germany GRAPHICS WRITING INSTRUMENTS GRAPHIC MATERIALS ROYAL TALENS HoNand ART, SCHOOL AND HOBBY MATERIALS W. Germany OFFICE STATIONERY MtWO J Lerche ftl osamacolor
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    • 998 36  -  MONITOR RACING TODAY'S TRACK WORK By WONDER BOY IPOH trainer Eddie van Breukelen's FRISCO KID showed that he is ready to re-enter the winning list again with an impressive gallop on a good track at Ipoh today. With Jockey S Y Leong in the
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    • 357 36 SOCCER NEWS... Reuter BRUSSELS, Wednesday A YOUNG, inexperienced Belgian team will face Argentina here tonight in the second match of the South Americans' four-match tour. With many Belgian players still banned from the national side following the Standard Liege bribei7 scandal, the team
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    • 253 36 mu.K. aBELGIUM Reuter LONDON, Wednesday THE SCOTTISH Football Association (SFA) have protested to their Spanish counterparts and to Barcelona about the club's refusal to release striker Steve Archibald for international duty next week. The SFA secretary Ernie Walker said yesterday that
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    • 163 36 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday TWENTY-FIVE of England's most talented schoolboy soccer players yesterday began a two-year course designed to lay the foundations for their country's international soccer success in the Nineties. The boys, all aged 14, will be trained daily at Britain s first international soccer
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    • 330 36 m WEST GERMANY Reuter DUESSELDORF (West Germany), Wednesday WEST GERMANY'S new team manager Franz Beckenbauer yesterday promised he would seek to pull the nation's soccer fortunes out of the depths by playing attractive, attacking football. At a Press conference before next Wednesday's friendly here
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    • 818 37 Pre-season games show him to be in good form OPA A SMALL boy telephoned a London newspaper and asked, "Wot's 'appened to Loofer?" "He has re-signed for Watford," was the crisp reply from the sportswriter. "Great," said the lad. And
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    • 265 38  -  By ALFONSO CHAN EVAR Tiodora is a mere slip of a girl who looks like a doll, but when she starts somersaulting, look out... here comes Superbaby! The 11-year-old Indonesian gymnast is just over a metre high so tiny that spectators may be forgiven if they think
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    • 536 38  -  SINGAPORE 0 QATAR 1 By S GULAM THE SCORELINE for Singapore's national team could have read anything up to seven if every open chance had been taken full advantage of by our local strikers in last night's soccer friendly at Jalan Besar Stadium. "It
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    • 376 39 MIDWEEK SOCCER ROUNDUP Agencies LONDON, Wednesday LIVERPOOL'S Scottish international Kenny Dalglish dismissed doubts over his recent form when he grabbed the winner in the Reds' 2-1 away win against LUTON TOWN yesterday. The Liverpool striker had appeared sluggish following his poor showing against
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    • 110 39 LONDON, W«d IRELAND soccer manager, Eoin Hand, yesterday named an experienced 22-man squad for the World Cup qualifier against the Soviet Union at Landsdowne Road, Dublin, next week. Although two regular members of his recent squads, midfielder Gary Waddock and striker Frank Stapleton,
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      • 546 1  -  By LEE CHIU SAN AH SENG and Rosa are two old and faithful employees. He is a despatch clerk and she is a typist/accounts clerk. They were hired in their present jobs (which one cannot deem to call careers) when I was hardly more than a glint
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      • 298 2  -  By SA'AT ABDUL RAHMAN THE question facing businesses in Singapore today is no longer whether or not it is viable for them to automate but whether or not they can survive without automation. Automation increases work efficiency and productivity per worker, a must in view of
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      • 193 2 THE degree of automation involved should be within their economic framework. A lawyer who runs a small law firm is considering the installation of a word processor soon. He believes this will be useful in coping with the high volume of standard work that exists in the
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      • 301 2 MR ROBERT Tan. chairman of Ban Hock Hin Motor Co, a medium-sized motorcycle trading firm, is very glad that he took the road to automation several years ago. Significant savings and improvement in efficiency have been achieved since his company decided to computerise all
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      • 155 4 OFFICE automation steps out of the office with Canon's 5000/P Handy Terminals. These handheld terminals allow users to extend the benefits of automation right out of the office to the source of the data itself, wherever it might be. Programmes developed on the main computer can
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      • 168 4 IN Singapore, local motorists are wishing that Canon's 5000/P Handy Terminals stayed in the office. They are being used in a pilot project by the URA to streamline the data collection of parking offences In a three-month test which began a month
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      • 191 4 IBM has also introduced its Personal Computer Cluster Program which supports the connection of IBM Personal Computers the PCs, PC XTs and Portable PCs. With this link, as many as 64 computers can be connected in a cluster. Performance will vary depending on
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      • 262 4 COMPUTERS have been getting smaller and smaller and some of those capable of purely mathematical functions are no larger than a pocket calculator. However, the meaning of the word "portable" is still stretched somewhat when applied to personal computers. IBM has now introduced their Portable
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      • 638 6 And it combines computing power with ease of operation YOU'VE heard of user-friendly computers, but few get as friendly as Apple computer's muchanticipated Macintosh. Mac can even greet you with a "Hello" on the screen. Macintosh is designed not so much for buffs and hobbyists
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      • 147 8 THE new Gakken GPR-2000 Daisy Wheel Printer offers letter-quality printing at a home computer user's budget price. This new printer is compatible with the QUME word processor sequence and can be used with most computers and word processors by using an 8-bit Centronics type interface.
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      • 198 8 SHARP is offering the MZ-3540 business computer at $4,555 for a limited period. The compact MZ-3540 has the flexibility to allow the user to choose the right memory capacity for whatever job is at hand. It has a random access memory expandable to
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      • 451 9 ICL provides Personal Retail Computers designed to cater for the business needs of both small single retail shop proprietors and retail giants. The product consists of an ICL business personju computer and an ICL point-of-sale terminal. These will be marketed with specialist retail
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      • 758 10 OLIVETTI recently launched three new office automation systems. These are: The ETIII and ETIIS electronic typewriter range, the ETV 300 and the ETS 2000 word-processing systems. All these three new product lines provide for entry into the electronic business world at a reasonably affordable
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      • 389 11 PITY the poor despatch clerk in organisations with large volumes of outgoing mail. If he was the sort of person who believed in licking stamps, his tongue would be dry by the time he got past his first hundred. In any
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      • 218 12 Copiers big or smallToshiba's got them all TOSHIBA has a range Of copiers oT various sizes to meet the needs of different organisations. These copiers also reduce wastage by reproducing full edge-to-edge copies of the original. For the small office, Toshiba offers the BD 3301. This small and lightweight model
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      • 280 12 BESIDES copying on plain paper, the Mita DC-213RE is able to make copies onto materials for overhead transparencies, adhesive labels, coloured stock and letterheads. This machine can deliver 21 copies of A 4 size or 12 copies on A3 paper
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      • 278 13 OCE, the Dutch manufacturer of a wide range of copying systems, is introducing two new additions to its range in Singapore. Mr Bill Voorwalt, the general manager of Hagemeyer, which distributes Oce products in Singapore announced the introduction of the Oce 1825,
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      • 220 14 NEC has also Introduced the Electra-616 Key Telephone. This micro processor system allows the connection of up to six CO/PABX lines with a maximum of 16 keysets and two single-line telephones. When there is a power failure, the CO/PBAX can be automatically tranferred to the
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      • 306 14 NEC has a telephone PABX system designed to grow step by step with the needs of the user. This NEAX 12SA electronic PABX system offers over 100 features including a string of specialised-application options. But one of the most important of
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      • 416 15 MICROS '84, an exhibition featuring micro computers, supermicros and word processors, will open at the Mandarin Hotel on September 19. It will run for four days. "Computers are advancing so rapidly in technology and sophistication that users need to be fully aware
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      • 154 15 THE human element is often the factor which causes a company's computerisation programme to fail. Inadequately trained employees who do not understand the system will not be able to make proper use of it. The SE Computer Training Centre, which is affiliated to Software
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      • 201 1 Bye Bye. Hello. Dumb desk. Smart Desk. jaii I S tt r .J,' fIH WW mj, K %Jg To the desk that did nothing but git there day in, day out: Our desktop computers are designed to connect you directly Say 'goodbye'. with your company's central data files and office
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      • 100 2 GAKKEN PROFESSIONAL DAISY WHEEL PRINTER compatible with all computers at an affordable price. Has an 8-bit parallel Centronics® Takes cut-sheet, roll and*fan-fold type interface and an optional EIA continuous paper. RS232C aerial interface. Equipped with print control features 18 cps letter quality printing K script BU P* r acript suitable
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      • 50 3 ■it ••H Mt H Hi MiH Hit H H iHtt iHHi In 1875, most people busy trying to teach themselves the new Morse Code never dreamed that the telephone would be invented the very next year. tVI U«J C|> I II- I i »:>«!• *4.i* I ia» Jfcl.l J• ■r
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      • 215 4 SHARP Electronic Typewriters Compare! Feature for feature, price for price, SHARP Electronic Typewriters are today's prized buy. Call *****1 LJ i« i Model ZX-500 f.a 16K Memory. 32-Character Display Panel wMh Cursor r~. tor correction. Deletion or I r AddKlonol words. Quick reference two colour display Performance-oriented features f of
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      • 71 5 XXTASK FREDUSR2 XX DECK 7, OUTPUT 16 XXTIMEIOO, OUTLIM 9 BANNER DATE CLM (%2/? (WC-I),\#7oP LIST <—TASK/SUPR: USR 0 ERROR\ABORT\WARN XX END FLUSH XX RUN SYNTAX ERROR/ XXTASK FREDUSR 2 XX DECK 7, OUTPUT 160 Today if you are trying to teach yourself a computer code, you could be making
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      • 161 6 The small R&BX Series system ideas <%tojSL lr i Miil P« s The NEAX 12 Series has all NEC's large conceivable capability that the modern system technology features in it. Each office might require. NEAX 12S(S)A has feature in the Series is designed to provide flexibility and a wide range
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      • 259 7 r V I y 4 ;v^^B HHII T i fyx j?-Sy?. *N -■•22ggg8B^ Because today, Apple introduces Macintosh. And Apple has taught Macintosh to communicate in the same language you do. Sole Distributor Sime Darby Systems, Sime Darby Centre, #04-05,896 Dunearn Road, Singapore 2158. Tel: *****22 i-0y,.,) important Sim# Darby
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      • 312 8 Olivetti systems w Jv'/' J*''f i(/ f M rdl«r Mik hmes (ATM*) //Jn////l f/•/.' W M g -M FinancialTerminalSyttrrm Z r)'"- 1 w? **4 rcrotiul BuMiKuCiKitpulrn jHr F»ult-T«ilerant Computer* I p r Altogether a better solution J/ Olivetti, who brought you the first word in electronic presents the last word
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      • 174 9 The original The identical Ocrf and Van Oer Grmten are registered trade marks OCE PRODUCES THE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE Judge for yourself. The fingerprints are identical. The evidence is conclusive. The oc6 1900 DF produces perfect copies... whether it's one you want or a thousand. There is no other verdict... Oce,
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      • 253 10 TEC Electronic Typewriters Give \bu More For Less. The TW-3000 from TEC is an offer you simply what's more, the tec TW-1000 can't refuse. Because for the price you're paying, is yours you get more features than most typewriters in the tec TW-3000 its CIaSS. And here are just some
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      • 182 11 The HIGH perfomance copier that can zoom in and out in 90 sizes. i <. tl NT /jm a Introducing the new Toshiba BD 7816 the only copier which gives you 90 different sizes and at 30 copies per minute. High in efficiency High in convenience You can reduce or
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      • 135 12 Pearicoider 5810 Full-Function Recording Convenience a I L; 9 Cue marking and Cue mark scanning V I ftl One finger slide control 1 In kai^A End alarm El jfl 55.4 (W) x 119.5 (L) x 17.2 (D) mm/160g I (2.2 x 4.7 x 0.8 in) (5.6 oz.) MODEL rVT4/V\ Greeter
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      • 355 13 MITA DC-213 RE Hie High Performance and Multiple Functions Compact Desk-lop Copier <^i jii From Mita Industrial Co. Ltd smallest details from half-tone to solids. OPTIONAL FEATURES Japan —pioneer manufacturer of copying Whilst the 7-step Density Selector copies The DC-213 RE capabilities can be machines for over SO years comes
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      • 355 14 TEXAS MSIMMQUS PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER Special Offer on Texas Instruments In line with the recent price reduction of the IBM PC, we have a special offer for Texas Instruments available is very attractive. One TI-850 matrix printer (150 c.p.s.) with graphics capability is included FREE with every purchase of one Each
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      • 115 15 I The SE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRE I is the training arm of the leading software I specialist; Software Engineering Pte Ltd. We I provide specially designed training programmes H that gear towards individual company's needs. H Directors and Managers, if you are planning H towards computerising your company, our I
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      • 389 15 MICROra 19-22 September 1984, Mandarin Hotel, Singapore The Computer Exhibition and Conference for Businessmen Professionals Micros '84 Conference Topics (Pick any topic that will benefit you Businessmen Professionals Engineering/Architectural/ T1 Uses and Selection ol Microcomputers in Construction Business T7 Uses of Micro-Computer in Engineering T4 The Uses of Portable Computers
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