The Straits Times, 12 February 1983

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    15 1 Tne Straits Times I Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1983 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 65/1/83
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    Lock icon Sharon will resign after all
    700 1 His decision comes hours after Cabinet voted 16-1 to accept recommendation for his dismissal JERUSALEM, Friday ISRAELI Defence Minister Ariel Sharon bowed to mounting pressure today when he told Prime Minister Menachem Begin that he would resign on Monday, the state-owned Israel Radio reported. Mr
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    Lock icon Child deaths
    51 1 LIMA, Fri. Thirty children aged between one and five have died this year of deny dration and malnutrition m the Peruvian province of Arequipa. A hospital physician there, Dr Benlgno Lozada, told reporters that 90 per cent of the 120 children m Arequipa's general hospital were under nourished.
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    Lock icon Crash deaths
    28 1 ATHENS, Fri. Seventeen people were killed and eight seriously injured today when a Swedish truck collided with a Greek bus 120 km northwest of here. UPI
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    Lock icon Big grab for the big grub...
    130 1 THE big rush Is on to Bit ready for the Lunar ew Year family reunion dinner this evening. And the scene at an Ang Mo Klo market yesterday shows how choosy housewives can be m nicking a chicken for Bach an occasion. They tonch,
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    Lock icon Pollution gets to Ramses II
    81 1 CAIRO, Fri. A majestic statue of the great pharaoh, Ramses n, is being destroyed by air pollution, and the figure now dominating the square at Cairo's railway station may be sent to healthier ground near the Nile. Long exposure to the exhaust fumes of cars
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    Lock icon Riot police stop demo
    57 1 JOHANNESBURG, Frl. Riot police dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who disrupted a Coloured (mixed race) Labour Party rally near Johannesburg's south-eastern suburb of Boksburg last night, witnesses said. Hecklers throwing eggs, fruit and glasses had forced the party's leader, the Reverend Allan Hendrickse, to take shelter m
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    Minister dies
    45 1 LONDON, Fri. Junior government minister Michael Roberts collapsed with a heart attack while speaking m the House of Commons last night, and a nursing staff member said he died shortly after being rushed by ambulance to nearby Westminster Hospital. He was 55. AP.
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    35 1 VIENNA, Fri. The Soviet Union has withdrawn from the World Psychiatric Association amid criticism that its psychiatrists abuse their profession to suppress dissidence, a spokeswoman for the association's general secretariat confirmed yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon Soviets are trying to restrain Viet forces
    384 1 BANGKOK, Fri. says Thailand THE Soviet Union is trying to restrain Vietnamese forces from new ventures across the Thai-Cambodian border into Thailand amid "secret diplomacy" that could contribute to a peaceful settlement m Cambodia, the Thai Foreign Ministry said here today. Spokesman Jetn
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    Lock icon Caller claims Shergar is dead, says BBC
    206 1 DUBLIN, Fri. Phone calls this morning to the home of Irish horse trainer Jeremy Maxwell and the BBC m Belfast claimed the stolen race horse Shergar was dead. The BBC said m a news bulletin that the caller claimed Shergar injured himself m
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    Lock icon U.S. AND CANADA SIGN MISSILE TESTS PACT
    88 1 OTTAWA, Fri. Canada and the United States have signed a controversial five-year agreement to permit testing of the US Cruise missile and other advanced weapons on Canadian territory. Anti-nuclear groups yesterday called immediately for mass protests against the plan, which had already triggered
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    Lock icon 'IMF will increase fund to US$99b' report
    451 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE 22 member-countries of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy-making interim committee have reached tentative agreement on an increase m the fund's basic resources to 90 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), or about US$99 billion, from 61 billion SDRs (US$66 billion),
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      Lock icon 'TOTAL' SHARON OUSTER SOUGHT
      60 1 JERUSALEM, Frl. Members of Prime Minister Menachem Begins Likud coalition said today they would fight to have Defence Minister Ariel Sharon ousted entirely from the Israeli Cabinet. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Mr Moshe Arena has been tipped to succeed Mr Sharon as defence minister.
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      178 1 I the one and only I Dr. Sony any dayof the year 1 *****111 The Sony ServiceCefitre •36 pages today Malaysia will honour water supply agreement Back Pag* SUMMARY 2 WORLD NEWS 3,4,1,8 CAUSEWAY EDITORIAL 12 LETTERS IS BACKGROUND 14 TIMES BUSINESS 17-19 CLASSIFIEDS 21-23 RACING 25 SPORTS 24,21,27 OUTLOOK
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      HOME
      653 2 The five whys TRADE and Industry Minister Dr Tony Tan gave five reasons yesterday for investing m or trading with Asean. The most important is the region's political stability. All five countries are giving priority to economic development to improve the people s lot. Others are that Asean encourages
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      COMMENT
      193 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: IT IS time the Singapore Dental Association and the Labour Ministry set aside their past differences and work on the one thing that is of interest to the public safety. Whether dental workshops should be classified as factories under the law Is a side Issue.
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      SPORTS
      331 2 Rugby image bruised RUGBY, apparently the last bastion of amateur sport, has taken a severe battering following revelations of under-the-counter payments to leading world players. A former welsh scrum-half, Gareth Edwards, recently confirmed rumours that a West German manufacturer was paying the Welsh team to wear his company's boots.
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      TIMES BUSINESS
      231 2 HYATT TO MANAGE HO BROTHERS' HOTELS IN NZ SINGAPORE businessmen, Ho Whye Chung and Ho Sim Guan, have appointed Hyatt International to manage their 11 hotels m New Zealand. The Hos own the 325-room Inter-Continental Hotel m Auckland, New Zealand's largest, as well as 10 hotels m the
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      BACKGROUND
      46 2 SUPERCOMPUTER RACE AMERICA and Japan are locked m a race to build the world's fastest supercomputer. Although the US now holds the lead, the Japanese have begun a fifth-generation computer project to produce a computer which can perform 10 billion operations a second. Page 14
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      AROUND THE WORLD
      609 2 Jobs plan Vaf f ly' AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said the Opposition Labour Party's plan to revive the economy was "waffly and vague m the extreme." It also foreshadowed a balance of payments crisis. Labour said the plan would create 500,000 jobs and produce a 5
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      ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
      189 2 M imaland to close? MIMALAND, the multi-million dollar tourist holiday resort m Selangor, may be closed for good. The state's Mentri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Razali bin Haii Ali, said investigations had shown it was built without approval on land earmarked for agriculture. Even if the resort is
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      SECTION 2
      439 2 SBC's packet of goodies THE long Lunar New Year weekend begins today and apart from the celebrations, good food and good cheer, there is going to be lots of top-quality entertainment coming your way on television. LEONG WENG KAM and KANNAN CHANDRAN peek into the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's
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      197 2 A time for love. at Ristorante Mario on Valentine's Day J£ Valentine's Day offers an occasion for loved ones to be j93 gathered together. Which better place to spend it than at j4ftV *y Rustic and cosy, Ristorante Mario is ideal for a romantic »X?5s5P tni celebration, made more so
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      13 2 A quick look at the headline news and features m the inside pages
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Labour's plan is waffly, says Fraser
      461 3 Opposition hopes to create jobs for 500,000 SYDNEY, Fri. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has attacked the opposition Labour Party's plan for economic recovery. Mr Fraser said the plan was "waffly and vague m the extreme." He also claimed Labour had "blown" its election
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      Lock icon 21 more die in fresh Assam polls violence
      279 3 NEW DELHI f< Fri. THE death toll m continuing pre-election violence m the north-eastern state of Assam has risen to 58 and a communist party supporter has been dragged from his house and hacked to death, journalists m the state capital, Gauhati
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      Redbolt makes light of weights
      53 3 BARING to go, Redbait the weight-lifting dog strains against the tagging of its owner Tom Shlmak (left) and gymnasium owner Jerry Bonham daring a warm-up exercise In Chicago Ridge, Illinois. The SS-kg Staffordshire terrier using a special harness can lift twice as much weight as
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      450 hurt as students clash
      64 3 DHAKA, Fri. More than 450 people were injured yesterday In clashes between conservative Islamic and leftist students m Bangladesh. Police sources said that the clashes m Dhaka, Bogra, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong Involved student supporters and opponents of the new education policy that has
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        Lock icon Overthrow Hanoi call
        78 3 A FORMER Vietnamese Politburo member and vice-president of the National Assembly, who has taken refuge m Beijing since 1979, yesterday called on his compatriots to overthrow the Hanoi regime. Mr Hoang Van Hoan, m a letter to the Vietnamese compatriots published by the official Xinhua news agency,
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        Lock icon US team returns
        52 3 A TEAM of retired American diplomats ended a rare, eight-day visit by United States citizens to Vietnamese-dominated Cambodia on Wednesday, the Phnom Penh news agency SPK reported yesterday. The team, on a private fact-finding visit, was organised by the Centre for International Policy, a Washington-based public affairs
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        Lock icon Artistes blast plan
        81 3 A VIRTUAL who's who m Philippine artistic and intellectual circles yesterday attacked, through a full-page advertisement m Manila's largest-selling daily, a plan to broaden the powers of government censors. Top Filipino artists and intellectuals led .by renowned writers, movie directors, actors and actresses, comedians and pop stars
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        Lock icon Funds for Jakarta
        71 3 THE WORLD Bank said yesterday that it would lend Indonesia US$27 million (5556.4 million) to support a health programme and U5522.4 million for a sewage system project. The US$54.B million project to improve health care services would upgrade 15 health centres, build rural hospitals and finance training
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        Lock icon Fake lubricants
        53 3 THE FOUNDATION of Consumers Institute m Jakarta has warned that about 46 per cent of lubricants used m Indonesia are fakes. A survey by the institute showed that almost half of the lubricants used failed to meet required standards, chr.irman Kangmas Permadi said m his warning issued on
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        Lock icon Two policemen hurt
        72 3 TWO POLICEMEN were injured yesterday when they tried to stop a fight between two rival student groups m Jakarta's southern suburb of Kebayoran. One policeman was struck on the head by a stone and the other was hurt on the left leg as they intervened m a
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      Lock icon Jail for trying to assist China
      129 3 Jail for trying to assist China TAIPEH, Fri. A military court sentenced a Chinese businessman from Thailand to five years m jail for attempting to give China technical assistance m the manufacture of black and white television tubes. Tv Shao-Hsi, 43, yesterday became the first man to be convicted of
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      Lock icon 48 killed in Philippine anti-Red drive
      192 3 48 killed in Philippine anti-Red drive MANILA, Friday GOVERNMENT troops have killed 48 communist guerillas m a sweep m the rebellion-torn southern Philippines, military reports said today. Brigadier-General Benjamin Santos, army sth division commander, said that the bodies of 21 guerillas had been retrieved m the forested municipality of Maco,
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      246 3 SINGAPORE TOURIST PROMOTION BOARD wishes to thank the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and all those who assisted m the production of its award-winning film "Moods Images of Singapore" to be telecast on Chinese New Year's Day 13th February 1983 (A) The Complete Saki Macabre, acid and very funny, qfigß^fcfc^^ Saki's work
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      Lock icon Walesa faces second day of questioning
      131 4 Walesa faces second day of questioning WARSAW, Fri. Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's banned Solidarity trade union, faces a second day of questioning at the military prosecutor's office m Warsaw today m connection with a case against key advisers of the union. Mr Walesa said yesterday he would seek not
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      Lock icon Lieut-Col arrested in connection with $2 b oil scandal in Italy
      312 4 ROME, Friday A LIEUTENANT-COLONEL In Italy's special Customs police has been arrested In Venice m connection with a US$l billion (S$2.M billion) oU scandal whose ramifications led investigators on Wednesday to seize the passport of a top Vatican Bank
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      Lock icon Dispute over farm subsidies may revive tensions
      432 4 BRUSSELS, Friday A DISPUTE over farm subsidies is threatening to revive the trade tensions which marred relations between the US and Western Europe for much of last year. Senior US and European Economic Community officials ended talks here yesterday with little apparent progress
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      Lock icon Drunken train driver causes pollution disaster
      175 4 MOSCOW, Fri. A drunken Soviet train driver caused a pollution disaster when he fell asleep In the cab and lost control of a locomotive hauling 38 oil tanker wagons, a Moscow newspaper reported today. The driver, Vladimir Shakhov, was jailed for eight years after
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      Lock icon Anglican call against first use of N-arms
      289 4 LONDON, Fri. The Church of England called on all nations today to foreswear the first use of nuclear arms, but rejected a call for Britain to act on its own m discarding the bomb. After a four-hour debate, the rulineysynod of England's official
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      Lock icon 'Grundig will not be taken over'
      145 4 'Grundig will not be taken over' MUNICH, Fri. Bavarian Economics Minister Anton Jaumann said yesterday an alternative had been found to plans for a takeover of the ailing West German electronics company Grundig by the French state-owned ThomsonBrandt Company. Speaking m the Bavarian state Parliament, Mr Jaumann gave no details
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      73 4 You Can Count On (BlffSl Oriental Ang Mo Kio Oriental Bedok Oriental Bukit Merah Oriental Bukit Timah Oriental dementi Oriental Geylang Oriental Holland Village ■M lw Oriental Peoples Park Oriental Queensway Oriental Rochor Oriental Slasher Oriental Upper Serangoon Oriental Woodlands Plaza Ang Mo Kio ■■■■■I? Plaza Toa Pa y° n
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      Lock icon Buy cheaper weapons, urges US budget office
      224 5 Buy cheaper weapons, urges US budget office WASHINGTON, Friday CONGRESS could reduce the United States' military spending by US$4.l billion (SsB.2 billion) m 1984 and US$62.B billion over the next five years by replacing expensive weapons with less costly arms that still would assure national security, the Congressional Budget Office
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      Lock icon Israel bends a little in pullout talks
      366 5 Foreign troops may leave m month or two, say Lebanese BEIRUT, Friday ISRAEL has shown flexibility m the stalled talks to remove foreign forces from Lebanon m what could be a move to placate the United States, which rejected a deal with the
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        Lock icon Truckers' strike ends
        65 5 INDEPENDENT American truck drivers yesterday called off an 11-day-old nationwide strike, m protest against increased petrol and road-use taxes, which brought hundreds of acts of violence against nonstriking drivers. Announcing the end of the strike at a news conference m Washington, Mr Michael Parkhurst, president of the
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        Lock icon Argentine tussle
        70 5 A BEHIND-THE-SCENES power struggle appeared to be under way m Argentina's armed forces m Buenos Aires yesterday, as the ruling military junta met amid press reports that major leadership changes were imminent. The usually well-informed Buenos Aires Daily Clarin said the commanders-in-chief of the army, navy and air
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        Lock icon Mauritius' base plan
        66 5 VISITING Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth said m New Delhi yesterday that his country would raise the issue of removal of the Anglo-American military base on Diego Garcia and its ultimate return to his country at the forthcoming Non-Aligned Summit to be held m India m March.
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        Lock icon Britain gets rebate
        67 5 THE European Parliament m Strasbourg, France, yesterday approved a supplementary Budget rebate for Britain after some British members threatened to pull out of the European Economic Community. The additional 1983 Budget of one billion European Currency Units (ECU) was passed by a 183-36 vote. Of that sum,
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        Lock icon Iran claims victory
        69 5 IRAN said on Thursday its forces killed or wounded 2,500 Iraqi soldiers m a major tank battle m the second phase of its latest offensive. Teheran Radio said Iranian ground forces wiped out six Iraqi battalions and knocked out 40 tanks and armoured cars m an attack
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        Lock icon Debrief for Reagan
        54 5 AMERICAN President Ronald Reagan has summoned Vice- President George Bush and Secretary of State George Shultz for reports on Mr Bush's efforts to boost support for US arms policies m Europe and Mr Shultz's attempts to smooth out relations m Asia. He will meet Mr Bush and
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      Lock icon Defence ministers who went down in disgrace
      299 5 Defence ministers who went down in disgrace TEL AVIV, Fri. Like Ariel Sharon, some of Israel's most revered leaders have plunged from prominence to political disgrace as defence ministers. Mr Moshe Dayan, the hero of the 1967 Middle East war, was hounded out of the defence office after the 1973
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      Lock icon NEW DOLE CLAIMS HIGHEST SINCE NOVEMBER
      143 5 NEW DOLE CLAIMS HIGHEST SINCE NOVEMBER WABHINGTON, Fri. THE Labour Department yesterday reported the largest increase since mid-November m new claims for state unemployment benefits, amid signs the number of long-term unemployed people is growing. Business and labour economists viewed the report as an indication that America's unemployment problems may
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      Lock icon Target plane kills man
      74 5 NORFOLK (Virginia), Fri. An unmanned target plane went out of control yesterday and killed a civilian observer when it slammed into the side of a navy missile frigate testing a weapons system. Navy spokesman Lieutenant Commander Dale Smith said the USS Antrim, a guided missile frigate,
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      Lock icon Video games boy hit by epilepsy in first such case
      128 5 Video games boy hit by epilepsy in first such case CHICAGO, Fri. Medical researchers said yesterday that a 15-year-old hoy was stricken with epilepsy after playing electronic video games. The case, the first of its kind m the United States, occurred last March when the unidentified boy was playing Combat,
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      Lock icon Fire out of control
      67 5 SYDNEY, Fri. A huge forest fire with a perimeter of 300 km is; burning out of control m southeastern Australia, officials reported today. Keith Johnson, deputy chief officer for the country fire authority, said the fire had burned out 120,000 hectares of unpopulated forest land m
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      Lock icon Mark Twain's last work sees the light of day
      289 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri MARK TWAIN'S last work a book of fantasy, magic, time-travel and psychic adventure set m medieval Austria has finally been published. Seventy-three years after the death of the foremost American novelist of the 19th Century, the University of
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    Coming up: Overhead bridge with no steps
    179 6 Coming up: Overhead bridge with no steps IF YOU think that one overhead bridge is about the same as another, take a second look at the overhead bridge m the picture. For, m place of the usual steps, you will see two walkways rising gently to the bridge. The bridge
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    CID gets ready to crack down on gambling dens
    229 6  -  PAUL WEE By Home Affairs Desk THE ClD's Gambling Suppression Branch is preparing to launch a major crackdown on underground gambling dens which are expected to be m full swing during the current Chinese New Year holidays. These dens are usually
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    Cable fault causes blackout
    120 6 THE lights went out again yesterday morning m parts of Serangoon, Rochor, Selegie and Beach Road. The power failure, which started at 8 a.m. and ended at 9.25 a.m., was due to a fault m a cable between Cashin Street and Sim Lim Tower, a PUB
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    SHOPPERS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL, SAY POLICE
    126 6 SHOPPERS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL, SAY POLICE POLICE have advised the public to be extra careful while shopping, especially m crowded places, where pickpockets and thieves can be expected. Ten thefts In Chinatown have already been reported during the past week, all the victims women. Their bags were unzipped or
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    Bridge for all
    68 6 THE Singapore Contract Bridge Association will hold the Singapore Open Pairs Tournament on Feb 26 and 27 at the Ascot Room, Ladyhill Hotel. Sign-in time on Feb 26 will be 1.30 p.m. and a buffet luncheon will be served to all participants on Feb 27. The prize
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    Three charged with murder
    68 6 THREE youths were yesterday charged with the murder of Tan Chin Chiat while being members of an unlawful assembly at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre on Feb 6. No pleas were taken from Loh Gin Yong, 17, Loh Koke Kau, 16, and Lee Lee Siang, 16, who
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    Kids' dinner
    48 6 THE Girls' Brigade, 4th Singapore Company attached to the Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School has organised a Chinese New Year party for the inmates of the Children's Aid Society on Saturday, Feb 19 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. m the school hall at Boundary Road.
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    Five reasons to invest in region
    453 6  -  HSUNG BEE HWA CONRAD RAJ dsadas PRIVATE SECTOR IS ASSURED OF ITS PLACE, SAYS TONY TAN By and THE Minister for Trade and Indiystry, Dr Tony Tan, yesterday gave businessmen five reasons for investing or trading with Asean. The first and most important, he
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    40 pc tax on company profits to remain
    292 6 40 pc tax on company profits to remain SINGAPORE will not reduce its 40 per cent tax on company profits m the near future. This was stated by the Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Tony Tan, at yesterday's conference session on investment and trade opportunities m Asean countries. He said
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    Thais have doubts about soda ash project
    213 6 Thais have doubts about soda ash project THAILAND may decide not to build a rock salt mine as part of its Asean soda ash project as this would cost the country another US$55 million (S*ll4 million). Instead, a German consultant has been employed to look into expanding an existing potash
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    Woman faces eight counts of cheating
    200 6 A WOMAN was yesterday charged m a magistrate's court with eight counts of cheating three women of more than $100,000. Lim Siew Har, 41, faces two charges of cheating Madam Tan Chiew Lian of a total of $85,700 between November 1981 and May 1982
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    NEW TOUCHES FOR 261 SBS BUSES
    77 6 AS PART of its programme to modernise its bus fleet, the Singapore Bus Service is refurbishing 261 buses. The vehicles will have new panels, windows, engine covers, and engineering features. More buses 378 of them will also be scrapped this year, more than double
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    EEC trade with Asean hit by 'gap'
    273 6 EEC trade with Asean hit by 'gap' AN "information gap" has prevented the European Economic Community from taking fall advantage of the trade and Investment opportunities offered by Asean. A representative of the European Commission yesterday said that businessmen vi the EEC had not completely appreciated the opportunities for more
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      208 6 HP YWSJvA FA CAI YU SHENG •dfhtet(f6toden... I Come for a Lunar New Year Cuisine Carnival RAW FISH SALAD PRAWNS CHICKEN a variety of tempting dishes symbolizing traditional Chinese well wishes for success and prosperity. Specially created and auspiciously named by our Chef for you On top of that you
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    Hotels may help collect airport tax
    294 7  -  JUDITH HALE By THE Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) wants hotels to sell airport tax coupons. It has asked the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) to find out whether its 104 members will consider providing this service for hotel guests. The DCA has suggested that
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    'Enough mandarin oranges to go around'
    260 7 THERE should be more than enough mandarin oranges to go round during Chinese New Year, the Trade and Industry Ministry's domestic trade section says. Imports of mandarin oranges from Jan 1 to Feb 9 amounted to 8,033 tonnes (about 845,000 crates); this is 17.7
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    At the Istana
    25 7 THE Lstana grounds will be open to the public on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. to mark Chinese New Year
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    Lock icon Flowery way to greet the New Year
    102 7 Flowery way to greet the New Year IT'S Chinese New Year tomorrow and these three Hwa Chong Junior College students are ushering It m with lots of plum blossoms. The traditional flower was found In abundance at the college premises yesterday as students and teachers celebrated with a concert, games
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    Hong bao brought on the wing
    83 7 Hong bao brought on the wing SOME of the visitors to Jurong Bird Park will be getting hong baos this weekend from a bird. It will be given during the bird shows. In keeping with the spirit of the New Year, every thousandth visitor will get mandarin oranges. The park
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    Police engage contractor for tow-away blitz
    276 7 Police engage contractor for tow- away blitz THE Traffic Police are engaging a private contractor to tow away illegally parked vehicles. This is to reinforce their own strength of three such vehicles. Help became necessary when the Traffic Police launched their drive against the growing prob- lem of illegal parking.
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    Bus owners' treat for old folk
    113 7 THE Singapore School and Private Hire Bus Owners Association will spend $10,000 on Chinese New Year gifts and hong bao for 1,218 inmates m four homes of the aged and destitute on Friday. The four institutions, run by the Social Welfare Department, are two
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    Ah Meng's special gift
    151 7 AH MENG, the star attraction at Singapore Zoological Gardens, has presented the zoo with the perfect new year gift a 1.5 kg baby. And there can be no prizes for guessing the baby orang utan's name. Hong Bao was the obvious choice. Soon after she was
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    The defence counsel did a good job, says judge
    496 8 The City Country Club case DISTRICT judge Chandra Mohan yesterday praised the defence counsel m the City Country Club case for the excellent mitigation pleas on their clients' behalf. After having heard an exhaustive narration by the Deputy Public Prosecutor and
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    MP's query
    60 8 MR CHANDRA DAS, MP for Chong Boon, is to ask the Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Tony Tan, the cause or causes which led to the islandwide power failure on Feb 5 and what steps would be taken to prevent it from happening again. His questions have been
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    Cops must form 'first name' ties
    446 8  -  BHARATHI MOHAN Close links a big help m times of crisis: Chua By Home Affairs Desk YOUNGER police officers here and m Malaysia should meet more often so that they will be able to talk to one another on a first-name basis. This relationship
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    Court fines man who said he was a PC
    178 8 A CARPENTER was yesterday fined $2,4* by a magistrate for lmpersenatug a police officer to take $1< from two teenagers. Abdul Hakim bin Omar, 22. approached factory workers M. Sambaslvam, 17, and R. Vasudevan, 11, at the ground floor of Block
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    Fined for having tape without cert
    110 8 A HOUSEWIFE told a magistrate yesterday that she did not send a video tape for censorship because it contained a Hindustani film and there were no objectionable scenes m such films. Saleha binte Haji Hassan, 56, pleaded guilty to having a video tape without
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    347 8 Vital to know how allies plan and act IN WARTIME, knowledge of how your allies plan and operate can make the difference between victory and defeat. Command post exercises, such as the one held last December by the Singapore Armed Forces 9th Division, the New Zealand Forces South-east Asia Headquarters
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    New recall system for SAF reservists
    312 8 A RECALL system successfully tried out for the first time last year is to become established practice m any future mobilisation, it was learnt yesterday. Pioneer, the SAF monthly, reports m its latest issue that last December, more than 2,000 reservists were involved m
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    Counsel gets time for affidavit
    248 8 Counsel gets time for affidavit THE High Court yesterday granted counsel for businessman Nicholas Chu Fai Hung a further one month adjournment to enable him to obtain an affidavit from Mr Chu m connection with injunctions ordered against Mr Chu's assets m Singapore. Lloyd's Bank International, which has a HKSIO
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    Rent-a-robot plan for local small firms
    281 8  - Rent-a-robot plan for local small firms PETER HAZELHURST By Our Tokyo Correspondent THE Japan Robot Leasing Company and the Sal Leasing Company of Singapore are holding discussions on starting a joint venture to rent robots to small and medium scale Singaporean business firms. Officials m the Ministry of International Trade
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    Dentistry course
    47 8 Dentistry course DENTAL surgeons have a chance to refresh their knowledge m oral pathology. The School of Postgraduate Dental Studies will hold a repeat course from March 4 to March 11 at New Lecture Theatre, Dental Clinic, Singapore General Hospital. The closing date for applications is Febll
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    Variety show
    51 8 THE Chong Boon Zone C Residents' Committee will hold a Chinese New Year variety show on Feb 20, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the open space between Blocks 456 and 460, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. Mr S Chandra Das, MP for Chong Boon, will be
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    SBS sets up taxi plan group
    227 8 SINGAPORE Bus Service (SBS) has formed a seven-man committee to work out its taxi operation plan. The committee will decide whether to rent out taxis or employ drivers to operate them, draw up a marketing plan to promote SBS taxis and look into the
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      33 8 GONG XI FA CAI y BPOH HENG Jewellery Pte Ltd We will be closed tomorrow, as well as on the 14th 15th to celebrate the new year. Business will resume on the 16th.
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      144 8 A Special Valentines Dap I at La Ronde Continental Restaurant It's that special day to show how much you care. And she will know just wine and dine her at La Ronde. 1 The Lawrence Francisco j3f band brings you romantic M^ ,Jj jk\ j I Ipß music to dine
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    FIRMS CHEATED OF COMPUTERS WORTH $24,000
    153 9 TWO electronic companies reportedly lost more than tU.m worth of computers to a man who paid for them with cheques that were later dishonoured. Police said the companies Intellect Electronic and Computer Age were approached o;i Tuesday and Wednesday by a man Identifying himself
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    Construction course for site foremen
    210 9 Construction course for site foremen HUNDREDS of construction supervisors and foremen will soon have an opportunity to upgrade their skills through training. The National Productivity Board, Singapore Institute of Building (SIBL) and the Singapore Contractors Association (Seal) are designing a course for these supervisors, most of whom had risen through
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    NUMBER OF HEROIN ADDICTS DROPS BY HALF
    178 9 NUMBER OF HEROIN ADDICTS DROPS BY HALF THE number of heroin addicts has fallen by more than half since the launching of Operation Ferret m April 1977. The number of relapse cases has also fallen by half, and there are also fewer new addicts now than m 1977. The Director
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    SPCA has to leave Orchard Road in six months
    345 9  - SPCA has to leave Orchard Road in six months MAGDALENE LUM By THE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been given six months' notice to vacate its premises at Orchard Road. The Land Office served the notice on the society on Tuesday. On Aug 8, it will
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    Fined for sale of shirts with fake labels
    85 9 Fined for sale of shirts with fake labels A SHIRT factory proprietor, who had a total of 13 counterfeit "L'Alpina" Tshirts for sale, was fined a total of $330 by a magistrate yesterday. Lam Scons < Lim, 26, proprietor of Lam Tai Fatt shirts factory at Shaw Road, pleaded guilty
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    13,000 more lines
    62 9 TELECOMS will be adding another 13,000 lines to the national telephone network this month, making it a total of 919,900 lines m Singapore. The Telecoms in-house newsletter, Hello, said 10,000 of these new lines will be serviced through the Central Telephone Exchange at Hill Street. The exchange,
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Mahathir raps US and the London Metal Exchange
      347 9 Mahathir raps US and the London Metal Exchange KUALA LUMPUR, Friday DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday sharply criticised the attitude of tinconsuming countries, singling out the US and the London Metal Exchange as causing the continuing slump m the world tin mining industry. The Prime Minister attacked General Services
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      Lock icon Eight die a day on the roads
      115 9 IPOH, Fri. MALAYSIA hM about 18f tmA amtdente a day. The avenge toll Is eight deaths, 15 to 18 people He rionsly Injured with another SS to 41 suffering slight Inhirles. The secretary-gener-al of the RMd Safety Council, Mr Hassan Item, gave these
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      Lock icon Watchman choked on fish he caught
      92 9 Watchman choked on fish he caught MALACCA, Fri. A watchman who went on a fishing trip was killed by a fish he caught. He accidentally swallowed the fish he had gripped with his teeth while continuing to fish. Mr Baharin bin Isnin, 35, a watchman, was fishing with some friends
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      Lock icon Drugs blamed for divorces
      57 9 JOHORE BARU, Fri. Drug addiction is the main tfause for the increasing number of divorces amomg Muslims m Johore, State Religious Affairs Department sources said yesterday. About 56 per cent of the 1,229 divorces recorded last year were due to drug abuse either or both of
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      Lock icon Mimaland may close
      245 9 GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST TOURIST RESORT OWNERS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Selangor government will take action against the owners of f he multi-jnillion-dollar tourist holiday resort, Mimaland, following investigations which allegedly showed that it was built without approval on land meant for agriculture. The state's Mentri
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      Why workers choose Best
      466 11 WHAT makes workers decide to give up some of their free time and go back to school? In some cases they attend classes after exhausting shift work. Many also have fami- ALTHOUGH Jamil Mend, 22, has ttwo GCE O-levels, he took his exams m Malay. So
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      In comes the pig and a happy new year
      188 11 In comes the pig and a happy new year OUT goes the Year of the Dog. In comes the Year of the Pig. The New Lunar Year starting tomorrow is said to bring goodwill, good business and good manners. It is a year of plenty when weight- watchers will have
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      Oh boy, I'm alive!
      127 11 TASVINDER LEAVES HOSPITAL THE HORROR of the Sentosa cable car crash was well behind two-year-old Tasvlnder Singh this week. When the oU drillship Enlwetok brought tragedy two weeks ago, Tasvlnder was thrown from one of the cable cars and fell 55 metres into the sea. He
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      ESCAPE TO THAILAND
      64 11 CAMBODIANS who have lost their homes because of fighting m their country continued to escape into Thailand this week. About 50,000 refugees had gathered at the village of Nong Chan, 1 km from the Thai-Cambodian border. But, because of attacks on them by Vietnamese soldiers, about 25,000
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      Dr Tan: Learn mother tongue
      95 11 PARENTS should make sure their children learn their mother tongue. The advice was given by Trade and Industry Minister Dr Tony Tan when he spoke at Kaki Bukit on Sunday. He said people did not need to speak Malay, Chinese or Tamil to learn about
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      US ship here on four-day visit
      120 11 Singaporeans to go aboard tomorrow THE American naval ship Bine Ridge (left) arrived In Singapore on Thursday for a four-day visit. It is the command ship of the US Seventh Fleet which patrols seas In the South-east Asia region. The Bine Ridge which has
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      TRAFFIC LIGHTS WARNING
      61 11 TRAFFIC LIGHTS WARNING MOTORISTS who are tempted to jump "red*' traffic lights should be on their guard. The police are to test new electronic equipment that can automatically photograph them when they fail to stop. A camera is fixed to a pole near traffic lights and not only photographs the
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      A day when all the lights went out
      134 11 A day when all the lights went out SINGAPOREANS were reminded of the importance of electricity when the island suffered a nine-hour power failure last weekend. Shops closed, traffic was left m a jam, lifts stopped, air conditioning failed and, of course, all the lights went out. Trouble started at
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      Fake $50 notes used
      98 11 SOME dishonest people made use of Singapore's power failure to spend fake $50 notes. Because there was no lighting, the notes were easily passed on to several shops m Queens town. Since Saturday, others have appeared m the Pay a Lebar area. If you think you
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    • World wise
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        New drugs laws
        204 11 MALAYSIA is preparing tough new laws to help stop the use of drugs. They include: The death sentence for anyone found selling 25 grams or more of dangerous drugs like heroin. i. Power to imprison anyone suspected of selling drugs. Listening m to telephone conversations of people
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      SPORTING CHANCE
      28 11 TALENTED badminton players can now get money towards the cost of taking part m international competitions. The money will be given by the Singapore Badminton Association.
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      Your opinions on TV
      105 11 THE public will be able to air their opinions m a television programme which starts on SBC's Channel 5 next month. The programme, called "Feedback," will be telecast every two weeks starting on Wednesday March 23 at 10.10 pm. Anyone with a problem, an opinion or
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      390 11 L^)|F Love and luck at the turn 1 />*y WMhhv llfc '*^sonw B*"'8 1 11 Vs^wfe) tf s m c^ e Lal^ s Your cards. A tantalising array of activities to make your \f*f yi t>kt We Ju'« v 10l> ""i V fo« vt yil£r^TvM <«v (T^^^*\». Valentine's Day and
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    T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane
    531 12 T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane CHINCHIN YOU may probably not be aware that ''chinchin" has long earned a place In dictionaries such as the Concise Oxford, Chambers 29th Century and Websters. It is said to be an old Anglo-Chinese word of Peking (Belong) origin, though indisputably far less
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  • BEHIND THE HEADLINES
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      Brandt Report is defective but well-timed
      1034 12 Brandt Report is defective but well-timed Western leaders are jumping like prawns m boiling water THERE is nothing more revealing about the present state of sophisticated thinking: on the economies of the developing world than the volte face implied m the second report of the Brandt Commission which was published
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    Iran's mullahs want to re-establish ties with the United States
    882 12  - Iran's mullahs want to re-establish ties with the United States AMIR TAHERI Three years after the hostage crisis By Writing for the International Herald Tribune LONDON Iran's ruling mullahs are increasing the number of signals they are sending to the United States indicating a possible improvement m relations. President Jimmy
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    The Straits Times says... Safety must be the aim
    443 12 The Straits Times says... Safety must be the aim IN THE past few weeks, Singaporeans have, been treated to a spectacle of the Ministry of Labour and the Singapore Dental Association hurling charges and counter-charges at each other. All over a simple questionnaire the ministry sent out to dentists early
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      98 12 Tfunan the name for man music lb ws HIH IhThl! ME X-70 1 18-lOJ B|lWl «.c. Power Hiindlinji RMSI W 40 I rrquency lU^orulHil M)-***** "rriir irfrniwij T(Hi) MOO S,-"Mtum vlB) H5 MEX-701 Comrolßange 1 2dB (F.quahzer Section Control Frequency (Hz) 60.250. 1 K. 3 SK. IOK (Equalizer Section). l
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      215 12 n JL A JLa.Cjf A VLunar NewVear Ml If you're not jiving at our Studio, come on up for slow dancing at the Theatre. Studio M and The Sea-Food-Theatre at the Plaza Hotel. Two places where celebrating that special occasion or simply having a great time comes naturally. This Lunar
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      Let's look at issues in proper perspective
      2573 13 Ministry on controversy with Singapore Dental Association I REFER to the report "Dentists ready to take case to court" (ST, Jan 24) and to the controversy over the registration of air receivers and dental workshops m dental clinics under the Factories Act. I
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      35 13 DON'T BE SHY IF YOU can speak Mandarin and are about to use dialect, again, stop yourself and start m Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin but may also be shy. Be the initiator!
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      622 13 1 1 computeach |Uim|nHwlm I AUDIOVISUAL P^lJ^^fJiy^ d d JRj# 9 COMPUTER if H^^MHHgHnHHH^H Bl TRAINING I |J*X I If you are bored, frustrated or not very well paid the world of computers can change ell that. J Computeach can svolutionise your life and help you obtain a m 1
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      Lock icon Racing to build the world's fastest computer
      1014 14  - Racing to build the world's fastest computer WILLIAM BROAD By THE fastest computers m the world are today built m the United States, but these symbols of American ingenuity may soon be found only m museums. The Japanese government last year unveiled a US$2OO million (Ss4lB million) programme aimed at
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      Driving wild on US city streets
      761 14  - Driving wild on US city streets STEVE HUNTLEY By SOME of the hard realities of negotiating US streets and highways won't be found m a driver-education manual. For instance: Disregard of traffic laws m New York City has reached the point where many parents are walking their children to school.
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      762 14 -m choice. ,<^*? T Wr.v, .£14$^* 5* V W .monds •'.>,* vf ■fPiii Tam» *^U^ 1 V# *d best quality m .fJF *«W Kf »yA^«|k bape and size*. I I 1 I Prict P/cti I Bill Price P/cti No Waioht Colour Clarity Certificate Offer Price} Usual Shape No. Weight Colour
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      832 15 APPOINTMENTS fr|||^ The Polyolefin Company (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. The Polyolefin Company (S) Pte Ltd is one of the downstream companies m the Petrochemical Complex being built on Pulau Ayer Merbau (about 30 minutes by our ferry from Pasir Panjang) and wilt produce two kinds of essential plastic materials low density
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      301 15 Data Heads! I Manufacturer of Magnetic Recording I 1 Heads for the Computer Industry is ex- I paneling its operations and wishes to ap- 1 I point: I I DEVELOPMENT I j ENGINEERING I I MANAGER I 9 Qualifications: 8 S The position calls for formal qualification(s) m M Mechanical/Electronic
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      312 15 I GARFIELD ByJimDavls x-^n^n^^V-v-^-v WHERE'S J YOU KNOW... j^r^^r I NERMAL?! X IT WA6 STRANGE, VOOVE OVERSTAVEP V^ J( ME /WOTTEREP *ONK* YOUR WELCOME ANP THEN LEFT aL^ j T^V^ WITHOUT A WORP I 2 /2 1983 United Feature Syndicate. Inc. u™fl W STAR WARS By Archie Goodwill &Al Williamson
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      626 16 APPOINTMENTS I CHASE I SENIOR INVESTMENT MANAGER if In line with our business growth, we are seeking an outstanding individual to join our team of professional bankers as Senior Investment Manager Private Banking. This is a new and senior position m Chase Singapore with responsibility for personal investment financial management
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      416 16 Anchor Anchor Foods (Pte) Ltd TECHNICAL SERVICES EXECUTIVE Anchor Foods (Pte) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Zealand Dairy Board, the world's largest exporter of dairy products. We are manufacturing, processing and marketing a diversified range of dairy products for the local and export markets. Our rapidly expanding
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      253 16 PEANUTS BySchuiz I SOME PEOPLE PERNE AN I I OTHERS SAY AN AMATEUR |4|| s. /u)HAT Wks\ I AMATEUR A5 50ME0NE PLAYS ONLY FOR SPORT {%nfi A' THAT FIRST UIHO ISN'T VERYGOOP^ ANP NOT FOR MONEY (^Z? s~\ I DEFINITION? y4 I THE EVERMORES By Johnny Sajem JUNIOR CAN'T SEEM
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  • TIMESBUSINESS
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        Johan Holdings
        117 17 JOHAN Holdings Bhd now owns 81 per cent of Jack International's share capital following the close of its offer which was extended for 14 days up to Feb 10. During the period Johan received total acceptances of 4.75 million Jacks shares, representing about 47.5 per cent of the
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        Van der Horst
        61 17 VAN DER HORST reported group profits before tax and depreciation of $7.86 million ($3.69 million previously) on a turnover of $26.03 million ($15.68 million) for the year ended Sept 30, 1982. Directors are recommending a final dividend of 6 per cent tax exempt and 2 /2 per
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        Amcol Electrical
        29 17 AMCOL Electrical Industries Ltd reported operating losses of $1.09 million ($532,000 loss) on a turnover of $5.72 million ($5.05 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1982.
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        Singapore Glass
        86 17 SINGAPORE Glass (1974) Ltd has signed an agreement to sell its piece of residential property at Swettenham and Ridout roads for $3.76 million cash. Upon completion of the deal, the company will reap an extraordinary profit of $3.6 million. In an announcement to the SES, the company said
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        Killinghall Tin
        84 17 KILLINGHALL Tin (Malaysia) Bhd said it expects earnings to be reduced following the proposed acquisition of a 23.2 per cent stake m Southern Banking Bhd for M 541.83 million cash. This is because of interest charges, which will arise m respect of funds borrowed to finance partially the
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        Lock icon Reserves decline
        79 17 JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves fell to US$4.l billion (SsB.s billion) at end-1962 from US$6.l billion a year earlier, the semi-official Antara News Agency reported. It quoted Bank of Indonesia director Marjanto Danoesapoetro as attributing the decline to the effects of the world recession on the Indonesian
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        Lock icon Thai bond offer
        103 17 BANGKOK, Fri. The Bank of Thailand has offered government bonds worth two billion baht (S$178 million) available in three schemes, the bank announced. Two categories of bonds, each totalling 500 million baht, are for sale to the public only while the third bracket for one billion baht
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        Lock icon Aircraft engine deal
        75 17 TOKYO, Fri. Nippon Carbon Company Ltd said it and Rolls Royce Ltd of Britain have reached an agreement on joint development to manufacture silicon carbon fibre reinforced aluminium aircraft engine parts. The strong, high heat proof fibre, developed by Nippon, is now being produced at a pilot
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        Lock icon Krupp orders down
        79 17 ESSEN, Fri. Krupp, West Germany's secondbiggest engineering group, saw its orders drop 15 per cent last year because of slumping domestic demand and exports, Friedrich Krupp announced here today. The firm added that only 44 per cent of the contracts signed last year came from foreign clients,
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      Mystery buyer of stake in Gadek arouses interest
      356 17 TWO interesting questions have arisen over the recent change of control of a block of shares m plantation company, Gadek (Malaysia) Bhd. The 23 per cent stake m Gadek was sold by Batu Kawan several weeks ago to a buyer whose identity
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      German economy showing signs of halt in downturn
      482 17 FRANKFURT, Fri. There are encouraging signs that the downturn m the West German economy, which gathered pace m the second half of last year, has come to a halt, the Bundesbank, the West German central bank, says m its latest monthly report.
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      Singapore duo appoint Hyatt to run NZ hotels
      441 17 SINGAPORE businessmen, Messrs Ho Whye Chung and Ho Sim Guan, have appointed Hyatt International to manage their 11 hotels m New Zealand. The Hos own the 325--room Inter-Continental Hotel m Auckland, New Zealand's largest, as well as 10 hotels m the Vacation
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      Selprop expects pretax profits to reach M$54m
      403 17 SELANGOR Properties' acquisition of Bungsar Hill Development and subsequent release of the land it owns for development will boost group pre-tax profits to MSS4 million for the year ending Oct 31. The strong rise m earnings will come largely from a minimum annual
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      Raleigh to get M$3.2m surplus from sale
      306 17 Raleigh to get M$3.2m surplus from sale RALEIGH Cycle's proposed sale of its property m Shah Alam to United Motor Works (M) for MsB.s million will yield a net surplus of about M 53.2 million for the bicycle manufacturing company. This will increase Raleigh's net tangible asset backing by about
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      Yeo Hiap Seng in Ribena deal with Beecham
      381 17 Yeo Hiap Seng in Ribena deal with Beecham FOOD and beverage processing company Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd has entered into an agreement with Beecham (Manufacturing) Singapore Pte Ltd to pack and distribute Ribena, a blackcurrant syrup, m tetra briks. A similar arrangement has been made by Yeo's 34 per cent
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      JC-MPH $40m loan stock
      146 17 JACK Chia-MPH's issue of $40 million 9 per cent unsecured loan stock with transferable subscription rights 1963/88 has been fully subscribed. The company has announced that as at the closing date, Feb 9, applications totalling $40.53 million nominal amount of the loan stock have been received.
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        23 17 UMW 843,000 Malayan Credit 771,000 Taiping Text 704,000 Promet 685,000 Faber Merlin 597,000 Total turnover: 17.38 m Total value: 550.56 m
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        Rises
        79 17 Hong Leon* Ind 845 +56 Brno 730 +40 H Leoog Credit 815 -(-40 8 Finmnce 344 +36 M Cement 705 +25 H Leong Fin 474 +24 Duff Dcv 285 +22 Berjuntai 550 +20 P a r« mon n I 3SB +18 M Cables 298 +18 Metro HM»« 860 +15
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        13 17 Loytape 380 -20 I M Textiles 113 -12 C Sugar. 1180 -10
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        41 17 FeblO Febll BT Composite: 764.67 775.18 BT Indicator: *****6 *****5 ST Industrials: 788.13 798.60 ST Finance: 1925.06 1945.18 ST Hotels: 1008.94 1013.58 ST Properties: 620.52 627.44 ST Minings: 213.71 214.67 ST Plantations: 921.47 924.00 OCBC: 696.88 702.61 SESInd: 597.48 602.29
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      70 17 Boastead Bad +1 Danloplnd -3 Galaaess +2 MTC PanEDer +2 Btttnwff +4 STradiag +15 U M Works +12 C*C +2 Eh* +40 Gathrießad NBT Perils Plait +8 Semb Strip Sap Corp Wearnes +6 CCM +6 fan +io Haw Par +6 Nat Iran +10 Prim* +5" Sim*
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      Prices firm on buying support
      481 17 SINGAPORE: Share prices closed firm on baying support and short-covering Interest yesterday ahead of the Chinese New Year holtdays In active selective trading with higher overseas advances aidIng sentiment. Bsso rose 41 cents to $7.3t, Malayan Cement 21 cents to |7.M, Straits Trading 15 cents
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      24 17 Up Down Unch Industrials 91 16 15 Finance 14 6 Hotels 10 1 Properties 12 Plantations 6 11 Mining 5 Deb/Loans 4 2
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      2532 18 Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN Is traded m lots of It shares each, with the price quoted In dollars. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL Gr'« Net 1982/1983 Last Div F F Vol Day High Low Company Sale +or- ('000) High Low 350 235 Acma 257
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      550 18 THE last trading day before the Chinese New Year fulfilled many hopes that the stock market rally would continue. Indeed, prices opened the day rising strongly and ended the day on a very steady note. There had been some concern that the market
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      373 18 INVESTORS' pre-Chinese New Year euphoria boosted sentiment on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, sending share prices broadly higher m heavy trading. Total turnover rose to 11.47 million units valued at M 533.78 million compared with Thursday's 10.47 million units worth $30.67 million. After opening higher,
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      201 18 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Maaagcn* prices far Pek It) IV. m 111 1 9Q ASIA UNIT TRUST (MaMuren' nrlcM far Peb II) KBI THNOT SECURITIES ASIA (MiHim 1 prleea far Feb IC) Spore Growth Fund 0.88 0.93 OUB-MONTAGU (Maaagen' prleea far Feb 12 If) Union Spore Fund 1.25 1.30
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      30 18 Up Down unch Industrials 58 9 25 Finance 4 4 Hotels 11 Properties 8 Oil Palms 5 1 Tins 7-2 rubbers 6 5 2 Crabbers 1 Deb/Loans 1
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      75 18 Inch X X 1080 +130 HL Credit 670 +40 HLlnd 915 +40 A Hitam Tin 760 +30 Temerloh 232 +28 MBF Holdings 735 +25 EssoOrd 805 +25 Chin Teck 550 +20 Austral Amal 600 +20 National Iron 820 +20 Sim Lim 322 +16 Norsechem 386 +16 Paramount 394 +16
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      8 18 MAA 630 -30 Ulu Benut 640 -15
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      2074 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board deals
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      1280 18 Faher Merlin (1.998 2.005) (52) 1.96 (107) 1.99 (32) 2.00 (33) 2.00 (1) 1.98 (216) 1.99 SETT (1.998 2.005) (10) 1.99 (90) 2.00 (11) 2.01 (15)1.99(30)2.00 0 U E (5.558 5.655) (2) 5.50 (5) 5.55 (15) 5.60 (1) 5.65 (12) 5.65 (9) S.6OSETT (5.658 5.705) (2) 5.60 (3) 5.70
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        363 18 PRICES yesterday closed higher but off best levels m active trading m the half day session ahead of the Chinese New Year. Local profit-taking was noted around midmorning following a higher opening m line with the Wall Street. Prices rose m selective business, with buying seen for banking and
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        402 18 SHARE PRICES yesterday ended firmer across a broad front m heavy trading, featuring sharp gains among heavyweight miners with gold interests, leading gold stocks and speculative gold issues. The All-Ordinaries index rose to 508.2, aided by a 10.1 point advance m the resources index to 397.3. The industrial marker
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        143 18 SHARE prices yesterday closed firmer on a reduced turnover of 11.86 million pesos compared with 14.62 million on Thursday. The commercial and industrial index rose to 114.37 from 113.57, the mining marker was up at 1,461.38 fro-n 1,389.84, and the oils index firmed to 1.666 from 1.648. Pesos Acoje
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        367 19 STOCK prices staged an impressive rally on Thursday on expectations that the Federal Reserve will do nothing to hamper further interest rate declines. The Dow Jones industrial average rose as much as 22.17 points during the day and finished up more than 20 points, at nearly 1068. The
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        257 19 DOMESTIC shares closed little changed m light volume. Share prices failed to respond to the Swiss bond market's slight recovery as uncertainty over interest rates and Wall Street's overnight fall restrained buying. In transports, Swissair bearer finned two francs to 769 but its registered stock closed at 655, down
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        55 19 SINGAPORE and MALAYSIA: The rubber, gold and stock markets will be closed on Feb 14 and Feb 15. They will reopen on Feb 16. HONGKONG: The gold and silver markets were closed yesterday while the stock exchange and commodity markets were opened for half a day. All the markets
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        640 19 EQUITIES opened firmer m moderate trading yesterday on Thursday night's sharp gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The Financial Times Index at noon was up 2.1 points at 656.9. Among leading industrials, Beecham rose 2p to 370, Thorn gained 5p at 485 and ICI was up 2p at 396.
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        51 19 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 931.40 Thursday 915.51 Week Ago 895.45 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday 645.8 Thursday 643.0 Week Ago 664.2 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 508.2 Thursday 501.3 Week Ago 515.8 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 654.8 Wednesday 656.0 Week Ago 646.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 1087.75 Wednesday 1067.42 Week Ago L
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        258 19 SHARE prices were mixed m moderate trading, with few major fnovements seen m the absence of fresh factors and sentiment slightly depressed by a lower Wall Street close. Internationals were mainly higher but gains were limited. Akzo rose one guilder to 41.70 and Unilever was up 0.90 at 197.90.
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        125 19 SHARE prices yesterday closed generally harder. Bants Aokham Thai Asia Fibre Ayulhaya Inv And Trust Bangkok Bank 258 unch Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd Bata Shoe Berll Jucker 299 unch Charoong Thai Wire 3*B unch Firestone First Trust 51.25 +1A Ooodyear Industrial Finance Corp 125-50 unch Jalaprathan Cement... 145.50 +1
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      1799 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIAL Aema (2 80S) A Ckae (1.958) Bea aad Ca (1.138 1.145) (32)
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        RUBBER
        686 19 RUBBER prices closed slightly lower yesterday, with March One RSS buyers quoted ac 194.00 cents per kilo, down four cents from Thursday's close. Morning prices were marked down some 5.50 cents on post-closure weakness here on Thursday and easier London advices coupled with lack of buying support. The afternoon
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        32 19 Rubber: Feb 11 Singapore: March: 194.00 cents (down 4.00 cents) Malaysia: March: 212.50 cents (down 4.00 cents) Tin: M 529.36 per kilo (up 13 cents) 141 tonnes (up 16 tonnes)
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        135 19 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market closed quietly steady yesterday, on light covering ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. In the Feb position, central was traded 'at MS74B per tonne while m March, central was unchanged at M 5752.50. The refined market was featureless, with sellers' indications
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        COPPER
        31 19 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous m brackets): Wirebars Spot buyers £1034.00 (£1033.50); sellers £1035.00 (£1034.00); Three Months buyers £1065.50 (£1066.00); sellers £1066.00 (£1066.50). Market tone: Steadier Sale*: 16,600 tonnes.
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        91 19 RAB March April (Current Mtb) (Forward Mth) Buyer. Seller* Buyer. Sellers SSR2O (I ton pallet) 174.60 176.60N 176.50 177.60N SSRSO (1-ton palWt) 170.60 172.50N 171.50 173.60N MRELB Marek April 3MRCV (1-ton palfat) 228.60 230.60N 229.60 231.50N SMRL (1-ton pallet) 228-50 230.60N 229.60 231.50N SMRS (1-tonpaUM) 197.50 199.50N
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        STRAITS TIN
        234 19 THE STRAITS tin price m Penang yesterday rose 13 cents at the ITA floor level to M 529.36 a kilo. Most dealers cited continued strong support at this "may buy" level from the buffer stock manager. One however said the manager was absent and noted increased demand from
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        132 19 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore, noon closing prices per 1M kg yesterday. Coeoaut Bulk fob $96.00 sellers, old drum (m second hand drum) fob $109.00 sellers, new drum fob $113.00 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $55 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $345.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper fag
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        GOLD
        205 19 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable m Singapore opened at $33,639 and closed at $33,772 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at U*****.00/504.00 and moved to 504.00/ 505.00. Local selling pushed the price down to 501.50/502.50 by lunch time. The market reopened at 502.00/503.00, moved higher again to
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        34 19 Closing prices m US dollars a troy ounce. Searee: Credit Maw, (Caere. Itan Wed New York 14.108 13.788 14.20S 13.85S Zurich 13.908 13.W8 14.00S 13.90S Prt nm Singapore 14.258 13.908 14.35S 14.00S
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      Money and exchanges
      711 19 THE US dollar opened at Ss2 0670 90 and was traded lower to 2.0650 before firming to close at 2.0705/15. Trading was extremely thin with little particiption from major interbank participants due to the festive season m Japan and the forthcoming Lunar festival m Singapore and Hongkong.
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      Discount
      48 19 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Feb 11 Overnight: 3 'A Call deposits: 3. Closing Baying Selling 3-monUi Treasury bills 3 3/16 31/16 Se«ree: Natteaal Dtscetat 3-month Bank bills 7 1 7 3 months CD 6 7 /4 6 V 6 months CD 7K 7V*
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      32 19 Closing MarkMk rate* for Slim»p»r«- dtilan Frb II Offer Bid Overnight 6 SV« 1 month fi 4 6H 2 months 6 6' 3 months fi fi Overnight mode 5V 4
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      24 19 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.5t per cent.
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      610 19 APPOINTMENTS ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST The successful candidate will possess GCE 'A' Level and LCC Intermediate m Accounting or a Ngee Ann Diploma m Accounting. He/She will perform general accounting tasks such as Accounts Payable, Payroll, Bank and Inter-Company reconciliations. QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER The successful candidate will possess a degree m electronics
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      813 20 I MUL CLASSIFICATION GROUP A (5 00 pm for next day) Ord.nory I 00 per word (M.n $15 00) C 1 V/— V X% Saturday 900om-3 00 pm $16 60 per col cm A Enterta.nment Food guide M< L A rZ~--5k I fs-^l #^-J f /J f x-^£ (s^\ /vi
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      483 20 The Management Staff of *M -M 5& OMEI RESTAURANI Wishes all friends and patrons GONG XI FA CAI Come and have a feast with our Good Lock Raw Fli from 16 Feb. 27 Feb. Also available: Szechuan Cuisine Live Seafood. TODAY: LUNCH TIME ONLY We will be closed on February
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      161 20 MR JOHNNY TAN wishes all clients, associates and friends who has been supporting our Otak Otak "A Happy Prosperous New Year." Our telephone numbers have changed from: *****58 *****12 *****41 to: *****98. FOR QUICK LUNCH Reservation, visit Lai Wah Restaurant, 377 C, Jalan Besar (alrcondition) Tel: *****03/ *****94. Branch: (Block
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      624 20 25 Sale: Other Products MUST SELL, ANY offer Yamaha Organ 830, 26" OEC CTV, cute puppy, 14" portable b/w, upright electric piano. Block 118, 16-103, Bukit Merah View. CLEARANCE SALESII Telefunken/Setron 26" colour t.v. Seldom used. Each $300. Good condition. Interested contact *****87. BMX KUWAHARA ET frame and forks only.
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      410 20 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage RELAX ft REFRESH YOURSELF AT GREAT EASTERN Jf^ HEALTH CENTRE ■b p\ Great Eastern Hotel v,aWl k 401 Macpherson Road J, JrJ Spore 1336. JJ. BB#aHr J TEL: 2M8244 &3 38 TV/Video/ Sound System ESS PS«A SPEAKERS New Year Special Offer only
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      462 20 66 Situations Vacant a) Professional Executive Telemedia, Inc. requires ELT Instructors/ Developers A large American training company is interviewing applicants to work m Jakarta as consultants m the sign/development/implementation of a supervisor/ superintendent training program. Previous training/experience a plus Will work together with training developers Required Apr-Jun 83 Contract duration:
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      441 20 Announcement Deadlines for ads to be published tomorrow. Run-on Semi-display 1 1a.m. today through C.A.T.S. 10.30 a.m. through Times House counter. C.A.T.S. will close today at 12 noon and will be at your service from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday 15th February. The counter at Times Orchard Centre
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      434 20 flk-fl Coming up m The Straits VM Times Classified tomorrow: a fjk H»V pretty panorama of Valen- V^^^^^^^bi mL%9 tine's Love Notes., profess- fg^ I^L^ ln B affection, promising J^E^^^*~*_ 1 lAJ hope, confiding hurt, |3^B proposing marriage, plus one flk RV23 exclusive feature m this J/tjJ year's Valentine's Day
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      66 20 60 Business Opportunities A well established Bank requires CLERKS (ACCOUNTS) Requirementr- GCE 'O' or 'A' level passes. Knowledge of BooTskeeping and typing. Experience is not necessary. Attractive fringe benefits and 3 month* bonus offered. Interested applicants are invited to apply giving full particulars, telephone contact number and a nonreturnable passport
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      483 21 66 Situations Vacant Clerical MALE BOOK KEEPER An international company situated at Tiong Bahru requires the above position to be tilled immediately. Requirements: 1. Good GCE O' Level results. 2 LCC Book-keeping Certificate or better. Minimum 2 years accounting experience. 4 Willing to work hard it eager to learn. The
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      594 21 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical An American Company m Beach Road has immediate vacancy tor:ACCOUNTS CLERK a Should possess GCE 'O' level with credits m Mathematics and English. a In addition, either LCCI Book-keeping (Intermediate) or sufficient work experience m Accounting. a Age not more than 30 years. Salary
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      446 21 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales BALEB REPRESENTATIVE (Foods) We are currently looking for a dynamic male/female to NN a vacancy m our Foods Dept. The person should preferably have experience m aelling to hoteta, cluba and restaurants. 1 f you are interested m applying for this position, please address your
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      591 21 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous I) Miscellaneous I WHITE INDUSTRIES 'I SINGAPORE PTE LTD 8 9 requires X EXPERIENCED BATCH 1 I PLANT SUPERVISOR 8 Bj at our modern Tampines pre-fabrication 9 9 plant X I Experience m operation of automatic/ S 9 manual control wet mix
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      266 21 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous ACCOUNTANT/ ADMINISTRATOR c Must be extremely competent with costing and management accounting systems. c Must be achievement-orien-tated and able to communicate effectively and relate to people at all levels c Must have full knowledge of banking procedures c Administer the office c Diploma holder In
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      253 21 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous We are the main contractor of the Chartered Bank Building project. We require the following site staff urgently: 1) SITE MATERIAL CHECKERS c Possess a good knowledge of building materials, c Possess a good knowledge of storekeeping. c Minimum Secondary 4 education. 2) SECRETARY c
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      593 21 g Announcement 9 Deadlines for ads to be published tomorrow. S Run-on Semi-display 1 1a.m. today through C.A.T.S. fi 10.30 a.m. through Times House -I S counter. 1 C.A.T.S. will close today at 12 noon and will be at your §j service from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday
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      225 22 74 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance LM MOTOR CREDIT offers the btfti terms for lure purchase New used vehirles ;ire acceptable Tel: *****81 TAI THONG LEE Tnuiinf? I Pte) Lid wishes all friends and associates A Happy and Prosperous New Year" KoNT KNOCKI I ON EVERY 1 DOOR. STEP INTO YOUR straits
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      189 22 times saturdap car mart Technology of the Rrture RENAULT 18 TURBO Performance Power Responsiveness Silence RENAULT 18 TURBO Space Comfort Style RENAULT 18 TURBO For today's energy-conscious motorists. Test drive the 18 Turbo now! 1565 cc^ ELxS EXKLUSIV AUTO PTE LTD ■^BB (A Memoer ot the Ngo Hock Group) SHOWROOMS:
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      116 22 JfOAdA 1979 HONDA ACCORD 4-door Saloon. High power radio cassette, aircond., $24,900 0.n.0. Tel: *****98. g) Mazda 1980 MAZDA 626 One owner, aircond., radio cassette, beautiful condition. $18,750 0.n.0. Tel: *****98 JULY 1976 MAZDA 808 Sedan. Aircon, radio. Interested call John *****94 after 9a.m. 1980 MAZDA 1600 626. One private
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      223 22 h) Mercedes JULY 1980 MERCEDES 200. Aircond, stereo, new tax, private owner. Guaranteed showroom condition. Tel: *****57. 1980 MERCEDES 200 Automatic gear, one private owner, aircond., cassette power windows, central locking, tel: *****33. 1974 CO REGD Mercedes Benz 200. Aircond., radilo cassette, rjrice $15,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****98. 1978 MERCEDES 200
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      111 22 76 Vehicles For Sale k) Subaru NG KEONG CAR Traders Pte. Ltd. wishes all Clients, Business Associates and Friends A Happy and Prosperous New Year. Fast results through CATS. Others (-Fast > Loans The Wayfoong way Fast approvals on loans Competitive interest rates Friendly, approachable staff Secure; backed by The
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      693 22 76 Vehicles For Sale I) Others CHEAP SALEI 1900 beautiful -engine, almost '73 Chrysler 180 aircond, one company owner, tel: *****17/ *****05 night MAY '81 NISSAN Leopard 2.0. Fully automatic. Factory aircond, radio/cassette. Interested phone *****3 Michael Chang. 1980 SUZUKI 800 Jeep. Radio/cassette, new tax, tyres, very well maintained. $11,800.
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      1005 22 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale n) Motor Cycles/ Scooters n) Motor Cycles/ Scooters I equipped J La^ON J v^s WITH FUNCTIONAL HEAD V^7 \FAIRING jmfg k HONG LEONG CORPORATION LTD. £fe\jfi j^^LTl_^ 21 TVRWHITT ROAD SINGAPORt U»2O TEL *****7' vslfe>y/.^H 89 Properties For Sale a) Houses DIST
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      639 22 90 Properties Wanted OWNERS WHO NEEDS all kind of private properties Consult us for prompt and reliable service. Sin Hua Hin Housing Agency: *****61/2,*****57/ 8 READY BUYERS LOOKING for houses/apartments of various districts and prices. If your property is for sale, please call: *****04 (on Wednesday). 93 Office Spaces a)
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      572 22 102 Tours NAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE (l| rTE. LTD. Hill" Offtct: Gl4-16-18, Pearl's Centre, Eu Tong Sen Street, (Yangtze Theatre) Singapore 0105. Tel: *****33 (7 lines) Brnci Otilcr 1 1 9, People's Park Complex, Ground Floor, New Bridge Road, Singapore 0105. Tel: 91 1661/91 1662 9 1 1 663/9 1
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      143 Acknowledgements 143 Acknowledgements
      64 23 143 Acknowledgements 143 Acknowledgements The Family of the late MDM YEO KIM TIANG AGED: 55 YEARS Departed: 9th February 1983 express their heartfelt gratitude and thanks to their relatives, friends, colleagues, Calvary Charismatic Centre, Pastors Ec and Oon, Singapore Casket Co. (Pte) Ltd and well wishers for all their very
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      141 Deaths
      254 23 MRS. PANDIAN MUTHUMM AL AGE 78 YEARS passed away peacefully on 11/2/83 leaving behind 3 sons, 3 daughters-in-law 6 daughters, 6 sons-in-law 38 grand children and 10 great grand children. Cortege will leave 798 Alexandra Terrace on 12/2/83 at 2.30 pm for Chua Chu Kang Cemetery. MR ANTHONY
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      238 23 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family of ths late MR. STEPHEN LEWIS Departed 9.2. 1983 With** to *xpr*M their heart fall thank* and gratituta to doctor* and staff of T.T.B.H. Prie«ti, officials and choir mambar* of Si. F.X. Church, officars and staff of H.Q 9 DIV., H.Q. 7 SIB, officers and
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      90 23 In Loving Memory of ONG TENG CHEONG Departed into the arm* ol the Lord 2.2.82 A beloved father whose ever loving kindness understanding Is forever remembered. "..Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
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      298 23 102 Tours 102 Tours Naked Truth: Exposure m The Straits Times Classified catches eyes. 137 Religious Announcements 137 Religious Announcements Bfl| H^^LV 9B ou are worth caring about. usJBH Before this ad was placed I we started praying for you because we care too |U^hJhßKlS>l join l S this SUNDAY
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    254 24 LONDON, Fri. With the race for the English soccer League championship all but over bar the presentation of the trophy to runaway leaders Liverpool attention over the next few weeks will be on teams involved m other pursuits. Will Watford cap their First Division debut by
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    414 24 I POOR ENGLAND'S EUROPEAN REIGN IN DANGKI J LONDON, Frl. Tony Barton, manager of European champions Aston Villa, has issued a shock warning that the magnlfleent reign of English soccer clubs m Europe over the past few years is m grave danger of ending permanently.
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    195 24 Socrates leads goal avalanche RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. Brazilian World Cup soccer captain Socrates scored four goals, including a hat-trick, as Corinthians crushed Tiradentes 10-1 m the Brazilian league on Wednesday. The Sao Paulo state champions, strong contenders for the national title, took control after an early Tiradentes penalty, and
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    97 24 ROME, Fri. Italian players are unhappy about a proposed visit to their troops m Beirut after tomorrow's European championship qualifying match against Cyprus m Limassol. Fulvio Collovati, Internazionale's stopper, and several other players were reported to be grumbling about the potential dangers, and m particular about
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    54 24 WRITE IN OR BE LEFT OUT VIENNA, Frl. Austria's European championship qualifying match against West Germany m Vienna on April 27 Is the year's highlight for their fans. Already, 4«,Mt tickets have been sold to fans who applied In writing. The Prater Stadium** capacity has been reduced to 6MM from
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    55 24 DAD'S THE WAY RHODES, Frl. Zalrian footballer Tabota Kabala has a novel way of persuading Greek club Rhodes to pay the USSSJM (slf,4st) they owe him m salary. Kabala has told Rhodos president George Papavassillon that he will ask his father, a director of police In Zaire, to arrest Papavasstllou's
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    112 24 BAHRAIN, Fri. Former England soccer manager Don Revie has hinted he may retire after two more seasons with Dubai club Al-Nasr, the Gulf Mirror reported. But he insisted he had no intention of returning to the professional game m Britain. "The pressure on managers is ridiculous.
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      119 25 FINE WIN BY SPICE ISLAND PARIS, Fri. SwedishAmerican horse Spice Island pulled off an Impressive victory m the 250,000 francs (about 5574,000) Prix Dv Plateau De Gravelles International trotting race at the Vincennes track here yesterday. Bred from American stock and trained by Sweden's Hakan Wallner, Spice Island was up
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      560 25 Betsy's Pet again impresses m winding-up gallop ON THE TRACK with PEDIGREE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Successor, who is bidding for his first classic the Tunku Gold Cup on Monday, showed up with a fluent workout this morning. With Asuwadi Nawi astride, the five-year-old gelding did one
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      Week's top gallops
      66 25 TUESDAY (good going): Perak Prince (Looi) 39.6, Cochlsc 39.4, Unforgettable n 40.4, Pegasos n (Mahhat) 42.8. WEDNESDAY (good going): Betsy's Pet II (Wilson) 40.8, Tasty Honey 40.2, Purple Heart 40.8. THURSDAY (good going): Aripin (Ariffin) 35.4, Kirn Phoenix (Wilson) 36, Peter Pan 111 38.4, Fabulous Find 37,
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      401 25 EXON A CAREER WITH CHEMICALS PROCESS ENGINEER Exxon Chemical Singapore Pte. Ltd. is an affiliate of a leading multinational chemical company with worldwide manufacturing/marketing activities. We have a vacancy for the position of Process Engineer. The person we are looking for should be a graduate Chemical Engineer or Applied Chemist.
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    Lock icon Battering for rugby's image
    749 26 The last true amateur sport kicked into touch LONDON, Fri. Rugby union's public image as an amateur sport of unimpeachable purity has taken a severe battering m recent months following revelations of under-the-counter payments to leading international players. For a number of years, there have been
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    383 26  -  TAY CHENG KHOON VELLA CAN ONLY AFFORD TO PLAY IN TWO OPENS By HOW extensively Singapore's Sinniah Vellasamy will travel on the Asian golf circuit will depend on how much he can take home from the $500,000 being offered m the Singapore and Malaysian Opens.
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    265 26 TOKYO, Frf. The International Amateur Athletics Federation have apprcved the London marathon on April 17 as a "permit meeting" m which paid runners can take part, president of the Association of International Marathon Chris Brasher, of Britain, said here yesterday. Brasher said if the organisers
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    72 26 GEORGETOWN, Fri. Trinidad's young middle order batsman, Augustine Logic, hit his second century of the 1983 Shell Shield season yesterday against Guyana. Logic, 22, scored 117, but his side lost their last six wickets for only 50 runs. If Guyana win the match, they will move
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    272 26 MOTOR RACING The Belgian Formula One Grand Prix may be cancelled because improvement work has not yet begun on the Spa circuit where the race is due to be held on May 22. If the race organisers decide the necessary alterations cannot now be carried out m time,
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    287 26 HONOLULU, Fri. Isao Aoki, seeking to become the first Japanese to win an American Professional Golfers' Association tour event, yesterday birdied five holes m a row on the way to a six-under-par 66 and a share of the lead m the first round of the U*****,000
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    Lock icon Mean Marvin odds-on to retain crown
    289 26 MASSACHUSETTS, Fri "MARVELLOUS Marvin" Hagler, the only fighter to hold both the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association middleweight titles, is hot favourite for his sixth championship defence against Britain's Tony Sibson here tonight. Hagler, 30, whose only two defeats occurred seven years
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      621 26 NOTICES Kj Kendall fCXj of U.S.A. has newly appointed 5?5 R.G. Rustproofing Co Pte Ltd □EM as their sole distributor m Singapore. iOC Kendall's rustproofing product of superior quality pQCI from U.S.A. has a proven record of effectiveness fO*L qualifying the stringent U.S.A. military specification ML requirements. It offers outstanding
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      279 26 TENDER FOR THE REGULAR CLEANING OF THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING AND FOR PURCHASE OF DAILY WASTE-PAPER FROM IST APRIL, 1983 TO 31ST MARCH, 1984 I Tenders will be received at the Registry, Supreme Court, St Andrew's Road, Singapore 0617, up to 12 00 noon, 25th February, 1983 for (1) Regular
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    452 27  -  PETER SIOW Bamroong comes back hissing for high winds By THE black cobra painted on the striking yellow saO of Thai windsurfer Bamroong Ruamsap's board slithers off to sea with Its slim tongue darting ont. It Is ready for an assault on The Straits Steamship
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    440 27 ON THE TENNIS SCENE RICHMOND, Virginia, Fri. An ailing John McEnroe failed to sustain a second set comeback bid and lost to unseeded but hardserving Roscoe Tanner, ranked 43 on the ATP computer list, 6-3, 57, 6-2 m the second round of the US$3OO,OOO
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    Game, sweat and match
    299 27  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By ON THE very day the Year of the Pig begins, Singapore's SEA Games tennis squad are going to grunt m hard training at the Singapore Tennis Centre, promises national coach Tan Poh Yes, we're training right through. There will be no pause," Tan
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    A case of being cruel to be kind...
    349 27 A case of being cruel to be kind THE Singapore squad preparing for next years World junior squash championships m Canada will be thrown to the wolves of the Milo Premier inter-club league. For the youngsters, all m their mid-teens, have been entered for the league under the Pepsi Training
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    PRINCE CUP CLOUDS
    215 27 THE Prince Cop basketball tournament from March 4-12 In Bangkok Is hanging In the balance because of a poor response. The possibility of the tournament belnq scrapped was pat to Basketball Association of Singapore secretary Quek Hlang Chiang by Tan Cheng Kwee, the Asia Electric manager. Cheng
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    The wait lifter
    306 27  -  HAKIKAT RAI Sarvindar puts snatching before throwing WEIGHTLIFTING will take precedence over track and Held for Sarvindar Singh, the national and South-east Asia Games Haper heavyweight champion m his preparation for the Games. Sarvindar »aid yesterday that he would devote his training time to welghtilfttißg, squashing speculation
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    The time to rest, recoil and rectify
    275 27  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE'S national soccer team will have a three-week break after their match against Selangor on Feb. 19 at the Nati(snal Stadium. The squad are,; in fact, currently enjoying a five-day rest from yesterday to celebrate the Lunar Uew Year. They
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    61 27 BANGKOK, Fri. Sfluth Korea and Thailand A reached the first Thai invitation youth soccer tournament final after yesterday's second-leg semifinal matches here. South Korea drew 1-1 with the Soviet Union, but qualified for Saturday's final on a 2-1 aggregate. Thailand A, who held* Poland to a goalless draw
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    139 27  -  JOE DORAI THE recovery of national players K. Kannan and R. Magendran from injuries has boosted Singapore Indians' hopes of winning the Bardhan Cup soccer final against Kedah at Alor Star tomorrow. Kannan and Magendran showed their form when they played for Singapore
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    22 27 Perak 3- 0 IPOH, Fri. Perak beat Armed Forces 3-0 m a Malaysia Cup soccer match arthe Perak Stadium here today 3
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      352 27 Tt has been a good but demanding year. A Get ready for a brand new year with an i dk S escapade to the East Coast. if 9 ImM 0 m 4 l^J%* Get away to the country clean air of Pantai I\ j J jJL% wfU&p F" jf i
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    612 28  -  TAN LI AN CHOO Musa's pledge to Singapore before his departure By Our Diplomatic Correspondent MALAYSIA will honour the existing agreement to supply some 250 million gallons (1.1 billion, litres) of water needed daHy by Singapore, Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday. The Malaysian Deputy
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    249 28 Horror find sparks murder hunt LONDON, Frl. Chunks of human flesh found m ft blocked London sewer have pat British police on the trail of a mass murder to which they believe 1< young men were butchered. The grisly mass of flesh found by a plumber In a quiet hack
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    213 28 Approval given for high tech access package WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States and Japan have endorsed a package of recommendations intended to improve US access to the Japanese high technology market, Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige said yesterday. He announced that the US administration had approved the recommendations as US trade
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    230 28 THE Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, yesterday defended the Internal Security Act, saying that Malaysia was not apologetic about it because it had a strong case for its enforcement. Answering a question at a press conference before his departure after a three-day visit
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    457 28 say sources WASHINGTON, Fri SOVIET ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin will return home this year because he has to deal with an American administration which the Kremlin sees as not seriously interested m doing business, diplomatic sources said yesterday. The sources said Mr Dobrynin, 63, dean of
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      178 28 ircoKfin I fheTolhion £jcpt2sstonbt "T** *9#& We'll be closed for Chinese mJZX S ft^W New Year on 13/2/83, W*\i %m 14/2/83 and 15/2/83. m The Management and I Jt~ t JL Staff of Cortina wouid M*s"*~ W^i^** !ike to wish ali b Jp* customers and friends a Happy and Prosperous
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      397 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally IN TODAY'S ISSUE For the first time m many years, assets of banks m Singapore grew at a single-digit rate m reflection of the general slowdown m economic expansion. BERNADETTE CHOOI reports on the latest banking statistics. The local stockmarket celebrated the advent of the
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      131 28 UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 7.29 p.m. SUNRISE tomorrow: 1.16 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 17/24 C Cloudy Manila 16/32 C Fair Amsterdam *C i Melbourne 17/22 C Fine Bangkok 24/32 C Goudy Moscow -15 OC Overcast Beijing
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      SEC'S hong bao
      1496 1 SEC'S hong bao >MG WENG K AM and K ANNAN HANDRAN peek into tthe Singapore tfr«pdc«ilng Corporation's Am**** of festive TV iareaiid discover \JfoNG XI, GONG XI! It's the start of a long, rollicking weekend of family gatherings, good food, good friends, fun and laughter. For those of you who
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        183 1 A tourist's Where time A gem of Singapore stands still a show Page Seven Page Six Page Six \y&S&vls±-X Pages Two and Three afiffl DHr^ A^^BHHF BBButiIBMBV^I^HB^mB^^' «f m y#flu BP^jfc*' Reverse side of W aP^^^f^»iiß^ Gold Medallion Celebrate Lunar New Year with a gift of Gold Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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        133 1 Celebrate with gold. Butterfrom Kerrygold. On festive occasions only the best smooth taste of only the highest is good enough to share. Kerrygold quality butter. Taste the gold. pure Irish butter. A gift of creamy aA/FWA*** m Singa{x>re. The fresh, I lb> M^!fi^!ffßffFK« BJVr^ i J l"s '^»?3Hßßß^^- |H T^
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        Sophisticated rustic fare
        591 2 Sophisticated rustic fare Preserving meats a thrifty farm kitchen routine ensures that no animal part is wasted. Don't be afraid to use this seasonal delicacy to enlarge your awareness of flavours. Transform bits like pig tongue and ears into dishes with a new taste and texture, says TAN LEE LENG.
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          Preserved duck in claypot
          160 2 2 legs of preserved duck 2 fresh stalks of arrowroot 2 cups rice Method: Wash the rice and drain. Blanch the duck. Wash and peel or cut away the outer skin of the arrowroot. Cut into thin slices. Place m a shallow dish and put the
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          Chinese sausages in claypot
          139 2 2 pairs Chinese sausages 2 cups rice 1 stalk spring onion sauce: 1 tsp grated ginger, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp sugar Method: Wash the rice and drain. Put m claypot and add water to a level 3 cm above
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          Mixed preserved meats in claypot
          149 2 Mixed preserved meats in claypot 750 g rice washed and drained 500 g preserved meats (sausages, duck, liver, pork) 6 dried mushrooms, soaked till soft 6 slices fresh scallions 2 spring onions cut into 2.5 cm lengths seasoning: k teasp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp light soy sauce, 1
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          Preserved meats with vegetables in claypot
          221 2 '/2 preserved duck (cut into 2 pieces) 1 preserved liver 1 piece of preserved pork 3 thick slices fresh ginger, bruised 250 g fresh green vegetables (Chinese cabbage, broccoli, cai xin) 400 g rice seasoning A: 1 tsp salt, pinch of monosodium glutamate, i
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        259 2 r— jl. v f' k^^H 1 1 8 Iliv i i J**** tiff CHINESE NEW YEAR d 3/2/8 3 15/2/83) Opening Hours: 12.00 noon f 2.00 mid-night VARIETY SHOWS Performed by/>. local overseas famous artists v//_ 2 SHOWS 2.00pm- 5.00pm DAILY B.oopm 1 1 .00pm S^ <)W\ (Bus Services: CSS
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        134 2 mm" Break the wind-trap that causes the pain Acidity is only partly the cause of indigestion 81SMtG BRE KS IMIS pain. Wind is the main culprit. When your delicate BUBBif th* stomach balance is disturbed, small foamy I J gas bubbles distend the stomach— and as the V'V. SfJ ~^V'
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        444 3 Drive away this42!^iSW^2.oL with a Gautier X.O. at... if XvtimtiX XC&^s^Mk HP^ t*- d 9 En Live-Music by ■Hf Jf "3BHr VL I BP"*^TSP'P' 2nd Edition m^^, il^jfl bt B flV*f* iV* *^1 Penthouse Sound. «HH Vkk^ B ißt> I it» life Yes, Good things always happen at The Penthouse.
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        405 3 |Kips<£rHiA/<V\ J**W w kl^ <*°. CMwcXb of foe k ttlt^l^ff/^S^ p*w*wfc hiaV if Lf/w miut//(h 0T w&x*' pi/T*j Scuv yktv umui ta fW4 of flat t/ywy& J^iktxa*v £50) words &xpUuM'u*a volnu OMidL umc should. l vtot be ox tfit, pa*tfj? tfeMiwyeY-iOub'iZto so ~~u#rd&t. LChtjBMtg} $>Fok Colours choo*>z &ev, ortM*e.£ 0Kraut»J\
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        777 3 Family prestige and crackers Departure of the gods TO SYMBOLISE the departure of the gods from earth a display of fireworks is set off. This begins at the stroke of midnight, and the deafening noise then continues till the early hours of the morning. Each family will try to outdo
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        321 4 opooooooooooooooooooooooooo OPENS TODAY SIMULTANEOUSLY AT 11 THEATRES I I >OO£ONK A TONG«GOLD£N SULTAN* LEISURE OROMf. MAJESTIC BEDOK BROADWAY REGAL GALA I JURONG DRIVE IN CINEMA KONG CHIAN PREMER i !K TONIQHT/TOMORROW/MON. MNITE At < < OOEON-KATONG GOLDEN SULTAN < i GALA MAJESTIC BEDOK BROADWAY REGAL < I KONG CHIAN PREMIER
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        312 4 U miU :iIMZ3S7Mi) OKNB TODAY! )i 11am. IJO, 4.00. «.45 •».ISpm M TOHKJKT, SUN Al4 FEB EXTBA MtOMKWn ACES QO PLACES 2 rj Mondarin Color Scope CO OJBMBM-===g" arae iow» i.*, 4.00, 7.00, »pm 810 SPENCER^ TONKIHT.SUNkBONrrE j [J BUN. MOM BKMIMM3 11am C U PAUL NEWMAN m g v
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        620 4 I M|Ul^_ I HHII IM 111 I Haaaaaat^V^&aaa^aCaaiijißaaAwßJßaC^BaalßaaaSßW JADE: Opens Today (*****80) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.00 ■Ba^^ 'y V ""^aHK wujui i ■■^K.""^i^Haln^ jl tX& SPmBbT Ik al te^^»^ Jaf J^lsLSw -j •sßeaeSCH»»lP«aW»«LD» l E<*t..r«fMua S <KT(Au: I *sA*« »x;slr-n;*:-Scrwr«*,ti,jlO(B SCMMPK Sttr.'-.-».'!BtNNT T in!JO'e SC.VMOS ""Mac;.
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        703 4 GONG XI FACAI a ORGANISATION ALL THEATRES No free List NOW SHOWING g Mondonn m Scope-Color OPENS TODAY Mondonn m Scope-Cokx ■i.-%^.mi».:>— w].bi»ill I Now Showng 2 00. 5 30. 8 45 B Amitab Bochchan, Rakhee BJ Dip Kumar -SHrtrtT Hmdi pj H'^^rTit'rTirt^l^ 1 Last Day 3 00, 600& 9
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        286 5 Gong XI Fa Cai Usher m the Year of the Golden Pig with a difference... 12th February Reunion Dinner Thai-Chinese 5-course fare with a glass of champagne and a "hong bao" worth a possible 551, 000,000. Time 6.00pm to 11.00pm Race Lobby Restaurant Price $22.50++ per person (minimum 2 persons)
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        394 5 PLAZA OPENS TODAY! (*****72) 1.30, 4.00, 7.00 9.30pm MR BULLDOZER IS BACK IN HIS FUNNIEST and FICHTING-EST BEST! 3|| '^lirl II II IL jf%i II L *****72 0 PLAZA* T«xtil«C«ntr«« I II TONIGHT TOMORROW MIDNIGHT C iKSfiMiai&HMttS&^^ltHHH I Ki^Minutggmm^Manhattan ThereyA^a^B L HH^^^^ven The CoipsJear^ToJTreadJH Ufli&f > '—w f nrt IB
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        259 5 4^^n^^ VW B,,utiquc Makeup ~"^jT^" I V^/ W^H 1 Bomfque niisslyn \Jtiamil Tel: 4461 122 r/lvL O SB B**n wnltv rLffVl -'S*iK *"TP Ik f! vurv v Yt ki htafcK?Jß t \i )m |X V' jJK JraFll ft* J B i j^^F^ w•* flfi Tx3^ b m ifflßii ilntoi^ KB
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        Craft to use and admire
        446 6  -  MAY HO EXHIBITION OF INDONESIAN OPALS, GEMS, JEWELLERY, PAINTINGS AND TEXTILES Singapura Forum Hotel lobby 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Until Feb 16 Reviewed by THE exhibition of Indonesian handicrafts and gems at the Singapura Forum Hotel proved quite an "international" affair. For among the
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        Where miracles happen and time stands still
        1128 6 SfiTURDfIY WITH... j LINDA NEO IT WAS the fourth church we had visited that day. "Come, come m," says the priest. "You have come to the most unique cathedral m Spain. I shall show you around. "But first," he says, pointing to my
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        826 6 NOTICES I ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I I THE FAMILY OF THE LATE I I MRTSEYIKCHOR I Founder of: B Charoen Pokphand Group of Companies Chia Tai Seeds Agricultural Co Ltd (Thailand) H Chia Tai Feedmill Pte Ltd (Singapore) I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL RELATIVES, FRIENDS, I BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND WELL-WISHERS FOR
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        44 6 "NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR. GODFREY WONG PENG KEUNG, I.C. NO. *****48F, IS NO LONGER IN OUR EMPLOYMENT EFFECTIVE IST FEBRUARY 1983 AND IS THEREFORE NOT AUTHORISED TO TRANSACT ANY BUSINESS OR COLLECT MONIES ON OUR BEHALF" CHIEF ACCOUNTANT BESTOBELL SINGAPORE PTE LTD
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        225 6 M (wjj REDEVELOPMENT 1 >CJi AUTHORITY I 8 TENDER NOTICE 1 I Tenders are invited by URA for:- B la) Regular cleansing and washing of I 8 URA open space off-street car I 8 parks and kiosks!} 8 (1/4/83-31/3/84). 8 Ib) Printing of HDB/URA Parking 8 Coupons (1/4/83-31/3/84). B I
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        1014 7 The Pink Panther on a new trail The sixth Pink Panther film, a throw-together of unused footages and some classic scenes from the previous films, opens at the Lido today. IVOR DAVIS m New York reports on how the film came about. THREE years after his untimely death at 54,
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        219 7 IT'S carnival time along Orchard Mall today. Mat Sentul and the two cats, Yaya and Yoyo, and a troupe of artistes and children will be parading along the mall, between the Hilton Hotel and McDonald's, from 1 p.m., to promote the forthcoming children's variety show,
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        Captured: Varied pulse of a people
        415 7  -  Kannan Chandran [TV MOODS AND IMAGES OF SINGAPORE A preview Tomorrow, CH 5, 7.10 p.m. applaiSe. Choo Huey, m conductor's outfit, beams. He raises his baton, pinkie upturned. On the downsweep, the orchestra begins; the scene changes. Moods and Images of Singapore starts off
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        407 7 I p WISHING ALL OUR PATRONS FRIENDS <! A Happy Prosperous L Chinese New Year _^g^^^Wo^\\^^^ GcnUng ProadlY Presents H^Vp^^ Direct from U.S.A. |m| i '^1 BBL^aJ Sr^k ■^r* The only two-time winner of "Magician of the Year" U.S.A. #GettkilUlCkeah% Up *'M ''-''I^BhH 1 Cover Charge Restouranl f JBBm 8
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        197 7 SCORES AND MUSIC BOOMS PROM GERMANY Exhibition on the works of Bach, Berlioz and Handel. Goethe-Institut Art Gallery Noon 6 p.m. Free. Till Feb 26. SILVER EXHIBITION Of 19th and 20th Century Straits Chinese, Malay, Indonesian and Thai silver. National Museum. 9 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Free. PAUL KLEE Exhibition of
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        295 8 APPOINTMENTS rr Singapore Airport Terminal Services invites applications from Singapore Citizens for the following appointments: A INTERNAL AUDITOR Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience and will be within the salary scale $1300 x 100 $2900. Must be a member of a recognised accountancy body and have at least two
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        249 8 A well established electronics company invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of:PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Applicants must be holders of engineering diploma from recognised technical institution and have at least 2 years of related experience m a manufacturing environment A minimum of GCE *O' levels with 5 years or
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        695 8 I SENIOR FOREMAN I |H (Air-Conditioning) BB BRUNEI SHELL invites applications for the post of Senior A successful applicant who is a Brunei citizen or a Pemament resident ■S Foreman (Air-Conditioning) m its Engineering Maintenance and Serv- w be offefcd pensionable employment with the company. |B| ices Department based at
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        1239 8 1( YOUR VFWMQ AND LISTENING a IDE Hilarious cowboy musical SBC 5 6.15 News (English) 6.25 Massarati and the Brain (Part 1) (See Pick of the Day) 7.20 Cultural Diary 7.30 News and Weather Forecast (Malay) 7.50 The Circus World Championships: Featured are the Supertroupe, High School, Trick Flying and
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        250 8 RADIO ONE 5.58 AM National Anthem followed by Opening Announcement CM News-in-Brief 6.15 Another Morning Another Show 7.M News and Weather Report 7.11 Morning Digest 1.1% Another Morning Another Show (cont'd) 7.31 Morning Financial News 7.41 Another Morning Another Show (cont'd) B.M News B.lt Another Morning Another Show (cont'd) t.M
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        269 8 News-in-Brief 3.15 The Fuse Element 4.M Musical Snapshot 4.M The Chacksfield m the Limelight: Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra entertain with I Could Be Happy with You, Tango Prelude, The Bandit and Mexican Doll. 5.M News-in-Brief 5.15 Music My Way CM News-in-Brief CIS Music My Way (cont'd) CM Arts Alive
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