The Straits Times, 20 August 1984

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1984 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 62/1/84
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    Lock icon Malaysian army to set up religious corps
    161 1 MALACCA, Sun. The armed forces will soon set up a religious corps in line with the government's policy of instilling Islamic vaiues. Deputy Defence Minister Abang Abu Bakar Haji Mustapha, announcing this here yesterday at the Terendak camp, said the Armed Forces Council
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    Lock icon Protection plan
    1276 1  -  PHILIP LEE LEE KIM CHEW CHAN ENG CHENG PM's proposal to the nation To help you keep what you have Reporters: and I 4 By giving each of you a personal stake in a home and a CPF account, you have a vital stake in who forms the
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    Dr Goh wants to step down
    366 1 Dr Goh wants to step down DR GOH Keng Swee does not want to stand for reelection, Mr Lee Kuan Yew disclosed last night. A murmur swept through the Singapore Conference Hall. In his National Day Rally speech, the Prime Minister also said that he was trying to persuade Mr
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    Lock icon Thai troops on border alert
    130 1 BANGKOK, Sun. Thailand's troops along the border with communist Laos were ordered on full alert today after a Thai soldier was killed in an ambush by Laotian forces. Armed forces supreme commander Gen Arthit Kamlang-Ek told newsmen that an unknown number of Laotian troops ambushed
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      Lock icon SIX KILLED IN ANDHRA
      51 1 NEW DELHI, Sun. Riot police today shot and killed six demonstrators protesting against the dismissal of the opposition-led government in Andhra Pradesh, the United News of India reported. In the state capital, Hyderabad, police said IN,CM people attended a to rally protest ag the dismissal. AP
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      184 1 Manjman »j. THE ALI-SFORTS STORE f b i f»Rt*ST SHOPPING CENTRE DO* M! )Ci IARO ROAD SINGAPORE OK;3 ■jf* I^l p ri 70.38 73V1939 WWI rni* Tt^EX RS2IOIO CABLE PARGOIF Inside 56 pages today SUMMARY 2 WORLD NEWS 3-« ASEAN 8 CAUSEWAY 9 EDITORIAL IS LETTERS 17 BACKGROUND 18 TIMESDOLLAR
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      116 1 THE LITTLEST CONSUMER ■hv *>TTaaa» mm bbw^ 1 liflWVi S J^/^ -^dß^iaH 1 vmm^^m ~A£. w i*^»ajßaaajßaaj j Th<- market for children's products and entertainment is hotting op, and parents are feeling the pressure of aggressive advertising techniques. We discuss why this has happened and how to cope with it.
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      Home
      479 2 A job that's numbered THERE is a small group of men still toiling at a job no one else wants. The day will come when this vocation disappears. Nightsoil-carrying was never anyone's dream job, but many of the 182 men doing this work today have been doing it for
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      Comment
      326 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: A SURPRISE highlight of the second International Population Conference which concluded in Mexico City last week was the radical and controversial position taken by the United States. The US chose to shift the focus from family planning to raising living standards as a means to
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      Background
      66 2 INTERVIEW WITH RAJA THE Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Rajaratnam, gives his views on a range of regional and international issues. The interview was conducted by P.N. BALJI and PAUL JACOB in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, last week, when Mr Rajaratnam was attending the official
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      Around the world
      656 2 Direct elections UFged POLITICAL and community leaders in Hongkong are pressing in increasing numbers for direct elections, following the successful introduction of direct elections for seats in the Legislative Assembly of neighbouring Macau. Dr Denny Huang, a member of Hongkong's Uarban Council, said, in a comment typical
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      Section Two
      511 2 Growing yearnings... CHILDREN are now getting their little fingers into one of the biggest consumer pies of the '80s the kiddie market. Although no figures are available on its size, children's products are big business, if the current rush to cater to their whims and fancies is any
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      Timesdollar
      196 2 PAN-EL EXPLAINS ITS MOVE IN LETTER TO STOCK EXCHANGE PAN-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES urgently advanced the declaration of half-year results as the only way to bring stability to the market price of the company's shares, says the company in a letter to the chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Mr
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      Timesport
      256 2 Fading into fourth CARL LEWIS, four-gold star, of the Los Angeles Olympics, suffered a shock defeat at London's Crystal Palace on Saturday night when fellowAmerican Kirk Baptiste beat him in a 300-metre race. Briton Steve Cram, the Olympic 1,500m silver medallist, shared the same fate as Lewis, finishing sixth,
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      Across the Causeway
      166 2 19 plus 5 make 70m MALAYSIAN women have been urged to get hitched at 19, two years younger than the average marriageable age of 21. The Malaysian government said on Saturday that this would enable women to have five children so that the target of a 70
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      Around Asean
      107 2 Going for top spot THAILAND is on the way to becoming the world's No. 1 rubber producer, and rubber experts believe it may surpass Malaysia in production by the year 2000. Now the world's third largest producer of natural rubber after Malaysia ana Indonesia, Thailand has quietly stepped
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      Section Three
      152 2 30,000 tune in ON Friday nights, an estimated 30,000 people tune in on their Rediffusion sets to listen to Life-line, a programme that features real-life stories about people with courage and the will to succeed. It also gives people the opportunity to voice their opinions on social issues
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      372 2 I V^" \o* I UMinqton Qanden I I Situated beside the renowned St Nicholas Pri Sec School I I and Shangri-la Park. A new road leads to Thomson Road. I I Near MRT Station. Easy transportation. I I] The luxurious atmosphere of Wellington Garden lies in its Spanish-style I II
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon HK leaders press for direct elections
      420 3 Pressure mounts following Macau's polls success HONGKONG, Sunday 4 WHY is it our business acumen is praised but our political capability is treated as though we are retarded? Dr D£i^ POLITICAL and community leaders in Hongkong are pressing in increasing numbers for direct elections,
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      Lock icon Girl saved after 11-day ordeal
      123 3 Girl saved after 11-day ordeal FOR 11 days, Kaori Nakano (above) survived on stream water and leftover food near the top of the 1,757-m Mount Sobo on the southern Japanese Is- land of Kyushu. By last Friday, she was too weak to walk when she was found crouched on a
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      Lock icon Afghan bombs kill 18, says Pakistan
      247 3 ISLAMABAD. Sun. EIGHTEEN people were killed and 15 wounded in Afghan shelling of the Pakistani border area yesterday, the Foreign Ministry said here today. Fifteen of the dead and six of the wounded were Afghan refugees. The other victims were Pakistani villagers living more
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    • World briefs
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        Lock icon Saudi arms plan
        71 3 SAUDI ARABIA plans to expand its arms industry and to build up its navy to operate two modern fleets in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, Defence and Aviation Minister, Prince Sultan Ibn Abdulaziz, said. He told the King Khaled military college magazine that Saudi Arabia's
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        Lock icon Weapons seized
        51 3 PAKISTAN POLICE yesterday said they had seized 220 weapons and a large quantity of ammunition bound for Pakistan's Punjab province. They said the weapons, including hand guns, Soviet-made rifles and 15,000 cartridges, were found hidden under bricks in a truck in the Swat region near the Afghan border.
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        Lock icon Holly hits Okinawa
        63 3 TYPHOON HOLLY, with peak central winds of 126 km h swept across the southern Japanese island of Okinawa yesterday, stranding thousands of holiday-maers whose return flights to major Japanese cities were cancelled. Holly dumped 41mm of rain on Okinawa's capital city of Naha in 12 hours, the
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        Lock icon 'Chinese raid'
        59 3 VIETNAM YESTERDAY said China raided its territory and fired nearly 3,000 artillery rounds along its northern border last week. Radio Hanoi said Chinese artillery batteries pounded Ha Tuyen and Quang Ninh provinces. Chinese troops penetrated 2km into Ha Tuyen but were met by Vietnamese forces who killed or
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        Lock icon Spying on US subs
        91 3 A SOVIET spy ship cruised waters used by United States Trident nuclear submarines for a third day on Saturday and was reported to be in international waters 65 km off the north-west coast of the US, navy officials said. One task of spy ships was to
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      Lock icon Million turn up in Seoul to hear Graham
      130 3 SEOUL, Sun. An estimated one million South Koreans braved sweltering heat to listen to American evangelist Billy Graham preaching in a central Seoul plaza today. The Rev Graham, here to attend five-day celebrations marking the centenary of Protestant Christianity in Korea, described
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      Lock icon Soviets discover city of the dead in a cave
      135 3 MOSCOW, Sun. Soviet explorers have discovered a "city of the dead" in a mountain cave near the Afghan border containing dozens of mummies of primitive men, horses and wild animals, the Soviet newspaper Trud said on Friday. The newspaper said the
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka forces killed 80 Tamil guerillas
      206 3 COLOMBO, Sun. Security forces killed at least 80 militant Tamil separatists in northern Sn Lanka in the past 12 days, National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali said yesterday. Many of the dead guerillas were trained marksmen, he added. Meanwhile, the government said it was
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      Lock icon The big jam session
      77 3 NEW YORK, Sun. About 5,000 music fans gathered yesterday for the 30th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival at a seaside music marathon on Rhode Island featuring jazz greats and tomorrow's superstars. They picnicked and danced on the lawn of Fort Adams state park as top
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      Plain sailing except for some dissent
      755 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent Delegates have come to celebrate, not debate THE Republican Party meets in Dallas today for a four-day convention that will re-nomi-nate President Ronald Reagan and Vice-President George Bush on Wednesday. With the most exciting parts of a pre-election
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      Lock icon Too conservative even for Reagan
      327 4 DALLAS, Sun. THE 33rd national convention of the Republicans beginning tomorrow is likely to be the most rightwing they have ever had. Indeed, if there is any non-partisan interest next week, it should come from the tone of the party's manifesto on domestic and foreign
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      Lock icon Bush is survey's top choice for 1988 president
      136 4 DALLAS, Sun. Vicepresident George Bush is the 1988 presidential favourite of nearly half the Grand Old Party (GOP) convention goers who responded to a survey published yesterday. The survey of 1,008 delegates and convention alternates by the Dallas Morning News found Mr
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      Lock icon Stars to light up Republican show
      190 4 DALLAS, Sun. The Democrat's colourful San Francisco convention, which made American history by nominating a woman for vice-president, could be a hard act for the conservative Republicans to follow. But organisers of the Republican national convention here are doing their best to sustain the
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      Lock icon Jordan goes on '$2b arms shopping spree'
      422 5 After Stinger missile rebuff by US AMMAN, Sun. JORDAN, rebuffed by the United States over a major missiles deal, has gone on a shopping spree for arms that some Western diplomats say could cost more than US$l billion (552.15 billion). "They are looking
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      Lock icon Arab nations get call for protection
      295 5 CAIRO, Sunday EGYPT has called for joint Arab action to protect navigation in Middle East waters as American, British and French ships continue the search for mines in the sea lanes near the Suez Canal. With an international flotilla scouring the Gulf of Suez
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      Lock icon Hard luck cat cafes set up in Nairobi
      154 5 NAIROBI, Sun. A new chain of cat cafes are being built at major Kenyan resort hotels along the Indian Ocean where stray cats down on their luck are being fed and kept alive. Normally such hard luck felines are killed because of
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      Lock icon Iraq foils coup against Saddam — Iran
      207 5 Iraq foils coup against Saddam Iran PARIS, Son. Iraqi authorities last month foiled a plot by a group of air force and army officers to stage a coup against President Saddam Hussein, Teheran Radio said yesterday. The radio, quoting "reports" from Iraq, said a group of officers based in Baghdad
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      Lock icon Iran asks for return of treasure
      128 5 Iran asks for return of treasure PARIS, Sun. Iran has called on Pakistan to return antique jewellery and other treasure belonging to the late Shah that were seized on the Iran-Pakistan border last week, Teheran radio said yesterday. An official of the Pakistani embassy was summoned to the Iranian Foreign
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      Lock icon Liberian tankers may be barred
      294 5 KUWAIT, Sun. TANKERS registered in Liberia face the possibility of being barred from carrying oil and using Arab ports in the Persian Gulf after Kuwait broke off political and economic relations with the Monrovia government, diplomats and oil traders said here yesterday. However, traders are
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      Lock icon Non-striking miners aim to break strike
      345 6 Working committee formed Z MINER has been set against miner. ..Men, women and children have been terrorised... Property has been attacked Communities are being divided. 7 of /fte /w/was' advertisement in the Daily Express. LONDON, Sun. Coal miners from several mining regions of Britain
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      Lock icon All hopes scent is a knockout
      160 6 "I'M HERE," said Muhammad All, with a wry smile, "to announce my comeback." All's return to New York on Friday actually was not to announce another comeback to the ring but to Introduce a new cologne for men called "All". The former world heavyweight
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      Lock icon 'Halting nuclear race is No.1 problem'
      222 6 'Halting nuclear race is No.1 problem' PARIS, Sun. Rumanian President Nicolae Ceausescu said in an interview published yesterday that the No.l problem facing the world was how to halt the increase in nuclear arms and bring tne United States and the Soviet Union back to the negotiating table. "World peace
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      Lock icon Minister's trial
      68 6 LAGOS, Sun. The Finance Minister in the civilian government ousted in a coup last December will go on trial tomorrow on corruption charges before a special military tribunal, the military government said yesterday. The former Finance Minister, Victor Masi, is the first former Cabinet official to go on
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      Lock icon Hollie surgeon: I'll carry on
      194 6 LONDON, Sun. British surgeon Dr Magdi Yacoub says he will continue to carry out heart transplants on infants despite the death last week of his patient, 28- day -old Hollie Roffey. In an interview published today in the Sunday Times, Dr Yacoub said that the
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      Lock icon Soviets say Reagan distorted
      392 6 Soviets say Reagan distorted MOSCOW, Sunday THE Soviet Union, reacting to President Ronald Reagan's remarks on the division of Europe, yesterday accused him of distorting history and of defaming both the Soviet Union and Poland. Mr Reagan, speaking on Friday at a White House lunch, said the United States rejec-.ed
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      Lock icon Belfast riots continue
      195 6 BELFAST, Sun. Protestant youths threw stones and petrol bombs at police early today in the fourth straight night of rioting in protest at alleged police brutality against suspected Protestant guerillas. Belfast police inspector Noel Blair said a 100--stong crowd clashed with police in a militantly Protestant quarter
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Thailand can be top producer of rubber
      407 8  -  NANCY CHNG It may overtake Malaysia by 2000, experts say By Bangkok Correspondent THAILAND is on the way to becoming the world's No. l rubber producer, and rubber experts believe it may surpass Malaysia in production by the year 2000. Now the world's
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      Two Soviet planes overfly Gulf of Thailand report
      197 8 By The Straits Times Foreign Desk TWO Soviet Bear reconnaissance aircraft flew into the northern part of the Gulf of Thailand recently in what is believed to be the deepest Soviet penetration since 1980 when the earner Minsk sailed close to Thai
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      Lock icon Imelda not bothered by gossip
      255 8 MANILA, Sun. President Ferdinand Marcos' wife, Imelda, has said that she and the 66--year-old President are not bothered by gossip linking her romantically with other men, the Times Journal reported at the weekend. Asked in an interview what hurt her most, she replied: "When people
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      Lock icon Aquino statue taken by Customs
      119 8 MANILA, Sun. Military and Customs authorities today seized a life-sized statue of Benigno Aquino on its arrival in the Philippines for ceremonies marking the first anniversary of .the opposition leader's assassination. The 300-kg bronze statue, sculptured in Rome by a Filipino and unveiled and blessed
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  • Asean: ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Get married at 19, Malaysian women urged
      503 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. IF WOMEN can w marry at 19 or 20 years of age instead of 21, they can start having children early and space their childbirths properly so that by the time they are 40, theywill have four or five chil-
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      Lock icon Dr Neo calls on all Chinese-based parties to unify
      332 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has called for the unification of all Chinesebased political parties in the country under one banner. MCA acting president, Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan, said here today this would be an ideal solution
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      Lock icon PAS leaders 'trying to emerge as martyrs'
      249 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. PARTI Islam (PAS) leaders are defying the restrictions imposed on political gatherings by the government in four states in an attempt to emerge as martyrs, Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Sanusi Junid said here yesterday. Describing them as a pretentious lot",
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      Lock icon Report on beggars
      56 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Welfare Services Minister, with the cooperation of the Immigration Department and the police, has prepared an official report on foreign beggars in the country, Minister Datuk Haii Abu Hassan Omar said. The report would be submitted to the National Security Council at its
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      Lock icon Malaysia has '200,000 problem drinkers'
      141 9 IPOH, Son. There are about 2M,MM problem drinkers among Malaysians who drink alcohol. The managing director the Yayasan Pusat Pertolongan (Help Centre Foundation) here said this was a conservative estimate by the foundation, which launched a nationwide anti-alcoholism campaign recently. "Problem drinkers are forerunners to
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      Lock icon Effects of ageing population 30 years from now'
      188 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia would experience the adverse effects of an ageing population in about 30 years if its population was left to grow unplanned, the minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Dr James Ongki--11, said yesterday. He said the long-term
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      Lock icon Vanishing buckets
      515 12  -  GRACE CHNG Story: Picture: IT'S unlikely that anyone will care the day this trade dies out. Anyone, that is, apart from the small group of men who have been quietly providing an essential service that grew increasingly obsolete with changing times. Nightsoil-carrying was never anyone's dream job, but
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      Regatta heats meet with fantastic response
      183 12 Regatta heats meet with fantastic response THE heats of the Singapore River Regatta has met with overwhelming response. While last year's heats attracted 790 participants, 1,723 registered for this year's event. An official said the response to this year's regatta was "fantastic*. However, the event did not pull in the
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      Psychologist tells story of Ken who became Steve
      344 12  - Psychologist tells story of Ken who became Steve SUSANNA KULATISSA By THERE was once a man and his cousin, who were accused of raping and killing 14 girls in America. The man, Ken, was believed to have amnesia and police were having a hard time finding evidence to convict him
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      2.5 million have POSB accounts
      56 12 THE number of Post Office Savings Bank accounts grew by 10 per cent to 2.5 million last year. A government gazette said this meant that almost everybody has an account with POSB. From February, when it introduced the chequeing account, to May 31, a total
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      Fine feathered friends captured — on print
      200 12 Fine feathered friends captured on print BIRDS of every colour and shape were captured on print by enthusiastic shutter-bugs competing for the titles of Birdlife Photographer and Junior Birdlife Photographer of the Year '84. The organisers of the competition, Jurong Bird Park and the Photographic Society of SingaEore, were overwhelmed
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      Oh, for some spontaneity
      749 13 SYLVIA TAN, who was at the Padang, laments the lack of an open display of patriotic fervour at the National Day Parade 41 went wanting to be moved by the patriotic spirit but that poorly disciplined spirit hid within, threatened as it was by most proper
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      Closure of slip road at Thomson
      95 13 Closure of slip road at Thomson THE portion of Jalan Pemimpin bounded by Mary mount Road and Upper Thomson Road was permanently closed from Aug 19 at 8 a.m. In its place, Marymount Lane has been widened into a dual carriageway road linking Upper Thomson Road with Marymount Road. Motorists
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      New CC
      36 13 THE new BraddeU Heights community centre at No. 587, Upper Serangoon Road, will be opened to the public from Sept 15. On that day, the Hartley and Lew Lian community centres will be closed.
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      St John to hold regional first-aid competition
      127 13 SIX countries will take part in a regional first-aid competition on Sept 8, organised for the first time by the St John Ambulance Brigade. There will be 14 teams from Australia, Hongkong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Singapore in the competition, which
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      Satire on marriage debate a big hit
      465 14  -  ANG LAY WAH 140 attend public screening of contest-movies By HE HAS a BA from the National University of Singapore. She has four 'O' levels. They want to get married but the computer at the Registry of Marriages says they can't. The computer
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      Lock icon Armful of achievements
      311 14 EACH of Sergeant Wong Hin San's 22 badges marks an achievement in the Boys' Brigade. He crowned his efforts when he was awarded the Founder's Badge, the highest award in the brigade, on Aug 4. Only two boys have received the badge this year. The Founder's Badge
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      It's a dinner where the young wait on the old
      175 14 YOU would expect to see waiters at a dinner, but they were conspicuously absent at one such function on Saturday night. Instead there were waiters of a different type engineers, teachers, nurses, managers balancing dishes and trying not to spill
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      Lock icon Relay rallies soldiers
      468 23  -  MICHAEL LIM Story by Quote 4 We certainly got to know each other better during the last two months »s w« trained together one* a week at the NationalStadium's practice a track. 7 Reservist Tan Sing Hock. 24, a tailor RUNNING in the rain could be an
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      Probe to see if thefts were work of same gang
      119 23 Probe to see if thefts were work of same gang POLICE are checking whether the same gang of thieves was responsible for two break-ins involving about $*>,.V* in King's Close last week. On Friday, an American businessman lost about $4MM in Jewellery, cash and valuables after thieves raided his home.
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      Management lecture speaker
      50 23 DR ROBERT L. Lorber, co-author of the best-sell-ing book, Putting the OneMinute Manager to Work, will be the speaker for the Singapore Insitute of Management's annual management lecture on Oet 3 at the Singapore Conference Hall. The topic (or this year's lecture is How Managers Improve Performance.
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      NPBto hold its first QCC camp
      130 23 NPBto hold its first QCC camp THE National Productivity Board will launch its first Quality Control Circle camp at the end of this month. Ifc executive director, Mr Ng Kiat Chong, said the camp will be held at the National Youth Leadership Training Institute. Tt will be a residential course
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      3 die on Saturday after accidents
      129 23 3 die on Saturday after accidents THREE victims of separate road accidents died on Saturday. One of them, Mr Lim Tia Peow, 75, died from injuries suffered in an accident on Aug 9 in Old Airport Road when he was knocked down by a car. Another pedestrian, Mr Hia Seak
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      School drama night
      48 23 HENDERSON Secondary School will hold its Drama Night to celebrate the school's 10th anniversary on Friday in the school hall. Scenes from two Shakespearean plays, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice, and one modern play, The Monkey's Paw, will be staged.
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      Car on fire
      32 23 A MALAYSIAN lawyer, Mr Michael Teoh, and his family escaped unhurt when their car caught fire as they were driving up the carpark at the Dynasty Hotel on Saturday.
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      'Secret societies will become irrelevant'
      437 23 Conference on contribution of psychology to society THE days of secret society gangsters are numbered, predicted a Woodbridge Hospital psychologist. This is because changes in society will make the concept irrelevant, Mr Long Foo Yee said yesterday. In a paper on A Psycho-social Study of
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      Psychology at NUS next year
      132 23 THE National University of Singapore will set up a department of psychology next year to meet the growing need for more psychologists. Sources said this is bees ..se of the greater awareness of the contribution of psychologists in Singapore. At present, these people must go
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    The Straits Times says Same goal, differing views
    471 16 The Straits Times says Same goal, differing views WHEN' the curtain fell on the second International Population Conference in Mexico City last week, the official pronouncements hailed it to be a success. How realistic is such an appraisal? The backdrop for the discussion, which involved about 150 countries, was certainly
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    976 16 Deng may yet see modernisation and return of HK China's strongman turns 80 on Wednesday By ERIC HALL MR DENG XIAOPING Forced to confess before being exiled to a lowly cowshed during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, he said: "My thoughts and deeds are not directed by those of Mao
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    1146 16  -  NANCY CHNG BY Bangkok Correspondent THE annual military reshuffle in Thailand is just arourid the corner and the undercurrents from the jockeying for power are already being felt in the political arena. Two weeks ago, the Deputy Commander of the First Army
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      Keep up good work
      401 17 But choir could do with help IT gave me great pleasure to read your report "Youth Choir does Singapore proud at English festival" (ST, Aug 14) and the letter "Happy days with choir" from "Jtesidents of Cleveland, England". (ST, Aug 16). I am indeed proud thai
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      We must learn to be punctual
      103 17 We must learn to be punctual MANY constituencies hold dinners in conjunction with National Day. It is very disappointing to observe that there are those who still do not arrive on time on such occasions. We rrijist make it a point to arrive on time or even a little earlier.
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      Singapore a wonderful country
      137 17 Singapore a wonderful country AS a recent first-time visitor, I cannot speak highly enough of your wonderful country. It all starts at the magnificent airport. The drive into the city is pure joy and no wonder Singapore is called a garden city. However, the greatest impact of all was your
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      Stamps should come under common pool
      176 17 I HAD an annoying experience at a post office recently. I was in one of two aueues for stamps the ay after National Day. The post office was not busy. When my turn came, I wanted to buy more than $2) worth of stamps,
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      Depositor couldn't transfer cents
      192 17 I WENT to a Post Office Savings Bank branch recently to transfer art amount of money from onA account to another. The second account, like the first, is under my name and is also with the POSB. The amount of money to be transferred involved a
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      One-volume Companies Act needed
      210 17 One-volume Companies Act needed PARLIAMENT recently passed many amendments to the Companies Act. These amendments are very important to the business community which has a few hundred thousand limited companies. Penalties for offences under, the Act have been raised by as much as 400 per cent in many cases and
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      We have good doctors – let's respect them
      231 17 We have good doctors let's respect them LET'S be fair to the medical profession. I have lived longer in Singapore than most fellow citizens, I know something of our medical profession, and I confess to a very real respect for our doctors. Just one example: Many years ago, my son
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      Are joggers safe?
      96 17 ALTHOUGH sports complexes have been constructed and although vehicle engines emit smoke and are noisy, I still sue many people jogging along the roads. I am a jogging enthusiast. I used to jog along the West Coast Highway every evening from my home in Clementi West Street
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      Defaulting employers promptly dealt with
      290 17 Defaulting employers promptly dealt with PLEASE refer to the letter "What happens when firm fails to pay workers' CPF again?* r by "Disillusioned (ST, July 28). As the writer has noted, the Central Provident Fund Board makes sure that defaulting employers are promptly dealt with through the due process of
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      Debunking the myths about colonialism
      1441 18 Rajaratnam gives his views on South Pacific and other ex-colonies In The Sunday Times yesterday, we published what Mr S. Rajaratnam said about Singapore. Today we present the Second Deputy Prime Minister's (Foreign Affairs) views on a range of regional and international issues. The interview
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      677 18 Danuta copes with life as Lech Walesa's wife GDANSK (Poland) A typical housewife in a plum wool skirt, Mrs Danuta Walesa is loaded down with shopping as she climbs the stairs to her apartment. Mrs Walesa not only has seven children to feed and care for, but a home where
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        Industrial society appoints director
        114 19 THE Society of Materials Handling, set up about 15 years ago, will concentrate on conducting examinations in handling technology in Asean countries and to train industrial and operations managers in the subject. Materials handling includes the moving and storage of goods. To help the society in
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        Appointments
        205 19 MR SURESH Menon is recently appointed training director of Hyatt Regency Singapore hotel. Mr Menon holds an honours degree in social sciences from the University of Singapore. He has worked as deputy manager in the personnel department of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and with the Br<ard of Commissioner
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        This week
        194 19 Aug 20-21: Marketing Planning will help man agers and executives involved in sales and marketing to take the right approach in planning. The seminar at Thong Teck Building is organised by the Singapore Institute of Management. Fees are $550 for members and $630 for non-members, Aug 21: With
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      Lock icon Malaysia 'will not impose import ban to correct deficit'
      189 19 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will not impose a ban on foreign imports in a bid to correct the growing invisibles deficit. But it would give more "push" in its "Buy Malaysian" campaign. Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said
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      Satellite brings Time magazine to us before London gets it
      683 19  - Satellite brings Time magazine to us before London gets it ANGELINE TAN By THANKS mainly to a satellite on Sentosa, an impressive list of international magazines and newspapers are being printed here. Our printers can print copies of the International Herald Tribune so the newpaper you read is the same
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      Jimmy Wong's plan for Chinese takeaways
      530 19  -  TERESA OOI New chain to spruce up image of restaurants By in London JIMMY Wong promises to do for Chinese takeaways what Colonel Sanders did for fried chicken. The days of waiting for sweet and sour pork in a dingy restaurant, spartan except for
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      Why we released results early
      418 19  -  ANTHONY HOE Pan-El: Only way to bring stability to our share prices By PAN-ELECTRIC Industries urgently advarced the declaration of half-year results as the only way to bring stability to the market price of the company's shares, says the company in a letter to the
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      Lock icon Security deposit for automatic guarantee of KLCE floor trading
      447 19 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) Is introducing a new system to lessen the financial burden on members and yet i maintain the automatic registration and guarantee of trades on the exchange floor. Its chairman, Tan Sri Lee Boon
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
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        Course of interest rates still muddied
        462 20 New York More uncertainties and conflicting evidence last week THE course of US interest rates is still muddied with uncertainties. Last week saw more conflicting evidence which gave some comfort to those who think interest rates will rise further, and others who point to
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        London
        115 20 SHARE prices drifted lower last week on the London Stock Exchange. The FT 3t-Share Index lost eight points to 838.3 and the FT-SE 1M Index lost 17.7 points to IHB.I. Fears of farther industrial action by dock workers remained. News of another round of bank base rate cats, from
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        Hongkong
        46 20 THERE was little trading interest on the Hong Kong stock market last week. In the absence of any changes in prime rates and fresh developments on the future of Hongkong, Investors remained very cautious. The Hang Seng Index lost 17.3€ points to close at M8.34.
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        London
        563 20 hug 17 Pence Chance INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 159 +1 Ass Doines 168 +2 BTRPLC 484 +10 Bobcocks 133 -I Barclays 454 -3 B-echams 335 unch BKX 223 +3 Blue Orel* 393 unch BOC Group 238 -3 Boots 161 +1 Bowater 172 unch BATS 259 -I Britannia 71 unch BP 476
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        How your stocks performed
        3112 20 1984 Last Yield Net Vol Week rffh Low Company Sale Chance ?/t ('000) Hfl. Low SECTION ONE NXJSTMAL COMMERCIAL 310 216 Acmo 255 2.9 308 183 Alcorn 195 -10 25 50 210 194 312 218 Alied Choc 274 -11 3 6 92 287 274 198 137
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        Gold
        261 21 SPOT gold prices rushed up to U*****.00 a Troy ounce last Tuesday on account of the sharp decline of the US dollar. The market then eased and stayed around the U*****.00 level for the rest of the week, said Green Collier in its weekly report. Signs of slower US
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        Rubber
        31 21 Closing prices S'pore KL cents cents S/kilo M/kilo August 13 189.00 209.25 August 14 190 50 211 00 August 15 ***** 210.00 August 16 188 209.75 August 17 187.25 209.50
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        Tin
        27 21 Closing Turnover prices Tonnes Cents (M).kilo August 13 29.15 87 August 14 29.15 195 August 15 29.15 80 August 16 29.15 87 August 17 29.15 163
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        Rubber
        130 21 LITTLE can be said this week as trading continued to be dull and featureless, attributed largely to Summer holiday lethargy, said Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co in its weekly report. Major consumers, including Chin i, maintained their abstinence. Nevertheless current Sept One RSS managed to hold around the 189 cents
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        Lock icon Tin
        69 21 EASIER. After a quiet but steady start, following the 220-tonne drop in London Metal Exchange stocks to 26,930 tonnes, values fell victim to the firmer Sterling and rumours that the tin council's buffer stock manager had been behind some of the heavy mid-week selling in London. It was thought
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        Lock icon Copper
        32 21 QUIET. Prices failed to recover from an early downturn, despite the eighth successive weekly decline in stocks (down 3,275 tonnes, to their lowest level since November 1982, at 180,800 tonnes). AFP
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        Lock icon Aluminium
        52 21 DULL. Prices moved gradually lower in quiet conditions in line with other base metals, after initial disappointment at the smaller than expected drop in stocks, down 225 tonnes, to 139,150 tonnes, the lowest since November 1981. Merchants outside the London Metal Exchange quoted a firmer US$l,lB5-1,215, against U5f1,165-1,175, per
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        Lock icon Silver
        42 21 IRREGULAR. After an initial decline with gold, exacerbated by an increase of 308,000 ounces in London Metal Exchange stocks to 49,796,000 ounces, prices moved up firmly as the dollar eased back, to their best level since the beginning of July. AFP
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        Gold Market
        19 21 GOLD USS/ez Sat Fri Hongkong 350.10 350 60 350.10 350 60 Fri Thurs New York 350.75-351.25 350.50—351.00
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        RUBBER
        115 21 High Low Closing High Low Closing Aug 16 Aug 16 Int. 1 R.S.S. Prompt 186 50N 184 25 183 75 Int. 1 R.SS FOB 190 50 188.00 188 00 211.00 209 75 209 75 Int 2 R.S.S. September 180 25 203 00 Int 3 RS.S 178 25 199 50
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        Gold Account
        24 21 Buying Seing highest— Lowest highest— Lowest SJ/gm SS/gm Bank of China 24.41 23.73 24.59 23 91 OUB 24.23-23.77 24.38—23.92 UOB 24.44-23.79 24.59—23.94
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        Produce market
        231 21 PRICES of most commodities at the Singapore produce market finished generally lower last week. Pepper prices, however, moved against the general trend. At the coffee market, traders said prices dropped by as much as $56 per tonne. But they could not give specific reasons for its fall although
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      Container schedules
      513 21 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Art Cargo Fine Block Lars MS (8402) 20/8(2330) 51 C900 1100/0900 1100 Al/Bl Tovama (301) 20/8 (2359) TA3 1000 1200/0930 1200 Nl/Pl *****930 SI BPenaga (110/84) 21/8(0700) FSB 0700-0930/1600 1700 SI Tor Bay (17/385) 21/8(0700) FSB 0700 1000/1800 1900 S4 AIManakh(9) 21/8(0700) TA3
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        180 21 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SJIO foreign currency Australian dollar 1 8140 1 8170 5.58—5.45 Canadian dollar 1.6421 1.6435 6.15—6.06 NZ dollar 1.0734 1.0761 9.57—9.20 Sterling pound 2.8350 2.8385 3.56—3.50 US dollar 2.1405 2.1415 4.70—4.66 Local dolars to
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        Banks' prime lending rates
        740 21 BANKS' prime lending G nnd:ays Bank 10'/, rates at the close of busi- Gulf Bank 10 3 4 ness last Friday, August 10. Habib Bank MM p, P Hongkong Shanghai 10 tfanK "A Indian Bank 10H Indian Overseas 10 3 Algemene Bank 10 tt Industrial Commercial
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        DEPOSIT RATES
        30 21 DEPOSIT RATES %pa" Savings account 7 4 Autosave 6 Fixed deposit 3 1 month 7' i 3 months 7' 4 6 months 7 < 4 9 months 7U 12 months 7U
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        LOAN RATES1
        46 21 P-a Prime rate 2 9 1 4 Personal/Renovation (Flat rates) I 4 years 7 Housing (discounted) Up to 10 years 10 II to 25 years 10 '4 Hire purchase Cars 1 year 5V» 2 years 5 3/ 4 3 years 6 4 years 6
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        BUSINESS LOANS
        52 21 I Commercial properties 1 15 years lO 3 Small Industries Finance Scheme (SIFS) Factory loans 9 Machinery loans 9 Working capital loans 9 Construction Equipment Finance Scheme (CEFS) 10 '< MAS rediscount rates lor export bills 7 Source: DBS Bank 1 Mcative rates. 2 Fur best customers only.
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        Forex
        123 21 THE US dollar closed mixed in narrow range after a week-long sell down of the greenback. The decline started on Monday when foreign investors began liquidating their US dollar holdings on rumours of the likelihood that the US Treasury will not issue securities in bearer form. The Singapore unit
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        Middle rates
        39 21 Aug 11 Hug 17 US dollar 2.1445 2.1410 Sterling 2.8307 2.8365 hK dollar 27.36 27.30 Ivl'sian dollar 91 90 91 90 D'mark 7460 74.89 Yen 0.8885 0.8894 Aust dollar ***** 1.8155 NZ dollar 1.0707 1.0748 Source OCBC
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      Ships in port
      222 21 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppal Wharves Chnstos K 13/4 aside 20/8 Koyu Maru 19 aside 20/8 Ned Nassau 44 aside 20/8 Silver Light 25/6 aside 20/8 Taka 15/6 aside 20/8 Turkmeniya 2/3 aside 20/8 Bunga Orkid 33/4 20/8 24/8 Crest 2 23/4 20/8 22/8 Delicia 6/7 20/8
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      The legal and financial issues after a divorce
      734 22  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE Your money By Lilt ST sHiM^ tsvaear's cheques am a hassle you can avoid cm your vacaiw by record*^ the <***»'* numbar, date and place every time you cash one. You tian are prepared \*flh a record so you
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      Intraco suffers trading loss of $104,700 to June 30
      166 22 GOVERNMENTBACKED trading company Intraco Ltd suffered a trading loss of $104,700 for the six months to June 30 compared with a profit of $351,600 previously. The poor performance is Dlamed by the company on losses at Intraco's textile and construction subsidiaries.
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      Know your company
      290 22 Know your company TDM SHAREHOLDERS of TDM have much to be pleased about this year. Incorporated In December IMS, the company was promoted Into the first trading section of the Stock Exchange of Singapore two months ago. And only last month the company announced an almost three-fold increase in pre-tax
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      Lock icon Adidas to take bigger stride into the world of fashion
      833 22 Adidas to take bigger stride into the world of fashion HERZOGENAURACH (West Germany) Looking relaxed and tanned after two weeks under the Los Angeles sun, Mr Horst Dassler returned to Adidas Co headquarters here recently confident that his company, the world's largest maker of sporting goods, had won big at
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      Five are appointed
      49 22 FIVE directors of the board of United Overseas Bank were appointed to the board of Far Eastern Bank Ltd on Friday. They were Mr Wee Cho Yaw, Mr Allan Ng Poh Mcng. Mr Richard Eu Keng Mun, Mr Ho Sim Guan and Mr Lim Kee Ming.
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      874 20 r^^^3^} Companynews f/^FE^// Theweek that w BB I j/// week ended Au i7th Final Results Gross Group pre tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) MsiaAica 10(12.5) M55.032 ($3,112) Mar 84 PMC 20 (113a) M538,200 ($32,250) Mar 84 TOM 5.5 (3.6a) MJ2.591 ($686) Dec 83 Utd Malacca 25(17) $6,209 ($2,667)
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      79 21 NOSTRADAMUS: JS^Ml^teJ 1 COUNTDOWN TO APOCALYPSE fc by Jean-Charles de Fontbrune Wj^^o -■^j>» NOSTRADAMUS: a historian of the future, tn^*Soffllßßlfc^ greatest Seer Europe has ever known; he saw the centuries that had yet to come A Soviet invasion of Britain in the 1990s l^ffi^^^BßL^^S*^*^ Naval conflict opening the Third World
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      Duty Free captures Trophy by 5½ lengths
      2053 24 By OUR RACING TEAM Startrack surprise for $183 payout FIRST: *****8 SECOND: *****6 THIRD: *****0 STARTERS: *****8, *****5, *****0, *****4, *****2, *****1, *****3, *****3, *****4. CONSOLATIONS: *****1, *****8, *****5, *****7, *****8, *****9, *****4, *****6, *****1, *****0. KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Promise Stable's Doty Free,
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      72 24 NEWBRIDGE (Ireland), Sun. Father Matthew, already labelled a likely classic prospect and the subject of a massive ante-post gamble for next year's 2,000 Guineas, flopped in his first racecourse outing at The Curragh yesterday. The two-year-old colt, trained by Vincent O'Brien and owned by Greek shipping magnate
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      Three jockeys ticked off
      762 24 P^^^^^^W^^^P^^B KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The racing stewards concluded their inquiry into the running and handling of Our Party in Race 6 yesterday. Having noted jockey K. Velu's explanations, they gave him the benefit of a doubt and decided to take no action other than warning him
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      422 24 141 Deaths 141 Deaths MR. CONRAD FRUGTNIET Aged 70 years Paaaad away 16th Auguat 1964 towing: Daughter Sons Carol David Richard Body ia lying at Singapore Caakot Company Parlour 4-03. Funeral Sarvica at St. Andrews Cathadral at 2.15 p.m. on Tuaaday 21at August 19*4. Burial at Lawn Camotary Chua Chu
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      152 24 Th* Family Of Th* Lal* And _A*___. ___mW_w__I MOM KOO P y\ YAM Agora (Deportee' 14.U.84) wish to thank at*, reittive*, friends neighbours of King George's Ave, colleague* of Teck Vm Restaurant, A——— D.u J noiof moi mien, hojf_i rtonoey inn, Hotel President Mo/tin, Y.W.C.A, Tai Kong Pte
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      141 24 144 In Memoriam 144 In Memoriam In Loving Mwnory of Our B*lov*d Father a Mother MR NORBERT PEREIRA MRS MARY PEREIRA Oapartad 22/5/1967 Dapariad 20/8/1982 D*«r*st Mum and Dad, We've been lonely since you left us; Home has not been the same. Daaply mi»»ad by family and lov»d on«« MEMORIAM
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      548 25 Stars parade on Italian soil First Division clubs' $43m spending spree attracts greats for new soccer season ROME, Sun. The entire midfield from Brazil's 1982 World Cup team, the world's most expensive player and the French and West German national squad captains have Italian soccer fans eagerly looking forward to
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      298 25 RON CEY and Leon Durham drove in three runs apiece and Chicago Cubs capitalised on a Cincinnati defensive disaster for seven first- inning runs on Saturday night en route to a 13-11 victory over the Reds in an American Major League baseball game at Cincinnati. Other results American
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      79 25 JAKARTA, Sun. Iran qualified for the eighth Asian Cup soccer tournament here yesterday by defeating Syria 1-0. Iran's outside left Hamid Ali Dousti scored in the ninth minute to ensure that Iran notched five successive victories in the tournament. Ten top Asian teams will qualify
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      304 25 SEAL MADRID, one of Europe's most famous clubs, had debts of 1.3 billion pesetas (113,375,000) at the end of June and they are not the only Spanish club to be heavily in the red. Atletico Madrid, Real's arch-rivals, FC Seville, Betis Seville and Valencia all have debts of
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      240 25 TORONTO, Sun. Americans John McEnroe and Vitas Gerulaitis were both extended to three sets yesterday before reaching the final of the US$3OO,OOO ($652,000) Toronto Grand Prix tennis tournament. McEnroe beat compatriot Jimmy Connors 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, while Gerulaitis defeated South Africa's Kevin Curren 4-6, 7-6, 7-6
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      614 25 ...from Red to Blue as Everton move out of Anfield shadow 4 It wao a tremendous confidencebooster for ut. Wa have beaten tha best, and deservedly so. Soma of our play was superb. It is good to start tha season wi*h a trophy.
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      244 25 MAHWAH (New Jersey), Sun. Martina Navratilova and doubles partner Pam Shriver scored easy victories yesterday to reach the final of the US$l5O,OOO ($321,000) Mahwah women's tennis tournament. In the all- American semi-finals, Martina needed only 55 minutes to beat 13th-seeded Pam Casale 6-2, 6-3, while second seed
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      476 25 GLASGOW, Sun. Scottish soccer champions Aberdeen continued their impressive start to the new season with a competent 2-0 away victory over St Mirren yesterday. Resigned to life without international trio Gordon Strachan, Mark McGhee and Doug Kougx ip. all of whom
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      331 26 Money makes stars go round NICE (Southern France), Sun. Nice has had to admit defeat without even a struggle in the annual cash battle waged by promoters to attract the biggest names to their athletics meetings. This year, with the traditional run of meetings in Europe co/ning after the Ciympics,
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      336 26 King Carl crashes in 300rn race LONDON, Sun. Carl Lewis, four-gold star of the Lob Angeles OlymSlcs, suffered a shock efeat at Crystal Palace last night when fellowAmerican Kirk Baptiste beat him In a 30i metres race. Briton Steve Cram, the Olympic 1,5«0m silver medallist, shared the
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      ALL THE RESULTS
      233 26 MEN'S 1M mrtmt: 1 Linford Christie (Brit/ 10.445ec, I Cameron Sharp (Brit) 10 55, 3 Lincoln Asquith (Brit) 10.57. llfcn hurdles: I Tonie Campbell (US) 13.45, 2 Mark McCoy (Can) 13 58, 3 Nigel Walker (Brit) 13.91. ZMm: 1 Calvin Smith (US) 20.74. 2 Thomas Jefferson (US)
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        346 26 IN MOSCOW Track athletes fall short of the Olympic performances SOVIET sportsmen, Kremlin leaders and spectators joined in spectacular Olympicstyle ceremonies on Saturday to open a tournament for communist-bloc athletes whose countries boycotted the Los Angeles Games. The celebrations at the Lenin Stadium
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        77 26 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. South African-bom runner Zola Budd, who took British nationality in order to compete internationally, to not planning to resettle in South Africa, her trainer said yesterday. However, It was not yet certain when she would return to Britain, Pletor Laboschagne told Radio South Africa. Zola's
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        103 26 IN HAVANA TWENTY boxers, including surprise entries from Venezuela, took part in a simple opening ceremony on Saturday night, launching Cuba's part of the Friendship '84 Games. Venezuela and Guyana were the only countries present here to have taken j>art in the Los Angeles Olympics. The first-night
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        106 26 IN PRAGUE THE crack East German women's 4xloo metres relay squad dropped the baton to allow Bulgaria a surprise win in the final track event of women's athletics here on Saturday. Ingrid Auerswald built a clear lead on the third leg, but at the changeover with the
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        115 26 IN SOFIA BULGARIA'S Dilyana Georgyeva won an International two-day allround competition in rhythmic gymnastics here on Saturday. Dilyana, who led with 19.90 points after the first two apparatus performances (hoop and ball), received a maximum 10 pts for her performance with the clubs and 9.95 for the
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        221 26 MEN (Russians, unless state*): lit metres hardies: 1 Gyorgy Bakos (Hun) 13.525ec, I Viatcheslav Oustlnov 13.57, 3 Thomas Munklet (EG) 13.64. SMtn: 1 Vladimir Muravyev 20.34. 2 Alexander Yevgenyev 20.41, 3 Olaf Prenzler (EG) 20.58. 4Mb bardies: 1 Alexander Vasilev 48.63, I Vladimir Budko 48.74, 3 Toma
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        317 26 A challenge that Prema can't let pass PREMA GOVINDAN, who has always managed to sneak a pleasant surprise in all her outings, threw in another yesterday when she announced that she would run in the Singapore Open this weekend. It was a last-minute decision which caught even, coach Pritam Lim
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        Charging out of the dark
        294 26 PERUMAL Pugalenthi unleashed his hidden potential to emerge as Singapore's premier middle-distance runner in winning the men's 1,500 metres on the third day of the Times Inter-Busi-ness Houses Athletics meet yesterday. With just three weeks' track work behind him, the 21-year-old welder did a classic
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        ALL THE RESULTS
        100 26 FINALS: Men's l,setm: 1 Perumal Pugalenthi 4min 00.8sec (ree), 2 Ow Kok Meng 4:03.1, 3 P. Subramaniarn 4:04.6. 1»- kilometre walk: 1 V. Thanabalan 57:26.9 2 T. Tharumarajoo 58:56.8, 3 A. Murugiah lhr 01 mm 18-Bsec. Discos: 1 Abdul Latif 29.64m, 2 N. Suppiah 28.64m, 3 Lucky
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      285 27  -  PETER SIOW WORLD professional snooker champion Steve Da vies and his merry companions Tony Meo and Terry Griffiths winged into Singapore last night wearing the smiles of millionaires. Well, at least one of them (Steve) is in real life. Looking at them, you would never have
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      268 27  -  JOE DORAI HWEE SENG, a leading Singapore Business Houses Football League club, have taken the first step towards introducing semi-professionalism in the Republic. The SBHFL Division Two and junior knockout title-holders plan to employ 25 talented footballers who will train twice daily from next year. And for
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        380 27  -  JOE DOR AI By IT WILL not be panic stations for Singapore soccer coach Hussein Aljunied and team manager Yusof Ismail when they re-assemble the national squad early next month to prepare for another competition the Merlion Cup from Oct 14-28 at the National Stadium.
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        Squash coach Zainal eyes attachment
        379 27  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By ZAINAL ABIDIN is excited about his transition from squash player to coach. "I've the confidence to do a good job," Zainal commented on the Singapore Squash Rackets Association's move to appoint him national coach when Martin Webb's term ends late this
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      195 27 THUMPING feet, swishing bamboo swords and blood-curdling yells. That was my welcome to the Pesta Sukan national kendo championships at the People's Association yesterday. The exponents of the Japanese art of fencing, elaborately attired in kendo jacket, head-guard, breastplate and padded gloves, engaged in threeminute duels in which
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        A Wise winner at Serapong
        222 27 WILLIAM WISE carded a nett three-under-par 69 to win the Sentosa Club A Division medal at Serapong on Saturday. The seven-handicapper edged out David Ong (12) and Paul Chin (15) on rountta.uk K.K. Kuok (18) also had a nett 69 to capture the B medal.
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        240 27 BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), Sun. American Lee Trevino edged ahead of a tightly-packed field in the third round of the US$7OO,OOO ($1.5 million) Professional Golfers' Association championship here yesterday. Leading scares (Americans, unless stated): Z*4 Lee Trevino 69, 68, 67. 2t5 Lanny Wadkins 68. 69. 68.
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      174 27  - Surprise win for newcomer MAHMOOD GAZNAVI DEBUTANT Rachel Williams created the biggest upset in the National Women's Bodybuilding Championships at the World Trade Centre last night when she beat defending champion Salbiah Morris in the lightweight category. In the men's event, Fatholomein Ali com pleted a "Grand Slam" when he
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      31 27 DEFENDING champions Singapore Recreation Club were beaten 2-1 by Khalsa in a Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match at Tanglin yesterday. Other result: Dlv 2: Permaisurians 4 CSC 0.
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        150 27 HOVE (England), Sun. Sri Lanka's build-up before facing England at Lord's for the first time on Thursday looked decidedly shaky as they collapsed against a weakened Sussex attack here today. The tourists managed only 193 in their first innings with Sussex pace pair Imran Khan and Garth
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        238 27 Lever and Gooch on target LONDON, Sun. John Lever and Graham Gooch. of English champions Essex, won the race to 100 wickets and 2,000 runs respectively yesterday. Seam bowler Lever reached the target for the fourth time in his career when he removed Trevor Jesty in the clash against Hampshire.
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      Knocking down pins and doors
      531 27 By PETER SIOW FRANKIE CHEUNG, who had been knocking furiously on the door of success for some years, was finally rewarded for his persistence in the Singapore International. Bowling Championships at Kallang Bowler-Drome yesterday. The door was prised apart when the Hongkong bowler cruised home
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      24 27 Today's events HOCKEY SHA Premier htmfwt: Jansenitcs v SIA (Tanglin. 5.30 p.m.). SOCCER Part Leagar tow■ey: CTED v Suzue Cold (Bkt Chermin, 5.15 p.ir
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    305 28 165 assemblymen to press case for ousted Andhra leader HYDERABAD, Sunday THE political crisis in south India's Andhra Pradesh state took a new turn today with at least 165 State Assembly r .en leaving for New Delhi in an effort to prove that ousted
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    266 28 Run-up to Republican convention WASHINGTON, Sun. As Republicans gathered in Dallas for their party's 33rd national convention, which begins tomorrow, President Ronald Reagan used his weekly radio address yesterday to lay down the ideological battle lines of the general election
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    74 28 $95m gold seized and 22 held KATHMANDU, Sun. Airport authorities seized more than US$44 million (Ss9s million) worth of gold and arrested 22 people on Friday on charges of attempted smuggling, a Customs official said today. Those detained were found to be carrying 27 kg of gold in their rectums
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    200 28 SAN FRANCISCO, Son. The 13-year-old son of Jehovah's Witness parents has been placed under protective custody so as to enable him to reeelve medical treatment. His parents have refused treatment on religious grounds. Municipal court judge Philip Moscone said on Friday
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    298 28 Indonesia's oil output in July lowest in a year JAKARTA, Sun. Indonesian oil output has fallen to its lowest level in over a year at a time when Opec is gripped by fears that its members will flood the world market, top oil men said today. A delegation from the
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    35 28 DHAKA, Sun. A ferry carrying about 250 passengers slamm?d into a tanker and se.nk in heavy storms in the Bay of Benfal yesterday. More than 25 people were feared drowned, officials said. UPI
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    123 28 BEIJING, Sun. A Chinese peasant was given a rousing welcome in his native village in the central province of Sichuan after completing a 57,000 km bicycle tour of China, the Xinhua news agency said. Wang Dakang, a 50--year-old peasant from Wuhuang village
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    653 28 WHEN Mr Teh Cheang Wan opened Family Sports Day at Tao Nan School in Marine Parade yesterday, he cheerfully admitted he was no athlete. Then Mr Teh, Minister for National Development, went on to put his words into action
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    352 28  - Youth shot dead in struggle for PC's gun PAUL WEE By A YOUTH would have been alive had residents of a block of flats in Buffalo Road, off Serangoon Road, responded to a policeman's cries for help early yesterday. But no one bothered and a young man was shot dead.
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      114 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally IN TODAY'S ISSUE Flights between Singapore and Sri Lanka may be totally suspended because of serious differences over the exchange of traffic rights, reports WANG LOOK KEAH. What Pan-Electric Industries has to say of the Stock Exchange of Singapore's "interpretation" that the sharp increase in
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      Lock icon It's a small world!
      745 1  -  REBECCA CHUA In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the goods and services available just for children. Toy corners have mushroomed into large departments and even larger specialty stores. Fast-food eateries pitch their ads to appeal to the young set, and some stores
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      574 1  -  MAY HO By "I DON'T like the idea of children being made a target of advertising campaigns," said Mrs Betty Lee, a housewife and mother of three. "It's difficult for parents to protect their children from ads and aggressive selling techniques (including attractive window displays).
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        Rag dolls won't do
        958 2  -  REBECCA CHUA By A toy is not just a toy any more. It's now "character merchandising" and "investment-oriented". Our writer talks to the people selling some of the most popular children's products. "YOU can't give today's children any old rag doll or teddy bear," said Mr
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        1022 2  -  ESTHER CHUA Parents are of vital importance in guiding the child's learning experience, especially in the preschool years. And during the schooling years, they can reinforce trie child's learning at home. By a junior college teacher and mother of one <£^P^^o HELP
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        Inside the Jackson dream machine
        1159 21  - Inside the Jackson dream machine MICK BROWN Michael Jackson is a one-man industry, and his current American tour is so extravagant that, in the words of the organiser, only the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could afford to launch it. By IN THE Hclmsley Palace Hotel in New York an
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        A look at America in '44
        509 21  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN THE DOLLMAKER Tonight, Ch 5, 9.20 p.m. Previewed by LITTLE girls love dolls. But, when you can't afford your own doll, it's nice to have a mother who can whittle one for you in the twinkling of an eye. The Dollmaker, a
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        Some refreshing experiences
        363 21  -  LUO LIAN PIN VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL By Lee Pan Hon and Janet Simpson World Trade Centre Auditorium, Last Tuesday Reviewed by MORE often than not, violin-piano duos are thought of as essentially solo exercises for the violin, with the piano acting as a mere harmonic backdrop.
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      289 2 tiHERWORLD mm All amateur and professional Singapore designers are 111 I M M^KM M M invited to enter this contest which is being held to bring fl I■ I^Vfl fl m I This prize goes to the most outstanding designer whose V I V I^^^V lUI collection (either from the
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      312 3 I UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF Q THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS A Q THE MINISTER FOR CULTURE Q l^pv MR. S. DHANABALAN Q a)quota club of Singapore Q A CHARITY FILM PREMIERE X O-^ IN AID OF jfto O ■c- SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DtAF(tvV)X !L3j and mro [OE^f
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      144 22 UMBC adds one more way to help your business growAsian Currency Unit That's right. You can for our latest deposit rates, now deposit foreign currencies When you bank with with us.The US dollar, /^j^ us, you can also expect the Mark, the Yen or V^w/^i ft personalized service other major
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      815 1  -  GOH BENG CHOO On Friday nights an estimated 30,000 people tune in to Life-line, a Rediffusion programme that features real-life stories about people with courage and the will to succeed. Our writer talks to the programme's host to find out what it is all about. By
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