The Straits Times, 4 August 1984

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1984 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 62/1/84
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  • 294 1 Record volume traded on Wall Street NEW YORK, Fri. Wall Street's jubilation over signs of a moderating economy helped the stock market yesterday score its best since December 1962. Volume exploded to the highest one-day level m history. "It's a wonderful day. We should salute August," said Mr Eric Miller,
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  • 70 1 THERE were hectic dealings on the local stock market yesterday with an all-time high of M.2 million shares traded. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 11.31 points to M6M, making a rise of 11 per cent since the market recovered last Thursday. A Ugh volume of 1.1 million
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  • 95 1 LONDON, Fri. Hundreds of investors from housewives and pensioners to bowler-hatted, pin-striped businessmen stampeded a London bank today m a scramble to buy stakes m the government's sale of the glamorous Jaguar sports car company. "It was just like a wedding with confetti coming down," said
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  • 31 1 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 17 points to 1.183.06 points m the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange AP
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  • 614 1 Blast sparks fears that Sri Lankan ethnic violence may spill over into India 4 It it cl©ar that who are committed to a democratic way of lite and to a democratic process m finding solutions to problems must unit* to fight terrorism which hat
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  • Latest
    • 33 1 NEW DELHI, Fri.— The death toll In last night's bomb blast which ripped through Madras airport rose to 28 today, with 12 Injured, eight seriously, officials here said.— AFP
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    • 38 1 SOYAPANGO (El Salvador), Fri. Four Salvadonui left-wing guerillas holding hostages m a local bank agreed to surrender teday after negotiators failed to find a country willing to grant them asylum, police said. Renter SEE BACK PAGE
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  • 190 1 PM Lee's speeches in the House to be broadcast RADIO listeners will be able to listen to the speeches made In Parllameat by Mr Lee Kuan Yew last week during the debate on the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill. Radio One will broadcast tomorrow and on Monday,
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  • 39 1 Why your papers were late THE printing of yesterday's Straits Times was delayed because of technical problems. As a result, many readers got their papers late. A few did not receive theirs. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
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  • 48 1 SEATTLE, Fri. Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig has been hired as a sales consultant by the Boeing commercial airplane company, a company spokesman said. James Boynton, Boeing director of information, said yesterday that Mr Haie, had been hired within the past six months AP
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  • 33 1 BUDAPEST, Fri. The Lutheran World Federation has voted to boycott South Africa and to suspend a Lutheran church both there and m Namibia for supporting apartheid, a spokesman said yesterday. UPI
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  • 207 1 Cabbage Patch dolls on the dole? WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States government is telling state agencies to beware of fraudulent welfare applications based on birth certificates issued for Cabbage Patch dolls. It all started with the American craze last winter over Cabbage Patch dolls, those individually-styled tots each sold with
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  • 116 1 LOS ANGELES. Fri. Two more world records were set m the pool as American swimmers won three of five finals on the fifth day of the Olympic Games yesterday. Canadian and Dutch swimmers prevented a sweep by the powerful US team, who have won 14 swimming
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  • 39 1 FROM out of the blue, Japan's Koji Gushiken stormed m at the last minute to snatch the men's individual gymnastics gold from favourites Peter Vidmar of the US and Li Ning of China. Details on Page 45.
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  • 28 1 A SWIMMER who broke an Olympic record fails to win a medal. In the Olympics, anything can happen. His plight is on Page 46.
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  • 33 1 THE long-awaited track and field competition starts today with heartthrob Carl Lewis going for his first of four gold medals. Alan Hubbard previews the glamour sport on Page 47.
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 593 2 West gets roasted WESTERN countries have been charged with protectionism and other measures discriminating against goods from the Third World during opening remarks at the year's only major North-South conference. UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, m remarks to open the conference, said despite some measure of
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    • 454 2 Donors' choice COMPANIES donating at least $1 million each to the Singapore Labour Foundation's workers' resort at Pasir Ris can choose from three models of chalets to be set aside for their employees. But the chalets will not be named after the companies; the chalets will either be numbered
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    • 333 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE forthcoming Sino-British accord on Hongkong represents an acceptable compromise for all concerned. It serves the main interests of every party concerned the British, the Chinese and the people of Hongkong. It has the form and the appearance of authority, meaning that it should be
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    • 493 2 Change of life POETS In Their Youth begins when the author, Eileen Simpson, was a young woman keeping company with the poet John Berryman. She was to marry him and her life was never the same again. Mixing m a circle of people "to whom poetry was more
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    • 189 2 PAN-EL'S PRICE RISE COMES TO A HALT THE five-week climb m Pan-Electric Industries share prices stopped yesterday as reports of phony investment circulars reached the stock market. Pan-El shares fell 20 cents to $3.10 and six million of its shares changed hands yesterday afternoon. Apparently two circulars of unknown
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    • 148 2 THE ARAFAT ROAD SHOW THE red-carpet tour of the Palestine Liberation Organisation leader to the three Muslim countries m this region last week was aptly described by observers as the Yasser Arafat road show. Of what use the trip will be for him m his efforts to reestablish himself
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    • 253 2 Not for the M-Cup NATIONAL striker Kannan Kunjuraman will not be released by his new club, Cheq Point, to play for Singapore m next year's Malaysia Cup soccer series. Kannan, who joined Cheq Point on July 1, will be considered for selection tor Federal Territory m next year's tournament.
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    • 116 2 Asean: Across the Causeway 'Change your ways' PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he was dissatisfied with the lot of farmers and fishermen who still remained m poverty. He said the government had drawn up various strategies to overcome poverty m the nation, but the fishermen and farmers
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    • 139 2 Farms and labour THE Philippines will use agriculture and the export of skilled labour as the major thrusts to try to earn as much foreign exchange as it can. Prime Minister Cesar Virata said that through a renewed emphasis on agriculture and labour exports, the government hoped to
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  • around the WORLD
    • 217 3 'Speak up on HK Green Paper' call HONGKONG, Fri. Chief secretary Philip Haddon-Cave urged Hongkong people yesterday to speak up on a Green Paper containing Eroposals to make the [ongkong government more representative. "Tt is important that both iii? government and the public at large should be aware of the
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    • 280 3 TOKYO, Friday THE National Police Agency has announced that computer-related crimes m Japan have almost doubled over the past six months, while warning that such "intelligent crimes are beyond police control. Crimes of this sort totalled 391 during the first half of this year, up
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    • 246 3 BANGKOK, Friday AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister BUI Hayden said today Canberra was still willing to hold talks on the Cambodian conflict but Vietnam had made no meaningful response to the offer. Speaking on the final day of his four-day visit to Thailand, Mr
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    • 113 3 S'POREAN AMONG SIX HELD IN DRUG SWOOP SYDNEY, Frl. Australian police said they bad arrested six Asians today and charged them with importing and supplying 5.5 kilogrammes of highgrade heroin with a street value of more than US$5 million (Sslt million). The arrests were part of a major antidrug operation
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    • 327 3 Soviet defectors tell of drug abuse and low morale in camp NEW YORK, Fri. Soviet occupation troops m Afghanistan are suffering from drug abuse and mistreatment by superior officers, according to four men who say they defected from Soviet forcesthere. The four appeared at a news conference yesterday at Freedom
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    • 147 3 Afghan rebels 'using Japanese motorbikes' PESHAWAR, Fri. Afghanistan's Muslim rebels, used to trekking 12 to 14 hours a day over the country's rugged mountains, have found a new weapon m their war against the Soviet army Japanese motorcycles. The rebels, who began their war five years ago with little more
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    • World briefs
      • 48 3 INDIA'S RESHUFFLED Cabinet took office yesterday with Mr S. B. Chavan as the new Defence Minister. He replaced Mr R. Venkatamaran, who stepped down to run m the vice-presidential elections later this month. The reshuffle came six months ahead of a general election. Reuter
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      • 50 3 THERE WILL be more positions m Australian defence forces for women, Defence Minister Gordon Scholes said m Canberra on Thursday. About 170,000 more positions will be open to women on the basis of merit m competition with men, significantly widening career opportunities tor women m the services. AFP
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      • 58 3 SIX PLAINCLOTHES and uniformed police beat an American Marine from the consulate m Leningrad and then held him m a police station for two hours on Thursday. A US embassy spokesman said yesterday m Moscow that the Marine did not have to stay m hospital. He did
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      • 40 3 A DIPLOMAT was charged m Taipeh on Thursday for allegedly trying to smuggle 2.8 kg of cocain from Bolivia to Panama, court sources said. He was identified as Wang Yi-ping, 55, former vice-counsellor to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. UPI
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    • 268 4 35 m poor in the of plenty' WASHINGTON, Friday THE average American family's income rose last year but more than one m seven people remained m poverty, with the number of impoverished climbing over the 35-million mark. The median family income, adjusted for inflation, increased by 1.6 per cent to
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    • 225 4 New vaccine likely to combat malaria WASHINGTON, Friday MEDICAL researchers have used genetic engineering techniques to produce a vaccine against malaria, the mosquito-transmitted disease which infects 200 million people each year, it was announced yesterday. The United States Agency for International Development (AID), which helped to fund the research, said
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    • 133 4 Police drama nominated for 18 Emmys LOS ANGELES, Fri. Hill Street Blues, the US television network NBC's gritty police drama, captured 18 Emmy nominations yesterday to lead the television awards competition for a fourth year, while The Day After, ABC's vision of nuclear nightmare, tied NBC's bar-room comedy, Cheers, for
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    • 167 4 Lance quits as Mondale's campaign chief NORTH OAKS, (Minnesota), Fri. Bert Lance, a former close aide to Jimmy Carter, resigned yesterday after 19 days as general chairman of Walter Mondale's democratic presidential campaign, citing the controversy raised by "old charges levelled against him. Mr Mondale accepted the resignation with regret
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    • 122 4 LDS ANGELES, Fri. Local poUce, tryine to be diplomatic for the Olyinplc Games, have decided for tie time being not to arrest European women who are going topless od Santa Monica beaches a common practice m Europe but banned oh most US beaches. "We usually don't
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    • 492 4 Discrimination against Third World goods' VIENNA, Friday WESTERN countries were yesterday charged with protectionism and other measures discriminating against goods from the Third World during opening remarks at the year's only major NorthSouth conference. The international debt crisis is not on the agenda at the
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    • 89 4 IT'S been a long dry summer for the folks In Seatle, but when the dry spell ended, It did so with a vengeance. The rains, which came on Tuesday, brought with them a spectacular electric storm which caused numerous power shortages around
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    • 126 4 WASHINGTON, Fri. Many developing nations will suffer eco-..' nomic and political setbacks if the United States Congress fails to renew legislation designed to encourage trade, US trade representative Bill Brock told the US Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr Brock said US trade
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    • 186 6 US agrees to hease curbs on Poland WARSAW, Fri. POLAND'S official news agency said last night that the United States has agreed to ease economic sanctions against Poland, but it accused Washington of imposing political conditions m exchange. PAP news agency said US Charge d'Affaires John Davis told Polish foreign
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    • 144 6 LONDON, Fri. The newly-appointed Secretary of State for the Environment has achieved almost immediate success. He made his first tour of a drought-stricken area yesterday m a downpour. But m all honesty, Mr lan Gow disclaimed any "maeic powers". "We have to put our trust
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    • 51 6 SOLIDARITY leaders Lech Walesa (right) and Andnej liwtrwU (left) seen here dlscassIng the future of the Polish trade onion movement la Gdansk en Wednesday. Mr Gwleada was one of the leaders freed from Jail recently, after the amaeety for political frtwers was passed Vy Parliament UPI
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    • 495 6 In other words..: Asking Poles to stop drinking is not so easy. It it easier to get them out to throw stones. 7 A Polish welder. WARSAW, Fri. Underground committees of the Solidarity movement, which are active m at least 20 of Poland's
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    • 257 6 Britain 'guilty of violating human rights' STRASBOURG, Friday THE European court of human rights found the British government guilty yesterday of human rights violation m the administrative practice of tapping the telephone conversations of suspected criminals. They ruled unanimously that the procedures under which wiretap warrants are signed and carried
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    • 102 6 THE HAGUE, Fri. The Dutch foreign ministry has confirmed that a "non-commer-cial" Soviet vessef which the nations largest dally newspaper claimed yesterday wat a "spy ship" has been expelled from Rottep» dam Harbour. The Soviet embassy the ship's agents ana Rotterdam port authority claim
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    • 91 6 I Yes, we have increased the prize I money for this week. The rules are simple; the answers I are provided. All you need to do is I to read The Straits Times and The I Sunday Times to participate m the contests. I Look
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    • 183 7 Freed hostages leave Teheran for Paris BEIRUT, Fri. Sixty passengers and crew members freed from a hijacked Air France airliner left Teheran for Paris today as speculation grew over whether Iran would punish the air pirates who had held them captive for almost two days. The Air France plane carrying
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    • 85 7 ORGANISER Betty Freedan (left) of Now, the National Organisation of Women, reading a statement of support for a national unify government In Israel on behalf of delegates to the American-Israeli dialogue In Jerusalem. She said that the unity coalition talks m Israel should not be "on
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    • 487 7 Appeal to remedy Israel's economy TEL AVIV, Fri. ECONOMISTS, bankers and newspapers, sounding a chorus of gloom for the inflation-hit Israeli economy, are appealing for urgent remedial action as politicians continue their efforts to stitch together a coalition from a fragmented Parliament. Leaders of the ruling Likud Party and the
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    • 241 7 JOHANNESBURG, Friday THE South African government, faced with a low gold price and a weak currency, today introduced a major ecoromic package designed to strengthen the rand and curb inflation. A joint statement yesterday from new Finance Minister Barend Dv Plessis, Commerce and
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    • 158 7 OUAGADOUGOU (Upper Volte), Fri. Citizens of the west African state of Upper Volta were today wondering; now they would In future refer to themselves, after reports on Wednesday that the one-year-old military regime may he about to change the country's name to Burklna-Faso. The
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 296 9 Virata outlines ideas to bring m foreign cash MANILA, Friday AGRICULTURE and the export of skilled labour will be the major thrusts of the Philippine government m its bid to generate badlyneeded foreign exchange, Prime Minister Cesar Virata said today. He added that through a
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    • 109 9 'Poll results won't affect US policy on Manila' MANILA, Fri. The United States ambassador to the Philippines, Mr Stephen Bosworth, said today that Washington would continue to back democratic reforms here regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election m November. Mr Bosworth also said the US was neither
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    • 37 9 JAKARTA, Fri. Police at Denpasar airport arrested an Australian woman who tried to smuggled 355 gm of heroin, worth about 24.4 million rupiah (about 5552.216), which was found hidden m her sanitary nap- kins. AFP
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    • 205 9  - Yellow confetti protest again in Makati ABBY TAN By Manila Reporter MANILA, Fri. The yellow confetti protest returned to the financial hub of Makati here today as 1,200 sympathisers of the late senator Benigno Aquino marched on the streets. Thousands of office workers swelled the ranks of the demonstrators. Yellow
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    • 173 9 Thailand does not need loan for F16s BANGKOK, Friday NO FOREIGN loans would be required for the proposed purchase of a squadron of ultramodern Fl6-A fighters from the United States, a Thai Air Force spokesman said today. The spokesman said the air force would allocate about 14 per cent of
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    • 109 9 BANGKOK, Fri. The man who gave his name to the condom m promoting family planning m Thailand has been busy with another good cause sowing the seeds for rural development, the Bangkok Post reported. "A revolution is happening, a good revolution, he said,
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    • 109 9 THIS aircraft, once owned by the Sultan of Brunei, now flies tourists m New Zealand to scenic places such as Queenstown, Te Anau, Christchurch and Rotorua. An airline company, Mount Cook Line, has bought the 12-year-old Hawker Siddeley-748 plane and renamed it Mount Tutoko, after the
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    • 106 9 MANILA, Fri.- A newspaper cartoonist from India and a rural credit worker from Bangladesh will receive the 1164 Ramon Magsaysay awards for journalism and community leadership, the award foundation said today. It said R. K. Laxman, whom it described as India's premier newspaper cartoonist, received the
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    • 156 9 BANGKOK, Fri LAOTIAN Deputy Foreign Minister Soubanh Snthirath is due here on Monday for a second round of talks on three disputed border hamlets. A Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said today that the Thai government hoped the disKute over the hamlets of lai, Klang and
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    • 63 9 CEBU. Fri. A one-armed ex-convict tried to rob a courting couple m a public park by pretending he was a police aide, police said today. Rogelio Pajaron, 31. demanded money because the couple were out after curfew time for teenagers. The youth handed over 60 pesos
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    • 419 9 I Junko Shimadajiakeo Kikuchi, Rope, Batsujakano who? This is not a quick course m conversational Jaj3an6S6. I^^^ What it is, however, is a quick introduction to sonic M W^" tne more renowned names m Japanese fashion today. m E These designers, and other like them, have helped IK make the
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  • Asean: ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 160 10 70 m stretch of highway caves in KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Kuantan-Segamat highway, which has been m use for barely three years, has caved-in at the stretch m Keratong, Pahang, forcing vehicles to detour via a hastily constructed side-road. The Pan-Malaysia Lorry Owners Association yesterday took newsmen to the scene.
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    • 321 10 SERDANG (Selangor), Friday PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he was dissatisfied with the standard of living of farmers and fishermen, who still remained m the poverty group. Urging them to change their way of life to be on par with the
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    • 251 10 DAP lodges one more report against Harris KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Democratic Action Party has lodged another report with the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) against Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh today for allegedly violating the Sabah state Constitution. The report was lodged by the party's MP for Kepong, Dr Tan
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    • 43 10 PENANG, Fri. The Indonesian Vice-Consul here, Mr Suherman Obon, today led 16 Indonesians, including staff of the consulate and businessmen, m donating blood at the General Hospital here as part of celebrations to mark Indonesia's National Day on Aug 16. Bernama
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    • 69 10 Dud $50 notes detected MALACCA, Fri. Several new forged $50 notes are circulating here and it is believed that at least $900 m such currency has been detected over the last week. Reliable sources confirmed that at least three prominent banks had discovered counterfeit notes over the last few days.
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    • 35 10 KUALA LUHPUR, Fri. The Malays! m Airline Sys tern receive" a $50 million loan from f consortium of insurance ompanies here yesterday t) build hangars and other iacilities, airline officials announced AP
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  • HOME
    • 307 12 A PAINTER led police to a pistol and 10 bullets which he had hidden m a buried tin. Eu Chai Seng, 39, was arrested by officers from the Organised Crime Branch, CTD, m a hut beside a fish pond at Lorong Persatuan
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    • 482 12  -  RONNIE WAI Air defence crew spent three weeks m Sweden preparing for exercise By THE firing of a single missile costing a few hundred thousand dollars is something not everyone can lay claim to. On the surface, it seems a simple process, and
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    • 452 12 Choice of chalets with $1m donations Sponsorship plan for workers' resort By IVAN DM Nine unions booked offices at new complex COMPANIES donating at least $1 million each to the Singapore Labour Foundation's proposed workers' resort at Pasir Ris, can choose from three models of chalets to be set aside
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    • 259 12  - Taxi pooling scheme scrapped RAY DHALIWAL By THERE are just too many hassles involved m planning a monthly taxi pooling scheme. The Ministry of Communications has decided to scrap the scheme which was earlier targeted for launching m the .■v.iddle of this year. Also, it was felt that it was
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    • 171 12 A 60-CM skewer, a frying spatula and two choppers were believed to have been used to break into a coffeeshop m Somerset Road early yesterday. Police seized these housebreaking "tools" at the Orchard Eating House m Somerset House following the arrest of four
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    • 379 13  -  HEDWIG ALFRED Projects for gifted, art and music pupils are on course By THE THREE quality projects introduced to schools recently are living up to their expectations. This was Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon's verdict after visiting the schools with the pilot project
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    • 252 13 Quick sketch to show off to visitors Quote The standard of these works is high, much higher than other students of this age. Although it is not our intention to train professional artists here, if one or two students here are so keen on art that they become professionals, it
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    • 298 13 CERTAIN amendments to the Central Provident Fund Act are being sought by the government to enable it to implement new policies. These policies include the Medisave scheme and the government's cash grant offer for low-in-come, low-education families to stop having more than
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    • 151 13 Judgment reserved in jeans label suit JUDGMENT has been reserved m the Jordache versus Jordane jeans case after final submissions by lawyers from both sides yesterday. Mr Harry Elias, for Jordache Enterprises Inc., told Mr Justice L.P. Thean that the important point the court Had to decide was whether those
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    • 71 13 Motorcycle skid kills student AN 18- YEAR-OLD student died after his motorcycle skidded m River Valley Road yesterday morning. Police said the teenager, Koh Liang Joo, was riding towards Tank Road from Grange Road when the accident happened at about 11.40 a.m. He was flung from the machine after it
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    • 41 13 A 23- YEAR-OLD woman was jailed (or (our months yesterday (or stealing $35 from another woman at a public pool. P. Ezthar, 23, who has three convictions, admitted committing the theft at Queenstown Swimming Pool on Thursday.
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    • 303 15  -  SALMA KHALIK Story: HIDDEN behind rows of trees along Airport Boulevard, work is going on to extend Changi Airport. Already, a second road is ociner built to accommodate the heavy trucks that will trundle down the expressway to the construction site. Three lanes m
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    • 198 15 Manager found unwelcome guest at home A MAN returned home for lunch one day, but fled a few. minutes later with an armed robber hot on his heels. Mr Dorian Ball, a company manager, heard a noise from the storeroom at the back of his house. On checking, he saw
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    • 76 15 Ministry seeks mum of child THE Ministry of Social Affairs is anxious to contact Mdm Asekana do Singaram to discuss the future welfare of her child. Mdm Asekana's last known address is Blk 36 Jalan Rumah Tinggi -10-381 Singapore 0315. Anyone who knows her whereabouts should contact the Assistant Director,
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    • 328 16  - Min Pao's future uncertain NGIAM TONG HAI By THE future of Mm Pao, a Chinese evening daily, hangs m the balance as its printing machines, typewriters, airconditioners and office furniture were auctioned m a sheriff's sale yesterday. Its editor-in-chief, Mr Lee Chun Tong, said the new owners of the machines
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    • 123 16 A MECHANIC stole his colleague's auto-teller machine card and withdrew money on four occasions after memorising his secret number. Sutejoh bin Rada Seira, 24, had accompanied Mr Muhammed Mahadi bin Abdul Razak, also 24, to withdraw money on numerous occasions and memorised the secret number,
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    • 313 16  -  TONG YOKE THO Effort to stop high turnover of workers BY A MULTI-MILLION dollar training centre for retail sales staff is to be set up by the Singapore Retail Merchants Association early next year. Sales assistants who enrol for courses may be
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    • 258 16 10,000 copies of retail guide released WALK into a store and you would expect good service. Do not be too surprised if you do get it from a pleasant salesgirl who greets you with a warm smile and who waits patiently while you agonise over the size seven pink shoes
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    • 283 16 300 seek listing on builders' register MORE than 300 contractors licensed by the Public Works Department want to be included m the new central registry of public sector contractors. These contractors have traded m their old licences issued by the PWD for new ones from the Construction Industry Development Board.
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    • 125 16 THREE men and two women were fined between $3M and $B,MO yesterday for having either uncensored or obscene video tapes or both. Ong Yea Poo, 34, vta<« fined $B,Mt for having 89 tapes without valid certificates at WalUt-h Street on Feb 29. l.im
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    • 270 18 Charity trustees warning Commissioner says they may be personally liable for abuse TRUSTEES of charitable organisations who abuse charity property or purposes may be held personally liable. These acts are tantamount to a breach of trust, warned the Commissioner of Charities, Mr Hsu Tse-Kwang. In his first annual report since
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    • 227 18 Downstairs toilets soon for HDB maisonettes Bishan estate will be the first to have this feature RESIDENTS of new Housing Board maisonettes will soon no longer have to scramble up a flight of stairs each time they want to use the toilet! These split-level flats will come with a toilet
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    • 196 18 A MAL.-J nurse was charged on Thursday with cheatirq a constituency sports club of $289 and crininal breach of trust of $175 belonging to the management of the club. Satpal Singh Sandhu, 30, is alleged to have cheated the management of Cheng San
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    • 42 18 SINGAPOREANS, aged three to 15, can take part m an international children's art exhibition contest, organised by the Nippon Television Network Cultural Society and the Foundation (or Art Education m Japan. The closing date for entries is Oct 31.
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    • 56 18 THE 12TH Singapore Boys' Brigade Company is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Aug 18. A dinner will be held at the Anglo-Chinese School auditorium immediately after the company review and display The dinner costs $30 per person. Those interested should contact Mr Tye Yew Meng at
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    • 197 18  - The charge of the lightly clad brigade MICHAEL LIM By SUNDAY August 19 at 8 a.m. will see the Charge of the Lightly-Clad Brigade. This will be when SAF reservists and active personnel take to the roads m a 25-km mass road relay. A total of 60 teams comprising 10
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    • 113 18 Antwerp port men here next month A FACT-FINDING mission of the Port of Antwerp will be visiting Singapore between Sept 17 and 21 as part of an Ase?n tour to promote Antwerp and its facilities m the region. The delegation will bo led by the governor of the province of
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    • 69 18 TANGLIN police officers yesterday arrested a suspected pickpocket after a short chase. Mr Kolvant Singh, 22. was eating at the Newton food centre when a man stole his wallet. But his friend caupht him m the act and raised the alarm. A passing patrol car
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    • 215 20 Coin-box Three more charged THREE more youths were charged yesterday m connection with theft from the coin boxes m Singapore Bus Service OTS bases. Last week, Wang Jee Tin and Nicholas Perez, both 18, were accused of stealing $483.55 from a bus coin-box at Chai Chee bus terminal at Chai
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    • 48 20 BUS DRIVER Mohammad Shariff was yesterday fined $400 when he admitted driving a Singapore Bus Service bus without proper control. The bus went off Mandai Road on the morning of Oct 18 last year and knocked into two trees, injuring 13 passengers and Mohammad Shariff.
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    • 197 20 MANY employers still face labour shortage although there is a large reservoir of useful labour waiting to be tapped. There are 509,600 economically-inactive females aged 15 and above who can be usefully employed if only bosses would put their minds to it. This
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    • 318 20 Call to think safety, work s af ely A MONTH-LONG campaign to make construction workers safety conscious was launched yesterday by the National Development Minister. Kicking off the event, Mr Teh Cheang Wan said that although creditable efforts had been made by contractors, much has still to be done to
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  • 500 22 UP TO Wednesday, the only definite thing Hongkong's five million people knew about 1997 was that m that year China would be taking over the colony from the British. Despite much public discussion and to-ing and fro-ing of officials m and out
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  • 1204 22 Survey reveals doubts that shorter work week will cut unemployment 4 THE biggest cause of lost jobs m Europe has been Europe's lack of competitiveness. This recommendation might end up by creating more jobs but they will be jobs outside Europe. s Britain's Employment
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  • 991 22  - Clampdown on Reds seen by some Thais as arrest of democracy NANCY CHNG By Bsngkok Correspondent RECENT developments m the Thai political scene have stirred up nervousness among some Thais, especially those who hope that the country is progressing towards a greater measure of democracy. It all started with the
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  • 549 22 T.F.Hwang takes down memory lane THE quality of mercy is not strained. Shakespeare. This was but one of the many Shakespearean lines often cited and recited by court lawyers m times long past. The old English Bard was being quoted then as much as the Bible was m the old
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  • FORUM
    • 369 23 On what the Prime Minister said when the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill was before Parliament. The Bill has since been passed. I REFER to your report on the speech by the Prime Minister when he moved the Constitution of the Republic
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    • 262 23 MEMBERS of the public interviewed on television have said that opposition MPs should not be given seats m Parliament as a "second choice". I disagree. Just as competition is the pillar of capitalism, an opposition is the lifeline of democracy m the sense that it
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    • 237 23 Elect a credible person I REFER to the report "3 reasons for Opposition". (ST, July 25). We are indeed fortunate to have leaders like our Prime Minister. They recognise the need to test the mettle and calibre of the individuals selected to represent our citizens m Parliament. However, the real
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    • 110 23 Trains should slow down YOUR article "Short cut leads to death" (ST, Aug 1) prompts me to respond to the official who proposed to educate people to walk around the railway tracks. Human nature is such that short cuts become instinctively appealing especially when one is late. The practical measure
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    • 159 23 THE prices of Housing Board flats have gone up quite substantially over the last three years. Also, indirectly, flats cost more now than before m comparative locations following their reclassification by the HDB. To cite an example, m early 1981, a five-room point block
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    • 61 23 THE Public Service Commission's annual report says there is an acute shortage of staff for some Division Three posts. Why can't the authorities upgrade deserving Division Four officers who possess the requisite qualifications of three or four GCE 'O' levels? I am sure this will alleviate the shortage
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    • 75 23 IF the People's Action Party is genuinely interested m having credible opposition members m Parliament it should give enough time to all opposition parties to campaign as nine days are not enough. The parties should be given three weeks from the day of nomination to the
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    • 506 23 SEVERAL points worthy of consideration emerge from the two speeches made before Parliament on July 24 and 25 by the Prime Minister. It is extremely regrettable that he chose to act like Defence and Second Health Minister Goh Chok Tong by implying m
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    • 631 24  -  ISMAIL KASSIM 4 There were even joint communiques released m Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta as if Mr Arafat was the president of a Palestinian state instead of being the beleaguered chairman of the faction-ridden PLO. By Significance of his recent visit to
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    • 816 24  -  ULI SCHMETZER Second of a two-part account on Albania By writing for the International Herald Tribune THE ONLY visible sign of industrial development from the terrace of the hotel m the southern Albanian port city of Vlore is the smoke swirling out of
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the market
      • 37 25 Singapore barometer Up Down Unch Industrials 80 26 12 Finance I* 2 2 Hotels I 2 0 Properties 10 1 2 Plantations )3 2 1 Mining 5 0 1 Deb/Loans 6 I 3 Total 138 34 21
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      • 43 25 K. Lumpur barometer Up Down Unch Industrials 86 19 23 Finance 12 0 2 Hotels 2 0 0 Properties 9 1 1 Oil palms 7 0 2 Tins 12 I 2 Rubbers 21 1 2 Deb/Loans 0 0 I Total 149 22 33
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      • 83 25 SHARE prices closed off best at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday m active trading as a late bout of profit-taking trimmed earlier gains. The widely-moni-tored 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index rose 14.41 points to 1446.91. At the final bell, the Scoreboard registered 151
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      • 284 25 SHARE prices on the local stock market continued to rise yesterday, with volume reaching a new alltime high of 36.2 million units traded. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 11.31 points to 965.36. The Business Times Composite Index put on 14.36 points to
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      • 34 25 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1983/84 High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) 1983/84 Low 712.29 (5/1/83) 684.88 (4/1/83) All-time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 550.78 (12/8/82)
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      • Chief price changes
        • 65 25 K|l«iMtSl.so 730 +90 Ntw Smm<ah 370 +80 UmHM 680 +40 DuttOt. SOS +39 MB*** 895 +35 F»H 580+30 FtdCaMn 360 +22 Kotut^SOc 1240 +20 Btirti 880 +20 MC«Mnt 760 +20 Gwrtinej 555 +20 Strait* Tradbif 545 +20 Metro rldjj 372 18 Ssaw* SOc 266+16 OCBC 1000+15 DBS 865 15
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        • 77 25 Stti Mv W b 99 -30 N$ 0 f 380 —26 GlMfcsMc 310-20 P»n-O 50c 310 -20 Wtanws 4SO —12 Sana* HMp 260 -10 IC S 680 -5 FvaiMnt 265 -S Ma Cam 165 -5 Venttt Prwl 145 —4 Gold Coir 281 -3 Sn Hvtanu ?48 -3 MarctNto 119
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        • 55 25 Au«2 Au|3 BT Composite 843.03 857.39 BT Inftcatoi *****55 ?62'710 BTOB/OS +263 382 STMvstnafe 954.05 965 36 ST f mince 2668 «6 2693 43 STHoMs ***** 928.98 ST Propwtm 586 40 592.62 STMmi«s ***** ***** 3T Plantations *****9 2636.83 OCBC 733 08 745 86 SES M 682 90 69.73
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        • 16 25 Pan El 6.079,000 PohongCons 2.144.000 U 1 C 1,984,000 Fed Cables 1.436.000 Promet 1.322.000
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      • 76 25 BouttadßM +5 Gurnets +6 PMC +4 Son* SNp -2 CtC +2 Haw Par +4 Pin Ok -20 Sim* Dirty +9 CCM +5 Inchcape Bhd +6 Pwfa Plant +8 Tradtof +20 CoUStorafe +6 Ktppd +4 Prima unch S»» Corp +3 DonkipM +2 MTC unch Promtt -2 Emo
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    • 508 25 SINGAPORE'S launch of a financial futures market on Sept 5, at least a month before its rival Hongkong, could prove a critical advantage, officials of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) said. However, they said they were concerned Hongkong may
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    • 598 25  -  S. KUMAR Fake circulars on company distributed Most active stock By THE climb m PanElectric Industries' share price, the most courted stock for the past five weeks, was stopped yesterday as a report about a phony investment circular on the company hit
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    • 260 25 BEIJING The first three share offerings to the Chinese public since the communists won power m 1949, made last month, have received a very favourable response, Chinese bank officials said. They said share issues are being used to channel the large
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    • 174 25 HONGKONG, Fri. A two point cut In prime and deposit Interest rates here may posh the Hang Seng Index over 9M, broken said. Yesterday, the Index rose M.-S5 to BtS.lt, Its largest rise m more than 2Vi years, In response to a statement
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    • 605 25 Pan-Electric trading pattern INVESTMENT circulars making recommendations oo a company's stack abeand la the local stock market, tat the reputable ones carry the stockbroker's name, and the partners and the analyst are respsaslble for the Information contained la the circular. The
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    • 268 25 OCBC's inerim results up 7.7 pc IF INTERIM results are anything to go by, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd, the first of the Big Four local banks to report, has recovered its shine. The group's net profit for the first half of this year showed a 7.7 per cent increase to
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    • 4925 26 READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the Sinfapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, is necessarily covered m "business done". Further because al dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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    • 2903 26 M shares quoted have a par value of SI, ufcss otherwise specified Adjusted for scnp/njhts N Tai-eiempted dWidend. ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted n dolan. 1984 Last YWd Vol Day rijh Low Company Sate Changt (000) «fh l<n>
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    • 3083 26 INDUSTRIALS Ajinomoto (3 90S) Alex Hldg cd Alcom (2 365) (8) 2 34 (1) 2.32 (30) 2 35 (8) 2 37 (6) 2 38 (2) 236 Antah (1.965) (26) I 95 (2) 1 97 (15) 1 96 cd A Choc (3 188 3 2OS) (86)
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    • Commodities
      • 44 27 GOLD US$/oz Fri Thus Singapore *****—***** 344 80 345.30 Hongkong *****—***** 343.80—344 30 Thurs Wed New York *****— 344.75 345 00-345.50 London 342.50—343.00 339 75—340 25 Sept Dec Simex Gold Futures high— low 360 10 358 50 Closing 348.00 358.50 Volume 961
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      • 157 27 THE KILOBAR market traded between 5524,004 and 5524.133. The Far East gold market opened at U*****.70/C.20. It moved within a narrow range, from a high of U*****.25/ 6.75 to Ba low of U*****.50 346.00, m quiet morning 2 trading. -v It closed for lunch at U*****.10 /6.60 and re-
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      • 144 27 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed higher on continued speculative buying and covering interest, with firmer Chicago soya futures helping sentiment. palm Closing prices Crude MS/tome palm oi Auf 1010 (ctntral) 1005 (north i south) sn" loo? so south ft central) Oct 1000 (north) 990 (south' Refined palm
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      • 53 27 THE Straits Tin price m Penang remained at the International Tin Agreement's floor level of M 529.15 per kilo on continued lack of demand. The buffer stock manager again supported strongly at this level. Turnover rose to 171 tonnes from 140 tonnes on Thursday with no foreign concentrates
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      • 23 27 Ctowif prices Copp»r £/tono* Thur* Spot 1005 00-1005 50 (1000.50-*****0) 3 months 1025 00— *****0 (*****0—*****0) Market tone Steadier Sales 25.450 tonnes
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      • 24 27 CJosinf prices Aluminium £/|ome Dm Spot *****— ***** (873 00—*****) 3 months 904 00—904.50 (898 50—893 00) Market tone: Steadier Sales: 13.175 tonnes
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      • 21 27 Silver ®Z?*** n USJ/hoy oz Fri Tton Singapore 7.45-7.50 Tlan Wed New York 7 44— 47 Source: Credit Suisse. Spore
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      • 319 27 FOB m bales RAS MRELB (S cents/Mo) (M cents/klo) Noon Close Noon Close Int I RSS prompt 185 00— 186 OON 186.00— 187.00N unq unq Int. 1 RSS Aug 187.00 188 00 188.25 189 25 206.00- -207.00 208 00-208 50 Int. 1 RSS Sept 193.50—194.00 194.75 195.25 Int 2
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      • 380 27 Noon dosfctf prices J/100 kf Coconut oil Bulk FOB 215 00 (sellers) Old drum FOB 228 00 (sellers) >w drum FOB 232 00 (sellers) Copra Mued (loose) 115 00 (btiyfs) Pepper Muntok White Asta FOB NIW 607.50 (sellers) Sarawak white <aq FOB NIW (00 00 (sellers) Sarawak special
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    • Overseas market
      • 448 27 2 LONDON, Fri. Shares closed higher yesterday 2 m active trading. The Financial Times 30-Share Index rose 13.9 I points to 809.1, while the FT-SE gained 21 points to 1039.1. JJ Investors were encour- aged by the overnight 3 gains on Wall Street. 1 Gold mining shares were 2
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      • 285 27 »"l 3 HKS Chanct Associated Hoteh 0 25 Book Of Eo»t Asto 19 90 -0 5 Cheung Kong 8 05 -0 1 Crww Light 12 00 +0 6 Cross Honb Tunnel I0 0OS f E Consortium 0 34 -0 01 Far East E«ch Ph^* 0025 unch G I Cement
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      • 336 27 Auf 3 fa Chjn f e Apnomoto 1160 +20 Akoi 407 1 7 Amodo 1190 50 Asohi Chem 591 -4 Asohi Glass 750 +5 Bank Tk 445 unch Bf«lges»on# 610 +31 Conor 1 270 80 Casto Computer 1360 +90 Cifiien 505 +53 O Kkp Print 930 unch D Nippon
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      • 333 27 Auj 3 Cents Charge (Ami) INDUSTRIALS A C I 189 -6 A N I 228 +6 APM 230 -2 Ab*rto»l« 830 +20 Age 280 -13 Alliance CM 62 -I- 1 AHied MiH 225 unch Ampo) Exp 280 +15 Ampol Pet 170 unch Am 478 -2 Ashton 93 +1 B
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      • 242 27 ta|2 IBS ChM«t Alcoa 33% 2% ANOOwnCp 31% +2H A**-Chatm«r* 9 H Am T.I T.I 18% +1 Amox Inc 20% +2% Am Corp 29% 1 B«thl«hem Stf 18% +IM Bo«mg Co 49 1 Burrough* Cp S6H +2* Cotwpior Co 38H +2* Cho»« Monhtn 38H +1M ChrysJw Cp 29H
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      • 559 27 fc«3 tact Chanfi MDUSTMALS AH«ed-Lyorw 160 2 An Dairies 160 +6 BTRPLC 447 +13 Babcocks 136 +3 Barclays 464 5 Beechorm 345 27 HCC 230 +7 BlueCirck 393 +17 BOC Group 247 -3 Boors 157 2 Bowater 165 unch BATS 245 +5 Britonnio 71 4 BP 453 +3 Brown
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    • Finance
      • 229 27 THE US dollar opened at 552.1510 30 and eased to a low of 552.1492 m afternoon trading. But it firmed marginally to close at 5J2.1505/15. The greenback was traded mixed against major currencies. Against the Deutschemark, it opened at 2.8880/90 and was traded between 2.8855/65 and 2.8905/15. It closed
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      • 194 27 Interbank Over the counter fw**" Local (Mars to Foreifn currency currency one unit of to S5lO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.8031 1.8061 5.62—5 50 Canadian dollar 1.6403 1.6417 616—6 06 NZ dollar 1 0687 1 0703 9.61-9 24 Sterling pound 2.8236 2 8270 3 58—3 52 US dollar
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      • 195 27 Managers' prices for 4th August Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 3.34—3 55 The Savings Fund 206— 2 19 Spore Prog Fund 1 47-1 56 Spore See Fund 2 16-2 29id S pore Invest Fund 1 24— 1 31 Spore Equity Fund 1 48— 157 Asia Unit Trust Mai
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    • 554 27 Rocotpt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo Delivery of FCL import container* LCL containers unpacked at th« container* freight on August 3 (2300) LCL RtctMnf RtctMnf Ship (Voyaft) An Carp Time Block Sea Prelude (31) 5/8 (0030) TA3 1100-1200 L 4 Anton (*****N) 5/8 (0700) TA3 *****300
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    • 519 28 CHUAN Hup Marine has teamed up with one of the three biggest offshore oil service operators m Australia Lombardo Marine Pty Ltd. Their joint-venture company, m which Chuan Hup owns 30 per cent with a A53.6 million (556.4 million) investment, is expected
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    • From the companies desk
      • 44 28 KUALA LUMPUR ARAB-MALAYSIAN MERCHANT BANK (AMB) has announced that its newly-acquired subsidiary, Teguh Insurance Co Sdn Bhd, has been re-named Arab-Malaysian Insurance Berhad. AMB's acquisition of an 80-per-cent stake m the insurance company has been approved by the relevant regulatory authorities.— Bernama.
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      • 38 28 AT KHONG GUAN FLOUR MILLING LTD*S EGM on July 27, its shareholders have approved the sale of 1.8 million shares m United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd to Golden Hut Enterprises Sdn Bhd at M 512.50 per share.
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      • 42 28 AT SIM UM INVESTMENTS LTD'S EGM on July 31, shareholders have approved the sale of about three million shares m Sim Lim Holdings Bhd to Messrs Tan Sri Datuk Wee Boon Ping and Hussein Wahid Dally at Ms 6 per share.
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      • 38 28 JACK CHIA-MPH LTD'S two-for-three rights issue of 40.9 million $1 new shares at $1.35 per share with TSR (A) has not been fully subscribed. Only 39.4 million new shares, representing 96.3 per cent, were accepted.
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      • 52 28 Purchase approved THE Foreign Investment Committee and the Capital Issues Committee have approved SOUTH MALAYSIA INDUSTRIES BHD'S proposed acquisition of five companies for, M 540.5 million. The five companies are Anastoria Sdn Bhd, Seng Kong Housing Development Sdn Bhd, Kam Kok Development Sdn Bhd, Beauland Sdn Bhd and Erieo Estates
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      • 22 28 THE Foreign Investment Committee has approved IBEX SDN BHD'S purchase of 51.15 per cent of Roxy Electric Industries (Malaysia) Bhd.
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    • Stock market weekly round-up...
      • 604 28 Singapore Top five stocks THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high and low for 1984 THE belief that
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      • 140 28 K. Lumpur LAST week's rally continued on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and the 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index rose 90.34 points over the week to 1446.91. Trading was rather hectic as keen investors ensured that they do not miss out on the
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      • 305 28 KUMPULAN Emas Bhd, literally the "golden group" which is offering its shares to the Malaysian public, is expected to seek a secondary listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore soon after. A plantation and engineeringbased group partly owned and run by former executives
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 332 41  -  JOE DORAI Club won't release player for Cup By NATIONAL striker Kannan Kunjuraman will not be released by his new club, Cheq Point, to turn out for Singapore m next year's Malaysia Cup soccer series. Kannan, who joined Cheq Point on July 1, will be
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    • 311 41  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By SINGAPORE'S leading golf amateurs, Poh Ec Kiat and Douglas Ooi, swept into the lead after 36 holes of the Singapore Amateur Open Championship at Sera pong yesterday. Firm favourite Ec Kiat took a three-stroke lead from his national team-mate when he added a
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    • 165 41 151 Poh Ec Kiat 76, 75. 154 Douglas Ooi 78, 76. 155 Poh Eng Teck 78, 77. 151 M. Murugiah 79. 78. M. Balrai 78. 79. 158 F. Sofyan 79, 79, Cam Gribben 74, 84, Tang Shui Wing 81, 77. 15t Dominique Bouiet 79, 80. lit A. Chelliah
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    • 178 41 DUBLIN, Fri. A Brazilian and two Britons shot 656 to lead a mass assault on the Royal Dublin Golf Course m the first round of the Irish Open Championship here yesterday. In near-ideal conditions, Mike Miller, of Scotland, produced his round early m the day, and
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    • 284 41 THE Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus staged a dramatic walkout In the finals of the 18th National Schools Judo Championships and, m the process, turned their backs on the silver medal at Kirn Seng Road yesterday. They were disqualified after they refused to
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    • 259 41 SINGAPORE beat Federal Territory by 28 runs on the first day of the three-day Malaysian Cricket Association League final at Selangor Club Padang m Kuala Lumpur At the close, Singapore were 191 for eight m reply to FT's 163 all out. THE invincible West Indies cricketers finally found
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    • 154 41  - End of road for Malays JOE DORAI MALAYSIAN Armed Forces made full use of their superb fitness to knock out Singapore Malays from th. Sultans' Gold Cup soct-rf tournament. After winning the first leg 3-2 last v.,ek, they held Singapore to a scoreless draw m the returnmatch at the J.,i.in
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    • BOXING
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        427 44 Reserve jury reverse decision on winner LOS ANGELES, Fri. An Egyptian boxer found out the hard way yesterday that you can win a fight m the Olympic Games and still end up a loser. Gamaleldin Elkomy won the votes of three of the five judges m his bantamweight
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      • 229 44 LOS ANGELES. Fri Egypt Qualified for the quarter-finals at the expense of the United States yesterday with a 1--1 draw m their last group match. The Egyptians cast aside rough play and held on desperately as the Americans tried to score the one goal
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      • 405 44 HOCKEY LOS ANGELES, Fri. Title-holders India beat Spain 4-3, the same score as m the 1980 final, to record their third Group A win m the men's tournament yesterday. India were 2-0 m front after 18 minutes through goals by Hardeep Singh and
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    • Article, Illustration
      510 45 Day of mixed fortunes for Japan as ecstasy of golden glory is marred by the agony of drug ban on official Gushiken strikes with a golden vault LOS ANGELES, Fri. Veteran Japanese gymnast Koji Gushiken struck late to snatch the men's individual overall gold medal after coming
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    • 286 45 Kamachi new shooting star LOS ANGELES, Fri. China were on the mark again yesterday with their third gold, but Japan scored their first success m shooting at the 1984 Olympics. Japan's gold was won by Takeo Kamachi m the men's rapid fire pistol, m which he scored 595 out of
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    • 231 45 Masseur sacked from Games LOS ANGELES, FYI. A Japanese masNeur who gave a forbidden herbal drug to a Japanese Olympir athlete was banned from the Games for 12 years and the Japanese team given a "severe warnDig/ yesterday. But the International Olympic Committee took no action against
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    • 635 46 Godfrey Robert reports on a day of drama m the Olympic pool Fahrner's Olympic mark a consolation prize LOS ANGELES, Fri. West German swimmer Thomas Fahrner is probably the most unfortunate athlete at the 23rd Olympic Games here. Fahrner, 21 exactly a month ago,
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    • 323 46 Singapore four qualify for the losers' final LOS ANGELES, Fri. Singapore's 4xloo metres men's freestyle relay quartet yesterday broke the national record but finished irt 17th position on the fourth day to qualify for the consolation final on the fourth day of the Olympic Games swimming
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    • 460 46 Here's saying it with flowers LOS ANGELES, Fri. Moments after winning the gold medal yesterday, Victor Davis, Canada's favourite bad boy, did what all good young men should do. He handed his mother a sprig of flowers and gave her a kiss. Davis, who kicked a chair m temper before
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    • 241 46 Anything you can do, we can do better LOS ANGELES, Fri. American Mary Meagher may have reinforceu her world supremacy as a butterfly specialist m swimming. But overseas challengers shocked the American stars m four heats of the six events on the morning programme. In the women's 800 metres freestyle,
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    • 140 46 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Singapore's Kelly Chart improved to 23rd position m the third race of the windglider class boardsailing at Long Beach here yesterday. Kelly had a quiet start but improved as the race wore on and the winds picked up to about Force four. Kelly, who
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    • 130 46 V EJHT GBJEQH GBQ OLYMPIC horses are up for sale at the Games. In the privacy of the competitors' village and seclusion of the stables, a discreet but potentially lucrative market exists for horse trading. This is because the poorly-financed teams from Australia and New
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    • 131 46 THE 1,5H Olympic helpers, officials and media staff, are to avoid using the word "smog" to describe the Los Angeles air. They should say: "There are atmospheric conditions that prevail at certain times of the year. Everyday, the weather is beautiful." SEVEN thousand ticket holders were shot
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    • 126 46 BRITAIN'S Princess Anne met with Zola Budd. one of the world's premier middle-distance runners, as the Princess toured Olympic venues on Thursday to chat with British athletes. They discussed living conditions m the Olympic Village, and Princess Anne wished the native South African well m competition. PORTUGUESE
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    • 523 47 No holds barred for Dwight m bid to take limelight off Zhu LOS ANGELES, Fri. Dwight Stones, the grand old man of highjumping, is banking on nerve, experience and the poor tradition of favourites to carry him to an unprecedented third Olympic medal. The long, lean Calif
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    • 952 47 American stars go for golden domination, but it won't be all yankee doodle dandy Alan Hubbard sets the scene for the track and field extravaganza LOS ANGELES, Fri. It is the moment they have all been waiting for. Some for four years, others, like the Americans, Canadians
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    • 186 47 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Said Aouita, of Morocco, has opted to run the men's 5,tM metres In the Olympic Games. Aouita, who has run the fastest l,5*t and 5,*Mm this year, was entered for both races here, bat with the timetable making it impossible for any athlete
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    • 189 47 Men: 1H metres: Carl Lewis (US) 2Mm: Carl Lewis (US) 4Mm: Antonio McKay (US) BMm: Sebastian Coe (GB) 1,50tm: Joachim Cruz (Brazil) s,Mtm: Said Aouita (Morocco) l#,H#m: Alberto Cova (Italy) 3,Ntm steeplechase: Henry Marsh (US) Marathon: Rob de Castella (Australia) Him hardies: Greg Foster
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    • 256 47  -  Hakikat Rai OJVU 6B Men: lHm: Calvin Smith 9.935 ec 2Hm: Pietro Mennea 19.72 4Mm: Lee Evans 43.86 BMm: Sebastian Coe lmin 41.735 ec l,s»tm: Steve Ovett 3:30.77 s,Htm: David Moorcroft 13:00.41 ll,INm: Fernando Mamede 27:13.81 Htm: hardies: Renaldo Nehemiah 12.93 4Wm hurdles: Edwin Moses 47.02 3,tMm steeplechase:
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    • 378 47 Harris hurdle for mighty Moses LOS ANGELES, Fri. An Olympic gold medal victory over the mighty Edwin Moses is the one thing that can lure teenage American flyer Danny Harris away from football, his first sporting love. Harris, 18, amazed everyone by running Moses so close m the 400 metres
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    • 333 47 Two world times may not be ratified LOS ANGELES, Fri. World records set this year m the men's 10,000 metres and women's 5,000 m might not be ratified because of rule infringements, the International Amateur Athletics Federation said yesterday. lAAF secretary John Holt said that the 10,000
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    • CYCLING
      • 313 47 LOS ANGELES, Fri. American riders Mark Gorski and Nelson Vails reached the final of the sprints here yesterday but it was the United States 4,000 metres pursuit team who stole the show at the Olympic Velodrome. The quartet overcame a defective bike and a crash to reach the
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      • 89 47 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Barrel-chested Karl-Heinz Radschinsky picked up West Germany's first Olympic title last night and broke China's string of four gold medals. Radschinsky, 31, capped a long career by taking the middleweight (75kg) title with a total lift of 34tkg. "There is nothing better than
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      • 304 47 LOS ANGELES. Fri. The South Korean women came down to earth here yesterday when favourites the United States trounced them 84-47. The Koreans, who gained a place m the Olympics as replacements for the boycotting Eastern bloc countries, had been worrying the Americans after two upset wins
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  • RACING
    • 318 42  -  EPSOM JEEP Swingin' Cowboy good for each-way By JI'ARA looks hard to beat on form m the last race for Class 1 Div 2 sprinters over 1,200 m at Bukit Timah today. An impressive winner over the Kuala Lumpur 1,200 m m Div 5 m
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    • 3744 42 GOING FORECAST: GOOD aMMPPWH 2.15 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV D 1,200 m ;f,y? (3 year olds) mmmmmmmm (stakes: $13,500) 1 0 Bnuzaka 57 Fandi-Bougoure 3 nzg Steadied at 200 m, finishing 12th to Siamese Fighter Div E 1100 m good last week 8m 13 2 05 Charity
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    • 290 42 RACE EPSOM JEEP RACING ED TONTO PEDIGREE WENG BOOK 10 Sunrise Villa 11 Tukang Wang 10 SunriM Villa 9Simm*nlal 11 Tukang Wang 111 Tukang Wang 2 Charity 3 Commander Three 10 Sunrise Villa 8 Silvery Moon 12 Universal 3 Commander Three 11 Tukang Wang 11 Tukang
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    • 200 42  - Splendour looking splendid TONTO By our man on the track FOUR-YEAR-OLD Splendour n, a beaten odds-on favourite m his last start, is fighting fit and should readily recoup the losses m Race 6. In that run at Bukit Timah m June, he did not have a clean jump and only
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    • 51 42 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 3: Lungchuan Swords, Continental Missile RACE 4: Swingin' Cowboy, Longevity n, Malacca Fort, Kiwican RACE 5: Nine Dragon, Scorpio 111, Gympie RACE I: Soon Soon, Determination IV, Whips, Jubilation IV, Silver Striker RACE 7: Bandar Raya, Forty
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 42 JOCKEY M.C. Lam (above), who landed a hat-trick at Buklt Timah last Saturday, la not riding this weekend he has gone on a brief holiday. Meanwhile, Terry Lucas, who skipped last weekend's races, Is back. He has two mounts today and fonr tomorrow, including Sentimental Journey 0
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    • 129 42 FORMER jockey James Bielby, who jumped bail after being sentenced to four years imprisonment for fraud m a £4.5 million (about Ssl2 million) horse-race betting trial, has been found suffering from an apparent drug overdose, police said yesterday. Bielby, 37, was found unconscious m the attic of
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    • 412 43 Four more Cup candidates withdrawn ON THE TRACK with TONTO FOUR more horses have been taken out of the $75,000 Pesta Sukan Cup to be run at Bukit Timah tomorrow (Race 4), leaving 13 runners to contest the 1,600 m event. In addition to Our
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    • 78 43 The top gallops TUESDAY (good): Juara 35.5, Star-Maker 36.9, Dazalate 39.3, Fiery Gayle 37, Be My Native 42.2. WEDNESDAY (good): Determination IV 39.9, James Brigand and Shogun II 42.6 together, THURSDAY (good): Paititi Gold 39.5, Sunny Island 36.4, Siapa Rajah IV 37, Ontario U 36.4, Mandarin Scholar 36.9, Air Bus
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    • 178 43 Total No. of placlngs Placlngs for last 1 a rides rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 TUey 237 44 S5 22 ********** 2 Johnston 246 T. 25 21 ********** S Danla 171 24 18 12 ********** 4 Khoo 177 24 15 11 ********** 8 Cook 116 II 14 15
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    • 91 43 Ist 2nd 3rd Teh 44 36 32 Allan 33 30 21 Zaflr 31 27 21 B/uwire 24 22 25 E van Breakelen 23 26 24 Rod*er> 22 26 22 liffl 21 17 18 G ym Breakelen 20 20 14 West 18 22 28 Buan* 16 17 20 Ng
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    • 189 43 Goodwood Cup to Gildoran by eight lengths LONDON, Frl. Ascot Gold Cup winner Gildoran gave Steve Cauthen the easiest of rides yesterday, winning the 4,200 m Goodwood Cup (Group 2) for two-year-olds and above by eight lengths. Gildoran, who started at 9-4, led all the way to beat Bruce Raymond's
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    • 1195 43 PVfffl 2.00 RESTRICTED TERMS SmmmmmmmmU DIV C 1,200 m (3 year olds) (Stakes: $13,500) 1 0 ftmaitag Journey 57 Brahminy KitesBougoure 3 nzg Janaidl 9 2 o*o Paras 87 X Chong-Owner 3 nzc Vela 4 S 4* James Brigaad 57 JB-Shanmugam 3 nzrig Rahmat 1 4 0 Money
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  • OBITUARIES
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      116 44 AGED S3 pa«»»d away paacafuily on 2 August 1984 leaving behind Son: Dominic Chow Kam Wing Daughter Annie Lee DaughUr-in law Eva Cheung Fung Me) Son in- 1. w Spencer Lee Sheldon Chow Ho Ming Dertck Chow Ho Kuen Lee Pon Pon Granddaughter: Lee Wing Kay Body lying
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      87 44 MR. CHODALA RAMASAMY AGEO6S passed away suddenly on 3rd August. Leaving behind: Ganapathy A Family Shanmugam ft Family Cort.oe will ltav> S.G.M. New Mortuary on Saturday 4.8.84 at 3pm tor Chua Chu Kang cemetery for burial Tel: *****57. TAN SWEE LEONG Aged 73 p»«»ed away peacefully on 3rd
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  • OBITURIES
    • 133 44 141 Deaths 141 Deaths 141 Deaths TAN HOON NGIN (MRS. LIM GIAN HAN) Aged 75 years passed away peacefully on 3rd August 1964 leaving behind: Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Kirn Yong, Donald Tan Slew Klan Lim Kirn Guan, Robert Ng Sew Eng, Molly Llm Kirn Chua, Bernard Oh Boon Eng, Rita
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      144 44 In loving memory of MR SUNOARAM JAYARAM (FRANCIS) Departed 4.8.81 3rd Anniversary Take him m Thy arms, dear Lord. And ever let him be A messenger of love Between our hearts and Thee. Always ramambarad by wifa, children a loved ones. Roquwm mass today at »ha Church
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      71 44 In Loving Memory ot CHUA KENG HOE Depart ad. 4 August 1983 Just a thought of sweet remembrance. Just a memory sad and true. Just the love and sweet devotion. Of one who thinks of you. Always remembered by wile and loved onos* 'f% loviofj fotsotovy Ott
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    • 33 44 ARCHIE STEPHEN HOLLOWAY. In everloving memory of Archie Stephen Holloway. One year ago, you left us. Dearly missed but always loved and cherished. Gladys, children, grand -children and loved ones.
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      28 44 DEEPEST CONDOLENCE! to Hrn late MoHmt of our MANAGER MR DOMINIC CHOW FAMILY MDM CHAU BHAU YUNG FROM: STAFF OF STARLIGHT PURCHASING CORP. LTD Singapore office
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    • 37 44 143 Acknowledgements 143 Acknowledgements The Family of the late MR LOH KUM SUN would like to thank all relatives, friends and eoMsaguaa for their condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereave"Gone but forever m our hearts"
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    • 321 44 137 Religious 137 Religious Announcements Announcements a^E GOD CARES) Ejfl I V(HJ are w °rth caring about. Hl^V Before this ail was placed h^| I we started praying tor you Bl because we care too. ■_LLIIjL3..LLLI WM JOIN IS THIS SUNDAY TRINITY CHRISTIAN CENTRE Morning Services: Evening Service 8.30 am
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    • 130 44 137 ReligioMS Announcements EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF SINGAPORE LTD NATIONAL DAY THANKSGIVING SERVICE SPEAKER MR S. OHANABALAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS CULTURE 7.30PM TODAY ORCHARD ROAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ALL ARE WELCOME 134 Lost GOOD REWARD Nine rolls used Kodak fill In I plastic bag left in S.B.S. Bus Service 140 on
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    • 119 44 "In Memorlam" is for the loved ones whom you remember THE FAMILY OF the Late Mr Lee Soon Ho wish to express their Heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, colleagues. Rev. Soon Soo Kee and church members for their kind attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. The Family of
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    • 274 44 WHAT'S ON IN LA. ATHLETICS: Heptathlon 100 m hurdles and high jump, triple jump qualifying, men's 100 m heats, men s 400 m hurdle heats, women's 800 m heats, heptathlon shot But and 200 m, 20km walk nal, men's 800 m heats, women's shot put final, 10,000 m heats BASEBALL:
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    • 1656 45 All the Games results r— 1 Thierry Pata (Fra) 2:20.14. lHm fly final: 1 Mary T. BB^awp-rBAi i WTM 2 tm br 8t ftn l: J Vlctor Meagher (USA) 59.26 2 Jenna BASKETBALL Kj| HOCKEY Davis (Can) 2:13.34 (WR) 2 Johnson (USA) 1:00.19 3 Karin Glenn Beringen (Aus, 2:15.79 Seirk
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    • 83 47 HOW TO ENTER: m I. Find the correct answer to MM J^^ l^^ the question from today's "^BSB^ Sports pages, and fill m the m *5^ answer m the entry form to be i~ ~i found m The Sunday Times /N/N/"\ JBHlr on 5 August NS4 VJ^/^M^ «Bj^t 2. The
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  • 250 48 Mysteryblasts: Nine ships hit LONDON, Friday AT LEAST nine merchant ships have been damaged by mysterious explosions m the Gulf of Suez and the southern end of the Red Sea since last Friday, Lloyd's shipping intelligence said here today. Lloyd's quoted shipping sources and a number of captains as saying
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  • 109 48 Thai killed in chasing out Viet invaders BANGKOK, Fri. One Thai soldier was killed and four others wounded yesterday when they stepped on a landmine while chasing out Vietnamese soldiers who had intruded into Thailand's Surin province, Thai military officers said today. Colonel Pobsuk Sudharanand of the Army Secretary Office
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  • 381 48  - The best months to conceive STELL A DANKER November, December or January 'will lessen risk of high blood pressure' By COUPLES who are planning to have children should spend some time talking about the weather. Women should consider the wet, cool months of the year for getting pregnant. This will
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    41 48 picture. Red Cross workers evacuate a three-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy from a bank in the town of Soyapango near San Salvador where leftist <nu»Hiiac tnnb- m A M inn hostages in a foiled robbery attempt. UPI
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  • 218 48 5 m jobless in Britain, W. Germany LONDON, Fri. MORE than five million people are unemployed m Western Europe's two major industrialised countries West Germany and Britain. Figures just released for last month show there have been further additions to the ranks of the jobless m both countries. A common
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  • 98 48 WASHINGTON, Fri. US unemployment rose sharply by 0.4 per cent to 7.5 per cent of the workforce m July, the first increase since November 1982, the Labour Department announced today. The July increase from 7.1 per cent m June followed months of steady improvement
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  • 192 48 80YAPANG0 (El Salvador), Prl. Four leftwing rebels seized about lit hostages yesterday after killing a guard In an abortive attempt to rob a local bank here. As troops surrounded the building and army helicopters hovered above the bank building, one of the
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  • 269 48 Bomb wrecks European Space Agency hq PARIS, Fri. A powerful bomb wrecked the headquarters of the European Space Agency (ESA) here late last night, slightly injuring seven people. Police said the blast had come from inside the building and they believed it had been caused by a powerful bomb. A
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  • 57 48 WASHINGTON, Fri. Nicaraguan Defence Minister Humberto Ortega is personally involved m shipping cocaine to the United States, a former Nicaraguan diplomat told a Senate sub-committee yesterday. Antonio Farach, who received political asylum m the United States m 1983, said Nicaraguan officials Justify shipment of drugs to the
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  • 64 48 KHARTOUM, Frl. A man jailed for 14 years for killing another during a drinking session has had his sentence increased to the death penalty. The man, Ibrahim Ahmed Bakheit, was found guilty by an Islamic court. The appeal court decided the crime was premeditated and imposed
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  • 36 48 What it should have been THE name of the managing director of Diethelm is Mr E. Wipf and not Mr E. Wip as reported m The Straits Times on Thursday. We are sorry for the error.
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  • SECTION TWO
    • 2 1 SECTION TWO
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    • 1564 1  -  DID you know that an "altercation" is always verbal, not physical? Do you agonise infinitely over split infinitives? Could you recognise a "dangling modifier" if it were suspended before you on a salver with watercress around it? If your answers were no, yes and maybe, Penguin has
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      • 97 2 Send in your creations WE HAVE had very few contributions from readers of Kids Things recently. So why don't you send us your sketches, poems and limericks now? Also, get ready for the celebration of our 3rd anniversary. If you have any exciting idea, activity, game, puzzle, joke, story, etc,
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      • 76 2 fAIKXMIMK MO IK* KAMON AND THE New Blackjacks f\ W^ C^i HAPPY HOURS' 5.15pm -7.15pm J Cairnhill Lounge brings you RAMON AND THE NEW BLACKJACKS with their distinct sounds from the fifties, suti'jc seventies right through to the f"! eighties. Together with SALLEH AND MARIA, they »^J^ will entertain you
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      • 47 3 B B Its/^DZFcricket, EH is it? f^BB Now yew SUNDW TIMES has Big THREE sections. Hi all mthJM colour, I^^ more news, more features. »B more tijk.. theres no time IBfli The Sundw TIiAES H^B Tomorrows Newspaper Today BHB TOMORROW. t^^B ATproofTofthTadwrt^^ t V 4 r q^KyarMaihtx
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    • OUTLOOK
      • 1016 4  -  TAN LEE LENG To the Chinese, pork is the most versatile meat, and they eat nearly every part of the pig. Our columnist looks into the culinary history of pork and describes the various parts of the pig. By PORK is the main meat m
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      • 253 4 DYNASTY Cake Shop's latest creation is just the thing for patriots, especially for those planning a "do" on National Day. Specially created by the pastry chef to commemorate Singapore's 25 years of nation-building, the National Day Cake is shaped like our island. It is
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      • 436 4 Pork with cuttlefish and golden needles lVi to I 1 2 kg belly pork 2 stalks spring onion 2 slices root ginger H tspsalt 5 tbsp dark soy sauce 3 tbsp sherry I tbsp sugar 70 g golden needles 100 g dried cuttlefish cut into 1-cm stripes 1 tbsp
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        647 5  -  HUO MEILI On the lunch trail By LENOTRE'S Rendezvous Gourmand has chic the place is stylish, decorated m the best tradition of sleek moderne. For a diminutive spot (at my count, a mere 50-plus seats, and most of them tables for two), it packs a lot of
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      • 586 5  - Kiwifruit takes off abroad REG GRATTON By m Wellington IT'S brown and hairy, with skin the texture of sandpaper and is expected to earn New Zealand more than NZ$l5O million (Ssl6o million) m exports this year. The kiwifruit may look ugly, but its delicious emerald-green heart is winning over the
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    • BOOKS
      • 959 6  - The price they paid for art HAN MAY POETS IN THEIR YOUTH By Eileen Simpson Picador, 1984, 272 pages, $14.15 Reviewed by POETS m their YOl 111 Eik*t*n Sn;ii»-<»n Re mimsmins about John BriryHwm R.lMMarkmur RmmUl Jwreil RoUrt liowet! IVltnorr S hwarl/ Jean Staff* vn\ and others I read all
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      • 255 6 Beware of repetitive phrases! REDUNDANCIES, tautologies, pleonasms call them what you will, they represent the all-too-common problem of using more words than necessary and repeating oneself. Singapore's favourite profession, the law, is particularly guilty of bringing redundancies into the language. "Aid and abet" is perhaps the best-known offender you can't
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      • Article, Illustration
        265 8 Aristotle to Zoos: A Philosophical Dictionary of Biology by PS. Medawar and S.S. Medawar tWeidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover, $57) Whether m a serious discussion of cancer or a whimsical reflection on imagery m science, the Medawars blend fact, literary allusion, anecdote and even professional gossip to produce
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      • 1190 8  -  ROBERT CHEW SECRET POLICE: THE TERRIFYING INSIDE STORY OF AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK By Thomas Plate and Andrea Darvi Abacus Books. 1983 448 pages. $12.50 Reviewed by HHi^HHtHHt|HVVM)HHVHBH THIS attempt to sketch the tragic grandeur of modern secret police forces gained topicality from recent public revelations of espionage
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      • 434 8  -  NATHANAEL LIM FIRST PICTURE DICTIONARY OF NATURE Written and illustrated by Colin and Moira Maclean Manhattan Press. 1984 Hardcover. 61 pages $7 50 FIRST PICTURE DICTIONARY By Moira Maclean Manhattan Press. 1984 Hardcover 126 pagey $9 80 Reviewed by The young reader THE
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      • 791 9 4 Although this book is written with great scholarship, insight and intelligence, it is remarkably free of explicit schematic or theoretical perspectives, and emphasizes instead an approach to religion as a living experience. 7 BACKGROUND TO THE LONG SEARCH By Ninian Smart British Broadcasting Corporation London,
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      • 812 9  -  PHILIP COOREY INTREPIDS LAST CASE By William Stevenson Publisher. Michael Joseph 319 pages. $36 Reviewed by Z To this day, as Intrepid's Last Case points out, we are left with the question: Did Hollis get to Gouzenko and was he the original "gentleman from
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      • 228 9 New arrivals at Times the Bookshop The Penguin Gnat Novels of D.H. Lawrence (Penguin, $23.75) Three of Lawrence's novels, Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow and Women m Love compiled into one volume. Floodgate by Alistair Mac Lean (Fontana, $8.40) A terrorist group, having flooded Amsterdam airport, threatens to do the
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      • 441 8 GREAT PHI LI PS OFFER AT THE ASi A PACIFIC FURNITURE SHOW I FREE Headphone and WORLD TRADE CENTRE HALL 3 I antiglare glass with every 1 4-12 AUG 1984*12 NOON-10PM DAILY 1 pUPChSSG Of PhllipS CTV I Courts is offering the latest range of Philips 14", 16" and MjßS^t&m
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    • 934 11 New Releases We take a look at the new releases for this month. By CHRIS HO VARIOUS ARTISTES The Official Music of the 23rd Olympiad, Los Angeles, I*B4 (Columbia This is as close to Hollywood as the Olympics can get. Like one of those music-award ceremonies, the
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    • 411 11 Rock Go Insane (Mercury) Lindsey Buckingham due at end of August The Last In Line (Mercury) Dio Nuclear Furniture (RCA) Jefferson Starship Condition Critical (Pasha/CBS) Quiet Riot Warrior (Colombia) Scandal featuring Patty Smith Rack Will Never Die (Chrysalis) The Michael Schenker Group Home By Dawn (Warner
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