The Straits Times, 15 February 1983

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1983 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 65/1/83
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    Begin's face-saving move raises storm
    750 1 Sharon quits as Defence Minister but is retained m the Cabinet JERUSALEM, Monday THE Israeli Cabinet's decision to retain Mr Ariel Sharon, even after he resigned as Defence Minister, has plunged Israel into fresh political turmoil. The state-owned Israel Radio reported last night that the
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    Lock icon Bomb blasts airline office
    112 1 Bomb blasts airline office BANGKOK, Mon. A bomb wrecked the former Iraqi Airways office here early today m the second such strike apparently aimed against Iraq m less than three months here. The blast scattered glass and debris across a normally busy intersection on Silom Road, a key thoroughfare near
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    Lock icon Jaye's nephew with 5 in missing Learjet
    225 1 AIR AND SEA SEARCH OVER STRAITS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A JOINT IndonesianMalaysian air and sea search has been mounted over the Straits of Malacca for a missing executive jet with six people on board, including the Sri Lankan President's multimillionaire nephew, Mr Philip
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    Lock icon 'Yes' after 700 valentines...
    73 1 'Yes' after 700 valentines LONDON, Mon. Pity the poor fellow, so deep m love, who wrote more than 700 valentines to his girlfriend, begging her to marry tym. According to the Sunday People, the London weekly, the unidentified woman finally said yes to the postman who delivered the letters. "Passion
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    The nurse who goes beyond the call of duty
    325 1  - The nurse who goes beyond the call of duty FILOMINA D'CRUZ By CARING and nursing the sick extends beyond the walls of the hospital for Norslng Officer Boey Feck Wan. Since 1VT9, she has been visiting the elderly and destitute at the Whampoa Methodist Home at least once a week,
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    JEEP BANG ON TARGET
    112 1 JEEP BANG ON TARGET THE Straits Times' chief racing tipster, Epsom Jeep, was right on target when he picked five-year-old Valley Fame to win the $100,000 Tunku Gold Cup at Kuala Lumpur yesterday for the second successive year. The Racing Editor's choice was Freedom Fighter n, who looked the winner
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    Lock icon Teenagers arrested
    61 1 TOKYO, Mon. Police arrested 10 teenaged boys for allegedly beating tramps and elderly people "for fun after they got bored playing video games, police said here yesterday. Police m Yokohama said the boys were rounded up on Saturday after attacking homeless and elderly people on eight separate occasions
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    Lock icon Drug queen held
    64 1 BOGOTA, Mon. Colombian police have arrested "Cocaine Queen" Veronica Rivera De Vargas, one of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, secret police chief Col Yacin Yanine Diaz said yesterday. She was captured with 12 members of her gang at a country farm where she had set up
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    206 1 clocks his fastest BONN, Mon. SINGAPOREAN Ang Peng Siting Asia's fastest swimmer created a splash when he beat East Germany's world record holder Joerg Woithe In the 5t metres freestyle at the Arena short coarse meet here yesterday. Bat he conld only manage second place, losing to Robin
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    Lock icon Gloom deepens in West Berlin
    546 1 Gloom deepens in West Berlin WEST BERLIN, Mon WEST BERLIN'S plans to emerge from the current world economic recession may worsen rather than improve employment prospects for its two million inhabitants. The city lies 160 km inside East Germany and depends heavily on the West German economy. It has not
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      Lock icon RIOTS ERUPT IN DHAKA
      49 1 DHAKA, Mon. One student died and at least 87 other people were Injured as fierce riots erupted between police and thousands of university students protesting against military role In Bangladesh. Police opened fire to disperse several thousand students hurling bricks and stones at them. Reuter
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      135 1 NATIONAL LIBRARY SFNGAPORE t.S. CHONC ill) y/O I DIM! H()N(. I C(» yS i NELLIE < MOM. I H I yS Mcmlwr of I hf British /yS^^\ f > cl S^'"> Ag VlSual N MrmbM n( I hr I Lenses I 7 N«lmn«lr»f Training EVERBRKiHT (iptical co. PiwuHMSItiMM llw Arcadrl
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  • IN SUMMARY...
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      654 2 Prank fire calls THREE out of 10 fire calls the Fire Service received last year were false alarms. And at least two of these were malicious calls. The service plans to ask Telecoms for help to trace the call. "For instance, if the caller is calling from Geylang to
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      COMMENT
      177 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Times Survey on social and moral values In Singapore confirms that filial piety remains m fair health among Singaporeans. But it also indicates that it is m danger and provides incontrovertible evidence that the government is acting wisely m emphasising moral education m schools.
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      SPORTS
      332 2 Italian crisis ENZO BEARZOT, the most popular man in Italy just seven months ago, is facing a crisis. The world soccer champions' inept snowing in Cyprus on Saturday, where they were held to a humiliating 1-1 draw, has left the Italians with an uphill battle if they are to
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      BACKGROUND
      145 2 SAME OLD POLICIES THE two major parties contesting the coming Australian general election appear to lack plausible policies to deal effectively with the economic problems the country is facing. The Labour Party, under its new leader Bob Hawke, is presenting a new and charismatic face and nothing more. The
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      AROUND THE WORLD
      646 2 Village wiped out AN ENTIRE village was razed to the ground and several others were attacked m clashes between indigenous Hindus and predominantly-Muslim immigrant groups as tension mounted m India's north-eastern state of Assam. Seven more deaths were reported yesterday, raising the toll m 13 days of
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      SECTION 2
      265 2 Folke tales FOLKE TEGETTHOFF, a 29-year-old Austrian, is a modern-day, fairy-tale teller who visited Singapore last week as part of a world tour. His tales, for adults and children, are inhabited by dwarfs and gnomes, magic hats, flying pigs, a whimsical butterfly whose wings can he detached and
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      SECTION 3
      94 2 (Spore edition) Malay link IS THERE Malay consciousness among Filipino writers? This question cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no". According to history, of the 10 waves of migration that peopled the Philippines from 24,000 B.C. to 15th Century A.D., three were Malay, Dr Isagani R.
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      ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
      208 2 4 Cut red tape' order ALL government departments involved m processing building applications have been ordered to reduce red tape and speed up the construction of houses. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam warned that if the industry was not given a boost, "we may not even
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      301 2 Attraction for the New Year t... -J Organised: i M SINGAPORE WOODCRAFT^ f e g l c t o d Venue: Multi-Colour Building, 7 V2 Km.Pasir Panjang, 30 Alexandra Terrace (off Pasir Panjang Road) Tel: *****89 JfjT lr^ *****36 *****8 ]LJ AnCt Date 15/2/83 27/2/83 I• 4 Time 10.30 am
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      117 2 THEIR PLAN WOULD SHAKE THE WORLD AND TO MAKE IT WORK THEY'D USE SKILL, SEX, SUBTERFUGE BUT MOSTLY MONEY! The time tomorrow, or the day aftet. The war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is going badly for the Saudis; they need more and better tanks and they need them quickly.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Reporter saw evidence of poison gas, says paper
      211 3 MILAN, Monday A REPORTER secretly entered Cambodia and saw evidence of Vietnamese poison gas and chemical warfare attacks on Cambodian guerillas, It was reported yesterday. An Italian newspaper, I! Giornale, said Its reporter had gone as far as the village of Ban
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      Lock icon Bandit queen surrenders 'with terms'
      244 3 NEW DELHI, Monday BANDIT queen Phoolan Dcvi, India's most notorious outlaw, is now behind bars m the central Indian fortress town of Gwalior after laying down her gun at a controversial surrent der ceremony. The 27-year-old gangster, wanted for a St Valentine's Day massacre of
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      Lock icon General vows to break backbone of Reds
      117 3 General vows to break backbone of Reds MANILA, Mon. A military commander today vowed to break the backbone of the communist insurgency m the southern Philippines amid reports of two weekend clashes which left at least eight people dead. Maj Gen Delfin Castro, overall chief of the Unified Southern Command
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      Lock icon Another would-be rapist gets tongue bitten off
      161 3 BANGKOK, Mon. FOR the second time m two weeks, an Intruder trying to force his attentions on a young woman has had a chunk of Ms tongue bitten off. Bangkok newspapers reported today that the culprit, Identified as Prasong Kamoldaeng, 21, was arrested
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      Lock icon More killed in Assam election clashes
      400 3 More killed in Assam election clashes NEW DELHI, Mon. An entire village was destroyed and several others were attacked m clashes between indigenous Hindus and predominantly Muslim immigrants as tension mounted m India's north-east-ern state of Assam. Seven more deaths were reported today as voting began m the state election
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      Lock icon 'Afghans killed 41 Soviet soldiers'
      260 3 ISLAMABAD, Monday AFGHAN guerillas killed 41 Soviet troops at Jalalabad airport last week, bringing to 117 the number of Soviets killed at the airport m the past two months, the Afghan Islamic Press said yesterday. The raids also destroyed or heavily damaged about 30 helicopters.
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      Lock icon PROMINENT SOVIET OFFICIAL VISITS CHINA
      145 3 PROMINENT SOVIET OFFICIAL VISITS CHINA BEIJING, Mon. Alexander Bovin, chief political commentator for the Soviet newpaper Izvestia, is visiting China the first high-level visit by a Soviet journalist m many years, sources said today. Mr Bovin, a key Soviet propagandist, was close to the late Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and
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      39 3 BEIJING, Mon. Five groups of racketeers selling women and girls to peasants m search of wives have been uncovered m south-western China and their members jailed for terms of up to 19 years, the Sichuan Daily reported. AFP
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        Lock icon It's Cosmos debris
        76 3 THE INDONESIAN Outerspace Institution has officially confirmed the discovery of a shiny object m West Sumatra believed to be a piece of debris from the Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402. The object was found on Thursday by two boys who were burned when they picked it up. However,
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        Lock icon Drug warlord killed
        74 3 A KEY opium warlord m the Golden Triangle, Lao Su, has been killed near the Burmese border by Thai border patrol police. His death ended a six-year manhunt for Lao, a Chinese who m 1977 fled Thai government custody and was later sentenced to death m absentia.
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        Lock icon Protest blackout
        65 3 OVER BM,MI households and commercial establishments simultaneously switched off lights m central Philippines on Saturday night m a mass protest over a governmentimposed power rate increase, reports from the region said on Sunday. The self-imposed blackout m the three densely populated provinces of Bohol, Cebu and Negros Oriental
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        Lock icon US team for Laos
        62 3 A FOUR-MAN team of American technical experts flew to Laos from Thailand during the weekend to seek further information on the estimated 2,500 Americans missing m Indochina since the Vietnam War, a United States embassy spokesman m Bangkok said yesterday. The team, from the Hawaii-based Joint
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        Lock icon Firms make oil offer
        78 3 FOUR ANGLO-AMERICAN oil companies have offered to buy Indonesian crude oil at a price ranging between U5527.5 and US$29 per barrel, the leading Jakarta economic newspaper Journal Ekuin reported yesterday. The paper quoted Mr Raka Netera, member of Parliament from the ruling Golkar (functional groups) Party,
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        Lock icon Manpower plans
        68 3 INDONESIA WILL shortly open a placement office of the Ministry of Manpower m Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to facilitate the sending of Indonesian workers to the Middle East, Minister of Manpower Harun Zein said m Jakarta during the weekend. The ministry plans to send from 30,000 to 50,000 workers
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        Lock icon Five runners drown
        73 3 FTVE RUNNERS drowned and seven others were injured on Sunday after they were shoved off a boat while attempting to cross a river m the midst of a cross country race, m Jakarta said yesterday. police About 2,650 people took part m the 45 km foot race
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      Lock icon Blizzards kill 80 in the US
      264 4 Blizzards kill 80 in the US Worst snowstorm m decades hits east coast WASHINGTON, Monday THE heaviest snowstorm to hit the east coast of the United States m decades has killed about 80 people, and more snow was predicted for tonight. The so-called "Blizzard of 83" has taken the lives
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      Lock icon Shake-up in Chilean Cabinet
      57 4 SANTIAGO (Chile), Mon. Chilean President Augusto Pinochet has dismissed several members of his Cabinet m his second government shake-up m six months. Government sources on Saturday indicated the new Cabinet would primarily be made up of civilians. The sources did not say how many Cabinet members
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      Lock icon No deals please, Aga Khan told
      251 4 DUBLIN, Mon. Irish police appealed to the Aga Khan not to secretly negotiate with the abductors of his prize racehorse Shergar to pay a US$3.l million (5J6.5 million) ransom. "Every man, woman and child m the country is looking out for Shergar," said County
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      Lock icon Snow saves baby who Cell seven floors
      79 4 JERSEY CITY (New Jersey), Mon. A baby plunged seven floors after crawling oat of an apartment window, bat was saved by a snowdrift, police said yesterday. Neighbours who saw 39-month-old Elijah Walker fall, wrapped him m a blanket and took him to hospital.
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      Lock icon French plan to bridge gap between North and South
      119 4 French plan to bridge gap between North and South PARIS, Mon. France will launch a series of measures m the coming months to narrow the economic gap between industrialised and developing countries, President Francois Mitterrand said yesterday. "It is inconceivable that the gulf separating industrialised countries from the others should
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      Lock icon Stockman marries
      46 4 WASHINGTON, Mon. Budget director David Stockman removed himself from the list of Washington's most eligible bachelors on Saturday with his marriage to Jennifer Blei. The 27-year-old bride, an employee of IBM Corp., and Mr Stockman, 36, exchanged vows at the Hay- Adams Hotel. AP
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      Lock icon Scientists examine bones dug up in 'House of Horror'
      287 4 LONDON, Mon. Forensic scientists today begin compiling a macabre jigsaw, examining a pile of human bones dug up m London's so-called "House of Horror" to identify some of the 14 young drifters police fear may have been butchered. A seven-man squad
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      Lock icon HINCKLEY'S SECOND SUICIDE BID FAILS
      87 4 WASHINGTON, Mon. John Hinckley, the man who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan, has tried again to kill himself but is expected to recover, a government spokesman said last night. Hinckley, 27, who was m a mental hospital, swallowed an unidentified sub- stance yesterday and
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      'World's population will double in 50 years'
      212 4 STOCKHOLM, Mon. The world's population will more than double to 10 billion people m 50 years, with tne Third World accounting for 90 per cent of the new mouths to feed. This warning was issued at a conference here on regulating human fertility
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      Lock icon Not wanted
      41 4 A survey of 15 countries showed that 30 per cent of the mothers interviewed did not want their last pregnancy. Out of 900 million couples, only 270 million use birth control measures, delegates to the conference were told. AFP
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      Lock icon Soviets silent about zero option, says Bush
      270 4 WASHINGTON, Mon. UNITED States VicePresident George Bush said yesterday that Soviet arms negotiators he met recently m Geneva gave no indication they would accept President Ronald Reagan's zero option on intermediate-range nuclear weapons. Time frame But he said he remained optimistic about an
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      Lock icon Polish police quell march by 4,000
      307 4 Polish police quell march by 4,000 4 THE clear implication Is that the artist, the person concerned with artistic endeavour, must show an assertiveness In fields that are not Ms or her own. Just as war is too important to be left to the generals, so is an economic crisis
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      Lock icon Communist votes sweep Cyprus leader back into power
      182 4 Communist votes sweep Cyprus leader back into power NICOSIA, Mon. President Spyros Kyprianou swept back to power m Cyprus on a wave of communist votes early today. In the bitterest election contest since the island's independence 23 years ago, President Kyprianou fought off his two challengers, Conservative Glafkos Clerides and
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      Lock icon Brother of Sadat jailed for corruption
      234 6 CAIRO, Mon. Esmat Sadat, brother of assasinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and three of his sons were jailed for a year each after being convicted of corruption and fraud. The court, a special tribunal created by the late President and known as the Court
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      Lock icon Gemayel: I will quit if Beirut is not disarmed
      359 6 'City must come under government rule' ABU DHABI (United Arab Emirates), Monday LEBANESE President Am m Gemayel threatened to resign unless the Beirut area was disarmed and placed under government authority. The UAE government newspaper Al-Ittihad quoted Lebanese sources as saying
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      Lock icon Kharg Island hit by Iraqi shelling, says spokesman
      244 6 MANAMA (Bahrain), Mon. Installations at Kharg Island, the largest oil terminal m Iran, sustained direct hits m bombing and shelling on Saturday by the Iraqi navy and air force, an Iraqi spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said m a statement, carried by
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      Lock icon '1,800 IN PRISON KILLED BY KHOMEINY'
      126 6 '1,800 IN PRISON KILLED BY KHOMEINY' LONDON, Mon. The Islamic regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny executed 1,800 political prisoners held at a Teheran prison during a single week of terror last month, the people's Mujahideen organisation charged yesterday. The Paris-based, antiKhomeiny group said 1,800 political prisoners at the Evin
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      Lock icon Saudis reject US offer to station troops
      96 6 Saudis reject US offer to station troops RIYADH, Mon. Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Prince Sultan has rejected an offer made by the United States to siatlon US troops on the kingdom's eastern Golf coast, according to the monthly magazine Al Ikltissad Wai Naft (Economy and Oil). The magazine said the
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      Lock icon Opec calls meeting on crucial aid decisions
      257 6 Opec calls meeting on crucial aid decisions VIENNA, Mon FINANCE ministers of the Organisation of Pc troleum Exporting Countries, troubled by dwindling oil revenues, called a meeting today to decide how to allocate crucial financial aid to developing countries squeezed by the world's recession and debt crunch. They were scheduled
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        Lock icon 'Tanaka should quit'
        85 6 THREE OUT of four Japanese think former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, on trial for allegedly accepting bribes m the Lockheed scandal, should resign from his Diet or Parliamentary seat and retire from politics, according to a newspaper poll published m Tokyo yesterday. The Yomiuri Shimbun also said
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        Lock icon 500 killed in Zimbabwe
        82 6 ZIMBABWE PRIME Minister Robert Mugabe's troops have killed about 500 people m the past three weeks and forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes m southern Zimbawbe, Newsweek magazine said m New York on Sunday, quoting Mr Joshua Nkomo, Mr Mugabe's arch-rival. Newsweek said the
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        Lock icon Contraceptive works
        59 6 A CONTRACEPTIVE for men derived from cotton seed has proved nearly 100 per cent effective m 12,000 clinical cases, according to the Shanghai newspaper, Wen Hui Bao, m Beijing on Sunday. The newspaper said the contraceptive was now being used m 13 provinces throughout China and the World
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        Lock icon 'Use less water'
        70 6 WATER AUTHORITIES told the 12 million residents of London and its surrounding areas to cut down on use of water and warned that thousands more could soon be without supplies as a country-wide water strike entered its fourth week. Londoners have so far been relatively unaffected by
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        Lock icon Quake hits Xinjiang
        62 6 A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE struck near the Chinese city of Kashgar m the north-west region of Xinjiang on Sunday morning but reports indicated collapsed buildings but no deaths, the regional seismological bureau said m Beijing. The quake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale. Few details were available. A
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        57 6 CONVICTED NAZI war criminal Klaus Barbie was under heavy guard m his new quarters at a civilian prison m Lyon, France, on Sunday after being transferred m a high security operation horn Fort Montluc military jail. Authorities decided to move Barbie, who faces trial m Lyon for crimes
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  • The camera catches the joy and fun of Singaporeans at New Year
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      Setting the mood...
      173 8 'Big-head' dolls usher m Year of the Pig PIGS never had it so good. During this Chinese New Year, not only were the two government slaughter houses closed, but pigs and their virtues stood out as prime topics. In the picture, youngsters dressed up as "Ug-head dolls"
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      Ahoy there! It's open house on the waves
      150 8 SUNDAY afternoon was the occasion for a rare treat. That was the time when people could tour the USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the United States Seventh Fleet. The ship, berthed at the World Trade Centre, held a threehour open house, during
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      Developers to be protected against a rising market
      507 8  - Developers to be protected against a rising market IRENE NGOO By I Our Housing Correspondent THE government has stepped m to protect property developers against the vagaries of a rising market. The amount of development charges determined on proposed developments will no longer be valid for only one year or
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      $104,000 holiday burglary
      68 8 $104,000 holiday burglary A FAMILY lost valuables and cash worth $104,500 when their home m Maple Lane, off Bukit Timah Road, was broken into last Saturday. Police said the family left their home after locking up at about 4.45 p.m. When they returned at 10.45 p.m., they found the house
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      A yawn from first baby of Lunar New Year
      161 8 A yawn from first baby of Lunar New Year THIS little baby went to sleep after a patent Sftwn to announce her ew Year resolutions, sleep, more sleep, and cuddly sleep. Well, somebody should have told this year's tint newcomer to the Year of the Pig, who arrived 18 days
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      Greeting old friends the traditional way
      231 8 Greeting old friends the traditional way MR LIM KEE MING, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (second from right, foreground) flanked by Mr Soon Peng Yam, honorary president (first from right) and Mr Lien Ying Chow, honorary president (third from right), greeting association members m the traditional New
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    Fewer complaints is a healthy sign
    204 9 SINGAPORE is now a healthier place to live m if the decline m complaints to the Environment Ministry is anything to go by. There were fewer complaints about noise, dust, smell, flies, rats, litter, overgrown vegetation and indiscriminate dumping of refuse last year than
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    Lock icon Skating along on pedal power
    182 9 LOOK, no hands just legs will do. Riding bicycles with no handle bars is the latest fad at East Coast Parkway. They are called skate bikes and can be rented at 51 cents an hour from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. They were brought
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    Talks on modern art and tour of Paul Klee display
    114 9 TWO talks on modern art and guided tours of the Paul Klee exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery will be held this month. The talks and tours will be by Professor David Kwo, an artist m his own right.
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    Comfort cabbies pay $10 more a week
    275 9 Comfort cabbies pay $10 more a week j NTUC Comfort has increased the weekly repayment instalments for both its taxi and City Shuttle Service (CSS) bus operators. The cabbies' instalments have been increased by $10 and the CSS operators' by $70. Older Comfort cabbies who are driving their second or
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    Spotlight on needs of drama groups
    205 9 THE Ministry of Culture is conducting a survey to find out the problems faced by local amateur drama groups m getting a permanent place for rehearsals. The questionnaires, which were sent to all cultural and drama groups, are aimed at finding out details about
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    Poolside barbeque
    67 9 THE public is invited to a poolside gathering cum bar beque organised by the Anson constituency youth group on Feb 27 from 4p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Dover Road swimming pooLThose interested can caß *****75 from 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. daily. The constituency's youth group archery
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    Kids' party
    39 9 A CHINESE New Year children's party will be held at the whampoa community centre on Feb 27. Charges are $1 each for members of the centre's youth group and $1.50 for non-members. For more details ring *****60.
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    Snap, whirr, snap! Caught at the lights
    378 9 TWO pictures m two seconds that is all it takes to secure foolproof evidence that a motorist has beaten a red light. The wizard behind this easy way of catching offenders red-handed Is an electronic device that is used In countries such as
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    Kallang CC campfire
    43 9 THE Kallang community centre youth group is organising a Chap Goh Mey gathering on Feb 26 at 7.30 p.m. at the centre. The programme for the night includes a campfire, lucky draw and buffet dinner. For more details call *****82.
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    Take on jobs in building industry'
    101 9 MUSLIM youths must be prepared to take on jobs m the construction industry especially since many building projects are being carried out. Mr Saidi Shariff, MP for Kaki Bukit, said at a gathering yesterday that foreign workers would be needed for housing and MRT
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    Muslims able to live comfortably with other groups
    121 9 Muslims able to live comfortably with other groups MUSLIMS m Singapore are able to live comfortably and well together with other community groups. Acting Social Affairs Minister Dr Ahmad Mattar contrasted this peaceful situation with a picture of strife m other parts of the world. He noted that the Muslim
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    3 out of 10 fire calls false alarms
    339 10 TELECOMS HELP WILL BE SOUGHT TO HOME IN ON HOAXERS THREE out of 10 fire calls the Singapore Fire Service received last year were false alarms, and of these at least two were malicious calls. The number of fires increased from 5,851
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    Risky yet safe
    484 10  -  SALMA KHALIK Airbus flight school here all set to train pilots By AFTER a hair-raising flight during which one of the two engines caught Ore and had to be shut down, the Airbus 3t§ made a smooth touchdown. Landing a plane with only one engine Is risky,
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    Mansor urges Malays to improve skills in science, technology
    183 10 IT IS important for Malays to increase their knowledge and skills m science and technology to keep pace with the progress made by the other raoes. Mr Mansor Sukaimi, MP for Kampong Kembangan, said that while other communities had acquired these
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    Real estate men seek permanent home
    67 10 THE Real Estate Developers Association (Redas) is considering moving to permanent premises. Mr Daniel Teo, an official, suggested the development of a new association building to house its j secretariat and with cen- tralised conference, lecture and recreational facilities that may be shared with
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      Lock icon Build houses faster — Musa
      433 11 Build houses faster Musa 'DELEGATE POWER TO OFFICERS FOR FASTER DECISIONS' KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE Federal government has instructed all departments involved m the processing of building applications to reduce red tape and speed up the construction of houses. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam m giving the order yesterday,
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      SCENES OF MALAYSIAN LIFE
      4 11
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        Lock icon Aussie gets 5 years
        88 11 RODANTE Albacea, a Philippine-born Australian citizen, broke down and wept when he was sentenced m a Klang court to five years' jail and five lashes of the rotan for possessing heroin. He was found guilty under Malaysia's drug laws of having more than five grammes of
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        Lock icon Bogus doctor detained
        85 11 MALAYSIAN police have detained a man believed to be the bogus doctor the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) have been trying to track down for more than a year. The 36-year-old "doctor" was picked up at his "clinic" m Jalan Kelang Lama,
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        Lock icon Recession hits airline
        84 11 IRAQI Airways will be closing its off-line station here because of the recession m the air travel industry, sources said. They added that the three local staff here have been served their retrenchment notices which takes effect from the beginning of next month. At the beginning of
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        Lock icon More hit by cholera
        59 11 TEN more cases of cholera were detected m Sabah during the past week bringing the number of cases reported this year to 68, the medical services director said m Kota Kinabalu on Sunday. But the director, Mr K. D. Chan, added no deaths have been reported
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      Lock icon 'Japan will work with US to strengthen Asean'
      209 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday JAPAN will work to complement the United States' military role m strengthening the stability of Asean, outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia Takeo Arita said yesterday. Talking about the Japanese role m the Asean region, he said "Japan's fundamental policy
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      Lock icon 'Pas will not break up despite dissenting voices'
      249 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Pas will not break up despite threatening moves by pro-Asri dissenters m protest against the disciplinary action taken against them. Pas secretary -general, Mr Hassan Shukri, said today Pas' struggle is not based on the rise and fall of
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      Lock icon Scouting for more trade
      65 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.- An 11-member Malaysian trade and industrial mission left here last Friday for Saudi Arabia to explore possibilities of increasing trade and economic cooperation with countries m the West Asian region. The mission, which is the first organised by the Ministry of Trade and
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      Lock icon Eight die in road accidents
      196 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Eight people died on the roads over the weekend as thousands headed from the capital for their hometowns for the Chinese New Year holidays. In one of the road tragedies, four members of a family were killed when their car collided with
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      Lock icon Extend sick leave, Perak MB is advised
      204 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Prime Minister has advised the ailing Perak Mentri Besar, Haji Wan Mohamed Wan Teh, to extend his medical leave. The advice was given when the Mentri Besar called on Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister's
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      Lock icon 5-yearold girl raped
      37 11 BANTING (Selangor), Mon. A housewife reported to police last week that her five-year-old daughter was raped by three youths m a house near here. The girl has been admitted to hospital for observation. NST
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    The Straits Times says... Keeping the family healthy
    450 12 The Straits Times says... Keeping the family healthy CHINESE Singaporeans would have dined well on Saturday night. They would have sat down, not merely with the members of their immediate families, but also with parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers, uncles and aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. For Saturday was
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    When the NHS is a long, long wait...
    2284 12  - When the NHS is a long, long wait... BARRY NEWMAN By Writing for the Asian Wall street Journal BRETBY, England. Bretby Hall is a Gothicrevival castle standing on a knoll m the quiet countryside of the English Midlands. It was built m 1777 by the Earl of Chesterfield. In 1927,
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    Across the Causeway...
    380 12 Bold and innovative PUNISHMENT Is an ancient response to wrongdoing, but throughout man's history both the forms of punishment and the rationale for it have changed markedly. Penology has Justified the infliction of penalties m various ways as society's vengeance upon the criminal, as atonement by the
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    Arab world won't suffer from oil price drop
    841 12 The survival of the super-rich oil states OIL consumers may rejoice that the oil sheikhs are at last going to get their come-uppance. No hope. It will take a long time, if ever, for the very rich oil producers of the Arab
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      264 12 Korean can fly you there fast 4 times a week Now Korean gives you the choice of four fast flights jfl £lh to New York, originating m Seoul. After a short JHHh|^^V hop via Hong Kong, you fly direct from Seoul to New M WL X .'W^-.. York, arriving the
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        Will 52 cuts be less taxing than 1?
        317 13 "R. SHANKAR" (ST, Feb 4) seems to be advocating a Pay As You Earn (Paye) scheme. He does not use this term and apparently is not aware of its full implications. He thinks our system is "outmoded" and that we should "pass
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        No relief
        60 13 "CRIPPLED" (ST, Feb 4) complains that interest income does not qualify for earned income relief. This must be so as earned income, by definition is derived from trade, business, profession, vocation or employment. "Crippled" may wish to know that special relief is given to crippled people deriving earned
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      Courses: Give all an equal chance
      144 13 Courses: Give all an equal chance THE government has called on all workers to go for higher levels of training or for re-training to upgrade their skills. The National Productivity Board plays an important role m providing training towards this end. It also enrols companysponsored participants for its courses. It
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      Education the key to productivity and lower costs
      279 13 Education the key to productivity and lower costs THE Ministry of Labour has given a very reassuring answer (ST, Feb 5) to my letter (ST, Jan 15) concerning the enforcement aspects of the regulations concerning scaffolding and worksite safety. The problem is, however, more complex than that of enforcement only
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      Small hospitals will not waste medical resources
      315 13 More letters 0n... Medisave AS someone who has worked m the Accident and Emergency (A E) Department of the Singapore General Hospital let me say that the majority of patients seeking treatment there could have been dealt with at a much lower level
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      Overdrawn accounts can become burden
      191 13 IT IS obvious that the amounts contributed from one's salary will be very limited and, therefore, the Medisave scheme will not be effective. It does not provide for patients who suffer serious injury and need longterm treatment. Although the government says the patient can "overdraw"
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      Where the two meet and where they don't
      926 13 Christianity and Confucianism WITH reference to the views of the Rev T.C. Nga (ST, Jan 31) reported as "representing the Protestant community," we, a group of 30 churches and organisations, hereby declare that Rev Nga does not speak for us, nor does
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      Back to the cliches and familiar safe cures
      1450 14  - Back to the cliches and familiar safe cures LIM SAY BOON By Our Melbourne Reporter AUSTRALIA'S two major political parties, after thrashing around furiously to appear to have the answers to the country's worsening economic ills, have resorted to a combination of hackneyed cliches and a lot of old fashioned
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      Election will be a battle of personalities
      605 14  - Election will be a battle of personalities Lim Say Boon IN AN election where neither party can claim to have the answers to the country's massive economic problems, the battle has Inevitably turned to personalities. The Labour opposition has to date not been able to come up with credible new
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      278 14 Now you can settle your bills before settling down with your stereo. «ri£gfiKJii9KIHraPKHRHHHHii fmimi, iiiih., BIP PIIk: ™lIJHI Teleßank is a totally new concept from United Banks that heralds a new era m personal banking. This revolutionary new home banking service puts a United Bank Branch at the end of
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    Survey reveals the part-time worker in hotels and stores
    473 15  -  WONG AI KWEI By NOT many people want part-time jobs it seems, but those who do are usually below 25, single, less educated and already working fulltime or part-time. They are generally paid a better rate than full-time workers. Fringe benefits
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    Re-think welfare aid policy, government urged
    138 15 Re-think welfare aid policy, government urged THE Singapore Association of Social Workers has called on the government to rethink its attitude and policy towards welfare. It said any spending on remedial work such as counselling or rehabilitation should be regarded as an investment and not as a waste of resources.
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    Rise in cigarette prices 'unjustified'
    346 15  -  RAV DHALIWAL By THE Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) has hit out at recent increases m cigarette prices, describing them as "unjustified". It has also called on tobacco manufacturers and importers to inform consumers of the reasons behind the increase, for which no justification was
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    Isetan manages to maintain pool of regulars
    309 15 REGULAR part-time workers are difficult to come by but Isetan (Singapore) has done rather well m this department it has a core of 60 such workers, 30 for each of its two outlets. Among the 60 are secretaries, clerks and accounts assistants who
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    Learning to be fit
    58 15 DO YOU know how to keep fit? The Singapore Sports Council will conduct Rhythmic Exercise classes from Feb 23 to May 20 at the Bukit Merah Secondary School. Lessons m English will be held on Wednesday and Friday from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. The fee
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    MINISTER'S VISIT
    41 15 BANGLADESH Foreign Affairs Minister A. R. Shamsud Doha arrives m Singapore tomorrow for a short visit, its High Commission said m a statement yesterday. During his stay here, Mr Shamsud will meet Foreign Affairs and Culture Minister S. Dhanabalan.
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    Six charged with trying to break in
    80 15 SEX teenagers were charged m court yesterday with trying to break into a Malaysian Railway godown at Kampong Lama Road last Saturday night. The prosecution successfully applied to the magistrate to have them remanded at Central police station for a week because they
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  • TIMESBUSINESS
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2804 16 WEEKLY detailed analysis of shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, with the year's high and low, followed by the week's movement m prices, the dividend, the net price earnings ratio and the volume of business. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL Gr'« Net 82/83 Last Dlv P/E
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      Banks' Prime Lending Rates
      487 16 BANK'S prime lending rates as at the close of business on Friday, Feb 11, 1983, BANK'S tPLR Algemene Bank 9 3 4 American Express 10 V 2 Am' Dam R'terdam Bank 9 3 4 Asia Commercial 9 1 A A NZ Banking Group 10 Ban Hin
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        DISCOUNT
        234 16 DESPITE the heavy cash withdrawals for the Lunar New Year, money market conditions remained easy last week. According to market operators, official foreign exchange operations through the US/Singapore dollar swaps had helped to alleviate the tightness. Interbank overnight rate was generally quoted m the region of 6% 5 M
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        ASIAN CURRENCY RATES
        182 16 ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended Feb 11: US* (Bid price*) High Low 7 days 8 15/18 8^ 1 month 8 7 2 months J"J 91/J8 3 months 9* 9 5/ 6 6 months 911/16 9 9/16 9 months 9 7 913/16 12 months
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        DOMESTIC
        161 16 THE US/Sing opened on a bearish tone last week. Opening at 2.0900/20, it was brought up briefly to 2.0985/95 before easing to close at the week's low of 2.0620/70. Trading for the week was generally quiet and tailed off towards the end of the week m anticipation of the
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      967 16 Command New Respect! You have probably noticed it When 111 Q f JI II ffPlTi 111 II [MUbBBBBBbI TIME-LIFE LIBRARIES .other people speak with the 118 II 1 1| U fEKHI Am [ft I 'knowledge it happTn" everyday, m \A I |,S (Ijl I H Great Ages of Man Library
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    S'pore exchange
    488 17 INVESTORS looking for a Chinese New Year rally In the stock market saw their hopes fulfilled last week as prices continued their uptrend. Only Monday failed to live up to expectations, but the rest of the week more than made up for It, especially on Friday. Monday's trading
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    Kuala Lumpur
    540 17 AMIDST bullish trading, the Kuala Lumpur stock market broke the crucial 1,000-point level on the NST Industrial Index last week, keeping alive investors' hopes of a sustained rally m the immediate term. Overall, share prices were pushed up significantly higher m accelerated trading, with support coming from fresh
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    Overseas markets
    395 17 LONDON: Share prices moved forward on renewed demand which pushed the FT index up 22.5 points to a record 662.5, The strength of sterling, continued pre-budget optimism and encouraging economic statistics helped underpin the higher trend but buying interest was less aggressive last week. Gold shares rose sharply
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      New York
      512 17 STOCK prices on Friday closed mixed as continued nervousness about interest rates killed an early try for the elusive 1100 level on the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow Jones industrial rose as much 9.91 Eoints m the first half our of trading, to 1097.66, but then changed
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      Zurich
      435 17 DOMESTIC share prices closed higher across the board ON Friday, with industrials and financials leading the advance. They attributed the gains to Thursday's sharply firmer Wall Street close and renewed hopes of a further fall m the US interest rates. Many investors expect a US discount rate cut this
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      Amsterdam
      312 17 DEALERS reported that shares were mostly higher following Thursday's wall Street rally, but Dutch internationals turned out mixed. KLM lost two guilders at 152.50 while Royal Dutch Shell rose 0.70 to 96.80. Shipper Nediloyd added one to 91, and ABN led banks higher, rising two to 307. Investment shares
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      Tokyo
      417 17 SHARE prices closed sharply higher on Saturday, with active selective buying spreading over most sections, following the yen's recovery against the dollar abroad, dealers said. The market average rose 76.40 points to close at 8,093.96, on a volume of 330 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index closed at
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      Rubber
      167 17 LONDON: Rubber futures closed Friday between £9 and £7 a tonne below Thursday's close m traded positions. The physicals market was quiet after good activity earlier m the week. Futures volume totalled 387 lots of 15 tonnes and one lot of five tonnes and included 24 kerb trades. NEW
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      Prices continue to edge up
      222 17 THE bull run which began two weeks ago with a gain of 7 cents was accentuated dramatically last week as prices shot ahead a further 17 cents m brisk trading and good turnover, taking the market to a 14-month high, says Holiday, Cutler and Bath
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      Tin, rubber closing prices
      50 17 Fab 7 Fab I Fab 9 Fab 10 Fab 11 Fab 12 •Tin 29.15 29.15 29.15 29.23 29.36 Tonnes 255 171 162 125 141 Rubber (S) 179.00 188.00 192.50 198.00 194.00 Rubber (M) 200.00 206.50 212.00 216.50 212.50 •m M$ per kilo In cents per kilo
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      TIN
      119 17 LONDON: Afternoon kerb dealings m tin ended with Three Months standard grade trading at £8,430 a tonne, up £2 from Thursday afternoon's kerb close. The afternoon market held quietly steady with small-scale support still apparently coming from the ITC buffer stock manager. Selling mostly involved small hedging operations and
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      Export ban causes sharp rise in pepper prices
      200 17 AN EXPORT ban on the export of pepper from Sarawak the previous week kept supplies very tight and prices of the commodity rose sharply last week. A local dealer said pepper prices have gone up skyhigh with Sarawak black Asta now about
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      GOLD
      45 17 fcxport prices In non-sterling areas m US dollar per ounce. (1) Australian dollar per ounce. (2) Average price. FM Itan Melbourne(l) 503.178 503.178 508.25S 508.25S New York SOI.OOB 501.008 5Q2.00S 502.006 tendon 497.008 497.008 497.73S 497.75S Zurich 495.008 495.008 498.00S 49fi.00S Paris 496.46 495.46
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      COPPER
      31 17 LONDON: Copper prices on Friday (previous m brackets): Wirebars Spot buyers £1064.00 (£1034.00); sellers £1065.00 (£1035.00); Three Months buyers £1095.50 (£1065.50); sellers £1096,00 (£1066.00). Market tone: Firmer Sales: 11,300 tonnes.
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      HOLIDAYS
      29 17 SINGAPORE and MALAYSIA: The rubber, gold and stock markets will reopen on Feb 16. HONGKONG: The gold, silver, commodity and stock exchange markets will reopen on Feb 16.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      144 In Memoriam
      75 19 In loving memory of Lim Ong 800 (Departed on 15/2/82) Time changes many things but memory of you always remains. Sadly remembered by Mum, Brothers, Sister*, Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Nephews and Nieces. IN PRECIOUS MEMORY OF CHEAMKIMSEANG Departed 5 years before on 15th Feb. 1978 Dearly remembered with
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      60 19 In Loving Memory Of MR. V.S. PILLAY Departed 14.2.75 Eight long years have passed But memories stay fresh and painful. Always remembered by loving wife. daughters, tons and grandchildren. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. CHIA KIM WATT nee MDM. CHOO SYE LIAN Departed 15.2.1981 Sadly missed but
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      351 19 MDM. LIM WOON AGE: 100 YEARS OLD BORN: 1883 Passed away peacefully on Lunar Chinese New Year Day (13th Fab. 1983) at 9.50 A.M. leaving behind the following to mourn her loss. SONS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW Phua Oeok Heng Deceased Ong K wee Lan Deceased Phua Kang Tee (Deceased Koh
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  • Racing
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      Peter Pan springs upset to pay $217
      549 20  -  PEDIGREE FAIRWAY By and FIRST: *****1 SECOND: *****0 THIRD: *****7 STARTERS: *****8, *****2, *****1, *****7, *****4, *****2, *****0, *****3, *****6, *****3. CONSOLATIONS: *****4, *****7, *****1, *****1, *****9, *****8, *****4, *****3, *****0, *****0. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Alwin Tweedie, who is back after a short
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      Tweedie signals return with a double
      1649 20 Tweedie signals return with a double Faraeast (N«s 11 7): Spore |66, XL $33, Ipoh $39, Penang S2l. Tierce (N«s 11, 7 4k S): $2,545 (Spore only). Wanee and No Money No Talk were slowly away. Ruling Lord opened up a big lead from Hallelujah into the back straight, with
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      Jockeys Soo, Tweedie and Rajoo fined
      736 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three jockeys were fined for their respective offences during the second and third days of the Kuala Lumpur Meeting. They were Jeffrey Soo, Alwin Tweed ie and R. Rajoo. Soo (Trust Me More) and Tweedie (Rocket m) were fined $200 each
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      Valley Fame does it again
      2258 21  -  PEDIGREE FAIRWAY Freedom Fighter loses m last stride By and First horse to take Tunku Gold Cup twice FIRST: *****8 SECOND: *****9 THIRD: *****2 STARTERS: *****1, *****5, *****9, *****1, *****2, *****4, *****6, *****5, *****5, *****8, *****3, *****2 CONSOLATIONS: *****3, *****0, *****6, *****1, *****8, *****5, *****6,
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      Today's Ipoh amateur card
      800 21 RACE 1: CHIC A RACE 2: BOBO MAJOR RACE 3: BLUEPRINT RACE 4: LORD SERENE RACE 5: PROTAGONIST RACE 8: LOUGHCARRA RACE 7: DIAMOND BOY RACE 8: WHISTLING WIND rapp 1 2.00 MARA CLASSES 3 and 4 IV/\V^ x I,ooom straight 1 *****2 El Derade 111
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      Penang weights
      1789 21 Owing to early printing, the Stipendiary Steward's report on yesterday's races has been held over. PENANG, Mon. Weights, ratings and barrier draws for this weekend's races: SATURDAY Claaa 2 Div. 3 1,200 m (Ratings: 108-96) 8 Blue Ribbon 57 106 17 Kandersteg 56 106 7 Prime Venture 56
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    Lock icon World champs Italy slide further into oblivion
    392 22 ROME, Moo. Enzo Beanot, the most popular man m Italy just seven months ago, Is facing a crisis. The world soccer champions' inept showIng m their Group Five match against Cyprus on Saturday, where they were held to a humiliating 1-1 draw, has
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    Lock icon A Coventry lesson for new boss Benson
    495 22 LONDON, Mon. John Benson is hardly one of English soccer's best known names. But last week he took on one of the game's most demanding jobs one few would envy. Benson was appointed manager of Manchester City, a club living more than ever
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      COVENTRY 4 MAN CITY 0
      36 22 Coventry's bid for a place m the UEFA Cup was boosted by an impressive performance. Jim Melrose (31st mm.), Mark Hateley (37th), Gary Gillespie (56th) and Steve Hunt (71st) scored. 9,527.
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      ASTON VILLA 2 EVERTON 0
      35 22 ASTON VILLA 2 EVER TON 0 England winger Tony Morley put Villa ahead m the 15th minute. Eight minutes from full time, Morley laid on a second goal for Peter Withe, who headed home. 21,117.
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      Lock icon LIVERPOOL 1 IPSWICH 0
      70 22 Ipswich held Liverpool comfortably for the first hour, bat the championship leaders then moved into top gear and scored a well deserved victory. Kenny Dalglish scored the only goal of a largely undistinguished match m the Mth minute. He struck a free kick from the edge
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      TOTTENHAM 1 SWANSEA 0
      34 22 Terry Gibson, a consistent scorer m recent weeks, turned goalmaker on Saturday, laying on the winning goal for Tottenham striker Garth Crooks, who headed home m the 36th minute. 24,632.
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      BRIGHTON 0 WEST BROM 0
      41 22 The one point Brighton gleaned from this dour match was not enough to lift them off the bottom of the standings. Brighton had better possession, but failed to find a way past goalkeeper Jim Barron. 9,902.
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    St Germain march on
    421 22 PARIS CLUB WELL PLACED TO GRAB UEFA SPOT PARIS, Mon. Cup holders Paris Saint Germain cruised through to the last 32 of the French Cup with a 2-0 win over Third Division Chaumont on Saturday. The wealthy Paris club are m the quarter-finals of this year's
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    Kee Keun breaks deadlock
    308 22 Kee Keun breaks deadlock SOUTH KOREA won the Thai invitational international youth soccer tournament on Sunday, defeating Thailand A 1-0 m a replayed final at Bangkok's National Stadium following Saturday's 1-1 draw. Outside-left Lee Kee Keun scored the winner with a header m the 58th minute, off a pass from
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    Lock icon RESULTS AND TABLES
    1318 22 DIVISION ONE Aston Villa 2 Everton 0, Brighton 0 West Bromwich 0, Coventry 4 Manchester City 0, Liverpool 1 Ipswich 0, Tottenham 1 Swansea 0, Manchester United v Luton, Norwich v Sunder land. Notts County v Southampton, Stoke v Nottingham Forest, Watford v Birmingham, West Ham v
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    Lock icon The top scorers
    101 22 The top scorers LONDON, Mon. Leading English soccer scorers after League matches played on Saturday. Division One: 25 lan Rush (Liverpool), 18 Bob Latchford (Swansea), 17 Luther Blissett (Watford), 16 Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool), Brian Stein (Luton), 14 John Deehan (Norwich), Garth Crooks (Tottenham). Division Twt: 24 Kevin Drinkell (Grimsby), 19
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    Lock icon European round-up
    213 22 First DlvteiMw: Belgian: Beerschot 1 Anderlecht iTongres 2 FC Bruges 3, Winterslag 0 Beveren 3, Lokeren 2 Seraing 2, CS Bruges 1 Ghent 1, RWD Molembeek 1 FC Liege 1, Uerse 0 Antwerp 2, Waregem 1 Courtrai 2, Standard Liege 2 Waterschei 2. Anderlecht lead the table with
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    Lock icon Larios is in no big hurry to sign
    232 22 MADRID, Mon. JeanFrancois Larios, the French midfield soccer star who hopes to Join a Spanish club after buying his way out of his contract with Saint Etienne. has told Atletico Madrid that he wants 95 million pesetas (about $1.5 m) for a
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    BRAZILIAN SAMBA TO WOO CROWD
    165 22 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. The Brazilian Soccer Federation, fighting to host the 1986 World Cup finals, yesterday suggested a "Carnival cup" atmosphere, claiming they could earn almost US$l59 million ($31 3,5 m) on tourism alone. "A parade of Rio samba schools would have a massive
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    Lock icon Ruthless Aussies in a record run romp
    304 23 Ruthless Aussies in a record run romp MELBOURNE, Mon. Australia won the triangular World Series Cricket Cup yesterday with a 14S-run victory over New Zealand. The Australians amassed a recordbreaking total of 312 for eight wickets m the st-overs-a-«tde match, then skittled out New Zealand for 153. The victory pot
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    Lock icon Glowing in the wind
    380 23  -  JANICE SEAH By Nordic delight Svein sails to sweet success NORWAY... famous for her icy fjords, snowy mountains and now, for Singapore boardsailors at least, for one of her sons Svein Rasmussen, who yesterday won the Straits Steamship Groupsponsored Singapore Open competition at the East Coast.
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    Lock icon Hatchet man
    527 23 Now Marvellous Marvin plans to make mincemeat of The Animal' MASSACHUSETTS, Mo n Marvellous Marvin Hagler reigns supreme. And few can argue. After his ruthless demolition of Britain's Tony Sibson, the latest to try and wrest the world middleweight boxing crown from Hagler's fearsome shaven head, worthy challengers
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      86 23 TOKYO, Nod. Japan's Toshlhiko Seko (above) won the Tokyo Marathon yesterday In 2 hr. 8 mln. 38 sec. the fourth fastest time recorded. Seko, 27, had been bothered by a knee injury and had not run m a marathon since winning the Bon ton Marathon m 2:M:2C
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      Lock icon Thompson down and out
      146 23 TORONTO, Mon. Britain's Daley Thompson, the Olympic, European and Commonwealth decathlon champion, injured his back on Saturday while competing m an indoor meet here. Thompson, who holds the world decathlon record of 8,744 points, was forced to withdraw after the long jump. "I felt a severe
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      Ban threat in the name of loyalty
      215 23  -  HAKIKAT RAI By TRACK and field athletes who switch clubs at the drop of a hat will find themselves at the wrong end of the rod. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association have decided to teach the culprits the meaning of loyalty. Any athlete
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      Hong Kang: No Hongkong
      144 23  -  HAKIKAT RAI LIM HONG KANG, one of the specialist coaches selected to go to Hongkong for the inter-city junior track and field meet on Feb 26-27, will not be accompanying the Singapore team to the British colony. Hong Kang, former national and South-east Asia Games long
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      Lock icon Coe roars back to form after injury
      233 23 COSFORD, Mon. OLYMPIC Games champion Sebastian Coe, making his first track appearance since his surprise 800 metres defeat m the European championships last September, produced a devastating last lap sprint to win a 1,500 m race here on Saturday. Triple world recordholder Coe
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    Lock icon Chilling Frost takes fire out of Prakash
    193 23 NIEUWEGEIN (Holland), Mon. Top seed Morten Frost Hanson, of Denmark, and England's Sally Podger won the singles titles at the Dutch Open badminton championships here yesterday. World No. 1 Frost beat second seed and holder Prakash Padukone, of India, 15-11, 15-4. Sally also
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    Lock icon BRIEFLY
    172 23 HOLLAND, England and Italy yesterday quail fled for the European Indoor champteßflhip haekey final* to be held In Edinburgh m mi The three remaining places In the finals will be decided by the secaad qualifying tournament to be held at Orleans, France. FINLAND'S Hannu Mikkola went to the top
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    Lock icon Victory with a capital V
    231 23 RICHMOND (Virginia), Mon. Second-seeded Guillermo Vilas, of Argentina, beat sixthseeded Steve Denton 63, 7-5, 6-4 yesterday to win the US$3OO,OOO ($618,000) men's tennis tournament here. Vilas never lost his serve during the 115--minute match and dropped only 19 points m 15 service games. The victory
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    Lock icon An eagle holes Hawaii title for Aoki
    289 23 HONOLULU, Mon. Lsao Aoki played one of the greatest shots m recent years yesterday and became the I first Japanese golfer to win a tournament on the Professional Golf Association circuit. He pitched m for an eagle three at the final hole to
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      187 23 j^ Dine Sichuan ||gp j Golden Phoenix Singapore's first Sichuan The grandeur of Golden Phoenix restaurant still rates the best restaurant extends itself within the among gourmets. An spacious, impressive excellent selection of fl^> surroundings at World Trade Sichuan cuisine is JM Wk Centre. Rixmi spate fora matched by our
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    Lock icon 64 die in Turin theatre fire
    311 24 64 die in Turin theatre fire TURIN (Italy) Monday A FIRE last night raged through a theatre here with 500 panicked people inside, killing at least 64 and injuring dozens of others. Police at first said 66 bodies were found m the theatre, but later gave the figure as 64
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    Higher hopes as Asia welcomes in year of the pig
    333 24 Higher hopes as Asia welcomes in year of the pig BEIJING, Mon. Asia welcomed m the year of the pig yesterday with the longest holiday of the year and brighter economic hopes. Hongkong and Singa?>ore kept their world inancial centres closed and will not reopen until Wednesday. The break will
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    Lock icon 10 killed in Alps cable car crash
    275 24 CHAMPOLUC (Italy), Monday THREE cable ears carrying skiers atop the Alps crashed more than 5t metres to the ground yesterday, killing II people and critically injuring two. By early evening, all the victims of the accident In the Val D'Aosta resort had been
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    Lock icon Honour that came with a heart...
    163 24 Honour that came with a heart... WASHINGTON, Mon. Dr. Robert Jarvik, whose plastic and metal artificial heart is keeping Barney Clark alive m Utah, was yesterday named inventor of the year by a group representing inventors ana copyright holders. Intellectual Property Owners Inc. announced that its 10th annual inventor's award
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    Lock icon Take heart, Clark
    53 24 ARTIFICIAL heart recipient Barney Clark posing for photographs m toe Intensive care unit of the University of Utah Medical Centre m Salt Lake City, Utah, on Feb 5. Latest reports say Dr Clark, a dental surgeon, has had no complications and is well on the way to
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    Lock icon PLO chiefs turn to King Hussein as mediator
    510 24 PLO chiefs turn to King Hussein as mediator 'We need Jordan m talks on Reagan's Mid-East peace plan' ALGIERS, Mon PALESTINIAN leaders, their unity challenged by last year's military defeat m Lebanon, have agreed at a summit to let Jordan's King Hussein mediate m their search for a homeland, a
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    Lock icon Actor weds
    37 24 MIAMI, Mon. Actor Jerry Lewis, 56, yesterday married former ballet dancer Sandra Pitnick, 32, his companion since 1979. He underwent double bypass heart surgery late last year, and doctors said he was fully recovered. Reuter
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    Lock icon Thailand to buy more long-range Exocets
    384 24 Thailand to buy more long-range Exocets BANGKOK, Mon THAILAND plans to buy more French-built Exocet missiles, which skim the sea to avoid detection by radar, Thai navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Somboon Chuapibul said m an interview published today. Admiral Somboon indicated to the Nation Review that the missile purchase was part
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    Lock icon Snow blanket
    28 24 MADRID, Mon. Snow blanketed orange groves and beaches and left hundreds of small villages isolated yesterday as Spain suffered its harshest winter weather m decades. UPI
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    Lock icon Robots cut down job openings
    153 24 Robots cut down job openings TOKYO, Mon The rapid introduction of industrial robots by business enterprises m Japan is cutting down job opportunities for female and middle-aged and older male workers. This was part of the results of a survey conducted by the 553,000--member All-Japan Federation of Electric Machine Workers'
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      138 24 UP TO 1 p.m. Fair day with cloudy periods In the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: S3 max., 25 mln. SUNSET today: 7.21 p.m. SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.16 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 12/34 C Cloudy Manila 17 '31 C Fair Amsterdam *C Melbourne 14/34 C Cloudy Bangkok 24/32
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      Lock icon Fantasy and reality in a Folke tale
      1377 1 One day, intrepid reporter CAROLINE NGUI stumbled upon a handsome bearded prince who blew bubbles m the air, charmed her with the most delectable stories and made her laugh. But he was no prince. Only a storyteller and, alas and alack, already married.
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        Lock icon Traditional and modern festive finery
        653 2 How did you start off the New Year? Here's how two families one with modern ways and the other more conservative did it. The women's choice of festive finery ranged from the practical to the shocking choice of "mourning" colours like black and navy. ON
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        Lock icon Price makes this Tristan a buy
        910 5 Wagner is not so much an artist m the traditional sense as a prophet of a religion whose sole object of veneration is himself. He draws you into his temple with his music and then tries to bind you to him with the chains
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        Not-so-happy end to the Dog
        733 5  -  JOHN EDWARDS a, li COLUMN SSO CONCERT Victoria Concert Hall Last Thursday Reviewed by PLAYING their final Year of the Dog programme, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra got off to a good start with a sparkling performance of Rossini's L'ltaliana m Algieri Overture last Thursday evening.
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        Fans cry at Chow's wedding
        405 5 Absolutely the last episode (about time tool) m the Chow Yuen Fatt saga. LEONG WENG K AM pieces together tearstained reports from Hongkong. THE Chow Yuen Fatt saga ended last week when the popular Hongkong TV actor and his bride, Candice Yu On On, had
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      175 1 A Star-studded Traditional or modern wedding €or It's the festive spirit Chow and Candice that counts LEISURE, Page Five OUTLOOK, Page Two registration form Please register the following for the conference on "Investment Opportunities m Turbulent Times" To: Conference Manager (IOTT) H|H^^M Times Conferences Name S ■^^^^HH Times House I
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      688 2 WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR BUSINESS THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EQUIPMENT COMPUTER SHOW IN SINGAPORE March 9-13, 1983, World Trade Centre (Hall 2) Now we have entered upon a new stage where the rationalization of business and the modernization automation m office systems are required to proceed as a
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      172 3 G ARFIELD 4r «w»» »a vis I MATE /V\OV«E6 ABOOT MOW CAN AN ANIMAL J EXPLAIN TMAT TO V MAN-EATING LIONS J POS6IBLV PREY ON AN J THE CHICKEN VOO V INNOCENT VICTIM? V V HAP FOR PINNEK J STAR WA R S By Archie Goodwill &Al Williamson THE BOH
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      113 3 ACROSS 7 Preserve fresh peas to make these dainties (7) 8 Not ready to attack a Parisian dream of reform (7) 10 Brought up and brought down, say? (6) 11 A bit of bad weather for the gunners' parachute landing? (8) 12 Unreliable at heart, he called himself (4) 13
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  • SECTION THREE The Straits Times
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        Celebrate the New Year? Not me!
        697 1 Celebrate the New Year? Not me! ZHAO LIANHUA says she has never really celebrated Chinese New Year and that the occasion often turns out to be the loneliest moment of the year. To the majority of Chinese, Lunar New Year is the most significant festival m the year which they
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        A necessary interruption in my schedule
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        350 1 It reminds me that I'm Chinese Though KOH SIEW TIN may not: want to stick too closely to tradi- tion, she still regards the New: Year as a special occasion. SHOPPING for the festive season seems to be the main concern of many people as the Chinese New Year approaches.
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        176 1 which book will be read and read The Straits Times Directory (Buku Merah contains of a finger. And its comprehensive alphabetical listing £JSSSSSSSSSSTt a wealth of information on the business industry m helps you find your subject easily. /fISSj mmtim The 1983 edi!ion IS Singapore. There's also a very helpful
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        513 2 PAGE II '■■■MM—^ limmiMMW«filiini^^ E STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1983 H :H^^^^^^^^^^S M a I 1 Colour, too, continues to p»ay MM^^™ M I AfTT Trtl 1 "V^ a subs 'diary part, but there is l I I 11 A/ fr-1 f W a tendency for some painters of
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        Identiti dan sastera Melayu di Filipina
        637 4  -  Oleh ZAKARIA BUANG ADAKAH kesedaran Melayu di kalangan penulis-penulis Filipina? Menurut seorang pensyarah di Jabatan Pengajian Filipina, Universiti E>e La Salle, Dr Isagani R Cruz, soalan mi tidak boleh dijawab semudah tidak ada atau ada saja. la tidak boleh dijawab tidak kerana setiap kanak-kanak
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        Malay-based literature in the Philippines
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